, 1872-12-30

| NOTES AND OPINION.
Frank G. Bunnell, Republican, has teou elect.
ed to fill out tho unexpired term Of Ulysses Ner.
cur, OF Pennsylvania, in the present Congress-.
Senator Harlan caused q 'svIuGicatlon" Of
himself to appear in an obscure Democratic
weekly paper, and copied it approyingly in his
own Washington Chronicle. But the Dubuque
Herald says:
As was to be expected, the Allison papers will not
publish the vindcaon of Secretary Harln and Jud1e
w. Wright in the matter Of the pensioners and bacE-
pay Of the Indian volunteers. They will neither pub
nsh 1t, nor will they believe It when others publish it.
Secretary Harlan has frauke the paper Continuing the
yindication to all parts Of Iowa. and is Of course
ing Of the kind Tho Dubuque fines saws franE1y n
does not believe Harlan has vindicated himself
"A st. Louis special correspondent of thu
Cincinnati Gazette Gays:
having gained circulation that Senator schprz IL
laoor1ng TO prevent the Reelection CT Frank BIair
Colonel Grosvenor who is presumed to be in tho con.
4aence q senator sehnrz, states editocaly in tho
Ersnang Daspash to-day that General schurz has net
been doing anything Of the kind that 30 careful had
been not to interfere with the Senatorial contest
which he regards as Of his business that even biz
most intimate friends have received fron him not the
1east information in regard to his preference betvecn
the different candidates.
| Now that the management OF the New York
Tribune is settled, it is hard to tell what new
sensation will be created out OF which Vice Pres
ldent Colfa1 can make q little capital, and enjoy
hisusual amount of smiling Good. dear man It l.
most likely that he will be retired to the nur-
sery, with his baby, after the 4th of March,
! 1873.-Cdmeron's Home Organ.
| Colonel Forney. in his PhiladelpLia Press,
| says the question as to the next United Statea
| Senator from Pennsylvania, is not in regard 10
| the qualifications of the candidates, but solely
in regard to their purses. It is net oues-
! tho next Senator is able to speak or to write,
| or to add to the honor Of his State. bu1
whether he is able to pay money for votes, to
| get Offices for his adherenta, and to fulfill pcCm-
| lsee to the local politicians"
! Thomas Fl. SpeakHan. one of tho founders OF
the Union League of Philadelphia, and d.
porter Of President Grant in the late carlla
recently submitted at the annual meeting OF tnat
! body, resolutions denouncing official corrup-
! tlon and frauds upon tho elective franchise,~
and disclaiming the action of the Campaign
| Committee, which prescribed all members who
@ dld not support the Republican State ticket.
Inc resolutions, however, were deemed injuGi-
cious, and we're tabled. despite 10 strong ard
/ earnest minority vote"
AS the Secors succeeded: with the MD Of the
Secretary Of the Navy; in getting 1000 o1trs
built vesse1s Of the same kind for like sum- now
| appears before Congress aud asks to be placed
| on the same footing with the Sccors. As the
Secretary indorsod tho former, ho cannot well
| refuse the Inter-
There is no reasonable doubt aB to the i'm
| phcaslon Of some Senators aud Representatives.
| in what, in plain language. is Congressional
bribery and corruption. We hope the investiga-
tion now in progress will be search1ue, and that
the gully men, no matter to which party they be-
long, will be exposed and punished. We infer
from certain disclosures already made, that
distinguished Iowa politician is impGcated.-
dfuscdt5ae journal.
1t is sufficiently plain that party in the
country, re know not how strong, are resolved
to renew tho discussion. Ct the Saa Domingo
question. Apparently there is money in its
pecunlary interest so great as to pay for and
justify almost any measure of patience and
persistence, and involving 30 many individuals
as to render an extensive movement in support
OF the enterprise comparatively easy of procure
still ffavors as he certainly fa:ored
formerly, the acquisition Of tho island
But, having failed to convince the peopla
Of tho soundness of the view, AMI having for
mally renounced the scheme as i1npractc-ble, it
is not for G. moment to bo supposed that ha
would so soon renaw the agitation CT the sub
ject, especially in an underhand manner. Aud.
80 far Was his reelection f:on heing or imply. y.2g
the national Endorsement of the San Domingo
scheme, that perhaps few considerations did
more to confirm confidence in tho President and
intensity his popularity during the late canvass
than his decided and cheerful surrender of the
scheme on becoming assured Of its rejection By
the people--PHts6urJh Commercial
Stanford s. Co. are now moving to obtain
Goat Island, preparatory to making efforts to
compel San Francisco to give them the China
Basin and market-placcs in Mission Bay, and
probably some millions of dollars in bonds
they over layo enough: This il called q free
country, where men may en- Joy the rights OF
property which has been earned by the sweat OF
the brow. There is probably not 3 tyrant II
his satellites are doing to oppsess the peopla
Does any man suppose that Stanford, Gorham
and Billy Carr Will not take the half Of ever.
mans home in this city If they can obtain til
Ia If mi tohn t1Y1o fhn 1hobi cf Eo
cisco took measures to protect themsel7e.
against tyranny that is paralyzing all business
IN this city 7--San Francisco Gait
We read Of the arbitrary suppression Of news
papers in Russia and Austria, and other coun
tries with deepotic form OF government, and
We haro been in tho habit Of congratulating our
selves that this was country where freedom ol
speech was tolerated Even during the war thu
popular excitement was 81 intense that Presi-
dent Lincoln promptly revoked the order sup
pressing the New York Norld and Chicago
Times, and the vile Brick Pomeroy (now sup
porter OF the Administration) was allowed to
publish the most reasonable sentiments With
out molestation. Now, 3 great newspaper ia
sqce1cl1ed under the pretended color Of the law.
Federal bayonets stand ready to enforce the
mandate, and the people find themselves power
less to resist.-Sf- Paul Dispatch
-PNcHBAcEs TBouBLEs.-Our Seuecambian
Governor" by the grace Of Durell, is at pres.
ent man Of many sorrows and yexatione. II
trying to sell out to each, he he1 pretty much
toet A4o Ao!u VI al1 tne various a4pHQnts anG
factions OF his party. First, he cannot manage
the Senate in the impeachment of Narmoth. Te
his infinite disgust he found that even his col.
ored brothers we're racalctrant on that subject.
eecondiy, he has mado appointments, or rather
aM1ed his ever uncertain and mysterious initials
to certain commissions, which tho Senate re-
II 1nse5 to confirm, and his supporters to apr:ove
Thirdly, lie has not kept his word with billings
OF Norton, to support them for tho Sonato, bIt
lnslsts on trying his own chances for that high
Office. Finally, ho is damned on ali sides IS
most faithless, traitorous SencSambian. who IS
obliged to take his meals and his stra'7-bed at
the State House, for fear so1ae person. o.
course Of his own purity, might put head On
him, en- route to his dwelling -plAce.-1ise Times
(Ne1o 0,leans).
The Register supposes that the real secret OF
opposition from each CT these ge2tlemen
(Snapp, Logan, and Weed> is this. Tho pass;
uaaQa hv which thap and such IA thaY control