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It i.aa boon definitely scttled that the Virgnius
bliAll be formally s,irrondered next Tuesday, in
tlaylight," at somo port other than Havana. Tho
survivors or tho crew aro to bo delivered ovor
tho samo day ut Santiago do cubn. Tho fulfill
mont Of this programme will put nh end to tho
run.ors Of war for tho present. Tho tornls Of
tho protocol sti1l require. however, that tho
spnllisl, Government alal prosecute tho Cuban
authorites responsible for tho hasty execution
of American citizons. aud that tho United States
shall prosecute the virgnias If it bo ascertainod
that bho WAS not all sho prorcsscd to bo,-that
is, an American yosaol ougagcd in q lawful
traffic.
, 1873-12-11
MR, THoMAg A. goprT'g VIEWS,


Col. Thonas 4. Bcott perhaps t),omost pron't-
communicated to n reporter of tho Now York
Tribune lfH vows on tho financial situation and
ita iuflnonca upon railroads. Mr. aGott, after
to manner of RAILROAD flnanctcrs, attributes a1l
our troubles to tho dlAlcultyof moving tho oropH
will, tho existing amount Of currency. This
yoar'a trouble hnB boon increased ind prolonged,
sccording to Ills notion, by tic boarding Of
money by tho farmors who have boen prompted
to do this by tho luck Of confidence ongondcred
by Jay Cookies failuro. Alr. Scotta ronledy il
tho favorito notion of tho day-an elastic cur-
renoy,-aud his moaus Of ataiung 1t is, not 10 tll-
troduco little gutta-porchs into tho manufacture
OF groenbnckB, which would DO tho oasieat, but
for lilo Government 10 issue an unlimited
amount OF currency convertible ut any timo into
bonds boaring low ratio Of intorost, these
bonds to bo ruconyortiblo Into The eamo un-
limited amount OF currency when tho people
noed 1t. 11r. Scott has Bublimo contempt Of
gold as oasia for q currency. All lo denlauis
is tho Government crodit, and ho thinks TINT tho
bAon'AoaSAu at4aJ JUDI III HI4l w IEuGtAAAo4t ~
corn or Bossemor Hteol aB in gold. Afr. Scott
presumably speaks with better information re-
gnrding railroad matters than regarding political
economy. Ho thinks that good deal Of capital
might havo hoon savod which has teou invested
In railroads that the country does not yet nood
and ho probably spoaka from tho personal OK
porionco Of some Of his friends. Eo be-.
lovos, however. or Processes to bolieve,
that railroads will not DO hurt vary
mitch by tho panic, a1ld Predicts that tl,or aggre-
cato business will bo larger tlliB year than ever
bofore. In regard to TexaH & Pacific, ho aaya
that, whilo tho CONSTRUCTION Company hnH not
been nblo to meet its obligations itH creditors
aro willing to wait, mud it l1ah securities enough
to moot all demands in full with reasonable
! Indulgence. Tic Bays that tho road will be
| finished to Toxarkana, where it will hnyo in1-
portant connections and that arrangements
llavo been 1nado to pay tllo workmen III cur
reney. Ho speaks In glowing terms Of the
resources Of Texas aud tho business tho road
will enjoy when completed. But, When asked
Mhothur the Yosas s. Pacific will mako douannt
for Congressional aid, ho answered: II do mol
Want to speak on TINT subject ut all" Thus, Of
the only matter about Which 1lr. Scott coult
give positive and valuable information, he MI
obetinatcly silent.
, 1873-12-11

On tho 10Th Of March last, nun n.tned Bo-
cart VIVA arrested in SAn Frauuiaoo by order of
tho Secretary Of the Navy, by force Of marines,
a,ld carried prisoner to Mare Island, iu tho
Lay Of San Francisco. Ho IL stil1 prisoner 1T
that place. Dogart had besn witnesa before
Concessions! Committee investigating cortalN
transactions OF the Navy Department.. Io had,
ao,no soyeu years before. been In tho navy.
In April, month after his arress he was tfled
by uuurt-martial upon charges for misconduct
while l,o l.sl hoen in tho navy. Tho result IT
that trial l,aa never been tllBcloHed what the
tnlug vi thu Caurt nas has been aocrot o1
tho Nnyy Department. These hna been no n1'-
proval or alsappro,A Of tho finding Of tue
Court but Bogazt has BEEN Rud II uow prls"
onss At tbs Mara 1sland Nkvy-Yard. II hs haa
, 1873-12-11
USELESS ZEAL,

Tho Secretary of State Raya there ia to be no
wnr with Spain. Tho spaniah Minister at Wael-
ington sayY thoro ia 10 10 no war. Tho Cabipots
at Washington aud Madrid eAy tl,ero Ia 10 bo no
war. Tho scorotary Of tho Navy, who las been
n worry wnrli!to aon Of Noptuno oyor ainco tho
aoizuro OF the Virgntus, reluctantly almita there
IL to bo uo war; and, to cap tho climax md mako
aasnraucs dounly auro, tho President omphati-
cally a!llrma: Gontlomon, there will DO no
war." III thh mouths OF no many Witnesses
thoro mint 10 truth, and In fact thoy arc tie
only witnesses compolont to exprcas all opinion.
As thero Ia to 10 uar therefore, 1t may not DO
improper to Inquire why we arc getting ready
for war. II there il no onomy to hght
why nre VIC Dlustorng, md funting,
and shaking Our tsts, aud milking our-
selves ridiculous In tho oyos Of tho
rest Of tho world3 Wo aro to have
no war, nl,d yet tho workmen at tho navy-yards
arc laboring day and night orders are issued to
concentrate nll OF our available navy at Key
Wost without delay, aud yebaelB which arc not
even ontiroly roftted nro hastoned forward, as
il 1t woro matter Of life and loath tito House
Appropriation Committee reports bill giving
Secretary noboson tho five milliona which ho
wants,-a largo part Of which, by tho way, has
been aroaly expended and 1Ir. Ingalls,, in the
Senate. Introduces q bill to arm aud o1uip tho
whole body Ut tho militia Of tho United States,
mixing all auuual appropriation of s5oo.000 for
TINT purpose. II t!lora IL to DO no war, why all
this warliko preparation and useless waste Of
money! Or arc NO to show tho Spaniards what
we would lavo dono tad tllero been war 7 II 30,
then wo arc indulging IN n very expensive
| luxury to no purpose, except to ralso d
laugh at tho Aeet OF monitors md gunboats
which will exhibit their ronts and patches At
key West. It il time that CongroBs put tho
clamps Oh tile Secretary OF the Navy, aud
stopped him, or ho viii have gunboats not only
OH the ocean, but OIL oil the rivers and 1akes,
nnd. "whorovor it ia little damp" ny Mr.. Lin
| colu waa wont to say. Tic sccrotary's bolligor~
ont disposition il Of an alarming character, aud,
| il sonelhing is not iono to roatrain him, Bome.
| body may get hurt, whothes VIC arc going to
havo war or not. Tho zoal With which the
Secretary vent to work when there WAS pros
poet Of war was crcditablo to him; but, now that
there is no prospect of trouble with Spain Of
auy other Pow or. ho ought to slncken up, and
ut all events not make that exhibition OF tinl;-
cred gunboats and monitors At Koy West
Aftor lie has got thona al1 there what is lie going
| to do With them? What clio can ho do with
them but to order them back to the navy yards,
and lot thom 60 on with thor rottlng, that Ia, II
any Of them arc abo to get buck j?
, 1873-12-11


Tho House Of Representatives, Doc. Q, eeated
ono noorss Il. Smith (Ropubllcan) as member
for tho Shreveport Qa.) District, upou q cor
titlcatc boaring dsto Nov. 20, 1878, that Ito
had boon chosen at special election, Nov. 2i,
uice Samuel II. Peters, tho Republican claimant
in tho contested electton Of 1872. who had died
at Shreveport, Oct. /, Of yellow fcycr. The
Shreveport District being 25o n'iles long by from
so to 100 miles wide, extending from noar Baton
Rouge along tho whole longth OF tho Red River
to tho northwest cornor Of Louisiana, aomo
members remarked tlst this waB pretty quick
work to bc dono all n.a,lo Of ten days but.
quick as 1t wnB, tho action Of tho House was oven
quicker in seating Smith by q party vote, only
Two Republicans voting in the negative. Now,
it is worth while to rcoall tho fact that
this samo Shreveport District had to
elect, In Novombor, 1872, for a then
oxiHting vacancy aa we'll ~ for full term In
Congress-, nnl tho candidates were For tho
sacancy-Mo1andor Boarman, Liberal; Harry
Lott (colored) Republican. For the full term
Z. c. Davidson, Liberal Samuel H. petors, Ro-
publican. Tile House Of the last Congress- scat
cd Boar1nan, aud, aftor due inquiry, retained him
in his sent, AMI to that extent rebuked the olec
ton fra,ld OF tho Custonl-Houae gang III Now
Orleans I,ator in that session, tho vote Of
Louisiana, for President, was rejected from tho
Electoral count. In disregard Of nll tlie, and
without moments inquiry, upon the urgency
Of Bsn. Butler and others, tho House Of the
present Congress- decides that Samuel Il. Peters
(eince doceaael) WAS duly elected IN 1872 rejects
Mr.. Davidson, whose credentials nre tho same
aud whoHo claim ID the same Al was Boarmau'a,
and soats nlan upon certificate iu itaelf moro
questionable, probably, than WAS over before
presented to ANY Congress-.
And just hero comos in new illustration Of
the sa|ary-grab. Mr. Smith, declared by tho
House to have boen elected, Nov. "a, to a va
caucy which datcd from Oct. I, draws back-pay
from March 1. 1878, in tho aggregate sum Of
S5,G25. He draws it all because, until the House
took some action, neither Peters nor Davidson
could be recognizel by tho disburaing Officer as
entitled to any part of it. But tho recognition
Of Smith by tho House is also, Indirectly, d
recognition Of rotors and it Peters was, III
fact, tho molnbcr-olect whoae death caused \ va
cancy, may not the heira OF Potors claim Con-
grasaional pay from March to 0etober--seven
months, A4,375?
, 1873-12-11

Mrs. Swisehelul. in q communication printed
elsewhere, claims a modification OF tho COLI
atsuctiou put upon her singular theory 10 rofer-
construed to mean that the exposure Of Mr.
Beechers guilt, it ho wero guilty, would bo
worse III the loss OF hia eloquence aud influence
than secret, uuconfeased guilt We arc glad to
know that Mrs. Swissholm docs not think 10,
, 1873-12-11

Several petitions hayo beon introduced into
tue Senate. led by one from tho Society pf
friends. and presented by Alr. Fonton. of Now
Iosi, asking for an appointment of Congrcs-
sional Committee to regulate tho traffic In
alcoholic liquors. Ii Congress will carefully or
anime the e1perionco OF Massachusetts ~
State aud Chicago aRa l. city, III this ambitious
purpose, 1t will probably avoid tue undertaking,
asido from any consideration Of authority.
, 1873-12-11

boen fo'lid guilty Of my cr|no. tho fact ought
to l,ayo hoou long since mado public, mid tho
Hentenco promulgated. Bill thoro Ii 4 n,yRtory
about tho wholo caao, md tho wondcr ts, wl.at
motive tho Secretary Of tho Navy call lavo In
koopng this man prisoner. II tho court
martini acquitted him, tlion Ills t1otontiun III n
prisoner is an act Of cruelty aud oppression. 1t
IL proposed by 1}ogart's frionds 10 Try and
have Congress- Gull upon thu Nary Department
for ait explanation Of Ills mysterious and pro-
longod imprisonment.
, 1873-12-11

At tho recent School-Doard election III I3r-
mlngl,auI, England somB extraordinary devices
were reaorted to by both parties, but the most
remarkable of all was ueriss Of prayor-1neot-
ingn which, was l.eld III tho interest Of the
eight Tory candidates. These meetings we're
devoted nlainly 10 singing, praying, atlsl violent
election nddresaes, after Which Tory olcotion
hills wore distributed amonynt the audience,
aut scurrIlous doggero directed against tho oti,-
er party. With al tho abuses aud outragus
Which calnractorxo election campaigns in this
couutry, people hays nayer yet reached A,,o!, al,
irrevarent, it not btaspllono,ln, pitch rs this.
, 1873-12-11

, Tho discussion Of tho Halary question In tho
House assumed moro dlgnitod aud reputable
character yesterday. Thero was creator dispo-
sition to discuss Tho question at issue and less
to indulge tu offensive personalities. K1r. Lyman
Tronain, OF Nov York, mntlo strong speech
in fayor Of tho reponl, drawing q coan diatino-
tion bctwccn domagoglsm and doforcnco to tho
popular will Ho roforrod iu telling toru,s to tho
proBont condition Of Tweed, to ahow that tho
people no longer boiovo that Offices are croated
for tlo benefit Of tho incumbonts instead Of the
public. Ntr. Niblact favored tho Reinstatement Of
tho old salary law, leaving al1 othor questions to
be nottied aftcrwatds which is tho true poaition.
Mr. Dawes had tho temerity to present tho phase
Of tic question relating to the Presidents CON-
puy for the torn, ad 1900 GOO more Of allowances
which defray expenses that are personal md sp-
1'ertnin to hia position. Mr. Dawes was careful,
however, toexoopt President Grant from the effect
OF Ills remarks. Oh the ground that hiB pay can-
not bo constitutionally roducod His allowances
may bc cut down. howovor, Us Mr. Niblsok has
thanking God, In MI impressive way, that ueu.
Grant did not aool tho office for tho attainment
OF wonlth, M Lis auccossors will il tho pay bo
allowed to rcmau rs 1t Ia. Tho previous quos-
tiou will be moved to-day, and the practical sen-
timcilt OF the HouBe Expressed by D. vote.
, 1873-12-11

Tho petition Of Obicago buslnosB-men, asking
that Government mint he established III thin
city, introduced into the Senate by Mr.. Logan,
has boon reforrod to tho Finance Committee. If
Congress- comedies with tho recommendation
inado by tho President In his rooelt 'nos6age,
TINT additional ,nints DO opened. 1t will DO ensy
to Bhow that tho frst should bo tlxcl at Chicago,
as tho natural contro for tho Wcst and North
woAt, ard tho point Of exchange betwoon bullion
mid curroucy
, 1873-12-11

tated, with throo Afarnhaia, fifty Con-
orals, G,0o0 ofllcors, aud 179,oo0 MONA
surrender only paralolcd by that ut Sedan.
From this timo on, Dazaino was 80 unpopular
that hta lfo was in dangor, ant1 his flight to Eli
gland alono sayod him from assassination. lIo
returned to Franz 20 when summoned to trial.
sttlorntion tho recommendation for mercy will
rccoiye ut tho hands Of President MaoAfalon.
, 1873-12-11

bo erroneous or untuBt, common pruaonco Fo'
quiroB that thoy should employ additional help,
and II thoy pay for s,ch holp nobody Is harmed.
They havo right to know that tho grain ro-
colvod from tho warehouse is what thoy AFRO o1s.
titled to, both in quality and quantity. Thoso
agents Of tho ovnors aro not official Inspectors,
nor do tlioy assume to bo such. . They
do not interforo with tho State Inspectors
except 80 fur az tho holdor Of Rrain receipt
would have tho right to. 4 oomnattteo OF al''
poals has boen appointed to take cognizance Of
such casea Of dispute. Tho shippers pay alt tho
foes and charges required BY law to tho stnto
inspectors. but tako tho procantion. WHOM ro-
ccving grim, to havo an agent prcsout who can
toll ono grhde Of grain from another, and who is
cotuposcnt to dotoct my error which might
escape tho notice Of tho State Inspector.
Those agents thus onp1oycd nnd whosc ont
ploymant III made necessary by tho illcompetenoy
Of tho State inspection, certify to their employers
tho quantity mud quality Of tho graiu shipped, in
tho following form:
Uu1rxp srArEe or AMERICA,
Urr1oE OF y. g. GREEN Co. {
We hare thta day. Chlcago, Nov. H. 1878. examined
into propeller Antelope o0o2 bushels Of barley, No.
!. And hcroby corlify that It is in acGordance With
tho established 9rado Of tho State ot Illinois.
For account Ut D. ". irwin Co..
s.B. GREEN l. Co., Shipping Agents.
Mother Messrs. Greon d Co., nor any Of tho
other pcrsons employed from time to timo by
shippers to auporintend tho ahipmout OF grain
from warehouse, ltayo " "attomptod to act aB In
speotor Of Gran," nor "attempted to inspect
graiu," or to do any othor official net. They
have attended, tho warehouses. in tho place Of
tho owner, to sec that tho grain passed out by
tho State Inspector Is what 1t purporta to be
aud to prevont any colluson or imposition upon
tho shipper, and generally to protect tho intor-
ests Of the owner Of tho grain. It will not DO
pretended that the owner may not examine tho
grain delivered to him by the Inspector, and
what the owner may do In person he may do by
clerk or agent. 80 uncertain las the Btato
inspection BECOME thpt many Of tho larger
shippers refuse to accept grain from
tho warehouse unlcss they luyoan agent prcBont
to watch It, and from whom thoy cau obtnin o
certificate. This certificate Of examination 1,y q
competent person 1las mitch creator value than
tho State inspection. Tile one is accepted az de-
termining tho quality of tho grain shipped, tho
other 10 sjguifying that tho law haa boon COM
pliod with, Tho employment Of those shipping
agents has bccono necessity, md heavy ad-
ditional cost, bccauBe OF tho suspicion attaching
to tho State inspection. The Chief Inspector
would be moro nttingly employed IL lo devoted
hs attention to tho Improvement Of inspection,
and to restoring conidonce In 1t, than in prose-
cutting agonta who are hired to SEQ tlat tho State
Inspectors attend to their duties properly.
, 1873-12-11

3a'4@9e95to for cash or aclor Jannary. nyo waa.
qulet md firm at 200. Barley wan In bottcr do
mAnd. mud sha.lo f'rmor, closing ut s1.lot1 for
No. 2, aud s1.0760t.0s for No. .. Iiye hogs
wore auot and 15o lowor, closing atoady At e4.5o
@l.0o. cattlo and sheep wcro quics md un-
clnngcd
, 1873-12-11

Tho belief that the indianapolis, Bloomington
l. Western Railroad haa been constructed and
managed somewhat after tho ma1.ner of tho Gil
1nan, Clinton i Springfield Railroad haa induced
tho people Of Empire Township, Mclean County,
ILL.,, to call T. moettng for the purpose Of in
vestigating tho Affairs Of tho Company. The
decision III tho Gilman caao will be likely to loa,
to good many Investigations Of tLis klnd.
, 1873-12-11
ANDREW J. Perfect.

Gov. Deyor1d9e, luvug officially notified tho
Sheriff Of Will County that l,o declines to inter-
fcro in tho caBo Of Perfect, tho murderer, tho
c1trcmo penalty Of tue lar will bo enforced
at Joliet about o'clock tomorrow, and An
dreu J.. Perfect will expiato upon the gal
lows tho brutal crimo which he committed
over two years ago. Pcrteet was born in
Georgia, in 1914, and came to Illinois IN
1851. In tho latter year no WIS married, and
tho next yesr his daughter Lucinda WAS born.
There is nothing to show that there WAS any dis
turbance in tho family until 1868, aud in this
year troublo commenced, growing out Of
the conduct Of the dnughtor, which
gradually Increased until finally quar-
rcls wero so frequent between Perfect
and his wife and daughter, that the family was
brokon up. Tho VITO left him aud engaged
apartmouea Oh Polk street. Perfect himself
lived on State street, and tho daughter went to
hire out. Notwithstanding tho fact that thoy
were living apart, tho throe often met, aud On
each OCCASION renewed their quarrels. At last,
they reached their climax in blood. On Sunday
evening, Sept. H. 1871, the daughter. who wus
at her mothers house, heard q scu1lng over.
head and heavy fall Rushing upstairs, she
found her mother with lcr throat cut, weltering
in blood, and saw perteot leaving the house.
The same night Perfect delivered HIM
self up to tho polico autAotitias. pro-
tending to bo insane and muttering
incohcrent stuff about his own thsoat being
cut. The evidence WAS soon collected which
made 1t certain that pesteet lad murdered his
committed to jail. His first trial took place tho
Same fall, and no Was found guilty and sentenced
to bo hanged Jan. 12 1872. Two days boforo
that time however, tho Supreme Court granted
sHpe,sedeas in tho casp heoauBo tho Court
below had erred in rofusing tho application fora
change Of vonuo. Tho second trial took place at
Joliet, will County, and ho WAS again found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Again his
ndofa.igablo counsel went botoro the Supreme
Court, and asked for new trial upon tho ground
thu. no official rcnittitur had been received from
tho Supreme Court granting tho new trial. Tho
Supreme Court, however, affirmed the finding Of
tho lower Court, and Gxod tho day Of execution
| Dec. u, 1873. The last effort Of lis counsel
| has been to obtain 4 communication Of sentence;
but this has beon rofused, and, with the Exec'i-
tive refusal, yaniules the last gloam Of hopo for
| the doomed man. Tomorrow ho m.,st pay tho
poualty Of bis dreadful orimo,-a crime all the
more dreadful insamnch as there WAS no ca'1so
| for it. Whntoycr tho conduct OF the daughter
| may i,nvo bceu. which produced tile separation
botwoeu Perfect and lis wife, that conduct
weighed moro heavily uron tho hosrt Of tue
wifo tlau it did upon his Tho wife was no
snoro responsible for that misconduct than he,
| uuu to visit the sins Of the daughte upon tle
wife, whom ile had driven from htm with ILLS
wrangliug aud .hrcata. WAS Hi oct Of brutal bav-
agery. Although juaticc In his case waa long
delayed, It was sure At Inst, mud tomorrow thiH
murderer will DO no more.
, 1873-12-11
:
PROTECTION IN CUHh AND hTEXIE0

Protective tariff is game that two eau play
at Although The United Stntos and tho
Spanist-Amorican Btates are tile natural coin
between them is very limited. Tile United
states lust yoar had but s115,0o0,000 Of tho
$500 000, 900 total trade Of those countries. 4
total trado Of $500, ,0O00 900 ia small onongh for
population which alronay equals thnt Of this
country When it entered tho Civil War. Our
share of this half billion ia smaller than it ought
to ho. II our exports to lilo other Spanish
American countries equalcd those to Cuba, thoy
would be s2G2. 900. That they havo not
reached greater figure in Cuba aud elsewhere
il due to the fidelity with Which thoso countries
initiate our silly protectivc-ta syatcm. We
havc aot tho example OF Chinese tariffs, and thoy
havo botterod tho example. A circular iHsued
1aBt year by Mr. Romero the Mexican Minister
Of Finance, explains tho nov thrill adopted by
the Government Of that country as follows:
Foreign goods now pay to the Federal Treasury, up
their importation into tho Republic tho following
lntlca:
Importation duty, 100 per cent public works duty.
st duty, 1oper cent countarrcgstratton duty, 25 per
cent municipal duty, aper cent; substitute for TOLLS
equivalent to por cent excise duty, $50 per cent
export duty OH coin, at per cent I'd vorc.n equiv
alent to 25 per ceut; total, 232.5u pcr ccut.
And this is boaatol ri an improvement on tho
old Mexican tariff. Tie effect Of this appalling
taxation Of 232h Per cent-whioh makcB
barrel Of American flour that ought
to 10 sold in Mexico ut SO cost S2o,-
in starving aud destroying trade between
the two countries, is plain enough. Tie Cuban
tariff is 80 much worse that, to got u barrel Of
tour to Havana from New York, tho cheapest
ahip it. The loss to our merchants by theso
commercial md financial monatroaitics which tho
Moxicans Cubans, aud other Spaniah-A
like their more Northory oxenplars, call 'protoc~
tiye," amounts to hundreds Of millions Of dollars
year. There has been good deal Of irrational
Hniyeling in this country about these hostile tar
IFS. But wo certainly hive no right to complain
for our own tariff is Of exactly the same kind.
Wa diffor in degroc, but only because our pro-
tectionists have not been stroug enough to put
thoir theories into full practice, AZ tho Moxioans
aud 8pania,ds have done. They would to-day
u1opt tariff worso than tho Alexicau or Cuban,
il they had tho chance. Annexation il proposed
ty uo,no as means Of securing tho rich prizes
Of Wcet Indian rom1nesec. There is 4 better way.
Il we would but set our Southern neiShbors tho
example Of liberal commercial policy, We would
no louger be eatopped from asking concessions
from them which would give us all the bouedt Of
their trade, which is naturally ours, without an
nexation aud tho perilh OF political uuion with
thoul.
, 1873-12-11

Tho Senate has decided That Marshall Jewell
shall 60 to Russia. aud James Meredith Reed to
Greece, in the capacity Of Ministers Plonipoten-
tiary. Tho same body confirmed yestordny some
forty Postmasters and poatmistresaes in tho
Western States.
, 1873-12-11

The judiciary Committee Of the Senate ara
said to have had tho nomination Of George II.
Williams for Ohief-Justico undor consideration.
After long discussion, they failed to come to
any conclusion. This is regarded as unfavor-
able to Mr. Williams prospects for confirmation.
, 1873-12-11

4 supplemental bill has been flod in tho suit
against Ms. Cheney for tho recovery Of Christ
Church property, Tho first bill claimed tho
been degraded from the ministry Of tho Church !;
the supplemental bill strengthens this claim on
tho GROUND that A1r. Cheney has made All OFTEN
ratious display Of his having joined another de-
uouiuntou.