The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Washington.

III heIpDlS
Washington.
Appointments by the President: Samuel L.
Glasgow, of Iowa, to be Consul at Glasgow,
and John A. Bridgeland, of Indiana, to be
Consul at Havre.
The editorial rooms of the National Era
Erred Douglass paper was the other day the
scene of lively "mill" between Louis Doug
lass, managing editor Of the paper, and
colored man named Greener. in which the son
of his father succeeded in putting head on
the Greener 1t is rumored that the affair will
end in a duel.
Treasury officials say it will be necessary to
issue $4,000, 900 or $4,000. 900 of the s44 ,OOO-
600 reserve, to meet the current expenses of
the Government for the present month.
The usual quietness that prevades the ma
tional capital during the recess of Congress
was ri dely broken on Saturday afternoon, the
10th inst, by first-class sensation--the at
tempted assassination of ex-senator Pomeroy
at the hands Of ex-Congressman Martin +.
Conway. PomorOy, it seems, was walking up
one of the avenues, when he met Conway V.
who, without word of warning drew a revolv-
the corpulent ex-senator, one OF which took
effect in the right breast, just below the nip
pie. He then put up his pistol and started to
walk off, but was stopped by Mr.. Jerome Il.
Stllson a prominent journalist who demanded
of him an explanation of his murderous con-
duct. Conway simply replied, He has ruined
myself and family" surrendered his pistol to
Stillson, and accompanied that gentleman
to the station-house. Pomeroy, who
had fallen to the pavement, was
assisted to carriage and drive to his resi-
dence. where an examination revealed the
gratifying fact that his wound was simply an
abrasion. The ball had passed through two
thicknesses of his coat, also his vest and shirt,
and its force was thereby so far spent that it
produced no further damage than merely
breaking the skin, and scarcely bringing blood.
One Of the shots passed through the ex-Sena-
tors hat, closely grazing his head, the other
missing him entirely. Pomeroy says ne never
had any controversy with Conway. and has
not the remotest idea OF the cause of the at
tack. Conway has not resided with his wife
for several years, she having left him on ac-
count Of his failure to support her. She is a
clerk in the Treasury Department having re-
ceived the appointment on the recommends
ton of Pomeroy. Conway is native of Bal
timore, and a printer by trade. He studied
law, emigrate3 to Kansas, and was elected to
Congress, having served one term. He
was afterward appointed by President
Johnson Consul to Marseilles, but
was removed by President Grant. 1t
is evident that Conway is weak in both mind
and body, and was laboring under an attack
of temporary insanity at the time.
1t is authoritatively announced that Senator
Conkling will not accept the Office Of Chief
Justice if rendered him, but will retire from
public life at the end of his Senatorial term,
and devote himself to the practice OF law.
A Washington dispatch says THE Presi-
dent having been asked question to-day in
relation to the Chief Justiceship, replied that
he had consulted with no one as to selec-
ton. and repeated what he heretofore said,
namely, that in making choice he would
look to the interests of the country at large,
and endeavor to make one which would be
generally acceptable"
THE President has issued general amnesty
to all army deserters who return to duty be-
fore January 1, 1874.