, 1874-02-05

in politics, will be in 1876, and that she
will cast her Presidential vote with
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Cali
fornia and the other States of the great
West, for the nominee of the farmers.
The candidate for the new movement,
if the election we're to be held in 1874
instead Of 1876. might count with almost
absolute certainty on the votes of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada. Nebraska, Iowa.
Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, PENN
sylvania. And as the months and years
roll on, it is manifest to the dullest ap-
prehension that the new movement must
gain force in the above States and ex-
tend still to others. We do not over-
look the possibility of errors in the man,
agement OF the new party, nor of artful
devices to transfer its prestige to another
party; but there are errors to be consid-
cred on one side as well as another, and
arts to be practiced by the managers of
the Peoples interest as well as by their
enemies. Much will depend on the
choice of the candidate and on the hon
ssty and ability he may display after
public opinion shall have settled upon
him as the standard bearer. No"sprung"
nomination like that of Greely at Cin-
cinnati can succeed. The man must be,
first OF all, nominated and well Endorsed
by the country. The convention should
have nothing to say or do about it but
to confirm the popular choice. And
if this course is followed we do not be-
lieve it possible for any party to defeat
the Peoples candidate in 1876.
SALARY GRAB.--By the Repeal bill
which has passed the House, the salary
of members is reduced from 81. 500 to
$50 year, to talbe effect aozea the bill
shall become a la,o. As it must first pass
the Senate and receive the signature of
the President, it is not likely to go into
effect before the end of January, leaving
but one month Of the present Congressional
gear to ,ohich the reduction ,oM apply
From the 4th of March, 1873. to the 4th
of March, 1874, the pay of members
will be as follows, as we find it figured
out in New York paper: a ls
Eleven months at 1925 ....$6,S75
One month at 500. 0............. 500
Twelve months compensation. ,374
The gain of the Treasury by this great
measure of reform, which it has taken
the House three weeks to achieve, is
S125 for each member, as the following
figures show:
By the original grab bill. .......$7 900
By the "repeal bill ........ 6,S75
Amount disgorged. d......S 125
The House has covered itself with
public disgust by this pitiful sequel to
its loud profession since the beginning
of the session. The mountain, after its
protracted contortions and violent pangs,
has brought forth --tIis! The House
has passed bill which reduces the pay
for the year precisely l. 80 cent. 1t is
the same in effect as if the House had
passed bill levying an income tax of
~ p cent. on the salary of members
for this year, and asked the country to
accept that as repeal of the salary
grab. During the war, when the cost of
living was much greater than it is at
present, the members paid an income
tax of 5 q cent. on salary of $4,000;
and now OH salary twice ana half as
great, they are willing to contribute the
magnificent rate of 11z p cent. if they
can be permitted to keep the exorbitant
salary. State Register.
A WONDERFUL OLD SHIp.-The follow
ing is from the Liverpool Albion of re-
cent date:
The bark Truelove, of Hull. arrived
in the docks at Hull, from Philadelphia,
with cargo of petroleum, and flying
flag 20 feet long, American colors, with
the following on the white stripes: ''The
Truelove, built in Philadelphia, 1864"
The flag is present from the Pennsyl-
vania Salt Manufacturing Company, for
which company the Truelove carried
cargo of cryolite from Greenland, and it
was the fulfillment of this engagement
which took her back to the place of her
nativity after an absence of over cen-
tury. 1t appears that the Truelove was
built for the merchant service in 1764,
and proving handy. swift-sa;Iing Graf
she was employed by the Americans dur
ing the first war with England as pri-
vateer, but being captured by a British
cruiser, was purchased in Hull from the
British Government about the year 1880.
She was then employed in the wine
trade between Oporto and Hull, and dur
ing the war with France was fitted up in
true man n-of-war style, so that she could
run without waiting for an armed escort.
In 1884 she was transformed into q
whaler, being strengthened and fortified
to encounter the dangers of the icy
north. This wonderful vessel has mado
not less than thirty voyages to Green
land, crossing the Atlantic and Polar
Oceans 100 times without any serious
mishap. Her last voyages as q whaler
were in 1866 and 1867.
~ A fashionable and would-bein-
dustrious young New York lady, visit
ing friends in Waukegan, Ills, thought
to do her own washing as the evidence
of her good intentions. Somehow the
operation was failure. She used tho
batter prepared for buekwheat cakes in
stead of soft soap.