, 1875-12-10

bit tIe rpAerEeH hjmeelf for work OF tho floor In
vlcH Of poss1b1o cortingnnc!es.
THE REPUBLICAN lnLfCY.
SAID an old Kepnbliceu member "Our policy
tlin winter should he oBs Ut mastery inactivity.
"o sanrd wat until The Denocrata make \
mistake, md than sske Advan:sge of it.. They
The mssaare and 1,tfstow's report will ineyi-
tab1y bring them to It. Tho moment they do
tbta their party will split TO pieces. Ths Re-
pno!Ica'n. ehoild have nothing now 10 saY about
policy In Baid 10 bo ibis: d. sIort: plso tho
Democrats ropo do not object In inres.g Atton
hut vote for them; force tho Democrats tn ttss-
agreement; stop TALKING about tho 1sebolllon;
do not elake tho b1oodv shirt.
nEAEHKH TO DR INVESTIGATED.
J. ]. Safely. OF Ohio, who Was long In tho
Poat-Dfict Department. apd who Lkd charge st
ouo time Of ~eiRhing tho rnails for eighty rail-
foada. has drafted q resolution which will soon
ho Presented ia tho House, aeking ~ tnrestIga-
EroAs ftAada lilo claims 10 be able to vndcato
himsclf. Tho Port Onico authorities think they
will DO nblo to show thai the charges against
him srcre wc1I founded.
Thero Arc vesy noticeable elements q dlror.
ganz&tion among tho Dctnocrats This Wsr
Democratic find it quite difficult 10 hArmontzn
With the Confcdorates. Holman Ia asyro Of
Tho old House. ho said. pointing 10 tho Demo
cratic aide: ''Thsy arc aIl Confederatca over
there. An'how, and they will b turned out in
fTe sh+ As.seta&e< rre..]
4 rnE41pEHrIAL a1isTAKE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5--1ho President ma1o
vory singular error In lis annual moBHagc--ouc
Which iH creating mitch unf*roInbIe comment
among E. the legal fraternity; He ss5s IN h!s mes
method Of verifying claims agatnst tho Goyern-
u1cnt thsn at present oxsta through tho Court
Of Claims, especially those c1aimn groaing out
OF tic ]ato War, md that very largo percentage
OF tho amounts pAHsod and p4ld arc either wholly
real fossea sustained. Tho Proeldout then con-
tlnuos spd rtfors to tho aUar1s mado and
cla'ms teAdns ior losses a1feged 10 have been
sustained on small farms. The blunder made
BY tho PteBicent il this, that tho nubject-mattor
OF which ho treats Ia outeido Of the jurisdiction
OF tho Court Of CAims, aud tho po,nto which
he lnstcs bare ne. application 10 that Court
which has nothing whatever 10 do With the ctass
President intended to refer 70 tha Southern
ctatma, and to the way in which fraudulent
Claims hnse been gotten through the Treasury
Department. Tho Presidents attention will be
called 10 tho mistaln. and 1t IL be1tovcd that hc
will take an carly occsiou 10 rectify it IN mes
eago to Congress-.
nEgEHuE ArPo1STMESTs.
Francis G. Norwood haa been appointed Storo-
keekor for tho Fourth Missouri District; Frank
I. Auseelt, Guager in tho satno District and
john J. Dawn and Samuel D. Frank Guagqre in
tho Fourth Ohio District.
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by Japanese olliccra Of rauk-ToQino and Nina
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