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BLATANT BLAINE.
HIS OPINIONS OF DEMOCRACY
Presidential Notes.-The New Treas
urer---Mail Contract Frauds---Art
Items---A Spirited Young Lady.
IRON ON. Dion CorrespoRdentl

urer---Mail Contract Frauds---Art
Items---A Spirited Young Lady.
From Our Ocn CorrespoRdentl
WASHINGTON, April IL.
Mr.. Ex-Speaker Blaine whom we have all
this time thought to be- although republic
can. at least moderate, aud conscientious one,
has recently thrown Oft the mask which had
been worn So gracefully aud appeared in the
( Old worn party gasb. We regarded Mr.
/ Blaine as republican. but discover at this late
day our mistake. lie is Radical; one, too,
\ OF the 4, e. est dye. The ex-speaker addressed
I party meeting up IN New Haven just prior
O. the election In the beginning, he refused
20 believe that the Southern people were anx-
I i5us Or even willing 10 accept in true faith, the
results Of the late conflict. Their condition,
he said does not accord with these assurances
of acquiescence. Expressing no confidence
whatever in the intention OF Democrats to hrr-
monte the South, he based his want OF trust
ia them, upon their actioO--dming the asst
sessiou--iu voting no to every pac hcatory pro-
position emanating from republicans with re-
gard 70 Louisiana. in doing which, they voted
lo-and here, Mr. Blaine. with a want of frank
ness for which am 10th 10 diScredit him, re-
viewed al the mis-haps which have occurred
In that pestcred state through radical malevo-
lence. since Grants accession TO the Presidency,
aud thus ascribed them, in general, to the dem
ocratia party. Aud then with cOnsummate
cooIue,s he said: And If to-day law and
order have supremacy in LouiSiana-ii to-day
revolution aud anarchy are kept out, you owe
ihe result wholly to the fact that the republl-
cans were enabled to Outvote the democrats IN
the House uf Representatives" Does Mr..
Blaine regard as law and order, government
which had 10 shelter It's corrupt self behind
United States bayouets and still maintains
power over an outraged people, through the
s,me n? rs a buS-bear for CInnecticut,
whose election was TO come of five days after,
Mr.. Blaine promising that he was not an IA
lrmisi, warned her people not to help to give
Democracy the management ofaitalrS. Dem
ocratic succession to power would he the be-
ginning Of re-actve policy the end Of which
could uo. be loreSeeu it would be the hand
inc over OF the government TO those who fought
araiust il. Does not all this fuS,ia9 smack OF
n " Iaudau!et Williams flavor think So
Connecticut has promptly repudiated Blaine's
bombast aud the ar rings with another demo-
cratic triumph. In
NEW YORK
last week the eX-Speakcr tried the same game,
aud probably gave to his remarks still more
bitter venom. being closer to Headquarters. -
Heuale a piteouS appeal to the Empire State
% save itself. and through itself the country,
by turning back into the rsdica fold whence
it has happily strayed, never more 70 return.
The Washington Correspondent of the Dos
tom Herald Rep in a letter to his paper con-
Gras What have told you regarding
GRANTS INTFNPFRANCE:
les,v.. O =" do not wish to
iniul.e in any rash or sensational prediction
O. his future. but | am impressed with the be-
lief that the Presidents habits ct eating and
drinking render his tenure Of life every day
morenud more uncertain.
o There are some
who think he is getting toward the end of the
rome pretty fast. aud that unless his condition
,lfers for the better he will be seriously in
DANCER of quitting the Presidential office before
tie irh Of March, 1871. OF these your cor
respondent incliues 70 be one" This same
,a1er assuming Grant, in the face Of his blbu-
l1us iucluatiOuS, 10 wear a charmed lie 20
thinks it will be quite easy for him to get a
nomination for a third term. There will be
1863 votes 10 the convention of which The l6
3 southern States will have 1873. These, with
. Is more. 20 give him majority, Grant could
, rst # he. chose, to-day. The new United
States
TREASURER
is expected here early in June. He will re-
tain III, ilenti cation with the First National
Rank. of Indianapois,-of which institution
he is one of the chief oificalS,-aud resume his
connection with it on retiring, with Grant,
from, office. Mrs. New was opposed 10 her
husbands acceptance Of the TreaSurerShip.
Sine Is Virgiujau Regarding applications
for Office. the new treasurer says he will neither
make nor recommend any, thus avoiding, as 1t
would seem. the rock upon which his
rr dcccssor split. pity those poor, overwork-
cl
TREASURY GIRLS
In SINNERS dnv. they could come and rest
thrir weary heads CA Lis patriarchal bosom,
and he. so,d old soul, never once
WISHED HE WAS DEAD
Int now alas. all this is changed. under
Stand that the New Signature resembles SPIN
ners ia 50 much as 1t looks like
A HANDFUL OF FISH HOOKS.
Postmaster General Jewell, in brave emula-
tom If one who sought TO turn all eyes from
his own wickcduess by directing them TO 9TH
ers' misdeeds has been making great TODD
over some fraudulent Contracts discovered in
his department. Along with the dishonest
AGENTS he has implicated two or three clerks,
messengers etc. who knowingly or otherwise
oi1ed The swiudle With a heart teemins with
Righteousness he declares his intention Of pro-
binc this fraud to the bottom, and if necessary
pulling the whole department to pieces in IN
earthug IT, ,,..,,. p
Through the po,teness Of Mr.. William Jlr-
dinston. the courteous assistant in charge,
your representative was enabled last week to
ipspect several specimens Of crayon-work at
Reicbmanus studio, corner Of 10th Street aud
Pennsylvania Avenue. Mr.. Relchmann Is a
native Of New York city, aud
RISING, YOUNG ARTIST,
whose erayou pictures have won Tor him de-
served praise on account Of their excellence. -
This gentleman is now, believe, travelling IN
vonr State. Within a short time tits thought
that the promised
ART ASSOCIATION
in ,hi, city will become fixed fact. Many
of its prospective members are now on their
Spring tours
Isaw 4 really
LUDlCR'US AFFAIR
on tie Ayenue.-our Broadway-last evening,
The street was crowded with pedestrians aud