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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, was mar
ried lately to Miss Lille Lugerbeel,a dashing
and pretty young Treasury clerk. He is g.
she IS. May and December!
The House of Representatives has passed.
by a vote of 178 yeas to So nays, the bill re-
pealing the Bankruptcy act. 1t provides for
an unconditional repeal from and after Jan. 1,
1877, subject only to these conditions: That
all suits and proceedings now pending in courts
of the United States wherein an adjudication
in bankruptcy has been made, shall be proceed
ed with and governed by the provisions of the
existing laws, which are hereby continued in
force only for the purpose of closing up the
suits and proceedings now pending.
The House Appropriation Committee propose
to cut down the River and Harbor Appropriation
bill to $4,00O,000. The estimates call for
$14, OO0, 600.
The Military Comrnittee have agreed upon a
bill for the consolidation, reorganization, and
reducing of the staff corps of the army. The
supply service of the army is to be placed under
one head, and to attain this the Commissary,
Quartermaster, and Pay Departments are to be
consolidated. The ordnance and artillery are
also to be consolidated. The Medical Depart
ment is to be cut dewn 30 that its strength shall
bear some proportion to the present force of
the army as it existed before the war. The Ad-
jutant-General's and Inspector Generals De-
partments are to be consolidated, and the Blu
reau of Military Justice is abolished.
Gen. Hurlbut has amended his Freight Rail
way bill by striking out the provision extending
Government guarantee of interest or loan of
credit to aid in the construction of the
road. This reduces the proposition to q
grant Of charter to corporation to build the
line, the Government appointing Commissioners
to have entire charge of the construction and
management, without, as is claimed, any legal
or equitable liability.
Hon. T. w. Ferry has been elected Presiden
of the Congressional Temperance Society
The Secretary of the Treasury has furloughed
all the employees of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing in the Treasury Department., on
account of having no money to conduct the
operations of the bureau.
The House Committee on Elections has de-
cided to report unanimously that Harralson
(colored), is entitled to hold his seat against
Bromberg, contestant.
It is understood that the House Judiciary
Committee will maintain the right Of the House
to expel Bill King and Schumacher, not in pun
isllment of crime committed before they be-
came members, but upon the constitutional
power of the House to protect itself from vio-
lent, disorderly, or unseemly persons.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

| movement is on foot to have Congress
sional committee appointed to investigate the
connection of politicians with the Milwaukee
whisky frauds.
The Republican Congressional delegation
| from New York are pressing Senator Conklng
| for the Presidency, and are confident that lie
will secure the nomination.
The Democrats of the lower house of Con-
gress have agreed as a compromise upon the
finance question, to refer the whole subject to
a committee to draft financial measure to rep
resent the whole party.
The United States Senate has confirmed the
nomination of E. G. Billings as the successor of
Judge Durell in Louisiana.
The German Republicans of Wisconsin are
said to be strongly in favor of E. B. Washburne
for President.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
dominates Ambrose E. Burnside for President
Judge David Davis, of Illinois, says Wash
ington dispatch, is beginning to be talked about
as Democratic Presidential candidate
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago EUeniag Journal telegraphs that paper as
follows:
Two gentlemen, who visited the White House on
Thursday, tell OF an interesting and significant
versaton with Col Fred Grant, on the third-term
question. They speaking of the candidates for
the next Republican nomination for President when
Fred burst Ont with emphasis and earnestness
that his hearers say convinced them of his SINGER
ity " If anybody thinks there is any third-term to
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Important News. if True.

LONDON, Feb. 5.--On Thursday last
Queen Victoria entered the boudoH of
her unmarried daughter, the Princess
Beatrice, and said, Beatrice, my dear
est, You want to get married, don't
you9" "Oh, don't /, just, replied the
girl, enthusiastically, land it's leap
year, too. Hooray But say, ma, who's
the him :" Prince Louis, of Batten-
burg. replied her Majesty. "That'll
be awfully jolly" said the Princess;
Louis is such sweet name," and she
began scrawling on the blotting pad:
beatrice Battenburg," and wondering
how she would look In white. Yester-
day morning, when her august mother
entered Her Royal Highness' apart
ments, she found her daughter in tears
tears of Indignation rather than grief.
Why, drat the child, what ails herr"
said Her Majesty. "Oh, MAJ" cried
the Princess, ''look at this" and she
pointed to the following item in the
Times.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 4.-Prince Louis of Batten-
burg. while pg-sticking to-day, fell and broke
his collar bone. The sad event has cast a
gloom over the community.
"Well.'' said the Queen, "What of
that2" ''What of that9" echoed the
daughter; "what of that ? With all due
Difference to you, ma'am, / will have no
Prince Louis in mine. ] thought we.
had come down low enough when poor
Louise married into grocer's family;
but butcher, man that makes his liv-
ing by sticking horrid pigs-not much,
Alexandrina Victoria" and kicking off
her mothers crown, with the remark
that that was the sort of hair-pin she
was, Her Royal Highness betook herself
to her bedroom and gave way to tears
Nea0 York Word.
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AN unfortunate lunatic, who died re

AN unfortunate lunatic, who died re-
Gently in the Prestwich (Eng.) Asylum,
seems to have lived neither wisely nor
well. A post-nortem examination led
to the discovery of no fewer than 1, 841
articles in his inside, viz. Sixteen hum
dred and thirty-nine shoemaker's spara-
bles, six 4inch utnails, nineteen 3-inch
cut nails, eight 23-inch cut nails, eigh-
teen Pinch cut nails, forty 1-inch cut
nails, seven 5. inch cut nails, thirty-nine
tacks, five brass nails, nine brass but
tons, twenty pieces of buckles, one pin,
fourteen bits of glass, ten small pebbles,
three pieces of string, one piece of leather
three inches long, one piece of lead four
inches long, and one American pegging-
awl; the total, IL pounds and 10
ounces.
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of swearing. drinking, and desperate
poker playing.


poker playing.
RUMORS OF CABINET DIssRNsIoNS.
The rumors of Cabinet dissensions
which have been teiegraphed over the
country are so greatly exaggerated that
they may be said to be lies made out of
whole cloth. They are an illustration of
what / said the other day that the only
thing greatly manufactured here is
"news." There has been no dissension
In the Cabinet. But there have been
many persons who have been trying to
get up difficulty between Secretary
Bristow and the President. They are
men of the virtuous whisky ring,
or friends of men of that no
tnrious combination. They would like
to put an eternal quietus on " Bristow's
lightning " SO that it shall strike no more
forever. They want discussions in the
Cabinet, and, there being none, they
manufacture them. The wish is father
to the thought It is greatly to be
hoped, in the interest of the whole peo-
pie, that the Vaccinations of the ring
and the ring hackers will not succeed.
AL the people are interested in the hon
est collection of the revenue.
PERSONALITIES.
AS for the rumored high words be-
tween Mr.. Bristow and Senator Conk-
ling, there is not word of truth in all
that story SO circumstantialIy related by
the sensational reporters. When the
account was shown to Bristow he dryly
said, "Why I have not seen Senator
Conkiing for month" Thus he blew
it all away with breath, and then he
blew his nose and went about his bust
ness.
Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, was
married, day or two ago, to a young
and handsome bride. He is grave and
reverend Senator, for many years a
Judge of the Supreme Court Of his
State she is scarcely twenty years of
age. But the Judge is young in spirit,
though advanced in years, and will no
doubt make as jolly husband as he is
an able, dignifed. and conscientious
Senator. Iwish him and his very many
years of such joyous happiness as the
great and good ought to enjoy.
l.. M. N.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

Tbe Kentucky Legislature. has appropriated
$4,000 for Centennisl display. The Minnie
sofa Legislature has voted 1926, 900 for similar
purpose.
Perrin II. Summer has been arrested in
Brooklyn, N. Y, charged with forgeries amount
ing to over $2OO,OO1. He was an official in the
Baptist Church, and covered his transactions
with his protested pl ty.
A general convention of railroad ticket
agents, in session IN Louisville, have resolved
that the Centennial fares will not be reduced
more than Is per cent.
Hon. Reverdy Johnson met his death last
week in sudden and tragic manner. While
walking in the grounds of the Governors man
sion, at Annapolis, Md, he stumbled and fell,
and, striking his head against stone fractured
the frontal bone. He was alone when the ao-
cident happened. Shortly after his absence
from the house had been noticed, aservant went
in search of him and found him lying in the yard
bleeding profusely, and life extinct. Mr.. John
son was born in 1896, and was, consequently,
80 years old.
Since the passage of the act of Jan. A. 1875,
the contraction of National Bank currency has
amounted to 800, 1853, 752.
The ship Progress, bound from Galveston to
Liverpool, was recently abandoned at sea. Her
cargo was valued at $35O,O0O.
George G. Smith, an old Chicago banker,
formerly President of the National Loan and
Trust Company and Treasurer of the State In
surance Company, both of Chicago, has been
arrested on complaint of Homer Cook, assignee
of the State Insurance Company, charged with
having unlawfully converted some $15O,000 of
the assets of that company without the assent
of the Directors.
An additional vault is to be constructed at
New York for the fast accommodating silver coin.
In all parts of the country there is now on
hand about $14, O00,0 900 in subsidiary coins, of
which $4,000, 900 is in Boston $500, COO in
New York, and 100000 in the minis, the
balance being at the different sub treasures.
Boss Tweed has been heard from at Point
Sec, on the st. Lawrence coast, Canada.
Chicago and New York capitalists are said to
have obtained control of most of the mortgage
bonds of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with the
intention of forcing foreclosure.
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would not be indicted. because / understood
then that the Grand Jury would adjourn in a
day or two. Gen. Babcock, after Henderson's
speech, desired to be heard, and telegraphed
Dyer for that purpose. The Military Court of
Inquiry was ordered very soon after Babcock
was informed that he could not be heard in the
Avery case. My confidence in Babcock is still
mistaken. Explanations of the ''Sylph " and
some other dispatches were given me by Gen.
Babcock, and we're perfectly satisfactory,
showing his entire innocence. Nothing has
occurred to change the good opinion enter
tanned of him
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dent any more, and won't accept the nomination if
the Cincinnati Convention offers 1t to him." This
was repeated in substance several times. The con-
versation turning to the chances of the different
candidates Fred expressed unbounded admiration
for Conkling, remarking: She's statesman and
a good Republican, and that is the man for Presi-
dent" He added hope that Conkling would get
the nomination, and said he thought he would slip
in Lincoln did, in 1863 A gentleman that heard
him believes that he but echoed the sentiments of
his rather.
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MICHAEL MoFADDEN and Michael
Burns, of Fall River, quarreled in the
presence of McFadden's dog; the dog
may not have understood the affair, vet
the next time he met Burns he attacked
him savageIy, inficting dangerous
wn11nda
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DAVID DUDLEY FIELD is not teacher
of penmanship. Recently he signed
legal document, and sent it to g printer
in Albany. The proof was sent to him
to be read, and 'sDavid Dudley Field "
in manuscript appeared In type as =" Tried
and duly fled"
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In France the postal cards appear in
great variety, because it is legal for aay
man to make his own, the payment be
ing by an adhesive stamp. The result is
that some are ornamented with elaborate
DESIGNS on cardboard of various colors
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fail. IT both parties should exhibit a
wise desire to cnrtail all needless ex-
penditure and to reduce taxation more
In the interest of the whole people than
for the plain purpose of political capital,
should utter prayers IN their behalf
with far greater JUNCTION.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
IF the District of Columbia be not a
football for Congressional boots, do
not know what it is. It is kicked about,
first one way and then another, till the
people here can't rest. They do not
know whether they are standing on their
heads or their feet, or turning somer-
saults. It looks to me as though they
were turning somersaults. The House,
more than ten days ago, passed the bill
for payment of interest on the District
1865 bonds, and it was supposed
it would go through the Senate
at once. Not SO. That august
body debated the matter at great length,
and at this writing the district is hang
ing by the gills and walloping around
lively. A notable thing in the debate In
the Senate was that Senator Sargent
made quite an elaborate defense of
6 Boss " Shepherd, which caused the
inquiry to be made in many quarters.
g What is the matter of Sargent?" He
is an 6 off OK, that is all. The result of
the whole business thus far is that the
District of Columbia has no local gov
for general municipal affairs,
and Congress just leaves it in that exas
perating situation. The contractors must |
ho doilscr an 11ncnmmnnlv large amount
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-29
REBEL CLAIMS.

The Democracy affected to be out
aged at The idea that they would
favor the payment Of the rebel debis
Yet the charges was repeatedly made
by Republican papers and speakers
'lat the South was looking toward
Democratic triumph as a means to oh
tain the admission and payment of the
claims presented by persons who were
notoriously disloyal during the war
These charges are so well supported by
evidence that the friends of Mr.. Tilden
became convinced that something must
be done to counteraet the effect o. the
charges. Accordingly Tilden's Liter
ary Bureau drew up denials and sign
ing to them the names of Southern
Executive officers, Representatives in
Congress, and other prominent South
ern men, sent them forth. Three or
four were sent forth, and then a sud-
den stop was put to the proceeding,
and the country heard 10 more cf
them. They were forgeries of the
basest character; at least if they were
not, they were the basest faisehoods.
meant TO mislead honest men, and so
have been demonstrated by the action
OF the house on the 18th. A resolution
was that day introduced simply in
structing the Committee on Judiciary
to report an amendment to the Con
stitution, forbiddir g the payment of
any war claims TO disloyal persons. 1t
passed the House by vote of 150y yeas
to 63 nays. OF the negative votes, ell
but four were from the Southern
States. Of the 63 votes, AZ came from |
the States that took part in the rebel |
lion. Forty six Of the fifty eight Dem
ocrats of the defunct Confederacy vot-
cd against the resolution, showing that
they would strenously oppose any
measure that has even the appearance
Of barring out disloyal climants
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DECEPTIVE.

Last Saturdays Enquirer contained
q special" to the effect that the Su-
preme Court of florida had ordered
the State Canvassers, to recount the
vote of the State by the face of the re-
turns. and that would give the State
TO Tilden and settle all controversy.
OF course the item was thrust under
our nose with the request to read
that" and the Democracy were jubil-
ant. The face of the returns gave
Hayes electors from 38 to 43 majority,
afterwards increased five by the return
from Dade county. Bnt supposiDg
otherwise, have the Democracy forgot
ten the decision of Judge Bound of the
United States Circuit Court in the
South Carolina casel That decision
was that the Supreme Court of the
State had no jurisdiction in the matter;
that the State Board of Canvassers
were clothed by :he law with discre-
tionary powers; that it was a part of
the Executive Department of the gen
eral government and in no wise subject
to the judicial department of the State,
after having entered upon its duty as
Canvassers; that it was acting then in
a Federal capacity, and if disturbed in
the exercise of its functions was enti-
tied to the protection of the United
States Courts. Everybody knows
what the decision of the Board was,
that the Electors have cast the vote OF
the State for Hayes; and should know
that it will be so counted, however
much bowling may be done by the
gamblers and bordes of Office seekers
among the Democracy. More than
that the House Investigating Commit
tee, from which SO much was expected
by the Democracy, ,unearthed so many
frauds on their own side, that they
concede Hayes to be entitled to South
Carolina and Florida ss 60
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NEWS ITEMS.

The refusal of the Southern Demo
Gratis to go in for the next war makes
the Northern peace Democrats who kept
out of the last one black in the face with
rage.
One night last week. as W III Fisher
Esq, of Huntingdon, Penn, went to his
office door to throw out some water. a
scoundrel, concealed in the darkness
fred pistol shot at him.ihe ball embeu.
ding itself in the ceiling of the room
near his head.
It begins TO dawn upon the intellects
OF Wes.ern Democrats that the program
me which calls for the election of Tilden
by the House involves the sacrifice OF
Hendricks. The Indiana boys never
thought of that.
The first white man hanged in the
South for murder of colOred one will
do more to convince the North of the
good faith of the Southerners in carving
out the letter and spirit Of the Cons'itu-
lonal Amendments, than all tho plat
forms and speeches hat could be loaded
on freight train.
When Redfeld used to write letters
whacking the carpetabggers the Demo
cratic papers spoke of him as the able
and reliable correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial" Since he has been
shocked into speaking severely of bull
dozers, b. seeing with his own eyes the
victims of the Louisiana Thugs, the
Democratic newspapers have lost conf
dence in him. The Louisvil Courier-
journal se' erely disparages by spelling
him Mister Redfeld.
Mr. E d Mansfield reminds those who
hostilities of the fact that the
Republicans control the Presidency, the
Senate, and twenty two out of thirtv-two
State Legislatures. He could add that
of the ten Democratic Legislatures tie
large majority are controlled by South
ern men, whoare making known in un
terms that they are not to be
drawn into war. Now some one tell us
where Mr. Tilden is going to recruit his
army from?
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.M-D-
FLORIDA.
THE BOARD OBEY.


TALLAHASSEE, December 2G-Gov
ernor Stearns says that the decision oi
the Supreme Court has settled the
election question in that State, and br
has advised the Canvassiug Board TO
obey the order of the court. Secreta-
~ of State McLin notified the other
mem pers of the Board TO meet in his
office at eleven o'clock tomorrow, to
canvass according to the courts man
date.
The Senate Committee have con
cluded their labors here, and left for
Jacksonville.
POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE BOARD.
The re-canvass will not affect the
electoral vote. Governor Stearns
holds lis certificate of election from
the Board of Canvassers. If the Su
preme Court should grant the same
favor TO Drew, the Question "What
will he do with it?r wiIl be pertinent.
The Legislature will convene next
Tuesday, when the Tildenites propose
to inaugurate Drew, Dolens volens.
Rumors are ripe to day that Drew pro
poses compromise on the basis of an
equal division of offices, he being per-
mitted TO occupy the Chief Magistrates
seat by general consent. l have not
been able to obtain a confirmation of
this rumor, but efforts are certainly
being made in this direction with high
Democratic approval.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
left for East Florida this morning. Its
labor here was eninently satisfactory.
and it will result in revealing to the
country the notorious methods of Til
denites in carrying the blatant minor
ity to vic.ory The committee will
next investigate the notorious Archer
precinct. No. 2, Alachua county. where
the original Democratic plan of frauds
will undoubtedly be exposed. The
Democrats dread investigation in that
locality, and threatened destruction TO
their wavering tools. who have shown
q disposition to peach. Truth will
out, however, under the probing of
the Senate Committee. if rhe actions
of the majority OF the House Commit
tee meet with hearty reprobation.
could be more insultingly par
iizan. They seem to act upon the
supposition that every Republican
hereabouts must, PER Sc, be n rascal
They get their inspiration from the
ocal Democracy, whose bitterness is
political hydropbobia of the most ma
ignant type.
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BULLDOZING THE NATION.

The object of the Democratic ICON.
vention"- and ''mass meetings" TO be
held within the coming three weeks
whenever the Democracy can be
brought up to the point, and of the
reported semi military organizations.
secret or quasi-secret, can scarcely BE-
1t is but the carrying
out in a larger field the programme
successfully entered upon in Mississ
ippi and some other Southern States,
and continued with greater or less sue
cess in Louisiana and South Carolina
The Nation rs to be bull dozed" as
were the Republican States of the
South. The policy of intimidation is TO
be adopted before the counting of rhe
Electoral vote as it was before the elec
tions at which the Electors were chos.
en-. The mass meetings at which the
Democrrtic orators will threaten terri
BILE things If Mr.. Tilden is not counted
In and inaugurated will be but imita-
tons of the assemblages of Southern
"bull dozers" who menaced Republi
can voters with wbippings. starvation.
or violent death, if they dared vote tn.
Republican ticket. The Democratic
Veteran Legion is but reproduction
on the Hampton Legion, the ''rifie
clubs, +" and the mounted men, of the
late Democratic campaign in the
South.
But great mistake has been made