Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
THE NEWS.


Hoffman Atkinson, of this State,
has been nominated by the Presi-
dent to the position of Secretary of
Legation at st Petersburg.
The Mexican Revolutionists have
captured Jalapa. Vera Cruz has
been declared in state of seige. A
high-handed outrage in levying mon-
ey from the merchants of Matamoras
has been committed by the CON-
handing officer there.
The New York Herald is deter
mined not to go wrong i'm its predic-
lions as to who will be the next Pres
ident; SO it INDUCES in nice notice
of each of the prominent candidates
each better than the other.
The House Committee having
charge of the Tariff bill will on Tues
day next hear arguments in relation
to the duties on iron and steel, and
on Thursday those interested in
chemicals and colors.
General Sherman having been in
vited to Washington to consult with
Mr.. Taft, the new Secretary of War,
it is thought probable that the Gen.
eral will now remove his headquar-
tiers from st. Louis to the Capital.
The boiler in the Union Pacific
rolling mill at Laramie City, Wy
oming, burst Thursday, killing five
| men and wounding nine others. The
boiler passed through stone wall
and landed a quarter of mile dis
tant on the prairie.
In the Virginia House of Dele
gates Thursday, resolution was
presented removing from Office Judge
George s. Stevens, of the Nelson
County Court, on the allegation that
he gambled ana lost money. A de-
murer was presented on the part Of
Stevens, who says If the charges
were true they were committed in
his individual and not in his judicial
capacity, and are not sufficient
grounds for his removal. The House
adopted the resolution by a vote of
| 70 to 16.
Robert p. Marsh, in his examina-
tion before the Judiciary Committee
Thursday, stated that he went to
Montreal because he apprehended
from the debate in the House of
Representatives that he might be
indicted for criminal offence, and
hence his anxiety to get out of the
way. His attention was called to
the New York 1ribune's article,
published in 1872, in relation to the
Fort Sill leadership, and he said he
had spoken to General Belknap
about it at the time, and asked who
he thought had inspired it, and Belk-
nap said he supposed it was the work
of General Hazen.
| The Democrats of PENNSYLVANIA
have learned something to their adj
vantage since their State Convention
of near a year ago. At that Con-
vention they adopted platform SIM
liar to the rag-baby progeny of tneir
| Ohio brethren, and were beaten on
it. At their Convention held in
Lancaster the other day, they made
a complete change of tactics, and
| have returned to the doctrine of
sound currency. The effect Of their
action will be to put damper on
the imitation heresy which has been
spreading over the country with
alarming rapidity. The rag-baby is
evidently not in healthy condition
in the Keystone State, and we are
glad to hear it.
And now an effort is being made
to blacken the fame of Senator Allen
G.. Thurman and also of General
George B. Mcclellan. The charge is
that these two gentlemen were
trustees for the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad Company, and re-
ceived 100000 each for their SER
vices in this liduciary relation; also
that Chief Justice Waite, Of the
United States Supreme Court, was
the Company's attorney, and re-
ceived $50 900 for his services. We
| fail to see any thing wrong in the
matter as at present presented, and
are of the opinion that it will pan
out about like the mule contract
charges made against Secretary
Bristow. Nevertheless, let us have
the bottom facts, and s.let no guilty
man escape" While this investiga-
tion business is going on we might
as well make clean job of it.
| The proposed compromise on the
(, currency question which is now an
ticipated was first preached by
Liberal Republican to Mr.. Morrison,
of Illinois. He thought we'll of it
and mentioned the matter to Mr..
Kerr, who also endorsed it. The
movement seems to be a union of
the hard money men in both parties,
and the proposition is to agree to
some measure to make greenbacks
fundalsle in a long bond at a low
rate of interest. 1t has received the
approval, in addition to Speaker
Kerr and Mr.. Morrison, Of Mr..
Hewett, of New York, Willis, Blaine,
Chittenden, and other prominent
men OF both parties. The active