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, 1877-10-13

The world Of journalism feels
proud at the success of one of
their greatest fellows, and Amer
lea rejoices that one of her sons
was the first to solve the prob
lem which has been so often at
tempted and abandoned by the
other nations.
, 1877-10-13

Alexander Ii. Stephens is back
in Washington as lively as ever,
enthusiastically in favor of the
Southern policy, and prepared to
die happy if he can only see
Herschel V. Johnson on the
bench of the supreme court.
, 1877-10-13

The postoffice department Is
advised by telegram from San
Francisco that the Oriental and
Occidental steamer Belgic will
sail from San Francisco on the
23d of October, with mails for
Japan and China.
, 1877-10-13

Lieutenant Commander Bar
ker, who has been searching for
sailors supposed to have been
shipwre cked in the Pacific
Ocean, reports that he could find
no trace of them and that the re-
port was erroneous.
, 1877-10-13
Echoes.

Inc perIect ACCORD existing
between the journals in the in
terest of the o. s. N. Co. and
the "Tacoma Land Ring" isvery
notable. Whenever one strikes
the keynote, the others yelp in
concert. The present game to
which they have been hallooed
is to "hound" Delegate Jacobs.
A Washington lobbyist opens
the cry through the Tacoma
Herald, and prompt to the echo
comes the sub-editor of tho H.
teNigencer, in the same key and
instigated by the same onimus,
but with a different pretext,
trumped up for the occasion. By
the former the Delegate is assail-
ed in abusive terms for interfer-
ing to prevent a robbery Of the
people to the amount ola million
Of dollars for the exclusive bene-
tit OF a private corporation. The
second took up the cry in like
abusive terms, upon the pretcxt
that the Delegate is wholly re-
sponsible for q manifest clerical
error Of an enrolling clerk In
Congress, by which a few hun
dred dollars are temporarily
withheld from the Territorial
contingent fund. 1t was one of
those errors which escaped the
notice Of all the members of both
houses of Congress and the COM
mittees on engrossment, during
the last hours of the session,
when all was hustle and cOnfu-
sion, and yet a Delegate, who
has no vote in the house or a
place upon committee, is held
up to public scorn and abused
like a pick-pocket for permitting
the mistake to occur. The real
cause Of the attack is too appar-
ent, and the device too thin to
deceive any intelligent person
familiar with the matter. The
Walla Walla Statesman, which
will offer some other excuse for
joining the hunt, is yet to be
heard from.
Our people, who do not lack
honor or generosity in their or
dinary social relations, are too
much in the habit of viewing
with Indifference, if they do not
actually give aid and comfort to
the enemy, the attacks to which
public men are exposed in their
service. Nothing is so discour
aging and depressing to the eff
forts of a faithful public servant,
as to feel that his services arc
treated with Indifference and ne
glect by those he serves, while it
exposes him to the most relent-
less prosecutions from their COM
mon enemy. We have suffered
too much in that way to regard
with indifference the like treat
ment Of others.
Judge Jacobs should be made
to feel that his uDtiring efforts
to defeat an enormous swindle
upon his constituents by a pow
erful and unscrupulous combi-
nation, meet with the cordial
sympathy and hearty approval
of every honest, disinterested
man, woman and child in the
Territory.
, 1877-10-13

Davis, the Connecticut prison
keeper who was bribed by some
convicts to aid in their escape,
has been captured and is now
behind the bars he formerly
guarded.
, 1877-10-13

A witness on the stand, in re-
ply to a question as to what the
character of Mr.. was for
truth and veracity, SAID, Well,
l should say that he handled
truth very carelessly.
, 1877-10-13
OMee. Dispatch Buildings, James Street.
SATURDAY. OCT. Is, 1877.
Judge Jacobs.

OO0k0 OaSVO0s
A Washington correspondent
of the Tacoma Herald, pays the
highest tribute to the fidelity
and efficiency of our Delegate in
Congress,in bitterly, almost fran
tically assailing his action and
deprecating his influence in re-
gard to the N. p. r. r. land
grant. That disinterested cor
respondent says: "Orange ia
cobs, nominally Delegate from
Washington Territory, really
the representative of Seattle, Is
here, engaged in work which
should make him infamous on
both sides of the Cascade range.
He is setting up opposition to
the extension Of time to con-
struct and complete the North
ern Pacific Railroad. He is la
boring in the Department of the
Interior to prevent the Company
from getting the lands it has
earned by constructing thirty
one miles of it's branch road from
Tacoma to Wilkeson. Among
the members Of Congress now
here, and in the Departments he
is renewing the treacherous, sell
fish career which last year dis
honored his representation of
Washington Territory, and dam
aged the interests committed to
his care by his constituents"
All honor to Judge Jacobs!
faithful to his trusts as the peo-
pies representative amid the
rule of venality and corruption.
Could money buy him from his
true allegiance, no such assault
as the above would ever have
found place in an organ Of the
Tacoma Land Ring" That his
efforts in behalf of the interests
of the Territory and the rights
of the people are earnest and
efficient is made apparent by the
out-cry, which is the best evi-
dence Of being hurt.
The managers of the n. P. r.
r. have heretofore either con-
trolled the Delegate Of the Ter
ritory by bribery or propitlated
him by favors. Garfelde was
paid $4,000 for consenting to
changing the main line to Port
land. He afterwards sold out to
Ben. Holiday, and to punish him
and protect themselves, the same
managers contributed largely to
the election fund for Judge Nc
Fadden, which, though not in
the nature of a bribe, answered
the same purpose towards a man
amenable to tho claims Of graft
tude. Judge Jacobs is the first
Delegate, for many years, who
could not be swervcd from his
sense of public duty by the hope
of reward or the fear of person
al consequences, and for this is
he entitled to our highest con-
sideration rs a faithful public
servant.
The claim put in for lands it
has earned by constructing 81
miles of its branch road from
Tacoma to Wilkeson," is the
most audacious attempt to swim
die ever devised. Any one who
will take the trouble to look at
the map upon which this pre-
tended branch road is mark
ed, will see that it is not on the
main line or branch Of any rail
road contemplated by the land
grant, and that the attempt to
recover from the Government
783,60O acres of land, valued at
s1,958, 5000, which would pay for
the construction and leave a bal
ance of $50, 900, to construct a
private road to a coal mine, is a
fraud and swindle of the first
, 1877-10-13
Eighteen Dollars.

Special terms aud extra Inducements to mails
and female agents, storekeepers. &c. County
rights gwen to smart agents free. samples OF
sewing. descriptive circulars containing terms
testimonials, engravins, &c: sent free. All
money sent IN Po. toffice orders, Drafts. or Ex-
press. are perfectly secure. Safe delivery guar
anteed.
All Orders, communications, etc must In
addressed to the
PEERLESS MANUFACTURING co.
i1dw 1y'2;03 kiiga avenue, fhilsdelphia Pa
, 1877-10-13
Political Views.

f0rnia, has resulted in large
Democratic plurality in the State,
carrying the State officers and a
majority Of 20 to 80 on joint bal
lot in the Legislature, thus Sc
curing a Democratic Senator TO
succeed Stanley Matthews. 1t
is amusing as well as instructive
to note the partisan view of this
result.
The Chicago Tribune attributes
the defeat of its party to the
mismanagement of the leaders,
Garfield, Matthews and Sher-
man, and thinks, "the President
should demard the resignation
of Sherman, as he, and not the
President, has been repudiated."
The Times says, "though there
is apparently revulsion in po-
litical sentiment in Ohio, yet ac-
tually none has occurred, since
no political issues wero joined.
hotpoint was made by either
which the other ventured to an
tagonize. The Republican pre-
tense that their success would
mean endorsement of Hays, was
made too late in the campaign
to affect the result or deceive
voters. The lust of power, spoils
and force Of habit were chief
in the struggle. Doubtless West,
Matthews and others injured the
party by their arguments against
the degrading spoils system; for,
except for spoils, ,chy should men
do the dishonoroble 'eorh by rhich
parties trlumphP The result chief
ly indicates that while the Pres
ident's policy will destroy his
own party, it will have no abid-
ing good effect on public morals,
and before the middle of the term
he will find himself without a
supporting majority in either
branch Of the LEGISLATURE
! The later Ocean regards the
verdict as "the seal of disap-
Iproval placed by Republicans on
the course of the Administration
The defeat is bitter, far-reaching
and disastrous, but if 1t opens
the eyes of political wiseacres it
may not be wholly useless. -
Three great blunders were made
in Ohio; first, endorsing the
Southern policy in convention;
second, antagonizing the finan-
cial feeling of the entire west
third, the hand cutting ofthe few
Republican officials in Ohio by
endorsing the civil service order.
These moves put the party in as
good shape for sound thrash
ing as party could be-
These several views, CORES
ponding in the main, are all from
a party standpoint which re-
CARDS the spoils of victory as the
chief incentive to party effort
and do uot therefore touch upon
the causes and effects Of the cleo
ton in any other than a party
sense.
In the first place, no revulsion
is apparent from the fact that
no political principles were at
issue, and no party comes within
10000 of a majority of the pop
lar vote; the vote of the " Ma
tionals" being more than twice
as much as the majority of the
Democrats over the Republicans.
1t can in no manner be fairly
construed into a rebuke of the
President, for the Republican
Convention endorsed, and every
individual Democrat is fully
committed to his policy in rela-
ton to the pacification of the
South and civil service reform.
If the President has done any
thing to weaken his party it is
in the manner suggested by the
question of the Times: "Except
for spoils why should men do the
dishonorable work by which
parties triumph?' and endorsed
by the Inter- Ocean in enumera-
ting among the causes of dafaat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
MUSIC.
THE THOMAS REHEARSAL.

The Svmphony season opened yesterday af
ternoon n, stenway Hail. with Theodore Thomass first
public rehearsal IL was most brilliant beginning 10
what promises be unusually successful series Oh
concerts The hall crowded, and the audience was
evidently delighted We understand that the subscrip-
tons have been larger than in previous years, SO
that the capacity OF the is likely to he severely
tested at every entertainment. For the philharmonic
Concerts, moreover, the demand for seats mas peeh
largely in excess of the anicpations even OF the most
sanguine Nobody doubted that Theodore Thomas
would succeed in building this venerable society up again
in the OF the season. but appears to have risen
already a single bound SO far therefore, as oTches
ra music is concerned the Winter likely TO be one VI
unprecedented brliancy.
The orchestra yesterday numbered about elghty per
formers, and among them were recognized many wen
known members OF the old band, such as Arnold ana
Molenhauer who did not play at the popular concerts
given few DAYS ago Mr. Bergner takes the first place
among the 'ceos, aud his fine hand Is particularly ei'
in Lists Tasso where also the bass clarinet OF MI
Boenm tells with great effect We believe it VIII be uni
yersay admitted that IN respects the band plays
better than it did before. IL has been vastly III
proved in the wind Instruments and although we MISS
Mr. Jacobssohn at the head Of the vioins the strings
have already attained degree of homogeneoushes' an"
precision which VIII surprise every Dou5 WIN h"o"' "
the organization has been changed
The programme prepared for the first concert VIII sat
sfy every class Of connosseurs. All the pieces are
elevated in STYLE clear meaning, and bright III general
character; even the Heroic symphony, IN spite OF us
Funeral March, is not sombre. Mozarts overture 10
The Magic Flute only OF the greatest OF over
lures but one of the generally apprccaiod LISTS
"TassO" Is relished by thousands who have no Sihg
for List in general and the Handel Concerto Tor strs
orchestra two solo victims and viooncelo, has mace
delightful impression, we predicted that II would
The Quintette from the estersinger OF course gains
great deal 10y the employment Of the voices; IL Is ony
necessary 10 say the ladies and gentlemen concerned
in acauit themselves well OF their difficult Dul siteu
task and so, with the assurance OF happy evening" VIZ
Nyat fnrS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
p,.xyING RACES AT WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. l.-lhiS was INC
erst dy OF the Fall Running Meeting at Benning race
,racl the weather was clear and pleasant the aeehu
o,ce fair and the track in good condition
The frs trace was threequar mile ages
~ ~ 100 for the first horse and 500 Tor the secohu
mo st,rt,r, were Waco, Euterpe, Blonde Princess vi
,rhule First Chance. Joe Hunt and MAYOR barher'
prucess of Thule took the lead and held IL 10 tue sh
itl First Chance second. Waco third, Bohdei lour'h
Futerpe fifth, Major Barker SIXTH and Joe HUM '''
Time-l:lS .,. ~ o,.os.
rn econd race was handicap mile heats for all ages
curse $3.50 for frat horse, aud $50 to second hionrh
puroo Kenny Glen Dudley, and Little Fellow started
u,lnurn WIS the fayorite in the pools Glen Dauley
cam, 10 the finish ahead Of Kilburn Bnrg'o 'hiu
Ecunv fourth and Little Fellow last TIme-l:4o's III
th se,nd heat Glen Dudley came IN the winner inc
oth.r. fnIInwug in the same order. 1ime-l'io-2. -,
M. tiir,i and last race was hufuc nahuiVp,, M,
h.,ts u,,rse ss5O 10 first, and 800 10 second Dehsu
iratDVn Murad Captain Hammer, ffoDI'ul' IN
I'm and DANDY were the starters DalSasian tooh tlo
- ,ith rhe rest In a bunch. and held u uhul piSsihh
,,,'66,f mile pole when Dandy rushed forward; anu
~. under the wire length ahead VI Problem, Deau,
IA tLirI Dial gIsian fourth, captain Hammer nl,i au
M,'ad tistnucpd. Tne 800. In the secOhd heal
tprn,iem and D.adhead came under the wire hecA anu
80 ;nunwea by Dalgasian, frcderlcktowI', IHPtlh
i,,'l,,,r and Dandy, IN the order ndilied' IIme,
"a I'm the third heat Dandy came III nIsl' "innN
~ nee Deadnead second, and Problem third ilme'
l:JT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON. Wednesd

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. l, 1877.
The Hon. Mr.. Vivian. Member Of Parliament, accompa-
MED by his wife, arrived in Washington this evening
The President has recognized Osmond c. Howe as
British ViceCOnsul at Pensacola. and William Henry
Cooper, Nice-COnsul at Buffalo, \. Y.
Captain Selden, OF the United States revenue cutter
Walcott teegaphs from Stka that the Indian festival
going at Sitka October %. and everything Was
peaceful, and no trouble was apprenended.
The Senate Committee on Patents have set apart the
18th inst for the hearing OF arguments the subject OF
the general revision of the Patent Office laws 1t - eX
pected there will DC large attendance OF patent attor
neys.
Mr.. j. S. Morgan, the London banker connected with
the Syndicate and Mr. A. j. Drexel Of Philadelphia,
came Washington this afternoon Their only business
their respects the President and secretary or
the Treasury and TO give Mr. Morgan an opportunity TO
see Congress IN session.
Mr.. Waddell, chairman OF the House Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads, expresses the opinion that
the bill to increase the pay Of ettercarrers will pass.
HIS committee discussed the bill to-day, but reached no
conclusion upon it, although the hill may be agreed to
and reported to the House Oh Tuesday next
The coinage executed the United States MINIS dur
ing the month OF October 1877 as follows: Double
eagles S5154 500; haf-eages, $1,000 quarter eagles,
10000: total gold coinage, S5479sO Trade dollars,
II .O7J, O5O halfd0ars S7ll.223; guarter.doilaTs.
1904 Ol2 30 twenty cent pieces, SO dimes, SiolO0
total silver coinage, S2,4l6,702 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
SENATOR RANSOM AND Mr.. MORTON'S SEAT
WASHINGTON, Thursday Nov. l, 1877.

SENATOR RANSOM AND Mr.. M0RrON5 SEAT.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Nov. l, 1877
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, is an
noyed by a statement, recently published, that he had
spoken the seat OF Senator Norton the centre
Of the Chamber ncase OF the death OF that Senator
is the the Senate TO bespeak seats some
times year or two in advance OF their becoming va
can't Last Spring during the session OF the Sen
ate when there was extensive change In seats OF Sen
aor on account the expiration OF the terms OF SER
vice OF one-third OF the members, Senator McDoh-
aid, the colleague Of Mr.. Morton, secured
q seat near him. Shortly afterwards Messrs. Morton.
conversation when Mr.. Morton remarked " Ransom IL
injurious your health to occupy that seat near he
door and you ought TO secure more desirable one.
Senator Ransom laIIghingy replied: well Senator, we
Democrats have Indiana now and Will prcempt your
the Attn OF March, 1872" and, turning to Senator
Mcdonald. said: Now YOU must see that Morton Is NOT
reelected The three Senators laughed over the matter
The recent statement conveys the erroneous impression
that Senator Ransom spoke for the seat within ,i rev
days past III anticipation OF the death OF Senator Moroh
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS COMMITTEES.
The following is copy of the letter in which
Representative Potter, OF NewYork, declined to serve
as chairman OF the House Committee Pacific Rail
roads:
MONDAY EVENING. Oct. 30. 1877.
The Hon. SAMUEL j. RANDALL. Speaker OF the House Of
sIK: ask leave to decline the position OF Chairman of
the Committee upon the Pacific Railroads, 10 which you
have done the honor to appoint me- j am not nm
mindful OF Importance OF tins position but IL so hap
pens that / am largely interested IN railway
in Pennsylvania which Is controlled by gentle
men who are reported TO be about to APP
ply to Congress for aid in the construc-
ton of a work In the southwest in which they
gagged That application Will In the usual course be re-
ferred to this committee In that event. although the
enterprises wholly distinct, my action on the
committee would be liable to suspicion and msconstruc
tOn for IL will be felt that should be placed AZ te
head OF "a committee to consider matters OF such magn
tude who has any business interest in common with
parties to before IT, I would, OF course. have III
formed you OF this had received any intimaton OF your
purpose assign this committee. Very respect
fully, your Obedent servant, CLARKsON n. POTTER.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate will proceed
next to the OF the Indebtedness Of the
Pacific railroads to the Government Mr. Edmunds. Of
the committee has devoted much study to the subject
and will that the inquiry Is thorough one. Mr. Jay
will be heard upon the subject when is taken up
for consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
GENERAL FOREIGN NE US.

GRAND BANQUET TO GENERAL GRANT.
PARIS. Thursday, Nov. l. 1877.
President MacMahon gave dinner, at the
Elys6e this evening I'm honor of General Grant. Among
the distinguished present we're the Dukes de Brog
lie and Decazes General Berthaut, Viscount de Meaux
NM Fourtou Calllaux and Brunei, and Admiral Gicquel
des Touches all members OF the Cabinet, some OF them
with their wives; the Marquis d. Alzac NJ Molard and
members OF tine Marshals military household. Mrs
Grant Mr. Noyes, the American Minister, and wife, Con-
sulGeneral Torbert and lady, and Mrs. Sckles
General Grant sat tho right Of Madame
MacMahon and the Duke dc BrOglie on her
left Mrs. Grant sat on the right OF
President MacahOn, and MI NOyes was seated between
Mrs Sickes and Mrs TOrbert. The banquet was very
brilliant and animated affair II began at 1880 and ter
n1Iuated at o'clock. After dinner General Grant
and President MacMah0n had a long converse
ION i'm the smoking-room NJ. Vignaud, OF the
American Legation acting, as interpreter The Marshal
invited General Grant to breakfast with MN as frend
and also witness OF the sittngs OF the Senate and
chamber OF Deputies. The General accepted the invita-
tons lie is much pleased with his cordial reception
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
GENERAL NOTES.
Rradfnrdia

Weather notes for women: BradfOrd's
painting Of the PoarIs In Thank God Harbor is in the
corridor leading TO the ladies' gallery at the Capitol
Washington. The mountains around Lake George,
with the gay Au,umna foliage contrasting with their
gray aud wthered brows, look ike old maids with
French millinery The onions raised Austin
New are strong enough To draw from the eyes OF
the Colorado stone giant with stump tail.
Nine ladies rode for prizes at q tournament
in Nevada ten days IN order that there might
no i-fecng among the competitors every was given
a prize TIE silver medal was won by a daring lady
from Long Valley. horse was almost unbroken
and plunged frghtully. The riders got teasets
cake baskets furs pickle dishes. chromos books poetry
and other raf. Nor was horsemanship exalted above
the humber domestic virtues. Prizes were awarded for
the best bread the neatest sewing ana the preest pill
loW-shams one lady was awarded premium for beng
Tie best dressed dancer at the Society ball
A suit has been brought in Pittsburg against
one the mlitiameu who deserted his comrades during
the fight with the mob at the roundhouse last July The
Captain OF Company G., 19ih Regiment, AYERS that
The private ranks without leave, AMI has never
restored musket aud aecOuremens which he carried
away with him. The private replied that he threw the
away during the excitement and not bound TO re-
place H. One would have supposed that the guarsinan
would have quietly paid ~, the value OF the property
nquest0n rather than have posted himself IA the civil
courts as desertcr aud a coward.
If there be one thing from which well-regu-
lated human nature derives comfort than from
other II b d coincidence. Two years ago worthy lady
IN Mllbnry, Macs, departed this life, and her remains
were conveyed by undertaken to another town for
'arai' the husband following In his carriage On the