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!. -,.v.,cr sArEs-ruture Days.
- Nv James Macdougali, Anctioneer,
. -,sss $500 Nns40 Governor street. s.


sc No. 10 0ovefnor Ssfeet's.F
rrN1TEp STATES MARsHAL's SALE LI
/ ,..uo of an order of the UNIFIED States Dis
.s,., smrt shall sell Of auctions Tor cash, ai me
5 TtMsIGSRs6 & nss May a4 he
itoSstnE propcrty-tn wit: .E,..,,
j, sESSSaaI n43lhssshT;s ~; ~ as !saoa
tal h aSoas ssn tons Of kETHRAC1TE coAL,
IS ISL G aSoAHdfSfFiGE BUILDING used BY ST.
q, SS EEeF9Fh ERRksFlsssoF 'Ae'eiR' o,1i,rh
"a sets MuLE1iARNESs, 3asl ~ - ~
BIZ kl 1osSof HoGskHoLD FURNITURE, and
asi sher articles TOO ngpsEs2Rss s y Reh.0H'
.rnyI9 tIsn.nnl iii United states Marshall J
1IgUi1 Il,y,A. b. Due,berrs, Auatlpneer. 90 bin-
90 mia :, s1s'Ae Mal \ street. 70 aefui21gio
GALE, oFs MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
SATAyGTIQM9p Mo 2, aAa, Inc s's4
K Ma In ssss w1 ss q ~
With afe ssGas aa worthy 61Iss sfssas!SS. on
0G ,Hs OF aoroi1aA' 3D. aSaesionesr
~ o,fn1-A--.-...4- t+.uni tIoh-iSl
~ ,e syA p 1s 4ssss s5 s Ass!''hSS oso
m r 81! sI9,5 Z FURNITURE, BATH =!
TuBS. SlLyER-PLATED SltUM-GASSE'
MIRRORs MATTRESSES, hNh HE iIs u - "a.
TORS A. asSaR Nm sell At NY a
No Mo- 1 saaIlsShMk sln stEss. SHOWCASE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., new ABLEs'
RRs T 919SlS%s WWAAFEEERR fc pAEiSs SUI
BEDSTE1Ds. BUREAUS,
WATFRESSES, WARDROBES, &c. 'r:.ll ill.. .'1
Consiguments received and ADVANCES maze. S,
my'19 - ~ A. B.DUESGEhh1. Ruc.IOHee-.-
Nv Robert 3. Lyme
81 ,'l (successar to Lyme Sc Brothcr), ''rl1J
,r Real Estate Agent and Auctoneer' ,:1.t-i
.:,f,.,, No. 1912 Dlain street, III e.; matte.
ETRAME STORE AND DWELLING No.
Il l24 EIGHTEENTH STREET, BETWEEN II,
GRACE AND FIR AN KILN, On EE 1As ILL.,,
fbRS sARE 1Y XGcTi6NI Sell re aSsys
FRAME BUIIDlNG at auction on M0 }, Y;
NExT the sls Of May fEabEkT 9s.o GY i
my 10. u -! M.r.. -..ni-L..I : Aus..onee--
49,. q. ~,..., Dy Frank D. Hill. -, ...,yf Iy!
Real Estate AgeIH and Auctoneer' -,,.,,n
.'''' ''' No. 11OS Main street.
MICE FRAME DWELLING-HOUSE;
~ ON NORTHEAST CORNER, OF SEV ,Fo ! L
/ AND FRANKLIN STREETS FOX SALE. ~ h 5E
KEM0VED-on WEDSESDAatiI pay IN ie nr ar M.
ises as above, the COTTAGE DWELLING ltramel,
| TO be removed. The house contains SIX or seven
rooms besides frame Kitchen and can oe remoSe s
with ease The attention of builders is cailea 10 t s
sale as there Is large quantity of good material 1or
building purposes. "-t.I W. = +1rty go
TERMS: Cash. =, a; FRANZ ~. a Ill.,.
| my Ii 'f '@'" ''' <Aue'Io,Iee-.
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... CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILHo,n,
RICHMOND. VA, April 81. l.77
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO Rail.
1877, passenger trains Will run rs follows ~

Il
Accommodation train leaves Richmond daily lev.
cept Sunday at 4:2O T. 81. and arrives 2, car
louisville at s:l5 I. 81, making connection Win
train for Washington.
Mail train between Richmond and HUNTINGTON
runs daily Except sunday, between Richmoui and
Gordonsvilie rims daily, stopping 1t all regular ia.
lions.
Express train runs daily, stopping at Hanover,
Junction, Noels. Treyillial's. Louisa. Gorou,y!lp
Charlottesville, Stanton, Goshen, Mboro' CIV.
ington, and all regular stations west Of Coynston
Mail and express trains connect at Gordons,iie
for Washington and the North. and ut Charv,,es
Vile TOR Lynchburg and the South.
Express train connects AT Cincinnati with trunk
lines for all points In the West, Northwest. AMI
Southwest, and at Richmond with the Richmrn!
and Danvlle, and Richmond and Petersburg trains
for all points South
Sleeping-cars run on nlgh.-irains.
Mail train arrives at Richmond at 1870 i. ".
Express train arrives ut Richmond at $50 \. "
Accomm odation train arrives At Richmond al =
4. d..
Through tickets sold and baggage checked 10 SIT
principal points.
For rates, information. &c. apply al Company's
Offices, and at S26 Main street, Richmond. Va.
CONWAY X. HOWARD.
.,- General Passenger aud Ticket Agent,
W. VI. ;. Dunn.
aD23 Engineer and Superintendent.
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aid DOMINION STEAMSHIP .sTss
" COMPANY. eS11ssSssd
FOB NEW YORK. ?


This co,nnany will dispatch one CT their splendlG
str,mers--0LH. DOMINION, WYlANOkE.. ISAAC
BELL, and RICHMOND-erery TUESDAY. FRI
DAY. and SUNDAY At high water. ...s
These ships are entirely new. and were DUH eS-
pressy for this route. .' -. = ..-.l,,,
they have splendid saloons, state-roon.S, and bath.
rooms. s.... - r.t ...-. - -
The fire, accommodations. and attentions are I'M
surpassed. ,,,. .
Goods shipped by this line are landed regularly AT
New York on the companys covered pier, 81 North
river. x, =,
Freights for points beyond New York forwarded
with dispatch, and no Charge Made except actl s1
penses incurred.
: Freight received until p. NJ. daily. -
Cabin fare 10 New York, 81 roand-trtS tickets
$50. Steerage, SO and 20. =. 50 .-t .'
:! For further information 2pplyt 10
..t1I-tll- GEORGE w. ALLEN & CO.. Agents,
NV O 8 office COMMANDS wharyes Rockets.
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FURNITURE.

sG.ECOND-HAND .FURNITDREG
y BOUGHT, SOLD, Qk EAShAsehD' 10
XII afkRsffAhL STkEEr,
,,v. all Kinds az HOUSEHOLD FuENlrohh'
STORE CARPETS, &c, as, the hishest caah p
REPAIRING and ,UPHoLSTERlAGasp eI.n.''
In The beit style. a...nl,,18 ~ ltEt-- &C.,
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AUCrIos sALEs-..Future rnys
BY Grubbs & Williams,
s~sz-Real Estate Agents and Aucttoneers,
Elnrnt, lii al root hnf ,xnni, An Il, md nunk

Eleventh street between Main and Dank.
A BEAUTIFUL MONROE-PARKL LOT,
n ON LAUREL STREET BETWEEN FRANK
LIN STREET AND PARK AVENUE, AT AUG
TiON.-On THURSDAY, May It'll, ae o o'clock +.
NJ, we will SELL upon the premises, the LOT sltun-
ted as above, adjoining the residence Of Dir. G. w.
Burr md In rear of Mr. c. II. Skinker. 1t fronts 20
feet, and runs back 100 feet
ia doubtful ir there is lot now in the market
offering so many advantages or situation, neighbour
hood, &C.. which canbe bought atthc low price for
which this lot will probably sell.
TERMS: At sale. GRUBBS & WILLIAMS,
-ri-.5i.sg r. uL-- ~: <"etH'1ee'''t :
-8y,Jr ~ iDosTPoNEMENT. E/4H1Hha.
Postponed TO TUESDAY,, 22d ;May. at. s O'Clock
2. ii. GRUBBS WILLIAMS,
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.

DOR NEW YORK.-The Old &FFFA
Il Dominion Steamship Company 1870
steamship ISAAC BELL, Cuptain LAWRENCE, will
sail SUNDAY. May Goth, at 8 O'Clock A. u. -.
Freight received until O'Clock saturday evening.
Through bills OF lading sigucQ and goods for
ware with dispatch to oil points north south, east,
and west; also, TO foreign ports. -
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Cabin fare to New York $l2; round-trin tickc:s,
800. SteeraSe SO and SO.
For freight or passage. apply to 49,. .t.J.
..'. G. ". ALLEN { CO.. Agent.
my l9-1t' .''7. Comrany's Wharf. Rock"frs.
EOR PHILADELPHIA, PROF. "a
L violence, AND BOST o N.-s.xssks4sssa
Steamer ALLIANCE, Captain CARR, VIII rrccl, {
freight for the above ports until SATURDAY tile
10Th Instant. at 3 O'Clock.
Passage 70 Philadelphia, ipcludnS meals and state
w." -" y - w. r. PORTER. Agent,
my1S-2t 49,. .t... 2425 Dock street.
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VXTANTED, PURCHASERS FOR CAR
w RIAGES, BUGGIES, LADIES' PHAETONS,
LiGIfT VOX-WAGONS, with side bars and Dexter
springs, latest style and best workma nsnip Also,
and TOP and OPEN BUGGIEs, all at low prices.
ReDairing promptly done ut reasonable prices and
safisfSrtion gl,aranteed, ~ W. g. SMITH,
Fifth street between Broad md Marshall.
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yI,IIE AMERICAN SOFT CAPSULE.
cos Price-L ist OF New Goods tpu. up III me
taIlte boxes, NOW pxady. Address VICTOR r.
MAUGEE General Agent, Nos. Ice ,si6s and ITO
itesde stftst, New York. my l6-3m ~
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GROCERIES. &c.
GROCERIES. GROCERIES !!

GROCERIES! GROCERIES !.
We invite the trade to- call and examine our
SPRING STOCK, consisting OF
=, 500 bags RIO COFFEE, - :, -:
600 barrels kEFlNED SIdAhS tau Rraoeot'
$50 barrels RERRINGS, 49,. - .''tt
~ so tierces LARD. r.s#.'t '.-.a+"a .~~l. ~
100 tubs LARD. -
10 tierces RICE, .'. = AK .' rs
200 boxes SOAP. - nrp,sl,
100 boxes BACON SIDES ana SdooLDhHo'
90 barrels VINEGAR. Etf. "a. 'i'-H II
200 barrels KNIGHTS SYRUP,
90 barrels GOLDEN SYRUP, .... +.
$50 barrels WH1SkE9. ,n
25 barrels BRANDY. c,,,,-,,,1,
LOO half:barrsls GINGER and BLACKBERRY
.,so large variety Of goods in the grocery line,
for sale at lowest market prices by
" HARVEY &c JONES,
an 4-2m corner Thirteenth and Cary stree1s:
TERMED SUGARS OF ALL GRADES,
H. JAVA. LAGUAYPA, and RIO COFFEE;
BACON. SALT, LARD, ill.,.
NEW. ORLEANS MOLASSES,
MANUFACTCRED TOBACCO, 40
PORTER ana ALE
for sale by DAFLSSoHi q SiohiSAs
Hsn20 -....l
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NITY FIRE insurance. C0MPANY
HOME Nj t oEElen, STATE "a BANK ayhpIss
No.. I'LL: MAIN STREET. RICHMOND aIMlND VA
ISL =; i!:i0AElTAL, S20ooeQ. goG ri -; !
- t"tsJoHE "A. COKE, presidents ifT13 bs'ys .
. : log. II. GLASGOW, ice-Frssident,ijijb /
E. B. MEADE, Secretary; .faN !.
49,. 5.J.,R. GRANT, Assistant seoretary.
an 19-3m -, -. 80 81. s
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-S>-c~-------~-- - -I.~",--,->----
GHERIFF's SALE.
TO satisfy All execution In my hands.Dnnnlll
eary r a g. Befm NbhY ai
y packages MANUEA 1 TOBACCO, :.
+ ! S Sans Gi SYRUP,
-fa a l neeS Ko sSa sRREsAAY' :t1 = IL
an1 OF ! ! GGHHs sfss y. zotf >.,.i3--.!sa.'
q, Sll>e / LLihSTfTEER.pREss,oo .Aal>at
,trtr-r,,e1 sSAhS4IIP PL jr.nr-ina HHI
a"J<tI4tl1i FsetIo G hi-cLoTIE "rrt1rIons
Tie tosds arc st stored n w,n,im4s warehouse.
The horse and dray can be seen at Turner'S steble,
on nF19f''n street. sh s3as stS Of
Ibis by Frank D,Iul. .!,r:>l
80 r., Real Estate Agent and AnctioneerI. isgr
-g,74 isa! q,tf4l i ~ nam stfee "I el 10 I'm
t4sRUsTEE's SALE oF'TWo MEDlg Ii.
slzER IRlGK RW GE t4NGN fh fR sp
TiON .lBy virtue Of a deed Or trust dated Ansist
end ay i ,af ds5k IS
47s, default having been made inthe payment OF
he bond therein secured and 1T the ress OIL o,
FRiDAY. MAY 2S, 1877, at 6 o'clock 2. NJ. OH the
premises, The abdye-fescribed PROPERTY. TWO
OF Lighthouses are Of brick, and Contain !eacn s,S
dyysljflV dksaehed with, seven rooms, and k'tchen
The whole property is In good condition and rented
out. Each lot fronts about 27 feet by 14U deeE.
nnd the opening OF Twenty-third aud Leigh strec.s
to this point, VIII enhance the value OF 'h's property
very materially. s.... i-.s,. III. !,
TERMS: Willie the deed requires cash as to bond
for So 900, with interest from July 1879, more
favorable terms may be announced on aay OF saie.
-hTaC1 WILLIAM L. COWARDlN, Trustee;
Ep.Nv n Hill -Anctioneer ,,,.,.. my ia
, 1877-12-08

party victory az the sole motive
to political endeavor, who howl
about "an unconstitutional and
corrupt commission" a fraudu-
lent President" and the like
The President who owed his
position to a recognition of the
Democratic doctrine Of state SOW
ereignty,accepted the, logic ofthe
situation in good faith; Federal
interference in State government
was promptly suspended, and
the right of the people to man
age their own domestic affairs
fully restored. All honest Dem
ocrats approve, and a majority
Of Republicans concur, in this
policy. 1t is certain that no
party can sustain itself IN the
government in opposition to it.
Who believes that Mr.. Tilton
could have carried out this poll
|cy with the same happy result?
We believe that his attempt to
do so would have been popularity
construed as an unmanly surren-
der 70 "rebel demands" which
would excite all the sectional
prejudices engendered by thirty
years conflict, and the next gen.
eral election would have present
ed a solid North against a solid
South, with small hope Of a Dem
oeratic victory within the next
twenty years. By an anomalous
combination of circumstances.
which we regard as Providential
that deplorable condition of af-
fairs has been avoided, sectional
parties have been obliterated,
fraternal relations between the
North and the South fully re-
stored, and Democratic prlnci-
Piles placed in the ascendant un-
der Republican Administra-
ton. If the Democratic party
use their opportunity with mod
Grafton and discretion their fu-
ture triumph is assure. But
fortunately for the country par
ty discipline has lost Its power
to lead the people to their own
destruction at the beck Of party
leaders.
, 1877-12-08
Our Delegate.
leaders

There is probably no more
onerous and thankless service IN
the Government than that of a
Delegate in Congress for a Ter
ritory. He is called upon to
represent greater variety of
public interests, ard urge a larg-
er number of private claims than
any Representative in Congress,
and is without any vote or polit-
ical influence to back his most
reasonable Demands while his
constituents, in the main, hold
HIM responsible for every failure,
and assume that he ought to do
as much for his constituents as
the single Representative from
Oregon, though the latter is
sustained by his own vote and
the votes and influence of two
Senators, backed by power of
wealth which is brought to their
aid in every matter in which
their constituents are interested
Mr.. Jacobs, under some strange
delusion, resigned the most hon
orable and dignified official posi-
tion in the Territory-that Of
Chief Justice-in which he gave
more general atistaction than
any of his predecessors, to. ac-
cept the less honorable and more
onerous position of Delegate in
Congress. We have no doubt
that he was actuated to this per-
sonal sacrifice by an honorable
ambition to distinguish himself
in a broader field than was pre-
sented in the local judiciary, and
that he expected to win popular
commendation by faithful public
service. That he has failed in
his expectations, in great de-
gree, is now manifest through
out this community; but we ear
nestly insist that he is in no de-
gree at fault for the failure, but
that he has done all for his con-
stituents that it was in his power
to do, and that no man could do
more under the same circum-
stances. The popular censure
which is expressed in sneers, is
i in the main the result of popular
, 1877-12-08
ynorance of the esdificulties and

ignorance of thesdifticulties and
powerlessness of his situation
The newspaper flngs at hlm are
the emanations Of petty malice
which hates everything it car
neither emulate nor control. :,
To the question frequently
asked in q censorious spirit
"What has Jacobs done?p we
confidently asksin reply: "What
has he neglected to do, which ii
was in his power to accomplish"
He declined the call of his party
to attend the Cincinnati Conven-
tion, for the double reason that
sss
there were matters pending in
Congress which he would not
neglect, and he did not wish to
identify himself with active par
tisanshlp, lest 1t might initiate
against his influence with a Dem
ocratic House. No other Dele
gate Washington Territory ever
had would subordinate his party
standing to the public interests.
During the late Congressional
vacation Judge Jacobs has been
in Washington alone and single
handed contesting, inch by inch,
the exorbitant and unjust de-
mands of the N. P. r. r. Co., j.,
for lands which they had not
earned, and defending the rights
of settlers to their homes against
the claims of the same powerful
monopoly supported blythe best
legal ability that money could
procure. How his efforts are
appreciated in that direction is
manifest in the howlings Of the
organs and hirelings of the COM
pany. If they were not badly
hurt they would not exhibit
such malignant spirit towards
Judge Jacobs, and by the same
token the Judge is entitled to
the sympathy and support of
those in whose behalf he is put
ting forth his best efforts. Any
attempt to depreciate his servi-
ces or weaken his influence is
in direct hostility to our own in
terests.
, 1877-12-08

The New York Herald says there is
now on exhibition in Broadway store
very interesting collection of gifts
which are soon to be forwarded to Rome
as present to His Holiness. Pope Plus
TX, from some converted Indians in
the Northwest. The gifts were sent to
this city by the Rev. Edward Jacker, 8.
j., a missionary at st. Ignace. Mscki-
nav county, Michigan. The goods,
which are entirely the handiwork of
Indian converts at the mission. are for
the most part curious and beautiful lit
tie models of the various articles of In
dian agriculture. household work, i'm
plements of war or hunting and the
like. ~
, 1877-12-08
Annexation of Northern Idaho

Hon. S. S. Fem, Delegate for
Idaho, has presented in Con-
gress petition from the citizens
of Northern Idaho, asking to be
annexed to Washington Terrific
ry. 1t is said that the citizens
Of that portion Of Idaho are al
most unanimously in favor of the
change for obvious reasons
They are isolated from the capi-
tai and main portion Of the Ter
ritory by an almost impossible
mountain barrier, having no ac-
cess to the same but through
Washington Territory, to which
they are in immediate proximity
and through which all their
commercial interchange is now
carried on, while they have ne in
terest in common with the Ter
ritory to which they are at pre-
sent assigned. If, in fixing the
boundaries Of the proposed State
of Washington that section is
embraced in accordance with the
wishes of the citizens, no vested
rights would be impaired, no
reasonable objection interposed,
and our admission to the Union
on the score Of population great
ly facilitated.
, 1877-12-08
WARRANTED FOB FIVE YEARS.
G. Az ITO NJ!

All persons are cautioned net to make, deaf,
sell, or use any sewing machines that sew with
our needle, and make the Elastic stitch >or that
have the new Patent self feed attachment un-
less the same are purchased from this companr
or their aeen.s or licenses, and stamped under
our patent. Beware of wortnl, IS limitations
and unscrupulous parties who han g copied oar
circulars, advertisements, sc, and buy only the
machine manufactured by us.
THE wonder is how SO good a.machine can
be sold at sOlow price Globe
We havs seen the machine and consider Is
irst-class in every respect.-[rranscript
We can recommend it to our readers.-[C Chris
tiar Index, r. Y
The machine arrived safely; we are more than
pleased; it does more than you CLAIM for it.
We shall call the attention of cur readers to it.
-[St. Louis Christian.
thoroughly responsible Company, prompt
in all their dealings, and one that we can COM
mend to our reacers.--[Age, Ny.
Sample machines with table and treadle fc->
warded to any part OF the world on receipt of
, 1877-12-08
they could make these lectures

they could make these lectures
as popularity attractive as any
species of public entertainment
heretofore patronized in this
community, and to a vastly bet
ter purpose. They would make
intellectual pursuits fashionable,
aid in diffusing useful knowledge,
cultivating literary taste and in
building up permanent institu-
ton, which will be of incaIcula-
BILE advantage in promoting the
moral and intellectual culture Of
the rising generation. No good
citizen can afford to neglect the
opportunity.
, 1877-12-08
COW M ERcIAL.


CORRECTED DAIIsT By SCHWABACHEE BROS. Co..
Financial.
DEoEMBEas4, 1877.
Gold in New Yorh, 1O25s.
Legal Tenders in Seattle-buying 96; SELL
ing, 81.
Silver Cein-39kG4h per cent. discount.
Home Produce Market.
WHEAT Goodlmilling 50 2N92 so p GENITAL.
FLOUR-Qhotable best brands at 81 5Oa8 90.
OATS-5sa65c per Bushel.
MILL FEED-Ghopped Barley 500: Bran
$50 90; Shorts $S7 00. Barley S32 90 par ton.
POTATOES-45a55e per bashel.
HAY-S13 00a14; 90 per ton.
lARD-In tins, 135sc; kegs 15c p fb-
BACON-f4a15c 9Th.
EGGS-45o p doz., in good demand.
BUTTER-30a35o p fb.
WOOL-For good, 20a22c = lb.
HIDES-1sc p fb.
ONIONS-Sia1c per lb.
, 1877-12-08
Hayes Title.

We have heretofore annOun-
ced our opinion that notwith-
standing the manifest frauds in
Louisiana by which the popular
vote was reversed, Mr.. Hayes
holds the office of President by
the most conclusive title of any
President who ever held that
office, viz: bv the. decision of a
commission organized and au-
thorized by every department
of the Government: Legislative,
Executive and Judicial, to which
both political parties were pledg-
ed by the action of the author
lied representives of the respect
i've parties; and that the deter
mination Of the said commission
was strictly and literally in ac-
cordance with the political doc
trines ever avowed by the Dem
ocratic party. These positions
are fully endorsed by the follow
ing letter written by Hon. VIM.
Strong, of Pennsylvania, one of
the Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court of.the United States.
Mr.. Strong was a member of the
electoral commission and voted
for Mr.. Hayes. The letter re-
ferred to was the reply of Judge
Strong to a political friend in
Ohio, George W. Jones, who for
warded it to the New York Sun
for publication:
WAS HINGToN, Feb. 26, 1877.
Hon. George ". Jones:
NV Dear Sir-I. was Demo
crat when you and l were to-
gether in Congress. l am a
Democrat now. | hold to all the
opinions the State Rights Demo
Gratis have always held, and
which the acknowledged leaders
of the party have avowed to the
present winter-never more fully
than in 1873 to 1875.
l do not believe that Congress
has any constitutional right to
INQUIRE into State elections for
State Electors.
Congress has of late years in
terfered quite too much with the
States. The electoral commits
sion has no more power than
Congress has, and | think it
would be a most dangerous usur-
patton were it to do what the
States alone have right to do,
even to cure what | fear was a
great wrong Of the Louisiana re-
turning board.
l cannot doubt that such will
be your opinion when you reflect
to what the assertion of such a
power would lead. 1t would
place the right Of the States re
specting the choice of electors,
at the mercy of the Federal gov
ernment, and be the greatest
stride ever made towards cen
tralization.
Better suffer a present evil
than open such a door, better
than abandon all the time-hon.
ored principles of the Democratic
party. | am yours,
w. STRONG.
The premises and the conclu.
sions of Judge Strong are such
as no old-time Democrat can con.
sistently gainsay. The wonder
is that party feeling should SC
far blind men to the issues o1
principle involved in the contest
as to cause the grave and learned
Judges to vote for party to
man, regardless Of principles
every Democratic Judge voting
to maintain Federal authority in
revising the returns OF a State
election, and every Republican
Judge voting to sustain inviolate
the Great Seal Of the State, the
insignia of State sovereignty
Every Democrat who values his
principles above party success
has abundant reason to thank
God for the result. It is only
those who regard the spoils oi
, 1877-12-08

Iowa is getting bravely over
her fanatical ideas about hang
ing. She lynched a man re-
Gently.
, 1877-12-08

The st. Louis Globe Democrat
speaks of "the bill to make tea
spoons a legal tender" This
must be Butlers's pet measure.