The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mesa. rro,. the Capffas.

demption OF Flve-twenty bonds of SO. May
and November. The call is for $40 ,0OO, 600,
81 ,000, 900 coupon and 100000 registered
bonds; principal and interest will be paid
at the Treasury on and after the 10th of June
next, and interest will cease that day. The
is description of the bonds: Cou-
pom bonds, $500, No. IS, ,551 to 10000, both
inclusive; $4,000, No. 9S,651 TO 10s, 100, |
both inclusive; registered bonds, $50, No. |
49l to 496, both inclusive; 500. No. 6,S51 to |
1886, both inclusive; $500, No. 3,961 to
1913, both inclusive; $1,000, No. l5,051 to
1913, both inclusive; s., 200, No. 6,768 to |
1885, both inclusive.
To delegation of colored South Carolinians
who waited upon him, President Hayes said
that he desired to remove the antagonism
existing between the races, especially the po-
litical differences resting upon the color line,
so that colored men and Republicans
might not need the protection of
the army. He stated that the use
Of the military force in civil affairs was
repugnant TO the genius of American insti-
tutions and should be Dispensed with if
possible. The President stated that with
regard to the peculiar difficulties at present
existing in South Carolina, concerning
which the delegation expressed great
anxiety, he proposed to preserve the statu
quo left by his predecessors, and to examine
the condition of affairs carefully and deliber.
ately before he acted.
The Cabinet members who had not al
ready taken the cath Of Office were sworn in,
on March II, with the exception OF Secretary
Thompson, who had not yet arrived in Wash
ington. After the members qualified ses-
sion, lasting an hour aud half, followed
for the purpose OF becoming acquainted with
each other. At the same time there was some
talk upon the policy of the Administration.
But II was only reiteration of the senti-
ments contained in the inaugural address.
A letter Of Wade Hampton to the Presi.
dent requests the termination of the pres
ent military occupation Of the South Caro-
lima State house, and the withdrawal of
troops quartered therein, ain order that
civil processes" as the letter goes, "may be
effective for the eviction of D. 81. Chamber
lain from the Executive Chamber, and the
securing Of the books and records, which he
now holds with an armed force of Federal
troops" The application is based upon
the decision OF the Supreme Court of the
State, which has recently adjudged Hamp-
ton Governor.
The President has nominated ex-Secretary
Morrill, to be Collector at Portland, Maine.
Senator Blaine united with others in rec
ommending the appointment. The place is
worth from 81, 900 to 81, 900 per year.
Secretary Thompson arrived at the Capitol
on March 13, and received his Commission
from the President as Secretary of the Navy.
recent dispatch says that Senator
Blaine, in view of the possibility that the
President may not recognize Packard or
Chamberlain, is very earnestly in favor of
having, by consent of all parties, a new
election in Louisiana and South Carolina,
and has so expressed himself to President
Hayes. This, Blaine believes, could now
be had by common consent of all political
organizations, and could be conducted in a
peaceful manner, free from the entangle-
ment OF the Presidential contest The re.
suit OF an election, which ever party
might prevail, would, in Mr.. Blaine's iudg.
ment, bring peace and contentmentt to those
States, more certainly, perhaps, than any
other mode of adjustment now practicable.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
hve-twenty bonds Of 1865, May aud Novem.
bar. The call is for ten million dollars. The
principal and interest is to be paid at the
Treasury on and after the 18th of June next.
Interest will cease on that day.
Secretary Schurz has notified all the
heads OF the bureaus of the Interior Depart
ment that during his administration of its
affairs there will be no removals oi
clerks or other employees except "for cause, >
and no promotions except for merit. II
will therefore be useless for persons to file
papers soliciting clerical appointments OF
promotion on merely personal or politica
grounds, and in addition to this, it can bt
stated that there are at present no vacancies
ofany kind to be filed.
Fred. Douglass has been appointed Mar
shall of the District of Columbia.
The Bar of the United States Suprem,
Court held meeting at Washington, ant
passed resolutions highly complimentary t.
Justice Davis, who retires from the bench t,
take his seat in the United States Senate.
Senators Morton, Mcmillan and Sauls
bury, are the committee to inquire into tn
charges against Senator Grover, of Oregon
Fires.
A fire, attended with fatal consequences
occurred on the night of March IL, in a. five
story tenement house, No 81 Ludlow Street
New York, occupied by Germans and Polisl
Jews. Children of Mrs. Manson, who ha
rooms there, upseta kerosene lamp, and sool
the room was in blaze. She hurried ou
with her children and gave the alarm. Tn
other occupants of the building fled in ter
ror. In the rush Hattie Manson aged ter
and baby of seven months she had in he
arms, were left behind. Israel Leyines, wifi
and child were burned severely. In thei
flight they left behind two children-Dayid
aged six, and Abram, aged eight. Thes
were taken out by the fremen, but Abrar
was dead, and David nearly so. Little Ha
tie Manson was rescued, but the baby coul
not be found.
The store of Fielder Magruder, at Ber
ning's Station, near Washington, was burne
few mornings ago, and Ebenezer Lare
and his son John, who sleptin the buildins
were burned to death. There is but littl
doubt that both men were murdered, tn
store robbed and then set on fire.
The South.
On March IL, at New Orleans, the Nicboll
Legislature adopted the following:
WHEREAS, The inaugural address of the preser
Executive Of the nation indicates his fixed dete,
mination to restore harmony to the people of Ii
South BY establishing policy Of pacifcation for or
oi coercion, and by recognizing the right of said pe
pie oil the South TO local sef-government free fro,
Federal interference; therefore, be it
ReSotved, That we accept this declaration of N
Nat0nal Executive OF nOu-interyention in tbo =,