, 1877-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS,

u. n. FIELD ELECTED TO f'0sGAE3S.
New Yonx. Jan 2.-1]ayil Dudley Field WIS
to-day elected 10 Congress- from tho Seventh
New York District, to III thu Vacancy causcd by
lllu resignation ut Smith Ely, u: Ills naj"Fty
over Goetz, Kcpub!ian, was !, 40.
ALBANY, N. r., Jan. ..-'Ihs Legislature cnn-
yenc.l to-day, ami thn t'oyrrnor presented ut.
aaLrces.. Georgc u. Sloan was chosen Speaker
Of the House.
WISCONSIN CONTEST.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1.-EvidrHco IN the contcst
OF Fink, Republican, fDr u seat In tlr Assembly,
against salcnt,nr, Democrat, takcu bcforu
Justice Boesngcn today, shows that II lnrgc
ulnonnt of fraudulent rutin; was duno 1T tt,.,
EEhtl. nnA Eleventh Warls by ignorant
puilcrs. salentIues witncsscs viii Ic heard be-
lvtG COMlnisa!oNtr Thompson ttl-LlluTTuT.
GOV. HAYES AND TIE tDETM.
Aagu.t1 tt1H tnruairft and stntinti tih.a Rsc, ~.
About ten lays aGn citizen uf llfh Flace
wuul.l he Ills pulley with regard to Southern nt
}airs in the ryent of his being declared FRESH
tlent., liu received ~ FrItya newspaper slip
containing marked editorial from tbs Ctnen-
ana Its Southern Policy This art!,le !.as
been furnished tho chrunieie .s,ul !itnt,t! fur
r.lblica1ion, and Will e fo'1nt III another
column .hls ;i, morning: The esrsum. ;u,'..
Justify tht assumption that tho article c1uboles
tho Views of tiuv. ilayrs on vrry grave public
question. The article may justly he rt,n<h!ereA
not 70 much clurIai Ut the Guna.sFcai a,l
Optn letter troln tue Republican candidate for
| the Presidency: At prescst the Inauguration Ut
| Gov. Hayes docs not Scct1I 10 liz utnoNs the
probabilities, Or even atnong thu possibilities; ;
| but furre and fraud haye become, IN these de-
generate days, POTENT agencies In American pol.
itacs, and, We tEAy rest assured, will he used I'm
sparipgly to rom pass thc d.feat Of tue peoples
chotc. In this view y! the Presidential probleu,,
tiov Hayes oplnlon will command attention
and confederation.
The surl s,Id substance Of the article Il, that,
| II Guy. liayca be declared President Ut tho
! United States, he will "labor through alk the
| legitiMatc agencies Of tho General Government
to promote the efTort VI the people Of tho South
| cru StYles to ubtain the blessings Ut honest aud
capable lotal government" provided the colorcd
| raer are protected In the enjoyment VI al theil
| legal rights. 1ls eoullds falr enough, anl NJ
| hare reason to think that G0y. Hayes mean.
! what he Hays. He Is everywhere rcpttrA r!at
| of high character, w'lo has lived I'LL hunratIlr
public aud private lille. Ills lrttrrof uvreptanst
showed that with regard To Southern Affairs IL
WA not is sympathy with the ultra wing Vi h
latsy--Mn1tun, tirant, Cameron s. Co. :. W
lear that u he Is lnaugunateI We will Aaye goo&
| President aH0 la | Government.
| TlLDks's STATE 0F MIND.
a<n fDFk ts.tsf, Ike. -,
Of all the DEMOCRATS, Ttltleu Is ono uf thn mos
c1citel. No doubt hu believes hiusc,f Aunrstl
| etseteA; but hs Is uga1ly srakel BECAUSE every
body eIsc will nut bciesc ~ too. Eor the pas
si4 or seven months hc has been almost mOuu
.llniac OH ihc subject. Mv fclt suto u Ills e!ee
! ttou, and. ever since le has thought II po4&ibl
tlAt he uhStt uos get In, le has bcen oSvs