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visers. Whatever the effect Of his
course may be on the Republican
party, there is no doubt about its
result IN the State OF Louisiana.
That long vexed and troubled State
will now have an opportunity TO
work out its destiny unmolested by
any outside power.
The "bloody shirt" is no longer
waved any where In the whole
United States; and the hauling
down of the party standard by
the Republicans means party dis
solution or the adoption Of new
planks in their platform. The
Democrats have always been more
favorably disposed towards freedom
Of trade than the Republicans, and
the southern Democrats have been
the most ardent free traders OF all.
II the latter see II TO be their in
terest to strive after the removal oil
the protective duties, as it un-
doubtedly is, they will make short
work of the theories of northern
protection.-Toronto Globe.
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The Solid south.

The abandonment by Packard Of
bis claim TO the Governorship Of
Louisiana lie the last event in the
series tending to the complete res
toration Of the Democratic party
in the southern States. For the
disappointed candidate and his
friends few win have any real sym
patty, since the means by which
they sought to retain political pow
er were in the last degree discred-
table and corrupt. At the same
time IL cannot be denied that Pack
ards claim TO the Governorsbip Of
the State was precisely the same as
Mr.. Hayes to the Presidency Of
the Union, and u is not surprising,
therefore, that bitter words should
be spoken by many northern Re-
publicsps against the manner In
which this question has been set
lied b, the President and his ali
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Roulnania.

III Roumania shall take sides
with Russia In the war now in pro-
gress, the Turks will be placed IN
der still greater disadvantages than
those under which they now labor
in the beginning Of the campaign,
and will besides have an additional
antagonist Of no mean power to
cope with. Roumania consists of
the united principalities Of Molda-
via and Wallachia. 1t has a popu-
lstion of 100000. and has an
army numbering $4,000 men on a
peace footing and $4,000 men on a
war footing, and including the mil
itsry has an active national force
of more than 10000 men. The
sympathies OF Roumanis have been
with Russia, and have been exhi-
bited in the hearty welcome given
TO the Russian troops which have
advanced into the country. 1t will
be very difficult for Roumanis to
preserve an attitude Of strict neu-
trality, and whatever the govern
ment may do, the people make lit
tie pretense Of preserving such
attitude.
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The justice of the appellation,
"csrpet-baggers," as applied to the
Republicans who have ruled the
south, for the past dozen years, is
shown by their immediate removal
from the State as soon as they are
compelled to give up the offices.
Chamberlain, late Governor OF
South Carolina, has already packed
his kit, and is going to New York
city to practice law. The firm will
be known as Chamberlain, Carter
d Eaton.
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II is indeed a bitter pill Hayes
has prepared for the radicals of his
party. They remember how reso-
lutely they contended in the late
campaign that the safety of the
unionists and negroes of the South
depended upon the triumph OF
Hayes and the continuance of the
watchful care of the general gov
eminent over them how they de-
nouneed Hampton, Nichols and the
other southern Democrats as rebels
and banditti whom the army alone
prevented roasting Republicans
alive and dining off their bodies
and now to have Hayes give the
lie direct to all their declarations ;
TO have him acknowledge the utter
hypocrisy of the issues raised to
elect him, by turning over South
Carolina and Louisiana to these
hated Democrats is asking a great
deal, and it is not surprising that
wry faces are made in swallowing
the dose. 1t should be some con-
ISOLATION to them to know that Hayes
has had to take the first dose him
self. He mourned so piteously for
the poor Africans when be thought
Tilien was elected.-Tx.
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The Russian Declarations.

The Russian Government has is
sued two documents remarkable as
specimens of diplomatic casuistry
explaining to Europe the grounds
upon which war has been declared
upon Turkey. One of these is q
manifesto from the Gear to bis
army, the other q circular from
Prince Gortchakoff to the Cabi-
nets of Europe. The manifesto Of
the Gar concludes with an illusion
to his celebrated speech at st.
Petersburg, in which he announced
that IL Turkey would not give the
guarantees which Russia had q
right to demand, he would act in
dependently, and endeavor to OBJ
tain them. The circular Of Prince
Gortchskof, on the other hand, is
an elaborate attempt TO make the
London protocol q mandate from
Europe to Russia, authorizing that
power TO coerce Turkey by force
Of arms.
There is q manifest inconsistency
between these two positions. Either
Russia is acting Independently Of
Europe. as the Car has announced
to his army, In which case he is not
acting under European mandate I;
or he is not acting independently,
In which case the European man.
date has TO be shown. The dilemma
Is a singular one, and has evidently
taxed all the ingenuity Of the Rus
sian foreign Office. Prince Cor
tchskoffs circular Is as involved
and foil Of subtleties rs an Eng
lish Chancery document, and the
general impression lcn upon TIRE
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The Presidential Course.

Whatever the effect OF Hayes
policy may be in the south, qnite
sure it is that it has disorganized
the Republican party in the north
to an extent fully appreciated. This
is seen in the position occupied by
Blaine and other leading Republi-
can statesmen, and also in the tone
of those papers which have hereto
fore SO warmly espoused the cause
of the administration right or
wrong. Redpath's letter, and the
ringing letter of old Ben Wade,
illustrate the feelings entertained
by a large class representing the
backbone of the party. There is
scarcely a radical Republican pa
per but deplores the Presidents
course, and many bitterly condemn
him in the severest terms. The
Chicago Inter-Ocean, while edito-
rally condemning Hayes, publishes
several columns of letters through
which the terms turn coat, traitor,
betrayer, ETC., as applied to Hayes,
numerously appear. Many leading
Republicans admit that Hayes rec
ognition of local self-government
in Louisiana and South Carolina is
the death of Republicanism in the
south, and all tacitly concede that
the end Of the party is drawing
near. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, q
strong partisan Republican paper,
has the following in reference to
the organization Of the next Con-
gress:
A new point Of danger in view
of the peculiar settlement OF the
Louisiana and South Carolina cases
is the most unlikely supremacy Of
the Democrat party in the Senate.
The present complexion Of that
body is, Republicans So. Democrats
81, Independents 2. The election
and admission of two Democratic
Senators from Louisiana. and one
from South Carolina, will give the
Democrats and Independents ma
jority. The Independents, howev-
er, may be counted on to join in
no scheme against the country, so
that, except in case of vacancies in
the Republican ranks by death or
otherwise, the danger is not imme-
date. That the change will soon
come, however, and the Senate
pass from the power Of the Repub-
licans, seems hardly to admit Of
doubt. Alabama, Arkansas and
Mississippi are each Democratic,
aud each have one Republican Sem
ator whose term expires in a little
over q year. So also with New
York and Indiana, though there
is hope of the two latter. There
seems to he much ground for fear,
however, that the Republican SUI
premacy in the Senate, which has
continued unquestioned for sixteen
years, is about to be lost.
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Chicago Tribune: What sort o.

Chicago Tribune: What sort OF
government have we had at Wash
ington II the figures TINS far
furnished are true as to the num-
bers discharged from the depart
ments, there must have been an &C.
oumulation therein Of between
1900 and 1000 useless clerks. In
Guiding those noted for dismissal
now, any those who went last sum-
mer, the Treasury Department will
have got rid of about 1900 en-
ployes. The other bureaus are to
be heard from. II is q wonder
that this army has not been crowd
cd out of the doors and windows
long ago.
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What puzzles Packard is that
HAYES is elected and he was not.
That is what puzzles Blaine. 1t
particularly puzzles Pitt Kellogg.
In fact, how Hayes could have been
elected and Packard defeated, when
the Hayes electors received a
thousand less votes than Packard
received, is one of those ugly
couundrums which is q puzzle for
everybody.
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European power sees another gov
erninS Ia a manner which does not
appear consistent with her own
standard Of good government, she
may have q right, with or without
the preliminaries of conferences,
protocols, and other forms OF di-
plomntic dust throwing, to declare
war in poutlerous and formal docu-
ments agains. any such single pow
err. II Germany, for instance, took
exception to the treatment OF the
Poles In Russia or the Slavs m
Austria, the course has been mark
ed out for her by Prince Cortcbakofr,
from whom it is the habit of Prince
Bismarck to say he has learned the
art Of diplomacy, and IL the Ger
man Chancellor could obtain from
Europe an expression of opinion
that these populations were i'll
governed, be could either select TO
"act Independently or by means
of q protocol. History has its
Nemesis in reserve, and those ma
tons which, under the pretext OF
saving races, lead them to slaughter
for ends of political or territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, will some day re-
ceive the same sort Of justice which
they mete out to others.-N. Y.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-12

ter. Now I don't believe word of it,
but I'd like to have you explain if you
can."
ri never wrote any such thing" de-
clared Mrs. Jones, Indignantly.
"You did!" exclaimed Mr.. Jones.
IT'S no use for you to lie about it,
Amelia. You've broke my heart, and
you did write that letter. found it on
your desk, and here it is. 1t begins
Dear Edward"
ooh, know all about it now," cried
Mrs. Jones, beginning to laugh. ooh,
dear me- You see, Laura Wade and I
agreed to write story, and I had got
mine half done, and went ever to read it
to her this afternoon, and when got
there Ifound that I'd lost page of it.
must have left it on my desk. 1t was
about woman who was going to elope-
my story was-and she wrote that she
would go with her lover, and then, when
she thought it all over, concluded to
stay at home and do her duty. The page
that was missing was the one that had
the letter on it that she wrote to her
lover. You found it, and thought was
going to run away! Oh, dear, never
heard anything SO funny! Oh, dear
me !'' and Mrs. Jones laughed until the
tears ran down her cheeks.
Ican't see anything very funny about
it," said Mr.. Jones, feeling rather sheep.
ish. "How was to know that you were
writing stories? You've no business to
spend your time in that way"
"That's So" growled uncle Joshua,
whose stomach began to feel sore and
bruised. "You're a fool for writing
stories, and Jones is fool any way"
Which was poor consolation for Jones
The story of the whole affair leaked out,
and he will never hear the last of Mrs
Jenes's elopement.
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in which the vote on said amendment shall
be held. A motion by Mr.. Hitchcock to
amend, by providing that it be published
in two papers OF opposite politics, was
disagreed to. The rules were sus-
pended, and the bill was passed.
The Committee of Conference on the
differences between House and Senate, on
the Southern Railroad lease bill, reported
the bill back to the House, with the recon-
mendation that the House recede from Its
action in striking out the Kessler amend
ment, and that the Senate concur In the
advertising amendments. After much
wrangling, the report was agreed to-yeas,
81; nays, %. The leasing bill is now law
In the Senate, April Z, bills passed: Mr..
Rukenbrod's Senate bill reorganizing the
Girls Industrial Home; Mr.. Vests House
bill authorizing the transfer of moneys in the
Treasury of Wayne Township, Clermont
County; Mr.. Andrews Senate bill amending
the corporation laws SO as to authorize the
formation of companies for the purchase
of patent right; MIR. Swans Senate bill pro-
vidlng that technical defect in the incor-
poration of a company shall not be bar to
the legality of transactions, provided the
members went in in good faith. A COM
munication was received from the Sergeant
at Arms of the Senate, that he had served
official notice of the verdict and proceedings
of the Senate in the Cox-Harmon con-
test on the respondent Judge Harmon.
Mr.. Burrows introduced bill providing
for the establishment of State Board
of medical examiners to examine graduates
of Medical Colleges upon the rudiments of
medical science upon which different
schools agree. In the House Mr.. Howland's
bill authorizing the guardians of i'm
beetles to sell the real estate of wards was
passed. The joint resolution offered by Mr..
Howland that the Legislature adjourn sine
die Monday, April %, at o'clock, a. NJ,
was referred to the Finance Committee.
! Mr.. Tryon's House bill requiring tax asses
sor's to make separate returns Of the names
of persons residing in special school dis
tricts, was passed, The insurance question
was brought under consideration by the
question of ordering to engrossment the bill
Introduced by Mr.. sherrick, to require life
insurance companies to keep on deposit in
this State fifty per cent. of their risks, for
the protection of policy-holders in Ohio.
The bill was ordered engrossed for third
| reading next Thursday.
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Experiment at CIserb0strg aUitIs a
Torpedo Boat.

Paris Correspondence London Times-1
Some very interesting experiments
were made few days ago at Cherbourg
with the little submarine vessel called
the Thorneycroft. 1t was the first occa-
sion of testing in French waters whether
a torpedo could be launched against
ship in full sail. Accordingly Admiral
Juarez, who commands the squadron,
ordered disabled ship, the Bayonnaise,
during rather rough sea, to be towed
out by steamer belonging to the navy.
Second Lieutenant, L. Lemoinne, was
sent for, and informed that he had been
selected to make the experiment of
launching the Thorneycroft against the
Bayonnaise while both were in full sail.
He accepted the mission without hesita-
tion, picked out two engine men and a
pilot, and went down with them into the
interior of the Thorneycroft, of which
only small part was above water-this
visible portion being painted of grayish
color, so as to be easily confused with the
sea. The torpedo was placed SO as to
project from the bow of the vessel, at the
extremity of which were two lateen sail
yards about three metres in length. The
towing steamer then took up its position
in front of the squadron, and the Thorney-
croft also assumed the position assigned
for it; an interval of three or four ma
rine miles separating the torpedo and the
Bayonnaise. On signal being given,
both were set in motion, the steamer ad-
vancing in direct line, and the Thorney-
croft obliquely, so as to take the Bayon-
naise in flank. The steam-tug went at
fourteen knots an hour, going at full
speed in order to escape the Thorney
croft. The latter went at nineteen
knots an hour, a rate not attained by
any vessel in the squadron. The chase
lasted about an hour, the squadron keep
ing the rear. so as to witness the opera
tions. At the end of that time the dis
tance between the Thorneycroft and the
Bayonnaise had sensibly diminished,
and at a given moment the former, in
order to come up with the latter at the
requisite distance, had to slacken speed
to eight knots an hour. The whole
squadron watched this last phase of the
struggle with breathless interest, and the
people asked themselves whether the
shock of the torpedo would not infallibly
destroy the little vessel which bore it.
1t was feared that the lives of the Sec
ond Lieutenant, Lemoinne, and his
three companions were absolutely sacri-
feed. However, the two vessels got
visibly nearer. All at once the Thorney-
croft put on last squirt, and struck the
Bayonnaise with its whole force on the
starboard bow. The sea was terribly
agitated, deafening report was heard.
and the Bayonnaise, with rent as big
as house, sank with wonderful rapidity
As for the Thorneycroft, rebounding by
the shock about fifteen metres off, even
before the explosion accurred, it went
round and round for few moments, ano
then quietly resumed the direction O.
the squadron. No trace remained OF
the Bayonnaise; it was literally swal
lowed up by the sea.
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A NATURALIST who has examined the

A NATURALIST who has examined the
large fossil bones recently dug up in
Washington Territory, pronounced them
parts of skeletons of elephants, which
varied in size, age, sex, and species. He
concludes that one of the animals must
have been between forty and fifty years
old, and that they all "came to their
deaths by miring in bog"
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The Melancholy Doom, of Cartotta

11e Melancholy Doom OF CdftOttd.
Can any fate, asks the London Echo,
be more melancholy than that which has
beclouded forever the life of one of Her
Majesty's cousins? Some twenty years
ago society in London was charmed for a
short time by the presence of one of the
loveliest creatures that ever breathed.
The only daughter of wise and honored
king, she had accompanied her father to
see that Incompatible assemblage
of works of art with which Manchester
astonished the world in 1857. A month
or two latel the Princess Charlotte be-
! came the bride, at the age of seventeen,
of an accomplished prince, brother of an
emperor, the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi
milan of Austria, and their prospect
was that of a most happy, honorable,
and useful life. Such it was for seven
short years, when the tempter came, in
the person of Louis Napoleon. Then fol-
lowed the anxieties of the mock monarch
of Mexico, and the wretched death, in
June, 1867, of Napoleon's dupe. 1t is no
news that the unhappy widowed princess
has been insane ever since; but now we
learn that one of the most experienced
physicians in such cases on the Cont.
nent, pronounces the Empress Charlotte
incurable. Her health is good, and, her
mind being in state of perfect tran
guilty, she expects the early return of
her husband; it is said that her already
great beauty has increased. She lives in
animaginary world, talks with imaginary
visitors and friends, and finds solace in
this harmless delusion, while she ignores
the people around her as if they were
not. So far is this latter notion carried,
that she disdains the services of maid,
and performs her own toilet. To main
tain the opinion that she is still empress,
upon which her life seems to depend, one
special copy is printed for her of the
Atmanach de Gotta, that unquestionable
witness of high birth, in which the Court
of Mexico holds its place as in 1867.
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WHEN MIsTs HAVE CLEARED.

when the mists have rolled in splendor
From the beauty Of the hills,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,
Falls In kisses on the rills,
We may read loves shining letter
In the rainbow Of the spray;
We shall know each other better
when the mists have cleared away;
We shall know as we are known,
Never more 10 walk alone,
In the drawing Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
II we err In human blindness,
And forget that we are dust;
II We miss ths law Of kindness,
When We struggle to be Just,
Snowy wings Of peace shall cover
All the pain that clouds our day,
When the weary watch is over,
And the mists have cleared away,
We shall know As we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
10 the sunlight Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the silvery mists have yelled US
From the faces Of our own,
Oft we deem their love has failed US,
And we tread our path alone;
We should see them near aud truly,
We would trust them day by day,
Neither love nor blame unduly,
II the mists were cleared away,
We shall know as we are known;
Never more TO walk alone,
10 the dawniDg Of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the mists have risen above us,
As our father knows his own,
Face to face with those that love us,
We shall know as we are known;
Love beyond the orient meadows,
Floats the golden fringe Of day;
Heart to heart we bind the shadows,
Till the mists have cleared away;
We shall know as we are known,
Never more 10 walk alone,
When the day Of night is dawning,
And the mists have cleared away.
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THE Representatives who died in office
the past eight years, or Immediately
after retiring therefrom, were Strong and
Starkweather of Connecticut, Rice of
Illinois, Kerr of Indiana, Parsons of
Kentucky, Hersey of Maine, Buffinton,
Ames, Hooper and Crocker of Massachu
setts, Foster of Michigan, Brooks,
Mellish and Allen OF New York, Van
Trump of Ohio, La Dow of Oregon,
Dickey, Woodward and Covode of
Pennsylvania.
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LACE mits will be more generally
worn this summer than they were last,
and white ones will be chosen quite as
frequently as black. The newest have
long fingers closed at tie ends. They
range in price from fifty cents to seven
dollars.
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Emigration From Greet Britain
and Ireland.

The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
furnishes the following table Compiled
from the official report of the British
Board of Trade), showing the emigra-
tion from the United Kingdom to the
United States, British North America
and Australasia, respectively, during the
years 1874, 1875, and 1876: