The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-03-30
THE PRESS.
From the Maine State Press of March %, 1871
History Of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednesday
Night. March 2Sth.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

NATIONAL CAPITAL.
President Hayes puts his civil service princ-
pies in force in the Executive mansion by the
promotion of various old employees to fill va
cancies.
A board of army engineers will report that
the foundation of the Washington monument
is unsafe, the structure having settled 80 in.
ohes The whole pile is crooked, and they
will report that no more weight should be add
ed to it.
Minister Washburne's request for recall, dat
ed Friday, is granted by the President, and his
resignation is accepted on the understanding
that he remain in his official position till his
successor is appointed, and has presented his
letter of credence.
Judge Drummond of Milwaukee, it is report
ed, has been offered the vacant seat on the
United States supreme bench.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
the forty fourth call for the redemption of 500
bonds of 1866, May and November The call
is for S1O,0O0OO0, of which So, 100000 are cou-
pom and $500, 900 registered bonds Principal
and interest will be paid at the treasury on and
after the 9th of June next, and interest will
cease on that day.
Clerk Adams will not succeed. should he at.
tempt to constitute himself a returning board
and decide upon the eligibility of Republican
Congressmen-slect having certificates of cleo
tion from the Governors of their respective
states. Some of the older Republican MEM
bers of the next House, who have great expert
ence in parliamentary law, and who are of de-
termined purpose, say that Clerk Adams will
do we'll to reflect twice before he attempts this.
There are many reasons to think that the Re-
publicans would not submit to any such revo-
lutionary proceedings, and the best lawyers
say that the rule adopted by the last House
giving the Clerk in the organization of the new
Congress special constabulary TO preserve or
der, has no binding effect whatever, and that
any attempt to use force by persons who are not
members of the new Congress would be an i'm
pertinent intrusion for which the courts would
hold the intruders responsible.
Just before leaving for home in Michigan
Senator Ferry presented President Hayes with
duplicate copy of the tsllers' list of the count
of the electoral vote with declaration of the
result appended as signed by Senator Ferry,
then President pro tenn. of the Senate, at
o'clock on the morning of March I'd. The
original list is on file in the office of the secre-
tary of the Senate and the duplicate was pre-.
scented to President Hayes as memento of the
memorable contest
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
All manner of rumors are current regarding
the Southern question. 1t is said by the South
ern leaders that Stanley Matthews, Charles
Foster and other prominent Republicans prom
Used the immediate withdrawal of troops in the
Southern states if they were allowed to COM
plete the electoral count; but it is not pretend
ed that President Hayes knew of the promises
He will certainly take no hasty action. Hamp-
ton and Chamberlain have been invited to
Washington to center on the South Carolina
question. He has decided to send commits
sion to Louisiana, made up of prominent men.
and will await their report. His position is
supposed to be correctly set forth in the follow.
ing special under date of Tuesday:
President Hayes, in a general conversation
yesterday with prominent citizen of New
England, and who is an extreme Republican,
said he had full faith that his Southern policy
would be an entire success, aud although there
appeared to be some obstacles in the way,
these would probably disappear in very short
time. He thought the effect, of his policy
would he to produce better feeling through
out the South, and alianate from the Demo-
cratic party the old Wing element, which is
restless and not satisfied now, Looking at the
situation of affairs in South Carolina and Lou
isiana, he was compelled to believe that both
these states would pass into the hands of the
Democratic party, not because that party had
majority of the voters in either, for such was
not the fact, but for the reason that it is COM
posed mainly of men who in the past have
h0aV1 IN nm In md yhn ,INra
how to perfect their organization. while the
Republicans have comparatively few leaders,
and they cannot make the colored voters ex-
perts and sagacious in political warfare without
long training. The President said by this re-
mark he had no reference to the cases of Pack
ard or Chamberlain, nor did he wish his Ian
guage to be understood as implying that the ad
ministration had come to any decision as to
who is elected Governor of Louisiana or South
Carolina, for these questions remain yet to be
settled. He was simply speaking of the fnture
without reference to the immediate result of
the present existing complications; while he
expected these two states to pass into the hands
of the Democrats, he also firmly believed that
the effect of changed policy towards the
South would be to give the Republicans the
states of Tennessee and North Carolina GER
tainly, and to make serious inroads in the
Democratic ranks of Virginia and Georgia,
will gladly accept an opportunity to withdraw
from their present political associates aud unite
with party more in accord with their own
political convictions.
The President also spoke very freely during
the interview about other matters. but the gen.
tleman says he does not feel at liberty to dis
close what was said during the entire CONVEX
sation, which lasted nearly an hour
The President indicated clearly that he had
not changed his previously expressed senti-
ments in the least, but still believes that the
policy outlined in his inaugural message can be
made complete success. The gentleman says
as the result of his talk with the President
that it is his opinion that both Packard and
Chamberlain will have to succumb and give
way to Nichols and Hampton. Chamberlain
has already informed his friends that after con-
sultation with the President if the latter thinks
he ought to vacate the office, and will say so in
vice, although he is confident that after he has
talked with the President no such advice will
be given.
Both Nichols and Packard have issued proc
lamations reassuriDg their followers. There is
much excitement in New Orleans and an out
break is feared. Chamberlain has answered
Stanley Matthews letter beseeching him to
withdraw, and emphatically declines to do SO.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
81. G. Dermott aged 81, and well-to-do, hung
himself at Newport Friday to avoid the poor
house. He was insane.
N. d. Greenfield was sentenced at Oswego
Thursday to be hung May 18th for killing his
wife, James Fitzpatrick and James Mckay are
under arrest in New York for having 100000
in counterfeit bonds of Missouri Pacific rail-
road, guaranteed by the state of Missouri.
Guy Kimball of Dalton, N. H., aged 65, went
home drunk Monday night, quarrelled with his
wife and beat her brains out with stick of
wood.
Tuesday shooting ARRAY occurred at Topeka
Kansas, between j. Clark Swayee, editor of
the Blake, and John W. Wilson of the Times.
Swayee was killed and Wilson received but a
flesh wound. Wilson was arrested.
John Dunlap was held for trial at Northamp-
ton, Thursday, for participating in the North
ampton bank robbery in $5OO,OO0
Geo. L. Whitney, bookkeeper of the Brook
lyn Bank, has been arrested for robbing that
bank of 100000 His plan was to abstract
from the funds of the bank large amount of
convertible funds and then wait an opportunity
to effect compromise with the bank officials
that should place him in a position of indepen
dence. Accordingly last Wednesday afternoon