The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
Washl aEion t'errsspsn ience.

kAsHrsaroy b. &. May 18th 1877.
Tie sensational possibilities Of the *
la session possrostment were thought
: u bare been exhausted weeks ngo, Al
tiDrgil new endorsements d varying
!. magnitude and absolute losses likely Is
: result FINN The dteixion reached bavs
xaftled the anxioas officials from time e
time WHO were charged with The dui,
!, Of running The Government ION tick foi
four months. Ditto Marshall Douglass
Baltimore lecture, notwithstanding The
!, heart burning and rcsentmenss awakened
by it are sill; 50 deep and persistent that
tie late bondsnan's continued rcicnti.n
! IN Office makes the Cancellation pnl]cy'
seem rncckery te the scores rns,st SC,
ycrcly wounded By his attack.
Since the first wase Of excitement sub
! sided over The intigues u the Mexican
iiilibrsscrs looking to assurances OF non
intervention from the State Department,
and their activity in organization Lrrc
and elsewhere their invading force, We
deem their continued cffarts in both direc-
tions as scarcely worthy Of our attention,
though citizens OF our Southern border arc
aprrchcnsivc that the hostile movement
may provoke a repetition of former raids
from Mexican mcrauders, AMI have sent
Gen. Ord to obtain permission 10 pursue
4 them ill caught and punished in case
their fears prove well grounded
TIE new features Of the European
problem, added each day b.: morning and
evening disraclcs, have been discussed
and disposed of quietly Without lo'able
4 Increase of temperature save in tie ex-
ccptionablc instance when McMalnn's
surrender 10 The UIiramon'anc conspira-
tors and his eorpd etar first became known
alarming fl,c friends Of Republican Coy
crnmcEt end con.rariIy cffectiDg the IL
gf,ineJ Bourbon
But NC had ra.ctcd down again wlicn
there was sprung upon us archer seDsa-
tionaI report which sci thegossips tongues
/ wagging, ald there wers few that did moi
manifest some interest; but little rcfec-
ticn served to convince the majority thai
ii was probably put up JOE" by some
ambitious newsl aper Gtfache ofquestion-
able vcracify. 1t was to the effect that
the pcstp ,ncmeni had been brought nboui
at the very last moment, after The 4ll Of
June, had been agreed upon, by the dis
covery OF a plot on the part OF the Demo-
Gratis, aided by disaffccied Republicans.
10 push the quo rarrdnt proceedings the
moment Congress was in session and or
ganizcd That includes, in substance,
all the contents Of this latest mares nest,
| find few, now that time has been allow
ed us to recover from the first surprise
attaching The slightest importance to the
statement, the well informed generally
treating it with dcrision.
Senator Blainc's frequent and protrac-
ID conferences with the President du-
ling the past few days have also furnish
ed the text for many profound suggcs
lions The idle curiosity over the matter
had become so overpowciing tlat-he was
waylaid and forced 10 open his mouth.
[ lie is reported to have said that he oecu-
pies The same ground as taken on the
floor of the senate in March. relative to
the Southern Policy; bat that he dill MT
feel it incumbent upon him TO step at
every street corner and haranguc u
crow of loafers upon the situation and
assail' the President for daring to di fer
| with him.
1t is understood that tic only political
Significance of his present visit is GU
perintend some repairs to his house on
18th st. and tlat he has embraced the
opportunity TO urge in behalf Of pension
ers some modification Of the order desig-
mating Concord, New Hampshire as the
location of The agency for Maine, New
/. Hampshire, and Vermont, naming Port
land as much more accessible.
Never since the day of inanguraiionlla
there been sucl, an inunda.ion of Office
seekers rs since the Presidents return
from New York. They are here in force
from nearly every State and Territory:
Moseby has been among.thc crowd anli
charged with having been largely insiru
mental in The removal of Miss Van Lew
from the Richmond Post Office, arcmoval
ve.y severely criticised.
Secretary Sherman's reticencc relative TO
financial policy is not quite rclished-
lie says when anything important has
been decided upon the publics shall be duly
notified. For the present the largest pos
sible reduction Of the public debt before
the meeting of Congress, with re-
sumption Of specie payment at the time
designated by law, always in-view, seems
to be the leading idea. The Government
rep rcscntation ut the Paris Exposition has
been The subject of u Cabinet discussion,
Mr.. Evarts favoring. tits said the appoint
mcnt of a provisional commission tomake
the necessary preliminary homogeneous,
further proceedings to be contingcntupo
. Congressional appropriation, $500, 900
ocirg thought about the sum necessary
TO a crcditablc appearance.
The issuing of neutrality Proclama
ton has also been agilated again, but it
was finally left 10 be decided by future
events, none being thought now rcqui-
site.
There appears no disposition to COM
promise with The crooked whiskcy" men
though they are now ahead, having sue
cceded in obliterating all trace of their
property, if they have any; and the mod
est proposition Of The louisiana log steal
crs 10 compromise by giving up portion
Of their plunder AMI retaining The balance
has been promptly rejected.
The hail and rain storm Of Sunday ever
ing accompanied by terrific thunder,
lightning and wind, induced most re-
markablc change OF temperature. For
The four preceding days il had been as
hot and saltry ms mid August, the Their
momcter running well up into The nine
ties. To-day ap oyercoat is not deemed
super1uous. MAxwKLL.
IONA.
One of the most extcnsiye State dis
plays in the Agricultural Building is made
by Iowa. in the western rortion of the