, 1877-12-10
MONDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1877.

ment Of the Centennial c,4e. He aaserts that
bad Il not been for hts Efforts the Pniadtl-
ph!ans would ha7o kept the money loaned them
b1nAroN ANTHONY
will Tomorrow formally report the completion
q the collection Of Colonial Charters md etate
Constitutions; Il forms work Of over 900
large pages, divided into two parts, and will bc
OF great value as 4 work of reference.
WAR WITH MEXICO.
no Republican members UI the Foreign
Affairs Committee, after carefully Sitting the
others relating to the Rio Grahsie question, cx.
press an opinion that there Is no danger Of In
tefnattonN complications. eotne OF the Demo.
cratic members Of the Committee, however,
arc ot opinton that war fs u be apprchendcd,
and that II possibly cannot DO avoided. They
say that they have rcason 10 think that the
Secretary Of State would be satisfied II q war
should result from the pending troubles. on the
the Administration by turning the attention nf
Republicans from Intestinal controversies, and
by helping to consolidate the South fot the sup-
port OF the Administration.
long absence of Lleuts. Bulls and Young ia the
hlo urande country. Hc sars that thcy hare
strong detachmcnt Of go men, and arc ablc to
puniet1 any Indians that mas attark them. Thcy
hsd thirty days' tatons after leaving Fort Clark.
le expects that thcY, arc on Mexican territory,
although they possibly tnay havc crosscd back
again over Tie 'l.lo tfandc In pursuit. Of .he ID
diana.
POSTAGE wHANGLE.
Solicitor Freeman, ot the fuss- -0n1cs Depart
esaolo S interest TO publishers u newspapers.
Tic Postmaster At Cincinnati laad assumed that
weekly Cincinnati 1azestht sunt out to tu.tmas-
tcrs frcc In return for spocldc services rendered
tl!o ne"spapcr conrsny, In keeplnR up its
papcls to regular subscslbcrs within tho mean
Inn Of tho law. and that every such paper must
be prepaid at transient rates.. lie claimed that.
to attempt to circulate nuel' pupera At news.
subjected those engaged to due and irn-
prisonn'cnt. The matter Was brought to
the attention 0t the Postmaster. General and
submitted to tho Solicitor. who decided tmmt-
as.ey as tss e.. W.
ordered to withhold no moro napefs Of this
kind. Tho position taken WIS that payment lit
services was as mitch = bona tldc subscription Is
payment In money.
xusTIB.
ingalls,, Cameron, Of Wisconsin, and Mcslllan
wiil ut make speeches tomorrow Ia oppusttion
to Eustts.
T,ia TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD coxu,r7sa
of tho House has decided to port jts anomalous
po1tion, ~. ,id Gf being Ea withont chsIr9.t:
stil! Without Chairman. The difficulties given
the Speaker BY tho rcagpattou Of CIarkson
Potter arc not removed The appOtntmcnt nj
Potter was leap In lis dark. IRON, which tie
Speaker has n0t 4et rccoyereIi. Thrn-tmnrtnns
strong supporter Of the Texas Pacific, liAs
felt compelled to rcfuse The place, and Morrison
still declines to assist Randall out OF his
difficulty by accepting It hfmsclf. There Is noH
some talk that Laulcrs, Of Connecticut, may
be given the placc.
e,LyRa,
There has been caucus Of some Of the promi.
ucnt silver men of f,nti, tinusr.. fnrIniIn1
Scnator ,Joucs. Jud0o Keiley HIan,l. and nthsrs
at which It wes u0recI that ,lurinr The ionr,
holiday rccesa. ono 8erefor and ons kenrrsantns.
tIyc should bo tlcputcd 10 cali nuLl,r attcntlon
to tho Silver hi9i ani u create n,1hltc sensInrnt
in Its favor
TnA DfAocnAT1c IDEA.
ina democrats, fn their preparation Of the
army bill ior tho next hacnl year, asc dtsposed
70 crlp9lo tho army Rs much A. possible. The
olu ex'tontederate and Bourbon hatred OF the
army cannot be restrained. Democratic tncm-
neEs OF tho House Military Committee say that
tho army now coosista Ut moro than :,t0 OIL.
Gers supported III idle1ess, 1T lost Of ,0o0.0U
annually, and o1 @Uo rank anu hic at n
coat OF t4UUDU00 A. Republican nlc!nhcr Of
the Appropriations C0sruittco. :belioYcs ti1at it
Is the purpose OF tllu Democrats to reduces tue