The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-04-26

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WAsxz1a1px, D. g. April 1sth 1e77
Tho destFi FllkfltA ofthe Joint Repaid
1Iesu caucus yesscfiay " both Houses Of
the Packard IegislAtare 10 reject the
''cosnproupbse which had becn ACCEPTED
By the Nichols Legislature, Is not At all
sur, rising because 81 lacked slse syery frs,
elements o. Compromise" IN a. much
y IL acceptapce by the Republicans
would tire yielded every point 10 dis
putc Is efectdAlIy - though they had
nsde no contest at ali. nor Is il remark
able that Nichols adherents were pre-
SxiIcd oos6 aocept it Is II involved no
sacrifice On their part and substantially
accorded all they had ever claimed. The
convicliop gnins day by day that the
President viii ultimately 10 obliged to-
take The responsibility Of deciding be
tween the contestants. Nothing very cx
citing from South Carolina has reached US
for the pnst twenty-four hours. The re-
fusal 81 several Of Chanberlains appein-
tees tevscats their Offices on summons
from Hampton TO do so, was evidently
unexpected; andlise now appears At his
wits ends Ms to how he shall proceed and
'yhe stubborn gcntlemcni in question appear
TO llsvc decidedly the advantage in, the
controversy 70 far. and there are not
few here who hope they will persist in
their refusal to vacate until Obliged to
do 90 by decree Of the Courts, or until
their lawful successors shall have been
duly chosen at the next election.
Secretary Sherman yesterday said that
II Congress would keep its hands of he
wasa confident of his ability 10 resume
specie payments by January list 1879, and
fund the balance Of the Government skies
in four per cent bonds. He thought that
in case Of actual European hostiIities the
resulting disturbance might unfayorably
affect Tor brief time the demand for our
four and one half cents securities which
have been SO favoribly received: yet the
uncertain relative to the duration and
territorial extent Of the struggle would
tend eventually 10 make United States
Government securities preferred by
European Capitalistss above those of
any Of the powers threatened with
long and cxhausting war. Tic
syndicate have already disposed of the
~ per cent bonds TO the extent Of about
$50, 600, 900. In common with every one
aahuman instincts the Secretary dcplorcd
the apparently inevitable war threaten
ing Europe; but he expressed himself as
confident that II enthusiastically slim
ulate every industry in this country. No
doubt seems to be entertained here,
neither by our leading officials nor by the
diplomatic representatives Of foreign Gov
ernments, That formal declaration Of
Ut war will! be made in few days at
Nfsrth.s
President Hayes yesterday received the
Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine ac-
companied by the Prussisn Minister and
Legation in the Blue Room in the White
House, and later in the day returned the
call in company with Secretary Evarts,
Private Secretary Rogers and Mr.. Webb
Hayes. The rcceptionsl were very cor |
: dial NO formal speeches being INDUCED
in and the conversation being of the off |
hand style.
Tweed's SO called confession continues |
to excite good deal Of comment about
town among the politicians; hut find the |
publication in the World is accepted |
with many grains of allowance by those
k>.t I'D. .,,1 xvy,Dao ;rIro,V,cpt
usually accepted and reliable.
Many heart-rendering scenes occurred
among the decapitated 800 who were in.
formed Of their official deaths at the close
: Of the days work in the bureau Of Engray.
in gand Printing yesterday. Two hundred
more arc under sentence Of death at the
end Of the month. No one except those in
timatcly acquainted with the circum-
stances Of those discharged can have any |
idea Of the suffering involved in the |
Wholesale discharges Of yesterday. Moth
ers with families of helpless children,
daughters with infirm parents without ono |
cent In thcworld save the pittance ofwhich
they were deprived by their discharged
and disqualified for any other calling by
their long service in the Bureau whereby |
to provide the ncssarics Of life. IT will |
impose heavy burden on the charitablv |
-tiisposed Of the District. 4 am obliged by
the unfavorable report Of Board Of Army |
Engincera designated to test til, founda- I
tons Of the Washington Monument to
take back all have hitherto said relative !