The daily gazette., 1877-05-28

ueiuoace-Butler Colonizing, Colora-
Ex-senator Spencer in The Black
Hgts3Ssioer.dnd small :Notes-P Politi,
cal Jottings |c,'s a. 80, ~ ''.', .,,,I l''.
MAsHiNGToN, May 27,--The pious
radical politicians Of the North are
Just now exercisingea very strict sur
|veillance over the condition OF society
IN the South. The most hideous crimes
may be committed in the North 4 and
me only. comment is upon the deprs-
vlty.of the individuals who commit
them. But q crime of whatever de-
gree committed in the South is imme.
diately pointed to as an evidence OF
the character of the whole people OF
eectlon their hiatt cd of the Union and
Their incapacity for self1government.y J
The murder of one man in Mississip
pi is made the pretext for a demand
that the federal government shall ir
tcrfere. So much -outcryo has rbeea
raised over this matter that,it is, said
Mr. Evarts will, in the name Of the
PRESIDENT, write a protest TO, The Gov
ernor of Mississippi because he has
not brought the murderers to Justice,
No decent man will attempt to excuse
the smurder of Chisolm, desperate
character though he was. But the
murder of Chisolm was Innocence. it.
self as compared 20 the fepdish al
tempt to murder by poision sixty mi
ners at Streator Ill, yet the Governor
OF Illinois has taken no steps in the
matter and there Is no talk of Mr..
Eyarts writing q letter TO him to re~
mind him Of hisduty, .9.' ..f'rla4g
"A BUTLER COLONY IN COLORADO q.
Gen. Benjamin Butler is about to
buy q large tract of grazing lands in
Colorado comprising some 10. 600
acres. He is going to put his worthy
+son-ln-law, Amies, on II, and also pro
poses to take out and settle on it
whites fiom New England and blacks
from the South. The next thing he
will be running Aimes for Governor
of Colorado and himself for the SEN
ate, .,o,,.,f ~ ..,-- ...-.I...
SENATOR sPENoERlN THE BLACK HILLS
: Senator Spencer. of Alabama. is also
looking out for a home, in the West
as he realizes that the good days of
the carpet-baggers are. ioyer.-He is
now ia the Black Hills country, and
his friends say he proposes 10 settle
there. ~ '1o} r''31 90 2urWb aao1
Silver AND, SMALL. NOTES. u : p. ,
- One anditwo dollar billsI and frac-,
tional currency, which were formerly
30 plentiful, are 40 longer seen. The
free circulation of silver has
brought out enormous qualities of
old silver coin, some of which has been
put away in hiding places from the
beginning of the war. There were
received the other day from some
Maryland postmaster a thousand dol
lars or more in three cent pieces, A
bag of silver from Virginia included
several of The Spanish pillar dollars
coined before the revolution, and a
payment of 5000 was made from New
y ork, most of which was in the i'm
tnenseoli tsilver dollars which the
silver fanatics call the '.dollar of our
fathers"
The Indiana hoosiers must think that
the custom of exchanging offices for
presents still exist at the White House
A citizen of Laurenceburg, Indiana
writes to the President that he will
give him a nice fat steer for a good
Office either at home or abroad,
THE BRANDY BOTTLE CHARGES.
Col. George FL. Butler has written
to the Postmaster General that he will
be here ina few days and tell all about
the brandy bottle charges of the Meth
odist minister. .#|..... 4. ...=
The President has determined to re-
tain Robert M. Douglass as United
States marshal for the western district
of North Carolina. He has also de-
termined to retain United States Mar
shal Smythe, of Georgia, for whose
position there has been great scram
BILE.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Attorney
General Devens left Saturday to visit |
his home in Boston and will return
about the middle of this week.
Four Mexican refugees at Esg'e Pass, |
Texas, have just been saved from
death by a timely telegram to Wash |
ington. Theywere about beingdelivered
up on pretended extiadition warrant
when the American consul on the op-
posite side of the Rio Grsnde brought
the matter to the attention of the State
which promptly TELEGRAPH
he'd that the warrant was Illegal ana
not to be complied with. The men
whose lives we're thus saved have sent
their grateful thanks to the State De-
! srtment.
Every man who lost a limb in the
or naval service of the Uni |
ted States is entitled to an artificial |
one once In every five years counting
from the filling of the first application
after June II, 1870, or continuation
therefore: In case of a leg the COM
is 875, in all other cases $50
The past year IA arms, .5fS legs and 10 |
pieces of apparatus were furnished,
while 1913 drew Communication for arm
II for hands, 1910 for legs, go for feet |
and 876 for various piecesbf apparatus. |
Notwithstanding recent announce
ments to the contrary from Paris, it is |
rumored in diplomatic circles that the |
question of postponing the Paris Ex-
hibition is now under consideration.
The present war will prevent. Turkey
and Russia, and perhaps Austria and |
England from participating, aud the