The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-06-07
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dofo0 u CUaD0U00SB Vuso0 - S"~hSs
and that - Vim probably accept, Is
proved ialse. Euch 10 the result Of all
this class Of yarns.
The thirteen counties In Texas which
last year raised seven million i've hum
dred thousand bushels Of wheat, valued
1t eight million dollars, will this year
double on these figures. Nearly all Of
this wheat finds its way to st. Louis.
A Washington telegram says II
,eems to be settled that Mr.. Fish has tho
refusal Of the English mission, but that
Mr.. PIerrepont will not return before the
autumn. Mr.. Fish has not yet made up
his mind to accept, bat it Is believed he
will ultimately do 30.
The proposed change Of name from
Protestant Episcopal to "Catholic''
church, will come up before the general
convention In few weeks, and will no
doubt be the subject Of long and perhaps
angry debate. The subject Is worthy OF
public attention.
John e. Thompson, chairman Of the
Ohio Democratic central committee Ii
now In Washington, and speaks hopeful.
I've the prospect for Democratic success.
In Ohio this fall. He believes the Re
publicans have entirely given up all
hopes OF eleoting their state ticket, and
have resolved to make desperate effort
to secure the legislature Ia order to Sc.
cure the United States senator to succeed
Stanley Matthews. Thompson believes
the Democrats will elect . majority Of
the legislature and the entire state ticket.
State Register: lin transferring by
lease the Cairo BULLETIN to his success.
sors, Mr.. Johu H. Oberly takes, az he
says, French leave of the paper. We
had not supposed that John had in bis
veins the blood Of the Milesian kings,
but 1t seems probable that he can claim
that honor, a. his French leave Is ex.
pressed In half column Of good hum.
ored railiery ct bis own failure to make
financial success Of his paper, and
equally good natured Wishes tor bis suc.
cessors."
On Saturday nighta gang of rufflans
dislocsted the track on the railroad
within fifty miles Of St. Louis, for the
purpose Of throwing passenger train
down bank. % as TO have an opportu.
nifty to roo tho passengers In the confu-
sion. The internal scheme failed be.
cause the train was running very slow
when 1t reached the trap Get for 1t, but
the engine was thrown down the bank,
and the engineer, fircmen, and another
man who was on the engine were killed.
1t 10 full time for the st. Louis papers to
again give advice to tn, governors Of
Southern states TO hunt down criminals.
The New York Times, bitterly op
posed to the enterprise. states that the
friends Of the Texas Pacific in Washing.
ton are confident that the recommends.
esSn VI hc ncssu.s.. .ss s~,v. lJUuiIi.
ern line to the Pacific will help the
scheme, and that they will be able to re.
cure at the coming session legislation
that will enable them to construct the
road. Its also stated, says the Times,
with considerable directness, as coming
from the president, that should the
Texas people succeed in having their bill
passed BY congress 1t will receive execu.
tive approval.
The death Of Hon. John Tathrop Mot.
ley, the American historian, occurred In
England. Mr.. Motley was a native Of
Massachusetts, and early devoted himself
to literary pursuits, after graduating
at Harvard and studying Ia Germany.
his two histories, 1.-THE Rise Of the Dutch
Republic" and History Of the United
Netherlands, have given him great dIs.
tinction 40 careful historian and a "a.
tient seeker Ia the records Of the past.
These books are charmlngly written, and
gave to English and American readers
some entirely new and attractive read.
Ing. Mr.. Motley was for six years
United States minister to Austria, having
been appointed by Mr.. Lincoln. Grant
appointed him minister to England, but
subsequently removed him, because he
was not sabservient enough to the one.
man power.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel,
answering the New York Herald, calls at.
tention to the fact that there has not been
made single Federal appointment in
the South that has In the slightest de.
gree strengthened the administration
The truth Is that very few Of the OBJ
n0xious appointments Of Grant have
been changed. but where they have been
the new appointees are usually quite as
Objectionable a. the oil. From Virginia
70 Texas there are not twenty acceptable
u'en Alling government positions. Car.
pst-baggers and renegade Southern men
Tor the most part without character or
position, and having no interest In the
states where their Official duties are per.
formed, stnl roost ~ they did In the
days Of 0rantIsm. A few removals Of
Grants appolntees have been made,
but In no cass have the people been the
gamer BY the change.
STATEN IstASD end New Jersey are
warming with the seventies .year
locust. The Xsw York World gives q
long account ar thesa fnsaets ,,h,o,, f.