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New-York tribune., 1878-03-28
JUDGE sCoFIELD's NOMINATION.
DECIDED EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL IN THE Sen
Lrr-A spEEnY CnNEIRMAIION SURE.

ATE-A SPEEDY CONFIRMATION SURE.
fBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBuSr
WASHINGTON March 27.-The nomination OF
Judge Scofeld to be Register of the Treasury has
been received in the Senate with the same warm
approval that has been expressed for II throughout
the country.
Durinp the executive session of last evening,
Senator J. Donald Cameron requested that this
nomination should be taken from the table and
confirmed without the usual reference TO the com
mittee He said that in view of the eminent posi-
tion of the nominee, his high character and un-
questioned ability and view also OF the tact that
the Office was vacant, thero ought to be no delay III
acting upon the appointment.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia. objected
Mr.. Morrill, remarked that as chairman OF the
committee TO which the nomination would be re-
ferred be was glad add his testimony OF the char
acter, qualifications and standing OF Judge Scoheid
Having served in Congress with him, his acquaint-
ance had been intimate and he would be giad II
the case could be acted on at once.
Senator Voorhees, SAID that he also had servedin the
House of Representatives with Judge scoield and
would be glad to vote for his confirmation without
the usual reference. He appealed TO Senator Davis
TO withdraw his objection, IN order that that the
Senate might vote at once.
Senators Hoar, Sargent, Chafee, Allison and
Others who had been members of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES when Judge Scofeldh held an honor
nble position in the same body joined in the gen.
eral expression of approval of the nomination and
an the hope that il might be acted upon without
delay.
Senator Conkling also spoke in the highest terms
of the Presidents selection and said that ii was Sc
unusual for the President TO make good appoint
ment that he was in favor of confirming this one al
once lest the President should discover his mistake
and recall IT,
Amidst a general laugh Senator Davis withdrew
his objection. but it renewed by Mr.. Edmunds
Judge Scofelds appointment will he approved BY
the senate AZ the first executive session.
While the Republicans Of the Pennsylvania dele
CATION have no word 10 say against the appointment
Of Judge scofed. they still in state of great
excitement about the manner in which the Presi-
dent makes selections for public officers from theiI
State. The appointments are good enough, they
say but they are the Of their selection, and
What they complain of is that they are not con-
suited
New-York tribune., 1878-03-28

OSMAN PASHA IN CHIEF COMMAND.
LONDON Wednesday, March "a, 1878.
A Constantinople telegram states that %
man Pssha has been appointed Commanderin-Chicf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
My Pantaloons J."


A very absent minded member of the
French Institute was reading the newspaper
in the Casino at Dieppe t'other day. En-
crossed by what he was reading, his left
hand unconsciously pushed the files of news
papers on the table. Each moment he
pushed farther from him the pile of news
papers. Beyond them was an inkstand.
Presently the inkstand went over the side of
the table. 1t fell on the white trousers of
q Paris banker, who naturally-put ourself
in his place-was furious. The pldlty ;rty
offered his best excuses without app sing
the bankers wrath, who shriekcG "a. his
brand new pantaloons were ruined. But,
sir, 1 will cheerfully pay for them. Be
good enough to give me your card, ;.nd
will send the money to your hotel" To
my hotel Sir, don't know you. I must
instantly have the thirty francs those pam
falcons cost" The guilty party drew forth
the thirty francs and paid them. Then he
said: NOW that you have been paid,
hope you have too much Of the delicacy Of
n gentleman to remain in my pantaloons
You know those panta!oons are my prop
erty, and 1 insist upon their immediate
delivery to me. You had no confidence in
me; have none in you. My pantaloons. :"
In vain the banker protested against such
haste. The crowd that had gathered around
the disputants said the member of the In
stitute was right, and the banker, after
sending for another pair of pantaloons, sur
rendered the ink-stained amid the laughter
of the bystanders.-I'dris Correspondence
Nelo Orleans Picdyune.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

The Dutch Reformed church at Syra-
cuse, n. Y, burned yesterday; loss,
$4,000; insurance, S25,0O0.
Advices from jefferson, Ohio, repre-
send that Hon. B. F. Wade is slowly
recovering from his illness.
At Louisville, the American white
lead works were damaged considerably
by fire on Sunday; loss estimated at
s25,0OO.
An asylum for women and children
at Tien-Tsin, China, has been burned,
and over two thousand persons perished
in the flames.
Bell, Miller & Co., of Cincinnati,
dealers in notions and furnishing
goods, suffered loss of S75, 900 by fire
on Sunday morning.
Two bodies, supposed to be those of
Mrs. Meyer and Joseph Newton, cabin
boy of the Metropolis, washed on the
beach yesterday and were buried.
The iron-clad Achilles and steam
frigate which have been refitting at
Lavaletta, returned to Besika bay.
The iron-clad Devastation will follow
shortly.
Courtney, the champion oarsman,
agrees to the stipulations of Eph Nor
ris for three mile race on the Hudson
course for 81, 900 a side.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
The Anderson Trial.

New Orleans, Feb. 4.-The testimo-
ny in the Anderson case to-day was not
specially significant or new. William
Green, leading colored ward politi-
clan, testified that he was called to
Washington as witness before Con-
gressional committee, and while there
the secretary of the Democratic COM
mittee frequently attempted to induce
him to tell what he knew regarding the
returning board of which he was clerk,
and he was promised various positions.
He was told by the secretary that Gov.
Palmer had good opinion of him and
would like to see him doing well. The
secretary sent him letter with twenty
dollars enclosed. Witness was very
careful in his answers, fearing a trap
had been set for him.
The defense has closed and the evil
dence will close about noon tomorrow
and argument then commence.
Wells health is improving. His
bonds are fixed at $4,000. Up to this
hour, 10 p. m., they have not been
given, and Wells is still in prison.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
Small Means.

We think that the power of money is, on
the whole, over-estimated. The greatest
things which were done for the world have
not been accomplished by rich men, or by
subscription lists, but by men generally of
small pecuniary means. The greatest
thinkers, discoverers, inventors and artists
have been men of moderate wealth, many
of them little raised above the condition of
manual laborers in point Of worldly circum-
stances And it will always be SO. Riches
are oftener an impediment than stimu-
lus to action; and in many cases they are
quite as much misfortune as a blessing.
The youth who inherits wealth is apt to
have life made too easy for him, and so
grows sated with it, because he has nothing
left to desire. Having no special object to
struggle for, he finds time too heavy on his
hands remains mentally and morally
asleep; and his position in society is often
no higher than that of a polypus over which
the tide floats.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
The Great Reflector.

1The newspaper is your new and improved
camera obscura, or, perhaps, more properly,
camera lucida, or, still better, a happy com
bination of the two. Within its sanctum
all the varied objects and interests of the
living world are localized and given back to
the million. Events great and small, i'm
mediate and remote, fervid or unimpas-
stoned, grave or gay, are all copied by and
reflected from the swiftly revolving cylinder
of the printing press. There is nothing
omitted, no part of universal panorama left
out And it is in proportion to the central
position and Importance Of each Individual
unit of the press that its contribution TO
the grand total of this scenic knowledge will
be found Journals like the London Times
and the New York Herald, owing to metro
politan accident, and countless others OF
perhaps equal influence If Of lesser renown,
may be said to occupy the higher and more
commanding apartments Of the great world
camera. and to therefore reflect wider and
more diversified class of information. But
in degree only does the discrimination hold
good The gilded plate glass mirror Of the
palace is no more faithful than the modest
hand glass of the hut, and printers ink is
magical alike in tropic or at pole.-Pdndmd
| Star and Herald.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
MISSOURI.
A Big Bank Suit.

st. Louis, Feb. 4.-Parties represent
ing the National Bank of Commerce of
New York, entered suit to-day against
the National bank of the State of Mis-
souri, for 81, 100000. The petitioner re-
cites an agreement entered into Decem-
Der Goth, 1866, by the two institutions,
whereby the former loaned the latter
a million dollars in the form of con-
tinuing loan. OF this amount four
hundred thousand dollars, with inter-
est, is still due. 1t is further claimed
that the st. Louis bank is indebted to
the New York bank for half million
dollars for money paid on account up
to date of the suspension. The third
half million is claimed for money lent
in the course of banking accommoda-
tion, to date of suspension. The State
bank is in the hands of a receiver.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
THE NATIONAL PACIFIC.
Jay Gould's New Railroad Scheme -
The Incorporators-Wha is Asked
of Congress.

The bill introduced in the Senate
Monday by Mr.. Spencer, mention Of
which is made in our dispatches, pro-
poses to incorporate David A. Draper,
of Connecticut, John B. Brush and
Lyman Elmore, of New York, J. j.
Noah, of Tennessee, w. A. II. Love-
land and John Turck, of Colorado, T.
L. Kimball and S. H. II. Clark, of Ne
braska, c. A. Broadwater, of Montana,
Amasa r. Converse of Wyoming, and
others, as body polite under the title
of the National Pacific Railroad and
Telegraph Co., with capital of S35,-
10000, to construct and operate rail-
road and telegraph lines from Cheyenne
via Fort Laramie to Deadwood, and
from Fort Laramie via the Yellowstone
river to Helena, Montana, and thence
to the Pacific ocean, on the coast of
Washington Territory.
The bill grants the right of way and
the public lands; also the right to issue
mortgage bonds to the extent of $685.
600 per mile, secured by the property of
the company, and exempts its property
from any and all taxation for ten years
after the completion of the line.
The work of construction is to be
commenced within one year, and pros
ecuted at the rate of fifty miles per
year until the main line reaches Helena.
Authority is given to consolidate or
make arrangements with other rail-
roads.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

CHIEF JosEPH's band of Nez Perces
are very anxious to go out and fight
Sitting Bull, and if the Government
wants soldiers for the Indian war these
are just the men to take. There are
enough warriors among the Nez Perces
now at Fort Leavenworth to make a
full company, and no better company
of men could be enlisted to fight Sit
ting Bull anywhere in the United
States. If we must fight Indians, let
us fight them with Indians, whenever
we can, and save our white soldiers for
better purpose. Such war as that
would be contemplated by a consider
able portion of the community with a
great degree of complacency.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
LOUISIANA.


The Wandering Wells Returns.
New Orleans, Feb. A. 4.-Ex-Governor
Wells was brought to the city by a
morning train of the New Orleans s.
Mobile railroad, and was taken to the
parish prison. He is suffering from a
slight attack of pneumonia. DIR.
Smythe, his physician, was sent for.
Wells declines to answer any questions
as to his reason for leaving town or
surrendering. The current report is
that he surrendered to save the sure
ties on his bonds, but the fact is that
his counsel expects to get a favorable
jury out of the new panel which was
drawn Saturday for the present month.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
The Right Kind Of Success.

1t may be questioned whether there is
any one Of the principles or passions of our
nature more deeply rooted than the love OF
fame; the desire to occupy place in the
tablet of human remembrance. Through
life it seems unsubdued, and even in death
the ruling passion is in the ascendancy.
There is scarcely man on tho globe in
sensible to the awakening stimulus of dis
tnction. Human nature has an adherence,
instructive and powerful, of tho idea Of
being forgotten. This is so strong that any
notoriety, however disgraceful, is ofttimes
preferred to unobtrusive and, therefore, OBJ
iivious merit. Even among the criminals Of
the present day, men are found who glory
with an inhuman satisfaction in anticipating
the moment of appearing before crowded
courtroom, or being referred to in theinews-
papers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
ALABAMA.
Those DevIlish Whisky Crooks.

nose DeVlHsh WHISKY CrooKs.
Washington, Feb. 4.-The Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue to-day re-
ceived the following telegram from
Collector Booth
Montgomery, Ala, Feb. Any dep
uties and deputy United States mar
shals have met with armed resistance
on the part of Illicit distillers in over
powering numbers in Winston county,
and are consequently unable to enforce
the revenue laws in that section.
The commissioner in reply tele-
graphed the collector to employ twenty
additional men, and act with prompt
ness and vigor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
NEW YORK.
FrightfuI Fatal Fire.

New York, Feb. A fire occurred
on the second floor at No. 554 Sixth
street, at late hour tonight, caused
by bed clothes taking fire from the
stove. Four children of Thomas Cas-
sidy, who occupied the floor and keeps
a junk-shop on the first floor, were
suffocated. When discovered two of
them, John, aged 2 years, and James,
aged 10 months, were dead. Joseph,
aged 5, and Thomas, aged 4, were in
sensible, but it is thought their lives
can be saved.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
Se1f-control.

A gentleman attending one Of our church
'es with his wife, the other evening, placed
his silk hat on tho seat tho courteous usher
had led them to. The lady, not noticing
the hat, sat down upon it with such effect
as left no doubt about her weight. The
circumstance was the occasion of consider
able merriment to the observing persons
near by, and especially did the husband ell
Joy the crushing effects of his wife's move
ment towards the seat. A lady, telling Of
the circumstance ut breakfast-ta table, said !:
~ really did not think the couple were
married, the gentleman took the matter in
such good humor." "What," said her
neighbor, "did you expect to see the hus-
band drive his wife out of church with n
frown, or knock her down, for the mishap ?"
"Oh, no; but husbands are SO inconsider-
ate J." was the reply.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

Washington, Feb. 4.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations
to the Senate: Joseph w. Huston to be
U. S. Attorney, Territory of Idaho;
Thos. Adamson, of Pennsylvania, Con-
sui General to Rio De Janeiro; Ernest
L. Oppenheim, of New York, U. 5.
Consul at Gutenberg; Ed. Wheeler,
Collector of Internal Revenue for
Arkansas. Postmasters: John F. Nor
ris, Meadville, Pa; c. F. Lecompe,
Allerton, Ia; John NJ. Barrere, Hills
boro, Ohio.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
Miss Wilson's Trouble with her Cork
Leg.

There is pious smile going the rounds
about Miss Wilson who wanted to be
baptist and presented herself for baptism.
Now Miss Wilson weighed two hundred
pounds. including her cork leg, which was
full-iength leg, and modelled in due proper
tim. She made an attempt to reach tho
officiating clergyman breast-deep in the
water but hcr cork leg WINS seized with an
unwonted activity. Miss Wilson knew moth
ing of the law of specific gravity, and was
cot to blame. She WINS suddenly reversed
IN the water The minister feelingly, right.
ed her up, and observing the grinning of
the spectators ut the solemn scene, asked
Miss Wilson to please not to do that again.
lie was innocently ignorant of the cause of
the disturbance Of her equilibrium. He
gently led the maiden out, when, with
wild shrek, she fell backwards, and her
lively leg shot ont of the water. The min
lister made half dozen efforts, but could not
keep the convert right end up long enough to
baptize her At length she told him of her
trouble, and he called for n weight to bal.
last her. The spectators fled precipitately
to give vent to their feelings. Miss Wilson
lip- Topped ashore in indignation md amaze
ment, and went and joined the Presby-
tcrians.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
WASHINGTON.
The N, p, Relief Bill.

Washington, Feb. 4.-The bill agreed
upon by the House committee on Pa
cific railroads for the benefit of the
Northern Pacific railroad extends the
time for its completion ten years, and
reduces the land grants in Washington
Territory, taking away such portion
of land as was heretofore embraced in
the appropriation for the construction
of the road from Pend d'Oreille to
Puget's Sound.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

Athens, Feb. 4.-The Greek troops
who entered Thessaly yesterday under
Gen. Soutze, encountered no resistance
from the Turks, who withdrew to Do
moco. The Greeks will advance to-
day on Domoco. The garrison of that
place numbers two thousand men.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

the door-keeper denying as utterly with
out foundation the charges against his
official integrity made in the affidavits
of Coryell and Duffy, and earnestly re-
questing an investigation on the part of
the House. Referred to the committee
on civil service reform. Adjourned.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

THE situation in Turkey is still re-
garded serious by the Austrian govern
ment. 1t has transpired that Russia is
concentrating troops in the interior of
Roumania, and that 10000 men will
be massed toward the west and north,
evidently for defense against Austria.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

THE Servian government having re-
ceived a dispatch from the Russian
headquarters announcing that an ar
mistice has been signed, has ordered
the different Servian commanders to
stay hostilities.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
FOREIGN.
The Feeling in Russia.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 4.-Public oPin-
ion here, and even more at Moscow, re-
CARDS the projected conference with dis
favor. Some papers speak of the con-
ference as a mere device of European
powers to deprive Russia of all she has
gained after so heavy an expenditure OF
blood and treasure, without themselves
spending or losing a man.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

MORRISON and Luttrell will probably
sign minority report, declaring against
the passage of the bill for extending
the time of building the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

: Exchange Vienna correspondent
sta ,es that Roumania has addressed a
note to the powers claiming the right as
belligerent to participate in the con-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that
the House committee on railroads has
agreed to report a bill extending the
time for the completion of the Northern
Pacific railroad.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

THE Austrian Cabinet has issued
formal invitations to the signatory
powers of the treaty of Paris to send
representatives to a conference to be
held at Vienna.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

NINE millions of people are reported
destitute in Northern China. The for
eign relief committee appeal to England
and America for aid.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

A BERLIN correspondent says that
Russia has formally acquainted Rou-
mania of her intention to annex Bess
Arabia, and giving the Dobrudsha.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 1.02.
GLADSTONE said the armistice re-
moved all apprehensions of Turkeys
being encouraged by the hope of Eng
lish aid.

THE members of the Greek Cabinet
are resolved to carry out their war pro-
gramme in spite of the signing of the
armistice.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says
that the blockade of the Black Sea be-
tween Odessa and Constantinople has
been raised.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05
KANSAS.


Central Branch u. P, r. r.
Atchison, Feb. 4. The Central
branch of the Union Pacific railway is
now running regular trains to Concor-
dia, 155 miles west of Atchison.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

THE L. 5. man-of-war Tuscarora,
now at Mare Island navy yard, will
probably be sent to the island of Samoa,
to carry into effect the recent treaty of
amitY.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-05

ference.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-02
So in Advance.
Little johnny On Bnzzards.

One time asst my sister: Don't Won
think buzzards is oile nasty birds for to
eat such nasty things as they doesP
And missy she said: "Why yes, Johnny,
that's fack, but wot can you expect
wen YOU ref1eck wot they live onF"
That's Jest like ole Gaffer Peters, who
gifts fooler and fooler evry day of his life.
One day my father, he seen that ole man
a diggin hole for to set post in, and
my father he sed: "Gaffer, Wot viii you
DO with the erth wich you take out Of
the holeP' CATER he thot long vile,
and scratch his head, and bime by he
sed: Il guess lie have to bury it in
hole" Then my father he sed, 'fYou
better left it in thisn and dug other for
the post" Then CATER he spoke up and
sed, at amt too late yet" So he put
the erth back into the hole wich he had
dugged, and wen my father he come
away CATER was diggin a other hole for
to set his post into. But watts ol that got
to do with buzzards Ide like to kno2
Billy, that's my brother, he says they is
called b1Zzards COS they buzzes round
dead horses, but if evry fCal is going
to be naturalist line for drawing outl
There was buzzard and it was eating
ded elephant, which smelt, and there
was lion. And the lion he turned his
nose up, like sayin: ''You ought to be
a shamed, you crewel feIlerl But if you
will eat sech innieent little things, wv
don't you kill 'em for yourself, freshf'
Then the bnzzard it Wagged its tail,
much as to say, ''That's jest wot I wud
do, but wen ever find one wich is alive
there is oil ways one of your Vegetarians
close by, aminding it so it shant get
hurt. If you reformers wude tend to
yure own bisnesses yude see me slotter
'em rite and left" Then the lion it
wunk its eye like it sed how Wude the
buzzard xii 'em, but the buzzard shook
itself much as to say, Don't interrupt a
feIler Wich is to his dinner