Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-03-07

Ihe Methodist Episcopal Church South |
has a claim pending I'm Congress for near
ly $5OO, 900 for the use of buildings by the |.
government during the war. 1t Is said
that the Senate Committee on Claims has
decided, by one majority, to report in IA
vor of paying $50, 900.
Mr.. O'Connor, DIR. Norton, and their
party associates may be anxious to know |
what the Eastern press thinks of them
We take pleasure in conspicuously pre-
senting the observations of the New York /
Tribune: "a deserter and perjurer will |
continue to act as chairman of the Militia
ry committee of the Ohio House of Rep
resentatives. Democratic colleagues have
refused to expel him on the ground that
his Offenses was merely technical
When a Democrat is in the dock and
Democrats compose the jury, little Of
fences like these have way of growing
highly informal, if not of turning out to
be mere practical jokes. Columbus
Journal.
A report signed by all the Republican
members of the Senate committee on Priv
| ileges and Elections will be made this
week in favor of seating Corbin as Sena-
| tor from South Carolina, in place of But
| leF, who was admitted to the body on
| priIaa fdcie evidence of election. 1t Is eX-
pected this report will be adopted by the
/ unanimous vote of the Republican party
L
| Conover, who, it is claimed, consider
that their agreement with Butler was full
filled when they voted to give him the
seat on prima facie evidence, and that
they are not precluded from voting for
the report of the committee in favor of
COrbin. If these calculations are well
founded, Mr.. Corbin will get his seat, but
the matter will excite another political
debate, in which there will be even great
er heat and passion exhibited than while
the South Carolina and Louisiana cases
occupied the attention of the Senate few
months ago.
DIR. Linderman has been inquiring into
the capacity of the Philadelphia Mint, land
the following general results are present
ed: In two weeks from the bill becoming
a law silver will be coined and ready to
be stamped, the four presses used for that
purpose being caUable of stamping $240
per minute, and turning into the Treasu-
: ry at least 81 800 900 per month. This will
be in addition to all other coinage. The
mint at San Francisco is capable of coin
ing similar amount, 81, 800, 600 per
month, exclusive of all other coinage,
: save the trade dollar. At Carson City,
Nevada, the capacity of the mint will be
: $500,00 monthly, making So, 500 900 IL
all. In case the mint at New Orleans
should be utilized for coming purposes ii
- would take over $75, 900 and four months
q time to be got ready for such purpose
But the mint at Philadelphia is in a mos
! efficient condition for heavy coinage ,hav
n ing perfect machinery and wOrkmeI
e skilled in the manufacture of silver, there
= being now on hand a moderate stock o
- bullion wherewith to commence opera
> tions.
Captain Howgate's plan for a new ex
pedition to the North Pole has met TIL
approval of the Senate and House com
/ ls1aitf N0tyal fairs T IL TlP
h to appropriate $4,000 for this ''Pola
- Colonization scheme. Captain How
gate has obtained the support {
g many prominent geographers and ez
Z, plorers, who haYe, at their own expense
) sent out an advance expedition to colleC
l. supplies for the permanent colony. Th
l. place selected as the site for the colony
y headquarters is on the shore of Lad
N Franklin Bay, near a seam of coal foun
ID by the English explorers of 1879. Cal
y, tain HOwgate thinks that if the colonis
10 build substantial houses they can li'
) there as safe from atmospheric DANCE
as the men of the Signal Service statione
e. on the SUBMITS of Pixies Peak and Moul
Washington. There seems to be ma dou1
IS, that Lady Franklin Bay can be reacht
=; annually by steamer, and the cOlonis
e. thus supplied with provisions, while the
Sc gradually establish advance station
of further and further north.
Gen. ). f. Carey is mounted and spu
red in a new party, the HNatiOnals'' o
ganized at Toledo. Few men have wild
nd experiences as to parties. He was first
Id Wing, next a Know Nothing, than a r
he publican, next Democrat, next Gree
= backer, and now, having denounced {
~ his former parties that are alive,
ng mounts the Nationals. Had he been reaso
an ably appreciated he might have stut
ms somewhere; but, failing to get office,
Id continues to swing around. The Natio
he ais should nominate him for Presider
M that being the high office to which he a
pires. His Presidential aspiration bro
loose many years ago, when he made hiI
ne. self famous in the South as temperan
orator. Gen. Butler would do for Vic
"g President. Then it would be Cary a
nd Butler. 1t should not be objected TO
dl- ry that he is an Ohio man. Thurm
'er will probable carry the Democratic ba
ner in 1880, provided Tilden's barrels
money do not capture the nominati
convention again. He is an Ohio man
Besides, there are several available Ca
Uhh S,h didates in Ohio for the Republican no
,'i ~ ination. Ohio has more great men to t
aG aI1 square mile than any other State in t
AN Union, and yet Ohio, by actual cou
has not fair share of the public patrC
e is age.-Cin. Gazette.