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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
We Rather Guess Not.

Cronstont, May at is stated that
several seamers lying at Revel have
been purchased by Russian Government
for the purpose of being converted into
cruisers. The three vessels which left
Revel week ago are the property of
the Russian admiralty and have gone
to America to receive their ornaments,
which will be provided by American
firms, and receive on board the seamen
who departed short time ago.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

IN Scotland there are about twenty
five different crimes for which the legal
is death, among them bur-
glary, robbery, house breaking, child
stealing, incendiarism, parent beating,
bribery, and, of course, the greater
crimes of murder, rape and treason.
The Scotch are noted for their severity
and honesty.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
FOREIGN.
A Mischievous Document.

London, May Gross, Home secre-
tary, made long address at the open
ing conservative club in Preston. His
speech was mainly a repetition of the
arguments of Lord Salisbury's circular,
maintaining although such and such
clauses of the treaty of San Stefaro
might be innocent, the treaty as a
whole, was very mischievous. The
speech, however, is important as show
ing by its whole tenor that the govern
ment adheres to its demand for laying
the entire treaty before a congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
CANADA.


Qubec, May ELECTIONS for Que
bee legislature took place throughout
the province yesterday. OF the house
of Go members, 81 constituencies re-
turn, 2s liberals and % conservatives.
The liberals have gained 10 seats and
lost four.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
NEBRASKA.


Lincoln, May 2.-Intelligence was
received here to-day that Luther Hol-
brook, Herman Allen, and two
brothers named Sutton, who were en-
camped some two months ago on Dis
NAL river for trapping and hunting
proposes, had been found dead, with
bullet holes through their heads. A
neighbor named Hargraves, who had
threatened them, is suspected. Parties
have gone out to investigate.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
ACROSS THE OCEAN.

Something More About the European
Troubles.
st. Petersburg, May 2.-The Agence
Russo says: Intelligence continues to
be received of the improved state of the
pourparlers through Germany, as the
intermediate, for the simultaneous
withdrawal from the vicinity of Con-
stantinople, as well as of the negotia-
tions with Austria concerning her spe-
cial interests.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
A Grand Dinner

Paris, May Gov. Noyes, Ameri-
can Minister, gave dinner tonight in
honor of Bayard Taylor, newly appoint
ed Minister to Germany, and Mr..
Welsh, Minister to Great Britain.
Among the guests were the members
of Taylor's family, the attaches Of res
pective legations, and few American
residents.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
NEW YORK.


Albany, May 2.-Senator Morrissey's
vacant chair and desk in the Senate
chamber is draped in mourning, and a
basket of flowers stands on thedesk. a
large floral cross, presented by his per-
sonal friends, also stands on the desk.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

Hon. GEO. GRANT, the founder of
Victoria, thriving little town on the
Kansas Pacific railroad, died in that
place Thursday. He was about 62
years of age and worth 81, 200 900,
which he bequeathed to his niece, Miss
Maggie Grant. of Victoria.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

In London the sudden illness of Bis
marck and Gortschakoff is considered
very unfortunate. Probably it will not
help the English much in their efforts
to obtain satisfactory results by nego-
tiations
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

SOME people think that the man who
is going to establish greenback paper
in Denver is Lord Roseberry in dis
guise, who takes this method of squan-
dering some of that fortune Hannah
Rothchilds brought him.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

CREDIBLE rumors prevail at Havana
of the surrender of Macco the Cuban
leader. 1t is supposed that the govern
ment has such intelligence but defers
its publication until all the facts are
known
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

John Morrisseys funeral will take
place at Troy tomorrow.
The steamship Scythia, for Liverpool,
took out from New York, Thursday,
$780, 900 in gold.
The main building and Office of the
Albean Lead Works at Deighton, Mass.
burned Wednesday morning, loss $780,
900. Insured.
The Senate committee on Commerce
has unanimously agreed to recommend
the confirmation of Geo. l.. Smith to
be Collector of Customs at New Or
leans.
Trinity church, New York, has Sc
lected Rev. DIR. Dekovery of the Uni
versity at Racine, Wisconsin, as sue
cessor to the late Rev. DR.. Oglesby,
assistant minister.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

THE Pennsylvania House of Repre-
sentatives Thursday morning adopted
a resolution calling on Senators and
Representatives in Congress to devise
means of aiding and encouraging the
immediate building of the Texas Paci-
fic and Southern Pacific railroads, so
that a portion of the surplus labor of
the country NAV be employed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

A MEMORIAL to the Queen is being
extensively signed in Sheffield express
ing confidence in the ministers and n
willingness to make every necessary
sacrifice for the conduct of war until
the cause of peace and order in Europe
is secured from lawless and reckless
oppression.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
Novel TRANSPORTATION.

Constantinople, May ARMS and
ammunitions destined for Mussulmen
insurgents in Roumania, have been
discovered leaving Adrianople con-
cealed in collins.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

MINISTER SEWARD telegraphs from
China to the Department of State at
Washington that the famine in the
northern provinces of China will con-
tinue six months longer. Funds for
the relief of the sufferers if transmitted
by telegraph can be disbursed by the
Foreign Committee or by the Commits
sion appointed at Pekin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

Constantinople, May News of the
appointment of Prince Labanoff to be
the Russian Ambassador to Turkey is
confirmed. Challis Pasha, and not Is
MED Pasha, is to be the Turkish Am
bassador at st. Petersburg.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

THE House of Representatives have
cut the force in the Land office down
to 16l clerks. In 1855 there were 1874
clerks. The work now is much greater
than it was at that time.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
HUNGRY CHINAMEN.
Eating Human Flesh to Avoid Starvin
to Death.

to Death.
New York, May "A correspondent
writing from Toxic, under date of
April 9TH, sends the following: The
famine in the north of China rages with
increasing severity, and most dreadful
reports come from the afflicted regions.
In one town man opened shop for
the sale of human flesh, and did good
business in canibalistic joints and
roasts, till the local mandarin caused
the shopkeeper to he arrested and be-
headed
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
Presidential Nominations.

Washington, May 2.-The President
has nominated Luther H. Cummings,
of New Jersey, as Indian agent at San
Carlos agency, Arizona; E. H. Morri-
son, of New Jersey, Register of the
land Office, Washington Territory.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

THERE was revival of Pacific Mail
stock at New York on Thursday, on
the rumors Of possible sale Of their
steamers, City of Pekin and City Of
Toxic to the Russian government.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

JEFF DAVIS continues to assert the
justice and Righteousness of the cause
for which the South fought, and to
scorn the idea of repentance.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

New York, May 2.-Friends of John
Morrissey say his property will not re-
alize over 1000, and that the estate
will not settle up his indebtedness.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
COLORADO.

Alden's Murderer Captured.
Del Norte, May 2.-Alden's murderer
was caught this morning at Wagon
Wheel Gap and started for Lake City.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN intends to
visit Pennsylvania towns on lecture
tour. Now, if the Molly Maguires will
only do their duty.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
NJ 1lAl
THE Illinois State Central Committee
has decided to hold the State Conven-
tion at Springfield, June 26.

THE efforts of the Democracy to
widen the breach between Hayes and
Csnkling are not likely to be success
ful
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

The Senate in Executive session
Thursday confirmed the nomination of
Geo. i. Smith Collector Of Customs at
New Orleans.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

APPROPRIATIONS granted by the
House Friday for Clerks in the Pacific
coast Surveyor Generals office are as
follows: California, $4,000; Nevada,
$4,000; Oregon, $4,000; Washinton,
$4,000; Idaho, $4,000; Montana, s3,-
600; Utah, $1,000; New Mexico, S5, 600;
Arizona, 5000. The salaries of Sur
veyor Generals are uniformly fixed at
~. .
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-03

Ne,o York Money and Stock Market.
New York, May Gold closed
at 1909.
Silver-bars. 1lss greenbacks; 11s
gold.
Silver Coin-1(alt discount.
Money-3@6.
Governments strong; Stocks weak.
Western Union, s14; ;Quicksilver, 16i;
Pacific, 2Ot; Mariposa, II; Wells-Fargo.
S9s; New York Central, 1861; Erie, 124;
Panama, 100; Union Pacific, 693; U. p
bonds, 106s; Central Pacific bonds, LOG.
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yes & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
National Republican., 1878-05-10
PERSONAL.

PETER COOPER was at the Capitol yesterday.
"CLIST" WHEELER, of New York, is at til
Arlington.
COLONEL R. F. O'BErRNE U. S. A., and wife
are at the Ebbitt.
WILLIAM p. CLYDE the noted steamboat
owner, is at the Riggs House,
EX SECRETARY GEORGE $. boutwell,, was
at the State Department yesterday.
JVDGD ALFRED MORTON, of alleged Florida
Tildcu-manipulatiOn nOtOrCty, is in the city
TIE temporary pavilion erected at the Paris
Exposition for the use Of the Prince Of Wales
cost SlOI,OOO.
Hos. +. c. HAYES has changed his residence
and will be found hereafter at 800 Twelfth
street northwest.
Az excursion of citizens, thirty in number,
from Salem, ~ j., arrived in the city ycstcr-
day and are located as WilIard's.
MIR GEORGE d. LUNT, one of the owners Of
the i'll intud steamer Metropolis, arrived in
the city yesterday and is ut the Ebbtt
SECRETARY MCCRARY aud General Sherman
were photographed with the colorcd students
at the N"rnmI School, in Hampton, Va.
LONIFEI.Lnw vchemently denies the rumoI
that he intended joining the Roman Catholic
Church. lie announces himSclfa Unitarian.
GEORGE ELIOT writes beautiful hand, and
hcr hlhhusCfipt Is clear anu lull Ot character
Mrs. O,iphants, On the other hand, is very
difficult to read, being exceedingly small.
AMONU the callers at the White House yes
to-day were the Secretary of the Navy, Scna
tors Gordon and Burnside; Representative
Neal, Evans, of Pennsylvania, Ruillcy, Wrlch
Small, aud Raincy.
NJ. SHIsKIS, the Russian Minister to thi
country, is about to remove his official head
quarters from Washington to New York, will
a view, probably, of being able to keep Il close
eye on naval affairs in case Of u war bctwecl
England and Russia.
TIE day after Morrisscy arrived in Wash
ngtOn To take his seat in Congress, Bca
Hickman" the champion dead beat o
America, accostcd him with congrtull
tions and fuIsome compliments. Not bad
said Morrissey; "how muchY" Hickman val
ued it at IS, and received ut once his none
and his congo.
JoHN r. FORD, of Baltimore, Is said to hav
made $4,000 this year from his theatrica
| management. Mr.. Abbey is ahead about tn
National Republican., 1878-05-10
DIED,

FLFET-At $40 p. m Thursday the 9th instant of
typhoid pneumonia. MESDEIssunN Il. V. FLEET,
yo ngesl Of the late Professor James H. aud Her.
mlulIu e. Fleet IN the 2lst year Of hi, age.
Funeral on sunday, NJ II O'clock, from the residence
of his III ItheT, ~ + street northwest.
GOtMAN,-On the Sh Of May, ls7s, EDWARD NJ.
GOKMAS, aged - years.
Funeral from IL q street northeast, Friday. nj A
O'clock y. ~. frirnds invited To attend.
MCENEANY.-On the OH of May, 1875 at 4I5
O'Clock, MANY JASE, daughter Of Patrick and Cath.
erne MCEm any, aged l3 years months aud ~ days.
The funeral Will take place from the residence ol
her parents, at 2:iO o clock, May H.
AtclIison (khI's's) papers please copy.l
VAN HENSSELAER.-May s, 1873, at his resi-,
dence, No. u East rhrLy-seYenth street, New York
amer a pain fIl lime ~ LExASDER VAN HESssEL ER
sOn VI the late stephen Van Rensselaer,, OF Albany
NY.
National Republican., 1878-05-10

Mr.. VANCE, Of Ohio-we mean the Re
pository man-has secured his bone at the
Treasury Department, and the result is that
other Ohio editors-and the woods are full
of them-who have been less successful
are snarling and swapping at him ungrace-
fully, when they should join hands and ten
der their congratulations to him and
the country that justice, though tardy, has
at last come in the appointment of one Ohio
man to office. The Office is scored to the
account Of Mr.. FOSTER. The Cincinnati
Times says churlishly of this appointment
" The only serious charge against him is
that CHARLEY FOSTER was so much inter
ested in him. To this the Sandusky Reg
ister replies somewhat significantly: But
what interest had Mr. FOSTER in him p
We hope quiet will be restored before the
fall election, for Ohio must give q good &C.
count Of herself then. The President
should pacify and conciliato Ohio on this
question at as early day as possible. 1t is
important
National Republican., 1878-05-10
POLITICAL NOTES.

The President had terrible nightmare the
cold perspiration streaming down his face and
his nerves all In q trcmor He dreamed he
had an appointment to make In Mississippi
and there wasn't q Confederate Democrat in
the State. He said the next morning that he
never had such awful feelings in all his life
Hdukeye.
Mr.. WENDELL PHILLIPS, while in Mime.
sofa lately, found himself one day in pleasant
home, where one Of the prominent persons was
little girl eleven weeks old. When Mr.
Phillips rose to go he said to the mother Of the
little maid: 81 trust, II live twenty-five OF
three years longer, / shall hear Of this little
one as being Governor Of Minnesota" why
Mr.. Phillips, could you approve of such 4
thing" Certainly" was the prompt reply
made in all seriousness. "Why notY'
Ii the Republican party had managed the
rest Of its business as well as It has managed
its financial policy It would not have been re.
quired TO take back seat and allow Democ
racy to bring In the faint Of greenbackism and
the suspicion Of rcpudiaton. The success o.
Secretary Sherman's last negotiations with the
syndicate Is merely a continuation Of policy
Of success which began by funding the publ,
debt, which has constantly reduced It, which
has reduced the interest charges to the relic
Of the public, and brought the credit of tn,
Government to par. In spite of occasiona
displays Of weakness and lapses from sound
ness, the financial policy Of tho Government !
about the only thing we have to be proud o
since the conclusion of the war.-Si. Loui
Past
National Republican., 1878-05-10

THE Republicans of Indiana are on the
war-path under the inspiring influence of
good deal Of enthu iasm. The ensuing
campaign promises vigor, determination,
and success to the Republican cause. Our
friends there have determined to use every
laudable endeavor to carry the State and
secure majority in the Legislature, so as
to consign the tall sycamore Of the Wabash
to private life. The keynote of the CAM
paign is success, and thus far it has not
been embarrassed by any allusion TO the
Administration or its policy. The Repub-
licans propose to do what they can to take
care of themselves and their interests, rs
well Us those of the common country. They
will waste none of their energies or ammu.
milton in intestinal striic-but will unite
their strength and concentrate their efforts
against the common foe. This gage Of
warfare will be sure to win, and bring In-
diana back to her Republican moorings
With five years Of sad experience with re-
bellion and the Democratic Knights of tn,
Golden Circle, the people of Indiana ough
to be alive to the importance Of saving tn,
nation from Democratic domination.
National Republican., 1878-05-10

Democratic purity, virtue, and reform, we
should say-the fortunate individual who
held this Office was always expected to coz
tribute something in the neighborhood of
$4,000 TO the Administration campaign
funds, and the expectation was seldom disap-
pointed. The niggardly Republicans, when
they came into power passed law provid-
Ing that the Government should participate
in the benefits arising from these perqui-
sites, and, with characteristic disregard OF
good, old-fashioned Democratic precedent,
have compelled the Office to pay tribute to
the public Treasury instead of the Golfers Of
political party.
National Republican., 1878-05-10
STATE RErunLICAN ASSOCIATIONS.

The New York Times seems to take
especial delight in msrcprcsenting the OBJ
iccts, aims, and practices of the Republican
State associations organized in this city dur
ing the last ten years 1t says of them:
They aspired to become a controlling power
in the Departments, and it was doubtless in
consequence of the meddlcsomc and dicta-
torial spirit displayed by their managers that
their dissolution was ordered. Every one
knows what opportunities such associations
offer for the advancement Of windy and am
bilious demagugucs. Insignificant rs these
organizations were, they formed no exception
to the rule. They attempted In many cases
to control appointments, promotions, aud dis
miSsals in the public Departments.
"ln other cases the influence OF the 'associa.
ton was successfully invoked by its members
or officers to secure their own advancement
In either case tho interference was mcddlc-
some and improper, and at war alike with tho
efficiency and discipline of the public service
Being thus used as Instruments for the gratin
cation of personal spite and sclfshnoss. or OF
partisan bigOtry, 1t is not strange tina they
became oliOus TO all who had tho welfare o
the service at heart. That any lazy, worth
less clerk with talent for intrigue should bC
enabled, by joining one Of these associations
not only to secure his own retention or ad
VanCCment, nut 10 control tue latc oil OtherS
was simply intolcrablc."
The Tunes INDUCES in these remarks
which are mainly the Out-cr0ppimgs of ig
norance and prejudice, after it had sai'
that
They are simply organizations Of subOrdi
nate clerks in the Departments ut Washington
for political purposes. Their only legitimat
functions are the distribution Of campaign
documents aud procuring reduced tramsporta
tiOn for Government employees at election
time, and if they hud but confined thrmselve
to these no fault could have been found will
them"
| 1t was not sufficient for the Times to rep
resent these associations as It does in th
above paragraph with II degrceof surplisin
fairness, but it must add thereto nearly
column of gross misrt presentation, whic
amounts to stalwart calumny. The trut
will never justify the assault of the Time
upon the State Republican Associations @
this city, and if it had consulted that ele
National Republican., 1878-05-10

We were mistaken, and so were our
friends. They had informed us that the
late editorial change in the Democratic or
gan had eliminated from that concern its
sprightliness, wit, vulgarity, and low-bred
blackguardism, and we had began TO honor
their Judgment for the thing relapsed into
a state of unparalleled drcariness soon after
the change ensued. Ii now appears that we
were mistaken. The wit and brightness
were extracted in the change, but the vul-
gar blackguard is still intrenchcd in its col
umns, without the illuminating and rclicv-
ing power of graceful wit or the promptings
of common decency to temper, conceal, or
adorn its yulgarity. One thing is settled
now: the blackguard has not left the Dem
ocratic organ, while the talented and culti-
waited wit has. Filthy stupidity is the pre-
siding genius of the affair now, and it re-
mains to DE seen how long the cultivated
and refined tastes of the people of Washing
ton will encourage those who do not seem
TO comprehend that "calumny always max, S
the calumnator worse, but the calumni-
"ated-nover"
National Republican., 1878-05-10
The surgoon-Generni's Clerks.


To he Eiiitor The National Republican,
SIR: The article on the examination of appli-
cans for clerkships in the Surgeon Generals office,
which appeared In this mornings Post, IL GER
tninly remarkable production. Its remarkable
ness Is not due To any CLEANS Of genius emanating
from II, but depends entirely upon some notOri-
Ously incorrect statements contained In II. The
mlsstatement, we are inclined TO believe, result
rather from deplorable ignorance Of the writer
than from desire TO msreprcsent. We are led 10
this opinion by the act that the writer even at the
outstart, seems to know little nothing about his
subject. He states that the examination In ques-
ton began to day l. c. "Wednesday while, on the
contrary II has been In progress two days. The
great grievance of the author of the article Is that
100 clerks Of the Surgeon Generals office have been
furlOughed tor four days, In order that the office
may be used for the examination OF the $50 appi-
cants Each OF these clerks says the Post, receives
slOO per month"; and therefore. the Government.
loses 81 38. That would be sad II II were true. but
II II not. Any snund minded man, by consulting
the records of that Office. will find that there
not twUhir,is Of one hundred on its rolls and tlnt
not onehalf of one hundred receive 500 per
month.
The author having painted in glowing colors in
his own miad, great lack Of economy on the part
OF the surgeon-General proceeds to disclose bril-
liant plan for obviAting all expense and delay He
thinks the board of examination ought to have
hired "ten.by-twclve room" in some hotel and
examined the $50 applicants in it, The wisdom of
this plan will appear when II Is remembered that
each applicant Is examined three hours and must
lie provided with desk and writing material.
Few desks could be placed IN ten-by-twclye
ROOM few more than u dozen could he examined
In day; and the two months for which the clerks
are to Dc employed would he nearly over before the
new clerks could DC appointed. When we take
into consideration these facts. that the Surgeon
Generals office Is the place for the Surgeon Gen.
erals business, and that no money has been apprU.
| pratcd for hiring any other place, and that the
sooner the new clerks are put u work the less will
| bc the delay in the pension cases, we con.
strained to conclude that the SurgeUn-GencTa per,
th. IL n Df
| iueSs and his course in this matter reflects more
credit upon him Than the Inss article does upon il