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The New York herald., 1878-12-03

Message TO carry on the election trials. They say,
veg snsbl that these trials before federal courts
will demonstrate to the country accurately. not only
now much. but how little, disorder and wrong was
committed anywhere in the South during the recent
canvass and election They are confident that in this
way the exaggerated partisan accounts will be shown
be largely false and that regular trial according to
law is tho best and only to make the truth known
in the North and thoy are not afraid Of the truth
But Mr.. Wood does not stand alone. In the Senate
Mr.. Deck. of kentucky. means tomorrow to present
a resolution demanding OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury the reasons why hc has paid the inter-
est the public debt with the silver dollars far as
they would go. Thus by Tuesday evening two prom
democrats will have succeeded in revving two
OF the questions which most dangerous to their
party aud most disturbing to the country Mean
time Mr.. Blaine. not TO be behind Mr.. Wood. to-day
brought in resolution for Congressional nyesti-
gltion of TIC Southern elections This have of
course only partisan purpose for the whole matter
is already under judicial inquiry and if the facts only
were wanted /. would be sufficient await tho result
before tho cou-ts.
There signs here showing that leading men in
both parties think it useful to their selfish ends to
Keep alive the Southern question. Some democrats
think this the only way to make sure OF the Southern
States for their party in 1880. and republicans
tho other hand believe that they cannot keep the
republican party alive until that time except by get
ting up and keeping mp quarrel and alarm
about the South Thus these party leaders naturally
play into each others hands.
THE GENEVA AwAED-REpoRT AND BILL OF THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
At the desire of the Judiciary Committee the House.
last June. fixed on the first Wednesday OF the pres
ent session for the consideration of the committees
report and bill on the distribution Of the Geneva
award. Tho report, drawn up by Mr.. Knott, the
chairman OF tho committee is thought an able docu-
mcnt. The bill which accompanies it favors none Of
the claimants. but sends them all, the insurance
men, tho premium and the exculpated
cruiser men, alike TO the Court OF Claims, with
the right to appeal from its decision to the
cissses of claimants and it is to be hoped that the
pasaage Of the bill will the interninable dis
pute from Congress, where Il has taken up valuable
time dor tho last six years to purpose whatever.
except to array members against each other on tho
demand OF some constituent who has personal in
tercst.
Tho government holds the money only as trustee.
has always been confessed and the nature OF the
different claims ID such that only court decide
between them Thore Is some hope that Mr. Potter $
BILL which passed the House at the last session. will
become law before the 4th Of March That bill re-
fers all private clslns whatever to the Court Of
Claims and it's passage would relieve Congress Of
immense mass Of WORK for which it is united and
greatly diminish tho lobby.
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Mr.. TOWNSEND, trcp.) Of y. ". made some remark
which not heard by Mr.. Cox or the reporters
but ut which some members around him laughed.
Mr. Cox noticed IL and said he did not know what
they laughing at. but IL possibly for want of
thought.
Mr. TOWNSEND said he had been making remark
about 'cipher telegrarns.'
Mr. Cox retorted that that wac another OF the vacil
lations Of the other eidc that there vacilla-
tons all the country; but that with all these
vacillations" the old democratic party would have
the next Senate and the House also.
The discussion. which was animated, here closed,
and Mr.. Woods motion to refer and print the Mes
sage agreed to.
mortal of Mcssrp. Pauding. Kcmbc Co., OF Cold
Spring. n ". in regard to ordnance tor fortbcatcns.
Ihe Military Academy and the forthcstions Appro.
priaton bills reported by Mr.. Durham. OF hen
lucky. and Mr.. Baker, Of Indiana. and notice was
given cf early action on them
The House then, at quarter past three r. NJ, ad.
journcd.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON, Dec ?, 1878.
The session Of the House was opened with prayer
by tho chaplain Rev. Mr.. Harrison. at tho conclusion
OF which the Speaker stated that this was the time
xod by the constitution for the opening of the third
session Of the Forty-fh Congress, and directed the
roll of members and Of Territorial delegates to b.
called While the roll was being called the members
ayailed themselves Of the opportunity Of greeting
each other and renewing the acquaintanccshp Of last
session. Great cordiality e,inccd all sides MS
congratulations expressions Of regret the results
of the late political campaign were exchanged. The
galleries were crowded with spectators.
The result of the call showed that there were 22a
members present. and thereupon the credentials of
two members elect-Mr. Bailey TO fill tho vacancy
causod by the death Of Mr.. Quinn, Of New York. and
Mr. Majors TO i the vacancy caused by the death OF
Mr.. wcich. Of Nebrasks--were presented and ac-
ceptcd without question, and the oath of cficetbe
iron.ciad--wss administered 70 Messrs. Bailey and
Majors.
A committee OF thrce--Mcssrs. Atkins, Cox aud
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The Republican State Convention.

The Convention will be held in the City
of Cincinnati, on the 10Th day of June
The undersigned Local Committee have
made following arrangements for the
Convention:
lst District-A part of Hamilton coun-
ty, Gibson House.
I'd District-A part of Hamilton coun-
ty, Grand Hotel
Sd District-Butler, Warren and Mont
gomery counties, Burnet House
4th District-Logan, Champaign, Union,
Clark and Green counties. Hotel Emery.
5th District-Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby,
Darke, Miami and Preble counties, Hotel
Emery.
9th Dstrict-Wiliams, Fulton, Def
ance, Henry, Paulding. Putnam Van
Vert and Allen counties, Burnet House.
7th District-Lucas, Wood, Ottawa,
Sandusky and Hancock counties Burnet
House.
Sth District-Seneca, Wyandot, Craw-
ford Hardin, Marion and Morrow coun-
ties, Hotel Emery.
9th Observation-Disclosures Franklin, Mad
ison, Fayette and Pickaway counties,
Grand Hotel
10th District-Fairfeld, Hooking, Vim
ton, Meigs and Gallia- counties, Gibson
House.
11th District Clinton, Highland, Brown,
Clermont and Adams counties, Burnet
House.
18th District-Ross, Pike, jackson, Sci
OTTO and Lawrence counties Gibson House
18th District-Noble, Monroe, Morgan
| Washington and Athens counties, Gibson
House.
14th District-Licking, Muskingum
Perry and Guernsey counties, Hotel
Emery.
18th District-Richland, Knox, Holmes
Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties, Glib
son House.
10th District-Wayne, Stark, Portage
and Ashland counties, Hotel Emery.
18th District-Lorain, Erie, Huron
Medina and Summit counties, Burnet
! House.
18th District-Carroll. Colun biana, Jef
| ferson, Harrison and Belmont counties
Grand Hotel.
10Th District-Lake, Ashtabula, Geau
ga, Trumbull and Mahoning counties
Grand Hotel.
Goth District-Cuyahoga county, Grand
Hotel.
A ratification meeting will be held in
Springer's Hall in the evening after the
Convention.
B. EGGLEsoN,
w. S. CAPPELLER, Com
LOUIS SEAsoNGooD,
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The following very sensible and truth
IL remarks are from the n. Y. Times:

jul remarks are from the N Y. Times:
1--WE read every few days in our ex-
changes that some man has died from in
temperance who was unusually capable
in his particular line, and would have
done something inarkable but for his
unfortunate hal =. This sort of state
ment is so common that one might be-
lieve that clever men have natural tend
ency to dissipation Such an opinion in
fact. has been prevalent, and is still
prevalent, to q IL, dvrate extent; but it
is apt to be erroneous. 1t is no longer
the fashion for genius to be profit gate,
wildly eccentric, iawIcss. Genius nova
days is regulated hy common sense--(in.
deed, common sense is the foundation Of
real genius )--und..r>tauds cause and eff
feet; is apprehensirc and takes note of
all facts; adapts in"n' : to ends is, il n
word, clear headed, many sided, practical
The old notions Of genius largely date
from the Byron mania. Because Byron
wrote strong, beautiful, often licentious
poetry, and got very drunk from time to
time, he had many imitators so far as
| drunkenness was concerned, and the
crop has not yet been quite gathered
The imitators did nothing like Childe,
Harold, or Manfred or the Giaour, to be
sure, but they drank more gin than their
author; therefore, in their view, they
were more than half as gifted as he
They forgot that when he wrote his best
things he was entirely sober. a,:,l when
they did their worst things the we're, no
doubt, entirely tipsy. 1t is ali a mistake.
Really clever men seldom drin K to excess.
If not restrained by moral, they arc by
prudential considerations. They know
that they can't afford it; that drunken
is in no sense indemnifying When you
see man habitually intoxicated, be he
mechanic, accountant, artist, journalist, OF
author, you can safely conclude that, so
far from being a master of his calling, be
is tyro, if not bungler. Dissipated
fellows very frequently get a name for
proficiency and skill from the mere fact
Of their dissipation. 1t is the world:
way of distributing justice. 1t is willing
to admit that man is Intellectually ca
pable, when it is palpable that he is NOR
ally disqualified. Any one may acquire
reputation for capacity by showing tha
he is chronically in a condition not t.
exercise his capacity. Whether reputa
tion is worth having at that price may b.
a question; but all sensible persons will
decide it in the negative"
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A Man OF A THoUsAND.-A Consump
tive accidentally cured. When death
was hourly expected all remedies having
failed, and Dr.. H James was experiment
ing with the many herbs of Calcutta, he
accidentally made preparation of Can
nabis Indca, which cured his only child
of Consumption. His child is now in
this country and enjoying the best of
health. DESTROYS of beneftting the
afflicted, the Doctor now gives this
Recipe free, on receipt Of two stamps to
pay expenses. There is net single
symptom of Consumption that it does
not at once take hold of and dissipate.
Night sweats, peevishness, irritation of
the nerves, failure of memory, difficult
expectoration, sharp pains in the lungs,
sore throat, chilly sensations, nausea at
the stomach, inaction of the bowels, and
wasting away of the muscles. Address
Craddocll & Co., 1892 and 1884 Race ST..
Philadelphia, Pa, giving name of this
paper. may30tlm
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There is a law Of the United States
which has been on the statue books for
more than eighty years-a law signed by
Gen. Washington, first President of the
United States, making the crime of trea-
son punishable with death. D. NJ. Key
committed the crime Of treason, but in
stead of being hung, he is placed in the
Cabinet of man who was elected Presi-
dent by the Republican party. This un-
hung traitor now threatens war if his
bread and butter is stopped. He admits
that he is yet rebel and traitor. He
says:
Invited to the Cabinet as Southern
man, to see that justice was done to the
South; required neither to apologize for
my record, nor to disown my political
principles, it is my duty now to warn the
people of the South Of the danger which
threatens the country. No man need
hope that the schemes of the men who
have engineered the movement to unseat
President Hayes can be carried out with
out bloody civil war. To avert this
danger, l confidently rely upon the pa
triotism and honor of the people Of my
native section.
| [Signed D. M. KEY"
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AS a specimen of the kind of testimony
to be used by the Democrats in their in
vestigation of Hayes title, this little
item, taken from the Washington dis
patches, will be of interest. One Ander-
son, one of the principal witnesses for
the Democrats, tells a story to the effect
that Secretary Sherman was party to
the murder of Weber, Supervisor of Fe-
liciana, in order, as the Democrats allege,
to gain possession of a pretended letter
from Sherman, making corrupt PROPOSE
tions. 1t is preposterous to say that the
Democrats cannot prove anything. With
the capacity for manufacturing testimony
to order, they will perhaps succeed in
making out a case which will appear ex-
ceedingly strong-to themselves.
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Some friend (?) in Mississippi has sent
us a copy Of The Coahomian," patent
inside paper, published at Friar's Point,
Mississippi.
The following editorial is marked:
"a strong effort is to be made to again
delude the negroes of the South, and re-
arouse in them the bitter amin osity to
the whites which existed for several
years after the war, retarding the pros
perity Of both races, and in some locali-
ties bringing destruction to many of the
weaker. 1t is designed by the Radical
party North to send orators through the
South during the Congressional cam
paign, not to fairly discuss with Demo
cratic opponents the questions at issue
between the parties but for the sole pur
pose of instituting secret night meetings
and mock religious assemblies where the
negro's mind, now so satisfied and serene,
is to be artfully and dabolically inflamed.
Lay in your tar and feathers"
We earnestly hope that when the next
war shall have come, the friends of liber-
ty who conduct the war in Mississippi,
and the other rebel States, will conduct
it upon Gods plan, as laid down in Josh
ua, 9th chapter, and from the l7th verse
to the end of the chapter. In that case,
there will be no heather left to use their
only arguments, tar, feathers, shot
guns, &c.
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A dispatch from Washington to the
Cincinnati Times on last Saturday says:
THE President, day, said he did not
desire to deny the truth of the state
ments attributed to him, that if any at
tempt was made to displace him from the
Presidential chair, he would maintain
himself, and at all hazards keep matters
at statu quo until his successor is elected
according to the forms of law"
If it would not be considered imperti-
nent, we would like to inquire where the
President is going to get his army, or
where he is going to get means to pay his
army? When Packard and Chamberlain
needed protection, it was said in defense
of Hayes, that the Democrats would not
pay the army if it should be sent South.
And now an amendment to the army bill
has passed the House, tying up Hayes
| completely, so far as the army is con
cerned.
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Does it not look a little strange that
the only men at Washington City who
make any attempt to defend Hayes in his
extremity, are two unhung rebels, Key
and Stephens? Both of these worthless
have written letters defending Hayes
and the Cincinnati Gazette, which is now
as good rebel as either Of them, says:
"These men no doubt, fairly represent
a large proportion of the Democrats North
and South, and of nearly all Republicans. "
Well, we'll We did not think that
nearly all Republicans had come to
that. The world, as well as the sun, do
move"
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REPUBLICAN, MEETING.

Republican mass meeting was held
at the Court House on Saturday, June !,
1878: The meeting was called to order
by j. l.. Jones, Secretary of the Central
Committee. Davis Mackley was called
to the chair, and David Davis was ap-
pointed Secretary, On motion Of j. L.
Jones, the chairman appointed com
mittee of five, to suggest names Of dele
gates to the State convention. The com
mittee reported the names of A. F. Nc
Cariey, J. L. Jones, T. S. Matthews, Lot
DaYias and C. c. James. Alternates, "
II. Sloan, II. IT. Jones, DR.. johnson White
Franklin Daver and Peter Bum.
The time for holding the county con
vention was fixed for June 90, 1873.
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Some time ago we gave an account of
an assault upon Elder Bingham, in
church, at Taylorsville, Highland county,
by ruffian named Trent. A short time
ago this man Trent shot man named
Moore, and had been in jail until last
week, when he was bailed out. He went
back to Taylorsyille. and as he had not
killed Moore when he shot him, Moore
watched the house where Trent stopped,
armed and determined to shoot the as
sassin About one o'clock in the night
Trent made his escape from the house.
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There was a sensational wedding in
Cincinnati last week. The daughter of
Rabbi Wise, editor of the Israelite, was
secretly married to q young Gentle of
that city. For this she is excommuni-
Gated, and her father does not allow her
name mentioned in his family, and has
given her up as one dead. The young
couple, meanwhile, must expect to jog
along through life without the blessin G
of the Jewish Church.
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AS long as Hayes has the army and the
Confederate Brigadiers, including the
Key to the great post-office bureau, we
shall not see him revolutionized or Mexi-
canized. Who's afraid ?-[Toledo Sunday
journal
Hayes was afraid when the rife clubs
wanted to murder Packard and the Re
publican Legislature of Louisiana, and he
said that the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives would not pay his army, and
he was powerless
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The Cincinnati Times says:

at will be remembered that it was
stated in Washington dispatches that the
plan of the Republicans in the coming
Congressional Campaign looked among
other things, to the organization of a Wig
orous canvass in some of the Southern
Districts. Thereupon the New Orleans
Democrat proceeds to read lesson to the
Campaign Committee in this fashion:
The sending Of such men here TO preach
the crusade Of hate, and outrage, and
abuse to the white people Of the South
would be a most infamous crime; it would
be SO regarded by our people, and resist
ed accordingly. : = Such propo-
| sition is a crime, and most infamou
and inhuman one. x We are free
and independent States, and have the
same right to manage our domestic affairs
that any other State has. We certainly
have the right, inherent in all communi-
ties, OF protecting ourselves against the
deliberate schemes of aliens to create dis
turbance and riot in our midst and pro.
woke bloodshed and misery among all
classes of our people. We warn these
people in advance that, if they come here
for any such purpose they must take the
consequences, and these will rest upon
their own heads
This is significant language. 1t has
been heard in the South before. The
warnings were not listened to, and Col
fax, Coushatta, Hamburg and Kempel
followed. 1t means the revival of the
Mississippi plan"
We have called the attention Of some
OF the Hayes boobies to the above, anc
they say if Northern men will behave
themselves, they can 60 South, and ever
| l. :II L.
cowardly puppies would not dare say {
word about political matters in the South
We notice that rebels are permitted t.
settle in the free States, and talk Democ
racy as much as they please, and no on
dare molest them. or make them afraid
The time may come, (but not during tn
administration of Hayes that man cal
make Republican speech in the rebe
States and be permitted to live
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shoulder the Presidents policy, where
will he find his "indorsers PIN. y.
Tribune.
He has plenty Of indorsera. There is
Alex H Stephens, late Vice President OF
the Southern Confederacy; Ben. Hill, the
defender Of Andersonville; Lamar, late
agent of the Confederacy in Europe, dur,
ing the late unpleasantnessi and General
Kew, of East Tennessee There are 9th
ers, but we have forgotten their names
They don't live in Florida, however,
[Toledo Sunday Journal.
Why, there is Gen. @ Grosvenor. You
surely have not forgotten that disting-
uished gentleman.
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"TOO MUCH RELIGION.

'Too MUCH RELIGION.
We have letter of complaint from a
free-thinking reader, whose enjoyment of
his favorite newspaper is marred, he tells
US, by his finding SO much religion in it,
| We let him set forth his grievance in his
own words:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-tSir l had
rather read The Sun than any other pa
per l ever read, except Horace Greeley's,
when Horace Greeley was alive. But
your pieces about religion offend me-
Please stop them. Religion is another
name for superstition, nothing more or
| less, and cutthroat institution. Do be
fair about this thing. Morality and good
ness ought to be cultivated, but don t call
this religion -
| 1t is perfectly true that The Sun not
only has a good deal to say about religion
in the abstract, but is in the constant
habit of inviting its readers to apply re-
ligious principles, in a practical way, to
all the affairs and transactions of daily
| life-alike to social relations, business,
and politics.
AS our complaining reader appears to
have strong prejudices, it would probably
be labor wasted to argue the matter with
him But if he will consider it soberly
with himself, he will discover that he has
| made the serious mistake of confounding
things that are totally distinct. He has
been charging upon religion itself the re-
sponsibility for all the bad and cruel acts
that have been committed in its name, as
well as for the bad lives led by many
nominally religious people in our own
day. That is both unjust and foolish.
No, we cannot comply with our CORES
pondents request. Religion. as we un-
derstand it, carries with it goodness, up
rightness, soberness, justice and these
are things that the newspaper, the daily
teacher of the people, is bound to incul-
cate at all times. Least of all can it
cease from so doing at time like this,
when the business of the country reeks
with dishonesty, when its political life is
being eaten out by fraud, and when the
church itself has not escaped the subtle
| Infection"
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1t will not be forgotten how som

1t will not be forgotten how some of
the newspapers in this part of the State
papers edited by low, vulgar Democratic
demagogues, abused US because we
doubted the insanity dodge of Vance, the
Democratic reformer Last week we saw
q very intelligent, truthful man, who re-
sided in Gallipolis some years, and who
had just been there on visit. He in
formed US that he did not meet a single
man in Gallipolis who believed that
Vance is insane, or that he had stroke
of paralysis. 1t is all sham to cover up
a crime.
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Two men assembled in lawyers office
in Logan, and appointed themselves
Chairman and Secretary, and then ap-
pointed themselves and another man
who does not appear to have been pres
ent, delegates to the Cincinnati conven-
ton. They resolved that Hayes ought to
be trusted, and the local paper says there
was large outpouring of Republicans in
that Office and that the millennium has
come Selah
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Webb. the murderer, was hung at
Mansfield. Ohio, last Saturday. 1t was
the intention of the authorities to have
the execution take place within an in
closure, as is usual in such cases. Just
before the hour set for the execution,
however, vast crowd of people collected,
and tore down the inclosure. The Sheriff
telegraphed to Gov. Bishop, for instruc.
tions, and received orders to proceed
without an inclosure.