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THE HANCOCK boom awakeus some very
strange echoes-echoes from the gallows
upon which Mrs. Surratt was hung. He
was her hangman.
Mr.. EvARTs is now suggested for the
English Mission. Why not? He is able,
is wealthy, and it is said has promised to
provide himself with n new hat
THE REV. DE La MATYR's constituents
complain that he has not returned 10 give
an account of his stewardship since the
extra session. He is, in short, numbered
among the missing. They seem 10 forget
that he isa fiat Congressman.
AMERICAN cheese is sold in England, and
even in Scotland, at lower prices than the
home product in those countries. The
dairymen over the pond are not little
disgruntled at this. At Ayrshire, for exam
pie, they have stopped manufacturing it
they have "choosed il" in fact.
EX-SENATOR FENToN is said TO be boom
ing for Secretary SHERMAN. He has made
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and no one supposed it possible that he
could advocate the reelection of General
GRANT in view of the record made in the
memorable campaign of 1872.
HEN-RYE WATTERsoN is rambling about
among the Eastern watering places
though why HEN-RYE should seek n
watering-place is one of those things, &c.
His progress will be watched with some
interest, to see how near, aud yet how far
Away, he will steer from Senator CoNK-
LING.
How must the South Carolina Republi-
cans feel when they see "a blatant rebel
like FINLEY appointed to lieutenancy in
the Union army by Secretary of War, who
holds his position through the unswerving
loyalty of the Republicans of that State,
who, despite the massacres of Hamburger
and Ellenton, gave their electoral vote to
the Republican nominees.
The outlook in California grows more
favorable to the Republicans with each
successive day. The masses of the work.
ingmen, who are becoming disgusted with
Kearneyism, are joining its ranks with great
rapidity. The anti-railroad plank in the
platform, introduced aud pressed to adop-
tion by ex-Secretary GoRHAaI, has had
something to do with this result.
Tom EWING goes into his campaign ont
in Ohio upon the assumption that all of the
Buckeyes are head over heels in debt To
help them in their difficulties he proposes
plan by which they will be enabled TO cheat
their creditors-in short, to pay off their
debts in debased currency. Meanwhile,
he seems to be utterly obiivious of the fact
that this swindling proposal cannot fail to
develop the enmity of the creditor class.
HAMBURGH BUTLER commanded at Ham
burgh, where six deienceless Republicans
were murdered in cold blood. He after
wards participated in the Ellenton riot,
where fifty Republicans were cruelty MUIR
dered. Yet this man BUTLER has influence
enough with Republican administration
in whose interest those murdered men were
working when killed-to cause the appoint
ment of the blatant rebel" FINLEY, by the
Secretary of War, to q lieutenancy in the
Union Army. o tempora, o Mores
THE colored delegates in the late Louisi-
ana Constitutional Convention voted SOL
idly and persistently against repudating
the State debt. Here is an example for
the colored voters of Virginia, many of
whom, it is reported are inclined to take
sides against the honest debt-payers in that
State. In doing this they must necessarily
array themselves against the Republican
party which has, in Virginia, as elsewhere,
declared for honest government and honest
dealing with all that tho term implies.
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THE most prominent names now loom
lUB up III tiip ShbtihdlOllAl tDUIeSU III
New York on the Republican side are Rob-
ERTsoN, CORNELL STARIN and PoMERoY,
with dark horse yet to enter the field.
With such an array of ability and worth no
very serious mistake can be made by the
convention, unless it is bent on making mis-
takes. The general outlook of the Empire
State is most gratifying. The Republicans
are unted-the Democrats are disinte-
grated and the Greenbackers are contract
Ing for cheap tombstone.
TON EwING's complaints that the Eastern
Democrats are not boisterously in favor of
his election will not surprise anyone who
remembers that tho t. D.'s are all hard
money men, and that EWING is in favor OF
the odious income-tax. This latter fact is
sufficient of itself to array the supporters of
the income-tax thief of Gramercy Park
against him. Besides this, the criminal
"rich men," the millionare leaders of that
party, from BELMONT down, are naturally