The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-08-16
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PONIES IN Politics.
The JURIsooNsULT AND THE OYSTER.
Two men disputed fercely DER an oyster,
Which they upon the seashore found one
day.
When, as heir tongues grew dry, their pal
ates moisture.
Judge came down that way.
Thny both agreed, because of his great learn
ing,
And 10 lie showed a mind the most discern
ing
In listening to the suit.
He looked as sober as a monk in clois'er
When, alter pondcring the matter we l,
He split the bvaive, gently ate the oyster,
And gave them each II shell
The story's old, but new the application,
Since Pennsylvania presents her claims
To represent the mighty Yankee nation
Before tie Court St. James.
While Hartrantt, Wayne MacYeagh, and
others quarrel,
And angry talk in s eady current flows,
IT'S strange that none of them can see the
moral
That's plain as Cameron's nose.
For Mr Evarts, with fine intuition.
When he has thought upon the subject we'll
May take the oys'er of the English mission
And give the rest the shell.
New York Sun.
Secretary schurz intends to leave Wash.
ington for Cincinnati on the 3Oth inst. He
will speak once in that city, and then go tc
Yankton to visit the Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail agencies, and other points on the Upper
Missouri. On his way back he will visit
Denver, and pass through Kansas and the
Indian Territory.
Charles B. Salter was arrested Monday
afternoon at the instance of the Riot Bill
Investigating Committe, on a charge of cor
rupt solicitation of members of the Legisla-
ture in connection with the Riot Claim!
Bill, and entered bail for his appearance il
Dauphin County. VIM. II. Kemble wal
also formally notified to enter bail at Harris
burg on d similar charge. The investigat
| ing committee held a meeting Monday a
| Harrisburg, when the details Of the prosecu
ton were arranged They have engaged al
/ attorneys for the prosecution Senator Mat
! Carpenter of Wisconsin, Judge Jere. S. Blacl
of Pennsylvania, and Franklin B. Gowen
President of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company. Chairman Wolfe say
that the case will be vigorously pushed, anC
the trial is expected to come on early il
September.
Hon. j. S. Rutan, Collector of the Por
of Pittsburg, has been interviewed abou
State politics, and he believes that Candidate
Butler will receive 10000 majority in tn
coming election. Mr. Daniel o. Barr, VIII
continues to work along at his desk in tn
First National Bank at Pittsburg, says tina
he finds things looking well, and that tn
other fellow must look out for himself
The cases of Jesse r. Crawford, of Blai
county, Alexander Leisenring of Carbon
Dr.. Shoemaker of Dauphin, and j. McCun
and Chris. Long of Cumberland, charged
with corrupt solicitation of members of tn
Legislature in connection with the RiC
Claims bill oflast session, will come befor
the August term Of Court at Harrisburg o
the 25tA inst. There is an additional chqrg
ofperiury against jesse r. Crawford.
The bonded debt of the United State
was stated on January /, 1876, to be 81 ,7O2
OQO,l5 On May, 81, 1879, it was stated I
be 81 ,0G7 ,464 200. On June 3Oth it wa
stated to be S2,O27 ,2O7, ,-256, and we obsery
that the Republican organs, of recent dat
say il is Sl,096,4l4,25G. According to thes
figures the debt has actually been increase
about $500 100000 since 1875. It IS Il
wonder that General Spinner declared this
when he was in the Treasurer the publ
debt statements "ncuer agreed ,oih his books,
and that che was not allowed 70 publis
truthful statements.
The activity of Charles Fosters can
paign work in Ohio may be judged by TIL
] epitome from his own lips ofhis labor will
] in forty-eight; II msde a speech in Coluu
bus on Friday; took a train in the afternoo
, for Lancaster, more than fifty miles distan
male five ten-minutes' speeches on Il
way; spoke at Lancaster for an hour b
70 tween aud 8 P ~; took the train for Port
e mouth on the Ohio River spoke there
the evening, and Immediately started ov,
! the country by carriage for West Union, Il
p seat OF Adams county, a distance Of fort.
: seven miles. The journey occupied all nigh
# and We arrived at West Union about 8 O
clock in the morning. The roads were yeI
Tough, being among the mcst hilly in Il
/ state. When l made the engagement N
/ derstood it was only little more than twol
p ty miles. I made a speech during the for
a noon to an audience of three thousand PEI