Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-10-04

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that the Legislature will be carried, and
Thurman returned to the Senate. A
continuous series of Republican vic
tories will make the Senate very close
after 1881, and there are many Demo
Gratis here who believe that it is far
more important to save the Ohio Legis-
lature this election than the Governor
Ship"
THE treasury department has prepared
statement showing the amount of rev.
enue paid to The government by each
state. This statement shows that the
total receipts from customs for the year
ending June 80, 1879, were $137, 22OO47.-
20. Of this amount the eleven southern
states which constitute tho solid south
paid o0y $2,1O9,4L4,544- or, in round
numbers, the solid south only paid two
millions out of one hundred and thirty
seven millions. OF Internal revenue
the government collected, during the
same year, S113, S., 6lO.5s. Of this the
solid south paid only $11,627, O3S. 73-or.
in round numbers, the solid cOuth only
paid eleven millions out of one. hundred
and thirteen millions. vsi..-..f H. i.,B
A VERY considerable speck of war upon
the southwestern frontier is indicated
by the dispatches detailing the defeat of
the United States forces, under Captain
Boyer, by The Indians, al the head of the
AnimOs river, with a loss of five men
killed and wounded. Reiniorcements
have been dispatched to join Boyer, and
if the savages can be Overtaken they
will doubtless be punished. Whether
they will be overtaken is extremely
problematical thanks to the retrench-
ment which has reduced the army to
such plight that it is practically I'M
available even for service against the
few thousand sayages on the border,
And so again the country suffers the
ignominy of defeat by little handful
of half-naked redskins. '
| THE Secretary of the Treasury
furnishes the following statement: The
Collector of Customs at Corpus Christi
Texas, recently requested the command
ing officer at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, to
furnish him military escort to &C.
company one of the, mounted inspectors
on scout into the interior for the pur.
pose of enforcing the revenue laws of the
United States. The commanding foaice1
declined to furnish such escort, and up
on reference of the matter to the Secre-
tary of War by the Treasury Department
the acting Judge Advocated General ex-
pressed his concurrence in the action OF
the commanding officer, holding that in
no law is there found any authority for
such escort, and that military force
cannot legally be furnished for such
purpose. The Treasury Department,
therefore, seems to be without The power
necessary to enforce The laws and its
regulations.
THE Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of BOs-
ton, in a recent address before the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society, stated that
there were no religious services or ser
mons at funerals during the early
period of colonial history, and-strsnge
as it may seem-the first prayer at a
funeral in Boston was as late as 1865,
and the first funeral sermon was as late
as 1883. The custom was, when some
conspicuous citizen died, for the clergy
and officials of the town to get together
and pass resolutions formally express
ing their sorrow, and sometimes in adj
dition the military companies would
turn out and FIRE salute. When Gov.
Winthrop died, in 1919, the clergy, and
deacons, and principal persons of Bos-
ton assembled at his late residence, and
held a consultation as to the best method
Of conducting the funeral, lit being the
desire of all that in that solemnity it
may appear of what previous account
and desert he hath been, and blessed his
memorial" There was great con-
course Of people and manyl manifesto
tions of sorrow for the departed Cover
nor, but neither funeral Grafton, prayer,
nor sermon was delivered. A barrel and
half of Colony powder was used on the
occasion by the artillery company, and
the General Court Common CounciD
passed en- ordinance justifying the
lavish expenditure out of respect for the
memory of the Governor. o[, =. - -.'' pr
A SPECIAL telegram to the Cincinnati
Gazette, from Washington, says: Ger
tain Southern Democrats have an i'm
portant political plan on hand, looking
to changing the method of selecting the
electors for President, in the states of
Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina,
and Floriday. Gen. Chalmers appears,
thus far, to have been the most active
man in it. The fact has just become
known that a conference of two or three
Southern Democrats from each of the
states named was held here few days
before the National Executive committee
met, and the subject was then consider
ed. Gen Chalmers insisted that it was
of vital Importance that the question of
selecting Democratic electors in those
four states should be placed beyond any
doubt. While the Democracy of those
states were in position to absolutely
control it, and while he did not himself
doubt that all of those states would go
Democratic, there were unpleasant and
unfavorable signs in his own state Of
tho indenandant movement. which they