The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-03

Philadelphia Times If the Re- publlcans. of Ohio don't, nominate ex Con gFessman Foster for governor and it looks as if they wouldn't he fully,intends tonominate himself for the legislature, next fall. Big men likea Foster must keep them selves going in some way.
 New York Tribune: One side of the contest for 1880 is pretty we'll fixed already. When Tilden walks into the next National Democratic convention with the solid south tuck ed under one arm and the New York delegation under the other, the party will Surrender with celerity and grace Na
 Pltsburg Post How silly the talk of a 'ssolid South" in an offen- sive sense, when Randall in caucus got nearly one half the Southern Democratic vote, as against, Black burn, Southern man, while Adams a Union soldier, was. nominated for clerk, by Southern votes, over Cald- well, an ex Confederate.
 Cincinnati Gazette: The three un- important chairmanships vouchsafed to the Republicans in the Senate are assigned to Anthony, Edmunds and Conkling. This is a rather meagre representation but the Republican, cannot complain. They made the precedent when the Democrats were the minority.
 Charleston News and Courier; The South will support, of course the nominee of the Democratic con. vent,on, whoever he may be, but it will take considerable pulling and and hauling to bring Southern Dem ocrats up to the point of voting for Tilden as universally as they would vote for either Bayard or Thur man.
 Cleveland Herald: Perhaps the Southern Democracy would be will ing to console Mr. Blackburn for his recent defeat by putting him at the top of the ticket in 1880. Kentuc- ky surely would not object, and it would, moreover, be a beautiful re- yenge on Tilden, who did all in his power to secure the nomination of Randall.
 
 Washington 2 Post: Slowly but surely the sad suspicion is working it's way through the husks of preju- dice and conceit into the conscious thought of the average Greenbacker that in the great campaign of 1880 there will not be room for 8 third party. ta
 Indianapolis Journal: We feel authorized to say that the Green packers in Congress will not offer any factlous opposition to the will of the majority, It is hoped this assurance will have soothing effect on the National politics.
 It is doubtful whether history re cords another calamity like that which has submerged the second city of Hungary, destroying about ten thousand houses, all but two hundred and sixty-one, causing the death of not less than four thousand persons by drowning, the most in, tense suffering of seventy thousand more people, and transforming miles and miles of fertile, cultivated and thickly populated land into a lake Szegedin, the place of this terrible disaster, is the center of prob ably the finest grain producing part of Hungary.
 In the arrangement of the senate committees, Senator Garland is giver the chairmanship of the committed on territories and also upon the com, mittees on judiciary. y.ascertaining the result of presidential elections, Fepid emic diseases and alleged frauds II federal elections. Senator Walker is assigned place on each of the foi lowing committees: pubhc lands, In dian affairs and civil service and re n