Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-26

address to the people urging an indie
pendent course In politics, and no union
with other parties.
CYPRUS BUssEY who has been acting
in commercial circles in New York and
Chicago, in working up trade with Mex
leo, will be appointed pension agent at
New Orleans.
The president has nominated the fol-
lowing consuls general: James Rely
Weaver, of West Virginia, for Vienna,
and David FL. Bailey, of Ohio, for Shang-
hal.
The republican house caucus non1i-
mated the following candidates for Of
fee: Speaker, Gen. Garfield; clerk, ex-
congressman Raine, of S. c.; sergeant
alarms jeremiah Rusk, of Wis; door
keeper, Jas. Welton, of Tennessee.
AT the first full caucus of the demo-
cratic members Of the house, the senti-
ment prevailed that the session should
be short and no business attempted ex-
cept such as was mentioned in the pres
ident's message.
The President has nominated Wal
ter S. Cox, of Washington, associate
justice of the supreme court Of the
District Of Columbia: Peter A. Williams
United States Marshal of the southern
district of Florida; Dennis Eagan, col
lector Of internal revenue for Florida
GOVERNOR LEW WALLACE, Of New
Mexico, has preferred charges against
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley, of the
Ninth Cavalry, for refusing to obey his
(Wallace's) orders, under proclamation
of the president, made last summer,
concerning outlawry in New Mexico,
but no action will be taken upon the
charges as the General Of the army
will Justify Dudley in his action under
the circumstances.
BY recent readjustment Of postoffice
salaries, according to the stamps can
celed, newspapers sent, and cash re-
ceipts of the Offices, 145 were added to
what is called the presidential list"
that is, the salaries were fixed at over
ST 900, and postmasters receiving
this salary or more are ap-
pointed by the president, while under
that they are appointed by the post-
master-general. Judge Key think that
the growth OF postoffice receipts is a
pretty fair indication of the growth Of
the business of the country.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: The
state of Nebraska, admitted to the
Union st comparatively recent period,
and containing SO small a population
in 1870 that she has but one member
Of congress-this young state now has
as many presidential postoffices as Ten
nessee with 1,2OO,OOO population and
ten members of congress. The number
which each state has is II. The COM
paratively new state Of Iowa now has
more presidential postoffices than the
states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
and South Carolina combined. Illinois
and Iowa together have more than all
the sOuthe IN states combined.
A DISPATCH or March 18th says:
The case of Mary S. Oliver, against
Hon Simon Cameron, for $4,000
damages for breach Of promise Of
marriage, came up in the circuit court
to-day. The plaintiff testified that in
1873, Cameron proposed marriage to
her and she accepted. Three letters
from Cameron were submitted, one of
them closed with the sentence ''you
will be my wife" Cameron did not
come to the house where she lived. as
she said that the people there did not
like it. She saw him quite often in this
city, he would come from Harrisburg
about once in every two weeks until
congress met, and then she would see
him at the committee room. There
were improper privileges taken with her
by Cameron during the existence Of the
engagement.