National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-05

Allen, esq, Of Aclsley who was the democratic
candidate for con gross in the fourth district two
years ago. lie All nouuCes himself n supporter OF
q arhcld and Arthur.
IT is not says the Omaha R,pUbicap what Han
cock did at Gettysburg. hut what the confederate
domocra Is seek to do ut Washington that the peo-
pie nro Interested in wing to-day.
THEconyass being open the Georgia papers call
for a Reorganization Of tho militia companies
Four yc ars ago the military spirit was alive says
the Augusta Chronicle You bet 1t was, and will be
again doubtless before November Q.
CHARLES DoUuLAs. colored, while bathing at
Jamaica bay, divcd where the water was shallow.
His head and shoulders stuck in the mud and he
was drowned. Let this be pasted up iG 1he ST.,
office as a fearful warning % nega and his mud
singers.
TSr republicans have shown moro libcraly to
| adopted citizens than demo Gratis. Francis Kerr
nan was defeated for governor Of New York in
lS72 by democrats refusing 10 vote for HIM because
he was a Roman catholic. General Carr, the son
| Of irish parents and Roman catholic. was elected
in New York last fall secretary OF state ON the re-
publican ticket
No political heresos are allowed In South Caro-.
lima. Tho Grccnville Ncos notices the cropping
out Of few protests against bourbonism, and
among them MIR. McLean's skeleton grconbacll
quirCs attention Ifhe has sense at all II might
be possible and would be advisable to teach HIM
some" This is mild, but it has more meaning in
South Carolina than one would suppose.
THERE is trouble in South Carolina about tho
funding Of tho bills of the bank OF tho state, al
though mono but democrats Of the approved pattern
have had anything to do with It, Alex. IOughlin,
who has had the business of sorting, counting and
scaling the bills for redemption, has been detected
In stealing large numbers Of thcm. ono package
marked as containing S2,Oj.&j was found to have
but 81 Gl61O in IT, Asovcr 100000 have been already
through the same hands, IL is not known how long
this thing has been going ON. 1t viii take some
time to count. Laughlin was arrested
AMONG the ratifers of Hancock at Tammsny hall
| last week was poet. In 1862 he extended an in
vlmtiun to his northern brethren to visit the sunny
south of which the following is a sample verse:
Come. huckStors, from your markets
Como, bigots, from your caves;
Come, venal Spies with brazen lies
Bewildering your deluded eyes,
That we may dig your graves;
Come, creatures Of a sordid clown
And dwelling traitors BREATH
single blast shall blow you down
Upon the fields ofdcath.'
| The poet is engaged to furnish campaign songs
| for the democratic committee.
Mn, W. L. ROYAL. one of the Virginia delegates
| to the Cincinnati convention has published let
ter sine his return home, in which he says he has
| been opposed to tho nomination of soldier, and
never did give his assent to the selection Of Han
cock until he had received votes enough to nomi-
nate him. lie says: THE Louisiana banner bear
| ing the generals portrait being brought TO the
stand and waved in the face Of the convention
caused tho nomination. A frenzy seized every
| one Every one thought It indicated that he was
,f,,ot ,yI,n hn -nI
one was in a hurry to have his vote changed for
| Hancock. But for this singular coincidence do
not believe General Hancock would have been
nominated" And further: "1he whole enormous
mass Of human beings was absolutely mad. There
was no sense, no reason, no judgment anywhere