The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-20
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.

1N0 CuSllbu 1ducIs Vi AulS @uTuluRs
The Enquirer saws: The Secretary OF the
Treasury is not willing that Congress
should obtain any information concerning
his Department save such as he Is willing
to impart. The order is issred to heads of
Bureaus and officers of the Treasury De-
partment that ut is deemed advisable that
any information concerning the business of
this Department, intended for the use of
Congress or any Of its Committees, be
transmitted thereto by or through this
"fice. Letters received by other officers
of this Department asking for such in
formation, will be referred hereafter to
the Secretary, with the information
desired for the purpose OF such
transmission" The Secretary intends
ing the Treasury Department.-The meet
notice of the country in the various as
house of his friends can kindle no warmth.
State of the Union. who is known to be
cordial. gallant warm.hearted, audacious,
magnetic, and is not chilling, is able to
throw the candidacy of John Sherman In
the shadow. in Western State, not only,
but in ;Shermans own State-The South
ern Railroad is too much "bossed. "There are
too many great minds directing it. A
company of good, solid business men
should have it, who in providing for them
selves would take equally good care of the
citys interests. Turn it over to men who
know how to handle it.
The Commercial says: The true policy
of the Blaine and Sherman men NAV be
stated in two plain PROPOSITIONS: l. Sher-
mans friends should aid Blaine with their
utmost strength to break the New York
delegation. 2. Blaines friends should CO.
operate with those of Sherman in Ohio,
and content themselves with the chances
that Blaine shall be the second choice
of Ohio. Though the Grant men
crow about their unit-rule in Penn
sylvania. it is not possible that
the united vote of that State
shall be thrown for Grant. In other words.
the Blaine men will not vote for Grant,
and that is all there is of it. The New
York Convention will be broken as serious
ly as that Of Pennsylvania. il the Blaine
and Sherman men work together as they
should do. Ohio will not have vote for
Grant, and the Illinois delegation will not
be solid for him, though Logan and Wash
bnrne go to bed together-The five miles
of r, ad from B 'yce's Station to Chattanoo-
"a should be finished speedily. Boyce's
Station is not terminal point Go to
work on the other five miles.-Thls
will be lively season in Cincinnati
There are the May Festival, the
Millers' International Exhibition, the
Methodist General Conference and the In
dustral Exposition 10 begin with, and
probably the Democratic National Conven-
tion. These, with tho excitements OF the
Presidential campaign, will afford great
variety OF entertainment-We are to have
Mr.. Parnell with us to-day. In our judg-
ment he has made some serious mistakes in
this country, but as the grandson of one of
the most famous of American naval Off
GERS, and the representative of the people
of Ireland who hold that the sufferings of
the Irish people eliminating in famine,
are the product of misgovernment, he is
entitled to be received with cordially and
card with respect. If lis mission is as
charged, that of political agitator, he is
in wrong country to make his talents
effective.
The Gazette says: The exodus of the
freedmen Of the South to- Kansas contn.
ues. Nine hundred refugees are said to be
on their way from Texas. via the Missis-
| sipp River. Others are moving by rail. 1t
| ia alleged that many have been deceived by
| local railroad agents, who have told them
| that they would find houses and land wait
| ing fer them OH their arrival. Of course,
their disappointment OH resching their des-
tination has been great. Without food,
shelter. or resources of any kind, the,
have suffered excessively from the keen
prairie winds and from the frost The
State Commission is doing much for them,
ard the benevolent all over the country
have forwarded large stores of clothing.
The express and other transportation com.
panies have been very generous in for
warding these goods, but the accumula-
tions often exceed what can be ked OF
their generosity. Moreover, just now food
is an even more urgent want of the refu-
gees than garments. FIR this and for its
shipment, we are informed by MIR. Bailey,
who is agent for the Kansas Relief Commits.
sion in this city, funds are greatly needed.
The citizens of Murfreesboro, Tenn,
must find a singular zest in morbid
amusements Two misera bic negro muir
derers are to be hanged there to day, and
yesterday carpenters were busy in prepar-
| Ing tiers of seats, to be rented to specta-
tors at 25 cents head, while cooks were
energetically hurrying forward barbecues
| to furnish forth feast to the hungry null
itude, and turn an honest penny thereat
1t is gratifying to know that many
of the better class of citizens condemn
these preparations, as tending to bring a
lasting discredlt to their town.-The South
Carolina Legislature yesterday passed the