Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-19

as Collector of the Port of New York was confirmed yesterday. This will doubtless gratify the Republicans of the New York Legislature who recently adopted the follow ing "Resolped, That the thanks of this body are due and are hereby rendered to the Pre- sident for the nomination of Senator Robertson, and that we cordially join in 8 request to the Senate of the United States to promptly and heartily confirm the action of the Executive" It will be interesting to see what those who passed this resolution will do for Conkling.
 The province of Adana in Asia Minor has been thrown into 6 state of frantic excite ment owing to an unpleasant discovery that all the cultivated land between the ports of Mersina and Litifghe was found to be cov- cred with locust eggs. The eggs lie in com pact layers, and are supposed to have been deposited by an army of locusts that passed through the district toward the middle of last year. On the state of affairs having been made known by telegraph to the Gov ernor, Abeddin Pasha orders were at once transmitted to the authorities of Tarsus tell ing them to summon all the able-bodied men and women who could be mustered and to set them to work to destroy the eggs.
 The antiEquor amendment of the Kansas constitution went into effect on the 1st of this month On the 30th of April the liquor sellers of Leavenworth, Topeka Atchison and the other Kansas towns closed their doors at midnight, having done the biggest days business ever known in those parts. On the first day of the new era, Leaven- worth correspondent of the Chicago Tribune reports, there were more drunken men in the streets than the oldest inhabitant had ever seen. That day the liquor men kept their doors shut and locked. The next day about half of them resumed selling-with discrim- nations and precautions however. Now liquor of all sorts can be had by anybody for the asking and paying. One saloon man was hauled up by the Prohibition Union, but the complaining witness turned out to be an ex- convict whose disabilities had not been re- moved. Yet, Imperative as the law is said to be, the correspondent reports that there is only one saloon open now in Leaven- worth where there used to be two, that sev- eral wholesale liquor dealers have removed their business to Kansas City, and that the shrinkage in the municipal revenues is pain fully felt.
 The Boston Adoertiser remembers that in 1874 Judge Russell was collector of the port of Boston, and was discharging the duties of the office without objection. His term had not expired and his intention of resigning was known to few if any persons in Massa- chusetts General Grant was President, Messrs. Sumner and Boutwell, were Senators, and General Butler was chief patron of the Commonwealth. Through Buffers agency the name of William A. Simmons was sent into the Senate as collector. The announce ment of the nomination was received with amazement, and in many cases with incredu- lity. Remonstrances representing a very large part of the business of Boston were signed spontaneously. A delegation of Bos- ton merchants visited Washington in order to persuade the President to withdraw the name. A majority of the members of Con gress from the State signed petition to the same effect Both the Senators from Massa- cnusetts were opposed to NIT. olmuons' One of them, MT. Boutwell,, drew, presented and supported an adverse report MT. Conk- ling and the late MT. Carpenter of Wisconsin were the leaders in favor of the nomination. Both of them spoke and both of them voted for MT. Simmons, and the nomination was confirmed In view of these things the AdUertiser is not much impressed by the ap d. l, ko fbao of fba Senate.