The National tribune., 1882-06-24
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

| Francis ?. Weed, Gfthe same city, out of large
sum Of money. All the persons named are
wealthy and of high social standing, and the
case has excited extraordinary interest The
| disclosures thus for made'show that the three
men INDUCED in a quiet little game of "draW
poker" and that Mr. Weed, relying upon the
strength of his hand" which consisted of four
aces, backed it with $15O,0O0 Scott, however,
held a Straight flush" and swept away tt
winnings. Weed subsequently lost other sums,
aggregating in all about $1,000 After pay
ing large proportion of this sum he appears
to have suddenly conceived the idea that he
| had been swindled and refused to pay several
of the notes which he had given in settlement
of his debt of honor" and in order to make
| his case stronger caused the arrest of his COM
! panlons. The developments already made
have naturally caused a sensation in New
! burgh's social circles as well as in New York
city, where all the parties are widely known.
THE vacancies in the Tariff Commission
have been filed by the President, who has sent
to the Senate the names of VIM. Mcmahon, OF
| New York, and Hon. A. R. Boteler, of West
| Virginia. Mr.. Mcmahon is chief clerk of the
division accounts in the appraisers Office of the
| New York Custom House and is thoroughly in
| formed on tariff questions. He is a Republican
IN politics. Mr. BOteler is resident of Charles
| town, West Virginia, and is not identified with
any sepcial interests other than agriculture.
He was a member of the Thirty-sixth Congress
and was strongly indorsed by both the Sena-
tors from West Virginia and also Senator Haw-
ley, of Connecticut He is conservative
| Democrat and is known to favor a tariff for
revenue. Mr.. Boteler is said to be gentle
man of liberal culture.
BILL has been introduced in the Senate to
| provide for the performance of the duties Of
the Presidency in case of the removal, inabil-
ity, or death, both of the President and Vice
President. 1t vests the succession to the Pres
idcncy in the members of the Cabinet in the
order III which they were named in Washing
tons Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of
State and concluding with the Secretary of the
Interior and excludes Cabinet officers not con-
! firmed by the Senate. The bill was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has trans
mitted to Congress the report of the Director
OF the Mint upon the production Of gold and
silver in the United States in the year 1881.
The report is very comprehensive, and gives
| the fullest possible statistics of production by
States, by counties, and in many cases by min
ing districts. The total product of gold for the
year was 34, 100000, and of silver, $43,OOO00O.
Colorado takes the first place among the pro-
ducing States, with yield of more than $50,
100000; California follows with yield of
nearly $19,00O,0OO, and Nevada, which at one
| time ranked first, is now third with product
of less than $9,000,O00. A number of impor-
tant papers relating to mines and mining are
appended to the report among them a careful
review Of the present condition Of the princi-
pal gold and silver mines in the United States.
MIR. j. G. BIGELoW, counsel for Sergeant
Mason, called at the White House a few days
ago and filed with the Presidents private sec
retary the brief giving the reasons why the
sentence of the court-martial in the case of
Mason should be declared void. Mr. Bigelow
was assured that the President would give tho
matter careful consideration. The main points
of the argument are: That the court erred in
trying the prisoner for a violation of the 62d
article of war; that the United States troops
were guarding the District Jail without lawful
authority; that the Secretary Of War had no
lawful authority TO order the troops there, and
that on account of the position in which Mason
stood when he fired, and of Guiteaus position
in his cell, it was physical impossibility that
the latter should have been in any danger from
the shot.
DURING the past week there was decrease
Of twenty-six business failures from the pre-
ceding week, but as compared with the corre-
spending week of last year there was an in
crease Of thirty eight. kilograms from leading
business centres indicate an increase of activ-
ity, and there is generally improved tone to
business at Atlantic ports and in the larger in
terror cities. The Northwest has been very
prosperous and the Southern trade is reported
as better than it unusally is at this season.
THE names of the gentlemen to constitute
the UJah Commission have been sent to the
Senate. They are: Alex. Ramsey, of Mimi.
Blgernon S. Paddock, of Neb.; G. F. Godfrey
Iowa; Ambrose Il. Carleton, of Ind; and of
James r. Pettigrew. Two OF the number,
Messrs. Ramsey and Paddock are ex-Senators