Year: 1878

supremacy Of England and her depend


encies- We have not yet grown oblivious


to the fact that in Canadian cities, rebel
emissaries, plotting the destruction Of


our lake commerce and our border


towns by fire after being sacked, gutted
and rayaged, were harbored and lionized
and our wrath is still subject to occa


sional exacerbations over the memories
of the. Blackburns and their fellow fends


who were assure of protection while
planning toinnoculate the federal armies


with loathsome diseases and to plumber
and burn our large cities. Under all
the circumstances Sir Edward Thornton
may be none surprised to find that the
ro-Russian sentiment at South West
Harbor is the prevailing one over a
large portion Of this country. Observa


ton tends to confirm the belief that a
large majority of representative Demo
Gratis here would cheerfully give all the
millions they have saved the Govern
ment by economy" had McLin and
TildenIs other eves-droppers been we'll
out Of reach of their late candidate be-


fore plunging the party into the ugly


quagmire of doubt and distress where il
is at present floundering. But as the


mischief has been done it seems evident
they would be willing to deprive them
selves of the society of the little handful
of Tilden's marplots and the little kno.
of malcontents who have united to rot
ten egg the party on to an investigation
that promises to yield a Roland for every
Oliver they may be able to detect in its
prosecution. Although Springer and
Lockwood and those of that kidney are
shouting in their glee, over the where
ases and resolutions based on the Flori-
da confessions which Democratic MEM
bers of the House Judiciary Committee
are to report for the concurrence Of the
House, and which it is expected to sup
plement by ordering an investigation.
the majority take hold of the matter in
such a gingerly manner and with such
lugubrious faces that it may be doubted
if they really have any heart in the
work Tilden, Blair & Co have set them
to do; and the hesitation, the almost
frantic efforts to bring excuses for de
lay and the evident disinclination to
undertake the responsibility of formally
demanding an investigation, further con
firms the belief that it is looked upon as
detrimental if not positively suicidal to
the party and to those who may be
forced by circumstances to become
prominent in the matter.


The Syndicate's demand for the Al
per cent bonds has far exceeded the e1-
pectation of those most sanguine Of the
success of Mr. Sherman's plan for re-
sumption. s25OOOO00 have been alb
sorbed in less time than it was expected
to dispose of 100000. The demand
for the 4 per cent bonds is said to in
crease rather than diminish, and the
sales of all issues is given as above
100000 daily. Mr. Sherman and his
friends believe resumption at the time
fixed a certainty, while those at the
Capitol opposed are doing their level
best to frustrate il.


AS if to preserve the equilibrium, the
Mexican authorities seem desirons of
inaugurating a row, while the Fenians
threaten Canada. McDowell's troops
pursuing the Sonora marauders were
informed they would be treated as in
vaders if they dared cross into Mexico.
In response to request for further in
structions MeDowells attention was
called to the orders given General Ord,
which recited that Mexican raids must
be suppressed even if we had to pursue
the raiders onto Mexican soil. Latest
advices, however, make matters seem q
little more pacific; and Ord believes he
has baffled Lerdo's partizans who were
about to swoop down onto Diaz from
our side Of the river. MAXWELL