Year: 1878

their summer vacations in the mountains or al


the seaside. They Will talk their sermons into


phonograph and having thus imprinted them


on sheets OF tin-foil. will send the latter by


mail to be adjusted to another instrument IN


Washington. This instrument will be placed


upon the pulpit desk, and on being SET going
at the proper hour, will deliver the sermon in
the familiar tones Of the absent pastor. The
opening and closing prayers, the giving out of
hymns. and the pronouDcing of the benedcton
can all be arranged for in the same way, and if
placed on the wall behind the pulpit, an effect
would be produced hardly dIstingulshable from
that of his bodily presence.


Montgomery Blair is in a bad state OF mind
on account of the cold shoulder given him by
leading democrats to his scheme for ousting
Hayes from the Presidency. He has written
a wrathful letter, in which he says


TOO many OF those now holding influential
positions in the dem ocratic party have been
demoralIzed politically They have no longer
any respect for the constitution or faith in the
localities. This is the secret of their com
pounding the felony by which Hayes obtained
Office. AS the case now stands before the pub
lie, the democratic party is saddled with the
odium OF transaction which may be summed
thus :-Tilden, northern union man or the
Jackson-Benton stripe, who was elected by
the people to put down corruption and monop-
oily and corporate government, was deposed
upon fraudulent election returns under bar
gain with Hayes and Tom Scott to establish a
southern credit Mobier swindle and plumber
triguers refusing to allow State-one OF the
old tbrteen-to question the fraud in the
courts Of justice. Let this continue and the
inevitable result Will be the restoration OF
Grant in 1880, by the rally of the whole north


A more beautiful city than this in its spring
garb does not exist. All the parks and gardens,
Of which Washington boasts more than any
other city of the Union are now at the height
of their beauty and freshness. The roses and
the snow-balls are in bloom and also the
peonies in the treasury gardens, and the dog
wood and many other trees are blooming In
the parks. Yesterday was such May day, rs
the poets have described. An effort is now
being made TO reclaim Lafayette square from
the troops and loafers Chiefly colored) who
have so long infested 1t, excluding by their
rowdyism and lnsolence, all respectable people
who wished to enjoy it. Ladies and gentle
walks and hope to crowd out the rowdies in
time. The Monument grounds, 30 long desc
late waste are now being improved in certain
portions


The democrats are getting suspicious Of the
Florida business and are proceeding with un
usual caution. Blaine predicted the other day
that they would blunder go that the "confes-
sions" would finally turn out IN advantage to
the republicans and discreet democrats like
Potter and Wood in the House. and Bayard and
Thurman in the Senate are fearful that BIaine's
prediction will be realized. Hence, 1t has been
decided to call caucus Of the members OF
both Houses this evening. to determine what
course it is better to pursue. In case they de-
eide to reopen the case and institute an in
vestlgatlon, it will be controlled by Potter,
Wood and others, instead OF by Springer. Knott
and Blackburn. who have been chief among the
I" fraud" howIers. The republicans have de-
cided to adopt Secretary McCrary's suggestion,
sud insist il the democrats want to reopen the
whole matter OF the electoral vote for the sake
Of vindicatng history AS they clam-that
New York City, Connecticut Indiana Misslssip-
p Cincinnati, aud other points where the
democratic frauds are known to lave been
committed, shall be included also in the in-
vestlgstion. EDWARD.