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VOL. I.-NO. 28.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
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Interesting H"ews Compilation.
Tlie H. S. Senate.
Mr. BnRifSEpE's resolution, relative to inter-
oceanic canals was called up on the 18th, and,
after debate, was postponed until the first
Monday in December. Mr. Saunders' resolution directing the Committee on Judiciary to
in noire into the relations of: the Central Pacific to its leased lines and other corporations
and report at the next session of Congress
what is proper or necessary to protect the
interest of the United states, was, on motion
of Mr. Davis (111.), laid upon the
table. A committee appointed to wait
upon the President to inquire as
to further business reported that he would
have 300 additional nominations to make, and
would send them in as fast as possible. In executive session the nominatiousof Judge Robertson lor Collector of Kew rork and General
Mprritt for Consul-General at London were
confirmed without opposition. The nomination of General Badeau for Charge d'affaires
to Denmark was withdrawn at his own request. Several other namiuatiQns were also
confirmed, among- them being that of Rear-
Admiral Edmund T, Nichols, to be Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Savy Department.
Ox the 19th "Mr.: Kellogg offered Ms resolution calling upon the heads of the various Executive Departments for information as to
the names of officers, clerks and employes
borne on the rolls of such departments, together with the date of appointment, the State
to which each is charged, etc. Mr. Plumb offered an amendment calling for further information as to how many such clerks or eni-
■ pioyesserved in the volunteer or regular service of the United States daring the war of the
rebellion. Mr. Sherman opposed the" resolution, and moved to go into executive session, which motion was lost—23 to 2S. The
amendment was then agreed to, and the resolution as amended was then adopted. An executive session was then held, and several
nominations were confirmed, among them being the following:;- Blanche K. Bruce (Miss.)
for Register of the Treasury; G. B. Loring
(Mass.), Commissioner of Agriculture, vice Le
Due. resigned, to take effect June 30; Jeremiah M. Rusk, Charge d* Affaires of the United
States for Paraguay and Uruguay; Thomas A.
Osborn, "Minister of the United States to Brazil, rice H. W. miliard, recalled; Horace Taylor, Consul of the United States at Marseilles,
Prance; George Manly, Minister Resident, to
the United States of Colombia.
The report of the Secretary of State, with
accompanyingr papers, in the ease of Michael
P. Boyton, was received in a message from
the President, on the 20th, and ordered printed. The Secretary reports that he finds the
case is not one which warrants interference
oa the part of the United States. A committee appointe I to wait npon the President report e i that he had no further communications
to make ro the Senate. A sub-Committee bt!
the Committee on Commerce was appointed
to take into consideration the condition of the
Potomac River in front of Washingjon.
A resolution was adopted directing
the Committee on Military Affairs to
examine into the affairs of the
Soldiers' Home at "Washington, and to report
to the Senate the second Monday in December
the result of its inquiry. Among the nominations confirmed in executive session were
those of Messrs. "Wbr.dford, Tenney, McDougall and Knox, for the New Tork Attorneyships and Marshaiships; Glenni W.
Seodeld to be Judge of the Court of Claims;
John -B. Glover ilnd.), United States Consul at Havre, and G. P. Mosher m. H.), at
Nice, Prance; "William B. "Wells (Mich.),
at Rotterdam; M. B. "Wharton ] (Ga.), at
Sonneburg; E. H. Rogers ('"Neb.), at
vera Cruz, and H. S. Raley j'Kab.*, at
^--Cfcensnit-;. 'Ihe nomination of "vyilliam E.
Chandler to be Solicitor General of the United
States was rejected. A resolution fox" thanks
to the Vice-President for the courtesy, ability
and impartiality with which he had presided
ovftr the deliberations of the Senate was
adopted, and a motion by Mr. Pendleton for
_an adjournment sine die was agreed to. Contrary to the usual custom, no President pro
tem. of the Senate was elected.
labor,   and twelve
were on their way.
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The steamer Arizona has a^ain maOe the
quickest recorded passage across the Atlantic, her time beino: seven daj-s, five hours and
thirty-five minutes.
The Internal Revenue
comprom'sed the claim of
araiDS"; the International
for back taxes on deposits,
criminal   prosecution,   on
The army-worm is reported to be destroying ait kinds of vegetation in "Northern. New
Tork.
Fko>i the 15th to. the ISth 9,200 immigrants
arrived in New Tork. The total since the
year o;.ened was 116,902.
PreTEE.s- hokses, including Rhadamanthus
and Enfield, thoroughbred trotting stailions,
were recently bmned to death in Douglass"
stable at franklin, Tenn.
A Texas steer gave half the police force of
St. Louis employment a few days ago for
three hours. After he had been pursued for
fire miles uo less than twenty bullet-holes
were visible in his carcass.
Govekxop. t"HL'RCHir.L. of Arkansas, recently changed the fate of a negro murderer
to life imprisoament on the very eve of being hanged for a crime which he fully confessed.
Fxvb < HEsnitED children were recently
taken from the'public, schools at Atlanta, 0a,,
on account of the presence of a mysterious
disease.
Sixce July 1,1S80, the railway mail service
has bem extende! to 6,131 miles of road, this
being the extent of new roads built during
that period.
A EEW days ago Heven Texas rangers and a
band ot thirty outlaws had a desperate battle
near Forfc ZwelL One soldier was killed,
and two of th? cattle^'hieves were captured.
Ox the 19th three road-agents stopped a
coach near Lake City, Col., shot a Rio Grande
xaliway engineer, and car.-ied off the treasure
pouch and mail saeks-
HzSP£X, tlie defau'ting cashier of the "First
National Bank of Newark, N. J., has been
sentenced to seven years in State Prison. |
A smai-i* colony of Mormon converts from
Australia reached San'Francisco on the 19th.
The event of the day ;n New Tork on'the
SCth was the sale of copies of the Revised
New Testament, which began at an early
hour in the morning; Dealers; in the pity
took about 75,000 copies, one house alione
taking 35,00.). The orders from New England were also very large. Ten thousand
volames ivei-e shipped to San "Francisco, and
double that number to booksellers in Chicago. T«e entire number of copies! of; all
kinds dispose! of by Nelson & Sons,, up to
three p. m., was 25), 000. Of these the largest
number were twenty-cent booksu The
only edition exhausted was that known as the
long-nrimer, ihe retail prices 0<l which ranged from $1 to ©1.50. "Funic 6s Go- dispatched
50,000 copies by express and fregiht to many
points in the United States, and a great number of single books were sent by mail to tlaose
who had submitted their orders in advattce.
Itis said that no book ever introduced in Ifchia
country wasboutht up v/ith such a degree of
-avidity, and ifc is not iiUely that a larger num?
her of cooies of any other book were ever
soldin a single day.
Ok the evening of the 19fch the Goljflen
Terra Mine afc Deadwood caved in, causing
tlie instant death oi three men and slight iu-
luries to live others.
A coTOTERFirj'T of the silver certificates,
of the denomination of $20, has been VC~
cejvejt at the Treasury Department. ,Tfc ."was.
executed with a pen, and is the first which
has appeared.
"The twentieth anniversary ol the Baptist
Foreign Missionary Union was held at j Indianapolis ou the aist- under the Pre£'d«jncy
of Rt-y. Georee Dana Boardman, D. IX, of
^I-hiiajlelpbla. It was reported that four mis-
Bionafref had bean eenfe abroad during ' the
years geVeahad returiied to their flulda of
had either returned or
In Asia and Europe
there are 1,005 mission churches and 1,106
native preachers. The receipts o£ the Society
during the year amounted to §313,774.53, of
which $24,971.68 was for additions to invested
funds, leaving S2SS.S02.S4 for the current expenses of the year, which amounted to §300,-
652.92—leaving a deficit at the close of the
fiscal year of -S11,S50.0S.
On the night of the 21st the only liquor saloon at Lompoe, Cal., was btown to atoms by
a bomb, as was its predecessor some time before. Tompoc is settled by a temperance
colony.
Ox the 21st the steam saw-mill near Oakland, Md., was blown to atoms by the explosion of a boiler. The fireman, Marshall Butler, was blown six hundred feet, and driven
head foremost under some old logs. One
boiler was carried one thousand feet up the
hillside.
Chaules McCuvrar, one of the men who
assassinated Prof. Growley in Cincinnati
twenty-one years ago, lately made a deathbed confession at Nashville, Tenn.
The office of Fahnestock & Co., brokers,
of Baltimore, Md., was robbed ou the morning of the 21st of §10,500 in bonds.
One man and three boys were pilloried
and publicly whipped at Newcastle, Del., on
the 21st.
The centennial celebration of the capture
of Fort Golphin from the British during the
revolutionary war, by Americans under
General Henry L'je, was celebrated at Augusta, Ga., on the.21st.
At the recent meeting in Indianapolis,.
Ind., of the American Baptist Publication
Society George T. Hope, of New Tork, was
chosen President; Benjamin Griffith, D. D.,
Secretary; A. Howard Gendell, of Pennsylvania, Recording Secretary, and William V.
Pettit, of Pennsylvania, Treasurer. -
The Chicago Ti-ibune of the 23d contains
accounts of numerous interviews, giving the
opinions of well-known clergymen concerning the Revised New Testament. Varying
views are expressed, but it would appear that
by a majority of those who have given the
subject a careful examination the new worlc
is very cordiilly approved, and that it will be
very generally accepted and used.
At the close of business on the 21st notices
had been received at the Treasury Department in "Washington for the continuance of
§209,473,800 of five per-cent bonds. In most
instances the bonds had already been received at the Department- It was thought
that the limit of §250,00.>,000 of registered
fives which could be converted into three
and a-half per cents would be reached in afew
days. Secretary Windom had announced
that the time for receiving six-per-cent. bonds
• for continuance had expired, and further re-
I quest for such continuance "could not be
granted.
The value of the breadstuffs exportedfrom
the United States during the ten months
ended April 30, 1SS1, was §225,155,Si) 1, as compared with $233,844,357 worth exported during the corresponding ten months of last
year.
The demand for the revised edit'on of the
New Testament continued in New Tork on
the 21st with unabated acivity. At Boston
and other cities East and West the booksellers had about all they could do to meet
the eager demand for copies of the work.
Personal and Political.
The President on the 19th sent back to the
Senate all the New Tork nominations'that
had been withdrawn, except those of Marshal
Payne and Collector Tyler, of Buffalo.
President Garfield has retired Surgeon
General Barnes, U. S. A., aud appointed Dr.
J. H. Baxter,. Medical Purveyor of the Army,
to succee$him.
A monument to George B. Armstrong, the
founder of the railway mail service, was unveiled in Chicago on the 19th. Hon. Schuyler
Colfax delivered the address.
A Convention of representative colored
men from every part of North Carolina was
recently held at Raleigh and made a demand
for recognition from the National Adm'nis-
trat on, and passed strong resolutions to
that end, and appointed a committee to present them.
The manufacture of oleomargarine and
other, oleaginous substitutes for batter has
been made illegal by the lll.uois Legislature,
a fine of not less than §25 nor more than §200
being the penalty.
The proceedings against Kenward Philp,
Charles As-Byrne, Lou's T. Post and Joseph
Hart, ffor.lib.el in the Morey matter, have been
ended by a nolle prosequi.
In his report on the case of Boyton, who
has been imprisoned in Ireland for seditious
acts, Secretary Blaine states that the Department had given to the ease the urgent
attention due its exceptional gravity, and
every effort had been made to substantiate
the status of American citizenship claimed
for him; but it had become, however, "no
more apparent to the Department at the
present time than it was a month ago that
Boyton is entitled to protection as a citizen
of the United States."
Colonel Thomas A Scott, ex-President
of the Pennsylvania and Texas Pacific Railroads, died at his residence near Philadelphia
on the evening of the 2!st. He was fifty-
seven years old.   His disease  was paralysis.
The Ohio State Democratic Convention
for the nomination of State officers has
been called to meet at Columbus on the 13th
of July-
The German Republican Central Committee of New Tork has passed resolutions
asking the Legislature not to re-electMessrs.
Conkling and Piatt.
The vote in the United States Senate on
the confirmation of W lliam E. Chandler for
Solicitor General of the Department of
Justice stood: Teas, 19, all Republicans except Senator Mahone; nays, 23, "all Dem:i
c'rats but Senator Don Cameron. Senator
Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, refrained from
voting.
General Grant sailed from Vera Cruz
on the 21 st for New Orleans, whence he expected to proceed directly to New Tork. A
gentleman who had recently arrived in New
York from Mcx'co stated on the 21st that
the ex-President would not receive the con-
cess ons he desired for his latest railroad enterprise, and that he was com ng home discouraged.       «
The death of M. H. Gofer, Chlef-Jusfc'ce of
the Kentucky Court of Appeals, occurred at
Louisville on the 22d. Mr. Gofer was forty-
nine years old.
Foreigrn.
Pajotell and eighteen followers withdrew
from the House of Gommons on the evening
of thelQth without voting on the second reading of1 the Land bill.
AT his own request, John "Dillon has been
remove 1 from the infirmary in Kilmainham
jail to a cell.
Count von Abnim, the German diplomatist
who was sentenced to five years' penal servi-
tule for betraying his country, died a few
evenings ago, at Nice, France.
The Kurdish leader has gathered a force of
twenty thousand men for another incursion
into Persia.
An officer of the Spanish Treasury and
some persons prominent in business in Madrid have been arrested on charges of fraud
and forgery.
A Constantinople telegram of the 19th
says the Sultan was inclined to terminate the
investigation into the circumstances attending the murder of Abdul Aziz, because most
of the leading Pashas were likely to be implicated.
On the 20th Patrick Doyles, of the Killar-
ney Land League, Fenton and O'Donnell, of
the Clonmore branch, and a priest named
Sheehy, at Kilmallock, were arrested under
the provisions of the Coercion act.
A Paris telegram of the 20th announces
the failure of the Anglo-French Union Bank,
limited, having sixteen branches and 12,000,-
000 francs capital.
The United States Senate adjourned sine
die on the 20th. All the nominations made
by the President were confirmed except that
of William E. Chandler and four other minor
appointments.
On the 20th the Viceroy of India telegraphed the home office stating that the
Maharajah of Nepaul was dead; that his heir
had succeeded to the throne, and that all was
quiet up to that time.
On the 23th a French column under General
Logerotz entered Beja, in Tunis, without resistance, and hoisted the French flag.
The Britiah Ambassador at Constantinople
has forwarded the ransom demanded by brigands in European Turkey for the release of
the Englishman Suter.
A Rome (Italy) dispatch of the 20th says
that Garibaldi had expressed the hope that
France would relinquish all idea of the annexation of Tunis, or a protectorate over it,
but thought an Italian fleet with fifty thousand men should be ready to defend the
threatened interests of Italy.
A London telegram of the 21st says two
million copies of the Revised NewTestament
had already been sold there.
In a proclamation issued on the 22d forbidding the persecution of the Jews the Governor-General of the Russian Province of
Charkoif declared that he would not hesitate
to put the region under martial law aud punish rioters with the greatest severity.
A Tunis telegram of the 21st announces
that the Sultan of Turkey had deposed the
Bey of Tunis, but that the French had declared their intention of upholding him.
The treaty between Russia and China has
been ratified at Peliin.
King Charles, the new King of the new
Kingdom of Roumania, was crowned at
Bucharest on the 22d, with a crown of steel
cast from the guns captured at tha battle of
Plevna.
Two more heavy shocks of earthquake occurred in the island of Scio on the evening
of the 20th.   Several more houses fell. ,
A Paris dispatch of the 21st says that
news had been received from Oran, Algeria,
stating that the column of French troops In
Tunis under Colonel Innoc3iits had been attacked by a body of 5.000 insurgents, led by
Chief Bovamena, of the rebels, and defeated
after a hotly-contested engagement, in which
the French lost forty native auxiliaries killed
and wounded.
A Dublin telegram of the 22d says the
castle on the estate at New Pallas, in which
the tenants had taken refuge to avoid the
service of Avrits, had been surrounded by
soldiery and police, who would attempt to
starve out the people.
LATErT^WS.
At the close of business on the 23d the ag«
gregate amouut of five-per-cent. registered
bonds received for continuance at three and
one-half per cent., and notices covering the
bonds which had been forwarded for the purpose, represented about §239,00.1,030. This
left but about §11;000,003 more to be presented for continuance before the limit of $250.-
000,000 would be exhausted.
The Mexican House of Representatives on
the 19th unanimously approve 1 of the Southern Railroad concession asked by General
Grant, and it was thought the Senate would
ratify the scheme. ©
The Danish Supreme Court has confirmed
the sentence of death passed upon thirty-
nine negro participants iu the Santa Cruz
revolt.
Some barrels of explosive fluid stored under
a saloon at St. Joseph, Mo, bevv up on the
evening of the 23J, enveloping about twenty-
five negro men and boys in flames. At midnight three corpses had baen taken out, five
others were found to be badly injured, and
several werj still inssing.
In the French Chamber of Deputies on the
23d the treaty with Tunis was* ratified by a
vote of 453 to 1.
The Greek brigands have released Colonel
Suter, the Englishman whom they captured
nearly two months ago, near Salon ca, the
ransom forwarded by the British Minister
having been received.
The Swedish Government is said to be
alarmed over the remarkable exodus of the
Swedes to the United States, and to contemplate restrictive legislation.
Brennan, the Secretary of the Dublin Land
League, w<is imprisoned at Naas on the 23d,
for advisiug people to pay no rent except at
the point of the bayonet.
The Paris Inlransigeant of the 23d announces that Hessy Helfman, one of the
female assassins of the late Czar, hal been
hanged in her cell. She had a few days before given birth to a still-born child.
In its review of the crops and markets for
the week ended on the Slst the Mark Lane
Express says "the English grain-crops do
not stand well for the harvest." Vegetation
of all kinds was in a somewhat backward
state all over Great Britain, and a copious
rainfall was needed. '-Without it," pays the
Express, "the outlook is uncertain and unfavorable."
Senators Don Cameron and Mitchell are
said to hi very much put out with the President because he refused to accept their advice and appoint a man they recommended
as Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia. An
Associated Press dispatch of the 2-3d saya'
the President ignored both the Pennsylvania
Senators and male the appointment to suit
himself, but Cameron succeeded in inducing
the Senate not to act on the nomination.
Prof. Moses Coit Tyler, of Michigan
University, has been offered and has accepted the chair of History in Cornell University,
as the successor to Prof, William C. Russeli.
A statement that all but four of the President's nominations were confirmed by the
United States Senate before its final adjournment proves to have been erroneous. Several appointments were left without act'on,
the more important of which were the follo-jf-
ing: Collectors of Customs—Thomas M.
Broad waters, Vicksburg, Misv; Elward J.
Costello, Natchez, Miss. Surveyor of Customs—Lucius P. Thompson, Philadelphia.
United States Attorney—George M. Duskin,
Northern District of Alabama. Surveyor
General—Orlando IL Brewster, for Louisiana.
Receivers of Publ c Moneys—John M. Far-
land, Detroit, Mich.; James M. Wilkmson,
Marquette, Mch. Supervising Inspectors of
Steam Vessels—George II. Starbuck, Second
District; Thomas \vV Van Valkenburg, Ninth
Pietrlct.
COCKLING AM)  PLATT.
Their "t,ettev of iEewigiiatlou as "United
States Senators, In Which They Give Their
^Seasons for "Resigning and TUeir "Version
of the "Differences Between Thein and the
Administration at Washington.
An Albany (N. Y.) telegram of tlie
16tli gives the joint letter-of resignation
sent to Governor Cornell by United
States Senators Conkling and Piatt, and.
which we publish in mil as a matter of
general public interest, giving, as it
does, "their side of the story":
! . Washington, D. C, May 14,1881.
Sib: Transmitting as we do our resigna-
.tions, respectively, of the great trusts with
which New York has honored us, it is fit that
we aoquaint you, and through you the Legislature and people of the State, of the reasons
which, in our judgments, make such a step
respectful and necessary. Some weeks ago
jthe President sent to the Senate in a group
ithe nominations of several persons for public
offices already filled. One of these offices is
the Cotlectorship of the Port of New Tork,
now held by General Merritt. Another is the
Consul Generalship at London, now held by
General Badeau. Another Is Charge d'Affaires
.to Denmarir, held by Mr. Cramer. Another is the Mission to Switzerland, held
by Mr. Pish, a son of the former distinguished Secretary of State. Mr. Fish
has, in deference to an ancient practice,
placed his position at the disposal of the new
Administration, hut, like the other persons
named, he was ready to remain at his post, If
permitted to do so. All these officials (save
.only Mr. Cramer) are citizens of New Tork.
It was proposed to displace them all, not for
any alleged faults, or for any alleged need or
advantage of the public service, but in order
to give the great office of Collector of the Port
.of New Tork to Mr. William H. Robertson,
as a "reward'' for certain acts of his, said to
have aided in making the nomination of
.General Garfield possible.
The chain of removals thus proposed was
broken by General Badeau promptly declining- to accept the new place to which he was to
be sent. These nominations summoned every
member of the Senate to say whether he "advised" such a transaction. "The movemenfcwas
more than a surprise. We had been told only
a few hours before that no removals in New
Torlsoffices were soon tobe made or even
considered, and had been requested to -withhold the papers and suggestions bearing on
the subject which had been sent to us for presentation should occasion arise until we had
notice from the President of his readiness to
receive them.
Learning that the Vice-President was equally surprised, and had been equally misled, we
'went to Mr. James, the Cabinet officer from
our State, and learned that, though h9 had
spent some time with the President on the
morning of the day the nominations were sent
in, no disclosure of an intention to send them
had been made to him, and that he first knew
of the matter bsr hearsay following the event.
After earnest reflection and consultation webe-
lieved the proceeding unwise and wrong, whether considered wholly in relation to the preservation and integrity of the public service and
the public, example to be set, or in relation
also to the integrity of the Bepublican party.
No public utterance of comment or censure
was made by either of us in the Senate or elsewhere. On the contrary, Ave thought that the
President would reconsider an action so
sudaeu and hasty, and would at least adopt
less hurtful and objectionable modes of requiting personal or individual Service. In this
hope the following paper was presented by Mr.
James to the President, who was subsequently
informed that .you had authorized your name
to be added also:
'To tlie President: We beg leave to remonstrate against a change in the Colleetorshlp at
New Tork by the removal of Mr. Merritt -and
the appointmeut of Mr. Kobertson. The proposal was wholly a surprise. We heard of it
only when the several nominations involved in
apian Avere announcedln the Senate. We had
only two days before this been informed from
you that a change in the Customs Office at
New York was not contemplated, and, quite
ignorant of your purpose to take any action,
we had no opportunity until after the nominations to make the suggestions we now present. We do not belie\ e that the interests of
the public service will be promoted by removing the present Collector and putting Mr.
Hobertson in his stead. Our opinion is quite
the reverse, and we believe no political advantage can he gained for either the Kepiib-
lican party or its principles. Believing that
no individual has claims or Obligations which
should be liquidated in such a mode, we
earnestly and respectfully ask that the
nomination of Mr. Kobertson be withdrawn.
(Signed) " Chester A. Author,
Thomas L. James,
T. C Platt,
Boscoe Conkling."
This paper was presented to the President
by Mr. James on Monday, the 2Sth day of
March. Knowing the frequency with which
every one of the twenty Presidents of the Republic, and markedly the present incumbent,
had withdrawn their nominations on less
serious representations, we did not apprehend
that such a suggestion would be treated as an
intrusion or au invasion of any prerogative of
the nominating power. We were disappointed. Immediately the public press (especially
in articles aud dispatches written by those in
close and constant association with the President and with an influential member of hia
Cabinet) teemed with violent denunciations of
the Senators from New York for "opposing
the Administration" and "dictating" to the
President. Persons who visitedthe Executive
Mansion, reported the President as resentful
and impatient of the hesitation of the Senate
to "advise and consent" to what he
•proposed. We have made no assault japon
anybody. We have at all times refused to
answer questions by representatives of the
pi ess, or to make complaint, or comment, or
even denial of the many truthless charges
published against us by officious champions of
the Administration. Indeed, beyond confidential consultations with brother Senators and
officials, we have said nothing until nowiipon
.the subject, nor have we or either of us promoted adead-lock in thoSenatein ordertoprevent
or influence action upon any nomination. Nor
have Ave ever so stated, immediately after
the nominations Avere published letters and
telegrams in great numbers came from every
part of the State from its leading citizens protesting against the proposed changes, and
'condemning them on many grounds.
Several thousands of the leading mercantile
firms of NeAv York, constituting, we are inform ed, a majority of every branch of trade,
sent usiemonst ances. Sixty of eighty-one
Republican members of the Assembly, by letter or memorial, made objection. Representatives in Congress, State officials, business
men, professional men, commercial, industrial and political organizations are among the
remonstrants, and they speak from every section of the State. Besides the nominations
already referred to there were awaiting the
action of the Senate seAreral citizeus of New
Tork, named for offices connected with courts,
District Attorneys, and Marshals. These
were all reappointments. Most of them had
been originally commissioned by Mr. Hayes.
They were certified by Judges of Courts,
and many other eminent persons, who attested the faithfulness and merit of their services
and recommended their continuance. They
Avere not presented by us.
We have not attempted to "dictate," nor
have Ave asked ihe nomination of oueperson
to any office in the Stale. Indeed, Avith the
sole exception of the written request set forth
above, avc have never oven expressed an opinion to the President in any case unless questioned Inreg.ard to it. Some days ago the
President abruptly withdrew. In one and the
same act, the names of General AVoolford and
Mr. Tenney, and of the tivo Marshals. This
unprecedented proceeding, Avhether permissible bylaw or not, was gravely significant. The
President had uominnted tueso officers af fer
they had been weighed inthe balance. Their
official records wore before him, and had been
fully scrutinized nnd approved, lt must be
presumed he thought the nominations lit tolie
made, and that it was his duty to make them.
Ihere is no allegation that hodi«covered unfitness in them atterwa d. It could hardly be
that ho had discovered unfitness in all alike.
What, then, Avas tho meauing of the peremptory step? It Avas immediately stated,
ns if by authority, and seems to be
admitted, that the purpose was to
force Senators to vote as they Avould
not vote if left free from Executive interference, The design was to control the action ot
Senators touching matters committed by
the Constitution to tho Senate, and to the
Senate exclusively. It has been suggested, in
addition, that by recalling: these nominations,
and holding them in his own hands, the President might, in the event of failure of another
nomination, use them to compensate that
failure. If it can be supposed that all these
public trusts are to be, or would in any event
be, made personal perquisites, to be handled
and disposed of not only to punish independence of Senatorial vutes and action, hut to
liquidate the personal obligations of any individual, hoAvever high in station.theconditions
are utterly viciou3 and degrading, and their
acceptance would compel the representatives
of States to fling down their oath and representative's duty at the footstool of Executive
power.
Following this sweeping and startling Executive act came ominous avowals that a dissent
or failure to " advise and consent" would be
held an act of offense, exposing all Senators *
from AvhateA'er State, to Executive displeasure. Thus' Ave find ourselves confronted by
the question, whether Ave shall surrender the
-plain right and SAVornduty of Senators by consenting to *WhatAve believe to, be vicious and
hurtful, or be assigned positions of'disloyalty
to the Administration which- we helped to,
bring in, and the success of Avhich we earnest- >
ly wish, for every reason and motive which
can enter into the case. We know of no theory
avowed by any party which requires such submission as is now exacted. Although party
service may be fairly considered in making a
selection of public officers, It can hardly be
maintained that the Senate is bound to remove
Avithout cause incumbents merely to make
places for those whom any individual, even a
President or member Of his Cabinet, AVish-
es to repay for being recreant to others or
serviceable to himself. Only about
two years ago the Senate advised
that General Merritt be appointed Collector at
New Tork. It is understood that among the
Senators Avho so advised was Mr. Windom,
now Secretary of the Treasury and head of
the Department Avhose subordinate General
"M erritt is. Another known to have given the
advice was Mr. KirkAvood, noAv Secretary of
the Interior. It is said that, like the Postmaster-General from our State, these Cabinet
officers Avere not taken into consultation
touching the removal of G eneral Merritt. But
theirsworn and official action of Senators is
none the less instructive. That the late Secretary of the Treasury and the late Administration up to its expiration (less than ten Aveeks
ago) approved of General Merritt as au officer,
is Avell known, and it Is not even suggested
that any citizen had petitioned for his remoA'-
al, or that Official delinquency on his partis
the reason for it. In place of an experienced
officer in the midst of his term lixed by law, it
is proposed suddenly to put a man in who has
had no training forthe position and who cannot be said to hirve any special fitness for its
official duties.
In the inaugural of President Garfield, delivered on the 4th of last March, stand these
words:
"The Civil Service can never be placed on a
satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
Por the good of the serArice itself, for the protection of those who are intrusted Avith the appointing power, against the Waste of time and
the obstruction of public business caused by an
inordmatepresstireforplaceandforprotectiOii
of incumbents against intrigue and Avrong, I
-shall, at the propertime ask Cougress to fix the
tenure of minor offices of the several Executive Departments, and prescribe grounds upon which removals shall be made during the
term for Avhich the incumbents have beeen appointed."
How good the distinction is Avhich would
make major offices a prey to intrigue and
wrong, and shield minor offices from like
havoc, and whether the collectorships of the
country should belong to the exposed or to
the protected class, need not be decided here.
Assuming General Merritt to be an officer of
average fitness and honesty, it might be reasonably argued that all Senators should, with
alacrity, advise his displacement by a man of
obvious superiority. Possibly it might be
said that all should advise the selection M
General Merritt"s place of a man Avho, Avithout
superior fitness, had rendered his couniry or
even his party conspicuous and exalted
service. The case iu hand does not be-
lonar to either of these classes. The vocation
of Mr. Robertson, aud his legislative and
professional experience and surroundings, do not denote superiority in the
qualities, the knoAvledge, business habits aud
familiarity Avith the revenue laws and system
of theUnited States which might make him
more competent than General Merritt to collect the vast reA'enties and administer the vast
business perta.nng to the Port Of New York,
Certainly he cannot in this respect be held art
exception to the rules of right and consistency on which the Constitution and laws have
placed the public service. We know of no
personal or political service rendered by Mr,
Robertson so transcendent that the Collect-
Orship of Nev/ York should be taken in the
midst of a term and given to him as a recompense.
Mr. Robertson is reported by the New Tork
Tribune to have declared that his nominat.on
Avas a reward for his action as a delegate to
the Rational ConA'ention. If Robertson in his
action was influenced by a sense of duty, if
hevo;edand acted his honest convictions, it
is difficult to see what claim he has for any reward, not to speak of such great reward. The
action of which an estimate is thus invited Is
understood to be this: Robertson and sixty-
nine other men accepted from the StateConven-
tioh certain trusts. They sought aud accepted
the position of agems or delegates to a National Convention. The State Com'ention declared plainly the stated judgment and policy
to be observed and supported by those commissioned. To this declaration all selected
as delegates gave au implied consent, but
seAreral of them, in addition, made most
specific personal pledges aud engagements to
exert themselves in good faith throughout to
secure the nomination of General Grant.
They made this pledge as the means of obtaining their own appointments as delegates,
and they did, as Ave both personally know, obtain their seats in the National Convention
upon the faith of their personal statements of
their earnesmess and fidelity. The obligation
thus assumed Ave understood to involve the
integrity as much as the obligation of one who
receives the proxy of a stockholder in
a corporation upon the pledge and
promise to vote as his principal
would A'ote. Whether Mr. RobertsdU
Avas or Avas not himself bound not only under
honor and implication, but by expressly giving his Avord, becomes quite immaterial in
A-iew of the claim made for him. lt is insisted
that he "organized tbe bolt," or, as it has been
sometimes stated "he Avas the leader of the
bolt." This is to say that he invited, persuaded, induced others whom he knew had given
their word, and had obtained their seats by
doing so, to violate their Avord and betray, not
only the Republicans assembled in State Convention, but the Republicans of their districts
as Avell, Avho had trusted in their honor. Whoever counsels and procures another to do a
dishonest or dishonorable act must Share with
that other the guilt, and should share also the
odium justly attached to it.
We are, therefore, wholly unable, upon whatever ground Aveput it. to seea justification for
oursehres should Ave become parties to using
thepublic trusts Avhich belongtothepeople, to
requite such service in such modes. But the
appliances employed to effect the results set
up new standards of responsibility and invade,
as Ave believe, the truths and principles on
Which the separate and co-ordinate branches
of the GoA'ernment stand. A Senator has his
own responsibility. He is amenable to hia
State, and to the body of which he is a member.
He IS bound by his oath to "advise and consent" on his conscience and judgment before
God. " Whatever or Avhoever else may con-
strainhim, he is to beexempt fromExecutive
menace or disfavor on the one hand, and Executive inducement on tho other. Longstanding on the orders of the House of Commons
has been a declaration that a member shall
suffer expulsion Avho even reports the wishes
of the Executive head of the Government tp
influence the votes of members. The British
Constitution is not more jealous than ours in
this regard. To give advice, and honest, Independent advice, as to an appointment proposed is as much the right and duty of a Senator as it is the right and duty of the President
to propose the name. Be his advice one way
or the other, it is no more an act of disrespect or treason to the nominating power
than the verdict of a juror or the decision
of a Judge. The idea that the Senate is
simply to find out Avhatis wanted and then do
it Ave cannot believe safe or admissible, and
thus far no party has dared or descended to
set up such a test of party fidelity or al-
legiauce. In this instance prominence has
been giA'en to the subject, and such distrust
has been expressed of the correctness of, our
positions that Ave think it right and dutiful to
submit the matter to the poAver to Avhich alone
Ave are bound and ever ready to bow. The
Legislature is In session. Itis Republican in
majority, and New Tork abounds in sons
quite as able as we to bear her message and
commission in the Senate of the United states.
With a profound sense of the obligations avg
owe, Avith devotion to tbe Republican party and
its creed of liberty and right, Avith reverent
attachment to the great State whose interests
.and honor are dear to us, we hold it respectful and becoming to make room for those who
may correct all errors we have made, and interpret aright all duties we have misconceived. We, therefore, inclose our resignation, but hold last the privilege as citizens
and Republicans to stand forthe constitutional rights of all men and of all representatives, whether of the States, the Nation, or
the people.
We have the honor to be, respectfully, your
obedient servants,        Roscoe .conkling,
Thomas C. Platt,
lo Hie Excellency, Governor Cornell.
Another Version of the Conkliug-Gar-
fleld  Controversy.
A Washington special of the 16th to the
Chicago Tribune says the following is given as
an authentic presentation of the Administration side of the controversy from a very high
source:
" The fight in New Tork began by the President's nominating five persons, all of whom
were personal friends of Conkling. Next day
the President sent in the name of Robertson.
That Garfield ever promised Conkling that
Merritt should not be disturbed in the Colleet-
orship, or that Conkling and Piatt should be
consulted on this question, is authoritatively
denied. It is stated by the friends of Garfield
that he neArer made such an assertion, or gave
Conkling any ground or reason to invent such
an assertion. The President, on the contrary,
wasuot willing that the whole patronage of
New Tork State should be put into the
hands of Conkling, as had been the case
under pre\Tiou3 Republican Administrations. Robertson was the leader of
the Independent movement in New Tork
Avhich broke aAvay from Conkling and refused
to vote for Grant in Chicago. In the New
Tork State Convention, in 1SS0, Robertson refused to give a pledge to vote'for Grant, and
Conkling did not dare to accept the issue and
move not to consent to the election of Robertson as a delegate from his district to Chicago.
Robertson never broke faith Avith Conkling.
He Avas honestly independent of him, and opposed i,o Grant; and, in view-of the fact that
the only votes Garfield got from New Tork
came from Robertson and his following, to demand of Garfield that all the vast patronage
of New Tork should be placed in the hands of
Conkling, to be united in direct defiance of
the Administration, is a piece of effrontery on
Conkllng's part which no President could be
expected to endure.
"It Is susceptible of proof and demonstration which Avould be conclusive in court that
Platt deliberately promised, before his election to the Senate, that he Avould vote for the
confirmation of Robertson for whatever position he might be nominated Under this Administration,' Including—.md this Avas stated
in so many words by Garfield—the Collector-
ship of the Port of New Tork. It Avas upon
this understanding, and with the express
agreement that Platt would act as the representative of the Independent Republican
sentiment Of New York, that he ivas elected to
the Senate. He could never haAre been elected
by Republican votes Avithout the aid of the
Independent element, and he could not have
had their support save by this promise and on
this understanding.
"The resignations of Conkling and Platt
narrow the issue to this question: Has the
President the right to insist on his Constitutional power to nominate, and to ins'st that
the Senate shall have the right to confirm or
reject"' The question has never before come
up in this shape. The Senate has as yet taken
no vote and expressed no opinion in the matter. Conkling and Platt insist that the Senators fromNcav York are, as. far as appoint-
■mefltS from that State are concerned, tie Senate of the United States. They do this, to.%
not Avith respect to those offices of merely local
importance, but to one in whose efficient
administration Indiana and Missouri are as
much interested as New Tork or New Jersey.
They doth's over an o-fficer Avhosa location is
in New York, but-whose poAvers extend over
the whole country. The President insists
that, acting as he does under responsibility,
he shall 1-6 vested with the power io nominate
and get the opinion aud sanction of the Senate on a man in whom he can trust the administration of the vast powers ot the New
York Custom-house. He doe3 not wish to d e-
privothe Senite of one joto- tittle of its
power under the Constitution, but does insist
on his power to nominate, and the power of
the Senate to confirm orreject an appointment
when made." »     *
«■ » •  "-
General   Grant's   Letter   to   Senator
Jones.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The NeAV Tork Hernial of a recent date contains the following letter from General Grant
to Senator Jones, of Nevada, and the» statement is al-o made that a similar letter Avas
sent by the ex-President to President Garfield: *
City of Mexico, April 24,1881.
My Dear Senator:
I see by the latest dispatches rece'rved here
from the Capitol of our country that the deadlock in organizing the Senate is not yet broken,
and that nothing has been done by the President to allay the bitterne.'S Avhich must be
engendered bj his most recent appointments.
When the first batch of nominations for New
York: Avas sent in 1 was delighted. IbelicA'td
then the President had determined to recognize the Republican party aud n-t a faction.
But his nominations of the next day convinced
me that the .first act was but a p?rt of a deep-
laid scheme by somebody to punish prominent
leaders for being openly friendly to me. I
cannot believe that General 'Garfield is
tho author-of this-policy. I give him credit
for being too big a man to descend to such
means for the punishment, of men who gave
him a hearty support in his election, and who
are disposed to give him the same support
now, for the offense of luwing had a former
preference for some one else forthe office
which he now holds. But Garfield is President, and is responsible for all the acts of the
Administration. Conkling and Platt are the
chosen Senators from the great State of New
York, and that, too, against all the opposition
o'f an Administration created by the same
party that elected them. This should
give them all the stronger claim to be
consulted in the matter of appointments in
their State. "When it comes to filling the most
influential office in their State without consulting these Senators, itis a great slight.
When he selects the most offensive man to be
found, it becomes an insult, and ought to be
resented to t'xe bitter end. I sincerely hope
the President will see this, and correct
his mistake himself, and restore harmony to the party. He owes this to himself and to those without Avhom he
could not have been elected. Nobody believes that he could have carried the
State of New Tork Avithout the active support of her present Senators. Their passive
Support would not have answered. Without the
State of New Tork General Garfield would not
now oe President. His rewarding Robeit^on
is not only off ensiAe to the New York Senators,
but it is offensive to New Tork Republicans.
The change of Badeau and Cramer, the two
appointments in Avhich I felt a. strong
personal interest, was very distasteful to me.
The first because of our personal relations
and my wish that he should be kept where
his office Avould support him until he
finishes some work he is engaged upon,
and Avhich he could do without interfering with his public duties. The second,
because it was at the expense of removing
the son of my old Secretary of State,
who, probably, never had his superior, certainly never for moral worth, in the departments. It is true, he resigned, but he did this
from a sense of honor, supposing il to be the
duty of representatiA-es abroad to give a new
Administration the .opportunity of saying
whetherthey Avere wanted or not.
" Very truly yours, IT. S. G bant.
" Hon. J. P. Jones."
Another Coinet "Discovered.
A Rochester (N. T.) telegram of tho 13th
Bays: "The second comet discoA'ered during
the present year Avas found by Pi of. Edward
E. Barnard, of Nashville, Tenn., Thursday
morning, tt .is-located-in right ascension 33
hours 59 minutes 18 seconds; declination
north, 14 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds, and
is small, bright, and moving slowly toward
the northwest. Prof. Barnard will receive
the prize of $200 in gold, offered by Mr. H. H,
Warner, of this city, tho same as Prof. Swift
did lor the discovery of the first comet of
1881, ten days ago. The discoA'ery of two
comets in such close succession is something
wholly unknown in the previous history of
this country, and, while it is certainly singular, cannot be con-sir'cred as indicating -8'eri*
ous results during tho, present year,"
—One prize in three is carried off by
Jewish students in the New York colleges, according to report.
—"Rev. Joseph Cook is lecturing with
considerable success in Ireland, lie recently dined with the Archbishop of
Dublin.
—The University of Zurich has conferred on the Hungarian Countess Wil-
helmine Hugnay the title of Doctor of
Medicine.
—A Missionary Conference, embracing a large number of missions in the
East, will convene at the Bible House
in Constantinople in June.
—The new compulsory education law
in France provides, among other things
for instruction on duties of citizenship
and the constitution of the country, elementary notions of political economy,
and law, and gymnastics.
—A class for women has been -organized at Tale College, the lectures
and instruction to be delivered by Professors Sumner, Williams, Brewer and
others. It will resemble what is popularly known as the "Harvard Annex."
—Bishop Elliott, of Texas, is the
youngest Bishop in. the United States.
He is a son of a Bishop, but before entering the ministry was a dashing
young Confederate officer, and carries
a bullet in his handsome head which
still troubles him occasionally.
—The American Presbyterians and
the American Baptists are the only denominations carrying ou mission
work in Siam. The Presbyterians work
among the Siamese and the Laos and
the Baptists among the Chinese. The
Presbyterians have a flourishing orphanage in Bankok, the capital.
—Bishop Warren has introduced a
polytechnic department of a novel but
very practical character into the Atlanta University. He has organized a
College of Carpentry, and the colored
students have taken to it in such large
numbers that he wants a little money to
enlarge the out-house where they work
and to supply tools.
—At the recent meeting of the New
England Methodist Conference a report
was presented by the Committee on the
State of the Church, suggesting special
effort for higher piety and more faithful
Christian lives, and the maintaining of
a higher general standard. It discourages single services on Sunday, and the
leaving of the afternoon vacant. The second preaching service in the evening
crowds out an important prayer meeting, and the vacant afternoon is a
temptation to Sabbath-breaking.
PUN6ENT PARAGRAPHS.
—Doctors live by pillage.—Steuben-
ville Herald.
—Natural philosophy—Eating when
you're hungry.—Philadelphia Chronicle.
—The father of vinegar remains in
obscurity, but its mother is wellknown.
—Detroit Free Press.
—Euny man who kan swap horses or
ketch fish, and not lie about it, iz az
pius az men ever get to be in this
world.—Josh Billings.
—Most persons find it harder to tell
what they know than what they don't
know; and jret they have the most to
say about thelatter.—Boston Transcript.
—in the revised Bible it is spelled
"hades." People who hit their thumb
nails instead of the tack while putting
down carpets should bear this fact in
mind.—Chicago Tribune.
—We notice that the revised baseball regulations for 1881 place the
pitcher live feet farther away from the
striker. Of course this Avill materially
reduce the number of basemen slain,
but it is really no improvement. A
man may as well be killed outright as
crippled for life.—Rockland Courier.
—"What lies beyond?" asks -a'.correspondent in the opening sentence of a
communication. We are not dead sure,
but from the smell and a casual glance
over the fence we should say it Avas
something in the line of dead cats. It
is. always best to move ia the merry
May-time, because you get used to the
new smells before the real hot weather
comes.—Chicago Tribune.
The True Philosophy of Life.
" What I Avas gvrine to remark," began Brother Gardner as the Der-
troit Lime Kiln Club was called
to order, " am to de effeck dat one-
half of de solid enjoyment I could
take in dis world if let alone
am . split by a set of men Avhom I
earnestly hope denex' gineration will
east into de sea. I can't pick up a paper
Avidout bein' startled by de announcement dat we eat too much, sleep too
littl§, sit up too late, goto bed too early,
dress too warm or too cold—walk too
much or too little. De croakers am
constantly at work to put de rest of us
on de ragged aige of anxiety.
"One day we hear dat eonsumpshun
has become our nashunal complaint.
Nex' day it am predicted dat de fewel
suppy * of de world am runiiin' short.
Next fing we liVar of am de statement
dat de! aiverage of human life am
growin' shorter, or dat eight men out of
ten have liver complaint, or dat a comet
am 'preaching*'' de airth. Dar's sunthi'a
bein1 hunted up an' shot off at us eb.ery
day in de y'ar," ah* it has got to dat
pass dat de man who lies down at Bight
dreads dat he may nebber see de moon
again, an' he gits up to wonder if de
conuagrashun gwine on hide sun won't
burn up his garden truck befo1 night.
"I has been iinkin' all dese lings
ober. I has bin worried an' harassed
an' half scart to death ober de
drift "period, de predicted climatic
changes, de astronomical changes nude* sudden diskiveries dat human life
am shortenih* up like an old clothes-
lindon a rainy day. I has got to dat
pitch dat I'm goiu' to sot down in my
cabin wid a pan of apples on the right
han' and a pan of pop-corn on the left,.'
an' let de world turn bottom up an' be
hanged to her. If white folks want to
go on worry-In1 ober science'an'-philosophy an1 prej^ieks&uns an' prophecies,"
let 'em do it, but my advice to de eulPd
race am to worry ober nuffin'higher'n,
dc roof of a house or deeper down dan
de bottom of a cellar. When your day's
work am dun, sot down in de big cheer,
light yer pipe au' let de chtl* exi an1 de
dog Joose fur a gaod. timfc."
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