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RUTHERFORD should get those soldiers out of Louisiana and South Carolina. That was his promise and it is the law.

THK best rthing that can be said of iHayes is that he claims to be a convert to doctrine# which hare always been known.as Democratic.

IN the light of the experience of the past two years, it would .appear.to be worth the while it Eastern .manufacturers look after their dams.'

'THE GAZETTE insist# on the appoint--onent o,f David Davis as one of the commistfton that is to visit Louisiana. The •country wants to know where that artful dodger stands, and the present is as jjood a itime as any to make the dis «6©very..

THE persistance of oui Independen tfqends in putting up,a. municipal ticket js.curio.us, to say the least of it. The fun •eCstanding up tobeknodced down, the TGAZ^TTE could never appreciate. Third jMrty movements are about as necessary As Ave wheels to a wagon.

AND still bayonets uphold carpet bag governments in two Southern states. Mt. Iiay£3 should remember his promimo and not forget the constitutional Mghrt* .of the states. Those soldiers have no right in Louisiana and South Carolina .aq*«hould be withdrawn.

PACKARD prates about his majority in Afqparen^t ignorance of the fact that he re•cefyed about seven thousand less votes than Mich

oils. His pretened majority was

the work of J. Madison Wells, who may be termed a sweet scented specimen of the great middle class—half knave and half •eoundrel.

IF Clerk Adams organizes the next Congress to suit himself, it will be no fault of his. In the days of their supremacy, the Republicans clothed that office with arbitrary power for their own purposes, and hoping to perpetuate their rule. Their bad law has come back to plague them.

AND now it is About time for the Democrats to be casting abcut for a mu nkipal ticket. With the, selection of go*d men. the city ticket can be carried, and a majority ofcouncilmen be chosen' The city committee should appoint aday for the ward meetings, and it shpuld not be delayed too long.

REPORTS from Rome report the failing health of Pope Pius. He is quite an old man now, and the sands of his life are running low. Hk indomitable will alone seems to be supporting him, and the unequal struggle between willforce and a physical frame worn away by years of incessant toil cannot be long Newscf his death may be expected al-, most asy day. .... i.."R« •.

THE gentle reader i« requested to take notice, as he doubtless has long before this,.that the cream of the special dispatches of the Cincinnati morning dailies, .^appears ia the GAZETTE each afternoon.

The dispatohefr are especially good from ^/ashingtoa. All the juice is squeezed 9)41 and poured over the telegraphic page ^of^he GAZETTE, and thus a fifteen cent 4rank|is famished for a nickle.

C$1. Thomas H. Nelson is still, at Washington flinging his blandishments ovpr tfce administration with the grace of a Che^trfield, and the lavish hand of .the ProdigaL The truth is, Col. Thomas want^ tfie. Spanish mission and "Wants it bad." Fpr its part the GAZETTE wishes •him success. It would like to have him ^get the plfcc®, and while he is there it would Jike. to have him attend to a vast i)Hluber of-"ecfiates in Spain," the sole jsqsstfssionsrof Terre Hauteans.

tf pother, cofpinn will be found a call from .tli# Central committee, notifying the Democrats of the city, to meet in ward contentions, on .Saturday evening, April 7th. The city convention has been called icr Saturday April 14th. It now behooves Democrats

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doing. The meetings musf be fully at. tended. The time for pegpif to make their voice heard in political Matters, is £t' these primary meetings. (men should be selected, Mni sufepivf yicto-

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THE New York Sun was never a friend of Robeson. Its disclosures of his dirty doings embittered the last years in office ef that colossal fraud. It gives him a parting shot in the following paragraph.

It says '•Dick Thompson has revoked some of Robeson's orders and discharged some of Robeson's clerks, but this is only a small part of the work that v£ll have to be done before the dirty bilge water which Robeson left is pumped out ot the Navy Department. Let the Indiana mariner pipe all hands to the pumps, and make them jeri awav pretty lively for about two years, if he wants to accoir^lish^this task. The House has given him a fine 6tart by cutting off a good deal of the money that Robeson used to steal. If he conducts his department properly, he will scuttle about half the hulks now on hand and send in his estimates for next year at $6,ooo,oOo, less than halt the amount granted by Congress in the last appropriation bill.

THE latest yarn about the Secretary of the Navy, is the following. It should be told to the marines and not of a mar iner, tor the Commodore is understood to have always been a stictly temperate man. The fiction reads: "Years ago Secretary Thompson was in Congress with ex-Governor John Letcher, of Virginia. They were warm friends, and on one occasion the punch was so good and the last rubber was so long ir. coming that their spectacles got mixed and Letcher carried off Thomp. son's and vice versa. The intervening years have now passed and Mr. Thomp 60u is Secretary of the Navy, and Gov ernor Letcher is a distinguished member of the Virginia legislature. A few days ago Cengressman Goode, of the Norfolk district, called on the secretary in relation to the revival of business at the Norfolk navy-yard, and when the purpose of the nterview was attended to, Mr. Thompson inquired for. his old friend and jocularly remarked: "If Letcher don't come to see me and return those spectacles, I'll 6end Colonel Jim Forney and a file of marines after him." ("Colonel Jim," be it known to Philadelphians, is the son of Colonel John W. Forney, of the Pressi and is now stationed at the Norfolk navy yard.")

A PRETTY picture of pietv and politics is presennted in Washington among two rival churches. The churches are Newman's Metropolitan, where Grant went in ihe old days, and the "Foundry" church, where Hayes has signified his intention of attending. From an exchange we take the following reference to their doings:

The rival churches at Washington seem to be doing a thriving business, judging by the reports of last Sunday's success. The Rev. Brig.-Gen. J.. P. Newman does not intend to be suppressed by any means. Grant stands by him in this the hour of his deposition, and he is determined to let the world know it, after the most approved form of theatrical managers. Here is what the organ of the late and present dynasty says on the subject: "Regardless ot the weather, which was extremely cold, a large audience was present at the Metropolitan Church lyes terday. Among the distinguished persons present were ex-President and Mrs Grant, ex-Mar6hal Sharp, First Assistant P. Mi G. Tyner, and Mrs. Tyner and Mr. Allison. Bishop Merrill led irr the prayer, and Dr. Newman announced that the congregation would, haye the pleasure of hearing the Bishop in the evening."

In the same paper, the Successful rival treats Brother Newman with scant recognition, JUid glories over his fall without much mercy, the following notice testifies: "There was a very large congregation lat the Foundry Church yesterday mottling. The fact that the President and his family attend this churchr of course attracts a great, many strangers ,:Th&

President and Mr* Hayes, with their son, Mr» 'W^bb Hayes, and Miss Piatt, occu pied the pew set apart for their accomodation. Thie seats in the Foundry Chnich are all free, aftd the public and strangers iarfe always welcome but as the President and his family have indicated their wish to worship there, a pew isdesig nated which they will always find reserv for their "What is most hard on Brother New man is that his flock is fast deserting and going over to the Foundry, while he had just been reassigned to the Metropolitan for three yea.^, in expectation of making it the Government Church and getting another Goneular miSsson. 1———————

THEladies of the Mount Vernon Aid Soaetyof New York are very earnestly endeavoring to aid the National Mount Vernon Association Company of patriotic ladies who have purchased the estate, in providing against neglect and decay.

The M. V. A. S. of New York, proposes to raise an endowment fund for this purpose. To that end they are preparing an original and picturesque entertainment called the "Mistletoe Bough" to be given at the Academy of Music on the toth of April next The ladies under whose auspices this entertainment is to be given comprises the best known representatives of New York society. The last home and present resting place of Washington and wife are dear to the heart of every true American.

G. W. was beyond all dispute the mos

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meritorious individual who has appeared upon the world's stage since the establishment of the present Christian era. Orators, historians, theologians, sculptor*., painters, poets, politicians and horse jockeys, have paid tribute of the bpst they knew or could do to embalm fcis memory and consecrate his deeds. If there is no humbug in all this, the memory of Washington is the riehest inher. itance of modern civilization, and America, in whose cause this great renown was laitKfully earned, would be naturally expected to take a little stock in doing honor to and preserving his last restin,,

place. This duty has, however, been left to the woman cf America, with whom G. W. was always a great favorite, and for whom, it.is said, he in.life had a reciprocal regard. For over .0^ quarter ot a century the} strove to raise money to buy the Mt. Vernon estate. Through the help of Mr. Everett and thousands o» patriots who listened to his lectures given in the cause, their efforts became a success. They now have and hold the barren property, but are wanting in the means to keep it from lapsing into a national disgrace. It is expected that the production of the "Mistletoe ,Bough" by the society-ladies of New York will be the means of putting the home and tomb of G. W. on a respectable footing. G. W. is known to have been in a quiet way partial to the traditions of the "Mistletoe Bough" with all that its antique ceremonies imply, and this enterprise commcnds

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in the language of the New York Tribune, "to the most generous support of the gentlemen of the city."

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TION.

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Republicans of the indorsement of the party by the people of New Hampshire, in the late election. The true inwardness of that election is set forth in an article in the St. Louis Times, giving an accourit of one of the questions involved in it, which will be news to people in this section. It is a matter on which the people should be informed. The article reads: "The recent election in New Hampshire is triumphantly pointed to by the party press as a vindication of the supposed policy of the spuroiis administration and of the Republican party. Assuming that Mr. Hayes has a policy, it oan hardly be contended that its faint foreshadowings seriously affected the situation in New Hampshire. Viewing the election as an endorsement of th« party of fraud and force, the Republican press must necessarily hold that the psrty in New Hampshire has supported Republican principles, and that its doc* trine a are those which the "party desires to succeed.

One important subject^^^®®'*^ the decision of the people of New Hamshire at the late election was a canstitutional amendment proposing to abolish the disgraceful religious test, by which no Catholic is allowed to vote for governor or member of the legislature, Jand none but Protestants are permitted to hold any position in the public schools, Nothing more intolerant than this religious test has ever disfigured the statute books of any portion of our country. No such intolerance now exists in any other state than New Hampshire. It recalls the time when witches were burned and Quakers prosecuted by those model religionists, the Puritans, who cfemeto this country in order that-they might worship God as they pleased and compel everybody else to do the same. That t-uch a proscription should be kepi' in the contitution of any state is a disgrace to the civilization of the age and to the free institutions of America.^'

The Republican tft4* Netv Hampshire, by voting down the. proposed, amendment, has en-, domed:} this i'»intolerance, and when the Republican press boast's of the triumph in New Hampshire must take the bitter with the sweet and declare that the party does well to disfranchise Catholics while permitting Infidels and Mormons to vote and hold

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without question. Iftfoe people of, Maryland, or any other state in which, Catholics should happen to hayea majority, should impose a similar proscription upon Protestants, there would be a howl that could, be heard all over the land. Is not the Republican party aware that by upholding such intolerance it invites retaliatory legislation? Or does it be':ieve that the Republicans of New Hampshire are doing right and rightfully sustainin^Regublicanjgrinci^les?

TREASURY CIVIL SERVICE RULES.

The cabinet of Hayes' seems disposed in theory ot least, to make an honest effort to reform the civil service. Knowledge of this fact will be especially pleasing to the people of the country at this time^ after eight years of ?55 personal S ^government, where .* I!., -k* the appointees were the chums of a President who had the most remarkable faculty for affiliating with disreputable bummers. Whether the plan proposed is to be carried out in good faith, time alone can determine. We have grown suspicious. Promises have been made too often to the ear to be broken to the hope. Indeed something of that kind is now alleged against the President in relation to his Southern policy.

However, everybody hopes that our civil service system will be reformed, for everybody knows that it needs it. In

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this connection we present the rules and regulation* governing the appointment and employment of persons in the Treasury Department. They read:

First—The force employed in this department. and in each division and bureau,wilt be carfally corrected to the number andgride fixed by law, and the appropriation therefor.

Second—When ihe law does notfixthn number or compensation of employes, as in tbe case of temporary clerks, or persons paid from appropriations for specific purposes, the number at no time snail exceed the demands of tbe service, and the compensation ehall not exceed the rates paid for simiUr service in private establishment!".

Third—Each head of bureau in this department will be strictly holden to tbe enforcement of the foregoing rulee,_ and will report in writing to this office within ten days, and from time to time thereafter, the named of all persons employed under direction, who, by reason of incompetency, bad habits, neglect of duty, or any other caui-e, ought not to be retained lorger in the nervice also, those whose terviceo are no longer require! for the conduct of the businefs entrusted to hw charge. When a vacancy of any grade above that of class one occurs in anv bureau, and the public service requires ihtt it should be filled, the bead of such bureau will report in writing the names of the persons of lover grade, who, by reason of in3 ustry, integrity and competency, are most- deserving of recognition by promotion thereto.

Fourth—Appointment of temporary clerks will hereafter be made only for a limited time, not to exceed the exigency which calls for their employment, the period of service to be statea in the letter of appointment. )Fifth—Hereafter, no person will he appointed or employed in this department unless a written application for employment, and all the papers and recommendations pertaining thereto, intonded for. file in this department, shall have been filed in the appointment division of this office, and merely verbal applications or recommendations for appointments or promotion will not be entertained.

Sixth—Under the requirements of the joint resolution of congress, approved March 3d, 1865, the preference, for appointment will necessarily be givsn to honorably discharged soldiers or sailors of the

Uniten States, and under the provisions of the act of March 3,1875, directing the appointments of this department to be so arranged as to be equally distributed be. tweeq the several states of the United States, territories, and the District of Columbia, according to the popular vote, no person whose legal residence is iri any division of the country above mentioned, which has received already its full number of appointments in accordance with the distribution directed, can be appointed, and all appointments will be subject to the examination required by the provisions of section I, 64, revised statute* of the United States.

RAT KILLING EXTRAORDINARY. Tl|E SKY WHO DEMOLISHED100 is-

SIDE SIXTEEN MINUTES

At 10 P. M. yesterday some two score of dog fanciers, sporting men, and persons attracted by curiosity assembled in a loft not half a mile from police head jifMtfers to witness a match for $200 a idesbetween time and James Spencer's Nip, Nip's owner backing him to kill 100 rats within thirty minutes. Nip is a hand some a lo-pound 8-ounce Sky terrier as csn be found in America. He is goldenpolled, blus backed, well feathered, and (outside of a rat pit) as gentle as a lamb, and when time was called and he produced in condition for the match his toilet rivaled that of any Fifth avenue belje's pet. His abundant poll had been carefully combed till his eyes were invisible, and his parting al«ng the back was at perplexingly accurate as a British dandy's, and showed the sign of blood, the blue skin, from the nape of his neck to the root of his short, demonstrative, and oracular tail.

The rats were lively ones, and comprised a score of small ones the most difficulty vermin for time to tackle. They were carefully cbunted, and, on being let loose, they formed two pyramids in the corners of the pit or wooden rtructure, three feet high, surrounding a space six feet square. "Nip" whined anxiously until he wjfe loosed, and then went to work like a perambulating sausatge machine, and in five minutes, forty rats, caught deftly, either in the middle of the back or In the 'neck, Were pitched out of the pit s'otie.dead. There were rats that were scared dilt cfthe two' pyramids already tpoken of, and then the hard work began. "Nip" for three or four minutes had to, attack thbse pyramids aud got badly bitten, but not whine escaped him, and, at the thirteenth miriutt Uie repaining rats had.scittfc^d^M jO'leW thp pit, sOt^e running tijirtHe' legs ortHe "haftdler," and "Nip" went to work like lightning to complete his task. Tfi}ee successive times in rushing about the pit He snapped up, without changing his gkit, thjee rats in three.recortds, and made some astonishing "fciHs/'catching rats that jumpdd to avoid his jaws in mid air, and throwing them-astde as he dashed into a corner and demolisheb seratim a half dozen. Nip" wa quicker at the finish tnan at ,t'ne start, and the last five rats were killed in fe^iri&corftU.'"fiAlfc fats called on the 100th rat, the stop-watch indicating 12 minutes and 20 seconds, aJi average of g% seconds pei" rat.

This tiirte beats the' best time by over 7 minutes, and no Skye terrier has ever come within minutes of "Nip's" time. "Nip" is valued, at

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I tmt CINCINNATI ESQUIRER. "How,s that mast on the Wabashr" inquired the Executive Officer of that fri gate of a Naval Constructor, who had been making an investigation. "Mast on the Wabash!" repeated the Secretary of the Navy, hurrying up from the rear. "I know all about that. The beech mast is all gone, the acorn poor, and if it wan't for the shell-barks they wouldn't get grease enough out o' their pork to fry a corn-cake," and the great Secretary disappeared, humming "A life on the ocean wave,

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GOOD ENOUGH.

President Julius H. Seelye, Amherst college, has donated all ot his salary while a representative in congress from Massachusetts, to the town of Amherst, to be expended in laying sidewalks throughout the villLige.

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Capital Cullings.

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He Interviews Hayes, and Feels Much Encouraged.

With the Aid of a Few Soldiers, He Threaten? to Hold the Fort-

Governor Hampton will Rely Upon the Justice of His Cau«e and the Laws of the

State.

How Hayes Pulls the Wool Over the Eyes of Confiding Southerners.

A Little More Talk and Much Mystery About That Matthews- Foster- Hayes

Agreement.

tpeci'l Dispatch to the Jinqutrer. Washington, D. C. March

27.

Chamberlain, with the traditional carpet bag in his hand, arrived here at midnight last night, and forthwith took himself to his hotel for a bath and sleep. Soon after eight o'clock this morning Senator John Patterson and brevet Senator Corbin knocked at his door, atid had him shaped up to call on Hayes. The trio, about ten o'clock, reached the White House, and did not bark their shins long in the ante-room before they were invited into the presence of him who serves his party best by coddling up close to his dear country. Hayes received Chamberlain with a hearty shake. The trio —Chamberlain, Corbin and Patterson, allegorically representing the world, the flesh and the devil—said they merely called to pay their respects, and as John Patterson put it, "to let you know Mr President, that, like Matamora, having been sent for he has come." Governor Hayes took quite a fancy to Chamberlain, who, having a glib tongue and artless ways, made quite an impression upon iiim. The first interview was brief, but Hayes insisted that the pseudo Governor should call again ^at two o'clock and lunch with him. Chamberlain didn't wait for the invitation to be repeated, but was on hand at the appointed hour, and remained the guest of the Usurper until six o'clock. Upon leaving the White House he came down to the hotel, where Patterson and Corbin were waiting to receive him. He was highly elated with his treatment at the White House, and is in capital spirits to-night. He says that he i« Governor of South Carolina, and proposes to hold the fort unless he is driven out by Federal bayonets. At 9 o'clock Don Cameron, who arrived in Washington this evening, sent for Chamberlain and gave him another opportunity to indulge his gastric appe titeata private dinner at Wormley's. Cameron means mischief. He will advise Chamberlain to accept no truce short of his recognition by Hayes, and will in spire him with the idea that the North will aid him in upholding his claims.

GOVERNOR HAMPTON

Is expected to arrive here to-morrow morning at two o'clock. Friends of Gsv. Hampton in this city, say that he will make no oral argument in behalf of his gubernatorial claims. He will file with the President 9. written statement, succinctly showing the chain of title by which he holds his office. He will refuse to enter into any bargain or compromise, but will set forth that he has been legallychosen to fill {the executive office by a majority of the vpters of South Carolina, that his title is acknowledged by the lar ger proportion of citizens of the state that the courts have been heretofore, and are still, ready.to enforce his rule that the tax-payers recognize, the -validity ., .,of ,bis Government and all ,-l'|that{(,t,. he asks is that the Federal Government shall remove its troops, which will tend to allow the processes of the Courts to be enforced, and restore peace and good government to the State, Hampton's friends say also that if any compromise is suggested by which£hamberlain, through the consolidation of the Legislature, offers to martyr himself for the Senatorship, that he Will refuse to entertain any proposition lookipg to^.that end. It the conference between the rival Executive claimants does not result in the.unconditional abdication ef Chamberlain, Hampton purposes to have him ejected under the existing State laws, and all he will ask is that the United States allow the. civil process of the Courta to, be served upon him.

JwHT THIS MYSTERIOUS SILENCE? In spite of idle threats to publish the Matthews-Foster agreement because the troops were not promptly withdrawn from the double-headed states, all efforts to obtain it haye failed. In reply to direct request to see it for publication, Messrs. Levy and Ellis said to-night that they would not make it'public unless Fos ter or Matthews requested them to do so, or unless Matthews or Foster published it and gave a different cpnstruction from that the Southern parties give it. Matthews has telegraphed to Washington giving his consent that the paper be made public, and asserting that he nas no copy, and does not exactly remember its language. He also says that he has telegraphed to Foster to make it public, which he would do at once if he could re a a

DOUBLE DEALING.

Representatives Levy and Ellis called on the President at one o'clock to-day They went into the Royal presence feeling quite blue, but came out rather impressed that after all Nicholls might get a chance, -Hayes told them that President Grant's order of March 3rd, to Gen. Augur, in New Orleans, to protect the property and preserve the peace, shall continue in force, and that the telegram sent to Augur yesterday was not designed to modify that order in any respect It is noticeable that those, representing the Nicholls and Hampton governments here shift in their opinions of Hayes with as much regularity as the weather-cock. Hayes treats them well, talks to them plausibly and pats them on the back, and they leave his presence with the idea that he means to do what he says. In the meantime he is bull-dozed by the ultra

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wing of his party, and disregards even what may have previously been his good intention*.

LAMAR ALIENATED

Two days ago Senator Lamar, being unable to visit Mr. Hayes, wrote him a private letter in regi-H to the political situation in the South, and deprecating his recent course toward South Carolina and Louisiana. It was couched in dignified but caustic language, and seemed to make a deep impression upon the President for the moment, at least, for he remarked to a friend that he feared he had alienated Lamar from him.

BLAINE AND THE PRESIDENT. Blaine is watching the Southern situation like a hawk. He is th« Mephisto wh-ii* scuttling the bouthern policy. Mayes is advised to 'Vcnv him off, but Blaine has an inninuating erace which he can not resist. To-day, after the Louisiana Congressmen left, Blaine saw Hayes and endeavored to have him with hold instructions to Augur, commanding in New Orleans, as to a misinterpretation that officer had placed on the Secretary of War's order yesterday. It appears that both Packard and Augur, construed that vest"i day's order gave the latter authority to arrest the Nicholl's police. I* created considerable excitement in New Orleans, and a budget of telegrams were sent here to have its purpott explained by Hayes. The Louisiana congressmen induced him tonotily Augur that the order of March 3d only was in force, which was that the troops hould guard the publi". property and preserve the peace. Blaine tried hard to persuade Hayes to let Augur be his own interpreter of the. order, but in this instance his wish was not coir.plied with*

PIG-IRON KELLEY,

Of Pennsylvania, dropped into the town to-night. His arrival connects his name with ihe Louisiana Commission, and his vision, no doubt, delights with the outlines o'" the enticing quadroons, who gave him a first-rate racket when he was making terms wi.h J. Madison Wells for Louisiana's vote.,.,'7.

HE WANTS SOME SOLDIERS. Chamberlain says to-night that he is well aware that he can not maintain him* self as Governor of South Carolina without Federal aid. He admits that Hamp ton's government is stronger than his, but if' he is sustained by the troops he can regain his lost ground.

SHERMAN'S FINANCIERING.

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Sherman will try his hsmd as a financier by attempting, at an early day, to place a four per cent, loan on the market. The last call of bonds on account of the subscription of the first option of the five ,,, per cents, by the Syndicate was made today. The organs will parade this as a financial success for the Government,, whereas the fact is, it is only delivering the old goods already bid in.

THE MISSING LINK, ,ii

The Cabinet to-day met to receive •nother installment of declinations made by statesmen invited to go ,to Louisiana. Hayes is becoming discouraged with the business, and evidently concludes now that the country has had jenough of the commission traffic. It is known to-night that four statesmen have accepted. The members of the cabinet decline to give their names. One more is wanted to complete the count. The four selected are believed to be Vice-President Wheeler, Wm. D. Kelley, ot Pennsylvania John C. Brown, ot Tennessee, and John 1 M. Harlan, ot Kentucky. -j

TOO MUCH CHIN.''*'

If Governor Hampton could induce Judge Mackey to clear out of Washington, his cause could be much better represented by some one with an abler head and less chin.

GONE BACK ON NoYES.

A friend of Mr. Hayes is authority for the statement that when Noyts left Ohio for Washington, before the Ohio Senatorial election, it was known that he was a candidate for John Sherman's shoes. The same authority says that Noyes ceuld have haa the caucus nomination on the first ballot when he returned to Ohio. He was not a candidate and his influence was exerted for Matthews. The query here is, "Whst was the consideration?" supplemented with the additional one,' "Wonder if Hayes has gone back on him, as he has the agreement his friends made. for him as to his Southern policy

A CASH TRANSACTION., i'l From tb»Detroit Free Press, c- r.A gentleman living in Duffield street, yesterday hired-a boy to walk home beside him and carry a bundle, having first agreed to pay the lad fifteen cents. On reaching the*house, the man found he had no smaller change than a quarter, and he said: "If you'll call at my office at 2 o'clock 111 have the change. "But it was to be cash down," protested the boy. 'Lil "So it was but I haven't- the change, a! you see. You'll have t® call around to my office."

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"I'll call," growled the boy, as he turri- i" ed away, "but I just know how it'll work. When I knock on the door a cross-eyed :o clerk will yank it open, ask me what I s» want, and when I tell him he'll yell out: 'That man went into bankftiptcy fast Sep- S& tember, and now you git That's the Jo way they alius play it on me, and I druther lose the fifteen cents than to call the rti clerk a dodo and havef to dodge coalscuttles all the way down «tairs. v.

HURRYING TO THE STORE., During the last duH season a wellknown Main street merchant was observed taking giant steps in the direction ot his place, of bu»ihess at 7 o'clock in the morning. A rival tradesman, who was well assured that large Bales was not the motive that induced this rapid transit, hailed the swift "commercial traveler,!-' U* and interviewed him as folldws: "What's broke loose, Charlie? Where are you going in such a hurry?" "I'm going to the store." "e fHi "Trade must be actiye with vou!" so "It' not trade that has called me out." "It's not a woman, is it?"

.It

rej E

1

course not. But 111 explain

the thing to you to keepdown your infernal suspicions. There are three partners

in

our

The Iarf man that comes in the morning has to stand up all day. It is very important for me to get to the store early this morning—good day."

And Charlie "lit out" like a reporter for a newspapei en route to a firs. —f Western Retail Grocer. £r

A BRUISER.

Littleton, N. H. March

Kimball of Dalton age

v»

store, and we have only two chahs

"28.—Gery

65,

while drunk

last night beat his wife to death.