•'ln the third place, it should not be forgotten
that his legislative record is of that questionable
character which is the hardest of all things suc
cessfully to justify or defend, 'hot proven is
unquestionably the public record in regard to
the charges that have been u ade against him.
Further than this no 000 can go. Even charity
can offer no more tenable hypothesis in regard to
them.
•‘Fourthly, the men who clamored for Mr.
Blaine's nomination, even in the face of assured
defeat, should not forget that the qualities of his
mind, oven admit! ing the immaculateness of his
intentions, are the very ones best calculate*! to
encourage doubt and uncertainty in regard to an
administration controlled and directed by him. "
VOL. XVIV.
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.
Notice of alO per cent, reduction
wxs posted Tuesday in the Brooks Iron
Company’s works, at Birdsboro, Pa.
Ex-United Stacks Senator Nesmith
has been placed in an insane asylum at
Portland, Oregon.
BCRDETT & POND, New York mer
chants in the South American and En
glish carrying trade, made an assign
ment 'Wednesday. Their liabilities are
$500,000, and they gave preferences for
$20,000.
William Pitt Kellogg Ims been
nominated for congress k_v the Third
Louisiana District Republicans. The
ku kris held a convention, and indorsed
the democratic nominee.
The potato yiel 1 in Canada, New En
gland, and New York is less than last
year, and rot and grubs are injuring the
crops. The western production is aho
below the average.
Exports from New York (ipecie in
cluded) for the week ending Tuesday,
were $7,068,717, against $7,453,600 for
the corresponding period in 1883.
