All Sorts Of Pen-Scratches

CLn'E J. T. Dkew, who claims to have his local habitation at Burlington, Vt., but who fiii'lri his Tocation iu the lobbies of tho capítol at Washington, has come to the defense of Bchuyler Colfax. He kncrtvs Oakos Amos, has liad business wi'h OmIíps Ames, in fact was in consultation with or rather hanging on to the ski lis of Onkes Ames the day he drew tho money from disbursing officer Dinon. Hu looked into the band of Oakea Anca, ss any gentleman (of his profession or persnasion) would, and pbiiniv saw thoso initials "6. C," also the $500 bill hamled out in part pnyment of tlio check ; and saw Ames hand the money immediatoly to a stranger. All of vrhich iscunh'rmed by a oonvenient entry in his diary- made at the time. His excuse for "peaching" it so late a day is that ho has heen absent in Enland and has but jast ieturned. Lut a World Washington correspondent writes that he saw this same Diew in Washington, yes in the old Hall of the House of' Representativos, on the same day the cornmittee of invpstigation was in session. But Ames was alive, then ■and Drew was silent. Such a bauker can hardly be of any service to Colfax or his cause. - We have another illustration of the saying that "the minds of great men run in the samo channe.1." It is t'urnished us by two of-our exchanges : the Toledo Commercial and Jacksou Citizen In the tri-weekly of the fortner, datüd July 4th, there was an editorial huaded " More Aboutthe 'S. C.' Check," and the Citizen of the 8lh July (weekly edition) also had an editoiial with the same identioal heading. The one oommenoed, "the statement of Mr. John T. Drcrw elsewhere reported'', and closed, " while prompt and iinpartial in the exposure and punishment of bad officials, it becomes the people to guard carefully against the injustice to the innocent ;" and the other opened and closed with the same language, - while the filhng in for more than half a column was as like as two peas. Does pen edit the Commercial and scissors the Citiznen or tice versa? have both the same editor F or do both plunder from a common source? The discrep ancy in dates is a "little " in favor of the Commercial, but then " spirits " care nothing for dates. - Letters going through the mails from one office to anutber are charged with postage at the rate of three cents per rate of oue-haif ouiice or under, while letters dcposited t'ur delivery at the office - or " drop letters " - are only charged with one cent per rate. This just distinction is fiolated by the new postal law, the AltGUS subseriber getting his paper at the Aun Albor office being charged the same postage - 5 cents per quaiter - that he is required to pay on the Boston Bvgle, the Isevv York Smasher, the New Ürlean3 Peder, the San Francisco Aitouiísher or the Alaska Sealslin. Thut may be justice but tho public fail to so see it, even though ordained by a thoroughly Radical, " loil," and salarygrabbing Uongrem. - Gen. Butler let off a little Fourth of July gas at Framiagham, Mass. ; and when be roseto do so an enthugiastic admirar in the crowd beforo him called for " three chcers ior the hero of Fort Fisher." It was at a temporalice ïna.-s meeting, and the Ganeral was called upon to define liis position upon the present liquor law, to wiiich he suggested that his friend ought to "remember that asking quëstions of an orator at a Fourth of Ju!y celebratioB is like whiiitling at a funeral." Did Butler think a teinperance meeting his funeral 'í - Before the fint of July posttnasters were graciously . penuitted to diatribute local papers to subscribers having boxes, providtd doing so did not interfero with the other business of their otfioes ; but they were not eonsidered mailed or mailable matter and allo wed to be"passed around" by carriers. Sinoe July lst these same local papers are treated as mailable matter a;nl made to pay the same postage as journals printed in New York, Boston, San Fiancisoo or Alaska. That's the " now you see it and now you don't see it gaine." - It is given out that the thrifty mem bers of the Forty-third Uongress, which dates its life and being from the fourth of March last, are " making hay while the sun shines :" that is, they are already dravving their fitst quarter's salary at the rate of $7.500 a year, and this when, ïf members of the House, they have ïeither entered upon duty nor even been sworn into office. This "straw " doesn't iromise a repeal of the increase-of-salary jill at the coinins: sesaion. - A New York World " personal " is n this wise : " Mr. George Patten, aged eventy-six, took Miss Miria Thompson, aged eventy, as his blushing bride, in Oakhiin County, Mich., last week." All of' which may be true : but, then, where is that "Oakham County 't" It is not down on the lutest mttps of tuis State. - The t'ellow who wrote " elook " after the phrase " hands have they, yet steal not" was evHontly disgusted with the recent performances of the Kadical Conjressmen, and tbought to administer a mild rebuke. He is informed that they prefer to take the people's money and lave no use for such a hint. - Miss Phebe Couzins, the champion of the wouian suffnige caussin St. Louis.has paid her taxes under protest. " No taxation without representation " is her watchword. As long as she pays the authorities will probably make not the least objection to her protesting. If she enjoys it they will be gratified. - Young Wal worth, convicted of murder in the second degree, was sentenced on Saturday last to imprisouinent for lito. Charles O'Conor, of his counsel, is not reported over-pleased with tho Terdict, and is said to have expected an acqiiittal. Wal worth appeared to receive the sentence with perfect indifference. - uren. Butler havmg deolared that he always does his dutjr, and that it being his duty to take thu baok pay he took it, a sharp but saucy newspaper fellow retorts that " it was Gen. Butler's duty to take Port Fisher, but then he didii't.'' Butler should riso to explain. - P. Baldy Lightner, son of Eev. M. C. Lightner, of Detroit, was ordained to he priesthood of the Protestant EpUoo)al chureh at his father's church (Grace) on Sunday last. Mr. Lightner graduated at the University iu the class of 1867. - S. C, of C. M. fame, was the Fourth of July orator at St. Joseph, Mich., whioh provea the " loilty " of that burg. - The New York Qruphic Company has contracted to build a balloon in which. Wise the celebrated aeronaut, with a oompanion, is to atteinpt a voyage aoross the Atlantic. Two enterprising Michigan boys - the Goodsells - are main spoken in that Graphic enterpriso : one of whom, Chas. M., graduated at the TJniVersity in 18G5. - At the meeting of the alumni of Williams College (Mass.), held at the recent Cummencement, a resolution advising the trustees to make provisión for the admission of ladics was rejected aftor a spiíitrd debate. - Durell threatens toresign bis judgnship and return to his New England birth-plrtce to dif. Which inay be a great lelief to New Orleans but will be rather rough on that unfortunate New Englnnd town. - Commudoro Vanderbilt has been eleoted President of tbe Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, in place of Horace F. Clark (bis aon-in-law), deeeased and haa accepted the position. - Dame Rumor now bas it that Matt Carpentor is the coming Chief-Juntioe. That Janesville speech - in defense of increasod salaries - was the truuip card hu played. - The Long Branoh races being in pro grbss th President can't iind time to go up to Washington und hold a Cabinut meeting. - The storms of last week were vory severo in Oliio, Indiana, and Illinois, and vvide-spread destruction of crops is reported. - At the last Covington, Ky., has a new i oatiiiaster : and " his naineit is " S. S. Farwell. Jiidsjfi Cooley Abroad. A correspondent of the Adrián Timen, writing from Amboy, 111. , under date oi June 27th, says : An eminent Judgo, like a prophet, is not without honor save in his own country, aud aocordiugly a resident of Michigan is apt to be somewhat surprisod upon iearning the very high estesm in whieh Mr. Justice Cooley is held in Illinois. It is doubtloss true that in his own state Judga Cooley is considered one of the bnghtest lights of the legal profession, but I hardly think there exists any adequate aupreciation of the fact that his fiiiuH is by no nieans local, but that his ability is fully recognized throughout the Union, and that he ranks with Marshall, Story, and Kent. In a recent conversation, one of the very foreniost lawyers of Noittiern Illinois stated that Cooley's opinión in the railroad aid case (20 Mioh., 4"2,) was the most masterly opinión upon that subject ever written in this country, that he now is the ablest law writer, and probably the ablest jurist in the United States, and that Prt sident Grant would do exceedingly well to appoint him to the vacant Chief Justiceshii). This has been supplemented by similar vúluntary testimony from many other prominent lawyers, inclnding the able Judge of this - the Third judicial circuit. Two Attorney's have remurkod in my that next to Kent, thej' considured "Cooley's Constitutional Limitutious " the most valuable American work in their libraries. It is a pleasure to citizens of Michigan who have enjoyed ths. honor of a Hearer acquaintance with Judge Cooley, to hear this wholly unsolicited and entirfily unanimous testimony to the ability of their t'avorite jurist, troui those who have known hiin only through his published woiks and opinious. F. L. G. We suspect that some Credit Mobilier or back-pay Congressman has the inside truck. Jtidge Cooley is not considured in the political or uioney-grabbing ring, and thnfore can not be presumed to be a favorito of GkaíjT. Och philosophical editorial friend of the Register bas lost all confidence in laws rni'1 courts and puuishment - eithcr us reforraatory or prottctive measures, and the conclusión of his reflucrions and doubts is that "ante-natal eduuation is moro effective than any subsequent inBtruotion," ai!d tbat " if half the pains had been taken in forruing jrouug Walwortii's oharacter beforo birth, that have buen used to preserve lus lite, the murder (of his father) would never havo been cornmitted." Admitring all of which, just to see the play go, can our eoteuiporary mark out a course of " ante-uatal education," a course nol, to be comprehendud alone by advauced or e:lucatod, philosuphers like himself.who understand all the laws of nature and being and obey them in3tinctively, ■ but one that the average mortal can pursue, acquire and practice upon. It is a practical scheuie we wunt, not visionary theories. Come, we'U give the " antenatal " sohool a free ca.rd in our columns. At a session of the ' Michigan Baptist Institute," held at Ypsilanti, on the 8th inst., Rev S. Haskell, of this city, read a paper on "The position of the church with respect to divorce," in which he oame to the conclusión that the Scriptures recognized adultery or fornication as the one and only causo for divorce, and that separation for other reasons does not justify the re-mamage uf even the innocent party. If the State would accept this position of the church we are inclined to believe that occasionall v. at least, there wouldbe anhonestefforttohainionize " family diffiuulties " and fewer breakings up. Liberty or lieense to marry agaiu is a prolific breeder of dissen, sion and separation, and prevents any effort to rcstniin a growing incompatibility- The Michigan Homoopathio Institute beid a meeting in Detroit on Tuesday last, and after l'ull discussion adopted a resolution " requusting the trustees of the Detroit Homeopathio College and of the Michigan Homeopathio College to traite their institutions and lócate the same in the city of Detroit." After which notice was givon of a joint meeting of tho two boards of trustees, to be beid at the oIEch of the Superintendent of Publio Instruction, Lansing, on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock P. M. Thia aotion seeins to iridicato a unión of much the larger portion of the homeopathists of the State in favor of au independent medical school, and agaiust the appointment of a piofessor or two in the medical department of the University. If so it also indicates an approaching era of good sense. It is offioially aunounced tbat the Michigan Central Railroad has passed its July dividend, though a surplus exceeding three per cent, has been earned. The larga and expensive iniprovements boing made by the company, double-trackiug, machine shops, etc, is the reason assigned for adopting the course determined upon The stockholders will, no doubt, cheerfully acquiesca iu the decisión of the directory. The Fourth of July was celebrated at Vienna, Berlin, Luudon, mid in such other foreign citios as any lnrge number of Americans were congregated.