All Sorts Of Pen-scratches

- The Rgv J. H. McC.u-ty lias called a meeting of the Christiun women of Jackson, to inaugúrate a crusade against the liquor sellers, or so nay.s a Detroit TritnitU) item. We have no sympathy with the liquor trafile, but we have no faith ui auy lasting benefits to come froin this nêW Ohio notion, and hope that the women of Michigan will think long iind prayerfully before embarking in a sensatiunnl praying crusude. - ■ Dr. Dio Iiowis, who assutues to bo the leader in the woinau's praying crusado against the liquor sellers of Ohio, deolared in a public meeting at Columbus, on the 24th, that " ho was satisfied the prohibition law had been a curse in Massachusetts, and if repealed at least one-third of the rum holes in Boston would close." "Dr." John Eussell, of Detroit, who was present, took issue with Mr. Lcwis, and favored prohibitory legislation. - In the House, on Wednesday, the postal bill being underconsideration, Gen. Butler gave the newspapers of the country particular fits. Butler will never forgive tho papers for twitting hiin about spoons and things, and would be glad, no doubt, to be able to say with one of Yirginia's ancient Congressmen, " ïhuuk God there is not a newspaper published in my district." - ■ The Toledo papers and peoplo are anxious that Mr. Joy and the Central Railroad interest should build a road from Jackson to Toledo, strike hands with the Pennsylvania or Baltimore and Ohio roads, and in that way solvo the bridge problem. Detroit people or that portion of them who fight tho bridge should medítate on tho proposition of the Toledoians. - Senator Chandler has placed us under obligation fer a copy of his spoech in favor of an immediate provisión for the redemption of greenbacks. It is not often that we sympathizo with or indorse the utterances of Mr. Chandler, but his recent financial speech or speeches against inflation show him sound on the financial go ose. - In the Ohio House, on Tuesday, a resolution. was offered declaring the liquor traffic as the greates social, moral and political ovil of the times, and expressing sympathy with tho woman's temperance movement. (Suspension of the rules (neccssary to put the resolutions on its pafsage) was refused by a vote of 40 to 44. - Charles Dudley Warner- ia "Baddeck and that sort of Thing " - tells of finding au old Scotchman down on Cape Breton who had never heard of Robert Burns, and then intimates that there is no end to the distance ho would iiot travel tü find an American who had never heard of Goorge Washington. - The President is reported as suggesting the passing of a law punishing the newspapers for " lying " about public measures andinou. That little game was tried in the early history of the Government : but then the President may never have heard of the "alien and sedition law." - At the late session of tho Graud Lodge of Odd Fellows' at Lansing, measures were taken looking to the early completion of the Odd Fellows' Institute in that city. The funds aro to come from an assessment upon each Lodge. - The House Judiciary Committee has reported against so amending the Constitntion (national) as to provida for explicit and official recognition of " Almighty God and the Christian religión." - Mrs. E. Cady Stanton has taken ground against the sensation of the day - the praying women's crusade against the liquor sellers, which she declares " but little more dignified than mob law." - At the last Trinity Church, Now York, has determined to lease no more of its buildings to be used as liquor saloons. Better late than never. - Bay City has had another sensation : 300 men afloat on a vast field of ice. But at last advices all had escaped save two reported drowned. In refoktin'g the proceedings of the recent session of tho Michigan Publishers' Assccvation, the Lansiug liepublican makea the editor of the Argus refer to the Detroit Tribune. We wero careful to name no journal in tho brief remarks we made, and, besides, the Tribune was not the one referred to. - In thi9 connection we may be permitted to say that both tho Tribune and Post oxhibit a vast deal of holy horror that the " country press " should desire to bo quartered on tho treasury. Now, we give those journals definitely to understand that the Akgüs has not asked Congress to provide for giving it exchanges free of postago. Neither does it clamor for free county circulation. But the AitGUS does claim and insist that its subscriber at Ypsilanti (or Ann Arbor even) should not be assessed the same postage as is charged for bringing a Boston, New York or San Francisco journal to a subseriber at tho same office. If 5 cents a quarter is exacted for delivering the ArGUS to Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti subscribers the New York journal should be charged at the lowest figure 20 ceuts a quarter, and the Ahgus is no moro quartered on the treasury by being dolivered at all offices iu this county free of postage than are the othr journals alluded to when assessed at only ó cents a quartor. We only ask for graded ratos, but if Congress, influeuced by the press of the great citios, will fix general newspaper postage at rates loss than the cost of transportaron and delivery the logical conclusión is free local postage. Congress is the culpable party, such a result boing ieached, not the country press for protesting against discrimination to its own hurt.