All Sorts Of Pen-scratches

- Charles Praucis Adums is named in I the list of candidatos for the vacant Beat 'of Senator Sumnur ; perhapi wc should i say in eonnection with the Mioeossion rathcr than as u oandidate. It, ia not to b antkúpated, bowever, that tho M.13sachusotts Lcgislature will so fur forget pitrtisanship as to db the State such an houor as to e)ot Mr. Adaius. Boutwoll would foei so Hiuall by hia sido that Massachusotts politicians wouid foei the disgrace rpflooted upon themsolvos too keonly. No, a smiillor light raust bo wnt to Washington. - Tho salary of tho collector of tho port of Now York is $6,."00, but tho foos, moietie!) or "stoalings," run the emoluinonts of the office up to noar $40,000. The naval officor has a sálary of $5,000, with nearly as rich pickings in fee and moities, tho surveyor $i,')00, with proportional plunder. And tlio people foot the bill. Hadn't tho Grangers botter " raiso a little har " iu that direction? - Tho Now York Eocnini Post. onitia thu New Hampshirc ulection " a doublé defoat," and yet concedes tb at " tho administration party has mot a signal defoat." Can ono party bo signalij' defcated and tho othcr not win a victory. Tho Post has so long held that the Democratie party was dead tjiat it chooses to stultify itself to confeBsing K mistako. - In cominunicating the deatli of 8onator Sumner to the Massachusetts Legislature, tho Govornor congratulated that body on the adoption of the rescinding resolution, and the comtnunication of such aotion to Mr. Sumner prior to his death. " Better lato thn nevor" was his idea. - Butler has given out that hu is not a candidato for Sumner's vacant soat. Ho lacks confidenco in tho present Legislaturo, and rather trust to a mauipulation of the caucuses next suuiuier aud f all with a viow to seizing on the f uil tenn, to commonco March 4, 1875. - Mr. Dawes straddled tho fonco during tho recent contest over the Boston Colloctorship, and now Butler rewards the aid thus givon to Simmons (rofusing ;o join the opposition against him), by jocking Dawes for the Senatorship.