Plucky And Pugilistic Lawyers

The Bay City Chronicle saya : Richard Winsor, who has been Prosecuting Attorney of Huron County for soïno time, was defeated in tho contest last fall by George S. Engel. Between the ex and the aeting attorney there has been an invetérate feud for sometitne. A great deal of bad blood has been exhibited. Last Suturday they wero conducting a auit before a justice of the peace in the old Court House at Port Austin. During the progress of the tiial 80ine sbarp words were paBsed. Finally Winsor said he would not take any more lip froin such an insignificant fellow, rolled up his sleeves and went for Engel. Engel rolled up his sleeves and struck an uttitude to recoive the aggressor. After a few passes one of them feil, and Winsor got up. They came to time for a second round, and whon Winsor was getling the lest of it, an old citizen stepped in between and separated thein. The suit was then conducted to completion as though nothing had happened. After the closing of the case, and all parties were on their way home, the Judge of Probate of the county, R. W. Ir win, told Engel it was well he did not have him for his antagonist in the recent bout. Engel informed Irwin that if he had any cOEceit of himaelf he might step out into the middle of the road. The highway was covered with about two iuches of very fine dust, the grouud beiug dry. The ground being selected, they made for one another in true gladiatorial style. In a short time all that could be seen of the probate functionary of Huron County was the white of ihis eyes and his bright teeth, so.enveloped had he becoine in thiit fino gray dust which is so : tire of a strong soil. " A Farmer" writes to the Monroe Commercial (Rep.), nominating J. Wehster Ciiilds, of this county, for Congress. He says that " ho haR Toted for Mr. WALDRON every time he has been a candidate, and bolds hini in as high estoem to-day as he ever did," and that ho now favors Mr. Childs, " not hecause he is any better man than the fornier, nor bocause he eau accomjjlish any more perhaps than he (Waldron) can in Congress, but siinply and flat-footedly (if I may be allowcd tlie expression) because he is a farmer, and at the same time no ways inferior in abilities to either of the other candidatos." He avers that the farming interest is the most prominent and important in this Congressional district, and scouts the idea of longer employing a banker or morchant or lawyer to look after such interests. Ho oharges that if a banker is sent to Congress, " he will have a special intorest to look after that particular calling," and points to the eft'orts of " the merchants, particularly the importiug class, to destroy the tariff to promote and increase the importing business," and that they would, indeed, be willing to "destroy the iron and nianufaoturing industries generally, for the benefit of their special interests." Proceeding, Farmeh assures us that his brother farmors have been " positively alsoep for a length of time compared with which the sleep of Rip Van Winkle was but a nap." But they " are waking up to the inqniry whether it is not best for them to have somebody in Washington whoso interest it will be to specially look after their particular interests." They propose to have " a hand in shaping the tariff," to the end that " their wool shall be better proteoted, not for the purpose of raising its price, but to give the American producer the benefit of the American "market." He fails to teil us how the benefit or control of the American market is to be given the Amerioan woolgrowers without a duty so high as to prevent importation, and must count upon very innocent, if not ignorant, readers if they are to believe that such control of the market does not mean an increase of price. A tariff duty lovied for any other purpose than revenue, and on articles that will produce revenue, ia levied mainly or wholly to increase the price on the home article, fabric, or production coming in competitiou with the imported article, fabric, or production, be it of the soil, the flock, or the factory. Again, " Farmer" says that " free wool and the free manufacture and sale of shoddy will drive the sheep from the country, and the farmer to the production of the cereals for a livelihood," and as b. consequence produce " the deterioratioii of the soil and the impoverishment of the country." But what will be the , result of taxed wool and taxed manufuc- tures he does not hint. Perhaps he : raeans that a Congress of farmers, imitat ing ÜAKE8 Ames, and recording their ' votes in a way " to do the most good," i will tai both foreign wool and foreign manufactures so higb as to prevent the importation of either and give the control of the market to the wool growers and home manufacturer. Thisis itif any' thing, which is doubtful. But this being it, the wool wearers, whose name is legion, will do well to keep atl eye on the wool-growers. Would it not be better to select Congressmen who will represent the mass of the people, the interest of. the whole community, rather than men of one idea, candidatos pledged to legislate for one particular branch, trade, or profession ? There is no conflict between the manufactuer and the wool-grower, between the producer and the consumer, which cannot be reconciled. There is no branch of business, whether making of iron or steel, cutting of lumber or building of ships, growing of wool or cotton or wheat' which should be taxed to provide a home market for ita productions. Let the whole idea of protection, which is nothing but the taxing of the general public to support a particular business, be abandonad, and all taxes be levied solely for revenue, - the only object for which the government has a right to levy taxes, and the problem will be solved. The way to bring about such desirable legislation is to send no special axgrindersto Congress. The resülts of the Saratoga Intercollegiate Eegatta were not what had been looked or hoped for. We do not however, include in this statement the winning of the race by Columbia, but the general results : a erop of delay, vexation, wearing out of the patience of crews and visitors, the collision between Harvard and Yale, and the consequent bad blood. Postponed from Thursday afternoon to Priday aftornoon, and then to Saturday forenoon, because of rough water, the good natured and high spirited crowd of 30,000 was materially diminished, both pluck and pockets being exhausted. Then carne the " foul," the ' charges and counter-charges, etc, all smacking more of a third-class race oourse than of a friendly and honorable contest between college boys. Both the Harvard and Yale crews ought to give promise of better behavior in future matches or be ruled out. - Princeton won the Freshman race on Wednesday, and the single soull race was won by Yale. A brief report of the main race will be found in another column, and also a report of the pedestrian j races, for which prizes wore offered by Jas. Gokdon Benneït, of the New York Ilerald. The Washington dispatches of the 18th inst, contained the following anuouncement : W. H. Hunt, assistaut superintendent of the railway mail service has retumed from Saratoga bnnging with hini letters signed by the President authorizing the appointment ot J. H. Marr as Assistant Postmaster-General, also authority for John L. Routt, Secoud Assistant PostmasterGeneral, to act as Postmaster-Goneral during any tomporary absence of Postmastcr-General Marshall. To savo the time and expenses of a special messenger, our rotating President should leave Gen. Babcock at the White House, equipped with his signature on slips, and instructed to paste one upon any paper requiring his name. Just as legitímate as the usual department method (reinember Richardson, Sawyer, and Banfield) of signing documents "in the regular order of business," without knowing their oontents.