The Next Congress

Not the loast gratifying result of the Tuesduy eleotions in the soveral States, is a Democratie majority in the next or Forty-Fourth Congress. This has been seoured by gains in the foliowing States : In Alabama, 3 ; Arkansas, .3 ; Delaware, I ; Georgia, 3 ; Illinois, 8 ; Kansas, 1 ; Louisiana, 8 ; Maryland, 2 ; Massaohugetts, 5 ; Michigan, 4 ; Missouri, 1 ; New York, 10 ; New Jursey, 4 ; Pennsylvania, II ; South Carolina, 2 ; Tennessee, 7 ; and Virginia, 2. Add gains to the previous gaihs in North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and other States, and estiinate States yet to hold election the samo as now (and the Republicans cannot hold thoir own in them), and the next House will stand : Demócrata, 178; Republicana, 114 ; Deinonratic majority, Present Congress, Republican majority, 110. These figures indicate that the Adrninistration has lost popularity with the people, North, South, East, and West, and that the doom of the Eepublican party ig sealed : or will bo sealed, and that forever, if the Democracy makes good use of its victory. In the next Congress the Democratie House must put its foot on all ultraism and fanaticism ; the Democratie majority and the individual Democratie members must keep in view the cardinal principie of the party which elected them : Home Rule or Decentralization ; a sound currency convertible into gold and silver at the pleasure of the nolder ; and taxation by tariffs or otherwise for the sole urposes of revenue. A deaf ear must be turned to any claulors for paying the rebel debt, the rebel cotton loans, the rebel war expenses ; or forpensioning rebel soldiers. The Republicans predict legislation in this direction, and will " put up jobs" to trap hot-heads to cominit themselves iu favor of such measures to the injury of the party. No legialation must be proposed or countenanced, that can be misrepresented, or tortured into a design to undo the so called result of the war, to re-establish slavery or even to disfranchise the negro. A firm grasp must be fixed upon the throats of all treasury raiders, whetber disguised as Indian Rings, Credit Mobiliers, Moiety Grabbers, or under whatever name Legislation must be confined to nationa. supports and kept within the limits of the Constitution. This done, the predictions of the Republicana turn to ashes upon their lips, and in the contest two years henee the people will invite the Democracy to come up higher, and give the Exeoutive Department of the Government into their control. Honesty, mtegrity, intelligence, and moderation, are only necessary to enable the Democracy to clinch and perpetúate the victory they have won. The Detroit Post seems inclined to appreciate a joke. Here is an item from its yesterday's paper : Under the announcement of Democratie victories in the Free Press is the cali of the Detroit clergy for a day of fasting and prayer. They at least recognize the needs of the time.' A.nd the Tribune begins one article with : " We have met the eneniy and are theirs !" closing another with, " We shall not now attempt to discuss the causes of this unprecedented repnlse of Bepublicanism in Michigan. It is a sufficiently unpleasant task for one day simply to record the re8ult." Brothers, it is nothing when you are used to it. Field, the " Lord Dundreary" of the House, no more. He departed this politisol life on the evening of the 3d iust. A.ttending lager beer gardens and the Father Matthew Society, the same eveaing, added to hls past career, was too oaany for him." Hurrah tor his succesjor, Gen. Williams. What will Waed lo for a tariff defender, or the inflationists for an ally ? 1,654 majority in 1872 ; beat now, 1,987. That Field may now jhant, " Since I'm ao quickly done for I wonder what I was begun for." And Burrows is beaten ! The "ColumDian Orator " no more will spout in the House - after the 4th of March, 1875. Elected in 1872 by 5,260 majority, he is 'coopered" now by a majority of over 2,000. That POTTER was too much for dis metal. Perhaps Dr. Stone, " JlMJlY," nd the Kalamazoo Postoffioe had a hand in. Who cares? It was well done any ïow. ui mm i But did'ítt Ben Butler, " the hero of Fort Fisher" and of unnumbered raids upo the Treasury, get gloriously scoop3d on Tuesday ? 9,072 ! that is the ma ority his opponent scored against himThe air of the House will be pure after ;he 4th of March next. Uabilllies of Banks for Special Deposita. An important verdict as to the liabili;y of Banks for special deposits has rejently been decided in the Circuit Court )f Maryland. The case was one in sirhich $29,000 of raluables left with a bank on special deposit as collateral sejurity were stolen by bank burglars. The depositor at the time of theburglary awed the bank nothing. When a domand was made for the bonds or their ralue the bank refused to pay, on the ground that they were merely kept in safe at the risk of the owiiers. A suit was bronght in the Snpreino Court for the value of the bonds. Two questions were argued, namely : Were the bonds aeld by the bank as collateral security, ar were they at the time of the robbery merely a deposit at the risk of the ownBr ? If no other obligation rested on the bank than to uso reasonable diligence in uarding the special deposit, does the mannerin which they were kept raise such a presumption of negligence as to make the bank liablo ? This la,t propoition involved a most exhaustivo inquiry into the mode of constructing vaults, the degreo of caution that should be eiercised in the employment of a night watchnian, the compensation that should be paid to a watchmau in order to relieve him of the necessity of ongaging in other employment during the day, nd many incidental mattere. The jury failing to agree, the record was sent to the Circuit Court, when, on trial, the jury brought in a verdict for $29,177 83, the full amount claimed.