All Sorts Of Pen-scratches

- Somo Bopublican orgaas imagine their party inay again got into power by the blunders and orrors of the Democratie Congresa in prospect. In that they will be mistaken. In point of brains and parliamentary ability, the men just olected by the people will compare favorably with those who have to take back seats, while their honesty is yet to be doubted. There is one thing, howover, the Aduiinistrationists will loara in good season ; .and that is : the Forty fourth Congress will investígate matters and things in such a manner as will cause the people to rejoice that they brought about such a radical change of government ; and two years henee the few states that did go Republican will fall into line, and we shall once again have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. - A Kepubhcan Congressmen from Kentucky is such a rare thing that the journals of that party are excusable in giving biographies of the gentleman who now enjoya the distinction of being the only Republican Congressman froin that State. From one of these now going the rounds, we ascertain that Michigan has some slight claims upon the successful candidato, he being a gradúate of the Law School at the Michigan University, having previously graduated at the Kentucky University. The name of the Congressman is John D. White, and he is about twenty-six yeara of age, so that he will probably be the junior member of the House of the Forty-fourth Congress. His grandfather served for ten years in mu xtauonai nouse ot Kepresentatives, being its Speaker during the Twentyfourth Congress. - Bonamy Price, the professor of political economy iu Oxford uuiversity, lectured in Chicago Monday evening, to a large audienoe, on Commercial Crisis. The chief cause of these monetary oalamities, the professor asserts, is the destruction of capital in unremnnerable undertakings, and these unprofitable undertakings are due, he holds, to the unnatural and unhealthy stimulation given to business by the issue of an inconvertible paper ourrency. Prof. Price thinks it would be utter folly on the part of the United States to issue more greenbacks, and that the only road to commercial prosperity lies through a return to hard money basis. - The full returns of the vote of New York, shows that Tilden's maioritv is somewhat higher than it was made by unofficial estimafes, reaching nearly 55,000. The Democratie vote in the State this year has only once been exceeded - at the election in 1868, when Hoffman, for Governor, received some 439,000 votes, and Seymour, for President, 429,000. The Eepublican vote, on the other hand, is comparatively small. The temperauce vote thi8 year- 10,841- is larger than was ever before cast by the temperanoe party in the State, though scarcely more than one and oue-third per cent. of the whole. - Charles H. Thompson, who has immortalized himself by defeating Butler, olaims tooccupy an independent position, and announces the principies upon whioh his victory was won as follows : " First. opposition to the centralizaron of power in the Federal Government ; second, no currency but gold on demand ; third, no disorimination in favor of the white race, no discrimination in favor of the colored race, but perfect equality of rights, liberal and just la ws f or all; fourth, the ne cessity of rebuking Federal office-holders in caucuses and elections." That is good enough Democracy for anybody. - The canvass of votes for officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows was made at Grand Rápida Tuesday. The following are elected: Grand Master, Geo. Dean, Detroit ; Deputy Grand Master, John N. Ingersol, Corunna ; Grand Warden, D. B. Traer. : Secretar, E. H. Whitney, Lansing ; Treasurer, K. H. Morrison, Sturgis ; Representativo to Gmnd Lodgo, Geo. W. Qriggs, Grand Rápida. - Mark Tapley, the chap who was always the joliest in the midst of the greatest misfortune, is evidently now editing the Toledo Blade. That journal says : " No better time could have been selected for a Democratie victory than the present fall." Exactly, and the same will be true two years henee. But how singular it is that the Blade did not discover the fact until after election. - S. B. McCracken, formerly of this city, we learn from an announcemeut, will commence the publication of a daily paper at Lansing, the first week in January, to continue through the Legislativo session. The paper will be independent, and will contain editorial criticisms on Legislativo topics, in addition to local and general news. - How pleasant must be the task of figuring out in the face of overwhelming majorities against your party, that it was not a very bad defeat after all. This is now the delightful occupation of our Republican cotemporaries. - Col. William Wilson, who gained much notoriety at the beginning of the war by raising the regiment known ag " Billy Wilson's Zouaves," from among the roughs of New York city, died on Priday last. ■ - Of the thirty-seven States in the Union twenty-two will now have Democratie Governors and fifteen, Republican.