The Albany Evening Journal Confesses

at last that the Democratie victories were victories for hard money : " The Kepublican party, which was divided last winter, is now united. lts predominant sentiment, enforceil by the conviclions of the country, has controlled the whole. The party now unitedly rejects inflation. It pronouuoes itself squarely for specio payments." Whatever were the " convictiona of the country," Democratie victories at the ballot-box were the form of their expression. But those victories have driven the Republicana to hido their sin and ehame of $20,500,000 Iuflation, under a worthless promiso to restore specie payinents in 1879. The Senate preteuds to bow to tho Democratie doctrine of Hard Money and iucreasos by that enormous sum the number of failed paper promises to pay coin dollars. The Senate pretends to vote Specie Payments in 1879, whilo insuring an iuflation of f 20,500,000, and refusing to prevent an inflation of $82,000,000 hereafter. Inflation by executive usurpation has heretofore been indorsed, but it is now invited by legislativo enaetment. The appointment of ex-Governor Augustus W. Brodford, of Marylind, to the position of appraiser of merchandise in the Baltimore Custom-IIouse is a distinct"new departure " on the part of the President, as well as a bouibshell in the camp of Radicáis of the straight sect. Governor Bradford was elected Governor of Maryland by the Republican party, and did it some service, but it must be confessed he holds his Republieanism by a very slack tether. In 1872 Governor Bradford was one of the leading Liberáis of Maryland, was an elector on the Greeley ticket, and took the stump against President Grant with zeal and efficiency. His appointment at the present time, accompanied as it is by the removol of some rigid Radicáis, is a distinct uninistakable overture made by the President to the Libérala. If this move should be followed, as many suppose it will be, it will convince people that General Grant does read the newspapers, and is capable of taking fright when it thunders all around. AND so now comes out that the Credit Mobilier crew never even paid for surveying the mil'ions of acres of public land grantod it. This is like declining to defray expresaago on a proBent, and we are glad the Supreme Court of the United States decidus there are to be no more patents without payment in advance of the costs. It Is stated that Brigham Young is about to cali a maas meeting of all his ohildren so that they may ba introduced to each other. The Michigan Legislatura meets on Wednesday next. New Orleans City nuances are in a nice state under Eadioal rule. The city attorney has instituted over 1,200 suits for the colleotion of taxes. Tl IKKE is " corner " on Chicago 'Change in oom. Those that engaged to deliver " seller all the year,1' find that December 31 approaches, and that the stock of " old corn " has been mysteriously absorbed. Theke was a ourioun lawauit at State Centro, Iowa, the other day. Mr. Snyder had a Mr. Mitten arrested for putting a crooked pin in his Beat in ohurch ; and the exaraination before tho magistrate was held with closed doors. TrrovsANDS of men are out of work, and yot the luxury business flourishes. The liquor manufacture in New York is running with full force, the tobáceo workers are all at work, and the piano makers are enjoying an nnusually busy winter. The Gennessoe Democrat shows the iuiquity of tho oauous plan, and applying it to tho Michigan Legislatura shows how it would be in the power ot' thirtysix men to foroo a Senator upon ninetysix men more fully and oompletely representing the people of the State and public sentiment. AT a small settlement on the Central Pacific Railroad, an article called wild coffee, and resembling in taste the Costa Rica growth, has been substituted for the imported article. Tho berry is said to be abundant and easily cultivated, and trediotions are made that it will soon bo largely grown for the market. The Marquette Mining Journal again favors the making of a separate State or Territory of the Upper Peninsula, for these reasons : The State has spent nothing for public buildings in the Lake Superior country and has derived large sums for specific mining taxes. The Adrián Press saya : Tho Michigan Southern road has decreed that on ly a lap-dog in the " arms of its mistress," will be admitted in its passenger coaches. Ay other dogs niust travel in tho baggage car at the rate of 25 cents for the first one huudred miles, and 10 cents for each subsequent hundred. Baby wagons are charged the same price as dogs. A DISTANT oorrespondent, writing to the Providence Journal to order that paper for a year,, says in postscript : " If you doubt my trust-worthiness, I refer you to your files, where, in 1861, in a hand8ome ' obituary notice ' oí' me, I was callod, if I remember right, among other thinga, ' an honest mechanic.'" C. K. Ross, father of the stolen boy, offers $5,000 for the return of Charlio within ten days from the dato of notice. He says : Being entirely satisfied that his abductors were killed at Bay Ridge, L. I., on the 14th inst., I now offer the above suin for his return or for information which shall lead thereto, proniising to ask no questions. Chicago has at last hit upon a ground of divorce oonceming the j ustice of which all fair-minded people must agree. A suffering wife appeals for severance a mensa et thoro for the reason that her brutal husband habitually eats raw onions for supper. " In onions there is strength," but - - -. . - i mm i - ■ i O. D. Congeb is a good man to head the committee on the inveatigation of the Vieksburg affair. O. D. Conger, of Michigan, is chairinan of that cominittee. Conger is a salary-grabber, aud of oourse his kindred thieves, who manipulated the affairs of the Vicksburg Treasury, won't make a great deal undor the investigation so far as he is concernel.