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delivery to him of Charley Ross, and " no questions to be asked." Gov. Eobinson. of New York, has vetoed tho appropriation for continuing work on tho new capítol building at Albany. He thinks it time to cali a halt on further investinents in that kind of ti " sinking fund." Attorïtey-General Kirchner has given an official opinión that the new " health officer " provided lor by a recent act of the Legislatura, tobe elected in each township of the State, must " take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office," - said oath to be deposited in tho office of the township clerk. Ciiamberlain, ex-Governor of South Carolina, is a model carpet-bagger. As soon as he gets out of offioe nis interest in South Carolina ceases, and he packs up his duds and migrates to New Yorlt City, where he has been admitted to practioe as a lawyer. Thero is one good thing to be said for him (as yet) : he refuses to accept office under President Hayes. The Springfield (Mass.) liepüblican't Washington correspondent writes : " That there is a strong opposition to the President's policy among Eepublicans it would be very foolish to deny, for here at the capital, where thero are ten thousand office-holders, there is a vast deal of grumbliug." Which will bo genuine balni to the poor wounded soul of tue Ypsilanti Commercial. The length of the legislativo session just closed was 140 days, - 21 days longer the session of 1815, and 19 days longer than that of 1873 ; yet long as it was it was too short for the House Coiuinitteo on Federáis Relations to mature a favorable report on the Hoyt resolution indorsing the policy of President Hayes. The Michigan Republicana don't enthuae very nnich in that direction. Hanging may be the best uso some men. can be put to, but the details of the last few days of the life of Austin Humphrey, hung at Sandwich, Ont., on the 22d inst., for the niurder of Frederick Appel, and of the closing Rcenes, reac very niuch like tho baldest burlesque One might be pardoned for believing Humphrey the hero of a great mora drama, or a modern religious martyr o the flrst water, instead of a crimina suffering the extremo penalty of the law We laok confidence in the beneficial ef fects of such exhibitions. $77,000 per annum for ordinary expenses i wliat tho Illinois Legislatura giauted thei Doat aud Dumb Institution, whilo our law makers groan terribly over giving us $40,000 Wish wo lived in Illinois, ür that Michigan would seni as liberal-miuded men to her Leg islature. The Iustitution also gets $3,000 pe annum for repairs, $000 per annum for pupils li!rary, and Y23,261 for orectinpr workshops ïhat's something llke it. - Dsaf-Mute Mirror The Michigan Legislature bas sins onough to answer for, but it is n't exactly fair for our Flint coteaiporary to hold it rosponsible for not coming up in amount to the Illinois appropriations Illinois has doublé the population o Michigan, doublé iu valuation of taxablo property, and probably the same proportionate excess of deaf and dumb to be cared for. $77,000 is not as large an exponditure for Illinois as $10,000 is for Michigan. Does the Mirror seo tho point ? The Detroit Pat makes this brief comment on a law just enacted by the Legislature of Illinois, making silver coin a legal tender on all debts contractcd in that State : " This though the law of the United States expressly provides that silver coin is not a legal tender above the sum of five dolllars." Will tho Post show us such a law ? We had supposed that the Unitod States law simply made silver a legal tender to the amount of five dollars and there stopped ; and we now suppose that any law of Congross conflicting with a State law which makes silver a legal tender in any sum over five dollars is void. In probibiting the States from making " anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts " the Constitution most certainly concedes the right and power of the States to declare both gold and BÜver a legal tender in any amount not less than Congress shall so establish. The wisdom of the Illinois law is another thing.