Political Clippings

There has been a sort of vapory ruinor rloating about the country tor some weeks, to the eifnct that General Graut was to be tho Kepublican candidate for President in KS80. The Deaiooratic press of New York has had its usual spasms over tho rumor, the Sun and World reviving their old-tiuie idiocy about Grant's imperial tendencies, uttering their gibbering drivyl about the fascination of monarchial forms for a man like Grant. But the only eveut so far that is worthy of any consideintion in this connection is the fact that at Long Branch, the other day, Secretary Sherman utterred the prediction that Grant would be notninated in 1880 by the Republicana. He further said that if the National Convention were to be held to-morrow, he would bo nominated unanimously by acclamation.- Plint Globe (Rep). The true inwardness of Alerritt's appointmeut turns out to be a clever bit of sharp practico. When Merritt was nominated for Surveyor, Conkling supported hiru, and said that Merritt was a good inan and he could not fight him. This remark was carried to Hayes, and is the real explanation of Merritt's appoiutment. The administration knew it would need every vote to get its nominatious confirmed if Conkling made a fight, and Merritt was nominated because Conkling caunot fight him without stultifying hiiuself. The Lansing Republican pitohes into the democratie caudidates for the governorship on tho score of his war record, and shows that Mr. Barnes was at ono time, to wit, 1873, favorable to a coinpromise with the south by which the Union conld be saved without lurther bloodshed. If the Repxtbliean will now explain Mr. Burnes' position on the Kansas-Nebruska bill, the Missouri compromiso and the deluge, the Republican country papers will havo material for the whole canvass. - iïteuing Neten. The political assessmont business at Washington is pursued in much tho old way. The sending of a second circular to clerks who havon't como down at the first command, notifying them to step up to tbe Captaiu'8 office in a certain bank and sottle, is about as bad aa anythiug in this line under the Graut regi me. - Springñdd Repttblican. If we oannot or do not get Grant in 1880, we will certainly get soino one of bis way of thinking, whether it be Washburne, as the Rspubhc suggests, or " any other man." The fact is that the newspapers that are fulling into the Grant movoment aro innumerable, andaré daily multitilying. - Boston 'J'raveler. According to ex-Secretary Robeson, he lovcs Grant and Grant oves him, and if Grant proposes to ïght it out on th old iino in [880, Robesou stands ready to volun:eer as Quartermaster. The rest of the joya will be heaid froui in duo season. Jjoston Pont. The facility with which the nowslapers are now noiuinating caudidates or the presidency is quito remarkablo. [t is a very difficult thing however to ceep any candidato for more thiin a 'ew hours without spoiling in this weather. - I'iiludelphia Times. The Grant movemont is tho natural reaction of the Republican party agaiust tho insipidity and imbecility of tno jresent administration. It is the yearnng for a man of straw. - St.Jouü OlobeUemocrat. The lato Mr. Schuyler Colfax has deciined a Greeuback nomination. They should have put it in an envelope and had it banded to him at breakfast. - Arew York World. Mr. Samnel Lyndon, of Cantón, íVayne county, haa just sold thirty ïead of young cattlo for the Kuglish market at $4.60 per cwt., making an agrégate of a little less than $'2,000 for he lot. They were a choice herd, and SIr. Lyndon has 119 steers on his farm till, fattiug for market, and ranging rom 2 to 3 years of age.