The N. Y. Times Scheme

, The scliomn lo pension Oen. Rrant, 'i-pppütiy concoctfad ml promniguted ly a Xew York paper, does nol eeetn to take very weW. It lias fallen flat, oomparntively. Tïie proposed fund is tliu farpltiably small, and does not seem to iri-ow very fast. The majoiïty of thr people Foom to tliink tliat Grant has bad sufficient honor and emolument aiready. He lias liokl the highest oflSces, both rivil and military, in the gift of the peoplo. IIp has a competeiicy of this WOrld's troods, and ran live in lnxury the remalnder of hia days, if liechoosns. Tlie peopledo nol thfnk tliey aro called upon to ralse a special fund in lus case, and thcy condemn the propositipn as seiiRfilcss and nncalled for. Somo H(i))lc. however,, rlaim that the scheme emanates froni l?laine or his friends. Blaine is a randidate for the republican presidential nomination in 1SS4. Tn Grantheseesa powerfni rival. Tf ho ran gei, Grant pensioned off and ont of the way, he estimates tbat the coast will be pompar itively rlear for liim. This bpinu; Ihe rase, Blaine and his friends may be able to raise money to place Granf in retiremetit so fár as the presidency is concerned. But it is not probable. Beven Chinamen have been pnt at work in the Yiclory silk mili, Union Ilill, X. J., to learn the silk weaving trade. The story that the Chinese were emplöyed to dn work which white men would iiot do is thns shown to he u'ntrue. If thp Oliinese nowal work show au api tude for the business more aré to be employed. IIow do the workingmen relisli the prospect which is before them? "Were theempioyers encouraged to employ Chinamen by.theknown attitude of Garfleld on the subject of ('hinese labor'? Is this the beginning of the " business boom " promised by republican organs and orators before election? Congrega will be asked to incvease the anny. It isbigenough. Weeanbetter afford to piy a lot of snpernumerary offieers for doing nothiag than to liire also a lot of prívales for tliem to lord t over. There lias been a time, and it is not long gone efther, when the army was too small for the work that seemed likely to fall to its sliare. Ëut that has gone by. We have no foreign troubles in view, no threats of home diffioulties and hut few Indiana ainbitious to be threshed. Under these circumstances an increase in the army would be l'olly. WïlUam Pitt Kellogg, of Lonisiana, holds a seat in the United States señale to whicb. lie was neverlegallyandfairly elected. He sbould have been kicked out long ago. Henry M. Spafford, wbo was legally entitled to the seat, diedrecently, and Gov. Wiltz, of Louisiana, has appointed Hou. T. O. Manning in his place. Mr. Manning is an eminent and able man. Let the demócrata of the senate do their duty by ousting Kellogg and putting Mr. Manuing in bis place. Dr. Scliweinfurth has discoveredthat if Ismail Pasha formerly of Egypt did not pay bis debta he at least kept the slave trade in control wh'ich his successor does not. Dr. Scliweinfurth would like to see Ismail and all his wives lording it over Egypt and the Egyptians once more. So would the slaves. Garfield can not resign as United Statm senator till the 4th of MarcU next, and his succéssor, under the law, cannot he elected till the second Tuesday after the 4th of March ; and, therefore, Ohio will not have two repubiicans to vote on the organization of the sonate. Troiible is brewing aotong New York republicans over the senatorship. Kernan's time expires March 4, and several gentlemen desire to don his shoes. Conkling will name his colleague and that fellow is Tom Platt of Ovvego. Shrewd Mexicana. They now send eomplaints norlh that their only railway cannot meet the demanda of commeroe upon it. They have their eyes on the purses of Jay Gouid, C.P. iluntingtou and other railway men. Eight hundred grain laden canal boats are frozen in between Bochester and ütica on the Erie, Thishascauspd a midden rise in the New York markets and the cereal bears find their pawa badly Jack Frost-bitten. Philadelphia lias a ring as despóticas that of Tweed, if not as avaricious. The people are now after it, and the indications are that they will master their masters. Tlie masters need it. Another futile attempt on the Czar's life is reported. They say it's the nihilists but ten to one it's his new motüerin-law. Deadwood needs live coals. The thermometer rngistered Monday üfteen degrees below zero.