Great Men Have Their Quarrels Like

unt country newspapers. Conkling basn't spoken bo Blaine since their fam'nis wordy encounter in the lower house, when Blaine likened him to a ■tmtting peacock. Conkling and Lamar have not spoken since their tilt about 9 year ago which came near endino in a duel. Bayard 's speech at. Dover last anUiinn. lias prnvoked Conkling's wrath and they silently pass. isTow, Grant says he will never speak to Blaine agaiii, on account of themanner in which l'.c trtatcil the third term candidaey, and deelined to sec the senator thv other dy when h cent in bis card. TIow ('liristiancy came to mairy Lujenbeel Is told in a Waslfïngton disjiatch : " While au inniate of the Lugenbeel bouse lic compiimented Miss IJlIie. telling lier tliat il' lie were a youngman IiesTionldpayherattentions'. After he Ief1 a letter was vrittn by the young lady to hité; taking this badiaBge tía a lona lide olTer of his hand. This was supplcmented by OB6 from her mother, and the olil gentleman finally said that if such was the interpretatie that had been put upon his careless flattery he was willing to fulfill the supposed engagement." The weather for the past few daya has been oripreeedently cold all over the l'nited States, the Boutbnotexcepted. Snow storms ;ire reported in the latter section so heavy as t: retardrailroad travel. On Wednesday the tliermprter indicated 30 below zero at Fort Wayne, Ind., 19 at Chicago, 22 at Dubuque,2at Lïuisville,4at Bufïalo, 20 at Atchison, Kan., 2 at Elmira, N. Y., 10 at Cincinnati. A heavy fall of snow is reported at Baltimore, Boston, Montffomery. Ala.. Augusta and ('olumbus, ' Ga.. Da:i üle. Va. The Potomac river was frozen over from shoro to shore. England is getting considerable business on hand. Besides the Irish trouble, which is embarrassing enough for Engliind at present, news comes tliat a revolt bas broken out among the natives in the British possessions in South África. News was received. in Englaiul last week to the effect that a body of natives had attacked 250 British reguláis, of which numbei they ' killed 120 and took the remainder prisoners. England will now have to commeuce the wörk of reducingthe natives to submission again. The want' of the democratie power in congrcss gives new courage to the lobbyists, wlio weredriyen from Washington When the dernocracy came into power six years ago. Tliey are one of the curses of our legislative assemblages and they seem to tako to republican bodies as oaiurally as does a duck to water. Democratie congresses have no use for them and tliey have learned to keep aloof when the party of the people is in control. We may look tosee a f uil quorum of the " third house" present in Wasbingtoa when the next congress fonveiies. Aecording to the laws of Xew York, neither members of the legisluture or j judiciary are eligible tosucceedFrancis Keraaa. This rules out senators Robertson ívihI VVoodin, speaker Sliarpe of tbe assfmbly,filiief justiceFolgerof the court of appeal-8,afidN"oah Davisof the lupreme court, all of T'hom have been mentioned in eonnection with the position. Tliere are signa of a grand "kick" on Jolm Kelly by uhembers of the Tammany orgnïzation. At a meeting of the sixth district Tammany committee, held last Friday, Kelly was denounced by a nuinber of tlie membera. At the close, of the meeting ït is said that thirty-ttiree of the fifty-four members of the committee withdrew from the organization. Gen. Howard who succeeds Schofield as commander at West Point, bears an uasavory name for his connection with the freedmen's baiikfailures. Meeting Gen. Sherman on the streets of Washington !ie was ordered to his command. IA seerns the president sent for Howard witfiout the knowledge of Sherman. Snppose Weaver and Sparks who disgraced'the lovver house last vveek quarroliiifi, and who humbly apologized for it, bad been southern members, what castigatory artieles wouldhave appeared in the loyal northern press over the revival of characteristic " plantation mauners," Antiquated Ilannibal Hamlin of Me. who has held office so long that memory ruuneth not to the contrary, must be provided for in some way. His career bs senator draws to a close in March, and he is looking araund f of a collectorhip or soni(iilun{. Last week in Senate exeeutive session, after considerable debate, the nomination of Judge Wood for the ■üpreme bench was confirmed with but eight dissentlng votes. A motion to reconsider was mado, however, and is still pending. Sharon of Nevada who was never, at least, hardly ever, in bis seat, will suou be out of a job. Whenover the party wanted him hé was sure to be In California adding to bis untold millions of wealih. It is expected tb at the new treaty of immigratiön with China, negótiated by minister AJagetl . and bis colleagues, will reach Washington by special rnesBenger next week. Dakota is knocking at the congressional door for admission. ïhuse felIows who hope to represent her in the senate, will, we predict, be dooniud to disappüintiiit-nt. The indications are thatthere will be % determinad effort during the present seaslon of congress to secure legislation opening the Iridian territory to tlie white settlers. Thero ought to be no doubt of the seJectioK of J udge Cooley for the suprome court beneh now that il is ascertalned lie once resided in Ohlo about six weeks. IIow muchlü wait npon senators 'Jo))Ulii); audCameron tolearn vii'i thej propose [or colieaguea to repceseat tiem iu their gcwinces?