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" CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
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OOODLANDEH & LEE,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
UKTAnLimilKI) is 1811.
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Cards.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
- CURWKNSVILLK,
' eM Clearfield County, Penn'a. Toy
taos. a. niisbat. oraua eoanoa.
MURRAY & GORDON,
, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' CLEARFIELD, FA.
-- 0IB to Ple'e Opera Uoaaa, rcaoad floor.
Ml)7
' FRANK Fi ELDING, "
ATTOltN E Y-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all baalneaa ealraated to hlta
pioia.tl and faithfully. aovll'73
WILLIAM A. WALLACS.
aAaar r. vallate.
oavid L. aniaa.
joua w. vaioLer.
WALLACE 4, KREBS,
(Bmeeaaire to Wallace a Fielding,!
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW
111173 (JlearUeld, Pa. "
kbi'U a. s b.allt.
ftARiaa w. a ci'Rnr.
McENALLY & McCDRDY,
A TTO U N E Y S-A T- L A W ,
Clearfield. Pa.
fir-Uftal baalneaa attended to promptly wlthj
Idwhty. (JiHce on g-eond atrevt, abofe .be Ftral
nti'inal Dank. Jn;l:7
'OsfC B ARRETT,
Attorn kt and Coiinhelor at Law,
clearfikld, pa.
tUrlnff rca1f(Dl blr JuflffD'hlp, haa warned
lie practict "f I be law la bia old office at dear
ie Id, Pa. Will aAtend Die noorta of Joffmon and
Klk count iea when apecially retained lo oonoeotion
rith refidvnt coudil'1. 1:14:72
A. Q. KRAMER,
ATTORSEY-AT-tA W ,
llcail Eitate and Cullaction Agent,
CI.BAKFIICI.I), PAii
Will promptly attend to all Ifgal buileeii ea
trafted to hi eare.
rfr Office in Pie's Opera Home. Jan 176.
WM, M . " Mc C U L LO UG H7
ATTOKSKY AT LAW,
ClearQeld, Pa.
tt'OfRoe Id the old Weetern Hotel buiUing.
!.rgl liuxinca. prompt) attended to. Rral estatt
buuifht and uld. . jU'73
A . W. W A LT E R S,
ATTOItSEY AT LAW,
l lcarlklil, Pa.
v.iL.Offic0 lo nmbim' How. decS-l;
H. W. SMITH, '
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
M:I:T t'ltirllelil. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTotiNEY AT CAW.
; C'laarfleld, Pa.
Cr-Oltl. In Old Wrtl.rn Ilotol buil.llm.
ec.rn.r of Uocoad ant Xf arket 6tl. Bovlfl,o6. j
ISRAEL TEST,"
ATTORN KY AT I-A W .
Clearfield, Pa.
roltl la th Coort Uoan. J?11"
""7a H N H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Mrnrrleld. Pa.
Offct on Uatket alreet, opp. Court Houac,
Jaa. t, im.
johnTTc uttl e,
ATTORN KY AT LAW.
nd Heal Eatate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office oa Tbird itroot. bei.Cberrj A Walnat.
jr-ff-Koipectfully offen hie aerTtcei la aelhog
nd buying laadi la Olearfleld and adjoining
Auntlea and with an tiperienoeoi over twent?
inra a iurreyor, flatten bimielf that be eaa
'ndor latitfaetion. Feb. IMfetf,
J 7b L A K E " W A L T E R S ,
' REAL ESTATE BliOKER,
AMD OBALaa la
Maw Log nnd lAiimbor,
Cl.EAKFIKI.U, PA.
Olfloo la Oraham' Row. 1:2A:7
J. J. L INGLE,
ATTORNKY-AT - LAW,
Mil tHcwila, Clcarlleld Co., Pa. r:pd
J. 8. BARN HART,
, AITOIINKY - AT IAW,
. . Ilellclontc. Pa.
Will prartlee la Clrarfield and all of In. Courlo uf
tho 2th iudioUl dlitrioi. Heal eatata haiiaeu
tod callcetloa of elaiiai nadt ijiecialtlr, al7l
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
H'TUKHSIH R(, PA.
W-tM allrni paofoaalonat aalla proaiptl. aogl 1170
DR. T. J. BOYER,
fUYSICIAN AS I) SU BO EON,
OBoa oa Maikal !rat, Olearltld. Pa.
-COfuoe hourai to 11 a. , and 1 to p. .
I)
K. M. SUIIEURER,
IIOlllKOI'ATllIC PHYSICIAN,
Ofle. la rteidraea aa Market at,
April 14, llil. Clearleld, Pa
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
UAVINU located at Peanleld, Pa., offer, bla
profeaalonal aervloa to the panple of that
pleue and BHrroaading eountrr. Allealla promptly
attended la. oe. i
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
(tt Surgeoa of the o:id Reglmeet, Pen nay I ran la
Vnlanteera, having returned fro lb Army,
elere bia profeaalonal aerrleea to tbteltlieni
f Olearleld eoaaty.
avrPrufefaloaaloalli promptly atuadea to.
OtOne oa Seeoac atreet, rnraiertyoeflapied by
Ur.Wooda aprVM-U
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
( I.KARPIKLI), PICNU A.
OfFlCE IX MASONIC lU'ILDINO.
jStr OCce kara-Freai li lo S P. M-
Hay II, IMS.
I)
R. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOOULANp, PA.
Will promptly tttraJ all ralll In tt line of bla
iruteaait.p. aoTalt-Ji
" D. M. DOHEETT,
rAlllONAIlLKBAItniCIl A HAIR DRKKFEK.
t'LEAUFIKLD, TA.
f k t la Xi- forairrly oooonled by Maafla
Maikat itiof.
jK'rlVT;
nAIIUY SNYliER,
(Formerly allb Lew ftt-baler.)
BABIIKR AKO UAIRDREt-KKR.
Pkop oa Market El., eppnelle Cnart Una..
A cleaa towel for erery eu.tomer. may ls,7ft.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR BTOBE.
At the end if the nti bridge,
Vtt ClKAVriKLD, VA.
tifripiietr4 Ihie teiaklUbBcat will Way
Iila liiwra dlrtei lroa ekittilera. PettUa baying
tm ibte buoea will be aare U ft I a para article
at a taM margin above aa a. Ilotal ketpera aaa
be faroifbed with Hqneri in (ratnnabla terma.
Pare wiaea aad hraaltea dtreet from ftealoy'a
Vttrry, at Hath, New York.
OKORUR n. CO LB U BR.
Clearleld, Jane Ift, 117 tf.
I I 'ATI V KM all CORMTARLIUM KBLW
We bare printed a largo aambor af tfca now
PKI RILL, aad will ea the rtoaift af Iwwat.
te aaau. mail a away t at Udraea. mtm
CLEAR
GEO. B. Q00DLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO.
(Car fls.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Jattloa of tba Toaoa and Sarlvent r,
CurwenaTllle, Pa.
aam-OollMlloDa uada and ttooaT nromiillv
paldorar. tMTlHf i
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jt'STICE OF III! PKACH .
' run
Btcatur Totrnthlp,
Oaooai. Mill. P. 0.
II oBolal ku.ln.n ealraitrd to h m alll bo
croapll; attandad lo. menu, 70.
ao. ALaaar..
W. ALBERT 4. BROS.,
Mannfaetnren aitenetve Dealvri la
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, bo.,
WOUULANU, r 1(1 W A.
jT"Orderi tolleited. BlIU filled on abort not lor
and reanooable terrai.
Addreaa Woodland P. 0., Clearfteld Co., Pa.
li-ly W ALUUHT A HROP.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Krenrhfllle. t U-arHrld County, Pa,
Keep! eonatantly on hand a rot) anon men t of
Ury wood i, naruware, uroeoriM, ann vTcrjimoB
aiually kept tn a retail etore, which will be aold,
(or eaan, aa eaeap as eiaewnere in ine winnij.
Fronchvtlle, June 17, U7-lj. .
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
oaALaa la
HEX KRAI. MKliCHASMSK,
CiltAIIAMTIlN, Pa.
Alio, rxtvnalra manufaHuror and daalar In Pqnara
Tlnbar and tiawoil Lauiborotall ainui.
ffOiUtt ollvllnl and all bill, promptly
Hod. I'JJ'o"
" REUBEN HACKMAN,
House -and Sign Paintor and Paper
Hanger,
ClrarUeld, Penli'a.
ta.Will Tconta Joba la hi Una promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arr4,A7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAn CLEAI'.VIKLD, PKNN'A.
.4Pumpe alwnya on hand and uiade to order
on abort notice, ripe, bond on ren.onable terma
All work warranted to render eati.fention, and
delivered If deaired. niT 24 : 1 J i.l
E. A. BIGLER &. CO.,
deal ana ix
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad ataniifacturera of
ALL klMUHOPRAWKI) l.l lllir.H.
-T7J CI.BARPIKLI), PKNN'A.
JASfBrGRAHAM,
dealer la
Eeal EBtato, Square Timber, Boards,
SllIMil.KS, MTU, A riCKKTrt,
V:10T3 Clearllelil, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
uralkr la
Square Timber & Timber Lnntls,
Jell7.1 CI.EAnFIKLD, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
In Kralirr'a llulliliuc;. t'lcailkld. Pa.;
Dealer In Groeetlea, Prnrl.tnn., Vreelabler,
Proite, Floor, Feed, ete., t ie.
aprU7-lf j
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SIIOE MAKER,
Market !., Clearfield, Pa.
la Iba abop lalelj occupied by Frank Bhort,
oao door we.t i.f Allrgbany llouea. . i ,
T. M. ROBINSON,
Market Mtreet, llearfleld. I'a.,
HAKvrActrRia op
Light and Heavy TTnrncaa, Collarf, Had
Bridle, Ao. Ittpalrlag neatly done.
May 24, 1871 6in.
JOUN A. RTAPLEU,
BAKi;H, Market Ht., ClraiflHd, Pa.
Freeh Bread, Ruek, llolte, Piea end Cnktw
oa hand or made lo order. A gi-neral aRrortment
of ConreettonariM, Frnlt and Note In Mock.
Ioe Creain and OyMera In rraaon. Pnh o nearly
oppoail tlie PiK See. Pricea moderati.
March lw-'75.
J. R. M'MURRAY
WII.I. 8DIrLT YOU WITH A!CY AHTIUl.t
OF MRHCIIANDISK AT TIIL YB11Y LDWHriT
PRICK. COMB AMI Bl:i:.
(J:o7:ljr0
NEW LJVASJIINGT()N.
CHEAP GROCEU1KS!
Ll'UUEIt CITY, PA
The anderaigned aitnounuca to bia old fricoda
and patron, mat no una opened A goon line in
UROCKR1K8 A I'ROVIriHI.NH at tho old aland
ol Kirk A gpencer, for wliich be arlielt. a literal
patrrnoae. rj.nvr.n.
MAHHLB AMI KTONK YABI).
Mr.. H. . 1.IIIDP.I.L,
ll.vlat anaed la the Mnrbl. haaineaa, deairae
to talorm her rrionda and the publie tbot ah. haa
now aad will keep eoneionilyun hcrol n lare and
well eeleetrd aloek ol ITALIAN A.NDVKHMONT
MAHHL.K. and la prepared lo fnrnt.h lo order
TOMIIHTONKM. IIHX AMI CHAIU.K TOM IIS,
MONi;MKNT., Ac.
Yard oa Read alreet, aear the It, n. Depot,
Clearleld, Pa. jeU.Ill
S. I. SNYDER, ,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
aaa na.ti.aii 11
.Watvlioi, t'lucki and Jowclry,
(7r(iaaM'a How, .V.rlel flrcef,
IXKARPIF.I.D, PA.
All kind, of rotjalrtn, la aiy Haa promptlr at.
aniled U. April !3, 174.
MA wry Ntnblr.
rpilK anderalRnod bea leare ta lalnrm tbepab.
I lie that ba la bow tally prepared i. aecommo-
dale all la tbe way of furniahlag h..aea, Uucajlee,
Haddlea and llarneaa, oa the abetter! aolleo and
ea naaonable terma. Itealdeaee oa Loeaat Mraat,
aelweea Third aad Fourth.
II KO. W. IIKARIIART.
1le.raM. Feb 4. l;4.
MITCHELL WAGONS,
Tbe Best is tbe Cheapest 1
T bom m firtlty baa rretlvr d anolbrr large lot of
"Mitchell Wagon, wnirD are among ine very
heat mannraeiared, and which he will aril at tbe
anoat reaioaalilf r!ra. Hiiatoeh Itmladea almoat
all deaeripliona ol wapoir largrand email, wide
and narrow traek. fall an I nre thrm.
ftprM T4 TIIOMAtf HKILLY.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market MrceU ItarDeM. Pa.,
AHrnrn ara aaa ikai aa it
tlAHKKHH, fAlibLKM, llltlDLIS, COLLARS,
nd all kinda of
hoksk rvuMsntxa noons.
A full -look of P-ddlere llardwarw, Bruihe,
('(hi. lllaakala. Robea. lf.. alwaja oa head
nd faraale at (be kweateaek prloee. AH kind
of repairing promptly aiteadod ti.
All kinda M bide taken la earhatga fur hor
aeaa and rrpaltlng. AU kinda of bamera katber
Clear.ald, Jaa. 10, UT6,
The aadoraigneel ara aow fully pre fa ml I
tarry on the buriaoaa of .
VNlaERTAKlNG.'
AT RRAKfllf ADLR RATR8,
Aad nepaetrally follalt Ik f itroaarl af tkoaa
ncwaiaa wwrm aerriew..
JBrt TftOTJTMAW,
JAMIS I. L1AVT.
CUaia.U, Pa., Feb, li, 1174.
jjknEKTAKXNU. ,
FIELD
"2492.
THE KNOT OF ILUI AND ORAV.
wairraa ar A aourncaa taar.
I'poa my boaora liaa
A kaot of blue aad fray -Yoa
tk ma, "Wbyr" Taara All my ayaa
Aa low lo yoa I aay i
I bad Iwa brother, oace,
Warm-baarled, bold and say
They left my aid. obo wore tb. blu.,
lb. elbar wore tba gray.
Obb rode with 8'obowbII and bia moa.
And Joined hie fate to Loo ,
The other followed nhnraan'a march
Triumphant to tho aea.
Doth fought for what they deemed tho right,
And died with aword In hand
One eleepe amd YlrRinia'e hiilf,
Aad one la ilaoria'a lead.
Tbe aama ana abiaea apon their gravai-
My lore unobaDged muel alay
And ao upon my boeum Ilea
Tbe knot ol blue aad gray.
CAM PA lay TEXTS.
tiii rrtuTH Aiiofr tiir HF.rt-rii.icAN par
ty why A VOTE FOR HAYtS IN A VOTt
FOR ORAKT.
UK HINULF. ixave. .
Every Republican Convention, Rtato
find Nntionul, bold ninco Gun, Grunt
beenmo Frcuhlent, linn endorsed bis
Admitiintration, with nil its crimen and
corruptions, in the JiilloNt terms. Tbe
ObioConvcution, wliich presented Gov,
Hayes as a cundidata, endormd tho
Administration ; tb National Convon
tion which adopted Gov. Uayos as a
eandulute, enilorsiil the .XiliiniiiBtra
tion : Gov. Hoj-es, in his letter of ac
ceptance, re-endorsed thoso endorse
ments. Yi hat that Administration
was, these records show :
YERY LITTLE RECORD, AMI' KONI OF IT
.. 1101)11.
R. B, lfaros was u rnembernf tho
nt'tlj and 40th ConircHscs. Jlurinp
lliattinio ho uistinguiauen utmselt only
by bis voles and subsidies nnd jobs.
March 2, 1S07, bo voted for a bill mnk-
inir extra allowance to contractors for
iron-clads, which tho Secretary of the
iavy ttwtihetl was bucked by one ol
tbe stronccxt lobbies bo had overseen.
Tho allowances wuro in addition to
others already rondo by a Government
Hoard. Air. Jlnves voted OL'ninst the
motion to postpouo tho consideration
ol' tho bill ; niminul tbo motion to lay
on the tublo; und in Ihvor of tho bill.
An nllownnco was mado tinder this
bill amouiitin'T to $50,000, half of
which went to Robeson's friend Secor.
Loi'tiii und ScheiK'k put through tbo
House a bill restoiinir tbo iron-clad
Comunelm lo its builders, br which
? 179,0(1(1 was tnken from tho Treasury .
I ho lull was denounced on tho floor
by Mr. Si in ii Id ini', but Mr. llsyos voted
tor it. ' Seventeen acts, nuiUing grants
of publie lands to corporations, passed
Hie lloyes inenioorsuip, but on only
seven were tlie Democratic minority
nblo lo jorco n yea and a nay voto.
On nil seven 'Mr. Hayes is recorded in
liivoi of these bills, and never by speech
or vole against them. Tho amount of,
land Hccruini; to tho Central, Union,
and Kunsns l'acifla road under these
rants, was .'i.i, 0(10,01)0 acres, an area
ulmost equal to tho whole of New
hiiL'Innd, unu tho amount ot (jovorn-
ment bonds IsRiied to them was?G4,-
0011,000. All of theso bills were op-
oscd, and most of them openly do
notinced, without offect on Mr, liayea.
Mr. Hayes' only speech was made in
explanation of his tnvoralilo action on
the Vouliirnv claim which bad been ad
judged null and void by the) V. S. Hu-
ironic Court twunty-lour -ejars belorc.
Mr. Washburn (Rep-i of Wisconsin, of
fered a bill dircctiuu; ft suspension of
tho law, and snnl that a more Imutlii
lent claim was never presented to G'on
gress. i
WM. A. WIIKKI IRS Jons. '
When the honest Republicans of tho
11 mi so unwonted resolutions in 1 80 1
extending tho investigations of tho
corruptions of Simon C'umoron as Sec
retary ol war, v. m. A . v heeler votca
to lay tho resolutions on tho tublo,
raised a technical oint of order to do
feat tho resolutions, and voted against
their final pnssni'o. Tho investigation
showed fraud everywhere in the War
Department, in which tho tirm ot IS. V.
Morgan, now Kopublican candidato for
Governor of Now York, was largoly in
volved. Tho frauds were committed
in tho purchase of army supplies, cat
tle, horses, mules, hlankels. olo, riimon
C'amoron is now Chairman ot the lie
publicnn Congressional KxeeutivoCom-
imtteo, and his son, now Secretary ol
Vt ur, bciiiled tho reiinsylvnnia delegn
tion to Cincinnati, and decided tbe
nomination ol Gov. Hayes. In tbo 41st
nnd 42d Congresses, Air. Wheeler wns
Chmrman of Ihel ommittce on racitio
Rnilroatls. M r. Wheeler Invored every
job of tho J'ncilie Railroad corruption-
isls during that time, and opposed
even- effort lo hold thorn to proiwr ac
countability. In tho second session of
the 4 1st Congress, Mr. W hoclnr carried
through tun bills in tbo interest of the
I'm Hie railronds. In the same session
ho odvocolc'd a resolution largely in
creasing tho Northern Pnciric Knilrond
land grants, but claimed that no did
not know how many acre of land
were granted. ' It was strenuously op
posed, but was forced through by Mr.
Wheeler, Speaker iilaino aiding him
by bis rulings. Mr. Wheeler also re
ported a bill granting Gnat Island to
tho Western l'acifio Railroad for lis
terminus. Tbe Island was to bo given
oulrieht, although It was ennsidorod
worth 15,000,000 in eosh. Mr. Knott
moved an amendment requiring tho
company to pay 12,000,000 lur it, and
ono member stated his willingness to
offer the Government 12,000,000 for
the Island, nnd another offered $2.1)00,
000. It was denounced on all aides as
a shameless job. Tbo bill was rejected,
hut wns revived again in 1872 by Mr.
Wheeler, and was passed in tho Sonato
by tho adoption of a resolution by tho
limine, offered by Mr. Randall, of Penn
sylvania, recalling tho bill. Tbe Credit
.Mobilier was men iresn, ana nr.
Wheeler did not dare resist. Mr.
Wheeler fostered Tom Scott's Texas
l'acifio Railroad nnd passed tho bill.
In tbe 4 2d Congress, lie opposed tho
proposition to compel tho l'acifio Rail
road companies to pay tno irovorn
mohlstich sums as were due from them,
amounting to many million dollars. In
ilia 4.'ld Congress Mr. Wheeler was
made Chairman of tho Committee of
Coirmorco, nnd defeated tbo proposi
tion to makotho Louisvillo & Portland
Canal frco of all tolls and charuos, ex
cept thoso ncccssury to pay current
expenses. In this however, ho was
overruled by tno Hcnate.
THE REITRMCAN CRIPfT MORILIRR.
Ily moans of tho Credit Mobilier, 150,
000,000 were stolen in the construction
of tho l'acifio Railroad, Under the
Acts of 1HC2 and, 1864, lb Unto Pa
cific Road obtained 12,000,000 acres ot
land, and guaranteed bonds amount
ing to 127,000,000. 1 la amwts, inde
pendent of the lands, amounted to
(111,000,000. Tba tola) cost to tbo
rail rend company of the -three con
struction contracts- Hoxls'i, Ames'
and Davis' was 103,546,287 ; the to
tal cost tn tbe contractor wa ion,
CLEARFIELD,
720,958; making a total profit to con
tractors S 12,825,328. Hbares of this
enormously profitable stock were dis
tributed among prominent momoers oi
tho House and Senate to aid legisla
tion. Among those who had transac
tions In it wore Dawes, wiison, oco
fleld, Garfield, Logun, Harlan, Patter
son, Colfax, oil Republicans. Tbo Ko
publican Homo whitewashed them all,
making scupo gouts of Oakos Ames
(Republican) and James Brooks, the
only Democrat involved.
WflAT TIIK CAttl'ST nAtkltSS HAVE
STOLEN.
In 18G5 tho actual and adjusted debt
of Alabama was ti,221,lSli. In 1872
its total debt and contingent liabilities
amounted to 32,f2(i,0G7 ; total in
crease, $27,705,781. Tbo actual dobt
of Arkansas in 1 80S was $4,527,879;
its total debt and contingent liabilities
in 1871 amounted to 10,7B1,2('.5 ; to
tal Increase, $!R,223.3R6Y In 1805 tho
actual and adjusted dobt of Florida
was $1,307,617 ; in 1872 the tnlnl debt,
actual and contingent, was 810,556,072;
incrca8e, (15,185,455. In 1865 tbo ac
tual and adjustod debt of Georgia was
$5,700,500 ; in 1872 the total deht, ac
tual and contingent, was $38,618,750;
increase, $1)2,912,250. The Democratic
administration has ainco reduced its
actual liabilities to $8,000,000 nnd
brought its bonds, which at one timo
could naruiy oe sola at any price,
above par. In Louisiana tbe actual
and adjusted debt was $13,357,990;
tbo total debt and contingent liabilities
in 1872 amounted to 41,864,473; iir
crcaso, $28,506,474. In Mississippi
tbo actual and adjusted deht in 1H65
amounted to $919,767 ; in 1871 It was
$2,284,217; increaso $1,367,449. In
North Carolina, the debt and liabili
ties amounted in 1868 to $15,779,945;
in 1S72 to $34,887,467 ; Increaso in
four years, $19,107,522. In South Car
olina, tho a"tnal and adjusted debt in
1865 was $18,037,961 ; (he total, actual
and adjusted debt, in 1871, wns $22,
480 914; increase, $9,441,950. Tbo ac
tual and contingent debt of Tennessee,
in 1HC0, wns $26,777,347, and In 1872,
$32,054,476; increase, $5,277,129. In
Texas, the actual and adjusted debt, In
1HG5, was $.128,866; tho total contin
gent and prospective debt, in 1872, was
$12,954,887, being an increaso ol $12,.
629,621. Tho debt of Virginia increas
ed from $(1,000,000 in 1865, to $17,
100,000 in 1871, tho small increase be
ing duo to tho short-lived power ot tho
l arpot-lioggors. i ho totul Increaso in
tho debt of tbo eleven Sontborn Slates,
since the wns, is $172,685,!! 10.
LAND STOLEN FROM SETTLfcRM.
The total number of acres of public
land bestowed in land-grants by Re
publican Congresses is 296,000,000;
tho total area given away is 294,758
square miles, a larger area than that
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts. Rhode island, Connecti
cut, Now York, NcwJorsey, Pennsyl
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and
Indiana combined. The total area of
all these States is only 256,2IMI squaro
miles. -
WUAT MB. WIIEKLEB'H RAILROADS HAVE
OOT.
Tho bonds issued to l'acifio railroads
by licpublicnn Congresses which lire
now outstanding amount to $64,623,-
612; and tho amount of intorost paid
by tho United States, allowing for ro
payment by transportation of mails,
4c., amounts to $25,171,013.
FOUR THOUSAND MILLIONS SPENT BY
ORANT.
From March -1, 1789, to Jono 30,
18U1, or 72 vours, tho entire not ordi
nary oxp.'hsesot thoGovornmt'ntwero
$1,581,706,195; from June 30, 1861, tn
Juno 60, 1875, or fourteen yers, they
amounted, exclnsivo of the publio dobt,
to $5,220,250,759. 1 Tho net ordinary
oxponses in tho ten years of peace
ainco 1865, are $2,034,233,412. Tho
total exponditutcs of the six years ol
President Grant's administration, end
ing with Juno 30, 1875,$4,fl08,438,461.
IIRANT's ARMY OF EMPLOYES.
Tho nil mhor of civil omployos undnr
President lliichnnan was 44,&Zi i un
der Lincoln in 1863, when tho war wns
at its height, 47,375 ; undor Grant in
1869, 54,207; tinder Urnnt in 1873,
86,G60; under Grant in 1876, 102,250.
FIVE MILLIONS OF DEFALCATIONS.
Tho amount of defalcations under
President Grunt's Administration has
been, by postmasters, $373,371; by
marshals, $249,660 ; by sundry public
officers, $265,7 13 ; by collectors of in
ternal revenue, $2,312,644 ; by navy
officers, 1623,208, by army officers,
87SI,S.)J, tVc, Ac. ; total nuinhor ol de
faulters, 649 ; total of defalcations,
$5,500,595.
A COSTLY INDIAN POLICY. -
The total expenditure for tho sup
portof tbo Indians during the six yearn
preceding tin war was $21,379,208.
Tbe total oxponditures for tho first six
years of the prevent administration,
during which the Indians wero lower
in number, was $10,925,488 l'ha an
nual average before tho wpi was $3.-
663,216; tho annual average under
Urantia $ii,820,W14. Tbo anntiul ex
cess under Grunt fs $3,257,697 ; tho
totul oxcess lor tho six years under
Grant is $19,446,189, or nearly tho
wholo sum expended in tho support of
the Indians In tho six years botoro the
war. In the first year of (.rant's ad
ministration, tho oxponses wore only
$3,400,938, but u little less than tbo
average of tbo six years before tbe
war; but in the following year tbo ex
ponses leaped up to $7,426,997, und
liavo sinco held substantially that fig
ure. Tho expenses of last year were
tho greatest of all, being $8,384,656,
more than tbo cntiro Mate, tuxes ol tho
Htato of Now York. ; ,
WHAT THE DISTRICT aiNH ACCOMPLISHED.
Tbo municipal oxnunses of tbe Dis
trict of Columbia from July 1st, 1871,
lo July 1st, 1870, wero 942,687,097
Tho nmount expended in Improving
less than ono-hall tho strtxils ot W ash
ington in tho past five years was $29,-
972,012. $10,000,000 worth of this
work hns already gone to ruin and
must bo replaced. Tbe pre.ient debt
of the District is $24,121,852, tho value
of tho reel estate iff the iMstrlct only
$99,452,684. The population Is 150,
000, and the debt avcrngj (166 to
ovary man, woman and child. It
amount to 27 per cent of lire entire
taxanlo rout estate, in January, IHVO,
property to the amount of 913,213,01 1,
bad boon sold tor taxes.
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR PTBLiO nUILDlNOS.
The cost of all nubile buildings, in
eluding Custom Houses, Court Houses,
Posfoflices, Ac, purchased and built
by the United 8tates, betwoen 1789-
1860. or 71 years, woe $28,640,170.
Tho tost between 1860 and 1876, or 16
years, was $51,164,978, Tbe excess ii
$22,524,807; tno avcrsgo annual or
penso before Republican ascendency,
$403,382, average since, (3,410,998
The supervising architect. Mr. Mullett,
was on untimate friend of President
Grant and Boss Shepherd. 8hepberd
waa given ine coniraot )or tli m, rooi
inr, plumbing, and gaa-flttlng in all
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1876.
public builditua, both new and old, and
his workmen wero sent from Wash
ington to nil Fart ol tho country.
Their pay bcuan at tbe timo they left
Washington and continued until their
roturn ; their traveling exiei!aoA were
naid bv the Uivornmchl, and nil ma
teriul puroorfc'a to bo shipped from
Washington al charged to tho Gov
ernment at socaiien wnoiesalo prices.
Shepherd was paid 15 per cont. on tbe
total ol all thus expense, una iu por
cent, besides thl use of his patents.
The roofing, plumbing and gas-tilting
ot tho 1'ortluna turegon) custom
House was done, in this way by Shop
herd, and tbe wages of tbe workmen
tor tboir whole absence was paid in
the way just stated. ,
robeson's income and how it iiuew.
Mr. Robeson becntno Secretary of
the Jiavy In lta, and was tticn vory
poor. The incobo which he testified
to under oalb in '63, was $492 ; in 61
$535: in '69, tho year of his appoint
ment, $1,000. In a fow months ho
had accounts in fivo bunks, aggregat
ing $467,540. 1 lho books ot Messrs.
A. U. Cat tell & Co. show that a closo
business intimacy began with Mr. Robo-
son when ho was appointed. K. G.
Cattcll sold his influence with Mr.
Robeson to many naval contractors,
demanding as his price 0 per cent, on
the total amount of tho contract. The
investigating oommittoe could not dis
cover all such cases, but they did dis
cover 18 casus in which the contracts
amounted to $7,211,029; from seven
of theso contractors, Cattoll received
$48,500 ; from ono of those dealers
imiiiy private purchases were made by
tho Secretary and ins wife, the bills
being settled by Cattail. Ono con
tractor testified that ho paid Cattcll
$37,000. ' Various witnesses testified
that Robeson was well informed of the
payments to the Cattells, and many
telegrams and letters placed in evi
dence showed that tho most cordial
intimacy existed between them. Sec
retary Robeson oriltircd paid claims,
which had been rejected by hecrotary
Wells, ono ol the most upright ol
Secretaries, . amounting to 7'k),3UU.
Among theso wus the famous Sccor
claim, which wns paid, although the
Seeors had formerly accepted $1 15,000,
in full discharge of tbo claim. - These
claims were put through by attorneys,
most ol them intimate with Jiobeson.
Tho failure of tbo house of Jay Couke 4
Co. in 1873 threatened tho safety of the
liraneli house In ivomlon. Mecrctury
Robeson, in order to help tho Cookes
and Cattells, advanced $111,000 to
lho London bourn lour duys alter tho
luiluro ot tho bouse in Jtow i ork. 1 he
enliro amount went to tho firm, nnd
not to pay droits of paymasters in for
eign ports, as wns claimed. - $700,000
of this amount hns never been recover
ed. Tbe naval investigation showed
that Mr. Robeson expended fully $1,
000,000 a year for political purposes in
navy yards, keeping sometimes ns
many us 12,000 men on hand. The
expenditures f tho Navy Department
sinco Robeson annnoiolmeiit have been
8iiu,u.ii,4si. i iiu result ot an tuis
expenditure is that, in tho words of
Admiral Portor : 'Our navy, tuken as
a whole, is wortn nothing, find in
this view the testimony of every prom-
inont naval oftieor agrees. Tlie House
has directed tho Judiciary Committee
to report whether lioheson should not
be impeached, but ho Is still retained
in the Cabinet.
FIAYEs' MAKERS ON CIVIL SERVICE RE-
,,,,.. i, i. FOBM. j- :'
Governor Hayes was nominatod at
Cincinnali-ehicfly by the supporters of
Morton, and Cameron, aided by tbo
influence ol President brant, trov
ernor Hayes' chief point in his letter
of acceptance was his promiso nt a
civil service rclnrm. Yt bether ho will
attempt to fulfill his promiso depends
upon tbo men to whom bo owes bis
nomination. All ol them uro distin
guished opponents of civil serviro re-
lorm. Jlorton pronounces ours "tno
best civil sorvico on the planet," nnd
lias declared that tho lilb tenuie of of
fice, bow proposed by Governor Hayes,
"would form a privileged class that
would revolutionise tho liindunieiitul
principles of this Government." Sen
ator Cameron, whoso son, tbe present
Secretary ot Yvur, decided Unyes nom
ination nt Cincinnati, snid in tho Sen
ate, that "this Government of ours is
as well conducted now us it ever was
Bince its beginning, nnd better than any
other (lovermciit in tlie worm. iio
snys : "This cry of reform comes from
the party in the minority. 1 it is tidio-
uloiis lu suppono that collators can do
prevented Iroin acting as citizens, j
am for leaving this thing as it has
been. J'.very mensngo and every In
augural speech of President Grant, nnd
every National Republican platlorm
sinco 1868, has promised civil service
reform, but no step lias over been taken
but that of tho appointment of Hie
Hoard ot t.ivil Service r.xuminers,
which was speedily abandoned, and
tho only threw Secretaries who have
distinguished themselves ns reformers
Cox, liristowand Jewell weroigno-
ininmusly discharged Irom tho Cabinet.
BELKNAP.
In 1872 u Now York paper publish-
cd lho ovidenco of Gen. Hur.cn, show
ing that, poet-traders wero compelled
to pay largo sums lor their appoint
ments, tho paper inferring openly that
tbo money went to llelkiinp. Tho
testimony was brought to President
Grant's ultentinn, but ho declined lo
tako any action on it, In March, 1876,
the Democratic House obtained proof
of liolkiinn's uii i 1 1 . nnd he wns im-
ieacliod, tbo President accepting his
resignation "witn great regret," anil
thereby enabling linn to escape con
viction". Twetity fivo Republican Sen
ators and ono Democratic voted for bis
acniiiltal. Iliscoiinsel took the ground
that Gen. llelknnp had accepted pres
ents Hint usi Ucn. itraui nail done, and
argued that ho hnd not acted any more
criminally Uian the rest ol them.. The
testimony showed I hat two of Belk nap's
onico-brokers maoo at least EL'V.uuu
each, for securing half dor.cn ap
pointments, in one ouso charging $1,.
000 for an introduction to him. From
Marsh, liclknup received fully $20,000
as his half of tbo blackmail lev ied upon
Kvans. Within a fortnight allor this
ulaclosuru, tlie timo Mate Convention
which presientod Governor liayea for
tho l'roaiiToncy, eiiiogirea tbe Admin
istration in the highest terms, and tho
same action bus been tnkoti by every
itopublican State and National Con
vention boforo nd since. Kleven of
tho post-trader who testified paid $10,
000 in 1H75 to help r elect G rant, Titid
on raT thorn admitted having naid as-
aesaiucBla ivithil tho present yuan ,.
, , ORV1L AND I'LrwiISUHANT, - ' ,
This orgnnir-cd business in nosl-tra-
dorshipa was serried en by others tbnn
tlelknsp. uivit'rani, the President e
brother, rceeircd information from tho
President of imminent ehsngos in post
tradorships and Indian agencies, nnd
was able to sill hi influence to flnnll-
canta, and in this way obtained large
interests in a nosen or ao posts Into
RE PUB
which be put no capital, but from
which he derived usually one-third of
tho profits. Theso facts wore admit
ted by Orvil Grant in his testimony.
That tho President probably under
stood tbo use which his brother mado
of his information may ba inferred
from bis own action in similar case.
In 1867, wbon ho was General of tho
army, and bad tho appointment ot
post-traders, a relative, W. D. W. Ber
nard, asked an appointment tor ono
Harrow, stating in writing to Gonoral
Grant, that Barrow was to give, him
one tbird of the animal profits tor his
influence. Burrow was appointed.
This is to show by testimony before
tho House Committee on War Depart
ment Kxpcndittircs. , . .
' BOARPINH BAIICOCK 8 DOO.
Among Gen. linbeock's bills as Coin
missioner of Publio Buildings and
Ground, paid out of tho U. S. Treasury,
was ono of $30 for tho board of his
dog, and four bills of $173.60, $169.15,
$556, and $215 respectively, all for ro-
PBirmg and painting his carriages.
The total cost to the United Stntes of
boarding Gen. Hancock's dog tip lo
duto has boon $50(1. Jlo also rented
handsome rooms, built stables, and
maintained horses and carriages. Tho
contingentoxpenscs of hisprodeccssors
were limited to $250. Ilo also fur
nished bouquets, 4c, to tho Ring, with
larger decorations ior parlies. His
books show cbarges for skeletons of
1,228 flower baskets, 224 wreaths, 173
crosses, 72 vases, anchors Ac, t lib-
ifvm.
A CHRISTIAN STATESMAN.
Gen. O. O. Howard, a Jiepublican
slid in good standing, was proved by
investigation to bnvo abstracted Irom
the appropriations for tho Frecdmen's
Bureau, of which ho was tbo bead,
$500,000 for Howard University, ol
which he was also tbo head ; to have
sold university land improperly, and
taken church bonds In payment; to
have compelled tho use of brick in tho
University Buildings, manufactured by
a compnny in which ho wns a stock
holder; lo navo paid out oi Bureau
funds over $10,000 to aid in building
bis Washington church, taking church
bonds in payment, which wore return
ed in bis accounts as (ash, and to bnvo
made similar advances on like security
to tho Y. M. C. A. of Washington.
. ORTIl'a YENE7.UELA CLAIMS.
Tbe awards of tho Vcner.nela Claims
commission nmountcd to $1,253,300, of
which $794,000 was awarded by tho
umpire, a young man who had been in
the employment ol Talmago, t lie Amer
ican Commissioner. Tho House Com
mitteo which investigated tho subject,
declared that not a Binglo ono of tho
awards was justified by law or ovidenco,
and that the Government could not
consequently with national honor insist
upon their payment. W. P. Murray,
Secretary of Legation, and brother-in-
Inw ol Stilwcll, the American -Minis
ter, obtained as attorney awards
amounting to $851,000, and all the
claims not represented by Murray wero
represented by Tulinago, t lie American
Commissioner himself. The complaints
of tho VencEnclan Government led to
an Investigation by tho Foreign Affairs
Committee, of which Godiove S. Orth,
of Indiana, wns Chairman, but it did
not result in any action doing justice
to V cncxtiola. Subsequent investiga
tion showed that between two of Mr.
Orth's Congressional terms, by his own
testimony, bo was hired by Stilwcll
and lulmugo to aid their claim and re
ceived seven of the ono thousand dollur
certificates they issued. Mr. Orth was
nominated for Governor of Indiana by
tho Republicans, but theso disclosures
compelled Ins withdrawal.
TUB FACTS ABOUT SOllH CAROLINA.
Tho property valuation in South
Curolinu amounted in 186(1 to $490,000,-
000 ; in 1870, it was $170,000,000, a
doclino of 67 per cent Tho tax levy
nmnnntcd in 1860 to $500.000 ; in 1873,
to $2,700,000, an increaso of nearly 600
por cent. the legislative expenses
amounted in 1860 to $10,000; in 1873,
to $291,000, an increaso of nearly 700
per cent.
' WM. A. WHEELER ON BRIBERY.
Tho Republican House preceding tho
present one, discovered that a portion
of tbo Pacific Mud million expended
in bribery, went into tho hands of tba
assistant iloor-Ueeiicr and another cm
ployo. The Investigating Commitlco
stated that they would recommend no
action in their cases ns both had re
signed. Tho assistant door-keeper was,
however, kept on tho pay-roll during
tho recess of nine months, and at tho
opening ol tho next Congress he was
nominuted for door keeper by William
A. Wheeler, the Republicnn candidate
lor i ico I'l-csidcnt, who voted for him
in common with bis Republican col
leagues.
WHAT Til R WHITE 1101 sr COSTS.
Tho total expenditures of the White
Hotiso from 1857 to 1861, wero $213,-
028: tho totul expenditures for seven
years under President Grant, wero
$848,902 ; annual Itopublican average,
$121,284 ; annual I'emocralio average,
$53,257 ; Republican excess, (68,026.
IIOW BAIICOCK WAS Ai yl lTTtl).
Tho testimony of lllufor' Wilson,
bclbro tho II ouso Committee, shows
t lint tho acquittal of (ien. liahenck, tho
Presidents rnvnte Secretary, at Sf
Louis, was duo almost entirely tn tho
Presidents intorloronco. Tho Presi
dent on ono occasion inquired what a
certuin witness would testify, and was
told that ho would swear lo having
seen money mailed by joyco to nab
cock. Shortly after, on tho same day,
Bubcnck railed upon Wilson, nnd asked
what this samo witnoss would testify,
"showing," says Mr. Wilsou in a letter
to rlnstow, "lliut Ins r.xccllency hnd
convoyed nt oneo to ilsbcock every
possible evidence." "Tho point of all
this is," ho adds, "that tho President
questions me iu Bubcock's intorost."
Two days ufter, Attorney Gen. Picrro
poiit called on Wilson and asked nt
once what this samo witness would
testify to. Ho said bo hail been greatly
troubled by tho President's request
that a circular letter should bo w ritten
to District Attorneys, cautioning them
against Inking the tospjnony of accom
plices. Ho objected to writing tho
letter, but tho President insisted, and
tho loiter was written. Piorrepont
said thai tho letter was not to be made
public, but It was mado publio immedi
ately by Bubcock's counsel, who could
only have obttined it from tho Presi
dent. The leltor alarmed witnesses
overywhors who had proposed to give
Stale's evidenco, inasmuch as it loll
them no hope of immunity. In other
ways tho President Interfered in tho
prosecution. . Ho hired C. S. BelL a
detective, to asccrtuin tho ovidenco
agnlnst Hancock, and at the vital point
in me prosocution, uisroisseu Hender
son, the lesding Government counsel.
Under these repeated blows the rasu
broke down,snd llnbcock wns acquitted.
", THE FREtDMAN a SAVINGS.
The total liabilities of the Freodmun's
Savings Bank, December 31, 1876, wero
(4.004.R7n, of which $2,992,033 Is due1
LI
to tbo 70,000 colored depositors. One
of tho causes of the luilure of tho bank
was tho extent of defalcations. Ten
of thoso were found in branch banks,
and amounted to at least $ 10,000. Tbe
principal irregularities and frauds were
prrctieod, however, at Washington.
Hero tho money wns not stolen direct
ly, but by menns of loans on deprecia
ted securities. Fivo officers of lho
Freodmun's Bonk wero connected with
tho Ring District Government, and
loans were made on district securities
which would not bo sold fur anything
near their luco value lho bunk was
founded by a Republican Cor gross, ad
ministered by Republican otllciuls, and
stolen bankrupt by Republican thiovos.
And yet tbo Republican party claims
to no ino especial Iriend nt tho negro,
SAN DOMINIIO.
Tho sebemo for tho annexation of
Sun Domingo was originated by (ien. 'a
Ingalls, Babcock and Porter, with Fa-
liensand Cuxncau.two adventurers who
had secured vuluublo grants nnd con
cessions in Sun Domingofrom President
BacE, which annexation to tho United
Slates would muke very valuublc. Tbo
Somite refused, mainly through lho in
fluonco of Sumner, to sanction this
scheme. Raymond 11. Terry was tbe
principal witness ngainst Babcock and
his annexation scheme, ami his testi
mony wad so much fenrcd Hint W. B.
Mooro, a detective friend of Bubcock's,
then an assessor in Texas, volunteered
to trump up a chnrgo ol murder against
l'en v, on which he could be taken to
Tcxns, tried before a carpet-bag Court,
and sent to tho penitentiary. The
plot grow too dangerous and w us aban
doned, but tho Idlers of Babcock, Cel.
liitley and Moore prove Us existence.
STRAW I1IUS.
Postmaster General Crcswcll wus in
vestigated throe times,' twice white
washed by a Republican Congress nnd
onco exposed by a Democratic House.
The most flagrant abuse over fastened
upon tbo 1 out Clflico Department, that
of "straw bids," began under Crcswcll.
A straw bid is n bid so low that it can
never be fulfilled, which generally
throws the contracts into iiing bands
at a higher rate, or coiuicls ' tempo
rary services at high pay. bore
the highest bid wns $80,019, tho straw
bid wus in one ease 8900. in another
caso tbe highest wns $150,000, the low
est Has 8 1 u. 1 his lasl Creswell threw
out, and yet necepud a straw bid of;
(4,200. Uno Urm ol htniw bidders,
Harlow, Sanderson k Co., paid between
$40,01)0 and $."0,II00 to influence the
investigation of tho Republicnn House,
paid ono Inwyer $25,000 for influence
within the Department, nnd gnvo largo
sums to tho Second Assistant Poslmns
ter General's brother. This firm ob
tained o. o contract which will servo
as a specimen. It was let to n straw
bidder, though there wns nn honest
bid of $96,000 a year. This bidder
failed, and temporary sorvico wns en
gaged nt (699 a day. Anothor straw
bid, another faiure, nnd temporary ser
vico ngnin, this timo at $120 a dnv.
Finally, tbo contract was banded over
tn Barlow & Co., without advertising
and in violation of law, at $142,000.
Hundreds of Bimilnr instances could be
given. Creswell, when ho resigned,
rocoived a eulogistic letter from Presi
dent Grant.
BLACK FRIDAY.
Secretary lioulwgll reversed tbo pol
icy of bis predecessor, of keeping his
intention to sell gold secret, and adver
tised his sales, thus forewarning specu
lators. Thisinspired prominent specu
lators with tho idea that if tho sales
could bo prevented fur a timo llicy
could forco tho price up. Jay Gould
effected n combination with A. R. Cor
bin, lho President's brother-in-law, and
with Gen. Porter, (ien. Babcock and
(ien. Buttcrflelil, flret securing the ap
pointment of Biiltcrfield ns Assistant
Treasurer at Now York. The Presi
dent was necessary to Ihosehoino, and
ho wns soon t lie guest of Fink and
Gould on a Full river boat. Other in
terviews followed. Corbin was given,
in July, 1801, (250,000 in V. S. bonds,
and, in September, Gould liougltt for
$1,500,000 iu gold. Tho President,
during this month, wrote a letter to
the Secretary, giving his views against
a siilo otgold aid then went to i visit pllrlmctof Justicecxaminod at length wero 'worth seeing, wore they not?
relatives in us nngUin, 1 u., a villnge tho ni.(.oluliB of j0m L Davenport, and ' livervbody says they are very fine in
accessible by ruil only Irom W heeling, ,,,, i v,i ,,r tn nun ..1,1.1, ,l,w.,l'" L it vnn l.o.nl il.iiM? n,.h
West Va. This made nil nCCCBs to hilll
difficult, und Fisk and Gould at onco
begnn to buy gold. Jty September Hi,
they controlled fifty to sixty millions
and had forced tho price up to 1401.
$1,500,000 of this wus held lor Butler
field, to whom Gould had also loaned
$10,000 without security. Fisk lesti
fled tbnt Gould told him ubout Septem
ber 18 or 20, when they wero getting
a little uneasy, "This mutter is all fixeil
up; Corbin bus got Butterlield all right,
nnd Corbin bus got Grant fixed all
right." Ho nlso testified that Corbin
told him that "Mrs. Grunt hud nn in
terest ; that Gould bad sold (500,011(1
of gold belonging to Mrs. Grunt" (held
by Corbin, who held an equal nmount
tor Porter) "lenving a balunco iu her
favor of about (28,0110, und I hat a
chuck for $25,000 hud been sunt." The
wholo country was now excited over
the advaneo of gold. Fisk got Corbin
to write tbo President by special mes
senger lo prevent any Governmental
interference. Tho President reached
Washington City Sept. 22, and wns be
sieged by the New York merchants,
who implored him to sell gold, lho
order wns not given until noon, Sept.
24, but Gould know of it hours belorc
nnd sold all the morning. 1 ho money
delivery book of tbe Adams' Ivxpress
Company showed tho delivery of a 825,
000 puckago to Mrs. Grunt nt the While
House.
SCHENCK AND III! l'fcc'UI.IAll IDEAL.
Ucn. Schunck's connection with the
F.ninin Mino Company was formed on
Park's proposal that ho should sub
scribe for 500 shores, cash vnluo 10,
003, but should not bp required lu pro
vide nny money. Park was to lend
him the money without interest, anil
guaranteed that tho dividends should
amount to 2 por cont. per month, while
held by Schenek, nnd ngrecd In take
tho share back nt nny timo at par.
Practically this gnvo Schenek a bonus
of 21 per cent, on the stock because
tho nolo wns mnuo payable In one year
and boro no interest. Subsequently
tho dividend, guaranteed Wero reduced
to II percent, and tho bonus thus re
duced to 18 per Cent. No security was
ovor givon. General Schenek did not
consult tho Secretary of State as to tho
propriety ot allowing bis name lo no
used, Tho arrangement by which his
shares wero bought fur hnn and the
dividends guaranteed wns kept secret.
Tho fraudulent character ot tno enior
priso was soon known. An investiga
tion by tho llonsu ensued. Ilislesii
mony was proved to bo mainly false.
The cominiltco unanimously roportod
a resolution condemning his action as
"ill advised, unfortunate and incompnti-
bio witb tho duties ol Ins oinciai posi
tion," and tho House unanimously
adopted It. '
the oenebal odder monopoly.
Th New York Custom House hns
CAN,
TEELIS-S2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SERIES-V0L. 17, NO. 41
been ono of tho chief burcuus of cor
ruption uudur tho Grunt administra
tion. Tho system of warehousing
goods wliich bad been in voguo for
years and given cntiro satisfaction to
ixow J uric merchants, w as changed in
1870, and an extortion monopoly givon
to ono of President Grunt s proteges.
This monopoly was obtained through
lho President und his Secretaries, Bab
cock und i'orior. Charges imposed by
this firm ot l.eel und Slocking somo
times amounted to more than the
Ireiglit on the sumo goods from Liver
pool to New York. Their profits from
these extortions wero estimated us high
as $390,000 a yenr, in gold. Stewart,
Dodge, and other eminent merchants,
protested in vnin. Under Collector
Murphy many other abuses grew up.
1 1 oruco Greeley and other w itnesses
showed before tbe InvcstigalingC'om
niittee, that the Custom House patron
age was used to control tbe Republi
can party. Public indignation com
pelled Murphy's resignation, but the
President wroto bun a fulsome letter
of compliment.
PRINT1NI1 FttAtPS.
In 1 S7 1 tho management of tbo
Government Printing Olllec was inves
tigated by tho Republican Senate, and
ulthough charges of fraud were sus
tained, PrintcrClapp was whitewashed.
In 1X76 the House committee on print
ing, whoso chuirmaii, Mr. Vance, is a
practical printer, mado a thorough in
vestigation. This showed, on tho testi
mony of tho best experts in printing
and binding in tins country, lhai ciupp
overcharged from 35 to 300 per cent.;
that owing to tbo enormous supply ot
typo and materials, books ol 1,000
puges wero kept in typo, and when a
now edition was ordered, the liovorn
incut was charged a second timo fur
composition; that lull composition is
charged every year in Ibis way for tbo
Army Register, winch is kept standing,
and in which few changes are annually
mnde; that bills wero made lor articles
not purchased. Tho investigation
Iirovcd that whilo tbo Government
rinting OlHco cost from 1861 to 1875,
exclusive of tuxes, insurance and im
provements, 821.767,496, or an annual
average of $1,671,422, that tho work
could iiavo been done honestly for 60
per cent, of tbnt amount, or about $.,
100,000, tho waste nnd fraud amount
ing in thirteen years to $8,600,000.
The House legislated C'lapp out of
olllec ; a new olllco wns created to
which tho President appointed Clnpp;
the nomination was confirmed by the
Sonato, notwithstanding all these dis
closures. THE HANBOHN IRAUIlS.
In 1872, Secretary of tho Trcnsury
Richardson made a contract with John
1). Sanborn for tho collection of taxes
withheld in ull 5,000 cases, for collect
ing which bo was to receive fifty per
. ... .i . , , . n-i"
ct hi. oi ine wnoio amount, i no con -
tract was mnde without consulting the 10 tom0. lo "0 rescue, iiiere
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or Wl1 b" n ' " brollM ftmi10- lf "
any ofliccr of tho Department. The ! l',ok -00.0,00, 'ranc. mke.on? rm.
amount collected by Sanborn wn8 ' cct of tho entire fcma e, including
8127,000 ; tho amount retained by him the ' her left leg and bai
was $218,500; lho nmount justly duo eony in her back bair, would mount up
to collectors would have been $9,000 ; 10 t'0,,l'1 ' million dollars. The
so that the Government overpaid (209,- lireBCnt H;anoial condition of the con n
500. Tho Ways nnd Menus Commit- tr' nrccly wnrrants such an cxpendi
tco of tho Republican llouso reported t,lr0 ov ulon ? unnecessary a lux
that probably nil this amount could !ur-v ""combined goddess and hght
havo been collected iu the usual way. I b,ou0- .VieJe',v' therefore, that all
B. F. Butler, now leading Republican l!1."1 e5tls,, hcr. tho arm with the
cnndidnlo for Congress from Mnssnehu-' thnmb, will have to bo respectfully.
setta, was Sanborn's champion in Con- dtclined, with thanks.
grcss, and is generally supposed to have 1 """"T""' "... , , .
Keen his partner in the transaction. A '"''J from lbo north of Ireland, at
THE IIOISK APPOINTEES.
Wm. A. Wheeler, Republican candi
dato for Vice President, recently re
peated several, already refuted liilso
hoodswith respect to the appointments
mado by the llouso of Representatives.
The truth is, that of the 123 appoint
ments on the roll ol tho door-keepers,
35 served in tho Union Army, 10 in
tho Confederate Army, 2 in the .Ylcxi-
can War, 11 nro colored, and 65 lire
non-combalants, pago-boys, Ac. The
former Republican House had 153 ap-
poilliees, !.' oi Tiiiuiii ouuei! nun iuei vi0 tinm was the alio ot an illipbant.
wore only 18 Union soldiers among jxbo khow is very well in its way, but
lliem. iyo know yo'ro young hero yet, and
public money in elections. ' i much cannot bo expected of yea."
'I'lm lfnn.n fnmtniiliin t.n lit,, Hit!MYf-ll I, Ml Kittr? .ri.ltr I hn A iamkiida
I , -n,.,,,,,!,.,! nm,n,, Cr'hv iVM-eml
lur work on registration books. J lie
receipts wero obtained nnd furnished ; when she married Johnny O'Toolc,
by Davenport nfter the investigation had a st bring ov diamonds 'round 'or
began. Tho committee I'urtbor report nick, iviry wan ov thim as big as a
Unit they found other evidences of iin- j potuly I Sure, I'd niver think ov com
liroper use of the Secret Service Fund 1 parin' thim np v oider in tho show wid
of the Government lor political, social
nnd other purposes. It was evident
tbnt that fund was used to influence
elections in Now York City. They
feel compelled to report that tlie. J'mi
li nt ami tlie Attorney Generals, Mcrtrt.
Aekenmin mirf William, who supplied
Davenport with $34,000 from the hit
ler fund, diverted it from its proper
purpose to one entirely foreign to the
objects of the law.
F1BTIIKR Cll AltACTtlllSTlCS OK THE AD
MINISTRATION. Present-tiiking by the President. and
the Iippoiutmenlol the present-makers
toollice; tbo wholesale appointment
of the President's relatives to olllco;
tbe consorting of men of high position
with men of known corrtin'inn, as ot
Grant with Shepherd, Buhoock, Ac,
and of Hayes with Bluine and Chun
dler; the failure to redeem a single
pledge of single service reform, though
it has been promised in every national
plat liii'in, every Presidential message,
mid inaugural speech sinco 1868 ; the
luiluro to tako a single step towards
resumption of specie payments, ul
though it has been promised in every
national platform, overy Presidential
message und inaugural address since
186S ; the systematic disregard ol In
dian treaties ; lho violation of nil offi
cial decency by plucing a member ol
the Cubiniit nt the head of tho Nation,
ul Committee ; tho dismissal from tlie
Cabinet of the only Republican who
hail distinguished himself by lho pur
suit of thieves; the retention ot'Schenck,
Orth, Kramer, Sickles und Hudson in
foreign posts, tho former until llicy
chosu to retire, tho latter till tbo pres
ent time; the wholesnlo divhnrgo o(
women from lho departments in carry
ing lho Democratic reductions into
effect, in order to leave comfortable
berths for Republican voters ; tho at
tempt of tho Republican Senate In re
vive lho franking privilege; armed in
terference in lho Stale Governments
of the South, and the armed intimida
tion of Legislatures ami people ; frauds
by lho party w hich claims lo bo the
soldier's friend, in soldiers' pensions
and soldiers' gravestones ; lho nso ol
official power lo prevent access ol Dem
ocratic newspapers to the incomo tax
returns ol liuvernor ilayca ; tbo pro
teose that a party which still retains
it most corrupt members in its highest
plncis will rolurm lisell irthocnortsoi
these men to elect Governor Hnyes
should bt successful. - '
FOR THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE.
The ofrlnlsl Inrestiimtiona, from
which these few deluils are compiled,
fill thousand! und thousands of pages.
Not a hundredth part is told here of
what might bo told ; not u thousandth
purl of what will bo discovered if the
man who convicted Tweed on the evi-
lem e of his own bnnlc books is allowed
access to tho records of tho Republican
Aiiiiiiuisiiaiinn. Vi as a Kupublio "ut
before ruled by a party ao absolutely
and irredeemably corrupt T
. Jl IXTS TO II ICE KEEPERS.
Never iimi nn old hive for a new
swurm without first taking on" tho lop
board and planing it; ulao the inside.
The boxes for surplus honey should be
made with four sides of glars, being
very easily mado, and making a neat
puekogo. Put in box pieces of combs
about two inches square. The liees
will then have something to start from,
und you will huvo aa many ooiubs as
you put pieces. Put on the boxes in
the spring as soon as they begin to cur
ry honey, if you would securo much
from ttio old swarms, and on tho new
swarms about three duys alter they are
hired. Boxes that bavo been on a
hive onco must bo taken apart and
llioionghly cleaned beforo using, or
they will not work in tiiem. The con, b
is secured to the boxes by melting a
little beeswax and dipping tbo comb
in it. To n uiovo surplus boxes I havo
lound nothing so good as two pioces of
heavy sheet iron, tbrco inches wido
und seven inches long a half inch of
one ond turned at right angles with
tho leii; run both ends under too box;
leave ono end on tbo bivo, tbo other
draw off with the box, and not a bee
can escape from cither. ' Plug lho
holes up with twisted grass, as it is
next to impossible to gut anything wlae
out idler they bavo waxed it over.
Put the box with honey and bees in a
dnrk place, letting in just a litllo light,
which will enable them to find their
way out, and not back, which they
will try to do. Do not examine tbcm
often when they are storing honey, or
they will stop. The box covering tho
honey box should be well mado and
fitting tho bivo tight enough to ex
clude light; ho sure to have tbcm well
shaded in hot weather, or you will tail
lo get much else but swarms, ol whicn
there will bo plenty. There should I s
at least two thicknesses ol'loards ever
the surplus boxes. "
THE ST A TUE OF LIBERTY.
A very melancholy report readies
us from France that tbe funds for tbo
completion of the bronze Btntue of Lib
erty intended for presentation to the
L nitcd Stales, and which was to have
served as an emblem and light-houso
combined at tho entranco of Now York
barhor,bnvcAiiddoiily givenout. From
all accounts tho bronxo female, who
was to have had a stuir-coKe in her left
leg and a balcony in her back hair, will
require to bo completed by the United
Suites, or forever alter remain a thing
of fancy. Two hundred thousand
francs bad been subscribed toward the
construction of this colossal stalue.and
a section, consisting of ono arm, was
sent for I he inspection and approval of
tho New Yorkers. Tho thumb-nail of
the band attached to this arm was so
lingo that Ilia largest lul woman could
sit down upon it with caso to herself
and comfort to her skirts and surround
ings. So far as tbo arm went appear
auces were favorable. No bigger arm
had been seen, and anticipation ran
high as to tho beauty and eniiro figure.
But with this enormousarm and thumb
nail, the 200,000 francs had becomo
exhausted, and no more funds being
forthcoming, unless tho United Stales
1 . , ,
lionio in Philadelphia, visited tho Cen
tennial Kxposition tho other day, and
on her return the mistress ol the house
said to her: "Well, Kitty, what did
you think of it?" "Och, sure," was
her reply, "It's all very well for them
ns has seen nothing, but to any ono
who has been to tho fuirs at Currick
fargus it looks very mane indeed. Och
ma'am, thim wor the sights to seel
why I've seen silk wurms there as big
B9 calves, and mo own brilhcr in '59
druv a score of pigs to it, and iviry ono
honor ver. cun'l mnno Ihiin si I,, in,
; ot little bauesr Niro mo own sister
; mo sister's," and with a calm smile ol
contemptuous superiority sho resumed
her scrubbing.
One Mi's. Van An ken installed a
Chinamen in her kitchen. Tho follow
ing conversation took place: "What is
your name?" asked Mrs. Van Aukon.
"Oh, my name Ah Sin Foo." "But I
enn't remember all that lingo, my man.
I'll call you Jimmy." " clley welle.
Now whacheo nauieo I calico you?
asked Ah Sin FoJ, looking up in sweet
simplicity. ''Well, my namo is -Mrs.
Van Aukcn; call mo that." "Oh, mo
can no 'mom Ik I Misso Ynnno An ken.
Too big piece namee. I calico you
Tommy- Misso Tommy."
A hydrometer for testing the pro.
portion ot water in cider has como into
use in New ICngland. Tho test, how
ever, does not indicate which has tho
most pleasant fluvor, but simply de
termines tbo amount of water in tbo
cider, whether it came from the apples,
or was poured in to reduce tho
strength. Cider mado from grafted
fruit contains the most water. A mis
. rable kniirly npplo will produce the
highest grade of cider, according to
this standard.
This nolo from a Chicago girl to her
lover was mado publio through a law
suit: "Dear Samio Pap's water-millions
is riK. Come and bring somo
poetry liko you brought alore. My love
lor you wii! ever flow liko water run
ning down a tutor tow. Bring a picco
as long ns your arm, and havo a heap
moro ubout them raving ringlets and
other sweet things. Come next Sun
day and don't fulo me."
A doting mother of a waggish hoy
having honied a lot cl nico preserves
labeled them, "Put np by Mrs. Doo."
Johnny, having discovered the goods,
soon alo the content of one bottle,
nnd wroto on tho bottom of the label,
"Put down by Johnny Doo." - -
"Sncaktnirof shsvinir." ssiJ a nrcltv
girl to an obdurate old bachelor, "I
should think that a pair of bnndaomo
eyes would bo tho best mirror to shave
by." "Yes, many a poor fellow haa
been 'shaved' by thorn." tho wretch re
plied.
Shall tho willing have work and the
laborer bis hire by the election of Til
den and Hendricks, or tho reign of tho
insalialo Cesser at Washington, be
oont l.iued In the election of Hayes at d
Wheeler?