She Uiiublicaiu
TJIECOVXT.
' C! EX. SIIERWAXOX WHEELER,
TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT FOR 1877.
opurly asaeS cJ for tlicy ar 1877, tiixaMo for Slalo and Cjuiity purposes, as returned by the Awieamjrg of tbe respective Townships mid Boroughs
of Clearfield County, Tit., subject to rcviiiioii by the Comity Commissioners, .
THE FACTS IX LOVJUUXa.
The coiispiratora at Waaliiogim,
have tried in every way to conlu,,. u,,
pulihc mind in n g:tr.t Ui the n al lu, 1,
111 Louisiana, and to austaui llnir (0.
turning liiwid by the gioaseet mi-riii.
rumintutiuiia. To cover "p Hie li'ii,i
und forgeries by which that Stale l,oa
lieeu seisuil and traiislurred to llm,
they have cried out "iiitimiilali m '" lt
unler to create lbs belief itiat ids ho.
piiLluam were duprivul ot vau t0
which they were entitled, anil that t,,
I ty trytfifth twild riot lM i.tf
Tho effort made by all patriots' Tho Radical rnnilidato lor the Vico
Miu-o tlm flection, to settle I ho Pre-' Presidency vouches for Iho character
idciitial question aeoins 10 lend to ( of Well and Anderson, mombors ol
i nructicul result. Tlio joint rnmmit-' 'I'0 Louisiana .Returning Hoard. He
Vulu ition of nil
lee, tiiuiiited hy Congress, composed
of seven Democrats and seven Radi
cals, have finally agreed on a report,
mill all have sighed the report except
Senator Morton, of Indiana. Tbe hill
says: "1 havo tbe highest opinion ol
the pel-wool integrity of Wells and
Anderson. Wells was a laithful Union
man who was hunted with dogs
through the swamps by the rebels."
Mr. Wheeler possibly forgets that
Well in Iho (iovernor, whom General
CAfc3eie-
reported ty ibis joint com in it loo con
templutuii counting the roto on tin
first day of I'd-! nary, Uy.io imr,
f r KORIIZ II. Gis.lH.AMUR, Kilitlir.
- i,', R A. 'ft i?. J'. "
.uy .uau, w;t.. in t:..i'naiiu. oi.i'iai f
j Bkitd'Tii. lJaeai'al Laaiw. liwie aau i7.7ia. j Uom ikiC. luae. Ulna. iJaeMiausa. jl Wares. a. l OvLur'arYuaii !j ftas.j Cu. lax. i.SrATu las
1 a I 5 It i v. -A :! ! I 9, j a .1 1 'j m-n , x t . J
I hi t li li r in i j m i i isn w m h i 5
5 h ii ?i U r i t Ui 5 lit i ! ? li m ? $?lp!fer li m M !
Ml .S I. - OA
Reader. If tun want "bow ""' "'"
li the borineM world, Juil ml our adrertitlnir
nlumna. lb NpeWiW equina ID psnleular.
This Government just now i in a
delirium-tremendous condition and
everything ia taken for ti ranted.
Strasuk. Troops, are not bothering
tho people, of Louisiana since Grant'
brother-in-law, Casey, wan defeated for
United States Senator.
Tho people now J) KM AND of their
Representatives in C digress that they
shall to equal to tho perils which
threaten constitutional government
' T irKLiaii Work." The Illinois
Legislature ia composed of 100 Re
publicans, !I8 Democrats and 5 Inde
pendent". Tho latter hold tho balance
of pow'crin tho election of a Senator.
Tho Pittsburgh' I'oet charge tho
Prcsa Telegraph Aiociutioii (and no
doubt truthlnlly) with suppressing
Democratic news. That Association
is becoming as corrupt at a Returning
Board.
A HroESwiNM.E. Tho I'nion Trust
Company, of 'ew York, cashed a $04,
000 forged check drawn on tho New
York Life Insurance Company. The
officers ol tlio hank are now looking
for the fellow who got tho cash.
A Good Pill It has been fully es
tablished that the debt of Philadelphia
now amounts to over seventy-three
million of dollars. This is tbreo times
moro than that of tho StaU) debt,
largo as some people think that to be.
Three millions in twenty dollar gold
pieces arrived in Washington on Mon
day from Sun Francisco. Tho weight
of the gold was six tons, it filled four
teen iron sufes, and it took seventeen
mon to guard it on the way. Suppose
Yanderbilt's sixty millions was in gold,
weighing ono hundred and twenty
tons, what a troul'lesomo thing it
would ho to have about the house!
.Bus, Ovemioaiid. Hoar and Butler,
two eminent political gludiators, be
longing to Massachusetts, had a tilt in
tho Legislature of that Stuto on Fri
day last, and Butler, as in h his mili
tary encounters during tho war, came
off second best. Bcn.'s butty, Bout-
well, now ono of tho Senators froir
that loyal Commonwealth, will keep
his friond company for the next decade.
i
The citizens of Jtichland county,
South Carolina, in which Columbia is
situated, bavo held a convention to
consider the State's political condition.
They mot In Carolina Hall. Among
other expressions ot opinion they
adoptod tho following resolution :
Htflet-t, That we will not pay on east of trl.
but to In imbecile and pretended government
of D II. Chamberlain, and do But acknowledge
obedience 10 id; pretended Mature or reeolatioa
parted in part by tbe Moekrv Honee.
Wiu, dot oo Down. The latest
news from llarrisburg are to tho effect
that tho Legislature, a largo majority
of tho members of which belong to Si
mon Cameron & Son, rofuso to endorse
tho job of robbing thoSlatoof one mil
lion dollars for tho purpose of putting
Jim Millikcn and Harry Whito on a
"war looting." Jt may bo considered
a little rough on Jim and Hairy, but
it's tun for tho tax payer.
Light is breaking in South Carolina.
The office ot Governor Hampton's tax
collector was opened in Charleston on
Tuesday, and hundreds of property
holder vied with each other for pre
cedence in paying the assessment. The
wealthiest and shrewdest business men
led tho way, and tho prospect is that
tlio entiro levy will bo collected with
unprecedented rapidity. Chamberlain
has a gloomy prospect before him.
Bi'TI.kr Diwovntiii. Genuine But
Icrisni received a serious hack-set in
the defeat of George S. Boiitwell, (or
Senator, on Friday last, and tho elec
tion of Geo. F. Hoar, as tho successor
of Woutwell, as .Massachusetts' Rcpre
selitativo fur the next six year. Ben.
Butler championed liuutwell, and the
rest of the people Hoar. lien, de
feated Hoar for Congress last year,
but tho latter has doubled up on the
former, and sent him to the wall.
Haho Masters. Simon Cameron
Jl Son, (I'niled States Senator, and
Secretary of War) are just now apply
ing the lash upon the backs ol Senators
and members of the Legislature as vig
orously as the rudest slaveholder ovor
laid It on tho back ol his slave. From
present appoarance,s the successor ol
the notorious post-trader Belknap
will mako himself as infamous before
ho retires Irom the Cabinet, as his
predecessor. Tho lato ol his prede
cessor should bo a warning to tho son,
but we fear that the frequent escapes
ol the parent, will only embolden the
son to commit grenter wrongs, which
will eventually end in tlio overthrow
of this apparent stable Arm of political
I rec hooters. .
Tim Rr.coRti. Wo are Indebted to
tiiir Slnto Senator, Hon. S. II. Pcalc,
(on copies of tho Ligishitiit llivonl.
Tho first bundlo arrived on Friday,
contaiinng tho pioceedings ol our law
makers lor the two previous weeks
Now, ,what . wo want to know Is,
whether tlio "iastor and folders" arc
running" the Senate, orn'crriTOT ; or
whether it' feimon Cameron A Son?
We confess that wo want the Arvorrf,
but unless we can get it when printed.
It Is of but lilllo nso. This thing of
pai Kina; It lip In bundk'S containing
tho proceedings of tlio legislature for
tcnitlnya or two weeks, isa d d nui
aiico. ' It may suit the "pasters and
folders" to mail and pack onco a fort
night, but 't don't uil tho printers,
Aa the ilixrd is printed daily, let tbi
employe of tba Iwo Uonsoa bt order
cd o pack and nail it id that way, In
stead of aatvdiag it In biwdlat wtek
aHor tWaro printed. ',
wm'iimmm' U J l"i" f wl
Slate. 1 ho committee in question
made their icport on Friday last, and
close as follows: All considerations ol
interest, of patriotism and of justice,
unite in demanding of the law-making
power a measure that will bring peace
und prosperity to tho country, and
show that our Republican institutions
are equal to any emergency. And in
this connection wo cannot refrain from
the expression of our satilaclion tbul
your commilteu, composed ol equal
numbers ol opposite parics, have lor
tunalcly been able to do what has been
attempted in vain herct'.doro almost
unanimously agree upon a plan con
sidered by thum all tu he just, wise
and efficient. Wo accordingly recom
mend the proposed act to the patriotic
and just judgment of Congress.'
II. li. Payne, i). (i. F. Kdmi'nds, m.
KfPA Hlnton, li. F.Frvlinghuysen,R.
A. r). 11 1 WITT, I). It. LoNKLINU, a.
H'.M.Sl'BINlltH,!). A.G. Till RMAN, D
G. W.McCrary, a. T. F. Bayard, d.
Geo. F. Hoar, r. M. W. Hansom, d.
Geo. Willaiid, r.
Tbe absenco ol Morton's name is a
good omen lor "Virtue, Liberty and
Independence," because ho is a loo to
all, and an enemy to his race and coun
try. Senator Edmunds, liadical, from
Vermont, made a powerful speech on
Saturday, in favor of tho report ot the
committee.
A Ait TIOXAL DISGRACE.
Tbe recont investigation of a Con
gressional Committee in the frauds
practiced on the ballot-box by the
Grant-Cameron leadors, has doveloped
one stubborn fact at last ; and that is,
that no Cabinet Minister should ever
be allowed to servo in the capacity of
Chairman of the National Committee
How very odd that honest men like
' honest" Zack Chandler, must lull back
on their "privileges" as officers of the
government when they are called uKn
to reveal tho truth. Chandler was
called on to testify in regard to the
late elections in the South, but ho re
fused to answer tho committee on the
ground that what passed between him
and Grant was of a confidential nature
and ho need not toll. So our govern-
mcnt is run liko a secret society, and .
whenever there ia rascality at tho bot-
torn the rascals fall back on "privi-
lee-cs." That is a little too thin, and
the committeo ought to stand up stiff
for itt privileges, one ol w hich is the
right to cxamino witnesses and com
pel them to answer. This thing ol a
member ol tho Cabinet, as in Chand
ler's caso, undertaking to direct a cam
paign, is an offense against common
docency that should never be repeated,
and should bo prevented by "appro
priate legislation," as Constitutional
amendcra would say. In the caso of
Chandler, the world has tho spectacle
presented, that a member of tbo Cabi
net bas boon tho instrument ot great
frauds practiced on tho elective fran
chise, and when called buforo a com
mittee to Stato why those crimes wore
committed, he tails bock on bis Cabi
net dignity and refuses to tell why
those frauds were perpetrated. A
pretty spoctaclo for "Christian States
men" to look upon ! It in a wonder
Belknap did not think of that "privi
lege" when a similnrcommittee pump
ed him.
lUl'lrAL PRosrr.RiTY. Tbo misrule
of Radicalism for tbe past ten years
proves as fatal to commercial prosper
ity as tho cholera or yellow fevor
plagues, which occasionally scourgo
sections of our country. The assess
ment returns ot our county when com
pared with that of tbreo years ago,
shows how deep tbo malady bas struck.
Although some progress has been made
in improvements within tho past threo
years, tuero is a wontionui uccune lit
all kinds of property. To illustrate:
Three years ago the seated lands of
our county were valued at 13,070,849,-
10; now the saino lands are returned
at 1,701,170.14, and tho nnseatcd at
2,C91,781.28, while they were put
down in 1874 at 11,532,833.45. The
houses and lots in the boroughs ol the
county were valuod at 8707,400.13 in
1874 ; now they are valued at I70H,
939.80, notwithstanding all tho im
provements that have been made since.
There is a loss ol 1150,0110 on houses,
(25,000 on cows, $0,000 on oxen, 10,
000 on occupations and (8,000 on bug
gies and carriages. There is no gain
in anything except in watches, the re
turn being (223.25 to (191.20.
ltr.aii4itirta to Talk Out. Public
opinion is asserting its sway over part
isan prejudice. Justice Field of the
United State Supreme Court concedes
that Mr. Tilden is elected and that ho
ought to bo inaugurated. Ho indig
nautly denouuecs tho Louisiana Re
turning Board as an organised con
spiracy against the ballot. Justice
Field is a Republican, and is one of the
appointees of President Lincoln. After
a majority ol a quarter of a million
votes have been cast tor Mr. Tilden a
large number of the ablest and most
distinguished Republicans in tho coun
try who voted for Hayes now declare
that Mr. Tilden waa elected. Those
aretho independent suffragos that wore
Bn.,l r. rilrlpn but am now
weiirhed for him in tho balanco ol
public opinion. Among tho other
prominent Republicans besides Justice
Field who supported llaj cs and now
conccdo the election of Tilden aro
Horace White, President Seclyo,-)amos
Russell Lowell, David Dudley Field
and Francis C. Barlow.
Art iKTiatsTiNO Ktutr4iscr.Nct.
On our (ourtb page will ba lound an
historical account ol schools in Clear
field county, lor tho past fifty years,
by Dr. Subryrer. A perusal of this
document will refresh tho memories of
many of the oldest Inhabitant. Tho
Philadelphia 7Vm, on tbe "wooing
and whaling" ol James Gordon Ben
nett, ia also good reading, aa well aa
lb miscellsneoos matter, w'lb which
the page indicated la filled.
y',0JA-4-.,.
mnnd In tlio laithtul execution or tho
law." Hut he ought to romembor the
official report of Sheridan to Souotary
Stanton, in which that General says of
Wells that "bo has not one friond who
is an honest man." Further than this,
Gen. Sheridan, who is aupKseu to bo
good Republican authority, went on to
say of tho President of the Louisiana
Returning Board : "I say now, une
quivocally, that Gov. Wells ia a politi
cal trickster and a dishonest man. I
havo seen him myself, when 1 first
camo to this command, turn out all of
the Union men who bad supported
tho Government and put in their stead
rebel soldiers, some ot whom had nut
yet dropped their gray uniform. I
have seen him again, during tho July
riot of 18ti6, skulk away where 1 could
not find him to give bim a guard,
instead of coming out as a manly rep
resentative ol tho State, and joining
those who were preserving the peace.
1 havo watched him since, and his con
duct has been as sinuous as tho mark
left in tho dust by tho movement of a
snake. I say again that ho ia dishon
est, and dishonesty is moro than must
be expected of me."
Bull poziNti Morton. The Phila
delphia lima, in alluding to the "rag
ged edge" performance of tho Indiana
Statesman, says: "Aa might have been
expected Morton bas fooled away with
tho tuttered bloody shirt over Alabama
elections until the decent Republicans
of tbe Slate have rison up to protest
against bis persistent libels on the
Stato people. Mr. Dolmos, a leading
Republican member of the Alabama
Legislature, has offered resolutions in
that body saying: 'Wepronounce any
statement affecting Iho fair name of
tho State in tho matter of elect ions of
the past year, no matter from what
sonrco it may come, as utterly devoid
of truth and without any foundation
whatever.' Now that Congress has
nestled down to a lawful inquiry into
tho Presidential eloction, wouldn't it be
well lor Morton in stnn noliti.al hull.
doz-ingforascason? Kx-Sonator Revels, Tbo "ember of the "Buckta.l Regl
the leading colored man in Mississippi, m01'1" snd otbor Ui,:n bunrd of h,m
and the first ot his race who sat in tho at 1un- befor Rlm()nd, "'
Senate, declares tbat Republican theft
and profligacy made his State Demo-
cratic; and it seems that tho grist of
tho otitrairo mill has about nlavcri out
forever. 'Tis true, Oliver, and 'tis pit,
but 'tis true!
A 14 Evil. The editor of tbo Clinton
Democrat, in alluding to ono of tho
wrongs tbat Representatives frequent
ly tail into, saya: "Absenteeism is an
evil that afflicts political parties, and
more than once in their history has
tbe unnecessary absence of a represent
ative been ol material injury. A case
in point is the absence of Lieutenant
Govornor Lalta from bis seat a few
days since when tbo State Senate pass
ed tbe bastard resolves to boost up the
rotton cause ol Hayes and Wboeler.
Mr. Ts'owmcyor, a Radical, was in tho
chair, and disgraced himself by a par
tisan ruling that cut off debate and
run the scare crow resolves through
undor the party lash. Had Mr. Latta
been in bin ohair, such ruling could
not have taken place. Wodo not know
why bo was absent, but the fact is that
ho was absent, and if bo bad been
tbcre it would bavo been well for tho
party and tho intorostR of the people
in securing a fair expression on an im
portant matter that ought to. have
been discussed. "Internal vigilance is
the price of Liberty." It is a sound
maxim, but nnlortunatcly, it in too of
ten honored by our representatives
moro in tho breach than in tho ob
servance. Dkmotratx Biwari. Tho two
Speakers of the Senate and House
Newmyer and Meyer aro the slaves
of Simon Cameron ft Son. Thoy pur
chased them and they aro their chat-
lies and must obey them, although
slavery has been abolished. The Dem
ocratic members in both Chambers
must keep an eye on the agents of this
corrupt unscrupulous firm, which is
just now endeavoring to establish a
Monarchy on the ruins of the Republic,
and have their blood declared the
reigning family on this Continent. We
again say to tho Democratic members
sco that tho members of this firm of
political free-bootera are kept In tho
vestibule of free government. Because,
if they aro permitted to enter the holy
ol holies, they will cither turn us Into
a Monaichy or dospotic form of gov
ernment, and in that way wind up
"this farce of a government," as a con
vention of Radicals which met at Ridg-
way eighteen years ago declared it to
be, and succeed in placing tho Winne
bago family permanently at tbo head
of all governmental affairs.
A IUmarkahlk Admission. That
leading partisan organ the Now York
Tribunr. in alluding to tho make-up of
the Congressional Committees sent
South to look up tho carpet-bag frauds
say
Whatever may be the part lean tfiirlt la whleh
the ilemorralie t'ommitUM will go Booth, Ihey
III certainly be beaded by three of tbe but
Ilemnerate ia tbe Uouee. Mr. Thompson sf
ttaseaobaeotto It Chairman f lbs Florida Com
fonts Uoliiane, and Mr Savior of that which
1 A"""1 Ceroliaa. Taee. teoll.ra.B are
el. U .r Ik aualtu akuL
all Itroni pertieane, bat ibey are nevartbeleae
men wsora ins eonatry 004 learnes is reepooi.
It II B forlnnals thins for allof aa that tbe Uoast
of lleirroentetiree rend aneb topattei.
If any other Radical organ esn pay
a higher compliment to thoso "confed
erate congressmen" let them speak,
now ; or hereafter bold their pence.
Born Rt'LLti DartATXD. The agree
ment of the joint committee of Con
gress, as to tho tnodo of counting the
vote cast for President, ia the worst do
feat that ever bcfel "Silting Bull"
Morton. It baa knocked that poor
imitator ol Robespierre clear off his feel ;
and the last news wa havt from the
Black Hills, are to tbe effect that Men.
Crook baa driven tbo murderer of Oen
Custer clear out of tba country. Just
aa aeon aa tbo country rid itselt ol
those twin relict ol wrong and outrage,
then wo may expect peevoa, not b(brm
Rurnaiile bor...
1146
184
let
II
1616
1188
1167
Clesrileld
Curwena'lle...H,...
Moutadale m,
l.um'r City
Noarhsrs
N. Waah'a
Oapaola.
Wallaeetos....
Beocsrit tp...m.,
Hell
Bloom HM
B"(tST
Bradlonl
BraJe
BHriieide ..
Caeit.
Gorinftoo
Oeeatur ,
FerauiiBw
Olrard. ..
liorheo
46
JHII
17940
16324
4043
111"
16790
16021
11736
17866
tl'091
I son
8830j
8400
4736
tirauam
lireenwood
llulleo..
Hnelon
10631
Till
7804
6668
1083'
S8II0
Jordan
karlaaua M
Knot
Lawrence
Morn ,
fess. .
9697
12l.!!
17108
8876
1760
III
7000
I'lt
tloioa
Woodward..
Ib aeoordanoe with Ibe Art of Arpeatble refslelln tlleBBial ararerrarBll, aad eonrlltBtlnB board of revial.-n. the ComioiMlonrre of Clearfield eonnte berewitb subllib tba aboee ttBttment, abowtnff
Aiaeaaor In the oouate for 1877, upon bropert y leaahlo ly lew 1 and terewitb ie notice Itet the loth, 2lt and 22d dya f Maroh, 1877, a Ibe Comraiialonero' OtioB, la Ckarteld, are lied apoa
valuation! of Aaaeteorf have beta Bade btlow cr abovea jutl rale J aid all barliei InteteiUd will tabs aotlfe, tbat Bhlieal may bo made between Ibii Ume and those deye, but alter thai time bobb will
Ailed: (J. B. UoofLASnaB, Clerfa.
romnilirloneri' Offiee, CleerSeld. Pa , Jan. It.
An Kxajipi.i An exchange saya :
"Wado Hampton's father was a mill
ionaire when be died and be left to
each of bia two daughters by bia will,
1100,000; the rost or bis property he
bequeathed to bis only ion. After the
funeral the will was shown to young
Wade. He read it thiough very care
fully, and then throw it into tho fire,
saying, "I'll never consent to take a
lurger share of tbo estate than the
others. Let the property be divided
equally among the three." This, it is
said, was actually done. Such is tbo
PrBcn Governor of South Carolina."
ourB' eu-'' Qunn 100 WBr TalrJ
f'ivr lle WM "o flvo lime
durin8 tbo lal aff,"r bo''n tbe
Nortb nd tbe South, and to-day is one
of tbe moat humane men that waa
at tho front during the rebellion. Aa
an example, carpet baggers, scalawags
and many others had better imitate bia
example. Under his advice South
Carolina will again become rich and
influential, and the political lice and
froga which have inlestcd and plunder
ed tbat proud Commonwealth for the
past twelve years will ba compelled to
take wings and fly away, or spend
their days in prison.
DofBLirio CP. We filed our protest
last week and denounced tbe huge
steal perpetrated on the Stale Treasu
ry and tax payers last year by tbe
public robbers in this State, known by
tho name of tho N. G. of Pennsylvania.
We notice that tbe thieves are endeav
oring to lake a million this year, four
timet what tboy obtained last year,
and this movement has been seconded
by tho men owned by Simon Cameron
ft Son, who are now rusticating at
llanintiurg, in tho capacity, of Sen
ators and members of tbe General As
sembly of this Commonwealth. It
gives us pleasure that this bugo steal
was agreed upon in a Radical caucus
where no Democrats wero admitted.
All the Democrats need to "keep an
oye on," is, to see whether any of their
members voto with this band of con
spirators to carry out their plundering
scheme.
Thikming Out. Ono Radical United
Slates Senator alter another is being
wended out of that body, whero there
wore but ten Democrats a few yoara
ago. Rx-liov. A. 11. Uurland, Demo
crat, haa juat been elected to succeed
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas. Clayton
is ono ot tbo most corrupt men that
ever held a seat in that body. But,
then, bo inherited bis faults he was a
carpet-bag Radical, and with tbe ex
ception of John J. Patterson, of South
Carolina, is the very meanest of that
class of brigands, who by accident pro
cured scats in that respectable body ot
Statesmen. Two ycais moro will leg
islate the whole herd out ol tbat cham
ber. The discount upon political va
grants like Patterson and Clayton, is
very heavy when contrasted with gold
these bard times. How natural)
Tui Latk Empriss. "Poor Car
lotla" Is incurable. A Paris corres
pondent ol the Boston Advertiser says
tbat sh refuses to believe in tbo ex
istence ol those around ber, while, on
tbe other hand, she imagines a world of
her own, with which she livestalks and
enjoys herself. To those actually sur
rounding ber sh never speaks. She
attends to her own toilet, dresses ber
own bair In old fashioned puffs, and
separates herself, as it were, from all
contact with humanity. She order
her dinner in writing, and if any
change be made,ora dish to not her tsste
abo notices It at one and writes her
reproaches, which she deposits in one
place whore she expect to find an an
swer noxt day. She Imagine herself
Empress of Mexico, and Maximlllian
is, to ber mind, absent only for a short
time. Her health is good, and ber
beauty augmented by this strange, un
natural tranquility of mind. .
Inspector General James A. Hardie,
L 8. A., died in Washington on Fri
day, Doc- 15th. 11 waa a native of
New Vork, and entered Wont Point in
1838, graduating In 1843. During the
Mexican war ho commanded tbe
Fourth regiment of Now York volun
teers. During lb last war bo served
mccesnively on tbo staff of Gen. Mo
CIdlan, Wool and Burnaide, In March,
1865, ba wma brevellod Major General,
lor failhlnl and tttslingaiebed eervrCea
in th Inspector Gtrteral' P4frt
tBSnt .
If i M
l If 1
JLiiJLJi
j IIS47I 114 til ' I I
S10IM 4T 00 '9
I4060I it to Ill
1600 6t t4i
17J06 II tu 06
IIH.Hll It il' 8.1
llllitl I III Tl
1431 II 90 6
4166 it till 40
U9I0I I 9tt V7l.; 104742 II 70 11
184 161 II 218 18127 126371 T " 0
61670 I IIH 14 64 J7U I III
97160 I 10 1700 7T47 I 00 40
1.16181 I tll t'.'UO 2Bh0 t 40' 86
110461 I 618 11243 164131 IS To! .'l
110.124 It I0 4 1048H' 11 en, 17
134,88 I aid IOI7 BK469 9 60, It
86tll I OOt 18473 58101 3 4n! 17
1181105 t SI', 8441 177684 II to 132
I 87266 I Bll I14 67.10 1 4H t
15478 I OO 16405 31441 I HI',, I
4120 I 70 I.IOIIJ - 158762 7 0l!i 4
6462 4 ll'l 1554 . 14131 ill!
625 I 60 .;.eg utile f t 85
50611 6 60 6762. 47816 T tl'j 76
43784 I li 4447' 51013 It so 71
94781 I 70 IHOll - 1117.14 1 till 14
11989 6 to 13866 .mint 1 70;
70842 7 10 618" 37404 4 00 28
li.lSUI 11 40 1668' 186650! 41 114
178478 16 411 I03W 16HS3V I 7" 138
1181 I 10 1710 61151 It II' 34
82 212357 II 61.
I46M05 I 80 S.',7" 1 0790 I 01 4T
60098 I 601 1261 1 10837 I T" 15
6716 t 10 12172 100006 It ! 611
fl.171,466 18 Oil 3.10X12' 12.601,861 IS 00 '357
411
12
433
1877
Tuat Srxtcil. Tbe editor of the
Williatnsport Sun, alter reading Sena-
tor Wallace' speech, remarks: "Win.
A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, delivered
before tho United Stales Senate on
Monday of last week, tbo ablest and
most conclusive couslitulionul argu-
ment that has been presented belore ;
that body, since the days of Stephen
A. Douglass, and his great compeers,
He had completely riddled the partisan
baranguo of Senator Wright, and ,
thrown Sherman, Morton and the Re- j
turning Board conspirators on the do-1
fentive. A tew more charges on the ;
encmioa breast-works, by such colum- j
biads a this ol Senator Wallace, and ;
the. battlements of corruption and ,
...! -in . i.. .-.I 4-..1I I....I v.
...6 v-....ul............ ,
posed to pub lie gazo an army ol as i where ho resided. The idea that aticb
; ,, " ir I v. . i ..j-
oungry anq lean a set oi puouc ivei-ues :
aa evor based their success upon fraud
and military bull-doting."
5f-5 -5??"
Thx National Rnovas. Tbo recent
robbery of tbe United Slates Treasu
ry ol a large sum of money by an em
ploye of the Department, has called
out the following remarks: "Secretary
Morrill is determined to mako an cx
amplool Window, the clerk wlio ab
stracted tbe monor Irom the cash room
of the Treasury. The Secretary thinks
that If more justice and lose mercy bad
been shown to persons robbing the Gov
ernment, this affair would not have
happened. Providence Journal. To
wbicb the New York Sun remarks as
follows : Very true indeed. If Secor
Robeson, Belknap, Landaulot Williams,
Babcock, and a few more ot tbe aamu
kind bad been sent to the penitentiary,
publi robbery at Washington would
long since have met with a check. But
what an absurdity to let tbe big rob-1
bora go and deal severely with small
thieves like Winslow I
Simon Camxhon ft Son. This is
now tbe official title of tbe Pennsylva
nia Legislature. A largo mujority of
tbe members ol the Senate and the
House are employes of this firm, and
will, of course, obey their masters as
subserviently as any aluvo that ever
trod Virginia aoil. The effort to bull-
doze the tax payers into paying one
million dollars to Jim Milliken ft to.,
it a movement in tbe uauul direction
to plunder tho Treasury for the benefit
of tbe Indian robber and Legislative
briber, who bas thus fur eseaed a
ponitentiary although he has earned
tho position a score of times. The
Legislature of Pennsylvania is as com
pletely under th control of the Win
nebago Chiet and bis son, Don, as the
train on aay railroad is to the locomo
tive. '
Down it Gots. The nearer we ap
proach President Tilden's inauguration
day, the lower the price of gold be
comes. It ia now one hundred per
cent less than il was a year ago, and
less than it bas been lor sixteen years.
After the 4th of March, gold will be
worth no more than paper, as in former
good Democratic timed, when bankers
used to say, "Wbicb will you have,
gold or paper, forour chock T' This
occurred at a period when the govern
ment was rua without an army, and
when the sale of trader-pouts, Credit
Mobiler jobs, and Cadetships, was un
known, and tbe lady members of
Beccbor'a congregation carried no
church keys.
Dii.iuxst Koai'Ks. Ono ol the
most systematic political scoundrels
that ever left the Stale, lor the good
of the Commonwealth, was the notori
ous John J. Patterson, now one of the
United B ates Senators from South
Carolina. He and Customs Collector,
Wortbington, and Constable Dennis,
three of the most villainous scoundrels
of South Carolina, are in Washington,
working up a plot to overthrow Wado
Hampton. As General Grant has sig
nified bis purpose to stand by tbe Pre
tender Chamberlain, the carpet-baggers
may try their luck again. The Cham
berlain usurpation will be played out
in the first week of next March.
Twin Bcll dohrb. Tbe Rada have
two Camoronsand two Chandlers, who
do all th wicked deeds usually assign
ed to corrupt men. Father and son
from tbit Stato, and Zacb from Michi
gan and W. K. from Now Hampshire.
Four men more corrupt llian thoso aro
ant to be found outside of a peniten
tiary. A politicians, Simon Cameron
and hi ion "Don," now Secretary of
War, Zacb CbandUr, Secretary or tbe
Interior and Cbairanan oi the Uaye
NatioaaJ fJomntiltM, aad IvM aopbow
W. I, mrt tlx vik4 of to- til. ...
iilliililliOillllliiLilUX
It tIS.illlI 4;s! VI 1134 Ml 11 1BII Ii. is JO IHS70 ;tle,lil , VS I7 5
III 12377H- i 4Mlo! s..; (I Ji lii, 14 WV I f ntm VJ !, Suit-' 4 it
ll (Ms: " INoO. HI 7 874 liil I 'J Ulli S4 4014.'. 177
4. Mill.'.l' 40 .11170 77 " '17 U'i 7 410, I 4;4 tj !4 IS JK 58
I SIV; li 11.111 88 IT 485 l:Jl B ( 4S! (I ; 13; 124 12 14 It
4 I71iui J; UHOi 4si 41 ill H.I 8Sli I I IM , 180 II' II J
li to7T Jo i.isei tu; 4 em t; t ul ia t 16 i4'.n ei Vuo; e;l4 n tl to
4 Ishh.: HI s SI 4SS li .. 10 lis i i Wl, 81 ' I 134 01 li
a litiO ' l.llf.Si it' M' 4414 U 4 160 7 7 IS7)! J (141111 I t lltll.l ST Tl
r 4lon' oi j-wi'ni to ai u.i4 It; 7i 44S S3 19 ?iu. I It; 7H 41 II 1114a in II ss
I . j 82! 31011 63 UI 1616 161 4 1ml to1 IS t3l 170.1 Mi l f III! 112 IS 4
4; T7II6' ! T7.16 64' IS3 174 14 4 110 17 IS 876 I II, 12u 7:l m.. 84174 4t 't
TT 1 I607.V '"; 11.136 611 SOI Sits II 1 tu !4 11 i76 ) I USV0 46 u..-.. 010 IK; 1171
141 Minn' 3"l IH1II6 40; 618 SII6 12, 10 180 o; 87 1600 1I6KS II 10"! U lit Oil
7 IllOlii 24; U176 66' 32" 4011 14,...?. 17 iltoi 17 8S0O 16 (....... 141 44 111
Bl IS4ll l4 44410 2 121 3310 16! 416 6V 10 670 I J I4K06 61 I -j "8 14 31 61
1S 7-:i.'.i 13 8066 17 1746 I II MO J 16 640 .... 41ll 4" 1 4111 M St
Olll I372.V '47 111020 14, 10.1 06 16j II 6S0! I I lu au M ...... ,19 17 61 90
3 6SU 1111 62ll 6o. 171 166 16 6 111' 40! 9 41 786 In ! ' III ll! ' 34 08
I mill 110 Mil Sll 1112 1111 Ijl 160 lil' 1 160 1 1161 42 j IX ( : 34 H
4 410 7' 30II7I to; 08 1216 III I S 728 .. 6 ' 6418 67, 161 66 . 26 34
Ill " 60l 61 . 1748 II I 80 30 I . 160, I... 1 8466 61 426 32 16 76
(l-lli 3740 4'l 0'2 1616 lil 4 110 Sll II 136 6 6486 17 . 37 06 Jl 11
i 111771 187 7170 62 146 74l .12 ... 18 166i I 41 0t 4S1 . 4018V S3 36
8" 18841' I t ' 0IM8 86 168 1464 16 1 liSI te Jl 6-j 4 11; I4J10 4 I - ... 434 SI 11 14
10 611611 114 T0:.O 66 10" 1040 4 X 78 34 1 1 I 80011 40'!........ 604 91, Ji IS
I" 6NI0 67 111 13.11 II 1 to St 16 818 I ...... 4226 47 1 3J7 34 01
II 606.1 134 706 67 149 2.107 lh, 1 SO 40! l 468 T T760 4T 1 47117! 3T ,4
94 17446 826 4ISo 46 408 4V"V 111 1 76 37 41 l'46i I 2W) 49 I I824S1. , 7(1(6
46 17001'i 232 13744 69 14 .1000 16 19 816 .11 16 960, 10 12740 67' 11x189 70 98
16 176 i l"i 8216 81, 160 J6..0 16 I 40 111 10 140 7471 j - 614 10 3117
"ill liioiljl II'O "laisi 44 lit 433 'l4! i ' 70 "6 ' 17 1396 " i ij 13160 iiw . 9oj"Vi 64 48
12 4740 j 86 4119 71; 104 Jo4, 19 4 146 16 It 1916; I I 973u 60 . J:l4 41 44 14
I4.U 741.. 143 IH066 76 li'O 1206 I2 .....j I j 10P96 46 I46 16 Uli
2610 l.H.178o!ttllltlA4,905 .'.6 514 7S.I47 fu 114 4225 J37 Tit Ml WI 9 Tl J6s 4nt,S2T 161! t,S6l ' 111,6117 t1 l.tl 61
ai.ooi 780-lttui
Commercial InNocENce. Some
smart individual last week drew a
IC-1,000 check on an Insurance Com
pany in New Vork, and went to one
of tho city banks and had it cushod.
The I'm nil was not delected, until alter
tho bank officers had sent a number ot
checks to iho office of the Insurance
Company, among which were checks
for (50,000, (75,000 and (150,000, but
the bookkeeper could find no "stub"
in the check book ol the Company to
fit to tbe (04,000 curd ! Then only
was it discovered that somo ono had
perpetrated a forgery la that amount.
Tim officers ol the bank are now look-
jug Tor a man who looks like the chap j
who pocketed tho (ti4,000 and left tho
:.!. in-... k.-.m...,r i.i
a nuge crime can ne jierpeiruveu in
this centennial year of our emulation
is wondcriul. ,
Unhappy Sotx. John llitchel Hip
pie, John Hippie Mitchell, or what
ever his namo may bo, the Radical
United States Senator Irom Oregon, is
awfully in earnest about having the
electors ol that Statocountcd who had a
majority of the votes. That is right.
But why docs "t ttU Radical saint
insist tbat the rule shall be applied to
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana?
If majority rule ia good in Oregon why
is it uot so in tho States named ? Are
we to infer that John is a fool or a
knave? Which!
Ben Hill has written a letter show
ing w hy tbo negroes in Georgia vote
tbe Democratic ticket. Ho concludes
a follows : "Footsore and weary with
our sectional wandering, let ns all re
turn to the starting point of mutual
good will and reciprocal benefits,
which alone can form worthy bonds
lor a free and united people. Then all
men will sco clearly bow it is that tho
untrained negroes prefer good govern
ment to bad government, as they have
done and will continue, moro and more,
to do in Georgia."
A NonLit Darkiy. A vory good
anccdoto is told of Judge Abbott, ono
of tho members of the Houso Invest!
gatingCommilleo which went to South
Carolina : "When he was in Charleston
he asked the old darkey at work in bis
rHiin what made bim so slow about
building tho fire. Tho reply was:
'Fuel is, Judge, dar is no coal down
stairs. 1'su been up and down de
alley, and stole all de wood I could
find, and in de present demoralized
condition ot society I can't do no bet
ter.' "
Oi r Infant Coal Fiki.d. Sawatd's
Cod Trade Journal gives a summary
of tho coal trade for the punt year.
Tho Blalemcnt is clear and explicit
and gives the business monthly through
out tho year. It shows a shipment of
Cumberland coal lor tho year (2,000
lbs. to tho ton) of 2,015,400 tons, and
of Clctrfield 1,236,000 tons. In less
than two years alber President Tilden's
inauguration our coal field will out
strip Cumberland.
A Goon Ipia. Tho Philadelphia
OommomKaltn says : "Tho Radical
Cameron ring in our Stale Legislature
are preparing to arm the militia ol
Pennsylvania to forco revolution to
aid tho Grant conspirators who seek
to destroy our Government. After the
voto is taken wo hope every fellow
who votes ayo will forthwith enlist.
The roll of ayes, tho roll of the drum,
and tho mustor roll will never agree
in tho count"
Th Saintkd Bi-toiiKn. Ilonry
Warm Heecher, last Sunday remarked :
"I am not afraid ol God. I am not
afraid of the Lord Jesus Christ, I am
not afraid of hell. I am not afraid of
liming heaven." Tho New York .S'un
asks : "Docs Heecher, then, reject holy
writ? Docs lie regard heaven and
hell ae the dulusious ol the simple and
credulous? Tho Bible condemns the
unrepentant adulterer and perjurer to
hell.4 I
t i . i )
Tun Fourth Paiik. Beside the
advertisements this page of the Rr.ri
Lie AN is filled with Interesting reading
matter. Take for Instaiico: "drunk
enness," "the grass hopier for war,"
"the progress of the great conspiracy,"
"Sherman' two blunders" and "count
ing tho votes." No moro useful Infor
mation can bo laid bulore tho Intelli
gent reader -
Th central spire of th lloueu
Ctrthdral, France, baa just been ooro
pWud. It la 402 feet high, and of
vtuvt iron..
Tin First Victory roRTin Tea Kg.
Troy, N. V., January 18. Yester
day morning five tons of powder, stor
ed in the glazing building of the
"Schoghitoke" powder mill, exploded.
Three buildings were demolished ; loss,
(20,000. No loss of life i rcrnrted. 1
The shock was felt for a distance of
twenty miles. The firm bad a large
stock of powder on had manufactured
tor the Russian government.
Tlio action of the Secretary of State
of South Carolina in sending to Speak
er Wallace a certificate of tbe election
of Wado Hampton as Governor ol the
State, makes indisputably clear Hamp
ton's title to the office into which be
i.. i : . .i ti. a -
u m "gii. u.
of Suuth Carolina's better day hat
. r .,.
come. With such a Govornorshe will
no longer be a prostrate State.
"Governor Tildes l eetttng free tome of the
wo'lthirrt aad waeet af criminals la the New
Y orh prlrona LWt Ihie loot a little like prompt
pnymeot of political dobto 7' ifelltuale fful.
lint, Jan , nth
Deacon ; tbat ia too thin, Gov. Til
den retired from office over two weeks
ago. A gentleman by th name of
Robison bas been drawing tbe Gov
ernors salary since the 2d day of Jan
uary., .. 1 , ,
THE A TTOHXEY GEXhRAVS
REPOHT.
The annual report of tbe Attorney
General, just submitted to the Legisla
ture, shows that of twenty-eight claims
of tho State certified tor collection,
thirteen have been collected. The
amount ot money represented by these
claims waa (8K,676.2h, of which (16,
69U.98 were collected. Payment baa
been enforced on outstanding claims of
earlier years, and the total collections
aggregate (87,733.53.
The cases against foreign insurance
companies to recover tax on premiums
wore tried by a test case, judgments to
bo entered by argument in all of them
as rendered in one, and the decision ol
tbo court of common pleas of Dauphin
county was in favor of the common
wealth. There have been writs of er
ror taken to these judgments, which
are still pending in the supreme court.
There aro eleven cases, and they in
volve iho taxes on these companies for
two years amounting to (258,669.49,
lor which accounts have been settled.
The judgment, as well as balances
settled bear interest at twelve per cent.
There will soon bo a settlement of ac
counts tor the year 1876 against tbe
name companies, the payment ol which
will depend upon the cases now pond
ing in the supreme court. These claims
will amount to over (400,000, and we
have great confidence of success within
tbo present year.
Two canes directly involving the
question ot the power of the board ot
revenue commissioners to revise the
reports ol county commissioners have
been argued before the court of com
mon pleas el Philadelphia, and tbe
court of common pleas ol Dauphin
county, en bills fur injunctions to re
strain the collection of Stato tax on
15,000 watches alleged to have been
added to tbe number reported in Phil
adelphia. In both cases the courts
have decided in favor ol the common
wealth refusing the injunctions. From
the decision of lb common pleas of
Philadelphia an appeal is pending in
the supreme court,
Some other cases involving small
amounli of money have been tried, in
all of which judgments have been ob
lained in favor of the commonwealth
In tho collection of tbo revenue of
tho commonwealth it has been found
thul tho greatest difficulties and th
largest loose are in the licenses of ho
tels, restaurants, brokers, auctioneers,
vender ol merchandise, and taxes on
writa and process of city and county
officers. While tho system ia a good
one, tho chucks to guard against dis
honesty are detective. One of the dif
ficulties arises) from tho imperlect man
ner in wbicb the duties ol the apprais
ers of mercantile taxes are perlnrmod,
and this is to a large extent the result
of tho defective manner in wbicb those
duties are defined in tbo legislation on
the subject. The whole system of li
censes baa grown up by gradu U actions
of legislation, by adding Irom tint to
lime new classom of business, witb
graduation of different rates of classi
fication and referring them to tbe ap
praisers of mercantile taxes in frag
mentary legislation, luatring tb duties
of those officer uncertain and difficult
to understand. Tbo result is tbat the
law is differently uniiersLood m differ
enl localities, and the tl is a want of
uniformity throughout lb Slate.
While the system ia good, tho details
are imperlect and th whole subject
require revision.
in examining city and county Ire
ururs, and otlaar city and county offi
cers, it ha been discovered that large
urn of money haw beep dishonestly
withheld Irom tha hiatal treanury,
A large amount ha been collected from
tucb sources, and w have over (40,000
in process of oollection. Tb inveati
gstiofit ar (till Doing prosecuted with
prospect of obtaining muck mora ol
tb revenue of tbo Itiala withhold by
dishonest official. )a the) iavetCigav
tion of tbi (bjtJOt It ha boo cltscov
tred tM to aoompUta Ui disUoacaty
tbe BecrefBU ealat aad aaeeaamaat made bf Baeh
ftr f oally detarraintag wbolber any of tbe amid
b allowed
CLARK BROWN,
IK BROWS, )
I. A. MrllllKB, IC
RIH HO'iVKK )
Til OS.
HAKRll
the city and county officials have had
confederates among the clerks in the
accounting department of the Stale
with whom they have conspired to de
fraud the State,and that the object has
been attained in somo instances by
bribery, forgery and other crimes which
they have not hesitated to commit in
affecting their purpot.es. Wherever
the authors of these crimes bavo been
discovered they have been arrested on
criminal charges and aro now under
bail awaiting trial. There aro seven
of them arrested, some ot whom will
have to be used as witneasoss to aid in
the conviction of others in order that
justice may not fail, there being no
o tiler sufficient evidence to convict toe
guilty without a resort to this method.
In an effort to obtain a unilorm prac
tice under recent legislation in regard
to tbe commencement of terms of offi
cers in cities, counties, townships and
Dorough throughout tho Mute there
has been entailed on Ibis department
a large and extensive correspondence,
which has been attended to with as
much punctuality as time would per
mit And in instructions to county
commissioners and appraisers of mer
cantile taxes, in reference to mutters
connected with tho collection ol the
revenue, the department hasa constant
and Increasing demand for correspon
dence, largely duo to a vigorous en
forcement of tbe tax laws, made nec
essary in an effort to collect the small
aa well a tbo large Items making up
the revenue ol the State. Respect fully
submitted.
Gio. Lear, Attorney General.
Vandxrrilt' Domkstio LirE. To
bis family the late I 'omniodore Van-
derbiltwas kind, without being demon
strative. lie expected his children to
do well in marriage and lite, and had
little patience with those who contin
ued dependent, as several of them did.
One of hi relatives bad a pas-don for
Borrowing, ana on one occasion ob
tained a largo sumot money from the
late Horace Greeley, which he was un
able to pay, Mr. Greeley supposing his
connection to be security enough. But
tha Commodore was not to bo aflo ted
by the social or political conscquuiico
of the lad' creditor; he refused to pay
. 1. n .1.... .1 :. .1 .
iud inn im iiik; aouuiu nui uu 11 mroiigii
years, thereby leading to a coolness
with tbo editor of the tribune. At
Greeley' death, however, when his
family was temporarily embarrassed,
Vandorbilt saidc "Grecly's girls can
have any money they want," lie is
said to have made his word good.
Vanderbilt onco fitted this same boy
out with a farm and the young man
promised to make hi own way in the
world after that. The Commodore bad
bi misgivings, but hoped for the best.
Il waa not long before the boy wrote
that the farm was gone and be had
nothing with which to buy loud. In
closing a stamp in a letter, tho old
man wrote: "Inclosed is filly cent to
buy your breakfast. Go to work anil
earn your dinner. Your affectionate
father."
Honry Ward Beechcr, says the
Timet, has just received a vory chilling
cold shoulder from his brethren of the
Congregational cloth. Tho overt act
is the formation of a new association
of Congregational churches, undor the
namo ot Manhattan, and tho corner-
stone of this organisation sto-ms to be
non tellowslnp with the Plymouth
pastor. Tbe cause assigned is the re
fusal ol tho old association ot New
York and Brooklyn to take action in
re Tillon vs. Beechcr. Among the
prominent participants In the new
movement are sucu distinguished cler
gymen a Dr. Taylor, ot Broadway
tabernacle; Dr. Htorrs, of Brooklyn;
LT. ilepworlh, ol Iho Uliurcb ot the
Disciples, and Dra. Scuddcr, Budding
ton, Palmer, Gtlinan and Ward; in
deed the roll embraces nearly all the
eminent mon of their laitb and order
in Now York and vicinity, except Mr.
Heecher and bia brother Edward und
Lyman Abbott,- Tho constitution im
pose upon members the duty of Watch
ing over each other in the Lord, "thai
the ministry bo not blamed. Tl;
needier cause nat never received a
severer blow than is thus inflicted.
Butilis a peculiarity of the Plymouth
pastor that be is never afraid to stand
alone.
Arab Fiohtinu Ovta Centennial
PaoriT. Lucy Hooper in ber Paris
letter to tbe Philadelphia Kvening 7W
egraph say ; An echo from the clos
ing door of the Centennial, and a
funny one at that, reached mo a lew
days ago. H apfiear that a party id
Arab took to the Kxhibition a quanti
ty of olive ware from tb Holy land,
and sold largo quantities, their not
profile amounting to aome (25,000.
Never in their lives had tbe)' iosacHt;d
so much money, and they went the
other day to lia office of Muu-r
Drexel ft Co., to draw out tho mouey
and to divide it. Over the question ol
division a quarrel ieedl!y arose and
became o luriou that tbey were ex
pelled Irom the banking houso. When
last Been tbey were proceeding up th
Boulevard ilausamsn, disputing ve
hemently all tb way. "And," my In
formant added, "il looked to mo as
though there would be dead Arab
about aome where belore tbe noxt
toning." Tb party waa so delighted
lib Ueir oooea that tbey mean to
organ i rycial derjartment lor their
rare at Ui RxpoaitioD of 1878.
may judge lur Inntsell. hat k
plu waul ia ibe plain truth, tree ln,rn
all bias and lalsu coloring. In 1711
tiro years after the war the l.,h, ,u'
ulation of Louisiana was 726 1115. n,
an excess ol about 2,0(10 ol wlnt,-,
over blacks. Since then a local ceimus
has been taken by Kellogg, hut a tho
object was wholly political, and to
support the theory that the black
largely outnumber the whites, so a to
claim a Republican majority oil that
basis, it is nor, and can nut be accepted
as having any substantial value.
The condition of the Statu under
curpet-bag rule has not had the tcii,-n-ey
to invite w hits immigration, uil if
any part of tbe allegations he true
which Kellogg and ins confederates
put forth concerning the treatment uf
the colored people, the nocessary effect
would bu to exclude any accession frora
thai source. Both these influences hare
conspired against anything more than
a normal increase of the population,
and that relatively less than in well
governed Stales, where peace aad pnra-
peniy prevail.
The first elections under tho national
census took place in 1S72 for Governor
and President, The Republican Re
turning Hoard, headed by Lynch, pro.
cociiing without an official report Irom
a single poll in the State, and whnlly
upon figures taken from their own
partisai. papers, letters of local leaders,
and their truraonal judgment of what
the vote ought to have been, fabricated
the following returns:
Veeirfeef
Osaar 7I.6J.1
Ubbslbv I7,i'l8
7oeero0r.
Kvu.ou 73,899
Mi-KassT l,li;
Total 128,681 Total ,....116,111
The electoral returns of tbe State
were thrown out in 1873, when the
two Houses met to count tbe votes lor
President and Vice President.
lu 1874 there was an election for
Stale Treasurer and members of
the Legislature. The Conservatives
carried both, but were again counted
out. The official returns were as lol
lows: for Treasurer Maacrna. Di-morrat 74,8'if
Dvbvclkt, RvpslilieaB... 7I.9A!
T"lal II6.1.U
Next ill order was the Presidential
election of last November, with the
Ii, Mowing result lor the highest candi
date on each electoral ticket made to the
board, of w hich J. M. Wells is Presi
dent :
It o. ''innci.irr, Dem-ioral
W. P. Kbli.obii, Roputihoao 7. .1.1
tntal IH.MJ
Il is thus seen that the aggregate at
the Presidential election exceeds that
ol 1872 by 32.351. or fully 25 srcent.
increase, of w inch the blacks hud a
full share. Now, allowing three per
cent, in 1874 by 13,170, or about ten
per cent, of annual increase of the en
tire population since 1870, and 0110
voter 111 every five, and the result pro
duced would be some 168,000 persons
entitled to vote, or only 7,000 moro
itiun lite number actually cast.
1 heso proportions are unusually
large, but tbey aro taken so that the
Kepuulicansiuay have every ailvanlagu.
There is no other Statu k here the vote
cast comes so nearly tu the aggregate
uuiuiier 01 voters, wjuiwiiitt; luwa-b-tii -parties
did their very best, and that
tbo circumstances must uuve been
siugulurly lavoruble, especially in an
agricultural Stale, where the polls are
lur apart, to have brought out such an
exhibition of strength.
At the time of this election Kellogg
had been acting a Governor ol Louis
iana tor four t ears without any color
of title lo the office, and held up by Fed
eral bayonets alone. His so-called
Government would have tumbled to
pieces at any hour during that time it
Grunt's protection bad been withdrawn.
It was traud niainiainud by tone hum
the beginning in all parts and pretences.
Yet this usurper wus invested with al
most absolute power, in order to per
petuate tho rule of his party.
The Governor of Louisiana appoints
and. removes the Registrant ol Elec
tion and their assistants throughout
the Stale, whose judgment is final aa
to the right ot lite citizena to vote.
Most of Ilium are usually non-residents
of the parishes where they officiate,
and are chosen for partisan purposes
exclusively, lie controls the apoint
ment of tbu Commissioners of Election,
who receive and revise the votes.
Where tbe Democrats are largely in
the majority, as in New Orleans. Iho
MulrotHilitaii police control the elec
tions, and they are appointed by the
Governor, and may bo used 111 any
part ol' the Stale, like a standing army,
lle also appoints tho tax collectors of
lliu State, and the assessors in New
Orleans. He uppoints the Slate Board
ot Public Works. Ho has power to
appoint an extraordinary force a chiel
constable and as many deputies us he
plca-.es in any parish, with authority tu
make arrests, lie can till all vacancies
in olll throughout the State. The
Judges he appoints superintend tho
selociii.n of juries. Ami lie controls
the militia.
All these powers were exerted to
lliu lullesl extent at the lust election.
Superadded to them, the United Slates
-Marshal und a multitude of deputies,
drawing lurge pay from the Treasury,
wero scattered over the Stale, while
I lie troops which tiro maintained by
general taxation W ere placed under the
orders ol the Marshal, and many of
them stationed in the very parishes
which have been rejected by the lio
luniing Board. Besides these agencies,
tbe whole power of the Administra
tion was was thrown into th scale to
support Kellogg. In a word, tlio ma
chinery ol tho Stale and tho national
Governments, the army, and tho Treas
ury so fur aa it could lie reached, wero
all united lo carry lluyea through.
I'bis lormiduble crgauizaiion was beat
en, because the people, whito and black,
rose up in their strength and demand
ed honest government. And when the
Repubiieun Supervisors and Commis
sioners of Flection returned a majori
ty of eight or nine thousand lor Tilden,
the Returning Board, which twice had
cheated the people out of the fruits ol
lormer victories, deliberately sat down
and changed thirteen thousand votes,
und by this swindle the State was
coo n( eil for Hayes. When asked for
the reason of this iniquity, the only
answer given is "intimidation." And
the American people are expected lo
accept that excuse for a monstrous
fraud, by which tho Presidency would
now be decided, and a blow be struck
at the busts of all honest and free gov
ernment. X. V. Sun.
Cordnzo, the ex Treasurer of South
Carolina, but who still holds on to the
Slate purse strings, announce that the
payment of interest on tbe Consoli
dated bonds and stock of the Stato has
been "poslvonod," on account of "iho
unavoidable delay in tho levying and
collection of t a ,,"
Judge Hoadly, uf Cincinnati, a Lib
eral Republican, and a jurist el emi
nence, ha written in oxhau'liv and
convincing opinion sustaining th
ooorM ol Gov. Graver, of Oregon, ia
commissioning Cronin, the Tddto
elector. j. ,