The Recent COUVL ' A
No 'true Democrat cairbedishekt ,
ened by the result of tae recut livsi
dential contest. Our: failuiehoi d et
i i i
Seymour and Blair bymo tons 1—
cates that the principles of the eat
National Democratic party of the coun
try will not eventually so recommend
themselves to the sense of right and
justice of the people as to win for us
ultimate success. In fact the recent
fight has not been barren of favorable
results; the veteran legions . of the
brave Democracy have sorely pressed
the Radical hosts and have in many
places wrested from their corrupt grasp
positions of power and influence. In
I the midst of their rejoicings over the
election of Gen. Grunt our opponents
feel and know that the Democracy
have in the late election developed a
1 strength formidable In its character, and
of such a nature as to very materially.
' Interfere with any designs which the
incoming administration may contem-
I plate upon the liberties of the people
I and the reservefl rights of the States.
The great State of New York, the Em—
pire State of the Union, le with us; and
I besides this we have made great gains
In our Congressional representation,
i many of the most prominent Radical
I members of the present Cougresehaving
failed of re•election. Our strength in
the Southern States is shown to be great
for even us reconstructed by a Radical
Congress several of them give large
Democratic majorities. The bad state
of our National finances, which the
Radicals have sed ulonelyconcealed from
the people, during the late political
campaign, can not much longer be hid
' den ; the great increase of taxes, incident
to the extreme measures which the ultra
The National Democratic Committee. 1 Radical meridiem of the next Congress
There is such a thing its a Democatie , will endeovor to force upon the people,
National Committee. We art•rerni tided ' will surely open the eyes of the masses
of its existence about truce in four years. to the iii rattly of these reckless repre-
I t issues a call Mr the assembling of it sent ati ves of deceived cmistitheueles.
N a ti ons ; C o n vemion when a can did a t e I the rapid advance In price of all the
for President is to be nominated, and , common necessaries of life will further
the Chairman calls the delegates to : aid in preparing the people for the re
order. If It has done anything more ception of sound Democratic principles.
than that during the eight eventful Our party will be the party of the
years which have just passed away, it , workingmen against the Bondholders
has done It so very quietly and so ex- anti all those Banking institutions which
ecedingly unobtrusively that it has thrive and fatten off of the labor of
escaped the notice of the sharpest news. 1 the toiling oppressed poor ; and
paper reporters, , we propose to combat and defeat in the
Is there no work for such a body ..' , future that privileged and gigantic
There certainly ought to lie. The Dem. ' moneyed pnwer whose baneful and cor
ocratic National Committee ought to he rapt influences have just caused our de
a power in the land. It is only reason- : feat. We therefore saydo the I tadleals
able to suppose that the different rejoice, enjoy while you can a victory
States •seleet one of their stil=t a nd won by a political eiTartnershipol New
must sagacious men lo repri,ent iiihg,ittnii mantifacturerg, foreign bond
them in this body. Can they find holders, and Southern negroes. Rejoice
no work to do': We think they timid, , and trample beneath your feet the poor
if the right kind of a man ure Chair- and oppressed white workingman. But
man, and the body made PR; of :telly', I remember the boastings of Insolence are
and sagacious Democratic politicians. ' not arguments, and a free people will
It ought to be emphatically a working tire of paying bounties to manufacturers
hotly. Its meetings should be frequent and taxes for bondholders. Legislation
and full, and from it should go forth, in favor of the rich and against the poor
from time to time, the word of coin- must ultimately meet with the disap
mated to the Democratic hosts through- proleltkm and detestation of the people.
oat the nation. Without attempting to l,et the I hmmeratic party, the party of
interfere obtrusively with the local or - ' the people, therefore preserve haunt
ganization in any -4:au, it enroll tin, its rirganiztitien, and, under its revered
much to effect such unity of offset as name bearing aloft the national flag
would conduce largely to 1 4 111sITSS. It with the motto "The 'Union and the
ought to be In fact what it is in name, ' Constitution" inscribed thereon, march
the head of the Demovratic party, di forward in the future to certain victory.
resting its movements, and mar:dialing .
--
Its millions. "My Organ."
ganatoto guttilligenza.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 1868
To Oampalgn Subscrlbors
With this issue the term of our Cam
palgn subscribers expires, but, to ena
bleu many of them, as desire to do so,
to receive the INTELLIGENCER perma
nently, and without intermission, we
have concluded to send to each of them
two more numbers. This we do, with
the expectation that a large proportion
of them will become yearly subscribers.
To all such we hereby offer to send the
INTELLIGENCER until January:l6oSW,
for the sum of two dollars. We hope all
will continue with 11H. They can not
invest two dollars more profitably. This
paper Is just what they need in their '
families, and they know It. It will be
more varied in its contents, but none
the less soundly Democratic during the
lull In the political excitement. On the
4th of next March the Democratic can•
didate will be nominated for Governor.
The political contest still goes on, and
there can be no abatement of the strug•
gle untilcorrect principles shall prevail.
In the fight the INTEL,LinmccEtt will
always be found doing vigorous battle.
Then let every campaign subscriber at
tach his name to our permanent list,
and we promise to give them a paper
which will not be surpassed in the vari
ety or Interest of the mutter it contains
by any Journal indhe country.
All such campaign subscriber 4 as do
not renew their subscriptions by Dec.
let will be regarded as desiring to dis
continue the paper and will be dropped.
Money can be sent to us by mail, with
perfect safety.
We hope to see a change in I ho niot holt
of notion pursued by tiiis hody. 1( con
be tnalle potent, for good. :\ !cot i ngs of
the different inernliers Cron] time In
time NVO111(1 O1110,11!thi. cuunuin , v• to
review the I . olldOloll Of the tinily iii
every Stilt(' Of the Union, In :ill
direct concert or
questions, and to mould tool ?diape the
policy of the party. Were the orz.ani
zation suet' as it it., words
Would lie ho.y to the parr', its adviee
would Le heeded, and its ditertitins
obeyed us implicitly to, the iirilers of a
. comtuanding general.
Organiz.dion is the only thing which
the liemocratie party NvailtA. berever
its organization is elo, perical,
then it resi,lN all and lain4latit
ly ittereuhes in miniber.,, The head of
the organization 1. the Naliiiaal
mit:et , . If that pr., utterly
us it has done for years, hoiv !..tll . ll
an example fall to lu 11n11111,•[Ive tal•V i I,
Let the I , eniocratie roin•
mitten show that it Ilulu e
after. Let it do the worl: which lies
before it. I.,et if, moinhers meet and
consult. Amrtlijin letvigorotisal•tion 1 . 1.1-
low close upon judicious deliberation.
.Let,us haves. working. N 'ottimit•
tee. To taco this we 11111. i 11:1Vis:t
Cliairmaii, The 1,0,1 y ~f the pi,
Conitnitiee ,o far tPe k nnw• it, i,1,111.
posed of good men who are :dde and
Willing 10 (10 eln,live ,ervick , 1,111.
greatly fe , . need:, a het ter lwa(I
I r have in t h e future a Chair
man of the National I'otmoitter who
Call find smnutiiin g . 1..0,, To till
important eris,e~ in the hir.t,i of
tho party, and iltiring the see,iiiiiv of
its National ( vstiiiou , than to drive
out with four in hand t the rA(.,, at
Jerome Park.
Exolimallons
The F.rpn.sp explaitH ti fraud ❑t Ila
Fourth Ward pull in this city as ful
lows :
Au Dernoei at in the .Ith \\ and
Mat, heavy 1,, lit favor of 1130 111•11111,1-
Cllll t 11•1( 01, :11111 it it Very 1,1111111 to Mr,
either tout It, persuaded Iv, Ivtt ty riviak
111 the ward h, help him tutu 1110 inonvy, or
that it there wu, Hoy, ,Iveeiaum of 11, viter ,
in alt• 11110[1,, 110 or Out u• 1./ernoerlit
Most have (haw it, us nn Itvplihnrllll Wll, in
IL pOSiti“ll to fIVI•ig,TIII Mich a trot , ..V.•11 if hp
had been at.
' ilk will btrike our readers as a some
what extraordinary explanation. We
are asked to believe that the Democracy
of the ward desired to beat themselves;
and that they roust have done the
work, its no Republican was in a posi
tion" to do it.
Our neighbor goes on to ray that as
it has tbus given us oil explanation of
the 4th Ward fraud, it would like us to
explain the Sth Ward basins- iu Phil
adeiphia. Philadelphia is a little too
far Mr to warrant us in supposing that
we are fully posted in its
but we beg leave to oll'er at a venture
the samegexplanntion for the vote there
tte has been vouchsafed to us for the
vote here, viz : If there was any wrung
done to the Republicans they must
have done it themselves, as no Demo.
•crat "was In a position to perform the
feat." This way of stating the Gist', as
it is its own, should be more sat isfac
lory to the ExprcsB than it has been to
Os.
But who is the Democratic Lie
in the 4th Ward? Let us know; for
we are greatly inclined to believe him
to he a myth.
The Teachers' Institute
The Institute is well attended and we
aro glad to see the interest which the
teachers of our county take in their an
nual gathering. It is undoubtedly agood
Institution ; while it alll,rds relaxation
to the teacher, it at the same time fur
nishes him a fund of instruction in the.
various branches of education. It like
wiss promotes the coped du corps, and
tends to make the teacher eel that his
profession is an honorable one in which
he should strive with all his powers to
excel. The standard of teaching is
constadtly becoming higher and we
are glad to notice that the material of
each Institute is visibly better than that
of its predecessor. , There is ample room
for improvement in the average of in
telligence among the population of Lan
caster county, and we believe our com
mon schools are proving an efficient in
strument in performing the abundant
work which they find at their hand to
do.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN has been elect
ed President of the University of Cali
tan's. The election is probably simply
['tended as a compliment to the Gen
eral as it is not likely that he can accept
-the position.
'THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, NOVRIVEII - F)R 18, 1868.
Prof. Wickersham authoritatively an
nounced On Wednesday that the Lan- /
easter l ' .ry,rr.,n NV as his organ. Says the
Professor earnestly, "If there be any ! ;
friends of my organ nr the paper which
has become ins organ, I call them to 1 ,
witness," Oztt. The learned gentleman /
was evidently very solicitous about his
"organ ;" he 11 . 110 very desirous that It
should have :onto friends, hut very
doubtful at the same time whether it
lint any ; and his doubts were appar
ently justified, and were warranted by
Iris own experience of the utter ineill
cieney of his "organ" as an aid to the
attainment. of Congressional honors. ,
Tho great Superintendent felt sore no
doubt at his want of success in the at- I
tain went of this object of his ambition ;
but then, my dear fellow, is it entirely /
fair to put all the blame on your poor
little organ Perhaps the air it was
ealled upon to exeente was a little too
1i t ; it may have been too 00/1 and
too!',/, or too loud and screechy. The'!
Wigan itself may also have been at fault;
there was nothing the matter with the I
bellows' eertainly, for you know you
were at Mold, Professor, to blow it; but
t "stops" may have been insufficient
or improperly arranged, and the instru
went was probably generally defective; I
lo fact we think it /me a very poor con-
cern from what we know of it. There
is hope nw you in the future though, I
Profe,sor, and you should not desert !
your ally too soon. The .Exprr. , :s has
got ho :igeney of the "Temple" Organ
now, which Prof. Gletrer says blows
first rate, the combination of the stops
being admirable ; giye it another trial,
Professor, and perlaps some of these
days the -Tjulple" may play you
through, Hone of you don't get "played
out" too ',fully in the meantime.
We are glad to be informed, on
uthority, that our Illustrious friend
Wickersham has honored the Exprcsa
by making it his "organ." We had
' heard of this coalition some time since,
and informed the public of it about the
time \Viet:. was running for Con
gress, running hard, too, for the space
of an hour and a half, by the aid
of a strong feed upon a fir from Ilru
baker's mill, but he hail nut stamina
enough and " went to pieces " after a
very short " spurt." At that time our
cotemporary denied the soft impeach
ment, and that it enjoyed the honor of
the distinguished alliance. But itseems
this was only another of its fins, for the
great man now announces the fact him
self and throws open to the full light of
day the great deeds of our neighbor in
his behalf which it seems to have de
sired should h ve been kept in the chit-
Illyrian darkness in which they were
done. Let it now hear its blushing
honors meekly ; but we have a word or
two cif advice to give it as to its future
conduct ; we advise it not to allow itself
to be again caught ribbing about its con
nection with distinguished men and to
' strive in the future that its conneaions
shall not be so barren of result us bas
been this one, so far. To be sure of this,
let it keep clear hereafter of a Jackass,
or the issue of its labors wiil surely be
a mule ; and mules aren't, nice.
Ver
bum Sat. Sap.
Getting Decent
There is hope for the Readers of the
Exp•cBB. It has taken to copying the
Editorials of the INTELmuENCER. We
trust that It will not weary In well-do
ing and will continue the practice. We
are perfectly willing to edit both papers,
and we feel confident that we can in a
short time beat into the heads of our
Republican fellow citizens, some idea of
the true principles or government and
wean them from those abominable hab
its of falsehood and fraud which have
been taught to them by thyir public
journals and by their members of f
on
gress. The publishers of the Exprnis,
as good business men, can adopt no bet—
ter plan to make their newspaper sell
than to make it interesting, instructive
and valuable to its readers by copying
the matter published in the I NTEMI
OENCER of the previous day. We de
sire to see them succeed in their enter
prise, and will redouble our exertions
to publish a paper which they may
profitably copy word for word.
THE Great Wickersham says we can't
hurt a hair of his head; if we try from
January to December. We don't want
to hurt the Professor's hair; it is sacred
to us what he has left of it. We would
not spoil his beauty ; for if he lost that,
what would he have. Let those grace
ful locks wave fearlessly, and that au
burn beard.
"s. - Stand Firm.
The Presidential election being over
end Gen. Grant elected, it is now in-
Aimbent upon the brave Democracy' to
Aand firm and await with patience the
fliture'attacks which the ultra Radicals
will be certain to make upon the estab
lished laws of the States and the time-
honored Constitution of the Nation.
The recent triumph secured by the I
Republican party will undoubtedly only
induce the more desperate and revolu
tionary of Its leaders, to attempt the
inauguration of such measures, as will
tend to destroy whatever of Constitu
tional liberty may now remain to ren
der our country worthy of the name of
Republic.
The course which General Grant will
pursue' in discharging his duties as
President is unknown. If he should
prove true like his predecessor to the
Constitution and the Union hey will re
ceive theardent and generous support of
every Democrat.; but,on the other hand,
if he should lend himself a willing tool
for such fanatics and notorious dema
gogues as Beast Butler and Sumner of
Massachusetts the gravest consequences
are to be feared. What then must the
noble band of nearly two and a half
millions of Democratic and Conserva
tive voters do under these circum-
stances ?
We reply that they must preserve their
party organization ; there must be no ,
time serving and cowardly abandon.
men t of party name ; nosacrifice of great
and just principles for the purpose of
gaining any local or temporary sue
cess. But shoulder to shoulder, I! ,
an unbroken phalanx, let the Deraoc•
racy battle the sectional and destruo•
tive principles advocated by their,
and the nation's unscrupulous foes.
Let the seekers for offices and spoils
now desert, if they wish, to the enemy.
We can well spare them for sueh trim
mers and time•servers are adead weight
to any political organization, and In
coming political contests for the perpet
uation of the Union and the Constitu
tion, the army of the Democracy do not
wish to be encumbered with mercenary
camp-followers and plunderers. The
adversaries of the Democratic party
must not expect front it any concession
of principles, hut, on the contrary, they
will find it ever true to its traditional
policy of the supremacy of the Cousti
tution and the maintenance of the
Union ; it will continue to be in the
future, as it has been In the past, the
persistent and unflinching advocate of
the rights of the poor workingman ; it
will vigorously oppose all laws which
tend to exempt certain classes from the
burden's of taxation. While the De
mocracy, therefore, should yield ready
obedience to the will of a majority of
the people, fairly and constitutionally
expressed, they should not, through
indifMrence or apathy, permit their
opponeuts to wrest from them any van
tage-ground gained iu the recent presi
dential campaign, but, during the pres
ent remission from active service, they
should reorganize and consolidate their
forces and, confidently relying on the
I commendable and imperishable charac
ter of the truths they advocate, stand
firm and be ready, when the time ar
rives, to again do earnest and successful
battle for truly beneficial and patriotic
National principles.
Phillips on limit
Wendell Phillips, the great light of
Radicalism, has very little faith in Gen
eral Grant, judging from his recent ,
utterances. In a late speech to the Anti-
Slavery Society, he said : " There are
many who believe that the Republican
party have caught the biggest Tartar
this time that credulous mortals were
over doomed to carry, and that in less
than one year the incoming President's
foes will be they of hid own household."
We trust this prediction may be cor
rect. There is one thing certain that,
at the close of the rebellion, General
Grant's policy wad liberal toward the
submissive South, and subsequently, as
the result of his observation in a visit to
that region of country, he expressed the
opinion to President Johnson that the
Southern people accepted the situation
in good faith, and desired to live, for the
future, in fellowship and harmony with
the NOrth. if he was sincere in these
declarations iu ISBJ, it is scarcely prob-
I able that now, in and when he is
on the eve of assuming the highest
functions of the government, he has so
. far changed his opinion as to be willing
to carry out the vindictive policy of the
Radicals in Congress, and malcea Poland
I of the South to gratify their hellish
malignity. IC is difficult to believe that
I the leaders iu the Chicago (invention
would have nominated General Grant
without having some pledge from him
iu advance,that he endorsed their policy
and would, in the event of his election,
carry out the unconstitutional measures
of Congress to their fullest extent; yet
in their desperation they seem to have
done so.
A few mouths will determine whether
Wendell Phillips is right or wrong in
his conjecture. In the mean time, all
the material interests of the country are
suffering from the uncertainty which
broods over the future, and honest peo—
ple are hoping almost against hope for
some ray of light to penetrate the gross
darkness which envelops the business
interests of the nation, through the gross
mismanagement and extravagance of
the Radicals.
Master and Man
The coalition has been formed. The
great Superintendent has an "Organ."
I;ut let him beware; for though he is
no doubt a great man and one of infi
nite penetration and resources, a very
Cassius Indeed, of whom Cesar said—
" 'loud Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
I-10 (100 k, too ;ouch ; such men are dangerous
Would he were latter:—out I fear him not:
name were lieble to leer
=I=nEMUMBMIZI
Ho sous a 8 that. spare Cassels. He reads much
He Is 41. Ureal. observer and be look s '
quite through tho deeds of men; ho loves no
ploys
As thou do.d Antony; he hears no musle:
•
Seldom he sinlleh; and smiles In such a sf , rt,
As It he mocked himnelf, and scorned ids spirit
That could he moved to smile at anything.
TTvau.n_jfl
M=E=n=
W h Iles they beneold a greater then thetth•elvee
Aud Iherefore are they very dangerous."
Yet Wick. may liad his present ally
such a servant as was Ingo to Othello:
follow him to serve my turn upon 'lnn
We cannot all be misters, nor alt masters
I'a num be truly lollow'd. You Omll mark
Many a dul O , IIS and knee crook Int: knave,
That, dotn.g on his own obsequious b.aulago,
Wears out his trine,tnueb master's
For naught but provender; and when he's oat,
eashim 'd;
Whip toe such houPstknaves; others th ,, reare,
Who trlnun'd In forms and visages of duty,
Keep yet their nearly attending on thern,elves;
And throwing but shows of service on their
- -
On well tirivo by them, and when they have
Iln'tl their coals,
IM themselves homage; those fellows have
some sent;
And suet) a one do f profess myself.
. - -
In following Mtn, I follow but mysolf ;
vnven Is my Judge, not I for love and duty
lint seeming so, for ms reenlist end.
THE last election of the year will be
that for Mayor of New York, in place
of John T. Hoffman, who goes into
office as Ciovernor of the State on the
first of January. Other city officers
will also be elected. Cloy. Hoffman has
not yet resigned the Mayoralty, and
possibly may not do so iu time to have
the place filled at the charter election
iu December, In which case the Presi
dent of the Board of Aldermen will act
as Mayor for the ensuing year.
Tilt: lesson we taught Prof. Wicker.
sham a year ago has been beneficial to
him. We instructed him then that it
was not proper for him to make a po
litical speech at the Teachers' Institute.
He has taken the hint. He informed
the Institute last night that while he
declined to express an opinion before
that audience upon the propriety of
universal suffrage, he thought that the
negro, if he is to have a vote, should be
educated; with which opinion weeoln
cide.
THE effort to unseat Mr. Seuter, the
President of the Tennessee Senate, be
cause of his having held an office under
the Confederacy has failed, and he will
be the Governor of the State on the
resignation of Brownlow, who was
elected U. S. Senator last summer.
An Honest Newspaper
The editors of the F3presB have re
cently had much to say respecting the
general management of the intention
cer. They have devoted auy amount of
time to a critical examination of our
editorial and news matter; they have
consulted Webster's Unabridged Dic
tionary, Kerl's Series of English Gram
mars, and several works on Rhetoric ;
they have analyzed, criticised, and
anathematized ; they have even referred
to Brooks' arithmetic and have most
diligently compiled, selected and art
ranged sundry statistics " in regard to
the election returns of two divisions of
the Fourth Ward of Philadelphia."
They have succeeded, by great indus
try, in enlarging their vocabulary of
adjectives and have introduced into
their editorials at certain intervals the
terms "palpable," "bungling," " im•
pudent," "howling," "infernal" and a
few other epithets of an equally expres
sive character.
But while our cotemporary has been
thus engaged it has sadly neglected
some little home matters which require,
or at least should require from it a pass.
hag notice.
It has had nothing to say respecting
the election frauds in the Fourth Ward
of this city. Nor has It seen proper to
comment on the wholesale disfranchise
merit by Justice Read of 0,000 natural
ized foreigners in Philadelphia.
It dilates ut length in its issue of yester
day upon the barbarous and cruel treat
went of the Hebrews of Romania in Tun
i but, during the recent Presidential
campaign, had nothing to say respect
ing a certain barbarous and cruel mili
tary order expelling the Hebrews from
a military department In the United
States.
Under the sensational heading of
"A Band of Monsters in Texas," this
moral and model paper of Tuesday states
for the delectation of its Radicaireaders
that in Texas "there are forty (!) cap
tains of companies, whose names are
j known, and the rolls of whose com
panies are in many cases In the hands
of the military authorities," whose
avowed object "Is that of rising in
guerrilla warfare against the govern•
ment, etc. ;" but it has not found space
to record the brutal and fiendish out
rage committed by a negro from Chester
county on a young white girl aged 13
years, in Dauphin county, near Har
risburg, an account of which was
jpublished from the Harrisburg SYalc
Guard (Radical) newspaper of Tuesday
morning, in Wednesday's INTELLIG EN
CEIt. No, a Negro was concerned in
this most criminal of acts, and the Ex
press therefore makes no'inention of It,
although every paper in Harrisburg,
regardless of party, published an ac
count of the act and in the strongest
terms condemned it. Had this same
act been committed by a white man,
how quickly would our enterprising co
temporary have published lt. If by a
foreigner it would have been published
with a heading like this : "Horrible
Outrage 1.1/ a Furcigncr ;" but as it was
committed by a stalwart Negro, thirty
five or forty years or age, hailing from
radical and progressive Chester county,
of course the negro organ suppresses its
• publication.
Other and numerous instances of
dishonesty au the part of these edi
tors might be cited, but, let these ex
amples only a day or two old suffice,
although a large crop of splendid
specimens of very original lies may
be culled from the fertile columns of
this radical organ and all published
since the first leaf fell with this Au-
Winn's winds. In mendacity, whether•
as sagfic4io fn/6i or truppressio veri, no
Journal has In this campaign surpassed
our quondam temperance organ; In
truth, Indeed, its •editor•ln•chlef seems
to have got so used to "blowing," that
now, the campaign being over, he has
taken to blowing the "Temple organ,"
the sweet strains of which ne doubtless
finds very soothing to his excited nerves.
President Grant
There is a great deal of speculation at'
the present time In reference to the !
policy likely to lie pursued by General
GRANT upon his accession to the Presi
dency. And it is not confined to the
Democrats, but is indulgeffin to a still
greater extent by the Radical press and
po'''lcians. The General himself, even
since his arrival at Washington on Sat
urday last, Is as reticent as ever, and
every effort to commit him to any dis
tinctive line of policy has thus far proved
abortive. Nor is he willing that any
public demonstration shall be made in
his favor. He seems to keep the leading
politicians of his party at arms-length,
and as to the office-hunters he appears
to be utterly callous to their claims. So
far lie keeps his own counsel, and this,
of itself, causes disquietude and alarm
among his followers.
We are not much given to specula
tion, and are therefore willing to wait,
Micawber-like, for something to turn
up. At least we shall not pretend to
foreshadow the policy of the new ad
ministration until we see the materials
from which the Cabinet will be formed.
Then, and not till then, can any sensi
ble or safe opinion be indulged iu as to
the course things will take for the next
four years. President GRANT cannot
please both factions of his party—Con
servative and Radical. He must take
one or the other to his confidence, and
be governed in his actions accordingly.
If he takes Conservative ground, he
displeases the Radical extremists—and,
vice vcrsa. Which of the two courses
he will adopt remains to be seen, and
the composition of the Cabinet will, to
some extent, solve the mystery that now
seems to cloud the public mind.
In the meantime the country is stag
gering along, as best it can, under a
mountain load of debt, created by the
party that has elevated General GRANT
to power, with scarcely a probability
that the leaders have the financial skill,
much less the stern integrity necessary
to grapple in a statesmanlike manner
with the gigantic questions which must
be met boldly and fearlessly, or the
Government will be precipitated into
hopeless bankruptcy before the next
Presidential term is half round. We
hope for the best; but, in reality, the
Prospect for the future is gloomy in the
extreme. The President elect may be
able to stem the torrent that is rushing
the country to destruction with fearful
rapidity ; but, so far, scarcely a gleam
of hope shoots athwart the political sky.
The majority of the people willed it so,
however, and we must tie content to
take things as they come, with the
! . pleasant consciousness that the respon
sibility for the extrication of the Country
from the impending evils, does not rest
I upon us.
Too Modest by Malt.
The Exprcss gives a long report of the
great Wickersham's speech on Wed
nesday evening, but utterly fails to re
cord the Professor's proclamation about
"my organ." Our neighbor should not
be so retiring and modest. We have
given publicity to the announcement of
the proud position which it occupies as
the "organ " of the State Superinten
dent of Common Schools and would-be
member of Congress. Let it not hide
Its light under a bushel nor be reluctant
to enjoy its glory. Let it publish the
omitted portion of the Professor's
speech ; it is a duty which it owes to its
readers to give them all the news of the
day.
Profound Observations.—Wick. is au
thentically reported to have announced
before the Teachers' Institute as fol
lows :
All of our children must be instructed,
because all can be instructed.
All of them must be instructed, because
all of them need Instruction.
Dfusic bath charms to soothe the savage
ear.—Wherefore a cotemporary goes
into the organ business.
"My Organ" is Troahle. The, Whiskey Frauds.
"If there be any frieldeid my organ, 1 - - , --The more, the whiskey frauds are
or the paper which has become r!ny, investigated" the more obscure they
organ, I hope they will take special appear to get, and things' are so much I
notice," &c. Such is our report of the muddled that thd poor innocent public
language of the Great Professor Wick- are puzzled to knew who are the "in
ersham, which the "Organ" says is a vestigato . rs" and whb the " investi
gross perversion of his remarks, but gated." No sooner does some one, who
which our reporter, Mr. Pyott, declares has been commissioned to examine into
is literally correct. We are not able to these dark mysteries, come forward
compare our report in this particular with plenty of affidavits to sustain his
with that of the "Organ," because it, announcent of the discovery of gross
through shamefacedness probably at frauds, than immediately some other
being so publicly promoted, failed to official of the government springs up
make any report of it at all, with counter charges plentifully sup-
But wonders will never cease. What ported by sworn testimony, which
think you, reader, that the organ says? make it appear that the " discoverer"
Why, it covers us with confusion and himself ..14 deeply implicated In a
with blushes, by declaring that the whiskey ring; and this, no matter how
Great Professor alluded to us as his or- fair a character he may have earned
gun Now we confess that this idea during all his previous life for honesty
and integrity. So that it appears that
had never occurred to us ; so wild a
hope had never animated our breast. it is only necessary fora man to attempt
On first-blush it seems difficult to con- Ito expose the doings of the whiskey
ceive that we have unconsciously been I thieves, to earn for himself a tarnished
the organ of the Superintendent of reputation ; for each party denounces
Common Schools. Butonamoment'e re- the other so strongly that it is impossi
flection we are satisfied that we should ble for the public to judge between
properly enjoy this great honor. Prof. them, and the belief is apt to be enter-
Wickersham, as we have heretofore ob- tamed that it 'is only another case of
served is a gentleman of great penetra• the pof calling the kettle black.
Lion and sagacity, and he is not so I Solicitor of the Treasury Binckley
blinded by partisan feeling, as to fall to
recognize our immense superiority over
our cotemporary in ability and influ
ence. We have shown him our greater
enterprise as Journalists by publishing
for two successive years the most accu
rate reports of hls profound,eloquent and
highly finished speeches. And we have
always been recognized as the warm
friend and advocate of the Common
Schools of the State, over which be pre
sides with such unsurpassed ability, in
telligence and tact. In our news de
partment we pay especial attention to
' School matters, and keep our readers
fully posted upon all the educational
intelligence of the day. We have taken
great pains with the present Superin
tendent of Schools and have sir:yen
earnestly to keep him on the straight
path of duty. As his watchful guardian
we have reproved him for allowing him
self to indulge in political speeches in
the School room, and have cautioned
I him against the bad habit which he has
contracted of scattering capital I's in
great profusion through his speeches.
Now we propose to redouble our ex
ertions in the great Professors behalf,
especially if it is true that we havebeen
declared to be his official organ ; and
!we expect in time to eliminate from
him all his faults, foibles and vices, and
present him to the world purified and
regenerated, a man sans peter ci sans rc
procltc, the Great Educator of the day,
and a possible aspirant for the Presi
dency; for may he not hope, since Old
Abe and Hiram Ulysses have gained
that giddy elevation?
And then the Penny Trumpet will
have cause to regret the day when it
sought to escape from its alliance with
the Professor and tried to evade its
I duties and responsibilities us his organ,
by advancing the astounding proposi
tion that it was us that he meant to
honor and not it. And it will need all
the music which it can extract from the
organ with the wonderful combine
! tion stops, to relieve it from its unutter
able woe.
Crant's Polley
The following, which we clip from
the New York Journal of Commerce, a
conservative journal, which is usually
very careful in its statements, allbrds
more direct evidence of Grants senti
ments and foreshadows his probable
course more distintly than anything
which we have yet seen. It states that
General Grant " has privately promised
to treat the south kindly and justly,"
and that It lies " the Vet y highest au
thority " fur saying that " he purposes
to separate himself from the extrem—
ists" and to lead the country to Peace.
If this be so, It accounts for the fear
and trembling which has seized the
Radicals since the election and gives
them good ground for thels' apprehen
sion that they have won at great cost
and trouble, a blank—
But the greater problem remains to be
solved. Who dare attempt to outline the
history 01 the next four years? If the Re
publican party were united and consolida
ted there would be absolutely no limit to its
exercise of power. But it is made up of
the most incongruous elements, without
cohesion, and is held together by niece
external pressure. As soon as the rewards
of victory are to be distributed the divis
ions will be evident.
Gen. Grant is not a radical, and ire have
the very highest authority for saying that it
is his purpose to separate himself from the
extreunist.q, and to rally around him a strong
body of the better class of citizens, who shall
drew unto them congenial allies
. from all
quarters, and become, as they would de
serve to be, the party of the country. He is
also extremely anxious to verify his party
watchword, and to lead the country to peace
and renewed prosperity. This is his pur
-1 Pose, and no one can deny that it is a noble
ambition. Not himself a politician, and
' with but little experience or skill in civil
life, he does not, as we think, at all realize
the difficulties in the way of such success
as he covets. We do not say that he will
tail, for he has undoubted pluck, and, be
sides four years of patronage at command,
he will also have the advice and practical
aid of some strong friends who do not
usually intermeddle with public affairs.
He will, of course, be first flattered and
then roundly abused by those whose alli
ance he disdains. If Sumner is left out in
the cold, according to the present pro
gramme, there will be heard at Washington
a howl of rage every time the wind is in the
East. If the South is treated kindly and
justly, as Gen. Grant has privately gem
med, and the measures of reconstruction he
has indicated as his choice aro adopted, he
will soon be classed by the Radicals of his
party as "a rebel sympathizer," bent on
throwing away all the fruits of the great
national victory. There is a large class of
politicians whose sole test of ”righteous
peace" is some form of security for the per
manent ascendency of their party at the
South. There can be no rest to the land
until that idea is abandoned ; and if this
concession is now made by their chosen
leader, he will be stigmatized most unspar
ingly as a traitor to their cause.
Negro Suffrage
This is the hobby that the Radical
press have mounted since the Presi
dential election, and Greeley, Forney
and the rest of the malignant tribe, are
strenuous ;tia their advocacy of univer
sal negro suffrage in the North as well
as the South. Having obtained a new
lease of power from the people, the
Radicals no longer attempt any con
cealment of their real sentiments, and
we suppose one of the first acts of Con
gress, at its ensuing session In Decem
ber, will be to pass a law making it
compulsory on all the States to give
negroes the right of suffrage. To be
sure Congress has no power under the
Federal Constitution to inflict such an
outrage upon the people ; but the Con
stitution is no longer considered of any
moment or binding efficacy, since, ac
cording to the candid admission of the
late Mr. Stevens, they have for several
years been legislating outside of that
instrument. The white men of the
North may as well, therefore, make up
their minds to meet Sambo hereafter at
the polls.
THE Radicals are great sticklers for
retrenchment—at least they let on to be
so before the election. One of their
methods of demonstrating it, Binee the
election, is the proposition of the New
York 71.711C8 to make the President's
salary one hundred thousand dollars
per annum, instead of twenty-thousand
as heretofore! And we have no doubt
it will be done, provided Gen. GRA_NT
succumbs to the Radical Congress and
does its bidding.
Eguer. rights, according to the Ex
press, is taking away the right of voting
from white men and giving it to ne•
groes. This is what the fanatical editors
of that newspaper term the "advance
of civilization.'
It is stated and can be proven that
the Radical manufacturers of Pittsburg
at the recent election marked the tickets
of their workmen, and then marched
them to the polls in gangs, with over
seers to watch how they voted. the
Express has no word of condemnation
for this outrage. Down with the poor
white man, and up 'with the negro is
the object and chief aim of that organ
of the Radical bondholders and capital
ists.
first put on the gloves against this gi
gantic whiskey interest. He appears to
have been actuated by perfectly honest
motives, and he strove earnestly to un
earth the frauds; but he was not prop.
erly supported by the Hecretary of the
Treasury and the Attorney General, and
he had not weight enough in himself to
make his efforts successful. He there
fore soon fell before the assaults of the
"Ring" and retired to the rear in con
siderable disorder, after a pugilistic en•
counter with District Attorney Courtney
of New York, in which he got a black
eye and Courtney a broken finger; the
cause of the row being a question put
by B. to C. as to whether the latter was
"for the Government or the frauds" in
the case then being investigated against
Commissioner Rollins and other whis•
key thieves.
The next champion against the Ring
was Judge Fullerton, a lawyer of New
York city, and a former Judge, who
has hitherto born a high character not
only for integrity but for ability. He is
said to have been employed by Presi
dent Johnson to bring to light these
frauds, after Binckley's discomfiture,
I and he very soon discovered enough to
bring to grief District Attorney Court
ney and Collector of Internal Revenue
I Bailey, who were summoned and ap.
I peered last week before President John
son and Attorney General Evarts, to
I make their defence against the charges
brought against them. The result of
the trial is not yet announced, but they
have meanwhile turned round on Judge
Fullerton and charge him with acting
I in the interest of the Whiskey Ring,
I in his prosecution of them, and allege
among other things that he took a bribe
of $30,0110 to let off a Collector of In
, ternal Revenue darned Smith, who
I acknowledged himself to be guilty by
fleeing to Canada; Smith it is likewise
I alleged compelled Fullerton to refund
I
$d3,000 of this motley by threatening to
expose him. We are inclined to think
that this accusation against Fullerton
is bogus, although we cannot feel sure
of it, as it is made with so much partic
ularity.
It seems certain, however, that it will
not be long before the truth is fully de
veloped, as there are too many reputa
tions at stake now, for the inquiry to be
allowed to die out. The whiskey men
me thoroughly alarmed and they have
good cause to be. There is no doubt in
the public mind that the United States
Revenue officers from Commissioner
boffins down have been interested with
the owners of whiskey In robbing the
Government, as it Is Impossible for the
thieving to be carried on without their
connivance. It needs no argument to
prove this, and the desperate struggle
which these officials are making to pre
vent an investigation only makes it
more apparent. In our own District,
charges have been made and investiza
tions demanded time and again, but
I they have always been battled. It looks
I however now, as though the day of
reckoning had at last come.
Read's Rascality
Our evening cotemporary had better
read Read's opinion ,before it undertakes
to deny that he sought to disfranchise
all the 6000 foreign irs who were natur
alized in the supreme Court before
Judge Sharswood. Read says in his
opinion, "I can only come to one con
clusion—that the whole issue is illegal,
contrary to the act of Congress, contrary
to the act of Assembly AND stteui.n NE
REJECTED AT THE POLLS."
The Republican party of Philadelphia
acted on - his advice, and threw out all
these votes, where they had the Election
Officers ; and now forsooth they attempt
to deny that he said what he meant or
meant what he said. Speaking of the
above clause in his opinion, the Phila
delphia Post, which is Radical but can
not endorse this outrage, says very
pointedly :
Did Judge Read mean that he meant
nothing? If he did not direct election offi•
cers to refuso all these papers, where is his
service to the Republican party, for which,
according to The Telegraph, we should be
forever grateful? fine day see are told that
he saved the election by throwing out six
thousand Democratic votes; the next we
are informed that he did not throw out one
vote. Here is where the muddle ends.
All the . analogies and principles of the
law are opposed by Judge Read's opinion.
Suppose a man to be tried for murder;
the weight of testimony is to the effect
that he is guilty, and actually he is
guilty. Nevertheless he is acquitted,
though all the world correctly believes him
to be a murderer. Now, the Sheriff might
as well take that man and hang him, by
authority of the world's opinion, as Judge
Read declare illegal and fraudulent—not
separately, but in the gross—all the certifi
cates of citizenship issued and sanctioned
by the Supreme Court. The suspicions and
rumors of fraud lie in the back-ground, and
to reach them an investigation is required
in each case; but the face of the sealed eer
tilicate is its own evidence of citizenship ;
the man who holds it, whether a rascal or a
saint, is a legal voter till the contrary is
proved, and Judge Read has no more right
than the Emperor of Russia to take away
his ballot
The Whiskey Frauds
President Johnson seems to be after
the whiskey ring in earnest. He has
caused Judge Fullerton, an able lawyer
of New York, to be employed in the
investigation of these frauds, and sev
eral of the accused parties have been
summoned to Washington to answer
the charges against them. A Wash
ington correspondent telegraphs as fol
lows :
Fullerton charges Courtney and Murray
with corruption in office, especially in re
ceiving bribes for the settlement of cases of
fraud on the internal revenue. These
charges are very roll' m i nous. and are sworn
to by a number of persons, of whom
Messrs Depuy, 131aisdell, and Hess are the
most prominent. The charges were pre
sented to the President and Attorney-Gen
eral Evarts yesterday, and the former sent
for Courtney and Murray to come on at
once. They first visited Mr. Evarts this
Morning, and were by him taken to the
White House. -Courtney was the first sum
moned before his Excellency. Ile was
ushered into the presence at 1 o'clock, and
three hours elapsed before he got through.
The President acted as Judge, Mr. Evarts
as Clerk, and Mr. Fullerton as Prosecuting
Attorney, Ile read the charges against
Courtney in full, and Courtney, ;answered
each and all in detail. Fullerton and
Courtney then examined and cross-ex
amined each other, the latter closing with
an argument in his own behalf and the
former with an argument against the ac
cused. Mr. Evarts took copious notes, and
President Johnson, acting Judge for the
time being, reserved his decision for the
present. Mr. Courtney was then discharged
from custody, and Marshal Murray was
brought before his Excellency. The pro
ceedings in his - case were similar to those
in the case of Courtney, and at 5 o'clock he
was dismissed. Wbat the result of the in
vestigation may be Is not known ; but the
opponents of Courtney and Murray assert
positively that the President will suspend
them both to-morrow, and submit their
cases to the Senate for settlement. It is
understood that Mr. Evarts does not favor
hasty action in the premises, and he, it is
thought, will influence the President to
await a thorough investigation.
TIE Cecil Whig, which was burned
out a week or two ago, reappears in a
new and handsome dress.
TIM LICTIONB
PENLNIA
W 4 give p bet°
every ,x).nty in
nil official voto of
iCaUNTIES
Adams. .........
Allegheny
Armstrong.........
Beaver
Bedford
Berke
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria.
Cameron . .......
Carbon
Centre ......
Chester
Clarion
Clinton..
Columbia..
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin ...........
Delaware ..........
.............
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Frank1in............
Fulton
Greene .
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon ....... ....
Lehigh
Luzern°
Lycoming
M'Kean
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe
Montgomery•....
Montour
Northampton__
Northumberla'd
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill ...
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan . .......
Stnquchauna
T Legit
Union
Venan go ...........
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westmoreland._
Wyoming
York .........
Majorities
We do not give the figures for Philadel
phia made by the Republican majority of
the Board of Return Judges, but w•e state
the aggregate of the official returns from
all the precincts.
TERRIBLE CALA Ina Y
Collision nt the Fulton Ferry New York
The most serious ferry-bbat accident that
has happened for many years, involving
the loss of one life and the maiming of a
number of male and female passengers, oc
curred on Saturday morning. The follow
ing statements' were made soon after the
occurrence:
Gco. W. Broach, who was a witness to
the occurrence, makes the following state
ment: About 71 o'clock this morning I
went on board the Union ferry-boat, at the
Fulton Ferry, New York side, for the pur
pose of cornming to Brooklyn; when I got
on board the bout I went to the front, where
there were about a dozen persons standing
beside myself; shortly after I got there 1
saw the other boat, which I believe was the
Hamilton, coming from Brooklyn toward
the slip; the bout on which I Was was in
the slip nearest the South Ferry, end the
coming in boat would naturally lake the
slip on the other side; when I first saw her
she was about 200 feet oft, and was headed
directly for the boat on which I was stand
ing; she was crowded with passengers, so
much so that her forward part was depress
ed considerably below the usual level ; she
kept advancing in the same straight
line toward the boat on which I was, until
she came so near that I saw that a collision
Was inevitable, end with the others who
were standing on front of the boat I stepped
back some paces to avoid the shock. At the
Flame time the passengers on the approach
ing boat were seized with a panic and at
tempted to get back out of the way, but
so great was the crowdof people and wagons
behind them that they could not move very
far. In a few seconds, and during the con
fusion of the victims trying to save them
selves, the approaching boat came up to the
boat on which I was with such force that,
owing to the depression of her forward part,
she ran under the guards, and, striking the
under bow, was veered to one side, so that,
with the force at which she was moving, the
forward portion of the ladies' cabin was en
tirely torn away. While the Hamilton was
approaching toward the slip at a high rate
of speed, and in such a direction as made it
apparent to every one that a collision must
occur, there was not the slightest percepti
ble diminution of her epeed, and, tome, the
accident appeared as the result of the most
reckless carelessness on the part of the pilot
in charge of the boat.
J. W. Albertson, pilot of the Hamilton,
makes the following statement: Our boat,
the Hamilton, runs on a line with the Clin
ton. This boat bad the sametrouble on the
New York side the trip before, and so we
got a load of over a thousand people, and
were weighed down in the water pretty low
before we started. Just now it's flood tide
at this time in the morning, and beside
there is a pretty heavy freshet in the North
River, so that the tide runs very strong
from Governor's Island to the foot of Beek
man. A sort of eddy is so pushed down
stream very strong from Beekman st., close
in by the piers. Just as we rounded and
came up near the ferry houses a Southern
propeller (this was the Gulf City), two piers
below, that they were hauling into her slip,
let go her stern ropes and clewed round on
her bows close bp our pier, so as to cut off
our sight of it, We had to sheer off so as
to keep out of hitting the propeller, and
this took the Hamilton right straight Into
the slip where the Union was lying,
chained to the ferry bridge; just as we
went by the propeller the down stream
eddy caught our bow and took us right into
the 'Union, smashing up our rail and cabin.
I was eating my breakfast in the wheel
house, and White had the wheel ; he's been
let do this by the company for two years
back, and has often had the wheel before;
I don't blame him any, nor the engineer;
ho did the best he could; the trouble was
the propeller threw us off the course, and
when the eddy struck us we were so low in
the water that we couldn't manage to keep
clear; I have been employed by the Union
Ferry Company 18 years, and have been
steering ferryboatslor NI years.
illiam L. McGrew testified that the bout
was crowded with passengers and vehicles;
at the start I stood on the forward main
deck, and had my attention attracted par
, ticularly to the objects in the river and the
ferry-slip on the Now York side; we were
detained at the Brooklyn side a few minutes
beyond the usual time, at least as it ap
peared to me; we came across without
meeting with any obstructions, except that
I thought the boat made an unusual detour
toward the Battery; shortly after leaving
Brooklyn my attention was fixed particu
larly on a black propellor tug-boat ; it ap
peared to me to be lying partly across the
New York ferry-slip, with her bow beading
down stream ; she was backing at the time,
apparently endeavoring to get clear of the
entrance to the slip; long before we arrived at
the entrance ehe was entirelyclear, tier bow
being several feet above the north side of
the slip; as the Hamilton entered the slip,
' she was pointing directly for the Union,
which was lying in the slip toward the
Battery; the Hamilton was under consid
erable headway; could not say that the
Union was moving at the time of collision ;
I observed before the boat struck that the
signals to stop and back weregiven in rapid
succession; I was in a position where I
could look over the boat's side and see the
water and from its non-agitation I was im
pres4ed with the idea that the engine Wba
not backed, and that there was no hacking
until after the collision; in fact, I am post.
live on that point, for the motion of the boat
was not checked, and not feeling theeudden
jar which always accompanies the backing
of the engine, it seemed to me, from the
rapid succession of the signals,
that the
engineer might have been mdmentarily
frightened from his post, or have
been bewildered ; I am quite positive
that the bow of the boat had entered
the slip before the signals were given
to stop and reverse; the passengers
were panic-stricken; after the signal
had been given those fn the after part of the
boat crowded on those who were already for
, ward, and pushed them toward the point of
danger ; scene of the male passengers tried
' to get the others to fall back, but it was of
no avail the boat careened toward the
, Union so much so that our guards were be
, low the Union's; I saw the boy just after
the collision had occurred, and that the
crowd had been forced back ; his body was
lying on the deck just forward of the ladies'
cabin ; I observed that hie face was purphi,
and his head crushed and one of his legs
off; some one told me that he had been sit
ting on the railing just before the collision;
I I did not see him before the collision. [ln
answer to a question by a juror the witness
,stated that he was in the habit of crossing
!the ferry two or three times daily, and from
I 'general observation he believed the signal
! to slow is given about 15 to 30 yards from
the bulkhead, and to efop at about the eril
I trance.] He could not say whether the
signal to slow was given oriaturday morn
! ing ; the signals to atop and reverse were
given at the time when I thought a collision
imminent;after the collision I was forced
back against a wagon, and to extricate my
self was compelled to mount on the roof of
the cabin, from which place I saw the boy.
Gov. Baker, of Indiana, denies being a
candidate for the United States senate
Saw President* are Elected
The modus operandi of electing a Presi
dent after the Presidential electors have
been chosen may not be familiar to all, so
we condense from the Philadelphia Ledger
an account of the process. The Constitu
tion provides that the electors, chosen in
such manner as the Legislature of each
State may prescribe, shall meet In their re
spective States and vote by ballot for Presi
dent and Vice President. At the meetings,
known as "electoral colleges," the electors
aro required to make lists of the persons
they vote for, and the number of votes cast
for each, which lists they aro required to
sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the
Prmident of the Senate of the United States,
at the seat of Government. That Milner is
required to open these certificates in the
presence of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives and the votes are then to be
counted, and the, person'haviniphe greatest
number of electoral votes for resident, if
such a number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed, Le declared to
be the President ; and so of the Vice Presi
dent.
An actor congress of March 1,171 U which
fixed a uniform tiros for the holding of the
Presidential election throughout the coun
try, also provides for further details. It re
quires
the Executive authority oteach State
to cause three certified lists of the electors
chosen by said State to be made °tumid de
livered to the electors on or before the first
Wednesday of December next after the
election, and that said electors shall meet
and give their votes on the said first Wed
nesday in December, at such place as the
Legislature of the State shall direct. The
electors vote by . ballot end ars required to
make three certified lists, which shall be
signed by all the electors, with it certified
list of the electors attached to *melt ; then to
be sealed up In three separate packages,
and a further certificate endorsed on the
envelope of each, signed by all the electors,
stating that the packages contain a list
of the votes of such State for President
and Vice President. The electors aro then
I required to appoint and commission a per
son to take charge of and deliver one of the
I said certified packages to the President of
the Senate at the seat of Government, on or
before the first Wednesday in January next
ensuing; they are further required to forth
with forward another of said certitleatea.by
the Post Office to the President* of the Sen
ate, and the third is to be delivered to the
judge of the district in which the electors
aro assembled. These and other minute
provisions are made to guard against the
possible loss or failure of a certificate. In
order to have certainty as tothQ counting of
votes so forwarded, Congress is required to
be in session on the second Wednesday of
February succeeding every meeting of the
electors, on which day the certitivates are to
be opened in the proactive or both Houses,
and the result declared as already stated,
It is high time for Judge Read to t esign.
He has long been an object of pity from the
Members of the Bar of this Suite. None of
them have any faith in his knowledge of
the law or confidence in-the soundness of
his Judgment. His brother Judges, out of
charity for his failing intellect, have lately
been giving him the lightest possible work
todo The opinions which have been entrust
ed him fut. preparation, would only require
a single paragraph. It was merely Intended
that he should announce the Judgment of
the Court in certain rears In which the
questions involved had been clearly decided
before. Wherever there was a necessity for
the exercise of legal acumen or the delivery
of a clear, argumentative opinion, the work
was given to one of the learned judges who
retain their mental faculties. But even in
this there was trouble. For Judge Read's
ambition increased In intensity Just in pro
', portion to the rapid weakening of his Intel
lect, His mind has become BO much im-
I paired that it is impossible to present his
! thoughts in a concise manner, and hence he
i has burdened our State Reports with page
upon nage of ridiculous twaddle about mat
' tors of no interest or importance whatever.
When Judge Strong resigned a short time
ago, the thought that flashed across every
lawyer's mind was, " if it hind only been
Judge Read."— ,Spirit.
Gen. Grant'a View* of the Republican
Platform.
A statement made last evening by a gen
tleman in whom may be placed implicit re
liance and who enjoys excellent opportu
nities to enable him to speak intelligently
on the subject, may give some indication of
Gen. Grunt's position In relation to the Re
publican party. Ile states that after the
General was nominated he sat for quite a
long time carefully reading and pondering
upon the platform adopted by the Conven
tion ; that tie finally expressed to his con.
fitiontial friends that he did not like It, and
was in great doubt whether lie would ac
cept the nomination ou that platform. This
coming to the ears of certain leaders of the
party they hastened to call upon the Gen
eral, who stated to them his objections to
the platform. This Intelligence was re
ceived with no little consternation by his
visitors, who feared that Grant entertained
the intention of declining the nomination.
They at once opened upon him with every
concolvable argument they could bring for
ward to induce him to accept, one of which
arguments was that the platform need not
be regarded by him in so serious u light—it
was simply en enunciation of the general
principles of the party, necessary only to
make up the Issues of the campaign. They
urged him to accept at all events, and to
say nothing more about the platform.
Many other arguments of a similar chant°
ter were used, It is said, which gave Grunt
to understand that they wanted him to ac
, cept the notninatiou, h . even it had to be on
a platform of his own adoption.— fl'a,h fug
tun Cor. ilerald, Nor. 11.
A n Extraordinary Case of Bigamy
An extraordinary case of bigamy was
before the court yesterday evening. The
prisoner was a handsome and fashionably
attired young man named Albert A, WhOe•
head, about 21 years of age, uud the cir
cumstances of his case are as follows: Ou
the 17th of June, 1509, Whitehead, who is a
real " lady-killer," married a young lady
named Emma Doubleday—the daughter of
Mr. My. Doubleday, a well-known citizen
of Brooklyn-the ceremony being performed
by the Rev. Mr. Adams, of the Fleet Street
M. E. Church.
On the fourth of July last, young White
head asked his father-in-law, Mr. Double
day, for the' loan of 3500, iu order to go into
business. Mr. Doubleday advanced him
$220. Just at this time, however a young
Whitehead
thatbrought the news to Mrs.
that her husband was court Ing a Miss Em
ma (,able, and wag to be married to her at
an early date, and that " Alberta" wedding
suit was then being made. The wife in
formed her father, who, by skill and activ
ity, actually found the tailor making the
wedding suit, and obtained other informa
tion leading him to the conviction that the
money borrowed was for the purpose of
paying for his wedding expenses and a
flight to Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Double.
day, therefore, had Whitehead arrested for
obtaining money tinder false pretenses, and
also obtained information of his former
marriage with Mary Mies Jane Tallman,
of Buffalo, by the Rector of St. James'
Church there. On his complaint indict
ments were found in June by the Grand
Jury for both bigamy and obtaining money
under false pretenses. The case coming up
yesterday, Mr. Doubleday procured the
attendance of the first wife from Buffalo,
who confronted the prisoner in court, much
to his surprise. Whitehead seeing that the
"jig was up," plead guilty to the indictment
of bigamy. When conducted' before the
bar of the court, the two young wives were
provided with seats near him, while in the
rear, among the spectators, were two sweet
bets who had been expecting marriage.
The prosecuting personage, the father of tire
last wife, bound to see the thing out, was
near by, one arm upon the bar or the court,
and watching the proceedings with notch
interest. The prisoner stood up welly be•
fore the court, but had nothing to say. Ho
was attired in a fashionable black suit, with
white necktie and immaculate linen. lie
was sentenced to the State Prison for three
years, and then stated, with the air of an
old libertine, that he had a third wife in
Washington.
The first wife has burled one child born
in wedlock with the prisoner, and the sec
ond is soon to be confined. One of the
sweethearts, who still clings to Albert,
waited till all others had departed, ale
a flout interview with him, on hi: • ,
handcuffed, to jail. The other women wept
" copiously " In the court room, and the
spectators looked on with Interest.—N. Y.
Democrat.
If Genera' Urant has that respect for " the
will of the people" which beexpreaned in his
letter accepting the Chicago nomination, it
will scarcely be satisfactory to him to know,
as he mint know, that he is not the choice
of the people of the United' States us their
President. The Democracy have curried
Oregon, and if the electoral Vote were justly
counted it would stand as follows •
New York
New Jersey
Oregon
All the Southeria,.Stutes
Whole number electoral votes,... 917
On the popular vote as It is, or WWI per
mitted, Grant has a majority of only about
300,000, end, to secure this, a Radical Con
gress by force prevented three States, sure
lot Seymour, from voting, disfranchised
more than 000,000 Democrats in all the
Southern States, and enfranchised 751,000
negroes fresh from slavery and the swamps.
—N. Y. World.
Bow rt Broker Got Glt
A very good story is told on Well street
in regard to the recent telegraphic corre
spondence between the secretary and Mr.
Yon Dyck, which shows how messages are
sometimes interpreted, and are firslknown
by other than the intended parties., The
New York 'Evening ii,.presq says
"It appears that Mr. McCulloch tele
graphed to Mr. Van Dyck on Efaturday to
relieve the money market !rumor says) by
the purchase of bonds with greenbacks or
three per cent. certificates. A New York
and Philadelphia brokers , firm is said to
have intercepted the message in some way. ,
and immediately swept the bond market of
.18117 s, the price belpg run np to 119,4 before
Mr. Yan Dyck received his message. This,
of course, changed the government bopd
market from depression to buoyancy and
put an entirely different face on aff i tirs ip
Wall street generhify, which *as' 1 the
Treasury Department could have hoped to
accomplifon, it it bad entered the market as h
buyer. The firm in question is said to have
the bonds on hand still, while Mr. Van
Dyck has four millichas of new certificates,
which might possibly otherwise be 1n cir
culation instead of being locked up in the
treasury vaults.
The Marquis of Hastlows.
We are informed by cable telegram this
morning that the Marquis of Hastings, at
once of the most noble, Most unprincipled,
and most dissipated patrons of the British
turf, has gone to his fathers. Dying in his
twenty-sixth year, having worn himself out
with debauchery, wine, women and horses,
ho was a fair but advanced example of the
model modern young British noble- With
an incomeof one hundred thousand pounds
a year, this man's total ussete will not prob
ably buy Lis executor a gold suutr-box. Ile
was a nrat-class blackleg. At the age when
young men of moderate means are about to
enter college and prepare themselves for the
battle (ABM, this scapegrace had thirteen
mistresses; filename was known and remit
lar in the coulisaesof thearand Opera, In the
most degraded and gilded quarters of Perim;
Equally stliomo lu theiockey Club, the Fun
bourg St. Germain, the Hue Medee, the Toil.
eries, or the Mabille. At eighteen the mar
quis owned the fastest and most luxurious
yacht In England and bad penetrated every
nook in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas,
and astonishing stories have been told of
the almost Belshazzar-like orgies that have
taken place on board of this maguilicent
vessel. Coryphees and tigurantee outnam
bored the able seamemand riot and luxury
was the rule and not the exception. Of an
old and noble line, the Inheritor of a kingly
fortune, his rent-roll befog almost 'neaten
table, this man, now dead at an age when 110
might have boon the ornament of the forum
or senate, teaches a lesson. Strange stories
are lulu of the madcap and eipentlthrllt
lord. At nineteen ho bud a very hund.ottie
and distinguished presence, and his betting
book was the wonder of the Brltsh nic
irrPolls. One day hn would be 1m the
French capital watching lila Prix do Peria,
and making hits betting-book, taking great
odds ; twenty-four hours after and he was
en route fur the Scottish Moorlands to
knock nil' grouse; at the end of the week
ho would be found in the Mole of Naples
with a pretty ballet girl, watching the limit
ing of his pleasure yacht with choice lin'
tau wines and the fragrant fruits of It,
South; then he would make n dash at the
Carpathians; n look nt the beam tc,.
promenading the Preter of Vienna, and
again on the great Derby Day at
Epsom Downs, atanding before the
Grand Stand, the observed of till observers,
his book good for twenty or thirty thou , -
and pounds, sometimes all wagered on one
horse. Three days later the keel of h,
yacht would be cleaving the cold waters of
the Baltic In search of advi•nture, and thou
back again to enjoy the rout and riot and
perfumed uproar of the great Landon hash
enable world. A lite of purple unit line
linen, he had a merry time among the
princes of the earth, to flash, dicker, and
tinnily to smoulder in the ashes of forgot tco
L. jury. Toward the close of his shin t, Luc
merry life, the Martinis of Hastings became
involved In difficulties, and at one time he
betting and other debts amounted to a
quarter of a million of pounds. Summed -
ed by a •Frang of unprincipled blacklegs
and hrok en-clown men on Im had tit ..I,l'
time held fair positions, him course wry
downward, and his career brief and bad.
At the lost, Derby, Hastings was "short
some .LSO,UOU It, his betting book, lotv log
backed his own horse Lady' Elizabeth; and
the Derby being mini by Blue Gown, the
Marquis had to cut and rim for It. It
more than hinted that the Prince of Wales
and the late Marquis were on terms of Intl
macy, and were occasionally boon compan
ions in many a dissolute land. It is noire
than probable that the decease of the lg.,
quls of Llastings resulted from a tiOVOril and
long protracted oourse of dissipation. Ili,
vital energy had long ago been terribly sap
ped, and those who witnessed his hist hour ,
and exit must liava found his cal cc titti Tic
climax to his eventful life.
Trouble In wllllanle College
A letter from the Secretnry of Willi:me.
College )1115.9., in which the stinlente nro
now in revolt, explainv the C111.1511i 'am -
10w9 :
Many students, On slight aud insulll,•leot
grounds, have been repeatedly and pm
tractedly absent from college duties, loci
thus from recitations, much of the value of
which depends upon consecutive attend •
once The following law was passed by
• s
to abate this evil :
" Each absence from any recitimoo,
whether at the beginning of or during the
term, whether excused or unexcused, will
count as zero In the record of standing. lit
cases, however, in which attendance shall
be shown by the student to have been im
possible, each officer shall have the option
of allowing the recitation to he made up at
sucictime as he Rhilir appoint; and no marls
shall be given to such recitation utiles:. It
shall amount to a substantial performance
of the work omitted."
Thereupon this paper Wes presented by
the students :
" lb the Authorities of Williams Colley,.
"At a int:Ming of the students ot . Wil
liams College, ..Nov. 10, 180/1, tho fullutving
resolution was unanimously adopted :
" Whereas, 'rho Faculty of Williams Col
lege have imposed upon mg students of sail
College, a rule that (quoting the rule), 1111 , 1
" Whereas, We, students of sate College,
regard the imposition of this rule us a blow
aimed at our porsonal honor and own
hood ; and
" Whereas, Our petition promoted to the
Faculty of Mild College, Nov. ti, !SUS ' for the
repeal of the above mentioned rule ban been
disregarded therefore
"Resolved, That we, ntudentn of mad
Williams College, declare tmir routine
with said College to cense from thin date,
until the autboritlen of mild College nittill
repeal the above mentioned rule."
Thin paper bore the signatures of 111111 :y
all the student/4 In the College.
The action of the Faculty in thin mut e r
has' been unanimous, and believing that
more important tenure lu the government
of the College are involved than Mono re
lating eirnply to the maintennme and Win
dom of a mingle law, wo nubmit thin mate
meet to the public.
FRANK LIN CA WM.: It,
Secretary of the Faculty.
All but throe or four of the etudeutm Lug
loft the College.
Horrible Negro Outrage in Georgbn
!Mill Retribution Dollop■
We have the particulars of a horriblemit •
rage committed near Summerville, iii
Emanuel county, on Tuesday last.
A young lady, coventeen oreighteen pairs
old, daughter of a respectable citizen of that
county, who Is a pupil in the Nutntnervitle
school, was met in the outskirts of the VII -
lago while on her way to school, early Tues.
day morning by a negro named Pearce, w hit
attacked her with a lightwood knot i:
, sulk
log her on the back of the head, and felling
her to the earth. Ile thou attempted to
commit further outrage upon her person,
which Rile resisted to the utmost of her
strength and ability. In the scuttle which
ensued he bent her severely over the heed
and face, seriously Injuring tier eyes, and
tilling her mouth with sand to prevent her
cries from being heard. Front the ailed
of this terrible tree ttnent she became inset •
Bible, and the fiend accomplished his hellish
purpose, and left her apparently dead In the
road. Some time after she was discovered
in this pliable condition, and taken to 11
bookie near by, when, Dr. Bouchello being
called to see, administered to her relief, and
she recovered go far as to be able to ilesig
nate the demon who had committed the
outrage.
, Pursuit was then made for the wretch, '
and lnc little while be was found concealed
upon the premises of Nfra. Harris, when he
was arrested and taken to Swainsboro' and
committed to Jail. A largo crowd wits
as
sembled at the latter place—the election de
-1 ing held there—and greet excitement wits
produced when the facto became known.
There wen, however, no attempt made to
interfere with the criminal, who was .afely
lodged in jail.
That night, about 11 or 12 o'clock a eiowd
of persons, numbering some forty er tins,
I went to the house of 111r.J. J. I:doorsing,
Jailor, and demanded of Min the Jail keys.
This demand he refused to comply with,
when they threatened his life if the keys
were not produced. Under tills alternative
I the keys were presented to the party, who
immediately proceeded to the fail, took the
negro out, and carrying him to a tree just
outside the town, swung him up to a limb,
, In which pouition ho was found next morn-
Accident on tee Harlem Railroad—A leo
clon■ Attempi• to Throw 1 /MON Wel"
Within a month three ties have been
placed on the track of the Harlem railroad,
all at the same point, which Is between
Mount Vernon and Ilranxville, about a
half mile from the last named station. The
first obstruction was thrown off by the cow
catcher of the morning express ; the seeoud
was found and removed by the track wed ko,
just before the night down express passed ;
the third was an old tie of about half the
usual thickness, thus elbowing a design to
present an obstruction to the train which
the cowcatcher would not touch. This was
Placed before the down express, duo in New
York at nine o'clock Monday night. Owing
to the evident malice evinced by these ob
structions,ran;off the track diagonally a dis
tance of over one hundred feet, and their
stopped east otthe up track, badly damaged
but not exploded. The engineer add tire
men were thrown off—the former about
thirty feet. He, however, was not Injured
enough to prevent his being on duty yes
terday, and the firemen were Unhurt. The
express freight and baggage cars ran off
diagonally westward for about 160 feet, and
then went down an embankment about
eight feet high. The express freight car was
completely smashom-and its contents well
distributed in the vicinity; the baggage cur
bad one corner jammed In and the trucks
torn from beneath it. Some of the trunks
inside were smashed equally as were the
packages In the express car, Was slightly
injured, but was able to walk home. None
of the passengers wore hurt and none of the
passenger cars were damaged. This was
partially owing to the patent brake which
is attached to all the cars on the Harlem
railroad. On the engine breaking connec
tion with the passenger cars, the brake was
applied and their motion quickly chocked.
The down track was torn up for about ir,,o
feet.
Tho company has offered a reward of
51,00 q for the• apprehension and conviction
of the pertain or persona who placed the ob
atructioos on the track, and It Is hoped thin
measure will have the intended result.—
N. 1% stn.
EZZMII
It has been discovered that Benjamin
publLstaid the first Matildalet book
in thls'country, In 1740. • It `wall Wesley's;
sermon upon Free Grace, and Franklin
printed many editions of It. • •
A Chicago- butcher was detected at the
Union EitocK Yards, In that - city, trying to
get away a.dead hog which he had propped
up among some live ones in such a man
ner as to make It appear to be alive. He
evidently intended to make pork of it.