MAY 20, 1869.
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A Radical Endorsement of Democratic
Doctrine.
It is a significant sign of tlie times
when wo find Radical newspapers ad
mitting the entire correctness of the po
litical status which the Democratic
party has occupied for several years
Wo are encouraged w hen we find
such Journals urging strongly, and
with apparent zeal, the very same argu
ments which we have constantly ad
dressed to the people. It confirms us
lu the settled conviction we have so
long entertained that this Government
can only be successfully conducted up
on Democratic principles and by a
Democratic administration. We find
the following paragraph in the Harria
burg Stale Guard:
No Republic can exist which allows its
representatives the absolute power now
wielded by legislators, Annually, as we
have loug seen, legislative bodies increase
their power, usurping at discretion the
functions of llie Executive and the Judicial
brances of the government, and defying
with haughty arrogunce the will ofthepeo
pie whenever a scheme of personal uggran
di/.einent is presented for enactment.
Wo clip the above from a leading
editorial of Governor Geary’s organ. It
is an admission that we have been
Bpcuking the words of truth and sober
ness when we so frequently warned the
people against the usurpations of the
Radical Congress. It is a frank avowal
that the very existence of the Republic
Is in imminent peril, and a candid con
fession that tlie source of danger is pre
cisely what we have so often pointed
out as the groat evil of tlio times. That
the existence of our Republican form of
government is entirely incompatible
with the continued exercise of the arbi
trary power now claimed by Congress,
we liaveasserLed a thousand times. The
Radicals denied it bitterly. They lauded
Congress continually, and have done
nil they could to establish firmly the
system which the State Guard now
denounces as destructive to the Repub
lic.
Tlie warning of Governor Geary’s
organ comes almost too late. It should
have spoken out sooner. Surely it must
loug ago have semi how completely
“the functions of the Executive ami
Judicial branches of tlio (lovernmont ”
Were being usurped by Congress. The
time to hi;vcaltacked this groat evil was
In liie beginning. That the Democracy
did, but every Radical newspaper in
the country, the State Guard not ex-
Oeptcd, defended the repeated and alarm
ing usurpations of Congress. Tlio worst
men of that body, those who loti In tlie
infamous legislation which destroyid
the power of the Executive and muz
zled the Supiemo Court, were the idols
<d' tlie Republican parly, Every new
assault which they made upon our Re
publican institutions was heralded «s
another advance of liberal ideas. The
liiii"! 1 .-! were deceived by specious cries
and deluded by cunning sophistry.
The patriotic warnings of the Dlmtio
cratie leaders were denounced as the
di Wnyul utterances of Copperheads,
'i'he passions of the people were excited
by appeals to sectional prejudice, and,
Wiide tlu-ir attention was thus distract';
ed from Ine real designs of the Radical
IcadiTs in Congress, one step after an
other was taken in the path of usurpa
tion. in vain did tlie Democratic
leaders lift up their voices in solemn
warning. Their prayers and protesta
tions were unheeded, and the revolu
tionary were left to run their
mad eoin>e.
It is now too Jale to repair much of
the evil which lias been done; blit we
are glad to notice that the organ of Gov
ern* r (hairy has the honesty to admit
(ho truth in regard to tlie action
of iiie Democratic party which it
lias hitherto so loudly denounced.—
Ret ih hope that the htato Guard
may not again wander beyond the
dawnhiga of grace which seem to be
dissipating its previous intellectual
darkness, but that it may be led into
the full light of the only true political
faith, ami that many may follow it.
iiai'foara Frk'lclile and Ujc Flag.
Tin; Radical newspapers all over the
country :;ro making quite a row over
the fact lhat the house in Frederick
city, from which one Barbara Frletehie
wan reported to have waved the Star
Spangled Banner in the very face of
Kloinrwull Jackson and ilia men, has
been demolished. It ia true that the
hoiiar in which the aforaaid transaction
id repotted to have occurred has been
removed, together with several others
whicli stood in the way of a street that
was being opened. We suppose no one
will deny the right of a city to Iny out
new streets or to complete imperfect
11111'“, even if in so doing relics of the
jia.l iiavc to he swept away. But It in
very questionable whether there is any
truth in the story übout Rarburu
l |, riele!iie. Whittier’s poem has given it
n wide circulation, but ll appears that
them is another loyal woman in Fred
erick who denies that old Barbara did
any thing of the sort. This person
claims all the creditor the transaction.
But, allowing that the flag wan
daunted deliunlly in the Vi ry face of
Htonewall Jackson and his men, what
a contrast did the conduct of the rebel
soldi.u’s prist nt to that of Federal Gen-
Oxals and officials. The infamous order
of Butler at New Orleans, umi the re
pented am si and imprisonment of la
dies in Baltimore and elsewln re for re
fii; in;: walk under our Hug is a stain
upon f;t;:• ehaiueter which cannot he
wiped out Aceoiding to tho admis
sion rtf iho Radicals themselves the
r<lvl;-. respected womanhood 100 much
even to in.-ult one who defiantly Haunt
ed ill.- ban nor of their foes in their very
fuc-v. When and where did our ar
mies give such an exhibition of chival
rous court-sy. The* less that is said
about this Barbara Frielcliie story the
better. If tine it only blazons forth our
shame the more conspicuously. If our
Radical cotimporarics in Lancaster and
c’s.-whero would rell-'ct for a moment
they would hesitate before publishing
items eulculab.d to provoke such odious
comparisons.
It is rumored thuUien. Rawlins in
tends to resign his position of Secretary
of War and that brunt seriously con
templates the appointment of Joe. Holt
to fill the vacancy. The officers of the
army have already entered their pro
test against Holt, and there, is not a
decent civilian in the country who will
not join with them in their remon
strance. llolt was the jackal of Stanton,
and his name was the synonym for
petty tyranny and despicable meanness.
J [esank so low in public estimation as to
become an object of con tempt and scorn
to all decent people. If Grant wishes
to tie another millstone round his own
neck, and to sink Ills administration
still deeper into popular odium let him
appoint Joe. Holt .Secretary of War.
Ex-Secretary Stanton has not
been heard of for u long time. It is
however, now announced that he has
joined the church. He is said to be
troubled with constant fears and a ter
rible dread of the hereafter. The con
sciousness of his many crimes is crush
ing the iife out of him, and it is not
expected that ho will live long.
Two more negroes have just been ap.
pointed to first-class clerkships at
Washington. Grant Is bidding high
for the negro vote.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY DNTELLIGENOEB, WEDNESDAY, MAY 96, 1869.
Good Friday a« a Public Holiday.
The aotton of our late' State Legisla
ture lu enacting that Good Friday shall
hereafter be observed as a publio holi
day, was certainly one of Us most un
accountable.freaks. It puzzles us ex
ceedingly to imagine what could have
induced the passage of such a law.
There Is a marked difference in the
estimation of Christian people between
a holyday and a holiday. The former
is a season set apart for devotional pur
poses, the latter an occasion of merri
ment and festivity. Good Friday has
long been generally observed as the
most sacred of fast days. The event
which it commemorates is universally
recognized as peculiarly solemn. Of all
days in the year it is least fitted to be
made a scene of the merriment which
attaches to public holidays. The pious
then very properly give themselves up to
prayer, fasting and contemplation upon
the great sacrifice which it once wit
nessed. Places of amusement are avoid
ed on Good Friday, and multitudes of de
vout worshipers crowd the churches.
It is certainly hard for us to conjecture
what could have induced the Radical
majority of our Legislature to declare
this most solemn of all fast daysa public
holiday. Since the death of Christ no
Christian nation has deemed such Leg
islation necessary. The observance of
Good Friday has been universal, but it
has been made so by a pervading re
ligious sentiment, and not by Legisla
tive enactment. Perhaps the death of
one Abraham Lincoln, which occurred
in a public theatre while he was wit
nessing one of the broadest comedys on
the boards was the inducing cause. But
even in such a case the action of the
Legislature can not be regarded "another
than most unseemly. Are the people
of Pennsylvania to turn tlie day which
commemorates the death of the Saviorof
the world into a public holiday because
the first Radical I’resident chose to
shock the religious sentiment of the
country by attending a public theatre
on its anniversary, and happened to be
shot while laughing at the set jokes of a
parcel of profane comedians? We can
not pursue this lino of thought further.
To attempt to conjecture what was the
real moving course in the minds of the
ignoraut men who made up tlie major
ity of the last Legislature of our State
would necessarily lead us into what
might properly be regarded as savoring
of blasphemy.
We find that this singular piece of
legislation does not meet with the entire
approval of the Republican newspaper
press of tlio .State. The Harrisburg Tele
graph comments upon It as follows :
An exchange says llml tin* Legislature,
liy Hiiuic unaccountable impulse, declared
Good Friday (a moveable feast, observed by*
Unman Catholic, Protestant Episcopal, and
partially by Lutheran, German Reformed,
and some other German denominations) to
lm a public holiday. Grateful us the enact
monl rnuy be and v/ilj bo to large bodies of
i inr Christ inn citizens, it is clearly in eon-
II icl with the genius and theory wfour polit
ical system, and betrays on the part of the
legislators, an utter ignorance of our his
tory and institutions. If those deuominu
lions u.uy have (iood Friday, or Holy
Week, declared a State hollduy, the Pres
byterians, Methodists, Congregatlonallsts,
ami other lesser denominations, embracing
an equally large and inlluonlial body of
Christians, are entitled to tlio political
recognition of their annual week of prayer,
and tlie Jews of their sacred festivals. The
fad is, those days are ecclesiastical, not
political creations, and their observance
.liiould be brought about by the force of
public opinion, not by statute.
It is a cheering thing to flu cl that the
Telegraph has the courage and imiiesty
loeondetnn, ever so slightly;any act of
the late Radical Legislature; but, even
the most casual reader must bo struck
by the exceeding great ignorance dis
played in the paragraph which we have
quoted. It will certainly be news to the
Christian world that Good Friday is “ a
movr.ablc feast.” After reading sucli
a jumble of stuff as the leading Radical
newspaper of Harrisburg has seen fit to
publish in its editorial columns perhaps
we ought not to wonder at the stupidity
and folly which induced a Radical Leg
islature to enact that Good Friday shall
hereafter be celebrated a day of feasting
and merry-making in Pennsylvania.
The scholars are not expected to know
more than their teacher.
How the Kins was Run In Hie New York
Legislature
The “ring” is an institution which
has an existence in every legislative
body of which the Radicals have con
trol. It is an outgrowth of the rotten
ness of that corrupt political organiza
tion. It is well known that the late
New York Legislaturecontaiued a large
Uepublicaißmajority. The result was
a perfect carnival of bribery and cor
ruption. The New York Tribune said
“ it was the most shameless assemblage
that ever met in our Capital. There
was hardly a man or a corporation in
need of legislation that was not bled.”
'Hie “ring” was constituted much as
was that whicli existed in our own leg
islature, but it seems to have been run
a little more systematically. The mode
is staled to have been us follows:
“A rml pocket-handkerchief denoted the
ninnncr in which llio members were 10 vole.
Whenever lint (Merit had read the title if n
hill, Ac., in winch there wiih u “ hone,” the
leader, if he considered his rltm satisfied,
would march to the from uflho Clerk's desk
and gracefully blow his nose with his red
linen. Kvcry member of the ring would
vote in favor of the mefisure. If, on the
contrary, the leader should carelessly hold
the handkerchief toward the floor, that de
noted (hut his followers should vole against
the measure. Many a project was carried
or deputed by that red handkerchief, and
It was as much a terror to the applicant for
legislative favors as were some of the ' Kx
omilive Committee* of the Assembly of
iSiit).”
Tim “roosters” and “pinchers” of
our Legislature had just as perfect au
understanding in regard to all paying
bills, but the method of operating was
slightly different and more varied. Still
the result was the same. The Initiated
were always fully posted, and there
neveriwas a baulk made throughout the
entiroujession. The “ring” was supreme
and perfectly wide awuke.
Ihhl Fellows Voting Down Negro
Equality.
It seems lhat the Odd Fellows of
Pennsylvania arc sadly behind the
times. Wo notice that the Grand
Ledge voted down a resolution pro
posing to strike the word “ white” out
of the Constitution and By-Laws of the
Order. Do they not know that such
action will be denounced as a relic of
barbarism? Have they not yet learned
that the day for such low prejudices is
gone by forever? Are they ignorant of
Hie fact that the whole poWer of Grant’s
administration is to be employed to force
the admission of negroes into the differ
ent trade Unions of the country? In
short have the Odd Fellows of Pennsyl
vania yet to learn that the negro is “ a
man and a brother ?”
We confess to being behind the times
ourselves. Certain prejudices in favor
of the white race still lurk in our heart.
In spite of all that Radicals have writ
ten and spoken upon the subject we are
in favor of keeping the white and black
races distinct and separate. We there
fore rejoice at wliat we regard as an evi
dence of sound sense in the order of Odd
Fellows, and are glad to notice that the
proposition to strike out the word
“white” only received two or three
votes in the Grand Lodge.
Grant has concluded not to allow an
election to be held in Texas until some
time late next fall. The reason for de
lay is the assurance that there would be
no hope of electing a Radical Governor
if the election should take place sooner.
A delegation of carpet-baggers called on
the President and made representations
to that effect, and Ulysses agreed to
keep Texas out of the Union to gratify
them. When.one man exercises such
arbitrary power as that over the people
of a whole State the days prayed for by
the Imperialist have surely come al
ready. A President can be as much a
despot as any Emperor or King. J?he
name he bears is a matter of no
moment. “Let us have peace.” “The
Empire is peace.”
Tbo Strike In tbe Coal Regions.
Monopolies are always tyrannical,
and are always arrayed against the In
terests of the masses. Under the sys
tem of corrupt legislation which has
prevailed In this country since the
Radical party came into power, bands
of heavy capitalists have found it an
easy matter to purchase the most ex
tensive and exclusive privileges. Gigan
tic corporations crowd individual opera
tors out of the market and control prices
as they see fit. This has come to be the
case in all manner of manufacturing.
The consumers are left to the tender
mercies of soulless creatures which owe
their existence to purchased special
legislation. The interests of the
masses are not regarded by legisla
tors who staud with open hands
ready to receive heavy bribes. Any
set of men can have a law enacted
enabling them to lay burthensome in
direct taxes upon the people by enhanc
ing the prices of commodities In daily
use, if they are able to buy up the mem
bers of the rings which are formed in
our National and State Legislatures.
Congress has been controlled by Yankee
manufacturers and manipulated to suit
the designs of the whiskey ring. Tariffs
have been regulated and tax schedules
arranged to suit capitalists, without re
gard to the interests of consumers. The
masses have been compelled to pay con
stant tribute to monopolists. Prices
have been legislated up or down as large
operators have dictated. Clothing, food,
fuel and everything which enters into
general consumption has been enhanced
in price by Radical legislation. The
masses have in fact been placed com
pletely at the mercy of mammoth cor
porations.
We have an exemplification of the
way matters are managed in the strike
which now exists in the anthracite coal
regions of this State, upon which we
depend for oursupply of fuel. Through
out that entire region the hum of in
dustry is hushed. The many thousands
of men who toil patiently from day to
day are idly basking in the sunshine of
spring. It would be a pleasant change,
and a pleasant thing to think of, did we
not know that the miners neither de
sired a holiday nor are prepared to take
it. While they are idle their families
are suffering. The wages they Teceive
are, as a general thing, barely suillcient
i to support them from week to week.
Few of them have a dollar over at the
end of the year and most of them are
more or less in debt. The miners did
not want a holiday. The strike is tlie
work, not of the operatives, but of the
corporations which own the mines.
The Easton A/y/ussays:
There Is no doubt but that tlio present
strike in tlie Lehigh and Schuylkill coal
gions was gotten np by llio coal operators/
Ry keeping up lliw excitement in regard to
the i-lunn strike, tlie dealers have been en
abled to advance tlie price slightly. This
increase lias vuried with different dealers
lri. in .jo cents to §i per ton, which is now
generully asked, though some of them have
returned to their former prices, viz: $7 fit)
for white ash, and $K for red ash.
Tlie production of coal during the winter
months was larger limn usual for the cold
season, and has steadily increased with tlie
opening of Spring up to tho present, time,
until there is nn umple supply on hand,
and with only uuturul demand of tho sum
mer mouths, prices would full materially,
if some unnatural means wore not employ
ed lu keep them up. Tho “sham strike”
is the means employed tins summer. Tlio
strike lias been managed from the first by
111© operators, and its purpose is simply to
keep up prices. There is evidence that the
strike was made with tho connivance of tho
coal operators, who huvo agreed, in some
instances, to furnish temporary aid to
miners, while they thus starve the market
and arbitrarily force up prices on con
sumers.
We do not suppose the present price
of coal can be maintained even by the
desperate means resorted to, though
ahotherstrike is threatened about Au
gust. But people who are uot too much
prejudiced to see anything can gather
from this movement some idea of the
manner in which the rich and soulless
corporations and the gigantic monopo
lies created by Radical legislation are
enabled to fleece the masses.
Exempt From Taxation.
Moneys at interest upon judgment or
mortgage are no longer taxable in this
county for county, city or school pur
poses, nor for any other than .State pur
poses, by virtue of the provisions of the
law of April 4, IS6B, entitled “An Act
to promote the improvement of Real
Estate by exemptiug mortgages and
other money securities from taxation,
except for .State purposes in certain
counties of this Commonwealth.” It
provides that hereafter “ no taxes of any
description shall be assessed or collected
except for State purposes, on or from
mortgages, judgments, recognizances or
moneysowing upon articles of agree
ment for the sale of Real Estate.” Four
classes of securities are thus exempted
from local taxation, viz : Ist, mortgages ;
2d, judgments ; 3rd, recognizances, and
4tli, articles of agreement for the sale of
Real Estate. The huiguuge used is quite
clear, and thisis the interpretation uni
versally given to it by the members of
the legal profession. The Finance Com
mittee of our Councils however, seem
disposed In defiance of the title
of the act ami the disjunctive con
junction, to apply the words “ owing
tilion articles, &c.” to the Independent
securities for money, “judgments,”
“ mortgages” and “recognizances” as
well as to “moneys,” which requires
the addition of these words to describe a
form of security. Besides whoever h curd
any one speak of a “ mortgage owing
upon articles of agreement for tho sale
of Real Estate?” It Is not generally
supposed that people can give mort
gages uutil they have obtained a deed ;
and when they get that, their article
of agreement for the sale is superceded,
having performed its office. Our City
Councillors hud betterset about devising
ways ■ and menus for makiugSup the
deficiency which the new- law causes in
the tax estimate, and uot lose time ami
spend the city’s diminished funds in
the hopeless effort to have their unique
interpretation of it given to the law.
For tho city’s sake we wish the law
read otherwise than,it does, for we
sadly need money in ourtreusury; but
there is nothing to bo gained by kick
ing against the pricks in vainly striving
to avoid the effect of this piece of Re
publican legislation.
Tin; Philadelphia Post. protests loud
ly against the renomination of a single
one of the men who represented its
party in the Legislature last winter,
and names several Democrats whom it
esteems equally corrupt. We agree
with it perfectly in reference to the
Democrats whom it names, and hope
they may be promptly repudiated by
the party. The Post says the majority
of the delegation were known to be
“roosters,” but it professes to be ignor
ant of the exact meaning of that term.
As there are at least two libel suits
pending against editors in this State, in
which members of the late Legislature
have “sued for their character,” we
think it is likely that the term “rooster”
will receive a recognized legal defini
tion, if the prosecutions which have
been begun should ever be pushed to
trial, it is high time those loathsome
creatures known as legislative “ roost
er’s” and “ pinchers ” were anatomiz
ed, and accurately defined and classi
fied; and we know no place where it
can be more effectually done than in
a Court of Justice. A legal definition
of the terms “ rooster” and “ pincher ”
will be forthcoming shortly.
The Evening Post merits the approval
of all respectable men aud women for
once having the spunk to speak the
truth concerning one of the leaders of
the party-to which it belongs. Com
menting upon the disgrace inflicted
the country by the appointment of
Daniel E. Sickles, as Minister to Spain,
it says:
This is an appointment which tho country
will not approve, and -which the Senate,
when it meets, ought not to confirm. It is
a bad appointment, made in the face of
light; for though, when the name of Mr.
Sickles was first mentioned in connection
with the Spanish mission, the administra
tion might have been ignorant of his char
acter and history, this cannot now bo said.
Geary as a Temperance Man.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodgo of tbo
Good Templars of this State the other
day the following resolution was unan
imously adopted:
Resolved, That tbo License Law is wrong
In Its conception, criminal and damning in
its working, impoverishing and misery
making in its results, and as Good Temp
lars, and consequently as good citizens, we
are in favor of its abolishment and would
recommend political opposition to all office
seekers who are in favor of a License Law.
John W. Geary is one of the Chief
Sachems in that fraternity, and we re
member hearing Brother James Black
publicly announce, in a Temperance
Convention a couple of years ago, that
the whole influence of the Order would
be used to secure his renomination. We
do not object to Geary's being a temper
ance man. On the contrary it is a
quality we could conscientiously com
mend in one who has so few good points
about him, were we uot convinced that
his pretented devotion to tbe cause is
only a piece of enffrty hypocrisy. ;Only
a few weekß after Brother Black’s eulo
gium had been pronounced the Gover
nor came to this city to make a speech,
and, there beiDg some excitement at
that time among the liquor dealers of
the Radical party, he undertook to set
the matter right. When he got off on
that track his tongue ran on as wildly
as it did on the evening when he was
installed a Good Templar. Then he
announced that he had never tasted
intoxicating liquor since he was seven
years old, an assertion which made cer
tain “fine old Irish gentlemen” of this
vicinity, with whom he used to take his
whiskey punch freely on the Old Post
age Road open theireyes in strange sur
prise. He gave the Good Templars to
understand that he was fully in favor
of a prohibitory law. But, when he
spoke in the Court House here he was
not only in favor of a license law, but
his appeals to the liquor dealers were of
the most affectionate character. He
urged them to stand by tbe Radical
ticket, assuring them that it would be to
their interests to do so.
Geary is to be renominated, and in
anticipation of such a result we would
ask the Good Templars whether they
can conscientiously support him. True
they have installed him in their Order,
and have duly sworn or pledged him to
their doctrines, but cun they trust him
after his speech in this city ? Are the
liquor dealers satisfied with him? To
one party or the other he must prove
false. Which one will lie deceive? We
submit the question for the considera
tion of those who are interested.
.lolln r. llale,
Joint I*. Hale lias written a long letter
to tho New York Tribune for the pur
pose of clearing up the charge of smug
gling which wus brought against him.
According to Mr. Hale’s story he gave
to one Horatio J. l’erry authority to or
der in his name a certain amount of
furniture. Mr. Halo being unable to
read or wrlto a word of Spanish, ami
all the orders having to be signed by
him, he attached Ills name from time
to time to whatever documents Perry
presented. The result was, accordiug
to Mr. Hale, that Perry went into u
wholesale furniture business in con
nection with a couple of Spanish firms,
the importations being made upon tlie
orders of our Minister. Taking Mr.
Hale’s statement as strictly true, lie
shows how utterly unfit he was to fill
such a position. The demirep Sickles
will bo likely to disgrace us still more
thoroughly. It is to be hoped the Sen
ate will reject him and send some de
cent and competent person to Madrid.
That Battle above the Clouds,
Some newspaper adherent of that
prince of humbugs, Governor John W.
Geary, has been questioning the vera
city of Mr. Dana’s account of “ the bat
tle above tlie clouds.” The gullible fel
low refuses to believe that it was not a
real battle, and of no account except as
a display of fireworks, and he gives the
following reasons for tlio faith that is
in him :
“So says Mr. Dana; but so does not say
Geu. Kilpatrick, wlio has tho advantage of
Mr. Dana, in ihut ho was there or there
abouts at the time, whereas Mr. I)unu
was no in-aicr than Washington. Wo do
notproposo to give up the Rattle above tlie
Clouds on the testimony of any smelt dis
tant observer.”
To which Mr. Dana replies as fol
lows :
This is a very good reason, bat it has two
weak points. First, Mr. Dana was in Chat
tanooga daring November, 18(13, and saw
with hisown eyes the skirnii-li in question;
and secondly, (Jen. Kilpatrick was then in
Virginia, where lie was commanding a
cavalry division in the Army of the Poto
mac.
That disposes of the whole story ef
fectually, and when it is remembered
that Mr. Dana did not even mention
Geary as being concerned in the show
of fireworks, the admirers of Hans can
appreciate his position. His chief hope
of a re-election was based upon popular
credulity iu regard to that battle. Now
that it is proven to be a mere myth
where will Geary be iu the coming cam
paign? Echo answers—where?
The Prospect In Virginia.
Tho Richmond Enquirer says:
II is reliably siaU-il that every member
of the Republican parly who tins a trunk
lias cornu over to the \Vulker Republican*.
There is not n man, it I)* said, in the Wells
party who cheeks his baggage, When they
travel they either tie their “things” up in a
pocket handkerchief, and hang ll on the
end of a stick—or they carry a carpet-bag lu
the cars, and place it by Ilium on the sout.
That indicates a healthy condition of
affairs In Old Virginia, and encouruges
us to believe that the extreme Radicals
will be utterly routed at the coming
election. We do not wonder that every
respectable Northern men who has set
tled in the State is opposed to Wells and
his disreputable faction. Even decent
negroes are ashamed to be cuugbt in
such coiup&uy.
The Express takes us to tusk for cer
tain mild strictures on Governor Geary.
What has it to say in reply to a recent
article in the editorial columns of that
reliable Radical paper, the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraphy i& which Geary is
openly denounced as:
“ Lacking In stern integrity ; wanting in
statesmanship ; deficient in ordinary intel
ligence ; self-conceited and preposterous;
the associate of Jackals ; the pruslilutor of
his high utllce to the vilest purposes of bro
kerage and sale; a pi over u pou t lie ‘ ring ’
ami tiro seekers ui'ier his clemency; pos
sessed of a profundity of ignorance equaled
only by his vanity; a wretched grumrrmri
an, and a maker of speeches which are
miracles of bosh and nothingness ; not pos
sessed of a single qualification for the ollicw ;
the stave of the‘ring’; wanting iu integ
rity ; in bad repute for veaacity ; honor far
from being undoubted ; a gatherer of green
backs from the lobby und the pardon bro
kers,” etc., etc , etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum f
What, we ask, has the Express to say
in answer to all that ?
The Democratic legislature of Dela
ware have ordered things a little differ
ently from what they once were in re
gard to the municipal elections iu Wil
mington, aud straightway thereupon a
sound of wailing is heard in the
Radical newspapers. It is charged as
a grave offense that theDemocruticleg
islature of Delaware has made an at
tempt to wrest,the city government from
the hands of the Radicals. We have
had about half a dozen special acts
passed with a design to give the gpod
old city of Lancaster over to Radical
misrule, and the papers which are now
raising a row over Wilmington said
never a word. What a difference it
does make whose ox is gored.
Negroes at a Discount,
A Government officer stationed at
Richmond, Va., writes that negro labor
is at a discount in that portion of Vir
ginia. The extensive sales of land in
small portions to white immigrants,
who are cultivating the land themselves,
renders it necessary for colored laborers
to go further South in order to seek
employment. Over 300 colored people
have gone South by rail from Virginia
in the last month. Indications are that
the number during the present month
will be greatly in excess of last month.
A Desperate Dodge.
Tbe Radicals in the Legislature of
Indiana having passed upon the negro
suffrage amendment when there was no
quorum present the Radical Governor
has declared the abomination to be duly
ratified by that State. It remains to be
seen whether Congress will decide an
act to be valid when passed upon by less
than a quorum. The Constitution of
Indiana expressly declares that without
such a qnorumlno business can be trans
acted. Yet we find newspapers in Penn
sylvania urging the adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment by certain other
States, which with Indiana would make
up the requisite three-fourthß. And
this is advocated with the intention that
the negroes of this State Bball be de
clared entitled to vote at the coming
gubernatorial election. Geary’s organ
is very anxious to have that result
brought about. It sees that its candi
dates cannot be elected by white votes,
and would gladly save him by hurrying
the negroes to the polls. It can’t be ao
accomplished, and the Radical nomi
nees will be laid out cold.
HestcrVaaglian.
The N. Y.
World says
Hester Vaughan, after months of confine
ment, has at last been released from a Phil
adelphia prison, and suffered to go in such
peace as is henceforth possible. Without
opening the old issue, we may point out
that the condtict of Gov. Geary in the case
is scandalous. It is at least six months
since all the facts were before him, and, if
it is proper to pardon the girl at all, it was
proper lo pardon her then. JYet ho chca?|to
pocket the papers und wait until the ephe
meral excitement surrounding the case had
passed away before taking action upon it.
The only reason that one can see for this
course is that it was intended to save the
sensibilities of Philadelphia, inasmuch as
tbe first movement in’Hester Vaughan’s
behalf was made by New Yorkers, and as
it would not do to defer to ouU*ide clamor
even if justice were in it. All of which
makes a chterful exhibit of tbo independ
ence and the moral courage of the Governor
of Pennsylvania.
Tho World must remember that Hes
ter Vaughan was only an insignificant
female, whose cause was unchampioned
by any of the ward or district politicians
of the State. Had she been a Radical
bulley, a rioter, a thief, a cut-throat vil
lain of any kind, she could have had a
previous pardon if some one with a vote
in the coming Radical State Conven
tion had asked for it. Such things go
by favor with Geary.
The Radicals cannot permanently
held together, it would seem, even by
“the cohesive power of public plunder.”
They have “split up” in Arkansas;
they are divided in Virginia ; they are
fighting each other like Satans in Ten
nessee, and they are by no means a
happy family in this State. InTennes
see their State Convention broke up In
a row that would have disgraced a Cali
foruiu primary, uud this will lead to
their running two candidates for Gover
nor. If the Radical party, with its
splits and quarrels, and the mistakes
ami weaknesses of the administration,
will only use itself up, Kilkonny cat
fashion, tho country can be speedily re
stored to its former strength and pros
perity.
The Express calls attention to the
fact that the income returns of this
county are never made up until the tax
has been mostly collected in other parts
of the country, and suggests as a reason
for the delay, that the Internal Revenue
law allows a larger commission on col
lections made after a certain time than
for those made earlier in the financial
year. The cause assigned for delay is
one so likely to influence officials In
these degenerate days that it does not
requiro any great sketch of credulity to
believe that the suggestion of the Ex
2>rcss is founded in truth. The matter
calls for investigation. If the officials
of this district have been in the habit
of swindling the Government by such
uunecessay delay both the Government
and the tax-payers have a right to
know it.
A Washington despatch says
A general order was issued to-day from
tlie Navy Department changing the names
of the following vessels in accordance with
law: Algoma to Benicia, Ammonoosuc to
lowa, Canandaigua to Detroit, Coutoocook
to Albany, Kenosha to Plymouth,
din lo Pennsylvania, Mudawaska to Ten
nessee, Muniiuu to Worcester, Minnetonka
to California, Mosholu to Severn, Nesba
mony to Arizona, Omaha to Astoria, Onta
rio to New York, Piscataqua to Delaware,
Poinpanoosue to Connecticut, Pushmataha
to Cambridge Watnpanoag to Florida..
What terrible names they did give to
our war vessels to be sure, and what
common place oues we are now confer
ring upon them.
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says:
Tho-clurk of the reconstruction committee
is busily engaged tilling, in printed envel
opes just propured to receive them, all the
disability cases before Congress. It is a
singular fact that the clerk has not dis
covered one oust* yet, (aud there are over
6000) where a man lias .asked for the re
moval of disabilities for any other reason
than that lie may be retained In office, or
that he may bo qualified to hold some office
he hopes to get.
The only proper method is to remove
the disabilities from all the people of
the .South. Under the present system
honest and decent men do not apply to
Congress, while tho more disreputable
and worthless are eager applicants for
Congressional Interference. Let the
respectable portiftn of the Southern
people have a chance.
* It is announced,on official authority,
that the Administration has determined
to stand by Attorney General Hoar’s
interpretation of tho eight hour law,
which deprives working men of any
benefit to be derived from it, and leaves
them as they were before its passage.
This is of a piece with other deceptions
of the Radicals. They are full of de
vices to humbug the working men Into
voting the Radical ticket, but when a
contest arises between labor and capital,
they are alwuys found arrayed on the
side of capital and against labor.
A PIERCE qUAKRKL IIOS Sprung Up
between Grunt and bis benefactor, A.
T. Stewart. It seems there was a bar
gain between them to the effect that
Mr. Stewart was to control certain ap
pointments in New York. Grant now
backs out of the agreement, aud Stew
art finds that bis investments in the
“Grant Gift Enterprise” are like those
which other people have made in other
swindling concerns.
The Radicals despairot being able to
count the negro vote at thecoming Gu
bernatorial election in Pennsylvania.
The Harrisburg Telegraph admits that
it will be impossible to secure even a
pretended ratification by three-fourths
of the States against October. So it
gives up the contest and admits that
the Democrats will elect their candi
dates.
The Temperance party, as a distinct
political party, is making preparations
for a fight in the coming fall elections.
Conventions have been called in Maine,
lowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. In
all of these States the Temperance men
propose to run independent State tickets.
Grant’s appointments from Philadel
phia seem to be peculiarly unfortunate.
To say nothing of the old man Borie,
one of the subordinate appointees pro
ved to be a habitual thief, and another
lias 11 been sent to the insane asylum.
The Radical party is so largely com
posed of thieves and crazy fanatics,
that it islhard to find men enough in
it who are both honest and sane to fill
the offices.
A Washington telegram to the New
York Tribune says:
A meeting of persons interested in the
Imperial movement is called for Tuesday
night next to make arrangements for estab
lishing a club at the National Capital. It is
said the project will meet the approval of
some influential citizens.
The Empire is coming.
White men are being discharged
from the police force of Washington
city and negroes put in their places.
That is done in order to secure the ne
gro vbte, and will shortly be the order
of the day elsewhere.
A WEEK IE VAST TENNESSEE,
Editorial Notes.
We ■pent the last week of April in Haw*
kins ooanty, and were hospitably received
by all whom we met. Horseback riding
is the favorite method of locomotion In this
section of Tennessee, and we adopted It.—
After the first day’s experience we were
tired .and sore enough, but before we left
we could stand a jaunt of twenty-five or
thirty miles a day without minding It. Be
fore the war there were many fine horses
In this section, but they were swept off into
tbe two armies until very few were left.—
Efforts are now being made to bring the
breed back to its former excellence, and
they will no doubt bejsuccessful. Mules
are raised to a considerable extent in this
region and they do finely.
Every day, lor more than a week, we
rode through the county on horseback.—
The weather was delightful. By the 25th
of April the forest trees were generally In
full leaf, and the peaches had dropped the
blossoms and showed plainly on the
boughs. This is one of the finesVfruit grow
ing sections in the United Statesjand apples,
pears, cherries, peaches, and the smaller
fruits flourish without any extra care. We
saw plenty of peach trees growing in the
fence corners nearly a foot in diameter,
and they remain in good bearing condition
for a quarter of a century. Apples could
be grown for market to great profit as they
command a high price further South. There
are fine orchards on every farm.
In our horseback rides we had pleasant
company and are under especial obligations
to Col. John McKinney, a prominent law
yer of RogersviUe, and to Col. J. R. Pace,
Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court.--
The country about RogersviUe is pictur
esquely beautiful, and there are many fine
views and numerous objects of interest. —
Wesaw an intermittent spring which is cer
tainly a rare curiosity. It flows from largo
openings in the limestone rock at the head
of a quiet little dell which is overshadowed
by wide-spreading and symmetrical beach
trees. At the moment of our arrival a tiny
rill was quietly trickling from one of the
orifices, being the drainage from the upper
surface;butalmost immediately tho volume
of wuter begun to increase rapidly, and in
less than five minutes a stream large enough
to turn a mill was pouring from the aper
tures and sweeping past our feet. It flows
with such a flood as this for about two
hours when it subsides and almost ceases
during about tlio same interval. Of course
our readers know'that this phenomenon is
caused by the emptying of u cavern in tlie
hill by means of a natural syphon.
MINERALS.
Another object of interest wus n saltpetre
cave, and largo quantities of that article
wero extracted from the nitrous eiirth dur
ing the war. The walls of this cave are
composed of the very beautiful conglom*
erate Tennessee marble, which was oxten’
slvoly used for decorations in the new wings
of the National Capitol at Washington. A
vein of this valuable marble runs through
the entire length of Hawkins county, and
it is being worked at several points. That
used in tho Cupitdf was takon from a quar
ry in the lower end of the county, on tho
llolston river. Wo rode by it ono day, but
did not stop to examine it. Wo in
spected two of tho quarries which have
been opened by a Joint Block Com
pany which has been orguulzcd with Geu.
Geo. 11. Thomas as President. The mar
ble is being extensively quarried by this
company and shipped north by railroad.
It commands about seven dollars a foot in
the eastern cities, and is the liiust article
discovered In this country for mantles,
lublo tops and such things. It is suscepti
ble of tho highest polish. Tho colors ure
peculiarly clear aud bright, and the varie
gations are diversified in such a manner as
to lend a great value to it. Tho vein seorns
to bo equally good wherever worked, aud
it has been opened at different points
throughout an extent of thirty miles. East
Tennessee abounds iu other minerals.
Ironjoro is abundant aud lead, zinc u cop
per and gold havo been found. The zinc
has been proven to exist in paying quan
tities.
MINERAL SPRINGS.
Thcro uro valuable minorai springs at
different points. On one properly, located
about eight miles from Rogeraville, are
white and red sulphur, chalybeate, lime
stone and froestone springs, all within th e
bouudary of half an acre. The whito and
rod sulphur springs are 'equal to the best o 1
the celebrated waters of that kind in Vir
ginia, uud the ehalybe’ato spring is very
strongly impregnated'with iron. These
waters have been analyzed by experienced
chemists aud their healing properties have
been tested by many invalids. They were
quite a place of resort before the war, and a
very large Southorn custom could bo im
mediately secured if proper improvements
were made. There is a hotel building and
quite a number of substantial cottages ou
the premises. The location is a most beau
tiful one, the natural forest trees have been
preserved, and the grounds could bo mudo
very elegant at trilling cost. Theproperty,
consisting of several hundred acres of land,
much of it tillable, cun be bought very
cheap. It is now in the hands of Col. John
McKinney, us Assignee-, Near these springs
is un alum well, the water of which is said
to be a’sovereign remedy for scrofulous
diseases. The cures effected by it are said
to havo been really wonderful. Ono man
made considerable money by buying up
scrofulous negroes and curing them by aid
of this water. Tho cures effected by him
before the war were notorious und perma
nent.
Tho vulley In which the salt wells near
Abingdon, Virginia, are located, runs down
eust of Hogcrsvillo, and a salt well lias been
opened at which iifiy bushels of salt have
been made per duy. Tarties are now boting
for salt at another point in thin valley with
fuir prospects of success. Tho salt well now
open can be purchased at a reasonable rate,
and tlmbor for fuel is plenty and cheap.
Plenty of first- rate coal is found near Knox
ville, and there uroroportod discoveries near
Rogursville.
KOOKHSYII.I.K
Rogersvlllo wus one of the most plea-i *nt
and nttractivo little towns In tlie .Sou' h |
vlous to the war. A fine femulo enfi.-g w;h
in operation and a largo male ac
A branch of tho bank of Tennessee a.-.
cuted here in a fine lurge building, whicli
will shortly be Bold by the State. The town
was Jorlginally founded by an Irishman
named Rogers. He took up largo tracts of
land, and his descendants still own con
siderable property. Tho old iarm house is
still standing iu which the original Rogers
kept tavern.
A N KCDOTKS OF (IKNKKAL JACKSON,
Mr. Rogers was a well known and
popular landlord in General Jackson's
younger days, and " Old Hickory” used to
stop with him before lie had acquired that
familiar title. Stories urustill e.xtantoflho
exploits of Jackson when ho used to visit
Rogersviile as a lnwyer v aml afterwards as
Judge. Ho always put tip at Rogers’ tav
ern, and was a very plain mun and easy to
accommodate. Ho hated pretentiousness
and foppery, and never let an oppor
tunity of rebuking it pass. One eve
ning while court was in session a dandy
chap, dressed iu ‘‘store clothes,” as broad
cloth was styled in those early days, rode
up in front of the tavern and wanted to
know whether ho could bo accommodated
with lodging. The landlord told him to
light off, promising to do the best he
could for him. After some preliminaries
the dainty youth asked to be shown to his
room, and, it being court week, ho found
the accommodations which were at com
mand not at all suited to his fastidious
t istes. Down stairs he came with the land
lord grumbling like a bear with a sore
head, Jackson, hearing the row, advanced
and asking the landlord to give him an in
troduction to the stranger, informed him in
that peculiarly suave imanner, which he
oould assume when necessary, that he would
be happy to share his room with him for the
night. The dandy was delighted with the
affability of lawyer Jackson, and rose sev
eral degrees in his own estimation at once.
The crowd suspected there was some joke
concealed under all this suavity, and
not a man moved until Jackson called for
a light and asked his young acquaintance
to accompany him to bed. Gathering np
his saddle bags the fellow followed him
until they both stood in front of an empty
corn crib in the yard, on the iloor of which
some deer skins bad been laid down and
two shapely logs of wood arranged for
pillows. The door was small, being about
two feet square. Jackson insisted upon
helpfDg his comrade to make his entrance,
but, as was natural, he began to protest most
indignantly. That did not last long
though, for Jaokson speedily gays him to
understand that he would regard the rejec
tion of his proffered hospitality, after it had
been accepted, as an insult to be attoned
for as such tbiDgs were in ttiose ruder days.
So, amid the laughter of tho crowd* whioh
had gathered to witness the scene, the
dandy crept In through the narrow door of
the oom-crib and Jackson followed him.
Whether the fastidious youth slept well or
ill tradition sayeth not, but we have no
doubt 11 Old Hickory " slumbered as sound
ly and as sweetly on that couch of deer
skins as he would have done in a bed of
down canopied with royal purplo. When
morning dame Jackspn administered some
wholesome advice to his unwilling bedfel
low, by which ho no doubt profited.
Another story which is still current here
in regard to Jackeon is worth relating.
When he was Judge of the Judicial District
which then embraced Hawkins county, a
rude and comparatively fellow,
who had deserted liis wife and not been
heard of for years, turned up unexpectedly
to find her living with another man and a
baby in the cradle. Seizing the infant he
swore he would put his mark upon it, and
proceeded to cut off its ears. A warrant
was issued for his arrest, but no officer cared
to take him, as he always went fully
armed and boro the reputation of being
a desperado. One day, while court was
in session at Rogersville, the fellow came to
town, and bearing of it Judge Jackson
ordered the Sheriff to arrest him. The
criminal mounted a pile of wood, and, with
pistols in hand and bowie-knife in belt,
defied the representative of the law, swear
ing he would kill the first man who dared
to lay a hand on him. The Sheriff there
upon returned into Court and reported the
condition of affairs to the Judge. Jackson
at once sternly bade him go aud do his duty,
if he had tosummon every man in Hawkins
county to assist him. The Sheriff informed
the Judge that be bad called upon the by
standers, but that none of them would
move. “Then summon me,”-cried Jack
son, by this time fully aroused. No soouer
said than done, and no soouer was ho sum
moned than bestrode with long firm steps
I out of the Court room, marched right up to
j the wood pile on which the outlaw was
brandishing his weapons, leaped tohis side,
i laid his strong hand on his shoulder, und
! told him ho was his prisonor. To the sur
prise of all who stood looking on and ex
pecting a bloody scene, the criminal made
not the leust resistance, but ttiruiugto tho
crowd coolly cursed them all for a set of
] cowards, telling them that any ono of them
i might havo done Just what Jackson did, as
be knew it was useless to resist and had no
idea of adding murder to tho crime he had
already committed. 110 wastried und con
rieled beloro night.
A NOTAIJLK HOUSEWIFE.
Mrs. Patterson described tho inhabitants
of this section well, when sho said to those
who visited her at the White House, which
she graced so well, “Wo are plain people
from the mountains of Tennessee." There
is much intelligence but little ostentation
among them.. Before tho \vur there was
plenty of substantial weulth, but compara
tively little display. There are many com
modious dwellings and an uir of much do
mestic comfort about them. Tho Judies,
such of them as wo saw at least, are notable
housewives. Wo spent a night with oue
Very hospitable family In which wo saw
such evidences of female industry and skill
ns cannot bo excelled anywhere in the
North, and wo doubt whether they can be
equalled, Every room in the largo mini*
shin was eleguuily carpeted, and every
yurd of tho carpet was of domestic manu
facture. The fubrlcs wore all wool, the
colors woru beautifully bright and admira
bly arranged, tho patterns wore exceeding
ly tasteful and tho textures very soft and
fine. The wool hud been clipped, spun and
woven at home. There was matting on the
passages aud stairs which was mnde of a
filling of rye straw cut when green and held
firmly together by woolen chain dyed in
bright colors and artistically woven in a
very pleasing checkered pattern. And not
only was the taste and skill of this
model housewife visible in the carpets be
neath our feet, but everywhere throughout
tho well ordered establishment we saw evi
dences of it displayed. She showed us an
article of fine soup which she had just made,
some of it being moulded into grueeful
shapes in small blanc-mangc dishes for toilet
purposes. We tako it we will not be vio
lating courtesy in putting tho name of this
excellent hidy, Mrs. John Blevins, in print*
While supervising all this work, and doing
much of it herself, Mrs. Blevins had not
neglected mental culture or lost refinement.
There was a piano in the parlor, and a niece
from Mississippi, a graceful and elegant
young lady, furnished us with admirably
exocntod music, .She was decidedly partial
to rebel songs, und boldly announced her
self ns perfectly unreconstructed. There
was another young lady preseut, and when
the conversation became general we found
ourselves prompted by her two or three
times in regard to dates and political events
not connected with the rebellion. The ladles
of^tlieSouth always were noted politicians,
and they still keep tho run of affairs with
remarkable accuracy and discuss thorn
with grent spirit and intelligence.
HOW FAMILIES WERE DIVIDED HY THE
The war dividod the family of Mr. Ulo
vins, as it did that of very many others in
East Tennessee. lie und Ins wife were
uiiflinchingiUnion people. They had one
son, said to be as gallant a fellow as ever
drew a sword, killed in the Confederate
army, Anothor was with them in senti
ment injfavor.of tho Union, but was a youth
at school. One daughter, an excellent and
accomplished lady, wns married to a gen
tleman who weut|into tho Union army, and
during the war she walked and rode on
horseback all the way to Knoxville, travel
ing after night, fording streams tlmt wero
dangerously deop, and encountering many
other hardships. Two or throe of her sisters
wero murried to men who wore staunch
rebels, and they sided with their husbands.
Tho divisions In this family will servo as a
sample of tho condition of things in tills
section during t ho war: truly it wns brother
against brother and father against son,
Mr. Blevins lost ninety thousand dollars
worth of negroes, about twenty thousand
dollars worth of horses and other properly,
and was shot by some rebels on his own
farm and seriously wounded. Yet lie is to
day a strong conservative man, und bitter
ly opposed to tho Rudical rule with which
Tennessee hns been so terribly cursed sinco
the war.* Ah he is,so are his friends and neigh
l>f>rs almost without exception. There is
! at. one man iu tho vicinity of Rogersvillo
oi substance and character who now sides
with Brownlow and his infamous gang
And yet there aro many who suffered
greatly and endured all things unflinching
ly for tho sake of tho U nion. We shall give
some account of thn political situation in
our next.
Offlco Reeking: Unprofitable.
The Washington correspondent of the
Thiladelphitt Ledger writes as follows :
Tim rush for office yet continues, though
greatly abated since the adjournment.
Tiio number of] applications for ofllce ro
eoived at the different departments is
stated by officers charged with tho duty of
arranging and registering them, as fellows ;
Treasury Department 8,510
Departmentof the Interior 3,170
Post-ofliee Department 17,390
Department of State 1,-78
Navy Department 11,150
Department of Agriculture 320
Applications to six Departments 32,808
The officers in charge of these papers do
not profess to be able iu all instances to
give tho exact number; u portion of the
letters not having yet been read, classified
and registered ; but counting those already
registered, and by them estimating the
balance, they are enabled to get at very
nearly the exact number, as stated. I am
confident it is larger than here given. To
the 32,898 received at the above named six
Departments must be added alt personal
applications, and written ones sent to some
three hundred members of Congress, but
which have not been forwarded to either
Department; also,applications sent to the
assistant quarter-masters and internal
revenuo officers scattered throughout the
Union. The number oftheso can only bo
estimated. A personal acquaintance with
a majority of the Senators and Representa
tives enables me, however, to make an es
timate that may be regarded as something
better than a mere (guess. It cannot be
less than 33,000 ; which, added to tho num
ber received at the Departments, makes a
total of 65,893. I have made no mention of
the number received by the President, as
the greater portion of them have been for
warded to tho Departments, and Included
m the above. Neither does the estimate
include the applications at custom houses,
navy yards, nor at the Military Academy.
I have. expended nearly two days’ time in
gathering these facts, to show tho utter un-
Erofitableness of office seeking; and in
opes of being able to deter many from
wasting their time and money in fruitless
effort.
Relics nt a Discount.
At the sale of the personal effects of tho
late General Winfield Scott, at Elizabeth,
N. J,, last week, the collection of relicts
brought low prices. Silver-mountod pistols
sold ut figures below the actual cost. A hat
worn by Gen. La Vega at the time of his
capture In the Mexican war was purchased
for fifty cents. Other relics of the Mexican
war nud tho war of 1812 sold at mere trifles.
A LetUr from (he (loath,
Leaving Baltimore at 180 A. M,, a/ter a
•x>l but ploasant rido, wo arrived in the
"city of magnificent distances" at about
0-30 A. M., ail'd Immediately embarked
aboard the steamer Keyport, commanded
by the courteous and affable Captain Hol
lingshead.and after four hours of a most de
lightful ride down the Potomac arrived at
Acqnia creek,and took the cars at thia point
via Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail
road for Richmond.
The impression formed upon the tourist
from Acquia Creek to Frodcrickaburg is not
one of the most favorable kind, so far as the
aspect of Iho country is concerned, it be
ing alternately either very hilly and broken,
or exceedingly level, and not seemingly
susceptible of much improvement by cult!*
vation.
Fredericksburg, the most important sta
tion upon the road, is a town of consider
able size, with very many good buildings
and showing signs of rapid recuperation
from tho effects of the war, during which it
was the scene of some of the most terrific
aud sanguinary struggles, the evidences,
of which are still to be seen in ruined earth
works and fortifications, and tho hundreds
of graves with their white bead-boards,
(plainly to be seen from the cars,) making
the last resting plaee of the of
both armies, who sacrificed their lives in
dofeuce of a principle which both believe
right and just. Leaving Fredericksburg
we arrived at Ashland, once a noted sum
mer resort, ami now seemingly a pleasant
little village.
At 2.25 P. M. the whistle announced our
arrival in Richmond,Jouco the seat of gov
ernment of the so called Southorn Con.
federacy and appropriately surnamed tho
“ city of seven hills."
This city, the immediate scene of so many
important military operations, together
with the fact of a largo portion of it having
been burnt, on its evacuation, has left so
many indelible marks of the dire effects of
the war, that a long time will be required
before they will be ontirely effaced, A largo
portion of the burnt district has already
been rebuilt, some of the structures being
remarkably fine, and though the town
seemed very quiet and orderly another
year of good crops, uud a little more time,
with the present oneigy of the people will
no doubt restore it to its farmer business
prosperity.
Thu hotels of Richmond, i-f which the
Exchange, SpoitswoixJ and Mallard are the
principal ones, are of first-class oharao
ter, well conducted run! moderate in
charges. Slopping at the Exchange-we
were made exceedingly comfortable, and
enjoyed thu luxury of spiing chickens,
groen peas and strawberries In profusion.
We cannot help reccommemltng all travel
ing this way to the kind attention of <’ol.
Carrington of the Exchange. Here ns in
all towns and stations along the railroad,
the colored citizen looms up in really alarm
ing numbers and proportions. At almost
ovory step you meet a negro, whether en
[oying tho genial warmth of the huh in a
nap on the curbstone or pavomeut, lolling
upon tho grass, or monopolizing tho benches
in thu park ; in fact, every canal boat, rail
road car and lumber pile contains its quota
of all sexes, shades of color, sizo ami de
scription. To the credit of Richmond how
ever be it said contrary to all wo hud read
und heard of the bold, defiant and untamed
spirit of ex-rebels, we saw but two police
men, one of whom was aicunlcd upon a
horse anil snpcrinlcmling’the operations of
tho dog catchers.
Provided with letters of introduction to
Gen. lrnboden. we called at his office, but
found him absent in New York, but were
very kindly received by Maj. C. C. McPlmll
his brother-in-law and partner. (Jen. Im
bodon is engaged in a very extensive hind
ngeucy business, and by his numerous
speeches and very able letters published in
tho New York Tribune, B’orhZ, Pimc.i ami
iSYauM Zcitung, is probably doing more to
induce Northern emigration to this State
than any other gentleman in tho “Old
Dominion." Provided with half faro tickets
issued by Maj. McPliail under tho auspices
of tho Richmond A Danvillo Railroad, we
lett Richmond after a sojourn of u day for
Amelia Court House. R. R. T.
The Advance in (Jold.
In the first week after Prosidont Grant's
inauguration, gold sold us low as 13U. It
has sinco gone up nearly twelve per cent.
If tho price of gold may bo regarded as a
barometer of the confidence of business cir
cles in tho administration, confidence has
been steadily declining. The Secretary of
the Treasury has been making a special
effort for the lust two weeks to arrest the
upward tendency in gold ; and, in tbo face
ot this effort, the udvaneo is proceeding at a
greatly accelerated rate. Mr. Boutwell bus
announced his determination 10 empty
fifty-two millions of gold out of tho Treas
ury into the channels of business within
the year ; und he has already begun to exe
cute his intention. But ho might us well
attempt to arrest the tides and change tho
level of tho water in our bay by discharg
ing intoit the wuterofthoCrotou Reservoir.
The cardinal fact to be considered in judg
ing of the financial situation, is tho exporta
tion of bonds to Europe to adjust our com
mercial balauces. Tho low prices of gold,
as compared with tho prices of commodi
ties, lias given foreigners great advantages
in our market, and has led to heavy impor
tations of goods. Aaido from cotton, our
exportations have been light; the high
prices of our native productions shutting
foreign market against them. In an ordin
ary state of trade and of tho currency, the
balance against us would have been adjust
ed by the exportation of gold, com
pelling our banks to coritract, dimin
ishing tho volume of our currency, pro
ducing a stringency and tightness In our
money market, and lowering domestic
prices to such a point as to arrest importa
tions and render it possible to export our
productions with a profit. Rut this natural
f-oif regulation has been rendered imposss
blu, partly by tho statu of our currency,
partly by tho abumiancu and cheapness ol
our government securities, of which tlioro
has been a prodigious glut that the markets
of tho world could not readily absorb.—
Government securities, owing to the glut
havo boon the cheapest tiling in ogr mar
ket—in fact, the unit/ cheap thing In our
market, except gold—and wo lmvo thus far
met tho balances against us by exporting
them,
Tlie Treasury Department, with an aston
ishing {want of comprehension of the true
stale oi’ tho situation, has seized upon the
lime when this glut begins to be sensibly
relieved by the comparative exhaustion (if
tho bonds available for exportation, to bull
the bondN by becoming itself a buyer, and
thus preventing their furthor outtlow to
meet tho foroigu'indobtodness of tho conn
tty. And, with a fatuity almost inconceiv
able, it lias done tills with an expectation
of thereby diminishing tho price of gold!
Mr. ROutwell is so utterly obtuse, so per
fectly stone-blind, as not to see that slop
ping the further exportation of bonds leaves
us no (it her means of satisfying tho demands
of our foreign creditors than the exporta
tion of gold. Gold must necessarily ud
vanro under the drain consequent on
this now necessity for its use; and
Mr. Routwoll is simple enough to sup
pose that ho can keep.down ami reduce its
price by an expedient whicli tends power
fully in tho opposite direction. Gold has
been chrup in this country bocauso wo have
had little domestic list* for it, and had some
thing eiso to export which foreigners found
it for their interest to take. Rut when the
exportation of bonds was declining by ex
haustion of thy supply. Mr. Routwoll steps
in and becomes himself a buyer of bonds
iu the exhausted market, announcing a
policy which will soon leave us with noth
ing but gold with which to pay our foreign
bulunccs; and, with murvelous, with most
astounding stupidity, he thinks that ho can
bv this means reduce tho price of gold !
N, Y. World.
Grant's Uallnrc.
Tho New York Times, tho ablest and most
candid organ of tho now Administration,
admits that Grant is a failure, and says in
its issuo of Saturday last:
“ There is now a general feeling through
out the country that, in somo wny or other,
tho President Las been led to depart from
his original purpose, and that the early
promise of his Administration has not been
fulfilled. It is very clear that faithful and
efficient service lias been no guarantoo for
continuance iu office. There has been a
general Hweep of officeholders, high and
low, without much reference le merit, but
apparently under the pressure for place,
and for the sake of making room for others
whose appointment wus demanded by poli
ticians. And this process is still going on.
There is no branch of the public service in
which tlieso changes have boon more sweep
ing and indiscriminate than in tbo Reve
nuo Department—and they cun not fail to
have a marked ofi’ect on that * collection of
the revenue’ which the President justly
regards as the test of his Administration
and the only condition of its success.”
TJie Way it Works.
The Now York Journal of Commerce, in
giving particulars of the enormous imports
of the last four months at that port, shows
that of tho 8119,517,750 to which they
amount, only $33,121,911 wore of dry goods;
thut is, contrary to general belief, dry goods
constitute only about one-third of all the
foreign products for which we have to pay.
Our legislators have made the United
States the dearest market ki tho world;
consequently we sell little and buy much.
That proposition is so plain tbafthe most
illiterate reader can understand it. Tho
theory of the protectionist is, that by mak
ing the homo market dear, we enconrHge
home production. Tho result, as shown
by experience, is that when our markets
are made dear wo lessen our sales to other
countries, our produce costing so much
they can buy cheaper olsewhere; while
everybody who can comes here to sell his
wares, because everything is high. This
business would soon collapse of itself if we
had to pay specie for the difference. But aa
long as we can pay in bonds,only close ob
servers pee any dangor ahead.
Tennessee Republican Convention—lfo
Nominations—A Diiffrocetal How.
The Republican Stato Convention, which
assembled at Nashvillo on tho 20th lust, to
nominate candidates for Governor, and a
Governor of which wo huvo had but a brlof
account heretofore, Booms to have been an
extremely unruly and disgraceful body.
From such accounts as now have como to
hand, It appears that on the day of mooting
(20th inst.) the Convention, accordingly tho
report of The Nashville Times , was called to
order at 11 A. M., by Mr. A. M. Cato, Chnlr
man of tho Stato Central Committee. Im
mediately, Judge Houck started up and
nominated Pearno for the Chair ; simulta
neously, another gentleman sturted up and
nominated tho lion. R. R. 'Butler. Tin*
confusion tborefrom becamo Immense, and
the Chairman labored for half an hour with
tho gavel iu a vaiu endeavor to restoro or
der. Before order could be properly Lml.
Judge Houck again jumped on a bench aud
put the vote himself upon tho Pearne uniii -
inatlon ; and declared it carried in layer of
Pearne. Tho same thing was done iu re
gurd to Butb r, aud both gentlemen moved
up to the stand and Btood on either side of
Mr. Cate, who continued to hold his posi
tion. Mr. Pearne sought an opportunity to
address the meeting, but coulu not obtain
it by reason of tho vociferous cries for But -
lor, mixed with equally loud and vehement
shouts for Pearne. Mr. Cato made strenu
ous efforts to bring order out of tho chaos
that prevailed. When something like a
lull would occur Pearne again would essay
to address the assemblage, but would again
bo prevented by a repetition oi tlu* former
noises. He continued, however, to liolu hi.->
position and to shake bis list aud his head
alternately at Mr. Cate and tho umlienco,
vociferating “I have rights in this Conven
lion aud I will he heard." This thing con
tinned to about 12$ o’clock, when cries came
from nil parts of the Hull to "adjourn to 2
o’clock."
This motion after much confusion pro
vailed. At 2 o’clock the Convention ic:n
sembied, Mr. Cate mthechair, and Mos-rs.
Pearno and Butler both claiming tlu* chair
munsbip, ’ Mr. Butler proposed Mint him
selfuml Mr. Pearne both withdraw, which
Mr. P. declined. Various motions and
propositions were offered, mo-i of winch
were out of order, and general confusion
and disorder reigned till about el p. m.,
when a squabble took place near Speaker's
stand (the Convention was held in the Hall
of the House of Representative*-) between
two gentlemen who disagreed on the qual
ifications of Stokes and Scoter, which
quickly came to blows ; pistols were pulh >i
out; a geneial rush was made over tallies,
chairs and benches; the Secretary's d.-k
was overturned ; the police were called ot:.
and for a moment it appealed as though
most of the delegates wished lu lake a hand
iu the fray. The police succeeded in eth-rt
ing peace, and look out the irate parti-■
without bloodshed. This totally demoial
ized tho Convention, and there was n<*
longer any semblance of order. I!\er\
oue sat and stood round indiscriminately,
bat Mr. Cate still hold tlu* chair ami real ed
his tall form amid the genoral wreck. At
about (’>l o’clock, the chairman pul u mo
tion that tho Convention adjourn to h'
o’clock on the Hint, which wuscurricd w(.li
mit a dissenting voice.
Tho remainder of the proceedings (m
-rutlier of the disorder) we *upy, In Hie nl>
sence of any other report, from a dispatch
to The Cincinnati Commercial dated Nash
ville, Mnv 21, as follows :
Tho disgraceful ami riolous seems of
yesterday were resumed to-day in the Rad
ical Stall* Convention two minutes after the
doors were thrown open, and lout it nm
been for the presence of a large fotre i I
Metropolitan police to-day would have been
a bloody one in the annals vl T* uticssi e.
Al Id o'clock, when the the llmi-e
of Uepreseulives were thrown open, tin*
Row l>r. Pearne, tho Sentec chairman, was
foumt alone In the Hall, occupying the
chair, gavel in hand, uml looking the pic
ture of gravity and dignity, lie hud stolen
a march on tlu* Stoke*tie* Ly reason <>l Sen
ter's friends having control ot the building.
Tho doors once open, Congressman Bn - ,
ler, tho rival aspiring rlmmnan, niade.n
hasty stride for the chair, In* having seeur
ed a gavel for the occasion. <>u mounting
tlu* platform both commenced together to
call thu Convention to order ; but order
there was none, as tho rival factions com
menced an unearthly yelling, all thu ollm tn
oftho police to preserve order being per
fectly futile. Al intervals when the noise
would partially subside, (be Chairman
would essay to speuk, but ibis would be
tho signal for a furimiß bowl, which would
be resumed as soon as any mein tier e-'sa} ed
to speak, no matter who be was.
Tills state of affairs, relieved by oi cn
' siomil passing of the lie, aiulof the d— d be,
continued for fully three lieu re, the crow d •
ed galleries all this lime hugely enjoying
.the sport. At thu lime the confusion was :u
1 ' the highest, half a dozen tail icemen wen* on
1 the reporter's table clutching al belligerent
■ Senterites who had essayed In wallop tin
-1 yiok.es Chairman. A lull In the pandmu"
1 mum enabled delegates to move an nd
-1 journmont, which was carried, and Dr.
I’eurno retired from the Chair. No sooner
had ho vacated than tlu* Stokes Chairman
rapped his gavel aud called the Convention
to order. A stentorian voice at once ordei ed
i tho Senterites to remain, which they dal,
and the Babel of voices commenced wiili
renewed vigor. Any ultompl to main* m-m
-imilions was simply out of the question, tin*
unearthly call continuing with more nr less
i vigor until tho numbers wye -
worn out. Al times the scene was bulimnm
In tho extreme, und was rirhly enjoyed by
• tho outsiders. At last, when it became
i quito apparent that nothing could bo done,
i tho Convenlion broke up, and thus the
i matter stands. Thu Radical party of Ten
' nessee is now fairly split, and it is iiutiotiu
• cud that both Sonter ami Stokes will run
i for Governor. There will not be any Con
• sorvativo candidate, however, a fact vhi'-r.
1 may havo a good died, as it will place Me*
) others in competition to flocuro the C.'onser
• vativo vote. It Is reasonably certain that
• Senter will bo elected, as bo Ims the advnn
• tugu of being now the Acting Governor, and
• thus controls registration uml other Stale
machinery which can operate in Ids fawn.
Both parties are holding meetings to-night
and blood is up to boiling heat. Tin* poli'-**,
however, tire vigilant, yind produe i
heulthy restraint on tho belligerents.
Another dispatch says :
Sonter and Stokos, spoke last night (2d h >
to parties of their supporters. Senter sum
the day would come when Rebels would Im*
enfranchised, but it was a long way Hl'.
Stokes declared in favor of giving rebels
who romuined at home aud behaved them
selves the right of suffrage.
i'ont of llio rucific
The Central Pacific Company lias r-n
-struded fiOU miles ol rond, and roeejv. *1 m
U. S. bonds-
A mibsMy of
Yet iluo i'riiin tho Uovwnnifnt...' :i.:i'j|,oun
'1 ho Union Pacific ('*>r lll >j l11\- Imh n,i,
Htruclod l.osfi miles, upon which it ha.-, n
cuived in S. builds -
A subsidy of 9'ih.mi.
Yet due from l\ S. 2, 752, on
Rond subsidy lo 1I
•' » C. 1‘
Land subsidy (estimated'.
Pacific R. R. subsidy $101,22S ii-.-'i
There have been grunted by (‘oiign -■« t .
local railroad corporations ppip.-sing i..
connect with Urn J'uoifie Kiilr-'iwl, I'>• :!• -«
.Slates Ronds us follows:
Kansas Vulh-y Komi (ll\ 11. I > i.imo
Upper Kansas Komi (U. J\C. R.j l.iiuo.ono
Hioux City Roail (Iowa) 1,i»2h,32U
Western Puerto {California) l.nim.nnu
Uni toil States Ronds 1 1,-128,020
Land subsidy (csiimated; J I, liis,:j
U. N. aid to local roads $22,856.6 I* l
Tho lolid amount of public lands given )>v
Congress to railroad und other corporal nun
is 13-1,813,991 acres ; an area some t woi v.-
thousand square miles larger than six
.States like Pennsylvania. The regular
Commission that has heretofore made the
examinations (ff these roads will be ready
to report at an early day. It is expected,
however, tlmt the President will withhold
the remaining bonds until the report n| He*
special Commissioner amhori/.'-d by Con
gress on the 10th of April last is made, whicli
will probably be Home six or eight week-,
hence.
Tim books of the Treasury Department,
on the first instant, showed the charge* <'i
these corporat ions against llie l' n ited Stales,
on uccuuul of transportation, $2,760,876 58 ;
ono half which was paid in cash and the
balance reserved to pay interest due mi
bonds; tbo entire amount of whicli wa,
$-f,*410,121 92. This leaves Die corporations
in arrears $3,0.59,983 03, on account of inter
est on tho bonds granted by tho Govern
ment ; no Interest having thus far been paid
except- one-half the amount of tho govern
ment transportation bills.
A Radical Hu Klnx Hmntmg l-lxpuscd
Two of (ho New York tribune's :»t or
dered **Loyalists’t Alive.
Augusta, May 22.— Edwin Rcloher, tlc„
tho colored Assessor of the Tlurd District,
publishes a card in this morning’s Chroni
cle andtientinelin reference to ids letter pub
lished in tho Washington Chronicle and
Now York 7'ribunc, detailing tho murder
of Stone, ono of tbo expelled members of the
Legislature, and tho negro man who was
with Adkins when bo was killed. Belcher
says that he was misinformed, and he be
lieves ho was wilfully imposed upon by
certain persons hero, as lie now learns from
good authority thut Stone and the other
persons mentioned aro living 5 that the let
ter to Mr. Sumner was private, aul that he
regrets its publication. Special despatches
from Atlanta to Republican papers in the
North announced the murder of these two
men by tbe Ku-Klux ; but there is no foun
dation for the report, the outrage being
worked up to serve tho ends of certain pur
ties in this State, who are foarfut of being
deprived of their offices under tho Stuic
government.
Dost Bonds Cannot be Replaced.
Secretary Boutwell is constantly in ro
ceipt of letters asking tho roisauo of United
States bonds thut huve boon lost or de
stroyed. Tho Secretary desires it to bo un
derstood that tho Treasury Deportment does
not issuo now bonds for those lost, and that
the only course for the ownors to take is to
appeal to Congress for tbe necessary legis
lation authorizing a re-issue. From tho
records in the Department, it appears thorn
havo been but two cases where tho Secre
tary has issued duplicates In place of bonds
alleged to havo been destroyed, and iu both
of those the old bonds were subsequently
found, and the Government was compelled
to redeem them. Thoro Wero a number of
cases before the Claims Committee of boll;
Houses of Congress at the last session, but,
on account of inadequate evidenco, the
Committees refused to report bills granting
the required relief.
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