WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1869.
DEMOCBATIC BTATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
:hod. ASA PACKBB, or Carton county.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT*
Hon. CTBFS I. PERSHING, of Cambria co.
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
The Democratic County Committee will
meet on MONDAY, the 30th day of AU
GUST, at 11 o’clock, A. M., at the Demo
cratic Club Rooms in the City ot Lancaster,
fir the purpose of organization.
R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman.
B. Ji McGrann, Secretary.
Tiie Headquarters of the Democratic
State Central Committee have been
established at the Booms of the Demo
cratic Association, corner of Ninth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia. The new
Chairman has entered upon the cam
paign with vigor, and with the bright
est hopes of success.
The Political Prospect.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania have
it in their power to redeem the State at
the coming gubernatorial election. —
Very many of the beet Republicans,
were bitterly opposed to the renomina
tiou'of Geary. They had scrutinized
his course as-Governor, and were deep
ly disgusted wiih him. Iliß empty
vanity, his conceited ignorance, his
blundering stupidity, his want of truth
fulness, and his utter lack of honesty,
as displayed iu his complete subservi
ency to the infamous Legislative ring,
turned many of the more honest, in
telligent and conscientious members
of bis own party against him. Quite a
number of Radical newspapers openly
assailed him and predicted his certain
defeat, if he should ha renominated.
Hut, the voice of the honest and disin
terested men of the party failed to be
heard, and the warnings of its most sa
gaeious politicians were unheeded. —
Geary packed the tfLate (’(invention by
securing tiie active supports of all the
corrupt legislators ami lobby men \vlio
assembled at the State Capitol during
his term of olliee. l:Ie was from the be
ginning the willing and tuple tool of
the legislative ring, and of the crowd of
greedy cornmrants who hovered around
the Stale Capitol. lie was always ready
to append his signature to the multi
tude of infamous hills which they put
through the Legislature. In some in
stances he acted iu defiance of the ad
vice of Attorney (ieneral Brewster, and
in others, (as tho Identic act and bills
of similar character,) he hastened to
append his ollleial signature without
consultation with his chosen, legal ad
viser. Tiie “ring” could not aflbnl to
lose such a valuable friend as Geary* and
ho they packed the State Convention
with their paid tools ami hired pimp*.
A nomination made under such cir
cumstances could not fail to be unpop
ular, and it Is not surprising that
numbers of active and iniluenllal Re
publicans throughout the State should
declare their determination to vote
against Geary. He will not receive the
united support of his own party. The
borrowed plumes of military glory, iu
which iie was paraded during the
canvass of lMiii, have been stripped from
him. Tiie newspaper story about that
wonderful battle at Look Out Mountain
lias been completely exploded, aud the
buckram hero of a fabled battle among
iietitious clouds is left to stem the cur
rent of popular obloquy without those
adventitious aids which elevated him to
a position he has shown himself utterly
unfit to liil. Tu Hie present contest
Geary Is running, not on his newspaper
record as a soldier, but upon the record
he made for himself as Governor of
Pennsylvania ; and that is so complete
ly unsatisfactory and disgraceful, as to
render him a very weak candidate. He
can bo beaten ; aud we believe he will
be.
But, tho Democracy of the Keystone
State must not suppose they'are going
to win without a vigorous utul well-di
rected effort. Tho corrupt men who
have made fortunes out ofolllce will not
yield the advantageous position they
occupy without a desperulo struggle.
The legislative ring and all the horde of
jobbing politicians will do their best to
elect fhelr tool ami confederate, John
W. Geary. They can afford to spend
money liberally, and they will do so.
The registry law will he converted inlo
a means olYiieating citizens out of their
voles wherever it can he done, ami at
tempts of (hut kind will la* made wher
ever the* Radicals have full control of
tho matter. Thu law dispensing with
spring elections, ami ‘.browing them
over to the fall was purposely put,
through with the hope that the multi- i
plication of candidates would bring out
the full Radical vole. MV dun not r> h/
itjxri) th< (ipnlliji ifoi/r njijji/)u ulr lit (hr
roinhii/ i !> rUnu.
With a fid! poll of the Democratic
vote of the Stale, we regard the election
of Packer and Pershing as absolutely
certain. W'i" /hr full rotr hr pollrd f
Thai js the one important question.
The Dcmecracy of l lie wards ami town
ships must answer it. It can only he
done by prompt and etticient organiza
tion in each election district. Thotime
which is left, for work is brief. Only
seven weeks remain in which to ac
complish all t hut is to he done. Delay
in organization will prove fatal. What
is to he done must he done quickly
(tinl Ihrrr in ni ur/i In hr firriiiuji/ishrd.
A full uinl accurate lint of nil the
Democratic voters in each election dis
trict must hi* made a( once, and cure-
Ailly compared with the registration
hank which in him# up at the polling
place. That in a work of absolute neres
ally in districts where the Radicals have
control of the hoard of registrars. It
will not do to trust to their honesty.
Thu unconstitutional registration law
was passed to enable cheating to he car
ried on, iuul it will he done, unless ex
traordinary precautions ari\ taken to
prevent it.
There arc iu;nty persona entitUdto
naturalisation papers who must he
promptly attended to. They must he
duly register'd as well as naturalized.
The great med of tin* hour is the
prompt organization of a Democratic
club or committee in each election dis
trict, which will see to it that not a vote
is lost or left at home, that can, by
any possibility, he legally polled for
Packer and Pershing. A fullpolloj the.
Democratic rote mi// insure, ft r/forious
victor//. To si cure (hat is llie great work
set lie fore the members of the purly.—
Let active cllcrls in each election dis
trict lie begun at once, and vigorously
prosecuted, and the second Tuesday of
October will sec Radicalism dually
buried in Pennsylvania and throughout
the Union,
With proper organization uud vigor
ous effort on the part of Die Democracy
victory is sure. We can only lose the
coming election by our own apathy.—
Less than five votes in each electhm
district will overcome the Radical ma
jority of last fall. Let every Democrat
remember that, ami let organization
and .work be the order of the day from
the present hour, until the descending
sun of the second Tuesday of October
curries.down with it into eternal dark
ness the corruption and the rascality of
Radicalism in Pennsylvania,
Till-: Brook ly n Union thus locates the
President and various members of his
Cabinet, at the present time : The Presi-
dent, Western Pennsylvania ; the Vice
President, California; Che Secretary of
Btate, New York ; the Secretary of the
Treasury, Groton, Mass.; the Secretary
of the Navy, the Tallapoosa; the At
torney-General, Concord, Mass.; the
poatrnußter General, Washington; the
Secretary of the .Interior, Ohio; the
Commissioner of Xutern&l Revenue,
Sharon, N. Y. These men must have
roving commissions.
I ?£n?TXT-g-CABTEI R WEEKLY UsTTEHUGKEnSTOEB, 'WEDNESDAY, A.UGTJST 25. 1869.
Grant’* Surrender to the Radicals.
General Grant TaU sorrepdSred most
ignomlnlouily and disgracefully to the :
extreme Radicals. He has oonsented ,
to adopt their vlndlotive. and selfish
policy against the great bulk of the
white people of the South. 1“ en "
oouraglng and sanctioning the
ment of the Iron-clad test oath in V -
glnlahehas not only given the s
his own report of the condition o
South after the war. and reversed h s
decision in the case of Loulalana but
he has broken the word he plighted to
the people of Virginia at the eommence
mentof the recent canvass in that State.
He has shown a Jack of truthfulness
and a disregard of honor which must
render him perfectly contemptible in
the eyes of every honest and high
minded Republican in the North.
Grant not only has no policy of his
own, but he lacks the sturdy manhood
which frequently makes even dull men
respected. He is fast becoming a mere
tool in the hands of a set of desperate
political sharpers, whose only aim is to
enrich themselves by the spoils of office
which they expected to gather in the
Southern States by the aid of negro
voteß* To enable a few greedy adven
turers to foist thefflßelves into paying
positions which they are unfit to fill,
he violates his plighted promises, and
deliberately agrees to do all in his pow
er to impede the restoration of several
Southern States to their proper places
in the Union. He thus strikes a severe
blow at the material interests of the
nation, and foments political animosi
ties of the most bitter character.
Even Horace Greeley is compelled to
protest earnestly against the outrageous
conduct of the man he helped to make
President. Mr. Grant may defeat the
will of a large majority of the people
of Virginia, as expressed iu an election
admitted to be fair; ho may ousttbe
legally chosen members of the State
Legislature ; may give tlieir seats to de
feated carpet-baggers and scallywags,
and may thus enable one of his brothers
in-law aud some other adventurer to
obtaiu uulawful admittance to the
United States Senate; but his actiou
will only recoil with terrible force upon
the Republican party. Such outra
geous conduct, suchashamelesß exhibi*
tiou of a disregard of ofticial duty, such
a proatitution of tho powers of the Ex
ecutive to base partisan purposes will
only serve to alarm thousands of con
scientious, patriotic and law-abiding
Republicans in the North. A tempor
ary triumph for Radicals of the baser
sort in one or two Southern States will
break the power of the party In Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana aud otlwr
Northern States. The dishonesty and
the stupidity of Grant will not only
bring him into contempt with the peo
ple—it will lead to a speedy destruction
of the party which elected him. The
time when such things could be ex
cused has passed away, we hope forever.
When Horace Greeley openly de
nounces the course which Grant lias
bceu induced to pursue in regard to
Virginia, many thousands of honest Re
publicans will stop to think aud will
begin to act independently.
The Coal Strikes.
The troubles in same districts of our
coal regions still continue, and there
seems to be little prospect of effecting
any speedy adjustment of them upon a
permanent basis. Tiie miners hold out
stoutly for such a regulation of prices as
will give them an opportunity to make
a decent living by a fair day’s work.
Tiie operators declare that they cannot
afford to accede to the demands of the
miners, and so the quarrel goes on, while
consumers pay the penalty iu greatly
increased prices. There ought to be no
irreconcilable controversies between
cupitul and labor. Working men do
not generally demand more than a fair
price for th&ir labor, and it is certain
that they very seldom get more. Here
tofore capital has proved stronger than
labor, and few strikes have been pro
ductive of much permanent benefit to
those engaged iu them. Two of the
Radical newspapers of Philadelphia
have tuken to abusing the coal miners
iu the bitterest and coarsest terms. The
result is that even the Welsh aud Eng
lish are turning against the Republican
party. a
The truth is that John W. Geary is
largely responsible for the high prices ,
that we ure now paying for coal. When j
tho public work*, the canals and other I
internal improvements belonging to the ,
State were sold, a part of the agreement j
was u stipulation that the rates of toll !
should never be increased beyond neer- 1
tain moderate figure. That stipulation
prevented tiie canals from bringing any
thing like as high a price as they would
nave commanded if 110 such restriction
in favor of the masses had been in
serted. When Geary came into power
he speedily became the corrupt tool of
the legislative ring, aud the thieves
who made money by repealing the re
striction upon tolls found him ready
and willing to act with them. The re
sult was a heavily increased rate of toll
on the canals, a removal of competition
with the railroad companies which
bought them, and a large consequent
increase in the price of fuel. Let every
householder remember, when lie pays
an enormous price for his winter coal,
that John W. Geary Is largely respon
sible tharpfor. He could have inter
posed his veto to protect the consumer,
but he did not. He is the tool of the
legislative ring aud the friend of cor
rupt and exacting monopolists.
Grunt In Harrisburg,
General (Irani’s appearance in, Har
risburg created no excitement. He wus
permitted to go quietly to Simon Cam
eron’s residence ami to leave the city
the next morning almost unnoticed.—
The' Patriot does not think ho Is ‘swing
ing around tbo circle’ Just for fun. it
says he is looking up a man to take
charge of the Treasury Department, in
place of JJouLwell. Nut only has Judge
Dent fallen out with the Massachusetts
financier, but Mrs. Grant is said to be
exceedingly hostile to him. Tbo pres
sure for his removal Is more than Ulys
ses can stand, If current rumors are to
be credited. Bo lie is represented to be
going about the country lu rather a
disconsolate manner, like Diogenes
with his lamp, looking for an honest
man. Diogenes did not find what he
sought, ills said, though lie traversed
tiiu streets with a shining lump in Ills
hand ul noon day. Grant In all proba
bility lias heard Thud. Stevens’ decla
ration that “Simon Cumeron would
not steal a red hot stove,” ami so went
to his house in seaich of ah honest Sec
retary of the Treasury. If tho Patriot
is not misinformed there is a strong
probability that Simon’s son, J. Don,
Cameron,. Esq., will be offered Bout
well’s place before long.
CoYodc’s Letter to Brewster.
The Philadelphia Post, when It pub
lished Covode’s letter to Attorney Gen
eral Brewster, requesting him to resign,
took care to state that it did not print
the letter as it was written. The editor
of the Erie Observer has been favored
with a slcht of the original document,
and it reads, “lUeratiin, punctuatim ct
spellatim precisely as follows:
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Hot Weather anfi the Sommer Besorts.
frbe Jester Is hot; fearfully and out
rageonsly hot. . The summer hitherto
has bjjein behavipg itself decently, and
the stay-at-homes hart been having a
comfortable time of It, Taut the weather
has apparently got tired of its good be
havior and has turned upon ns in a fierce
fit of fiery wrath. We trust that It is but
a temporary ebullition of anger and that
the Clerk will have mercy on us and cool
it down to at least 9.0°. If burnt offerings
can propitiate it, surely enough of these
are now being offered up, to answer as a
sacrifice for the greatest amount of sin ;
and if the Bun should continue to pour
down its ardent rays upon us for a week
as it has for the past two days, we will,
every one of ns, be burned to a crisp
and nobody will have energy even to
note the state of the thermometer—
about the only occupation in which our
people are now 1 engaged. That instru
ment is said to register about 100°, but
that must be when placed in the ice box,
for everybody knows that it is far hotter
than that in the shadiest shade.
One isgreatly tempted to leave for the
seaside or the mountains ; not that we
really expect to be any cooler there
than at home, but simply because of a
restlessness which prompts us to go in
a vain search for a cooler place. There
is nothing more certain than that one
can always he more comfortable at
home than away from it, especially
than at a fashionable watering place.
For there you are put up In an attic in
a small room, beside which a cell in our
county prison would appear spacious ;
aud even this you.are not allowed to
occupy alone, for the -land
lord liaviDg a hotel iD tend ed to accom
modate say 300 guests, deliberately
makes up his mind tliathe will put 700
in it, and he does it. He piles his guests
op top of one another in the little rooms
and counts the extra 400 he gets intohis
house without the ability to accommo
date them, as all clear profit; for they
don’t eost any more rent or clerk hire,
or furniture or servants, and only take
a few additional bushels of corn and po
tatoes, a fewTiiore oxen and sheep, aud
a few barrels more of fioqr. If they
can’t all get into the dining room at
once, a second table will be set. If they
can't all get into the cubby holes of bed
rooms, a hundred ojr two extra can be
laid out on the parlor and hall floors,
aud can wush at the pump in the morn*
ing.
For these privileges you pay twenty
five dollars a week and any number of
extras. You pay so much more for rent
of a bathing closet; so much more for
taking care of bathing clothes ; another
charge for porterage ; another for om
nibus ; another for corkuge ; another to
get into the ball room ; fees to waiters ;
and extravagant charges innumerable
such fur inbtunce as twenty-five cents
to the barbel for your duily shave. 11l
fact there is a regular conspiracy by the
proprietors of summer resorts to fleece
their guests, aud any pretext is joyfully
seized hold of which will enable them
to do it short of downright, outright
robbery. If anybody steals your
: your boots, your money or your vloHhs
; they are not responsible. Olil'bpl
: stealing is tho game at the Seusi/te or
the Springs and it is no more reasona
ble to object to its pinctice iu the or
dinary style of the pick-pocket than it
is to take exception to its practice in
the peculiar style of the landlords.
The seared consciences of these gen
tlemen ask no other excuse for their
extortion than is fuuud iu their openly
announced principleof actiou that “the
season is short and we must make the
most of it.” And the way they do it is
to study how to charge the highest pos
sible price aud furnish tiie least possible
amount of accommodation for it. The
seaside is very pleasant in the summer
by the gifts which nature has given it
—the invigorating sea air and sea bath
ing ; but these benefits ure largely offset
by the annoyances which man has con
nected with them. So also the moun
tain side and mineral spring resorts get
from God alone the attractions which
render them desirable abiding places
during such weather as that "which now'
afllictß us.
Moral : ,If you go away in the sum
mer from home aud desire to enjoy uual
loyed the natural advantages of the sea
or the mountains, take your tent with
you aud avoid the landlords.
The Working Men’s Platform,
The platform adopted by the Con
gress of Laboring Men, in Philadel
phia, and which we publish else
where, is on the whole, a good one. It
opposes the National Banking System
in toto; demands that the legal tender
money should be made a legal tender
in the payment of all debts, public and
private, and convertible at the option
of the holder into government bonds,
bearing interest at the rate of three per
cent, per annum, with privilege to the
holder to reconvert the bonds into mo
ney or the money into bonds at pleasure;
opposes the payment of interest on bonds
bought with greenbacks, in gold, in
sists upon Hie bonds being taxed, has a
clause agaiust land monopoly, which
is a little too agrarian; reooguizes the
right of women to perform skilled la
boron equal terms with meu; favors
the encouragement of education; de
mauds the creation of tyi Executive De
partment of the Government at Wash
ington, to be denominated the Depart
ment of Labor; urges strongly the
universal adoption of the eight hour
system; asks the same chartered rights
and privileges for Labor Associations
that are grunted to associated capital,
and winds up by urging a lull restora
tion of civil ami political rights to every
American citizen, except such an have
been convicted of felony. The work
ingman will find all this substantially
in tho Democratic plutforms, which
have been adopted from time lo time.
Gram’s Troullng Exploits.
He who violates tho game law of a
State is ranked In the estimation of all
sporting men with pot hunters and
poachers. There is a sense of honor
among all gentlemen which enforces
them to obey the provisions wisely
mudCfor protecting game of every de
scription. Offenders are promptly pros
ecuted, not from any interested or ma
licious motives, but because the greedy
fellows who will hunt uud fish out of
season arc justly regarded us outlaws.
Grunt and his party who weut trout'ng
In one of our mouutalu streams the
other day, could not have been Iguo
raut of Iheluw which forbids the taking
of the speckled monarchs of tho brook
after tho first of August, yet they de
liberately violated the law, and thus
reudered themselves liable lo prosecu
tiou and punishment. The New York
Herald correspondent Lulls us thatGraut
himself caught over two dozen trout,
and Graut, Jr., a baker’s dozen. At
five dollars a piece the President is lia
ble to a smart little due for his violation
of the game laws of Pennsylvania.
Let no one say this is a mere trifle. —
The examples set by the President in
thus breaking the law, is calculated
not only to encourage pot hunting out
of season, but it weakens the regard for
all lay’s among the very class which is
constantly seeking excuses for violating
them.
Tins general cry in this Statu is give
us a change of rulers. Any change
must bo for the better. We have had
our All of taxation, of rottenness, fraud
and corruption. We have given the
Radical party a fair trial. Por eight
long, weary years we have permitted it
to control our affairs at the discretion of
its leaders, and what have been the re
sults ? A State whose industrial inter
ests are parylized, whose people are
taxed to the topmost notch, and whose
varied products are cbeapoued by un
wise legislation. Well may the tax
payers exclaim any change must be for
the better.
Who Balsed (he Price of Goal?
The Express objeotato our statement
that Governor Geary Is to a consider
able extent responsible for-the high
price -of coal, and it challenges ns to
point to any law passed under bis ad
ministration calculated to produce that
effect. It defies us to prove the asser
tion we made, and we proceed to do so
with pleasure.
We thhik even the editor of the Ex*
press will not deny that the item of
transportation enters largely iDto the
price of bo bulky a commodity as coal.
The canals, which were built by the
State of Pennsylvania,for a longtime
continued to furnish very cheap carriage
for all articles of prime necessity. The
flour, the meat, and the fuel of the
masses were carried atlow rates because
the Legislature purposely arranged for
a low rate of tolls upon the canals be
longing to the Commonwealth, When
those once valuable and useful public
improvements were sold an express pro
vision was incorporated in the bills of
sale, providing that the rates of toll
should not be increased beyond what
had been charged by the State. This
stipulation was made to protect the peo
ple from extortion. It was considered
at the time a decided incumbrance upon
the sale of the caDals, and the price paid
for them was some millions of dollars
less than would have been received
if no such restriction bad existed. The
object of those who wisely Incorporated
the restriction was to protect the masses
from' the high prices which grasping
monopolies always exact when they
have the power. This saving clause in
favor of the people should never have
been repealed, and it was not un
til Geary, the corrupt tool of the ring
aud the pliaut friend of soulless corpo
ration^came into power that the wroDg
was perpetrated,
In 1805 a bill was passed by a Radical
Legislature relieving the railroad com
panies which had bought up the canals
from what they regarded as an incum
brance upon them, but Governor Curtin
who hadeomelittleregard for the rights
aud the vanU of the people vetoed it.
His veto message may be found upon
the “House Journal,’' page 11, of 1806.
When Geary came into power the at
tempt to repeal this saving clause in
favor of the people was renewed, apd
with complete success, by the passage
of laws which Geary approved, under
which these canal companies have treb
led their tolls, thus adding directly not
only to the price of coal but to the cost
of every article transported ou the canal,
by raising the canal tolls, the rail
road companies have beeu relieved from
this competition and have
rates of freight in a corresponding de
gree. Now who Ims raised the price of
coal ? Let Geary aud his satellite of the
Exprcw answer. Who has parted with
tho solemn guaranty of the people’s
rights, worth to them millions of
dollars, for the benefit of canal
ai/d railroad corporations? Will the
(governor ami his friends answer?
Geary the immaculate, the foe of
corporations, overriding a
veto of his predecessor, who, while a
friend of the people, we behove never
claimed to be the foe of corporations,
yet had tHe nerve and honesty to do
what he thought to be right. It is time
there should be an end of Lhis twaddle
about Geary standing up against cor-
porations aud for the people. A man
who, by a dash of the pen, transfers
millions from the pockets of the peo
ple into the cotters of canal and rail
road companies, should blush to appear
as the champion of the people’s rights.
Let every boatman as.he empties his
wallet to pay the increased toll; let
every farmer who pays double and
treble for the use of the cauals; hit
every consumer who pays an increased
price for all tho necessaries of life
transported on canals aud railroads ad-
jacent to them, remember that it is the
money of the people that Geary has put
Into the pockets of corporations. lu
view of these facts, we close with the
same question with which we began,
Who has rained the price of coal ?
T|tc Treasury King.
So numerous are the corrupt aud
thieving rings which have been formed
inside of the Republican party of Penn
sylvania, that it Is almost impossible to
keep count of them. Beginning at the
lowest round in Lancaster county it is
charged by Republicans themselves
that the Coroner has a little ring, the
Prison Inspector one of formidable di
mensions, the Commissioners a circle
which steals thousaudsof dollars annu
ally, aud so on through the rounds of
officials. Then there is the Thug ring,
the Whiskey ring, and other temporary
aud permanent combinations among
the Radical politicians all alike rascally
and corrupt, if Republicans themselves
are to bo believed.
The State has been ruled by rings for
several years past, ami it seems that
nothing can be done by our opponents
except through the agency of these ras
cally organizations. The Legislative
ring of last winter is not dead, neither
is it Bleeping. Its experienced leaders
are ull coming buck, and Geary, who
was renominated by them, isstruggling
to be re elected.
But there is one other ring which is
just now exhibiting wonderful vitality,
•That is (lie Treasury King, The Radicals
have forsomcyeaiH past so manipulated
the funds of the State as to have always
In the hands of the State Treasurer be
tween oue and two millions of dollars.
That immense amount of money, In
stead of being promptly applied to the
Ihjuldutlon of tho State Debt, as In all
honesty It ought to be, is distributed
throughout the Commonwealth as u
corruption fund. Favorite banks, the
proprietors of which have Influence
enough to control tho nomination of
members of the Legislature, are chosen
as depositories of the public money. The
State Treasurer makes a magnffleeut
fortune out of the rate of interest paid
on the Immense sums under his control,
and tho pot banks get funds which they
loan out to the people at from ten to
twenty-five per cent, discount. It la a
grand swindling game from beginning
to end. Tho taxpayers are compelled
to pay tho Interest on a million or more
of debt while that sum Is manipulated
for the beueflt of the State Treasurer
and his favorite bankers. The rate
of interest on the State debt has been
Increased under Geary’s administration
from five to six per cent, and that at the
present rate the amount annually lost
to the tax payers by keeping a million
of dollars In the pet banks of the State
Treasurer Is sixty thousand dollars.
Of course the Btate Treasurer can af
ford to pay very liberally for such val
uable privileges, and it is not at all
strange that be should be found figur
ing in the nomination of members of
the Legislature for Lancaster county.
The Yolkesfreund of tho 18th exposes
a portion of the scheme which is now
beiug carried out by the leaders of its
own party in this county. It says:
“llicrc In Something llotlcn Id Den*
How corrupt the professed managers of
the Republican party In our county have
become, is shown by tbe determined pflort
which is being made to procure the nomi
nation for State Senators of two gentlemen,
partners in different private banking houses
in this city, over our last Senutor, Hon. E,
BUllngfelt.
It is well known that at thela6t session of
the Legislature, Senator Bflllngfelt pro
posed a law, that the surplus funds in the
State Treasury should from time to time be
applied to the redemption of tbe State debt,
but it is not so well known that these sur
plus funds are regulurly deposited by the
Stale Treasurer, at a smuli rate of interest,
with dill'erent private bankers, who realize
a handsome profit by banking upon them,
and that among these fortunate custodians
of the public moneys ore the bauks repre
sented by the two gentlemen first alluded
to.
Of course they are anxious to be nomi
nated so that they may retain their deposits
of State moneys, and the present State
Treasurer is naturally anxious to pocket the
interest.
There is no remedy but for the taxpayers
to turn out on Saturday, August 28th, and
repudiate these men, who are Republicans
only to fill theirown pockets.
joflge Bent’s Letter to Secretary Boat
well, a
Judge Dent is becomlDgwarmetLup
by the hostility exhlbltedjby the. A
dministration towards the nationalße
publican party of the South. 0
The judge is not particularly ambl-'
tloos to be made Governor of Mississippi,
but he Is ambitious to serve the people
of that State, and he Intends, therefore,
to do everything in biß power to accom
plish bis own nomination and election,
-He holds Boutwell and Cr ess well
ly responsible for the tergiversation of
of his presidential brother-in-law on the
subject of Southern politics, and therer
fore pitches into them without gloves.
He* has prepared the following long let
ter to Secretary Boutwell, and intends
to address another one to Postmaster
General Cresswell, couched in still
stronger terms. In his proposed Cress
well letter Judge Dent will reveal the
rebel antecedents of the Postmaster
General, and explain why it was that
Cresswell was a rebel in the commence
ment of the war, and afterwards turned
over to the Union aide, becoming one of
the most bitter of Radicals and persecu
tors. The following is Dent’s letter to
Boutwell:
Washington, D. C., August 17,15G9.
Hon. Geobob s. Boutwell. Secretary of
tho Treasury J
I shall make little apology for asking
your attention to my letter, and less for the
nature of its contents. You were the first
to deny the political orthodoxy of myself
and friends, and by the rules of the forum
lam permitted to make my defence. You
area public officer, and your acta are, there
fore, legitimate subjects, of criticism. We
are both aspirants lor place, with some dif
ference as to probable resalts. You aim
for ihe next Presidency, with every assur
ance of success, except in tho opinion of
the people, while I seek an humble place,
with my hopes in disastrous eclipse, except
in the judgment of Mississippi. So in the
probable results of the future wehothstaud
adyerse to the judgment of the coqqtpy.—
As to the ineaqs of success you are un
grateful and utterly unscrupulous. Your
organ, the New York m the Bame
breath ridicules and denies the capacity of
your master and dwells with emphasis
upon your peculiar fitness lor bis office.
Your excellent tool, Mr. Tulloek, became
so reckless in the manipulations of your
department in the exclusive iuierost of your
apibitioq and so diligent In file disregard of.;
the washes of the President and tfiepoqntry
that to saye yourself from the explaniitiou
demanded by an indignant public it was
found convenient to transfer his scandalous
activity to another place, where his talents
might be exerted with more effect and less !
uotoriety. Virginia,'fVpnessee, Mississippi |
and Texap, uot to mention anything so |
humble aa myself, are obslructious in your \
way, because through President Grant’s I
intervention in removing the proscriptive |
clauses in their constitutions, these tastes
are brought into the Union and to his'sup
port. Now, this is opposed to yonr plans ;
for what President Grant gels in the next
election dearly Mr. Boutwell will not got,
and therefore have you Uenouucod the con
servaiive Republicans who are for Grunt
that you may obtain tho proscriptive Re
publicans \yljo are for Boutwell. J?y some
strange, dexterous management qnd ocpu(t
political strategy you have so worked upon
the confidence of tho President ns to cuaso
him to nourish the club which is to break
his own head by joining you in abominable
denunciations orthe conservative Republi
cans, a party created by bis magnanimity
aud triumphant throughbis encouragement.
In this your purpose is twofold Todesiroy
the national republican party and Grunt in
the South, and reconstruct from its shattered
fragments a Boutwell party, with no Rich
mond In the field to strike for your crown ;
but if you cannot succeed in this scheme of
desperate enterprise you menu to ruin, a
resultfroqi preseut appearances much more
likely to be reached. Your official inter
vention in favor of Wells, lor instance, gave
39,1)00 majority to Walker, uud your loiter
to Stokes gave Seuter in Tennesseo a veto
of 70,000. The same causes operating in
Mississippi and Texas will overwhelm you
with discomfituro. Tho Iron-clad oath su
perndded to these resultsof your Incompar
able folly, und the alternation Is complete,
landing all these reconstructed States into
the arms of the democracy. • Bat the con
sequence of your folly does not stop with
Hus calamity. Ohio and Pennsylvania will
decide their political status In Uctober, and
iho North will echo tho condemnation of
tiie South, yopr astonished ears convincing
you there is sfiil left enough of the incom
patible virtue of the republic to rebuke you
for this wanton repression of our most sa
cred right tho elective franchise. But still
you will not desist from your iusaue policy
until every prop that supports our party
is stricken av/uy pud tue whole gruud
superstructure tumbles about our ears
in hopeless ruin. When you were
elected Secretary of the Treasury and
unanimously confirmed by a Senate of
every shade of political oplnlou, did you not
take an oath to administer your office im
partially for the honest purposes of its crea
tion, tho collection of the revenue uud con
trol of the finances ? Is not that office the
property of the nation and yourself for a
time only clothed with a little brief authori
ty ? Now, bow do you explain your per
version of Its ‘legitimate) uses into an* in
strument of punishment und oppressii.n to
compel an election of obnoxious rulers over
the people of those States V How does this
conduct comport with your oath? Do you
call this a great moral idea—for it appears,
sir, you are one of the party of great moral
ideas? and aguiu, sir, by what authority
do you decide upou my political orthodoxy ?
Who constituted you the infalllblo pope of
Republicanism? Who authorized you to
launch the anathemas of our purty? Again,
sir, you are only a part of the administra
tion, uot the whole of it,though your friends
believe tbatu monomania on that subject
possesses you, aud that you verily believe
yotirseli theStaie. Yours respectfully,
Louis Dent.
He venue Officers
A New York journal has the follow
ing very appropriate aud just comments
upon the arbitrary manner in which
our U. *S. Revenue officials perform their
duties aud upou their proneness lo
lord it over the uufortunate tax payer.
We are compelled to pay the taxes as
sessed agaiust us whether we justly owe
theuj or not, or have cur business In
terrupted and our stores closed up. An
Instance of this occurred here the other
day : Reigart's wine store being com
: pelled Lo pay a licenca of $2OO as rec
tifiers, although they do not rectify a
drop of i .pnr; they were Iu addition
asked to .»\uur that they did rectify,
but they flatly refused to commit perju
ry, even though they could not refine
to subnet to the robbery.
The Ui"ment a gentleman becomes un of
ficer (l , tilltlOH 1) under lUIh republican gov
ernment if ours, lie seems to think that it
is bis duly to oppress the people to the
greatest i M' ui in Ijlh power, and thereby
render the t> } vermnont which ho represents
detestable In the Inst degree. He soenis lo
forget, Unit in this country the people are
superior to the government, and ull ids ef
forts to render them Inferior, and this form
from the highest to the lowest officer paid
by ihupcopto, from tho highest in Wash
ington to Uie lowest in u counuy township
(with a lew houorubleexcoplioDs) they seem
to be actuated but by one sentiment, viz: to
make tbe oltizen pay us much in the
shape of taxation as they possibly cun,
no matter whether legal or Illegal, If
they cun only twist the reading of the
law, ho aH to give it uu appeurauce
of Jegulity. They will olteu by threats
extort payment of wbut they should
know lo be wrong, morely saying that
you cun protest and recover, out pay
you muHtl But when will you recover?
and if you do not pay, they Hay. they have
power to stop your business, which means
ruin, and It you answer that such is hot
tho luw, the answer is, such are our in
structions from Washington ! Such law,
imd arbitrary measures could not exist
even in Russia, without creating trouble,
aud in Englund which we consider loss
free than ourselves, the officer who would
uot In this manner would get himself Into
trouble! Their only idea hore seoma to bo
that because some do cheat tho govern
ment, all do, or would if they could, and
certainly they take the best means lo drive
all to wunt to, for they havo no right to
draw any suoh conclusions uud they ouly
make the government odious by so doing.
Now they seem to wish to make every
thing as disagreeuble und onorous as possi
ble, uud everything tends to (he oppression
of the honest dealer, who wishes to pay his
Just taxes, whilst the dishonest dealer goes
scot free.
A public officer In this country should
remember that it is just as much of a crime
agaiust the people to knowingly take 100
much tax from the citizen as It is to accept
a bribe and take too little for tho Govern
ment 1!
Newspaper Sold.
The Columbia Spy has been sold to
the Thugs for $7,000. The paper was
owned by several gentlemen in Colum
bia, from whom it was leased by its
late conductor, Rambo, Christ. Kauff
man and the other proprietors got tired
of not only getting small returns for
their investments, but of having insult
added to injury in the irritating Cir
cumstance that their paper w&9 run to
suit Sam Shoch and Squire Evans; so
they have sold out. The Spy will now;
change its tune, and Its heretofore lively
strains will be changed to solemn airs
arranged to suit tbe Dead Marches of
Thuggery.
Probable Independence or Cnba.
Paris, Aug. 21.— La Fi ance of to-day
save Cuba la lost to Spain, and the easiest
thing Spain can do is to take advantage of
the present situation.
Madrid, Aug. 22.—1 t is asserted on reli
able authority, that tbe preliminaries of a
treaty for the cession of Cuba have been
signed.
firosrCdfraptlon Charged Tpon Radical
i.VY. BauoH., ( ,
Columbia Sjfy ofyeaterday con-.'
taliißXrenjirbable letter, charging the.
JjMl&leditorsjof this city with the
teost 1 shameleaajprostltutlon of them
relves ;and. their papers to the basest
purposes. We make the following ex
tract :
It Is almostto ha regretted that the Bo -
publican majority in Lancaster county is so
large, ftf out of ft originates all our trouble
with the cliques, rings and political ohif-
Tonlers fh&f diigrafe iKe Republican party.
Tfiinga’bare cdmetOTsncti a pass, that with
some honorable exceptions, the Repub
lican-papers the city are no longer the
channels of correct Information to the peo
file,‘ or the, fair exponents of truth to en
igbten their readers ak to the operations
and condnot of our county officials, our re
presentatives and our elections, for the edi
tors have become worse than mere political
speoulators.and haveorganized themselves
iuto rival rings, or cliques, some of them un
der oath,each oue seeking the control of our
county politics, either by a monopoly of the
offices for themselves respectively, or for
candidates who will bay their support
either by the corrupt emoluments of office,
or such fraudulent operations as will pay,
or by a posting up of the solid cash. These
men hold high carnival at the approach of
our annual elections, always calculating
upon a rich harvest, for the fact has-been
realized, thatno candidate, however worthy
or much bia elevation may be desired by the
people, can hope for a nomination without
first securing by tangible and solid argu
ments, the good will and aid of one or all
of them. The people may talk and com- |
plain ae they will, the nomination and elec
tion of officers and representatives has be
come a fixed professional business with
certain men and rings in our city, each ring
contending for the supremacy, apd each
ring ready to sell out or to unite with the i
other, uud with all the rings, whenever ;
necessary to effect the nomination of any
one who subscribes to their terms, or to
unite and defeat and destroy his prospects
on his failing to comply with their demands,
tbna virtually controlling and ignoring the
choice of the people, and forcing upon them
at times, men who are notoriously corrupt,,
dishonest, aud unworthy of pub.Rq confi
dence. The questiqn is never asked by
either ‘i? hhfiqnpst, is fie capable;’ but will
he puy, and how miich—will bo Join the
ring, and how many votes can ho control ?
They make themselves a unit ngamst the
people who buy their papers and give them
patronage, and thus by triok and our
money they strengthen themselves to rob
ua of our rights and we aro compelled in
effect to pay them fureheutiug and fraudu
lently forestalling us. As H proof cf their
success, look at thp’ir iqaguifieotH houses,
; their bloatofi incomes and bodies, aud ask,
arc ’these the legitimate profits of honest
business effort,and whence.have they come
if not by their successful ramifications of
corrupt tergiversation. Nor aro their op
erations confined to Lancaster conDty
1 alone. They unite with politicians aud
| tricksters outside of tho county, and by
their scheming arrangements stipulate lor
j iho election to Congress and to our Legislu
| lure, nieu who are to perform lh« double
| duty of carrying out the will of others us
VY*dl as ihul of their constituents, und be
come makeshifts for tho political strength
and iuieresU of other parties, thus,
In fact, selling our members and
making them mere tools in the hands
of strangers. Is the Legislature to meet, is
a State Treasurer or u tJnited State* Sequ
tor to be elected, or any other importp.nt
matter to be brought up, you can see theso
greedy men like buzzards flocking to Har
risburg,' to prowl aud lobby around, to aid
in any and everything, no mutter what, if
it will but put u'loney Into their pockets.—
They hedge up the uvepuesoi either House,
hauar the hotels, form cliques aud rings
with and without members, use the pasters
and folders, lie uud cheat, deceive tho un
wary, threaten aud manipulate the mem
bers, corrupt all that aro corruptible, that
they may futten oil their thrift, and unfor
tunately too often do we hear of their
success, when they ciuarrel' übout their
plunder. Too often urb ibey aided l»y the
anxiety of candidates and members, who
sacrificed honor aud truth fur an election,
because the example of others in office,
has assured them that official corruption is
pardonable when possible und urufilable,
us stealing was in Sparta, under the rogues’
proverb, "he is a fooli-htit will not mukc
money when be cun,”
Honest Andy Armstrong Aguiu
Honest (?) Andy Armstrong, having
deemed it necessary to make further
explanations in regard to that little bill
of extra mileage, published another un
satisfactory letter in the Express a few
evenings since. He did not deny that
he pocketed the stamps, he only chal
lenged any one to 9how evidence there
of from the official records at Harris
burg. The Columbia 'py hauls him
over the coals as follows ;
For short memory, cool impudence and
down-right lying, Andy Armstrong car
ries the palm. In Iho Daily Express' of the
17lh lust., a year's.trlbiilation, and but
a few days before the primary election,
honest Audy again attempts u vindication
of his mileage awiudle, aud bruuehes oil'
iuto abuse of ourselves aud others fur ex
posing his rascality.
Iu the Daily of the early part of July,
ISOS, we explicitly charged him with being
iu collusion with llyus in robbing the Stnto
Treasury out of some $712.
In the Daily Spy of July 30th, 180 S, Mr.
A. attempted in a lame manner to explain
the transaction, and thus refers to his over
charge for mileages "The distance from
my place to Harrisburg is 3d miles, and by
ulo so returned ut both Sessions, und if any
meddlesome ]>crson chooses to ttfix the figure
0 for scljish purposes, aud you gulp it, 1
can’t help it.”
It will thus bo seen that he vlrfunlly ad
mits receiving the extra mileage, but dis
claims being the author of the swindle. We
have never doubted but tho Journal of the
House showed tbo correct mileage, ike. No
man, or sol of muu, would be verdant
enough to place on record dimming uvi
deuce of their ahame. Wo now ask you to
stale whether or not, you did not draw from
tho State Treasury, during the Session, the
Bum of 5-100, und at tho close of it $730, and
when you presented your voucher for the
sane, did not (he 7 h-ensurer oaliyour atten
tion to the fad that you were getting some $9O
more than your colleagues, and did you uot
reply that it was alt right, and pocket ihe
money without couuung the same, and
hurry away. You cannot dodge and wrig
gle out of the matter by referring to the
Journal. State tho gross amount of money
you received, uud wo will furnish you in
corroboration a true copy of the same us
taken from the bookH of the Treasurer.
We had no disposition to open up this
matter as it was
with thestealingof others of whom wo have
referred to ut vurioua times.
As you tire ugain a candidate for office, it
was wiso iu you calling public aUomiuy to
your rascality.
Perhaps, as you have your hand in, you
can explain, why, boloro the Legislature
met two serious ago, you perambulated
the State nccivg the members elect, utid
urging them to voto for your candidate for
Speaker, at the same time staling that yuu
would pay per head as much or more than
the Davis men. Again were you made tho
custodian of a sum of money furnished by
tbu Calllo King to buy votes for what was
known as tho *' Ualtle’Hlll.” Explicit an
swers to tho above will bo required by the
voters at this time to tho end that ih**y nan
vote hitelllgenlly.
Tiikuk la u volco of walllug beard
from Yankee sohoolmarma of the
tioutli. Hambo baa proved ungrateful,
and refuses to pay for the tuition of his
offspring, lie promised, but “goes
back” on his word. Ouo Indignant
fragment of the Plymouth rock telJsher
piteous tale iu the Macon TcUyrajih,
which is, that after a Northern society
agreed to pay her salary, her board was
to be paid by the parents who sent their
children to school, but that they failed
to do so, and that site would have* been
turned out of doors by her laudlady had
she not paid her board herself. She
says the negroes are profuse in words,
make any amount of line promises, but
never thluk oif fulfilling them. This is
terrible, aud Georgia should be 11 recon
structed,” especially the negroes, who
refuse bacon and slap-jacks to Yankee
sohoolraartns.
Virginia K.'ccllon.
General Cuuby hius published ibo official
returns of the late election in Virginia, on
the adoption of the Constitution, from
which it uppears that tbo whole number of
voters registered was 209,884, viz: Whiles,
149,781 ; Colored, 120,103. The number of
voteß actually cast was, Whiles, 123,144;
Colored, 97,205. Total, 222,349.
The vote for the Constitution (expurgat'd)
was
Against (he Constitution 9,130
Majority for ttjo Constitution... 201,4-iy
The vote for CJause 4, Sec. l, Ait. m ofihe
Constitution, which disfranchises nil who
as officers had sworn to support tho Consti
tution of the UmtedHtates, and subsequent
ly aided the Robelliou, was 84,410
Agalntt same clause 124,3M>
Majority against - 39,1)50
The vote lor dec. 7, Art. in, which required of
ficers to take t'O lron-clndoath (that they
had never aided 1 Be Rebellion) before enter
ing upon their official duties, was KJ.458
Against sumo section, 121,3 0
Majority against 4‘),0J2
The number of [electors registered who
did not vote, was, Whiles, 24,037; Colored,
22,898. Total, 47.535.
John Mitchell, the ‘‘lrish patriot,”
has eued General Dix for arbitrarily ar
resting him and confining him In prison
during the war. The warrant was issu
ed by Judge McCane, and the Ex-Am
bassador was promptly arrested and
brought Into court. It is to bo hoped
the case will be pushed to a speedy
trial, and that a righteous verdict may
settle It for all time that no American
citizen can be unlawfully arrested and
thrown into pr}son»by a military satrap
with impunity.
Corruption ofProminontftadlcals,
StjWemontt or iho BlsOi tlflioi. Compote
'* it, <te. I *
The Columbia Spy seettiffxtetennioed
to expose fulljr the festering corruption
of the Republican party.' of Lancaster
county. We findthefollowlugremark
able letter in its columns: .
Lancaster, August 17,1569.
Mr. Raalbo:—As you have been pleased
to publish my letter of yesterday, for which
I thank yon, I now proceed to-fuifil my
promise, aod givo some further details of
the operations of those political chiffoniers,
whom I have already described, aud the
bargains made last year between the high
contracting parties in and out of Lancaster
county, who have undertaken to control
our politics and our elections.
During the long and protracted Illness of
Mr. Stevens, the question of a successor in
case of his death, was frequently discussed,
and many citizens in and out bf Lancaster
were mentioned, bat none more frequently
than that of the now Honorable O. Dick
ey, .who had been his student and whose
father had beeo his intimate friend..
Connected, however, with his name was
the apprehension of defeat, because it was
understood that General Cameron, who
had some influence here, hAd opeuly and
publicly asserted that Mr. Dickey should
never succeed the Old Commoner Tf he
could help it. After Mr. Stevens’ death
Mr. Dickey, J. P. Wickersham, Elwood
Griest, A. Herr Smith, T. E. Franklin, and
others, were announced publicly, or spoken
of as candidates; but the issue seemed
mainly to be between Messrs. Dickey and
Griest.
People knowing of General Cameron’s
threatening opposition Lo Mr. Dicked, ex
pected to see some manifestation, but
strange to say, it was very soon announced,
that Gen. Cameron was not opposed to, but
in favor or Mr. Dickey’s election; but why
bis opposition was withdrawn was mere
conjecture, until it was announced that Dr.
H. E. Muhlenbnrg, » friend and relative of
Gen. Cameron, was to succeed Wm. B.
Wiley as Collector, throush the influence
of Mr. Dickey when eleoted to Cougrees,
and that Dr. Mublenburg had Mr. Dickey's
wriUcj} pledge to that effect in his pocket.
While these things were in progress and
only a few days before the primary election
in 18GS, Mr. George Brubaker then a candi
date for District Attorney, a aworn Thug
and personal friend of ElwOod Griest, and
bis partner in the Inquirer newspaper, for
a certain consideration basely betrayed Uim,
suddenly withdrew his opposition to Mr.
Dickey whom he had before opposed, and
forced Mr. Griest to withdraw- fi-om tho con
test, which ho did, after fiistpnvafch/bar
gaining with a rival candidate for the sum
of $B4OO cash, as a remuneration for his ex
penses, goofi will, wounded honor and dis
appointment. Of course by this arrange
ment Mr. Dickoy’s opposition to Mr. Bru
baker’s election as District Attorney was
withdrawn, and his support yielded
him, although before that, bo was ro
i peatedly heard loudly to declare with
voluminous oatha, that he tvould never
; support a Thug for an office, or any
. mau nominated by Thugs. Iu eonsideru
i tiouof which as a further covenant in this
j agreement, Mr. R. W. Bhouk, a brother-in-
I law of Mr. Dickey, was To bo elected this
| year to the lataie Seuate in coDuectiou with
Mr, John M.StehmuD, the pet candidate of
Mr. Brubafier aud the Whiaky Ring. Thia
part of ihe bargain is (o bo carfieu out ou |
iho 28l1i of August, by nominating Mr. j
Stehman and Mr. Shenk, bankers aud 1
favorites of the State Treasurer, who will i
no doubt secure their votes for his re-elec- j
lion, by giving to tho Bauk to which each I
1 belong, in violation of law, a goodly j
t aiuouut of the public funds ou deposit, ilho
hue not already done so. It now remaius
] far the good houest Republicans to ratify
t this very nice bargain. This arrangement
! carries with It iho sanction and influence of
: General Cameron u'honoivoions Mr. Dickey,
\ as well as of tho State Treasurer, who
i has cieolared that Senator BilliugfeU
| must be defeated, because he had the hou
j esty, the shrewdness, aud th« daring to:
! show to ihe peuplo of that Slate, what im- ]
| nroper uses tuny bo mude of ihe public i
fuuds t*,ud Ihe great propriety of upplylng ;
them to the extinguishment of the State :
debt whenever possible, and saying inter j
est, instead of having two million of dollars
in the Treasury, when the Treasurer giyeß
bail only to the amount of eighty thousand
dollars. Part aud parcel of this arrange
ment was also that of electing a Vnuod
Stales Senator and a Slate Treasurer, which
was largely ennpqd ;ulo by Mr. Brubukor,
who professed to havo for sale or barter, u
certuiu number of votes among the mem
bers of Lancaster county, with that con
venient amphibious non-descript, John A.
Hiestand, who i« Thug or Ami-Thug uo
cording to pny, accompanied by our uou
Don, who it is said, to reduce matters to a
certainly, furnished to a certain corruptiuu
ist of Luncaater couuty, a check Jar lou
thonsuud dollars, which to the great grief
of Mr. Brubaker, was so uufairly divided,
that he did not get his share, of which he
sorely coinpluios to this day.
Mr. Hiestand, oue of our office cormor
ants, was to receive the Marshalship of the
Eastern District us his share of the spoils
for his services in this honest arrangement,
by which State Treasurer Irwin was so fin
otreiubniously kicked out of office, and ulso
lor his able defense iu the Examiner of the
Whisky Ring, aud of Mr. Dickey, uud se
curing to him the friendship and influence
of that notable pair of worthies Jacob Krey
bill and B. M. Stauffer, General Managers
of iho Whiskey Ring, who aided Mr. Dick
ey’s nomination to Congress, and who with
other whisky dealers, are now so blaluut
for the nomination of Messrs. Stebman aud
Shenk. Mr. Dickey aud Mr Cameron, in
return fur these great services of Air. Hies
i land, were to secure to him the support of
I our United States Scuutors and our mem-
I hers of Congress In his application for the
olllce of Marshal, which Iney faithfully did,
and were handsomely snubbed by tbePres
ident who refused him the appointment
: after two very determined efforts, thus vir
tually declaring to them, that when they
\ represented Mr. Hiestaud os usuitable man
for the office he did not bellevo them uud
that they lied. Mr. Dickey Is uot yet ro
. leased from his share of the contract, ns he
! is still bouud to have Mr. Ilieutaud appotnl
( ed to some office, lest be lose tho support of
[ the i-’xamt'uer, aud the intrigue of tho editor
j iu Ins next effort for Congress.
I From all these facts it requires no exlru
! ordinary discernment to see why Mr.
| Dickey so frequently visits Mr. Brubaker's
office und lurries so long us to wear out the
patience of some oilier equally houest poll
' ticiuus, who like to form coulitious with tho
1 King of political Thuggery, and who gel
i tired of silting on tho anxious bench in
[ front of the Great Man’s Offioe. As a Cou
| gressnnm must be elected in 1870, uo ouo
can bo so dumb as not to know that Air.
Dickey is.now arranging fur his re-election,
and for that purpose endeavors to soouro
the Thugs through George Brubaker, the
Cameron influence through Dr.Muhlcnbtirg
< aud his old friends through the Examiner,
with something for the qew Postmaster to
do, at the same time acting ns well for tho
defeat of Messrs. Billingfelt nnd-Warfel, in
gratitude to the first who supported him for
I Congress last year, and revenge upon the
lust who was not sufficiently compliant iu
the settlement ol'certulu whiskey eases, by
which Mr. Dickey, no doubt, realized hand
somely as Attorney, U'not as u member of
Congress. And hero, in conclusion, the Im
portant question may be asked, how far it
i may bo legitimate or proper for a member
1 of Congress to use bis official influence in
seconding bis acts as Attorney in settling
eases of Iruud upon tliu Government?
Pendleton's Letter of Acceptance.
Cincinnati, August 15,18(39.
K. f l ', Hiity/tum, If, H, Undue, David
url/cll, A. ii. ham-uy amt K. V, llu.kjlchl,
Qjiiunlttc v
Uknti.kmkn—l hnvo received, by the
hands of tho Chairman, your loiter notify
ing mo Ibrimilly of my nomination by the
Do mourn lio Stuto Ceulral Committee, mm
candidate lur tho office of Governor, to sup
ply the vacancy citusod by the dcellnaliuii
of General Ronecruns. I repeat to you what
I Mild to ibo Committee by telegraph—(hut
If It was their unanimous opinion, notwith
standing my views and wishes, tbul I ought
to accept tho nomination, I would consider
the 1r re quest as au Imperative commund in
make tbo canvass, aud I would do so to tho
best of my übilily.
I presume it is well knnwu to ull who
take un interest in these mutters, that I did
not desire this nomination. I appreciated
fully its importance ; I recognized the dig
nity of the high office; I believed your
nominee woulubo elected ; but 1113’ health,
Impaired by an aocldout, my occupation,
and my plan of llfo for tbo present, com
binod to prevent my desiring it.
Tho muninuliou of Genoral Hosectuns
commanded my cordial und zouloua sup
port. When ho deeliuod, becuusu ho hud
removed from tho .Statu, I.wus anxious for
the nomination of a wlso and accomplished
goulleinun, an eminent jurlst.and stiffen
tnun—Judge Ranney, or of a gallant and
patriotic soldier, General McCook, or one of
the other distinguished gentlemen who had
been voted ferin the Convontion ; but when
they all declined, aud tbeCommiiteo will)
unanimity, and with their concurrence,
tendered mo tho nomination, uud with
great urgency, claimed my services, I felt
that I bad no alternative but to accede to
their wishes. I lelt that my personal con
venlence must be held for nothing in the
presence of the demand of that great and
patriotic party which has bo often and so
siguully houoied me with its confidence.
In this spirit 1 accepted the nomination,
and will do whatever I, iu truth aud honor,
may to secure the election. I will not now
discuss the questions which divide parties.
In due time I trust to bo bo far recoved as
to be able to take part In the groat debate.
Governor Hayes, in his speech at Wil
mington, forgot to allude to the Fifteenth
Amendment and bis vjews on that import
ant question.
In discussing ibefiuances, bo said. ‘‘We
are in tho midst of profound peace, yet mon
ey is scarce aud business Is depressed.”—
He might have added that employment is
difficult to be obtained 5 thnt labor is badly
rewarded ; that industrial pursuits are nil
hampered ; that enterprising men engaged
in business are standing on tbo very verge
of bankruptcy—that Interest is enormously
high—that the tariff is most oppressive—
that the internal taxation is most unequal,
unjust and onerous—tbut dead capital is ex
empted. and active capital and labor are
weighed down—aud warming with the
picture, he might also have Buld that for
eight years the Republican party bad
been in absolute possession of the
government; that a, Secre
tary of the Treasury' has now con
trol of the money market of the country,
and that he uses bis power only still fur*,
ther to contract the currency, to increase'
the “hard limes, and to.buy over-due
bonds at one hundred'and twenty dollars
which by law be is entitled to pay at par,
thereby taking twenty dollars for evory
hundred from the tax payer and sivlns ft
tattle bondholder. The farmer, the mer
chant the manufacturer wIU ask why tb ese
thlngajare so. What is the cause? What
la tharemedy ? They are important ques
tions this fall. .They touch us all* Demo
crats and Republicans alike. They rise
a *>ove the domain of mere partisan politics,
and should be considered with the calmest
reason, and purest motives and the best
Judgment. In this spirit! shall discuss them
so soon as I am able to take part with my
friends in the activity of the canvass—of Uio
-result in October we need have no fear.
I am, respectfully,
Georcie H. Pendleton.
CAPE HAT.
EDITORIAL SOTES.
Being in Philadelphia the other day, with
the thermometer away up In the nineties,
we concluded to run down to Capo May
and take a dip in the cool waves of the
ocean. A few notes of what wo saw will
not be devoid of interest to our readers.
That is not a more caprice of fashion
which sends so many thousands of people
to the springs or the seaside during the heat
of summer. As a nation we are a set of hard
workers, and successful and professional
men among us greatly feel the need of
proper relaxation. Many who can very
well afford it do not tako a holiday them
selves or give one to their families during
the entire year. Long accustomed to follow
the tread mill ro'und of some engrossing oc
cupation, they have grown insensible alike
to tbq charms of nature and the pleasures of
more extended social intercoure. Still
many thousands do annually go out from
our cities and town 9 to find plcasuro and
renewed health umoug the mountains, at
the springs, or by the soundiug sou. It is
true that many indulge in undue extrava
gance at watering places, aud spend their
time itf a round of dissipation and folly
which is neither conducive to intellectual
nor physical improvement, but a largo pro
portion of those who. go are not led into any
improper excesses. At wateriug places, as
elsewhere, seusible people act iu a sensible
manner. Miss Flora McFlimsey is uo more
a fair representative of American maidens
than are the softest of the spoonles who
llutter nrouud her specimens of the man
hood of onr day. To ono vain creature,
whoso life is bound up in dress and show,
hero are a doieu pure, intelligent utul wo
manly yo'.iug ladies to be Mind at our
fashionable summer resort*. Theptopor
tion of tirst-cluas young men pitHenl umy
be less, because in our omiitrv u largo
number of those who fill important stations
iu business circles and professional life have
to depend upon their own resources for sue -
cess iu life, uod in the first years of muu
hood, when societyibus the greatest charms
for all, they are compelled to stick closely
to their desks or o til cos. But wo did not
start to write an essay, only to make a Mv
brief notes of a day spent at Cape May.
Cape Island Is within rnsy roach of a largo
section of couutry. A few hours ride, over
admirably constructed aud well conducted
railroads will lake any oiliten of Pennsyl
vania to what is acknowledged to !*> tho
boat aud safest place for sea bathing ulong
the Atlantic coast. The ride through the
sfimls uf Jer-icy is a little dusty during very
dry weather, but the trip is made I'iont
Philadelphia iu two hours and a half, in
comfortable cars. Tho West Jersey road
is well managed, and accidents upon it are
very raro occurrences. The scenery along
the mute is not the finest, but to one who
has not passed over this road before it is
far from being devoid of interest. There is
much unimproved and sterile looking
couutry. Jl.ero tho eye rests upon wide
HtretcVcs of auiuly soil covered with scrub
by bushes aud a dense growth of ferns;
there broad muthlty meadows lie level to
tbo sky, while,
’‘Through lilies nml through cat tails creep
Tbo oouy creeku by ilUeu mad>.< deep.
Yonder iho stream* expand Into shallow
ponds of dark water, tho edges of which are
fringed by a mingled mass of vegetation,
prominent among which wo seo tho heavy
waxliko fuilugo of magnolia shrubs, the
beautiful leaves of which uro very pleasant
to look upon, oven after uU tho dowers
which breathed so rich u perfume in May
ure withered and (load. Tlioro nro,
however, evidences of an awakening
and uctlvt* apirit of improvement all along
tho routd. Tho corn springs rank and
green from what looks to bu perfectly Imr
reu, wbilo sand, while vegetables and fruits
of oyery description grow luxuriantly.
Tho spirit of improvement has been awak
ened, and
" We sea It) where the bean-vino opos
Its pods above tho C'uutelopcs,
Ami nu Uio sweet potat'.u Mils;
ll murmurs in the lilts of raalzo,
And where the striped hellers uraz3
Alon? the brinks of brackish bays.
And by tUo wlllu-v-planted rills. ’
Town aud villages are springing up at
different points where ull looked desolate
only a little while ugo, and the landscape is
rendered pleasing by tho fnquonl appear*
auco of handsome aud tasteful cottages.
Tho rldo from Philadelphia to Capo Muy Is
far from being devoid of Interest to tboso
who have oyea tu see.
(’ape Muy aspires to bo called u city,
aud in summer lime at lcusl, it has some
claims to the title. It bus a Mayor, a Jail,
and Towu Council, Police and oilier ad
juncts of civilization. True it is that most
of its population is merely migrutory, us
shifting as tho sands on the sea shore, and
that fur nino months of tho 3 ear it is al
most a deserted village. Itut, during “ tho
season” it is full ol life and busilu. Itsup
porti a daily paper called tho Wave, edited
by J. Truvis tiuigg, E>q., and nourishes in
nil tbe gorgeousuess of glittering fushiou.
There are numbers of very handsome
private cottages in the place, some of them
embowered among a profusion of ever
greens und dowering shrubboiy. lie who
owna one of these quiet retreats, and can
afford to spend a couple of months or more
herewith his fumilj*, is fortunate indeed.
Tho mnjotity of people are of course con
tent to bo made comfortable at some one of
the numerous line hotels. Tho new Stock
ton House is n very elegunt and capacious
structure. It was built by tbo railroad
company and Is not surpassed in its ap
pliances by any watering place establish
ment in the county. It has not paid tho
present soason, but will no doubt do so in
future. Thoro are numerous other ostub
mentH as ellgiblo and quite as comfortable.
Hotels depend greatly for success upon
tho qualifications of Ihnso who have tho
management of thorn. Them Is much
meuning In the slang phntzo, “lie Is a good
fellow, but ho can’t keep a hotel.” To
“run” a first-class establishment on tho
American principle of lintel keeping re
quires n combination of tub-nts of a raro
order. He who would succeod must show
military precision in tho ordering of his
army of servants, while lie meets his guests
will) unvurylng Hinilos and unrufiled po
liteness of manner. Ho must remember
faces which lie has seen but once, and he
able to recall tho multitudes of names re
corded from time to time on his register.—
110 must bo very liberal In providing for
nil tho wauts of an exuding public, and
mothodically corroct und economical in tho
management of his vurled hiulness irans
catious, Mod of Iho class we have attempt
ed to describe uro rure, but they muko for
tunes. Mr. Geo. Dolton, proprietor of lh«
Dolton House at Harrisburg, nnd part pro
prietor and solo munugor of the Colum
bia House at Capo May, la one of those rare
men of whom It can bo truthfully Bald “he
1h a good fellow and cun keep a hotel.” He
keeps two of the best and most popular es
tablishments In the country. Tho Bolton
House at Harrisburg Is unsurpassed, while
tbe Columbia Is admitted to buve done the
best business upon Cupe Island during the
present season. That baa been greatly owing
to tbe personal popularity of Mr.Bolton,and
thero lu no doubt that tbe prosperity of the
establishment will continue unabated while
ho retains control of it. He makes his
guests feel perfectly at homo, and those
who put up with him nro not only sure to
return, but, as they do so, they recoil the
lines of tbe poet who said :
The traveller along life's wear}' way must often
sigh.
To think he has found his warmest welcome
at an Inn.
Tbe Columbia House occupies the most
ellgiblo location on the Island, has the
handsomest grounds, and is In all Da de
partments as admirably arranged as It is
well conducted. Harry Denison, the popu
lar clerk of the establishment, is a moat
efficient atd do camp-
Of coarse sea-bathing Is tho chief attrac
tion at Cape May- Tho beach is very safe
and tho surf exceedingly fine. The gulf
stream, which sweeps by at no very great
dlstunco from land, warms up tho water to
a temporature that is decidedly more agree
able than that eDjoyed further north. A
“buff” bath atdayllghtis n luxury which
but fewenjoy,but which those who hpveonoe
tried It would not willingly forogof Singly
and in pairs tho hardy fellows come and
doffing their clothing quickly plunge
naked Into the surf. The shook of the
0001 waves makes them fairly aloud,
but It Is a cry of exultation* and delight
rather than an expression of discomfort-
Each breaker which dashes against the
body thrills tha.system like an electric
shock, and the sensation la Infinitely supe
rior to that ejoyod in a suit of flannel at
midday.
Eloven o’clock is tho fashionable hour for
bathing, and ao punctually are the rnlea of
etiquette observed thut thousands of people
emerge simultaneously as It woro from tho
multitudo of dressiug houses and make a
rush all at once for the boiling surf. TUo
beach, which wus almost deserted a mo
ment before, is Immediately covered for
more than half a mile with a dense crowd
of human beings, young and old, malo and
female, tall and short, slim and stout, ull
dressed in tlannel drawers and sucks or
shirts. Tho costumes differ llulo in muko
and only vary in color. Straw huts are
worn by all, and men aud women aro not
to bo distinguished from each other, except
by closo inspection. What a commotion
thoro is. As each rudo breaker dashes
shoreward a simultaneous shout goes up
from voices as various as there are different
throats, nud tho hoarse shouts and laughter
of men and the shrill screams of startled
and excited women and children rise above
the roar of tbo wavos and drowu the mur
murs of old ocean.
Venus no doubt lookod wonderfully
beautiful as sbo rose fnsh from tbo waves
aud rode triumphantly to Cyprus in npink
lipped aboil drawu by the light wiuged
zephyrs, IJut, she was not dressed in gar
ments of red tlanuol. Sho might have
won tho hearts of the gods even in such u
costume, but wo can not say with tiuth
that it is well euloulutod to display modem
female beaut}’ to advuutage. There aro
tnauy very fat women to bo seen oil the
beach, and the clinging garments, pressed
closely to the body by tho waves, reveal
too distinctly a superabundance of ciiurms.
Nor do the undeveloped lean kind show off
to advantage. Tho angles uro clearly do -
lined, and impudent maseulineeyes search
in vain for the swelling busts which rise
and fall with tho voluptuous swell of cun
ingly contrived machinery as tin* fnir
butter Hies of fashion Hit airily through
the nuri/.y dance in u uvM ordered ball
room. Stiil there are not :r few ladies
among tho crowd who can hiatal tho severe
test of an ocean bith Wo saw a bruiu-tty
with eyes that looked us if they could
pieiee tho very depths of the sea itself, and
long dark locks spi oading like a upon
the waves, which scorned to caress her
voluptuous form with a loving and pa:;-
siunulu embriH'o. She ventured far out,
ami fearlessly “ wantoned with the waves ’
’a very queen upon tho sou.” Close by
llontod three blomlo beauties whh uicks
while us tlie creamy foam that kissed their
delicate lips, and eyes blue as tin* Jeep blue
sea beyond. 110 who would seo the crowd
aright at ouo ot our fashionable sea-side
resorts, ought to take c. swim uhuig UlO
outer circle of bathors, aud u promenade
through tho erowu- that insist upon taking,
a bath of half sand and half water nearer
shore, lie who does that will see much to
amuse ami interest him.
After the hath comes luuch and n sherry,
cobbler ; then u uup; thou diuner, with all
sorts of sail water dohoucios; then a drive
along the beach 1 Holton put his fine team
at our command); ihoti tea; then u stroll
by the sea; thou a hop at which the fat
ladies aro compressed into im-ro volup
tuous lulliuss, and the angular forms of
tho thin ones all rounded out luto the per
fection of physical development; then a
long refreshing night's sleep, lulled and
soothed by tho delightful murmur of the*
myriad-voiced waves of old ocean.—-
All days aro said to be much alike
at watering places, but wo think any one
could spend weeks of such weather ns wo
aro now having at Capo May without
wearying of its pleasures, or wishing to be
back in crowded and dusty cities, where
humanity swelters and pines for u breath
of fresh cool air.
“The season,” which is [list ut Its height!],
does not end before tho unddlo of Heplum*
her, and tbo hot weather wo aro now hav
ing will drivu many buck to tho seaside
who wflre temptod to leave by Iho unrea
sonably cool weather that prevailed during
a largo part of July. There is no danger
of Capo May hoiug left to solitude while
tho present weather lusts. 11. o. h,
Greeley on tlio Virginia Election.
The proposition to lurn the legally
elected members of the Virginia Legis
lature out of their seats, and to iuatall
in their stead the defeated Radicals,
is do gross and utterly Inexcusable an
outrage that Horace Greeley Is con
strained to protest against it in the
most decided terms. He concludes an
able editorial In the Now York Tribune
as follows:
Virginia hits hold an election by virluool
an uct of tbo preseut Congress, which ex
prossly authorized the President to submit
tier new Constitution to 11 popular vote, with
such exceptions or In such purceis as be
should deem proper. Uun. Urunt thereupon
excepted from tho body of Iho instrument
l hose sections or clauses which provided foi
tho conilnued disfranchisement and exclu
sion from office of all who bad taken a
prominent purl in the great Rebellion. He
was urged to excopt also the section pro
vidlng for an apportionment of tbo Stuto
into Townships ; but ho decided—wu think
wisely —thut this was not u vitul matter,
while disirauchisemeut wus, and bo should
submit the Constitution accordlugly. The
result was the adoption of tho rest of the
Constitution by nearly 200,000 majority,
while tbo proscriptlvo provisions wero re
jected by over Forty Thousand.
Tho opponents of Proscription of course
carried the State, electing Governor, Legis
lature, ike. Their State ticket wusorlgiuaily
nominated by Republicans, und was en
titled ‘ True Republican,” but was sup
ported by ull tbo “ Conservatives,” us well
as by many Republicans, white and bluek.
Probably, its 120,000 votes woro cast by 2d-,-
OUO Republicans and 100,000 Conservatives,
whilo 100,000 Republican voles were polled,
against it.
A short timo before* the election, when it
had become evident that the Walker com
bination must triumph, it was whispered
about that (>en. Canby, commanding in
Virginia, would-imposo tho “iron-elud"
oath on all who should bo chosen to tin*
Logisluturu; and, on inquiry, tills wjih
found to bo true. Tho " Conservatives ”
thereupon consulted and decided that they
could not ckungo their candidates at so Into
jin hour—that they must vote lliolr tickets
ns they had nominated them, and trust thsl
If Proscription was decidedly voted down
at tlio polls, Con. Candy's purpose, thus
condemned by the voters, would somehow
bo overruled. Ho they went on with tpeh
cunvuss and chose a Fargo minority of the
Legislature, ati of them eligible to office
under tho XlYih Amendment of tho Fed
oral Constitution, hut a good part of whom
oannoL take tlio “iron-elud” oath.
It is now given out that tho result will
soon bo officially announced, the now Leg
islature thereupon summoned to meet, iU<>
“Iron-clad” oath administered, all who
cannot luko It excluded from seats, and
their dofeuted antagonists Installed iu their
sluud. In other words, tho Georgia blunder
U to bu reptMited In Virginia, with merely a
cliango of parties. The nut profit ol tlm
operation is to he the choico of two Wvllh
Republicans to thu U. W. Huimlo,
Wo piatOMt against this programme a-,
involving perfidy, Iniquity, and u mo*t
stupendous blunder. The only purly that
can be banned by it is (us In Georgia) that
which conceived und executes it. Wo have
au overwhelming Republican majority in
tho Sonata, so that there Is not even the
poor, rascally excuse of necessity for per
petrating it. It Is calculated to ulienutu llio
Walker Republicans permanently from llu-
NuLlonal party und give to Democrats such
an advuntugo ovorywhoro us tho Georgia
blunder guvo us last Full. It Is u resort
prompteiF by the mortification of defeat;
out tho Republicans of tho wholo country
cannot afford to sacrifice themselves on tho
altar of Wells’ discomfiture.
No doubt, a cunning lawyer can make
out a case in favor of the proposed proscrlp •
tlon, as he cuu In favor of almost unyibbig;
hut we all know tbut the Government Ju-t
constituted in Virginia is no proper seuso
prbvislonal, such as was contemplated in
the Reconstruction acts where thoy pro
scribe tho “iron clad” oalh. It Isereuted
by the largest voto ever polled in tho Htate,
though Homo thousands of the leading
“Conservatives” were denied the Right ot
Suffrage because of the aid they gave to the
Rebellion. The voters wore Just those
whom Congress has soen IU to make such ;
the issues were well canvassed und under
stood; the election was peaceful, and the
result is unquestioned. Congress author
ized and the President directed tho sepuruto
submission ; and tho people had a fair
right to presume thnt, since they were ex
pressly required to decido whether they
would or would not have Proscription for
Rebellion's sake perpetuated, their decision
was to bo respected, at least so far us re
gards their own domestic government. To
overrule that decision at tho outset, und
thus force the choice of Senators obnoxious
to tbe ascertained majority, will bo a crime
and blunder at war with the very corner
stouo of Republicanism.
Keats In HallrontL Car*
Tho New York Sun asks, “why should
not the purchoso of a ticket entitle thepur
chasor to a specified seat in a specified rail
roud car, instead of being merely a per
mission to join in a general scramble with
u thousand rivals? In tho case of a lady
traveling alone, such n measure vtould bo
an immense relief. Now she may enter u
car and pass from one end of It to the other,
looking in vain for the accommodation to
which her ticket entitles her, unless bouio
chivalrous mon gives up his place In her
favor. Parties, too, whose mutual society
is expected to form nine-tenths of the pleas •
uro of a trip, ore frequently separated, aud
their comfort entirely destroyed. All this
would be avoided by numbering the seats
in cars, and assigning one to each ticket.
Which Company will be the first to inau*
gurate this muon needed reform?”