Lancaster 3ntelligenccr.
WEDNESDAY, NOVE_AIBER 2, 1870
Military at Elections
The administration is desperately in
tent upon carrying the elections which
aro about to take place. They are tak
ing advantage of a late law of Congress
which authorizes United States officers to
interfere in Congressional elections, un
der the pretext of securing to negroes and
other United States citizens the right to
vote. The United States Courts appoint
officers, styled "Supervisors of Elec
tions," who report anybody whom they
think has violated or is about to violate
the law to the United States Marshal,
who has on hand alarge force of special
ly appointed white and black Deputy
Marshals to arrest the parties accused ;
besides which he has at his service all
the 'United States troops within his
reach. New York City seems to be the
special point which the administration
is aiming to conquer; the President
thinks that it is an unpardonable im
pertinence in the greatest city in the
country, that it should constantly vote
the way he don't want it to, by such
tremendous majorities as it is accus
tomed
to give; he thinks that it can
not be possible that New York City
should almost unitnimously condemn
him and his administration, and so
he pretends to think that the majori
ties recorded are fraudulent. Fernando
Wood said of hint the other night in
his speech at the great mass meeting,
that he was "a man totally devoid of
executive capacity, and without a single
qualification for the discharge of his im
portant duties ;" that " it is difficult to
conceive a person more unqualified than
I;eneral I ;rant for his present position ;"
that "mediocrity exhibits itself in all
he does;" that "doubtless as a soldier
he had stubborn courage, kit SO lies a
bulldog; hut no one would think of
making a bulldog President in eonse
'menet. ;" and the President naturally
thinks that ii New York again casts
against hiut its cm-loin:try majority
7(1,010, iL will Lc emphatic enil(prse
nient I the pcop!,of vernaffilo's opitt
iOn of him. So lie strives to produce a
dillbrcui rosult ily ordering-1, 0, mi United
hates soldiers to the City, ,tationing
them indilrerent partsol it at ,aaiveniont
and roads at the instigation of
the intelligont and whito
;knit Supervisors to intimidate and :a
rest 1)(2111ot:rat votor.
These are strange times indeed when
the people will I»iticlit ly :submit hi hav
ing soldiers quartered near 1)11 election
polls,even though they are charged with
the duty or iirei-erving the peace for it.
has lllNvar+ been hold that This duty
should he performed by the civil ollieers
of the law, who always have sullieient
power at their command to exeente the
legal warrant., lii Sshilh they way Inc
charged. It has alwa~•s been supposed
that it was the duty of a live people IM
he Very the presence of Mire'
t:u;yl , mvorou eie. • liOn 1/1 . near the
iVhere the:) . NVere
I'mgland has a laW
Hie 1.11,14 , of rotJiers it,
held and so
dues the law of Pennsylvania, ivhiell
:
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armed [tined ;--;1111es marine; teas
marehed uli to 000 1110 polls of the
City itt the 01•11,.I . of the ;-ates
:\larshal 011 the pretext of their bring
necessary topreserVo(
they NVII * O 001 asked t o by the :Mayor
11111' wore they itt•eded to aid the police
fowl , . The Mayor protested a...rain-4
this gloat outrage, and the Mar-lial 4e_
elated that it \vas authorized the net
of t'onl2 re , s In \viiielt we have referred.
Ileyond the pr“te. , t or the :\tayor, Need.
not hear that anything has 111,11 1111111'
10 Vi111110:110 the law of the State :11111 to
lest the guy:slim' Nvlicilier it has been
”verri,bb.ti by the la \v 111 . Cl,ll'4'n , :. NVe
regret thk, Illitlk that if tht.re
itty Walk the exi,tia L ; 1“n•l• a the
Slate laW, it he siwedily
di,Sipal.i . d 1;y 1 Inilicial
()I", if 'lick nulli
liratiuu law, lvt
it. !XIII , 1:11 ,, W \Olen , We -land. lit Its
know whothor lutve any
right, cunt I.WerS Whiell the Federal
t;”veniwilt bottiol to rospe,t, or
tlll arc wiwther
I'eum•\lvania i. Stair ill II
t'lirtlirr
a tli-trict t,l tamutry in the
['Cited Stab•-. \\Thn we Itimtv this,
\VI` %%sill 1111 , itiii . 1* it ; atilt
it it ititll i t ; hit \V to it, Chilli:4i . 11. -
1;11t al present, \Vu hay° Itta•ti taught to
think that thr , ttyttrt•itztil anti
\Nat \valit thaw lu 1,, trcattal a, ' , twit
uulil it is tlelinit,ly 'withal that they
are titaltittLtLut llviTittait , . Nt•\s'
Yttrls allow , the minim' t,tltlier . v oldie
l'e-titlttitt Iu interfere littxt'llat,lity, in
clta•titat, or to trttatl -aro,ts near
her 'mils, ice shall have tt ,
ttilicr u, wiltpresent taitorlaill
ttti , l that k ni sin,ill tu-t it
lvt.ll ran lat.
The 11 est .1 iminia Election
The re , tilt cd . the clertiot iu \Vest
Virginia is Very \VC could
scartatly !ita to carry Hot littLrislattirc
aml t%sto out nI tli Poe of the I ffilLtre,,-
111U11, ill it al the lasi eke-
thin gave live thousanil to the
Radical candidate fur t iiiVITII,IF, :111 , 1 ill
Grelit
Tide Year till' DUilllWratil• tilliet is said
10 have twenty-lice Moulted
We gain ❑ I . 11 1 tokl St.11:11,1', as the
liegislatme Kist elerted will have the
elmiee or :"`4 , 11:11(pr \\'illi•y.
An amendment to the State Constitu
tion was ateu cited uu anil carried,
‘thieln vonfers the franchise on ex (ion
federates \Ow have berm excluded from
the ballot since tie evar. The same
amendment nisi, iinfratichi,s the ne
grue", who iiiiwever voted this fall un
der the provisiiimi of the Fifteenth
Amendment tii the [tilted States Con
stitution: this \Vest \'iturinia e mittun
la theribure :mlulllrl ul lie fact
that mgt . ,' stiltrime, h etas lu he the
srtlvation of We Itepublicatt party, is
destined to be a chief cause of its de
\Vliite men won't. train with
inkrty tinit embraces the migrii.
10(11811 Agents
An act passed by the last Congress
prohibiting truly ollieers from being ap
pointed to duty ill any den:Ll - intent or
,the service, has rendered it necessary for
' the administration to relieve the army
officers who 1111.Vo heretofore been doing
duty as Indian Agents. The law was
passed expressly in reference to these
Indian Agencies as they ;Ire very pro
fitable positions in the hands of dishon
est men, and the Radieal politicians
hungered after such rich fleshpots. But
Secretary Cox, greatly as he says to their
indignation, has checkmated them and
saved the poor Indians front their rapaci
ty, by giving the appointment of the
Agents to the differentreligions denomi
nations in the country. The Methodists
aregiven seven appointments, the Pres
nyterians six, the Baptists live, the Epis
copalians six, the Dutch Reformed two,
the Unitarians two, the Roman Catho
lics four, the American Board of Mis
sions t wo, and the American Missionary
Association four. 'the appointments
have not been made with regard to the
numerical strength of the churches ; nor
do the Lutherans, Congregationalists,
:sloravions and Many other denomina
tions seem to have been favored.
SCNATOR MORTON has declined the
mission to England. It is authorita
tively stated that he is the seventh per
son who has declined the office.
The large Hy wheel at the Hazleton
mines burst on Monday morning last,
scattering the pieces in every direction.
Fortunately no one was Injured.
The Democracy And Negro Suffrage.
The gains made by the Democracy in
the late elections, notwithstanding the
new element of political power they
have had to contend with in being op
posed by the entire negro vote, signifi
cantly testify to the strong feeling pre
vailing among tlie white voters of the
country aeminsysharing the privilege of
the suffrage with the negro. The large
negro vote in Philadelphia and in other
districts was completely offset by the
share of the Republican vote which was
lost to that party by reason of its
position in favor of negro suffrage.—
Striking instances of the value of
this element strength to the Democ
racy, are found in glancing over the
vote cast at fife various polls in
Lancaster county. Columbia for in
stance which has a large negro popula
tion and wherein lies Tow Hill, the cel
ebrated negro headquarters, was carried
by the Democracy for the first time in
many years. In Drumore township
also, where negroes abound, every Dem
ocratic candidate was elected, a thing
which has not occurred before in our
recollection ; indeed we do not remem
when we even elected a single candidate
there.
Such votes as these, general ap they
have been over the State, significantly
teach us that policy, no less than prin
ciple, requires our party firmly to main
tain its position in opp(Mtion to negro
suffrage and to remain—where it was
placed by Stephen A. Douglass—strong
in the conviction that our government
was made by white men for while men
and must be preserved for them and
their descendants forever. The Hon.
Edgar l'owan spoke our sentiment, and
that of the party when, in a speech
Which lie made• ut Greensburg on the
1 Ith lust, on the occasion of a serenade
tendered to the Hon. Henry D. Foster,
just elected to Congress, lie said :
'•This is a white man's victory alone.—
. All the colored vote wa.s cast against us„
No negro ought to he asked fur his vote.
The I hAnocratic party was opposed to the
extension of the elective franchise to the
leer,,, and it had no right to ask support
from the negro. There was no necessity
for it, and intelligent, reliable white men
t•,lnltigh would rally to the aid of the Dom
cratic party, and the country would be
saved.'.
The negro has received the right to
vole through a constitutional amend
ment which has been declared to be
adopted, although it is very questiona
ble whether or no it really has, in a
proper 111111111er, received the assent of
the required number of States. There is
also grave questions whether, if adopt
ed, it is constitutional. \Ve do not be
lieve that it is. We are quite unable to
understand how a negro can vote in
Pennsylvania when our State Constitu
tion expressly restricts the suffrage to
white citiZells of the State. We do not
believe that an amendment to the Con
stitution of the oiled States can over
ride :01 existing provision in the Penn
sylvania Constitution prescribing who
shall have a yoke in the I tovernment of
the State. [Mil this question is legally
decided, the negro will enjoy the suf
frage; lie will do well It, continue to cast
his ballot vainst the Deinocracy, for
when they get into power he will speed
ily cease to be a voter.
The Surrender of Metz
After :t brilliant defense, lastidg since
August It'll], Bazaine has surrendered
Metz with its garrisons and over one
hundred and fifty thousand soldiers.—
There can be but little doubt that the
surrender at present was not forced up
on him against his will; nothing could
,have done this but the want of provisions,
and all the accopnts are that he had an
ample supply of these for sonic time to
come. When the truth becomes known,
it will be found, we think, that he sur
rendered for political reasons. We
have hail for the past month, accounts
of his negotiations, conducted first
through General Bourbaki and after
' wards through General Boyer, with
Ili,marck :old the Empress Eugenie.
Laraine is believed to be a devoted
adherent of the Napoleonic dynasty and
is Ihought to have been aiming at pro
curing its re-establishmentasacondition
nl peace. It was stated in the cable
dispatches of a day or two ago, that tile
Empress Eugenie had declined to give
her approval to any plan tin• the restor
ation of her family and of peace, which
would require the cession of any por
tion
ot . the French territory. A dis
patch to the NOW York Irorld,
which will he fount in another column,
states that Laraine ou being informed,
on WetliteHlay night last of this digposi
tion of the Empress, declared that he
would take all the responsibility himself;
:11111 immediately sent a message to
Prince Frederick \Villiann, in command
of the Pru , sian forces before Metz, and
tho next day sieved with hint the stipu
lations for the surrender of the Fortress.
\V hat these stipulations were we do not
know, nor whether they will result in
the restoration of the Bon:varies ; but
if it is true as stated that Ilazaine was
not forced to surrender by lack of pro
visions, it seems clear that he must have
• demanded and obtained what he eon
sidered highly advanhuscote , tern) , of
capitulation.
The Resignation of Secretary (ON.
'nu , correspondence accompanying
the-resignation 4.1 :-.•evretitry of the In
terior Cox, is at length made public by
that officer. IL is hitter is somewhat oh
-rarely worded but it gives us very clear
ly to understand that his resignation is
caused by his "collision — with "some of
our active political managers," in their
attempts to manipulate nllhirs in
the interior Department The Secre
tary says that the politicians have been
greatly irritated by the appointment of
the Indian agents having been handed
over to the churches, and that to cut oil
any more of their opportunities for
plunder just at present, would probably
so greatly enrage them as to endanger
the administration. He however does
not feel like permitting them to steal
just as flinch as they have a mind to,
while he is in charge of anirs, even
though by so doing he keeps peace in
the family, lie is quite willing that
President I ;rant, if his conscience will
I ermit him to shut his eyes to this rob
bery of the government, shall accept his
resignation and make a docile Secrettiry
of the Interior nut of scam. one who may
be satisfactory to our active political
friends, such as Simon Cameron and oth
er like thieves. 'Filings have indeed
mine ton line pass in our country when
the President of the United States eager
ly accepts the resignation of an officer
who especially states that he tenders it
because his determination to prevent the
government from being robbed by our
active political friends," may occasion
opposition which it may not he to the
Leru,t of the Athuinistration to pro
voke..,
Tut: Express makes up a column of
election returns, and very generously
gives the Democracy a majority in the
State of being a much larger nut
iority than our own figures show. It
reproaches us, however, for adding to
the Democratic vote that east for Wit
mer, Creely and Thomas, although it
does the saute thing itself. A number
of the votes polled by these three can
didates were cast for them by Republi
cans; but on the other hand their oppo
nents got many Democratic votes. We,
were, therefore, amply justified in adding
up in the Democratic column the vote
cast for these Independent candidates;
especially as we gave to the Radical
column the vote polled by Frew and
Klinehouse, Independent candidates in
Allegheny, Wayne and Pike.
Tiie result of the vote in West Vir
ginia, on the Amendment to the State
Constitution, enfranchises some 20,000
citizens, who will preserve the State,
unquestionably Democratic for many
years. This is the State that the Radi
cals cut off from Virginia for the pur
pose of increasing their political power,
expecting to be able to hold it; like
their other device of negro suffrage, It
now returns to plague the Inventor.
Pennsylvania and her Political History.
After the triumphant election of Si
mon Snyder for the third term to the
Gubernatorial Chair, and especially af
ter the treasonable assemblage known
as the Hartford Convention, the Fed
eralists of Pennsylvania dropped the
name on account of the odiousness
which attached to it; and in the some
what bitter and animated contest of
1820 assumed the title of Old School Re
publicans, and, by deceiving the people
in that way, succeeded in electing Jo
seph Hiester, a man who had at one
time professed to be a Democrat, over
William Findlay, the Democratic can
didate, by a small majority. Mr. H.
was completely in the hands of the
Federal leaders, and his administration
was a failure. In 1823 the tables were
turned, and John Andrew Shulze, the
Democratic candidate for Governor was
elected by a large majority over Andrew
Gregg, who had been Secretary of the
Commonwealth uAer Hiester. Mr.
Shulze was continued in the Guberna
torial oilloe for two terms, but, on ac
count of some suspicion of his fealty to
the party, was refused u third term, and
George Wolf became the Democratic
candidate and was trium pliantly elected.
He served two terms.
During the first term of Governor
Wolf, the old Federal party became
merged into and affiliated with what
began to be known as the Anti-masonic
party. Joseph Ititner was the candi
date of the new party in I>a•', but was
defeated by Governor Wolf. In 1535,
the Democratic party unfortunately
split, Owing to the machinations or
Charles 13. Penrose, of Cumberland,
and several other designing politicians
of the State, and two candidates of the
same party were in the field at the same
time—George Wolf, nominated by the
regular Convention \Odell met at Har
risburg, and Henry A. M uhlenberg,
nominated by the bolters who subse
quently met at Lewistown. The conse
uence was the election of Joseph Miner
as the nominal lliivernor, whilst the
real political power of the State was
thrown into the hands of Thaddeus
:4tevens, Charles B. Penrose and Thos
Burrowes—an unprincipled trium
virate who managed the feeble
Live to suit their own ulterior purposes
And here commences a three years' his
tory' of ma:-Administration whieh has
no parallel in the history of this or any
of her sister Commonwealths.
The administration of Joseph Miner
commenced its inglorious career by an
outrage upon Free Masonry. A corm
mittee was raised in the Legislature,
with Thaddeus Stevens fur its chair
man, for the purpose of investigating
the secrets of the Order. Before this in
quisitorial tribunal some of the best
inert of the Coininti wealth were ruth
lessly dragged—such men as ex-Ilover
nor Wolf, Hon. Heorge M. Dallas, Rev.
Willimn T. :-:prole and others--and were
threatened with imprisonment if they
refused to testify. !tut, good and true
men as they wen•, Steven , : and his eo-
adjutors in infamy failed to elicit my
information from them touching, the
inner workings of the time-honored in
stitution ; and the investigation ended
in smoke and to the confusion of the
instigators of the persecutions.
The next outrage on public opinion
committed by the Anti-masonic party,
was the re-chartering of the rotten and
corrupt l'nited States Bank by the Leg
nature. It will he recolleeted that this
lank was vrushed by the veto of Presi-
dent Jackson three years before, and
the veto was abundantly sustained by
Congress and the people. Hut, in de
fiance of the popular will, a charter
was engineered through the State
Legislature by three iudiciduals,
Messrs. Penrose, Dickey and Burden.—
This charter gave the Bank a short lease
)1 . life, and enabled certain individual
o wake independent fortunes by .peen
ating in it , stock; but in its fall, whiel
,ecurred a short Linn• thereafter, hun
'reds of widows and orphans w.ro made
milk' upt
Withoutdetailingalt of the outrageous
acts of the administration, it will be suf
ficient to notice the last and crowning
letof infamy—l allude to the revolution
try attempt to defeat the will of the
people itt the election of David R. Porter
and the adoption of the new Constitu-
tion. This occurred iu - December, li-t3S,
and is known in hii.tory as the " Buck
•hot War." At the election in thituber,
teneral Porter, the Democratic candi
late, was chosen I tovernor by a clear
tad undisputed majority of over eight
housatol votes, will the new Con-
stitution was adopted hy a some
what smaller majority. A short
time prior to the meeting of the
Legislature, :11r. Ilurrowes, Secretary
of the Commonwealth under 'tither,
acting doubtless under the iulvice
Of Thaddeus Stevens and Charles P.
Penrose, issued :in address to their par
tisans throughout the State advising
them to " treat the election as if it had
not taken place ., —thus preparing the
way for a bold usurpation of the govern
ment in defiance of it clearly ex-
pressed public opinion. The promul
gation of this revolutionary address gave
the first alarm to the people; but the
1110,111 S 01,7,01/1i by whirl, the conspira
tors hoped to aceomplish their
diahuli
eal scheme was not yet divulged. In
the meantime, :LIM at lheopening oflhe
Legislature, the bone and sinew of
the surrounding counties had as
sembled by thousands it Harrisburg,
anxiously waiting for the rlenoune
mcut of the plot, told prepared
to defend their rights and the Constitu
tion of the State at any and every peril.
The ball was opened by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth suppressing the
official and legal returns from the Coun
ty of Philadelphia, and substituting a
partial return signed by a minority of
the Judges of election. By this course,
he hoped to keep control of both branch
es of the Legislature as well us defeat
the election of Governor Porter and the
adoption of the new Constitution. For,
if that high-handed proceeding had been
successful, the Democraey would have
been cheated out of two State Senators
and eight metnbers of the House which
they had elected by a large majority.
The intention of the conspirators then
was, to set aside the election of David
It. Porter and proclaim Joseph !tither
the Governor for another term, us also
to proclaim the old Constitution in force,
although the people had decided in
favor of the amended instrument. But
the conspiracy was foiled by the upris
ing of an indignant people, mid the
conspirators were glad to make a hasty
retreat through a back winolow of the
Senate Chamber.
In the meantime the weak and vacil
lating Executive, in a paroxysm of
fright—the leading conspirators having
taken refuge in the upper story ora large
hotel—ordered a brigade of the military
of Philadelphia to the Capital, for the
purpose of overawing the people. But
this did not avail. The military sym
pathized with the citizens,and the Anti
masonic crew were completely baffled
at all points. After a delay of some
weeks, the House of Representatives
was duly organized with Cu!. William
Hopkins, of Washington county, as
Speaker, and the :iccusant members
cane sneaking back to their seats. The
adoption of the New Constitution was
proclaimed and Governor Porter was
duly installed in office on the 15th day
of January, 1539. This bold attempt:of
the conspirators cost the tax payers of
the Commonwealth about one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars; and it was
owing entirely to the firmness and sound
discretion of the Democratic lead
ers that the streets of the State
Capital were not steeped iu human
gore. The closing scene itl the drama,
was the attempt made by the Anti
masonic leaders to convictseven Demo
cratic citizens, who took a somewhat
prominentpart against the conspirators,
of high treason, viz : General Adam
Diller and George W. Barton, of Lan
caster, John J. McCahon, Charles Pray
and John W. Ryan, of Philadelphia,
George Sanderson, of Cumberland, and
James Black, of Perry county. When
the case came up for trial before the
Dauphin County Court, it was found that
the Grand Jury were illegally drawn,
and the indictment was quashed by
Judge Blythe, and this was, the finishing
stroke to the eelebrated "Buckshot
War." •
After serving two terms in the Exec
utive Chair, Governor Porter was suc
ceeded by Francis R. Shunk, in 1844.
Governor Shunk was re-elected in 1847;
but died during the following year, and
was succeeded by William F. John- ,
ston, the Speaker of the Senate, and a
Whig—for by that name the old Federal
party was now called. Mr. Johnston
was elected in 1848 over Morris Long
streth, the Democratic candidate, by a I
small majority, and continued in office
for one term, having been defeated, in
1851, by William Bigler, the Democratic
candidate. Governor Bigler served one
term, and was succeeded in 1844 by
James Pollock, the Know Nothing can
didate, th.e. Whig party having assumed
that name. Mr. Pollock was succeeded
in 1857 by William F. Packer, the Dem
ocratic candidate. At the end of one
term, he gave place to the Republican
candidate, (tee new name adopted by
the Federalists, , Andrew G. Curtin, in
1860, who had been Secretary of the
Commonwealth under Pollock. During
Governor Curtin's two terms, for he was
re-elected in 1'4;3 over Geo. NV. Wood
ward, the war of the Rebellion occurred,
which ended iu the defeat of the South
ern States and the abolition of slavery.
In 18613 John NV. ( leary, the Republican
candidate, was elected over Mester Cly
mer, the Democratic candidate, and
again in Isto over Asa Packer, the
Democratic candidate—both times by
large majorities, but generally believed
to have been fraudulently obtained, as
was also the second election of Governor
Curtin over Judge Woodward.
The history of the polities of Pennsyl
vania is full of instruction. Whilst the
State is essentially Democratic, and has
always adhered 0, the great principles
inculcated by Thomas Jefferson, and
carried out by Andrew Jackson, it has
occasionally, through the influence of
faction and lake issues, been made to
swerve from its moorings, and pass un
der the contol of the Federal party. But
that it can be made permanently an op
position Commonwealth to the Democ
racy is out of the question, and the ter
mination oft term of office will
probably be the end of Federal rule for
a long period of years to conic.
Of the fifteen Governors of Pennsyl
vania in the last seventy years, nine
were Democrats, who held the reins of
Government for seventeen terms ; and
six so ere Federalists, who held for eight
terms. It is also a noticeable fact, that
of the six Federal Executives, four had
been originally Democrats, viz : Messrs.
Hiester, Rituer, Johnston and (teary.
During the Presidential contest of IS'24,
the Federal party had no candidate in
the field. There were four aspirants,
art of whom professed to be Democrats,
viz: General Jackson, John Quincy
Adams, William H. Crawford and Hen
ry Clay. Neither candidate having ob
tained a majority of the whole electoral
vote, although Jackson had ninety-nine
to Adams' eighty-four, the House of
Representatives, in defiance of the pop
ular verdict, elected Mr. Adams. This
result was mainly brought about
through the influence of Henry Clay,
and for his services to the newly elect
ed President, he was rewarded with the
Premiership of the Cabinet, which was
then considered a stepping stone to the
' Presidency. Both Mr. Adams and Mr.
Clay deserted the Democratic party at
that Bine, and became at once the re
cognized leaders of the Federal party.
In the Presidential contest of Is . 2s there
were but two candidates in the field.—
teneral Jackson was noun imously 110M
inated by the Democrats, and Mr. Ad
ams by the Federalists, or Whigs as
they began to call themselves at that
time. General Jackson was trium-
pliantly elected by the people of the
rnited States, and Pennsylvania
gave him a majority of fifty thou
sand. She again gave him her elec
toral vote in 1ti31.! by over twen
ty-five thousand majority, although
but a few months previously he had
vetoed the bill rechartering the great
United :•-tates 13ank, located in Phila.
del phi a. Pennsylvania was always true
as steel to the old Patriot of the Herrnlt-
age. She also gave her electoral vote
to Martin Van Buren in 18313, to James
Polk, in 1814, to Franklin Pierce in
15.5:2, and to James Buchanan in 18.113,
and very little is hazarded in predicting
that her vote will be cast for the Demo
cratic candidate whoever he may be,)
Common ;school System was in
augurated in the State under the aus
pices of (;overnor Wolf, and at his earn
est recommendation. It was unpopular
at the time in many districts, and was
one of the causes which helped to bring
about his defeat in The main
cause, however, was the split in the
Democratic party above alluded to.—
During his administration, too, and that
of his immediate predecessor, the vast
system of public improvements, by
means of canals and railroads were con
structed, by which the wealth of the
State has been increased many fold
through her immense mineral and agri
cultural resources, and it is not too much
to claim that she stands second ti, none
of her sister Commonwealths in all that
constitutes true gretaness.
In the wars of the Revolution, of 1812,
and with ..Mexico,l'ennsylvania furnish
ed with alacrity her full quota of troops,
and during the four years' struggle than
any other northern State. At times and
under all circumstances, she has been
true to the Union and the l'onstitution,
and has justly earned for herself the
proud title of the Keystone of the Fed
eral Ar•h.
In a Had Way
Poor ;rant has a hard time of it,
coutrolliug the rebellious Democracy.
I - le does not seem to have soldiers enough
for the satisfactory performance of the
job. He has drawn away his military
from South Carolina, to concentrate it
cm the Denmeracy of New York city, in
at vain endeavor to prevent them voting
for IlUltalall on Tuesday next. But, ac
cording to the Radical papers, no sooner
have: his shoulder-strapped gentry left
South Carolina, than his Radical friends
there, who have been carrying things
with a high hand under the protection
of the military, tied it expedient also to
leave the country. See the following
dolorous account taken from Forney's
Press we (i 0 not believe a word of it,
however, as the Press has achieved
quite a reputation for discovering bloody
outrages and murders In the South,
which have never been heard 14 by
anybody else:
The tires of rebellion, which have been
smouldering in South Carolina sine,' the
Close of the war, have broken out with re
newed intensity. Some three or four weeks
ago a series of disturbances occurred at
Laurens county, in that State, which neces
sitated the presence of the United States
troops to repress them. Several companies
were ordered to the spot, and succeeded in
restoring order. (In Thursday morning,
the 19th instant, these troops, together with
the sth Regiment United States Infantry,
which was stationed at Columbia, were
ordered to New York to assist in preserv
ing order and restraining the equally vio
lent rebel Democrats of that city at the ap
proaching election.
No sooner had the troops left town than
the native white Democracy began their
outrages. From white Unionists, at pres
ent in this city, who were obliged to leave,
and who are perfectly reliable gentlemen,
we glean some of the particulars of the
affair: The train which arrived at Colum
bia, on the evening of Friday, the 21st in
stant, brought several citizens of Laurens
and Newberg counties who had been com
pelled to flee their homes for fear of their
lives. Those gentlemen reported a perfect
reign of terror in the upper counties of the
State. Immediately after the departure of
the United States troops the Democracy
made an attack upon the State constabula
ry, numbering some four or five men
driving them off or killing them. They
then broke into the armory, possessed
themselves of the arms contained therein,
and began an iudiscriminats slaughter of
white and negro Republicans. It is re
ported that over fifty persons have fallen
victims at thehands of these men, but such
is the isolated condition of the counties,
and the fact that the telegraph and other
facilities for getting news are under the
complete control of the rebels, that no
definite particulars can be obtained.
The Dismissal of the Democratic Con-
stables.
Our readers are aware that we have not
entertained an exalted opinion of our
present City tiovernment, which came
into power a year ago, promising us,
with a great flourish of trumpets, a just
and vigorous administration of the City
affairs. We expected nothing good to
come from it, knowing that there was
a marked lack of ability and honor in
the Mayor's office, and of intelligence
in the Councils. It has, during the
past year, amply justified our estimate
of it; and last night it capped the cli
max of its meanness and imbecility by
removinre from office, as Policemen, the
Democratic Constables who were elect
ed by the people, and who are well and
favorably known for their marked ef
ficiency, and appointing in their stead
men in respect to whom the Council
men themselvesacknowledged that they
did not even know who they were. No
charge of any kind, other than that they
were Democrats, was brought against
the removed Policemen, except that
Councilman Isaac Mishler—who is not
himself notorious in this community for
his exalted standing in it—charged
that Policeman Lutz had stolen articles
from his whiskey shop at the time that
the government had it under seizure,
because of the alleged frauds of the very
respectable Mr. Councilman Mishler.—
Several years have passed since then,
and now, for the first time, has Mr.
Mishler seen proper to publish this
• charge against Lutz, although it was
clearly his duty to have communicated
it at the time to the offieers of justice.
We frankly declare that we have not the
slightest belief in the truth of the charge;
I Mishler's assertion atiords the slender
est sort of proof, but we presume Mr.
Lutz will give hint the opportunity, in
I answering an action for slander, to sub
stantiate his stateini lit with competent
testimony.
Our readers are welt aware that the
Democracy, when they held control of
the city government, strictly observed
the spirit and the letter of the ordinance
creating the police force, and ap
pointed as policemen all the consta
bles elected in the nine Wards whatever
were their politics. It was the manifest
intent of the law that this should be
done, and independently' of that it was
right in itself for many reasons. It was
right for instance to ratify the choice of
the people of the \Vard who had selected
front among their number one who as
constable should be the conserva tor of the
public pc:we. It was right again for the
purpose of securing a homogenous police
force, placed under one control, and thus
avoiding the conflicting authority of
policemen and constables. And again
it was right that the conoltibles, by re
ceiving the salary given by the city to
its policemen, should be evaded to de
vote their whole time to the di , charge
of their duty as peace officers.
The law recognized the eminent pro
priety of uniting the duties of polleCillCll
and constable in the same individual,
and accordingly directed that the May
or should nominate all the elected con
stables [u the select Council for confirm
ation as policemen; and it was its
evident intent that Select Council
should confirm these nominations, un
less it determined, upon good cause
shown, that the nominees were unlit
men for the office; it was never intended
that it should arbitrarily refuse to con
firm a nomination without assigning a
reason for its action. In accordance
with the Ordinance, as we have said,
the Demooracy,w hen in pewer,con firm
ed all the Constables us policemen,
without regard to their politics; but
the present "young and vigorous" ad
ministration or feeble-minded children
and wicked old reprobates, with a mean
ness unparallelled, and a characteristic
contempt for the law—refuses to appoint
Democratic Constables to be Policemen,
who have proven themselves, through
years of service, to be the most efficient
officers in the force.
We believe their action to have been
as surely illegal as it was vile. The Or
dinance reads as follows:
Sncoos 2. The Police of the City of Lan
caster shall consist of thirteen members, to
be appointed by the Mayor With the Coll
eurrence of Select Council ; the said thir
teen members to consist of the nine %Vard
Constables, anti of four Watchmen selected
from among the citizens or the whole city:
Provided, That if the Select Council .shall
refuse to concur in the appointment of any
of the Ward Constables as aforesaid, or to
case any of them shad be removed by the
Mayor with the concurrence of the Select
Council, the Mayor shall proceed to till ad
vacancies by the appointment. M Watch
men.
It will be perceived that the ordinance
renders it obligatory on thin Alayor to
nominate to Councils the elected consta
bles, but there k nothing in it which
requires him to stultify himself as he did,
by removing the policemen who were
re-elected constables, and in the same
breath recommending them for re-
appointment. or acs, Select Coon
cil required to place itsell in the ludicrous
position of approving for good reason the
dismissal of officers lehose reappoint
ment it endorsed but a few minutes
afterwards; for all the Republican police
men who were dismissed in company
with their Democratic brethren, hail
their reappointment confirmed. To be
cure it is not difficult to believe that
Select, Councilmen like those we are
now blessed with, would lw guilly of
such childish vacillation as this; but
how very weak it shows them 1,, is'
There is another horn of ;he W10111111:1
which they in company with the Mayor
may take, if they prefer to be written
down knaves rather than fools; and
that is that they Lad arranged that the
Mayor should go through the apparent
ly absurd formula of removing and re
nominating the constables for the ex
press purpose of giving the : 4 0leet Coun
cil an opportunity id . ejecting the Dem
ocratic portion of them, as they could
nut in ally other way begotten rid or, the
people haVillg re elected them. 'lids
probably is the true secret of the singu
lar conduct of the Mayor awl Council
men ; it was a plan eminently worthy of
this " young. and vigorous" :Mini ni,tra
tion—" young " in intellect and " vigor
ous" in wickedness.
E.Numsit papers are noted for their
ignorance of allitirs in this country.
following, from a Liverpool paper of the
13th, is a fair specimen of the Ameri
can news publ cited in Europe :
The elections in the United States yes
terday passed off quietly. The ileum,
voted. Tho returns aremeagre, A storm
has Injured the lines. The Republicans
in Pennsylvania have elected hi and the
Democrats 80 members of Congress, this
being a !democratic gain of three.
1531315:1=131E1
Ex-Mnsor (I.lhoon.
=rl'.=l29
Rico MONO, Vat.. act. the City
Court this morning, ex-Mayor i feorge Ca
hoon, was convicted Of uttering a forgery,
and his punishment assessed at four yoars
in the Suite Prison. The case Was One in
which the prisoner, with others had by a
forged note defrauded the State of ,7,000,
the value of an escheated estate. Cahoon
was appointed to the position of Mayor by
feneral Schofield three years ago and was
a candidate for the same position at the last
municipal election. The prisoner's counsel
will ask for a new trial.
Killed By Chinamen
on yesterday, about noon, Edward Cahill
who was engaged in milling about a half
mile above the old Illinois quartz mill, and
some six or seven miles from Idaho City,
had some trouble with a company of
Chinese in regard to water and was killed
by them. We understand that there were
three of the Chinamen together and that
Mr. Cahill was alone. A teamster, or
miner, who was camped a little distance
from the place where the difficulty occur
red, heard several shots tired, and on re
pairing to the spot found Cahill lying on
the ground dead, having been shot through
the neck. We have learned no further
particulars in regard to the matter, but
hear it stated that the Chinamen who com
mitted the murder are the same ones who
attacked and came near killing Mr. Donald
Grant last year.
Since going to press we learn that two
Chinamen have been arrested for the deed
and lodged in fall.—ldaho World, Oct. 20.
OCT=
Rev. A. G. Morrison, senior pastor of
the Coatesville Presbyterian Church,
died stills residence in that place, on
Thursday afternoon, in the 72nd year
;of his age.
When one lover of billiards Bald to an
other, "I'm Dion for you, Deery!"' the
cue was naturally taken, and led to a
match which is now being solemnized
in San Francisco.
At the dedication of the Methodist
church in Girard, the other day, $15,190
were subscribed to pay off the debt of
the church. Dan Rice put his name
down for $l,OOO.
Ninety thousand tons of anthracite
coal were sold in New York on Wed
nesday last, at a decline of twenty-five
to fifty per cent, compared with last
month's prices.
A meeting of the Committee appoint
ed at the Minority Convention held in
Reading in August last, has been called
by the Chairman, E. J. More, Esq., of
Allentown, for Thursday next, at the
Girard House, Philadelphia.
Mr. Benjamin Hannan, the veteran
senior editor of the Miner's Journal,
Pottsville, proposes togive one hundred
dollars and a piece of ground at Green
wood, fronting Coal street, for the erec
tion of a monument to the gallant sol
diers of Pottsville, who fell during the
rebellion.
Capt. John Gehring, of Reading, who
recently visited Germany, has been ar
rested by the government and held for
military service. At the time he emi
grated from Germany Capt. Gehring
still owed three months' military service
to the government of Wurtem berg, hav
ng served in the army three years.
Here is a Western Democratic conun
drum which none of the Radical orators
have as yet undertaken to answer:—
" Why do the national banks have the
privilege of issuing their notes as money,
said motes costing the people nearly or
quite $20,000,000 a year, when legal ten
der notes could have been issued for
othing'?"
A German named Saurwein destroyed
Iris life at Pittsburgh a few days since.
I Le had become insane through the loss
of3oo, which he hail on deposit at the
house of Philip R. Mertz at the time of
the suicide of the latter some time since
in the same city, and often threatened
to follow Mertz into the "other world,"
and compel him to make restitution.
A pumping, engine now in the course
of erection at the Zinc Mines at Fried
ensville, in Monroe county, is calculated
to draw 10,000 gallons of water per min
ute front a depth of 31)0 feet, with, power
to increase thesame to I 7,000 per minute.
It will wort with four thirty inch
plunger-pumps abreast of each other,
awl lifting pumps underneath, each
three and one-half inches in diameter.
On Wednesday evening, about 7
o'clock, Erastus Mead, boss can vas-man
of Forepaugh's Circus, now exhibiting
at Fifteenth and Wallace streets, Phil
adelphia, WM shot at Seventeenth and
\Vallace and seriously, if not fatally in
jured, by Theodore Maur, who has
charge of the animals of the saute exhi
bition. Maur was arrested. He says he
shot Mead in self-defence. Mead was
slut in the back, near the kidneys, and
is not expected to recover.
A New Jersey paper with charming
candor and naivete, tells how cham
range is manic front cider. A barrel of
cider, costing say will yield ID) bot
tles of champagne, which, at say i per
bottle, will sell for by the addition
of a little Rhine wine, alcohol, sugar
and carbonic acid gas. And now, it says,
cider has its imitators in turn. The
bogus eider makers buy dried apples
and soak them. The water is mixed
with alcohol, simple syrup and carbonic
acid, bottled and sold for cider.
A singular case of insanity has occur
red at Lawrence, Mass. Mr. C.'l'. Cham
berlain, a highly respectable nian ex
perienced an irresistible desire to kill
Iris children, and every morning he was
accustomed to count them to make sure
that he had not dispatched one or more
of them during the night. But Mr
Chamberlain was sane enough to know
that he ought to be restrained of his
liberty; and accordingly, at his own
request, he has been conducted to the
Worcester Asylum.
The editor of the Willimantic Journal
has received the following epistle for
advocating town assistance to the Air
line Railroad: " WINDHAM, Conn.,
Sept. I i, Is7o.—Eruvron : I want my pa
per stopped i can't stand it to have you
telling lite how to spent my money nor
I won't. When you told Pokes to vote
YES you over stepped your orthority.
' As a publick journalist i hold you no
rite to advercate what you do. Napolin
I you say is a grate man and I say he
ain't, and your pinion ain't no better an
mine. Railroads is a humbug. Taxes
is a burden and yore a foie. Stop nil
papers ; I'll never pay a wither scent.
Yours etc."
69--Pulling. In love
- Fall tint In Inn.,, dor, girls Is•svar.
u • tn•ser null in Inv..;
Ili leer k110%,y
M=MMOMI
•' You know where .• - -These words are
very significant, and constitute the uginer
etz-nr,jif the sentiment of the lines above
quoted ; and yet, how many have ' hum'd`
them over, without thinking what that ul
timatum is? How many more may have
supposed they were merely played there to
till out the measure of the line? It is not
Our purpose to dig down to the lower Ntrat
sin of the philosophy involved in those
lines, for this would take us entirely be
yond the mental range of these papers;
suffice it to say, that there is an ancient
mythological tradition, that those who died
"old inaids," score doomed to "lead apes''
for sun indefinite period, throughout the
" Regions of Pluto." If that ordeal, or al
ternative is better than falling in love, it is
quite time that the "dear girls" should
know it. It is all "awful" thing for
girls to think of, and we need not be
surprised at so many of them assuming
the garb and functions of Men, In order to
deceive old father Pluto, seeing that they
cannot help "falling in love," May there
not, hots - ever, be a spirit pervading those
lines which the words themselves do not
convey; and that they contain an admoni
tion against falling into tool instead of/ore,'
In tho former case they might be doomed
to lead apes without descending to the re
gions er Nut.; wink; the latter might in
sure them a blissful life here, :uel one of
beatitude hereafter. M uch of the domestic
misery of this world is doubtless owing to
the connubial relations of the sexes being
founded upon false sentiments—upon
"pa ss in" instead of atreeti,n—up o n l u st
instead of love; and against such contin
gencies there cannot he too serious a warn
ing, Troit-.c ‘ yliii of being doomed to
"teal ,iisis"'in the nether regions; seeing
fl a g w ith, li f tQii r 0- the sun would not
shine, the 'resin would relase to give
her light, rind all things in nature
would aye Cold, cheerless and chill.—
But, there is another thought whieli the
spirit of our text suggests. Wn are a
admonished not to - foil in love." _A foil
to descend to a lower plane than the
one INI•00 • Itpiud beforeour fall,which seems
to imply Hint there may be a higher plane
that we Call rise to, than the one we previ
ously rieCUpied, and that we are not warned
against rising Lu that higher plane. Thera
fore, a fall in love, may mean an immer
sion in lust, especially when we reflect that
people are sometimes said to fall in love
"over head arid ears;" and that our true
position nay be implied from the very fact
that we have fallen into it. We are the more
impressed with this Men l'rorn the very fart
that there is a higher and rt lower degree In
man's very nature; a highcr and a lower
plane in his affections; a higher love and a
lower love in the category of his emotions;
and that although a fall into these lower
conditions may involve him in disaster, yet
a rising into the higher ones may be legiti
mate, and is not the contingency that our
text warns him against, because, without
lore there could not posssibly be any active
energy on earth, and all things would re
solve thenselves into a dark and shapeless
chaos. It is not therefore lore, abstractly
considered, that the warning is against,
but the yurdity of the love entertain
ed. When we speak of man, we
mean " man male and female," but
especially female, because our subject re
' tales to " dear girls" especially. When we
see a pure and virtuous woman united to
an inipure and sensual man, we cannot but
think she has fallen in love, and that she
is condemned to " lead apes" already. The
author of our text no doubt seen this, and
meant this. So also, when we see a pious
and intellectual woman socially cohabiting
with a profane and illiterate man, we can
not help thinking she is in danger of fall
ing in love. Because, such elements can
not be congenial, and without congeniality
there cannot be a unity—at least not a true
and lasting 'Unity. Therefore "dear girls,"
unless you elevate your thoughts and af
fections to this higher plane of action, it may
be better to "lead apes—you know where
—than ever to fall in love."
ELECTION BETUBNEL
West Vitlrina
Democratic Majority 4,000
WnsEt.mo, Oct.3l.—Twenty counties of
the lifty-three have been heard from, which
give John J. Jacob, the Democratic candi
date for Governor, a majority of 5,146 over
Stevenson, Republican. If the remaining
counties show similar Democratic gains,
Jacob's majority will not fall short of 4,001).
Both branches of the Legislature are cer
tainly Democratic, thus securing a Demo
crat in place of Willey in the United States
Senate.
- - - • --.
In the First Congressional district John
J. Davis, Democrat, has about 1,500 major
ity over Nathan God; Republican. Isaac
11. Duval, Republican, the present member
had 840 majority in 1808.
In the Second district the contest is close
between C. P. Downey, Democrat, and J.
C. M'Grew, Republican the present mem
ber, with the chances in favor of Downey.
'rhe Republican majority in 1508 was 2,031.
In the Third District Frank Hereford,
Democrat, has about 1500 majority over
John S. Witcher, Republican, the present
member, who was elected in 1806 by 1,410)
majority.
The returns show large Democratic gains
in every county with the exception of
Lewis.
The following is the State ticket elected :
Governor, John J. Jacob; Judge or Ap
peals, C. I'. T. Moore; Auditor, E. A. Ben
net; Secretary of State, John M. Phelps;
Treasurer, J. S. Burdett ; Attorney Gener
al, Joseph Spriggs.
In MS the vote for Governor was as fol
lows: Stevenson, Republican, 211,93. - .; Cam
den, Democrat, Republican ma
jority, 4,717. . • ,
, •
Cf,untie,. liaie.l. C.eunt le.
Hancock :-.0 Gilmore
Ohio :: , 1::. Berkeley
. .
li.larsliall 42 Barbour 47U
Wetzel 220 Marion 703
'ryler :101 Jefferson 150
Wood 207 Mineral •el
Wirt 150 Nlason 4:01
Ritehie 12511'utnatil 20i
•
Dodd ridge 4O t I: an AWII3 13 , 1
II arrison 171' Monroe
I' 44.-,
Le wig , 2.5 i • Reim 1,1 wan gain.
Vote for Congrewi, Official
E..•p. 1,1111. Itt . P. 1).1.1.
11. C. ( ivodin2. NI I.ola,•1:. Vk..11(•11. Nll,l.it - li.
1",,%7 IT. •77 1G.,i1 Is.ll ,
Nlajorily I.r Siblarl,, _ . 2."d.; tl4. in 1 , 6 . .;, 1,4,-,
. . .
Carr. Kerr. Uresltltt, Kerr.
11.117 11;,11. - 0 1.2, t; : 1 , .77:1
MttJtattle tor 17 , •rr, 5.1ti3; I. In 1,.... it.1::;1.
Tittrt/ /h,rest.
Itriteltartl. Iltitatan. Lai:ili. lid
iti
Majority for litiliniin. 2 421: do in 1 , 6:, Tti.
ittAirth itt,tritti.
'
l',,burn. Cut t•rll. 0,1,11 - 11. Ivy
I 11,707 I'x,:l'; I I
m a p,rity
Path
Dunn. V00.r11e,.. V cur /11 . 1 • A
17,26 ,
NIAJ orrity 1111 . Vonrlll,,, 111/ in Pill . ;,
S,rt/t
I:tils ,, ll. 1,111.
I 16,117 rod,'
Mnjority lilt Nians,m, Irth.
,
, .
l'yn,.. 1,1i;1cr....m. Pratt. 1t...,
1".,111 111,119 17;211 11.'11.1
. . , \ , l2LN , r . lly 1., Tyner, 1,9,1; 11.1 1. , 1 . rt . :o 1 ill 1%,
!%I.Jorily I.)rSh:ttlks, 391; to Ib4i , , 011
,oth
• •
William , . -
1 la , cal. W1111:111,. Elll , Oll.
11.1'W 11,112. 1 ,, •",•,1 I I :2:1•••
EIII•mn rovvivo , l '279, %Oil's, \\' lit IaIIIN ~,,I.
i• 55,
T , .)11r Pistrwt.
l'acli.nr.l. Anthony. l'acl.r.l. 1 , ,r;‘,141.
I 1,1".9 1•;,0"):: ir, I , I 1. ,,
I\l,lj..rlty 1..5 l'aelc,, , l, 1,1.7; 0. , 111 I , N, 1,...1.
Democratie Victory In Onholah Terri
tory--vongrensional Delegate Elect
curcmio, oct. special from Yank
ton says, returns from two precincts of Red
!Deer, render the election iif Armstrong,
Democratic Delegate to Congress certain,
by about Fin majority. Two Reptililican
candidates were run—Burleigh and Spick
Ild the vote was nearly eilually divided
between them. ISu neigh ininounce, his
intention to contest.
(Mks.' ELAN ii, Republican
official majority for Secretary of State, i.
16,964. rest 01 the ticket iIEIS about the
same majority. The prohibition tick et ro
eel veil about 2,00(1 votes.
Dp:s lours, Oct. returns
(runt Se counties, and from le unofficial,
give the Itepublican inajerity in this state
at 40,121. The le counties nut repelled are
all ltepuldican.
The Census for Western Pennsylvania.
The following is the official census re
turns for Western Pennsylvania, With ono
township in Bradford county yet to hear
from. Carneron is a nese county formed
out of Potter and McKean :
1070. 1960.
Allegheny 2112,402 170,011
A rmstrnng 43,:05 37,709
Beaver :16,132 19,110
Butler 36,101 :::,394
81air:13.051 27,029
..
Bradli.rd 31,10 U 40,731
Itediiird 20,1136 26,736
Cameron 4,273
Clearfield2 s ,7 7o 1ii.,711
Cambria 36,572 29,155
Clinton - 23,213 67,723
Columbia: 25,765 25,065
Crawford 6.1,.017 40,755
Centre 34,394 27,11011
Clarion 26,542 24,900
Elk 0,315 5,915
Erie . 115,977 49,132
Fulton 9,361 9,131
Forest 4,1.03 060
Fayette 43,201 39,1019
ifreene 25,093 21,313
Huntingdon :11,252 20,100
Indians 36,72;1 33,1107
.leflerson 21,661 10,270
Juniata . 17,491 16,906
Lawrence27,29o Z.2.,999
Lucerne 101,971 90,214
Lyerninnir 47,630 37,399
1 McKean :.,,:,_a; 0,599
1 AI ereer 49,951 311,551 i
I Milffill 17,5119 1)1,310
'
Montour 15,331 1,1,053
Northumberland..., 41,4111 30,9.22
Potter 11,410 11,170
Snyder 1:,6116 15 • 035
.._._
Somerset
Sullivan ...... ...
Susquehanna ..
Tioga
Vffilin ......... .....
V enaln-V ,
Warren
Washington....
'Westmoreland
; Wyoming
Population or PI, I 1111 l el pl. In
The following Ihzures show the popula
tion l'hiladelphia :is returned hy Mar
shal (;regorY:
Wank.
Ist 4-1,197
19,522
:;c1 17th t'h,7l3
4th 19,673 j 15th 71,9.i.',
. - ,th 1:,:,3I Pull 4:',,90. - ,
,ith 12,197 711th . - .1,:•.!1
7th :111,3 , .;7 In s t 11,:,,,i
Sul :(1,:t66 22d,71r.2.
9th 17,-101'23,1 '2 ,, ,44 ,
loth .4,0...:7 :2.lth 57,799
I Ith 1:01'2. 2. - ah 15,:)69
17th 14.311) . Jith 17,47
17th :211,17.4 '.71.11 1:•,57:1
14th ':.:,1 1 3 1!-111 111,1:11
The in'l'rase ill 11011111a1.11 , 11)1:.11(11. been iii
proportion to the ne,,v have
been erected, and a propositiou to havoan
other enumeration taken by thr city au
thorities, has I/1,11
The rollewing li4ur,, skew the poled:,
lion of the city sine , 11.11, and the iwerease
during each doeade of tell year.:
Year. repulatien.
ns.l
77 , 21,677 17,177
77e
',UK/ 711;1,7 - ,7117
sit) 1:511111/
Sl.ll
tilt . 2.50.11:47 tr 1,71:!
"CO .1110,711 . 2
8641 1:4,71i7
470 1177,1711
Popo In lion of II arrinbu r 1;
Below will be found the poirtilathoi
the city 144 reported by Mar,lntl tir. , gory
l'irut, Second, Third and Ninth
NVards
I.',,tirth,Fiftli,Sixth,Seventhaint
Eighth NVitr.h. , 13,907
Is7o. 1004 1050.
1 fart cii rd 109,159 59,042 59,967
Newhaven 121,: cc.! !r7,345 05,55 S
Nee London... 66,600 61,731 51,531
Fairfield 95,370 77,47 6 : 511 , 775
Litchfield 48,75:2 47,514 45,253
Windburn 35,535 34,747 31,001
M iddlesex 36,117 30,559 27,216
Tolland 22,015 21,5011 20,091
Total 537,998 461,147
Increase in the State since 1860.......
Increase since 1850
Per centage of growth, 18130 to 1870.
Per centage of growth, 1870 to ISW.
The population of San Francisco is 150,-
361, of which 1'2,017 are Chinese. The prop
erty valuation is over ;,'A'260,000,00n, an in
crease of 600 per cent.
DES MOINES, Oct. 26.—The complete
census returns of this State show the total
population to he 1,182,033, a gain since 1860
of 567,065.
The official census returns for Michigan,
show the total population of the State to be
1,191,461. Increase since 1860, 442,645.
BrLtm-171aw
I.ltllaun
UREMIA
MON=
E,,/t/ t rt rwt.
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31,011
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Michigan
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
--.--
eArITFLATION OF METZ.
Klng William to Queen Augusta
Surrender of 170,000 Soldiers.
Why ilusalue Surrendered
CSoollltetiow Stories.
Eum x, Oct. M.—The fortress and
garrison of Metz, capitulated to the Prus
sian forces this morning. The greatest ex
citement prevails, and the particulars of
the surrender are anxiously awaited.
Queen Augusta, who is at present at the
royal chateau at llatnburg, has received the
following telegram front King William,
announcing the capitulation of the fortress
and garrison of Mote, and which has been
retelegraphed to this city to be officially
bulletined:
VEILSAILLES, art. '27—Morning.—Queen
Auytuda, Hamburg: Marshal Bazaine,
commanding the French garrison at Metz,
capitulated this morning. His army con
sists of one hunderd and fifty thousand
soldiers, including twenty thousand sick,
and are prisoners in our hands. The unity
under Marshal Bezaine and the regular
garrison lay down their arms this afternoon.
This is One el the most important events
that has occurred to our arms during the
present month. l.et ns return thanks to a
merciful Providence, who has so gracious
ly accorded us such victories.
liii.NooN, (let. :27.—lSpecial to the New
York Irorld.i---A correspondent at INtend
telegraphs as follows:
A statement has been received from Mars
la If aut., to the effect that upon receiving
a formal declaration signed by Eugenie,
that she was unwilling to sign a treaty
nukin cession of any French territory,
or to ti e a party to any scheme involving
a probable outbreak of a civil war in
France, Ihizaine exclaimed that he would
take all necessary responsibility himself.
This wets 1.1 Wedlles, .y night, mid he im
mediately sent a Parliament:tire through
'his lines tc Prince Frederick Charles, at
Pon too Mousson.
. .
The Prince calm. up during the night to
the Chateau de Freseoti, where, this morn
ing early, the stipulations were signed for
the surrender of the army Or 1{:17.111n0 and
the fortress of Met,.
The report adds that t leiteral de I
iers, commandant iii3letz, entered a Writ
ten protest against the surrender, declaring
that he was abundantly able to protract the
the ilefenee unto the winter, that the recent
defeats of the ilerinan , bnd made it practi
cally impossible for them to imperil the
posses sion of the plaeo, and that provisions
ivi•re in both tor the unit)• and
the population. Sun, lietiilier 1:i, the peo
ple hail received daily rations of -inn gram
1110'4 of bread for adults: zoo grammes
children, and 100 for infants.
The tistriiil correspondent cats that the
total loss of the :truly .ir l'rince Frederick
Charles, Iron. the beg - inning:4i! the seige iv
estimated at -1. - i,noo men by battle and dis
ease.
The army of Frederick Charles okivisted
nn i/otlr. of the Ist, I, ad, 7th, Eh, data
loth Army I:orps, with two divisions
huldwelir attached to the 9th Army
Corps, making a total of Ilie,uou nm, ar
tillery and cavalry included.
'rhe surrender of Itavaine, is k stated, has
been Made 11p011 the full understanding
with the l'russian government that the oe•
enpation of Metz and Strasburg shall Jai ac
cepted its an adequate basis withdraw
ing the ilernian armies from France, and
concluding a 11011/,.. The Itcpublicans here
loudly declare ll.waine a traitor, and that
he concerted his action with Prince Napo
leon, Eugenie, and King William, and that
the government itt I'aris will repudiate any
team prepared or signed by him.
In spite of the rumors about the surren
filer the French loan hits advanced
in price all day. Laurier is arranging for
the expenditure of a largo amount 4.1 the
loan in the 'purchase of arms at Itirming-
I ham.
Russell. the war correspondent of the
London writes that it is the general
opinion in military circles that thewar will
I, likely to continue utter the capitulation
of Metz, or even Paris, because there Will
I) no government able to make pI'IWO and
secure obedicucu to order. 'rho French
hatred for the i iernians is becoming a
mania, while the contempt of the Oerinans
for the French is a fixed principle.
otlicery of the Pro,sian army say
"We may be compelled to occupy all
the French towns', one after another, and
settle down in Prance perhaps for ono or
two years, before tranquility can be re
stored." As a sententious minister ree.ellt
ly remarked. " The old quarrel is settled
:It lash The Latin race 11:44 spoken il_s
word in Europe. Its dominance is gone
now and forever...
In the east, the Prussian army has been
suddenly and decisively stopped. 'Moir
marell upon Lyons has been checked by
the victories MUM French tinder I laribahli.
The latter, ever HMCO lie took command,
lias acted vigorously, taken many prison
ers and carman, and tus•outplished the ob
ject Ilir which he set forth. The weather
continues unfavorable fur military move
ments. For several days the rain has fallen
steadily, and most of the time high winds
have prevailed. This has been especially
the ease in the north of France. The Prus
sians in Normandy and in the Vosges Lind
it extremely difficult to move their artillery.
1.1151,,N, U.•t. //God,/correspond
ent telegraphs from Saarbruck, on October
s A.
I have hastened to this point through a
terrible storm, which swept down trees
amp telegraph posts, and swelled and over
flowed rivers, 'fine surrender of liagailie
took nobody by surprise; it was certain
ever slim) the departure of Boyer. For
several preceding days the French picket_s
were driven in anal Ming entirely ceased.
Thu Germans advanced close to the French
lines and talked in a friendly 1111111110 r with
the enemy, and occa..sionally giving the
poor emaciated fellows a portion of their
ralietlS. A week ago it was understood
that the food in the fortress was so nearly
exhausted that the men were put on the
shortest possible rations. This, added to
unfavorable weather, and the rapid in
crease of sickness, rendered the :wily des
perah
A large delegation of men went. Lo Ha
zaine. They Were riot insubordinate, but
desired to be led out to assault en
stating that they preferred to die on the
field rather WWI by starvation. Ilazaine
sp,,l:e L., them kindly and alieetionately,
tledared lie was ready to die with them
anywhere. Ile represented the hopelesA
ness of doing anything in their present
weakened emidition, being almost destitute
nt har=e', rut thrmlizil the lines.
Ile stated that terms or an honorable ea
pitulation were being considered, and he
hoped 5114,11 to relieve his brave wen 14 - 0111
this terrible situation. This quieted them,
but the rules were se relaxed that several
hetlie, went over to the! terumn lines with
nut oppesitinn. They did not mean to be
but 101111 to save th VIIISeRT4
ing to subsist a few clays loner. On
Tur,ilay it hecarno known that the capitu
lation wa, about to take place. After the
I reliminary niessageA, ileneral Uhangar
nier, on the part of Marshal Itazaine,
:mil Von Stiele, (in the part
if Prince Frederiek Charles, met to ar-
range thin terinii surrender, which had
been agreed on by king William.—
Almost sinitiltailemedy, preparations were
made for :in immediate mare!), by a large
portion of the investing army, and fur
sending supplies to the capitulating forces.
This was necessary to prevent the horrors
of actual starvation. As soon as the terms
were finally signed, at the Prime's head
quarters, there was a great rush of
appli
cants for permission to enter Metz, but all
Were positively refused. I had nil oppor
tunity, however, of entering Itazaine's line
and conversing, freely with many or the of
ficers and men. me thing I marked Si its
a vermin general feeling, against the present
provisional government, and many Wore
sincere atr.alilst the Emperor, but equally no
against his suciiessors. Some romplaint
was made that. Nl.trishal Ihtzaine did not
mass his Well at an early stage of the siege,
and era hie way nut at any cost. But the
NI ar.dial is generally very popular with his
army.
I gather fours)like , terrible accounts of
sufferings experioneed by the army, garri
son and people, and especially the latter,
during. the investment of the city, For
many days, only Mur minces of bread were
served to each Man, toil even this orally
thousands tailed LO get. Horse Ilesh, in
stnall quantities,
.was distributed, and this
was their silo Mod. It is believed that
the sickly '
ac emiated ,ondition or horses,
rea,iol,l inorh sickness among the
troops.
(Me informant, who had been In town
the day ha-lore, deekroll trim worsen and
children were dying in fearful numbers,
for retrial Want of nourishment..
A. special correspondent at Metz., Isle
gr.Lidis to-day, as follows:
" r telegram of the with left the tiapitm•
lath.. unfinished. (fit the evening before,
the keener chief of stall . had left Frascati.,
very much ilimion.ged, scarcely hoping
for any agreement, as the French appeared
intractable and obstinate. Nevertheless, I
knew, from private sources, that Mete
could flirt hold nut, and accordingly told you
to expect capitulation surely at noon."
" Ilaxaine sent Prince Frederick Charles
an autograph letter, asking for another con
ference, Wei accordingly the Germans sent
General Stickle, chief of staff of second
arms', and Count Wartens lichen, chief of
staff of the first army to Frascate once
more. The interview lasted three hours,
in the afternoon. It Wag stormy at first on
the part of the From', Ciimmissioners, but
resulted in their conversion to the main
points of the (formai' terms. The first dif-
Madly was concerning the officers keeping
their side arms, on which Bazaino
This point was finally referred to the King,
and emended by him in a despatch receiv
ed at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 'th.
By agreement, the conference was ro-
suMed early the saute morning and lasted
till S o'clock in the evening, when the cap
itulation was signed for the absolute ren-
dition of Metz and all its fortifications ar
maments, stores and ammunitions, and for
the surrender, on Sedan conditions, of all
the garrison and ail of Bazaine's army,
comprising three Marshals of France, 66
Generals, 6,000 Oftleers and 173,000 troops.
" The Germans are astounded ut this
result. An army and fortress capitulating
to an investing army larger than Itself by
only a small fraction. When rendition be
came known the people wore furious. 'the
National Guard refused to lay down their
arms, and, on the afternoon of the 28th, a
dragoon Captain appeared at the head of a
body of troops, who swore they would
sooner die than yield. Albert ('allignon,
editor of the ultra democratic seigo daily,
the Journal de Metz, rode about on a white
hotao, tiring a pistol and' exhorting them
to sally forth and seek victory or death
to escape impending shame.
" Ho was followed by a lady singing the
Nfarsailles, which produced terrible ex
citement. The doors of the cathedral were
burst open, and the tocsin and death boll
rung nearly all night, when Gen. Catlin
lora appeared to pacify them. Three pistol
shots wore received by him. Finally, by
the aid of two lino regiments, he quietly
dispersed the mob. lint all night sounds
of grief, indignation and terror continued.
" Respectable women ran about the
streets, tearing their hair, and flinging
their bonnets and laces under their feet,
seeking their friends, and asking what will
become of our children.
"Soldiers, drunk and sober, tumbled
hither and thither, in irregular groups,
with their caps otT, and theirsabres broken,
sobbing and weeping like children, and
crying 'there is no longer a France.'
• A prociaination placarded about the
streets attracted crowds of readers, and
createdgreat excitement. Groups of peo
ple are discussing it. The treachery of lia
zine is denounced, and bitter imprecations
are uttered against the Bonapartist,.
An envoy from Itazaino, who daft Metz
last Sunday, arrived here ti-clay. Ile ex
presses the utmost astonishment at Um ca
pitulation, but says provisions were short,
and Ito salt. WWI to ho had.
„ At 4 o' vl4 wk yesterday afternoon It,
zaine passed through Ars on his way to
Wilhelmshohou in It closed carriage, mark
ed with his mono, and escorted by several
Whiners 111 his stall' on burst' bark. The WO-
In ell of the villa g e had heard of his coining
and awaiting hint, they saluted him with
exclamations of 'l'radre. Imltn.,
faineant, ',deur, brigand. Where ;ire one
husbands, whom you have betrayed? i;ive
us back our chil Iron, whom you have sold r
They attacked the carriage and Lill' win
dows, awl would have lynched the Marsha,
bat for the intervention of Prussian gen.-
tP arms.”
Torur, I i•t. 30.—:\ profound
was ',roil ured hero by the news 01 lilt -
zaitle • s capitulation, :\ Majority deem it a
political move, and express intense
nation. The army M . the Loire, which hail
been largely inerea.sed, was ready to attack
the Prussian torees, and much ,vastiX peel
ed from it toward the deliverance of Part..
The surrender of Metz, cheeks its eihirts.
The loilmving in-nelainaiiim WILY iYSIII.II
this morning: by tile French Itepublie
•' Frenchmen, raise your spirits 11111 rev
olutlon to IL fearful bright of the :tang,
1v1111:11 has broken upon the country. It
still iiiitiiilllls till Ins tii 111011 111 It 1104 11 uusliu
tune. and ...how 11111 wield hots' great a peo
ple way be : who are restilved not to perish,
anti whoSo courage increases in the
of ealanilty. has cupuulated. A
general upon whion France counted, even
:trier Mexico, has just taken away,
inns the ii,lontry ill its danger,
wore than 100,000 of its brave ituil devsied
defeders.
Marshal 11,1zailiti has betrayed IS. Ili
has 1113:111 himself tine agent of the 1111111 of
Sedan, and the ace: n. 1,111.1: or the Invader ;
,k4l, regardless of 11111 holler the artily, nt
which hu bud charge, In, has surrendered,
without even nuking a last el fort, 12.0,0011
fighting men, i . 11,114111
Ntrongi,4 eitadel tI
Nletz, virgin, bill fir 111111, to the
eontaniiimtion or 11111 forelgill•r. it
CM.. Is 0.111,00 V,, the punishmentliJus
licr.
the
! depths :4 the abyss into which die 1.1111111
has iiresipliated pin. For 2:1 years Fr:ill:10
sl, btu illyd to this corrupting power, 11 hi: 11
extingulslicil 111 tier the springs of great.-
, no.s and ail
" Tho army of Prance, stripped of its
ua
linnrtl eharact,, became, wil hunt lun•tsil
it, an inntrmtu•ut of tyranny and of hors !-
Ludo, and It ,Villl,,Weti 11r, in splint of tin,
ohlien, by the treason of their rlis to
the tliNa,ba . s the cminilly. In Ir.w (hint
tic„ turn basin !wen dt iny
ered over to the rnruty—sini+lrr sequel to
the military coup dc "non of lueoeni her. IL
is Ulm, for us It, re usnert oun-ol yes as , 11.1-
41415, and under a its "of republic. it hid]
late within or IVILIIOIIt. Ira Seek in extivinity
Oven of our misfortune, renovation of our
and sociitl morality and manhood.
1 IONVI`Vvr tried by disaster let 111 la. 1011101
neither panic-stricken nor 111 g—
. it be seen that wa are ready
the loot saeritives, and in the 1.00 of the ell,
leS, whom everything lavers, let us N 0 ear
110VOr 10 give lip '4O long as there remains
1111 11011 01 Sllol, l il soil 11111/01 . 1.110 Millie 111 . our
1.01. 110 110111 linuly the glorious Itaii •
111 1 1 . 1/1 . the l'rench revolution. I tor course
is that cif instil.° and right. Europese...ll,
Enrols, !eels it,in 1111 111 - 0,11 1 111 1 1 1 of so many
unmerited misfortunes. Spontaneously
revolving from us neither invitation nor
encouragement, she is moved and she be
gins Lo act. No 11111,6011 is lest. Lot.
114 111, longer languish or grow weak, itiel
let us prove by our acts that we earl our
. `10.11:011 11111i111.0111 0110 110111/1 . , indepimiloneo,
integrity, and all that malios our tto wary
proud and free. Long llvu till, republic, ono
and indivisible.
111,010,
BIZ “IN,
A BET L v.
iireat
the ruporc that Met/. law fallen, and
cillitUlatiOn. The fiNt ninon, last
night wero refused but 111118. IL iv
known Lu bo LrUu IwoVie are wild
and daligertitis. Tlierti is a illy
titnent on the news. 'rho government.
loudly denounces the [truly 11-1 Lntilnra to
their] country, and openly threatens the
teillitit, With It drum-head court niiirtiAl
should they 1,11113 Unit declares
the surrender to till a plot of Llin Endure io
regain pwasesNig,n of per
salts condemn tine it,isaiiltm on the loyalty
or the truly, and believe that Llitzaine
Mught, nobly, and only yielded Lit slat
Xl:Lily openly talk of peace /Intl e,-
preen and believe that the government is
mare eager to retain power thorn 1./ StlVo
LllO ,ouncry from rorth..r horrors.
LONDUN, art. 3l.—At
:It
Versailles, in a ilespatili dated the 301 h,
states that it ittrltilli !tulle° of line ttaltalllll.-
hon or Mete liati been sent to Paris tinnier a
flag or truce.
mg of Prussia has announced his
determination to ininiediittely Isatittarti the
city nit Paris. 11e considers that the ethir
iimUS number cti ',lsom', who must in,
evitably In Stlbjeti. to all tine priVittletts
hunger , and the sulterings consequent upon
the lung siege of Metz would, under 111 ,,
cireititistanCes, be more merellully dealt
with Iry furring :111 entry liar them Into
Paris, and Ito It proper tribute or respect to
those who had fought best for France. A
large !mails, or roitroroommum ut Prils-
Al/tll troops hits reached the iuyreting lanes
to -day.
Lo3:lioN, 1)11_ 31. - A Cologne despatch
dated yesterday, says, l'russnt
North I ;erman i'ontederation have furni.h
-e.l seven hundred and forty thommtel
troops for the present war, and the Still'
or s4,,ltt, I fi.rrnany one hundred :Mil 515 -
teen thousand. of enzht
hundred ;111(1 tifty-six thonsand men,neur
leallareuuwou I , rench sod, They aro
expeetol to eomplete the conquest of
Franee in a short Nviater eattiNogn.
'r o cits h•t. :11.--An ...fespalelt re
ceived phy the M Misters to•day, front
lleaune, haled yesterday, aliiiiiiiiii . es Lila!
thu Prussians have cull pied Lin. ray ~I 1)i-
Jun. ' l • he l'rfissittns were 1::,00i strong,
and were well previded with :artillery.
l ' hey attacked the city at 9 o • rIork in the
foremen] or Sunday, and the bombard
111011t W:44 continued until nearly nightfall.
The tow] WILN not rertitied, null the com
mander of the French not being able to re
sist smith his small have Wits 1,1111/elleil
retreat.
LoNtioN, Let. Sl.—The Prussians con
tinuo the siege of Pfalsbourg languidly,
reckoning nu the starving out of the gar
rison, whose supplies are beginning Le tail.
'fumy, (let. Prelects and mili
tary commandants of a great windier
departments telegraph to the Ministers
here, expressing the utmost indignation at
the surrender of Mite., and the determine ,
thin to COIII.IIIIIO the war to the lust extrem
ity.
rho agitation here is extreme, and the
contradictory rumors which have been Cir
culating all day contribute to increase pub
lic anxiety. SWIM ioisert that peal, ha,
been signed without reference to tire 'root 2.
Government; that Ilazaitio has been acting
in accordance with instructions front Na
',oleo!), and that Gen. Ohnrtgarnicr, refire
mg to surrender, took rout mind of the
troops in ldetz, and will rut Ins way out,—
In nearly all the towns In the South and
Went, the 'National 11 muds ittid citizens
have made Imposing klellicilistratiOlin ilk
favor of the Republic.
tinaltiiitycii, October 30.•--A correspon
dent at line city stolen that previous to tire
capitula,ion of Metz, Ilazitine had buried in
the earth a cainne du l'artneu, containing
400,000,000 franc :s in gold and 100,01/0,000
francs in sllvur. The Germans received
information Its to the burial of this treasure,
and furred hint to reveal the locality.—
DrOVeS Of Sheep rover the roads approach-
Mg Metz. The National Anil/111111We So
ciety of England are kirwariling heavtiy
laden wagons of salt provisions. A large
number of American surgeons have !lova
ed to the neiglibilrhood of Motz and Saar.
bruck, and are rendering most important
service to the wounded of both nations.—
The weather in wretched.
Lox mix, Oct. 31.—Ity the express desire
Of the Eta preikil Eugenie, tine Puke de Per
signy and .Nl. Mintier, went to Chiselliti rot,
on Thursday, to the Mansion of the kix •
Empress.
It has transpired that the subject upon
which she desired to communicate with
them was the reported negotiations which
she had been advised of by General Boyer
for the capitulation of Metz, and the total
surrender of llazaine's unity. Em
press announced that. she,in - her capacity
of Regent, refused to lend tier consent to
the propositions of General Buyer, involv
ing the eapitulation of )letz upon the con
dition of signing a treaty of peace and the
aCCOaSikal of the Prince Imperial. Eugenie
positively refuses to entertain for herself
and her son any such conditions whatex or,
ur to countenance the negotiations.
MADRID, Oct. 31.—The formal approval
of the candidature of the Duke of .beta for
the Spanish crown by England, Prussia,
Italy, Austria mid Russia is officially ac
knowledged by the Spanish Government.
B ERL is, Got. M.—After the city of Paris
is taken by the Prussians it is understood
that the King of Prussia, King of Bavaria,
King of Wurtemburg and the Grand Duke
of Baden will sign a treaty for the unifica
tion of Germany.
BERLIN, Oct. lil—(Special to the Now
York Herald).—A report is current here
that an attempt was made yesterday, at
Versailles, on the Lila of King \Vilna'''.
The King was unhurt, but General Room,
who stood near, was wounded.
A matron of 11 years of age, in Maine,
is already tirdd of matrimocy and want*
a divorce.