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DEMOCRATIC STATE ,CO3V/DiT/CO4 ,
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The delegates chosen to theDemooratieState
Conventlen will assemble In ther•Ohtmber Of
the House of RepresentatlveS, b 6 Hanlatrarg.
on WEDNEEIDAI', MAY 24, 1871, ;for the par
'nose noolliatinecandlihiteis for 'Xt4ltilr
tieneral ntid .44 . 17i*0r-51137101111. Walk fijsilhe
consideration of matters relating y;•Ateo7g,A
-izatlon of the party and tilh'iOvatieement
Its prlnolilee. The banvention-will be &lied
to order at 10 o'clook.A. M. '•
By order of the State COnnuittee'.. •
W. MUTCHLER,
. . . .
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF.LANCASTEJL
in pure'' Wee of agtliotlFy gyen'the,nllilel j .
signed' by the Contify Committee, you •are
hereby requested to assemble, in the eeyeral
Wards of tho.Clty of I.ancasterand Columbia,
the Borougis.and • •Alectlon. DlstrletS of the
County, on SATURDAY,•iMAY • agrn, 187/, to
elect not more than 11 vo delegates to represent
such Ward,•Dorohgh or District In a general
County Convention, to be • held on WEDNEB.r
DAY, 'MAY '171.13;i 187.Cnt 1/ o'clock A. M..
Fulton Hell, In 'l.ln; CftY of Li:Monster, ror the
purpose of electing/11x delegates to 'represent
t be Defacer/Mr dc ibe Comity of Loneaster
the State CdnYentioriAo beheld at Ilarrlelawg
ou WEDNESDAY, MAY 21771, 1611„at
o'clock A. 111,, to nominate Candidates f.r Au
ditor and Surveyor-General. •
Each District will also nomi now. piae person
to serve as a member of. tb. County Commit-'
tee for the ensuing political year; also one
person to serve no ea Executive Committee
man, whit will net In conjunction with the
Officers; and will also elect a President
and Secretary of the District Organisation. all
of whose names should be returned to the,
CountY Convention with the Credentials of the
delegates.
The present Ward and District Committees
are also requested to give timely notice of the
hour and place of holding the delegate election
in their Ward or District. .
TSHUDY, ChM romn
J. lacOnstin.Secretarv.
The Legal• Tender Decision
History shows that Judges have not
al ways been incorruptible. When power
has wanted to find pliant tools in Courts
of J ustice It has often been able to do so.
Illustrious examples there have been of
Judges who could not be bribed or in
tinthiated, and such men have given to
the bench that dignity which has caused
It to be reverenced Wherever the Eng
lish language is spoken. But England
lad Its Jeffreys, mid the United States
now has its Bradley and Its Strong, who
have Just paid the Klee of their eleva
tion to the bench of the highest Judicial
tribunal In this country by reversing
decision in regard to legal-tenders.
Then IL was decided by the Supremo
Court that Congress did nut possess the
Power and the Constitution to pass a
law impairing contracts, and conee
quently that debts contracted prior to
the passage of the legal-tender net were
payable principal and Interest in gold
or Its equivalent, that decision was free
ly accepted and approved by the best
lawyers in the country and by the peo
ple. The only parties who manifested
idly great degree of opposition to the de
cree of the Supreme Court were certain
cal I Intel companies which had large ob
ligations outstanding that had been con
tracted prior to the war. They declined
to abide by the decision and prepared to
resist It. Being adepts In all the arts of
political Intrigue they speedily man
aged to have u law passed by Congress
adding one to the number of Judges on
the bench of the Supreme Court, and,
when J udge Oiler retired, Messrs. Brad
ley and Strong were elevated to the po
sitions they, now occupy.
No sooner were these gentlemen con
lirond than it was announced that the
decision of the Supreme Court upon
legal-tenders would be reversed. The
interested corporations knew their men,
nod had dictated their nomination.—
rant was :is ready to oblige rich corpo •
rations as wealthy private
being sure that he should find his ac
tin sodding. Judge Strong, while
he was on the Supreme Bench of Pen n
sy I van imbed not only decided In favor
of the legal-tender act in an Its phases,
hot was known to be the friend of pow
erful railroad corporations. Judge Brad
ley's opinion on the legui•tenderact was
WV I I ascertained before (3 ran t nominated
him, and it was hinted that he had long
been under the control of New Jersey
railroad companies. With Bradley and
--;irong added to the three Judges who
had dissented from the decision on the
lgal-tender question, its opponents had
majority of one in a bench which had
been purposely increased from eight to
nine.
The newspaper press of the country,
without a single important exception,
deprecated the re-open log of this legal
tender question, but the railroads were
inexorable in their demands, and rive
out of nine of the Judges of the Supreme
court were ready to yield tot their re
quirements. I hiving induced the Presi
dent, to nominate the men they selected,
tool having thus packed the bench to
suit their purposes they were not to be
deterred from their designs by any con
siderations of public policy, and much
less by C0M11101.1630f the newspaper press.
The decision required by the railroads
bas been duly rendered and the degra
dation of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States is thus made complete. It can
no longer command the respect and
confidence of the people as at present
constituted. Fortunately the decision
will have comparatively little influence
upon the commercial world, asgold and
greenbacks are nearly on a par. But
the ugly fact.,still remains that Congress
and the President combined to pack
the Supreme . Court for the express pur
posoofsecuringsuch a decision as power
corporations demanded. Ilere we
have another instance of the audacity,
the greed and the disregard for law
At 'lief; distinguishes these gigantic mon
sters. They notonly control State Leg
islatures, Congress and the President of
the United States; but they have in
vaded the chamber of the Supreme
Court of the United States, set their
'real ores on the bench, and dictated to
Bent what they should decree Co be the
law of the land. Well may the people
stand and stare in amazon - tent at such
exhibitions of power corruptly gained
and more corruptly used.
Thot decision of the Supreme Court is
deeply to be regretted for the interests
(,r our home finance, which having
been to a . considerable extent regulated
to a specie standard, will now be again
disturbed ;• it is to 'be regretted on ac
ettent of its etreetlabroad, where it will
be propeili:y regarded by • the • holders of
our railroad bondwas a direct repudla
ii,m of a part of the principal and In
t...rest thereon.; but it is to be .chiefly
regretted for the sake off the Supreme
Court itself ? , au the Ihtluenee which
will be exercised upon society by such
au exposure as • a majority of theludges
have Made of their Wealthess 144th.0.1r:
tett of lion. t"Garrielal
. • •
The able and eloquentlecturetif Hon.
S. Garfield, at Fulton Hall, on Satur,
day night, excited much interest in the'
minds of all who Imard It. TO . Many
the New North West is almost an tut
kill, \VII ' laud. • It'ls only within a few
years UWE .I . ‘4s grelitypsouoes. and wild
el iinate.hruve begun to attract attention:,
The lectures of Mr. Garfield itre,calcu
lated to enlighten, the Qublie, and to
bring to favorable
.notice the magnifi
cent region which he aweloquently.and
so graphically describes: •
SEI , LVIVIIS now In Washington be
lievetluit the extra session of are critite'
will 'Mt "contini.4 niofe ; than 'tWo or
three i4eek.B.-:,ln addifinn,to;the neW
treaty, they will, have to,consider:aliont
forty nominations which the: President
is expectelto send imoif which twenty
live or thirty will be. re-nominations--
the old ones not having been acted upon
at the last session.
GEAR y. pe r m it ted therAppOrtionment
Bill to become's law without.hie signa
ture. As he exi)eets to lielt.nandidato
for the'Presideney ; he
.did nototVish
incur odium' in Mich' . disttlehlAs'afe
satisfied 'with, lho,;Brnyttioils th,Old.l l ;
Geary
Bodied Judges In North Carolina.
One effect of disfranchising all the
educated whites of the South was the
elevation to, °fiboe . of utterly incomPe
tent persdnel'- , - SeaTeetla lawyer in the
whole South wil t s eligible, Otid the con
sequence was tittil the bisulitilr was ;Vied
by then who haitit neither the letqltw
nor the allittWit therOlsett*
of Judges. North Carolina suffered ter
ribly in this way. One Parsons was
elevated to the position of Chief Justice
of the State, who has been almost con
tinuously under the influence of liquor.
Hq Was,rppeatell, drunk on the bench
and went redinglatobhurch one Sun
day-too druniztosit.upright. When too
drunk to.attend, to.businesehe would sit
upon the, benetr; grO*l we in: a (mitteill n
way about disrespeet4thoiv'tite the ben
Sage, Jones ; resigiie& to escape:lm- ,
peachment. He luttl : Conductedhittaseg
so outrageOnAly Viliendrank
,tLa'E life
conviction. and-removal :from.OtECEI were
certain to:folio*. He 1' 64 . 1 0 64 to !iafe.
hhiself the) s entence , Which' heti%
to be deservr.4. Another, judge Watts,
hfiS been openly ii.ccirSeil of. talcingabribe'
and.l4clise is now undergeink
favestlgation, by a !Legislative Cow“
mittee, • The probabilities• are- that he
will resign to escape conviction. 'Ms
other Judge Tourgee, was' .publiely ,
kicked in the street and knocked down'
itt the cars, by Men .Of his own polit
Ica. creed, for offences, against good
manners and morals. Another, Judge ,
Henry, was too drunt tor days together :
to hear a habeas corpus ease. Another
Judge Cannon recorded two separate
judgments in the same case, one against
the plaintiff and the other against the
defendant,and both for the same arnonnt.
Besides these there are other Judge's
who are equally Infamous. Among
others Is 0. \V. Logan, of the Ninth
District, who has made a fortune out of
the office. He It is who wrote a lying
letter representing his section of the
State to he In a condition of complete
Insurrection at the time when the Am
nesty Bill was last tinder consideration
by Congress. A correspondent of the I
New York 'Vim exposes the gross false
hoods of his communication. There was
not a word of truth In it, anti it was
only gotten up for the effeet which It
had on Congress. Ills district was per
fectly peaceful ut the time. Logan was
a rebel and gave fifty dollars to !It out
the first Confederate company which
loft Rutherford mini ty. lie finds lying
easy lifter the turns he has made.
What a terrible picture Is preseuted In
this portraiture of the men who have
been put upon the bench by negro votes
in North Carolina! Is It any wonder
there is harsh feeling where such a state
of things Is not only possible but the best
that eau be expected under the. rulo of
the Republican party. Is It strange that
the white people of North Carolina
united to throw off the yoke, and to
bring the State within the fold of the
Democratic party, under which the
abuses so Justly complained of urn be
ing peaceably done away with.
lirant'n Ku-Klux Proelaniatlon.
The Ku-Klux Bill was passed at the
Instance of President Grant. Ile de
manded that the Constitution of the
United Stales should be violated in
order that supreme and dictatorial pow
ers might be conferred upon him, and
a subservient Congress hastened to do
his bidding. Ile does not intend to per
mit the powers conferred upon him to
slumber unused. He has issued a pro
clamation which we publish elsewhere.
There appears to be profound quiet in
the South, and the most Radical Repub
lican newspapers have failed to discover
any outrages sines the passage of the
law to which the proclamation refers.
It is evident that the presence of Federal
troops is not needed in any part of the
South, but Grant deems their presence
necessary for certain purposes of his
own. He relies upon a united delega
tion from the Southern States to insure
his re-nomination, and he needs troops
to prevent any interloper from running
off with delegates which he regards as
his private property. The first use he
intends to make of the Ku-Klux Bill is
to secure his re-nomination—after that
is once gained he will be ready to em
ploy bayonets to prevent a free election
and to insure a return of the Electoral
votes of the Southern States for himself.
We believe that he will succeed fully in
controlling the mongrel concern which
constitutes the Republican party of the
Seuth, but we do not believe that the
whole army will be sufficient to secure
him the Electoral vote of a single South
ern Slate, except it may be South Caro
lina, while the interference of the mili
tary in the Presidential election will in
sure the defeat of the dictatorial candi
date in a majority of the Northern
States. Grant is too stupid to compre
hend the situation. In his proclamation
he does not pretend to assert that any
present necessity for the employment of
troops exists anywhere. The document
is purely minatory. It is a threat against
the people of the South—a threat which
sounds very much like the bluster of a
village bully.
The Weathurileports
Ti is now generally conceded that
thcreare laws which regulate the storms
which sweep over the ocean and earth,
and an attempt is being made to gather
facts from all parts of this country to
which the telegraphs extends. Under
the auspices of the Signal Service Corps
reports are daily undo of the condition
of the barometer and thermometer, the
course of the wind, the character of the
weather, &e., in remote parts of the Uni
ted States. From the fac.s thus gathered
predictions are made as to what will be
the character of the weather at different
points during the succeeding twenty
four hours. This system of weather tele
graphy may be developed into a science
of metorology which will enable experts
to forecast atmospheric disturbances
with something of the same accuracy
with which astronomers foretell eellpSes.
As soon as the system Is fairly estab
lished the farmer will ceaso to put any
faith in the silly predictions which a•e
to be found In his favorite almanac, and
will take a daily paper for the purpose of
seeing what the weather prophets fore
tell. In title view of the case the re
ports which now appear are orgreatTn 7
Wrest, and the success which has at
tended the efforts to forecast the Weather
for brief periods leads to the, belief that
scientific) knowledge may Soon reduce to
a system the variable
,higns Which fore
tell the coming of storms, and the seem
ingly incomprehensible mutations of
cloud and sunshine. We will publish,
the reports made by the chief signal. ofr
fleet•; and our reader:4 . oin tell by notio
ing.them how hearly accurate the con
jectures are, and hOw-rn atilt value is to
be attached to them. •
Extra ray
A resolution was passed by the lower.
branch of our State Legislature last
week giving to memberl oftrothUee
at'ven ciollars.extra for every day after
April 'int 'l'he •cornitry , press of the
titate ie itLuAOst inrously.oppdsed' tn
this proposition, Almost every county
paper Which comp to Its denounces It.
They at! yrgue (hat ffie sum eftl l ,oo9
amply sufficient pay. It Is the country
press which Ureatease , ntiruent in the ru
ral ditricts,anil ple'n4er . s of the '1401 2 .
ture would do well to treed Its utterances.
Let'the Dergoorats' of 'the Senate unite
o defeat plop:140 I4crdase of pay;
The adoption of the House re s olution
will not help the pemocrati9 party In
theeoming ea
The. • Schceppe Case:
.:The Rouse Ridielary Committee Geir
eral
. W.igppr d, with a
,negagye, re.
cOmmenilatiod, the singular , bill which:
was , presentedquiring the Supreme , 11
Court or Pen ilWviinia to-take uplift.'
eased, -Paill - Seluieppe,rtind 'review ttie , l
law rand'rna - faafa. - - That is!tfglt: 'Theta' ,
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VO nb reatfori, .4 t WO ‘e-aff' sefklihy 'this
'Par o , o 4 ll 'ir" .'" Aii/V ) ' 1 0 1)6, :/ati-prO s
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The Registry Law Condemned.
There is no more bigotedly WO • -1
newspaper in Pennsylvania tan th
phliadelphiallveningith , :en
excwskfo4yery
• by Its uty,kipmathnw •
ti nchan4of t . •'; o•; =ac ,
:ingi the I we ,• • *. sn
posed change in th' try Law, so
far as it.relates to t , Intment of
election officers and the making of re
turns in Philadelphia. Theamendments
demanded by the Democrats are admit
ted to be fair, reasonable, and calculated
tosecure honesty and impartiality in the
conduatefelections. They are twofold
and,hivelve two .sitnphi, prepositienes
krat,:the majority and,the anlcority,of
the Board of Aldermen Shallefichnerne
iheir own rcpreseihatlV'es ris "eleetion
et, delV,,wfth eePeiviactrY Pc*eX tlif;
Court of Common Plea*. te 'goo •frOM
the liskany appointee for incompetency
or bad character. Spec:n.l;l the , Bettnii
.I'ndgeS shall meet In the COMlllPnPldrkii
Court-room an the day after the:
thin, In the:presence of atleast three of
the indgee of that eon* who shall de
cide all'Oestion's cifinW nth
Board when cailed,up(Mile
-These two propositions cover. all the
amendments to the law proposed by the
Democratic members of thel,egkilatu re,
and against these amendments the Bul
letin thinks the•Republieane•ought Repnblieane•oughtnot
to make any objection. The Tretnocfats
have justly c.omPlained:olf a law Which
gave taw appoiritment of all election of
ilcers to the Republic= majority of the
Board ofAldermen. To give such power
to a partisan body is contrary to the
usage of the State and the country, and
no better device could have been adopt
ed for encouraging election frauds.—
Each party has a right to choose its own
representatives in the boards of election
officers. To deny the exercise of such
right Is fuck evidence of an In
tention to commit frauds. Each politi
cal party ought to be allowed an oppor
tunity to watch the other, and only
when such an opportunity Is given can,
repeating and other rascalltles he pre
vented in largo cities.
The record which has been made In
Philadelphia sines the passage of the
Registry Laic, is sufficient to show the
necessity for the steno it aniendment
which is 'imposed. There have been
gross frauds committed In the count of
the voles east at elections, and scenes'
of the most disgraceful character litiVe
occurred. Tim presence of three J edges
of the Court of Common Pitats, will ho
a cheek upon Return Judges who may
be disposed to act unfairly.
The Republican monitions of the Leg-
Isliaure may by the decree of a caucus
succeed In preventing the adoption of
the proposed just and proper amend
ments to the Registry Law, but they
will only chrystalize public sentiment
against the. party by FM doing, There
are few Republicans in the State who
will not feel that the proposed amend
ments were rejected, If rejected they
shall be, for the express purpose of con
tinuing opportunities for the commis
sion of frantic at elections held In Phila
delphia. The Bulletin sees that, god It
is the consciousness of such a sentiment
in Ile own party that has dictated its ap
proval of the proposed amendments.
A Model Carpet.llaoer
In Governor Reed Florida has the
honor of presenting, to the disgust of
the world and to the admiration of the
Radical party, a model carpet-bagger.
Within two years after entering upon
office he managed, by (MIL of his won
derful zeal and activity, to increase the
debt of his adopted State from half a
million to fifteen millions ~f dollars.—
He associated with him a choice lot of
confidence men, and between them
they plundered the State effectually.
He received from Littlefield and Swep
son, two railroad lobbyists, $12,500 in
cash, forcalling the Legislature together,
and for using his lufluence to authorize
the Issuing of bonds endorsed by the
State of which Littlefield and his asso
ciates pocketed four million dollars
worth, the Governor getting a liberal
share. In every scheme of the kind,
and they have been numerous, he has
been named a chief corporator. He
was made a corporator of the Great
Southern Railroad Company, which re
ceived enormous laud grants front the
Legislature. He is a corporator of the
Jacksonville Ferry Company, which
received a grant of exclusive privileges
, six miles up and down the St. John's
river—the Ferry being on one side of
the river on Reed's land, and known as
Reed's Ferry. He was also made a cor
porator of the Jacksonville and St. AuL
gustine Railroad Company, running
from Reed's Ferry to St. Augustine, to
which the State generously granted
2.50,000 acres of land, and authorized the
endorsement of its bonds to the amount
of half a million of dollars. He has re
ceived from the contingent fund of the
State, on various pretenses over seventy
thousand dollars, but that is a mere tri
fle compared with the other wholesale
plundering in which he was engaged.
His latest and most audacious attempt
was an Mint which he made to get pos
session of the Agricultural College land
scrip granted to Florida by the act of
Congress in 186:2. For that purpose ho
went to Washington with a spurious
act of the Stale Legislature to which the
signatures had been forged. Ile was
detected in this bold piece of villainy
before he had consummated the theft,
and an attempt was mode to Impeach
him, but there was not virtue enough in
the Legislature to make the movement
a success. Ho had a narrow shave of it,
however, the resolution directing his
impeachment being defeated by barely
three majority. He has increased the
debt of Florida from less than five hun
dred thousand dollars to over fifteen
millions In less than three years, and
has burthened the people with the most
oppressive taxation. Some of the bonds
issued under his •itiuspices -are of doubt
ful legality,and brokers who them
in New York add elsewhere itrci becom
ing anxious about theca: Reed lea fair
specimen of the Yankee carpet-bagger.
Is it any wonder the white people, the
proPerty-holders of the South hate them.
The Equestrian Statue or lirant
Forney. is toadying to the man who
made him Collector in a manner that is
sufficiently abject.. He published along
editorial in reference to the equestrian
statue of Grant, which it is proposed to
erect on -the south terrace of the Treas
ury iul/ding at Washington. lite La
'dole to whieh, we refer gives a complete
history of - the art of casting bronze
stattie4;, and quotes the well-known line
in Horace which blundering 'sChoUlboys,
transiate t
Uaten a brass monu. :
iTtieltionument to Grant is to
be: erecietihy''lviduntar - yi subscript lone;
and a goodip . Ortrotr of the Mbitii ltn4 Yet
to be raised. ,We 4o'itot„httow ;
h ow,
Anneh Forney7 has: subscribed,• bUt
inakessli'VeiPetteziestappeal-todhe . truly .
loyal. 'More thdiit:y is wtroVed, and tliht
tipeedil4l„,e(lhettfliee-bo3ilers 10.Origb . ,
out tlie country, take ,nctleu . ,alict.e.w . k6
down , tvith ,the stamp's., . This. is thei
latest exhibit:lOn of the character of can
frirnisti l efttoflr
.Icepartruent -Of-Agriculture re:
cently'rnade 191 incialiy into the cclo
Lion of the farm-animals of .the Untied
States, which :allows that, fewer losaea
from disease- or expestne , have Occurred
durthetherstseason''ifian' for several
years., hlooth'
which prevailed, In wrtloos, of New
' York and New England, , haS nearly: did
appearedridduni;pnetthaerila Laetieeit
redu6ffo'a'fbarictiomi heariheA4ak
the Llddic iEftates,.afid 'el:1411 30 R le :WY :
almostluhknoWn in thellouth. 'Horses!
have:Veen dOmparatlvels! healthy.' The
condition IS' " aftilbuted 'to"
, abulac*lt fe.ed.auld l?g,ttfr,9arc, ,tlie'j
The Bad Condition of South Carolina.
.... lal corres ndent of the NOlt
Yo Tribune, wrl
,g from Columb
ISon '! Carolina, mite plain i tp
labo , 1 thiev!ndliiimAtaffairt)9ll
&a
et
i i .
l ti !evid - y ':ta -' h
pub .13, ' a dti u y
tsej": ~.. lkis so f
I t : : . l sk to
tion that e fin timpossible to ignore ,
them. After alluding to the aifficialty
which the people of the North (he evi
dently means Republicans) find in at
tempting to comprehend the situation
of affairs in tile Routh,he calls attention,
to the fact thattbe,lallanie ;glitch ibtuf
14e.4-2/M.-.1.El thf) IAgIVOIO Atrall'A 011 1 ,r, .p iiii?r; ~i,
Boutt! P4nD a tq titetpcgtiimp i hate,and
wonde'rcuit evieviltneas
ed • lki1:00 - 1•11,ViiiiiAnge:VC4 1 314 3 , the
fact that the slavetpoNyeaterday are the
masters: of IcKda34‘ , and .that the-old,
haugWii,tenni.-einss Is • reduced 'to a
doodo4l#'' . l3dlittpat
, tiliaPXeNii4coi 04
this svonderful,politiesl: revolution; ho
somstrp thel 000dftloo of' affaire as fel , J
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. -
a.fotaLef 7.29,0.4 X/ kohabltanta,Attere are.
ab0t1i1 25 . 00 9, V•gz?es 44 1 . 8 0, are ,
ignorant, anporatiScies, oitaii4strixtruntx,.
but Ile Ole Vail in•leteDigonce„iihave
their Indio& In''Attica " T'apeak. olaie
great' ass of thtfiriegroes, el' the Plantation'
" 'They are extretnelY
lemt and' will -rsake 'no• eaertloti eYond
what is 'tuseessary to obtaisiboit enough' t6'
satisfy; their - hunger. -They rarelyiouintiiit
great!critmaa,, but are given to. pestythies,
lug to a great extent. 'Toward the, white
man they are 31111,dpfilltikktlal af3Pit; pp
air of.abject an bausaton s Mit they are dis
trustful," of the - white men, tiy, whim) they
know they are hated. , Vpon these people
notonly poltlitalriglres have been Conferred,
but they have absolute political inprertnicy.
They are the governlngeMart in Smith Can:.
Mina, and a class more. totally unflt to
govern. does not exist upon the face of the
earth. There are not a dozen highly edu
cated negroes in the whole State, -and the
whole number that can read and' write is
camparatively small. Not in the least au •
perior in intelligence or virtue the ne
groes are the poor - whites—the "low-down
people,"' whose poverty, stupidity, and deg
radation is beyond the conception of any
man who has never seen them. They live
in huts; without windows and often with
out doors. They are totally Illiterate, and
have oath') slightest desire for education,
or for anything but cormbroad, bacon, and
whiskey. They hate the negroes with
a mortal hatred, looking, upon them as O
vate. TheY aro luzy,vieldui,quarrolsome,ro
vongefUl, anti capable or brutal cruelty:
The educated white trien form a third class,
comparatively small in numbers, but own
ing all the property In Ihe State, 'IN) them
the present supremacy of the negre ruco Is
it thing unnatural and altogether sbointlia.
bin. At licit they looked upon reconstrue-
Won ne a , three, and behoved that a lhnuo
oratle triumph Ig 1811 S would sweeP It Ott
away. Now it is 41, horrible reality,From
the stale ufuniazettient with which they lirst
saw the negroos (whpin they bad Always re
garded its cattle) making lawe, levying'
Nome, holding ogles, and acting as Jury
men, they passed inte oontilticit or bitter
own and , rage, of which violence and tour..
dor was the natural connequenne.
That is a terrible picture, but ono
Newel ) is not overdrawn In any particu
lar,. unless it be in, the concluding Hues
which attempt to describe the better
class of the white population of South
Carolina. There the political iinimus of
the write• meews,to overcome his Judg
ment to some extent. The educated
whites made an honest attempt to re
form the evils uuder which the State is
suffering. A Reform party was formed
a year ago, and its platform fully recog
nized the political status of the negroes,
but they were. so easily misled by artful
demagogues, and so distrustful of their
former masters that HO good resulted
front the movement,
The desperate men, who had control
of the State Legislature and of all the
einceft •of the State, were not slow in
taking pattern from devices such as
have been sanctioned by the action of
Congress. They proceeded to frame a
system by which the hal lot-boxes m igh t
be stuffed at will, and fraudulent re
turns Made without let or hiuderance.
An ele'ction law- was passed. which the
correspondent of the Tribune does not
hesitate to stigmatitie as " mast Out
rageous," and he truthfully says, "no
more ingenious measure could be con
trived to facilitate fraud in the Interest
of the dominant party, and this was
probably the object of its framers." The
use of the word "probably" seems to be
quite out of place in that connection
when We come to consider the terms of
the law.
Under its:provisions this correspond
ent tells us the Coveruor appoints three
Commissioners of Eleeffons in each
county, who' In turn appoint three man
agers for every pill, all of whom belong
to the Republican,or negro party. When
the polls close there is no immediate
counting of ballots, but one of the man
agers takes the box and the poll-list to
his house, where he is permitted to keep
thcm three days, with nothing whatever
to prevent him from putting many
ballots in the boxand as many fictitious
Dames on the poll-lists as he:pleases.
At the end of three days the managers
take the ballot-,boxes and the poll-books
to the County Commissioners, at the
county-seat, and the Commissioners
may in turn, keep them live days, dur
ing which time they can make such
further manipulations as they may see
fit. And, when the boxes are opened,
they are opened in private, with no one
presentbut the Commissioners and their
clerk. After all the necessary manipu
lations have been made, a return is at
last sent to the Board of State Canvas
sers, which return is regarded as dual
and conclusive. It isnot strange, as the
Tribune correspondent remarks, that
the " Reformers" believed they had
been cheated under such election laws.
Nor is It strange that there should'be
deep-seated animosity In the m tilde of the
educated white men of South Carolina
against a system which makes such out
ruges possible. If the State of Pennsylva
nia should, by any possible mutation of
affairs, be suddenly put in such a condi
tion as South Carolina, there would be
seen a revolt of the most sanguinary
character. Resistance to death would
be the watch-word, laid the villains who
should attempt such outrages would be
killed wherever they could be found,
without compunction of conacienes, and
without mercy—and all good citizens
would rtioice in their death.. The white
people of the whole South have exhib
lted a degree of moderation and forbear
ance under the infamies of reconstruc
tion which is really and truly wonder
ful.
Then:dive whites of the South are a
unit against the rule which 'has' been
established O r via thimn by act.g of Con
gress, and by force of Federal.baynnets.
Parties are divided , according to the
lines of dernarkatiod 'l'9'lllo ,by "race.
The Tribune correstiOndent•reCoguizes
that as the oue broad distinction in.
South Carolina, and says : •
I tiava'apokfn oft white men and negroes,"
Instead tit nal the 'names of political par
ties,- becanse practically, party 411108' are
race lines in booth. Carolina t, the white
, ;hen make.one party and: the bemx , a an
other ; the tin in her of .whitey in en whohare
joined, the latter,being too email tohe,strortil
,4Onakderieg, „There, are rcarcely a dozen
natike white:pilea Itepp
from y cither mi4ive' Wen greed rot dile°,
and with a feW - higl)fy 'hearaibte ' witeep ,
'tiOnS the 'Northern morr, 'who' have' ;lonia
iter, are kiheeftiputotin ad vihithrera. The
• Malin '‘ifithe n•htte Ttlett.Wasbitter - enongli ,
cafter.the election; Invit.bsia .tkidn: growing
, worse: over sinee..f ift was found that the,
itect the.•Waxiter,
was .more., coFoiPt. A4u.,44 , -freeleFietilsire
llepoblieeps here tel MS*
:Was ne teniontd i y,
,IpCOOPeten tjual pie ill
gitte. 'Eighty:or rnehllierti
lloute add It of 'the al Senators' . 'vitro hit , .
gineh. Matey&AlM hot timid_ ,crr Write: Whoa'
• egroeil; ighdrantriftafi
+hen ; Non bi have done hut litho het rn: had
ft-not been - fen ii•fetv vihiter Members,: who
conoocted rriiiichiefandApititniettdaim into
Oleirnobtfiheeotiiiiing.thoce who :had PQM°.
scruples 4144 pas the austoniofinerritnra
l el all .I,e gisiatutne to malts 13 - ipngTing,taisi4
of their saTaries.. A Mialiyn.we of irritalloh
of
the collectihn of,h;ttes, Whrell
litareh. • The rate or taxation lintel
'increased over that of previoriii a •
1 the property-owners hortintlybeffeved thitt;
they,'' Were , robbed to •an ~, 'the et.-'
' . traraganee of the •" Nigger e overnment."
le, It
. .v . v . cOlerecl, at, .that.pihke'ls
UP bfers4 . , 1 di#BLOOrti4(4 l ..
. -4).dlegts
.
,w4th each a eyetem.2.. As etrange,thel
•reen. stung to maaineleri•py 'such rule .
'ehoela. ietallithr tipotPtlieli•
There, oda 41)12 ,
• "rleaffit 114' '
The WhiAl/1,77.001r, ( Pie. AY; .44
.te ) sukh outrages,. as are: rathfully•Nlek
„f„ : ' 1.• f:
ETRE
tor bed by this correspondent of the
r. ork Tribune
11l • second letter - be continues hilt
:Won of thetsondition of affair
comes:, tgiroone*.
.. / llNhat the disordersg t hich. =t iqk
'nth Carolina are no ' tribu le
• hostility to the., General
•C
-e had conveiWo'ne
ons ex- • bell, to one of whom he said:
' • eattheNorthgenerallybelierethat
the disturbances In the South arise from a
hatred of the National Government.—
"That's a mistake," he replied. "We don't
want any - trouble-with the General Gov=
erompnt,...ytre hay() 118 4 e9Wagk F'
tri l d/Mtrg e tft - '= r er4
"
t "T • '
-1:3 1 t. 414 , ‘ 44 ifietntlitc_ o ol47o4 l 4a4
aWarevrtiltqpqpn ydecism
that, es bave,nome - 'oo.i s ci reaigth47}4.
&al a tborify;und that.fheir trOithlee all
spring from bad'State add ksisi
meat An ititeillgentUratn„ who eild , he
helped - to fire:the first gun ou Wort Saidttre i ;
and Served througlt the , way tuntlt - .1 . 41m=
atone surrender ; coining out of the'ivreede
of the Confederacy with no other property.
than 41WO' 4aule, taliked:withmetheotbel
day,,,with more modaratioa Min is usually
shown. = said the Wbite people of South
Carolina wotild`be glad if Congmes .W 014.4
remand the State to a territorial condition,
and send down goo - a - I:bp from Alla North
to govern IV' Or if 'Way could have a mil
itary government octane would object, for
nothing could be,so bad as a goverrimentof
E4glirat!dl --4t4. l2 "ifß .
inpctWer.we.illcr con sap BP , flor,t*RiPre - 7.,
miss that' w.taildgiVeths property'tiad'lnl'
telligetice of the State - a•ieptekntition ' in
the; Grivernmen beliedied thtitiPwcittlef
be pcitoe.t. Wit if .not, - he was 'sift* '.thetd
would-be bloody Lanes at , lhEl nrotttledtiou. -
The extracts 'Which we havegifen are,
sufficient to,eltoiv the, sad ebndltldn ,o
affairs in, South Carolina; mhere the.
Radical theory of- reconstruction has
been fully carried out to its legitimate
conclusion. If Georgia and some . of the .
other Southern States are in , better con-
•
ditiou than South Carolina, It le owing
to the fact that Radicalism has been
checked by the combined efibrts of the
native white populatidn. Li Soutb
Carolina the nogroes have to large a ma
jority that the whiles are rendered per.
fectly powerless, and the gmvernitiont of
that State has been delivered over to the
unchecked control of barbarian negroes
who are manipulated by 8 set oAtiesper
ate political adventurers. It Id for the
purposq of perpetuating such 11 0 1 0181 I tlyi
of offal rs,that Llio Ku-Klux 11111 nnclatber
unuonstitutional acts have been tweed
through Congress by n partisan inta
Jorlty.
The people of the North are begining
to understand Lite true Owlltiun of of
fairs In the e+.oulliern States, and they
will ho rwtdy to apply the proper remedy
at the owning Presidential election.
The tact that tirtuttls Outwitted to the
support and continuance of the horrible
misrule, which the correspondent of the
2'ributie so graphically descrlbes,will he
sufficient of itself:to render his re•elee
tion an impossiblllty. Tito people of
both sections will unite to elect n pros'•
dent who will give lusting peace to the
whole country.
Premed Reforms In the Republican
Party.
A Republican Legislature in the State
of Ohio has passed Is law for the regula
tion of Primary Elections. The law pro.
video that those who are appointed offi
cers to conduct such eleetion3 shall be
duly sworn in by s Justice of the Peace
to discharge their duties honestly, and
thatforany violation of such oaths those
offending shall be prosecuted for perjury
and severely punished by fine and
prisonment, The 'Union League of
Philadelphia has Issued a circular rec
ommending the adoption of a similar
law to be applied to Primary Elections
in the State of Pennsylvania.
We have seen repeated proofs of the
fact that the:Republican party in this
State is so thoroughly debauched that
the respectable members of it have be
come completely disgusted with its man
agement. Here, in Lancaster. county,
it is generally believed that the parties
securing the officers at the Primary Elec
tion are sure of a return. in their favor;
and it hits frequently been. openly
charged by Republican newspapers that
candidates have been cheated out !of a
nomination by the men who were en:-
trusted with the manipulation of •the
ballot-boxes, which are used under what
is known as the Crawford Ocrunty.Sys
tem. Many of the best men attic - Rer,
publican' party in this county have he
come thoroughly disgusted with. that
system'on account of the frauds :which
they believe to have been practiced uni
der it. The question of requiring offi
cers of Primary Elections to be sworn
was discussed in the Republican County
Committee, but the sense of a majority
of the members was against It. In the
debate which ensued the opinion Was
freely expressed that the man who.
would cheat when entrusted with such
a charge would not hesitate to take any
oath which might be requirtal of him
and to violate it afterward. We sym;
pathize with the I League, and
especially do we sympathize with the'
Republicans of Lancaster county; but
we do not believe that they would be
benefited by the passage of any law such
as has been proposed. The fault Is in
herent in their political organization.
The leaders of their party have set a cor
rupt example, and the rank and file
have become thoroughly debauched.
How could honesty be expected among
the ward pohtichms of a:party which is
represented in the Senate of the United
States by one man, who openly bought
his seat over the heads of Andrew
Curtin and Thaddeus Stevens, and by
another for whom the Pennsylvania'
Railroad . purchased aseat, In orderthat It
might be represented in the highest
Islative boillesof the land. by one of itssal
aried solicitors. The ward politicians of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania
can not be expected to make a show of
virtuegreater than thatwhich isdisplay
ed by those who nto looked to as the
leaders of the organization. A law au
thorizing the administration of oaths to
those who cantina, Primary Efeetioha
will nut remedy the evilsvf which the
Union League complains. The diaetteet
Is too deep-seated to be renehed•by any'
such quaeltering. It hits IxtcOme
stitutional and chronic in its character.
The Republican party of :Pennsylvania,
canhof, be purified; and the best thing
fur itself and for the State woilld be 'Aft
It to die as soon as possible and get ilsetic
berried out of: eight forever. .
SemNr.n li9a !'kreei v a Lirenl94lo, :
addressed to the 'United Str4s, signed
by a. number of exi led Dotal niaana, !haw
eluding an ex-Secretary oliSttife r
' President of the'FAqi*eule TrihOitt,:and'
au ex. nieinber a, the te.llPAlnent:
Justice, protesting against, the . , annexa
tion of San Domingo 1113 uhJust, and cart
Tying out the trealstin Of .13aez Lb'
. 14a .
COunt"ry. Ti/c,4E3 tneineriallate :tieehtia
t,hat.,the,lJuiteti States,Ctairniattionensi,
hi the thirty , three .f.heya :they . ureption:
the 4aletAlt, net illireehtdo the rear
& . ..nditlon.ollo . *l , ot#l4/geWty;
went,. aud. eipecin't/Sr,iw no gu ,apcilia
the native language,. an d were compel led
to rely upon as in teipin3teroit illosEPoo.l= ,
Sty Wight . b'iiireitittOt.". l Vlnall , lonnrkt'
gl it Ynd4Y. , ;! l 4:l l age.4
4'.Prh ieoi Aletlia4V* Poaktivel.llll l l4loll4.2
Dontinleanißekubliotlealretaoireaarve:
Sts autononi
•:, -• . •: 1,
13.gt44 ,,,- ,41i41ep,i..4i4 - yrk cow,-
'ty resumed work . Nesterdayn _tate ope,,
filters' proposition., - the- strike In
'thati esunt7 Is retfcrdett xis iiiteiialy o'l4l l
, Three eMetie'fi
41 iAO:LIYnOIOgi
1- sc! iegugle l h RYde Vlt,
miners had It preeessiqn And meeting,
yesterday, land were add reAsed by; Presij-:
'den t,yC.edir s ; tid Aiigji?
r tI t•
84:.reipe
,FhO vf4t;e4.,*i 14-9;86, - 4,ll'e,NwilitAopr.
dechon are saia to„Le,nauclildiaturbsdi
by the criticism Of•lhe-intlependent
"press er•the'..tiountry. 'thcoMilearke
he V . PI4 44tAleKtrAlm ,
uai Jand. - , , ! . 711 - Irs. i'2l9ln(lo,
General Oberman on. Ute HiplElax
• A club of loyal carpel baggers and
scalawags in the City rf Milt Orleans
.•••... < :Ad of t e ' Tec c u
•.? b
o les LT , him o , e
s Th:- - 1. • . • t o
d • o . o
s 'ven_ ,; • „ th ntte 'men
mayl4 r phagitted when the General-in-!
Chic the Armies of the United States
spoke as follows:
I believe this government will keep on
growing until itspreada Itself over the mi
-1 tire American continentAhn) in order to
! 1 / 4 1 ti ttei r ffst i geM f dtie m nden - t
c table , wardSeschother, -- It Wks NISH),
remit ked by same gesititailioi
ceded me thdt itiwassederaltreetecodedby
the soldiers of both armies at the. Ploefroll,
the tete civil.WlK•th,at It the gnestionit lend
TnatterOPAe Wow . % of,jhe differ..
ht4weett.;.),ho ;,North. 'and . •Sontli:
were.. left, fo.: the • aimtlett,•!dt would ..bet
settled ea otreej , and. eve*thing would ba
wl:tt qiitK 4n4' - tatterryr: - .:4 - so - believed;
*Witt • beflirie atgr4tig the, agreement w
• .oen.:4o6:_.2ohaaort, i.ealltai together all
the , tienerttler under vim:upend, I end
Nlikt•to l ‘, tiket`flgellMOlCO WV:agreed with
-121%1e11i/f3visA theyyntrreeeprod le good
ciPv• anNO-1 ,141 :4 1, .e 11 11/145 0
teller ef siireenieot";„ark ,j,a, MY+ , -.
itinOt.thit . rgtil4sett eitolOttliS , 1;1:
, sett i;p-r P c tik ' their artsietildft ati
Id skittle' Ftfle'linelitledibf
ferenobnbetwtkly ithik•tittibraitibectionlv or
the eisantr3rc•- , the:peciple - Wiwi& have' at ,
once !became quietliad peaceable, •
...Iprobettify hails as good measitif +/for,:
matiafa'as mPsiiPtirsows in,rsyordlo whet is ,
ecilled the Ku-Klux, and am perfeetfY4ati<l7.
feed that the tizingjearea* L oyer-estimated ;
and if the fdlleoaere ke?t,euf •of
Congressmut the ari,9,,k00,t 01' their 1. 0 114 '
mate there at-d trtOVO qt anti true'
men in. itll , BOftektirn ilMit n es'to put downed/
Kis;h7tliver eithett badttiztel: nurraudere.'";
1l o'terma'oit~les tiS! :General; Sheri'
man . to.lieTrebelarinies Which 5P06, 1
dered under
_General Joe Johnston were -
liberal and .statesmanlike. t General
Sherman , 'comprehended the , situation,
and hadli!s, oomhictnot neeti tiverruled,
by malignant, politleans for party pur
poses, the country , would at 0110 have
been reirtered to •a condition of peace,
and would have been•vastlY mom pros
perous.in every z,espeetithaO.lt has been
under the orudetanci foolish reconstrue-
Ron nets of • Congress. General Grant
agreed with General Sherman when the
war ended, and for a coreildbrable 'period
of time thereafter. When he was sent
to the South by President Johnson he
inadea report , whion agreed In substance
with the unreel t of General Shertnan;
I t WutOiot untl I. he bopamu posSessed r or
Lilo ambition to be. made President. and
! not 'until ho RI/ rrenderodt as a
w I !eel to U10'10(1044 of - the Repub..
dean party that be - ,ViDressed any v lewa
darrent fro/A.ll'olw contained in the re
port which no voluntarily made to Pros
(dent JOhnson, , If he had eentitiued to
be - hottest; and had notbecomedebithch
ed by politics{ asydrullena, he.aad Gen„ .
Sherman would have been united In
sentiment against the designs of the
Radicals to-day. •
General ,Sherman, In his capacity as
Commander-le-Chief of the Army, has
faeili ties for ascertaining the true conch
dower the. South and the temper of the
people supplier to those possessed, by nYly
Hitigte lntiivldun, lit the country. Ile Is
a MUM of ,ICCOII ObliOrVatioll And com
mending Intellect, and not a mere' sot
diet. • 'When lie says'that the Ku-Klux'
business is greatly over-estimated lie
only ; predate's a truth which thousands
of honest. Republicans in every. North
ern State are ready to admit. • When he
solemnly avows his belief that "if the
Ku- Kloz: bills were kept out of Congress,
and tic army kept at their legitimate du
tics, there arc enough good and true men
in all the Southern Stales to put down
all the Ku-Elitx or other bands ofput
ratiders," he glves expression Wan oplii•
ion. which. will find a hearty responsiein
the minds 'of multitudes of men who
have never voted a Dein:o?rn t le ticket in
their IlveS. • •
General Sherman uclad the part of a
truesoldier, and an hOnest and high
minded gentleman, Wheffhe boldly told
the truth, to' the assembled Ihtdicals of
the city of New Orleans, Ilia speech
has eaeited• an immense amount
Of comment, and the administration at
Washington Is terribly exercised over
the matter. Itailical newSpapers attempt
to explain away the damaging effects of
the General's speech by deelariug that
he is bidding for the Democratic. nomi
nation fdr the Presidency. There Is no
good ground, or tiny such accusattop.
Slaerman:acted on the Impulse of
generens emotione,and toldthe plain,un
varnished troth in a blunt and Soldierly
fashion. That • is' th 'tide e?: plan atiou,
of his speech, and no other need be
sought. The country will accept his
remarks In the.spirlt which prompted
their delivery, and everyltrae man will
honor the gallantscildier fur his manli
ness and his patriotic spirit. If tinuat
suffers by. the 'contrast which will be
universally made, he will have no one
to blame but hlpnaelfand the Malignant
Radicals whose tool he has conic to be.
The 11 heat
Information is received from ail parts
of the country to the effect that crops of
all kinds are very promising. The wheat
crop is in excellent condition., and a very '
abundant yield may be expected unless
some unforeseen , circumstances should
occu 1 . 6.0 re the growing grain. Forty
counties from l'enqsylvarith have sent
reports to the Department of Agricul
ture, of which only -'thud from 'Plugs
and Union represent an . inferior, pros=
pent, and fully, three-fourths report a.
'more than average, luxuriance. IL Is
stated of klumberlanci.that "there are no
poor fields' and Wheat could not look
better;" It Is "remarkably fine" in In
diana, "though the ;fly has destroyed
parts of fields;" "the holds of Lehigh
present a finer appearance than for 30
years," due in part to the: line weather
and absence of cold winds itt 'March;
wheat in Beaver is "quite promising,
especially the drilled. Yields, and those
Injured by the fly have recuperated and
inay yield well," It is stated in the
latter re . tiglisthat,afew fields, on which
straw awl-,tong manure were spread,
were completely destroyed by the mice,.
- whlelmWere so' abundant that pbsturet4'
were injured by them. • '
The 4t.p.thinn season throughout the
eouutry was generally very favorable for
the termination mitt growth Of wheat ;
the Weaqie' r t' . was 'eonaparattv,eTy mild
End un'iforra in temperattatt; 010 Ireex-,
•Ing,.weatbermtainis , odcurred in mid
'Win ter; atol fouhdthe'wheat-plants pro
, tected .6 4 , ; # . siiftr o mi c,i•py•li . ii; gttoW . ;,
the Binlpg 44 . been
,ttlinsually,
-and the-growth of , grain axlttanced 'two
to four weeks-beyof 4ts accustomed
status. Therelsitas State In twit toll Win
,Yer-killing,;ia,not. exceptional and in.
several alnlost tottlrelyAMknowm
tray- he" that fittirre reparts;* tbe
season : 11rogress . e#.Thfil14 less favorablec.
Lth eyz ces tal tan - not be more flatter-,
lugfaudalicialdiheirpromlS**falfilted
ibis.*.t?O‘OX ..1ig1;;R14,P40,4)., '
110414:
1150151 ,wettu t iwrtlierevailLinuzvest:,3vill be,
outtisnatly:eirtiptids.Teatu.
Nor long ago a company of. "lord"
. "f*LCCOVVOLI/#41,01140:#
'9C,AI I 4.44attLEINKAA, !astir 4. fto,
mitove florceifiona a team ‘wiliiirWas *se- ,
rantAtif eVaarfiArelAtedlis , .
"ifte
ereon f.1k1f104igi. 0 44% 0 v t to
. ouCa suio.ataachtlif 7 2 &ma min ,
atonols-also lit big diet govornknent bu d
tiOW'iffataqtlick*
t,po - thikft"NOtiitS4tiokhk.;44ifilid.
APrAi .444
_Logitle•g ' igt4;44Poalkia ,
, redstaaeyitilliiree,tditeo . the;aelnal:eoiti
'Anil-the , oqkvt4N ISt:PSI:at all evetliftli ,
;retikils
tip.t*tkokrtiiiiiitloili*O.:
rvoi esitN,44s44iiio.4Teetaccui:
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ha va dwelt kaanitailfalrthe share sneditida
of isnelt , tratianotlobla 4Ppt.43..Cfkatktf'
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the irmiactfdllie tasenactivt.siti iu p(ralml
d pond , valuta Ha
1,1 f. , T , . .1/ kir;.• I , •: t if
The Sep •- e i, net ' ked.
The decisloires_ - , . ~ e Supreme
..
Court lathe legal ;"- .--• Me has arous
..,-.. ty.; .. .ati.. 4 - t ,r',
. ~ -. 1....t men, and
i he ti . . - : • - . , per .],.. -2!"%.,.. e country is
p i
8. ' . 4 . . g tin •
~,24 , . '. - if. -' terms with.
'out - : gpa• l ! he New York
`` .a foal an ' noemerit i of the back
' action of. the court on the qUestion of the
constitutionality of tie legaPtender act, as
applied to oontracts madirtefore the war,
does not differ from that which we have
already published. It is a decision in the
interests of the great railroad companies,
and it has been reached through the instru
mentality of their formerpaid advocates and
stockholders now on -the bench. The fleet
conclusion of the court has been hastilyre
-11 • i 7.'"gi I:lsWirviiriiiit'fie — iilrairy , To — ketiiie
Me ro4icreqp..i , eid'astf: teverence ferthe frt..
kblilflif *irk Iltislkli#on.inill itattriiKelt Cui
.llxt catanientittetip6ll3 tliattbove .. 3 •
grilihlhetNe r ivfYottl Triikt , 4te4tt
m iffy f64:04144,gr01ei , O:
sketib t ette,fees , eottriehl teat railroad
corporations; "wernliflited ' l / 4 rpo'h y the bench'
by General-Grant-tomeserse the decision
rendered,Disit , year, suakthai, they have
shown their 'subservient gratitude U yig
noring;tbe merits cif:the question and de
ciding it in the l inharests pi% their. • former
clients, acooiiiltieto the utideiatoo4 3 wisbes
alit's' Trodden], Vbb hp&inted Meth. In'
other' Weeds, they; Lade not „decided as ,
judges, tut es „notorious. aceemplices and
bettettofitiles orthe rallrped - ririg.
Iho-I"Muile tunong
infbliiiin jot/Wadi
ing *ea:teflon. •' Th'e' fdttenvink extihit
I leitg tlie New York
.E l 66liiiTyr P6st ihtms • how that' able and
iirtnehtlidjournai s tekards this' deaStkin :
'Attie'r the Mile qtregtion - at' lase() latcl
beeli lieCitled. by* the 'Court; and' ti •
eioh riOdepteili bp the•ptibik the ghit
nrnment; itselta: petty tti 'theleauo, added
to the mindtitynf the Court:judges already ,
known lo havisexpreastalopitlionslidvenio;
to , the decision s in number:sail:tient to re.
verr i lt. Uitsfer these ciscsaesiances Manes,
decision is necessarily regardeft cf.Atha voice,
not o/ (fritA. blit, of the adminia racton. The
new ,point established by it is not that the de
cision lit the case of Hepburn against Cris
tcotd u its wrong, but that; f. ( l,en dectsien is
made by the {bun which limits the power of
the General:Government, under the Constitu- ,
Lion, that Coveiummit may reconstitute the
Court ao as, to secure a de.eision less cif/Mids.
fill to it, If this practice is tolerated the
Constinition and its leterpretation cease to
limit thaliagcut Unrerunlent, and bet:onto
just what the appointing power choose to
make thPM.
When Grant consented, to peek : the
Supreme Court of the United States for
the purpose of securing, a reversal of the
legal-tender decision by putting tkpOil
the bench whet the Tribune very appro
pdntely
styles the "paid advocates and
stockholdbrs of grout railroad com
panies," ho ccmimitted the grossest pate;
table breach of official trust, fur which in
the purer days of the Republic ho would
speedily haVe been Impeached. There
is no doubt that he *vied lit 'collusion
with the railroad companies which were
anxious to seouraa rurvorsol of the legal
tender &Melon. That Is proven , by tale
fact that levies announced, iminedlatclY
after Bradley and Strong had been ap
pointed that the decision would ho re
versed, and by the further fact that the
railroad companies which were Interest
ed refused to reeognizo the binding force
of the former ,decision. To Grant the
people of this country are Indebted for
the packing of the Supreme Court. He
voluntarily oboYed tho dictates of cer
tain great railroad compuhles, and his
greedy acceptance of presents leaves.
room to suspect that he may have taken
a brlhofrem the Interested corporations.
Tho day when the people of this coun
try felt that they could safely trust to
the decisions of the Supreme Court of
'the United States for a anal sottlemcut
oe Constitetlenal questions has passed
away. Grant has destroyed its charac
ter by packing it with Men whose de
cisions are believed to be Influenced by .
improper motives'.
Hatos' History
That there has been a big swindle in
the publication of Bates' History of the
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Is not denied.
The work Is almost worthless in Itself,'
.and has cost, the State much more than
should have been paid for what was done
Messrs. Lippincott B Co., proposed to
publish nn edition often thousand copies
for $1.50 a vol time, butlt was given to the
&Mit Printer by a Republican Legis
ture. He demanded $6.90 a volume, but
was finally compelled to take .$5. A
Committee of the Senate, Composed of
two DemOcrats and arm Republican, has
just decided that $4.75 a volume would
be tr liberal price.. If the report of the
Committee Should be concurred in, the
State will be savedalargesum of money.
Had the.bid of Messrs. Lippincott Jr. Co.
been accepted, aSitshouldlinvabeen, the
additional sum of t 20,000 Would have
'been saved. The State Pri II ter is now per
willing to accept the price fixed
by the _Democratic Committee, which is
nearly $65,000 lees than lie demanded
when ho asked $6.90 a volume. So
much for the share of the State
ter in the Bates' History Job.
A Conspiracy Defeated
Gen. W. W. H. Davis, a distinguished
soldier and the able editor of the Doyles
town Democrat, was made the victim of
a vile conspiracy on the partofaset of ne
groeslately. A story affectinghisprivate
character wa.sset afloat by themiscreatits
for the purpose of extorting money from
'him. The General was not the man to
submit quietly, and he proceeded to ar -
reign the conspirators before acourt of
justice, whore he exposed their :villainy
most completely and caused them to be
consigned to the penitentiary. So com
plete was the vindication of his personal
character that not a shadowof doubt re.
mained. • .The parties Were convicted et
'falsely conspiring against him by their
own con fessfonsand a. cloud of witness-,
es. General Duvis is one of the best and
purest men In Pennsylvania, a man
without the slightest blemish upon Lis
private or public character.
Grant nand Out
The Islew York Herald, which did all
It could to elect Grant, and which stood
by him as long as it could, Is at last
forced to confess that lie is utterly play
ed out. It says:
Gen. Grant is following the course of his
prodecesaors, buli every effort he makes
with a view to securc.his ro•eleetion seems
to foil, The Han Domingo annexation
scheme, out of exported .4) make
poptilarity, has utterly failed. Ku-
KM.* coorriVe.polley, which was Intended
to put the political power. lb the South
tinder the control of the' Atimlnigtra-
tion, and In operate upon , thh prejudices
of the 'North, is aS liholy th prove's,: disas
trous as the San Domingo affair. Even the
negotiations under the High Joint Corn
missive to settle nor difficulties with Eng,
,tand.hegiu to he,.tiopopular.aild to look Like
w
,a.fieto. The tlntincial policy of tho
, Party, Or which so
teach is chilinotf, is repedioted, by thetnass
',leek° people. In every respect Genera(
Grant's acHninistration is (Teel h lug re pop ,
tiler .esiteem, while 'the Oppe4ltiOn dttils
gaiiiingstretigth **
Judd*'Strong and the Rallrogds4
' The Nit) , Yrk , Callifititention.
to the Ise t, {fiat ,Tudgo front; lity3
. 01 way S
shown tt , disposition, to serve railroad
corporations. itsays: , •
Jiittgo Sti•ning; by , Witoso Jvi;to- the' •1 , 5 n -,
ipreutethurt was ramie. ti, .rover Se. iw Tor..
niter decision as to the minstitutiotildikrior
diho legal-tender, net •in the interim of the
irenneyi via his, tialleoads, Is the -saw e :Judge
who , front another, bench, authorized: the,
dEleirfi r les, 9l99 l9" 9 /0 , 6
st *,
g °118 .,14,9, 9 r
n9;io
i theta' fission 'to ofiV - WlTatlptkritte
Itthm pketisti"ttisitil Ai - t4iSit •
I•dniitrit-tibrYaileektittionkihnies heir
fetal "tntereetlr 'IF :b r ier/1440 It o :
.tw kiting ithei • Constitutioni tif - the; -United.
tates. tun tiskreamo - .lsodable prirpOSO. No.
19110,115 11 -IrOagine• .44W/,14 utige . N. troogi 4es
l'rg u t il tV, P 4 4 ;e n rip let3 the tir=rl!,
I late : 9l4odr
,fe,r, IntrodpotiOn. oT : titp:
tame:ol'oo ado OA Cpstittallon. '
_;
11.1t.i.x not
hgt ttt oX ttiredersAoiu,
blcWr - ax fa.ab o r y frOMpIW
decd hitnieff to' thfirn*iirdeatie
Oliithio , civeratioes.—.TadfaitajOefs
W4,W4bld yfth'
;Al r‘r d.;IVA bi 44108, the gelds
line which he proposes to use in the
manufacture of Ames be such as he has
"dmtdiVett iattialatkleilefice, 'ben We
4*140,1*-Biir'?-11414;,Wq'ti.t: °.bq';
11 , TlVlN.jirinigeriSin - Arnilitrtalg COOn
burned ther=divetifed)teitibl,thamitek
4,1 Vithl'ooal
.11'fliatdntiterdeadl unillithoodtherArtot
txthotedlei ree'ciVer. ,F 1 1 ,9 • ,. v.bull Ecyr:
:l.1ic:11 •.•tfir l •
trl ! .! • i r! "W." ......1!
?er' Ite
The motheemf •. 9 •• Ine died at
St. Paul, Minn/, o -1`; • .
Wm W Itkiihot "t• • , t
:d ••ha - Phil u .1 i •i
n - • 241' dee' • • ..,:of1:.$1
wl u.. or, h" .. ..•
- • ''' • 46.-
' • 1., • tee: • - y
LOSS, $
At New on, 111., a day or •
Lafayette Shepherd killed
and sister with an axe. Hel
arrested.
At Memphis on Saturdl,
was generally seaPeleil: -
being the decoreflem -the
gras_es.-
4 4 , §YracAmet IS r t •AtIAI4 8 t evelge.A .
nus.q.sir Jwa+l,lA4DA , ,, 040,
P!Po96.the - ProPriekt:, And-1(alv amt.
W - Fm aed 1.14 theAanagß-,. ~.n
. .
Martin: Wq,nnoy, sentenced. ber.be hang
efa NeW Odeon a • oiy the 18th ; hus be,
frisane--. him tasted:. neithet.
rac - 4, pcF. drink- alb ce . Sunday.: - . 7
•
, A , ltfeJbolit belonging to FOrt Meganti
eamidai . get.radrltt yeSterday.
manned by /urn lieu tali . m103'4'114 prt:
imam, started in puisult; but Ibo boat
capsized and all Were lost. ' -
'The' Itettvfradtisfor three days grist
have carsed'it . freshet..
In tlity findson
river. ''Ati Albony and TreY. the docks
Were' Overflowed on Friday.; and 'the
riVerWas 'NU serious dam
age la rePorted. , •
Returns of theeleetions h i t lirassach u-
Betts on Tuesday, when
the qUeation of
allowing the sale of hie nod. lager ivas
voted upon, show that nearly. Ull the
to Wns de pitied by large m ajorl t les against
the - sale Of:these liquors. •
'The desertion by the _Due de MoueLiY
of his wife the Princess Pauline Murat,
has (minded her to sell all her jewebi r
and the - tinental.Hebrews, profiling
by her changed condition, are buying
her pearls and diarnoudwat the lowest
rates for cash.
On Saturday last agallery in the Sing
Sing Penitentiary gave way as a number
of oonvicts were marching acrosS It to
dinner. Over eighty convicti wore pre
cipitated to a gallery below, and some to
the floor; a distance of forty feet, but
only two were fatally injured.
William P. Warnock, a detective, was
allot dead a few days since, at Itieetie,
Nevada, by n party holding pnaaelotion
of a mine, the title to which is In ills
pute. lie was not Involved In the quar
rel, but happened to be walking near
the 'Mite.
It In stated that Du Challlu, the go
rilla-hunter, whose headquartern
80111011 We past have been lu Now York,
In maim to vlnlt Sweden, Norway, Lap
land, and other hyperborean reglonm, to
make further explorations and obtain
matortal for the voolimmilloo or new ad•
ventures.
At San Franoisco, L. J. Pahl a Uhl(
nese physician, has sued a whlto mun
for a bill of $::(50, and will (Alin. his own
teslltuuny. Should tWs be Waned ho
will apply to the United Slides Court
fora warrant, with a claw of te/11Ing the
right of the Stott( Courts to rajeut ate
testimony of
The Joint High C 01111111111111111• It Is
stated, will probably not sign the treaty
agrced upon by them until Tuveday
next, tho (lay before the meeting of thu
Sonata. It Is known that the treaty
will provide for the adjudication of t h e
claims of both the United States and
Or}lia Britain ((riming during the lute
war.
The American, Medical Assimilation,
In session at San Pranoisoo; after a live
ly discussion, has inde fi nitely postponed
it resolution admitting women an dele
gates. Dr. 1). H. Yandell, of Kentucky,
was elected President for the ensuing
your: The next meeting will be held In
Philadelphia.
A meeting of the Labor-Reform Party
was held lit Harrisburg on. Hatnrilay
night. It wan large and enthusiastic,
and speeches were 'nude by Clov. Cleary,
Hon. Richard Haldeman, and Itielitod
Trovillielc. The Governor, towards the
close °Chia address, advised •," mutual
compromise and concession between
employer and employee."
An excursion train on the Meniphls
311 d Little' Rock Railroad broke through
a trestle-bridge near Madison, Ark., on
Friday night, and the cars were plunged
into a swamp, which was 'flooded from
recent rains. The excursionists, after
spending most of the night in the curs,
surrounded by water, reached Memphis
on Saturday morning. The train nar
rowbs'escaped going into a part of the
swamp where the water was ten feet. -'
A tornado' Visited Baton Rogue auil
vicinity, on Tuesday, which destroyea
property to. ah alumna estimated - . at
$4OOOOO. The north and south walls of
the Penitentiary, and the roof of the
factory and cells In thesouth-wing were
blown away ; also, a portion of the U.
S. Arsenal, the roof of the catholic
Church, and a number of buildings on
the plantations. Three' pOlore'd laborers
were killed and several lujareil. A
number of coal boats on the river were
sunk.
The Connecticut Legislative Commit
tee, at New Haven, yesterday, received
a memorial with 533 signatures of eltl4
zens who voted for Jewell in the Fourth
Ward. The testimony of the counters
wasalso received, to prove that Jewell's
votes were tied up In packages of 100
each, Outside testimony was also taken
to show that the Republican vote an
nounced at the polls was .579. All the
Republicans of the Fourth Ward who
voted for Jewell were then put on the
stand. At the close of the report last
night, 370 had testified.
For the Lutellleciuver.
The Cool Trouble.
NEW CASTLE, May 4, 1871
Editors: —There is some prospect
of an early resumption. The Anthracite
hoard of Trade have made a very fair prop
osition to the men of Schuylkill and Co
lumbia county coal-fields, which wo think
they will accept, though they have 'not
done so yet; they, (the operators,) offerl to
outside laborers ten, and inside eleven dol
lars per week ; Miners by the day—and
there are very few that work in that Man
ner—thirteen dollars per week, a drop of'
fren per cent. on contract work ; this to he,
a permanent thing for the balanoo•of,the
'year; and they further jiromise to find
steady employment if the men resume.
The above we think ix not a bad eller, as
the, Operators nay they made it In good
faith, and Intend to pay It no matter bow
/ow coal falls in price. The men aro willing
to commence at a basil of $2.75 per ion, at
Port Carbon, with a eliding-scale of one
per cent. in three, that Is when coal sells
for more than the above price,they want
an - advance in wages, and If U falls below
they aro willing to fall at the rate
mentioned above. This we think ii not as
good as that made by die A. lb fur it Ix
not likely that coal will advance above the
basis unless It, be for a very short time. In
some,parts of Lucerne region, the difficul
ties have been adjusted, and a resumption
will now take place. We think Schuylkill
will ron(4suit. It is about time to settles'
the difficulties . , for there is really no differ
ence in wages; that offered by the opera
tors
and that demanded by the men being
very nearly.tho same. The difference in
wages, if coal should remain at $2.711 at•,
Port Carbon, would not amount to
have
cents a Moan' for laborers. •We have had'
very good order in this county; the !nom
bees' of - .the Union have conducted •them
selVes very well; no overt-acts have been
coultitiittsl like those at Scranton. Desti
tition,• we suppose, prevails, though very
little of it has come to our nOtipe; very,
aldil4i or larcenies have taken place.
SCIWYLKILL.
The Wetriber. • •
' WAR' Di:PAATMENT, QPPICE OP CLIIEP
SIONAL tOk'PletTc, WastiiieTot4, Nifty SI
7::al M.—.S'yno)mis /w the ltimt Twenty-
Jiours.—The barometer As - mantles
high on the Pacitio :Coadt with 'pleasant;
Tu t , Lowe.'pre.surestilllowalutl
In Maine. larquinteF has risen sgtime
'wlattOttlyloTalliagain wmt and South of
n nay Iv ah ' h . resh Mir th Westerly winds
have prevailed during Monday' on Lakes
Michigan and triiipprior, • southerly winds
troitrUeorgia to Texaa add cloudy westliel o
with-easterly winds'lll the Ohla
The temperature Is very low on Mt. Wash
ington - .a ith a westerli% gale._ .The ratting
A)ar.outeter reported Sunday evening - in
,:yirgin anal OW ; Phi°, valley: passed past-.
3vard.dusing the night with •light rain lq
;am - jaiern Illtupls and Maryland.. • ,
.Probdtr,,itities.—i'artiallyekiudy and clear
weather will probably prevail oil lueeday
on - the loWer "lakes and the Atiantle Coast,
'northeasterly Winds on the upper lakes and'
, tbretifenhig weather west , ot. the Central
•Xerry4bratoun . d.‘'
A London Taper says • We leant! from
Derby that during the Easter plaasurafair„
a largo whirligig awing-beat in full 141 1 . Y .
broke from the bar on which Eln*, while
to
afled' with peoet. 'and 'lllachargetrlts
screaming freight t - the ground's-Ith ter
rine force. A 4ezen spear the swing-boat
cargo' 'Were Seriously !Wand.- 'Two clnt
dren •Siribre plated up for dead,•and were
cstrkid.tathaqicispltal; withoattope Of re
'collol7l;,..two 'others we taken:away in.
- almeetfaw, bad o,plight„. kt Ito only a:wonder,
• that. Iguli4entt.9r ;talk kind; o. .ogt. 4l r
morefrequangy.;.. The proprietors of Wear.?
ramsbacAlik.4lralrs. never thitilt„if i testing
Ihein'eiceptititti'dustoinersran ,lhe
tatsfonlit, *er, for the itntilktitfti /col le,bf
laid!Cdasrti, loilsaid
'total and toand‘for-spsatur:'liiisMrolOgif
'Of his life as a music•hall acretiatw t•
•,111 :`nor,
' • •r r • • •
The Hossiiii. lao~e Hilt.
WtYfildolllBl9o6flSPEßlVoiiBtleti' 41 An
Act to,aulhotiaatheliquldation of damages
suataineditit tbaltarkda obt•Pannitylvao la
during the late robotlion," as It passed the
1 .8 011 1 .4.0.3 's 1 1 111 KfilarittlaY afternoon, , voto
iras as nows:
I YEAL—Brosithood, Buckalew, Connell,
Crawford, Davis, Decherd, DIII„ Duncan,
Ritidlay frettstelyt--milleir;Vornmat'Z'Togler
Osterhout, Potriken , Wallace;
Speaker-17.
.Nsys.—Allbrlght; - Allen, Anderson, 1311-
11:04felb.Rpnks v , Bsisynatar„, -Evans, ra•
/MTh •K•nlinly.,Olmsteal,,,Burautn, . Rutty',
Turner; Warfel, and Witkb—dfu.• •
This is tho bill :
ad, actin
, night.
Ett week
rred
lous.
wn of
by are.
wo since
II mother
L has been
SEariorfl. Be it enacted, cp., That the
Claims of the citizens of the counties of
. • Cumberland; Adams, Franklin, Fut
tOn,4Wf rd and, Perry for extraordinary
losses... din ed —durinirthe -rebellion, as
t y
adjudlca b the sevetets of Assem
bly, appro tti . ,./46 141.. D. 1803; 22d
April, A. D. 1 ; 15th bruary, A. 1)
18W, and 9th A . k . 1888, be subjected
to a careful re s tWo'COminlastoners
in the conntyof YOrk, wO in the ottunty of
Franklin, tw'o,ln'fliti'cittrities of Comber
•landand,Perry,and two'in'th'e counties of
FultOn and Baird - rd, ,
to bliapncilnted by the
Courts of Common -Pleas /Ovid several
counties; and; the GOverner she , appoint
competent counSel to repreeent tbliteovern
meta' in the revision Of skid claltns'%pfore
the several maim 'salons, and the said i,ent
m lesions shall re-examine and re-adjudicate,
all of said claim's, andlnay reject or di tnin-
101 l any note on (lie, as equity may require,
but not increase the amount of any except
ing the claim. of • the Borman Reformed
Church, represented by S. It. Fisher tt Co. .
which shall be eqnitably adjusted; and
any claims Whieh 1111V0 been ' assigned or
transferred by the original claimant, the
assignee or present owner of the same ehall
be required to make satisfactory proof of
the amount actually paid for the claitn, anti
the amount so paid shall he awarded and
110 more; and if any owner of an aasigned
dallll shall fail to make such proof Nllltlß
factorily, the claim shall be reJecie4; anti
as said Commissioners re-adjudicate any
claini they shall a ndorso their approval
thereon for the amount allowed and, return
the claims to the Anditor•General.
Si'. 2. It shall be the duty of the Gover
nor and State Treasurer to issue to, efth
claimant whose claim shall ho approved as
herein before provided, or to his, her or
their proper representative, a certificate or
certificates lo.t ho amount allowed on suet
claims as lu the following form:
Cell Ovule o/ It 7 ), (: , t n e , t;
i r; e i m. Cloint for War
Thin In b, certify that has on tile
In Um Mlle° of tho Auditor-Guttural a duly
approved and registered Oahu for the sum
or dollars, payable to bearer, as
provided by the net entitled an art to nu-
Dmi 1.0 the liquidation of dannnton !suntann
ed by cilizetim or l'ennmylvisaila. during the
Into roboll lon, approved A. D. 107 I.
In witticism whereof wo halm hereunto net
our hantin and Dm aunt Of the State, this
day of A. D. 11171.
lirolt cortllloatom 111111111 W N4lllOll by tho
linvornor tun! Slaw Tronituror, and boom'
toridgnoil and roglittortid by tho A itilltor•
tionorul, and bo exempt front all (10'04 l ot•
vont thomo lininimoil by thu lawn or Ill°
Linßoll tilers.
Nur. .hall be tho duly cur ttucu Stale
l'roamttror, In) tho Int day cur July mixt, or
an Noon thuruartur art 11111 1111111 1 , 111111111 /1111111
bu rovbiod and rupurltal lu the Auditor
tiotiorid, puriitiant Ln lir molition or
thin to itrinroprlitto t to Hull oil' 6160,000
to Hold olitlina out cur any inottoyit ht tho
troaan ry 11‘11, otliorwl.o apron' . latod, nod
said Troitattror titian annually horoartor,
during tint unit onaulint n u it years, ul the
lot day or July of ouch yeitr, niiproprixto
Ilk,, aunt iir to maid dahlia lot or
any 11101111,14 not otherwhiti tipproprlato
loam Elio nitia (datum shall be moonur adjoin •
oil and mottled with the I.lllltoil Studio. pur•
1111111il 11/ thlit not, or otliorwitto)and nark of
nu, said appropriatlona Hhnll Lai !odd I.'o
rata lo tho clatinanta tholr ropriaituita
tlvom, and rovollitt ho taken thororor by
MIIIII Troliiitirtir and !Heil by Idle In 1114
Shc, :I, The Slate or Pennsylvania
tipini the /Wellrlllllloo or !111, ViIIIIIII.iILIN Ily
the ClllllllllllO4, 611001110 LllO holder of said
situate, HMI IL shall he the duly MUM Ili, •
emir or the State to demand the payment
or the same from the fleiterel llovernineet
of LIIO 1l nitod States, afar also the payment
or the tt:100,1H10 paid by (1111 Oil NUM
claims tinder LllO act approved February
Ualt ISM, and to melee!, soul, agents for the
purpose its may be deemed necessary, and
upon payment of part or all of maid
claims by the Otmeral novernment, the
money received shall impala hit° the State
treaattry for the • liquidation or said do.
mantis and any partial payments IVY receiv
ed shall be appliesd brut to the payment of
the eutstairding cord fletiteif and neat to the
claims or the State for the money advanced
by her on said claims. If the Mate shall
receive from the United Slates a aullielent
amount lo reticent any of said oertilloutoi
at par, the State Treasurer shall give thirty
days piddle notice of his Intention to re•
doefilthem. If the State shall reeelve front
the United :States, at any time, an amount
upon aceohnt of said claims, but moonlit
cien t to ' , Moen) all or said: rertineettes at
par, the Autlltor.eloneral eod State 'rreas•
urershall apportion the Hama among the
:claimants by a lino rola distribution of
which like notice shall b 0 given by tits
State Treasurer. If the amount an settled
with or recovered front the United States
shall be insulllelent to meet the demands of
the State, a,, set forth in this act, then the
said several demands, whether or the claim
ants npon their sold certificates, or el' the
State Mr monies advanced or paid to then],
shall abate or be reduced In equal and rata•
ble.preportion; ProvOLM, That the whole
amount of the certificates LO be Issued 0.
claimants under this.,act shall not exceed
$2,600.000.
IM=l
WanitrtvoroN,, May 4,---The President is
sued the following proclamation to day
The act of Congrenn entitled "An act to
onforee the PrOvlahms of the fourteenth
amendritent to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and liar other purposes," ap
proved April 20, A. IL 1871, being a law of
extraordinary public importance,' consider
it my duty to issue this, my proclamation,
exiling the attention of the people of the
United Staten thereto, enjoining upon all
good citizens, and especially upon public
fulluers, to be zeuloun In the enforcement
thereof, and warning all persona to Meath'
root committing any of the 'Ochs thereby
prohibited.
The law of Congress applies to all parts
of the United Statee, and will be enforced
everywhere to the extent of the powers
invested he the Executive. But inasmuch
an the necessity therefor is well known to
have been caused chiefly by pernletint vio
lationa of the eighth of citizens of the Uni
ted Staten by coin hinallona of laWlens and
dlsn.lfected persons in certain loCalltieff
lately the theatre of innurrection and mili
tary conflicts, I do particularly exhort the
people-of those parts of the country to Help.
preen all curb combinations by their own
voluntary efforts, through the agency of
local laws, and to maintain the rights of
alit:Mums of the Gaited Staten and secure
to all such citizens the equal pruiection of
thakfwe.
giutly Piety-able of the responefibility im
posed upon, the Executive by the act cif
tlongress, terWhich public opinion in now
called, and reluctant to call into. exercise
any of the extraordinary power' thereby
conferred upon me, except 111 canoe of tin
{apron vo necessity, I do nevertheless, deem
It my duty to make known that I will
not hesitate to exhaust the power thus
vented In, the Executive -whenever and
wherever it shut I become necessary to de no
for the purpose of securing to all citizen/5
of the United States the peaceful enjoy•
mend of the rights guaranteed to them
by the Constitution and lawn. It In my
earnest wish that peace and elieerful °be ,
diem%) to the law nay prevail throughout
the land, and that all truces of our lato Un
happy civil strife may be speedily removed.
These ends ran be easily approached by se
quit:went:o lu Lbo resqlte of tlustontlict now
written in our Constitution and by due and
proper enforcement of equal, just and fin
purtlid lawn In every part of our country.
Thu failure of local comfit it ul ties to furnish
ench Means" for attaletnent of results MO
earnently denired. Imposes upon the Na.
!Aerial (lovernment the duty of putting
forth an Um energies for the . protection of
its citizenstof every race and color, and fur
alto rentoratieti of peace and order through
out the outlre country,
In. testimony. whereof, I have he t etuit.,
yet my hand, and caused the p;e4, of Lite
United Slates to lie BilJzeel.. .
_
Done ratite 61'1 or Washington thbi
day or Ma', A. D., 1871, and of the Inde
pendence orthu United Staten' the ninety
fifth. firth() President,
U. EL GRANT
lingliaclx.Falu. Secretary of State.
A 1 , 41.1 f y. MVoma; e -ia r a r yiwa a Liquor
In it aeighboting town a rew,weekki ago
a lady, whose hushartd wris,'iontortu to4ely,
addicted to h
'the atSlt took tt
updft herself , td Ttsit • the place w herb her
liege!lord , got the moans of hia-ruln, tot the
purpose.o pup,lnwa letdp• tO iut iude hO tdr
as lief! family. was eonuamed. She went.
dlito.tba bar-rooal with a stick in het hand,
and,nsliist IL with vlior upon the heed slot_
shoulders 0004.1cP,Iftr tutWoor . ,,w,to?wttul,
tifpj to Vest oxet(otit. Atte theh
,brolte
do
caratet' on the,
overhead,'' , ltt - hee eirtutiked'lttri hOdic
'the iiindoviirOtigh put of the roo ds,
and played atilt:eh , A 'hontbel ,
or pet! (MIMI *ha wt relu:the bar-romii at . '
the Mad ",silted ittgoodordet," Seeming
ingly,appteheneltra that their turn might •
come nest; The Injured Wife awl mother,
fq t +At"Wa i ng- lliP, lion, it) , hts, dent and
wreaking her vengetice • upon , the • Wilde- ,
,nionts of lila trade, qqletly, retired 'to poi,
bottle, no ,oho talfering, 'any italetance to
'ter. • Tfio strangest part of the whole story
hi yet to .be told: The conduct of this
Woman was endorsed •by the good
people Pt au" towp generally, so that no le
gal steps Wive taken to ,punish•this inrram•
lion ° of aliguor-seller's tights. -, ;:We mew
;tioltuo n,amee..lest ,she 41, Pr iog es.
iraomto look after.on 9•9 1. thamßtliSlifitn ( 0,
Inuit) Ir.-)::,'s.--.4iroci - incnt Register.
ho • •
K .
eiztock7 Donaeoeinsie (Nrittfeollon.'
• OixerNNATx;' May pemoerata
State Convention"; of Keiltht:ky. matta'day
et Friaikthid, 004 dontinued in Basildon' u u
tll4aldalglit, Oa. the sixth -ballot P. n.
Leslie: 'was. 'mominated 'for , fleveiaer.'
calming 665 trotea 4tC.thi J;Proctoanknott. •
. fu oi dee ilelfsipi'a Plithii
ip/G36w, May s.—Dr. A. B. 11011'oltur. ./.
',the Sather, of, the GoverFr il ,r thie rs4l - ir 4 i
'ElletiAt'S•e - OlokkihilfarrOt 4 . .... Th, X i niflf;'
'all t v ake'tile - trynti'fh St. .r aril ;VA iir,ol . '
ln • • limbo o "Mbiedii, ' trifteriloci. ''.
, ~ ..,,. al tit qt. 1.1 rm. il .in .*(fir , l:llthell 0014,
i ..,, l e-,10. , r. Ir, ~.., J trrnoi 7.1.i11 'Pin ~,, '.:rtiir.