Lancaster 3ntelligencer.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 18711
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. WILLIAM NWANDLESS,
OF PIEILAbBLFFIIA
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
CAPTAIN JAMES H. COOPER,
OF LAWRENCE COUNTY
A FULL POLL OF TUE DEMOCRATIC VOTE
WILL SECURE THE ELECTION OF OUR STATE
TICKET BY A LARGE MAJORITY.
LET EVERY DEMOCRAT REMEMBER THAT,
AND IMPRESS T TRUTH OF IT UPON T.H.F.
MINDS OF MS NEIGHBORS.
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mailed to subscribers until after the
October election for FORTY CENTS.
Let it be put into the hands of every
man who will read lt. Every dollar
thus spent will be worth five times that
amount paid for brass bands and for get
ling up big meetings.
The Importance of Our State Election.
It is customary for politicians to en
large upon the importance of each re
curring election. Every year the peo
ple are told that the future destiny rf
the nation depends upon their votes. No
doubt there is too much of this. The
masses have heard the story so often
hat it falls upon their ears without pro
ducing the intended effect. They have
been rallied to defend their institutions
so often that they have at last come to
regard the utterances of politicians with
almost as little concern as the shep
herds did the call of the boy who cried
out wolf, when no devouring monster
threatened the flocks. We do not wish
to be classed with false alarmists, when
we say that the pending political con
test in Pennsylvania is one of prime
importance, and we shall, therefore, en
deavor to substantiate the allegations
which we make.
The coming election is important on
account of the local issues which arc in
volved in the canvass.
For years past Simon Cameron has
been struggling to obtain complete con
trol of the Republican party in Penn
sylvania, and he has ut last succeeded in
accomplishing his purpose. When, by
the free use of money, he succeeded in
being elected to the Senate of the United
States over Andrew G. Curtin and Thad
deus Stevens, he broke down all the bar
riers which stood in his way ; and from
that time until the present his decrees
have been recorded by Republican ma
jorities in the Legislature and his man
dates have been obeyed by Republican
State Conventions. To such a condititin
has the Republican party in the great
State of Pennsylvania been reduced that
it is recognized as being owned by one
man—and he the most corrupt politician
within the bounds of the Com mouweath.
The convention which nominated Stan
ton and Beath was composed of men, a
majority of whom were the willing tools
of Simon Cameron. Ills creatures hunt
ed up candidates to suit their own pur
poses, and there was no one who dared
to oppose their nomination. The can
didates who are running on the Re-
Publican State ticket are the creatures
of the Infamous and corrupt ring
which has seized upon thu office of
State Treasurer. The gang of plun
derers who have the disbursement of
the 1110110y6 paid into the State Treasury
by the taxpayers, want one of their
own kind to pass upon accounts; and
they have selected Doctor David Stan
ton us their man. The election of
Stanton and Death would break down
he last barrier which exists between a
gang of greedy adventurers and the
moneys of the. State. With a pliant
tool in the office of Auditor-General,
they would have no one to check their
schemes of plunder, or to expose their
misdeeds until after it would be too late
to aliply a remedy. These we take it
are cogent local reasons why the candi
. dates of the Cameron lan Treasury Ring
should be beaten.
But their are national reasons why the
Democratic candidates should be chosen.
A vote for the Radical candidates is
a vote fur the renomination of Grant.
Should Stanton and Beath be elected,
Simon Cameron will be able to pack the
next, Republican State Convention more
easily even than he did the last ; and
there will be no difficulty experienced
in pledging the Pennsylvania delega
tion to vote solid for Grant for Presi
dent, and for whomsoever Cameron may
see tit to name as a candidate for Vice
President. That will confirm and
chrystalize the power by which Cam
eron has been able to sway Grant and
to secure a controlling influence over
him.
But there are other and wider consid
erations of a national character which
ought to arouse the Democracy of Penn
sylvania to such exertions as they have
never put forth. Upon the result of the
October election in this State, the result
of the next Presidential election will in
great measure depend. If the Democratic
candidates for Auditor and Surveyor-
General are chosen, Brant will not be
re-nominated, or will be beaten if he
should force himself before the people
by the votes of Northern (Au-holders
and Southern negroes, carpet-baggers
and scalawag officials. With such a
change at the coming October election
as would be likely to insure Grant's de
'feat, he would be abandoned by all the
better class of Republican politicians ;
and, should his nomination be forced
by the office-holders, he would be beat
en at the Presidential election without
a struggle.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania has
it in their power to decide the next
Presidential election in advance. They
can carry this State in October by a large
majority, if they will. A full poll of
the Democratic vote will insure the elec
tion of McCandless and Cooper by a large
majority. Of that there is not a doubt.
Every Republican politician in the State
will admit the truth of what we say. In
fact, the only hope of the Carneroniau
Treasury Ring lies in the belief that
there will be it serious falling-01l in the
Democratic vote, on account of dissatis
faction with the Sill resolution,and from
general apathy in our ranks. Shall this
corrupt Ring be gratified? Shall we lose
the great prize which lies within our
grasp thrbugh a criminal neglect of that
highest duty of the American citizen,
the duty to vote?
We never had such an opportunity to
make a complete change in the course
of both State and National Govern
ments as is now presented to us. We
can break the power of Simon Cameron
In Pennsylvania, and there are many
Republicans who will help us to do so;
we can prevent the nomination of Grant,
or Insure his defeat; we can render cer
tain the triumph of a conservative can
didate at the next Presidential electioiT;
wecan restore the National Government
to the control of those who will regard
the fundamental law of the land and
respect the wise restrictions of the Con
stitution ; we can bring back perfect
peace and revive the fraternal feeling
which once existed between the people
of the North anti the South ; we can re
store the decayed commerce of the na
t on; we can insure the adoption of a
financial . policy which will relieve the
taxpayer while it advances the credit of
the nation; we can out up by the roots
the justly odious system of giving away
the public lands to railroad corporations;
we den greatly reduco the number of
public officials; in short, we can restore
good government by rolling up a decid
ed Democratic majority for those gallant
soldiers General McCandless and Cap
tain Cooper.
Shall we do so? It is for the working
Democrats in the different election dis
tricts to say. If they will arouse the
people and get out our full vote we shall
win a great and crowning victory. But
such a result can not be achieved with-
out organization and labor. Let that be
remembered, and let no means for se
curing victory be left unemployed.
Now is the time to enter upon the
work of organization. It must not be
left to the last hours of the campaign.
Let meetings of prominent Democrats
be called in every election district, and
let proper measures be taken for getting
out a full vote.
Remember that a full vote will insure
a glorious victory, and remember how
much is to be gained by such a victory
The Temperance Party in the Field.
As will be seen from the report, which
we publish elsewhere, the Prohibition
ists of Pennsylvania have boldly enter
ed the political field and put forward
candidates for Auditor and Surveyor-
General. The gathering in the Senate
Chamber was not large, some forty del
egates being all who put in an appear
ance. Of these twc-score about half a
dozen were unable to turn their eyes
away from the prospective vision of fu
ture elevation through the agency of
the Republican party. General Josh
Owen has an exalted idea of himself,
and he is not entirely without hope that
other people may eventually get to see
him as he sees himself. He perempto
rily declined to venture upon any new
departure, and he was backed up by the
ghostly counsels and the ministerial
authority of the boisterous Pennell
Coom be. Brother Coombe has had rather
snap of it in his official position
or a roving temperance orator, and it
may he that he considers his craft in
danger. The General and the Reverend
depai led from the Convention in very
bad humor, after trying in vain to turn
the dch•gntes from their purpose. They
went out without a following, and the
Convention proceeded to finish up its
husine,, In a harmonious manner.
The candidates put forward are men of
nerve and of character. Barr Spangler
is known to the Deople of Lancaster
county, us it roan of high respectability
and perfect probity. He is no self-seek
ing politician, but a man who bolds to
his opinions firmly and expresses them
freely.
Mr. Wheeler represented the Radical
cowl!). of Mercer, in the lower house of
Lhe legislature, and while there he se
cured the application of the Ohio dam
age law to his section of the State. That
law makes the owner of a house rented
for the sale of liquor, liable for damages
done by the seller to any member of
the community, and also holds the
seller himself to a strict responsibility
in damages.
We shall, hereafter, have something
to say about the propriety of such ac
tion as the temperance men have taken,
and of the Issues involved in this new
departure.
Radical Candidates us Letter-Writers.
When E. H. Rauch rose to read the
letters addressed to the Temperance
Convention by the Republican candi
dates for Auditor and Surveyor-General,
he remarked that by a singular coinci
cidence they both reached him in the
same mail. When the documents came
to be read, they were found to be not
only similar in thought and tone, but
identical in some of the language used.
Dr. Stanton concluded by declaring
that he had " great respect for all earn
est and conscientious workers In the
temperance cause, and Mr. Beath wound
up his epistle by asseverating that lie
had "the greatest respect for the earnest
and conscientious workers In the cause
of temperance." It is not strange that
this Identity of language should have
culled forth the ridicule of some of the
delegates. It was evident, at a glance,
that Mr. Rauch's letters of inquiry had
been submitted to some one for inspec
tion, most likely the Chairman of the
Radical State Central Committee, and
that the draft of a reply had been for
warded to each of the candidates. For
years past Radical politicians have been
playing upon the credulity of the tem
perance men, but the game of deceit In
which they have indulged cannot be
kept up. Mr. Barr Spangler exposed
the duplicity of Republican politicians
very thoroughly in the speech which
he mule on accepting the nomination.
Old übscrlbers
Mr. Zacharlah Killian, ()I'
Ulnkle
town, Mends the money to pay for the
\ inn:i.v INTRLLI(IENCisn in advance,
and Informs us that he first commenced
to lake the paper in 1829, when it was
edited by Mr. Ferran. We have some
subscribers on our list who date farther
back than Mr. Killian, but he is en
titled to rank among the oldest now liv
ing. The WEEKLY INTELLIGESCER has
been a constant visitor to many families
in Lancaster county since 1799. When
the fathers died one of the sons would
have it sent to him, and so It has gone
on from generation to generation. We
are glad to say that it has a much great
er circulation now than at any former
period. 'We would be pleased to have a
list of our oldest subscribers, and shall
be glad to hear from any, who can date
their subscription further back than
that of Mr. Killian.
r. Peter McConomy, one of our most
prominent citizens, showed us a receipt
given to his father for subscription to
the WEEKLY INTELLIOENCER, from the
'oth of December ISII, to the same date
in 1513. The receipt is signed by Thos.
It. Jordan for Wm. Dickson, Mr. Dick
son being the founder of the INTELLI
GENCEn. The WEEKLY INTELLroEs
cEit has been a household companion
in the family ever since, and Mr. Peter
Me(onomy did not cease to take It when
he subscribed for the Daily. It was a
sort of heir-loom which had come down
to him from his father, and he still
holds on to it. There are many other
families in the county where the WEEK
lNTF.m.mksckit has thus passed
dow n from one generation to another
Thomai Ferran, Esq
Thomas Ferran, Esq., who is now vis
iting his friends in this city, called In to
see us tilts morning. Mr. Ferran will
be remembered by numbers of our sub
scribers as a former editor of the INTEL-
Lin EscEn. He conductel it with abil
ity from June, 1826 to November, 183 G.
The WEEKLY INTELLIOENCER was
much smaller then than it is now, and
it was worked off on a Damage press,
which required two pulls to print each
page. The office was then In a building
on North Queen street, next to Shober's
Hutel. Mr. Ferran has held responsible
and Important positions in the depart
ments at Washington for nearly thirty
years. He was chief clerk in the Cus
toms Department of the Treasury under
all the changing administrations, since
1833, until Grant came into power.
We were glad to meet and converse
with our predecessor, and are sure that
he will have the good wishes of all the
readers of the INTELLIOENCER, whether
they remember hini , or not.
IT was reserved for the Democratic
Legislature of New Hampshire, on the
13th of July last, to enact that " sol
diers serving in the late rebellion, and
disabled from manual labor iu conse
quence of that service, shall be and are
exempted from paying poll-tax." Un
der the Republican ascendancy preva
lent in New Hampshire, from the close
of the war up to the reversal of parties
at the Democratic sweep this year, the
above acknowledgment of service done
the State remained unmade. Too crip
pled to gain a livelihood, the veteran
was nevertheless forced to pay his tax
GIN. A. H. GLATZ has been nomi
nated for State Senator by the Democ
racy of York county. He Is a good
fellow, and has already served In the
same position. Adams and York com
pose the district, and the question as to
which shall have the candidate will be
settled by a conference. Adams will
present the name of Hon. Wm. McSher
ry, a gentleman who also served one
term in the State Senate with great
credit to himself.
THE LANCASTER WEES.LY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1871.
A Convention Controlled by Bayonets.
We publish elsewhere an account of
the first instance, In the history of this
nation, when Federal bayonets were
used to control the action of a political
convention. Under the lead of Grant's
relative, the rebel General Longstreet,
United States troops took possesion of
the hall in which the Louisiana Repub
lican State Convention was being held,
and forced •ut all the delegates who
were supposed to be opposed to the re
nomination of the man who now occu
pis the Presidential chair. No one was
admitted who did not carry in his hand
a ticket given by a United States offi
cial. Ninety, out of one hundred and
eighteen delegates, were barred from ad
mission by having bayonets pointed at
their breasts,by soldiers wearing the uni
form and bearing the arms of the United
States. The men who made the Repub
lican party of Louisiana were driven out
by United States soldiers, because it
was believed they Intended to protest
against the re-nomination of U. S.
Grant. When the Ku-Klux bill was
before Congress, certain Republican
newspapers charged that the bill was
meant to aid Grant In securing a re
nomination, and the whole Democratic
press alleged that an attempt would be
made to employ it as an agencyto prevent
a fair election. The interference in Louis
iana with the action of a Republican Con
' vention shows how far military inter
ference will dare to go. Even under the
Ku-Klux bill no authority for such an
outrage can be found, but Grant and his
officials are ready to usurp any power
they may deem necessary to secure the
objects they have in view. The liberties
of the people are threatened by a band
of desperate creatures who care for noth
but public plunder, arid S. lirant
leads the gang. Let the masses of the
American people take warning before
It is too late.
The Kentucky Election
Certain Radical newspapers profess
to regard the Democratic majority of
thirty thousand In Kentucky as a very
small victory. They put us in mind of
the sinner who stood up to his neck in
water on the top of a high mountain as
Noah's ark went floating by. The
wretch:begged lobe taken ou board, but,
being Informed that such a thing was
clearly against orders, he blasphemous
ly told Noah to go to a warm climate,
remarking that he did not believe it was
going to be much of a shower after all,
We would remind the Express, and all
other Radical newspapers of like char
acter, that thirty thousand was the out
side figure the Democrats of Kentucky
claimed after forty-five thousand ne
groes were added to the voting popula
tion. They have not only made their
claim good, but, in spite of sonic local
dissatisfaction, have exceeded their most
hopeful calculations. The Radicals
professed to believe that they would
either carry the State by the help of the
negro vote or reduce the Democratic
majority do so small a figure as to give
Radicalism a chance in the future. Our
rooster has abundant cause for crowing
over the result in old Kentucky. The
latest news assures us that the Demo
: cratic majority will be forty thousand.
Grant's Recent Visit to Washington.
Grant's recent visit to Washington
was surrounded by secrecy. Nobody
knew that a Cabinet Meeting had been
called. The President was quietly smug
gled Into a special car at Long Branch
by his Private Secretary. A despatch had
been senCto the Secretary of the Navy
to have a close carriage at the depot to
convey his excellency to his mansion.
When quest was made at the livery sta
bles It was found that every close car
riage had been hired for funerals. The
result was that the presence of the Pres
ident "was speedily fruited abroad, but
Grant escaped the importunities of of
fice-seekers by shutting himself iu the
residence of Secretary Robeson, and re
fusing to allow a man to be Introduced,
or to look at a card. There is a terrible
pressure just now to accomplish the re
moval of about one-half of the present
incumbents, and the appointment of
others to their places. I runt " can not
see it." He believes that the fellows
who are now feeding at the public crib
will work hard to secure his re-nomina-
Um], and he will not risk making
changes at present. .1 le always keeps
his eyes on the main chance.
Radical Opinion of Boutwell
We publish elsewhere u telegraphic
despatch from Washington, which must
place Secretary lioutwell in a very awk
ward position before the country. The
author of the allegations Is a Radical in
good standing with his party, and his
assertions must all be believed, unless
Mr. Boutwell shall disprove them. We
shall wait to see what he has to say for
himself before indulging in further com
ment. The charges made arc specific
and of the gravest character. Let every
one read the exposition of Mr. Wood.
WILLIAM B. MANN, the Radical can
didate for District Attorney of Phila
delphia, was the first Colonel of the
regiment commanded during the war
by General McCandless. Mann served
a few months and then resigned. Mc-
Candless served until the regiment was
mustered out. Mann is considered an
excellent soldier by journals like the
Inquirer, but 'McCandless a very poor
One. Malin is a corrupt Radical ; Mc-
Candless is a Democrat. The odds make
the difference.
ONCE there was a Roman Emperor
named Pertinax. When he was raised
to the throne he resigned to his relatives
his whole private fortune. His reason
for doing this was that they might have
no pretence to solicit favors at the ex
pense of the State. Useless S. Grant has
profited by this example in Roman his
tory, only he has turned over all the
offices of the Republic to his relatives,
that they may have no excuse to solicit
favors at the expense of himself!
TILE number of the dead by the ex
plosion of the boiler of the 'Westfield
has now reached one hundred. This
was the number which rumor assigned
to the victims on the day of the disaster.
It is seldom that the reality so sadly
verifies the first reports in a case of this
kind. They are usually greatly ex
aggerated, and that they have proved
accurate in this instance, shows how
fearful was the power exerted in the
work of destruction.
CONN ECTICITT has El model legislator who
refuses to take pay for the (lays he was not
in his sent.—Ex.
(brunt's salary as President would
amount to ten thousand dollars a year,
If he would do likewise. Instead of
that lie gobbles twenty-live thousand
dollars a year salary, and his household
expenses last year amounted to one
hundred and thirty-two thousand, eight
hundred dollars In addition,' for which
the taxpayers had to sullbr.
Tier trouble In Cincinnati regarding
the Sunday law continues: The Coun
cilmen passed an ordinance repealing
the for Mer enactments, and the Board
of Aldermen has refused to concur. The
vote In the latter body was very close,
standing 12 to 11. A resolution request
ing the Mayor to enforce the Sunday
law was tabled by a vote of 13 to 0. The
fight Is likely to be carried into the po
litical contest now pending.
SENATOR SUMNER has declined the
gold medal tendered him by the people
of Hayti. If the Haytians wish to
get rid of the medal, they might offer it
to President Grant, who has no Consti
tutional scruples against the taking of
presents, especially when the expres
sage is prepaid.
Hoar. GEO. H. PEN DLTONE has arrived
from Europe in the Scotia, and will
take the stump in Ohio In a few days,
and infuse new vigor into a canvass al
ready the most vigorous and thorough
the State has witnessed for some years.
Bontwell's Failure
Boutwell has been hawking the new
U. S . loan throughout the financial mar
ket of Europe without success. Spinner
was sent to England, and then Rich
ardson was sent after Spinner. These
special agents were given large sums of
money to be used in creating an impres
sion in favor of the loan by advertising
and•other means, but their efforts met
no response. In the bands of Grant's
Secretary of the Treasury the United
States loan of 1871 has been, as all corn
peten tjudges foretold from the first, that
it would be'a disastrous and ridiculous
failure. After nearly six months of in
cessant effort and reckless expenditure
Boutwell ends where he ought to have
begun, by calling upon an American
banking house to ascertain whether the
thing he seeks to do can be done. After
spending a round million in sending
superannuated Treasury clerks like
Spinner and Richardson on a junketing
tour through Europe, be his found it
necessary to turn over the "disposal" of
the bonds to-Jay Cooke & Co. The
terms of this arrangement have not yet
been made public, but Jay Cooke & Co.
having made a vast fortune out of
the " seven-thirties " will know what
commission to demand. Should Jay
Cooke succeed in disposing of the new
loan, that will reflect no credit upon the
Secretary of the Treasury, whose only
idea of financial management seems to
be the ruinous one of keeping the coun
try bleeding at every vein from which
a drop can he drawn by his army of
tax-collectors. In the meantime the
ignominious figure, which this incapa
ble financier has caused the credit of
the United States to cut, has been made
more ignominious by the fact, that while
he could not contrive to get an Ameri
can loan of two hundred millions, so
presented to the world, as to be taken
up in six mouths, the finance Minister
of the French Republic, emerging
bruised, bleeding and dismembered
from one of the most calamitous wars
in history, succeeded in placing a loan
of equal amount In hardly more than
the same number of hours. 'And yet
Grant's administration expects to stand
upon Bautwell's tinanciering.
The Prison Ring
The Eipress Indulges in some very
proper and sharp strictures upon the
manipulations of the Prison Ring,
which has plundered the taxpayers and
disgraced the people of Lancaster coun
ty for years. It boldly lays bare the fact
that Mr. Levi Sensenig is working most
diligently to secure the election of his
creature, the present Keeper. When
this man Mentzer was chosen by a bal
lot of the Inspectors the charge was
freely made that the Ring had paid fif
teen hundred dollars for a single vote,
and that by that vote Mentzer's election
to the office of Keeper was secured. It
is and has been generally understood
that Mentzer is the tool of Sensenig, and
it is almost universally conceded that
the Ring is toostrong to be beaten. There
are few politicians in the Republican
party who do not expect to see Mentzer
renominated. Somehow Sensenig has
corns to be a great power in that organ
ization. In fact, lie is looked upon
now as a sort of king-maker, and his
power is said to be greater that that of
George Brubaker was in the palmiest
days of thuggery. It must be very hu
miliating to high-toned Republicans to
see the party managed and manipula
ted by such creatures, but few of them
have sufficient backbone to make a vig
orous and effective light against the in
famous corruption which prevails with
in the limitsof their organization. Like
bigots they submit to be made the tools
of a.set of the veriest knaves that ever
schemed to enrich themselves by means
of plundering the public.
If the Exprese wishes to do a good
work, let it bring forward some first
class man for the office of Prison-Keeper.
We know that there are some men in
the Republican party of Lancaster
county, who would discharge the re
sponsibilities of the office without plun
dering the taxpayers and abusing the
office. Let the Express name some
such man. and if a creature of the cor
rupt Ring is nominated, let It peremp
torily refuse to support him. By so
doing It will win the respect of honest
men, and will add to Its influence. If
it quietly supports Mentzer after he
shall have received a nomination
through the manipulations of Sensenig
and his Ring, the E.rpress will earn the
contempt (If all decent and right-mind
ed citizens, and will give the color of
truth to all the damaging accusations
which have been made against it In the
IT Is not so easy to arrive at a clear
conception of the manner in which the
finances of New York city were man
aged for some years, under the compli
cated enactments which were passed by
a Republican Legislature. As matters
stand under the law enacted by the last
Legislature_ no bills can pass without
the signature of the Democratic Mayor
and the Comptroller. Under Republi
can management an Auditing Corn
m ittee,composed of an equal number of
Democrats and Republicans, passed the
bills over which the New York Times
is making such a fuss. We mention this
fact in order to set the Express straight,
and to enable it to give its readers the
truth, if it has any desire to do so. By
the way, how are we to account for the
silence of the Express in regard to the
gross mismanagement of our city fi
nances? Will it be good enough to let a
little light in upon that important sub
' ject? Can it tell us how many thou
sands of dollars have been added to the
debt of Lancaster city under Radical
rule? That is a matter in which every
taxpayer is interested, and there is no
question of divided autliffrity here.
THE Radical city government of Pitts
burgh has been building a City Hall.
The concern was expected to cost about
$300,000. Twice that amount has already
been expended as the structure is still
far from being completed. Among the
items of expenditures is $BO,OOO for
iron used,and a dozen of sheet-iron shut
ters are all of Iron that can be seen about
the building. So it goes. Wherever
the Radicals rule extravagance is the
order of the (lay. Philadelphia has
been plunged deeply into debt by them,
o
and our wn city has felt their heavy
hand since the present young and vig
orous administration came into power.
WI: chronicle the fact that the great
sea-side lounger has arrived safely at
Long Branch again, where he will tarry
the balance of the Summer, unvexed by
any cares of State, If the naughty boys
In his Cabinet will only quit their quar
reling. He will smoke and scheme to
secure a re-election, while clerks run
the government. If an order or bigamy
pardon is to be signed, a special mes
senger will be sent on from Washington
at au expense to the tax-payers of one or
two hundred dollars.
THE Radicals used red tickets at the
recent election in Kentucky. This was
done in order that the negroes might be
watched. In Kentucky, as in other
parts of the South, the Radical leaders
urge the blacks to the commission of
outrages upon all of their own color who
do not vote the Radical ticket. The red
tickets of the Kentucky Radicals were
a devise for securing a solid negro vote.
GRANT staid in Washington Just long
enough to remove General Pleasanton
and to advance Assistant Commission
er Douglass to the vacancy. Douglass is
Simon Cameron's man, and his eleva
tion is another triumph for the most
corrupt and unscrupulous politician in
Pennsylvania.
HON. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS has
concluded to accept the position of Ar
bitrator under the Treaty of Washing
ton, and he has so informed the Presi
dent. This is a good appointment. .
Extension of the Ring
In its last issue the Express mils at
tention to the fact that a desperate effort
is being made by the corrupt 'PrisOrf
Ring to extend its control to the Man
agement of the Poor House and County
Hospital. Unsophisticated peoplemight
very naturally be led to wonder what
mine of profit could be discovered in
these institutions ; but a very little in
vestigation is sufficient to show that
large sums of money could be made by
such management as has prevailed in
connection with the County Prison.
The purchases of material which are
made for the Poor House and the Hos
pital amount annually to large sums of
money, and a snug little arrangement,
by which a per centage could be charged
on all the commodities purchased,
would put thousands of dollars in the
pockets of the Ring-masters. The tax
payers would not be able to tell where
and how the stealing was done, unless
some one of the gang should peach on
the rest, but the profits made would be
shown by the aggregated increase in
the annual expenditures. The Express
gives an instance of the purchase of cat-
tie for the Poor House which has a very
suspicious look about it. The charge
made by the Expreas to the effect that
Messrs. Gast and Fry arebeingset upon
by the Ring, with the intention of de
feating them, and ;electing tools of the
Ring in their stead, is another proof of
the corruption which exists among the
recognized leaders of the Republican
party in Lancaster county.
If the Erpresa is to be believed a cor
rupt and powerful Ring is actively at
work to control all the nominations.
The Ring has its candidates', for Judge,
its choice for District Attorney, its
" set-up " for the Legislature, and its
nominees for County Commissioner,
Directors of the Poor, Prison Inspec
tors and Prisol Keeper. We have not
been informed whether the Ring has
also a candidate In the field for the
office of Auditor, but it is perfectly fair
to presume that the men who are mak
ing all their arrangements for plunder
ing the County Treasury would want
friends in the Auditor's office to pass their
accounts without objection or comment.
Certain Republican politicians boldly
proclaim that the Express is Influenced
by mercenary motives in the exposures
which it has made from time to time.—
However that may be, there are very
few taxpayers who will not feel obliged
to it for the comes it has pursued during
the present contest. The people have a
right to be informed as to the rascally
designs of the corrupt Ring which has
secured control of the County Commit-
ee and the management of the Repub
lean party in Lancaster county.
We are naturally somewhat anxious
to see what will be the result of the
coming Republican Primary Election.
Should the Ring succeed in nominating
its candidates the Express can not sup
port them without putting itself in a
position where it must forfeit the respect
of every decent man and completely
destroy its political influence. So far it
has spoken out In a mere negative man
ner. Whether it will eventually make
its utterance more positive and specific
we wait to see. if there be men whom
it believes to be creatures of the Ring be
forethepeople for office,let it name them
without hesitation that they may be
marked by all honest voters for defeat.
there be others who are free from such
contaminating influences, let the Ex
preas name them by name and boldly
and fearlessly urge their claims. If by
so doing it can secure the nomination of
proper men for Judge, for District Attor
ney, and for the other oillces to be filled
it will do a work of which it may well
be proud and greatly inerease its influ
ence.
A Fizzle
When bigots all over the country be
gan to make the riot in New York an
excuso for the revival of Know-Noth
ingism we predicted that the attempt
would prove to be a ridiculous failure.
The most noticeable meeting was held
in the city of Baltimore, and the speeches
then made showed very clearly that the
proscriptive spirit which once banned
all Catholics and all foreign-born citi
zens still lives In the Republican
party. But when he work of or
ganization came to be perfected, the
new movement turned out to be a
grand fizzle. In most of the Wards
nobody was present at the meetings
which were called to re-organize the
Know-Nothing party, in connection
with Radicalism. In the Seventeenth
Ward the few who assembled, finding
that all sensible Protestants held aloof,
it was announced that members of any
political organization would be re
ceived, "provided they would oppose the
present Democratir city, government."
At another place, all who had responded
to the call in four wards, were gathered
into all adjourned meeting, and the
whole number only amounted to twen
ty-five. At another point those as
sembled took steps to form a Republi
can Ward Club. The whole movement
in Baltimore resulted in a grand fizzle,
but the animus of those who did con
vene was clearly shown. The few
leaders, who met without followers,
were all radical Republicans, and they
did not disguise their design of making
political capital. The attempts to.seize
upon the New York riot for such a pur
pose is the last desperate device of a
decaying political organization, which
has been a source of evil ever since it
had an existence.
The Scott Centenary
The centennial anniversary of Walter
Scott's birth, was celebrated in Edin
burg with becoming ceremonies.—
The cable gives interesting accounts of
the honors paid to the memory of the
man who did so much to instruct and
amuse the world. Many Americans
were present at the celebration in Edin
burg, and nowhere are the works of this
great author more universally read and
admired than in the United States.
They appeal to the sympathies of all
classes, and strike a responsive chord in
every heart. It was fitting that the
Scott centenlary should be handsomely
celebrated.
A FINE set of thieves these fellows
are who are forever plunging the coun
try into hot water with their tales of
Ku-Klux outrages. In the old slave
States occur 94 out of the 291 revenue
defalcations confessed by Secretary
Boutwell, and of the twenty odd mil
lions admitted by him as stolen, $6,789,-
721.95 are to be put down to the score of
these same persecuted patriots. A flue
picture it makes of Southern outrage's,
these dry figures, telling how govern
ment functionaries steal with both
hands, bawling meanwhile at the top of
their lunge "Ku-Klux !"
MRS. VALLANDICIHANI, wife of Hon.
C. L. Vallandigham, whose tragic death
shocked the nation but a few weeks
ago, died at Cumberland, Maryland,
yesterday. The news of the fe te of her
husband undermined her nervous sys
tem, and she rapidly passed into the
same shadowy vale. Mrs. Vallandlg
ham was a woman of many virtues, and
her sad fate will be mourned both In
private and public circles.
HoN. WM. ELLiorr, of Philadelphia,
"Billy of the Gas Ring," the man who
had the notorious murderer, Wm. J.
Ovens, made Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives last winter,
has been made Secretary of the Repub
lican State Central Committee by Mr.
Russel Errett. He is unquestionably
the right man in the right place. The
appointment of his friend Ovens might
have been still more appropriate, but
Billy Elliott will do.
P. GRAY MEEK has been renominated
for the Legislature by the Democracy of
Centre county. He is talented, honest
and fearless. His opponent was a good
man, but it is evident that the Democ
racy of Centre know how to appreciate
a faithful public servant when they find
him.
At the Sea. Side
Shall we go to the sea-shore or to the
mountains where mineral springs give
promise- of health? That is a question
which many ask themstiltres as the
heats of Summer approach. Year by
year the number of those who seek
relaxation and rest at watering places
becomes greater In this country. Fash
ion demands that its votaries shall go,
and from the first of July until the last of
August absence from town is regarded as
a necessity by many. Some who insist
upon keeping up appearances without be
ing aNe to afford the expense of a sojourn
at watering-places, shut their doors and
windows and pretend to be absent. When
Autumn comes they emerge from their se
clusion and talk of the quiet time they bad
in some remoto rural region.
People . who live among the mountains
ought to go to the seaside, and those who
live by the sea would do well to visit some
of the mountain resorts. Certain diseases
are greatly benefitted by a complete change
of air, and even when no positive disease
exists, the general health is improved by
such a transfer. It needs no one to call at
tention to the great change in the atmos
phere which is always observable as the sea
is approached, and all who have =vie a sea
voyage have noticed how the air becomes
Impregnated with odors from field and
mountain when land heaves in view.
Lancaster being located near the moun
tains there seems to be a natural tendency
among its people to visit the sea-side, and
many of them make an annual trip to Cape
May, which offers the finest bathing along
our Atlantic coast. Philadelphia Iles half
way between and offers all the enticements
of shopping to the ladies. The West Jer
sey Road runs express trains which make
the trip from Camden to the Cape in a little
over two hours. The road Is well equipped
and the ride is pleasant except during very
dry weather, when the earth beneath the
ties is beaten into dust, which rises in
iqoutls. The scenery slang the route Is not
what would be called tine, but there is much
to attract the attention. The sandy soil re
quires careful cultivathin and mar uring ,
but it produces crops which pay well. Corn
springs rank and green from the white sand,
sweet potato vines trail over acres, water
melons lie thick on large fields, forests of
poles bear up the clinging bean-stalks,
grapes cluster about long rows of stakes,
and peach trees bend with their delicious
burthen above strawberry plants. Towns
of frame houses are rapidly springing up,
and the very moral city of Vineland, which
was founded by an enterprising Dutch
Yankee, from Lancaster county, is flour
ishing. Its yards and gardens are not
fenced, the flowers, vegetables and fruits
presenting a tempting sight to boys who
have nota proper respect for the eighth com
mandment. Maybe the strougdnindcd
women who are said to dwell in the town
have eradicated the propensities of the av
erage boy. Wagon-roads stretch away from
' the railroad-like paths covered with snow,
so white is the sand. The :ide creeps along
through oozy creeks, and wild flowers
bloom in the swamps where the rich green
leaves of the dwarf magnolia forms a prom
inent feature in the foliage. These things
attract attention, and render the ride from
Philadelphia to Cape Island one of interest
to all who have an observant eye.
Cape May City would never have had a
name or a place on the maps if it had not
been for its peculiarly fine sloping beach of
smooth sand, which makes it the pleasant
est and safest bathing place in the country.
Long before a railroad was laid down
through Jersey many people came here by
boat and stage to spend a portion of the
Summer season. Tho town has a resident
population of some twelve hundred, and
most of them make a living by supplying
the varied wants of visitors at a large profit.
It Is gay for a few weeks In Summer, but
a dreary, sleepy place the balance of the
year. Most of the good residences which
are not hotels, are cottages erected by men
of means who send their families here to
spend the season. The hotels are numer
ous and comfortable. Chief among them
are the Columbia I louse, the Stockton and
Congress Hell.
We put the Columbia House first because
wo happen to know most about it. It oc•
cupies the moat eligible silo, has the finest
lawn, is in front of the best bathing ground
and is admirably kept. Its proprietor,
George J. Bolton, runs three hotels, and
runs them all in such a manner as to satin•
fy the wants of the traveling public, and to
draw a large share of patronage. During
the season he remains at Cape May, where
he is now ably assisted by John Potter, as
cashier, and flurry Resley and Mr. Doak
as clerks. Now and then he runs up to
Harrisburg to Mid Charley Kemp doing a
thriving business at Bolton's Hotel, and
occasionally he stops over night in his
Philadelphia hotel, the Washington House,
which is now tinder the supervision of our
former townsman, K. Seheaffer Metzger,
and Henry Frogmen. The present season
has been a hard one upon all the pro
prietors of hotels at watering•places.—
July is the month during which money Is
made at such places, and the past July was
the most unfavorable known for years.—
The cool, rainy weather deterred thousands
Who desired to go from leaving home, and
many were glad of an excuse to escape
from the expensive and arbitrary decree of
fashion. Up to the first of August, no
hotel at Cape May had begun to pay ex
penses. The heat of the present month
will be apt to let some of them out with a
profit, but others will lind a large balance
on the wrong side of the ledger, and their .
keepers will have short bank accounts and
long feces. The American people demand
so many luxuries at hotels that it is an ex
pensive business to keep them up. If they
would be satisfied with less show and
plainer and more wholesome food, hotel
bills could be reduced and expenses greatly
lessened. They have only themselves to
blame for the prices they are compelled to
pay.
The sea air and the bathing, are of course
the chief attractions at Cape May. The
wind comes off the ocean full of moisture.
When it blows stilly In the evening, your
clothes are speedily dampened, but no in
jurious effect is produced. On the contrary,
a feeling of exhilaration is experienced, and
many a weakened frame is rapidly braced
up and invigorated. Now and then a land
breeze sweeps over the marshes, bringing
heat with it and sometimes clouds of mos
quitoes. These pests are generated in
broods which last about nine days, when
an interval ensues, during which the eggs
laid by those which have died are hatching.
Fortunately land breezes at Cape May are
not frequent. A word of advice here may
be timely. When you go to any seaside
resort, do not object to taking an
elevated room. :Mosquitoes rarely rind
Mid their way above the second story.
They are borne along near the ground, and
do not rise high in the atmosphere.
Miss Urundy has settled the time for
bathing without regard to moon, tide or
even the will of the bather, Half-past
eleven o'clock is the fashionable hour for
indulging In this delightful recreation, and
every ono is expected to emerge from tics
bathhouse and enter the water immediate
ly after the clock has chimed the half-hour.
The sight of a crowd in the surf is estrange
and amusing one. The transformations
which take place aro marvellous. Busts of
the most beautiful contour aro suddenly
flattened out by the first dash of the billows ;
forms of voluptuous fullness grow won
derfully attenuated 1.1.4 wet robes reveal
the actual proportions, and the magnificent
heads of hair we are accustomed to see have
nearly all disappeared. Here and there
may be seen some really beautiful maiden,
with a form such as might have belonged
to one of the Nereides, disporting herself
amid the waves, which seem to struggle'
with each other for the privilege of embrac
ing her and kissing her ruby lips. Fat
women are a sight to see when they bathe,
and fat men are by no means attractive ob
jects. Some people are unable to overcome
a dread of the sea while others lay their
hands familiarly on the ocean's mane.—
We noticed an elderly couple, evident
ly man and wife, floating with link
ed arms on the swelling waves
where they rode as composedly as if they
could neither sink nor be carried out by
the undertow. By halt-past twelve o'clock
the bathing for the day Is considered to be
over, and the motley crowd have doffed
the flannel garbs of varied hues, and be
taken themselves to their chambers. It is
considered orthodox for gentlemen to take
a lunch after bath' and a mint-julep at the
bar, and ladles have a delicate morsel
sent to their rooms to be eaten while they
sip a glees of sherry or a lemonade. The
bath is generally followed by a slight feel
ing of languor, and many take a nap before
dressing for dinner. The afternoons are
spent lounging about the hotel piazzas and
parlors, or in drives along the beach, which
offers a wide roadway of sand packed as
hard as a floor when the tide is out. In the
evening Multitudes promenade along the
planked pathways near the edge of the surf,
and here the murmurs of the ocean strive
in vain to drown the whispers of lovers who
stroll arm-in-arm. Hops and balls take
place every evening, and there the art of
dressing can be studied as the gay butter
flies of fashion glide through the mazes of
the dance. Dancing men seem to be in
great demand, and many ladies are forced
to forego tho pleasure for want of proper
partners.
From 11 o'clock at night until 5 o'clock
in the morning the police regulations allow
buff bathing. In other words, you can
bathe without clothes during those hours.
If you wish to enjoy the full luxury of an
ocean bath rise at 4 o'clock, slip on your
nether garments and walk down to the
shore in your bare feet. It Is only a little
distance from either of the principal hotels,
and pleasant memories of boyhood will be
awakened as the soles of your feet come in
contact with mother earth once more.
When you plunge naked into tie sea, the
slight shock which is caused by the contact
with the waves that break over you and lap
you in their embrace, is exhilarating and
delightful—very different indeed from the
sensation experienced when you are wrap
ped in a suite of flannel with grains of sand
sticking in its pores. He who has once tried
a buff bath will be anxious to repeat the
pleasure. When you return to your couch
you will soon be wrapped In a delicious,
dreamy slumber, from which you will rite
wonderfully refreshed and invigorated.
Ono of the most amusing sights to be
witnessed at Cape May is the bathing of
the horses. Early on Sunday morning we
were awakened by shouts and loud laugh
ter, and looking out of the window in our
chamber, which faced the sea, .re saw
nearly a hundred horses with their riders
gathered in a group. Most of the horses
seemed to dread the surf, and it took sharp
spurring to induce them to enter the break
ers. An occasional animal walked in
quietly with the air of being accustomed
to it, but the majority struggled wildly
with their riders. Now and then some
groom would be thrown, and then a loud
shout and peals of laughter go up as
his steed galloped away. 'rho sight was
full of amusement, and we wa wiled it
from where we lay until the gentle caresses
of a soft sea•breezo fanned us into a de
licious morning nap.
There is good fishing at Capri .Nlay. For
a dollar a piece a party of three or moth can
be supplied With very comfortable boats,
lines, bait, and a man who knows the fish
ing grounds in the sound. A party of us
caught a line lot of excellent fish near the
inlet one morning. We anchored some
distance inside the bar over which the
waves rolled in long and Hashing lines of
white foam. 11 r. Schillenger, who lives
about a mile from the principal hotels, and
runs a line of omnibuses in and out every
hour, furnishes all the necessary appli
ances, and hires them out at reasonable
rates. There is gu nn irig too along the sound
Willets, curlews, bull-head plovers, ox..
eyed snipe and the large and small Toucan
be killed. After the lirst of August the
fishing and gunning is at its best.
Take it all in all Cape May is a pleasant
place to visit, and it is not strange that it
has come to be a great place of resort.—
Those who go with a determniat ion to en.
joy life without being subjected to all the
restraints and Inconveniences to which the
votaries of fashion voluntarily submit
will find themselves benefited physically
and mentally, by a sojourn at the sea side.
The season is now at its hcighth, the hotels
being comfortably full, and all the pleas
ures which are customary being kept up
with spirit, 1f... 5.
Stale Item,
Prof. Lowe, of Chester eounty, is meet
ing with great success In the South with
his leemmehines,and will probably reap
a fortune therefrom.
The peach, apple and cherry trees that
were stripped of theft fruit and foliage
by the late hull storm In lycomlng
county have put forth a new crop of
blossoms.
Two twin lambs in Washington coml.
y, whose mother died, were suckled by
t heifer whose first call had been taken
flom her. The lambs are uncommonly
largo and their step-mother, the heifer,
treats them with the greatest allbction.
Samuel Macomb, of Solebury, Bucks
county planted this season one Peerless
potato from which he raised 66 potatoes,
weighing 17. pounds; and from one
Early Rose he raised 53 potatoes, weigh
ing 1:3 , 3 ; pounds. Some of the Peerless
potatoes weighed over half a pound each.
The Philadelphia " Bulletin" opposes
two of the Republican candidates for
city officers, Messrs. C. H. T. Coll is,and
P. A. 13. Widener, and four of the can
didates for the Legislature, Messrs.
Dully, Lamm', Albright and (tray, be
cause, it says, they are mere " baript
cies."
.Nlrs. Colt, widow of the revolver wan
ufacturer, is the richest woman it
America.
Margaret Willis, aged so, was run
over and killed by a train at Lynn,
Mass., on Friday evening.
During the last live days a smoke has
prevailed on Lake I [won, so dense as
to impede navigation.
Hon. It. C. McCormick, Delegate to
Congress fron Arizona, has gone blind,
and it is sal to be doubtful whether tie
will ever ga,in his sight,
The selly 4- Campbell has arrived at
Kenosha, \ , -114 - . J with the wreck of the
lumber schooner Scottish Chief. It is
supposed the crew of the latter were
lost.
The steamer Chautauqua exploded
her boiler near Maysville, N. V., yester
day afternoon. Five persons were kill
ed and fourteen injured. Several of the
injured are expected to die.
Nearly three-quarters of a mile of
snow sheds along the Pacific Railroad
at Emigrants' Gap, with station build
ings, were destroyed by tire on Wed
nesday. Trains were delayed 12 hours
by the disaster.
Two brothers, named Hardwick, at
tacked some Chippewa Indians, accused
of stealing, near Lake Darling, Minn.,
and killed two of them. The Bard
wicks then gave themselves up to the
authorities.
The Apaches were reported at last ac
counts " very active" In Arizona and
Sonora. General Cook's force was mak
ing progress in Arizona. The Mexican
authorities had altered $.;0,000 addition
al bounties for Apache scalps.
Most of the booty stolen from the ex
press delivery wagon in St. Louis re
cently has been recovered. The recov
ered property consists of $56,00i in Kan
sas Pacitic Railroad bonds, which were
found in the woods, a short distance
from St. Louis.
Fifty persons were injured by the
railroad disaster at Bangor, :Slaitie, ou
Wednesday night, owsed by the break
ing of a bridge, which precipitated four
passenger eats into the road. Two were
killed. All toe injured ore reported "in
a fair way of recovery."
A. tire at (loldsboro, ou Sunday
night, destroyed two hotels, tell stores,
the railway ear sheds, and several out
buildings. Loss, about $BO,OOO. 'l'lle
fire was ineendiary, and is believed " to
have hall its origin out of the late negro
riot."
At the drawing of the Sacramento
Pioneer Hall and Library Association
Lottery, July 2lst, the $lO,OOO prize was
drawn by ticket No. '211,7.12, which be
longed to a hard-working widow named
Mrs. McDermott, who supports her fam
ily by taking in washing.
A New York despatch reports a seri
ous accident on the Susquehanna
Rail
toad last Saturdag. The particulars are
not given, but it Is stated to have result
ed in the drowning of a fireman named
Blanchard, the Injuring of an engineer
named Whipple, and a loss of about
$lOO,OOO to the Company.
The horrible Atlanta, (la., Ann says:
"The New York Sun wants to know if
suicide is ' It would be a
pity If It were so and were not to Invade
the ,S'un office. There are few places
where a few suicides could be committed
with more advantageous results to the
country."
The Cincinnati Tinics says that Mr.
Colfax Is ary sure of a nomination as
Preskient,Grant. We are at a loss to
know whether this means that Mr. Col
fax has changed his mind In relation to
withdrawing from public life, or wheth
er the Tinaca thinks General Grant will
not be renominated.
The Fort Scott Monitor gives a dis•
couraging report of the cattle trade in
Kansas, caused by low prices at St.
Louis and Chicago. At Bax ter Springs,
one of the sources of supply, there is no
stated price, and no cattle are offered,
When sales are made, the rate Is usually
about one cent per pound. Lust year It
was two cents.
At Nashville, Tenn., Judge Baxter
has decided the State tax on lawyers to
be unconstitutional. The Legislature
ordered atax of $5O per annum as priv
ilege to be levied on the lawyers ; one of
them, named Colyer, paid the tax under
protest and sued for its recovery, the
suit resulting in this decision. The mat
ter will be carried to the Supreme Court.
The Teachers or Pennsylvania
Their Eighteenth Annunl Meeting.
[From our Special Correspondent.)
WILLIAMSPORT, Aug. 8, 1871
Editors Inlctligencer : Thinking that
perhaps a few rambling notes on the State
Teachers' Association, now convened In
this city, might not be uninteresting to
your readers, I place the following at your
disposal:
The train arriving hero at 2:0.5 P. M.,
yesterday, brought a small delegation of
teachers, mostly from the southern and
south eastern counties, but not till the eve
ning trains was there any influx of strati.
gers. These, however, with the early
morning trains brought in quite a respect
able number from different parts of the
State. This morning, a tow minutes after
ten o'clock. the Association was called to
order in its elegant place of meetingi(the
Academy of Music) by the President, A.
N. Raub, of Lock Haven. Probably three
hundred teachers and others bad already
gathered In the Hall. After opening with
prayer by the Rev. J. R. Davis, an address
of welcome was read by the Rev. A. H.
Horne, City Superintendent of Williams
port. In this address, the reverend gen
tleman, besides extending a very hearty
welcome to the Association, uu behalf of
the citizens of Williamsport, made allu
sion to the various objects of interest, nat
ural, architectural, historical, tkc., which it
might be profitable for the teachers to visit
during their stay in the city. Ainon g
other things, attention was called to the
extensive lumber Interest centred in thia
beautiful and thriving inland commercial
emporium.
Tho addreaa was delivered in a very hap
py manner and being agreeably inter
apereed with sallies of wit and humor,
made every one feel that the heart• wel
come was not a mere empty form of words
only, but really more to he interpreted ac
cording to Webster.
This address was very pointedly and
happily responded to, un the part of the
Association, by Prof. A. 11. New pher,
chairman of the Executive Committee Re
marks wore also made by several members
of the Association, all ealculated to main
tain the general good feeling already estate.
hshed. '1 he following committees Were
then appointed: tht enrollment—Messrs.
Burgitn, of Centre; NValthaner, of West
moreland; llarrisumof Pittsburg: and Stout,
of Philadelphia. Tn audit accounts of
Treasurer-1.1 essrs. I of Mifflin ; Patt•
terson. of Pottsville and Slicely, ut Frank
lin. To revise the constittittiiii—Mesars.
Parker and C. I. I larding, of Philadelphia;
Woodruff, of Chester; Ford, of l'ildidiurgh
and Woods, of l'raw Ford, After various
iniseellaneow; silizu:ostions and 511111 , 111110,-
ments the Assoolation adjourned till lui
o'clovk I'. NI.
Besides miscellanyouniai,dues,, the Prps-
dent's inaugural, on " lur educational
want -9," and the presenting or a 001100 tit
romolutions relath e to LI (+death of Dr. Bur
owes, by lion. J. I'. NVickershitin, were
the principal features of the afternoon ex
ercises. This was an able, and to teachers
at least, a very interesting address. In
faaJsCaltiag the 'alter oreasinni was takinn
by Mr. IViekershain to pronounce a very
eloquent etiloe,2v on the deceased, dwelling
especially on his great work, in the cause
M popular cultivation, Prof. Brooks, 01
Millersville, .1. l'lnutt, nut NVilliainsport, 11.
I'. 11 ichink, of Philadelphia, and Prof,
tireene, of Brown iiiversity, IL 1.,
liillotc
ed, each with rettiarks califsl forth by the
subject or the resolutions. The remarks of
Prof. Brooks and Greens Ivor° peruliurly
befitting the occasion aid honorable to the
character or the deceased.
After various miscollaneow+ business:m.l
the appointEnclu of Houck of the
School lieptruneut, . Lincavenver, ut
Schuylkill, and Laird or Philadelphia,
Mi=rl=i=
wishing to accompany the excursion to
Niagara on Thursday evening, the Associ
lion adjourned to 7:4:t.
The exercises in the evening 11111Siattal of
an essay by Miss Reighard, of Will 41111H
port, all address on " Relations of Common
Schools to Colleges," by Prot*. liliss , of
Lewisburg, and a very interesting one on
what might be called ih, " Cnwritten His
tory of the Pennsylvania Common Schaal
System "—the procraintnes have it " A
Retrospect of Ills Pennsylvania Common
School System "- by 1100. 11. C. II ichok, el
Philadelphia. Tho evening exercises wt re
interspersed will, excellent music, and,
though rather long, were listened to (eOll
sitlering the tropical atmosphere or the hull
very patiently by a very largo audience.
Altogether, the exercises of the day have
Inanootly profitable In ill Who hilt! OW
idt.asure to be in attendance.
NVE1.1,1.km49419r, At 9,4. U, 1,171
Owing to the copious
showers of yesterday, hero, the temperature
to•day stands about Iliree collars lens per
dicm, than for several days pant. This is
a very great improvement, an the mercury
has been or sometime persistently 14 cop- -
Mg at a torrid altitude to the greet distress
of neck-ties and collars made or material
anything short of water•proa, not to
nay fire-proof. The proceedings of the
•'State Teachers' Assoviation," to-day, were
throughout or a very interesting and Inn
portion character. The session opened with
prayer by Hey. Brobst, or Allentown.—
Reno] utions of respect to the memory
of Professor William F, Wyers, or Went
Chester, recently deceased, were then of.
toured liy W. W. 'Woodruff, of Bucks. :Sir.
Woodruff preceded the offering of his res•
ohnion with a very appropriate ellloolllll
on the character of the deceased. Al esnrn
Maris, of Went Chester, Moore, F. A. Al
len, of Mansfield, E. A. Jones, of Erie.
Pucker nif Philadelphia, and Professor
N. Brooks, or Af illersville, each offered
their chaplet of praise to the memory of
the departed. On motion, a committee wan
appointed to deVbil , a ohm for erecting a
monument in the Capitobground at Ilar•
rtsburg, to the memory of eminent cd twa•
torn of the State. A short lecture on Vocal
Muni., in our common schools, by Prole'
nor ilopk inn, of N. Y., followed. Profes
sor (treene, of It. 1., then opened the dis
cussion on "1 he Relation of Common
Schools to Colleges," Thin all hjeot el leltod
a very animated and able debate, partici
pated in by 1/r. Taylor, Professor/4 Mins
and Wickersham, M r. Flinger and Rever
end ilrobnt.
At the afternoon session, the Committee
appointed to revise the Constitution et the
Association, presented a report, which. of
ter being slightly amended, was adopted
as the Constitution of the Association. A
Report—The Next Step—was then read I.y
S. C. Shortledge, Kennett Square, Pa. The
committee appointed at the last annual
meeting ei the AKeeehtheit to report on the
State Board of Examiners and Stale Aid
to Permanent Teachers, then presented a
report through Professor A. 11. Newpher.
The ASS(WilitlOn seemed very anxious to
take up the discussion of this report, hut
the time fixed fur the 'nimbi:akin
eel's having itrri veil that WILY declared to he
the business in order, after which item the
Association adjourned till 7.. tr,.
A limit tlye hundred teacher • are in at
tendance, and these, wilh the many friends
of °duration and others in town, give the
sire, to a lively appearance, while the
crowds seeking admission at the various
hotels rather severely test Llin patience ul
the landlord+.
WILLIAM:4I,IOE, Allg 11 , 1",71
'llia proceedings of the A SSOCiillloll con
tinued interesting and prolitsible, 'I his
morning G. If. 1....1..5tburn, of Philadelphia,
read a paper entitled "Science lit Educa
tion.•' It was an able arguillent in favor of
the introduction of the elements of natural
science in 04,1111111111 Setif 50IS, and its only
fault was its great length. A committee
was appointed to take steps for calling a
great natural meeting of educators in Phil
adelphia during the centennial celebration.
A discussion !elating to State certificates
was continued and action in regard to the
lair proposed for their- regulation was, on
motion of Prod. Wickersham, postponed
until the next annual meeting. I ,neral
Easton, of \'a•dti,,gtnn, delivered a
lecture on "American edt u •atior u al pro
gress." Ile advo c ated chi, project of estab
',bine: a national department ofechicatien,
a scheme which has been condemed by
taunt• of the best educators in the country.
At the allernoon mission Pol. McFarland,
of Ilarrisnu rg , read a report upon the
graded course of study proper for common
schools. The it i,vussiott nl ,M,P,W4OrY
attendtuu•e at pit blip schools tilts
Slid the sentiment of the ma j ority seemed
to a WA be enacted.
following oilivers ,vere chosen tor th
ensuing year:
Pre.ident, 11. Ilourk, of Harrisburg
Viet , l'resttlents, Prof, tio,rge 0
NI INS Jennie Itenthartl, of \VP.
; j ; ,,,,51;,0rt ; Svcrt•Litry, J. P. Mel'asltey, o
I.ltheaster ; Tre,t4orer, 1.. S. llort,,
After singintr the doxology, the Asnocia
floe a l)nurned to 111( , e1 in Philadelphia, I;
1572. There way no evening session, it
consequence of the proposed elontrsion o
tile A 5.) , ..1/1t ion to Niagara.
Dana, roan Ea perlmenill nix on Hu llramcbc
.1/r. Editor,: AI any y'ettrit ago it was prite•
Really demonstrated that two trains run
ning In opposite directions emit(' not safely
pass each other on the same track. ISut
new and novel experiment has been tried
by the Wilmington and Reading Railroad,
which resulted in the death of Mr. Sitertz
and the crippling of several others. A new
schedule went into effect on August
21.
Thu trains were started front Birdsboro on
the now time, and the northward bound
trains from Wilmington on the old time
table, and having but one track a most fatal
and disastrous collision was the result.
Railroading has been reduced toascience,
and companies aro culpable and should be
held strictly responsible for keeping in
their employ Ignorant and careless em
ployees. This late fit,al accident that has
deprived a dependent family of its only
support was the result of culpable Ignor
ance and stupidity. What railroader ever
heard of a now uchedule going into effect
and but ono end of the road noodled of the
fact? If the train, as stated, left Birdsboro
on the now time and the 8.15 train loft Wil
mington on the old time, and the collision
took place at Marshall's Station, where was
the General Despatcher or /Train Master,
who has his Wilco at Coatesville, that he
was not apprised of the upward bound
train, as it had passed two telegraph eta•
tions before the collision took place? If
companies for such negligence are not
amenable to the law, tho employees of the
road, engineers, firemen, conductors and
brakesmen, who at best are engaged In a
most dangerous business, should tako the
protection of their lives in their own hands
by refusing to work on a road managed by
such bungling Wilda's,
RAILROADER
MEE=
Meeting of the State Radical Convention
Interference of Federal Troops
New ORLEANS, A ugust an early
hour this morning large crowds of whites
and blacks gathered around tho Custom-
House building, where the Republican
Convention assembled. About nine o'clock
two companies of tho Nineteenth United
Suites Infantry, with two (lolling guns,
under command of Captain Smith arrived.
The troops marched in and stacked arms
in the hail, at the head of the steps at the
Canal-strset entrance. Large numbers of
Deputy United States Marshals closely
guarded every entrance to the Custom
(louse, no one being permitted to enter
without a ticket from Marshal Packard.
At half. pact ten 'inventor Wurtnoth,
accompanied by t leneral Cant pbol ',Senator
Pinebback and about eighty followers,
sonic with and some without tickets, en•
tered the building and endeavored to pass
through the hall, but were stopped by it
deputy-marshal and informed that no one
was permitted to pass until the hour for the
opening of the Convention.
Wurmoth expressed Indignation, 111011111-
cd a chair, and said Having been
refused admittance to the hall designated
by the Central Committee for holding a
Convention, I propose we now adjourn to
urtives Ilnll 'mil hold a Convetalim
'rho spetieli was received with eboors,
ogled with a low hisses. 11'ar111011/
descended Irma the chair and enteredi.his
carriage,. The crowd took out the horses
from the carriage and dragged it trium
phantly through the 'streets to Turner's
AL twelve o'clock the crowd wa4 mlled
order, and Mr. NlaNters, of Carroll par-
Wats elected Temporary Chairman.
Varnitith, Pinch back, ltamptioll and J intim
dentitmeed lhu interference of the
' llitell SEMI, Ofilrers. lii tll/10 iihitracterii•
Custom- 1 youse l'otiveution a.. a buds
if administration favorites, guarded
ityonets and lawless tyranny.
l'inchbaek said In at possible we as,
a lae put. down lay the government wo have
u.rwiuott If that ho the ease, the Noollor
its government is torn down and a coon
riliy built upon its ruins the better r'
Atter eiteeting a permanent organization
•ith l'inehback as President, they adjoin ii-
I to went in Turner'm tlnll, ui 1111 . 11 . -1,,t,t
.%•eli o'clock this evening.
l'aokard called the Custoni
entio” to order at twelve 111,
Ilenry Burch, colored, or Button Rouge,
its elected temporary l'intirttuan. A pc,
11, with I.witt,
At the evening n.n•hhion lu tho t'ust
loni.e, the Committee on l'redentials re
carted hnr the Warniellideleghtem ill never
I inarindles and live out of the thirteen eitN
'ards. Speechenn were delivered by Post
lamer Lnntvoll, Dunn, Carter, Ingralnann,
lardy and others, null of which ,vertu ox
en...tingly bitter oil \Vartnunntli, the majority
of the speakers pronnuncing him recreant
to every trust and all enemy to the itol,llll
Main party. 'l • he C01111111“00 reported rese•
Interns guaranteeing a !dace in the tree.
schools to every drill; approving' the 11111
itatien or the State debt to twenty-live
mil
lioun; palling 111 , 011 UM 1:ocerllOr to pre
serve peace; declaring that tieveritm
Henry I'. Warinoth 110 1.111)41, elli , lyeti tiler
.r the Itointlilman party ; in
structing the dOiegalt, to veto S
i rant liar renomination at the !text Niltlolllll
; derheriug Lill, No,
I,rlvallS /61.4/glean no longer lho lirg:III It
the Itopulaican party, and asking the nil.,
atien In withdraw the Federal ',roil
ing !rein that paper, and thanking
dent rant ter his promptness iu proteetine,
them. All the Federal oinclais %n en. rn.
elected on the Central Committee, Mick
which the Cow:elite.. adjourned Atilt do • .
troops on duty were procured front
kteneral Iteynelde, cominikniling in Texas,
on IL requisition from the 1 . 15111. ti
Mlkrshal.
•nutrul ut . Lite slow Executive ite t itti,ttetut
....tau., which coutuutactv epitome, MI
utettlttentillette throughout the Shale, 111.1
bus v it tunny controls the Stale election ill
87 . 2.. Thu present State Cell tral 'otti in Met,
Ire, a majority of them, opposed to tlnc
rnor
Warinoth's renomination, «hllu
Varinolli, of Course, wants it. Ile rt,IIMP
-1111,111.1y goes lor the State Committee, anti
•
Hiving ill Ilk hilnllA
end removing power of nearly twory ffillver
tutu Slaty, trout thin Supremo Bench dowil
to police jurors and mitistables, ho has pot
on the nerews all through the Multi, broken
up all word clubs opposed to hint 6y tint
01 tiro 1.1100 Mini eiLy laborers, and carries
everything with a high
Ills l'oree eunsiula of the olliee•holtlen.
tiirolighout the State, Will., tuuuo Is
Ile Is opposed by nsour .1. Dunn, Ile,
colored Lieutenant-inivernor and Preshiciii
of the Senate; lieorge Carter, ;Speaker
the Iluuse ; Jwuus F. Casey, Colleci.or oi
the Port, and the Mail,' Custom-114,0ne in
lured, anti nearly all the 4 . lol.ired VOIOI,I 111/1
111
IL iN 1111110,14aal that IV NVurinutli nur
Ill) fc)rm a voitlitilot %vitli lhu oily
MS=
ridoseil to Join iii), ;14 mildralizo Lila
OppOSi tho (qemont ud h,
own ranks, and will !Indio a good Ilghl for
re-election with thn 1.11,11 - 1111111/1 pain/I/11g ,,
placed ill Ilk lounn, 6y incotc.nlorme lege,
Istation.
od and 'mane:tiled on/10011W* the I.eginluturo
111011tM, 1111(1 010 Dunn. Packard, tirititt and
Caney party will hare it all their own way
and will undoubtedly carry the Stale.
•
Senator Kellogg solon with Ow Donn
party and rollen on thorn far re•elvctlou,
Senator Wont In Warmoth'n chief ..11, , Intor.
C.)ngrosmni en Sheldon, tiy pher mutt thirriil I
are with Ihotn. 'rho oilier l'otigrussinvii
liar.) not shown their hatpin.
It'llichavor way t h e tight ends it magnifi
cent opening in made for tha Democrats.
NEW ORLEANS, August, 10.—At the Con•
vention of the NVartnouth wing, last ava
iling, 107 delegates answered to thu roll
eali, I ieneral flerron'm resolution was
adopted, that Senator West tio req hunted
to ititroduce a resolution at the next nosnion
REEMEOZCIZI=
and other officers of the fiovernitient for
ell Information in their possession re
garding the use of the Custom-house for
holding. a State Convention, the authority
given the United Staten rI arshall for the ap
pointment of I hputy ardial and th..,
brin g ing of troops to suppress the llonveu•
thin. Another resolution Was referred
mantling thu removal or Colonel Camay,
Postmaster Lowell, Deputy-Co!Jailor Her
wig., Ponied :states \laruttl Pitekaril, As
4ennor Joutiert, and Revenue t'olleetio
Stock,lido. Thu lion VOIllll,ll thou mine'rnout
until later in the day.
The Moldier.. of 101:2—Who they Are and
Ilan Itlony-I'PZIPIIOII
Applicants, .te.
WAiillistrroN, Aug. 10. -Consiti..l.
speculation having existed In referent to
the question, ..how many Hold i u of MIL
survi VO Mill are entitled to petonotin, the
following data, compiled from the ollleitti
record of the War department, with dodo,
Lions therefrom made by the CUM Whisk,.
or of Pensions, will be read by many with
interest. During Ilia war of 1812-11, the
following number of enlistments occurred
Soldiers in the regular army who served
12 months, :Lit,lsti; siallors and marines in
the navy who served ;12 months, 17,840 ;
militiamen Nv ho served 12 months, 7,117;
militiaman win" served Ii 1110110111 and less
than 12 months, C6.:12:i; militiamen who
serred 11,111114 uud 11,04 than I; 111011111,
; 111111031111111 who served 1 month
and le,o, than 3 nundlni, 1'23,31)7;
101 t, served less than 1 147,200
lulu) enliAment,
It appears from the above statement thin
there were 2.Vi,117 who served three months
and longer, to winch number should lio
added nun-third of those who served ono
month and less than three mouths, uuwwt
lug w 41,7119. A total of 2liii,9liisixty days'
wee, in wluonc ranks those claiming pull •
stuns tinder this :Let of February 14, 1871,
must have served. It Wits elaborately en
ti mated by the Pension ()Mee, and reported
to a committee of Congress lit the hesslitit
of Isr,s-'9, that Itts,M9 soldiers of the Per
of 1 , 1:1, of all terms of service, survived at
that lime, and again in lei;m•7 that (includ
ing Willows in that estimate) 119,11.",:i wci u
then alive. The littler report also r Oferred
to the estillittled number of revolutionary
soldiers who would be entitled to the Islet -
lit of the provisions of the act of Juno 7,
18:12, at the tillie It was pending before Con
gress, and to the actual number of pensions
admitted under It, which nut only sustain.
ed the calculation, but Indicated that it
might ho under-rated.
The duration of the revolutionary win
was more than double that of 1812, and the
number enlisting moro than once would no
doubt be proportionately Increased.
(moot the nets for revolutionary pensions
required nine mouton' service, and the ap
plicant to be in Indigent circuointames ;
and the other required nix 1110111.11nl silo We,
wv shout any other restriction.
Of the 770,02 I enlistments m that war
I lo received pensions—or one to every Ilse
soldiers, without including widows. The
saint, rule applied to soldleis oi the war of
1812, allowing a period to expire equal to
that which intervened between the n.lllllll,
tine Of the revolutionary war mid the date
of the estimate, viz., tiny-ono years, gluon
59,183 as entitled tI pensions lit 1895.
'lke service required by the act of Fehrm
ary 14, 1871, being but sixty days, the num
ber would be materially augmented. Front
similar data it is estimated by the pension
(Alice that in 1865 23,196 widows °Vibe not -
tilers of the war of 1812 were then alive,
making a total of 52,571/entitied to pensions.
'the expectation of life to this class of per
sons has been found, in the execution of
the pension laws, to exceed the number of
years given In the tables of mortality.
So Litr as the examination or these claims
has progressed, the average age of the claim
ant in found to be seventy-nine years. If
82,579 widows and survivors wore entitled
to pensions In 18(15, at tills time, according
to the Carlisle tables, 44,592 would be em
braced within the provisions of the art of
February 14, 1871. It may be also stated
that of the total enlistments given (527,954)
many were second and third enlistments of
the same soldiers, which would materially
reduce the numbers representing the
sm
diersactually In service. Allowing ten per
cent. of this class, there would still be 40,-
133 persons now entitled to pensions under
the act of February 14, 1871, which, at the
uniform rate of $8 per mouth,) would
amount to $3,852,788 per annum. •