Lancaster jnteltigencer.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1871$
The Evans Case.
We publish in another column the
opinion of Judge Pearson, discharging
George G. Evans from arrest on the
criminal complaint against him for, em
bezzlement. The Judge decides that
Evans' conduct in this .matter, about
which there has been much ado, has
not been criminal, although the charge
which he has made for his services, a
commission of ten per cent. ; is exces
sive and much more than he is entitled
to. He says that the Auditor-General
and the State Treasurer committed a
grave error when they settled Evans'
account without allowing him any
thing for his services; they should
have allowed him a reasonable sum and
demanded from him the balance remain
ing. In concluding, the Judge is severe
upon the State officers who brought this
criminal:prosecution,for allowing them
selves to be influenced to do so by pub
lic clamor. That is the way Judge
Pearson puts it, although he, as well as
everybody else, knows that Bob Mackey
and the Cameron-eßwd were themselves
the authors of all the public clamor and
started it for the purpose of injuring
Geary. The Judge evidently does not
train in the Cameron Band.
We think his opinion in the Evans
case is right; it corresponds with what
has been our impression of the case.—
Evans and his friends have doubtless
combined to get a large sum from the
State for services which were not worth
a tithe of what was &mended, but they
have pevertheless so conducted their
'operations as not to have subjected
themselves to any penalties of the law.
It will strike every one that the tables
have been somewhat turned on the
State Treasurer. He has been prosecut
ing Evans for a supposed crime, which
is now ascertained not to he a crime;
and meanwhile, by the failure of C. T.
Yerkes, Jr., Mr. Mackey himself is pub
licly shown to have been criminally
guilty in depositing for his own
proflt—it is said he got six per cent. in
terest on his deposit—a large amount of
the moneys of the State with a specu
lating broker. He claims to have paid
hack to the State all that was lost, but
did he pay hack the six per cent? How
does the man who was horrified at Evans
charging the. State ten per cent. for col
lecting money for it, under a law seem
ingly authorizing that charge, reconcile
it to his sensitive conscience to charge
the State six per cent. for the simple
custody of its moneys when the law for
bids that charge?
Radicalism and Its Leaders
It is at once a curious and instructive
study, to notethe changes which Radi
calism has undergone, and through
which it is daily passing, both as to its
avowed principles and its recognized
leaders. It jaki.been gradually drifting
from bad to worse from the beginning.
As first established, even, it contained
many germs of evil ; but it put forward
no doctrines so palpably subversive of
the Constitution and laws—so openly at
variance with the fundamental princi
ples of justice and right, as to shock, as
they now do, the understandings and
sensibilities of all honest men. Had it
shown its cloven foot, its progress would
have been slow, if not at once checked.
So of its leaders—they were at first men
of some character, intellectually and
morally, though tinged with fanatical
ideas which rendered them dangerous
counsellors, and led them to disregard,
more or less, the constitutional 'guaran
tees of the people. Seward and Chase,
of the more moderate, and Garrison and
Phillips of the more extreme schools,
were all men of brains and exemplary
morals in private life—men who were
calculated to give strength and tone and
impulse to their party. These men and
others like them, but of less prominence,
built up the Republican party and made
it a power in the land. With its in
crease in numbers, and when it began
to revel in its overwhelming strength,
its inherent vices began to develop,
and its original errors in principle were
magnified, and new and previously un
thought-of errors were devised and
boldly avowed. This fact should teach
us how resolutely the first departure
from correct principle should be resist
ed. The entering wedge, which at first
exhibits scarce a rent in the body poli
tic, gradually driven home, rends
asunder the most solid fabric,and leaves
hut the splintered and shattered frag
ments of a once beautiful and perfect
whole, as was the Constitution of our
fathers.
As the Radical party became more
radical—as it progressed in evil and
boldness—it began to throw off its old
leaders, and adopt new ones, who coun
seled the most extreme measures; and
the men who had first breathed the
breath of life into it and made it what
it was, were unable to control, much
less extinguish, the, fire which their
own hands Lad kindled. 'they gave
place to men of no private or public
character—men of little intellect, but
great capacity for evil—men of diseased
bodies and minds, degraded, reckless,
foul, with appetites insatiate for plun
der and spoil—such men as Morton,
Butler, Chandler, Cameron, Drake, and
others of equal infamy, but less noto
riety. Th'e worst men of the party are
its leaders, the smallest, the meanest,
the most vile. It may be proclaimed to
the Radical camp, "'These are your
gods, 0, Israel I"
Both fmusing,and Disgusting
It is, in one sense, a very amusing
thing to hear the Radical leaders and
the satelites who echo their voices, talk
about economy, taxes, etc., etc. Where,
in the whole country, where they have
had sway since the conclusion of the
late war, have they not run the States
which they controlled, into debt, and
increased the taxes, and enlarged ex
penses, and filled the land with all the
evils of bad and corrupt legislation?—
We say, in one sense, their prating is
amusing. In another, it is disgusting.
Having obtained power, they have riot
ed in the profits of office, made them
selves rich ut — the expense of .the tax
payers, burihened the people with their
exactions—and now coolly turn round
and expatiate on reform, retrenchment,
economy, and , llght taxes! The force
of political impudence can no farther go,
than is exhibited in their present posi
tion in reference to these subjects.
The Harmonious In lowa
The recent election In lowa resulted,
as everybody knew it would, in an enor
111,OUB Republican majority; and the
question now is, whether it is to be fol
lowed by the return to the Senate of
Mr. Harlan, the Grant candidate and
advocate of Son Domingo annexation,
or that of the Hon. W. H. Allison or
the Hon. James Y. Wilson, ludepend
.ent Republicans. The indications are
that Harlan and Grant will be beaten.
Another Innocent "Mystified."
Radical ingratitude has had another
•exemplification, in one of its victims of
misplaced confidence. The poor, tnno
.-zent Radical City Treasurer of Phila
delphia lent some orhis honest Radical
friends about $400,000 of the people's
money, and •uow they won't pay him
back. Of course he will claim that his
accounts are "mystified," which is asuf
licient excuse in Radical eyes why a
man shouldn't look out at the world
from behind a jail-wall.
A New Bureau.
It is announced that a new Bureau is
to be established in the Treasury De
partment—the Bureau of Commerce.
The President has just returned from
Maine, and has doubtless been impress
ed with the great increase In ship-build
ing and the rapid development of our
commerce in that region.
THE IA A NOASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1871.
Dare They Follow the Etalliple
The Radical journals, foremost among
which is the Philadelphia Preto, have
been loud in the denunciation of ,the
frauds of Tammany,and prate with sanc
timonious rejoicing at the prospect of
the speedy punishment which is to fol
low their exposure . There is one feat
ure in the exposure of these proceedings
of which Democrats may well be proud.
In the Rochester Convention they were
unstintedly denounced, and the Tam
many Ring ruled out. Such prominent
Democrats as Samuel J. Tilden, Chair
man of the State Central Committee,
openly denounced those connected with
them as unworthy of fellowship; and
under the appointment of * Governor
Hoffman, Charles O'Connor has been
selected to prOsecute the offenders, while
he himself accepts the nomination
of the Refornlers for the Assem
bly, in obedience to a unanimous
call and a sense of duty. Well may the
Prom proclaim that " these are : solemn
warnings to the people of other States .
and cities. Dare the Radical leaders
emulate the efample thus furnished
them? If so, let them arraign Grant
for his alleged complicity with untold
frauds upon the revenue, by his bribe
taki n g favoritism. Let them investigate
the affairs of the Seneca Stone Quarry,
and the means by which he and prom
inent officials became stockholders in so
worthless, and yet so profitable a con
cern. Let them illuminate the gold
speculations of Corbin, Mrs. Grant, Fisk
and Gould, by which the public were
swindled and the favored coterie en
riched. Let the !rands of Murphy,
Evans, Bailey, Yerkes, Mackey, and
thousands of others, be brought to light
and punished. If they are sincere in their
detestation of Tammany frauds, let
them turn their attention to Philadel
phia; and when rascalities, far surpass
ing even those of Tammany in their
magnitude and enormity. are discover
ed, as they are sure to be, let them show
the moral courage of New York Demo
crats in denouncing them, and find, if
they can, some honest, daring spirits
like Oovernor Hoffman and Charles
O'Connor in bringing the offenders to
'mince. Let them do this, instead of
fraternizing with such scoundrels as
Murphy, as they did at Syracuse, ere
they turn up their Radical snoots in
hypocritical horror of wrong in others.
A Fiendish Mania
There are times when mankind seem
to be seized with an ungovernable and
insatiate desire for the horrible, and
they apparently revel in scenes of deso
lation, carnage and bloodshed. The
smoke and blood of battle serve to do
away with all fear, and to stimulate
even the most cowardly and timid to
acts of recklessness and daring. u So it is,
but in a dill rent degree of human ex
citement, with those who are brought
into contact with, or are sufferers by,
pestilence, famine or fire. Surrounded
by death in its most horrible forms, men
become crime-hardened and steeled to
pity. The groans of the dying, the fu
neral procession, and the sable palls of
suffering soon lose their tendency to
shock the nerves, or touch the heart.
A striking illustration of this is fur
nished us at present. The disasters of
Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota seem
to have stirred up the demon natures of
men, and excited in them a desire to
see carnage extended, desolation made
even more desolate, and suffering and
want still more heart=rending and
gaunt. These human jackals, many of
them fresh from the scenes where the
fire-fiend and the angel of death held
high carnival, have spread themselves
through the country, bearing the incen
diaries' brand. A love of pillage, In
most cases, prompts them; but there
are, doubtless, others who become
incendiaries and assassins through
having their passions inflamed by ac
counts of these disasters and crimes.—
The mania to burn is now peculiarly
exhibited. There is scarce a locality
where they are not at work—ln cities,
remote localities and towns; and to such
an extent are the fiendish depredations
carried on, that no one can close his
eyes in sleep, divested of the fear that
he may not be aroused at any moment
by the startling alarm of " lire !" dad
having no security that his own prem
ises may not be enveloped in flames.
There is something peculiar in this
prevalent fiendish mania, and it fur
nishes a theme for much interesting
philosophical speculation and study.
Weather• Seers
There are always to he found those
who indulge in confident prognostica
tions as to the weather, and even sur
pass the almanac-makers in the wis
dom of their predictions. The would-be
wise among the weather-mongers now
say there is every indication of an
early and severe Winter; but, then,
they say so nearly every season—so do
the coal-dealers, and forthwith add a
dollar to the price. Among the "sure"
indications of a severe Winter in the
rural districts, is the immense crop of
chestnuts, hickory-nuts, beech and but
ter-nuts, from which it appears that
Nature, fore-knowing the coming of a
particularly long as well as unusually
cold Winter, kindly provides an extra
supply of food for squirrels and other
rodents, to say nothing of the vast
droves of hogs In sonic parts of the
South and Southwest, that live almost
upon mast. Then, too, hunters say,
that animals are more thickly furred
than usual this Fall, showing that Rey
nard, Wolf and their fellows know ex
actly what kind of a coat to get for the
approaching season. Already in some
sections, Winter has tittered its warn
ings. There have been severe snow
storms in Omaha and Wyoming; snow
in Maine and New Hampshire; snow
squalls in Boston and elsewhere in New
England. With all this comes an as
sertion In an Eastern paper that "most
of last Winter's large crop of Kennebec
ice still remains In store." This is al
most beyond belief. If it is true, it is
monstrous—infamous. To think of the
alleged scarcity of ice in the past few
Summers as an excuse for monopo
ly and extortion scarcely known in any
other branch of business. Well ; if the
generally-predicted cold Winter Is com
ing, it brings. at leak, the one consola
tion that there will be plenty of ice.
which ought to be sold at reasonable
rates next Summer.
Democratic Victory
An election took place in West Vir-'
ginia, on Thursday, which resulted in a
sweeeprng Democratic victory. The .
Wheeling Registor, of Friday says:•
"At the time of writing we have re
ceived returns ' from seven of the ten
townships in this county—sufficient to
show that the entire Democratic ticket
is triumphantly elected. There is no
doubt whatever that there will be a
arge Democratic majority in the Con
vention, and in each branch of the \
Legislature of the State, thciugh few ac
tual returns haveyet been received. A
despatch from Martinsburg Informs us
that Berkeley county has elected the
entire Democratic ticket there by over
two hundred and fifty majority; about
one hundred more than was expected
or than was given in that county for
the cal.l of the Convention.
Butler and lbe ylce-Presldeney
General Butler lula .made known to
hi( friends his preference for Vice-Pres
ident. He thinks Fenton should be
nominated with Grant, which would
effect such a union of the two , fac-
Bone in New York as to insure the State
for the ticket, since Conklin and his
followers are already pledged to Grant
and could not hold off, even if Fenton
were on the ticket. He ,thinks this plan
would take all the life out of Greeley's
movements against Grant. We ere
sure Fenton would not object to sych
an arrangement, and we don't see why
Conkling should.
A Higher Church and a Higher law
Theodore Tilton, the shining light
and leading representative of the more
advanced wing, of the Radical partyi
wants a church established by legal en
actment, which shall embody his pecu
liar religious creed. He says we have
scores of sects and churches in this
country, and a vast deal of diffused re
ligious sentiments, faith and ideas, but
that we have no organization " which
perfectly meets the religious needs of
our people, and furnishes the moral and
spiritual culture they suffer for the want
of." It refers to the organization of our
business " in the most energetic forms
that the world has ever known ;" to
our distinct and unique political insti
tutions, and to our school system, all of
which represent the genius of the
American people—while " our religion
is chaos—forty denominations clamor
ing and contending for supremacy, and
each striving to build itself up on the
ruins of all the rest ;" adding that " in
the face of all their pretensions, and in
spite of all their efforts at propagand
ism, two-thirds of our people are un
churched, living outside of all direct
religious instruction, more completely
isolated from all religious culture and
influence than any portion of the peo
ple of India, China, Turkey or Japan."
Against this state of things the saint
ly Tilton prgtests, and demands a
I church which shall embody American
religious sentiments and ideas. He
also complains that most of the sects in
this country are off-shoots from religious
bodies in the old world, and thatmost of
our theology is an importation. A sin
gular complaint, indeed, that our Amer
ican religion is an importation from
monarchical countries! Why, the Chris
tian system, the New Testament, came
from the East. Jesus Christ, the author
and founder of our faith, was born in
Bethlehem, a city of Judea. It was
from that far-off Eastern country that
the Christian world derived Its religion,
and those who introduced the Christian
system here, themselves derived it from
the East. Does Tilton wish, through
the influence of the "Golden Aage,"
to see established a new sect of Ameri
cab origin, which shall conform to the
Radical idea of a new God and a higher
law ^. We have already so frittered it
away, that we have no Constitution—
no rights under it, which are respected ;
and it is only necessary, In order to com
plete the measure of our humiliation
and degradation, that the Radical high
er law shall be forced upon us as our
religion, and the new God and new Bi
ble of the party be installed in the place
of the religion of the meek and lowly
Jesus.
The Revolving Government
" Swinging round the circle" is a
favorite pass-time of,theßadical govern
ment, from its insipid and dottish head
to the insignificant subordinate. To
such an extent is this Gipsey propensity
of the President indulged that it has
been well remarked that the peregrina
tions of` all the Presidents, from Wash
ing to Johnson, would not aggregate
half as many miles as tidy man Grant
has traveled. There Is something piti
ful in the childish eagerness with which
the Chief Magistrate of the nation avails
himself of every opportunity to escape
from the duties imposed by his office.
No occasion is too trivial for him to jump
'at. lie goes to County Fairs, Sunday-
School Exhibitions, the laying of cor
ner-stones, whether of a monument,
fire-engine house, or jail. He rushes
away from Washington with the eager
ness of a school-boy,who runs home on
a holiday, and mixes with horse-jockeys
and gamblers and other men of low
habits, on terms of perfect equality.
Thls gipsey propensity is a great and
steadily increasingevil ; and If Congress
does not visit it with a formal rebuke, it
will be, in a measure, responsible for the
consequences. It is but a short time ago
that at least twenty high officers of the
Treasury Department were absent at the
same time. Among them were the Sec
retary, Assistant Secretary, Register,
Comptroller of the Currency, Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, Comtnis
sioner of Customs, Solicitor-General,
Fifth Auditor, Second Auditor, and
nearly all the head of bureaus and chief
clerks in the Department.
A Radical Tribute
The Newark (N. J.) Advertiser, a
leading and able Republican journal,
pays a deserved compliment to Charles
O'Connor, who has been nominated by
the New York Democracy for the As
sembly. The same tribute has been ex
torted from the Republican press in favor
of many other distinguished Demo
crats, and scarcely a man has been found
—certainly not in the Radical ranks—
who has held Tammany so at bay, such
as Charles O'Connor. Sifted to the bot
tom we shall find that the frauds in
that City have been committed entirely
by individuals of both parties, and that
neither Republicans nor Democrats can
be held solely responsible while both
are equally guilty. " The grand truth,
however, stands out in bold relief, that
New York has to rely solely upon her
Democratic statesmen, lawyers and
judges, for the punishment of the
thieves and the restoration of the mu
nicipal government." This is the ac
knowledgement of a leading Radical
ournal.
Will Grant Heed It?
The Grand Jury of Chester county,
S. C., composed equally of whites and
negroes, are reported to have made a
presentment, declaring that after an in
vestigation of the alleged out
rages, and from their own knowledge
of the county, they are compelled to de
clare the allegations contained in the
President's proclamation of martial law
without foundation, and that they must
be "the ree.u)t of falsehoods communica
ted to him by p.cons equally regard
less of good order and the peace of socie
ty." And yet Grant will tighten still
further the thumb-screws of oppression.
queen Victoria and a Regency.
The latest cable despatches from Eng
land are important as regarciMg the
recent developments of insanity by the
Queen. The despatch in question states
that a council of the Royal Family has,
asked Victoria to consent Lo lite es
tablishment of a regency under the
Prince of tales. The Queen indig
nantly refused, as she also did subse
quently to append her signature to the
public papers laid before her by the
Ministers. It is also stated that the
Cabinet has discussed the matter of a
regency.
No Fears of Ureail Scarcity
Fears of . a bread-riot in Chicago this
Winter, arising from a scarcity of grain,
are pronounced groundless by the Post
of that city. The suggestion has been
made by some Eastern papers, but
doubtless only to create the greatest pos
dble derangement of the market. The
Post says that the actual amount lost will
hardly exceed a million and a quarter of
bushels, and a healthy and natural bade
will soon be resumed.
Radical Warfare.
The warfare between Greeley and
Murphy continues in the columns of
the Tribune and Timed. Taking their
own testimony these two worthies are
as precious a brace of rascals as ev6r
ruled the factions of a party. Who can
doubt that "peace and harmony" are
entirely restored in the Republican
Pte''
PRESIDENT Gu.,...rq has issued a pro
clamation Betting apart Thursday, the
30th of November, as a day of National
Thanksgiving. Pennsilvania'Will give'
thanks on the same day.
Thanksgiving.
Gov. Geary has issued a proclamation
setting apart Thursday, the 30th day of
November, as a day of Thanksgiving.
Philosophical Coolness.
Southern journals manifest the most
commendable philosophical coolness
under the despotic inflictions. to which
they have been, and are still being, sub
jected by the miserable ride of Grant
and his military satraps. They do not
run into hysterics and extravagances
over the President's proclamation, sus
pending martial law in portions of the
South, but seem to regard Has a matter
of-fact and to-be-looked-for occurrence.
Nor do they indulge in much sentiment
alism over the value of the habeas cor
pus to the citizens—a writ which it re
quired centuries of travail and sacrifice
to wring from despotism. They have
seen—and with deep concern—the steady
encroachments of usurpation, :.id ob
served each step towards the establish
ment of centralism by means of military
power, and were fully prepared for the
unrighteous movement which has been
recently made. It was part of the pro
gramme marked out by the Radical lead
ers, of whom Morton is chief, months
ago. The President is the mere instru
ment employed by such men as Morton,
Chandler, and Scott ; they do the think
ing and devilish planning, and the exe
cution is devolved on him. Grant has
not a thought beyond force—that he can
alone _understand, and when his direc
tors instruct him to use i t,he does it with
alacrity.
The testimony upon which the Pres
ident's proclamation is based, is of the
Most flimsy character, the merest sub
terfuge, got up to order, composed of
falsehoods and exaggerations, and de
signed, simply, to further the designs of
the dothinant party. That them are
unlawful deeds done in South Carolina
is not denied; but that their number or
criminality exceeds those done among a
population of equal size in Philadelphia,
New York, or Boston, is denied ; and as
to the existence of Ku-Klux as an armed
and organized body of men, banded to
gether to defy the laws of the land, and
to create " revolution," it is the shallow
est humbug ever employed to justify a
flagitious wrong.
The Richmond Enquirer says :
" Some of the Northern papers evince ex
citement over this despotic proceeding, as
if they were surprised at it; or as if until
now they had not comprehended the full
meaning of a suspension of habeas corpus.
The New York World discerns in it the
purpose to su bd ue the whole country,North
and South to the mastership of Grant. The
experiment is first made at the South be
cause that section is without friends, and
because the stolid Northern masses will be
pleased rather than shocked to witness the
humiliations and punishments inflicted up
on it.
A Suggistion and Invitation
In view of the operations of the Con
gressional Smelling Committee in the
South, with a determination to nose out
Ku-Klux outrages, Southern papers are
making valuable efforts to aid them.
The Augusta, ( Ga. ) Chronicle says,
with reference to the commencement
of the investigations at Atlanta, that
the time chosen is opportune, although
an earlier day would have been prefer
able. Several important Fairs remain
to be held, which will call together large
assemblages of the masses. The State
Fair at Macon, the Cotton States Fair
at Augusta, and the Savannah Indus
trial Fair, will afford this Ku-Klux
Committee an opportunity of gaining
more correct information, by inter
course and personal observation, re
specting the condition of the people,
morally, socially and politically, than
all the affidavits that can ho procured.
The suggestion is further made, that
the presiding officers of these several
associations extend to these distinguish
ed inquisitors a polite invitation to be
present at these respective meetings.
At Macon, the committee can inspect
the masses from Southwestern Georgia,
and form a fair estimate of the extent
of the oppressions and " barbarities "
which attend their social and political
condition. A similar opportunity will
be offered at Savannah touching the
sea-board region. At the Augusta Cot
ton States Fair, the whole of the re
nowned Fifth Congressional District
will be present, and a large concourse
from that unfortunate region of South
Carolina, where martial law prevails,
will be in attendance.
They are promised a cordial and kind
reception should they attend. Let them
do it, and see Southern life as it is, and
not through Radical carpet-bag, scala
wag Ku-Klux lenses, as they have been
doing through motives of policy.
Tribute to Democrats
The New York Sun, one of the ablest
and most independent among the Re
publican journals, in speaking of the
reform movement in that city and the
men who are heading it, pays a
compliment to them, with a rebuke
to Grant and his corrupt officials.—
It says: "The , people of the State
should not forget ;that; Mr. Green
is a Democrat, and has always been
such, and that he was placed in
the responsible and onerous position he
now occupies through the efforts of
other prominent Democrats, such as
Mr. Tilden and Mr. Ilavemeyer. If the
Democracy are responsible for the rob
beries of Tammany, they should always
have full credit for the judicious and
effective reforms they have initiated.
The party which produces and puts in
office such men as Andrew H. Green,
and which lays the axe at the root of
political corruption as he has done,can
not be so utterly depraved us partisan
writers are wont to declare. Besides,
has President Grant or Secretary Bout
well, or Collector Murphy, or all of
them together, ever said or done any
thing concerning the reform of the civil
service to be compared with this circu
lar of the Deputy-Comptroller."
Where Did Ite•Get Tt ?
Senator Colliding:, of New York,
leader of the Murphy wing which so sig
nally triumphed over Greeley at Syra
cuse, and booted them out of the Con
vention, comes to the relief of Grant,
and asserts that he has not been enrich
ed by presents from office seeking aspir
ants. Well,witere did Lieg..et his wealth?
Previous to the war, and at its outbreak,
he had not means sufficient to purchase
a Colonel's outfit, and his own relatives
refused to aid him. Now he is worth
thousands upon thousands. lie owns a
farm in Missouri, worth $lOO,OOO, and
stocked to the value of one-half that
sum--refg estate in Galena, in Wash
ington, and other plac . sc—an interest of
$20,000 in a profitable stone•roarry i
which he makes pay by his influence,
with government contractors—a cottage
at Long Branch, and untold et ceteras,
which swell the aggregate to the wealth
of a millionaire. Did Ile save it out of
his aalary of $25,000 per year? Or is he
possessed of up Aladdin's lamp, through
the aid of which lie asp convert com
mon pebbles into gems, and trap.eform
his cast-off linen into multiplied green
backs? Tell us the secret of it, Mr..
Roscoe Con'4ling, if your Radical Presi- 1
dent is not a present-taking, bribe-ac
cepting Chief .I.l.xecutiva.
I Sensible Suggestion
Au exchange truthfully remarks:
There is much time, labor and expense
required to get out the vote every year,
on election day. Active Democrats de
serve praise for their efforts in ; this di
rection. But a much more effective way
of accomplishing the object is to get a
good Democratic paper into the house
of each voter. We have made inquiry
frequently, and find that very few of
our subscribers ever miss the election.
It is the men who don't take any paper
who are the absentees on election day.
Beath of Senator Connell
The Eon. Geo. Connell,member of the
State Sehate'from the Fourth Philadel
phia District, died on irlday mornink , at
5 o'clock at hii late residence, Sixtrfirit!
street and Darbylload, West Philadel-,
phia. Ile had been In failing health for
some time.
Ku-Hlux Bag-a-boot—How They Are
Manufactured.
The following article from the Salem
(N. C.,) Press, will explain itself. We
would not advert to the subject, were it
not for our positive knowledge of the
wholesale manufacture of just such sen
sational electioneering storiesas that al
luded to, containing not one iota of
truth, which are circulated- broadcast,
and often without contradiction, among
the people of the North. Any thought- .
ful, sensible reader can at once dis
cern the tendency and effect of
ouch stories, woven with the most
plausible Ingenuity, and related with
the confident air which is calculated to
Import to them the semblance of truth.
That photograph,with its paraphernalia
of unearthly stamp, representing the
Ku-Klux grand sanhedrim, has been
made to do good service among the
dupes of Radicalism, and has no doubt,
given the night-mare to many an or
thodox disciple of that peculiar school,
and thrown into hysterical spasms
sympathizing " fraus,'' disturbed the
slumbers of tape-worm youngsters, and
seriously interfered with the appetites
of Radical gormandizers. Hop-goblins
are nothing to be compared with the
Ku-Klax. Ghosts are their betters;
for, although they alike came forth at
the witching hour of night, when
grave-yards yawn and give up their
dead, the latter assume more tangible
shape and perform more diabolical l i
pranks.
Seriously—it is high time the effect
of such tom-foolery bad gone by. It
had its effect for a season ; Radical tri
umphs were alone achieved through its
instrumentality; the dupes, as well as
those whosodexterously dealt the cards,
are becoming tired of the game—al
though it has been a winning one—and
the sober, returning senses of the people
will discover to them the transparency
of the cheat, and induce a counteraction
in the favor of right:
If any man doubt the existence of an
armed, thievish and dangerous organiza
tion of men in the Southern States, known
MS Ku-Klux, lot him call at this office and
be convinced to the contrary. We have
in
p ar g temporary rap
representingpossession
l band of arge
in their unearthly garb, taken by a
photographer in a court room in North
Carolina, the members iu question having
turned State's evidence. The photograph
was brought here by the family of 11. 11.
&wheat, Prosecuting Attorney of the
State of North Carolina, who are paying a
vi.it to:relatives in this city.—Laneasier,
(Pa-) Express.
If the Express is not too much " warped
by party rage" to do the honest thing by
its readers, it will inform them that the
photograph in question, or its original, was
taken, not In any "court room iu North
Carolina," but in Watson's photograph
gallery in Raleigh; that the parties rep
resented in the picture, some of whom
are white and some black, aro not mem
bers of the Ku-Klux who had "turned
State's evidence," but are all Radicals of
the deepest, darkest dye; that the disguises
in which they are arrayed were made in
Raleigh to the order of Joseph G. Hester,
United States detective, and were never
owned or worn by any parties charged with
Ku Kluxing; and, finally, that the whole
thing 71f gotten up Radical
Carolina, aided
and
by Attorney-General Akertnan and Judge
Bond, iu order to make political capital by
appealing to the passions, prejudices and
sympathies of the Northern people. The
Express can a Id, if it has a mind to do so,
that Wm. S. Mitchell, colored, alias Chick
Boots, who is one of the loyal gentlemen
represented in the picture, was arrested in
Raleigh last Saturday afternoon for steal
ing a coat front one of the stores in that city,
and is now in prison in default of $2OO bail.
Thousands upon thousands of these slan
derous, villainous pictures are being circu
lated throughout the North, and honest
people may think that they represent real
K u-K I u x.
Knotty Question for the Judges
The temperance question has assumed
one new phase. In Massachusetts the
people meet, as they have elsewhere,
with all matter of difficulties in their at
tempts to enforce the prohibitory liquor
laws. At Concord lately a witness sum
moned ou behalf of the State refused to
testify, on the ground that he was not
bound to criminate himself. It might
be shown, the lawyers held, that by
offering to pay for liquor he had in
duced the commission of a crime, thus
becoming an accomplice,and liable to the
same punishment as the person selling
the liquor. After a long argument the
Court declined to compel the witness to
testify, as the question raised was so
important that it should go before the
full bench for a decision, which cannot
be reached before March next. By
that time, probably, the ingenuity of
legal fraternity will have discovered
something new wherewith to puzzle the
Judges.
Brightening Skies
Ex-Governor Seymour has been nom
inated as a candidate for the New York
State Legislature. He will accept, and
will be elected, as his district is largely
Democratic. Never have the Demo
crats had such able and distinguished
candidates in the field. This fact gives
complete assurance of success at the
coming election notwithStanding the
expose of the Tammany frauds, which
were calculated to injure the Democratic
party, but which in the end will prove
its salvation, from the fact that Demo
crats themselves are the ones who have
been first and foremost in bringing the
scoundrels to punishment.
The Latest Mormon Departure
Brigham Young Is said to have fled
the country, or at least the Territory of
Utah, lu order to evade arrest upon an
indictment for a murder committed
some years ago. The action of the Fe
deral courts in finding Hawkins, the
polygamist, guilty, and sentencing him
to undergo an Imprisonment of three
years and pay a tine of $5OO has caused
terror in Mormondom, and will doubt
less lead to the complete extirpation of
the odious system.
More Radical Thieves
The Washington Evening Star of yes
terday says that Hector U. Powell, a
iu he Second Auditor's office for
the last eight years, 'u'u arrested there
by Deputy United States Marshal phil
lips, on Tuesday last, charged with
frauds on the government, in connection
with bounty claims. The amount spec
ified is $lO,OOO, but it is rumored that an
investigation will show the amount to
be over $lOO,OOO.
kiln Another
Ev-Congressman AV. B. StMies, Su
pervisor of Internal Revenue for Ten
nessee, was arrested in Washington yes
terday, on his arrival from that State.
He is charged with defrauding the gov
ernment of $60,000. On being arraigned
before Commissioner J. J. Johnson, he
waLve , J a preliminary examination, and
gave bail in MOO for his appearance
before the Criminal Court, ;t is said
that Powell is concerned in the a 444
alleged fraudulent transactions,
Still Another
Another embezzlement has been dis
covered at Washington, this time in the
Freedmen's Bureau, the immaculate
institution inan4;e4 by Gen. Howard.
The amount is abotit halt a and
the guilty party is one General Ballack,
who went to Washington a few years
ago poor, but is now rich. This dis
covery may lead to the unearthing of
all the rascalities of the ilureau.
Grant and Despotlseti
Cassius M. Clay lately made a speech
in which he denounced the Grant ad
ministration in unsparing terms. Cen
tralization, be sajd, js the great, danger.
If Grant is re-elected he will annea San
Domingo, In spite of the Senate. He
added, "The rebellion, itself, was not
such a blow at the liberties of the people
and the life of the nation as the present
Govern m en t. "
A Hiss and a Blow
The President issued his proclamation
of warning on the 12th of October, and
proclaimed martial law on the 17th.—
The latter proclamation reached South
Carolida itiefOre the former had been
heard of in many of the localities mopt
interested.
State ite=n
Doylestown has a smar-pot panic.
Altoona is to have a new daily paper.
A Presbyterian Church is to be estab
lished at Quakertown.
Hollidaysburg has a tine new atone
'ail.
The question of making the bridge at
Milton free is being agitated.
The Sunbury and Lewistown Rail
road will be completed this week.
A Pittsburgh lady swallowed a nail
and died.
Bear-hunting is a favorite pastime
with Sullivan countyites.
Chicken cholera is prevailing to an
alarming extent near Boyertowu.
The authorities of Lewistown have
forbidden the sale of coal oil at night.
It is stated • that General McClellan
contemplates residing at Meadville.
A Pittsburgh ex-Alderman has been
committed to prison on a charge of va
grancy.
Dogs have to be registered in Harris
burg. If they are not they are liable to
go to the sausage-makers.
There are at present 19 men, 19 wo
men, and 4 children, in the German
town Poor House.
The Reading Masons have taken
measures to organize a Masonic reading
room.
The Elk Democrat reports the killing
of a huge bear near Ridgeway, Pa., last
week.
An Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh is
known as the church of the Holy Roos
ter.
The Hamburg Press says Lenharts
villa is happy at the prospect of a new
railroad station.
The Knights of Pythias in Delaware
county, this State, number over 900
members. They have six Lodges.
A Clinton county farmer thinks he
has discovered coal oil iu a stone quarry
on his land.
The school directors of Milton have
laid a tax of $3,000 to enlarge the Cen
tral school-house in that place.
Dr. Irvin, who was injured by being
thrown from his buggy, in Harrisburg,
recently, died on Wednesday.
There have been 9.12. cases of small
pox and 151 deaths in Philadelphia dur
ing the past three weeks.
The removal of the railroad shops
from Corry to Oil City may now be con
sidered as a fixed fact.
Forty-one cases of school slate were
recently shipped from Danielville,
Northampton county, to Japan.
Sunbury has the cheapest gas light of
any place in the State outside of Pitts
burgh—sl per 1000 feet.
Rev. John W. Arthur, of the Phila
delphia Conference, died at the Insane
Asylum, Harrisburg, on the :'lst.
The Crane Iron Company, of Cain
sauqua, contributed Zaoo to the r, li if of
the Chicago sufferers.
The Saucon Iron Company, at Heller
town, shipped for the week eliding Oct.
ith, 376 tons of iron.
Chester is going to give a number of
miscellaneous entertainments for the
benefit of the Wisconsin sufferers.
A hornet's nest, enclosed in a glass
case, was among the attractions at the
Lehighton (Carbon county) fair.
The old system of electing township
and local officers in the Spring will go
into effect again next March.
Ralph Williamson had his hand se
verely cut with a circular saw at the
Glass Works, Norristown, on Friday.
The Lewisburg Lumber Manufactur
ing Company, was awarded a bronze
medal fer exhibition of school-desks at
the State Fair.
Herman Bueschel, of Bethlehem,
Northampton county, weighed 370
pounds a year ago. On Sunday last he
died at the weight of 110.
A woman named Henrietta Knapp,
wife of Dr. Knapp, was run over and
killed by the cars at Girard, Erie coun
ty, on Monday last.
A little girl named Weaver, :three
years of age, living in Paradise, Clear
field county, was burned to death the
other day by upsetting a kerosene lamp.
A. K. McClure, C. R. Kneass,
James N, Marks and H. W. Gray are
among the strongest candidates for the
Fourth District Senatorship.
In a fight at Mahauoy Plane, Schuyl
kill county, a few evenings since, one
man had an eye completely knocked out
of his head.
Mrs. Lauder, the actress, was staying
at the Tremont House, in Chicago, dur
ing the lire, and lost one of the finest
wardrobes in the country.
The census returns report that the
amount of land under cultivation in
Pennsylvania is 11,515,965 acres, and the
total value of land $1,043,451,962.
The work of laying down the rails for
the double track on the North Penn.
has been commenced between Lansdale
and North Wales.
A young lady in Oil City, Pa., while
wringing out a dress, ran a needle
through the palm of her hand, and died
in five minutes.
The corner-stone of the new Catholic
Church at Corry was laid on Sunday
with appropriate ceremonies, by Bishop
P. D. W. Hankey has been appointed
County Superintendent of Common
Schools for Adams county, vice J. How
ard Wert, resigned.
John Clayton, an esteemed citizen of
Bethel township, Delaware county, died
on the 16th. He was the father of Gov.
Clayton, of Arkansas.
Rev. (leo. T. Keller, of Easton, has
received a call to the pulpit of the Pres
byterian Church at Tunkhannock. Mr.
K. we learn has accepted the call.
William Coolbaugh, son of Judge
Coolbaugh, of Middle Smithfield, Mon
roe county, is said to lose half a million
by the Chicago fire.
The Rev. John Ermentrout, of Kutz
town, and Rev. Geo. D. Wolff, of Nor
ristown, of the German Reformed
Church, have recently become Roman
Catholics.
Mr. Leet Dagg, of Franklin township,
Washington eounty, planted this sea
son Ii) pumpkin seeds, which produced
four two-horse wagon-loads of pump
kins.
The editor of the Allentown Daily
News has had the pleasure of tasting
some strawberries of a second crop,
grown in the garden of Mr. John Hagen
bach, of that place.
A young man named Irvin Saylor, of
East Coventry township, Chester co.,
was accidentally shot by a companion
whilst out gunning on Saturday. His
injuries are not of a serious nature.
A fire In Ashland, Schuylkill county,
destroyed four dwellings on Saturday
night. One Loy wa4 killed tool another
fatally injured hy cln , f,lli ..f a ehiui
lIVV,
In Philadelphia, la-it noel:, Sarah
Henry, of 14, I, ail the back of her
head scalped by her hair catching in a
stel4m sewMg machine. :The is badly
One woinßil indulged In ..I,e Li,icasure
of whipping six others of her sex ut Ma
hallo.), Plane, Schuylkill county, the
other day. This is one of "women's
rights" with a vengeance.
Dan Rice is on another "farewell
tour" throughout the State, with his cir
cus establishment. With the exception
of John B. Gough, Dan is the greatest
farewellist this country ever .produced.
And now another Snyder county marl
IC:Ls procured El:turnip measuring 24
inches in circumference and weighing
O pounds and 2 ounces. It must be a
good season for turnips in that county.
Theo. Hill, Esq., formerly Republi
can Representative of the Union, Sny
der and Lycoming district, has been
elected Prothonotary of Lycoming
county.
The new diocese of Pennsylvania
compriseS thirty-seven counties, con
taining an area of 2.5,4:5 EVILlye
with a population of 1r.113,400. 441 the
counties in this part of the State are
embraced in it.
The store and residence of Levi Wolf
ensberger, at Mt. iEtna, Berke county,
had a narrow escape from fire a few
days ago. Tapping oil in the cellar
after night with a lamp too near was the
cause of the occurrence. Damage slight.
As Mr. Michael Miller, of trauss
town, was about driVing from his 'tan
nery, near that'village, yesterday' morn
ing, his horse ran away and threw him
from the wagon. He was severely
bruised .7,boiit the head and body by the
fall.
The richest copper ore we ever KIT,
says the Gettysburg Coinpiter, was
shown us the other day by Mr. D. D.
Russell, the present owner of the Wat
son farpi in Hamiltondan township, this
coupt,y. Feeeral specimens he esti
mated at 8 to SO tier cep(
The Doylestown Democrat reporrs a
party of four gunners who started up a
rabbit, and when within a range of little
less 'than thirty yards, the quartette
fired eight shots from their double-bar
rel guns—and the rabbit was as well as
ever.
George W. Webber, a butcher, near
Stouchsburg, had his knee pan and fron
tal bone broken during the latter part of
last week. He was on the road selling
meat, when the horse attached to the
wagon became wild and unmanageable,
and ran away.
Gleanings.
Texas groans underatax of $0,000,000.
Long Branch is to have a new hotel.
The Canadians have begun fox-hunt
ing.
A new socialist paper has appeared in
Berlin.
I IHighwaymen abound in East Ten
nessee.
Rich discoveries of gold have been
made in Peru and Chili.
A chalybeate spring has been discov
ered at Amherst, Va.
A runaway horse in New Orleans
dashed into a church.
A $25,000 trousseau Is the envy or
New York.
Eureka, Kansas, is to have a $15,000
school-house.
Shark bones have been exhumed in
Minnesota.
The phosphorescent matter in fishes
is asserted to be merely fat.
Heavy frosts in North Carolina have
injured the tobacco crop.
The Cardiff giant is humbugging the
people of Kansas City, Mo.
The Jackson (Miss.) Fair has been
postponed until November 13.
A young lady recently betrothed says
that "C. 0. D." means Call on Dad !
Raln began on Sunday at San Diego,
Cal., and is coming northward.
A branch of the "International" So
ciety has been established in Boston.
There were three deaths from yellow
fever on Friday in Charleston, S. C.
An American newspaper is to be es
taolished at Frankfort, Liermany.
Butter is ninety-five cents a pound in
Colorado.
Another comic weekly has given up
the ghost iu London.
Chicago wants a torpedo corps added
to her fire department.
The boys of Burlington, Vt., had a
snowballing match last week.
Women edit five daily and fourteen
weekly papers in Germany.
An old lady of seventy is the chaplain
of the Kansas State prison.
A grave near Gravelotte contains
2,500 corpses.
Fifteen hundred saloons furnish Louis
yille with local items.
Galveston, Texas, has subscribed
V2.,347 for the Chicago sufferers.
Ohio capitalists are to drain the Clies
tatee river, in Georgia, for gold.
A boy in Cynthiana, Ky., made eleven
partridge quail at one shot.
A Frenchman is said to have invented
a lamp-wick that will burn for fiveyears.
The coffee crop of Ifayti, which is now
being gathered, is unusually large.
In Idaho Territory the doctors admin
ister on the estates of deceased patients.
There is said to be a Royal Arch Chap
ter of colored Masons in Charleston,S. C.
A single county in Tennessee yielded
-100,000 bushels of peanuts this year.
Cincinnati is proposing the incorpora
tion of a company to build a first-class
hotel.
By the laws of Louisiana a man may
moderately ehastize his wife when she
deserves it.
One Bowery beer garden served up
32.-1,000 glasses of beer in three Summer
months.
Alexandria is the first manufacturing
city iu Virginia, and Richmond the sec
ond.
John 'Wesley, we are sorry to say. was
lately arrested in New Orleans for steal
ing a plank.
A street-railway scar in Clermany is
known as a "Pierdstrasseneisenbahn
wagon."
The grape crop of the Lake Erie
islands this year is estimated ut ten
thousand tons.
A recent boy-show down South had
twenty-ono entries and three old-bache
lor judges.
Over $lBO,OOO in gold were taken for
duties at the Custom House in Boston
on Saturday.
Cincinnati is threatened with a coal
famine, unless the railroad companies
reduce their rates.
The farmers of California propose to
cultivate the Italian sunflower as a sub
stitute for the potato.
A Georgia woman had one of her ears
taken off by a passing locomotive. No
other damage.
The great fire of London in Ifni broke
out on Sunday, like that of Chicago, and
burnt for five days.
Alexis Alexandrowitseh, the Russian
grand duke is not yet twenty-two years
of age.
The county papers are evenly bal
anced as to whether the coming winter
will be cold or mild.
The big toe of an Alexandria negro
was partially gnawed off by the ruts
while he slept.
An astronomer of Madrid has discov
ered a new planet, which he baptized
"Conception."
A Western lady fainted when her bon
net caught tire. No wonder she felt
light-headed.
Trenton, N. J., expects to have its
new work-house completed in about
two months.
Grading on the Northern Pacific Rail
road is now completed as far as the Red
River.
Bangor, Me., now calls itself " a cen
tral emporium on a grand international
thoroughfare."
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
proposes to withdraw its representatives
from the National Board of Trade.
A teetotal vigilance committee at Bir
mingham, England, has been tined for
trespass, in trying to break up a saloon.
Hawkinsville, Ga., is puzzled to ac
count for two different species of pota
toes on the same vine.
The Pittsburgh Ga:ctte apologizes for
printing " wood-shcp hand " where
" Good Shepherd " was written.
Edward Beming was shot dead by a
man named Wallace, in adrunken quar
rel, near Sacramento, on Tuesday.
Heavy frosts in many counties of
North Carolina have played havoc with
the tobacco crop in that State.
It is stated that Richmond, Va., is to
have a new daily Democratic newspa
per, entitled The Observer.
There is a " pork farm " near Provi
dence, It. 1., on which 1,500 head of
swine are raised annually.
Incendiaries burned the grocery of
Thomas & Shaw, Auburn, N. Y., Sun
day night. Loss $4,000.
In Minnesota the prairie fire has
burned through the earth iu some
places to the depth of five feet.
The best mutton is said to come from
Rhoda Island. The value State raises
the best turkeys, geese and ducks.
There is an enormous apple crop i i the
Northwestern States, and a very small
one in the Northeastern States.
At Rockport, Mass., a few days since,
a two-year old boy pulled over apot of
boiling coffee and was scalded to death.
A ciPrk in the Sixth Auditor's office
at Washington, lost his wife and live
Aildren hy tie Chicago fire.
Over $l,OOO are °tiered for the best bale
of eotton at the Alabama fair, which
opens at Montgomery on the 3lst inst.
James E. Kelley has been sentenced
to death at Butialo, New York, for the
murder of Charles Rosenfelt
Under a recent law, pensions are now
paid quarterly, and over s7,o(sysill are
required for each quarter.
C'arrollton, Louisiana, has secured for
herself the Pe;•.Yjctie of a colored Mayor
and several colored Councilmen.
At a meeting of the Methodists of Cinr
cinnati, Tuesday night, it was resolved
toralses3o,ooofurtheMethodistchurches
in Chicago.
An enthusiastic editor, speaking of a
new prima donna, says : "Her voice is
as soft as a roll of velvet, and as tender
as a pair of slop-shop pantaloons.
The latest euphuism for red hair is
Schenectady cblor ; Schenectady being,
as every New f ork railroad traveler
knows, a Wile beyond Auburn,
Miss Rye is coming to America with
145 children, who are to be provided
with comfortable homes with thrifty
people on the NVestern Continent.
The Mississippi river is so low that
the water at New Orleans is per
featly Clear. It has fallen thirteen feet
below the high water mart of 1802.
The lands along the Texas Pacific
Railroad, on the line froth Fort Yuma
to San Diego, have been withdrawn
from market.
Two men and two women stole a child
from Wesfern avenue, Newburg, yester
day; and vent north one. Hudson .siver
railway train.
The Mohaive Bank, at Great Barring
ton, Mass., was robbed of $lB,OOO on Bat
uriley night by Wm. 5. Hine, the teper,
vim- has AO:
The Norwich 'Bulletin thinks that the
chief advantage of roasting chestnuts Is
the rich and gamey flavor it gives the
worm.
The deciding game for the base-ball
championship between the Athletics,
of Philadelphia, and the White Stock
ings of Chicago, was played at New
York yesterday. It was won by the
Athletics by a score of 4 to 1. This
gives the Athletics the base-ball cham
pionship of the United States.
The Defendant Dlnebarded From 114
Criminal Complaint. /
Judge Pearson, on Monday,at Harrisburg,
delivered his opinion in the case of Geo. O.
Evans; who applied to him by a writ of
habeas corpus to be discharged from his
criminal commitment on a charge of em
bezzlement. The Judge discharged Evans
in the criminal case, and reduced his bail in
the civil case, saying substantially as fol
lows :
There were two charges against Mr.
Evans, the one criminal, the other civil • the
one for the embezzlement of 8101,000, on
which be was held in default of $35,000 ball;
the other on a capias with $400,000 security.
He had asked to be discharged from the
commitment in the criminal case for the
reason that he had not been guilty of any
criminal offense, and that the security in
the civil suit should be reduced to common
bail for personal appearance. On examin
ing the commitment in the criminal case it
was found to be materially defective, and
being dismissed on Friday, the Common
wealth was called upon toadduee testimony
to show why the prisoner should becommit
ted on any criminal warrant. There had
been claims against the State and claims by
the State against the United States. The
latter had remained a long time suspended
and practically in part rejected. Regularly
accredited agents of Pennsylvania had been
unable to obtain credit to the State for any
considerable portion thereof. In 1867 an
act was passed by the Legislature author
izing the Governor to appoint an agent to
collect the disallowed and suspended claims
against the United States, whose compen
sation should not exceed ten per cent. of
the amounts collected, to be paid out of
such collection. On the someday the Gov
ernor gave his commission to George 0.
Evans' the defendant, reciting the joint res
olution and appointing him such special
agent. On the 2-3 d of the same month Mr.
Evans signed an agreement to faithfully
pay over to the State Treasurer the sums
collected, less the comm INSiOU allowed, and
to make semi-annual report. It appeared
from Mr. Evans' report, read in court by the
Com monwealth,that Mr. Evans got credited
to the State some one million nine hundred
thousand dollars, all of which was arranged
by a sot off against the claims of the general
Government. This he at once reported to
the accounting department, and was re
ferred to by Governor Geary in his next
annual message to the Legislature. These
appeared to have been all the claims then
presented by the Commonwealth to the
General Government and disallowed and
suspended, in the terms of the Joint reso
lution, but alterwards Mr. Evaßs discov
ered a million or more other claims which
hail been overlcuked, and in ISTU obtained
a now letter of attorney from the Governor
—a more private power, appointing Mr.
Evans to collect and receive such claims
in accordance with the act of Congress of
1501, which directed the officers of the
General Government to pay such claims to
the Governors of the States, or to their
duly authotized agents. Mr. Evans had
reported all the money collected, claiming
what he retained as Lis commission at It
per cent. There still remain uncollected
of these claims some 3300,000. Thu last
payment into the treasury was made in
1071, being the balance in his hands, less
his Commission of 10 per cent. Apaper
was :read from generalHartranft, being
his special agreement with Mr. Evans, by
which it would appear that general li art
ranft spoke of ten per cent being allowed
under the act of 1007.
Oral testimony of State Treasurer Mack
ey and Auditor-General Haryana state.
that they had an interview in August last
B===DMME=l
Clement, but instead of giving hint ten per
cent., they contended they bad a right to
give him such compensation as they
thought proper. Mr. Evans demanded ten
per cent. they refused, and, without allow
ing him any compensation, demanded his
payment to them of VJI,OOO, with interest.
Mr. Evans refused, replying that he had
',aid them every cent he had collected from
the General Government, less his commis
sion at ten per cent., sending a copy of the
act of Assembly under which he was act
ing. On the :23d of August they settled an
account against Mr. Evans, giving him
credit for all BUMS paid into the Treasury,
and leaving a balance against him of ti:f2l,-
000, giving Idol nothing at all for his ser
vices. They testify that they did not allow
him any compensation because he had neg
lected to pay over the .5'2.91,000 on demand.
This evidence, it must be borne in mind, is
on the part of the Commonwealth, because
the defendant had no right to call witnesses
or adduce evidence, The Commonwealth
committed a grave and culpable mistake
in not paying over what they considered he
had a right to in the way of compensation
before making a settlement against !MIL—
E() had, of course, a lien upon the money
in consideration of his claim. The officers
would not have the right to pay his coin
palmation out of the general treasury Mut
without a specific appropriation,and in tha
case it would not come of the money col
lected as provided in the act of 1067. It ha.
been well Nettled in this State, and in near
ly all other States of the Union, and in
Ci real. 1 ri tai n, that an attorney-at-law or au
attorney-in-fact, which the defendant is in
every sense of the term, has a right to re
tain It compensation out of the funds in
his hands, and that he even has a hen upon
the papers in his hands until he gets his
compensation. In the case of Texas vs.
White, it was held that the defendant had
not only a right to retain the money, but
also the papers of his client. The same law
obtains in any branch of business, not only
in the legal and medical, but in the busi
ness of claim-collecting. Even the usages
of the accounting offices have not been
pursued, for every county treasurer is per
mitted to retain his compensation. In the
present case, the defendant may doubtless
have claimed too touch, and he was doubt
less not entitled to ten per cent, on his col
lections under the Governor's power of
attorney. Wo aro disposed to think that
the claim was high, but that is not now a
matter before this Court.
They should have settled againsthim,al
lowing
him such a compensation as they
deemed just, when ho could have appealed,
and the Court would have decided to what
he was entitled. Vo do not propose to re
flect upon the State officers, acting under
the advice of the Attorney-lieneral, for
whom we have great respect. Can the de-
fendant be convicted of a crime on the facts
alleged before us? If not, we are bound to
discharge him. The J udge here quoted the
seventy- third section of Revised Purdon,
supposed to cover this case. The first ques
tion presented is, Is the defendant a State
officer? For it cannot- be pretended that
he is any other; if he is it is not necessary
that he shall have fraudulently embezzled
the money. It is sufficient that he prove a
defaulter, and refuse to pay over the
money to those authorized to receive it.—
Did Mr. Evans receive the money In this
case as a State officer, or as a special
agent; was it obtained as Attorney In
fact or Governor DearY under the
act of Congress? In common parlance gen
erally an agent or attorney is not a State
officer. In legal parlance he most certainly
is not a State officer. A State or county of
ficer is ono by whom the State or county
exercises its governmental functions, and
Judge Drier declares that special commis
sioners, appointed by the Legislature to
perform certain duties in the counties aro
not State officers. The cams rule would
apply her In this country, the term trust,
whether to porairm public or private du
ties, has never been considered a State of
fice, or the holder thereof a State officer.
When Mr. Evans' commission is read care
fully, it appears lhat. lie is created a special
agent. It did not create him a State officer;
even if it had it would not affect his posi
tion, which apparently closed two years
thereafter, and is barred by the statute of
limitations, and he could not now tie law
fully convicted of that crime. Afterward
tie'w chiliN were discovered and Mr.
Evans was agshiappoliiusd 4n s.gent by
an ordinary , letter of attorney L i, edllect
and receive them. This most certainly did
not creole him a Slate °nicer, but merely
an agent of the blovernor under the act of
Congress. Under that power nearly one
million of dollars was collected, for which
Evans claimed a commission of ten per
cent. For this, as we conceive, he had no
ailthority in law. lie was not acting under
the resolution of 1067, but like any other
agent, must be paid so much as his servi
ci were reasonably worth, and which be
could lawfully retain out of his collections.
The act 011067 only applied to claims then
pendiug at the Federal 'department, not to
the new ones afterwards presented. Such
was manifestly the opinion or the Gover
nor in issuing the new power of attorney,
of Mr. ltvans In accepting It, and of the
Auditor-General in his agreement, dated
Morel, 30, 1070, which we do not look upon
a, a binding contract, although it might
well mislead the defendant, coming as it
did froln. a 1/10.8tato ftinetionary. Wher
ever money Is reeelvealw a priblic cattier
and not paid over, it is made embezzle
ment withont regard to the method of ren
dering the account, Ltut where the officer
in good faith claims a portion as his due,
and retains no more, it would not be that
offense, although It should turn out that he
was entitled to a less sum. There can
scarcely he a doubt from the whole of the
facts proved that the ten per cernum as
commission was claimed by Evans iu good
faith under the words of the statute, but a
large portion of this 1411 , 11 y V 14•1 not re
ceived under its provision.. ' •
Independent of that, we do not consider
that the act of IStii gives him that sum a.s
commission in terms, but merely declares
that it shall rot be exceeded. let he had
plausible ground to claim the whole under
the decision of the United States Circuit
Court U. S. vs. Moore, SStory, 87, and the
common usage under such statutes. That
would be strengthened by the letter of the
Auditor-Ueneral already cited. On the
whole, sitting as a committing magistrate,
I would hold the defendant to answer
before a jury, who might judge of the
bona; fides of :his claim, if he had at the
Lime of receiving the money been a
State officer. I have also carefully
looked through the acts of Assembly to
see whether' the defendant's case came
within any other Htattito, and called on the
prosecution to point out any 'other, in
which they and myself have failed. I am,
therefore, clearly of the opinion that the
defendant has not committed any criminal
offense, and ia eutitled to be discharged.
The next question arises on the arrest
and laolding3o bail in the civil proceeding.
prior to the passage of the act of July 12,
1842, abolishing imprisonment for debt,
any person could be arrested in this State
and held to ball In the amount stated in
the praecipo, and endorsed on the capins,
without any previous affidavit.
The first section of that Act prohibits ar
rest in cases arising ex- contractu generally,
with certain specified exceptions, among
which are "moneys collected by any public
officer, or for any misconduct or neglect in
office, or in any professional employment,
in which cases the remedy shall remain as
heretofore." In the present cane Mr.
Mackey, the State Treasurer, made an aft-.
davit prior to the issuing of the writ, in or
der to hold the defendant to bail. Thiel was
unnecessary; but we have carefully con
sidered all that he says. It was however
agreed that we should act on all the facts
proved on the hearing. Mr. Mackey says
that the defendant was a special agent un
der the Act of Assembly, as such received
the money as a public officer, to wit: such
special agent, and is indebted ' in 52.91,047.11
which he has failed to pay over. We have
already decided that the defendant was not
a State officer within tho meaning of the
criminal law. We do not consider him a
public officer for any purpose, and yet he
held a qualified official position as a State
agent, this especially during his first period
of acting as a special agent under the atat •
ute. We aro also inclined to believe
that he was engaged in a "professional
employment" in settling thepublicaccounts,
and collecting the money due to the State.
Blackstone and many other writers speak
of agents, bailiffs and receivers and persons
in like situation holding an office. So say
some of the law and other dictionaries. We
do not consider the words "any profes
sional employment," as used in thin act, to
apply to the legal, medical and clerical pro
fessions alone. We think that it is much
broader. A man may follow the business
of obtaining pensions, procuring patents,
keeping books, or settling public act-smuts;
in either of which cases it would bells pro
fession. If the defendant took on [dimwif
the adjustmem of the accounts between the
Slate and the United States, and followed
the business for many years under the au
thority of the Governor, we oink that
It may well be considered his profes
sion, and the failure to pay over the money
would be a neglect in that professional en,
ployment. In such case he cannot be per
mitted to put the money in his pocket and
walk elf, but may be arrested and hold to
bail. The amount thereof it is somewhat
difficult to fix in this cave, for although a
certain soul is sworn to by the State Treas
urer, which Is generally sufficient, yet front
the evidence adduced we are satisfied it Is
greatly too high. It is evident that the de
fendant is entitled to very considerable
compensation for his services, which moat
be deducted from the State claim. What
that 'nay be,
must be determined by it jury.
It must be borne in mind that security is
not required for the money, but merely a
special bail fir the appearance of the defend -
ant, as was the practice in every ease prior
to IS-121 In suiting the sum we do not de
termine the amount clue, it may be live,
fifty, or one hundred thousand dollars, or
more, or nothing; we merely say that this
will secure his appearance. • We, therefore,
lin the special bail in this case at one hun
dred thousand dollars
In concluding this Investigation we. can
not help expressing our regret that the
State officers permitted themsel Yes to be in-
Iltrneed by public clamor to depart front
the ordinary course pursued in settling
public accounts. It was clearly the inter
est of the State that they should bo settled
under the act or Dili, on notice to the de
fendant, allowing hint what would be right
by way of compensation, anti striking the
balance, which, if not appealed front ht six
ty days, would have been cone! naive, 'and
if appealed from the State would have had
security for its money. The balance thus
found dale and unappealed from would have
been fixed and determinate as the judg
ment of a court, and payment could have
been 01Ifyreed by the process of the law,
both civil' and criminal. In all thug has
been laid before us we have not perceived
the slighest evidence of fraud, on the one
side or the other ; but it is all ordinary case
ietl should have been settled by the law
in the usual way.
Terrible Klot itt Lox Ault,lon—A
in the Chluetie ttuorterti.
SAN FRANCISCO, ()Ct. 21.—A terrible riot
is going on at Los Atigelos. A tight hay
lug occurred in the Chinese quarters, ,rin.
cer ltildersor attempted to arrest a China
hien, f.r shooting another. lie was resist
ed, and he called on Itor.ert Thompson, a
citizen, to assist him, when the Chinese oir
both sides of the narrow street, opened tire
on both of them. Air. Thompson fell, shot
through the breast, arid died immediately.
°Meer Ifildersor was shot through the
shoulder, but succeeded in getting on
horseback, and escaped. A :slexican boy,
named rise AblllderS, %VIM iris,, shot
through the leg. A mob soon repented
rind the greatest excitement pre vai hoy
attacked the whole (11)110)10,1111)Ctlif, anti
were resisted by the Chinese. Vivo hun
dred armed men surrounded the Chinese
quarters to prevent any from escaping.
Fifteen Chinamen wore hung by the mob,
and their houses sot oil lire. 'rho lire was,
however, extinguished.
A cable despatch dated U I'. M., says that
order at Los AllgOlUS has been putridly
restored and no more bloodshed loot taken
place. Several Chinamen have boon ar
rested and are lodged in jail.
Rill Rinsed, another of the escaped State
prisoners from Nevada, was raptured hero
this evening, while endeavoring to ship WI
a vessel for a foreign port.
George I.L. Cannon, a Mormon leader in
this city, taking counsel on the prosecution
now progressing at Salt Lake, says if the
convictions continue the Mormons will
burn all they have, and make another ex
odus MS they did from Illinois.
The holdle. Slighted
After traveling all over the country Mr
the pt.st friar 1,11101 , 1 and attending the nu
orerous raffle shows, horse fairs, and mu
ner-stoue celebrations which have been
gotten up by the office-seekers in a dozen
States, r ran Cs CMISCiOIIVO scorns suddenly
to have heroine stricken with sensitiveness,
and to-day he writes to the Secretary all.,
Army of the Cumberland that he canindt
attend the annual reunion of this organiza
tion in Detroit, on the kith of November.
Unifies well-known distrust of the army
which worshipped Pap 'Morena, and the
dislike of the latter to the hero of the Shiloh
defeat, conspired to make this step advL•a
rile. Urania unpopularity with this vet
eran organization has increased tenfold
since the publication of the correspondenne
which wasjutended to ,tecompliNti Tip/m7
/Vl' removal before the battle of Nashville,
in which correspondence Brant figured hi
most disreputable manner.
War Preparation!.
When Prussia broke the military power
of France, by a few well-directed and well,
delivered blows, she opened the eyes of all
the other nations of Europe, and Induced
them to examine their systems of offense.
A writer in the Moscow Gazette shows that
Russia's weakness lies in her coast de
fenses, and her insufficient naval force,
Nearly all her ports, including the capital,
could be taken with but little difficulty,
while her fleet " would not be able to re:
sistthe attack of a first-rate power. , En
gland has begun a review of her milith t
system ; has abolished the purchase et
commissions, and in this manner attempt
ed to popularize 4he army, and make It
more In favor with the masses. In Austria
military reforms of great magnitado are
being discussed; and other powers are
moving in the canoe direction. Even the
Sultans has ordered many changes IQ OIL ,
manner of managing ilk forces; and thus
all Europe, instead of traveling wwnr.lti
pears, is preparing fur war en n 11111,1 L gi
gantic scale.
Biondi!), the great tight.ropo
seams determined to invent a feat ht Ibis
rope-walking which shall finish him at last.
At a late performance to he given at Om
Crystal Palace at Sydenham—lt had not
COll3O off by last accounta—the tall innate
that support the rope were to' be covered
with fireworks from the ground to the top.
When all these were welbgolng, Blondin
wan to walk forth on the rope bearing a
great piece Of r)yrotooliny "weighing idiotic
three hundred pounds," which lie would
forthwith proceed to discharge front "the
altitnile in the (mitre o f ill. rope." At .
Maine time eheilis and mine] vitio id i i N.,
ploded in every direction, and the telety.
tisement announces with much gUslo that
Blondin "will thus be encircled with bra
for nearly ten iniuntos." Thin Ina barbar.
OW{ pertbrulance for the nineteenth cen
tury.
helmire of st lieorwles hallroad
Parties aro seizing the rolling *stock and
other pro, o •ty of the Jiro nawick and Al
bany railrertl for debts. Tlio iron for tbil
road wee, SOlZed at IlronawiLk• halphi.
merits Lave been ;lade for sonic time.
Kimball's inability is said to lie the result
of the Chinago lire, Theft, are ru flora Or
repudiation of the Suite bonds hypotheca
ted by him. tiov. Bullock seized the road
and placed It In the !iambi of Colonel John
Scriven, ofigavannall, lie and 8. 11. Brown,
attorney for the road, have gone to New
York to investigate the affairs of the Com
pany, Many rumors are afloat, but noth
ing Moro doi t nito tht i a tho above in
•
Vrenh
There Ina limit Woven French ingenuity.
in luau-raising. It is puled blo thAt that
boundary has been reached, or nearly
:rest distress prevails in l'aris,iin account,
of the ceaseless drain which the Indoumity
paymenbi aro making upon the finances or
the country. Already, the Bank of France,
which has linked its lertunes insoparatoly
with those of the Government, has com
menced the Hue of paper currency, lii
small notes. ,This is the hoginh,l4 ni
series of desperate shifts, and. will:
alarmists of the unwignegoine assignst.s,nt
the old Rope blio. Meantime, VW.) Utlo,ooo
remains unpaid. !
Posh! Arrangement *vlth France
Negotiations for a new postal treaty with
France aro permanently suspended. About
a year ago the Postmaster-General had ar•
rangements pending for a postal conceit-
Lien, V 41.1831/. "Wing to Ole war. were 1 1103 r,
rupted. The French nation - now, tjeaVro..l.,
to recover as , 'aoon-aa • possible ,frbni Lila
losses by war, is raising revenue - by every
attainable means, and has 80 Increased the
postal rates as to make Wimpractlcable for
the United States to agree to any proposi
tion in the premises,
Anotfaer penuiciat Gainrit.
There beikfg a Haiti nible cdunty, ohlu,
for the House of ltepregentatives, tots`Wors
cast as to who should have the office. The
luck was with p."P.l6priggs, the Hethe';
cratio candidate: This gives the Dentocii
forty-o 44i. inenihers to the ftadicids 'll4
stilt ou the Itruizi
One of the surest signs of the wonderful
rapidity with which Chicago is recuperating
after her recent great calamity, is the ad
vertisements of base ball clubs, for games
to come off, etc., which now again:crowd
her Journals almost daily.:
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