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Meeting of Congress
On Monday this National body con
vened at Washington, and entered upon
Another prolonged, and, so far as prece
dent holds out any promise, a profitless
Session. There are many measures
demanding the earnest attention and
prompt action of Congress—some of
them underlying the very foundation,
and seriously affecting not only the
peace, but the prosperity of the Nation.
Yet it is doubtful whether any thought
will be given to questions outside of
those affecting partyinterests. Ben But
ler, who, if his opinions be not of an
ex-eallicdra character, has at least de
termined to figure in the role of a self
constituted spokesman for the Radical
cohorts, has announced that the present
session of Congress is to be devoted to
president-making. Butler is not easily
snubbed, and any experiment in that
direction is somewhat hazardous to the
parties who'exercise the temerity. He
is posted, too ; for he is not one to be
kept out of the ring, or to play second
fiddle to any leader; and, when he gives
utterance to any prediction, with his
knowing leer awl strabismical squint,
there is high warrant for accepting it as
at least.probable. In the Ilouse,since
Schenck gone abroad to emulate
(;runt in stock-speculations, he is the
acknowledged leader of the Radicals, as
Morton is in the Senate; and, as the
('resident is determined to secure a re
nomination and re-election, the first and
greatest care of these two worthies will
lie to see that the wires are judiciously
and effectively Pulled to that end. The
precedent of permitting the people,
through properly chosen delegates, is to
he ignored, and Congress invested with
all the President-making paraphernalia.
True, our European complications de
mand attention. Spain has openly and
persistently insulted our Nationality as
well as the rights of humanity, but that
matters little in comparison with secur-
100 irant's re-election. Our Navy has
been permitted to dwindle into compar
ative impotency for the maintenance
of our rights; und, us for the Army, i
cannot be
,spared from hunting down
women and children in the Southern
States, and keeping in subjection imag
inary Ku-Klux. Even the l'iegan mas
sacres upon our Western Frontiers have
to be endured or the same reason ; and
ten thousand additional troOps are to be
called into requisition to still further
crush out the lingering spark of pros
perity in sections already Impoverished
by the military satraps of Urant and his
infamous administration. Once seated
fora second term, In the Presidential
I 'hair, with full power for currying out
the monarchical programme recently
proclaimed by Morton, there may be
time fur• turning attention to other mat
ters; but until then, as Butler announc
col, the time of Congress is to be devoted
to President-making in the Interest of
I ly sses.
Misconduct of Boutwell
Whatever may be said of Greeley,
there is no denying the fact that lie has
the faculty of telling unpalatable truths,
even at the expense of his own party„
No winks, nods, or frowns can keep his
month shut, or his pen idle when he has
anything to ventilate; and It is for this
cause that Grant and IiIH Officials are
made the subjects of his merciless expo
sure. Secretary Boutwell Is now ac
cused through the columns of the ',rei
t., with gross misconduct. It is assert
ed that the five-twenty bonds sent in by
,the banks of this country are retained
Til the hands of the Treastiry" officers,
aceinnulaling interest, after the consul-
Mated five-per-cents. are issued,and that
the interest is then to IJO paid over to
" the syndicate," which has never had
anything to do with these bonds, and
has no more right to the interest than
any other association in the land. This,
if the Tritm , is correct, is a device to
evade the law limiting the expense of
negotiating the new loan. We cannot
believe that Mr. Itoutwell, In whose
official integrity we have entire confi
dence, has been guilty of conniving at
such a selienie of public robbery use this.
lot there are so many rumors and the
ories abroad concerning "the syndicate"
and its receipts from the. Treasury, that
a full, unreserved explanation of them
unmet be gi to Congress and the oeuple
:it once.
bhallow Pretensions
The Washington Patriot says that
Itrout is to be urged for re-election,
upon the ground that lie has introduced
honesty and economy into the revenue,
and brought the civil service into a con
dition of integrity and wholesomeness!
II thinks his claims as a Reformer merit
consideration, Mid adds: "If he can
not go before the people upon these in
1572, it is difficult to say what he will
have to go upon. The debt to him as a
soldier was paid 'in ISGS. As a states
mail lie is confessedly not brilliant. As
an annexationist his career has nut
been pointedlysuccessful. Inbuimunbe
I he cannot hold a candle to Butler. In
Ku-l'luxery, though daily improving,
lie is still Governor Morton's inferior,
and will remain so. In platitude lie
ranks lower than Conkling ; in piety is
excelled by Howard and Harlan ; and
in speech-making is not only brief, but
poor and thin, without being plain or
neat. Hence, unless lie proposes to
challenge suffrage as the champion
present-taker of his land and day and
generation, the President must base his
claims to popular support upon his
achievements as a reformer ill the fi
nances, and In the civil service of the
States."
Murphy a Defaulter In Half a Million
Notwithstanding Grant's expression
of confidence in the honesty of his Long
, y Branch Cottage friend, Toni Murphy,
It now turns out that he is a defaulter to
the Uoverumeul. in over half a million
of dollars. The Tritium. says, "Startling
and - irrefutable as was the evidence pub
lished in the Tribune of Sept. 22, con
cerning Collector Murphy's hat-frauds
upon the Government during the war,
It Sinks into Insignificance when com
pared with the evidence which has re
cently conic to light and which proves
him to be a defaulter to the Govern
ment, on one contract alone, to the
amount of 5460,000. This with the $.55,-
000 loss .m the shoddy hats furnished by
him, makes Murphy an actual defaulter
to the Government for over S 510,000,"
Another Loyalist to be Let Off.
Ueneral Burbrldge, of Kentucky, has
been called to account for fraud in the
settlement of Army Quartermasters' ac
counts. He Is "loyal," and will be let
off easy. It is not the fashion of Radi
calism to punish its thieving friends.—
Their name is legion. Some of them
have stolen funds and swindled the
government and the tax-payer out of
millions ; sonic have swindled both the
government and the poor people who
trusted them with their hard earnings ;
ome have out-Tammanled the sum total
of the Tammany frauds. How happens
It that they are not only suffered to go
unpunished, but no Republican editor
ever mentions them?
The Two Radical Whigs
There are now twoparties in the coun
try, says the Sun, claiming the title of
Republican. One is the real It:publi
can party; the other the party of Grant's
office-holders. At the head of one is
'Dr. Greeley, who founded the party In
1854, and has been its ablest leader In
the press. At the head of the other is
Gen. Grant, who never voted a Repub
lican ticket until he voted for himself
for President, and who in 1856, when
the real Republicans rallied for their
principles with Fremont as their leader,
voted for Buchanan and the pro-slavery
Democracy.
Finn Irmo -ko zaya Do aim aro - 4 Q WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1871.
The Annual Reports.
We give, to-day, the President's Mes
sage in full, and as it occupies a large
share of our available space, we have
room for but brief allusion to the re
ports from the various departments.—
The Presidential docunient can be read,
and the merits of Its recommendations
fudged, without any comment of ours.
Hereafter we may have some sugges
tions to make with regard to IL
The report of the Secretary of War
gives a general review of the operations
and conditions of the army during the
past year, the details being left for dis
cussion in the reports of the various
department and bureau officers. In
consideration of the great and import
ant duties devolving upon the army,
the Secretary expresses the hope that'
the present estimates, which he claims
are based upon most economical calcu
lations, will be permitted to stand.—
Several economical measures', by which
a saving can be effected, are suggested,
and the permission of Congress to put
them in operation is asked. The report
of the Secretary makes a very satisfac
tory exhibit of the efficiency of the
army, and indicates that its general
management is most excellent. '
In closing his report, the Secretary
finds it necessary to make the state
ment, in conformity to the programme
marked out by the President, that It has
been found necessary to retain about
one-sixth of the whole army in those
States of the Southeast of the Mississip-
pi which were engaged in the rebellion,
for the purpose of putting down a sec
ond rebellion and bringing Its leaders
to punishment. By what process of
reasoning the Secretary arrives at the
necessity of this course, apart from po
litical motives, lie doe's not tell us.
The Secretary of the Navy furnishes
the information that the Navy of the
United Statss now consists of 179 ships
of all classes and conditions; of these
29 are sailing vessels and the remainder
steamers of various classes, including
59 monitors, all of which, but one are
htid up in ordinary. There are on the
stocks 1:: vessels; aud a very large pro
portion of these having been built in
grout haute during the war out of un
seasoned live-oak to meet a sudden
emergency, are practically worthless;
and the Seer etary contends that, as they
have faithfully performed the ditty for
which they were constructed, the ( inv
ernment can well afford to lose them.
The total expenditures of the Navy
Department since the last report have
been $19,263,210.52, and the appropria
tions for the current fiscal year amount
to $20,961,717.25. The estimates for the
general expenses of the service for the
fiscal year ending June 30, Is7o, amount
to $19,9:15,507.02.
The report of the Postinaster-General
s somewhat yoluminout Arcording to
i t, the service ik this COL nt:y will com
pare favorably'With that of any Euro
pean nation, when due allowance is
made for the vast extent of our terri
tory, and the sparseness of the popula-
Lion in many sections. The Postmas
ter-General has under his command an
army of men, and the service
rendered by them to the country Is bet
ter performed, perhaps, than that of any
other branch of the( iovernment. There
continues to tie a steady Increase in the
operations of the department, the fig
ures for the last fiscal year showing the
increase of revenue to be considerably
above the Increase In the expenditures,
a favorable showing under any circum
stances, and especially so, from its rari
ty, in connection with governmental
administration.
From the report of the C'ottlininsione
Internal Itevenue, It appears that th
total amount of revenue received from
all sources, excluding the duty upon the
circulation among the National Banks,
is S 114,011,171; Commissioner Dou
glass, alter commenting ou the general
working of the machinery for the col
lection of the revenue from distillers
and others, Makes a decided stand on
the question of the tobacco trade ; ani
madverts strongly utt the manner ill
which it. Is received into bond, and al
most makes an assertion that the United
Sitates Treasury has hitherto been gross-
ly swindled by those who deal in the
commodity. Ile has made several rec
ommendations for the prevention of
curb frauds in the future.
Party Re-organization lo New York
Strong evidences are every .111
furnished of the existence of the Demo
cratic party, notwithstanding the Rad
ical cry that it is dead, and of its vigor
pus strength and undiminished activity.
Ever since the day of election there has
been an universal inquiring among
Democrats in regard to the re-organiza
tion of the (tarty in New York City; and
we observe that a meeting is to be held
during the present week, under the aus
pices of some of Die most prominent
Democratic Reformers, at which a pro
graunne Will be marked out for the en
siTing year.. Everything looks promis
ing for the future of the party both in
the City and State; and, under the new
order of things instituted by the anti-
Tammany Demovracy,thousands or Re
formers heretofore co-operating with
the Republican party, will assist in
swelling the majority in New York and
Kings county to such overwhelming
numbers that a complete State triumph
in '72 will be rendered certain.
ierman Gold and the New S. 3-Per-
Cent. Bonds.
Germany refused to lake paper for
the immense indemnity paid to her by
France, and the gold flowed in faster
than German mints could re-coin it. A
large portion of the gold was sent to
England to be re-coined. The excess
of specie in the German =diets has
been so great that the speculators have
risen on every hand. Values deprecia
ted, and gold coin flowed to England,
and this has been favorable to the sale
oflithe new S. 5-per-cent. bonds.—
Such a spirit of speculation has not been
witnessed in Germany for many years.
Extravagant enterprises are formed,
corporations anti joint stock companies
are springing up, and it Is feared that
the John Law and South Sea bubbles
,will lie represented in Germany, with
(disastrous: results,:when the reaction
comes. The Bank of France has is
sued 500,000,000 francs in notes to supply
the place of specie withdrawn.
Its Composition
The composition of the Ways and
Means Committee, is very generally
looked upon as 1p the Interest of Rev
enue Reform, and meets with great dis
favor among Pennsylvanians. The Pro
tectionists are Messrs. Dawes, Kelley,
Roberts and Maynard. Theßevenue
Reformers, Messrs. Burchard, of Illi
nois, and Finkelnburg,. of Missouri;
Democrats, Messrs. Brooks, of New
York, Beck mid Kerr, thus giving
the Revenue Reformers one majority.
Finkelnburg is a pronounced Revenue
Reformer, while Burchaid, of
uniformly voted for a low rate of duties
in the last Congress.
New Members sworn In
The following new members of the
House were sworn in at the meeting of
Congress on Monday : Kellogg, of Con
necticut; Houghton, Sargent and
Coughlin, of California; Knapp and
Beveridge, of ; Foster, of Mich
igan ; and Conner and Hancock, of
Texas. The credentials of Messrs.
Herndon and Clark, of Texas, were re
ferred to the Election Committee.—
Messrs. Chapman, delegate from the
District of Columbia, and Clagett, from
Montana, were sworn iu.
The Prince of Wales.
Prom the telegraphic reports there is
every reason to believe that the Prince
of Wales Is out of danger. Volitically
this fact Is of considerable importance,
as the disturbances that might have en
sued in England upon his death will be
happily prevented.
The .Happy Family
Were it not for the sufferipgs entailed
upon the country by the countless Rad
-16.al excesses and pllferings which are
being daily exposed, there would be
found rich food far amusements in the
accusations of leading Republican jour
nals on the one hand, and retaliation,
with attempted defence, on the other.
New York city is most prominent In
these pleasing little partisan episodes,
as it has been the leading locality for
official peculations ; and, between the
Tribune and the Times, with a continu
ous cannonading by the Sim, the
outsiderk are in a fair way of be
coming thoroughly posted as to the
extent of official thieving. The Tribune
boldly accuses Grant's friend, Tom
Murphy, whose honesty he endorsed,
with having stolen over half a million
of dollars. The Times comes to the res
cue of honest Tom, and soundly berates
the Tribune for its indiscreet betrayal of
family secrets, at the same time offering
the Long Branch Cottageprolege of the
President the empty ionsolatory advice
to sue the Sage of Chapaqua ;or libel.—
The Times, however, tu strange contra_
diction to its self-assured character of
the great Reform organ,makes no proper
refutation of the Tribune's alleged
truths, but contents itself with whole
sale abuse of its great cotemporary, and
declares:
" It is the most unfair paper in the world
—it misrepresents its Oppollen Ls without
scruple or remorse, and it will hesitate at
nothing to destroy a reputation. This
kind of malice generally .over-reaches itself
and in theslight influencewhich the Tribune
exercises to-day compared with that which
it formerly exercised, may Lei seen an: ex
ample of the retributkin which overtakes
newspapers when they resolve to go on
without conscience or principle."
In this matter, as in the testimony of
George Jones before the Grand .lury,
and his inability to prove an,) thing
against Mayor Hull, the Tribune has
undoubtedly caught tht; Tim,a where
the hair is short, and given it ❑o power
to return the compliment. We Lind the
Times, too, still sneering and insulting
Messrs. Astor, Cooper, and others, who
thoughtlessly white-washed Tamil] any
Ring a year ago. Now, until it proves the
Tribitur to be a falsifier, it ought to bear
in mind that these gentlemen only did
then what President firma is doing now
—" efficiency, honesty and zeal." There
is this dilference : They whitewashed
without having any facts proven to
theni. ttrant w ldte washed in the face
of astounding affidavits, showing that
Murphy was as great a Tammany
swindler as ally of the It ng.
The Tribune has proven, with as great
force as facts, figures, and sworn state
ments can prove, that the man whom
the President so cheerfully endorsed for
his "efficiency, honesty and zeal," is
actually a defaulter to the govelnuient
in over half a million, and the means
resorted to by Murphy to cover up his
rascalities are of so disreputable a char
acter, that he stands doubly condemned
as a villian.
It would be a foi innate thing for the
country if some one of the Radical fam
ily, as well posted as I. ireeley is, would
undertake a ventilation of the Philadel-
Ithia defalcations and embezzlemants.
There is just as prolific a sourer tin• start
ling exposures in that city as there is in
New York; and everything is tending
to such an exposition of Radical olilciul
outrages as will tell with most damaging
effect upon the aspirations of our Imbe
cile Presidential adventurer and his
obsequious backers.
Our Relations with Spaln
The cloud of war grows still more
threatening; anti yet we are represent
ed as being in no suitable condition to
avenge au insult or protect our citizens
and commerce. Spain has openly do
tted us. Two years ago she promised
solemnly to carry on the war in Cuba—
a war which our Administration ofli
chilly ignores—in a civilized manlier.
For two years she has systematically
insulted us at every possible opportuni
ty, by murdering our citizens in Cuba,
confiscating their property, and exiling
our representatives. Site now drives a
native-born American citizen, Mr. John
Is;enninger, out of Havana, without
charge brought, and without trial, or
ders hin/to reside in Spain ; and Mr.
Nenninger is obliged to obey, because
he holds property in Cuba, which, in
case of disobedience on his part, would
be confiscated.
Ouractingl'onsill-Uviieral in !Javan
Mr. Ilan, sends for a tlert to brute
Anteritatu citizens in that rite, and Nk
have none to mend
The Washington correspondent of the
'Jerold, states, on the highest
" that the ("niterl Ics conned cope
tciUr .Satin, err e were if po,,ildc to
run
venh•ede ifs ?vim(' no col pow,' r for such rt
pt11110,0'."
Of the i - gnominy sucli a condition
it is not our province to speak at this
critical moment. I u time the just in
dignation of the people will fall upon
those who have caused such a state of
things. But if we cannot protect our
citizens iu Cuba front the outrages of the
volunteers which Spain declares herself
impotent tosuppress, let President (irant
recognize the belligerency of the Cubans,
and they will do our work for us. If we
" are unable to cope with Spain," the
Cubans are. They have been success
fully coping with her for three years,
in spite of Hamilton Fish, t-lidney Web
ster, and all the rest of the shameless
gang constituting the Culpui Ring, com
pared to which the disnaMibered Tam
many Ring was harmless.
Old Fogyism.
It is authoritatively stated that the
King of Siam offered au elephant to the
Hon. W. H. Seward, during the late
visit of the latter to his country, and
that the ex-Premier courteously but re
luctantly refused to accept this small
token of disinterested but royal friend
ship and graciousness.
lion Platt of the Capita/ regards Hr.
Seward's refusal to accept the present
as conclusive evidence of hls old fogy
ism, stamping him as a relic of the past
generation of American statesmen, and
adds : " President llrant Would never
have refused that elephant. Rather
than have been guilty of such an act of
discourtesy (and that to royalty, too!)
he would have had the animal cut up
and packed away in barrels with brine.
It is on record that a Chinese delegation
in San Francisco sent his Excellency
two barrels of pickled pups as a slight
testimonial of oriental regard. It is not
on record that his Excellency wounded
the tender feelings of the almond-eyed
opium-eaters by returning or by refus
ing to :accept their humble offering."
Snubbed
A colored man, named Thomas.). Dor
sey, Locust street, Philadelphia,
addressed a letter to the Grand Duke,
complaining that he was refused a tick
et to the ball given him, for no other
reason than on account of his color. He
thinks his money is as good as any
white flunkey, and is confident the act
would not have been tolerated In Rus
sia.
A Moy EM ENT has been made lu the
House toward sifting the President's
military usurpations In the South: Mr.
Beck offered a resolution, asking infor
mation of the President relative to the
proclamation of martial law in South
Carolina, and of all the facts on which
the proclamation was based. Referred
to the Committee on Insurrectionary
States,
THE Tammany Ring iu New York
has been broken up, their frauds ex
posed, and their chief perpetrators ar
rested, and placed under trial. There
still exists a Radical Tammany In Phil
adelphia, even worse than that of New
York. It is known as the Union League.
The debt of Philadelphia is nearly $57,-
000,000; au increase of about forty mil-
Ilona In the ten years that city has been
controlled by the Radical party.
Radical Troubles in Ohio
According to Washington advices, the,
Senatorial question is growing interest
ing. Seven Republican members of the
Legislature, enough to control the elec
tion of Senator, declare that they will
never vote for John Sherman, and that
they will not even go into Republican
caucus unless they can have a pledge
that some other Republican will be
named. Neither will they vote for De
lano, and he has retired from the con
test. They want the Republicans to
nominate ex-Secretary Cox, and will
unite with the Democrats on him if the
Radicals refuse. The Sherman Repub
licans say they will never consent to
vote for General Cox. On the other
hand, if the Republican caucus should
nominate General Cox, there are many
Democrats who would vote fur him,
rather than see him defeated by Sher
man's friends.
Senator Sherman closed up the special
meeting of the Senate Finance Commit
tee a few days since and hurried home In
great tribulation, He hopes to be able
to employ the Federal patronage in such
a way, in the sections where the seven
champions of reform reside, as to Induce
their constituents to instruct them to
vote for him. Delano is bitterly opposed
to Sherman's re-election, while at the
same time he would prefer some other
man than his predecessor, ex-Secretary
Cox. Old Ben Wade would be glad to
obtain the favorable consideration of the
mighty seven, but they are opposed to
Santo Domingo. Grant will du every
thing it his power to prevent the elec
tion of Cox ; and both the President and
Delano would like to see a compromise
upon General Schenck.
Colored Lawyers in lieouu•kl
Kentucky has finished another case
for the interference of (L•aut's bayonet
rule. On the :Nth hist., an innovation
upon the old-lime customs and preju
dices of the Kentucky bar, says the
Louisville ( buries-Journal,was made in
the examination of N. It. Harper and
Geo. A. Griffiths, both colored, as to
their illness for the practice of law in the
State Courts, and was consurllloated by
their being licensed and fully admitted to
the bar of this Stale. '['hey had passed a
very creditable examination, and were
wonplitnented by the Judges on the
manner in which they acquitted them
selves, and it is predicted by their
friends that they will reflect credit upon
their race by the ability with which
they will Millil the duties of their pro
fession. They have inaugurated a new
dispensation, the dignity of which it is
incumbent upon them to uphold, and
the Courier does pct think that they
will receive anything but the kindest
treatment front the white members of
their profession. Will the Radical press
make a note of this' We think it is
rather doubtful, for they are not dis
posed to give credit where there is in
any act anything to disprove their shal
low cry, that Kentucky is su rebellious
as to need Military interference.
In Ludlow-Street Jail
The Tribune, in chronicling the fact
that Richard B. Connolly is In Ludlow-
Street Jail, says, the announcement has
a novel and refreshing sound in a City
so long misgoverned by the wickedly
dishonest Ring of which Mr. Connolly ,
was a member. The long comedy of
keeping tip appearances by the guilty
ones Is over, and the little farce of lodg
ing one of the conspirators at a Broad
way hotel, under semblance of arrest, is
also closed. There should be nothing
strange in the fact that rogues are In
dicted, arrested, and sent to jail in New
York ; but we have become so accus
tomed to seeing them sitting in high
places that this turn of the kaleido-,
scope surprises. Now, then, let Mr.
Connolly have the consoling company
of his fellow-craftsmen of the Tam
many Ring.
Senator Sumner to Be Won 0 rev
It is reported in Washington circles
that the advocates of harmony in - the
Republican party will have several
propositions to make toward insuring
that event when Congress meets. In
case the President dues not renew his
Sau Domingo resolutions in the forth
coming message, tlie effort will he made
to have Senator Sumner replaced at the
head of the Committee on Foreign Re•
lations, with the hope that in such ease
that Senator will frown upon the move
ment now steadily gaining strength to
nominate some other Republican in the
place of Grant for the next Presidency.
There are very few here who believe in
the success of these negociations.
How the Tweed Charter Was Granted.
Tweed would never be denied hls
seat by Radicals of the N. Y. Senate,
for the check-book, and the statement
of his bank account, are accusers which
they dare not face. What is called the
Tweed charter was passed mainly by
Republican votes, and almost all these
votes were bought. All but two Repub
lican Senators received pay, whereas
only one Democrat got a cent, and that
one merely asked enough to cover his
election expenses. Tweed stole as
much to bribe Republicans as he did to
benefit Ilimself, and a fair share of the
six millions about which so much clam
or is made was used in that way.'
The Right Way to Serve Them
The carpet-baggers elected in :\ Heels
sippi are not yet installed in office;
neither are they likely to be very soon.
The Democracy of that State have very
generally agreed, under no circum
stances, and for no consideration to be
come bondsmen for the newly chosen
officers. It has generally happened
that, In order to secure clerkships and
places of deputies for themselves or
friends, solvent men in each county
have been round who buraine bondsmen
for bherithe and volint V treasurers, and
other like officers. This will not be
done in the future; so "the elect" must
be content to remain in their own
bonds--the "bonds of iniquity."
THE West Chester .I,lfro.onietit is de
cidedly oppo,ed to the "passive" policy,
and insists that for the Democratic party
to make no nomination, but to support
the candidate of the dissatisfied or
"outs," will never do. It is equally op
posed to the nomination of any "fishy"
Republfcan, or endorsing any of the
Radical usurpations or outrages upon
our Constitutional liberties. It further
regards it ill-timed and foolish for the
Democratic press at this time to discuss
the question of who shall be the nomi
nee of the party.
A tioon IDEA, and one which might
be protitably copied in every city where
there are street-railway lines, is that of
a Texas town. In Houston every street
car conductor is an officer of the law,
empowered to arrest any one misbehav
lug on his beat, which is I.i.s car. In
New York, Philadelphia and other
Places the conductors are nut nufre
quentiy found allied in sympathy and
acting in concert with roughs.
In the Democratic Column
The Jackson (iNtississippi
elahos that the Democrats cast a major
ity of the popular vote in that State, at
the recent election, and that the Radi
cals have retained their power in the
Legislature through a dishonest organ
ization of the Senate and Assembly dis
tricts. Good! put Mississippi in the
Democratic column.
IA 1.-M Arl'Eß.-At the recent coal
sales In New York there was a decided
reduction In the price, since which
time there Is talk of a strike among the
miners next month, in and about Scran
ton.
HON. \Vivxi: MACVEM 11, ex-Minis
ter to Turkey, has been invited to de
liver the opening lecture In Library
Hall, Reading, this season. We under
stand that he has accepted the Invita
tion.
Why General Sherman Was Sent Abroad.
The New York Sun thinks it not
strange that General Sherman is Bent
abroad at the present time, and inti
mates that pretexts may be found for
keeping him away until after the Presi
dential election. Indeed, adds tbe Sun,
it Is doubtful if General Sherman could
be safely trusted to use the military
forces of the country to control elections
In the Southern States, according to the
programme which has been indicated
from Washington as necessary to secure
the continuance of Grant in power. The
night previous to his departure for
Europe he remarked, that he believed
the government had made a mistake in
the treatment of the South. He said :
They are not all rascals in the South.
A majority of the people are the best eat
_am of the republic. The young that fol
lowed the retreating Confederates into Tex
as, the men of the Army of Virginia, and
the lads of the West, who leaned towards
the .South, were capital fellows, though
mistaken. These In my opinion, should
have been appointed to positions under
the government, as marshals, postmasters,
Internal revenue collectors, and to other
Federal and State offices, instead of being
driven Into opposition. I really believe
that these young men represented the
South, and that they were ready to cry
pecrav I, and support the government. I
am sorry they were not treated properly,
but it will be right in the end.
Horace Greeley Championed.
Our neighbor, the //igniter, has 21
leading editorial in defence of Horace
Greeley, and lending a q ua.li endorse
ment to his nomination for the Presi
dency. Those journals which sneer at
Mr. Greeley in connection with a Pres
idential nomination by the Republicans,
are pretty severely rapped over the
knuckles. The Inquirer say s :
In looking over the list of journals en
gaged inn thts crusade, the first thing which
strikes the observer, is the fact that a large
majority of them are owned or controlled
by linen who hold tiovernfnent offices.—
These, no doubt, fear that any change in the
Federal administration would be likely tin
result in their removal, conscious, as they
are, that they toil their positions, not as a
reward of merit, or long and faithful ser•
vices to the party, but simply front the ao
cident of having influential friends In a
tosition to speak in their behalf. Hence
hey deem it an act of self-defense, or rather
self-preservation, to assail Mr. tireeley,
whose admitted honesty, were he the Na
tional Executive, would not permit him to
retail) inn important positMns undeserw ing
or unqualified men."
Should Mahe Haste.
"The Government'' ,hould make
haste slowly in its war upon the lead
ing feature of :11orinonisni. 'f he South
is being depopulated so rapidly by the
wholesale expatriation of the whites.
and by the vicious life of the blacks,
that presently some such system may
be needful to restore those wasted and
mournful seems of the desolation
wrought by a "paternal Government."
How Colfax Views It
Vice-President Colfax is evidently not
of those who think the Democracy
dead. While hopeful of his party in
1572 he expects the canvass will be ex
citing and sharply contested. In his
opinion the Democracy is least danger
ous when most confident, but most to
be feared when adversity has chastised
them into prudence.
AT a special election recently held in
San Luis, Obispo county, California, for
a member of the State Senate, a Demo
crat was elected, so that body is now in
the hands of Democrats, which will
tend to check the threatened irregular
action of the Radicals.
HON. WILLIAM Mild.wAßD, Director
of the Mint under President Johnson,
died at Chesapeake City last week. He
was at one time Representative in Con
gress from the Third district of this
State.
Scarlet fever 18 raging In pale n
Butler county.
('orner-loungers are promptl) arrest
ed In Altoona.
Chester :aunty produces the largest
pigs in the country.
They have good sleighing in Clear- (
field county.
Allentown is being supplied with new
fire-plugs.
Olive Logan is nu a lecturing tour in
Clarion and Jefferson counties.
The Pottsville street-railroad is to be
completed to Minersville this week.
The Pine Creek Railroad Company is
io be constructed without State aid.
Judge Woods is reported to be slowly
recovering from au attack of paralysis.
The insane asylum at Danville will
11 , ‘t be ready for patients this Winter.
Scranton is preparing to celebrate the
birthday of Robert Burns in January.
The Delaware and Hudson Mining
Comtutny pay monthly aiOU,Oou.
The old style hucksters continue to do
Misiness at the York railroad station.
A new 111. E. Church will be dedica
ted at Ghent, Bradford county, on the
14th inst.
rias has been struck in Corry. In
Attu parts of the State the 120111plaillt
• gas strikes a poor light.
Erie city has the first and second De
puty Commissioners of rhternal Reve
nue in the bureau at Washington.
The Pennsylvania Agricultural So
ciety hes 7ST, life members, who have
paid the fee of
Berko county consumes more lager
and gives larger Democratic majorities
than any other county in the State.
The military of Pottsville, with those
of Shamokin, lied a Thanksgiving pa
rude.
John NV. Mish, of Lebanon, had a
special Invitation to attend the Alexis
ball in Now York.
Cornwall ore banks, five miles south
of Lebanon, are the largest iron-ore de
posits on the hemisphere.
Alnost every city and borough in the
State has Its home tau• friendless chil
dren well sustained.
The amount of Shamok in coal shipped
from Sunbury this year by canal will
exceed 75,000 tons.
The Lycoming Insurance Company
Raid losses in Lock Haven during the
past year to the amount of 37,7rd.r.0.
The borough authorities of Indiana
have provided a hospital for
I nitoefif,t• amounts of Veil i,on are sill i f
pod front Clearfield to the Eastern war
It et. •
The Uniontown (i,nios says that thi
small pox is ou the increase in l'ayetti
Comity jails are not seriire plumes lei
detail prisoners, if we may juke from
the 'mintier of esespes made therefrom
The Sbir I, of (Mttystitirg,
its seventy-second volume
lust week.
Joseph Fiester, of Laporte township,
Sullivan enmity. has killed nice deer
this Fall. He killed six of thew in one
The Lee. isburg ChrtJuicle announces
that it will publish the legal card of
Robert T. Lincoln, (liking°, free for etc
year.
There is aroutes[ among the Reitul,
Helms of Greene and Fayette, as to
which county is entitled to the candi
date for senator.
Snow storms in Warren county have
already been severe enough to render
some of the township roads hard to
James Ellis, Sr., one of the oldest rts
idents of the northern part *or Chester
county, died suddenly on the :loth inst.,
in East Coventry township.
Eon. John Thompson has been con
nected with the Schuylkill bridge at
Pottstown, as a manager, nearly forty
years—since April, 1832.
One hundred citizen 9 of Huntingdon
have petitioned the council of the bor
ough to place a town clock in the tower
of the Presbyterian Church.
The effort to stock the Lehigh river
with black bass has been a failure, on
account of disappointment in receiving
the Fish from Harper's Ferry.
A one; year old child of Mr. J. J. Wil
liams, of Tyrone, was burned to death
on Thursday of last week, during the
temporary absence of its mother.
A survey is about beivg made of the
route proposed for a railroad from Pitts
burgh to Harmony and Zelienople, in
Butler county.
More money will be invested In the
'lron business in the year'lB72, in Penn
sylvania, than was put in the same bus
iness five years previous.
Some idea may be formed of the streets
of Allentown, when it is known that a
Saratoga trunk fell from an Express
wagon and was lost In the mud.
The chief engineer of the Peach Bot
tom Railroad Company is making prep
arations to put an engineer corps on
the road.
THE LANCASTER COMMON SCHOOLS.
A L e tter from Mx. Wickerattam.
Messrs. Editors:—The strictures which
have appeared in your paper concerning
certain remarks of mine before the late
County Teachers' Institute, in reference to
the Common Schools of Lancaster, seem to
call for some additional statements on my
part.
But, first, let me say that these remarks
were made on " Director's day," to Direct
ors, many of whom were present and some
of whom took part in the proceedings.
And, further, that I am as proud of all
Lancaster city has to be proud of as any
one: I send my children to the public
schools, and to no others; and I would not
be very likely, therefore, to find fault with
them except with a desire to make them
better. There is wholesome truth, which
some'men would do well to heed, in the
old maxim, "Our best friends are those
who tell us of our faults and teach us how
to correct them."
In the course of my remarks at the In
stitute, I called the attention of the Direc
tors of the city, Incidentally, to two things,
first, the number of children not in attend
ance at the public schools: and second, the
inferior school accommodations provided.—
With your permission, I propose now to
press these matters upon their attention in
a more direct way. In so doing, I shall re
fuse to follow the exampleof "A Director,"
iu his communication published in your
paper of Wednesday, the :2.2i1 inst., in the
use of personalities, as I have no personal
end to gain in the matter, and I regard all
his assertions and allusions of this charac
ter as perfectly harinle , s.
1. The fact mainly relied upon in the re ,
marks at the Institute, to prove that a con
siderable number of children who ought to
do so did not attend the public schools of
Lanea-ster,was the small number in attend
ance In proportion to the population, it
comparison with other places named. Thi
will appear still more evident from the fol
lowing table embracing a inore eN.(Blltilik
comparismi:
I all I
All gl
Ctoon
Iw.
111,IIIU
1
.1 I+
4
11111
1 lli
-1 111
I 1
~llrutcm u
Che ter
1) tuv 111
Harrisburg...
Norristown ..
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh....
Pottsville
Reading;..
is SI
I 'II
4i,i 0-
I — l
11
Sero.llLoll
W 1111antspurt
Wilkembarre .
Yurk
This table needs no comment, but "A
Director" objects to I his comparison as un
fair, and proposes to substitute one with
relerence to the a r en a ,, number of children
attending school. I ani glad that in such
a comparison, Lancaster measures up
alongside of her sister cities; but to show
that the children who do attend our schools,
attend them with a good degree of regular
ity is certainly not to show that many of
our children du not attend them at all.
In further proof of the position assumed,
turning to some of the reports, I find that
as early as 1959, Lancaster city had ti,linU
children in her schools; in 1060, 12,069; in
1961, 2,91:1; in 1962,1,91r'; marly
. :;u0 more
than at present ; them the number fell off
during the war, and, for some reason, has
not increased since. True, it is said in ex
planation that " there are at least Soo chil
dren in Lancaster attending private and
parochial schools; " but it is a fact verified
by all experience that this class of schools
can not flourish, except under the strictest
kind of denominational discipline, along
side of healthy and vigorous public schools.
These private schools are a bad symptom
—worse than any other.
2. As respects the inferior school accom
modations 01 our City, I have this to say,
that the statistics given Nvero compiled by
the Directors themselves. Lancaster val
ues her school ;property at $40,000; Alle
gheny at $4$0,000; Allentown at $350,000 ;
Chester at $93,000; Easton at $125,000 ; Erie
at $177,600; Harrisburg at1.5=0,000; Mead
ville at $05,000; Norristown at _,500;57
Pottsville at $llO,OOO ; Heading at $325,000 ;
Scranton at $194,500; Williamsport at
$103,000; W'ilkesbarre at $95,000, and York
at $45,000. Those Interested eau draw their
own inferences.
Itut this is not all. tin, school accom
modations have increased very little with
in the last twenty years. Tine number of
teachers employed is about the sauna now
as then. The Mule High School has been
forced into a building than illy comports
with the character of such a school. And,
possibly, in these facts may be found one
of the renonons why more of our children
do not attend the public schools.
"A Director - thinks school-houses
should be built fiir use, out for show, and
greatly prefers our isolated, one-storied
houses to the large Union Schools found in
other places. It does not matter much
who planned these houses for us or who
did not; but this may be said of the /arcs
/ion, that it needed no patent; for there is
no town of any size in Pennsylvania, ex
cept Lancaster, and none, it is believed,
outside of Pennsylvania, in the United
States of America, that has used it. Not
withstanding the »todest gentleman who
writes over the signature of " A Director,"
and who, probably, never saw the inside
of a half-a dozen school-houses beyond
the limits of his own district, thinks
my utterances on school affairs have
a consideration with the public which
they by no 111(11IS of themselves deserve, 1
Will venture to say that this Lancaster plan
of building school-houses is vastly inferior
to the plan generally adopted. The latter
admits a more compact organization out of
which grows a bettor directed and a more
vigorous life; and, in this opinion, there is
not a man in the whole country who has
made a 81)cent/study of school-systems that
Will net concur, The present plan must be
modified 'Afore our schools will do all the
work they ought to do, and do it well.
There are some other things about our
Lancaster Common Schools, of which, as
one who would like to !flake them a model
for the State, I would like to speak ; /Mr,
fearing that if I say them will', the "in
dignation" of no' friend, A Dirrwtmr"
'night a,,11:11t , th11114 , 1 , 1, fg,rlll, I will
i.stp,lll- then, 1.• thi•
I=MlllllllE=l
In Prof. Wieker..l.nsit
In further reltitan,,n the charge, of
Prul Iriektirsliaiii, I ask the publira
tu to tolliiwirig table, it but it
reproduction /os a pp earm , iu
your issue of NVeduesilay, substituting
however, I'm his column of " number of
children attending school," Mr -m,rm ,
number of scholars attending school,"
whiell I have taken rrom his last annual
report as State Superintendent :
29. :13 11:c12 I
19,619 1,1'79 I I
1,t'.:15 II
9, 1,1:1: :: b111. t 1
1,310 ISV,
19.9, 1,32 11.1-,
19,916 1.:17
2.1,191 2.617 I 1!..
111,71,1' 1,19:1! 1
;71,91."2: 71.929 lii
11.3 , 11 1. , 1. - OP 19
1
IS,
17:1:1''
61 1,191:
1
199;
I.lne •.1
. leelieny
I.i LOOllll
All ttl.
['he tpr
Harrisburg...
Norristown ..
Philadelphia
Pitttburgh
Pottsville
Heading
5crant0n.........
Williamsport
Wllkeaharre..
York
,II , .0011).9, 1
110,461. IU
Prof. 'Wickersham persists in claiming
the former as the criterion ; we insist on
the latter as the true basis whereby to
judge or compare one school district by
another—because, surely, the mere fact of
placing a boy's name on the school register,
and sending him one day to school, is not
educating him. Again, the character of
populations differ—some are more shifting
than others—which fact greatly affects the
number on the roll, without touching ma
terially the question of education. As an
additional proof why the average attendance
ought to be taken as the better test, I re
spectfully refer to Mr. Burrowes' views—
true, not on this precise question, but still
not the less apposite. Mr. 8., In the School
Journal, the official organ of the School
Departitent, in commenting on the differ
ent schemes of apportioning the State's an
nual appropriations among the school dis
tricts of the Commonwealth in the most
equitable manner, says :
" Now we have always believed that the
distribution should be by neither mode,
but that the fond coming from the State
should be divided acocording to actual
average atter.danee in each district."
If then, our schools, as judged by this
standardstand higher than:thase inotualster
cities—as the tabular statement shows they
do—"the school accommodations" can
hardly be inferior. The public will see
that in this whole matter, I have followed
him by taking his own cities, selected by
him to prove his case against us. I have
not sought out others more favorable to us,
nor have I now time to follow him up in
some of his irrelevant sallies, because I
have no quarrel with him. I will venture
to say, without egotism, that as a whole
our public schools stand much higher than
the average in the State—much higher than
they did some years ago—and this was ac
complished without the aid of our accuser.
Still, as I have said in my first communi
cation, they are, like others, open to much
improvement, and it is the high duty cf
every one to assist in accomplishing this
great purpose. A DIRECTOR.
Ninety-Eight Electoral Votes.
; From the Advertiser and Man.]
We have already stated the fact, and
here reiterate it, that, counting in the vote
of Mississippi, there are now ninety-eight
electoral votes in the South and Southwest
certain to be cast, if allowed a lawful and
peaceful expression, for a Liberal Demo
cratic and Conservative Presidential ticket
next year. With this intelligence in their
possession, it is important that the North
and West shall fully understand the char
doter of the Constituencies which give au
thority in the Electoral Colleges to these
Democratic and Conservative Electors.—
The leading thoughts and characteristics of
this body of voters should be noticed and
carefully considered. NVe will state them :
First. There is not a man among them
now in favor of secession.
- -
Second. There is not a man among them
in favor of the restoration of negro slavery.
Third. There is not a man among them
who wishes to deprive any class of citizens
of any rights or privileges now enjoyed by
them under the Constitution and laws of
the country.
There is not a man among them
who has any inclination to disturb the
peace of the country ; but on the contrary,
all feel that their first interest is perma
nency in government; reform in the taxes
and expenses of administration; procure
ment of capital and labor for industrial de
velopment;
the eradication of legalized
abuses, and the Improvement of their social
and political systems without miens.) to the
freedom and I ust rights Many class of nom,
or Many citizen whatever.
Fifth. The overwhelming sentiment of
the masses forming these constituencies is
in favor of the unubstruotod execution of
the laws, and the proper punishment of all
offenders.
Sixth. These constituencies nre•tnn.le up
of a congluiiierato but enlightened material
0,111 posed of Federal military officer, and
civilians during the war, someof them dis-
tinguished by their zeal In both services,
and thousands of Federal soldiers of the
rank and tile who remained in the South,
or who have sought the South since the
close of hostilities; anise who were South
ern Union men before, during and since
.t I
4,101 P
21 1
1
1
' l ' •
3
1, - 1 1 -
, 0. Sill
the war; those who were Secession Isis, but
who have abandoned a useless principle;
those who were Democrats and Whigs op
posed to the separation of the States, but
who, like:dutthus and honorable citizens,
rallied, alter the initiation ,if the ward,, the
banners of their States, 114 the elti,,llS of
the North and West did ~n the other side
of the contest ; men of tornier diverse opin
ions, but now combined in a sincere and
faithful effort to save the Republic and to
preserve the principles of American liber
ty; men who are prepared to support
Nothern men for the two first offices of the
government on a platform constructed Mid
endorsed bylt hree . ntillions of Not:torn and
We4tern voters.
Seventh. These conservative voters are
the men who since the war have supplied
themselves With indomitable energy, to
rescue society from the perils of senthbar
barie subversion, as now in South Caro
lina, and who have, at the sa u te time, by
their wonderful endurance, patience and
industry carnal the whole eninlitry from
Bankruptcy, by the production of hun
dreds of millions in cotton and other great
commercial crops.
Here, we say are the Electoral votes,
ninety-eight in number, having no aspi
rations except for peace and freedom and
thorough accord With the predominant
Northern Conservative sentiment.—
Among them too, may be found many in
telligent African voters. They ask not for
special Southern rights nor for sectional
power, but for the good of all rational and
decent people from one 'end of the Putted
States to the other. Only si.cly our addi
tional. Democratic and Conservative votes
are needed to insure the election of
a Conservative President, and a jubilee
of thanksgiving and joy in assured relief
from that radical revolution still sweeping
on to a result whose fatal 2onsequences no
one can calculate without a shudder. Can
not the Northern and Western Democracy
and Conservatives furnish sixty-one votes
I for their own 71101 (Ind their ()urn p/OGO/UP,
which the South stands ready to sustain.
Surely there can be no reasonable doubt
of it. The fifteen Southern States thus of
fer the hand of restored nationality to the
North. Shall it be received or rejected?
Think of the responsibility.
Stoudlxtz Cottloaittee% of the lima...,
The speaker announced the important
standing committees as follows:
Elections—Messrs. M'Crary, lowa;
Hoar, Mass. ; Thomas, N. C. ; Perry, Ohio;
liazelton, Wis.; Eames, R. 1.; Arthur,
Ky.; Merrick, Md.; Bice, 18.
Ways and M eatl4--M esmrti. 1/11W OP,
Mass.; Maynard, Tenn.: Kelly, Pa.;
Brooks, N. ; Finkelnburg, Mo. ; Bur
chard, lii.; Elias 11. Roberts, N. V.; Kerr,
lid.; Beck, Ky.
A ppropriations— liar:field, Ohio; Sal: •
gent, California; Dickey, Peidliyivania;
Clarke, New 'York;
Palmer, Iowa; Had,
Maine; Niblack, Indiana; Marshall,
Illi
nois; Swaim, Maryland.
Banking and Commerce—Hooper, Mass
achusetts; Waldron, Michigan;
Vermont; Farwell, 11l iuoin; Monroe,
Ohio ; Merriam New York; Cox, New
York; Randall, Pennsylvania; Dux., Ala
bsma.
Pacific Railroad--Wheeler, N. V.; Buf-
Ington, Mass,; Lynch, Me.; Sypher, la.;
Killiuger, Pa.; Beveridge, III.; II oghton,
Cal.; Averill, Minn.; Wells, Mo.; WE in
ney, Ohio; Smith Ely, N. Y.; Harper, N.
C.; M'Henry,
Claims—Blair, Mich.; Strong, Conn.;
Buckley, Alabama; Holman, Ind.; Smith,
N. Y.; Frye, Me. ; Foster, Ohio ; Smith,
N. Y. ; Foster, Pa.
Commerce—Sbellabarger, Ohio ; Sawyer
Wis. ; Lynch, Me.; Conger, ; tine!
don, La. ; Negley, Pa.; S. Holman,
Hamilton, Md. ; Townsend, N.
Public Lands—Ketcham, N. V.; Town
send, Pa.; Kellogg, Conn.; Durnell, M inn.
Rusk, Wis.; Mc(ormic•k M. Ritchie, Md
Slater, Oregon.
Judiciary—Bingham, Ohio. ; Butler,
Massachusetts; Peters, Maine: ercur,
Pennsylvania; Indiana; ❑loodr:ch
New I ork ; Eldridge, Wisconsin; Vor
hens, Indiana; Potter, New York.
Revolutionary Claims—Wallace, South
Carolina; Pendleton, RlMde Island;
d le, Noy York ; l'ennsyl %%ill la ;
Howell, Virginia; Cummings, Missouri;
Hancock, Texas; Handley, Alabama: Ba
ker, New Jersey.
=1:1
In our intincenee tee had supposed that
the law which imposes a penalty on all per-
MOlle for carrying cc nicealed deadly wrap
011a W.. 1111 110 respected by the Judges or
our Courts their pro,ectn g office!,
Int in this, it appears, we ;l1.!
WitllollL float- ,111 Salllrtlay Lest, 1114
.111 y 111,1 Dimtrlot..‘ll..lllll•y Alallll advise
certain ticgroes to carry we•apons, but
Judge A Ilium annolim•ed his determina
tion to charge the jury to the chest, that
every titan has a right to carry at tits to pro
tect It 1.111-1 Ice a legal iute-rpteaa
tiou cii the lace, then svny not at Ohl, 111411
It front the statute-honk 7 11 this Jeri-ion
goes a hroad With the sccci Banc of a lea. IMg
.11.11.1 g., the 11,11i1.11111s pra.ctuat of carrying
deadly weapons will become more general
than it has heretofore bl•ell. TllO aIIII4iNL
ilaily murders and Ili:timings grow iIIVI,III
441.11 i, most repreltelisible custom ..hotild,
it would be naturally MlNUueedl, 110 a NIIIII
- cause for insisting 111/011 a still more
rigid enforcement of toe law ; but instead
ol that I.L.e assassin is encouraged to di) forth
armed, ain't.. do his deadly work.
It is really asummling that such a
posi
tion should have heen taken by .Judge Al
lison. We are very sure that his rourse in
this 'natter will excite, not simply the sur
prise need indignation, but the most serionv
apprehensions in the minds of all sensible
citizens as tee the result or this most remark
able recommendation,—/11 , 1 , delphi, Re'
'tiny Ilcralfl.
The Negro Vote in mew Jet,ey
The New Jersey election affords some in
structive figures with regard to the In du
core of the negro vote upon the strength of
parties. In the First Congressional Dis
trict, embracing the counties of Atlantic,
Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Glouces
ter and Salem, and having a very
laree population of new negro votes, the
Mongrel majority for Governor is only
3059, whereas, at the last previous election
of Governor, it WILY 3638, being a loos of 97t1
votes, notwithstanding they bad an at-ces
sion of some 1,500 new negro votes. Now
if we add the 1,500 negro votes to the 3,030
white majority of the previous election, the
Mongrels should have carried the district
this time by 5138 majority, if a large white
vote had not deserted them on accountof the
negro voting. And this is precisely what the
accession of the negro vote will do to the
Mongrel party everywhere, if the Demo
cratic party has the sense to put itself upon
a purely white platform, FLY it did in there
cent election in the First Congressional
District of New Jersey, Whenever and
wherever the Democratic party avails Itself
of the invincible instinct against negro suf
frage, It will surely make great and per
manent gains upon the Mongrel party.--
Newark Journal.
In military circles In France an import
ant discovery made by au English Inven
tor is much talked about. It consists in the
use of India rubber for geographical maps;
the printing, the soil in relievo, and the
typographical particulars are perfect; and
are rendered by a secret process unaltera
ble by either water or alcohols. The rub
ber leaf can be rolled and folded without
injury. The Mlnlstlr of War has ordered
a number of maps to to carefully tested.
THE PASSIVE POLICY
Letter from john Quincy - Adam. Warm.
ly Approving. It.
ST. Louis, Mo., November 29.—The
Ron. John Quincy Adams, of Massachus
etts, has written a letter which will appear
to-morrow in the Missouri Republican.
The letter warmly approves the so-called
passive policy of the Democrats in the
next Presidential election. In the course
of the letter Mr. Adams says :
I am satisfied such a course will be wise
and patriotic, and should be glad to see the
Democracy concur In such resolution. 1
regard the present administration as a na
tional calamity, and its continuance should
be averted at any sacrifice, not because
Republican in politics, but because It is
mean in character, sordid In tone, and ig
norant, corrupt, and arbitrary; because
more than any administration we have had,
it has disappointed the hopes and deadened
the generous aspirations of the good men
of all parties ; because It is doing more to
permanently disunite the States than the
government of Jefferson Davis ever did ;
because its chief conoeives there is no
means for a free government but military
force; no public action but private profit.
Pour years more of such education, family
patronage, and martial law, will so blunt
the ken sensibilities of popular liberty
tliatour Ignoble incubus might well remain
a fixture. Now, I believe the Democratic
party to be powerless alone to r e lie s ., ,
us, and 1 think it is without hope of
carrying the next election. No doubt
If the votes of any States lately in rebellion
were necessary to elect a Democratic can
didate, they would be thrown out in the
counting. A mere majority, even could it
be mustered, would not lie permitted to
elect a Democrat Gtr the next President.
Nothing then remains but civil war of sub
mission to the usurper, anti it is difficult
to decide which alternative will inflict the
more irreparable injury upon the habit of
free government. T. dismbs an incompe
tent official, and avoid a governmental crl•
sis, the Missouri policy otters the only rea
sonable possibility which has been present
ell ; but while I frankly avow a partiality
for the object, 1 do not blink the very ,cr
ions obstacles to its adoption. We must
subdue the pride of party null break the
bonds of party discipline. 'Thera are
few more obstinate passions than the
sentimental devotion which noun .trer
w the vague abstraction, :iarty glory ;
not many creeds, including theology,
whioli Are its 11,41,0(10 as "plat
forth." It will be a difficult task to
bring a party, yet glowing with reeolleo
Lions Ma mighty past, 511.1 bet now
burn
ing With alltleipat tea:: 14 a great future,
yield the head Of the anim us and the coin-
Mand Of the field to allies who u. 5 ere but
yesterday enemies. Nor is there any strong
guaranty that these allies will nut flinch at
the last. Party leaders see seldom famous
for high moral coinage which can , abide
unshaken the stern pressure that forbids
rupture of party ties; b u t if they dare fling
down the gauntlet duel to death with the
President, it might be possible fie' the De
unocracy to rise to the height, where hu
miliation of a partisan is lost in the satisfieu
lion lila patriot. liiit it is charged that a
sacrifice trill lie In vain, or worse st ill, it tt 111
surrender the whole Sellellle .1 . Democratic
liberty, bare and bound, to its enemies.—
I do Tea forebode the event, and cannot
believe that a protest against it dictatorial
government rail be weakened liy joining
with a laUld NV luell deserts it because it is
Inne.ile to civil liberty, and which will coin- .
pel the enemies to corruption in uilliee dis
band, because they unite with those who
have sickened and turned away froth' the
sight of corruption. Can friend. of the
Constitution preserve Or protest it more
strenuously than by refusing to hold up
their hands, who have forsaken their own
friends rather than deface it further. It
seems to me on the contrary t hat the
'strength of the support which this move
melt would bring to the rescue of the prim
elides of Democracy tvuttld he in exact pro
portion to the severity of the How to the
pride of the Democratic party; for these
principles must lie dear indeed to men who
'unit abandon fur them an antuient and hon
ored name, and not less precious to those
who dare follow fluent to en through the
scorn, contempt, and obloquy which awaits
10/hide:ll treason.
A had HeWllllllO.l
A striking proof of the injury indivled
upon this imuntry by the rascality of our
City tilovernment is furnished by .Mr.Patil
It. Du Chaffin, whose recent return home
we have already noticed. Ile says the
peasants of Sweden are well acquainted
with the fact that some twenty millions of
dollars have been stolen from the citizens
of New York, and that they shrewdly add
that no one will be sent to prison for it.
Air. Du Chaffin frequently heard remarks
of the Maine kind while his way to this
country. 't'he American character, which
ham al ways had an unenviable reputation
on the continent for extravagance, Iron.
this time forth is In danger of having add
ed to that, Mr a generation, the character
of downright thievishness.—A% Froiing
Pest.
The stealing in New York City alone
would not have given us this national rep
utation. It has been going on all over the
country under lieneral Grant's m111)1111,1.
[ration. Some official defalcation is report
ed every morning. And then there Is the
case of Murphy.
Besides, there is the ease of Uov. Bullock
of Georgia, Gov, Butler of Nebraska, Gov.
Scott of South Carolina—to say nothing of
North Carolina, Losisann, Florida, ISlis
slssippl and Texas. It is the unit:et...lily
or the disease that has attracted the atten
tion of Europeans—even "the peasants of
Sweden." We wish the thing could some
how be stopped.
In it prosecution for larceny in a Euro
pean court, if It is not. corrected. It will be,
come a strong presumptive evidence of
guilt to show that the prisoner kali Amer
can—and if should also appear that he
was a Radical—what show would he have?
Tho Fight between Mace and Coborn
-11 Repotlts ins a Draw—linee hay lib.
Arm Broken on the Third Bound.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. :10.—The light be
tween Mace and Coburn for 85,nee and the
ehanipionshlp of America took plum to
day. The excitement was Intense and the
crowd large. Both men were in tklr condi
tion. Coburn had little chance to play his
usual tactics, it having been resolved that
nothing, should stop the tight this time. on
the third round Aimee had his arm broken,
but he continued to tight with great pluck
and skill. At the end of the tenth round
the tight was declared a draw and stopped.
The disappointment is great, as all bets it,
the, witnlillg are .tr.
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NEV. Inns.N', NOV. -( , 11 the last
round 4.31110 tip math oaliton and
rosin In his lists, (/n this acoonnt the light
was deebtred It draw. The indignation
against l'ohitril is great, even his friends
saying that it was cowardly 10 resort to
foul means to heat a 11.11 with an arm
hrolien, )I air will prolil.lV enter a shim
for the slap's.
1=1:13
triad -ontrileneed yesterday, at .kti
napolis, where Airs. Wharton arrived on
Saturday morning, nevompanied by her
daughter, her intimate friends M T. aid Mrs.
Nelson (raw laid, ;:lid Warden Irwin, of
the Baltimore Jail. Mr+. Wharton upon
arriving was at into oOlOilletOtt to the A
natailis prison. Eighty-nine witnesses
have been summamed . , nl wham sixty-three
are Mr the Many of the latter re
side in Philadelphia and other parts 'a
l',l)r,vlvatlia. The greatest excitement
pervades the %Omie community over the
approaching trial, and it constitutr.s altruist
the only topic of thought and conversation.
In hi. niossage of the 20th ult., I ;,,vernur
well, of North Carolitut, Vines th01)01,t
a that State a+ , againt
Ireloto 1111. war. The indehttl
ne.scontra..ted during' the War Itavlng been
reptuilltl,ll I.y i r, Irr a the Federal gu%
men ;tutl reeonstruction .M0pe,,,,j0,4 1 , 11
the chose the War, It is fair to ',resume,
though the I ;unertlor dues nut say su, that
the prove,).uf recau.truotion is r1,111,11.1 1 / 1 0
or the increase -11,,vn It is
Mails a pretty exhibit carpet-Img finance
l'llltal tin the Small Carolina
ul $:,,u00,t,u0 in 1 . .47 and $13,500,0u 0 itt I ' 7l ,
with a re , erveof $G I,nuu,lHnll bonds printed,
bonds authorized, t‘.2,, r,, 1 0 , , u 0 ;
railroad itulursernents,
The real issues in the President:al cam
paign next year, will not he the negro, or
the Ku-Klux, or the" rebels," or anything
of that sort. 'Cliey will lie honesty in the
administration of attairs against corrup
tion in office; the extirpation of train! and
venality in the high plaves and the low
places ,1 the land, of money•getting and
money. spending itt politics, of bri be-taking
and gift-taking by men in onk,-,. These
will form the questions of the campaign.
limiest men, moderate men, patriotic men,
of all parties, will unfurl the banner of
Reform, and march against the host. of
Sectional Hate arid Corruption.
I=l
Accounts from the void regions of Penn
sylvania unite in reporting the millrace
dented dullness of the coal-trade. Buyers
are scarce at any price, and prices natur
ally tend to lower figures. The total pro
duction of all kinds of coal is -16:1,ho0 tons
10.4 than to a corresponding time last year.
Prominent among the reasons given for
the depression are a greater general econ
omy in the article, and thatnianufacturing
consumers during the long suspension of
last year began the uso of bitulllinolla coal
and do not return to that of anthracite.
So confident are the leading Radicals of
Grant's reelection that they are already
beginning to divide up the offices. Among
the rest Bluff lien Wade is said to be lay
ing an anchor to windward for a Cabinet
portfolio, but those having! the ear of the
President say that he " is rather too dog
made and entirely unsuited to Grant's
idea."
Neither Grant nor old Ben need trouble
themselves. The ((rant egg is a bad ono
and won't hatch,.
ii'lmillington Society at
M. Catacazy, the late Nlinister, and his
family have left Washington not to return.
The official correspondence preceding the
recall of Catacazy, and showing the causes
which led to it, will probably be sent to
Congress in January, unless It Is called for
by special resolution, which Is likely to be
the case. It will show that the President
demanded his recall last June. M. Cata
cazy's friends look upon the selection of
General Gor!off as a triumph for their side,
his enemies, they allege, deslrtng the se
lection of Consul-General Bodlsco.
Important Lines In Northern Pennerl
VllO.ll.
Northern Pennsylvania says an ex
change, seems destined, ere long, to bathe
scene of various important railroad enter
prises, which will bring to light its hitherto
only partially revealed mineral wealth. It
is a singular fact that there is scarcely a
show of mineral product, further than lime
or building stone, along thegreat east and
west lino of the Erie road, from Port Jer
vis to Hornellsville, while twenty•live
miles south of t h e Erie, in Pennsylvania,
on a parallel line, there is hardly any five
miles,which is not rich in minerals. i rllELit.
Will 1U lime be developed. It is for the
people to become awake to the importance
of a great through line, rather than any side
lines, which have so far been contempla
ted. The recent Judicial decision nt Pitts
burgh, in favor of the Catawissa Railroad,
will give that road an opportunity, which
it will soon embrace, to IMII . II it line up
from W illiamsport to Cogan )louse, and
thence to connect with the NVellsboro and
Lawrenceville road at the Antrim 111113 P,,
Another new road, already chartered,
and Which will probably be put through
some time, is from l.ittle Meadows to Can
ton, Pa., shortening the distance from the
North Central to the Erie.
The famous Jersey Shore and Pine
Creek Railroad seems of Into to have fallen
into the hands of English capitalists, anti
we hear assurances that it wilt go through
even without a subsidy In the shape of six
million dollars front the Treasury of the
The Ittiiralio and NVitsliiiii.itou read, from
Buffalo m Emporium, by the way oWleait,
will be completed next year, and will bean
Important north and south lice, nud eapee
ially valuable to itti w the great
point for etatl I •11 the Lakes.
llratllo4l road, whiell has nosy
reaohetl I ilrsrtlit troill t'arnJlunt, will,
exh-ntli.4l smith, 10 Into,
hect the Phllatlt•lphia and Erio road, at 0r
near lii,lgt"%ay, with a vinitinuation south,
thus eo,oo,tlnv the Erto with (Ito hula
tlolitltia and I,:rw rmitt.
Thojut Valley }tall road is n
qliort lino, ,vloon o - 111 evontnally ho Hs
-
tended small.
Bill. more important than any of these.
:Ilready 111011111 , 11,1, Is the oonsoltdattou
revetitly ort,ted by the .ktlantle and lireat
NVe , tern Itoad. It kill he reentleeted that
Xl,llll l \ tars Av., Sir Me. L4 , tl Peto and other •
cApitAll,ts had arranged a great
Ilirollgb bile fee-I, by 1111. haute, 111111
llit i+Na RuuJ for 11.111 Yearn, and
Wt.l, lu.l I'll the. Stlloll the)
xvere defeated by the rnaoldhatienA of 110.
Erie 1(1114, 1111,1 the prOtwt. NII4
I hp' manager, Hera'
punka, and hale 1,1,11 Wl , rking NleaLiOt
For snooe-, '111 , •y• ere nolc extentllng 1110,
Imo iront Solamano,, to iilrun, I.llllSl4lllnillg
OM. 1110111 lonvth toward lino east. 1,11..1
1110ffili, b.o, 1 1, 1 11 t•,.11 , ./11‘1111t.ti,
and the tonmo and t.reat Wo.tern Roth
hid, fair to be 1,110 111 the groat 1.11,4
We,t blte4. It et prt•llithlt , Eliat the It•asti
Ilia 111.11 IS ill I'm rope Iced,
important cluu,rom way be looked tor.
\\'ilk E.-1. 1111 h his able p,
thus ‘.‘i
-..ulree ul ltd .+ National tic
terioration is the re.clective re ol Ihu
Presidency Id' the Vilited Stettr,.
'noseaa
lor a tern], with the litoisitolity of 11.110 k
elected again and 11 1 ,/,11111. it Is Ihu diner[ in
tert-it of Livery inrnwllrul of the oftioe 111
shape his i,larst, Sll elts to 4,411,
the poliovin us, ilc-tedd of laboring lu sal\ o
the. public. To accomplish this ohicol,
constantly ladds under tho
, t , l , n , ""h'"l• 11 1 1
point any incapahlo logtic to lilac°, 11l in,
own p0rm.,11,11 selectinv
merely eapadd• and honest melt for the Ma
t' ha , lit the i • 1 1111111 y. hlllO last -
ganilation of government till , 111,1111, IL
1111, 1 111a , 111110 111 party, and every piece 411
11 1 0,1111,1.1.111, ever)' public movement., is
sindiod in advance, mare write uvinls t,.
canvass hilt in cousalor
ation her the g.ood.
1111,1 ` Ole d.t
gtootis .Meet, , it tills leadurn of out system,
mid in their lit row ell nddrc , se , cal tiesits
:olii,ed 1111 11111,1111110111. 111 1111,1 • ,11,1,(01,,,
prt/Illllll.lllg I 1101 . 0-1 1 11 1 111011 of It I'l l ,llll l lll ,
111111 t l l'Ory S111”11 1 1111VIII. ll:+1111 . 1111t 11/ the I'l'l ll .l
H. l lllllll 1 1 111111 1 ha, 1,1101 1 11011 Itlllllllllll ver,ll
sentinteht of hc net iuu cllllllll.lll/ . 11 1 1•1, he
giving not that 111 , 10 , 1111,1 not lie 114 1 1111.11111111.
allot,llll 01110. ill e, rase, however,
these pledges have been ll.ttly ignored, and
in nearlykYl l l • y 1,1,0 11111 p./11111,1,4 Lure
sucoordrd ill tritunidling over the reptig •
111111, 1 0 Oft he people.
1,10111111,1 i groins \Stir, anti worse as LIIIII.
Et/21 , 1151h 1111 h, tooter the increasing lattion
age of the While llomsr, II \Vt he
litissilitti for the ow powerful oriottottit 111
re-Insititte hlmvolf It , long a, he only live,
and be It king.
It appears to ice mill 1111 open ipitistion
out In the Indian Territory, w
lath nientiment nppiluvas well lu Llllll . l/tt
Sc,,, as to the white. The Creek Indian , .
!alit hcd , l the 111/i2.1,1,1 in bondage, although
the amendment alluded to wuv //111111/I,oli
1111V(1 all./1611//111//i/IVI/I'V it/ all lilt/ SIM!, /11111
TerritOril , l ,, r the I . 1114
triet Attorney of the Western Instriet iit
Arkansas I' in:, quitnilary, and has written
IA Washington tor instrtietions. 111 couple,
the Colllll.ll,llLicill is the hl.ll/1,11110 1/1W 01 the
Lund, but the ditnctil ty to that in our treaty
with the Indians we lutvu recognized them
1,1 11.11/1 /11/11111,1[0.1 nut inns, with the
right to manage their domestic attairs In
their own way. To get entirely rid of
slavery It may iii/i•tilll4/ necessary, there
f,,re, to ithandou the traditional polh•y of
the i iiivernment in treating with Indians.
:Ist Its any Whir government inlay 11,
tensity Meal hatreds against tsell by uu
extravitgant.tiseni arbitrary power, has LIS.
Versailles government VIII billigrlSl the hat,
of its politic,' toes by the killing of )lairig
Hostel. Even the pity which the death of
the communist leader exrilyd has weaken.
ed the moral power of the govt•rnimmt
among thousands of its passive if not of its
:alive supporters, and thus indirectly
placed a useful weapon Into halals that
!night mum be raised agitinst 11. M. Alders
has suddenly lieeorne aware of the mistake
Iry its elicit. lihoptioting 11111101 , 1 r 1.11 1 .11
bin car•, the military poises in par
aded in mitt lulls,, Ulu, pull Fran , ,
I.Wks as if she were threatened with another
fratt ividal struggle.
Ago.
1 . 4.1.1114"1 hinel Iron
Thu inantilacturo of sheet iron 1111, been
brought LI) greater perfection In the I plied
States than in any other country except
Itussia. The sheet iron of I(te.sia I. cele
brated the world over, and is remarkable
lor its smooth, glossy Hilrlave, is loch is It
(lark metallic gra), and not bluish gra , '
like the cointrion article. The .A1i11,11,11
Sheet iron is principally made it) l'ent.syl
vania. The perquisites for this
lure are charcoal for fuel, clear I/1111 fur
stork, It high nvrn, well polished rolls HMI
strong power. The machinery Ilti(1.1.1 is
bke timt of ally ordinary rolling mill, rs
rcpt that in some parts of it greater strength
is required.
Fan.lly I.lliLleuerft
It seems that the private feelings of the
Grant family, political and domestic, were
carried into the reception 1.1 Alexis, which
was Celli and ceremonious, le marked
roe tract to the cordial welcome extended
to the British Prince, Arthur. This was
owing first to the fact that thll Alheinktrn
tion has become thoroughly A ngliCall since
the recent Alabama treaty; told second to
the contemptible Calacazy quarrel, In
which (brunt. and Fish, and their families,
became mixed up. To carry such a teapot
tempest into the reception of it Prince,
wholly innocent of connection with It, was
In perfect keeping with the Bulimiass of the
present !elle in hst rat jell.
111=
The tttiiihttlne e,f liiiiirgee 14 to ho
...eel. Three Amateur, 41(111 hi 1444 1,111411511 -
111011 r4 4 4 . 0111.1y allured 111 Irate, for it hot
the 1,14'0 W 11.441 114 44. deemed enough, anti Oat
oiler, L111 4 1,41411' W 11.4 411141. 111 4 1 4 4411h 4 11. Tlll4l
guillotine I, 4uul tti be one or th 6 tir,t eta,
strueted in the littleof Itobettpit,ru'al'eltgii,
alter the inveation of [tr, and
the 411141-14f1 i . :11:411411 )111,1111. 4 re reprement
a 'erectly ( 4 41./11411411e1l 111114.41111111 hi 1,11414411,
wherein lire collected a great 11111111:er 441
111444t11111 4 11 4 1114 411 1,144 4 111.14414 gathered freitt
511.11 4 4114, 1:111414.
Canada is avenged for the Funiati w vs•
slims, for the thistle which bears her nallit,
and Is a native of her soil has spread over
the Western States to such an OX tent that
It threatens to usurp the possession 01
vast extent of territory to the excl‘ision ut
all useful vegetation. In the single omety
of La Salle, in Illinois, there are over two
thousand acres of this anxious Weed, and
the Illinois Legislature. on the very first
day of Its session, considered a bill tOr the,
prevention ~fits spread in that State. :It is
almost impossible to got rid of it.
The Brandon itl ism.) Ripublicau says,
there is only into member of the Radical
in Covington county
in that State, who can tell the cum, of day
by looking at a watch, and the smart ono
objected to levying six mills on the dollar
for school purposes, became there was
only eight mills in the county, and one of
thorn didn't have water enough to run half
the year. There seems to be some "or
ganized ignorance" in the Radical part).
The recent heavy snow-storms uu the
plains are causing great suffering among
the loaning engaged lu their annual Winter
hunt for buffalo. At latest advices Oath
Spotted Tail's 'and Rod Cloud's bands of
Sioux, in large !UM hers, were hunting on
the Republican Fork of the Platte River,
whore the storm raged heavily, and fears
are entertained that many of the Indians
and of their ponies have perished In the
storm.
A lexlw nnQ lilw 80141013 %ball
The programme for the entertainment of
Alexia, during his visit to Boston, will In
clude a reception at the State HOUSO by the
Governor, visits to,Cain bridge College, the
Navy Yard anti factories of Lowell, where
he will be the guest of his friend, G. V. F'ox,
formerly Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
()tee of the unugor Ihtsomehl
The Pothimouth Times says: On the af
ternoon of the day .on which President
Brant kissed the thirty girls at Bangor,
Me., Julia Dow, of that city, was arrested
fur being intoxicated ou the street. Her
excuse was that she was one of the lamed
damsels, and never could stand the oxen
of whiskey.