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:.11E73' 730 X ALL ITATIONB.
THERE is yelkiw fever in Charleston but
not epidemic.
Betz fights aro all the rage at Corpus
Christi, Texas.
A new Parisan hotel will have a mantel
piece worth $50,000.
"ElkiHODIPIABI.E11E:I38" Is one of George
Eliot's new words.
EIGHT steamers sailed from New York
for Europe on Saturday. •
•
As many as 30,000 persons a day visit
the Chicago Exposition. „
BrAcsmaniararequently sold in New
York marketabr reed birds.
• TUE exports from Philadelphia during
last week amounted to $4,739,011.
liussia is • sending laige contribu
' tions of men and money into Servia.
TIME U. S. Steamer Franklin - brto take
Tweed, aboard some time this week.
TUE New York ,fund for the. relief of
the Savaptiah suffers now reach $15,000
VNDERTAKERS now provide an extra
carriage for flowers at first-class funerals.
A ttironze bust of. Horace Greeley is
soon to be placed iu Greenwod Cemetery.
itonitixo churches now seems to be the
f.ivei ite occupation of New York thieves.
SEVERAL lives were lost by floods last
NVvek in Borks, McKean and Tioga
Pa.i.
WilEti traveling "Dory" Tilton had
hotter give sleeping cars a wide berth
hereafter:
Don Pr.nno attended the congress of
t ►rientalists held recently in St Petersburg,
Russia.
iF.Dr.mAxx, the celelirated Noriegian
painter, (led stiddenly,!4t Christiania, on
the '2sth ult. ‘r,
Stiw YORE house;owiters are more in
tetostee. now in getting paying tenants
than high rents.
'.l man jumped off a train near Summit,
Miss., to get his hat and didn't get it be
cause he broke his neck.
Tiir foreign rifle teams will be in Wash
ington this week, to take part in the
matches to.be.held there.
. I).9crmourn College has received in
donations in thirteen years $9110,500, one
half of which is now available.
• THERE were forty-six interments at ga
r vannali on-Saturday. Thirty of the num
; her were yellow fever cases.
Fr.nin.NANnlirrr, confectioner'of Park
Avenue, St. Louis, committed suicide by
f-hooting on Saturday, after twice trying.
THE Hell Gate e k plosion was a complete
btuseess,. No one was injured and no dam
zq.,;e to . surrountling property is reported.
• Fur: cause octhe Pan llandla accident
a mystery: ' Twenty-six persons in
n'l were Wounded, besides those who were
killed. ;
THE foreign rifle teams visited the Cen
tennial on Satnrday and were introduced
to President Grant, who was on the
'_Putt: fire and life insurance companies
of ilitrtford, Connecticut, have contribut
vil'S,l,loo to - the yellow fever sufferers of
„ox Saturday morning a heavy fire oc
'ciirred in BaltimO r e on Frederick and Bal
timore. streets. The losses will foot up
- over •":1011,000. ”
hundred butchers, employed in
the Jersey City abattoir; are on a strike
• . :IgaitiNt a reduction from 15 to 12 cents per
buiioek
•
;!:\,,(rwurits : rANDlNo the inclement wea
til..-r or Saturday, there were al out eighty
thousand payhtg visitors at the Centen
nial
Tim manufacturers or Fall River sold
hail 'a million pieces of prints during the
wi;el; ending September 10, and the de
ifficffif is increasing.
Vt, has four lawyers who do
170:. use profane language, lobacco or
s..rong drink :in any. form. And Barre
hasn't niauyllawyers, either.
THE grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F., 1 1n session
at Philadelphia last week, closed its ses
:.iim on Saturday, after formally installing
the officers - recently erected, •
ON F6day - the bosses of the Wilkes
harre Coal andiron Company M the Sum
mit. 11111 valley,! received orders to suspend
the;,- employees until further notice.
wo Magnires, John.J. Slattery
awl Michael - Doolin, charged with con
-I,ii.acy to murder William and Jesse Ma
:or, were convicted at Pottsville Saturday.
THE forest of Pountainbleau grows
'more and more' in favor with the French
art ists a nd . the number of painters in the
nei,;:;liborhood has largely increased oflatk;.
A munificent - Cincinnati drummer lost
book. containing $3,000 in Har
ro,lsbterz, IZy., last week, and zeW - ardcid
tlu iindt , r with $lOO and a suit of clothe:.l
nAeE GnEExWoon says that Miss
Brathlon is not at all like the ideal writer
of mysterious 'romances, but a rosy,
Plump. gentle manered lady of middle age.
THE Public Latin School of Boston
opus this year with, nearly four hundred
pupils; more than has ever been connected
s it h the ;:ehool-aCapy period of its his
t..rv.
Pnic,F. and Fulton, of the 'Paris" boat
clew of St. Johns, N. hare . been ex
-11,111 from the cre w, having charged
each other with selling the, race with the
Ilalifax crew.
f.Ault.::: are wearing tiny bows of rib.:
h•ms for ear -rings now, and we. are told
th.tt it is the very latest- Paris fashion::
Lc clic& is odd, and, of course, the
ion will rage. •
t N Tuesday, Thursday an Saturday of
this week the foreign and American rifle
-.-tc.this that recently contended for superi
rit yat CreednuTr, N.Y., will shoot for
In izes at Washington.
.'N'tn Es' dresseS at the present time are
'
rercrt-ed' to-as azi example of delirium
t initigs.l No wonder They're always
' tifi.l,t, and never satisflegY unless there's a
fresh glass before c... them.
'Fur. VictorianS have resolved that if
the I)ominlo'n will not recognize their
railway obligatiohs to British Columbia,
their representatives will vote for a sepa
ration of the later from the former.
TnnuE is further trouble in reference to
the .peace propositions between Turkey
and Scrria. The Porte insists on opin
i,ms.of - its terms from the great- powers
before acceding to an extension of the
( AyI.F.STON acknowledges four spo
radic cases of yellow fe% er traced to per
-smis that had communication. With quai
l:aline and refugees 'from Savannah. Thu •
far the pestilence shows no signs of spread
in;; iu l'harleston.
TnERE is no longer ant doubt, but.that
"li - inium M. Tweed is to be sent to the
Uffited States on board the United States
'`Stea liter Franklin, and . immediately ,on
re:“ hing` his native shores will !Ind him
s;:lf hi- the hands of the la*•.
CREAT Britain has sent an accredited
I , l4imatic representative tonic Transvaal
14: authorizedlo inform the Trans
eaalialts that if they deiire to be annexed
to Great Britain as a &deny, the British
authorities, like Barkis, are "Willin."
A young woman naniea Amelia Parker,
tvas walking on the tow bath near Jersey
'it y Thursday night, when she wasseized
by two men and placid on a canal boat.
fix. was picked .rip insensible on the tow
path near Little Falls Friday night in a
dying condition.
Tni: 'population of France in 18'2 was
n 1007,1121, and is now estimated at about
:1ti,00.000. In the year 1700 it -was 19,- .
0;i1.:120. It has not, therefore, doubled in
17(1 \'ears.• The annexation of Alsace and
Lorraine to Germany in 1871 caused aloss
of 1.597;228.
116.r0N Daily Adrertiser:," "The Old
.S,,uth is preserved. It was in'a pickle
for a longtime, hut; thanks to the ladies
w! lo managed' to raise the 'sugar,' it is
now preSerivd in the regurli'may. May
it last a thous !nd years before it has to
1 1 / 4 • - •done over."'
obituary writer of the New,Orleans
Time , the following tribute to a dead
sohNer , "Gen Jeff Thompson is dead.
At St Josep2' Mo., at 5 o'clock last even
-I..whole souli d, devil-may
ing, that genii>,
ire perso: ificab _m of eccentricity climb
ed the golden stair.
No wonder that th,e Episcopalians of
St. Luke's Church, Isle .".`r Wight county,
Virginia. want anew church. The old
one in Which they have been worshiping
was tweeted In iti3'2, and is tradiy dilapi
dated. It is - ssi I to be the oldest church
building:hi th e ' psited States.
)lAustiseliftw:iv, in a speech at Che
rnintz. Saxony, zw :inty, said that Ger
"tuly had engaged i n a struggle of intelli
gence on the pacific gm:ad of National
ricvOripment with the same veci/la who,
years ago, she (=gored
krench.pap?rs-applauded this sea-4'lllmill'
padfotta Nepotter.
, • EDITORS t
E. 0. GOODRICH. R. W. AZTORD.
Towanda, r Timrs3sty, Sept 28, 1376.
PV . TI77:UWr7.I'
roa PRESIDENT,
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
OF 01110.
FOIL VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM . A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
BEPI7I3LIOAN 001INTY TICKET.
FOR CoNOREsS,
Cok. EDWARD OVERTON,
OF RRARFoRb COUNTY.
FOR STATE SENATOR,.
WILLIAM T. DA.VIES,
OF BRADFORD COUNTY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
lION. E. REED MYER,
OF WYSOX ;
CArr. JAMES FOSTER,
OF NORTH TOWANDA ;
JOHN F. GILLETT,
OF SOUTH CRF.F.R.
FOR JITRY COM3iISSIONER,
TIIOMAS A. LEE,
OF HEIIIIICK.
OCR CANDIDATES.
The nomination of Congressman,
which was accomplished last week,
completes our ticket,_ and the cam
paign will now be opened vigorously.
A better ticket has never been sub
mitted to the people of this county,
and we greatly mistake the signs of
the times if Bradford does not re-'
deem her lost reputation and roll up
a majority in favor of HAYES, WHEEL
ER, OVERTON, DAVIES and the coun
ty ticket, which will put a quietus on
the aspirations of the sham Democ
racy.
ANANIMi TILDEN. •
Alit is only a step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous, so_also is the
decent frequently rapid from a sup
posititious virtue 'toinfamy. The ac
tor may play the role of high morality
upon the stage, but as soon as h 0 has
left the footlights, and with his dress
laid aside all he possessed of chatac
ter, he may be known to his fellows
as an unprincipled villian. Pecksuiff
was the same designing scoundrel all
the time,,although up to the moment
of his being unmasked, he carried his
eyes and his nose elevated far above
the gross things of this
_sublunary
sphere. . •
yor some years past . SAMUEL .J.
TILDEN has been acting the part of
reformer. He appropriated that title
to himself. alone in this wicked age,
and his friends have echoed it con
tinually. As long as the :theater of
his performances-was confined to the
State of New York, the world at
large cared little for the .truth or fal
sity of his claims; but - when, upon
the , strength of his career as a re
form Governor, he assumes to be
able to, administer the affairs -per
taining to the high office of Presi
dent, with an integrity unknown in
these.degenerate days, then the whole
nation is interested in having the
light of histOry turned full upon him,
in order that it.may be sees whether
his record will justify confidence in
his pretersithts.
THE REASON WHY.
There are two reasons why the
Democratic ifouse of Representives
refuse appropriations for the examina- .
tioir of the rebel archives.
First, they are afraid Of the docu
ments theinselvs, which have already
yielded up a letter of Pop,e.Plus IX.,
dated Dec. 3, 18G2, recognizing JEr
EERSON DAvis as a ruler and the Con
federaey as a government.
There is no telling - what other
DemoOatic secrets would be- un
earthed if the search should go on.
In the I.second place the cutting off of
the appropriation for examining and
arranging the Rebel archives would
assist their southern friends in their
claims Against the Government.
The discoveries already made in the
archives have saved the Govefnment
millions of dollars by disclosing
proof of the disloyalty of claimants.
Adjutant-General. , TowNSEND- report
ed one claim of $700,000 defeated by
.the records and ,another of $550,-
000, and the Southern Claims Com
mission reported one of over $lO,OOO,
,000. Proof of disloyalty constitutes
a complete bar to a claim, and the
Democrats in Congress have cut off
the chief means of 'obtai`ning this
proof; ; They - have saved the Govern
ment.s6,ooo, and have put it in dan
ger of being robbed of millions.
Mn: BLAINE again mills the lie that
lie wrote to MUNN, of Chicago,, I
have no influence with the present
Administration. No' Mall has who is
not a thief by instinct." BLAINE
writes " Allow me to say that I never
wrote a lettecof any kind to Mr. Mr NN
my life, and never received a letter
from him. I bare no acquaintance
whatever with Mr. Muss. Allow me
further to say, that I never used the
language referred to, nor anything
resembling it, to any other person,
either orally or in writing,•and never
entertained such a thought. The .
whole thing is simply a very silly and
very stupid falsehood. Its periistent
repetition induces me to notice it in
this way."
BOYS IN BLIIE.
The convention of the Boys in
Blue atlndianapolis, last week, was
attended on Wednesday by about
ten thousand veteran soldiers. Great
meetings were held which were ad
dressed by Senators MORTON and Lo
d, AN, General BURNSIDE, Governor
11ARTRANIT, es-Governor NOTES and
others.- , In the evening there was a
grand torchlight pro ce ssion,-
Iv I f , i) C , J,Ut 36:1.)-1 4:4 4. to' Al
The conferees of the 15th Congres
sional District, composed of the
counties of Bradford, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming, met _in To-
Wanda on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The
Ilowinglentlemen were present:
- Bradford—N. C. Elsbree,
N.' Gilbert,
J. M. Smith,
J. M. Grant,
N. N. Betts,
' I. McPherson.
S./nacho:mi t :N. J. I urn.%
Harvey Tyler,
W. A. Crossman,
Billings Stroud.
Wayne---H. Wilson,
$. B. Haley,
;11. J. Tarblc,
C. L. Gardner.
Wyomini:-.1. M. Brungess,
• D. Beidleman.
W. S. Tenant, was chosen
President; and .tacos BRUNGESS and
C. L. GARDNER Secretaries.
Bradford county presented Col. E.
OVERTON as a candidate for nomina
tion. Susquehanna presented Hon.
G. A. Gaow; Wayne, C. C. JADwIN;
Wyoming, Him. F. C. BUNNELL.
After balloting and consulting for
several days without effecting a now.
ination, the Conference, adjourned on
Friday the 15th, to meet in Montrose
on Tuesday the 20th.
Tuesday, Sept. 20th, Conference
met persuant to 'adjournment. No
ballots were had. On Wedneiday
they Met and proceeded to ballot,
each ,county adhering to its own
nominee for a number of ballots. .0n
the 97th ballot the vote stood:
Overton...,'..
Orow
Jadwin
Bunnell
On motion, the nomination of Col.
OVERtON waa.made unanimous.
J. TURRELL, Pres't.
J. BRUNGESS,
Secretaries.
C. L. GARDNER,,
ANOTHER FALNEHOOD NAILED.
The Argus and other reckless Dem
ocratic papers have charged that
Gov. HAVES was a Know-Nothing,
and is now a member of the Ameri
can Alliance. As proof of the latter
they have published a letter purport
ing to have been written by him ap
proving the principles iind pnrposes
of that organization. But this letter
is a forgery. Its publication is dis
gfaceful but not surprising. It is
only what might have been expected.
The organdpf a party which is run
ning a perjurer for President might
be expected to resort to forgery to
assist him.
A correspondent of the lsiew-York
Herald sends the following to that
journal:
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 14, 18713.
The_lastcharge made against Governor
Hayes is to the effect that he wrote a let
ter on the sth of July last to Saninel J.
Tyler, Secretary of the American Alli
ance, in which he accepted membership in
a secret political society, and offered the
sentiment that suffra e and the right to
hold office should be limited to persons
born in this country.
Your correspondent lannonnces by a it
tho.rity : First, that Hayes never wrote
any such letter; second, that he never. be
longed to a political society. and woudl
not under any circumstances join one.;
and, third, that the sentiment imputed to
him as well as the act is totally repugnant
to every act and belief of his life.
This explicit denial; "by authority,"
should place a quietus upon this slap :
der, but it pfobably will not; for the
Democratic press arc as tardy in cor
recting a misrepresentation as TILDEN
is with his promised explanation of
his income return. •
=I
BETTER TIBIESs
THE New York Eceniug Post thus
sums up the business outlook : .
" Among the . most significant signs
of better times is the remarkable
activity 'in 'the inn-keeping business
which we noted yesterday. The large
influx of guests can be explained
upon no theory which does not in
clude either an actual revival of pros
perity or a popular belief in the
approach of such a revival. It may
be said that these guests are visitors
at the Philadelphia Exhibition, who
stop in the city for a few days, going
or returning. Not long ago these
very persons were hesitating whether
they should go to the Exhibition at
all.: Even if they had the money to
spend for that purpose they did not
care to spend it in the clicumstancts
Of depression then existing. If they
bad resolved to go, they would have
been reluctant to stop, on the way in
New York for a time at a consider
able increase of expenses. That they
now both go to Philadelphia and
tarry awhile in this city proves that,
they have not necessarily 'more'
money, but certainly more confidence
_and better spirits. If; on the other
hand, is said that the lodgers in
the
_inns -are tradesmen from the
country who have come to New York
to •replenish the stock of their shops,
the unusual numbers in which they
come show that business in provin
cial cities, in smaller towns and in
remote villages, feels the impulse of
the new life which is stirring in the
commercial channels of the metropolis
itself. The "end : of the panic," has
been announced so often that the
public was naturally slow to accept
the latest announcement of the wel
come event; but there are signs now
ottlie turning of the tide which have
not been seen before since 1873. The
innkeepers find the first relief from
the.pressure of the hard times. Their
prosperity is not merely a good thing
for themselves.. It is also a measure,
of the prosperity which we hope will
be shared presently
.by all classes ,of
society.
A STRAW.
I
A vote taken on one of the 1. V.
trains on Firday last, resulted as
follows: HAYES, 136;
_TILDEN, 32;
CoorEn, 6.
TUDEN was the counsel of OAKE.4
AHD's and the other Credit Mobilier
frauds; it was by his advice they
acted, and TILDEN was the real source
of that stupendous fraud.
Tut business men of New York
city are more hopeful at present of a
business revival, • than for months
before. The secret of it is a settled
conviction of the eleeticin of HATER
and WHEELER, and a consequent
confidence in the government's stabil
ity.
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.OE2
No nomination made in many years
has been hailed with so much real
satisfaction as that of Col. E. Ovza-
TON. He was presented to the Con
ference without a particle of opposi.
Lion on the part. of Republicans in
this county, and his endorsement by
the Conference, is f' highly creditable
not only to Col. o.,but the judgment
of the party in this county.
Col. 0. is just in the prime of vig
orous, manhood ; a man of more than
ordinary
. ability, excellent culture,
and unusual legal attainments. Since
the close of the war he has been
largely engaged in the 'Practice of
his profession, but has found time to
keep himself well posted in the polit
ical 'history of the country, and has
rendered valuable aid to the cause
of Republicanism by personal effort.
The lesson which the past session of
Congress has taught the Republicans
of, this district needs no further ex
emplication to prevent them from
falling into the error which they com
mitted in 1874, when one of the best
men in the party was defeated thro'
negligence on the part of Republi
cans. Col. OVERT . ON
. has all the ele
ments necessary to maintain the high
reputation the old Wilmot District
has always held in the nation's coun
sels, and will certainly make his
mark:in the halls of legislation, as
he has always done in the legal pro
fession.
Two years ago the nomination was
conceded to I3radfdrd, and we threw
away the opportunity. Through the
magnaniniiti of the other counties
we are again honored. Let us see to
it, Republicans, that we do our whole
duty this time, and prove that We
appreciate the honor. The candidate
is entirely worthy our grandest ef
forts, and the cause certainly never
needed active work more than now.
A STRoNo*TATENENT.
- '-
In his speech at Johnstown the
other eveniag, GEORGE WH.i.fim
Cuaris gwic utterance to the follow
ing forcible pnd eloquent words:,
" I cannot go further into detail.
'But from one learn all. '-'But let me
say.that I can see no reason why the
the past should not illume the future.
Here is a man who, in 1856, said that
the Republican party was a blunder
or a crime ; who, in 1860, declared
the utmost doctrine of State rights
-,..that the right of secession was
sealed up in the constitution ; who,
in 1861, declined to sign a call for a
' meeting of those in favor of main
taitting the integritY - of,the Union.
Consider 'this last circumstance for
one moment. How strange in this
Centennial . year—ai I remarked the
Other day at Saratoga:—seenis such
conduct How strange, when corn
-pared with the spirit of patriotism
Which inspired our fathers 100 years
ago. Israel Putnam, hearing of Con.
Cord and Lexington while at work
upon his farm in Old Connecticut,
left his flow in the furrow and has
tened to tube--defense of his country.
.fOne hundred years pass, by, the red
hand of slavery
. tears down the flag,
;and Mr. Tilden is asked to sign a
call fora meeting of those who would
- avenge the insult and maintain the
national honor, but, being engaged in
court in a suit—an Alton and Terre
Haute railroad suit very likely—he
answers that he is too busy to sign.
the call, just then, and that he will
wait until he cansee if it'is proper
In 1863, Mr. Tilden and other lead
ing copperheads unite to publish cer
tain documents:for circulation into
the loyal States and elsewhere. I have
those publications, every one of them
and know just what they mean. One
of them is a speech Mr. Pugh, of
Ohio, made after the arrest of Val- .
landigham.' In the course of it he
says that the war was; needlessly
brought on, and then he asks if in
case he is in danger of being arrest
ed for uttering such sentiments his
friends will stand witlif, him. Anoth
er of these documents is a speech of
Richard O'Gorman, made in' 1.863,
just before thc . lveurren . cel of the ri
ots. In it lie , -tSays that the Union
may go,.but the State of New York
will remain sovereign, and in it he
claims that the citizen sold:cry should
be paraded solely for the defense of
the State. Boys - in blue, if any Of
you listen to me, while your -com
rades were falling, while the hearts
of all loyal men and women were
bleeding because, of the'rnighty tem
pest that was rocking the very foun
dation of the Union, Mr. Tilden was
engaged in, the dissemination of such
doctrines as these. Mr. Tilden, who
a year later, 1864, was promi
nent.in the convention which pro.
nounced the war a failure. And
when a man has taken suckpositions
as those I have indicated, exhibiting
no sympathy for the flag in the both.
Of supreme peril, giving all his in
fluence for Jefferson Davis and the
rebellion, - I fail, to see why, ten years
later, when in 'the meantime he has
co-oper t ated with: Tweed, he should
be elected to rule'over forty millions
of people, simply because he.- calls
himself a reformer."
Tur. Cincinnati Enquirer,
started the $4OO lie that-T-Governos
HAYES had pocketed ' the lion*
belonging to a dead deserter, now
squarely takes it back, as will be seen
from the following confession:
Some three weeks ago . we receiv
ed from- Cleveland, Ohio, a letter
signed 'John Somerton,
in which
some charges were made against
Governor Ila . ies in, connection with
the bounty money of a lot of desert
erS from his brigade. The writer
claimed to have been a member of
Hayes' regiment. We published the
letter in good faith. Since that time
the Cleveland papers have called
upon John Somerton to come forward
and substantiate his charges.. They
_say that no such man lives in Cleve
land. Xs John has failed to make
bimself knOwn we conclude that we
were imposed' ..on. We have no
desire to unjustly assail any candid-.
ate, and in making statements en
deavor to ,guard ourselves. In this
instance we feel that we owe Govern - -
orsilayes an apology. John Somer
ton has been loudly called for, and
has failed to respond."
'THERE is less fault-finding with
our county ticket this fall than for
many years, which is the best omen
that there will be nnfaltering'anong
Republicans in November. _
HAYES AND WHEELER !
ENTNUSIABTIC ISEETING.
The nATES and Witzme Club of
this place met on Friday evening
last for_ the first' time in several
mortths. The Grand Jury Room was
crowded , to overflowing, and many
were compelled to go away because
unable to secure standing room.
Ringing speeches were made by Mr.
DAVIES, COI. OVERTON, W. H. CAB-1
NOINIAN,' Mr. STivvis, of Indiana,'
Mr. Turrsy, of Luzerne county, N. C.
ELSDREE and J 4 'IWO Mt The ad
dresses were loudly applauded, and
the spirit evinced by all gave evi
dence of a determination on the part
of the l ßepublicans of Towanda Bor.
'ough to make' the campaign from
now untirelection day an aggressive
one
OLD ISATUES.
What is the usi., Say the Democrats,
of continually holding up before the
country the pld, dead issues, such as
the war and its causes ? The follow
ing utterances of representative
southerners, do not indicate that the
animus of rebellion is yet eradicated
from the southern heart, and af f ord
the strongest argument against per
mitting such men to again come into
power, through the election of Tier
DEN.
Yesterday one of our morning pa
pers printed as "a verbatim account"
of a speech, made at Aiken, South
Carolina, by M. W. GRAY, one of the
TILDEN leaders, the following:
"MY FRIENDS-I tell You there arc
Certain men you must put out of the
way; men you must kill. These
men are Chamberlain. Elliott, Lee,
SParmic and others They must be
killed, for they are the leaders of the
negroes, and if you get rid of them
we can carry things as we want
them. United States troops haire
been sent down hereto . carry . the
election for the. Radicals, but we
don't fear them, do we ? (Cries of
'no, no.') We mot them on the field
once and we arc ready to meet them
again. (Cries—',Yes, we are,' and
applause.) And now let me tel you
what to!do on election day. Go in
masses, armed, and try and force the
negroes to vote biir ticket. If they
don't do it, shook them down and cut
off their ears, and I
„warrant you
this will teach them a lesson ; and
even if we arc not elected, we will go
;to ColuMbia. in force, and if not al
,lowed-to take our seats, we will su.r
irOund the State House and tear it
drown, and show them we will rule.
What say you, men., can't we do it? P
(Loud cries of "Yes, d—n it,
yes.")
The speech is so . utterly infamous
in its character that it seemed-hard
ly possible that it could be true ; but
it stands undenied, and we have oth
ers at hand, the authority for which
is unquestionable, that are fully as
bad. A ftw days -ago we published
a letter from south Carolina, from a
source whose accuracy we can Vouch
foi., concerning the interruption:.of
meeting by armed Regulators—the
same gang of White-liners that man
aged the .Hambug massacre. The
matter is of_such importance that we
repeat it here :
" On Friday; the 18th inst., Gover
nor Chamberlain ,and Hon. L. Cass
Carpenter, spoke in this city, and on
Thursday . oth spoke in Midway, in
one of idle strongest Republican
countiei, in the State, outside of
Charleston: , and Richland. At all
their meetings, though called under
Republican auspices, the White-lin
ers were present in force,
- mounted.„•
and armed to the teeth. At Abbe
ville they presented themselves, arm
ed and mounted, to the number of
2,000, • and at Midway there- were
from 800 to 1,000 present. At Ab
beville they took possession of the
meeting, insulted every Republican
speaker, and conducted themselves
in a brutal, degrading manner.
"At Midway,' the last meeting
held, Governor Chamberlain was the e
first speaker. He was frequently-in
suited and often interrupted with im
pertinent questions by the horde of
rebels- there present, and finally sat
down without haVing made' much
headway.
"The son or the poet Gilinore
Simms followed him in a bitter and
abusive tirade against Republicans
and 'carpel4baggers," calling Gover
nor Chamberlain a 'carrion crow,' a
'buzzard,' a 'seedy adventurer,' who
had 'dune down here to rob our peo
ple and steal their substance.'
" Hon: Cass . Carpenter "followed,
and all possible means were employ
ed to thydw him off his guard by
asking him insulting and yrelevaut
questionS, that• a conflict '4l:iight be
precipit4ed, but all their efforts
failed. •
" After Mr. Carpenter came one
George D. Tillman, from Edgefield,
one of the most violent and abusive
men I ever listened to.
"At this meeting you must re
,inember that at least COO armed and
mounted' White-liners were present,
while there were not half that num
ber of Republicins'present, and they
we're neither armed nor mounted, for
the very, good' reason that must of
them haVe neither animals nor arms.
" Tillniian turned to his rebel fol
lowers; aH, in a tone wrought up al
most to the pitch of frenzy, asked :
"'Why don't you hang these men'-?
pointing Ito Governor Chamberlain.
and Mr. Ca rpe n ter.. 'Why (limit you
begin lier l e and now? If you people
of Barnwell are too coward/ y,to do it,
send a Oegram to Edgejield, anck
trill guenlantee enough trusty man to
come orer,and do it for you.'
" But no movement was • made to
ward- the gentlemen, although the
white erawd yelled like so many de
mon-s."
In Louisiana, it will be remember
ed, Mr. PACKARD is the Republican
nominee for Governor. The follow
ing are verbatim t extracts from a
speech of the famous MT:ma on
•i,,
the political situation :
"I would kill him (Packard) if I
'had the power, and it is lucky for
'him, and prob ably for me, that I have
no such power But he ought, to he
killed, lad' if some one could put a
bullet into' him (pointing with his
right hand to his temple) it would
,he
a blessing to this State. * * *.lf
it
were noti for the infamous General
Government under which we live, it
would's64 be done. How long do
you think the cowardly scoundrels
would remain after receiving their
notice. toleave ? They would know
what to e pect if they slid not obey."
The voice of rebellion which the
Baltimore Gazelle lifted a few days
ago, and which bore spiedy fruit in
the mobbing of-a Republican meet
ing, cannot be placed too often be
fore our readers. Here are some ex
tracts from the artitlc with which it
greeted the Attorney General's order
relative to the purity of the elec
tions:
," The time bas come when we must
meet force with force. To the bayc
net we must oppose the bayonet. * *
" The time has come for all good
men who love their country and love
the Union to organize and show the
men who would overturn the Union,
that they can only do it by the sacri
fice of hundreds of thousands of
lives. Let us begin the work in Bat
tiinore at once and organize immedi
ately. Let us have the Minute Men
of '76. * * * If Baltimore shall
send out the voice, the echo cif .the
voice that Paid Revere sent outfroin
the Old South Church of Boston a
hundred years ago, we shall have the
continent in a whirlwind of patriot
ism within thirty days, and the des
perate men who are seeking the over
throw of American liberties will have
been defeated. Let us have the min
ute men, of 1 76 organized, drilled,
equipped and led by the best men
.who can be found to lead them. This
is the great duty' of the hour. To
your tents! 0, Israel!"
These utterances—and these are
only samples from the • many—can
not be mistakem They mean violeuce,
murder, open rebellion against t4e
Government and the Nation. They
mean the armed rule of the old seces
sion element, nd i the destruction of
all in the South who oppose their
treasonous purposes. The North,
and the Old Union .element • everY 7 '
where arc waking up to a full sense
of this perilous situation. They see
that they. must again crush trepson
at the ballot bog, as they crush&l it
, n the war. It-is the same old tight,
and we must end it now and foreVer.
DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONS.
The Democratic party, attempting
to take advantage of the temper of
the people, has unfurled a banner be
spangled all over with the word "re
form." But earnest and sincere re
formers will nOtThe deceived into the
belief that that party has either pur
pose or ability ; to carry forward sub
stantial reform. They do not forget
that the very 'system and practices
which we seekto abolish were intro
duced by the Democratic party more
than forty years ago, and were con
tinued so long as that party retained
power. The Democratic partrepuld
no more be trusted to reform the civ
il service than a lank .and hungry
wolf 'to guard a sheepfold. There is
something grotesquely absurd in the
appearance of the Democratic party
with a reform banner, and under the
leadership of one who was gradua
ted in the
. political school of Tam-
Many Hall.. The traditions and
practices of that party forbid belief
in the sincerity of. its new preten
tious in favor
,of reform. , What it
now wants is to reform the republi
can party. out of power and itself in.
he Democratic cry for reform would
Be silenced by its party leaders the
moment' it came into power.—Bris
tow.
FOR SENATOR, WM. T. DAMES.
In urging the people of this county
to vote or Wm. T. Davies for Sena
tor, it is' with the conviction that he
fairly and ably represent them
in the Legislature. Mr. Davies is
one of the most prominent and re
spected citizens of Towanda.. He
has resided there for a long time, in
the enjoyment of an active and lucra
tixe • practice in the legal profession.
He occuPies a leading position in,the
Bradford County bar, and is generally
employed in one may or another in
the most important actions in the
courts. Alf a soldier he distinguished
himself for bravery, and served his
country faithfully until his health
gave way, and he was discharged on
a 'surgeon's certificate.
11tr. Da - oes is a man-of more than
ordinary intelligence, of firm convic
tions and unimpeachable integr4.
When convinced of his duty to his,
constituents he could not be influ
enced.by lobbyists, nor purchased by
corporations and-monopolies. He is
a staunch Republican, and if elected
Would be governed in his legislative
action by the yrinciples upon which
the party was founded. - - T nkha n
uock Republican.
, HON. EDWARD OViRTON; of To
wanda. has been nominated for Con
gress from, the Fifteenth (Pa.) Dis
trict. A dispatch 'states that on the
first day of the reassembling of the
conference at Montrose, there was no
ballot taken.. But the, next morning
(Wednesday last) four ballots were
cast, with no better prospect of an
adjournment than before. In the af
ternoon, aftet further balloting; Over
ton's chances •improved. Eighteen
ballots were taken,,,Overton Occasion
ally falling !ofT,' mid Grow, towards
the close, holding steadily to 'five
votes. Finally, on the ninety-seventh
ballot, Overton received nine votes,
which gave him the nomination. The
contest is believed to have been fairly'
won, and the entire district will en
dorse the nomination heartily. The
nominee, Col: Overton, js a most es-.
teemed gentleman, and one of the!
most distinguished members of thel
bar in Northern Pennsylvania. • He
resides . at Towanda. We do not
imagine there - can be a shadow of
doubt about his election with an old
fashioned majority, such as the old
Wilmot district used - to
ra Advertiser.
Tun last Democratic sensation is
a story that the Molly Maguires were
bought up for Governor Hartranft in
4875. The Mollies flourished in Car
bon, Luzerne, Northumberland and
Schuykill counties, and while Gov.
Hartranft gained 61 out of 51,000
votes in their region, the majority
against 4ini was about 3,90 Q I In
the other counties of the State, he
gaind 16,648 votes. The story does
not "wash" with the figures, for his
gains. there.were far below the aver
age gains; and all the Mollies known
so far are Democrats 1 , The pardon
of one of the Mollies was the act of
a Board of which the Governor is
only one. Like Five Points and other
infamous localities, Molliedom -is
mostly aDemocratic institution, and
will vote for "Tilden , and Reform."
Tweed, Su Klux, Mollie, Lecompton
.Andersonville—what sources to
look - for "RefOrm t"—=Harrisburg
Telegraph. ow
:0 . r.
sores IlititlEVP cows a 'ming,
There are some who' erroneously sup- ,
•Oose that, id the south, the CteCtiQU is
simply a contest of the white against the
colored voters. Wore it so, should it not
be a free race? Is that any reason why
any crime (murder not excepted) should
be overlooked or even applauded? Who
does not regret that in America or any
where else, jealousy arising from the ad
eldent of birth shield be harbored or en
couraged to influence elections? The
glory of our country should be to protect
the legal right of every man to the enjoy-
Aleut of his natural and constitutional
privileges.' Our interests as .a people, are
one, and in this year, 1876, we should bo
a united, friendly people. •
lint we are not engaged in a contest of
races or of colori. It is the old issue—
Equality of Right. It is, Democracy or
Republicanism against Arristocracy or
Despotism—that divides the south.
There is nothing in hunian nature that
inclines a man to t prefer Ids foes to his
friends. The freedmen would be unwor
thy their name should they, as such, sus
tain those who• inaugurated rebellion to
strengthen the accursed system of slavery
and who fought emancipation and equal
suffrage to the last. Freedmen are in
feeling a gentle • race, and could readily
overlook the past, provided they were now
treated honorably; but they don't prefer
their late mastersto their liberators either
as individuala' . or as partiek.
While therefore it is true that the freed
men generally tiro Republicans, and the
late rebels generally ark: Democrats;
throughout the 'Mien it iti nowhere the
rule. '
Take North Carolina • for an example.
That State.had 678,000 whites to 391,00
colored inhabitants of various shades=a
very large white majority in 1870. It has
nearly. 50,0.00 majority of white voters.
Yet, North Carolina, since returning to
the Union, lias chosen Republicans for
Governor, and at the last election for
President gave" nearly 25,000 Republican
majority. i If color had been the point, its
majority Would have been double that the
other way, • . .
For more minute illustration. we copy a
few figures from the last U. S, Census and
from The World (Democratic) Almanac
for 1676,49 follows: • ,
Counties' 1970 .2 --Pop. . 1874—Votes
Whites Blacks ' Dem. Rep
Buncombe.... 13,109 2,303 ' . 1,165 1,280
4'hoian 4,081 3,369 597 761
Clan ' , 2,319 142 328 73
JDai'1t150n......13;96.9 3,546 .1.413 , 1,210
11aywwt1 7,406 515 . ' 771 . 129
Ilendergon .... 9;499 1.208 416 328
Jackson 5,698 279 919 168
Mattison ..... ...17,858 3.36
Polk 3,361 978 - 214 236
Rut be r f0rt1....10,479 2,642 724 794
Stokes.... 7,600 2,608 - 655 9l
Surrey 9,692 1,560 '. 1,603 725
Nake .19.426 , 16,181 ' i 3,640 3,610
Yadkin_9,233 1,441 725 716
Yancey 5,601 308 635 152
126,159 37,415 7 13,669 10,56
37,415 i . 10,583
Majorities
88,744
Br,
_ it seems Buncombe county, with six
white people to one black, gives a Repub
lican majority. With about .8,000 white
majority Rutherford goes against the De
mocracy. And every county demonstrates
the fact that "the color-line" • is not the
test of elections in that State.
Counting ono voter to six population.
those 126,000 whites would:. have 21,000
votes, tut they gave only 13,000 in round
numbets.. Those 37,000 colored people
should yield only 6,200 voters, but there
were 13,000 Republican votes. By the
same rule—were "the coley-line" the test
—the whole State should yield113;000
Democratic votes,but it gave Greeley only
67,000. Grant should have had only 65,-
000 votes,
but he had. 91,000. Here were
.16,000 white votes, not for Greeley, and
26,000 who were, for Grant.- 1 But some
:colored men were coerced or cajoled into
voting for Greeley—some of both "colors"
did not vote—but doubtless 40,000 to 50,-
000 whites voted for Grant,
A similar scrutiny elsewhere would
abundantly demonstrate the fact that.the
"color line" much as the ex-Rebels
might desire it fur a false issue—is not the
contest: The honest, cool majority de
sire no suck, fictitious and most injurious,
issue to cover the real aim, which is semi
slavery.
When we remember that the masses ht
the South were coerced in,i(i'llebellion by
fire-eaters—when we remember how much
they suffered by their self-inflected war,
which could not commend itself to their
judgment nor to their sonscience—it is
-easy to see how much thoshoneseand more
intelligent white 'people, though poor, at
heart hate the instigators 6f the rebellion.
There is n 3 lack of well-informed per
sons—respectable, I.7nioti-lovi,g white
Men—who believe in. the rights of our
common humanity, and who are in accord
at. heart w ith the Republiwin party. They
ask no office Or reward, but they are
cramped because the means of influence
are in the bands of the authOrs of .their
troubles. And there, as elsewhere in all
parties, are men with whoM self-interest
is the governing principle, and who, con
vinced that the RepubliEan party will re
main in power, range themselves on that
side from prudential mote than high moral
considerations. But glee thoSe classes
together, and add to them the freedmen,
and it is evident that fair elections would
'destroy the power of the traitors andla
natios, who, from Calhoun's,time to this,
have been the agitators and worst foes of
the South.
Under the United States Crinstitrition
and Laws, and also•-under those of the
several States, every voter, white or black,
has a right to complete freedom in the ex
erzise of the high duty of the franchise.
They must have it. Men chosen to Con
gress by trampling upon voters rights,' as
has been done,, must not be allowed to
take further advantage of those outrages.
Any one who comes to Washington by a
denial of the freeman's rights; must and
should be refused admission.. Lecompton
must again be oiiS lawed. •
The East, Nort i and West can best aid
the Unionists of the South by continuing
in power those; uho have proved faithful
and true in the past. and by keeping out
those who have been wrong in the- past.
The. Union linen everywhere should sus
tain Hayes. The unrepentant Rebels, al
most to a man, will vote fur Tilden.
NOT A PARTY QUESTION
One Democratic campaign document is
devoted to an enumeration of railway land
grants under Republiban administrations.
Let us look at the Matter fairly, and not
in a narrow, partizan way.
Under General Washington's adminis
tration, all the Ohio - Western Reserve
was given to the State of Connecticut,
and seven million acres. in Western New
York - were given LI Massachusetts. Prob
ably every succeeding administration vot
ed public hind to some objects esteemed
worthy, to Democratic States as well as
others. Their benefits have been shared
by all, although t ithe incidental advantages
were granted to : sections Where the favor
WWI bestowed, and to the members of the
party of the adMinistration in fx.iwer at
the time of • the respective gifts. Multi*
Andes of persons have been ihua settled or
.benetittcd, and.' whole counties; if not
States, have been built up by them.
Railway grants had been commenced
before the Republicans came into power.
The Homestead law, which has . given
so many homes to men and families, free,
was a Republican or Northern measure,
long baffled by their Democratic, and
Southern . antagonists, and which Mr.
Grow specially championed.
The importance of a highway from the
Atlantic to the I'aeitie had lorg been ,
dis
cussed, and in 18.10 both the Democratic'
and Republican patties in Natiothtl, Con-
Ventions took ground in favor of a railway
by government aid, of which lands were
a part. , In 18:3 both parties expressed
themselves in opposition to frontier grants
of land to companies, and I do not know
that any more his been disposed of :in
teat manner. Thus it will be seen that,
both and all parties have acted together '
in land gifts, so that no ono can blame
another with beginning or claim the
credit of closing the system, whether
good or bad.
The greatest abuse under the •system
was. the Credit 3lobilier—A monopoly
within a company, whiCh absorbed its
profits. In that, also, members of both
parties shared, dividing the spoils person l
ally, irrespective of party,—except that
the Rebcls had previously "minuted
themselves•out.'.'
As far as I have traced the votes upon
all these questions, they were in fair pro
portion from both parties. James Broo s,
one ..of the national Democratic leaders,
from New York; anti a Government Di
rector- in the Pacific Railroad Company.
Perhaps the leading counsel of the Com
pany, most relied upon in all important
niovements, is now the Democratic clutch
_date for President.. These navies. are' in
troduced simply•to show its non-partizan
asptcct. 'While the. R' publicans had the
large Majority:when the polleiwas at its
height, during the time of general extrav
&puce, the Demecrats were generally re
sponsible in proportion to their numbers.
Tho individuals cemented, and not the
parties they adhered 'to,. must 'each for
himself answer for his acts in tlie premlies.
If, after the gross favoritism of the
Credit Mobilier, the Republicans had
taken ,up Oakes Ames for ['resident; the
fact that he was 'prominent • in it 'would,
haVe been ground of complaint that the
party thought too littler of his complicity
in that gigantic fraud, if it did not there
by endorse lc. It would - haire certainly
been reason for opposing him, if not his.
party,- which the Democrats would' travel
inspired to the end. . .• •
An alleged but not admitted participa-,
tion in the scheme by Colfax, caused
his retirement from a high position in the
Republican ranks.
The voter has seen no- denial of t he ,
statement that Samuel J. Tilden •
counsel for the Company, Credit Mobilier•
and all, giving his learning and his indus
try, to its ends, and was largely -rewarded
, —525,000, if I remember, at one
for its success. This fact was pine
property when -he was nominated: Ac-•
cording to estimates of the hone Sty, of
-that scheme will be the amount-of oppo
sition it may workagaiust the mart and
against the party. - a
It is hoped the land grant policy, old
as it is; and heretofore endorsed by.every
party, is' dead by general consent!. The
vast capital of, our country and the won,
derful energy f our people, arc grounds
for, the opinion that, hereafter, every real
ly useful public Undertaking will depend
wholly upon its own means. No more
:"grants"or "endorsemefits" or "subsi
dies," or helps in any shape to anything
of t he kind, hoirever plausible, important
or necessary they may appear ;—that is
probably the Safest way for us as a people.
Morally and financially, it were better to
stop material aid to any new "enterprise,"
letting all stand or fall by•their own mer
its and their own resour c es. '
0. N. W.
ACKNOWLEDGED MURDER
In the old-settled, free States, as all
know, there is. a tendency to publish all
murders known, and very few escape ex
tended notice. In the sparsely-settled
Smthern States there is less activity in
publishing ,such events, and' many of the
deaths in family - quarrels and in what are
called. " political " contests, are never
known. And yet, what are known and pub
lished Present a vivid contrast as to the
state of society and.the security ofllife in
the North andiSouth. •
The United States census of 1870 gath
ered, as near as practicable, the number
of violent deaths = not suicides or 'acci
dcnts—in the States for 1869. The follow
ing:are summaries
New;Vork
2,834
h
New Jersey ..... .
Perinsylvabla
One murder to seventy thousand peo
ple, and those mostly in the cities and by
aliens. • .
COMM
MU=
=EI
North Carolina 49 1.016.61 , 1
South Citrollirt 37' - 705.600
Florida 41 . 189,995
Georgia ..... 116 1,101.109
Mississippi 89, . 827,422
. . .
F, ~ _
.395 7,686,476
One murder to thirteen thousand peo
ple, and but a fraction reported at that
In the strongest Republican State—
Vermont—not . one murder was' reported
among 330,000 people. In Florida, -1-1,
murders among.lBB,ooo people
In Texas, with less than a million of
people, there Were more murders than in
all New England, New York, NeW Jersey
and Pennsylvania, 4-ith over twelve mill
ions of people
With such facts ' .from such source s, let
us hear no more of "life being as safe in
the South as in the North." And let us
have as little infusion as_ possible of •the
spirit df the old slave-holding aristocracy,
which, as so well described by Jefferson,
makes tyrants and violent,, unreasonable,
vindictive men. ' READER.
THE CAUSE AND THE CITIIE. '
Carl Schurz is keeping the finan
cial question where it belongs, in the
front of the
,canvass. . "The times
are hard and the people want a
Change." This is the burden of the
Democratic - canvass, stripped of its
personalities and the slang atd Cant
:of platform arraignments. Certainly
the times have beeti hard, though
there arc happily signs of improve
ment. The people indeed do desire
a-change, but it is not a Mere change
of parties, least of all such a change
as the restoration of the Democratic
party would involve. They are rather
inclined to inquire into.the cause of
their financial troubles, and to apply
to them a remedy which is practical
and philosophical.
The'position of the Democrats on
this foremost question is tersely de
fined by Mr. Schurz. Their candi
dates are "a bard-money man for
president, and a soft-money man for
vice-president:" TheirTlattbrm de
clares "for bard money in one sen
tence," and adopts "the battle-cries
of the inflationists and soft-money
Men in another." There is design in
this diversity; there is methOd in this
madness of contradiction. The seem
ing inconsistency conforms to a con
sistent purpose. The hard-money
features of candidates and platform
'were intended to carry hard-money
States ; the soft-nioney feature soft
money State* The contrivance was
believed to be. shrewd, but,it really
was N . -cry shallow. The - Democrats
are fought in all the States as infla
tionists and reptidiationists; and as
such it is to be hoPed that they will
-
be.defeated.
Mr. Schurz's exposure Of the soft
money fallacy is a demonstration.
, Mr.llendrickS and his followers say
that contraction is the cause of the
distress which dates. from the panic
of 1873. In that year, there was an
amount of currency, counting even in
former years compound interest notes,
nine millions of dollars greater than
in 1872, twenty-nine millions greater
than in 1871, fifty-one millions greater
than in 18;0, fifty-six millions greater
than in 1869, and fifty-two s millions
greater in 1868; and these latter
y 4 ears "`have .generally been called
years dr great, of unexampled pros
erity." So; contraction did not work
the miSehief, because the distress be
gan when the volume of the currency
was :the greatest. Mr. Hendriclia
and his followers demand the repeal
of the Resumption Act op the ground
that i lit has brought about theruinous
contfaCtion which has caused, all the
trouble. The perfect answer is that
the trouble began in 1873, and the
Resumption Act was not passed un
til 18 . ;5. That there is no scarcity
of currency is proved by the well
known fact that currency in millions
is lyino.idle.-
The first cause of the 'hard times
as Mr 7 Schur; shows, is over-produc
tion, awaste of capital in speculation;
and ifi this respect the evil is work
ing its own cure. What the people
need of .artificial relief, by means of
governmental measures, is above i all,
other things the restoration of honest
money. The change 'Which 'the peo-'
ple, depland* in legislation that shall
remove the obstructions, which exist
by lavi, in the way of commercial re
eovery; and such legislation the DeM
ocratic party shows no dispositionor
ability to sedure.---New York Befri`
ing,Pr.W.
WORKMEN are engaged in the work
of rebuilding- Castl, Garden, N. 1.
eity:il destroyed some time ago by fire.
A fiumessfai,Engkeedng Peat-TatTorzoldab' ts Ob
strut:Um Removed Without Accidat;
• NI:W.: I I'ORK, September 24:—The
'great engineering feat •of removing
the rock !which obstructed :,the navi
gation at Hell Gate - bas been success
fully
,accomplished the precise
time and manner intended, without
.neeklent." An immense number ° of
people ..assembled in the neighbor
biped toWritriess the expected nobeaval
of rocki'. etc.- Great alarm prevailed
among. many residents orlfirst'AVe- ,
Ave
nue and the cross streets from Eighty-'
second to Ninety-sixth streets, and
some houses were
.entirely deserted
by the residents through fear of rocks
being hurled across the river. Every
house in that 'vicinity had the doors,
and windows open as a matter of pre
caution, but the great mass of•peOple
had no rears whatever, and:spectators
swarmed i on the piers and low ground'
directly in• a line'with the rock. At.
precisely nine minutes to 3 o'clock
the explosion took place.•ln a straight
and seemingly narrow line, running- .
north and south for about three hun
dred yards; the water whitened and'
arose nearly',.three or four feet high,
a dull "thud" Was heard, rocks tum
bled" beneath the feet of the multi
tude as if from two quick, short put
sat-kits of an earthquake.
,The wa
ter, Which appeared to remain sta
tionary for an instant, broke and
spurted i* in irregUlar dark yellow
ish 'masses ahont twelve feet high;
mixed With dark smoke from the
dynamite; then it fell back, and in- a
moment the river resumed its usual
- peaceful aspect. ,Then a
cheer arose from all. the northeast
side of the city and from the steam
ers and ;boats, and steam whistles
-were blown, and bells were rung, and
all was over. The-report was scarce-,
ly noticeable. NOt, the smallest frag
ment of rock was hurled up and not
so much as a-ripple was caused upon
the water, saVe just over the spa
where the explosion took place.'
There-was no concussion in the air •
and not a pane of glass was broken
in the city or on Ward's Island.: Im
mediately after the explosion lin
dreds of row boats set out at their best
speed for Hell Gate, each anxious to
have thefhonor of first passing over
the scene of the explosion. That the
work was effectually done is the gen 7
eral feeling, and this also appears
from the fact that the police boat.
-passed o\er the spot safely. , •
Murders. Population
.13 30,7.730
. 70 -04'2,770,
5 746,095
. 3,521,791
EREISMI
NOTABLE FACT. '
It is 0. significant, l fact that no
American who ever opposed the pro
secution :of a'-war in Which his,coun
try was involved, with a solitary ex
ceptionovas ever elected. to the Pres
idency. f
Murders. Population
. 71
1,211.442
73 1.:12?,011
EaiIIIMM
Take the Revolutionary War of
4776. Many men of high social po
sition, talent, and iutegitty. and esti
mable citizens in every other respect,
joined the anti-War or Tory party.
The name Tory was n9t at that tittle
one of reproach, but sign-itied one
who waslin:tavor .of the established
order of things ; .but long before the
war closed the word Tory was an
epithet of ,reproach as much as the .
modern term ". scalawag " is. to-day,
and the gentlemanly and 'cultivated
Tories Of the Revolution in N'cw
York, Pennsylvanla. Virginia. and
the Carolinas sank intn'political in-
Significance. After the war, to.prove :
the chat:ft of Torryism on a eandi
(late,. was to ruin him. ,- .
A still' larger, more influential, cul
tivated, and wealtiby class of 'politi4'
cians dpposed the war of ISI2. Thep'
were soon dulibi." Blue-Light 'Fed- .
eralists,'7; and were swept out of exis
tence. Several of theta aspired to the
Presideacy.afterwards, 'but were in
cd9rionslY defeated, with the one-es
-
ception alluded to, Buchanan, Who;
although a Federalist wt enyoung
map, quickly'saw his blonde -, and
went over to the Democraey. T ten
came the Mexican war. ; Thc I P . 4r.5, - ,
led. by Mr. Clay, believed 'that the
war wasiwrongfidly begun, lint their
patriptic!instineLs prompted...them to
throw themselves in the froPt 'of the
contest; they got most of the laurels'
and the gidry . of the war, and' 01;ected
Gen. Taylor President. ' , -,
Oppositiod to the war for the Union
not only sounded the political death
knell of the brightest intellects:of the
Democratic party, as Breckinridge.•
Davis, andßenjamin;lft oVerwhel in
ingly defeatedGen.Mc Melia n add Gov
Seymour - for the Presidency. 3 Even
Ir. Greeley's integrity, talents,-..and
Wide fame as a union . editor did not
„save him.from defeat, simply- because.
he was tbe candidate of the party=:.
which opposed the war for the Union.
As a leader of the anti-war rally of
I Stt 1 , Gov. Tilden may read his own
doom in the . fate of the Tories:of '7l;
the Bhie-/Lights of 1 Sl2. and the' Cep
perheav. ISGI.--Loiti - srille CUM
tieg
illerCi . " i
After - the Revolution, Benedict
Arnold asked an American, whom
he met in England, what the Whigs
would'do if they' cbuld catch him in
thetnited states . ? The American
replied, '"l'hey would take that wood-.
en leg, which yol gainedin fighting
their battles, and bury: it with the
honors of war. The remainder g!I
you Would they,hang on a gibbet."
The Democracy are tryili!* to find
somthing that Tilden did, durinr• the
Rebellion, to whip those wlkise unit
ed vote
~he now . expects lik'onll -
hopc,oran .
. election. When they find
his voluntary'Union tribute, wwill
have it engraved and honorably pet:-
petuated in our autids. "The renriti.l
- of him will be per!; - yrfard
,filter millions „ Union balk's !
Lerri ?ncrl,&:hronrl•l~
GoxEnson Ttt.nts may, indeed,
have liePt . himself within the letter or
the law, but it is plain that he evaded
its spirit. lie could not be sent 'to
the penitentiary, as he Ls • trying to
send Jarvis Lord, for defrauding the
Government; but, he' contrived to
keep the GOvernment faim, getting
out of him the money to Ivhich it
was entitled, lie did not tell the
horse-car,conductor he liad paid his
fare, but , he 'kept his hands in his
po6kets and looked unconcernOly
the conductor, as if lie had ; 'and the
elfect was the same. Tien the con-
Auctor detects such a passenger, he
generally wants-.to put him o'ti the
car. When the American -people fled
him running as' a. reform Candidate
forsthe Presidency, they arc going to
vote for the other mau.—New. lurk!
Tribune, .
THE laidianaj►olis AO- nal says the
"democracy are o►i the himne stretcl►
and twenty lengths ahead?' 'That is
a , delicdte Saying that they
are already nearly 'back to tlieir holes;
on Salt River, the only borne tli
have kno7n fur the last twenty years..
'ILL GATE - EXPLOSION. I
ALLOW THE CLAIM.
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