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The - COtin.try's. Loss .
Tun politioakcampaign of the year line
a melancholy and- tragic sequel in the
death of the Desandratic: and Liberal
Pr lite Presidency. HettacE
Onzar.mr,dled at the•residence of a rela
tive in Tarrytown, New York, do Friday
night, Nor. 23th. This melancholy event
will'be receii'ed with unfeigned, sorrow
by millions of his conntirrien who ad
mitted hikgteaf abilities and esteemed
hini for, the. many excellencies of his
character. virtues bite been the
subject ef so bleak' praise on:the part of
personal. atuLpelitical . friends, and: his
faults have been so grossly glaggerated
by partisan animosity, that this is not
the time tO jUstly - - tatitnale him. When
the political - controversies 'in which he
bore a prominent part shall' have passed 4
away, his life will be fitliwritteit and the
impress which ho. made , on his country.
will be fitly judged. By him the plaudits.
cf his admirers tuidthe detraction of his
enemies are now alike unheeded. .
When Ife:,began that remarkable politi
cal tour last slimmer those who observed
him oloselz could !lot fail to see that his
health was nmeli. broken. The incessant.'
tril of more than forty years had told
neslistakably on a naturally robust con-,
stitution. Ttien when „the' wearied
. iind
careworn - joitrnallist should have sought
and found rest, ho entered upon •a cam
paign of sPeechmaking unprecedented in•
R:liticat annals, From early morning
until nightfall, and often until late in the
night, from the platform of a car he ad
dressed the crowds that thronged at ev
ery railway station. * Sometimes he made
I.s many as twenty speeches in, a day.—
This lasted for two weeks. • When the
herculean labors of the day were ended
there was little opportunity for rest or
sleep. ThiS is not the occasion to speak
of the matchless ability and eloquence of
those speeehes which stamped him as
emong the first of his countrymen in
intellect, and vindicated tkr. propriety of
the choice made at Baltimore and Oinein.
r.ati. II HORACE GREELEY had been ac
tuated merely by a vain desire fur popu
lar applause his ambition would 'have
eu gratified on this tour. But the men
tal anti physical strain was too great, and
nature has had a terrible revenge. Im
mediately en his return..he was called to
the bedside of a dying wife. whom he
I n.derly lowed. With the mighty respon
s'Lliiies oil the political campaign press
' i ng upon him, he watched at her couch,
denying himself the rest that was neeer
sary for the restoration of his strength.—
Ail this ' while detraction and calumny .
were doing their wont, but pressed be
ncaili the weight of his great sorrow he
teas indifferent to the attacks of his re-,
lentless enemies. Between the October
and November elections his wife died.—
The mind and body-of the great journal
ist snecumed at last beneath incessant
vigils,iintenee mental anguish, anti exac
tions of the political campaign.
The place of Ifons.cr. GUtELEY in ih - e - 1
journaiisra and 'politics of this country
will not soon be Allied. Of the public
men of the toited States there is not
cue whose loss would be so deeply felt.—
During his whole careeihis influence on
- opinion hasbean strong and decid •
'vieris On all - public 'questions
hare heels eagerly 'sought, and thousands
of those who ranked as leaders were care
ful not to move.nntil lionaen GREELEY
l.ad spoken in the TE.terke. In his earlZ4
lest devotion to - political and - social re- I
farm heleited many theories, but adher
ed to such only as his vigorous judgment
rpproved: Nl\ man possessed in a higher
degree what the-French - phrase the war,
age of his convictions:
In journalism he united to an industry
that never flagged, skill in controversy
which few eared to encounter, and a mas
tery of, "pare, English nadefaled" that
.was unequalled. If his scorn of an ene
my waslerrible lie was easily placattd by
kindness. 'His philanthropy was so large
as to embrace all races of men, sad ail
creeds'. ile'tras a true and exalted pat:el.'
ot. His entire life was Occupied i n sc h eme s
for the amelioration of the condition of
his fellow men,' and for the progress of
his country. But the busy brain is at'
rest. The great heart of HORACE Gaels.
Ley has ceased to beat. Though a -sim
ple Republican citizen, surrounded by
none of the pomp and trappings of pow
er, he will 'be borne tp the grave amid the
sincere latrientisSons of a people of whom
he was one of tke_bastand noblest types.
Patiftit. -
No amen since the death of Charlls
Dickens _has shaken to mail hearts as the
death of Horace Oreeley. It conics like
4 blow in:the dark: 'One of the rarest
characters' . in:history is. soddenly drop
ped !min the ranks of • men.. A model
life, Medlin ecnrpL.r^ y honor, stopsin an,
instant, , like a pieta of inecharrisiti that
had worn to. long that - 'lllO/1 . billeted
without Horace Gree'4 . Was a
• certain swap beyond criticism. ..His, aim
Ins always high': • His very errors result-
Ad from his huinanity. His. Own macaw
.aiscenotis 'ikra espliieNl cy his readi
ness toofOrglistihe incoisistertr,ies of oth
ers. Bien Ma ambition was the otikpring
of hie toleration: , Benevoleriai was tw
inspiration of bis'wholo-being. boab3
no more resist an appeal to by a ran-
quished section than he could turn the
beggar from-his door. And so his weak ,
neat became his strength. itupressed
niillioire.ivith a belief in his:personal in;
tegritScand conyeried . foes into friends..
Conscious. of his lansMined repittntion,
he was hravet.in'L , .fieinr dithoulti and. nu::.
Topnlii-tbings. mighty
helper in the brain that fortified hisheart.
lie had .a ,doubleshieldin his .generosity ,
and his geniui. - How freeley he gave to
the aufferihg He foright - with resistless
`force against oppression, though : Utterly
unable to fight for. himself. was-- a
thunderbolt against slavery. but a very
reed.in tbeimeds et the politicians. The
hosts he editcated to * oppbse the, iehelliori
were teo strong fol. him when lie tried to
•forgive tho.rebilliini. And when hi found
himself misunderstood and even malign
ed by theta who hid been trained by -his
hand, .and had willingly folio - Wed hit
teachings lite a gospel—Nth - En defeat for.
the presidency and death at his own fire.-
' side folded cloiely their black shadows
Around him—his honest nature gave way
and his generous heart broke.—Priss.
, Repudiating aznators:
Two or_three Of the more heated par
tisan joarnale have been speonlatingas to
what should be done with the Republican
Senators who havo not been identified
-with the vvinning side in the late cam-
TheXiltrankeo Sentinel is sooy
ed to give this slime to the Old Bay
State:
"The worst case on the docket is that
of Mr. Buniner. Massachusetts has not
only condemned his opposition• to Gen.
. . .
Grant by a much larger Majority than
that given against Fenton in New _York,
but Sumnet was guilty or working for
tlie defeat of our candidate for Vice Pres
ident, one of -the most foremost men in
the old Bay State. Such an , ungenerous
course towards' the popular wish of his
State, and his own colleague, ought to re
ceive, as it richly merits, the most sting
ing ribnke that can be ad4Maistered.
This officious counsel does not appear
to be relished; however, in Massacbesette.
The Boston Journal. says :
"Wo learn by telegraph that the 11On.
Phailes Sumner told an interviewer in
Nevi York that be bad hastened home to
take'his scat next 51Onda0" to.do his du
ty."• Wei have no doubt of that. There
infol.-a statesman living in this country
or any other, whose life has been a proud
er record of devotion to duty than Mr.
Sumner's; and we have had occasion to
note that nis energy, his perseverance and
self denial, instead of flagging with ad
vancing years, or yielding to that disposi
tion fur en "easy life" which sometimes
succeeds the most.figoroue manhood, in
his case have become more than ever in •
exorable. There is no question at all,
then, that onr 'senior senator will take his
seat at the coming session with the firm
and fearless resolve , to do his duty.;' •
• • • • • • • •
The notion that the recent campaign—
eiiher nationailkir state—turned upon
personal considerations, will not for a
moment deceive Mr. Stunner. If his sen
atorial colleague, instead of being dss
eti Vice "'resident, had joined • with him '
in support of Mr. Greeley,the result wo'd
bave been precisely the same—as it would
I have been had the entire Congress de.ega-
Lion of Massachusetts had taken the same
position with General Banks. .The goes
thin wasFimyly of continuing the snpre
maby: of the Republican party, with the
' candidates and the policy san2tioned by
the authenticated repreientatices ..of the
organization. We all deeply lamented
that Charles Sumner, our almost reivred
leader in the years gone by, felt obliged to
-diverge from the Path of the party, but
the separation wakfelt to belmt transient
and it never interfered with the kindly
feelings 'of his old constituents. They
long for the renewal of his coeperatiou
and leadership in the field where hardly
any cafi ricai him in public usefulness.-
That he will end his . career as a soured,
discontented man, the mere reminder of
his former self, and out of accord with
the millions whom he led to the noblest
triumphs of the nineteenth century, we
cannot and will not believe."
" That looks very much like "repndiat
ins," Senator Somber, doesn't it.
Tut recent great fires ire bringing up
again all Phe old questiont. A corres
pondent of the Journal of Commerce in
quires f a firm has insurance on its
stock for $50,600 and the stock is worth
$lOO,OOO, and their stock is' dam:aged - ' by
fire td the extent of $50,000, how much
insurance can they collect? Do the com
panies pay the whole damage, or do• they
Pa in proportion of the whole "stock to
the-emonnt of insurance?—that is, will
the ftho N receire 450,000 or only $45,000?"
In reply tbq Journal states that no mat
ter how wittetrthe stock is worth,- if the
insurance is _for 1150,000 under a plain
Oidinary policy, the underwriter must
pay any loss which oeeura up to that
amount But if the policy contains
what is known as "the STerace clause
(which reads. 'it is understood and`
agreedthat claims ander the polici-shall
only be for such proportion of the whole
loss at the of this allowancebears
to the whole rein of the property issue
- ed:' 'Mien the loss falls pro rata on the I
:underwriter and thceiwner." If, the stick .
is insured at bitlf ittr taluelwith -this
clause inserted, the underwriter 'pays half
the loss. If insured ont4OUrtli the value;
then he pays one-fourth the loss. Big if
this clause is entitled then thcionner_ can
collect his eotireloss if enough has been
insured in solarent companies..
TUE fami.tin the relief ,Of suffer.
erßbj the Ddbieh saandetfnn'llnODAte
ic 61,146.
CONCERNINIGIINWESTIfATIONS.
• AN active Washington organ of the
Admiliistrafiott. having entered a die
clainier i4eiliqirivestigittions in Congress
this Winterthe newspapers are generally
discitisiug the:Attest:ton t ,: The EveUinp'
Post says that the greatest- danger that
'confronts the 13epubli&in patty i 8 that its
representative men will'mistake a nega- •
ono accepting
adeed•in trust fella fee simple; It adds ;
-Ifisisotonly on'itakood -behavior- - -for
Ole future, but it • behooves it to - justify
itstrandocit in the past. It shotild shrink
tro'm no investigation of specific charges
against the condtictot-affiurs if it would
Aleserie The confidence the comitry is in
clined to repose in it. If there are cor
rupt men among its leaders, they ought
to be exposed, if• only : for the sake of the
reputatiensof -those who are honest. If
I.there.are corrupt practices, let the tight
.of day In upon them, that those may be
'Strengthened who do not approve of, Ad
would- gladly -fight against thern. ' The
Ebe rotten,
are rotten, or that are said to
rotten, shonld be probed to the core.
If there be any need of that purificatiotr
which has been so loud) asserted, the peo
will-not be satisfied anlessthey get it ; if
there be no. necessity for it, because the:
alledged impurity has no.existence, then
let it be shown that ille assertion is false.
' The Springfield Republican says that
any investigntion of, the Credit Mobilcr
business will presuppose a committee, and
that:such a committee must needs be ap
pointed by Mr. James G, Blaine; that
-taking this particular committee out of
the bands ot the Speaker would i-iply
painful suspicion; but an investigation
by Ur. Blaine's friends would be a farce.
The Republican suggests no solution of
the difficulty, but says it does not "take
much stock in an early or searching in
lairy. If it comes it will be, as already
hinted, an agreeable disappointment."
The Republican adds---
- Putting all questions -of investigations
howevei, Congress has a duty to
perform in the premises; a duty to its
own reputation and to the ponntry ; a plan
daft', not to' be shirked with impunity.
That is, to expel Mr. Oakes Ames of
Massachnsetta, In the case of this per
son investigation would be a palpable
waste of Eime. There is no question about
hie guilt. He is convicted out of his own
mouth }the proofs are extant in his own
handwriting. Whether ho succeeded in
corrupting the official integrity of his
associates with bribes, charity may re
quire ns to doubt; there is no 'doubt that
he attempted to do it, and the attempt is
enough. If the gentlemen who are in
the same boat, fail to make tine Jonah
walk the plank, they are like to. have rea
son presently for repenting their soft
heartedness—or their pig-headedness. as
the case may be. Whether thee think so
or not, there is boisterous weather ahead.
Boston Journal sketches _fairly the
business of, Congress at its coming ses
sion, and, after saying that the Civil See
vice Reform question will receive a solu
tion of some kind, says: There will prob
ably be the usual number of investiga
tion committees. including one of special
interest to verify rumors, well known,
respecting the Credit Mohilier.
Sam colored persona from this State, a
portion of whom were from Harrisburg.
had an interview with President Giant
on Tnes.da? Nov. 2G. They want anoth
er amendment to the Constitution. In
their address t the • President they im
parted to him the highly interesting his
torical information that he is " the first
President of the United States constitu
tionally elected." Such being the case
they logically insisted that he will "make
the nation hear his great Voice;" that he
" will again wield his influence, again
make his power felt, and agahr - artMse the
nation Co a full consciousness of perform.
ing its full duty.', To all of which the
President replied that he would recom
mend to Congress such additional legisla
tion as would secure to the whole people
equal privileges and immunities. •
THE Bev. henry Ward Beecher assures
the country that the Boston conflagration
was not a visitation of Divine Providence
upon that city because of its sins. The
announcement will be received by the
public with the greater ,satisfaction" be
cause it proceeds from one of the profes
sion whose members generally assume to
know about such things. The reason
urhich Brother Beecher gives for his con
elusion is not, however, a perfectly satis
factory one. lie thinks that if the Al
mighty could burn up so virtuous a city
al Baton on accanut of its sins. that
there would not be any cities in this•corm
try left • standing. * •How does Brother
Beecher know that He intends to leave
any of them standing ?—Chicago Tunes.
A crinsitgeotrnErr of the Pall Mall
Gazette writes that the cholera epidemic
of 1872, in the Bengal Presidency, is
virtually at an end. Though lees fatal,
•as regards numbers, in comparison with
some other'teusons, the attacks have been
more than usually virulent. The deaths
atnong the civil native population are set
down at about 100,000. The returns
1 from the army show that twenty-four
cantomenti have been invaded. The
whole numbers of European troops at
tacked was .750, Of- svliora4Bo died. The
losses have been greatest in every instance
where the stations were overcrowded, and
where there was a lack of pure air and
water. .
- . .l,:rother times and other countries the
inauguration of a,. new reign was often
signalized hp a geiferal
frequentl3r happened that reigns which
commenced with this capricious exercise
of clemency were execrated for the cruelty
and rigor with, whichr—they-closed.'ln
imitation of tbis.regal custom, President
cirant Pardoned fledge; the defaulting
paymaster, the other day, and now it is
announced that be bps' pardoned a gor
ernmentilefaulter in: Baltiniore, who was
felitenced to viz years impriecinixteht;
Tttt Lynchburg N 4108" ha . thia to, gay
nbont thCreinalt, iu Virginia: "Poor old
Virginia t The State of Robert E. Lee,
to make her first appearance in II Presi
dentin' conteat after then '
war' at the chari
ot wheelirof olf: S. Cra . a.tt? The State of.
Washington', Yeillirson,,_Madison, Mar.
'shin,. Henry, to come to such degreantion
ae thie.,
". • Keen lathe pang,
• BUt-lieiMer farm feet
. Blssuuritett•thelii.niorr - • •
That Scapellc”he` steel. •
It is her -own. song, her immaculate
Straightout Deinocrats who ware too fas
tidieuitci touch Greeley,
.who haye
lowed Grant's Black Republican adminis
tration for another tour' years, and led
Virginia it' brid.s. to the - Negro Altar.—
Close up the history of the Old Dumb).
ion, None of her true children will want
to read another page. -
TII.II President's darling eehemo Of San
Domingo.ticqui.ition has not yet been
abandoned, it seems. The Baltimore
A inerican,a well-informed administration
organ, says the San Domingo question
isiil he resumed In' the next session of
Congress. It insists that the triumphant
re-election of Grant shows that the poo
-1 ple are opposed to the views of Sumner,
Schnrz,, Trumbn and'a icandalousne ws
paper press,'andmre tho - ronghly in favor
of annexation. How strange it Is that
nothing on the subject was heard during
the recent campaign, but assurances on
the part of the Grant organs tfrat the
scheme would never Ge renewed.
Tlll3 Presidential ticket of the temper
once party received in the great St4le o
New York 201 votes out of 824,5G3. I
the temperance - party play a fm_hortlin
ate role in 'presidential 'contests, it will
not do to underestimate their strength on
that acconnt. They show their power
when it comes to passing local option
laws. as in Pennsylvania. At the Presi
dential election most of the temperance
people vindicated their cold water princi
ples by voting for Grant. •
Cass and-Dielseason.
A Washington cOrrespondence contains
the following in regard:-to-the Democratic
National Convention in Baltimore, which
nominated Frankling PiSrco over Geneial
Lewis Case and others: :
John Harmon add me of a scene at the
Baltimore Convention, where Pierce was
nominated. which deserves to be put
down. After balloting for some time,
with Cats ahead, bat never tip to the two
thirds vote required, the State of Virginia
swung off from .Citrs, and cast her
vote for Daniel S. Dickenson. Harmon
went IT to Dickenson, and told him that
Mr. Case friends expected that he would
retire—for that ballot at least—in Cass'
favor. Mr. Dickenson said lie would
oblige Mr. Cass to that extent, and 112 did
deelme, but witli bad `grace ; whercupou
Virginia cast all her ballots for Franklin
Pierce, of New Ham pshiri.r: and fierce.
at the next ballot, was nomininated. 'Har
mon says that he was at Barnum's Hotel,
and that after the nomination was made.
he was passing an open door there, and
heard the voice of Dickenson. very loud
and indignant, and. a it'mut thinking,
Harmon walked into the room.
"Mr. Harmon," said Dickenson, "von
have put mein the position to.day of los.
ing the Presidency or the United States.
Old Gewral Cass, stiindhp , out against
hope has crowded better men than him
self to the wall ; but forhis - request that
I should get out of the way to-dav,Frank
lin Pierce would not now be the nom
inee of the party and I could have been
chosen and elected."
Harmon says it anti all true, and, as
soon as be could find it con‘enient, he
retreated, and left, the irate statesman to
bemoan his evil fortune.
A New Departure
WASHINGTON. NOveMbet, .73. A bill
will be presented to Congress this winter'
which proposes radical changes in the
present working of the Snpn•rne Court.
The bill contemplates an intermediate
court, which shall possess the ordinary
powers of the preterit Supreme "COlirt;
and b. fore which all cases shall be argued.
The Supreme Conrt proper shah be [male
stationary and the Justices relieved of all
circuit duty, which shall be performed by
the Judges of the intermediate court, the
Supreme Court to give its en tire attention
to passing upon nod deciding the ques
tions of low which Comes before it from
the intermediate court. The bill will also
provide that the intermediate court shall
not construe any law, but decide cases
which come before it in a/cord:nice with
the construction placed upon the laws by
the Supreme Court. The measure is
deemed necessary because of the accumu
lation of cases on the .docket of the Su
preme Court.
THE Springfield Republican charges
hat :
All the rings in the country—the rail
road ring, bankint , ring, iron ring, coal
ring, Indian ring, the hind-grabbers, the
carpet-baggers, the jobbers and plunder
ers of every name and degree, have con
tributed of their time and substance to
this re-election. But the cliief-factor in
Gen. Grant's success% money. He ones
his second term to the most profuse and
corrupt use of money ever vitzttiessed in
an American election. The men to whom
he intrusted his fortunes have bought
right and left—hy wholesale and retail.
Every step of the road by, which he re
tnrns to the hite'House, is firmly paved
with greenbacks.
HON. flon.arto Semour made q speech
a few days before,the recent election, in
whicic'he said: _ • "
"' tbis
eleotiowthe
sharp discaseiontenoont candidates have
turned away the friblio mind from the
more iinporuintAnestions involved in its
Coniitdred with these the can
didates are mere incidents of the con
test. Itinvolverlhirlermation of a great
party,'lthick is hereafter to diriet the af
fairs of our country. The first great'
work to be done is to by its foundation.
In. this 'more_ rrogress has been made
thin we bad'alightterespestt." -- ''':i -`•
.
Horace Greeley.
Death of the Great Journalist
NEW Yentfi November 29.—IIorace
;Greeley died at ten minutes to seven
O'clock this evening, aged sixty-one years, ,
tea-months and twenty-six days.
(Wont tiosr.a.vcrt.]
New York, November 29.—Horace
Greeley died at 6.50 p. in. at the-house of
Choate. * Pleasantrille,New York ; t
littliV hope was entertained that he could
lice beyond 0 day or two at as Trion
Wednesday until the time of his death
-he was almost all the time unconscious.
Yesterday he suffered very much;. and ,
part of the time was in convulsions. Ile
retrained all lust night"in a state of leth
argy and knew nothing that was goihg
on around him. He took no nonrish-'
went and scarcely gave any token of life.
At four o'clock this afternoon he had
LIP perceptible pulse, and it was then
thought that he was dying. At five o'clock
he rallied, opened his eves. and as so fre
quently happens just before death, be
came conscious.
Those standing around his beds'de.
among whom was his thing,hteritsked Lim
severally If lie knew them and lie said.
"Yes, I know you." Then be ens asked
if he knew certain people, strange - names
being ~i ven. 1.1 e said. "No, I do not
know rhem" thus showing that he was
quite sensible.
Then ha fell into his old state of leth
argy, and gradually sank until the end
came at ten minutes to seven o'clock this
evening.
lie died without the faintest struggle
and fell as if' it were into a sweet sleep
with a smile playing around his lip'.
Among those pre s ent at the bedside
were Ida Greeley, Whitelaw Reid. Dr.'
Choate, Mrs. Sampson . and Pr. Sequard.
The news was telegraphed to he Tri
bune Mike by Reid, amid a brilletin 'post•
ed. The announcement of his death was
received with geunine sorrow in this city
and cast a gloom over all - circles here,to
night.
He will be buried on Wednesday,and his
'remains will be conveyed to the family
vault at Greenwood.
MIL GREELEY'S LIFE INSURED
Many years ago the 7'rib/erne assncia•
t.ion, farseeing the shock which Mr-Gree
ley's death wonld give the Tribune,. in-.
saved his life to the amount of elOO.OOO.
for. the benefit of the stockho!ders it. com
mon. This life insurance policy has been
kept good. and will accure to the Tribune.
At,the time of effecting the insurance
Tribune stock changing hands at mini
8.3:500 to 84,000 a share, showing the tn
t4 valuation of the it.stitntion to have
been from 8350,t0 8400.000. One hun
dred thousand dollars was then viewed
as a very moderate estimate of the pecu
niary loss which the Tribune would sus
tain in the death of Horace Greeley ; but
the chances of that dire cal:miry to the
Tribune seemed so remote that no motion
was made to inere•tse the life, insurance..
not even after the hundred shares which
represent the entire Tribune association
had risen to 810,000 each. Some of the
Tribune's stock was recently sold at a
smaller figure t but the stockholders still,
.estimate.the entire property at a round
million.
In the death of Mr. Greeley the Tribune
stockholders wdl sustain an irreparable
toes. compared with which 8100,000 is a
mere bagatelle.
Everything looks desola•e at Chappa•
qua. There is general mourning mmone ,
the inhabitants. `•l'nt a Grant repuldt
can:' said an old inhabitant ; - 1 , 11 t I coo'd
cry for Horace. He's dune a Flighty sight
for place."
It is u n derstood that Mr. Greelev'sfitm
ilv will Ilt•N er et :int In Chappaqua. The
Model homestead is to he abandoned. The
house was deserted.
WAstrlN'tirroN. December I.—As an in
troduction to the snl.joined letter, it is
proper to state lit - Mr. Greeley wasca
rarm, personal friend of Charles Lan
man, to whom it was nildiessed. •Mr. Lao
man's earlier weave :is a writer were pub.
fished in the New Yorker. Altlytim , lt he
never participated in politics. Mr. Gree
ley occadonly favored him with letters of
advide, and took a special interest in t!:e
success nt his Dictionary of Congross.—
Greeley's last note to Lanman is as fol
lows:
New York. June 27. 1872.
FRIEND TAXMAN :—Received yours of
the 250 , inst. I hare. all my life. been
doing. what people called vastly foolish.
impolitic act 71, and I did nnl dispute their
3 ntigninn t. I only said that. what I dill
seemed to me the thing. If I glimild
die before the elect ion, or he beaten there.
in. please testify for me that Ido not re
fret haring. brayed public elthiion when
I thoneht it wrong, and knew it to be
merciless Yours,
- (Signed) JionAcE GREELEY
OUR exchanges from abroad-seem to
take great interest in the sittings of our
Constitutional Convention. Oneof them,
the Chicago Times of Sattirday, says :
"Hon. Charles R. Bnekalew Imo taken a
seat in the Constitalional Conven tion
Pennsylvania, a member haling resigned
fior the purpose of securing his presence
in that body. This is a very desirable
consummation. Mr. Buckalew fri;ined
the bill under whin the convention was
chosen. The members were elected on
the cumulative principle, esci.pt the
members at large, who are equally divid
ed between the two parties. The result
is that while the legislature,• which was
chosen at the same election, lus.4 a large
Radical majority in both branches, the
corkentinn represents the exact strength
of each party; that is, the Republicans
' have a majority, but only in proportion
to - their majority of voters iu the State.
' A further residt is that some of the very
best men iithe State are Members, and.
it dont), less take rank as one of the
, ablest bodies that ever assembled in the
United States. Atilhe, Convention was
constituted by the free vote. it may be
expected that it will, make this principle''
the basis of the flitnre electoral 'System
of the Keyst6ne State. The free Tote is
la reform that never goes backward ;Its
uniform history is that where it is once
introduced, there is no effort or desire to
'supplant it - Then- Mr. Illickalew, who,
I •
may be expected to'exereisa,a leoptrolliiig
iiiiinence so the deliberations of the con
vetition, is a zealous advocate of the Isytt
tern, and recommended lll:luring, hiiterm
in the-United States Senate,:in . very
able and exhaustive revirt that - has
joyed it wide circulation at both- s coittin
'entik: There is gem d reason fbr the hope
that the reign of 'the' Simon Cameron"
0004 TepAtlliTablit:lP
leiniytoyer; .4.
THE. BILIE EIZBEZZLIMENT.
NEW Youg, Nov. 22.—At last the new.
Erie Directors arc able to act. This af
ternoon, at' the 411.4 of P. R. Watson,
President of the Etie Railway, Jay Gould
has been'airisted. The warrant was is,:
shed by Judge Faneher, of the Supreme
Court. and la,h3s6d-4n tin affidava which :
charges Jay s lottid with wrongfully tale
ing to his own use, while President of the
Erie road, nine "mada half millions
. of!
dollars of-trumet^ beltufghig - lir,the - Etie'
stockholders. The sureties in 'the order,
of arreit are Wm.
.Butler Duncan,
aril
made his appearance at:the Sheriffsliffict
and gave bait.
presented,-,himself,
at the Sheriff's - office, accompanied 'hy l
,Augustus Schell :and •llorticot •IGltirk;
who had consented to liecome stireties•tiffl
on his bail bond, bait being fixed rat - nue•l
million dollars.- Each . ot she bondsmen
justified; whereupon ,Gould was released
by the Sheriff.. Counsel for the Erie rail- I
way i .however. will object to the: sureties
nn he ground that they should have '
tilted in 41,000,000 each.
The affidavit of President . Watson.- of
the Erie Railway. avers that the eiimpaily"
has can.,4>_of at-tioh against Jas Godid
for more than the Rain of $9.717.642.
bleb nut.-rest InitSt he added ; that such 1
cause of action arises - from the fregnent
detest ion, cmis Szletnen t, and mimmilica
lion or the nniney and property of said
company. .Tnat.Gould, while acting as!
President-and Treasurer or said incorpo-~
tinn has bee! , guilty of franc' in iticurritigl
the'ohligatioa for which this action is
brought. That at the earn.' time. Gould
was co-partner with . Henry -N. Smith,l
"Teary It. Martin, cord James B. Haeh.l
tinder tie: firm name tif. Smith. Gould,
Merlin & Co.. 11Mikers and Broker:. and
the agents and brokers ofihe Erie Com
pany, and that all nioneyS clailned as hav
ing heen -anyrtitne to the credit of said
Erie Company on the books of said firm
were received f.o• said railway company
daring the tone Gould was its. President
and Treasurer; that at eariOns ti=eslrmn
the 3,1 of August. 1863, to the 9th of No
vember, 180. said Erie Company created
and issued 407.3.17 shares mr the par val
ue ol t540.7:14,700. inemasing its capital
stock exclusive of the preferred .stnck. to
75,k,00.000 : that in the issue of said
stock Gould took a promibent and active
part as officer and director, - and that it.
was issued directly to hint as -President
and Treasurer, or to said firm ot Smith,
Gould, Martin & Co., as agents and, bro
kers, to he converted into cash for the
benefit of the Erin Co:up:lnv : that the
said stock, sold under Gould's direction,
produced after deducting charges 'and
commission. $15.508.059 23, which slim
was received ley said tirm,a3 appears from
their hooks. and that while said limn has
Amin oted for this coin in cash, hi said
Gould, said Could has frandalentlyreceir
ed a large part of the net proceeds of
said stocsk, to tett, the sum of 84,199,132
13, as aprears by said books, and applied
the same to his own use; that by reason
of the sales of stocks and other property
of the Erie CONany, - by, Smith, Contd.
Martin & Co., there 'appeared - on their
hooks en August Ist. 1899. the further
sum or . $3,061.700 15, justly due the Er
ie Company w Clow, reduction or ntliie.t,
,and that o; said day bv" the express di--
r e etio n of Jay Could; it was transferred
to his individual credit upon the false and
fraudulent pretence that the Erie Corolla
fly was largely iddelited to him, :red that
he would account to them for said
%%hen in of fact., Gould an; then
largely n a pe leed to said Comp an y ;
that
tithe transfer was made for the purpose of
rvnaTing to said firm tbe losses then re
',oily [mule hr saal Gould in a specula
tion in cold carried on by him. and for
his i n hint ticeonnt, luta. as between
himself and saih firm as appears by their
regular hooks of account, the whole of%
hue stun Ilirrvoiwn beennte parable to
said .lev Gonist individnally.and lir tiler,
he frandul-nt.lp taliv4ed and misappli
ed the moneys of ,aid railway for which
he aas hahle as a member ,if 'fie firm ant'
President and Treasitrer of the Erie Rttitr
way C./111'patkV. Also, that. on or about
the IGrh of November. t568,G001d corn ;
menced speculat ion on his individnalac
connt in the shares of said Erie. pnrchas•
ed a large Walther of shares of said stock
through said firm. aixol which h.. Cad
then a vsvey;large loss arising from the de
preciation of the market of Stich ares
after purchase.
That to n•lieve himse•lf or 063 InFp
and fraudulently to throw upon the Erie
Company the borthen or his private spec
ulations and his, in :Amor the month of
July. tAark said Gotdd. though his ammts
and attorneys. eolltetiy , ly% and. -AS depo
nent hr-lieve?, by a trawl upon the court.l
or one of its judges. procured an order
purivlrting a , ri t4orize the Erie Compa
ny or its officers to repnrchamin the
market for the purpose of cancellation a
number of tlw share= of said company.
therefor is , med by and miller the appro
bation of said Gimld, but ,which; for the
purpose of said wen* admit.
te d to he illegally is•tned and of dnabtful
validity, and this ; in the' cOnsnmrpatiou
of such fraud. sail Onuid canoed t21:100
shares of stock to he nharied apitt.t the
Erie Conmany.on the books of said firm
n the sth nt Anang. 1360. nt an aver.
age Drier of $Ol 47 1-100 per• share, am
ounting in tha aggregate to $747.245 80.
and the asFumed cast of said shares nra.Q
ot. that day charged to the- - ;Erie Compa
ny on the books of the j lird in nominal
gatisfoellion of the monies then belong-
ingto said inilwav company in the hands
of Smith. Gould C Co. That these shores
were only worth I.lle sum 0t,529 per share
and large transactions were made in the
market at that rate.
Henry N. Smith. in his affidavit, • says.
he has road the affidavit of Peter AV. Wat
son, President of the El ie Railway cu m - .
pally, plainti ff : that the . filett3 therein'stat
ed touching the organization, existenite ,
and business of the Min of Snlith.,,,Gonla.
Martin & Co., rtri; true, and tlepOnerifyiitl
a member of said firm as therein stated.
Deponent further ewe that the .hooka-or
van' firm were.intended to be were accur
ately kept;istlthat the resintts , or.":,
amounts as 8 , 4(41 in_t he affidavit : of, aril
Watson, are in all re spects accurate, arid
have been. as this depotterit
•Depentr-niftirtherrays tbatt ncennuts
in the honks of smith. Gould, ufartin.4.
Co., erobruoing.the transactions in- ques
tion, were kept tinder the orders and -fu-.
pertisina'nf Jay Gould, and :the' rations
tranifers of tho neC , Oint referred to` tii
the rtiNdatit?of ELiid-Watsrin, were Art*
by direction of kid :•
*The,tirresi of Jitv Gonid to-thly:at :the
snit of the Erie' Railway CotWpan , r, is, an
indirect result or tko °ninepin, Erie got
up *short tinie-ogo; by which Staab and.
Ocitilit :whet veva thsii : WarisiPil wiis o4.
mereLbegyitropie Both these: solo
Comm iosted id .beresetigeiton the Die
clique and-Pioecedeliolay - lheir
but a sudden - disagreement-ended their
plans and opened . a bi tter qitarrel between
them and war to the knit() waideclared,
Ittliii,auget, Smith is -Nlve
marked to ono of his friends,All. maker
thitt little trismlsey (nfeanly . g.GO'uld) grind
air pr " gaol yet 'fur' his liVing. l- and also
said he would ruin hint - in` a week. In
the mointime Gould, by skillful manipn
•lntion 0,-111dllogeil to get both- Sirsitli:and-
DrisOishort ,tin Nort,hwestern,fi. and -then
stock, as , ivniclOnis tei 7 day,'
It is said that- Smith ; . finding . himself
abort, asked Gadd to'lefititn• have' fifty
ilionsand.shares of- that stock; threaten
ing to bring the tiresent rigniust him
Lit case Of pm „rertmsl._]...Gpithl;.hoiterer,
sicceile,,to.-.. - the - .oemapd, and
:Iteiicethe snit amid prelOt...ttifresh - . • -
„ Ae.Gouldleftbisofficethis aftemorn
tn,give ofthie : he gave
,orili•rstsi his brokers not to_sell a share
sif•eii. , ck at any. price. „Travers & Damn,
who became snreties in the order of ar-
rest, are said to 1w shirt on Northwestern
to,a considerahle;aninu tit. -
Was again arrested to.dity in the civil sort
hrought he Challis, and iii default of
.$3.000 bail, lodged in Ludlow Street
lie had pat given .bail in an
other snit when arrested,.
Mayor Hall reconsissends the Common
to• - stive Stansey, the discoverer of
Livitigebme. a public reception.
Jushle Illat Maori', of the United States
District Court. to . .ilay:on amotson so art
aside an adjudiettion -of- bankruptcy i n
the case or Win. Butler on the ground
that be was a minor, decided that the
latokruptcs statute took nn - eoi l uitance of
minority, and accordingly deuied the me
lon. ~„ . ,
Trtz receipts of • eggs in _New York ci
tyter nine months of 1869 averaged one
lionsanil barrels per day'. lbspei,ernr
tains some eighty. dozeno.ii 960 eggli . ; the
aggrepte,.therefnre, was in eiteilay
ly a million. One thousand barrels •of
eggs, at an nrerilge price-or 3Q, cents per
dozen. amounts to $25,000 per day, or
88,709,000 per annem. •
A L ANDLADY whorejoicett to find that
she could not rent her upper_rootrs to a
conple 'with children, writes to learn how
king it requires for titniddle aged gentle
man to become an accomplished clog dan
cer. **"
EvEgy occupation in lifo requires ame
chaitically trained cye, and we shoold re
alize, more than we do. the great impor
tance or pr*.rly training that organ.
A PSBUF.tt near Grattan, Mich., recent
ly Attempted to smoke out a rabbit. and
burned up half? mile of fence and his
apple orchard. flu caught the rabbit,
however.
• Tim Chicago Times asks : " Row can
we escape lire?"
The *New York Commercial answers :
•• The gospel offers you every encourage
ment." •
TEM Milk Consumers' Protective Asso
ciation are noir supplying 1500 families,
to theilve central . wards of Boston, with
)uie mill-.
TUE Ohio Farmer asserts tint nine
len ths of the foot and ankle ailments or
hot sea are traceable to standing on dry
plank floors.
L'Ol TORS NOTICR.--.Tbe oniteriogned haring been
,ippoinieit by the Court of CO:111111M Mao. of bos
quehanirs ennui... an Auditor to duitrlbtur the fu is
Innd. of the Sheriff. erode,: from thu vale of tba Real
and it MlOllMi proper', of Jairiesetrasi..will attend to
the Mite of h 1 opp latinvot, at his office In Moo rose,
lm Thar-thiy. Itcccmbcrtcih, Mt. at 1 ci!clock p
All peraiSna luierootod 'ISIII ani.• prese_t their
ur be forever &bared _froth roiniug to 0111 said
fund. 11. Jl.St•SUl'.Alit:itiu.
Montrose, Dee. 4, 13t—wl,
enocrilizned. en Audit
ur uppouot.l Mly thr I.lruhktt',. Lamina ,tuquebc,
tut Couttlj. tu all-triuut.oLhe lehasYulatle ut the
Adult dutratur OKI ititt.tte .4 L i m p A. ice. dere‘res.
to the .4 utire ul hi. app..iblatcbt at LI. 01.
ace in 3104trueu;ou Muntbsy,. Uhruenther - 3hc ntd.
tfrtutit ilutu and piece atl yunune
iutcrutic4 will nuke k. ono them mina* cr be (arena
Suborn 4 hunt cumuli: I un .44 food.
Wet. A l ett us.I3IA.N. AuCitoi.
24.4druse. Der. Ith.lare.
4 t!DITOECti 110E.:-Tur and...:ved. an And::
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A. A. VASE, A adltor.
Idnutn.:lln:bne. 416, 1372.
A I.'. DiTOL'S NOT :Itie uudrrstcncd. au Auditor
,oui; eiva. o.
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• •Iluoiruue Oct. OW, ' ISTir.
13 tliTs weßV..tt.—wb.stukran , te
ompta sent
AAm: For all. either... x; at $ a a all. 'or It'tU..r ma , *
)c.sr. New works al a rm. TI B. Mice rod uth ,, P.—
Suverb myna . lunakivra mace rsphilf
Ito , at moors for as. U•lar and vet. POti ICY •
(MIL t 1 on ntaorus, Waft!. CO.- liar
AUOIDENTC
larynx in this TEASESSILS of llartimd• tt
NOE MKS, UK lif,,
Stint to Igtstratad Csl4lov,, to
DISADZ.EY & COY.P.ptIt. GI & 56 Dye St , Nor Tort.
011,11 IA MIMI%
A NOBLE - . CHARITY .!
To Egcck t 49
REBRISKi ME °RPM
iatYM.
; To be Drano. to Public.
DECEMBER 20TII 1872
*230,506 00,
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