tht fie (0 bRITer. ( THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1867 A nrsiAven from California • say's the Democratic majority in that State exceeds 3,000. The vote is light • MORE VICTORIES. On Wednesday of last week an election for municipal officers - was held in Baltimoie, and resalted,as is usually the case now-a days, in a magnificent Democratic triumph. This result possesses more significance from the fact that during the War, when the city Was ruled by bayonets, and two-thirdS of its voters disfranchised or intimidated, the Rad icals held complete, and, as they supposed, permanent possession 'of its government. Their majority for several years was in the neighborhood of 3,000, in a poll of 8,000, the entire Democratic vote being only about 2,500. Now, the political complexion is tho roughly revolutionized, and out of N,OOO ballots cast, 18,5011 . are Democratic, and only the comparatively : meagre number of 4,500 Radical—a majority for the Unioil and Con stitution of 14,000. This vote indicates a majority of 80,000 in the State of Maryland, at the election in November. In West Virginia, too, the Democratic ball is rolling onward, and sweeping Radicalism doWn as it goes along. - At the election last week the Democratic countie.s increased their majorities largely,several of the Radical ones were revolutionized, and it is altogether pro bable that the great Democratic "ground swell r has extended over the State. , It only needs that a Legislature shall be chosen that will submit a Constitutional amendment to the people,:relieving the disfranchised major ity froni their disabilities, to render West Virginia one of the most reliable Democratic, StateFrin the Union. TTIE LITTLE JOKER; The much disputed question as to what po sition Gen. Grant occupies politically, is like /3' soon - to be authoritatively,settlecl, jticiging by the developments of the present week , Since Monday we have had no ifs than three statements on the subject, each equally " reli. able," 'and each heartily commended tollte belief of the public. The Ilrk is from the Tribune's Washington correspondent, and is as follows : NOW YOU SEE IT "A'Snuthern editor, who has for some time been advocating the election of Gen. Grant as President, came to the city last week for the purpose of learning directly from the Gener al his political standing. He obtained an in terview with Gen. Grant, and informed-the latter that many of his friends who were sup porting him as the embodiment of patriotism , and as the pet representative of the truly con servative men of the country, had been alarmed at the position in which Mr. Wash burn had placed him in his Galena speech ; that if Mr. Washburn correctly stated Gen. Grant's political opinions,-he (Grant) was as much a Radical as any of them. and belonged -to the Radical party: The editor says that Gen. Grant replied to this that -he was not a party man, never had been of any political party, and perhaps should never be ; that he voted for Buchanan for President, but had not done much voting since because of unset tled residence. The editor further says that the impression he derived from the conversa tion was that Gen: Grant will not-accept a nomination to the Presidency from the Radi• cals proper, but that he would accept the nomination as the representative of the Con servative men. The editor has taken notes of the conversation,' and proposes to print them in his newspaper."' On Tuesday appeared the following in the - dispatches to the Associated Rress NOW YOU DON'T sEi; IT " The 'Southern editor' who proposes to publish his interview with Gen. Giant, is the editor of the Atlanta Era,.who, a year ago, nominated Gen. Grant for President. It be ing difficult for him to convince his readers that Grant is not a Radical, he sought this in terview and now says that he can show he is not Gen. Dent, of Gen. Grant's staff, denies his story about his interview with the Gen eral. The interview, he says, lasted only about two minutes, and . no conversation on politics took place." - This last authentic version having been allowed to take its course, we on Wed nesday the following Washington telegram to the World: NOW 7T APPEARS AGAIN - " During Gen. Grant's absence from the city, some of his friends are emphatically de iving the corriTtness of the interview which 31r. Bard, the &litor of the Atlanta New Era, had with him "relative to political parties and the Presidency, alluded to in last night's des patches. ,As notes were taken of the conver sation, the editor in question proposes to pub lish his own aceolint of it, all denials to the contrary notwithstanding." -' After these reliable versions, there can be no further question as to Grants present:po litical standing. He is both a Democrat - and Radical, and may be relied upon confidently to sustain the principles of each organization. It• extreme dOctrims will win the way to Radical favor, the new daily is determined to secure it. In itsissue of Monday We find The following remarkable expressions: " Our Democratic friends continue to ex pectorate freely about the `Constitution.' It Is the old, old dodge—the plea of despots, the bugaboo of hirelings.- ' Why, it may be ne -tessary to go quite outside the Constitution for means to preserve the Constitution. When we serve Liberty most we best obey the Con stitution !" _ ' Wonderful, hotted! To talk about the - Constitution is "the plea of despots, the bug aboo of hirelings!" This, we presume, is the genuine, orthodox, " true Republicanism," which our c * otemporary was established to advocate. We cannot help but believe that the mind which can advance doctrines like the above knows very little about either the "Constitution" or "Liberty." Tit, President of the United Stales has recommended Thursday, November 28, to be observed " throughout the Republic as n day of National thanksgiving and. praise to the Almighty Ruler of nations" for His good-_ nesSAnd loving kindness during the year.- In all parts of the country .this day should be religiously kept. We hope the Governors of the several States will recommend the same day, so that from one end of the land to the other we may be enabled to witness the sol emn spectacle of a whole nation bowing with one accord in humble thankfblness before the Supreme 'Ruler of all. A attmEn of Republican journals in Northern Pennsylvania are suggesting ex- Speaker Galusha A. Grow as a proper candi date for Vice President. —N. P., Tribune. The Tribune has either been erroneously informed ; or attaches a different meaning to the word "number 7 . from what we do. The only paper that we knOW of, which supports the ex-speaker's pretensions, is the Titusville Herald, and though it is a very sprightly sheet, we are not aware that it comprises " a number of Republicnn Journals in'Northern Pennsylvania.'L Tun IC Y. Tribune of a late date, closed an editorial paragraph in this language, "If our party and its nominal antagonist 'shall '• stand substantially on the same platform in the next Presidential struggle we foresee that the result will be; much :like the Scott can vass in 1852, and - are. quite resigned to the dispensation." In plainer words, If the Rad ical party does not come out flat-footed for negro suffrage, and take up an ontspoken representative of that doctrine, the Tribune is perfectly willing to see it defeated. As Ohio Demoentt - get even with a Itadl• cal who was feebly crowing over the meagre majority for Governor, by informing him that they could have that officer, as nearly his whole business was to pardon men ant of the penitentiary, and that the Radicals had much more need of his services than the Demo crats. The Governor of Ohio hag no veto, and in gaining the Legislature, the Democra cy havetgained nearly everything worth hav ing in the Buckeye State. T"E ""VE GE i lltdr at . 11!A ' AND If them-is an American citizen who can read the accounts of the elections in Virginia and Gebrgia Without feeling his blood boil with indignation, lie must be too Tar steeped in fanaticism to be deserving of a freeman's ptivilege. A more complete farce, or a great er outrage upon liberal institutions, has not been perpetrated since the day when Louis Napoleon, by his fiunous eonp #71 ,- etat, with the aid of bullets and bayonets, changed the Republican government of France into a monarchy of the most despotic class.— In Virginia, the State had been so 'district ed that had the Conservative , citizens possessed a majority of fifty . thousand it would have been nearly impossible' for them to have selected their just proportion of del , egates to the Constitutional Convention. The negroes, as in Louisiana 'and Tennessee, all belonged to the Loyal League, and were drill ed therein to cast their votes, , almost unani mously, for the Radical ticket, while the white citizens who had not been'tlisfratichls ed were just as unanimous in supporting the Conservative. In Richmond, ion the evening of the prat and second days,' the Conserva- 1 tives had a majority, when the Polls were or dered to be kept open through the night, in order to bring out all the negroes who could be raked and scraped for miles around; to turn the scales. Even this, plan did' not sue 'ceed in overbalancing the conservative ma jority, when the polls were again opened on lite third day, and by desperate labor the Radical candidates were elected, with the connivance of the United States army officers and Freedmen's Bureau agents ,_ in the city. Of the &ye thousand or more -votes cast in Richmond, the telegraph informs us, only some fifty white men voted the Radical tick et, all the balance of its supporters being ne groes. The contest throughout the State was literally one between the rubes. The blacks everywhere gave their preference 'to the candidate - of their own color, wherever one was running, and in every instance where two of their party tickets were in the field supported the most radical. The third day's opening of the polls in Richmond Was a trick, originated for the express purpose of defeat ing, the white men's candidates. Up to' the clove of the second day's voting, they had contested the field with much vigor, and when the result was announced in their favor they retired from the scene, thinking there was no further need of their labors. In the meantime, the Radical leaders, by represen tations that the whole of their Note had not een cast, induced Gen. Scofield to re-open the polls, in three, wards, but subsequently, for causes best known to himself, he closed two of them, leaving the voting to be all done at one. "Here," the telegram says, " the negroes rushed ea masse, and the ex citement rose tOthe highest pitch. The streets became blockaded, and nothing but the ter ror of the bayonet maintained order. Dis turbances occurred frequently, which were promptly quelled by the application of cold steel, quite unpalatable to the new citizens. The whites became terror-stricken, and were driven away from the polls, and at once the scale became turned. At BP. 31 the voting still continued in the Third Ward, on the part of the negroes exclusively. The whites relinquished all hope, and are entirely crest fallen and extremely indignant . at what they consider an outrage." It will surprise no one to learn that by means like these, the Midi (tals succeeded in obtaining a majority of 409 in the city, and the only wonder is that' it was not ten times that - number. The returns from the State indicate the elec tion of thirty Conzservatives and sixty Wi elds. Eighteen of the latter are negroes. Thu total vote polled is 194,198.. Of this vote 104,289 were for a convention and 59,180 against it, the majority for a convention be- ing 45,109 ; 89,•533 negioes voted for the con vention, and *029 against it; 15,756 whites voted for, and 58,033 against a convention. The most conservative,infinential and wealth- est State in the Solidi is thus thrown entire ly under the control of the negroes, and her able men; whose reputation is part of the common.; fume of the country, -are thrust aside, to give place to. the Hunnicutta, Sco fields, and others of the same•elass, who are a disgrace to their race. The few scattering reports which we have from Georgia, show that the election there was almost a repetition of the Virginia farce, The Conservative whites, however, refrained from voting, knowing the .uselessness 41 so doing, and left the whole thing to be run by the negroes' and their score of debauched white leaders. The Convention, under such circumstances, is of course decided - upon, and its members will nearly all be Radicals. In Savannah the votes of many negroes who did not reside in the State were recorded, and a Boston mulatto named Bradley is elec ted a delegate to the Convention. Hosts of negroes cast their ballots whose names were not on the registry lists, and a number had forgotten the names they were registered by. In Georgia, as in Virginia. the negro is ma.s ter of the day, and henceforth, while Radi calism holds sway at Washington, the white men of the South are in be kept under the heels of a race whom nearly two-thinls of the States of the North have pronounced St to be entrusted with a share in their local Government. Every intelligent and reflecting citizen who reads this record will easily discern what Is in the future if the Radical experiment of re construction continues, to go on unchecked. It will be contrary to the whole history of the Caucasian race if the white men of the South submit to be tamely domineered over by the ig norant, half civilized and brutal beings whom a fanatical Congress has attempted to ele vate to the full dignity of " manhood.': . war of races is as certain •to ensue as the coming of to-morrow's eve, and when it does occur it will be the most cruel and desperate recorded in the world's'auitais. The picture is too shocking to-contemplate, but such as it is, it owes its whole character to the wick ed, unpatriolic - and unconstitutional attempt of the Radical majority, in Congress to per petuate its party power at the expense of the best interests of the nation. THE Radicals have suddenly been smitten with an amazing fancy for what is known as the Crawford county system of making nom. inations. In two or three of their strongest counties it has lately been adopted, and the current seems to be hr favor of its general acceptance. The Titusville Herald, in coin mewing upon the popularity of the system elsewhere, states what we all in this section know to be the truth, whew it says : "It subjects every candidate to all the haz ards and hardships of a double campaign, for the primary meeting is or,even greater im portance than the general election.. The can-, vacs begins several months !earlier than was customary under the delegate system, the people are everywhere "stirred up" by war ring factions, and the contest within the par ty is invariably characterized by all the ani mosities which • usually obtain between the opposing political parties. The prejudices thus engendered seldom pass away with the occasion. The party becomes "a house di vided against itself,' • * * * The plan of direct voting by the people was first put in practical operation by the Repub licans of Crawford county in 1860, and there have been personal animosities engendered by its operations within the ranks of our own party, which will never pass away. But the system is evidently more popular with the masses than that of conventions.. If ,the vo• ting_could be confined exclusively to the 'le gal Republican voters, so as to secure a full, fair and honest choice of candidates, without the intervention of that class of personiwho trade and traffic in primary meetings and conventions, it would be less liable to abuses. But to accomplish this it would require a yearly.registration, and involve even greater labor than is incident at a general election." Ix thirty-five counties In. Indiana the De mocracy have made gains on the vote of DM aggregating 11,610. Had there been State officers to elect there can be no doubt but that the Democrats would have been victors= 0118. "Our city cotempcimries, especially the Observer; will consider our beavers touched, for courtesies rendered."—Repubfkan. We trust our experience with 'our tvtein, porary may not be like that with some other Journals' of its paity, to:WhomWe'exteinled similar courtesies. After a few weeks had passed by,.they forgot all about the "courte- - si," and not only threwopen their coltuttns to ever anonymous seribhler who clinic to' assailmr, - lint — toolt - frequent otreaSinit to 'mis represent u' editorially.. We prefer, how ever, to regard all our - profesSional brethren 'as 'gentlemen until - we discover differently, and shall be guided by this, rule in our inter course with our new neighbors. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. ' It seems to be pretty well understood that the Republicans will hold their P,residential Nominating Convention atChleago, in June. 7Cfree Interchange of views among the mem bers of 'the Executive Committee shows that a majority are in favor of that time and plaee. - -IN the Fortieth Congress, soon to meet, anti whose session is to be continuous for its entire term, ten States will be unrepresent ed, and the rest of thou misrepresented. A Congress that represents nothing and nobody, can hardly be entitled to or receive much re apect. - • . TUE editor of the Athens Watchman, in publishing by request a "Union Republican ticket" for the Twentyievehth District, com posed of the counties of Clarke,Walton, and Newton, Oa., says thereare notwenty-seven white men In the district who'will own-vp to belonging to that.party. ..YAs. M. SowEt, of New Jersey, one of the leading Radicals of that State, has written a letter in which he reiterates the Republican platform to be negro 'suffrage ; and that the party , must either smk or swim on that basis. The prominent Radicals elsewhere have near ly all taken the same position. A. Dtotocnier of Ohio came all the way from. Chili, in South America, to vote at the 'recent electiam That is the right kind of a Democrat. He deserves to be held up as a model,-and his patriotic zeal should be imita ted by every one of the sluggards who al lowed themselvm.to be kept away from the polls at the recent elections. TUE Rads of Pittsburgh were .i.tartled the other morning with the view of a halter dangling from a lamp-post, to which was at tached the following inscription: "ISOI - have changed—Ropes and Lamp Posts for the Buds f' Several negro worship pers became exceedingly •angry at this un pleasant reminder of their own doings, six years ago, and they hurried off to the may or's. once' for advice: In 'the' meantime, the jolly Democrat, who perpetrated the ghastly joke, removed the ugly emblem of Radicalism. DWI:CEP:it George F. Sawyer, of the Navy, is publicly repTimanded in an order from Secretary 'Welles for declaring that President Johnson' "had violated his pledges to the people, and oucht to be impeached." 'Me Secretary says : " WhateVer latitude of de nunciation or abuse civilians may choose to indulge in, with regard to the authorities of the government, officers of the Navy can ,claim no such privilege, even under the plea that they have n right to express their opin ions on political subjects. Mon of our readers are aware that anoth: er election 'was held In California this month. Returns have been received from :14 coundes and the figures make certain the election of Royal T. Sprague, Democrat, for Judge of the Supreme Court, In place of John Currey, Republican, the present incumbent, awl of 0. P. Fltzeeznld, Democrat, for Superintend ent of Public Instruction, in place of John Sivett, Republican incumbent. We have no details.of the vote, but it is doubtless much smaller than that for Governor last month. Henceforth California is a staunch Democrat ic State. 'WM:DELL PHILLIPS is very munch exorcis ed over the recent elections. He has issued through the columns of the Anti-Slavery Standard, a manifesto to his Republican fol lowers, in which he denounces the people of Ohio as "selfish," and says Pennsylvania 'is "alwdys in the market." "What shall-we do?" exclaims this madman, And he answers himself by laying down a ptogramme for the Jacobins, the principal, features of which are thus expressed : "Impeach the traitor of the White House." "Hang out the banner of impartial suffrage." "Throttle the President." "Teach men to forget Ohio and Pennsylva nia in the blaze of a fiercer onset." Such is the banquet to which the Radical leaders in vite the people! Onto and Pennsylvania will probably have lively times with contested elections. In each "State the complexion of the Legislature is at 'variance with the popular majority. In Ohio, the election of the 'Governer will be contest-` ed, on ;the fround that he was elected by fraudulent negro votes; and there is a strong probability that the Democratic Legislature will see its way clear to declaring Judge Thurman legally elected Governor. Some of the minority members from close districts, will very probably be sifted out, and the eke lien of.a Democratic successor to Ben Wade made more secure. In Pennsylvania, on the other hand, the negro party has fall control of the Legislature,- and will be very apt to tindef6ke to figure Judge Sharswood's small majority, and to reduce the number of oppo sition members among .themselves. Such is the tendency ,of politicians, and never was Sure a better show for a batch of contested elections than at present in Pennsylvania and Ohio. A LETT= written from Mississippi to the N. Y. Post IRadical), and republished by-the N. Y. Tribune (Rheal), says that the negn) majority in• that State will exceed twenty thonsand; that it will be cast "solid for the Republican party," and that "five men will - rule Mistissippi," by controlling this negro vote.. It adds that "these men are not our best meal" Let us, alter this confession, bear no more of a "slaveholders' oligtfrehy." What worse form of oligarchy could there .be than a voting force of sixty thousand negroes (twenty thousand in majority) controlled by five men, and they not of the best? Can the South be "reconstructed" properly under such a despicable oligarchy ? Can the coun try be. reclaimed from impending bankrupt cy and ruin through representatives sent to Congress by such a vote controlled by such men ? TUE . ollicial vote of Ohio has been receiv ed. Ogntrary to the general impression, the vote Was a large one, showing an increase of 69,60:1, B . 4 .. ;ompareil with the vote cast for Governor in 1805. Of this the Radieals have 17,872, and the Democrats 41,781. The figures compare as follows ' Radtcal, 1883, Radical, 1867, Increase, . - Democratic, 184 i, '_- Democratic, 18a7, - Increase, - - 41,731 Since last year the Republican vote has fallen off 14,000 while the Democratiq vote has increased 30,000. Since 1805 the Demo erotic vote. has increased' to the enormous number of nearly or quite 42,000 votes. The Re publicanshave been beaten,not by their voters absenting themselves from the election, but because 14,000 of their number, 'having be come convinced that the Republican policy on the negro end on the bonds was wrong, deserted their standard and voted directly the Democratic ticket, which they have hith erto opposed. This of.itself made a change in the Smte of '28,000 votes, or nearly two- thirds of • the Republican majority of last year, The'*mainder of the change was made up of the young men—new voters— .who have almost unanimously ranged them selves on Democratic side. • WHILE the declaraticin of President John son that he will not yield his office excepting , in obedience to the forms of law and the Con stitution, oppresses the digestion of his Rad ical defamers, Gen. Sherman's opinion on im peachment, as obtained from reliable sources, may set uo better on their stomachs. Gen eral Sherman said that such- an attempt would be clearly revolutionary and should be resisted by the President with all the means within his control. This declaration was made to those who had a right to know his views, and may have suggested the propriety of his return to assume command in this Department. A correspondent of the Pitts burgh Post says: "Such, also, was the sub stance of an opinion expressed by General Grant, when approached on the subject during the last session of Congress, by. the Chairman of, the House Military Committee. Mr. Schenck declared to his Wendt; that be fore taking any extreme action in the premi ses, the opinion of Gen. Grant should be ob tained, and he volunteered to procure R. When the subject was mentioned, Geri. Grant promptly responded, in substance,lhat any attempt to suspend the President before trial and conviction, would lie in violation-of the Constitution. " This reply of the Command ing General arrested any further proceedings at the, time., It maybe well in this connec tion to repeat that President 'Johnsen , will hold re a dy obedience "should the Hattie of Representatives Impeach and. the Senates con vict him as required by the formiof the Co nstitution." . • Ilirrrant.a few days past the country has bad another — instance of the brazen-faced mendacity of Radical newspapers. A •few nightasince a band of negroercidio had or ganized themselves into a military company, were parading ihroughs-tbe streets of Balti more, when they deliberately Bred a number of shots into a crowd of whites, killing one man and wounding others. No paperin that ,city, not even the organs of the•bittex and unrelenting Radicals of Maryland, dated to charge, that any provocatintauul beeu.giren, and the commander of the riegroes testified at the coroner's inquest that he ' heard -no noise and witnessed. no interference, previous to thetring.' y Yet, with these facts all be fore thou, newspapers, such as the New York Tribune and Forney's two dailies, are foetid exculpating the black murderers end tug and abusing the white population of Bal timore. A nEstittivrwriot between White s, and ne groes occurred at Pickens' Court House, Sou th Carolina, a'few days ago. : Whilst the negro Union League was holding a meeting a drunk en Whiteman disturbed the darkies. who: at once adjourned and repaired to another por tion of the town, where a number of young white men were holding a debating society, and attacked the • whites with sadden and -desperate him killing a Mr. Hunrucutt. and wounding a number of others. A military force was immediately ordered up from An derson and the negroes were scattered. 'Mil is another horrible incident, among thii hund reds, of the practical workings of Radical "reconstruction." 7 Nothing but outrage and bloodshed can be expected fertile future from a" which aims at arraying the ne groes against the native whites in-deadly hos tility. • - HORACE' GIMILEY,IIITIOW Weed an. other soreheads arc attempting to patch up a temporary peace in the Radical ranks, in view of party exigencv,and to secure the nom ination to the Vice Presidency for Governor Fenton or Senator Morgan.- Greeley's' Radi cal clique will continue to .work for Chase, but Grant can get the nomination if be can be induced to acceptit. This,. however, de pends on contingencies. Among them the results — of the — eleeliOns next month. If they lgl:PernFtcratic Grant's friends assert that he will abandon all pretensions. His alleged Conservatism is obnoxious to ont-spoken Radicals, but they- would take hiin as the deinier resort. He refuses any expression of sympathy-with them. He is silent and im perturbable as a sphynx. WE understand a purse has been made up by the ;royal League of Philadelphia, (neon test the election of several of the county of ficers In That city, recently elected by the Democratic party. With the unscrupulous Bill Mann as District Attorney, and all the officials at his back, there Lstlu telling the extent of the conspiracy. Th main effort will. be -to swear away nine hundred and twenty-two votes so as to defeat Judge Shari wood.• Peri - Ms these gentlemen imagine they can, as formerly attempted, treat elec tions as if they had not been held, but they will belearfullY mistaken. We -indulge in nn threats, we make none, hut merely' inti mate they had better not try it on. CmEr JugrtcE CHASE, the whole 6nntry will gladly' hear, has given notice that-he will preside at the' trial of Jefferson Davis, pro vided the parties will consent to'bring it on Nov. 13th instead of Nov. 27th—the latter being the day specified in Davis' ball-hond for his appearance to answer to "the indict ment found against hint. As the Chief .Tns flee is to preside in the supreme Court,which commences Its annual session on the first Monday in December, his request is reason. able, and, we Presume, will be acceded to. So we may consider it settled that the trial will commence on the 13th pros., and that the Chief Justice will preside. THE unparalleled and unprincipled black guard, Brownlow, has been erected ITnited States Senator from Tennessee. He will be a fitting associate foi .the Radicals who-al ready occupy seats in that body, and will be an especial object of admiration for the ne groes who crowd the galleries. Another farce of an election will-now be Iteld.for Gov ernor, in case Brownlow does not intend to run both offices together, which is quite prob able. THE Chase men sneer at the attempts made by cestain Republican journals to'bring out Gen. Grant as the Republican candidate for President The Columbus (Ohio) Journal says : . - " Why must we always go casting about for 'available' material, instead of fearlessly taking our representative men for office ? Can we hope for a complete and enduring success --do we deserve to succeed—if we abandon principles for men'" . . IN lowa, official returns from seventeen counties shown falling off ,of 674 in the total vote, and of 2,020 in the Republican vote, whilst the Democrats gain 1,945 votes. There are ninety-nine counties In lowa, and re turns, official and unofficial, llnta seventy two of them give Merrill, Republican, a ma jority of 2.5,724 for Governor, as compared with 35,412 :Republican' majority in those counties at the election last year. The Poor Tax Quelstion AgOin. • EDITOICOP ERIE ORSEUVER..-I notice that in your last week's paper; you call attention to the fearfully rapid increase of our" C4moty Poor Tax," and expenditures. It is to be hoped that the " Press', of the county, with out regard to "party politics," will continue to ventilate this matter until there is a refs rui in the management of the "pauper depart ment" of Erie County. To show the extntvitgance of our county's expenditures it is only necessary to notice that according to, the only S. census' of 1800, (see page 50, Miscellaneous Statistics,) the en tire poor tax , of the State of Penna., for that year, was $367,610, to a population of 2,906,- 115, which was twelve cents. and three trills to each inhabitant of the State. This amount includml all, expenditures for purchase of grounds and the erection of new buildings. he expendittires ihr support of poor alone, in this county Ibr 1867, is given by the cor respondent of the Gazette at not less than $25,500, to which add the amount paid to in sane hospitals, for the support of insane'poor, which was last year $1,410, (and may be more this year,l and you have $26,910. The population of Erie County in 1860 was 49,432, -to 'which add for Increase, 20 Per cent., and you make the present number 59,318, which shows an expenditure of forty-Jite cents' and three mills 'to each inhabitant, almost four times the average of the State in 1860, which latter included all new buildings and real es tate purchased, whilst ours is for " support" alone. Take this •estimate for 1868, for " support of poor," land here I might say that every esti mate for four years past has fallen short of meeting the expenses,) $35,000, and you find that it is over fifty-nine cents to each inhabi tant of the county, almost five times the av erage of the State for 1860. Add to this the .proposed tax- of $75,000, for building pur poses, and you have the sum of one dollar, eighty-three - cents and seven mills of aito(tr tax to each ' ono of the inhabitants of Erie county, against State average of twelve cents and three millsin 1860. 108,730 216,672 17,871 - 171,G57 212,788 • Need anything more be said to arouse the Attention of tax-payersand voters to this sub ject? It is said .that several of the officers and attaches of the department have held their places from six to nine goers. Does this loitg service not show that they have found their respective positions profitable? EAST MILL CREEL': Important to Teachers. Enfg, Oct.'27, 1867: Mm .Etwrou :—Will you please announce that at the recent meeting of the Erie County Teacher& Institute, held at Waterfbrd during the week ending Oct. 27th, the following per sons were; , duly 'elected as the County Com mittee Ori Permanent certificates, in• accor dance with an Act of the Legislature ap- Pmvcd APH/ kb, 11367: Messrs. Fred. Hook er, COrry; G. A. Langley, Edinboro; W. IL Annstivng, North East; W. R. Gray, Har borc.reek t. end-Miss C. M. Luther, Fairview. The committee have passed the followinves olutions 1. That no notice shall he taken of any ap plication for certificates Under said Act, unl less they be presented in pioper form and Signed by the proper boards of directors. 2. That no member of the committee shall sign any application until the person apply ing shall have passed a satisfactory examine , tion before a majority of said committee. 3. That there shall be an examination of applicants held at Belle Valley, on Menday and Tuesday,, April 9th and 10th, 1868, being the two days preceding the annual meeting of the Teachers Institute, to be held at that place. Applications for certificates under said Act will be received by membeni of the etuntmlt tee at any time previous to April. 10th, 1888. • . • W. R. Gary, Bec'Y. .Vatta. HOOKER, Cls'n. •Stanton and Grant. EnrronEnvzu—l wish to call y&trat , tention to the following statement made in the Buffalo Express of the 28th last : ,"Grant ties cut down War Department ex penses live' millions &year." • . ;The above item, taken- from - a Medical pa per, Is of some consequence Just now, when such a hue and cry has been 'raised jiguin4 the President- for the remo* of Seteretary Stanton from the War Department. 12 seems that (an. Grant Vas found- this depent thliorcorraption; and lies cut down tink ex penSeit the enormous sum ofjtre =Winne a pipe! It is a startling and significant ad mission that the War Department under Stantpti was expending money for improper PurlKKes, and capital is nowt made: for Gen. -Grant tbatte has stopped this immense leak. Do you not think tkar-this;of Risen', Was sat flcient cause for the removal' of Stanton? Will any Republican defend 'such a wasteful extravagance, or will the Repubhean party, uncier i thisdisclosuro, insist op _,the return qr. Stanton t 4 the Department? Will a Republl-. CAA fteuttineayllutt fitanton muat be retained there, In the race of such -a damning fact as, reveitlpd by this statement, made ny De publican journal? Let a reply he made. ' W. RADlCW*ll'o,ol%BTitrcTiOri, Some of Its Bemities Exemplified. Row the Negroes Enjoy their oGlod.Olven Rights.” - The Richmond Dispatch comes to us' full of recounts of riots among the colored tieo ple doriog;:the election Int:Tuesday, from which we extract the following: TILE FIRST DISTURBANCE. At about half-past 9 o'clock in the morning a colored man (Davis) started up the steps of the old Market Hall, (First Ward polls,) with out intimating to any one what ticket he in tended to vote. presently some one whis- Vereirdiat the man wrufgoirig tit Vote for the ticked headed by the name of Colonel. Joh nson. In a moment the crowd caught the whisper, and from man to man, there was an outetf dr "KM that rascal! Hus tle him out! He is going to vote the rebel ticket." The report was true, and the poor . fella* who liad dared'to approach the polls with a conservative ticket, terrified by the bawling veke hf the-mob, thought best../.0 beat a retreat. Up Main street he ran, towards Wall street. with a crowd of negroes at his heels, exclaiming "Hang him! Hang him to a hump-post." The police immediately gave chase, a squad from the station joining those on duty at the polls, and the race promised to be exciting. Davis was caught by one of the mob before he had run a square, and the blacks were preparing hi ernest to lynch him, when several pollee officers reached the. spot and succeeded In seliingtwo'r)f the most violent rioters. The young men were very boister ous, and unawed by uplifted batons, stoutly resisted arrest. - The crowd now filled the .street, and was so dense as to impede the' passage of vehicles. Officer O'Dwyer was felled to the ground, and received a severe blow on the back ; after which. the police found it necessary to wield their batons right and' left, in order to preyeat the rescue of their prisoners, who now were held by four men. But their progress toward The station .was again obstructed by the mob, and it was feared that the rascals would escape, when several mounted soldiers-galloped to the spot. The federal cavalry did not hesitate to draw sabres when the people - did not obey the sergeant's order to disperse. But just in the nick of time more efficient assistance arrived. A squad of the Eleventh United States in fantry, under the command of Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel Hartwell, pushed their way tlfrough the mass of men, hustling the rioters out of the way with little ceremony. The orders of the *Colonel were quick and deci sive. The soldiers deployed as skirmisher* matched and counter-marched, and finally at the point of bristling bayonets, cleared the streets. The policethen secured their prison en, anti carried them to the cage at a double - quick, while the military kept back the clamorous crowd. Meantime, the Unwitting cause of the disturbance made a successful retreat, and has not since been-heard of. ALMOST A BLOODY RIOT. The'first disturbance of any kind that oc curred in the Third Ward took place about half-past 2 o'clock, and but for the Timely appearance. of a squad of cavalry would have resulted irt a bloody riot. It appears that a respectable negro named Ed. Kennedy voted for Mr. Franklin Sterns (the modentte Re publican -candidate from lienrieo) ut the 'Bacons Quarter precinct. Afterwards .he came into, the city, went to the polls of this ward, and mentioned the fact of his having voted for Mr. Stearns. Immediately the ne groes commenced to heap upon him .such abusive epithets tes "D-4.1 Conservative traitor," etc., and made threatening demon strations. Kennedy then walked off up Grace street, followed by a crowd of negro boys from seven to tburteen years of age, who made use of the most abusive epithets, such as "13--d rebel.". "White man's boot ticker," and pow and then threw stones and dirt at him. A short distance in the rear of the boys. came-a number-of negro men, who encour aged the boys to insult Kennedy. He paid no attention to the rowdyism of the brats, but walked on to Foushee street, down which he turned towards Broad street. Half way down this street be wee met by two of the city police who dispersed the boys,but with out making an arrest, they being too fleet-foot ed. The negro men who had -followed the boys, seeing this, kept on up Grace street to Jefferson street, and turned down in order to meet Kennedy at the intersection of Broad street and Brimk avenue, knowing that was the route he would'have to take to reach his home. Kennedy quietly walked to Broad street, and then diagonally across it to Brook avenue. By this time the negroes had also reached Broad street, and on seeing him yelled got, "There is the traitor now!" "Kill him!" "Seize him rt and rushed toward him. 4IE negro . narued Winston'Jnekson was the first to 'reach Kennedy, and it is asserted, diew a slung-shot to strike him. At this moment Captain Epps and Mr. Kennedy, of the city police. eaine up and arrested Jackson, while - Kennedy (the colored'man) was taken charge of by . a number of white men, who placed him in a wagon and rapidly drove him out of danger.. Jackson, on being ar rested, made the most desperitte efforts to es cape, at the same time appealing in the most frantic manner to the negroes to rescue him. The negroes nt first-did not seem disposed to Interfere; but when a number of negro women rushed out of the houses in the vietni ty, and urged them on by cries of "Rescue him!" "The' pollee are killing hint!" "They will murder him !" "My God, they will mur der him !' " Colored men, to the rescue !" ite., a general rush was Made by them, and. the prisoners would undoubtedly have been taken from the pollee. andthey badly beaten, perhaps slaughtered, but at this critical mo ment a squad of cavalry dashed up Broad street from the direction of Enehanan Spring, whirled around into Brook avenue, -and charged through the shrfeking, -infuriated mass of negro men and women at a gallop, scattering them right and, left, but without injuring any one. The negroes at first were much confused at the new turn of affairs, and made no further demonstration for about a minute ! after the lapse of which, they made another effort to get at the police and the prisoner. The membeni of the squadron im mediately turned, drew and presented their pistols, and ordered the crowd to' disperse. They shrunk back, gavb one frightened look at the death-dealing muzzles, another at the determined countenances of the cavalrymen, and quickly sought places of shelter, some getting behind the barrels on the sidewalks in front of the groceries, others went into the stores, while much the larger number fled in haste from the field. The police then carried their prisoner to the station-house at the cor ner of Marsha) street and Brook avenue,only a few paces distant from the scene of the disturbance. The_ prisoner resisted and yelled loudly for assistance, but of no avail. fle.was takk'n into the station-house. The cavalry then left, and the negroes, who &Jew moments before had made thentselva scarce, now collected in large numbers around the station-horse, but did nothing save making use of threatening language. The affair just related, happening some dis tance from the polls, occasioned very little if any excitement there and the voting was quietly proceeded with, no disturbance what ever occurring until just before the close. Then a colored man (whose name we were unable to learn) voted the Conservative ticket. This was announced, and the negroes became , excited, and immediately rushed towards the unotTending man, and were about to maltreat him when he was Seized by some gentlemen, placed in a. carriage, and driven off before the now infuriated mob could get hold of bitn. They pursued the carriage a short distance, but finding they could not overtake it, returned, muttering direst vengeance upon the next colored man who voted the Conservative ticket and upon the white men who defended him.. PFILLADELPMA covered herself with glory by feeding the soldiers who went to the late 'war from all parts of the North , and, West, and now an association of Philadelphians. not " weary in well doing," have organized a scheme to shelter and educate the orphans of the same brave 'men who were weleomed there in those troublous. times. Riverside. New Jersey, is-the-site of their Institute, and the funds forita endowment are being raised Iff the Washington Library Company of Philadelphia, by the sale of stock at one dol lar per share. With each share a handsome steel engtating is' given tit 'the time of par. chase ; and, as a Rather inducement, all are 'entitled to one of the $300,000 ivorth,of pies .titts, fairly distributed torthe atockhold; era; or, in other wards( for every share of stock. held. a - present is guaranteed. One present lobe_ given sway is worth $40,000: Read advertisement. • • METCALF'S GREAT REPAIR:WIC nor.eD: iB the most !tenderll Medicine ever brought before the. publfu.' - A gentle maw of this elty _ , who had , lost the use of. his limbs ea bad used.trutebes for over. six months: hai been completely cured by one bottle.. Tell your afflicted Mends to try it ; it never falls. • ~ Wiretve'rx I take my walks abroad, how , many poor, miserable Dyspeptic people I see, 1 who would be healthy, and rosy, and bnppy; 'if they took Plantation Bitters, that paragon . of preparations: for giving tone to*the stoat ach,Lemergy to 'the torpid-liver, st: joy to the. nervous system; arid strength to the muscles. It is an admirable regenerator of nature's wasted or neglected functional powers in ei ther man or woman. It gently excites and pleasantly soothes. With a bottle thereof, .ctrerx.makmay,,be_hbi ownphysician, 'MAo,ziot t iA, Wmisn.—A delightful toilet article-superior to Cologne and at half the price. oot3l-2t. MASSIMO. ; . ILLErr—Pnnt.rs—ln Waterford, on the 15th inst.. at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. W. Efollister, If. G. 0. -Gil lett, of Cleveland, 0., to Miss Estelle; daughter of Lucius Phelps,, Ni cards. BLEeires—HArr—On the 24th inst., by Rev. A. G. Laurie, Mr. Allen Biethen, of this city, to Miss Mary R. Hoyt, of North Spring- DIED. Route4ix—On board steamer. at Cairo, 111., on the 28th ult., Isaac S. Robinson, of Mississippi, formerly of this city. The de eeetietr w•as the son of Hon. Lyman Robin son', of Wellsburg. .jith) Rtbertissements. air Advertisements, to secure Insertion. must be handed In by 8 o'clock on Wednesday after noon. AU advertisements will be continued at LW expense-of the iulvertlsor, unless ordered fora specified time. Price* to torreipOnd with thaTimes. HATS, CAPS AND FVIIBI JAM - 10E4 it. mbrvirit. Successor to S. Smyth, No. rZ.;) French St., (east , side of' the Park.) Has In store the largest stock . of Furs ever of fered 1n Eric. Will sell Fuss of his own manu facture, by the single set, as low as Eastern manufacturers. Will sell by the dozen. Has also ranter Eastern manufacture at-prices as low as ipefore the war, altogether making a splendid Stock of goods, from the Cooney to t4a ble, and Royal Eremine. Jinx Robes of every kind, and 'large stock of "nobby" styles of Hats and Caps. Call and Ref. him. 'No charge for showlng goods. oe2l-tf. A GREAT WASTE TIME ANI) MONEY- Some people go to New York to buy their Yaw; when by purelmalng them from BURTON: & GRIFFITH, Corner of Pench and 16th Sta., • I. They can 'nave live cent* per pnunti In express ehargeg, he. They mm get ex good or BETTER Team for the mime money. 3. They CRlifllWllyß have the prtyllege of return ing it. And. reeeive their money back, It the Tea does nut suit. • 11. They leave their nuineyal home. thereby pro. Mating and encouraging home industries and enterprises. 5. They can cant:line their goods before buying, and not be compelled to tuivattee their money and take the ehances of getting what they or der. oc,ll-If. Orphans' Court Sale. BY VIRTUE of an order issued out of the Or phans' Court, in and for the county of Erie, Pit., I will expose to puhlte sale, at the Court House, in the city of Erie, Erie Co., Pa., on Mon day, the day of November, A. I)., 1887, at 3 o'clock p. m., of said day, all the right. title and interest of John A. Wilson, minor child of Eliz abeth McC. Wilson, dee'd, in and to the follow. ing real Imitate, situated on Sixth street, in said city of Erie, Pa., bounded and described as fol. loafs: The one undivided third part of a lot of ground, situate In the city of Erie beginning on Sixth street at the distance of eighty-two and one-half feet north-eastwardly front Sassafras street, at a corner of the-lot numbered 1922, end running by the same lot soutteenstwardly one hundred and sixty-live feet to a corner of the tot numbered 1921; thence by the same north eastwardly eighty-two and one-half feet to-a center of the lot numbered DM; thence by the same north-eastwardly one hundred and sixty five feet to Sixth street ; and thence by Sixth street south-westwardly eighty-two and one half feet to the place of beginning, being lot numbered on the original plan of the town of Erie, 1921 ; on which is a large two-story brick dwelling house and out-buildings said minor's interest is subject to the life estate of his father, E. C. Wilson. Trams or &tux—One-third in hand, and bal ance in two equal anneal payments, secured by judgment bond and mortgage. ' A. B. 3IcCALMONT. • Guardian of -wild Minor. "MERRY CHRISTMAS S" " HAPPY NEW YEAR !!" CONFECTIONERY, Toys and Notions ! MUM HOLIDAY TRADE! Reduced. Prices ! WHOLESALE & RETAIL. We manufacture our own; Candy and eau sell . It at: LOWEST CASH. PRICES ! A Large Lot of 14 TICA.A.R. TOYS .! MCI FANCY C•ANDIES! CHRISTMAS. Ont. Kock of TOYS & NOTIONS ! Will be eobt at 11M11117CEll lIMIC.Et3 • , As we are detertnlnett to dose ant our Stock. BALTIMORE OYSTERS! TAISilk - irtilllt DAY Friiitm, Nub, Canned Fruit, Ace. I) American Iron Holder ! Something newandueotul to eietybody. tor Port*color Attention given to orders._ unrimn & 1317134Erelets .. 141 and 790 Witte St. oc3ll-2m. COAL ! COAL! COAL ! The place to lay In your Winter's supply of Cool is at, Saltsman & Co.'s Yards, At the Corner of Peach and 12th Ma n and at the comer of Searaftem and 13th Ste. c.%11•1 nt alt hinds.onstantly ga bated, at tbit ttl. . Nut, Itittutdoono, from $2.50 to SS.SO. Large Lump, do., from $4.50 to $5.50, /NT Deabent supplied by the. CAT Insul, At.. 11 liberal rreluetlan. oe3l-Bm. District Court o r thr United Matey, In Bankruptcy. For. the Western Dist. of Pa. In tint waterer William D. Miller, Bankrupt. Western District of Pennsylvania, as: A Warrant, in Bankruptcy has been Issued tiolnat the estate of William D. Miller, of Cor ry. in the county of and State of Penn sylvania, in said District, iulJudged a bank rupt, upon petition of hly creditors, an , I the, the payment of any debts and delivery of any property belonging to such bankrupt to him or for hit use, and the transfer of any prop. erty by him are forbidden by law. A tneet - lug of the creditors of the said bankrupt, to prove their debts and to chon.ce one or more Assignees of his estate, holden held at a Court of Banktriptcv„ to be nt Mr's, lu said District, on the. !fist day of November. A. 1/.. bi 67. 'at 10 o'clock, A. M., at the Wilco of Henry Butterfield, Clerk of the Courts, before S. E. Woodruff, one of the ItellsterY En Bankruptcy of said District. THIS. A. ItitWLEY. ec3l-2'w U, M. Marshal for yald District. Warrant In Bankruptcy. n 4 IA TO GIVE NOTICE that on the 2111 i of Oct., 1347, a Warrant In liankruptee -Was issued mit of Vie District Court of the Uni ted States, for the Wextern District of Petin'a, against the estate of Henry Keith. of Spring field, In the County of Erie, in said dixtrlet, Ad judged a bankrupt on his own petition: that the payment 0 any debts and sten very of any pro perty, belonging to such lumkrupt, to him nr fur his use, and the transfer of nny property by him, are forbidden by law: and that a meeting of the creditors nt AM.I bankrupt, to prove their debts, arid to choose one or more assiglit M of Ills estate, will be held at a Court of Tlankrupt cy, to be holden at the attire of K. K Woodruf. in Girard. Erie C.... P:i., before K. E. Woodruff, Esq., Register in,liankroptcy formal,' district, on the 13th day of Deceiner, A. D., 1517, at 2 o'clock, P. M. TRITMAK A. &OWLET. • oc3l-4w. U.K. Marshal for said District. T ErTERS TESTAMENTARY nn the ...Mute of JLI Eliab Perkins, deed, late of Wayne town ship, Erie county, Pa., having been grunted to the undersigned; Nonce berObV giVrrl to all indebted to the said estate to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them on or before the. Ist of January next for settlement. AMOR HEATH. EDWARD A. PERKENS, Executors. , The accounts will be at the residence of E. A. Perkins, who is herohy authorised to transact all the business to the name of the Executors. oc:31-6w. GEORGE BURTON, Gkr:G. P. GRIFFITH. HALL & WARFEL; I) IR.O G Gr 71C S French Window. Glass. The public are respectfully Inforined that our Htoek of Imported by us directly from the manufacturers in France in the largest and most extensive to be found west of New York city. It entbraces both single anti double thickness, of nearly eve ry sire. The superior strength, cleanness and beautypf French glass is admitted by all. Our prices are but little more than for American glass. We also keep constantly on hand a large and varied supply of American Glass. (first quality,) both single and double thickness, of nearly every size. Braziers and consumers In want of Glass will promote their Interest by examining our stock and prices of French and American Glass, before ordering trout New York or else where. Paints, Oils and Varnishes. White Lead of various qualities, Linseed Oil, raw and boiled, spirits Turpentine, Varnishes, Colored Paints, both dry and In oil, Brushes and every other article In the Painting Line at the Lowest Market Price, In largo or small quanti ties.- Our (Stock of Dye Woods and Dye tnff+ to complete, which we are selling at wholesale and retail. All the popular Medicines - of the day, at low est cash prices. Dings, Chemicals & Glues. Our supply of above articles is extensive. and areprepared at all times to supply the want* both of the retail and Jobbing trade. Whale 011, And all kinds of Essential Oils, in large and small lots. • We =prism our thanks for the !Wend patron age received during the last twenty-three years, and now invite the attention of consumers to our Wholesale and Retail Departments, which are well supplied with Maple Goods, which we are sell( at lowest cash prices. • 0c2.07-6 ng m. Assignee in Bankruptcy. vc THE: DISTRICT COURT of the United States J. for the Western District of Penn'a. In the matter of H. H. Lockwood, Bankrupt. Western District of Pennsylvania, es: At Erie, the 10th day of October. A. D. 1567. The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap. pointment as wislipnatt of H. H. Lockwood, of Corry, county ofErie, and State of Pennsylva nia. within odd Districi t who has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition by the Dis trict Court of said district. 0c1741w. CHAS. Id.LYNCH, Assignee. ►~t~To Who= It May Concern. rirundevidgned having changed hitplats d badness from WesWyllie to Girard, da tes • settleMent of his aeounts ,et the former place. He ha. placed his books in the hands of CiamphatiseM of Erie, where all those indebted are requested to call on or before the 10th of November nest. After that day they will be collected by form of law. oclo-1w• LORENZO Hitt*. EtA.I7,SAGE U,FFERI3 it tin Mt tritsementis. Aud xlI nthcr Coati Id prorm;rfinh Executor'ait Notice. ESTABLISHED IN 1844. WHOLF.AALE AND RETAIL 030 State St.. Erie. Pa., And Importern of FRENCH WINDOW GLASS AMERICAN GLASS. DYE WOODS. PATENT MEDICINES. 0 OILS. Lard Oil, Tanners' on; Ltrugeed OIL Both raw watt boilod,.. Quitor 011, Nests Foot Oil, I Sk , li ! Of the best kind, et • 3. C arsLDEIVR. dolra-tt. Ando Abbertionunts. A HANDSOME Oprortrutity for the Ladle. a Ertniinl to lIISUM bantaitta at the 'rim JINN. GPO. A SIETTAILL t ro., tin. A lly .tr) 10. In Dry Gum* Cloak! tip, Trt amino Ey! G o ods. A harband 'tmid ray huarcit WIFE that alit can puretutse at ti,..l:, Nt pr, articles bought will be GUARANTED re represented, find to give sat Isfatfi.t. ey refunded. The fuer is well knows TO EVERY lady and Gentlemali in thin ilemlty. keep the beet mg...rte.:l Stock of PRE.N. SHAWLS, KID GrAWF.S, DRE 4...;; TRI CLOAKS find- CLOAK CLOTHS, SILT. ac. And ttll YOUNG men about entering on linuukerp well to give us a call. We deti MAN to direct hip wife, daughter or son W offering greater inducements tht and see um, and be convinced thaw' at sower prices than any house Sweet 011, Western Pinto/Ivzsim rue ' . il we boldly aemert, and we luilc the ➢O ERIE. COO to eaU and oast:ante the Oil" our good/ non! then decide for Ow xl7• f. I. "N
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