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■ tkiim* op subsriptiOiV i
One Year, $2,00
■ U' ,| T ’ * six Mont * ,s 1,00
Three Months 7.1
tlwayn In Advance.
■„„ of Hon. It till anl 11. Whiteliy,
B|i f itiur. in «»»•• Kle* tors of llie Sec
( oiigrr««ional District.
H '' Citizens :
■., p.,),ubiiean Convention of the Second
■ :r .m.il District again presents me as
for your suffrage. Thrice horior
its confidence in the past, and with
■ majority . f your suffrages, I again solicit
■r impartial judgment on my public career.
lour years I have had the honor to
:.! y< u m UongrcHH, and however some
may differ with me as to the course I
■, thought best to pursue, 1 hope all will
;iij.i my motives have been good, and
■ t- diets* ed by the honest desire to sub
■, the best interests of a country common
all.
B:» piri"d during which I have represent-
has liei n indeed one of great moment
■ trial- The issues of a long and bloody
been uppermost in the public mind,
remembrance has naturally tended
alive much of that sectional feeling
led to a resort to arms, Fortunately
■ all sections of our country, the memories
immediate past are fast giving way to
of a life of peace and of union ;
*s each year is added to the number that
followed the war,the bonds of that com
brotherhood, once our pride and boast,
been renewed and strengthened. The
of our fathers is, I trust, once more
Union of their sons ; and the lessons of
taught us by lips now cold in death—the
■aona that will he fresh in our memories as
to that spirit land from whence none
THE HI'LF. OF MY CONDUCT.
HU. ihv .ii>> Hi' my duties as your repro
it has been my aim to restore as far
within my power, the fraternal rela
■le w'.hli mice existed between the two see-
Hkimoftlie Union. In so doing I have,
■iiiuiii hesitaf.en or qualification, voted to
l imy out and t iitorfe the Amend-
to the ( onstitutinn, which are within
the results of the war, and the
of pcaee •uni restoration. I have eon-
Bc'l a to he tin duty to he in harmony with
q uit ol the nation ; to keep pace with it
H'lk n eogiiMinn of the great changes wliieh
B e be,!. brought about by ttie act of einan-
and to illustrate by u• y votes that
cigia aeeepts the status of freedom in good
ami assents in the same spirit to each
legitimate results. I have not been
that some of tin sc results are un-
iisant t<> some of yon, nor tiiat the progress
■ events have lwen indeed rapid, and to
Brt many even wonderful, but relying upon
good judgment, have considered it bet
■'• r for you to keep up with what you might
i an angry torrent, then to attempt to
it. In the one course I could see reas-
prospect for the peace and prosperity
; in the other, nothing but pride satis-
Blni at the expense of our material interests
prosperity
POLITICAL DISABILITIES.
I The war, full of suffering and trial, left in
*ako to he effaced by time not a few of the
Bvalences of that intense feeling which origi-
Bbttvsl it. Prominent amongst them was the
■disabilities imposed by the lith Amendment.
■Ttn evident will of the nation, it was present
■r Itn us and fcelifcpted by us as one of the
■ upon which we Wi re to bo restored to
■ blessings of a Union we bad in an hour of
■ tnnhuss defied. At the time of my election
■*" t'l'iign ns, not less than three hundred and
■ ••fty pi rsmiß in tlie second district were nna
■la tu hold oilice, by ea an «;f disabilities
■ tiiiu iniposcil. Now not even one is to be
I found iu the district, and in addition it has
■hi in my g< oil fortune to have aided in sceu
■ nng relief to many others who, in the jmst,
■ ha>c been connected with Georgia aiul her
■ huuc.
FEDERAL PATRONAGE.
Anterior to tiie war, Georgia had her due
*h»re of the Federal offices. In accord for
Jews with the party in power, she was duly
Lcopi iul in the distribution of the patron
»Rt of the Government. Since the war this
“ a ° l bwn the ease, and although the ofli
cu*s of the Government have been largely in
-Ir' -Ni!. owing to the great changes wrought j
*•' *v, still but few Georgians held office
years ago. In the second district the
[ number of persons holding Federal offices in
did not exceed Jive , receiving annually
1 *m the government about the sum of Jo,ooo.
•G the preseut time twenty-two citizens of the
oi'trict, white and colored, till places under
!; ’ c Ko'crnment, and reeieve annually not
’* than i22,0U0. Not only is this true, but 1
da district is in addition to this represented
13 'h* Departments at Washington by several
young men who art in the employ of the
government. I hope to see ere long young
Ui<n from the several counties of the district
*’ the capitol of the nation, in that nation’s
employ, where they will find anew livid for
their ambition, and where they will be able
* "* the workings of the government under
*hich they live.
POSTAL FACILITIES.
Few thiugs more intimately concern the
people tbau the workings of the postal system
Gie transmission of the mail matter received
'• v * u d sent from the district with safety, ce
hiity and certainty, concerns everyone who
r ’ -'us a newspaper, or who writes or recieves
* letter. Not only is this true, but the same
iuur« st must be felt in the frequency with
* hicu the mails are received in the several
counties of the district, for nothing adds
more to the content of a people tliau frequent
intercourse with the rest of the nation. I
p int witn pride to my services to the district
1,1 this regard, and that every voter may see
and understand what has been done, we ap
pend the following statement of the condition
of the postal service in 1870, when I entered
A' ngross, aud the present time.
Statement of the number of postoffices in
in the several counties of the Second Con
gressional District, in the years 1870 aud 1874:
Cor sties Noofoffi Kind of Mail Service in
cesin j !
SIB7O 1:>74 ; j
„ , I 1870 1874
Baker | 1 2 Weekly Daily
Brooks i 2 4 Weekly Daily
Berrien 3 8 Weekly Weekly
Clay 2 1 .Daily Dai and l'W
Calhoun 114 Weekly Dailv
Colquitt 2 2 Weekly Weekly
Decatur j 3 j 5 Daily* Dana 8 W
Dougherty 1 1 Dailv Daily
Early *i *2 4 Weekly W and TW |
Miller * 1 1 Weekly \\ aiid T W
Mitchell 1 8 Weekly Daily
Wait man 33 Daily Daily
Voindolnh 3 1 3 Daily D and S W
Teireu 2 8 Daily D and 8 W
Thomas 4 | 7 Daily Daily
Worth 3i 6 Weekly Daily
Totals IT 62 ; i
Add to this that in 1870 we had but three
money -order offices in ihe district, and now
have (crq and you buy® tfcf tfiw ; c
dition of eur postal facilities.
IMPROVEMENT OF OCR RIVERS.
Although that portion of the State known
as the second district was represented before
the war by men of great ability and large
public experience in Congress, yet strange to
say, such navigable rivers as the Apalachico
la, Flint and Chattahoochee were totally over
ooked. Whilst millions of dollars were an
nually asked for and appropriated to improve
the rivers of the North.arid West, not even a
survey of the rivers named—without which
not a dollar could be appropriated for their
improvement—was ever asked for or secured.
Aware of this fact, and believing that these
improvements were both needed and demand
ed by the best interests of the district,l prom
ised the survey of the Apalachicola, Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers during the 42nd Con
gress, but too late to secure aa appropriation
therefor. This was secured during the last
session of Congress—the first session of the
43rd—and 810,000 has been appropriated for
the Apalachicola, and twenty-five thousand
for the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers.
In addition to these improvements the
survej ol the Oclilockont e and Withlacooehee
rivers in our district have been provid
ed for at the ate session of Congress. This
inaugurates anew era in the second elistiict,
and promises to place us at all seasons in
communication w ith Columbus on the Chat
tahoochee, and with Newton and Albany on
the Flint, so soon as the improvements con
templated are perfected. With proper repre
sentation in Congress, this appropriation will
he annually added to until these noble rivers
w ill, at ail seasons, bear to our doors the pro
ducts of the west, and carry therefrom the
surplus products of the district. Not only is
this within our grasp, but these works will
require about $800;G00 to complete them, j
which will be expended in our midst and in- 1
ure to the benefit of our people. Buch aid ;
not only develops our country, but insuies
that material progrts and prosperity we so
much need and have so long neglected.
THE TRUE POLICY OF OUR SECTION.
The internal improvement of our portion of
the Union should be the chief aim of our
statesmanship. For a quarter of a century
we have devoted nearly ail of our energies to
the considerat ion and discussion of questions
that tended to prevent, rather than secure,
that end. Biavery, reconstruction and the
rights of an emancipated race, have reeieved
at our hands an attention which has left the
industries of the countrv to take care of
themselves, and the prosperity of the toiling
thousands who have then, in charge, to bo
totally ignored. To state such a course is to
point to results both seen and felt in every
locality,which rise up to warn and upbraid as.
We cannot, because of the past and its teach
ings, lorget or defy the present. Slavery
once existed, but exists no more, and with its
past must be left the prejudices it engender
ed, the ideas it created. We are in anew
era, and must adapt ourselves to it, if we
would see the section to which we are attach
ed again assume her lost position in the coun
cils of the nation, or again attain to that
prosperity which she once enjoyed. Neither
cun it bo assured by madness or folly on the
one hand, nor by worshiping at the shrine of
exploded theories on the other. We must meet
a living present as practical men who have a
country to develop and transmit to oTir pos
terity. The immediate settlement of all is
sues that divide either sections or races,,
must be disposed of, before we can hope for
either prosperity or content. Bo long as the
public men and press of our section devote
their energies and time to not only engen
dering but maintaining sectional and race
prejudices, we can hope for neither an im
provement of our condition, nor an increase
of our power. Asa section we are in a bone
less minority, both as to numbers and ideas ;
ns races we are nearly equally divided. Zet
it not be supposed that because the one has
the advantage of intelligence and wealth,
that we can shut our eyes to the rights and
interests of the other. A civilized world,
which sympathises with the weak, the igno
rant, the despised, of every land, will not
remain silent in the presence ol injustice, nor
can we afford to defy its impartial judgment.
Not only does the world look upon and judge
us, but our own countrymen puss upon our
actions. Time after time have we appealed
to the nation, and as often has the voice of
that nation rebuked us. Time after time
has the democratic party assured us of a re
action in the popular sentiment, but the
wheels of progress are onward, not backward,
and their promises have proven worthless and
their predictions false.
THE DEMOCRACY.
Let us realize the truth. The judgment
and the voice of the great American people
are against us, and will remain so, until we
discard the teachings and policy of that par
ty—the democratic— which attempted to
sever the Union, and deluged the land with
blood ; which trampled upon and delied the
rights of our own people during the war :
which impoverished by war our own section,
and persecuted the Union meu of Georgia for
attempting to prevent it; which entailed up
on us the burdens of an unheard of national
debt, and lias subjected us thereby to enor
mous taxation ; which gloated over military
rule and resisted a return to civil power, that
its hatred of the union might be made more
manifest ; which resisted and resists the le
gitimate results of emancipation, that the
hatred ut race may control ; which has incul
cated intolerance and hate, and excused mur
der for political opinion's sake, that its policy
of rule or ruin might prevail ; which has
stuffed ballot-boxes and intimidated voters,
for the sake of political power ; which has
•sought by systematic bribery to control elec
tions and defy the popular will ; which has
hypocritically claimed to favor local self-gov
ernment, and unbhisliingly denied that right
to the people by the repeated appointment
of officials in Georgia by legislative acts ;
which has endeavored to undermine the
homestead, that the poor might suffer and
the rich rejoice; which has repealed the ex
emption of two hundred dollars worth of prop
erty from taxation and now taxes even the
pots and pans in your kitchens, that the bur
den of the poor may be increased and those
of the rich reduce 1; which has revived old
debts and sold the poor soldier out of his
home, and driven the widow and the orphan
out upon the cold charities of the world; which
, has forced thousands to file claims in our
courts ami to defend their right to their prop
-1 erty, that old executions might be satislied,
aud a few get rich at the expense of the
i many ; which adopted odious lien laws for the
I benefit of capital and the destruction of the
honest working men of the country ; which
has increased in 6ome cases the bonds of
State officers, and required that the securi
ties should be worth the amount of the bond
over and above the homestead, that the
j workingmen of the country hiight be pre
| vented from tilling places of public trust ;
which has required the same rule to be ap
plied in taking recognizances for appearance
at court to answer criminal charges that the
poor might languish in prison, and the peo
ple of the several counties be forced to sub
mit to burdensome taxation ; which has at
tempted to disfranenise the poor men of the
• country by refusing to allow them to pay
their taxes to any one on th* day of election
other than to the tax collector ; which has
ftttcjrq?t«4 to effect the suae end by refusing
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1874.
to exempt any property from taxation ; which
is in favor of refusing every one the right to
vote who cannot read and write; and who has
not a certain amottnt of property, but is
afraid to publicly declare it ; which has been
in the past and is at the present, a party of
caste, prejudice, intolerance, hate, pro
scription, oppression, revolution and ruin.
REPUBLICANISM.
From this sickening record let us turn to
that of the party of union and progress. A
Union saved ; a race emancipated ; equal
rights assured ; the national credit restored ;
the national honor vindicated ; a liberal
bankrupt system adopted ; national taxation
reduced, are some of the labors of the past,
whilst in our own State, with all the' misfor
tunes and errors of a Bullock confessed, we
have a Constitution of which you are proud,
a homestead that is a blessing to thousands ;
relief laws that have saved thousands from
ruin, and but for the democratic party would
have saved thousands more ; an educational
system devised and commenced ; in a word,
all that has been done, or thac exists in favor
of progress, prosperity and union in our own
State, may be traced to republican instincts,
and republican power.
THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE.
But from these considerations the demo
gatie party will endeavor to had you, and
m their stead they hope to substitute that
old tavorite and oft used weapon, “the nig
i ger.” With that cry they plunged you into
war ; oppressed you during the war ; misled
you at the close of the war ; and have excited
i and deceived you since.
j To ycu and voui section this cry has been
indeed ruinous. Not one blessing has follow
ed in its wake. Every prediction made has
proved false. 1! ill you not stop and consider?
i Mhy should this lolly and n adness'continue ?
. Are we not one people ? Have we not com
mon burdens to bear and the same duties to
perform ? Can capital and labor war on each
other without tlie destruction to both ? Can
confidence and content result from such a
coutse ? Can we have prosperity without
confidence and content ? Can we 1 are jus
perity with a sectional agitation existing be
tween the North and the South as to the
rights of the labor of our section ? Can we
have either prosperity or content with
such an agitation existing in our midst? I
ask you to carefully ponder over these inqui
ries and say if your Representative has be
trayed either race in his support of tlie Civil
Bights Bill. If he has given to the African
race, by his vote, rights, he has given to his
own race by the same vote, the best assu
rance in his power lor that peace end pros
perity they need. To the one race his vote
brings content and happiness, to the other
materialpre sperity. The one race will rejoice
in rights that will gladden their hearts ; the
other should rejoice in the prosperity that
will flow* from that gladness. Let all issues
as to rights be at an end, and all freemen he
content in the enjoyment of equality before
the law.
But you w ill be told by designing politi
cians that the objee; and effect of the Civil
Bights Bill will be to force social equality.
This is hardly worth an answer. Social
equality can only exist by your own choice
and consent. Ao law, State or national, can
invade your homes, intrude upon your priva
cy, or demand your confidence. All this is
with \ oil, and must forever remain within
' your own keeping and control. The Civil
Bights Bill socks to convey none other than
public rights. The colored people ask for and
will accept none other than public rights. Can
we not control our prejudices and consent
to what will not harm the one race, and which |
will unquestionably content the other. Is this j
too great a sacrifice for one race to make, to j
forever settle tlie great question as to the re- !
bilious of the races in our section. Will not j
both races be bent-fitted by the settlement j
of an issue that the longer discussed, the j
greater the danger to each and the country, j
But need I prepare you for the course of j
the democratic party in this district, where |
your own experience has furnished one of the j
most instructive lessons known to political I
history. But two years ag the same men
who now denounce Civil Rights, were en
gaged in urging you to support Horace Gree
ley, ?ne of the most radical advocates of the
Civil Bights Bill. If you could support him
without fear of social equality and loss of self j
respect, can you not approve my course and
trust my judgment ?
I submit these considerations for the can- <
did reflection and judgment of the voters
of the district.
WHITELEY’S ELECTION LAW.
The press of the State, c.ager to find cause
to condemn me, have taken occasion to ar
raign me for what they term “Whiteley’s in
famous election law,” endeavoring to create
the impression that the bill referred to pro
posed to take the elections out of the hands
of the State officials, and conduct them un
der national law 7 and by and through national
officials. .Such an impression is totally false
and without even a shadow of foundation.
The bill contemplates that the elections for
members of Congress shall be held as always
held, and did not even add anew official, for
the supervisors of elections already exist by
law 7 . It required two additional duties of the
supervisors already provided for, one was to
count the vote with the State managers, and
' to publicly declare ihe result at the precinct.
| The other was to appoint Deputy Marshals to
| preserve order at the pulls. Now when you
| remember that the supervisors have to be of
each party, at each polling place, and that
both must agree to appoint the Deputy Mar
shals, and that one of the two who must as
sent to so doing, must be a democrat, you
will readily agree that the democratic party
will not suffer by tbe arrangement.
It has been charged that the bill was inten
! ded to encourage radical frauds by arranging
i for additional precincts, and yet the Albany
; News declares that I went hack on the Negro,
! because the bill punishes any one who votes,
or offers to Vote, more than once. The elec
tion bill was offered to secure good order aud
prevent fraud at elections for members of Con
gress, and we cannot see, if the Democratic
party desire that end, why they should he so
sorely exercised in regard to it; fetnely it
ought to be the wish and the aim 01 every
good citizen, regardless oi his party affilia
tions to preserve the purity of the ballot,and
to carry out by every legitimate means within
the power of the Government, the will of the
people as expressed by their votes.
THE LESSOXS OF THE PAST*
The history of the political struggles in our
State since the war teaches a valuable lesson.
The Democratic party has in every election
relied on the same weapons used by them in
1881 Passion not reason is what they invoke.
In 18(11 it brought forth secession, and since
the war it has continued the bitterness of
feeling engendered by a resort to arms. Their
orators, press, and party leaders, rejoice in
any and every opportunity to denounce the
Government under which they live, and to
poison the minds of the people toward one
another. The patriotic love of country that
teaches that every American citizen is a
brother, and entitled to fraternal regard as
one of a common brotherhood, seems to be
repulsive to both their heads and hearts.
They glory in sectional feeling,and hesitate
not to encourage sectional strife. So impress
ed are they with the folly and madness which
‘ wxsught gui rain is 18G1, that they persist is
THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS EESTOEED.
considering it the height of wisdom and 'he
true standard of Southern Statesmanship.
So wedded are they to it that the p oscrip
tion and hate they applied to the abolitionist
of ISGI they consider the proper reward of
those who have dared to differ with them
from iStiS to 1874. The real key to this feel
ing and policy is to be found not in the mere
i passion of the hour, for it has had its sway
too long to be so treated and considered, but
rather in a deep seated determination to
rule at all hazard and at any cost. The
principles of tree government, the teaching
of the fathers; the purity of the ballot: free
dom of speech: all are but playthings where
they are in the way of a policy that seeks but
one end—that is power—and that end by any
means. So infatuated are they; so blind to
every interest of om- section a State that even
now, at this late day, after eight years of ex
pe:ieuefe and observation of the effects of
emancipation,they frantically cry out in favor
of a conflict between the races—between
the capital and labor of the country; between
the intelligence ot centuries aud ihe ignorance
attending a like period of slavery, for politi
cal power. And what can victory for either
side in such a contest secure ? Nothing but
litter ruin for both, and for the country we
inhabit. Who can deny that this will be the
result of such a course, and yet Georgians
hear such sentiments with out alarm and i
look upon such sentiments at times with de
light. Such statesmen think that a white
man’s party against a black man’s party is ail
that is needed to secure power without reflec
ting upon the effects of such an issue, on not
only the relation of the race, but on the ma
terial prosperity of our .State. What can the
planters of Georgia promise themselves from
such statemanship? 11 ill it cultivate their :
ample fields better? M ill it make tbe labor of :
the State more available? Will it prevent or 1
invite labor to emigrate from our section?— !
B ill it improve the relations between em- |
plover and employed? Will it remove preju- ;
dice on tlie one hand,or distrust on the other? !
These are considerations that ought to have
some weight with the farmers o/ our section,
if not with the leaders of the Democratic par- i
tv. For one it has been my policy since the
war to avoid the very evils this policy has
sought to fasten upon us.
THE ANCHOR OF OUR HOPE.
But it is not to such leaders or influences I
look for that action so essential to our peace
and prosperity. Born and reared in folly and
madness, the leaders of the Democratic party
are beyond Lope. But the country is not
without the elements of wisdom and safety.
Behind the political bitterness of tlie past,
removed from its folly and avoiding its touch,
arethousands of honest men w hose hearts love
their whole country, and whose minds are
capable of realizing what the material inte
lests of that country demand The old
Union men of Georgia have not forgotten the
lessons of their childhood nor w ill they longer
remain indifferent to the public weal Blunt
for years they have given to passing events
a reluctant support. Av, are of the lolly of the
Dernocratic leaders, they have often consider
ed the dangers bv which w e are surrounded
and.are not incapable of avei ting them. Su
perior in both patriotism and statesmanship
to the blind men they have been following
since the war, their heads and hearts rebel
against the mattness of the hour.
Capable of seeing ja l£hl the A mending
ruin, and honest enough to declare it, I can
but hope that the hour has come for them to
I come forth arid demand that Sectional agita
j lion shall cease, and a content as to the rights
i of races end. The followers of Clay and of
j Webster, the men who urged compromise for
| the sake of peace and Union, can readily un
| derstand that in further agitation over rights,
i both peace and Union are imperiled. Such
| meii, with whom I stood shoulder to shoulder
| in opposition to sect seion, I invite to reflect
| on my course since' the war, arid to declare
; by their ballot if it has not been in the in
i terest of peace and of Union. Nor should they
| be alone in the investigation and in the ver
! diet. All over the second district are men
who in 18G1 believed under the advice of false
leaders that secession was our salvation, who
hate long since been convinced of their error
and who cannot without distrust and reluct
ance follow such lead. I ask all such to also
consider my course and do justice to them
i solves and the country. What shall I say in
| conclusion to that race which, under all eir-
I cumstances, has so unanimonously confided
| in and supported me? For seven years every
effort has been made to shake your confidence
in my leadership and advice. Every means
known to wealth and intelligence has been
j tried and has failed. I can but thank you for
! vour devotion. Were my heart one of stone,
such confidence and constancy would impress
it. To you I principally look for that success
in the future, you have secured in the past.
Let your hearts be as one, in the support of
that equality and justice you seek, but in so
doing avoid the error of bitterness, th< crime
of hate. To the Republican leaders in the
several counties of the district, the organi
zers of victory, I send words of greeting and
cheer. Your efforts in the past have entitled
you to the gratitude of the friends of un
ion and equal rights throughout ti e Stntei
Rest not upon laurels wou, but r ly a me on
organization for success. To you in your
several localities the Republican party looks
for the maintainance of those principles we
are associated to inculcate and defend. In
the past you have proved equal ■to the duty
assigned you. In the future will you hesitate
or fail?
Richard H. Whiteley.
letter from Washington.
Washington, I). C.. July 27th, 1874.
Several bids, principally from New York
city, hive been received in response to
Secretary Bristow s circular for subscrip
tions to the new five per cent loan, with
large additions expected to follow within a
few days. Secretary Bristow states that
he intends to accept all bids for the hew
loan at par. with but one exception, and
reject all under par. The accepted bids
tiius far amount to 810.11 TP).
James Giifillan has r*.considered the
declination previously maue oy him of thf
office of appointment clerk of the treasury,
and has accepted aod entered upon his
new duties
The following dispatch was received by
the War Department this morning:
“Chicago, Illinois. July 25th 1874.
‘‘Col. W. D. (Chippie.War Department.
General Oastar sent dispatch from longi
tude 103, 45, and latitude 45, 29 north
that his command is in excellent condition;
that plenty of good grazing and water is
found on the route; and t‘ , t no Indians
have been seen except a s>u U party two
or three days ago. P. 11. Sheridan, Lieu
teuant General.”
The secretary of State has signed the
contract with the Richmond quarry com
pany for srranite for the new state depart
ment building. This contract was suspend
ed on account of charges which investiga
tion proved to bo unfounddd* *
Judge Spence, Solicitor of the Post of
fice Department, relative to the postal card
service, decides that the railroad compa
nies are required hy Congress to furnish
the requisite facilities for the distribution
of the mails on the trains, and that noth
ing less than the accomodations now fur
nished can be accepted bv the department.
Postmaster-General Jewell is not expec
ted to assume his new duties until the first
of September.
On the 4th of July, a battle lasting three
or- four hours, took place on the western
slope of Powder river mountain, between
l o. B, 2d. U. S. Cav. and a number of Ar
rappahoes and Cheyenne Indians, resulting
in the death of four and fifty to one hun
dred Indians. Two soldiers were killed
and ttvo wounded. Lieut Young wa3 se
verely but not dangerously wounded. A
great many Arrappahoes were wounded.—
'1 his is considered a deserved punishment.
'lhe Indian commissioners who met and
organized last week, have returned to their
respective homes, and will not probably
meet again before next fall.
Alter consultation with Ass t Secretary
of the Interior, Cowan, the Secretary of
V\ ar has issued an order granting permis
sion for United States troops to follow bad
Indians to their reservations, reason stolen
property, ana punish the offenders, using
due care, however, not to inflict injuries
on those friendly to the government.
'lhe Attorney General decides that aud
itors and other officers who are impowered
to settle accounts have the power to ad
minister oaths.
The District Commissioners thus far
have drawn from the Treasury $473,138,-
44, and of the $1,300,000 appropriated.
It is rumored that the President will
tender the Russian mission to Genl. Hen
ry C. Wayne of Savannah, Georgia.
Mrs. Bristow, wife of the -Secretary of
the treasury,has by the death of a wealthy
uncle in Kentucky, come into possession
of about a quarter of a million ot dollars;
'1 he widow of ex-Congressman Mellish
has been appointed ajtine hundred dollar
counter iu the currency division of the
Treasury department.
J. .8. Jones nas been appointed by the
President United states Marshal for the
southern district of Florida.
President Grant, Secretary Belknap,
and Generals Shermai, Sheridan, liose
ctans, Logan, and Hammock, are expected
to be present ac the reunion of the army
ot tlie Cumberland at Columbus, Ohio. on
the loth of September next. Representa
tives wiil be present from all the States
and Territories.
'l'he court of commissioners of Alabama
claims met on Wednesday at tlie Sate de
partment and organized, all the judges be
ing present, lion. J. A. J. CYe&well has
been designated by the President as coun
sel for the United States:
Commissioner Douglass; of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, authorises a denial of the
publication in a morning paper that he
contemplated resigning to accept the
Judgship of a Pennsylvania district.
Bancroft Davis, minister to Berlin, lias
completed his business -at the State and
Treasury department, received his instruc
tions, and sailed on ihursday for his post
of duty.
Mr.oay, Minister to Austria, who has,
been home on leave, sailed at the same
time for Vienna.
'1 lie Beecher and Tilton scandal is at
present the absorbing topic of conversa
tion. Various opinions are entertained.
But it is a very bad business for all parties
concerned.
The weather is quite pleasant to-day,
L.
Official Laws
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSI3M OF THE FORTY THIRD
CONGRESS.
BUREAU OF EQUIVALENT AND RECRUIT
ING.
[General nature —No. 45.]
AN AG 1’ to change the time for holding
the circuit and district courts of the United
States for the eastern district of Wiscon
sin at Oshkosh.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
time of holdiug the circuit and district
courts of tile United States for the eastern
district of Wisconsin, at Oshkosh, be on
the second Tuesday of July of each year,
iustead of the first Monday of July, as now
provided by law; aud that all recognizan
ces, indictments, writs, process, aud otliei
proceedings, civil and criminal, now pe'nd
iug in either of said courts, may be entered,
heard, and tried at the time herein fixed
for holding said courts.
Sec. 2. That this act shall not interfere
with the terms of said courts appointed to
be holden at Milwaukee, in said district,
nor with the power now possessed by the
judges of said courts to order special terms
of the same as now provided by law.
Approved. June 16, 1874.
[General nature —No. 46.]
AN ACT fixing the times of holding
the circuit court of the Uuitedd States in
the districts of California, Oregon, aud
Nevada.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
(f Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, 'I hat
hereafter a term of the circuit court of the
Un’ted States for the districts ot Califor
nia, Oregon, and Nevada shall beheld as
follows, namely: For the district of Cal
ifornia. Oregon, and Nevada shall be held
as follows, namely: For the district of
California. iD the city of San Francisco,
on the second Monday of February, July,
and December of each year; for the dis
trict of Oregon, in the city of Portland, on
the second Monday of April. August and
November of each year: and for the dis
trict Nevada, in the city of Carson, on the •
second Monday of March, June, and Octo
ber of t a tli year.
! Sec. 2. 'I hat this act shall take effect
on the first day of July next: and all pro
visions of law incansistent therewith are
hereby repealed, June 16, 1874.
I Approved, June 16, 1874.
[General nature No. 47.)
i AN ACT relating to Ambassudors,Con
suls and other officers.
Be it enacted by ihe Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That no
i Ambassador, Knvoy Extraordinary, Minis
i ter Plenipotentiary, Minister Resident.
| Commissioner to any foreign country,charge
; d'affaires, Secretary of Legation, Assistant
, Secretary of Legation. Interpreter to any
■ legation in any foreign country, Consul
I General, Consul, Commercial Agent, con
sular pupils, or consular agent shall be ao
, sent from his post or the performance of
his duties for a longer period than ten
days at any one time, without the permis
sion previously obtained of the President.
And no compensation shall be allowed for
the time of any such absence in any case
except in cases of sickness; nor shall any
diplomatic or consular officer correspond
in regard to the public affairs of any for
eign government with any private person,
newspaper, or other periodical, or other
wise than with the proper officers of the
United States; r.or without the consent of
the Secretary of State previously obtained,
recommended any person at home or abroad
for any employment of trust or profit un
der the Government of the country in
which he is located; nor ask or accept, lor
hitnsel: or any other person, any present,
emolument, pecuniary favor, oflice, or title
of any kind from any such government.
Approved, June 17, 1874.
[General nature — No. 48.]
AN ACT to increase the pensions of
soldiers and sailors who have been totally
disabled.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That
[ section four of the act entitled “An act to
revise, consolidate, and amend the laws re
lating to pensions,” and approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
be so amended that all persons who, while
! in the military or naval service of the
United States, and in the line of duty,
shall have been so permanently and total
ly disabled as to require the regular per
sons: 1 aid and attendance of another per
son, by the loss of the sight of both eyes,
or by the loss of the sight of otie eye, the
sight of the other having been previously
lost, or by the loss of both hands, or by
Ihe loss of both feet, or by any other in
jury resulting iu total and permanent help
less, shall be entitled to a pension of fifty
dollars per month; and this shall be in
lieu of a pension of thirty-one dollars and
twenty-five cents per month granted to
such person by said section: Provided,
'1 hat the increase of pension shall hot be
granted by reason of any of the injuries
herein specified unless the same have re
sulted in permanent total helplessness re
quiring the regular personal aid and at
tendance of another person.
Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect
from and after the fourth day of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four;
Approved, June 1874.
[General nature —No. 49.]
AN ACT to increase pensions in cer
tain cases.
Be it enacted by ihe Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That all
persons who are now’ entitled to pensions
Under existing laws and Who have lost
either an arm at or above the elboW, Or a
leg at or above the knee, shall be rated in
the second class, and shall receive twehty
four dollars per month : Provided. That
no artificial limbs, or commutation therefor,
shall be furnished to such persous as shall
be entitled to pensions under this act.
Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect
from and after the fourth day of June,
eighteen hundred and seveuty-four
Approved, Juue 18, 1874.
[GeNERAD NATURE— No. 50.]
AN ACT fixing the time for the election
of Representatives from the State of Penn
sylvania to the Forty-fourth Congress.
Be it enacted, by the Senate aud House
of Representative cf the United States of
America in Conyress assembled, That on
the Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November, eighteen hundred aud
seventy-four*, there shall be elected in each i
congressional district in the Stateof Penn- j
sylvaiiia one Representative to represent
said State in the Forty-fourth Congress of
the United States
Approved. June 18,1874.
[General nature— No. 51.]
AN ACT to amend the law relating to
Patents, Trade Marks, and copyrights.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales of
America in Conyress assembled, 'That no
person shall maintain 'an action for the
infringement of his copyright unless he
shall give notice thereof by inserting in
the several copies of every edition publish
ed, on the title page immediately following,
if it be a book ; or if a map, chart, musical
composition, print, cut, engraving, photo
graph. painting, drawing, chrorno, statue,
statuary, or model or design iutended to
be perfected and completed as a work of
the fine arts, by inscribing upon some visi
ble portion thereof, or of the substance on
which the same shall be mounted, the fol
lowing words, viz.* “Ent -red according to
act of Congress, in the year , by A. 13.,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington ;”or. at bis option the word
•‘Copyright,” together with the year thw
copyright was entered, and the nameof the
party by whom it wastaken out ; thus—
“ Copyright. 18—. by A. B.”
Sec. 2. That for recording and certifying
[Terms, Two Dollars a Tear, in Advance/
any instrument of writing for the assign-*
ment of a copyright, the Librarfari of Con
gress shall receive from’ th’e persons to
whom the Service is rendered', ($6 dollar ;
and for every copy of an assigiim'errt, one
dollar; said fee to cover, in either case, a'
certificate of the record, under seal of the
Librarian of Congress ; and all fees so re
ceived shall be paid into' the Treasury of
the United States.
Sec. 3. That in the construction Os tide*
act, the words ‘■Engraving,’’ “cut” ands
“print” shall be applied only to pictorial!
illustrations or Dorics connected sfth the’
fine arts, and no prints or labels dbsighed
to be used for any other articles Crf tnauu
j fucture shall be entered under the fcopy
j right law, but may be registered id the
Patent Office'. And the Commissioner of
Patents is hereby Charged With the super
vision and control of the entry or registry
of such prints or labels, in conformity with!
the regulations provided by fa\V as to Copy
right of prints, except that there shall be
paid for recording the title of any print or
label not a trade mark, six dollars, which!
shall Cover the expense of furbishing and
copy of the record under the seal of the!
Commissioner of Patents, tb the party eu
teriug the same
■ • ' <t . 0 t r ’ .
Seo. 4. That all laws and parts of laws!
inconsistent with the foregbing proxisiontf
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5, That this act shall take effect
on and after the first day of A tig ast; eigh
teen hundred aud seventy-four:
Approved, June Is, 1874.
[(jrENERAL NATURE— NO. 52.]
AN ACT to further Continue theaCt td
authorize the settlement bf the accounts
of officers of the Army and Nary:
ife it en icted by the Senate and House of
Bepresentalices of the United States of kw erica
in Congress assembled , That the act tb_
authorize the settlement of life accounts' of
officers of the Army find Navy approved
June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
seventy, and continued by tlie act uppiotfcct
June seventh, eighteen hundred ahd eetfch
ty-twd, be further Continued for Ottfe’ yeai"
from Jiine twenty-third, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four; and fid lodger:
Approved, J line 1 8., 1874.
[General nature —No. 53.]
AN ACT*td extend the time for filing
claimes sot additional bounty tinder the
act of July twenty-eighth, eighth, e'ghteeii
hundred and sixty-six.
.Be it anacted by th'e Senate a?jet House of
Hej/resßittatives of the United Statee of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That the tinie for
filing claims for additional bounty tfdd.r
the act of July twerity-eiglith, eightCeii
hundred find sixty-siX, add which expired
by limitation bn the thirtieth day df Jan
uary, eighteen hundred and sevefity-four;
be, and the same is hereby, revived find
extended until the thirtieth day bf Jttnua
rv, eighteen hiindred find and
that all claims for such bounties filed id
the proper department filter the thirtieth
day of January, eighteen hundred ami
seventy-four, and before the passdge bf tbid
act, shall be deemed tb have bbeil filed id
due time, and shall be considered aud de
cided without refiling;
Approved, June 1874;
[General Nature.]
AN ACT’ explanatory of the act of
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and six
ty-four:
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifous’e of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That .all
made in institutions now CXistiilg Which
do busirlesss only as saving-baiiks, and hro
recognized as such by the laWs bf their
respective States, or by CongtesS; are
hereby declared to be exempt froni taxa ;
tion the same as deposits in savings in=
institutions haVirig tio capital although
they have a capital stock or bond for thd
additional security of their depositors, and
pay dividends tliereori; and no tax shall bd
assessed upon the deposits ffiiiU'e in such
institutions, Or Collected Os them bh said
deposits, otherwise than as herein provided:
.Provided. That all the profits of such sav
ings banks, less the aforementioned divi
dends on stock not exceeding at the hath
ot eight per cent, per annum are divided
among the depositors, and that ihe capi
tal stock is invested only in the same class
of securities as is Used for investing the
dedosits, and that interest at the rate oi
hot less than i’our and bine-half per cent:
be paid in ali cases to their depositors, td
be be made good if heeessary from thtt
copital stock:
i. O: BLAINE
Speaker of the House of Itepresentativesi
MATT H. CARPENTER
President of the Senate prd tethpore'.
Received by the President Jtirie 6,1874:
| [Note by the DepAtmext of State:—=
| The foregoing act having been preßebted
to the President of the United Stated sos
his approval, and not havihgbeeh returhed
by him to the house of Congress in Which
it originated within the tiuie prescribed
by the Constitution of the United Stated;
has become a law with out his approval.]
On a cruise the sailors saw a comet and
were somewhat surprised and alamed at
its appearance: The hands tnet and
pointed a committee to Wait bri the com
mander and ask his opinion Os it. Tl)ey
approached him and saidj “We Wdrlt td
ask opinion, your hotidr.” “Well, rriy boys;
what is itabodt?” “We want to intjuird
about that thing up tberd:” iI NoW, before
I UnsWer you, first let nie know whit you
think it is?” ‘‘Well, your hotior, we havd
talked H all Over, add We think it is a staf
sprang a leak.”
( A young nian who had spent a little of
his own time and a great deal of his father’s
1 iiioney in fitting for the bar, was asked af
ter his examination; bow Ho got along:
: “Oh, well eriodgh;’' Said lie } “I ansWered
one question right.” "Ah, indeed !" laid
the old gentleman, with looks of paternal
satisfaction lit bi« soil’s peculiar smartness;
“and wlmt was it ?" "They asked me What
a tjur turn action was.” 'I hat Was a hard
one, and you an’wered It correctly, did
you 7” “Yea; 1 told them I did not kOoW/ 1
NO. 6,