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The Worcester Press takes it for
granted that no Postmasters will be
discovered among the Democratic
electors. "Sweet are the uses of ad
versity."
The National Hotel, Jacksonvi le,
nnder raiue host, Colonel MoGinley,
well known to the traveling public,
opened for the season yesterday. The
Colonel knows how to keep a ho
tel.
The Worcester (Mass.) Press peers
into the future and says that just in
sure ns the sun rises on the day of the
inauguration of the next President.,
just so sure will Samuel J. Tilden be
inaugurated.
Grant has introduced anew meth
od of avoidin j trouble from his polit
ical opponents. It. is to cull in the
army and navy to help him defend
himself when he is in a tight place.
How do the people like the new idea ?
The Jacksonville Press learns that
Gov. Stearns has admitted, privately,
to several parties at Tallahassee, that
the Republicans were defeated in that
State, "but it was not for him to sny
so, others being interested in the mat
ter as well as himself.”
The men who accepted Grant’s iu
vitation to go to New Orleans did not
do so for the purpose of seeing that
there was "a fair count of the vot
actually cast,” but for the purpose of
u US' n 6 ou the rascally ret urning board
to make an unfair count.
Kentucky made a splendid record
in the recent election. Not only has
there been elected a solid Democratic
delegation to tho next Congross, but
the State has given n Democratic ma
jority of 61,993. The Republican par
ty has indeed a poor showing in that
glorious old commonwealth.
George Davis, a colored citizen,
formerly of Athens, Ga., now in Flori
da, is said to have chartered a train
and carried five hundred colored
Democrats to the polls in that State.
George is intelligent, and deserves
credit for being a good Demo
crat.
Grant's military preparations are
believed to have been suggested by
the wild and terrified Chevalier For
ney, who insists every day that a
"Confederate army” of 290,000 men,
rank and file, is übout. to march upon
Washington and Philadelphia. For
ney has net got over his Hull Run
scare.
It is evident,, from the tenor of dis
patches to Republican sources. ;,t
in the States of Louisiana, Fm.ii,da
and South Carolina th< Key obuc .
would Nell out those Shoes for the
national tickets; bin the pe,,pl- wii)
be satisfied with noth: >. ■: lest, than
what is just.
It is stated that the greater por
tion of the $50,000,000 four and a
half per cent loan recently negotiat
ed bv the Treasury has been taken in
this county. Only alvout $20,000,000
went to London, of which $2,000,000
was taken by the Rothschilds. Of
the remaining $30,000,000 left in this
country, about throe-fourths was tak
en by the national banks.
According to the Cincinnati En
quirer, we should not lose sight of the
fact that Mizzer Chandler began
claiming South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana for Hayes the morning fol
lowing the election. At that time he
knew no more about tho result in
those States than the bold King of
Siam. It has been the Republican
program ma from tbo start to claim
all the doubtful States and take the
chances of stealing them.
WHAT GOVERNOR Tilden Says. —Th#
Now York correspondent of tho Phil
adelphia Ledger writes: “Governor
Tilden is said to have been interroga
ted with roferenco to a New Orleans
dispatch in one of the morning papers
to the effect that Congressman Wat
torson had proposed that he (Tilden)
and Governor Hayes should each se
lect five men, of the character of Ev
arto and Adams, to supervise the
count of the returning board, agree
ing to be ruled by the decision of the
committee. Mr. Tilden is understood
to have replied that he has no faith
in any such devices, and as muoh as
intimate that existing complications
will only be aggravated by additional
outside meddling. There is but one
decision that can be abided by, and
that is the will of the people as ex
pressed at the baliot-box, and be will
be a party to no arrangement that
looks like bargaining that way.
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1576-
County Judge of Duval county has
also made a return to the State can
vassers oj the vote in tho county, first
noting the irreglurity of the count by
the County Clerk and J. L. Edwards,
Esq., and then alleging that the return
by these persons is untrue and not in
accordance with tho returns of the
inspectors of tho several precincts,
slid of the ballots given, etc., etc. The
lognlity of the returns from Duval
county may be called in question
yet.
This Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, is
the same rascally poltroon who fled
from his usurped office on the day when
the people of New Orleans rose up
and peacefully protested against him.
He was replaced by Federal troops.
The present State government is
Wheeler's affair, being a compromise
with but one side to it. The people
of the State have acquiesced in the
hope of getting rid of the imposition
when they could get at the ballot
box.
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Governor Houston, of Alabama, in
his annual message, gave a forcible
illustration of the beneficial effects of
Democratic rule in that State, in
pointing to the value of State bonds
when ho went into office and tbeir
present value. They have appreciat
ed about thirty cents on tho dollar,
and will increase in mine with intelli
gent and honest men at the head of
affairs in tlie State. Tho credit of
Louisiana, South Carolina and Flori
da will greatly improve with honest
rule.
The intimidation is not all at the
South, as the following from the
Jamestown (Pa.) Sun of the Bth
shows: "Tuesday morning Frank
Buel, proprietor of the Western - an
Works, at Sharon, told five hundred
hands that they must vote the Retiub
lican ticket that day, or take their dis
charge Wednesday morning. That’s
tho way it was done for the Republi
can ticket in this county. There is !
nothing which gives such an honest
expression to the will of God as a free
ballot.
There is a great hub-bub in M[asb
! ington growing out of the massing of
troops in that god-forsaken district.
The massing of troops in South Car
olina, Louisiana and Florida does not
create a tbougiit of an alarming and
irresponsible despotism. Ab, no!
Yet we Bbali see! The old saying that
curses come like chickens, homo to
roost, may yet find its apt illustra
tion in the Radical head-house round
about the capitol, and in those States
which have deified Grant to the dig
of ft despot
A telegram from Virginia City, Ne
vada, siiva that, great excitement was
caused on C street, iu that city, a few
nights sgo, by a man who gathered
a large crowd under the pretense of
liberating some rats from a box for a
dog to kill. About three hundred
men gathered about the pot, when a
polecat sprang from the box and be
gan to disperse the crowd. The man
made his escape, but was hunted all
night by a gang with six-shooters. So
great was the indignation that he was
compelled to flee the city. About a
hundred persons had their clothes
ruiued.
The notorious McKee, editor of the
Radical organ of St. Louis, who has
been editing this paper in prison,
where he was put by an intelligent
jury for participation in the wbiskey
ring frauds. baH been pardoned by
tbe President. Grant only waited
until the election was over to help bis
old friend out of trouble. The whis
key ring affair now adds up thus:
All of the criminals have been pardon
ed out of tbe penitentiary, and Bris
tow, Pratt, YargaD and Bluford Wil
son have been disgraced and turned
out of office for putting them there.
And now Kellogg, backed np by
troops, says we are to have four more
years ol this.
The Florida San, an Independent
paper, uses the following language:
“Mark the men ! Yes, for reprobation,
whether Floridians or not, that con
nive at fraud, or that by cheating in
any way attempt to defeat the will of
the people as expressed at tbe ballot
box. We confess that our faith in the
impartiality of the present Statu can
vassing board is not vory high, rem
embering too well its devious course
in 1874; but still, unless these gentle
men are enemies to this State, and to
Republican liberty, they cannot afford
to delibrately go to work to cheat the
voters of the result of their work on
the 7th. No man of any character
hereafter will trust them, at home or
abroad. ”
If there could be a laughable phase
to so grave a matter, it would be in
tho desperate efforts some of Grant’s
friends are making to draw a spark
of life from the present political com
plication to revive tho ghost of Cas
sariHin. Caleb Cushing thinks if a
President shall uot be chosen by the
4th of March next, Geu. Grant will be
by "extra constitutional authority"
still President, and Beast Butler cries
him arneu. But the Cincinnati Com
inrrcinl excitedly objects to such a
programmo, declariug that “after
the 4th of March next, whatever
elSe Jiappens, Gen. Grant becomes a
private citizen, and if he has any in
fluence it must be exerted in that ca
pacity,” and common sense seems to
be ou the side of the Commercial.
mrn ♦
A Washington dispatch says the
Democrats have unearthed the impor
tant fact that when troops were sent
South to Gen. Huger, ho ordered an
officer to go to Florida and see what
was needed. The officer reported
that there was absolutely no sign of
disturbance and no troops were need
ed anywhere ill the State, and that
this report is or was on file in the
War Department. In'm mation of this
fact has been sent t" tho Democratic
National Committee, and if any part
of the vote of Florida is thrown out
on the ground of intimidation, this
roport will he called for as soon as
Congress meets, and its author and
several officers through whose hands
it passes, be called upon to testify as
to its genuiness, and to the fact thut
there was no intimidation or violence
in Florida.
Just the Truth. —lf, in addition to
the 184 votes that have been all tho
i while conceded to Tilden by the Re
publicans, he had received the vote
j of some other large State like Illinois,
thus placing his election by a decisive
majority beyond all dispute from the
start, docs anybody doubt thut the
votes of Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina would have been counted for
him—especially the two former—
without the slightest controversy ?
Every intelligent, candid Republi
can answers this question in the af
firmative. This will show him to what
desperate expedients the managers of
bis party are driven when they at
tempt to steal the electoral votes of
those States and give them to Hayes,
in order to count the latter into tho
Presidency by a majority of one.
It is said that the Democrats of
South Carolina are jubilant over tho
fiasco of the Radical canvassing board,
whose contempt of the Supreme
Court, while it fails to consummate,
tho villainy they intended,makes every
member of the board liable to arrest
and imprisonment. Thfrr revolution
ary proceeding is supposed to have
been advised from Washington, and
it was reported iu Columbia on
Wednesday that certain members of
tho board had left for that city, whore
they will seek tho protection of the
government. The rascals must have
known, acting, as they did, under ad
vice of counsel, that they were render
ing themselves liable to punishment.
Their boldness, says a dispatch, is ex
plained by the prosence in Columbia
of Bond, the United States Judge,
who is staying at Chamberlain’s
house.
Jacksonville Sun: “On Saturday
last a meeting of railroad men was
held at Jesup, Ga., the object of which
was stated in the Sun of that date.
There were present representatives of
the Florida Central, Charleston and
Port Royal. Georgia Cen
tral, Montgomery and Eufaula, Macon
and Brunswick, Atlantic and Gulf,
Transit (Fernandina and Cedar Keys)
and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
It was agreed that an additional Lain
be put on tbe route between Jackson
ville and New York, by way of Savan
nah, Charleston, 'Weldon, Richmond
and Washington, leaving this city at
8 o’clock a. in., and arriving hero at
10:10 p. m. The time between tho two
cities by this will bo but fifty-eight
hours. A sleeping car will be run
through from here to Louisville, Ky.,
and also one to Savannah as at pres
ent. This schedule goes into effect
on Sunday next, the 26th.”
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About 100 bushels of tho genuine
Mexican Red Rust Proof Oats for
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These oats make a much greater yield
per acre than the Horne, or any other
oat ever planted in this country, and
will stand cold or drouth better.
Wltal (he President and General
Sherman Say About It
Washington, Nov. 20.—The troops
that arrived here this morning are
Battery E, numbering 40 men, and
Battery D, numbering 52 men. of the
Third Artillery from Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, the former under com
mand of Col. Wild rick a aud the latter
under command of Major Turnbull;
also Battery C, of the Second Artil
lery from Fort Riley, Kansas, num
bering 40 men, under command of
Capt. W. P. Graves. These, with
the troops that arrived last night,
make about 400 men.
The excitement, hero and elsewhere,
which tho movement of these troops
has produced, together with private
speculations as to the object on the
part of tho Government, and the ru
mors concerning the navy, induced
inquiry in official quarters in order, if
possible, to learn the truth in the
premises. Secretary Cameron, in an
swer to direct questions as to the
meaning of troops being brought
here, said there was no especial sig
nificance whatever in their presence;
that they belong to this military de
partment ; that Washington is a con
venient and economical location, and
that no additional troops would, ac
cording to present intentions, be or
dered to this point.
The President said to-day that the
bringing of troops to this city was
merely an ordinary change of station,
and Gen. Sherman gave the assurance
there was “no political significance
whatever to this movement,” and
added that the troops belong to Gen.
Hancock’s command which includes
Washington.
The Secretary of the Navy, in re
sponse to inquiries regarding the
rumors of the concentration of a naval
force in this vicinity, emphatically
denied their truth. He said the ves
sels of tho navy are pursuing the
usual routine of duty without extra
ordinary orders, and that there was
nothing in any recent suggestion or
direction fi - om the Navy Department
to commanders of vessels which could
be construed into an act which should
occasion the slightest sensation or ex
citement.
, Other Cabinet expressed
themselves to the same effect as their
' colleagues. Secretary Chandler said.
! that this military movement was not a
! formal act of the Administration, but
merely an ordinary army movement.
He himself did uot know that any
. companies hud been ordered here,
I and was not aware that any more
were coming; but fro thought it just
as well to have these companies sta
tioned iu Washington as elsewhere,
and, iu fact, better, because it was
cheaper to feed them here than at
most other places.
It may he stated, in addition to the
above, that these troops will remain
ber6 at least until after the Presi
dential inauguration, as it is usual to
have a military escort on such occa
sions, both as a guard of honor and
in order to suppress any serious dis
turbances which might possibly occur.
It is probable that Light Battery A,
of the Second Artillery, now stationed
at Fort McHonrv, Baltimore, will
shortly bo ordered here, iu which case
it is understood they will be replaced
by Battery C of the same regiment,
which left Fort McHenry for the In
dian campaign a few months ago, and
arrived here to-day from Fort Riley.
Colonel aud Brevet Brigadier-Gen
eral Barry, now in command at Fort
Monroe, has been ordered here to
take command of the five artillery
companies which arrived to-day and
yesterday, most of them belonging to
his regiment aud being now unpro
vided with any officers of higher rank
than captain.— Sun.
Will someone, asks tho St. Louis
Republican, kindly point out what
clause of the Constitution makes it
the duty of the President and subor
dinate officials of the United States to
secure the success of the Republican
party ? President Grant and the
whole vast army of United States of
ficers, big and little, who get their
power from him or his paitv, seems
to believe that there ia a constitution
al obligation of tho kind indicated.
Gen. Grant as President of the Uni
ted States invited a number of promi
nent Republicans to go to Louisiana
and watch the count, but took good
caro not to ask a single Democrat.
For Florida lie has exhibited tho same
partisan zeal, and the Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette telegraphed Wednesday night
that “during tho day the President
telegraphed to several prominent Re
publicans iu New York urgently re
questing them to leave for Florida
with the utmost possible dispatch.”
And ho adds that "it is very apparent
that the Republican managers here,
including the Cabinet, have more aux
iety now about either Louisiana or
South Carolina.” Ho is no doubt
equally right in classing tho Cabinet
as “Republican managers” and stat
ing they feel more anxiety about
Florida than any other State.
A Conundrum. —What did Gov.
Stearns, of Florida, want money for
at such a distressed rate that Znch
Chandler should have telegraphed
him on Tuesday from the National
Committee Rooms, to draw on him
at Right for 000? There are some
honest men in the Republican party
who would like to know, —N. }~. Ever*-
■ .EViiiv.-.i.
Letter from Judge Westcott.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 20, 1870.
Charles E. Dike, Editor of the. Floridi
an, Tallahassee, Florida :
Biu—l see in tho Florida Union of
the 18th this statement:
“Judge Westcott of the .Supreme
Court telegraphs to Hon. ltenj. If.
Brewster, of Philadelphia, that‘Hayes
has the State by a small majority.’ ”
That I sent a telegram to this effect
and that I mentioned the fact to sev
eral persons, is true. The bare state
ment of the telegram, unaccompanied
by the surrounding facts and circum
stances at this date, however, would
lead one to think that such is my
judgment now. For this and other
reasons I desire to say that this tele
gram was dated the 11th instant, and
was based upon like figures as tnose
given in the Floridian Extra of the
11th. According to tho estimate
theroin contained, embracing the
counties therein heard from, aud esti
mating an increase of 25 per cent, in
Democratic majorities in counties yet
to be hoard from, you gave Mr. Geo.
F. Drew, tho Democratic candidate
Governor, a majority of four hundred
and scTenty-uiue. I thought a more
reasonable estimate of the increase in
Democratic majorities would he ten
or fifteen percent. From the reports
of the vote in Duval and other coun
ties, showing that the Hayes electoral
ticket was leading tho State Republi
can ticket, I believed that the vote
for the Hayes electoral ticket would
exceed the vote for the Republican
State ticket at loast five hundred. In
Duval county, Hayes had run ahead
of his ticket about 184 votes. There
was a small difference in other coun
ties. I was informed that there wore
influential men in the East (among
whom was Mr. Solon Robinson, a
man who I presumed represented a
number of others) who had expressed
their purpose to vote the Republican
National ticket and the State Demo
cratic ticket. Knowing that there
were a large number of northern set
tlers in counties on the St. Johns, tho
natural inference to my mind was
that there would bo in those counties
a somewhat like vote to that given in
Duval, and my conclusion necessarily
was as stated in the Union.
This telegram was sent to a kins
man and a man not representing, so
far as I know, any political commit
tee. I desire to say further (as this
matter has reached the press against
my wish and without iny consent,
thus justifying me in speaking of it,)
that since sending this telegram aud
before seeing the extract in the Un
ion, I have written this gentleman
(Mr. B.) that: ‘ Since the date of the
telegram to you, tho reported Demo
cratic majorities are increased so much
beyond this calculation, that upon
the face of the returns I think the
Tilden electoral ticket will have a
small majority.”
The telegram was to a kinsman
and upon a political subject—a sub
ject concerning which I wott’d not
have communicated with any news
paper or political committee, mid I
regret exceedingly tho necessity of
this publication.
Respastfully,
J. D. Westcott, Jr.
One W. 13. Ifodge, a Radical omit,
sary, made an effort to seize tho rc
turns of Levy county on Saturday
following the election, but through
the activity of Conservatives was
thwarted. He claimed to boa deputy
marshal, and with pistol iu hand, he
demanded the boxes of tbe person
into whose custody they had been
placed at Bronson. He gave no rea
son for his demand only that ho wan
ted them. He had no more right to
them than the man iu the moon, and
it was too plain that his solo object
was to destroy thpm and deprive the
people of their 285 majority for Drew.
It was a most outrageous proceeding,
and but for tho courage of tho good
people of the place would have suc
ceeded. Hodge finally left tho place
with the announcement that he would
return with a sufficient force to take
the returns anyhow. Fortunately
for him, ho never weut back.— Trt
lahasuft*. jF'Utridian.
Thk Fate or This Republic.—Lvii
and foolish actious like chickens al
ways come homo to roost. The white
people in the North who so strongly
advocated the political elevation of
the ignorant negro have now a prac
tical and by no means pleasant illus
tration of the way their theories work
in practice. The fate of the great
Republic of America founded by
Washington, Henry, Jefferson, Madi
son, Franklin, and a host of other
statesmen, and cemented by the blood
of thousands of revolutionary heroes,
and glorified by the genius of Web
ster, Clay and Calhoun, is now largely
in the hands of two ignorant negroes
in Louisiana, who, as members of the
returning board, are to decide the
destinies of the country for weal or
woe ! “To what base uses may we
come, Horatio.”— Baltnnorian.
An English gentleman wishing to
test, the Irish wit, thus accosted an
Irish laborer, who was at work mend
ing a fence: “I Say, Pat, suppose Satan
was to coino along now and see both
of us here, which do you suppose he
would take, you or me ?" “Ob, faith,
yer honor, he'd take me.” “How' so?’
Ktiid the Englishman, in astonishment
“Well, sir,” said Paddy, “he'd take
me now, because he wouldn’t be sure
of me when he euuie again; but he’d
be sure of you at any time, and he
could afford tc war. ''
V. lint Boos it Mi an l
I’lio Ucniisylvania Militia Ordered to
Mold Themselves hi Readiness t*
Unroll.
ll'minflu* Harrisburg l'.itriut, Nov. 20.)
e wore surprised 'he other day
at seeing in this city the warlike
countenance of Gen. William Russell,
who hail been assisting iu the prose
cution of lho Republican campaign
against the Democrats, with head
quarters in Philadelphia. Wo now
learn that Gen. Russell has been call
ed to his post in this city to promptly
call to arms the militia of the Com
tnonwealidi. for the purpose, no doubt,
of preventing the inauguration of Til
don. Iho effect of his organizing
powers is already seen in the nctivo
movements in progress at the Adju
tant. General's department and in oth
er portions of tho State. At Holli
daysburg tlic following orders have
been issued:
Hlaoqi vrteiis Firm Reg i hunt, )
National Gt’.vnD or Penn., >■
Hoi.uii.usnriat, Nov. 14,1876. )
Special Oudi i: No. 9.-1. Company
commanderswill ntonco place tbeir
lespective commands ju such condi
tion that they will lie ready to marc in
at short notice should orders be re
ceived to that effect.
11. Company drill be held at least
three evenings each week until fur
ther notice.
311. Commands not already sun
plied with cartridges nil! send in their
requisitions immediately.
James P. Millikln,
Colonel commanding Fifth Reg.
C S. M auks, Lieutenant and Adju
tant.
The Military in Washington
Grant, Sherman, Cameron and
ltobcson stoutly deny that any troops
or ships of Avar are to be concentrated
at or about Washington. Neverthe
less, they are doing what they deny,
lo pacify the people, they blandly
respond to all imfbiries. Prnv, why
do vve want troops or ships here?
When the conspiracy was organized
to count Ila ve? iu as President by
changing the returns in South Caro
lina, Florida and Louisiana, did not
the conspirators concentrate troops
at Columbia, Tallahassee, and New
Orleans ? And as they are now about
ready to consummate their crimes,why
should they not think it prudent to
have troops aud ineii-of-warat Wash
ing! ou during the process, and be
foru ?
Two weeks hence the House of
Representatives assembles in Wash
ington. In that House the Demo
crats have a majority of seventy, and
will they not be likely to appoint
committees to report, upon the frauds
whereby Hayes is counted in ? And
may uot the House even propose to
go to the extent of impcaching tho
leaders in this plot to thwart tfr\
verdict of the ballot boxes, such as
Grant, Cameron, Chandler, and Taft?
Aud will those gentlemen not feel
happier with the army there to over
awe the refractory 1 louse ?
It is only about ten weeks before the
faLc certificates from the three fraud
ulent .States, covering their nineteen
stolen votes, will be opened in tho
presence of both Houses of Congress.
When, at that critical moment, the
conspirators finally count Hayes in
and declare him elected President,,
why should they not deem it advisa
ble to liaAe a few inen-of-war iu the
Eastern Branch of the Potomac, and
to surround the Capitol with bayo
nets, sabres, and cannon, aud picket
its portals, halls, galleries' with
armed men avlki know no law except
obedience to the powi rs that pav, feed
aud clothe them?
And when at last these desperate
demagogues induct their amiable
puppet into office, and place him in
the White House in March, will it
uot bo natural for them to complete
their great infamy in the midst of a
hollow square of trusty aud well-drill -
ed troops, commanded by an unhesi
tating, rough soldier like Sheri
dan ?
The only reason for these military
preparations is the had conscience of
the conspirators. There is no other
occasion for them. The party of re
form w ill not resist their monstrous
iniquity by any method of violence.
It will be set out in its true light by
the discussions of the press and tho
investigations of Congress, and tho
final sentence on it and on them Avill
be recorded at the ballot boxes.—Y. Y.
Sun.
What the Nmv Yoiik Post (Rep.)
Thinks.—New York, November 2d.—
The Post says: “Thu best thing tbe
South Carolina board of canvassers
can do is to re-assemblo. The coun
try will not be satisfied with the pro
ceedings which look like sharp prac
tice. Wo admit that the Supremo
Court is not free from a suspicion of
sharp practice. No appearance of
judicial sharp practice, however, can
excuse the sharp practice of canvass
ers. In the first place tho conserva
tive opinion of tlie country demands
respect for the judgments of tho
constituted tribunals. It is better
that a decision which is wrong shall
be obeyed, than that it shall bo dis
obeyed, even to secure a right end.
The proceedings yesterday iu South
Carolina will not convince theejuntry
that the canvass is honest and lair ”
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