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Oitelal Paper of City and County.
IS HE A fvEPUBLICAXI
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 21. 1871.
rTi imiiimm T -hi n i Mr 1 1 -
The permanent school fund of Kan
sa is more than' one million dollars.
F. Messer, eoroner of Northamber
ton county. Pa., was murdered at
Coal Run Mines on the 18th.
A fire occurred at Knoxville, 11,1,
on the lSth inst., destroying $40,000
worth of business property. Two
men were kille.i during the conflagration.
At Keystone, Tnd. Deo 14th, Henry
Skillman shot and Instantly killed a
young man named Foreman. It
seems that Skillman acted In self-defense.
A New York city telegram Bays :
"The dollar contribution for the re
lief of the Kansas and Nebraska suf
ferers has reached $2,229, and money
is now coming in at the rate of $400
and $500 per day."
Tho dead bodies of two young men
were found on the Missouri Pacific
railroad near Kansas City on the 19th
They are believed to be two of Pink
erton's detectives, murdered by the
robbers and carried to the railroad
track.
A correspondent of the Omaha
Herald favoes Chief Justice Lake for
U. S. Senator. Seward Reporter.
Shouldn't wonder. But then it
hasn't been long enough yetsince the
Judge's name headed a democratic
ticket fur him to run well.
Recently Dr. Riohard Ingles, one
of the oldest and most popular physi
cians of St. Joseph, while dissecting
the body of a child who had died of
erysipelas, accidentally cut his hand
with the dissecting knife, whioh re
sulted In his death soon after.
Recently, In New Orleans, an at
tempt was made to introduoe colored
students into the high school of the
city, when the big white boys rebel
led, and upwards of fifty left -the
school. Considerable excitement was
created, when the school adjourned
until after the holidays.
-
Yoahida Kijouarl, tho Japanese
Minister, accompanied by his wife,
the Secretary of Legation, and five
other officials, recently arrived in
Washington. They traveled from
San Francisco over the U. P. road,
and were delighted with the railroads
and the Bcenery of America.
-o -s-
Sheriff, Joseph Vann.of the Indian
Territory, recently, while attempting
to arrest a riotous outlaw named Geo.
Simmons, near Webber's Falls,
r. Cherokee Nation, was shot throuch
the abdomen. After being shot the
sheriff drew his revolver and shot
Simmons through the arm and again
through the groin, when Simmons
surrendered and begged for his life.
Both men are fatally Injured. They
weve both Cherokees.
Tlje St. Joseph Gazette last week
changed hands again. Messrs. Geo.
Bel and Y. M. Tufts, of Piatte
county, Mo., and J. B. Maynard, of
Louisville, Ky.t are the new proprie
tors. Mr. Maynard will be the chief
editor. He is reputed to be an able
and ready writer. The Gazette was
an excellent paper under the charge
of the retiring managers and editors,
aud we always prized it highly as a
newspaper. We wish for the new
proprietors ample financial success.
The Ohio democrats remain true to
their idols, and have introduced a bill
into the legislature to repeal all laws
relating to the sale of liquors. An
other victory for the temperance peo
ple. Chronicle.
"Were we a temperance fauatic one
of the rule or ruin kind and had
helped the democracy Into power,
directly or Indirectly, because the
republican party would not adopt
-our absurd ultraism we would trj
and get up a blush for decency sakeat
the Reserved sarcasm poked at us by
a witty tipper of the social glass.
Mr. Stannard, of Missouri, has in
troduced a bill in Congress to estab
lish a Department of Commerce. The
bill is accompanied by the report of
the President of the National Board
of Trade, aud the memorial of the
body in its interests. The bill pro
vides that the said department shall
be charged with the supervision and
care of the agricultural, commercial,
manufacturing, and mining interests
of the United States In so far as the
same may be confided to the govern
ment under the constitution. The
officers provided thereunder are a
Secretary and Assistant Secretary, to
be appointed by tho President, with
same tenure of office and compensa
tion as is now paid Assistant Secreta
ries of the Treasury.
Tho Grand Island Independent
tsays: "senator jiucucock ih iuu
sound a Republican to he won over uy
flattery," &c. Will the Independent
please inform us how long the Senat
or has been such a sound Republican.
The Senator never claimed to be a
strong Republican, and not longer
ago than April lust he stated that he
was elected as an independent candi
date, aud was underobligatious tothe
Democratic party, and what we claim
ed in the article that the Independent
refers to. was. that the Senator would
now have a chance to show whether
he appreciated the assistance he re
ceived from that party. He would
only be doing what he pledged him
self to do, before his election. Time
will tell whether he is afraid to full
bis pledges, or not. Spy of Dec. 13th.
"The Senator never claimed to be a
strong Republican." The Senator's
too modest a man to say that for him
self, nevertheless he is strong, Influ
ential, politically, in congress and
in any sphere in which he moves.
Senator Hitchcock, if he is a Repub
lican at all, is always a strong one.
As to his being a sound Republican,
he is that, we are satisfied from hlsof-
flcial course. He was elected as a
sound Republican. His friends
claimed for him and pledged him as
sound to the core and that his politi
cal Influence and favors should be en
tirely with and In the Interest of the
Republican party. And he so pledg
ed himself we know. We opposed
his election and the means resorted
to by his Republican friends to secure
his success, but it was understood that
he was a thorough uncompromising
Republican. It was understood at
the time the Senatorial fight was go
incr on. when Mr. Hitchcock was
elected that he neither pledged nor
promised anything to the Deniocrac3'
for the Democratic support he receiv
ed. The Democratic legislators voted
for Mr. Hitchcock volunteered their
support to him to defeat Gen Thayer
whom they dispised, and had reason
to fear, on account of his faithfulness
and ability in striking most vigorous
and salutary blows in defense of Re
publican principles, in defense of the
soldiers, both the dead and the living,
and In opposition to the Demcoratic
idea of affectionately embracing rebel
dom and offering it front seats on the
platform of reconstruction. That was
all the pay the Democrats wanted at
that time. They took their pay fully
and completely in revenge, and reliv
ed Mr. H. from any back claims on
the score of reciprocity.
Tho Spy wants Senator H's help to
elect a Democrat, does it? The claim
is absured and rediculous. Senator
Hitchcock is under no pledges what
ever to the Democratic party, more
than to be a good Senator for Nebras
ka, Rebublicans, Democrats and all.
The Capital movers are busy set
ting up tho pins for a vigorous war
over the removal of our State Capitol
during the next session of the Legis
lature. We expect to see tho fur fly
aud and the hotel keepers made hap
py by them, but do not expect to see
the Capitol torn up by its root, placed
on wheels and started westward or
northward nor do we think that the
people of this State favor ita removal
at present. OfcourEe it would be a
rich feast for the speculators and we
think they are the only parties that
are acitatlng the question. Saunders
Co. Republican.
The Republican is, no doubt, entire
ty correct. The people of this State
do not want the capital removed now,
nor until several more years have
elapsed until the State has been
inoro generally settled up. The west
ern and middle portions of the State
should bo well populated, before an
other attempt is made for tho remov
al of tho Capital. Then the people
could justly claim that the capital
should be not only in the center of
population but also In the center of
the State. Senatorial wire-pullers
aud land, and townsite speculators,
we opine, are the chief agitators of
this question at this time, together
with a few cheap legislators who have
been bought, or promised a corner
lot, for their unstatesman-like influ
ence and votes.
The Senate recently confirmed the
following Government officers: Jas.
W. Marshall, First Assistant Post
master General ; Wm. Burnett, Su
pervising Inspector General of Steam
boats; Commissioner, Frederick
Borchert, at Leghorn. Consuls Jas.
C. Seott, of Ohio, at Honolulu ; Isaac
T. Shephard, of Missouri, atSwatow,
Henry C. Wright, Appraiser of Mer
chandise vt St. Louis. Land officers
W. S. Gilbert, Receiver of the
Kansas Valley. District, Kansas; T.
W. Pugh, Receiver for the Fargo Dis
trict, Dakota ; Peter Manton, Regis
ter at Bismarck, D:-T.; L. M. Eglee,
RpfriatGr for the Western Distriot of
Kansas; C. A. Morris, Register for
the Arkansas Valley District; Law
rence Lapoint, Register for LaMesil
la, New Mexico; also, Jno. F. Clem
ents, Pension Agent, Macon, Missou
ri. Postmasters J. M. Way, Win
chester, Indiana; Eli J. Marsh, Ghil
ileothc, Mo.
Tho Kearney Daily JPre&s gives
Gen. Thayer particular fits. In fact
we infer from the tone of the Press
that It does not favor Gen. Thayer's
election to the Senate. Amongst
other assertions the Press makes the
following serious charges :
"We charge that Gen. Thayer took
$5,000 from the chief of the credit
mobiliers ; that he charged one of his
constituents $250 for Senatorial influ
ence, and that as a Statesman he is an
unmitigated fraud. Now it behooves
the papers that are seeking to foist
hi in upon the people of the State to
prove in some way that our charges
are false aud unwarranted."
Now we believe in fair play in thla
fight, and are going to have it or
make a fuss about it. We therefore
say that the.. proposition of the Press
is preposterous in the extreme. It is
certainly a most singular rule of law
that would make a man, charged with
a crime, prove his innocence to save
him from the penalty of the crime.
We think Gen. Thnj'er should have
the benefit of common law, and not
be required to do that which would
not be even required of a murderer.
The Press makes serious charges
against Gen. Thayer and it should
proceed to prove them, If it wants
proof, Instead of foolishly flourishing
a challenge to- Thayer's friends to
prove his innocence. Such absurd
propositions as the Press makes has a
tendency to weaken its cause very
much, we should think, because it
lias the appearance of insincerity.
One of the most disgraceful outrages
that we have heard of for many a day,
occurring in the midst of civilization
and good laws, recently occurred In
Des Moins Iowa.
A man by the name of Chas. How
ard, was arrested, tried and found
guilty by a jury, of murder in the
second degree, and was sentenced to
imprisonment for life. After all this
no undue effort being made to
screen the criminal from just punish
ment, as the extreme sentence would
indicate Howard was taken from the
jail by masked men after overpower
iug thejailer. and hung until he was
dead; in the public square of the city.
'Pha nrlma for wh!nV lTnm.,1 ..T,.J
YaSvCommiUed,iu a house of Illfame.
THE PRESIDES T'S MESSAGE.
We have been so crowded with mat
ter that we have not yet had an op
portunity of saying anything con
cerning the President's Message to
Congress.
The Presideut conies out on the cur
rency question in favor of a speedy
resumption of specie payment. The
issue it fairly presented and it re
mains to be seen what action Con
gress will take upon the matter. It Is
ovfmmpiv rifinhtml whether a re
sumption at this time would be bene
ficial to the West, in general. It
would inevitably produce a contrac
tion of the volume of currency while
we in the West, have been, and are
clamorous for an expansion. The
government should undoubtedly be
gin to pay out specie in redemption of
its obligations just as soon and as rap
idly as is possible. It seems to us
that the paper currency could bo
brought to a par with specie just as
our county warrants are brought to
par with currency, that is, by paying
specie for it as we pay currency for
the county warrants. If a dollar in
currency is worth a dollar in gold and
is exchangeable for it specie payment
is that moment restored. But if,
without restoring the credit of the
Nation and bringing its obligations to
a par with a specie basis by the pay
ment of them in specie, Congress
should declare that the currency
should not be a legal tender as to con
tracts entered into after a day named,
would It not create two standards of
value: a gold basis and a currency ba
sis? Whenever the Government pays
its bonds in greenbacks or In gold, ac
cording to the terms upon which they
were issued, the national bank cur
rency issued upon them will be retir
ed, and whenever it pays its green
backs in gold specie payment will be
resumed, and it is difficult to doterm
iue any "cross cut" to specie pay
ment shorter than this.
The suircestions of the President
upon the question of traffic, viz : To
enter free those articles which enter
into our manufactures and are not
produced at home, are good and
should be carried out.
The remarks upon the condition of
affairs in the Southern States are a
most powerful and effective auswer to
those who have accused the President
of Interfering in the administration
of local affairs within a State. His
course upon these delicate and trying
questions has been manly andstraight
forward, having done nothing which
was not authorized by Congress and
the Constitution, yet fearlessly dis
charging liis duty as by them, or
therein pointed out. It has the ring
of the true hero, the smack of the
same spirit that made him a great
General.
Upon the question of civil service
reform it is difficult to see how any
other conclusion could be reached
than that the scheme needs the coun
tenance of Congress. It id too much
to expect that the President should
bear the burden of Buch a work un
aided andiinapproved by Congress.
Time aud space will not permit us
to pursue these comments further but
we sav to every one, read the Presi
dent's Message.
SENATOR. HITCHCOCK'S BII5.9 IN
THE SENATE;
AVERAGE WHEAT CROP IN ENG
LAND.
Mr. Thomas C. Scott, Kings Arms
Yard, Moorgate street, London, writes
as follows to the leading journals:
We have now sufficient data to ena
ble us to come to a safe conclusion as
to whether or not the wheat crop of
the year Is over or under the average.
But what is an average crop? In re
gard to wheat, 30 bushels per acre is
the rate usually adopted ; but it Is on
ly an assumption based upon individ
ual observation ana experience over
very limited areas. To arrive at a
sounder solution of the question, I
have taken the areas under wheat in
each county in England, multiplied
them by the generally admitted norm
al rate of produce of each county re
spectively, and the aggregate number
of bushels thus obtained, divided by
the number of acres to which they ap
ply, gives tho nearest approach our
data admit of to a satisfactory an
swer to the question "What is an av
erage crop?" and, thus tested, it turns
out to be 291-10 bushels an aero.
There is one very essential thing
which aid societies should not over
look, and that is seed for next spring's
planting. If this matter is not looked
after, those of the destitute regions
who are destitute now will be In as
bad a fix next winter na they are now.
Seed wheat and seed corn should
be sent them as early as possible,
especially eed spring wheat, as
that cereal must be planted early
for a good crop; and if the winter
continues mild many would sow
wheat in February if they get seed
in time. The benevolent people
should think of this, and give what
erer kinds of seeds they can. Wheat,
rye, barley, corn and vegetable seed
will all be in demand in largo quan
tities by these people.
H. W. Beeecher and Miss Edna
Dean Proctor have recently exchang
ed congratulatory letters on the ter
mination of the Proctor-Moulton li
bel suit. We understand that the
matter stands just whero it did before
the suit was commenced. Moulton
does not retract his assertion that Mr.
Beecher told him that he had illicit
intercourse with Miss Proctor. Moul
ton simply acknowledges that he has
no personal knowledge of the matter,
and that he does no believe Miss
Proctor guilty of what Beecher said
to him about her. Moulton pays the
cost, apologizes to Miss Proctor, but
still holds his point against the fellow
who wishes he were dead.
On December 7th, 1874, Mr. Hitoh-
cock asked, aud, by the unanimous
consent, obtained leave to bring in
the following bill, which was read
twice, referred to the committee on
Public Lands, and ordered to be
printed:
A BILTj For the relief of certain settlers on
the public lands lu tue State of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted Slates or America in uongreas as
QPmhled. That it shall be lawful for
homestead and pre-emption settlers
on the public lands in the State of Ne
braska, where tho crops of such set
tlers were destroyed or seriously in
jured by grasshoppers in the year
eighteen hundred and eeventy-iour,
and where such grasshoppers shall re
appear in eighteen hundred and
seventy-five, to the like destruction
of such settlers, to leave and be absent
from said lands until July first eight
een hundred and seventy-five, under
such regulations as to proof of the
same as the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That during such absence
no adverse rights shall attach to said
lands; such settlers being allowed to
resume and perfect their settlements
as though no such absence had been
enjoyed or allowed.
Sec. 3. That the same exemption
from continued residence shall be ex
tended to those making settlements
in eighteen hundred and seventy-four
or any previous year.
Sec. 4. That the time at which
pre.emptors on the public lands in
the State of Nebraska are now requir
ed to make final proof and payment
Is extended for the period of one year.
And also the following, which was
read twice and referred :
A BILL To provide for tho relief of persons
suffering from tho ravages of the grabs
hoppers. Be it enacted by the Senate and
house of Representatives of the
U. S. of America in Congress as
sembled, That the President of the
United be, and he hereby is, author
ized and empowered to direct the is
sue, temporarily, of supplies, of food
and disused army clothing, sufficient
to prevent starvation and suffering
and extreme want to any and all des
titute and helpless persons living on
the western fronter, who have been
rendered so by the ravages of gjass
hoppers during the Rummer last past,
and to report to congress such issue
of food and clothing ; and the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars is here
by appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appro
priated to carry out the provisions of
this act.
Sec. 2. That this act shall expire
on the first day of September, eight
een hundred and seventy five.
CONGRESSIONAL AID.
LOUISIANA
Another Larpa War Cloud Making Its Appasr
ancc in the Land of the White Leagne.
From the State Journal.
The following dispatch received
yesterday afternoon, rf from Senator
Hitchcock, shows that tho Senator is
alive to the interests and pressing
needs of our frontiers. With $30,000
to purchase seed for settlers, with a
leave of absence granted to home
steaders until July 1st, '75, and with
$100,000 appropriated for supplying
rations and clothing, the burden Im
posed upon our State legislature will
be materially lightened. Senator
Hitchcock and Representative
Crounse have labored earnestly and
effectually for the State:
Washington, Dec. 17.
C. II. Gere, Lincoln, Keb. : '
The bill appropriating $30,000 for
special distribution of seeds to grass
hopper sufferers passed the Senate
to-day. Relief to settlers passed some
time ago, aud $100,000 for rations fav
orably reported. All right before the
holidays.
P. W. Hitchcock.
STATE GRANGE" OFFICERS.
The State Grange" which was in ses
sion at Lincoln last week elected the
following State officers :
Wm. B. Porter, Master.
Stolly, of Hall county, Overseer.
J. W. Sklles, of Antelope county,
Lecturer.
P. J. Hall, of Saunders county,
Stewart.
B. F. Smith, of Juniata, AdaniB
county, Assistant Steward.
David Reed, of Gage county, Chap
lain. Horace Taylor, of Lancaster county,
Treasurer.
E. H. Clark, of Washington county,
St-cretary.
F. A. Burdiok-, of Harlan county,
Gate Keeper.
Mrs. D. E. McKinuon, of Saunders
county, was elected Ceres.
Mrs. C. C. Chapin, ofFil more coun
ty, was elected Pomona.
Mrs. O. W. Burt, of Cass county,
was elected Flora.
Mrs. E. H. Clark, of Washington
county, waa elected Second Assistant
Stewart.
Tho following gentlemen constitute
the executive committee: D. F.
Moore, J. F. Gardner, Wm. Blakely,
Allen Root, H. A. Bruno and D. S.
Gibbs.
The place for holding the next meet
lug of the State Granger was located
at Fremont.
On the 14th inst., in Chicago, a
meeting of the ministers of the vari
ous churches was held for the purpose
of organizing an association of cler
gymen of all denominations for gen
eral co-operation. The report of the
affair in tho Inter-Ocean says the
meeting broke up more like a politi
cal gathering than as a body, of ministers.
An exchange gives tho following
statistics, showing the rate of the in
crease of taxation In the United
States :
The total amount of state, county,
city, and town taxes collected in the
Uuited States in 1870, was $2S0,591, 000,
which was about $7 a head for the en
tire population. The total amount of
these taxes collected in 1860 was $94,
186,000, which was about $&a head for
the entire population. It cost, there
fore, more than twice as mueh to take
care of a man in hisstate, county and
municipal relations in 1870 as it did
ten years before. This does not in
clude the federal taxation. The net
ordinary expenditures of the federal
government in 1870 were $164,421,000.
which was $4,30 a head for the entire
population. In 1860 they were $60,
000,000, which wa3 51.94 a head. In
1850 they were $37,166,000, which was
$1.60 a head. In 1840 they were $34,
139,000. which was $1.40 a head.
It will be seen that while there was
oa increase of 54 cents in the tier can-
4ta cost of eovernment from 1S40 to
1860, there was nn Increase of $2.30 In
the rate rin the last decade the rate
beings more than doubled. In this es
timate we do not count the annual
interest on the debt; this added tothe
net ordinary expenditures for 1S70
would make the per capita cost about
$8.
Charles Fisher shot and killed John
Rounler, recently, near St. Louis.
Both were drunk and. they fought
about n prostitute.
The "People" of Caddo rarish Assemble and
Once Sore Lift np Their Melodious Voices.
From present indications it appears
that discords in Louisiana are still to
be kept up, and as it is a fair sample
of affairs in the other Southern States
where the Democratic White League
flourishes, we print the following for
the interest aud edification of our
readers. A meeting of the White
Leaguers at Shreveport a few days
ago adopted the following :
Resolved, That we, the white man's
party in Ward No. 5 outside the city
limits, do hereby call upon aud in
vite the people of Caddo Parish to as
semble in their respective wards, Sat
urday, the 19th, so as to have simulta
neous action and a perfect under
standing on the labor question upon
the following basis :
1. That in making contracts for the
ensuing year we give the first prefer
ence to those who voted with us at the
election ; that we givo next to those
who didn' t vote at all ; that we utter
lyrepudiate the employment of any
radical, black or white, and refuse to
countenance any planter or patronize
any merchant who gives aid or com
fort In any manner td the same.
Resolved, That we call upon the
presidents and secretaries of the vari
ous clubs In the parish to furnish
complete alphabetical lists of all the
Radical voters whose names were tak
en at the noils, and that the Ijsts be
forwarded nt once to the Shreveport
Times ; that the Times be requested to
print the lists for the benefit of mer
chants and planters, and that the peo
ple be reqnested to purchase lists nt a
price which will pay the paper the ex
pense of publishing ; that we earnest
ly implore thelpeople everywhere not
to allow their individual interests to
influence them for a moment to vio
late the solemn faith and obligation
they made to each other upon the la
bor question previous to the electiou.
All of which was unanimously
adopted.
The Caddo Parish meeting went
Btill further in their preamble and res
olutions, and after addresses by Lind,
member elect to the Legislature, Cal
linan, Judge Egan, and others, the
following was indorsed as the sense of
the meeting :
We have witnessed with indigna
tion and alarm the fixed purpose of
tho Returning Board, through the
machinery of an in famouB statute, to
deprive the people of the fruits of the
glorious victory won at the ballot-box
on the 2d of November. We know
the result of that election, as the bal
lots were counted at every poll, and
we don't intend it shall be revised by.
a clique of conspirators and scound
rels. The right, suflrage, and privil
ege of choosing our public servants
are guaranteed by the Constitution,
and we cannot be deprived of their
exercise, either by their fraudulent
combination as individuals, or failure
as officials through willfulness or ig
norance to perform their prescribed
duties; therefore,
Resolved, That we invite the peo
ple of Caddo Parish in mas3 meeting
assembled to declare we intend to be
bound alone by the verdict of the peo
ple expressed at the ballot-box.
Resolved, That we proclaim it to be
our fixed purpose to install into their
respective offices on the first of Janu
ary, 1S75, all tho officers elected in
this parish, whether they are so re
turned by the Returning Board or
not, and we call upon other parishes,
particularly thoseof North Louisiana,
to take similar action, pledging them
our co-operation and assistance.
Resolved, That we believe it to be
the duty of members of the Legisla
ture, elected by the Democratic and
Conservative parties, to assemble at
the State House New Orleans, on the
first Monday in January, in conform
ity with the requirement, and organ
ize the General Assembly ; thot Cad
do Parish pledges itself to furnish the
quota of men and monej for the es
tablishment and support of the legal
government of the State ' that we are
law-abiding people, but we know our
rights, and as American fret-men in
tend to maintain them at even the
peril of our lives and fortunes.
Other parishes will doubtless hold
meefingg find adopt similar resolu
tions.
THE RETURNING BOARD.
The Returning Board, John D. Da
vis, Supervisor of Registration, and
six Commissioners of Electiou of St.
Helena Parish, made affidavits that
the election returns from that Parish,
now in the hands of the Returning
Board, have been tampered with, and
changes and alterations made in them
since they were delivered to the Sec
retary of the Board.
Mr. Arrows offered the following:
Whereas, According to the sworn
statements of the Supervisor of Reg
istration of the parish of St. Helena,
it is charged that the returns filed by
him have been tampered with since
the said returns havo been filed with
this board.
Resolved, That this board shall, be
fore acting upon the said Supervisor's
returns, investigate the charges made
in the above statement, in order that
the guilty parties may be dealt with
according to the law adopted, and to
morrow the Investigation be made.
Governor Wells proposed that the
Democratic counsel submit all the ev
idence and examine all the affidavits
relating to the contested parishes,
then submit the whole to the board
for their action. To this proposition
the Conservatives objected. The reas
on stated was that certain papers had
been placed among the records with
out their knowedge, and of the con
tents of which thoy are not Informed.
They requested that, while the pro
tested parishes are under considera
tion, a3 each case is taken, that they
may be notified, so as to inspect the
papers In each case and see that none
of the proof offered by them has been
abstracted or suppressed, nor tiiatany
new contrary proof has been filed un
known to them, so that all legal proof,
and none other, may be before the
board for its consideration. This re
quest was acquiesced in, and Carroll
Parish returns taken up.
Before anything had been done a
messenger came In and whispered
something to the President, Governor
Wells, who at once arose and stated
that he had just been officially in
formed that armed White Leaguers
were stationed in the adjacent build
ing, ready at any moment to disturb
tho proceedings of the board.
With this assemblage of cut-throats
and law-defiers menacing the board,
it was suggested that if there were
any feara of being molested jn dis
charging the duties of the board, that
the protection of U. S. troops be at
once askedk whioh it was thought
would immediately be granted.
Governor Wella said ho did, .not
wish to canvass the returns under the
protection of United States troops,
but that ho did not intend to be in
timidated. That is the way "glorious old De
mocracy" displays its beauties down
in that country, and then as soon as
medus are used to enforce law and or
der that same kind of "glorious old
Democracy" up North bewail about
the tyranny of Gen. Grant, and fed
eral bayonets.
STATE JfOKMAJi SCHOOL.
Reports of the ActlngFrlnftlpaJ, Read at
the Aunirversary of tbe Dedication
of tlie Xew Buliainjr December 4tb,
1874.
THE VICKSBURG MASSACRE.
The Story Tola by Authority Hoy
the A'egroes Were Shot Down J
tlia Unreconstructed Whites.
The Political Revolution in the North
Hakes the Kebel Demon Bold.
and most wicked
not at liberty to
from the Cincinnati Commercial.
That a false account of the slaugh
ter of colored men in the neighbor
hood of Vicksburg has been spread
over the country by those who are
sympathizers with tho aggressors
guilty of needless
bloodshed, we are
doubt.
We have, from a source that com
mands confidence, a statement that is
due the country. Our information is
that the active whites of Vicksburg
had some time since determined to
"clean out" tbe present office-holders
Three of those office-holders
were indicted at the lost term of the
Grand Jury. Crosby, the Sheriff,
was the one especially aimed at. It
was determined that he should be put
out of office. The papers insisted up
on the Board of Supervisors meeting
on Wednesday of last week and re
quiring Crosby to give good bond. A
meeting of that body was called, and
it is known that the intention was to
require Crosby to give a good bond.
But the oitizens, led by a hot-headed
and irresponsible set of men, put
out an Incendiary circular calling for
a meeting of the citizens of the coun
ty the same day the Board of Super
visors were to meet. And everyone
knew full well that it was the inten
tion that the Board should be forced
to do what was wanted or personal
violence used. Aud thecountry mem
bers failed to put in an appearance.
But the citizens held their meeting.
It was attended mostly by tbe young
men and irresponsible parties spoil
ing for a row. During the session, a
committee of five lawyers was ap
pointed to report if all legal means to
oust Crosby had been exhausted. A
majority of the committee reported
that oil legal means had not been ex
hausted. A minority report was
made by two young limbs of tbe law,
saying that all legal means had been
exhausted, and that the time for ac
tion had come. By "action" they
meant force, and by force they meant
rope. No concealment was made in
their talk about hanging, etc. A
committee was appointed to wait up
on certain officials and demand their
resignation. The meeting adjourned
to await the report. The officials who
could be found begged time to consult
their lawyers, but failed to reply In
the time given tnem. un tue reas
sembling of the meeting in the after
noon, and hearing tho report of their
committee, they resolved to adjourn
in a body to the Court House and de
maud the resignation of the officers.
On reaching the Court House, all the
officers fled but Crosby. He signed a
resignation. No one coucealed what
his fate would be if he had not done
so. He would have been banged on
the spot. As soon ns ho got out of
the mob be wrote a letter to Judge
Powers, of the Circuit Court, stating
that he took back his resignation, as
he was compelled to n'gn It to save
his life. He was then out in the
country on his way to Jackson.
The morning after this row Judge
Brown tried to hold court, but the
parties left in charge of the Court
House refused to let the De; uty enter
the court room, and so court has been
adjourned from day to day since then.
On Friday a rumor got abroad that
Crosby was about to make a good
bond by placing hisoffice in the hands
of some person or anDihsr acceptable
to the people, and retiring, leaving all
control to such Deput. Two or three
good parties agreed to take the posi
tion, and arrangements had. been
made with their friends to make a
bond that would be ample and beyond
dispute. When this was heard a
meeting of the citizens in the city
was called, which resolved to frown
down any such effort. The next day
the papers contained notices warning
white citizens from golug on the
bond, and this, too, in the face of re
peated assertions that no charge was
made against Crosby except his fail
ure to give good bond. On the streets
the threats were numerous that no
man's life would be safe who went on
such bond.
Crosby returned from Jackson on
Friday, with instructions from the
Governor to take possession of his of
fice, and to call in the aid of the mi
litia to sustain him. He sent news to
tbe country for negroes to come in
Monday and report to the Court
House. They came, were met at the
city limits and were slaughtered
simply slaughtered and Butchered.
They were chased through the woods
and fields and shot down like dogs.
Many were shot after they gave up,
and some were shot on their knees
while begging for mercy. The spirit
of demons was in the people. It was
not safe for any one not in full accord
with them to be on tbe street. One
poor old negro by the name of Am
brose Brown was ordered off the
street by Captain Cowan, a former
rebel battery commander, and being
tardy in going, Cowan deliberately
fhot him. Many prisoners were ta
ken and kept in the court house and
taken out in the morning. With
winks and nods, and laughter, and
jest, it was reported that three of the
most obnoxious made their escape,
which means that thejT have simply
been murdered while prisoners.
This is unquestionably the truth of
the massacre, and the people of the
nation should fully recognize all its
enormities. Tho worst of it is that
the persons who have been guilty of
this wholesale murder fully justify
themselves upon the statement of
facts that we have given, and we are
bound to add they are animated by
the conviction that there has been a
political revolution In tbe North, and
that their time is come.
In tbe report presented here a year
ago by Gen. Aiorgau, is this state
ment: "With the beginning of the school
year, Septemer 1st, 1873, the Nebras
ka State Normal School entered upon
a new era."
We have only to-night to report
progress in that new era. The plans
and projects, then initiated have been
carried forward, and to-day marks a
year's advancement toward that Ideal
set before us by him who then so
worthily stood at tho head. The
school has met misfortune, but has
apparently not been checked in its
upward course.
Changes have occured In the organ
ization. First of these, one which all
felt to be a great misfortune, at least
for the time, was the resignation of
the principal, Gen. T. J. Morgan, to
whom is due in so large a measure,
the present position of the school.
With him went from the ranks of the
faculty the Professor of mathematics,
Prof. James Bellanger. Happily,
both these vacancies were fiiled, and
a much needed addition has been
made, an assistant in the Preparatory
Department.
Tbe faculty as now constituted is as
follows: .
Rev. Azel Freeman, D. D., Prin
cipal. MissE. C. Morgan, Preceptress.
W. E. Wilson, Natural Sciences.
Miss M. Helen Burt, Methods:
Latin.
H. C.Nicholson, Mathematics.
Miss Kate Dickeman, Instrument
al Music, Gymnastics.
Albert Nichols, Principal Prepara-
Mis"sLidia Bell, Assitant in Pre
paratory. J. Smith, Assistant in Natural
Sciences, first term.
Another change in the organization
is the abolishment of the Model De
nnrttripnt. This action the Board
fit tn take, because the wants of
means rendered impracticable to
to make a primary school a model
school, and they wisely judged a mod
el school in name and not in reality a
detriment to the Normal School.
The school as now organized, con
sists of two departments.
1. The Preparatory with a course
of three years and a definite standard
of admission.
Its aim is. First, to secure thorough
mastery of the elementary branches;
and Second, to develop some intel
lectual vigor and induce correct hab
its of thought and a love for learn
ing. The elements of the natoaral
Sciences are introduced. Botany in
the first year, Zoology in the second,
Physiology and Physical Geography,
Latin, Algebra, and U. S. History are
introduced in the third year. Atten
tion is given to Drawing and Vocal
Music.
2. The Normal Department has a
course of four years.
Its aim Is to impart that knowl
edge and discipline which will be
most valuable to those who enter it,
giving them general developement
and fitting them especially for the
work of teaching.
The attendance of the past year,
ending June 23, 1S74, was larger than
ever before SO in theNormal Depart
ment. 144 in Preparatory.
This presen t year, beginnincr Sep
tember 1st, 1S74, shows an enrollment
aa follows :
ir PKEPARATORY.
part in tne ceremonies atte
reception of tho King. 2
The Senators then proceed
President's room whpr. . i:
presented to the King ar,, -nbe
the House of RepreSnuX
eu uy me v itc resiuentaiifK..--
lat-Arms.
In the House the was an i
crowa oi specmiors in the
and corrindors.
Punctually at 12:13 the S(
THE ELG OF
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WASHISCTO? ,9BU
Washington, Decern , su
the senate to-dav n..Cer ! H
the journal was dispenbel
mi. uiiuiciuu Hiaieu that R"
kaua was in the PresitWr
tueicui ui tue oenate char, wsl
""BO ...... '"V, tci n nh nu.
him there. He moved th, x
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taken uutil 1 o'clock ami m..
ate preceeded in a body tM .lbaJ
of Representatives atlijg ,lnl
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"Who Is leader in the Senate, or
who is leader in the House ?" are
questions frequentj asked. There
never was any such position accorded
ta any man in either body. Men at
tain certain positions on account of
long service and superior ability. But
no man with a pet measure, however
humble, has been out-voted more fre
quently than Webster, Qlay, Cal
houn, Benton and Douglas. Coming
to a later date of prominent Congress
men, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry L.
Dawes, Ben Butler and Fernando
Wood have suffered many defeats.
Omaha Republican.
We notice in an Iowa exchange that
James L. Stevens, of De3 Moines,
some of whose pious correspondence
has appeared in the Journal, is de
nounced by the American Tract So
ciety, whose agent he professes to be,
as a fraud. He has been verv nim-J
collecting subscriptions for the aid of
grassnoppersunerers in Nebraska.
Slate Journal.
IX NOR3TA7.
Fourth year class. -1 A class....... .. . 25
Third year cla&!. 7 B class... . '-. 78
Second year class. 14 C class..... . -11
i lrst year clas. 40
Total. ...M..&5 Total... ..... ...143
(The fourth 3-ear Normal is the
most advanced class, tho C Prepara
tory the least advanced.)
This is nri increase over the enroll
ment at this time last' year, of 5 in
the Normal and 42 in the preparato
ry. There is already enrolled fn the
Preparatory one more than during
the whole of last year. In the whole
school there are within 14 as many as
were enrolled during all of last
year.
Of the eighty Normal students- in
attendance last year, thirty have re
turned, more than thirty are teach
ing, one is married, three are attend
ing school elsewhere, one of whom
has been admitted to the Californfa
State Normal School, at San Jose to
graduate this year. Had he remained
here he would have been a third year
student. One has already passed to
that higher and better life which ttc
hope awaits all the rest.
The increase in attendance and the
general progress of tho school, t is to
be remembered, is in tho face of un
favorable circumstances the change
in administration and the misfortunes
of the State. Many letters were re
ceived during the summer from west
ern connties from persons who were
coming this year but none of them
earae. Had it not been for one cir
cumstance, the destruction of the
crops, the school would have been
crowded in its utmost capacity now.
This fact speaks loudly for the value
and the need of theinstituion and for
its appreciation by the public.
There is no' reasonable doubt that
with the rapidly increasing demand
for such instruction as the school fur
nishes and its increased accessibility
offered by the completion of the
Trunk Railroad, the 1st of September,
1875, will find more young men and
momen at the doors of the Normal
School than with its present capacity
can receive.
Wo trust that the Normal School
will repeive the hearty sopporE of the
State, in propotion as it enjoys its con
fidence and patronage.
W. E. Wilson,
Acting Principal.
tpred the House and tnnt .
Riirned them. Ten mtn
.wAo f V,a TTinff wp .. "
supported by Senator Can
Representative urtn. Ch
the Committee on Frej
walked up the main afclev'
of the Speaker's chair, ie;-'
Representatives stapling"
meanwhile. Senator Cacr
said :
4,I have the honor to pre
Speaker the King of Haw
Majesty, on behalf of the i
Congress I welcome yn
halls. The Senators frrn -,
and Representatives cf r.
unite in cordial eongra'ul
your auspicious journey, y"
expression of gratification::
ure afforded by j'our prese:
capitol of the Nation as C
guest. Your Majesty's s
among us is the first ft
which a reigning soverol;
foot upon thesoilof the Un
and it is a significant ri
that the visit comes to u1
east. Probably no sinj:'pe"
more strikingly typify tL
progress in Your M'jetTi
and in our own, than' t!.
now transpireing. Ther-.p
of the Republic on its we'
has greatly enlarged cur
with your insular KinpJ t
led us all to acknowl igeyc
and beneficence as a" r
your exhalted virtues ns a "
whole people cherish fur
your subjects a most
regard. They trust ai d '
the relation of the twe di
al ways be as peaceful as tl en to
that rolls between us, "u:.
not dividing us."
TheKing had a mommL
ence with Judge Allen, a
ter expressing regret tha '
wa3 so afflicted with a cKl ..
ness that he wasunalle'
reply, read it for him as f
Mr Speaker F. r t
words of welcome I mv.
thank you. For th
guished mark of coi.fi!era
to the Honorable Sena rr'
Representatives my 1:
meuts of regard. It U in r
the very courteous and :v -ment
which I have recev I
Executive Department or(
ment, and from all tbe ;
I have had the pleasure '
I landed on th short r"
ic. I apprt-clate the c n"
terms in whioh the hn "r.
er has n ferret! to me prr
our success in governn crt
progress in a higher civi ii
ore very much indebted lt
of this great county. lv,:r
n!uili7ilmn li!i?( hrpn in !i C
nn .. mnilnl T TOWTM
cordialiy the hope forar r
and growth of tKe twofrir
tie. I am mrsthappy.ee-'
mept you on this octi-if n '
The Speaker wa then i"
to the King, and afieranei
courtesit-s, returned to t!.e
knocked with the jravc!
hers rose and the King rtt.r
ed by the members rf t 3
The spectators disjers" :
House proceeded with tLt r
siness.
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SENATORIAL.
THE LIXCOIjN LAND OFFICE.
Nebraska lands have been in good
demand this year.
There have been made under the
homestad act from January 1st to De
cember 1st. 1874, one hundred ai,d
twenty-five entries, embracing nine-
ty-mree tnousana, six hundred and
ninety-oneand sixty-three hundredth
acres.
January. 1,847.16
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luty, -,i-i-t.i
August, 6.6S1.39
Sept'ber, 6,196 83
October, 3,02-5.05
Nov'ber, 5,957.13
February, 13,560.18
March, 33,272.56
April, 7,242.42
May, I1,146,S2
June, 4,494.36
Total, 93,691.63
During the same period there have
been twelve hundred and seven final
entries under the homestead act, em
bracing 129,990 26 acres.
There have been four hundred tim
ber culture entries, embracing 43.9S0,
62 acres.
There have been two hundred and
ninety-3lx pre-emption entries, em
bracing 23.6S0 aores. State Journal
Why cannot the papers
candidates for that j -with
respect of other's
The editors must know t'
pursued by the newi-r u
fore bus been such tha'
what they say with reft.:
character of men whor.r?
for office if their editcn
ciatory and disagrees wr.f.
ion of the reader the f vt
nairlo with fht rematk. "I-1
political lie," and their wr.'- 3or;
no weight with tne Ftc.e. ao
caused this? Newspaper Dc
cu .U1U.W J-'p"r;' , out
in the pay of some man w
office and they have rtrk -man
and hi- election n
and to the disadvantsf
didates. Rival papers 1 1
en up the same weapcns.t"
libel and misrepresentatl -
the rule rather than tl. ':
This should cease, ar1'
pledge the Parmer's E'r -honorable
course in cjr t.
public men and puLlie t'
shall oppose some car.
support others; but "-"
will be truthful, and can t3(
on as facts, not becau6? v
ter facilities for Inforn n! "
cause we will not advanr -on
the blasted reputation
Farmer's Blade.
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The above is brimful f-:
good resolves ond gcl -Advertiser
Is auother r
of papers that never w.. -
riously resorts to fal-e
tion to carry a point.
other men, may be mV
in judgment, but they s
careful to be truthful in t-
of their papers as in tbe
fairs of every day lite-
A son of Hon. A Swbors
iaon Wis. aged 15 years, tf
on the 14thinst, in b2
He broke through the 1:3
ing. He sank into 5" f ci r
his body wa3 recoverd L -
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Major Pearman informs U3 that
while at Omaha a few days since, he
visited the office and warerooms of the
State Aid Society, and thinks from
the manner the society is managed no
one has any room for complaint.
Large shipments of clothing and pro
visions are made daily, and the books
of receipts and distributions are kept
so as to show that every article dona
ted is properly accounted for. Ne
braska City Press.
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s:ock of gnr,.
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