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THE ADVERTISER.
THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1870.
We go to preea again without behig
able to give our readers anything def
inite regarding the Prenidpiitial re
sult, excepting that South Carolina
has been decided for Hayea, and from
all the newa we can gather he la sure
ly elected. Tho canvassing board of
Xiouisiana is at work, now canvassing
the vote of that State ; but as yet the
result has not been declared, and
probably the returns from the remote
counties ore not yet in. The country
need not fear an unfair count, or any
work by the bourd which will not be
made public. In accordance with an
invitation of the board, five gentle
men from each party, of the proml-
nent legal North rn visitors at New
Orleans, will witness the proceedings
of the hoard, which ought to be satis
factory to everybodi.
And so in Florida, many northern
Democrats jind Republicans are at
Tallahasse, and the canvassers and
- Governor say the counting shall be
open to everybody. In this State the
r.eturns come in ho slowly that it may
be two weeks yet before tho canvass
of the vole is completed.
A line of telegraph is about .finished
toDeadwood City, B. H.
The Vermont legislature, now in
session, voted down a bill allowing
women the elective franchise by a
vote of 111 to 40.
The reported official vote In Penn
s3,Ivcnia is as follows: Hayes, 3S4,
US; Tilden, 300,204: Cooper, 7,204;
Smith, prohibition, 13.182.
In ense of a collision between Rus
sia and'Turkej, such English papers
as the Stcmdard, Telegraph, and Pall
Mall Gazelle, believe that England
cannot remain neutral.
Attorney-General Taft has giventhe
President a written opinion that the
fact that electors chosen held positions
in postofiices under the government
did not injure the completeness of the
votes of the States in question.
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Tho official vote of Ohio is as fol
lows: 659,707 votea were cast ; of this
number Hayes received 330.G9S; Til
den, 323.1S2; Peter Cooper, 3.057;
Green Clay Smith, 1,030, and James
B. Walker, anti-Masonic candidate,
70. Hayes' plurality over Tilden, 7,-
510.
A telegram from Omaha to the
New York Irlbune, of date Novem
ber 9th, fays : "Prominent, well in
formed Democrats and Republicans
concede Nebraska to the latter!"
Wonderful concession ! Especially
for "well informed Democrats and
.Republicans."
The Ladics Journal announces that
tho trousseau for Miss May, who is to
tnarry Mr. James Gordon Bennett,
Sias arrived from Europe, where it
was collected at an expense of $20,000.
' It is said to be the most beautiful and
-elaborate ever prepared for an Ameri
can lady.
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The official report of admissions to
the Centennial Exhibition shows the
number of cash admission? from May
10th to November 10th to be 8.004.274 ;
free admission, 1,900.692; t tal. 9.910.
966. Total cash receipts, S3.S13.724.
Free admissions represented exhibit
ora, attendants, employes, etc.
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Members of the canvassing board
'in New Orleans have received many
anonymous letters threatening them
with death if the board counts the
State for Hayes, but as they are used
to such threats they care little for
them and will not be deterred from a
fair and lawful discharge of their du
ties. Of President Grant's order the New
Orleans Times (Democratic) says:
"President Grant's proclamation ad
ded a new volume of excitement to
the situation yesterday evening. A
feeling, upon hearing the document,
.that it might be the signal of a nev
revolution immediately sprang into
the minds of many. A perusal of it,
however, allayed that fear, so far as
the language is concerned. The lat
ter.portion coincides exactly with the
the tone of public sentiment in the
North."
The Black Hills Pioneer published
at Deadwood, says, "The whole coun
try Is awaking to an acknowledgment
of the vast treasures of the Black
Hills. The great journals of tho land,
which, up to a very recent period,
depreciated the movement, are forced
to rescind their former assertions, and
bear testimony to the great advantag
es which must accrue to the whole
country by tho development of this
section. The millions of dollars in
gold dust which has found its way to
tbo great commercial centres bears
incontrovertible evidence as to the
wealth of our placer diggings, while
the tons of ore sent out for assay
challenge comparison with that ob
tained from the most celebrated gold
mining districts of the world."
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The Omaha Herald says: "If Mr.
Hayes is counted into the Presidency
by one majority through the machin
ations of the convicted scoundrels
who run the State machinery of Lou
isiana, there may be a celebration of
sky 'rockets and other explosives at
the inauguration of Mr. Hayes that
will not be amusing." Such were the
feelings of the editor of that papar
during the war. He never had sand
enough in his craw, however, to ven
ture q personal effort to sustain his
position. It is not strange that now.
secure in his sanctum, enjoying the
projection of one of the strongest Re
publican States in the Union, be
eUouM but "Ppeak his mind." The
pnHfrxm of tho Herald would keep
ttsaf&dUtanco from those rockets, we
Judge Settle, Republican candidate
for Governor of North Carolina, with
the chairman of the State committee,
blive gone to Washington to consult
with Secretary Chandler and others
as to what is best to do in that State,
which was evidently carried by fraud.
When General Grant carried the State
In 1872 ho received but about 94.000
voteH, while Hayes and Settle thiH
year reoelved over 112.000. It In a no
torious fact that the population in the
State has decreased largely since" 1872.
but the Democratic counties on the
coast have been swollen beyond their
actual number of voters to an extent
that will give Tilden and Vance over
30,000 more votes than were ever cast
by the Democratic party in the State
before. The Republicans are prepar
ing an exhibit of the facts. Judge
Settle says his gain was in white votes,
but he lost at least 5,000 colored votes
from intimidation. In one county
some 3,000 more votes Democratic
were polled than there are voters, ac
cording to the lute census.
President Grant is becoming better
understood and appreciated by the
people of the country and those es
pecially of the South. The Galveston
News, a bitter Democratic sheet, re
ferring to the President's recent or
ders in reference to the Presidential
situation in the South, says:
The relations of General Grant to
the present crisis are fearfully" mo
mentous and responsible. He is the
historical enigma of his time. Again
and again on supreme occasions he
and fate, alike inscrutable, have been
as one. Circumstances seem to point
to him now as a man who, by turning
over one hand, may give his country
peace and the satisfaction of right and
law, or, by turning over another hand
may give it civil convulsion and the
wreck of constitutional liberty.
The Same Old Rebel Howl.
Republican speakers and newspa
pers throughout the land, during the
campaign just euded, asserted and in
sisted that the political issues of to
day were the same they were in I860,
and during the war that followed.
There was abundant evidence to sup
port that position. Since the election
the evidence is still stronger. The
same democratic newspapers, and the
Bame leading men of the part3' north,
who declared Mr. Lincoln should not
be inaugurated, now make the same
declarations referring to. Mr. Hayes.
One would naturally suppose those
fellows had enough of such revolu
tionary braggadocio. What the re
publicans and other loyal and peace
loving peopleof this country want and
insist upon now. is tne sameasin 1860
Whoever is elected President by the
honest vote of the people, will be in
augurated, be it Hayes or Tilden.
The Chicago' 2'imcs was the rankest
kind of a rebel sheet during the war,
and if memory serves us, its publica
tion was for a lime suspended by law
ful authority. That paper is at its old
tricks again. The Omaha Herald,
true to its instinct, theeditorof which
was of the same stripe with the
Tim es, now falls into the same line,
aud repeats the fame yelp.
Douglas county has elected demo
cratic members of the Assembly and
Senators. The Hitchcock light dis
organized the republicans and permit
ted the democrats to carry theeounty.
It looks as if the friends of Hitchcock
would rattier give victory to the Dem
ocrats than drop Hitchcock, and the
enemies of Hitchcock would rather
let the democrats carry the nhy than
see Hitchcock win. Since the Hitch
cock matter is so disastrous to republi
canism, loyalty to the party demand
that it be dropped, and that, the Sen
tor withdraw from the fight. Red
Cloud Chief.
Hitchcock has a right to be a candi
date for re-election. His friends have
the right to support him, just as much
as his opponents have the right to op
pose him. And he a'nd they have al
ways had this right. We, therefore,
who have not allowed the Hitchcock
war to excite us. and have little care,
and certainly no prejudices one way
or the other, aside from the success of
the party, do not attribute the defeat
of the Republicans in Douglas to Mr.
Hitchcock, but believe the fact? bear
us out in charging that defeat to the
anti-Hitchcock faction. We regard
the i?cc and its follower as bolters,
and their policy that of "mil or ruin."
The above item from the Chief "lets
the cat out of the bag." and is all the
evidence that is necessary to prove
that the whole anti-Hitchcock squad
are intent upon the "rule or ruin"
policy, for it boldly declares that "the
enemies of Hitchcock ivould rather
let the Democrats carry the day than
see Hitchcock ivtn." As the Chief
makes this declaration without quali
fication, and as its reputation for
truth is unquestioned and pre-eminent,
we are to understand that it is
tho authorized oracle of anti-Hitch-cockdom,
which will refuse to be
bound by a Republican caucus, and
and even prefers a Democrat to the
Republican nominee, if that nominee
should be Hitchcock. That is a game
that two can play at, and we doubt
not the Senator's friends will play an
interesting hand. We are sorry to
see a disposition existing among Re
publicans that will submit to the elec
tion of a Democrat under any circum
stances or emergency, and If the jeop
ardized rights of the people, and the
menaced institutions and works of
the party were considered above pet
ty personal prejudices and sorehead
spite work, such would not be the
case, and the Republican party in Ne
braska would present a more respect
uble attitude and formidable front.
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The Mlfsionary committee of the
M. E. Church was in session in New
York last week. The committee ap
pointed to consider what amount
should be made the limit to be appro
priated for the missionary work the
ensuing 3'eor. reported in favor of fix
ing it at $525,000. and that In addition
the sum of $100,000 be appropriated
towards the payment of theoutstand
ing indebtedness of the committee,
now amounting to nearly $240,000.
This makes a total to he raised for the
next year of $025,000. The report was
adopted, and a committee was ap-
pointed to aid the Secretaries in rals-1
ing the money called for. It was re
served to prohibit European missions
from taking up any new charges or
making any appointments in any new
territory without the consent of the
presiding bihop. The sums to be ap
propriated to each missionary district
were diecusspd, and every cane a re
duction on last year's appropriation
wan made, owing to the financial de
pressions and the impossibility of
raising larger sums of money. The
following sums were appropriated:
Siberia. $7,000; Fooeho, China. $13.
000; Pekin. $8,250; Denmark, $7,500;
Sweden, $20,000; South America. $7.
500; Kinkaing, $7,000; Germany and
Switzerland, $20,000; Norway, $10,
500. How Reformers Reform.
Tn one parish in Louisiana East
Filiciana where the population is
9.393 colored, and 4.106 whites, and
where at the election before the Pres
idential, the vote stood Republican
16S8, anil Democrat S49. Democratic
di-patches now say that for President
"1743 registered votes were polled, of
which Hayes got three and Tilden the
rest. Republicans refrained from
voting!" Certainly! Tho fact are
shown that the registrar was driven
out of the parish, and no regular elec
tion was held. No Republican ticket
was allowed to be put in the field.
"Jieform "
Then and Now.
During the war theSouthern States,
and other strongholds of democracy,
were "solid" for the rebellion and de
struction of thecountry. These same
States and regions are now claimed as
"solid for Tilden aud democracy."
At the late election, the popular ma
jority for Hayes in the States loyal
during the rebellion is shown to be
237.800 to 43.800 for Tilden. The dec
toral vote in same, 166 for Hayes to 65
for Tilden. In the disloyal portion of
the country during the war, the pop
ular majorities aud electoral vote, are
even more than the reverse. This is
something of evidence that the peo
ple generally, voted about as they
shot.
Xoble Words
President Grant said in hi3 letter
to Gen. Sherman touching the ex
citement over the Presidential elec
tion :
"No man worthy of the office of
President, should be willing to hold
it if counted or placed there by fraud.
Either party can afford to be disap
pointed in the result. The country
cannot afford to have the result taint
ed by the suspicion of illegal or false
returns.
"Noble words fitly spoken," truly.
They are from the head ami heart that
guided the loyal army in crushing
the "rebellious effort to destroy the
government of our fathers.
Fraud in Louisiana.
The New York 2'ribunc has never
been a 'bloody shirt' organ, but it
savs of the situation in Louisiana:
'This is the situatix; ?riich candid
men are now called upon to consider.
We ask that the returns be impartia
lly compared with the established
facts. Is it not manifest that, as the
five Red River parishes were conquer
ed by fraud, assassination, and mass
acre, so five others haie now been
seized and the actual will of the people
defeated ? Elsewhere the Republicans
have maintained their strength or
made gains wherever there is a color
ed majority. In these five parishes
the Governor publicly declares that
no free and honest election was held.
Yet the Democrats telegraph to Uieir
friends at the North, as a basis for the
claim that they have carried
the State, assertions that, in those
five parishes they have gained 8.400
upon their own count in 1874. Is it'
possible to explain such gains trrere
aud there alone, on the supposition
that there was a legal and fair elect ion?
If not, we ask the candid citizen, be
he Democrat or Republican, if he
wishes to have a Presidt nt elected by
fraud, force, of assassination?'
Omaha is in the dark aud the Re
publican walks off on its sarcastic edi
torial ear after the city fathers some
what as follows : '
Twenty thouud people stumbling
over dilapidated siuvvulks aud not a
street lamp in the city.
Omaha would be an excellent point
to establish u haud-Jamp manufac
tory. If you are out alone these nights
and want to make a dead sure thing
of getting home, take ttie middle of
the street if you haven't the patience
to travel the sidewalks on your hands
and knees.
A hand-lamp to enable you to keep
on the .sidewalks, and a .sin ill whistle
to prevent collisions are Very neces
sary articles of personal furniture in
Omaha.
Two of our most respectable and
"solid men" flattened each other's
noses in the streets last evening. We
hasten to state that they ran into
each other.
An irate city father wants The Re
publican to "stop its gasing." The
Republican proposes to concentrate
the light of about a hundred street
lamps on the dark; ways of our un
common council.
The New York Evcniug Post to the
Democrats: Should it appear, for ex
ample, that there has been one Repub
lican vote in a parish in Louisiana
where there are thousands of register
ed Republicans and where there has
been until now an admitted over
whelming Republican majority, the
Democrats will claim that the one bal
lot represents the full and honest Re
publican vote, and that there shall be
no looking behind the returns. We
can tell the Democrats now that while
such a proceeding might secure the
State for Mr. Tilden, it would not
satisfy the country. If Mr. Hayes
should gain the office of President by
means as questionable as these, he
would be justified in refusing it.'
Dr. John Dove died at Richmond,
Va., on the 16th, aged 84. He was a
native of Richmond, and a Mason for
sixty-three years, during which time
he held high positions in that order.
He was the oldest Grand Secretary in
the world, holding the office over fif
ty years, and was Grand Recorder of
the Grand Encampment of Kuights
Templar for thirty years.
Members of the Legislature Elect.
The following Is the list of members
of the Legislature elected in this state
according to the best information we
have received up to date :
KEI'L'KLICANS SENATORS.
3. Otoe-C. H. Van Wyok.
4. Cass Sam M. Chapman.
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8.
10.
era.
11.
Wushiugton W.C. Walton.
Dodge Geo. F. Blanchard.
Burt and Dakota Isaac Pow-
Madison, Stanton,, etc. S. W.
Hayes.
12. Dixon, Cedar, etc. John Aten
(of Cedar.)
13. Hall, Howard, etc. Geo. H.
Thummell.
15. Butler and Polk H. Garfield.
16. Saunders A B. Bryant.
17. Lancaster T. P. Kennard, Cy
rus N. Baird.
18. Johnson and Pawnee T. W.
Peepoon.
19. Gage and Jefferson L,
Colby.
20. Saline J. W. Dawes.
21. Seward E. C. Canies.
22. York and Hamilton W
W.
M.
Knapp.
23. Filmore and Clay M. W. Wil
cox. 24. Adams and Webster J. S. Gil
ham. 25. Buffalo, Kearney, etc. Elisha
E. Calkins.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1. Richaid&on J. D. Gilman.
2. Pawnee E. Jordan, W. J. Hal
dermaii. 3. Gage Wm. Any an, L. B.
Bogga.
4. Johnson W. H. Spicknall, W.
H. Doolittle.
0. Otoe Paul Schminke. F. W.
Robb. Geo. McKee, J. B. Elliott.
7. Lancaster R. O. Phillips, John
Cadman, H. Spellman, W. C. Griff
ith. 5. Saunders J. A. Jury, F. M.
Runyan.E. M. Mengel.
9. Cass-J. M. Beardsley, T. N.
Bobbin, J. C. Gilmour.
12. Dodge J. B. Nicodemus.
13. Washington II. Sp-ick, P.
Sheldon. '
14. Burt F. M. Johnson.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Jefferson L. C. Champlin.
Thayer W. W. Fitchpatrick.
Nuckolls -R. A. Caldwell,
Webster J. F. Smith.
Adams S. Sadler.
Clay-J. W. Small.
Filmore C. M. Northrup.
Saline H. S. Clark.
Seward Thos. Healey, Thos
20.
Wolfe.
27.
28.
29.
30.
rn.
32.
33.
Paul.
34.
35.
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37.
39.
40.
41.
York T. D. Moore, Lee Love.
Hamilton T. B. Johnson:
Hall Peter Harrison.
B.iffalo-S. W. Switzer.
Lincoln A ot hon Rem.
Harlan B. D. Mills.
Howard and Greeley N. J.
Merrick H. A. Bruno.
Polk Albinus Nance.
Butler C3T11S Allen.
Colfax N. W. Wells.
Madison Smith Grant.
Cedar Andrew McNeil.
Burt and D idge Charles F.
Eiseley.
42. Stanton, Wayne and Pierce
Chas H. Fraday.
43. Knox and Holt T. G. Ilulli
heu. 44. Antelepe W. B. Lambert.
45. Boone, Valley and Sherman
Loran Clark.
40. Dawson and Frontier J. H.
McCall. (Plum Creek.)
47. Franklin and Kearney A. A.
Bush.
4S. Furnas, Phelps ami Copper T.
p.. Armstrong, (Beaver City )
50. Cass aud Saunders Samuel
Barker.
51. Platte, Colfax and Butler G.
W. Whelpley.
52. Filmore and CIny J. A. Chase.
DEMOCRATS SENATORS.
1. Riehardson-J. W. Holt, T. W.
Burkhauser.
2. Nemaha Church Howe.
3. Otoo-G. W. Covell.
5. Douglas G. W. Ambrose, C. H.
Brown.
0. Douglas and Sarpy A. N. Fur
9. Cuming J. C. Crawford.
14. Platte and Colfax James
E.
North.
20. Lincoln, Cheyenne, B.I. Hin
man. REPRESENTATIVES.
I. Richardson J. D. Myers, D. W
Page, Gerdis.
5. Nemaha .1. J. Mercer, J. G.
Ewan, J Freiricha (Independent.)
10. Sarpy S. F. Burtch.
II. Douglas A. H. Baker, J. S.
Gibson. Z. T. Wilcox. Wm Neville,
P. P. Shelby, Geo. E. Pritchard,
James Creighton, Thomas Black-
more.
12. Dodge N. S. Belden.
15. Cuming J. W. Polluck, Wm.
MeVickers.
16. Dakota J. C. Heffernon.
17. Dixon J. P. Walters.
25. Saline James McCreedy, T.
B. Parker. r
3S. Platte Guy C. Barnum, Jr.
39. Madison Alex. Beaj.
49. Cheyenne, Keith, etc., W. P.
St. Clair.
Several counties and districts are
yet to be heard from.
Hon. P. W. Hitchcock. United
States senator from Nebraska, arrived
yesterday, and our citizens will do
well to pay him their respects. Col
orado owes a large debt of gratitude to
Senator Hitchcock for his. steady, con
sistent friendship and the valuable
aid he has given her upon many oc
casions. He has- ever been one of
our most able and steadfast friends.
Rocky Mountain liews.
A eentleman a resident of Omaha
who was in Denver recently, says it
makes him 'sick' to come back to Oma
ha and contrast its Egyptian darkness
and its dilapidated sidewalks and gap
ing street, crossing", with the admir
able, well-lighted streets of that city.
Omaha Republican.
NEWS RECORD.
MISCELLANEOUS.
At the shooting tournament at
Memphis. Tenn., on the 16th. Captain
Bogardus accomplished the remarka
ble feat of killing twenty-Hlx out of
thirty double birds, at twenty-one
yards rise, In two minutes and fifteen
seconds.
Jeff. Divis is en route from England
to New York.
A libel suit of J. T. Gibson rs. the
Cincinnati Enquirer, was decided Iat
week, the jury giving the plaintiff
$3,875 damages.
At Winslow, Iowa, recently, a lit
tle daughter of David Heyes was
caught in a threshing machine and
instantly killed. .
At Ohatworth. 111., on the 16th. a
boy named Henry llosa accidently
discharge! a gun by which his little
brother was instantly killed.
Near Dubuque, Iowa, last week,
John Palmer was thrown from his
wagon and received injuries which
caused his death.
The business portion of Maguolia,
North Carolina, was recently des
troyed by fire.
The Attorney General has recom
meuded to the President that pardon
be granted to Wm. McKee of St.
Louis, now in jail for complicity in
defrauding the Government in the
crooked whisky business. The par
don is recommended by Attorneys
Bliss, Dyer and Broadhead.
Telegrams from New York on the
17th says ocean steamship freights ad
vanced from 33 to 45 shillings per ton
under war news. Tho White Star
line holds out for 50.
The grangers' encampment build
ing at Elm Station, on the Pennsyl
vania railroad, was totally destroyed
by fire on the 17th. Loss, $SO,000;
iusurance, $50,000.
CRIME.
At Plymouth, Ind., last week burg
lard cut a pane of glass from a show
window of a boot and shoe store, and
stole a large lot of goods.
At McLean, III., on the 16th, Speed
Taylor fatally stabbed James Brady.
Both young meu.
At Youngstown, Ohio, last week,
Chas. M. Sterling was tried for rav
ishing and murdering Lizzie Grom
bet'.ker. last June, and found guilty of
murder in the first degree.
The city marshal of Texarkana,
Ark., wa' shot and killed one night
last week by a desperado named Rob
inson, whom the marshal had arrest
ed. At Bloomington, Ind., on the 14th,
John McShaue and Joseph Hook
quarreled about a chew of tobacco,
which resulted in shooting McShaue
dead.
A shoemaker named Chris. Barth
hung himself in ashed in Milwaukee
on the 10th. Family trouble.
Mrs. Fannie Miles, of Iowa City,
ctxumit tt:tl Miiioido last wcok ly 0iin-
ing a vein in her arm and bleeding to
death.
FOREIGN.
The Spanish Generals have issued a
proclamation to deserters, a part of
which i as follows: Article 1. De
serters from our army who are actual
ly in the ranks of the enemy will be
pardoned if they surrender to the
poper authorities. They will resume
their places in the army, where they
will serve until the legitimate term of
their service has expired. Art. 2 All
deserters captured after Dec. 31, will
be shot.
On the 14th inst. American eagles
to the amount of -30,000 sterling,
were withdrawn from bank in Lon
don, for the United States.
The Czar has ordered the mobiliza
tion of a part of the Russian army.
A circular of Prince Gortsohakoff,
the Russian Premier, to Russian rep
resentatives abroad, explaining this:
measure, says: "The Czar does pot
wish war, and will, if possible, avoid
it. He is. however, determined that
the principles of justice which have
been recognized as uecessary by the
whole of Europe sh.-.ll he carried out
In Turkey under efficacious guaran
tees." A special from Constantinople de
clares that the Turks are firmly per
suaded that Russia will make inad
missible demands in order to provoke
a rupture. The Turks are vigorously
preparing for war. Torpedoes are be
ing placed at the eastern entrance of
the Bophorus, ami forts have been
strengthened. The people of Con
stantinople and elsewhereare forming
a national guard.
A third million of Turk sh pounds
of new paper currency is about to be
issued.
A Vienne dispatch says quarters for
20.000 men are being prepared at Rut
sehuk. The fortresses of Silistria.
Schnmlia. Rutschuk aud Varna are to
be held by 75.000 reserve men from
the Aiatie army corps. Dervish
Pasha ha.s been ordered to send a larne
force to Constantinople, ami steamers
have been sent tc the Albanian coast
to transport them.
A Bern;: dispatch reports that the
entire Polish co;ting-nt of the Rus
sian army has been sent out of the
Polish provinces for service in the
field. The Russian garrisons remain
in Warsaw and other large towns in
Russian Poland. The enrollment of
the Polish reserves -took place on the
14th and 15th Inst., and was charac
terized by great rigor. At Warsaw
the men were taken from their bed
at night and escorted to the trains.
WASltlNGTON. Nov. 1G. It is the
opinion of people connected with the
foreign embassies here that war in
Europe is inevitable, ami contrary to
general expectation, believing it will
break out before spring.
London, Nov. 17. Great activity
prevails in the Woolwich Arsenal.
An imperative order was issued yes
terday that the production of rifle-ball I
rnrtriduea be increased to 2 000.000 per
week. The usual quantity manufac
tured weekly is half a million.
The authorities of the Davenport
ock3'ard have received orders to pre -
are the iron-clad turret .ships Cyclops
pare the iron-clad turret .ships Cyclops
and Hydra for immediate active ser- i
vice.
Soldiers on Furlough in Ireland
have been ordered to join their regi
ments. All furloughs are temporari
ly suspiended.
NATIONAL GRANGE.
Annual Address of iVortliyOIaster
John T. Jcncs, of Arkansas.
Worthy Master John T. Jones, of
Arkansas, then delivered his annual
address. The following extracts from
the documeut will give its essential
parts:
Brothers and Sisters of the
National. Grange : Under the re
quirements of our Constitution we are
again convened in annual session, to
consider aud take such action in the
great interests of the class we repre
sent as may appear expedient fur the
advancemeiitof their prosper. ty, and,
ms a consequence, the prosperity of
. ur country, and for the good of our
Order.
The feeling of enthusiasm with
which you have been greeted from
this chair, on like occasions, experi
ences no abatement, but receives new
force from year to year, with the in
crease of our membership, power, and
good works. If we shall build our
superstructure in harmony with, and
in just proportions to, the broad and
substantial foundations we have laid,
we shall have cause of deeper, of im
measurable gratitude to him who has
sustained us so far in our work and
permitted us to meet together again,
with our ranks unbroken, to labor in
this clorious cause.
At the lat session of thn body sev
eral important amendments to the
Constitution were proposed and sub
spquentlv ratified by the State Gran
irps. of which proclamation was duly
made.
As a part of the system and plan of
the organization and government of
the co-operative societies of Great
Britain, which it was our purpose to
adopt, these rules, with some blight
change, will be most valuable, but
taken alone they are a disjointed link
in a chain, the perfection of which by
our British friends has been the work
of their educated, thinking, practical
inpn, for the last thirty-five years
The fraction which we have given our
Order has been utilized to an extent
which we can only conjecture. Hun
dreds, and it may be thousands, of co
operative stores have been established
in the various States and Territories
of the Union, with various amounts
of share capital, and perhaps as vari
ious in other features and in their for
tunes. 'I hpy are without the head or
eoiineetinir link, "likeso many islands
in the sea. withouteven a boat plying
from one to the other." without the
principle of unity which is the life of
co-operation and tho guiding star of
humanity.
With the perfection of our system
of organization, is the necessity of ed
ucation our members in the principles
of co-operation. Let us follow the
exauif le of our English friends in
this also. Through their courtesy I
have received a large number of tracts
with the proceedings of their co-operative
Congress from 1S0S to the pres
ent time, making : most valuable col
lection of co-operative literature. We!
have to reach the minus ot many who
are ignorant, ami to stimulate in them
a Ihirt for knowledge. The latter,
which i the first requisite, is better
iiecoiuplUhed by living missionaries',
rf we could send nut some of the
friends of co-operation (who could be
named) to act as pioneers in this
work, we would soon see a large de
mand for co-operative intelligence.
It may he thought by some who
take a solely sentimental view of our
organization, that I am giving an un
due prominence to its material objects.
If so, (vtnnot think they have stud
ied the deep philosophy, pure morali
ty, lofty virtue, and genuine religion
tliatunderlies co-operative life. Right
ly understood, it is the practical rea
lization of Christian ethic. The si
lent virtues of temperance, fore
thought, just dealing, and fellowship
in work, will do more to correct the
mora! disorders which darken our
land, and h-ive tainted our Govern
ment, as well as trade and commerce.
than all the penal statutes that have
been or can be devised. The material
moral, social, and intellectual influ
ences are in near connection with
each other. The mrst material things
have great influence on mental sub
jects, a sentiment that, age ago the
poet Homer gave vent to, in saving
that "when man becomes slave he
loses half his virtue."
At the la-t ses-ion of this Grange
much interest was expressed in the
action which had been taken by the
co-operative societies of Great Britian
to inaugurate a system of exchange
between them and the agricultural
producer in this country, and in
their friendly messages to our Order,
through their special deputation, ami
subsequent correspondence with our
Kxecutive Committee, which I was
directed, by a resolution of this body,
to continue, as I did, until a point was
reached when, in my judgment, with
the approval of the Executive Com
mittee, it became expedient to semi a
special commissioner to confer with
the authorities in those societies upon
this subject, and to represent our ideas
and interest in this connection. Bro.
J. V. A. Wright was appointed to
this office, and it affords mo sincere
pleasure to bear testimony to the abil
ity, dignity, and grace with which he
discharged" its important dutips. Com
plications of a verj serious character
had arisen through the misrepresen
tation of unfriendly parties, the
character aud extent of which were
unknown to us until ascertained by
our Commissioner, after his arrival in
England. These matters were fully
.hsrussed in the Co-operative Congress
which met at Glasgow in April Ia?t.
the courtesy ot opening aim closing
the discussion having been extended
to our commissioner. The result was
a reassurance of that body of the ear
nestness and integrity of our Order
in these negotiations, and their refer-,
ence to Mr. Neal and our Commissi
oner, by whom important modifica-
tionsimd changes of the original ar
ticles were agreed upon, submitted to
the Executive Committee of the Com
pany on the other side, and assented
to bv that committee. Copies of the
original articles, the modifications
and chants, and the report of the
Executive Committee on the other
side as-entlng thereto will bo placed
in the hands of the Secretary for your
use. These papers were submitted to
your Executive Committee at their
session in July last, when a resolu
tion wa passed requesting me to sub
mit to them ot their next session mj
views hi to what steps should be tak
en to insure the practical benefit of a
business connection with the Co-operative
Societies of Great-Britain.
T commend this whole subject to
vour careful consideration, as one of
snnrpmp imnortance to our Order,
I
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in..iinnil.a) hv vmir wspnction me
d(
systpm of co-oppration recommended j can caucus because it says the 50 "an
ar vour last sppsion mav hP pefrctPd. ti-Hitcheock" Republican would be
and that the article provided for its . sure to sell out to the 23 "HitehcoeK
extension to International oommTop.
through an Anglo-American Asso
ciation, may be found acceptablp. and
may oerecommpndpd to our members.
Every safeguard which the. experi-
fence of British co-operators, and the
' " carelul consideration on our side
could devise, is thrown around the
whole scheme.
The plan of organizing the Ameri
can section of this Association, which
I submit, may be improved by your
joint wisdom and united intelligence
of the exteuded field for which it Is
designed. By some it may be regard
ed us yielding much of the authority
and fostering care, which our Consti
tution wisely provides the National
Grange shall exercise, directly and
through subordinate Granges, over
the business interests of our Order, in
only becoming an "advisory .body. "
On tli2 other hand it might be object
ed that the National Grange is not
elected by those who miy be stock
holders in the enterprise alone, but
by the representatives of all the nim
hers, and therefore should not exer
cise supervision over their Interests.
Of these opposite opinions the last
would lead to consequences, I think,
fatal to our Order, and our cherished
hopes. The purposes of our Order
are so blended, each in harmony with
the others, and so dependent upon
one another, the separation of one.
and especially that one which is the
life blood of the whole, would para
lyze the system. It is not to the
share-capital in these enterprises that
our members will look for greater
benefits, but in the facilities they will
afford for the sale of our products and
the purchase of our supplies. The
member that holds but a single share
will be in titled to the same benefits,
and have an equal voice with the
member holding the maximum.
Some of our members may not be
aide to take a single share, yet such
may contribute to the profits, by their
custom, more than others holding the
maximum shares. Shall such mem
bers have no representation in a pure
ly Patron's enterprise, to the support
of which they contribute perhaps the
largest t-hare?
A co-operative Congress, elected by
stockholders, could not be more re
sponsible, or represent the interest of
their constituents more intelligently
or faithfully, than a body chosen from
the Order, a is this National Grange.
That we have opposition to our
plans, powerful, and energetic, we
know, but the source from which it
comes should nerve us to put forth
whatever effort may be necessary to
secure to the toiling farmer the right
ful profit of hi industry, as a pre
requisite to the proper development
of what are called "the higher objects
of our order.' Do we not see on edu
cational power of the highest kind
underlying this co-operative move
ment for the great masses of our peo
ple? The further we have gone the
fairer and wider the prospect before
us. Do we mean to go on? Have
we faith enough in the principles of
our Association to follow them wher
ever lhe3' may tend? I trust we
have, and that we shall take our for
ward bteps in tho reorganization of
labor, ami therefore of society, care
fully and steadily, but resolutely, ami
with a perfect indifference to the
abuse and opposition which we must
of course look for, unti.l manhoodshaU
cease to pay tribute to money; con
scious ii3 our limited education in
these principle has made us, in some
dim way. of that highest mystery of
our human life, which I hope all of
us are familiar, "That we are mem
bers one of another, so that if one
member suffers all suffer, aud if one
member rejoices all rejoice.
I have only alluded ton few sub
jects of prominent interest to our Or
tier aud our whole country. Coming
together as you do, from every part of
it, with the experience of another
year in the working of the Order,
and especially of its business, system.
you are prepared to supply omissions
and lo remedy defects in our laws
that will facilitate our safe progress
toward the grand object of our Or
ganization.
There i one other subject, how
ever, to which I ask your attention
specially.
At the last session, my worthy pre
decessor, in hi annual address, con
gratulated the Grange in the appro
priate selection of a location for our
permanent headquarters, and very
forcibly urged that our great Order
should now have n habitation a well
a a name, and that each State and
subordinate Grangp should own and
occupy suitable buildings, as of itself
almost a sure guarantee of perma
nence. These suggestion were fully
indorsed by the report of a commit
tee, which was adopted with a reso
lution "that all Masters of State
GnmgpK be advised to offer to their
subordinite Granges the suggestions
of our Worthy Master relating to the
building or owning of Grange halls,
as a mean of fostering and increas
ing the interest of our members in our
Order."
At the simp session the wholo sub
ject was referred to me. with a request
.that I should present therewith such
propositions us may be offered tome
on the subject. Accordingly, I ad
vertised for proposals, in the City or
Louisville last month, and herewith
submit the propositions received in
response thereto. I cannot too strong
ly urge the importance of such neMon
at the prpsent session as will perma
nently fix the headquarters, and p
cure a suitable building for the Na
tional Grange. Your advice to the
State and Subordinate Grangp on
this subject at the session so well giv
en would receive much great r force
by your own example.
The money In our treasury, which
might be used fir this purpose, is rnp-
Lilydiminshingby donations. While
we have any considerable sum on
hand, urgent appeals will be made for
donations in the intrest af our mem
bership in States having suffered
from insects and drouth. No amount
that can be appropriated from our
National Grangp Treasury would af
ford on appreciable rplfpf, so divided.
This should be thp work of our sub-i
ordinate Granges and members bless
pd with a bun dan cp. and I rpjoicp to
ny thpv have not been unmindful of
such obligation.
In conclusion. T trust that the name
h.trmnnv find frppdom from ppctlonal
I feeling which ha an eminpiflv and
admirably characterized thp delibera
tion and noMon of this body, and of
our intirp Order in the past, mav ob
tain at this spssjnn. and In all limp to
emp; thus rebuking thp rpckls
selfishness of political partisans who
nrp too graceless n profpss a zpal
abovp pnrfv. and continup to irrifnfp
thp wounds wHeh pvery true patriot
should labor to heal.
3Iississippi Wants Investigation.
Jackson, Nov., 15.
The following telegram wa- sent to
day to General James A. Garfield :
Republicans of Mississippi earnest
ly invite you and your associates of
both parlies, when you have complet
ed your investigations In Louisiana,
lo visit this State to make a like in
vestigation into the frauds and vio
lence with which this State has been
carried.
Signed H. R.Ware.
Cli'n Rep. State Executive Com.
r, .,ki:
"he f m in He.R opposes a -iv-pui-
ReniiklieniiS. if ""W ,,num v,,le "
r--. An(tftnna in tlto .
ballot, ine ' :nph ;
nnfi-FTitchcock element l touching
anti ""ciu. l fl-tterv
hut cannot be called grcsa uatierj.
Slate Journal, I ""
LATE TELEGRAMS,
New York. Nov. 20. The Metho
dist Episcopal missionary committeo
made these among other minor ap
propriations to-day: Northwest Iowa,
$4,500; St. Louis, $3,500.
Ciiicago, Nov. 20. Judge Drum
mond has appointed David Torronce,
of New York, and John King, of Io
wa, receivers of the Ohio and Missis
sippi railway, under bor.da of $200,000
each.
Montgomery, Nov. 20. Total Ma
jority for democratic electors, 34,3S3.
St. Louis. Nov. 20. A large indig
nation meeting was held last night aS
National Hall, third congressional
district, which was composed about
equally of republicans and democrats,
and at which the action of the can
vassing board, in counting votes for
Mr. Frost, democratic caudidate for
congress, which evidently were not
cast for him, was strongly denounced.
Washington. Nov. 20. Secretary
Cameron said this alternoon that ad
ditional troops were to be ordered aud
that the presence of those already in
Washington had no significance.
,iThe President said this morning
concerning the arrival of troops from
South Carolina via Fortress Monroe,
.that it was merely an ordinary change
of station. General Sherman denies
that the arrival of the fourcompanies
of artillery and three of infantry from
Forts Leavenworth and Riley, which
arrived to-day, and are in General
Hancock's command, indicate
anything politically. There is no
ground for excitement over it.
Troops now in Washington will re
main at least until after the presiden
tial inauguration, as it is usual to
have military escorton such occasions,
both as a guard of honor and In order
to suppress any serious disturbance
which might possibly occur.
The secretary of the navy, in re
sponse to inquiries regarding rumors
of concentration of a naval force in
this vicinity, emphatically denies
their truth. He said vessels of the
navy are pursuing their usual routine
duty without extraordinary orders,
and that there was nothing in the
way of recent suggestion or direction
from the navy department to com
manders of vessels as cause for anxi
oty or excitement.
Calcutta, Nov. 0. Three largo
islands, namely, Hattiah, Sundeeg:
and Dahkiu Shahabozhare, and nu
merous smaller islands included in
Backergauge, NookhoIIy and Chitta
gong, were entirely submerged by tho
storm-wave of October 31st, an was
also the mainland for livoorsix miles.
These islands are all in or near Estu
ary, of the river Megua. The largest,
Dtkhln Shahabozhare, was five hun
dred squares in extent, and had a pop
ulation of about 240 000. Hattiah and
Sundeeg together had about 100.000
population. Up lo II o'clock on tho
night of the 31st there were no signs
of danger, but before midnight a
wave swept over the country to tho
depth in many places of twenty feet,
surprising the people in their beds.
Dense groves of cocoanut and palm
trees around the village enabled many
to save themselves by climbing among;
the branches. Some took refuge on
the top of their houses, but tho water
burst the' houses asunder aud swept
them out to sea. Some were carried
thus across the channel, ten miles, to
Chattagang district, but the vast ma
jority were never heard of again.
There is scarcely a household in tho
islands and on the adjacent coast, but
lost many members. There is much
distress among survivors, which the
government is relieving. It i believ
ed not n third of the population sur
vived. The islands have barely ono
fourth of their former inhabitants.
The stench from the putrifying bod
ies is insufferable, and a general out
break of cholera Is expected.
The famine-threatened districts of
Madras reports prospects better but
; still gloomy, and actual famine pre
vails in some of them.
New York, Nov. 17. The Times
Columbia special says: "The asser
tion that the Hayes electors have nt
least 1,000 majority on the face of the
returns is denied by no one here. Re
publicans here are very anxious to
settle the question as to the electors In
order to relieve the anxiety of the.
country. Every effort in that direc-
tion by both Northern Republicans
and local leaders has been resisted'by
the Democratic managers. They
have received discouraging dispatches
to-day from Florida and Louisiana,
and they do not wish South Carolina
to be taken from their list of doubtful-
States. It is worthy of note thut tho
Board of Canvassers as at present con
stituted, have exercised all the pow
ers and performed all the duties now
sought to be prohibited ever since
1SG8. They have, after every election
heard contests a to the election of
members of the Legislature and coun
ty officers. Their powers in regard to
contests on county elections have
been recognized by the Supreme court
in two decisions, and their action ha
been declared to be final and not sub
ject to review by the courts or the
Legislature by decision in the Barn--well-Blackville
case. In fact, no ono
has ever questioned before the revis
ory powers of the bourd. It is dono
now to make effective the bold frauds
aud open violence of the rifle-club
campaign."
The Indianapolis Nexus (Indepen
dent) a.-ks leave to remark: 'Sumo
Democrats are excited over the fact
that ii Vermont elector is suid to be a
Postmaster, which would vitiate hie
election, and hope that Tilden willr
get hi one vote in that way. This
shows how unreasonable partisans are.
The Democrats at this very moment
are charging Republican with the iu
tentiou of throwing-out votes in doubt
ful States for mere technicalities, and
are freely denouncing such action in
advance. But when it is proposed to
tnke advantage of a technicality In
VHrmont - a Stnte in which there la
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no room to question the public wills-
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