Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1877 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE SOUTH. President Hayes, at the urgent solicitation of citizens of Atlanta, Ga., visited that city on the 22d of September, and was cordially received. In the presence of 10,000 citizens, Mayor Angler, on behalf of the municipality, welcomed the President, and Gov. Colquitt for the people of the State spoke words of hearty welcome. The President was introduced and received with great cheering. He spoke as follows : My Friends of Okoihiia : I suppose that here, as everywhere else, I am In the presence of men of Imlh great political parties. lam speaking also in the presence of citizens of both races. lam quite sure there are lie fore me very many of the brave men who fought in tlio Confederate army [applause], sonic doubtless of the men who fought in the Union army [applause], and here we are, Itepublicans, Democrats, colored people, white people, Confederate soldier* and Union soldiers, all of one mind and one heart to-day. [lmmense cheering.] And why should wc not be? What is there to separate us longer ? Without any fault of yours, or any fault of mine, or of any one of this great audience, slavery existed in this country. It waa in the constitution of the country. The colored man was hero not by his own voluntary action. It was the misfortune of hie fathers that he was here. I think it is safe to say it was by the crime of our fathers ho was here. He was here, however, and tlie two sections differed about what should lie done with him. As Mr. Lincoln told us in the war, there were prayers on both sides for him. Both sides found in the Bible confirmation of their opinions and both sides Anally undertook to settle the question by that last Anal means of arbitration, force of arms. You here mainly Joined the Confederate. i<lo and fought bravely, risked your lives heroically in behalf of your convictions, and can any true man anywhere fail to respect the man who risks his life for his convictions? [Prolonged cheers.] And, as I accord that respect to you, and believe you to be equally liberal, and generous, and just, I feel, as I stand before you, as one who fought in tlie Unlou army for Ins convictions, I am entitled to your respect. [Cheers.] Now that conAict is over, my friends. Gov. Hampton repeated to you last night the way in which I have been putting it since I came to the South. There were u larger proportion of trained soldiers in your army at Arst than in ours. In much larger proportion you were good marksmen and good horsemen, and that Is two-thirds of a good soldier [laughter] ; but gradually wo learned to ride, too [laughter], and, as some of you know, gradually learned to shoot. (Renewed laughter.] I happen to know how well you could shoot. [Cheers.] Well, having learned how to ride and shoot, it was the case of Agliting between Greek nml Greek. When Greek meets Greek, you know what- the conflict is. [Cheers.] And, more than that, you know exactly how it will terminate. That party in that Aght will always conquer that Ims the most Greeks. [Laughter and cheers.] It is with no discredit to you, and no special credit to us, the war turned out as it did. [Cheers.] Now, shall we quit Agliting ? [Cries of “ Yes,” “ yes.”] I have been in tlie habit of telling an anecdote about Gen. Scott and the statesman at Washington, in which the statesman said that as soon as tlie war was over and the combatants laid down their arms, wc would have complete peace. “ No,” said Gen. Hcolt, “it will take several years, in which all the powers of the General Government will be employed in keeping peaco lietween the belligero*** " .a-. * . •- uavc gotten through (hat [cheers], and, having peace between tlie soldiers and non-combatants, that is an end of the, war. Ih there any reason, (lien, why we should not lie at peace forever more? Wo arc embarked upon tlie same voyage, upon the. same ship, under the sauie old Aag. Good fortune or ill fortune affects you and your children as well ns my people and my children. |Cheers.] Kvcry interest you'posscHs is to be promoted by peace. Here is the great city of Atlanta, gathering to itself from all parts of the country its wealth and business by its railroads, and I say to you iliat every description of indusl ry and legitimate business needs peace. That is what capital wants. Discord, discontent, and dissatisfaction are the enemies of these enterprises. Then all our Interests are for peace. Are wo not agreed about that? What do we, want for tlie future? I believe it is tlio duty of the Genera Government to regard equally the interests and rights of all sections of the country. [Cheers.] I am glad you agree with me about that. I believe further that it is tlio duty of governments to regard ■like and equally the rights and interests of all classes of citizens. [Cheers.] That covers the whole matter. That wipes out in the future in our politics the section lino forever. [Cheers.] Lot us w-ipe tint in our politics tlio color lino forever. [Cheers.]

And let me nay a word upon wliat has been done. I do not undertake to discuss or defend particular measures. I leave the people with their knowledge of the facts to examine and discuss and decide for themselves as to them. I only speak of general considerations and motives. What troubles our people at the North, what has troubled them, was that they feared that those colored people who had been made roe men by the war would not be safe in their right and interests in the South unless it was by the inter fereneo of the General Government. Many good people had that idea. I had given that matter some consideration; and now, my colored friends, who have thought or who have been told I was turning ,wy buck upon the men whom I fought for, now listen. After thinking it over, X believed your rights and interests would bo safe if this great mass of intelligent white men were let alone by the General Govornmjnt. [lmmense enthusiasm and cheering lasting for several minutes.] And now, my colored friends, let me say another thing. Wo have been trying it for theso six months, and, in my opinion, for no six months since the war has there been so few outrages and invasions of your rights, nor have you been so secure in your rights, persons and homes, as in laßt six months. [Great cheering.] Then, my friends, we are all together upon one proposition. Wo believe, and in this all these who are here agree, in the Union of our fathers, in the old flag of our fathers, tho constitution as it is, with all its amendments, and are prepared to see it fully and fairly obeyed and enforced. [Cheers.] Now, my friends, I sec it stated occasionally that President Hayes has taken the epurse he has because he was compelled to it. [A voice—“ We don’t believe it.”] Now, I was compelled to it. [Applause.] I was compelled to It by my sense of duty under my oath of office. [lntense enthusiasm and cheers.] What was done by us was done not merely by force of special circumstances, but because we believed it was just and right to do it. [Cheers.] Now let us come together; let each man make up his mind to become a patriot “in his own home and place. You may quarrel about get up a sharp contest about the currency, about the removal of the State capitals an dwhere they would go lo [laughter] ; but upon the great question of the Union of States and rights of all the citizens we shall agree orevmnore. [Great cheers.]

THE WAR IN’ THE EAST. Advices from the seat of war to the 18th announce that Suleiman Pasha had captured Fort St. Nicholas, in Schipka pass, and formed a junction with Mehemet Ali. «it geems probable,” telegraphs a correspondent, “ that their combinod forces may attempt something against the Czarowitz, who, already obliged o retire before the junction was effected, may now be forced to retreat still further, although the Imperial Guard, now arnving rapidly, may put another face on affairs, it is reported that Gen. Todleben, the def nder of Sebastopol, has received orders to prepare plans for fortifying the winter camps at Matchin, Hirzova, Sistova, and Nikopolis. If it comes to the worst, Nikopolis, where the strong tete du pont is to be established, will be held at all hazards. All fresh troops meanwhile are directed to the Jantra line.” Pispatcl?es from before Plevna of the 21st

state that “tlie Russians maintain a partial blockade of the place, and continue a desultory liombardment. They are waiting for the Imperial Guard, one division of which is already at or near the crossing-place on the Danube, while another is following with as much expedition as possible. But Osman is getting reinforcements, too. Chefket Pasha, the Bulgarian butcher, has pushed his way northward from Bolla, with a convoy of provisions for Plevna, and a force of twenty or thirty thousand men, and has already opened communications with Osman. Thero is nothing new from Suleiman or Mehcmet Ali.” It is estimated at the Russian headquarters that the Turks lost 2,000 men in the late attempt to capture Fort St. Nicholas. A London dispatch of the 22d says “ fighting is reported to have begun between the forces of Mehcmet Ali and the Czarowitch near Biela. The Turkish commander, who has been advancing for several days with extreme caution, came up with the Russian outposts Thursday, and somo skirmishing took place, followed by a more serious conflict Friday, resulting in the loss to the Russians of 5,000 men, and to the Turks of 0,000. Both sides claim the victory.” According to reports current in Constantinople, the Sultan is resolved not to accept mediation “ while a single Russian soldier remains on Turkish soil,” nor to entertain propositions for an armistice unless the bases of a treaty of peace are at the same time defined. A correspondent who was an eye-witness of the battle fought on Sept. 21 between the Czarowitch and Mehemet Ali, telegraphs from Tzercouna as follows : “Five or six different attacks were made to-day by the Turks, with from one to three battalions each, and all unsupported. The attacks failed. The loss to the Turks was very heavy. A number of killed and wounded can be seen lying on the open ground over which the combatants passed. The Russians maintain their positions, which consist of a series of formidable trenches.” The Russian official bulletin, dated* GornyStuden, Sept. 23, says : “The Turks renewed the bombardment of the Schipka pass positions Friday. In the afternoon they began an assault on the right flank, but were repulsed. They then attacked the left and center, and were likewise repulsed. Fighting lasted until night.”

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. After a six months’ rest, the Clyde shipbuilders have agreed to arbitrate their differences with the employers, and this important industry will be revived at once. Reports from most of the famine districts of India are pneouraging, the crop prospects having greatly improved under recent rains. Marshal MacMahon has issued an extraordinary proclamation to the electors of Fiance. Ho “ awaits with full confidence the manifestation of the people’s sentiments,” he says ; but he takes care to notify the people in advance that their sentiments must he manifested in accordance with his own. He is entirely willing that the form of an election shall proceed, but he wants it distinctly understood that it will he nothing more than a barren form. ’**•“ 'uanifosto has created an immense sensation in r ranee. It is muuiy applauded by the Bonapartist and clerical organs, wliilo the Republican papers manifest serious alarm at tho Marshal’s threats. In France the Republicans have issued an address to the people, replying, point by point, to MacMahon’s manifesto. The concluding passage is as follows : “ Your duty will increase with the audacity of those who presume to impose themselves on France. You cannot become the instrument of clericalism. The republic must have republican functionaries, and the country expects order, peace and stability through the republic.” M. LeVcrrier, the celebrated French astronomer, is dead. The second trial of Gambctta took place on tho 22d of September on appeal. His counsel argued that the tribunal which condemned him was incompetent. Tho court rejected the plea, and confirmed tho sentence pronounced at the first trial.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. • East. A monument to fallen soldiers and sailors was dedicated at Boston on the 17th inst., in the presence of an immense concourse. Attorney General Devens was tho chief orator. A stand upon which about 2,000 people were seated g&vo way, injuring somo thirty, some of them quite severely. Tho dedication of the new monument at Paoli, Fa., in honor of fifty-threo American soldiers under Gen. Anthony AVayno, killed by British troops under Gen. Gray, 100 years ago, took place on tho 20th of September. Among those present wero Gov. Hartranft and staff, and a grandson of Anthony Wayne. West. Tho Texas cattle fever has broken out in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, and is killing off the stock in large numbers. Gen. Sturges has had a spirited contest with the Nez Perces in the Yellowstono region, with the result of inflicting a severe drubbing upon the retreating savagos. A vigorous pursuit of two days was rewarded by an opportunity to give Joseph a taste of red-hot warfare, and tho capture of several hundred horses and the killing of a large number of Indians, after a whole day’s fighting in which the Crows did good service, are set down to Sturges’ credit. An east-bound passenger train on the Union Pacific railway was stopped by highwaymen at Big Springs, Neb., ICO miles east of Cheyenne, on the night of Sept. 18. The robbers first took possession of the station at the Springs, destroying the telegraph instruments, and compelled the agent to hang out a red light. When the train stopped the desperadoes took possession, patting the train men and passengers under guard. The express car was broken into, and the safe robbed of about $75,000. The passengers were also robbed, of what amount is not yet ascertained. To delay the train reaching the next station, and alarm being given, the fire in the locomotive was wet down. A freight train overtaking the express, its engine was. sent to Ogallala, from where the report of the robbery was made. The robbers are believed to have gone n6rth. The railroad company offer a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the thieves. Another Chicago savings bank has collapsed, the Merchants’, Farmers’ and Mechanics’, of which Sidney Myers is President. Its affairs have been placed in the hands of a receiver. About $600,000 are owing to some 2,500 depositors. The assets are nominally equal to the deposits. St. Louis papers announce the death of Hon. Louis V. Bogy,-United States Senator from Missouri. He was 65 years old and a native of Missouri. Late news from Sitting Bnll, from British territory, indicate that he will remain on British soil through alleged fear on his part of treachery. Sitting Bull’s force now numbers 1,000, encamped at the Horse Buttes, four miles from Wood mountain. Edwin Booth continues his engagement at MoVioker’s Theater, Chicago. Next week Dion Boudc&ult, with his great specialty of ‘The Sh*ughraun, will be the attraction,

This is one of the most popular dramas ever written, and is said to have netted Mr. Boucicanlt SBOO,OOO since its first production, a little over a year ago. So utli. The Steamers Great Republic and Carondelet were burned at St. Louis a few nights ago. The Great Republic was the finest steamboat ever built for the Mississippi river, and was valued at $350,000. The Carondelet was valued at $75,000. The settlement of a Kentucky'dispute is thns chronicled in a dispatch from Richmond, in that State : “A year since, Jasper Maupin shot John Breman, at Kingston, Madison county, wounding him. Maupin was indicted and tho trial set for to-day, but the case was not reached. This evening the parties met in the street in Richmond, each accompanied by friends, when firing began. John Breman, Chris Ballard, and Wm. A. Cornelason were killed. The survivors were arrested.” Tho fertile valley of the Black Warrior river, j in Alabama, has been visited by a destructive j inundation, by which the entiro crops of cotton and grain have been destroyed. The loss will reach $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. The yellow fever epidemic is on the increase at Fernandina, Fla., and there is a general feeling of alarm along the gulf coast. WASHINGTON NOTES. ‘ The Ohio clerks in the treasury have been given to understand that they can have a furlough of sufficient length to allow them to go home to vote, provided they desire to do so. E. R. Hoyt, of New York, has been appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs. POLITICAL POINTS. The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts met at Worcester last week and nominated the following ticket : Governor, Alexander H. Rice ; Lieutenant Governor, Horatio G. Knight; Secretary of State, Henry B. Pierce ; Attorney General, Charles R. Train ; Treasurer and Beceiver General, Charles Emlicott; Auditor, Julius L. Clarke. The following resolutions were adopted:

Resolved, That we reaffirm, first of all, our unwaver.ng allegiance to the fundamental truth and principle which have inspired the triumph of the Republican party. We accept tho responsibility of the national administration again committed to Republican hands as a trust to be exercised for the welfare of all the people, without distinction of race, color, locality, or creed. The armed struggle for union and equal rights is at an end. The grand results are accepted facts in national history. Watchful, guarding, and finally maintaining all that has been achieved, wo do not propose to abandon tho helm or drift with the tide, but to address ourselves with vigor and courage to the jiending issues,' and to insist upon their settlement in the interest of good government, national progress and enduring union. 2. That wo congratulate the country upon the rightful accession of tho Republican President, whose conspicuous integrity, honesty of purpose, wisdom, moderation, and firmness command the confidence of the people, give assurance of pure, economical, and beneficent administration of public affairs, and thus afford opportunity and encourage the prospect of the speedy restoration of confidence and revival of business activity. sign of promise of the. final and permanent pacification of tho Southern section of our country under local self-government, based upon the full recognition of tho equal rights of all by all, and we cordially approve the spirit and measures ofjthe administration as wisely adapted to hasten this result, as directed by a just sense of constitutional right and duty, as tending to promote the spirit of peace and reconciliation between the citizens of all sections, and as already largely justified by the liettcred feeling and condition of the country. 4. 'That the, faith of tho country is solemnly pledged to the early resumption of specie payments. Public honor and private interest alike demand the fulfillment of this pledge. We approve the steps already taken, and rejoice at the progress made. We insist upon the adoption of all measures necessary to secure resumption on a day not later than that now fixed by law, and it is the duty of the Government to maintain its coin and currency at all times at par with gold, the standard of the commercial world. 5. That the work of reforming and improving the civil service which the Republican party has undertaken, and to which it alone stands committed, ought to be persistently and resolutely carried forward. 6. That the order recently promulgated by the President for the purpose of restraining executive officers of the Government from exercising an undue and improper influence upon the action of the people in the selection of candidates for office and in the management of political affai rs is in accordance with the principles and practices established by the founders of the Government. 7. That the Congress of the United States has already passed a reasonable limit in grants of land and money awards to private enterprises; that the interests of the nation demand that no more grants shall be made, either from tho public domain or public treasury, as subsidies to private corporations, and that appropriations for Government works shall henceforth be limited by the strict rule of necessity.

The Democrats of New Jersey met in State convention at Trenton last week, nominated Gen. George B. McClellan for Governor on the first ballot, and adopted the following platform : • Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of New Jersey, in convention assembled, reaffirm the principles contained in the National Democratic platform adopted at St. Louis in 1876. We denounce the frauds and crimes by which our candidates for President and Vice President are prevented from occupying the positions to which they were chosen by a decided majority of the popular electoral vote. 2. We congratulate the supporters of free government throughout the United States that even the man who was placed in the Presidential chair by means of these frauds and crimes has found it necessary, in order to receive the respect and support of any portion of the American people, to adopt the Democratic policy of local self-government, and abandon all further devices to perpetuate sectional jealousies. 8. The Democratic party, embracing within its ranks all classes of our citizens, most of whom are workingmen, believes that aU legislation should have for Its object the greatest good to the greatest number. We, therefore, oppose all special legislation for corporate or individual interests at the expense of the people. We recognize their needs and sympathize with the workingmen of the State in the prevalent distress. We advise the enactment of such legislation as will enable us to collect information relating to the interests of labor and capital, with a view to harmonize these interests and place our industries upon a more permanent and scientific basis. 4. Honest toil and legitimate business are the true basis of a nation’s prosperity. Official salaries ought never to be so high as to be sought after for mere pecuniary gain. Salaries, fees and costs of litigation have, during the past years of Republican legislation, been so largely increased as to become absolutely burdensome. The times demand and the necessities of the people require a radical reduction of all such salaries, fees and costs. The usury laws should lie revised and reformed, and 6 per cent, should be restored as the uniform legal rate of interest in this State, without the impairing obligations of contracts.

The Prohibitionists of New Jersey have nominated Rndolphus Bingham for Governor. The Pennsylvania Greenbackers met in convention at Williamsport, the other day, and placed the following State ticket in the field : Supreme Judge, Benjamin 8. Bentley; Auditor, Gen. J. E. Emerson ; State Treasurer, James L. Wright. The Maryland Republican Convention met at Baltimore on the 20th inst., apd nominated Dr.

G. E. Porter for State Comptroller. The resolutions indorse the President’s Southern policy and oppose the repeal of the Resumption law. MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The Detective Bureau of the Treasury Department, at Washington, warns the public to be on its guard against counterfeit $5 bills. The President’s journey from Louisville southward must have been an exceedingly pleasant one, jndging from the hearty manner in which he was greeted by the multitudes of people who flocked to the railway stations to get a view of his features and a shake of his hand. One feature of the trip was the anxiety of the colored people to see the Chief Magistrate, for which purpose they flocked to the various stations in vast numbers. The reception of the President at Nashville, Chattanooga and other points in Tennessee was very enthusiastic. A collision between passenger and freight trains on the New York Central road, at Rome, N. Y., resulted in the killing of three persons, all train men, and injuring a number of passengers. The troops lately quartered in the mining region of Pennsylvania have been sent West, to operate against the Indians. So much grain has accumulated in Kingston, Ont., that Canadian vessels cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers to forward it to Montreal, and permission has been asked from the Government to allow American craft to get forwarders out of their embarrassment of riches. The reader is advised to accept no $5 bill on the First National Bank of Tamaqua, Pa. A perfectly-executed counterfeit five on that bank is in circulation, and all issues of that denomination are to be called in.