Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1876 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. RENSSELAER, . . INDIANA.

General News Summary.

RM HAWnWTWI. Tn public debt statement tor August, published on the Ist., shows the following: Coin bonds outstanding $1,597,520,100; toUl debt, $2,*i1,940,V09; cash in Treasury, $lO6, 066,768; debt less cash in the Treasury, $2,695,181,M0; decrease during August, $3,110,m Oxa hundred and twenty-four clerks out •f the 600 employed In the War Department and Its various bureaus In Washington were discharged on the 2d. Att’t.-Gen. Tarr has issued a circular letter to the United States Marshals throughout the country, Instructing them as to their duties at the coming election. A Was*isotoa dispatch of the sth gives the full text of the President's reply to the Emperor of Germany's letter of congratulation on the occasion of the centenary of American Independence. The President’s letter is as follows: Ulysses 8. GraaLPresMent of the V sited States of America, to William. Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, etc , etc. Quest and Good Fa ekd: Tour letter of Jane t, la which too were pleased to offer your cordial eongrmraiaOons apon the occasion of the Centennial anniversary which we have recently celebrated, was placed in my hands on the 4th of July, sad its contents wore pernaed with nnfeigned sat Infection, each expresalons of sympathy for the past pragma of thla country and of lho good wiahee for Its future welfare as are curtained in that communication are the more gratifying be canoe they proceed man the head or a great Empire, with which the Republic daring the whale century of Its existence his maintained relations of penes and friendship which hare bean conspicuous alike In prosperity and is adversity, and have become continually firmer with tbs increasing progress and proa perl tv of both countries. It la my sincere do*ire that this mutual cordiality and this prosperity which have boon the lot of tbs two countries daring the first century of our independence may bo vouchsafed daring the century which is to come. Wishing you a long reign of health sad happiness. I pray God that Be may have year Mgjesty In IIU safe and holy keeping. U. 8. Grant. By the President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Washinoton, July 18 1878 The Secretary of the Treasury has called for the redemption of $10,000,000 of 5-20 bonds of 1865, May and November, upon which the interest will cease on the 6th of December. Accord life to a statement sent from Washington on the 6tta, the amount of N ation - al Bank notes oatstanding on the Ist was $828,885,712, and the amount of Greenbacks $869,944,604.

THE BAST. Tee sentence of Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, of Boston, has been changed to Imprisonment for life, the Executive Council Yottiuf six to three in favor of such commutation. Mr. Beeceee having moved for a change of venae in the suit brought against him by Frank Moulton, the latter has served a supplementary complaint locating the action in New York city. Hr the New York Democratic State Tendon on the 81st nit, announcement wafi made that Mr. Seymour had finally conaented to aocept tho nomination for Governor. Lieut.-Gov. Doraheimer was nominated for re-election by acclamation. Robert C. Earle was nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals; Darius A. Ogden foi Canal Commissioner, and Robert H. Anderson for Btate Prison Inspector. It has since been reported from Utica that Mr. Seymour positively declined to run, and that such declination was final, nor would he consent to the use of hie name. A brutal prise-fight occurred at Pennsville, N. a few da,s ago, between two Philadelphia pugilists—James Wee den and Philip Walker, alias Koster, the tetter being barely twenty years of age. They had fought once before, Weeden winning the ba tie. The recent fight was witnessed by about 1,000 roughs, who openly defied the Sheriff and his officers. Seventy -six rounds were fought, in the last one of which Walker was unable to strike a blow, and at Its end he waa wholly insensible and died before he could be taken home. A New York dispatch of the 2d says Weeden and his second, Goodwin, had surrendered themselves there without waiting for a requisition from the Governor of New Jersey. They arrived in Philadelphia on the Sd, in charge of officers. Other arrests of parties concerned in the fight have been made. John T. Waring A Co., of Yonkers.N. Y-, the heaviest hat manufacturing firm in the United States, have failed with liabilities amounting to about $400,000. They employed 700 operatives. The assets are said to be greatly In excess of liabilities. Ex-Gov. Betmour having positively declined the nomlnatioii for Governor, a New York dispatch of the 4th states that the Democratic State Convention had been officially requested to reconvene on the 13th, at Saratoga, to make a new nomination. The Massachusetts Republican State Convention was held at Worcester on the sth. Alexander H. Rice, present Governor, was renominated by acclamation. The rest of the ticket ia made up as follows, all nominated by acclamation: For Lieutenant Governor, Hora io- G. Knight; Secretary of State, H. B. Pierce; Auditor, Julius L. Clark; Treasurer, Charles Endicott; Attor-ney-General, Charles B. Train. The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention, held at Worcester on the Bth, nominated Charles Francis Adams for Governor, by acclamation. The rest of toe ticket is composed aa follows: For Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, William R. Plunkett; Secretary of State, Edwin H. Lathrop;Treasurer, Weston Howland; Auditor, John E Fitzgerald; At-torney-General, Richard Olnej. The Vermont State election occurred on the sth. Returns were received on the momiagof toe 7th from 186 towns, which gave Fairbanks (Rep.), for Governor, 37,598; Bingham (Dem.), 17,566. The same towns In 1874 gave Pack (Rep.), 27,342, and Blagham ULJMcT. The Republican majority in the State, aa thus indicated, will be about MflOO. The Democrats of Connecticut, at their late Convention, nominated, by acclamation, Richard D. Hnbbard, for Governor, and Francis B. Loomis for Lieutenant-Governor. The statue of Lafsye te, which was given by the French Government as an expression of its friendship for this country, was unveiled on the 6th, in Union Square, New York, where are also the statues of Washington and Lincoln. The presentation speech wag made by toe Consul General of France, find Mayor Wickham replied. On the sth, Henry Lueraou, one of the workmen on the Governments works at

Hell Gate accidentally let fall a dynamite cartridge on the dock of a scow, when It exploded, burling him 206 yards, tearing off Anns, legs and head, and horriblj mutilating his body. John Hyckman, who was helping Lueruon, was blown into the sir. His body was severed in two. Jno. Doyle, who was near, was terribly mutilated. One side of his face was blown away. Another laborer who was standing upon tho scow was blown Into the sir. His body fell Into the river and was not recovered. All four were instantly killed. Five other workmen were seriously injured. A Philadelphia dispatch of the 6th says Dr. H. T. Helmbold had again escaped from the Pennsylvania Inaane Asylum, and was supposed to be in New York. Gold closed in New York on the 6th at 100)4. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]; No, 2 Milwaukee, $1.06 @1.07; Oats, Western and Btate, 85®44c. Corn, Western Mixed, 54®57c; Pork, Mess, $16.75; Lard, 10>fc; Flour, good to choice, $4.75(35.15; White Wheat Extra, $5.20®7.50. Cattle, 9@lotfc for good to extra. Sheep, 406 c. At East Liberty, Pa., on the 6th, cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; medium, $4.50 @4.75; common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $A20@640; Philadelphia*, $6.45@ 6.65. Sheep brought [email protected], according to quality. a WEST AND SOUTH. Advices from Decatur, Tex., reoelvod at St. Louis on the 81st ult., says: “ Bev. W. G. England, a Methodist minister, his wife,a step-daughter and four sons were murdered at their home, six miles from Montague, last Saturday night, by a party of disguised men. The particulars of the fiendish affair have not been received, but it is supposed that the butchery was committed for money, as the family is rich.” Ax Omaha telegram of the Slat ult. says A. A. Jones, agent of Clark’s pony express at Deadwood City, who arrived at Sidney that morning, says the Indiana raided the road between Custer and Deadwood, on the 20th, killed Weston Smith, a minister and three miners named Ike Brown, Pollins and Mason, carrying off their stock. On the 22d they made a raid on a party fire miles south of Caster City, and killed James Kidd, Samuel Wallace, Jacob Wellly and Thompson. The Indians were supposed to be Northern Bioux from the hostile camp on the road to the agencies. Jones says the country was full of Indians. A statement previously sent that Deadwood had been corraled is pronounced untrue.

The Chicago Typographical Union have recently voted to reduce the price of composition on morning newspapers from fortyseven to forty-two cents, and on evening newspapers from forty-two to thirty-eight cents, per thousand cms. Composition on weekly papers forty cents per thousand. A courier who left the camp of Crook and Terry on the 20th ult., at the mouth of Powder River, arrived at Fort Fetterman on the night of the 31st. The command was tben on a trail which was es'imated at 10,000 potties. Campfires indicated seven distinct Lbands. There was reason to believe that she Indians were almost destitute of food, *and traces left in the deserted camps indicated their reduced extremity, using raw hides for food. All the Snake allies had gone home, the Crows -remaining. Gen. Crook fully expected to strike Sitting Bull in a few days. The Democrats of Colorado have nominated Bela M. Hughes, of Denver, for Governor, Dr. Bcshoar for Lieutenant-Governor, and T. M. Patterson, present Delegate, for Member of Congress. About $4,000 worth of the property of Brigham Young, consisting of horses, carriages and other goods, was attached on the 2d, to satisfy the judgment for $3,600 as alimony due Ann Eliza. Gen. Bheridan sent a dispatch to Gen. Sherman on the 2d to the effect that Col. Carlin had telegraphed the former that he had been obliged to suspend Agent Burke, at Standing Rock, who, it was believed, had been surreptitiously issuing beef cattle to the Indians. Gen. Bherman sent word to Gen. Sheridan that Secretary Chandler had stated that another agent had been appointed in Burke’s stead, who would soon be at Standing Rock. In the meantime Col. Carlin was instructed that he must permit no issues of anv kind of which he does not approve, especially to Indians not known to be friendly and faithful.

The Chicago dailies caution the public against ten-doilar counterfeit notes on the Lafayette (Ind.) National Bank. At Chicago on the 4th an indictment for murder was returned by the Grand Jury against Alexander Sullivan for the killing of Francis Hanford. Three were ten yellow fever Interments at Savannah, Ga., on the 4th, and the disease had become epidemic. Forty deaths occurred in the forty-eight hours ending on the 2d. The latest news from the Indian expedition, received at Bismarck, D. T-, up to the 4th, indicated tbat the campaign against Sitting Bull had been closed for the season. No Indians of any account had been 6een for some time. The feeling among both the officers and men of the expedition was that the campaign had proved an immense wildgoose chase. Gen. Jeff. Thompson, of Louisiana, died at St Joseph, Mo., on the sth, aged fifty years. At the time of his death he was Chief Engin er of the Board of Public Works ol Louisiana.

The State election in Arkansas, held on the 4th, is said to have passed off without any disturbance. A Little Rock dispatch of the sth says the Democrats claimed the State by from 40,000 to 50,000 majority. In Chicago, on the 6th, Spring wheat, No. 2, closed at cash. Cash corn closed at 43){c Tor No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at Sl)t@Slj(c; October options, were sold at Sltfc. Rye No. 2, 58Ji@58J*c. Cash mess pork ...... closed at $15.75 $15.80. Lard, [email protected]. Good to choice beeves brought [email protected]; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $2.50 @s.so; stock cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought [email protected] for good to choice. Sheep sold at [email protected] for good to choice. TOHE6B nrrUAMBfCB. According to a Belgrade telegram of the Ist the Berviaa army was being rapidly rewere crosslug Hungary and Roumania in great numbers. The Italian Marquis Hlschateaho who. some monte s ago, forged the name of King Vicior Emanuel to certain bills of exchange.

has been found gully of forgery and sentenced to eight year* penal servitude. Several failures occurred In various parts of England on the 2d, and a large number of persons were thrown out of employment The town of 8t Hyacinthe, Canada, was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the Bd. Six hundred buildings were burned, and hundreds of families were rendered homeless. But little of the contents of the burned buildings was saved, and the unfortunate people were in a suffering condition, for the want of food. Loss estimated at $2,600,000. The Manchester (Eng.) Examiner of the 3d reports the failure of Messrs. Strutting, tee end sugar merchants of Moscow, Hussls, with large liabilities, of which $750,000 fall on England. Constantinople dispatches of the 2d eay the foreign Ambassadors had agreed upon the mediatory proposals to be submitted to the Turkish Government The Porto, disquieted by the Russian news and the influx of Russian volunteers into Bervia, was discussing the propriety of closing the Danube to navigation. A Belgrade telegram of the 8d announces the bombardment of AlexInatz. It was reported that the city proper had been abandoned, although the Servians still held the redoubts. Upon the urgent demand of Gen. Tchcniayeff 12,000 men had been sent to his aid. A Constantinople telegram of the 4th says the British Ambassador had notified the Porte that, If Turkey’s refusal to negotiate a peace with Scrvia should lead to Russian armed intervention, she (Turkey) must not reckon on British assistance. About one-third of the business portion of the town of Seaforth, Canada, was destroyed by fire on the 4th. Lg»6 heavy. Geohoe Smith, the noted Assyrian explorer, died in London on the sth. A Madrid special of the sth says the authorities had ordered all the native and foreign Protestant chapels, Bible societies and schools to immediately remove all external signs, placards and inscriptions indicative of their faith. A Constantinople dispatch of the 6th says Turkey, through her ambassadors at European courts, had refused to consent to, an armistice with Servia, although she had expressed a willingness Jtp treat for peace.

Another Case Looking Like Perjury.

When an effort is made to impeach the testimony of a witness in any trial at law, it is a common practice to take evidence as to his reputation for veracity, and a prima facie case of false swearing in the particular Instance is always strengthened by reputation of false swearing in other instances. To the extent, therefore, that Mr. Tilden may be shown to have contradicted himself in other matters, the contradiction of his two statements in regard to hts income for the year 1862 becomes more glaring and significant. His connection with the New York election frauds of 1868 furnishes new evidence that he has not always been strictly exact in his statements, even under oath. In the political debate in the closing day’s of Congress, Mr. Kasson dealt the Democratic candidate some hard blows, and charged him with a responsibility for, or at least a knowledge of, the New York frauds on the ballot-box in behalf of Seymour in'lß6B. There is no longer smy dispute as to these frauds having Sfeen committed. They were absolutely proved by investigation, and are fully confirmed by the fact that the vote since that time has never attained the same proportions. For the rest, the frauds are now virtually admitted by the Democrats of New York. They consisted of ballot-box stuffing, repeating, bogus naturalizations, false personation of applicants for naturalization papers, etc.; it is estimated that 68,343 bogus naturalization certificates alone were issued. Samuel J. Tilden was the Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee that year; and the following circular was issued over his name and distributed among the Chairmen of the various County Committees through the State: (Private and strictly confidential.] Rooms of the Democratic State Committee, Oct. 27,1868.— -My Dear Sir: Please at once to communicate with some reliable person in three or four principal towns and In each city of your county and request him (expenses duly arranged for this end) to telegraph to William M. Tweed,. Tammany Hall, at the minute of closing the polls—not waiting for the count—such person’s esti mate of the vote. Let the telegraph to him be as follows: This town will show a Democratic gain (or loss) over last year of (number); or this one, if sufficiently certain: This town will give a Republican (or Democratic) majority of . There is of course an important object to be attained by a simultaneous transmission at the hour of closing the polls, but no longer waiting. Opportunity ean be taken of (he usual half-hour lull in telegraphic communications over lines before actual results begin to be declared, and before the Assosiated Press absorb the telegraph with returns and interfere with individual messages; and giee onlers to icatch carefully the count. Samuel J. Tilden. Chairman. The purpose of this circular was confessedly to enable the Democratic managers in New York City to supply any majority that might be necessary to overcome the Republican majority throughout the State, and it was proved that the count was held back in the city to await the returns thus called for. It was also proved that 200 answers were received, more than double the number of all the counties in the State. It was this circular that Mr. Kasson cited to sustain his charge that Mr. Tilden was cognizant of the purpose to corrupt the ballotboxes, which was subsequently carried out without any protest from him. In reply to Mr. Kasson, Messrs. Hewitt and Cox, defenders of Mr. Tilden, admitted the frauds, but produced a letter from Mr. Tilden, written by him in 1868 and published in the New York Evening Post , in which fie denied all knowledge of the existence of such a circular previous to its exposure. So far, so good. But Messrs. Hewitt and Cox had probably forgotten that Mr. Tilden had subsequently given his testimony before the Congressional Committee which investigrtea the New York frauds. In the course of that testimony, given under oath, he swore that he was not tfie author of the circular, and that he did not know who was the author, but also said: /

A day or two before the election, I was in the Committee-room at the Metropolitan Hotel, and I then understood that a circular had been issued asking for early election-returns. It had been issued some time previously; by whom Ido not know; but I understood its purport from somebody. 1 saw on a table or shelf some circulars signed with mg name, but I did not read them, for I understood their contents. I presume they were the same circular. I never saw or read It until I read In other words, Mr. Tilden at one time denied all previous knowledge of these secret circulars, and at another time swore he had seen them in the Committee-room where he was chief, though he did not read them; that he saw his name was

signed to them, and that he “understood their contents. ” Was he not just as much responsible for their issue under these circumstances as If he had written and signed the circular himself, and was he not guilty of h falsehood, by his own subsequent admission, when lie publicly denied ail knowledge of the existence of such a circular? It will not be difficult for an unprejudiced aud intelligent person to follow out the application of this second instance of Mr. Tilden’s contradiction of himself. A man who would even passively- assist in corrupting the ballot-box would not hesitate to publicly deny his agency in the frauds, und a man who would contradict under oath a previous statement, deliberately and publicly made, would scarcely refrain from falsifying an income return. Falru* in tow, faltus in omnibus , is the way the lawyers put it; but Mr. Tilden is tnus shown to have been false in two instances, which cumulates the force of the motto-— Chicago Tribune,

CAMPAIGN NOTES.

- ft* Uncle Sammy claims that he was Uie friend of the Union soldiers. He didn't want any of them to go to the war, where they might get killed. —Burlington Hawk-Eye. E3P The Democrats have had matters in their own hands in the City of New York since which time the memory of few men runneth to the contrary. Not many years ago the city debt was $30,000,000. It is now $130,000,000. This is a specimen of Democratic “reform” in a locality where they had qo restraint upon their natural proclivities. —Albany Journal. |pf"“Gen. McClellan is for Tilden,” and Tilden was for Gen. McClellan; and the tremendous results in the one case will just about equal the mighty consequences in the other. But how the General ever made up his mind in these few months is a mystery. If he had only been as active as this, now, when he talked of taking Richmond !— lnter-Ocean. ETA well-known Eastern lawyer writes to a firm in New York in relation to TildeO and his income tax: “ I see no escape from the perjury record of Tilden. It is precisely the same kind of proof, and apparently just as decisive, as that upon which I have convicted a number of men. I never knew evidence of that kind to leave any good defense open, or to weaken upon a trial.” j£gr The negroes who were reported as riotous in Ouachita, La., appear to have been more frightened tinth the whites. The minute they saw white men they flecjThe only surprising fact about it is that the negroes did not manage to get a dozen or two of their number killed. Dr. B. H. Dinkgrave, the Republican ex-Collector of the parish, was assassinated, and that is as good as the killing of a few blacks. Cincinnati Commercial. C3F* A Democratic investigating committee investigated the administration of State affairs in Ohio covering the period Gov. Hayes was in office. The committee reported: “Your committee take pleasure in reporting that, so far as elective officers and their subordinates are concerned, very commendable honesty and fidelity have been observed, and that in the official conduct of no public officer, whether elective or appointive, his corruption has been disclosed.” ESP There is an excellent prospect that suit will be brought by the Government to recover from Sam Tilden that portion of his income tax of 18(52 and 1863 which he omitted to include in his sworn return, but of which mention was made several years later in hi 3 affidavit in the Alton & Terre Haute Railroad suit. United States Dist.-Atty. Bliss, of New York, is in correspondence with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the subject, and it is not unlikely that he will be directed to institute proceedings.against Tilden in accordance with an order issued by the Internal Revenue Department two years and a half ago, and exactly covering the case. Other men have been prosecuted for defrauding the revenue; why not Samuel J. Tilden? —Chicago Tribune,Sept. 4.

The Professor and His Servant.

Prof. H , one of the oldest tutors of one of the oldest colleges in the country, was as eccentric as he was learned. His judgment anywhere in the field of natural science and philosophy was to be taken as law. No one ever thought of questioning it. On a certain occasion Prof. H wanted a servant. Several applicants presented themselves, were tried and discarded. Finally one came whose looks the pedagogue liked. Now look ye my man,” the savant said, “ if you can remember and carry out one course of proceednre, I think we may get on. I cannot attord to waste words, nor can I afford to find thoughts for a stupid servant. You must do your own thinking, and understand my wants at a hint. For instance, when I say, ‘ Bring me my razor,’ you will understand that I am going to shave, so you will comprehend that I want hot water, soap, towels, comb, brush, and so on. And so with everything. My initial order you will take as a cue, and of your own thought supply all possible accessories and contingents.” The new servant proved himself equal to the occasion, and his master was more than satisfied. One day the professor came home pale and shaky. Said he to his servant: “John, lam not feeling well. Go and call the doctor.” The man bowed and departed. An hour passed—two hours—and yet no doctor, and no servant. Finally, however, the doctor arrived, and in a moment more in came the servant.

“How is this, John?" demanded the professor. “Why have you been so long?” “Yon told me to call the doctor, sir?” •‘Aye, you could have done it in ten minutes.” “ But, sir, yon told me you were not well. I took your simple order as a cue to all that you might need. I found the doctor absent, and left word for him. Then 1 went to call watchers, in case you should require attendance through the night. Then I called upon your lawyer, in case you should desire to make your will. And, then, sir, I had to hunt up the undertaker, that he might have all in readiness in case •” - ; * f “ Stop, stop, John, that will do. Bless me! lon can be literal in your application of a hint.” “Yes, sir. Any further orders, sir?” “Not now, John. You may go.” The professor is still living, and John still serves him.

The Providence P~ess has received the following lucid dispatch on the war situation in Turkey: “ Tho Servians have been driven out of Gurgusevatz; Harvatovich has fallen back on the Alexinatz; Sevenyearsovitch has defeated Crackyerjawigatz. and Pulldownyerveetovitch has inflicted a crushing blow on Wipotyerchinoski.”

The Consequences of Electing Tilden.

The discussion relative to Samuel Ji Tiiden’a contradictory statements under oath has been con tinea thus far to a mere exposition of the case and the interchange of opiuion on its merits. This was the natural drift of all reference to the alleged perjury pending the time when a denial might be expected from Mr. Tilden that he had sworn to (me or the other of the statements. But it is now more than a week since the discovery was made, and there has been no utterance on his part, except the theoiy of his private Secretary (probably advanced at the instance of Tilden) that the $20,000 which he swore was paid to him in 1862 was neatly earned in previous years. Thig is admitted on all sides to be no answer at all, since the law required a return of the gross income of the year, and since Mr. Tilden evidently so understood the law, as he made deductions in his return amounting to nearly $7,000 as warranted by the law. There is no longer any reasonable room for doubt, then, that Mr. Tilden made both the following statements under oath:

On Dec. 26. 1863, Mr. In his answer to the Tilden swore toaretum, complaint In the Circuit under oath, in which hi Court of the United said: States in the suit of the “ I hereby certify thatj& Louis. Alton A the following la a true] Terrs Haute Railroad and faithful statement of Company against himthe gains, profits or in self and ‘others, which come of Samuel J. Til- answer was filed recentden, of the City of New ly, MU Tilden swore unYork.and County ol New deroath as follows: York, State of New “That for snch services York, whether derived the defendant Tilden from any kind of prop- made a charge of ten erty, rente, interests, thousand dollars against dividends, salary, or said second-mortgage from any profession, bondholders, and the trade, employment or .-aid charge was paid, by vocation, or any other or on behalf of said source whatever, from second-mortgage bondlst day of January to holders, on the 17th of 81st day of December, October, 1802: . . . 1868,both days inclusive, that the defendant Tiland subject to an income den, for a port of his tax under the Excise services aforesaid, also laws of the United made a charge ol' the like States. Income horn sum of ten thousand dotall sources, $7,118.'’ lars on acconnt of professional services rendered to the first-mort-gage bondholders and the Receivers, which was paid to him by the said Azariah C. Flagg, . . . and which payment appears under date of Nov. 7, 1862, in a statement annexed to the first report aforesaid, as having been receipted for by the said Tilden, 'on account • of professional services.’ ” To those who profess to wonder why this discrepancy has only been discovered now, after fourteen years, it is sufficient to say that Mr. Tilden’s answer to the Alton & Terre Haute Railroad suit, of which the second statement is a part, was made within a few weeks, and it was in that sworn statement that he first convicted himself of having sworn falsely in 1862. It was not possible, therefore, to make exposure of the case before, and no one would have dreamed of charging him with perjury had he not himself made the accusation and furnished the proof. It is time now to consider the effect of electing a man President who has made two contradictory statements under oath, one of which shows that he swore falsely in 1862 in order to avoid the payment of” his proportion of the war tax. In the first place, the election of Mr. Tilden, so long as this charge stands against him, will be a confession that the public morals of the Nation have been so " debased as not even to revolt against common swindling and false swearing in the case of a man aspiring to the highest office in the Republic. It is not merely a case of swindling the Government, though that would be sad enough; but it is a case of actual perjury, which seems to be indisputably proved by the two affidavits on record. Such a charge substantiated in so direct a manner would, in a proper condition of pubiit morals, defeat the election of a man for constable ; how much more, then, should it operate against the candidate for the Chief Magistracy of a Republic of 44,000,000 of people ? If a man who confesses that he ommitted perjury in order to swindle the Government may he elected to the highest office in the Nation, what encouragement do public honors offer for truthfulness, integrity and fair-dealing ? What a contemptuous comment it would be upon the popular form of government if the majority of the citizens of this country should deliberately, and with a full knowledge of the facts before them, elect to the highest honors a man guilty of a crime which, had it been discovered apd verified in time, would have consigned him to the Penitentiaiy! Before such an accusation, it would no longer be possible to defend the honesty of the American people nor justify the principle of popular government. 2. It is a lamentable fact that this charge of perjury, sustained by Mr. Tilden’s own statements, not denied but tacitly admitted by him, has alienated but two or three of the public organs which had undertaken his support, and has not called from a single Democratic politician of consequence a demand that Mr. Tilden must deny having made one or tfie other qf these statements, and so clear himself absolutely from the charge. This state of things indicates more surely than ever that the single purpose and sole ambition outlie Democratic politicians is to possess the offices, patronage and power of the National Government, and that they will not halt at any obstacle nor hesitate at any villainy which may come in their way to this end. Partyism and spoils-hunting have never been carried to so dangerous an extremity. The election of Mr. Tilden, though a perjurer, would mark the succession of the Confederates of the South and the Democratic politicians of the North to power; and the fact that he would be degraded in the eyes of all decent men, and that he would be restrained by none of the motives of a man who has a character to maintain, would make him all the more pliable to their purposes. 3. Samuel J. Tilden tacitly admitting that he swore falsely in order to cheat the Government, and the Democratic politicians and press supporting him under this admission, the success of both would be the most serious menace thsbcould threaten this Government. There is no political villainy at which such a combination would hesitate. Tilden himself would have nothing to lose and everything to Sin bv lending himself to the raiders on e National Treasury. A man standing before his country as a perjurer, and convicted out of his own mouth of having swindled the Government, could not consistently refuse his aid to the men who elected him to enable them to thrust their arms deep in the strong box of the Nation. That he would not be disinclined to share their plunder seems to be sufficiently attested by the greed which has prompted him to accumulate his millions in questionable practices, and even to refuse to pay a tax thereon. He would lend himself to the Confederate raids on the Treasury to indemnity the South for ite war losses the more willingly because of his personal sympathy with the “Lost Cause.” But in all matters his ruling passion for money, and his accustomed indifference

as to the means used to obtain it, would make him the natural ally of the mercenary and corrupt men in politics, who> would naturally jnd their way to the front with such a man in the Executive Mansion.—Chicago Tribune.

Instructions to United States Marshals.

The following are the instructions from the Attorney-General to United Suites Marshals regarding the coming elections. A copy will be sent to each United States' Marshal throughout the country: Sir: The tews es (he United States having made it my duty to exercise general direction over Marshall as to the manner of di-charging their offices, I have prepared for their use this circular letter of instructions as to the coming elections, Intending the same also as a reply, once for all, to the numerous applications In like connection from private citisens In the various Btates. In the present conditon of legislation theUnited States occupy a position toward voters and voting which varies according as the election is for State and other local officers only, or for members of Congress and Presidential Electors. In elections at which members of the House of Representatives are chosen, which by law include elections ah which Electors for President and Vice-Presfi-dent are appointed, the United States securesvoters against whatever in general hindersor prevents them from the full exercise of the elective franchise, extending ihut care alike to the registration lists, the act of voting, and the personal freedom and security of the voter, as well as against violence on account of any vote he may intend to give, as against conspiracy because of any that he may already have given. The peace of the United States, therefore, which you are to preserve, and whose violation you are to suppress, protects, among others, the right specified in the lost paragraph, and any person who, by force, violates these rights, breaks that peace, and renders it your duty to arrest him and to suppress any riots incident thereto or that threaten the integrity of registration or election, to the end that the will of the people in such election may be ascertained and take effect, and that offenders may be brought before the. courts for punishment. The notorious events in several States which recently and in an unusual manner have been publicly reprobated, render it the grave duty of all Marshals who have cause to apprehend a violation of the peace of the United States connected as Above with the elections to be held upon the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next, to be prepared to preserve and to restore such peace. As the Chief Executive officer of the United States in your district, you will be held responsible for all breaches of the peace of the United States which diligence on your part might have prevented, and for the arrest and securing of all persons who violate that peace in any of the points above enumerated. Diligence in these matters require, of eourse, that you be and continue present in person or by deputy at all places of registration or election at which you have reason to suspect that the peace is threatened, and that whenever an embodiment of the posse comitatus is required to enforce the law such embodiment be effected. You will observe that the special deputies mentioned in Sec. 2,021 of the Revised Btatutes have peculiar duties assigned to them, duties which otherwise do not belong to Deputy Marshals. Such special deputies can be appointed only in cities of 2,000 inhabitants or upwards, but the duties assigned to Marshals and their deputies by Sec. 2.022, or other like statutes, belong to all duly-appointed deputies, whether they be general or special, within the meaning of that and tho preceding section. Deputies to discharge this latter class of duties may be appointed; to any number whatever according to thediscretion of the Marshal in all States in which Sheriffs have similar power. Sec. 2,030 has no practical bearing upon this point in States where no limit is imposed upon the appointment of deputies by Sheriffs, because in such States the laws of the United States prior to the 10th of Juqe, 1872, left the Marshals also unlimited as to the number of their deputies. In discharging the duties above mentioned you will doubtless receive the countenance and support of all good citizens of the United States in your respective districts. It Is not necessary to say that it is upon; such countenance and support that the United States mainly rely in iheir endeavor to enforce the right to vote which they have given or have secured. The present instructions are intended only to counteract that partial malice, wrongheadedness of inconsideration which sometimes triumph at critical moments over conservative, and in general, the prevailing forces of society, and to which the present and passing condition of the country gives more than ordinary strength, and therefore requires the Government to particularly observe and provide against. In this connection I advise that you and each of your deputies, general and special, have a right to summon to your assistance, in preventing and quelling disorder, every person in the district above fifteen years of age, whatever may be their occupation, whether civilians or not, and including the military of all denominations, militia, soldiers, mar nes, all of whom are alike bound to obey you. The fact that they are organized as military bodies, whether of the State or of the United States, under the immediate command of their own officers, does not in any wise affect their legal character. They arc 'still the posse comitatus I prefer to quote the above statement of the laws upon this point from an opinion by my predecessor,ex-Atty.-Gen. Cushing, because it thus appears to have been well settled for mant years [BOpinons, 466, May 27,. 1851 J. I need hardly add that there can be no State law or State official in this country who has jurisdiction to oppose you in discharging your official duties under the laws of the United States. If such interference shall take place, a thing not anticipated, you are to disregard it entirety. The laws of the United States are supreme, and so, consequently, is the action of officials of the United States in enforcing them. There is, as virtually you have already been told, no officer of a State, whom you may not, by summons, embody into your own posse, and any Btate posse alreaity embodied by a Sheriff will, with such. Sheriff, be obliged, upon your summons, to become part of the United St tes posse, and obey you or your deputy acting by virtu e of his office.

The responsibility which devolves upon an officer clothed with such powers and required to guard the highest rights of citizena, corresponds in degree with those powers and rights, and exacts of such officers consideration. Intelligence and courage. It is proper to advise you that in preparing this circular, I have considered the recent important judgments given by the Supreme Cour of the United States upon' acts of Congress which regulate this general topic. I have founded the above instructions upon those acts as they are affected by such Judgments. 1 need in this place add no more than that these judgments do not concern Federal elections. You will find appended in full or by reference such statutory provisions as it seems important that you and vour deputies shall in this connection read and consider. In matters of doubt you are, of course, entitled to the advice of tne United States Attorney for your district. These instructions hare been submitted to the President, and have his approval. Very respectfully your obedient servant, Alfhonzo Tan, Attorney-General.

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