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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-06
Another Calumny ON Grant Nailed.

From The " Y. oommerclaE Advertiser
The World, in its correspondence, made the
accusation of drunkenness against General
Grant. Wendell Phillips and the Independent
made like charge. The World, however
attempted to throw the odium off ITSELF and
constantly asserted the responsibility OF its
associate maligners for the charge. Now that
it has good proof of the falsity of the accusa-
tion, it says it "oan afford to be generous to
General Grant," and proceeds to lecture the
"radioal defamers" as if it had no hand in the
origination or the circulation of the oalumny.
Tie charge of Wendell Phillips was deliber-
ately made. General Grant, he said, was
drunk in the streets of Washington on Sun
day morning. Now, what was at the base of
this infamous statement A writer in the
Nation, signing himself ga Thoughtful Tee
totaler," thus exposes the Phillips falsehood:-
because have just now no means OF communi'
eating with him in order to get his leave to do
so-long resident in Washington, and respected
there, a strong Republican. and person whose
means of getting Information are or the very
best kind, beard the story within not very
many hours after IL was told. He at once asked
the narrator of IL for his authority. and the
names of two ladies well known to him, and
| known to the radicals, were given to him. II
street, by the way. was, IL remember the scene
| OF the alleged exhibition. My friend imme-
diately called on the ladies' to inquire into the
was IN substance this:-They were walking
down + street ON their way to church on the
| morning In question, and met Gen. Grant, VINO
was on the other side OF the way and was evi.
IDENTIFY going to General Dents. They observed
nothing peculiar In his look, or walk, or manner
until he reached General Dents door, and then
he seemed very uncertain whether 10 go into
| the Generals house or the next one, and for
| sOnGe seconds seemed to be pondering the QueB-
] tion In his mind. Finally, he selected the right
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The Cost.

From the National InteLligencer.
We have no time to enter upon the study of
the cost to the people of this country to main
tam radicalism. II would be great error to
suppose that radicalism is of recent birth and
growth. Like the "Canada thistle" +" it is an
old weed, which nothing can eradicate but the
most careful husbandry. We have never been
without 1t for day in New England. 1t legis-
lated pretty nearly every innocent amusement
into crime more than hundred and fifty
years ago. 1t made witches, and then hung
them. 1t made anti Masonry. 1t made spirit
ualism, that sort of 'thistle" which disap-
pears for long years, and comes up again as
green, fresh, and exacting as ever; the witch
returns to us as spiritualist. Whether
spirituaist or Puritan, or fanatic, it is all the
same. Unquestiopably, the latter form has
proven to us the most expensive. We main
tain that New England fanaticism is properly
chargeabe with the Rebellion.
1t now costs the people of this country to
maintain the army and navy fully double
what it ought, and would have cost them to
carry on the Government fifty years ago, had
they never been cursed with the foul spirit of
Puritanism, or radicaism, or fanaticism. Fifty
years ago we had national debt of hundred
millions of dollars, more or less, which we
talked good deal about. Now we raise in
one year four times the amount of the public
debt a half century ago. 1t costs us more
money to support the military establishment
in 186S-69 than would have paid off the ma
tional debt in 1920. All this we put down
against Purtanism, or radicalism.
We have seen enough of these "Canada
thistles" to know that where they flourish
there can be no other production. 1t is per-
fectly safe, then, to say that we must give up
the rule of radicalism, or give up all idea of
maintaining free system of laws. This prin-
ciple is well understood by the best English
thinkers. 1t is admitted in that country that
the free polity of England is upheld only by
the solid Saxon element which has ever CON
stituted the guiding power of the British
nation. Puritanism in party is mere gar
| adroit use of the muscles of the face to pro-
duce sanctimonieus expression, really to
| conceal willy or malevolent purpose. 1t is
costly garb, indeed, which covers hard
| taskmaster upon the labor of the country.
Puritanism has undertaken the care, eleva-
ten, and enfranohisement of the negroes. We
put upon record our prediction-and we print
it here for future reference-that the negro
race has never before encountered so great a
misfortune. 1t may well warn and alarm
| them that their benefactors have no mercy
| for the white people of the South no more
than for the plain white laborer of the North
That Is quite enough to teach them that in
seeking the good of the blacks those nominal
| guardians have ulterior, selfish ends alone to
| accomplish.
If it shall cost the poor negroes anything
like what it has cost the law-abiding and JUS
| tice-loving people of the North to maintain
Puritansm or radicalism, they will have occa-
sion enough to groan under the load they bear.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14
Gold in Alaska-The Telegram Of June
9th Confirmed.

The following IS an extract from a let
ter dated San Francisco, June I, 1868.
The news from Sitka is astonishing,
if true. The reports from the recent
gold discoveries Of Alaska have pro
duced great excitement here, rs also as
reported in Oregon, Washington Ter
ritory and British Columbia. The re-
ports, it is true, are brought to Sitka
by Indians, but they come from the
whites, who are collecting the gold,
with commissions to bring up pans,
ETC., for placer mining. As conse-
quence, their reports are accepted as
true at Sitka, and many are starting for
the diggings. Here there is some in
credulity as to the immense richness of
these mines, but the reports are accept
ed with some deductions for possible
agseration. 1t is we'll known that
small parties Of Russians have long
worked gold mines in Alaska, notwith-
standing the Encouragement and op-
position of the great Russian Ameri
can Fur Company. AT all events num-
bers Of our people will go.
These Indians report recent discov
cries OF vast mines of the best anthra-
cite coal, specimens OF which they are
said to have brought to Sitka. SO soon
as Congress establishes Territorial
government i'll Alaska, and extends
there the homestead and presumption
system, there will be a great ils.1nigra-
ton there. 1t is not only the gold
mines, but the coal, iron, lead copper.
grazing and agricultural lands, fisheries,
fur trade, splendid timber, ice trade,
magnificent harbors, rivers, etc.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14
UNITED STATES ARMS

We learn from the Dcs Mo:ucs Ry-
istr, that Gen. Baker has, during the
last three months, collected and re
turned to the United States, arms as
tollows;-.luly 3, ll5 Austrian muskets,
So GaribalE muskets, 243 cartridge
boxes, and about the same number of
each OF the other kinds of arcoutrc-
mcnts. July 8, 122 Austrian musketS.
- l. S. musNets (altercl), and accou-
trcments TO match: July %, 80 Aus
TRAN muskcts, 2S2 Garibaldi muskets,
l9i [. 5. muskcts (alterell, and 1913
sets of accoutrcments. Ready now to
be returned, 80 stands Of different
kinds Of arms and accoutrements.
The total for the three months is
t. PIG arms with their accoutremcnts.-
He has also returned 9, 900 rounds OF
ball cartridges.
Many Captains Of Companies have
made incomplete ro,urns, removed
from the state, or exchanged residences,
neglecting to return arms &C; so that n
great quantity are now unrcturmcd.
The Gca. calls upon all who have arms
belonging to the govt TO return them
a. once; and upon those who know
where there are any. to give intorma-
ton. This is matter OF considerable
Importance, and we hope citizens will
not negloo. it.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

mense numbers OF sea birds are con
stant!y lowering over and alighting
upon these islands. The lagoon is full
of fish, seal, and turtle The seal is tho
common hair seal, and is not of much
commercial Importance. The fish be-
long principally to the mullet, perch,
and mackercl families.
Captain Reynolds describes the har
Dor rs formed very much like that Of
Honolulu, as rather more roomy and
as safe, but with not quite the same
depth of water OH its bar, which, how
ever, appeared to be available for YES
sells drawing less than eighteen feet
During the seventeen days that the
lackawanna remained at the islands,
the lowest point which the thermome-
ter reached was ~, while the highest
was 50 degrees. The greatest rise and
fall of the tide observed during the
neap tides was eighteen inches, the
lowest fifteen inches. The circun,fcr-
ence of the rect inclosing the island is
forty two miles. Its shape is irregular;
its diameter from north to south, nine
and half miles; from east to west.
sixteen miles. The name OF midway
Islands has been adopted by the Navy
department Tor this group.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

II was certainly 4 capital joke Of the
New York Democratic Convention to
declare, as i. did, that under its (the
Republican party'.J repeated assaults
the pillars of the government arcrock-
ing totheir base, and should it lthe Re
p .blican partly succeed in November
next, and inauguratc its (the Republic
can partys) President, We will NEE.
subject and conquered people, amid
he rims of Liberty ard the scattered
.aglnents Of the Constitution"
IS much as we have heretofore ADM
rsl the Democratic party for its many
qualities, we were not prepared for the
preparation Of this glaring travesty
ofhuman reason and COMMON sense.
The party which pat forth the above
declaration, is the party, that, III 1861
de. Jared that the Central Government
had no power to prevent a disruption
O. the Union, whenever any of the
States decided upon desolving it, This
s theparty, one wing of which through
All the southern States, was arrayed in
arms for four lone years, in the effort
10 na Ike "A ruin ~ iii.ortya and seat
tsrcd fragments q tn aastitntion;"
an3 the other wing Of wLl-n was. du-
ring these same four years, giving aid
a.id comfort to the armed enemies of
the Country; discouraging cnlis,ments
~ the Union army; declaring that the
9antral Government ought not to, and
coiid not, restore the Union; voting
!. sAilast every measure for the prosecu-
ton OF the late war on the part
!. the Government, and hinderlng, by
ellmea in its power the restoration of
ii.r Lnlon by tho sAbjugation OF its re-
bellous subjects. This party, thussit-
rated, and with such history now
r.inited, comes into convention ard
declares that the party, without whose
AID and heroism, the Constitution yo,,lJ
have been shattered into fragments.
and our liberty, only ruin more de
plorable, than any recordcl in history.
will succeed in doing what the Demo.
cratic Party, during four years of war
failed to accomplish
Surely, if the uttcrances ofthe Dem.
cera.ic party are worth anything. they
amount to tLs, namely;-That the
Democratic party, having vainlv en-.
teavored, during four years Of war to
destroy the Union has suddenly be.
cone converted into the only liberty
'asIng, and'r.', 'p,a. Union party of
the Country; and the Republican
paT'y having, during these same four
AS, given millions Of treasure, and
| ,.nsanfs OF precious lives in defence
ef the Union, has as suddenly become
the great disnnion and disorganizing
PARRY of the aation. In otherwords, the
two parties to the late civil strife, have
changed sides, and c,,ch has taken the
ride ofthdc' ntrorersy iatcly,heldby the
other. While there have bee., Aumerous
instanoes,to hich the memory Of the
youngest v.ter runneth la,l when
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

prominent politicians have performed
such somersaults, we do not rccoilcct
20 nave met with a historical precedc al
Tor this prestidigitating feat on tae oart
OF whole parties, in SO short time.
we don want to say that the dem,
ocra;lc Convention kAtic that it was
SNhg uttefance to language intrins;.
cally false, and TO ideas AS foundation.
less as the baseless fabric Of a dream.
We do not, however. believe that any
earnest lover Of his country can regard
the coutae pursued by the two parties,
without feeling that the Convention
uscd words, which Do not convey the
true idea Every student OF the history
Of thclast eight years, knows thu; every
measure moved by the Republican par
t, has btca demanded By the n2nac-
inc attitude OF the enemies oi this GOV
crnmcnt and in furtherance OF the pub
IL veal. III, knows the Democratic
party to ha,, been tho only party in
the history Of the Government who
has aimed Il parricidal blow 1t It's life,
which blow was etiectually parr;cd ~
tie Hcpublicau party. He knows, ii
he has read Alright, that the Democratic
party is the only party that ever tried
to make a ruin otour liberty AMI to
shatier into fragments our Const;tu-
tional supcrStructurc. Not only, how
idle is it, but, rather, how protanc IL it.
for the Democrat c party, WITH these
lights of history before it, making al
rcsplendant in;Ecir glorious cauI.eucc,
to thus falsely arroga:e TO itself virtues
il never possessed, and charge upoa
the Republican party, crimes pcrpetra-
ted only b. Itself. The statement is
either a grand joke, or a m ontrous
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

NEW ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC.
Important Discovery-MoreT err.t1ry for
the United States.

On the 9TH Of July, 1859, Captain n.
c. Brooks, Of the Hawaiian bark, Gam
bia, while cruising to the west-norlh-
west Of the Sandwich Islands, discov-
cred group of islands and shoals in
latitude % degrees II minutes north,
and longitude Iii degrees, II minutes
west from Greenwich, not hitherto
given on any chart. On making the
discovery, Captain Brooks landed on
one Of the islands, dug well, erected
a flagstaff, and took possession of them
in the name Of the United States, leav-
ING notice to that effect.
On the 18th of May, 1867, Allan
McLane, Esq, President of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, addressed a
letter to the Secretary of the Navy,
calling the attention Of the Navy De
partment to "the great importance in
special connection with the China Mail
Steamship line, Of obtaining, at the
earliest practicable moment, full and
reliable information touching the chain
Of small islands in the North Pacific
Ocean, stretching from the Hawaiian
group in a general west northwesterly
direction Mr.. McLane particularly
mentioned one Of these groups, which
he designated as Brooks Island, as pos
sibly destined to prove of early inn
portance as coaling station for that
companys China steams hips and for
United States vessels cruising in those
waters, and requested that full survey
might be made Of these islands by a
trustworthy vessel. On the 2Sth Of
May, 1867, the Department issued an
order, with the requisite instructions,
to Rear Admiral II. X. Thatcher. to
detail the Lackawanna, or some other
suitable vessel, to search for the island
above referred to, and, having found it,
to take possession of it in the name Of
the United States, and to make as ac-
curate and complete survey of it as
practicable. Ac ,ordingly the Lacka-
wanna, Captain William Reynolds, was
sent on the expedition; and under date
OF the Both Of September, 1867, Cap
tain Reynolds reported that he took
formal possession Of Brooks Island and
l SNi' ioI eiio SIitcu oldtcS OH the 18TH
Of August previous. The report Of
the surveys made by Captain Reynolds
confirms Captain Brooks
original statement. He describes the
two islands designated as the Brooks
Island, as being long and low, and
chiefly formed OF coral, shells and sand
The vegetation Of the islands con
sists entirely of shrubs, herbs, and
coarse grasses; none of the shrubs are
over three to five feet high. On both
islands several wells were dug, and
water found at depth of from four to
seven feet Surgeon Kennedy tested
the water taken from these as far as
the materials he had at hand permitted.
When first collected the specimens
were SO full Of sand and organic impu-
rites in state Of suspension that it
was necessary to filter them After fill
tration, tested by different reagents,
they were found to be hard, free from
organic impurities in solution. There
was every evidence that wells, properly
sunk to a good depth, would afford
good supply Of potable water. I'm
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14
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STATE NEWS

The Cohl.sil Bluffs -NonparsH Of the
Sth inst, says that the working force
on the two sections Of the G. -. & st.
10, II. r., were in SIGHT Of each other
and that b. another week trains would
run through between the two Places
Later: the road is now completed and
running.
Clinton, Iowa, is building new pa
per mlll,-it will be ready for opera.
ton in sixty days. The new stone
lumber mill is nearly ready to 90 to
workable -age.
Iowa City had fire last week. de-
:t'oying some three or four thousand
dollars worth OF property. Rrpu5l1can
says so.
G. IL. !;ondlcton is announced to
speak in this State during the present
campaign at Cedar Rapids, Fairfield,
and Des MONIES.
From the Eu,rha we learn that the
new foundry and machine shop at An
amosa, have already commenced ope-
rations, and will very soon be able to
supply ncighboring towns with cas-
tlngs and agricultural implements and
machinery. Such establishments are
OF incalcnlable benefit to town.
The Iowa State Fair will be held at
Clinton and Lyops on the Goth and
ooth OF September, and lst and I'd Of
October
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

IN BANKRUPTCY. In the Distric. Court
i of the Halted states for the District of
Iowa la the matter of John z rung, Bank.
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that petition has
filed in sad Court by said John Zcrunc.
of Buckingham, in the county of Tama. anu
State of Iowa, in said District, duly declared
Bankrupt under tho Act Of Congress of
March I'd, 1867, for discharge and a certiti ).
cate thereof from all his debts and other
claims provablc under said Act, and that the
9TH day of September, A. d. 1868 at 10 clock
A. NJ, is assigned for the hearing Of the same
at Court of Bankruptcy before Hon. Daniel
Anderson, Register of said Court in Bank
ruptcy, at his office in Abba, Iowa, in said
dis trict where and when all creditors of said
bankrupt, who have proved their debts, and
all other persons in interest, may attend and
show cause, if any they have, Why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted
And further notice is hereby given that the
second and third meetings Of creditors of said
bankrupt, required under The 9th and 2s,h
sections of said act, vii! be holden at said Of
fee Of Hon. Daniel Anderson, Register in
Bankruptcy of said Court; on the said 7th day
of September, A. y. 1868, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
Dated at Dubuque this 9th day of August
A. D. 1868. M. LEPPER, Dep. Clerk.
sTRUBLE s BRADSHAW, Attorneys.
3owD
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

It has been ascertainel BY dct5tal
cant that FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Two iormcr Democrats in this town.
ship lave declared their intentions to
vote for Grant and Coltax. Des
Monies Register.
lowAs CoNrRuurroS.--A large block
OF gypsum, from the quarry near Fort
Dodge, arrived at this station on Sat
urday evening last, and WAS sent to \ .
\ As the quota Of this state, to the
monument which is to be composed of
contributions from each State in the
Union. Iowa need not be ashamed of
her share. 1t weighed $3.50 pounds;
and was two weeks on the way from
Fort Dodge to this point. Those quar-
rieS are Il. immense benefit to Web
ster county and will be made the most
of 2as5 .StaRiad
The Iowa STATE Teachers .Associa-
ton VIII meet i, keokuk, 18th inst
THa BALE Ball At OMAHA
Nebraska UTTERED woful defeat
b. the Hawk Eye Statc,yesterday (thc
oh inst) The Marshalltown club
faxed the Omaha club TO the tune Of
two to one; the score standing Marsh
alItown, 81; Omaha. IL: with some loss
Of dignity and temper to the defeated,
we unde,S, and. The game lasted about
two hours, vas played vigorously and
WAS witnessed 10y abont 800 people. -
Corncil Bluff -Noaparssg
There is much of a natural curiosity
near Wintersct, Iowa, in the shape of
what is ca!lel"The Devils Back Bone.
The Middle river here makes short
bend, and at one place the waters are
less thrn 100 yards apart, with solid
some wall between, just wide enough
tor q carriage to pass on the top. This
is the back bone 1t is big and
hard one \ tunnel is cut through It for
4 mill race, and though the race is but
30 feet long, the fall of water is nine
teen feet. An excellent saw mill is
propelled by the water power here
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14
POLITICAL.

Gems. Cheatham, Forrest. and others,
of Tenn. have petitioned the Legisla-
ture of that state, for removal of'po-
litical disabilities. No action has been
taken on the petition, although the
House of Representatives has since de-
clared the present not to be the time
to consider the franchise question.
In response to an invitation to adj
dress a Republican celebration, at GUM
cy, Mass, Hon. Charles Francis Adj
ans declined to enter into IN active
political canvass, preferring rest and
retirement. lie says, however, 'yc'r
arc perfectly right in pre.mming, that
l have in no respect varied in my at
tachment to the principles had be-
fore my departure from thu, United
States. l am still devoted to the sup
port of the sclt-cvident truth proclaim
ed in the Declaration of 1776, to the
maintenance of our glorious Union a
gainst every enemy, and to the sn-
premacy of the Constitution as Or
protection, against assaults from with
out as well as within"
Gen. d. S. Wilson, of Dubuque, a
lifelong Democrat and an influential
man, has taken the stump for Grant and
Coltax. Chicago Journal.
BRING 1t BAcK.-That fellow that has my
Brace and BIZ, had better return them soon
and pay Tor this local, as | need them very
much II. b. BELDEN.
Toledo, July 9th, 1868. II.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-08-14

shall be given by the resident township SUE
pcrvisor 10 two members Of the bridge cons
mittec whose duty it shall be TO meet upon
day fixed by the tow aship supervisor, and as.
certain il the contract has been complied with
in all respects, and the final payment shall
not be made by the Clerk Of this Boardj upon
any bridge contract until lie be notified by
said committee that the bridge has been &C
copied.
That the bridge rules be so far amended
that the application may DO signed by two or
more citizens residing on or near the road de-
signed to be bridged Instead Of two persons
in the township.
Resolved that the rules on bridges be so
amended that one member Of the bridge oom-
mttcc in connection with the township SUI
pervisor shall be sufficient to accept bridge.
If the two cannot agree they may call in an
other member Of the bridge ,oyumittee.
Resolved that hereafter The Clerk shall
withhold the drawing Of orders upon the
Treasury for at least one >third Of the contract
ing price Of any bridge until snch bridge has
been accepted by the required committec.