davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29

DALANUS PEEkLESS SOAP-Unrivall-
- ed for cleaning al kinds of table or kitch-
en- ware. A prize given with every bar sold, by
The CHINESE TEA CO.,
sep No. II North Royal st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29
TO GAS CONSUMERS.

Bills for the quarter ending September Ioth'
arc now ready for delivery. "a
ON all bills paid on or before tho LIT OF &C.
tober, and none cthcrs discount of len per
cent will be allowed. Bills for the preseniis
quarter and Ill arrearges for gas must Do paini
by the 10Th of October, or the flow OF gas - VIII
mittee sep 17-tOl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29
nUHLIC SALE La d.

Prince William co sep 9-cot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29

DURE CIDER VINEGAR. warranted 20
i keep all kinds Of Pickles, for sale Dy
sep27 GEO. McBURNEY & son.
NILBERT'S OPERA FLANNELS, of as.
" sorted colors and prices, just receved oy
sepZ7 WILMER & SLA n
CHOICE BRANDS OF FAMILY and E1A-
" IRA FLOUK for sale atvery low figures py
sept GEO. McBURNEY 81 SON.
DICKLES-New Pickles received this day
[ aud for sale BY
sep23 J CLINTON MfLBURN.
ID Ian ES-Bench and other Planes for sale
i sep20 j. F. CARLIN s. SONS.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
OUR STATE CANVASS.9

The hopes of the TweedFisk- Hoffman dy-
nasty that their rule will be extended and
strengthened at next Tuesdays election rest
on three distinct, tangible grounds
/. Wholesale illegal voting and miscounting,
especially in this City and Brooklyn.
II. A lavish outlay of the money stolen by Mil
lions from the taxpayers of this City and the
stockholders of the Erie Railroad.
III. Buying and using nominal Republicans
to foment dissensions and distractions in our
ranks.
. The Illegal vOting-thanks to Congress and
to the Federal Executive and Judicary-has
been and will be reduced to minimum. Not
less than twenty thousand names of repeaters
have been kept off the registers of our City
by the organization and efforts of Marshal
Sharpe's deputies and supervisors. There are
not more than Ten Thousand repeaters' names
now registered, and we shall have a detective
on the track of each of these by Monday. Not
more than quarter of them will succeed in
voting; and the Albany Penitentary already
gapes to receive them.
The stolen Millions of the Ring, freely poured
out to secure impunity for past and opportu-
nlty Tor future robberies, will do us more harm
tllis year than repeating. Too many are apa-
tneuc-they are not accustomed to attend cleo
tions except In Presidential years-and there is
danger That many Republicans will fail to vote,
while the money of the Ring will call ont the
last Democratic vote. Here is our chief peril,
which we must DO our best to avert by calling
out full Republican vote. Aud we mean TO
do it in this City, despite our superficial dis
fractions, and trust our country friends to en-
ulate our resolution and our efforts.
Our feuds are deplorable, but we shall not
allow them to injure our State Ticket On
that, we are heartily united We hope to send
Gen. Woodford out of this City and Brooklyn
at least Twenty Thousand better than Mr..
GriswOld went out two years ago. Where
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
TIE DEMOCRACY SCARED.

Within the last five days great change has
come over the Tammany Democracy, and they
now exhibit almost the extreme of anxiety.
where a month ago they defied opposition and
scOffed at public criticism. The cause Of this
change is clear; the action in this city
on the part of the United States has
seriously interfered with their right bower
false registration; and the thorough exc
cution of the law will upset their left
bower-faise counting. Hence the trouble in
the camp, Which is creating an intense excite
ment in the ranks of the faithful The latest
development of this nervousness is aimed at
the great army of men employed upon the
public works of the city, and circular has
been sent to confidential managers of gangs
of workmen and others in city employ, indi-
eating that every man is required to go the
straight Democratic ticket whatever that may
be, as set forth by VIM. NJ. Tweed, or sacrifice
his bread and butter.
Within the last sixty days, Tweed has put In
city employ not less than twenty thousand
men. Most Of them are poor and little IN
forme of the "tricks that are vain OF our
willy politicians. They are given work for a
month Oh condition that they vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. And now even these men begin
to inquire why they are used only one or TWO
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

you desire to perpetuste those institu-
tions for the benefit Of your children, 4 say
3" stand by your arms ~ On the 28th of Octo-
ber the Hon. James Brooks said in public
speech: off the Federal Government attempts
"to enforce the elections as they have in
"SOuth Carolina, one hundred thousand Demo
a. Gratis in this city will rise in opposition and
"pitch all the troops they have ordered here
into the riyer.' .....
In these and similar utterances of Demo-
cratic editors and orators there is evidence Of
a deliberate purpose to instigate disorder, and
it was only when that purpose was defeated
by the firm attitude of the Government that
they changed their tone. They have since
made frantic efforts in other ways to counter
act the law. They have threatened marsbals
and supervisors with the direst penalties; they
have warned Federal officials to beware Of
the wrath of Barnard and Cerdozo; they have
offered brbes by the hundred thousand dollars,
to secure lax enforcement of the law; they
have solemnly announced their "infiexible de-
termination to have the law declared uncon-
"stitutional," and to punish with all possible
severity every one concerned in its execution
But threats of violence at the polls, bribery
and persecution by o corrupt Judiciary have
alike proved harmless. For once Tammany
must submit to an honest election.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
Nem'pork Daily Grib1t1ts.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1870.
TRIPLE S III d 3 l.

The pending negotiations for an arm's'se
IN, ~ a,ded yesierfay. == The Paris Provisionai
has been sustained In the munieipai eiecton
~, iarce majority. === The sicge OF Thionviiie mas
~ g. - The name OF the Duke Of Aosta has been
locally presented to Spanish Cortes. and the election
IN ,te plaoe on the 10th inst - The election for
,bers of the new italian Parliament is fixed for the
ao,b inst = Cordial relations have been reGstsblshed
between Russia and Turkey
Senator Morrill, Of Maine Is dying 80 Cases involv-
ing the constituonality Of the XIvth Amendment the
Civil Rights bill, and the Conscaton acts now be
fore the u. s. Supreme Court. The impending cleo
tions were discussed at the Cabinet session. - One
person killed and three seriously injured by an
accident on the Central Pacific Railroad. == mur-
derer was hanged at Raleigh N. c.. yesterday. -
The reporter of the California Supreme Court has been
shot by q woman. ... ..
large meeting Of Germans at Cooper Institute wasad
dressed by Ex-Governor Salomon, Sglsmund Kaufman,
and DIR. KrsckOwizer. - An Anti7Socum meeting In
Brooklyn broken up by the Democrats === Gov
Hoffman narrowly escaped serious injury by thei rum
ming away of horses while driving near hun
dred-and -ffty-ffth-street and Tenth-ayenue. 80
Some members Of the John Murray Democratic Associa
ton fred three shots Roundsman Hubbard on Thurs
day night - Property estimated at H7s.ooo was
either secured or destroyed by the revenue officers dur
ing the two whisky raids In Brooklyn 80 Gold, lo3,
no. llOa. Thermometer, Al, 50. S.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

The Armistice was yesterday concluded and
signed. 1t extends from November 4th to the
2Sth, and the elections are to be held on the
10Th inst. The riotOus refusal of the Parisians
to accept any armistice threatened at one
time to break off negotiations; but that danger
is past, and we are happy in the faith that
the suspension of hostilities now declared may
be followed by speedy and lasting peace be-
tween the two nations.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

The riot in Paris consequent on the an
nouncement that armistice negotiations were
pending was far more serious than at first re-
ported, OF than the Tours Government would
have the world believe. The evidence indeed
goes to show that all over France disaffectiOn
toward the Provisional Government threatens
its safety. The simple truth of the matter is
that the Government has permitted France to
drift into anarchy, and there is reason to fear
that her greatest danger is to follow the retire
ment of the Germans. But for the patriotic
action of the Paris National Guard, the Gov
ernment there would have been overturned,
and the consequences would without doubt
have been very painful. The danger is by no
means past, and it is difficult to imagine how
future dissensions and conflicts are to be
avoided. The election of a Constituent Assem-
bly, is, fortunately, necessary to the conclusion
of peace; and from this we hope France is
to receive wiser direction and firmer control
than from the Provisional Government, whose
overthrow seems now so imminent.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
ENFORCING THE Law.

The resistance of the Democratic press to
the Presidents precautions against riot on
election day began with buster and threat,
and sank, through the various stages of de-
nunciation, anger, indignant remonstrance, and
expostulation, to a sort of argumentative op-
position which differs but slightly from en-
treaty. To all these manifestations of Demo-
cratic temper, Gen. Grant has remained
calmly Indifferent; he knows his duty; he will
do it fearlessly; and thanks to his frmness
we shall have an honest election, and there
will be no disorder. The wild nonsense of
demagogues about Federal soldiers "coercing"
voters, and bayOnets intimidating the Demo
cratic host deceives nobody. Not man in
New-York suppOses that soldier will inter-
fere with his voting exactly as he pleases.
Not a man believes that if the whole United
States army were brought into the city the
legal vote would be affected in any way what
ever. In the fact that a sufficient force to
preserve order is held within call, to be used
in case of need, nobody has reason for chagrin
who does not purpose committing some crime.
We hold that President Grant would have
failed in his duty if he had not taken ample
precautions to put down any disturbance which
bad men might create on the day of election.
The frauds ut the polls in New York had for
years been so notorious that Congress was at
last driven to pass stringent law for their
prevention, and the President was charged
with the enforcement Of it. When the Ring
which had hitherto supported itself by fraud
saw how this law would interfere with their
crimes, they expressed in the most violent Ian
aaiage determination to resist it, The World,
The Express, and other organs of the Tammany
party, now deny that there was ever the slight
est probability Of any resistance except Through
the legitimate and satisfactory channel
OF the ballOt-bOx." But week or two
ago their tone was very different. They have
professed peace only since it became evident
that the President was unmOved by threats,
and that respectable citizens of all parties
were Mortified ut their menaces Of riot. On the
9Th OF October The World announced that the
appointment of deputy marshals was equiva-
lent to the Inauguration of reign of terror,
and urged freemen TO consider what, in the
face OF such an emergency, they were willing
" to do and dare" The new Election law, it
furthermore said, was calculated to create a
" riot" and provoke the people "to 60 to the
p" polls with arms In their hands" At a Demo-
cratic meeting in this city on the 14th Of
October, n speaker named Wolff used these
words: "Now, fellow citizens. arguments have
failed in this country. and if you desire your
" Liberties. u you desire tree bauot-boXcs it,
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

tbe Road that the contractors were perform
ipr their duties. He tags to his report, how
ever. rather a comical tail "The undersigned
"would recommend that no new plan or agency,
"inyolying any radical change In the present
sstem of making ordinary repairs by Super
intendents, should be made until after the
" onenine of navigation |" He might as well
have recommended Tammany not to purify It's
methods of voting until after election the
likelihood was about the same in either case.
The object of the entire movement was two
fold: first, to hedge in regard to the Superin-
tendent scheme, which the Board had adopted
in the teeth of experience as emphatic as tha'
which condemned low tOlls and second, to
Justify on enormous and needless increase Oh
Canal expenses These reports failed to do
either. A Canal with dlapidated structures
and prism filed up could hardly have
sufliced for two years of navigation unsurpassed
in excellence "in the history of the Canals"
Il was inconsistent and Incredible III
another and very serious aspect liz Com
missioner Wright may be held to have
been less earnest than was becoming in warn
ing the Canal Board against the "wasteful and
corrupt system of Superintendents." he was
faithful in giving an admOntion; OF which 1t
is not clear whether the Board was too obtise
to perceive the point. or too callous to regard
il. His report said: at should be remarked,
"boweyer, that in all monthly drafts which
"were paid to the contractors last season q
"cause was inserted. pursuant to law, certl-
"fying that the contractor had fulfilled his
contract on which the payment was made,
(which certificates are presumed to be true
The plain English of this is no.
tice to the Board that such allegations
as it was enticing the Commissioners to
make, in order to serve the purpose in ques-
ton, were precisely such as those very officers
and their predecessors had certified to be false
every month in the year. Commissioner Chap
man acknowledged the same truth. The
monthly certificates Of every Commissioners
were then on file in the Department in these
words: "And hereby certify that the con-
tractor has fulfilled his contract during the
"period for which he is compensated by this
draft Without such a certificate no con-
tractor had received one cent; with it. every one
had been paid monthly. In the face of this cloud
of witnesses, and in contempt of vast mass
of facts these proved falsehOOds form the sta
ple of the justification Of the crimes OF the
Canal Board. A candid review of the moral
and legal phase of the matter cuts off escape
from conclusions not welcome, even to extreme
partisans namely: that the unswon allega-
tons of the official plea are false; or that the
certificates of the Democratic Commissioners
are merely official perjures.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05


months in twelve. and who get the benefit Of
their voting. Nothing can more certainly
show the scare in Tammany Hall than the
fact that the stringent instructions alluded to
have been sent by special messengers to each
and every man holding power over this great
army Of wOrkngmen. e.. ..-..
The registration jnst completed shows 1864
voters. In 1S8S-89 the highest record showed
nearly 174,0O0; adding for growth of the city.
We should have according to Democratic
authority a registry Of $4,000. We have only
$4,000. What is the RESULT We have thua
by the new laws of Congress, scared away
more than forty thousand false votes Hence
the "groans Of the wounded and hence the
squirting on of the ignorant and other tools
of the Ring. Money has done its best
and now threats are the order of tho
day. 1t is matter of common notoriety
that Hofmans reelection depends upon New
York City. The new law materially interferes
with the old system, when repeating and false
counting made the party safe in any event;
when secret instructions were sent 10
rural counties to send their vote in early, 10
that any deficiency might be made up by
false counting in this city. That game ia
played out. The new law stands in the way;
it has been declared constitutional, and even
Judge Bowling has recognized it by sending
to the Penitentiary negro convicted of false
registration. We hope every Judge will imi-
tate bis zeal, and send up instantly any man
guilty of vitiating the poll by double registry
or false voting.
The skies brighten. If we can, as we hopo
l. L. 4. Il. IL
jority in this city to reasonable limits, Wood
ford will be the next Governor, with an
Assembly to back him in all good works.
Let us see that this is done; let us confront
with the vote of every honest man the Ring
and its hirelng crowd of irresponsible voters
who 20 as their leaders go, and have no moro
thought of voters responsibility than q
horse has of his masters religion. 1t ia
an encouraging sign that light appears
TO be breaking into these dark places.
and that men who have too long
been used as cattle by Tweed Co.
begin to ask why and for what purpose they
are thus made hewers OF wood and drawers OF
water Negro Slavery was bad enough but
what is 1t to Tammany slavery, where no man
can get job of wOrk-nOt even street sweep
ing for a day-without promising to vote Tor
the party The great army OF men now on
the public works of this city must understand
that they were put there to vote Tweeds
tickets, and that after doing so they will be
kicked out and left to starve for the Winter.
Let them take heed.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

. There is doubt suggested of the fidelity
of Gen. Uhrich, lately commanding at Stras-
bourg; and he and Bazaine are put in the
same category as traitors. We print else
where a letter detailing Uhrch's Offenses, as
charged by French residents of Strasbourg,
but after careful examination of the asser-
tions we incline to the belief that like Ba-
zaine, the Strasborg commander was more a
weakling than a traitor. The passages of the
same letter which intimate that the poorer
classes of Strasbourg are strongly anti-Ger-
man in feeling will attract more comment than
the charges against Uhrich. Accompanying the
letter referred to is another describing the
condition of Strasbourg after the surrender.
The complete and general destruction which
followed the bombardment is in some measure
proof that the defense of Gen. Uhrich was not
without merit
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

DAnY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, $40 per annum.
sEaI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, S4 per an.
Five copies OF over, 50 each; an extra copy will
be sent for every club Of ten sent for at one
time; or if preferred, copy of RecoDections
of Busy Life, by Mr.. Greeley.
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers 81 per annum.
SCOPES, so 10 copies, 10 one address, 81 50 each
and extra copy; 10 copies, 10 names Of
sUbsoibers at Post Office, 81 GO each land
one extra copy 20 copies, to one address, 81 Is
each land one extra copy; % copies, 10 names
Of Subscribers at one POstOfce, 81 IS each land
one extra copy; 50 copies, TO one address, 81
each land one extra cOpy) 80 copies, TO names
Of fsabsoibers al one P0st-0 Office 81 10 each land
one extra copy, Persons entitled to an extra
copy can, il preferred, have either of the fol-
lowing books, postage prepaid Political Econ
omy, by Horace Greeley; Pear Culture for
Profit, by p. I. Quinn The Elements of Agri-
culture by Geo. T.. Waring.
Advertising Rates
DAILY RIUNE, Doc. 40c., Soc. 75c. and 81 per line
SEMI-WEKKLY TRIBUNE. % and 50 cents per lue.
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, 81. %, and s. per line,
According TO position in the paper
Terms. cash in advance. .t
Address. TIE TEDuNE, New-YoIk.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
THE MODERN WOLSEY.

Nine wears ago, man then known only as
a cbairmaker of poor repute, typical fire
man, and ward politician of small celebrity,
was q candidate on the Tammany ticket for
Sheriff. He entered into the canvass with
great vigor, and staked on it every dollar he
possessed. His opponent was elected, and he
was ruined. A beggar in purse, with the Onus
of political defeat upon him, there was no
man in New York who seemed to have less
promising future.
But he was bold, adroit, and unscrupulous.
He never again sought an Office with large
lawful emOluments, but was content to serve
his city in places of small profit and preten-
sion. He remained Supervisor, and the name
became synonym for thief. He was elected
State Senator, and his appearance in the
Capitol was the beginning of q new era in the
politics of the State the Legislature of New
York being thenceforward an article of mer
chandise. He was appointed to subordinate
place therein, and instantly the Street Depart
ment was flooded with corruption. In proper
ton as he grew powerful, our taxes increased
and our elections became debauehed. He sys-
tematized rascality and became an anomaly in
being power above the law. EnthrOned upon
the violated ballOt-bOx, which he made to yield
majOrities to suit his needs, he reigns the alb
sOlute and irresponsible master of great city.
His power is not more vast than he has been
sordid and selfish in his use of it, With no
honest income beyond meager subsistence,
he proved his contempt for the people he
robbed by lavish display of his daily increas-
ing wealth. His arrogant assumption of
supremacy has kept pace with his fortune.
"He man
OF an unbOunded stomach, ever ranking
Himself with princes one that by suggestion.
Ty'd all the Kingdom Smony was fair play,
His own opinion was his law L the presence
He would say untruths, and be double
Both in his words and meaning. He never,
But where no meant to ruin, pitiful."
Through the "cunning and shameless fraudsr
of 1868, William M. Tweed became and is the
autOcrat of this metropolis. BY the grace of the
repeater, the bankrupt of 1861, who meantime has
had no means of honestly amassing money, is
more than millionaire and the pot-house poll
tician. the rude, unlettered fireman, has
under his heel the worth, wealth, intellect, and
culture, of great center of civilization. Every
vote for the Tammany ticket is an indOrse-
ment of the infamy which has produced him /;
is a vote to continue the power of this new
WOlsey, who possesses all the meaner qualities
of his prototype, but lacks his redeeming
traits.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
MARYLAND.

At the State Election of 1868, the Sham De-
mocracy carried all five of the Representatives
in Congress. At the election of 1869, they car
ried every County and elected every member
of the Legislature. The aggregate votes OF
the three last elections in this State we're as
follows
y,o,. RspabIieaa Democrsuc
1867. Governor Bond 81 $50 Bowie COZ
1868. President Grant .30,438 Seymour 62,5oI
1860. Controller. .McKiop. .23.il2 Woolford.e2sHi
Thanks to the XVth Amendment, the Re-
publicans will poll more than Fifty Thousand
votes next Tuesday, sharply cOntesting every
Congress district and nearly every County. We
hope to announce next Wednesday the election
of two if not three Republicans to Congress
(all gains)-and Republican Legislature. A
U. s. Senator in place of George Vickers Dem)
is to be chosen by this Legislature.