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Letter from Florida.
WARRINGTON. Ella Nov. 10

WARRINGTON, FLA, Nov. 10, 1871.
To the Editor Of the New National Era
On Saturday night last Mr.. E. S. Scott, a
junior student of Lincoln University, Pa, de-
livered very able and eloquent lecture to the
citizens of Warrington in the colored school
house at this place. His discourse was based
upon "Our New Relation to the Government"
The audience were principally colored, but a
few whites were present The discourse was
listened to with marked attention by all
present.
Mr.. Scott is one of the few colored men who
intends making his home in the South after he
completes his education in college, and if the
people of Warrington will only extend an in
vitation to him he will return to them again
Immediately after he graduates in June next
Although Mr.. S. is as yet quite young man,
there is no reason to doubt that he will ere
long become quite prominent among the edu-
Gated men Of this country. His whole desire
and aim is to become an educator of his race
believing that he can accomplish more for the
material advancement Of his race in that ca
pacity than any other way. During the short
period that he has taught school here he has
certainly done more towards the advancement
Of the colored children than all the other
teachers that we have had in our midst
Mr.. Scott will return to the University on
the 18th of December to graduate, and during
his absence / trust that this community will see
the Importance of having a good, competent
teacher to reside in our midst, and that they
will not, under any circumstances, let SO favor
able an opportunity pass and neglect secur
ing the services Of Mr.. 8. as . permanent
teacher of the colored youth Of Warrington,
Florida.
MIR. Scott will give grand exhibition to the
children of this place before leaving in Decem.
Der. / hope that it will be one that will be
long remembered in the hearts Of the children
of Warrington, and that, when they shall have
arrived at the years of maturity, they can
truthfully say, that Edward s. Scott is the only
one since emancipation who has taught the
colored children of this place properly and, if
they should consent to retain him, he is destined
to elevate many one of his color in this place.
l am, sir, truly yours,
WELLwrsHER OF EDUCATION.
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Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

Whereas it has pleased God in the mani.
festation Of His divine providence and sove.
reign will to remove from us by death our
beloved friend and distinguished professor.
Rev. +. E. ADAMS, ID. ID. and whereas the
poor have lost generous heart the oppressed
sympathzng friend, the weak strong Hand,
and Christendom a self sacrid eing apostle and
whereas we know he is not, yet he is, inasmuch
as his memory is cherished, his precepts fol-
lowed, and his influence felt therefore. be il
Resoived, That we, the students of Lincoln
University, recognize in his death the will of
the All-wise God, and bow in humble sub.
mission thereto, knowing g He doeth all thing %
we'll"
Resoived, That we deeply lament his death.
whose teachings have directed the current of
our thoughts, whose example it has been our
delight to follow.
Resolved, That we perpetuate his memory
by cherishing in our hearts and practicing in
our lives those principles which it has been the
aim of his life to impart.
Res0tued, That we most feelingly sympa
thze with the family of the deceased in the
bereavement of tender husband. a loving
father, and q wise counsellor; and implore
our Heavenly Father to comfort them. know.
ing that !. He alone can bind up tbs broken
heart and pour in the oil Of joy
Res0iUd, That we wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days
S Res0lred, That we transmit to the family
copy OF these resolutions.
G. w. MossrLL,
Z. E. MILLER.
3 - g. X. HssDsasox,
Committee.
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TRENTON, N. J., November IA. IA

TRENTON, N. j., November IA. 1871.
To the Editor Of the Ne,o National Era:
This idea is generally used to denote stroke
Of policy which political party adopts to
obtain the greatest number Of votes-as, non
committing on some subjects and the ignoring
Of others. On the great question of human
rights there can be no such thing as political
expediency. The rights of man should be
held inviolably sacred and the doctrine cannot
nor should it be entertained Such thing as
Ignoring, bartering. or compromising the rights
OF man is opposed to the first principles of
right and justice. Whatever is right is ex.
pedient; whatever is right is polite Civil
and political rights are the colored mans the
same as the white mans, guaranteed, bro.
tected, and secured by law. If they were the
white mans to give, then they might consult
the expediency of the party. regard this as
not only cheating with impunity the colored
man out of his rights, but the proposition it.
self is monstrosity which should cause the
blush of shame to mantle the cheeks of every
honest man and the time will come when the
children Of these very men who thus talk and
act will be ashamed to know that their parents
advocated such principles. There is one thing
certain, colored men now living have one
thing the white man cannot take, nor
can it be impaired by time, place, or circum-
stance and that is their memory. They have
the most vivid recollection of those who
robbed them Of their rights, either North or
south, East or West and also Of those who
refuse 10 recognise these rights, after being
constitutionsily obtained. All ofice-holders in
States that have ignored the citizenship of the
colored man, cannot and ought not to receive
the colored vote. The reason whv honest
conscientious men will not vote at the elections
10 because there is 90 much peridy and cor.
ruption in the parties. What RICH. have men
to sss base means to hold or obtain power or
positionf What right have men to consult
policy or expediency at the expense of princi.
pie OF right, and justicef Men who win do
THIS are dishonest, and dishonest men should
not mold places of profit and trust The Re.
publican party is but coalition of the Adolf
''on party, the Frss-s0il party, the Liberty
parry the old fossiliaed Wing party, and the
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o,y much that is expressed and by much more
that IS implied, the dangerous character of this
organization.
mere are now about one hundred persons ia
laii, most OF them leading men in the Ku-Klux
Order, and all more or less deeply involved in
actual deeds of violence. About three hun
dred have surrendered themselves and con.
ltssed, and more are coming. the arrests being
aoou' thlrty or forty daily. One stenographer
cannot record their confessions working twelve
hours day. Hundreds Of negroes from all
over the country have for the first time dared
70 come IN and report what they have suffered
Aooue one hundred and twenty-five of the
leaders and shief criminals have eitber AID .hA
country or have as yet eluded capture. One
or two who are known to have been engaged in
murder, bat are men of wealth and position
are believed TO be on their way to Brazil.
others have fled to Canada, aud some are
known to be lurking about in the woods AS
the negroes express it: Z" It's somebody else 3
turn to lay out in the woods.
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The space Brewer type constitutes an adver
Using square in this paper.
Any less than ten lines charged the
square.
All advertisements occupying less than quarter Of col
umn computed by the square.
Advertisements 70 less time than thrae month
are charged transient rates.
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ROCHESTER, N. Y.

H"' N. 4 :, NOV. 10, I6tI.
10 the Editor ofthe Neso National Era:
The fidelity of the colored citizens to the
Republican party has been most strikipgly
portrayed in the recent elections. In this
district almost every man worked long and
well TO advance the cause of truth and Justice
and to bring about brilliant victory, which
has, most emphatically. been accomplished.
Even throughout the State there come to our
notice meetings organised and conducted by
coiored men, showing conclusively that their
hearts and hands ware in the work. They are
a. mass beginning to know who their friends
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-Ex-Governor Sprague and brother, Col
ADassa Sprague, Of Providence r. L.. are
erecting, in the Swan Point Cemetery of that
city, monumental tombstone, at a cost OF
SlOO,OOO. The ancestors aud deceased mem
bers of the Sprague family have heretofore
been buried on the grounds of the homestead
at Cranston, few miles out of the city of
Providence, and their remains will be exhumed
and re-intered in the lot surrounding the
monument.
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The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company have commenced the work
OF planting trees along the tracks of their
roads-ll, 900 chestnut and 10000 European
larches having been planted along its line
between White Pigeon and Toledo, through the
country where the forests have been mostly
cleared away and the supply of timber is
scantiest. The work was most thoroughly
done, with the intention that every tree might
live, and the cost, including the time of the
laborers, who belong to the regular force of
the road, and did this work in connection with
and in addition to their ordinary duties, was an
average OF eight cents per tree; excluding the
labor OF the cOmpany's employees, the cost
was only four cents per tree. The raising OF
trees suitable for cross ties on the uEoccupied
land adjacent TO railway lines has something
practical in it. These trees, when of proper
size, may be used for replacing cross ties, and
thus become source of profit, or rather OF
saving; and when growing, protection against
storms, especially the heavy snow and wind
storms of the prairie country. The rapid
extension of the railway system, and the short
life" OF ties-estimated not 60 exceed on an
average more than four and onehalf years
makes the production of timber of particular
interest to railway men.
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COMMUNICATIONS.

THE NEW NATIONAL ERA does not hold itself responsible
for views expressed by correspondents Wen written and
communications will be gladly received
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The Ku-KIux In Chains.

Johnsto,en, Noe. s, 1871.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-20
LIST OF AGENTS.

TlTUSvIILE, CHURCH RUN AND vICINI
TY-STEPHEN ..UDF. Office, Hamilton's Cigar
STORE address Titusville, Pa Assistant John Van
SERVER.
TITUsvILLE, CHURCH RUN AND vICINl
TY-H. II THOMAS. Office and address, Man
sion House. Iitusville, Pa.
SHAMbURG AND VICINITY-GEORGE IR.
WIN. Office. Shambnrg; residence, Titusville, Pa
Assistant. A. Nest.
ENTERPRisE PLEAsANTvILLE, BEAN
FARM AND PlrHCLE W. GEO. VAN
VLIET Office and address, Chase House, Pleas
antvile. Assistant, II. C. Huntington.
TlDIOUT AND WEST HiCKORY-CHKs.
CLARK. Office and address, Exp ess Office Tidi
oute. Pa Assistant, +. g Beardsley.
PETROLEUM CENTRE AND VICINITY
LEVI MASON Office and address, Petroleum Cen
re, Pa Assistant, Charles Blackford.
TARR AND BLOOD FARMS and District lying
IN Oil Creek and Cherry Run. from Story Farm to
iutOckville--JA JArESSAUNDERS. Address
arr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Luther B. Saunders.
Charles u. Cochran and william Hoyt.
MoCLINrOCKvlILE, OIL CITY AND RsNO
"A: 8. WtsT. Address, Oil City or Reno, Pa
AisisisSssk iTsissASk1iN Il Sesd Alone THE ALLEGHENY n1v
Err WiLBER Once and address, Franklin, Pa
SCRUBG ASS, FOSTER FARM q PAhKEk's
LANDIN,i-RICiIARD w. REDRIRLD. Once
and addrts ss scrubgrass ta Assistant, X. W. Por.
terfeld address Emlent0n, Pa.
WEST VlRGINIA-C. ID. ANGEL. and T. r.
COOK Address, parkersburg, West Virginia.
Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Go
msys-dly
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('AU rkON.

The public is autoned ngainst emploIlng any
nj the reguart authorized Agents If the Compi
~, since the Roberts Patent cover the use Of The
idrpedO and all explosive materials for oil wells,
and the use of such materials hy other parties Ia a
fringing any of the ROBERTS PATENTS will be
dealt with according to law, and a. acting wilIfully
aud knowingly In defiance Of law and the decisions
Of the Courts
The Company have reorganIzed their business
with view to ac,DmmO mOdate OIL Men In every Sart
Of the Ol ltegon. They have employed the most
efficient Agents and Assistants that can be procured
Tor the business Each Torpedo 1, labelled with
date af patents, together with the price Of the Tor
pedo, and signed by an officer Of the Company, 20
every Operator wishing Torpedo may know its
price and whether 1t came from our Ofics
Operators will confer favor by reporting to this
Office any negligence Of Agents.
The following named persons have been appoint
ed Agents and Assistant Agents for the Oil Regions
Of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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GOING EAST.

1i.4O A. M. LIGHTNING EXPRESS. daily
con Meeting at Cory. Sundays excepted for aren,
Pa. Mayvilie BrOctnn ard Ttisyiile. ard dn;i,
Tor Erie; al Enira a. with Northern Ce,trat Railway
for Willamsport. Harrisburg, Philadelphia ana Bal.
timore and at New York Tor Boston uid New Eng.
sleeping Coach is attached to this train at Cir.
cinnati running through tU New York
o,1t NJ: CINCINNATI EXPRESS. daily
N""da ~ excepted, c,nnectiDg at Binghampton for
nv and The celebrated summer resort Shnr,,n
n,., and at New York for Boston. and all New
rI( ,es.
',leet's Coach Is attached to this train at
dville ugh to New York.
2,lO A. M. NEW YORK DAY EXPRESS,
daiy, Sundays excepted. Connects at Great Bend
with Delaware, Lackawanna q Western Railway
for Scranton, and at New York with Midnight Ex
, press train OF New Jersey Railroad for Fhilade
pha
A Sleeping Coach "a attached to this train at
running tn5oaEn 70 sna Ch cU
ing Room Coaches attached, running through to
New York.
.,l:s.oi d2,oi A. M. ACCOMMODATION, sundays
u1.a5 p. M. ACCOMMODATION, Sundays
, excepted.
500 A, M. WAY FREIGHT, Sundays ez-.
Boston and New England Passengers with their
Baggage, are transferred FREE OF CHARGE in
New York.
The best ventilated and most luxurious Slcepine
coaches sS-IN NJ WORLD-Gt accompany uil
| night trains on this Railway.
~ The Erie Hallway Company has opened a
new Ferry from their Jersey city Depot to the foot
of 23d st, New York thus enabling passengers to
re ,ch the upper 'rton OF the city without the ex-
pcnse and annoyance Of q street car an omnibus
| transfer.
xa-The scenery along the entire route Of the Erie
| Railway Is of the most picturesque and beautiful
| character. Admirers of Na,u,s's beauties, I'm
dayligh, journey over this Lii Q, will find its ever
changing landscapes subjects Of continual admira.
ton and inteEest.
Baggage Checked Through
And fare always a. low as by any other Route,
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA ERIE RAILWAY.
Which can be obtained at all the Principal Ticket
| Offices in the West and Southwest.
| WIN. B. BARR.
/ l. d. RUCKER, Cen! Pass'r Agent
Gen1 sup't. Jan Is, 1870,
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n correspondence OF, the subject
of Se,UissO Machines Is respectful
IN solicited.
ID. s. EWING.
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EasE RAILWAY.
400 MILES UNDER 600 MILES WITHOUT
The Broad Gauge, Double Track
Route
BETWEEN THE
ATLANTIC CITIES
WEST AND SOUTHWEST
THIS RAILWAY EXTENDS FROM
Cincinnati to New York 500 Miles
Cleveland to New York 626 Miles,
Dunkirk to New York 460 Miles,
Buffalo to New York 423 Miles
Rochester to New York 385 Miles,
AND IS rloM
.sy- % TO 27 MILES THE SHORTEST
ROUTE. 81
New and Improved Coaches are run from Cincin-
natl, Dayton, Urbana, Marion, Gallon, Mansfield,
Asnand, Akron, Cleveland, Warren, Meadvlle,
Dunkirh, Buffalo and Rochester to
New York without Change.
ONLY ONE CHANGE TO BOSTON.
On and after Monday, Dec. 5th, 1870, trains
will leave Meadville at the following hours, VIZ:
FRANKLIN BRANCH..Going south.
| LEAVE:
Meadvile, $50 a. r., II 20 A. H., aO5r. 4.
| ARMv.:
franklin, 800 LII $50
Uil City, $50 l.45 I" 6,a5
FRANKLIN BRANcSI-.Going North.
| LEAVE:
Oil CITY. 1890 4. N 900 A, H., 4.lo p NJ, eol P
Fran rklin,1l.3O 93I " 4.4J " 945
ARRIVE:
Meadvillo,. .,O5 P. N. lI,1oA M. f,,5P 11,59 "
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GOING WEST

. OF A. M. DAY EXPRESS, daily. Mondays
excepted fort .eveiaid, CicninIati and the Nest
lpd south. Connects ut C'arh-vile. Sundays ex.
cei'i' u for SHARON Newcastle AMI Pit sburgh; AT
L. ayittsburg for Youngstown and Sharon ut Cieve.
Nor'h-Wes': at kavenua Sundays cxcsp cd, iOr Al
lance aud Pittturyh Mt Akron Sundays exc, pied,
fr Orviilc aud Mil erslurp, a. Uibana with Pitts
bu.gh Cncinnnti and st L iuis Ralw ny .ur lndap.
apois, and at Cincinnati with the Ohio d. Mi,sls-
| sppi iiailway, for st Lonis aud the south and
SUuth-We.t.
Sleeping Coaches are attached TO this train at
H'rueilsvis, running through to Gle velaud without
change
9.I0 A. NJ. EXPRESS MAIL. daily sunday.
excepted, for Cleveland and the West and North.
" est Connects NJ Clarksville for sharon, Newcas.
tie and Pii-bureh aid ut Cleveland with Lake
lore Railway for The West and North West
2.3G u. NJ. NIGHT EXpRESS, daily, for
Cletnant, Cincinnati aud the Wesl and south -
CONNECTS at Lea,it's sburg. sundays excepted, for
founosto"n; ~ Cleveland with Lake Shore al
way, tor the West aud North West: and NJ Cincn
NAH with The Ohio ~ Mississippi, hallway for IT.
Louis and the South and SOuth ~ est
A Sleeping Coach IL attached TO this train at New
York, running through to Cincinnati.
1910 A. III. ACCOMMODATION. sunany.
excepted. f,r Leavttsburg AID Way SistiOn., CON
he,t rg fol You gstown.
400 p. M. FREIGHT & ACCoMMoDA
TiYN, daily.
7.i5 A. M. WAY FREIGHT, Sundays er.
ttLted.
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al give my hearty preference to the
Wilcox s Gibbs Silent Sewing Machine"
FANNY FERN.
"The weight of reliable evidence being
overwhelming for that of the Wilcox & Gibbs
Silent Sewing Machine, decided upon it,
procured it, and am more than satisfied"
GRACE GREENWOOD.
al have the Wheeler & Wilson, the Grover
& Baker, and the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing
Machines in my family. use the Wilcox
& Gibbs most frequently, thinking it far
superior to either of the Others"
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHRR.
"My wife would not accept Sewing
Machine of any other patent as gift, If she
must receive it on condition Of giving up the
"''i'oA - Rev. OLIVER CRANE,
Carbondale, Pa
."The Wilcox & Gibbs is the only Sewing
Machine whose working is 80 sure and simple
that l could venture to introduce it into
Syria" REV. A. T. PRATT,
Missionary American Board.
ave have used various Sewing Machines
within our family, but it is the unanimous
opinion of the household, that the Wilcox
& Gibbs is the best of them ALL"
| Rev. j. 8. HOLMK,
Brooklyn, ny.
"For simplicity and mechanical accuracy
of construction, have seen no Sewing
Machine equal to the Wilcox & Gibbs"
| ENOCH LEWIS,
Ofthe Pennsylvania Central B. R
n correspondence on the subject
of Se,UisaO Machines Is respectful
IN solicited.
ID. s. EWING,
720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-26

power Of the bayonet, or in opposition
to the perfectly free will of the people
thereof; if it has supplanted liberty
with despotism; if it has destroyed
self-gOvernment with the sword, and
imposed rulers for the people without
their consent-then the livest Of all
conceivable issues is the r~einvesting
the States, or the people thereof, with
all the rights, powers, and liberties Of
which they have been despOiled. Ev-
orv wrong, or every illegal deed or
oppressive act which has been done
involves a lice issue, which can never
be abandoned as dead by the Demo-
cratic party. No wrong which has
been done ought to be talked
Of as being without remedy. Such
talk is not only an impolicy-it is
crime, in that it aids despOtism in the
work of disheartening the people and
corrupting public opinion. That is
the way every fallen nation has lost
its liberties. Whenever the Demo
cratic party recognizes all violations
of the Constitution " as accomplished
facts" and proposes to a~cquiesce in
the usurpation, then the Constitution
is a dead issue, and the mission Of the
Democratic party as its champion and
defender is at an end, and it, too,
should become a dead issue" a de-
funct corpse, worthless while living,
and hated when dead.
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disgraced the State have been owing
TO the two sources of mischief. Never
was there a more fatal mistake or a
more diabolical wrong committed
than when you organized cOlOred
troops throughout the State, and put
arms into their hands, with powder
and bali, and denied the saue to the
white peOple. 1t was atrOclOus. The
bloody tragedy at Laurens was owing
to this and nothing else. The murder
of Stevens and other white men at
Union by one of your negro cOmpa-
MES, and the subsequent execution of
ten cOlOred prisoners, was owing to
the same cause. The fearful killing
and murder of a number Of men at
Chester was likewise owing to your
cOlOred militia. The violence and
laWlessness at YOTkville originated in
one of your worthless appointments.
Heretofore your appointments have
been mostly made OF ignorant and cor
rupt men, who cannot enforce the laws
and preserve the peace. The cOIOred
people of South Carolina behaved well
during our civil war, and would have
continued to have done so but Tor the
unpFinCiDled carpet baggers who came
amongst them and stirred up hatred
to the white race by the most artiul
and deviIish appeals to their fears and
bad passions. Unprinclpled white
men living amongst US, seeing an OPP
pOrtunity of Office and plumber, joined
the carpet-baggers. These two classes
united in persuading the negroes that
they would be put back into slavery,
and that they must apply the torch to
redress their supposed wrongs. 1t IS
not surprising that a people so ignO-
rant and credulOus as the negroes are
should thus have been led astray.
They were told that lands would be
given them and their children edu-
Gated. Hundreds OfthOusands of dol
lars have been appropriated for this
purpose, and all squandered and
stolen by their pretended friends. A
multiplicity of offices have been Great
ed to reward political partisans; sala-
ries have been increased, millions ap-
prOpriated for railroads, and the most
eXtravagant waste of public moneys in
every way. The public officers and
the members Of the Legislature are
charged with the most shameless cor
ruptiOn, bribery and rOguery. 1t is
impossible for the industry Of the
State to pay thetaxes. There is no Sc
curity for property. It is impossible
for this thing to go On aud preserve
order in the State. The State bonds
will not be paid. L earnestly desire
the peace and prosperity Of my State.
l did all that / could to prevent the
secession Of South Carolina, and the
civil war which ensued. My predic-
tons Of all the evils which have en-
sued were treated with scOrn and con-
tempt by those in power and suthOri-
ty. You, sir, and those in power at
the present time, may not heed my
predictions again; but the day is fast
approaching when you viii realize all
that l have said, unless some change
takes place, Yours, etc,
B. T. PERRY.