Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-06-29
THE PETERSBURG TROUBLE.


Va, of a political nature, so serious as
to compel the authorities at Washington
to contemplate the contingency of using
the troops at Fortress Monroe. The
questions at issue are considerably in |
volyed in partisan feeling, but the way |
they arose is beyond dispute. The city
of Petersburg is decidedly Republican |
on fair vote, a fact which the Demo-
Gratis there cannot seem to tolerate Ac- |
cordingly, they devised, and got through
the Legislature of Virginia, a new city
charter, which practically took from the
people the power of electing their own
officers. and placed their appointment IN
the hands of the Democratic judge. Gov.
Kcmper, Conservative as he Is, vetoed
this piece of injustice, to the unbounded
rage of the Petersburg Democracy, who
hung him in effigy, and then set about
another scheme. Authority for a new
registration was obtained from the Leg
islature, by means of which voting was
made as difficult as possible to the Re-
publicans, who were not allowed to see
the registry lists: One of the incidents
of the election is thus told by the Wash
ington Chronicle
"On the day of election, threats, in
timidation and fraud were the order of
the day, but the chief means of defraud-
ing the Republicans of the election,
which they fairly carried by at least
four hundred majority, was the infamous
State law, which provides that where
the number of ballots found in the box
after closing the polls exceeds the num-
ber of votes recorded on the check list,
one of the judges shall be blindfolded,
and shall draw from the box the number
in excess. The Republicans had ballot
Of the usual and ordinary size the Dem
ocratic ballot was printed in the small
est possible type, on the thinnest posi-
BILE paper, so that four or five of them
folded together did not make so large
parcel as one of those used by the Re
publicans With the connivance of the
judges it was easy for as many Demo
cratic ballots in excess as was necessary
to accomplish the purpose desired to be
deposited in the box and the Demo
cratic judge, being blindfolded, drew as
many Republican ballots from the box
as were in excess, the difference in size
and paper enabling any one by the sense
of touch alone to make the selection
In this way the Republican majority
was overcome and the Democratic candi-
dates were declared elected. The Re-
publicans, of course, had no idea of SUBJ
mitting to such outrages, and they caus-
ed the arrest of ten of the judges of elec-
ton on charges of fraud and intimida-
tion. This gave rise to the threats of
violence of which the Government at
Washington was obliged to take notice,
inasmuch as the Postmaster and Collect
or of Internal Revenue were among those
whom a crowd of armed men declared
they were going to lynch. Many Repub-
lican citizens also feared for their lives.
Through the efforts, however of the
more discreet Conservatives, these disor-
ders were repressed. Subsequently the
arrested Judges had a preliminary exam
ination at Richmond, resulting in bind.
ing them over in the sum ofS1500 each
The leading Democratic organ talks
about "the malicious proceedings insti
tuted by these malignant prosecutors Of
our people" and it is possible that the
courts, unlike Governor Kemper, may bt
controAed by such partisan prejudice
but the grievances of the Petersburg Re
publcans are too clear and serious to bt
winked out of the sight of all fair mind
ed men. The Virginia Democrats will
find that they have entered upon "a patl
which they had better retrace as soon a
possible. Boston Journal
MAKING SoAP.-Wet the ashes anC
make them as solid as possible pour il
water till it comes through then let /
stand a few days to soak, putting in wa
ter now and then to keep it from drying
up. and when ready to make your soap
use hot water to make lye try it wit
an egg to test its strength-if it vii
not bear an egg, pass it through the ash
es again put in all the grease it vii
absorb, boil it till it begins to thIcken
then put in finely broken rosin in pre-
portion of three or four lbs. to the bar
S rel let it boil till the rosin is dissolve
y and stirred in. dip it off, and you Wi
n have soap that is worth using-tha
Il will not 'eat" your hands If you use
e the next day, but which will take ou
: the dirt from your clothes with less Ia
J Dor than any patent soap you can fno
G Use no lye that will not bear an egG
# and put in no water. If water is of an
a use in it, why not fill the whole BARR
:, with it instead of half of it ? One tun
n bier full of this will wash and boil
le hundred pieces of ordinary washing.
II To use it, put half the quantity SUI
d posed to be necessary to be used in wasl
IS ing and boiling, into a tub of hot waite
re soak the clothes few minutes, or unit
il they are cool enough to handle, and yc
lie will find that very little rubbing is nee
he ed boil and rinse in the usual way, al
be thankful for good soap.
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