Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-01-15

| sidy, but was a loan, since repaid, and that
Piatt fought the subsidy from fist to last in
! person and in his paper.
|
The Presidents Message.
The message Of Grant TO the Senate, trans
mitted on Wednesday last, in reply 10 its reso-
luton calling upon him for any knowledge he
possessed Of military interference in the legis-
latve proceeding is a most glaring attempt to
conceal a startling truth by an elaborate paint
| ing ofmagiuary ouirages. 1t is but d yolum-
inous reteraiion of his faithful blood hound
Sherdan's dispatches, bowling the murder of
negroes by White Leagucrs." He says be
has no knowledge beyond that which has been
made public through the press of military in
reference in the legislative assembly, and
such Interference was without his priviiy and
consent and thar g he can conceive of no case
not involving rebellion or Instruction, where
such interference would bejuslihable, but there
are circumstances connected with this case
which seem TO exempt the military from any
Intentional wrong While he admits that
there has been a wrong perpetrated, and de-
MES any participation in it upon his part, he
seeks to shield the military by a volume Of
paltry and flimsy excuses, which renders him
an accessory after the fact" But even
were the military not guilty of an intentional
wrong, does that render them The less respon-
sihle Ignorance of the law justifes no one
except fool and if Sheridan be not fool,
then he is doubly responsible because be holds
a position which involves a complete knowl-
4 edge of constitutional law, and If he be u fool,
then he should be removed from position
| where he is at liberty 10 commit an unnten-
tioual wrong. 1t is the most farcical argu-
ment We ever read, with the exception Of Ser
geant Buzfuzs in the breach of promise case.
1
ASSASSINATION. THE Radical leaders in Com
gress are getting so desperate at the situation
of their party, with the condemnation of the
whole people of the country numbering in
their ears, that as last resort they are trying
to trump up stories attempted assassination.
On Monday last in the Senate, Mr.. West
Radical, said the other side were making
all efforts to stop the information in refer
ence TO affairs in the South. Mr. w said
here in the city Of Washington yesterday,
direct proposition had been made for the assas-.
snation Of the President. He then sent to the
desk 10 be read an article from the Washing
ton Capital, Dom Piatts paper, and also the
Tribune of Saturday, extracts which he said
were direct appeals for the assassination of
the President
Mr.. Thurman said be always laughed when
Bombastns Furioso was stamping around.
| As to Dom Piatts paper he supposed Dom
Pla,t could take care OF himself next Sunday.
He said it was an impertinence and an insult
| to ask any Senator on this floor whether he
approved of assassination. The American peo-
| people were not people who approved of as
sassination, and this attempt 10 get up here a
cry that assassination was in the air, was the
ARREST bubble that ever found Judgment In an
empty head.
Should these stories fail 10 arouse the North
we shall not be surprised to hear soon Of an
assassination conspisacy, got up on the plan
the safe burglary, and carried out by the
same miserable tools. By all means, gentle
men, let the wonld-be assassin escape and trace
him to the house of some prominent Demo-
crat. Ii win be a good card for the third term
CoMPTRoLLER's REPoRT Hon. Levin Wool
ford, Comptroller Of the State has just made
his annual report to the Governor. Massing
some Of the more important figures we find
that the total receipts during the year amount
ed to 81, 35T, 202 u, aud with the balance in
amounted to the aggregate of So $40, ol2 "a.
The disbursements of the year were So, 276.-
900 IS, and there remained in the Treasury
September 80, 1874, 1865, lo6 SO. The re-
ceipts during the current fiscal year are esti-
mated at 81 Alb, $50 IS, on the basis of the
present rate Of State taxation and the proba-
BILE disbursements at So, 030, 600. The state
ment of the States capital, and creditors show
: that it has of productive asses, stock, bonds,
} ect., Sc, 6l4, 764 60, and unproductive S22,
l22, AL making a total of SIS, TAI, 205. Co.
The funded Indebtedness of the State amounts
40 $ll, COS, ol9 40. As an Offset to this the
: Stale holds interest and dividend paying bonds
: aud stocks Amounting to 81, 469, 1888, 20, thus
E reducing the debt to Se,s25, 2se IS.
Corn CRoP.-The corn crop Of The United
States for 1874 is reported By the Agricultural
Department at slightly more than eight hun
u'Su WiHo"s " oUs"eiS. u's is tSuuctoH
of one hundred and twenty millions from The
corn crop Of 1878. which was itself not a
good year for corn" This decline in prodnc.
tiou accounts for the high price ofcorn Two
crops having been thus below the average, ii
is 10 be hoped that the corn crop Of 1875 may
be good one. This crop is as important IS
the wheat crop for npon it closely depends the
provision crop Of the country aud the mamie
nance of ali working animals, whilst not a
small part Of it belongs 10 the staple stock Of
human food.