New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-25

A Psying Teller IN pefavlt.

A Payiug Teller In Default.
NEW YORK, October 24-1homas Ellis,
paying teller of the National Park Bank, u
defsulter for %36, 600. 1t is eupposed he
clipped . package Of 500 ono Thousand dollar
notes In his pocket. He hes b6en absent
since Saturday. A reward Of 5000 has
been offered for his apprehension. Ellis
had been eighteen years with the bank.
Dan Slckles fer Congress.
The Republicans of the ninth district
have nominated General Daniel E. Sickles
for Congress. ....
Strike oa the Jersey Central Read.
Engineers and fremen on tho Jersey
Central road struck at midnight wherever
the trains happened to be. Tho fires were
damped and the men left.
Tho strike Of locomotive engineers of the
Jersey Central road vas Preooncertsd.
PAssenzers were left tho alternative to
cars all night.
Tue trouble with the engineers of the
Jersey Central has been adjusted.
sanset Csx lsdsrsed.
The German Indepe ndents have also
nominated Sunset Cox for Congress.
0overssr Tllaen Rxpsains Hfnself % the
Quessisa Of SsaehsFa Claims.
Governor Tilden has addressed % Hon.
Abfam Hewitt . letter, dated today, de-
clsring bic position in regard to the South
ern claims. He quotes the fourteenth
smendment of the constitution, and points
to the fact that it has been repeatedly ap-
proved By the Democratic State committees
Of the South, and was adopted - . part Of
the platform Of tho Last national Democrat
versally accepted - final settlement.
Governor Tilden, after citing his own
public declarations on the subject previous
" made. says: Should be elected Presi-
dent the provision of the fourteenth
amendment will, 30 far as depends on me,
bo maintained, executed and enforced In
perfect and absolute good faith; NO rebel
the loss or emancipation Of any slave will
be allowed; NO claim for any 1oss or dam
age incurred by disloyal persons, arising
from the lato war, whether covered by tho
fourteenth amendment or not, will be recog-
nissd Of paid; the cotton tax viii not Be re-
funded. shall deem It my duty to veto
every bill providing for the assumption
losses, danages, ciaims, or for
the refandine Of any such tax. The danger
| to the national treasury 10 not from claims
Of persona who aided tho rebellion, but
| from olaims OF persons residing in the
Southern States, or having property In
those Statee, who were, OF pretended to be,
OF who tor the sake Of aiding tho claims
now pretead to have been loyal 70 the gov
| eminent Of the Union. Such claims, even
| Of loyal persons, when they arc from sets
caused BY the operations Of war, have been
| disowned by tho public law Of civilized M
| tions, condemned BY the adjudications Of
the Supreme Court Of the Uaited States,
and only find any status By force Of specific
| legislation Of CongreaD. These claims have
become stale, and arc often tainted with
fraud. They are nearly always owned, In
whole or in part, By claim aPents, BY specu-
lat0rs or lobbyists, who have no equity
against the taxpayers or the public. They
should In all Gases be scrutinized with
sealous care. The calamities to individuals
which were inflicted BY tho late war were
| for tho most part irrepsrable. The govern
ment can not reoall to life the million
of our youth who went to untimely
graves, nor compensate the sufferings
or sorrow Of their relatives or friends.
1t can not peadJust between individaals
the burdens of taxation hitherto borne
or of debts incurred to sustain
the government which arc yet to be paid,
1t can not apportion anew among our citi-
zens the damages or losses Incident to mill
tary operations, or resulting in every
riety of form from it, measures for
maintaining its own existence. 1t has
NO safe general rule but TO let by cones be
by.gones; to turn from tho dead psst to .
new and better future, and ON that basis
to assure peace, reconciliation and frater-
nifty between all SECTIONS, classes and races
Of our people. to the end that all the springs
Of our productive industries may be quick
which the evils Of the past shall be forgot