Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-05

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. l, 1876.
A mutual bank Insurance against
losses by burglary and robbery will
be proposed to the convention OF
bankers to assemble in Philadelphia,
Oct 3. This will be of considerable
interest to banks as also the public
burglary of banks in large cities, and
burglary and robbery in towns is be.
coming more common each year and
is, in fact, reduced to a science. The
The proposition is to establish in con-
nection with the bank department OF
the Treasury, mutual bank insurance
against losses by burglary and rob-
berry and perhaps by fire, the losses OF
any one bank from these causes to be
made up by all the banks belonging
to the association according to the
amount insured by each. In this
way no bank can have any considera-
BILE loss from these causes, and when
loss occurs, the tax upon each so In
sured would be trifing. By keeping
standard reward for the disclosure
of all contemplated burglaries and
robberies, these crimes may, in numer-
Gus instances be exposed and the loss
of money, and often of valuable lives
be prevented. For fear that the
banks may be robbed, large numbers
of people keep their money in safes,
in safe deposits and hid away in sup
posed safe places. But if all banks
are insured against burglary, doubt
less these millions would be deposited
in the banks to be put into circulation.
The proposition is well worth the
consideration of the banks as well as
the people. Perhaps this single in
crease of circulating medium would be
equal to all demands OF the country.
Following sharply upon Mr.. Til
denis example of swearing in his in
come at $7,118 when his own broker
has shown that in 1862 he bought and
sold hundreds of thousands of various
railroad stocks netting him between
$4,000 and $4,000: and paying in
'63 and g SIS, 900 and $4,000 re-
spectiyely when the books of the same
broker show that he must have Melted
at the least $250,O00 each year aside
from the hundreds of thousands gath
cred from other sources (for we would
not charge him with stealing) that go
to form the seven or eight million he
has of late years been credited with
possessing. Mr.. Drew, the Confed-
crate candidate for Governor Of Flor
ida, running there on his record as a
Confederate, and denouncing any
statement to the contrary, is shown
on the records of the Court of Claims
in this city to have sworn that he new
er aided or abetted the rebellion, and
so fully satisfied the demands of the
Court for proof of his loyalty during
the rebellion, that it awarded and
paid him the sum of $50, 900 for two
hundred bales of cotton represented
as taken from him at Savannah, Ga.
Truly it has been written, "the South
ern rebel will hereafter rank as the
checklist individual upon record" II
is difficult to conceive o. anything
more audacious than the unconstruct'
ed Southerner. For effrontery and
brazen impudence, for elasticity o.
| conscience and unmitigated falsifca
ton in the face of recorded affidavit
and unimpeachable witness, the "sci
ons of chivalric South" surpass ever
doughty deeds of Tilden, Tammany
and the devil.
Then, satisfied that the North was
to the last degree helpless against hel
Vaccinations, the South boldly threw
off her mask and fired on the flag ;
Kosciusko, Steuben, La Fayette ant
Washington had made glorious before
two continents. Mr.. Lincoln thei
wrote: awe are fighting to establish
order, and with order liberty; the lib
erty of the conquered to be as intac
as that of the conquerors." The sto
ry of the rebellion needs no REPETITION
here. At half million hearthstone
reminders may be found; and in thu
government cemeteries sleep the mos
gallant armies of the world, heavil,
laden with ripened honors, and hon
oring her they died to save. But
half-scofe years have elapsed ant
what do we see? 1t is not a state
prison offence to learn the ex-slave L
read, neither do we see the plante
offering upon the block his own son o
daughter, or the separation of heart
broken families, but we do witnes
the assassination, as of yore OF tn
man who, presumes to say augh
agains the "sacred institution" nov
presented under the specious guise o
opposition to Capitalization. We Sc
the almost daily fogging and murder
ing of our citizens both black ant
white, for daring to read, think an'
vote in opposition to those who fire.
on Sumpter, of those who controlle'
the exchanges, and starved 4o,oo
loyal men to death. We see this in
terest turning out in battallons, ant
armed to intimidate peaceful gather
ings. We see the almost devilisl
manner in which subterfuge, prcvari
cation, and falsehood is used to de
prive the brave voter of his right c
suffrage. We read the almost demon
iacal appeals made to an ignorant am
vengefal white following to scrupl
not at any means that may tend to tn
accomplishment of the desired object