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Middletown transcript., 1877-07-07

"THE ELECTORAL CONSPIRACY. .
Judge Blacks article in the North
american Reviesc for July, under the
above title, is ably written. It draws
vivid picture Of the carpet-baggers,
the Louisiana returning board, its vii
lianies and forgeries, and Of ex-Presi-
dent Grant as an accomplice, the pet
tifogging Of the electoral eight, the
thimble-rigging in the Florida and
Louisiana cases, and The betrayal Of the
nation. While showing up the I'M
worthy processes by which the result
actually reached was proclaimed, he
undertakes to vindicate the democrats
who eo-operated with the conservative
republicans in framing this device. He
thinks that they were not deceived in
the constitution Of the commission, but
III the organization Of the commission
after it was constituted. Whether, as
Judge Black contends, if the plan of
the electoral commission had been
fairly carried out, it "would have adj
ded strength and grandeur to our in
stitutions, is a question which admits
Of doubt and is no longer pertinent.
The main point now is to provide leg
islation by which the recurrence Of a
crisis such as occurred in the last pres
idential election, fraught with peril to
republican principles and the peace Of
the country, can be prevented hereaf-
ter.
The storm which passed through
Central Indiana and Ohio on Satur-
day evening was more destructive than
its predecessor. No rain fell, but the
wind tore up, damaged or demolished
nearly everything in its way. AT
Waverly, in johnson county, Ind, the
house Of George Dressler was blown
away Dressler's wife and two Of his
children were killed, his two other
children were fatally y injured, and him
self sustained serious. injuries The
house Of james Armstrong was wreck
ed, one of his children was killed, and
another 50 badly injured that it has
since died. Near St. Paul number
of barns and dwellings and church
and school house were demolished /;
man was killed, one woman and two
men injured, the woman fatally. AT
Tolbey, Ind, cattle were killed, barns
and outbuildings levelled, and a new
church demolished The damage near
Columbus, Ind, is estimated at $50,-
900. Near Franklin, Ind, the house
Of Mr.. Drummer was destroyed and
the family Of five persons killed. In
Morgan county, a number of persons
were injured, and two Of them-chiI-
dren-have since died. One school
house was carried fifty yards down hill, |
and another was blown across a field, |
the furniture being scattered in all d.
rections. The growing corn, waist
high, was torn into shreds, and in some
places the surface Of plowed ground |
was carried off by the wind. A train
on the Pan Handle road, near Knights
town, was overturned by the hurricane,
and the postal car crushed in by a fall
ing tree, but no person was injured
Sunday morning, heavy rain storm,
with thunder, was progressing at In
dianapolis and westward.
A man n how and a team If horses
Middletown transcript., 1877-07-07


Notice.
Having sold out my Drug Store TO DR.. H.
R. Chamberlaine, have taken an Office op-
posite the Presbyterian Church, and shall
give my whole attention to the practice of my
profession | take this opportunity to say to
the Public, that my successor in the Drug
Business can confidently be relied on
G. G CHAMBERLAINE, NJ. D,
apr2l-3m
Poultry, Calves & Game.
Highest cash price paid for Poultry, Calves
and Game, of all kinds, on Mondays, We'd
nesday and Thursday, Until o'clock, P. M
Highest cash price paid for Eggs. Office op-
posite Depot, Middletown, Del.
ap 7-tf DUBOIS & GRIsCoM.
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REPUDIA TON.

Repudiation is becoming epidemic. 1t can no
longer be said that the disease prevails only
AT the South, though III that section there was
an especial melting cause. in tho extravaganza
of the governments maintained by carpet-bag
and colored rule and i'll the Oppressiyeness of
debts thereby fastened upon communities. But
Minnesota, a young and prosperous Northern
State. by a deliberate vote of the people, per
petrates an act of reputation less eXcnsaDle
than that which branded Mississippi with shame
many years ago. Counties, townships, cities
in Illinois and other Northern States, have
shown themselves e"en more shameless IN the
evasion of obligation fairly adjudicated, than
the Southern comm unities which have long
been compelled to pay high rates OF interest
because of prevailing distrust of their pledges.
Dishonesty spread, because the bard times
make payment of debts more clearly than ever
a matter of selfish personal interest.
The behavior of South Carolina has been dis
cnssed already. Excuses offered by Gov. ilamp-
ton and others do not mitigate the 0iiensS
AGAINST honor Tennessee was able, accord
ing TO official reports, TO pay interest on us
full debt without an Onerous or unusual TAX,
Int refused to accept a more generous PROPOSE
tion than ever would have been made by cred
Itors not acting under a sense OF duress. In
Kentucky, it appears, there are counties and
municipalities which are following the infamous
example set By communities in Illinois, and The
Conrier-Jougmal, though manfully protesting,
and demanding the defeat of the repudiators
Inv all possible means, evidently apprehends
that the counsels of honor will fall upon deaf
ears. Nothing more just can be sad % the
conduct of Indiana than was SAID by ex-
Secretary McCulloch, former citizen OF that
State. in his letters to THE TRIBUNE. Mime
sofa adds TO the crime of many years neglect,
which the highest courts have sternly rebuked'
a decision by the people that they will not pay
even a fraction of the debt justly due, and
long overdue.
OF recent performances, that of Arkansas IL
perhaps the most indecent. Bonds were granted
in aid of railroads the people voted to issue the
bonds the officers of both Houses certified to
the passage of the Act, and the Governor an
proved it and the bonds were sold with every
conceivable guarantee that they were legItl-
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Opposition party seems to have returned
from It's vacation.
There is here and there "a tendency to point
toward Iowa and remark, &" told you So"
The shorter and sharper the President snubs
the office the easier will his reform or the Clv
Service be effected
A profound not TO say contemptuOus indltfer-
enc. ia manifested toward Mr.. Dorsheimer's announce
ment tpst Mr. Tden did not favor thu Electoral Tribunal
-, rher. is a good deal more Interest IN tho conun-
Jrnm. "Wbere would Mc Dorsheimer have been now a.
Mr. Jiaep had not taken INN oy the collar ana nited
him mo rdblic attontloni'
Cen. BENJAMIN Harrison of Indiana who is
liable TO give Senator Morton close race for the IT, &
Senate noxt year. says he has entire confidence In the
Presidents policy and believes II WIZ eventually be en-
,ols-l by everybody, without respect To party
Ohio expects to have tour or more tickets in
the field TO- State officers this Fall each ticket 10 be-
a different financial platform. This will not begin TO
accommodate the proDle. A voter. in Onio without an
exclusively original nnaucu theoJ OF MS own Is looked
moon ~ a poor stick anyway.
II will he a great surprise to the Democrats
IN learn that Mr. R0beson elected the President They
have been giving Mr.. Chandler the principal credit but,
OF couse they Will not roiuse TO accept Mr. Robesons
word lie says no did it, and he ought TO know Besides
he IL sorry he did n. and that ought To give h free
pass every Democratic bosom.
Senator Ransom of North Carolina declares
that the Old Limo Wing, with Republican label can't
be found in his where else IN the South and
pre ots that tho south Will be solidy Democratic for
% yen-s at least Tho whole trouble lies In the Pre-
-rnts neglcc. to distribute offices among the right
kind of Southern people-to wit, Mr.. Kansonis kind.
Gen. Robert ToOmbs and the Hon. Alex
Stephens agree Tor They both depecste all a.
emps TO question the validity o'the Presidents title
neNpedient since the south deriving ms much benefit
~ It. could nope for II Sir. Tdon President Gen
'roonbs 10 safo Mr. TJen would have split his party II
he succeeded lie doesn't seem to suspect that he
buried 1t whom he failed.
Gov. Hartranft puts it in about the right
way: You would think Hayess policy a failure II
you wero to talk with many OF the politicians but, IL
other band you among tho people, they talk very
differently ard TANK II ID II seems 10 ho
popular with the people far as have seen, every
where" The Governor does not think the Democrats
will carry tho country 1880 and believes the logic OF
events IL a,inst their carrying any national election
unless under very exceptional circumstances As Tor tue
way the President rS,tei the southern question. The
Governor tells correspondent Of The Phadciph'a ftnes
| ne thlnks the course ado pied was inevitable
! Mr. William Welsh, of Philadelphia, responds
a his usua energetic manner to a request Of The Ines
for his oplnon on tho Civil Service order "1he people
will surely rise In their might and sustain the President
| IN tlis and other needed reforms, and rs they
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3n0ef 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.

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NEWBORN DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. July 3, 1877

and regulation Of the SheIif's Office IL IL
made very onofous in many cases. ana
nr,ftoble to tho Sheriff in all Instances
The man arrested has no appeal by when
he can avoid confinement In the VIC"
of pisonsu n. described in TIE TRIBUNE
of Saturday. ONLY bail promptly iurh'7heu
can save hm this indignity ana ha'"'"'p' '.i'1
10 obtain facilities and time 'or s''"'' ~,
this he must fee the Sheriff ro""uiy' %"
this. except the Shcrf's oVercnarge'' ."o
law makes possible; it furnishes me oppoi.u-
nitv for the in1iction of these, and IL provides
no remedy for the Illegal arrest OF improper
,nGiction of the charges by mistake OF inJuSticc
Rut for the no less gross hardshIps ana cru
.It;es imnosod by the prison turkeys when
a. oLo,;ft' has trrucd over to them victim
for fleeing, the law is less Directly respohs'-
HE than tho Sheriff. The abuses OF the man
acemcnt of Ludlow Street Jail have existed
nnder nearly every Sheriff we have had Tor
wears. and probably will continue to disgrace
tho administration of justice as long AZ the
law permits Imprisonment for debt without
hearing. and IN en- parte afiidavits. Exposure
Of obnses sucb "a we described on Saturday
was made as to this same prison in 1871 ana
had little occasion to be proud, with honor 10
himself ordered an investigation which re-
suited in the release of many poor fellows ana
n cessation for % time of the crueltles prac-
tised on those who were remanded. III was
not long, however, before it was found that
the abuses had been revived, and it Is now clear
that a new investigation should be made.
The present Sheriff We conclude to be pow
erless in the matter, for his own adherents'
and relatives indeed manage the institution.
But any of the presiding JUICES OF the SUI
preme Court who are Independent OF politics
las all of them might well be, and ought GER
tainiy to declare Themselves to be- could
order q public investigation, with humanity
to many unjustly confined debtors against
whom fraud has only been alleged, not proved,
be sides saving tho County much money IN fees
paid TO the Sheriff. Or Gov. Robinson or the
Attorney General, either having power, could
personally direct an investigation which,
properly conducted. would result finally III
making Imprisonment for debt impossible
in this State. Who will be the first to turn
Ludlow Street Jail inside out
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THE CIVIL SERVICE IN BAI TTMORE

A little while ago il was announced in Wash
ington that Mr.. Thomas, formerly Collector OF
the port of Baltimore, having been removed
from Office by President Grant, IL violation OF
the Civil Service rules, was about to be rein
stated. in order TO vindcate the cause OF Reform.
II was pleasant piece of news; and although
we did not understand bow Gen. Grant could
have violated rules which did not exist III his
day, it was gratifying to Learn that the present
Administration meant to give this emphatic
illustration Of its own principles, that compe-
tent officers were not to be removed for political
causes and that partisan activity established
no claim to an appointment. But there Is
trouble in Baltimore. The present Collector,
Col. Wilkins, refused to resign, and insists
that Civil Service Reform does not admit OF
his being turned out. He, too, has been Il
faithful officer; the Baltimore importers have
given him loads of testimonials; bis term has
not expired; no makes his fight on Civil
"Servicc pln y and If he Is to be re-
moved, then forty millions of people shall know
the reason why.
Matters being in this condition, letter from
Mr. c.. c.. Fulton 10 the President is made
Dnblic, from which it appears That both the
removal of wilkins and the appointment OF
Thomas are made in pursuance of political
scheme, and that the principles OF reform and
Civil Service efficiency have no apprecabe part
in the ARRANGEMENTS IF the President will
promptly make the appointments of Maryland
"that lave been suggested to HIM by ilr.
"Thomas ard myself" says Mr.. Fulton. sit will
"elcctrify the whole State and | promise him
Gin return the election of Reform candidate
for Mayor next Fall" What business has the
| President to NEEDLE with the election of Mayor
of BaltimoroF And how can the appointment
/ of a Collector influence the municipal cam
paign. if the Collector is to mind the new re-
form regulations ana abstain from activity in
Dolitics7 Mr. Thomas was Chairman of the
! State Central Committee of Maryland but
that situation we must presume that he va
Gated before lie became candidate for Office
under President Hayes.
1t looks as if the President had been imposed
upop. There is a bitter feud in the Repub-
Gcan Party of Maryland and he has been in
weighed into taking the patronage away from
the leader Of one clique and giving 1t to the
| leader of another. The best thing for him TO
do is to revoke the commission just issued to
MIR. Thomas, ard give the Collectorship to
some independent business man of Baltimore,
telling him to collect the duties on business
principles, and let the city elect its Mayor
without help from either the Custom House
or the Federal capital.
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COMMERCIAL NOTES.

T. "a Interesting TO note that the first con-
-, Tor railroad iron to be delivered at Rio Janicro,
since the revival IN Brazil has been received ny an
American house
An establishment in st. Louis, cans from
600 10 900 becvcs daily. Part OF tins exported 10
Europe and an agent has now gone 10 hussia' :" ~
an army contract
The pbiladelphians hope TO concentrate tho
Enumeration 10 this country at their city, by means oI
National Immigration bureau when y 10 ne su,t.o ana
RIM i'm conjunction with the Permanent bxholion
Two ships drawing 20 and 21l - feet of water.
rcspecvey have just put to through tie South West
pass. the cargo OF of them, called the Western
Enuirc being 6 227 bales OF cotton The ability OF
tn sc biz sps and even Of ocean steamers to enter s
Nssissup aud ascend the river makes Tcnnesses feei
ma, they now enjoy the POSSESSION OF an ocean Ioi..
me AdShUiHc American estimates thaI 81 400 ma
steamer Stopping at Memphis wonld al" FA'
Il the value OF the farms OF tno STATE -:
The war furore in Europe sent large quaiiu-
lies OF wheat 10 England, and She accu"u' 80" az
suited unsetulng prizes there nc ,o,n,n' ,i, -
however SAWS mat tho demands OF '"' NO'' VIZ, %
sorb ali the liable wheat y, cfop this wear viii no.
vest thaf the war Is certain To las, u' S,,.
harvest lime at least t1 S tSs Tilted States ms year by
,ne s SUI w. ~ better prices th'" '''! s"I "
Eor the first five months oi 'nis S''i, '"o
oo,,ity ~ tin plates diSla''"0N " ~ 80 ,too,o
,,rooI WAS SO7 0Ol boxes 10 new iorA' iio''f'
rom v 100 1870 Boston. aud smaller quaint
10 fhh'u''p This Is great lOss TO New-York.
ties to other wear gain Of 100 per cent to Bos-
compare WI, 20 per cent gan - Philadelphia SIM
ton snd non A made Of the business in soda salt,
iior shoWln articles. The laws OF trade are mex
anu and ccaper Transportation and better terminal
ota,. rnioy ed BY nya cits arc rapidly ana surely
ilolils .,, ,ni results injurious 10 New York.
The cotton manufacturing capacity OF the
country could be safely doubled the means of rapid
distribution OF manufactures to oil parts Of the eah e1
lated Tue country makes up into cloth only Law
900 bales of Its raw cotton II exports from z'oOoo"
TO 1000 900 bales annually and this large surplus nka'
LII ~. manufactured here As anywhere. and in faes
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mate and solemn pledges Of the State. The
money was obtained for them, and 1t was spenV
for the benefit of the people, precisely as they
had dccgeed by their Vote, if oiicial certificates
are worth auything, and the State itself had
for years paid coupons on the bonds, asS'im-
ing them to be valid. Bat Supreme Court
of the State now decides that the bonds ore
void and worthless, AMI on ground so impu-
dent that it deserves special mention. Inc
Legislative Act authorizing the issue provided
for an election, at which the people should de-
termine by their votes for or against the
loan, and declared that this act should
20 into effect only in case of and after
n favorable decision by the people. But
the Court now say that, since the Act couin
net take effect until after the election, 1T could
not have effect to authorize the election;
that no legal election of the peope was there
fore held !; and that the bonds, issued without
a vote of the people a. y legal election, are
consequently void. If any private Individual
should try to escape pa ment OF money
borrowed in good faith and actually received,
by means of such dodgc "a tins, he would
be spurned from all decent society as
swinder, even if he escaped being locked up
u
surprising in the people of State which so Tor
feits all honor, prominent clUehs Oh ArkanSa'
are now begging the bondho!ders to trust
them with power of attorney, as agents, I'd
conprOmise or settle the debt on the best
terms they can. IF bondhclders are wise, they
will look to the law, or even to tho slower
process of n new growth OF honor III SOIL APP
parently uncOngenial, rather than sign away
Their claims to citizens who are specializing III
the infamy of their State.
Tn general. we advise creditors to wait until
this epidemic has passed. They are not likely
at this time, to obtain settlement on any decent
terms and even if they consent to SCALING OF
COMPROMISE of the debt, are liable 10 Ice treated
lust as South Carolina now treats the creditors
WIN Voluntarily surrendered but recently so
large n mart of their claims. 1t i, quite as well
To hold worthless bond for 500, 900 az tor
$4,000, and no bonds that regulating COM
munities are likely to give at present Will be
much more than worthless But different
public sentiment will one day appear States,
counties. and towns will begin to realize the
curse of dshonOr after time. Populations
will partly change. Men who have some no.
ton of business honor must gain prominence
and influence before such communities can be-
come prosperous Better times will come. Men
who have been tempted TO countenance swim
ding. because tunes were hard, will be ashamed
of it. Their sons, at any rate, will be ashamed
of them. Let the bonds lie, unless the propo-
stions for compromise are such "a a thoroughly
honest people may make, and are excused by
real necessity. Let interest and disgrace accu-
mulate. This is not nation of swindlers, and
The time will come when communities winch
have tiled to rob creditors VIII be glad to make
amends. The epidemic is severe, but it will
uaSS
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THE DEBTORS' PRISON.

The facility with which debtors may be
thrust into prison in this city, without risk or
cost to the creditor, makes possible the gross
abuses of Ludlow Street Jail which we have
ilst detailed. The chief fault of the Infamous
system by which "a malicious creditor may use
the courts and prisons to collect his claims at
the public expense is therefore justly dttributa-
bic to defective laws now existing.
BY those laws creditor may arrest without
warning any debtor in the sum If $50 or
over, simply by swearing that he believes the
debtor intends to defraud him. The judges
who have option of making inquiry into the
facts never do, but issue the order of arrest
without investigation, and solely Oh the aSsur-
ance of the lawyer making the Application
that it is "all right" There is no fee to pay
for the writ The creditor can require the ser
vice. without charge TO himself, of the chief
executive officer Of the Sherifl7s Office to make
the arrest; it is only tho unfortunate creditor
who can be forced, when secured, to pay a
charge for his capture. The charge allowed
by law is insignificant, but by custom