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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
Democratic Tactics in Ohio.
FOR ITsELF-TURNING REPUBLICANS
IN THE HOUSE.

CINCINNATI, March I9.-The Dem
ocratic Legislature at Columbus is
making q record that will prove ex-
ceedingly valuable to Republicans in
the approaching Congressional cleo
tons. 1t has gone through all the
public institutions aud the large cities
Of the State, and wherever Legislation
was needed to turn Republicans out
of Office and put Democrats in, it has
been promptly supplied. The City
Governments of Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Dayton, and Toledo have been re-
constructed in q most shameless man.
ner to suit partisan ends. Cleveland,
where the Republicans have a popu-
lar majority, is being supplied with
laws which place the disposition of
official patronage in the hands of the
Governor, while Cincinnati, which
has a permanent Democratic MAORI
", is furnished with legislation of a
directly opposite sort. The attempt
is now being made to Democratic
the Police force OF Cincinnati by put
ting it under the control of q board
appointed first by the Democratic
Probate Judge, and thereafter elect
ed annually, all at a time, by the
people. The bill passed the House
under the psrty lash, but was defeat
ed in the Senate to-day by one vote,
some of the Cleveland Democrats,
feeling its application in their city,
voting against it. 1t is stated, how
ever, that the necessary vote has
been secured, and the bill will yet go
through. The inconsistency of the
easur was sharply pointed out 10
the debate to-day, but the Democrat
ic argument was that the party just
now needed the legislation, and its
representatives were bound to bold
it, though the Democratic press, fear
ing the effect of this kind of work, is
urging the Legislature to pass the
Appropriation bills and adjourn.
The majority, however, show no dis
position to hurry matters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

CANCELLATION, to be effective, will
in the end prove rather q costly af-
fair. Southern claim bills were intro
duced 10 the Senate and in the House
previous to the holiday recess, aggre-
eating vver $3.50, eOo, 900, and that
was only the beginning, Since then
they have beer multiplying daily,
and the Tribune is now having an
investigation made to ascertain the
total amount. II these things are
done in the green tree, what win be
done in the dry, when the Southern
Democracy obtain control Of both
Houses, and possibly Of the entire
government?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

The Worcester Spy. without any
unpleasant warmth or unnecessary
display of feeling, soliloquizes as fol-
lows:
The President is an amiable, hope.
ful. honest gentleman, but sometimes
II is quite as important to see clearly
as to be amisble. Moreover, It is
impossible for him to regenerate such
people by means of Intoxicating illu-
sions. 1t is always safest and best
to see clearly, judge justly. avoid
"gush.- and act with due msgnanim-
ity. 1t is not ssfe to cherish angelic
dreams of loneliness. while con-
templatiug the White League gen.
try Of the South. 1t is not safe to
place too much confidence 10 them,
nor to make appointments to Office
in their part Of the country, without
proper inquiry. That would be q
strange sort of magnsnimity, which
shosA license the devil to preach the
Gospel. Ii will not harm the Presi-
dent to open his eyes to plain facts,
and become q little wise ca this
point.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

-
New ORLEANS, March I8.-The
Supreme Court this morning vas
crowded with members of the bar,
politicians and other persons anx.
ious to hear the decision in case Of
the State We. Thomas G. Anderson,
convicted in the Superior Criminal
Court for publishing as true forged
and counterfeit election returns from
the parish of Vernon. Chief jus
tice Manning read q very lengthy
opinion in the Ease. After review
ing the charge, the verdict and the
sentence, the Court took up two oil
the exceptions, as being the only
ones necessary to consider in render
ing q Judgment. These were that
there had been no preliminary exam.
~ina:ion aud that it is not q practice
to prosecute by information. Both
exceptions we're dismissed, the frs,
upon the ground that q preliminary
examination is not essential, aud the
second, that prosecution by informa-
ton has been q common rule 10 GRIM
inal prosecutions for msnv years.
The exception TO the drawing of the
jury was also dismissed, on the
ground that a violstion of the spirit
of the law is not pretended.
Relative to the defense itself the
Court gave al abstract Of the cleo
ton law, detailing its requirements.
The exact method prescribed in the
law was fully described. The rec
ord offered in evidence did not con
form with that mentioned 10 the in
formation. The document offered
was the consolidated statement, GER
tilted by the register of voters, and
not the original returns, and the stat
ute of u Slate does mol attach
much value to this consolidated
statement. The original returns, not
being altered, would not change the
result of the election, or interfere
with the interests of the people. The
paper offered in evidence is not the
paper charged as being forged. In
order to be forgery an instrument
which is alleged is falsifed must, if
true, be legally capable of commit
ting a fraud. Now here 10 law, a
consolidated return, required as q
declaration or modification can 10 no
way affect the election. If every
consolidated return we're forged, and
the Returning Board complied with
the law and made their statements
from the Commissioners returns, no
injury could result. 1t does not ap-
pear that any paper has been forged
that is calculated, with a compliance
with law, to change the result. 1t
is the cen of this crime that it
should be committed by q public Of
icer, and on a document which
would change the result of the cleo
ton. This was not done.
The letter of John Sherman, Stan.
ley Matthews, and others, which sp-
peared 10 the record, was alluded to
by the Chief Justice, who stated that
should be treated by the public in
like manne as that of a member of
the House of Commons, who attempt
ed to influence the decision of the
Court la the Tiehborne case 1t
was ordered that the verdict OF the
jury be set aside and reversed, aud.
the prisoner discharged from custody
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

Gus Johnson, white, was exc cuted
ct Rome, Ca, on Friday last, for the
murder Of Daniel Afford, colored, 10
August, 1876. The procession ar
rived at the gallows at III O'Clock,
two Catholic priests attending the
condemned man. On the scat
fold johnson addressed the people,
confessing that be had murdered two
men and aided in killing two others.
At lao the trap fell, and 10 ffseen
minutes the body was cut down.
Over six thousand people witnessed
the execution.
The fact that the hanging Of Joha.
son was to be the FIRST execution of a
white man for the murder of q negro
in the South since the war, no less
than the monstrous character of his
crimes, has attracted attention to bis
case. He is supposed to have MUIR
dered six men, one of them his own
father. The crime for which be suf-
fered death was the unprovoked kill
ing of a negro ferry man 10 Chsttanoo-
ga county. johnson desired to cross
the river. The ferrymsn was pull
ing the boat across. Johnson SD out
ed to him to hurry up. The ferry
man replied that be was doing his
best, adding, "If you can do better
you bad better come and try it," At
this johnson said to q friend standing
near, 81 believe l will try my gun
on him." and drew up the weapon
and fred, shooting the negro through
the heart and killing him instantly.
Another bloody event ia his lswless
career was the killing of an alleged
horse thief, whose ear lie cut off and
kept 10 his pocket uItl lie found tie
farmer whose horse had been stolen
and who offered q reward for the evil
doer. To him Johnson showed the
ear and claimed the reward. At
another time be went into the house
of a negro named Foster, and 6nding
bin 10 bed cut him te pieces with a
sabre. He is also said to have killed
a negro baby aud used the flesh for
fish bait. 1t is reported that his
mother, whom the papers call a o
estimate lady, rejoiced when she
beard that he was sentenced to
death. His father was once tried
for murder, and a brother killed two
or three men in Arkansas, aud in the
end was murdered by the friends Of
one of his victims. The other mem
bers of the family are said to be goud
citizens. occupying respectable posi-
tons in society.
Last October, while Johnson was
confined in the Fulton county jail,
he effec.ed his escape in company
with another murderer named Shaw,
who was second only to johnson ia
the number and variety of his crimes.
With a c.rset sprinC which had been
given them they sawed through the
iron bars, and taking up a portion of
the floor lie. thims down into
the basement, from which they tun-
neled their way out. 1t was a very
skillful feat, but they were oon re-
captured. When taken, johnson
said he was on his way to kill the
Judge before whom ne was tried.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

TIE decision Of the Louisiana Su-
preme Court in the Anderson case is,
in effect, that the Democrats had no
case at all, and that the persecution
of the Returning Board members
was not co~untenanced by law, and
was wholly without excuse This
decision takes the wind out of the
Democratic sails, and virtually ends
the prosecution against the members
Of the Returning Board. To Gener-
al Anderson, personally, the decision
is a vindicstion, and is the more
gratifying to him. as it saves him
from the humiliation Of receiving q
pardon from q Governor who would
have rendered it with the pretentions,
p~atronizing air of a monarch confer
ring a favor on a mental. 1t is the
more gratifying, too, that it. comes
from the State Supreme Court, rather
than from the United States Supreme
Court, and that the decision sweeps
every vestige of the verdict Of the
Jury out of the way, and presents the
proceedings in the Criminal Court in
their rue light. The stout-hearted
man who has made so good q fight
deserves all the warm congratulations
be will receive. All future efforts to
annoy or prosecute him on this score
will be reckOned as only so many
manifestations Of petty spite aud low
malice. -Ialer- Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
Wont you walk into my plrior
SnIA the SPIDER 70 the fy. &c.

Tn E National party has begun to
split already. A city convention was
held in Cleveland a day or two ago,
and resulted in a rupture and a second
convention. The leaders Of the party
were most vehement 10 their denunci-
ations of Democrats and Republicans,
declaring that no members of either
Of those parties could enter the new
fold, and also that no admittance
would be granted to "bondholders
and bullionists." The assemblage was
small and impressive only in noise.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
o N Then.
-ora the Utica, n. Y. republican.

From the Utica, n. Y, Repbliean.
Very modest are our conciliated
friends at the South. The Il.ibNne's
list of bills aud resolutions in Con-
gress, asking money for the South
ern States, fOots up over $3.50, 0O0,-
600. If rebel States secure that
much the loyal north should receive
twenty times that amount. But the
President says the south must be
concilisted at any price. That ca
paeious and chameleon-like heart of
his bled in November, 1876, when be
thought Tilden was elected and the
negro would not get his forty acres
and a mule. To-day it bleeds be-
cause The southern rebel will not get
bis millions-not if the north under
stands herself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
Throw mp Your HANDS,.

DEADwooD. Dakota. March 90
Sheriff Caldwell and q posse entered
Custer City. from Hayward, las.
night. tor lac purpose of arresting
DR.. ID. w. Flick for being an accom-
plice to purloining county Records
on the 18th ult. Caldwell, armed
With two six-shootcrs and o knife,
this morning vent to Flick's house,
knocked at the door, and was INVITED
inside by the Doctor. He entered
he house, and before be could make
a movement Flick bsd Q revolver at
his bead and ordered him to throw
up his hands. Caldwell complied
with the demand, when Flick dis
armed him and sent him bacK to Hay.
ward.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
The Murderers OF ChishoIms.

JACKSON, March ls.-It appears
that the continuance of the cases OF
those indicted for the murder OF
Judge Chisholm and others was rem
dered necessary by the absence OF
important witnesses on behalf of the
State. Application for a writ of ha'
bess corpus has been made by the
accused, but the District Attorney,
with the approval of the Court, con.
sented that they should be dischsrg-
ed without a hearing. Six individu.
ais were only indicted, but there are
eleven cases pending, so that the
bonds, $1,000 in each case, will ag-
gregate $4,000. The Meridian
Homestead thinks that the bonds are
ample to secure the attendance OF he
accused whenever the State is ready
for trial.
The Meridian Mercury, which
persistently attempted without q
scintilla of evidence TO sustain its
brazen assertions, to make it appear
that the late Judge Chisholm insti.
gated the brutal assassination of
John W. Gully, now has, referring
to the trials of those indicted for the
murder and the murder of other in
nocent victims, the effrontry to
say
Since the indictments were found
there have been Developments that
have removed all doubts of the men
taken off by the mob in procuring the
assassination of John W. Gully.
This terrible crime, heightened by its
manner of hiring negroes to do it, has
been terribly avenged, and it is folly
to expect convictions, even upon
proof, for deeds done 10 the midst of
a tumultuous riot under such mad
dening p%rovocstion; and, in our judg-
ment, the Governor would act wise
ly to yield to the recommendation Of
the Grand Jury to pardon these de-
PENDANTS, which we understand they
will make almost unanimously in the
shape OF q written memorial"
There may be some truth in the
statement..of the Mercury that it is fol-
ly to expect conviction even upon
proof, in such q case, but in every
other particular the article of the
Mercury from which the above is
quoted is calculated to mislead. If
that journal does not desist we may
be tempted to cay something about
chat awful massacre, on q pleasant
Sunday in DeKalb, when q brave
and innocent boy and a devoted, be-
roic daughter yielded up their lives
as sacrifices to q relentless, blood
thirsty mob.-Jackson (Miss) Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
Fire In DanyiIie.

DANyILLE, March 22-The far
mers' tobacco warehouse, the facto-
ries Of Keen 4 Keen, l. 7. Stowall
4 Co, r j. Jones, Embrey < Reed.
J. 7. Leen, and Arnett & Wemple,
the African First Baptist Church,
four cheap tenement houses on High
street, two storehouses on Union
street and two tenement houses on
PAGES alley were destroyed by fire
at three o'clock this morning. Other
bui,diags were more or less damaged.
Half Q million pounds Of leaf tobac-
CO and so. 600 pounds Of manufact.
ured were lost. The total loss is
$40, 900; insurance $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

WASHINGTON, March ls.-The fol-
lowing has been received:
COLUMBIA. S. c., March II.
Hon. Green b. Raum, Commission
err Internal Rerenue, Washington.
u. c.:
The revenue force have just re
turned from a successful raid 10 Pick
ems County, having destroyed three
illicit stills and arrested six prisoners,
q part Of them being TIE jaii-breskers.
They are upon Redmond's track.
The Sheriff, with the Militia company
co operated, and arrested two OF the
rescued prisoners. The citizens are
turning out to aid the officers.
<. NJ. BgAYToN,
Collector.
Commissioner Raum replied as fol-
lows:
Il. ~ Braytoh, Collector:
/ am grstifed at your success, and
am glad to know that the citizens
and State officers assisted 10 the ar
rest of the Jail breakers. What |
earnestly desire is the sympathy and
aid of the citizens of your district in
the enforcement of the laws. Now that
you have your force organized, |
think it will be well to police other
counties that are infested with illicit
distilleries. Two weeks spent in this
way would certainly have a beneficial
effect throughout the State. You are
authorized to incur the expense.
GREEN B. RAUM,
Commissioner.
The following is a list of seizures
in the Fifth District North Carolina
during the month of February: SO
Illicit distilleries, 800 mash tubs a.
900 gallons of beer, $50 gallons of
whisky, l horse and wagon and l two
horse wagon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

A consuming desire to pay le2
cents for more than one ninety-two
cent dollar, lie not manifested BY the
public. The mint has not got fairly
to work yet, but the cashier has al
ready got three times as much on
hand as there is any demand for, and
the Secretary Of the Treasury is hsv-
ing bis vaults cleared out preparatory
10 their storage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

SINCE the Supreme Court Of Louis,
lana knocked the stufing out of t5e
Returning Board prosecutions, and
ordered the release Of Anderson, the
Democrats have as poor an opinion
Of it's ability, as they have of the
loyal acumen Of Joe Bradley"
What q pity tits, that Supreme
Courts csnnot be run as easily as the
balance of the Democratic machine.
What business has q Democrat who,
by mere chance, has q conscience or
q regard for the law, on the bench
anyhow
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

CLEVELAND. o., March 20.-At
midnight a fire broke out in the brick
building at the corner of Superior
and Merwin streets, occupied by the
Cleveland Non explosive Lamp Com
pauy. The building and its contents
were entirely consumed. The total
loss on stock is 5000, 600; insured for
$4,000. The bnilding was valued
at S25 200; insured, but the amount
is not known. The eau Sc 0 the FIRE
is unknown.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

The latest saying credited to Ben
Butler is this: A resident of Union
town, wrote 10 Butler declaring he
was nc politician, but patriot, and be-
seecning Butter to aid him in obtain
ing an Office. The General sent back
the applicants letter, Endorsed as
follows: Respectfully returned. /
do not believe a patriot stands the
slightest chance Of getting Office under
this ADMINISTRATION
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

THE Democratic State Committee
has issued q call for the assembling
of the Democratic State Convention
at Pittsburg on the 22d OF May.
The fight in the committee was
sharp, bat the wing Of the psrty that
thought an early Convention would
perhaps head of the greenback or
National party" movement carried
theday. Now the wooing of the green
hacker will commence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27
The Early Bird.
From the Philadelphia Record.

The Harrisburg Patriot and sever
al other journals, speaking for the
Democratic party, profess to see in
the movement for an early conyen-
ton a determination to steer clear of
any compromising alliances. We
hope this may be the turn affairs will
take, bat we do not doubt the design
Of the May convention is to nominate
q Greenbacker on q Greenback plat
form, and thus pick up an early
worm before less enterprising birds
than the Democratic rooster are eff
their perch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

DooRKEEPER POLK has to be
bounced, and the Democratic joarn-
ais are trying to convince the peo-
pie, that it is Democratic Congress
men who are voluntarily correcting
the gross abuses that be had intro
duced. Bah! Such stuff is too thin.
The cutrages and extravagances per-
petrated by this Democratic reformer
were SO gagrant, and the proof 81
positive that be could not be defend
ed, and while two Democrats on the
committee Of investigation were
constrained to vote with the Repub-
~licans, reporting in favor Of his ex-
puIsion, the balance of them tried to
whitewash him in a minority report.
What a charming spectacle is pre-
scented by these reform Democrats
Twice in four years has the House
been organized corruptly, and the
organization has fallen to pieces by
it's inherent r%ottenness.
Hosts of hungry BURNERS who
either fought on the wrong side, or
fought not at all, have been placed
on the rolls as soldiers and paid from
$50 to 800 per month for doing alb
solutely nothing, while Union SOL
diers have been turned adrifs and
their places filed with the rag tag
and bobtail of the Confederate army.
The law has been palpably and open
ly violated, and large sums of money
squandered, and "rswness in Office
set up as a defense.
The clamor of needy applicants has
been sufficient TO overcome all the
restraints OF law. Democratic Con-
gressmen who wanted places for hun
gry friends, winked at their employ
ment where no duty was performed
and none needed. The lawful force
was multiplied, and positions given
to men who farmed them out, and
when those and an unnumbered null
titude Of other misdemeanors-abso-
lutte thefts in fsct-were shown up,
and Polk had to go, the laughable
assertion is made that the Demo
cratic party will tolerate no abuses in
It's own organization. Too thin
too thin -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

The Chicago fster-0eeaa says
that the Legislature of Pennsylvania
is considering a bill that strikes at
one Of the Democratic inalienable
rights, viz. that Of being treated
This bill makes it . penal ofFense for
one man to ask another to take q
drink of Intoxicating liquor. Such q
bill would eDgulf The entire Demo-
cratic party, 81 surely as Pharaoh
and his army persisted in the Red
Sea. and more quickly, for the party
is not used to water, and 1t would
not take much to drown it.
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A wife XIII. Her Husbana :

PRoyIDEScE. r l., March 2l-In
Foster. this State, William Ide last
night returned home drunk and bad.
ly bss, bis wife, who bad also been
drinking. Alter the husband fell
asleep his wife took the double-barel-
ed shot gun and killed him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

b. virtue of an order issued out Of the Go urt OF
Common Pleas of Somerset Co. Pa, the under
signed Assignee of Frederick Naugle will expose
to sale by public cutlery, on
Saturday, Aprl G., 1878,
at 10 O'Clock a. m, on the premises the follow ing
described real estate, viz
No. l. The one-third interest in five certain lots
of ground situate in the borough Of Meyersdale,
Somerset Co, Pa, fronting on Main street. 90 feet
each, running back 10 lana line Of Peter Meyers
Meyersdale as lots Nos. IL, Is, 10, ~, q, lots IL and
IS being corner lots, facing on Main and Eighth
streets.
No. 3. A tract Of land situate as aforesaid, con-
tanning eacres and 10 perehes, lying on the north
side of the Berlin road, adjoining the borough
line, and laid out in acre lots, which are In a state
ofexcellent cultivation, with a choice young orchard
OF fiuit trees growing thereon, and known as lots
Nos !. 2, 8, 1, IL and Il.
No. @. Four certain lots Of ground situate as
Aforesaid. known as the Sarah Porter prop
er;y, being lots Nos. 212, 2l3, 23s, and 235. Lois
Nos. 2l2 ami 2l3, fronting sc feet each on High
street, and extending back 100 feet. Lot No. 2t3 also
fronting 40 feet on Centre street. having thereon
erected a twOstory frame dwelling house. Nos. 234
and 235 fronting each 60 feet on High street. ex-
tending back 10 feet; lot 235 fronting 100 feet on
Centre street. having thereon erected a stable.
TERMS.
third in hand, On confirmation
of sale, One-third in six months and one-third in
one year from this date (2nd Oct with interest
on deferred payment from day of sale. Ten per
cent Of the purchase money TO be paid On day of
sale.
VIM MEGAHAN,
March Is Assignee.