The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-02

Wise directed. Inc country KNOWS
the result. Supposing that General
| Grant had taken HancoclI's advice
and retreated, what then? Delay and
disaster. Still there are those who
would fain have the country believe
that Hancock eXcelled Grant as q SOL
dier, and yet he could not induce him
to retreat. The truth is Grant never
retrcated. He is not that brand of
! warrior.
Lancaster Nc,O Era: 1--WE must
be as active, vigilant and wide awake
as the enemy. They never throw
| away any chances, and if we are wise
we will not. 1t therefore behooves
those intrusted with the minor details
Of the campaign to go over the whole
field at once and find out whether any
essential detail has been neglected
and to supply the omissions, if any are
found. If disaster comes, let us not
suffer the additional modification of
rejecting that it might have been
averted by greater care and harder
work. The Democratic party has
never put forth such efforts to carry
this city as they are now making.
Let us match them with even greater
eXertious. so that our victory next
November will be local as well as ma
tional.'
A significant fact in connection
with the South Carolina census is
mentioned by the Washington COR
respondent cf the Boston JoUWaL
One Of the enumerators in that state
has written to General Walker asking
premissiOn to Withdraw certain papers
for the correction of what he calls an
excess by error of two hundred names.
General Walker declines to comply
with this request, us there is no pos
sible reason for II mistake Of that
kind. The insertion of two hundred
additional names could only have
been done by intent this is the theory
Of the Bureau. BY 4 computation
which has been made it appears that,
should all the census enumerat0rs of
that state have made a similar mistake
the population would have been ILL
creased is per cent,
a Charleston despatch to the
New York Times says: "The freeze
out policy adopted by the Bourbon
managers to compel the colored men
to vote the Democratic ticket is be-
ginning to make itself felt in the
southern and southwestern counties
of the State. y gentleman who lives
in one Of these counties, and whose
name is for prudential reasons with
held, said to-day in conversation that
the Democratic Clubs in Edgeiield,
Barnwell and Hampton counties, and,
he had good reason to believe, in other
counties too, had adopted resolutions
to employ no man; white or colored,
who would not support the Democratic
nominees. That, in consequence
thereof many colored families are
homeless and actually suffering for
the want of food. The resolutions
go further, and threaten ostracism and
more serious consequences TO land.
owners who retain 'outIawed' persons
in their employ or who furnish food |
or shelter to them after they are
elected from their former homes"
The Boston AdVertiser has pre-
pared a careful table of the census re-
turns Of each state, which it is believed
will prove very nearly correct, as it
has most of the states officially. Ac-
cording to this table the total popula-
ton of the United States, excluding
the territories, will be 4S,456, ,15l,
against 3S, l55, ,5l5 in 1870. The popu-
latiOn of the northern states is given
at 80, 763, 500, and the southern states
at 1862, ,33l, the average rate of
growth in the south being slightly in
excess of 2S per cent, that in the
north being slightly below II per
cent. The large comparative increase
in the South is looked upon with sus-
picion, as it is known that the great
current of emigration has set toward
the north aud west. Such a showing
under the circumstances will certainly
justify thorough Investigation on
the part of the census commission er.
This statement gives Pennsylvania IA
of 4,22G ,099, against 3,521,-
95l in 1870, or II gain of twenty per
cent. The largest per cent. Of in
crease is in Colorado, the rate being
$50. Nebraska comes next, having
increased at the rate of 81 per cent
Kansas third, her increase being ia
per cent. Texas is given ut 80, Florida
and West Virginia each at go, Mime
sofa at II. Vermont is the lowest. her
increase being but one per cent.