Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-04-09
ssThere are Fools all Over the WOrld.''

tel at Houston, Texas on his way North,
it was noticeable, writes a correspondent
of the ST. Louis Globe Democrat, that
among the colored people who fiocked to
see the General were many old negroes
who had been slaves, and naturally, in
their humble way, come to express their
gratitude to one who had so much to do
in knocking off their Shackles. AS Grant
stepped on the platform such expressions
were heard from those poor creatures as
they strained their old eyes to catch a
glimpse of General Grant "Dats him !;
bress the Lor' Use seen him." "Dats de
boss God bless his soul" "Dat's the ole
man what'll make 'em STAN aroun'; he
amt afeared o. none o. 'em." One old ne
gress, half blind, said; 'I'sc seed him n
my prayer done been hear'n; dat's de las
I'll see of the Gincral."
An incident occurred while the process
sion was moving that caused much talk.
A young resident of Houston, who had
never smelled gunpoWder on either side
during the war, approached Gen. Grants
carriage and shouted at the top of his
voice, 'ITurrah for JEFF. Davis"
Colonel Tracy turned to General Grant
and said: "YOu see, General, that in a
city like ours, with a population Of 25, 900,
we have at least one fool"
General Grant replied: eyes there are
fools all over the world
1t may be added that the young black
guard was heartily cursed be the eX-Con-
federates present, who were among the
first to extend General Grant warm and
hearty welcome to their State and city.
The outrage upon the cOlOred cadet at
West Point is utterly abOminable. The
young fellow whose only crime is the skin
which his Maker gave him, is found on
the floor in the barracks, bound hand and
foot, with one ear cut off and the other
gashed, and his head bruised His story
is that three masked men entered the
room during the night, jumped upon him,
choked him, and finally tied his feet to the
bedstead. One of them remarked that
the proper thing to do was to mark him
as they do hogs in the South. SO they
then got to work at his ears. General
Schofeld must go to the bottom of this
business. If the three men who did this
thing are cadets they should be dismissed
from the service, and branded with the
words Coward and Bully"
A remarkable funeral scene was with
essed at Calvary episcopal Church, New
York, yesterday. Robert N. McCurdy
and Herman ID. Aldrch, two old mer
chants, who had passed their entire lives
in each others company, and who died OF
Monday last almost at the same moment
were buried together
The Des MOins County (Iowa) Rcpubli
can convention yesterday elected siXtccI
delegates to the State Convention. A res
olution was adopted by the convention
that while preferring the nomination 0
Gen. Grant, it was opposed to sending al
instructed delegation. The convention
was enthusiastic for Grant.
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A Salt Lake dispatch says that Repub
lcans, dissatisfied with the action of tn
Territorial Committee Of Utah, in asSum
ing to appoint delegates to Chicago, hay
called convention at Salt Lake for Apri
goth, to elect delegates to Chicago and
new Territorial Committee.
The Republicans carried the city Q
I'll on1 Gapnonpu IouOt