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The Louislaaian.
frbdisheJ T'hrsraqys aed Suaday&
OFFICE 114 CAnoUQDI:T1T $Ir 'EE,
NEw ORLFAxs LA.
%!a. 6i. BROWN, Editor sad Pablisher.
P. B. S. PINCHBACK, Manager.
OUR AGENTS.
tflsjs'IPPI : Daniol E. Young,
,Greonvill1.
LOUIkIANA :--d..1ýn A. W*shington,
Blsack Hl.wk. Concordia Parish; Hun. (1.
V. Kelso, Al. imdrir; Antoine & Srrett,
:8hr.;report, A. C. Itath, Ctrroli Parish.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA :--Jata.
.A. D.Gr.'Fn. \eehinfton City.
ILLIN(.A. :- Lewis 1I. White, Chicago.
'ktTUCKY:---Dr. it. A. Green, Louis
ville.
Ma. GEo. E. Pa.ILs is our special
wgent, and 4 authorized to solicit
- subscriptions and receive payment
of bills.
StNI)AY, OCTOBER 13, 1871.
fl U11 010!P FOR P)E1T'IIU)E.VT, 187t':
U. S. GRANýT.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
OFFICER.
PRE'Tr - P. B. S. PIL'iIItACK ofOrlcurs.
ftirnonrfn MPA 7- WILLTAM 'V I(ERS.
CmosaEseeso Dt Sin r- J. W. FAItFAX.
MEMBERS.
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ý. S. S(aINIll)TI' of tnltess.
'1'i1O'ýl' ON (\)AKIT.Y. of I:1 i.ie-.
ALiII:RT \ \A FLT, of :. Lnh ý.
.1( IIIN PArTI )N. of Orlb-uos.
t. W. SMYITH. of O(rlaus.
11. H I!tY. of Natit'~'h. s
JAMES MCLEEIIY. ('.ol n.
DAVID YOUNG, ('oncordia.
1'. .. HERRON, of Orlenn.
First C-ongr'eiional Diitrict- I[ngh J.
Campbell. I. Mahoney.
Second Congreesioual District - A. E.
Bsrlsr. Jamnes L. Belden.
Tlhrd (ongt -sional 1)iitriet- Thomas
II. Noland, George Washington.
Fourth Cougression:al District-E. W.
Dewees, Raford Blunt
filth Congressional Disty.. - A. W.
F.1ut1lei, A. B. Harris.
SUBi"XECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
lont. IIhUGI J. CAMPBELL, ('Iir
min.
Non. P. TI. R. F'IN'ITRA(K.
Ihon. IIAlEBY M.AHIPNIA.
lion. F. .1. HElthlON.
lion. A. it. HIAlRRIS.
lion. A. E. lIARtE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
lion. r. T1. HElILION.
Hon0. 'rues. JT. NOL:\\D.
1l. u. 1.1. BUTLER.
1iou. A. W. FAULKNER.
.0I1Il PARSON Estq.
g~r~ have the gratification of
acknowledging the receipt of comn
pliiuentarv tickets, ft-ro MIr. WNm.
'ihompson, to attcud a grand
(lancing festival, to be given by the
member3 of the 'lEden Lodge,
P. B.," for the henefit of their re
lief fund, at National Hall, on
Saturday evening Out. 28. We will
endeavour to avail ourself of the
kindness shown us, and invite the
practical (xhibition of sympathy
from the friends in general.
agrWe had the pleasure of a
call on Friday last from lion.
Richard Nelson of Texas. Mr.
Nelson arrived in the city on
Thursday accompanied by his wife,
and leave immediately fur Colum
bin, South Carolina, to join the
Convention to mnect there on the 18th
- *.tober.
agProi es ty iLs Teri ebcnnenmust
have m:itet-ally detoi i rated in
valae s~nce 1i7tu or something else
mnust be wrong, if the following
from the Jlmanir be correct:
"The total assessment of prop
erty in the Parish of Terrebonne as
assessed by the board consisting of
Messrs. Mushawur, Keys andiR.
Ws. Francis fur the year 1871, is
$1,72~2,950. Last year (1870) the
same property was assessed by
Messrs. Mushaway, Marie and
Lawson at $2,952,61) I..
apAmong the passengers by
steamship C. b.t, w siih arrived frow
New York via Havanui, early on
Friday morning, we have the plea...
ure of announeizug the safe return
of Mrrs. C. e. Antoine from a visit
to the North.
aciDi iastruus lires are following
each other in rapid succession.
)Not recovered from the CIhinego1
calamity. we are st~artleJ to hear of
a fire iin Maniston, Miehigam on the
12th which destroyel two hundred
b2.1di.gs etc., v.1.ue1 at (1, 300!
u00. I
NEW ORLEANS WATER SLPPLY.
The readers of the Inu ga I
are familiar with our oft !epeated
complaints of the utter inauficiea
cy of water sapply at fires in this
city. The overwhelming calmity
which has just befallen Chicago has
roused up from lethargy many of
the moat interested classes in this
cominunity, and the condition of
our water works, the capacity of
reservoirs, the size and strength of
pipes, the number of fire wells, the
extent of the ramification of pipes
through New Orleanse, are all now
on the tapir.
The (!mnzmereial Bulllin is en
titled to much praise for the prompt
ness with which it has seized an
opportunity, and for the extensive
and valuable information its re
porter collected with reference to
the whole subject.
1 The revelations made, exhibit a
t condition of things alarming in
t the extreme. The "Water Works"
itself is declared to be in most im
- minent danger on account of being
surrounded by cotton pickeries and
other easily combustible building,
and in the event of fire originating
in that locality the possibility of
cutting of the supply of water would
soon be cut off by interference with
the pumps is at once apparent. An
examination into the various
branches only serves to show a
condition of things which may well
excite the ihtensest interest and
concern of every resident in New
Orleans, and we hope that acting
under the wholesome suggestions
of prudence, and in the interest of
the welfare of the people, the city
authorities, from whom must eman
ate suitable measures, will not fail
in the enactment of such reforma
tory and improvement ordinances as
will place our water supply on a
footing worthy the demands of our
great and growing metropolis.
2 The hull '1in sympathizes with
"our tax-ridden community" be
cause "the police force of New Or
leans numbers 604 men, involving
an annual expense of $724,660."
Your sympathy is wasted, neighbor.
The estimates you quote are for the
whole Metropolitan Police District
including St. Bernard and Jefferson
Parishes, the towns of Carrolton,
(Gretnn, etc., and the proportion of
New Orleans proper is less than
during the last Democratic city
- government !
irThe Mississippi 1<r'ly Leader
of Oct. 12 says with reference to
the discussion at Holly Springs
between Gov. Alcorn and General
Lowry :
"The debate between the Gov
ernor and General Lowry yester
hay was a grand triumph for the
Republican cause. There were
three thousand people present, and
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
At night, General Lowry being
sick, Colonel Lamar was pitted
agduint the Governor, and got
handsonmely beaten in the discus
sion on every material point.
Our side feel jubilant ; the de
bate has done much good.
8iiPOne of the members of the
House of Represectattives employed
in the Customhouse, approached a
conutry member whose seat is
contested, and told him if he did
not avow allegiance to the Carter
clique he would be expelled, and
his opponent installed. No better
proof of the desperation to which
tho disruptionisto are driven could
be afforded that this resort to
threats where they think a member
is in a tight place. It also evidences
the utter lack of priiciple among
the members of the ring. They are
making a record for them'selves
which the people will not be soon
likely to forget cr forgive.
£biIn a bolting ward club the I
other night, the President announc-1
ed that the last mouth's rent for
the meeting room was due and
called on members for subecrip
tions.-There wore only eleven
present and about all Customhouse
employes ; but few as they were,
they raised a perfect storm of in
dignation abont the ears of the
truculent and martial president.:
One orator, apparently represent
ing the general sentiment, said :14
"I pay no more, AMr. President.
You stopped two dollars out of my I
wages before, and now I am made a
to pay twenty-five dollars more for I
a newspaper. I'm no fool to do
all the work and let you homses
take all my pay. Settle the reat I
yoormalf," and down he est amid
appsroyg abouts, which induced I
,aup~edv and not la r.nonious ad- t
joutament.
alpWashington dispsthssmen
Lion the appointment of Frank J. '
Hatch, asPostmaster at Shreveport '
vice Cj W, Keetin", suspended. a
TIHE 4HJCAiO CALAMITY.
TTh dreadful fire, which has laid
a large portion of this beautifut
city in ruins, sad reduced to beg
s gary so many thousands of people,
Y has been extinguished ; and with
s out stopping for an instant moodily
'f brooding over their misfortunes,
s we find her people bounding to
their feet with a see elasticity and
'f firmmesa, determined to retrieve
themselves and rebuild their be
e loved Chicago. The merchants
s and bankers have held meetings
p and are bringing to bear "the cool
calm judgment, the uinconquerable
energy, the industry and brains of
Chicago" in the adoption of such
measures of accommodation as are
e best calculated to promote the in
terests of alL
o Some of the newspapers have re
sumed publication, the Traiuse's
a Editor who has lost the result of a
n life time of labor, makes his new
start with these words of courage :
"Cheer up-In the midst of a
g calamity without parallsl in the
d world's history, and looking upon
>' the ashes of thirty years' accumulh
g tions, the people of this once beauti
ful city have resolved that Chicago
d shall rise again. '% ith death in
h many strange places, with two or
n three hundred millions of our hard
earned prosperity swept away in a
a few hours, the hearts of our men
and women are still brave, and
d they look into the future with un
* daunted hearts. As there has never
s been such a calamity, so has there
never been such cheerful fortitude
in the face of desolation and ruin.
Y Already contracts have been made
for the rebuildidg of some of the
I burned blocks, and the clearing
away of the debris will begin to
lday, if the heat is fo:u:d to be so
n far subsided that the charred mate
r i rial can be handled.
The Railroads are at work and
the Companies are detbrmined to
help the people out of their afflic
tion. The Insurance Companies,
who must be heavy losers, are strain
3 ing every nerve to meet their obli
gations.
While this is going on in Chicago
e the whole world outside is mani
festing the intensost concern to
n alleviate the miseries of the home
less and ,the hungry.
' Immense suns of money are be
ing raised all over the country, in
f British America and Europe, for
the relief of the sufferers, and we
are glad to find that very respect
r able installments have already been
remitted.
Immense quantities of clothing
I have also been shipped.
New Orleans is doing her best,
- and will contribute as rapidly and
- extensively as it is possible for her
warm hearted people to do.
l DSeveral of the delegates elect
ed by the Louisiana Convention to
attend the South Carolina Conven
tiHon leave here this morning, we
understand, among whom are Hons.
P. B. S. Pinehback. F. C. Antoine,'
W. 0. Johnson, B. Geddes, and
Dr. R. I. Cromwell.
Prasident Grant is after the
South Carolina Ku-Klux with a
sharp stick. The condition of these
Inited States is happily becoming
Itsuch, that murderous bands will
not be permitted to burn, destroy,
Iand kill with impunity.
Apropos of this, we would rejoice
to see some prompt and decisive
steps taken to teach our own state
Ku-Klux some valnable lesson, or
else teach the people of communi
ties where such outrages are con
nived at, that they incur grave res
posibility when thcy fail to use their
influence to keep such gangs, out of
their midst, as murdered Recorder
White inGrant parish recently.
aliiThe hcgosuffercrs arc
receiving all the relief from South
ern communities that the straight
ened circumstances of the latter
admit of. This, too, dow~pite a das
tardly attempt to create a prejudice
against the unfortunate city by per
verting the fact that Chicago illu
minated on the oceasion of Sher
man's entry into Columbia, S. C.,
into a lorificatio over the destine
tion of that beautiful Southern
capital. The merchants and citizens
of New Orleans have well sustained
their previous reputation for charity
and kindly sympathy with suffering
humanity.
alipThe Piaqraesuiins R'pub~ewn
says with rdference to the effcts of 4
the storm which visited the parish
lately : "The damage is far greater I
than appears at first sight The
water of the Missisippi, raised to I
an unusual height by the salt<
water from the Gelf, detstroys all]1
vegetatios and will render many (
a poor man a beggar.
0. ENVY AND4iEALOUBY.
I But tih milk of #be eooosnut !r to
( come, and we ask Pisehback's thought.
Sful attention to it. We suggested the
posibility of a union of the colored
-men to overthrow "us carpet-baggers."
He (Conway) laughed at our simple
minded fear. We noted and re
member that he said, word for
Sword : "The colored men, eapieibtr
I the leaders, are so enriouv in their
e nature and jealous of One anofh#'r, a
- unioi among them for any purpose in
s impossible." He furthermore stated
that if such a programme was at
tempted, he would so play upon their
jealousies as to set them fighting
e among themselves like a pack of Kil
I kenny cats.
1 As soon as this conversation was
a finished we noted down, among others,
- the points above, for the express pur
pose of using them in this "irrepres
sible conflict" between reform and
corruption which we clearly foresaw.
When we soon after saw Pinchbeck's
a illuminated biography in Conway's
v paper, we understood the 'play" upon
vanity and jealousy. When we heard
a he was Park Commissioner we knew
e an appeal had also been made to his
u cupidity. When we heard his attack
- upon Dunn at Turners" Hall we were
- first convinced that these appeals had
not been made in vain!
We do like Pinchback as a man.
n That does not prevent us from think
r ing that if he was ten times blacker
- than he is. people would not tak'. hi:n
a for a white man, and lie would be
i truer to the race to which he is erro
] neously supposed to belong.
- The foregoing is from our kind
r friend, the "talkative blonde," and
e we thank him for calling our atten
e Lion to it The part in italics is too
true to make a joke of, for it is well
e known that Mr. Pinchbeck was the
e choice of nine tenths of tale colored
people of Louisiana in the late Sen
atorial contest and in three several
I caucuses of the colored members
- of the Legislature he received three
fourths of their votes. There was
: one whose ency and j.al'nuy were so
J great that he could not unite with
- the others in supporting Mr. Pinch
back, therefore we are forced to ad
- mit that this spirit does exist in
- some. But we are g'ad to be able
to say that the caume per sued by
a Mr. Pinchback e :er finrc ho has
- been in public life does not warr.ºnt
a the conclusions the 'talkative
- blonde" seems to hace arrivad at.
when he says "we were first con
- vinced that these appeals haul not
i been made in vain! Mr. Pinch
r back has on too many occasionks
made personal sacrifice for the ad
- vancement of his people to be open
to the charge of envy and jealousy
at this late day, and we deny em
phatically that Mr. Pinchback at
tacked Lt.-Gov. Dunn in the Turn
ers Hall or elsewhere. What he
I did there, and will do everywhere,
r was to defend himself from unjust
accusation, and if in this defence he
had to refer to Lt.-Gov. Dunn in
manner not pleasing to his assusi
c ciates, we arc sorry; but if we are
- not mistaken in our man, what he
did say at the Turners' Hall was
but a mere whispering of the breeze
that preceeds the storm compared
to what, he will say should occasion
demnand it.
It is a pity MIr. Leet can't succeed
in waking Mr. Pinckback a white
man.
FOR THE CHICAGO SUF
FERERS.
A Grand Concert and Dramatic
Entertainment, for the benefit of
the sufferers in the Chicago eonfla
gration, will be given under the an
spices of the LoulsuxA Poonaasavr.
Cwxa, on Thursday evening, Octob
er 19, 1871, in the Lyceum Hall.
The musical department will be
nuder the management of Messrs.
A. P. Williams and H. A. Corbin.
The dramatic perform'snce.4 will
be under the direction of Mr. Alex.
Konner. Refreshment tables will
be supplied. Dancing after the
concert. Admission One Dollar.
Gallery 50 cents.
ali'Judge Cooley, in the "com
men cement exrerise" of his deci-ion
on last Friday evening, referred to
the lack of knowledge of the con
ten's of Ray's Revised Statates,
which he exhibited some time since,
but immediately got even by charg
ing that the "book was compiled in
a very hasty manner, and of which
Mr. Ray knew less than anybody
else; " therefore quite excusable in
you, Judge.
siipThe Mobile ilepuldicain, of
October 7, says that four hundred
colored children went to the Blue
College recently, and found the
doors closed against them; and fur-'
ther mentions that there are no
colored schools in the county beats,
but two or three in the city. The
cause of all this proscription is, the
Democracy are in power an-I their
only hope of controlling the neg,r>,j
is by keep ag him ignorant.
N* l9 sa ?4w OImLs Tin smys:
The Bzivuacia announces the ap
o pointment of ainglina McKay as May
or of Qarro~tom, vice Gilbert 3. H arrm
son resigned, and the question awses,
e Why rs this thus? The recenteleutiom
d of Gilbert J. Harrison was looked up
on as one of the great triumghs of that
progestive Raulical civilization throe~h
which Ethiopa claps her hands. Gl,
` t'songh dark as the ace of spades, was
e singled out by his fellow ctitzeaa as
the fit and proper person to gtace the
exeentive chair of of the rising city to
r Car o lIton, and to execute the honored
° functions of chief mnagistrate, During
is the progress of the election, when the
d paper ballot was executing the free
t man's, will, Gil glorified in his grow.
greatness. The shadowed livery of
'r the burnished sun beamed upon his
g face, rivalling in brilliancy the polish
1. of the bootblack's highest art.
Soon as the couns was over and the
result was announced, the African
' voters, greatly elevated in their alti
s, tude, shouted for joy, and greeted
r- their dark but comely Chief Magistrate
as if he were the honored fetish of
dI their tribe. A week passes, and lo,
without the intervention of Kuklux
" rites, Gil glides as a shadow from his
's acquired chair, and those who knew
's him as its incumbent-elect, will know
him so no more forever. Hence the
n question above propounded-why is
d this thus?
W In another column will be found
ka communication from a citizen of
, Carrollton which throws some light
d on this subject and answers the
que ry "why is this thus," and it is
a. .bout just what we expected, some
c- colored men has been found who
r was willing to act as these men de
" sired, and the result is they have
used him to secure their end. Is.
not this a subject we may well re
d fleet upon? Are there not other man
d I in this community that may do the
saame thing? How about the cry of
a colored man for Governor? Are
11 there not men busily at work creat
1 ing the impression that they want
da colored man for G vernor, merely
to carry out their sehe.ne and se
cure the 1 lace for themselves? It
appears so to us. Now if this is
not the case, comp out squarely
with your candidate and let t1 e
U people have an opmortunity to sec
whether he be f f the kin I eiected
in Carrollton, or a man that will
discharge the duties of the office in
the interest of the whole people.
v am' ll Grand Fancy Dress Ball
4 Geddes Hall on Monday evening,
:e Oct. 16, 1871. We acknowledge
with pleasure the receipt of an in
t.vitution.
It
- On Thursduy evening last, we en
joyed the satisfaction of witnessing
- the installation of the oficers of a
e newly chartered lodge-"Wisdom
I No. 28." The ceremony was ex
t ceedingly solemn, and highly Cal
e culated to eff ct salutauy impres
sions. The Supreme Council Scotch
- Rite was composed as follows:
e E. Mark, 330, (r. . Coin."
ei H. Relf, 3 0, G.-. See..
i Henry L. Roy, 33o, G. .Or..
1 S. Averous, 330
I E. Sigg, 33o
i Mf. Glaudin, 33o
M. Peron, 330
1Thie newly installed brethren arc.
R. W. Baquie,MA. .M1. . W..
William Vigers, M1 . S..
J. E. Masthien, 30o, J. . W..
Harry Lott, Ml. M.31 Or.
S C. A. Baquie, M1. .M. . Soec..
John B. Walsh, 1. . M&..
Treass
Thomas Houlihan, If. M.3.
Joseih Pinta, M. .31. . Ins..
Sen.
The special object of this new
loige is, we unde:'t~and, to conduct
th~ir biuesins in the English Ian
'ragve, and thus meet a want which
has been felt to exist hitherto.
In the interesi of good order,
we hope that the (second) decision
which was rendered on Friday last
by Judge Coole7, in the tout cuse of
officer Kavanagh vs. Juatice Mon
tamat, to ascertain whether justices.
of the peace for the parish of Or
!eans have any jurisdiction in crimi
nal matters, and in which, the Judge
declared, they had none, will settle
this vexed question. We give the
decision:
Some time ago, I tlhszght that justices
of the peice had jurisdiction in criminel
Cases, bul then I was not very well so
jimmied with Day' a evmdnn ahatstea, a
book which was copae in a vary haity I
mpanner, and of muc Kr Ity knew leam c
than saybody *ens. It asamse. however, g
that Gov. Warnoeth sad 0... Nlays kaiw c
eonsideraible about it bdfore the work was
innedd
When I first examined into the question
now before ame, I thought it a matter of
doubt, but I was very mnack helped ainmy
determination em that occasses byJlae ic
8Sutler, who iderred me to msay isamass
provng the correctnemsof the taeory which
However, after thoroughly erimining
the authorities, Ith' ubht the question quite
plain-bitt plain tie usher way, that as-!I E
toncluded that Juat~ces of thke Peace had 4
so juriadietiom in crianinal cases. To my
mind the plainest authority of thsen all is
Meon. 1010. Rawisod Statntes, quoted by.v
Jasiese MYwtametl wine wo aw follows:
"Whemevw any raum au be accused
of a y beach J~5 ersms or msae
ý demsnasn by the o[ os or more
i crediktabl witnease, It sha beBt the duty
1, of the j oce of the pesos or committing
a mgistraae or judge befoe whom the seen
p- sation m brought, to receive the comepait
it and cause the accused to be arrested, and
h if the co11{ee for which the accused aiwan
arrested be cev that may subject the party
to capital punishment or to lmprasonxneut
in the Peniteniery, the accused shall,
a when arrested, be brought either before
a the district judge of the district, or the
o pariah judge of the parish in which the
d offence may be charged to have been cow.
g mitted, and be proceededonand examined
e according to law.
It is clear from the foregoing that the
Legislature never intended that Justices
( of the Peace in the city of New Orleans
should come under the province of the
h section, for we have no parish Judge here,
and we woulj have to accuse the Legisia
of being a body of fools if we admit that
e they inte.ded to say that an accused per
i son should be sent before a tribunal which
i- does not exist. But we make sense of the
t provision, and if the offence be what it is
e mention ?d to be, we cannot send the man
ºf before a parish Judge, because there is no
ºý such person known here.
_ You cannot send him before Judge
n Abell, for there is no law winch makes
the Judge of the First District Court a
w committing magistrate; therefore he must
e g' before some one who is a committing
t magistrate. The impertect conception
is touching his section 1010, arose from the
bad manner in which hay's Revised Sta.
tutes were compiled.
It is said that the man, who compiled
if them, hastily caught up the mannscript,
which was arranged without much regard
to order, and sent it to Mr. Ray, who,
e thinking the copy prepared as it should
have been, sent it in turn, without exa
m nination, to the printer, and lo! the result.
e I believe the story to be quite true, for
it is a badly mixed afiur, as witness-in
0 a'me sections touching criminal cases
waere reference is matte to a foregoing
section in the words "said" and "afore
e said," when the foregoing section prove,
h to have relerence to divorce cases or other
civil matters.
The acts of 1855 gave to the Justices of
p the Peace in the pirish of Orleans criminal
jurisdiction; and if that power hadl not
e rern repealed it would have been kept in
sf force by article 149 of the Constitution,
but I think that the act of 1855, giving
e the Justices criminal jurisdiction, leer been
rcpt sled. In the year 1869 the Legislature
pa'ased an act which brought Ray's Digest
i into existence, and discarding everything
which conflicted with it, it was thus
ad. apted as containing this law.
Under this law Justices of the Pence in
New Orleans have jurisdiction only in
'ivil cites, hut in other parts of the $tate.
9 their jurisaliction extend to both criminal
oaad civil cases. There is not one section
eof the chapter which grants to Justices of
e the Pelne in New Orleans any more
rizuirid jurisdiction tnan is granted to
x &h, moan in the nmoan.
1 Article losin, C. T'., gives Justices juris
.1 diction, but sec. 1010, Rev. Statutes, de
tines herhe .out ia what they shall have
is jnris it.tion, and therefore art. 10160 is of
no ctt..ct, laving been repealed by the
latter scction.
The article in the Code of Practice is
[ rediicted an the pssasibility of Justcese
of the Peace having jurisdiction, but as
º the ve raiat act of 1869 was then in exis
teuce, they were endowed with that juris
e.diction.
- The article ia the Code of Practice
was passed with a view to give to a jus
tice of the peace the power to act in
'riaainal and civil eases, when both were
eontined to his jari diction. I decided
"n e bef.aore, that under Ray's Revised
'ittaaites, justices of the peace in New Or
lcals had no jurisdiction.
I ".e
A humiliating spectacle-Greely
striking his colors to Conkling and
Tom Murphy.- Times, Otl. 19.
- Does it hurt you much, Mr. Times
If so, you had better prepare your
self for a much larger dose, for the
i Republican party will enter the
- contest of '7? a solid phalanx.
- aliJudah P. Benjamin is on the
high road to professional eminence
at the English Bar. The London
Is'lfpr says that his income at pre
sent is £4,00t) ($19,200) per annum,
with the near prospect of doubling!
that amount. He is classed as so
oiid only to Sir Rmundell Palmer.
STATE A.D CITY AFFAils
There it th grwn mrsi prey
d*t htteGovernor means shortly
to make som*i" important changes in
tne Municilsml Counnil. The reasons'
which induce this change are net pro
tended to be given, but conjecture is
multiplied and various. With somec it
huan political aispect, and is meant to
subserve interests not in any way con
nected with the city government.
The present Council was organized
in April, 1870, under Executive aja
Ioinitmncit The a'nended charter pro-.
vided for it. Since then we have had
an election, and the )Iayor and onac
Adminjiatrntor have heen inducted into
office by the popular vote. Vacancies
in both the departments of Commerce
and Improvements have been minpplied i
by thae Governor under that provi'ioti ]
of the aiaended charter which says:
All "aesrncies occurring byresign.a
taon, death, or any disabiit, at say
other time than the general election,
shall be fIlled by appointment of the 1
(Governor, by and with the conasni oft,
the tienate, when in sesaion, or saab
nitted for such advice and consent att1
at its next session: PUOVIDUD, That
should the number of vaceaniee, or oth
er cause or reason, justify the expense
of holding an election for thatpu ,
SVcanneies may he teinporariy fle,
until action of the Governor, by the
Administrator of Finanace actwag as
Idepartement, elad iseram: mad the sam
course may he observed in ems of tees
porary alheenceor alekness, And all I
4aees herema prooried for sallB ohol
their omcees until their moacmorsee ar
duly elected or appointed and queli.
It will be pereelved fvcmthisethahl fa
the abmuse of certai conatigemcies, a
theGonvernorhes nouright to eresasa a
vacancy or makes.a ppointment. Poe
sibly, for a~m on gos violation of duty,
the Executivemight remove an Admin
istrator. It would have to be, hover
cr, tuck a malgerwedon in cice se
would appynt directly fotr edress. end. (
be aaofdesme'
that the Eiecubew could
S it.to
The rumors et. eter 1
' ably without foundatfon,
How now, what's the n
does nake a difference whose
1~gored.
cCO3fJr TuE I7S1(
e
[Foe ax Iocuxtaox.l,
d Mr. Editor:
e Permit me through the colut,,
of your valuable periodical to
the attention of your numerous read.
era, to the appointment of Zuingli,.
McKay as Mayor of the City of ( .
Irolton, rice Gilbert Harrison r .
e ed. egI
, For the past six or seven weeks
o this usually quiet little city has be
e h' scene of much turmoil and en.
citement owing to the annoutce
t ment of one Gilbert Harrison f
R colored man) having received the
e Republican nomination for Mafor
of this city. Strenuous efforts were
d made by good Republicans to sage
the reputation of the Republicans
withm this vicinity, requesting that
the name of Harrison be erased and
that of another (colored man) in.
sorted, as they knew of the incom.
R petency of Harrison to fill the poi.
g tion even were he elected. But in
, this they failed; and the result was
r then when the people assemoled en
f masse for the purpose of demna'd
Iing from the "indomitable three"
o (who have been having everything
their own way) their rights as cit:.
u zens, they were refused the prin.
lege of having a voice in the asseo.
g bly, and were informed by the Pr.s
ident of the meeting their oppos.
L Lion would be in vain; that he knew
that Harrison was qualified and
I that he would exert himself to eleet
t him as Mayor of this city.
Upwards of fifty members of clnhs
Nos. 3 and 4 came out from that
meeting vowing that they would
not support the nomination with
Gilbert Harrison's name at theheal
e of the ticket for Mayor, even if ad
s vised to do so by their dearest
friends And thus stood the state
of affairs in the municipality, up
fto the eve of the 28th of Septemaber
e when the people assembled again
en masse, by a call from the Pree
I idont of Republican Club No. 3, to
hear the same old story, that Y
Republicans, we must support and
vote the regular republican ticket
This was a bitter "pill" to a guat
many among that concourse thare
assembled ; but it was there sad
then for them to decide, sad it was
there and then that the Rosa.
Don E. Parde, Zuinglius MrKay,
H. G. Gardiner, Wm. Kern, and
T. B. Stanj.s tiguzed so coni'pc
uously.
These are the men who di'gniw
their nefarious plan of getting
Zuinglius McKay appsinted as
Mayor, (for they knew he coull
never be fairly elected) by nomnit
ating Gilbert Harrison, and ba
lieving that the colored people
-would elect hue, simply because he
was a colored mat.
Mr. McKay on that occasion
made a very intelligent speech; a
speech that was Republcesm through
tuite ae with one ezcept~ion,.
meeting the approbation of all
lovers of liberty who indorse a re
publican administration. The en
Iception ran as follows : "My reason
for supporting. Mr. Harrison is Nt
cause he is a Republican ; and rI
to his qualifications I wonldl B!
that I anm confident that if sfter
Mfr. Harrison election he ahoot1
tin(d Limsel' incompetent, he will
retign his position in favor of a re
Ipublican who he knows is cotie
petent to fill his vancancv."
IThis convinced a great many
more in the community of thetud
ceremony of placing this man Har
:iison at the heed of the ticketWt
secure the appointment of McKSy.
knowing by an avowal of the latter
nawned gentleman that there woald
soon be a vacancy in the )1ayoralty
Judge Pardee also in his r(e
marks sMid that it znattered tnot
Iwho the man tnight be, so he Vga
republican it was better to vote for
that man than a democrat. Aial EU
he was in favor of Harrison.
R. G. (Gardiner o~ppoe hi
nomination, and although bntD&
appointed by his club aM o
of the tmeanber. of a coait
who were authorized to ei
man as a candidate for Mayor, and~
four others as AlderamU forth
municipality, to be astdi
nection with a aimsilit'*
from elab No. 3, em MomW
2, 1871, andh refuUdhS" '
s.at in thats esawub""'
of the scheming devices d I"
who were assembled there
was in favor of Gibr dH'e
for Mayor; and even when on ti5
eventful eve Sept 28, 1871,
Gardiner in his *orfots to 11f
