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6 THE BENNINGTON BANNER, FE1DAY, MAY 13, 1892. TAMMANY'S ANNirERSARY. THE STORY OF IQE OKOANIZATION. The Soclety 1 103 Tara Old Tho Evolu llon frora "JtlK Imllana" to Political Bosses The Flrst Tnmmany Hnll Now The Most Celebrnted Political Soclety in Americu. New York, May 7th. At tho prosont tlmo, wlnle Tammany's annivorary (May 12th) is at hand, and tho faot, toeothor with tho ono that this is tho yoar of a Prcsidontial canvass, bring tho big socio ty into cspccial prorainonco, a glanoo at tho beRinning is timoly. It is ploasant to turn back frora tho turraoil and strifo of tho partisan political organization to to tho pcaceful, plaoid youth and tho in nocont May timo morry rnakings of tho old original Tammany sociotlos. Tho flrst Tammany was a Philadolpliian in stitution and roivod its namo from a fa mous Ponnsylvania Indian. Tho orignals -woro almost puroly bonovolont and so cial in charaotor and purposo, and tho renowncd Dclavraro or Lonni Lonapo chiof whoso namo tho adopted was by a kind of facetious canonization (said to havo becn brotight about by Jonathan Trumbull, author of tho Hudibrastio po litical satiro "McFingal"), made the pa tron and tutelary Saint of tho Ropublio about the timc it was formcd. THE NEW YORK SOCIETT. Tho story of how ho doconcratod from that proud and puro position to tho pat ronago of a mero wing of tho Democratio party would bo a long but intercsting ono. Tho Now York Tammany Socioty was organized May 12th, 1789, and is thorcforo JUST 103 YEAItS OLD. On thatoccasion anumberof thoblitho and active spirits of tho city assemblod on tho banks of tho Hudson about whoro tho foot of Christophcr streot now is(but thon woll out in tho country), and amid musio and feasting and couvivial mirth brought into existonco as a benovolcnt organization tho club which as transmog jified has been so vast a power in partis an politics and so conspicuous a ilguro in corruption of elcctions and kindred composito varietics of Democratio con glomorato "cusscdncss." FIHSTTIIE MEETINO WAS HELD IN TENTS. and tho merry wags who assembled copy ing.as far as possiblo, tho customs and tho costumcsof tho Indians whoso ven cratcd cliicf affordcd them a namo, danced and frolicked, made spccches, sang sonas and pledgcd tliemsclves in bumpers of wino, to tlio pcrpctuation of peaoo and good fellowship, and tho emu. lation of tho charactcr of Tammany. Thoy woro leggins and moccasins.paintcd thcir faccs, adorncd tlicir lieads with feathers and "buck-tails," carried pon derous war clubs, and tomahawks, and their sachems or ehiofs wore decorated with additional totoms and savago em bloms of powcr. It is said, in fact, that so woll did thoy "drcss tho characters" tlioy had assumcd that a delegation of Crcok Indians, who had come up to Now York to visit their flrst "great whito father," Prcsidcnt Washington, wero thoroughly dccoived on flrst seeing tliom and gavo loud exprossions to their joy llnding so many of their own raco in tho town of their palo faced brothors. Tho earlicst contomporary mention of tho organization whlch 1 happen to kuow of occurs in the diary of tho Pcnnsylva nia Senator, William Maclay, under dato of May 12th, 1789, whoro bo wroto: "This day cxhibited a OliOTESQUE SCENE in tho strcets of Now York. Bcing tho old 1st of May, tho Sons of Tammany had a grand parade through tho town in Indian dresses. Delivored a talk at ono of thcir meetinghouscs and went away to dinncr. Thcro seems to bo somokind of sehemolaidof erccting somokind of ordcr or socicty under this dcnomina tion, butitdoesnotsecm well digestcd as yet. Tho expenso of tho dresses must havo been considcrablo, and tho monoy laid out,on clothingmight havo dressed a number of their ragged beggars. But tho wcather is now warni." It is cyidcnt that Maclay, astuto poli tician as ho was, divincd somethingof tho political purposo of tho socioty at that carly day, but not much nor was thero much purposo of that kind thcn existcnt. It was on tho twcnty-first anniversary of that organization tbattbo cornor-stono of tho OKIOINAL TAMMANY HALL, (tho prcsent Sun building) was laid with imprcssivo cercmonies, and it was about that timo that political idcas bcgan an insidious growth toward dominatico of tho institution. IIow great was its do mlnion ultimately cvcrybody knows. It took its flrst great fall in 1871, when tho lcadors wero dotected in corruption and stcaling so vast that good men of both partics united against thom, wrought vongcance and for a timo overthrow tho power of thosociety. THE OLD nilLADELPHIA TAMMANY". About tho samo timo that tho Now York socicty was organized (though somo authorities say earlicr), thcro camo into cxistenco in Philadclphia a similar body with tho samo aims, which flour lshcd for many ycars as an institution of jollygood fellowship, (with incidental bcnovolcnccs), and unliko tho othcr, did not outlivo tho original purposo of its cxistenco. Socictics wero also organ ized in othcr towns, and at ono limethcy appcar to havo occupicd positions as aux iliaries to that in New York, a'nd tho mcmbcrs having dividcd into thirtccn tribcs by Statcs, thoso in Pcnnsylvania umlorthatsystem constituting tho 11th tribo which had as its tokeu tho ccl, whilo thoso of tho othcr States had vari ous othcr crcations of tlio animal world as thoir symbols. At flrst, howovor, tho Philadolphia Tammany was undoubtedly an entirely indcpcndcnt organization (If not indecd Children Cryfor original ono). Mcotings wero usually held on tho lst of May, and tho socioty ha'dtwo favorito placcs of rendezvous, tho old "London Coffee Iloiise" at Front and Markct streets, in its timo tho most popular fashionablc cosmopoli tan resort in tho city, patronized by tho cougrcssmcn and federal dignitarics, tho most promincnt citizons, mercbants, sca captains, tho military infact, by men of evcry walk in life, cspccially tho botter ones and a rural locality, out upon tho Schuylkill, which was called tho "Wig wam." Ilcckwolder, tho Moravian chroniclcr, says that on May lst, "hu morous socioties of his (Tammany's) vo taries walked togother in procession on tho streets of Philadelphia, thoir hats decorated with bucktails, and procccded to a handsomo rural placo out of town (sic) which thoy called tho "Wigwam, whero, aftor a long talk or Indian speech had becn delivored and tho calumct of pcaco and friendshlp had becn smokcd, thoy spont tho day in fcstivity and mirth," Such was tho old-timo Philadolphia Tammany a littlo fcstival of Momus, an aboriginal allusion to annual enlivcn tho staid Quakor City of a contury ago; its object simply bcnovolenco and pleasuro quahit but innoceut diversion. But it died young. Wouldn't it havo been bot ter if tho Now York Tammany had died too, whilo young and innoccnt, instcad of growiug up to lead a lifo of sin. It was appropriato enough that Phila delphia should havo had tho old Tam many Socicty, for tho famous charactcr whoso virtucs wero extolled by tho whites, and whoso namo was appropri atcd by tho society, was a Pcnnsylvania Indian. AS TO Tlli: ABORIOINAL TAMMANY. Tho cliicf whoso namo has becn thus qucerly canonizcd by, and perpetuated among tho raco ,which supplanted his own, was tho most cclebrated and illus trious in tho wholo history of tho Dela wares, though lcss is deflnitclv known of him than of Tccdyuscung, who was their great man intho rniddloof theeighteenth ccntury, at tho timo of tho Fronch and Indian war and tho various troublcs in Pennsylvania consequcut upon it. Tammany or Tamanend, lived in tho middlo of tho soventeenth ccntury, and well toward its closo; but that was tho period mcrely of tho beginning of tho whito occupation of Pennsylvania. Thus ho was far less known to tho colonists less obsorvcd by them than was his fol lowcr in tho line of successiou, Tccdyu scung. Perhaps his rcputation for abili ty and virtuo rests moro upon tho whito man's ignoranco than his knowledgo of him, and tho fact that he was hcld to bo so good and great an Indian may bo cx plained by that other fact that ho was a long timo and thoroughly dead Indian at tho timo publio attention was called to him. His famo rcstcd upon Indian tra dition rathor than extensivo acquaint anco of tho whites with him, but, novor thcless, tho pioncers of Pennsylvania, among them tho propriotor of tho Prov inco, actually saw and convcrsed with him. In 1803 Tammany and a lcsser chiof af flxcd thcir hicroglyphical signatnrcs to adeed convoying to William Penn a tract of land in Bucks county, botwccn the Pennypack and tho Neshaminv creeks. It is traditionally asscrtcd that tho greater part of his lifo was spcnt in tho terntory now constituting tho Stato of Dclawaro, and that assumntion contains the clement of probability, bceauso in tlio timo of his early lifo at lcast, that was tho rcgion of tho greatest Lonni J,c napo population. Thcro scoms reason to bcliovo also that at a lator period ho had his homo in tho lonely rcgion of tho Upper Delaware, on tho westbank of tho river in what is now Damascus town- ship, Wayno countj', Pa., to which por tion of tho valloy, togother with ,j p posito bottoms whcrois now Cochocton, N. Y., tho Indians had givcn tho namo Cushutunk. It was round about tho sito of tho prcscut villago of Damascus upon tho bank of tho Delawaro that tho flrst Connecticut sottlers in Pennsylva locatcd thcmselves in 1757, (antedating Wyoming by sovcral ycars.) It is sig nificant that to this locality tho Yankeo scttlers who wero dcstincd to mako much troublo for tho Pcnnamitcs, gavo tho namo "St Tammany Flats" and that somo years lator tho namo of tho famous cliicf in its canonizcd form, to a Masonic lodgo which thoy organized. Tammauy is not only claimcd by Penn sylvania in lifo.but in death, for thero is mado with somo support tho statement that tho grand sachcm was buried not far from a spring (as was a common In dian custom), thrco or four milcs west of Doylestown. CUA11ACTEH0F THE INDIAN "SAINT." Whilo somo of thcso matters aro in volved in obscurity tho goiieral fact ro mainsclear and unansworablo that ho was a great man in tho cstimation of his pcoplo, and by somo proccss bccamo al most rovcred by tho whites during the rovolutionary poriod. Aftor ho had been half facetiously and half in oarnest can onizcd, bis namo bccamo a synonym of "good Indian," and for much that is ad mirablo in ideal manhood and flnally a namo to conjuro and conquer with in politics what a desccnt from tho sub 'limo to tho ridiculous, or worsol Tho Indians rovcred him and whon they wero visltcd by Col. Georgo Morgan Princcton, thoy bccamo such cnthusias tic admirers of his that as tho highcst possiblo complimcnt thoy bestowod up on him with bofltting ccrcinony, tho namo of tho vcncratcd Tammany. His namo was for many ycars printcd in tho calendars, and flgures in tho pagcs of Coopcr's "Last of tho Mohicans," (chap ters xxviil, xxix.) Tammany was according io tho tradi tion of his peoplo (and tho limitcd knowledgo of his wliito contchiporarics), Pitcher'e Gcstoria. a roraarkably wiso and just rulcr, an clo quent orator, and a mighty warrior, though ho oxorted himsclf chiefly for poaco, and was a warm friend of tho whites. His favorito motto was, "Unito in peaco for happiness, in war for do fenco." neckowolder, who simply sums up tlio Indian traditions of his charactcr, says: "Ho was in tho highcst degroo cndowcd with wisdom, virtuo, prudcnco, charity, affability, meckncss, hospitallty in short, with overy good and noblo qualiflcation that a human bc ing may posscss. 1 lred Mathews in Sunday Hudgct. Oflice of Now York and Baltimore Transportation Co: "Ilaving becn troubled for somo timo with a had cough I had occasion to try a bottlo of Dr. Bull's Couch Syrup. In loss than 24 hours I was entirely reliovcd. I rccom mcnd this medicino to all my frionds for I shall not bo without it in my'family. E. W. Steover. THE DEAIOCRATIU CONVKNTION. For tho roprcscntativo of a party with out tho faintest hopo of succcss in tho Stato, tho convention at Montpelier do" veloped carncstness and flsht enough to havo suHiced for a National gathcring of tho Democratio party. Thcro was no diffcrenco of opinion in regard to tho National candidatcs or National issues. Tho qucstion of tho nominccs Who should lead tho forlorn hopo of Domoc racy in Vermont tho cotning ycar, was hardly an clement in tlio contcst without tho prospect of a possiblo suc cess of tho party in tho Presidential con tcst, it is moro than likely tho conven tion would havo passed off with littlo or no friction. But eight years ago tho Dcmosracy was Yictorious and frora thcnco tho troubles bcgan. Tho ' contest yestcrday was entirely ovcr tho control of tho Stato organiza tiou and has becn wagcd with unprcco dcntcd bitterncss. Mr. Hiram Atkins has becn for many years chairman of tho Stato Committeo, and in that position, during tho Cloveland administration,was very largcly tho dispensor of patronagc, and, as is not unusualin suchcases,mado half a dozcn enemics when ho gained tho support of a succcssful applicant for a placo. IIow much or how littlo this had to do with tho fight, is of no particular consequcnco from a Itcpublican point of view, and as a Kcpublican wo havo not fclt called upon to tako any part in tho contest beyond publishing tho nows. Well, the fight is ovor for tho prcsent, and victory rests with the Atkius faction as was gcnerally expcctcd would bo tho rcsttlt by unprejudiccd observers. It was not won without a trcmcndous effort, and tho bitterness cngcndercd can hardly fail to ha o some eilcct upou the party in tlio coming campaign. Howovcr, tho fa miliar adago "tho moro Democratio fights, tho moro Demociats" may possi bly provo truo in this, as ithas in many othcr instanccs, and it will not be wiso for tho Iiepublicans to bank too heavily on disscnsions in tho ranks of tho oppo sition. Tho tiekct nominatcd is exceptionally strong in that tho leading, candidatcs, Hon. B. B. Smalloy for Governor, and William B. Viall forLicut.-Govcrnor,aro "dcservcdly popular and both cnjoy a wido acquaintancc. Tho other nominccs aro gcntlcmen of charactcr and ability, and as nono of thom havo tlio least cx pcctation of bcing called upon to sorvo tho Stato in tho sovcral capacities for which they havo becn suggcsted, will not bo disappointed in dcfcat. They stand as tho repfescntativcs of Democratio principlcs and as such can havo no claim to tho support of any Kc publican votcr of Vermont. Thoy aro tho choscn standaid bearcrs of a party and tho cxponcnts of policics to which tho larco majority of freomcn of this Statc aro opposcd, and tlio contcst is to be dctermiued upon woll dofined issues and tho personality of candidatcs is not ono of them. To tho duty of prcsontiug for tho suf frago of tho votcrs a tickct that shall call to its support overy bcliover in Uepubli can principlcs and policics, tho effort of every Ilopublican should bo addrcsscd. Tho leadcrship of no man is cssontial to succcss. Messenger. Coucrliliizr Leailn tn r!niiiiiiiiitflnti Kcmp's Balsam Will stop tho cough at onco FLOWElt OHEY8 TI1E BOSSES. Governor Flower has dono what his mastcrs oxpcctcd of him. Acting under tho dircct dictation of Hill aud Croker ho has signcd tho Twced Inspectors bill aud tho iufamous Exciso bill. Tho naturo of thcso mcasurcs has been thoroughly cxposcd by tho Prcss. One is a schomo to cnablo Tammany to carry Now York Stato by fraud, and tho other is a schemo to onablo Tammany's allies, tho saloon keopers, to scll liquor twonty four hours in tbo.day sovon days in tho weok. Both bills woro wholly vicious, and both wero condemncd by dccont publio sotiment. But Flo wcr has choscn to disrcgard tho indignant protcsts of representativo citizens of both partics. Ho has proved himself onco moro tho humblo tool of tho bosscs. His action will provo disastrous not only to himsolf but to his party. N. Y. Press. It Oorei Coatht, Coldt, Sor Throi t, Croup.Whoop. 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The samo Is truo or. tue BINDERY, And tho work In this dcpart ment, aa ln all others, may bo relied upon aa Striclly First-Class, In addltlon to the ustial lilnd lncr and rulini? of ntibllcatlonf. blauk' books and stntionery, a SS epeciaiiy is maue oi ro-uinu-Ing old maKazitics, books and pcriodicnls, the only certaln means for their convenlent handling and prcservatloa. THE Stationery DepJt Has becn rc-stockcd with a lull linc or Blank Books, Legal Blanks, OJfice Supplies, Stationery, And all grades of paper manu factured, including the finest slock, tEstimntcs of prlccs on all kinds orwork nroinnlly funilsli cd on application to THE BANNER, BENNINGTON, VT. i "1" I NEW SPRI A COMPLETE STOCK WITn NEW MILLER & $$ WE SELL TIIE CEDEBRATED CLOYES' FOn LADIES' F1NE FOOT WEAR. ALSO, EST. SIEWS AND CHILDIIEN'8 8IIOES OF TBUNKS A 409MAIN 8TREET. 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MORTU1KU CULL1TON, I ISAAli SUHUA.M, Wherens, Iietncy Cummlngs of Bennington In the County of Bennini; aud ttliUc of Vermont, has Med In tho ofllce of the Clerk of tho Court of Chanccry in the Connty of Bennlnp, her petltion for foreclonire ncalnst the above namcd defend anti, upon certaln Unds In the town of Benning ton ln the County of Bennington, described iu a certaln mortiragc, dated Murch 16th, 1870, exe cuted by I'atrick Powcrs and James Powers to PaulM. Saunders a follows: "Uounded on the north by the old hlcliway ; rn the east by lands of Henry Baker and on the south aod west by Iandi owned by the faid Paul JI. Saunders con tnlnlDK about six acrca of land, be the satne moro or less, it belng the preinises upnn which the said Jatnes now rcsides aud whicn the said Saun ders formcrly conTeyei to said Jnmcs Powcrs." And being all and the same lands and premiscs on which the said Betsey CummlnRS voxt resides, condllionrd for the puyment of the sum of one hundrcd doIUrs one lear from the date of said mortgage deed specined iu one ccrtain promis sory notc beariDg date the llitn day of Jiarch, 1871), execuied by the said Tatrick Powers and James Pmvers to tlic said Paul M Saunders or bearer, for thesum of ono hundred dollars. with interest thereou annually, which is now justly dueand owing with a laige arrear of interest tbereon, and has not been paid accordiug to the effect of the same, And the same has been duly assigncd to the po titioner. That at the. time of the executlon of the aforc sald mortgage the said I'atrick Powers was the owncroftliefee of said mortgagcd lands and that thesald James Powcrs and wife. both now deceased, liad a life cstate therein. That afte; the execution of the aforesald mort gage the said I'atrick Powers executcd a second mortgage of the same lands lo Isaac Surdam of Bennington aroresald but that said Surdam haa no interest ln said mortgaged lands although be may clalm to have. That Mortimer Culllton of Bennington afore sald claims some inierest in said mortgaged lands ln vlrtue nf said mortgage to Surdam or by somo allcgcd awignnient thcreof or by subrogation to therights of said Surdam under said mortgage to him, orothemi'e, butin truth and ln fact said Culllton has no interest In said mortgaced lands. That said I'atrick Powers resides, and is with out thlsStateln parts to th petltioner uuknown. And praylng that (be cquity of redempti'm of the said Patilck Powcrs, Mortiiner Culllton and Isaac Sutdam In the premiscs maybe foreclosed agreeably to the provisioiis of Section 7t0 of the Revlsed Laws And it appcaring tbat said defendant, Patrick Powers resides aud Is without the Statc of Ver mont, o that asubpcena cannot be scrved upon him. Itls therefore ORDERED, that said defcnd ant be rcqulred to appcar on thc first day of the next stated term of said Court to be held at Man. chester, witbin and for said County of Benning ton on thc flrt Tuesday of June, A. D , lSltt, and make answer to said petltion; and that the said fietltloncr shall cause this ordcr to be publisbcd n the Bennington Banner, a publlc newspaper nrlnted at Bennington aforesald. three wceks successlrcly, the laxl of whlch shall be at least twentydoys prerlous to the commcnccmcnt of tnc atoresaiu term 01 saiu uoun. Uatcd at Bennington aforesald. this isth day ot April.A. 189J. HAlUtlSON I. NORTON, Deputy Clerk. SHELDON Jt CUSHMAN. II Solicitors for tho Petltioner i VB HAVK A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EX CELSIOR AND STAND ARD DIARIES, WHICn " ARE BEING SOLD VERY LOW. BANNER STATIONERY STORE. Co DMIES