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VOL I NO. 43.
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DEMOCRATIC .PHUFiSSlUAS
AKO
.DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES.
b official e pa it, nut t.. be a politician " By a faithful discharge of tbe duliei of hi. "HUMILIATING DISCLOSURES-DISGRACEFUL CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORV.
m '. n w i.i mm wn- iu .i. pwer, . . oareiui protection 01 me puu.io Mirraate, ae,
U'.ucsi, ample ininuru u. luocrui. up(.o.e4.t.e would be recommending bim.eir to the ailuiiu- '
ialintive Hutlimitirf at V aHhnigti.it I Wh .1, then, muitt have been hi. astonish ent, when, a 1
week before the election, a nil in order to (at him out of the way, a ha well anderatood, ha
fi.uml himself and fuill : pitched nut " of tbe huaaa he wa. occupying, and be ordered to
BUUtllVr "MIIOU I
Bearing iu wind that Hie evidence we are quoting waa ell (Wen aader the solerooitie. and
p.poiis hi itics of a oiith, if nuw invite tbe reader atleution to porlious of the te.timony
f -nenil practical mechanic t "master, in the yard :
' "WlllATLAtU, Feb. : -'..:
"0Timm: " On what iaaue i..n c m go
before tbe country, aad confidently eelcuWto npoa the aopport of tbe Aai.ri..' u i upleut tu
approaching Presidential election ? I aaewaa, anheeitatingly, that w ni'ist lull 4.atk. aa
you suggest, upon theee fundamental and time honored principle, which bavo divided an Irom
our political opponents aiuce tbe beginning, and which from the very nature of the i eaerul
Cou-titutin, muat eontinua to divide la to tbe aod. We must inacribe upon our bannera a
ill h.. continued till furbidden. and charted accord- euund r gnrd f..r the reserved rightj of tbe Bum, a etriet eonttractioa of the onatitution.
'n lo the abore ' - ' ''"" I " Congreee of all puwera not duly granted by that iaatrament, and a rigid ecouotny
Agreenenta will lie made with yearly ndvertieen j I" public pu.:iture; JAMES BUCHANAN."
en liberal and edvantageoae terma. p,, tty it a. pretty doea" "aeU apeak loader than weroa" " practice le better than
Profcaetonal and Baainem Carda, excelling ne prrr. .. uU yiait, WOrthr af all aoaeDtetioa. Wa kaow that a riaid economy in
public epenitt'iree' ia a part of tbe Deaiecratic ereeaf, but that party (a aow oa trial, aot
fr iUcratlut lor itrprutiie ia laar.at riolatioa af iteeraae). One cf the "!" upon
wbii'h, ia.ae or lince witli Mr. Uuchanan'a adrice, tbe leaden af that party went before t e
country iu th Preaitirntinl vanTaaa of 1862, and aaked the iupportof the Atntrican people
one ui the ' principles " which they maintained bad alwaya diridrd tbem from thvir pvliti. ul
oppom nta our of tbe iuecriptivaa npoa their banneri waa, " a rigid economy iu the public
rxpendilurea."
Tbry n.t only, ia tbia way, pledged Uiemeclvee aad their party to the pmcticc of a ' rigid
aeonuniy in tbe paklic rxpenditurea," if tbe people would confide tbe powera or (iorernnu nt
to tbrir hanta, hat Ihvy Slled he public ear and abused the public eon8 icnce with the most
rhame ul and eneimoua exaggeratione of the expenditure! under the then exiatitig Wb g
Aduiini-lration of lr. Fillmore
In thla way by tbe moat anlema pledgee to tbe people of the United Statra thut Ibey would
not follow in tbe waya of what they charged to be Whig extravagance, but. nn the contrary,
would obterrr the nioi.t rigid economy in tbe public expenditure! in thia way, and by thrae
and other profei-aiona, 'he Democratic leaden induced the people to turn the Wbiga out of
power ail year ago aad put tbemaelTee n power when they bare been rrer eince. If are
Ibey fulfilled, or bar tbry violated their .pledgee to tbe people ? Ia tliia iinpoi t.nt matter
of the public eiprnditurea, baee they yrattittd what they preached t Thy tuid tur peup'e
that theamoun'.of tbe annual expendituiei under the Whig aduiniatration wa- " moruious.''
A l.Ttl-r. niui.1 elate the numlier of timea they
'nil, their adrertiaementa Inaerted ( otherwiaa tbe
line, brevier In length, will be iaaertod fur Si a year;
if exceeding tra linee will ha charged tbe aaaae aa
other edeertiaewieate.
fiitair.f aotioea free when not exceeding twenty
inea; all abo' twenty liuea at adeartieemenl latea. i
IIOPKItS. Ul XL At ATKIS80,
IMPtlRTKB AMD WHOLK8ALK
OEUEU II FI0EIC1 tB DO Hi STIC BUT GOODS,
No 2SH llti.Tiauaa SmaaT,
(neMarra ataoTxa araaar,)
a4aiiBie I UAL1IMUK&.
aoaitnT Hr
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ki:kixm a i.i:idi,
- I U l-iti; 1 1 Its
ForH.im ' Oomthllc iiry Uood;
Wb ,V,lr and K' tail,
' avatL btuht. x Dima rauxt xi0,
CIHRLESTON 8. C.
a. t k :. .. L .
4KIIC At IIARGMAVE,
Tr ictire In partoerhi iu the couuly of Anaon, ex
r pi -on the tVuai al (I ket in th- C'lunty Court, (J.
' R -II .nrraeareiainr ''raaty ftolicitor.) r
They will alteod to the collection of all claim, ea
tru tel them in Ana n I tbe aumiundingeountiea.
T 8. Aabe att-n la the Court of Richmond, Moot
go iierV. ftanly, Cabrr, Union and Anaon ,
i K. Ilargraea tlioie or Montgomery, Stanly aad
AlI'Mtt i -.
ter(Be at Wad'-boro'.
T1HJMA8 8. ASHE. J. R. HARORAVE.
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LEWIS W. UERRY-MASTER PAINTER.
Q'i' ntion Upon whose recoiiimeiidatiiin acre workmen iu the butt ynrd appointed ?
Anw r. Of luruihvre of t'uugicaa, principally ; oomndonally upou the recomuiendatioa of
mm umd mini H.en.
Q. Ut wore tbe clwra. ter and litneea of men recommended be meiubera of Congreaa ?
A. About two-tbiius uf theiu were unfit. They were what we call scrub niecbamea.
LAWRENCE CUIIANK MASTER CARPENTER.
Question State whether the amount of work done at the aary yard by the woikmen ia aa
grent a that done by woiknieu iu other placra?
Anxwer. It i. not, air
Q How ia tbatT Why cai.not a wan do aa much work in the nary yard aa when he ia at
work for a priratu citiieu? ,i
A. I do not know; they don't do it. Perhapa it ia hecauae th poorest workmen an
generally backed aa politically, and the maulers dan not diacharge tbem. If they do, they
lose t'teir plitoea tueuitelfei
Q. How are tbe workmeo appointed; on wboea recommendation?
A. The master reoemmendx them, Ac.
Q Who nanica the workmen ti t.ie master workmen? -
A. Mem iis "f t'nncre.a treoeral y.
Q. fuppo.e a maiter workman refiWs to appoint tlio.a wboan appointed by member, of
wongre-s, wimMB in.-reuii.'
A If tbe men.il.er msi-ta npnn it eery tiongly. they genenlly dn it. I hate been threa
tened to be turned out of t r yaid if I did uot appoint ocrUiu men who I knew were not worth
O'lir me money tltey woulu receive.
Q Who threiitcuiMl you in thia manner? '
A. Mr. John Cochrane member of Congress made auch a threat to me by letter. '
llava they reduced the amount ? Let the eubjoined figure, answer. They are taken 'lirectly
from the Treaaury Report! aa officially publiihed. We challenge, we defy miy mnu to impugn
their accuracy.
WHIG EXTRAVAGANCE AND DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY COMPARED
Expeailiturea of the Government, exclasiva af payments on account of the puhlic dent,
from tbe fiscal yesr ending June SOth, I860, la the fiscal year ending- the -(Oiii June, Ictob :
lo ; $38,436 OS
lol 43 iH7.8i)2
185 i 3,;3J,iHi
I8.V3 ..; 43.oJ4.-,02
CLV'AXS At TIIOMPSPS,
WASH INOTON. V. C,
Dfiltn ii Coach, dfciitt lid pholstcry Dirdwirt,
Bir l i tad Slrrl.
k9 A CompUi. Aenrtment of 11UBS, SPOKES,
FKLL0E8, SJJAfTa, t, c - , I2-tf .
r. p. niTinowft,
n-tUth euaef CUtk Hrpaire,
Aaaoaviua, a. c.
Jewelry, Ac, neatly and substantially
Tepairedind all work warraniedT
twelve Djoatbs.
IIOWAHD ASSOCIATION,
PHIXADEI-PIIIA.
A BrnrrolrHt Imlituliom, Ett'ibliJird by Sxcial
EnloirmrHl.r ihf Refi-f "J Ihf .S unit
Dittrtueil, Affliflni tilh Virulent and
Epiilrmie Ditetitet.
rpHE HOWARD ASrWI.tTlON, IN VIEW OF
I the awful deatraction of human life caused by
H. xual diseaaea, and tbe deceptions practiced upon
the uiif.rtuuate victima of auch diaevee by" Quack.,
aereral yewra ago directed ibeir Consulting Surgeon,
. a C1I ARITAULK AT worthy of their name, to
open a Dispenser? for the treatment of thie elaee of
di.esses, in all their fori"., and to give MEDICAL
ADVICE 0RATI8 to all who apply by letter, with a
dMcSptioa of their condition, (age, oecujwtiou, habits
at life, Ac, aad la ease of extreme poverty, 1 to
FURNISH MEDICINES FREE OP CIIAKOE. It la
neelleie to add that the Association command, the
hisheat Medical akill of the ace, aad will lornish the
.lost approved modem trea ment.
The Directors of tbe AMociation, ia thHr Annnal
R port upon the treatment of Hexaal Diseases, ex
T)r the higher satisfaction With the aucces. which
Ik. alten led tbe labors of their Surgeons in the cure
of riieraibirrha, geininal Weakness, Oonorrbora,
i " t, ylttli". hevieenf Onaniam or Self-Abuse,
li -se, of tbe Kidneys and Bladder, Ac , and order
. 0' imo .nee or the same plan Mr tne ensuing year.
65.48!.o87
41,872 346
Totiil agirregate in tbe administration of Oau. Taylor and Mr. Fillmore
Average each year ;
I8.ri4.
1856......
' W. ....
1807.. 1
Total aggregate in lien. Pierae's admiaiatmtion...
Average each year...;
First year of the Administration of Mr. Buchanan, 1838
Excess of agg legate expenditures during the four yean of Pierce . umiui-tia-
lion over the aggregrate of the fonr yean of the Taylor aud Fillmore admin.
- istration........ , ......
Eirea of the avenge expenditan of each year during tbe Pierce administration
over the average of each year of the Taylor and Fillmore adminisiitin.
Excess of the expenditure of tbe first year of Mr. liuchanau'a sdu.ini-t aflon
over tne highest expenditan in any one year of Ibe Taylor and.Fniniore ad
ministration
The amount nf rxpenditure. it will be seen, during the lai-t W I. lit Teat-, iiMling June 30
IttoJi, was $48, 64', 302 In the next year, which waa the firnt D. hum rntic y nr. our econo
my. loving, exlravag .nee hiting, (ti bear tbem talk,) Dvmoera . in.-t. d" o: relwm'i th
exp ndituie uf tbe preceding W big .year, me rented upou it to the mm- f $7 ...7.I.8-.M ! Th y
increaaci upon it Ibe ..-c nl tear fli B.I, IMI tltirtl vear,
.$5l.01et,-.'i0
. 6C.3i.,34
. 60.172 4(12
. 61,878, 8.'8
..$J32.M4,874
....... 68.H87I8
.....u. 7l.9UI.18t
$BC.944,487
$10,230,372
$J8,i 13,328
tear SIZ 8JI.ua I tltirtl vear. SIU.ti."4.H4l lou.th v
d, I Ot t A.'.U S..I. II . . .no a m..t.
f.i.tft, n-.ii tcnt. inir. uucusosn a Orel,; ao,oJO, 100. n.u.ir.L.,. .. r t . ..j.-ili
TL.M ' ' , ,, u.lijl .1 . . i icro i "it off el bi. i Unit upou tlie power of youi department lo do efloctive labor 7
Tbry went btrfora tlie country--' tn the Pieeidenlial coulcst of ibA2, exclnimin senmrt-1 .
THE LETTER.
New Yoex. June 13. 1857
Ma. Cbiiakk : Mr. Cu'lea tells me rou are to takemeu on Tuesdiiv : now. I ask vou to take
Aim on, alio the others I bnve H-krd y..u lo take on. 1 will base my proportion of men under
' y. u; if you rto not ivt tlirai I will I.Hjge chnrgen sgainat you. Vou have turned away all tbe
i m. u i.ut one tmm n y di-trk-t ol eady Of this 1 have complained to the Secretary, and nuw,
I uu ;ou rectify thin inju lice, I will make application that you be turned out. Tlie tiearer
II bring ui mi uti.-wtM. lours, &c, JOHN COCllK.Wt.
WM. C. MERR1FIELD-.MASTER BLACKSMITH.
Queti. n. Wbiit ia your prcaeni oceupation?
Aiirwer. 1 am ii uiMtei idacksmith. j
Q. In the Urooklyu ua y yard?
1 e, ir. "
How long have you been there?
It will be ii ciirs since the l!9th o April. '
ttho icle-t.'il the meu under your department?
Previous to a year bck 1 bud the selection of them.
Duri .g the U-t year how have they been selected ?
Indirectly I had not the selection.
What w is the niodejif selecting them during the Lft year?
It r-a by members of Congress recommending tbem to us.
State wh.ther or nut you weie compelled to spp.int thuac named to you by member, of
Lntigreaa 7
A. 1 ws, sir.
Q. lly what mrnns were you compelled to appoint them ?
A. by threat, dint if I did not do so, I would be discharged.
(J W do made those threats? .
A. Mr. Cochrane and jMrt Kelly Demi eratic members of Congress.
Q. State whether any disputes arose betweeu members of Congress in regard to tbe diviaion
ot tne puironHge in your department ?
A. I prrauuie th. re did; there w.is considerable wrangling, aa I have heard.
Dou I ; ou kuuw it to be a fact ? '
Ves. .ir. '
t u.,t m if the character of men recommended by member, of Ccr.gre.8 to you ?
Nine out of leu were an inferio' clu- of men.
Meu who bud b en octirc in p. itic.l maturs?
V. a, sir . n
And lecouimriideil on account of their standing or influence with the party?, .
it wa. pretty much o, sir
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We follow up the astounding diaclosura. made in (he course of their evidence baton the
committee by tbe master mechanic. In tbe yard, with disclosure., if poaslble mora nvolting,
whieh an eoutaiued in the aorrespondence of various Democratic member, of Congreaa with
the Navy Department.
MR. TAYLOR TO Mil. T0CCE1V .
Coder data of March 27, 1867, Hon. Oeorge Taylor writes to Secretary Toucey :
"8ia: Enclosed you wilt find further affidavit against Kunk, Murphy and Doherty mas ten
tn the yard. I trust Ibut mure will not ha required; but any number can be forwarded.
In Funk's department the government loaa i. very considerable every day. Soma
time since he hid 120 meu employed in hia department at $2 lo $2 26 per day. Fragansa,
who ia perfectly competent to judge, and the foreman of the men, told me thai he could eelect
tbe proper men and do it better with eighty men, thus caving about 90 per day to tbe gov
ernment . I have omitted to pres. the appointment of John Coope for
storekeeper in the yard, because I have beea informed by Mr. Uayard, who called with'
Senator Bayard on you, that you had decided that matter in favorof Mr. Coope.
Mr. Coope i. uUined by three members of CoiiRrens and the entin official corp. in Brook
lyn " I now ask iu the name of the firmest and bent Democrats in the Union tbia petty
appointment for a man so pre-eminently qualified. And I proteat in their name against the
appointment of Mr. lierrick. He ea oppuied to Mr. Ilurhunan'a admiui.tration, md did
nothing for hi. election, while Mr. Coope inl lo Cincinnati irAoy lo terrt Mr. Buchanan.
Mr. lierrick was indicted a few month, since for taking a bribe while Alderman. Such a
an certainly cannot get a preference over a good wan to take charge of every thing in tbe
largest navy yard in the Union." -But
he was preferred and got the appointment I
MR. TAYLOR TO MR. TOUCKV.
Under date of April 0, 1857, Hon. Mr. Taylor writes to the Hon. Secrewry:
. "Permit me one word in respect to the master lalmrur. 1 uiieriil H,.i Mr l.el
another Democratic representative to Cungres- i. urging a man by ths name of Hoggett for
that place a man of airunoaj had character. 1 sav unheeitalinirlv that he would beadiCTace
to the yard. I do not fear lo say that he would be a diegrace to Ibe administration.
Yet the appointment of this man was urged by one of Mr. Taylor's Democratic ccllcaguea
in the House of Representatives!
MR. WARD TO MP.. TOLTEV.
- Under date of October 9, 1858, between three and four week, prior In the election, Hon.
E. Ward, a Democratic member of Congress, writes to the Democratic Secretary of the Navy:
Deax Six: Upon inquiring 1 find that a uumlicr of men can be usefully employed in tha
master stonecutter's drpiirtment at the Brooklyn navy yard. Eighteen cargoes of stone have
recently been received, amounting to about two thousand tona, which, with the amount before
at the yam, makes the quantity on nana so large that I am informed it would requin the
services of one hundred men for iwelve nionthi to work it fit for use. Tbe present furoe of
stonecutter, is thirty men iucluding the master foreman.
"Should the employment of an additional lorce of men in the stonecutter', department ba
authorized, il would he of mdtt ruentia irrvicc to the JtemocralK parly in my diWrid at (A ap.
proachmg election. I solely make the application furen iocreane of force to you, a my relations
with the civil engineer of tbe yard are not of auch a character a. to induce me to ask him to
unite in the request."
The -civil engineer," however, tn whom the matter had to be referred, being an "irrasci
ble,'' independent sort of mm. wouldn't unite with the' Honorable Democratic Congressman
in hi. electioneering scheme at the eipenne of Ibe Treasury, but reported aa follows;'-
"As at least two-thirds of the granite to be delivered under contract will require, no other
dressing thnn in the beds and joints, the present force will be equal lo all which can be
required of them. In fsct I am of the opinion that the wnrk will be insufficient for their
constant employment, if they do their duty, (which ii not the cait now,) until the period I
have mentioned." .. ..
Whig extravagance and exi-.lliug DtMmti. seoninny I
Tbe expend lures, Mr. Duchaoau aaid (bul uulruly) had reached ibe enormous sum of
fifty Militant of dolUtrt per annum, and ualesa arretted in Ibeir advaace the strong inn of
the Democracy of tbe country, might, in tbe course, or a few year.-, reiicb one bundled
million I
lie wot eonnneed, hetaid, thai our eiptnitt ought lo be reduced considerably be!nK the Whig
standard of that day !
That "atandard, a. tbe omeial reportior tbe Treasurr conclusively Mow. w.i- S41 8i ,340
per annum. The Demorratio "stand ird," for Ibe five fiscal yean they Iiitc In- n in ow r.
i-$W,Hti7,200 I The rel itive advantages to the people' i pockett t Dcuiocmtic economy aud
Wbiz extravagance may be thus stated:
Vemocratic economy baa coat tbe people for Ibe last five yean, nt tbe rate, per
annum, of ...... .S0n.N7 ,200
Whig extravagance cost tbe people, neder Taylor and Fillmore's iilmiiiisnat' n
at the mte, per annam, of $ I .872.316 .
Loss, per annum, to the people, by the substitution of Democrats a my ui -
of Whig extravagance. .., !' , V6I
Which, multiplied by five, show. tbe'toUl loss to the people in fiw oi - hy ti e
substitution of Democratic economy for Whig extravngsnce $'.' t '.74.'J7U
' Yea, had the Democratic party, since its accession to power in 185.1, on'y -ci t the expeu ii
turei inside tbe limits of what its leaden and orgnns, during tl e c utest o! IN2. veh im-m.v
denounced a. theut'enorraoul" rate of expenditure during the Whig udniiiiistiniioo. mid hi h
rate thsy aulemnly pledged themselves to the people to reduce, il the powers of p .vei iio.eot
should be plaoed in their hands had the Dimocratic party, we say, only'aept with n th.it
rata, then would have been saved to the people in the public expemlituies aim e l.v'.,!. mnktv
rorx arinos., xikx ucsDaiD asp atrxsTT-rora Tuoi'Ar, two itrfmaen-xp-strinrrr
POL LA a. I To transport that amount ia ailrer, in wagon, drawn by six hor.es each, on a good
turnpike road, estimating tbe wagon load at ix thousand pound weight, w u!d p qniiv lire
thousand nint hundred and thirty-four kortee i and nine hundred and etghtt H tie uayoh.. which,
traveling as close together as they eould, would make a train eleven miief ami ii quarter lung
Ri4t' if the amount of this extraordinary increase in the public expetao'i'ti e in t lie -hoit
apace ofj five years is startling, the true causa of it, when investigated, i.- noio-t Enough to
make the tboughlful mind despair of the Republic 1 Tbe cause of it, tin inttuences which
brought il about, an to be found in the corrupt utet of the public monrv bu the executive dc-
r.. ir,u... arm eevi w rff rbe ni feel sssueed ' parunem oj me government, wnicu, unaer. me coneiiiuuon, nae toe exclusive custody, uis-
.u-. .I.-;. ik.L in ,i,i. t hn,ileni mtt.a l ouraement ami application of il. May we crave the attention of our readers for a lew nio-
liave been of great benefit to the afflicted, especially ;
to the young, and tlwy have resolved lo devote tbem- ,
se see, with renewed xeal, to thia very Important and
much despised causa.
An admirable Report on Spermatorrhoea, or Bern-"
inal Weakness, tbe vice of Onaniam, Masturbation, or
raents, while we illustrate our meaning by the citation, not of the opinion) of this or thut man
of thia or that party, but or .worn testimony and admitted facts !
We turn to the evidence given in, during tbe last session of Congress, before the K. lect
Committee on Naval Contracts and Expenditure.; oa which occasion the witness, .were ex-:
aw i ii cd aud cross examined on oath by the Committee, which consisted of two Republicans,
two Democrats, nd Mr. Ready, of Tennessee.
. . . it - ... a i ne oeeiu our ciwiiious witu portion or tne eviaeoce Kiven in ov t,omman'iec..iiootes, wno
7, the C:..rl Tag "argeoa":.!! Pb--.rbVi (T. . "" hV-d " """V yard at Brooklyn, Commandant Kearney being , he fi.st in
ealed envelope), FREK OF CBAKOE, ovj Tacetpt w commaaat.
TW' 8TA.il! a ror posts ge - urner nepora ami
Tnct on the nature and treatment of Sexual diseases,
diet. At., are constantly being published for gratuU
nu. distribution, and will m sent to the afflicted.
me of the new remedies and methoda of treatment
,i.erei during the last year are ef great value.
Address for K po'-I nr treatment, DR. J. SKI L, LIN
I')U0!IT'IN. adinif 8irgon, Howard AstociatroB,
via. 2 South Ninth St d t. Philailelpbia, Pa. ,
By at'd. I of the Direetora,
, DZItA E MKARTWKLL. President
One Fatarnii.u S rcliry. S8-ly
IlV-Xo Hoax.
i1UK C-ShKR-'IOnED ISIIINO TO CHANGE HIS
I re-iden -e. . IT-is bis PI, STATION for le
on terms Mint will he an olf rt to any one wisb-K$
" ing tn pnr"Viase, He d.nns a description unne
cessary. as persona will doubtless examine for. them
s hut will nnlv add thst it is well furnished with
CO 1 FilR r ULK AND CONVENIENT BUILDINOS.
Jn addition to. the u.tural fertility f the mil, then
are nhund int reaewha to believe 14 Contains rich mm-
. .. .. i. t..i . i.- I i - .j xt u : "
r . - j ... ... . . . J
wb eh rich sfssoiuirns in tat. nave oeen aiacoverea
yielding mnrehan seventv-eight percent, af purr lime
aio a r.refiil inalv-is. ' It ia .It us ted within four mile.
r mj l ..' -I... 1 1, -,, nM n,il i.f thm U0-.i..
' toa, rharlotte and Rutberfortl Railroad, when cpm
pb'ted. Five hundred to n tbouaaad acre, may ba
ba.i. a m iV ho-t auit the purchaser.
' Also, his LOT and HOUSE in Wadesboro', knowt
as th- Drill Mtore of the late firm of Jones A Ashe.
It I... ak..H nennaw. I- ..... AiumtmA nf neiVSlelV.
.wv - r r J
by the 16th at Novetaner next, il will be offered at
puMIe untinn WALTER 0. JONES.
Wadesboro' March 10, 1869-28-tf
BRr1ln Bl'lifilES HXD CARRIAGES.
fpilH S0R8CRJBF.R HAS SEVERAL FINE NEW
I RUOOIESand TnOrlNc r AM1LI
C AdtRUO ES -fotaala Vgelher.with
RKRiIND HAND WORK that ha ia
.anxious to eell. . BARGAINS MAY BE HAD I
Tbia
work Is Bona of that aorry kind which flood, thia eouo
try j - UJ J r. SMITH
AgenU vamtani,
. 7iWeU i8lhat.tw yert City.-
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y CAPT THOMAS R. ROOTES, COMMANDER OF THE NAVY YARD OF BROOKLYN.
Question. When were you .tatioDed in the navy yard at Brooklyn, New York, and how long
were you st'itioned there?
Answer. 1 wns stationed then about seventeen months ap to the latter part of October Inst; I.
believe from about May, 1867. I waa detached from tha navy yard on the Wednesday before
tbe elections that came off in New York on Taeaday.
Q. What power has the commandant over the xaea after tbey an' engaged? lint he the
j power to remove them 7 "
A- look that power upon my t elf when acting commandant, . If I found men idling away their
' time, I dismissed tbem.
Q Was that made a matter of complaint against you?
i A. Yes, air ; I made il my duty to go through the yard and ihopa. They complained of
j that, holding tfcat 1 .hould be compelled to confine myself mora to the office.
I Q. Wen any complaints made to the Secretary of the Navy ?
j A. There was no complaint mode by me except upon one occasion when I reported ninety
six osulken to the Secretary. these men were discharged for w nt of work;
a regular dismissal was made out by the master cf the caulkers himself. .On that occasion
a tbey hustled me off the side-walk.
I Q. What wen tbe number of men employed In each of these departments when you were in
the yard ?
i A. I fliink that when I left, there wen 6me 2300 men In that yard. I understand that the
-Very day I wa. detached the Wednesday preceding flic elections and cam on here, there
were a great many perions pu4.l,-l ' . 1
y. bo succeeded you after you wen detached T
Cept. Foote; I did aot aae him; my orders wen peremptory, and I was to Washington
next morning.
Q. Wa. Capt. Foote In New fork at tbe time yon left? j
A. No, sir ; not to my knowledge.
Q When did he take poeaession of your quarter.?" ' rr"? J'.. .. rr-
. A. I think I left to go down ta Norfolk, after I, had been on hen to Washington, about tho
eighth of the inonth. and I think that "on tha following Weteeeday he weul iuta my house. I
was, yott may aay, pitched right out, eayeelf and family.
Q Had then bean an; disagreement between yourself and the Navy Department?
A. Not a word.
Q. Had they is. sued any orden yon had aot carried out ?
A No, air; not to axy knowledge. I went there determined not lo ll neb from carrying nut
my duty ; and tba Ant thing I knew about it, I waa detached. I thought I waa gaining ground
all tbe time and being aapportcd in all I did.
Q. What wen yonr politic. 7 '. r" "r
A. I am a Democrat , When I went to Sew York I went to do my duty in my official
capacity, ot lo be a politician.
Q. What waa the general conduct of the men during your command in the yard?-
A. The government had aoena toe mechanics than, who worked well tor its interest.
QenerallyhowjwajBlt? - - ; 1 .
A.There were a large nutnlisrof tbem wo"were very InauTHriIiniter -
Q I will a.k yon If theft waa o mnion in the yard ? - -
A. In my opinion, It waa ; I discharged numbers on acoount of it. If yon w'sh inst nces
I ran gi yon plenty of them.
Q Will yoa aute what proportion of native aad what of foreign born persons ere em
ployed ia tbe yard ? "
a. Tkat woulit be very nam lar me to '. it wonld ba nnth'Kg more tba n ruess rnrk;
tlisot tltrm were foreign.
A.. "It was veiy injuin.u- t.. me, sir."
y Si it . wlieth r tne in n r. c i iiiueuded to yoa were .killed in the trade of blacksmltlilng?
A. Tu y were not, ,n most c.ises. I.ut tnere wer some nire exceptions. In the first place
n tou i uecn.i.tiu will ii. .1 tiuiiihi hio.. Ir io no to a po iticiun to seek for a job of work, as
hi- iiiocbuuicil qU'iiitic i'ious wil, a w. ys rt'cointni-nd him, and he can always get employm ut
Dit tucsi hlib-r.ile il:ws wim m n I g t e.oplo incut i utside, will make themselves very
ii tlu itlnil nitii po:tii- inns tor'lh. purpo ..(' gutting employiiicnl in the uavy yard; ud that
U toe c..is ot ii.eu th t i,- t..rcel of. us the h-tid -t. 1 would ttiuuk, at any time, a member
ut Cunrc:. lor lecuuiiuiudina, u. good worauian to me, lor it would be a pleasure to employ
bins. o
y. Were these men sent to you by member, of Congress .. smiths who bad no experience at
till iu the trade ? '
l A There were some who had very little experience, if any, particularly in onr line of
busiue.-s. Men have been recommended to me who were very good carriage amitbs and very
g.n.d horse slioers, but who anew uutbing about steam eiijriue. or llie ironing of ships. Our
work is very h. avy; and it requires long practice to learn it so a. to be experienced in it.
y W-is- torse litfi' uli,es l. ought to Ue attention of your superior officer ? r
A le-, sir. 1 ...ways iid so. .
y. n t di. I the UmViiI coii-triiclor say, when you reported to him?
t II nt 1 i.c w a sor.y tor tne iut-h' could not help it.
y Hli.i, jn inline ..nt pin , i, t tu t.'j.pt. Routes (Coiuiuander,) what did he (ay? - - '
11 .".ml he siiw il but could uot help it.
y i hut is the Compilative tuiue of one of these men recommended to you by Congressmen
Mituotieot your own laborers ?
A . Ali. ut one-third.
Q ns time any i ffort in September or October last the elections took place the first
ek in Noteini ei l ioiucrense the nmuin-r of meu in the uavy yard, to your knowledge ?
A V s. si.; there was
Q. II' g. ueral wi.s tlmt?
A it was pii-tty t xtensito.
y. t' ho in tie tiial effort ? -
.. A All the tuemWrs of Congress iu tho Jiffrreut districts,
y. Wn.-it was the incie.ise of force ?
A. Theie w i- quite an increase" throughout the yard. In my department I increased my
force some, t uty-five men
y What in .live was uiged uj.on you ti increase your force?
A. .Verely to.fiud places tor men who were recommended to me for political purposes.
Q. Wns you compelled tu yield to this demand to any extent ?
A. Yes. sir.
y. Can you st ite about the nuiiibl r of men that, in your judgment, taking the whole navy
yard through tbe numlier of men was about 2300 in October, I .believe? '
A. Yes. sir. - '- -
y. Well cun you stitte the number of useless men there were in the navy yard in October ?
State as near aa you can judge. ' ' - -
.V. I eould sately Biiy tlmt we could have done with one-fourth less.
y Was there the same penernr increase throughout the other department. ?
A. Yes, sir ; it waa through the whole yard.
y. i will ask you whether it waa not understood that particular master Workmen were to
administer their patronage for the benefit of particular members of Congress ?
A. Yes, sir; that was the case. -
THREATENING LETTER.
' New Yoaa-, March 6, 1858
Dea Sin: On my return here 1 learn that my friends from my di-trict bate no considera
tion with you, tttsi I have I.ut one from my district, and that other Congressmen have their
due proportion.
I now inform yon tli.it I have the evidence of these facta, and that unless you immediately
write me at Wnshingt n, that you will grant me what I am entitled to, and forthwith employ
my proportion of men. 1 wi.i at once demand your discharge. 1 have been forbearing tuffi
cieully long, and now I wi I net, unless you deal fairly with me. -
, R spectlully yours, JOHN COCHRANE.
Wm. MEnniniin. E-q V
Note. At the time this letter was sent to me. I had eleven then residents of Mr Cochrene'a
distiict tmploted iu the emitb'a depaitmeut. 1 aent a list of the name, at the time.
.:"-; WM MEKRIFrELD. Maiter Smith.
Thieves, msuboidinntes, idlers, 1 scrub mechanics," "fifth-rate fellows, who made them
selves influential with politicians'1- euch were the persons who, by hundrede, the "masters"
wear Were forced upon them by the Democratic mcub'TS of Congress, under a system tane-
lioned-, approved and enforced by the Secretary of tne Xavyl Two-thirds of the 2300 persons
MR. TAYLOR TO MR. TOUCEY.
Hon. Mr. Taylor write, under dale of September 23, 1868, to Mr. Sooretary Toucey:
' Deax Sib: I have been informed that Mr. Ward consents lo the removal of Mr. Kennedy,
master stonecutter in the navy-yard If tbis is true let me beg you to appoint Mr, Jones.
He is one of tbe best mechanics in the State, and a perftct gentleman, and bis appointment ,
would men-mr n vole al least two hundred volet. I WILL' KEyUIRE ALL THE AID IN
THE POWER OF THE ADMINISTRATION, and thia I ought to have. My opponents,
have got up a apurious committee and" nomiuated a second Democratic candidate, and there
is little doubt of my defeat and possible loss of the district, unless SUPPORTED IN EVERY
POSSIBLE WAY BY THE ADMINISTRATION. Mr. Schell the Democratic Collector at
New York ha. almost ruined the administration member, of Couarejs. A more unreliable
and false man cannot be found, lie ia base and false." '
MR. COCHRANE TO Mil. TOUCEY. -' .v-'l-
Hon. John Cochrane, in a pet, under date of Nov. 8, 1868, writes to the Secretary of the Navy:
"1 wrote you before, if elected, I should be elected in apite of tbe bostilty of tba navy
yard, and I have been. The only obstacle that I have nasi to contend against haa been
exteusive hostile organixat'ons in my own party, growing out of the numerous appointments
in procuring work in the navy yard This obstacle was so serious that unleas tba merchant
Republicans and ethers -had assisted me I sbuulil have been batea. - It ia not my parpoee,
wbila sustaii.ing the administration with the best of my ability, to Submit longer to thia
shameful treatment of me. I am now besieged day and night with applications; and I must
have some power of compliance, or I must openly charge the fault when it balong.. Tba
masters of whom J wrote you have outr-'ged me, and disobeyed your orders. Tou pledged
yourself for their removal in case they disobeyed; I proffer to you the proof of their disobe
dience, and upon it I demand their removal. Mr. Graham the civil engineer i. the friend
of Mr Sickle.; and, of course, a. he hold, a oheck on Commodore Breeae, not a man will be
displaced, and every thing will remain as it has been. Through v irious adverse influences I
have been juggled and fooled in the yard. I have now 'consumed six months in -
journeying to and fro, between Ihi. and Washington, and the navy yard, upon errands of
piddling patronage or a dollar a day amount. It 1. reasonable to determine tbat this ba
ended now."
MR. KELLY TO MR. TOUCEY. " '
Under date July 10,' 1868, the Hon. John Kelly write to Secretary Toucey:
"Dear 8ir: You recollect that before our departure froai Washington you gave me a letter
to Gen. Ward, in which you stated thai the musters have power to appoint their foremen ia
each of the departments'. This letter is not official and but little notice will be taken of it,
unless you duplicate it officially to the commandant in the yard. a a Will you do mo
the special favor to write to the department immediately, which will settle the matter. "
Plase accept my kind thanks for the prompt manner in which you made Faron'a appoint
ment , I will have it in my power to serve you, I hope, and be assured, my
dear sir, that it will not be forgotten.'' '
I ... MR. SICKLES TO MR. TOUCEY ,
Under date of July 27, 1858, tbe Hon. Daniel E. Sickles writea-to tbe Hon. , Mr. Toucey:
"My Dear Sir: 1 bate applied to Mr. Fragania, master joiner of the navy yard to give
employment to a few men, good worknien and worthy persons, in my district. Although he
ha. 180 men or there-nbout in hi. shop, he baa not done eo. ;
"I hare only sent one letter of recommendation to him. but no attention has been paid to
it, beyond the answer that when he put an additional number of men to work he would then
see what he could do.
"I appeal to you to vindicato my district from this unjust and partial discrimination.
"Mr. Friigatmt admits he has not one man in his shop from my diatrict.
"If I have not misunderstood your views, it is your wish that the masters should .elect
from the different district, adjacent to the Yard, io equal proportions upon the recommenda
tion of members, the workmen employed in the shop, Ac." '
.. MR. TOUCEY TO COMMANDANT KEARNEY.
On the 30th of July, 1868, the Hon. Secretary writes to uominaodant Koarney: " ,.
"Sir: The Hon. Mr. Sickles has complained to the Department that an unequal and unjust
course is pursued toward his district by Mr. Frag.inza, the master joiner, who, though he
ha. about 130 men under him, hm not employed a single person from his district, although
Mr. 8ickles bns ninde only one recommendation.
"The Department desires that a fair and liberal course be pursued toward Mr. Sickles' -
district, and wishes you to enquire into and report upon this matter."
MR. FRAGANZA TO COMMANDANT KEARNEY.
On the 5th of August, Mr. Fragania writes to Commandant Kearney in explanation:
"There are now employed in the yard about 150 men in the different departments who re
side in Mr. Cochrane' district.
"While upon Ihi. subject 1 wou'd remark that it is utterly impossible for the master work
man to faithfully perform his duty to his g ivi rnment and to his conscience, and aatitfy the
various political interests. . --
"In eight congressional districts who1 claim the patron(te of the yard, in nine caeet out of ;
cj. (Ac mm who are most .trenuosly recommended are eery inti jfzrenX hands, many of whom
cannot obtain employment from private employers. The. Hon. Daniel Sickles '
niter recommended but one unu, and I cmploytd him within throe day. after inch recommendation."-
-. .
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Can any American read the foregoing without feeling in his bosom emotion, of the deepest
shame and mortification? Why, thee creatures hove all the outside, of manhood, and thor
occupy the proud positions of representatives of American freemen; and yet with what spaniel
like servility do they crouch before the Executive Power! How dog-like do they quarrel
with one another, though of the aame party Democrats all over the crumbs distributed to
thfm from the President's table. Hear tbe..Aorao& John Kelly, in true canine spirit.
line out bis "kind inanxs tor tne oestowai oi i -.,u..u. UH vun , u.c pvm-
ft0Bf; approved and enjorced oy the Secretary of tne JSavy: Jo-b.ro.s ",.,, nd iD sUnd. tWor, earnestly declaring hi. intention, if cr an appor,-
HO! FOR COLD AND MLVEKt
Hnw to make it ea.y aad aheap. Hand a tbrea-
sent -tamp, and get fall partiealan how ta obtain , but I shuuld think in some of the departayanta that probably eight t
Wealla. tuareea o. na'xianun,tHwm
Thut la ntearlr n eaaa whan an uprixht omcer Waa removed from attailun. ha unnie.l cane-rcne alien I
cnh af kimfiicitty. Capt. Eootea, a. ha tcsUAca, weal to the auvy yard "to-do his duty in entire ar-teax in uicaient then can. be but one remit, and that revolt ia death
for the pliicee th.Vbait Ite-a'wiwa to thenar Oue-fonrlh or the wu men m the yard,- just i rv- ... - rbtaiia.t .Mlitr m Mr.asUtlw. th r....
hefttr tl,. .I....i,.,s ,,iin,e.H.t i. tnssv ft7ft idlera and vaaabonda. under full nav mil Bee jonn toenraue, man u. .v-.e--- . .r , 1 " "V.""
of the people's uioiity, lor their votes at the polls in favor of Zemocrofic candidates for Con
grrlt! . . '.
-- Th .t is the way tlio peoplea'-money goes. These facts,-testified to on oathv by master
mri hiiuics, go lo estnl.li.-li the truth of a statement made to Mr. ' lingnian, one of the
Democratic United states Senators from North Carolina, by a Democratic member of
Vongres-from New York, and repented by Mr; l.'liugman on the Hor of the Senate, nt the
last iwa.iun f Congress-, that, in one ut Jlhe navy jards two ihirdt of the money voted by
Congress for any pnipoee was rusted. - '
I.ut, nsine Ir.'m the meic li s to the people, pff of whom it ia raised, of the enormous amount
of the 'public money ihu- a n tally wa-ted, consider the corrupt motives of Mo who wasted
it, aud its con uptinU effrctt upon ..II who Con d he made to come' under its pernicioua influ
ence Look nt th- tempt .lion, on the one hand, and the intimidations on the other hand,
which were held ."it to the f.itliful officer and the honest mechanic to make him swerve from
the path of reeiitiid - to aid in plundering the treasury to sell themselves, body and soul, to
. ... . I ' '
lscmocra,K ,.on,e i . ! Kli. . -K-.il
. And oonsi ie, too thi. w ,.te of tbe public money, tht plunder or tha public treasury, these V M mt blre exposed, the Democratic leaden are ever holding ap as
corru,.,,,,,,,. h t.fni.1 unl lu-hing, ,", pMcfced by th Ereeuttve I'ower lo bring the Legisli. VrW UlWwhich they ask for public confidence and .upport. "rigid economy in tha
tve D p rluie.il f the G venipient u...lrr it. e.t...l-to fill the H-Jla of Ctmgtese. not with ' "1 a for th. reserved ri.hU of the States ." "a strict
im-frw-rt'iireaii t ni.e- of-f ee eunsiiluenolewj hirt vHt4-Mippl-Juatrnmfjita;tahaJutiv r.M t .n .. i,i. . .
will, who are honghl, with a price, who ow, their election, to .he corrupt employment in their , ITJ-tu people of the United Bute, be longer duped by thu) t
al""e l.i. call 1"
Wh .t is io ne at the BmolTyn navv vard, l, in substance, done at the other navy yards,
and la every .n pa tmenl . tbe II tional adnilBlalrwtnaj. - How long can oar free institution,
endure nn ! r each -y "len.aiie, wi.le-f read rorrui'tion T How long before the loul gangrvha
winch h..s t.kei, hold oi tn,-Vdv ,i..liie. under the .lea.l'y influence of Democratic rula. will
eat- nd t the vitnloveait lr.-vl- reel p..li.ier '". we I aa In the physical body, each , ,..,tb tut .....Jin. .Mil in th.
. - ii 11 1 J a. atW. raw m Hi ifiin. anu cxi.II. - -j - w
t ap.ears, must ne .r...Ptly .rresteu ar.. w, . speeuigr ...v-. ... "T.- - . mrl AiiJ incline, wnmes, e,t lr
cutitma aotiuo p-mw - - ... ----"--- -
r.i.l tW .anatteatn-.". sa -ha-wvav "six monfiia in journeying to ana rro between rew
York and Washington, and tbe nary yard at Brooklyn upon errands ofpiddlilig Executive
patronage of a dollar a day' ' amount.'" - '
Can representative! elected by these Executive influence, and corrupt applications of the
public money fail to be the mere loolt of the Executive? Having resorted to those mesne of
'filling the Halls of Congress with subservient followers', Mr. Buchanan comes forward and
asks for $30 000 000 to be placed at hit discretion, professedly for the attainment of an abject
ior to ae unattainable! He asks for a tran-fer to Aim of the war-making power! He asks
for millitary protectorates of foreign 8tatesl For these monstrous measures measures which
if carried through, would unsettle tbe pillar, of the Constitution and sap the very foundation
of the Government for theae meaaures, the Executive, as a matter ofjeourse. finds ready ad
vocates in all representative, who owe their seats tn his corupt use of tbe Executive patro
ns ee. and hi. wasteful ."corrupt employment of tbe public money.
- If the people of the United States behold unmoved, and without prompt, decisive and
stern condemnation, the existing atatc of affairs under Vemotratie rule, tha days of tha Be-
stupendou. and mtschievoo. of aHorgauiied hypooiuiea. JfooVii Dunoerasy!
Mr The raina of no incient city W raoentljr Wrt dixcovercd near Qaatalcat, -Iathmua
of Tehrjatpee. Moh ovtn btarix fonr aqoare miler Tha fortificatio)
ooara. Aica ana -