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J II I I ~~I l I t • DA. VEN'.PORT DEVENS & CO S 0 NHPlfiACY !G Will'!! TBJ! VnTEnS OF NEW Y ~K -TilE PLOT TO l!:XOLODZ 10 0n0 M!<.N lo!.ROM' TaE BALLOT BOX -WRO~Oq FOB AN &1-UnlC\S CONQBE$8 TO B!GBT WASBIN<noN, March lB -On the day before the adJournment of the Forty fifth Congress Mr Lynde from the Comiiilttee on Jndimary eubm1tted a rvport of the mvestlga- hon mto the office of John I Daveu port, Obief Supemsor of Eleot10ns m N~w York. It wBS published at the Government prmting office yes terday Mr Lynde, who wrote the report, says he was unable to do fu1llnst1ce to the politwal nnqmties of whtch be thmks Davenport was proved guilty because of lack of time He regrets that 1t 1s beyond the power of Congre9s e1ther to 1m peach or to remove Davenport from office The report 1s a sucment his tory of the tactiCs resorted to by Davenport m New York last fall to keep Democrat10 voters away from the polls The fa.cts ehmted by the mveshlgation of the Ch1er Superv1s or e oilice furnish a. fore ble argu went m favor of the repB:ll of the la.ws wh1ch a.uthonze Federal otli.ce holders to mampula.te alecttonR and attest the msdom of the last House of Representatives m refusmg to ~t supphes for the mamtenance of the Government until the statue• l?rovtding for the a.ppomtment of deputy marshalls anJ superVIsors of election are repealed The let ters written by Davenport, Umted States Attorney Woodfo11l and At- torney General Devens and con ta.ined m the report are highly m teresting and 11lustrate the aesper a.te attempt that the three worLineM made to lend a. colormg of legality to thBlr ra1d DJ?On the IDDOCent holders of naturahzatwn p~pers of 186B The rGpori Mys tha.i iha tastimon v shows that John I Davenputt, a\ Ch1ef Supervlf!or caused Stephen Mosher a clerk m his empluy t swear to a complamt m ~by 1878 agamst 9 300 persons oi fore!~ n hll'th who held certtficates of natm ah.zation Issued from the Sup~rwr and Supreme Courts m the mty of New York m 1868, on wh1ch thev had regostered and voted 1n 18~6 On thts complamt 5 004 warrant~ were Jssued by John I D>tvenp01 t as clerk of the Umteu States C rcmt Court and placed m the han Is of the MIU'sha.ll return~tble before John I Davenport, U mted States Court Com!Uisswner :\Ir Daven port testifies that the whole number of persons who reg1stered m 1876 on 1868 papers was between 9 500 and 10 000 Th& oomplamt was therefore mtended to be aga nst n.ll or nearly all peison!ll of formgn bnth who had exermsed the ngbt of r1t1 zensh.ip by voting_ upon or reg\Jster mg upon the certificates of natural IZ!Ition 1ssued by the Supreme and Snperwr Court~ m 1868 On con &nltation 1t WJ'S determmed th:tt this complamt was mvahd by reas m of the number of names mHel t~u tn 1t, and the warrants were mtl Jrawn about the 20th of May from the hands of the 1\Iarshfll Thereupon Stephen 1\Iosher about the first dav of June swore to a new lot of com p'lo.mta to the number of 2 60Q on which 2 600 warrants were 1ssue l by John I Davennort ~lerk of the Umted Skl.tes Crrcmt Court return able bvfore John L Davenp01t Uruted States Court Comm1sswner and about 300 arrests were made and bea.nng had before Comw1SS1on er Daveuport. The D1str10t Attor ney the Han. Stewart I\ Woodford testifies as to these 300 cases The parties were m every matance dis- charged, be says [page 449] Toe cases really grouped themselves mto two classes There were a few men who eVIdently ought not to have been proceeded agamst whose papers seemed to be regular The great majortty of them seemed to be men who h11d be® made use of by demglllllg and sb.zewd men and I felt that 1t would be wrong- to take crJ.lDJ.lla.l proceed1ngs a.grunRt them and so advl.!IAd thAlt dis charge After atartmg out boldly to pre vent 10 000 men m the City of New York from votmg both Davenport and Woodford seemed to realize thAi th~y hAd A. Jlob o£ AOtnll tn!l.gfil tude on thell' hands, and the former wrote to de facto Attorney General Devens, tellmg how m the past be had a.rreated thousands of pe,.sons who held naturalization paperR of 1868, and expressmg a desll'e to bag 10,000 more of them m tme autumn of 1878 Before beg~nmng his operations Davehport des~red matructions from the Attorney Genel'lll Mr Devens m reply llllold m substance, that he apprem ated the value of Dav&Ilport s aerv1 ces as a purifier of elections, but tbs.t the Department of Justice could not supenntend tbo manner m which a Superv~aor of Ele<;twns should discharge his duties - Mtew&rt L Woodford a.Iso asked for ~tructiona from the Department .l~.3'ustice, and on June 15 1878 he , rellelVed ~~o l~tW;r from Gen DIIVIilD6o m which the factotum of the law de partment of the Government srud _f.h&t, m to cnmmal proceed mgs holdmg the pE1pere knew of no prm .(llple whiCh apphes m all other \It does not that Cl'lmma.l commenced to be pur to result m only object parties to g1ve certmcs.tes or are guilty of any to be prosecuted not gnilty of :A:~~~:U~~~ pruceas · -~, ... wly other -\Ah yes, sa1d Mre Partington some ye!llB ago on the 22d of Feb- ruary, as abe watched the military pas!! by, \.lb yea, W aahington 111 dead, and the worst of 1t ts that ~~~~d~~ q(lo(ii~oJii6i:~ . ._Of, 0 f'e~.,-·-. h1s m!!.ntle-p1eae don t soom to fo.llen on any IIl.Bil now livmg &+t;;QAI. NOTIQ~. Fot;JLTB .J1181CUL Dln'IU<>T AJOpo!ntmonUo.lll!. OlrcuU G\?uru 1 Oour!J outrr an4 Termlner and S,vecia ~ lhd v~ar• 18'18 antlt8'1'V QLDITOJl COUJrTT 1871!. S'l?\nd Monday of Jan Tapl\\' May Laiidon.. Tblrd Bopt l'ottor E:!l.!!ll!'!% OOUliTY Bec11,nd Mopdlly of Juno Landon DM. Potuor Fll4lfXLl~ OOVXTT Ftflt Hondar ol Marub Tapp1111 Sept. Landon.. I'UL:OOII comrrr Fonrth !!Iond!LY of ApriiJ'appan Second NoT rottar MONTOOJU:RT COVIITI Ftmt Mon<lny of Fob Lnndon ThJrd May TaP.pa.a. Flmt OoL Potblr B.L..B..a.TOG.&. cou~ B~cond !!Ion4J>y ol Feb Tap van Third Juno LM<lon.. Oct. l'ottor 8T U WB&NCJ: OOUNTI Fourth Mondar of Jan Potter M.BJ' Larulo:c... Firat Oct Tnppnn s~oond noiid~v o'fA\PriJPc;iter r hir<l Nov I'a~t>An 'W .I.BWI:R OOUliTT Be~ nd ll0ndfly ol Mnrob,!.nndon SepL ·.rsppnn Tappan WA8BIIIOTO!I OOUIITI Third Monday of February uriS Salem Potter do 1870 Sandy H~ Potter Fourtb Monday of June,_ me Bandr Rill TJ!P.t>a!l do 1819 Salem -~·appan l!lrst Monday ol DeoomllQr 1818 Bll!am Landon do ~ 1'%-rSfltlfNNJ.ta'Liiiid'on. WIJcll ool othqrw1oa 11115lll1le\l.lll1! JuetlllCII wltl bold eoeclnl term.~~ 1\l theii Ch4inbe..,. for henrl.ng non en umeruted motion.e demur rete lllld a vam apoltcaUon11 1111 fo'uowa By Justice Tappan a' b~ chAmbers ln tbe elty of OildeW5ba.~h on the tl.rat Toceda7 of January,ldarch May July Sevoomber a.d November At b.la chambers at Potsdam on tbo Grat Tuesdny ol Fobrwuy ApriL J=o AUilUBt October and Dacombor lly Justlce Pottor ILl Wllltoball oa Llle saoontl Tuesday of each mqnth. By JUBtloo Landon, at Schenectady oa tht thl rd Toesdn..z of ea.cn moa b... D Y J tllltlce llookoo at 81U'tl!O~ta B pr!n~e~ ., tbo fourth Tuesday ol each month A BOCKEB JOB l'OTTER :1 H LANDON .ldmlmdrator•a Bale I N Pt'nBt:rANCE Oll' an order o! the Bur toaate ol the County ol l!.Mox the under BI.({Ded Admlnltitr~r a.nd Admlnistm trlx of all an.d a!naular the ~':OOdo obattola und oredtts oJ, Thomas Bmlth La.te or the £l!!~u2[ o!~t. rL!lOOJ!!l~dor Will.~O~.J!.L ~Um/C Hollllll.ept by Fmnols IlL Hnll[ Ill. UppAr Jay 00 anlled In the town or Jny n Anld !lOUDly at two o clock lr. \.he afternoon or fhM day tba followinf deecrlbed real eamt~, to wit Fi~t AI tiin.t p16C\~ or pa.rco1 OI land sit nate Ill Jar aloreaald. be!IU:: a part ol tot number 101 ol Lllo Eosox Tract. so Cllllod bounded aa follows Daglnntug on the west bnnk ol tbo hiJrhwny leading !rom George NtrWi'6Dl 6 to James Howard B piBCo on Oeorae N~n~e south Une thenoe wester ty on uld Newuent aline to a hls!hwa.y lead log to tho honae formerly oooup Ad br Jn.mPS Lawlor l.bcnoo eouth ono bunarul sud al.x U' rodB to tho south eamcorner ol sail Ja.mea Lawler'• old b\me tot WI It WM In 1~ F thence tmlt on Bald Lawtor e Wid Wtltlam elt s llnes (ðer were iD las3 ) to the b1'1 nk ~dt ruM by the holl8elormerly oocupled by aw Wlll!ain Frut thenoe down the oon'-\r ol said brool< until It It •trtkea the southerly olde of tne blqhway first &bovo montloned thence alo~e banks of a.aJd hi£-bwu:y to Ill~ place ol nnin Sooond A o alllltrt ~thor t>i\\\ or I>\T\ eel or la.nd sltunte tn Ja::r aloresatd B.Dd 00. lng part ol lot numbar thirty two Stower'a Survey nl land In Lowle olt.uat.e in Jay .and bounl!od 8!1 !nllowa to wtt Donn lod W OAt by the woet Une of said I L North by tbe north line thpreof Bolllh 1 by the south line thereof a~d Ea.oterlybytne oon!Au'ol nbruok nmn!ng !tom tho ronth llnc to Lila nort.b line throURh Bllld lot Wid contains about •o !UlroB of land more or 1088 bolllll: sruno land deeded b.J: Dlllliel McCan to Thomas BmltJl. DRied Jlareh 12th I.B'r9 HENRY M PRIME Admtnlstrator &c MARGARET SMITH Ad=ln!.otralru .tc nSOW'I Beg t.o mf; rm tbe tr~dE> a.u<i l l ] e gencrnl tun~ tbev nr• now mnnnt t nug ncl hsvto ou ha.ud fin bb~Hl D L ~ P t tbe lowo.st p iiPil.JJ~ prlcv\i bolt ud Clan beor ~n u. iu ny Je. tg A l > n grest vu.nl\'t v of Dressmg C~ses, Burea.us, WA.8H STANDS W.\SH BUU.E\'l~ T Jtlet.. Gdntr e, E:nenswn Dmmg a.nd Kitehen Tables. LDllnllftl, BOfllB, Bnttll!ll, UphOllttJro!l 0• lU 't.b.e Fra.rae Cn.b~;~ w-1.eh Rock ere or Oa1tere, BecretL\riee, :Book Oaae. and Desk& Cane a.nJ. Wood Seated C'hwr,; Every Descnption • Special ioduoemeot to the trad~ or Jers Ot\ c-owmuu1cauon hhou d dnlSBerl LR Bb >6 BOOTS and SHOES. R rru lenn hiLil on h&nd \ lnri!O let of r. nr-Ke bo.ots mnde ftt lnH own shop trom tho BEST KIP LEATHER. Tboy aru nnrr lll\d to be as roprern•t'Jted un 1 l..a will &ell lhern For Gash, at $3 DBr PIIIT. ALL Kll\Ptl OF Course or Fine Work litade tr;~ Order Promptly ~~ :~~~~··t:;.b:~~·:l'~~~=~~,FRIBNDB & BTRANGHRS > :S~)i~;B~~~ Yon ran get your Watches Cleaned and ih;;::;;;.,,~.i.!\.!':! I R1epokired fnr I••• tha11 yo\ can nt any oth tn F.ssex county by sendlnl,l or lh Ill nt rn, ttsldetlce OD W,.ter wh~re I Will he found ready to do ••• -•••\\ of Fanov Work snch ns Makmg Go !<I 811d llli Yer Rtuga Rroach6e of aU kinds to order Alao neatly Old sold and silver tax \'l'ork Gold and Rtlver ·~~c.-··-·· ... a prloe W BUJtoustomen 011 Wate' S$J'eel, ~liz!\• btUti:IJW~j~~JJl lJ, ABOlU)IBtitTo FirHt National Bank of PORT HENRY. T HE po t 11 t 1 I ~ax ( u ll ure w>oc ially n t fit\d tb t \ l' 1 Lc m st bnppy to .xt n.d to t1 em o 1 s nw\\ Ill the purchu.se or sa.le ot 'tT s BONDS STATE AND RAIL :R.OAD :BONDS JOHN mcCORMICK T ,11 I L 0 ll Ticonderoga Form[n ann n~m~~lJl F1ne ~] lal ::; 1 lTISF ACTIO~' GU!RHTH: ~ J. ESTEY & __ t:OMPANf; BRATTLrEBORO, VT. Our new Organ, expre&:sly des1gned !'or Sunda,. School! Chllpels, etc , 1s proving a GREAT SUOOESS. Be sure to send for full dcscnptn c Catalogue before purcbas1ng m y other THE LARGE~! WORKS (Or THt KINO) ON THf Gl~~t Illustrated Catalo>tie sent free *.a. he .Atl0:\1\TIL FOR TO FAHliEUI'i Thu ou\Js 1 ber owns II r g JOB PRINT HALl \: 1t ) MANSION t Eltzd,bet!no1 PEASE IIJt r: GEORGE B I PORT ill \ J l H E: SHERil ELIZABl 111101 ; WEED IT l L WE..,lf!Jt Pa,rk St U S PE=\ .... I );...; SURVEYOR CONv Notary Public Auct ance and Gene Agent Crown I •• E M JOH' PH0f(,GR Crown Pom.t Ess New Yor J H POTTEl! Physicwn & Schro.:>n Lake Ess letna F~il'