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The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN
COLUMWU8:
TUESDAY MATMJ^mt.
—Term* of NitafriH** 1-
One Yo»r In * 9*M.
~ Thi* Sew Tnrk ** LH»rel ” kMtm.
Wo copy in this pnp«r the zddrem of
(he State Committee of the Liberal Bepob-
licHtin of New York, urging the thorough
organization of their party. Tho reader
will boar in mind that it ie not a Demo
cratic address, but that those who issued
it (we omit the names of all but the Preei-
dent end Secretary) are ell Republican
Ftipportere of GreOley and Brown. Ie
there a tiingle sentence in tbia address
that wo could hope to have bettered by a
Democratic National Convention? We
dv not believe that it in possible to get up
a Democrat io National Convention that
would in ouy respect improve on either
the platform adopted at Cincinnati or the
nentiments of tho address to whioh we
now direct the attention of Southern men.
Almost every utterance of both declara
tions arc just what we would have them
to be; aud the ono or two eioeptione are
ns uoar satisfactory as we could reason
ably expect a Democratic national plat
form to be. This being true, are wo to
be frightened from availing oureelves of
a reinforcement that would briug assured
victory, by the apprehension that the
allios in sight are not in fall sympathy
with us? _
11IP. HPIJU AKtit'N.
Thin paper (edited by Colonel Robert
kb-Ken, a gallant and talented Kentuckian
by birtb > has been considered aa thor
oughly “Bourbon" in politics as a por
11on of tho editor's native Htato In In
spirit. On the “New Departure" flere-
up, Hu “hundred eyes’’ glitterod with the
same light an that of the Georgia >Sun*
ami on all quoNtions involving the policy
of the Mouth it has been unyielding aud
uncompromising. Wo were therefore
rather surprised lo seo that it had de
clared for Greeley and Brown without
awaiting the action of the National Dem
ocratic Con vest ion. But the editor is
fully convinced that Ihe great principles
und objects for which be has been so
ably contending can only be promoted
by supporting the Cincinnati nominees
find platform, and therefore maintains
bis consistcucy. Wo oopy his brief stalo-
mniit of the reasons inlluonoing him to
place tho huiiiom of Greeley and Brown at
the head of his columns, in whioh state
ment he copies from Ihe Cincinnati plat
form expressions which completely refute
the char go Unit tho Liberal Republicans
and tliuir nominees favor the continuance
of tho Enforcement act and other meas
ures of Federal interference with the
Governments of the Houthern Htates :
We boliove that “all the roads that lead
from Greeley lend to Grant."
We believe that u ohuugo in the Feder
al administration is necessary to the safe
ty of the Koutliorn people.
Wo believe that in the Liberal Republi
can movement, with its promisee to the
Htates of loeal self-government, and to
“the nation a return to the methods of
pence and Ihe constitutional limitations
of power," Ih tho only hopo of the Houtb.
We believe that the election of the can
didates of tho Cincinnati Convention will
restore “tho supremacy of the civil over
the military authority," secure “freedom
of person under the protection of the
/ml>iofi eorpus," and guarantee to the citi
zens of all sections “the largest liberty
consistent with public order. ,r
And, believing thus, we put at the head
of our columns the names of Horace
Greeley aud B. Grata Brown, and ahall
support)huso gentlemen for the offices of
President and Vice-President respeotive-
Jy, slid support them to the end, uuless,
ns the canvass progresses,it shall be made
c.lear to us that by another courts we can
better servo the people of the Houthern
Htates.
Thu Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution publishes a state
ment of tho aniomits returned to Georgi-
mis who have claimed and recovered (bo
tuxes paid by them ou the baggiug and
rope holding their cotton when subjoot to
internal revenne tsi. The total amount
is $20,144.17. Most of the claims were
made from Augusta, Havaunah and Macon.
Wo tlnd only 0110 Columbus claim in the
list—Upping, Hansard A Go., $67.66.
The Dotuocrats of Monroe county held
a large mooting iu Forsyth on the 18th
inst., to nomiuate a candidate for Tax
Collector, and lo take steps to organize
t be party. They nominated Hrnith Waller
ns their candidate for Tax Collector. The
following resolutions were adopted by the
meeting:
Resolved, That we fully indorse tho
administration of Governor James M.
Himtb, and believing him to be faithful,
capable and honest, recommend him for
re-electiou to the gubernatorial chair.
Resolved, That kuowiug reform to be
as necessary in Pedoral as it was in Htate
affairs, wo express our willinguess to
unite with nil of our fellow-citlxens, of
whatever past political oreed, iu an effort
(o restore the government to its forrnor
purity, but deem it beat at present to in
dicate no line of jiolioy, proforing to qui-
oily await tho action of the approaotung
National Democratic Convention.
T. B. Cubaniss, L. A. Ponder, R. P.
Trippo aud J. R. Rawls were appointed
d«l.>gate**lo represent Monroe county in
the Democratic Htate Convention at At
lanta.
Roohevf.lt Explain*.—Iu the tele-
graphic report of the scene in the House
of Representatives when Voorbeee mad<
his uitack on Greeley, it waa mentioned
(hat a member told him to “go to Ihe
White House and get hia pay." Mr.
Roosevelt, of New York, according lo the
Washington correspondent of the Herald,
thus explains why the taunt was made:
“As to Voorheos," said Roosevelt, “I
got in that question ou him about going
• Io tho White JlotiKO, because it waa gen
erally said among Democratic Congress
men Hint Grant told Voorheea that he
wanted s few Democrats like him in hit
(Graut'* 1 party, and would like to turn
out an etiuul number of fellows of no ac
count, who had all along boon Republi
cans. Our feelings," said Roosevelt, “on
the Democratic side, are that Dan Voor
heea had better go oat of the party any
way. lie and Caleb Cushing, and a doa-
en more here, belong to Grant's tide.
This year there will be a general declara
tion of war ou Bourbonism."
. hibmv Accim.
. Knr Tow, Hoy O.—R*r*» OroJor.
|g reply to a formal notileetion of bis
nomination to tho Pvdeidenoy by the Lib-
oval RepjiMleaa Convention, baa written
a letter aooepting the nomination.
. _ lie
says he has waited to hear from all parts
of the oonntry before taking this step,
and is satisfied from free aud unrestrain
ed popular responses, that the action of
the Conveutiou meets the approval of all
interested in runuiou and reform. Ho
fully endorses the platform of the Cin
cinnati Convention, and dwells particu
larly on the reconciliation of the South
and the removal of *11 political disabili
ties, end declare# that the American peo
ple have mad* the cause their own and
will bear it in triumph. With the dis
tinct understanding, that if elected, he
eliall be President, not of a party, bnt of
the whole people, he accepts llie nomina
tion, confident that the North and Houtb
are eeger to clasp bands across the bloody
chasm whioh has too long divided them,
and forget they have been enemies.
Tbs above brief telegraphic announce
ment puts at rest all apprehension
(whether sincere or affocted) that Mr.
Greeley esn be indaoed to decline in
favor of a nominee of the Philadelphia
Radical Convention. It also reports his
empbatio endorsement of tba platform
of the Cincinnati Convention, and his
especial approval of those parts of it
which secure the people of the Houth that
hie Administration will pursue a very dif
ferent course from that of Grant's to
wards the “Htates lately in rebellion”—
which promise ns an end of all Federal
interference in looal State government
the supremacy of civil over martial law,
uo suspension of habeas corpus, Ac.
It remains for the Democracy of the
Houth to determine whether they will ac
cept Greeley aud Brown standing now on
a platform essentially Democratic and
constitutional, or whether they will re
N IIWflllflliIfl N TNI PAffTT.
We see fa some of our “straight out"
Democratic exchanges the objection made
that the support of Grealy and Brown
would “disorganise" or “disband" the
Democratic party. Wa have to reply to
tbi«, n the first place, that if the party
secures the success ot its prineijdes by a
relaxation of its organization, it will be
in s mncli better ooudltiou than if its
principles bad snstaiued s crashing defeat
anil its <»rgsni/..ition had been maintained.
An organization without reasonable hope
of snocees is little lietter then a faction—
poweriett* for good and only efficient in
keeping up strife and division. Haram
scarutn newspaper writers, who dribble
such nonsense as “defeat iu a good cause
is preferable to a compromise of princi
ple" (meaning thereby a relaxation of
party discipline) do not consider the full
effect of en overwhelming and crushing
Democratic and Liberal defect in the ap
proaching Presidential election. It com
prehends four years more of the rule of
Graut aud a Congress suliservient to
him! Think what has been done in the
past three years of his present term, and
you will not need to ssk us to dwell upon
the evils that the future would have iu
•tore iu Kuch a contingency.
But would the failure to make a distinct
Democratic nomination, or even a nation
al Democratic declaration in favor of
Greeley and Brown, result in the disband
ment or disorganization of the Democratic
party? Was the Democratic party of
Georgia disbanded, disorganized, or oven
demoralized, l»y the support of Joshua
Hill for U. H. H .natorV Was the Demo
cratic party of Tennessee disbanded or
demoralized by the support of Heater for
Governor; or tho Democratic party of
From lha Aajpirfa Conatltatlowallrt.
MM, fOOMIKT UKVOUfi.
This eiuqbsut and vehement gentleman
has on n reoent occasion iu Congress
poured fourth n very ardeat diatribe
against Horace Greeley nod bfai record.-—
The Indiana orator is superbly indignant
at the reuiembrauce that Mr. Greeley ad
vocated the policy of letting the Houthern
Htate* peaceably secede, out that being
overruled in .bu he joined in the battle
ery of “on to Richmond." .
Ho oonapmuotia a man and paper aa
Greeley and the Tribune could not well be
neutral and eileut when the war began.
He had to take posit ion with sword or
pen, on one aide or the other. Aa to
what Mr. Voorheea* position was about
that time the couutry i* not so well post
ed. From the time of his recent speech
one would infer that Lo manfully shoul
dered hia musket in deleuse of ihe out
raged Houthern people—or at least that
hia voice waa heard riugiug loud aod clear
in the denunciation of the war, and
against coercion. Perhaps this was so.
But hia record escapes the memory of the
average Southerner. Ho is recollected
somewhat distinctly as the couusel of one
ot Jobu Brown’s co-conspirutora, in his
murderous and incendiary raid into Vir
ginia a year or two before the war. The
young fanatic, whose atrocious sentiments
towards Hoalhern people gave the Moulh-
eru couutry its first opportunity of hear-
of Voorhees, was named Cook, and not
withstanding the eloquence of his udvo
cal e was duly and ceiemoniously hanged
at Charlestown, Ya.
Hiuce then the cursor of Mr. Voorhees
has not boon quite so conspicuous, iu
peace or war, though he hits uot kept his ^ (v miv mtsm9 itii> iiotviii ,
light hid .ltogoth.t irod.r « h.ii.b.1, li in I p'utfur'n«u iou^ul Um dnlYmat'enii
to h« hoped MHO. indOHlnou. biographer i, fferi)n< . 0 betweeu that aod the Ciociu-
will give « "ketch of hia aervice. to the , ,,|„ furm j, in reg „d tothetar.tr.
Because he is liberal aud honest, able
and efficient, a manly oppouent and -a
“gentleman in politics," he has been
buccettful.
Wkf Vsrry Wes ttihrd.
Tbs New Haves Register (a Democratic
paper) sxpUins why it was that Its party
sod a few RepobHesas of tbs Cormseticut
Legislators waited to sleet Ferry over
Hawley. After mentioning the personal
reasons, stating that Geu. Hawley had
been a persistent alaodsrsr of his political
opponents, and had now found that “it
docs not pay to ba bitter and extreme,"
etc., the Register say a :
. Bat this contest has not been wholly
personal. General Hawley baa been the
advocate of the extreme measures of the
Republican party. We oanuot recall one
which he boa opposed. The Ku Klux bill,
the Enforcement soft, tba Election law,
and scores of other measures of doubtful
constitutionality, have found iu him an
ardent advocate. On the other hand,
Heuator Ferry boa opposed neatly all of
the political measures which extreme Re
publicans have advocated, and be has
done much to allay the passions of ihe
late war. Only last week be took occa
sion to make an able speeob in defence of
the rights of the (Rates, and in opposition
to Humuer’a civil rights bill, which pro
poses to regulate schools, ebutthes, juries
aud even graveyard associations. When
the vote was reached, Henator Ferry stood
with Trumbull aod Hchnrz and Tipton,
w hile opposed to him were Cameron and
Morton and Chandler, and that class of
Republicans. We do uot know what po
sition Senator Ferry will take in the ap
proaching Freaideutial cauvass. We do
know that he endorses the Cincinnati
platform. In his speech at Music Hull eru\ ass^Nination.
lust March, he insisted that the Missouri 1
[Fnuu 1I>#> Jtf w York Trllsiii#.]
MHAtL A MKMUHfr BK M/WTEO 150TB
BABTIAL LAW f
If a deed of unmistakable iniqni‘y is lo
Letter Pram “haselar Furry, of
Vnrrrb Stave* Hz* \rz Chars**, *
Washwoton, May 17, 1872. >
Hon. Jttme* b'.'Rabcuck :
Mr Dear. Hia—I thank yon for your
plursant congniuh t-ry le'tcr. I am urate-
Y*1a»t>ie Ktatlatira,
The monthly report of tho Bureau of
Statistic* for December. 1871. which has
just been received, is a document of great
statistic*! value. Besides the usual sta
tistics of trade aud navigation, (which
cover the calendar year 1871,) there is a
Urge amount of miscellaneous matter.
The Ktulixtios of immigration show tho
number, nationality, age, sex, and occu
pations of immigrant* arriving at each
ended December
and uutiou-
ulitic-s for the entire calendar roar. Tho
.-.no
be Attained by a subterfuge, commend us fa) to the democrats for their votes. It
to Gen. Bntler. His plan for smuggling j republican, indeed, and probably always
the Ku K-iux law into an uE.eusiou i- ] aboil be. They are democrats, and not
worthy of it* author. Consider the case, t |j, e |y to ebungu. Aud yet we arc not ell
There ie no eienee now for violent lie ; anUgi.uu.ici. . v.'E in |;oliiic«. AVe Lnve , rt dnriu „ lb “ rL( . r nd ,
Klnr legiahtiun. \\h»te»er the origin..! OI1 . jLnntrj iL.t v.e love; one »i«b for | |t " jgjFand »Im th”numl. u r
need for it ro.y lm,e been, it bne wind y I it „ proven,,. \v„ differ in unary —- 1 ' 8 ' ,d “ uuu,1,or
. F« r 'oonth* 'h-« '-oen | .bunt tbe bi«t me.hod of ,,rou.oim 8 ... , IoilowlBg „ a KUlem.n« oi oecupailon by
scarcely a sign uf Ku Klux Umordurs. «<,itare, but in some things it ho* turned , ue|iera | Jl.isaes for the uuarter ended De-
NfgioeH and wbitee h.ve learned to oc- 1 on , ti,a! «o ere agreed. " 1 knew fbet 1 ; J*. q “
cupy in peace the bnd in which Provi- wiu acting iu accord with the pisiform o'
deuce has placed them together ; and tht-y ! „,y party when I proposed to remove th
are even preparing to meet in harmonious . dis^bitities which encumber a portion of j e
political action ou the common platform the Southern people, aud when £ rtiisted | ‘
of tho Cincinnati Convention. Tho pre- ftt i nnoonsritutiouid attempt to take u*j
sent law was only paused, after earnest I from all the people the management
and conscientious opposition, on the dis- , their luc ’ " ' — - -
tinct agreement that it should uot extend , dcuiocra!
over the next Presidential election
on tbe adoption, as was supposed,
limitation that m.ide this amply secure _______
the provision that it should expire at the atoiial election iu Connecticut is
clone of tbe present session ol Congress, any party or faction or iudividnul has wo
Ou the etnnip it whs defended against the H triumph, but that tbe people sustain i
i their local affairs. Hut 1 have found
Profeio iunnl oc npations..
Mliilleil occupations, (mechics, Ac.) 7,71H
jcllaneous occupations, iuclu-
) ding laborers 2.1,112
j Occupations not stated 4,040
J Without occupations 41,276
(tend . duuiucnti »nd r.-piibliciiB .like giving I Aggreg.l. 7S u;,;i
> , ,L “' r * u PP° rt in , lK»iii»n ibut l j 7, tfk, g i anC o tbe miu.ber eet down ns
„„ “wltboi.l Mca l «t<<m”f4i,S7l.> mny Men.
' M “ 8»»*eful tobotli. Ihe mor.l of ihe Sen- Vl rv f„ lu ,idable, but it oonsisls chfcflv of
member against them former political Virginia in the loust weakened by the
sins and repudiate them for post party
acta and aaaooiatioiis. Hhall wo accept
the “olive branch" which Greeley ten
ders, or spnrn it aud repel him aud his
Liberal associate# by a proffer of con
tinued distrust aud antagonism? By
pursuing the latter course we will set in
a spirit very different from that which
prevailed at Cincinnati, and that which
Greeley manifests in his appesls for re-
ooncilietion and hie demand for universal
amnesty (now almost accomplished by
the determined aland and the growing
strength of himself end hie frionds.)—
By pursuing it, we may aland on stilted
“dignity" aud fancied “principle"; but
these delusive props, if relied on to give
us a triumph, will most likoly be knocked
from under our foot, and wo will sustain
a fall even harder and uioro crippling
than that of 1868. But we bavo every
promise of snccees by a union with the
Liberal Republicans ; and as to our reap
ing the benefits of the alliance, which
constitute the consideration of tho anion,
we would have the means of enforcing
their fulfilment in the event of hesita
tion. But of this there cau be no danger
whatever. The liuo of demarcation be
tween Greeley’s friends and those of
Graut is now as distinctly drawn as ever
Hiioh a line waa drawu between Greeley
and the Houthern Democracy ; and their
respective polioiee are as clearly defined
and as irreconcilably antagonistic as it is
possible to presont irrecouoilable and di
verging policies by a straight out Demo
cratic nomination against Grant.
P. 8.—Elsewhere see Mr. Greeley's let
ter in fnll. It is a bugle blast for peace,
equality, fraternity, reform, aud the Con
stitution.
(IKKEliKY ANII t'AI*T. HttAIK.
The ColuniluiN Sun of yesterday morn
ing published the following correspond
ence butwoen Mrs. Elizabeth Brain, moth
er of tbe gallant ('apt. John C. Brain,
now of our city, and Horace Greeley. It
is plain that the usually benevolent and
sympathetic editor of tho Tribune was
not iu a very amiable humor when ho wrote
the answer to Mrs. Brain’s appoal. But ho
had his views of the character of Uapt.
Brain's exploit, and wo can tuako allow
ances for difibreuoeH ot opinion botwcou
Northern and Houthern men in regard (o
incidents of the war between tho two sec
tions. It would be hard, we imsgiuc, to
fiud a Northern war man who has iu overy
case been willing to do us justice, or to
•xercisa the magnanimity whioh is the
orowttiug virtuo of anocess. We believe,
however, that the Tribune, under Mr.
Greeley's nisuageinent, did, shortly after
the date of thia letter, make such a state
ment of Oapt. Brain's oese and his condi
tion as to stir up the Federal authorities
to the wrougfulueaa of keepiug him iu
oonfinomout—a statement that probably
had more effect than anything else iu
proouriug hie release.
The following is tho correspondence
above referred to:
Montrkal, 127 Hi. Constant at.,)
January 11, 1862. )
To Horace Greeley:
Hia—I take the liborty of trespassing
on your vabuabie time, on behalf of tuy
son, Lieutouaut John Olibbou Draiu, now
a prisoner in tho Kings Couuty Peniten
tiary, Brooklvu, where bo has been incar
cerated for the last two years and four
inoutho, for haviug faithfully servod os
an officer in the Houthoru wer.
My ohjeot in writing is to see if you
ean give an anxiqua mother any reason
why lie should uot participate iu the last
geueral proclamation of pardon issued by
the President. As 1 have heard hie oaso
does not oorne under this lust general
pardou, and having no frieuds from whom
1 can obtain the information, I have
taken the liberty of appealing to you aa
the must likely person to give me somo
information regarding hie ease; and if in
any way you would bring your influence
to bear in obteiuing bis release, you
would oonfer a lasting obligation on hia
earrowing mother; and if itls uot asking
too much, I would crave a reply at your
earliest eonvenienoe.
1 reuiaiu, air,
Youra, respectfully,
Eluautu Bbain.
The Republican National Committee
baa received official advices of the elec
tion of three hundred and eighty dele
gatee to the Philadelphia Convention,
three hundred end eiaty-eigbt of whom
have been instructed to vote for Urant'e
rcrnominatiun.
Concerning the classification of Demo
cratic Congressman supporting and op
posing acquiescence io the nomination cl
Greeley aud Brown, telegraphed on the
20th lost, to tba Baltimore Sun, Louis-
j|Ule Courier, Ac., tbe Baltimore KretUny
Journal has this to say for tbe Mlirland
delegation: “The statement made bp
the Washington correspondent of the
• Belt!more Sun, that but one of Ihe Are
members of Ooogreee from Maryland fa-
vora the coalition mow rat, lo quite or-
xoaeous. Althoogh we are not privileged,
as jwt, to cell names, we know pooonally
support of Walker? Ou the contrary,
the election of Hunter in Tennessee and
Walker in Virginia strengthened the Dem
ocratic pnrty of their Htates and opened
the way for easy and splendid Democratic
victories. Thu failure to present “straight
out" Democrat io nominees divided the
enemy widely and permanently, and when
next the Democratic drum beat for a gen
eral muster, thousands of foriuor pnrty
opponents promptly rallied to the sum
mons. They lmd “uo wbero else to go,"
because their former severances had dis
rupted every tie that hound them to tho
Radical party. Ho it will bo with the
Liberal KepuliiiVanH whom wo may now
aid in hunting Graut and tho Radical*.
They liavo broadly ami inert’ucebly drawn
the lino of principle thut separatus them
from tho Radicals, and if tho Democrats
help them to grain the usceudaney of
tlioeo principles, there is no danger what
ever that they can over he won hack to
the Radical organization uml policy. 'J he
revolution accomplished will he main
tained by the men who effected it, and
they will care hut little about tho name of
tho organization that is to maintaiu it;
nor will it umko much difforetico.
Look ut w lmt may he regarded as the
“first fruits" of the co-oporatioti of tho
Democrats and Liberal Republicans—the
election of Ferry ns Senator from Con
necticut over tho Grant candidate. Did
the Democrats of the Connecticut Legis
lature disband or become demoralized by
tho support of Ferry ? They suw that
thoy had no chalice to elect a “straight-
out" Democrat, and they did nut foolish
ly conclude that “defeat in a good oanse"
was better than a relaxation of party or
ganization. Ou the contrary, they coa
lesced with a few Liberal Republican
members and elected Ferry, thereby se
curing a Senator who “endorses the Ciu-
ciutiAti platform," and who lias lately re
fused to he houtid by a party caucus to
the support of Radical measures. Is
there any hope to revolutionize the Sen
ate and Wring it over to the support of
the liberal and constitutional policy of
Government announced at Cincinnati,
within the next four, or ovon six years,
except by such compatible combinations
as that which triumphed in Connecticut ?
Lot Southern Democrats view the situa
tion dispassionately and fully, aud then
nut as men who comprehend its perils and
their own grout responsibilities.
Tho question is, shall patriotism and
duty, or prejudice aud party, dictate our
action ?
The summary of Ihe dispatches to the
New York Herald, from Loudon 20th,
couoerniug the search for Dr. Livingstoue,
is that Htanley (the Herald's explorer) bus
found Liviugstoue, aud that tho two are
together at Ujiji, iu the inteiiorof Africa.
Why are all the Radicals of the couutry
those who oppose universal amnesty,
demand a continuance of authority to
rule the Houth by military force and pro-
esa, etc.—so particularly and venomously
hostile to Greeley, if they no not know
that his policy is peace instead of war,
Htate rights instead of a oentralizod des
potism, ami the supremacy of civil over
military law ? Why do they print and cir
culate Voorhees’ speech by the hundred
thousand, but with the hope of jajoliug
Democrats not to accepi Greeley and thus
to defeat their most formidable opponent
“Learn from the eueuiy" is a good and
wise axiom, and tho Southern Democrats
would do well to watch the movements
and design a of the Graut Radicals. How
it would delight them for us to do just
they wish us to do! But what could we
hope to gaiu by it ?
Tho New York HeraUl accounts for
Greeley’s great ]>opular)ty in tbe Houth on
the euppoaition that the people down
here spell his name “U. Gree lie#.”
Dr. J. K. Barnuiu, one of the most tel-
entod and influential citizens of Stewart
oounty, has connected himself with the
Lumpkin Telegrapti as one of its editors.
country. Iu the uieuutiuio, the fo.lowing
from tbe New York Hun as to tho must re
cent record of Mr. Voorhees’ service* to
the country must suffice :
“Appointed a member of the Robeson
Investigation Committee; tuet March 21,
Mr. Voorhees not proHent; March 26 the
Committee met, Voorhees absent; March
2o, had informed the Commit!oe that ho
woulu decline, to enuble the Sp- nker to {
appoint a man iu his place, and did not ’
decline until March 28—ov< r two weeks
after hi* appointment. Meanwhile, tho
committee had held two meetings, and
Hecretury Robeson was making every cf- (
fort to obtain from hia acou.iora tho uuims
of the witnesses against hi
Geoiioia Membkuh or the 66th Con-
ouehh.—The members of th'J 66th Con
gress from Georgia who are excluded
from the benefits of the Amuesty bill,
passed yestorduy, sro Alfred Iverson and
Robert Toombs, Senators ; and Peter E.
Love, M*rtin J. Crawford, Thos. Harde
man, Lucius J. GartrolJ, John W. Jf. Un
derwood, James Jackson and John J.
Jones, members of the House of Repre
sentatives. There wore no members from
this Htato iu the 67th Congress, the Htut
fierce attacks to which it was subjected 1 depeudmt thought and action iu their
by the equally conspicuous OHHurunce that repxeHeutatiets. Yours truly,
by no possibility could it be made to ! o. 8. Fi:rhy.
afl’cct a Presidential contest. Alter all I
these j 1- dges aud thia si-lf-linming ciau*e, j Popnlaiom of bforyl* n«»Nin. il.
it was only accepted by tbe Ameihan! We take from the census of INTO the
people with the greatest reluctauce, und following suimtical facts relative to our
because of u belief in i?H instant liters- population, and tbe relative position of
hity for the pruaent protection of a help- our Htate iu tbe Union.
less race, exposed to midnight scourging* ! Population in 1870, 1.184.108 ; whites,
’ 068,020; colored, Cbiutht*, 1; lu-
Uen. Butler now proposes that Con- diaus 40.
gross shall not adjourn ita present acs-j Male citizens twenty-one years of age
sion, but merely t«ko a recess till after and upwards, 241,271.
the election, that the limitation may bo Citiz- ns deprived of suffrage elsewise
evudt-d, und tho Ku Klux law kept in than fur ciimo, 1,064.
force! We do not believe tbe dtd 0 e will Total deaths not violent, 12,861; un-
win. A great nation cannot be tricked known, 668; the name in ieOO was 11,820;
out of its purpose like a ward can u** ; and unknown 2,607.
we warn geutlomeii who contemplate the With m representative population of
attempt that it cuay prove a very serious 1,184,108, and ohr representation in th
piece of business. Alt iuuq do know that
there is no excuse for tho extension of
this law. Its propriety was earnestly dis
puted by many of our bust people at tho
outset, aud it was only
ratio of 1 to evory 127,014 inhabitants,
would give us ih Congress nine Repre
sentatives, with a fraction over of 40,718.
Our actual preterit representative pop
ulation is that of 872,406, by census of
ds by the sense of its necessity. There Is60; by that of 1870, with the emunci-
io such sense now. There are no dis- pit ion of the negro, and to that of a vo-
irders to cdl for it. There is a returning ter, give u* a gaiu of 66.76 per cent.
IT" W»r« u t | y d *« wi-lito bortOen. ,„ m „ crfed btfor9 of
Om.U8uor.Ur, of thoN.vy. M ;• > .or- b " d , chronicle.
bees was also on tho Now Oilcans Invest!- 0
gating Committee, and did not go to New 1 „ „ „ . ...
Orleans. Jle declined to serve, saying Largest Claim \zt. Coloofll W.
that he had important business to attend VWdon, a* attorney for Mrs. Anna M.
to in Indians, and has not been out of Htringb, has filed the largest claim ever
Washington a day since tho bugtnuiug of i'h'd before the Houthern CUim* (Jommio-
tbs UubuHoQ iuv«»ti K «ti,»n. It »oul.l | riiB rtenmnd i. for *:i7f.,(IU0 for
wood und timber taken for supplying the
United State* army during the rebellion,
from the large est ;te of Mr*. Fitzhugh in
Fiiirfax c Maty, V*., known as “Raven -
worth." Among the papers filed is u
safeguard iu the hnudwritiug of General
Winfield Scott, dated June II, 1861,
which read* as follows: “Mrs. A. M
Fitzhugh, of Raveusworth, a lady of greiit
excellence, connected with tho l'athur of
l.i* Country, is, with her family servuuts,
et with house and property, rhvtd under tho
““fcgturd of the army/'
seem that Mr. Voorhees did not wihU t
hurt Geu. Graut’* brother-in-law, Cuaoy
Ill's U snrf Little s.
huxinku
From tie- Ih-riiM * Wiihlilutft.i
Washington, May lii
Humour held a couversati<
flKi.KI.EV AM) OIIANT.
IVaslilagtuiiCoir.Msy lt*.J
Ubailus
to day w it h u
Ho
new-Mpapor correspondent wherein he said
“The tariff plank at Cincinnati
fairest und frankest I have over n
in my expeiiunce of political conventions.
Heretofoie such terms liavo boon used as
judicious tariff, u tax affording inciden-
Tux Cotton W'akkhoitkb Company.—
tal protection, Ac., whereby politicians ! The now warehouses of tho New York
could demagogue one way iu Fonusylva- ; Cotton Warehouse Company at tho Atlun-
spirit of peace ami good order, which it,
more than all else combined, can destn y.
It is a most alarming and dangerous power
to commit to a President like Gen. Grant,
when hi* own interest* are nt stake,
cause it is needless, because it in ban
to the regiou it j
•t>, the population < f the Htate
was 1,067.286; iu 1870, 1,184,108, a gain
of 12 00 pet cent., and ranks No. 12, iu-
8tu«d of 11 umoiig the Status.
Thu white population of the State has
l changed as follows: In 1860, 6111,660; iu
m(S,!)26, a gain of 8.01 per cunt.,
catiso it in dangerous to the country at sud ranks No. 16, iustuud of 17 among
large, riot lens than bueanse it was origi- tne State*.
consists chiefly <
women and chi.dren. who, though with
out an^ nominal occupation, aro not by
any means without uosful employment.
The collect ions of internal revenuo
freiu each of tho principal sources for tho
first six months of each of the fiscal years
1>TI and i.*'72, and the statement of tho
public debt of the United Statu* for tho
first of i mb mouth from March 1, 186t»,
to April 1, 1872, are interesting items of
information, and the latter especially use
ful for reference.
There are several valuable tables of
railroad statistic*. One of these shows
the total length of railroads in the United
State** at the end of each year, from 1841
to 1871, exclusive. [The length in 1841
was 6.666 mile*, and iu 1871, 60,686
ludos.J Another table presents statistic*
of one hundred of tbe piincipul railroads
of the United States, showing tho length •
of each iu mile*, number ot passenger*
acd amount of freight curried, recoptn
from pAssengers und freight respectively,
opera’iug expense*, dividends, coat of
road, amount of rolling stock, Ac.
The report al-o contains valuable sta
tin* irs of the railroads of Great Britain
and Prussia, and a great variety of other
intciirtting matter.
To tbe Deni oc rat !<• anil (oaservative People of
the statu if Alabama.
By the authority of Urn State Kxocutivo
Cominittuo, a cnll for a Htato Convention
of rbo paity is hereby made to ho held in*
the SL.to Capitol, at tho city *»f Montgoui-
| ery, at tho hour of twelve o’clock m.,
! on Wednesday, tho lllth day of Juno,
1872.
4no business of tho Convention will ho
nally u grave sti
tho most pressing exigency could warrant,
wo protest against tho trick for its renewal.
Let tho .South a* well as the North hava
peace.
From th- Baltimore Kvctiiiiji Journal.
DKJIOtUAlY l.MiOUstll AT CIHINJUTI.
l.ich only Thu colored population of tho State has I imp*
changed as followi
1870, 646,142; a gain • f 17 «•« per cunt.,
and ruukn No. 1, innteud of No. 2, among
the ‘
atid it is desired that every
Total population of the State, 1,184,- ' t
: 106. N*»ivo horn, 1,172,082; foreign ' dev
born, 11,127; having one or both parents the
foreign, 28,811; having father foreign,
22.DO I; having foreign mother, ID, 116;
having foreign father and mother, 18,600,
1 be r«*ad»r will perceive from th'
When we thought proper to take the
position that it was tho solemn duty of abovo statistical facts'that onr grand'old
the Dcmoi ratio National Couvun'i »ii to estate is stopping forw ird, and not hack-
ll * wards; that investment in land, stocks,
wo distinctly slated that
i adopted w*s substantially I
doctr
d* tu
, will pay
uty shall be reproseUted.
Lot tho delegates come up as Patriots,
ivith a determination to pretermit ail local
inestions of controversy between party
, an 1 to snbo'.diunte all pcisonnl
to what may be doomed best for
Jfaro our beloved State.
Thos. J. Jcnon,
Thus. II. Waits,
I*. T. Sax UK,
Central Comiuittea.
vorthy of
ideniably
Jiejtu h!,
ilia and another way iu Virginia. The tic Docks, Brooklyn, wore opened
Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati tnudo a ' unlay. There were present most
compromise, libera! and honest, confus
ing that they could not doal in mass cot
veutiou with the quern ion, and remaudii
Hat-
if tho
members of tho Cotton Exchange and
many other merchant*. These ware-
iiiteudud for the storngo of all
it to tho people. The iiotue, therefore, cotton coming to the city, as it ha* been
lost none of its importance and the Con- discovered that by concentrating tho
volition none of it* liberal, fraternal and trade of tho city in one enclosnro, and of
national character. 1 fell that our politic* 1 doing away with the pre*eut system of
hud hocoino more plainly, more manly and ench dealer having a noparnte warehouse,
loss prevaricating, when I raid that the minimum of oxpetiHO will he reached,
plank."
The question wa* than asked, “Mr.
Hutuner, will you nppoar iu thi* campaign
a partisan of eithar Grant or Greeley ? "
Mr. Humiier said, “I have boon perfect- \ telegraph, ho that all busints-t can be
ly neutral. I oanuot support Graut and transacted with the agent there without
the necessity of visiting the store*. At
I hope that ! the opening on Hat unlay, nor oral speeches
were made, in which tbs company was
congratulated upon tbe hucocsh of their
efforts, and general satisfaction was ex
pressed.—Ac it York JluUttin, 2t )th.
. . . To Re Hung.—Judge Clark, of the
big letter G aud the little g. Grunt ia the ( Jtfocon County, Georgia, Superior Court,
little g. I qow in teuton at Oglturapt, sentenced
Horuoe Greo'oy lias boon nn unselfish, j l| o | 8 e,ibak 0 and Loyd, cm Wednesday
k«tt|) in; or trul llmt I nm civ-
iuff my friomlN NtiiinU advir
tlin content mil lie Hindu 11 pi 1 runmil I nm
liotwoun thu lllni'Hi, tlie <|iui!ilii'nlInn., t)m
record and tho luufulminH of tlin imm. If
it growH lo tie pimily jiohtinil mnuy |>i*r-
Nonu will draw llm ,uuty Inn*. It iu, In
tuy miuil, jimt now. u nontoht Imtmioii tho
obaritatdii, lilu ril, |ihiluiiUiro|ii(i man
Uu baa ri|i«uod into mm puriud. Alt purta
New You, Jan. 17, ltbUI.
Mrt. Brain: It would bo dUBoult to
do anytbinu for yoar aou but lo urga
that ha ba fairly triad (if ba baa'not beau)
and draft with aaoordiag lo law. Lieut,
llrain raaaa to thia city ia tha guiaa of a
poaeaf ul, loyal aitiaan, and aa auoh am-
Iwrfcad vita hia eomradaa on board an
unaruad merchant at tamer, which ha
aftarwarda anrpriaad, orarpowarad and
capturad through daoaipt aud tnaobanr.
I do uot aa* bow ha oau ba ragarded otb-
wiaa than a pirata.
Youra, Boniox Uusutr.
Urn. Brain, MouIrani, Panada.
l(r. Ktnaalla, aditor of tba Brooklyn
KagU, waa tba Praaklaat of tba lata D.in-
orralia Htata Oanaaatloa uf Naw York,
wkiah virtually aeeaptad tba Ginainnati
platform and algaiiad iu vUliagaaaa to
aid in tba alaaltan of Onalay. Xkarak
na doubt that Mr. Ktnaalla waa aboaaa to
prakda uvar tba body baoanta of tba
prampfnam and kaartiaaaa mftb whtab hto
papar argad tba aamptann af Otaalay
and tbaplntfaraa.
Wa Mgrat to laarn from a privato dir-
pateh traaa Onfaala, raaaivadin thia aity,
tbatb-Oov. Jobn GUI Ubortar waa yat-
tarday vary tom to baalth, and H waa
faarad that Wa aandtttan waa not tm-
of tho country apiireoiate him, and Ins p rox j m „, for tho murder of George W.
name !■ tho nymbol of good will mid Inst- i>'i H h. Thoy had been sentenced before,
iug peace. 1 believe (hut if tho issuo bo ; |, ut the execution hud boen delayed by an
mado personal and put on the ground of j to the Supremo Court, which af-
obaraetor Graut will be hissed out of the tinned tho docUion of the court below,
field, 'ihe Democratic party is rcgnining Hence tho reaontence on tbe 22d iust.
tho confidence of timid men in tho North j
by ita good behavior. Thu South has
gone far to oatisfy apprehension in tho
North by ita magnanimity toward Gioe-
* >y. Nobody could ever charge Mr.
Greoloy with nepotism, tho Male of his
influence or any mercenary selfishness.
I think the big G will crush out the little
No Necessity fob Sr*rending the
Right of Habeas Court's.—The advo
cates of the bill before Congress extend
ing tho Prsbident’a power to auspsnd the
right of habeas corpus for one year in the
Houth begiu lo despsir of csrryiug out
their pet project. A cauvass of tbs lit
of RsprsasutAtivss shows that tbs uisjor-
ity of the members will not endorse such
an insult to the rights of Amorioan citi
sens. There is little hope for true recon
*t rue lion in the Houthern Htates aa long
aa the very liberties of the |>eop!e are
handed over to the tender mercies of mil
itary aatrapa, aud the fundamental princi
ples of civil rights can he turn away at the
pleasure of a ohoulder-atrapped dictator.
The power of cue mau to ans|isnd tbs
right of habeas corpus has been too long
a disgrace to the nation, aud we trust that
our representatives, when tbs hill for its
extension comes before them, will prompt
ly rebuke tbs iusolenoe and audacity that
suggested it. It is high Urns that tba in
terminable cant about tbe iasaes at the
war ba laid aside and civil rights ba re
spected in all parta of tha oouatry. Tbs
Booth can never be brought voluntarily
within tba rietarhood of lbs tttataaaoloag
aa military rula ia to be tbe pradomiaatiag
power and idle ootnplainte about local out
rages are believed in Washington. Thia
conns baa been tried and found aasvilof
tbe moot aggravating kind. Lat tbs gov
ernment now tarn iu attention to eoneUi-
| and tho wnHte and theft, which now take*
place to a couaiderable extent, will bo
prevented. Theno warehouse* will be
connected with the Cotton Exchange by
lust, to bo banged by the nock until they
load, on Friday the 28th of Jim
Democratic support. T!
Hue, aud peuoo the extreme Tolly of tho
Democrats blindly rejecting Mr. Greeley,
when in nil tho honesty of hi* nutiiro ho
steps (irmly upon the platform.
The whole world sees plainly Hint thu inter!
Oranti*m or UudicaliHtn must necessarily iu eiectiui
load to a subversion of republican institu
tions, and there can bo no doubt that the
loud and unceasing Democratic cry of
IIERTOIIATION OK TH* rONSTUn ION
at last awakened the people to tho great
danger that Rurrounded republican insti
tutions, and to the necessity of overthrow -
fng military despotism iu protection to
idf, liberty and property. It wo* tho
CoKHClON OK LaUUKLI
wlieu the uineuded Enforcement Bill
under const Juration, Mr. t'tt*s«rly of Cali
fornia offered an amendment to prevent
,»f Government tftl ’ors
tho diacnrtsioUH Mr. C.
durt.-nhud the outrageous manner in which
tho euiploje* ut tLo Mare Island N.ivy
Yard at .*>an Frauc.itco were led to the
polls iu gang* by thu . tli -or* of that yard
at the last election, and made to vote a
particular treket. lie uxhtl ifud several of
these tickets, due of them was of p.iste-
* tin
q H
hex
Mic rnoTE
which produced the first genu of the Cin
cinnati Convention, and brought tog* tie r
a body of patriotic men determined to
ovetlhrow a dunsty from which comes
no peace, but which emits continually a
poison deadly to fraternal feeling* be- wore
tweuii the sections, destructive to State numl
Government und profttrativo to the inti
tiy of the oonntry. These
they are Democratic fact*, fairly demon- i
mruled, und hurled with terrible effect u
upon tbo entire Republican army. About o
one-half of that ariiiy couldn't Htand the
fire, and they deserted despotism whuu u
they jumped on thu Democratic platform t
ut Cincinnati. ii
It is tine thut the Liberal Republican*
did not choose to take tho name of Demo
tion. John Goode, jr., of Virgiuia, the
member of the Democratic National Ex
ecutive Committee from tLat Htate, pub
lishes a letter iu the Norfolk Journal, in
which ho says:
“A* at present advised, I am prepared
to support the nominees uf the Liberal
Being iuterracnl.il a« to tho ,.o S »U.!o I ll«I*ub | U*.u., «ul in m> jmlgui.ot it «uukl
...t« ..Mho Hitpiiieuieutnry clans. «f tho »■'« »« D.mocrat.o
troaty, Mr. Sukn.r ani.l ho could not Oouveu I 00 »t B.ll»»ore to make any
oiproaa an opinion upon it. He added, »t «»• B.ll.vlng that a Dent-
however: “The Gladstone government
says to Grant: ‘Help us to koeji iu office
and we will have a reciprocal influence to ;
keep you in office;' and Grant says, ‘I
accept your proposition, particularly
with tha amendment which relates to my
self.’" ^
Wealth, Taxation aail Public ladrbtetlsrM of
tbe Mate of (ieorgla.
We take from the census of 1870, tho
reported financial condition of our Htate.
The figures will be fouud quite interest
ing to tbe lover of statistical facts.
The assessed value of real estate, $146,-
948,216.
Assessed valuo of personal estate, $86,-
1,806.
Total assessed value of real and person
al estate, $227,210,640.
True valuation of real and personal es
tate, $268,160,207.
Taxation, not national; State, $016,804;
couuty, $006,270; city, town, etc., $77.V
666; total, $2,627,020.
l’ublio debt, county, for which bonds
have been issued, $800,886; all other,
$261,840; town, city, etc., $14,686,816;
all other, $264,162.
The total receipts into the State Treas
ury during the fiscal year were $1,164,804;
of which $782,808 were from geueral
taxea; $66,024 ftotn liquor tax; $6,778
from liesuoes; $21,446 from corporations;
$16,(XX) from Htate Road; $20,202 from
interest; $610,000 from loans; and
$2,066 from miscellaneous sources.
Total disbursements from the Stats
Tiessury wers $1,444,817; of which $17,-
066 wars for the Executive Department;
$626,801 for legislative expenses; $86,280
for judiciary; $2,617 for penitentiary ex
pense*,* $114,647 for institutions for deaf
and dumb, blind aud insane; $20,000 for
educational purposes; $67,821 for print
ing; $406,608 for paymouts end interest
ou public debt; and $176,488 for uiisoel-
Lnsous expenses under acts of the Legis
lature.—Savannah Iicpublican.
Th* Pnsfmatio Tube.—Tbo Honse
Committee ou Appropriations Wednesday
agreed to appropriate $16,000 to construct
a pheumatic tubs from tbs Cvpitol build
ing to ths Government Fiinting Office, a
distance of ons-tbird of a mile. Mr.
Brisbains, ths iuventor of ths tube,
claims that he oan transport all kinds of
documents, Ao., from the priutiug office
to ths Capitol at a much smaller expense
nd about three inches long, and
upuii it wa* printed in the tiaest diamond
type, the complete Huts ticket. Hu*
form <>f ticket precluded ull poKsibil ty of
h secret ballot or uny change being made
upon i’. Tho Republican gain in the two
voting districts whero tbe ballots of ll c
employes in tlie Mare Island Navy Yard
were oust whs about 1,800, and sn equal
f these peculiar tickets were
the boxes. It is also reported
lucts— that these tickets were printed iuWa-h-
;ton, uid that similar ones hnve been
■tlin dictions in Washington by lilt)
ployes of the Navy Yard here.
\ow iu Alabama if u Democrat were
n*ly to atttaipt to influence bis laboreis
vote with him, the so-called Enforce-
nt Act would be invoked, a marshal
anil squad of soldiers would tuke him iu
charge and the pleasant prospect be held
obedience to suggestions which havo
to us imm sources entitled to tho
;st respect, sine© tho above cull fpr n
ith.—Savannah I State Cuuvetniou wasisnu • I, aud ptihliHh
| ed, we deem it proper to state some of
! tho principal mutters which will doubtless
— In tho Senate : i>u acted upon by the Convention :
1. The nomination tor candidates for
the various State office* to be tilled ut tho
next general ei.utioii,
2. i’ho appointment of delegates to
repreHent the State in the Kutional Con
vention of the Democratic and Couserva-
t.vo Daily to be hold ill Baltimore oil tlm
D.bof July next, if it be determined that
ilie State Shall be represented in Haiti
Convention; aud thedecitiou ot Ihe ques
tion whethor such delegates ahull gt) under
instructions or otherwn*c.
8. Tho Mil i j set of the selection of elec
tors for President mid Vice President of
the United States.
We hud supposed tho objects of tho
(' invention were sufficiently patent with
out u stalemont of them.
Thom. J. Judge,
r J'. H. Watts,
V. T. Haykk,
Central Committee.
ersts; bnt wlmt i* a Deiuorrat, or what out to him uf passing several years of bis
has a Democrat ever been but a Liberal time iu u Yankee penitentiary. But Grant
Republican. In opposition to Federal- will fail to carry Alabama with all his
ism, ho waa strict in the construction of chinery of oppression if the Democrats do
the Constitution, that he might bo liberal not suffer any disturbing quest!
to the claim* of the State*. liberality iu State policy to enter into the
tho construction of the “compact" be
tween tho State*, so as to soeuro them
their sovereign rights under the Constitu-
r.ltonlu
ty rtifcr.
Gen. BiivcKiNiarxie’s Position.—Tin
tion, untitled them to tho name of Liberal Lexington out respondent of thu Ciuciu-
Republicans; where#*, Federalism tended null Cuoimtniul says :
to increase thu power of the Central Gov- John C. Breckinridge is the idol of
eruiuunt nt the expense of tho Htates, just Kentucky. No more popular mau *htnd*
ocratic candidate cannot be elected at thia
time, und that the only alternative left to
us is to choose betweeu a Liberal Repub
lican aud a Radical, I caun >t hesitate a
single moment. From the re-election of
Geu. Grant we oould expect nothing but
the continuance for suother term of four
youra of tbs corrnpt and oppressive mili
tary despotism which has characterized
his administration. From the election
of Mr. Greeley upon ths Liberal princi
ples of the Ciucincati platform we might
reasonably hope for tfie restoration of
constitutional government, tbe deliver
ance of the Houth from all the nntold
horrors of Radical misrule, and the in
auguration of an ‘era of good feeling’
throughout ths country at large. ’
Not to bk Laughed Down.—The
Richmond Htate Journal is tbe organ of
the Kudioal party in Virginia. It sees
bow ridiculous are ths efforts of Harper’s
Weekly, tho New York Times sod their
imitators, to laugh down Horace Greeley.
It says;
“We do not propose to treat the nomi
nations of the Cincinnati Convention as
a matter of ridicule. Hneers are substi
tutes for ideas with those inospsble of
advancing argument. Mr. Greeley is too
formidable au opponent to be laughed
down or made weak by ladierous pictures
and sarcastic taunts. We regard him aa
a strong man. We know him to be an
able oue. Few liviug possess more geni
us and have more devoted personal
friends and follower!. He has been for
many years connected prominently with
every important measure or act of tbia
government. He ie a plain, strong man,
and baa a deep hold upon the hearts of
the people. This much me freely admit."
With reference to tree cotton the Pa-
latka Herald of the 16th inat. eaye: This
new tree, of such commercial importance,
ought to be extensively introduced in
Florida. Mr. Warren has distributed
some of the seed to those who are dis
posed to try it. The pod contains an ar-
tiole like cotton, only more eleotio and
silky, and well adapted to upholsterers’
use. The seed produces an exoellent oil
for mechanical uses, and the oaks is good
for stock. It is destined to baoome a
very important article for Florida.
Fobney and Grant —Cob Forney re-
i Radicalism now ia doing.
Of course, wo do not iutend to com
pare tbe great Federalist leader* of the
past with tlie corrupt leaders of the Grant
party, l>ut the illustration serves our pur
pose. Moreover, a men's honest convic
tions never desert him, whatever coloring
circumstance* may give to his public ac
tion. A mau in power acts out his
her soil to-day than be. People
would like to have him enter politics
again, but bo resolutely remaius aloof. I
was told by a kinsman of his that the
Geueral had resolved to take no part
whatever in politics a* long as bo wus
tinder disabilities. There have lately been
several newspaper reports in circulation
about hi* position, but they are all with-
conceptions of right aud wrong; and out authority. No one has any authority
what better Democratic doctrine do the ! to speak for him, and he does not choose
doubtful Thomas’ desire than the dee a- ; to speak for himself. Hiuce the war he
ration made by Mr. Greeley in the Tri- ; ha* been what is termed a Liberal Ih
bnue, December 17th, 1860. Here it is
AVe could not stand up for coercion
crat. He favored giviug the negroes the
right to testify in State courts, favorjr.g
for subjugation—for we do not think it j it from motives of justice aud public
would bo just. We hold tho right of self- j policy, ns a statesman and a lawyer. On
govemnieut sacred, even when invoked j other measures looking to tho advance-
in behalf of thoso who deny it to others." . ment aod beuetit of the colored popula-
*But if ever seven or eight State* send While no ono has a right to speak for
agents to Washington to say, “Wo want ‘ him, it is, however, understood here that
then is now incurred. He also sevs that i turned Philad« lptia to-night, and the
be oan transport goods, freights, ‘letters, ! President greasy f®*r» that he is proper-
Ao , from New Yoik to WaaLiugUm iu ing to announce that he shall support the
two hours by means of tbe tube. If the Cincinnati ticket. Senator Cameron told
trial tabs proves a euocess, it is to be
kept there, and a company will be formed
for laying them throughout the couutry.
The postal pneumatic tube hoe proven
to be n euooeee in England.
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doubt,
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mooh man ptontod thia JMt tkao Into.
Onto, owing to ton Into dry apali. am
•tamt n Mtor*.— Ff* A6* fftm.
tLo Briwid.nl recently that Col. Fornty
would b« on Um otlwr ddn before tba Octo
ber election*, and Ora. Grant beginn to
think that there mey bn noma truth in
whet Ur. Cameron told him.— W’o*A»«y-
U>» UUgram—Seie York Trthiiu.
The Herald pnbhabed a ion, report of
an interview with We. H. Seward, which
is subetantially M follows: Ur. Seward
being lately tsrntshed with a copy of
Voorhees' apeeeh denoracing tha aomtoa.
tion of Gtoeley, he remarted: “If the
friends of Oreetey mo wine, they will en
ds, ver to get mom Democratic members
to iota Voorhees to bin nramdi against
the Oineiennti nnmlnallra. Nothing
Mid V* bettor ferQntty."
Ho again saiil-
tion, he has been equally pronounced.
to go out of the Union, wo hIiaII feel oou- i he favors Ihe Greeley and Brown ticket
strained, by our devotion to human liber
ty, to say, let them go.”
We cannot believe that Mr. Greeley,
although the proprietor of the Tribune,
was responsible for the after word*, “On
to Richmond." In our judgment, that
aud doe* not think it the part of policy
or prudeuce to put e Htraight-out Demo
cratic ticket in the field.
ie altogether antagonistic to the characte
ristics of “our next President."
Ex Pkesident Johnson.—Tho bill to
give this Htate another member of Cou-
the oonceptiou of another uiind, and j gres* having become the law, we are au
thorized to say that if the electiou i* to
be made by the Htate at large, ex-PreM-
dtut Johnson will be a candidate. lii*
friends throughout Tennessee Will re
ceive the intelligence with gladness a* af
fording mi opportunity to tho people of
the whole Htate to tender to him a richly
deserved tribute of respect and esteem.
Or.o such man in the House face to face
wi'h Ben. Bntler and the servile tools of
a military despot will be an inexpressible
joy to ali the patriots and friend* of con-
Niitntional government in the luud.—
A'ash cilU in ion.
[FpM-ial lo tlie >u\min*h Voroing News.]
bra. tionlou After a Uadlral linstc.
Washington, May 28.— General Jobn
B. Gordon ha* written a letter to Senator
Hoott, of Pennsylvania, replying’to the
charge of the latter, made in the Senate
tbe other day, iu w hich he alleged that
Gordon wa* among the organizers and
earliest leader* of the Ku-Klux. Gordon
pronounce* the chargo false, end quotes
what he did testify before tbe Ku-Klux
Committee. The letter conclude* os fol
lows:
W'UAT GENERAL GORDON SAYS..
Tho kindliest relatione existed between
the two races. Peace and the observance
of the law were everywhere found, aud
never, sir, until you carpet-bag govern
ments, through the fears and cupidity of
the poor, deluded negro, had embittered
A Lightning Itim.—When little Rich
ard Grady was killed by lightning, day
befoie yesterday, ex-Aldurman Cunning
ham wa* standing not more than twenty
feet from the lad, and felt a slurp paiu iu
his right foot, as if hot iron had been
driven throngb it,he any*. Mr. C. says be
saw the boy on the ground, his clothing
smoking, and told some of the men to go
bim'ugaiust ns aud, by his aid and your.*, | to him. About an hour after ibi*, Mr.
had robbed our treasuries, plundered our
corporations, blighted our agriculture,
blasted onr hope.*, and hung debt, like a
mill-stone, about our necks—never until
thee, and uutil the administration of tbo
law had bccotno a mockery and political
subserviency, the pu**port to Executive
clwuoencj for ciime, wo* the peace of the
South ever brokeu or ill-wiii engendered
betweeu the races. Aud this Uubolism
you would continue in the South. Like
tormenter8 iu the Spanish bull-fights, you
continually fling the bloody flan iu the
fuse of the negro end goad the white men
to desperation with the bayonet, that the
inevitable conflict mey furnish an excuse
for the perpetuation of your despotism.
I prey that the American people may re
bake this spirit in the coming elections
end let the reign of constitutional govern
ment be once more inaugurated. But be
aa it may, I ahall not permit you, by
my silence, to bolster ud tne fortunes of
your political party by thus dragging my
nemo into notoriety, without asking you
to carry the responiibility of the wilful
falsehood you have perpetrated ill the
CuLuingham found himself in Davies’
lamber yard, on Second street, over a
mile from the scene of the tragedy. IIow
bo came to be there he could not tell.
He had recollection of going down Iowa
Ktraet a abort distance, with another man,
bnt remembered notfiing of his career uf-
termard*. U« found hiiusulf standing by
a l:imb« r pile, and for a moment thought
be was lo*t. Then he recoguizod the sur-
rouuding*. and knew were he was. But
he walked the whole distance entirely ob
livious to everything in the world. He
felt rick upon coming to, and took tho
Third-street cars for home. His foot is
atill numb. One of tho men employed by
Mr. G. Bras working at a distance of forty
feet from the place where the lad waa kill
ed, and upon placing his hand on his
shovel blade, the whole palm was burned
to n blister.—Da renport (Iowa) Gazette.
.A Western paper relates that a Demo
crat was dining at a certain hotel one day,
when the polite waiter said to him, “Beef,
pork, mutton, veal, or ehioken?'* “I
don’t care a was th# reply; “*ny-
tfeing to brat Gnat."
Winter in lit*' Itork) X.untitlu*.
A letter from Sweetwater to the Chica
go Tiilmtie says:
It i* vary dangerous traveling in this
country in the winter, und wo liavo hncl
many narrow escape* from death during
thu past terribly severe kuu*ou. Mr. Aus
tin, the stage driver between Houth Fuss
City iihd Bruyn, got lost, and laid out two
nigbt*, with tho mail*. He suffered ter
ribly, but was finally rcHcued. Mr. Kean,
n furrier, iu South l\i*.*, started to go
from Camp Htumbaugb to l.i* home, a dis
tance of .eight mile*, became lieuiltWred,
and laid out two night*. Mr. Koiu re
ports that during hi* wandering* ho oamo
upon the dead body of a man iu citizen’s
eloihen, and with * bundle on bis back.
Some persons went out t > look for tho
b uly, but could not fiud it, Kean being
uunble to tell just where ho had seen it,
but bo think* it was in the hill* a little
noith of Atlantic City. Wlum tho snow
molt*, the body will bo fouud. Tho
wohoH came near eating Mr. Kuan. Ho
had no arms, aud at ono time had to 1 out
off the ferocious animal* with hi* *tick.
Sergeant Thom*,* Barrett and Home citi
zens started to go from Fort Htambaugh
to South l\i*s to attend a lodge meeting,
and on tluir return, became lost, and
wandered among the hdl* nil night. Mr.
Gallagher going from Atlantic to South
Da**, n distance of four mile*, got lost,
and laid out all nigut. Seven soldiera,
who went down Beaver creek to huut elk,
were lost ou their return to the fort, ami
five of them severely frozen. No amputa
tion* have heel) made mo far, but oue or
two may yet become uucoKsary.
it would seem incredible tbut an officer
could get lost ou the parade ground ».f a
fort, but such i-t a fact. Lionteuaut Rob-
inson, who was officer of the day, started
out ono night to visit the Hcntinel* on
post at Camp Stauibangh. After wander
ing about for some time, he got to tho
flagstaff, but kuew not in which direction
then to go. Two *iden of the parade
ground were nninclosed, and ho feared if
he left thu flagstaff he might mis* tlie
building* and get out ou the prairie. He
hallooed, but could make no oue hear, al
though two company barrack* aud the
gUiifa-hoc.se were within less than two
hundred feet of tlie flagstuff. At la*t,
finding he would perish if he did not soon
get under cover, he groped his way for
ward through the daikues* and Htorrn,
and fortunately struck against the bar
racks of company K, 18th infantry.
Another officer started to go from the
ndjiuaut’s office to his home, on the other
side of tbe parade ground, and having
walked a sufficient distance, was surprii-ed
that ho did not arrive at home. Fiudiug
he bad mi-sed hi* wav, he turned about
and attempted to retrace bis step* to the
adjutant’s office, he becAUie bewildered,
and went be kuuw not whither. Wander
ing thin way and that, never going far, as
he (hought froni the post, he finully ran
Against a building, and found it wa* the
cavalry stable, a considerable distance out
on the prairie. This happened in the
middle of the afternoon, and w'beu the of
ficer got home, the whole of one side of
his face was frozen.
These example* will nerve to show what
kind of storms we have in this part of the
country, where we live 9,000 feet above
tbe levtl of the sea. At time* it is impos
sible to travel, the wind apparently blow
ing from all {mints of the compass, whirl
ing ihe snow in every direction, and com
pletely blinding and confusing all who
venture out.
Hob. S. 8. Cox, of New York, has re
ceived a letter from llorutio Seymour,
who speaks to the following effect: “Mr.
Greeley’s election will be a preservative
step toward looal neighborhood govern
ment, and will stop the course of over
bearing Federalism. We can have Demo
cratic principles in some measure by ac
ceding to the great revolution iu his favor
which i* sweeping over the country. In
this State it is irresistible. I have not
boen on peracual terms with Mr. Greeley
for some time, bnt there is wisdom and
heartiness in the popular movement to
support him. I recognize in the sympa
thy between himself and the voting mass
es au element stronger than talent or fit-
uses. He bae the talent end fitness to
•nit tin tN»F« »t IObm."