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PARAGRAMS. —Yesterday, in New York, Gold was quoted at 1.334, Cotton 24 je. —A Philadelphia false-teeth manu facturer makes over two million of them annually. —Large numbers of Georgians ami Alabamians are emigrating to Ar kansas. Virginia Journals are rejoicing over the revival of cloth manufactories in that State. —The engine driver of the Irish mail train, wrecked Ht Abergele, has died of anguish of mind. —The hiring of hair has been insti tuted since May, 1867, for parties, but now chignons can be had per month. —Tn England they tine SSOO and dismiss from office any revenue officer who takes an active part in politics. —Oregon, the last one of the doubt ful States, has been heard from. She gives about five thousand majority for Grant. —Frederick William Dickens, latest surviving brother of Charles Dickens, died a few week ago, at Darlington, England. —This season we resurrect in hats one of the oldest fashions—the sugar loaf, with crushed-in top and curled brim. —The entire assets of a recent bankrupt were nine children, which his creditors magnanimously allowed him to keep. —Sweet eider sells for twenty-five cents a gallon in Conneticut. The housewives are using it extensively for the manufactures of mince pies. . —ln Connecticut, a boy of twenty has just married a widow of fifty who has seven children. The eldest, is six vears older than his new “papa.” —State fairs now have a new wrin kle. One in New Hampshire offers three dollar’s premium for ‘‘the best child.” All that cry are counted out. -The “Tennessee Mounds” are be ing explored, and human remains, pot tery, shell ornaments, vases and stone idols discovered. —Bolivia has given Brazil 16,000 acres of land, in return for various “decorations” of the Bolivian presi dent. —At the close of 1867 there were over 2,500 miles of railroad open in Italy. At the close of 1870 therfc will be nearly 1,500. —A statue was recently inaug crated at Birmingham, England, to the memory of James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. —ln 1866 more than eighty-one per cent, of the immigrants from Ireland to the United States, camo over on steam vessels. -John J. Smith, the colored mem ber of the last Massachusetts legisla ture, has been re-elected from Boston. -The Chinese like the English mis sionaries because they can make shoe strings from the binding of the Bibles received from them. -—The Penitentiary of Indiana has over four hundred convicts, whose labor supports the institution, and the appropriation of the State has not been touched. —lt is thought that if the Florida fruit supply continues to increase, the United States need no longer look to the West Indies for oranges and lemons. —(hi the first day of the next ses sion, Congressman Kelley, of Pennsyl vania, will introduce a constitutional amendment providing for universal suffrage in all the States. —A host ol reporters called on General Grant, in Washington, on Monday to get his “views,"’ but had to be content with learning the “views” of the servant who answered his door bell. —The Cincinnati C'ommcrctulsays: “It appears that Democratic Congress men enough are elected to give the party ninety members of the next House.- Eight seats are to be con tested.” —The Vicksburg liepublioan adver tises as follows: “Wanted immedi ately, 50] 000 carpet-baggers to come to Mississippi and settle. I*. S.—Those having trunks preferred ” —ln Vienna, the Dianenbad has been fitted up as a theatre, at which women ouly are to perform. Adi the male characters are to be personated by women, and even the orchestra is to be composed exclusively of female musicians. lt is proposed, in Boston, to gather together all the flags, canvass,bunting, timber, scantling, and whatever else of the paraphernalia of the late cam paign that remains, and to dispose of them for the benefit of the poor the coming winter. -r-The license law that Massachu* setts adopted lastye.lr disgusted every body, and this year the prohibitionists have a large majority in the legisla ture, though the question did not at tract public attention at all, during the canvass. --The Charleston JVcirs eongratu latcs itself that the Democrats have been beaten, “not by a politician, but by a soldier—a man notoriously averse to the extremes of party, and strong in the consciousness of the confidence . and support of the Northern masses.” —On Friday of last week Mr. Ed* win Forrest paid through Jay Cooke at Philadelphia §65,000, the amount in full of the accumulated alimony due to his late wife under the decision in the divorce, the decree of whichJias at last been made final. Mr. Forrest has expended, it is estimated, upwards of §300,000 in this painlitl divorce suit. —'The members of the New York Fire Department are required to be come familiar with the interiors of the buildings in their districts, so that they can work to greater advantage in case of fire; and it is intended to have a constant patrol of firemen, similar to that of the police depart ment. NfllionalHcpnbltcan Xt’OUSTA. (SA. SUNDAY MORNING., Nov. 15, 1868 ■ I’ii ton—l.fbcrlj JtnMiw*. This is a Republic where the Will of the People is the Law of the Land. | U. S. Grant. “ JTu/cA over thepreservation of the Union with zealous eye, and indignantly frown upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of the Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties, which now link together the various parts."— Washington's Farewell Address. A Duty Neglected- There are many Republicans in this city who have so far neglected the duty of registration. This is all wrong. We have recently won a splendid victory, and although defeated in Georgia, that very defeat will prove the means of benefiting us. It will call the attention of the Government to the illegal manner in which our opponents hold elections, and the rem edy will be applied. Then, why should anybody despond ? Are they afraid of riots ? There is no danger of any dis turbance on election day. The law forbids citizens carrying concealed weapons. The civil and military au thorities should, and doubtless will, arrest every black or white man that appear at the polls armed. The carry ing of weapons is the preliminary step toward riotous conduct, and if these weapons are taken from persons in possession of them, no riot can occur. This remedy fer a peaceful election is simple, and better still, is lawful. The people should be required to take bal lots, and not bullets, to the polls. How ever, our Republican friends should remember that a ballot will be of no use to them unless they secure a cer tificate of registration. What Should Congress Do ? J list previous to the Presidential election, Gov. Bv block addressed the people of Albion, New York, in which he explained the situation in Georgia, and pointed out the necessity for the election of General Grant. Wc pub lished and endorsed his speech at the time. We reproduce an extract from it now, for the sake of calling atten tion to the wisdom of its suggestions. After showing how the Legislature was organized, in violation of the spirit anti letter of the Reconstruction laws of Congress; how neatly one fourth of he members held their seats in open violation of the 14th article; how these ineligible members turn round and oust about thirty eligible ; and how other outrages were perpe trated ; his Excellency juoceeds: Having thus explained that the condition of Georgia is not the fault of the legislation ' of Gongress, but arises from the failure to execute either the letter, the intent, or the “ purposes” of the acts passed for her resto ration, I maybe excused for suggesting the course which seems to me proper to be pur sued to insure the establishment of a State Government as provided for in our Consti tution, and as required by Congress. Congress should take steps to ascertain whether the Reconstruction Vis have been properly executed. Finding that the laws have not lieen executed, the proper authority should be advised of tlie true intent and meaning of the acts, and directed, to properly execute them. This would result in preventing persons who could not take the oath required of officers of the United States for participating in tlie provisional iegislntiou, nnu thus effec tually prohibit men, whose policy of opposi tion to the Federal Government had been defeated on the battle-field and at the ballot boxes. from carrying through a third and nearly successful attempt—so far as Georgia is concerned—in her legislative halls. Tho law complied with in this par ticular. onr legislation would be in safe hands, and no more would be heard of the forcible interference with persons “who had tlie impudence to be Republicans in Georgia,” or of attempts to violate the civil and politi cal rights or tluise who luive now only the General Government to look to for protec tion. With the facts, as they will appear when Congress shall investigate the situation in Georgia, fully sustained by the revolutionary action of the Legislature, wc seel confident that Congress will not only maintain and cause the Taws to be executed, which luive l»ecii solemnly adopted, notwithstanding the objections of tlie President constitutionally communicated, and unconstitutionally en forced, and will fully justify the abiding faith which the Southern Republicans repose in that patriotic body. Eveiy true Soutlieru Republican will endorse these recommendations as wise and patriotic, and absolutely ne cessary. It recommends notltiifg more than the Democracy expected it Grant altonld be elected. “AVillougli by, the intelligv'iit New York correp pondont ol the < fore the election, reproved die action of the Legislature in ousting legally elected members, giving as his reason that such action was premature, and that “if Grant should be elected” the ousted members would be reseated, and the kicked out. M ell, Grant is elected, and “Wil loughby’s ' prediction will he verified, j But if we had no other reason for de manding of Congress protection, the recent combined action of the Demo cracy to prevent a free election on the 3d instant, is of itself amply sufficient. Congress qannot, without stultifying itself, and endorsing the most atro. cious crimes against the freedom of the ballot that was ever committed in America, and bceoming accessories after the fact, count the electoral vote of Georgia. Heads up, Republicans! We have won the victory, and will reap its fruits of peace and protection. “Gen. Grant no Republican." The Democrats arc consoling them selves with the assertion that “General Grant is no Republican.” But they are bnilding their hopes on a very slender foundation. We will refresh their memories a little with reference to General Grant's connection with the question of reconstruction. He sustained al) the most important acts of Phil. Sheridan, while the latter was in command of Louisiana and Texas, and vehemently opposed his removal. He sustained General Pope in this State, and endorsed his most earnest measures. On oath, before the Reconstruction Committee, during his cross-examination, furnished much information of importance proving the necessity of some action by- Con gress. In a word, General Grant has been more or less directly connected with every measure of progress and of Reconstruction which was enacted by the Fortieth Congress. His most conspicuous friends in Congress have been the leading advisers in Recon struction legislation. If Gen. Grant is no Republican, then we are not one; and we don’t believe there is one in the United States. He is not a Re publican in name alone, but what is far better, he is* one from a solemn conviction of the correctness of its principles. Let Them Disprove It. Ail over the South, when the result of the late election became known, there went up a simultaneous cry, “they have beaten us by misrepresen tation.” . Now, wc propose to inquire, in as little space as the subject will permit, what are the general charges which have been made against the Demo cratic party during the late Presiden tial canvass; and in looking into these, wc. shall embrace those of which so much complaint has been made in the South, and against which the charge of misrepresentation has been brought. Perhaps the most potent of these, in effect upon the mind of the Nortli, was the charge that the Democratic party opposed the war, and strove to nullify the result of the war. We do not propose here to discuss the right eousness or unrighteousness of the war. We simply ask, is not the charge true ? and was it not natural that that part of the country which had ven tured its all, and endured such sacri fices, should be unwilling to forego the dUarly bought results of its ven tures and sacrifices ? Another charge was, that in the greater portion of the South, persecu tion and outrage for opinion’s sake went unrebuked of the Democratic party. That, in fact, the perpetrators of these abuses and outrages were themselves Democrats in all cases. Do they deny this ? Let them disprove it. We challenge them to the fair and impartial history of these horrors in the South during the last four months. If they have not been in all cases en tirely unwarrantable-—if they have not, in all cases, been the doings of Democrats, and if the Democratic party has used the influence. of its leaders or its press to decry and stop them, then we cry peccant. Until then, wc beg of them, for truth’s sake, cease their whimpering about misrep resentation. If they must cast about for the causes of their defeat, let them rather look at their own shameful re cord; at the platform they had the im pudence to flaunt in tlie faces of a loyal and war-worn people; at the candidates they set up against the ad vice of their wiser and more moderate men. Now that the election is over, we are free to admit that it was very pain ful to us, who have all our temporal interests in the South, to see the North ern papers, during the canvass, so full of the details of Southern Democratic outrages. W,e knew that in every material |>oint of view these things were not only injuring the Democratic party, but they were injuring the whole South. The prosperity of the South was of more consequence to us than the defeat of the Democratic party, and if we could have ilisproved the damaging record, none would have more gladly undertaken the task. If they wore such gross misrepresenta tions, why, now, do not those who proclaim them such disprove them* For the good imine of this fair land, it is not yet too late, and a greater service can be rendered the South by so doing, than bewailing the loss of a party’s power. 'l'he simple cry of “misrepresentation,’’/ 4 the North have been made to believe lies of us,” and “ we are misunderstood and misjudged by the North,” will not do. You had as able men in the canvass as we ; you had as fair a show as we. A great many Northern voters who supported Grant were Democrats, anxious to be given good reasons why they should not do so, and who only voted as they did because these reasons were not forthcoming. It was of the utmost consequence to you to disprove it. Why did you not do it? If you have any new light upon these matters, why not do it now—if not for the sake of the poor defunct Democratic party> still for the sake of the reputation of the land wherein all of our interests arc centered. A High Handed Act of Treason. We publish below from the Wash ington Gazette, a Democratic paper, a document addressed to Judge Gibson by the foreman and all die member’s of the Grand Jur y of Washington county. We have no time for comment this morning. It shows the absolute ne cessity of the policy wo are advo. eating. This is Boh Toombs’ work. He will put on airs, and continue to do so, until suspended by legal authority : WILKES SUPERIOR COURT. THE FRUITS OF RADICALISM—THE JUDICIAL ERMINE DEFILED. The Superior Court of Wilkes county, ad journed over by Judge Andrews from the fourth Monday in September to the second Monday in November, met in Washington on last Monday, Judge Gibson, of Augusta, presiding. Tlie Grand Jury was irapan nelled and organized, and having retired to their room, sent in the following document to the Court: Judge Gibson— Sir: The undersigned members of the Grand Jury, all being present, hereby make known to you that they will serve at the pres ent Tenn If so required to do. Y'et they feel bound to say to you that your presence in this county 'as a Judicial officer, to hold a Court, is not acceptable to the people. The part taken by you whilst holding a judicial commission in going to a party Con vention at Chicago, in May of this year, and then upon your return, canvassing the State for a political party, still being a Judge, has greatly impaired our confidence and respect for you as an officer of the Law. We are authorized by the members of the bar to say that they will not transact any business through you as a Judge. This paper was signed by the Foreman and all the members of the Grand Jury. The Honorable Win. Gibson received and read the little lines, but it appears he “could not sec it.’’ The form of holding the court was gone through with, but no business was transacted so far as we can learn. There was never a more acceptable act to the people of Wilkes county, done by a Grand Jury, than tliis. The body at this term numbered twenty-three of our worth iest and most respected citizens. They spoke a notorious truth when they said that our people have lost their confidence in the integ rity and honor of this man, who, by his de graded and abandoned political judicial career, has soiled the robes of justice, which in our county have never before been worn by one of such a stripe. We do not want him here to administer upon our rights, and it is as well at least that our thieves and felons should go un whipped of justice as that he should be at large among us. No wretch can be lower than one who degrades a high office to par tizan purposes. A United Vote for Grant. —'Tlie Savannah Republican contains an elab orate article, endorsing the proposition that the Southern Democratic Electors east their votes unanimously for Gen. Grant for the Presidency. We hope its advice will be taken, although we have serious doubts whether the party can be drilled before the College meets, which will be on the first Wednesday in December. Os course, when the Democratic Electors vote for our can didate, they yield the principles on which they made the tight against us. The Macon Journal Messenger denounces the proposition bitterly, as likewise other influential papers. It will meet with little favor in the West. An Exfrbssman.—The editor of the Columbus dun, thinks he injures Governor Bullock by calling him an expressman ; but he is mistaken, for, in this country, the people have re cognized the truth that “Honor and Fame from no ooiulitioii rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies.” Governor Bullock's history is a happy illustration of the truth of this philosophy. When he was an ex pressman, he was a good expressman. Now he is Governor—-he is proving himself to be too excellent an one for the comfort of those who traduced him. In the meantime, the editor of the <S'«n remains good for nothing. A Poor Subtrrfu'gi!.—The Colum bus papers endeavor to make a point on Governor Bullock, by charging that his sttspensioa of the collection of the /State poll tax, had bankrupted the Count}' Treasury of the Muscogee County, and prevented the payment of the dues to a certain pauper fund.— This is all bosh. It is transparently false. AVhy do not the rich pay their taxes ? Why does the Ordinal - } of Muscogee Countv relv alone on the poor! Have the rich no obligations, or does their democracy absolve them from the performance of their duties as citizens ? • • The FooL-IkiliJli: Wanted.—At no time during the Presidential ad ministration dot's a written personal application lor office, addressed to the President, receive any attention by the latter. All such applications are an utter w aste of stationery. Offices are not obtained by the mere writing for them. How foolish, tlreu, is it for js-rsoiis to be writing to Gen. Grant. one hundred days before his inaugu ration, asking for office. The fool killer is needed. Communications. Onr Washington Letter. Washington, D. C., Nov. 11, ’6B. Grant’s imperturbility continue# to be the prevailing theme of conversa tion in all circles. His arrival in the city was not generally known until announced the following day, in the morning papers. He was soon after seen dressed in citizen's clothes, the inevitable slump of a cigar in his mouth, leisurely walking along the Avenue, accompanied by a friend, and while the observed of all observers, seemed to be wholly unconscious that he was the great attraction. Each day he devotee himself to business as assiduously as before a serious thought had been given to the office of Presi dent. All visitors are received courte ously, and those who have legitimate business with him are promptly at tended to, while th< mousing politi cian soon reads in actions more expres sive than words, that his presence is anything but acceptable. The local organizations, through their commit tees, were received on Monday, at Army Headquarters, when they were given to understand, in unmistakable terms, that he wished to avoid being lionized. The politicians have at last found a man who is their master. Grant’s Self-poise never forsakes him; the high and low are treated alike, and it is the easiest thing in the world to “shake” a disagreeable visitor. A noted politician, who aspires to a Cabi net position, called upon the President elect, yesterday, and the usual con gratulations over, he at once broached the subject uppermost in his mind. The response was characteristic. Says Grant, “I have not decided upon any one as yet, and shall not do so for the present. At the proper time your claims will be considered.” That was the end of the matter. Grant’s mail has become so large as to require the services of two extra clerks, who read all letters, and their superior only' hears of the substance of a few of those especially important. The fact, if generally known, would doubt less materially lessen the number of letters addressed to him. As to Cabi net appointments, it is well understood that two persons have already been decided upon if they will accept — Farragut, as Secretary of the Navy, and General Rawlins, as Secretary of War. The latter has been General Grant’s constant and confidential ad viser since 1862, and now is his Chief of Staff, and to him he probably owes more for success during the last seven vears than to any other man. Gen. Rawlins was, before the war, a law yer, and resided at Galena, Illinois. Originally, he was a Democrat, but the late war left him with the Repub lican party. It would be preposterous to indicate any settled line of policy fixed upon by General Grant for the distribution of offices. It may be considered pretty certain that, other things being equal, the soldiers who served under him during the war will, as a rule, have the preference. He has always mani fested a kindly regard for these veter ans, and has always used his influence in their behalf, without a question as to their political bias; indeed, it is beliewid that a majority of that class now holding positions under the Na tional Government, in this city, have his endorsement upon their papers. The course of Minister Johnson, in England, in relation to the differences between this and the English Govern ment, excites fearful forebodings here. His opposition to recognized public opinion in this country is interpreted in only one way; that is, President Johnson has arranged a plot to em barrass tlie incoming Administration, bv placing the Alabama and other claims on Such a footing as to arouse the indignation of the people, in the hope that it will eventually bring about a war between the two countries. Successful in this, it is believed that Grant’s Administration will be so em barrassed that little else can be done, and that it will open the way for a Democratic triumph in 1872. Minis ter Johnson’s course, upon any hy pothesis creditable to himself, is cer tainly an enigma, and is the common topic of consideration in political cir cles. Secretary Seward is diplomati cally silent, and A. J. stupidly so, upon the all-absorbing question. The adjourned session of Congress was speedily disposed of yesterday. Grant is elected President, and there is no longer any necessity for special legislation. If his aecidency does not Iwhave properly, the next regular ses sion will be in time for his case.. The Cuban difficulties are daily in creasing in magnitude. There is rea son to believe that a formidable party is now being organized in this country to make a descent upon the island in the interests of the revolutionists. The head-centre of this movement has an office in New York, and is rapidly enlisting “emigrants.” The Cuban authorities now admit that the insurgents hold several towns in the vicinity of Puerto Principe. This port is on the southwestern coast, and is so situated that a few thousand determined men could hold it against the whole Spanish army. This is the point at which the unfortunate Lopez expedition was to have disembarked; and had it done so instead of being induced by one of Concha’s spies to land at Bahia Honda, thirty miles west of Havana, tlie fate of the island would have long since been decided. The Democratic office-holders are in a peck of trouble. Seeing their fate sealed under a Republican administra tion, unless they can obtain some hold upon Grant, they are urging now that the Seymour ami Blair electors cast their votes for Grant, and ‘let us have the thing unanimous.” Unanimity of action is a good thing sometimes, but not just. at. this stage of the game. They should have thought of this matter, last July, and they might have had a chance in the scrambles; hut nary show now. The poor old I nt. Uigtncer of this city, which has been kept upon its legs for the last, three years by An drew Johnson, is now up for “Cowes and a market.” The establishment affords a fine opening for a young and energetic man, with unlimited capital. General Rosencranz sailed for Mexico yesterday. General Longstreet, who is announced as having sailed with him, I saw a few hours ago ul the Ebbett House, in this city. Jle had an iptetvicw with Genera] Grant to day. J Tlie naturalization, fra tubs in New York city and vicinity on election day, were on a more extensive scale than at the time deemed possible. By the testimony of reliable witnesses it is proven that blank naturalizatioh pa pers, all signed and sealed, were made as openly an article of traffic, by the Democracy, as Railroad. Bonds are on Wall Street. Some of the smaller Democrats, at least, will get their deserts. As an indication of what was accomplished it is as well to state that of the fifty-nine counties in New York, the Republicans had a majority of 58,189 in forty-four. New York city and Brooklyn .overslaughed this majority. Tlie good results to flow from tlie success of the Republican party are already apparent. Confidence has sud denly been restored nt home and abroad, not only in the stability of the Government but as to the dis position of a majority of the people to act in an honorable manner toward creditors. Party malignity has sub sided, and even in this hot bed of se cession the unanimous feeling express ed is; that Grant’s election will prove the salvation of the country. Exten sive arrangements are being made for the movement of capital southward, in the belief that the long looked for, long prayed for time has arrived, when the bad past is to be foreVer buried, and the pipepf peace smoked. What each Southern State now needs is a special agent at the National Cap ital competent to give all information as to climate and soil, the price of land and the crops most adapted to their respective localities. Capital. From tin: New York Tribune. Waste Paper from General Grant’s Office This is a mournful story we have from Washington. Gen. Grant has ordered Gen. Badeau to destroy all letters asking for office. “The conse quence was to-day that Gen. Badeau has a pile of waste paper on his table two feet high.”. Our vigilant corres pondent—determined at any expense to be ahead with the news, and to utterly confound and overwhelm those mendacious and wretched prints which claim to be organs of public opinion— has succeded in obtaining at a large expense from the experienced colored gentleman who takes charge of Gen. Grant’s waste-basket some of the rem nants of these valuable contributions. We regret that most of these letters are in fragments, bnt, such as they' are, we hasten to lay them before our readers: Silver Si-bino, Nov. 4. 1868. To the High and, Mighty, the Most lUustTums Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States. Honored Sir:—l see by this morning’s paper that you have been chosen President by a larger vote than even Unit received by my worthy friend and colleague, Gen. Jack son, whose administration I took a prominent part in running. I need not say to you tliat thia triumph is altogether occasioned by my insisting that my son Francis should be placed upon tlie ticket at New York as Vice- President. I conl|>clled Frank to make this Sacrifice in order to strengthen your ticket, and 1 know that you are too honorable a man to hesitate to acknowledge this obligation. 1 have one boy, M— —y, who lias been out of work for some time, not getting along very v ell with his last employer, and who would make a very good Chief-Justice in the place of Chusc. 1 think you can have no trouble in removing Chase, as the Senate would not dare to cross the will of its great leader. Frank himself deserves a good deal of consideration for his sacrifice. It would not do to call my dear friend Johnson home from England, although I think Frank would do best in the London mission; but if you should send McCulloch back to his Fort Wayne bank, and make Frank Secretary of the Treasury, you will certainly have the whisky frauds investigated. 1 have 398 other relatives, mostly cousins, grandchildren, and so on, a list of whom 1 will send to you before your inauguration, with the names of places to which I wish them appointed. Yours faithfully, F. P.B. r, sr. P. B.—l have a pleasant room at Silver Springs, and heaps of cigars, to which you are always welcome. Alburn, Nov. 4, 1868. Mv Dear Sir : —My visit and the ex tremely lucid anil eloquent speech which I had the honor to make here, have fulfilled my highest anticipations by securing your election as President of the United States. No intelligent man, no lover of his race, no man who believes that the mysterious chords which bind the human race iii one affinity, and which give Governments that perennial, definitive,, and abstract relation which can only be seen in a concrete nationality, will doubt that my words, fitly spoken, decided the votes of millions of your countrymen, and gained for freedom this abounding tri umph. 1 have lieen longer in office than any statesman since the beginning of the Govern ment. I have now no higher atnliitiOn than to catch tlie perch tliat abound in the streams, to see the corn grow in the valleys, and to contemplate from afar the icy beauties of Alaska and the verdant glories of St. Thomas. But I have many valued friends in tlie city of New York, and I feel that it is proper for me to ask your Excellency, in distributing the positions that now fall to your gift, to remember these gentlemen. I shall be satis fied if you will appoint them to the Collector ship, the Naval office, the Surveyorship of the Port, the vacant Judgeships, Revenue places, and Miushalship that are at your dis [xisal. I ex'jxxit my v alued friend, T. W ——, I tome by the next steamer, and lie will send you a list of the gentlemen whose ser vice it will be necessary for you to have hi your administration. I have the honor to be. with great respect, your obedient servant. W H. ti Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 4. Gen. Grant ; You ivill sec by the Repub lican newspapers here that my running for Congress against Gen. Schenck has largely increased your majority. I have made this sacrifice, honored sir, because 1 lielieved that your election would be the triumph of true Bcmocmlic principles, and that you would confound the Radicals and utterly destroy them. lam not ambitious, but the noble Democracy of Ohio ought certainly to receive a recognition from your Adiuinistmtinn. ;tnd I am assured that if you will intrust me with the portfolio of the, ‘State Department, they w ill feci that my labors have not been in vain. Yours, c. L. V m. New York, Nov. 4,1868, Ges. Glivxr Ihnuneft Si/ 1 : The serene •■ontidence w ith which I always antieipatixl your election has. Under the guhtiiice »f a my-twious Providence, been fully justified. 'I he Democracy of New York rallied t,. ~ support with a unanimity which to my eyes w henever I think of it °r U been many years in public life, and hnvU, VC rei ved nothing. I it ,n getting on he sh-.a side of my existence, and niy children \ be honored to know that their' father w i ftaw<®cerof tlwwoond Washington Tu salary is of no account, if there i- 11 money required in this thing, my f ri ,„ ] W Wm. AT. T-—d, will see that ii k , right. Yours, S .1, T “' .. Nk "' Yore, Nov. 5 i,si ls Honor able Sir: My disiYnguished frie ni) Mr, Seward. was made Senotarv ufZ because he was able to express a '.riven a in a greatiT number of sent. nceUm ~ ptfur nub rc man. His app.inuncDt. win admit, was a great success ami i added largely to the literatiu’e of the coun rv I contest that distinction with him j ’’ the author of the four thousand colmims'm Constitutional law which have b<vn publishr, in the New York W'oM. It is true th uu, have received a limited circulation have no doubt that they contributed ’t...,'-. to your triumph. 1 will send vou sclcctU by a special car and if you feel, honoredsh after perusing these communications u , I will be wise for you to request me to c Jr your councils as Seer Wary of .state mie.rr f to me immediately. I can promise.’ you’S Mr. Johnson will make no more sneer his time will be altogether occupied in r mg my dispatches. Yours. G. T. C s. , i «Sew York, Nov. 5 General; I hope you read my liitl,. speecli in New \ork the other night I. . . the Democrats to sftmd by yon As i of this State, 1 desire to hold up von. & For myself, 1 want nothing, but. I have tw<’> friends whose services 1 wish especially t commend to yon. The first is Mr Willi.. / Al. Tweed, one of the largest men in oi part.'-- h e must certainly weigh 860 pounds Air. 1 weed now holds seven offices with' ability, and, if you would make hi m tw lector of the Port of New York, it would cany joy to the hearts of the unterrified Democracy. I have another friend. Mr p e1 .... B. Sweeney, who is now holding an’ office where he makes a large amount of money without doing any special work. Genei-il Grant, a man who has this great quality should not be lost to your services. If you find you cannot appoint these men, r lc spcctfully recommend the building of U s Court Houses in all of the leading capitals' with bridges across the principal rivers. Mr Tweed tuio Mr. Sweeney will take chareeof this work, and will give you abundant siiti faction. Yom's, J. T. H -n. P. B.—Sam. Cox goes to Congress, but don't trust him. ' p Boston, Mass., November ! ' Respected Sir: 1 am the great-grandson of my great-grand fa they. My iiiiining for Governor has given you a larger vote in Massachusetts tlian any President has e\er before received. This sacrifice I made sim ply because I desired your election, and my father thinks that I contributed largely to the recent glorious results in all the States. If you have any difficulty in disposing of the English Mission, I will be happy to ai cent it. This Idoas a compliment to your self, because I want your administration to succeed, and I really don’t, see how it can without the active support of my family. If you will support me 1 will support you. Yours. J, (j. A s. jr. Memphis, Tenn., Novembers. General: 1 fought you in open war, and. if .vou will believe the New York TrUmni', I have done as much to secure your election as any man in the South. You, retiring from the Army, will of course leave a vacancy. 1 don't venture to put myself above Sherman, or Sheridan, or Thomas; but after pjomotiim these men there willstill be a vacancy among the Major-Generals. Sir, a gallant son of the South can never wear anything less than tw o stars upon his i-houlder; ami. if you a; willing to appoint me to this place. 1 wiii march to Washington with iny Ku-Klu\ Klan and offer you my’ services for the pur pose of exterminating Radicalism ami l.ico hinism in the North. Yours. N. B. F—«. P. S. —If you want any- special as Io my past services. Senator Wade will give you a copy of his report of my cxploil at Fort Pillow. F. EXECUTIVE MANSION. < Washington, November (>. 1868. i My Dear Grant : After the 4th of next March I shall be an humble individual. 1 coaxed Seymour to go out on that trip, feel ing sure that the journey would give you :i larger majority in each of those States. 1 took a trip myself in 1860, and know what came of it. There is nothing to help a vote better than this swinging round tlie circle business. I have stood by theConsiitiition and the Union. I commit to your bands Hie Constitution and the flag with thirty-six stars. My sands of life have nearly run out. I have been Alderman of my native village. Member of Congress, Governor of the Stab United States Senator, Vice-President and President. 1 ask nothing for myself, but there arc a few honest men that I commend to your attention. Mr. Perry Fuller, in New Orleans, should, by all means, be kept in hi place. Mr. Henry A. Smyth, in New York, would make a good Secretary of the Tra: Ury. I especially beg that you will not dis turb Mr. Fessenden's relatives, who now hold office, nor interfere witli the contracts of Mr. Ross and Mr. Henderson. You see. Grant, old fellow, that we Presidents have got to keep our bargains, and it would be mighty rough on a fellow when he goes back t" Tennessee to find his successor going back on him. Yours, A w-1 N. Nvvy Department, _( Washington, November •>. I Venerable Sib; For eight - years I haw been Secrctifry of the Navy. lam at that time of life when a change of scene is deplo rable. My’doctors tell me that if I leave th;> office the shock to my nervous system will be so violent that I will hardly survive it. I <’i' eightyears it has been Io me a place ol coni; fort and repose. For eight years 1 have con templated from afar off the broad and dej'P blue sea. Now. would you leave me m the words of the following liielody: “Here, a sheer Indi, lies Poor Tom Bowling. Hailing of ourerew, No more he’ll hear the temped li |HI * : For death has broached him too. Hia form was of the manliest bcaiUy, His heart Was kind and soft; Faitlifnlbelow. he did bis duty, But now he's gone aloft.” The phrase “gone aloft,” venerable Bj r > ** a sea term for mounting to the top ol tlie mast. I hear stories to the effect tliat you are going to put Dave Porter or Farragut in my place. Pity tlie sorrows of a poor old man and hesitate. Don't begin your autnni' istratfon with any act of cruelty which wu bring tears to the eyes of every grandinothw in the laud. I can assure youqf uiy slippop for every measure of your administration, p you will only keep me in the Navy Dcp arl ment, you can send me a blank sheet of pal* and I will write at the bottom of it this lin< Ybttr servant ever to command, G—n W-s. Post Office Defabt.-ient. ' Washington, November I. Gexßual: You must not go back on ■■ fellow now. after all I have done for vou- Did n<4 I send Johnson on the fwiug**; round flic circle tackt Have 1 not been ti head and front of this bread and butter bus ness? Have not 1 ooiUi'ibtited directly or* ' directly more to your election thannny otu man iii the country except Mr. Beyn><>ur. accounts are not altogether right here, • things did not turn out as well last rear was expected, and if you will give a tell four years more show, you will find tiia will do you ns much good as , Andy Johnson. Yours, A. W. R—ll- London, Nov. s.—(Cable Disputi'b ' I'. 8. Grant, President: My leaving l ! Country secured your election. ,:n'i admits this. Don’t make any promises in gel Imck. Don’t forget little Raymond- Loin bin lifts a Mormon t'liui'cU