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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1868)
(fhtoniclc & Sentinel. w'eIINKSDAY MORMNI., OCTOBER 14. Radical Rule—National Bankruptcy. The Radical party is terribly alarmed at the fearful exposure, by Mr. Alexander Delinar, Director of the Bureau of Statis tics of the Treasury Department, of the financial condition of the country, result ing from criminally extravagant appropria tions by Congress while pretending to be cutiii|g down andcurtailing expenses. On the appearance of Mr. Delmar’s state ment the Radical partisan Press denounced it as grossly incorrect, aud denounced him as utterly unworthy of credence. Mr. Delmar’s facts and figures were called forth by the urgent request and solicitation of prominent capitalists in New York, who desired a statement of the income and expenditures of the Government, particu larly the estimated receipts and expendi tures of the current fiscal year. The facts arid figures which Mr. Delmar presented, being obtained from an official source, are entirely correct. Financial ruin, inevitable bankruptcy, stares the Government in the face. There is but one remedy that can save it, and that is the speedy overthrow of the infamous party, and still more infamous policy, which has involved the country in financial and political ruin. Hon. Robert J. Walker, by consent of Secretary McCulloch, has ' examined the Treasurer’s books, and the result of his examination sustains the statement of Hon. Alex. ]>elmar. The National Intel ■ ligencei of Tuesday morning contains a table, which is a transcript from the books of the Treasury, prepared no doubt by Mr. Walker, and the same referred to in our Washington dispatches qf Tuesday. The JiUdligenccr, in referring to this table, says; “It is authentic and accurate. It con tains no conjectures or estimates but only recorded facts.’’ “From this table it uppears that the debt on the 31st of August last was greater, by over one hundred and sixty-eight mil lions, (3108,069,230,) Ilian on the Ist of April, 1865, a few days before the close of the war, the subsequent ■rate of increase exceeding four millions of dollars a month, or nearly lifty millions of dollars a year. But there are results still more alarming. The debt is greater by over thirty-live millions of dollars than it was on the Ist of May last. ($35,085,480.) On this basis tho yearly rate of increase of tin 1 debt would bo over one hundred and live millions of dollars, ($105,250,458.) If to this annual rate of increase we add interest at the rateofsix per cent, a yoar, compounded annually for twenty years, the drill, instead oj being paid, would be v non than doubled and would largely ex ceed FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS OF DOL LARS. Now, let us look at tho monthly increase of tho debt for tho last four months. This increase was at a rate largely exceeding eight millions of dollars a month ($3,771,- 371), hut the incroaso in the mouth of August last was over twolve millions of dollars ($12,079,832), being a rate of in crease largely exceeding one hundred and forty four millions a your.:) ($144,958,084.) “It must lie remembered, also, that this last increase of debt is during the great quarter when tho average rate of revenue from imports exceeds about one-third the rato for tho fiscal year. Suppose tho debt to increase at the rato of one hundred and forty-five millions of dollars, adding to this interest compounded at the rate of nix per cent, per annum, and the debt would be dou bled in about fourteen years, long before which we would have passed into bankruptcy. i ndoed, from the intolerable burden of tax ation, arising from such an annual in crease of tlio debt, we should roaeli na tional bankruptcy in tho Congressional elections ol 1870. And yet it is tho Radi cal party which accuses its opponents of repudiation, whilst its own course of enormous war expenditures in time of peace makes national bankruptcy inevitable. In deed, il is only a vast decrease of taxation amt expenditures which can save us from tho disaster. But this reduction can nover come from tho Radical party, which insists on the continuance of a large standing army, to subject the whites of tho South, by force, to negro governments aud negro supremacy. “Wo have soon the rapid increase of the public debt, not only since the peace, but within the last four months. But this table exhibit* a still more alarming'fact. It is, that whilst tlio debt bearing inlerost iu currency bad decreased on tho 31st August last $629,040,728 from tho 31st March, 1865, tho debt bearing interest in coin had nearly doubled, having increased on tlio 31st August last nearly one thou sand millions of dollars (#996,130,508) ninco tho 31st March, 1805. Thus, on the 30th April, 1865, tho minimi interost paya ble in coin was only #(>3,973,112, whilst on tho 31st’August last this annual coin in torost had inoreasod (#123,573,(>21,) tho increase of annual coin interost being nearly sixty million dollars, (#59,595,209 j) or, converting this sum into currency of that date, #37,009,005. Now, the total annual interest in coin and currency, as shown by the table, was #102,830,531, on 31st of March, 1805, and #127,948,011 on the 31st of August last, showing an in crease in tho annual interest, payable in coin and currency, on tho 31st of August last, of #25,112,080. llut this, its shown by the table, is not the only real increase. Thus we have soon that, whilst ou the 30th of April, 1805, the annual currency interost wa5#45,127,936, it bad fallen on the 31st of August last to $(,374,990 whilst the annual coin interest hud increased nearly sixty millions of dollars. “The account would then stand thus : On the 30th April, 1806— Coin interest convertfcd intocur r reucy #93,405,481 Currency interest at that date... 45,127,936 Total annual interest in cur rency #138,736,417 OU the 81st August, 1868— Coin interest converted in cur rency #180,417,980 Actually currency interest 4,374,999 Currency interest 31st August, 1808 #184,792,970 Currency interest alter tho close of the war, 30th April, 1805.... 138,736,417 Increased interest, 31st August, 1808..... #40,056,559 i “Thus wo see that since tho close of the! wav (30th April, 1805) tho anndal iutoresf of the public debt lias increased upward o( forty-six millions of dollars. This in creased annual interest would represent a principal sunt exceeding seven hundred and fifty miUittns of dollars. “We repeat, then, it is clear that the Radical policy renders national bank ruptcy inevitable. That policy regards the rebellion as unsubdued, the States as conquered provinces, still ready for war. and the wlutes to be kept in subjection by negro governments,sustained by standing armies costing more every year than those of Franco or England, and with much heavier taxation. The Democratic party proposes a different policy. It regards secession and slavery as forever sett it'd by the war, and by the subsequent action of the Southern States in constitutional con vention assembled. It would repeal the i Freedmen's Bureau, disband tho standing army, reduce it to a peace establishment, and leave the Southern States to govern themselves in subordination to the Fed eral Constitution. It is clear, then, that the expenditures can only bo reduced by a cliango of men and measures, and the change can only come from the overthrow of tiie Radical party and policy. For three years and a half not a Confederate soldier has been in the liold, nor an arm raised against the Federal Government, yet the Radical party duriugail this period has given us war measures and war ex penditures. They have given us stauding armies, military government, and war ex. lamdituros ; they are rapidly increasing tho public debt, and if continued in power must choose betweeu augmented taxation or national bankruptcy. The people may still save tbecouutry by a change of rulers ami policy, but after tho election it will be oo laic." The Canvass in the West.—> All ac counts from the West are favorable to the Democracy. Ohio and Indiana are claim ed for Seymour and Blair in November. Tuesday next will decide the question as to tho next Presidency. The Connecticut Election. The Democracy of Connecticut carried that State Monday last by about five the id majority, although the Radicals carried eighty-three and the Democrats only fifty-nine towns. To those not con versant with the Radical rotten borough system existing in that State the above contains a contradiction, and really ap pears as if the Democracy had been badly defeated. We presume our readers arc familiar with the villainous gerry mandering scheme by which Gen. John Pope gave the State of Georgia over to tho carpet-baggers, scalawags and negroes, and thereby carried the Convention question. In doing this, Pope had the Radical scheme introduced and carried out in the little State of Connecticut before him for an example. Some few years since, when that party were overwhelmingly iu the ascendancy, Connecticut was gerrymandered into townships, giving every town of a few hundred, or even less inhabitants, two or more representatives in the Legislature, while towns of five and ten thousand inhabitants had only three or four representatives. Thus it happens that while the Democracy have a majority of all the votes cast in the State, the Radi cals, by the existence of this corrupt borough system, have a controlling majori ty in the General Assembly-. Last' year Gov. English was elected over his Radical competitor, Gen. Hawley, by nearly two thousand majority, while the Radicals had control of the Legislature and elected a Radical U. S. Senator—so that the De mocracy may be left far behind in the count of towns, and yet carry the State by a large majority. Radical Hyprocrlsy. The Radical party want the vote of the negro to keep them in power, but at heart they despise him, and, therefore, exclude him from participation in all their public celebrations at the North. And here is a case in point, which we find in the Savan nah News, condensed from an account of the demonstration in Philadelphia, where the Radical “White Boys in Blue” com pletely ignored the “Black Boys in Blue:” In the recent demonstration of the Boys in Blue in Philadelphia, the colored troops, who fought so nobly,were entirely ignored. A delegation of Black Boys in Blue in Washington made preparations to attend, hut were warned by the Republican papers that their presence would not he agreeable. Some, however, who could not he dissuad ed, went to Philadelphia to participate in the graud show, hut no notice was taken of them. Their presence was entirely ignored by the managers of the affair, and hut for the protection of the police worse conscqueuees would probably have befallen them. The negroes will learn after a while that all Radical preaching is not gospel. Where their votes are needed by the earpot-baggersthey will be tolerated, hut “to hum” their Radical friends have no use for them. General McClellan’s Letter. The' following is General McClellan’s manly and patriotic letter giving his em phatic endorsement of Seymour and the Democracy. It is addressed to Douglas Taylor, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements for the monster meeting which was held in New York last Monday : •New York, Oct. 5.--To Douglas Tay lor, Esq., Chairman—Dear Sir : I have the pleasure to acknowledge tho receipt of your iuvitatien to preside over tho Demo cratic meetir,“ of Monday next. 1 have long since determined to abstain from further participation in political life, and therefore find myself compelled to decline the honor you proffer mo. I should, how ever, he glad to attend the meeting as a private citizen, did not the engagement ol a domestic nature render imperative my absence from the city upon the day in question. I gladly avail myself of this opportunity to express my continued hearty sympathy with the Democratic cause, and my wishes —ardent wishes —for the success of those constitutional principles for which the re cent war was undertaken by the North. Separated as I thus am from the distin guished soldier who has been chosen as the leader of our opponents, I know that you agree with me in the highest respect for the services he has rendered our country ; but it is my conviction that the measures of the party which has placed him in nom ination are but continuations of strife, and can never restore peace or constitutional supremacy, and thereby complete the work that he and the other brave soldiers so nobly commenced. The war was only tho first epoch in the history of struggles in which we have been long engaged. The work of the soldier is, l trust, forever ended, and it now remains for the people to fulfill the great object for which they or their sons and brothers were called to the field. A restored Union of States and hearts ; an invigorated Constitution to he firmly and faithfully supported bythe maintenance of the national credit inviolate, and the es tablishment of national and State rights in all their integrity, and true harmony and a lasting peace. These are the objects for which every citizen should now strive. Relieving they rest in the success of the Democratic cause by the election of the eminent statesman selected to represent the party, it is my intention to sustain that cause as a private citizen,with the request that you will convey to the gentlemen of the committee and any other friends for whom you act, my sincere thanks for the coinpli rneut they have paid me. I am most truly yours, Geo. B. McClellan. Tho Secret Gold Selling. The New York "Sun" comes to the defence of Mr. Sub-Treasurer Van Dyck, touching his alleged secret sales of gold on Government account: “We are authorized to state that Mr. Van Dyck, the Assistant Treasurer in this city, has made no sales of gold at a price as low as 140, while it is quite certain that he has not recently had the opportuni ty to sell as high ns 150. The facts arc brief as follows : The currency balance in the Treasury at Washington being reduced to as low a point as ten millions, and the requisitions actually issued amounting to thirteen millions and upward, a necessity of course arose for supplying the deficiency. Accordingly Secretary McCulloch directed that a sufficient amount of the gold in the custody of the Assistant Treasurer should be sold for this purpose; the only alterna tive being the sale of five-twenty bonds. We are assured that the amount of gold sold was smaller than the sum which has been stated by some of our contemporaries. The actual sales were made at a time when the rate of interest in the market ranged from three to four per cent. They were at once discontinued when the rate rose to a higher figure. ’ ’ The "Herald" will neither exealpate Mr. Van Dyck nor McCulloeh : “As to the degree of blame attached to the Assistant Treasurer—[it says]—we cannot speak, but there is no question as to the responsibility of the Secretary of the Treasury lor what has occured on this and similar occasions previously. He stands charged with using his official posi tion and the resources of the Treasury to j aid and abet a clique iu creating an un natural stringency for the purpose of! producing a panic in Wall street, sad a consequent rbance of business all over j the country ; and it is no fault of his that their efforts fell short of their desires. It; is for this that we have called upon the ; President to suspend him and the Assist- | ant Treasurer from office, and order an immediate investigation into the affairs of the department.” The Prospec t. The Washington correspondent of the New ''ork K.cpress, writing on the sth, gives a very flattering account of the political prospect. He says: “The political ilea’s is better and better, day by day. Bedford Brown writes from North Caro lina that we shali carry that State in November by 20,000 majority. The result of the canvass in Pennsylvania made by the Democrats, shows a Democratic ma jority of from 5,000 to 7,000 in October. Never before were the Democrats in that State so well organized, or so well pre pared for their opponents. “The same remark is applicable to Ohio, where the most intense excitement prevails. Scheuek, the heroic, will be beat en in the Dayton District by Yallandigham, and Bingham, the pompous professor of grandiloquence, will also bite the dust of the Tusearawas Valley. “Indiana is already conceded to the Democrats by the Radicals. Hendricks’ majority may go as high as 13,000. If so, Seymour will carry the State in November by 20,000. “During the last four or five days, a great change has come over the “doubt ful” population of this city—the men who are on the fence. All these persons admit now, for the first time, that Seymour will probably be elected. They have received private advices, doubtless, from their com patriots iu this State, urging them to get off the fence as quickly as possible. ” The Empire. In another column will be found the politico-military order of the twin conspir ators against the Constitution of the United States and the principles of free govern ment —the Express Agent Bullock and Torquetuada Meade- Since the i vorthrow of the Confederate Government, iu May, 1865, there has not been a more pen, undisguised and flagrant violaliou of the Constitution of the United States than this most extraordinary and reuilutiouary d.eument. Georgia is a State in lie- Union—so recognized by the Radical Congress itself. The people of tho State are entitled to all the rights, privilege and immunities of freemen, which are > njoyod by the people of Mas sachusetts oi Ohio. The military power of this Government is and should he sub ordinate to the civil power. The people of Georgia are entitled to the protection of the civil authorities, and the military have no right to interfere, in any way, to pre vent tho full exercise of all their civil rights. Among the rights most dear to freemen is the right to meet and consult upon pub lic affairs, free from the interference or molestation, either of the civil or military power. This great right, Meade and Bul lock attempt now to defeat and destroy. They both know that their proposed ac tion is revolutionary and illegal, and both attempt to excuse it on the ground that the exigencies of the times require it. They both express a holy horror of the “technicalities,” as they are pleased to call them, of the law, just as Robespierre and Danton felt when they were driving the French • people, .by thousands, to the guillotine. Thieves, robbers, des pots, and tyrants all abhor the technicali ties of the laws which assert tho rights of the people to life, liberty and property. Gen. Meade need not to have told us that he will not he restrained in his actions toward our people, by any conscientious scruples as to his power in the premises. Unfortunately, the people of Georgia know too well that he is entirely above and beyond the usual and legitimate restraints of the law. He has already proven him self a tyrant of the first water, and we are not much surprised at this most ex traordinary proiiunciamcnto. It remains to be seen if the people of Georgia and tho United States, arc pre pared to submit, without remonstration, to this clear and unequivocal overthrow of civil rights and liberty. It is not only the people of Georgia who are interested in this subject. Like all despotisms which have disgraced the world’s history, Meade’s commenced in the covert shape of peace and order, and, iike all others, his will grow and extend until it embraces within its power ali the States of this Union. But we have not time to-day to give this matter more than a passing notice. The lateness of the hour in which we re view this most atrocious document for bids extended comment. We could not, however, let it pass for a day, even, with out exposing its enormities, and branding its authors (as they deserve to be branded) as tyrants and usurpers. Ungenerous Rivalry. Owing to our absence from the city for a few days past the article of the Savannah News under the above heading, in reply to our comparative statement of the expenses on cotton shipped from Milledgeville to [ Savannah and Augusta, escaped our notice ; til! now. The News does not attempt to show j that our figures were wrong. Indeed it virtually admits their correctness by saying that it “has no time to examine the edi tor’s (our) figures,” while it has time to devote nearly a column to a denial of our statement, that “Augusta is a most de sirable and reliable market for planters and their families to do their shopping,” and our further statement that “there are many things connected with the cotton trade in Savannah which does not suit the tastes and habits of country people.” These statements, which are mere mat ters of opinion, and given as such, are met by a flat denial which is 3pun out to nearly a column's length,* when the important fact—proven by figures—of the difference of expense on cotton shipped to the two mar kets from Milledgeville is passed over without, denial or comment because the editor of the News has no time to examine our figures. We beg to remind the News that it is the assurance taught by these figures showing that the planter can save from $3 75 to $5 25 per hale upon his cotton by shipping it here, which caused us to advise them to send their cotton to Augus ta in preference to Savannah. We beg also to assure the. News aud the people of Savannah that neither the merchants of this city or ourselves are actuated by any feelings of an “ungenerous rivalry” toward Savannah or her merchants. Wc give to Savannah great credit for the onergy and enterprise which she has exhibited since the war, in developing her trade and ex tending her commerce. We know that Savannah merchants are active, energetic, capable and honest. But then we insist — some of their ways are not papular with the country people. Perhaps the merchants of that city arc not responsible for the grinding extortion of that great monopoly—the Central Rail road. It may be that they arc not able to control the management of that road iu its dealings with planters and others along the line of its route. But whether they are | or not, it is a fact that planters along the I line of the road have been compelled to pay, | as we are reliably informed; more, and in j some instances double as much lreight, on j cotton shipped from Washington, Jones, i Baldwin and Putuam counties as was re | quired from beyond the Chattahoochee, in and around Eufaula, Ala. But we do not j propose to go into an examination of the freight schedules of the Central Road to day. At another time we may do so. The gravamen of our offence in the eyes | of the Savannah Mere! ants lies in the ! statement which we have made and proved ! from the figures given in full, that there ; is a difference in favor of Augusta as cotu - pared with Savannah of from three to live ifcfiiars a bale on cotton shipped from Milledgeville, and sold in these two mar kets. Will the News deny that the Central road demands 65 cents per hundred upon cotton shipped from Milledgeville ? Does it deny that the Milledgeville and Augusta road charges only forty cents per hundred ? Can it deny that the commissions for selling cotton in Savannah art double, and in some cases arc more than-double, what they arc in Augusta ? These are the charges—if they can be called charges—which we made in our fli si article on this subject. If the A'ews will show that they are incorrect we will take great pleasure in making proper amends. We repeat, that we have no feelings of jealously or ill will toward Savannah. We are proud of her commercial prosperity— of her intelligence—her wealth, and proud of the probity of her merchants ! At the same time, we insist that the planters of Jones, Baldwin, Putnam, Jasper, Han cock and Washington can save money by sending their eotton here. This we have proved by actual figures. “Our offence hath this extent —no more.” The Great Tammany Meeting. From ail accounts received this must have been the greatest assemblage of free men ever held on this continent It puts to rest forever the silly babble which has flowed from the lips of our returned mer chants who have recently been in New York, and who, while there, permitted themselves to be thoroughly bamboozled by the Radical bond-holding merchant lords of that city. The Ilerald.s. paper unfriendly to the election of Seymour, sees in it the sure indications of the great Democratic whirl wind which, in November, will scatter and disorganize the cohorts of Radicalism. It compares this great meeting and its effects upon the silly-safe Radicals to “an earth quake —like electrical shock,” and sees in it the certain foreshadowing of Radical defeat. That paper, speaking of this monster meeting, says: “It has been said by the opponents of the Democracy- that it had gone to sleep ; that anticipating a sound thrashing in the prize ring of the Union in November, i had thrown up the gloves, refused to go into training, and that all it really cared for in this State was to make John T. Hoffman Governor and ke°p Horatio aeymqpr on his Deerfield farm, in Oneida county, at a safe distance from ail harm. 'I his, it may be repeated, wa3 the very comfortable talk «.( the Republicans among themselves up to eight o’clock last evening, when, it aroused by an earth quake-like electrical shock, thev rubbed their eyes sharply to find the old glad iator who had fought in so many* arenas and in few beaten, was not only wide awake but as well trained, as confident of victory as ever. In rd, while the Re publicans—baying become convinced that there would be fight worth figuring upon —were themselves really asleep at their “tanneries,'’ getting their skins thorough ly steeped in the astringent waters of the political yat, their opponents were quietly but heartily and unitedly at work prepar ing themselves for the inevitable contest which, and they have their way, would, on the 4th of March, iB6O, inaugurate a policy that is diametrically opposed to that which their opponents in the development ot the national policy avow. Putting speculation and metaphor aside, it cannot be denied that the grand Dem ocratic demonstration of last night, which also was a county ratification, turn out of the people in favor of Horatio Sevmour for President, Frank P. BLair for Vice President, and John T. Hoffman for Governor, surpassed in numbers and en thusiasm any public affair of like kind since October, 1859, when the Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell Democracy fused in opposition to the Radical Republican nominations of Abraham Lincolu and Hannibal HamliD. Business Improving. During the past week we are pleased to note a very decided improvement in all branches of business. Our merchants have been busy receiving goods of every description, country mer chants and country people have been coming in freely for supplies, and trade, in all its departments, has presented a lively appearance. Planters, too, are bringing in their cotton freely, by rail and wagon, and, although prices have not been as good as in the latter part of the preceding week, still there has been a fair inquiry and considerable cotton has been sold for the season. The prospect for large sales during the present week is favorable. Liverpool and New York markets closed yesterday at an advance with a still further upward tend ency, indicating the opening of improved markets to-morrow. The Augusta mar ket, under these favorable advices, has rallied, and closed Saturday with holders asking twenty-four cents for Middling. Letter from the lion. B. F. Perry. In another column of this day’s paper will be found the able and timely letter written to the New York Committeo and read by them to the great mass meeting recently assembled in that city, by Hon. B. F. Perry, one of the truest and bravest of the sons of the South. It will be seen that Governor Perry gives expression to the same views which were foreshadowed in this journal months ago--that, “if the Radicals carry this elec tion, it is not probable that the American people will ever have another opportunity of electing a constitutional President of these United States.” The people of tho North should pause and ponder well this most important sug gestion. There is too much at stake —the issues are too vital —to permit mere fealty to party to influence and control their votes. They should anxiously inquire of their own judgments what will bg their gain if, in securing the success of their party, they lose the great principles of free representative Government. The eagerness with which the Northern masses catch up and re-echo the deceptive cry of Grant, “Let us have peace,” shows their anxiety to have real peace, and their willingness to forego much of previous con victions to secure this great boon. This letter of Governor Perry ought to be con clusive on frhe point that no peace can be permanent or cordial which is based upon the disfranchisement of intelligence and virtue and the enfranchisement ofignorance and crime. That there can be no real peace in the land so long as the whites— the owners of all the property in the South—are subjected, through the influence of Federal bayonets, to the domination and control of the blacks. Since writing the above, our attention has been called to the speech of Gen. Green Clay Smith, delivered at the great Tammany meeting. Gen. Smith is a distinguished Federal officer of the late war, a native of Kentucky, but now Gov ernor of Montana. The following extract from his speech shows that he takes the" same view of the probable consequences of Grant’s election, that this paper has long since expressed and which was announced in Governor Perry’s letter. Gen. Smith says: “ The country is looking to New York, We away out beyond the Kooky Mount ains call upon you to stand by the Union, and do not because Uraut was a general vote for hitn as President of the United States. If you do not elect Seymour this November you will never have an opportu nity of electing another President,mark my words for it. The Radical party will de prive you of the right to vote aud declare you unfit for the exercise of the ballot. The country is in a state of revolution. Her people are mourning—heaven itself mourns—for the liberties about to be torn from us if wo do not insist upon our rights. I call upon young men, boys and middle aged men, old men and children —I call upon you to remember what your lathers did before you, aud maintain and preserve the freedom the old men of the republic bequeathed to you. (Cheers.) Speak out for freedom, for the constitution, for the laws; stand by the law and the constitu tion, by the government and the Union (cheeisj—and by the flag of your country. (Cheers.)” Pennsylvania. l —The Democracy are confident of carrying Pennsylvania on Tues day, the 13th instant, by ten thousand majority. The Radicals, on the other hand, claim the Keystone State by seven thou sand. As the Radicals are notorious for their extravagant lying, we prefer to take the Democratic estimate, believing, how ever, that there will not be much to brag of on either side. The vote will be very close. The Situation. —We take thefollowing extracts from private letters received at ' this office : “Athens, Ga., Oet. 7th, 1868. “ * * * * * * * “P. S. —In'travelling around through Forsyth, Milton, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and parts of Banks and Franklin counties, I find everybody, except a few freedmen, unanimous for Seymour and Blair. The relief men, seeing how badly they were disappointed, are wheeling into the ranks of Sevmour and Blair. “J S.” “ Sydney, Ohio, Oct. 7th, 1868, “ * * * We hope to be able to carry this State by a large majority. “P. S.—We have a large mass meeting on the 10th. Will send you the particu lars. B. F. W.” Proclamation to the Spaniards.— The following proclamation has been spread all over Spain : Spaniards ! Dot our cry be, “Long live the Federal Republic ! Down with tyran ny !” Let us never more see any kings on our soil, which they have rendered so un happy. With the republic, Democracy’s programme —the only one approved by the people—shall be filled. Soldiers 1 The republic will at once grant you “unlimited leave of absence.” You shall embrace mothers and say, “Thanks to the republic , you will no longer weep on separating from your sons, for they will remain to work for you.” Hence forth, Spain shall fight only when her in dependence is threatened. As for patriot officers, there wili be numerous reserve lists to reward their service. Spaniards! It is only with the republic that you can be free, happy and rich. It is also with the republic alone that proper ty is guaranteed, and that prosperity, through industry, can grow rapidly. It is again with the republic that our enormous taxes will diminish. No one will be prosecuted for his opin ions because all opinions are sacred ; but public thieves must be forced to deliver up fortunes won by spoliation, because crimes are not opinions. The accomplices of ty ranny wi[l receive their punishment Spaniards ! Let us be worthy descend ants of the Cid, of Padilla, .Lanuza and Riego. Let us revive at last jthe liberties of Castile, Aragon, and of [the popular Constitution of 1812, and give them the modern perfection. Citizens! imitate the Saragossans of 1808, and of March, 183S. Soldiers ! be the children of the nation ; imitate those who followed Riego and Espartero. If you are ordered to fire on your brethren, flourish your muskets in the air. Spain has fought the Roman and -doors for centuries : one month is enough now to do away with our oppressors. Spaniards! We are now the most vili fied people in Europe ! Let us renew the great exploits of 1808, 1812 and IS2O. In one word, let the lion rouse from his leth- Spaniards ! Long live the Federal Re public ! and, in order to proclaim and de fend it, let us shake off our degradation. To arms for liberty. OLB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. !Rabcn;Gap, October 3,1865. Dear Chroiitclc: Within a stone’s throw of where I am now seated—the piazza ot the hospitable cottage of John Wallace Scruggs—is the dividing line of the water-shed of the Atlantic and the \ alley of the Mississippi, in Northeastern Georgia. Standing upon the summit of tho Gap— the top of an insignificant hill, whose ele vation would hardly attract the attention or command the respect of a “Lowlander” —one sees a purling, babbling, crystal brook stealing away to the northward amid thick ets of elders, azalias and rhododendrons, over a bed of glistening pebbles. This is the head of the Tennessee River, formed by hundreds of tiny springs and moun tain rills gushiDg from the western base or trickling down the sides of the Blue Ridge. Its descent is just sufficient to suggest pleasing thoughts of life, in motion and activity. It takes its course toward the northwest, as if full of design, intent upon a pleasant, special mission, babbling all the while as if of friendship aDd fraternity. Uniting unnumbered streams and stream lets, it courses as it flows, through a part of North Carolina, traverses East Tennessee, bends again invitingly with a graceful course into Alabama, and finally boldly cuts its way to the Northwest direct ly across the Western limits of Tennessee and Kentucky, until, mingling with the waters of the beautiful Ohio, it lends its volume to swell the majesty of tho Great Father of waters. A few rods to the southward a small stream struggles to make its way through a willow marsh. Hard by an impetuous brook, bearing the beautiful Indian name of Stekoa,bounding from the mountain top comes to its rescue, and carves out a path way through a mas of solid trap rock adown a declination of twenty or thirty feet, and then glides off swiftly to make up the tribute of the Savannah to the white-crested Atlantic. On either side two solid, stern' looking mountains stand like sentinels guarding the passway. A ricketty, weatherbeaten gristmill—(ashed, a tall narrow water wheel and pair of grinding stones open to view) and an un finished curb and embankment of the slow progressing Blue Ridge Railway, marks the base of the eastern guard, which rises abruptly toward the clouds—then de cends, for a little, in a gentle curve, as marked by the horizon, and stretches away to the northeast in a lofty ridge, studded, as far as the eye can reaoh, by a succession of lofty peaks. The road way, or, as the citizens style it, the “State road’”line, mounting timidly,“at one point, over the extremity of a spur, defines the base of the other mountain sentinel, which, although it rises in a gentle inclination, yet rises so high as to obscure the setting sun to the traveller in the valley two hours earlier than to scrubby oaks upon its top. This is the Rabun Gap—the lowest depression in this Allegehany chain south of Harper’s Ferry. The late Andrew J. Miller was wont to say that this Gap was specially designed by Providence as the great highway to unite the South and the West—making the valley of the Savannah and the long fertile valley of the Tennessee the bond of strength in commercial inter course and reciprocal mterests. It is by the mountain gorge of the head quarters of the Stekoa Creek that the lino of the Blue Ridge railway enters the beau tiful valley of the Tennessee, after tunnel ing Saddle Mountain, Dicks Creek Ridge and Stump House Mountain, and bridging the Chattooga river. The Gap is distant from Clayton three miles, and from the North Carolina boundary line about six miles. This Valley is very beautiful to your correspondent’s eyes, the equal by nature of the famous Naohoochee, but its resources are by no means so well develop ed. It is very fertile, of great extent, and furnishes the outlet for a great number of splendid valleys in North Carolina and Tennessee. The scenery is wild, but charmingly picturesque. Standing upon the roadside, upon the extremity of the Spur Masingale Mountain, the Western guard of the Gap, the Conevee Mountains, twenty-seven mile3 distant, eight miles beyond Franklin, in North Carolina, loom up in azure hue upon the horizon, while on either hand are numberless peaks, ever varying in form . and shape and atti tude. The Valley from this point presents the form of a clover leaf, each section divided by a bold stream, and each of the three streams unite exactly at the same point, about midway of the distance from the State’s boundary line to form the Tennes see river, along whose banks it continues its length. The falls of Estakowee are upon the easternmost of these streams, as scon from the roadside ;*at a point a mile or more beyond the jihetion of these streams they are surpassingly beautiful. A vast amphi theatre, in appearance a complete semicir cle, composed of timbers, of mountain ridges, covered with dense forests robed with dark rich foliage, rising one above the other with a regularity just sufficient to indicate the outlines of gradation, yet so beautifully and gracefully broken as to present an ever varying prospect of light and shadow. A cluster of forty-five moun tain peaks meet the eye as they rear their tall heads as if to reach tho sky. Three miles distant, as nearly as possible in the centre of this ampitheatre, about midway up the mountain sides, high above you, the falls of Estakowee having, like a beautiful snow white curtain, gathered as in a circlet at the top, but spreading in long graceful folds until lost on either side and at the foot in the massof verdure. Shiftyour posi tion a little and they appear to be a mag nificent pearl set in an expansc # of exquisite emerald. The nearer views of these falls discloses nothing of that grandeur which reveals the sublime majesty of power, as at Niagara, nor of that terror-striking sublimity of might andgraudeur, as at Tallulah, as if renting rock-ribbed mountains in twain, and chaf ing and dashing and surging in a torrent against the rock-bound barriers and bed whioh crib and confine and bar its course; and yet it is charmingly beautiful—fasci nating beyond expression. A beautiful glen, whose margin, at the base of two tall mountains, fringed by a hedge of rhodo dendrons and azalias, with now and again a symmetrical hemlock bold, broad stream glides easily and gracefully across a broad bed of solid rock, indicating but little the tremendous descent which it has made from the mountain heights. Fol lowing the gorge for a quarter ofamile, you wind up a steep at an angle of forty-five degrees; peeping now and again through the forest fringe to catch a glimpse of this bold stream, as it clings to the smooth rock bed, or sputters a little when a juttiDg crag impedes its way, you reach the base of the first cascade. All around lie huge fragments of broken rock. One large fragment, larger than all the rest, more than thirty feet high and twice as broad forms an island. Its top sustains several large poplars and firs as if it had stood there for ages. Look beneath it and it would seem that it had been moved there by human skill—its props and stays are distinctly' visible in the massive ragged pillars which sustain it, some of which show the fractures made when forced to sustain the immense weight of the superincumbent mass. The upper side of this rock instantly suggest that its ancient position was that of a shelving, butting crag—one hundred feet above—over which in long years ago the waters of the Estakowee swept. The height of the first cascade is estimated at one hundred and twelve feet. The waters fall perpendicu larly ; spreading at the outset in a trans parent sheet which glistens in the western sun, but they soon Become snow white with foam in their descent by breaking up on jutting crags and ragged ledges, or upon the huge piles below, and send forth mist and spray far down the gorge. The effect upon the eye of the observer is greatly hightened by numberless premature falls of great variety, which are interspersed, forming a part of the great whole, and by countless but imperfect rainbows which gleam at each of these tiny cascades. The intervening rapids between the first and second cascades are the counterpart of those beiow the first. The inclination is perhaps greater, and their length is more than double. The second cascade is a single, solid, transparent sheet, falling, about sixty feet, remaining unbroken until the descent is reached, then seething and boiling in its rocky basin. Above these again there are beautiful rapids for about three-quarters of a mile, until reaching the first tributary—the gift of a cold, sparkling spring, embowered by spruce, ash and white oak, in a rich cove on the side of the mountain. The whole length of these falls and rapids cannot be less than one-and-a half miles, and the extreme height not far from four hundred feet. Ascending from the cove to the pinnacle of the mountain, a distance of perhaps a quarter of a mile, but very steep, affords a panorama of the surrounding country, of the plain and streams below and mountains beyond, as far as tho eye can reach, which exceeds my powers of description. Nothing short of a painter’s pencil or poet’s pen can repre sent adequately such a charming la: 1- scape. Most of the farms in this valley are estimated at two or three lots of land of two hundred and fifty acres each, of which I should estimate that not so much as one-half has been cleared and pat in cultivation. There are a few beautiful meadows producing a fine, rich blue grass which is called herds grass. This grass, however, abounds in the coves and rich plats upon the mountain ridges, and it is upon grass that, upon the mountains, the cattle (the chief article for trade) thrive and fatten during nine months of the year, and sheep the year round. The farmer’s first ambition is to raise corn and oats sufficient to winter his cattle, and hogs and horses during the winter months. His next effort is to produce the needful supplies for his family. The sale of his cattle gives him whatever he may choose from abroad. His sheep furnishes wool for the warm, durable “butternut” suits, which war correspondents have made wide ly known as distinguishing these hardy mountaineers in the late war. Around each mountain home you will always see plenty of chickens, ducks, geese and tur keys, and he has always an ample supply of bacon for the year, in a drove of hogs in the mountain range,thrivinguponchestnuts and other “masts” until he needs them. There are always plenty bee gums by the garden fence and plenty of splendid cabbages and rich “Fall beans” and onions within the garden at this sea son, and you will seldom fail to see a large sweet potatoe patch, a large Irish potatoe patch, a Sorghum or Imphey patch, a tobacco patch and a flourishing apple orchard. The growth of apples heretofore has been relied upon as furnishing, when distilled, an article for export next to cat tle, the proceeds of which is brought back in sugar, coffee, salt and iron, and like articles for consumption. But the heavy excise upon distilleries and the products of the still has destroyed this resource, inas much as small distillers are unable to pay the tax imposed, as it "amounts to more than the products of the still would sell for in market. The consequence is, hundreds of bushels of beautiful apples now lie rot ting upon the ground. I witnessed, a few days since, the sale of an entire crop, esti mated at three hundred bushels, at 8 cents per bushel. The most of the trade of this section and the adjacent parts pf North Carolina and Tennessee finds an outlet by the Blue Ridge Road, meeting it at Walhalla, the present terminus of the road in South Carolina. For a long time their market was Augusta, reaching it through Athens, the eastern terminus of the Georgia Rail road. *A considerable amount still finds its way to Athens, but the bulk, determined by cheaper freights and greater * conve nience, goes to Walhalla, although the people, so far as I have observed, prefer their old trading points. It is curious to hear these people talk whenever the railroads leading into Rabun county are spoken of. They invariably say, “When the road from Georgia comes in;” “when the Tennessee Road is finished to Rabun ; ” “when South Caro lina finishes her Blue Ridge Road;” “when the United States imposed on the farmers of Rabun the infernal revenue tax,” just as if Rabun was no part, of Georgia, or of the United States, but a separate, distinct and independent sover eignty ; and she is pretty nearly so, if her independence of the “Bureau” and dislike of “’ekill nigger rights,” and of “Red Strings,” the sobriquet by which the Rabunites designate Radicals, afford a just criterion. llabun county is thoroughly Democratic, and her vote for Seymour and Blair will be almost a unit. M. OUK EATONTON CORRESPONDENCE. Eatonton, Ga., October 4th, 1868. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: —The past has been “court week,” duringwhich the September term of the Superior Court has been held. Judge Robinson makes an excellent presiding officer, and has won meeds of praise from attorneys and juries. If the other appointments of Governor Bullock are as satisfactory, there may be some mitigation of our sufferings under his administration. There has been in at tendance quite an array of legal ability— one Superior Court and four or five ex- Circuit Judges. The cases of interest to the general public, were an application for a habeas corpus in the case of the Sheriff of Decatur county, tried and sentenced to the Penitentiary by the military authori ties, and two criminal cases. One lor burglary and the other for attempt to kill. The argument for. the writ was made by Judge Loehrane, and was a masterly es- to be forgotten by those who heard it. The negative will be heard at Wilkinson Court. The criminal cases were of special in terest, from the fact of one of the parties being a prominent officer of the Loyal League of this county, and a leading man among the negroes. Colonel Henry Capers appeared for the defence in both of these cases, and with signal success in both, notwithstanding the verdict was against the Loyal Leaguer. This gentle man is anew light at the Bar, and cer tainly a brilliant one. Asa jury lawyer he is destined to great succes. Wc arc glad to see that the Legislature has chartered a railroad from this point to Madison. It will give us a more direct route to Augusta, and turn a large amount of our trade to your city, which now goes to Macon and Savannah. Au gusta should urge on this road. It is only twenty-two miles lout/, but will take 8,000 or more bales of cotton to Augusta from the other markets when finished. Give it a lift. Reporter. OUR CLARKSVILLE CORRESPONDENCE. Potash Farrow on the Stump— Ills body guard—Reception at Clarksville—His Speech—Declines the challenge of a Democrat — lncidents , etc., etc. Clarksville, Oct. 3, 1868. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Accord ing to previous announcement, N. S. (com monly known as Pot-ash) Farrow delivered a speech, in the interests of the Radical party at this place on yesterday, the 2nd of October. As the Radical press and speakers have had so much to say relative to the large majorities by which Grant would. carry the counties 'of Northern Georgia, it may not prove uninteresting to give some account of the reception which their ablest speaker, who has been selected to canvass Northeastern Georgia on ac count of his supposed great influence with the mountain men, received at this place, the. county site of Habersham county, which gave a largo majority to Wimpy, the Radical candidate for Congress, at the April election. Clarksville was third, I believe, in Far row’s list of appointments. On the morn ing of Thursday, Oct. 1 st, the quiet of the little village was disturbed by the clatter of hoofs and the rolling of wheels, and a few minutes after, a low seated barouche, drawn by a pair of flea bitten grays, whirl ed up to the door of the hotel. Two men' alight. The first with dark beard, flowing to the waist, peering from behind a pair of spectacles, which, together with the beard, give himastrongresemblance to the infamous Stanton, is Potash Farrow, the newly appointed Attorney General of the State. The second, a burly, muscular looking ruffian, whose narrow forehead, gimlet eyes, hawk nose and hatchet face, gave a fair indication of the fellow’s char acter, is named Woody, He is a man, I hear, of desperate character, hails from Lumpkin county, where others of the name, if not himself, have often been in dicted for various offences against the law, and accompanies Mr. Farrow, it is be lieved, as a body-guard. He was dressed in a suit of rusty black, probably the cast off garments of his patron, slouch hat and cow-hide boots considerably run down at the heels ; while the linen, minus a few buttons, which protruded from his open vest shewed too clearly the sad scarcity of water at this gentleman’s home. Decided ly his picture would be an invaluable ad dition to the Rogues’ Gallery. Next came the baggage, which consisted of a “carpet bag” belonging to Col. Farrow and sup posed to contain a bottle of whiskey and a clean shirt. Item: one belonging to Woody, containing the whiskey without the shirt. Item : fifteen or twenty bundles of “ New Eras," in which appears Aker man’s Atlanta speech ; the Radical Plat form; Farrow’s letters favoring the abo lition of the poll tax, and other documents equally interesting. Stopping but a few minutes to leave their baggage, they went on to visit Tocoa Falls and returned that evening. As they reached the Public Square some Rebel, instigated by'.theDevil, sungout “Potash.” This was the signal and then ensued a storm of “Hello, Potash,” blowing on conch shells, cries for Seymour and Blair, amidst which the party alighted at the hotel with blushing honors thick upon them. Everything was | uiet after this until just before supper, wuilst they were sitting in the moonlight, oefore the hotel, a voice, clear, distinct and not very far off, was heard to exclaim “Woody, oh! Woody.” No answer being made the voice went on : “I say Woody, will you. take fora sample of the moss which grew on your back when your were lying in the swamps to keep out of the Confed erate army, you d—d renegade, you. I want a piece about ten inches long!” Woody grinned horribly a ghastly smile and went in to his supoer. - After supper Ciarksvilie was threatened with a scene of bloodshed never before equalled in her annals ; but, fortunately,.it was averted, and in the language of the dispatches, nobody hurt; Colonel F., his guard, the landlord and one or two others were seated on the piazza conversing when a “still, small voice,” a few yards from us, exclaimed: “Oh! Mister Farrow, can’t you spTre me a sample of that 35 lbs of potash, you made in Rome during the war and which cost the Confederacy SSOO per barrel? I want a. leetle piece to take the old woman. ’ Filled with ire and breathing vengeance against the offender the doubty Colonel started forth, apparent ly determined that Seymour should lose one vote in this county anyhow; but his ;uard and the landlord restrained him, persuaded him not to venture forth, told him the “boys” had probably been drink ing, to take no notice of them, &c., until at last the Colonel heard reason and con cluded to pocket the insult. He seems to have a particular aversion to this name of potash, and tells with great satisfaction a story of how a manin Newnan the other day called him potash, and,*to use Farrow’s own words, “I turned and looked him steadily in the face, then raised my coat tail and showed him the butt of my pistol. and you ought to have seen the fellow unit." Remember this is the Attorney General of the State,who carries concealed weapons in the seat of his pants with which to over come political opponents. \Y ith the exception of au occasional cry for samples of potash and moss the night passed without any disturbance, and dark clouds and thick mists ushered in the event ful day on which the eloquence of Mr. Far row was to crush all hope from the breasts of the partisans of Seymour and fire the breasts of the mountaineers for Grant and peace. The audience, consisting princi pally of Democrats, began arriving after breakfast, so that by II a. m., about thirty Democrats, one-fourth Union Leaguers and a baker’s dozen of other negroes had gath ered in the Court House. Farrow ascend ed the rostrum and then commenced the great speech for the Union Republican party. He commenced by announcing himself as Radical Elector for the State at large.’ He spoke of the sacrifice he made in leaving his family for nearly thrqp months ; that nothing but a desire to oppose the threat ened revolution and war caused him to do it; said he saw the cloud approaching which as clearly betokened war now as it did in 1861.. That the secession leaders of 1861 were the Democratic leaders of 1868; tried to arouse the hatred of the men of the mountains agaiust their brethren of the lower parts of the State by saying that the slaveholders of that section brought on the war to perpetuate slavery and then shirk ed the conflict, but made the poor men up here fight for them. That ’twas a “slave holder’s war, but a poor man’sfight.” He told them how the poor men of North Geor gia were ill-treated and ground down by the slaveholders. 110 praised Wofford for his Cassville snecch, in which he said W. had denounced Hill, Toombs and Cobb, saying that they had violated their paroles, but that he (Wofford) will be true to his and fight for the Union flag. Here a voice, clear, distinct and but a few feet from the speaker exclaimed, “That’s a iie, General Wofford never said so.” Looking a little frightened, the speaker went on reading garbled extracts from the platforms of the two parties to prove that the Democratic meant war, the Radical peace. Referred to the talent and magnanimity of our “ noble standard-bearer, Gen. Grant.” [Cries by the crowd for Grant, Seymour and Potash. 1 lie next spoke of the Demo cratic leaders, being particularly severe od Gen. Toombs, whom he said lay in the swamps like a runaway negro after the surrender and sent a messaga “ into Gen. Steadman begging to be allowed to come in and be paroled. That Steadman refused but allowed him to slip away to France. Said he had this from Steadman’s own lips. Said that Toombs, Cobb and Hill were injuring their party at the North. He had been there and knew this to be c o. [Cries of “wish you had stayed there,” and shouts for “Seymour, Toombs and Potash.”] He accused Governor Jenkins of “putting his trtvnd in the State Treasury and taking $20,000 of the people’s money which he spent in the Georgia Injunction case. ’ [Shouts for “Grant, Jenkins and Potash.”] Speaking to the people of the Reconstruction Acts, which the Demo crats wish to overthrow, he said these acts had been passed by Congress and pro nounced Constitutional by the Supreme Court. He laughed at the idea of negro supremacy. That to compare a negro to a white man was, to use the comparison of Perry, to compare “au owl to an eagle, or ajackass to a noble steed.” (This is how the Radicals speak of their negro brethren in this part of the State.) He said that miscegenation was another Democratic bugbear. That in the lower part of the State where the “aristocrats” protested so much against it, that there were many mulattoes there difficult to tell from white men—[A voice here cried out, “Nobody could toll you from a nigger without a pair of specks.”]—proving that the aristocrats practised it more than any oneelse. The cries about “Potash” hero became so frequent that he made a short explanation. Said that he did not mind the name at all (?); that during the war he had been conscripted, but had procured a discharge on account of “defcctivo vision,” for which ho was very glad, as he did not wantto fight and perhaps leave hiswifea widow. [Voice from the crowd,“Ain’t your wife a widow now, mister ?”] After that he was in the Nitre Bureau and served the Confederacy faithfully. [A voice, “How about that 35 pounds of potash which cost the Confederacy SSOO per pound?”] At this point Col. Farrow seemed to think that it was useless to addresssuch a crowd of rebels and brought his speech to an abrupt termination, not having spoken more than forty or fifty minutes. The meeting broke up with great confusion amid loud cheers for Seymour and groans for “Potash.” O wing to the absence of Col. Garnett McMillan, the Democrats had no one here to reply to Farrow, nor did his speech de serve one; but as he had, in his speech, challenged them to bring forward one of their party to answer him, expressing con fidence in his ability to vanquish him; within 5 minutes after he had closed they persuaded a young man here (Mr. Morton) to answer him. To this he consented on condition that Col. Farrow would come back and debate with him. Col. F. was seutj for but refused to come, after all his boastful challenging, because he said that he had left the Court House, and it was not customary to.go.back; that Mr. Mortan should have announced his intention to reply before he left; but that if he would go to Clayton (twenty-five miles), he would meet him. Under these circum stances Mr. M. did nothing but make a few scattering remarks on the cowardice of Col-F. in challenging an opponent, and then barring himself in his room to avoid meeting him. Witli three more rousing cheers for iieymour and Blair, the crowd finally dispersed. Thus ended Farrow’s grpat speech in Clarksville. It is worthy of remark that the youDg man who volunteered to meet Farrow, had never made a political speech before in his life ; and yet the vet eran politician was afraid to meet him. Col. F. had intended staying here until this (Saturday) evening, but seized, after his speech, with a sudden disgust for the town, a few hours after his noration he drove off, accompanied for a quarter of a mile in his barouche out cf town by the Sheriff, to shield him from the vengeanee of two or three men and half a dozen boys, who saluted him as he passed them with cries of “good’bye, Mister pot-ash,” “come again when you can’t stay so long,” “good-bye, renegade,” &c. From this place he went to Clayton, Rabun county, where I hear his reception will be even worse than at this place. Viator. [From the New York Express. 1 IMMENSE GATHERING OF THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY. SEYMOUR, BLAIR AND HOFFMAN. The Greatest Political Demonstration Ever Held !n this City. Last evening, in response to a cal! issued by the Tammany Committee, the Democ- I raey of New York assembled in unnum bered thousands to indorse the nomina tions of the party—Presidential and Guber natorial. The central point of interest was in TammaDy llall, where the speakers of the evening held forth to an audience that crowded the building to its utmost ca pacity. For the accommodation of the multi tudes who could not gain access to the hall, six outside stands were provided —one in the lower baicony of the Tammany build ing, and one in Irving place, at the corner of 11th street —and the remainder in various parts of Union square. The prin cipal stand was that at the corner of Broadway and 14th street. It was beauti fully ornamented with the national colors, and was surrounded on three sides by por traits of Seymour and Blair and Hoffman, with the motto on the front, “Reduce Taxes before Taxes reduce us. ’ ’ A band of music was in attendance to enliven the proceedings. Opposite the building formerly known as the Maison Doree, was a handsomely decorated plat form in charge of the Empire Democratic Club, and near the Washington monu ment,stood the German stand, also beauti fully arrayed in the colors of Fatherland and the adopted country. Before the Spingler House were arranged three fine pyrotechnic pieces. The central figure was the National eoat of-arms, over the word “Constitution.” Flanking this piece Were two others—one an effigy of the Presidential candidate, and the other of the Vice President, with the Dame of each below. These were fired at a late hour in the evening, and were loudly cheered by the spectators. The entire street scene was gaily lighted by means of a score or more of dazzlingcalciums, erect ed at various points, and thousands of tri colored lanterns suspended from telegraph wires, tree branches, window-sills, house tops —in short from almost every object that could be so utilized. One line of lanterns extended, without interruption, from the corner of Third avenue and Four- teenth street to the Metropolitan Club Rooms, below University place. Cannon were stationed in the Park, behind the principal stand ; from these an incessant booming was kept up from the beginning to the close of the meeting. Fire balloons were sent up at short intervals, to the in finite amusement of the assemblage. As early as 7 o’clock in the evening, the streets in the vicinity began to fill up, and an hour later it was drnost an impossibilityy to force one’s way through the dense crowds that were everywhere encountered. A great deal of enthusiasm was evinced on all sides, cheer after cheer going up, and “tiger” following “tiger,” when the mul titudes were reminded of their favorite candidates. TAMMANY HALL. The doors of Tammany Hall were open for the admission of ladies as early as 6 P. M., and soon after that hour they be gan to enter. The scats at the side <w the hall set apart for them were soon filled. Meantime an immense crowd gradually assembled in front of the hall and sought to enter, but were kept back by a strong force of Metropolitan Police until 7 P. M., when the doors were thrown open for all. A general rush was made for the hall, and it was soon full. The rear of the platform was profusely -decorated with American flags, but beyond these and the coats-of-arms of the several States, which arc fixtures on the walls, the interior was without decorations. At a few minutes before 8 o’clock, Mayor Hoffman appeared at the door at the rear of the stage, ac companied by Gen. W. Jb\ Smith, Hon. Sanford E. Church, A. Oakey Hall, Isaac Bell, Jr., C. Godfrey Gunther, Gen. Spicer, and a great many others who had been invited to seats on the platform. As they came forward and took their seats, they were received with applause. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Oakey Hall, who said he had expected, and the great metropolis had expected, that circumstances would havo allowed Gen. McClellan to preside, but he re gretted that they would necessarily be compelled to forego that distinguished honor. He said that if tho audience would preserve that -Hen. which jii patriotism and the high character of Gen. MeCleliau’s letter should receive, he would read it. Gen. McClellan’s letter was then read. (We have already published this letter and omit it here.) The reading of the letter was followed by vociferous cheering, after which Mr. Oakey Hall again came forward and said that next to the pleasure of nominating General McClellan to preside was that of nominating as presiding officer for the meeting a bosom friend of McClellan—a man distinguished in the annals of the Army of the Potomac, who sowed the seed of the glorious crop of success which others reaped, and who fought in the great battle of Antietam, at a time when President Lincoln was shaking in the White House—a General who fought un der Grant at Chattanooga—Gen. Wm. F. Smith. (Cheers.) General Smith being thus called upon to preside, came forward and returned thanks for the compliment, and said that he ac cepted it also as a eouipliment to many thousands of soldiers who fought during the war honestly for the preservation of the Union, and that he spoke their opin ion when he said that unless there was a great change in the policy of this country and of this Governcrnmeut the four yearsof war had been for nothing. (Cheers.) General Smith having taken his seat, a list of some two hupdred Y r iee Presidents and twenty-four Secretaries was read. Hon. Sanford E. Church was then intro duced. He said in substance : Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Citizens: When I look upon this beautifully decora ted hall, and upon this immense assem blage of intelligent men, graced by the presence of several hundred ladies, 1 am inspired with courage for the success of our cause (applause); but when Igo out side of this building, and see your broad avenues literally filled with tens of thou sands of people, wiio have come up here with banners and torches and music, to evince their enthusiasm lor our success, I cannot doubt that the patriotic spirit of .the American people, which we witness here to-night, will overspread the land and over the country. [Applause.] I shall not detain you long, but I desire to make a few suggestions to you as citizens of the city and State of New York. I propose to present to you to-night some suggestions, knowing it is the duty of every citizen of New York to support the Democratic ticket at the ensuing cleotiori. The leaders of the Radical Party I de nounce as a set of revolutionists. In the first place, I # say to you, fellow citizens, that you arc made to pay more than your proportion of tho taxes of the country; a disproportionate amount is im posed upon New York.iu comparison with that imposed upon the small States of the Union. Four hundred millions of dollars, and over, havo been raised during the last three years; New York has paid one quarter of the whole amount, making $100,000,000. Our population is about oue-ninth of the population of the Union, and under a fair and honest mode of taxa tion we ought to pay only one-ninth ; our proportion would be only $55,000,000, so that we pay $45,000,000 more than we ought. The city of New\ r ork paysone-third of the taxes ofthe State; therefore, this city pays $15,000,000 more a year to thb Gov ernment than she ought to pay according to a fair distribution, The policy of' the Radical party has been to elevate the negro above the white man of the South, and thereby dwarf the white man. That is not all they make us pay; they keep a Freedmen’s Bureau at an expense of $lO,- 000,000 a year to take care of negroes, and see that they vote the Radical ticket, and see that the white man of the South is kept under and the negro kept up. We pay at least $50,000,000 a year lor a standing army and support a Freedmen’s Bureau; tho State; of New York pays one quarter of that amount aud the city of New York one third, so that the citizens of Now Yoik are compelled by this Radical Congress t.u pay $5,000,000 for keeping 10,000,000 of cus tomers away from them, they have de stroyed the shipping interest also, which is also done by foreign ships. The State of New York is entitled to nine Senators in the United State Senate, Massachu setts to two, and Rhode Island to forty-thee ono hundredths of one Sen ator. [Applause.] The have usurped the rights of the Stales; they have taken the business of banking from the States, and substituted an immense national and odious swindle; they have taxed the local banks out of existonoe by a law unconstitu tiona! and void; they have seized the patronage of the Executive; they are now agitatingtbequestion of forming an Educa tional Bureau, and taking your educational rights from you; it will be only an easy step for them to assume the judicial power of the country; they contemplato taking away the Judioiary and internal improve ments ; and what is there left, I ask any Radical friend when these powers are taken away! They have also assumed power over the suffrage question, and intend to exercise it as to all the Northern States. Therefore it is for the interests of the peo ple tost and by the Democratic party, and thereby protect their own power. I Ap plause.] We have put the Radical party on trial; we have called for an ac count of what they have dono with the money; at first they wero mum, and said nothing; tho people clamored louder, and they finally hissed out “Cop perhead,” “Rebel,” but that was played out a long time ago. [Applause.] Still the people clamored lor an account; well, they said Frank Blair wanted tofight; well, Frank Blair in 1861 s did want to fight; ho left a luxurious seat in Congress and went into the tented fieid, fought through the war beside the bravest men in the army. He says now he don't want to fight, but if he did nobody else does, that 1 know of. The Democratic party don’t want to fight; our Radical friends declare they don’t want to fight, and if nobody else but Frank Blair wants to fight, why, lot Frank fight it out. [Applause.] HENRY 0. MURPHY’S REMARKS. Mr. Murphy was next introduced, and on coming forward said : The people now felt that these questions involved their very existence, and that of their form of government. An unscrupulous party in possession of thegovernmenthad perverted its powers, set aside the provisions of the Constitution, and assumod powers outside of that instrument, under the guise of restoriog the Union, but in reality for the purpose of perpetuating themselves in power. The plea put forward by the Re publican party for their Southern policy was that which served Cassar when he passed the Rubicon ; it was that which served Louis Napoleon when he robbed the French of their republic. The Recon struction Acts of Congress wore uncon stitutional, and if the Democratic party should be put in power, these acts would be declared void, legally and peaceably, and in no other way. There would be no peace until the Reconstruction Aets of Congress were declared unconstitutional, revolutionary and void. Any Democrat who did not vote for the Democratic standard-bearers committed a crime not onlg against his party but against his country. SPEECH OF MAYOR HOFFMAN Mayor John T. Hoffman was the next speaker, and on coming forward expressed himself grateful for the welcome, and knew of no words adequate to express his thanks. He had gone through a great part of' Pennsylvania and the men were gather ing in crowds to hear the questions of the day discussed, and he told them that on Tuesday next a Democratic victory will be gained there. The Radicals had assem bled some time since in this city to com memorate the battle of Antietam, but they never mentioned the name of the General who won that great battle. They claimed the victories of the war as the victories of their party ; although as many Democrats went to fight t! bat:!e of their country as Repu'.'i :a.!- nod a , many Democrats went to lead them as Repub licans. Now when they had and : rived the Supreme Court of the power to sit iri judg ment upon them and tied the hands of President Johnson so as he could not re move them without the consent or a Radi cal Congress, they charged that Andrew Johnson was responsible for the frauds commrtt -1 by the Radical office-holders on the country. Having robbed the people, now whoa they were brought to an account they rendered fraudulent statements of the manner in which the people’s money had gone. It were entirely needless to cal! for peace if the fires of sectional prejudice and hate were fanned. No government could be bound together by any other bonds than those of love. SPEECH OF ALLAN C. BEACH. The Democratic candidate for Lieut. Governor of the State of New York, Mr. Allan C. Bo3eh, was next introduced, flu asked why it was that the people were in quiring of the Radical party, who had eon trolled the Government for* tho „ years, why it was that the Union Ufto” day practically dissolved ami ten States d L ay refuSod ro i )rcs entation in Com gross, why it was they were subjected to a military despotism; why the Constitu tion was overturned and a Radical Con- Tnflf h^ a adn and lLe Executive and the Judicial Departments of the Government? y Y as there no such word as “forgiveness” W „ for fi lcal T od ! I h " ro was? but it was for those who joined their party. They had forgiveness for Southerners whose swords had drunk the blood of Union men, for those w.m had declared they would take no Yankee prisoners; but then these men had since joined the Radical party. There was no pardon for those who did not. To-day eight hundred thousand negroes had a right to vote in the Southern States. An inferior and barbarous race had that, right in order that they might he manipulated by political demagogues so as (h control the election of twenty United States Senators, fifty members of tho Louse of Representatives and seventy electors for President. Mr. Richard O'Gorman, Mr. DoWitt and Mr. Dagget Hunt followed in rousing addresses,andtwhen the meeting adjourned the cheering for Seymour and Blair and Hoffman and Beach were kept up for half an hour. THE OUTSIDE MEETINGS, The principal stand of the outside meetings was erected at the southern end oi the Square facing Broadway. It was gaily decorated with flags and banners, and at the front and sides; portraits of Seymour,. Blair, and Hoffman were dis played. The stand was brilliautly illumi nated with gas. The proceedings over by Mr. James Moncrief, who •introduced as the first speaker Thomas C. Fields. His speech consisted of a review of the Repub lican administration since 1860. Mr. Fields thought that the Republicans had made a complete failure in their po litical efforts, nwd for that reason, he con sidered that the time htul arrived to place the reins of powbr in the hands of the Democrats. He also touched upon the national finances, and believed that the election of Seymour was essential to save the country from bankruptcy. The next speaker was J ames B. Oluoy, of (Jatakill. He eulogized tho Democratic candidates, and proved that the country had always flourished under Democratic auspices, but languished when the Re publicans had control of the government. The stand near the Washington Monu ment was reserved exclusively for German speakers. Mr. George Butcher presided, and Mr. Henry Ilortz acted as Secretary. Speeches were made by Dr. Frederick Freeh, Dr. Adolph Berckman, Uol. Spen cer W. Cone, Beuj. J. David ami E. Rosenthal. At the stand iu Irving Place, Recorder Ilaekett presided. Addresses were made by Mr. Gillette, of the Treasury Depart ment, and W. E. Robinson, M. C., from Kings county. _ The stand near Fifteenth street was pro sided over by Abm. R. Lawrence, Jr. Speeches were made by Wm. C. DcWitt, E. G. Anderson, and Messrs. Murphy and Babcock. A balcony stand was erected at a win dow in Tammany Hall, at which addresses were made by gentlemen vftio had already spoken in the Hall. The stand opposite the old Maison Doreo was occupied by the Empire Club. Capt. llynders here spoke at length iu his usual eloquent manner. Tho stand of the Young Men’s Demo cratic Union Club was located at the Uni versity place side of the square, and was presided over by the President ofthe Club, lion. A. J. Rogers. The Ciub marched to the ground iu strong force, headed by Hill’s “Independent” Band, and took positions about the stand. Mr. Rogers then opened the meeting with an address on tho “financial issue.” Hon. A. C. Dayton was introduced at the close of M-. Rogers’ speech, and, after him, Mr. W. J. Rose, \{ice President of the Club, spoke. lion. Green Glay Smith, of Montana Territory, followed. Mr. Algernon S. Sullivan was next in troduced. Mr. Sullivan was succeeded by Col. Dayis, of NewYoric, Captain Thomas and others. Hon. Alien C. Bench and Richard O’Gorman also spoke. THE OUTSIDE SCENES. It is simply impossible to convey an idea by a written sketch of tho magnitude of the gathering. The surging, swaying masses floated at every poiut of the com pass round Tammany Hall for a mile. Not more than half the crowd touched ground once in ten minutes. The different ward processions com menced arriving at 8 o’clock, and continued to arrive up to 11 o’clock. When the whole rows got into the line the procession extended over ten miles. The smallest computation fixed the num ber of processionists at 100,000, and the spectators and citizonsai 500,000. Amongst the features in tho procession wore two lull rigged ships, a ferry boat, an Irish jaunt ing car laden with “live and twenty fid dlers. ’ ’ in addition to the two meetings in Tam many Hall, there were six outside stands, from which speakers essayed to harangue the multitudes. But the perpetual explo sion of rockets, discharge of cannon, ring ing of immense bolls, gyrating of pyrotech nics, at every angle, neighing of horses and cheering of men, it was a pretty difficult task for the- orators to arrest riic attention of their audiences. Thrf crowd did not separate till long after midnight. Fortu nately there was not a single accident to mar tho pleasure of tho evening. THE PROCESSION was an immense affair. It took nearly five hours to pass a given point, and was eight miles in length. It was an unending task to describe in detail this monster proces sion.. At a fair estimate 100,000 people participated in tho procession. Nearly all the clubs bore Chinese lanterns, inscribed “Hoffman and Beach.” On-various trans parencies among others appeared “A Democracy at An detain saved Washing ton;” “live Reconstruction Plans Make One Destruction“ The Rads arc Finan cial Thimble-riggers.” After a oouplc of wagons filled with good Democratic voters and profusely decorated with flags came au organization of boiler makers and a full rigged ship. A small cannon brought up the rear. The Ist Ward led oft with a company of pioneers, bearing axes in their hands ; then followed a wagon of voters, drawn by four gray horses ; then carriages, likewise bearing voters. . On the first banner appeared the declaration, “The First Ward never gives up.” A feature of this ward was a ship drawn by men iu red shirts. On the bow of the ship was old Neptune, bearing his trident in his hand. Following this was a wagon containing a ship. A carriage filled with ladies and children succeeded. Direotly in tho rear was borne a banner in scribed, “Military power the tyrant’s hope,” and directly after an association of ’longshoremen and one of boatmen. All j the members of the latter organization carried oars on their shoulders. 'They also : had two boats on two trucks neatly uress- I od with American flags, and each mann ed by boys. Some- blacksmiths beating their anvils eame next down on a wagon, then a “carpet-bagger,” a negro with a huge carpet-bag; a wagon filled with children, in Franklin Hose, and a beauti ful young kdy representing the Goddess of Liberty. The Fourth ward had two ships, with clanging bells. A fine show was made by the Fifth ward, but the famous Sixth took the palm from the low er wards. They had an engine company and plenty of wagons and carriages and banners and transparencies, showing em phatic Democratic sentiments. The Seventh and Seventeenth wards made the best show. In the former wards the Iron sides Club turned out fully 3,000 strong. Here, too, was a ship, tho best show in tho shipway of the eve nine. At midnight the procession was still moving. For hours after the tramp of the various ward turnouts could be heard in tho streets as they wore returning to their rt spective wards. THE HERMAN PROCESSION , was a decided feature of tho parade. There were seven divisions in all, each sub-divided into the several wards of which it was com posed. Grand Marshal of the whole was : Major William Seebash, assisted by a num j Ixrof adjutants and aids. In the ranks | was a splendidly gotten up full rigged ship, 1 manned by a number of “Boys in Blue,” German mariners who had served iu the Union navy, during tho war, and carrying a calcium light which spread its rays to a long distance. Next came a beautiful or namented “chariot of triumph,” oo which sat enthroned a handsome maiden repre senting Columbia, and twenty-six iittJe girls in white were strewing flowers at her feet and waving flags. Another object of attraction in this division was the Citizen Hoffman Club, with its President, Mr. Jacob Cohen, about 600 strong, in open carriages, who are all of Hebrew faith, and who have joined with the Democrats against Grant. The last was the Seventh division, Her mann Rocke, Marshal and adjutants; Twelfth ward, Caspar Ileindel; Nineteenth ward, Francis Kohler; and Twenty-first ward, August Benkeser. With this di vision marched also a number of German clubs from Westchester,county, as Staten Island and South Brooklyn were repre sented in the First and Kings and Queens counties in the Fifth division. As the pro cession inarched over from First to Fourth avenue the sight indeed was a magnificent one. Horace Greeley. New York, October 10, p. m.—Tho He publicans of iho Fifth District have nomi nated Horace Greeley for Congress. From Baltimore. Baltimore, October 10, p. m.—Cases of Woolley and Kimberly Bros versus But ler, on application to vacate warrants as breach of Butlor’s Congressional priv elcges; Cushing for Butlor and Merrick for the others, argued all day. Argument c on tin uos next Saturday.
