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01,1) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. €luotttcle tt f eutincl. : : vuv MOORE, it. wiiigiit. PATRICK IV VI>II, Associate Editor, i 1-It OF "IBHCitU'TION. •'AII.T. < *1 CO . ' ■ 5 DO , WEEKLY. l }<■' ' l ".- 1 w A OOVSTA , GA i .V KWgAIA 1 KOBITUMU OCTOBII To Our Readers. Those of our readers who have not yet paid Tip their indebtedness to this office, arc earnestly iequ<.. ted to do so without delay. Our rule is cash in advance; and as we aie sending out bills at present, we expect to have them settled upon present ation. A prompt compliance with this requr-t will mve us and our delinquent friends much annoyance. The Macon Telegraph. The Macon Telegraph has made the amende houorMe in setting the Chronicle A Sentinel right upon the record, where it always intends to stand. We thank the senior of the 'digraph for his correction. Frank Leslie's Ladies’ Magazine.— Mr. Quinn has just reoi ived Frank Leslies’ lias lit* Magazine for November ; also “ Oni Young Folia ' for the children. Troops—A company of United States artillery passed through this city on Sun day last, cn route for Atlanta. They were armed with breach-loading rifies. The army is being supplied with this stylo of gun, being tbe most effective arm of the service. Distinguished Voters.— Among the “colored inuiwijuals” registered as voters in this city arc lound the names of Dan iel W. lister, Ilenry Clay, George Wash ington, John Milton, Thomas Puino, and other names of distinction, in history, poetry, and art. Green Ggggi.es.—Green Goggles has r< mi ll his residence in our city. Ilis friends vviil recognize those hat, them beautiful voico of his, and that natural geniality of disposition, which characterize his character and render him the popular individual that lie is. The Election Tickets.—The Atlanta Constitution says: T he bill requiring all election tickets in this State to bo uniform and on white pa per, did not pass, as scents to he supposed by some. It tailed in the Senate. Tickets may, therefore, be printed on any kind or color of paper parties may desire. Parties desiring printed tickets should send in their orders at once. They can be furnished in any style at this office, at low rates. The Southern Planter and Farmer. -This valuable agricultural and horticul tural publication for October has reached us. Its contents are varied and interest ing, embracing agricultural, horticultural, household, editorial, and correspondence departments, each of which is well filled with subjects of importance and interest to the farmers and planters of the South. It is published monthly by Furgusson & Hedy at Richmond, Va., at $2 per annum, in advance, nnd edited by Chas. B. Williams, with Wm. L. Jlill as General Agent. lioolt Notices. The Half Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences, being a digest of Itritish and (Jontinental Medicine and of the Progress of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences. This valuable work has been on our table some time, and after a careful ex amination of its contents we do not hesi tate to pronounce it one of the best works of the kind that hasfalleu under our notice. It. presents everything that is new in this country, Great Britain and the Continent. It is published in Philadelphia by Ilonry U. Lea at $2 50 per annum, and will be furnished with the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, and flic Medical News Library at $6 per annum, free ol‘postage. The American Journal of The Medi cal Sciences. The October number of this valuable medical periodical is promptly on our table, freighted with its usual variety of original communications, Transactions of Societies, Reviews, Analytical and Bibliographical Notices, Quarterly Summary of the im provements and Discoveries in the Medical Sciiuees, Foreign and Domestic. Wc take great pleasure in calling tho attention of tho Profession to this invaluable Quar terly. It is the medium through which all the most prominent men of flic Uuion present their views to the public, and should be in the hands of every memberof the pro fession who wishes to keep pace with the science ol‘ medicine. It is published quar terly by Henrv C. Lea, in Philadelphia, and is edited by Isaac Hays, M. D. Price six dollars per annum, in advaneo. Periodicals. —Wo have received from the publishers the Galaxy and l\tt team's Monthly Magazine for November. The (salary is a very able publication and interesting in its character. It is published by Sheldon A Cos., No. 498 and 500 Broadway, New York, at $4 per an num iu advance. Putnam's Monthly Magazine contains several well written articles, and is pub lished by G. P. Putnam A Son, No. 661 Broadway, New York, at $4 per annum- our Rat road Connections. Tin' Hi stern Railrmid Gazette, publish cii at Chicago, contains the following con cerniug the railroad connections of the great cities of the North and West with the extreme South : “Cincinnati is now struggling to secure i the construction of a series of railroads, 1 which may be almost as important to 1 Chicago as to the more Southern city. I These are the line from Danville to Knox- 1 ville, and the Blue Ridge Railroad, from Knoxville to the Northwestern terminus of the South Carolina Railroad, which will give a short connection from Cincinnati to Charleston and to Savannah, and another line from Danville more directly Southward which wilt open communication to Pensa cola. The latter lino is only a part of one of the favorite projects of Cincinnatians, the Mickauaw :.ud Pensacola Railroad, a line which would be 1,064 miles long, one of the lot ■ >’ North and South routes in the court- . though the completion of the ! Penii - • Division of the Northwestern' Railway t o m Fort Howard to Faoanaba j will give line from New Orleaus to ! Marqueiu, 1,285 miles. But it is only the St»ut hern part of this line which con cerns u- At present we have direct con nection to Jv two Southern ports—New Orlean and Mobile. The distance to Pensae.<Ti - ilmost precisely the same as that to M >lu! —a point on the Guii halt way betw.- u them being due. South oi Chicago. There is even now railroad com munication to Pensacola, but it is circuit ous. The completion of a line froin De catur to Selina, Ala., and of the line South from Selma will give a very direct con nection to Pensacola by way of Louisville about 900 miles long But the most im portant connections for Chicago as well as Cincinnati are those with Savannah and Charleston, which will bo secured by the construction of the Danville and Knoxville and the Blue Ridge Railroads. They will furnish a channel for a great trade whieh now in great part takes a circuitous course by way of New York. Chicago will then be as a ar to Savannah as to New \ork, and thus anew outlet will be afforded to onr great and growing provision trade. Wc would have the choice between the routes by Louisville and by Cincinnati, the route by Louisville being a few miles the shortest. Election in Clay County.— We learn from the Chattahoochee Mirror that at the election held in Clay county on the 14th inet., W. T. R. Maon was elected Sheriff and John T. Cherry, Tax Collector, by handsome majorities. They take the places, we presume, of scalawags, who could not give bond. Tlie Dishonorable Proposi We have already adverted to the proposi tion of the New York World to throw Seymour and Blair overboard, and take some new candidates in their stead. The proposition is, as we have said, adisfcooora ble one, and not only dishonorable, but a very dangerous one, if attempted to be car ried into effect. It is dishonorable because we have, in a Convention representing all sections of the Union, nominated these distinguished gentlemen for the high posi tions of President and Vice President, and thereby required of them a sacrifice of time, peace, enjoyment, of almost every private interest for the public good. These nominations were made in good faith and accepted in good faith, and it is our duty to stand by them, come weal, come wo. It is dangerous, because a change of front, when advancing upon au enemy, is one of the most perilous of political as well as of military tactics. It must be accompanied with defeat, unless bad generalship or i over-enthusiasm on the part of the enemy should avert it. For these reasons, we should oppose the change now. But even admitting that the WorbL's proposition was honorable aud proper, how could the change be effected now ? Who lias the authority ? It could only be done by the authority of a conveniion, and there is no time to call a convention now. Besides, a change would effect no good. The lying and misrepresentation of the Radicals would continue against the new candidates as it doe3 against the present ones. They will not conduct the canvass fairly. I’hey know that they have no ground to stand upon in the con test, aud so they have lied about the Democracy ; they have misrepresented the South ; they Lave deceived the North ; and swindled the nation ; and other candi dates would be subjected to this falsehood and trickery, just as are Seymour and ' Blair. The Radical leaders and papers know well enough that the Democratic party means peace , they know well enough that the South means peace ; they know well; enough that the election of Seymour and i Blair means peace ; but tho infamous ! crow, seeking only their own ag ! grandizement, determined not to re linquish the spoils which thej’ have ac quired at the hands of a prostrate and im poverished people, are determined to tear down the Temple of Liberty, and perish themselves, amid the ruins, rather than let these spoils willingly pass out, of their I hands. Let us not yield, therefore, now ; but, contesting every inch of ground with the rabble horde, strike blow for blow, with them, trusting to a just and overruling Providence to give us at last tho victory of right over wrong, of justice’over injustice, of principle over fanaticism. The True Policy. Wc don’t believe in swapping horses in crossing tbe stream, aud we don’t believe in changing commanders in front of the ene my, and for the very same reasons wc don’t believe in the proposition to change either Seymour or Blair to put someone else in the place of either as a standard-bearer for the Democracy. If, as it is alleged, that Grant is stronger than his party, then it would bo simply stupid to expect to beat him with either Chase or Hancock, for Grant would hold his own in any event. The Democratic party must fight it out on the original line, with Seymour and Blair as the standard-bearers, or give up the field to the opposition, and let Grant and Colfax walk over the track. Our friends in the North and West are not dis mayed by the result on the 13th, and we of tho South must, not be discouraged. Tho j>oo|,lo of CJooccia have ton much at stake not to feel a deep in terest in this The organiza tion of the Democratic party must be held intact. In that is our sole hope. We must work, determined never to give up our principles and our policy until our State is restored to the Union on a Constitutional equality with the States of the North, aud until a citizen of Georgia is guaranteed and protected in the same rights and privileges as a citizen of Ohio or New York. Encouraging from the West. Our friends iu the West, the friends of law and order, the lovers of free govern ment and constitutional liberty, the honest and true men who are in favor of equal and exact justice to every section of the Uuion —havo not been disheartened by the elec tions in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Then why should we of the South, who have so much more at stake, grow faint hearted and weak-kneed when our friends in the North and West are still determined to fight on and push the enemy with all the vigor and power and ability whieh right and justice, virtue and honor, and true principles, give to a great and glo rious cause. #lf there arc any men here in Georgia, especially any of the readers of tho Chronicle A Sentinel, who have no stomach for tho fight, on account of the present aspect of the political situation, let them read the following brave and man ly words which come to cheer us in the noble struggle for constitutional govern ment all the way from tho far off State of Michigan, where the Democracy are still in the field with armor on, preparing for the coming contest. Be of good cheer, reader. The prize which we seek for is worth encountering a thousand defeats : From the Detroit Free Press. WHAT OF TIIK NIGHT ? “Conceding that the result in the four States that voted on Tuesday is all that the Radicals claimed, we are yet by no means ready to despair of the future. The official foo'ing will show, when compared with the figures of 1864 and 1866, a large and encouraging Democratic gain in the j popular vote. They will show another thing that the Democratic party has polled a ; larger vote in those States than it ever \ polleil he/orc. With all the government patronage against us —both State and na tional—we have yet gained in the affections and confidence of the people. We have ; gained voters at the polls and strength in the popular branch of the National Legis lature. And if Democrats arc true to themselves, as they no doubt will be, we shall continue to gain until our labors are crown ed with victory. The salvation of the Union, the perpetuity of free government j and 'he well-being of the people all demand that the policy of the government shall be i moulded iu accordance with the principles and theory of the Democratic party. The people may not clearly sec it to-day nor even next month, but they will see it. “ ‘Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers." “The principles of the Democratic party arc founded in truth and justice, and if those who believe in those principles will still remain ‘steadfast and true, sooner or later, the victory will coaie. The enemies of Democratic institutions —of cheap and economical government —of an honest ad ministration of public affairs and of a strict accountability of government officials at the bar of public opinion, cannot long j deceive and dupe the people. | The Radical party, in the past, has been ! aided by the throes and perils of civil war. i Rising in proportion as the country sinks, j it has prospered under the influence of j passions, whieh that war necessarily left in j its trail. But these influences are to wear i away. Men have been controlled by pas j sion and prejudice, the time for the reign 1 of reason is approaching, and with its ad j vent will come the Democratic victory— j the victory of the people over their oppres j sors—the victory of truth over error. IvCt every friend of right and good gov ernment stand firm by his principles and bis convictions —let him falter not in this • work of well-doing—let him never despair while there is yet a hope for the nation’s redemption. Let him never forget that on him rests the duty of aiding the great work of perpetuating the liberties of the people, and of transmitting the free insti tutions which we have enjoyed to those who may come after us, not only unchang ed but unimpaired. If a vigilance as un remitting is manifested in the future as in the past, the hour will surely come when the watchman’s cry of “What of the night?” will meet the response of “AH’s Well,” from a people disenthralled and a country redeemed. A Pleasing Frospeet (?) That uncompromising Democratic paper, I the Day Book, in its issue Jor last Satur day, contains a review of the financial and commercial prospects by “Ben Franklin,’’ i from which we extract the following en couraging view of the financial future of the United States in the event of the suc cess of the Red-Republiean Radical party : “But it is very questionable if our paper i money ever advances to the par of gold. Lvery month now shows an increase of the public debt, and every dollar’s addition to this national curse only renders the final repudiation of that debt more certain. Could the nation at large see, in each thir ty days, a gradual reduction of the weight of that incubus, the impending financial crisis might perhaps pass away and save us the terrible consequences; but the curse of a huge and increasing debt, which, in its tarn, entails huge and increasing taxa tion, and no human power is sufficiently strong to ward off the fatal consequences. “The debt proper, now acknowledged to be some $3,000,000,000, State and nation al, if this hell-born party retain their pow- I er, is to be added to by the payment of I some $3,000,000,000, or $4,000,000,000 i “loyal claims’’upon the government for ; property destroyed in the South. These are “loyal ’ claims we are given to under stand, by the debates in Congress, And if their paper tcouey mills in Washington can grind out the currency, as we know they will be made to, these “loyal” claims will be taken into consideration in the Congress of 'O9 or ’7O, and the tax-payer : will be saddled with a debt of not less than $6,000,000,000. The country may as well be prepared for this, should Grant be elected, for the programme has been writ ten out. Instead of sl6 50 per head taxes, on every man, woman, and child in the country per year, it will reach nearer S4O. 1 he man with family can count up its mem bers and then multiply by the S4O, ami he will see the sum which taxation grinds out of him to carry out the programme of I the Mongrel party for the next four years, should they retain power.” How a Frenchman Views It. The editor of the Courrier des Etats Unis takes a French view of our future. It is rather encouraging, so far as it goes, but we are inclined to look upon it as decidedly Irenchy. Referring, to the Presidential election, he expresses himself in this fashion : “It has seemed to us a matter of small moment whether the name of Grant or that of Seymour shall issue from the electoral urn; and now, more than ever, wo are persuaded, that to which ever side the balance inclines, whatever party may gain power, will be compelled to de vote itself to restoring public affairs to their normal condition —to reconstruct the South without partisan views—to bestow on all the States equality in the Union—to reduce the public expenses, inflated by prodigality and corruption—to reduce the taxes—in a word, to heal the wounds of the country and begin anew era.” The editor proceeds to express the opinion that anew party, “The Party of the Future,” will arise, created by the necessities of the country, composed of the patriotic and conservative men of both ot the existing parties, lie thinks he sees already the beginning of this party among the people themselves, who, in the election just past, have shown their aversion to men of ex treme views; and he instances the rejec tion of Mr. Ashley and Vallandigham in Ohio. He advices the Democrats not to waste their strength on the Presidential election —as to the President, whoever he bo, will be mastered by his situation and the nraiJitim “"<1 '~ ; *L c n f t ]j C country —and to devote themselves to the Congressional elections. “The future be longs to them (be says), or at least the party which will spring from their fusion with the moderate element of the Republi can party. Around this nucleus will necessarily rally all who are not pervaded by the spirit of violence and faction to which the country is indebted in these lat ter days for so many disorders and so much ruin.” What lias Become of the Money ? “The authorized expenses for the cur rent fiscal year, including remains of old appropriations which have not lapsed,” remarks the New York Journal of Corny mcrcc , acknowledged to be reliable authori ty in nil financial matters, “exceed four hundred and fifty millions of dollars.” As the estimates at the Treasury Department place the receipts under existing laws at three hundred and twenty-one millions, we have a deficit of over one hundred millions, for which Congress will have to provide immediately after reassembling next year. What has become of the fifteen hundred millions of dollars which the tax-payers of the North and South have paid into the National Treasury since the conclusion of the war ? Do the people, the workers and the toilers, who have furnished this enormous sum realize what it signifies ? Fifteen hundred millions ! All the pub lic buildings in the Union, observes the National Intelligencer, from the magnifi cent Capitol at Washington to the country court houses in all the States, have not cost go much public money ! Fifteen hun dred millions would buy the navy of Great Britain, and lay a pontoon across the Pacific ! Fifteen hundred millions would buy a barrel of flour for every family on the globe, and the quarter of it would furnish a bible apiece to the human race ! Fifteen hundred millions is more than three hundred dollars each to every white voter in the United States ! It has been raid by the people, but what has been done with it ? The national debt is grow ing larger instead of smaller. It ab sorbs annually a sum greater than any administration ever cost before the war, without reducing our national liabilities by a cent. Now the question where these fifteen hundred millions have gone can easily be answered. Nearly two-thirds of them, nine hundred and seventeen millions one hundred and seventeen thousand and for ty-three dollars, have been disbursed by the War Department to maintain party ascendency and negro rule in the feouth. Nor does this include the large amount realized from the sales of war material and vessels. Every white voter in the oountry has, as it were, paid one hundred and eighty dollars for a soldier to stand guard with his bayonet over him. The remain der of these fifteen hundred millions has been squandered and stolen by tne Jacobin corruptionists and thieves. Shall this thiug continue ? Oh. you may cry copperhead ; you may rant and rave about rebels; you may bawl yourself hoarse about Ku-klux Klaus, but these won’t lessen taxation—these won't pay the National debt —these won’t stop the reck less and wasteful extravagance of your Radical Congress. On, mountain high, the taxes are being piled ! Steadily and surely, the debt is being increased. Isn’t the picture refreshing—isu t it encourag ing and hopeful. Out with the thieves and corruptionists who have plundered our treasury and have rubbed you 1 This is ’ the simple, the effective, the only remedy! The Movement Against Ritualism. Judge John N. Conyngham, of Pennsyl vania, presented to the Episcopal Conven tion on Monday last twenty memorials signed, he said, numerously by persons claiming to be lay members of the Church, one of which he read, without endorsing it, as follows : To the Right Reverend the Bishop, Clergy and Lay Delegates of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, assembled vi General Con vention : Your memoralists, lay members of said Protestaut Episcopal Chtfrch, respectfully represent that uniformity in the manner of worshipping Almighty God is one of the chief reasons for the use of a Liturgy, and is, in itself, most desirable, that it was the object of the Church of England, and after ward of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, as ap pears by the preface to their respective books of Common Prayer, to establish a AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 28,. 1868. form of worship which might most “tend 1 to the preservation of peace and unity in ! the Church, the procujing of reverence, and the exciting of piety and devotion in the worship of God, and, finally, the cut ting off occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against her Liturgy,” that in order to attain these ends the Protestant Episcopal Church in these United States made, at its organiza tion in this country, many important al terations and amendments in the English Book of Common Prayer, all tending to simplify her worship and to promulgate Christianity and the truths of the Gospel to mankind “in the clearest, plainest, most affecting and majestic manner.” That, of late, many ministers, forgetful of the objects of the fathers of said Church in this country, have introduced various changes in the previously long established manner of conducting divine worship therein, and of performing her rites and ceremonies, novel to our people and not contemplated by the Book of Common Prayer and the canons of the Church, and which do not “tend to the preservation of peace and unity in this Church,” nor to “the procuring of reverence aad the excit ing of piety and devotion in the worship of God,” and especially not to the “cut ting off occasion, from them that seek oc casion, qf cavil or quarrel against her Liturgy;” that by reason of tho said changes the worship in the churches in this diocese, and of other dioceses, is no longer uniform, and great scandal and dis sension have been promoted thereby ; that your memorialists deplore the introduction of said changes in the manner of worship ping God by whatever ancient practice in any other church the same may have been recognized, and whatever their intrinsic merit, and express tbe fervent hope that the same may cease from among us ; that, leaving to your honorable body to particu larize the practices to which we allude, your memorialists respectfully express their disapproval of all deviations—manifestly on the increase—from the prescribed ritual of our Church, and of all acts, interna tional postures, unaccustomed ministerial garments and personal or church decora tions, and all conduct iu the celebration of divine worship, which tend to make the same resemble, in outward seeming, that of the Church of Rome; that in our judg ment, charity and the interests of this Church, as well as good taste, require the abondoument by individuals even of acts not forbidden, if injurious to its peace or likely to be misunderstood by Protestant Christians; wherefore, we respectfully pray that canons may be passed which shall establish and enforce uniformity in divine worship in all our churches, and tend to renew and preserve that simplicity and absence of unnecessary ceremonial which the early Protestant Episcopal Church in this country sought to attain. The other memorials, Judge Conyng hatn said, were similar to this one and from various dioceses. He offered the follow ing new canon in this connection. Sec. 1. No ministerial vestment shall be worn by auy minister during divine worship, or when present at or officiating in any rite or ceremony of this Church, excepting supplies, stole, bands or gown, which shall be used as heretofore ac customed on all regular occasions of wor ship, and at the discretion of the minis ters may be used at rites arid ceremonies, and no ecclostiastical vestment shall be worn on occasions of divine worship or church ceremonies by choirs or other as sistants therein provided. This section shall not be construed to relate to Episcopal vestments. Sec. 2. Candlesticks, crucifixes, or su peralters, so-called, made of wood or metal, or other substances, shall not be used or suffered to stand upon or haug over any communion tables as part of tho furniture or decorations thereof". Sec. 3. Bowing at the name of Jesus, except in repeating the Creed ; turning or bowing toward the communion table, ex cept so far as may be enjoined by the Rubric ; making a sign of the cross, ex cept in Baptism ; the e! ivntion of either of the elements during Holy Communion, op of the alms or oblations of communi cants: or others; professional singing in churches, except as provided by the Rubrics, and the U3e of incense in and during the conducting of divine service, | are all hereby declared unlawful. Judge Conyuglnm moved the referonce j of these paper's to tho Committee on Con- ! stitution and Cqnon.s, and after a long dis- j cushion it was/so ordered. How Ohio was Oarrieu. No wonder the Democrats Were defeated i in Ohio. The negroes voted in direct vio-' lation of the Constitution. It is well known the Radicals attempted to strike out the word white from the State Constitution last year, to give the right of suffrage to the negro, but the people voted down the proposition by fifty thousand majority. Notwithstanding this emphatic decision thousands of negroes were allowed to vote at precincts where the Radicals had con~ trol of the election boards. This fraud was perpetrated under cover of a decision of the Radical Supreme Court of Ohio, which de clared a mulatto not to be a negro; but the Radical managers did not coniine themselves even to a strict observance of the Radical Su preme Court decision,for it is charged that they allowed every negro to vote who came to the polls with a Radical ticket, no matter how black his skin, or crisp his wool. With this additional force of fraudulent voters, we do not at all wonder that Ohio went Radical, but it remains to be seen whether the people of that State will tame ly submit to bo outraged in this manner and cheated out of their rights and liberties by wholesale fraud and corruption. We think not. If they do, then the people of Ohio will be reduced to the same condition as the unfortunate people of the South —a prey to an insatiate horde of office-hunters who seek not the public good, but the people’s property and money: THE RESULT IX*OHIO. £ From the Cincinnati Enquirer , 17 th. Tne Democracy have made a splendid fight in Ohio. Despite the admission by the Radicals of a number of thousands of negro votes; despite the expenditure of money by them without stint; despitethe patronage of the Federal, State, and local Governments, which were all used un scrupulously against them; despite all sores of villainy and fraud, and the polling of 40,000 more votes than wero ever cast before, the Republican majority in Ohio is less by many thousands tuun it lias been fur years, with the single exception of last year. In ISO3 the Republicans had 100.000 majority in Ohio; in ISG4, 50,000; in ISGS, 29,000; in 1S«0, 48,000- Dut now on an im mensely* increased vote over these years, which hitherto has always been largely iu their favor, they have obtained but 15,000 majority. They expected, as tire result of their frauds and enormous expenditure of money, to defeat us 40,000 at least. It is evident that the Democracy of Ohio are gaining solidly and substantially. Last year the Republicans justly attributed their small majority to the local negro sutlrage issue; but now* they have no ex cuse. The 250,000 Democrats of Ohio who supported our ticket this year can be de pended upon in all future calculations. They are the old guard They constitute very nearly one-half of the voting popu lation of the State. Besting upon such a basis, and having steadily fought down in five years a majority of 100,000 to 15,000, the Democracy of Ohio mey be assured that at an early period they will become the permanent dominant party of the State. Tiie Victory in Philadelphia.— ln j spite of the frauds of the Radicals, and j the rejection of multitudes of legal votes, j the Democratic candidates have all been \ declared elected, except one. The Age ’ says: The return Judges of the City met yes- ! terday, and after canvassing the vote of: several Wards, east on Tuesday last, gave certificates of election to the following Democrats, with the annexed majorities: Daniel AI- Fox, Mayor, majority 1838. John M. Melloy, Receiver of Taxes, ma jority 238. . . George Getz, City Comptroller, majority 728. . . . Thomas J. Barger, Solicitor, majority 592. Major David P. Weaver, City Commis sioner, majority 973. Furman Sheppard, District Attorney, majority 1,275. , „ „ Albert W. Fletcher, Clerk of Court of Common Reas, majority 631.. Thomas Greenbank, Associate Judge of the District Court, majority 125. From the above it will be seen that the whole Democratic City and County ticket is elected with the exception of the lion. William H. Hirst, candidate for President Judge of the District Court, who has been counted out by an alleged majority of 25 against him, by the Radical wire-workers and manipulators. Cotton at Montgomery. Receipts ; for the past week 1,058 bales; total receipts including stock Sept. 1, 1,868, bales, ; 1.535 bales; shipments 7,140 bales; stock I October 17, 6,395 bales. From they. T. Express. Work—Work—WorK. Whoever despairs of the State, or the Republic, while there is an opportunity to ; vote against the misgovernmeat which j has cursed tfle country for a few years ! past_, is not true to himself, his principles, !or his duties. Every man owes something 1 to theßtate, and_cannot justly abandon his j duty. One vote in one Ward in this State ! once made a President. One vote may ! make a member of Assembly or member of Congress, and that vote in Congress, or in the State Legislature, may make a U. S. Senator, or arrest some act of Federal Legislation upon which may depend the safe ty and happiness of millions of people. One-thirdpf tho U, S. Senate saved the Government from the everlasting disgrace of impeaching the President of the republic, because his fidelity to the Constitution and country was higher than his fealty to party. Let every true inan, therefore, do his own- duty, and leave consequences to others. It is soEiething to 1 iYe in the general Slate cf the Union, aDd fee! that it is upon the side of truth, honor, patriot ism, justice and Constitutional Liberty. We must pot only give the 'State vote to Hoffman and his compatriots on the State ticket, but make certain that the electoral vote will also be given to Seymour and Blait*. The atrocious falsehoods circulat ed against those men by the Radicals, and whieh pervade the atmosphere, should endear them more and more to the patriotic citizens of the country. We know them as honest, tried, true, experienced men. Gen. Bkir fought all through the war to put dovn rebellion". Grant pro nounced him hfe best volunteer General. Sherman put tspea hi- shoulders the mantle of the brtve McPherson. He used his sword as effectually as any man in the field, for Peace by war, and, when Peace came after war he held his Party to its, promise, that the war was for the Union and the country, and nqt for a Party. He was a Republican in the Legislature of Missouri, a Republican in the U. S. Con gress, an Emancipationist in both, and never abandoned his party until it abandon ed its pledges and principles. To call such a man a revolutionist, is simply a libel upon all truth, all decency, and all history. To-day we heard of a Democrat who said : ‘I am going for Hoffman, because we can elect him, “and place a good man at “the head of tho State and so save it; but “if there is no hope of electing a Democrat ic President I am for-letting the Radicals “have Full sway. They have brought the “country to the brink of ruin. No human “power can stop the fall. Let them, there fore, and not us, bo responsible for the “final calamity wjiich they created and “which cannot be arrested 1” This is not well said, and much less, well reasoned. The Conservative man who votes for Grant and Colfax or who fails to vote against them must share in all the evil consequences growing out of the elec tion, and in ajl the legion of evils certain to come from a perpetuation of the power of the present Radical party. From the National Intelligencer. The Duty of the Hour., ? We lay before the readers of the Intclli genetr this morning the following signifi cant article of the New York World. We are convinced that the Democratic party seek only the restoration of the Constitu tion of 1789. In putting forward a. ticket in the present temper of the country, we have always maintained, they should have kept in view the fact that the Republicans were divided in sentiment upon the measures of Reconstruction as well as, upon finance. It is unquestionably’ true that the Republicans, before tbe adoption of those measures, constituted a majority of the Northern people. In putting up g ticket, then, sound policy and patriotism commanded that the Democrats should distinctly recognize as within tho pale of their organization all who opposed the measures to which we have referred. The, New York Convention thought otherwise, and nominated Governor Seymour and General Blair. Those nominations, we admit, were judicious enough, if the ob ject alone was to maintain the integrity of tire Democratic party. But we had again and again declared that the preservation of the Union, under the authority of its organic law, was the griwul purpose we had in view in entering upon the canvass of 1868. Asa minority could avail little iu such a work, policy and sound principles demanded nominations which would draw largely from conservative men of all parties. That demand was not heeded ; but it is stiil in full force, and now is the time to obey it. - . Let those upon whom <the Convention of the party conferred the great honor of its confidence j-ise to. the height-of the great occasion; and then emulating their exaited patriotism, let the National Executive Committoo execute the t.ust reposed in them by the people without fear, and’with no other sentiment than devotion to the country and the Constitution : THE YOUTHFUL, INDOMITABLE DEMOCRACY.. From the Ncio York World. Democrats may justly cherish an honora ble pride in the vigor, courage, steadiness, loyalty to principle, and patriotism of the great party which has mado so gallant a fight in the October elections. Consider ing that, two or three years ago, the Demo cratic party was proclaimed “dead” by its opponents; that every Republican news paper predicted for it the fate of the old Federal party after the last war with Engi land; considering that Congress and all i the State governments were controlled by its bitter foes ; that it was overborne by calumnies; that its statesmen wore buried in the obscurity of private life, and that four-fifth of the most widely cir culated journals have daily labored to bring it into disrepute apd odium— considering all these adverse and depress ing circumstances, it is a signal proof of enduring vitality that the party has been able, in the late elections, to contest every inch of ground against its opponents, and, in spite of their most strenerous efforts, to come within a few votes of beating thorn in an enormous poll of many hundreds of thousands. Indiana we have either re deemed from the Republicans, .or have come so near it that there is scarcely any perceptible margin in the strength of the two parties, although the Republicans had a large marjority in that State, and al though it is the homo of the candidate for Vice President, one of the most popular j men in the party. In Pennsylvania we have carried its chief city, next to New York the most populous in the country, and a change of a few thousand .votes would have given us that great State. Iu Ohio the Republican majorty is but a trifle compared with what it used to be a few rears ago.. For a party that was so confidently and so jeeringly pronounced “dead,” this is a very handsome show. But our gains were pot as, great as the party desired and, deserved. In inquiring why, having come so near success in these elections, we have just missed it, two reasons appear, in the ab-‘ sencc of either of which our triumph would have been certain. These reasons are such as to show that a majority of the p’ed ple are really on our sido, and have been repelled from our support by things having j no proper connection with . the merits of j the canvass. If the military prestige of ; Genera! Grant had been out of the scale \ we should have succeeded ; or, that re- j maining, if the perversions of General ‘ Blair’s position haa been out oj the scale, j we should have succeeded. It would be ; paying a poor compliment to General ! Grant, or to the judgment of the party that nominated him, to say that his -popu larity has not been worth to the Republi cans of Pennsylvania half of the meagre : majority by which they have carried the , State. Put half 1 of that small majority ©a ; the other side, and the two parties would : be equal. If that small number of votes j are due to the popularity of General Grant ; —and it would be ridiculous to suppose the contrary—the election, had it been de cided on the issues, would have, been in favor of the Democratic party. The same ; remark will apply to the other State.-. On ! the Democratic principles, pure and sim ple, we should have succeeded. We have been beaten by reasons quite extraneous to the questions in issue. We could easjly have overcome the popularity of G en. Grant, if another point had not been raised t<J divert attention from the issues. The position of Gen. Blair and some of the Southern leaders has been industriously perverted and mis represented, and an impression prodneed that the Democratic party is virtually pledged to overthrow\he new State gov ernments by force. This slander has re pelled more than Votes enough to have turned the balance in our favor. The nar row escape of the Republicans from a great defeat is not due to their principles, but to the military prestige of Grant and the as persions cast upon Blair. In a simple contest of principle we should have sue ceeded; and we may succeed yet, if we can remove or neutralize these adverse influ ences, which have really nothing to do with the merits of the public questions. Gan this be done ? It is a grave ques tion, fraught with the most momentous consequences. We commend it to the at tention, to the most earnest reflection, off the recognized leaders of the party. We have still nearly three weeks for action; and where so slight a counterpoise would suf fice to turn the scale, prompt action—if it be judicious as well as prompt —will ae j oomplish wonders. If, in a review of the whole situation, it shall be concluded that ! mistakes have been made, it is better that I they should be corrected now than that the | country should be dragged through four j more weary years of strife, to be redeemed | then by measures of the same kind that might, by a magnificent exercise of pluck, be as easily adopted now. Whatever a sa gacious forecast may perceive to be the proper course for the Democratic party four years hence, if it should be beaten now, had better be plucked at onoe. The time has come —the hour has struck —when wo must turn our faces resolutely to the future. This is a young country, with a great career before it which no imagination can grasp; a majority of our voters are young men abounding in hope, enterprise, ardor, activity; and the country being in the dawn of anew era, when all minds are filled with expectation and excitement, that party has the best chances of a great future which is most in sympathy with the youthful, irrepressible energies of the na tion. A growing nation, like an improv ing individual, has always something to learn. A political party whieh does not advance with the nation, and enter into the fullness of its expanding, exuberant life, is on the declivity which descends to decadence and decrepitude. The Demo cratic party is full of vigorous, youthful, aspiring elements; similar elements in the other party are yearning to join it, if we will hut have tbe boldness to build a bridge on which they can cross. The Democratic party cannot die; its vitality, its invincible tenacity of life, the sanguine confidence with whieh it gathers energy from defeat, bespeak a great destiny still in reserve. Ifour leaders should bo convinced by the result of the late elections that some mistakes were made by not following their original judgment; if those who disagreed with them iu opinion now see that they misjudged; if there is any impediment to success which can yet be removed by noble dariDg, or self-sacrificing virtue, or a bold stroke of policy, now is the hour for action! It would be an infinite pity if, when we are so very near success, we should fail to win it by the lack of a little boldness. L’audace, Vaudacc , toujours Vaudacc! Our prin ciples have not been rejected in these elec tions; there is no call to change them. All other elements of the canvass arc light and trivial compared with the .success of our principles. It requires some greatness of soul to act a bold part in an unexpected crisis, when everything hangs upon a swift and courageous decision. In this hour, when the party stands with one foot over tho brink of peril, and tho other on the edge of victory, the capacity of a few men to form a great resolution may shape the destiny of the country. “Wc speak as unto wise men; judge ye what we say.” The Radical Frauds In Pennsylvania. From the Philadelphia Age, October 15. “From the fullness of the heart the mouth speakctli,” and the Radicals illus trate that text when they utter the cry of Fraud ! Fraud was their sole hope for retrieving their defeat of last year in Philadelphia. Fraud was the sole means on which they relied to smother the true voice of this Democratic city. Os courso the Press covers its defeat by allegations of fraud, and it threatens the people of Philadelphia with a reversal of their ver dict by the Radical judges and the Radical Legislature. But, unless the recent acts of Read, Agnew and Williams mean that brazen partisanship has unseated law from the bench in this city, the appeal to the courts will have no result more propitious to Radicalism than its like attempt in past years. Only last year it went into a court in which the judges are four to one, as the nominees of the Republican aa‘d tho Democratic parties. Indeed, the sole Democratic judge last year was holding a Criminal Court when his four colleagues tried the contested election case. Never was there more overwhelming proof than that ythich showed that the frauds were perpetrated by the Radicals themselves. Then, as now,notonly humble instruments, but high official dignitaries, were compro mised. In the impudent, undeniable Fort Delaware fraud, the teal seal of the Com monwealth was found Attached to the commission to take the votes of the soldiers—at a time when the Gov ernor well knew that there was not a sol dier in service entitled to vote, as such, under the special law which became obso lete when our volunteer soldiers returned totheir hemes." The litigation of.last year. - result-/.-! i u the diseomfitaro of (be Radicals and tho triuuipU OT the Democracy. The litigation of tho year before," between Major Weaver and John Given, had the same result. Tho most stupendous Radi cal frauds were exposed, and the Republi can judges took from Mr. Given his fraud ulent certificate, and gave the office to his Democratic competitor. These adjudged cases sufficiently show tho result of judi cial investigation, when Radicals allege fraud. * * * * • • « The result of the great contest in Phila delphia on Tuesday last is known to all our readers. Here, where tho battle was fought and won, the means that were used by the Radicals to cheat the peonle of their rights are fully appreciated. Never in the history of politics were such means before attempted by any party. They have no parallel in the records of crime and infamy. The Radical leaders com menced by the organization of a gigantic system of colonization, designed to fill the ballot-boxes with illegal votes. They then concocted a base conspiracy to impugn the records of a court, and disfranchise thou sands of legal voters on account of alleged irregularity in the issuing of naturalization papers. This was followed by the perpe tration of all kinds of frauds before the election and upon the eventful day— out rages which should make common honesty blush, and which were applauded and ap proved by men who pretend to respecta bility, and claim to occupy decent positions in society. But, in the face of all these enormous political swindles,'the Democracy of Philadelphia gloriously triumphed, and carried their whole city and county ticket by handsome majorities. Had there been a fair election in this city—had the thou sands of legal Democratic electors disfran chised been permitted to vote —had the voice of tho sovereign people been heard as it sought to express itself at the ballot box, tho majorities for the Democratic candidates would have been fourfold what they were, and there would have been no vestige of corrupt Radicalism left in our midst. _ This is clear and indisputable. There is not a sensible man in either party to-day who does not thoroughly realize this truth. Honor, all honor, to our indomita ble Democracy! They havo made a record here which prove- their invincibili ty, despite the most fearful obstacles. They have shown what men can do who are nerved,to do the right, and who arc resolved to achieve success at every cost, save that of honor. RAfIKJ4t FRAUDS. From the JiarrtiLurg Patriot, Qot. Jfl. Our expectations were founded on a just and impartial poll of the vote of the State. This we did not have. There were gross frauds practiced upon the Democracy. Thousands of regularly naturalized Demo cratic eitizens were excluded from voting by Radical election officers, and thousands of men acting with the latter party were permitted to vote who had no legal right i to do so. Washington city emptied her ' corruption upon the State; money was freely squandered in seducing poor men, from a firm maintenance ol their principles; in short, every species of rascality that could he resorted to to gain votes was tried and the Radicals triumphed, as they al ways have, by the use of the most dis honorable and degrading means. But we shall not grumble. Let it go as it is ; but when the next trial comes, let us be better prepared to guard the purity of the ballot box and maintain our rights. ***** The conduct of some of the Radical election boards in this city was outrageous. Their decisions were entirely partisan. They refused the votes of Democrats who were clearly entitled to vote, and received the ballots of Radicals who were not even eitizens, and who were clearly colonized here for the purpose of carrying the elec tion. Such degrading partisanship, such dishonest conduct, such flagrant outrage, as the election boards in Harrisburg were guilty of on Tuesday was never before wit nessed in this city,and never exceeded any, where. And yet some of them pretend to be Christians ! Shame on them. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE BY RADICALS. From the Luxcrru (Pa.) Union, IWi. On the night of election the polls in the North District of Wilkesbarre township was the scene of one of the boldest and most lawless outrages ever committed io the vicinity. This district always gives an overwhelming Democratic majority, and a number of the managers of the Radical party here conceived the idea of making a raid upon the election officers after the polls had been closed, and taking by force the ballot-boxes. A force was got together by Arties whom we will not now name, and who make some claims to respectabili ty, and at about eight o’clock they pro ceeded to the hotel where the election was held, attacked the house with stones, Ac., breaking the windows and doors, and as saulting the officers of the election. For tunately the boxes were removed to a ' place of security when the attack was firs# made, and the lawless conspirators were foiled in their attempt. Charles Shovelin, a brother of the proprietor of the hotel, was struck on the head with a stono, his skull fractured, and lies now in a precarious condition. He will possibly not recover. The windows and doors of’the hotel were pretty generally battered out. The party upon leaving fired some eight or ten pistol shots at tbeihouse, but no one was injured by them. The parties were recognized, and warrants will be issuedffor their arrest. A Glance at the Field. Fairly to estimate the gain or loss in the contest of Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana and Pennsylvania, we must take as a standard of comparison the result of the election in the same States two years ago, .the election of Pennsylvania last year, which was purely judicial, having failed to bring out the full vote of either party, the election of Ohio at that time having turned mainly on a very exciting question of State polities which the election of Tues day did not involve, and no general elec tion at all having been held in Indiana since 1866. The result of the elections in these States in 1566 is manifestly the only fair standard of comparison. By this standard let us try tho result of Tuesday. In 1866, then, the Republican majority in Pennsylvania was 17,178, inOhio 41,652, and in Indiana 14,516; whilein the contest of Tuesday, accepting the exaggerated estimates of the Republicans themselves, the Republican majority iu Pennsylvania was less than 10,000, in Ohio less than 15,000, and in Indiana less than 2,000. In each of the three States, therefore, the .Democrats have gained largely. A glance at the field shows that we came off not only with honor, but with tbe prospect of achieving somethijg more substantial in the great contest which draws near. And the more seaichingly the glance is followed up the moro cheering the prospect will ap pear. The prospect rests on solid grounds. The Presidential election, we know, is not far off, and in Ohio and Pennsylvania the majorities to be overcome, we admit are considerable ; but, with proper exertion, they can be ovorcome even in the short time whieh remains. In exerting "our selves to overcome them, wc shall be vig orously aided by four separate influences. There is, first, the reaction which has re duced these majorities to their present figure, and which, though it may not have acquired accelerated motion, will at least so on witli undiminished force. In the ’residential eleetiou, secondly, tho real is sues, instead of being presented indirectly and more or less intimately mixed up with local issues, will be presented directly and simply, and, consequently, with increased effect. There is, thirdly, tho relaxation of our adversaries consequent on their victory and the sense of security which it tends to breed. And, finally, there is tbe necessi ty, which did not exist in the contest of Tuesday, that every tub shall stand on its own bottom, and not lean on the surround ing tubs, a necessity which, if it had in fact existed in tho contest of Tuesday, would havo cut off from our adversaries thousands of imported voters, and turned the scale of victory in our favor in both Pennsylvania and Indiana. These in fluences, combined with our own exer tions, form the ground on which the pros pect rests. Said we not justly that the prospect rests on solid grounds ? In the Presidential election we can, with proper exertion, carry every one of the States that went against us in the contest of Tuesday. Lot no conservative doubt it. On the contrary, let every conservative, dismissing doubt and casting off all inert ness, give to the country his days and nights until the sun goes down on the final contest. If wc but put our shoulders to the wheel, and give a long push, a strong push, and a push all together, we cannot fail to lift from the mire of revolution the stately vehicle of the government, and set it once more, in its originai strength and beauty, on the broad highway of the Con stitution. The simple possibility of doing this would justify a greater efffrt than is required actually .to do it. And shall this effort not be made ? Shall we fold our arms .in supineness or turn away in despair? No. The memories of the past, the interests of the present, and the hopes of the future unite to forbid it. 'And the hearts of true conservatives every where say Amen ! to the lofly interdict. —Louisville Courier. Foreign Items. PrisCe Owi»», f i,„ principalities, intends editing a newspaper in order to have some active occupation. The title of the paper will be Le Courrkr du Peuple. M. Gonzalez Bravo, ex-Premier of Spain, has retired to a nice little estate at Pau Prance, which he purchased recently, probably anticipating the run of events, lie is reported to be immensely rich. At a marriage ceremony recently per formed at Pre-Saint-Gervais, France, the young bridegroom complained of drowsi ness, and before the wedding breakfast was over he fell into a sound sleep from which he was not awakened during eight succes sivedays and nights. The Neapolitan papers mention tho de parture from that city of numbers of young men, who intend joining the revolutionists iu Spain. A committee appointed by the various interested governments will meet at an early date in Florence to definitely decide which route will be taken by the Overland Indian Mail. The Italians are straining every nerve .to obtain tho passage via Brindise. Under the title of “A burnt child shuns the fire,” the Berlin Kladderadatsch rep resents the spirit of Napoleon I, address ing his nephew, the Emperor of the French, from the steps of a temple at the foot of which runs the Rhine—“On crossing this river, yea, even wilt thou destroy a great country.” On account of the threatened closure of the gambling establishments in Central Europe an Italian company intends open ing out a fashionable bathing resort in a magnificent property about a mile from the city of Bucharest. Besides mineral springs and other comforts tho company proposes various gambling devices to jug gle the money out of the tourists’ pockets. This will be quite economical for the Rus sians, who will spare about half of the present travelling expenses in order to in dulge in their favorite pastime. A curious electrical phenomenon was recently produced by lightning during a violeut storm at Yonue, France. It struck a house and, passing through one of the rooms, imperceptibly touched an oakwood bureau. One of the drawers ooutained about $lt)0 in-gold, silver and copper, and on being opened it was discovered that the whale was converted into otic solid mass. Most of the copper had been volatilized. The silver was fused into one lingot, but the heat had not been sufficient to melt the gold pieces, which were, however, firmly imbedded ia the silver. This curiosity has been removed to tho imperial mint. Spanish Items. All that seems determined and fixed by the Provisional Government, so far, with respect to the form of Government and the succession, is ; First, the Bourbons shall cease to reign ; second, tho form of Government shall he Monarchical, not Ke- ; publican. Only two of the .dozen Generals com- i posing the Provisional Government are at all favorable to a Republic. The people are being eobsulted, and they appear op posed to it. General Prim’s wife keeps open house at Paris, and there Spanish news is to lie had. Prim telegraphs to his wife that he is in favor of the King of Portugal and the union of the two countries; but, fail ing in that, be is for a Federal Republic. It is said the King of Portugal is unwill ing to accept the Spanish throne. M. Emile Girardin suggests that the King of the Belgians be made King of Spain; that Belgium be annexed to France ; that the Rhenish Provinces of Prussia be given to the King of Saxony, and that Saxony be fully incorporated with Prussia-This,he.thinks, will keep the peaoe and be a very comfortable arrangement— for the present. Prim himself has been suspected of be ing hostile to the Emperor of Franee ever since he abandoned the French-Mexican expedition. But a different impression prevails with many, who think he will make no movement in Spain without first consulting Napoleon. His wife’s saloon in Paris is conveniently arranged for inter changing views between the two capitals. The union of the two crowns on the head of the King of Portugal was said to be the scheme of the Emperor, and Prim’s approval of it argues an understanding be tween them. But if the King refuses, what then ? The Count Montemolin, heir of Don Carlos, of the elder branch of the Bour bons, has been residing in Austria, where he married an Archduchess. Some of his friends joined the insurgents, and he is now expected in Madrid to push his profes sions. But he, as well as the Duke De Montpensier, and the Prince of the Astu rias, is included in the interdict of the Bourbons. The crown jewels and three millions of dollars which tRe Queen carried off arc NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVII. NO. 43. claimed by the Junta, as belonging to the nation, and they will insist on their restor ation. Will Napoleon aid in making her disgorge ? FROM WASHINGTON. 4 Mortifying Scene —The Radical Cone press— A Brief Session—lts Place in History—General Hancock. Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette. Washington, October 18, 1868.—1 t was indeed mortifying to-day to witness the scene presented at the American Capitol, and to realize the extent to which the dig nity of the Republic has been whittled away by a reckless party. Radicalism placed the Congress of a great nation at the disposal of two political gamblers (Mor gan and Scheuck), at whom bidding mem bers were to assemble at the Capitol, or if they ordered otherwise, the presiding offi cers were to present themselves in this city to-day, and go through with tho ridiculous farce of an adjournment over to the 10th of November, when these official supple jacks of party are to be made to dance through the same ludicrous scene. The season lasted just twelve minutes, but the history of these twelve minutes will last through all coming time. Future genera tions whila studying the history of the American Republic will be at a loss to un derstand how, under the practical work ings ot the Federal Constitution, the Con gress of the nation was assembled at the whim of Messrs. Morgan and Schcnck. The wonder will be who these parties were, and what were their robes of office, that they could thus determine the sessions of a National Congress. _ It is a subject of much regret with the citizens of Washington that General Han cock has determined to remove his head quarters to New York. Ilis popularity here, with all classes, is great, aud his re moval will boa positive loss to Washington society. The General’s health is not re stored, but he is rapidly improving, and thinks he will soon be able to assume the duties of his departmental command. Special Dispatch to the Louisville Journal. FACTS AND FIGURES. Washington, October 16, 1868.—The Democratic oommittee is preparing for a prosecution of the campaign with unwont ed vigor, and I find, by comparing notes with prominent Democrats in this city, that tho prospect, so far from being gloomy, is really very bright. The feeling in regard to the election of Seymour is as deep as ever. Far from discouraged, the Democrats everywhere are resolved to move on in their fixed pur pose, and to accomplish the election of their candidates. There has been a disap pointment about Pennsylvania, but the be lief is general that the Democracy of that Btate intend to contost every inch of ground, and that it is not at all desperate, for the 15,000 rejected Democratic voters will vote in November. It is within the recollection of many that Pennsylvania once gave a majority of 20,000 at an Octo ber election, and in November the unsuc cessful party carried the day. With Penn sylvania our success was beyond a doubt. But wc had votes to sparo, and even with her 26 votes against us we see bright pros pects for Mr. Seymour. In winning Ohio “the Dutch have only captured Holland” again. It has been a fixed star of Radi calism since the birth of that party, and it was only the brilliant canvass of last year which encouraged the hope of better things. In looking over the field wc now admit the following States to the Radicals: Florida 3 lowa 8 Maine 7 Massachusetts 12 Michigan 8 Ohio 21 , Rhode Island 4 Tennessee 10 Vermont 5 Nebraska 3 SI On the other hand wc consider as Demo cratic: Alabama.....;./ -9 Connecticut 6 Georgia...., , 9 Kentucky 11 Mississippi 7 New Jersey 7 North Carolina 10 Virginia 10 California 5 Delaware 3 Indiape lx .Maryland 7 Nevada 3 New York 33 Texas 4 Total 137 Os the remaining States which we class as doubtful, we consider that the Demo crats havo far the best chance of carrying : Arkansas 4 Missouri 11 Louisiana 6 South Carolina 8 Total 29 This would make a total of 166 votes even if we should lose Kansas, M innesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wis consin, all of which will be hotly contested, and in none of which can the Radicals be deemed secure in the small majorities by which the States have been carried. To elect Grant the Radicals must carry every one of tho last named States, and must secure eight electoral votes from the column which we have countsd as reasona bly safe for Sevmour. With high hopes for the ides of November, our friends are called upon to place their shoulders to the wheel, and to manfully push on, regard less of eveiy obstacle and heedless of the pretended confidence of their opponents, which will soon be proved mere idle boast ings. Tfec Wickedest General. GOV. VAN'CB, OF NORTH CAROLINA, IMPALES KILPATRICK. Charlotte. N. C., Oct. 13, 1808. lo the Editors of the World : Sir:— l see by the public prints that General Kilpatrick has decorated me with his disapprobation before the people of Pennsylvania. He informs them, substan tially, that he tamed me by capturing me and riding me two hundred miles on a bare back mule. I will do the gentleman the justice to say that he knew that it was a lie whan he uttered it. I surrendered to General Schofield, at Greensboro’, N. C., on the 2d of May, 1865, who told me to go to my home and remain there, saying that if he got any orders to arrest me he would send there for me. Accordingly 1 was arrested on the 13th of May at home by a detachment of 300 cavalry under Major Porter, of Harrisburg, of whom I received nothing but kindness and courtesy. I came in a buggy to Salis bury, where wc took the cars. 1 saw no mule on the trip, though I thought I saw an ass at the General’s headquarters. This impression has been since confirmed. The Goneral, no doubt, remembers, among other incidents of the war, the dressing up’of a strumpet—who assisted him in putting down the rebellion —in the unifornf of an orderly, and introducing her into a respetable family of ladies in a cer tain village in North Carolina. This, and other feats of arms and strategy, so credita ble to the uniform he wore and the flag under which he served, would, no doubt, have been quite as amusing as the mule story to his hearers. I wonder he forgot it. Respectfully yonrs, Z. B. Vance. Sonthern Crap Prospects. From the New Orban * Tb%en. We are glad to say to our readers that the prospects for the harvest in both cane and cotton are good, and far better than we have had in any past year since the be ginning .of the war, Notwithstanding the storm, there has been little injury done to the cane. Rnd, though in some cases it is not yielding as much per acre as in past years, it will, from the greater quantity planted, give us far more sugar this year than we have had since the tread of hostile armies beat down the peculiar and special product of Louisiana. There has been much damage by the worm in many places to cotton, and many estimates of loss have been sent forward by planters, making in cases as much as half the crop planted for nr oxpected. In the hill lands this loss may have been quite as serious as stated; but the half crop loss in the alluvial lands will not materially diminish the crop gath ered. A planter in the swamp, oompiain ing to us of the worm and its havoc, said that he had already picked out a balo to the acre, and would probably save half as much more. We do not believe he could pick out with freed hands another bale on this plantation were there no worms. This is assuredly very encouraging; but still more is the fact that we have made more corn to the demand for consumption than ever before since the early settlement of the country, when heavy shipments of Western produce were unknown. We hear some talk of shipping this corn to New Orleans for sale by those who think they have more than their animals can live upon. But the best use they can make of it and of theOtherfood crops they will havo over, is to first put their animals in much hotter conditio* than they have been wont th enjoy in ‘this region, and keep them so daring the winter, and then procure others ol' .the most profitable breeds and kinds for breeding or fattening for sale, and give their attention to stock' .raising in part. They will thus do much .•otter, fpr not only will they thus begin what may become for them a more profit uble and secure branch of farm product, than the producing of staple crops, and also leave the strength and riches of the land ujion'it, id the shape of manure, but they will be sure of having the grain they need next spring to make another crop of cotton, for, if the grain begin to tail, they can sell their extra stock, while animals which have been kept fat all winter will begin work in the spring strong and hear ty. and can work longer and' better than they could if they begin poor. If our planters aud farmers will only make it their aim to make themselves self-depend ent, not only in corn and other provisions but in everything they use and consume’ whieh they can produce as cheap as they cun buy, they will soon become richer than ever. The greater advantage of this is in tho fact that such a course of farm work and economy will render fewer hands ne cessary to tho same amount of profit in the appraisable value of their products., she hands used in making tho crops of spring, summer and autumn can feed and caro for the stock in winter, and will bo all the time profitably employed, while in simpie corn and ootton raising they are much of their time idle, or kept in useless labors, waiting for the time when the heaviest of the labors are to be done in these two crops. llow much better to have your business so dgridedjtnu diversified that there shall always be plenty to do, profitably, and that every month give you a crop which you can either use or dispose of to the enriching of yourself or your plantation, and thus grow rich at home, constantly and uninterruptedly. The Xew Cotton Crop. Avery fine quality of cotton of the new crop this year has just been brought to the New \ork market, from Carroll parish, Louisiana. It was sold immediately at 40 cents a pouud. It is called the Peeler cot ton, and has a long, fine staple approach ing that of the famous Sea" Island cotton. It is a diflorent product, however, and it was grown in the interior and in the groat cotton region of the Mississippi Valley; wo suppose it cad be raised where any of the ordinary staples are. The Sea Island cot ton can only be grown within a short dis tance from the sea and in a particular lo cahty; the supply, consequently, is limited. It the Peeler cotton should be generally cultivated, it would make a great change in the market value of this great Ameri can product, and might revolutionize the manufactures of the world. This particular kind of cotton was dis covered three or four years ago in an accidental manner. Mr. Peel, a planter in the Mississippi Valley, found among his ordinary standing crop a plant bearing much finer and longer staple than the rest, 110 saved tho seed which he planted the next year, the year after and until he had seed enough of tho new variety to sell to Lis neighbors. Thus it sp*ad and ac quired, the name of Peeler cotton. No uoubt it will be cultivated hereafter more extensively, as it has realized such a high price in the market. We may expect very soon a large supply of this year’s cotton from all parts of the South. This will contribute vastly to relieve tbe necessities of the Southern people, to improve their condition, and to stimulate trade with- the North. W e may say now that as far ae the material interests and prospects of the South go the tide has turned in their favor. With peace and a continuance of such industry as the mass of Southerners have shown the last year they will soon become rich again. -7-JV. Y. Herald. Address of the Central Democratic Club to the Democratic Party of South Carolina. Fellow-Citizen* .- The oloctiou for Presi ! dent and Vice President of the United I "tates is now close at hand. The great i principles involved in the contest; the : magnitude of tho interests at stake, aud tho influence which this State may have on the result, make this a proper occasion to lav before you a brief address. The tendeuey and purpose of the Radi cal party, as manifested in wor ts and act-,, are the absorption of the liberty of the ini dividual; the destruction of istatos; tho subversion of tiie Constitution, and the erection upon the ruins of individual and jVoJili o liberty,.a grand-grinding, con sot i • [oaten despotism. .nrWfciy n "has m-uio rapids strides in that direction. Little rfow is loft for it to do but to fuse into one mass and then crystaiize into permanent form its various acquisitions of usurped power. Its capricious acts; its wantou cruelties- its corrupt practices; its enormous burdens you have felt and do know. Against these, and more than these, you are now culled upon to continue a resolute tight with the peaceful, though potent, weapon of the ballot. The Democratic party hero and everywhere are striking with you for the principles of liberty, and the forms of government to which wo have been accus tomed, for a written Constitution, a Fede ral Union, and a distinct existence of tho States. Surely, then, the principles of the con test are important, and tho interest great Arouse, therefore, to tho magnitude of the emergency, and spare no efforts for success. When tho time for registration shall come, lot no man fail to appear, and none fail to vole. Let each ono remember that his individual vote may decide tho election in his own district, and that (ho electoral vote of the State may turn the scale in favor of the Democratic party. Our people must not despond, nor re lax their eiforts, if there should be failures elsewhere. On the contrary, they will have reason to hope, and much to stimu late thorn to increased energy, for it is yet possible so win. Hutto elections are in lluenoed, u.xl sometimes controlled by' local issues ; and it has often happened that these go one v/ay, and in a few weeks thereafter, in the same piuCo the Presidential elections auothor. This may be the case in tho present can vass ; and, indeed, we have reason to iiope so. Recently we have received re ports from all parts of tho State, which in duce the belief that South Carolina, with proper eiforts, will be carried for Seymour und Blair. Let not the failure to do so bo ascribed to you. The canvass in which you are now en gaged, is full of excitement, which will probably continue and increase to the end. Wo, trust, therefore, that it will not be amiss to drop you a word of caution. Tho criminality of a few, and porhaps the in discretion of many, have placed it in the power of malice aud misrepresentation to injure us, and seriously to damage the cause. We urge yon, therefore, not onlv to prevent violence, but to abstain froth the appearance of it. We are dealing with a false and subtle foo—prolific in inven tions and veuominous in purpose—a foe who fully understands the temporary profit of a nimble lie, which too often achieves its end before the truth can fiven buckle on her armor. We need not urge upon you the policy and the duty of treating, witlr. great kind ness and foritearancc, the colored popula tion of the State. This you have ever done, and wiil continue to fio, as long as you are permitted. We have no doubt you will make manifest the untruth of the rnali ioous charge, that by force yon have com pelled thejr votes or by intimidation kept them from the polls. Their minds are rapidly opening to tho truth that the vagrant white man from the North, as well as the ronegade of the South, who live l>y deceiving and plundering them, and, who have lieen driving them to destruc tion, are not true friends, and are un worthy of confidence aud support. With a fair opportunity they will return to yon, as their estrangement is owing entirely to the false teachings and malignant efforts of the Northern emissary. It cannot be forgotten that the (Stale voinntarily, in 1866, invested the colored population with every civil right; and that she Democratic party, in convention in April last, recog nized them under the previous action of tho Htale, as an integral element in the body politic—and expressed its willing ness, when iu power, to enfranchise them to the extent which the public weal and their own good might warrant. Tbe position then taken by the Convention, and which was announced to the people of the State and the country, is now reaffirm ed. We beg vou to remember that the Dem ocratic party of the Htatp was not organiz ed for the purpose merely of supporting the nominees of the party, but for higher purposes and more endnring ends. It is possible that our present leaders may bo defeated, but our principles will sarv've. The liberty of the individual, tho being uod welfare of States, the Constitutiou ol the United .States, and a Federal Union under it, aro objects worthy of patience and enduring efforts. In tho success \ve hope for, our organisation will be most useful; and, in ease of defeat, it will be come essential. We, therefore, desire to impress upon you tbe necessity af preserv ing intact and in full energy the admirable organizations of tho Democratic party of South Carolina. Wade Hampton, Chairman Executive Committee. J. D. Pope, J. P. Thomas, F. W. McMasxeb, W. M. SIiASXOS, 8. Met lowa x, James CHE.-ixc-i. Chairman Auxiliary Committee. T. S. Fakic w. The GuASSHoppfiß, Texas papers state that grasshoppers, in ithnienso num bers, have made their appearance in all portions of the State. A Good Crop.— During the season 152,566 pounds of dried peaches have been shipped from Rome, (la., and the crop is not half in- It is estimated that the Republicans spent §2,000,000 in Pennsylvania,
