Georgia Historic Newspapers

    01,1) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
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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,