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CCfjrontclr anb WEDNESDAY JULY SL National Democratic Nominees. FOR PRESIDENT, H orace ,G reeley, Op New Yoke. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, B. Gratz Brown, Os Missocbi. State Democratic Ticket. FOB GOVEBNOB, .IAMKH M. SMITH, Or MnsoooE*- PREHIDENTIAL ELECTORS. For the State at Labor. WASHINGTON I’OE OF 8188. W T WOFFORD OF BARTOW JULIAN HABTBUKIE OF CHATHAM., U. L. BENNINO.. OF MUSCOGEE. Altkbkateh. GEORGE l). BICE OF HALL. A H. COLQUITT OF DkKALB. A. H. HANHELL OF THOMAS. ELI WARREN OF HOUSTON. Dihtbict Elbctobs. Firat District—H. G. Tußxn, of lirookn. Secoud Di»trict B. N. Ei.y. of Dougherty. Third Dintrict — W. J. llcixvjh. of H»rrin Fourth Duttrict J. M. Back, of Nowtuu. Fifth District I)r. H. B. Carry, of Columbia. Sixth District--Jahpkk N. Dokrry, of Hall. Seventh District E. D. Guahah, of Da<lc. Ai.tkrnatrm. First Dint net J. KrvEitH, of Laurens. Second District -A. 1,. lUwwi. of Baker. 'i'hird District--T F. Smith, of Coweta. Fourth District T. F. Newell, of Baldwin. Fifth District A. M. Roikikiis, of Burko. Sixth Dietrich- L. J. Ai.lhel, of I'lckcne. Seventh District H. A. Alhton, of DeKalb._ CAN ORA NT HE ELECTED? The Philadelphia Age Hays the more thought bestowed upon the matter, the more closely the political present and fu ture of parties are socurod, tho more difficult it becomes to pnt <leneral Grant in the position of a man who can l>e re elected. As evidence of this fact, wo give below the calculation of a thought ful, observant politician, who has recent ly had abnndant opportunities of feeling the public pulse upon this Presidential matter in various {States of tho Union. He thus sums up tho contest: Grant. Towa 15 Kansas 5 Massachusetts . 13 Michigan 11 Minnesota 6 Mississippi .... H Nebraska 3 Rhode Island. . 4 South Carolina. 7 Vermont 5 Wisconsin 10 Louisiana 8 Total 90 GItKKLEY. Alabama 10 Arkansas 0 California 0 New llaiin»shire 5 New York 35 North Carolina. 10 Oregon 3 Pennsylvania . 2!) Delaware 3 Georgia 11 Maryland 8 Kentucky 12 Tennessee 12 Texas 8 Virginia 11 West Virginia.. 5 Connecticut ... 6 Indiana 15 Missouri 15 New Jersey 9 ,T ’jtal 219 DOUBTFUL. Illinois 21 Maine 7 Nevada 3 Ohio 22 Florida 4 Total 57 No calculation worthy of attention has yet been made to elect Grant. SPEECH OF EX-HENATOK HEN DRICKH. The following report of a speech de livered by Hon. Thus. A. Hendricks, at Hpenoer, Indiana, on the 18th, breathes a spirit of patriotism which cannot fail to impress the Democracy and patriotic masses of the whole country. Ho said in substance : There wus much of encouragement in the present aspect of affairs. Tho cloud which hud so long lowered upon the political affairs of the country and threatened its liberties was boiug dis sipated. Men heretofore opposed to us in politics had met in Convention at Cincinnati, and expressed a desire and a determination to unite with uiou of all other parties in an effort to restoro purity and honesty in the administra tion of the Government. At Baltimore we, tho Democratic party, accepted the overtures of these men, and to-day we stand side by side with them in the ef fort to put down corruption, extrava gance aiul tyranny. Ho briefly sketched tho history of Horace Greeley, showing how from pov erty and obscurity lie bad risen by force of “bis talent, industry and obscurity and integrity, to bo theleaderof his pro fession. If elected President, lie would not be the President of a party. He knew Gratz Brown well —had served with him in the Senate. He knew him to be talented, earnest aiul honest, in support of his convictions of right. He showed how Gratz Brown and Carl Schurz, alarmed at tho stato of affairs which had been wrought out by the Radi cal Republican party in Missouri, and shocked at the injustice which there prevailed in the exclusion from the bene tits of the elective frunebise of a very large proportion of the best men in the State, bad gone forth anil said to the Democracy of the Stab', come and help us undo this work and restore liberty to the Stab 1 . The coalition was formed : Gratz Brown was elected Governor of Missouri, tho Radical government of that State was overthrown, and from that day every man in Missouri bocame free. Tho white mail in Missouri was now as free and secure iu his person and prop erty as his brother in Owen county, In diana. And when he is olected Vice- President, tho same glorious result will lie attained in every State in the Union. Ordinarily, he had not much faith iu or considerations for platforms. But now the ease was different. We stand upon the platform enunciated by the Cincin nati Convention. The question now presented is, cau we accept this platform and these leaders without humiliation ? Mr. Hendricks then entered into a criti cal analysis of the platform, and showed how every expression of it concerning tlio living issues of tho day tallied with the life-long sentiments of the Doeio eratie party. What Democrat, lie asked, can Ih> ashamed of sueli a platform, or will refuse to march under a banner upon which snob sentiments are inscribed ? He demonstrated tlie soundness of its utterance regarding the bvriff. The Con stitution expressly provides that all measi.’res relating to the raising of reve nue must originate iu the House of Rep reaeutatived. What proposition more just, then, than that the question of the tariff should be remitted directly b» the people in the ehoiee of their members of Congress. He referred at some length to the land auostion. Following the declaration of ic Cincinnati Convention in opposition to tho squandering of the public domain, the Philadelphia Convention had re solved that they were opposed to further grants of land b> railroad corporations. This, however, was after a Republican Congress had given away to railroads an area of the public domain equal to five {States os large as the {State of Indiana— and that of the very besk The very last Congress hail voted away 37,(MX),000 of acres to the Northern Pacific Railroad, and President Grant had signed that bill, tin the same day that lie signed that bill giving away this more than princely domain, he had illustrated his love for economy by vetoing another bill which contained* a grant. It was. a bill introduced bv Mr. Holman, and had passed both Houses without great oppiv sition. This bill, which President Grant vetoed in a spasm of economy, was for the relief of a privab) soldier. It appro priated a sum of money to pay a mem ber of the Third Indiana Cavalry for two horses killed iu the service of the United Stab's. He spoke in strong terms of a Presi dent using the power of his office to promote his re-election. Greeley sbunls pledge,! to accept the office for one b'mi only. This would have great influence in siiapiug the course of his Administra tion, inasmuch as he must go upon tho pagf of history according to the record he shall make in those four years. It was well known to his hearers that he hail not been among the first to ac cept the Greeley ticket; but he had fully considered the matter, and he hall thought it wise, expedient and patriotic to support this ticket. [ Applause. ] He would make the contost in this State under that banner. It was a contest for liberty. Talk of liberty in Indiana when yhe President can send his soldiers into th e State and arrest men without writ and without process! If there is not liberty in every Stato there is liberty in B °Hb' asked his hearers if they thought Grant should elected. H he was to be elected in his ow 7» interest or that of his family he declined to discuss the matter. That would be sinking P nr politics too low. The question is, is it for the in terest of the people that Grant should be elected ? He fairly stated the Railical claim that, with largely reduced taxation. Grant was paying off the national debt at the rate of $100,000,000 per annum. He denied that the taxes were reduced. The mode of levying and collecting them has lieen changed ; but the statistics of the Treasury show that during the last year of Johnson’sadniinistration the revenues collected were §7,000,(100 less than during the last year under Graut ; nnd during tins last two years of each the difference in the amount of taxcn collected was less than one. million of dollars. True, a large number of arti cles had been stricken from the tax list, but the figures show that, notwithstand ing a change in the mode of levying the taxes, the laboring man and consumers, from whom, in the end, it all comes, were still paying into the Treasury the same amount as usual. As to the payment of the debt, he thought that with the amount of taxes collected a vastly larger share of the debt should have been paid. He then gave, a scathing review of the personalism and nojiotiKYn which has charaetorized tho Administration of Grant, and illustratod tho effects of his gift- taking Before he was made rich by presents, General Grant had been a per son wlio sympathized with the common people. Indeed, it might lie complained that his sympathies wi re too common. But where arc his sympathies now ? Morton had said the men who gave Grant, two weeks before lie had l»oeu sworn into office, $105,000, were well able to do so and never feel its loss. That was just the trouble. When they thus secured his sympathies and got bis influence in the passage of the law for the payment of all bonds in gold, they were well repaid for all they had in vested. Previously it hail been con ceded, even by Morton, that those bonds were payable in greenbacks. There* waa sympathy with Grant on account of his military record. No one objected to that. His military record hud been acknowledged by Congress in cre ating him General, with a salary of $17,000 per annum, anil no one objected. But, as President, he must be judged by liisreeord as a civil officer. Mr. Hendricks alluded to his visit to the Rust, and said lie hail lioon aston ished at the discovery of the strength of Greeley among the Republicans of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, anil Pennsylvania. As to their joining the Democratic party ho said ho didn’t care who they joined. They como to ns, we go to them —wo meet half way and clasp hands for.tho restoration of the era of fraternity in nil quarters of the land, and together we will strugglo to drive out corruption from tho Govern ment. Upon our banner shall be in scribed, “ The States shall be protected in the exercise of local self-government. That comprises it all." Every department of the Government is corrupt, and nearly every department of it was on trial last Winter by Con gress, and if the committees had not been pucked for acquittal, lie believed they would all have been found guilty. In conclusion, Mr. Ilendricks made a forcible appeal to his old Democratic friends to present a united front at the November election. Ho had in past years leaned upon them, and they had trusted him, and ho now trusted they would not be found wanting. One Democratic vote not polled in Novem ber would be half a vote for Grant, and ho didn’t think there were any half voters in tho Sixth District. When the glorious era of good feeling, fra ternity, and prosperity was ushered iu with the inauguration of Greeley, it would lie a bitter thought to any Demo crat that he hail not aided in bringing it almut. SENATOR THURMAN ON GHEE LEY’S PHOSPECTS. Hon. A. G. Thurman, of Ohio, was interviewed last Friday, by a New York World reporter. After announcing liis settled purpose to do all that ho could to insure tho election of Mr. Greeley, Senator Thurman, iu response to in terrogatories of tho reporter, presented the following encouraging showing : Reporter—Will the mass of old-time Democrats who opposed the nomination of ]\lr. Greeley by the Baltimore Con vention do likewise? Senator Thurman—No doubt of it. My information -an extensive one shows that they are everywhere wheel ing into line. This, I personally know to bo the case in my own State. Before July 9th Ohio contained many anti- Greeley Democrats, but now there arc none at least not among my acquaint ances ; even Judge Van Trump, one of Ohio’s Democratic Congressmen, who wrote so bitterly against the Cincinnati movement and its nominees some time ago, now acquiesces iu the decision ren dered at Baltimore, and is ready to take off his coat nnd work—and, I tell you, lie is indeed an effective workman in a canvass—for Greeley and Brown until election day. R.— Will any Democrat vote for Gen. Grant ? Senator T. Not one ; that is not one who cau consistently and properly claim to be a Democrat. Republican papers have named a few Democrats as sup porters of Gen. Grant; but some of these men 1 consider no longer Demo crats, slid others 1 think are misrepre sented by the papers in question, it is remark a I ile that not a single Democratic journal displays the least inclination to support. Gen. Grant., while hundreds of Republican journals go in heartily for Mr. Greeley. This I take as one of many existing good signs of tho latter’s elec tion next November. R. Then, Senator, you think Mr. Greeley will be elected ? Senator T. Most assuredly Ido. I think Greeley and Brown will have 21X) electoral votes at least —much more than sufficient to elect them. My State, Ohio, is a doubtful one, with the chances on our side, I firmly believe. But let the Stato go as she may Greeley will never theless be elected. I give him 200 elec toral votes without Ohio. R.- What of the straight-out Demo cratic movement or bolt? Senator T.—Why, it will not amount to anything. A few gentlemen—good Democrats, no doubt—met in Baltimore and called a straight-out Democratic Convention to meet in Louisville, on September 3d, but the Democratic mas ses have everywhere disapproved of the call, so that 1 very much question wheth er the Convention will ever beheld. If held it will be a small, nuimportaut affair, not likely to exert any influence of conse quence upon the action of the Democ racy. Tho wave in favor of Greeley is too large and strong to be in any way affected by a convention of the kind. 1 repeat it., sir, the. whole movement, will not amount to anything, and is not worth talking about. A COLORED MAN ONI THE SITUA TION. A well-known colored lawyer, Robert Morris, of Boston, in an interview held a few days ago with a representative of the Boston Rost, hold tlio following language : I made up my mind long since that Horace Grcclcv was tho man of all others who would look out for tho Imat interests of tlie colored people, and am firmly impressed with that idea. 1 have concluded to east mv vote for him in November. I regard it as the best nomination that could have been made. Air. Greeley has shown by liis whole life that he is a capable, upright, and honest man. and that’s the kind of a man we need at the head of the Govorn rnen. lie has always stood by the black man, and when 1 think how lie has arisen from the humble condition of his boyhood to his present proud jHisition by liis own exertions, I cannot believe he is going to be swayed from tlie past, which a conscientious regard for the in terest of the black mail points out. As regards tho sentiments of the col ored peoplo in general, he further said : Tho colored people everywhere arc anxiously waiting for Senator Sumner to speak out, and then we shall know how they will stand in the coining contest. I may say that my action will lie in fluenced by whatever Mr. Sumner says also. 1 consider the treatment which Mr. Sumner lias received at tho hands of the Republicans a direct insult to the colored men, whom he has always de fended. I hold that party responsible for the defeat of all the measures which have las'ii brought forward for the amelioration of the condition of the colored men, and I hope they will soon learn a lesson showing them the folly of such proceedings. We all look upon him as onr tried and trusted leader. He has unflinchingly stood up for us all through onr struggles for onr rights, and we feel confident that he will eoutiune to defend our cause and tell ns who are onr friends and who our enemies. The following expresses liis opinion of carpet-baggers and tlie origin of Ku- Klnx: The Republican party has spent all its time and energy in taking meosnro for what they call the protection of the black men in the South. But what has it all amounted to? The only result of their labors has been a lot of carpet-baggers, who have gone far to destroy every vestige of good government in the South". If they had just let tho negroes alone and let them have the right to protect themselves, there would never have been such an organization as the Ku-Klux heard of, CAMPAIGN NOTES. The Liberal Republicans of the Second Ohio District are talking of running Mu rat Halstead for Congress. The oldest Republican jnrist iu Wis consin, Judge George W. Cate, lias an nounced liis preference for Greeley. Ex-Congressman Burt Van Horn, of GemieSßee county, New York, repudiates Grant and warmly espouses Greeley. The leading Republican paper of Southern Kansas, the Fort Scott Moni tor, has pronounced for Greeley and Brown. Ex-Congressman Charles Hnghes, of Sandy Hill, New York, has written a let ter declaring his intention to abandon Grantism and to support the Reform ticket. Represen tati vo Waddell, of North Carolina, writes that lie is sure of his re-election and tho election of the Con servative Stato ticket by several thou sand majority. In a recent letter to Air. D. P. Wor cester, of Rochester, Chief Justice Chase says : “If I live and am able to go to Cincinnati in November, I shall vote for Horace Greeley.” Wallace Tappan, a memlier of tho New York Grant State Committee, disgusted with the interference of tho Administra tion iu State politics, has resigned liis position, aiul comes out strongly for Greeley and Brown. In Washington, Pa., tliero is a stam pedo among prominent Grant Republi cans to the Greeley ranks. Among them may lie mentioned the following : l)r. P. J. Lainoyne, a leading abolition ist and candidate for Vice-President with Gerritt Smith some years ago; Boyd Ornmring, late distriei attorney. The Republicans of Plymouth, Mass., are about organizing a Greeley Club, and it is thought safe to count upon Senator Sumner’s District for tho Liber al ticket. Tho Hon. Charles G. Davis, a member of tlio Lilwral Republican National Comm ittoo, will soon issno a Greeley and Brown paper, to bo called The J’lyvwulh Rock Free Press. The Greeley anil Brown Club, of Key West, Flor ida, reports the voters of that (Monroe? county to bo politically divided as follows : For Greeley and Brown— Democrats, (100; Liberal Republicans, 450 ; total, 1,000. For Grant, 150. The county has at Hint 7,000 inhabitants, hav ing recently b id a large accession of pa triot Cubans, who are all Liberal Re publicans. A correspondent of the Washington Rut riot writes from Saline, Midi., as follows, under date of July 17, 1872 : * * * “Thorn is an excellent field for labor, ‘the harvest is bountiful.’— The idea of carrying this Stato for Gree ley may seem impossible, but wo pro pose to do it; and, further, that ‘Zack Chandler’ is now holding his last term as Senator from this State.” The AslitabuYa (Ohio) Sentinel has furled the Grant flag and boldly flaunts tlio Greeley banner. Tho senior editor of that journal, Wm. U. Howells, is a veteran editor and politician of forty years’ service, lately a member of tlie Ohio State Senate, and for years Chair man of tho Republican County Commit tee. The junior editor, liis son, J. A. Howells, is postmaster at Jefferson. A letter from Philadelphia states that while nearly all tlie prominent Radical leaders and orators have left Pennsylva nia—some to go to Europe and others bound for other places—Governor Cur tin, Galusha A. Grow, and other influen tial men who are away, aro coming home Jo take part in the Liberal movement in favor of Mr. Greeley. The result of this exodus of Radical speakers—among whom may bo mentioned Morton Mc- Micliacl, General Charles 11. T. Collins, Attorney General Brewster, and Con gressman Kelley—is that the party of Grant, Cameron, and Hartranft will be left almost destitute off speakers so far as Pennsylvania is concerned. Tiib Rapacity of Offioe-Seekers. — Offieo-Hoekera have become so rapacious that they scarcely wait for a dead office holder to bo put under the ground be fore they aro making efforts to got into the place made vacant by his death. Apropos of this, a good anecdote is told of Mayor Hall, by a New York paper. Eager candidates v r oro putting forward their claims for the position made va cant by the death of Judge McOiinn, be fore ho was laid in his grave. This re minds tho paper alluded to of a well known politician who, anxious to suc ceed to the seat of Alderman Hartt, who bad just died, approached Mayor Hall on the subject, during tlio funeral of the dead alderman. Tlio Mayor at lirst de clined to talk to the importune gentle man, but was finally induced to give him “only a word.” “ Mr. Mayor,” lie gun the politician, “ to be plain with you, I would like to take Ilartt’s place.” “I am willing,” said the Mayor; “just apply to the undertaker.” Negro Equality in Washington City. —The law of the District Legislature relative to civil rights in barber-shops, hotels, eating-houses, confectioneries, Src., went into effect last Saturday. It imposes penalties and forfeiture of li cense for making any distinction in serving public guests on account of color, and requires the conspicuous dis play of lists of prices. Some of tlio res taurant keepers, in order to avoid sell ing drinks to colored men, post thoir prices at vory high figures, some of them rating whisky at $2 a drink, brandy and mixed drinks $5, bam and eggs $3, and other supplies accordingly—“a liberal reduction made to regular customers,” meaning white men. Senator Wilson in North Carolina. -—A special dispatch to the Washington Star states that Senator Wilson, ex-Gov- Harrimon, of New Ilamshire, and a Mr. Warwick, of Now York, addressed s very slim crowd at Goldsboro on Mon day, numbering not moro than one hun dred blacks and thirty or forty inquisi tive whites. There was no enthusiasm with the exception of an occasional “ dat’s bo” from an impulsive son of Africa. Wilson refused to divide time with Judge Fowle. After a shake-hand all around with Wilsoli, Curtis Brogden and their colored auditors, they ad journed to meet at Raleigh. A Conservative Victory in North Carolina. —Tho Greeley and Brown headquarters in Washington have ad vices from North Carolina which scorn to assure a Conservative victory on Au gust 1. These reports state that for the first time in twelve years the entire white vote will be polled and will be quite seventh-eighths for the Democratic candidates. Avery considerable inroad has been made also iu the colored vote, which fact has caused groat demoraliza tion in the opposion tiranks. Forney on Gueklf.y. —A well known railroad man told a newspaper corres pondent that Forney had nsed the fol lowing language: Greeley will make a good and efficient President. He is an able, honest man. In faet, I regard him as by all means the ablest editorof America—wise, sagacious and large-hearted. Before closing tho conversation Col. Forney said: I shan't make any speeches for Grant. I will vote for him, but that’s aIL Washington Monument Struck by Lightning. —During tho heavy storm of Thursday night the Washington Monument was struck by lightning, chipping several scales of marble from the left shonlder of tlie statne of Gen eral Washington. The accident, how ever, has not disfigured the statue to any great exteht, but at the same time has left an ngly gouge in the shoulder, but not sufficiently large to lie noticed from tho sidewalk below. The monu ment is furnished with a lightning-roil, but it does not seem to have been a suffi cient protection in this case.— Baltimore Sun, WILHON DISGUSTED WITH NORTH CAROLINA. A New York World special, from Ral eigh, under (late of tho ‘2'2d, says : “Wil son made his last speech at Goldsboro to-day, and immediately left for homo. The mooting was hold ill the Court House, and was composed of abont 150 negroes and a dozen white men. AY il son returns the most disgusted man that can be imagined. He lias utterly failed to arouse any enthusiasm, and, with the exception of a meeting at Newborn, on Saturday last, nono of liis meetings have been at all respectable in {mint of num bers, averaging only from 50 to 150 peo ple, and all negroes at that. Fancy the Senator's feelings at having to address such audiences. Truly, the Radical way to the Vice-Presidency is a hard one. “The prosp< ets of tho Democrats bright en daily, and it is now eertain that they will have a majority of tho Legislature on joint ballet, and at least six out of the eight members of tho House of Repre sentatives. The vote for Governor will be close, but Merrimon will win. “Delano will arrive hero to-morrow,and there is a rumor that Robeson will suc ceed him. Aloney is pouring into this State like water, and I hoard to-day of $5,000 received from Now York. Iu some of tho districts men havo boon paid to run as independent candidates for tho purpose of dividing tlio Democratic vote. In counties where tho voto was closo, negroes havo boon imported from other places, where they could bo spared, and in fact no art is loft unused by tho ruling party to maintain its supremacy. Truly, if the Democrats succeed in car rying this State it will be a victory worth talking abont and achieved in spite of tremendous odds.” GOODS IN BOND TllE GOLD PRE MIUM. Tho money article of the Now York Herald, of Tuesday, accounts for the steadiness and firmness of gold with tho revelation that tho bonded warehouses aro bursting with goods waiting tho Ist of August to bo taken out under tlie ten per cent, tariff reduction. Tho figures for July arc not yet ready, but from those of Juno wo find tho following ex hibit : FOBEIOS IMrOItTS AT NEW YOltK FOIt Till, MONTH OF JUNE. 1870. 1871. 1872. F.nt. for oonanmp.. .$12,-J0T,273 $14,778,135 $9,7G9,4t« lint, lor wal-tiliouso. 10,484,645 13,389,176 17,913,638 Free Hoods 1,475,036 3,0(10,100 3,926,874 Simula and bullion.. 188,150 1,352,006 43,734 Total Mlt. at port. ..*34,415,094 $31,598,417 $30,653,553 Withdrawn from YfcrolimiKO 8,354,527 8,711,237 7,584,971 It will bo scon that tho stock in bond increased over ton millions in Juno, making moro than forty-two millions in crease since tho beginning of tho yoar. Tlio total imports at Now York since January 1 aro $232,780,036. Tho total for tho corresponding six months of last year was $201,83-1,024, then by far tho largest figures for the first six months over written in tho history of the trade. Tlio last six months now exceed that ro turn by upwards of thirty millions. This large increase has mostly gone into bond, where it is waiting the period of tho reduced tariff, ami accounts for tho dullness and steady condition of tho gold market during tho past sow weeks. Tho importers aro waiting for tho first of tho month to take .advantage of tlio ten per cent, abatement, while holders of gold, in anticipation of a sudden de mand a sow weeks hence, aro indisposed to hoII. Hence tho firm condition of the gold market now. COUNTING NOSES IN NORTH CAROLINA. A Large Non-Voting Population—Pros pects for the State and National Tickets. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Greensboro, N. (!., under date of the IStli, thus presents the situation in tlie Ohl North State, for the control of which Grant and his sym pathizers are playing such a dosporate and corrupting role, in tho backing of thoir infamous purposes by all tho re sources of an unscrupulous Administra tion : The voto of this district and of tho Stato will fall considerably below what the census of 1870 shows to be tho voting population. Last year the total vote east was larger than it was in 1870, and yet in' less than 38,000 men who wore above the ago of 21 years remained away from tho polls. A great portion of this non-votingpopulation will not l ie aroused this year, although Judge Merrimon, the Conservative candidate for Die Gov ernorship, is a resident of the western part of the State, whero the most of t hese indifferent people arc to bo found, and is making a most effective canvass there. If one in live of these men could be brought to the polls tlie success of the Conservative ticket, by at least ten thousand majority, would l>c assured. Nobody who has visited tho mountain regions of North Carolina can, I am assured, understand tlio peculiar stato of things that exists there. Tho pooplo inhabit, I am told, one of tho finest grazing countries on the continent—live ou comparatively small farms, raise enough corn, beef and mutton to Sup port them, and being far removed from railroads and telegraphs, with communi cation with tho outer world by means of a weekly or semi-weekly horseback mail, know little that is transpiring. At the breaking out of the war they were peace men, and became so disgusted with politics when the Stato was carried into secession that they liavo never voted since. If they voted at all they would vote tlio Conservi-te ticket ; but thore is littlo hope of reaching them in this canvass. Tlio last time any considerable number of them voted, it was for Vance to be Governor in 1864. prospects for the state and national tickets. I find it to bo the universal opinion among Conservatives that Mr. Greeley’s majority in this State will be at least 10,000 greater than that of Judge Mar rimon, if the hitter is elected. In all parts of tlie Stato and especially around Greensboro are many Republicans to bo found, who make no secret of their in tention to vote for Greeley nnd Brown, although they will support Caldwell in the August election. Many of these men admit that it would be for thoir interest to havo Merrimon elected, but say that they committed themselves to the support of Caldwell before tho Cincinnati movement was developed, and that it would not bo honorable for them to broak thoir promises now.— Giving each of these facts its duo weight, I am of the opinion that tho Conservatives will carry North Carolina bv a majority of from 2,000 to 5,000 on the Ist of August. Many prominent Conservatives and Liberal Republicans are counting on a majority much larger than this, placing it as high as 10,000, but in making my estimate I have not counted any of tho indifferent ones whom Merrimon may get out in the mountain sections nor tho votes of Liberal Republicans. Tho voto on the Constitutional Convention question, last year, cannot be taken as a test of tlio relative strength of the parties in this State, and still it gavo to the Con servatives the assurance that their vote is not falling off from year to year. In a great number of counties the Conserv atives elected their county officers by ! greater majorities than in 1870, when they carried the State by more than 4,000 majority, and yet the Convention was an unpopular and the people were so much afraid that if it was carried the State would be remanded to military rule, as Attorney General Akerman hinted in his Weldon speech, that it was defeated by almut 9,000 votes. Not a single Repub lican anywhere in the Stato is known to have voted for the Convention, while the facts stated above show that thousands of Conservatives voted against it; and yet tho total vote for the Convention fell less than 3,000 short of the Conservative vote in the State iu 1870, when the Democrats carried three-fourths of tho counties. The Grant Republicans predict the sne eess of their State ticket by about 6,000 majority,a tie in the State Senate, and a majority of almut 12 in the Lower House. I think, however, that they reason from false premises. Their basis of calculation, as I was told to-day by United States District Judge Dick, who entertained Secretary Boutwell during his stay hero, is tho Convention vote of last year. The fact referred to abovo, that in many of the connties which gave majorities against the Convention Con servative county officers were chosen proves that they will bo disappointed. They deny that the vote of 1870 was a good test, because they say tho Repub lican vote was cut down by the influence of the Ku-Klnx. There is no doubt that there was terrorism in a few counties and that a few negroes were kept away from the pools by it, but the Conserva tives exhibit figures to prove that this fact in no way accounted for the Demo cratic majority of that year. Meeting in Burke County. A large number of the citizens of Burke county, who are embraced within the territory sought to be added to Jef ferson county, met at New Pros]>cct Church, July 25th, 1872. The mooting being called to older, on motion of Dr. L. D. Julius.in. Colonel H. D. Greenwood was called to tlie Chair, and B. F. Brown, Esq., requested to act as Secretary. By request of the Chairman, l)r. L. D. Johnson, in a few earnest anil appro priate remarks, explained tlio object of tlie meeting to be to take some action in reference to the resolutions adopted at the mooting held in Waynesboro, July 9th. He read the resolutions of that meeting, which lie held was unjust, and did not express tho feelings of those who wore embraced within tho line, or of the citizens of the county generally. On motion of Capt. Artemas Archer, tlie Chairman appointed a committee of five, viz ; Capt. Archer, A. H. Sconyers, Esq., Dr. L. D. Johnson, Capt. W. N. W. Hutchens and Henry Dawson, Esq., to draft resolutions expressing tho views of tlio meeting. On motion, the Secretary was added to tho committee. Tho committee, after conferring to gether, through thoir Chairman, Captain Archer, reported the following resolu tions, which, on motion, wore unani mously adopted : Whereas, We havo learned that at a mooting of a sow of tho citizens of Burko, held at YV T ayuosboro, July 9th, 1872, certain resolutions were adopted, purporting to represent tho feelings of tho citizens in relation to tho proposed change iu tlio lino botwoon Burko and Jefferson counties; and, whereas, said resolutions aro calculated to wrongly impress tho public in regard to the posi tion of the citizens within the proposed lino ; wo, a large portion of tho citizens embraced within said lino, doom it ne cessary to take some action in order to place onrselvos properly before tho citi zens of the remaining portion of tlio county and tlio public generally ; thoro foro, be it Resolved, Ist, That in socking tlio change in tho county lino, wo doom it just, and that it would redound to tlio good of tlioso embraced within the pro posed change, without injury to tho citi zens of tho remaining portion of the county. Resolved, 2d, That it is our opinion, based upon facts, that a largo majority of tho citizens living in tho territory sought to bo cut off aro willing and in favor of tlio movement. Resolved, 3 d, That, as tlio average distance to Waynesboro is about eighteen and to Louisville ten miles (which is a matter of much importance to us in at tending courts and other public duties), and inasmuch as wo propose to assume our part or pro rata, share of tlio public debt of tho county already incurred, we boliovo that a largo majority of tho citi zens of tho county would bo willing to tho propose change. Resolved, 4 th, That in our petitions to the Logilaturo wo havo only sought those whoso interests aro identified, and who aro permanently located within the prescribed lines ; while wo are informed that petitions opposing havo very few of that class attached. And be, it further resolved, That we hereby respect fully request tho Legisla ture (now in session) to pass the bill now pending before them, making the pro posed change in tilt) lino between Burke and Jefferson counties. On motion of A. 11. Sconyers, Esq., tho Secretary was instructed to furnish a copy of those proceedings to tho Ex positor, at Wayuesboro, Augusta papers, and the Atlanta Constitution, for publi cation. Ou motion, tlio meetiug adjourned. H. D. Greenwood, Chairman. B. F. Brown, Secretary. THE BYRONS. A nothoT Scandal in the Poet's Family His Grandson Advertises ills Wife. Tlio following appears in an advertise ment in tho Raily News : “ Lady Wentworth, my wife, having ceased to reside under my root, and living separate and apart from me, I lioroby give notice that she lias no au thority to incur debts or obtain goods on my account, or so as to chargo mo or any authority whatever to pledge my credit. And I will not bo answorablo or accountable fur any debts or liabilities which she may incur. “Dated this 25th day of Juno, 1872. “ Wentworth. “Witness : Wm. lly. Cooper, 8 Lin coln’s Inn Fields.” Tho above nobleman, Lord Went worth, is tlio oldest surviving son of the Earl of Lovelace, and might, 'did bo so choose, assume tlio courtesy title of Viscount of Ockham. But inasmuch as through liis mother—Ada, the daughter of Lord Byron—he inhorits tho Barony of Wontworth, ho olocts to bo known by that dignity. Lady Wontworth, a lady possessing oxcooding beauty, is tho daughter of the Rev. George Iloriot, and sister to Mr. Iloriot, who lately married Millie. Muslims, daughter of the Turkish Embassador. Tlio an nouncement in question lias, to say tho least of it, taken society by surprise. It lias also occasioned very consider able regret, tlio moro so because its appearance is believed to be not only un necessary, but most unquestionably premature. In tho present instance I hear it assorted that tlio unhappy es trangement alluded to is one which both can, and very likely will, easily yield to tho judicious mediation of frionds. Indeed, it is said that littlo, save this very announcement, now stands in tho way of a reconciliation. The Prospects in North Carolina.— Wo would as soon tell an untruth in court as in a newspaper. Tho immorality is tho same. YVo trust we would not toll an untruth in either place. Last year, as many gentlemen in Oxford will tes tify, tho writer gavo up tho election weeks before it came off. There is a prominent Radical in Oxford who knows tho faet. Tho signs were against us alto gether then, as they are now favorable to us, and wo are moro confident of vic tory now than wo wore of defeat then. The tidings from almost every section— from Currituck to Cliorokee—from Gran ville to New Hanover—aro very encour aging; such as to excite the most confi dent hope of a triumph, at onco signal aud overwhelming. Wo sincerely be lievo we shall carry tho Stato by at least 8,00(1 majority, aud if the voto should bo full, by a much larger one, say from 12,000 to 20,000. YVo happen to know that Judge Merrimon expects the major ity will lie very large, probably attaining to the last named figures. Then let our people liavo a good heart. Let every man resolve to do liis duty. Lot all re member that each man has influence, and that ho cau do something for liis State if ho so elect, if he will put forth his utmost energy. Resolve to win one voto for Merrimon and Reform, aud vic tory is ours. —Raleigh Sentinel. A Southern Salutatory. —A now weekly paper has been started in Bath county, Kentucky. Tho editor says by way of salutatory : Wo would as soon expect to win a fortune by betting against a pat hand as to suppose that wo shall pleaso everybody. No doubt, in the course of human events, wo shall realize those pleasant littlo editorial episodes which indignant mailers find no other soothing syrup for their wounded feel ings than by attempting to “put a head ou the editor,” paint a mournful expres sion over his eye, or, without consulting him as to whether lie wants to bo an angel and with the angels stand, endeav or to send him to that bonrno(on a dead head ticket) from whence no editor re turns. Wo stand six font in our stock ings in tlie Wintertime —five feet eleven inches and a half, without socks, in tlie Summer season. Our principal amuse ment, when a boy, was to throw one hun dred pound anvils over our head, hold a barrel of flour at arm’s length, and prac tice other muscular developments. Aid ed by our early education in the manly art, wo shall endeivor to hoe our own row, paddle onr own canoe, anil hold a full hand in the edilorial game of “bluff.” —New York Express. The 801 l Worm in Uchee Bottoms. Specimens of cottoa bolls punctured by worms were exhibited on the streets yes terday. They have been found in almndanco in Russell county, Alabama, on the plantations between the Big and Littlo lichee crooks. The specimens we were shown were from tlio Phillips’ place, whore one thousand acres are planted in cotton. Considerable nnra liers have already been found and they aro fast spreading over tho country. YYet weather is having the effect of pro ducing them, and increasing their rav ages. Mr. Frank Redd tells us they are booming quite frequent on his and other farms in the neighborhood. On Friday the heaviest rains of the season fell in the Uchee bottoms. Dry weather is now earnestlv hoped for. It is ex pected it will have the effect of stopping the ravages of these destructives. Crop estimates will have to be changed ma terially unless there is very soon a de cidedly different condition of atmos phere.—Columbus Sun. The Sandersville Georgian says that the corps of engineers under the charge of Mr. Yirgil Powers commenced the permanent location of the Sandersville and Tennille Road on Friday last. Letter from Hon. Philip Clayton. I Atlanta, Oa., July 22, 1572. Editors Chronicle <t Sentinel: In your issim of the I9tu July I find au article attempting to account, for my preferring to vote for t ton. Grant rather than Mr. Greeley. The charge made hy yon is in these words : “As an ex planation of the recent letter of the Hon. Philip Glaytou, of Georgia, advooJlipg the re-election of Grant to the Presiden cy, ws have the statement that he is in Washington, prosecuting a large claim against the Government, and doubtless hopes to succeed better as the avowed friend of the Administration than n3 an indifferent spectator.” That such a par agraph should appear in your paper is surprising, especially in remembrance of tho fact 11 Lat in conversation with General Wright, at tho Kimball House, in this city, prior to the mooting of the Baltimore Convention, I distinctly told him if tho Democratic party nominated Greeley, I should vote for Gen. Grant— showing my determination was made sometime since, if tho contingency hap pened which lias taken place. I was not in Washington at the time you state. I had no claim bofore auy Department in which I had a personal interest, either in tho claim itself or by attorney. Tho Wostorn and Atlantic Railroad had a claim against tho Post Office Department for $!9,500 for carrying the mail prior to the war. As book-keeper to the Investi gating Committee I visited Washington relative to said claim. I had no more interest in it than you have. I had the satisfaction of having tho amount recog nized by tho Department, which will he a clear saving to tho State of jJff.fiOO, and the personal benefit to mo is not one cent. You and your informer must seek some other facts to oxplaiu my recent letter. If you desire to know my reason, in very few words, in preferring Gonornl Grant to Mr. Greeley, it is that 1 can vote for one without, as I eoueoivo, tarnishing tho honor of my State. I cannot voto for tho other without soiling her oscutch ooii. Others may think differently. They have tho same right to their opinions, and to control tlioir actions accordingly, Unit I have to mine. I shall not sock to accord to thorn improper motives in tho exorcise of tlioir right. It is for you to say whether you will bo governed by a different rule. Very respectfully, Your ob’t sorv’t, P. Clayton. In conformity with a purpose to do full j uwtico in all such matters, we print the foregoing letter of Mr. Clayton. Tho paragraph purporting to explain his declared adhesion to Grant, and at which ho affects such groat surprise in observing its publication in tho Chroni cle and Sentinel, had its origin with tho Now York Tribune. It was not doomed essential to give tho credit at the timo of tho publication, inasmuch as it involved no now discovery of tho character of tho motives usually prompt ing Southorn mon in a’lligniug them selves in support of Grant and his plundering, oppressive warfare upon tho South, and we had no knowledge that Mr. Clayton was of sterner stuff than other rosp'octablo gentlemen who liavo bowed the knee to Baal and en tered into tho joy of their lord and master. So far as his doolaration of intention to Gen. Wright is concerned, it is proper to say that Gen. Wright had nothing to do with the paragraph in question; neither does he appear to liavo regarded it ne cessary, for tho guidance of subordinate writora connected with theCnnoNioLE and Sentinel, that the private iloolarations of Mr. Clayton should bo chalked on our editorial blackboard. Had Mr. Clayton confined his declaration of intention to support Grant to tho ears of his Goorgia friends, there would doubtless have boon no occasion for tho paragraph of which lie complains. But lie was ambitious of a larger audionee, in asserting his loyal ty to the Administration in power, and sought that distinction through the columns of a journal blackened by bit ter parlizan opposition and hate to tho South and its people. Naturally enough his letter oommondod itself as a cam paign document for the uso of tho Radi cal party, and lie now enjoys tho distinc tion, if such eminence can bo enjoyed, of furnishing ammunition to the enemy to bombard his friends in Georgia. Wo are, however, by no means apprehensive of much damage from such light mis siles. As to tho claim of tho Wostorn and Atlantic Railroad, worked through the Tost Office Department by Mr. Clayton, wo have no knowledge of any suspicion that lie derived the least advantage from it beyond his salary as book-keeper of the Investigating Committee. Greeley on Civil Service Reform. St. Loins, July 22. — Tlio following correspondence was read by Senator Seliurz in liis speech to-night : St. Loijis, /line 20, 1872. Deae Hie —Your letter of acceptance and your promise of thorough reform in tho civil service, in general terms, brings tho question of how tho problem of civil service reform presents itself to your mind, and is one of great interest. I would suggest, if it be consistent with your views of propriety, that you give wo such explanations as will put your intentions in this respect in a clear light. Yours truly, C. Sohurz. Tho following is Mr. Grooloy’s reply : New York, July 5, 1872. My Dear Sir —Yours of tho 20th nit. only roaclioil mo tliroo days ago. I re spond as promptly as I may. Tho problem of civil service Reform is ron derod difficult by an alliance between tho executive and legislative branches of our Federal Franchise, Government. Those members of Congress who favor tho Administration habitually claim and are accorded a virtual monopoly of tho Federal offices in their respective States or districts, dictating appointments and removals as interest or caprice may sug gest. Tho President appoints at their bidding. They legislate in subservience to his will, often in opposition to their own convictions. Unless all history is unmeaning, this confusion of executive and legislative responsibilities and functions could not fail to distemper and corrupt tho body politic. I hold tho eligibility of our President to re-election tho main source of this corruption. The President should be above the hope of future favor, or the fear of alienating powerful and ambi tious partizons. He should bo the of ficial chief, not of a party, but of tho republic. Ha should dread nothing but the accusing voice of history and tho inexorable judgment of good. He should fully realize, and never forgot that Congress in its own sphere is paramount, and nowise amenable to his supervision, and that tho heartiest good will to his administration is perfectly compatible with tho most pointed dissent from his inculcations on tho very gravest questions in financo or political oconomy. It is the first step that costs. Let it ho settled that a President is not to he re-elootod while in office aud civil servee reform is no longer difficult. Ho will need no organs whatever—no subsidized defenders. — He will naturally select his chief coun sellors from among the ablest and wisest of his eminent fellow-citizens, regardless alike of the shrieks of locali ty and the suggestions of a selfish policy. He will have no interest to conciliate —no chief of a powerful clan to attach to his personal fortune. He w ill lie impelled to appoint at will— none deny that, Ho should appoint men of ripe experience in business and eminent mercantile capacity to collect, keep and disburse the revenuo, instead of dexterous manipulators of primary meetings and skillful traffieers in dele gates to nominating conventions. He will thus transform tho civil ser vice of tho country from a party ma chine into a business establishment. No longer an aspirant to place, the Presi dent will naturally aim to meet and serve the approbation of the entire peo ple, but especially of the eminently wise and good. As to the machinery of boards of ex aminers, etc., wheroby tho details of oivil service reform are to be perpetuated and perfected, I defer to the judgment of a Congress unporverted by the adul terous commerco in legislation, and ap pointments which I have already express ed and reprehondod. Up to this time mj experience of tho doings of boards in this direction havo not been encouraging, and this I am confident is not tho faidt of the gentlemon who have tried to serve the public os commissioners, in s® far as they may, who have failed. The cansos of their ill success must be extensive. Had they been accorded a fair field I am sure they would have wrought to better purpose. A thinker has observed that the spirit in which we work is tlio chief matter, and wo can novor achieve civil service reform until the interests which demand it shall be more potent in our public counsels than those which resist, even while seeming to favor it. That this consummation is not distant. I fer vently trust. Meantime, thanking you for your earnest and effective labors to this end, I remain, yours, Horace Greeley. SI’RFCII OF CARL SCHURZ AT ST. LOUIS. At the Liberal Republican meeting in St. Louis, on Monday night last, called for the purpose of electing a Comity Ex ecutive Committee, Senator Schurz de livered a very lengthy and elaborate ad dress, of which the following is a mere outline. The Senator started out by saying: “Standing before my constituents, I deem it my duty to give an account of MY PUBLIC CONDUCT, The motives which have governed it, and tho ends it is intended to subserve. I can do this in no better way than by ex pressing my views on the events which have produced the present ext raordinary situation of our public national affairs— events in which 1 took a small part; and also to state what I consider it my duty, as a patriotic citizen, to do in order to protect the best interests of the. Repub lic. It lias been my misfortune to dis please many with whom I co-operated on the political field for many years, and from whom 1 now, with great regret,find myself sopaiated. To the attacks with which some of them endeavor to over whelm mo, I have bill, one answer.” Ho then reiterated what lie had pre viously said about never considering his party tho supremo arbiter of liis sense of duty. Ho then said : “When T was honored with a seat, in the Senate of tho United States, I ex pected to support the Administration which thou eamo into power. The tasks it was called to perform were of unusual importance. Tho civil war over. Its logical results, the abolition of slave ry and tho organization of free labor and society in the South, was just, being re duced to a political form and imbedded in the Constitution of the Republic. Tho first great object of our policy should liavo boon to renationalize the south, To revive among tho Southern people feelings calculated to attach tlioir hearts again to the fortunes of this Union. For let us not indulge in tho delusion that the holding together by force of its oom i ponont parts is a basis upon which a Republic' can safely rest or long ouduro. It requires that bond which binds to gether the hearts of tho people, and not their bodies only, and to create that bond was for us the highest object of statesmanship.” He then refers in dotail to tho differ ent acts of the Administration party, going over the ground traversed by him self and others in tlioSonato. In regard to tho Bail Domingo matter ho made the following statement : “ When the San Domingo scheme was pending two gentlemen, in intimate ro tations with the White House, eamo to mo, each one separately, soliciting my support of tho project. They assured mo if I would give that support, or ab stain from opposition, ALL THE PATRONAGE I DESIRED Would bo at my disposal, making me, in that respect, one of the most inilnentinl men in the land. One of those gentle men subsequently admitted to mo in writing that the offer was made with the consent of the President, himself.” Ho said that ho had withheld this sttatemont a long timo, in spite of many provocations, and made it now only be cause, as the papers have recently stated, the President himself put forth tho as sertion in a published interview that lie (Sclmrz) lias opposed him because he had not received as much patronage as ho wanted. Ho then dwelt, upon tlie abiiHo of patronage, and tho evils of tho civil service, stating that there never was a timo when the latter was more like a dis ciplined organization of political agents, or wlion tho public interest was more shamelessly overruled by political exi gency. Referring to GENERAL GRANT, He said : “ I should prefer not to speak of him, did he not stand tho embodiment and personification of tlio pernicious system which derives from liis individuality its peculiar character. Gratitude for liis military sorvicos and respect for his office have long restrained many from expressing their real opinions concern ing him. I shall bo the last man to for get or to carp at the great service he lias rendered in tho field of war. Tho lien ors ho has won, the laurels lie lias gath ered, shall not bn touched. But now ho is a civil officer, and ho asks us to con tinue him at tho head of tho civil gov ernment of this Ilopnblio. With this question his laurels have nothing to do. When he ascended tho Presidential chair, it maybe said tho whole people surrounded him with a cordial offer of their confidence, and willing to aid in all that ho might do to give tlio country good government. There was not a statesman in] tho Republio who would not liavo boon roady, nay, proud, to servo him at liis call, lie might even liavo reinforced liis supporters from the ranks of the opposition. Accidental mistakes would have been forgiven. Tho evidenco of pure motives and honest efforts would have easily silenced fac tious clamors. But liis career us Presi dent warrants the conclusion that lie had never been able fully to appreciate the difference between a military com mand and the complex duties and re sponsibilities of aciiil administration. l doubt whether it lias over bocomo quite clear to his mind what tho Presi dency means in our system of Govern ment. When that high office was pre sented to him lie. took it as a sort of na tional reward, an accommodation, a place in which, after his military exploits, ho might MAKE HTMSELP OOMFORTABLE. His mind seems to have been but little disturbed by the great duties and per plexing problems he was to take in hand. It was soon discovered that for his future success he noeded an organized partisan support. It was easily had. Tlio re quired alliances formed themselves by natural gravitation. Soon we find him surrounded by political managers—tho Camerons, tho Chandlers, the Mortons, tho Conklings, tho Butlers, etc.—ready to do his work if ho would do tlioirs. It Avas A MATTER OP CONGENIALITY. Tlio interests of tho President and of such political chieftains identified them selves without difficulty, ho aiding them with the oxooutivo influence in oontrol ing their States for themselves, and they giving their aid in controling the party for him. One hand washed the other. This was gradually developed into a sys tem, all co-operation being welcome, even such as that of Gov. Clayton in Arkansas. Then that peculiar party despotism grew up which ostracised everybody who refused to obey its com mands. ft gave birth to anew sort of party orthodoxy, whoso first tenet it was that’President Grant must lie re-elected. Opposition to Grant constituted high treason against the party, for which there was no quarter.” Tlio Senator dwelt on this theme at groat length, using the strongest and soverost language that has been aimed at tlio President and his supporters. However, after referring to tho Prosi dent’s nepotism, his appointment of Murphy, hia fondness forporsonal pleas ure, such as that “wo hear from time to time that the Administration is out of town,” and “I have actually seen for eign ministers in tho capital of tlio na tion LOOKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT Os the United States as for a lost child or a liorso strayed or stolen,” tho Sena tor adds: “I will not wrong President Grant. He is by no means a monster of ini quity. He is simply a man who makes use of his official position to suit his own convenience, regardless of other in terests. lie does not sit in his closet a designing usurper, gloomily pondering how he may subvert the free institutions of tho Republic; neither does lie ponder how lie may preserve them. He does not ponder at all. He simply wants to carry a point and when, as in the Han Domingo case, tfioConstitution happens to stand in his way, he JUST WALKS OVER IT. He does not mean to break down the au thority of tho laws. He simply wants them not to hamper him in his designs. Ho does not mean systematically to out rage the pnblio sense of decency by nepotism and low associations; to cor rupt the service and to degrade our political life. Jlc only wants to rnako his relatives and favorites comfortable, to associate with men who are congenial to him, and to take tho best care of his interests he can. He is not incapable of occasionally doing a good thing. He prefers a good appointment to a bad one, other things being equal. Ho un doubtedly desires that affairs should go woll, his own welfare included. Such is the character of his personal govern ment. Wo should he doing it too much honor by oalling it Csesarim. It is not inspired by any grand, lofty and long lieadod ambition. It is absolutely barren op ideas And originality, bare of striking achieve ments, void of noblo sentiments and inspiring example. It is simply dull aud heavy, stupid and stubborn in its selfishness.” After pursning this subject still fur ther, anil with some bitterness, the Sena tor spoke of tho apathy which naturally follows a period of great excitement, and declared that the Cincinnati Con vention was tho result of A POPULAR UPRISING From such apathy ; that it assumed ili* monsions far beyond the expectations of its originators, and embraced multitudes who were united by one impulse to unite the whole American people in the bonds of reconciliation aiul fraternal feeling, ami to shake off personal government and party despotism. Acknowledging that its action hml caused disappoint ment to himself and to others, who wished its declaration of policy as well as its candidates to be such that the victory of the movement would furnish an iid uiinistratiou approaching tho idea of good government as near as human wis dom, integrity and earnest efforts can carry it, he declared ho had come delibe rately to the conclusion that no possibility existed To unite more fully all the forces which the movement should have gathered un der its banners, and argued that the overthrow of party despotism is tho first thing needful to any reform ; that Mr. Greeley would have at liis back no regu lar organization, and can win the sup port, and favor of tlm people only by deserving it. The tariff reformers should learn from the enemies of that cause, who instinctively find their.surest, and most natural bulwark in a party which is controlled by organized selfish ness. Regarding CIVIL SERVICE REFORM The Senator presented tho letter of Horace Greeley (already published in the Chronicle and Sentinel), which lie accepted as a practical civil service re form. Taking position SIDE 11Y SIDE WITH HORACE GREELEY, Ho said : “ But the man who knows that lie was not my favorite choice as a candidate and that nothing attaches me to his for tunes but. my belief in bis honest desire and his great ability and opportunities to do good, maybe assured that in every effort to carry out tho programme here laid down 1, as well as the many abler men who think as l do, will stand faith fully and resolutely by bis side with active co-operation.” After speaking of tlio need of embrac ing every opportunity to take any prac tical atop in the direction of reform, the Senator then discusses at length the noed of reconciliation between tho North and South, the restoration of local self-government at the South, and the development of tho highest and noblest aspirations among the Southern people. Regarding PARTY RELATIONS, Ho said : “Republicans ask me, shall we not be swallowed up by the old Democratic party? So you recognise the old Demo cratic party. I suspect it does not recog nize itself. Do you fear to bo swallowed up by that old Democratic party? Why, the Democratic party has been swallowed up itself by tho new era. No body need fear that I would load him from the Republican into the Democratic camp, for I do not intend to go there myself; and unless I greatly mistake the ten dency of tho time, the day is not very far distant when there will be but little of an old Republican camp to go from, and but littlo of an old Democratic camp to go to. This period is pregnant with anew formation, which needs but tho electric spark of opportunity t.o spring into shape. This is the time for independent action, and those who think as l do will not, after having shaken off the shackles of one old party, take upon their limbs tlio shackles of another. No party can do wluit the Democratic parly lias done without dropping its historical identity. I honor the patriotic spirit of tho men who achieved so tremendous a revolution, and in the groat work before us l hail with joy and cordiality their alliance. Tho party that has done this cannot return to its old grooves, it is impossible. The first attempt would shiver it into atoms.” The meeting was very largely attend ed, the Temple being crammed full, and hundreds went away unable to get in. Mr. Selnirz’s speech elicited frequent applause, and the audionee was very en thusiastic. LBTTFR FROM lIOItAOK GIIIOULKY. Ilis Formal Acceptance of the Demo cratic Nomination. OFFICIAL. New York, July 2!!.— Official notifica tion of Greeley’s nomination at Balti more; Baltimore', July 10, 1872. To Hon. Horace Greeley. Dear Sir —Tt is our pleasure, in ompliancoo with the instructions of tho Democratic National Convention assembled in this city, to inform you that you have boon unani mously nominated its candidate for President of t.lio United States. Tho Convention, consisting of 7112 delegates, representing every State and Territory in the Union, adopted without amend ments the declaration of principles af firmed by tlio Convention of Liberal Republicans at. Cincinnati and strength ened by tho endorsement contained in your letter of acceptance. The action of this groat body of delegates proves that they are, with singular unanimity, determined to enter, under your leader ship, upon the patriotic duty of restor ing to the administration of the Govern ment, purity and integrity, and that, in dependence to its departments which regards Ihe Constitution as alike the source and the limit of Federal power. Laying aside the differences of the pasty abandoning all purpose of mere partisan advantage, asking for no pledge other than that of fidelity to the principles to which they liavo given their deliberate and rcsoluto adherence, and which they believe will command tho approval of a largo majority of the American people, they tender you their nomination, con fident that peace and good government will be inaugurated and maintained under your administration. Respectfully yours, obediently. Signed by .1. 11. Doolittle, Chairman of tho Convention at Baltimore, July 10, 1872, and members of the Oominit too on Notification. mr. greelev’s reply. New York, July 18, 1872. Gentlemen Upon mature deliberation it seems (it that I should give to your letter of the 10th instant some further and fuller response than the hasty, un premeditated words in which 1 acknowl edged aud aeceptod your nomination at your meeting on the 12th. That your convention saw fit to accord its highest honor to one who hud been prominently, pointedly, opposed to your party in the earnest and angry controversies of tlio last forty years, and essentially note worthy that many of you preferred that, tho Liberal Republicans should present another candidate for President, aud would more readily havo united witli us in the support of Adams or Trumbull, Davis or Brown; it is well lAiown that I owo my adoption at Baltimore wholly to the fact that I had already boon nomina ted at Cincinnati, and that a concentra tion of forces upon any new ticket had been proved impracticable. Gratified aw I am at your concurrence in the Cin cinnati nominations ; certain as I am that you would not havo thus concurred, had you not doomed mo upright and ca llable, T find nothing in the circumstan ces calculated to inflame vanity or nour ish Holf-eoneoit. Hut that your conven tion saw lit in adopting the Cincinnati ticket, to re-affirm the Cincinnati plat form, is to me a source of tho profound oat satisfaction. That body was con strained to take this important step by no party necessity, real or supposed, ft might have accepted tho candidates of tho Liberal Republicans upon grounds entirely its own, or it might have pre sented them as the first Whig Conven- tion did Harrison and Tyler, without adopting any platform whatever. That it chose to plant itself deliberately, by a vote nearly unanimous, upon the fullest and clearest enunciation of the principles which are at once incontestably Republi can and emphatically Democratic, gives trustworthy assurance that anew aud more auspicious ora is dawning up, in our long distracted country. Home of tile lies t years and best efforts of my life were devoted to a struggle against chattel slavery—a struggle none the less earnest or arduous because respect for constitu tional obligations constrained me to act for tho most part on the defensive and at a distance. Throughout, most of those years my vision was cheered, my exertions were rarely animated by even so much as a hope that 1 should live to soo my country peopled by freemen alone. The affirmance by your conven tion of the Cincinnati platform is a most conclusive proof that not merely is slave ry abolished, but that its spirit is ex tinct; that despite tlio protests of a re- spectable but isolated few, there remains among us no party and no formidable interest which regrets tho overthrow or desires tho establishment of human bondage, whether in letter or in spirit. I am, therefore, justified in my hope anil trust that tlio first century of American independence will not close before the grand elemental truth on which its right fulness was based by Jefferson aud tho Continental Congress of ’7O will no longer ho regarded as glittering general ities, but will have become the univer sally aceeptod and honored foundation of our political fabric. I demand tho prompt application of those principles to our existing condition. Having dune what I could for tlio complete emanci pation of tho blacks, l W>w insist ou tho full enfranchisement of all my white countrymen. Let no one say the bar has just been removed from all but a few hundred elderly gentlemen, to whom eligibility to office can he of little conse quence. My view contemplates not the hundred proscribed, but the mil lions who arc denied the right to bo | ruled and represented by monos their unfettered choice. Proscription were absurd if these did not wish to elect tlio very men whom they are forbidden to choose. I have a profound regard for the people of that New F.nglaiul wherein I was born; in whoso com mon schools l was taught. I milk no other people abovo them in intelligence, ca pacity and moral worth. But while i they do many things well, and some ad mirably, there is one thing which I inn sure they can’t wisely or safely; and that is the Relection for States remote from anil unlike their own of the persons by whom those States shall be represented in Congress. If they could do this to good purpose, then republican institu tions were unfit and aristocracy the only true political system. Yet what have wo recently witnessed ? Zebu lon B. Vance, tlio unquestioned choice of a large majority of the present Legisla ture of North Carolina -a majority back ed by a majority of the people who voted at his election- -refused the neat in the Federal Senate to which he was fair ly chosen, and the Legislature thus con strained to choose another in his stead er leave the State unrepresented for 'years. The votes of New F,lighted thus deprived North Carolina of (lie Senator of her choice, and compelled her to send another in his stead- another who, in our lute contest, was, like Vance, a rebel and a fighting rebel, but who had not served in Congress before the war as Vance had, though the latter remain ed faithful to the Union till after tho close of liis term. I protest against tho disfranchisement, of a Htato, pre sumptively of a number of Btat.es, on grounds narrow and technical us this. Tho fact that, the same Sen ate which refused Vance his seat proceeded to remove the disabilities after that, seat had been filled by another, only serves to place in the strongest light the indignity t« North Carolina, and the arbitrary, capricious tyranny which dictated it. I thank yoii, gentlemen, that, my name is to bo e.oij spieuously associated with yours in It determined effort to render aninostt complete and universal in spirit as well as in letter. A defeat in such a cause would leave no sting, while triumph would rank it with those victories which no Mood reddens, and which evoke no tears hut those of gratitude and joy. Gentlemen, your platform, which is also mine, assures me that Democracy iH not henceforth to stand for one thing and Republicanism for another, but those terms are to mean in politics as they liavo always meant in the dictionary, substantially one and tho same thing— namely, equal rights, regardless of creed or clime or color. 1 hail this as a genu ine new departure from outworn feuds and meaningless contentions in the direc tion of progress and reform. Whether l shall be found worthy to hear the stan dard of tho great Liberal movement which the American people liavo in augnrated is to be determined not by words but, by deeds. With me, if I steadily advance over me, if I falter this grand army moves to achieve for our country her glorious, beneficent des tiny. 1 remain, gentlemen, yours, IIonACE Greeley. Grant’s ()uakicu Policy a Failure.— General Sheridan, in a communication to the War Department, sayH : We can never stop wild Indians from murdering and stealing until we punish them. If a white man in this conn try commits mur der we hang him ; if he steals we put him in the penitentiary. If an Indian commits those crimes we give him better fare and more blankets. I think I may with reason say that, under this policy the civilization of the wild rial man will progress slowly. A Frightened Young Man. A young man from the country, about eighteen years of age, recently made his first visit to Nashville, anil registered at the Maxwell House. At a late hour he re tired, the servant conducting him to one of Otis Brother’s elevators, and, tolling him to “roll in,” wont to call the con ductor, who was in the parlor with a friend. When ho came back lie found tho verdant youth half undressed, and before the conductor had time to Hay anything, the young man begun talking about, the little room and the funny bed. About this tilin' the elevator had started, and just as it, reached tho floor above, the half naked youth gave a terrible scream, shouting, “ Karthqiiuko I Lord, have mercy upon mo!” at the top of his voice. The operation of, the elevator was, after much difficulty, explained to the frightened hoy, and a bottle of “ apple-jack ” restored him to liis nor mal condition. Massacre of a Texan Family Two Young Ladies Made Cacti ve nv In dians. — Waxhinyton, duty 17. The War Department has details of the massacre of tho Leo family on Clear Fork, sixteen miles hehnv Fort, Griffin, Texas. The father, mother and little girl eight years of age were killed byarrows, then scalped, and the bodies left with the arrows sticking in them. Mrs. Lee’s cars were cut off. Cordelia, aged 15, Bnsanua, aged 17, and John Loo, aged (1, were taken prisoners. The commander of tho post at Fort Griffin sent scouting parties after tho Indians, but there was gront delay in starting owing to a flood in the river, and there are but, small hopes of overtaking tho murderers. Gen. Augor fears that more extensive operations will have to be taken against these Indians before they will remain peaceable. With Mexico on the one side and the reserva tions on the other an places of refuge and security lor themselves and their plunder, the present defensive system will not effect much. Convention op the Stockholders op the Atlanta and West Point Rail road.—The Convention met in the City Hall yesterday, at 12 o'clock, President John I’. King in the Chair. A. sufficient amount of stock being rep resented, a quorum was declared pres ent and tlio Convention proceeded to business. Tho report of the Superintendent was then read and ndoptcil. From it wo learn that the gross rovonuo for the year ending Juno 30th, 1872, was #113,107 85. Ordinary expenses, $274,231! Off Net over ordinary expenses, #138,871 70. Extraordinary expenses, #58,128 80. Net. over all expenses, #7o,7ki 08. The ratio of ordinary expenses to gross receipts is nearly sixty-four per cent., being aljout live per cent, increase over the previous year. Net decrease of receipts for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1872, is #10,007 54. Tons of freight transporta tion, 103,100. Bales of cotton trans ported, 30,103. Heme few remarks were made by Pres ident King, regretting tli.i non-payment of a dividend, explaining why it was not done, and stating hew an arrangement had been made which would relieve the stock holders on account of its non-pay ment. Tho report was then received and adopted. There being no further business be fore the Convention, an election for Directors was then entered into, which resulted in the election of John P. King, Richard Peters, William B. Berry, Fer dinand Bhinizy, John I'!. Robinson, John F. Moreland and L. 15. Lovelace. There being no further business, the Convention adjourned nine. dir. At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company, John I*. King was elected President ; W. P. Orme, Hocrctary and Treasurer, and L. P. Grant rooommouded for .Superintendent. | AUunhi OouHtitutUm , 20 /h. Raised Arkansas H<uup. Just now there is a good deal of excitement and indignation in Arkansas over adoop-hiid plot to rob the State, by means of raised scrip. It is stated that the swindle will reach SIOO,OOO, if it does not even run to a higher figure. Suspicious were aroused bv a man named Johansen, who was looked upon as a vagrant, offering for sale a pi«wn of scrip at forty-five cents on the dollar. Curiosity was ex cited to know how ln> got hold of so much money. The scrip was taken to the Treasurer, who pronounced it, spu rious. everything about it was all right except the amount and numlmr, which had been erased by acids or some other chemical process. This made a stir among the officials, and it was soon asccnainod that a man named Krnll had sold a piece of tho de nomination of #3,000 forsl,(KM). Johan sen and Krnll were arrested, and they said they g«t the scrip from a man named Murphy. Ho was arrested. He got it from Timmons, and Timmons referred to somebody else, and at last accounts the authorities were still following back the line of the implicated with but little hope of ever reaching the right man or men. The oii'oinnstance is somewhat marvelloua,andshowsa deep-laid scheme to rob. The examination is being con ducted witli closed doors,and no newspa per men boingadmitted excites still more apprehension in the public mind. It is suggested by tho newspapers that many persons of prominence are in the con spiracy, and that ou this account tho matter will be hushed up or smoothed over. No prominent man lias as yet been named in this connection, and it is hoped that duringtheoxamination sumo of tho subordinates will tell who their masters aro. Krull was held for liis ap pearanoo boforo tho grand jury ou #lO,- 000 bond. It is strongly hinted that u Government ring is at the bottom of tho whole affair, and will encircle it witli protection. The Attorney General, how ever, insists upon pushing tho prosecu tion. There is still some hope that jns tico will be done, and that tlio real forg ers and robbers will l>e brought to light and receive due punishment,— St. fjouis Republican,
