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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1872)
01,1) SERIES—VOL. LXXIX. (Ctjrontrlr anS Snrtinrt. Terms of Subscription. DAILY. One month 'Hi ret- months f *»• Oiio yoar 10 Hi TM-WEEKLY. One year * f » Hit mouths J WEEKLY. HU months 1 00 ln« y.,»r 2 DO WKDNT.HDAY SEI’T EM 13 Elt 25 NORTH CAROLINA AND HKOIKHA. Thfi New York World states that there j an- not lacking some indications that it | is one of Mr. Grant’s first purposes, if ■ re-elected, to remodel tlie State govern- j mods of North Carolina and Gis.rgia to j <uit his own views. The former State is 1 so extremely ’‘unreliable and the latter , o utterly intractable that it is felt j Here--ary to do away with such centres | and rallying jaunts of disaffection, and j what the pretexts are to lie sufficiently j appears. The old ery of illegality is to j he raised to cover up illegality. It is ; to he charged that North Carolina and I Georgia have not conformed to law, and i by way of setting this right Grant is j to step in anil conform them to him.self. ! The complaint against North Carolina is that the Legislature there redistricted tin State at an unsuitable time and in j an improper manner. The grievance I with Georgia is the old sore relative to I llullo -k, that he was hounded by “rebel j violence" into sending in bis resignation ; a Governor, when hut for duress lie would have held on to the end of the term paltry excuses, both, but enough m Radical eyes to base further recoti t ruction rascalities upon. Lit A I’D AND CORRUPTION IN MAINE. Advices leceived at the Democratic headquarters in New York fully confirm the statements as to tlio means by which the late result in Maine was brought about. Careful and accurate judges estimate the expenditure during the election on the part of the Grantites at between SIOO,OOO and $500,000. Much prodigal use of money was never known before in any election. In all the large j towns SIOO and $l5O was the average price for single votes, and oil the day of election all tlie surface and floating vote was bought like beef from the ' shambles. In every village and town in I tlie State there was a Government! oflieial who publicly announced the price at which he bought votes. A few j days before the election a large number j of persons were employed ostensibly to act as special detectives for the inven tion <d smuggling, and many not sus ceptible to open purchase were secured hi this way. The appointments were made under a law passed at the last j session of Congress, to jirevent evasions l of the revenue iaxv and appropriating for that purpose $600,0(H), under the dircc- I lion of the Secretary of the Treasury. ; lu addition to this undisguised traffic, every influence that could be brought to bear was made use of in one way or another, and prospective posses siim of office was promised in a manner t hat made it almost as effective an in ducement us present possession. TIIK STATE ELECTIONS. Thus far, says the Philadelphia .1 rye, the Slate elections have presented no discouraging features for the anti-Grant pul-tv. To be sure we have not carried j Vermont and Maine. But such a con-j elusion was never even hinted at by the 1 i lemoeraU or Liberal Republicans. We | have, however, reduced the majorities i in each and both of these States, and showed that General Grant is not as popular in 1872 as ho was in 1868. In Vermont, the Radical loss on the major- i itv is over six thousand. In Maine it; will reach thirteen thousand. But the I point, is the per cent, to the renomina- j tiouists. Will the percent, in New Eng- I land carried into other States be suili- j Held, to defeat. Gen. Grant? That is the significant view of the result of the re- j cent elections in New England. Os ; course, the causes that operate to pro- [ dime a decline of the Grant vote in the j Eastern States will act in other parts of the j Ihiioiiaith greater effect. New .Eng- j land has an intense opposition to a more j honest administration of the Govern ment. General Grant is just the man to suit sueli political tricksters and gam blers as Wilson, Bontwell and their col kicagues. Besides, the whole South is stud ded with Yankee carpet-baggers, who are robbing the people in the most scandal ous manner. These influences operate to keep up the Grant party in New Eng land. When the elections take place in the Middle and Western States, such lids will not be extended to the reiiorn iuationists, at least not to such an ex lent. and hence the per rentage of Rad ical loss will be greater. But the loss m Vermont and Maine, at the lowest possible figure, much below that actual ly experienced by the Radical party— sav five per cent.; and that is sufficient to defeat General Grant, if carried into other States of the Union. Five per cent, will give Air. Greeley Pennsylva nia, Indiana, Connecticut, California, Oregon, Alabama and Florida, sure. When these votes are added to those commanded l>y Mr. Greeley, liis election j is secured beyond ii doubt. Can this l„>r cult, of loss for General Grant be made certain, nay, improved upon, out of New Eugland? 11 undoubtedly can bo by a thorough concert of action between the Democrat ie and Liberal ltcpublie.au parties. If a union of honest men in Vermont and Maine can reduce General Grant s ma jority in a most material degree, eertain -1 v the same eonrse will produce like re sults in Pennsylvania, Indiana and other Middle and Western States. A Murk Political Machine.—Atten tion is called by tin' New York Journal ' <,f m to the fact that the post j office ls being used as a mere political machine, the mails loaded down with haml-bdls, circulars, speeches and other sensational mutter to affect the election, prepared by salaried post office officials, and mailed by them under the trank of some partisans of the Administration. Their proper work is neglected. lu fact, there is a general demoralization of the whole machinery of tra»si»orta tion and delivery occasioned by the friends of General Grant. At Washing ton, clerks are detailed from different departments to direct documents at the headquarters of the Grant Committee, and then the mails are loaded with this matter to the exclusion of legitimate business. This is one of the many ways by which the Grant ‘* Ring" rob the people. The Vote or Ohio and Indiana.— The I following calculations haTe been made ! of Ohio and Indiana : The largest vote i ever cast in the former States is 517,000. In October, 1868, the Democratic can- j didate for Secretary of State received 249,682 votes, which, allowing 12,000 for natural increase in four years, would give 201,000 as the Democratic strength in the present canvass. The lowest esti mate of the Lilieral vote is 20,000, which would increase the above in round num bers to 280,000. This would be a ma jority of even 550,000, the number of the total vote on which the calculations gre based. Iu Indiana, in 1868, Hen drinks was defeated by less than 1,000 : votes in a total of 872,000, while in 1870 ! Eddy, the Democratic candidate for | Secretary of State, received 160,059 out lof 317,550. The Lil>eral Republicans of Indiana number, at the smallest eompn -1 tation, 25,000, which is a larger number j than is needed by any combination of j circumstances to render the Democratic j strength greatly in the majority. CAMPAIGN NOTEB. Gen. George B. AlcClellan heads the J Democratic anil Liberal Republican ! electoral ticket in New Jersey. There i are five Democrats and four Republi cans on the ticket. Ex-Governor Curtin has been nomi nated by the, Liberal Rejiublicans of Pennsylvania as delegate at large to the Constitutional Convention. This is an other strong point gained against the Administration candidates in that State. Col. E. M. Yerger, formerly of Mis sissippi, but more recently editor of the Baltimore Erening Jtmmat, announces himself as a candidate for Congress to represent the Third Congressional Dis trict of Maryland. Colonel A. K. McClure, at a large Liberal meeting at Reading, Pennsyl vania, predicted that in Philadelphia the Liberals would “ make fraud hide in terror before election day, and tlie boast ed majority of 12,(MM) to 15,000 will vanish.” It is stated that President Grant is indifferent to what he calls the local quarrels ill the Republican party in South Carolina, evidently intending though to adhere to the thieves and plunderers who are supporting Moses for Governor. In faet, that lie will sup port Moses as zealously as he is support ing Ilartranft in Pennsylvania. The Prohibitionists of Connecticut have nominated an electoral ticket and resolved to support Black and Russell, the Prohibition candidates for Presi dent and Vice-President. Resolutions were passed endorsing the platform of the National Prohibition Convention, opposing the license law of the State, favoring a State constabulary, and de claring that neither the Republican nor i Icmocratic jiarties can bo relied upon to suppress the liquor traffic. The Administration lias put out a statement that no troops xvero sent into North Carolina prior to the election there and that none have been moved into the Southern States, except recruits in tlio order of enlistment, since the Presidential campaign opened. The total number of troops now stationed in the Southern States is 7,879, of which number 3,743 are in Texas on Indian and frontier service, 334 at Fortress Monroe, and 451 in Florida, mostly doing garri son duly at Fort Pickens, Key West, and the Dry Tortugos. Os tho balance a small number are doing duty at coast fortifications, so that about 3,500 are in the interior. Tho largest number in any one State is 1,050 in South Corolina, while the smallest number is in Arkan sas—sixty-throo being stationed there. Another Step To yards Combination. -The Columbus Enquirer wW says that the nomination of Hon. Philip Clayton for Congress by the Radicals of the Bth District of Georgia marks another step in the movement of the extremest politi cal factions of tho country towards union. Mr. Clayton was too “ straight” a Democrat to snpjiort Greeley, and de clared bis preference for Grant ; and now the Radicals of liis District have taken him at his word and nomi nated him for Congress ! We are not yet advised of his acceptance of the nomination. Should ho accept, and the Radicals and “ straight” Democrats of the District unite, what a practical illus tration it xvill be of tho insincerity of the “straight” clamor against the union of the Democrats and Liberal Re publicans in snpjiort of Greeley ! They objected to our joining tlie most Liberal and Conservative branch of the Repub lican party-—tlie branch pledged to co i ijjerate with us in arresting the progress of the Government towards centraliza tion and Federal despotism ; and they follow up the objection by going into a union with the Radical faction, striving to continue and accelerate the move ment, towards a centralized despotism ! Was ever a stranger or more inconsist ent political freak exhibited? HoMimiiNo for Letter Writers — Double Postage. The continual changes in the postal laws of the coun try require persons to keep continually on the t/iii ripe, or else to run tlio risk of having their correspondence quietly dumped into the dead letter office. Under tlie old law the rate of postage 1 for mail matter was three cents per half I ounce for letters, and tho regulation pro i vided that in case the requisite number | of stamps to pay tlio full postage was 1 not attached to a letter, tho postmaster at tlie place of destination was required Ito collect the remainder. For instance, if a letter which weighed one ounce only had a three cent stamp attached, it ! went on to its destination and tho re i maining three cents due upon it was i collected there. The law in this respect ! has been materially changed. Under a decision of the Post Office authorities [ postmasters aro required to collect i double tho amount which remains un paid. Double postage is also of course to be collected on wholly unpaid matter which may by chance reach the office of destination. This is under the new Code,. Section 152. Letter writers and business men will avoid much confusion in future by bearing in mind the new j law on the subject. Inpiana tue Battle-Ground. — A Chi cago dispatch states that for the pres ent the Grant canvass is purposely allowed to languish in Illinois, all efforts in that and other States being directed to Indiana, where Morton, notwithstand ing all his money and appliances, is call ing for aid. Illinois, for the time, is fairly emptied of Grant speakers of note, and the whole force is to be let loose in Indiana, supplemented by Boutwell, Wilson, Blaine and Coukliug. Ohio is generally given up among the Grant people in Illinois, and the entire pur pose is now to save Morton, as it is deemed more desirable than to work against the hopeless coalition iu Ohio. A lioeigyiLLE Delegate OfT fok i Greeley. —Mr. Samuel Clem, an old ! citizen of Indiana and a life long Demo-! erat, and one of the two delegates »Yom J the Ninth Congressional District of that State to the Louisville Convention, has returned from that city and pub lishes* card : I went to Lonisvillc as a delegate, j honestly believing that the Convention | wa* coiled for the fntberance of sound Democratic principles. Intercourse with the managers of that affair at Louis ville has satisfied mo that it was insti j gated aud managed by men wholly for | selfish purposes, and to seaure the re election of General Grant. Schools in Ireland. —lt is interest ing to learn that notwithstanding the drain from Ireland by emigration to America, the recent census taken there shows that the national schools exhibit a larger attendance by one- third, and a general improvement in other ways,over the result demonstrated by the eensus of 1861. This proves that education is advancing in Ireland—a progress that is gratifying. ! ACTIVITY IN THE RADICAL RANKS. Very many of onr citizens are under the I impression that the Grant Republicans | will not be active in the coming elec tions, and firmly believe that there will be no effort to revive ancient organiza tions and prejudices. There can be no greater mistake. Learning something from former Democratic tactics, the Grant Republicans have organized and arc organizing quietly, but energetically, and are now holding a series of meetings in the several counties of the State, anil in the several districts in each county. The programme for this county com prises the following series of meetings: Pine Hill, Saturday, September 14; Brothorsville, Tuesday, September 17; Butler’s Creek, Wednesday, September 18; Richmond Bath, September 24; Poor House, September 25; Porter’s Oluqie], September 27. Beside these there are weekly ward meetings in the city, and meetings atcertain churches in . the environs. Every effort is being made to consolidate and make effective the Grant party, ft does not become us to say what if any action is being taken by Democrats. That the Democracy is not idle we know; but there are Democrats who speak of a “quiet election,” “an easy victory,” and who betray a lukewarmness which, if per sistently adhered to, must bring mortifi cation and defeat. It. xvill cost the Democracy of Richmond and the dis trict much less to maintain tho su premacy which they now possess than to regain it, once lost. GREELEY AND PEACE PROSPECTS IN THE WEST. From tlio outset we have never been sanguine of success in New England. Tho prejudices of tlio people are old and deeply rooted. Antagonism to the South is and long lias formed the “ rig-lit guide” for alignment in New England politics. Intelligent men of of New England know this and con fess it. Tlio officers of the Federal army stationed in the South sinco the war were fully apprised of this fact and acted upon it. We remember, as an illustration of our assertion, that shortly after ' tho conclusion of the war, having taken occasion, as public journalists, to commend in our columns certain actions of a distinguished Fed eral officer, simply as a matter of sheer justice, neither knowing him or known by him, save in a public capacity ; and we remember also that hardly had our morning edition been distributed be fore an orderly came to request that unless tlio editors particularly desired the removal of that officer from his command, he desired that no commenda tion should bo given, but censure and fault-finding and complaint ad libitum. We arguo, then, that every word of censure passed upon Grant by Southern orators and tlio Southern press aro so many arguments in favor of Grant’s re election in Now England. It does not surprise us, therefore, that all Now England should go against Greeley and for Grant —that “Yanks” are unwilling to “ shake hands across tho bloody chasm,” even with Horace Greeley as a leader in this work of reconciliation, fearing lest there should boa “cat in the meal tub.” Tlie solid vote of Now England in favor of Grant does not, therefore, in tlie least, dishearten us. It is nothing more or less than that which is to bo expected. But it is in the Middle States and in the great West that xve expect the great im pulse to be given for jieaco and recon ciliation by the election of Greeley and Brown. We have done well in North Carolina, where tho Administration put forth the utmost of itsstrength. Wo are perfectly satisfied with the result in West Virginia, where noth the contest ants in the late election were for Gree ley and Brown. The most cheering news comes to us from Pennsylvania, and we feel confident that peace and recon ciliation will be given by the Keystone State as the watchword of the campaign; and xve are sure that this noble cry xvill be echoed and re-echoed in thunder tones by the great West. Says the Louisville Courier : The prospects for Greeley were never so flattering as now. The prospects for Grant were never so gloomy. What has occurred in Louisville within the last few days proves that there is an enthu siasm for the Liberal candidate far ex ceeding the enthusiasm for any candi date sinco the famous hard-cider and log-cabin campaign. Not long since a few of our citizens met together by ap pointment in the Circuit Court room of tho court house, and, after an inter change of views, resolved that it would be a good thing to have a peaco reunion at the falls of tho Ohio. The notice of such a reunion was published, and those in favor of clasping hands across the bloody chasm, who could spare the time from their daily avocations, were invited to attend. Tho result was wonderful. The motto, “Reconciliation and Peace,” which Mr. Greeley has adopted for the campaign, is as potent as the magician’s spell. From all parts of the Union our city was tilled with men of both the old politital parties, who came to congratu late each other on Horace Greeley’s nomination and on the better time coming. The Peace Jubilee has filled our streets for the last few days as they were never filled before. The hotel fa cilities of Louisville surpass those of any city in the Union, but, for the first time, the hotels were unable to accom modate all the visitors to our city. The representative Liberals aud Democrats who came here from the North, the South, the East and the West, to rejoice with each other over the prospect of re conciliation and the restoration of peace : were so numerous that there was not ho ' tel room for all of them, and private i residences were brought into requisi | tion. Nothing like the enthusiasm manifested at this national Greeley aud i Brown ratification meeting has been 1 witnessed iu any political campaign for < twenty years. The great popular heart thrills at the very name of Horace Gree ley, aud the deep-mouthed cheering thundered forth at its every mention during the past two days one could al most fancy might be caught up by the distant echoes of Chappaqua itself. If this demonstration had been mere ly a Louisville, a Kentucky, or a Southern affair, its significance would not bo so great: but it was nothing less than a national outburst of enthusiasm for Horace Greeley, the advocate and repre sentative of reconciliation and peace. Flogging a /Colored Conjurer.— The Albany Sews states that •ej end negro women in that city tied and whipped most severely, last week, a negro man, who calls bimself Dr. Davis, aud swin dled them out of valuables, by calling himself a conjurer, and promising to cure all women of diseases. The same M. D. soaje time ago told an old negro woman that if she would pay him her last ten dollars he would eonjur Sheriff Kemp, thereby releasing her son from prison. The old woman willingly paid the amount, but Sheriff K. wouldn’t eonjur. Gen. William Biraey, of Florida, son of James G. Bimey, the first Abolition candidate for President, has written a letter in which he repudiates Grant, and strongly endorses Greeley. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1872. lION. M. 1». O’CONNOR IN MASSA CHUSETTS. His Speech Before the Liberal Demo cratic Joint Convention at Worcester. At Worcester, Massachusetts, last Wednesday, Hon. M. P. O’Connor, of Charleston, S. C., delivered an address, i substantially reported, by the New York 1 Herald, as follows : Expressing himself profoundly sensi ble of the honor done him by the warm and enthusiastic welcome, he said that their greetings came laden with some of the proudest memories and associations of the past, remembering as he did tho common sacrifices and triumphs in the cause of independence. Reviewing xvitli sadness the recent alienation of attach ment and the sundering of fraternal ties, he hailed xvitli gladness the glo rious prospect of a united, prosperous and harmonious future of two of the most ancient and illustrious Common wealths of tlio thirteen. Having passed through THE THROES OF TWO RF.X'OLUTTONS Tlie country is now in tlie agonies of a third, destined, I hope, to cement tlie great edifice raised by human hands, under jirovidential favor, upon the broad basis of union, conciliation and peace. The dark chasm which xvas opened by the second revolution through the side I and centre of tho Republic lias been stormed, but not entirely closed. From its deeji and dark abyss there still rise tho vapors of malignant passion, and over its brink still hovers the demon of spite and hate. His quiver is yet loaded xvitli the arrows of wrongs. This third and moral revolution is the result of A RETURNING SENSE OF JUSTICE, And reflects tho dawn of a nexv era of jieaco and good xvill. Amid the vast fluctuations of passions, stirred by the late xvar, some lixed idea of policy for the government of our extensix'o empire seemed indispensable, but of late years lias been wanting. Tlio Republican party accomplished its mission xvitli the emancipation and enfranchisement of the colored raco. Radical in all its ten dencies to that end, wisdom and sound policy ought to have dictated a degree of toleration for those who hod'differed from the dominant and prevailing idea, and a little more modesty on their part xvould have been more becoming. Mis creants have stolen the livery of Heaven and gone forth to preach the doctrines of this nexv dispensation xvitli fire of the incendiary upon their tongues and tlie thirst of the robber in their hearts.— They passed the door of the freedman’s, but only to drop into his ear the poison of every vice and passion. They taught the poor negro in revenge hoxv to hate the xvliite man, liis former master, and upon the ignorance of this still benight ed class they liavo foisted themselves into power, taken possession and abso lute control of State Governments, and in some of those States, in their exces ses, have hurried society to a pass xvliero cx'cry passion breaks loose in xvild disorder. No law obeyed, no right respected and no decorum observed.— Like a nest of Barbary pirates, they have sot themselves down in our midst, appropriating tho public revenues and pillaging individuals of their private estates, and xvlien the voice of an in censed and outraged people went up from their desolated hearths amid tlie rags of starving children against these gross' enormities, tlie authors sought refuge from the xvratli to come on the bosom of tho Federal Administration, xvliich xvas deaf to all this clamor of outraged innocence and justice. He then proceeded to eulogise Horace Greeley. Such a man as President xvill not bo surrounded by sycophants, TO PLAY UPON HIS IMAGINARY XVEAKNESS, Who xvill bo supported by his second on tho tieket—the fierce and impetuous Brown, the advocato of just and honest government—lie who struck the mana cles from the limbs of Missouri, and led her forth redeemed by a generous and manly policy from tho most unholy and malignant passions. No name has been mentioned in connection xvitli the Presi dency that could combine so many ele ments of success, and as far as tho South is concerned, she can look for speedier relief through liis instrumentality than that of any other man who lias been named for the office. It remains for the American people to decide in tho coming contest whether tho anticipations of tho past shall be realized, whether xve aro to be governed by executive cabals orga nized for spoil and plunder or have a government administered by laws and held together by a people trained to obey and religiously devoted to their institutions. In conclusion, he said the spirit xvliich lias seized upon tho people is above and HIGHER TITAN TARTY. It is the cause of country. Every moun tain side, valley and stream should ring with the echoes of “ Union ! union and reconciliation !” Parties under various names and banners should all fall into line, and, on the sth of November next, under tho blessings of Providence, the first notes of tlio bugle blasts which summon our invincible columns to the charge xvill not cease their echo till drowned in tho shout of victory raised by a redeemed and regenerated jieoplo. The Great Liberal Rally in Nexv York. In New York, last Thursday night, tho greatest public meeting held in that city sinco tho war meeting of 1861, as sembled to ratify the Baltimore and Cincinnati coalition. The Tribune thus describes it: It jwsitively seemed as though all New York were there. Every foot of Union Square was thronged. The crowds xvero of course thickest about the speak ers’ stands, where they listened in j)er fect silence, broken only by applause. But even beyond the reach of the speak ers’ voices the dense masses stood packed, cheering the flags, the proces sions, the fireworks, and the louder bursts of oratory. It was not an ordi nary mass meeting. It was a rendezvous of the jieoplo of New York. No less than seven meetings were in progress at once, densely attended and addressed by stirring and popular sjieakers. It was one of those enormous demonstra tions which are not possible except to winning causes. The peojflo do not gather in this fashion unless their hearts are enlisted in the work, and unless the occasion calls forth all their enthusiasm and furnishes the powerful stimulant of hope. It is when a thing is to be done that the masses in this xvay come to the job, and l>y their oxvn enthusiasm ac complish the progress they expect and desire. The most evident features of this ex traordinary demonstration were, first, j the popularity of the candidates; second, j the perfect confidence and buoyant cer tainty of success the masses exhibited; J and, third, the clear, positive and con- , spicuous popular demand for peace and , reconciliation. This was the note which | never failed to bring a response from the j audience. There were many speakers ! who rehearsed former glories aud mem ories; many who confined themselves to ; presenting the faults and follies of the ! present Administration. These points ; were appreciatively received, but the I loudest and heartiest cheers were re served for tho orators who spoke in be- j half of a true reunion of the States, j However the office holders and the j trading politicians may desire to perpet uate for their own selfish purposes the i passions and resentments of the war, j there is no doubt that the masses are ; heartily sick of this useless'prolonga tion of worn-out hates, and cordially de-! sire a frank and genejogs treatment of : the South. And lastly, any doubting observer bail the opportunity of con vincing himself last night of tlio extraor dinary popularity of the Liberal tickets, both State and National. The names of Kernan and Depew were greeted with long and loud acclamations, whenever they were mentioned, and whenever the names of Greeley and Brown were ut tered tin? vast crowds thundered their j hearty approval. There is a class of | facts which it is impossible to arum ai, j except bv great exjoeriments like that of j last night. But the result is beyond a j doubt. The great commercial metropo- j lis of the Western World has declared ! unmistakably it* majestic will in the ; present momentous contest. The Em pire State will throw its immense weight on the right side, and the Liberal tri umph in November will bo graced by an exemplary majority in this imperial oily j in favor of justice and reform, of peace j and reconciliation, of liberty aud law, in favor of Kernan and Depew, and of Greeley and Brown. Whoever planned the enormonsdemon stratiou—whether committee or single individual—deserves the fullest credit for, the display of remarkable administra- 1 tive powers. It was not only the largest and most enthusiastic popular gather ing held in New York in ten years or more, but it was the most admirably organized public meeting since the war. All other demonstrations of the kind during this campaign, compared with it, have been insignificant in numbers, tame in sjiirit, and halting in the manage ment. Never, even under tlio old ring management, when stolen money suj>- plicil, ns far as money could, every lack | of energy and jiower of organization, j where the decorations of the halls and ! stands, the music, the fireworks, and all the various accessories wL c i attract and \ entertain crowds more liberally and t judiciously furnished, the sjieakers 1 abler, or tbe speeches more promptly de livered. At first it seemed as if the meet i ing was to j>rox r o cumbersome and nn i manageable by reason of the magnitude ! on xvliich it was planned, but it was | found xvbon the hour for assembling • came that the crowds from all jiarts of 1 tho city tended, as if by concert, to Tammany Hall, which, filled to sufl’oea ■ tion long before 8 o’clock, ox'erflowed as | it xvero first into Irving Hall (which, empty at fivo minutes of 8, was jammed i three minutes after that lionr), and then ■ into the Square, xvliero three other stands ' had been j-rovided. So large was the t crowd and so great the clamor at Tam ! many Hall, a quarter of an hour before 8, that the police were compelled to bar the xvay to further entrance, and the early organization of tho meeting was forced before tlio iqijiointed hour had arrived. In its characteristics tho crowd xvas not new or strango to Nexv York. It xvas remairkabie simply in its magnitude. In the halls dense bodies of men only, eager listeners, enthusiastic and fre quent in their plaudits ; in the square, men and xvomen, too, less closely pack ed, but not the less intent and earnest, participants in tlio gravo business in hand ; xvhile on the outskirts of the greater crowds liung lesser groups of both sexes, and all ages xvlio came partly to listen, partly to observe; and above and surrounding all, on balco nies, and at windows looking from every face of the immense square, xvero thousands xvlio watched until midnight the ever changing, never xvearyingjiano rama of life below. Excejit in the txvo halls, and tlio streets in their immediate fronts, there xvas at no time an uncom fortable pressure, or noisy and unruly crowds. Yet it xvas at times difficult to make one’s xvay along tho side of the square facing Fourteenth street and the main stand ; while doxvn Broadway far toxvards Thirteenth street and up nearly to Eighteenth the thorougfaro xvas ob structed alike to stages and to pedes trians by a living barricade. Tlie most peculiar phase of the crowd was the quiet, thoughtful air of the hun dreds of little groups which graced the outskirts —loxv-talkiug gentlemen and ladies, many xvitli children and some bearing babes, who had ventured into this vast crowd with a confidence some thing strange to New Yorkers of the old and violent regime. This confidence seemed born of the cause ; as if all felt at peace xvhere peace was the chiefest aspiration. At no time xvas there any demonstration incompatible xvitli the sentiment of peaco which xvas breathed on all sides and shouted from every platform. At tlio several stands speeches were made by Hon. Francis Keman, Channcey M. Depew, S. S. Cox, R. M. T. Hunter, Nathaniel F. Banks, Gov. Gilbert 0, Walker, of Virginia; Fernan do Wood, S. F. Cary, of Ohio; A. J. Re quier, Hon. M. F. O’Oonuor,- Robert S. Tliarin, of South Carolina; Leon Abbott, Col. Hardee, of Florida; D. C. Birdsall, Alexander Sulivan, George K. Wilson, Col. Coue, of Georgia, and many others. No Grant Documents Wanted. Editors Chronicle. & Sentinel: Gentemen— Will you allow me space in your journal to say a xvord to some unknown jierson who persistently sends me documents through tho jiost office, under tho frank of a Mr. Whiteley, I think a member of Congress. Several of these documents wore tlie public speeches of gentlemen opposed to tho election of Mr. Greeley to tlio Presiden cy. Generally they xvero able produc tions, and although I could not adojit them, yet I read them with some plea sure because of their litorary excellence. But I have lately received in my mail scurrilous productions and dirty carica tures, such as gentlemen have no use for, and I shall request Mrs. Mitchell, the postmistress at, Waynesboro, in .future to exclude all documents bearing that frank from my box. It is no sort of importance to tho pub lic as to liow 1 shall vote iu the next Presidential election, but in order to save my anonymous friend any further trouble as to myself, I xvill frankly tell him that if my life bo sjiareil to seo the day of election, I shall certainly vote for Horace Greeley, and shall do all in my 1 lower, honestly and gentlemanly, to elect him. I jirefer Mr. Greeley to General Grant because I believe he will boa better friend to my oppressed, down-trodden and mined Southern country than Gen. Grant. He certainly cannot do worse. Very resjiectfully, S. Wyatt, Alliugton, Burke county, Ga. Larceny from tup. House.— Section 4348 of Irwin’s Revised Code xvas so amended by tlio recent Legislature as to punish this offense by iuqirisonmcnt iu the penitentiary instead of as a misde meanor. Tlie following is the amended section .: Any person xvlio, by day or night, shall, in any dwelling house, store, shop, or warehouse, or any other house or building, within the curtilage, privately steal any goods, money, chattels, wares, or merchandise, or any other article, or thing of value of fifty dollars or more, shall be punished by imprisonment aud labor in the penitentiary for any time not less than one, nor longer than ten years.. This amendment passed August 23d, 1872, and all persons xvlio committed this act prior to that date will be jiun islicd according to the law existing at the time of the commission of tlje deed. The Game Laws of South Carolina. —A number of gentlemen in Charleston have formed an association for the fol lowing purposes : First. To frame a re vised code of game laws for South Caro lina, to be submitted to tho Legielature at its next session. Second. To restore the old “hunting code for Carolina sportsmen,” to be used as a guide for our young men in the field. Third. To frame a constitution and bye-laws for the Club. Standing committees to be appointed —lst, on hunting and hounds ; fid, on game birds and dogs; 3d, on fish and fishing ; 4th, on yachts and boating ; sth, on hunters, horses and equipments; 6th, on the natural history of the quad rupeds, birds aud fish of that State, with fi view especially to their food, migra tory habits and usefulness. Lauf,a Fair to re Acquitted—Money No Disject.— A San Francisco dispatch, of the 9th, says : Great excitement was created in the Fifteenth District Court this evening by Cantlia, one of the men summoned for a juror iu the Fair case, testifying that he had been approached by John A. Cardi nel, formerly constable at tjie Mission Dolus, who ad\ised him to get (in the jury, saying they were bound to clear Mrs. Fair ; that money was no object; if he wanted a thousand or more lxeconld have it. Judge Reador orderedCanlinel to be immediataly arrested and placed in jail, to l>e brought before him to morrow, to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, intimat ing that his sentence would lie heavy if the crime was proven. Tim district Attorney will carry the case before the grand jury also. Only one juror has yet I l»cen obtained. At the present rate of progress it will take weeks to secure a jury. An Unlucky Streak of Luck. —The fortunate Henry La Pierre, of Han Fran cisco, most unfortunately drew, a month ’ since, a prize of $2,500 in the Havana : Lottery. Since then he has been drunk all the time, and has tried to hang bim- I- self once; and, upon the whole, it is the general opinion of his friends that a blank would have been the greater Id eas ing- THE RIGHTS OF LABOR. The Working Men In Council—A Con stitution and By-Laws Adopted— Sjxeeclies by Messrs. Rogers, Cone and Napier— Eleftlou of Officers, etc., etc. Pursuant to call, the largest number Os mechanics and laboring men perhaps , ever seen in this place at one time as sembled at Betliesda Hall—upjier cud of Fenwick street, Saturday night. The time for the meeting to begin hax'ing arrived, tho President, Henry Rogers, Esq., ascended tho stand, and, with a tap of tlio gavel, called tho meeting to order. Tho President said the mooting had been called for the jxurpose of having read and adopted tho Constitution and By-laws for tho government of tlio As sociation. Mr. H. Fulgnm moved that the meet ing go into an ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Adopted; and the following gentlemen were elected to serve tho present term: President—Henry Rogers. First Vice-President—Job Russell. Second Vico-Presidont—J. C. Hewitt. Secretary—John F. Napier. Treasurer—Elisha Wingard. On motion of W. T. Cone, the Consti tution and By-laws xvore read and ad dopted. president’s speech. Tlie President was loudly callodfor, and responded by saying, in substance, that being confined so closely to his work bench from Monday morning until Satur day night unfitted him for tho present occasion, though willing to mako any sacrifice to further tho progross of this noble institution-—an institution that is destined to stir up and control the only true Democracy that now oxists. Wo aro told that xx*e are tho bono and sinew of the State. If so, gentlemen, xvhy in the name of all that is just aro not our wishes consulted? Why are we subjected to the machinations of a detestable cliquo of office-seekers, who, to carry out their devilish designs, would sell their souls to Satan ? This, gentlemen of the As sociation, is tho class of men that, from time to time, by their rowdyism, secure tho election of men unfit to represent a decent jicojde. And for tho purjxo.se of crushing to death this vile practice, and restoring to peaceable mechanics and laboring men of Richmond county the rights justly duo them, aro xvo banded together here. Let the voice of this As soeiaton be as one voice—its vote as one vote, aud my word for it, you are sure to succeod. Mr. Rogors took his seat amid doaf oniug applause. MR. CONE’S SPEECH. Mr. W. T. Cone, in answer to repeat ed calls, said : Mr. President and Gentlemen— This kindness is unexpected. Had I have knoxvn or even susjiected this honor, I would at least have given it a fexv mo ment’s consideration. But public speak ing is so foreign to my usual habits that I can assure you, sir, I do not feel equal to tlie occasion. This. Association, Mr. President, should have been organized forty years ago. Its influence should this day be felt in overy city, town and hamlet in tho Stato of Georgia. If, sii - , it is designed to carry out tho objects set forth iu its Constitution, a nobler object never united true-hearted men together. Tho cause of our grievances must and shall bo removed. To en dure them longer is unmanly ; and, sir, the mechanic or laboring man who xvill attempt to shirk the duty that is noxv set before him, deserves tho ex ecration of every honorable mind. Our nominating conventions, sir, for tlio last three or four yoars, have been so badly packed and oontrollod by a cliquo hired for that purpose that descent men hax'o left the convention in utter disgust. This, Air. President, is the truo condi tion of our jiolitics ; and 1 do liopo that overy honest citizen xvill rally around us, and crush this unlawful proceeding. Mr. Cone xvas loudly applauded. MR. napier’s RPEEon. Mr. John F. Napier responded to re peated calls, iu those remarks : Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Mechanics and Laboring Men’s As- (mciation : Tlio great question that agitates tlio minds of our mechanics and laboring men appears to be a system of elections inaugurated a few years ago, and being used to further the purpose of designing men. This, Mr. President, I believe to be sufficient cause for complaint. It shuts out from our nominations a large majority of gentlemen who, rather than become a party to their iniquitable pro ceedings, remain in the background. If I mistake not,* it is the objeot of this Association to seouro by honorable means a fair and impartial system of elections. Never, perhaps, since the birth of this ltepublio have tlio me chanics and laboring men beon more closely united. This should servo to ce ment our efforts in the great struggle which our enemies are shoving upon us. Let ns, then, throw minor differences asido aqd unite our combined strength and elect the man that will best sent the interest of the mechanic and laboring man. Democracy and Whig gery are over- at least we are qq Jongor divided by those ohsolote party lines. The questions of embargo and non-iu tcrcourso, of tariff and internal improve ments, of a National Bank and a sub treasury, are consigned to oblivion and will know no resurrection. Ipu we, in our day and generation, have a much graver ordeal to pass through. It be hooves us, then, to bucklo on our armor for tho coming contest, to marshal qur forces for the gathering stopm, and si lence the voice of party claims, and pre pare for the day that shall witness the downfall of cliques and rings. Td do this wo must put fqrth «ur united strength agd he settled os to the real basis upon which we shall build our im proved system. Let this great work con tinue. Let it go bravely on; and before the Autumnal leaves shall give way to tho green verdure of Spring, the victory will be ours, and we shall see those who are best suited to represent the me chanic and laboring man sitfigg among the wise men of the land* Og motion of Mr. Fulgnm, the follow ing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That tho mechanics and la boring men of the sifieTeut wards of the city agd districts off the country are hereby earnestly requested to organise themselves into auxiliary clubs, for the. better protection of their interests. On motion, tho meeting adjourned. Terrible Tragedy.— By the Wilming ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad yesterday we have intelligence of a hor- 1 rible tragedy that took in Robeson county on Tuesday evening last. It seems that two white men, named Gilchrist and McCleunan, had some mis understanding at a church a fev; Sun days ago, during which both parties be came very much evaaperaled. At the solicitation of mutual friends, however, they agreed to drop the matter few the ; time being. It seems, {hough, that each had formed a determination to pre pare for » future occasion and on the evening in question they encountered each other at or near the residence of a Mrs. McCormick, not far from Lumber ton, It appears from what we can gather that they met on tho road, when Gilchrist drew his pistol and fired upon McClennan and then ran off, followed quickly by his antagonist, who in turn drew his pistol and shot down Gilchrist, following up his advantage by deliber ately walking up to the fallen man and firing three shots into his head. He < McClennan) then turned off and walked back towards the point where he had dismounted from his mule when he saw Gilchrist approaching, but before reach ing the animal he fell dead in the road. Gilchrist lingered until yesterday morn ing when he also died. — W'ih/iington (. N. C.) Star. The Cotton Chop in Southwestern Georgia. —The Albany News says: “If we credit the statements that comes in from all portions of Southwest Georgia, we are within the bound of a sad truth in stating that the crop will be cut short one-half, at least. Tho cotton fields now present a spectacle of stalks entirely striped of foliage. ” RADICAL CONVENTION. Txvo Nominations Made -One Place Left Vacant. The Radical County Convention was held in the building corner of Jackson and Greene streets yesterday evening. The Convention met at half-past txvo o’clock, Wm. J. White in the Chair. The Chair announced tho object of the meeting to be to consider xvlnit ac tion should be taken iu relation to nominating candidates for tho Legisla ture. It was a question xvliich should bo xvell considered, and upon which xviso action should be taken. There xvas a great deal to encounter in this county. They couhl’iit go into tliOj canxTiss xvitli that hopo xvliich they de sired. They had failed to pay tho tax required of them, and there xvero nearly two thousand defaulters in the county. It xvas hard to get defaulters to pay up, though every exertion hail been used by himself and others. Ho had examined tlio tax books, and only about forty jiersons had paid up their j>oll tax. It was useless to talk unless they in tended to act. Ho made tljeso remarks in order to jmt their minds to xvork. They must divest themselves of per sonal preferences and prejudices. Gramlisou Harris moved that each ward and district bo alloxveil to fill tho vacancies iu their delegations. Another delegate thought each man should bo allowed to x’oto individually. Edwin Belcher moved that a commit tee of txvo from each ward and district bo appointed to present the names of candidates. Tlio Chair appointed tlie committee, which retired to make nomi nations. Bouyor xvas called upon to make a speech, and responded. Ho advised every Republican voter to jiay up tlio jioll tax, and success would bo assured. There never xvas a better or more opjior tune timo for thp triumph of Republican principles. Every Republican should go forward and pay his tax. The Demo crats were stubborn and unyielding, and xvere quarreling and divided in their own ranks. Now xvas the timo for the Republicans to succeed, ami to take ad vantage of tho divisions in the enemy’s ranks. Let tho Republicans take cour age, aud their cause xvould never sink, though it might bo temporarily defeated. He felt their cause would triumph. He had boon afraid of Greeley, but noxv he xvas very xvoak, aud had no support ex cept from tho Liberals. Tlio Democrats had deserted principle for policy, but tho Republican party xvas a party of principle, and had received tho smiles of Providonce. Colored men had been shot down liko brutos in this district, and xvhile he didn’t advise xvar, ho thought they should protect themselves. They were defeated in 1870 by bad can didates and by terrorism. There were a great many merchants on Broad stroot xvlio secretly favored tho Republican principles, and would voto for tho party’s candidates if they wore good men. Let good men bo nominated now. Tho oommittoo returned after a long absence and reported through Edxviu Belcher, Chairman, tho names of Daniel Gardiner and Wm. J. White as candi dates for the Legislature. For reasons best known to tho committeo, the third placo was left vacant for tlio present. Robert Battoy said that ho xvas in fax’or of Gardiner, but thought a stronger man than White could bo selected. should not bo made. Tho third nomina tion should bo made now. 110 nominated Robert Battoy as tlio third man. Robert Battoy hoped that his narno would no be used. Edwin Belohorhoped tho report would bo adopted without discussion. The position of tlio party xvas such that they couldn’t afford to quarrel ovor offices to which thoy xvould never bo elected, At least two-thirds of tho party xvas dis franchised. The Democrats had jmt in tho field tho strongest ticket xvliich thoy had jmt uj) since tho xvar. Tho tiokot xvas headed by Mr. Walsh, who xvould draw to his support all tho working men and tho Irish voters. Mr. Foster was ono of tlio ablest of tlio young lawyers of Augusta, and xvas jmt on tlio tioliet to ljoal a broach in the jiurty. Mr. Clarko xvould got tho votes of tho entire farming interest. To oppose this tiokot they must put up their ablest men, and they had presented two of the best members of their party. 110 was for tlio succoss of tho party, aud did not come to advocato tho qJjjima of any man. A great dead \yqs at stakoin this contort. Aijytlpng and everything must bo done to boat tlio Democratic jiarty. 110 didn’t thigh jt xyjso to fill tho other plana qg tlio ticket at present,. Ho didn't wish to giye bis .fcaym.JMt yet, apd hoped (ho amendment xvould bo, withdrawn. Cohoq insisted upon his amend ment. C. H. Prince said the question xvas, should not the place bo leit vacant for tho present in order that tho ground might ho canvassed and a combination made, which woufd eloot the whole ticket, L- B, Belcher moved to lay the amendment on tlio table, Tho amendment was laid on the table by a large majority. A delegate said ho liopod tlio commit tee knew who they were going to fill the vacancy with. He wouldn’t support anyj galvanized Democrat to save his life. Robort llatley thought every nomina tion filtould be fairly discussed. He had nothing personal against White, hut thought Joseph \yjlhamH could carry more vo{qa and he proposed his ntvrqe instead of White’s The motion was hqd upon tho table. The previous question was called and tho report of the committee was adopted, and tho nominations afterwards made unanimous. Convention of Manufacturers. —ln Ne\v York, on Wednesday, tho first annual session of the National Associa tion of Iron Manufacturers was held at the St. Nicholas lintel. Delegates were present Lean the different States in which wrought iron is manufactured, and, with those who joined at the meet ing, the A*»oeiation represents almost the entire wrought iron interest of the country. The mooting was one of the most important conventions of iron manufacturers ever held in the United States. The Convention, after an all day session, adjourned to meet in Phila delphia in January next. The object of the Association is to obtain fall informa tion of the statistics and condition of the iron trade throughout the world, and, by frequent of ideas, to improve the manufacture of iron in the United States, and to secure har monious action in all matters pertaining to the iron interest. Driving Negroes Out of Cabins.— Caterpillars are becoming terrible nuisances in Jackson county, Pi a. On one plantrtion, which was expected to yield seventy bales of cotton, only eight can now lie gathered. They have stripped all the leaves from the cotton plant, and are now going f«lr the dar kies. In seeking shade, they enter the cabins in crowds, and . have driven the negroes out. This is anew phase of the worm. The darkies swear -they' ore going to quit that country. It is not so pleasant to lie down with a hundred or two playful caterpillars dancing' a mazourka over your body. They might take a darkey’s ear for a cotton leaf. NEW SERIES —VOL. XXV—NO. 30. OUR BALTIMORE LETTER. Allot Summer Remarkable Change of Opinion Greeley's Prospects. Baltimore, September 11, 1872. Editors Chronicle A Soil inti : Wo are drawing near to the close of a Summer which, in tlio item of heat, has been altogether exceptional in this lati tude. We liavo liad three distinct terms, which luix'o richly earned for themselves tho characteristic of “heated.” These have been from two to three weeks each —tho thermometer ranging from 85 to 100 ; not a bad showing for oven the torrid zone. Old Sol has been so pow erful during the day that ho has infused Phis burning spirit into the dense masses of brick and mortar found in our city, and in liis absence at night said bricks have acquitted them selves very hand somely as liis rejn-esentativos. The exo dus of all tlu> mobile population Ims been unusually great ; and even those who usually olofes themselves xvitli Urn fixtures liavo made au effort to eseajio from tho scorching, temperature of the city. The reports of Old Probabilities shoxv that on tho whole you liavo been more comfortable in Augusta this Sum mer than the denizen's of the Monument- al City. The telegraph has announced tho re snlt of tlie trial of Dr. l'anl Schoeppe, charged xvitli thomimlor of Miss Maria M. Steinocko, of 'tbits city. Yofir readers may remember that, some three years ago, this lady, xvho .Imd the .advantage of having sivjn at Jeastseventy Summers,. became enamored of tho Doctor refer red to—though lie 'was quite youthful enough to bo her grand-son. A's it was leaf) year when tlio tinnier emotion took posses sion of her .(1868), slio availed herself of this fact to offer her hand to tlio young German. Apprehensive lest ho might demur on account of tho grortt despari- ty of their ages, she proposed to compen sate for the absence of youth by tho presence of dollars. After a formal declaration of love, sustained by a linnd somo jifoperty, she was accepted. Having duly executed her last xvill and testament, bequeathing nil her property, real and personal, to her young friend ami giving him possession of tho xvill, a marriage bond xvas mutually signed to be made public a few months subse quently. But,, unfortunately, only a few days after tho signatures liad been affixed to tho interesting instrument xvherein they promised to be one for life, Miss Steinocko xvas taken violently ill and died the following day. The betrothed lover (or if yon please loveiY) was, of course, the attending physician. Tho death awakened no suspicion whatever. Why should it? Tho lady, though ardent in her affections, laid completed tho jn'esoribed boundary of human lifo and what more natural than that she should die, and oven die sud denly? Nobody even thought of a coronor’fj inquest, and the funeral fol lowed at tho usual time. There xvas not the slightest intimation of any foul play until tlio surviving lovoc exhibited the xvill of the deceased for record. When this fact transpired tho suspi cions of relatives xvlio had expected the property as a matter of course xvord for tlio first timo aroused. They charged the unexpected heir xvitli murder. At their instaueo ho was arrested. Tho next step xvas to c.xlmme the body and call on a distinguished chemical export, Professor Aiken, to apply such tests as xvould shoxv tho jirosenco of poison, if any existed in tho corjise. As it xvas knoxvn that Dr. Schoeppe hail purchased a quantity of prussic acid a short timd before Miss Steinecko’s death, tho Professor used tlioso tests which xvould show tho pre@o»eo of this poison. As tho result of his experi ments, ho announced that there xvore unmistakable, though obscure,' traces of prussib acid in the body. A true bill xvas soon found against the prisoner. Pnblio ojiinion unanimously condemned him. Mouoy was motive enough for the commission of tho crime, ami there fore ho was pronounced guilty. Profes sor Aiken xvas a reliable chemist; there was jn-obf of poisoning, and the young Doctor was the murderer. In tlio trial .xvliich folio wed ho xvas found guilty. Tho day of execution was ajqiointeil in August, 1869. The gallows liad houu erected. The measure of the coffinhad been taken. Tlio death warrant had boon signed, and tho prisimor, though constantly de claring Ijis innocence, had resigned him self to ijis fate. Two days before the exeeutioyi, however, a reprieve was pro cured. <)n iqijilication to tlio Legisla ture anew trial xvas granted and a law made to; suit tlie ease. The mnv trial thus granted has just terminated. You know the tho result. After being absent from tin) box only fl\ r o miuut.es, the jury returned xvitli a verdict of not guily. A singular seeno follows. The jury ask permission to shako tin) hands of the jxrisoner before his discharge; and in the court yopm'the.re is a jubilee, in xvhmh Judge, jury, lawyers and sheriff, aud last, not least, the accused, all join. Public opiliion, which three years before was violent for liis 'condemnation, is now almost us oumest in eongraVulatiotis on liis acquittal. What, it may be asked, lias xvrotigbt this change, pimply tho testimo ny °* cheiiioal exports quite equal to Dr. Aiken, that there xvas no adequate proof of any jioisim iu tho remains of tho de ceased woman. By this testimony, both court anil jury oauiu to the eouelur siou that Professor Aiken’s analysis xvas not eaUaw tivo, that ho omitted a third and most important test, and that the ilevolojiments made by tbti oMier txvo tests might have boon produced by other causes than jirnssjc acid. I siq>- poao th,e jury thought “'When doctorsdlsagriso Tlio Jury then is froo," And so they acquitted tlio jjrisonisr. ■ Gilt of jail tun lovee has begun suit for the property left him under the will, xvliich tlio lieiis who instigated the trial have been seeking to appropriate. Sinco the Louisville fizzle and tho Maine election matters are quiet in the political world. O’Oonor has not, at this writing, said another no to his friends. But it does not matter much xvhat lib says. Tlie Grahtites are lui mehsoly jubilant over the Maine result. But their majority is five in i cent, less than in the Presidential election of 1808. A similar loss an the last Presi dential yuW xvill give Alabama, Gali fou,iu, Connecticut, Indium* and Penn sylvania, xvliich in 180 j. went for Grant, to the Oonseryativcs in 1872, Add to those, Missouri, now Conservative, but Radical in 1868, and univ fourteen more votes xvill bo needed to defeat the Grant party, x Modern Jerusalem—Jordan a Hard Road to Travel.t- •Jerusalem cannot be truthfully described as on enterprising city at tlio present time. Its chief native Sndnstrioa are the manufacture of soap, which is not largely consumed by tho resident population, and of what is called Jerusalem ware, consist ing of chaplets, crucifixes, beads, crosses, and tho like, made principally of moths T-of-pearl and alive wood and sold tq the pilgrims who annually re tort to tho Holy City to tho number of G,OOO oj 8,000. It also exports olive oil grain. The population of Jeru salem is estimated at IK,GOO, of whom abont 8,00(1 are Mahometans, 8,000 to 9,00 q Jews, and the rest Christians of various denominations. The employ ment of tho people is almost wholly ag ricultural and pastoral, but tho vast and fertile plains around the city are omly partially till oil, owing to the want of protection against the predatory excursions of the Bedouin tribes inhabit ing the outskirts of the district. A little cotton of an inferior quality, raised from native seed, is grown and exported r } to Marseilles. Tho Ameri can colony which wtyi established at Joppa has been started out and re placed by a band of German fanatics numbering about 200 souls. The road to Jordan lias been repaired at the cost of a lady whose name is not given, bgt it is still u hard roail to travel, in con sequence of tlio swarms of Bedouins who infest that region. The Oitopa—-It is estimated, we learn, that tlie cotton crop on day lands has been out short one-third by the dry weather, and that the cotton on sandy lands lias suffered a loss of one-half. The planters arc now busily gathering in the crop, and homo , fields are already white 1 . Tlio cotton has opened three or fonr weeks earlier than usual. In a few weeks all the cotton in many fields will will be opOn, and & barge portion of the crop will Jie thrown upon the .market, We learn that tho catqrpilhir, or army worm, Jills * made its appearance in the vicinity of Njnety-Six and other points on tlm wfthldn, anil threatens Id tie very l dekmietive to tho growing crop.,— Alfljc-', ville (8. (!.) Manner, anii Memphis Uailhoaiv—> Tlmj Dadoville Nam learns Unit tho next ten |iiles of tills road lias boon lot out toj a Now York company, who will go to work on it immediately. This will complete it to Youngvillo. What t<eSavannah Pomoe Let Slip. —The Savhnmih police, in allowing Hilly Forrester to slip through their fingers, missed a rich plum. A reward of $lO,- 000 would have fallen to them, had they delivered Forrester to Superintendent Kelso, of New York, to say nothing of the additional $37,000, should he prove to have been the murderer of Nathan. Danobuous CotTNrKUFKir.—Tlio < 'au ric r notes that a very dangevous coun terfeit $5 United States' currency note is afloat in Charleston. It is very like the « original, and can only be detected by comparing tho words “United States. " In the good noto they are delicately shaded and clearly defined, and in tin' bad one heavily shaded and rather crowded. Onr merchants and others should be on their guard, as it is not im probable that some of these notes may find their way to Augusta. Dkmoohatio Meeting in Savanna ii - A Democratic meeting was held in Savannah on Tuesday evening, to fake into consideration the selection of suit able candidates to. represent lho county in tho lower branch of the legislature. Tho meeting made no nomination, but adoptoil a resolution authorising the Chairman to appoint a committee of forty gentlemen from the city and ton from tho county, outside pf the city, who shall boa Nominating Committee for members of the Legislature. The Form Tax Diri'icttr.tv iv Savan nah.-tTIio Savamiali Advtiilk'r learns that in Chatham county a largo number of executions have issued from the Tax Collector's office against persons Wlrb have failed to pay their poll tax, the numbor exceeding three thousand, or about nineteen hundred whites and four teen hundred negroes. On Friday a delegation of Custom House officials, and others of tlio Radical party inter ested, called at the Tax Collector’s office to inquire i if to and make shine arrange ment in regard to tho matter. New Rut/hb von TonAotio I’htuit.ers. - The Internal Revenue Bureau will soon issue a regulation which will require persons retailing tobacco on railway cars and steamers to pay taxes as dealers in tobacco instead of peddlers, as hereto fore, and will allow them to sell only from propofiy stumped packages under a special tax receipt as dealers. The sales must also bo made exclusively in tlio smoking cars, and the tax receipt must state the routo over which the' dealer travels, and tlio number of the car, Tho Bureau is having made and will soon bo ready to supply anew die for tho Cancellation of stamps bo pack ages of tobacco, that now in use having been found unsuitable. Base B Aim.—Thcl'e are now but four professional nilies which stand the slightest chance <ff winning the whip pennant this season. These. are the uinos of Bbston, New York, Philadel phia and Baltimore. Os the other two nines in tho arena tlio AUanties have lost twonty-ono games and won but five, wliild the Eckfords have lost seventeen and won but two. The record of games np-to dato is as follows: (blinds (lames (tonics Clubs. won. lost plays. I. Heston 38 4 Haltimoro 2H 13 .7 Mutual 2b If, ' .jj Athletic. < 23 a ;i2 On Saturday the Mutuals played their seventh championship game with the Boston nine, and Won their first victory from the Reds this year, the score being eleven tq five iu favor of tho Mutuals, tho Reds playing very poor in the field, and only two mus were earned in the entire game. In Philadelphia tho At lanta were defeated for the third time by the Athletics, but only by a score of ojghjt to three, The old Haymaker nin<- from Troy arrived in town to play this the Mjituals, Eckfords and Atlantios this week. Tk© Bostons play in Balti more and Philadelphia jblxisi week, ami closely contested games are anticipated. r fiiKliLui#R:Us«b by AautiiioANrf am Internal Irrigation,—lt js ‘„f, bo-re gretted that figures dp not t ; .,i when they record the extent of liquor-drinking in this country. Under the returns made by tho census it rippeurs thnt in addition to tho 02,314,027 gallons of home-made spirits, aiid 7,159,740 barrels of fermen ted liquors on which takes Wnro paid in 1871, wore imported of winn 9,768,983 gallons and 431,5(12 dozen bottles ; of spirits, 2,629,826 gallons and 128,667 dozen bottles, and of' molt liquor,’B32,- 431 gallons. It appears, furthermore, that tho consumers put about 4500,000,- 000 every year into the {lockets of tho dealers. Tlio proportion of those lionised to sell liquor is about one in every *250 of tho population, and those who Imve figured very oloscly claim that every eight drinkers support » drinking estab lishment knd eonsnmni 400 gallons of spirits, 80 of wino, and 2,000 of hour annually. * The State of New York' has 23,740 licensed sellers, or one for every 180 of its population, while one in 00 to one in 90 of its people are engaged in these liquor stores. Tho city of New York has 7,181 licensed sellers of drink, or Ope for 140 of the population, While one in 50 to ono in 70 are engaged in drink selling. Massachusetts in IK7I bail 8,622 of its people 1 incensed to sell, and ono in every 85 engaged in selling drink. Pennsylvania has 14,431 Hocused, or one to every 240. Ohio had 12,377 licensed, or one in every 210. Maine has 1,063, or one in 600. As to the other States, tho range is between fOOto 200 and one in 600. Powder-Power Pilk-Drivkh. —Among meclianioal novelties recently brought out is a “ gunpowder pile-driver,”- which drives iu piles more rapidly than liy any other method, and does not re quire any hoop or protection round the top of tho pile. A notion of the con trivance and its operation may perhaps bo gathered from a briof description. Thill hoisting timbers, as usual in pile drivers, are fitted up ; tlio pile is sot in placo liy n. steam engine ; a gun weighing ono thousand eight htnidrod pounds, with a six-inch* bore, is lower ed, and mado to rest cm the top of tho pile. The muzzle points upward, and tho breech, being dished or recess ed, covers the top of tho pilfc an a. cap. Above thaigiui is suspended the ram, with a piston projecting downward that fits tho boro of tho guii. All be ing ready, a cartridge Is dropped into tho gun; the ram'is released amt de-, scends, the piston riffinges info the gim, compressing fin- air, ana fires 11m cartridge. A tremendous explosion fol lows ; lip dies the ram, and is caught in'tho break, and With the recoil of the gun down gbds tho pile. This must Certainly bo regarded as a very clever way of- utilizing the power of fired gun powder. Tried for tho first time,' and by inexperienced hands, in iMuyrirnW iug a piei* near Philadelphia, 1 it drove piles ten inehes in diflmCti a- to a depth of neiirly twenty shes with five' 'Mows', utld with an expenditure of eight ounce* of gunpowder for each pile.
