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WEST FLORIDA.
CROPS, FARM INO SYSTEM, LANDS. POLI
TICS, &C.
Oampbeltton, Fla., July 7, 1876,
Editin' Times : For some time 1
have been thinking of writing you a
short communication from this rural
village, but not until to-day do I
avail myself of the effort. Your
much worthy paper (the Times) has
a few subscribers here, and by some
effort would accumulate to quite a
large list. The Times is a paper I
feel mueh interest in, and urn willing
at all times to work for its interest.
It is a paper for our citizens aud j
merchants. Columbus is our direct j
market, and it gives us the latest |
changes in all prices, and gives the
latest news from all places of any ;
interest. Therefore we are directly j
interested in the Times.
The present prospect for a crop
around this place has not been more j
promising since the war. lam cou
lident our farmers have at last beeu
forced into the mode of farming they
have now begun, that is, planting
more corn and oats, and less cotton.
The cotton crop at. this time prom
ises a good one; though there is some ;
apprehension of the eatterplllar. I!
have seen several three weeks previ- s
ous, and have heard of a few on vari
ous farms.
I cannot see why the farmers of]
Florida do not abandon planting cot- j
ton entirely. There is more money j
in grain and it can easily be raised j
here. We can raise corn at :isc. per ;
bushel, and at times it sells for 75c.
—a good profit of 100 per cent. Our I
lauds are well adapted for corn and'
oats, and there is not a State in the i
Union belter for vegetables than '
Florida. We may not have so many
railroads in West Florida as theeast
ern portion, but the lands are by far ■
superior to East Florida. A man by j
hard work can make money enough i
here in one year to pay for n farm, !
and have a good living left. Lands j
can be bought for from 50c, to $5.00 j
per acre—land that will make from j
15 to 50 bushels per acre; and if he
can’t make money at this, 1 say go
West or some where else. There is :
plenty of labor here which is worth !
from $5 to $8 per month.
It is true we are depressed in our
government affairs in this State, but
hope to see the Democrats in full:
sway; but for the next four years we j
can’t promise much. There is noth-j
ing, Mr. Editor, does me more good j
than the explanation of Mr. Drew’s!
character during the war. I hope he
may be the man, but how are we to
judge him only by the past? There are ‘
many things to be impressed upon j
the Democratic votes of Florida, and
the consciousness of all them that
are voters, that they are surely re
sponsible for the man they put in
office. They are in a sense responsi
ble for those who liavo come before
them and upon whose inheritance j
they have entered- yes, responsible
for those who may come after them,
and whom they may transmit to
office over the State.
Mr. Drew is the nominee and we
must vote for him ; but who has not
in some sense felt himself in some
way bound to vote for a man that he I
dislikes to support for office. He is
the nominee of our party and we
must vote for him anyhow. Yes, wo |
have done it in days gone by. Look j
at Horace. Greeley—the worst pill I !
ever took was voting for him, simply j
because he was nominated. Nomi- j
Dating conventions have but
one eye, and that looks to
availability. If he is popu- j
lar with the masses he is the man, |
and from this defective system of
ascertaining the will of the people
incompetent and in many cases very
wicked and bad men go forth to rule i
with our sanction and under our en- j
dorsement. This is the great danger j
that imperils us. It may be seen gen- 1
erally in the moral character of our j
office holders and the comparative j
indifference on the part of the people |
as to whom they vote for. Some
people have come to the conclusion!
that almost any man will do for Gov- j
ernor or any office simply because he
has been successful in any depart- j
ment of trade, or business. It may
be that he has succeeded in business j
in making money, has grown rich, is
a good doctor, lawyer or far
mer, or mechanic, and above j
all if he has succeeded as a j
military man, he must be awarded to |
some office to show our appreciation
of his deeds, when in fact he has not j
the first requisite qualifications for
the office which he is elected to fill.
There seems to be in the minds of
pur people a vague,indifferent sort of
idea that because a man succeeds at
one tiling, he is therefore competent
for anything. As incompetent as I
many of our civil officers are, they
might do if they were only honest;
hut place their incompetencv and
dishonesty together, there is but lit
tle to hope froip them. In many ca
ses the people are to blame to a
greater extent. We like to be loyal
to our party, but our party should
take care how they gerrymander in
competent and wrong men before
the people for highland responsible
positions.
Very truly,
Charley Salmon.
VOL. 2.
IVMIII. HISTORY OF THR NT. 1.0 l IN
CONVENTION.
/ STRATEGY OF THE FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR
TILDEN—SUPERB ORGANIZATION AM)
UNTIRING WORK FOR NEW YORK’S FA
VO&Iat SON rHURM \N would Hwe
BEEN THE NOMINEE BAD riLDKN
FAILED.
Correspondence of the Haiti more Sun.]
St. Louis, July I.—Some interesting
bits of history in connection with the
late National Democratic Convention
in this city have yet. to be related.
Allusion has several times been made
to the remarkably thorough and well
disciplined organization iu behalf of
New York's Governor. It is not gen
erally known that this organization
was formed months and months be
fore the meeting of the convention,
and, fully equipped ’and supplied
with all the munitions of war, was
prosecuting a vigorous campaign
while its enemies were wrapped in
slumber, One effective means of
conduct pursued was the circulation
of documents throughout the
South uud West, advocating the
claims of Governor Tilden. When
the time approached for the meeting
of tlie Convention, and delegates
were on their way to this city, the
! cars were boarded hundreds and hun
j dreds of miles away by friends of Til
den, who advocated liis claims with
1 loyal persistency. In the meantime
! there was no organization of the
i forces of the other candidates. Days
and days before any of them appeared
! iu the field the standard of Tildeu
! waved above a dozen different head
! quarters, and his able and energetic
| lieutenants were at work without in-
I termissiou marking out their plan of
j campaign. So matters stood on Mon
day night, by which time almost the
! entire body of delegates had arrived
in the city. Tremendous work had
been done (luring the day. The op
ponents of Tilden had at last a waken
ed from their slumbers, but as events
proved afterwards it was too late.
SIEGE of the south.
The Southern delegations had been
i the objective point to which all par
! ties laid siege, ns that section having
; more than one-third of ail the votes,
! possessed tlie power to decide the
j battle between the contending forces.
]Up to this lime, Tilden, though
largely aiiead of all other candi
j dates, was still lacking a majority.
! Studious efforts were made to con
ceal tiiis, the Tilden managers as
i serting most positively to the contra
! ry, while their attacks on tlie South-
I ern delegations were renewed with
an intensity far surpassing all their
! previous efforts. The Southern men
j who had (been from early dawn be
[ seiged, first by one side and then by
I the other, without intermission, had
i to submit to it all over again. It was a
i fact that seemed to be recognized by
! all, that, unless Tilden hadamajori
j ty on the first ballot there was immi
! nent danger that be would not re
| eeivo the nomination. The bowels
lof the South did not yearn for Til
den ; his name hud none of that mag
netic attraction which clustered
around the chivalrous Hancock and
the eloquent Bayard. But while the
South had been convinced that with
Bayard there was no hope, there
were still many from that sec
tion who clung to Hancock, and were
loth to give him up. The cry of
“availability”
was, however, a most powerful lever
in the hands of the Tilden managers,
and this was industriously used up
to tho very moment the balloting
commenced. Vet, withal, unless for
the operation of the unit rule, Til
den would have failed of a majority
at the critical moment, and thereby
in all human probability have lost
his opportunity. Tilden’s majority
’ was but 53. By the force of the unit
j rule lie received 17 votes from New
1 York. 11 from Kentucky and 5 from
i Virginia which were opposed to him
! and which made up his whole major
ity of 33. But in addition to this he
received not less than 20 votes from
: other quarters which were opposed
|to him, through tho same process.
The Tilden side was particularly
anxious that Alabama and Arkansas,
which were the first States to be
called on the roll, should give Til
den a good send-off, and t.o this uud
they directed much effort and were
correspond!ugly successful.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE BALLOT.
On Wednesday morning before the
meeting of tlie" convention a com
plete canvass was made by the Tilden
managers, demonstrating to their
great satisfaction that through the
operation of the unit rule they would
have the coveted majority on the first
ballot. Then a most skillful ma
! noeuvre was planned, and one which
I contributed largely to ultimate suc
i cess. The votes of the first States
lon the roll oftentimes have mueh
| effect in changing or consolidating
j the wavering. It was determined
1 that the six Tilden votes from Oolo
i rado, which was the fourth State on
I the list, should he cast for Hendricks
! on the first ballot, and that on the
! second ballot, when Colorado was
I called, the chairman of the delega
tion should rise aud say tliat, recog
nizing the right of the majority to
| rule, Colorado bowed to the decision
| of the majority and would transfer
j her votes from Hendricks to Tilden.
j This little ruse worked admirably,
j and in its execution created quite a
| sensation. Then there was the usual
| rush for the winning side, which was
; facilitated in every possible, if not
! parliamentary manner, by the chair
jjind the clerks, whose manifestation
| of Tilden proclivities was not marked
Iby the least attempt at disguise; and
j the nomination of Tilden was accom
| plished.
THE STRONGEST NOMINATION.
There is scarcely a dissent among
S the most sagacious politicians of both
i parties that the nomination of Tilden
| was the strongest possible nomina
i tion that could have been made, yet
it is none the less true that it was a
nomination that proceeded not from
i t he hearts but from the heads of the
! Democracy in national convention
; assembled, and that nothing less
! than the most complete, the best or
i ganized, and the ablest combination
: of men that have ever worked togeth
jer at any national convention in
American politics would have suc
! needed in carrying it through. It was
really a triumph of hard sense ever
sentiment.
THE MAN THAT MISSED IT.
; In theeventof Tiiden’sdiscomfiture,
| Thurman, the man who was not even
I put in nomination, and who received
but two votes, would to-day be the
Democratic nominee for the Presi
dency. After the second ballot Thur
man was to be the nucleus around
which the forty-four votes of Ohio
were to cluster, and it had been ar
ranged that the whole Tilden cohe
sion was, when the emergency called
for it, to be transferred to him as the
only mar. upon whom the hard-mon
ey Democracy of the East could cen
tre.
THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, JULY, 13 187(5.
GOA. HAYES 1 ACCEPT ANTE.
Columbus, 0., July 10.
I’o Ihm. Edward McPherson, Hon.
ll7m. A. Howard, Hon. Joseph Ji.
liaiuetj, nod others, Committee of
the Republican National Conven
tion:
Gentlemen -In reply to your offi
' cial communication of June 17th, by
I which I am informed of my nomina
t ion for the office of President of t lie
United States, by tho Bepubllcan Na
tional Convention, at Cincinnati, I
accept tho nomination with grat
itude, hoping that under Providence
I shall be able, if elected, to execute
the duties of the high office as a trust
for the benefit of all the people. I
do not deem it necessary to enter
upon any extended examination of
the declaration of principles made
by the Convention. The resolutions
are in accord with my views, and I
heartily concur in the principles
there announced, in several of the
resolutions, however, questions are
of such importance that I deem it
proper to briefly express my convic
tions in regard to them.
The fifth resolution adopted by
the Convention is of paramount in
terest, More tiiun forty years ago a
system of making appointments to
office grew up, based upon tlie max
im “to the victors belong the spoils.”
Tlie old rule, tho true rule, that hon
esty, capacity and fidelity consti
tute the only real qualifications
for office, and that there is no other
claim, gave placo to the idea that
party services were to be chiefly
considered. All parties' in practice
have adopted this system. It has
been essentially modified since its
first introduction. It has not, how
ever, been improved. At first the
President, either directly, or through
tho heads of Departments, made all
the appointments, but gradually the
appointing power, in many cases,
passed into the control (.of members
of Congress. The offices iu these
cases have become not merely re
wards for party services, but rewards
for services to party leaders. This
system destroys the independence of
the separate departments of the gov
ernment. It tends directly to ex
travagance and official incapacity.
It is a temptation to dishonesty. It
hinders and impairs the careful su
pervision and strict accountability
by which alone faithful and efficient
public service can be secured. It
obstructs tlie prompt removal and
sure punishment of tho unworthy.
In every' way it degrades the civil
service and the character oi the gov
ernment. It is felt,l am confident, by
a large majority of tlie members
of Congress to be an intoler
able burden, and an unwarrantable
hindrance to the proper discharge of
their legitimate duties. It ought to
be abolished. The reform should be
thoroughly radical and complete.
We should return to tlie principles
and practices of the founders of the
government, supplying by legisla
tion, when needed, that which was
formerly established custom.
They neither expected nor desired
from public officers any partisan ser
vice. They meant that the public
officers should owe their whole
service to the government and to the
people. They meant that the officer
should be secure in his tenure as
long as his personal character re
mained untarnished and tho per
formance of his duties satisfactory.
If elected, I shall conduct the ad
ministration of the government upon
these principles, and all constitution
al powers vested in the executive
will be employed to establish this
reform.
The declaration of principles by
the Cincinnati Convention makes no
announcement in favor of a single
Presidential terra. Ido not assume
to add to that declaration, but be
lieving that the restoration of civil
service to the system established by
Washington and allowed by the ear
ly Presidents can bo best accom
plished by an Executive who is under
no temptation to use tho patronage
of his office to promote his own re
election, I desire to perforin what I
regard as a duty in stating now
my inflexible purpose, if elected,
not to be a|candidate for a second
term.
On the currency question I have
frequently expressed my views in
public, and stand by my record on
this subject. I regard all the laws of
the United States relating to tho pay
ment of tho public indebtedness, the
legal tender notes included, as con
stituting a pledge and moral obliga
tion of the government which must,
in good faith be kept. It is my con
viction that the feeling of uncertain
ty inseparable from an irredeemable
pajier currency with its fluctuations
of value is one of the great obstacles
to a revival of confidence iu business
and to a return of prosp3rity. That
uncertainty can ho ended in but one
way—the resumption of specie pay
ment. But the length of time the
instability connected with our pres
ent money system is permitted to
continue, the greater will be the in
jury inflicted upon eoonotnical inter
ests and all classes of society. If
elected. I shall approve every appro
priate measure to accomplish the
desired end, and shall oppose any
step backwards.
The resolution, witli respect to the
public schools system, is one which
should receive the hearty support of
the American people. Agitation up
on this subject is to he apprehended
until by constitutional amendment
the schools are beyond all danger of
sectarian control or interference. The
liepublican party is pledged to secure
such an amendment.
The resolutions of the Convention
on the subject of the permanent pa
cification of the country, and the
complete protection of all its citizens
in the free enjoyment of all their
constitutional rights, is timely aud
of great importance. The condition
of the Southern States attracts the
attention and commands the sympa
thy of the whole Union. In their
i progressive recovery from the effects
; of the war, their first necessity is in
i telligent and honest administration
iof the government which will pro
j tect all classes of citizens in all their
political and private rights. What
1 the South most needs is peace, and
! peace depends upon tlie supremacy
lof law. There can be no enduring
peace if the constitutional rights of
any portion of the people are habit-
I uaily disregarded. Adhesion to po
] litical parties, resting merely upon
1 distinctions of race, or upon section
lines, isalways unfortunate ami may
be disastrous. The welfare of the
South alike with that of every other
part of the country depends upon
tho attractions it can afford to
labor, to immigration and to
capital, but laborers will not
go and capital will not venture
where the constitution and tne laws
are set at defiance and destruction,
apprehension and alarm take the
j place of peace-loving and law-biding
social life. All parts of the Oonsti-
I tution are sacred, and must be sa
credly observed, the parts that are
new no less than the parts that are
old. The moral and material pros
perity of the Southern States can be
most effectively advanced by a
hearty aud generous recognition of
the rights of all without reserve or
exception. With such recognition
fully accorded, it will ho practicable
to promote by the influence of all
legitimate agencies of the goueral
government, the effort of tho people
of these States to obtain for them
selves tho blessings of honest and
capable local government. If elect
ed. I shall consider it not only my
duty, it will be my ardent desire to
labor for tlie attainment of this end.
Let me assure rny countrymen of the
Southern States that if I shall be
charged with the duty of organizing
an administration it will be one
which will regard and cherish their
truest interests, the interest of the
white and colored people, both and
equally, and which will put forth its
test, efforts in behalf of a civil policy
which wipe out forever the distinc
tion between North and South in our
common country.
With civil service organized upon
a system which will secure purity,
experience, efficiency and economy,
a strict regard for tlie public welfare
solely in appointments, and the
speedy, thorough and unsparing
prosecution and punishment of all
public officers who betray official
trusts, with a sound currency, with
education unsectarian and free to
all, with simplicity and frugality in
public and private affairs, and with
a fraternal spirit of harmony per
vading the people of all sections and
classes, We may reasonably hope
that the second century of our exist
ence as a nation will, by tlie blessing
of God, be pre-eminent by an era of
good feeling and a period of prog
ress, prosperity and happiness.
Very respectfully, your fellow citi
zen, H. B. Haves.
- -• • • ■■
Tlie Sacrifice ill Ouster.
To the Editor of The World:
Sir: - Does not, the sacrifice of Gen
eral Ouster look something like an
incident in the life of King David,
where he sacrificed Uriah for his own
selfish ends? No doubt if General
Ouster had not been a high-toned
and honorable officer, but had accept
ed bribes and kept back the truth in
the Belknap investigation, lie would
have had uncontrolled command of
tiie expedition in which he lost his
life, instead of being subordinate to
an officer not his friend.
Is it possible that the people of this
country can keep in power a, party
that is responsible for the loss of so
many valuable lives for no other rea
sons than political and selfish ones?
I know from traveling and visiting
every Southern State for tlie pas*
nine years that no troops are needed
South except to carry out tlie out
rageous and wicked designs of the
party now in power, as they have in
the case of Louisiana when they
broke up the Legislature by arrest
ing its members. “How long, O
Lord! how long?”
New York, July 7. B.
tlrmiilil* Crop llepiici.
Memphis, July io.— The crop report
of the Cotton Exchange, for June, is
published this morning, and is com
piled from 129 responses as follows:
From West Tennessee 43, North
Mississippi 42, Arkansas (north of
Arkansas river; 44. Of these, 40 re
port the weather from 15th to 2uth as
too wet; but afterwards favorable;
37 of which only reported as in the
main favorable, 53 report, very favor
able, 27 too wet and cold generally,
10 no rain ; 24 report crops now suffer
ing severely for rain. In answer as
to tlie favorable condition of the
weather as compared with corres
ponding season last year, nineteen
report weather more favorrble on ac
count of more rain; 35 more favor
able, because of less rain; 22 about
the same; 41 loss favorable, because
too much rain, and 12 less favorable
for lack of rain. Increase of planting
during Juno on lands which have
been overflowed is J per cent,. In
reference to stands, 21 report perfect;
88 good; 13 moderately good ; 7 not
good. In reference to forming and
blooming of tlie plant,, 113 report
squares forming well; 1C not well; 38
report no blooms; 50 few blooming
fast.
As to cultivation, los report, well
cultivated, 21 not well, 103 clear of
grass and weeds, and 25 not clean.
The average forwardness of the crop
is 7 days later than last year.
Corn crop—lo 9 report the crop well
cultivated, growing well and very
promising; C well cultivated and
healthy, but late and small; 14 not
well cultivated, owing t,o excessive
rains. There lias been 51 additional
acreage since June.
Grass crops, including oats and
millet, 25 report superior crops, 78
good, 21 inferior; the oat crop is
much damaged by rust. Hogs—l2B
report stock in good condition, 1
none raised, 18 mention slight reports
of cholera, 7 much fatality, mostly in
Arkansas.
Potatoes—(lrish and sweetj report
ed 8 Ji! cent, in excess of last year’s
acreage; 115 report crops in good con
dition ;13 moderate condition; 1 none
raised.
Other vegetables reported in abun
dance.
Labor—Sixty-five report laborers
working better than since the war,
59 working well, and 5 not working
well.
k\o\v-\othingim ukviveil
A SECRET POLITICO-RELIGIOUS LEAGUE
DECLARES FOR HAYES.
New York, July 10.—A Philadel
phia special says: An important se
cret politico-religious convention was
held here yesterday, called the
Grand Council of American Alliance.
Two delegates each were present
from twenty-nine States. The Alli
ance is the rqsult of the union of all
the Native American orders, the O.
A. U., the O. U. A. M„ the I>. O. A.,
and others. It has five hundred
thousand members already.
Resolutions were adopted endors
ing Hayes and Wheeler; declaring in
favor of the American public school
system; calling upon voters to vote
for Americans only; opposing Ro
man Catholic influences in politics;
declaring tho Bible to be the bul
wark of our liberties; oxpressing
friendly feelings towards the South,
and eulogizing President, Grant’s ad
ministration.
The motto is; “Americans and
Protestants to rule America.”
CONGRESSIONAL.
WKDNKMIAY. JII.A ISTII.
SENATE.
Washington, July 12.—Tho Senate mot
at 11 A. M.
Immediately after reading of tho journal,
on motion of Mr. Hamlin, the Senate went
into executive session and remained there
in about llvo minutes, when the doors were
opened and a large number of accumulated
House bills were laid before the Senate
and reported to appropriate committees.
A controversy arose between Mr. West
Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Thurman over tho
reference of the House bill known as the
Lawronoe bill, amending the acts relating
to the Pacillo Railroad; Mr. West insist
ing that the bill should go to tho Railroad
Committee, aud tho gentlemen advocating
its rot'erenco to tlie Judiciary Committee.
After a general debate, participated in
by most of tho two committees, the morn
ing hour expired, aud tho question went
over.
Mr. Hamlin, by unanimous consent,
presented the credentials of Jas. G,
Blaine, appointed by tho Governor of
Maine as Senator from that State to lili
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Lot M. Morrill.
Mr. Thurman, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, to whom was referred tho resolu
tion of January (Ith, and several Pacific
Railroad bills, submitted a bill and report
which was ordered printed.
The Senate then proceeded with the im
peachment trial.
HOUSE.
Mr. Vance, of Ohio, offered a resolution,
which was agreed to, to print ten thou
sand copies of the report of the Commit
toe on Education for 1875.,
Mr. Harris, of Virginia, from the Com
mittee on Elections, reported on the con
tested election case of Breaux vs. Darrall,
from the 3d Distriot of Louisiana, that
Mr. Darrall was ontitled to tlie seat
adopted.
On motion of Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee,
from, tho Committee on Military Affairs
was directed to inquire in relation to cer
tain amounts of money paid by citizens of
Henderson county, Tennossee, undor an
assessment of a military commission in
1862, to whom said money was paid, and
whether it was used for tho purpose for
which the assessment, was made.
The House resumed consideration of the
bill pending at tho close of tho morning
hour on Saturday, to open to exploration
the section of country north of the
North Platte and east of tlie Big Horn
mountains, in Wyoming. The bill was
finally recommitted to the Committee on
Indian Affairs.
Mr. Hewitt, from Committee on Foreign
Affairs, called up for action at this time the
resolution heretofore reported from tho
committee in relation to General Schonck
and tho Emma mine. The resolution de
clared that tlie House of Representatives
condemns the act of Gen. It. C. Schenck,
U. 8. Minister to the court of St. James, in
becoming a director of tho Emma Silver
Mining Company, and his operations in
connection therewith, as ill-advised and
imprudent and incompatible with his
official position. The resolution was
adopted.
Tiie House, in committee of the whole,
then resumed the consideration of the bill
for tlie protection of tho Texas frontier on
tho Rio Grande.
YVASIIIVGTOY STEWS.
-■ . . -
Washington, July 12.- Mr. Blaine pub
lishes to-day a letter to his constituents
announcing his acceptance) of the United
States Senatorship for Maine, and thank
ing them for the confidence shown and the
honor done him.
Ex-Commissioner Pratt, late of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, was on tlie iloor
of tho Senate to-day, and lind a long con
ference with his Senatorial friends in re
gard to his resignation.
A letter received hero yesterday states
that Speaker Kerr is much worse again,
and though some of ids friends have hope
of Ids recovery, tie has very little himself.
He will not return to Washington before
the adjournment.
At 11 o’clock this morning the Senate
went into executive session, and five min
utes after confirmed tlie nomination of
Hon. Jus. N. Tyner as Postmaster Gen
eral .
The statement that the committee on
Elections had deieded in the case of Platte
vs. Goode, of tho Norfolk District of Vir
ginia, to send tlie case back to tho people
for anew election, is denied by the mem
bers|of the committee, who say that so
far no definite action has been taken.
In relation to the dismissal of the Chica
go whiskey suits against Jos. Ward and
others, Judge Taft says tluft he had noth
ing to do witti the matter; that they were
dismissed at tho instance of Attornoy
General Pierrepont, and the order signed
by Assistant Attorney General Phillips
before he entored upon the discharge of
his duties as Attorney General.
KaUnculimi In Moron
Special tl Times.)
Macon, Ga., July 12 A ratification
meeting of the Tilden and Hendricks
nomination is being held hero to-night.
The crowd is large and enthusiastic. Ad
dresses are being delivered by prominent
orators. The city is illuminated. A torch
light procession, with cannon firing, is in
progress.
Party Nomination*.
Cincinnati, July 12.—The Republicans
of the Fourth District of Indianna have
nominated Leonidas Sexton for Congress.
The Democrats of the Ninth District
have nominated Geo. McWilliams,and the
Democrats of the Sixth District, D. W.
Chambers for Congress.
Hon. D. D. Pratt, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, lias tendered his resigna
tion as Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
to take effect on the Ist prox. For some
time past, it is stated, the President
has directed certain appointments and
discharges in this bureau without tho
concurrence of the Commissioner, but by
whom all such accounts were respected as
coming from the President. It was sup
posed that when Secretary Morrill took
charge of tiie department the business
would again move harmoniously. Tho
President, however, having intimated his
desire fora change of commissioner, Mr.
Pratt handed in Ids resignation as above
stated.
Anxiety About t runk.
Fort Fetteiiman, July IL—The
latest word from Crook’s camp is
dated June 28th, and a courier can
reach here from him in seventy-two
hours, if not waylaid. Seven compa
nies of infantry escorted the supply
train. We have had no news of it
since leaving, but are expecting a
courier from Crook daily.
Omaha, July 11.—Upto noon to-day
no confirmation of the painful rumor
that since the fall of Gen. Ouster, the
Indians had turned upon Gen. Crook
and destroyed his command (includ
ing himself,! has been received.
Tlie officers at these headquarters
say tliat such a calamity Is possible,
though not probable.
LATER.
Washington, July 12.—The follow
ing telegram was received here late
yesterday evening ;
Chicago, July 11.—Gen. IT. T. Sher
man, Washington: There is nothing
new from the Indian country. Do
'taehinents of the Twenty-second are
en route. The Fifth will go to-mor
row. Heard from Merritt to-day,
and will probably hear from Crook
to-night. T‘. H. Sheridan,
Lieut. General.
A dispatch from General Sheridan,
dated to-day, says : “There is no
news.”
General Sherman says he does not
feel the least apprehension for the
safety of General Crook and his
command.'
♦
Turkey anil wervia.
Constantinople, July 11. The
Porto has sent the following dis
patch to his representatives abroad ;
In an engagement of five hours dur
ation, atSabaskadi, in the district of
Balgradzik, the Servians, numbering
7,000, were beaten and pursued to the
Servian territory. The Turks cap
tured a quantity of ammunition.
After an engagement of two hours
duration, at Sabine, iu Bosnia, the
Servians were driven into Austria.
Belgrade, July 11.— Official dis
patches announce that the Turks
have withdrawn from the neighbor
hood of tho river Drina. The Ser
vian army of the Teuisli has occupied
Servian villages and reconnoitered
tiie country to Widdon, to which
pointthe Turks have retreated. The
population of the district of Widden
have risen and joined the Moravian
division of the Servian army. The
Servians under Gen. Bonifan fought
a superior force of Turks seven
hours, on the 7th inst., at ICoin
shevas. The Servians’ loss was
slight, and tiiey captured some flags,
a variety of arms and occupied sev
eral villages.
London, July 11. The Times' Vienna
special says according to concurrent ac
counts from Widden and Belgrade, Osman
Pasha lias withdrawn from bofore Saits
cliare, he having failed to forco the posi
tion and his flank being threatened.
A special to the Nexus says tliat Mehemet
Ali lias been driven back.
A dispatch to the DaUi/ Telegraph from
Constantinople, dated yesterday, says a
great battle was fought that day near Pe
rot. Tho result is not known.
The Vienna special to the Telegraph an
nounces that the German squadron left
Salonica on Sunday, with sealed orders to
be opened at sea.
A Berlin telegram to tlie same paper as
serts that the Porte will soon formally no
tify the powers that it cannot recognize
the Servians or Montenegrins as belliger
ents.
LATER.
Constantinople, July 12. The Turkish
War Minister lias resolved to assimilate
the Basha Bajorks with the regular troops.
The engagements between the Turks
and Sorviano yesterday were unimpor
tant.
It is officially announced tliat the Gov
ernment is again compelled to postpone
the payment of the interest on tho public
debt. Measures concerted with the Impe
rial Ottoman Bank for tho collection of
revenue for tlie service of tlie national
debt wifi bo carried out as soon as circum
stances permit.
Ragusa, July 12.- Gen. Paulovlcli, with
0,1-100 insurgents, has arrived in the neigh
borhood of Klek. Ho mot with no resist
ance. By this movement the route by the
way of Klek to the interior is cleared.
Intolligeifco received hero from Sclavon
ic sources announces that the Montene
grlans and insurgents occupied Inti, on
Turkish'territory, southeast of Montene
gro, but were dislodged by the Turks from
Scutari. Both sides suffered considera
bly. Another body cl Montenegrins, un
der Prince Nicholas, is marching in the
direct,on of Gatschko.
I'IIREIEV NEW*.
Vienna, July 12. It is stated in diplo
matic circles tliat Russia will not take any
steps in tho Eastern question without an
understanding with ail tho great Powers;
consequently tiie general pence of Europe
will not be affected.
Madrid, July 12 Tlie Congresse has
passed the ministerial plan for tho settle
ment of tlie national debt.
Edinburg, July 12.—The Scotsman Lon
don corespondent says; “I have occasion
to believe that the direction of foreign af
fairs has been to a largo extent taken by
Mr. Disraeli into his own hands." Lord
Derby is now playing so secondary a part
in tholforeign affairs as to excite comment
in official circles.
• ♦ •
The vote in the Monroe county
meeting to select delegates to the
State Convention stood; Colquitt 04,
Johnson 28, Hardeman 0, Reese 3,
James 1. A much larger vote was
east for the tickets in nomination,
but these were all the tickets that
had endorsed on them the preference
of the voters, The Colquitt ticket
Rad a large majority, the Hardeman
ticket being second.
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Till: IIKMOCKATIC PLATFORM.
We copy from tho Missouri Republican,
of St. Louis, the corrected text of the Na
tional Democratic Platform, which in
every paragraph was badly mutilated in
its transmission by telegraph to all the
journals:
Wo, tho delegates of the Democratic party of
tho United Staten in National Convention an Mum
bled, do hereby declare tlie administration of
the Federal Government to he in urgent need of
immediate lie form; do hereby enjoin upon the
nominees of thin Convention, aud of the D m.-
cratie party iu each State, a zealous effort and
co-operation to this end; and do bercbv appeal to
our follow-citizens of every former political
connection, to undertake with ts this first and
moat pressing prtriotic duty.
For tho Democracy of the whole country, we
do heri reaffirm our faith in the permanence of
the Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitu
tion of the United States with its amendments
universally accepted as a final settlement ol the
controversies that engendered eivtl wur, aud do
hero record our steadfast confidence in tiie per
petuity of liepublican Helt-Govvrument.
Iu absolute acquiescence iu the will of tho ma
jority—the v ital principle of the republic; iu the
supremacy ofthe civil over the military authority;
in the total separation of Church and state, tor
the sake |alike of civil aud religious freedom;
in tho equality of all citizens before just laws of
their own enactment; in tho liberty of individ
ual conduct, uuvexed by sumptuary laws; iu tiie
faith Ail education of the risiug generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy, and transmit these
best conditions of human happiness and hope, we
behold the noblest products of u hundred years
of changeful history; but while upholding tne
bond of our Union aud great Charier ot these
our rights, it behooves u tree people to practise
also that eternal vigilance wi ich is the price of
Liberty..
Reform is necessary to rebuild and establish
in tho hearts of the whole people, the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger of a Secession of States; but now to in*
saved from a corrupt Centralism width, after
inflicting upon ton (states tho rapacity ol carpet
bag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of
the Fetleial Government itself with incapacity,
waste aud fraud; infected States aud municipal
ities with the oontagiou ol misrule, and locked
fast the prosperity of an industrious people in
the paralysis of‘Hard Times.’
Reform is necessary to establish a sound cur
rency, restore the public credit, ami maintain
the national honor.
We denounce the failure for nil these eleven
years of peace to make good the promise of the
legal-tender notes, which are a changing stand
aril ol value in the hands ofthe people, aud the
non-payment ol‘ which is a disregard of the
plighted faith ofthe nation.
We denounee the improvidence which in
eleven years of pi aco Las taken from the people
in Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount
ot the legal-tender notes ami squandered four
times their sum iu useless expense without ar
cumulating any reserve for their redemption.
We denounce the financial imbecility and im
morality of that party which, during eleven
years oi peace, has made no advance toward
resumption, no preparation lor resumption, but
mste&u has obstructed resumption, by wasting
our resources and exhausting all our surplus
Income;aud, while annually professing to in
tend a speedy return to specie payments, lias
annually enacted tresh hindrances thereto. As
such a hindrance we denounce the Kesmnption
day clause of the act 01 1876 and demand its ie
peal.
We demand a judicious sy stem of preparation
by public economies, by official retrenchments,
aud by wise finance, which shull enable tin
nation soon to assure the whole world of its
perfect ability aud its perfect readiness to meet
any of its promises at the call ol the creditor eu
titled to payment.
Wo beuevo such a system, well devised, and,
above all, entrutsed t<> competent hands for
execution, creating at no time an artificial scar
city of currency aud at no time alarming the
public mind into a withdrawal of that \ast r
machinery of credit by which W> per cent, of ml
business transactions are per toi mt-dh systtiu
open, public, aud inspiring general confidence,
would from the day oi its adoption bring healing
on its wings to all our harrassed industries, set
ill motion the wheels of commerce, manufac
tures, and the mechanic arts, restore employ
ment to labor, aud renew in all its natural
sources the prosperity ofthe people.
Reform is necessary in the sum aud modes of
Federal Taxation, to tlie end that capital may
be set free from distrust, aud labor lightly bur
di'licd.
We denounce the present Tariff, levied upon
nearly 4,000 articles, as a masterpiece ol injus
tice, inequality, and false pretense. It yields a
dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It lias
impoverished many industries to subsidize a
few. It prohibits imports that might purchase
the products of American labor. It has degraded
American commerce from the first to an inferior
rank on the high seas. It has cut down the
sales of American manufactures at home and
abroad, aud depleted tho returns of Ameritau
agriculture—au industry followed by half our
people. It, costs the people five times more
than it produces to tho treasury, obstructs the
process's of production, and wastes the fruits of
labor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling,
enriches dishonest officials, audbanrupts honest
merchants. Wo demaud that all tho Custom-
House taxation shall be only for Revenue.
Reform is necessary, in the scale of Public
Expense—Federal, State aud Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swolen from 00 millions
gold, in 1800, to 460 millions currency', iu 1870;
our aggregate tuxatiou from 164 millions gold in
1860, to 730 millions currency iu 1870; or in one de
cade, from lobs than $5 per head to more thau
$lB per head. Since the peace, the people have
paid to their tax gatherers more than thrice the
sum of the national debt, and more than twice
that sum for the Federal Government alone. We
demand a roligious frugality iu every depart
ment, aud from every officer of the Government.
Reform is necessary to put a stop to the
profligate waste of public lands and their diver
sion from actual settlers by the party iu power,
which has squandered auO millions of acres upon
railroads alone, and out ol more than thrice that
aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth direct
ly to tillers of the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
of a Republican Congress and tho errors of our
treaties and our diplomacy which have stripped
our fellow-citizens of foreign birth and kindred
race recrossiug the Atlantic, of the shield of
American citizenship, and have exposed our
brethren of the Pacific coast to the Incuraiouß of
a race not sprung from the same great parent
stock, and in fact now by law denied citizenship
through naturalizafionjas being neither accus
tomed to the traditions of a progressive civiliza
tion nor exercised iu liberty under equal laws.
We denounce the policy which thus discards the
liberty-loving German aud tolerates the revival
of the coolie trade in Mongolian women Import
ed for immoral purposes, and Mongolian men
hired to perform servile labor contracts.
Reform is necessary and can never be effected
'but by making it the controlling issue of the
elections, and lifting it above tho two false issues
with which the office-holding class and the party
in power seek to smother it—
1. The false issue with which they would en
kindle sectarian strife in respect to the public,
schools, of which the establishment ami support
belong exclusively to tho several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished from
their foundation, and is resolved to maintain
without prejudice or prelerence for any class,
sect or creed, and without largesses from the
Treasury to any.
2. Tho false issue by which they seek to light
anew the dying embers of sectional hate between
kindred people ouco estranged, but now re
united iu one Indivisible republic and a common
destiny.
Reform is necessary in the Civil Service. Ex
perience proves that efficient, economical con
duct ofthe governmental business is not possible
it its civil service bo subject to chauge a* every
election, be a prize fought for at the ballot-box.
be a brief reward of party zeal, instead of posts of
honor assigned for proved competency, and held
for fidelity in tho public employ; that the dis
pensing of patronage should neither be a tax up
on tho time of our public men, nor the instru
ment of their ambition. Here again promises
falsified iu the performance, attest that the party
In power can work out no practical or salutary
reform.
Reform is necessary even more iu the higher
grades ol'the public service. President, Vice-
President, Judges, Senators, Representatives,
Cabinet officers, these and all others in authority
are the people’s servants. Their offices are not
a private perquisite; they are a public trust.
When the annals of this Republic show the dis
grace and censure of a Vice-President; a late
Speaker of the House of Representatives market
ing his rulings as a presiding officer; three Sen
ators profiting secretly by their votes as law-ma
kers; five chairmen oi the leading committees of
the House of Representatives exposed in jobbery;
a fate Secretary of the Treasury forcing balances
in the public accounts: a late, Attorney-General
misappropriating public funds; a Secretary of
the Navy enriched or enriching friends, by per
centages levied off the profits of contractors with
his department; an Embassador to England cen
sured in a dishonorable. speculation; the Presi
dent’s Private Secretary barely escaping convic
tion upon trial for guilty complicity in frauds
upon the revenue; a Secretary of War impeached
'or high crimes and misdemeanors—the demon
stration is complete, that the first step iu Re
form must be the people’s choice of honest men
from another party, lest the disease of one po
litical organization infect the body politic, and
lest by making no change of men or parties we
get no chauge of measures and no real Reform.
All these abuses, wrongs and crinn s, the pro
duct of sixteen years’ ascendancy of the Republi
can party, create a necessity for Reform confess
ed by Republicans themselves; but their reform
ers are voted down in convention and displaced
from the Cabinet. The party's mass of honest
voters is powerless to resist the 80,000 office
holders, its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by a peaceful Civil
Revolution. Wo demand a chauge of system, a
change of administration, a change of parties,
that we may have a change of measures aud of
men.
“Strange,! aye, passing strange,” that
you will suffer from weakness, liver com
plaint, Ac., when Dr. J. H. McLean’s
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier
will make you strong and vigorous, vital
zn and purify your blood. Dr. J. H. Mo-
Llean’s office, 314 Chestnut street, St’
Louis, Missouri.
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