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TERMS OF THE TIMES. WYNNE & MAHTIN Publishers and Proprietors. II HI.Y. from Oct. 1 to April Uni It 00 '* three months 2 00 ■■ one month TIU-VVI.I.KI.Y, from April Itg Oct. 1.. 2 (XI “ three months 1 lf o * one mouth to WCKHLY, one yer 2 IK) (Shorter terms in proportion.) RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square, one week .$ 2 00 One Square, one month -100 One Square, aix months 10 00 Transient advertisements SI,OO for Unit iuser >n, aud 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. | Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. 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. CEDAR CHKMTN. Save your winter clothing by using Moth-Proof Cedar Chests. For sale by Estes & Son. jel3 law4w 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. NO. 123
