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MISSISSIPPI POLITICS.
THE ...l.KKALK AND TITE??? HOPES.
TBK STATE NOT T(l UK SCKUENPKKKI? TO (?HA"
?A PORTION OK T1IK MM VOTE F?
C.KKK-KY?INKI.VENTIA- REIM'RUCAN- SL
POUTIMi Til'. l.IHKHAI. TICKET.
IFl10- THK KlKCItl. DW-MIM OK TDK TRIBUN1
JaOBKM, Mis??., Auf?. 17.?Tho prospects
the I_lM?rtil cause in Mississippi aro mach better than
eir?ected t? tliul tlicm. Instead of Ix-tng hopelessly
the band? of ihe Administration, as generally ?uppos?
irte Stat?> is re.ilty fighting i?round, and with vigore
affo'ts may i?e carried for Groeley. It -will unquestl.
ably take a bard struggle to do this, for there ? a aeu
asajority in Ute State of from 7,000 to 10,000, but t
lalbcrals and lvemocrats by no means give up the c<
tort. On the contrary they are ?clive and hopeful, a
regard their ch??eos for success as fully as good as tht?
at their advrrsariB*. The only bope of the Orant men
An the large negro vote, whloh is well dlsclpllucd ai
?rjranise.l. If they ean tiold It together as well as thi
"hato heretofore, they will be invincible, for If all tl
-whit? men In the ^tate voto for Greeley, and none b
white men, Orant will bare a largo majorit
__o preponderance of the negro vote
aa undoubted fact, but Just bow much
preponderate? Is a question upon whit h It
Impossible to get accurate Information. A State offlei
tells me that the colored majority Is 20.000. a mein!?, S
Congress estimates it at 15,000, and the ?diter <>f t
Conservative newspaper hero Is confident tbut it dix
aot exceed 7,000. Figuring from the census, and allowin
ano vote to sir Inhabitants, the white vote is aboi
?,000 and the black 73,000. glvinc the latter 10,000 majoi
Hy. The census of Mississippi, however, is oot_io_d
inaecurate. In many counties it was taken by wort!
?ess fellows, Who filled the blanks with names of negro?
tli.it bad no . vi-tciice, in order to increase thetr ftX*
But if we admit that the negro voters outiiuniher tli
?whites to the estent the census Indicates, still our cat
Is in?! hopeless ; for at least 2.000 or 3,000 Macks have nt
followed the carpet-baggers for a year or two pant, an
the t,timber who will not aet with tbcpi this year wi
kB mu.li larger. T.'if Conservatives claim, ou
pears to be good evideuce, that they have 5,000 colorei
?voters already secure?!, before the canvass ha? fair!
ai-enetl, and tliul UM prtnp?-?-T of a eontinued I
from the more intelligent class of colored men is ver
gratify me
I !. AS 11 ?.TH Itfs BMOM GRANT.
The infini ice of ?t number of prouiiuent Republican
whom the negroes have confided iu as political ifuitle
?inc. | enfranchised, and who have declare
foi?(.?? - -tit fail to have some effect. There i
Judge W. M. Hancock, for example, who Is aeknow
edged b> tin Qtaatt-M to hive btttm one of the stronger
nun they hud tit tlicir party, lie Is an old resident o
wa? a Judge l>efore and since the war, am
as said on all hands to be a true and honest in.-i.. II
.was Chairman ot the recent Congress Couvetitiou ii
this district ?WttM reiiominateil Col. Mi'K.i--:i most di?
jrraccful ii I ? . with a two days' row and end
Jug in the open purchase of delegates, who wen
'man-he?! under guard from tlicir lodcunrs to the Con
veulion, after they had been bought, le.t tuey shouh
Bell out a second time to another caiiSidate. Judgi
H.iiiroek's cigust with the Grant party reached it
climax on seeing the outrageous disorders and corrui
tion of that occasion, aud he made haste to ge
out of a p'ity made up of such material. II'
Is now stumping the eastern part of th.
State for Greeley. I have seen a letter fron
a gentleman living in his county who writes that Han
coes Is swiepin.i,* everything before him, and that every
white Ki-piitilit-an in the county will vote for Greeley,
aati?I many uegroes. Another prominent Liberal ltcpule
It. .m is tl?. Hon. J. I_ Morphin, Member of Oougresa
from ttie NoahKisteru District of Mississippi, who
Joined the nu.\eiuent iu Washington almost at Its incep?
tion, convinced of its necessity by the persistency of the
President in keeping worthless and dishonest men in
oJTVe In Mississippi, and by the near view he got in
Washington of the vices of the Administration. Letters
from his District say that almost every white Kepub
llcan in it is with him, aud that hundreds of his former
colored snpiK.rters will vote for Greeley under his lead?
ership. M.C.Brady of Sardls, who was placed at the
b'-ad of the Graut electoral ticket, has also declared for
Greeley, and bas wntten a stroug letter giving his rea
Bons for his course. Among other leading Liberals art
Joseph B?-nnett. the pN-Mfl I.letitenant-Governor, who
writes that hi.- County of R_nkin, which gave the Rt pub
lie.m t.tk.'t lia. majority last full, will go for Groeley
tutd Brown this year by 500 majority; Robf
J. Alum, Chairman of the Bute Centrai
I_i?r_l Committee ; Judge John O'Connor
of Monroe County; W. H. VaMMr, present State Treasu?
rer; K. II. Saundtr? ol Attala County, and R, II. Mont
jromcry of Holmes County. The accession of such men
as mmtrnt to At Liberal ranks cannot fail to have some
Influence ui?oii the ? "'.-.ri.l \.ite in their respectivo sec?
tions. T?tere la entire harmony between the Liberal Re?
publicans aud the Democrats. Tho committees of the
two organizations met in this place on the 7th ana nomi?
nated the following Joint Electoral ticket :
Htate at Larce J. L. Morphis of Ponfotoe, E. Jeffords
of Iss?i|iieiitt. District*?1st, Daniel H. Wright ot Tlp
?liail of (ireiiadu; ML sam-i. i M. Meek
?if Lowndea, 4th. .1. A. 1*. Ciiinpb. 11 of Mas?Boa; 6th. W
M. Hancock of Clark. ; f-.'i. Thon. K. Wtoekdale of Pike.
Tin?, ticket ?-in s iin.\, ihi:i, and its noml
nation has produced a thorough union o? the two organ?
Kations opiKising Grant.
L_0__CH VI WflDUQ TnE COLORED VOTE.
In the river eoutities. where the negroes preponderate
Dvet the white.-, often in the ratio of three to one, almost
no'.?..UK can Ix- done to detach them from tho Graut
party. They an grossly ignorant, and it Is useless to
tuldies? argument? to them. They have very little inter?
course with the whites, except with a few of tho very
loMcit class, who consort with them to get office. Hav?
ing now tlie political power In their hands, they are
inoro and more of a mind to cast off the few white allies
they have, aud elect none but negroes to offl?o. This
disposition t.,i*. already l.rought hem and there a carpet?
bagger to grief, who found that while ho Imagined he
was uxlng the negroes, they thought they were using
him, aud as soon as they had learned the tricks of pol?
itics tin y lie -til. s~ly turned their backs upon him. In
ever;, ?re the blacks have a majority their
orcaiii-ation is j? if? <-t. They have had a taste of office,
and th.y a: | lor official honor and profit as
t-v.-r a white man was. Their pn-judlcei against the
white? have lujen constantly and systematically inflamed
|iy th? eatiK-t i.aggeis. until tUey have oome to believe
It t.? b? their duty never to vote as their former masters
would like to have them. Iu these counties there
may bo a few colored men ot unusual l_t?'lli
sreuce, who read the newspapers, and are capa?
ble of some independent thinking un political
tutest ions, who will vote for Greeley, but their nurutier
will be so small as to be Inconsiderable. In some of th?
northern and interior counties whore the whites greatly
, outnumber the ??lacks, the ease is different. No spoils of
ofile?- have tempted the carpet-bagger there, and the ne
aro?-?, left to themselves, have established much more
friendly relations with the whites. They are brought
mor*, tu contact with the white people, and the result
Js a higher ??id-r-.f lut? lllgeuce on their part and a
irrealer advance it? civilization. Ills Iu these counties
that the Liberals > xpect to get a large colored vote. In
the black Ulf, ?tret?, hing up and down the Mississippi
the whole length of the State and extending back from
the river forty or fifty miles, the negroes will be solid for
Orant. Iu that stM-tlou a colored man who should break
away fron? the Radical party would be in danger of per
aoBal violence. He would bo denounced as a traitor to
bis race, and unless he lived In a town where he could
?tot protection ii im the white? be would stand a good
t-hai.e? if nor of i.. ,?g hanged, at least of being U-aten
within an inch of bis life by his enraged
fellows. A few Norther- men in tbe
rtr._r.?fonnt"'*' wbo h?v* heretofore been Influential
witn the 1-lacks, are joining the Liberal party, but as soon
a? tiny do w? tneir luflien?-?- appears to be lost at one- .
Tbe corrupt ?artwt-t.aggers eaaily persuade the n. gr I
t?a?ineae men have grown aristocratic and abandon?.I
them for the white mana party, and are now tae.r
*oemlea The history ,?f the South alnce rb-eonstructiou
abows that the blacks will everywbero follow low, evil
-isrxMwsd wbite men In preference to men of character
and inora! worth. The explanation of this la prohahly
that the low, vulgar fellow puts himself on a level,
?oelaJh , with to? negro,. nd flatters bis vanltv by drtuk
log and eating with _?u,, ami addressing htm as ant iiual
While '.he man of education aud geutltJhiainy hreodlug
assumes an air of suix-rioi-lty, even without intending It,
which the blacks readily perceive.
THE I'llOHARI K KEBl'LT III MISSISSU'I'I
I believe that with hard work this fitnte can be carried
for Greeley. htnli i? ihe opinion of our friends here.
Tbei intend to ma'.-a t I IpMMM. brilliant, au'I MRMBb
tve fight, no' -.?vywoik until lut- .hiIh
eanvata, bowesei, btft .?use it will bo ?rood policy not to
Mtto Um Untat umo mucii Uum to btma to boat tbe in
finen?? of league?, ?e-rret clnh?, race preJndleBi. an<J f
ruptlon funds lo regain il"- ooloied von-s ?hat will
captured f rom them, or rather, release?! from rwrtiu
totht'tn. The colored man, when once ht? h?? deemi
for Oreeley. will want to h?v.< m? election ??ver as ?'
a* possible, lu ??nli-r that It May I?' freed from tue i
portunitlos and jiorsooiitlon* of the i-?rj???l Im-urr? ?
their fnlliiwert?. Help Will Ne neeileil liel'e In the war
H? .ikim, document?, and money, for legitimate ch
paign expense?, ?nd there are few States where nul ?
be more profitably bestowed. I trim the National Ve
mil toes <>f the Liberal and Democratic organitan?
understand (hit, and do not muke tin? mistake that in,,
otonrfrieii.il? in the North make, of rl_?*.?lii?r M'1;*1^1!
with Massachusetts and South Carolin,?, a? a Btate bo
hwsly tlelivere?! over to the oontrol of the Administrai!
party. Tho contest will be exceedingly clone, but fi?
all that 1 < in lent) fron conversation with nun of In
parties, and from a comparison "f thelrestlniates of tni
strength ?nd pro.peeU, I ladfl that tho party tl
work? the hardest will gain the victory.
E____T_ OF CAKFET-HAO DOMINATION
THE STATE FXPRNSE* I.AROEI.T INCKKASKD
HEAVV COt NTY DKHTS?THE BLIGHT OF N
OHO (?l.VKKNMKNT.
IFKOM T11K BYOXB-B CORKKHPOBDRrrr OF THR TRIBU?
VicK.siii'Kt;, Aiiff. 18 MiMlO-lppi is an e
eeptinn in ono respet't to nil the Southern Matot H
have suffen d from carpet-bag rule. Her debt ha-? n
been greatly Increased. Before the war ?In- In I u ?del
or at least acknowli deed none, having repudiated wh
?he owed inativ ve.ns before. In 11C8, after tin? i ftt
of what Is usually Iftkta of us ?' CtttflttaV Govc mint mi
there were warrants drawn niton the Rtato treasury in
standing ?mounting to |211,1_. The debt is nt.v. ne.ii
?a.OOtt.OOo? ven largo, it Im tint -, ?onslderiiig the ?mull l
turn the State lit?,? ;:ot for it. but ltirlgnitleant when coi
pared with the lndebteiliic?? of nther Southern State?,
hear three reasons assigned by .lilTreiit persons for t
exceptional good fortune of Mississippi in tin?- regan
flrtf, that the whites of the S- ate tu ver wholly g;t
up the (inveniineiit into the hand? of "the .tiling
and the spoiler," a* the Governor of Al
batna recently ttylod the carpet-bagger?, but tool i
active part in iMilltiis, viKilanlly watching the tagt
ture, nuil opposing from time to time the variou? pin
doring sehcuiet which were concocted; second, bcr.iu
a clause wii* inserted in the Constitution of lury prolul
itin_tiie Ltalalatart hroa loaang the credit of tic- Ma
to railroads; and third, because the State's credit w
80 poor that no iiiurket could be fonntl for a large ls*i
of bunds. Prohibit-each of these causes has had MM
thin g to ti o wlt'i preventing tho eanx-t-bnggi r.s fro
loading the State with itu enormous and fraudulent tel
Tlielr failure to do M cannot reasonably bo ascribed
the possession of any remarkable degree of horn-sly (
tin ii part. The., are probably no In'ttcr and M won
than the MOtlMft of tlieir tribe who were lcit .strande
liv the ai uiy la others of the conquered trtatt ?, or drift'
into them after the war i:? Maial of Inrtnne.
I.XTItAVAtiANT KA I'r.XMTl IltS.
If the State debt has not been greatly Increased, hon
ever, the ) early cxiicns-sof the State Government ?u
enormously in cxee?? of what they were prior to tl
war, and during the years after tho war before the Ri
construction acts gave the negroes and carpeMtagger
the power. The total ?lltduirteinent? on account of th
8tato Government for tho 10 years from 1850 to w
averaged but a little over 1300,000 a ycxr. From Oct.
ber, 1868, to May, IHM, they were |2i)C,28S; from Mic
1866, to April, 1867, I555.G.7; from May, 1867, to Apri
1868, law^-m. In 1870, under the new regime, the e:
pontet were 1967,120, and in IM1 they amounted to ovc
(1,100,000. Now I am not one of those wh
attach much value to comparative tablet o
tho e_i?enso8 of Btatt Government? or e
tho National Government before and ?inc.
the war, made up to lieu.?-i-trate that the party whie
spends the least money 1? the most honett and patriot n
' I believe that as civilization progresses the proper func
tlons of government I ?come morn complex and ex
tended, and the tip n?(< a'tendtng their discharge nee
essarily greater. I can Mt how the emancipation of th
slaves increased the co-?t of government in all the South
em States, for the reason that a great portion of th<
population that had before been governed on the planta
tions and punished for minor ollcnses by the master uiu
overseer, came as free men under the Jurisdiction o
courts, ina_l?tr?fes, pirie., nnd sheriff's, who dealt be fort
almost exclusively with white nun. The lncr?Am ?! I
of applying civil and criminal law to the negroe? fel
upon the counties and towns, however, antl very little o
it, if any, citine upon UM State Government. Nev
ertholess, tome umdeute im it-ase of State ex
penses would have '??en rca?onable, but wher
we ?see them trebled, there Is prima /<iri'<
evidence of extravagance antl good ground to su?
pert fraud. The indictment ntanist tho carpet !>:t|
lioveriiineiit in Mississippi is Mate stronger by the fact
that the StaU 1? far less able to bear the burden of taxi
tion placed upon her to meet these heavy r?x]?enses thar
she was before the wur. Then her taxable piapaHj
amounted to |600,0()0,000, now It is only |lBfl,(K?0,000. Tux
ation ha? been i :iol_M__1* _MM_BBd W__| tin- r? ?..ur..
of the people have been cripple.I, their property greatl.?
diminished in value, and their means for paying tan-'
seriously reduced. This Is csjiecially the case with tin
planter? whose fences and buildings were destrovtil
during the war, who have not yet fully adapted then,
selves to the changed condition of labor, and wie.
dlUon, once aitlueut, I? now one of comparative poverty.
LOCAL HRItTS AM? TAXATION.
The property owners in tho counties where tho ne?
groes predominate have suffered heavily from the
mingled ignorance and rapacity of the local authorities
-hUN petty official* are negroes without education, or
carpet-baggers of a lower class than those who get Btate
offices or go to Congress. They have piled heavy debt?
u]?ou the counties and municipalities for bridges, build?
ings, and other improvements, for which they pay two
or three prices, tu ordert to have a liberal margin of
profit for division among themselves, ami they levy ex?
travagant taxe? to pay high salaries to a few useful antl
many useless officers. The tax-payers are absolutely
without a remedy for this grievance. Take for example
a county in which there are four or Uve negro taltn to
one white man. The negroe? own no property, and
they elect men to office who own none. It is nothing to
these new-made voters how high tho taxes are, and It m
for the interest of tho official* to make, tn.-m as high as
they dare. The more money they collect the greater are
their fees, and the great?r their opportunities for st?m
ing. The total cost of assessing the property of the
Bute in 1871 was seventeen times at great
as in I860. The towns suffer more than the country dis
tritt* from negro rule, because not, only are they
plundered and taxed to death, but their growth is seri?
ously retarded. Hero is Vlckuburg, for instance, with
an unrivaled situation, and facilities for trade turpas.
uiir that of any town tietween Memphis and New
Orleans. Bhe ought to have a population of 30,000 at
least. She has only about 12,000, aut-this 1* increasing
very slowly, the main Increase since the war arising
from the immigration of negroes, who have flocked In
from tbe country to avoid field work, and have built
themtelve* little thantiet in the tuharb?. All the buti
n.ss men give tbe same answer, when asked why the
town is not prosperinat in proportion to it? opportunities.
Bad government and heavy '?axatiou disarrange the in
vosUueai of capital in new enterprise?, they ?ay. Out
tide capital will not come here, and citiieui who have
u.nri.y l_?itate to invest in building? or other properly
that can be put, upon the aasestiuient lists.
lilt I Y-AMiy OF HIXIKO KI.'t.E.
An old citiien, who, by the way, made the first ?peech
in MiMiwippi for Grecley and Brown, talking with me
on thi? ?ubject, ?aid : ?? We have the be?t location for a
city on the lower Mississippi. We are surrounded by the
finest cotton country in the South. We are on tho
through Hue from New-York to Texas, and to California
by way of the Southern Pacific Railioad. We are 100
mUe? from Memphis, and about a? tar from Now-Orieant,
and have no rival between those eitle?. Our railroad to
Shreveport and Northern Texa? will ?oon be completed.
We have already a through n_e ?.?,. ,mrt? )u the Eatt,
and we ?ball ?oon have ? ?h?rt ro?d to tin? bM harbor
on the Gulf, running to Mls,i?.,,,j? (Jltv _?(1 Hhlp U1___.
All we waut i* an houeat government to build np a
i.r.'. city here. But what can we dot The negroe?
have three time? a? many vote? a* we bave. Th*v will
not listen to m?. They will take th? advice, of tbe Invest
scoundrel in the city, In preference to that of the most
rctpectable cltlteii. The carpet?bagger? hare taught
th?-m to vote ?lwayt against the white people Thev are
entirely beyond the reach of ?>ur Influence:. ? with vou
oould see the kind of men tbe negro.? elect to ofo, ? h?rv
I would like to take you to our City Council, and have rou
look at the men who govern us. Nobody want* t., nut
up bull.hug? and ist.ii t business a? long us ,iu (, fell,'-.
bave the power to tux us and spend our money." "How
do you hope to cure the evil 1" I ?aked. "After we h-m,
elected Orceley, hnd you have rescued yoor Btate <f0v
i rnmciit from the Carpet baggers, how can you prevent
i in? negroes in counties where they largelv preponderate
from |?eri?etuailiig the same t>?tem of extravagant?
and corruption which I? now rriiablng vou 1"
"We ex pec i that the influence of _oue?t
government, beginning at Washington, will juTun-at?
Hie whole . ouiitr'," the |MI__BBIi iepi!?,i. "The negro
1? very timid, and want* to be on the strong ?itle A,
soon at be fledt that oar party it vicUiriou? aod (iraat
Is dofenteil, he will ?.<? more rod? to liston to u<>, ind we
'ivmce Mm that we do not want to put Mm bot?
Into Slavery, as the carpet-b-gi'fs lie? p i.iltn;- him. and
that w?'are hi . true friend?. The mam m? ans well. IM
h ru!?-, and if ...- can one? brea* tin- ii.nii.uc- of t!.a.
pel-l.agg.Ts over Ulm, W6 -lull SOBB have no trouhle in
getting hi in to vote foi honest men for offloe. You
tee we put all our hopes in the t lection of Qr_elOJ, -a..I
auother genii,,?an, J.u.ii.g in the conversation. Kour
years more of tirant anil his ci-riM-t t.n.'.'ers will just
about ruin us QraaMf m do Billor pill fat us to swal?
low. We feel Uiat he is MM only man that can save us.
A OnWkm?ft ANI? DM_HUUSB I'ARTT.
The account* I get from native citizens of the corrup?
tion ol th.- negro party are cniiliru.ed by Northern r??-.
dent?. A gei.ti.man ? lio cam-- ?'<"' '""" ,,|li? fl,r nlH
health soon after the war, am! afterward ..c.-,:pt?-d a Ju?
dicial offlie from tho rccnn-tiuc'cd Stab' Govcriiui. nt,
tell? me that the Ii--i.nl.li?-..t. per? ta Mi.--i??ii?pl r..pl.lly
degenerated from tne start, aud thattbe efforts O?MM
few honett Nortnern men wit.-lunge.I lolttoeiiori
the sweliingti.i.' ..r cm nipt; -u have boon altogether fu?
t?!.'. The worst men kB th. pariy lr.'.? ' oi.tiol of the
negT.K's, and briber* is opon ?""I shame..-.-.-?. ?_?*
mea, when remonstrated alt* fm seUtag Heir votes in
nnmmatiiig conventions, sa* that the men th.-y elect it?
..m.',' maie plant* al mam y, a_4 that tli? > MM M W?
a thare of It ,, ?* ._
The Grant party In Mississippi may 1"- describen m a
single sentence, 'it is c.posed of about l.uou *??'\a>
aelflab, venal, w bite olBi e-holders, and a greal horde ol is
iii-i.int negroes, who are mad? lob? ll( v? thai tnewnii?
people are tin n ? n. m'.-. B ok ng to put tin m back into
siiv-'tv. It is no wonder, in such a sute of tflai
11 a I tit? :.. a i. property, ami honesty o? MUslSa-PP. is
.? nut foi t.ui it i and Brown.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
?*
Wanton Duncatn mitnt now be?:ni to nee the
pr..ii.n~-il sUiiiis'.le to Ix.uisv.lle. The Poltsnlle (l'a.)
Standard predicts that "l.ttlt-Tf Democrats will vote the
Minigl.t-.illl ticket."
UM most popular mini of the i\%J, with the
(Irai.t j...[?ers. is .he Hon. Charles d'Conoi. QMb OfaV-t
is for a tune almost neglecN-l that they may slug the
prat* - "I the i Apt i t?'<l IsauisVlll. nomill. e.
Now that "Ioiik teOMOliW urc iu fOfMb
T\t Fhiludeli.'ai, Age lnsiststh.it th.. ?xp.il-ion M Coi
from i it aiMl Cabinet shall not be forgott.it. It says:
" Here was ? - haue- f.u a l't. -iil-nt to - l'- withth.
rigiii. Grant promptly sided with tbe oorrupl political
i his friend and military ootnrBd-, and
coolly I.owed him out of .-dice."
Tlie Liberals of Missouri go into tho rnnvann
under the falnst ?in.pi. Ml The Mitlovri llepttMioin
says of the Plate ticket ?ust notiilliated : " All of tliem are
estimable aud trustworthy tlCzcns, and each of th. m
brings a tar? measure of popalartty t?. an. kit which is
one of the strong.si ami bull BTB? pn ? Btsd bl Hi?' I"'"
pie of Mlsaanri -bare is not a atocle weak point In It:
the people Will a'< .-?it it with lively b.it ISfa? tioll ale,
eiec! it by all ou Twin lining majority."
"Fraud," " ?windier," Mr_K_>," "t'h.irhiti.ii,"
" wand? ring vagabond," and " malicious liar," are some
of the names which that oik ?<? r-sp-ctnHa Journal, The
Hartford Pott, applies -.(.Hi.- r.-ver.-nd g?-iitlemaii who hint
en!, ici! into a cotiiroM i?',- v. jth Senator Wilson Ml th?
temperance principles of tbe Reaominat? d. Bot,? ndentl?
afraid thai ?v.ti siu-li an at rav of liar.! names will not
suffice. The PtoMelioeb? the matter with tin- astounding
on thai the offending gentleman " wean a sear on
..ik received from a hOTM kick i'i kil youth 1"
That ought to cominee am body of In- knavery.
The Springfield liepublkan given Mr. George
William Curtis this flattering notice on his recent effort
iu d? f'-nse of Grantism : "It Is entirely characteristic of
it* author?nice, clever, gentlemanly and feeble. It will
har.llj make votes or stir up the average Annri.tn
mind to iitiv sudden pitch of uncontrollable enthusiasm
(or ?ion. tirant. The argument is rather thin ; th. UlM
trati.ms are in at enough In theiu.s.Ui-, but have tlie
serious defect of botan wboDjr inapposite to tbe matter
in ham!. Mr. Curtis, being a gentleiuiii of dainty last ft.
naturally prefers raking In the ashes to raking in the
mud?therein agreeably di:Hiring from tin majority if
tils colaboren-. It is a cltaiiii.r o< etipatlou, ItoaMMM,
but not much If any more piolitable."
Grant supporton? who :\ro, very wdl n.-iiisfnd
with th.-conduct ot paper?! which prlut only one side,
and that their own, sometimes lose tin ir temper? when
their uncalled-for attacks on the Liberal candidate?, aro
r>?; ?i-'i'.l admission to Liberal ]oiirnals. For such as these
The tlnldcn Ai/e has tin- followii.g atitioiineemetit : "W
have recen--.I sevrai ai tu les m siipjHirt of President
Grant aad bis Administration, which tbe wrltan have
demanded thai we thoold print. Vfe oererobeysoeh
f.nun.miIs, arid on examina, ion have found the article*
in question were evident); written f-.r The Timti or soon
other low partisan sheet. Wo are entirely willing t-.
print Grant arguments, tuit an etitii. |- unwilling to priai
(?rant seurr.lity. The tioldtn Age is nut ' A Journal of
Civilisation.' "
Oni' need not be mpriMd to see ?\ QttkWi
editor take 600 eggs out of a hat, or draw li dill.-ri M
kinds of liquor from a Hughs bottle, or tie liiiiis?-lf u?? lu
a bow kirnt, nit? r the i xhibltlon of logical net romancy
in the following argument of The Potion lilob.; "Tocall
(ireeley uori.st tx-caus?) nobody could win bun over by
iM-eiui'.ary ofT.-rliigs Is as unreasonable as to praise a
blind until t..r not bota* led away by a pretty face. Th?'
truth Is t ha? ihe disrvg ?r.i of : 0-sry, winch is a strikiug
chuinte: is'!.-of the farmer of ('hap|?a?|U.i, la really Ifl
jni u.us ratber than ad van lag.'..us t?. h:.- claims a? a can
dldate. The man who la careless ol in? own property
cannot 1k-salety trust? d with ti?tt of Otbors. His weak
m -s ins in ..tin r uni more daiM-TOI-l form- tbao I
and he eaeapei i? tug nreroom? by dollar? only t>. b
tillered hy a candidacy."
Tlie fair-inindcd GrttkWi papers of I'cnnsyl
vania are k? ?i?iiig up a war on the corrupt Mate tick? t
with a is-rsista-ncy that ?s teaM I ??mini nduble. Iu reply
to tho statement thai itu-di-- ttisfled voters were coming
gradually to ?ecepttl:ie notiiinee.s, rhe I'htlatlrlphia /Vf?
ra\>: "TUt KiiigHiuinal? ..ir-, I yy !.. .i, v?- that ? Ile- ?lir?
ait, t-t inn that ? ?tic.? c\l?I< ?I I Uli :i e.rtaln p--rti?n of the
It k< i i- rapidly dlaatQH attag.1 Th.-v kaa? tetter,
Imwivcr, and that the charu.s .,r tbolr . special caiuli
dates were ne\. r sliiumer than at pies? nt. Kwrv iLiy's
ili'Velopttieiit?, evtrry issuo of ;k tU?M organ, Iu fact,
stn ngihens the resolve ot the Independent voters of th-'
party toen reise their inalienable right to scratch tho
naines of unworthy men. And the Hing, too, wa? BSTOt
innre denn, raii/.ed. Its hopes of r.niuiing an iiimuiis.
f'auiliil. nt luaionty tor Hartranft und Allen iu Phila?
delphia baa been coinplelv dtsstpetod te the activity of
tin Cltiaena' Hefotin Association, which is pledged to
secure a fait vote.''
WASHISGTOy.
SECRF.TAHY BOl'TWEI.L ANI) THE KENT1I KT WAR
ci.AiMii?minoii raws,
[BT fBMUn TO TIIK TKIIlt M |
W_mii.S(,T(in, Monday. Aug. *!, 187..
It Is urged lhat the conduct of Buniary lloutw.il In
his official ?i( aling w itli the Kentut ky war cluims, which
have now been paid In full, wattm MbMtteaMt m>( -tiga
tlon. In June, 1871, the accounting olllurs seCled tho ac
I i-unt of the Htate, fixing the liability of the Goveriiuient
!<?r thes?. claims at about ??_},(?). The Hecntary of War
approved tho settlement, and drew a NfWMiMl for -Ml
amount. Rontwel) Ixlng then alis?-iit, the A-*lstatit
?-. tr?tary drew a warrant for th? amount, an.!
held It till Boutwoll nturiM.l. Tho Secretary
iefus<d to deliver tbe warrant to tho scent
or Governor of the Htate because, be alleged, the
settlement was wron* and it was Ins right to revise It,
although the act of Congress of Mhrch 3d, 186a, expressly
prohibited such exercise of power on his part, ami Mil
the finding of the -?countingoflleer?. lln.,1 und conclusive
upon tbe executive oiH-ers and heads of departments,
and subject to review hy Congress or the
couru alono. The mandamus which Kentucky aub
seijiuntly applied for was only refused by tbe
bupremeCourtbocsu.se upon the hearing it was shown
that the nppropriatitm for the payn,, nt t,| the claim was
repealed. A few da) s prior lo the adjournment tt it"'
last Congress an act was paswd t|!r, ofhMt ? new scttl?
meut to Ik? made of them? claims u|*,i, an entirely (?iffei
- ut principle, and one which vm? intended U> cut the
claim down from one-third to one-half. It is
charged that the Secretary has utterly disregarde.l
lh? plain provisions of ttua laut ?et and iwld
the claim upon the h? ttiement which be formerly ulleiced
waa jHegai and unjust. In view of the ior.-gf.ing. lb?
violations of plain and positive sets of ('?ngres?. by the
rwtc.-.-farv in tbis simple matter are as fallows: ??'??-?<,
Auditor, Controller, snd ra.eretary of War /?Veo???/, in
hnlieequently ps,ylDg the orirlnal settlement' when Con?
gress iiad provided for anotuerand u.dcreui ?. itl. u.cut
on a different basis.
President Grant telegraphed to Gen. Brtbcock to?
day that be may be h. r?, the last of tlie weeS. Tbe
Liberal Republican CommltUe hero will in a few days
begin the distribution of Senator Humner's speeches on
the French Aims uue.stmn w,d Grantism, printed m ?"'
German, te??Mate?, Dkalafe, aud Swedish languages.
Juitlce Miller of the United States Bupreme Court gave
a hea.-in?at Long Uranth. to-day, to es-Attoruey c? u
eral Hpetd aud United Mates l^UulcbAttorney Wbarton,
re'ativc to the injunction on the Louisvlllo Canal
improvement. Tlie h.-ariug will be cnntiuu. .1 to MM
ruw. In accordance with appllcauons recently made to
the Controller of Curr? ney ermita for th<- oriranltatlon
of National (loid Banks will Mu? ,?? issUf(| l(, the 1-3-0
?-.^??." ^sn Jos?, (la-land. Han la
-,....... ._. ._._...-_.. ._ ..,,, ,?,-?.?, c?,nv?ss oil tan
political stump ?ti llllftois. whrric? he will return '" N'
braska, making political s^, ,,(?.. ,? Ili||( H( u, Uj(?
retumlti. tol'ci.i.sjlvartla He.,t. 16 ???,. .., , ,l(l,r w|,|
make a number of speeebes in that Bute, reiuuitiug there
till aftar tbe Bute eieetlwa ' ,-u*-""u" ?
CAMPAIGN INTELLIGENCE.
THF, MAINE CANVABR
SENATOR TRCMBULL AT PORTLAND?AN F.K
'HTIVK im H TO AN IMMKNSK AOPl?OCl
?THE CAMPAIGN AS EARNK3T Ai KV Kit.
IBT TBLBOIUril TO TUB rRlEUNt.l
Portland, Ah*. 26? Aiiotlier of the fTOOt
meeting? of the campaign wa? held at the City Hall to?
night, to greet Senator Triinihull. Atta ?MM not ?tit
train? ?nd no appliance? to draw a crowd, but the
|s op|.? gul?crod in great number?, and every portion of
"" ?irge hail W;i? occupied, while scores sntl hundreils
could uol find room. The speech opened with a touching
allusion to Mr. Fcssenden, and wa? warmly applauded.
It was in ?ubstatioe the ?ame a? delivered
in liidd.tord Friday night, but the financial
iiuestion was more fully discussed, and tho
Nev, Orleans trouble? more minutely stated. The audl
enco was comiHiscd of the most candid ami earnest men
?'( the city, and the verdict is unanimous that the meet?
ing has tieen one of groat profit. Mr. Ttiiinbnll goes to
? to-morrow, and to Bangor on Wednesday.
Great trouble has been tain n to impress tho country
with the 1,,11,'f that tin. Reform movement in Maine is
d? tailing, but tin evidence Is the ither way. Tho Ad
"?iiii'1'i'ition is lining tho Hiato with noise, but every
time its Committees meet it is to toe whom they have
loft, while the opposition compare notes to tee whom
tin y have gained. It Is the almple truth to say that the
MtMOatatM-tMatM paraaaai _M campaign for Re
t> nu in f I.iH State which distinguished iu opening. The
?MM meeting? everywhere atU-st this.
TUK CONTEST IN VIRGINIA.
IMI'Osim; MAss MKKTING AT XTAINTON?
IP-KCHI- HV PRoMINLNT VlR(,lNTAN_?THK
C01CRI ? i.l.i.ciii)-,.
|or IBUHO-ffl to tub _m__]
Stacnton, Auk. 2?.?There WM M iinmeiiRO
LiiK-i nl mass meeting here to-day. Tho town wa* filled
with pttfM from every part of tho great county of
Augusta. The Hon. John Baldwin pr-aslded, and the
si?'ik? , , w, M CI. Hoot. I? Will,its, the II..n. Shell..II K.
LtBk, l'ai..I. H Skinner, Col. Win. S. (iilman and ex-.U
torii.?, (?-neral John Randolph Tuekor. Great enlhu
tUstu prevailed, and you may sot down Augusta as tho
banner county of the Stat?'. Tin? Convention t?, norolnatu
a candidat?; lor Congres? will meet hero tho 6th of Sept.
The contest seem? to bo between John T. Harris and T.
W. Daha, in.aiibcrs of the last Congress, though tho
'?? ? ii?!? .i suiniii r and Roler arc very active.
? ?
l-AI.OK IlKFOKM.
l-KM P.I.K IN THK nUUILTAM-l I'ARTY.
PiiM.ADKi.i'iiiA, Alf. 20? Henry I?. Acker,
Chun man uf the Labor Reform State Central Committee,
ib -ii? unces at unfounded tho report of a State Conven?
tion of the Labor Reform part v said to have ban held
in this city on the ?l,l lust. Bt tieelare.? that no such
MiiiV'ii'.'.on ?rat leid | that Urn? rt ported proceedings
Ih? nut are fi nul,il.-ut, ami Unit persons wiioao uauns
a,?!, ir iiitlie r.piirtss aro unknown in connection with
tin; I?Lor Btfara party of Pennsylvania.
THK CANVASS IN OHIO.
THE NOMINEE-; OK THE LIBERALS?THEIR PROS
II.ITS Off OLCCE??j.
From jiioiiiint nt Liberal Republicans and
Iieiinnrats conversant with iho political situation in
Ohm, tho following sUteuieuU with rcfer'?ne?; to tho
tfM_Bfl elections in that Slate h,t\,: tuen obtained:
Tho Liberals have nouiinaietl a strong State ticket,
headed by Gen. Aquilla Wille/for Secretary of State.
(?i ii. Wille., It ,iu old soldier, who lost a log in the late
war. He ie very popular, and will make strong run.
Judge John J. Green is tho nominee fur Jtidxe of tho
Supreme t'ourt, and Isaao II. Riley for Mendier of tho
Hoard of Public Works. The Liberal nominees for Con?
gress, together with the respective majorities in the sev?
eral dUtrlcts, are us follows :
1st District.?Milton Ii. Snyder, a Democrat, is nomi?
nated for the long term, and Col. O. J. Dodge, a Di mo
crat, for tho Hlmrt term. This district hat usually given
a ?mall Republican majority, but the defections aro nu?
meren?, many prominent representative Republicans
having left tho Administration party. It will probably
I" . rih d by 1,MX) majority.
Ilii 1'isi itti t. The Liberal nominee for Congres? is
Col. II. H. Banning, a Republican. This district gave a
Repiihliran iiinjority last year of 1,(00, in MMBtOOBM tt
a united German vote. The defection among the Ger?
mans In thiscanvass n very great, and tin district, it It
thou-rht, will be carried for iho 1.?octal nni.ii.i-u by at
least 1,500 majority.
MID District.-The Liberals have nominated John W.
Snhii, who has a majority of 1,500 to overcome. The
I.ra ral-i arc very active, and hop.' to elect their candi?
date.
IVtii District.?In this district the LIU-;.il nominee,
Hon. John J. Wvmaiis, will have I uiajorit.t of only 786
toovcrcoiue. Thi? can bo accompli.died with ease, un?
less great frauds are perpetrated If menus of the rtta M
th inmates of the Holdicrt' Homo at Dayton, which is
?neluded In this district.
Vth District.- Col. Charles N. l-aini- n. a D?mocratie
member of tho XLIId Congress, la Hie nominee of the
Li lierai Republicans and Democrats. The district It
strongly lietnocratic, anil will lio earned by Col. L.tmi
Hs.ti by a majority of from 7,000 to 10,000.
Viril DiRTititT.-Frank W. Hiird, a Tory popular Dem?
ocrat, lin? lia'ely been nominated in obedience to tho
urgent wishes of both the Liberal Republicans and Dem?
ocrat?. The defection from the Republican ranks is so
owrwlif lining that Lucas County alone will overconio
the Republican majority of 1,604, and Mr. Hurd's major?
ity In the district will be at least 500.
VIlTM lusi m? T. Liwriiiii T. Niai, a Iiemocrat, Is tbe
nominee of tho Liberals. The district Is strongly Demo?
cratic, and can be carried ?for the Liberals by at least
2,500 majority.
VIIIth District.?No nomination ha? yet been made.
IXTH Dibtkict.?Gen. George W. Morgan, a Dem?
ocratic member of tho XLIId Congres? from
the old Xlllth District, ?s tho present candi?
date. The Republicans nave a majority of 1,00?%
but the diilrlct is wholly agricultural, and the Liberal
movement 1? very popular among the farmers. Iu all
probability Gen. Morgan will be returned.
Xth District.?W. B. Staat, a Republican, has lieen
nominated by the Liberal party. There was a majority
of 64? to overcome. Thi? has been accomplished, and it
is thought that the Liberal nominee will be returnod by a
majority of ?bout 500.
XI th District.-Samuel A.Nath, the Litt?ral nominee,
has a majority of 1,473 to overcome, but is hopeful of car?
rying the district.
XIIth District? Hugh J. Jewett, a Democrat, is the
candidate, and, It is said, ho will be elected by e.OUO ma
jority.
XIIlTtt Di?ThiiT?M. J. Southard, a Democrat, has
Itta nominated If the Liberals, and is certain of election
by a majority of .i-i? or thereabout
XIVrn District. John Uerry, a Democrat, is run?
ning a? the nomine?' ol the Liberals. The district is very
strongly D?'iiiocratic, and will give from .'.,(?*? to c,000
in.niiritv for Barry.
XVTH DisTKlt 1. R. R. Hudmiti.il Liberal Republican,
lia? recel M.1'! the nomination. Tin- district Is doubtful,
with Ml majority to overcome. Mr. Hudson expect? to
carry It by I minority of fiou.
XVItii District.?Oui. C L. Poorman, a Liberal
Republican, i? running in this, John A. Blugbam's gi.?
trict. A desperate fight tt waging, and both side* an)
?ontdenl of ?areeaa.
XVIIth District.?Brown, the Liberal nominee, is
making a ?trout fight. He is very popular among the
mitn is of Ma-outug and Udumbiana Counties anil will
largely reduce the last Republican inajoi itr of 3.;??.
X VI in ii District.??No u??miuati??u ha. been uia?ln as
yet. A Liberal Republican will be nominated, 'mi liit-n;
is no ho|ie of canj log the district.
XIXru Du?run r. -Ho nomination yet hat .??en made.
Tb?- mu.?I Republican majority In this, James A. 0_r>
field'? district, is about tf.mo. lins will b?? ?o far reduce. I
in November that Grant will not receive over 6,000 um
Jority.
XXth DttTRKT.?No nomination ha* tn?en made. Thi*
embia?? si uv?boga Comity and Ihn City of Cleveland
The Republican mijoritlc? vari??* from .j.itij lol.ooo. The
Liberal?, notwithsUiudiug, have giral _tmt of defeating
l'.u.i in?, tire Grant uouilne?;. The luaiority In auy treat
wiii is- rediic.d very greatly. It I? estimated that tlio
Stat? will give a Liberal majority of about lo.iaw.
MOVIMENT? III LORAI? COI NTY.
To thi k?ilor of Th* Tribun?.
Sir: It hat IxNn aaiil by the (inint Itepii-bli
can?that not enough Liberals . ,aid t?? lound in Lorain
Couuty to form even the uuebu? of a |?ariy. Yet not?
withstanding the fact that no regular rail had be?u cir?
culated, 15 of the 21 township? of the county wcro repre
Miit?.1 Iu the meeting held at Wellington on tbe 17th
mat, for tb? purp?i?e of perfecting tbe Liberal organisa?
tion. The forcooon was ?pent in organttlng the county,
appointing Central and Lxc. utlvo Committee?, aud
trans-? ting iniscellaneou* buainea?. Iu the a.ternooa
ii.ldr. s-?"? were ui??.o by Ihe Hon. N. B. Towncbend, for
attriy a MeaabM tl C?_n_a trom tht aM XJYta Usuitt,
tho Hon. J. H. Dickson, and C W. ITr-ir. The Town Hall
waa well filled with an onthusi-stio audience, and the
sen u me tits udvaucod by the speakers were warmly
applauded.
Of howsoever good repute a man may hitherto have
Ix-en, no six,ncr does ho assert lilt right of supporting
Horace G ret ley for tho Presidency than his past good
character und his former services In the He publican party
avail him nothing. Ills sincerity Is questioned ; he In
stautly becomes a traitor, a sorehead, a Kti Klux D?mo?
liras? Moot of our Liberal Republicans, howeT?
old Liberty men when the Grant politicians were the
u|ni!<iglsU aud defenders of the South In its old rel
and ill?) arc not to In- di-Kir .1 by present unpopularity,
or by titter and contemptuous laoguiure, from pursuing
a cour"?- liter deem right. Tli?-. Liberals already number
about800?wblle tin- Dem?crata ai" about i.odo sti
but there Is little hope of overcoming the 2,2W majority
th.- Orant 1'cpiiblicons had in pm. w.
Wellington, Ohio, Ang. 13,187..
CAMPAIGN NOTF.fi.
Gen. H. Scliolield of Washington County,
Iowa, a Grant elector in 186?, has declared for Greeley
and Hrown.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad will issue excur?
sion tickets for the Lnmsvllle D?mocratie Convention,
good from Aug. it? to Sept. 13, at half rates.
William Ki-t.vch, a prominent Ucpuhliean of
Hun Prairie, Wls., In a letter to the Hon. (liarles Kur
ch.n il or Heaver I'urn. declares for (irceluy and Brown.
Mr. Iaaiah T. Williams of this city started
for .Maim last evening, where he Intends to speak every
evening during the remainder of tbo canvas?, for the
Llber.il ticket.
A correspondent of The Portland Argus
writes i rom Ku.croft, PUcataquis County, Me., tlutt thut
town has 20 good substantial Greeley men who sup?
ported Qraat in lt-ss.
The Springfield RepublLnn think? that Gov.
Washhurn will l>e reiioinlnated without ranch opposition
by the Massachusetts Grant Convention, which meets at
Wotcest. i' on Wt-di.e ?I r .
Tho Hon. DeWitt C. Littlejolm aud the
Hon. C. T. Richardson of OswegoJ addressed a largo and
enthusiastic Gnu-ley and Iirown m. ?-ting at Hamilton,
Mi.nrou Couuiy, N. Y., on Friday la??t.
A correspondent at Crary's Mills, St. Law?
rence County, N. Y., states tlutt " paid agents of the Ad
n.liii ?I ration are trying to gat signatures "?to call a fol a
convention to ?end delegates to Ls.tti.sv iile.
Mr. E. 0. Perrin will .-speak at l?a'.h, Kline,
to-ulght, und will continue to .-lump that ftate till .??cpt.
8, when be will go lo Pennsylvania, making his first
speech In the latter State at Lockliavcn, 8"pt. 10.
The Littoral Republican State Central Com?
mittee of Ne w-Hampahiro have isaued a call for a mass
convention, to be hold at Concord on tho nth of Beptem
i.?-r, for th? parpase ot selecting Presidential Electors.
(?ens. Hanks i?i.1 K il pal tick, Theodore Xiitou, aud others,
are expected to be pre I i.l.
A Yiirgo and entliiisiastic Democratic meeting
was held in Tiiilnum, Bucks County, l'a., last Baturday
afternoon. Nine townships were represented, and a
large number of Liberal Republicans as well as delega?
tions from Mi w-Jersey wen- present, Bpeeoboa wero
inado by N. C. James aud E. C. McKJuetl}.
AcoiTChiKiiitleut writing from Cherrytree, Pa.,
says : "The cainpaigu is progressing llnely lu tills vicin?
ity, and uU looks well fur Greeley and lirowo. The Dem??
crata arc. goiug heartily to work, aud all tho leading Ke
publlcaiisof Cherrytree, with few exceptions, support
tlie Lilxral ticket. Lvcu tho postmaster is a Greeley
aud Brow n man."
Tho Hon. E. D. Culver of this city ha_ re?
turned from Wisconsin and rikaneatcles, where he has
been speaking for ( ireeley and Iirown. H? Is now filling
a m ins of ap'tointmcnts in Vermont, and will return
li?.m that Bute to W_Mhlugt??u County, N. Y., on the
list instant and spend a week In that ctiunty, sneaking
at Green wich, (?riuivil'.e, Fort Ann, and aautly IIUl, and
theu return to New-York.
An eloquent Grant orator in Indiana had
dwelt with great unction upon the utter dissimilarity
bctweeu the eouversiou of Saul of Tarsus and that of the
!>.-iiio<iatic party, and, feeling certain that his argu?
ments had convinced his audience, asked : " What angel
ot tin-i/ord has met the Democratic party anil turned
them from their evil course I" ??Hora'.- dreeier," was
UM unexpected reap-,rise sent up inn clear TOM0 from
the crowd. The orator didu't feel like sayiug anything
more.
Tlie emphatic annouovemcut of The Harria
bttrg (Pa ) Telegraph that Gen. A. L. Koumfort, Chair?
man uf the Dauphlu County Democratic Committee, op?
posed Mr. (?re.-ley, finds its liest contradiction In his
Ictt?-r to certain gentl. men who wished him to assist in
tlie Straight -out movement. He assures th. in that while
opposed to Mr. (?reei.y's nomination, bit pn .?cut duty
i ? io aippoi I linn, .iii.l warns the Btt tight-outs thai their
pa.icily of numbers will brand their or_ani__tiou "as a
m- re lactiou."
A well-known and carefully informed poli
tn i.in who haa lata-ly ?.turned from tho White Sulphur
Springs, Virginia, where there are at present congre?
gated ?t ntriiher of prominent Southern politicians, says
that in conversation with the Southern leader.-, he was
surprised to Dud that the Straight-out leaders through?
out the South hail no followers whatever In any case ;
and further, In- expr.-ss.s tho opinion that a Domination
t?y the Louisville Convention woald te M? of tbe beef
tilings possible for the Liberal Raform party, to It Will
take oil'b certain lot Of votes from Grant that will not
I?.' oast for Greeley in case uo Straight-out nomination
IS 111.4' 1?-.
1'. imsylvania Democrats, do not seem to rel?
ish the attempts which are made to entice them into
Grant's Illantou Duncan side-show at Louisville. Mr,
I?. W. Bush responded m a very unmerciful way to the
circular which was sent him, and now Mr. R. L. Johnson,
whom The Philadelphia Post calls " one of tho ablest and
lii.i-t respected leaders of tho Western Democrarcy,"
writes from Cambria County asking sotuo very unpleas?
ant questions about the volunteered " transportation "
to L?-uih\ ill?-, and declaring that he has attended many
Democratic coiiventious.but never had his expenses pal
by a Committee of Correspoudein ?-. In conclusion he
says: " I cannot know whether you gentlemen are abler
to pay my far.? there than I would bo myself, and I
would not thus wrong you. But If, as I have uo doubt
i- th.' case, you are the. corrupt creatures of a corrupt
party, and this Is part of theu corruption fitutl, theu I
would as soon borrow one o? Juilas (scuriot's thirty
jile?is as touch It. And, If any additional proof was*
wanted of tin- propriety of the ( ?ne Term principle, tlie
prescut humiliating attitude of the Administration iu
securing tbo services of such men as address mc would
furnish it."
Mr. J. M. TTsher, I prominent temperance
advocate of Boston, has written a letter to Senator Wil?
son, taking him to task for his letter to Mr. iJeiintson on
(?rant's temperance habits, and maintaining that the
Senator, while attempting to shlold Grant, has virtually
admitted all thut Mr. Dennlson charged. In . oncluslon,
Mr. Usher says : " I have it on the best authority thut
William E. Dodge of New-York, and President of the
National Temperance Society, visitad tf)?> President with
a view to persuade him to ttike the pledge. Why was
tills i I'-.i.lollhl.-.ill.t iM-eause It Wa-I weil i-iiow u tuat he
tt.s.-d Intnytoating liquors. That in tlie futuro we may .
have m the chair of Slat? none hut total abstinence nun
is my ilesire, aud I doubt not i- tin- iiiiuest d.-.-iro of ?lie
American f?opla. Then U will not ba oharced that the
I'lesldeiii driiiis ' too much,'and if it i-, m? defenders
will uot Pel 'regret that he use* it at all,' mu will it be
necessary for him to take the pledge an ?% guarantee of
pcrstui.il aobrirt?. The thought thut tho President of
this great nation druiks intoxicating liquors so as to ex?
cite auxtely on the part of his lilt nils, bungs mortifica?
tion to the heart of every American citi/.eu who s?-eks
the honor of his country. Upon this stii-Ji et there should
be no oci.t-.tou for regrets or speeial u?-ed of pledges."
lA'DlAN AFFAIRS.
MOllEST DKUANDS Of THE KIOWA.-i.
St. Ivoits, Aug. '??.? The 'ftmes to-morrow
will publish a letter from tho Indian Council at the
Che venue Agency, which brings the proceedings down
to the 13th lest. Live Wolf, the principal chief of the
Ktowas, made a speech iu which he said that before
any peur.? can lie made with tho Government
the military must bo removed from tbe
country, Fort Sill abandoned, and the soldiers
sent home. Balding info Texas, he said, they would
never be wining to renounce. Tbe Gatuudrlkus,
0,ua!.?'las, and guerilla bands of Mexicans, make the
country their raiding grounds, aud tbe Kiowa* will
never give up then share of Ibc spoils. The Couucil ex
.... ud to adjourn tho lu-xl day after the letter was
Wl I'lell. . __
THE UTAH TROUBLE?.
Salt L*ke Citt, Aug. 30.?Oen. Or?, re?
nn ne.i from the south last night, and telegraphed to Gen.
hlurtilati to-day that the Indian troubles have beeu
much exaggerated. He says that all the ludlaut having
reservations have irone home. There may be a tight on
tbe _an Pete, but it will not be serious. He expect? tbe
troops back m three weeks.
TELEGRAPHIC No I
_The Columbus tUn.! Industrial exhibition will
oaaa Ost *>. tad ssauaas Ha darn.
_Co). Scott and the Texas Pacific Hlilnutd party
rratam loa Aflea, Maas?, sad s?sr? ?sttsassliraliv tomitaiby t?J?
?aura pspaktloa.
_Applications fur over two millions of postal
rsrSt wri- p-.vir.-il tat*** it ?is siisoaut?tl tfctl Uitj rvtei aol _ m*ml
attaoal s ?$>r?l?? ?|>?r<it'i sUi.ti
_The Atcliison and Nebraska Kailro-ul wua com
?ilelr.1, on H?tur.l?j. I? -i?..la, Ittbrasa-, 116 sill?? aortb ?r?l from
Alci.iao?, Saaas? 1*1..* sissss s -irs?t ha? frut? ?' _v?u? to Vori
kmtmy, ?a Mm liana Ymtt* Omsk
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE IB-LIT- OF WASHINGTON.
THE MKF.TINO OK TIIK GKNKVA TRIHI'NAL TWI
TM?IMV ?< ONTr.sT REtSPI.' TING TIIK :-lllKH
ASDOAH? THE < ASE OE THE GEORGIA PRAC?
TICALLY ABANDONED.
-...Nil?n, Monday, Aug. at. 197
The Alabama Claims Arbitration Court re
aascmbled at 124 o'clock: thi? afternoon, and after a **?*
siou of thr?'?' hours' duration adjourned t
nr-xt Thursday at t ?'saiou wa? a? usual h?-l<l
with closed doors. Only the flvo arbitrator? ware prta
cnt. The abs? ne?, of the counsel and agenta of Kaglsud
and America indicates the conclusion of the considera?
tion of general questions, and that the tinal work of Urn
Board ha? been reached. There ,ia? been an eanwst
contest tietween the British ami Amerlc.iii com
fore the Board of Arbitration regarding the r_*e of the
privateer Hheuantlo.ili. It i? ?aid that tho 0*10 of the
('?tiran? ha? been practically abandoned by tbe Amortttan
counsel.
THK MKKTINO Of EMI'KI.O.tS.
MOVF.MENIs Of illK KMI'EKtiR Of A ClTRIA?
I-R-UIHN EOR THE fMllffflM AT
BERLIN.
1*000-, Monday, Aug. M, litro.
The Knijieror Franc in Joseph will arrive, here
on the 1st of h.-pu-uib.i and open tb? ?. ? lion ol the II mi?
gar?an Do t in person. I'rimo Minister A:i<:r__y ami
the heatlso* Department? will Join tin- Emperor on too
3d of -cpleui-er and accompany him on hi* visit to th?
K.ug of "Saxony at Dresden, which will take pi_c.? on tho
5th. TholKiiiiK-ror will proceed to ik-rlin on the Cth to
meet the Emperor of Germany.
BoaUSj Monday, Aug. ?,, Iffll.
Great preparations are M____g here for the
festivifi?;? attending the meeting of the Kmperor? of
Germany, Austria, and Russia. The grea' d ?> will lm
tho 7th of September, when their Majestic* of Russia
and Austria Will be received. In the forenoon them
will bo a grand military parade ; in the afternoon a ?Uta
banquet at the Castle-, In the evening a gala pcr:.,riu
auce at the opera, attended by the three Emperor?.
Thi? will bo succeeded by a torch.??'ht pitsiCiMiion, and
the entire city will be illuminated.
GREAT HI?TAIN.
THK RIOTS IN EtlTAIT AT AN END?THE KX
m_?M 1 \IO.OITA IN A DYIM. STATE?
CHOLERA AT CAHIMr'.KK.
London. Mondav, Aug. ts, im.
Tho private telegram?, from Reliant, r?-reived
in this city on latB-Oay, reporting a r. m -v.tl of th.?
rioting in that city, have not lieen contirined. On tho
contrar>r, dispatchc* received by the Government report
that evi rthing Is quiet, and the rcenforoem?-nts of troop?
which wero sent to the city are ltat_a*?MB Mag no
apprehension what??ver of further trouble.
Baron Charles l/derir. the Austrian Minister to tha
United States, who h.iri Ix-en home on leate of nlwun',
sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last in tin steamship
Ruasia, for ?w-York, en route for Washington, to
resume hi? duties. Hignor Mario was also a passenger
on the tame steamship. The French Minister ?f War haa
detailed officer? to visit the camp at Aldershott.
Tbe ex-Empress 1 arlotta is reportetl to be dying. All
hope has been given up, and tbe last sacrament has been
administered.
A dispatch from Bombay ?tatet that the cholera ha?
appeared In the Valley of ('tishmere, and Is reported to
be raging with great violence.
FRANCE.
FAVORABLE PROSPECTS OF THE CROP*? I.ARGB
BXIOCTA-XOn ttW OK.MN- rCBsOIOI 0
LOOBOO, Monday, Aug 16, 18TO.
The reports of the conditiou of ccreala i_
Frauco are favorable. The crops are pronounced very
good ?U _ department?, good 1:1 J7, pa?-;.?.? iirii,go?xl
in Corsica, aud excellent m Algeria. Yet the csUmatea
of the probable yield in America, and Eastern Kuropt?
lndicate that those countries|canuot furnisl? the custo?
mary s-pplit-s of bread?!nil's, aud th.t ?airland amr
Italy will require mom than iisuuL The export from
France may possibly exceed aa.000,000 bushels ; but tt I?
feared that the increase of tbe Er.iu h taxe.? on foreign
bottoms will have a bad effect on conimcroe aad restrict
the facility of transportation.
SPAIN.
SUCCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT CANDIDATES.
Maurid. Monday, Aug. '?, ItrTB.
Additional return? from the province? of tha
election for members of the dries have been receive?!.
They show that two-thirds of the successful candidate?
are members of the Government party. Tho Radical?
auppoi ted the Government at the election?.
SWITZERLAND.
SUCCESS OF THE MCSICAL FESTIVAL.
(.KNEVA, Monday, Aug. 36, H7_
The grand mueical fehtival hero >e?U;rday
was a brilliant affair, and In every way BBMMflMi Tu. ra
wa? comp? tttlve singing, in which 115 ??ocietit-Uook part,
aud a long torchlight procession 111 the eveniug with a
gat display of firework?. Every house was de? orated,,
aud tbe Illumination at night was generad. Tlie festival
continued throughout to-day, aud ciotod to-night with a
ball.
??*
TAHITI.
THE CAPTAIN OF A WHALER DISPLACED BY THO
CHEW?ILL TREATMENT THE CAUSE.
Washington, Aug. 26.?The Ktn.ua arrived
at "aputi, Tahiti, June 3, 'M days from Callao, utter _
plciiMint passage. Lieutenant-Commander N. (ir?-??u re
porls that tho Consul at Paputi informed him that tho
whaling bark William Gtfiord arrived at that port a
?hort time previous, In charge of the crew, the crew hav?
ing niutinlod and deposed the captain for 111 treatment
and for prostituting hi? cruiae ; and that he (the Consul)
had placed the vessel in charge of another p?'r*on, and
that ?he had sailed for San Francisco on tbe morning of
the arrival of the Re*aca.
FOREIGN NOTES.
The claimant to tho Tichborne estates held
a meeting on Aug. U, at Loughborougb, attended by up?
ward of 10,000 persons, and in the course of the proc??ed
? ing* it wa? ?tated that one of the er. w of the B??lla, tho
VMM I in wliic? Mir Roger Tichborne was lost at m-m, luid
Ix-.n found and would be predu'.al ?' tin? trial, notwith?
standing that tue opponent? had sent him U> Mpuiu, iu u
fruitless endeavor t?i put him out of tin wnJ.
The new fortifications which the (Jerman
War Department has decided to build to the north west
of Mayenee have been Iseirun, and they are to lie carried
out lu connection with a plan for erecting detached forta
a? au outer circle of d.-icii.iv.? works aroun.l the eity.
Thtare will be ?ix new fort.? nuilt, tint of which will
connusad the valley of th?- Rhine above and below the
fortress, itetide a portion of lue flat country on the op?
posite bank.
Mr. Mundella, M. P., addrensjng hit? consti?
tuent? at hhetlitulon Am. 1.'. ?aid the Treaty ?>f Wash?
ington was a guarantee that Englaud could never again
engage in a great war with any Christian or civilised
community without first offering to refer the cause in
dispute to the arbitration of the Great Powers. Tb?
Treaty was one of the greatest moral victories of our
time. " Peace hath her victories no les? rvuov. mal than
war," and thi? wa? a victory which the futur, historian
and moralist would regard a? ?rreater in It* influent?? ou
the future of mankind than Waterloo urTralalcM or
?Se?i?n or MKs. Me further advocated the extension of
the ?tiTrage to the agricultural laborer? In En.land _t a
niott necessary measure. Thev would ii.-vei b? ?aid
in-muy meu, free m.-ii. able t.. tpaal Itaali ___t _* uu-v
ought, until they had a vote. The /,<.??...,?1 Spectator
strongly advocate* tho tame measure as the only mean*
of ?topping the oppression whh ? tbe farmer* an? em?
ploying to prevent strike? for Increa-ed wain.? ai_ui_
thelr men. ^ ????????_
CRIMES AND CABUALTIE?-BY TELEGRAPH.
... Jame? Farrell mm tlrownasd in Foxboro, Htm..
MM?,, wb,ia bsltnstj. '
....Mr?. Catherine Rowan of Etat Botton full
00m a tts-Bsl-tUrj art?.?-, jtairrut? tad mat kilb_
. ..Charle? Ada__a, a switchman, waa crualiod to
O-kUi ?kila I'uapuitj rtrt 111 ksklaad. t'tl., ? ammimf.
....The wife of Dr. Asa Wheat died, at Canaan. N.
H. ttaUiMt,, f,o? .-klaraturm t__ialMtt_ ky kot kasAsac batata ?a
tract?t w?rtk.
. I.?amler Gautier of I?wi?vton, Mo., w.-_tknocked
fr?Bi 1 train arar tl?. Lilil?? Aatlrutraala Br.iln *l .?tlontii ?_i a,ll_>
?ikile atlkiaf ?BthsrWufBr-'. /????_??,
. W. II. Chapinau, a traveling agent for Johnaon
Frt kCo. b_kac-tn?rO?a i.,ra wsaf,us4l Its?!, t__, _ tmr?
tl AuMt.rtliai. S. V wodtt f.rrsautt-c?)? ?kick fit* rasa 10 !_ mm _
rlea Uitt kc ?at -urtke-L * mWm '>***'
....The IhnIv of B. T. Clark wa? found in th?
n.,, at Tilt?. H. it. Hw-t;, a?.l ??_?,?.?. ... mmtlilurd __l k7a
ilr.il? ??? ,.?mJ .tt.?als? i?t? bj dra??i?|. U, ,u-? - ~T
Ui_m Mili*, ttmnmommo* <****? ?- a_r..?J ????-???? ? ?a?