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uri there ?n a talk mtn CUT ea tte H "?P**'
Mild prot>aullttie* 01 t ie eleciiou. Clay, speaking
win llie utmost freedom of meu snd things,
timaie.l doubts and preposaessioiis ce.i. erning
individual iriends of mine. to al of WHlon i
iiatened Willi due consideration.' rhe >ery
morning after this conversaMou appe-red tne
ciiarge t Dal net* ecu Mr. Clay and Adu"is mere
u*d been a corrupt narg.au andaale.ineeii...
making mla cuaige was publisued iu a Pniuoe
pnia paper aiionyinoualv, and lutiiualed tnat i-la
liao offered to well out his Influence 10 Jacks"" 1i
taeseiretarvahiiioi State; mat Jacksou dec
make any oat gain, auu aa a eoUsei|in nc_ (
tranaierred ills influence to Johu ;h'
Clay pubuaned a card on tne morning Ju ." tl>4H
saying mat the author m toe ciiartfe was abeae
Hud iblaun.ui calUUtu'Ato . a da?tar 1 an a .
whereupon Mr. Georue K.rnner, a Mtn
Kre?s Iroia Pein.-yIvania. ?vow?JIIiimaelf *? re
sponsible for tne story. kreaier siiiriin u
couiroveiar, and decliuci logoboioie the House
aud make good oh eoarges.
PKEHIUEST Al I-AST.
on the vtu oi J-enruary, l*;tt, congress elected
Juun Oufncy Adams Prcslusni, oe receiving me
io?es oUhirteeu states, Andrew Jackson oi seven.
W H Crawford or lour. Alexander !!. Everett
w JTne flrai to notify Adam* ol Hi. inuu'pu. co^
irratulations poured in upou mui. inoseoi uiy
w.tt cniidron and family were cordial and aileci
lu* and I received an affectionate note
irutii Air Huiua King. of New \ork,
written in the senate Chamber alter tue
event." Hie Russian Minister ca?leu to congratu
late aim upon toe issue. In toe eveuiug he went
lo the President's drawing room. 'It was
crowded to overflowing. General Jackson was
there, and we shook hands. He was altogether
placid and courteous. 1 received numerous
iriendly salutati >tis." "I enclose Mr. Hums King a
note, with a.etterof three lines to niy lat''*r
askiug lor bis oiesslng and prayers on the event
ol tins day, the uioal important ol my Hie, and
which 1 would close us I began, with supplications
to the Fattier ol Mercies mat its consequences
may redound to ills glory and to the weliare of
mv countrv. After 1 returned from the drawing
room a band of musician* came aud seienaued mo
st mv house." The correspondence between Mr.
King aud Mr. Adams is wormy of reproduction as
a rare dramatic and domestic eVent lu history.
Hl'll'S K1M> TO JOHN yflNCY ADAMS.
SK.naTK Cuaxio.u. !? cb. 9. lies.
My 1>*4R Sib?He have nl this moment heard .lie issue
bi the election. and I send yoa und your veuersbie
father illy affectionate eougraiulatlous upon your choice
?? rresidcnt otthe United stales on the ttrsi ha.li t or
Ike u ase ol iiepreseatailves. I include your lather, as
1 consider v our election a* tlie best ann-nds lor the in
justice Ol which he was made tne vtcilui lo "'"iifny
nunc the choice has been such as we h**?, cordially
Coped and expected. Kt KUa kl?u.
The recipient of inn note in his turn sent it im
mediately oy post to his latner atyuincj, witn tne
jotlowiug accompauimeat:?
JOUM Qfl>CV AOaHS TO JOUS ADAJtfr.
Washimutok, y, 18.6.
Mr UkiK axd HokoUD Katuxk?Ihe inclosed note
frotuMr Klnir will ml'orni you of the event ol mis day.
uDisa w hleh I can only off.r you mv cuiiaratuiatlous
?uda.?>our blessing and L lA^UAJtS
and uutifal ?on. JOH.S gil>^v auajis.
joOn Adams was at this time inOriii m body, jel
He did not tail to respond to the lelicitations ox
ins son:?
JOHN ADAMS TO JOHX QCISCY ADAMS.
yciscr, teb. la. 19U.
I have your letter ot the ?th. Never did 1 tVel so much
Solemnity as upon this occasion. I he mulUtude of uiy
thoughts*and ihu intensity of my leeljngs are too''nnch
tor a unna like uune, in its umetielti year. May the
Oie?aiti!t ol ,i<Kl Alumrity continue lo proiect you to Ihe
end oi your uie, as it lias hcietolo.c orole"-led >'u"
reinarkatile a manner iroui your cradle 1 I offer ttn.
prayer lor your lady aud
your afle-uonate lather, JOHN AUASia.
CALUOCN TUUHATEN8 WAK.
The nest day Daniel Wobster, with Josepn
Vance, of Ohio, and William Archer, of \ irginia,
anuouueed to Adams olllciaily bis election. Al
thou^u on me tnrone troubles came, and taey
were tne first signs ot tbai terrillc political con
troversy waicii was to end the "era of good leel
inir" and introduce the stormy career of Andrew
Jackson. i?o davs alter the election Ueorge
sullivau lniermed Adams that Mr. Caiiioun was
anxious to have Joel K. Poinsett, who was alter
ward Van Uureu s hecretaiy ol War. to bo secre
tary or Mate, aud Lanudon Cueves, ai?o irom SoUU
Carolina, formerly speaker oj tne Wouse. to be
Secretary oi me lrcasury, and mat If this was
uoi done tuire would oe war upou tue adminis
tration. "I told Sullivan," ?a>s Adams, ??that I
would tome day call on him to tcstiiy to these
tacts in a court oi justice." "i had no doubt Mr.
I'ainouu. iu holding tins language to birn, in
teuued it shouid com? to me, and mat Us ooject
was to intimidate and ueter me irotn the nom
ination of Mr. Clay; mat 1 bad heard tue same in
timations irom him through otuer channels, and,
m all probability, at some future day some occa
sion would arise oi necessity for proving the
lacts judicially, m whicn case l shonid certainij
-ail upon hiai. lie *aid he should certainly meu
?eiuae to answer. 1 said nlsreiusaito answer
would be as good lor nie as the answer itself."
??Tins." says Mr. Adams in commenting unon the
conversation, "is to bring in Jackson as the next
President under the auspices of caluouu. ? i
am at iesst torewarned. It ui not la man that
waiketa to direct nU steps." The power whicn
directed tne steos oi the great men of those days
surely blasied the fair hopes ei Calhoun and
male Jackson, whom he was striving to Mrw
his bitter and melon* enemy. Ihe n^xt aay *r.
Ahums oa-ieu Mr. clay tne State Uepartmeut,
WAn11 sVor*?wi*'uixde to substitute DeWitt Clin,
von, and in tho event of iautng in that, to have
him made secretary ?>i the Treasury. Clinton evi
dently made an earnest fluht to obtain a seat in
tne Cabinet oTAdaina, out without succeaa, aa the
freasurersnlp which ne craved wasconierreo upon
Kicuard Kusn. oi Kcnmyivania, who nad won tne
auu.li ation oi Adams by nls demesnor m England.
Adams asked c'rawiord to continue iu the treas
ury. but ne decliued tue offer ano was so much
shaken in nealtli tnat he retired from public lile
only io be appointed by Adams three years later
10 be JuJge oj ne District court in Georgia, which
office ne ueid nutu his death, in lWi. Oilionn oe
came Vice n-eaident and this left thsSeeretar?ahlD
oi War vacant, so rnst iu selecting his Cabinet
Adam* appointed simpiy tniee members, ret-In
Tuii soutuai d. McLane and Wirt, wuo had served
under Mouroe. It wa? not uotil Jackson came
into power tuat tne custom of making sweeping
removatS iroui office became the rule oi poliuca.
OtACaVnaTlOM OF ADAMS.
'?March 4,-lsa4. alter two ?uccessive sleepless
Bights. 1 enter upon this osy with .uppdcation to
Heaven, nrst lor my country, second for uijrseir
and those connected with my good name and tor
tunes mat the ia<; results of it* events may be
auspicious and blessed."' Tdis war tne informa
tion day oi John ituin:y Adams as the sixth **resi
oent of tne United states. At nalf-pa>t
o'clock ne drove to the senate tmmuer, accom
panied who au escort of several companies of
miiitia and a cavalcsd* of citizens, southard and
W irt riding in his carriage, James MV?^err?Jio"*
ing in his own carriage. Alter ne Bl*
inanaural address iroui the speaker a chair to
??a crowded auditory, and pronounced tne oatn
oi office irom a volume of laws "el" ??
to nun d? Jonn Marshall. Chief Justice of the
Unite i States." he went to tne Fresidenie
bmiae to pay his respects to Monroe, and ?rt*r
ward to a ball at t arust s Hall. *1 c'oeed lee
day aa i i-egan, with taaiiksaiving to ood I?* all
Mi* mercies and fav ra past, and with prayer* f#f
ttie ?-ontinuance of theni >o m? country, and to
?lyseit an-i mine." lae next morning
bated ? i?y to be secretary of stite and Kictiard
Kusb to be secretary f tue Heasur*. thus sadlr
dmapi-oiatin* D?Witt cdnton. to whom h? offered
the mission to Kngiand. Clinton, however, de
clined. am Kuiua King accepted the fcmbaasy.
it ia odd to find Clay urging the nomi
nation ot wiiuam Henry Marrlson. who
was atterward lodeieat him for the Presidency,
lor me miaaion to Mexico. Among the courtesies
ine new President received was a private .ettei
irom l?eorge canning, which gave the assurance
teat "si* person si wishes had altogether been fa
vorable to mee.ectinn "f Mr. Adams. ' Weobserve,
too, mat Samuel Pooler, a journeyman tuecnan
ical lueiruinen ruiser ol New fork, came all toe
way to Waahiiigton to present the Preaident
"with a box of miniature knives, lorks, razors,
and scissors, made by himsell. I told nun 1 inaoe
it s general ruie to accept no preaents. but wonid
make an exception in, mla case, considering it a*
a remarsaote example of skill aud ingenuity,
which 1 should be glad to exhibit as sucn to my
ir lends."
IJI-r. IN THE WHITK HOI St.
The voiudk- closes with Adam- rairiv embarked*
spun tu? Kresideucy. ln? only ?igu tr ?pp si won
ti.at ins a<J ministration ieceive>i at the close 01
tni* book w At uvwktd by tb? appointment or Mr.
Cle? 10 no Oepar: iLcnttfr ?UH. I'pou bis coo
? nmauon t?i :ne there were twnitjievea
yeas and loarteen navs. Among taenayeweie
AiiUrow j.icii'.Q, Havne and Nattiauie. Macoo.
Aui .ng those wbo confirmed >,r. Ctav were lien
ton aua \ an Uuren, *Tt? r ward to uecomo the
Btrce per:tsan* of Jackson. Mr. Adams life <t>
fremideat was quiet and iu<iuainou*. We nave a
slimpee ot n* n><otc? wiu-,u is worth repeating
iiuw "Siiice nir removal to tue Presidential uian
aion lflee aooutflve; read two cnapier* olScott's
Mule and < mm ntary' ud the orre?. oUdiug
commentary of new.ett; toeu ti.e moraaig news
papers aod duouc paper* ir?.ai tue several il?
par meuts . wire leM iu ifl i But euoogu: break
last au nour. noui oi'.e to ten: then nave a sue*
cesaiou of visitors upon oustuess. ia ??*rch of
Plate, solicitors or dunstiona or lor mere eun
o-ity. from eleven uii oetween four anu Are
o'clock, ihe nea<is o: .lepartmem*, or course, oo
cuujr rnuu.i oi tuu time. lie *een lour and sut 1
tab a waik oI tnree or roar mile*. Din# irotn
hat. put five till sevan. aai irom a ark until ar out
eipvru i generally ps?. t,.o eveuiug .u in? ? nam
Uer signing iami gnuts or blaoS patents. ta toe
iBteivat et Which. fur the last :#u days, 1 Bave
broagut up taree months of arrears ta mr
diary itdex. auoui eleven 1 reme to bed
My eveutnge are uot so rr?e froru tnt?rrupuon as
1 uad aope j an i e*becie<t they woo a oe, aor
hare i tu? prospect oi methv uziatf the aistr.bu
tion or wy time to my on u -atisracti ,u. inertia
mucn to correct ana reorm, aau tue preceptor
?lUgeace ie >.* <rs timeiy
vve cannot better aioae trim review than by
fooUDa a lew line* <?l a devotional cuaracter rrom
foe pen oi Autus. He pr?racea tnem to toe
aatrj in wbwh i,? opens the year preueding au
?tection to toe ITe-lueuoy
Aii yrscious fataot on my bendvd kaea
intidaWHiof aa* ? consecrate totn s,
with Uaaitii* a ar. ana l?r??nt vu. 4 10 raiee
1 n? sui'Oiiaii; ur.ysr sua -r?r-sr?wia. r.rsise.
To Thee tbe Hat < ?r ou- ?<ving< owe*
it? ?" !.-? . lllr/.-ltl. , 4-ll-U 1.J ...? I
io <&?* ilis u urs, wna lm|>iuil..^ f,.
Wa? up iwr 101 virtue, lur ia? mr
nuwe #r ibe nasi ut toy ui suriaw run.
ftli grant :u? i.uru, piiss|?tltiii or mv ?oul.
lis'. cBeescned xiuMes, wit.i sisnuust uiad m|m
As . iii-u ?.i >i. Oi>? 1., v siBoavii pr to bear,
nd. 111 .v miii* wc.p ? ? : "n? b>Mi wsreu.
Ine eiowp ?i *??'> s?*ei |as??ua ?-*'
I VEGETATION'S FOES.
A General Onslaught by the
Bugs and the Worms.
KAY AG IIS BY THE COLORADO BEETLE, j
Serious Damage Threatened lo All tlie
Staple Crops.
GRASSHOPPERS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST.
Ravages of the Army m>d Measuring Worms
on tie Grain and Fruit.
CHINCHES DESTROYING THE WHEAT
From ali parts or toe country we are constantly
receiving Information itui lusecu have made a
summer assault npou the potato fields, the wneat
fields and the corn fields of the laud. The West
has suffered most: but the East Is not escaping, j
formerly the attention of farmers and scientists
was devoted mainly to the extirpation of diseases
among plants, In the nature of smut, rust and
rot. In toe later days we are pestered by the
hungry stomachs of inilliAas of rivals of mankind.
Xo longer do farmers seek lor an antidote: they
look for a polsoD. They would not cure; they |
would kill, The home or the grasshopper
and of the potato beetle Is In Kansas
aud Nebraska. Missouri and Iowa served
only as temporary camping grounds. But ;
now Sew Jersey, Maryland aud even Connecticut
are attacked. The reports or devastations by In
sects whlcu have been published lu these columns
are constantly supplemented by iresh news. Mis
souri seems at this moment to be suffering more
severely thau any other state. To-morrow the
cry lor relief may be as sorrowinl on the Atlantic
seaboard as it is on the Western prairies. We
give the latest advices concerning the rams of the
insects.
THE POTATO BUG.
NEW JERSEY.
A larmer says mat if at night a lire is built at
both ends of the potato patch me potato bur*
can be seen living toward the light, and that they
drop into the Hams* ana arc burned to death.
Tula experiment la certainly worm trying.?The
FreOonian.
A new worm Is now at work on tbe currant
bushes. It looks like tne old "measuring worm,"
so called from lis bault of movement; but it may
be tne result of an amalgamation. Unlike tbe
regular currant worm it tnrlve* on Hellebore
ami piaster, and bid* fair to become U serious
nuisance. Tbe apple and cherry tree* are tbia
yt ar full of worm nests?The treOontun.
Mr. V. I). Vaanest Informs us mat although bis |
potato flues were almost covered with tne eggs
of tbe Colorado bug u we-k or so ago lie Unas
tnst almost all tbe egg* nave rotted or spoiled
and but very lew larva; have been produced, lie
?ays tnst tbis is tbe 11:st time he was ever glad to
have a whote "setting" 01 eggs spoiled.? flights
town Gazette.
The Colorado potato bug ha* obtained Arm pos
session ol Pennsrlvanla, Delaware and New Jer
sey, and is carrying on it* work of devastation
witn a spirit almost as relentless as that wbicli
characterizes tbe Western grassnoppera. Not
coiucnt wita destroying all ibe potato vines
within its reach, It bas attacked the tomato
plants, as well as tbe cantelopes, citrons and ,
watermelons, so that our supply of toose indis
pensable fruits and vegetables this summer Is
likely to be a snort one.? Philadelphia Star.
THE GRASSHOPPERS.
MISSOURI.
[From tbe St. Louts Republican, June 18.]
The army worms are still on tbe warpath.
Quite a number of tbe farmcra of Perry couaty
bare been compelled to plough np their laod and
replant, ana some rears are entertained that they
win bare to plant corn me third ume. We have
talked, aays tbe Living Democrat, witb a numoer
of our farmers tbla week, and ail agree mat tbe
grasshoppers are leaving, ibe Governor's proc
lamation. or something else, baa scared them
away, and tbe lact of tbeir leaving is aaiiafactioft
eiiougn without inquiring Into tne cauae and ef
fect. Mr. K. A Thomas, of Caldweii county, bss
A?n experimenting wtrb salt and la satisfied
mitt cbincb bugs can be driven out of me county
witn It, Tne bugs were bard at work on a piece
of wbeat wnen be sowod aait broadcast across ono
eud of it. 'Iwo daya aiterward uot a bug could
t>? fonnd wnero be bad sown tbe nut, but they
werepleutyln tbe balance of tbe fleid. There is
vre.it scarcity or proviaions on tne soutb side of
Davis creek. Laiayeue coun.y, man/ families
living on oread and water, and do not know
wnere tbe next bread will come from. It is n t
so bad on tbe north side; but tne grassuoprers
are incieasing every day ; save eateu all tbe blue
grass, meadows, gardens, hemp, Ac. A- tbey j
increase in size tbe uamav? is also increased.
Tbe Liberty Advance *avs:?"Our people seem ?
to oe encouraged, believing, as tnev do. teat me
nopper* will leave u* iu time to replant and raise
an abundaut crop of corn, counties* millions or
tbe little peats nave oeen seeu pasting over our
town tor me past few days on tbeir fiigot to tne
nortawest. ana it is believed mat our count; win
soon be irec fr<*n tbeir ravage*. On last Monday
our towu presented quit* a lively appearauce,
(here oeinu taoie of our country people in town
than lor many m nth?, and our Uraagc ware
house did a wholesale business in the wav ol fur
nisiuug graiu and grsss ?eeds to tbe rarmers for
the purpose of r*p aut.ug their devastated fie.da."
[from the Cleveland iteraid.l
We are on tae verge ol starvation. We did not
rals> anytning last year on account of the drought
and bugs, anu tbls year tne grassnoppers have
taken almost everttmn* on tbe earth, some of us
have planted our ? orn twice, and still tne graas
hoppers nave taken it. Tnere has been corn ship
ped mm mis part of tne counny, and low rn-r?
are a great many tnat do not know where meir
meal is romiug from. It 1* a.most lmpossioie to
net adoiiar in moneAlmost everyiod. i-inaebt
and canu<>t get A<*ay: au<i tne Lord only knowa
wnat we are agoin* to do. litue people don't belp
In anme way, lor I don't, ti you could only nelp
?a by letting our couduiou oe known in your
place, and soucit am lor me uesmute, wust
ever amount you will send to me win be properly
disposed of and mautiaiiy received oy ail. vva
pray you to heln us as yon can. Yours, Ac.,
SILA? C. HULL, secretary La Due Grange.
[Prom the Sr. Louis Republican.]
Weather warm and crous are springing forward ,
gloriously, vvhi.e the wheat will not. reward the
farmer witn tn- usaai yieio, everyming promUes
well. 1'ientiiuinrss wui cbeer in-? People Ir the
buss win >et as si ne. Business k fair, and the
mture is brightentug. like is doing nobly m
beoair of graasbooper sufferers.
1 ne reliei committee met yesterday si usual at
one o'clock Mr. Samuel reported tbe donation
oi S1U0 from Mrs. Lruerai George 1'. Dorns. It
should i>e remewoeiea mat all coutrlbu.ion* con
signed to tbe Kel a, coiunuttee to tals city ? In go
to tbeir destinations iree oi cnarge
On Monday, me 7tn. eigbteen wagons passed
through Farmlngton fr< m tne graesiiopper region
oi Ksosae Tbe army worms aave so completely
ravaged wnole fields of growing wneat aad cora
lb Pmy county tnat me faraera are obliged to ,
p.ougu and plant mem anew.
1XDIAN* TEE SITOBI.
Sari a Port Oibaon despatcn of tbe iat>?Mlli>
Ions of grassaoppera essayed tneir new wings on ,
Sunday, rising like -warms of bees, and started
la a westerly direction, i be air was fined use a
cioud over tae sun at ten o'cieck. iue Liana,
Verdigris ana Arasusss rivers were covered wi-ft
tbe dead hoppers taat laiieu to fl? across at tne
start. Via bid item adiea wunaut a pang of re
gret.
KAXMA
ATCBIIO*, J oat IT, UTS.
The locuete throughout his regies began to
lalia flight oa Friday last, and imoienae swarms
of them were ebiarvad id tie air, moviag la a
nottuwest airectiOL. Their metmot m di
rect them to travel northwest; bui oeeailoaaiiy
uu.avoraole wind* drive tBd n out of tnair course.
Very few of lb? p?i * now rem j in in mil place.
Adfttes iron ail part* of Jlorth western and no urn
western lauias ire to tbe affect that very law af
tneui have desoabded. acor.nequently tn*
tpieadui coys throughout mat vast .eg oa are as
promising si belore me iocusu c .me. una u funy
Bvr-siEtus oi ttie Maie ins prospect i.r uU iUi
mense t ur\*n *as i< >ver more lavoraoie. It le
estimate! iiia- the Arsateas Valiai vvi,, proilua*
2.<WO,wvO tns ivls of Waeat Xortliwestaru lw.<- ?>??
aa luuwu more ia if*, oariay aud oats.
and tlie com harvest promise* to be
equally us large. The devastations of the
locusts have been conllueJ to an area of about
forty miles in brtauth through trie eastern part
ot iills State, and lu portions of tliat such de
struction 01 crops bus tief it total, but in probablv
two-thirds of it onlv partial, Tne farmers whose
I ileitis hive been devastated are uow busy plant
tuir corn, buckwheat, potatoes anu oilier crops
| thai may be put in iu Juue, anu 11 the l? eti-ts stay
i away tliev expect to Harvest a fair yield. It is
[ ui ireil that ilie genera) government should ap
point u commission to study tno habits of the
locu?ts; to ascertain whence ttiey came iroin and
wuere tlie.v have tone, anil obtain lull infomia
tlon concerning itiem. It Is knowu mar all tno
locusts leaving tms country were covered with
parasites, and it is believed that ttie parasites
destroy them; out there in a very general leeliug
mat too little I* known ol the pests, and that it
is me duty 01 the government to uppoiut a com
petent commission for the purpose of studying
tHeir nanus. Senator lugalis nus telegraphed to
tlic .Secretary ol War asking tiiui to direct me
military auu sitrnal ottlcers throughout tue Norm
west to onserve auU report tbe movements 01 tue
locusts.
IKroui the New Loin'on (Conn.) Telegram.]
We tins morning took trie hauu of a irienu who
has just returneu troui the irrassnopper region of
Kansas. I'Mukmg we would preier hearing ol tliu
latest accomplishments of mr-se active little
creatures from tno lips ol one who has teen with
Itls own eyes, we maUe 1 quirles. One Illustration
was suillcienr. Our Irienu ban been boarding witn
u farmer wbo last year sowed a certain held with
timothy. As tue ground hardened the grass
hopper planted its lengto and breadth with exgs.
This season i lie farmer sowed adjoining fields
witn oats anU whear. And me grasshoppers came
to time and went through ten acres ol outs, leav
ing not a stallc standing, in something less tnan
three days, and men tbey went lor tba'. wheat
field and the wtie it Is not, for that the grass
hoppers took it in at Just one mouthlul. Who
wants to j.o to Kansas r
[from the Glrard (Pa.) Cosmopolite.]
The loilowing letter was received oy a lady
residing in taia oorougli from her brother la
Kansas:?
Lawrknce, Kan.. June 7, 1875.
Noue of us have been eaten by the grasshoppers,
although tney have devoured all the other green
nungs in my viciuity. 1 had ten days ago one of
the finest vegetable and iruit gardens you or I
ever saw. 1 have a good place uow to make a
garden, but that Is all. On Priday. .Vlay J8, tney
invaded my premises, not merely tnree hundred
thousand strong, but lully three thousand million
strong, or at least a multitude tnat no mortal
couid ever enumerate. 1 have olio acre of
lanU that was mostly covered with fruit,
sucii as raspberries, blackberries, strawberries,
currants, Ac. Not a vestige of anything is
leit to mark tne spot where ouce they grew, ltie
grasshoppers were about oue inch or one and a
quarter in length, aud tbey came pouring in upon
me in a stream, Hooding my place completely. I
tried covering my strawberries aud various
shrubs and flowers, but it was of no avail. Tbey
ate through almost everything except tin or
gluss, and seemed only hungrier when they got
through 1 hau peas tnat were almost ready lor
use. potatoes as large us a room's egg, beans that
now would have been reaUv lor use, anu my
strawberries, one-fourth oi au acre, Just begin
ning to ripen, and a liner crop no man ever had.
Every tuing is now looking as though a nre had
swept over tne place uhd left- a lew stubs ol iruit
trees standing, for they ate all tne leaves of the
trees auu have taken the bark, too, Ironi over fllty
ot them, thut wilt sureiy die; but the damage
thev ul>i my garoeu is but a drop iu tne bucket to
wtiat tuey did to the larmers iu this county.
D. L. H.
[hrom the Wililumsport (Pa.) Gazette and Bul
letin.)
THIiEK HL'NDBJiD AND TU1KTY BLSHJSI.S CAUGHT IN
OSK DITCH.
The following la au extract from a private let
ter received by Proiessor James Kiden, of this
city, irom P. O. MatViu, of Kansas State Univer
sity, Lawrence, Kan.:?"I suppose y3u have
reau and re-read about our pots, tbe G. Hoppers,
Jrs. Hut 1 will tell you a ?tory or two maybe you
have uot seen. Just out oi town live tnrce men,
wbo owu three consecutive quarter sections,
limiting an entire trout oi one and a half miles,
'they Jug a ditch the whole length, aoout a i
foot wide aud elgnteen inches deep, and :
occasional pita oi larger dimensions, xoia
was when tne hoppers were quite small, in a j
week's time there bouped into that ditch, iroin
whicn they did not hup out, only &o ousheis. Now,
by actual count, a quart contains 4,000 of tneui.
Just think of tne number in that ditch! The men
saved their (arms.
At our back uoor we dug a bole one loot by three
feet, and one aud a hali leei deep, acd stretched
some old csrpet to direct their Jumps. In one
aiternoon we caugnt hall a bu-hel. Reports from
other p u ts oi the State are very lavorabie, and I
tulnk they are thiuning out here. Many have
nioult-d the last time and are on the wing. Tilt
littie pests are a cunous stuuy, and mncn ?? ?< be
learned of them.
IOWA.
[From the Ottumwa Courier.]
Lut night. a train was stopped by tbe grass- j
hoppers near Ke J oak. Their first appearance m {
tnai part of Iowa was day before yesterday, bat
Hut drove did not stay long, bat leit. going north
east. Yesterday, nowever, a fresh supply and In
greater lorce ttjan tbe former came to take tbe
place ol ttia departed. Tbey seem to stop about
one day, ?nJ they clear everytmug before them,
ono corn tioiu of ubont MjO acres wai cleaned
completely, leaving nothing out stubs of stslks
about two lueses hign. luey seem to be rat- :
in.' .,D tue leaves on tbe wheat stalks, bat uo
not a.lect it as much si they do younger aua
more tender grain. Mr. Osborn say* they cover
tue gronud all over so thick ti.at they many
t jucu eaeu ouier, and sometimes are round two
ur three deep. Last uitut, ne salt1. the sides of
tjp buildings were covered with toem. He re- !
porta people i<*ctiDg pretty biue; farmers are du
cnargmg ttieir hands, but the general opinion
serins to i.o that li tne iiopners abouid leave soon
tuo corn win a till come on an>i make a wood crop,
i he stopping or tbe tram ws* occasioned
by the lulling of the boppera on tue ,
rails, cau^ng tne wheels 10 ily aronria
on tbe track like a tup spinning. me 1
engineer, aOout two mllea tais sale ol Red Oak. |
i a u ou of nana aud bad to run nsck to tbe city
lor more. Mr. Osboru aa*a, to ur as he can learn,
tbey cover a atrip or territory about loo iui.es 1
wide, reaching a* iar west as Crete, Neb., as
plenltlui as In Iowa, lie th >Ofbt irom tbe course
ibev were going tbey woaia about take In Des
Moines.
Ulkmwood, Iowa. Jane X7,1876.
A good many grasshopper* werefl>ing about .
yesterday. Trie) have taken tne corn In tbe I
?oumern and southeastern parts or the country, ?
bu: bave done little damage to tbe wheat.
KIBBAUi.
Despatches from all parts of Neoraeka and West- j
ern lowa -ay that tbe ravage# of grasshoppers
tr.us iar nave been coullneu to a few counties in
Nebraska, aituongb myriad* o, them are dying
over the State, coming iroai Kansas and Missouri
ana going la a nWibweaterly direction. Tbe crop
prospects were never liner, but grave aiipreheu
atona *re felt lest tne ma*siop,,ei* should aiubr,
aua iu a iew hours sweep taem out oi existence.
?. uicaoo, June IT, 1876.
Tbe following is an epitome of the crop and
grasshopper reports received up to this mora
lug:?Oraeshoppers were seen lu counties* Lum
bers in omana, Ut.m->re and Paplilau. Neb., yea
teruay. Keports ir><i* niieeu oilier , oiuta in Ne
braska are very euCoeraKiu*. ami Indicate that i
iue arowing crops aro in good condition. ine 1
pe.ta nave an ieit Nebraska City, i t i< estimated
tiut oii' -.olrd of the crops m that region are de
stroyed; imi tne larmer* are r-pUnting, aud still
hope to make * crop in mauy places.
lue gra-*uepp?ra are reported to be infested >
wiiii paraaites, win.a ate destroying them m I
th'>usauus. In Iowa and Kansas tuo situation re
mums unchanged, a cMiiparaiiveiy small area
ibus rsr i.aviug been viar.eu.
OBIO.
[from tbe Toledo commercial, June it.)
SrBBADINO TUM KVU. BT MAIL.
Speaking of tbe practice of sending packages of ,
Western grasshoppers tnroogb tne malls, wBlcn
we early took occasion to denounce, toe Tan
Wert Bulletin states tbat U is luiormed by an ,
agent or the mail service between Chicago and
Crestline "that be emptied irom a mail bag a :e?
d?vn ago a b .x wlti. a gia*e covir, cootamiug
dve grasshoppers. Tbe glaas was broken oy com
ing iu contact with the taMe, anu tne 'hoppers
Sopped iu every direction." lie caugut aud killed
an be co?ld find, but a number escaped, anu tbe
agent ays taut nearly every mail carries pack
age* ol these pests, ihe m ? ter is wen wonay of
tne attention ?< ta* Post oflloe Department.
L'TAM.
Sal* Laxs, June 16, 1176.
Tbe weatner la warm and the crope ibrougaout
tbe Territory are lu ?p;eadid condition. Tbe dam
age done nj tne cric?et* in tbe aoatbcrn part of i
tue territory is slight.
MASSACHCSkT ra
[From tbe Springfield Union. Jane 17.]
la tbese day*. when the very dust of tbe earta
is turning into voracious insects tost devour
every lorm oi agricultural product, it oegioa to
look aa if mau naa before tiirn a straggle lor ex
isteaoo with tbe insect world as arduous as tbat
waged during tne flr*t aire* of tbe world with le
r?Sioa* beasts, br bis invention* civnited m*a is
now aosoiut* master oi me isr*jer animals, out ne
is moie powerless oe.ore tne uev arms insect
world toau is the unarmed Uii.?0oin tue piessuco
oi the genua tixer. Abd it msv ue doaaied t me
a'taoksol trie neasts, made ilirectiv upon man,
are uut ie*s formidable t.iati tne assamts waion
tue l.is.-ct* indli ct.y make umu unu of HUaOklug
Hi* r;od sup i e*. Uvf.er ugeie tuan utasauop.
,er ; lion-tuaa potato bugs, u is pieitf evloeut
tnac <iiie oi t.ie ch.ei directions wuioa i.umau in
geuuity i-eeu* to iu*e at ureeeut ia tne discovery
oi m* m>/U*e ui destroying maecta. Let our In
von tors oi < .mike enguies tfitu ineir alienttoa to
! this subject. They may be assured mat toe foe la
' quite worthy oi their steel. Sherman's in a re a
through Georgia created ie?s devastation than the
marcu of the grasshoppers through Kansas.
(?KASSH0ITKH8 A M.BSHWG.
[Prom the Worcester spy.]
Some of itie Missouri people having tried the
irrasshopper as uu article of iiiet IIml titm he liaa
gieat merit lutiierio unappreciated m tIns coun
try. though It is uuiiersiood that John the Baptist
i uvu.led lilinseli 01 it dtiriutr his sojourn in the
wilderness, und uncivilized people in various
parts of tbe world have uiso found it better to
make au invasion of locusts a season of feasting
tbau of afarvatiou. Wishing to test tnoronuh 1 v
i the dictetic capabilities ol these insects, certain
lanies auil gentlemen ol Warrenaburg sac
1 down oue day last week to a locust ?iin
ner. The lirst course, grasshopper soup,
| waa tasted with sotue misgivings, winch
1 were aoon dispelled, however. Tne party res
olutely suppressed tueir qualms, made a laitliiul
trial of the dull, aud agreed iliat u tasted like
chicken soup with a delicate mushroom flavor.
The next course was baiter cakes, through winch
locusts bud beeu well mixed. Prejudices had
already been conquered, and these delicacies
were dispassionately judged, aud wituout dissent
approved. Tueu a dish ol buked grasshoppers, ,
pialu, waa presented and pronounced excellent, i
The crowuiug giorv of the least waa a dessert "a la j
John the Baptist," baked locust aud houey. It was
the unanimous verdict m the company that the
great forerunner bad uo reason to compiaia of
Ins diet lu the wilderness. The quests at tills odd
banquet were not otiiy satisfied but enthusiastic.
We oo not near that they passed resolutions in
In nor of John the Baptist, wnose example had
taugui them to turu a terror and a pesi Into a
biesslug, but tiioy did declare that heucelorth
they should "esteem grasshoppers a luxury to be
classed with oysters, truMea, mushrooms, ice."
They believe mat lu luiure tbe advent of me
locusts will be a cause of thanksgiving instead of
mourning, a beneficent giti of nature. As evi
dence of me readiness of the W arreusburg people
to accept > be culinary aud dietetic innovation It is
stated that a baker of that town has aavertlsed
for 600 oashels of grasshoppers, to be de
livered immediately ai the present market
price, $5 a bbshei. The lirst lu voice or this sea
son's crop ol grasshoppers has already been seut
to St. Louis, and an acilve demand is expected
trom that city. At present, while the locusts ure
in t.ie wiualess condition, and can be captured
without difficulty, it Is estimated mat eacu acre
will yield not less than lllteeu bushels, which U
considerably more tbau the average yield ol wheat,
wuile the nutritive value of the Insects is not less
than mat oi wheat, busnel for bushel. When mis
crou, wuicn needs no plautlug or cultivation, is
harvested, tne land is available lor omer uses und
may be made to give an additional profit.
THE HARVEST PBOBPZOTS.
[Prout tae Commercial Agency.]
Reports of harvest prospects received this week
are from several points In Arkansas, Alabama,
Texas, Mississippi, Nebraska and Colorado.
The Arkansas reports all represent the area un
der cultivation lu cotton not much, li anything,
beyond tbe area of last year, but that in grain in
creased about one-tbird. Izard county reports the
fruit crop as seriously injured ov irost. Cotton in
all cases a good stand and healthy, but spring rains
have made the season late. Corn promises a large
aud excellent crop. The report froin Conway
county states:?"Farmers In this Bectlon of tne
State are turning their attention greatly to tbe
growing of grasses aud small grain. 'Ihe area In |
wheat this year is almost, if not quite, qnadru- i
pled, and tbe crop promises a lair yield." in all j
cases the promise Is that the crop of breadstuff*
win be large and of excellent quality.
From Mississippi we quote report of Tishomingo |
county as a lair specimen of a'l winch hare
reached us thus far. Tbe chief products of this '
section are corn and cotton. The area under cul
livation in cotton is about the same as last year,
but in grain is very largely Increased. Tbe lrult
crop will be a failure. Condition and prospects of
omer crops are very good. Planters are now har
vesting the wneat, and It is greater in quantity i
aud oi better qifaiuy than they have ever raised I
before.
Coieman county, Texas, reports a very small i
area under cultivation, aud none of it in cotton. |
The a> a-<*liopper plague uas disheartened the
farmers, und the chiei products oi this section ;
now are beef cattle. Tne other counties oi w.iich
we have repurrs state the area under cultivation ,
increased iu both coru and cotton. W heat is being
harvested, and is the finest ever seen in Texas.
Corn and cotton are not sufficiently advanced to
justify a decided opinion, but u the* lulfil present ;
promise mey will be very good indeed, though
later than usual.
Louisiana reports Indicate a moderate Increase
in tue area under eultiva iou in caue, corn and |
rice. The coaditiou oi ail crops is better than an .
average at this season o the year.
From Nebraska we have reports of seven conn- ,
ties. Of these a few only report uainate by |
grasshoppers to a serious extent, though por
tions or some of these counties nave escapeu.
our advices are tne infested districts comprise
a strip in tnis State, s >mu or Flatte River and |
along toe Missouri itlver, about ten miles in ex
tent. Or it mat bo said that a line ruunlng
south ana about teu miles wast of Neb as<a
city, would include toe major part or ihe damage
west of it. Suon a hue would be tweuty miles
west of tue Missouri River on the Kausa- line.
W ithin mis line thero will t e no small graiu to
amouut to anything. Farmers are no# ploughing
up wheat aud planting corn. in tue couuties
wnere tne grasshoppers nave not appeared tne
crops were n<*ver lu better condition, and me
prospects foi C large and good crop are excellent.
1 ne te.'Orts from Ceiorauo are nut encouraging.
In some counties we are advised the grassnoppers
batched out verv thick?early iu tbe valiejs, and
later a? the elevation increases, consequently
aa euro, wi.ea: au>? oats are cmcfly grown in the
valle}*, tbe tarmers are replauting; out nlgu?T up
in tue potato region tbe grass nopper* areata batch
ing out, and will no doubt do much more serious
inischlei. lu tne mining countlec ol wnich we uuve
reporis, the miners are elated by t e uuusually
profitable working of tbe ml .es, while the stock
raisers are depressed oy beavy losses during tbe I
wluter, wblcn was one of uuusual severity. Tbe
estimate is tnat mere msy be hair a crop raised,
but nothing like enougu to aupply lood ler tne.r
own people.
From Wyoming Tei rltory we have advices, but
lu ihe regi n reported me people are cniefir em
ployed in stock raising, so mat meir crops do not ;
enter into an estimate of harvest prospects.
RETURNING HOME.
TUX BKYXNTH &EUUfXKr TO ABBOT TOIS
MOBNTNO.
The Sevenm regiment, 700 etrong, will arrive
Dome ton morning iron Boston, where they per.
tlcipited in tbe Centeonul celeoratlan of the
Battle or Banker HiiL The commend left Boston
lest evening by special train and em
barked on their apeclai steamer at New
poit. The regiment will reach the city
ubout seven o'clock A. M? and on their
disembarkation tbe members or the .seventh will
be received with military nunura t>y tue Seventy
flrat regiment, under Hie commend of colonel
Vine, mid alter <ard be escorreu by the latter
command to toe armory lu Fonrtu avenue. Ttie
fteveuty iirn will, agreeably to orders aaa-mbie
at ihuir- armory in mi; ores'! noiiurm. wuite
trouper* aid glove*. oesrakin nets, at a quarter te
mx o cluck sharp, ami immediately proceed to t&e
tool or Murray -treet. wnere tnu hue will t>e
tor.i.ea, tue leit re-Run* on Washington atreet. and
receive the seventh with the customary salute*.
THE FALMhlTO #TATK LINE INFANTRY.
This niortiiug the Waabingio i Llirnt imantry, of
Charleston, ft. C., will arrive In the city irom
B *toil. accompanies br tne Ola Guard, oouer
command ol Major XcLcan. limy wnl be en
corteu up Broadway to the headquarter* of the
Old buard. on I'ourtn avenue, Wucre a splendid
coilatlou Will be Tarnished tnem, umler toe au
gervlsloa ??i J. Strittmatter. At noou a grand
anquet win be given them 07 tbe mer
chKDts of Kew fork. headej by A. T. Stewart
and otDei a. At two o'clock m*y wUI take up tncir
line or march <or tne <. narleatou ate tmer escorted
by the Old Guard, and em at three o'clock take
tneir final larewell 01 their Northern friends.
DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.
AX XKOIXXEB KILLED BT TBE B1TX OF A DOO.
The Brooai) n Board of Health yesterday after*
noot granted a permit tor tne bnrlai or the re*
mains el Andrew Jacgson, sn engineer, who died
irom hydrophobia on Weduesatr last, at bis resi
dence, No. tfs Nineteenta street, Souta Brooklyn.
Jackson. who was thirty years of a/e, wee bitten
by a spits jog about two moatns ego, but es the
wound was siigut and tbe dog had no appearance
cf niu<inea*, lie isit no alarm. Ou Friday, tue nth
luat , toe first *ymptuias of tbe terrioie uiaeaae
appeared, in tne lorm or a great averaion to water,
la a ssort time he was unaote to swu low any
liquid, b it did uot tbea auiTor irom oeurtum or
fever. Dr. need, or Heurr street, was auuamoned,
but could do nothing to prevent Jackson's great
dialUe ior liquids. A violent lever net in on JJon
tlav and or. 1 ueaday the patient became demioua.
The aight or a gust o water would thio* ,ltn
lntoVDleat ?pa*mi, and it required tne united
exertion* or several parsons to prevent him born
leaping rom tbi oed. Tue p.ireX)*?* became
mors irequ*nt and auontging on Wedn?an?y, tne
puiiad' irotulug at tue uioutn and men! emiug
ail tiie svmi.fon ? or nyuropbenia In lis worat
ioron. he oecaiue exnsuoed toward noon, and
u' <ue o'clock died quetty. lne dog has since
been suot. __
AG RICU LTU ft AL EXHIBITION.
The spring exhibition or the Queens County
Agricultural aooitty win be heift at Minsoia on
?tne 2;d aod 24tninai. Arrangements are being
made lor an extensive display or article* 01 inter
eat. not 0111 / to tue r.iiiatng an I garaeuiag c*ass
out to tue Mineral pubini aa wen.
MISGOVERNMENT.
The New Order of Things Ac
cepted in the South.
THE COLOR LINE DANGEROUS
Maintained by Continual Fed
eral Interference.
MONTOOMKRY. Muy 21, 1876.
1 have given ,ou .omewh?t detailed
tbe political and industrial ooaduion of the^ur
States which some republican* in the Co?
grens wished to subject to what was called tne
Force and Habeas Corpus bill, and befor? 1"
fUt tner investigations i desire to lay be ore yon a
summary or n.y observations. which will, IP.
lieip you 10 form a just Idea of the actual con
ttou of these states-Arkansas, Louisiana, Miss
slppl and Alabama.
THE NEW ORDER OK THINGS.
1. There was, In all these States, for some
after tbe war and up to the yeur 1888. or u
cases 1870, much dtsorder and a condition "
lessness toward the blacks-a disposition,.great
est in tbe more distant and obscure re?lons
trample thorn under foot, to deny their eq
rights, and to injure and Kill tnern ou ?>1?nt or ?
provocations. Tbe tremendous change n t
social arrangement, of the Southerni States re
auired time as well as laws and force to be ac
cepted. Tbe Southern whites bad suffered a de
feat whitin was sore to bear, alld on top or this
thoy ?aw their slavea-thelr most valuable and
cherished property-taken away and made iree
and their political equals, one needs to go into
tbe far South to tnow what this '
what deep resentment and irritation It inevitably
bAUbe same time came the attempt ofPr"ld?t
Johnion to rearrange the Soutnern st* j
manner whicn the wisest and Dest Oemocra
have met in tne South have declared to me
unwise and productive of disorder. I believe Mr.
Johnson me?t ?ell and patriotically but my ob
servations have convinced me that he was in
ervor, at least in the time and manner of assert
inn bis policy. He aroused the hopes and desire
of Me worst class in the Southern States and
disabled tbe large number of moderate and con
servative citizens, who ought to have ruled dur
inn the reconstruction of society there, and who,
unlortuuatsly, were pusned aside. The re8U
waB violence and disorder, not general,
nas been charged so often, but still very serious
t. o. .?? ?? u,..a ??? ???
and tne punishment of criminals by federal power
under tie Enforcement acts brought people to
tneir senses I believe that there war, during
lime vears, a necessity for the ^'"rendc^eg
ledera' power to repress disorders and crimes
which would otherwise have "Pr"d "J'JJf
pernaps irretrievable blows on society Itself. But,
a ter all. 1 am persuaded time
real Healer of disorders as well as alff"e?c"'
oftheKorthdonot always remem.er tnat even
in the farthest south mere were large' P"P"V
interests, lmpornnt industries. mai>y elemenis of
S.UO. ...? cannot c.r U?
disorder*: and, moreover, that the men of tne
South ar'e Americans. like ourselves, having
by nature or long training, a lore of order
and permanence, ana certain, "er.for. to
reconstitute society upon the new basis pr#
scribed to them, and to do It by their own efforts,
ao soon as they were made to feel that the new
order of tbinps was inevitable. That tlsre were,
during some years alter the war, shocking crimes
in tne States 1 have visited no man J*0'**"
crr-tre wrons is done when those daye are no
brought up and those deeds recited to describe tue
Sonth of to-day.
THE KISECM W 1** "OCTH.
2. There has been in all tns four states I have
??en since 1888, great misgevernment,
.Mm..?
were for tbe greater part adventurers, camp fol
lowers, wldlers of fortune-some
but also many native southerners. T?M ?ug?J
ernment has been various. Its most marked^o
prominent i.ature was the unscrnpuiou. greed
and pecanlsry corruption of lb. ru^and
tneir subordinates, who, Louisiana,
or cases, notably m Arkansas and Louisiana
were no better than common robbers. But puo
aitbr all. not the worst crime of
the men who arose in tne name or the
par y to govern these Southern States. Th
Sravest offence or the State governments was
their total ne?lect or the first duty of rn e ?
maintain we peace and execute Jostlce. They
did not enforce toe laws; they ' 1 ^
thf? played unscrupulously upon the lg
S ".r. "... ?*?? ??">?
born cupidity; they used remorselessly tbe Mies
tools for the vilest purposes; they encoura-red
order, so tuat tr.ey might the more
to th0 federal power and to the >ortnern
Jeople for help to maintain tbe.n in the places
thi?v so i*ro?s<y and shamelessly abused.
To?.r"?.v.'. ???
^constructors or .that State were certainly a set
rubles, robber!*. But they nad among tnem a
few men?uotaoly Governor Ctayton l think-w
n.ld societ* in an iron grip, and by main force
nroduced peace. Tbev put down witn a stern and
unflinching ?nd almoit a cruel, hand, tne dtaor
?..??, ?*?
terrible to read, and they executed
with a vigor wnicn saved society and gave peace
To the ?t,te br encouraging the orderly people of
*1 parties to tale puWlc affairs into tbe.r^ own
bands, and by oUconraging and terrifying t
lawless class. The result is that Arkansas is to
llay we most peaceful sute of vne -our 1 have
visited - and as it has an excellent Governor,
knows the eitreme importance of preserving
peace and erdsr, tbe State w lalrly on the way to
prosperity.
CNHAPI'Y I.OCISIANA.
Tne Injury done to a community bv tic total
failure 01 Its rulers to maintain order, repress
crime and execute jaattea ta more seriously fait
In Louisiana than In auy other or the four State*
of which i am epeaklug. It la a wonder to m?
that society baa not entirely gone to oiecea in
tb?t State: and I ant persuaded tnat Ita white
populatlou poaseasei utico.nraonlr nigh qualitlea
when I aee tnat. In spite of an incredible iniagov
erntnear, wuicta encouraged ever/ vice and cr'.me,
which snamelessly corrupted the veiy fountains
and aonrcea of Jnetice, and made the raiara a ter
ror to toe peaceably inclined; in epite of
thle order and peace have been grad
ually reatored and are now malatalned,
and this by the efforts of tha people aloae,
and In spite 01 their rulers. No thoughtful man
can aee Louisiana at it is to-day without faming
a blah respeot for its waite people. The state la
to-day as flt lor s?li-gov?rniueut aa Ohio or >iew
York. The attitude of tae races there towurd
eaco other Is esaantially ktndijr. and 001/ the
continuous efforts 01 black and wblte deruagogu?e
of tue basest kind Keep tham apart politically.
The majority of tha white people of tne state are
wail disposed, anxious for an upright govern*
ment, ready to help honest and wise ruler*, if
they could oaiy get tnem. to maintain peaee and
order. 1 sincere y believe that whenever toer
are relieved irom i*iierai oppression?and la tueir
case It ie the worst kir.d of oppression?they will
set up a government essentially honest aud Just,
and wnl deal fairly and Justly with the eolored
cltuens.
TBS COWSTtTCTIOIUL AMBXDMIXTS JtOCICTID.
4. There la not, id any of the four State* of
which Ia^eas, any deslro lor a new war; any hoe>
tmty !?> the t'mon, any even remote wiaa to re>
ensiave me biauks, any hope or expectation of
repealing any cobamutlonal ausudmenl. or in
any way curtailing the rights of the blacks as
eitizeus. The former slaveholders under*;aud
peneotiy that tue olaoks cannot be re-enslaved.
"I'uey have been free, and they would drive us
! ont or the oouutry if they thought we were about
to re-eusUve tneio. Tney are a quiet sa l psaoj
ftoie peopis, uxcept when they are exasperated)
| out tuen Uey are terrible. ? uiao* mo* 1* a rata*
??? ?nd "??e "ia * fever'you"1"
me; and another remarked, If eve y ,
North, want to re-euaiave tha ue*ro * ftT aU
give ua tnree mouths' notice. ?o that
move out, with our wives and cni.ar .
were a aource of constant anxiety to ui*1
held tnem In slavery. To attempt to re'eu
tuem would t>e ouly 10 invite theui to mur
and lay the country waste."
la Mlsslaaippl aiono aid I And polltlciana si y
enough to ta.k about the Oaucuslau race and tne
natural Incapacity of tne negro lor self-govern
ment: and even ih-:ro the best republicans tola
me mat these noisy democratic demagogues weCe
out a small. though aggressive and uot uupowerlu ,
unuorlty; and even in Mississippi a strong re^
publican, a iedur.il law officer, an lioucst and
Ltbiul man, assured me that the northern ball
or the State, which la vl?e moat prone to occa
slonal violence uud dlsoruer, la to-day, to hla per
sonal knowledge, us peaceful and orderly as any
pari of Hew York or Ohio.
TUB COLOK LINK A CALAMITY.
5 The division of political parttea on the noe oi
color line ha, been a great calamity to the Sou th
em States. It had Its origin in the refusal^of the
Southern wattes, alter the war, to recog
equal political rights of the blacka and their a*
tempts, in atate Legislatures, to pass ?
to them. This lolly has been bitterly regrett I
the wiser men in the South. A Miss saiipp
to me. "It was a great blunder. We could h
better ailordea to educate and "J? *
people and nunem for the duties of gi xensh n
than to have had tnem alienated from us
was riuht- it was a great, though probably aa m
evitable, blunder. It flung the negro lnt0J"h"a'
of the so-called republicans In the Southern States,
and these, by adroitly appealing to hi. faeri and
to his gratitude to the lederal ?ov"m"n'ttpn'1 J'
encouraging his desire for official Power and
spoUs, have maintained the color line in politic!
and by its means kept themselves in powe .
It is an indisputable fact that there can be no
1 permanent and beneficial settlement or political
line is broken. While the white vote, or the
greater part of it, la massed on one aide,, and h
black vote, or the greater Dart of It, on tne other,
as is still the case in Louisiana. Mississippi and
Alabama, it is Impossible to get good goferDBJDt,
lor the political issues will, of necessity, Be false
and will have no relation to any real question ul
administration, but only to questions of ?ce.
THE INJUBY DONE BY KKDtRAL. INT"KER^C*
But It is tne lederal interference under the K?
forcement acts, ana that alone, which ????*?
scrupulous politicians to masa the negro vota
r,r? .i?. .?<> >? ??" iM'r.
aggrandizement. The great masa of tha
Souihern colored voters are Illiterate; th.y a a
easily impressed by exhibitions of power, th ey
are readily alarmed aoout their safety, an .
all ignorant masses, they are very apt to fo,o
a leader. The lepubilcaa leader Baa alwayi
tne United States government to back him.
Packard, chairman of the Republican State L*
ecuiive committee ol Louisiana, bai. as Marshal,
the absolute command of federal troop. m Loui J
aua. Spencer, United States Senator irom Ala
I bama and republican leader in that ru^
up to Louisville and secures for the
! eral companies of iniantry and cava tj.to bo
stationed in Alabama, at a time when, aa the
! United States Marshal testifies, there was no
cer'a underlings, at the same time Deputy
Marshal, supervisor of Election, candidate toi
bacon snoots a hole through his own nat,
and then orders lederal troops to jiunt tor lmag*
inary Ku Jtlux. Governor Amea, In Mississippi,
"uLa to stir U prevent a riot ai Viokaburg, but
Hiter the riot, alter loriy or fifty blacka have bcc
Killed, and wnen the negroea are demoralized and
feel utterly helpless, sends lor tederai ,r00J*?
which come at hu command, and ?>?aro
hiacRs Such manifestations or power atriko tno
lauirtnatlon of the negroes, as they would any
igaorant population, and they loUoW veryrtadUy
and blindly It, possessor. Sotpe colored
in Alaoama being asked why they all votedI
Shea's lor Congr.se, replied, "became "p??
them to;" being aaked if they would have vot^d
the democratic ticket if Parrln had told thoiu t<*
anawered unhealtatingiy, "Yea.'
Tut" ? leader. Whom th.y thus follow do not
instruct toem In political dull... Th.y_do a*
aucuss political qu.stlons before tn.m. Ta?y P^
peal only and continually to mo n.gro a J.ars and
to hu a.ns. of obligation to the l.d.ral power. U
??.
? o.n.r.1 ur?nt, .M "? rKW " J
duty to vot. th. "atralght r.pubiloau
in some parts ol Soutnarn Louisiana th.
are still auinmoneJ from the fleld to political
meet tug. "by < rder of General Butler."
rSS a caa. where a candidate for a county
ofllca circulated a printed -general c01*'
mandlug all colored men to ToW l#r ",IJ' '"J
siunea "U. s. Urant, Pr.sluentj" and h. r?.
ceiv.d th. aolld colored vol.. On. oi >?
most intelligent and excellout man I mat
lu l.oolaiana told m. mat In 1172 h. had made^a
toorougn canvaas of th. part of th. state in whicj
he liv^a. addressing himself entirely to the c . or.4
people, by wh?m he ,s lUed and trust. 1. and try.
mg to explain to tnem tne necessity lor good gov
ernment and their interest in th. matter, buu
Mid he, "1 presently became awtr. .hat I waa
"uow.d b, a republican, an IPIttraM ?dlo?
lived man whom no color.d man would nav.
trusted with ?6. out who overturnel all mvarg*
ments by whimpering. 'Don't believe waat .o MlM
tou- they only want to put >ou back Into alar
ery ? so p.rtiuaciouair baa this base lasinna-ioi
Jeenun.1 among th. black- that wnea last rtU
the democrat, carri.d Alabama I mow of two l?
stanc.s in wnlcn colored men came Int. tut
near.it town to ask white democrats, in wooaa
honor and klndneaa tn.y trusted, w.ieth.r taey
would o. allowed to choose o""' ^"^al
whether they would be separated irom th..r wiv*
*"?! 'luman'natur. b.ing what It is. no one can &?
surprised that the po.ltlcal l.ad.rs wno fouud M
!?n! easy to maas th. colored vote. w.,o found also
the leoeral pow.r fl.ng into their oauds sa l th.io.
. .elves Its minisr.ra. who by thes? means alow
were able to maintain themseivea in power, regui d
Uaa .unruly of tne us. tney mad. of this power
that under toes* coaditlona they ahou.d t?
come and r.main bo h weak and corrupt, the
ma-aof ignorant men by wh.se votes th.y were
kept in power paid no taxes, and were not, tn.rfc
fore, directly affected by the public plundering,
and tn. plunder has been eo gr.at and the
number oi walte men enga*?d la it ao amall the#
ther W.reaiw.ysabl. to dlvid. with the more
amoltious colored leadera. who, oo their
h ive been, aa was inevitable, eaaiir corrupt^
Sor has tne colored man been aiow lo learn
trickery and baser parte oi political mauagement.
Tr.ey were ignorant and poor and aaw power and
*ud ignorant whit, men, having th. sam. t.mP
ta'lons s.t be tor. tn.ra, hav. done the
over, and notably In tne city of Sew Yort.
1 must reserve to another letter a further
twaioo oi inie subject, for It 1. of the
portanc. u.at it aoouid be ireueraUy undsrstoM
in the Northern states that tne Belorcemeni
lawa and tne federal mterierenoe which it per
CUAHLEi M0RD10KF.
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THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY,
The flfiy.rourtn annual report of tun initituttoa
Is Ju?t pnolianed, It aho*a tuat tna total nuatbei
of book* in to* library u lfls, 130, an increase dar>
tag tna tact year ?I ?.o?3, a larger locretae ti.aa ia
aoy otitar year ?tnoo 1173. ine uuiaw of aoUva
ooeinbere la 4,87*, and of ftttfacribing metuuara
1,706, a total oi 1,-iO tuenioeri, aausaini; I.Oillaal
year. Tna lot* o( meihbere wa? canted by tut
stringency of 'u? una* aoa dtpretaion oi trade,
wbtcn joreaa tonav oiarka to withdraw ttiair mem
ber-Mi). 1'3h icUl iiiouui* for '.ua v*ar *w
?44,067 89, and ttie expenditure* lii.iTJ 39, oi
wuich **ae (or Nauru**, binding, ac-, *14
110,3*7 .or uooivi. in? to'.ai uutnoir oi voiuui**
i dia.ilbutud uurtng ttie year wa* 3)4,148, <r wuicu
l64.so8 were i?iaeit at toe mam llurary, 4?,8jj %t
ma bianoa utliua auu 3,4^3 uc t.ie reaideuc?a ol
memoera. Trie average uaiiy eirouiati >n **? 804
; VU.U81I'?, ilooiti are lit.* iaut to any pari of VM
I ?it/ uatvir satntttU street i?r mit oeau a-tc.*.