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CARLISLE, PA.,
srt'lim 4 N(lny Morning:, August ft, 1S(I7.
for supreme judge,
GEORGE SHARSWOOD,
OK IUIn.ABBM’IIIA,
I)Fjt«€R,lTU‘ eorxrV CO.WKNTIO.V
At u moot Inn of llio Democratic Standing Com
mittee, hold at the Committee Rooms, lh Carlisle,
mi Saturday, June 29th, It was unanimously
]{i v>faul. That the Democratic Nominating
Convention ho held altho Court House, lu Car-
Usio. nn Aur/us! 12//i. lSt>7, at 11 <VHock, A.
M.; and t hat the elect lon of delegates to the Con
vention ho hold altho usual places of holding such
elections In the several boroughs, wards and
townships, on Mitmvlai/, Aiir/u.sf 111//1, !Wi7; in the
Ronmgh of Carlisle, between the hours of Rand
7 o'clock, I*. M.; In lhe Hornughs of shippenstmrg
helwcen the hours of 7 mid 9 o'clock, I*. M.; and
In the other borough and Townships between the
hours of 1 and 7 o’clock, P. M.: at which time the
Democratic.* voters of each borough, ward and
township shall elect two delegates to represent
them hi said (’•(invention.
WILLIAM KENNEDY,
C'/minnmt I>rni. Sttnuling <\»n,
\V. 11. lil Tl.i;!!, Sa-n furj/.
who is ri:si*o.\nirm: for tiik si k
l I'KI.NG AT AM)RIINO.\VII.M:?
We publish to-day another letter IVom
Gen. Robert Ould, E.x-C'omniissioner
for the exchange of prisoners, to which
wo rail attention. Commissioner Quid's,
statements eannot, dart 1 not, will not be
denied by any responsible man. He
offers and can prove tlie truth of what
lie says by Federal officers and.hy offi
cial documents. Ho states distinctly
and challenges contradiction, that in
the early purl of August, 1801, when the
AiulevsonviUe prison was tilled with
Federal prisoners, two-thirds of whom
were sick, lie offered to surrender fif
teen thousand of them, without requir
ing a corresponding delivery of rebel
prisoners in return, lint that his offer
was rejected by onr ollieers, and he
11 laid) was compelled to retain these
men throughout tbo sickly season, and
when lie was scarce of provision* and
laid lint few surgeons to attend to »o
many sick men. The consequence was
two-tliirds or more of these. Federal sol
diers died. Quid himself tried ids best
to save them by his humane oiler to
give them up to our authorities, and
lie “ urged liasfo on tilt; part of tlie Uni
u*d Slates (toverninent, as the mortali
ty among the Federal prisoners was
very great.” To all these appeals, the
President, Stanton, Holt A Co. turned a
deaf ear, and owing to their criminal
indillerence and liearttessness, some ten
or twelve Cniun soldiers tost their lives
at Andersonvilie !
GfuJl tin* treasonable villainies of the
administration yet revealed,
ihis Is the most startling, the most
shocking. The betrayal .of M’L'lellan
before Richmond, when Dr*administra
tion tried its best to have his army cap
tured or slaughtered, was bad enough
and treasonable enough, but this suc
cessful plan to destroy ten nr twelve
thousand Union troops, was a piece of
wickedness such as the devil of himself
could scarcely have invented. Some of
those engaged in tins scmmdrclism are
in their graves, but Stanton, Holt, But
ler anti others engaged in the conspira
cy sill live. They should he arrested
at mice, tried hy a military court, con
victed and hanged. They have mur
dered their thousand.-*, and they should
die for their unparalleled crimes.
We hope the day is not far distant
'.cla n these infamous and heartlessmen
may be brought to trial and punished.
Politic** alone governed them in all
•heir hell-horn projects. “ Our starving
.-oldiern at Amler.-onvillc” was a fruit
inl -abject to manufacture political cap
ital from and to keep the public mind
intlamed. JJule did Hie people think
a hen the of our dead and
dying at Ander-onvilh* were paraded
'" lon- their eyes that the very men
w ho were cimihuing these photograph
political eth-et, ivere themselves re
'pon-.il,!e for all the-m U-ring at Ander
'onvilie. The betrayal of M’Clelhiii,
l iif <-on-piraey again-t onr prisoner-* at
Auder-onville, the murder of Mrs.
xirratt. wen-ail eoncoeied hy the same
men and for the ,-ame object—the re
leniion o' power to the conspirators.
-\'o umider ibe-u men bavo no desire
to o.- the representative men of the
''Ouji Hi Fungi e-.-. Xo- wonder they
do de-in- l( i -ee igmir.oii negroes take
th<-plui e-of Southern Statesmen. They 1
j'-rj- t wrvhtfio,i.*. TliatS what's, the nmt
l'-i . 1 la*', leel that they have commit-
C'd llagmnt crime-, and outrage.-, and
ii.u -■ thus lar e-caped the punahies duo
tle-ir wickedne.-.-. Let the .-olid men of
the South be admitted to their seats in
< oitgre--, and there will he a revelation
of -eeret-and trea.-on that will astound
the world, ami convince all that tin?
l.ineoln administration was composed
ol men who were ready at any time to.
'■<■ll their coufitry, its soldiers and its
honor tor pelf ami power.
Tui-; Radical Remedy. —The people
nl 11 in Uni toil Static are weighed down
witli a Imnlon of debt ami taxation that
ha.- no parallel in the history of the
u orlil. And what mea.-mfe.sof relief do
the Uadieals propose? What do their
< 'ouvenlions dcelare for? What does
their press advocateV Nothing hut
“ mj/rarie They seem to think
that this will pay the poor man's taxes
ami remedy all pecuniary sufferings and
alllietions. When we ask the Radicals
if they think the property of the rich
bond-holder should lie exempt from
taxation, while that of the poor soldier
who shed his hlood is taxed, they an
swer “ negro puff,-aye /” When we ask
them if there ought to he two enrren
eies, one for the people ami one for flic
himil-hoklers, they answer “ negro sn/-
fraiji !” Their only panacea for the
troubles of white men, is the bringing
of the negroes to the ballot-box and the
social circle. That is the cure all witli
them of everything. What if the poor
white man is made a slave to debt and
taxes, if only Africa votes! Looking
at it in lids light, the Republican pa
pers tail; Of very little else than the ne
gro and his rights! They seem to for
get entirely Unit this was originally a
while man'* government, and that it
continued to lie so from Us organization
down to tile period when a sectional
party was entrusted with the reins of
powijr.
Tin; govermnent of Tennessee is not
“ republican in form,” inasmuch as. ne
gro suffrage was forced upon the people
without their consent. TJic people of
each and ail the States have an inalien
able right to establish and control their
domestic institutions in their own way.
Tin's rigid lias been denied to the people
of that State by the Brownlow usurpa
tion, bonce Tennessee must be “ recon
structed,” and it will be reconstructed
whi-n the next Congress shall be elected
in 1603. I
eniniiMiAcitN vn. «oi.d.
Gold 1-10! That is to say it requires
one dollar and forty'cents in greenbacks
to buy a dollar in gold; or for one dol
lar in greenbacks we can liny about 70
cents in gold !
In the “good old times”—a few years
ago—when tlie lion eea.-ed to lie down
witli the-lamii, and .tiiood enme to be
tlie order of the day, we were told that
tlie crisis was' hut artificial, and that as
snoi>as said “crisis” had passed and tlie
country was in peace, our currency
would be “as good as gold.” Does it
look like it with gold worth 10 cents
premium on the dollar? Two years
have already elapsed since the Inst re
bel laid down Ins arms, and yet tlie gliF
taring metal refuses terms of equality
witii the pictures of Lincoln and Chase.
*i\Tiy is this?
Tlie rca-on is most manifest. The
war entailed upon us a tremendous bur
den Of debt. Although we were assn rod,
as weqiassed along, that it would not be
heavy, yet in tlie light of tlie present
we all begin to realize its extent. The
tumdilcst, as well as the wealthiest, are
made cognizant of it by th'o tax collec
tors. To this, however, the ■people
would willingly submit if (Jioy could
see Unit matters were thereby ponclltted.
lint instead of paying off tlie huge debt
by this taxation, we have a wieli'cd and
rebellions Hump Congress squandering
money by the millions. They do not
even protend to retrench and reform.—
For them nothing is too great. They
vote appropriations for the Freednicu’s
Bureau. They vote money to quarter
thousands of white and black soldiers
over a prostrate people in time of peace.'
They increase their own salary. They
appoint investigating committees with
out number and empower them to ex
pend the public money in manufactur
ing strengh to perpetuate a cruel and
soulless party. They draw upon tlie
public vaults as the merchant princes
do upon theirs, and scatter their wealth
to the winds in order to promote strife
and hatred and tyranny over the peo
ple. ’lf the Republican party had gone
to work at the close of the war to unite
the fragments of tlie Union again in
peace and harmony, we would have
noon far on our way towards cancelling
tliis volume of debt. Business would
have grown brisk ; intercourse full mid
free would have been kept up between
the people of botli sections;, capital
would have sought out tlie prospects of
wealtii in tlie South, and a few years
only would have remained until the
country would have forgotten its dread
ful curse of war. As it is, however, that
godless crew have tried to make a hell
upon earth, and they have had a suc
cess in their -efforts which cannot but
gratify them. But one, and a small one,
of those results, is that gold maintains
its supremacy almost one-half. The
grave query arises, when will it be bet
ter? Or rather, if we continue in tills
course, how Jong will it bo until we are
placed in a bankrupt condition? Gen
tlemen bond-holders, Ihe question is
yours.
PERIKY COI XTY
The Democratic Convention of “daugh
ter Derry” mot at Bloomfield on* Mon
day of last week, and placed in nomi
nation the following strong and popu
lar ticket:
.1 **<John Shively.
I'rolhniioltny —.Joseph Dewalt.
.1 xtfjriaO l Jtuhjf— l’crry Kreamer
Trmvirrr— .Jacob Konstcmaker,
f.hnunixxioncT —Jacob Charles.
I‘(•or /](V'(7'/r—.(o!in Arnold.
.ln((i/or~ K. Ou'‘-Ms,
< \if’in> r — Dr. fSeorge .Mlb-hell,
(‘has, J. T. Mclnlirc, F.-q., was unan
imously nominated for Senator, with the
privilege of selecting hi.- own Conferees.
We hope our Democratic friends of
the other counties embraced in the Dis
trict, may see the necessity of confirm
ing Mr. MTntire’s nomination. He i
the kind of man for the position of
Senator—able, firm and honest. In the
event of his nomination hy the District
Conferees, we believe lie can and will
be elected. Few men of bis age in tin*
State have rendered better or more effi
cient service to the Democratic eguse
than Mr. M’lntlro; and at the proper
lime the Democrats of this Congression
al District will eheorfitlly acknowledge
tho.-e services.
Tn k black fiends of Tennessee are al
ready making the most of the advanta
ges they secured at the farce of an elec
tion. Scores of respectable and ipdet
Conservatives have already been threat
ened with death and hundreds of oth
ers have been warned to leave the State.
Da Friday night, near Nashville, the
inil-huildiiigs of two of Brownlow'a op
ponents were burned to the ground by
a hand of the militia, who openly boast
ed that they intended to make a clean
sweep now of all the “ rebels,” because
Brownlow had promised that he would
pardon them for anything they might
do to a “ white-washed rebel” or ids
property. J n Nashville, on Friday and
the night succeeding, Conservatives
were knocked down and terribly beaten
by negroes, spurred on by white Radi
cals. Armed gangs of negro leaguers
prowled about engaged in, as they de
clared, “drivin’ copperheads to dare
holes.” No doubt tho same horrible
condition of affairs exists in the whole
of tho eastern portion of the State,
where the Brownlow faction arc most
numerous.
J i’ nr; K W 11.1,1 ams approves the infa
mous means taken in Tennessee by
Brownlow to perpetuate his usurpation,
lie also approves of ,the manner in
which negro suffrage was forced upon
the people, without their consent at the
ballot-box or in any other way. If
elected a judge of the Supremo Court,
ho will necessarily approve of any hill
which tho Rump Congress may pass for
the enforcement of negro-suffrage in
Pennsylvania without popular.assent.
He must not ho elected.
The incorrigible old villain, “Gov.”
Brownlow, of Tennessee, a day or two
before the election farce in that State,
issued an address to his band of conspir
ators, in which ho denounced the “ late
rebels and their Union allien,” and rec
ommended that both ho, “ put down.”
No man who desires a whole Union,
peace and prosperity, lias much show
in Tennessee,
Two Northern Rads, named Epping
and Brown, at Charleston, South Caro
lina, had a fight the other day about the
leadership of the niggers, Botii wanted
to he “ big toad in the puddle.” Epp.
ing wanted to fight a duel about it, but,
after blustering about tv wlple, was de
lighted to find himself under arrest.
SOKTIIERX MASUFAOTITUES.
The Baltimore Gazelle says: ‘
" Notwithstanding tho political troubles by
which tho Southern Stale; are Imrnsscil, It 1;
cnitifyiiiK to know' Hint t Hoy are incrcnning their
matmfnelurlng facilities; anti Hail bespit Mu'
.*OllOll mills hum* hi iqicrnUoii >u In of
coiiHtruchon. they have largely Ineieftsed of lata
their establishments for the manufacture of
woolen goods. Two ol the woolen inillsSoUfh.
who-!- fabric- ihul n market in Itulllmore, un
it,,. w;• r • 11,.• » .i* M n -in' rouijiany. at
!•'•••• i< i-ck-i-i.ii', I tic- i;—*lc Ishiiul Mimn
:.iV:*iAisr< n** . • lot* North Caiolu.n.
■*Thi“ it (’ompimVs mill is j*riim• i
pallv owned liv Me—is. Kelly. Tackett * Foul,
aml’tsonoofthe oldest, as It Is now probably tin
niest extensive, for the manufacture of woolen
-goods in tho Soulhei n, lit ales. *1 JUs mill is siluu*
ted on tho Rappahannock river, •ml tho coinpn*
ny control one of the llnost water powers In the
United Stales—superior even to that of,Lowell.
Tho machinery, oft ho newest and most approved
kind, was Imparled principally Irom lUdgium,
and Is now producing a thousand yards per day
of fancy onsslmcrcM, heavers and doeskins. These
goods are made exclusively from American
Iloece wool, no Hocks or shoddy being used lu
their manufacture. , . v wtl , •,
The Rock Island North Caroll na Mills are also
turning out from one hundred and twenty to one
hundred and sixty thousand yards per annum of
woolen goods of dillerent kinds, from the Hnest
hlnck doeskins and fancy cassiniorcs to tlie
plainer mid coarser fabrics for plantation use.—
Irt addition to the above there.arc quite a num
ber of other branches of manufacturing industry
now successfully meeting the local demand, and
thus rendering, to the extent of Mielr productive
ness.* the Southern people Independent of the
work-sliops and metorics of the North.’’
. Tliis is whore the shoo is beginliingto
pinch the Yankee manufacture!!, and
intensifies their hatred and. malignity
against .tlie South. For many long
■ years they hud a monopoly of the ma
nufacturing interests of tlie country, and
the Southern people, who were entirely
agricultural in their habits, were their
best customers. Hut this did not satisfy
tho descendants" of the Puritans. They'
must needs free tho negro, and to ac
complish their purpose, waged a terri
ble war against the South at an expense
of hundreds of thousands of lives , and
thousands of millions of treasure. And
now, with the inevitable negro on their
hands and bankruptcy staring them in
the face—tlie fruit of their own folly—
they see the Southern people dcvelop
■ mg their own unequiiled resources mid
providing for their own wants in such
a way as to mako tliem independent of
Eastern manufactures. This, wo repeat,
is what galls tlie Y’aukco nabobs to the
quiet: and embitters them more mid
more against tlie South. The war was
a godsend to the Now England manu
factures, and shoddy ruled tlie roast
while it lasted. But, having raised tlie
whirlwind, they were unable to direct
the storm, and they are at length begin
ning to sutler from tlie devastating ef
fects of, tlie hurricane. They have- no
body to blame but thenisfilvcs. They
made their own bed mid on it they must
joitiiAN'.; a ii.vnik i;o,vi> i-o m.v
The Cbaii;man of tlie Radical State
Committee, Colonel, or Major, or Briga
dier Jordan—it don’t matter which, as
his only military operations have been
on the State or National Treasury—has
issued an address to “the people of
Pennsylvania,” the features of which
are contained in this paragraph:
“The Democratic parly.with Judge Shnrtwootl
for its leader, ami with Tree Trade, State Rights
and Secession on lls banner, Is again marshaling
its hosts, and now* summonlng-us to the Held of
political combat on those same issues.”
Comment is needless on such stupid
lying, and we look for Jordan’s xirompt
dismissal from the Committee. The
Uadicals have no use for an ass who has
just brains enough to concoct such stuff
as Hus. They need a man who can get
up fabrications calculated to deceive;
and not a fellow who is only equal to
inventions so ridiculous as not even to
call for a denial.
The Pittsburg Chronicle —an evening
Radical journal—is forced to protest
against the way in which Jordan draws
his bow. After quoting the above para
graph the Chronicle candidly remarks;
“ It is insulting to the intelligence of the jieoplo
of Pennsylvania to -.ay Unit in tills Judicial con
test the Democrat lc party has secession inscribed
>a Us banner. We wunalv support Judge Wil
liams in this contest, bul-we will not even by si
lence lend our indorsement to so utterly shame
ful and mi warranted a charge us the one above
■ jimicd. It i.s a .sign of hud party demoralization
when Mieh means an- adopted to achieve success.
It is utterly wrong ami utterly unnecessary.—
Such thing.-. recoil against the men who practice
Umm, and cloud even an lionc.stcau.se with sus
picion. Whatever may have been the views of
Fudge Shatswood thirty-three vears ago, it is
both absurd and criminal to say that the right of
scesMoii will be an Lsauc In the appruachingelcc-
Hon. Tbe Republican party can go Intoaean
va—, upon its own merits and upon actual Issues
without compromising Itself by these shabby de
vices, ami we trust no respectable Journal in tho
party will lend itself to sueh a style of warfare,—
It is a veritable Mexican business,"
Tjik Reason Wjiv XTkcjuo ,Suf-
KitAfiK IS TO hk Passei).—Mack, the
Washington correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial , writes:
Sumner say.s lie lias positive assurance of
votes enough to pass ills universal sulVrage bill
next winter. He says it must bo passed before
the Presidential election, to secure tho negro
vote of Pennsylvania, Now York uud Connecti
cut, otherwise these Stales will go Democratic.”
So, the reason why negro-suffrage is
to lie forced upon the country, is to pre
vent these States from going Democrat
ic and to retain tho radical party- in pow
er. This is a frank confession, and
shows the motive of the radical leaders.
It is not the negro, but themselves, they
are trying to take care of. Well, that
isjnst what we have been thinking for
some time. It is to keep power that
they may rob and tax the labor of tho
country.
Bun. Butler, the hero of Big Bethel
and the Duteli Gap, is dubbed a L. L. D.
by-Cambridge College; Long Jno.Went
worth, the complacent blackguard and
low forum lounger of Chicago, has a
similar honor conferred by Dartmouth,
and Edwin Marat Stanton, the pereher
of innocent wonmon on tho gallows, the
suborner of perjury, and the American
Danton of is made the recipient of
a like honor from Yale! Verily, this
is lifting rascality and complacent black
guardism to the sublime, and tho ambi
tious graduates of this Mo of New Eng
land colleges, ought to think seriously
of turning rascals, and blackguards, ns
the readiest way to achieve distinction.
Several Radical papers in this State
have expressed a preference for Hon.
Win. D. Kelly, for next President, and
Fred Douglass, negro, for .Vico Presi
dent. We think they make a. mistake
—Douglass should be named for the
first position.and Kelly for the second.
Some South Carofina'nogroe.s have re
turned from Liberia with discouraging
reports. They say a darkey there has
to work for ids living, which is some
tiling they never thought of doing there
or here,
: hii rtainU v
has removed the po
licemen of the town of Sumter, South
Carolina, and “ appointed” one white
follow and two negroes to suit instead.—
A negro colony is about all Dan Sickles
is lit to have charge of.
Negho voting at the South is con
ducted pretty much like the perform
ances of sheep when on a run. Wher
ever the bell-wether Jumps—whether
over a real or imaginary obstruction—
the rest of the flock also jump.
Tire Central Pacific railroad is com
pleted twenty-five miles cast of the
Summit Mountains. The Summit tun
nel will be finished in two months.
The Ono Jlftn : Pow<r..Tronlilo* In North
t Cnroliim.
'The* following incident shows; how
rapidly tills county is drifting intd des
potism under the infamous acta pijssed
by that'Cflbuf of usurpers—the Hump
CongrosflfcTho United States Marshal
of NoriliVarolimqn few days since, un
dertook ;•> enforce an execution i.-vued
by the United States Circuit (Juim, buif
was prohibited by one.of, the Under-
Satraps, who declared the execution to
bo in violation of one of Satrap Sickles*
.orders. The Associated Press reports
the difficulty as follows:
“Marshal Goodloc, of the District of
North Carolina, baa.reported to the At
torney General that the processor the
United Slates Circuit Court. lately held
by Chief Justice Chase, is obstructed by
order of Lieut. Col. Frank commanding
ithepostof Wilmington. The ground is
expressly mentioned iu the order to be
that in each of the cases, obstructed the
cause of action adjudicated upon by
‘Judge Chase occurred between Decem
ber 10,1800, and May loj ISUS, General
Sickles’ Order No. 10, having forbidden,
judges to entertain any suits for matters
occurring between , .those dates. , The
Marshal supposes that General Sickles
did not mean to include the courts of the
United States, .but these only of the
States. Colonel Frank interprets the or
der differently. ■
“ Marshal Goodloe has suspended ac
tion until he hears from General Sickles
or receives instructions from Washing
ton, being anxious to avioid a collision,
but is flnnJy resolved upon his. duty.—
Chief Justice Chase is in Washington,
This matter is regarded as a very grave
event, although th’e impression prevails
that the commandant at Wilmington
has acted without the knowledge of
General Sickles, who is confidently ex
pected to disapprove his action. The
, Marshal’,s course bias been approved at
the Attorney General’s ollice, but no
step will be taken until time shall.'elapse
for a report from the commanding gene
ral.”
11l ease Satrap Sickles concludes to re
tain the unlawful authority delegated
to him (also without authority)'!)} - the
Bunin Congress, what is to be done?—
Must the Executive and Judiciary de
. partmonts of the Federal Government
stand aside for Dan Sickles —ah ordinary
Brigadier General, who, for mere parti
san purposes, lias boon sot up as a des
pot over sovereign States? Will the
Federal Government tolerate sueli an
attempt to institute an unlawful one
man power, and allow its prerogatives
and dignity to be crushed beneath an
order of a Satrap? The people will
await, witli anxiety, further develop
ments of the progress of satrap despo
tism.
Pmjase Tell. —You are a Eadical—a
genuine Republican. Tell us—
How do you restore the Union?
How do you preserve a Constitution ?
How have you bcnefitted the negro?
Who was bonefitted by the war ? ■
How much better off is the poor man
now than before the war?
Do you believe in equal taxation ?
Why not exempt the poor working
men as well as the rich bondholders?
Wliy tax tlie poor soldier who fought
for ids country, and exempt from all:
taxation the speculator who staid at
home and stole from his country ?
Ax exchangesays: “Therecentrove
iations in regard to the instability of Na
tional Banks are exciting the public
mind to a fearful degree. One of the
most fearful things about the system of
National Banks is the political power
which they will wield in time." An
other “ most fearful thing” is that their
standing as national banks gives them
almost unlimited confidence among de
positors, who in many instances, of hue,
have been badly victimized.
General Sickles has removed from
office a magistrate in Columbia, South
Carolina, for releasing on insufficient
bail two drunken men charged with as
saulting a couple of Northern newspa
per correspondents. The military May
or, Horton, of Mobile lias removed
twenty white men from the police ol
that city and appointed twenty negroes
to fill their places. Five of the latter
have since been.brought before the May
or for sleeping on their posts.
AA.lexican paper says that if the
murderer Juarez refuses to be elected
President of Mexico, lie will be sent as
Minister to Washington “ as a mark of
regard to,the United States.” The edi
tor of that paper evidently gets his ideas
of American civilization from Thad
Stevens, Charley Sumner and blood-let
ting Zach Chandler, who would unques
tionably welcome the Indian butcher
with open arms and ardent hospitality.
A schism has broken out among \he
Mormons, many of whom are said to bo
growing disgusted with the rule of Brig
ham Young and the Apostles. Young
Joe Smith, son ol the original founder
of Mormonism, is said to have “pro
nounced” against the church as presi
ded over by Brigham Young, and to
have withdrawn across the Rocky
mountains with some forty or fifty thou
sand adherents.
The Mount Vernon Banner reiterates
its former statement that General
Hayes, the Radical candidate for Govr
ernor of Ohio, is a large stockholder in
a New- England woolen mill. Judge
Williams, of Connecticut, the Radical
candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, was chosen by
New England influence. He will do
for the “ stupid Dutch,”
Butler After Grant. —lt appears
from the Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald that Butler keeps
a paid detective on Grant’s track, and
did so before the close of the war. A
detective is said to have followed him
to Long Branch and kept him all the
tiino in view. Butler is after Grunt, in
inore senses tjiu.ll one—but it is a very
long way after him.
The Satraps arc erasing from the
registration lists the names of persons
pat on under the recent opinion of the
Attorney General. Without doing so,
it might not lie possible for the Rads to
carry the even by poll
ing tho ourang outang votes.
It is said Salmon P. Chase, who, six
years ago, was not worth ten thousand
dollars, is now taxed on an income of
seven hundred thousand dollars a year!
Good Lord—hasn’t he made “loyalty”
pay ? ■
Tub negro, “ voters” of Savannah,
Georgia, have a majority, of 703, in a to
tal of 5,831. The best men of the city
are disfranchised. Such is Radical
ism,
It is amusing to hear the little “ nar
row-minded blockheads” of the Radical,
country press crying “copperhead” at
the heels of Horace Greeley.
POOR TENNESSEE I
Thofarce called’ an “election,” took
place in, Tennessee on tho Jjst; inst. Of
course .that son'Of tlie.devil, Brownknv,
with his organized baud of thieves,
murderers and outlaws, carried every
thing before them. The white men
who own Teitn o ssce were not allowed
;u vole, hut the igmuuut negroes were,
uud of course they voted solid for
Browulow and tho Radical disunion
tickets in tho several Congressional and
legislative districts.' Brownlow’s ma
jority is over 1111,000, and the Congress
ional delegation and members of the'
State Lovislahn’ty are all of the same
stripe. Never in the history of tho
•woild was such an outrage committed
upon a people as this so-called Tennes
seceleetion. Browulow and ids negroes
rule the State and trample upon' the
rights of tho property-holders-with an
impunity that is, beyond belief., .To
show tho state of affairs in Tennessee,
wo copy tho following article-from the
JPatriot <0 Union : *
. The white population of Tennessee’ is about
SAl.7S”—equal to u voting force of Ki-V'Vri. (The
poll for Pre.skleul, in was U'l.atf.) The
browulow faction havo disfranchised fuljy stsv
kn tkn fits of tlio legal voters,■ (about Ui>,7-I5) and
allowed hut tiikek-tkntiis (lU.uixh the right of
suffrage. .Tho negro population is 2.VsAHlU—giving
a voting force of about All of these
Browulow umi his faction received, which, ad
ded to about KUXWoI the while voters, gave a to
tal of (.11,000 voles cast for him. The remaining
while vote, about 11(1000 was cast for-Mr. Ellier-
RroWnlowa majority of about k!.-
tioo. Tins ntiiy be moi'ti plainly stated thus;
Itrownlow's white vole,
Ih'o\vnl«»w'< negrt) vole,
Ktherhlgc’s whlle vote.
Brownlow’s majority, , ill.tiu.)
Had tlio whole legal white vote been pul loti, the
csi.se tvottlil itavo stood ns follows: .
Etheridge's pre-seat vole, IW.OOO
Ktlierulge's disfranchised vote, 11.i.000
Hi,OOO
.Browntow's while and negro poll, UH.iiOO
Ethcnridge's white majority,
Without counting the negroes—who havo no
rigid under tlio sun to vote— the lawful voters of
Tennessee tu'vrr havbuj decided to [live them the bal
lot— Ktborldpe’s majority, at a fair election, would
have reached 110,000!
H is tho crashing out of this gigantic majority
of lawful voters through a most unlawful usur.
pallon of power by Browulow over the registra
tion lists; and through the acts of an unry of
negro desperadoes, thloves ami murderers, called
“Stale militia,” that has excited the Harris
burg Radicals to such a pilch of infamous Joy.—
Shame on them ! They know Unit tlio so-called
election in Tennessee was a client and a fraud.—
They know tnat popular liberty lists been crush
ed out by the most despicable moans. They
know that negro suffrage is not properly n law
of the State—tho people never having voted up
on the question. They know that men were dis
franchised for the most trivial causes. They
know that Browulow destroyed many of tlio
registry lists which contained a majority nfcon
servativo voters. Th<*y know that force and in
timidation was used both against whites ami ne
groes by the olllcinls under Browulow. And
they Icnowlhat Brownlnwisadcsplcablewro eh,
until to receive the vote of any man professing
to be cither decent or honest. Yet. 'knowing nil
these things, and more, they have the effrontery
to testify joy at ids success. I.et us hope that
mine else than those who robbed .the (•Jovern
ment on shoddy contracts during the war, and
those who havo been pilfering paper and records
since, were engaged'in the dirty business.
Mu. George M. Drake, editor of the
Union Springs i Alabama) Timex, hits
written another letter, in which he as
serts positively, ami without fear of con
tradiction, that his published version of
his recent interview with Thaddeus Slov
ens was correct in every particular. He
excoriates the old fellow in nferciless
style. Thelettershows that Mr. D. hadn’t
thrown his “ conscience to tho devil,
.even if Old Thad did his thirty years and
: more ago. Stevens bad better not grant
any more interviews to gentlemen who
have the old fashioned habit of writing
and speaking the truth. - We have only
room for the concluding extract of Mr.
Drake’s letter, which is as follows;
I was courtcodsly addressed. That there r
might bo no misunderstanding, I here!
handed Mr. Stevens my printed profes
sional card, with tho remark that gentle
men of tho press were often accused of
violating private confidence —that 1 was
there for public information only, and l
desired him to eay nothing to me that be
would wish kept secret. - He said his acts
and sentiments were pretty well known—
that lie hud no desire to conceal them.—
The conversation then went on as report
ed, with the exception that some remarks
that hud no special relevance to tlio sub
ject of reconstruction, were omitted by
me in the letter. Among these was the
remark by Mr. Stevens, when speaking
of the acknowledgment of belligerent
rights on the part of the South the
Yankee government, that “ Tho hanging
of Mrs. Surratt was a cruel, unneccmiry
murder .” These were bis identical
words. He carelessly added, “It is no
use to find fault with it now. It cannot
be helped, and I suppose was done to
gratify a morbid appetite for blood on
the part of some excited people North.”
A Characteristic Inciurxt.—We
have been told of an incident that occur
red some days since in Charleston, ami
which, as illustrative of the condition of
things under Satrap Sickles, is deserving
of publication. The Satrap had taken a
seat in one of the street cars which con
tained among Us passengers a number of
ladies, and bent on enjoying himself with
out reference to the annoyance of others,
and in utter- defiance,of ibe rules, com
menced smoking a sugar. The conduc
tor, knowing the character of the mini
with whom be had to deal, hot still de
termined to perform his duty, notified
him that smoking in the cars was a vio
lation of the rules.
“ What did you observe?” said the Sa %
trap.
“I merely desired to inform you,”‘said
the man in the blandest manner possible,
‘‘that passengers are not allowed to smoko
In the cars. It is contrary to life rules.”'
“ Ah ! indeed,” replied the Satrap, tak
ing out his watch with the utmost non
chalancc. “Indeed! Then you shall con
sider (he rules suspended for the next half
hour.” — JY. Y. Metropolitan Record,
This is Just what might be expected
a follow of such low instincts as
Han. Sickles. He and -Phil. Sheridan
are, indeed; a brace of worthies. ,\Vc lost
all respect (if ever such.was’ entertained).
foySickleSpSubsequcht' to his murder of
Philip Barton Key. It will be remem
bered with what a grand'dramatic flour
ish it was heralded forth, after the mur
der of Key, that Sickles wrenched from
the hand of the woman who had defiled
his marriage bed, the ring which was ty
pical of their mutual love, honor and es
teem, and how be broke it in two; and
yet with what alacrity, like a whipped
cur ho afterwards hieu to the presence of
ilia frail mistress, and dallied with her
soft charms. Is it any wonder that de
cent, high-minded, honorable men should
refuse to associate with or countenance
such a man ? He is a dirty dog, willing
ly doing all the mean things that a Radi
cal Congress alone would order theirtoqjg
to do. — Bcgdinr/ Gazette,
Nationai, Banks.— ft was u'very com
mon expression, when tho Mongrels un
dertookto doctor the Banking system, that
National Banks could not fail. Tho fol
lowing Hat embraces some of the suspen
sions and failures since January, 18(17 : ■
March 2.—The National Bank of New
ton, Muss., failed with liabilities amount
ing to $llO,OOO.
March 2.—Tho National Bank of Hud
son, N, Y., discovered an embezzlement
by the cashier to the amount of $50,000.
The concern revived after several weeks
suspenaion, and resumed business.
March 4.—Hirst National Bank of Medi
na, Mo., failed with liabilities of $82,000.
March 4.—Mechanics’ National Bunk
of Baltimore, broke down from tlie effects
of a series of defaitcationa, carried on for
a long time by two olllocrs of the institu
tion.
July -L—Thu Wecdsport (Cayuga Co. )
, : cloS(?a dool ' H > ite liabilities
being $120,000. ■
July 20.—The National Bank ofUuadil
a--<ite,9ount y’ failei1 ' it 9 liabilities be
ing $200,000. ■ . ■ ;
July 27.—The Bequonnock Bank of
Bridgeport, Conn:, suspended business
and oflered a reward of $.700 for the fugi
tive cashier, W. Hamilton Earnum, who
absconded with $50,(100. '■ . .
In the above brief statement tho rea
sons of the dimcullies of the National
Banks in question are too lamentably ob
vious to-noed further |omment,. .
NATIONAL DANK FAH.IIRF,
Mmuilt offhc National Hank at tliiinlllln. N.
Y..*lilnblllllc« Estimated n( From 8250.000
J.O 81.000,000 Ruin
ed.
TChrraaionflcucc-qf, f/ic i\Vrr Vork \VorU\.\
1 UNAbILLA, N. Y., July -0.
The Uuadllla Battle,.'located at this
place, has failed.' The v Jiabilitie.s of the
bank arc probably not lesythan a quarter
of ft million of dollars, and sonic jicoplo
estimalo Uio amount at over a minion.—
Oftho value of (he assets, nothing posi
tive is known, but it la feared (and I
think with some reason) that the unfor
tunate depositors will not receive ten eta.
on the dollar. The people of this valley
have never before, experienced so sad a
misfortune as that involved in the failure
of this bank. Thebankers were by name
Clerk I. Hayes and Arnold Ik Watson,
the latter being tlio President of the con
cern, and they have boon associated in
business# many yours. The family of
Mr. Haves is a member is,-or has been,
one of wealth, and has long, been looked
upon as one of tlio most substantial in
the country. Mr. Hayes was himself a
'man everywhere respected and esteem
ed ; he was a county “ authority,” an ex
tensive owner of blooded stock; “a lord
of fat prize oxen ami of beef.” < People
•were accustomed to.look upon his bank
ns perfectly sound, ami it became a sort
of savings bank for tho tollers of the sur
rounding country. There is scarcely a
fanner ora business man in the border
towns of Delaware and Chenango coun
ties, and in tlio lower half of Otsego Co.,
who has not loaned money to this bank.
Tho money of widows and orphans has
here been Invested ;'tho interest obtained
has enabled them to live with comfort,
and they have made the bank their sole
■source of income. In this little town of
perhaps, inhabitants, there arc not
two score of people .who do not suffer by
the failure. The excitement amodgafl
classes of the community may easily be
fancied. Some of the scenes in which
(hose poor ruined people have a part
would forth the staple for a first-plass .ro
mance. Old men and old women totter
ing on the grave find tlio little savings
they havo depended upon for support
suddenly swallowed up. Tho bankers
are mobbed in' their private olTlce, or on
the public street, whenever they show
their faces, by throngs or excited per
sons, and are made tlio subjects of the
.wildest threats. In one instance, per
sonal violence has been resorted to by a
frantic old woman. The hard-handed
fanners who see penury staring them in
the face neglect all other occupations
save that of besieging* tlio doors of the
bank or gathering to discus, with wild
words and vehement gestures, the possi
bilities,of the settlement. One poor.old
lady has become insane; for forty years
she hfid struggled to save something for
old age ; her mind was unable to sustain
tlie shock of the news of her misfortune.
Nothing else is talked of hereabout. It
would be well if the advocates of the Na
tional Bank system could look into this
lovely valley upontheso honest people so
suddenly made paupers.
For the cause of the failure of the Una-,
dilla■’Bank, was the inevitable tendency
to speculation induced,ou the part of its
managers by the temptations of the “ Na
tional” system. Two years ago the Una
dillh Bank became the UuadillaNatiou
al Bunk/ 1 with a capital of $lOO,OOO. Its
managers ottered to pay an interest of 7
per cent, on all deposits,’ making lokns
wherever they could. The people trus
ted them. With the money thus borrow
ed the.bankers entered into the most ab
surd speculations. They bought.iu the
Pennsylvania oil regions, after the fail
ure of “ petroleum” had become evident
to everybody else, large tracts of land.—.
These, practically worthless, const.tute
- part of the assets. The bankers also pur- ’
chased a great deal of land in the suburbs
of Buffalo, under the delusion that this
property could bo sold t*t an enormous
profit.. They invested to- the extent of
$40,000 in a magnificent scheme for mak
ing printing paper upon a new economic
principle; of course they failed complete
ly hero. They sunk considerable money
(40,000, I am informed) in real estate in
Binglmmpton. Meantime, one of tho
■members of the firm—the member hav
ing most cause to lead a sober life—enter
ed into a career of reckless dissipation,
under Uio influence of which he fancied
himself rapidly becoming an Astor ora
Stewart, and was lot.to scatter money
porfusely among his favorites and disso
lute companions. The absorbing process
was steadily kept up until tho whole
neighborhood had been sucked dry.—
Then notes of the bankers were protest
ed ; people began to show* alarm ; start
ling stories flew about, and at lust the in
evitable smash came. It is impossible to
exaggerate the Buffering that this failure
lias caused and is destined to cause in
this once happy community.
It is plain that the managers of this
bank have been for a long time aware of
its rotten condition ;■ nevertheless, they
did not for ouo hour permit the bor
rowing process. By their conduct they
have unquestionably placed themselves
beyond the pale of sympathy. They are
denounced here as common* swindlers.—
This may or may not-be a harsh judge
ment ; on the point I say nothing. But
it cannot be denied that with full knowl
edge of their insolvency, they have per
mitted the people here to step blindly
into ruin. •
,j(l,tioo
(i'l.liDH
nii.nuo
SI,-UK)
Tluul. NtevciiH on C-'aiuci-oii’H Kloutlon.
TitADpiius Svkvkks sometimes ‘speaks
out In' meeting, and the following letter,
which we find in the Delaware County
Mepubtican y is valuable us furnishing a
portrait of a Radical Legislature from the
pencil of a Radical painter. It having
been slated by the friends of Mr. Barton,
a Radical member of the Legislature
from Delaware County, that be voted for
Mr. Cameron under* instructions from
Air. Stevens, a letter was addressed to the
latter asking for information on the sub
ject, to which the old “ commoner” re
plied as follows:
Lancaster, June 20, 1807.
Dear Sir • You ask whether I gave in
structions, for my friends to vote for Mr.
Cameron, as is assorted by Mr. Barton of
Delaware. ■ •
Mr. Barton is mistaken. I gave no
such directions, as I had no right or did
not claim the right to control any vote
outside of Lancaster county. I knew of
the Instructions given to Air. Barton by
his constituents; I knew, also that in that
district Mr. Cameron bad but few triends
at the time of the election . A vote showed
that the choice was between Curtin aucl
myself in Chester and Delaware. Before
I went to Harrisburg, a day or two be
tore the election for Senator, I heard
doubts of Air. Barton. His Congression
al Representative assured me that he bad
a recent letter, ami that there could be no
doubt of his fidelity. When I reached
Harrisburg, where X wqs reluctantly ner
suuded to go. (very foolishly,) I .found
Air. Burton was convinced that the good
of the State required General Cameron’s
election, and never doubted of his treach
ery. Indeed, whatever might be the
leason, I lound most of tbeunti-Cameron
men either openly or secretly converted.
With ti few exceptions the Curtin men
were insincere ; and those professing for
others, longed for un opportunity, which
X knew they would, readily embrace, to
disobey the will of their constituents.—
Among the most remarkable you may
notice Chester county. I doubt not that
had it been necessary, General Cameron
would have received tliree-fourtbs of the
Republican votes. All I meifli to say is
that instead of sixteen votes, all he had
at the time of election, a full discussion of
the candidates, convinced at leastsixtv of
the superiority of GenorMCameron. For
mysell, I have no, fault to find with the
decision. ~s
. This is a long answer te your question,
and la rather u defense of Mr. Burton
who couid.not expect to fesistarguments
which had convinced and changed so
many others.
I have no objection to your using this in
your district, but it is not intended to re
open the question by more extensive
publication.
With great respect, your obedient ser
vant > Thaddeus Stevens.
BST A company has been organized to
engage in tho manufacture of elastic
sponge, to be used for upholstry and all
purposes for which curled hair is now
used,. It is said that a sponge'mattress
possesses, all the advantages of hair, and'
can ho afforded much cheaper. The pro
cess of’ manufacture is similar to that of
paper; as (far as the preparation .of bulk
is concerned. '
| CJKItItIT SMITH TO THAO. STEVEN'S.
Wo publish'belo^vthe admirable letter
of GerrlijSmlth to Thaddeus Stevens.—
Although both werboriginal abolitionists,
y'qt'in wbafc noble Contrast to the present
Vlbtvs df the forrqer stand out against the
fiendish hato and malignity of the latter.
Mr. Smith thinks it would bo better for
us ami for the whole country to lend to
the Southern States fifty millions of dol
lars than to* wring from them their last
penny. His allusion to the' “ States’,* of
the South is refreshing iu these hot days
when the hotspurs talk of nothing but
'‘conquered provinces.” Mark hisslgnifl
caulallusion to the enormous premium of
gold over greenbacks and the rates at
which wo are paying interest for money.
Hon. TiiADOKUS Stevens. -rJDear Sir;
You arc -reported in' the New York TW
bitiic as having recently, said on the lloor
of Congress:
. “Hi is now held by one of thdhuost lib-,
oral and enlightened gentlemen In the
country (I mean Gerrit Smith) that wo
should even pay a portion of the damage
indicted on the rebels, and pay a portion
of the rebel debt.”
■ Of course you dp not mean that this is
.iiterarlly so. • My often repealed proposi
tion is that the Government lend or give
money to the South to help her to an up
ward shirt from the depths of her poverty
and desolotion. By what logic you were
able to construct from the letter of this
proposition your-figure of speech is for
you, not me, to explain. lam truly sor
ry.thatitis in your heart to hold up to,
ridicule ray reasonable proposition. You
are too old and intellectual to be mhking,
such concession to passion and prejudice.'
.There are two reasons why the North
should.bo.glad to help the Holibb. First,
the South is poor—very poor, and the
North is ilch—very rich. Second, the
North is largely,rcsponsible fpr the pov-;
erty of the South. Our , fathers united
with the fathers of the South in making
thisaiundof slaves; and in our own day
the North has gone with the South iu up
holding and extending slavery. Until
the breaking out of this war, every Con
gress was for slavery." The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise Was the work of
the North as well as the South. t tfo,«too,
was the enactment of that infernal Fugi
tive Slave act, which even Abraham
Lincoln was compelled by the pro-slavery
sentiment of the North as well as the
South to enforce so rigorously. With
comparatively few exceptions, our Nort
hern Colleges, theological seminaries, and
political and religious parties wore on the
side of‘slavery. The commerce of the
North was empthatically in the Interest
of slavery.’
In the light of such facts, it surely can
not bo denied that the North made her
self largely responsible for American slav
ery. But the war came of slavery : and
the poverty and desolation of the South
came of the war, and, hence to the same
degree that the North was responsible for
slavery, Is she responsible for the war,
and lor its ruinous results to the South.
You call my sympathy with the South,
and my desire to have the North help her,
“Sickly humanity.” I,call it simple
honesty. If my neighbor and I join in
getting each other drunk, and he in his
;frenzy goes to tearing down my house,
and 1 in self defense demolish his, I am
not to disown his claim upon mysympa
thy. Ido feel that honesty requires me
to help him rebuild.
Would to God that Congress were so
just and wise as at this very session, to
lend fifty millions of dollars to the Con*
federate States—to each of them so much
of it as would be proportionate to her
population and to what she has suffered
froin the ravages of the war! The share
falling to each State to be distributed
throughout her territory in loans upon
adequate security. This, by proving the
love and pity of the North for her, would
win the heart of the South, and would
thus produce a true and lasting peace be
tween them. Arid this would be worth
the notion if only in a, financial point of
view, many times fifty millions of dollars.
Gold would no longer bear among us a
premium of 40 per cent., and oflr Govern
ment would no longer have to pay 7 per
cent, interest on its loans.
m Very respectfully yours,
; '• . ; Gbhrit Smith.
Peterborough, July 15,1867.
(From tlio New York Express.]
TUc Five aioimrcbs-WUnt it Costs to Sup.
port Them.
Now that the latest bill of abominations
has been put into shape, and gone through
both Houses, there is nothihgjeft for the
Mump to do, but to await its return, with
the objections of the President, and then
pass it over his head by the requisite two
thirds* vote, which they will do in leas
than two hours after it shall bqve been
returned to them. Meanwhile, they will
amuse themselves, no doubt by passing a
little appropriation bill, tqkipg over a
million and a half dollars outof the pock
ets of the working people of the North to
support Sheridan, Sickles, and the other
three monarchs, in a style commensurate
with their monarchical positions. Sick
les drove a “coach arid four,” Sheridan
ought to have a “ coach and six/ 1 inas
much as he has done the work of the loy
al Congress more 1 satisfactorily than any
of his associate monarchs. Of course,
this million and a half appropriation bill
will be entitled, “ A Lull, making appro
priations to aid in the execution of the
Reconstruction act,” etc. It ought more
apropriately to bo styled “A. bill,
making appropriations for the support of
five monarchs, and to aid in the forma
tion of a Radical party in the late rebel
lious States.” That is just what it means,
and/disguise It as they may, it Is simply
robbing the taxpayers of the North to es
tablish the infamies of Radicalism at the
bouth. The five hundred thousand ap
propriation last spring was not a drop fh
the bucket, and wo venture the assertion
that notwithstanding the large amount
now about to be wrung from the pockets
of the people—a deficiency bill taking a
'million or more, for the same purpose
will be brought in and passed next win
ter. Like the Freediuea’s Bureau and
the ioyul Congress, it is to be a perma
nent institution, and as long as the' peo
ple continue to choose Radical represen
tatives, they must continue to keep their
purses open—for • Radicalism, like all
other vices, coats money, and-will have
Wo may add here, that the. Secretary of
War, in response toa resolution of inquiry
says the probable amount necessary to
carryout the reconstruction acts is SI,BIB -
2 i !• /J'ho general appropriations for this
object heretofore, was $500,000. which
was distributed as follows: ■
First Military District, <sro uj
Second Military District, Wiii
Thjvd Military-District. ’ • .rniw
Fourth Military Dlstilct, m*™
Mflh Military District, . •> •,
Total, ' '
• This is the, amount that has been al
ready spent. Now, here are the addition
al appropriations that are called for;
First District,
•Heconcl District.
Third District,
Fourth District,
Fifth District,
Total,
The Secretary adds
, . * f ® e . n - Ord'sregister, estimated to the
doi?/i; Jll i y r ! r j*>’> should be continued on
duty iind paid to the end of July, there
?hnt U m ho added L° tlle above expense for
that month, at the rate of oompenention
m h e estimate the sum of $159,781, and if
thSt B D um^t!lfl t Kr‘) en oin of Aueuat ‘ double
that sum, 4,319,502. The fame, likewise,
of General Sheridan’s district was esti
mated foronemonthonly, ,If ,the month
!y expenses continue for a period of two
months at the rate stated,-they will
amount to the further sum of $218,420 • if
for three months, to $436,845.”
„ Tims we see what a costly thing this
Five Monarchy” nuisance threatens to
mohi T h°» , malnt “] n “■ heavier burthens
must bo Imposed upon the people—but. lf
to complain k ° P° r P hn pa we ought not
B®" Great excitement has been produc
ed iu Chili and Peru by the report that
the Spanish squadron has again sailed
forthe South American waters, and that
a renewal of hostilities may be expected.
Peru is preparing for a vigro.us
and desires.to aeton the aggressive but the
Chilian' Government has officially declare ’
ed that it means to carry da a defensive
war opjy, « .
TUB OF PRISONER*.
Another X.o((«r from Ex>Coßiml«alon*r.
Oul«L- vr
General Robert Quid has written the
following letter to one'of the editors of
the National Intelligencer: >
Richmond, July 18, 18G7
Mr D£ab Sib : T have r£ad the remark
able discussion in |he f "House. ,Mr. jjl
dridge is substantially, right in V hat h G
said. I offered early Ip August to d c .
liver all the sick ahd wounded prisoners
wo had without requiring equivalents for
them. I would have made the offer ear
lier, but for the fact that'some consider
able time before 1 had made an oiler of
exchange, man for moil, to which I could
get no respouse. I waited for a response
until early in August, and falling to re
ceive one, .1 then made the offer above
named, at the same time urging haste on
the part of the Unlted.btates government
hs.tno mortality among the Federal prig!
oners was very gfeat. During the fain
again and again, urged haste, giving the
same reason. I informed the Federal au
thorities that if they would send trans
portation for 15,000 men. to the mouth of
the Savannah River I would furnish that
number of sick and wounded, and that
I would ilfl up any deficiency with well
prisoners. 1 Idid notrequireacorrespond-
Ing delivery of, pur prisoners, though i
expressed the desire, that they might he
sent. Ffdm early In August we were not
only ready, but anxious to make-this de
livery. ft was our purpose.'as well as
our offer, to continue the delivery of the
sick and wounded at all the depots of
prisoners, and upon the terms mention
ed; that is, without requiring equiva
lents. Transportation was not sent un
til December. The United States au
thorities brought in that month some 3,-
000 prisoners to the mouth of the Savan
nah Blvor, and received over 13,000 in
return, many of whoinwereAveU men.—
The 3,000 delivered presented as melan
choly spectacle as Andersonville ever
disclosed. Most, if not all of them, 1 had
been brought from Elmira.. Some died
between Almira and Baltimore—many
between Baltimore and Savannah. Idc
not believe ten per cent, of the number
are alive now. . All these facta arq known
to Federal officers. < Rebels,.may lie, but
yet the fact iafully established by other
evidence that the Federal authorities
sent 3,000 and received 13,000. They
would have received more if.there had
been accommodations. Why was trans
portation sent to’Savannah for the pris
oners unless I had agreed to deliver them.
Why were 13,000 delivered andbnly 3,0()i
received if I insisted oh redeiveing equiva
lents ? There is nothing in the published
correspondence referred to’ by General
Butler which, in any manner, contests
any one of the facta I have mentioned.-
General Mulford will sustain everything
1 have herein written. He is a man of
honor and courage, and, I do not think,
will hesitate to tell the truth. I think
it would be well for,.you to make an ap
peal to him, as it has beeorae a question
of veracity. General . Butler says the
proposition was made in the fall, ami
that 7,000 prisoners were delivered. It
wuh in August, and over 13,000 were de
livered. If you svill get Pollard’s “Lost
Cause,” and refer to the chapter on ex
change, there you , will lind the whole
question accurately stated: Every word
of the chapter, is true, so far asit preloads’
to give facts. You caii make public ai\y
portion of this letter, I defy contradic
tion as to any statement x have made,
and challenge scrutiny, I will prove eve
ry word by Federal testimony. Who,
then, is responsible .for the suffering of
Andersonville during the period of its
moat deadly mortality, from Augqsf to
January? ’Yours, truly, R. Ounb.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
Havana; July 31;—The steamer Vir
ginia has brought Cry of Mexico dates to
July 20th, Vera'Crli'z July 24th, and Sisal
July 28th. The Presidential election was
progressing peaceably. The generals ad
verse to Juarez were organizing farces in
the mountains. The Indians were mak
ing bold incursions into the while settle
ments near Yucatan.
Galveston, Aug. 5.— A steamer from
Brazos brings the follotving Mexican in
telligence :
Juarez has issued a grandiloquent ad
dress, in which he says the good sons of
Mexico, fighting alone, without any as
sistance from any one, have preserved the
liberty and independence of the repuft/fc.
An election for President will ho ordered
immediately. The press favors a general
amnesty. The country is to be divided
into six under the com
mand of Escobedo and others. Lorado's
forces refuse to recognize Juarez. Gastello
and Aguererye have been sentenced to
be shot. Mendez was discovered, butcut
through his guard and escaped.
PensacolAi Fla. Aug. s. —A.Vera Cruz
letter of July 24, from the captain of the
Austrian corvette Elizabeth, states that
up to that date, the Mexicans had refused
to deliver up the corpse of Maximilian.-
Nocuuse was assigned forthe refusal. The
Elizabeth would leave for New Orleans
to-day (JulyS). Hercaptain had no hopes
•of bringing the body.
New Orleans, Aug. s.—By an arrival
from Vera Cruz we have the following
unauthentic report: That Admiral Pal
mer and staff had sone to the City of
Mexico to demand the person of Santa
Anna, and to endeavor to persuade the
Liberals to give up Maximilian’s body.
. The Austrian, corvette’Elizabeth was
lying at Sacrificios, taking Austrian vefu*
gees on. board.
An. American and French man-of-war
had arrived at Vora Cruz.
OLD KENTUCK.
AnolUci' Nolld niid .Sivoeplnc Victory fov tUo
Democracy.
1 Louisville, August s.—The election
to-day passed off quietly. From meagre
‘returns it is estimated th it Helm,.'the De
mocratic candidate for Governor; is elec
ted by at least 30,000 majority over both
the. other candidates.. ■
Louisville, Augusts-Midnight;-The
Stpte election in Louisville and thrbugh
out tlie State, as fur as heard from, puss
°ff qoietly;- The result has been an
other Democratic triumph by a majority
variously estimated at 45,000 to .60,000.
Louisville City and the County df.Jeffer
son elected their entire legislative ticket—■
twelve members. It is believed that the
Democrats in the State hayeelected seven*
eights of tbo-Legislhture; In this city the
Radical? aqd Third 1 party :! a‘ poor
run, Helm, the Democratic candidate (or
Governor, beating both his opponents by
about 3,300 majority. ’ ‘
What uoes'a Kansan Eat?-tA; cor
respondent of a Chicago paper; who has
■lived -some time in XCanaos, asks the above
question and repliea to It as follows;
! “ IJeef done to a crisp, tougli and taste*
less as sole leather; half-cooked mutton,
rolled in a heavy; sweet paste; corned
meats, fried and hurled‘ In fat ;- soggy
iWheat biscuits, neither warm hoy cold, at
.every weal, or indigestible corn-pone,
.which is half grease; pie crust made with
;tajiow aud filled -with -unseasoned pork;
ho, fruit nor vegetables—the first because
.not easily got, the last.bepause fchese peo
ple do not like them, i Beans.are abomi*
hable to them ; potatoes are pestiferous.—
hey will eat nothing that cannot be
compounded with poorly, made sorghum
molasses. They deluge themselves with
‘black bitter cofiee, or a reddish fluid
which looks like a’.weak dyej and. tastes
like nothing else under the .sun, and
which is called tea. The 1 food of these
prairie men is monstrous, as Victor Hu
go would say, ‘impossible.»”
; In regard to their exercise the same
writer observes;
8403,093
.? 80,000
iflpsos
•27,778
, 215 530
242,420
§1,058,542
’ ‘‘He who ‘travels’ a mile dr two is
tnought to be very strong, in the legs or
Very weak in the head. They neither;
play baserballor croquet, dance nor skate:
they do not hoe.their.com; they reap.and
to°w with a machine; they-sow wheat
and.pick blackberries on horseback; they
go hunting and fishing in 4 buggies;’ they
sit on logs and,crack hickory nuts.”
mm-kH* 0 * 1 ' and, cleanliness he re-
i» 'ZM re^ 0n tßelr select of water
, L th t - ther6lB none ln the Btate; but
as thwo r l o ‘ 8 n in the , f «mily. Belong
ouarior J aanrlngor'. C rcek’ w ithin a
. jh those tpeu who go tea
f worß at ten o'clock see no-use in
B '«K‘ u B ° ,well ,■* Thus ft comes. that
'JSJ2F 6 neither themselves uor tbelr
clothes very often, and for- the same reft
- I ,ea v® the wash-tub
browner than when’ they! wciitin ' from
cqntoctwlfh tbelr dirtier gar-men&aoW
ing in a little mess of 7 v ■