nil, m-.,■■»„./ ,;. *^r. 1- !■■■,■» ■ »>■ ■ u.iwn. , ~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1869" . ) - ■ CiMPAIGN OF iB6O. ' .'iui‘i. : ■ Onto BatclolTfin Single; 42 00 Five; • : » t: ■■'• •‘•‘*l ■*,9 00 Teh m .- 00 ifs y ?K The name ofthb Hon'.’lsaac !E. Hies ter is of .a 6 a .most suitably one /tbe Democracy of the State to ,place upon their ticket this tali, as their candidate either for Governor or Supreme f.Mr. Hlester for numerous reasons would make a yeiy strong, and the Democracy of {this, county are solicitous that he may not withhold his consent it© as*< Bume one'of'the positions in the fore front of the coming battle. Geary as a Folltlelan and a Soldier. 1 Three years, ago Simon Cameron deemed it absolutely; essential to the furtherance of his poiibical designs that some one of hlB tools ehould be elected GovernorofPennsylvania. Bohelooked over the field carefully and finally con cluded to set up John W. Geary. The chosen candidate had not a single qual ification to fit him for the position. He had hung like a parasite on the Demo cratic party while it was in povver— an hungry office-beggar. Without the ability or the disposition to make an honest living in any legitimate oc cupation he dogged the steps of public men like a half-starved hound, ready to gobble up any crumb of official pat ronage which might be thrown to him. Nothing was too insignificant for his acceptance,and he rotated from onepetty office to another with that facility which is characteristic of the political mendicant. He spent quite a number of the best years of his life in a subor dinate position on the old Portage Rail road, where he was always ready to take “a drop of mountain dew” with any Irish friend who asked him. We know he denied this when he joined the Good Templars, but there are plenty of living witnesses in Lancaster, men wliose character for veracity st%nds so much above that of Geary that it would be an insult to honorable gentlemen to institute a comparison. Hr. Pierce was somehow induced to appoint Geary Governor of the then Territory of Kan sas. Here he allowed a fellow to spit in his gubernatorial face without at tempting to resent the insult thus put upon his six feet of pretended manhood; but ho was ready with a previous par don, (something he is still great on) for a parasite who shot down his insulter. Doing hard up aud too lazy to work, he begged for auy petty office that might be in the gift of Mr. Buchanan, and, as an understrapper, took the Census of throe townsuips in Westmoreland coun ty. This wus the last position ho ever hold under the Democratic party. One would supposo that Cameron would have found It hard work to make anything out of such wretched material; but lie wus then all powerful in the State, and his word was law to the Re publican parly. He set up Geary as a Holdler candidate and issued orders that he should bo duly advertised ua such. To hear wan to obey, aud stralghtwny every one of the numurous Radical newspapers which Cameron owned in this Stale set up the cry *'Wc must have a soldier, candidate,’' “Hurrah for Geary!" Very few allu.dmiH wore made to the exploits of this new-found hero in the Mexican war. The truth was 100 much against him for that. Tho resolutions passed by his oompuny after their re turn,, denouncing him as an arrant coward, were still on record in the Whig papers of Western Pennsylvania. Tho story of his having hidden In a ditch during the bailie of Chepultapee, and of Ills having shut holes through liU cunt, from the inside outward, to make a show of having been underfire, were still current and fully credited by Ids comrades, fnspileoft.be fact that Geary did comparatively little to dlb* tinguish himself in the late war, Cam-' erou concluded that his baud of hired scribblers could get up a romaullc record for his candidate. Events proved that tho sagacity of the Winnebago chief was not at fault. The most miraculous stories wero told of Geary’s prowess, and •silly Radicals were made to believe that the pompous aud conceited hum bug, so widely exhibited, was a real lion and not a mere blatant ass with kars temporarily concealed. The lies which the Radical press promulgated with ustonishiug recklessness traveled so last that truth stood no chance of overtaking one-half of them. The moat .romantic and sensational story of the campaign was that in which Geary was represented as the leading figure in a terrific battle, which was said to have taken place on the steeps of,Lookout Mountain, miles above the level of the plain below, and far up in the clouds. The pens of Radical pen ny-a-liners never tired of describing the rivalry between the fierce lightning and the vivid Hash of opposing musketry, while the whole vocabulary of de scriptive epithets was exhausted in por traying the terrors of the scene in which the thunders of cannon drowned the voice even of “Heaven’s dread ar tillery.” It seems to he almost a pity to spoil such a story, but .Korney, haying been down in that country the othor day, took occasion to renew the romance, attributing all the glory of the fabled achievement to Geary. His new ver sion of the pleasing fiction drew forth an article from the editor of th.) New York Sun that knocks all the poetry out of tile “ Battle above the Clouds,” which is Geary’s principal capital for the coming Gubernatorial campalgu.— Mr. Lana, the editor of the .Sun, was Assistant Hoorotary of War at the time, aud happened to be in the vicinity of Lookout Mountain when the thing oc curred, and uu eyewitness of the whole affair —so that what lie now says may be accepted ns plain unvarnished truth. After alluding u> Forney's rhapsody he says: “ Wo dare say the romantic version of this haith Ims got Hiich u hold on the pub lic imagination that it cannot bo *or. right; but the fact jh that it wus of very tittle account in* a military operation, and that thy fighting above the clouds, though brih Haul enough to look at. win of little more eonm-queuct* than u show of fireworks. Buriy on the mtirnlug of November 24, 18(itl, Gonoral Hooker ntta. korl a rebel re doubt in Lookout Mountain, and carried It very handsomely, taking xotne 1,600 pris oners. This guvo him pos*(wuon or the whole face of iho mountain, which slopes northwardly down to the Tennessee rivor. lie at once fortified his position ; the rebels still held tho precipitous plateau which forms the top of the mountain. After dark, iu 'ho evening, they began to withdraw their canuon from that place, and in order to hide tho noise of the carriages ns they came down the steep road into CbnttuooogH Valley, they threw forward some ekirmish ors and opeued a sharp musketry fire upon our lines on the slope, which where about half a mile distant’from that road. Gen eral Carlin, of Illinois, was in command of tho Union troops there, and gave his as bailunta aft good an they seDt. The firing on both sides lasted for half an hour or so, and us ltj was some eleven or twelve hun dred feet, above the valley, it was visible from Chu'ttanoogn. aDd afforded a very handsome spectacle Indeed. There were •some streaks of mist that remained lower down on the mountain bide from the ruins of the afternoon; and these suggested to the poetic mind of Gen. Meigs tho idea of a bat tle above the clouds. But it was nothing but an insignilicantaldrmjsh after ail, and when Uie robels, who began It meroly to ?">lae, had got their cannon safely .flown the hill, they stopped shooting, and everybody, went to bed.lt was a beautiful moonlight evening, >nd it Is no wonder the . jancy of tho spectators waß very active' „ It is funny how the battle above .the clouds Is no,w supposed to have teen one of the most wonderful flghta of lie war., with Gen. Hookervand his chlefpf staff, thedasK ing.Gen. Butterfield— sinoe raised so.mucb money,ior Gen..-Grant and Gen. Bhorman—galloping hordes fifty feet high oyer mountain peaks as. tall nstheAips, F. robQ bly the truth about it.will never! ue believed as long, as,the stands*” - . Here is the account of an intelligent ■ ——a,.. ■ - ■— nm n jivu l » ■unwiim* w. THE WBBKi; eye-wltnees. the antlientlo statement of what ajetnally happened bfejhe Assist ant ast&p|. lshlng'aslt may appearSo the fiadlcals of Pennsylvania, the tine of (jfeary lji not even mentioned as fciarticijlknt in' It, mnWletfafa leawi-' 'ThtojfiSOlß Si strong Badical paper! and" Mr. Dana knows that Geary is to be the Badical candldate,for re-election. He bad be fore at the time Forney’s letter, in which the attributed..to; opr- flpyemor, and yelp speaking the trnth of history, he can not, dare not, , does nqt.even allude to him. The truth is that ~j£He flfoiieß. of Geary’s exploits fit .’Hid' ja(e' war were all gotten up. by hired scribblers in the pay of Simon Cameron. They were huge fictions, almost 'destitute of the slightest foundatldn in fact. ; Both as a politician: and a/ soldier Geary is an empty humbug—in the language,, yf Covode, “Me hwnbuggedest Governor vie ever had." 1 1 An Odious Feature # the Registry taw. Every workingmati in Pennsylvania should remember that the first section of the Registry Law, which'was.passed. by aetriot party vote—every Republican member of the Legislature voting for It and every Democrat voting against it— requires the Assessors to set opposite to the name of each workingman on the list of voters the name of hlB boss or employer. There was an old custom in England which required the laborers of the land to wear an iron collar on their necks with the rames of their owners or employers engraved upon it. They were not allowed to go abroad without this mark of servitude, and It was a criminal offense for any such per eon to be seen out after night, or to ! have a light in his dwelling after the tolling of the curfew bell. With the downfall of the Feudal sys tem the badges# Berfdom disappeared. It was reserved'for a Badical Legislature of Pennsylvania to renew the marks of servitude, and to compel every work ing man who may be in the service of any one, not exactly to : wear an iron collar on hie .neck .with the name of his master Indellibly inscribed upon it, but to have the evidence' of his depen' J dence Bet forth on the registration lists, which are required to be publicly sus pended at the door of every polling place for general inspection. This is of a piece with many of the acts of the party now in power. \ The policy pursued by the Radicals has tended directly to reduce the labor ing white men of the North to u state of complete subjection to capital. Negro slavery has been abolished, but we are in a fuir way to have established among us a system which will make the toil ing masses mere surfs and helpless de pendants upon favored rich men and gigantic and soulless corporations.' It ie well known that the operatives in the New England factories dare not vote except as their employers may dictate. Their bread is made to depend upon the manner in which they exercise the elective franchise. Rich men and cor porations own thorn. t The registration system which lias been forced upon the people of this State by a Radical Legislature marks all working men, puts tho name of their employers upon them, and then hangs up the record for public Inspection. Yet this outrage, is committed by the very parly which exhibits so much so licitude about tho negro. Lot the white workingmen of Pennsylvania resent tills Insult, as It deserves to bo, when they go to the polls next Ootober. Tlio Only Hcincdy for Oorrnptlon, The Hurrlehurg btate Guard, Gover nor Geary's organ, has an earnest edi torial In which It openly confesses the almost universal corruption of tile pub lic ofllciale who have come Into-power under the außplces of tho Republican party. It says: Wo nil know the degonoracy of American polities, the corruptions of our politicians and tho almost general faithlessness of men in public trusl, and the people—tlio honest inaBSOB of all parties—are Just now demand ing that there shall be some reform in our legislative bodies and moro purity in our Judiciary, That the people of Pennsylvania are Iconsciouß of tho wide-spread corruption which prevails we think la unquestion able, but we are not quite sure that they are demanding reform with any great degree of vigor. It Ik a lamentable fact that within tho past eight years the public mind has been thoroughly de bauched. It has come to pass in Penn sylvania that bribery aud corruption are no longer bars to political prefer ment. We have seen the high aud re sponsible office of United States Sena tor sold in the Legislative halls of this State as openly as articles of merchan dize are knocked down under the auc tioneer’s hammer. Members of the Legislature have put themselves up for sale Justus undisguisedly as oxen me offered in the droye yards of our cities; and they have been bought ten, twenty, fifty aud an hundred times during tho course of a single session. Legislation has become a recognized and money making business, and many men have been known to spend double and treble the amount of the salary to secure au election. They have done this, not for tho honor of the position, but as a shrewd business speculation by which they were sure to realize much more thau they invested. To such an extent has this infamous system been carried that there is no longer any attempt made to disguise er conceal the rascality which has been practiced in our Legis lature ever since the Radicals obtained control of it; But it is not the Pennsylvania Legis lature aloue which is thus corrupt. It is an admitted fact that the same system of bribery and corruption prevails in Congress; and the once august Senate of the United States is now as purchas able as was the legislature which elected Simon Cameron,orthatwhich accepted as Ills' comrade a well known attorney of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company. State Legislatures aud Congress have become alike degraded under the uu fcpices of the Radical party, and to-day this uation is in more danger from thiß horrible state of affairs than it ever was from the late rebellion. The State Guard calls upon the masses to apply some remedy, but it does not suggest the ouly one which can prove of any avail. Until the Radicals obtained control of the government we had no such evils to eucounter. Eight years have proven that there can be and will be no genuine reform untiUhe' power is transferred to other bauds. Bo long vs the people continue the Repub lican party In power, so long will they offer complete immunity to the rascals who have disgraced the States they represent and the nation at large. The official thieveß very properly regard each new triumph of the Radical party u 9 a new lease granted by the people in which they are publicly liscensed to steal all they can. They areue very justly that if the masses were dissatis fied with the existing state ot affairs they would'make a change. Nothing can bring us : bjack to the purity which existed in our Government prior to the triumph of the Radical party except a complete political devolution. When •the honest massess get that truth firmly fixed In their mindß the much peeded work of reform will be easily effected. Ip we remember rightly, the typosof Washington city are almost to a man Radical; that ..is, those who are Government employ. They haveua typographlczi'unlon, and a day or two since'the who was appointed to * position in- the Government printing office, made ap plication for,•membership. /The Radi cal typo* being 'jwith; oha bf their own. , cherished principles,, •negroequality,arcdebatingthe question whether theapplicatioh shall b? ’grant ed or otherwise, Admit wmj iby all means. Grant. $ . g£ The following paragraph maoe of duripg the week, bat seems only a small share of attention;: % VGrant He/Js losing fleabi Vjjfitorßhonfaflain whiSvdwtiMpeiiesa, and, many of themofbiitemper. Eld baa wholly ceased to receive visitors at night. Those who see him with hWjfexnily speak of him as appearing to be thoroughly fagged out by each day’s round of work. He smokes Incessantly, and sits for hours with his hiaown, not uttering a word, and never rallying except when his wife, whose anxiety on account of his con dition is ill disguised, makes it a point that he shall.” Tfa% Chicago 2?mcff«etee9 upon these declarations .with avidity, and .makes a most rernat-kabie-ffieader” upon the !basis of Grants presumed early' death. The Times takes it for; granted that when. th& Radicals nominted Grant they knew 7 that lie could not, in case 'of election, longendure the fatigues and infelipities of the Presidential require ments; and that Colfax was speedily se lected to fill the hiatUß that Grant’s death would certainly leave, and Wen dell Phillips’ declaration that>‘ we want, no mom doubtful Vice Presidents?’ is cited as a fact in proof. The Zimeiis ays that in addition to the pregnant'para graph which it takes for a text, it has ‘'’private advioes,” !(can they be from Grant’s brother who lives in Chicago ?) to the effect that the President’s life, or at least his mind, isin a very precarious condition, and must soon, yield. The malady which is preying iupon the President is thu9 significantly spoken of: “Insanity, iuauy of the more common phases, is probably not hereditary in the Grant family. Bat that loss of reason which results from what Is called softening of the brain is not, properly speaking, a form of insanity; but rather the effect of a physical disease, that may result from a great,many different causes. »Exoessive. intemperance in drink, or in habits that exhaqst the nervous system, is a very pro lific (inuse. The intemperate use of opium or tobacco has the same effect. Ordinarily, the effects of using these poisons are not visible, or perhaps do not exist,.until some other element is brought into combination; J just as the element oxygen is necessary to the combustion of phosphorus. In Mr.. Grant’s case, the vast responsibility pf the, Presidential office, and the unusual (exer cise of his mental faculties which it in volves, have doubtless supplied the element which, in a system already preparfedfor its entrance, has developed the fatal disease. As a writer tersely expresses it, the Presi dency has proved * too much for him.’ ” With the prediction that Mr. Grant will be disqualified to perform the du ties of President before the next meet ing of Congress, the Times takes leave of the subject,' which is certainly one of startling and original interest. A Radical Meeting in (he Mayor’s Office, The Mayor's Office on Saturday pre sented an unwonted appearance. Any one who had stepped in without know ing what was going on would have supposed himself to bein the midst of a Radical Ward Meeting. There was Congressman Dickey, Senator Fisher, District Attorney Atlee, Representative Hopkins, Solicitor to the County Com missioners Landis r and Col. Samuel H. Price. There too were the “Fungy” McGuires and the “ Chuck ” Boases, the boys that drink the rum, do the blowing on the street corners, and stand as orna ments op the Remildican party at the polls. There *tfas much preliminary and apparently affectionate and sym pathetic whispering between tho base tools of the Radical faction and their well dressed legal friends. Tho affabili ty of tho latter was such as was to be expected. Tboy had assumed the un wonted position of belligerents, and the object of their assault was tho law. Their, pet lambs wore in trouble, and to rescue them from the talons of aveng lug justice, “ hia labor hoo opus."— Dickey and Atlee, and Fisher, and Hop kins, and Landis, and Price, knew who were tlio ring lenders in tho “ late on pleasantness.” They saved their pets kept them out of jail in order that they might be on hand to put the candidates of tho “ ring” through at the coming delegate elections. That acoounts for the large delegation of Radical lawyers, politicians and roughs which gathered in the Mayor’s office this morning. It was only an assembly of the Radical clan, a meeting of the big swells and jow-down bummers of the party. What a commentary upon tho edi torial strictures of the impress did that scene present! How completely the tables were turned! What a stupid story-teller the editor of the virtuous, temperance organ was shown to be! We hope he luuq grace enough left to be ashamed of hlm6elf. If he has not, he had better quit collecting the. pennies in the church which he disgraces. A Disappointed Officcsecßcr’s Lament. Our editorial friend, Hiestand of the Examiner , who has twice been beaten in his race for the Marshalship of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, is not only a Jolly good fol low and a genial gentleman, but a man of markedly fine musical taleuts, pos sessing the rare faculty of being able to compose his own songs, which he sets to music and sings in a most ravising manner. In fact he is quite an improvi sator. Last night, under the star light, while the balmy zephyrs tempted us to indulge in a quiet stroll at a late hour, we saw a familiar form sitting on a fire- in toneß ot melodious sad ness, the following words came floating on the delicious spring atmosphere: Had I been a Freedman’s Bureau man, I’d with the lucky eland, A crown of glory on my head, An appointment in my hand. Oh! had I been a scribbling Jew, With spirit mean and low, Ulysses would have heard my prayer, And not have served mo so. In vain both Senators did pleftd, And Congressmen implore; Grunt would not hoar a word they said, And on them shut the door. Now ’neath the stars I sadly sit, And iny harsh fate bewail, Aud pour into the ear 3 of night A melancholy tale. The Marsbulship’s gone up tho spout; And d— tho thing I say— I led that I um quite played out, Alas ! Alaok a day 1 Enforcing Keg/o Equality. The disposition of the Radicals to en force complete equality between the white aud black races of this country is being exemplified under Grant’s ad ministration, not only in the appoint ment of negroes to office, but in the at tempt which is now being made to com pel tho Typographical Union of Wash ington City to admit a son of Fred. Douglass into the organization. That society, like all other trade Unions,has a set of laws by which it is governed. Douglass, Jr., is not a member of any Printers’Union, and never has been. He was rejected wherever he applied for admission. He cannot work with members of the Union in the Govern ment office at Washington, accord ing to the regulations of the Associa tion. The Superintendent of public printing knew that when he gave him a situation. He was undoubtedly in* fluenced in his action by the desire to force the printers of Washington to recognize the negro appointed as tbelr equal. This is a step'dellberateJy taken by Grant’s administration to force white men of all trades to admit negroes to a perfect equality with themselves. This oase of Douglass, Jr., is designedly made a test one, and all the poWfer of the Gov ernment 1b to be used to back it up. We call the attention of the white working men of the country to this evidence of the to enforce negro •equality. They must to it or provide methods of resistance. The matter in one is which they are all- in terested. 11 Hb.Alexandeb, who wasrdmoved by the President from the Washington post office, refuses to give -tiff thhjsitua- : Qohtß the-'hew 'holds fat the. e/preaident,from We '.hum hejmay havethe/pluck to give the’ matters ftir te6t. lt would be; well to ,£tny* in order to ascertain whht it really does mean, and how ; far it f fs binding. Bnmoh of War. -->aSj It was. not tojbftjaxpeoted that mb' Sumner's received inEnghrafl. Vagueand 'gan* eraljas miuiy ofSlp statements w4w, ai&i apparently IttmracOijablaf&s tm hiit tflity toward &e’ English government In it very little calcnlated to please. The summary and decided rejection of the treaty negotiated by Eeverdy John son receive3 7 an Interpretatlonfrom the" speech of the, Massachusetts. Senatpr,. and the adoptdon. 1 ofuds ideas by the President and the Cabinet gave Impor tance tohifutterances; Wedonoteee how any sensible 'min can expect that England will for a moment'entertajn; the Idea ‘b£" 'settling tho J Alabama_ claims .on the'basis of Mr. Sumner's calculation of damages. All wecan ever’ expect to receivefrom England 1 in the; way of pecuniary, compensatioih ja f pay for the losses - actually suffered by oar citizens; and we think thatonghttobe regarded as satisfactory-- The idea of waiting uritiiEngland becomes involved in wap, with the desigp, of payipg' her Off in her ownoqijb, is \ chimerical and calculated to involve uain a course of action which may coat hs deArly instead of proving advantageous. Mr. Sum ner’s high-flown rhetoric may tickle the vanity of “the universal Yankee na tion," but to attempt to follow his ideas tq their legitimate conclusion would be found a difficult and hazardous under taking. We do not suppose there Is any truth in the reportedalliance for purposes of offense and defense between England, France and Spain; but it is'certain that we have been pursuing a course likely to bring about such a result. We want no foreign' war. Such a thing would be the greatest disaster that could possibly befalns. What this country now needs is a long period of unbroken peace, peace among ourselves and peace with all the world. Andwecanhavethatwithout the sacrifice either of material interest or of national honor. There is nothing in the Alabamaclaims that ought to ex cite the slightest disturbance between us and England. That whole question can be satisfactorily adjusted without arousing any ill feelings on either side, if proper prudence is displayed. We do not want Cuba in her present condition; and every attempt which may be made by American citizens to embroil us with Spain ought to be promptly checked by the Government. 11 Let us have peace! ” The material interests of the nation imperatively de mand the exercise of a peaceful policy by thepresentadministration, and there is no reason why any other course should be pursued. Just Like Forney The Philadelphia Press Is perhaps the most unfair newspaper published in the country. It is conducted on such a system of morality as might be expected to be adopted by the author of the in famous Jamison letter. In the con tested election cases, now undergoing investigation in Philadelphia, it Is giv ing an example of its usual course. Bo long as testimony was offered in behal* of the Radical contestants the Press pub lished full reports of the evidence; but> now that the Democratic respondents are beglnning'to show up tho rascality practiced by their opponents, the Press deliberately suppresses the testimony. The Philadelphia Evening Herald puts 'the conduct of the Press in the proper light when It says: Tbo Press professes to bo a ncmjpupor., Why are its professions not nut into actual practice ? It alone of all tbo journals In the city, Radical or Democratic, declines to publish the testimony in bobaU of tbo Democratic respondents. Wo have naked why the Press bus uot the honor and hon esty to present both sides of tbo case, Tbo reuson fs very cloar. Tho Democratic side thus far given not only demolishes every vestige of hope of success on the part of tbo Radicals, but reveals such rascalities as should make that party blush for the In iquities of its leaders. Reprehensible as such couduct is it Is just what might be expected of Forney. He has less of honesty and less of honor than any public man In Pennsylvania; and when our readers think of the base ness of quite a number of Radical poli ticians whom wo could name, they have only to remember that Forney Btauds lower In public estimation than any of them to tell bow utterly base he la. Negro Officeholders In tlio North, A large delegation of Northern ne groes have just had a long interview with Grant. They urged upon him the propriety of appointing negroes to of fices in the North, assuring him that it was not proper to put blacks In official positions in the South aud refuse to do the same thing in the North. The logic of the negroes was unanswerable, and UlyssespromiBed“togivethe matter duo consideration.” We would suggest to the President that Lancaster, the home of “ Old Thad,” would be a good place to begin. The present postmaster might be turned out and his place given to Mrs. Harper, who lectured here some time ago, and the two sons of Fred. Douglas might be installed in the Reve nue Offices. Or, if native talent is to be encouraged, the Rev. Bro. Bosting might be elevated to place and power. There is uothing like Btandlngby prin ciple, and consistency is certainly a priceless jewel. No Short Cut to Single Blessedness in Indiana has got ashamed or tired of manufacturing divorces for the rest of the country, and ht\s changed her law on the Bubject. It is required that per sons filing applications for divorce shall have been bona fide residents of the State for one year preceding the filing of the application, and for ninety dayß bona fide residents of the county. The law also makes it a felony for aDy per son to make false representation in pro curing a divorce, prescribes confine ment in the penitentiary as a penalty, and applies tho operation of the act to any attorney who shall lend his assis tance in procuring a divorce through fraudulent means. The political “heavens are hung with black” for the Boston Advertiser. Grant is a failure—hie Cabinet a miser able patchwork, his appointees worth less os politicians and useless as public officers, and things going to the bad with headlong speed. In this state of affairs tho Advertiser says: “ There is a change. Two months have passed away, and it cannot be affirmed that we have a strong administration. Its moral power has been frittered away by small absurdities, which, fortunately, have no bearing upon the sincerity,, the truthfulness of the high purpose of the President and his advisers. We doubt if there ever was an administration with more good intontlons at heart 6r less aptitude for carrying themin'to effect.” When a house will pay for a place in the Cabinet, and a can of preserved plums buy a Consulship, what' better can be expected? The Advertiser has made its bed and must not complain. A telegraph despatch from Washing ton announces the Cuban revolt is about at an end, that the insurgents are not making any headway, and that as Boon as the Spanish army can come up with the detached parties acting as guerrillas, the whole thing will be at an end. We congratulate the people of the United States on j this result.; We db not want the islandof Cuba fit pres ent. The time may cjiiie when it wotild be desirable for us to possess it, but that tlbae is not the present. . : We will have ejfiongh.to d&for Some years to manage prpperly tiie ( s(erritory which is;already in bur • possession, .The only; .'possible. Cuba.; had, each-utiUwfßi!aid jw»wb> might We' jftftjgUd the revolt/ts, failure. 'Mm- m-m if/ ’ - * mHbnefljt Governor in Hew York—One Heeded In PeniujiTUla. Bbe8 be State of Nqw York isvery fi>r-r axe in having tenior. Since the of the corrupt Radical Legisla&ifo. the 'fearing Republican that ; not onlyffiwlypduiltte^he obligations under which the people have been placed by Gov. Hoffman, but they have been loud in praise of the man -agalnst-whom they.fol^ Tlft t e ff a ll manner of calumnies during the pfo clsea tne veio power more *freely v than any ofhls predecessors ever i m pell ed .fch ere to -in order that bp might check theextravaganee andrascalityjof : a Radical Legislature. He has been the uncompromising enemy of adchlegiflla ,tjon as'haa disgraced .the State oyPenh sylyaniaaud burthened ourpeople. In vain did the corrupt ring, fix upandput through one rascally job after another. The s&gaclo.us Democratic Governor oould not be hoodwinked Into attaching his to any. corrupt piece of special legislation.■ His incorruptible honesty stood like a breakwater against j ust socii a tide of outrageous legislation aalast winter witnessed at Harrisburg. While Geary was,ever ready to sign any bill which might he passed by a Radical majority, no matter how infa“ moos its provisions, John T. Hoffman promptly and fearlessly applied the veto j to every improper act of the New York | Legislature. His messages were so I strong, they pointed out the iniquity of various bills bo dearly, that the ring did not dare to pass their jobbing schemes over, his vetoes. Thus were the tax payers of New York protected and the State saved from the disgrace which has fallen upon Pennsylvania. John W. Geary will be renominated. He has enlisted all the more disreputa ble politicians of the State in his favor. The legislative ring, the lobby and all the corrupt men of the party desire to see himre-elected. He bias been a con venient tool in the past, and they are confident that he will prove to be fully as pliant in the future as he has been heretfore. Should the people of Penn sylvania be foolish enough to re-elect him we shall not only have the dls graceful scenes of last winter repeated, but the corruption which has prevailed in our legislation will be vastly in creased. There will not be the slightest check put upon extravagance, and ah manner of rascality will flourish with even greater luxuriance than it has done in the past. The coming election in Pennsylvania will be contested upon local issues, and the people will have an opportunity to strike a blow in favor of such reform as Is absolutely necessary to the well beiDg of the State. There must be a check put upon the extravagance and the rascality of the State Legislature. Honest men of all parties are anxious to see that done. How to do it is the question. There are few voters so stupid as not to see and know that it cannot be accomplished, except by curtailing the power of the party under whioh the existing abuses have grown up. There are few Indeed who cannot be made to feel that the re-elec tion of Geary would be thegreat&t dis aster which could.befall Pennsylvania. Ho has been the willingandsupple tool of a corrupt Legislature, aud he must be beaten. The honor of the State and the Interest of the taxpayers alike de mand It. Let the Democracy put up honest and competent candidates for and Judgo of the Supreme Court, ami they wllloertaiuly beeiectud. Tlio Effect of Frcbdora on Negro Ilus- The other day, durlug the Anniver sary Exeroiaes of the Equal Bights As* sociations, quite an animated discussion arose between the negro Ered. Douglas and some of the strong-minded white women, In relation to the right of the two classes to the eleotlve franchise, The women insisted that they had fully as much right to vote us ignorant no groes. One of the delegates, a Mrs. Paulino Davis, who had been doing duty down South in Borne capacity, paid her compliments to the negro hus bands of that section. She gave the re sults of her experience and said: The negro tneu wore exceedingly tyran nical and abusive—much more so since they obtained their freedom. They thought that marrluge had given them oomplete control over their families,’ and they not ODly whipped their wives but often robbed them of their young children. She was op posed to giving these negro men the ballot until It wub giveh to the negro women. The colored women were much more intelligent than the colored men. This was beouuso whilo they wero slaves they had been tnkou into the honses, and In more intimate rela tions with the whites. Here Is one of the results of freedom. The negro have been brutal ized by it, and in the language of Mrs. Pauline Davis, undlsputable Radical authority, they are “exceedingly abusive and tyrannical The logical conclusion of Mrs. Davis is, not that freedom Is therefore a bad thing, but that the negro women must be allowed to vote.— How that Is to cure the ills they labor under, to make their brutal husbands more kindly, to prevent them from carrying off the children, is more than we can conjecture.— By the way what do the negro husbands do with these children? Do they sell them ? Do they murder them to get them out of the way ? Do they eat them as Saturn did his offspring? What be comes of the little black .innocents?, We could wish Mrs. Davis had been a little more explicit in her statement. She shows us that freedom has made very bad husbands of the negroeji, and that the marriages which itinerant Radical ministers have been celebrating industriously at a dollar a piece have only brought woe upon the heads of the unfortunate negresßes. Alas for the' depravity ofdosky humanity. And it now seems that the potentate of Hayti is not at all pleased with the idea of a negro being sent him as the representative of these United States, thinking himself entitled to a white man. And, also, It seems that the diplo matic corps in Hayti does not relish the idea of being led by a Cuflee Minister, the American representative being of thut rank In the ambassadorial scale, and'so taking precedence of the mere consuls and charges d'affaires of Euro pean powers 1 . AU this presents us In a contemptible light; but, then, this is the administration of bitinders. Speaking of'Grant, George Francis Train said at the Cooper Institute the other evening: “I do think he is the greatest sell ever palmed off on a peo ple.” We know a number of disap pointed Radicals who will credit Train with having had a lucid interval just then. > t)ELEOATfes to the Radical State Con vention have been chosen from Phila delphia, Lawrence, Sqyder, Rranklln and other counties within a few days nearly all' of whom are pledged to Geary. His nomination Is almost abso lutely certalh. Let the Lancaster ooub ty Radicals Who have been showing a dis position tjo fight hlin look before they leap. 1 ' '*-f — Ex-Gov.ebno:r Pollock, the pre scriptive old Know Nothing, whom Grant made Director of the Phlladel , phla Mint, has turned oat every one of a number of. wounded soldiers who were employed therein, to make room for a lot of political bummers who never! saw a battle field. BHch is Kadlcal love for the dear, brave soldlprs. " , Genebal Geant retorted, ont of a salary" of $lB,OOO, perquisites, gifts, house rents, and Tfhap ndt, ah.income 6f,piUy. tastyeafc u .Ha’,'(t'lHttles -doWn hifl lHOokne as hd' snd hlsarmlea, making as little bfmuoh. [ t>y his friends at’ y lyKfeaiy. Bs S' •JHirSk iFMwts® toNßf', 1 applaudedi He JeaV.es forStyPefenjbuwrllna few '.aw i ‘- ,:: ■■■" FBOH BIOHSOKS TO BRISTOL N Editorial I«tei. '' neas Intfie lands. TheGener*! was ajbient In New^ork^ijut N we O/QryoVhailin tha Stilt lie received us most cordially fetid gave us -some letters and directions which afterwards proved of use to us on our jour ney. Leaving Kichmond on the morning of the -2&h nit, we passed - southward on -the Richmond- apd Danville Railroad to Baikvil&Staliciu. ’Ceo&ngthe James river oil a high bridge we bad a fair view of the vastAvaier-power Which is almost entirely unemployed. That it • will be speedily utilized is our undoubting conviction; The granite whitih forms the bed of the river and lies near the surface for miles along the bank is now being extensively . quarried aozns-few. f n?Ues above ln strength,.solidity and beauty it is equal to ; any in lfcjecoontzy. ■ Heretofore granite has been brought from the North to Richmond, how orders are being received for the Rich mond granite ftemNorthern cities. The base of the 'Washington monument, to be erected in front of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, is to be composed of it. A huge block 95 feet long, 35 feet wide and 31 feet deep was blown ont at a Bingle blast the other day, and from this the pedestal of the Philadelphia monument is to be cut Orders have.also been received from the Central Park of New York. This granite under lies the whole surface of Virginia from Richmond to the base of the Bine Ridge. Virginia is divided into three distinctive sections. From the shore of the Chesa peake Bay andtheOceAn to the head of Tide Water, is a comparative level section, unbroken by any very considerable eleva- lionp tl Along the rivers in this section are found line rich bottoms, with uplands that are rather thin and sandy. At the head of Tide Water commences the Piedmont couhtry, which is a beautiful undulating region, jvlth an alluvial red clay soil, which produces grain, grasses and tobacco. Beyond this, over the Blue Ridge, and' be* tween that and the Alleghenies is the mag nificent Wheat growing section; known as the Valley of Virginia. On the Western slope of the Alleghenies is much fine grain aDd grass land. Wo bad sailed through the tide water sec- tion of Virginia in passing up the James River, and had seen some line speclmensof it. From Richmond to Burkviile Station, and from that point to Lynchburg, our route lay along a natural water-shed, which was a sandy pine ridge and a dreary section of country. Her.e and there we saw some land which could be made to produce well, but most of it was very poor. Off from the railroad, on eitherside,in the valleys, there is fine land. The line of Lee’s retreat, when he aban doned Richmond, lay along the road over which we traveled,' and there were numer ous skirmishes on the route. Here and there we saw rude graves thrown up along the railroad, the last resting places of brave men who fell fighting desperately when all hope of successful resistance to the decree of fate was gone. We passed within a few mile 3 of Appomattox Court House, but not close enough to see the blossoms upon the historical apple tree, under which Lee sur rendered his sword to Graut, and received those assurances which the Rudlcals bayo sinoe violated so shamefully. In the afternoon we arrived at Lynch burg, a city set upon a succession of tor races. It must be hot in summer, but there are mauy beautiful private residences with elegant grounds about them. The display of shrubbery was very attractive, and lent an air of elegance and refinement to tho tasteful dwellings, Tho Norvell House, kept by tho Holt brothers, is, in all re spects, ono of the [most comfortable hotels In tho country. Presenting tho oard of a mutual friend whom wo encountered in Baltimore, wo woro rocelved in a way that mado us remember Gay’s linos: "ill© traveller along life’s woury way must nitons igb, To tUluic ae U.ih found his watiuoil welcomo utautnn.” Finding thnt tho passengor trnlns enßt nud wost passed over tho routo botweon Lynchburg and Bristol in the night, and especially desiring to seo Southwestern Vir gins, wo had no alternate except to tuko a freight train at tho uncomfortably early hour of 4 o’clock in the morning. Major Fink, tho gentlemanly Superintendent of the road passed us freo over his road, aod our party, now dwindled down to three, found ourselves stowed away In the rough car which is attached to the roar of tho freight trains. Wo found this not by any means an uncomfortable method of travel- ing. Wo had chairs und benches to sit upon, and though our progress wno compa ratively slowly? 0 got all the better view of the country otl that nocount through the open side doors of the car. From Lynchburg to tho foot of the Blue Ridge wo passed through a rollingcounlry, tho soil being a deep alluvial red cluy, much worn by bad culture and repeated crops of tobacco, but very susceptible of Improve ment. Clover grows luxuriantly wherever sown, and wo saw tine fields of wheat wherever a ebnnco had been given to the land to recuperate. Land can be bought along the railroad east of the mountains at reasonable ratos, say from five to twenty five dollars an acre, according to improve ments and condition. Ascending the Blue Ridge we pass out of the granite into mica slate rock, and on getting still higher come to limestoho of most excellent quality. The whole upper surface of the Blue Ridge Is one vast limestone formation. The eastorn slope of the range where we crossed is steep, bat smooth, and has been cultivated in many places almost to the top, the finest kind of tobacco being raised on these steep elevations. Tobacco culture has been the curse of this section of Virginia. The rule was to make tobacco as long as the land would produce a paying crop, and when it would no longer do that it was turned ont and new clearings made. Such culture a 8 this even has not been able to exhaust this soil. It Is a deep red clay which responds most kiddly lo overy effort made to improve From tho top of the Blue Ridge, along the entire route of the Virginia and Ten nessee railroad, through South wesioi i. Vi r ginla into Middle Tennessee, there stretobec an almost unbroken section of rich lime stone land. Here and there you rise out of the limestone Into a spur of slate, but these variations are unfrequent and of small extent. Descending the Western slope of the Blue Ridge, you speedily come into a beautiful country which is unsurpassed In its capacity for raising wheat. Roanoke county fCrms the upper ond of the Shenan doah Valley., or Valley of Virginia, as it is familiarly called. About Salem ure some of tbe most beautiful lands to be seen In tho United States. *£Wheat, corn and grass are the chief agricultural products, and they grow with wonderful luxuriance.— Tbe farming in this country Is conducted muoh os It Is in the best sections of Penn sylvania, In fact a colony of Dunkards, originally from this State, have boon tho pioneers of improvement. Hero weaaw an occasional specimen of the bank barn, which Is the pride of our Lancaster county farmers, and to ronder the sight perfectly .familiar we noticed one painted a glaring red. Land about Salem rates at fair prices, and the best of it brings from fifty to seven ty-five dollars an acre. There Is one tract of fine quality lying just ut the edgo of the town, containing a thousand acres, which is to be divided ond sold in four parcels at public outcry, the last of this month or the Ist pf June. It has no buildings on it, except a number of well built brick negro houses, but It Is expected that the land will bring one hundred dollars an acre. Even at that price It would be cheap, for It is said to be the 1 equal to the best Wheatland in Virginia. From twenty-five to thirty bush els of wheat to the acre is considered an average orop, and the wheat raised in this section commands a higher price than wheat grown in Lancaster county. It is generally shipped direct to Richmond, where it is manufactured Into flour for the markets of South America and other tropl cal climates. A failure of the wheat crop Is a very rare thing in this section. Salem 1b a very pretty town, lying close to the rail road, having good stores, neat ohorches and a flourishing college at which there are some two hundred students. The climate Is fine,;the winters being mild and tbe summers.pleasant. The Roanbke river, which passes by the town, farnjsbss first rate -water power which is but little used; A first-class merchant mill erected here wotild pay handsomely.. . ( We heard of sonie Lancaster county peo- • :pl4 ( wbo had settled, here wjthinthe past year, on© by, the fikme Collins , purchased; a tract of six hundred acres some miles from town, at a low, price. 'There is a fine graded turnpike runhlng through the Shenandoah ' Valley the entire length J of j)M ' > ( f> Virginia from North to 14 passes through Balem£ancl\woAavf\fln e teams hauling heavy loadsof grain over it The wagons looked much like >we were aarostomedto at home. The Clerk of the Cousts at dto a native Virgini an, but he holds hiauffioe as the deputy of [a Northerh man. . VV&en the wholesale re moyjds of offlcers 'were made by the military authorities the courts in many places were left without , any one to attend to business; In this emergency Northern men who had settled among the people were frequently appointed and qual ified, who then transferred the charge of the offices to those who had elected by the people. There were precious few_ Union men among'thenativepopuiatibntfirough ontthis section of Virginia,*, the people be ing almost unanimously - in' firtor of tbe Confederacy. We do not mean by this that there were not many who opposed seces sion; in (he beginning, but when the war came they aided with the South almost unanimously. The Dunkards of Roanoak county were as loyal to Jeff Davis as their brethren in Pennsylvania were to Abe* Lincoln. Some thirty miles south of Salem the Bine Ridge and the Allegheny Mountains form a junction, and the distinctive name of tbe great Appalachian chain is thenoeforth lost. The name Blue Ridge continues to be ap plied to the principal range which extends into North Carolina, but that title is also soon lost, and irregular ridges and broken spurs, among.which are the highest peaks withiu tbe bounds of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, assume names of a local character. Tbe ascent of the Alleghenies on tbe Vir ginia and Tennessee Railroad famishes some very fine scenery, bat not equal to that along the Pennsylvania Central and the Baltimore and Oliio. The crossing is made by a more gradual ascent, and all the catlings are through limestone rock. The surface of the mountain seems to be softened down to suit a more southern latitude, and there is less of that ruggedness which we are accustomed to see in tbe mountains of our own State. The slopes of tbe Alleghe nies are inhabited and rudely cultivated, and eveu on the very top the soil seems to produce kindly. High up on the slope of the mountain, in a most picturesque loca tion, are the Montgomery Wbite.Sulphur Springs, a justly celebrated summer resort. Before the war it was not an unusual thing for the average attendance at these Springs to reach as high as from twelve to fourteen hundred persons. The visitors were most* ly from the South. Daring the war they were closed, but they have been thorough ly refitted and will be open about the first of Jane. It is expected that (bey will be very largely attended during the present Summer. They are reached by a short drive of five minutes from the railroad. The surroundings are very attractive and the water is justly celebrated for its valua ble medicinal properties. Having reached tbe summit of tho Alle ghenies we descend rapidly for a few miles, speedily coming into a fertilo region. He who knew nothing of the geography of this part of Virginia would suppose he had here reached the base of the mountains; but so far is tbut from bolng the case that we traveled upon abroad plateau,or gradually descending slope for almost a hundred miles, passing through Pulaski, Wythe and Smith counties into Washington. Pu laski is one of tho finest grazing regions in the world. The blue grass grows spontan eously everywhere, and clover flourishes luxuriantly. jThe.land is also[flnely adapted to grain. Wo saw jio finer land than that along tho New River. It is very rich lime stone soil, easily worked, and can be bought cheap. Finely improved tracts can bo purchased uoar the railroad for from twenty-live to thirty dollars an aero. In Pulaski county mauy of tho farms aro very largo, and wo heurd It suid that ono of tho Cloyds wus the possessor of no less than twelve thousand acres. The Watsons, Pierces and Alexanders are also vory large and-holders. One man, Mr. Frank 8011, wlutered thirteen hundrod head of cuttlo Cattle live here all winter without feollng tho nood of shelter, and require llttlo feed and little attention. Wythe and Smyth counties are also distinguished as remarkably flno grazing sections. Grain grows flnoly every where, and we huvo never soon any region of country which would bo moro uttraotlvo to Pennsylvania farmers. The timber is abundant and vory fine; It is'well watered, the climate is delightful and remarkably healthy, and in all respects it presents great advantages to persons who may think of emigrating, Tho soil Is rod clay overlying limestone, and as un instance of its fer tility wo only need to state that' all along tho railroad, from the top of tho Blue Ridge to Bristol, clover can bo seen growing luxuriantly between the ties, eveu in tbe deepest outs, and on the highest embankments. With the ex ception of a few spare here and there it is un unbroken stretch of limestone soil, a deep mellow, red clay, superior naturally to land which commands two hundred dol lars an acre in Lancaster county. The lands in Southwestern Virginia were never worn out by tobacco culture as they were in the oustern part of the State, and they are now in fine heart. This section did not suffer materially from the war, and the fenolng ia in excellent condition. The coun try is beautifully diversified with hill and dale, but the lauds lie well and are admira bly adapted either to grazing or the grow ing of grain. Considering tbe quality of tbe lands wo regard them as cheap, and can assure all who may be looKlng tor homes in the South, that they can find no more attractive country than Southwestern Vir ginia and Eastern Tennessee, of which wo will havo something to say in our next. Southwestern Virginia and Eastern Ten nessee. ' Southwestern Virginia is a very beauti ful country. In fact we have never passed through any seotlon of the United States which is better adapted to varied agricul tural pursuits. Here the farmer has a longer season In which to labor than in Pennsylvania, and the cost of keeping up/ a farm and wintering stock is greatly less' than it Is with us. There is not a farm from the top of the Bine Ridge to tbe ex treme Southwestern corner of the State on which tbe finest limestone can not be found in abundance. The mineral resources of this region are also groat. Iron ore abounds, and in Floyd county a vein which has been worked for some years is so largely mixed with copper that it is thought the copper will speedily be found to predominate. It bas constantly increased as tbe vein haw descended. On the Pea Creek Ridge, some miles beyond tho Central Depot, a Penn sylvania company is now running a targe charcoal furnaco. It is doing well. Tim ber of tbe finest quality abounds all through this rogion. Within a reasonable distance oi tbe railroad, improved lands, capable of the highest development, can be purchased at very cheap rates, often from five to fifteen dollars an acre. These are not worn out lands, like the old tobacco fields of Euslern Virginia, but lands that produce good crops now, even under tho imperfect sys tem of farming which prevails. In Washington county there are Inex haustible beds [of gypsum, and it is said to act like n charm when applied to tbe gross crops. The whoat raised all through this section commands a higher price than that of Pennsylvania, afid it is Bald this more than makes up for tho difference in the cost of transportation. The rates for local freight on the Virginia and Tennessee road are moderate, "Wheat can be shipped from Tennessee to New York cheaper than from Illinois. Near Abingdon is one of tbe largest salt wells in tbefoaqlry, and tho water is 'as strongly impregnated as any known. There Is no coal near, but tho business has been very profitably oondnet ed with wood for fuel. It is at this point tbe gypsum is found, and a Pennsylvania company has lately taken n lease on an In exhaustible bed of it. The Virginia and Tennessee road does not pass directly through n single town on tbe route, exoept Liborty. Salem, Marion and Abingdon He at short distances from the track. These aro all nice towns. There are numerous oolleges and. seminaries of high character along the route, which afford exoellent facilities for education. Emory and Henry College, a few miles this side or Abingdon la a regular station. The College is in a flourishing condition, wIUI fine buildings, an,excellent Faculty, and beauti ful surrowings. Martha Washington Female College, at Abingdon, has a high reputation. . We Mr. James A. Davis, * Professor of Natural HblehCe, on the freight train. In fact a good many people travel by this train, as it is the'only one which passes over theroadln the the day. We found Prof. Dayisto*bea gentle- ' man of fine culture and much „ valuable information from him during our short ride together. The people of this section of Virginia are highly intelligent. Culture Is general among them, and they; are very geblal and hospitable. They are desirous-to pee emigrants oome among them, and all who go with a design of en gaging in any legitimate business will be ‘ oordially welcomed. The Virginia and Tennessee railroad was a great thoroughfare, during the war. It was almost uninterruptedly in the bands of the Confederates. Raids.were, however, made upon it frequently, and only a single depot was, left uaburned throughout tbe struggle. That was what is known as Cen tral Depot, a, station in Pulaski county, at which the local freight on whioh we rode lay over night. It is situated iu a beautiful and very fertile section of country. The' ■Federal foroes got near enough to it to pierce the walls of the main building with shells, and holes are still visible. When the war ended this road, like all the rest in the South* was much rub down, bat under the able management of Gen. Mahone it has rapidly recovered. The General has proven -tobe one of the best railroad managers in the country. The consolidated line ofroada now under his management extends from Bristol to Norfolk, and it is rapidly being pnt In first-rate order. No ono cab ride oyer it without being convinced that it must soon have a very large paying freight and passenger business. The company was oertainly fortunate in securing so efficient a h presiding officer as Gen. Mahone. We heard constant oucominma passed upon him all along.lhellne. The road which runs from Bristol to Knoxville is known as the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. It is under the man agement of a different company, though the line is continuous. Bristol Is a com paratively new town lying half in Virginia and half in Tennessee. The main street is tbe dividing line between the two States, and you step across it from one to tbe other. Here we stopped over eight on the 22d uIL The weather was very pleasant,-tho fields and forest being beautifully green. The climate in Southwestern Virginia and East ern Tennessee is delightful. From early In April until the middle of June it Is gener ally as bright and beautiful as are tho most delicious days of Mnyor June with us. The summers are not hotter thnu they are in Pennsylvania, in fact the thermom eter does not ofteu rise as high. From Sep tember until the last of November, and fre quently until late in Doeember bright Autumn weather prevails. The Winters are abort and mild. Snow rarely lies upou the ground for more tbau u day or two, there»are few hard freezes, and tho cattle graze nearly all the timo, only requiring a little feed to keep thorn iu first-rate condi tion. Out-door farm work can be dono at ull seasons with comparatively little inteirup tion, and the plow can bo run every month In the year. It is the healthiest section of the United States, being free alike from tbe malarious diseases of the South, and little liable to thoso which prevail iu the North. When wo look at all the advantages which this section offers to thoso who desire pious ant homes, among a cultivated and hospita ble people, where all the facilities for making a comfortable living aro unsurpassed, we cannot help beiug convinced that very many will soon be induced to emigrate to this beautiful and attractive region. Passing out of Virginia into Tennessee we ran through a more broken country, frequently rising into sbnrp spurs of slato, but all along tho route we had glimpses of beautiful little valleys with luxuriant crops of grass and grain. Except on tho ridges tho land is a limestone soil of first-rate quality. There are thousands of acres of the finest kind of farm land for sale In East Tennesseo at exceedingly low prices. We saw a lino farm with u commodious and well constructed brick dwelling aud good out-bulldlngs, forty acres of tine timothy meadow, grain fields looking ilrst-ruto, some two hundred and fifty acres cleared, and nearly that much In timber, all of which had Just boon sold for twolvo thous and dollars. This farm adjolnoil tho rail roud, and was within ono mile of Johnson Htutiou, a point from which a branch rail roud is being run into North Curoliim. Wo stopped a day in J onesboro. This Is a flourishing town, with quite a number ol largo stores. It has considerable trado with tho mountaineers of Western North Caroli na. They bring their products to market there. Ginseng and beeswax aro among the staple commodities of this commerce. Tho ginseng Is exported from this country to Cbfnn, and traded by our merchants for too, but, as it has boon proven that tho ten plnnt will flourish iu Eastern Tennossoo tho timo may not bo so vory fur distant when wo shall no longer bo dependent upon tho Celestials for'*thecup which cheersbutnotlnebrlates." Tho day mny shortly come when we shall Import Chinese to prepare for markqt tho tea grown on the rich hill sides of East Ten nessee. , Leaving Jonesboro we passed by Green t ville, tho home of Andrew Johnson, wbero ho now resides in n modost but comfortable , brick mansion. Greonvilleis located in a , picturesque section of country, and Is a i lively business town, with a population of , about fifteen hundred. Thore is muoh ex • cellent land in Greon county for sale at very reasonable rates, and desirable prop* ( erties can be purchased at from fifteen to thirty dollars an acre, according to loca tion and Improvements. There Is a collego and several good seminaries and academ les In tho county, and only two places where ’ liquor Is sold. Some six miles above Greenville Senator Patterson got upon tbo train, at a station where ex-Prosident John son has a fine grist mill, and here we learned of tbfc death of Robert Johnson. He was a young man of fine parts and attractive manners, had been a member of the Ten nessee Legislature, and gave promise of a brilliant career. He is said to huve had but.a single vice: that which clouded many a bright intellect, and bowod many a strong man to the earth. At Rogers ville Junction, tbe dining place for tho up-train, we met tho ox-President on his way home to witness tbe last sad scene. He had been suddenly recalled by a tele gram when on his way to make aspeech in i Alabama. There was quite a crowd of country people at the Junction that day, and It was tonchlng to witness the sympa thy which they so quietly manifested for the bereaved father. They spoke of him and tbo deceased tenderly and affectionate ly to one another, not giving the ex-Presl dent his title, or calling him Mr. Johnson generally, but generally called him Andy among themselves, as peoplo of simple habits would speak of a brother. Wesholl bavo something to say in onr next of Mr. Johnson and his influence upon tho people of Eastern Tennessee. He was looking very vigorous, and judging from his present ap pearance he will live to see Tennessee com pletely revolutionized politically, and to ro sume his seat in the United States Senato with his Iron will unbent and all his facul ties completely unimpaired. Rogorsvillo Is the county seat of Hawkins county, and Is reached by a branch road of fifteen miles in length. On tbo cars wero a number of Radical politicians who hod beon attending a Judicial Convention, and we found them ond ex-robels fraternizing to gether just as men of opposite political opinions do elsewhere. Wo mot the load ing Radical of Hawkins county, lion. Cbas. J. McKinney, who had been a strong Union man throughout tho war, and bis brothor Col. John McKinney, who had beon In the rebel army fighting valorously on tho side of the South. Tbo divisions among the peo ple of East Tennessee were of a similar oharaotor In very many Instances, and we shall take occasion to speak more fully of this hereafter. Our business now la with tho material character of tbe country. Hawkins is one of the largest countios of East Tennesseo, and It may be taken as a fair representative of the country. The Uolaton river runs through it, and this stroam furnishes much very valuable water power which has never yet been utilized. Along this river lie many farms as beauti ful as tbe .eye could wish to see and as rich as the heart of any husbandman could desire. What Is called'first bottom land lies level with the bank of tbe stream, a number of’ feet above low water mark. These first bottom lands are exceedingly fertile, producing Immense crops of corn. They vary in width from a few hundred yards to a mile or more. They are per fectly level, and are sometimes overflowed In tbe early spring, bnt they seldom wash, a deposit of loath being generally left by the floods which is superior as a fertilizer to any . manure which could be appllod. Above the first bottom generally lies what is called second.bottom land, at an tion of from ten to twenty feet. This too is generally almost perfectly leVel* very rich, and admirably adapted to growth of wheat or any other grain, is ' well as to ' still above thkflled what' Is palled upland, the elevation being; greater or lesa in different locations. The upland is a rich mulatto limestone soil, producing luxuriantly any crop adapted to tbe oil mate, Wheat, rye, oat* f oorn, clover, tim othy, vegetables of oyery description and tbe finest fruit of every variety grow here In perfection. Bine grass springs up natur ally Wherever the forest la thinned ont, arid every .bank by the roadsides laaet thick with white clover, tbe finest known pasture for Hawklnsconnty considerably cat up by steep ridges which sometimes riselto the dignity of mountains lending a very pictaresquo aspect to the ever vary ing landscapes which meet the eye. Be tween these ridges flow streams of water which meaqder through beau tiful and fertile yaUles, la .which the soil is disposed much as it is along the Holston river.' There is much flno meadow aud much very fertile upland *tn tho county. The northern Blopes of tbe hills aro especi ally fertile, tbe soil being a rich loam un derlaid by red clay resting upon limestone. The laud is generally smooth and freo from loose stone, ovon on steep bill sides and the limestone only crops out occasion ally so as to interfere with tbe plow. There is not a farm In tbe county which has not plenty of limostone upon it. Timberoftho finest quality abounds. We saw on ono tract, within two miles of Rogeravilie, any quantity of yellow poplar trees four feet across the stump, runniug up to a height of sixty-feet without a with asb, black walnht, white oak, red oak, black oak, obestnut oak, buckeye, hickory and other timber of similar vigorous growth, while locust and red cedar, the beit woods for posts, alaoabouuded. Tho land is cultivated with liltlo labor, the soil being loose uiul mellow. It is a common thiug to see it broken up with ono horse, and more than two aro never needed to [turn the stillest sod. It is calculated that ono horse ’wil cultivate thirty acres of corn. Tho method of farming in East Tennessee would shook Ponnsylvaulaus. Some idea of how far behind us the people ate muy bo had when we meution the fact that there is but a single reaper uud not u grain drill or a horse-rako in Hawkins county. Still, with all this bad farming, they raise good crops. Wo frequently saw a fine growth of wbout which had beeu so rudely pnt in on corn ground that tho stalks mill stood al most us thick aa they did wheu green. \\V naturally wondered how they would man age to reap the wheat, amt wero Informed that after corn-planting was dono they would go over the wheat fields anti cut the old corn stalksjdown with a ering that tho wheat was then kneo high, and stood thick ou tho ground, wo could not help considering this a.wasteful method, and wus led to exclaim, “Oh! how shift less.” Floaty of land, cleared, uuder excellent fenco, in good condition, as rich as any in Lancaster county, and with comfortable aud commodious dwellings uud outbuild ings can bo purchased in Huwkius county, and elsowboro In Eastern Tennessee, at re markably low prices. For twenty dollars an acre choice farms enu bo secured along Iho railroad which will fto worth double or troblo the monoy In n few years. Off from tho railroad a fow miles excollont lands can bo hud at ten or twelve dollars an acre. Second and third rate lands, susoopll ble of great Improvement, can be bought at from fivo to ten dollars an acre. Wo know no section of country which nffeiM equallnducomonts to emigrants, and we say thla after having traveled over the WesLtfuoro than once, as far as tho western *6f!ndary of Missouri. Wo remained in Hawkins county more than ti weok, and will havo more to say of this East Tonnes soo country iu our next. A Virginia Congressional Convention A Radical Convention assembled hi Petersburg, Virginia, the other day, to nominate u candidate for Congress. A reporter who was present says: Tho composition of tho body appeared strange enough to nntlvo eyes, widen haw boon accustomed to soo In sitehnssomblngeH at least an average representation of th« Intelligence of tho poopla. In this conven tion tho negro olument largely preponder ated, while among the whites ‘thuro was not one native of tho soil, uml only ono whoAu residence in tho district extends further buck than the aloao of tho war. Tho whole affair was managed by carpet-baggers, having tho blind side of tho negroes; and a man who hails from tho northern extremity of tho United (States is selected to ronresent a Virginia constituency In tho National Councils I Everybody knew beforehand thnt L’apt. Plutto would receive (he nomi nation. lio is u skillful wire-worker, and though defeated ou tv previous occasion of the kind at Suffolk by tho supposed treach ery ot Homo of hts friends, ho comes out now with flying colors, receiving an almost unanimous vote over ids competitor,. Chandlor. How any decent white meu in the North can favor a system which pro duces buoli fruit is something wo can not understand. Thk Washington correspondent of .he Baltimore Gazette says: The breach between tho President am. Secretary Fish la hourly widoniug. The lutter still peremptorily refuses to Issue commissions to u batch of Washburne’s foreign appointees—many of them connec tions of "tho family.” Tills affair, how ever. is not the only difficulty between the partios. It 1b generally agreed that the President was bout upon plunging tho country into a war with Europe. Mr. Fish has persistently opposed overy meas ure looking to such a result, Hu is now known to Insist upon*tv proclamation ol neutrality In respect to Cuba. Tho Rhode Island Election—Hnm and Greenbacks. Tbe municipal election for Mnyor of Providence, Khodo Island, was oponed yes • ter day morning umid a sconce of excitement unequalled, perhaps unknown, at any pop ular contest hitherto held In the UttleHtuio. If tho Inhabitants of tho other, buppler world, aro at all cognizant of terrestrial trunsnetions Just present tho shndo of Roger Williams must bavo beon agonized to know that rum ran in oven moro than Bull run quantity down tho throats of tho elector* slncu Saturday night. Tho spirit was />.••• and without price. Cash was also usd freely in support of (ho dlfforont candi dates, so that tbo voters wont tu ih« ballot boxes spiritedly and with well lined pockots. Mr. Thomas A. Doyle, who had filled the ofllco of chiof magistrate of tbe city during the pant ttvo years, and was tbe nominee of tho SpragQe intercut, retired at the lust moment, lenvlug the strngglo between Georgo L. Clarke, who represents tho Brown