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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
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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 <fc Ives party, and
Nicholas Van Slyck, who Is said lo ohuin
plon democracy. Tho streets wero thronged
during the day, aud wordy discussions of
tho merits of the rospectlyo men ran very*
high. After tho polls closed It wan found
that tho Brown and Ives candidate had tri
umphed, Mr. Clarke being elected, receiv
ing three thousand five hundred and nine
ty-five votes to eight hunbred and tweuty
four cast for Van Slyck. Many people
insisted on voting for Mr. Doylo, notwith
standing his withdrawal, and ouathoutmm!
three hundred and forty-one ballots wort;
thus wasted. Whiskey, calico and true re
llglon held tho town. Tho two first appear
to have triumphed.- N. I'. Herald.
Negro Snflfrnffo In tho Leg
lslainrc,
Indianapolih, May 13.—A1l tho Demo
crutlo members of tho House of Represen
tatives except two resigned this morning,
leaving the Houso ugulu withoutn quorum.
In the Senate, at roll-call ibis ufiernoou,
thlrty-sovon members onawored to their
names.
Tho doors wero lockod and the absentee*
worosont for. Pending this proceeding tho
constitutional‘amendraont was calk'd up
and a vote taken, although tho Democratic
members present announced thut they bad
sent their resignations to the Governor this
morning.
Tho Lieutenant Govornor ruled that the
Senate had no official notice of their rosig*
nations, and declared tho amendment rati
fied by a votoof 27 ayes to 1 nay, cloven
raombors presont and not voting.
It is thought tho Republican members of
tho Honse will vote on tho amendment
to-morrow morning and then adjourn.
King Francis, of Maples, Nnlllfylng n
o&cw fork Marriage.
According to the Courricr dcsEtats Unit,
ox-Klng Francis, ol Naples, has addressed
a, protest to bis cousin, Prince Luis de Bour
bon, now a resident of New York City, de
claring his marriage With a Cuban bollo
null and void. The marriage ceremony
was performed recontly in tho Jefferson
Market Police Court.
▲ Shower of Nvorms*
The Portland (Oregon) Courier BAye that
during a brisk shower at Sheridan, in
Yamhill county, on the 18th of March, there
fell what seemed to be a kind of hull, but
on examination was found to bo composed
of peculiar whitish worms—millions of
them. Each worm had the power of doub
ling up and skipping a toot or more.—
They were from an eighth to a quarter of
an Inch long, with a small darkish spot
about the head. They appeared to dlo very
OOQ.
From Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Fort LbaVenwobth, May 12.—A dis
charged soldier who has Just arrived here
from Fort Hays, gives an account of thont
tempt made by tho Indian prisoners con
fined there to escape. Last Sunday whilo
Capt, Howard, Adjatant of the fith In
fantrv, was.changing guard and was enter
ing the door be waa relied to the floor by a
: obief. At the same time a squaw, who was
rushing .upon him. with a knife to stab
him, was shot down by. the [guard. Tho
sergeant of the guard named Hogan,
bf.'Company G, same regiment, was stab
bed lb the back and severely injured, and
the "guard In' self-defepce 'fired' into 'them
fcridktlled tWo Indians, including the Chief
Big Head, and Woundlngone or two more,
which had the effect of restoring quiet. The
Indians were all armed with knives*