Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1873, Page 5

" THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU ———— et WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1378 b THE SOUTH. The Condition of tho South Little Known at the Norths Inadequacy of Southern Rep- resentation in Congress. Position and Heas of {lo Southern Peoplo in Respeet to tho Union, {ho Consti- tution, Cawsavism, Emancipa. tion, and Negro-Sullrago. The ¥Poverty and Depression of the People-~-Remedies for Migzovernment. Correspondence of Tho Chicago Tribune, tcnnoND, Ya,, Sopt* 19, 1873, It i grently to bo deplored {hat tho best peo- of tho Noxth, and ofton tho most intelligont of them, shonld RNOW 80 LITTLE of the truo condition of tho South; and yot nob steange, if wo conslder everything, Very fow of tho Southorn peoplo aroable to go to tho Nortly, and vory fow of the best Northorn peopls, aro able to makaauything like o trip through tho Bouth, Lven if thoy did, to gotat the whole subject somothing more i neoded thau to go to a Soutborn city, put upat o hotel, scos fow sights, nod then Lurry homo. Tho Southorn papers do not circulate ab tho North ab all, and thelr contemporarics there rarely quoto from them nnything benring on tho industrial and gsocial system of the South; the wants, progross, order, and nims of socioty; how theso poaple aro living from day to day ; their napirations and oxpectations, WIAT A FILLD hero would bo open to journalism, what & mie- slon for a good correspondont, by which I donot moen o lying sensationalist, but one of coudor, acumen, judgment, and that sort of cnpacity which is nblo to gather facts, and sum up resulte fairly, without runuing into trivial dotails and partisanship. I do not know of nuy correspond- ent of n Northorn journal thnt has dono this for tho South; and I recommend them to send down, or empley ome one, not to writo up o cngo or theory, but tho trath. It moy be urged that the SOUTHERN BEPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS might enlighten that body as to the real condi- tion of their people, at loast in part, and thus reach the country. Southern Ropresontatives in Cougross |—pray whore aro they? I deny thab tho South Lns boen reprosonted in Congross giuco Lho war, or is oven now henrd in your pub- lic councils, Up to 1868, no representation, real or protonded, was ollowed, Binco then, thoro has boen indeed n show of roprosontation. You Bavo lnd carpet-baggoers, represonting neither negroos mor whites, but only their own cupdity, and omploying systematio misroprosontation of the poople ns tho best modo of reisining power, and thus oxcusing their own presenco in the body instond of native Southernors, Lven if these fellows hind been honost and woll-intentioned, thoy yot lacked tho capncity to give o faitbful plcturo of the condi- tion of tho South; they arc simply smartin knavery, and aro really not difforent from the rogue who takes advantage of o fire or a railroad accident to pick your pocket. AS FOR THE *'SCALLAWAG' RETRESENTATIVES, thoy wore oven loss compoteut to present the condition of tho South, Their prosence in Con- gross simply disclosed one fact, Viz.: tho smount of pressuro, povorty, and suffering at tho South, which have tried too sorcly tho mon of woak vir- tue, nnd drivon some of thom to tho botrayal of their neighbors and Stato, so that thoy, at lenst, might gaihor somothing from tho wrack. Al i ono #&nd tho ship is lost; lot us brealk fntn tho spirit-room aud xob tho eargo, was tho ono idea of the scallawag party. Thoy could not live in the old ways ; thoy wore bank- rupt, wanted money or oftico, and wers too Inzy to work ; und 60 they wont in with the thioves and helped to rob the State, Thoro may bo some excoptions to this genoral Qescription, and oue riges to my mind now,— QEN, ALCORN, OF MIBSIBSIPPI)— and thero and then you will find auother. Al- corn sy that negro-supremacy was amply forti- fled by n black mujority of semo 16,000 ; and Lo went in with thom, I believe chiefly in order to stop, a8 fax a8 possible, tho stealing for which the carpet-bngiors wero using this black voto everywhere in tho South, Bomo desire for ofiico may havo mingled in his wotives, but it was probably clilefly 03 n means to the moro worthy end I havo just deseribed. ‘Fho respectable whites havo olectod some Ben- ators, and perbapa balf the Ropresentatives, gent to Congross from tho South ; but what use Tinve they Leen,—I mean in the way of ropro- eenting the condition of thoir constitnents ? Tho Tourtecuth Amendmont and the Reconstruction acts shut out until very Iately overy man of ubility in the South, Take out of n Btate 15,000 to 20,000 leading men, a8 theso acts did,—ovory- body who ha: r filled a public employment,— aud whoro will you Gud in tho 80,000 or 100,600 votors remaining persons competent to go to Congreas and to take part in dobatothore? Tho rosult of all this is, that gonorally TUIND AND FOURTI-RATE MEN havo beon elected from tho South,—the able and moro oxporionced men boiug disqualified ; and thus you have a lot of dummics and #tuplids,— many of them upright gentlemen and gallant men, and others who would nover have been chosen but for tho vicious proscription of the Recon- struction nets ; Represontatives who, in Con- gros, aro incompetent to inform that body of the condition aud wants of their pooplo; creaturos and instruments of tho Rings sud jobs, —sometimos from ignoranco, and sometimes ba- causo, a8 I and many bolieve, they woro paid for it ; nud othors who, when out of tho Louso, sur- rendered thomgolves to theatro-going and other leasures much less roputable. Lut oven tho Bettur elags,—thoso who don’t gamble, drink, or vote with tho Rings,— WIAT JIAVE THEY AMOUNTED T0? Thoy have st moro dummies on the floor of Congrons, hardly during to_open thelr lips,—the fuct of incopacity keeping somo quict; and _othors, loss solf-distrustfnl, roally afraid to epeak beeause of the intenso and unrensonablo projudice still existing in the North ngninst ox-Confoderates, no matter whethor thoy have been ontirely loyal to the Union sinco the War or not, Bomo of theso ontlemon have snid to me, * What good would t do for mo to epenkc 7 If I wero to got up and say anything, it would only make mattors worse for our people,” Whon sich o stato of things a6 this exists, can it Do snid truly that WE JIAVE A REBTORED UNION ? (Vould it not e inflnitoly Lotter for us all that each and overy Stato should bo ropresonted by its bost talent nud worth,—aye, aud by its ablest statosmon, too, who aro pure in charnoter, and anxious o promote tho prospority of the Re- publie ? The disabilitios of Bouthorn mon havo gener- ally been romoved, and & fow only aro now un- abfo to participnto in the affairs of tholr States or the lrueru Government, Many of theso do not cnre to ro-onter publio life, “But, though Lhore is now o goneral onfranchigement by law, tha effect will not bo very marked upon tho na- tonal ruln-:snuntmlou until after tho next Con- grens, Tiue, thoro will bo HODE OLEVER MEN from tho Houth, Mississippi rends te tho Iouse L. Q. C, Lamar,—ns mun of ravo gifts, ono both wire and eloquent; and Georgln sonds hov gifted son, Aloxander 11, fitophons ; but botl of thoso luck Dioulth, oud, I surpoct, will not Lo strong enough to do vty houvy work, WLl thoxo ox= coptions, tho delegations fu tho Ilouso aro oven weaker, I fenr, than in tho lnst Congross., Iu tho Bennto, thoro {s some improvemont. CGon. Gordon, of Georgin, i a man, I take it, of greet judgment, charactor, tact, and wis- dow, Drillinnt as was his milltary curoor, It is only un opisodo in » well-poised and usoful {ito. o I yot comparatively young, nnd has beforo kim o distingnished carour, Judgo Mer- rimon, the now Beunator from Novth Caroling, mndo uo smnll yoputation_in his canvaes, in the summer of 1872, as tho’ Liboral candidato for Governor; nnd, T thlnk, will, with a litlo ox- parfence, tako rank in tho Bounto, DBut, at pros- ent, the Bouth hag NO INEPRESENTATION WORTRY OF THE NAME in Congress, ond tho ‘mqplu have been 8o much dlscouragod by tho legislstion and tomper of Congroas thut thoy aro_hardly alive to tho im- portance, to thow, of hayiug their fittost aud ablost mon sont to Washington. And yot the Iondenunoy of thelr presont ropreseutation (for whiols, upto this time, fhey aro not rosponsiblo) 18 usod against them fo polnt o wmeor and o ronols, W'he queantion is continually naked : *Is his all that Tlorlda, or Arkansas, or Bouth Onrotinn can do?” Tho Bouth in hold responsi- blo for tho shortcomings of n Sponcor, n Lowell Olayton, and a Browulow, just tho same ns f tho Bouth bad sent tuom Lo Washington. If, by the foilure of theso ngoncies, the true coundition of the Bouthorn Blatos in Im‘mrfucuy understood, it will hardly bo oxpeeted that, in o Liasty lettor, I should attompt to uup‘xly tho do- ficiency. 'L'lho woll, to bo propoxly doue, would roquira n surics of lottors. ~Aud yob it {s vitally importaut to n I'I%hb undoratanding botween the “North and the Bouth, Iam firmly convinced that nine-tenths of all tho mischief and troublo, and ]]luafllbly na much of tho soctional bitterness, that linve followed the War, is due to MISCONOEPTION AND MISREPRESENTATION and, if tho real truth had been known on both slides, would have beon nvolded. It is ia plainly tho intorest of tho North, and oopoeinlly of tho Northwest, that {he prosperity of (hio South plinll ho re-cetabliehod and that this largo section should not romain deed mem- bor of tho Union, butn prosperous aud dovel- oping conntry, approximating nt loast to tho avorngo, in comfort, order, and ndvancemont, of tho Northorn Staterl, It fs not g0 to-duy. ‘The contrast bolwaon the two is PAINFUL IN TIE EXTREME, I sponk from an extensive obsorvation of both sections, and from very relinblo information s to localitios in the Bouth which I have not visited. o Without golng into dotail, I will make o fow goneral nbunrvudons, which 1 may nluborate on somo faturo oceasion, Iirst—Whatover it mny plenso the Adminis- tration organs to aasort of insinuate, the South- orn poople regard the Federnl Union as A Yrixep raor,” row g much 8o a8 ihe ordor of the gengons or the rising of tho sum. Thoy have uo “peceavi” 1o cry ovor tho padt, and will not make a confession of guilt a part of any treaty otamm:e, but thoy regard the fag and common Govornmont as fixed and finnl, and a8 thoirs n3 woll as tho North's; and thoy nre suxious to have that Qovornment purely, wisoly administored, nnd mndo a blossing to overy por- tion of the country. They havo got senso mm“lih to oo what soma’ of the North still refuse to rocognizo : 'That ench portion of this Union ig and ought to bo, interosted in tio woll-eing of ovory part of it. ‘Lhey would Jike to see tho Govorument REFORMED AND TURTFIED, tho tariff and taxes reduced, o botter class of mon put in publio office, and thoso gront princi- g}ua of liberty which our fathers embodied in the onstitution substituted for the military moth- oda for tho last fow years; bul for this, aud for any improvoment in"thelr own condition, thoy roly upon tho awakened atientlon of thoughtfnl ) rl%l\t citizons in the Northern Btates. It must bo by ronson nnd tho agencies of froe dis~ cussion, if at all, Sccond~It is not true, but a gross blunder, to sy that anybody at the South—I monu of tho ex-Confodorates—would prefor o Cresar, or Prek- idont for lifo, to tho forms and traditions of tho American Constitution, ‘This lio hus jusb this f.,“mh truth as its busie: It i truo that it would o DETTER FOR THE BOUTH to hiavo monarchy or Cresarism rathor than such Governments ag how oxiat in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, and which aro sure to fol- low tha succossful union of the nogrocs with o faotion of whites composod of {ho worst and most ignorant men in the commuuily. 1f igno- ranco and vico are to govern, this” peoplo sny that Cmsar could not woll be worso for them, At tho samo time, tho Southeru peoplo recog- Dizo tho fact profoundly thet tho North is, and will bo for all timo, tha dominant section; and that it in for the ‘pcople of tho North to eny whothor thoy 'will havo a OCresar or not. Tho wishes of tho Southern f)auplu will bave littlo to do with it. And hero I may add that tho old iden, chorished by Mr. Calhoun, of o balance of povwer, is COMPLETELY EXPLODED AND BURRENDERED by tho South., Tho sc]csplm is EI‘““’ from- the South,—gono from tho East, too, I suspect, and mny now bo found in tho Mississippi Valloy, not vory far from Olicego. It is for that grent and powerful people to say whather thoy will Lavo a mastor, or govorn this country themselves. If tho Intlor bo their flat, tho Tings eannot bind them with ehains, and theycan lnvo (Lo Soutl for anally, if they think it necessary, on this question, and o good many moro hesides. Third—Slnvery is gono, In tho rude and sud- den way it was accompliehed, emeucipation wasa torriblo shock to n socioty which hud undergone tho losses and huvoo of & four years' war ; but 1 DO _NOT ENOW ONE BOUTHERNEWR who would like to oo slavery restored. Tho gancral opinion is, that omaneipation, at sumo dry or other, was inevitablo, and that tho institulion was doomod to porisk. Howover failhfully and readily tho negroes mny onco have setved, overy- body now recopuizes tho fact that it would ho aa onsy to_re-cstablish elavery ns to mako wator run up hill, Even if thorowero no Northern Btates or paoplo in existonco, and tbo South had nn indopendent Government, it would not bo thoueht of or rttompted. Fourth—Universal negro-suffrago was ro- gorded, aud still is_rogarded, by overy thinking man I moet in the South, who is honest, as A GBEAT EVIL. f thoro woro only n fow nogroos in tho State, 88 ig tho cago with Missouri, or Illinois or Iudi- ana, it would not greatly mattor, If G per cent, or oven 10 per cent, of tha voters bo ignorant or depraved, the remaining 90 per cent of the voters can control the situation. 1f, howovor, 80, 40, or 46 por cont of the voting papulation bo negroes, the peril to good governmeont and publio crder becomeos of tho most sorious charactor. Sonntor Morton foresuw all this in Septomber, 1865, in ‘bis groat spcech on_ the political situntion, and proposed to defer glving tho ballot to the nogroos for a fow yents, until tho South should Lo filled with Northern and European immwigration, when, the whites having o vory largo proponder~ ance, the negroes could bo_allowed to vote, and 10 hirm como of it. Mr. Morton's obsorvations on this hond, of the danger of at once conferring tha eleclive franchiso on tho nogroes, are now o verifled prophecy, Tho verifieation of the evils bo predictod may be witnessed in the oxporienco of all ornonrlyall the Southern States; and, indeed, thoro is not ono of them-—not evon ox- copting Virginia—whero nogro-suffrage hos nob wrought UNMIXED EVIL. The negroes have combined ua a race since tho start, and voted ms o race. 'Phoy lave acted undor tho durcss of oath-bound and socrob leagues,—organizations far nioroobjectionablo than over Know- Nothingism was, Thus banded together, thoy havo allied themsolses with tho adventurors aud scoundrols from tho North, and n small fraction of what aro usually called * monn whites ™ ; aud thus, often without being aware of it, bavo be- como_tho moro instrmnents of rapino nud anarchy., They bavo made Dboth their own fate oand that of their Qm{floyom iuflmtnlfv worso, A ~ory fow nogroes, indead, have profited by this plunderlug ; but bave oven thoy improved mor- ally or a8 cltizons by anaring with a Gov. Scott, Moses, or Kellogg, the plundor of a Stato ? A8 for tho mass of thoso poor negro lnborers, it noeds no argumont to show that, just as fust ne thoy Lielped by their votes to pllo on tho taxes on their white employers, thoy OUT DOWN THEIR OWN WAGES by roducing thoir omployess’ ability Lo pay thom, and thus put obstacles”to their own accumula- tion and advancomont In Jifo, You know, without my telling you, the history of this struggloover tho suffrage quostion. It way forced on the HSouth by tho Recon- struction acts and by ihe Fifteenth Amond- mont; snd the Hoithern poople gave up il opposition to it yenra and yoars ago. In this Stato, it was accopled four years ago as a part of the inevitablo, Lhear of no ono statosman who has a remody to propose for this race-voto, so grievous nud constant o poril to property aud socloty ; #o convenient a tool to the political bur- Inr who wishos to rob tho community. Alr. g(urlon's antidoto of European and Northern immigration Is good, but not at hand, Lands aro very chenp fn tho Boutl, but whito fmml- grauts of chinractor and substance do not caro to Hottlo whero negroos are to lnve o hond, and that u powerful eno, in flxing their Btato or county tnx-bill. ‘Thoy don't lilke tho contugt with Dlacks, and tho equality ; sud so thoy don't come to tho South, 'Tho white peoplo wonld bo glad to havo them come ; but come they don't, AND WON'F. T am Inclinod to think that the fmmigration will o like o wavo gradually flowing from the Noxth, golug flrst to tho bordor country uml uplunds, whoro the whites predomiunto, " and graduslly working southwards, Undor this systom, the moro Bouthern Btates and tho lide-wator seotions of th horder Statos will ho the Inst to get tho Lonefit of the immigration, and monntime they will bo pubjoct to tho perils wnd ourso of nogro- rulo, ‘Thora is dnugoer, oven, that much of those woctions will, in the moantime, bo GIVEN UP WILOLLY TO TII AVRIOAN, Tt {s with difficulty that whito clvilization main- Ining itself in Touisiana, Bouth Cavolinn, Missis- wippi, and Flosid to-day. In Goorgln, North Caro- Tinu, Arknnsns, Toxas,mnl Virginia, tho guestion i virtually sottlod. Tho whito man is to stuy thero ; but moantimo, oven in Viyginia, whoro the whito votors hinvo aver 80,000 majority, thero are many countios whoro the hlacks so lnrgely l)ropuudeh ate that thoy are able not only to olect tho mem- bors of the Logislature, but’ all tho county ofii+ cord, I beliovoe thia In trug of nearly onc-fourth of tho countios of this Binto, and thoso the finost portions, Take tho HOUTII BIDE OF TILS TAMEA RIVER,— tho Dlrth-placo of Patrick loury, John Ran- dolph, William B. Giles, Goorgo 0. Dromgoolo, Wintlold Beott, Jo. Johmston, and many of Vir- fnin's most distingalshiod worthios,—ind what of’uu flud? I glive you somo of theno countles, aud tho rogistored vota in 1869, Tt {snot ma- terinlly differont mow from Amelin bus, whites, 646, negrock, 1,603 Hali- fax, whites, , nogroay, 5,083 Cum- borland, whitew, 6,741 nogroos, 1,50 Dinwiddio, whiles, 1,2093 nojroes, 1,700 ; Churlotto, whito 1,105, uegroos 2,207 ; tnd ‘soon with _otliors, A twmber - of countios north of tho James River nroin o bettor condition, Now, thia negro 1ule is tompered somawhat in Virgluin by tho fnot thal the whites conkrol tho Btnfo Logislaturo and the State taxes, appolnt the Judiciary, ote, ; but yot what do wo oo on thie south sldo? In soms of tho counties,—in lmlio seotlon, indeed,—you have tho country rapldly RELAPSING INTO IT§ TRINITIVE GONDITION § Jands tilled beforo and durlng the War now rowing up In_forcaly ; tho henvers building hotr dawns on tho strenms, and the deor multi- plylng in the coverty, 'I'ho whito population aro, many of thom, growing hopoloss and despondent., And this siato of things in o typo ol'much that is now going on in tho South, Tho Industry of tho South las always been chiefly ngricultural, and upon the prosperity of this class must depond tho goneral condition of tho country. Why don't they divornify induse trios,—outablish ~manufactutes? Wiy don’t yonr poor men nt tho North rido in cnrrlagey, and drink champagno for dinnor? Decauso TIEY JIAVEN'T GOT TIE MONEY, To establith manufaotures ab tho South, or any- where, requires capital, and to put up o hundred cotton, shoo, woolon, and othor fnotorios, ro- quires's groat dent of capital. Why don’t Nortli- orn mon and Englishmen who havo eapital como down here and put up theso fnctories? They havo the monoy to do_ it with, Labor is chmfi, waler-powor in abundant, and horo is the homo-market. 'The truo auswor, I suspect, i, thnt thoy aro not willing to put thelr capitai wheora it will bo subject to tho_risks of negro and carpot-bag spolintion, and who con blameo thom? Blamo thero is somowhere, of course. Thoro aro tyo remedies,—not immediaste aud oftectunl, it is truo, but valuablo, neverthe- loss,—which ocenr to my own mind, I linye not Lienrd thom proposod hore by any one, and I am not sure in tho presont temper of the public mind whethor they can oven flud o honring. And yot, if they could Lo accopted and put mto practico, it would not bo long bie- fore tho North would GAIN A NEW EMPITD, abounding in wonlth, resonveos, and prosperity ; an ncquisition far excoeding California; lessen- fng tho burdenof tho publie dobt ; awalling tho thon s Y] growth of Chicage, and Now York, and overy [Noriborn cily; and, moro than .all this, oponlug up_ ia homa for hor soltlors, nnd thoso of Eutopo, bottor and mora attractive than auy the West can offer. A re- stored and rojuvonated South is that new om- pire, and would bo worth vastly moro than any now avd unsottled country not yet rescuod from Natoro. Theso two mensuren would go far to rostoro the South, _The one would be to tollow the principle which I believe is embodied in tho Mlnssachusolts Constitution, and LT BUFFRAGE, not by n raco or color test, but by the conditions of being ablo to read and \rite, and tho payment of somo slight tax to tho State. This provision would insure to nenrly overy Soutliern State o i‘uml Stato Fovermuent, cconomy, order, and ow taxen. 'Lhe next would bo to follow out the plan of Mr, Jofforson. Ile proposed not ouly to freo tho blacks, but to COLONIZE THEM in somo suitablo tropical country. Is this not better than a perpetunl jealousy and conflict of thie lawa or for thenegroes to bo huddied togothor in portious of tho States, and thon to gradually dio out ? 1 have loft mysolf no space to speak of tho industrial condition of the Bouth. I meysum up by sayiug that, a8 a rule, tho South 15 WRETCHEDLY TOOR, and the process of reeuperation bavely percopti- ble, You will sco very contradictory statements made, evon by men who mean woll and ought to Jmow bettor, that thero aro somo tests whicl cannot bo dispnted, Tirst, compare the South- ern crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar, of the last yonr ‘or two, with the average beforo tho War, [ doubt if thoy would, takon togothor, bo cqual to one- Dialf, “cortpinly not threc-fifths, of what thoy were, ‘This ought to be conclusive. Next, tnke tho value of laudts. I doubt if it bo, on an aver- nggo, 25 por cont of tho old anfe-bellum valuo. In gomo loenlilies it is higher, but in othors uot a tonth of the old valu 1 doubt if much over AL THE JAKD onco Lilled is in enltivation. As for the neenmu- lated cepital of the South,—T mean exclusive of tho slaves,—il ia safe to eny it is not onec-half in monay, stecks, bonds, porsonalty, &e., &o., of what it wns in 1860, 1 do not sny that thera aro no elements of on- couragament. I think thnt o largee proportion of the whites have acquired habits of Iubor and thrift; but thisis more thun compensaled by the diminution of the industry of tho blacks, For ono lozy and worthless African in the old days, you have a hundrod, and tho number lonf- ing avound cities, or who linve gono North for sorvico, can hardly be computed. ‘I'he condition of tho nogro, matotially and morally, 18 NOT INPORVED. Ho in doscending yearlyin tlio senle of clvili- zution, and hecoming moro liko his ancestors, who bolieved in *tricks,” * spolls,” and inean- tations, It in a common thing with them to ascribe an ordinary disenso, offen the result of {licir own careless or various habits, toa *trick ™ put upon them by nu enemy ; and, be it seid here, of their own raco always. They mnover give o white man credit for possessing this dinbolieal power, though, if they woro to lny it at the door of tho carpot-bagger, it might not soom go eilly aniden, Theso superstitions appenr to bo gon- oral with them, and Christinnity as o system s loing its hold ovoe them more rapidly oven than over the advauced saveus of London and Paris, Gonerally aanlnng, thore ia order over tho South,—an ordor too niuch resombling TORPOR AND DEATIL, At any rato, conflicts bolween the racos aro raro, oll things considored. In tho cities, no- -g08 nro ofton vory iusolent; they push whita ndies into tho gutfor, and, in ono caso within my knowledge, o lady was knocked down by o burly African, without the slightest enuso or ovou wnm!ug, and tho sirutted on prondly and ssfoly. I3ut such cason sro not common, Generally, the life on a plantation—nnd this l)lmlll\llbn-lll’o prodominates in tho Bouth—is in liis wiso : The negrocs work moro or loss ofil- clently ; thay pilfor & good donl more than thoy did, and make tho keoping of pigs and chickons ofton_ an _ umprofitable live in thoir old cabing, much ns they did. "They hivo out, nnd do not complain of gat- ting paid in money or a part of tho crop, as tho contract may raquire. I'or tho mont part, thoy soom in good lhmmor, and especinlly to tho whites. Thoy go to_their employer for advico on the ordinary affair of lifo,—ovorything but ono: ndustry. Thoy TIOW TIEY BITALL VOTE. Iero thoy tnko their orders from tho secrot lengues, They vote against their employer anyhow, If ho is on ono sido, thoy Mno Enn athor. They are full of tho notion, put in their honds by bad white men, but still fixed thoro, that tho Iutereats of their employor and thom- golves aroc bound to be ‘hostilo and conflicting, and thet it s their duty to put him down, Thoy do it wherover thoy havo power, Bo far from seplitting up, they ato growing overy yoar moro and moro iu- duratod with thig rwn-Erojud!cu. Pray, hes it ovor boon othorwiso with thom, I Jemiaicn, San Domingo, or whorever tho exporiment hns been tricd? The two races aro tho oil and water. You oanuot mix them BAVE DY MIGCEQENATION, By gotting up a new Amoricun race of mulnttoos and hybritds, you may indeed got over or nround this raco-contlict ; but, evon then, I apprehond, tha blacker portion would mako wur, 88 in San Domingo, upon thoso who might havo n lghtor complexion, 1 considor tho fate, condition, and woll-boing of 4,000,000 of munan Laings—Africans or not— s mattor of vast importunce, and well worthy the attentive considoration of (ho statosmen and tho philauthropist, Cuileo Iy A PROBLEM NOT YET BOLYED. Miscegonation (snd social equality means thnt’ {a not to'ha thowght of, Again ; it sounds har and eruol Lo speak of this call dying out. Can nothing bo done for thom, and nothing nlso to roscuo Houthorn civilization and socloty from tho poril aud ruin inflicted by unwiso logislution and politieal agitation ? I do not know that there is much ponderingon tho flual romedios for admilted ovils in tho Bouth, Tho Foutharn poople caro littlo for Fodern! politics, ‘Llioy aro absorbed in the strugglo for brend; and thoy are only aroused by the nocousity of provonting tho thioves from Fumm; posscssion of tho Stato Governmonts, Thoy aro the FLILH ON TIE OART-WHEEL of your (lovernment, nil cannot shapoe it in any wiy, Where bo your own stutosmen Lo donl with your own gront problenw? Look ub tho caso of & man_of resl ability and mind, liko Groesbecl, of Ohlo, giving himself up, ull these ton yeurs past, to the onjuyment of monoy, ocatp, aud luxury, and coming out onco, porhapy, in fivo yonrs, to mnle n spocch on an {mponch- mont-trinl, and whilo en idlo spocintor or critio of the struggle for roform and liberty, hidin 1iis own talont in o napkin. e is only o Lypo of o olags who nre in privato life, whilo A DREED OF RMALL MEN go to Congresn, pronch tho cant of Q'nrzv and Soto In tho Interests of tho Tings, Wiat hopo Iu thero for auybody in sucl o stato of things ne this? Aud, worso than all, how many of your lusiness mon nro raylngg, **This is none of my Dusinoss 3 1 ehiall havo enongh to live on v any ovont, nud tho publie may tako caro of itaelt,” w. POLITICAL. "he State Reform Convention in Mil- waulkee. Speetal Dispatel to Phe Chicago Tribune, MLwAuREr, Win,, Sept, 21—In respouno to a eall fasucd somo tino sftico by O, W. Wight, Chatrman of {ho Slnte Roform Committes, & conventlon nsseme bled ot noon to-day in thio Opera-toueo in thks city, to dolfherato upon tho politfeal affairs of tho Btate, and to fako such nction ns showld bo deemed advlenblo, About 100 gentlomen woro Jn_sitondanco, To-morrow tho Demoeratic and Liberal Stato Convene Hion will bo hold, and somo pevAons oxpoct 10 #co 6 formal dissolution of both, nnd {hat the Gonventlon, Dning burled tho dend, Wil subseribo to tho platforin fo bo tsaucd by tho Teform Convention, und indorso tho ticket It will provably nominatc, William I, Tay- Jor, of Dano Cotuty, m_ex-Slato Sonntor, and now Tresident of thio Stnio Agrleultursl Soclcty, s apoken of an most likely (o bo ‘uominuted for Governor, Io fa 0 well-known farmer, The remnindor of tho flekot bag not Leen mmuch canvamsod, "Dr, 0, W. Wigli, of Milwnikeo, callod tho Convens tlon to order, . High, of Green Ummlyf was elected tomporary Clivtrman. O, W, Blovens, of Forlago Olly, Was oloctid tetmporary Beezeiary, Vatious committees svera appointog, ond the Convention ndjourned. At :30 thio Gunyoition reassombled, ho Commltieo on Termanont Organization repoited oa follows : Presd- deut, 0, W, Wight, Milwatikee, with keveral Vieo- Proshderits, * Letiers wero reud proposing n confereuco weith tho TAberal and Domocratie Convention whicli meels to-morrow, Trosidont, Wight safd tho Convention to meet to- morrow wis not Demoeratio or Liberal, Themotnbers of i ‘Gonveation lad_ dropyod pirty pames, and Tereafter intended to Join tho leformt party, 'l averlures woro mado i good falth, It was not o sub- misslon to the Liheral or Democratie I)\lrllnu, but n ilingness on tho purt of tho lendoes of thora parties to nbundon tho past, and, in ihe future, juin hands with tho Reform parly of Wiscoustn, Tho atrongeat Bourbons had assured bim _that the offer wis made in #ood ml“lh' oudl ho hacl no doubt but they mennt what they sald, ior 2 tong debate, commitiecs of conferenca wer appointed, and tho Conveution ndjourncd until to- morrow, 1t lookks to-nfght na if thero wonlil bo n lurgo nttond= ancout tho Democratis Liberal Gonvention to-mor- Yor, Thero aro delegates licre from nearly every cotinty, among them belng o numbor of hard-hoade Toourbons who aro tnwilling tho purty should kick (o bucket, and will ineist upon o struight ticket. Trabally they will o in tho minority, aud {hat {ho majority will compel tho Convention fo bid farewoll to1li0 past, nnd have a now deal, In thnt cano tho Teformers will go with them, But if the Bourbons control the Democratic Liberal Oonvention, tho R formera will float a platform of thelr own, nad put candidates on hoard, Then there will bo threo tickets i tho fleld, ond Washbury, who neows to stand tho Dest show any way, will bo dlected by a Iarga majority, Republicnn Mecting nt Dubugu Gov. Carpenter Cornered, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. DunuUQUE, Ia,, Hept, 24,—Gov, Carpenter nnd At- forney-Genoral Cutts ‘mnde campnign speeches horo Inst night in_the Court-Ilouse. The apeeches were n moro repetition of their speochies made clsowhoro, There was o singlo oxception, which caused o ilttlo sens sation. ‘Ul Governor waa inferrogated Ty o member of iy own party on his approval of tho bill legalizing tho illogal acts’of tho Dubuque, Bellovito & Missis- slpyt Raflway, The Governor folt to emlinrrassed by {ho inquiry tiat tho Olnirmon of tho meeting biad {o como to his retcue, and finally the Governor gave oahls uatiication for approving tho nct raferred to,—it had oen intraduced and snpported by the Dubngua dole- 5n0.lun in tho Generul Ausembly, atd {hat, on acts of oubtful conntitutionnlty, ho doferred fo tho ma- Jorlty of the Goneral Assembly, ‘flis meeting was neither Iargo nor enthusiastic, {he Court-Iouse when well filled not lelng of & cas pacity to accommodata na any ns 300 persons, Nothing will clect Govornor Carpeuter but tlo want of unlty und compactucss of {ho political clements opposoil {0 him, A strong Peoples’ ticket will no doubt Do got up fu this county, and it will bo successful, A Pcople’s Ticlkot for Des Moines County, YowasDisuatisfaction with and Probablo Defent of tho Xepublia can Ticlkcet, Special Diepatch to The Chicago Tribune, BunrIsaToy, Tu., Sopt 5 Republieans aro Qissatinticd with tho ticket nomiuated by thelr yarty i this counly, aud heve cigued a call for u Peoplo's Gonvention {6 put a ticket fu”the fleld, as they avo not twlld patizfied with the Aunti-Mouopoly tickict, 1tis thouglt thal the cort will call out n Irgo mass-cons vention, as many of the Grangera outalds of tho order nro moving in if, The call will apyeur In tho Gazetle to-morrow, tho Conycntlon to bo uid on tha 30t There is \h\lt littlo doubt now that the Nadical tivket will bo beuten, ns thia call §a slgned by near a lundred of o best Republicans ju_the cotnuty, They feel that they hovo licen sold out fu (ho nominutions of their party, os it i essentially o Gear ficket, and hols not in wyiupathy with tho Granger movement, The fact is, that lo'ls with the rallroads, and, if elected, will whrlk in thelr fnterest, Mr, Gear, if clocted, ox* peets to Lo Speaker, and tho railrosd 1 oxpected to Tulo If the Rudlcal parly hus control of th logisiation, Pennsyivanin Constitutional Convens tron, Sneetal Dispateh to The Chicago Trilune, PrILADELLIIA, Sept, 23.—In flie Conslitutionnl Teg- fslature thin morhing, ¢3-Gov, Ourtin proposed 200 s tho number of members of tho lower branch of tho Legiylataro, contending that it would moro than ogual- izo tho represcntation of cerlain counties, 'Tho mo- tion was corrled by a majority of 9, A further smend- ment was offored by tho same gentlemon thet tho membera of tho ITougo of Representalives shall b ap- portioned smong tho Ecversl counties nccording to Topiilation, on o ratio to bo abtalned by dividing the whiolo populntion of tho Stalo a8 sscertained by tho most recent United Stafen census by Z00, ony county (Including Philadelphia) having more tiuu ano xatio 10 b entitled to nmember for cach full Tatio, This uotlon was carricd by s majority of 27, ‘The Colored Loutsinnn Delegntions Speciut Disputel to The Chieago Tribunes PRILADRLDILA, Bopt, 20,—Tho colored Louisiana dclegation now visiting our Northern cities, conslaiing of Col. Jamca Ingealiun, Geu. T, Morrin Clicater, 1o, 3. Monrlo Burcl, abd 1ou. A, k. Barber, addressed o Yoy Targo audierico this evontiyg at Iforticultural 1hall, on the situation In (heir Stato xesulting from 1lio ror ceut cloction troubles. ‘fhe Fond du Lno County, Wis., o= trons of bandry. Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Trivune, Toxp DU TAc, Wis,, Sept, 23,—Tho Patrous of Tlus- bandry of Fond du Lac Connty aro malking arrange-, mients {0 aftend tho Harvest pienfo at Oshkoels tho 2 of October, ot lesat 1,000 trong, Nono of tho Patrona will voto for Bakor, tho Ropublican candidato for Licutonant-Governor, Convention of the Farmers and La- Dorers of Yo Daviess Countys WaRREN, IIl., Bept, 92,—A masx convention of the farmers, mechalifes, aud Iaborers of Jo Davicss Coun- ty will b hold at Eilzabeth on tho 21th inst., to porfect & county organization, and {o nominate & county ticket, ~ A lsrgo attendunce is expeeted, and tho politicians are already sitting on tho anxions scat, et/ iaiiss UNITED AMERICAN MEEHANIGS. Annuni Meoting of the Order in Phil= atelphin, TIILADELPIT, Sopt, 29,—Tho Natlonal Council of tho Ordor of Unifod American Moclianica s in scaslon lioee, and tho attendenco I8 very lrge, every State Qounel belng ropresented, A number of finporiant questions aro to Lo Introduced which will affect tho in- torcats of tho wholo order, “Tho Couneil at tho nfternoon sesslon receved {horo- port of the Gouncillor, which showa that tho order oxlets in 23 Btates, witli 023 subordiunte Gouucils, and 141,008 members, A committco wia appoiuted to confer with a_com~ mittco of tho Junfor order, with o view to' tho consol~ idution of thetwo ordera, Tho fallowing ofiiccra \ero olected for the sear: ntfonnl Councillor, 11, B, Jones, Mudsachuecita; Vico Councillor, J, Knhler Buyder, Penusylvunis; Becro- tury, A. 8. Redstronko, Penusylvania§ Treasuror, John Wailtor, Delawaro ; Murabul, Joseph Smiloy, Margland Prolector, W, Olven, Connecticut ; Doorkeeper, A, W, Johnkon, Now darecy, Clovelind waa telicied a8 tho placo for Lolding tho next ecasion, INDIANA, County-Sent 'Moubles nt Centrevilley Wayno Countys INDIANAVOLIS, Ind,, Sept, 23,—Tho Rlierdfl of Wayno County went from Riehuiond, Tnd,, to-dny, to Centro ville, tho old conty-seat, with' n posiso of men to pull dowh th Jull for tho puenore of Femoving the stone and {ron Work to Itichwond, A mob collected nd }xmmm operations nntih i fujuiction was obluined rony the Bupremo Court, when qulet was restored wnd tho Elcrifi's pusse returnud, Soveral ehotn wero firod durlug the melee, but no ono wae injurcd, —_— e A THE BUFFALO PRODUCE MARKET. Tuprato, Bept, 3%—Bnravkroera—Tlour steady, Whioat generally innciive ; no dlposition to soll ot tlio dectinv, and, therefors, hvld out of market ; sales of 400 b No, 2 Milwaukes Club ul $18, - Corn—Bales of 8,000 b No, 310 Jots ot e, Oatu Jield ut 406 for Ohlo, Tierars—Dull at 14o for wheat und 110 for corn, e e THE DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET. Deznorr, Hopt, 2),—Bneansrurrs—Tlonr quict and wnehinged, Wheat notive sud higher 3 extra, §1.35@ 1,603 5 No. 3, $LATGE 162 mmber, §140, Corn slealy’s yollow, 4to, Oats steady at 410, o e A THE OSWEGO PRODUCE MARKET. 0swrao, Hopt, 4, —DEADELY Wheat No, 1 Milwaukeo, §1,40, Cora dull at 030, aull; THE SPORTING WORLD. The Bruisers Allen amd MeCoolo Meet in Combat Near St, Loulss The Last-Named Party Fearfully Beaten and Bruised. Allen Decclared the Winner in the Eighth Round. The English Nowmarket Races, Speetal Diapatels to The Chieago Tribune. 87, Louss, Mo., Sept, 23.—Tho loug expected mill between Allen and McCoolo has at, last como off, Tho interfercuca of tho authoritics hnd 10 offect ot all, 0x= copt to whot flio public apyalite, As {hio partles nover intended o Oght in Misgour, tho absurdily of pulting thiewn under Lunds to keop (o peaco lioro {8 mnuifest, Tho fight ook placo soveral miles up tho river, fu Till- nolk, and Insted o 1itlo over 20 minntes, At tho end of that timo McCoolo was aken from tho rlug WORSE WIPPRD than evor any man hiad beon §n thrico tho timo, This reanlt was thonght barely possiblo by soino, but noono really oxpocted anch o one-blded encounter, Detting Tiad heon ahont even for somo daya provions, A largo number of well-ndvivod rports (lought tho chances aboutt equal, AcQoole lind beon in training carofull for montlis, and wna really in o fing condition for sucii o bundlo of adiposo mntter, Allon had trained for only o fow wocks, aud was (1 guch an admirablo stato that Lt frlcuds folt confident of lis siceeas, TL wan fhought McCoolo Lind loarued pomeothing of sparring sinco hin last mill with Allen, aud s his faca was greatly: reduced would nob Lo ligblo to (ho accidents that then ocourred, Tvon Allan_oxpocted somo sliow of skill in his antagonist, and for tho first two rounds got in his work with tho utmont cautlon, TIIE BOAT ENGAGED FOIt THE THIP was (1o Contitientul, o 0ld_craft thut paseed ila clim- sctorie Bome yeara sfnce, She luy up during tho night nt Enst 8t, Louls, but thio polico of thut vxfingo catne dawn ud drovo er from tho bank. As sooir 08 sho could get up steam sho camo across snd waifod o (ho fool of Carr strect for lier fancy frelght, Teoplo gatliored slowly, knowing the tardi- nees incident to such great ocenclons, Tho sporie, with tho usual riff-rafl, commeuced to qnlhm‘ to tho river ot linlf-past 7, but it waa fully 10 oclock beforo the monagerd thought passengora cuotigh had s~ sembled {0 warrant doparturs, 1t 18 no moro than Juatico to say thiat ann _cown, altogother bad _cnough, was o_ijtilo belter {lion tho concourso commonly foon ot o prizo fight, Only beer and wina woro sold, which provented much disordor, Thicves wero carofully oxelnded if hey were known, Whon all was rendy, tho hoat stenmed slowly up tho siver, withh porbaps 1,000 on bourd, Tho doy was eaufifal but warm, ALLEN WAR TAREN at tho Wator-Wori, and MeCoolo o couplo of miles abovo, Thero was A 000D DEAL O TETTING on tho bont and fomo gombling, but o Aght, and only ono or two noticoablo cases of drunkenners, Allen and McCoolo were rocolved with Eomo show of enthusizsm when thoy embarked, Thoy woro con- dueted to their state-rooms, and seen no moro uniil Hhioy eliied tholr cnstorainto'thoring, Tho nowapspers showed conslderablo aniorprio 1n tioe offorts to_got tho nows of tho fght. Al of thom wers liborally rop- resentod by both oditors and reportors, Threo men- oping cditors woro on tho groundo, sovernl Writing editors, and ianumerablo ntinchis in' tho Tocallitie, ‘Tho Glole rent its corps on sdiminutive g, ehich Inboriously mado it way up the river, vibrating lke n boomorang as it cut s way through {ho water, Tho Democrat b soveral mounted reprosentatives of tho placo o lattic, Others wero cqualiy well providad with meana to communicato with the parent oflice in tho most feasiblo manner, and at tho caniieat moment. Tlio bost halled in thio sireatn opposita o corn-fold o ittlo afior 1 o'clock in tho aflornoon, 'A GUATID OF MOUNTED GRANGERS wae scen on the shore, gathored to_protect tho maizo, snd armngonients wero accordingly made to strotch the ropes in n pleasant grove adjoining, Whilo things wors gotting Teady, tho boat lay Idly in tho cluunc, and thio crowd, which had beon thus far remarkably quict, began to got moisy. To rocelya tho pent-up Srowd, bwo or threb yawls commienced running bot ween tho boat and the shore, taking thove who wore willing 1o poy & dollar for tho privilego of amtieipating the vest ‘o tow minntes on terra Srmn, 8o many jumped into thom that they wero IN DANGER OF DEING BWAMPED, and eorfoun casualties wero prevented almost by miracle. Thero was formed whut is nomiually kuowi as tho jiner riug, but it proved tohio o frawd of tho Worst deseriptionl. Lvery ono erowded up to tho ine ner rope, nud 1o amonit of thrents or fefuta with Sluuby i1 the hands of riug offickuls could BEPARATE THE SIEEP FROM THE GOATS, Tha nowspaper men Lind the coruer ontaide, next to MeQoole, mmd wero packed liko herring in Dbos. Bomo of them et on chairs phm- dored 'from {hio steamer, whilo others_squaticd in aborlginal fashion upon thosoft turf, There way ot rou Lo lovel o nole-book or Imanipuinton pencil, o piace elocted s an opun grovo without wnder: brush, ‘The outumn scomed falling trough tho branches iuthe most peaceful way, Tho trees wero filied with. porsons viho prefurced elevation and par- tial solltude, Phlegmatic persons road tho morniug nowepapers at an altiturdoe of 40 fect whilo waiting the Tnto beglnning of opcralicn. Kow und then o brineh Drosks with decidediy unploasant resnlis, An over curious cabin boy of the sleamer Lady Leo fell from a height of twonty fect from the ground, suflers ing 8 comypound fractur of tho boues of tho ariklo, M'COOLE SIIED 1118 CASTOR intotho ring at twouty minutes past 10, o waa nccom panfed by 1fa trainer, Dublin Tricks and Tom Kelly, Kothiug being ready for tho mill, ho zat down aud Hatoned o the conments and enlly of tho crowd, which s boginniug to show docided eigus of dissitisfuc- ton, 402 DISAPTOINMENT WAS EXTELSSED Veenuso hio whiowed more flesh_ upon thio face than was oxpecled, und a fow fears woro expreased (bat all would not turn ont well for him, 8tillhis frieuds generally greeted him kindly, and clicered him loudly, ALLEN FOLLOWED SHONTLY AFIEN, and was nleo cheered, It was remarked that Me- Coolo’s weleomo was warmer than Allew's, MeCoolo won {hio choleo of corners, and sclectod that townrds thio west, 5o that lie was not annoye.l by the sun, now getting weil down tho sky, Allen took the opposito oruen, and was etripped wnd well groomod by Lis sec- aula, 'tolsey Shopliord snd Cussabess, ot zicn stripped well, but tho HARD, STLENDID MUSOLE OF ALLTN exclted tho warmest adwirution of thut crowd, Dad Jyan, of Cinciunati, acted aa wunpiro for MeCoole, and Dick Roach for Alleh, Tho principals WERE NOW NEADY, and tho crowd was more than ready, but mo ono scomed willing to ot s referco. Tat Toylo was chosen, but deellned with energy. Then Johmn Scott, ah oyster-desler of §t, Louts, wan salectad, and pulicd Wmder tho ropes, but also declined to serve, Bon Do- ar was florcely’ yolled for, At last Juck Loouoy re- Tuctantly consented to fll tho brencl, and, a8 bo took I placd, b nolsy Irishman oxclaimod ! #Jhok Looncy fa 80 good & man au thero 1 in tho State,” *Loonoy was thion understood to make TUE FOLLOWING SPEEOCH: AN T bave to eay Ja the best mau wina,” It was now nearly lnif-past 3 o’clock, and tha protracted delay had roughened up tha angry crowd to the oxtromo limit of forbearance. Ltud tho Tilinols authoritics been on tho alort, tho Aght wight havo been wlopped, ns tho party {Voro for two biours and a lalf within threo miles of & rollroad station, Before getting ready for businces o Parlisl quict cnoved. As toou us it was known that ovorything was prepared, tho PRINCIPALS WERE BTIMPPED, of all ysclos dntogmments, and bathed willi whisky for tho Icat timo, McCoulo offered to bet £800 that he would win, whicls was courtod by Alten, They shook hands I w friondly manner, having simply glowerod at cach othior Leforo, i DON'T TITEY LOOK PRETTY IV snid on admirer behind your corrcspondent's chatr, aa {hio men came up to tho serate First Ruund—Both men wallzod promptly up to tuo_seratch, und, after & littlo sparring, Allen Junded & bow on McOoole's loft eyc, follow- ing it with one on tho forohead, Miko returning on Allew's ribs, Furlous oxchanges passed und torriulo Aghiing ensuod, Allon punching McCOoolo_sovercly about thio face, nnd finally Sghting bim down nmid ‘crics of foul, it' boing clnimed_that Tom Hiruck Miko after ho_dropped, Foul was not atlowed, but first blood was allowed for Ailen, ‘Secanil ound—Allen ngain led with lLiuloft, atriling McCoolo a forrifio blow on tho breast, whieh o ful- Towod with two fiorco loft handors on Mikos cheokr, eultiug two goshios, ouo under {ho right oyo. Both fought to a closo, and somoe good Wiort-arn fighting ensued, Miko followed Allen ll round thio ring, but Tom_kopt away from his blows, “Another rally, and McCoolo forced Aflen to is cornor, Terrifio oxelinngos, and Allen dropped ta avold blowa, "Fhird Jtound—>lcCoola camoup bloeding badly from tho face, and Tight oyo closing, After. recolying o fow rapld blows, McCoolo rusliod nt Allon, afruck him licavily on thoribe, Allon roturncd one on the clieek, and two on tho mouth, McCuolo again_rushnd at Al Ten, hut tho luttor avoled his Dlows, tnd gol in one on tho nose, two more on the moutl, McGovle returning o the r‘l\u, and both fought to a close, and Allen ngain drapped, Ab the_men_wera enrriod to {helr cornors It wos quitoevidant tuat Allew wn ustor of s stuation, Tio hud eratcs whilo MeCiooly wus Ueediug pro- waely. « Foitrth Round—In tho fourth round McGoole was badly punistied, snd began {o show fatigne, "Tlto f\fth, sixth, and kovontls ToundA woro hut o repo- tstlonaf e fourtlt, Allon doing il the fighting and MeCoolo gotting badly used up, Ryt Rounid—Holl camo to tho_seratch on the engbily rouud, McQoola foobly, om XKelly stepned o MeCoold aud nuids Miko, iU no ure, You ik win fhie ght BeCoolo eaid_nothing, Dt stood atill, Allen stopped up and made sympathos tlg remunks, * McCoolo wan talten to his corner, whoro Allen camo direetly . told Miko ho woull glve hiin 100, Tliero wis i pundensonium of 1owls and shoutw Tor ' fow minutes, and_sousible men wiidrow, aud [ ek qulatly 1o ‘tho boat, where Lo crawd soon fol- owed, 3U'COOLY WAH WRATPED UT, Ifs faco bathad and bandaged, lod lisktingly on board botween two friends, und pub away i o 6tate-room, Allon whowed only fhiut traces of pubishinont—a Lip cut i & tooth, and & bralsed forohoutl, 'Tho English Rnces, T.onnoN, Bept, 2).=Tlho fArst Oelober meoling coms menced ut winavkel fo-day, ‘Tho raco for tho Great aster iy wis won b Donglans' Lr, 1, Day Dream 3 Eltham's Bister rocond, Prince Hatthyany D ©, Deluy third, ‘Thero wero' twauy-ouu sturlcrs, Detling at the start was 50 to 1 ngainst Day Dream, 8 l'o 1 againat Eltham's Sister, and 10 to'1 ngflnl‘ olny, Thio taco for {he Grand Duko Michael atalkes, G0 roverelgus oncl, for 3-yeara old, second horso Lo save hia siake, wao won by Lefovro's ch, ¢, Flagolot ; Lord Talmonth's ch, ¢, Androd second, and Mr, Druton's ch, ¢, Coblismt third, Thero wero fivo startora, MICFIGAN. The Conatitutionnl Commissions==A Proposition 0 Enact it Losy Avesss ing fEnlivondn B2.500 for Kvery Lifo d by Negligonco—Minor Sposial Disnatel to The Chdeagn Tribune, Lansina, Mich,, Scpt. 2—In the Constitutional CGommission to~duy reports wero presented from the Ludinglon Lumber Compuny, sud John Mason Tuowis, of Ohlcago, nainst tho proposcd provision limiting to ten yeara tho titlo of_corporations to lands huid, but not cqually ueed by endd corporntion, Tho forchoon was mainly acenplod {n discussing tho artl- clo on ralivonds, whieh wan s changed a8 to mako it ‘merely optionnl with the Legisiature to pnea o Tight= rato low. This diacussion was not conclusive, and wiil 1o resuinod, Josoph Wells, of Kalamazoo, i n praposition hefora tho Gomnulzston, by whieh ‘cach talifoad company operating 1n tho Stato #hinll bo nascesed 2,600 for overy 1ifo sacrificod by tho negligencen of raflcoad employes, thio money 1o bo paid to the lielra or legal represonto= tives of deceaned, nfler tha negllgonco hna been proved in Court, but tho provision klnil not afleet any oflior right of netion arising from sueh negligonco, It i nundatory upon tho Leginlaturo ta leglaiato thls soc tlon fnlo offcct. On My, Devereanx's motion, it was recommended that the Upper Peninsular shiouli form ono Senntorial dintrict, thoroby entitiing it to two Senutors 1n the Leglalaluro, o pny'of {ho mombers of the Legislatura was oluod to £4 per day, A mnfo\lly report disappraved of local option in the regulation of tho lquor teatile, oud lield {hat the Leg- {slaturo in nt Horly to contral tho mutior, A minority report will be submitied by Mr, Orane, L4 recommended thut tho nuaal April township election e tho genotul olection far votlug on tlo ameudmonta to tho Gonatitution, Maconpin County (Eil) Annunl Fair. spectal Digpuichto tho Chicum Tribune. oannisviLee, 1., Sept, 23,—The ninctecnth annnst foir of o Maconpiti Cuunity Agricultural Socloty bo~ i liere to-day with every prospect of success, Tho difforent dopurtments aro” all well glled, and maka & Bpiendiil uppesrance. Tho show of fino eattle 14 tho Lost over cxbiblted ot thfs fafr, They comprixo hords of Durhaws and Dovons, snd aro attractig very genoral attention, 5 ‘Thoattraction of to-morrow ia tho trotting-raco for thocitizens’ Jurso of $300, anda largo attendanco {8 expoced, Minncsota State Fatrs Special (nspateh to The Chicago Tribune, 8r, Iauz, Sept. 25.—L'ho Stato Fulr opened to-lay with u inrgo slow of lorscy, cattle, flold and gardoun roducts, Tho number of Warouglibred horses i nrger than over beforo collected fn Minucsota, Tho Bt, Daul & Paclfic, Northern Pacifio aud Burlington & Misgour] River Ratiroads eshibit all vavietics of pro- ducta from along their lueo, togotlior making o full oxhibition of Northwestern products, Thu elty fs full of visitora, The Canadian Provincinl Exhibition. Snectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Toxpox, Can,, Bopt. 2. —Tho Provineinl Bxhibition oponed yesterday, During yesterdey and to-tay arti- clea continued to arrive, but theJudges begin work to- ‘morrow in thodepariments of 1ive stock and machiners Tho show promises to exeel in tho quantity and quality of arliciea exhibited nt any previous oxhibi- tion, “A goodly number of ontrlcs Lup boon medo by Amorienus, Vermillon County (K1) Faxr, Spectal Diepatels to The Chieaoo Tribune, DanviLLE, I, Bopt, 23,—~Tho Oftcentls anmial fafe of tlio Farmers' and Mochanics' Tnstitnto of Vermilion County _opened to-dny ut this placo under tho most favorablo circumtauces, Tho weather promises to bo fine, and tho trotting-cotirno fa fu_cxcellent condition, Tho munngers mtieipato the most successtul exiulbition over beld in this count; Wisconsin State Fair. Miuwaukee, Sept, 23.—Tho ftato Talr formnlly opened to-day, sud will bo in fuil blast to-morrow, when overything wili bo srranged In proper orders Tho presont appearanco 18 far alicad of Inst yonr, ese pocially the stock and_agricultural dopartments,’snd tho nttcudance will bo vory largo. RAILROAD NEWS. Bridge Deciston by a New Jexscy Sudges Tnrxtow, Hept, 2%, —Jndgo Nixon hoa denled tho applieation of thio Ponnsylvanin Railroad Company for & proliminary infinction to restrain tho Now Yotk & Tong Branch Yailroad Compeny from erecting n Uridgo over (lio Hanlan L South Amboy, and rue- tatn tho right of the Stute to wuthovize the erection of Dridges over navigablo streams for infernnt come merce. . Ieaitrond Examiners Appointed. Wasninaroy, Sept, 23,—1he Seeretary of the In- terlor s eppoluted Richard Hale, of Tilinols ; Georgo H, Hurlburt, of Iliineis ; and Jobn Frow, of Ohio, Gommlssfoucra to examino {ko Southern Divislon of tho Cairo & Fulton Lidiroad, from Little Rock to Ful- fon, They will also examisne 25 mfles of {ho eafd road Iyhig framiodinfoly soutk: of tho boundary lino botwoen Missourl and Arkuusas, Railrend Lonn Nogotinted. Crvorxyats, 0., Scpt. 23,—Rumors prevalled In financial cireles hiera to-day that §10,000,000 of city Vonds of the Cinclunatl Soutbern Riflroid bad been ngollated in Now York to a Gernian 1ouso, Cincinnati & Terre Lanto Railway IZlection. Tennr Tavre, Ind, Sept, 3.—At tho annual meet- fng of the slockbolders of (he Clucibuati & Terro Hante Raflwsy Company, held in thia city to-day, tho fallowing Dircetors wera cleeted : L, A, Burnell, James B, Toloy, James Sinll, L. D, Bricy, 1L O, Thompson, John L. Beully, 0. L. Tietis, At a meoting of tho Di- rectora, o followlye ofilears wero elected : L, A, Burnell, Prosddent ; Jumes B, Foley, Vieo-Presidont ; A, B, Quackenbush, Secrctary and Trensurer, MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Port of ARRIVED. . Prop Jay Gould, Bnfalo, uundries, Prop City of Madison, Littlo Sturgeon, lumber, Selir Madison, Whito Luke, lnmber, Schr 0. L, Jobuston, Muskegou, lumber, Str Corona, St, Joneph, sundrics. Selir Lumberman, Muskegon, lmber. Selir Robert lowlett, Whito Lake, luniber, Seow T'rio, Grand Iaven, wood, Behr Advanco, Muskegon, wood, Simr Manitowac, Two Rivers, sandries, Stiur Alpenn, Miskegon, tundrics, TProp ra CliafTee, Saugaluck, sundrica, Sebr A, M. Deers, Penlwalor, lomber, Beow Spray, Holimd, tnn-bark. Selr Louiss McDonald, Muskegon, lumber, Selir Fishar, Carl's Plor, wood, Rehr Larriet Aune, Whito Take, lumber., Behir J, and I, Strannch, Manistee, lnaber, Sebr Jesere Phillipe, Manistce, lumbor, Sehr L. 8, Hammond, Sodns, coal, Behr Trave Manlstee, lumbor, Maufstee, lumbor, , Manistee, lumber, d Belir. Arab, Muskegon, Tumber. Prop G, 4. Truesdel, Green liay, sundries, Sehr Whllinm Smith, Bt. Pads ler, wood, Sehr Lizzio Throop, Muskegon, slabs, Beow Granger, Willett's Pler, tau-bark, Behr Trivolor, Holland, slaba, Tiarko Menehanne, Mellomineo, lumber, Bargo 8. Jlobinson, Menomineo, lunuber, Taego Luna 1, Tyaon, Meuomines, lumber, seow Ll Grag, &, Piutis Plr, ubor. Behr Sardinia, Munistes, lumber, Scow J. 43, Oliapin, Manistee, fumbor Schr Amaranth, Vormlllion, tono, Behr Puulino, Muskegon, Imber. Selir Presto, Muskegon, lumber, Sclir Myrtld, Mukegott, lumber, Behr Hamilton, Luaiuglon, uber, Ttig Frontior Gily, Manletto, luwber, Kebr Liln, 1ntls Vor, lumber, Scow Mormiuld, Grand Heven, lumber, Yrop Oty of Boatun, Ogdonsbhrgh, sundrles, Bcow Olinmpion, Wiitto Lako, slubs, Prop Indla, Buifalo, sundries, Bchr It B, Kiug, Moufuleo, bask, Belir Gom, ot Haven, wood, Heow Tlobart Campbell, Good Harbor, wood, Beow Bultan, Muskegon, slubs, Sehr Eutorprive, Muskeizon, lumber, ULLEARED.,, e Tlying Mist, Kingaton D JSept, 42, , 20, . Trop Cily of Madison, Littla Sturgeon, 100'brs salt, 400 pliga gerocerlen, Stme Alpenn, Muskegon, 30 bags corn, 50 shecta iron, 15 bl llqnor, Prop Normun, Dulutls and fnformediato ports, 250 bu corn, 601 pkga feed, 10 pliga butter, 475 bu oats, nd mundries, Prop Onyaliogs, Obtanngon and fntormediate porls, 12,000 i outs, 1,600 L cors, 200 brls slour, 1,600 1l oats, nud sunduies, Stme Manitowae, Manitowos, sundrics, Stmr Corona, Bt, Joe, sundries, Trop Irn Oliaieo, Haugatuck, 20 brla flour and sune dricn, rop Lako rlo, Montreal, 15,100 bu wheat, NIGUT OLEARANCES, Trop Jay Gould, Bufialo, ©3,000 bu wheat, 1,600 Lrls flour, 250 bules brooni-corn, Prop Yanderldlt, Buftalo 25,000 bu whest, 16,000 bu corn, 100 bl four, 720 Lgy - eccd, 53 bules hay, and fundrici, Sehw 11, N, Todman, Montraal, 7,500 bu wheat, Behr Brooklyn, Buftulo, 2,600 b corn, Helr . I, Bofalck, Ki s Dt wheat, Helir Jon 8, Mo, Kiny Prop Fountstu Gif}, Buirulo, 1 S, 620 aigs noul Belir Dun Lyous, Kingetoh, 22,097 bu wheat, Tadko Lroighto. Frelghtn woro moro aetive, but H Towor, quotablo at (100 on vorn mud 11o on wheat, 1'ho clurters wers§ 'Lo Tnfiulo—Hehrs Juln dinor, Sithan Allon, Atnosplicro, Collingwoud, 3, Broden, Jd, Gouch, nnd prop Jam, corn al 1003 selie Butcher Loy, wheat on pravat terms, otul, 8 cupsolty vqual to 53,000 bu wheut aud 213,000 b corn, In (o utternoon thio éehr rooklyn wus ro- purtod for corn ut 10, il thy wehr Kato L, Wruco for whost on private torme, Both to Buliulo, Vesweln Prssed Dotrolt Spectal Dispatels to The Chicag T'ribitne, Drrnotr, Sopt, 2),—Passid Ur—Trops Cubn, Gty of Tart Iuron and bargo; bark B, Jonos s 'wchrs Alinda, Amsden, FPotomae 11 A, Tiehinond, Montoroy, 8t, Potor, 0. I, Willlame, 1. 1t, Binko, Passrn DownN—Lrop Holland aud barge; schrs Orke ney Las, Boals, (1. Ohaunon, Winn—Southiveat, Drrnorr, Mich., Hopt, 23—Fvening.—PAssen Ur— Prop Concord aid batges; #ews Laura, Golden Floace, Arcturas, D, P, Dobbing, Alleo, 1, 13, Moore, 3. A. 1ting, Bantly, PArat:n Down—Ii'rops Cormorant, Tolein, Montaus, allontine, Rockot, Mibwankoe, Wi, M. L'weed, Chama Lerltn and burgos, M, Pringlo and bargea ; bark Unae ilin 3 wehrs Lontss I, Winslow, Yankoe, A, B, Maore, Tadph Campbell, 11, Queen, Midnight, Cliy of Chishoy= gan, Southamplom, M, Colling, Crafisman, T, Ferry, 5. Sorse, . Hagt, Ged Blrd, White Oloud, Witin—Southivcst, SHAWLS, 1 HAMLIN, HALE AND COMPANY, 230 to 240 Madison, and 134 to 148 I'ranldin-st., Offer in quantities to suit : Badgor Stato Bhawla, Dadger Stato D, & T. Bhawls, Dadgor Ktato Oltoman Shawls, (O thosa goods wo aro the Solo Agonts In Chloago,) Prairio 8tato Shawls. Pralrie Stato D, & T, Shawls, Narzagamsott Shawls, Biddlosox Blinwls, Windeor Shawla, omo Bliawls, # Eastarn Star Shavls, Tionuington Shawls, Tiockland Shnsls, Poacedato Shasls, Brunor's Shawls Keyntono Shavl Watarvliot Suanla, Bay Stato Shawla, Groerwood hawls, Tvorsido Shawls, Rxcolslor Sharl ‘Whito Star Shaw Mathuon Shawls, ‘White Wator Shawls, Mohawk Shawls, Imperial Shawls, Atlantic Shawls, Alro, Tandenburger's aud Dalan's Revoraiblo Ottomana atapeclal prices, togethor with & largo lino of Forolgn Ot- tonians, n now and novel desigus, and Brooko, Patsley, and Morluo Sharls in graat varloty. DRESS GOODS. CARSOH, PIRIE & (0. West Madison & Peoria-sts., Have now opened a splendid assortment of NEW DRESS GOODS, In all the choicest and most fashionable fabrics and shades. Wew Shawls in rich and sea- sonable colorings and designs. Black Dress Goods and Al- pacas of our own importation, of superior make and finish. New Styles in Woolen Cloths and Cassimeres for IMen's and Boys’ wear. Blankots, Flannels, and Housekeeping Coods. Black Silks at attractive BI'XCGS. 2 RUPTURER] Thio Fditor of tho **Tntor-Ocean ™ says of tho Comnion= Sonso Trusa: ** 1L cult to, new why thy mxng(as. turars ebunld adopt tho namia of ~** Qonnion-Sonsa * fox thelegoods. Tha most wnskliod tn ich appliances can 1o vz 0 £tn glanco that ita edaptathn s furme Typtars aceneri {iferant eson is st perfee *Fi\gatn, tho radical oures aftcetad by tha 1w of * Cotutiton-Senso i " T4y lave bosn | grealr n propurting ta tho number usod th tn uny ather ¥ over Invented, from tho fact that & moro porfeat it can by ebtained thav by any other lustrumont, which 11 thy seoret of the cuccess of (his or any oflior Trusa, Tho itost fmpruvos tuent Jn (o Truso cousisis of an fvory pad, gold-plstod neclc and pad-plato, with nickol surings of 1110 ost houe Al fnlal v wnd of thaun, proparly“fittod, ay thoy al: Viiys ara at (1o oifico of 1o’ Oompsny, would Iast a pors won A lifolimy, and nozer got eut of 0COU1S chanad [n any of 1ts parts, To tho feuzal it uoed only ba Sald that, tith Al theso superlor advaituges, tho’ Uems Tian-Siente Penss fu aiiazod ut o less Prico thau Othor fn utrutuonts olaiming to bo first-olnes, Tosition oz MANUTACTURED BY BARTLETT, BUTHAN & PARKER, 0o 60 State-st., cor. Randoln, Chicago, fT'russes of nll kinds, SBupportors, Shoulder Bracos, Llastic Stockings, Instrumonts for Dotormities, &o., &o. A lady in sttonidance to wait upon ladios. e e —— CLOTHING. __ We are daily receiving addi- tions to our already IMMENSE STOCK of FALL OVERCOATS, WINTER OVERCOATS, MEN’S and BOYS’ DRESS and BUSINESS SUILTS, &e., &c. WILBE, BLUETT & €0, Cor. Sitate and Madison-sts. frimeh. = g =% OUnigerssl Prosceipiion e Coustumption, BALSAM OF ALPINE MOSS, Thta {3 n sclontifio ONEMICAT, combinstianof the most POTENT Rl Agonts known 0 MATIERIA MEDE: A, foe GONSUMPTION, GOUGHIS, ‘CoLDS, wud all dlvbascs of (ho Lungs, “Tiils compound, wnd thy pecatlar Virtues of tho MOSS, of which It §3 conninsod, i @ divcov= ory ol my awn, Al £linvo wed it fu iy fanily praotica Tor ovor thirty' sonrs, aud with uniimitd s ey ity ILwh atfort son prompt olier, 1L NEVER FAILS, 1§ in ho humbaip or ety Towil pravo Lo goly Y slck feiumd'n hoan of tnesthuablo vidua, ° L stands Vi BMINENTS it line no cqnal knowa to man, ‘Puko ity trnsbin it, 'Evary ounco al it, to thio cansumptiso patlonts s of pricolaas voluo, LU IS wr [ ol and will prova tho trathiulness b usiorthil. 1t Is whwth wwro than ita welght 19 . 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