Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1876, Page 4

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Haverly’s Theatre, RlndoIPh street, betweeu Clark and LaSalle. n: Calle forala Minstrels. New Chicngo Theatre. Clark strect, between Lake and Rsndolph, Hooley's Minstrels, - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1876. The cable brings notes of the commonts of the London papers upon the eleotion in the United States, based on the supposition of Trupex's success, which, it is agreed, will not injure American credit abroad. From prosent appearances it will not. The losa of the Eloctoral voto of New Jer- poy is not without its mitigating circum. stances. In tho Legislaturo, which is to elect n United States Senator, the Republicans have o majority of one upon joint ballot. This is o valuable salvage out of the wreck, Poople who have been so foolish or so wicked 08 to mnke bets on tho eclsction should bo firm in refusing to ¢ pass in their chips” yet awhile on the supposition that Truoey is clected. Lot there be no enrich- ing of tho onemy's exchequer promaturely, . —e Yosterdny the returns indicated that Mr, Lz Moxne had been elected in the Third Congreasional District over Mr, BrENTANO ; but fuller and complete roturns show that Mr. Brexnrano hns been elected by a small majority. This makes the Ropublican gain of Congressmen in this city two, and in the Btate probably four; leaving the next dele- gation, Republicans ten, Democrats nine, instend of Republicans six, and Democrats thirteen, nsin the present House, The Peoria District is lost. Born is beaten for Congress by o fow hundred votes, This is the work of Mr. Ricmano H, Warrme, . who in revenge for his failure to bo nominat- ed turned in and supported the Democratic candidate and hurt the Republican nominee, He caused Peorin to giveso great s majority for the Democratio candidato that Knox and* Btark conld not overcome it and the regular Democratio majority in Fulton. Itis to be hoped that Warrine fecls bettor, now that he hina gobin his work and sacrificed o Repub- lican seat in Congres: ‘ . Havzs' eminent judgment and common sense that he sovere. ly commented upon the course of certain in- dividuals sonding in to Columbus and giving out to tho country dispntches of n doubtful origin announcing Republicau victorles in dubions' States, thereby raiuing false Lopes snd encomaging people to bet and lose their money. The Governor's conrse throughout the election has been sensible and dignified, nnd he is especially to be credited for his courags and candor in sotting his foot at onco upon improbablo dispatches, ovidently pont out for n purpose, Now that clection-day has pessed and the torches aro lnid away for another four yoars of rost, the peoplo of Chicagd slould not forget that Brotier Moony's campnign is not yot ovor. Tho Tabornacle now should be a favorita resort. Within ita sacred walls the jubilant may restrain their joys and the dis- appointed console thomsolves with reflections upon the lifo to come, All may learn some- thing of valuo to themselves on the great Heroaftor, when Presidential eloctions will appear trifling, and that Brothor Moopy's plon is the only way to make *your calling and election sure.” For tho first time the history of the Turkishk Empfire, a Parlinment will assemblo iu tho first week of December, and a provis- fonal deeree lins boen issued for tho' election of its mumbers. It ia to bo called a Goneral Council, and consist of two Chambers, The first Chamber, or Chamberof Doputies, will consist of 120 membeors, one-third to go out every yoar, so that the Chamber will be re. nowed every three years. The sccond, or Chamber of Magnntes, will contain not fower than thirty nor more than fifty members, and this Houso will have the powerof revision ovar tho acts of the Lower Chamber, Tho . ucwbers of {he Chawbers aro to have their expousces paid while on duty, alko thelr trav. eling expensies, and a salary of $126 a month, As soon ns two-thirds of the members reach Constantinople, the Government will declare tho Parlinnent open. T'he oxperiment of this rather novel Congress will be watched ‘with considerable intercst. ‘The Obicago produce markets were genor- ally slow and steady yesterday, Mess pork closed at $15.42§@16.45 soller the year and $15,62)@15.56 for January. + Yard closed stendy, ot $0.45@9.47} weller the year and 39.60@9.62) soller January. Ments wore un- chauged, ot Gio for now shoulders, boxed, 830 for do sliori-ribs, and 83c for do sliort. cloars. Lake froights woro quiet, at 3}@40 to Bafalo, IHighwines wero stoady, at $1.08 per gallon, Flour was dull and stoady. ‘Wheat closed o lower, at $1.08} for No- vember and $1.10} for Decowber, Corn closed s shade firmer, at 43o for November and 42§o for December. Oats closed §@ 4o highor, at 31j0 for November and 8240 for December. Rye was 2o lowor, nt 5o, Barley closed firmer, at 780 cash and 704e for December, Fogs were active and 10c higher than on Mouday, closing firm at $5.60@0.00 for ‘common to choice, The cattle market was active and firm. Bheop were steady, Osne handred dollars in gold would buy $109.75 in greenbacks at the close, S —————— ‘Tho result of the election in Cook County shows a curious mixture of political procliv- ities. On tho Presidontial issue the Demo- €rats have carried tho county by about 2,000 majority, tho defection of the Germans hav- ing contributed largoely to this result. They wero misled by the *“ Reform " clap-trap into supporting TroeN, ond to soma extent this wholesale chinnge of front benofited Brewanp, the Groenback-Democratic nom- inca for Governor; bnt on the local tickots they discriminated closely as to the merlts and qualifications of the various candidates, and in the main their choice foll upon the best man, On the whole, the Republicans ecan claim a hand. somo victory in the county. Currow, for Governor, gets nbout 200 majority, and the *| Ropublicans also clect Mirrs State's-Attor- ney, Brocxwar Recordor, Drrrzsien Coro- ner, Gnoss Clork of the Circuit Court, ALp- rron and Brentaxo Congressmen in the Firat and Third Districts, two out of three Btate Bonators, and twelve out of twenty. ono mombers of the Legislature, Tho Dem- ocrats elect their Sheriff, one Congressman, one State Benator, nine members of the Legislature, and fonr Connty Commissionera, If tho Domocrats aro pinning their faith to North Carolinn, they would do well to “change their holt,” for of all the uncertnin States North Carolina is the most doubtful, To begin with, no reliable retnrns wlhatever bave been received from tho Btate, nnd ns far as “ claimis " go the Republicans have o little tho bost of it up to datn. It will bo re- membered that in 1872 tho Liberals claimed North Carolina by 10,000 majority with as mach cortainty as tho Democrnts claimed §t Inst ‘Tuesday night. The next day the majority had fallen to 7,000, the next day it was *“a large majority,” and o day or two Inter the truth was known and North Carolina had gono Repnblican, 'This year thoro is good roason to expect a similar result, for the nogroes wore thorough-- ly aroused and organized in opposition {o tho proposed Constitutional Amendments threatoning theirrights and liberties, while o large body of white Ropublicans and Old~ Lino Whigs in the northwestern part of the Btato were known to be firmly consolidated for the Republican Electoral ticket, Thero- fore, wo eny, the Demoeratic claim of North Carolina {8 at best nothing but brag and guess-work. It may bo soveral days before the result will bo definitely known. « Hundreds of» Republicans, especially among the Germnns, cut off the Twwozy and Hexonicks Electors from the Democratic tickot and pasted them over the Flarrs and ‘Wauezren Eleotors, and this nccounts for the large difference between the voto given for the Republican Stato and county ticket nnd for the Republican Eloctoral ticket. bo scen that Cunrox and Smusax received some 2,600 more votes than Hayes and Wnerren, Tho remoinder of the Stato ticket ran cqually ahond of the Presidentinl and the county ticket, oxcept that Crovam, for Sheriff, got more votes than tho Stato candidates. But this substitution of 2,500 TmoeNy Electors for Haves Electors by Republicaus mensured less than half the total defection, More than 2,600 Republicans voted tho whole Democratic ticket for the sake of a * change of Administration,” A part of these voted for one or two of the Republican local candidntes, such as for Arpricn against Hoxie, or for Brocrway agninat Couisgey, or for Mints ngainst Jamieson; but the greater part went the ‘“whole hog,” from snout to tail, includ- ing the bristles, so keon were thoy for “n chango,” Thers was no resisting this tend. enoy, and all that can be done abont it is to wait until thoso chnngelings becorae disap- pointed by the failure of tho Democrats to reform things, when they will change back. THE Y LATEST. At half-pust 1 o'clock this morning the improved prospect which began to benp- paront yealerdsy is folly sustained by all our advices. The situation up to this hour, as developed by what we have every renson to rogard ns trustworthy information, may bo summarized as follows : California and Wisconsin aro positively known to have beon carried for Havzs, ‘Thero is vory little room to doubt that Orogon and Nevada aro Republican, Louisinna and Florida are claimed with far groater positiveness by the Republicans than by the Demoerats, South Carolina is claimed with equal por- sistency for both Cmauprrrary and Haso- 7oN, aud, whatever tho result as between the two candidates for Governor, the weight of probability is decidedly in favor of the Elcctornl vote for Hayes. North Carolinu is entirely uncertain, in tho absence of any figures whatover, and is clafmed by both parties. The Demo- cratic prosumption that the State hns boen carried for Tiuoew is certainly not supported by nny facts to that effect, and is for the presout unworthy of confidence, Our estimato of the chances is that the Re-~ publican olaim of North Carolina is the more reasonablo of the two. It will take soveral days to hoar officlally from the eloction dis- tricts that nro without railway or telegrophic conuection with tho State Capital, and until dotlnito returns are received North Caroliug must remain ** doubtful,” HOPE, At half-past 5 yosterdsy morning, when tho sccond edilion of Witz Trinune was fssued, ull tho veports indlcated that Trrpey was morally eertain of receiving 184 Eleotoral votes,—but one less than the number re. quwoed for election,—and tho Btates not definitely hieard from were as follows ; Klect Callfornla Theso Btates scemed, all 8o far os heard {from, likely to go Ropublican—or rather the chances still seemed in that direction, whilo thero was nothing to indlcate, with any us. sursnce, that the Democrats had carrled any of thesoven, The dispatches were cohflict. ing, but thoso from tho three Pacific Hiates wero on the whole hopéful, Ttwas claimed that Bouth Carolina had given 10,000 ma- Jority for fives, and that Lousiana might be relied upon from 5,000 to 10,000 Repub- lican 1opjority, Wisconsin was nmot con- sidored hopoless, though conceded to bo desperately close, But there was for from being any assurances that the ontire seven Btates had been carrled for Haxes. The dispatchos in our 8 o'clock a. m, edition did not tend to clear up the situation, and the uncertainty sent a quiver of suspense throughout the entire city, which hourly grew tuore intense, and which, from tho multitude of dispatches ad- dressed to ‘I'ue Tawusy, inquiring na to the result, it was plain was sharod throughout tho eutire Northwest. During the day dispatches from the doubt. ful Btates wore received evory fow minutes, These alternnted with an oxasporating itera- tion that wrought u3 tho excitement to the lighest pitch, A lspatch that raised He. It will | IBER 1§, 1876. publicans to the pinnacle of hope, and which when posted on Tne 'Tniouse bulletin clicited doafoning choors from tho throng that gatherad ronnd our offico to hiear the nows, would be followed by nnothor that sent thtm down to the very dopths of des- palr, Bo it went until noon, when the crowd had swelled to snch proportions as to block the streots in front of ‘Ire Trinuxe Building, and the excitcment was growing so wild s to serionsly impede travel nud busi- nesd, and the Tre TeinuNe proprietors or dored tho bnlletina down, Dut hopo Lognn to revive when, Inter in tho day, there came no dispatches to indicato that Trioex had enrried n single one of the govon doubtful States, unless possibly Wis. consin, Asto that, as often as he conld bo heard from, the Chairman of the Republican State Committoe, Keyes, dispatched that the Stato wos. Republican, though he gave no figures; aud Botxiy, editor of the Milwan- keo Sentinel, telegraphed, from time to time, that he * thought " Hayes had ecarried Wis- consin, For tho rest, no news that could be accepted ns ppproaching to nuthenticity was received, though wild roports of Democratio victory, wwero given out as having been ro- colved by somo mysterions undergronnd com. munication at Domoeratio hendquarters, Bat in tho evoning dispatches wero ro- ceived indicating that Wisconsin hnd boon carried for Haves by about 3,000 majority. On the heels of that cawe the intelligence that the Republicans had triumphed in Floridn, moking sure of her four Electoral votes for aves; that thore was nearly equal nssurance of victory in Louisiana; that tho prospect in Bouth Carolina was utill better, and that the three Pacifio States had gone for Haves, Up to this writing we have received no news to the contrary,~—nothing to dnsh the hopes that during the afternoon and even- ing hourly grow stronger, until now, with tho encouragiug reports reccived, they ap- pear strong onough to tie to and to claim bets upon. Certainly, up to this hour, the reports pre such that no man who hos staked on Hares would be justifled in giving up the wager, All things now look like victory—butn viotory that has its perils, It will depond upon the lifo of a single Haxes Elector, The men who did not scruple at rebellion, who have not scrupled at White-Lino massacros, may not hesitato at assassination in order to compass tho seizure of the Government. But if they do not know it, we can tell them that the people would never submit to usur- pation by nssassination, EFFECT OF HARD TIMES ON THE ELECTION, Tho result of tho clection on Tuesday last is due in no inconsiderablo degroe to conse- quences for which the Ropublican party was in no wise responsible. One great factor in tho Republican defent was the panio of 1878 and the cry of * hard timos,” aud in 1876 it hind an effect such as the same cry hed in 1860 and in 1840, In 1836 ManTiv Vax Bunzy, who had beon long an admired loader in thoDemocratic party, and who had been selected ns his successor byANnnmJAmBN, then in the pride and glory of his national reuown, was clectod President of the United States by an overwhelming majority of the Electoral vote. Ho wns elected ina season of great nationnl prosperity, when the conntry was full of money, easy to bo borrowed, and when the prices of all things salsble wero buoynnt. Tho country was traversed in all sections with men carrying money to invest it in lauds, to found cities, and build up vast onterprises. Building lots in Cairo and To- ledo sola at prices which they hardly com- mand now, and hundreds of now paper towns and citics wero planted from the Lakes to tho Gulf, and from Pittsburg to the Missonri Rivor. Thero was universal speculation nnd ckultation over the *prosperity" which attended the vast expansion of ecredit and currenoy, and the wild mania which they produced. -In March, 1837, tho Demooratio party, with its new President, entered npon what promised to bo & popular and success- ful Administration ; but & few months there- after thoro was a great explosion ; the groat majority of the banks not only susponded payment, but passed into bankruptoy. Bpec- ulation and credit collapsed; property bo. came unsalablo; the prosperity vanished in o night, ond ths country was plunged into general ruin and desolation, The Demo- cratio Administratior. really was not respon- sible for this collapse, Nevertheless, during tho succeeding yenrs through which the bus- iness of the country was suffering from the sudden contraction of the cnrrenoy, loss of credit, and from the suspension of spocio payments, thoro was a general outory ngainst tho “hord times” which had overtaken and prostrated overy man who waa in dobt. As yoar after year followed with hardly a per. ceptible improvement, the popular mind was lod to belicve that something might be ac- complished by “n change” in tho party muonaging the Government, The Democratie party entered into the campaign of 1840 in full confldence, but under the cry of * hard times," and the demand for a * change,” and ogainat the porsonal appeals of Gen, Jaoxson himsolf, the Demooratic party was hurled from power by nearly an unanimous vote of the Electoral College, Noverhad there boen o 1nora sweeping political change, ¥P'wonty years later, after the Democratic party had enjoyed a restoration to power of sixteen yoars, tho Democratic party had elocted a President and a majority of Con- gress, A few months after the beginning of Buouanan's Administrotion there came an- other flnancial collapse of n long sonson of that prosperity which sttends a wild expan- wlon of curroncy-oregdit and spoculation, In o doy this prosperily was changed into bank- ruptey, aud men rich in speculative values were overwholmed with debt, The recovery was glow and protracted. The unfortunate waitedinvain for improvement. Hard times oppressed the land, and, though the Blavery question divided the Demoeratic party and agitated the country, there waa a loud de- mand from multitudes in debt or out of work, who would nover have taken the risks of war, for ‘‘nchange"; such n chinnge ns would give finanoial relief, and put the sns- pended industry of the country at work again, Penusylvania aud Ohio wanted a change and jan encoursging tari® on fron; New Eugland, Now Jersey, and New York wanted a change in bolalt of thelr sufforing mills and to bonefit their labor. The Dom- ocratic division aided this view, and thou. sauds who cared littlo or nothing for or against Blavery voted to remody hard times Ly a ‘change” of partics, and by giving power to the new party which wea vigorous and progressive, | In the recurring events of time, the next financial revulsion should not have come*fin. til 1877, but tho extraordinary events of the War, tho ropid acoumulation of private wealth, an nflated and depreciated paper currency, an inordinate expansion of credits, & fictitious legal standard of value, the mag- nitude of the public debt, the unezampled iseue of all forms of municipal and corporate y _ debty, and mpecnlation to an extent never previously known, bnstened by full four yonra the grand explosion. QGon, Grant's Administration bad just entored upon its second torm whon tho collapse of crodit taok place. Fancied wenlth to tho extont of hun- dreds of milliona vanishod from sight, Tho hand of industrial 1abor was paralyzed. Hun. dreds of thousands of families wore brought to want and misery by discharga from employmont, Tho mills, workshops, and furnacos @ero closed. Enforced jdloness succeedod compensated lnbor, and pinching wapt took tho placo of comparative comfort, “Iard times"” wns ngain upon the country in an aggravated forMf, Btarva- tion oxtorted from multitudes the domand for change,—n chinnge of men, of administra- tions, and of policy. Despite the personnl and politieal unpopularity of TrLpeN, de- spite the shameful and disloyal record of the Democratic party and the dangerous schemes of ita lenders, this cry of *‘a change” in tho party administering tho Government, nan rolief and a remedy for hard times, has been gaining in all paris of the country. Unfor- tunately, the porsonnl conduct of many of tlie ndheronta and altaches of tha Adminis. tration Lins begn such aa to greatly strengthen and intensify & demand for a change, and tho two motives or inspirations for pulting the Government into tho hands of another porty have in 1876, as in 1840 and 1860, con- tributed largely to the defeat of the Repub- lienn party. In ench instanco the panio has fallen upon A new Administration, and in cach instanco has bean followed by a change of the party in power. We do not menn to be understood as clnim- ing that the scoming defoat of tho Ropublican party wns inovitable, or that it might not have been averted ; but we do insist that with n knowledge that hard times was op. pressively bearing upon the whole industrial population, nnd thot o demand for a change of party controlling tho Governmont wnsa natural result of that oppression, the means by which this desire for nchange might liave been counterncted were nover em- ployed, aud were wholly discarded by those in nuthority in the management and di- rection of the eampaign. THE WEAENESS OF THE CAMPAIGN. The wonder is that the Republicans have done so woll. 'Ihe large Electoral vote and tho relativaly lnrger popular vote that have been given Haves and Wiueeren demonstrato the fondness of the people of this country for tho national party that has directed its affnirs for sixteen years, and the strong dis- inclination to abandon it even for a time aud for the purpose of chastening its lenders. Tho wenkness of the Republican eampnign has been that it was necessarily and un. avoidably defensive and apologetic, Thero had been abuses, though porhaps not greater than would have grown out of any other long tenure of office succeeding the demorali- zation of war; but the weight of these alone would not have dragged down the party it the people could have been im- pressed with the Delief that the errors would be correctod by tho now Ad- ministration. Thero is no longor auything to be gained by disguising the fact that neither the Repnblican candidate nor tho Republican platform furnished n satisfactory guaranteo of radical reform to the great mass of the people. Whataver the intentions were, and wo beliovo they wero honest, and whatever the outcome would have boen, and, wa believe it would have been all that has been promised, it §s certnin that the candi- date and the platform, under the influenco of certain nssociations regarded with sus- picion and distrust, bad not the foroo to compol popular conviction in tho new de- parturo promised. It was this lack of con- fidenco, this drend of the *‘mnchine,” this drend of tha revulsion against what has been colled * Grantism," that chiefly supploment. ed the dosire forn change suggested by the hard times, Tirst as to the candidate: Gov. Hayes is all that hag been claimed for him by the Re- publican press,—on lonest man, o success- ful mun, a brave Genoral, dovoted ns n civile inn to the best principles of Government, and personally n fair exemplar of tho high. est nims and bost intentions of the Ropub- lican party. But ho was bound down (1) by the oircumstances of ‘his nomination, and (2) by the lack of opportunity for convinc- ing the people that he had the moral courago and mental force for tho combat with the “machine " politicians which was sure to bo put upop him, It was evidont from the out- set that tho campaign must be mado not merely upon the protenso but upon the oarnest and sincere purpose of roform. ‘Thero was ono man—DBexsany IL Bristow —who stood out na the conspicuous and tried defondor of reform, and ns n bold, nggressive, pud sirotogio nssailer of the rings, He wos no respoctor of persons, snd his pamo would have been a synonym for roform, universally recog- nized at the bare mention, Ho was the chosen candidate of all that portion of the Convention which was outspoken ngainst the Whisky Ring, against Belknap- {sn, againat Boss-Shepherdism, against Con- sreasionnl partition of oftices, agaiust corrp- tion, aud tho office-broking nnd spoils-system generally, His chief contestants, with the oxception of IIaxxs, were in oue way or nu- othor identified with the mnchine, or at the Dest gave no hope of the now departure do- manded by the poople. None of them would give way to Bmisrow, aud henco the final combination on Gov. Haves was mado with the nld of cortain factions thut had no sympnthy with the radical idoaup! reformn vopresented by Bristow, 'This circumstance loft & strong impresalon upon tho people, nud the Democrata have not failed to make thomost of it. Gov, Hixes has not had the apportunity to counviuce the country that he would bo nll to it that the poople lmew Bnwstow would be. He had no manns of direct communication «with the peoplo oxcopt through his lattor of aocoptanco, which was straight- forward end mauly, His rocord has been that of a pure, truthful, and esruest man, but it has contained no great struggles, In one word, thero Los been a popular doubt about his personal forco, with no opportu- nity for practically romoving it; and, how- ever ubjust it may be, that doubt has never- theless Loon ono of tho two principal cle- ments of weaknens, Next as to tho platform: It will be studied invain for any direot, emphatio, ringing, convincing declaration of thoe pur- poso of reform, Thore was a mildly-worded soction declaring ogainst the Oongressional practico of dictating Foderal appointments, and a goneralization about honesty, fidelity, sud capacity as qualifications for oflico; but, it went along with an unconditional indorse- ment of Grant and his Administration, and was nullified in, the minds of the people by the wrongful from ofice of all thossa men who had been the leadsrs in oll the reform meas- ures of tha Government, by supplying their Tomoval® placea with politiciana on the acora of sec- tional availability, and by a polioy of lenfoncy toward tho conviotod swindlers whom the roformers hind run down and brought to bay. While the Democratio platform roverborated with “Reform" and made it familiar as honsehold words, the Republican platform was comparatively silent, and such words na it spoke roceived but little confirmation through the ncts of the present Adminiatra- tion, for which the party was held aospon. siblo for tho future s woll as tho past and prosont, Theso nro the chiof circumsatances which made tho Republican cargpaign dofonsive, It wns simply impossible to escape the fatal necessity of apologizing, oxplaining, and promising to mend. While tho onemy wns constantly moking salliea aud attacks, acquiring new territory, gaining new ollies, enticing desortors, and drumming in the doubters, the leaders of the Republican party wero too busy in watching their own camp to ndmit of secking recruita or Lreaking tho ranks of their oppononts; and it is only the dsvotion of the people to the broad national ‘principles which form the bnsis of the Re- publican party that has onabled it to hold so many of its adherents. Tho lesson is a sovore one; we hope it may not prove a disnatrous ono for the country. THE GREEE CHRISTIANS, A groat meoting was recently hold at Athens, presided over by the Rector of the University and attonded by the ablest mem- bers of the Professorial body, as well as membors of the various organizations in that city, nt which a public statoment was mado of the grievances of the Grocks at the hands of the Turks. It appears that they are even worse governed than the Bosnians or Bul- garians, Bince the insurrcotion broke out thoy havo béon fleeced nnd oppressed with tenfold rapacity by tho efforts of the Turkish tax-gathorers tomake good thelosses incurrad in the rovolutionary districts. It was stated that all the old forms and outrages have not only been continued, bt have actually been incrensed, and that the Mysselmon have beon more intoleraut and fanatical than over. A reign of terror exists all over the provinces of Epirus, Thossaly, and Macedonia. In point of fact, the Turko-Greek provinces aro in a more misersble condition than any of the Sclavio provinces, and this notwith- standing that they have takon no part in the ineurrection. Thoyhave furnished no troops to aid Servia. Tho Government has prompt- ly discountenanced ony manifestation of hostility to Turkish rule, The Servisns colled upon them to meke common couse with the Sclaves, but enlled in vain. Thoy even maintained neutrality while thoir Chris- tian brethren in Bulgaria wera tortured and massacred by the Turkish butchers, ‘What have the Greeks gained by their nen- trality? Absolutely nothing. On the other hand, their condition has been aggravated. Thoy have been condemned to bear the whole burden of Turlish misrule and tyran- ny which was temporarily lifted from the Bclavio provinces by the emergency of war, The tax.gatherers, unabla to collect any trib. uto in the lattor, have swopt down upon the Greck provinces like locusts, to mnke good tho deficit. ‘Worso than this, after all their good conduct and paticnco, and submission to outrages, thoy ara utterly disregarded by European opinion, and left out of all consid- eration in the propositions for pence sub- mitted by the various Powers. Provision hns been made, or will bo made, for Bosnin, Horzogovian, Montenogro, and Bulgaria, but nono for Groeco. 'Cho Sclavie provinces aro to be gunrantecd in their political inde- pendonco and religions rights, notwithstand. ing they have been in insurrection, while Grocece, which has maintained a strict non. trality, is to be loft to the mercy of the Turkish tix-gotherer and tho Mussulman fonatic. The Groeks are not even recoguiz- od in any of the negotintions. Their name Lins not beon mentioned; on the other hand, it apparently has been nssumed from thoir quiot that thoy were on good terms with thoe Turks, snd had nothing to complain of, The meeting of which we have spoken taok very decided notion, but it is an open quéstion whether that action has nof come tooluto to bo of nny sorvice in releasing thom from Turkish tyranny or securing them any port of the fruits of peace which the Sclaves will have obtained by violont mesns. Two resolutions were possed amid gread enthusinsm. Tho first rosolution dircots the Hollenie Government to protest against tho contemplated nbandon- ment of the Hellenio populations of Turkey evidenced in the various propositions of tho Greot Powors, Tho second nssures the Government of the universal desiro of the Hellenio nation that the land and sen forces should bo placed in the best possiblo state for active gervico. Tho first of theso roso- lutions Is practically inoperative, The sec. ond can only bo of conseqdenco in case ‘Curkoy shall rofuse the peaco propositions at the end of tho six weeks' armistice, in which caso. Groace will prove to be tho fast ally of Russia, and correct the mistake it has thus far modo by rising in insurrection and secur- ing its roforms, aa tho Sclavio provinces have one. The Now York MHerald is responsible for ocertain statemonta which, if true, will reflect seriously on this country and considerably diminish the good feoling brought abont in Europe by the succoss of our Centennial Ex. hibition, 1t is said that goods brought from foroign countries for exhibition will be sub. jected to import duty whep they are re-ex- ported, it tho original packagea have been broken ; that allowanco is not made for the depreciation of the goods by a long oxhibi- tion in fixing the duty whon they aro finally sold, though this was promised ; that where there has been a failure in the Consular cer- tificate to noto the diffcrence of a dopreciated paper currency in which the value was fixed, the duty is charged on tho full valaation as if it had ‘mun mado fn gold; aond, finally, that foreign exhibitors aro subjected to much needless rostraint and aunoyance, and got no satisfaction when thoy bring their griev. ances to tho Becrotary of tho Troasury, These statements aro said to be based upon sctual complainta, It will boa great pity and o scandal to mar tho succoss of the Cen- tenuial colebration by any petty or formal aunoysuces to foreign exhibitors ; and, if the complaints aro well-founded, they ought to bo romodied without delay, It ia desira. ble that the reports of our exhibition abroad shall be as favorable as the impression it has made on our own people, and the Govern- ment should do all inita power to promote thia reault. === On tho supposition that Gov, Truozx is probably elected President by the appoint- ment of a majority of Eleotors to vote for him, wo are anxious to know just when the good timeu are to begin which the Demo- orats have promised o freely, The averago Democrat has placed the date of the era of good fecling and universal confidence st obout thirty days,—~but we are yet in the from tho time of thoe popular voie, or thirty days nfter tho Electors shall. have voted, or thirty days from tho actual insuguration. It mny make 8 considorable difference with a large class of ganguine peoplo who are looking forward to the *‘change" which thoy have demanded ro vociforously during the campnign. In the one caso we may oxpect the good times about Deo. 7, in the second about Jan, 7, and in tho third not till April 4, next. If tho *chango” has actunlly been mado, we hopo it will becomo notably and appreciably operative as soon as possible. Things have beon brightoning up considerably within the last fow months when the prospects of tho political change was doubtfal, to any the lenst; so wo seo no ronson why the magic of Gov, TiLoex's cloc tion, which wns tho sort of thing promised by his supportors, shonld not begin to show itself at tho enrlicst date. In this matter, howaever thoy may differ abont other things, the Republicans and Domocrats will join in the keenost anticipation and nlso in tho most grateful acknowledgment—when it comes. The mnnngers of the local Republican Committee could not have porpetrated a pieco of more stupendous stupidity than they. did in neglocting to maka it their busincss to have enough polling-places established in the oity, as conld easily have boon done, for Tucedny’s election. The 4,000 votors of tho First Ward ought not to have baen left with but four polling-places. In viow of delays incidont to the holding of tha clection undor the Registration law, thero wos no less ntrocious blundering in leaving the Third ‘Ward, with its 8,500 votes, the Fourth, with 4,600 votes, and tho Second, with 4,000 votos, with each but four polling-places, In these wards voters wont to thopolling-places {o find that in ordor to deposit their votes they must fall into line with from 200 to 800 men nliead of them, and in o raw, chilly at- mosphera walt for honrs ; and, rather than do it, hundreds of voters turned away, This ocourred in Republican wards, for which tho rulo seoms to have been to limit thom to fonr polling-places, It was vory differont in the Domocratio wards., Thero no votes for Truorx waora lost bocauso of lack of sufficient number of polling-places. The Fifth (Bridgeport) ‘Ward, with but 4,000 votes, had six polling- placos, os did also tho Sixth Ward, in which thero is a less number of votors. Tho Seventh ‘Ward, with loss votes than the Fifth, had oight polling-places, aud the Eighth had ton, Nobody was crowded awsy from the polis in these Democratio wards. But in the Twolfth ‘Ward, which has as many votes ns either of thieso, and issure when the voto is polled forn ‘big Ropublican majority, there wéro but four polling-places, and several hundred Repub- lican votes wero inconsequence lost, Tha like occurred in the Eleventh Ward, whoro but five polling-places were allotted abont 5,000 voters. ‘The loss of Ropublican votes on this nccount was sufficient in the city to have materinlly modified tho result; and no small sharo of the local defeat must Lo charged to the porformance of the local Committeo in running the campaign for weeks to make suro of Lringing out the full Republican voto, but neglecting to soa to it thatwhon tho voters did coms out they could have fair opportunity to get in their votes. Among the press of grievous disasters which ‘have overtaken thie Republicans,therots here and there a little bit of consolation, One such item of satisfaction s tho complete defeat and squelching of Sreve Hunrsur, who ran for Congress as a bolter in the Fourth District. It was pure cussedness which caused him to per- elst in belng o candldate, when his party told him to step nside this term. The objeet ho sought and Jabored for, in case ho could not re- clect himself, was to secure the clection of Fannsworti and tho defeat of Latnnor; but e has miserably falled in all his purposes. The vote he received is only ¢ scattering.” Farxswonrtit {8 badly beaten, and Laranor 1a mot only eclected, but at this writing has more votes.than all of his competitors put together, In some of his specches, HurLnur ridiculed civil-service reform s ““mero moon- shing, the babbling of fools, who knew not what they spoke’ ; and then disclosed, with amodesty that was quite overcoming, that e hud been in- strumental in abolishing the Clvil-Service Com- misalon, ute. ‘The vote of the people of the Fourth District shows {n what estimation they bold this machine politiclan, who ridicules and scoffs at the civil-scrvico reforms, Thoy have clected o gentlemnn to Congress who regards .the matter in quite o dfferent light. Tho con- stituents of Huurnyr have sat down on him, as they have no longer use for his style of politics, frassdadian i St i i PERSONAL, Mr, Motley, tho historian, is writing an historic- al novel. The Phrenologicsl Journal thinks Prof, Huxloy ‘would havo made his matk na a business man., Ole Bull has salled again for Europo, much to the surprise of his many friends, who had sup- pused that Lo was utending to stay tho winter at Boston. ) London literary journals complaln that the do- pression #o widoly provalent fu financlal and polit- fcat affairs has extended also tothe dotnaln of Mterataze and art. Dr. Carpenter, F, R, 8., has undortaken to In- vestigato the phienomena connected with splritanls fam. o lwalrendy half u convert, and his repu. tation hay suffored from tho wonderful vagarics of his intellect. E ‘Young Mr. Douglass, of Now York, famous for hiw great wealth and his abllity in falling off his horso at polo, s soon to be married to Miss Ade- laido Townsend, daughter of Mr, Efingzhom Town- send, of Fifth uvenue, A brewer of Denmark, Jacobsen by name, has devoted §300, 000 to the foundation of a School of Natural Sciencos, Half of tho income fsto bo used In malnaining the éhemico-puysiological labora- tory establlahed by him fu conncction with bhis browery. ‘Thiers recently sald, with a spiteful referenco to Marshal MacMalon: **When I was Prealdent Idid not go hunting, Iwrote eixteen hours a day.” This was reported to the Marshel, who replied: **Thiors loved books, and was a historian by teade. War {s my profossion, and I make war on what I can—[ hunt.* . They toll of an houest person who aftended a performance of **lawmlet' at Lristol, Eng., and coula not reatraln hiv Indignation when Polonius was slaln, but, jumping up In a stato of avident vornestnuas, cxclaimed, *'It ls most diggraceful that all theso can ait quietly hera and sco an aged person deliborataly murdered, " ‘The London Athenaum obsorves that Miss Al- cott, Misa Phelps, Miss Whitney, und Mrs, Dodgs Lelong to the sume chool fn Hiternture, ¢ Thelr chief characterlatic 1y, perhops, bost expressed by the word homellncss, —a quullty which, as a sort of miuor virtne, is good enough In Ity way, but very insufiicient as an ald to imaginution." A Bouthern cotrespondent of tho Cinclunati Ga- zetéo heard tho negroes mnging, Bfy slutali's got religion? Bah do news, bali de news, My statai’s pot rediglon, D:fl; do news, 0-0-0 bah donews to Chincy, Dah do news, O, de nuwa. The Connt of Parls has transmitted $50 to the Southern Historleal Soclety, with a request that he be made a life-member of it. Judlacussini the matter, Gen, Maury wald the Count bad writtena history of the War domaging 10 the Houtd, und hoped that bia tight rewrlto it to correct errors ho bad fallen into. This very ressonable request, thore fno doubt, tho Count will hasten to graulfy, The Preabytorian Momorlal Church fn New York has just paid off $100, 000 of its dobt, aud has ro- solved to fund tho other $100,000 vormauuntly, ‘The Trustees argue that a dobt of this nature in a large church can bo easlly carrled, aud thoy have Ggures to show that a large church with a debt 14 1n ‘better Ananclal clrcumatances than & mmnall church dark ns to whother this menus hirty days | withont one, S ] 1t wonld o Intarests Maody's optiston of tils e ear, wont to sy that n :..m?.'f‘f;'fi’f'.:‘:m.' 1 bt ey bo dedlented. | he offeuns of e, gy & o Brogation In, However, mitiusted by ool on- vartor hon Riminelt contrinmgey gyt that procaada of the sale of his bymn. gy 0% the Thero nro many cholr-ain In Sew York, and, when ' yacracat <7 garred In tho Droadyer Triemmac, o o trl permona apnlled for the goutten, | C WA rlal was fiold, and n number of eangygi Mo requlrod to-give Apectmana af gap LCh Vero Ahireo oumy the singing weent o, " opurs nd fale, " ay i ; o sung o death, T oK o take ‘ The King of the Sandwie 4 will b glad to know, hay rn’:’n;“!flynl\te;:.“r‘ Sl with & boautital paie or muegesrens” I WOUhL for tho Emporor Nasaters.” 11" ful, it ordinarily not ornarmenta), apy parel are adorned with a crown, willu i o fower and a vine abova i1, te vy o, very tastefully exceuted, It fn s his Majesty will use hts .mg‘n.!',i‘."i':'.’.‘ ikt overyday wear, or rescrve it for rtute oecale < Dalznc's letters havo hoen tacently pul:‘m. i from the it appears that ot one s Leich went Lo aleop with tho fowls " at 1 or 5 72 In tho everung, roso nt 1 in tho mogmy (0% reribbled UI 8, thon slept for n Tour pag 10 then breakfanted, and retumed fo hyerly 13 nbout 7, and thon (o bed, The aim i 1t 10 a9 much paper an poselblo within the fwejeey " and ho went into & kind of persa-ted tr), g thin kel \th Hine,~an exhausting ag mon®. terta of the rort, ‘Cofec wa suppdied 1y g Coffoc, afier a scason, conaed to furplrs higy """, produced vatlou dirorders of tho syster, . 25 struggled gamely on, for ho had to nm’dn: m-m columns of fenllleton for the Newrpapers |q 2y montt. Tleso ol ropresented vy W novels, a novols, and ho was correctivg tho prooty of o Bishop Btrassmayer, wha attal roputation during the Vatican Conroy T eloquont spocches in Ciceronfan Latin, Iugl I-h been prominant in Austria, Thirty yeirs sos} was tho foromont proachor In Vienns, o Lo, nominnted to the See of Sirmio nnd Nosnia, 7 FIM came known an a great political orator ang 'lnc.)m and ls to~lay tho recognlzed chiof of the s nian population of Austrla, For thle e io; opposition to the dogwa of Infallibiity g per. vlewed with eome leniency af, the Vatlcan, ‘r;fl Dishop in wealthy and charitable. Dinnesjp " vided ovory day In his palaco for farty it ity 1oy poople. {1in grounds und his lbearyare onel o the public. The Bishop caused much amurement during ono of his Latin apecches before the yyp, an Councll by beginning It i tho Ivosation, er deos immortales, "= a autlic! 1 for a Bishop to take, ety Pgsm ot TIOTRL AR N Io?r‘;"”}m: {!la}/.nfi'll‘llmkl}lnlr?t.i. C. Atherton, 3N Eady. Milligtons damery Cal.; the lion! Galveston, Tex.; Commodore N.: F. Kote, Jupan; the lion, Minnesotas 4. T. Doy, ball, Grand' Taplds embloymony W, ¥ o P’;;‘::g;‘\rm G, C, Kim. Hou, Joiah Danforth, " fhkoan; ‘st jre T. 8, Casoy, Wheellng, W. Vn, rence, New York: the Ton. Indianapolis; Gen, Miles E. Haseall Hon. F,, Buggs, Lacon, 11).; b . Grand Pacific—3, I Beaiisloy, Tioelc hiland; 1. 0.3°W. 8. Collins and Gutavna Engel, Joriing . 3. Mbens, Miivaukes! Tisell kit It i wankee: A, V. il Carpenter, 8y L. Tillina, Springnold v, fufer. JomirthDs West, Emoraot), 1o, 3 C, T, Diarry, Clnctfnati! . ¢ Jatre LE olinson, T'hiladelphta; slae Seotiand 4. 11, nfr{uwéi_ Y l?nr;g:'«fi‘{:}"b‘.':‘fmfi'. d J, O, Weber, New York; J. C, . gland; 1. Miltacd Fox, Lalis Zorigh, o Toroh Eu e — PRESIDENT GRANT. What Xle Says Alout Ifis Actlon as to South Carolina, Correpandence New York Ierald, Wasniveron, Nov. U.—Dresldent Grant has again favored your corrcspondent with an {n. terviow, sa]lnitgd this tine with the purpose of getting his opinfons regarding the criticlsms and strictures which have been passed upon bis action in sending troops to South Carollna, ‘¢ Mr. President,” I asked, “lave you any obicetlon to cxpressing yoursell upoen the subject of your ordering troops to South Caro- lina tn compliance with the request of Gor. Chiamberlaln, for duty connected with coming elections? No doubt you ure well aware many politiclans and journals have found fault With you for 8o doing, and the comments passed ¥ il upon your actlon lave been severe and unre- stricted, if not always unfriendly. Of course you had strong roasons for your’ exccutive or- ders in the premises.’? 4 Yes, if any onc cares to know the tnets and the truc stateof offulrs which warranted them, they can be readlly satisfied with the propriety of my otnclal action in the premiscs, Thesesre on flle In the Departmenta of Justlco aud War, Thoy werenot acted upon hastily. From thne to time they were accumulating, and tinally the ovidence of a state of affuirs demandiug attentlon grow 50 overwhelming that if 1 fafle to take notlceof thom I coutd be held responed- ble in my ofllefal position. Nu other course was left me, and I ‘was obliged, according to my osth of oftlee, and as aduty required Iv{ the Constitution, to pursue the course I dil. Beaides, I had the regular law otflcer of tle Uovernment, the Attorney-General, who is at- pointed to give me such light, fnformation, aml counsel upon the law as would propery show what nction I must take to’coimsls with my onth of office. Then, again, there nre reports on file in the War Department from ofllicers of the regmlar army who do not tako sfdes In politieal contests, whu have no Interest in them whatever, but are Pcr- feetly impartiul and conseientious, us well a3 disinterested, Thoy show a state of afluirs I South Carolina which demunded lmperatisely the officlal nctlon I have taken. They wcrc!'fl;f to investizate matters,and thelr reports makeit apparent that there oxlsted o nuniber ol l&l;\; oughly well armed and orgunized unluw(ul bod- fes, drilled and nancuvred witl tho system an regulnrlty of troops, assembling in lurge num- bers pud marched Yn columns of fours to V", l cal meetings, whero they dictated \vlma-nx.‘u be done by the speakers ana what anuulzl’ l{« sald, tulsting upon u divialon of time,aud, e the divislon of tima was agreed to,dircctivg U m the Democratie speakers shonld proced xl!a; - sueak, After they had spoken, and "h‘L-‘i‘vn Revublicans would adldress the peetng, we i eylienco that frequent interruptions ““‘u‘ ocenr, ultimately onding in vlulunwl! ‘1“'»- Lloodshed. Intimidation, Fcncrnl mx;"\»‘vm epread, was caused by this, and flo x'h“h whole thine culminated In s tesrorism ¥ o waa contrary to the spirlt of our laws In ,(wx o anteelng freo specch and tho exl;n'lfl:l ‘(‘.‘:nr elective franchise to the cltizens of _mnln i Tug. ‘Ttie had reached such an extcn“lr; b was not safe, and the republican form uf ;.“M ernment,_ pssured by the Constitutlon \va:’ e enjoyed by them, The State nlkv:lnurlllli'slv e powerless to meet the emergoneyy M B8 T), eraor uf tho State, whois a gent .‘“‘"'h,dml tuve, rofincment, and hicretofure peknow Bt abllity and fntegrity In public affales nuulx’. fialv very persons who ‘opposs him "“;""h,mwu now, apheated to the Government of (e Btates, under tho law, to seeire suclt :;" pert tion of things s would gusrmutes oy et protection., “Tho requeat’was properly B red, and L could not, §f Lwould, have LEC, fgznore it. Murdors had been l}'whl;u was dme mitted, and a further sacritico of ; 0 e st miucnt, which the (hlwu:'l‘lgr“ urltl;lm';"";, i ¢8 wero powerles L Ve tb?'r{'\:.lt:m'l:nm';. Mr. l'run[xluml, Hmtl Illl\frg‘:"l'; nor sbould liave convened the L ful o roust required by the Coustitution, an 1 ns £ desie thew have m;;x'lu ‘the uppeal for troop: casory me o Somar havo been an fllnlnl':‘PY;{:‘l_?ll,Ln. possibllity for Gov. c“'!"‘"“"".“un{yeu speech vened tho Beglsluture, Certainls, ¢ their plith ras not olerted (o liopubileana it L ! & rings throt ot les t;x bzen:]dfspal‘zd that the Jawless urmed pod! roaming abovt e e f llean alature t0 e ited while they would, flrl:mps, have becn kx,"‘d,mm o ora on Ll Wy, of onid e thre. O ital on: it ent for o fifi'& of lhln{hmn:vcr. it was nul]lchnl £ to uct )whim |.[Is;a ?o\'un;ml Y ; veno the Loglslature, ssible tlt::.-“:::w—fl A tlhint. :\;!hen t ta miposs! vonvene the Leglelatu b Shato may spely to tho” Preskielt ! United States o suppross ISUITEIR, Lo Chomberlafu officlally IBIOBICG ol jire, 0 was powerluss to convens the ‘recugnizo hls T hud no otlior recourso but 10 T very application or fall to 4o my AUt (oo o £, Tra all, Indlana the . G, illiamy, Tos. Marquette;'y, ¥, iovlor, Calumt, ell, Cloveland Fltzhagh, Ohl :\l 1ty Jdr., Mi Lralmer Hours~Tames 3 T, somg peopla to 83 :’run': 'wlll, in‘nrleru with nmh‘:’nd I;n:i':: i irhops canno interlro it 423 dtizons; the: mluuu,‘th;fmk“{ o a1 the ballot} protect cally It ‘Gf»{fl‘m well known to e prulhfi” :n e are nst to the course which political & n?\d G’, Teason of nwlx dislaterested |