The New York Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1860, Page 1

THE | WHOLE NO. 8741. Pirst Grand Fete of the Mus- cular Christians. Inauguration of the New Rell- gious Movement. ST. HEENAN AT JONES WOOD. Convention. Diret Public Exhibition by the Champion Sinee Me snubbed the Lien ef Albion—Tri- empha! Entree of the Boy, Amid the Roar of Cannon and the Shouts ef an ExcKed Populace. SCENES ON THE GROUND. ‘What the Muscular Christians Said and Did—Per and Ink Photograph of the Hero of the Hour— Beseription of the Lesser hts—The Gladia- tors in the Arena—Curious img Classce—Mimic Farnborough Fight—Hot Work for All Hande—Presentation of Ten Thousand ‘was announced a few daye ago that Messrs. Henry Wood and J. M. Nixon, two gentlemen somewhat dis- ‘timguisbed ag caterers for the amusement of the public, had effected an engagement with the chosen representa- ‘ye of the muscular Christians, and the especial pet of the governing classes in the metropolis— ~ wit, Mr. John ©. Heenan—to show himself fer the delectation of such of the llegee as might wee fit to disbarse twenty-five cents current coin of the republic. It is understood that the Boy has no Jees than ten thousand reasons—each worth a dollar in Current funde—for the course he has ad pted, and that Ihe hag devoted himself to the service of Mesere. Wood ‘and Nixon for the term of three months, during which he will give exhibitions ip ai! the principal cities; and, beyond peradventure, attract more attention than ali the Presidential candidates could they be hitched into one beam. 4% matter of course, this series of musoulap fites most be commenced in the metropolis, and Jones’ Wood, ‘which bas been the theatre of many curious events in its @ay—sometimes devoted to the worship of Terpsichore apd ber attendant muses, but always consistontiy addicted to the shrine of Bacchus—was selected as the moet proper locality for the affair, and yssterday was selected as the appropriate time for ite consummation. ‘The announcement of the important cvent was made ‘with due weight and dignity in the ornate style which thas clovated the composition of ad rertisements to the highest standard of literary excellence; eo far as fine ‘Words are concerned. The affair was denominated a “re- option festival,” and it was fondly hoped that the @vation would “prove to 136 cirtlized world that the brave champion is not unappreciated by his thir country- ‘women and their lords.” Jt was farther stated more @eBoltely that the ‘welcome home will indeed be a kindly greeting le John C. Heenan ot his return from his ‘Srtumpbal contest in the Old World,” and that ‘the object of this féle, independent of conferring a well merited Compliment to the recipient of the ovation, is to allow of the commun'ty who have never seen struggle for superiority of science or strength be- crowded between midday and three o'clock, and the erch, presumed 16 be triumphal, and beartmg the Cham- plon’s motto, “May the Best Sian Win.” in front of the amphitheatre a stage twenty five feet square hed been erected, and fitted up with posta, ropes, Ac, to represent ering. No other arrangements, except thove for liquor ‘qeiling, were apparent. Nature was kind to the boys, and i I rit i iit it fe gt ; {t : i Fy i z i F i 3 i i ii F i é i tty te di by iy it E & ’ z 5B 5 i Hd f 2 i | Ei z FY are ig Sghting costume, aud straight- and to way prt on the gloves work. Woile they are daiiceteiy eparr'n; two canary birds, the brother of Heenan, who sorveye the busines conno saenr, enggests to Cusick ihe pro- ing in acid hitting baeder. A retort, not cour eous, comes Donal’, and then accther eveges- + Gon from a2 accommo ating Christie |p ibe crowd, who MORNING EDITION—TU ESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1860. W.YORK.HERALD. THE GERMANS ENJOYING THEMRELVES, The Tenth Anniversary of the New York mained Turnverein—Fun and Enthusiasm at Ld Conrad’s Elm Park. peed pee hehanace ea This excellent society, composed of onr German fellow ‘aspect. | Citizens, has now been in existence in full vigor for ten Caristiane’ | years, though it bad previously been in embryo for two Jones (the | years, namely, in 1848, when its first inception proceeded Mr. Price can from a Mr. Miller, who is familiarly known as Father Riile promense | Miller, the oldest Turner in the United States, both from prety Hoe | | his size and from his being the founder of an institution cessary to | which tends so materially to foster social ie ae Fob ochon pe among the natives of Fatherland, as well as to aot tae eae cr tee _ ope the muscles and promote the manhood of our young ir. Py) } Men. In 1850, in consequence of some dispute among to do m the members of the old society, it was dissolved, and the penny uae | present organization took its place, It then consisted 0° tnerefor. | but fifty members, but it rapidly increased in numbers ba i | till it reached from five to six hundred, between which Sremmect ones | numbers {t fluctuated, in consequence of the shifting ma- policemen. ture of the German population in this city, with rem veraese selgnior,”” propri constant arrivals from Europe, and almost as an i ae, constant departures for the Western States. in the side as the crowd shout loud hosapnas and cheer ‘West, where the Germans are less nomadic, similar s6c!- pay | eties show a steady increase, without periodical diminu. popular tions. In the year 1857 the Turnyercin sué Fd fered greatiy from lors of membors, went on the financial crisis, which caused a large number i i | to remove to the West. The society has, how- for whi | ever, recovered the shock it then rectived, and ia now in general, | avi condition, both financially and with regard to there | pom! The value of its property is ted at ip Mirs, Llaut-con’s drawing room) one would take him for | $33,000, and the number. of members at over ‘The anything but a 5 | Rociety contemplates erecting a new building for the as- Q who commodation of its members, where gymnasti> and ath- ag the Cham)ion—though tt | letic exercises may be Pry) Attached to the s0- hy sigue has often been described. present writer | ciety is a school for the young, ia which, in faw bim on yesterday for the Mret time, and has never | addition to the rudimenta of in einsation, Been, even in the Greek ststues, a finer mode! of maniy | down to the waist. The chest is | ore and the arm is like that of the Parmese Hercules, | f he had lived in the age of Phidias, Heenan would have been chosen as » model fur a statue of Olympian Jove. The ring is quickly The sesonds their places. A mysterious being the tenth waleane of the esterda} tenth anniversary societ; since its complete organization, the usual festivities wee are | in individual bor- | rows a watch from Florence, the comedian, where- _ held, and the day celebrated at Conrad’s Bim Park, be with to keep time, Ottignon, the t of tween Ninetieth and Ninety fourth streets,on the Bloom Heenan for the sham fight, Within the ropes. ingdale road. The opened roughly and with squalls, The colors of the Champion are tied nigh unto one of tae | and with every indication of s rain storm, but, Triune philosophers, and the ba'tle begivs. notwithstanding this unpropitious appearance of It is not entertaining. Ottignon, like Master Hamlet, is the weather, the members of the Turnverein came “fat apd short of breath’ Heenan dances about the out in strength, and, augmented by several other German obese professor like a fly coquetting with a pot, societies, formed ove of the largest process‘ona that has and ever and anon fires iuto bin with thatremarkable | ever been witnesbed on a sim! os }» Bince the left hand which worried Mr. Tacomas woe ey ear. foundation of the society. At seven o’clock the avveral On a hot day this sort of thing is not most delightful societies assembled at Turn Hail, in street, and ‘operation for a person who has been y fleshy rounger once svon afier formed in the following than he is now, and the ‘Profcasor”’ soca gets tired of it. After a ‘ited dash with Aaron Jones, and a couple of Committee of ‘rrangements. knock ‘on blows for Cusick and McDonald, the Baas Music Corps of the Sangerbund pion throws away the gloves, puts on coat, and thus gives his subjects to keow that the ral game are for day sus; \. The exhibition was not considered by the connoiseeurs as | New York Sangerbund (Cuited Glee Clubs). Hemor'stic socitoe forsee and Garal Glee Clube, yw brilliant affair, It wae, bowever, quite ie | Arion, Columbia, Fidelia, Frobsinm, of meee in a P. R. point of view, and everybody bad a to“ Frobsinn of New York, Gessanguerein of the Social re sce the Champion as he ‘ad when he astonished the | mers, ijedertafe! of 8. R., Sangerbond, invited guests, British Lion and gaye the ‘le of Columbia a chanzefor juvenile Turners, drum corps of the Turnverein, the ‘he most tremendous scream in which the Bird of Free- command of Drum major Berchet, mysic corps of the Tarn- dom bath verein, New Yorker Turnverein, corps of the Turn- After the ai returned to yerein. the hotel, where the gladiators and ind Company @ First Huesare was on the ground; but hear- fiend pO arrayed like ing that their 2 oe Solomon in ali his glory. pexty ; next, & preg they did not fail in, but dispersed. Tho sentation to the the hall at nine o'clock, and ‘through Or- Of course he must have a tation, and aright chard street to Grand, thence to Basex, from which TG EEE Dower?,, dows “which it proceeded as ve ry urse no ¥ jeu than Sent M4 }, lying ‘ons = Dae, ee a ae aS Sherman & Co.'s house. orpamest of the Broadway. From Broadway it entered street to New York bar, Mr. E. ikman, is to make the specch the foot of Spring street, North river, where it arrived band over the certificate of deposit, more eloquent at balf-past ‘ten o'clock, and immediately embarked on in its stero remip, Cant foe y tren gen tater mn the steamboat Island Home sud barge Ciereland, landing ever owed from mouth of Cicero or Demosthenes. Se eet ate quarter to And 80 we the chief music stand, followed by all twelve. this es gre the procession pro- the Christians, who are more rabid than ever ‘coout ceeded to the ground, wi it reached at half-pat John. When we arrive the crowd pours over twelveo’clock. Marchiag round the ground to the in- tie Semi ult tase duSle, Repke tbr fr vow sees oesen see wi a aL: jai the ag ae Et Glamboesa ta the dithrest piace allabted to them to pass Doodle, and the orator, with the Champion, takes up » | the day in amusements. position, su; on either tlank by the teraand = All line of march the procession elicite+ con- worried in the rear by numbers of boys, siderable admiration and applavse, from the beauty of as the last notes of bational anthem dié away | their decorstions and the of :he costume of $09 She Gee eaanetien, whe sithis some of the societies. pupils of the Turners’ uty to play the alr out a@ @ solo), the orator to | schoo! in particular attracted great attention. ore ~ majestic, and looked oonsa patronizingly, | valing uniform was white wowsers aad with @ Googe rinaty. ‘The latter felt that now he was at | Black ‘Some ci their ofieers wore dashing in a disadvantage, and, ousting his eyes modestly towards bats, and were otherwise handsomely surmount: 7 (cheers)—a token ‘a to visit sight of the Eitiag fog -otace sed sig crgnng the Ante Dery car ou the Third avenue line was to combat Tor the Champion's (More cheers.) Ai excess, Bo Ga nat Naas Dak mh pees. still it not be denied ee sree see “Bravo” and “One for hia wo") Nevertheles, aiach ony on at he oaraes ee pf as toh than enaoe to Ur wets and itis @ wonder shat sod huir minded men whore, ia, that be was eomé eerious accident did not occur. Instances are known the victor in the great of the 17th of April. ot where ag many &@-{wenty-two persons were cramméd cheers and ories of “That's so, and @nough.’’) { into one crazy vehicle, While sume half-dozen or more Then, address: Mimecifparticalariy’ to Tr. Hossa, rode on the roof. The dust on the road, in the pre- the speaker continved as —‘Im the first place, | yailing high wind, resembled on @ small soale sir, I have to present you with this ‘and the accom- | the moving sands of the desert, and played some ing letter, It this ring remind you of the un- | curious Iypate, more diversing to the lookere on Mian | Proken'cigcle of friends about yeu to-day.” to the unfortupate victims of thety wolean cote hiricitien. olin Tne ee Shes Rended be tho COsmpien, with the | At the entrance to the park «@ ticket office was oe ee : | Placed, where all wlio desired to enter had to pur- fas “* | Side" were’ swe bentfien“Rocag’'to and. fro, nabited +o in the preva a wens cule, Sion fer, and the occasion “yack belt, with shouldered musket, oo which was friends and admirers. of | fixed @ formidable eword-bay mot. Entering on a solid tt the the wan where to turn, 80 whieh, if j ‘sad general wan ‘the scene of festivity. | In would now be in Po a. Ly --t ae Cis “prize ring, | Teutena and chosen wore engagrd in the Gonentets pan Bye. SAT. Soren | the ‘adventurous pursuit of riding round a ciroular you came in | “drive” upon hobby horses and Aor chewing ioe Sic ue kre munman Contivons aed | forest trees a stage had been thie enclosere, ler Dos Scents pee |e 2S os Sates the eum of tep {it > eweliing music weooming | tasoshmest of King Gambrings beart 2 iS cust ag ee cot Sain wn og modeet wey, ra i aims ao Hie is bo orator, ae is, tobe = ‘eeae mck py Tepes! tet ee ony egg gs og a ER {ne man came forward, When Mi, Thankmsa, Whomeemed | iwember of toe Commition of to be quite wound {a his oratorien! wort, red ofa thanks to the Sangerbund for igi feat Sen teeneeatin rat py, | yrneranncas faint ern cheering, during which the Champion and others of athletic exercises, which they in porbornirs wit tho platform, iibewed by a crowd ot creditable manner. consieted of vaulting | whose devotion waa , We might say | riety of ways on the horse, exerciers on , 2 the extreme. The last of cheers waa ae OS Pe ee leap, the indom'table and ul ‘tous Nixon, who led ‘kc. Some of thoes feats were Stall of entrepromeurs with the of Murat, the coar. thone of the single bar, which of Ney aad the of the |.\ttle Corporal bi maeit. muscies of the arm in & manner @imost painful lo behold, Wee ended the great 8 carnival. Ata little _ aod drew down applause, The stnletic before five o'clonk the show concinded, and soon after. | exercises consisted aw! 7. weights over ‘wards the crowd had ‘and Jones’ Wood was eft the head, holding them arm's length, sod to the venders of tho feative ‘and the sumptocus various foate of strength. ‘While thoroughly werted on sie way hom; ut a mitt vert pal ante die wetted on home; but mast be wes ab a lithe dis. yoy ‘Sopesial Glapensavion of’ Divine Provideoss lameea. Tt Be'ther more 2 Of mostof them. A dirtier or more anmavory Gnd this was the way it crowd, aga haa rarcly delighted our eyes or en- bw Woe TT traneed our three would ent i The Champion, with bis fu: next to Philadephia, man, and dart away to where ibere wilt bo ansther ovelltn, and ‘seat fartber enclosure. py 4 fromsy Sod ‘conenion to the ranks of the Moecolar Chriatiag. Allah il 0 ee Pe ne if he Allah! Long lve the Prophet and the Musciemas! Bis was to a kise by mila | very led 10, 0 eo entire Yours, tr Srwer mw Patensov, N. J. Gy men, say® the Paterson Regine: bey we! im the botler department of the Rogers Locomo- tive Works, track thie morning on account of a @: ite | Detwoen their boss, Mr. Brown, and the managers @f the works relative to another maa who bad been employed eg s died was cholera mor! r Cocke commenced the practice of the law nearly forty | years ago, in Meaiswippi, and arrived ata sigh eminence there, and whom Mr. Brown wanted to have dist | ip his profession early, and was rewarded by lis felow Owing to (bie dispute Mr. Brows left yesterday; and th's | Citizens with publie atatione of henor and trust. morning when the men ander lis employ jearned the fact ‘The War tenons ba received official information they immediawiy struck and refared to go tp work ont! | of the death of Lieut. Suse ¢ Ebooute, of the sixth infant. the'r old bore wan reinstated, | WF, 04 Port Yome | fi i i i F week i fH Hf ry i Fe 2, eee é Eigse Seee i i eee E z ‘43 Bs a4 ist i 5; HI i i i tiona of tracks upon other h the rate of forty miles an hour, and good as others T have had charge of; I also looked for, dat i i it ury—it is not usual to roads, where erally try their soundness by it is necersary for the ‘spokes appeared bot examine rene npn of the road beyond where the en ; ib was ail eastward where | examined; think the road torn up was about seventy or eighty sleepers; none of the re left the feet from where the Gilbert Stone teattti morning ties to H 5 riving in a the found Sis geet | Mi: ra gs 3 at this t t f! sai g = ERcs Ake} lay level xpon the bo looae; J did first went off the track. that he lives in Fulton avenue, pear ae saw the accklent about nine o'clock on the Friday, the 3d inst.; when I drat saw the engine it was back of the curve, andat the rane tie the whistle was blown; 1 think the engine was about ‘thirty feet from the cow when the whistle was blown; it was blown only once; the cow was not on the teack when | first saw her; she was some two or three feet from the track, and in the aREEE i i 2g H 1G nf! i tee i rf i i is lee gin the city limite, ‘and we lpg order. § i i & reelet (asl iis ceuitl “ uae g i ¢, = E i Z i te gE 388 iis i # i F &s taFde it | ! | 4 i £25 F g Es 35 ii i; aF Fg2F Fs oar cl, and also recommend the to reduce the rate of speed keep their track in good Darn rom Scans.—Coroner Horton held an inquest yesterday upon the body of a child fifleen months of age, named Mena Modbus, who died of injuries eustained some days tince by draw’ Jie parents revide at S Ry Police Intelligence, Scemcrox oF Fort PiaT—A SincvLaR Cas®.—Some days ago the body of Archibald Nichols, of Rye, Westchester county, was found toating in the Sound under such cir- cumstances as to lead the friends and rejatives to think that deceased had been the victim of some foul play. The deceased, it appeared, was a suitor for the hand of Mary of hot coffee herself, ‘Atlantic street rob the Greenwich Savings Bank was ptt into operation porter was leaving the institution with @ roil of $5,000 | F By i 4 g s E i A it | | } Won't P. The prisoner | of jewelry from th anewor, y Otreet. orne wae the fot Fox wae the nage lant. matored it was allowed to M was stabbed in the right plaptation, valued at E i tal on charge Of felonious agsanit. Ur. —A jeweller, named Abrabam Weinberg, residing at No. 21 Chrystie street, was brought before Justice Welsh on charge of thise pretences, preferred against_him by William B. Rhodes & Co, , of Providence, RT it Ie alleged, purchased $531 worth complainant on credit. When the note which he had given in exchange for the property Yo protest and bas since re- | . Rhodes & Co. now charge that the defendant at the time of the owner of $2,000 worth made with @ view to defran’. | The magistrate decided to bold the accured to bail to | ww, fr _ Stapmvc Avyrays on Scwpay Nicitt.—A disturbance occurred in Henry street, near Maret, on Sunday night, | between Risbard Holbrook aad Wiliam J, Coit, whieh finally reeulted im deadly being draws. Coit Held for exam’nat!on. lary oy war Pd ward ( 0) Aviecep Gran Lincawy.—Carleton Mindelthall was is- | drought before Justice Kelly, at the Lower Police Court on clmrgo of stealing a quapéity of machinery euitable for ‘om Albert H. Wright, ow In sponiing of a stabbing atray which d in Tweifth street on Friday night, wo atat that James Fox was stabbed ry. 7 ‘The Great Easterm Steamer, ~ THE MAMMOTH AT HER MOORINGS—CURIOSITY OF THE PROPLE— REFLECTIONS ON HER PROSPSCTS—TIME OF HER DEPARTCRE—LAST CHANCE FOR VISITERS, BTC. ‘Tho Great Eastern steamship has once more returned to our harbor, and, as we previously Predicted, the interest of the public bas died out in the attractions abe can sup- ply. We have always stood up for the superiority of the Great Eastern ovor ordinary vessels in several respects. Asa transport vessel she has no equal; ag a steamboat of the first class she stands unparalleled, and as an experi- mentof the future results of ocean steam navigation therecan be no doubt but that the ocean monster is ahead of everything cise, ’ ‘The Great Eastern has bad a favorable time in this country. Sho has cleared thousands of dollars since hor arrival, and if she should remain here for a few months she will clear many thousands more. This is the great theory of the “‘big ship.” But, to speak the truth, we must say that at the present moment little or Ro interest is exhibited in her. ‘The excursion to Cape May, and the frightful provision made for the comfort of the paseengers on that occasion, were enough to settle tho prospects of the best ship of the world. Wo are not here making @ note of the history of the vessel. Nobody has ever paid more attention to her Py oo and her career siuce her arrival in this country the Hixracp has done. But we must that managers do not know how to ‘keep a hotel.” they did, the Cape May excursion would have been a great instead ofa failure, As our readers are aware, ihe Great Eastern is once more in New York, and at this moment is lying off Ham. mond street, in the stream. Those who wish toeee ber had bettor avail themselves of their only opportunity ‘tween to day and to morrow. In three or four jeaves for Engiand, and hereafter many of our Tegret that they did not tho the greatest maritime structure that ever float- ed on seas. The officers of tho Great Fastern have ever conducted themselves a8 seamen and jentiomen, aud the results of the unfortunate trip to should not be taken as @ circumstance w in- jure thelr reputation. They have, as far as they are con. cerned, fulfilled the duty which then devolved upon hem. While they remain here we hope that they will continue to be as accommodatiug as they have hitherto been; and if close attention and urbanity can bo a re- any one, then the officers of the Great Kastern are entitled wo the eousideration of wll intelli- gen! Americans, ‘We need not describe the scenes of yesterday, as thera ‘was little to yy. The wharves wero crowded, and a the ship lay oif iu the stream she was visited by over & thoussud persons. People lock on this a8 the last view of the Great astern. No one expects to soe her hero again. We ail know that there is not sufficient trade be- tween New York and any European port to jus- = the employment of such an P sel in the carrying trade, It ia, plain that tho-e who do not mow will not hereafler have auy oj pportunity of seeing her, except they cross the ocean to do so. Wo may mention that the Great Fastern will be open for exhibition for two days louger; aud certainly there is ecarcely « persua who has not yet visited her that ought not to take this tast opportunity of doing so, Wo wish the good ship well, as we always did. Forgetting all the contretemps of the management, and attributing them to inexperience, we sincerely hope, as do all Americans, that the good ship ee ee im the Jand whence she be- she DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT RASTERN. The movements of the great ship, before she left Eng- land, were ao often disappointing to the public, tifat there seems to be some uncertainty in people's minas as to whether she wili actually leave ug on Thursday next. The advertisement of Mesers. Grinnell, Minturn & Co, sete this question at rest, and there is no doubt that she will leave Our shores on the date fixed. Tne ship will stop at Hali- fax on her outward paseage to laud the ere she takes henco ior that city and receive tho latest nows, Until to-morrow evening she will remain open for exhi- bition to the public. The Christian Massacres in Syria, SYMPATHIZING MEETING AT THE TRACT SOCIETY'S ROOMS, At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a few gen- tlemen assembled at the Tract Society's rooms, No. 150 Nageau street, to devise measures for aiding in the early re- Hef of the unfortunate victims of the ruthless barbarity of the Islamitic ruffiansof Syria, To judge by the enthusiasm displayed there was little or no sympathy felt with the be reaved widows and orphans of this ancient seat of Chris. Han toth, Ata quarter to three there was nobody but a large corps of reporters present. At three, the hour fixed for the proceedings, the reporters were still sharp eving their pencils, but no sympathizers were to be seen, After come time a fow gentiemen dropped in, and amoug the representatives of the church and laity, who present ed themselves, We noticed the Rey. Dr. Baird, Rey. E. D. we may by , and this interference may be ag avail able as that of more warlike nations, He thought that there should be a etronger eympathy between Christians throughout the world. We arc no longer an obacure peo- pie, having ao Ly ALT Sentative of the Christian peoples of the ‘wo should cree ere Ont the principles of the true aportolic $f whieh we so cites speak. SFhat would be Christianity 1¢ would not rally op nactoen of ons fe iin Sacre S oe Bing wae ‘the members of Christ's Ve The name of Christ is dear enough to « of sing, aud we wn HE EY Re! of Christians these are, was ashamed that, alibough so many Giibusters: had been sent from this country, therewere none tobe A good dea! of discamion followed an to whether the Christians of Damascus were Christians or not. Somo a ee ee ee circumstances. eee ae eee Se oe were band hone ao tous the nants of Chotas and fought that they should aseist Some of the of-war called have the effect py ee ee After @ good deal of discussion a comm! Betiuoe and Mr nate a Commition On retarning, the comm! fst Forty 1tther Bra Perit, 1. D.; Wilttam A. Booth, Francis Hai! D.; Wm. M. Brarte, Pisher D,; Jam. W. Beckman, Jobu F. iw Girard D. sfaote: Drew top Smith, Gard! i It was resolved o'clock on Thursday evening next, after whick the meet- ing adjourned. Arrivals and Departures. ARRIVALS. Cuarineron—Steamabip Nashville—Rey Win Deboe, andem, rs Ad iley @ best, s re jest, Mise | Bigsgat neon Soy’ ar ey Sai, rer, € Mra OM Aver! | Fi perch, Peake We al, M Jones, We) Baul \ indy, 4, JH Dunia, sMiae two nevhews | ret and | 3 be 2 te a i won = Marcas, J and MM ony, » Lina Z OW Richard, 9K P Wnergeetern, 1) T Mt fine, 9 E Sear, #8 Whaley, . Mr Breurs, B Whaley — M Vongobechea, 5 Oty. ”. Memr Lane und Hooper, Parties and Politicians Throughout the Country, Disunionism Rebuked by the South, and the North Called Upon to Do te Same. | Position of Virginia asa State of the Union and as a Border Southern State. What the South is Determined to Do. Mna, Georgia, Virginia, Wisourl, Wary- land, Peumylvania and New York, POLITICAL VIEWS, OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE FIgLD, Bell and Everett Address to the Nation, Ray den, ae Our White Sulphur Springs Correspen- dence. Wirrs Stiravn §rncves, Va., August 11, 1860. Public Sentiment in VirginiamHer Position in the Pree sent Contesl—Tone of Southern Opinion Gathered at the Springs—Stigna om the Breckinridge Party—Remark- able Declaration of Gov. Lecher—The South will Put Down Its Own Sectionatists and Leave a Similar Duty to the North, &e. Thave taken @ elow journey through Virginia to this favorite Southern watering place, with the express por- poge of observing the tone of Southern feeling in political maturs, and now send you the mature deductions at which I have arrived, after conversing with gentlemen from all sections of the Southern country and of all phases of political opinion. Perhaps no better oppor- tunity than that I have enjoyed during the last fow days could be found for gathgring a truthful impression cf the condition of public opinion south of Mason and Dixcn’s line, inasmuch as many of the gentlemen gatherod bere ‘are men of long public experience, calm judgment, and generally of large vested intereate. The position that Virginia may occupy in the politicay contest before us is one of no small importance; and the fact that Lhave met with Governcr Letcher, who has conversed freely, frankly, and with deep feeling on ths present critical state of public questions, and travelled with him over portion of the State, conversing with the men who have gathered round him at the several stopping places, bas evabled me to form a distinct opinion of the tone of public sentiment here. From what Ihave secn and heard, 1 incline to believe that the old democratic party in Virginia is thoroughly divided, and that in the eastern portion of the State Breckinridge regeives (he gupport of a majority of theola democrats, while the greater number of those weet of the mountains lean to Douglas. Both sections of the party fre to meet in Slate Conventions on the 16th inwant, ‘The first at Chariottosrille, and the second at Siduntec, end an effort wi be made in each w edect » reunion om gome common ground; but the success of this moye- meat is quite doubtful. Since the reaults of the olections in North Carciin, Keutucky and Missouri baye become known, the opposition has become quite confident of carrying the State, and they are now courting the Douglas men. if the fusion movement ebould fail in tho Conventions, the Douglas democrats may combine with the Bell and Everett men, and in that case the union will carry the State, if they do not unite with the oppoeition the same result wil? follow from the division of the democracy; and even if the two wings of the old democracy do fuse ut the Con- ‘Ventions, :t is not at all certain thoy can carry the State, from causes common to the whole South, which J shall now refer to. Before passing to consider these, } will here remark that a proposition has boen started in this State io uite all parties—Breckinridgo, Bell and Douglas—on one com- mon electoral ticket against Lincoln; but is finde little favor, from its impracticability, and from the tact that is does not harmonize with the real duty which the South is Gisposed first to perform, which is, a rebuke of secticnal- tem within itself. If Imay take the state of opinion here ase reflex of that of the South genorally—which 1 believe I may do, from the promiscuous character of the gentlemen bere assembied—} can may that pubiic opinion there ie not only hopelessly divided, but that there is a reactionary eenti- ment which bodes no good to Southern fire caters. Mr. Brock inridgo labors under the stigma of a deliel (hat bis partisans mean secession, whatever they may profess. His nomination i traced directly to the move- ment, at the Charleston Convention, of the Alabama dele- gates, led by Mr. Yancey, end I fad everywhere a diapos)- tion among the large majority of people bere to condemn the opinions and views of that gentioman, and bie pollti- cal copfreres of the Bouth Carolina school. Their hearts ‘ere evidently with the Union, and they Jook upon the ‘existing rupture of the democracy as having been brought bout purposely, for the object of lending to a political becs in the Gouth, which might secure the clection of @ bipek republican President, and thus force even the mode. rate an¢ conservative mon t& 6 uplon with ther in a com- men elf. defence ‘This cause ie operating even in Virginia to the dissd- ‘vantage of Breckinridge; and in connection with !t] may Montion a notable remark mode to me by Gov. Tetcher, Speaking of the probable coutingemcy of Linevln's elec- tion and « secession im sone of the Sexthern Ststes—botb of which events he feeling!y deplored, as they might lead to & conflict between the federal and rome of the Stato euthoritiee—he said with emphasis, “ but while ] Live, po federal troope eball march acrose Virginia against a Southern State in arms for the defence of its noyeroign rights and ite equality in the Union.” A Virginian who beard the romark, and who bad been very moderate in the views be bad exprossed, afterward aid to me, Letcher may not be sc strong ag some of cor leaders, but be differs from Governor Wise in this, that you may always count upon hw acting cp te what be says”? From this suspicion which attends some of the ead ng partisans of Breckimridge, and which | found to exist wits gentlemen from many other States than Virginia, \t \s ey'- dent that he cannot unite the vote of the Soutbern States io his favor, and that the prevailing @iepos'tion of the South ta to rebuke even sheeuspicion of disunionism now, and of @ supposed concerted plan to bring about a state of afalrs which wil] make secession necessary and popular, The conviction which I have drawn (rom these confe. Tences is that the heart of the people im the Sovth is With the Union, and that they will rebuke the idea of ditunion there, and trust to the con- Bervatiem, the good renar, and the vast commercial ard manvfecturing intercets ip the North to rebuke and defeat theron similar tendency on the part of the revolo- tionary black repubiicana. The Union is appreciated for ita manifest advantages to both eect ons, and each ehould awaken to the necessity of defending itself from tbe schomes of vicious men at home before tt talke of resie- tance to the other, ‘This is what the South i# determined 10 do berore (t apsomes a hostile attitude vw the North. It will thus d> ite duty to the fentiment of anion and fraternity before it takes upom itself that of eelf-defence. By adopting this Course It leaves a sacred duty in the hands of the North ern congetvatives and Union loving men | own record clear, and piacing vpon the | defeating the sectionalints there, and doing 'ts duty by the compact from which the general alvantage | torived Jet the Northern men nite to pot dawn the sections idea at home, a¢ the 8 sth termined © de, amd tho