The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1868, Page 6

————— sem meme une mb... earner amm NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. AUGUST 16, 1868. 6 POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. PEE NEW YORK DEMCCRACY IN COUNCIL. ‘The Meeting of the Demecratic State Com- mittee—Governor Seymour at Home—Pho- tographs of His Counsellore—Seedy Politi cians Brushing Up—Sammy Tilden and His Schelase. rica, August 18, 1868, Utica Is rapidly growing as celebrated among the peliticians, under the influence of Seymour's nomi- ration, as Springfield was when Abe Lincoln was Srst put upon the Presidential track, and the demo- cratic pilgrims to the former place at the present ‘ume bear very much the same appearance as did their predecessors in 1860, Who made the journey to the quiet little town away on the prairies of Miinoia, althongh differing from them materially in their po- Mticai sentiments. Eight years absent from the pub- ie crib, lean, lank and hungry, they come to feast their eyes upon the man who may soon be 1m a posi- tion to relieve thetr wants, and to gain what they fatter themselves will be a hold upon him in case of hig suceess. HOW SEYMOUR LIVES. 1 reached this bustiing station on the New York Gentral Railroad just at dinner time, and making straight for the Butterfleld House entered the dining room with an appetite sharpened by travel, pre- pared to discuss the solid substance of a dinner be- fere canvassing the political situation, One of the first persons upon whom my eyes rested was Horatio Seymour, the democratic candidate for President of the United States, seated at the public table, with a lady on his right side, bearing a marked resemblance ‘to himself, and a beautiful child on his left. The lady, as I soon learned, is his sister, the wife of Semator Roscoe Conkling, and the child is hers. Struck by the unostentatious manners and appear- ance of the man just now so much sought after by the Saithfn! democracy, and who at least has a chance of playing 9 most important part in the future his- tory of the country, I made some inquiries as to his mode of living, and am informed that these are hia invariable habits. The Governor, Iam told, has a fine farm at Deerfield, a few miles from Utica, enormous in extent, and he is known among his neighbors as the “Farmer of Deerfield.” His house 4s small and unpretentious—he calls it his “shanty,” probably with an eye to the Irish vote—and his am- bition, as he professes, is to make his land a model farm. He professes more interest in his crops of grain than in his political crops, and declares that ‘he would rather raise good cattle than make voters. ¥M this be true it affords a key to the Governor's con- stant refusal to accept political nominations and proves the extent of the sacrifices he makes when, ‘Mine after time, he finally makes up his mind to ac- eeptinem. In addition to his farm he owns a pri- vate residence in the city of Utica, but has left it to take up his quarters at the new hotel. THE BUTTERFIRLD HOUSE. ‘The Butterfeid House was completed and opened to the public on the ist of June last. It was built by the eclebrated Dan Butterfield, the express man and mail eontractor; but unfortunately he was attacked by paralysis before it was finished, and the management devolved upon General Butterlield, who 18 now here, doing the honors to the political wanderers who just now find themseives so frequently under the neces- aity of visiting Utica, and whose bills we advise the lant General act Invariably in advance, The otel is about ighth of a mile from the depot, and ilies @eymour sug, Which can be seen from the HOW SEYMOUR EMPLOYS HIS TIME, said, the Governor has taken ploys bis timo in receiving and sitors and in reading his cor. is voluminous, and dictating bia elaries. As he is a hard worker mount of business, and he gets through a gré he “18 fond” of conversing with ail ” who al of giving him any information of the of the country and the state of public feel- ters he receives are of a quite hopefal tone, as we are informed by one of Mis secretaries, and bear evidence that there is a strong reaction at work in the pubilc mind, and a determination on the part of the peopie lo secure a change in the character of the government. GATHERING OF THE SEEDY CLANS. As will be readily believed, the Butterfield House is crowded with the distinguished and the long ex- Unguished democratic politicians of the Empire State, and as we jostle through the crowd we find at our clbow many of the old barnacles that were years ago fastened to the snip of state, and that seem now to revive—if barnacies ever can revive—with a sort ‘of freshness of hope and expectancy. It is, indeed, eurious to note how carefully these old, wornout, seedy people have brushed up their threadbare coats BR mea beng [ mocene ened coat oeeyet en and their waistcoats up to conceal tr dirt, Pt At a devil-may-care, jolly aly they it k - ent 1 hey areas uaking an inpression on A RANA Pht HRCA PorrrictaNs—JaMES wQuADR. osce sércet, 1 fad four MeN Urea pRAINe BD..Gan ica, 1f not in the State at large. They are General janes Mc(Qluaic, A. D. Bart J, i Spriggs and jor Gencral Dan Butterfield. The first, General nade, is one of the shrewdest political managers im the State. He filled the office af Mayor of Utica last term and has the nomination and election for uit Con; in his hands if he should choose to go to Washington. Ile was formerly a republican of the Weed, Littlejohn aud Morgan stripe, but he went ever to the democracy in the “great movément of ‘she people” which Bob Pruyn used to talk so much about when he was running on the democratic ucket with Hoffman. McQuade stayed over when the un- @ertow proved too strong for Pruyn and carried hin ent to sea, where he has been bobbing about ever since. McQuade was the prime minis- ter of the House of Assembly under the Weed and Lieto areas oe Mg Bd of hos principal persons who helped Edwin D. Morgan for- ‘ward in hfe public career, from the time he kept a eorner grocery and held the office of Assistant Alder- man up to his election to the United States Senate, uade raised a regiment, took itto the war and eo aeplendid record in the fleld, He was the jing spirit of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Conven- ton in New York, and is doing more, in connection ‘with General Slocum, to organize the soldiers’ vote for Seymour ana Biair than all other men who were im the war, A. D. BARBER, The second in the group is A. D: Barber, aiao of v He was for years the right hand man, master Dplrit and coworker of Thurlow Weed, who got the eredit of much of the sagacious policy originating with Barber. He is quiet, caim, cool and always can be relied upon for what he undertakes. He wnder- stands New York politics and politicians thoroughly, seeks no office, but finds bis satisfaction and pecu. @iary reward in accomplishing results for other men. MAYOR J. T. SPRIG J. T. Spriggs is Mayor of Utica, a little editor and a Mitie lawyer. He calls himseif a warm friend of @overnor Seymour, but ranks among the injudicious pes god are violent in the expression of their ‘copper! eadisin, always trying to break things in State eonventions lke the Irishman, “agin the government,” whatever it may be. Spriggs, John A. Green and Gid Tucker, Known as the Cop- Graces, all claim to be the close, sole and ‘exclusive friends of Seymour, and avow themselves asthe power that secured tls nomination, on the strength of a telegram «ont over the State by Green, ining that piece of mung news of a highly Chinese order, These three democratic witches join ands and dian 1 the botling cauldron, laying thetr heads toge 1 plotting, not for the success @f Seymour, which they care little about, but how ‘they can best defeat all programmes that have not their consent, duly signed, sealed ant delivered, GENERAL DAN BUTTERFIEL ‘That mild, delicate looking man ts Bautterfleld, one of the most acute politicia best fighting generais of the war, who is to meet an ene He is the pe ; and with his relations towards Seymour, his hold upon Grant, his mitttary fame and his heirship to one of the biggest fortunes in the State, his future may be considered sate, in ndent of politics, WHAT THE POLITICIANS SAY AND WHAT THEY DO. ‘These four men are hojding council together and talking with the piigriuis who come to worship at the Seymour shrin at stout, broad faced man who thrusts his head acar whdow and bows to Tom Fields ia 0. eson, the great friend of Simon Cameron at vie of @ persecution in Congress which ended in his voluntary retirement and his preparation of an elaborate essay upon ‘the evils tive bribery. He & popu. lar man Onok ounty, cause he nt mey freely to secure a point in politics; but be and now money would not save bin. down the other side of the way, t and burly, with rapid strides, is Palmer V. K Who speni $50,000 to elect himaeif to © the democratic ticket in the year of the g @e)phia free love fizzle. GRANOMAMMA TILDR And now as the trains arrive the ho! 8 the State comm! are ail on hand, G mamma Sammy Tiden, who haa been swinging round the circle out West, has bis pockets fall of letters ar his hat fall of mer aud if you can spare him fourteen bo! conversation he witl eluci to your entire faction how Seymour can make « You have now the time to spare by two, a new order of carpet-bage: of county committees all through have for the first time been called meeting and feel their tap 1 notice what eneretic WH ous to appear woder the pectant. Seymour receives t does not play 'he great inan and reti room, bul receives, as he dines, in mingles with the crowd tiose who do not kuow his him to be the chairman of the mmiitee, come lo make & re oranda, two irmen » Who to sich ® pnderful I] anxi the Presideut ex erfully. He ie, and as he MMT RE Whispering and mystery, tall nen taking short men rand) corners In passage ‘Wave, short men tiptoeing tyreach the ears of tall men and everyhody puiting and hauling every the State Committee together in the ‘There ls more. whisper! tea Secotlowiating more an ps: Wingiaper about to. make & as freel; lected reservoir and is 23 Un- Na met bo easy as. ne hea taken @ heavy dose of phys! oung Richmond, who 18 a great favorite with U Polittians, shows the restiveness of a young colt; ‘sits watching and waiting, like @ cat at a mouse’s hole; everybody ts nervous and fidgety, Finally, the plunge ta taken, the ontsiders dismissed and the proceedings of the committee are conducted in secrecy. A PREP INSIDE. This does not prevent us from taking a peep in- side, and we find that the first struggle behind the curtain is over the place of holding the Convention, Green wants Syracuse, where his salt inters can overrun the Convention and the tavern keepers can luck the delegates. Sweeny is for All , where joitman’s chances are supposed to be most promising. A controversy springsup. Green makes @ plea for Syracuse, when Sweeny remonstrates earn ainst the sable of changing the place of meeting from a reliable democratic city to one which could not even elect a democratic Mayor. Green does not relish the hit, smiles a ghastly green smile and subsides, The committee decide to meet at Albany. First knock down for Hoffman. The Syracuse pect Red hotel keepers, runners and saloon- ists leave by the next train. Grandmamma Tilden rises with a speech in his eye, but a pradent member of the committee cuts nim off adroitly with a motion, An Indiscreet myphy man endeavors to get up @ controversy upon Governor, but is snubbed by Delos De Wolf, of Oswego. Mr. De Wolf is a substantial business man, a forwarding and commission merchant of high standing and a sort of chronic political croaker. @He goes in for what he the current, bluntly reproves the Brooklyn men for having brought out Murphy for a fight and argues that the people want Hoffman and cannot be con- trolled by the jeaders. You clty men, he says, have au organization and can elect packed delegates to a State convention, but in the country it is different. There they get together like at an auction sale or ® general training, choose their best men as dele- gates, and these men cannot be controlled, but will vote as they see fit. He professes to know that the Germans want Hoffman, and makes a strong 8] h on that side. First blood for Hoffman. Billy lor is as disconsolate as if he had actually been drinking yaar, instead of only looking after the public water works, It is @ singular fact that nothing ts said about Church, who appears to have abandoned the contest for the nomination, From the talk of his friends, Laning, Barto and others, it is plain that the Sarato- ga trip has not brought him into unison with Murphy, and it seems as if he had reaolved to lay low and see if he can strike a bargain with New York for the United States Senate. As Peter 8. Sweeny for- mally declares himself no candidate, he may very likely succeed in doing so. The Néw Yorkers are contented with their own fplace and are willing to leave all other pickings to the rural democrats, ‘THR SCHOOLMASTER AT HOME. ‘The business of the committee is over, the adjourn- Tent has taken place, and now Sammy Tilden calls all his big scholars from the counties around him in the reading room and prepares to hear their lessons. The whole sixty-three counties are represented and the class is a large one. There are the farmer, the vil- lage lawyer, the doctor, the groceryman, &c., and they sit round the room as solemn and expectant as any set of dutiful schoolboys on examination day. Sammy sits at a table in hia glory. He explains the objects of the meeting, the system of organization, and calls up the counties in turn for examination, It is in- teresting to mark the air with which they repeat their political catechism, but Sammy cannot refrain from suspending the examination to make another speech. After that John C. Spencer, a sort of self- constituted secretary to the organization and a carpet-bagger from St. Lawrence, where he was United States District Attorney, makes a speech. He is the man who some years ago proposed to settle the New York troubles by giving the appointment of inspectors of election to the State Committee, and who wiil never recover from the storm of political indignation he raised uniess his days are extended beyond the usual limit. It soon beeomes evident that Spe who has been trained in a county where ail the democrats can sit together in a tavern on the tops of four whiskey barrels, kaows nothing about city politics, and his speech is soon brought to a close, THE BREAKING UP. The business 1s over and the Committee ai siders: erse. The meeting leaves on Gi Seymour's mind the impression that the State C vention will be a stormy one, He does not think it will hurt him, however, and he looks heartter and more confident than ever as he bids his friends adieu, The Committee meeting yas beer, on the whole, rather more favorable to Hoffman than Murphy, and the friends of the latter do not leave in good spirits. After all, an “unknown man” may carry off the prize. IPAIGN IN VIRGINIA. Seymour and Blair Ratification Meeting— Speeches of Prominent Virginians—Assault by Negroes Upon the Stand—A Shanty At- cked and Gutted by the Democrate—A fot—HeVveral Whites Severely Wounded—A Negro Shot and Mortally.WoHnast ru, 1968, About six o'clock this evening the democracy of Jefferson ward assembled near the old market to ‘witness the raising of a Seymour and Blair flag, and hear the speeches of several gentlemen announced to address them on that occasion. At the hour above mentioned the flag was unfurled to the breeze amid the greatest enthusiasm. Captain A. G. Babcock, the president of the meeting, in a few remarks tn- troduced Colonel Marmaduke Johnson, the conserva. tive nominee for Congressman at large. Mr. Johnson is an able and forcible speaker, and ‘under the inspiration of an enthusiastic audience he made a very effective addvess. As is usual with him he spoke In glowing terms of “the grand old flag, the Stars and stripes.” He wanted a star for every State and a State for every star. Pointing to the flag waving over the crowd, he said once Virginia was the brightest constellation in that glorious galaxy of stars; but where was the star to represent her now? Noble and renowned, the mother of States and statesmen has been robbed and bereaved by the separation of the so-called State of West Vir- ginia. in dividing what ought to be a common object of affection. The speaker alluded to some remarks made of him by the Collector of here in a letter to Forney's Chronicte, the correspon- dent of which paper that ofictalis. The constitu- tion framed by the mongrel convention was then severely criticised, and the speaker demanded of his hearers if there was one among them who Was so debased as to vote for the adoption of such @ vile and infamous production—a constitu- tion under which Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, if he were living, or their distinguished nominee for Governor, Colonel Withers, could not he a constable, while a negro was elevated to the dignity of Presi- dent of the United States, ‘The tron-ciad oath would impose perjury upon any man who even had pretension to be a Virginiad gentie man. Undergt no man could hold office or sit as a juror without taking th mous Oath it prescribed, jut there was hope for Virginia still. There was a Voice from the North, the tand the West. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Mlinois, Oregon and California have spoken and united they have sent up their voice and said:—People of Virginia, we Will hoist the banner of Seymour and Blair and a it upon the ramparts of the constitution, ‘hen every State shall be represented and we will yet live to see the time when Virginia will shine npon that banner, and she will then be, as she waa in the past, the brightest star In the constellation, At the conclusion of Mr. Johnson's speech Colonel Robert KE, Withers, the conservative nomince for Governor, was called for, and upon coming forward was greeted with long and continued cheering. When thts had subsided Colonel Withers, afier apologizing for the hoarseness of his voice and his enfeebled condition, occasioned by his recent pro- tracted and constant labor in public speaking, he proceeded into an extensive argument on the merits of the comming Presidential campaign, and proclaimed tha’ in the contest the sole issue Was a war for poli- tical power between the two races, and upon that insuie (he great result of the campaign would depend. ‘The three great classes now controlling the political interests of the Southern States are negroes, carpet- baggers and scallaw: The negroes required no The carpet-baggera comprised the scum. th, pecking for pontical privileges ensured them by the usurpation acts of Congress, to the exclusion of true Southern ple. Scalia wigs, the other controlling element in tie councila of the Southern States, represented @ section of p je who, during the war, were the jondest to glory in Confederate victories, aud had been the most earnest advocates of se but now were willing to perjure their hearts in order to accept oMce under the radical powers. But there were niauy exceptions among these two clay, comprising men coming from the North since the war with enterprise and wealth, and also those who ned true to the Uoion during the war, and now bright jewols in the councils of the State, accursed constitution which had been framed by the scaliawags and carpet-baggers 1s antagontatic to ev principle of a white man’s nature, whether he be democratic, conservative or even radical; and if the original pu ses of the purty had been car- ried out in submtiting the constitution to the people of Virginia it would have been rejected by a larger majority than was ever given by the State in any Political contest, The people of the South are not destined to be alone in this contest, Daylight is breaking upon the minda of the Northern peo a and they are beginning to demonstrate the true fact that blood is thicker than Water, and are responding to the instincts of their © in reject: ing ail the claims of their meniala in color. Already volves had been heard from Pennaylvanta, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Indiana, Kansas, Califor- nia and other States rising in thunder tones as the: borat forth and proclaiming that the waite men ‘of America aball rule America. The speaker rapidl) reviewed the provisions of the constitution framed by the convention and cenounced them and thelr au- ‘The free school strong languare. system ned in the Citv Council waa to force Virginian people to send their children to mixed schools, where, with negroes all around them, the elements of education under such an obnoxious condition was to be instilied into minds of a youthtul aud suscepti- ie nate, The sad coaeinien of affairs i - ex. tence, t aker predicted, was soon an end, ‘and the Pestits of the coming Presidential elec- tion was destined to overwhelm with consternation the radica! Congress and element in the country and drive them forever from power, Colonel Robert Ould, familiar to your readers as late Confederate Commissioner of Exchange. was the next speaker and made a most telling address, He was not, in the language of the scallawags and e t-baggers, “trooly loll” citizen of the United Stal This expression was used by men whom he loathed; it, the word ‘lo; @ bastard, The man who confessed hii if to be “lcyal,”” as defined by the scailawags and carpet-baggera was a serf. The speaker disowned such allegiance aad consequently he never owed any “loyal” allegiance to the United States, As Mr. Johnson said, every State should have a star and every star @ State, That was our right; bat, said the 8] er, we are villing to forego the star if they will lift the stiipes off us. He told his cut off and disfranchisec hearers to be true to themselves; not to listen to ‘he cajoleries or promises of the debased set that cane among them as vultur 8 preying upon the vitas of the State. The very graves of their comrades, overgrown as they Were, might yet prove the foundationof their \iber'y. The apes then reviewed the course of Congress and the radical party, and quoted the Hon. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, as having gaid that that party had stolen more money than had previou: X> pended since the establishment of thecountry. Cor- ruption had grown with its growth; it was in its very body, its bones and its gristle With no do- Mestic disturbance, no foreign war, ny complication of any kind, the expense of one deprtment of the government was $130,000,000, and tlis for the op- Pgaars of the Southern people. ‘he expense of the army, $75,000,000 per annum, was fien explained, and a voice interrupted—‘How abou the Bureau ?”? That eon will never know until Seynour and Blair are elected. (Cheers.) The bill of indictment found against the republican party at the New York will insure its conviction and defeat at che polla next November. It also points out thatthe Supreme Court was gagged and exposes gemrally the in- famies practised by that corrupt and selfish par e speaker alluded & repub- ican meeting he once attended which, after being addressed by Hunnicutt, was ‘difled by an amusing dissertation upon Bye eonomy and a commentary on the laws of the Untied States b Ben Scott, a notorious pegne thief and vagabond. ‘The learned orator, said the speaker,exhinited the usual ignorance of his race, and stmmed up his argument with the deduction that Cengress hada rfect right to do as they ze and that the supreme Court had nothing to do but what Congress told them to do. This little anecdote was greeted at the same time a negro who had interrupting the proce*dings by cj 4 other similar expressions let f a paving stone the stand upon which were the }peakers, a band, @ number of the committee and othirs, among whom ith ‘cheers, but en frequently of “Dry up” ‘was your correspondent, Like a ine ignited by a spark a wild yell went forth fiom the outraged multitude, none of whom, to their }redit be it said, ever interrupted a negro-Hunnicutt Meeting, be the language ever so incendiary. The rack tame from a low, wooden shanty on the right éf the speaker's stand, where were congregated a number of negroes of both sexes. Upon this edifice amasault was at once made, and the crashing of the gliss and burst- ing open of the doors told but too well that it readily felded to the vigorous attack of thecrowd. The inmates had, however, fled, and purstit was made, and during the chase a number of shot were fire’. A feeing negro received a wound tn theback, which it is supposed will be fatal, and whetherothers were wounded or not [have not yet been dble to ase tain, A Mr. Fleighinheimer, a German, vas severely wounded in the head witha paving sone, po'ice- man Murphy was knocked down by a brick, and another white man, whose name I did not learn, At the same tim wever, k was thrown at the speat stand a “Rally this way’ was raised in an opposite from that where the negra shanty nd there a majority of the crowd rnshed; but’ there was no disturbance, This diversion was a ruve to call the crowd off while t made an aes: pon the speaker’ quent investig: number of stick: mm diselosed the fi tis had been prepared b to make the atta demolish the stand, and probably murder the speaker It is extremely fortunate tat pistols were at once made use of, for the noise of these so terriftes negro that he cannot stand. With twelve or fift re in qu’ck succession they fied and could not “rally round the flag” in sufficient strength to renew the attack. No arrests were made, the radical police avoiding the scene as much a3 possible, Soon the disturbance quieted down and Colonel Ould resumed his remarks as tf nothing had happened. A nwaber of other speakers addressed the meeting and at eleven o'clock it broke up. THE ALABAMA ELECTORAL COLLEGE BILL. Veto Message of Governor Smith. The following 1s the veto message of Governor Smith, of Alabama, of the Elec Coltege bill, a synopsls of which appeared in the HexaLp of Wednesday last + oernv ty 700K OF ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY, August 11, 1863. } To THE SENATR:— By the second section, article third of the constitu- tion of the United States, it is provided that “each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legisla- ture thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa- tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con: =; Thus it is clear that the Legislature of the tate has the undoubted constitutional power to choose the Presidential electors. But the constitution ofthis State reine that “every bill or resolution hays ing the force of law, to which the concurrence of both houses of the General Assembly may be necessary, except on a& question of adjournment, which shall have passed both houses, shall be presented to the Governor, and if he apeseve he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated.” Here is devolved upon che Governor plain and at the same time an impera- tive duty. e constitution is mandatory in requir- ing him to approve or disapprove every bill pre- sented to him. He could not, if he would, evade the duty thus imposed upon him. For several daya 1 have been carefally and anxiously considering the merits of the bill which originated in the Senate, to be entitled “An act repeal section 217 of the Revised Code, and for other 0) ” After the most ture refiection | am forced to the conclusion that the bill Is wrong in a and that it would be @ dangerous prece- lent in a republican government. As my judgment does not approve the bitl, it 1s my constitutional daty to return it to the Senate, with my objections. To me this isan unpleasant duty. If I entertained doubt in serene to the justice or policy of t's bill I should gertainly give the benefit of the doubt to the General Assembly and approve the bill. All republics are based upon the doctrine that “governments derive their just power from the con- sent of the governed.”’ No party in this country has proclaimed this doctrine with such Inacity or contended so earnestly for its adoption in its fullest sense as the republican party has. That party stands committed by the pesos recently adopted by the Convention at Chicago, which nominated Grant and Colfax, to universal manhood su in the States lately in rebellion. ‘This position ni gradually assumed by the republican party tne nation, at the earnest request of Southern Unionists, upon the plea that it was necessary for the protec- tion of the Union men of both races that colored men should be allowed to vote. In the effort to secure this right a confliet ensued between the executive and legisiative departments of the national government, which has conyulsed the country and well nigh precipitated a civil war. Indeed, the full extent and uitimate result of that contlict cannot yet be foreseen. It cannot but be regarded as remarkable that the first republican Legisiature convened im Alabama should, in the face of the principles of tts organiza Hon, which every republican professes to hold dear, deny not only to the colored, hut to the white man, the right, by his vote, to indicate his ehotce for & President and Vice President of the United States, and take the matter in its own hands, What excuse can there be for it? Is it mere party expediency ? Ifso then it isan abanlonuient of principles or an acknowledgment th ial out of which the republican party is con cannot be trusted, In other words, it is to say thal the colored men. will not do to be trusted. ‘This ariion of the General As+ sembly will be recorded #» etili more remarkable when considered in connection with what seems to have been the almost tuaninous opinion of the leading members of the republican party of Alabia ma, It was believed by mos! «¢ resented at Washington, () voting population of the sta constitu! ‘This them, and 80 rep- rge majority of the were tn favor of the " Was as much as to say that the repubiican party was in a large majority in the State, f vn that none but Publicans favored the constity and even of them opposed tt, If the party je aa stron has been supposed to be, then the necessity of pai expediency does not exist, But even if tt did Prise wonld we be justified in resorting to it? As much aa I desire the election of Grant and Colfax, Lam un- willing to become a party, in behalf of that desirable reauit, to a scheme which practically denies the very principles for which those standard beaters stand pledged before the country. But tt may be said that, owing to the excited tem- per of the democratic party, we cannot have a peace able election, and that tlis measure is merely re sorted to in the interest of peace. If this be 80, it 1 @ recoil from the tasue on our part, and a@ tac acknoWledgment that we are unable to’ protect out: selves against the minority. 1 respectfully submit that the republican party sliontd not be exposed to the disparaging comments, not to say ridicule, that would result from this position ‘ In this connection the quest beasked, if it isnot safe to have an election now when Will it be? If we wait until the democratic reas and democratic orators cease to employ vi0- jent, exciting and abusive japqnage jt is not at all probable that the time will ever come when we can have & peacefil election, and, thereiore, to be consistent, Wwe should avoid all elections in the future. It may be contended with some degree of plausl- bility that if our political opponents had the power which we possess they would use it to secure the eight electoral votes of Alabama for Seymour and Blair. But does the assumption that the aemocrats, if they had the power, would deprive the people of n may vory properly the right to vote justify us in doing so? It seems to me that ever: tt is tat the ld pecenion para whi Prominent in the democratic party now, in 1860-61, power which belonged to the ene purpose of secession and war; and now the Party would be justified in ext @clear constitutional right in the inte- rests of Union and peace. 1 admit that this argument 18 not without some force, Still, when examined carefulty, I do not think it can’ be re- garded as sound; for the effect of it, as 1 conceive, Will not be for peace, The denial of ‘any toa people who have been in the habit of eyeranine it haces in ag Culeice, ae wistaaien Of sreanion, well Union man in Alabama felt i vention of 1861, which ordinance of seces- sion, did net submit its act to @ vote of the people, It was held, and justly held, as a crime against the rights of the le, Those who acted thus never sought to their pong on any ac. expediency alone, must, sooner or later, 0) ‘in- foes to the party resorting to it, and tet when Measures of expediency are adopted they generally lead to results far different trom those designed to be reached. In the particular case referred to the consequence was the almost total ruin of the State, For these chr I Lp hacen return the bill to the Senate without my approval. WILLIAM H. SMITH, Governor. THE CONSTITUTION OF WEST VIRGINIA. Ce anenninonecens Optuion of Chief Justice Chase Reconciling It with That -of the United States=The Judi- clary Act in Regard to Rebels. At Parkersburg, W. Va., on the 13th, in the case of John B, Smith vs, Ruffner, Donnelly & Co., in the United States Circuit Court, in assumpsit, the de- fendant, Miller, pleaded in abatement to the ies diction of the court, claiming thet as he was declared by the amendment to the constitution of West Vir- inia not to bea citizen of said Siate, he could not e sued in this court. This plea brought in the ques- tion of the legality of the amen‘ied constitution, and what construction should be pl: Chief Justice Chase, in delivering the opinion of the court, in substance sald No court of the United States will decide the question as the validity of thé amendment to the constitution of West Vir- ginia under the constitution and laws of said State. We think the amendment fairly reconcilable with the constitution and laws of the United States. The word ‘citizen,’ as used in the amendment, is not in the sense of that word as used in the Judictary act; but that certain individuals should not be regarded as citizens—that is, they should not partake of the political powers of citizens, ‘The word ‘citizen,’ as used in the Judiciary act, is not in the sense of a po- litical person."? General Forrest Reviews the Situation in Tennessee. At a democratic Congressional Convention held at Brownsville, Tenn., last week, General Forrest alluded to the prospect. of civil war in that State as follows. He also alludes to the efforts of the South- ern delegates in the Democratic Convention to put President Jonson in nomination for the Presidency:— I believe that Governor Brownlow thinks that all Confederate soldiers, and, in fact, the whole demo- eratic party in the South, belong to the Ku Klux Klan. All are declared outiaws; for the Governor says that he has no doubt they belong to the Klan, if there is sucha Kian, The Legislature haa passed some laws, { believe, on the subject, in which the militia are Called on to shoot all Ku Kiuxes they may find, and y necd fear no prosecution for doing #0—that is, simply, that they may cail a Confederate soldier Ku Klux, shoot him down, and no harm should befall any of the militia who may commit such ah outrageous act; for Governor Brownlow has proclaimed that they were alloutlaws, When this is done, { tell you, fel- na, that there will be civil war. If the gisiature, with Governor Brownlow, arm the negroes, and tells them to shoot down all’ Con- federate soldiers on the ground that they are mem- bers of the Ku Klux Klau, as they call it, and out- laws, then, in my opinion, there will be civil war in Tennessee. It 18 not our policy to get into another civil war, or a war of any kind at the present time, as it would be used agatast us.and weaken our cause in the North, and [ have advised every Confederate soldier whom I have raet led to do all in his power to prevent war of any kind taking place in Tennessee, I received a letter from General S. R. Anderson, of Nashville, a few days ago, and he stated to me in that letter that he considered the action of Gover- nor Brownlow, in reiation to the militia, a decia- ration of war if the militia were called out under his proclamation. This is also my opinion. Ican assure you, fellew citizens, that I, for one, do not want any more war, I have seen it in all its phases, and believe me when I say 80, that I don’t want to see any snore bloodshed, nor do | want to see ne- groes armed to shoot down white men, If they bring this war upon us there is one thing I will teil you, that I shall not shoot any negroes so long as I ‘can see a white radical to shoot, for it is the radicals who will be to blame for bringing on this war. I can assure you, fellow citizens, that I shall at all times be ready to go forward and asrist the sheriff Shste MAH order: to ASC Hn thoroughly f will get a8 many of my old soldiers as possible to go with me. But if they-send the black men to hunt those Confederate soldiers whom they call Ku Klux, then Tsay to you, “Go out and shoot the radicals,” If they do want to inaugurate civil war the sooner it comes the better, that we may know what to do. I wish you to do nothing that will give the radical party any pretense to bring on a war. I warn you icularly against this, They would like nothing ter than a War, for through it they might carry the election and by this means keep office and con- tinue to bleed us. If, however, the war should come, and [ hope it never will, I want no drones in a aes bees, If fam forced into a collision, T tell you that every man shall be compelled to do his duty. They have got to take sites with us or the other party. We will have no neutrals. Al must show what they are. If they are not for us, then they are against us. We must be a unit on this very grave question. The militia will be a unit, and we Must be in the same position. My fellow-citize: I assert it is a solemn thing to think of, for have no doubt that you have alj bea noua of war. You have seen war and you know wW! it 1s; and therefore we ought, as I sald before, ex- aust all honorable means to prevent it coming among us. But if it does come { will do all in my power to meet it, let the nea cheeciag be what they may. (Loud and Prolgngeg ol eering.) A voice— General, there aré a few Southern pet baguers and scalawags here. General Forrest—Yea, there a@reand I am ashamed to own it that they were nurtured on this soil, They are too low for me to speak about and I have no words to express my contempt for such persons. I feel to-day that Governor Brownlow is one of that class, (H' ) He has escaped to this time because he has been shaking with sickness and weakness and 1s considered crazy, but if he inaugurates civil war in this State then f tell him he must suffer the c juences. I have @ letter In my pocket from W: ington, and I am sorry to learn from it that Mr. Johnson is sald to have gone against the democratic party and inst the South, on the ground that we of the South who were delegates to the Convention did not press his nomination. 1 did press it, and used all my influence with the Southern delegates—General Hampton and others—and procured him fifty votes. We saw, how- ever, that he could not be nominated, and we had therefore to change after several ballots had taken Ri ‘The others would not continue hynny for ir. Johnson, and [ did not think there was any hope of a nomination after several ballots had been cast, Since that time he has sent me my pardon, for which [ain truly that Galusha A, Grow on Finance. Atarepublican meeting held at Allegheay City, Pa., on Thursday evening, Galusha A. Grow, Chair- man of the Pennsylvania State Central Comunittee, spoke on the Mnanclal question as follows:— The democracy wished us to consider questions of finance. On that question they appeal to the American people that you should give them power because they will pay of the national debt and no- body shall pay any taxes. They piled adebt upon the nation by rebellion of nearly $2,600,000,000—$300,000,- 000 at the close of the war. They have ascheme to pay it off so that nobod. all pay anything. If they can do that itisa good scheme. How do they propose to do it? In the end repniiate it. They have not got to that yet. They first exhort the people to @ breach of faith and the next step ts easy. They cee to pay it oif by issuing greenbacks for bonds. ie Fovernments owes $200,000.000 bonds, drawi interest. You have two hundred millions of bonds on which you pay the interest in gold. This is the contract. The government in the hour of direst necessity wanted money to arm the soldier and carry on the war, 1t was as necessary as the lives of the soldiers. The government said we will give you our bonds und (he agreement is that six per cent interest in gold isto be paid upon them until we pay the bonds. The democrats come up and say just give greenbacks and you have paid your debts, and it is not costing you anything. Just think of it, Sup- pose you pay two thousand millions of bonds with greenbacks; don’t you owe the debifyet? | auppose they propose to issue another set of greenbacks when those are worn out and so on indefinitely, Oh! they say, but you can save the interest, So you can save the interest on a mort, . if you pay itn ear. Suppose you have the power to do this, You romise to pay interest; now is it payment to the Roudholder when you give him agreenback? But, gays the democrat, it is legal tender, What ts legal vender? Is not payment at any time that discharges the debtor from his obligatipn to his creditor his tender’ Suppose the government tssues two hundred milliors in bonds. These bonds are written outiike a note agreeing to pay a certain amount of money. Attached to them are coupons— Uttle slips of paper that may be cut off Now there better ja BD dispose of this matter, If this irae 18 to be puraued, it will prevent the expense of ink end paper and the disastrous consequences of inflation. Just pass a law that every man who owns @ bond shall present it to the Treasury, and let the clerk take his shears and cut off the coupon, and then you have paid it. By thia means you pay two thousand millions of dollars with a pair of shears. We have five hundred millions of greenbacks now, and with two hundred millions more, ruin and disas- ter would be the result, The republican party advo- cated “one currency for all,” but it advocated as early a return to specie payment as posribie. PARIS FASHIONS. Russian Imperialiom and Life at Kissin- gem—An English Lady of Chameleon-like Propensitice—Enjoyments at Luachon—Full Dress, Out Door Dress and Undrese—The Valois Hat—Scene om the Grand Pro- Paris, July 30, 1868, ‘The Russian aristocracy are all off to Kise singen, where their Empress is to stop a month under strict mineral water régime and the title of Comtesse Barodsinska. She 1s accompanied py her two sons, and the Empe- ror arrived last Monday. Their incognito is scrupu- lously observed. With the exception of a good deal of bowing whenever they go to the spring nothing denotes the presence of majesty. No oficial mea- sures have been taken for their convenience, nor for the arrival of other sovereigns who are expected at this locality, The Czar will spend a part of the summer here with his brother-in-law, Prince Alexan- der, of Hesse. As early as six visitors crowd around the springs, whose bad complexions, swollen eyes and unstudied négligés shock Aurora, A British lady in a yellow silk watteau over black, @ blue veil and fifty-five summers, is the ghost that haunts the mineral sources first. She walks, as is prescribed, till it is time to sketch the environs, when the black under petticoat is exchanged for a violet one and the glass in hand for a telescope. Towards six, when the Russian Empress drives in the forest, all the fashion meet the indefatigable insular female again, when the yellow watteau and jacket have been exchanged for a blue one and an alpenstock is held in hand in- stead of the telescope. The Cossack in scarlet livery and Astrakan cap who sits on the box. next to the imperial coachman has taken particular interest in the imaginative lady and points her out to all Boyard new comers as one of the curiosities of the place. At nine o’clock she appears at the Kursaal with @ white underskirt on instead of the violet, anda headdress of mauve flowers. A fan in hand ts held instead of the alpenstock. At ten, when everything ia shut up at Kissingen and a kind of curfew pro- claims that lights are extinguished, not even the Cossack has been able to discover what are the items exchanged for others by way of ceremonial, Life at Luchon is much less formal. Visitors swarm in all the abandon of jollity and novel styles. Unlimited undress by day and full dress by night are the characteristics of this attractive thermal sta- tion. The place is so full that dukes and princes are content to live in cupboards, which fetch a very high price; barons and counts double themselves up in drawers, and people who have no title at all will soon have to cng | on nails. Here we have the new dashing Valois hat, a high crowned hat, such as the princely Henrys of France used to wear. Ladies love it in white beaver or in straw, curied round with a drooping feather; here we have the black grenadines and baréges covered with black lace and guipure; here we have the nar- row striped costumes with bunened up Pompadours beiind the high heeled bronze leather boot, the worked and frilled pantaloons, which are as much seen as if they were undershirts, and the Polonaise, very open on the bosom. ‘There is not an extrava- gance we have that ts not at Luchon—these people get so intimate here, a consequence of close vicinity, A friend of man could not go through the inaispen- sable candle inspection round his bed curtains, nor even scratch himself, without being heard by his next door neighbors, which must be a real infliction on the Pyrenees, ‘The grand promenade Is the Allée d'Eligny. It 18 an immense display and the following are some of the toilets worn there last week:—A corah foulard, apricot shade, the underakirt trimmed round witha flounce, sewed on to imitate the fluting pipes of an organ; satin crosscuts of the same shade formed a heading. The overskirt was a Watteau, trimmed in the same way, with a much narrower flounce. The pelerine was looped up in the middie behind, with a satin rosette and fluted round also, The hat was a Valenciennes Marie Antoinette, trimmed with a branch of tea roses falling off in small buds. A second toilet was made of white foulard, with alternate frills of blue and white round the under- skirt. The overtunic was a, white foulard, ground with forget-me-not bouquets and double friil all round. The fichu was trimmed with white and blue silk fringe, mixed. The bonnet was a fanchon of white muslin and point lace, an acacia branch on the side and blue feather aigrette. . A third was a chameleon laitown reflecting bine and pink. There were four puffs round the under- skirt and a heading of ruche. The tunic was open down the front and a la Wattean. he bodice open likewise, with a puff around the opening, Valenci- ennes chemisette underneath and Valenciennes cuffs, be al Sleeves anda Daparty sechon of black. rose! arotte an . lage aware that’ a writen descdmon can never convey the Plotureaque of these costumes, but the effect of alurge number of these fanciful styles swarming around a poor bachelor can be im- agined, All these retrousse (picked up) bewilder- ments, added to the dancing, caused a very fut Eng- lish matron, who was looking on during the per- formance of the oil crevé juadrilie, to shake her head ominously and inform her husband, who was also looklag on, that “the French decidedly were a very frivolous nation.” “I prefer the women,” re- sponded Mr. Jones, whereupon the faithfu! wife opened her big fan and had to flutter away for an hour in order to keep up under such an assurance. Another scrap of conversation heard at Luchon before I leave this little town, now converted into an immense furnished hotel. A very pretty traveller was hanes € with a very sickly looking cocodés at a small round table, and she was biting in some glow- ing red radishes, her hair, which was really all her own, hung round her shoulders and curled and waved luxuriantly. ‘hat splendid jocks !” ex- claimed the young man, touching the glossy ringlets under the Spanish a “they look positivel, ce, If the longest hair in your head were to fall in Ros soup, Theodora, I really would not take it ou After this I must own, with the English matron, that the French are a very frivolous nation indeed. Cauterets is a different place all ther, Cauterets waters are catled serious, like those of Vichy and Plombiéres, Tollets at Cauterets are certainly more use! printed percales or Touslins and plenty. of black. these materials is about the same. c es from Paris on the Spanish that is a long way off for the palace odious, ‘There is &.beadle ton” render the ous. is 8 le who caamorgettn win te lady of the under-pre- fect and wants her to gpto church th he likes. likes best she has She wants to go to chirch herown way and the flock are of course scandalized, ‘Then the under-prefect gets warm and says he will carry his under seat somewhere else, and the piace, which is naturally hot, boils witn excitement. Then the muni is are very ticklish and sensitive on = or nor, and Oscar Courettant has said ‘hings of them in the local t which has caused that sheet to be sto n earthquake lately brought all this to a climax, so I must say a good deal of pleasantness 1s taken off the Mies ‘The most curious thing is the Kaillére spring tn that neighborhood, Its waters have the property of renovating hoarse throats and curing laryngal «dis- orders. Ail the orators, sacred and profane, gar- garize together, The gurgling bocins at six o'clock during the session of the Assembly In Paris; when the session Is over Ce vee les An done at the Palais gargarisms in gt four o'clock, for every Lagislative throat is then dut of order. Tam told the —- et ‘1 an were a Mig AO s ear, Jules ‘ouher, wer, ’ jules Simon, Mi, Picard and M. Glais-Bizoin, who interrupts hap an are the worst, It would be worth while golt io Cauterets to see them all throw their heads back till they lose their balance, and with eyes uplifted pronounce indistinct ora- tions—if the beadie and the prefect’s under seat only couid be settled, But to return to Paris, Adelina Patti and the Mar- quis are really married and came through this capt- tal last night. The dfra wore a white satin bridal robe, no jewelry, orange blossom and @ white lace yell. The loving couple were married at Clapham, England, and were ? jotographed afterwards in the centre tn bridesmaids and bridegroom's men. The former were tn white and wore biue hats. The Ambassador of France was first witness, and an attache acted as second. A splendid innch at Ada- lina’s residence, Clapham Park, was prepared under a tent in the garden, Ten thousan peo le vooife- rated enthusiastic cheers outside, The bride must be more gratified to act the “Nozze della Marchesina”’ in private than the “Noces de Figaro” in public. ‘he Empress presided over the Cabinet council at the Tuileries jast week in the absence of the Emperor. Her toilet on that occasion was @ lovely light gray satin foulard, @ black lace mantilla, a rice straw toquet (amall hat), with white feather, a white veil tied over the face and chignon behind, and a green parasol, covered with lace, to match the mantilia, The latest revelation on her Majesty's private life at Fontamebleau fa that picnics on the border of the forest are her gr It appeara some very aristocratic ja, on one of these occasions lately, gave a stir up to some fish turning brown ia an imperial saucepat It was done for fun, but the courtiers present made such @ serious matter of it that they not only eat all the fish, but swallowed the bones too. a The Emperor's existence at Plombidres is anything but varied. He walks on foot early every morning either in the park or in the “allée des dames,’ break- fasts, dines and goes to bed betimes. He has lately Purchased of one of the native clockmakers a tinie- Piece, out of which & man jumps up when the hour strikes and swallows as many eggs as the hour marks, The grand thing for the ntry of these parts was to be before the shop window at the hour of twelve, The cloekmaker did not even rise from his counter when the Emperor walked in and paid him for the curiosity, Among the visitors at Plombiéres are Tamburini, Mme, Tambertick and family, Taglioni (now Princess ‘Tronberzkal), and pienty of other fo re belong. ing to the artistic world. notwithstanding which the she and makes a row with his wi band of the Casino piays out of time and its yellow wilare excruciatingly. pt is being made to restore the high ton a ” of our rend moners. A oy Boge noise, with bow of hair on the, of the head backed by'a high comb, are seen in’ thé store windows of our court hairdressers, and one of bap i determined to favor the ~~ adherents are rT MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, “Foul Play’ is to receive fair play in Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, Professor Mark Twain 1s in town, and is arrang- ing for the delivery of his lectures on the Holy Land. He promises some rich and racy developments con- cerning the pious Plymouth pilgrims, Annie Deland, one of the favorite actresses at Laura Keene's theatre some years ago, proposes ta return to the stage this fall, and is having a new play written for her in which to greet her old friends, the New York public, The first performance of ‘Ruy Blas,” in Parts, is fixed for the 8th November next, which will be the thirtieth anniversary of its creation. Theatricals in Salt Lake City continue lively, Miss Annette Ince, a tragic actress of Mormos reputation, has succeeded Madame scheller and is at present playing ‘‘Mary Stuart,” in that delightful Been of 1 6 figlences'™omiutyiiaren. iindecatsreuay of Japanese wii sedes ae Ae att Bale ce several new tricks at the Opera House in that elty to- morrow evening, and will probably give them an ae pat afew easier modes of humbugging one Mr. A. W. Yor of Wallack' manager of the ‘theatre git rien har house Kate Ranoe took a farewell benefit on ing 9th, and Vining Bows ae aus ‘ers commenced an engagemen: The Jtalian: Paris, has secured a great star in the person of le. Julia Hisson. Her reception Was of the most enthusiastic description, and there are those who do not hesitate to affirm that she ae ah ons (granddaughter of the famou! Mrs. Siddons) arrived in this city on Tuesd: test from Eui 8! Dae bow fori teil ps Seeley. lI, ‘on the 12th of ve readings from a ’ it dramas dont speare and other st Mrs. Siddon¢ 18 possessed of a gi face and voice, and comes tq us with a first class reputatio) me ‘se rep m, both ag an actress Mac Evoy’s new “‘Hibernicon,’” in Ireland, will open at Pike's Music Hall, on th avenue, on September 7. This exhibition is said te neces unusual! edhe Ce com] ae — and Ww augment e singing of Mrs. Clara vine, the well known vocalist, who has been by Mr. Mac Evoy for the season. The Buffalo Academy of Music is delighting 1) panane with @ complete change of bill every nigh eatricals were never extravagantly encoui by the staid Buffalonians, and appearances indicate that they are less so now than ever before, Theatricals in Texas are looking up. The lates{ ine mce of that nature from the “Lone Star’ a ?) was to vi Waco about the middle of this month, when she w: to tickle the appreciative palates of the rod Wacolans with such delectable dishes as the ‘Hide den Hand,” “Ten Nights in a Barroom,” and “4 Lynne.’”” Mrs. Forrest and her “talented company’! will doubtless be accorded a hearty welcome and a generous support. The Burnell Museum, Pittsburg, boasts of a num, ber of marvellous curiosities, not the least of which is a fat boy fifteen years old who weighs 420 pounds, ee the Lapheigs ne saeee the feeaton: man, forty-five years old, who weighs only sixty poun: ‘Then there are the Black and hive wriag.-oy and girl—and numerous animals, birds, reptiles, &c. Referring to the probability of Mlle. Adelina Patti re- tiring from the operatic stage after her marr! with the Marquis of Caux, the London Musical World pays the following tribute to the young American prima donna:—“Her voice has grown richer and more flexible through constant use—a proof that its use has been legitimate; her vocalization is as fuent and correct a8 it is brilliant and expressive. As am actress, both in the comic and serious range of characters, she has reached that acme of perfection which makes acting seem no acting at all, but rather truth idealized. Nothing can be more natural, grace- Tul and spontaneous than her comedy; nothing more deeply felt and touching than her tragedy. In short, she now presents to us the very beau idéal of @ lyric artist. It has been justly sald that while Europe has sent many famous dramatic singers to America, in sending us Adelina Patti the New World has amply paid off ita debt to the Old. Should we lose her now ‘we snall lose that which the: Italian lyric stage cam ‘The Théftre Comique, of which Messrs. White & Spencer are lessees and proprietors, opens to-morrow under new auspices and with an entirely different style of entertainment than that which has hereto- fore characterized thia establishment. Negro min- strelsy is to be entirely ignored and the performances reafter conducted on the principle of a vaude- ‘ariety theatre, which, we are inclined to , 8 a change for the better. During the sum- mer vacation the theatre has undergone a complete transformation, and to-day it ranks as one of the handgomest, neatest and certainly one of the most comfortable of bijou theatres in the city. Stage and auditorium have alike been overhauled and painted, 186 iron uplifting chairs have been piaced in the orchestra, and every seat in the parquet, dress circle and gallery has been newly ‘stuffed and handsomely upholstered. The proscenium has been beautifully frescoed and the pillars taste- Ss up in gold, which harmonizes nicely with the blue tint, the prevailing color of ouse. o trance evel From the rear of the ta improve the theatre in or comfort has been done, and it is to-day one of | best arranged and best on houses of the ki in this city. Mr. W. H. Lingard, tho ee mi besides his duties as manager, will be the princ! attraction during the season. WATERING PLACE NOTES, Very many touri this month. It is said that more persona have sailed through the Thousand Isles this season than have ever, in passing up or down the St. Lawrence, gone that way before. At the Bath Hotel, Long Isiand, under the auspices of James T. Brady, ex-Mayor Gunther, United States Marshal Murray, Barney Williams, Judge Troy, C. W. Church and some forty other distinguished citizens as managers, @ grand ball will be given on next Wednesday evening. Ali the visitors at this jar watering place and many persons from New York and Brooklyn will be present to grace the occasion. All the McFlimseys at present at betel oem og by the adventurers pg lo~ ing role of haymakers. It isa freak of lon, but if it gives color (other than that of rouge) to their cheeks, muscle to their arms, light to their eyes and breadth to their shoulders it will prove of some advantage to those faded demoiselies. ‘The number of visitors at the White Sulphur Springs, Ne go this season has been so large that the Board of Managers of the Central Railroad hay determined on extending their line to the seat of these unrivalled waters. The hotels at Cape May are all doing a fair busi- re visiting the Saguenay river ness just now. Bathing, fishing, saf!ing, dancing, serenading concertizing and love making are there the order of the hour. When the Pacific Railroad ta completed and ex- reas trains from New York to San cisco open he Continent in less than a hundred hours the it mineral springs which abound In the beautiful val- leys of the Sierra Nevada mountains will become the summer resort of our Atiantic coast peopie. There are not such medicinal waters in all the world as & to be found in the regions of the “notched LS An excursion steamer left Detroit for Saginaw Bay on the 18th inst. with a large party of tourists on board. ‘The hotels at Centre Harbor, on Lake Winntpiseo- fee, are this summer well patronized. Life there at ‘is time is described as particularly » On last grand masquerade ball was Monday evening a ven. at the Moulton House, at which a number of fash- fonable people from Boston and elsewhere gathered. They have their haa - Bg and mineral springs in Utah, which the élite of Mormondom pat- Tonize and at which they make merry. we eee We the pen Wwe ye has hada ndency to lessen the number of bathers on the Coney Island and Rockaway shores, Lake City, on Lake Pepin, away np in Minnesota, is spoken of a8 @ most delightful place of resort, ‘The beach Is splendid and the scenery surrounding the lake of the grandest character, French Lick Springs, Indiana, are visited by a jarge namber of health seekers, it is announced that Robert B. Lee, ex-Confederate General, will sojourn there for a few days during the present month A grand fancy dress and calico ball took place at the Sea Breeze House, Cape May, last night, The arrangements were very extensive, and the affair Was one of the great events of the season. FINE ARTS, The high reputation of Mr. Powell as one of our very best American portrait painters was early Wom by hia remarkable portraits of Lamartine, Alexandre Dumas and other French celebrities, It #3 fully Jus tified algo by the lates production of his penci—& bold and striking portrait of Mr, Phelan, who Is so famous a celebrity in the world of billiards in ak Nec tea ‘This tine picture is now on exhibition at Mr. Chis. O'Connor's, on the corner of Union square and Fourth avenue, Mr. J. G, Browh has added another picture of rous pletures which the Mand Mallet to the nv mm has inspired. heroine of Whittier's popular poe The artist has evidently amen, ny a thorongh nem 4 of the localities in which the scenes of the ren Lf Jaid and a faithful representation of New ingle + scenery, ax well aa of a genuine New ra iD maiden, to put on canvas 1 oet's original conceptie tas heen made of Mr. exhibited at Sehaua’ @al