The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1868, Page 5

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. MISSISSIPPI. The Voice of the Democracy, ‘The following resolutions were adopted at @ meet- fag at the call of the Central Executive Committee of the democratic party of Mississippi. The resolves were offered by Colonel Barksdale and were adopted:— Resolved, That, congratuia! the democracy of Mississipp!’ upon’ their deleat of the radical scheme @f government embodied in the constitution dic- tated by the Loyal League associations to establish their rule in this State, and realizing the importance of maintaining for future contests the efticient or- spre by which their great victory was won, is committee advise that the various democratic eounty clubs be continued and that public meetings be heid to consider and discuss the political quées- tions of the day and to ratify the platform and candi- ates of (he national democratic party. Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee that an address should be made to the democracy ‘the Northern States, expressive of the cordial synl- Gy of the democracy: of Mississippi with them in ir etforts to re-establish the principles of constitu. tional freedom in the administration of the govern- meut; declaratory of the determination which in all their acis since the close of the war, they have evinced faitifuily to discharge their obligations as eatizens of the United States; portraying the disas- trous effect of the radical policy of reconstruction ‘pon the material interests as well as the soclal and, Political institations of our State, and protestin; against the law of Conzres3 passed in violation oi the declared objects of che war, to prohibit Missis- sippi from performiag her duty and exercising her rivileze ol casting her vote in the Presidential elec- in. A lesolved, That the chair appoint a sub-committee to carry out the objects of this resoiution, ‘Lhe chair appointed Messrs. Barksdale, Haris and Johuston, to which, on motion, the chairman was added. ‘The committee consists of John D, Freeman, Chair- man, C. H. Manship, Secretary, J. W. C. Watson Fulton Anderson, Wiley P. Uarris, Thomas J, Whar- ton, Yerger, Barksdale, D, P. Porter, Wm. Yerger, Hiram Cassidy, W. 8S, Gaither, J. Z. George, ©. W. Tayior. If the.chairman of the committee had not ad- dressed them in 80 ponderous a capacity ag to occupy five columns of our paper we might have given his speech in tull; but we have not the space. The topics touched upon were:—1. The late canvass, that’s the Mississippi canvass, in which the darkies voted with the democrats and carried the State against the radicals, 2. The result of the election there is the result in accordance with the views of the Democratic Central Committee of Mississippi. The resuit of this great struggle was to defeat the gaceuded organization of our state government un- der the reconstruction acts and their numerous sup- plements—to maintain the State constitution of 1885, and the State code of 1867 as modified thereby, sub- ject Lo the administration of the military power as a rovisional government. All tue old officers elected the people, under the constitution of 1985, not Bevioualy removed by General Grant's orders, were ereby retained in oMce; and the “quadrilateral” conspiracy discovered that they had not advanced a gep in the wicked ign of converting Mississippi fw 2 negro despotism for the support of the repno: ean party. ‘the mortification and chagrin of this corrupt cabal was heightened by tue fact that in the midst of the canvass, when the democratic party had assured their success, General Grant sought to in- ttmidate and demoralize our people and avoid tue patent fate of his own party by orderin; the ‘removal of Governor Humphreys and Attorney General Hooker and plocing & cou- te of. his own body guard their stead. ‘stuls despotic act of the short-sighted Grant, who was but a nose of wax mm the hands of Butler and Sie- vens, had the contrary effect. So far from discour- aging the people of Mississippi, 1t was an incentive to redoubied exertion and renewed enthusiasm, and as- wured their victory beyond the power of arms and venulity. They then show up the secret commission of car- Ppet-baggers, showing how “the defeated conspira- tors, ever fruitful in corrupt designs, now instituted & secret commission to procure the evidence of poor, Perjured loyal league negroes, charging the demo- cratic party with fraudulent conduct in the election; and a committee of fifieen defeated and degraded car- poet-baggers went on to Washington to transport this enormous volume of lies and perjuries, and to pre- sent the same to Ben Butler’s corruption committee, and on this basis to devise the ways and means of fevenge upon our people by overturning the State eonsiitution and laws and installing the defeated eandidates of the conspirators tn office.” ‘The commitiee then go on to show something @bout the military seizure of the Executive mansion ‘tm Jackson, and proceed to say :— The removal of Governor Humphreys and Attorney General Hooker by order of General Grant, and the sSppointment to those oitiges of members of his gene- Tai stail, had no apparent motive but the motion of the success of the republican party in Mississippi gad of their candidate for the Presidency. No charges of any kind were presented against these favorite sons of Mississippi. {Kernoved withont cause, they ‘were graciously relieved from arrest and trial by & military commission, As per were known to be leading the cuuse of constitutional liberty, the won- ar is that they were not handcuffe and siippeda to the Dry tortugas, after the fashion of the Georgia democrats. General McDowell's order of ramovaldid not on its face include the confisvation of the property of his Victims nor the seizure of jheir dwell! aud expul- gion of their families therefrom. But It secins that Governor Ames and his military Attorney General consider these the lezitimate spoils of the war. Finding that these beheaded democrats did not im- mediately “tiee trom the wrath to come,” leaving their tenements Re to entry by the carpet-bag equatters, General Ames graciously proposed to Governor Humphreys to occupy the Executive man- sion In Common with the Governor of Mississ.ppi and his family. In business phrase—give me my board and lodging and f will chai you no ad- ditional rent jor the mansion. Tie infinite disgust and contempt with which this “unclean thing’ was Teceived brougit out a threat of arms and forcible amotion, Waich followed as .he legitimate seque! of this new adininistration of unclean beasts. Gov- ernmor Humpireys aud famliy were expeiled from their lawful home by General Grant's resident army, and all the furniture and Ourili—all the real ava personal estate belonging to the mansion seived by the rade hand of the soldiery, aud General Ames, without a family or a frieud, was placed in {is possession “with all the pomp and cir- camsiance of giorious war.” General Au Attorney General has not yet “moved up" on residence of Attorney General Hooker, but as the precedent lias been set and ap- ved at eneral Grant's headquarters that rebels ve LO rigiita, We may Soon expect to ses Geveral Hooker wud is famuy “following in the iootsteps of his ilivstrious predecessor,” aud poor Hite ‘or. derly” Myers, like a mouse ina palace, the solitary gud desp sed tenant of tie Attorney rai’s resi- dence, ‘Tat General Grant has no power or author- ity, by the law uulitary or civil, by the Keconstruc- ton acia or their supplements, by laws human or div ne, thus to rob the peopie of Mississippi of tueir ty Boake is conceded by statesinen, by citizens and soldiers of all grades of capacity and rank. The cominittee then pass to the paralysis of the Executive of the State and give this parting adieu to Governor Humphreys:— Th esident of the United States, alike the civil and militury chief of the government, with fuil con Biututiona: power to remedy all these Wrongs aud to prevent their recurreuce—paralyzed by the threat and dread of a reimpeactment by the Directory, when they reassembie in Sepiomber next, “a mere Booker on here in Vienna,” has avaudoned ail the high and holy prerogatives of the Executive Depart. Meut—allows barefaced roobery to be committed Without a reproof, aud overt acts of revolution and fosurrection daily to go “unwhipped of justice’—a Mourn{ui speciacie of executive paralysis, a modern Rebuchadueszar, turned out to graze with the quad- be ds of Lue garth. ‘he tinmediate purpose of the Chatr in convening ‘Me comuiitee at this tine is lo toke counsel together for the safety of the State—devise ways aud means avoid or defeat the revolutiouary acts of Congress+ to reassert ile sovereigniy of the State and to clain Ms restoration to the Union on an equal footing wil the inost /avored States, ‘Lhe support of the piatform and the nominees /f the late New York Convettion holds out the ory peaceable aud ceriain mode of ultimate success. ‘he ‘Baiversal entiusiasin now shown for their supprt end elecuion Warrants the belief that a vast majgity of all the people of the United States will declar/for the principics and the candidates of the demogatic ‘ty in November noxt, ‘The republican party in Congress have alread Ac- Knowled.ed Uiis glorious trata, they, have pwicly confessed their approaching condemnation y tue ier if allowed to be heard at the baliot-boy and we passed and introduced the series of myv#uies hereinbefore mentioued to avo the pronwdami- enio o1 the poopie ‘vepart ye cursed, we pow ye ye workers of iniquity.” e Chair would also remark that the of Mississippi exhibit a great anxiety to be nted by sowe of their able mea on tie Norther Austings fm the Presidential canvass. They desi make known to the people of the Northern 51 he true sentiments of the Southern peuple in fy¢ Of con- stivut.ona: unton, peace, social, comme: id polit geal fraternity. They feel thai they haveo@n greatly @andered the republican party in | ‘espect; they know that the Reconstruction ittee has taken volumes of perjured tesumony )y these sub. Jects, to be published to the Noriuera, ind—to de. evive them’ into the support of Gratand swindie ‘the Soutiiern . States out of the righ estoration. ‘They desire to meet tiese defamers 1€@ to face in their own country and before their oe peopie. ‘The premises considered, the Ciy recommends to the convention that they past fesolutions de. clating the constitntional nght ¢ tie electors of Miss ssippi to vote for electors g Pr ident and Vice President at the Noveraber that an electoral ticket be nominwed ii Pang mame and by the anti of } v of Mia- | sissippl Wheb this convention OW ally rep. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. demand the restoration of the roperty and ample restoration for the ; and further, that a committee be appoint to correspond with Nortuern democratic commi and leading members of the party on the subject of the canvass and tie propriety of presenting the plea ofthe South by thelr own orators in the political forums of the Northern States, With these suggestions the Chair submits the whole subject to the consideration of the committee, JOHN D, FREEMAN, Chairman, After full discussion and free interch: of opi- nion by the members of the committee the follawing resolutions were Raopied, @ resolution to proceed at once to the nomination of candidates for electors having been offered by Mr. Freeman a8 @ substitute and rejected:— Resolved, That this committee deem ft inexpedient at this time to nominate an elecioral ticket for the State, but will de- fer a further consideration of that subject to an adjourned meeting of this body, to ve heid in this et ber on Tuesday, the 22d day of September next. Resolved, ‘That, in the opinion of this committee, the act of Congress above referred to, excluding the State of issippt from her right to vote in the Presidential election, is in con- travention of the constitution of the United States and of the Tights of the States thereunder, Mr. Freeman offered the following resolutions, which were adopted :— Resolved, That the recent expulsion of Governor Tum- phreys and'family from the Executive Mansion of the State, and the selzure and occupation of the same by the military forces under General Grant, 18 without authority of law ; that said property should be immediately restored to the State, and that a committee be appointed to correspond with Gene: ral Grant and the President of the United States on this sub- je Resolved, That the persistent mirrepresentations of the political sentiments and opinions of the Southera people by the repubitcan press and party, and by the Reéonstruction Commitice ogress, rene: ‘y, in our judg: ment, that representative men of mocratic seni menth and priucipies; be requested to represent the South on the Northern hustings during the present canvass, and that a comniitiee of correspondence be appointed to bring thi sub- ject to the attention of democratic committees and leading members of the party North, On motion of Mr. BE. M. Yerger Messrs. Freeman, Anderson and Harris were appointed the committed provided for in the second resolution. THE ISSUE IN TENNESSEE. Speech of General N. B. Forrest. The following is a full report of the remarks made by General Forrest at a recent democratic meeting in Brownsville:— Mr. PRESIDENT AND FELLow Crvizens—I did not think that I would be called upon to address you at this time, as it was intended, and, I believe, ex- ected that I would speak to you to-night. I have een laboring under sickness for a few days and have been suilering from a sore throat, so that at the present time I will only be abie to say a few words to you. it week 1 received a despatch from Generals Cheatham, Brown, Quarles and others to the effect that I was wanted in Nashville in regard to some important business in connection with the calling out of the militia; and when | received that despatch I started at once. When I arrived in Nashville I found fifteen Confederate generals engaged in @ conference with about thirty leading citizens. Great fears have been expressed about the call out of the militia, as many were of opinion that it would lead to blood- oe ee poet rere pine ter. icp oe Brown- low etal message ie Legislature that all those who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan were to be-declared outlaws, and he gave out and declared that these Klans were composed of soldiers who had been in the Confederate army. I believe that Governor Brownlow thinks that all Confederate soldiers, and in, fact, the whole democratic party in the South, bel to the Ku Klux Ki: (Cheers and laughter.) are declared outla' for the Governor says that he has no doubt the: belong to the Klan, if there is such a Klan. lature has passed some laws, I believe, on the ject, in which the militia are cailed on to shoot down all Ku Kluxes they may find and they need fear no prosecution for doing so. That is, simply, that they may call a Confederate soldier a Ku Kiux, shoot him down, and no harm should befall any of ‘the militia who may commit such an Sang ater act, for Gover- nor Brownlow has prociatied that they were all owt- laws. Applause.) When this is done, I tell you, fellow citizens, that there will be civil war. the radical Legislature, with Governor Brownlow, arma the negroes, and tell them to shoot down all Confed- erate soldiers, om the ground that they are members of this Ku Klux Kian, as they cail it, and outlaws, then, Ee ris i be civil war in Ten- neasee, ppiause.) It is not our policy to get into another clvil war, or & war of any kind at pies sate time, as it would be used at Us and our cause in the North, and I @ advised every Con- federate soldier whom I have met lately to do all in = power to prevent war of any kind taking in nn ensee, As there was a very large crowd in the court house square General Forrest was requested to go outside and eontinue his ae as all were anxious to hear him. He accordingly did so, after the deliberations of the convention closed, General Forrest continued his remarks by saying— Tcan assure you, feilow citizens, that I, for one, do mot want more War. [have seen it In wil its phases, ‘and, Beuleve me when I 80, that 1 don’t want to see any more bloodshed, nor do I want to sce pagroes: qesaed. tc: etiows..i dows white men. If they pring this war upon us, there is one thing I will tell you—that t shall not shoot any negroes so long a8 1 can sec a ‘white radical to shoot; for it 1s the radicals who will be to blame for bringing on this wan I can assure you, fellow citizens, that I shall at all times be ready tw go forward and assist the Sherif or any other oficer in carrying out tue laws of the State, and in order to assist him thoroughly I will get as many of my old soldiers as possible to go with me. but if mn send the black men to hunt those Confederate so.diers whom they call Ku Klux, then I say to you “Go out and ghoot the radicais."” if they do want to inaugurate civil war, the sooner it comes the better, that we may know what too. (Appiause.) I do not wish it understood that T am tnettii ‘ou to war; for, a8 I told you before, I have seen ail the war aud ali the Sgr I ton » Iwish you to exhaust = honorabie means fore you do ‘thing, an Towould’ prefer that you should suifer pefore “i should see civil war inaugurated in this country, We waye already lost all but our bonor by the iast war, and I must say that in order to be men we must protect our honor at all hazards, and we must also protect our Wives, our homes and our familics. (Chcers.) I wish distinctly to state that! am not agaist tho colored man, neither have [ever been against the colored man. 1 carried forty-five of them lato the war with me, and ali but one remained with me during the war. The next time | saw the one who deserted he was tu the hands of the Metropoli- tan Police for stealing. (Cheers and laugoter.) I wish you to do nothing that will give tie radical party any pretences to bring ona war, I wara you articuarly against this, They woud like nothing petier tian @ war, for through it they migit carry the election, and vy this means k ep oMee and continue to rob and bieed us. If, however, the war should come—aud [ hope it never Wil—I waat mo drones ininy drum of bees. (Ap- plause.) Iffam forcel tmto a collision, T can tell you that every man shail be duty. ‘hey have got to take skies with us or the ower party. We will have no neutrals; all must suow What they are. If they are not for us then they will be against us. We must be a unit on this very grave question. The militia will be a unit, and we mut be in the same position, My feiiow citizens, I amert 1t is a solcmn tung to think of, for! have no aqubt that you ali had enough of war. You have sen War, aud you know what it ia; and therefore ve ought, a8 1 said before, exhaust ail honorable beans to prevent it coming among us. But if it does rome 1 wili do allin my power to meet it, let the sousequences be what they may. (Loud aud pro- ouyed cheering.) I now want to gay a lew words to he biack men Who are here before me; and what I to say is to ask them to siand by the men who raised you, who nursea you when you were sick and Who took care of you when you Were little children, Isay stand by them who are your friends, and leave your Loyal Leaguers, where you are taugit to refuse the francuise to those Who have always proved your friends, 1 tell you thatif you will only stand by us that we will aiways stand by you and do as much for you as any wiite men can do for you. You can have no interest with any scalawags and carpet-baggers. (Loud cheers aud jaughter.) Ail they want you is the ilttle money ou have got. The Northern people say pat these scalawags and carpet-baggers were thieves and robbers in their Own section of the coun- try. (Applause.) Then what can you expect from them? (applause.) A Voice—General, there are @ few carpet-baggers and scaiawags also here. General Forrest—Yes, there are, and I am ashamed to own it that they were nurtured on this soll. They are too low for me to speak about, and I have no ‘Words to express my coniewpt for such persona, T feel to-day that Goveruor brownlow is one of that class, (Hisses.) He haa escaped to this time because he has been shaking with sickness and weak and is considered crazy, but if be inaugurates civil war in this State, then { tell him he must suffer the consequences, (Cheers.) Whem the war closed I surrendered honorably, and desire to do m: duty wo country; but | love the soldiers those who fought witi me during the war. Llove them as | love my own life, and | never intend that they shall be shot down so long aa I have an arm to raise in their defence, (‘reat cheering.) Fellow impelled to do his Boidie we have stood by hk Other e, and now Twant to know if you wit stand by me and by the other Confederate Gi in what wi of “W. i ye will? 8 at Nashville. (Cries ‘@ will, we aan ‘great cheering.) ‘Géatiemen, feel fam hoarse, ast have latelv suffered from a se’ and I fear I wiil not be able to speak to you mach longer. (Uries of “Go on, General, goon.) Weill, I now Wish to mak to you .a few minuves about the Democratic Convention, lately heid in New York, While 1 was present at that Conven- tion I learned that some of those who call us their irienda were not in favor of entranchising the soldiers of the south who fought in the late war, Now i want to know how that is. I was taken cheer- folly by the hand by the leading democrats of the North wiite i was in New York, and hey tay tite ine Wie greatest friendallip and displayea ie great Ktndnes to me, ia the reason I wanted to know whether it is true about the remarks that 3 ) no! and state w: he bas ever said that the Southern : i fi Fs pton and procu) fifty votes. We saw, how- , that he could not be nominated, and we therefore, to change after several ballots taken place. ‘The others would not continue voting for Mr. Johnson, and I did not think there ‘Was any hope of @ nomination after several ballots had been cast. Since that time he has sent me my pardon, for which I am truly thankful. Now, fellow citizens, 1 think it is rigut for Mr. Leftwich to de- clare this evening whether he is in favor of - chising the Southern soldiers or not, I feel it is im- portant thas the Southern soldiers should know Whether you have nominated a man whose sympa- thies are with those who for for the ‘lost cause,’” and is prepared to give us pe If he tells you irankly and truly he is, wi li¢ve he wit!, then I for one am willing to send him to Congress, amid which General Forrest retired.) GOVERNOR SWANN, OF MARYLAND. Governor Swann, of Maryland, made a speech in York, Pa., on the 24th inst. in the course of which he said:— Since the close of the war encroachment has fol- lowed encroachment until we have degenerated into a Congressional oligarehy. Our government is essentially a military government. We have seen States taken possession of by the military arm and files of soldiers guarding a delinquent Cabinet oMcer against the authority of his recognized chief. We have seen the civil subordinated to the military power when it has come in conflict. We have seen telegraph offices seized upon, conidertia: communi- cations ridged and violated, and the Capitol of the nation converted into bastile for the imprisonment of innocent citizens. The people ne’ will consent to be brought under despotic rule.. They have had enough of it aiready to produce loathing and disgust from one end of the country to the other. hey demand a return to the guarantees which the coustitution provides, Uf the form of our government is to be changed, if we are to be dragged into a military despotism, the sooner the people Kuow it the beite When peace was pro- claimed and the South announced their willingness to accept the situation and retura in to the rela- tions o7 the past, the people though he war of the sections was at anend. ‘The army. had been fighting to bring back the Union—not to oppress the peopic of the south. But what have we witnessed? Have these radical men done anything to bring peace to the country? Not content with emancipating the slaves, they have attempted to use them as an ele- meut of strength to perpetuate their own power, ‘They have degraded the white man and placed the negro over hin, Mr. Lincoin exerted his best eflorts to carry his plan of reconstruction, which looked to prompt admission of the Southern States; but how did he succeed? The sections are as widely separated now as when the war ceased. President Joltinson, la- boring im the same just cause, has escaped only with his office stripped of every essential power. They have tilied the Congress of the United States with itinerant adventurers, having no sympathy with the people whom they profess to represent, and this they call reconstruction, The whole South is a scene of desolation and ruin. The untutored negro occupies the homesteads of those who once held possession of the soil, The descendants of men who adorn every page of our history by their talents, their statesmanship and devotion to the best interests of: their country in times past are turned out as wan- derers to recommence life among strangers, where they can at least escape the degradation to which they are exposed at home. Is this justicer Is 1 moa What benefit has it conferred upon the negro? He is no nearer to amalgaination and politi- cal and social equality than he was before. On the contrary, his condition is more alarming than before the war. Under the teachings of these revolution- ists he has separated himself from all sympathy with the white race. Do you tink that he can tight his battles alone? Do you suppose that seven millions of negroes can ever become a power in this govern- ment? Just as sure as you live when you move him from the protection of tne Freedmen's Bureau and the military arm which now protects him his sun will go down in darkness and oppression. These radical men have brought him to this fate. There 1s nota State in this Union to-day which would give him the right of suffrage or any other power im this gov- ernment as the equal of the white man. ‘The armies of the United States could not effect tt, I amno ene- my of the m I am his friend. But I tell him that his participation in the governmental control of this country is just as remote to-day as hls recogni- tion as the equal of the whiteiman, It may be the result of prejudice, but it is not the less true... The more he strives in this direction the more disastrous it wih core to him. In the possession of his freedom and rights of person and of property he has reached the end of his line ig this country, and the sooner he 1s made to understand it the better for hrs race. I sort of suffrage to tie negro, q He can never mix with the white race in any other relation than that in which he now stands. If he wants a government of his own let him and establish it elsewhere. A war of races will be his fate, and a war of races wiil as surely come under the teachings of the radicai Eg when the government protecuon is withdrawn him as he continues to listen to their fanatical counsels, Let me point you for & moment Lo the operations of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the effects of this institution upon this unfortunate class. it has cost the government from first to last, with its army of ners, one hundred millions per wanum. What has it done for the negro? No one will say that he has been benefited by it. He has been taught by it to throw dellance in the faces of his best friends, The agents of this rotten concern were sent to lie State of Maryland to regulate things in that State, and what did ihey accomplish with the vast sumds| of the people’s money wich they daily squandered ¢ The negro was content with his situation. He Wanted no support from the Freedmen’s Bureau. He was kindly treated by the peopie of Mary- land, aud expected to work, as the white man was expected to work, for his maintenance and support. But this was not the radical programme, The fr - tuuion was conceived in the interests of party, and the negro was to be made subservient to party. He ‘Was enticed from his work, gathered into inass meet- ings ail over the State, counseiied and misied by the miserable fanatics who had him in charge, and finaily reached a@ state of demoralization which the power of ihe State could hardiy repress, Before the organization of the State uuiitia was completed, armed regiments of negro troops paraded the streets of Baltimore, ingulied the residence of the Governor, shot down uuotending, citizens and hi undis- turbed sway, in the cenidence of protection from the agents of this bureau. This has in the case ta other States, aud wherever the Freedmen’s bureau has beeu weivdaced. You recollect, my triencs, the Visit o. «iG os the loaders of this radicni party to the Sudan, Wace voy made their first ufort to conciliate .4. Musiv vie, They were bome from point to point in government transports, at jue ex- | oe of the government, the negroes were drawn from their pursul.s to receive them, the ageuts of the bureau were everywhere vusy in doing tiem honor at the public expense, and tu this you have afair il- lustration of the use wlich has been made of the opie's money. Ata tine wheu you are bornedown y taxation, when the white man is paid for lus labor im a currency forty per cent. below the staudurd of gold, when the public debt is increasing in icarfal amounts, you find Congress recklessly Insistiug that this Incubus shall Dot be removed, but sual continue to prey upon the substance of the people. Look at your pubiic debt. I am no alarmist, but I teli you, fellow citizens, that if in a time of peace, with no ex- traordinary demands upon our resources, we go on to increase this burdea, from month to month and year to year, the public credit will be utterly pros- trated and the taxes of the country will be lore than the peopie will patiently bear. This goyerament owes a debt now more onerous than that of Great Britain. You may estimate it lightly, and these radi- cal men do pretend to estimate it lightly; but I have not a doubt that when you come to know the worst you will find that I am not far short of the truth in this assertion. How are you to pay this debt? Surely no time ts more propitious than the preseut to make a beginning. Are we to go on in this career of Wastelulness until we are ruined? If we cannot imaugurate @ system of economy and retrencumeut now when can it bedone? This debt is to be paid, and can only be pata by @ wise and prudent fud economical nursing of the resourses of this government. burdens of taxution are heavy enough, It these men persist in their extravagance they will prostrate allthe great industriai interests of the country, and the sooner the people open their eyes to the sad condition in whicy they have been placed by the radical party the belter it will be for ourselves and those who may come after us, There is but one remedy that J see fi this. That remedy has passed, from the hands of the rulers into the hands of the people, Our repre- sentatives have attempted to break up this gov- erninent. You did not elevate them to power for any such purpose, and the time has come when they should understand this clearly and disiinctly, Vio jent diséases require violent remedies, aud what we demand now is a sweeping, radical and (undainental change, both tn men and principies, in the future adininistration of the affairs of this government, The Convention which met in New York oh the 4th of July represented what I believed to be the popu- lar sentiment of the yo A Every State was hide, and the voice of that body way believed to echo the voice of gg section of the Union and all classes of in Mr. Seymour the democratic party presented to you @ leader who requires no yt ye hanas, from the ranks of olvil life, no understands the needs of in a crisis like this, the country the con- the ‘and divided our flict which convulsed people he stood by the anion States, as with equal earnestness vocates universal am: he now nesty and @ prompt restoration of the constitutional Fignte of the Southern States and the fraternal re- lations of the past. intellectually he had nosupérior in that Convention, and, a8 an experienced states- man, he had sown on many trying oveasions in hia own State his capacity to rule. * A Christian man and an educated gentleman, who wiil say that the country would not be safe in hia keeping? With General Blair | have been acquainted for twenty os T need not of him tw those who know perhaps as ae myself, He has served bis lution J would sgy, the elear your skirts, We know what le has done the past is at we know that those who are now have themselv: viol bands upon the constitution and eaarcadine Wau eSoxs to wipe out all the landinarks of Uberty. In the campaign, which 18 Now opening 80 Peer iiousty for the democratic ry, 1 not be- eve that we shall tail, ‘the requires that we should triumph. In dis effort we shall re- the aid of ail conservative men. demo- quire cratic party invites men of all political afiliationa to unite with them in this airiatio duty. Let me call your attention to what have said upon this wint:—‘‘ Upon this platform the democratic appeals every patriot, includ i the conservative element, and all who desire suppor tion and restore tue Union, forgett! ences of opinion, to unite with us in the great struggle for the liberties of the peopie; and it to all such, to whatever party bend may have heretofore belonged, we extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail all such co-operating with us as friends and bretiven.”. We are here to-night, as I am informed, representing all shades of, opinion into which parties have ‘divided in time past. we ot forget. these petty differences im aconnnon effort to save the government of our fathers in this momentous struggié? Is there any- thing to wuich you can object, either in the men or the platform Which have been submitted for your support? The democratic party, as it now stands before the country, is the party of progress. If you disregard the appeal which has been made to you you maywlook in Vain for that relief in the future which the deplorable condition of this country im- peratirely demands, In this connection 1 will refer riefly to a rumor which has been going the rounas of the radical press, that President Johuson, dtsgusted with the democratic nominations, had determined to throw his influence and the weight of Nis flame in favor of the radical nominees. 1 have not seen Presi- dent Johnson since the action of the 4ti of daly Con- vention, nor have | auy authority to sp for him on this occasion, but Knowing that distinguished mun as intimately a3 | do Ttake upon myself to say that evou @ suspicion of any such action on his part, with his life-long convictions of constitutional right, and his past asiliations with the patriotic men of the country, would be a libel upon his great name. He has fought the battles of the people against Congres- sional usurpation. Can any one suppose that he would lift the weight of lia Huger to elevate to power the destructive party agaist whom he has been struggling—a party which has hunted aim like a dog in the exercise of his high tactions and heaped every opprovriam which malice could in- vent ppon tie Presidential oitice? Nev President Johnson lias made the is men which is to decide the fate of the co the overshadowing issue of this contest. back upon his own teaching? ‘The coase ative men of the country, whether they be deinoy S or nob, will judge ior themselves, I can only say, my fellow citizens, that during the troubles of the past two } i have never beard an ut terance froin that great siateaman that did not breathe loyalty to his country; aud | know that the defeat of this ultra, radical, revolutionary party was deemed by lim as essential lo the harmonious reunion of these States and the preservation of our liberties as a The democratic party nave tice in their recoguition of his They have said im thei platform: nt of the United States, Andrew Johnson, in exercising the power of his high ofice in resisting the aggression of Congress upon the constitutional rights of the States and the people, is entitied tathe gratitude of the whole American peo- ple, and in behaii of the democratic party we tender to him our thanks for bis patriotic efforts in that re- gard.” To ail of which I say amen; and I gay, fur- ther, that his name will go down to posterity, when this struggle shall have ceased aud the people are triumphant, as they must be, with the blessings of unknown generations. There is no feature of the radical policy, fellow citizens, which is attracting more notice at this time, or engagiug more attention earnestly the of the people of this country than the subject of the finances. When the present Secretary of the Treasury came into.ofice I believed him to bea practical financier. The public debt consisted of a Inass of obligations, differing as vo the period of ma- turity, rate of interest and the provision for their ultimate redemption, Jt was a subject to be dealt with by financial abilify, keen foresight and prac- tical statesmansiip. When the war was over the people looked for relief. What our indebtedness is now 1am unable to say; but this I do sag, that with the country at peace, the army disbanded, with the navy resting upon its oars, Wo have aot advanced one step towards the promised reilef, On the con- trary, your public debt is increasing. Never in the history of this government or any government has such au exiublt been presented, Who is responsibie for all this? Is the Secretary of the Treasury incoin- petent, or is Congress bent upon bankrupting the country? These radical men speak of economy in their Chicago platiorm, aud yet they cannot point to any act where they have manifested a desire to lighten the burden which now bears so heavily upon the people. I have seen no good reason why the national currency should not be equivalent to gold, without the necessity by legislation to create one currency for the ple and another for the bond- holder, The public oMcers and the laboring man are entitled to a currency that will yield them full value jor their services. The fact that, by legalizing the national currency, you have not succeeded in bringing it to the standard of gold is guiticient to show that you have not struck the root of the evil against which you are striving. The democratic party have not attached too much importance to this subject of the finances, They have made it @ prominent feature in their platform. ‘They mean that the public faith shall be res- pected, and that the rich and poor shall fare aiike, without unjust discriminations; they mean that the public debt shalt not be increased be- yond tts present limit, and that retrenchment suall be introduced iuto all the departments of the Roos service. I will tell you Low this is to be it about. We hear @ great deal about paying certain issues of government bonds in greenbacks, inetead of gold, and @ controversy is now going on upon this point. aly poner is to bring greenbacks to the stancdurd of gol When the democratic party talk of rewrenchmest and economy they mean what they say—not to make it a part of thelr platform, as the radicals have done at Chicago, and in the face of their declaration to go on appropriating millions to support the Freedmen’s Bureau, with iis army of reiainers, to domineer over the white man—to hoid on with a dogged persistence in their policy of waste and extravagance—to pile up the public debt by every species of reckless expenditure—but to insist upon prompt relief to the taxpayer. With this de- termimation honestly ‘out you aud I will never see the day after the mavurit; of these bonds when the public creditor wifl ever raise @ difiicalty whether he ig in goid or grecnbac! Keduce your army and navy to @ peace standard. Why should you continue these expenditures on @ war foouug? We are at peace with ail the world; what do you want with tis cumbersome military organization? You have nobody to fight. Put down your Freedmen’s Bureau. It has done nojhing but demoratize the negro. The people don’t want it; the negro don’t want it, Stop your disgraceful aerate at your comta'ttees of investigation, travelling over the coun- try to squander the people’s money, and crowd tie sieivea oi your libyaries with waste paper; make your public offic sponsible to the President, who las been deprived of his power over them, (under the Tenure of ONice bill,) that he may hold m cneck the injamous frauds that are now startling ine country, and my life upon it, that in jess time tian you can iairly organize your system, you will bring the navioual currency to the standard of goid. You will inspire confidence in the capi- taitste, strengtvea the public credit, aud event- ualiy lessen the burden of taxation. But if we persist in forcing # gradual augmentation of the jebt, a4 these radicals ave doing, and mani- ta determination tu persevere in this course of rechicas extravagance, Who does not see tiat a Guan- cial crisis Will soon be apon us and that aii the great interests of trade and industry will be invoived in tie ruin? The poopie can hardly estimate the dam- age which has resulted from the concerted effort of tue radieal party prevent the reconstracuon of tuese Su upon any just basis,’ The revoited States are viriuaily oat of the Colon now. They have re- ceived no cvidence of kindly recognition, Formerly they bore their fair proportion of the burdens of tax- ation. Tuc eXporis before the war will show how Jargely they contributed to the national wealth. Now they ure prostrate, their lands are idle, their sources of product. on have been closed to theip, they have noting let upow Which @ levy could be made to pperate, The radical party will net permit them to do justice to themselves or the government, ‘They hold them in a@ state of aveyance, and the nation suiers, We are py a the position of a people refusing aid when aid Is tendered to us. vo you not seo, my feow-citizens, that if the South is ot permitted to bear their just proportion of taxa- tion, we of the North must make up the deficiency? ‘The prompt reconstruction of the Southern States— the opening of their avenues of trade and produc- tion—I look upon as more important to the thy condition of your Onances than any other remedy to which | could direct your attention. Had this been done when the war closed we should not be in the situation thas we are now, with gold at 145 and our resources taxed to their atmost capacity to pay eur just debts. Nor do} look for relief until every vea- tige of the party which has so long tam; with our best interests shall cease to exercise the powers re they have persistently and wiluily abused. e have other vast issues involved in this con- test wivch the platform of the democratic part; has clearly brought to the public view. In the eighu article they foreshadow their put to iusist upou “equal rigits and protection for naturalized and native born citizens at home and abroad, the assertion of American ity which shal! com- mand the respect of foreign Powers and furnish an example aud encouragement to peopie struggling for uational integrity, constitutional liberty and in- dividual rights, aud the maintenance of the rights of naturalized citizens against the absolute doctrine of immutable “ and the claims of foreign Powers to punish them for plage crimes committed beyond their jnrisdiction, administration of the foreign. depastinent of this government has tailen short the pate expectation, The democratic as oie it understood now that they want no iuaid or Limeserving policy in our intercourse witi foreign nations. We are no k r & second rate Power, This whole continent is dedicated to liber'y and the prop the ation of free institutions, and American people will see that no adverse infu. ence is permiited t taterfere with the great f- ture which is before 08 The dectrine of tiumu- tabie aliegianes will be ignored, and those who become ciltzend of this great republic, and have fought the protection of iis fag, will enjoy te privi leges of American citizens, be ‘he consequences what they may, We live in am age of progress, The doors of jastice and must be kept wide open, pA pst of this peopte will be freely axteotes to the oppressed of every American nationality most furnish “an example encouragement to pews, struggling for national integrity, constitu- nul liberty and mdividual rights,” In this march of free government we have nothing to fear, With Justice and right inscribed npon our banner we shail go forth conquering and to conquer. The nations will admire if they cannot BpaTO NG and the Amen- can flag will carry joy and gladness wierever it shall float, upon the sea and upon the land, to the Temotest confines civilization. have en- deavored to eat work which is rst’ reconstract this government by & cor- dial reunion of all the States. We musi subordi- nate the military to the civil power. We must insist upon econo! and retrenchment in our ex- penditures. We must inaugurate a system of finance which shall’ relieve the burden of taxation. And lastly, in the maintenauce of our federal system, we must plant ourselves upon the constitution a8 our only guide. Can you rely upon the radical party to do What we require? Have they not already brought you to this alarming condition of our national atfairst Are they not responsible? Sermons. and Grant are before us, ‘the one a constitutional deme- crat, the other a radical republican—one represent- ing the civil the other the military element. The one a statesman, the other a soldier. The one with defined views of our piiblic policy, the other without a platform, and, 80 far as we are informed, without preconceived convictions a8 to his line of duty. I am not here lo-nighs detract from the laurels of is General Grant. 1 do hot propose to discuss his past record. He @ soldier, and I treat him as @ soldier, He is -@ public man and a candidate for the highest civil office in the ee of the people, Whatever his successes, we ave a right to inquire whether he brings with him the requisite capacity aut quatifications to rale this country in a crisis like this? Lam frank in saying that [ do not believe he does, He has made himself the servant of a party which has brought ruin upon the country, and which, if be is successfulin this contest, will bring ruin upon him, Without expe- rience, he must throw himself into the arms of those who have placed him tn the position which he oceu- The radical party will ciaim him—they a right to claim him—and his studied icence will not save him from the withering cts of their embrace. Washburne and Wade ‘ y and the ieaders 01 ical party are 1 Grant, the ned to approach mn. bit General Grant, the 2 of the ultra, radical party f esidency of the ues. Im tha ution he must encounter of public scratiny. Let me ask you, then, fellow citizens, what you are to expect at his hands in reforming the abuses 10 which L have referred ? Ave we to go on four years ionger under radical rule, trampling upon the rizats of the people, ignor- ing all consuitutional restrant, increasing the bur- dens of taxation, subordnating the civil to the mili- tary power and keeping the States divided and disorganized? God forbld, ‘The people want cliange. Tue prospect of military rule for another Presidential teria alarms the country even in its e838 and improbability. Such a result would yor into the triends of constituonal gov- ernment, It would give an endorsement to the out- rages through which we have passed, It would reak up, in the recognized supremacy of Congress the other departments, the equilibrium on which our safety depends, and strike down the gov- eminent of our fatuers without the prospect of its ever being restored uniess by revolution and biood- shed, General Grant might throw himself into the breach, but ia the trimmph of the radical party the result would be inevitable. In conclusion permit me to call your attention to a word of encourage- Ment from two of our most prominent adversaries. 1 quote from the New York HkRALD:— Gresley besins to ree the Presidential canvass in clearlight, and sees every reason to fear the fajlure of Grant, He says that the labor that is to insure the triumph of the republican candidate ‘hs yet to be done ;” that six times as many clubs as the Grant men now have are n hi it can expect to win the clubs must intilion votes from those who are now indifferent or hostil to the repubucan party. And all this, he justly reaous, “im. fe euch & canvass aw has never yet been made in our coun. Hy." For those who fancy the election of Grant and Colfax certain he says:—8o far is this from the fact that they are this hour fn peril of defent” and “will surely be beaten if their steadfast Bupporiers are not speedily aroused to general and intense activiy.”” Republicans “have to poll their very last vote in half the States—many more than they ba it polied in tue belt of States beginuing with Uonnecth extending through New York, New Jersey, Pennaylva ‘Ohio to Indiana”-or Seymour will be the next Prestd believes that “ihere is danger—grave danger will not be the next President, I have said enough, fellow citizens, to conyinco you of my earnestuees in cis appeal to your patriot. ism and dove of country. The people want no change in their form of government, They have lived peace- ably under it for more than halfacentury. They fought the batties of the Revolution without a stand- ing. army, aud they want no sending army now—no military arm to tntimidate and contro! them in the exercise of their coustitutional functions. ‘The fed- eral compact recognized no such principie. We have submitted too long already to the usurpations of this radical party. The power of the people must now be felt through the ballot box. The time fs at hand When the country expects every man to do his duty. It the democratic candidates succeed, the country will be redeemed; if they fail, we may look for an- other four years of anarchy and confusion, We put our trust in the wisdom, intelligence and virtue of the people, —— POLITICAL NOTES. nnn nnn A copperhead journal calls Mr. Griswold, the re- publican candidate for Governorg “the iron-clad im- poster,” “the confidence candidate,” “Peter Funk ofice seeker” and other choice names, while another terms General Grant an “ignorant butcher,” and refers to him by other vile epithets. The Lynchburg Virginian states that from the outlook now afforded ‘it seems quite improbable that the radicals will carry @ single electoral vote in the South except, perhaps, the State of South Carolina. The new Governor of Alabama has deceived them and defeated the only chance they could have for se- curing the vote of that State for Grant and Colfax. In Louisiana things are not much better, for the more ultra among them denownce Governor War- moth for his moderate course. Experience has shown already that in the South there 1s no middie ground. Arepublican must be radical or conserva- tive; ifthe latter he naturally falls into the demo- cratic ranks.’? ‘This is the way the partisans are making votes for Grant. We copy from the Hartford Times:—It is a well known fact that Colfax, the radical candidate for Vice President, was an out and out, full blooded, red hot, third degree Know Nothing, The writer of this has just received a@ letter from a friend in Chi- cago, Slating that (rant wade use of the following language in the cars on his recent tour, Just before he reached that city. Itts vouched for by a radical and made public to prove that Grant is all right on the nigger: — ‘The democrats are making a great fuss over negro suifrage. Astor ie, I think that our colored fellow cliizens have just as good @ right to vole as the foreigners have. Horatio Seymour is annonneced as the candidate of the workingmen. This is a good time to work if the workinginen can get it, The Memphis Avgunche is getting stupid, Is this a sign? A number of radical canvassers are taking ont life insurances before they go South. Is this a sign? ‘The Atlanta (Ga.) New 2#ra (radical) says—and it will be diMcult to tell to which party it refers:—“If disunion editors will take our advice, they will quit abuse and resort to facts and arguments, The latter Weapons might seem awkward to tem at first, but @ proper use of them would goon dissipate the didl- culty.” Is tals a sign? The Richmond New Nation (radical) says nearly everybody is complaining of hard times, and ac- Knowledges “times are hard.” Isthisasign? * “Let us have flogging! exclaims the Winona (Minn.) epublican (radical). The radical Attorney General of Alabama follows the advice, with galt in It. ‘The Indiana Congressional nominations are as fol lows:— 1—Jas. ©. Veatch. .W. BE. Niblack, . 2—W. Q. Greshaw M. ©. Kerr, 38—R. N, Lamb .W. §. Holman, 4—G. W, Juliaa.. J, 3. Reid, W, Keightley. D. W. vourhecs M. D. Manson. 6—John Coburn. 7—G. 8, Orth.. 8—Daniet . Pratt. oJ. P. C. ee 10—William Willig 1—Jasper Packard... M. K. Farrand, The republican candidates in the First, Second, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh were generals, and in the Sixth a major, in service during the Inte war. Dr. John D, Mendenhall, for several years past connected with the Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat, died in that town on Monday, the 17th instant, in the fifty-fourth year of hisage. During tho war, while Colonel Davis was absent inthe army, Dr. Menden- hall had the sole management of the Democrat and conducted it with great vigor and ability, The Harrisburg (P'a.) Patrtot (democrat) wants to know ‘what bas General Hartranft to say about the illegal payment of more than $9,000 to members of logisiative committees for services 1" ‘The Raleign (¥. 0.) Standard refers to the follow: ‘wager:—'"We proposed in a recent issue to bet a box of cigars that the Hon, Nathaniel Boyden would support Grant and Colfax. We dre now willing to go another box that Cfant and Colfax will carry the Sixth Congressional @laivict, heretoforte he strong- | hold of Zeb Vance avd the ‘lost cause.’ Who takes | the bet?’ . | GERERAL ROSECRANS AND THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE. The Generals Visit to White sulpbur Springe—The Object of It—Interview with General Lee—Submance of Their Conversa- tlon—Interview with Other Southerners—An Address in Preparation. (White Sulphur Springs (August 22) correspondence of the Richmond Whig.) The arrival of General Rosecrans by the stage yes- terday created quite a stir among the male sojourn. ers here, among them many who figured jargely in other days in the councils of the nation, ‘The object of his visit, before his arrival, was understood tobe for the purpose of conferring with General Lee ana others as to the best means of placing before the North a statement of the real feeling of the people of the South towards the Union. He had stopped in Staunton to see Mr. Stuart and compare views With him, but that geutiemun was here at the time. General Rosecrans bad, however, a long interview with Mr. John b. baldwin, wach be states was very satisfactory to him, AS soon a8 dinner. was over General Rosecrans sought General Lee, and they conversed freely for some hours. The Sat in the same room two gen- eral officers, who, early in the bloody drama not long closed, figured as tic leaders-of two opposing armies, talking of peace und conciliation and a restoration of the goverument. And what Robert Lee said then and there the South s% for he is the embodiment of her seniment, and sve is willing to confide her honor, her imierest and her all to his keeping, knowing that whatever he does is right. General Rosecrans, Wuo 18a very fluent talker and who expresses his opinions with @ soldierly want of reserve, as your correspoi t knows, said that there were many honest, well-weaning men in the North and West who have been led to believe by the misrepresentations of the Southern correspon- dents of 38, a3 Well as by the speeches of th , hat the people of the South Just as hostiie to Lae Union now as during the war, and as much cimbitieied agatust the North- eri peop.e as they were when both were in arms; that they hate the- negroes with a deatily hate be- cause they have been treed, and but fer the strong arm of the military woutd reduce them to a state of practical slavery and perpeuace ali pianner of out- Tages upon thein, ile proposed, therefore, What the general officers of the Coniederate army, repr seating as they do the valor, the chivalry and Cie trata of tie South, waite and jay betore ihe Noritiemi people, ina tangible form that cannot be dispaicd, the true state of the feeling as he had found to everywhere in his travels south. General Lee denied that the people of the South are inimical to the Lmon. ‘They want peace and long for it, This is their univ: 1 sentime as he has been able to ascerthiy nities have been many, {2 jueut conversations and extensive correspond With representative persons in all outh. AS to (heir ant- inosity to the the tact, and why should ti ve? Said b no rivalry betwgeu tue races, but a reciprocal in- terest grow? out of the fuct tat each ependent upon the other to a gr «ing: em ployment aud the other emp rt irom this, they had been reared togetiier and there is a natural aifection and sympathy between tiem. General Lee gave his cordial approval to the patriotic object which General Rosecrans has in view and is 80 Zealousiy prosecuting. ‘At the close of this tmic.esting interview, which lasted some hours, a number of gentiemen, tneiud- ing Mr. A. H. H. Stuart, General Echols, neral J. R. Anderson, Major sutierla, of Danville, General Rosecrans and protested against lis leaving this morning, as he announced he iniended to do on his arrival. He referred Ww his meeting with Gene- ral Lee in terms of great sauisfaction and readily consented to remain wutil Sunday, As they were leaving, he requested Mr. Stuart to remain and con- fer with him in the same irank, honest, soidier-like manner he had with our great captain in the after- noon. The views expressed by him were substanti- ally the same as I have ,iven in the abstract above. ‘The conversation, however, took a wider range and embraced the political issues now before the coun- try. Upon these General Rosecrans was pot at all reticent as to his sition nor as to his preference between the Presideritial tickets. Mr. Stuart gave tim a iull, rank and clear statement of the condition of — things in the South, the feeling of the people as to the Union, their friendly regard for the negroes, their detestation of carpet-hayyers radical emissaries and their desire for speedy restoration to the Union ina constitutional way. ‘l'o-day General Rosecrans was in conversdtion with otier gentlemen here, omitting no occasion to give expression wo the same views. He ts evidently in earnest. No plan has yet been decided upon, but it is proha- ble that some distinguisied gentleman known to the whole country will be requested to prepare a paper in accordanc@with tue suzgestion of General Rose- crans, which shall sct forth clearly and fully the real State ef feeling now eXxisiiug in the South. This will be printed and forwarded to all the general officers of the Contederaie uriny and such representative Southern statesmen as it is deemed desirable should sign it for their siguatures. At the same time they will be requested (0 wd: such comments as they may think proper. General Rosecrans was. in the ballroom to-night and was escorting a lady. Generals Lee and Beau- regard were at the sae time promenading with two of the belles of the Springs. Ly way of parenthesis, both of them are great galiants. Alexander H. Stephens, ot Georgia; Governor Pickens, of South Carolina; Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana; Governor Letch- er, A. H. H. Stuart, Alien Caperton, Rev. J. lL. M. Curry, formerly member of Congress from Alabama, are among the visitors here who have a national reputation, There any number of others well known in the state. ‘The country and city press well represented. Modesty forbids me to say more. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Mrs. Yelverton is giv’ng readings in Atlanta, Ga. Mme. Parepa-Kosa returus to New York in Oc tober. Mr. Bateman opens in Montreal on Monday even- ing with Tost:e, ° Flotow’s new opera, “The Two Composers,” will be performed in Prague in September, Miss Fannie Stocktou las created a sensation in Philadelphia by her adjsirable singing, Titiens is nearly fiity-years old, but one of the Bret lyric artists of the age, Maretzek makes the West the scene of operations in Italian and Geriian opera for the coming season. He opens in Chicago about vue 16th of September. A grand reception Sole champetre will be given on Thursday evening, the loth of September, by Mr. and Mrs, Barney Williams at “Kathleen Villa,” Bath. The Worrell Sisters, under the management of Mr. T. L, Donnelly, open with oj ra Gouge ot the Gris- wold Opera House, Troy, on Monday evening next. Mr. Edward Eddy, tue popular tragedian, eom- menced a short engage { last evening at the Buf- falo Academy of Music, appearlug as Bratos, The Galveston, Te icatee, baving been thor- oughly reconstructed 4. cuovated, will open for the season on the ist of October, ander the nage. ment of Mr. Morris Grecuwail, with Mr. R. D. Ogden as leading man, The Bostoniaus are enjoying the drama of “Foul Play,” minus the ship scoue, at the Museum tn that city. Another version of the same play will be brought oat in gradd syle at the Boston theatre on Monday evening. ‘oul Piay’’ is now running smootiily at both the Broadway and New ‘ocx thoatres, 1b will be with- drawn from the boards of tue Broadway on Satur- day evening, to wake room tor Mra, General Lan- der, who is announced (0 appear on Monday even- ing in her groat luapersoaatioa o1 Mary stuart. Komeo Jailer Jenkins Ledingwell 18 meeting with immense success ta ihe Quaker City, He is holding forth at the Walnul, and ue house ts crowded night The critica are in rapinres over bis acting, and think him superior in eccentric characters to oan Kip Van Winkle Jefferson or Solon Shingle ens. we Mr. Isidore Meyer, tie well known assistant of Mr. Grau in the Histor! administration, announces @ se- ries of readings to ve given at Steinway Hall by Mra, Scott Siddons, ‘The tliat reading will be given om Octover 12. Mr. Calonne, the husband of Mr. Bateman’s little prima donna, Irma, wili be one of the attractions of the coming musical season. He is said to be @ vio- Hnist of very high order, Mr. T, 8. Booth, the eidest son of the late Junius Brutus Booth, proposes reappearing upon the: dra- matic boards during the full and winger season. Mr. Booth has not been on the stage for over twenty years, since which time he has resided in Philadel- Phia, where he lias been recognized as a physician of considerabie ski'l, hie is in very comfortable cir- cumstances, but returns to the scenes of his early triumphs through a love for the drama. The next iour of the Ullman-Pattt troupe will com- ence With Denmark ald Sweden and take in Bel- jam. The artists are:—Mile. Carlotta, Herr Jael and his wife, \ieuxtemps, Urutamacber, Trenka and Jacquard, The recel) ts of the different places of amuse- ment for the month of July, as returned to the seye- ral collectors, were as illo’ Miss Lydia Chompyon, with her comedy and bur lesque troupe, comprising, in addition herself, Miss Lisa Weber, Covent Garden; Miss Pauline bam a tw iy dl geek woe aud, frou the “strand,” . Beckett, comedian, from the _ Prince of Wales Mr. Michael Connolly, harge of Mr. Alexander manager, aul arrived on Sunday evening fetropolitan theatre and will appear as ,s neces Cam be ploperiy theatre, Liverpool, and musical director, under ¢ Henderson, Us ppuiar Bagiish so 7 ‘of Ant 60! prodwved