The New York Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1868, Page 5

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. ALEXANDER H, STEPHENS, He Prephesies Despetiom and an Empire— @atee—Tho Presidential Electiou—No Trou ble Anticipated During the Election—His Views on National Finances. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, August 20, 1868 ° Thirty years ago Mr. Stephens visited these @prings, just at the commencement of his remark- able political career. He was then twenty-six years of age, making him now fifty-six, and already in the feeble health that has been the bane of his entire existence. It washere he contracted the habit of smoking a pipe which has characterized him for many years past. Again this season has Mr. Ste- phens honored the Springs with his presence, and, of course, has attracted an unasal share ef attention from ‘the numerous visitors ‘who have recently thronged this delightfal watering place in quest of health, pleasure and some of them political recreation. These latter, however, were few, though the Springs has been noted for its political meetings and Presidential campaigning prior to the late unhappy civil war. The meeting of the large number of ex-Confederate generals and statesmen recently may be said to have been the result of accident; but the coming of General Rose- erans has given ita decided political cast, of which you are already faliy informed. Mr. Stephens, I bad learned, while evincing a deep interest in. the political affairs of the country, determined to take no active part in the great campaign now im progress, though the most vital issues and principles with which he bas been identified his whole life are involved. He has devoted himself to his work, the first volume of which has been published, and on the second of which he is now engazed—these literary pursuits occupying the greater portion of his time when bis health aliows. But, notwithstanding that, he has be- come politically a recluse. I calied upon him for the purpose of learning his views on the great mmpending issues in one of the cottages In the “Georgla Row” here, Seated on a rocking chair, with the inevitable pipe in his mouth, the floor strewed over with news- papers, suggestive of an editor's room, I found the former Vice President of the confederacy. Pale, emaciated and almo t shrivelied, his thin lips twitch- mg nervously, his felt hat on because of neuralgia in the head, one leg thrown over the other, the foot of which was constanuly in @ nervous motion, but his dark eyes sparkling brilliantly and his entire features remarkable for an intellectual expression, Mr. Stephens impresses the visitor with @ feeling of deference, mingled with pity that such wonderful mental power should be accompanied by 80 feeble a physical organization. After a few re- marks as to his health, which le sald was very r, and was the cause of his present visit to the Springs, J asked for his opinions politically, and received a reply which fully confirmed what I had heard—that he did not intend to make any expression of them nor in any way to mesdle with the contest. “Allowing such to be the case,’? I remarked, “a mere conversation on political topics cannot be con- strued ito a participation in the cam) 7 «*frue,’? he repled; “butif published in the HERALD that cast might be given toit. I am unwell, how- rer, to-day, and if youcall again I may talk with rou.”? ‘This was a few evenings since, and in accordance with his expressed permission I again presented ‘myself to-day, tinding him looking better, decidedly More communicative and exceedingly interesting, “How do you regard the present condition of the country, Mr. Stephens f” I commenced. “As exceedingly deplorable. ‘The .ast ves! of constitutional freedom are rapidly disappearing and We are fast ve into centralization and despot- ism. Uniess some wonderful change takes place, ‘uniess the le of the North exercise that wisdem for which Americans have been so remarkable in the ‘past, wie they seem to have lost it latterly, the ‘world shail ere long witness the establishment of an o empire on the ruins of tis once great republic. The inaugurated by the dominant he have trampled the constitution under foot ve solely to eep \- selves in wer and to effect the same object, Without a political revolution occurs Meantime the government will be merged into @ despotism—an empire. If Grant is elected next No- paige I never expect to see another Presidential lect on. “What fs your opinion of Grant personally?” “That he is entirely underrated by the country and the press. I know him very well. He is a remarka- ble inan and one that few appreciate, of decided military genius, indomitable en: and determined ‘witl—just the man for @ coup d@état such as the resent Emperor Louis Napoleon performed when e placed himself on the throne of France.” “Do you know the other candidates and what To eet from the election of Seymour and ir “Blair I know; Colfax I know; Seymour I don’t know. They are all very clever, good fellows, Blair and Colfax I served in Congress wi ‘and per- sonally I have no objection to any of them. Blair is &@ man of ability, integrity and character; so is Sey- mour, as far as | know; and Colfax may be placed in the same category. But it is not the men; it is not Grant and Colfax; itis not Seymour and Blair that are to be regarded in the next election, It, is the principles they represent that are at issue. The fight is not —— Grant and Colfax, bat against ‘the iniquity of the dominant party that has brought the country to the —— of ruin and threatens nally to destroy it. The of negro governments at the South, the disfranchixe- ment whites and the expenditure and corruption of the Et government are the issues to be fought. at the Whiskey bill, Why, sir, I never saw nor heard of @ more odious or abominable document, and it is but a sampleof the ‘tion of the party. The election of Seymour and blair would, 1 , Testore harmony, abolish corruption, give the ites the right to regulate their own dom affairs, and by an economical adinin- istration of the government reduce taxation and lessen (ne national debt to an extent that in a gene- ration it would scarcely be feit. Imagine a yearly expenditure of $460,000,000 and the country groan- ing under excessive taxation to pay the interest on fa debt of $2,500,000,000 that was contracted to keep the Southern States in the Union, which, after the Joss of a muilion of men and the lapse of three years * the ciose of the war, is yet undone. What the @ Union for the North is now doing. The ed additional consdtutional guarantees: in the Union; the latter enacts and adopts unconstitutional guarantees in the shape of amend- ments to the constitution before they will admut the South again. Ail this is wrong and is but, as I said before, aa advance towards despotism and an em- pue.” “tow would the Southern people act with regard to universal suffrage in the event of the success of Seymour and Blair?” “Vhey would abide by jndicial decisions, and there is liitie doubt that all this party legislation to secure power would be overthrown. Conventions would be called and the people would reguiate suf- frage as best they thought proper. I believe a system of qualified suffrage on an educational basis would ‘be generally adopted ia the South in such an event," “po you anticipate any trouble during the Prest- ential eleci.ou between the races in the newly ree constracted states "” “No; except wien it is provoked by the unprifct- pled whites who have associated themselves with he negroes to get office. The whites wi tuey nave been able and quiet, relying mai on the North {e rance from tae frighttul con- dition m whic hey are pineed, The ery of the Tadicais ‘Let us have peace,’ means Let us have war. hey desire it, and to make political capital fuaugur: loodshed, If not thwarted by. the forbearance of the wiutes, They raise the ery war. They le when they say le have no means to inake tion to fight; no enemy to meet and the civil iberty which &s citizens of tats repub.ic they are entitled to,” “Would the negroes res to arms in case they were deprived of suifrage If they would and did and fought for it they should vertainiy be entitled to fi, but as a body ora le they wi jot do it. An occasional instance here inignt be among them ot men who would, under the Inspiration and guidance of whites, clamor Tight of suffrage, but 30 rare as to be scarcely abie, AS & race, @ people, they do not appre- liberty. It is not in their natures, ‘They are viy children of the sun, with none of the genuine aspirations of the whites to be free. But if an evi- deuce of what I say were wanted I can point Tennessee, Where eighty thousand whites—Anglo- Saxons—bave been disfranchised, and they «do not re- sort to aria, in Georgia there are twenty-five thousand, and throughout the South in the same roeportion, but we heat of no insurrection or revel- ion on this account. Therefore it is clear the negro will scarcely fight nnder the same circumstances, notwithstanding that it may be said, ‘And the colored troops ought bravely.’ * “tiow do you regard the finances of the country and = er people in favor of paying the national det “Lam precisely of the same opinion as Mr, Pendle- ton un the subject of the finances. His views accord with mine fully. Deal frankly with the bondhoider without speculating on bun and without er ke 4 him to speculate on the public. Keep good faitl ‘with public creditors and thus sustain it, But Orst restore consututional freedom, reduce taxation, abolish the Freedmen’s Bureau and ali other chan- neis of corruption, and enfranchise every white man now disfranch and then you will find public credit good and gold: at par. As to the payment of the debt, with a reduction of the annual expenditure fro to $40,000,000, it would soon be ple would be more anxious to sus- national honor than would the Southern peopie. A noted fact in our hin tory haa been that, however lavish Soutu- erters were in their personal expendity Mey were always stingy and economical in public pecunial airs, aud always jealously guarded their Public honor, Some might atrempt to refute this by Saying that Micslesppi refused to pay her bonds; but toer were few wio knew the characier of te NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. caps es ener aeeantenet ant tant circumstances in sho teeenet ite met this juncture . Stephens remembered he had as crgaremeat Sadi his usual punctuality he good evening, *eP Hh afer wi oid Nis TUE CAMPAIGN IN MAINE. ‘The Democracy Aroused—Skirmishing on the Line—A General Assault Upon the Radicals Agreed Upo: PORTLAND, August 31, 1868. In 4 previous letter I spoke of the apparent inac- tivity of the democrats and expressed the fear that energy. I have now to report that their apparent inactivity was only feigned. ‘The leaders were merely arranging @ plan of campaign and making disposition of forces preparatory vo a general assault ‘upon the enemy’s position, which will be made at once along the whole line and at one hundred and eighty points, Sunset Cox, of New York, opens the ball at Kittery tomorrow on the left of the line, after demonstrations have been made by E. 0. Perrin, of New York, at Wells; John E. Fitzgerald, of Boston, at Frosaue Isle; dunes Brooks, of New York, at Gardiner, ang others at various points to-day. To-morrow Richard O’German will command the left centre of the line at Lewiston, and @ genera! assault upon the radicals will be made at once by Cox, Perrin, Brooks, O'Gorman, Abraham R. Lawrence, Tuomas C. Field, of New York; General ‘Tom Ewing, of Kansas; Fitzgerald, of Boston, and thirty or forty resident and non-resident orators at diferent points on the line, ‘Tom Ewing, on account of his military record, will be commander-in-chiet, and Cox, Brooks, Chase and Perrin will be sub-com- manders. One hundred and eighty assaults are to be riade at once, and there is every prospect that hey such an sre of taleat = democratic ay ane will sweep on to Victory, carrying every ti efore it on the Tat of September. bn 3 eas The announcement of these meetings was made this morning, aud took everybody by surprise, aa it Was supposed that the democracy had been buried out of sigut by the demonsiration at Bangor on Thursday, The deimocracy are tn ecstasies. The radicals are panic stricken at the array of force made by the conservatives, and are considerably demoral- ized, fam, perhaps, violating no confidence in stat- ing that if his other engagemenis will permit, Major General Frank Blair will be here in a few days to take comimand of the entire line and ‘carry the war into Airica”—no reflection upon the colored troops, “who fought nobly.” Political Revulsion Among the Laboring Classes—Taxation eof Bonds the Issue in Maine. PORTLAND, Sept. 1, 1868. I have been three days among the shipyards, wharves and other points of labor about Portland, and find the masses pretty well educated to the idea that the election of the republican ticket will increase their burdens, while there isa prospect that as the democracy are pledged to economy, taxation of bonds and reduction of taxation, State and national, they will do the masses equal justice. The general fecling is, “Can I not pay my own taxes easier than Ican those of myself and the untaxed bondholder combined?’ Such is the question upon which the contest will be fought in this Congressional district. All other questions, including reconstruction, sink before the one of taxation. The fact that Fessenden in last night's speech carefully avoided referring to the taxation of bonds is taken as evidence that re- Publicans are afraid to meet that issue. Geveruor Tod—He Tells a New Joke About President Lincoln. Ex-Governor Tod, of Ohio, addressed @ republican Meeting in Orwell, Ashtabula county, on the 28th ult. In discussing the question of reconstruction the Governor said:— When Lee surrendered the rebel State governments ‘were ent overthrown and the problem of recon, Strnction (was, before. us. w Johnson had plan of reconstruction. But it was both unconstitu- jonal and unsafe for him to puc it in force. But bad that pure, noble man, Abralam Lincoln, been alive it would not hav® been safe to have put the work into his hands, Nor would it have been safe to have left it in the hands of the rebels of the South. All democrats will agree to this. It was only with Cor todo the work, The pie entertained the Pg cog ae Sind recor ee why? years ago. n ve been & pel F per- fection is nota human attribute. I Pent not have but Taive General Garfe! y, fidelity and intel ir with AS a ho forming his work, although I might di im on the propriety of some individual vote, whole, Congress has done its work weil, and the 5 tion is now, shall Congress surrender thisnight? (Cries of * oye) ‘The rebela want to settle it their own Way. They want to dictate to the country through Wade Hampton. Seymour and Vi mn want, to into power to control the conn. ‘They will yjela in I Re ere to hoya] men and to Cor when they have secured the assumption of a rebel debt, ~ nent they have ~~ howd are in e war y the government, wi xy ha had for their » When they have secured Terie scare penne nates 5 purpose, sy con- ceal it. You taxpayers will all be interested for one- third of a century to come in Keeping this demo- crauc party ont of power. So soon 28 Hampton, Vallandigham and Seymour get into power you oy Test assured such wiil be the result. Hampton know best, and place him first, because he m the worst of ail three. Hampton and Vallandig- ham have some moral conrage, but Horatio Seymour has none. IT know him well, 1 came in contact with him while [f was (ov- ernor, He @ays Lincoln complimented him, and not me—of course he did, Seymour sent fineen th men into Pennsyivania when Lee was over- ronging it. I seut thirty thousand, Mr. Lincoin thats: Seymour, because he was a*# much sur- vised as if Wade Hampton had himself sent fifteen housand men. I took Mr. Lincoln to task for thanking Seymour and not me. Mr. Lincoln replied, “ Why, I never thanked Mra. Lincol for a cup of tea in my life.” (Great laughter.) Mr. Lincoin had no need to thank Ourtin, or Morton, or Yates, or ny- self, Mr. Lincoln had to keep General Dix in New York, but not in Coiumbus or Indianapolis. You, fellow citizens, will remember Dix’s eapateis to Seymour:—“'! have troops enough to take care of the rioters and you, too, Mr. Seymour.” (Cheers and laughter.) Horatio Speed says he never held a ernment bond, Of course not. He would not ve ten cents on the dollar if he were to be ob! vo hold it twenty ye: He hopes for the aesump- tion of the rebel debt, for. securing to the rebels p for their slaves and pensions jor their soldiers. Sade dle the Confederate debt on the governmeut and it would take a caMload of greenbacks to buy @ din- ner. Governor Tod then considered the Pendicton of paylog the flve-twenty bonds in greenbac dicton Would compel bonduolders to rec green- backs, How absurd to co.upela man to receive a due bill in full for @ debt bearing interest! A farmer Might as well try to take up @ note drawing interest With one paying nO Inerest. Would suck @ course be honest as between man and man? Governor Tod endorsed General Garfield's nancial opiions in the lan ‘De strongest terms, He then excused himaelf for not speaking longer by saying that his beaith was not the best and thai aiilictions bad been in the midst of his family. He had come forty miles to at tend this inceting because be wished to show his i terest and solicitude in the contest now Nave no political aspirations; they ne charm fur me, still less now thaa heretofore. J shall do alll can, 1 fought old Ashtabnia for thirty years, bat | now aak you fo roll ger majority than ever. [am pleased with the Chicago platiorm and the candidates that have been nominated, General J, A. Gartield=Under What © agencies Wor May Be Renewed, General Garfleld also spoke at the Oswell meeting, following Governor Tod. In the course of his re- marks he said:— In rebuilding what had been destroyed we found it necessary to dig deeper; that the burnt and_char- red timber# and proken foundations of the old rebel States were not fil material to work into the great temple of liberty, We dug down to find the solid rock of loyalty, And when we found it we discover- ed that it Was vi There was black as well as white marble. cheering.) We built at last upon the sure foundation of loy- alty. We had found that whatever might be the color of @ man’s skin, if he was @ friend of the gov- ernment, and not exciuded by acts of treason, he should be Sounted 08 ret coe great political at Oongress recon- structed the South, hat tine road | by Fight of these States have been admitted after their constitutions were framed and submitted to the people. Kight States have Some toe constitutional amendment. Three States have the terms, But the fourteenth constitu- tional iment has been fairly adopted. Even Andrew Johnson has been com} to announce it the constitution of the United States, as @ part The Chief Justice has so declared, We come back to you now, gentlemen, to inform you that the work wiih which you charged us two years ago has been completed, except the States of Virginie, Mississippi and Texas, It is a good = fellow- citizens, when men respect laws and constitutions, But they do not always do so, When they fail un- der betier motives, there is a littie triangular plece of atcel calied a bayonet which never fails to inspire respect—more respect with some men than law: In these three siates we have left the bayonet— (At this point in the apeech, a venerable democrat Miiied Gascral Garuad i epee tur ‘We friend:— 3f you persist in to’moner tata ene white ‘with the democratic hole. cou: yor aye ne nt Ms imto the abyas of war from which we have just is RS a a cee r a ” The tace of the det party is to the rear, but that of the Union ea 4 front, and ite re 18 (0 este: forward, you to say. fellow-citizens, in w! country shall move. gpm we ut or ex 3 but I am compelied to believe that the demo- cratic platform and leaders mean war. Can any one oelieve that the millions of loyal white mén in the South will tamely submit to have all this work overturned? Can any the three millions of black men, lately endowed with political rights, will tamely submit to have those rights all faken away from them and be crushed again? Oan avy man believe that the great republi- can of the North, Who lave sacriticed so much, will ly submit tosee all the war has accom- plished overturned and destroyed? I ailirm it as my conviction that if the democratic party succeeds in the electior un n Of @ President and Vice President all we have gained by. the war will be lost, The three hundred thousand men who have died in the strug- gle will have died in vain, The three hundred thou- sand who were crippled and waimed in vue war will have suifered in vain. All will be mn vain—ail will be lost if tue work we have done is overvurned. Elect General Grant, and tour years more will settle all these questions aud maintain an honorable peace. ‘THE CANVASS IN MICHIGAN, Senator Doolittle at Adrina. An imposing democratic meeting was held in Adrian, Mich., on th th ult, and was ‘addressed by Senator Doolittle. Touching upon financial topics, the Senator said:— At the beginning of the war Congress levied a tax of twenty millions of dollars directly upon the lands of the United States, to be apportioned according to the number of representatives. That act was after- ward postponed aud then rpealed, for the reason that such a tax would press jmost unequaily upon the peopl #or instance, the Congressional district in whic! situated Wallstreet in tae city of New York would pay no more direct taxes than in the dis- trict in which youiive. What equality is there in that, where the property In Wall street would be worth a hundred times, perhaps, the property of this dis trict? We must look, tuereiore, ior the spirit of this declaration, aud with the understanding that taxes upon lands are direct taxes, and are not embraced within the system now in force, The taxation now enforced is tureefold:—By duties upon imports, in- ternal revenue, inciuding the saie of stamps, licenses, &c., and taxation upon all property under the law denontinated the internal reveaue tax. The idea embraced within this declarat.ou means in simple Janguage that men shall bear the burdens of government equally in proportion to their pecuntary ability to bear them. It means that the rich men of the country shall pay thelr fair and just pro- portion of the taxation neces#ary to maintain the government which defends them in the enjoy- meut of that wealth, At present the great mass of our taxation is levied upon the consumption of the country and upon importations—upon our cotfee, our tea, our sugar—upon all those articles which are consumed by the peopie, Here i where the burden of our taxation resis. It is said that taxation upon Tuxnries is placed in just the same proportion as upon the necess of life. That depends alto- ther upon what is to be deemed tue necessaries of fe. Take tea, which is used by the whole people as & bevel and used 80 uuivel that it has come a necessity and no longer a luxury, that the mother and wife and husband sit down to the daily table and drink the cup which cheers but not in- ebriates, Take tobacco, so common intits use, used, rhaps, by the poor as much if not more Paar by e rich, @ tuxX upon them rests upon the amount consumed and does not depend upon whether the man who uses them i# rich—worth his millions— or whether he is a day laborer, It is by the pound upon the tobacco which is consumed, as itis upon the amount of those beverages which are used 80 commoniy through the whoie country by i the poor laboring man as inuch as by the rich, is, fellow citizeas, when ou come aown to tue ques- tion, which some throt gentioman, ugh the news Papers of this city, uas directed to me, that in the main taxation rests upon consumption, and tae srg man who works for @ dollar or adollat and a alf per , With his wife ana children depending upon btm for their conifort, is taxed as mueh for nis tea and eager. as the rich man who may, perhaps, be worth hundreds of thonsands of doll in ti bonds of the government, We are taxed upon what we eat, what we drink—upon those things which the pa mod with the keen ap} which labor gives un, demands as much or more Of, as Neccessitics, than the rich man needs to use. Therefore, you see, ey plow, cluzens, where great burden of wis taxation lies. Mullioas upon millions of dollars are collected upon our sugar, our tea, our coffee, They put taxes on wine, and wine of a high ry pays a higher tax than that of an inferior, and it thea clauned that they are taxing tie luxuries of life; but when you come to the mass of taxation it oe upon the consamption of the people. 4 will ot dwell longer upon this question of nce, but wiil say thay in the platform adopted in the city of New York they have declared in unequivocal terms in favor of one currency for the government and for the people; one @arrency for the laborer and for the oilicehoider; one currency tor the Renaloner who has left his limbs upon the field of battle, for the widow whose husband has fallen in defence of our laws, and for the rich bondholder, who, after all, bas loaned to the government, not gold, but paper money, (Applause.) NEGRO SUFFRAGE, Senator Doolittle thus discoursed upon the subject of negro suffrage:— ‘The States of the South have a8 much right to fix the qualifications of their electors as the States of the North, under the constitution. To deny that ia to deny that the constivation is the supreme law of the jand, over the South as weil as the North, Let us now practicaiiy apply the docerrine u this point contaued in tae piatform of the republican party — this donble-faced platform, that has a dark face for the South and a white face for the North—this doubie-tongued. platiorm, Which declares that tie people of the North have a right to determine for themselves, in tueir States, who shall vote, while in the South the people of the North, or rather the radt- cals Of the suut., wave the rigat to say who shall vote, O04 a Le eople of those States themselves. ouppos ve Chief Justice of the United States should. be called upon in the State of Pennsyivauta, to refer to the constitu- tion, and should open that volume and read the words which it contains. Does it not contain the same words when he opens it in Pennsylvania that it contatus when be opens it im Virwiniat Docs it read guy diferent whea read in Virginia from what it reads to the people of Pennayivamia? A man ae be @ fool Wo suppose there is any diiferenve in it. I have stood in the Senate of the United States and geen those men who in 1865 united in resisting this usurpation npon the constitutional rights of the Souta, denouncing the idea of forcing aegro suf- frage down the throats of unwliling people—mea who stood by me then represented tures-fourtus of the republicaa party—I have seen thei go over one by one through the influence of ean dicta- tion, "But, fellow cluzens, there were two or that body that have not to Baal (Cueers.) There Connecticut, and 7 é u spirits bowed the Dixon, party when it maintained the doctrines of Lincoln and Johnson in a reconstruction policy base npon the rights of the whites of the Southern States, They have stood by tue constitution they took aa oath to support, and they have not broken it. I elaim no meritin this that | had kept my oath when other men had faited to do #0. It was a solemn duty | owed the constitution and the country I loved, When I entered the Senate of the United States I ratsed my right hand, and in the presence of Al- mighty God swore to support the constitution of the United States. That oath, which was then taken, ‘was registered in heaven @§ Wweli a4 upon earth, and there Is no earthly consideration, no earthly power, uo party dictation, no caucus resolution, tat can drive ine to @ violation of that oath, (Cheers.) in knee of A Sound Letter from a Sontherner=The Whole Argument in a Nutshell. \, ATLANTA, Ga., A at 17, 1968, Messrs. W.T.W. ‘Scunws, 408. HoDGSON nd A. H. MoaRs:— GENTLEMEN—Yours of the 8th inst. is regetved. My heart is with you, as would be my hand and ihe maulutale of public wud petvele’ eugnesnents @ multitude of S alee not absolutely . ‘ou understand the momentous character of the No hyperbole can exag: issues before the country, why isthe whole country #0 aroused ? we at the South and the bi cameo’ Boys yas 4 cently wore ray, soldiers of the Not ‘and the soldiers of the South, the men who recent! belleve the constitntion. this Union. Upon ve their money and sons to the a its triamph of the Union and constitution is the only bond this ail are agreed, ere can ho other bond of union under our system. Yet without a blush, with- out a pang, the oracies of republicanism—this com- mon enemy—in utter scorn of responaibility and in utier contempt of public opinion, proviaim and prac- tee of “ copstitu- Bar iney Mave ben derauied a? the june ° = aoe renee pe and a out of their ps eh of evils and oppressions. r evi rs “Disunion” the impiiea has pom, in violation of againet manitout rushes of @ large majority of the people of at which Saxon representation, liberty turns pale, because it has always been the portent, the precarsor, hitherto the teober of bloody Tevolutions—this shameless outrage has been perpe- trated by this common enemy, not only without sutkority, but without the condescension of apology. ‘The open coronation has been made in the face of ay of the military over constitutions and all the, old sacred institutions of civil liberty, the Len the easence, the very definition of des- ‘Ten have each of which has been of antiquity in of we been made to march before the chariot, whether the federal Executive nd Judiciary, representative of the rest, have been a at the wheels of this triumphant tyranny. ‘They have evinced the same reverence for the con- stitution of our fathers that Caligula did for the Ko- man, when, in contempt and derision of the people, the haughty monarch invested his nding horse with the dignity of the consnlate over the prostrate neck of that once proud people, Even When they have used some of the simulated constitutional forins, ‘such as elections to perfect tie scaemes, these have only been the sheath of the pomard that they might give the fatal stab to liberty with more cun- ning security, ‘To crown ull and cap the climax of these enormt- ties they have made a recently servile race Une politl- cal superiors of the educated classes of tie South, and now by the vilest tools of party shape the prejudice and increase the batred of this race against the whites by representations which they Know to be taise, and thus to peovoke a War of races, which they know to be imminent. What are we todo? Endure! That is the great virtue We must continue to practise until the mag- Hanimous millions at the Norti, who feel outraged by these wrongs, shall right th at the ballot box, We have borne much—we have much to bear now— partion f Alabama, Kut let us exercise bstain from violence alisia ves upon ex. ites of this Umion, like captive monarchies ld Rome, har 18 of se and undue excil Radi nt, citement. It isa great specalator in tue patnetic, lvatteiupts to deceive and madden the honest sy pathies of the North by getting up a spectacte of blood, just as the matador of the Spanish bull fight, goads aud maddeus the noble animal to his death by Waving before him the on of his Kpectal aversion, the blood red searf. Let us endeavor to disappoint them. Let ns not visit upon the heads of the unfor- tunate and deluded negro the sins of the bad white men Who teach bin to abandon, hate aud insult bis: best friends, iat us be kind aud forbearing toward him still, remembering that he is beguiicd into the commis- sion of outrages by unscrupulous demagozues all over the South, who are uow persuading hii taat if party trrmphs it will Jee us be kind and forbeariy y Of this, Not sanguine, for the radicals among us are intent upon it. Blood, not truth, is then capital tu trade; excitement and passton their only ammunition in this campaign, and we must nob permit them to get up @ row, blow out the lights and then, in the con- fusion of false issues, escape the just judgmenis of the long suffering Southern and indignant Northern CANADA. fo. | dress to the Irishmen of Montreal, MONTREAL, August 31, 1868, Some time since a picnic was announced for the 24 of September, the proceeds arising therefrom to be devoted to the defence of Whelan. The getters up of this picnic did not give their names. On Satur. day night the following prociamation, headed with the royal arms, was posted all over the city:— PROOLAMATION. Whereas a Fenian is intended to be held in Guil- "a Gardens, ingsd xt, the 2d September, SW nA a mide teicseste tata, tare i re roe i Such! disiopel and ileal sasemsbiage. God save the Queen. This created @ great sensation. Mr. Bernard Dev- in, ® prominent Irish lawyer, who ran the late D’Arey McGee so closely last year for the Commons, has written a strong letter on the subject, which will appear in the city papers here. I have secured it in advance of pubiication 1a tus elty, She follow- ing is a copy:— To THE InisHvEN or MONTREAL:— FELLOW CooNtRywN—As an old friend I think Imay take the libert, of addressing to you a few words in refer ence to the pichlc atvertised to he held tn Guilban't's Gar- devs next Wednesday, for, ax is stared, relief of the State prisoners conined {a Ottawa. desire to io xo because 1 re- the intended demonstration, notwithstanding: {ta be- Revolent object, a8 a most misehiovens and bie undertaking; one, in my opinion, well cal place the Irish Catholics of this city ina {als discreditable position. Who th ftable pionic are ia abronded in myst dicative of grave auspicion at the very outset. But whether it fa the work of one, two, of even a lal!-lozen persons, It is a piece of presumption which, you will permit moto say, 'y one of us ought to reprobate. ish Catholic society in Montreal fs we’) organized through {ts reliious and national associations, und outside the pasiors of our Church. ‘To them aud to them alove, appertains the right of making r name and beba.t public appeals for contrtivitiions, Long of these organizations has given ‘or sanction to. the proposed picnic ovght wurely t rs that it whould aever have been mooted, Besides, suppose tis picnic is heid, and, for Uw sake, let me assume a great improoabhity, that ainver o people, and that r, to Whom, pray, would preserve peace in. the Kk to restore order an of all knowiedge of tue iavividiels who arevat -Ite head or at its foot? In fact, it ta the first time within my reeotiection that the ‘eltizens of ™ pile pienfc without fr delor who were ld reaponaiiie for But, atter all, ot {tS most objec is puviisited that the Stave prigoners contued In Otawa. And J have uo hesitation ip saying that {tiveo held, althoagh it should ve witendedyby not mure nevertheless ft will, dep o. this Domlaton, id, wand, in fact, ¥ the electric wire, fa the heart that a st ‘oi Moutreal exhibitions of the Kind, and that it tod by the entire Irish Catholic popuintion of that chy. Ite charitable object, ax Ww ab autiors, will, as a matter of oouree. in ailens while we must submit to the great. dis- credit h auch report would entail upon Irish character in Montre: Agaio and again have we declared our hearty attachment to the wwa and insdiations ‘of the country ta which wehave now the happiness to live, and T do not ubt tha, Hf the neces: sity arone t f Montreal wonid be found in the foi oe of their adopted country. We m vat our Felation to peopie. iam gentlemen, with high regards, yours most uy, " Be reer. GORDON. Letter from General Frank P. Blair. Fort SANDERS, WYOMING aatieaet August 18, 1868, Coloue} R. A. ALSTON, Atlanta, Gu Deak COLONEL—I have received your note in re- gard to the misrepresentations of the bad ig editor at Atlanta. This is the business for which he is paid and by which he makes his living. I would not advise you or any gentleman to notice him in any manner except to correct through the press any falsehood which you may consider injurious to our cause, I have never made any such statement as he attributes to me; on the contrary, I am for that policy which alone can give peace ‘to the country, and although General Grant says *‘let us have peace,” he seeks to achieve 1t only by the military power and actnal war on the principles of the government, Yours truly, FRANK P. BLAIR. The Construction of the Democratic Platform. Colonel Barksdale, of the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, declares that Wade Hampton is “incorrectly re- ported” when he asserts that he was the author of the following additions to the democratic platform:— “and we declare that the reconstruction acts are revolutionary, unconstitutional and void.” ~The Clarion adds:—General Preston, of Kentucky, a Member of the committee, states that the words were proposed by & Northern member, and he states correctly. Mr. Langdon, of Alabama, another mem- ber, In @ recent speech conlirms the statement of General Preston, and = they were proposed by ex-Senator Stuart, of Michigan. He is correct in locating the mover in the North, but not in the name, The mover was Mr. Doolittle, of Connecticut, with Whose political autecedents we are not familiar, but who, we understand, was with our candidate for the Vice Preaidency, General Biair, an original free- soller and a war democrat. On the authority of this report (or, we are prone to bhe- leve, —_ mirreport) he thesis are the Clarien’s.—Ep, ;RALD) General Hawwpton’s speech radical orators, and among them such ewnpapers inthe ‘Northern, states, have. charged ewepapers in the Northern Stat ave that it was @ concession of Northera democrats to the “demands” of so-called Southern ‘rebels,’ and inferring the antmus of the declaration from the an- tecedenta of its repute! author, they have charged that within it lorks the seed of another “rebellion."? When in trath, 2¢ was the spontancous utterance of the Northern democracy in the interest of constitu- tional freedom, and their manly protest against the revolutionary schemes of a party, which to prolong its ascendancy, hag openly proclaimed throngh its chosen oractes’that ft has legisiated ‘outside’ of the pee chart of civil and political liberty, estahiished y the framers of the government, POLITICAL NOTES. 2 The Massachusetts Democratic State Uonvention for the nomination of Governor and other State om- cers, a8 well as clectors, will be held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, to-day. ‘The report that@ vote was taken on the late prize fight excursion to Virginia with a result showing a large majority for Seymour ig a mistake. The report probably arose from the fact that when the ring was formed one of New York’s favorite sons sprung into it and called for “Three cheers for Seymour,” “‘turee more,’? “three more,” and they were all given with a lustiness that might have been heard by the beadles in Baltimore. Then the aforesaid fa- vorite son of New York struck an attitude and yelled out, “And now I'd like to see any ***** give three cheers for Grant.” Not a yolce was heard, jhe Montgomery Mai is the father of the term “carpet-bagger,? Who fathers the euphontous #o- briqnet “scalawag?? The campaign in Georgia is becoming quite epicy, the love letters of some of the parties being brougit out and published, It ig stated there are but Monroe county, Ala. ‘The Atlanta Constitution (demoergt) thus feclingly alludes to @ contemporary:—Were there a single spot to be foundon the skin of a “certing’’ Skow- hegauite which has not already felt the whip, one might be tempted to cowhide it. We do not pro- pose to follow the beaten track. According to the Bainbridge (Ga) Argus rade calism is fast ebbing out in Decatur, as well as its leader, the irresponsible Whiteley. Numbers of the strongest colored radicals have retired irom the party froin sheer disgast, and are now its most un- compromining fea, Colonel Aaron Wilbur, of Savannah, declines the nomination as elector on the radical ticket. A DEPLORABLE PICTURE OF THE SOUTH. A gentleman travelling in the South writes in the following strain to @ friend of his here North, ‘The iwiter bears date Charleston, August 26, 1868:— l arrived safely yesterday at twelve o'clock, after pleasent ¥ prey 4 The contrast between ti presented here and in New York is enough to shock the feelings of any well wisher of the South. All seems to be dead here in the way of commercial ac- tivity—wharves empty of shipping and the streets as quiet as a burial place. Lam told that Charleston has been for some time very active in its military preparations, although dead, ap; other sign of life. med and every ni are being drilied in the tactics ready for the grand event which they are going, all they can to bring about under the instigation of white men—a coliision between the races, The citizens of Charleston are now perfectly satisfied that the result of radical teach! to the of this place will be to bring about @ negro insurrection with the eo of exterminating the wirites and influencing pany] against the democratic cause. The indica- tions to exterminate the white face upon the first occasion are so apparent that the most respectable white citizens, wi are Mr, Daniel Ravenel and Mr, Huger, have met. th- er in consultation and have sent Senator Campbell to Washington to lay the whole matter before the President, asking not for aasistance, bat how to act when the necessity is _ fend their lives and prope: rad ro- gramme to be carried out by the negroes and their control t# to make @ clean sweep of the rebels by the men with arms in their bass’, and they to be followed oe the women witn torches, so that there will none left to tell the tale, These are facts not to be disputed. I wish the democratic party of the North could realize these things before tt is too late, I counsel all who value life and pak sad f to keep out of this country until we pass throug! the coming ordeal. Those who survive will breathe frecly again, but there i@ much trouble before we still. three white radicale in a 0 | will have # narrow chance. jominion fs not n , and considering what is due to onr self-respect, to onr felow citizens generally, aud 5 SPRINGFIBLD, Mass., August 31, 1868. ‘The past week bas been one of rare interest ip Springfield, and several thousand of the world’s peo- ple have been here to share in the unusual but nevertheless the regular annual gathering. The oc- caston has been that of the yearly camp gathering of the Second Adventists of the United States, which commenced in a sly litte grove outside the city limits about @ week since, and terminated, after a Successful and protracted session, this forenoon. For several years the camp meetings of this sect, who believe now and then in the speedy end of all things, have been held in a secluded grove in Wil- braham, about ten miles from Springfield; but for gome reason or other that customary ground was abandoned this year, and the tents were pitched in closer proximity to th» provincial city, which 1s practically the commercial metropolis of Western Massachusetts and the whole of Vermont, and por- tions of New Hasnpshire and Connecticut. The ground chosen for the camp was faultless in every particular, but the manner and means of reaching it from SprinGeld were not near ao pleasant as they would have been if the old camping groand,* Miteen miles distant, had been retained, It seems rather inconsistent with genoryl eas of time, dis- tance and comfort to say that a person or a crowd of persons can travel fifteca miles quicker, easier and more comfortably than a mile ant a half, but in this case the assertion, seomtingly so ridicnious, ts nevertheless true, To go tir een mniles a visitor had only to take a seat in one of the cars on the Loxton and Albany Railroad, and in half an hour he was safely landed at the camp growad. Yo go the mile aud ahalf, the visitor as drst to find a Inaie wagon or some rickety or da a vei cle got ap for the occasion, and draws of oxen or a span of’ venera horses, ‘The first inile these ‘elreumsiances, should 1 grumbling; bal when you unde an almost perpendicular hiil—wa dust is half adoseninctes tues, aad tae air i nen you ee jusdiied in a ihe goo. aola awear- gota stack in ected aud that Uhe assent of the four-like most darke few words of comp! ing should be resi the dusiy desert, and untti the dtiyor 8 your fare, and then informs you very biaudly, yet impudentiy, that tue to although he i sor that te pass ters of a mile tli But su nt; pa rved wath bae team distance. i insta these should proba- bly be overlooked wad cinssed as incidents of Yan hee shrewdness rather thau cases of fraud and cheat ng. ‘The camp meeting, as before stated, opened a week ayo, and broke up to-day. ii was a national representatives present gatering. and there were rom nearly every State in tae Caion, With ali due Tespect to their Teligious beaef, 16 is bub a record of facts to say that, however much good they may have accomplished during their encampment week here, their presence has at the same Lue atlorded oppor- tunities for and furnished more yenuine debauchery than has disgraced the ety tor many a month, ‘This to the government of ‘the country, we suonid not at the pre- rent time, when threats of Invasion are ringing in onr ears, dor assist, or in any manner or form countenance or wanc> any movement caicuidted to afford our enemies the eat pretext for saying or beileving that we are other- ac than we are, unalterably true tothe Dominion of Canada, As to the relief sought to be obtained Lor the state prisoners ‘and families of such of them as are tn distress, Iam quite sure there would be no diitienity in collecting by private sub- scription abundant means to enable them to meet alll their ‘seuloving that you, my countrymen, jealous of your food name and re; pitatlony will {nly endorse the view that Ihave taken of this matter, it remains for me to express the hope that this will be the last attempt to make capical out of us at the expense of our reputation and for the ediiication of our enemies. Your sincere friend, B. DEVLIN. MONTREAL, August 29, 186: This action of Mr, Devim’s creates the more com- ment as he has hitherto been looked upon by the loyal public as the leader of tie disloyal Irish faction and as having suspicious relations and corre- spondence with the Fenians in New York, With the pe this will immensely advance his popuiarity, while with the pro-fentan classes he is bitterly de- nounced as a traitor to old Ireland. The authorities have taken steps to prevent this ptenic commg off. ‘The papers will also depreeate the demonsiration of the ioyaliats, as in the present excited state of the popular mind it would be sure 10 lead to riot and bloodshed. the Reyenl Moves ment—A Deputy Fire Marshal Suspected of Incendiarism—The Operas of “La Grande Duchesse” and “Barbe Bleue” Proscribed by the Catholic Bishop, MONTREAL, August 31, 1868. Private advices from Halifax indicate that Sir John A. Macdonald's pacificatory movement was not 80 unsuccessful after all. A well gronnded rumor obtains that the Hon, Joseph Howe will be made Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia This would end the repeal movement, Since the appointment of a fre marshal the fires here have mereasea tremendously. ‘The greater number of thein were in outbuildings, old houses, &c., evidently the work of an incendiary. The deputy fre marshal, George Berry Davis, was sus pected of setting fire to them. He was ar- rested, and on telegraphing to New York for information as to his antecedents it Was learned that be has been tn the internal revenue service of the Unted states in New York, but had, it w said, been obliged to fly the country, A war- rant from Judge Biatchford is out against him, The Suthorities hold him tillan American officer can be sent for, Bateman’s opera troupe, with Tostée, are to pro- duce “Barbe Hieue,” “La Grande Duchesse” and “La Kelle Héléne’? here this week. To-day the Koman Catholic bishop caused pastoral letter to be read in churches forbidding the Catholics to attend theatres where such immoral BR indecent plays were performed. The churches to be kept open every evening this week. The Trial of Whelan for the Alleged Murder of D’Arcy McGiee—Probabilitios of Acquittal— Esenpe of Groves, a Witness in the Case, to the United States—His Recapture—Extradie tion Made Easy. OTTAWA, August 31, 1868, ‘The fall Assizes commence on the 2d of September. Whelan’s trial forthe murder of McGee will com- mence about the 4th. Mr, O'Reilly will prosecute for the Crown, and Whelan will be defended by Hon, Jobn Hillyard Cameron, Hon. Matthew Crooks Cameron and Kenneth McKenzie, three of the ablest and most eloquent members of the Canadian bar, ‘The general optnion in legal circles ia that Whelan will be acquitted, as the pnblic mind has cooled much on the sublect and the evidence is almost en- tively circumstantial. A rumor prevails to-night to the effect that Doyle haa turned Queen's evidence. If this Is trae Wheian Whelan ts gnarded closely and no communication ts aliowed with him. The following is @ true account of the smuggling away and recovery of Groves, a witness in the Whe- lan case:--Crovea is a very ii ‘tant witness, as he proves Whelan’s complichy w the noted nians and identified him on the pight of the mur A th suspt- On Friday rossed lo warhed that he was ip clous parties, but took he bolted to the United munten notice Ogdensburg and pro The tele- raph wires were atonce put into requisition, Sir fone A. MacDonald teleg to get him back to Canada, no matter went it cost, no matter how he was vot hold of. A despatch was sent to De- tective Tinker or Tinkham, at Ogdensburg, and Groves was arresied at Rome on a trumped up charge urgiary in Pres: ile was brought densvurg, got comfortably drunk, and ran into Canada. This summary method of extradition causes no t, and it ia believed the Canadian au- ed upon to explain their high- ounting to an outrage of inter- national law. 5 Weil known Fenian emissaries are in Ottawa, well furnished with funds to de Whelan and to buy up Witnesses and ship (hom away Wherever it is poa- sible. WORSE NOTES. ‘The celevrated trotting horse Low Pettee has been retired from the turf, He has become the property of @ gentioman who will use him for driving on the road, ‘The trotting horse Brono has been sold by Mr. Harker to a gentleman in this city; price said to be $15,000, What are we coming to? Jerome Park races are the next that take place. IL the good horses in the country are “heading” for A Fordham. ‘The fair New Haven will be a success, as more attention bas been given on this occasion than ever before to bring fast horses feqniner. ‘The Suffolk Park course at Philadelphia has a fine will leave this city this Programme, and hundreds ernest ae we at est ing the wee! ‘Ametfean Girl are the favorites in the rota, somo Hurdling and steeple chasing will make the Pater- get "R & trot between atthe fon races attractive, ait ea Eats Hale ol untain ly Thorn hion Couzse Beals e test maces ol 1e the contestants, Is this hij romin, eT pea ‘The station Fearnought was exercised by Dan Mace at the Fashion Course on Monday, and he showed a wonderful fight of speed at times. There ia not astailion in the canntry that ean beat him. | Mark that lamentable fact, pernaps, should uot be attributed to-the Adventists, for they ave carried on worsnip in their own way, and, 00 doub!, have been sincere in their devotions, but their pecuiar and exested manner of giving expressioa lo tieir reagious en- thosiam has drawn together many of the curious and rowdy stamp of both sexes, and their conduct both in and upon the camp grounds has naturally atforded material for gossip and inftuenced many to throw the burden of the whole upon tie Adventists, ‘The tents erected inside the grove were nearly two hundred in number, and the litie printed sigus upon them indicated that there were representatives of the Advent faith present from the extremes of the thrifty North, the sunny South and the plenty laden West. In nearty every tent there were one or more prayer meetings every day in the week, and the sup- plications tor God’s grace were loud, numerous and spirited. Men, women aod chidrea united in con- cert in imploring forgiveness of sius and the receiving of their wicked souls within the kingdom of heaven, and every now and then their prayers were iter- rupted by stentorian criesjof “Amen | “Glory to Goa!" “Heaven bless you, sister !? and other em- phatic and often less ciegant exclainations, Among those who preached discourses during the week from the grand stand may be mentioned Kev. H. F. Car- penter, of Daniclsonviile, Conn.; Kev. Israel Damon, of Corinna, Me.; Kev. Peter tough, Kev. H. K. FI of St. Louis; Kev. A. Ross, of Greenland, N. H.; Kev. H. L. Hastings, of Boston; Kev. Louis Bontell, of Chelsea, Mass.; Rev. Join Couch, Rey. 8. G. Thur- ber, Kev. Miles Grant, of Boston, and Rev. George Storrs, of New York. Probably the largest aitendance of visitors in any single day was yesterday, when there were between fen and ‘fifteen thousand on the ground, many of whom were brought into the city on special trains from the West and East. ‘The weather was not pro- pitious, however, a heavy thunder storm coming in the afternoon and cansmg the outsiders and visitors to take up a double quick march into the city, The tenis were struck Ging and before now nearly all the Advents and their hangers-on had left the city. Some two or three hundred went in the direction gf Alton Bay, N. H., where there beging to morrow anocher meeting of a week's duration similar to the ‘one just closed here. From thereport of the American Advent Mission- ary Society, which was read on the last day of the meeting, it appears that the organization has spent about $7,000 during the past year. In St. Louis, where they have organized five societies, a new church has been built, and aiso one at Memphis, Tenn., in aid of which $1,600 was received from the government through the Freedmen’s Bureau. The report in this connection staves that the belief of the second coming of Christ spreads rapidly and easity among the negroes, ‘ APOLLO HALL. ° Ferrero’s New Enterprise—Extent and Cha- racter of the Building. The architectural oruamentation of New York i# carried on with unremitting zeal, studied care and completeness. Our leading avenues and streeta, by the cunning hand of art, are daily growing more beautiful in magnificent mansions, colossal store- houses, elegant churches and stately temples de- voted to amusements. They point unerringly to the wealth and enterprise of its cliizens, and in the case of the latter to tue liberal patronage of its dramatic and pleasure-loving peopie. Conspicuous amoung Whe latter is the superb strae- ture now approaching compiction on Tweaty-eightir street, near Broadway, called Apollo all, It has been erecied by General Edward Ferrero and wilt vie in internal embeilisament ani external orna- mentation, solidity, safety and couvenience with any building devoted to a sort of elegant varieties in the Union, Genera! lerrero bas long dey uted his time to the education of tie city’s elite in the art of Terpsi- chore, and because of a lack of suitable halls m the qgutral portion of the metropolis conceived the idea of erecting such a one, in combination with a cor modious dramat.c chamber or hall, where concerts, &e., might be held. His associates at ouce adimitied the’ practicabuity of the scheme, aud the uew hall on Treaty -claeeh street is the result of Lier enterprise, ‘The buiding has a unique frontage of iron and Nova Scotia freestone, three stores in height, and '¢ surmounted With an elegant female dgure, The full dimensions of the structure ia lov feet by 220 feei, The tirst floor 1s set apart for the hall devoted to con- cert ‘ures and dramatic ew 64 feet by 120 feet and im the aact venience and fittings is to be second tw pone in the city. ‘The room above this, of the saine dimensions, wat with ceiling 36 feet tui, is destined for the principal daseing hail, 1 was aif abunda of light, will be pretuly ornaaeated, ant as a place Where socials, balls or select entertinments can be held will be unsurpassed. If opens mto arear reom, 86 by To feet, lo be generally used as the stipper room, but when required by an ex essive throng It will become part of the main hall, Other saoons are on the floor above, and, tozether with torlet rooms, parlors and commiivee rooms, there is cou- mendab.e completeness in the ariletic adaptation of the interior, as weil as the general etfect of em venience and comfort observabie in the building as a whole. There are three entrances to these grand halis, being on Twenty-e®rhth street, Broadway and Twenty-pinth street, and one or more of caese lead to and will be Kept strielly private for the ladies in ascending to their toilet roow?, Jo the matter of ventilation the plans adopted will insure a periect circulation of air that will toake the balis very cool aud acceptable in this particuiar. iaquaily sanguine are | in regard to heat and light, thé appliances selected being of the newest and most tuproved character. In the erection and ornamentation of Apolio Halt General Ferrero has done the city a service that now and in years to come will be justly appreciaced. MILITARY EXCURSION TO WEST POINT. Battery G, First regiment of artifiery, N. G. 8. N.Y. under the command of Captain ‘Vm. T. Stouten- burgh, went on its first annual excursion to West Point yesterday. Atanearly hour the dock at the foot of Broome street, where the steamer and barge were waiting to receive the members of the battery and their friends, was covered by an anxious and {inpatient crowd, who matutained an eager ware for the arrival of the command. At eurbeo cin all were comfortably: ed on the barge, je sieamer started for Catnarine street, Fulton street, Brooklyn, and other landings, where of excurstonisis received on were already waiting. The havin) board all whom the committee expected (o join the excursion, and @ good many more besides, the steamer was headed up the river, and the voyage to Weat Point oumenced- The day was Vege pleasant on the river, and the excursiouists enjoyed their trip immensely. When the beauties of the Potat bad the Academy buildings rae Was turned toward arrived ia the “wee n° had been duly Inspecter admired, the prow of the home, where all safely hours” of the moraine