The New York Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1868, Page 4

4 POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. PENNSYLVANIA. Progress of the Political Campaign—Both Parties Sanguine of Succese—A closely Contested Election Expected—Frauduleat Voters—Review of the Sitaation, PirrspurG, October 9, 1868, Only two more working days (for politicians are notortously too scrupulous to labor on the Sabbath) and the battle in Pennsylvania will be fought; some one will have won a victory, and @ good many peo- ple in New York will have lost their money “put up” on the result, Ina general point of view that result has not been so uncertain for many years m Penn- sylvania. Two things, however, are certain. Tne Contest will bea tight one, The radical majorities will be considerably reduced. The reduction will probably be found in the eastern counties, and the hardest labor will be imposed upon the working re- publicans west of the Alleghanies to save their form- er majoritics in those counties. While, as I found in Philadelphia, the radicals claimed a majority in the State of 17,000,801 find in Pittsburg the democrats closely figure up @ majority for their ticket of 10,050. It is conceded now by the radicals that Philadel- Phia 1s lost to them and about to be given over to thelr opponents by about 3,000, In making that con- ceasion the majority in 1864 of 11,765 of Lincoln over McClellan counts against them in that city in 1868. But it is calculated that the heavy radical majorities in the western part of the State will conterbalance ‘the falling off in the east. Itis admitted by leading men of that party, who have made careful estimates of the vote, that it 1s the twenty-two counties at this side of the mountains which are to roll up the ma- Jority of 16,000 or 17,000, and they boast that it will be done. Here is the republican estimate of these counties:— Republican, Democratic, » 0 + 1,000 » 650 + 750 Crawford 1,450 Cameron. 60 Clearfield + 1,300 Erie. 3,000 Weatinorelana...... 1,400 Indian 2 2250 Lawrence + 2,000 Mereer 600 McKean 400 Warren. 1,000 Washington. 200 Somerse ++ 1,300 ve 750 ‘These figures are proclaimed by the State Commit- tee here, of course, as altogether false. In Alle- ghany county they admit a majority of 6,600 but not 000, I have seen the democratic estimate of all the en Sop counties of the State. It gives ‘oosle ties to the republicans in thirty-two and majorities for the democrats in thirty-four counties, the figures showing thus:— Aggregaie majorities for democrats..... Ageregate jorities for republicans ..... Democratic majority............ss0+5 The total vote of the State will 050 be 640,000 to 700,000, so that whichever estimate proves a _ correct the run will be a close one, and the radical ‘Josses since 1864 will be considerable. With regard to the all frauds in naturalization and “colonization” which are expected to be per- petrated at the polls on Tuesday, there 1s a good deal more fuss mate than ie neceary. A very promi- nent republican admitted candidly ‘to me as the democratic party, but as the conspiracy ‘posed, it was probable that nether party would venture to bi up fraudulent voters in any number, Special police have been sworn in here and in Philadelphia by the two ors, one @ demo- crat— Blackmore, of Pittsburg, the other a radi- | |, cal—McMichael, of Philadelphia, to protect legal voters in their rights, It is tobe hoped that they will keep the peace at the polls, for just now there is @ good deal of turbulence at political displays, Mayor Blackmore has issued a proclamation con- demning all processions, and in obedience thereto Mr. Thomas J, Keenan, Chairman of the County Democratic Committee, has published a card re- | more than =. more perspicult, man who man¢er he has studied the situation with great care, vesting the several clubs to have no more outdoor lemonstrations until after the election of the 13th. The republicans so far have not manifested a similar amicable spirit. Should they have the good sense to do 80 there will be no more such disgraceful scenes ~ es ge occurred in Wylie street on Wednes- nig! lonization not only involves voting early and often, on the good old New York plan, but it means voting often in different Congressional districts. In this matter @ controversy has sprung up between Hon. John Covode—“Honest John Covode,” as he was once ironicaliy called, but the soubriquet stuck to him tn sober earnest—and Mr. Edward Keenan, his former competitor in the Westmoreland district. Covode had Keenan arrested on @ charge of sending @ fraudulent voter into the district, and the case re- mains yet undecided. On the other hand Keenan states ihat he will prove the «fact that 160 colonizers, residents of Pittsburg, have been employed to vote Yor Covode on Tuesday, and that in 1864 Honest Jobn Covode imported 180 fraudulent voters for the same purpose. An affidavit of the person employed to procure these men and send them up the railroad a8 pretended laborers, with er and axes, has been sworn to, The aiddavit, which I read, states that deponent, one D. E. Hall, received from Covode personally both. money and instructions for this object, and that $700 inall was paid either by jum or nis relative and agent, a Mr. Wilson, to re- imbarse these men for their services. So that there corr. to be a lively time in Covode's district. It is not improbable, from statements 1 have heard, that there may be trouble there on election day. Mr. Keenan has informed Covode that he has alist of the names and residences of the men who intend to vote in the Westmoreiand district in the morning and in Pittsburg in the afternoon, and that they will not be | permitted to carry out their intentions. This may lead to squalls. Mr. Covode'’s chances of re-election, however, are said by lus friends to be very small. Jn twenty-four hours after this letter is published the fate of bowh parties in Penusylvania—and may- hap of the Presidential election too—will bave been decided. You have the best light on the subject now which | nave been able to collect from the east to the west of the Keystone State. | —_— } | ALABAMA, A Spot Where There is no Political Agitation Every Kace and Color with the Democracy— Sentiments of the People—They B Kear that Grant will Be Elected, bi Werk Hard for Seymour. COLUMBIA, Oct. 4, 1868. In this little village on, or rather near, the bank of the muddy Chattahoochie river there 1s not sufficient political agitation to excite even one of those enthu- wiastic yells for which the Southern people are so ‘well Known. It is true that the county (Henry) is a rather thinly populated one, but this does not ex- plain the cause of an apparent lack of interest in the great Presidentiai contest now going on from one end of the country to the other. The people here @ppear to have thoroughly ignored politics. No rad- ical meetings have been held and but very few demo- cratic gatherings have taken place. As @ natural consequence good feeling, friendliness and cordiality exist between whites and biacks to a greater and more earnest extent than at almost any other locality in the South which has been visited during the present tour. This may, however, re- sult from the fact that everybody, or nearly everybody, belongs to the same party. Blacks a8 well @ whites are toierably unanimous for the @emocracy, 80 that where all agree there is but lit- tle chance for the engenderment of acrimony, not to say violence. “We are all democrats here,” say the white citizens. “We ‘longs to de white peo- ple’s party,” say the darkies. Radicals, like angels’ visits, are few and far between. 1am earnestly aa- sured by the white citizens that at least two-thirds of the negro vote in this county will be cast for Sey. mour and Blair, and if those darkies with whom [ | ‘ave conversed faithfully represent the political opinions of their race this estimate is not an exag- gerated one. indeed, the mere fact that carpet-bag- gers and scalawags have not yet invaded this part | of the State makes this statement all the more relia- Die. I have not visited any part of the South which has not been invaded by these two classes of South- | ern radicals where the two races have not been liv- dng together on the best possible terms and where the blacks were not almost ananlmously democrats, In ail of the counties adjacent to wils the same quiet and nearly unabimous political sentiments exist, The masses will not countenauce the sligut- est agitation, thus setting an example Sorts of im. | Gtation. Not that they are indifferent to politica, for | jevery intelligent citizen takes the keenest interes: | ‘fall that is transpiring, and all are working earnestly tuough ‘quietly for Mr. Seymour. It is | # notorious that nineteen-twentieths or the whites are democrats, thas preciud Any the necessity of my writing any thing as to their views. fact three years the Secretary of War wili be one of his that Genera] Schofield will be retained in the place he now occupies. It is no disparagement to any of the gallant generals whom the war has “brought to the surface’ to say, that as a soldier-statesman he ts the peer of them all, In the sterling qualities he With the blacks {t is | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. Sin ap apparent owover in- tenes tho, erent tisuda of tho day atfeot but very little; their cupidity, fears and prejudices, well worked upon by I iticlans, are the causes which unfit with one party or the other. The radicals, it must nevertheless be admitted, are in bad odor at present by reason of their not kept to their promises. Several egroes have spoken to me and indig- nantly of their never havi received the acres and a mule” to them as price of their suffrages, thi one has revengefuliy declared that was “‘gwine help de white fokes kick dem scallerags and carpet baggers ht out ob de gub’ment, case dey’s a trifin pack.” None, or few of these negroes, expect that they will be permitted to continue voting long after tha whites resume control of the State. suielentotegenes te percsive thatthe opposition lent intelligence to tier ponsestng any potent political power is too intense to be destroyed in year. Thus they vote with the democrat Btanding fully that in so doing they are ae tely al in the destruction of their own political power. One , however, they are inflexibly resolved pon, and itis perfect equality with the whites be- fore the law. Fmey have been promised full and equal protection to person and to sue and be sued and an im of the laws. In a word, the whites have themselves to know no difference between the two races, except in the matter of the elective franchise and those social restrictions which . are n to preserve order and prod feelin; races. That they will keep to ne who have sided with them If the whites deceive them serious troubles will re- sult, and the former will deserve to get the worse, Good faith, 1f nothing more, demands @ strict adhe- rence to every pledge made, In this part of Alabama the result of the Maine election has had some effect, and the whites now express a fear that Grant and Colfax will be elected. They believe that the North is not yet ready to aban- don radicalism, but that some great commerciai or Political convulsion is necessary to effect a change in the sentiments of a majority of the people of that section. That this view of the situation somewhat disheartened them is undeniably true, though they have not and will not relax their efforts towards carrying the State for Seymour and Blair. Here they work quietly, without political meetings, but the work is very effectively performed and has thus far resulted in making converts of hundreds of negroes’ Should the October elections in Pennayl penis, Ohio and Indiana result favorably to the demo- crats they will redouble their efforts and probably carry Alabama by a large majority, as well as most of the Con ional districts. The success of the radicals will depress them considerably, but I do not think it will lose them the State. Although Alabama has a majority of negro votes registered, there are local interests and influences which somplny destroy all the advantages which thie gives. Not the least powerful of these causes are the wholesale de- sertions of the white native radicals, carrying with them hundreds and thousands of negroes, over to the democracy, THE SOUTH---TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. To THR Epitor oF THE HERALD:— The election of General Grant conceded, the course which he will take to realize his grand idea of “peace”? becomes of importance to our Southern friends. That he thoroughly understands the diMiculties in the way of a peaceful solution of the present com- plication cannot be doubted by those who under- stand the “grain and twist” of his comprehensive and generalizing mind. His past history shows that in the essential attri- butes of 8 statesman, asgin a successful general, he possesses & wonderful power of adapting means to ends. His policy will be shaped by the hard and Practical dictates of sound common sense. His Cab- inet will be composed of men who will show the world that for once the “right man is in the right place.” In dealing with the South for the next two or ‘most effective officers. It is hardly necessary to say other resembles his general, with ty and versatility of talents. Hetsa hinks when others sleeps. Like his com- and most thoroughly comprehends the idiosyncracy of the Southern mind, Perhaps no Northern man so well nacersiane the subjects, or om ary paeeasco apply the necessary corrective. Gen 01 wil be General Grant's of War. The South will therefore be in the hands of General Grant and General Schofleld—men who have no pet theories to throw up or down, and who have but one aim, and that will be to bring peace and order out of the anarchy and chaos to which it is given up. ‘There is in the Scuth a class of men having about the same relation to the people as the Comanches have to the peacefully disposed Indians of the West— keen and shrewd, fearless and enterprising, know- ing no arguments but brute force, and unscrupulous in compassing their ends. Banded together by the instincts of rapine and plunder, belonging to no Ntical organization only as they may make it fal to their ends, they are ready to fight in one or both, as may best advance thetr interests. Like their con- geners, the Comanches, there will be no peace until they are squelched or driven out of the country. It was the energy ana perseverance of these men, urged on by such men as Bob Toombs, Jeff Davia, Jo Brown and other political aspirants, that drove the otherwise eful and loyal people of the South into rebellion. They were truly loyal until. driven by the intimidation and violence of these Comanches into the support of a cause which they loathed, but lacked the energy and daring necessary to mect these traitors and beat them back with ‘weapons. Grant crushed the rebellion, but it has not yet been emasculated. That he will do, and tn four years he will have no so — and enthusiastic supporters as in the masses of the South, He will crush out the ruins of the rebellion and give these people peace and rest. That will revive their industries, which will bring them prosperity, and with prosperity will come the love of the hand that confers it. Left to their own instincts they are 4 loyal and conservative people. One hundred men and the presses they con- trol keep the whole country in commotion, marring the bud ing prosperity of the South and exciting the prejudice of race. I much mistake General Grant if he does not lay a heavy hana upon all dis- turbers of the peace of the people whoever they may be and wherever found, eir own CITY POLITICS. Wm. H. Mans@eld Tenth Ward Association. A democratic association, naming itself after Judge Mansfield, of the Third District Police Court, just organized in the Tenth ward and already numbering @ thousand members, had a banner raising and meet- ing on Saturday evening tn front of Essex Market. The banner, which is iscribed “Wm. H. Mansfield Tenth Ward Association,” bas on it the names of Seymour and Bialr Hoffman and Beach, and in the centre a large and excelient likeness of Mayor Hoffman. Judge Mansfield, John N. Andrews, James Dougherty, Simeon Levy, Karl Burke and others ad- dressed the meeting. STATEN ISLAND POLITICS. Meeting of the Democracy at New Brighton. On Saturday evening the Democratic Club of New Brighton, Staten Island, held a meeting, and it having been largely advertised that the democratic nominee for the gubernatorial chair of New York would be present, there was an unusually large attendance. The public, however, were to be disappointed, for the meeting had barely opened when the President of the association came forward and apologized for the absence, in Soasegeenes of prior en, ments, of the Mayoral orator. Mr. William F, McNamara and Mr. G. W. Chapman had also promised to deliver addresses; but as they had not arrived at late hour, the Secretary called Mr, Warring- ton Sloat, son of the late Admiral Sloat, of the United States Navy, to take the stand. Mr. Sloat complied with the request, and made a brilliant off- hand speech. He hi just returned from & trip to Connecticut, where he had received a warm recep- tion from the democrats of the State, and they had assured him that they were determined to send to the Electoral a ‘men who would vote for Sey- mour and Blair, Mr. Sloat addressed himself with ‘ability to the financial pny ed and ui erg to in every vote for Seymour an “ae. a McCarthy, Secretary, followed witha few remarks, at the conclusion of which the Presi- dent, My, McUormack, spoke briefly. ed his hear- Biair. Homicion IN Greenrieny, Mass.—Harding G. Woodard, %€ Greenteld, who killed Walter Coombs by & viow from a whipstock, Wednesday, was brought béiore Justice W. 'T. Davis on Thura- day and charged with wilful murder, but plead not gu ity. James H. Pratt, of Greeneld, testified that he was present whea Coombs accused Woodard of | stealing a wagon whtel, and Woodard replied, “If yousay I "Soon Wagon wheel again I'll Knock you down.” Mr. bs toy Woodard he might have half aday in whieh to #tle for the wheel, and Wogdard thereupon struck Coombs a biow on the side of the head with a Whips ck and knocked him down, Coombs arose in @ ring manner and called for help. Pratt and W: assisted Coombs | to bis house, the latter @ dead man." The other two then droveto tee viliage for different, although here at least they appear tolera- | @ physician. Coombs was struck ® bard blow just bly unanimous in their political opinions, wich are simply no opinions at all, but rather those of their white employers. Jn thia county a majority of Sle negroes will yote the democratic ticket, while rom all that can be ascertained a very large minor- ity, if not an actual majority of their votes, will be cast the same Way in the adjacent counties. But few | of them know or care who and what they are voting for. Their “bosses” tell ep to vote for “Mr. Sim- | ers,” or the loyal leagues tell them to stand by the Fite. Mr. General Grant,” and rif do eitver the one or the other with profound ind{fmerende as to the “merits of either, This manner of being led by the pose does not Bay much for the intelligence of the db iplaws colvsed gitizgus; but unfortunawly it we ap wt over the ear, but as goon as the one who dealt it saw the extent of the Auury he expressed regret for the act and » “You | should not have accused me of steailin He also | called for water and exerted himself in aid of Coombs. Mr. Powers was called and testified he arrived at the spot two iainutes after the blow was struck, and that Coombs said he should not live long. ‘The blood was oozing from his ear. Dt A. 0, Walker, who attended him, testified that death ‘Was occasioned by concussion of the brain, Wood- ‘rd was heid to bali in the sam of $10,000, which was readily obtained, several citizens So) me act in that oapacity,— spr Me fam Oot 10. ae ne aN kept by the rebels to prevent an q) q above is a true statement oe ‘ihe facts as they [From the New Orleans Bulletin, Oct. 6, aemocratic., Opelousas from Dr. Taylor, of that place, who was present at the time and an eye witness at the terrible scene. Its origin is traced to an article published in eel Radical Account. (From the New Orleans Republican (radical, Oct. 5.) oa ae, wae is a statement of the so-called ‘“ne- thoroughly teat ‘ively Pe prove y over were tat the meeting Vasbington. Mr. Bentley was an active leader of the ican Party in the parish, and as the news of being whipped spread over Opelonsen the ouners toid then to go back to there eae ym and not to start any riot, watch advice was followed, and apprehensi ofa diMiculty subsided. Mr. made afidavits who as saulted for their arrest, the time set for the trial three o'clock in the afternoon. About eleven o’c! A. M. the rebels had assembled in strong force, armed with new guns, revolvers, &c., anc, faxing advan of the return of the republicans to thelr homes, took ion of the town and sent patrols around to isarm the freedmen and capture the leaders of their eee nag apie to concent themselves or ey Were luc! out of town, ij aici inhi At eleven or tweve o'clock A. M. the same day a body of armed men went to the office of the to see Messrs, Gustave and Cornelius Donato, who were at the office, and told them that the town be- longed to them (the rebels) and if the radicals wanted to get possession of it they could only do so by riding ever ne ceed posi of the “peace-loving,” c used,’ “down tr en stomata white people of bend had sapenred @ courier on the road to Washington, who had told them that Mr. G. Do- nato had sent him to Washington to tell Sam Johnson to bring the Washington club, armed, to Opelousas; but when this courier was brought face to face with Mr. Donato he said that somebody had told him that Mr. Donato wanted him to go to Washing- ton, At this juncture a courter informed the crowd at the Progress office that there was fighting at Mr. Hilaire Paillet’s place, a short distance out of town, whereupon the crowd mounted their horses and rushed to the scene of action. The fight, as far as I ‘was able to learn, reaulted in the death of one white man and two or three colored, and three or four wounded on both sides. The number of freedmen was about fifteen, headed yg Bgl Adolphe Donato, and they only threw down their arms when strong reinforcements of whites arrived. Adolphe Donato succeeded in making his escape. On Monday night armed bands of men were sent over town to seek for the concealed repnblican leaders. The office was searched without success. One band went to the residence of Mr. Francois D’Avy, the acknowledged leader of the republican party, and forced an entrance to his room where he was asleep and only awakened at the moment they entered. He was shot at while lying on the bed, but missed. He fell to the floor, feigning death, and the armed crowd started Mr. D’Avy jumped out of the back window and ran through the garden. He was shot at again while running and the ball grazed the aside of his he near the ear, without inflicting serious damage. Mr. D’Avy suc- aga IG Ey ir. Dui French editor of the Progress, w 0 has been 1m Ope: lousas twelve or fifteen years, but is a citizen of France, never weve ra naturalized. He was taken from his house Monday night by armed men into the woods and was not seen or heard fro! All day Tu and the succeedt t ti ronda were stro and son ms ny ed. The Us souhe meneieho empl eee re employed in the office were advised by the rebels to leaves which he ‘Messrs. Donato. The men who aasanited Mr. Bentley rode around town armed and no attempt was made to arrest them. Their names were Mayo, Dixon and Williams. All is now quiet, but @ strict watch is We learn the following particulars of the riot ai a radical paper called the Progress, recently estab- lished there to disseminate republican tinelpien, to promote peace and good order in thi rt of the State, and to do the printing under the famous bill of the Legislature. The editor, a Mr. Bentley, had misrepresented the official conduct of the deputy sheriff, an ex-federal officer, and was called upon to pubiish a correct statement the following week. Instead, however, of making the desired retrac- tion the editor of the Progress only added insult to injury b; Univer still grosser libel than the first. hereupon he was waited on by the injured party, who proceeded to administer a severe castiza- tion in the way of a wholesome application of the cowhide to the tune. of fifty lashes. This perform- ance took place in the presence of the negroes who were attending the school over which Bentley pre- sided as dominie. The cowhiding of their preceptor naturally aroused their sympathies, and they set up such a howling as to cause the assembly of a gang of negroes about the school house, who proposed to commence the work immediately of cleaning out the people of Opelousas. The time had come for work, and it was proposed to “pitch in.’’ Couriers were then despatched to the plantations with orders to bring tu ali of the negroes, well armed. In a short time the whole town was almost entirely surrounded by these enraged negroes. A company of twenty-five white men then rode out to meet them and to persuade them to disband, Before reaching the Haga where the negroes had congre- gated the whites were fired upon by @ band of ne- groes who were ambushed. Five horses were killed und the riders of four badly wounded, The whites then made an attack ie the assaulting rty and succeeded in killing every one of Sem, ‘The whites, after being reinforced, then rode into the crowd of negroes, who had assembled just beyond where the first attack was made. Upon thelr apy roach the negroes fired one volley and then fed. e whites then pursued them, and only de- sisted after a all that they found with weapons in their hands. The next day the various pI tions were visited and the negroes made to under- stand that unless they surrendered their arms they would be taken out and shot. This threat had the desired effect, and negroes from far and near brought in their arms, several hundred in number, and handed them over to the whites. Du the disturbance the office of the was gui and the type scattered to the winds. The Sz not to be found and has not since been 1 3 Our informant states that the negroes seemed to have learned a wholesome lesson and manifest now a quiet and peaceable disposition. At the time of his departure all was quiet and no fears entertained of any further disturbance, The precaution, how- nag been taken of posting patrols at various point During the riot a number of negro women were ar- rested, and were found to have had matches and bags. The matches, they said, were to fire the town, and the bags to carry off the pyunder. four megroes were designated as the leaders of = Bodom dl that ‘EE sy the to’ = juring the two days ot it repeated were made upon the town 6 the who would fire one volley and fall back and before the pursuing whites. It is estimated that over 100 negroes were kiiled and about fifty wounded. The ‘whites had four wounded, but none killed. Preparing for the New Rebellion—Critical Condition of Affairs in North Carolina. The following correspondence explains itself:— EXKCUTIVE DEPARTMENT, RALEIGH, Oct. 7, 1868. Gen. NaLson A. Mites, Commanding, &c.:— Sit—I have information that arms have been im- Ported into thia State and distributed among mem- bers of @ certain politicel organization. These arms are not of the ordinary character for sporting or hunting purposes, but repeating rifles, such as are used in war. I have oMcial information that a box of Enfield rifles has been found secreted in Newbern, I learn, aiso, that boxes of arms have been suipped to Char- lotte and to points west of that place. I have aiso learned that arms have been received and distributed in and around Wilmington. It is known that arms are in the hands of persons in that city and in the surrounding country of acharacter to leave the !mpression that they are to be used for purposes hostile t the government and to tire peace of soctety. I have deemed ft my duty to inform you of these facts, and to request you so to distribute the troops under your command aa to afford the greatest ald practicable to the civil anthorities in maintaining the peace, Itruat thas troops will be at once sent to Timington and to other points in the state, It is my fixed purpose to maintain the peace and to pro- tect and maintain the State government by all the means I can command. The people were surprised and hurried into war in 1861 against their will The authorities owe it to the people, to the government ‘aud to themselves to see to it that similar steps are not allowed to be taken now. The great body of our people are averse to violence and war. They want wee They must have it. Those who may engage in war, or who may resort to violence to gain political ends, or to take vengeance on any porion of their fellow citizens, will be heid to sirict account and severely punished. In the event of a conflict the civil authorities hav- ing first exhausted their power to preserve the rea will call at once on the federal military; and have written this to notify you in advance of my purpose in this respect. I feel sure of your aid in any emergency to the extent to which it cag be given under the orders you have received, Ihave the honor to be very Feapecttully ur obedient servant, W. W. HOLDEN. Heapquarrars Disrarcr or Nort Carona, RALSION, N. 0., Oot. 0, 1868, } Governor W. W. Hoipan:— Bisel Lave the houor wo agkyowlodge the receipt Particulars of the Riot im Opelousas, La.— Last Monday morning three members jousas ‘Seymour Knights” went to the "soloed weno Mr at otge of the tor and severely. tell merically the strongest and that Warmoth’s action will be sustained by the ie ee ee stating that you have official Information thats of Enfeid rifles has her weer poco Aig Newbern, res memes seve! U rifles (many of them ah ere A cad trements, &c., complete, have been received at Wil- mington and thence distributed to Giubs and "SKK. k'n From ter. questions which sults, still, action by the civil authorities, Staten ranfled ‘Anguat 3 1863, Fapherns. the ‘ing of panna: force or otherwise, rent the execu n. of the Taws of the State, and it a crime to in rebellion or iY it the aut ity thereof. ‘The constitutional right of all citizens to the pos- session of arms for proper purpones does not ex- tend to the lecting of organizations, armed with weapons of a purely military character, such as bateg rapes as — z been apap jo such unu- sual quant at Wilmington and other otherwise batteries and ents may be Primed with equal propeiety, inimical to the government, while it calmly awalts the fate intended by those who in 1860 pursued @ similar course. It will un- doubtedly be claimed by these parties that their mo- tives are perfectly and as indicating no inten- tion to forcibly resist the law or otherwise interfere with the peace and quiet of their respective locali- ties, This cannot be granted, In 1861 professions of intense loyalty to the constitution and laws went hand in hand with concealed preparations for war, Many of these men are paroled risoners who have sworn to obey the laws in force where they reside and not to bear arms against the government, &c. This State has been re- organized under acts of Congress, the sequence of the rebellion, and any attempt to disturb its laws and prevent the re-establishing of ita authority is in my opinion an act of hostility and a violation of their solemn obligations, which may justly excite action on the part of the general government. Their righta in asserting and maintaining political preferences cannot be questioned, but when pushed to the present extremity, assuming hostile positions towards the government, prompt condemnation on the part of all good citizens should follow. This capostent purpose and readiness” to appeal to arms, after the experience of the past seven years, ta inexplicable, It is strange that many of the eltizens of this State should so far forget thelr interests as to court another collision which cannot but be more disastrous than that serenely, ended. There is nothing in the prsans political contest to excite apprehensions on he part of any class or party. Two elections have quietly occt here wit the past twelve months as important ag any that have taken place in the history of North Carolina, and with a degree of good order creditable to all concerned, and any attempts to excite disturbances aay parties, under any pre- tence whatsoever, are alike foolhardy and criminal. It probably requires no discussion to prove the en- tire futility of anetaptie any resistance of the gov- ernment in its efforts to fect and complete the guesions arising from the late war. Ita whole power guaranteed for the maintenance of the laws as at present constituted, and until legally changed, they should and must be respected. Very respectfully, your Go IN A. MILES, 3 Bvt, Maj. Gen, U. S. A., Comd’g. Dist. LOUISIANA. Lively Times in the Legislature—The Gover- nor and the Carpet-Baggers Denounced by the Negroce—Triple Division of the Negro Forces=Dangerous Tewper of the People— Subsiding of the Wators. New ORLBANS, Sept. 28, 1868. Governor Warmoth’s veto of Isabelle’s Social Equality bill seems to have allayed public excite- ment for a time and staved off the danger of an im- mediate resort to violence; but it has produced a considerable breach in the radical ranks. The co- lored vote of the State is now divided into three sec- tions—the negro democracy, who denounce the car- pet-baggers and will vote with the resident white people; the negro radicals, who denounce the carpet- baggers and will vote for themselves, and the negro radicals, who remain under carpet-bag tutelage and will vote any way thelr new masters them. The last division remains nu- leaves no doubt Legislature, The public sentiment against the bill is so intense that Its passage over the veto would be the signal for the immediate appointment of a vigi- lance committee and the ‘cleaning out’? of every white radical tn the State of Louisiana, It speaks volumes for the iniquity of the legislation which has followed the reconstruction of the State that among the people generally a feeling is gaining ground that ft will be better to make a clean sweep at ouce and go back to military government in perpetuity, if need be. Ifit were put to the vote of the white people to-morrow whether Ben Butler or the carpet-baggers should continue to rule the State it would be @ close contest. Phil Sheridan would have a good chance, and Hancock, Buchanan or Rousseau would sweep the State, and yet, inorder to get rid of a military despotism, the white people of the State allowed a re- construction constitution to be foisted on them when anything like a united effort on their part would have defeated it. When the veto message was presented in the Leg- islature on Saturday tt was received with a howl of indignation. Murrell (colored), of Lafourche, de- clared that Warmoth by this message had violated his oath and Ho ed his party, and Isabelle, the mniatto, who introduced if he did not originate the bill—rumor ascribes its origin to a deep political move on the part of ex-Governor Wells—declared that he would carry on the fight till the bill was car- ried, and then when that was done and when colored democrats were returned to Congress he would say:—“‘Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in. peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.’ \ Lang when the debate was resumed in the Lower House, the lobby was crowdea with white men—a circumstance which has never happened be- fore—and half concealed by @ doorway at the back of the Speaker’s chair Governor Warmoth listened eagerly to the debate. The Sunday had been actively employed by the radical leaders. Many of the leading wo had been ‘‘seen” and as the first indication of the influences bi it to bear, Murrell, who on Saturday denounced the Governor as @ traitor and said he must have been drunk when he declared some time ago that he would rise or fall with the black man, now patted Warmoth on the back as a young man of great promise, and took back allhe had said against him and promised to sustain the veto. Denis Burrell (black) also upheld the veto, and said if the measure had the knees of its pro- poser would shake under him like Belahazzar’s ‘when he read the writing on the wall. He (Burrell) would vote to sustain the Governor if he was assas- sinated thenext moment, but, then, he was neither a jemagogue hor Was he anxious to rua for (Isabelle 13). The supporters of the bill were not to be thus choked off, mene? Toh ht ne. of Laid Orleans, rose and made a effective speeci ‘the Governor and the carpet-baggers. ‘Had a democratic Governor presented this veto,” he said, “T could have anderstood it; but Henry Clay War- moth—Judge Warmoth, the pet doi of the colored people of State of Louisiana—the man to whom we looked up as radicalism yg the man who occupies the position on the front bastion; the man whose language to us has always been ‘Stand to your ground; we wfl put you in the proudest po- sition of any Anglo-Saxon in the State’—thia is the man who has deceived us; this is the man who is too much of @ pettif to become a statesinan. He says the laws of the State gave us these rights. What chance have we to enforce them before Judge Abel? Does he suppose that I or any colored man can go to Victor’s restaurant or Johnny Hawkins’ and be served? How much law, how much compensation cam we expect to t from six democratic judges ont of seven in New Orleans? The Governor on this bill makes that a crime, which is not #0. Why didn't he make use of that language before his own election? I have heard him tee language more pernicious and more tucen- diary than i have ever heard from a colored man t. Why doea the Governor preach to us about his nowledge of those communities where the highest respect is paid to the righ 4 of all men? There are communities here which, in my opinion, would be much benefited by his absence, No class of men have ever prot by yielding. The more we, the colored men, Pad, the more the whites will exact from us. If we had only stood firm by that tried, true friend of the colored race, Mr. Thomas J. Durant, we should not now be misrepresented by Governor Warmoth. I A to you, my colored friends, to support the bill. If the Governor goes back on us, and the Senate goes back on us, in God's name let us stand foot to foot and battle not only here but to all eternity for our just righta,” Holland Dp ted of Tensas) delivered an almost equally telling addre: nd from his frequent refer- ence to a MS. in his hat would seem to have hada promptet his back. He characterized Warmoth's veto ag an attempt to whip the devil round the rf id to evade the real question at issue. Social et Was whatthe colored man did not want. ere had been too much of it already. But they demanded and meant to have the same rights as the white men of Louisiana enjoyed. He in- yoked the memories of the lash, the bloodhound, the slave pen and Fort Pillow, and said if the Gov- ernor’s veto wae sustained he trusted the telegraph would flash the news from one end of the Continent to the other that a new rebellion bad broken out in Louisiana. lie closed the debate with a speech of charac. ter ignorance, conceit and absurdity, He denied that the colored race were infertor to the white in any Lar nad but tn education, and wound op a most astounding peroration by declaring that if this bill was only passed the community would not In times to come be curaed"to auything like tho oatent they onl los Senate. shbeck colored champions, WALL STREET. Its Business and Ite Boarjs of Brokers. street itself, running from Bromlway, opposite Trin- ity church, down to the East/river, ia filled with offices of all kinds, besides tie Custom House, the Sub-Treasury and the Government Assay buildings. Lawyers, bankers, dealers in bullion and specie, stockbrokers, banks, trust companies, watchmakers, soda water men, newspapers, togsheads of molasses and sugar, bales of cotton angchain cables contend with restaurants of various for the honor of watching the unending of stages and trucks that makes the crossing dargerous. A Brooklyn ferry closes this short but multifarious street, and is always busy with way and thrgugh passengers from this best known of Ame@ican thoroughfares, Since the street itself is 0 diversified in its interests, what is the rean that its name is universally accepted only ig one meaning? For it is clear to any observatim that, in ordinary speech, Wall street means smply the Stock Ex- change, or the business of buying and selling rail- road stocks, together with whatever else stock brokers are supposed to dealin. The reason why lawyers, banks, sugar, ferry and all the rest are neglected seems to be that with the best will in the world no one has ever succeeded in losing half the money in these varied bustaesses that he could lose by faithfully keeping to the stock market. The name Wall street, however, has outlasted its origin, forthe glory, such as it is, has mainly cen- tred upon Broad street and bids fair to remain there. The removal of the Stock Exchange to that locality, and the near neighborhood of the open board and the Gold Room, have settled that ques- tion for some years to come—say until the banks re- move in a body to Canal strect or Madison square. What, then, is tne attraction in this go-called Wall street? There is the business in stocks, the ousiness in government bonds and the business in gold. These three little affairs seem to suffice to attract the attention of the whole country and furnish con- stant occupation for an immense number of men whose business is diversified, as far as one can judge, by more noise, joking and general amusement than those in other businesses can form any idea of. The wandering visitor or the unlucky woman who en- counters the crowd on the west side of Broad street at certain times of the day carries a’ ® general idea that the howling mob ‘t bara the passage is taking a vi strange way to transact any business, and that the people might as well be all made together. But there is method in the maa- ness. Men do not shout all day long, six days a week, for the mere pleasure of testing their lungs, and the repulsive noises are found to arise simply from the eee 4 making one’s self heard. This tumultuous is eb gore of @ mass of people interested in the price of stocks—many as brokers and others as principals, who wish to be within easy Teach of their brokers, in the event of any turn in the market favoring their operations or making it desirable to change them. And the manner of the e Take g ait ae mplest, and employing the gol as the simp! constant attention of a large number of brokers and dealers, All the importers, who have to pay duties at the Custom pee, study when to buy gold for that purpose to the advant: Every dealer in excl has to buy orsell gold to an amount equivalent to his exci in order to know how who collect gold inte- or similar securities will ese furnish a basis of legitimate deal! for the Gold Room, and around them is grouped ti whole mass of speculative transactions in the pre- cious metal. Government bonds may be classed next, as every- body is directly or indirectly interested in then. ‘These are ni ted in a branch of the Stock Ex- change, to which bankers and others are admittea for that purpose, Here are made the rates that govern prices of the public funds everywhere, and above all in the: it offices in the neighborhood, where the public usuaily buys or sells these bonds, Lastly, the business in railroad stocks (and bonds, asi item) is done in the Stock Exchange, its com- jon picture, ae board, and in the Long m, Jointly occupled by both institutions, This is the business that makes the noise and attracts the at- tention of the passer-by. is Wall street of a truth and with a vengeance. Here rise and fall the prices of railroad property, whether the roads them- selves are cl in value or not, and here are made and lost the fortunes and the names that stir the envy of fools and the ambition of even steady- ing men. This is the market in which a man may gin with a hundred dollars and gain a million or may begin with a million and end with pressing need of a hundred, And here, for all that may be said to the contrary, is the nicest touchstone of financial morality. freemasoury of stock dealers is so complete that a man can hardly over- step the correct limit without its being at once de- tected and borne in mind by all his fellows. ‘The usual salutations may meet him, but the precau- tions are there, and none the less carefully kept up that they are not 0 seen. These or four markets, then, make up what is called, or understood to be in a flaancial nense, Wall street, and the stranger may well ask why they are not united into one at inarket, as elsewhere. To answer this very natural inquiry we must go back to the old times before the war, and then, per- haps, the reason will appear and the ices Of & working union can be better estimated. Before the war, then, nothing had for along time occurred to disturb the sole supremacy of the Stock Exchange. Its numbers were bot very , and the admission of new member was quite an event. Most of those who applied for membership had served a regular apprenticeship to the business, and were known as clerks to the great majority of those who were to vote on them. The ambition of getii: into the board was the natural aim for clerks who had es- tablished their reputation for capacity and integrity. Once in that sacred ‘enclosure a fair living was Seen to be open to any man who attended faith- fully to his business. The retrospect Is touching and calculated to draw tears from &@ man who had not the luck to be born afew years earlier. This shows the hardship we all suffer in not receiving formal invitations, instead of an imperative sum- mons, to enter this life. This y state of was destined to be rude- ly shock A band of men who operated ally in Leora and rina the og eS the Stock ‘ly adjoined that institution. As the specu- lative tendency of the time increased so did their numbers, and in addition to their own trausactions they found ap other people, they had friends of their own. ese friends did not care a straw where their orders were executed #o long as they got their prices and a tolerable degree of solvency in e men they dealt with. Hereupon arose a mighty and sagacious man, who opened at his own risk a room in which at the first any one could deal on a simple payment of 80 much to the lessee. It mi well be su; that many qacer customers fou! their way into this ret hoes many losses were sus- tained from irresponsible parties. But it gave the outsiders a knowledge of their strength in dae time served to estab! hy ly rules ag stringent as those heretofore used in the Stock Exchange. Many of the cipal men in this outside board became applicants for admis- sion at the Stock Hxchange, which somehow failed to oe = ae pares, ot ee sprit up in the business, and apparently had no theo it Gutneaing its borders. Others of the out- siders would under no, circumstances allow their names to be put up for ballot at the Stock Exch: 3 and between the conservatiam of the old board, the temper of the new, and the great increase of bust nesa, the new board was a living being almost bo- fore ita apparition was fairly perceived, After this had occurred candidates were sent before the old board from most of the prosperous houses in the new; and, after ae ae admitted. As time wore on it became clear that the two za tions must constantly come In contact, and that no one in active business could hope to confine his deal- ings exclusively to either of the two. A free and neutral ground was fhen provided by private enter. Pang and here for a long time met the members of he two boards and such operators as chose tw pay entrance fees, ‘This gate more satisfaction to cus- tomers than to brokers, and many attempts were made to harmonize the two boards in @ work- ing plan for dealings, and for @ tong time with- out success, Every step had to be discussed in each assembly before it could be submitted for joint discussion, The old beard was a democracy, in which sometimes one infitence prevalied and some- times another, The new board was guided by com- mittees, which erp Mad considerable power, ‘but were still subject to human inguences. Temper ‘was at work in both associations, and for a long time it seemed doubtful if the plain {nterests of business were not to be sacrif to some theory of the ower of legislation. At last it seems that all parties jacitly admitted that, while they cor legislate business away, they could hardly legi: into their hands; and possibly they found out that busi- ness, like other human relations, is very apt to go where it finds itself best suited, taking everything into account, At any rate, the two rivals settled on @ joint occupation of tae Long Room of the Stock Exchange building, and there they meet when their own boards are not in session, and none but mem- bers of one of the o1 izations can buy and sell there. So far, then, their warfare is over; and so much for the origin and progress of the open board. ‘The Gold Room was a different affair, After the suspension of specie payment, when gold to bear @ small premium, transactions in the metal were for ® time frequent on the Stock Exchange. The Peal honor was to sell gold, and against this no one offered objections. It soon became clear, however, that to buy was the winning side, and buy- ors made Wie appearauce boldly. wae wave ff i 5 i gS i age B i, 4 E EH Fy E 4 ee BE F i : Z i | : : i : i ae a : iu ' H a5 Hl pes HF ually g it paid them to doso. In due when the business had reached an im} cong yn denied, the board tnvited. all to share went to work, ata dus ding in business ag Dankers to join ® C lusive reason, either in continued success it need not be. After stating what Wall street is and attempting to give some idea of how it reached the present state flaira, speculation ag to the future is not out of here the government branch of the -~ be left out of sight, since those who belong only to it had no further object in join- ing it, The eer, simply concerns the two étook boards and the gold board, and mainly the stook It was supposed by many last spring that an amal- gamation would 5 ily follow the working agree- ment upon which they then entered. There are no signs of such a change just now. Both boards seem to be on their dignity, even if either reaily desires it; the new is too proud of its demonstrated success, and the old is too proud of its long continued exist- ence. Who is to mediate} between then? Nobody, save the same stress of circumstances that has abat all their quarrels hitherto. Bad blood will have an outiet in some way, as in the past. After that comes repose, reflection and sensible ar rangements for mutual benefit. It is now un- understood and conceded that there is no such thing as divine right to the stock business, and while all are aware, and some quite painfully, thas there are too many brokers in the street, all ere willing to let each try his best and sink or swim as hecan with brotherly impartiality. The priocipie of natural selection will send many back to callings which they deserted for the excitements, as the thought, of Wall street, and exhaustion will sen many an imprudent man back to a desk in the office of some one who remembers his capacity as a book- keeper before he was a full-blown broker. Failures will continue to occur and atime will come whea they will be scrutinized much more closely than hitherto been the case. Meanwhile fresh applicant for admission are constantly before the two boards and all the outward signs indicate a perpetual cou- vergence without any actual union. Beyond all this it must boldly be asset that it is better the tevo boards should continue as they are, They have the benefits of their separate 01 in the begk sre they have all benefits of union their joint occupation of the long room: can do business for cack 3 the} other and for cumimers et any rate of commission they please, and to crown all they have the tnestima- ble privilege of paying more than two rents and of maintain two entire sets of officers and two printing offices, If this will not reconcile men te existing circumstances, what will? Of an amalgamation of these two with the gold board there is no present prospect. The last argu- et cumulative force: enough to But suppose a man of experience should dream that he saw organized here a stock exchange whiok fulfilled its promise and gave rere for dealings in stocks, government bonds, |, and even foreign -exchange, should he be allowed to parade his dream in Wall street? rent — further a ra three-quarters ot officers were suppressed gether with their salaries and that men found it pos- sible to deal withont a president, what thent Knook him on the head for a madman. THE OLD QUARANTINE. ‘The Counsel of the Quarantine Commissioncrs Comes Agnin to the Rescue of the Quaran- tine Ground Purchasers. To Tam Epiror oF THR HERALD:— A correspondent in your issue of to-day asks some further information in regard to the sale of the Quarantine grounds. He precedes his inquiries with @ question which has no connection witu that mat- ter and makes a statement which has no existence in fact. I have never said or advised “that no appeal could be made from the decision of Dr. Swin- burne, no matter how flagrantly wrong that decision might be.” I have simply advised that masters rest- ing purely in the discretion of that officer were not reviewable on appeal to the Quarantine Commis- sioners. The correctness of this advice, I think, will not be questioned by any lawyer. Your correspondent suggests a doubt whether my statement can be relied upon as a faithful account of the transaction in the sale of the Quarantine grounds. If he will take the trouble to call at my oifice I will show him such records and documents as 1 think will satisfy even him that I am not accus tomed to publish false statements. At the proper time the Board who made that sale will make an oficial report to the Legislatare, giv- ing @ fall account of that transaction. Were I alone concerned [ should await that report for a full justl- fication of all 1 had to do with the sale, but as my silence might do injustice to others I will briefly reply to some of the remaining portions of your cor- respondent’s letter. le says that, “though he reads all the morn: papers of New York the advertisement under whio&. the recent sale was made never came under his eyes.” This advertisement was published in the fol- lowing New York papers, viz.:—The / the 2a press, the World, the Times and the ne. It was also published in the Brooklyn £agle, the Brook. lyn Daily Union and the Williamsburg Times, and, f believe, in every one of the papers published on Staten Island. directions given were to publish In each of the dally papers above mentioned twice in each week for three consecutive weeks, and I pre- n thougt of m sume the direction was complied wit! aid ss { med peel, Mg as i each paper to see whether the notice as often as was required. The sdvertisemuech wae i Papers above mentioned in the mont of May and June last, and if it escaped the notice your ¢ mndent it was not for want of an effort on my to notify the public that the Quarantine grounds were forsaie, And here I may add that the Board hardly (i eownesy £0. advertise the PD ry 80 extensively, as it nad already been sev- bral ames before advertised for ale; aud the fact that it wage age was generally well under- stood by Your correspondent asks, ‘Where did the sale take 7” The written offer for the property was by, me submitted to the Board at a ng the office of the Quarantine Commis- sioners on the 4th day of —— last, at which the offer was accepted, and the fact of such acceptance was then duly certified to the Governor, Comptrolier and Secretary of State, by whom the sale was proved, as stated in my previous letter. Afterw: the papers were submitted to the Commissioners of the Land Office, who directed @ patent to issue, im accordance with law. Your correspondent next desires to know whether the purchasers have paid the cash ment of $100,000 and asks my opinion as to whether they are capable of paying the balance out of their own roperty. I answer, they have complied strictly with the terms of their offer, have paid to the treasurer of the Sire yee in cash, which is now oa deposit in the Unit ‘tates Trust Company and will be used to de! the cost of erecting the new boarding station on West ik as fast as the con- tractor shail be entitled to recetve it. The balance of the purchase money, $150,000, is paid by the pur. chasers assuming @n encumbrance to that amount now on the property; that encumbrance consists of & mortgage executed by the Commissioners of Hmt- ation to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of ‘ew York, pursuant to authority given by cha 28 of the laws of 1850, and which mortgage was duly recorded in the clerk's office of Richmond county, As the property is conveyed to the purchasers subject to this mortgage, and a8 your correspondent says 16 is worth $1,000,000, it matters not whether they are able to pay it or not. The land is worth the money and the State cannot be the loser by their failare. Your correspondent sensible wi ind would into lote Fand dispose of them on weingee | to oa highest bidder. Such i# not the opinion of many the best judges of reai estate with whom I have con- versed, taking the property in its present condition, without any atreets bein, ned with — views as to where they should be opened, and wi! no power on the part of the Board to improve the | ad before the sale. Besides there were two serious obstacles to a sale of the property in this mode, One was that a release of separate lots from the lien of the mortgage could not be secured before the sale, so as to convey a perfect title; and another Was that the property could not, under the law, be fold at auction subject to a reservation of the use of the landing and boarding station, which, under ex- isting circumstances, was deemed to be indispensa bly necessary, Your correspondent seems much exercised by the fact that the deed of the eae, is not yet on record. Whether it is or not is @ matter which does not concern me, Iam not aware of any law that re- quires the purchasers to record the deed uniess they choose to do ao, ButI presume that ordinary pru- dence will cause them soon to gratify the curiosity dent by plot, the document oa HENRY W. JOUNSON, ot Ch record. Naw Yous, October 10, 1868,