The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1869, Page 8

OLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, THE CAMPAIGN IN PENNSYL7ANiA, Visit of Asa Packer to the Agricultaral Falr— An Attempted Interview «%The Tax Ques- tion—A Big Vote Prognosticated for Lehigh Presitent Grant Not ta Visit Alléutowa. ALLENTOWN, 2’2., Sept. 29, 1809, ‘The citizens of this sirongbold of democracy—that ¥s, that portion who are of the democratic persua- mon—are to-day, ia connection with the county agricultural fair now going on, indulging in adegree of unusual exciement—that is, democratic excite ment—over the presence of Asa Packer, the demo- fatic candidate for Governor of Peunsyivania, Mr, Packer, for an elderly geutieman, is guite active in his movements, swinging between Philadelphia aud Mauch Chunk with extraordinary facility; in fact, it ig no easy matter to find him at either place. A despatch received here yeswrday announced the intention of Mr, Packer to be at this place at noon to-day. At half-past eleven o’clock a committee, cousisting of State Senator George B. Schall, Daniel F, Bastian, Robert Steckel and Enos Erdinan, left the hotel in carriages and, alter an absence of thirty minutes, returned, Mr. Packer with them. The guvernato- riai candidate was ushered into a private parlor in the hotel. His arrival was at once the signal for a gathering of citizens to pay tneir respects. About fifty called, nine-tenths old men beyond the prime of lifeand the maturity of political faith, The hotel was full of people, principally attending the fat, but Saree pag an Chatiasiasiic subject Would be heard ursting forth i the e“ervesciug words, “Hurrah Jor the democracy.”” Mr. Packer in personal appearance is a gentleman of benevolent expression of countenance, and ta the hives of his face somewhat resembles Vice Presi- dent Colfax, and also possesses that peculiar faculty of simiing Upon opportune occasions. Alter dinner Mr. Packer, with several gentlemen, passed several hours at the fair grounds, taking a general survey of things, Without eliciting any Bpecial mark of attention, During the interval between the arrival and din- Mog hour of Mr. Packer your coirespondent look occasion during & cessation of the pressure from Uhe outside to be presented to the wortay gentle. man. OORRESPONDENT—I am very glad to make your acquaintance, Mr. Packer. You are the centre of considerable discussion in the State of Pennsylvania et this ime. Mr. PackER—Yes, sir, the people. (Here a red Basal protuberance intervened and created a diver- sion.) CORRESPONDENT (after waiting patiently for some minules)—iheve seems to be a great deal of cunosiiy to— (Here Sheri Leutz made his appearance with @ quartet of old Inends, After shaking hands all #round the party withdrew.) UORRESPONDENT—A great deal is said about you not paying your taxes, Mr. Pacxer—Yes; but if they would go to the trouble of vestigating the matter they might pro- bably have less to say, ‘The proceeds of what | bave dnvested in the Lehigh Valley Kaliroad pay taxes ‘before the dividends are declared. My coal Jands, lying Waste, pay State taxes, (Another detachment of visitors here interposed.) CORRESPONDENT—I think we will nave to talk over ‘these matters some other time, My. Packer—Yes, sir. I am going to Bethl to night and will visit Reading to-morrow. ais thing of talking is a serious matter, and we wil eres MW some serious atvention some other ume, Having fixed some other time your correspondent withdrew. ‘Sho grave charge among the politicians and bum- mers that Mr. Packer is spending no money is true 40 & Modified sense—that ts, he opens his purse strings and lets out the funds through the “regular channels.” That is, this part of his personal efforts je conducted “in a business way.” He spends no money himself, but certain trusted friends are sup- plied when “necesnary."” ‘The people in this section are not losing an y time Bor sparing pains to roll up a large majority. Some say the vote in this county alone will reach at least 3,900; but there is nothing yet to indicate any such ‘unanimity. The agricultural fair here has proved so fara greet success. There ts quite a large exhibition of ees aud cattle. Large crowds of people are in attendance. ‘A despatch from Washington received this afver- moon states that the President regrets that it 1s ampogaible for him to visit Allentowa, His ofticia: duties will require all of bis attention in preparing for the meeting of Congress. Jadge Packer Visite Reading—Grand Turnout of the Yeomanury—Trouble in the Republic can Camp—The Fair. READING, Pa., Sept. 80, 1869. At the invitation of the committee of the Berks County Agricultural Pair Judge Packer visited this city this morning, having arrived from Bethlehem, ‘The Judge was met at the depot by Heister Clymer, J. Lawrence Getz, member of Congress, and J. Stichter. The party rode to the residence of Mr. Stichter, where a fine lunch was prepared, Apout eleven o'clock the party proceeded to the fair grounds, where the Judge was quite enthusiastically Feeelved by the yeomanry of Berks. ‘The agricultural fair in this city is a great encecas, Berks has beer long famous in Pennsylvania for her Jairs, and this year is no exception io her record. At least 20,000 people visited the grounds to-day. ‘The trains trom all directions have been arriviug all day with twelve and Miteen cars at a time filled with people, Judge Packer on the Political Topics of the Day—Brevity His Main Point—He Does Not Wish to Cowmit Himself. BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 29, 1809. Judge Packer, candidate on the democratic ticket for Governor of Pennsylvania, has been represented as 80 excessively reticent that the bare contempla- tion of ap interview would draw forth a responalye feeling of rebellion against undertaking such an up- Bil task, The Judge, on the other hand, whether owing to his new atutade before the people or his natural manner, is certainly av affable gentie- wan, and in personal intercourse 1s, a8 he ap- peared to your correspondent, just the reverse of that cold, calculating, heartless man as repre- wented. Having been an active business man ali hisiife, and one who has attended to his business, the Judge does not show much of arelish for the non- sense of politics. He made the remark to your cor- respondent, “I will spend two or three days in going about, and next week will go to business again,’’ ‘The Judge, like a wise man, is determined not to sacrifice bis important business reiations to the uncertainties of politics, Having found a favorable opportunity, your cor- respondent made asecond attempt at getting in a few words. The Judge was at the depot, waiting for the train, there remaiaing over a half an hour before its departure. YoOuR CORRBSPONDENT—I perceive a movement to raw in the present bonds and fund the public debt Of the nation at a lower rate of interest. re Packer -—8o I understand; but I do not ree how the government will get the people to exchange their old bonds for these new ones, except py an arbitrary assumption of power on the part of Con- gress. do not think the government would be Honestin such action, J have no government bonds @t ail, have not had any and it isnot likely will have, so it will not affect me in the least. Lam in favor of an honest compliance, if anything, with the obligations the government has assumed. This SHnancial question is one which has created a good deal of talk, but it has been all on one side. This fanding business ts nothing more than repudiation, because the gevernment has no right to Issue bonds ato certaintrate and then make the persons who have them take others of a jess value, OORRESPONDENT—But | think so high a rate of interest prevents the investment of capital in we industries of the country, or, at Jeast, has u tendency to cripple enterprise, aud this 18 not counting we economy of interest, Judge PackER—| do not know that that will do much, It will save a little money; out what are a few millions in @ country like this? With such an enormous revenue it is nothing; the country would not feel it. CORRESPONDENT—The party you represent is accused of favoring big boete ge You must havo some clear ideas about finances or you would never have made such enormous accumulauions as itis said Mob groves Todge ‘ACKER—I cannot say that I have any better ideas on that subject than anybody elze— probably not as good. Economy and safe myest- mentare about fe best means of attaining finan- cial prosperity. As regards the government finances, so long a8 the income is greater than the expendi- ture the finances must be heaithy; if it is the other way, there i8 embarrasement, But this matter of the public finances is a thing to which I have given go little attention tat Ido not care about saying thing about it. RRESPONDENT—Baut is there any truth that the omg) peer are in lavor of repudiating the len! . Judge PackeR—Well, this is a pretty serious matter, and would have to be considered. 1do vot Know what the democratic party think anout that. ‘The Judge evidently did not wish to commit him- ‘self on th nt at ail, aud gave a giance up and down the ‘oad track, doubliess Wishing that the un might come aloug. resumed :—I Think there ought to be economy, I General Grant is having 4 good adininisira- tion. He is ont of the hands of the politicians, CORRESPONDENT—Pennsyivania 18 much interested in @ tariff a8 s protection to her industries, judge Pack, me people think #0; but this is led—some want free trade and some 1 do pot think without a tani Penn- bein the fx represeuted, There is in the country about that, There and extreme Wearery ypd New Log: ere —. to Pennsylvania, The ‘V never be settled satisfac Tand tn! ‘ tari? ts fa questio tortly to all parties. nade would probably hurt some and a high tarif®+ \ood many more; a0 It is a diMcult problem to disci. CORRFSPONDENT—Y ou euipfoy a large number of workmen—what is your opinion about the eight hour law ? The Juage here smiled impressibdly and Incontro- vertibly, and, indeed, impregnaodly, This proposition must remaio blank. He broke the silence by saying that the talk about him not paying his taxes was all political claptrap—there was nothing in it. It was very apparent that the Judge was too prac- tical to have much tosay. What little he did say was an irksome, uphill task. He doubdess felt that a@sentence once dropped was capable of too many constructions, of too much elasticity, to be safe. His style of delivery was slow and lengthy, and frequent pauses intervened. ‘The passengers to leave by the train arriving, the Judge received much attention and evident relief from that source. At twenty minutes past seven o'clock the train came up, and the Judge got aboard with very littie hesitation. TRE CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSEITS, The Late Republican State Convention and Why the Party Declined to Invite Deteat— The True Nature of tho Coming Contest= The Objections to the Liquor Law Analyzed— The State Constabulary and Its Odious Features—Activity of the Secret Organiza- Uone—The Labor Reform Party. Boson, Sept. 27, 1869, The evasive manner in which the republicans at thetr late State Conventian treated the liquor law question corresponded precisely with what I pre- dicted in @ letter tothe HeRaLp the day preceding the meeting, and every line also in that letuer relat- ing to the Couvention was borne out by its action, 1do not claim to bea prophet, but simply stated facts gained from reliable sources, instead of uniting speculation aud the imagination of a fertile brain, The reason why the Convention passed upon the liquor question in the manner in which it did was because the 8. O. L. and the U. R, L. leaders on the night before the nominations gave the State Central Committee to understand plainly that no opposition would be made to Mr, Claflin; that the real contest would be transferred to the choice of members to the Legislature, as was the case in the year in which the P. L. L. swept the State and gave Jack Adama over 70,000 votes. But notwithstanding this latest understanding and arrangement the Convention is taken to task for dodging, in @ spirit of shufling impotence, the only question relating to our State politics, The law was a radical measure, and became by Us enactment a distinct and absolute party test, Thus far it has been a failure; and many republi- cans, as well as the democrats, naturally demanded a distinct and honest declaration of principle on the law from the Convention, instead of a base evasion of the actual issue presented for its consideration. And it was meet that Senator Sumner, himself an avowed opponent of prohibition, was called upon to preside to smother the Convention in platitudes which had nothing whatever to do with the politica of the State, Mr. Sumner, it will pe remembered, withdrew from the Convention soon after blowing his trumpet. There was a metnod in this step. Mr. Sumner had no idea of being questioned by members or the body whether or not he was “sound on the goose,” and besides this he is not accustomed to facing such @ kind of music, But it 18 not to be pre- sumed that the faction of tne Convention will affect the general convictions of the people of the State; although the republican party uoderstands as wel! how to use the party lash as it does to evade delicate or dificult issues, ‘The ominous crack of the whip is already heard, but it will not infiuence decided opinions and ieelings. But let us see what it 1s that threatens to make a warm fight on Representatives and Senators at the election in November. It 1g not 80 much the odious Liquor law a3 it is the creature of the law to spe- cially enforce it, By @ statute passed in 1865 a State constabulary was established, consisting of a Con- stable of the Commonwealth, with a salary of $3,000 and cost of travel, with at least one deputy in each county and twenty in the county of Suifolk, to be paid three dollars per day and travel; and the statate provides that they shall especially use their utmost endeavors te repress and prevent crime, py the sup- pression of liquor shops, gambiing places and houses of iil fame. By @ statute p: last winter the number of eo ed Was increased to eighty-one; so that now the State has a constabulary force of about 160, with salaries amounting to the vicinity of $150,000. Since July last, especially, the operations of this constabulary force have been directed princi- pally to searches and seizures under the provisions of the atatute referred to, Thousands of wa ry for the search of houses Rave been issued, under which buildings have been broken into and a in which there was no liquor kept for sale, reasonable cause existed to believe that any was kept. inded, there have been palpable instances where these constables have entered the dwelling houses of our citizens and ransacked every room, closet, trunk and en looking into concealed ar- ticies of indispensable chamber crocgery tor liquors, the fourteenth section of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the State notwithstanding which reads as follows:—‘Every subject has a right to bo secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, bis papers and ail his pos- eessions.’’ After trial, too, in many instances, the liquors that have been setzed have been ordered to be returned to their owners from entire failure of any proof to sustain the allegation, oa which the warranis were issued. Apotier odious feature of the Jaw, and against which there is much opposition, is the tyrannical or arbitrary power it gives to the State constables. There have been hundreds of in- stances in the State of arrest and imprisonment of individuals, and of forcible entry into houses and seizure of property without the elightest cause except what is derived from the unfounded suspicions or the malice of State conatabies, Instances of this have appeared ou legal examination. {s any citizen, then, secure from unreasonable selzure and searches of his person? Strange to say, too, there are no penalties to reach the malicious complainant. The State Constable acts on his oath ‘that he hae reason to believe that the Nquor 1s unlawfully kept, &c. Nor is he called upon to state his reasons for 80 believing, and therefore to convict him of perjury would be ont, impossible. The State Constanie, carrying @ bigh hand, can be troubled with neither a crimimal por civil prosecution. The Constables give ho bonds, and some of them are not worth enough to pay half a bill of damages that might be rendered against them. The law as now enforced Is direcied only — contemptibly small cases, while the sale aud drinking in “respectable” places goes on as before any such jaw was enacted. Of course this discrimination has been made by the Governor to apoease the popular clamor against the law, well knowing the fact that poor Patrick Murphy or Bridget OU’ Flanagan has no poutical influence, And for the reasons above enumerated exists the hoawility to the Liquor law, Two-cuirds of the voters of tue Commonweaiti are opposed to the law as it now exists, The experience of the past four months alone bas demonstrated that it 18 aa impracticable jaw, and the police records show that under it drunkenness and crime lave tncreased rather than dimiaished, In Boston the law ls @ dead letier reaily. The city pole, whom the law makes It equally obligatory to enforce, have had and will have nothing todo with it. It 18 ignored totally, ‘The rural representatives and thelr constituents, who are addicted to cider in pubilc and whiskey ou the sly, made the law ior Boston, but they had their labor for their pains, One month, last July it was, High Constable Jones had between forty and eighty liquor cases before the Grand Jury, but he failed to have any of the parties indicted, the twelve free- holders having adjudged the law uncoustitutional before the evidence bad hardly been presenved in the several casea. In addition to this the testimony of a State constavle is always taken with many grains of allowance, the public, for some reason, having very little confidence in their oath. In some localities a State constable, no matter how good his standing among his tellow men, ta looked upon with contempt, and treated ac- cordingly. There seems to be @ peculiar stigma at- tached to their calling; but I suppose these ofiicers have earned en unenviable reputation on account of the uamanly means resorted to by #ome of them to obtain evidence against liquor seilers. As a general thing, however, they are, a8 @ body, as srewd avd industrious as the members of the city police in the direction of catching crimmals, In fact, many of the most important arresis of the past year have been made by officers connected with the btale con- stabulary. The political combinations to secure a modification of the liquor law, or its repeal, and a license law of some sort enacted in its stead, are going forward ra- pidiy. Bostou, of course, ia the headquarters of the movement. ‘The several secret organizations have their agents travelling throughout the state, forming auxiliaries and visiting towns where there is o i hood of galuing a@oything, In towns where the two political parvies are of about equal strength, or Where there 18 good liberal republican strength, the 8. 0. L. and U. RL. are at work—and there are many such towns, eapecially witiin thirty miles of the “Hub”? aua in the western part of the State, Worcester county, famous for its confidence In republicanism, 18 quite “rummy” in some portions, for republicans ag weil as democrats drink rum, Tne Germans having been assured that they can Orink their lager in the future without hindrance will, a8 1a the past, vote the republican ticket, but encourage no prohibitioniat for the Legisiature. The democrate are disappointed in the Germans. When Plats lager was seized the Teutonic mad went right up, and tie democrats immediately seized the oppor. tunity of telling the Germans that the repubiican party intended to take away their “milk,”’ Indig- nation meetings were held and all that sort of thing, but the Germans, bating the Irish and conse- quently @ good portion of the democratic party, would have notalng to do with it under the apectous cry of “No North, no Sonth, no East, no West, but ‘ager beer.” The German vote of boston ls generaliy republican. The anti-liquor law element is spending between one hundred thousand and two nundred thousand dollura, Tae former secretary of tho P. L. L. 18 one of the leading men in the way of “organization for victory.’ His name i# Marsh. The jeading whole- sale liquor houses can well afford to farigy the money that 1s to pay for the music that ts to please Bacchus. The leading hotel proprietors also aro identified with the work, On the other haud, the friends of the liquor law have not much money to invest in influencing votes. ‘They are going to rely chiefly on the “sober second thought” of the men und the jnfluence of the women connected with tem- perance organizations, believing that @ cause which can only be advaaced by money and corruption is a “wheked” one, to cay the least, and that uo govern- ment has @ moral right to “legalize crime.” The pronibitory party gets its ineptrauion from the State Yemperance Abifance, the Boston Traveller, and the Boston Daily Tribune, @ new evening paper pub- lished by Usher, of the Nation. There are bat few reiliple, outspoken promibitory papers in tho State without an “10 ora “but? in advocacy of the letter of the law. xs ‘The State Labor Convention, which meets at Wor- cester on Wednesday, will not shake the Common- wealth to its Vv utre, although it be held m the “heart” thereof, The meeting wril be a sort of pre- liminary one preparatory toan advance movement next year. ‘fhe very accommodating labor reform prank tn the epabiinent platform will suMce for the workingmen this year, The delegates to the con- vention will represent the Order of Crispin, under the lead of 8. P, Cummings, Who seems to be the head and front of the political labor party. It 1s quite probable that the convention will treat respect- fully the Cladin ticket and pass resolutions recom- mending the Crispins particularly and the working- men generally to support no man for ofMce who does not sympathize with the idea that labor has as much legislative right to be Incorporated as has capital, TUS CAMPAIGN IN MINNESOTA, Placform of the DemocracyFifteenth Amend- meut Ignered. The following is the platform adopted by the Democratic State Convention in Minnesota on the 230 ult. : Resolved, That the democracy of Minnesota desive to act independently of mere forms 1 theories which have lust thelr substance, to consign settled qaestions tothe past and to appeal two the people of Minnesota upon the living issues of the present and future, witch concera the material interests of every ciazen of the State, Resolved, That the power to impose duties on imports is a power of taxation which can only be used for the purpose of obtaining revenues, and that the present oppressive tariff Jaws should be so amended as to reduce the duces on imports to a strictly revenue standard. Resolved, That we are in favor of the gradual reduction of the public debt by tis paymenc in the lawfut currency of the country Wherever authorized by Jaw, as fast as 1t can be done without disturbing the equilibrium of prices and values by too great ap inflation of the currency. Resolved, That we are in favor of the gradual reduction Of aii taxes under the internal revenue system, and the repeal of that system at the earliest practicable moment. Resolved, That we are in favor of equal rights to ail men, exclusive privileges to none; the bondhold- jug wealth of the country to be taxed equally with the poor man’s property. Resvlved, That while we entertain a due respect for the opinions of those who diver with us, we are opposed to the enactinent of sumptuary laws as & Violation of the personal liberty of the citizen. Resolved, That the proper accountability of pub- lic officers to the people is inconsistent with extremely long terms in office by any individual; that the oifice of State Auditor should frequentiy receive a new, faithful and competent incumbent, a8 the best protection of the State Treasury from spoli- ation; that transactions in school and other public lands by the State Auditor or his agents and part- bers are incompatible with the honest discharge of duty. Resolved, That the Jong possession of power by any party or faction begets corruption, and is apt to transform a free republic into an oligarchy of ofice-holders, unless prevented by frequent changes in office; that 16 is the duty of the people in the towns and country, as well as in the State, to defeat the too frequent re-election of office-holderg, aud thereby secure purity in the management of town and county aaira, prevent speculation in publio funds and defeat the formation of corrupt rings and cliques at the county seats and the Siate capital, to which end tie Legislature should reduce the fees of office to the lowest rate that can secure the services of competent officers, Aresolution expunging hostility to the fifteenth amendment was indefinitely postponed, A propo- sition to coalesce with the temperance party was Fespectiully declined. THE CAMPAIGN IN M.SSISSIPPI. Endorsement of the Natioual Repnblican Ticket. The Democratic State Executive Committee of Mississippi have issued a circular declaring:— 1, That it 18 not expedient to hold a democratic State convention or to place a democratic ucket in nomination, ae lay a ee spinon of this committee the true by mupporang: duu eerscuae We eeAtaeTse oT the National Union Republican party, tis day put in nomination. 8. That the people of every county in the State ‘Who support the State and Congressional candidates of this party should immediately meet in couaty conventions, organize the party by the appointment of all appropriate oMcers and committees, put Legis- lative candidates in the fleid and enter the campaign at once. This action 1s regarded as sensible by the leading democratic papers in the State, Opinions of the Mississippi Press. (From the Brandoa ital — (ant-radical), pte Though not a member of thé national republican party, yet we shail give the ticket just nominated by it our hearty support, Just as we did the democratic ticket last year. We were not a democrat then, but there being no whig ticket in the fleld, we belleved our duty to our country required that we should act with and support the nominees of the democratic party as against the carpet-bag thieves who were trying to cram the polecat constitution down the throats of our people. We are not a republican now, but as there is neither @ whig nor democratic ticket iu the feild we will sapport the nominees of that wing of the republican party that has cut loose from the base villains who are trying to stir up @ war of races that hn @ may jatten on the spoils. The National Union Repubtican ticket is composed of good and true men—not such, jn all respects, a3 we would have chogen under other circumscances, but the best bent could have veen selected under existing circum stances. The Colored Candidate for Secretary of State. The same paper refers to the colored candidate for Secretary of State on the same ticket as follows:— Thomas Sinclair, the nominee for Secretary of State, is an educated colored man of excellent char- ter, who has bought land and mules of his own and Jives in peace and harmony with his neighbors, All who know him speak of him in the highest terms of praise. He did not seek the nomination, but as his colored triends asked to be represented on the ticket he finally consented to serve. If elected he will get a competent gentleman to assist hin. Democratic Repngnance to the Dent Ticket. [From te Natchez Courler (old time dewocrat), Sept. 13, As 4 journalist we this morning lay off the mantle of democracy which we have so long worn. Wedo it from & sincere conviction of the duty of the hour; we do it with @ protest against the uon-action of a body of men who have not done their duty; we doit with shame aud regret, and in doing it we feel that We are taking farewell for a time of that which we have neid very dear as our principle. We have been willing Lo submit ourseives at all times to the will of the people, We have aiways clung to our own conscience as the only lamp by which we can and ought to be guided as an individual; yet when we have charge or other people’s affairs we are quite willing, aye, anxious to do more for them than for ourselves, We cannot approve of the course which has been pursued by the various ele- ments now in the chaos of the people’s mind, yet if we are a stumbling block in the way we remove it, We have contended for a convention; we yet hope vo see It, ag the ouly proper record of the action of the people. We go into the movement under pro- test, let it ever be recorded, but if the great body of the people have done likewise, our humble little sheet will do all it can to defeat radicalism. We lken ourselves to the traveller or the denizen, who doffs hie garment aa the season directs, SEW YORK STATE POLITi Wm. W. Butterfield has been nominated for Mem- ber of Asseiably in the Secoud district of Jedersou county. The republicans of Chemung county have nom- inated David Decker for Member of Assembly and John G. Copley tor School Commissioner. The republicans of Alleghany have nominated 0. N. Flannagan for Member of Assembly and D. VD. Gardiner for Treasurer, Jay Vemick has been renominated for the Assem- bly in the First district of Jefferson county. Mr. Demick was @ faithful, industrious and upright merber of the last House, ‘The reputdicans of Orleans county have nominated for Member of Assembly John Berry, of Murray; for Treasurer, Kirke Hart, of Barrie; for School Commis- sioner, James H. Mattison, of Barrie. Dr. Joshua B. Graves, of Corning, received the republican no! on for Member of Absembiy in the Second district of Steuben. The republicans of Lewis county have nominated Clinton L. Merriam for Member of Assembly. In regard to the contest among the republicans in the Cattaraugns and Chatauqua district the follow- ing may be given as the present situation:—The Sen- Alorial Convention was to bave been held on the 23d ult.; but instead of one convention three were At one a Mr. Scott was put in nomination for tor, Mr. O. V. B. Barse, meraber of the last Ai biy, was the other candidate. Another convention did a great amount Of talking, but adjourned with- out bs ry any bust Auother convention met, but without transacting any business ad- Jourged to mogt at Dguky oy the 1Ytp of Uctoner, CITY AND SUBURB POLITICAL NOTES. It ig really astonishing the number of new suits of clothes—all of the well known “tweed” style of goods—many of the warriors and even chiefs of the tribe of Tammany sport around in ac the present time; and it is wonderful to behold the shine of their hats—all of the same make and invariably labelled “Americus Club” —presented by-——Saul, is mighty among the prophets. That very amiable gentleman, Mr, Grinnell, the Collector of the port of New York, made a pilgrim- age to Washington to see tho man who smashed into the bulls and bears of tne Gold Room, and on Wednesday revurned, fetching with him from the Treasury Department @ particularty sharp-looking meataxe, So ali ye who are on the anxious seat had better look out, There 13 something in the wind, ‘The Excelsior Democrats ilustrate the Twentieth ward, They are going in fora picnic anda clam chowder, with the xtngs, Besides a firm faith in old Bourbon and Newark lager, the Excelsiors be- lieve that Mr. Donohue would inake a brilliant Alder- man and Mr. Hardy a first class justice of the peace. But that won't elect either by a ‘long shot.” The Union Kepublican Association of the Seven- teenth Assembly district are awaking from their sicep of months, hey held a meeting the other night and respectfully asked the president ‘what was up.” ‘The ‘longshoremen of the First ward had @ first rate notice in this column on Tuesday, and now it is proposed to give them a little bit of solid advice. Don't, a8 a body, lend yourselves to politics. It is “all in my eye,” as one of your own men said in Greenwich street yesterday—this ‘independent club” business for politics, irrespective of party, It can’t be done. Every mother’s son of you will be sold cheap, if you persist, long before the sage of Chappaqua ls made a United States Senator. Who's at the bottom of your organization? Do you know the man who is pulling the wires? There are quite a number of disinterested gentie- men residing in the Eighth Assembly district who are quite prepared to sacrifice ume, personal com- fort, health and money and go to Albany this win- ter,and while there, on an income of three dollars, spend ten dollars a day i cigars and rum for the pleasure of legisiating for the people. Oh, yes; there are numbers of brilliant geniuses all over the city, who are prepared to pay even for the privilege of working for nothing! How very “honorable” in them, What a row the boys of the Nineteenth ward are making in order that Jacob Cohen may be returned a Supervisor, Really, the odice must be one of “great profit or honor?’ or there wouldu’t be so many powwows held over it. Citizen Toutfe has been nominated for Alderman of the Twenty-second ward, and the members of the Jefferson Democratic Club, of the Seventeenth Assembly district, are his backers. Toute 18 nov the only aspirant in the ward for the Aldermanic chair. A “Workingmen’s” Independent Club has been formed in the Eighth ward. It is the easiest thing In the world to give a name. Daniel McKnight, for Assistant Alderman, has been endorsea by the Constitutional Democratic Association of the Tenth ward, The Germans have organized an anti “Big Injun” club in this ward, They are strongly in favor of something that will break down Tammany Hall. The Thirteenth Ward German Democratic Club is not ,in favor of Judge Shandiey for re-election to the magistracy of this city; and it does not propose to grow hoarse shouting over the nom/nation of Mr. Tweed for the State Senate. The members said as much at their last meeting in Broome street, Strange that while these German democrats decline to sup- Port the gentlemen named they are decidedly in favor of Mr. Thomas Brady for Assembly. We sup- pose its becanse he’s a Datchman. The happy family that, as an ‘Independent Repub- lican Association,” meets on Broadway and Forty- ninth street, thus throwing a strong ‘‘politico- calcium light” over the inhabitants of the Nine- teenth ward,is decidedly in favor of discountenancing “politicians from holding controlling positions in sete ivi aur eURU ES WHS Ue MATL with the independent republicans, ABS We predicted, the republicans of Kings county sre not 60 amiable towards each other as brethren should be who desire to “live in unity,” after the example set by Dr. Watts. The fact that no less than three flerce delegations, each claiming to be the genuine original Jacobs, from Brooklyn, knocked atthe doors of the State Republican Convention, sitting in Syracuse on Tuesday aud sweating over a State ticket, ought to be held in proof of our asser- tion. The political gladiators are but slowly harnessing for the fall campaign. There appears to be much indifference to the attractions of the arena; but when the tocsin is sounded there will be arush and a rally, and, as of old, under accepted leaders, the oft fought and never decided battle of the democrats and republicans will be renewed. it was only the other day that those great oppo- nents to republican equanimity, the radicals and conservatives, shook hands, embraced and swore eternal friendship, and now we have the indepen- dents on the carpet, who, under the rallying banner of Gambrinus, swear thai they know their rights and dare maintain them to the last drop in the keg. ‘The free and independent citizens of Harlem and Carmansville and the regions round about are delighted with the private little fight they have at present on the judgeship forthe new police district, It is a wonder among the dozen of patriots who are desirous of serving the public and helping to popu- late Blackwell's Island that the experienced Justice Osborne is not named, Is his ex-Honor better employed? It is not trae that the Fentan circles are just now engaged in arranging little matters preparatory to the pending electlon—for the Assembly particularly. POLITICAL SPECIALTIES, A Western radical paper avers that ‘the demo- cratic party has no idea of dying."’ As the radicals have long since proponnced it dead this must be a resurrection; therefore the rads of the West had better be prepared to meet this Second Advent of thely lmplacable adversary, just as the early Chris- Uans were of theirs, Ohio radical exchanges assert that if the people's tickets in Hamilton and Lucas counties are elected “the next Legislature is democratic beyond a ques- tion.” It appears to be not so much @ want of “har- mony” of the radicals in the counties named that leada them to anticipate reverses as the want of money of another sort. The certificate of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment by the Legislature of Indiana has been forwarded to Washington, and no humbug about it. It is stated that German democrats in Pennayl- vania are going to vote the republican ticket, This {3 not exactly like the announcement that the Dutch had taken Holland—for the Pennsylvania Dutch have generally been considered democrats—particularly there about Nockamixon, in Bucks county, the vote iu which township on one occasion came near set- tling’a Presidential election. A Western New York paper inquires, “What Is democracy?’ Ask General McClellan. A “correct version” of our Corporation Attorney’s (O’Gorman) addroas before the late New York Demo- cratic State Convention is annonuced aa being pub- lished in the party organ in Aibany, What was the matter with the version given in the New York papers? if Miles O'Reilly were alive perhaps there might have been some pertinent verses on the subject. Fordyce L. Lafin is the proper way of spelling the name of the democratic candidate for State Prison Inspector of this State. This announcement ts au- thoritatively mado by the Kingston (Ulster county) Arg=s, the home organ of the nomihee, who Js gene- Taily Known a8 the “gunpowder candidate,’ and one which the republicans will flod it no laughing matter if they attempt to touch him off, The Minnesota democrats allowed 4 committee of the Good Templars to enter their late State Conven- tion and make some proposition about prohibition, How indignant some of those jolly old hunker deie- gates must have felt! The following is among the latest political tricks in Pennsylvania as it is recorded in the Philadelphia Age—democratic organ:— Why Geary invited some democrats to go to the Louiaville Comyention appears by the fact Web it ie \ NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. held on onr election day—the 12tn of October. Be- sides the list of delegates pee im the papers, many more have been privately uppointed—most of them democrats. ‘You are particularly requested to be at Loniaville on the 12th of Octover!? Some of the democratic papers in Pennsylvania are trying to make out that oid Jobn Covode is a negro—or rather the old covey is trying to make himself out one-—having declared that his grand- father was once sold as a slave in Philadelphia, ‘That must have been a long time ago. General Canby wants to re-establish the Freed- men’s Bureau in Virginia, Isn't that one of the dead issues of the radicals? ‘The Indiana democrats are divided about the ime of hoiding thet State Convention, One party favors. January, another midsummer, This blowing cold andhot has ofven damaged the democratic cause before this. Pend-eton’s Clifton ‘whine’ is the latest beverage of the Ohio republicans, The Chicago 7rivune and other republican prints in that cityare in high glee over their ‘Citizens’ Ticket” in opposition to the ring. The 7rivune heartily approves the nominations, and endorses them all, THE SUEZ CANAL. Can Large Ships Navigate It at First? Proleasor Alexander Ryer has written to the Gra- zer Tagespost of Germany an iteresting letter on the Suez Canal, from which we take the following remarks. He says:—Two circumstances render it doubtful whether the whole length of the canal will be navigable for large ships at the beginning of next November. ‘They ave, first, the fact’ that the sait Jakes ure only filling very slowly, as the current cannot be increased from the north for fear of injur- ing the sides of the canal and interfering with the machines at work there; and, next, the rocky forma- tion met with south of the lakes, which retards the progress of the works. ‘These difiiculties may per- Naps be overcome, but there are others of a more serious hature which, while they will not delay the opening, may seriously affect the success of the undertaking. ‘There “are pariicularly the _fol- lowing poiuts:—1. ‘The harbor of Port Said is in danger of being filled up by the tne deposit brougut down by the Nile; a bauk has already formed on the outside of the west mole, and in the course of a short time iv wth extend beyond it and be carried into the first basin. Besides this, tie de- posit has already entered the harbor through the open spaces between the blocks of stone to such an extent as to necessitate a deepen- ing of the first basin. The deposit was then removed from the eastern side of the harbor, but heaped on the interior of the west moie, in the hope that, being hardened by pressure between the blocks, it might itself help to secure the harbor from similar dangers in future. Suflicient ume has not yet passed to test the success of the experiment. 2. ‘The tresh water basin of Port Said is too small, 80 that Wf the water pipes are so seriously ijured ag to require lengtheaed repaiis the whole popwa- tion will be reduced to great straits. 3, in the Menzeieh Lake it has been remarked that the wooden walls have im several places been se- verely strained gad displ Such parts will demand frequent repairs. 4. The depth of the canal. eight metres, will not be sufficient for ves- seis With seven metres draught ior any length of time, nor 1s it broad enough (twenty-two metres) to allow large ships to pass each other easily, Its depth, if it be successiul, will Lave to be increased w nine or, better stul, ten metres, ana its to forty metres, 5, Even this would not render it possible for large steamers to uso their wheels or screws in passing, for the machines used for deepening the canal cause waves one metre in height, Sucn vessels will therefore have to be drawu by chains and machines standing on the banks, 6, For long distances the bed is simply dug mm the sand, These parts must soon be walled up or they may be destroyed and the whole lavor loat. Many, indeed, are ip favor of coating both sides ‘with stones for the whole length, 7 The canal is in danger of being choked up by sand storms and wash- ing from tue sides. The writer believes that this will ammount to 1,000,000 cubic metres per annum, which is twice the quantity calculated upon. Six large machines. each Of eighty horse power, will have to be constantly employed in clearing this sand away. THE LAST BosTON HORROR. A Chapter in the History of the Recent Mys- tertous Deaths=Revelutions ef the Coro- ner’s Inquest. {From the Boston Herald, Oct. 1. The jury summoned by Coroner Jonn W. Foye to Inquire into the cause of the death of Michael Dum- Rhy, whose funeral was suddenly interrupted on ednesday afternoon by Deputy Consables Cope- Jand and Andre’ met yesterday at the room occu- pled by the deputies in the Pore rn district, when jc LULU WH Tunesses Were called and sworn:— Captain K. T. Andrews, Deputy State Constable, tesiilied to the circumstances which lea to his arrest of Daniel Harrington and Elien Ty on suspl- cion of being concerned in the death of Mr. Dumpii) ‘The witness learned that on several occasions Dumphy had made the remark that Mr. Harrington was a very fine man, and that if he had the right sort of @ Woman for a wife he would make a good husband; he had also learned, on the other hana, that Harrington had several times remarked that Mrs. Dumphy was a very nice lady, and if she had a decent husband she would be a good housewif these facts were learned three weeks ago; Mra, Harrington, wile of Dantel, died very suddenly, as did also @ child, some five or six months old; also heard that on Monday afternoon of this week Mr. Dumphy was getting in coal at his house, and at six o'clock he was dead; learned that on Saturday last filty cents’ worth of jaudanum was purchased at Alien's apo- thecary store, oa Tremout street, by Harringion; me for it the clerk was in doubt about \d spoke to his employer, who told him coud let bim have it, a he was well acquainted with Harrington; witness had been informed that Mr. Allen or his clerk asked Harrington what he wanted the laudanum for, to which hi that he wished itfor Mra. DVumphy, bad toothache; the apothecary replied, “ want as much as that;’”? Harrington then said, “Let me have it—it’s well to have itin the house; the witness had a conversation with Harrington on the way from police station No, 10 to the court room on Dudley street, when he |the witness) told Harrington he pittied and was sorry (or Lim; Harrington's reply. to this was, “hey always lay everything on to me; the question was then asked, “Do you bed Jaudanum on your premises?’ to which ne repliea, “L do sometimes—| am very nervous and cannot sleep—I take nine drops tn water to make ine sleep;” he then remarked, “I had nothing to do ‘with the death of Dumphy; subsequently he referred to to the laudanum and said, “I ouly took i once or twice and then threw it all away; he was thea asked how long it was since he obtained any Jauda- nui, to which he replied, about four weeks;" to the question “where did you buy it” he replied, “1 am not sure, but 1 think I got it at Allen’s;” to the question “how much did you boy?’ he’ repited, twenty-five cents’ worth; the witiess asked him what he told the apothecary he wanted tue lauds num for, and his ganswer was to wake bim sieep; Harrington toid tae witness that he had nothing against Dumppy, but once Damphy had told fim that his (Dumphy’s) Wife was his —; be also tola wituess tuat he never had anything to do with Mrs. Dumphy; the compiaint from Dumphy to Harrington was made two or three days beiore he died; in answer to tie question if he Med Ls ae perenne cag ite otuer place but Alion’s he gala be had not; a ALS WAS Ufbyr two ana Mra. Pang Any iste Bdid is 00k his meals at Dumpliy’s till We above accusation was made, when he left the house; witness slated that he hed heard that Harringion was worth from $10,000 to $12,000, and that Dumphy had money to the bank; when arrested Harrington was asleep In a room back of Dumphy’s, and appeared to be drunk; Mra, Harrington was a sister to Mrs. Dumony, Dr, P. 0, Edson, 186 Dudley street, vestified to making an autopsy on the body of bumphy in com- paoy with Dr. Garceau. He read a technical descrip- tion of the resulta of his investigations. From the appearance of the brain aod lungs, which were badiy congested, he deduced the impression that death was not caused by debauch or the extraordt- nary use of alcoholic stimulants, but the appear- ances would warrant the theory that death ensued from opium or similar poison, though there weve other theories which would be conststent with the appearances; had sufficient alcohol been taken to bt the effect would have been perceptible. Dr. T. Garcesu testified—iave been family physi- cian to Mr. Harrington; called at Dumphy’a house and found Dumphy dead; was struck by his unusual aleness; a8 he entered Harrington said it was too ate, but he » arcneren) had gone after him before Dumphy had died; pti boy said Dumphy had had the horrors all day and died; it was seven o'clock when the witness called; they said he had been dead an hour; they wanted him (witness) vo give a certificate of death; Harrington said, “Doo- Vor, I Suppose you are not going to pat me in any trouble about his death; | will get you paper and You had better sit down write a certificate at once. We have always treated you well and have never had any other doctor but you.” He (Harring- ton) recalled the fact that the witness had said Dumphy would die by excessive drinking; toid him as I had not seen the man before he was dead I could not give & certificate of death; but ne must see the Coroner; in th evening L inquired of the apothecary if poison had been sold; went Into Allen’s apothecary store and asked Allen if he knew Harrington, and when bis wife died; he id he did; told him Dumpty had died; Mr. Allen exclaimed, “Why, Harrington bought fifty cents’ worth of iaudanum here; Mra, Damphy said her husband called for something to driak about three o'clock, which gue gave him; whenever Harrington met witness he always wanted to taik abont Dumphy’s intemperate habvite; I had @ conversation with Dumphy's sister, who sald she shouldn’t sleep till the circumstances of bis death had been investigated; it occurrea to mpe on the Thursday preceding Dumphy's aeath that the frequent allusions to Dumphy's habits were made with a view to framing my mina to any event which might happen to Dumphy; Mra. Dumply was not in the seast distressed by the death of her hus- band when I called; @ woman living in Harriugton’s yard had said tbat Mra, Harrington had died of hegiect, and the death of Dumphy was worse than the fret one, At we close of Dr. Garceau'’s testimony the oy inquest was adjourned Uf! this afternoon at threé o'clock. A portion of the remains, tne!u ling the entire stornah, will be sent to Dr. J. C, tite for chemical yal THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. The Settlement of the Western Border of the MissourimTowns aud Cities in Iden and io Fact—The Vevelopment of Onabha—Its Popue Jation, Society and Trade. Omawa, Neb., Sept, 20, 1869, ‘The Missourt river bounds Nebraska on the east, This city les about midway between the southeaste era corner of the State at the Kansas line and the northeastern point opposite Sioux City, lowa, where the river, bending upwards towards the west, form¢ part of the Northern boundary of the State, File teen years ago there were no permanent settiemenia tn Nebraska. Occasional companies of Salts on thei Pilgrimage to the city of Sait Lake, or of ploneers and emigrants to the newly discovered treasur@é mines of the Pacific slope, passed over the Territory with thelr wagon trains; but most of tis travel came through Kansas, further south. Naturally, the eastern, or river countes of Nebraska, were settled first, Pioneer settlers crossed over here from Council Blufts. Otners crossed at other points above and below. Soon afterwards sites for towns and cities were established ut intervals aloug the river banks, When the rage for locaung them was at its height settlements quickiy succeeded one another, and namiog them in order from north to south, as the river Nows—Dacotan, Decatur, Central City, Tekema, Arizona, Cuming City, De Soto, Fort Calhoun, Florence, Omaha, Bellevue, Platismonth, Kanosha, Nebraska City, Brownsville and Rulo ; sprang into existence; but some of them are yet towns, and cities proper Jess in reality than in name. Since then interior towns of more or less mportance, present and prospective, have been laid oul. The paper plans of ali such towas and cities, showing streets and lots, named and numbered, and squares for public institutions and for parks, are in many cases indications of whac they {ain would be and may be rather than what they are in fact, Butsome of them are thriving towns containing from several hundred to several thousand intabuants and have already made astoundiag progress, The growth of one 1s but a counterpart, in more or leas degree, of that of each and all the others, Omaha is the largest, most populous, and, in some respects, the most enterprising and promising city in Nebraska, It has little more than just entered om its teens even as a settlement, aud is yet only in its mfuncy asa city. It stands some sixty Jeet above high water mark, on a tine plateau backed by bluds, and @ convenient distance from tho fat bottom lands of the Missouri river, some of which are sub- Ject to overflow. On these iow iauds, or on that pars ‘of them which lie above the lowest Level of the river, Union Pacific Raslroad Company are built, buildings and the side tracks cover many acres, Here locomotives are repaired and {reight and pas- senger cars constructed, sume of che coacics being unrivalied for the comfort and elegance of their ap- pointments and the beauty of tue unish; and here isdone a vust amount of miscellaneous Work iel- dental to such an immense coucera as the Union Pae cific Katiroad, with its 4,000 cars aud locomotives, its numerous Way stations with their oilices, freight houses, cating houses, water tanks and windmills; its bridges, and its snow fencea aud snow sheds among the Rocky Mountains, Halt @ mile below here an iron bridge, seventy feet high and half a mule jong ig being built acioss the Missour! river b, the Pacific Railroad Company at an estimated cot ot $2,000,000, At least a year must elapse belore trains will pass over it, and the Allantc and Pacifio be thus unitea by an unbroken line of rail, ‘Until eighteen months ago Umaus was the capital of Nebraska; but the capital is now at Lincoln, & new and more central town, created for that pur- pose. ‘The old capitol buiiding Bull stands on the crest of the line of bluffs which forma the back- ground of the city. Tns building and its grouuds have been donated by the State to the city for the purpose of abigh school, ‘Tie building, however, has been pronounced unsale, and is to be replaced, by ® more substantial one. The ture gave this school a permanent and munificent endow. ment, arising from the moneys receivable for fines and licenses under the city ordinances. These now ainount to an annual income of $80,000, and 4 Increase immensely with the city, From Capitol Hull you have a tine view of the streets below and of the Surrounding country. The streets are laid out with perfect regularity, like those of ali the other towns and cities. None of the streets in Omaha are paved, but some of them gon. Will be, Arrangements are being made for extensive syste of sewerage, and as that work progresses the streets Wil be paved with wooden pavement. A live of horse cars ruus up one of the business tho- rougbfares and along Ue base of the biufl out to tho suburbs. At first a doubtiul enterprise, it already pays ven per cent on the capital invested. In mosg ney the sidewaiks are temporary wooden one: ut in Others they are lagged with nite, A num ber of fine blocks of business buildings have been erected. A iarge amount of capital is employed in business. It is asserted that at the end of the quar- ter which closed jast June there was more banaing capital employed tn the city of Omaua alone than in the whole State of Kansas, or in the whole State of Missouri outside St, Louis. The wholesale wade ia chiefly coniined to heavy groceries, tron and nails, for building purposes. Of course the retail tras covers many branches. An important aud busy o1 18 Vaat embracing agricultural implements. Many of them are beng seub out to settlements in the interior, Real estate within the city limits has increased in Value Lo an almost fabulous extent. On the busines: streets eligible building lots which were estimated jew years ago at $600 each, and considered dear at that, are now purchased at $5,000, In localities chosen for private residences lots three times the size of business lots are worth from $1,500 to $3, 00u, Some imposing detatched private dwellings adora the slopes and summit of the biulfs. Wateris now procured from welis, but eventually areservolr will be coustructed on the hilis to which water will be forced from the Missouri river to supply the houses. The gas works have capacity suMicieat to meet the wan! of a city of 150,000 inuabitauts. The citizens of Omaha now assume a resident population of over 20,000, but a8 that would be nearly one-fourth th whole population of the State, the estimate of Omaha 1s probably extravagani. But the city has a large floating population, A number o/ fine houses of wor- ship, representing diiverent retigious denominations, are already timisied, and others are being erected, These, however, are more than counterbalanced by a larger number of places oi resort whose tendenciea are rather towards a pernicious influence on ine youth of Omaha. Ganibiing ts permitted, and ia practised to a jarge exteal, Several establishments lor playing keno and otuer games rewind you of New Orleans, where similar estavishinents are regu: larly legalized, And there are other haunts of more exceptional character. Among the public places of amusement there are what they cail tae Academy of Music, the Academy of Fun and the Theaire Coe mique, m which, respectively, the managers an- nounce—Children in arms are notadmitted, cards of admission are good for reiresbiments, and stamping of feet and cat-calling are pronibited, The city hag some fine billiard hails, 1a the leading one of which the passing attraction 13 an amateur billlard toarna- ment. A new and wore extensive hati is now nearly finished, aud 18 to be inaugurated by a brilliant tours pumeat, in which the most celebrated players in the pated Staves will coutead ior the most cosy cue ever Manuiactured, re. F 2a Mae me Fy Naturally enough, society is yet in a more or lesd abnormal state in Uinaha, ‘There are comparatively fow ladies im the city. Young men compose tng larger part of its inhab!tante—a characteristic of ali newly established towns and cities in the West, They live in hotels and boarding houses, At the chier hotels board is on a par, only as to price, with that at those in the great commercial citles farther east. AS @ commercial city Omaha must keep ihe lead of all others in Nebraska- at least for mang years. It aspires to.monoponze considerable busi- ness that is now transacted ta Chicago, St, Louts and New York; but 80 docs Neoraska City, to the south of tis; so does each of the other youthiul cities in Ne- braska, and go does Council Bint’, in lowa. Between Council Biuils and Omaha there 18 a rivairy as Marked a3 that between St. Louis and Uhicago, Omaha pooh-poolis across the river at Councih Blatts, and Council Blais looks down from her hills disdaintally on Omaia. The Western newspapers— of which Omaha has two, published every day, save Monday—are invarialiy the organs of one or other of the two great political parties of the United States, The editors delight im bautering each other, politi+ cally and personally. Altogether { do not suppose there 13 more wicked- ness in Omaha, iu proportion te tte size, than im some of the larger cities east of the Mississippt river and of the Alleghany Mountains; but here it 48 at least nrore thinly yelled or more openly appat+ ent, Most of whatever is not commendable, how- ever, May be attributed not go much to the charace ter and tastes of the en whose eiforts and interests aire closely identified with the growing prosperity of the city and State as to the cupidity of irresponsi- ble and speculative people and the want of char- acter and tastes of thew willing Victiins, who come from the Nortuwestern and Eastern States to seek subsisteuce or independence in tis West But time will cemody some of the evils whch are Apectal incident to new commaaitics, as experience vreaws conservative opinious, fosterd refinement and sole cus tue asperities of 1ife. onze FIGHT Between WALPINE, OF CHICAGO, AND MULLIGAN, . OF MANITOWOC. {Fvom the Milwaukee Winconain, Sept. 20.) The great prize figat which was announced hetween McAlpine aud Mulligan came off on Satur day Jaat, about ten miles from Menominee, At least 1,000 people were present, four sieamboat loads going up irom Green Bay, She fight commenced im the woods and ivsced until dark, Ninevy-oue rounds were fouglit aud both men were severely punished, The ght ta said, by those who saw it, to have been one of the inost severe engagemenis of the kind Which ever took place in Wisconsin, ‘Tho ehale lenge Was issned by Mulligan. ‘the fight having been ceciared a “a another challenge Wii be issued and avcepbed,