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erse the county of Chenango on almost every side. advent of the smoky locomotive the known as 8 radical stronghold, and the old men about town here who know of what they aMrm make bold to assert that no new modern kinks of the rail car species can ever change the political complexion of the county, even though a picked set of Sixth warders from New York should save up enough money between drinks and come up in the neigh- borhood to colonize democratic principles of the Five Points style and honesty. Now, it has so hap- pened, in the order of human events, that the town of Norwich has never even once FALLEN FROM GRACE, according to the radical interpretation of the ar- ticle. Indeed, no one who has ever had occasion, fir any length of time, to study the political fancies, follies or convictions of the town could ever before this year of our Lord be led to believe, by any pos- sidlé argument, that a day might come when even Norwich might tremble in its boots at the advent of the democratic foe. But it seems that the day has come at last when even the most confident begin to fear that, after all, the fates may yet de- cide that Norwich, with all Chenango tncluded, for one brief period in its existence, should go over—body, soul and breeches—to the camp of the enemy. The fact is that the Greeley men have begun their machinations in the midst of the faithful in downright earnest, and many voters of the radical type are hesitating as to whether or not they had better go over the fence with the other sheep, if for no other purpose at least to see for themselves what kind of a pasturage the other men have been enjoying (?) 80 long. Anxious to ascertain just how far the Greeley men had made HEADWAY IN THE COUNTY 80 far, as well as to find out on what side Elizur H. Hrindle, the representative in Congress from the Twentieth district, who resides in Norwich, in- tended to cast ‘his influence, your correspondent started for the town from Cortland early this morn- ing, breakfastiess and almost baggageless, at the comfortable hour of five o’clock. Mr. Prindle isa lawyer (it is a wonder how many country law- yers there are in the Congressional delegations outside of New York county) and is brother to Judge Prindle whose case is now being, or is soon about to be, investigated by the Senate. He is an exceedingly pleasant gentleman to talk to, not so much because he talks a great deal when spoken to, but because he generally says what he means when he does talk, and never BEATS THE DEVIL ALOUT THE when he can go right over it. He was in his office when I arrived, and, although there were two or three ete in the room when I enter@d, 1 had no difficulty in reco; ting the gentleman, as I had seen him last winter actively engaged at Albany in securing a canal appointment for one of his con- stituents and political adherents, “Well, sir,” said I,in opening the ball, “what are the prospects up here in your district?” “The prospects are very good,’’ was the curt reply. Row it so be dd that my question was sent out asa feeler to find out how the honorable gentle- man was inclined politically, and as his answer ‘Was not as satisfactory as it ought to have been I proposed another query. “Are there any Greeley republicans in this neigh- borhood?? “There are a few,’’ was the answer, and here my interlocutor came to a dead stop, as if wondering what the next question would be about. The situ- ation was provoking, and a suspicion began to flit through my mind that I had at last ale an M. 0, on tite very top of the political feace. But my sus- Picton of & moment was cone knocked into smithereens when, in answer the question put eae and with no circumlocutory hedgings about t, as to whether he was a Grant man, he immedi- al uy, replied :— “I favor GENERAL GRANT'S RE-ELECTI ‘Why should I do otherwise? I am a republican, and he is the nominee of the party. He is worthy of the support of the party, and as far as lies in my power he shall get it in these parts.” “You have said that there are a few Greeley re- publicans in the county; about how many? I ‘would like to hear what you know about the dis- trict—abont the counties of Otsego and Delaware ‘as well as about Ghenango f”” The honorable gentleman at this threw himself back in his chair and settled himself for what he evidently saw was to be a conversation in which all the interesting portions should come from him- self, He then said :—‘In this town, which gives are- eae majority of about two hundred asa general ig, the call for the Greeley meeting was signed by some sixty voters, six or seven of whom, I be- Meve, are said to be democrats. The county has a republican majority of 1,600.” “How many Greeicy republicans do you suppose are to be found in the entire county 7’ “As to that I have no personal knowledge, THE GREELEY MEN’S CLAIMS are that they have from 400 to 500 republican votes in the county. But I believe that many democrats ‘will not vote at ail, or, if they do, they will vote for Grant. As a general thing I think the rank and file of the republican party in the district-rather shrink from going hand in hand with the democrats, and this vein seems to be on the increase, 80 much 80 that itis currently rumored, in this county at least, that the liberal republicans will refuse to make local nominations in common with them.”” “Wouldn't that bea game that two could play at? If they should refuse to join the democrats in local nominations might not the democrats turn upon them in the matter of sapporting. Grant?” “That is quite possibie; but I only tell you what I have heard about the thing. Of my own knowled; iq know, nothing about the truth or falsity of the sumor. “Are THE GRANT MEN SURE of carrying the district ?” “They are, and have reason to be. The Greeley men are not by half so boastful now as they were at the start, when Greeley’s nomination was a fresh piece of news and gossip. They have begun to simmer down, and many who were outspoken for him at one time are now close-mouthed, and, apparently, it will only be a question of time when they will be back in the fold again. Indeed, they were very confident of carrying this county at Grst, but they don’t talk that way now.” “How about Otsego county 1”? “The Greeley men, to be candid with you, are working hard there and have considerable strength. Iam half afraid that they will carry the county. It is very close at all times, but it is but fair to say that the Grant men declare their ability to carry it by a handsome majority.” “And Delaware county?” “There THE BREAK IN THE RANKS 1s not very great. The Grant men are well or- ganized, and although the Greeley men are hard at ‘work the county will go for Grant. Mr. Greeley even may succeed in jucing the usual republican majority alittle, but will not be able to carry the county.” Has the news from North Carolina had a dam- aging effect upon the Greeley people?” “I think it has. They do not seem to be so boast- ful since they learned of Caldwell’s election. 1am of the opinion that it knocked a great many off the fence on to the Grant side.” “How about the democrats ?? “Tam told that there are serious divisions among them—serious for the Greeley side, 1 mean. ‘There are many who say they will not vote at all; but this class of men generally WHEEL INTO LINE on election day, so much dependence cannot be placed ee what they say now. It is quite early now in the campaign to get at anything like a cor- rect canvass, and there are hundreds on both sides who do not know as yet what they will do. ‘ The democrats who say they will vote for Grant seem to be determined, andi think they will not turn over on election day.” Your correspondent here rose and started out on @ wagon ride through the town, to find out what the Greeley men had to say about the prospects. WILLIAM E. LANSING. A Republican War Horse Who Delights in the Strite—Working Hard for Grant— A True Republican of the Regular Stripe. Osweao, August 11, 1872. The road to Chittenango, Madison county, from Norwich, Chenango county, is a rather tedious one in hot weather. The Midland Railroad of late has made the way less irksome than it used to be to the traveller, but the shaking up one gots on the road to Oneida, only to meet with another quite as disagreeable, ifthe team be not an express, when you connect with the Central, is not conducive fo that sprit of gentleness which they say is the legitimate result of a heart full of heavenly thoughts. The ride from the depot to the village in the old-fashioned stage is yet another drawback to people in a hurry, but I found this part of the journey rather pleasanter than in the dusty cars. Tne village of Chittenango is an exceedingly pretty one, delight- fully situated ina valley that seems to have been e@cooped out of the hills by some mighty river in the long, long ago. Among its attractions, to the ‘Weary traveller at least, is a small hotel which elways has A SPARE ROOM and “Everything you want, sir, in the liquor line.”’ It was in the dusk of the evening when I rode up to the inn, and after a substantial supper I took a stroll about the place to see where the political moguis most did congregate. I was anxious to find Mr, William E. Lansing, the Congressman from the Twenty-third district; but after a long search, Withouy letting anybody know who J was, NEW ‘YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, I returned to the inn discomfted. It ‘was there that I learned that Mr. Lansing had gone to Oswego. To Oswego, therefore, I went the following day by the shortest and quickest route I could find, and there I came across the gentleman. He was conversing with two or three friends on politics at the time, andI managed to join in the conversation. Imay here say that while at Chit- tenango I learned that he was exceedingly popular in his district and that many democrats are as devoted to him politically as the members of his own party. “Your district, I learn, ‘WILL BE HOTLY CONTESTED this year,” said I to him during the conversation. s re will be a lively time up there,” he re- plied in his pleasant way; ‘but the republicans, I am happy to say, are hard at work, and if they are beaten it will not be because they will have laid idly by. Ihave no idea that we shall be beaten, however.”” “7 believe you are @ Grant man ?’? This question was hardly necessary in view of the fact that I had but an hour or two before I met with the M, 0. been told by one of his admirers that there was no stronger Grant man in the State. Mr. Lansing himeelf appeared to regard the ques- tion as more of a joke than anything else, but prob- ably noticing that his interlocutor was a “ stranger in these parts,” he remarked :— “Well, [am agood republican, I hope. Ido what I think is right, and that is about as near as a man can get to doing his duty. Iam working for Gen- eral Grant's re-election, and will do alll can hon- estly to accomplish that result.” ~ You have taken part already in several Grant meetings in the district ?'" “1 Mave. All the party is DOING SPLENDID WORK in the district and the enthusiasm {s unbounded.” “Do Fi pelieve that the two counties of Madi- son and Oswego will give a majority for Grant ?”” “T trust they will; Iam certain of it.” “There is considerable defection, I have heard it said, among republicans in the two counties.”’ “Unaoubtedly there are republicans there who will vote for Mr. Greeley, but then again there are democrats who will not vote at all, Of course, you know it is natural for each party to claim great strength, whether it has it or n It is not easy to t at the real numbers of the eley republicans, ome people say they number so and 80, and yet others, equally as reliable, say they are a mere noth- ing in point of numbers. At any rate, I think Gen- eral Grant will get a good majority in the district.” “Will you be re-elected?” Mr. Lansing laughed good-naturedly at the blunt- ness of this question, which was put to him just as he was “laying down the law” to one of his gentle- man frienas who sat by, and replied :— “T have not been nominated yet. It’s time enough to talk about my chances then.’ “IfGeneral Grant should carry the district and you should run again for Congress you certainly would not be left out in the cold.” “I would do my best to get elected at all events,” replied Mr. Lansing, a8 he moved off with one of his Triends and entered the house, WHO WILL BE THE MAN? In conversation with several democrats in the Chittenango Flearned that Mr. Lansing was work- ing like a beaver for the republican cause, and that if he runs again he will carry a majority of the democratic voters over to him, so pepmer is he with all classes in the district, ‘I tell you what it is,” said one of them to me, “he’s a regular war horse, he is. He’s full of fight, and he won't give in against any kind of odds. Some think he’s got cornered this time, but I calculate I’m goin’ to vote for him, and 80 be many other democrats I knows on.” “So you candidly believe he'll carry the district,” Tasked, “even against Littlejohn ?” “Even against the devil,” was the answer of my democratic friend. Mr. Lansing can feel reasonably happy under the circumstances. ELLIS H. ROBERTS. Conkling’s District and Its Representa- tive—The Chances of the Liberals and the Strength of the Grant Party—No Doubt of an Administration Triumph in November. Urica, August 13, 1872. Oneida county forms of itself the Twenty-second district, and is just now rather lively stumping ground for the two contending political parties, the Conkling and anti-Conkling entering into the sport of the canvass with more bitterness than in any one other section of the State. The liberajs in the county are very loud in their boasts as to what majority they will give Greeley in November. and the Grantites are equally noisy in their claims. Mr. Ellis H. Roberts is the representive in Congress from the district, and is well known as.a devoted adherent of the Conkling party, and in fact he is Conkling’s right hand man, and what- ever the blonde Senator says is law in the party. Mr. Roberts says ditto. I called upon him to-day to ascertain what he thonght about the situation generally and in the district particularly. He isthe editor of one of the leading dailies of the city, and when I entered his office he was hard at work at his editorial . duties. He is an exceedingly agreeable conversationist, and your correspondent’s chat with him on political affairs was, therefore, by no means barren of result. It was profitable in point of information of @ definite character, for, though Mr. Roberts is a politician, he is a man who is ever ready to acknowleage the weak points in his party, instead of endeavoring to run them up. In a word,I found him a frank, outspoken man, thoroughly posted as to THE MANOEUVERINGS OF BOTH PARTIES, and with an unbroken faith in the superiority, in point of right and justice, of his party over its rival. “T understand, Mr. Roberts,” said I, after I had introduced myself; ‘I understand that the liberals are stronger in this county than in any other in the State proportionately. My investigations have shown a rather mixed state of things on both sides. Now, what is your opinion about the matter?” Mr. Roberts laid down his pen on his desk slowly and carefully, as though it was made of glass and the least rudeness might break its mighty Conkling power, threw his head back, looked at the ceiling pensively for a moment, and then exclaimed :— “My candid opinion is, sir, that we shall carry the county by even A LARGER MAJORITY than in 1868,"? Presuming to be a little facetious I remarked, “You mean by ‘we,’ Mr. Roberts, the Grant party.” “I mean,” said he with considerable warmth, “the party which sustains the national adminis- tration as against the men wno would, no matter what good or ill happens to the nation by reason oftheir opposition, resort to every and any means to obtain control of the government.” “Then you do not put much faith in the alleged strength of the liberals in the county ?”” “Well, they say they know of what they affirm; but I have reason to believe that they are very wide of the mark. We have as yet not made avery thorough canvass of the district, but men who are accustomed to canvass it, and who have so far in- vestigated the facts as to the defection in the re- publican ranks, are in no wise alarmed. The truth 18, we have in our midst a few people who will vote against the party they have heretofore been con- nected with, but they are not so numerous as to create alarm. In this city, for instance, which is ordinarily democratic, although we lately elected a republican Mayor, the liberals claim that they will carry it by a large majority, and have three hun- dred to four hundred Greeley republicans counted in the majority. I doubt if this will be the case. As I said before, we will carry the county by A GQOD MAJORITY, robably an increased majority, for General Grant. Freel certain of this.” “Had the North Carolina election any effect on the two parties in the district!” “Ithad, I freely confess that when the news ‘was first made public that North Carolina had gone democratic by a majority of thousands, it caused a tremble, a sort of quiver among republicans up here, and many, no doubt under the inflnence of the thing, felt like going over to the Greeley ben al atonce. But the reaction, after it became a posi- tive fact that the republicans had carried the State by electing their candidate for Governor, was im- mense, and republicans became more united than ever and ten times more determined to make the campaign a hot one for the opposition.” then you think everything looks favorable to an ultimate administration victory?” “| have no hesitation in saying that I believe the republicans in this district will give General Grant | a larger majority than he got in 1868; and I firmly believe that he will SWEEP THE COUNTRY in November by an overwhelming vote. We are | sure in the coming State clections of Maine, Indi- and the other States which shortly hoid their eleotions.”* ‘How about Pennsylvania?’ “We shall carry that in October. We may possi- bly lose the Governor; but I think the republican | majority for Congressman at large will be such that there will afterwards be no doubt about how the State will go in November. The true test vote of the strength of the two parties will be the vote on Congressman at large, and that will be the certain indication of the result of THE NOVEMBER BATTLE.” “flow about our own State, Mr. Roberts?” “Grant will be certain to camry it.” “But the Greeley people are betting that tne State wile liberal by from fifty to seventy thou- sand majority.” Mr. Roberts smiled an incredulous smile at this and observed :— “From all the advices in our possession at pres- ent I think General Grant will carry the State. The Sean districts will, 1 believe, give him a larger majortty than they did in 1868.’" “But what if New York city should give Greeley 60,000 majority?" “St will do nothing of the kind, It gave 60,000 majority in 1868 for Seymour, but MAJOREIIES IN NEW YORK CITY will not be made up thig year by the same means they used to be. De; upon it, Greeley will not get over 30,000 majority in New York city. There are certain developments there just now which justify me in believing as_firt as I believe in anything, that he cannot get at the very highest a larger Majority than that. The State outside of the me- tropolis will go overwhelming for Grant, and the New York city majority will easily be wiped out by the results in the country districts. THE VOTE IN THE STATE “will be a I: one, and many men who were weeks ago for Greeley, now that things beginning to take definite shape and the people see that the fight is a square one between republican party on the one side and the democratic party on the other, are coming over to Grant and ean them- selves under the old banner. This change is appa- rent in every district in the country, and there are hundreds of democrats who will jon with us in defeating Greeley. In this city I know several old democ who will not vote for him, and throughout the country there are many who have openly declared their intention not only not to vote for him but to vote and work for Geu- eral Grant. Altogether the prospects are bright, and, as I said before, we are certain to carry the fall elections in the various States which hold their elections soon. Our victory in every one will have ‘A SORROWFUL INFLUENCB in determining the at present doubtful republicans to stick by the regular party.’ Mr. Roberts having apparently a great deal of editoriai work to accomplish, your correspondent here brought the interview to a close by thanking the gentleman for his courtesy and the information he had given him as to the political standing of the county, and went his way in peace to his hotel. WILLIAM A. WHEELER. ‘ A Congressman Who Will Make a Straight Way for a Grant Victory in His District—A Farmer’s Idea of the Honorable Gentleman’s Strength. Canton, August 15, 1872. Probably the most popular republican in the Con- gressional delegation from this State is the repre- sentative from the Eighteenth district, Mr. William A. Wheeler, Of late he has not enjoyed very good health; but notwithstanding he has gone into the campaign with all his usual determination, and has already addressed several meetings in his district since the Philadelphia nominations were made. I was unable to see him when I was at Malone; but it was easy to know what stand Mr. Wheeler had taken by conversing with the sovereigns we met with in his district. “Mr. Wheeler is out for Greeley, I believe,” I quietly remarked to a farmer I met in the hotel, just to see how the old fellow would take it. I shall never forget the look of scorn he gave me as, turning in his chair and looking at me from head to foot as though I was a specimen of live stock to be sold at auction, he exclaimed: “Waal, neow, you don’t say so, live on Guess you must OTHER SIDE THE CREEK, friend, don’t you. Wheeler for Greeley! Waal, you must be green. Why, sir’’—and here he dragged his chair over near mine, and, bringing down one hand upon another at every word by way of trip hammer emphasis, he remarked—‘“‘thar ain’t money ’nough this side o’ kingdom come to get Wheeler go for Greeley. He is General Grant every time, and ef you want to get satisfied on that point jist go and hear him give them liberals fits when he talks at a meetin’.”” ‘The farmer’s emphatic protest against my feigned ignorance as to how the honorable gentleman stood politically was by no means necessary, after Thad been in St. Lawrence county and heard the people talk about Mr. Wheeler and the energy he ‘was displaying in working for the success of tne republican ticket. JOHN E. KETCHAM. A Grant Man who Does Not Want to Of- fend Anybody—Quotation Marks His Campaign Horror and the President His Choice, Without Offence to Greeley Republicans or Democrats—Would a Liberal Election Breeze in Maine . Change His Views? Dover Puatns, August 17, 1872. When I was travelling:in one of the western counties a few days ago I met a prominent politician, who endeavored to interview me about matters and things in New York and the near-by counties. He began to talk about the probable stand the republican Congressmen would take in the Presidential contest, and suddenly exclaimed :— “What do you think of Ketcham, of the Thirteenth district “T have not seen him; why ?” “Well, Ihave an idea he ison the fence about now. When I was in Washington, a short time be- fore the adjournment, I know that he seemed to be rather in doubt which way to go.”’ This conversation natura.ly enough made a cer- tain impression upon me and when I met Mr, Ket- cham to-day I made up my mind to fathom the mystery. To tell the truth, I found him the least outspoken of any of the republican members of Congress whom I had met during all my travels through the State. He seemed to have -a perfect terror of being set down as saying anything FOR OR AGAINST EITHER PARTY, and, when he ascertained who I was, endeavored to impress upon me how unpleasant it would be for him, who has many friends among the demo- crats in his district, if he should be put in print as saying anything against or for anybody. ‘How does Mr. Ketcham stand?” I asked a man I met at the hotel asIentered. ‘For Greeley?” “Not Greeley, by a d—d sight,” was the em- phatic reply. Thus primed, I met Mr. Ketcham after dinner. When I told him I was going about the State to find out how the situation was in each county he looked at me rather suspiciously, as if not relishing the meeting. After a few general questions I asked him how things looked in the district. His answer was as indefinite as an unsatisfactory answer tag He evidently felt an extreme reluctance to talk. “You see,” said he to me during our conversa- tion, “I have a great many friends AMONG THE DEMOCRATS and Greeley republicans in the district, and I al- ways like to be friendly all round. So I don’t want to be quoted ; it wouldn’t do. No name, you know.” “But you are @ Grant man, are you not?” , “Oh, yes, 1am a Grant man: I support the ad- ministration ; but then I have friends on both sides, and I don’t want to be quoted as saying anything,” and he looked about the room to see that we were alone. “are there many Greeley republicans in the dis- trict?” “There are quite a number in some places.” “Enough to carry the district against Grant” “I hardly think so, Idon’t think the Greeley men are so strong to-day as they were some weeks ago. Some men went into the movement to see what they could make out of it in the future, and have come out of it rather ashamed of themselves, as if they were not very partial to the company they had been keeping.”’ “It’s a mere question of BARGAIN AND SALE?” I remarked by way of a feeler. “Jnst go. The democrats see in it their only chance to get back to power, and they want the offices badly, they have been out so long. And they have good reason to hope for recompense for sup- rting Greeley. Talk about civil service reform. y, haven’t they got it from Greelcy’s own pou that he would stand by those who stood by im This alieged promise of Mr. Greeley’s was news to your correspondent; but, not desiring that the honorable gentleman should change the subject of the conversation, I nodded assent. “So you belleve,” I remarked, “that A GOOD GRAB FOR THE OFFICES is the foremost idea of the democrats ?” “| think they like power as well as any party, but, mind, don’t quote anything I say as coming from me; for! don't want to give offence to the democrats in my district.” “By the way, one of the two counties in your dis- triet Is democratic?” “itis, When | was elected last time I got some fifteen hundred democratic votes in the district.” “But how about this time? If you run again you Wiil have to give offence to some side?” “f don’t know as Iwill run again. I have been | asked to by many friends. At any rate if1 do runt soni think there will be much opposition.” “are THE REPUBLICANS ENTHUSIASTIC and hard to work in the district?”” ,, “They are.” “Of course you have spoken at some Grant meet- ings—taken a hand in before now, haven't you?” “Well, no; I haven't as yet. You see I ama man who likes to be friendly all around, and on the other side I have many friends." Here Mr. Ketcham wanted to know what his interlocutor’s politica! leant igs were, and what he thought about the situation; but that kind of thing being the reverse side of the interviewing business, your correspondent declared = him- seit a neutral, and shortly afterward got into the cara perfectly satisfied that the M. U. from the Thirteenth district is @ Grant man, but too temporizing on the score of his opposition friends to come out openly and above board in his district and fotlow the example of his republican colieagues by fighting the liberal lion in the daylight. THE COROLLAKY COMPLETE. Two Congressmen whom your correspondent did not meet or could not find when in their neighbor- hood—Messrs. Merriam, of Locust Grove, and St. Jobn, of Port Jervis—may be set down as Grant re- publicans on the best of authority. te | are working hard for Grant, and believe, no doubt, like all their colleaguea, that Grant has a sure thing in the State, 5 THE POLITICAL RENDEZVOUSES. At the Liberal Headquarters. Colonel Ajlen and J, W. Johnson were in charge of the headquarters yesterday attending very in- dustriously to business A, W. Cole writes from Alleghany county that “Binghamton, which gave @ thousand republican majority, is likely to go for Greeley ; Chemung, which gave Grant one majority, will give Greeley one thousand; Steuben, which is usually from one thousand five hundred to two thousand, will give Greeley a small majority, while Alleghany, the strongest republican county in the State, hav: given Grant three thousand seven hundred majority, will not give him over seven hundred, and that seven hundred will be on the other side if our candidate will pay us a visit, which he has promised to do the last of this month, Mr. Greeley’s coming here would, | am sure, in- crease his vote in this county fully one thousand.” At the Democratic Headquarters. Mr. Schell was quite busy all day at the Spingler House headquarters, and attended during the day toa great deal of work. Among the callers was a delegation of three colored men from Mobile, who had come on to urge that some steps be taken to organize the colored voters of Alabama. They state that there isa very considerable portion of the colored population of that State who are tired of the Abe it of the Union Leagues and carpet- baggers, and by earnest work the vote can be split and the State can be assured for the liberals In November, Their representations were well re- ceived and no doubt colored Greeley Clubs will soon be flourishing in that State. The committee are receiving the most encourag- ing advices from Maine. Senator Trumbull and Farnsworth, of Ilinois, will certainly be in that State this week. Mr. John Wentworth is there already, as are also General Banks, Chauncey De- fa and other liberal republican speakers of note, leanwnile democratic speakers are not behind hand, and among them are Hons. R. F, Stockton, A. G. Thurman, W. A. Wallace, Richard Vaux, W. S. Groesbeck, J. ©, Irish, of lowa; H.C. Woodbury, of Boston; Judge J. C. Abbott, Gefferal Slocum and others of more or less note will participate in the canvass during this and the next week. . At the Republican Headquarters. Mr. T. J. Glidden presided at the Republican Headquarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Messrs, Chandler and Dudley both being absent from the city. Governor Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut, who arrived from Europe by steamer during the day, called in the atternoon, leaving for his home in Hartford early in the evening. He has not read the papers since July and is somewhat muddled as to the surest political faith of the day, but he promised to deliver an address at an early day in Connecticut on the Grant gide, and there is no suf- Gene reason to believe that he is weak in his faith. A letter was received during the day from Frank- lin, Tenn., to the effect that the Grant people in that section were all stirred up, and great rascali- ties were being practised by the democrats, MR, GREELEY’S MOVEMENTS, Mr. Greeley, tired out with his long tour, kept himself in close seclusion yesterday at a friend's in Fortieth street, having come over from Brooklyn during the day. He will go to Chappaqua to-day. TAMMANY HALL COMMITTEE, Ameeting of the Tammany Hall Committee on Organization was held last evening, at four o’clock, for the purpose of selecting, in accordance with in- structions from the General Committee, a list of in- spectors and clerks of election, to be submitted to the Police Commissioners, Among the members who attended were John Kelly, Augustus Schell, An- thony Eickhof!, John Flynn, Alderman Woltman, M, Gabbons, Mr. Plumb, Mr. Fitzpatrick, &c. The pro- bo sald were private, and did not last many min- utes. GREELEY AND BROWN BANNER RAISING. About two thousand persons assembled at the intersection of Third and Fourth avenues, Sixth street, to witness a banner raising by the Greeley and Brown Club of the Seventeenth ward, and to lsten to addresses from some of the more prominent liberal orators, The club headquarters on the Bow- ery were brilliantly illuminated with Chinese lan- terns and devices, the enthusiasm was unbounded, the audience good-humored and the addresses spirited. A platform was erected for the speakers south of the Cooper Institute, ana was the great focus of attraction for the minor crowd, Addresses were delivered by Smith Ely, Jr.; Hon. John Cochrane, Hon, A. 8. Willis, Morris Ellenger and others. ‘he banner which was unfurled is said to be the largest one yet flung to the breeze during the Presidential campaign in this city. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NOTES. ° The Troy Whig says:—‘‘ Grant can be elected with: out the vote of New York.” Doubtful. A new Greeley and Brown paper has been started in Sandusky City, Ohio, It is called the Telegram. Lucius Robinson, of Elmira, would not object to become @ candidate for Governor of this State on the democratic and liberal republican ticket, Carl Schurz is announced to address a mass mect- ing composed of citizens of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, at Chattanooga, about the middle of next month, The colored cooks and waiters on the Boston steamboat Providence are all for Grant. An en- thusiastic republican went among them on Tues- day nignt and ascertained the fact, A call has been issued in Delaware for six dele- gates to go to the Louisville Convention, Mr. Salus- bury says there are only five democrats in the State who are opposed to Greeley—one short. Monroe county, New York, has been carefully can- vassed, and over one thousand five hundred re- publican Greeleyites havabeen found. If they all stick the county is sure for the woodchopper. Judge David Davis has authorized the announce- ment to be made that “he never entertained the cua of not abiding in good faith the resuit of the Cincinnati Convention, and that he intends to vote for Mr. Greeley," A paper in Newburg, on the Hudson, the name of which is not worthy of being mentioned, as it has no doubt been chosen to do @ certain share of the dirty work of the republican party, does not hesi- tate to proclaim Mr. Greeley “an unprincipled scoundrel,”’ Four genuine democrats have been engaged for the Louisville straight-out sideshow. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, will appear as an acrobat; Brick Pomeroy, of Wisconsin, will do the trapeze busi- ness; J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, will act as ciown, and B, Duncan will be ringmaster, John W, Forney’s Philadelphia Press, which is acknowledged to be the leading republican organ ol Pennsylvania, is dealing deadly blows upon John F, Hartranit, the radical candidate for Governor. It says, “If he should be elected it will doom the republican party beyond all power of redemption.”* It is a little Laon | to witness the mancuvres of such old fossils as Wendell Phillips, William Lioyd Garrison and Gerrit Smith in trying to get back into the political arena, There are no places for them, and some of their kind friends should inform them of that fact. Garrison is trying to get on the Grant ticket as one of the electors at large. The Galveston (Texas) Auuletin, in reading a les- son to the straight-out democrats, who refuse to support Mr. Greeley, says:—" We should be thank- ful to any one who of a dark night, when we are lost from the highway, would point out the road and extricate us from the dangers surrounding us, and snould not stop before we received his profered aid to ask whether he was former friend or foe.” The Rochester Democrat, which for twenty years has played second fiddle to the Zribune of this city, OW Says: faten by ambition and gangrened by envy, Mr. Greeley has been unstable and unfruitful in all his ways. His love of agitation ana his hope of promotion have led him to move with the people frequently; but he has as often miscalcu- lated their sympathies, as when he favored seces- ston and subsequently an ignoble peace, and he has ever been as much of an embarrassment as aid to true progress.” The St. Paul (Min.) Dispatch has the following reference to General Grant:—"A ir man all his previous life, it is evident that upon entering a public career he deliberately resolved to make the most of his opportunities to enrich himself, and determined never again to be without a bounpifal supply of cash or its equivalent. All his public career points in this direction, He has never missed an opportunity to enrich himself and his nd, though wholly without property ten Years ago, i8 now a millionnaire.”” ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT. CLEVELAND, O., August 19, 1872. About five o'clock this morning a train em- ployea in transporting Dan Rice's Circus over the Sandusky, Dayton and Cleveland Railroad ran over @ horse, near Tiffan, 0., throwing the train from the track and greatiy damaging the circus property. Four ot the circus employés were seri- ously and one brakeman fatally injured. OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE, Yesterday C. Smith, alias Dingwell, @ noted New York burglar, got out of Blackwell Island, where .he served a sentence of four months. He was scarcely well out when a Newark detective pounced upon and brought him to that city to answer a very seri- ous charge—that of being implicated in the murder- ous a on Mr. Slocum, WEST VIRGINIA. Thursday’s Election a Very Doubtful Conflict. Hon. John J. Davis Upon the Situation. “GIVE US EVERYTHING OLD, NOTHING NEW.” Louisville and the Bourbon Democrats Looming Up in Importance. A Trip from Parkersburg to Charleston and General Review of the Canvass. CHARLESTON, KanawhgCo., W. xt AugilSt 16, 1872. | The struggle of the democracy for continued | dominance in the politics of this State is now at the height of its bitterness. ‘The combinations led | by the republicans that are seeking to supplant it are equally well to the front in the- contest. So | evenly matched are the contending parties that it is exceedingly troublesome to figure out the result and state to which side the victory will belong. The democracy have the advantage of a regular party organization, with a legitimate majority in the State of 12,000 Were there no disaffection in its | ranks, The republicans have no party nominees ar organization in this carly contest, and are looking | to gather in from their opponents enough majority to elect their independent candidate, the present democratic Governor of the State, Hon. John J. Jacob, and the same time widen the breach in the democratic ranks, so that they may gather to it the disaffected element and have a party organi- zation for successful operations in the future. So it may truthfully be said that the election to be held on next Thursday, the 22d inst.. is really a eontest between the republican and democratic parties of the State, for should the new constitution be defeated and Jacob elected through the assistance given to the repub- licans by the disaffected democrats it will give new life to that organization, which lost its power in the State in 1870 by the stupidity of its leaders, and add much to its strength for future operations, On the other hand, should it be unsuc- cessful, it will gather no strength from the present disaffection in the ranks of the opposite party, but will have lost much by the concessions it has made and the sinking of its local party organizations. Clarksburg was my first stopping place after leav- Grafton. Itis THE HOME OF HON. JOHN J. DAVIS, the present democratic Congressman from the First district of this State, who isone of the principal supporters of the Louisville Convention movement to nominate a straight-out democrat in opposition to Mr. Greeley. I called to see him to get his view of the political situation, and found him at his law office, busily engaged with some half dozen of his admirers who had called to pay their respects. He received me a@ little coldly at first, but after his companions had left he conversed with me freely. Ibegan the conversation by saying that there was considerable of a muddle in State politics here, To whiche replied, “Yes, sir, we are having a very exciting contest, and the most important one the State has ever known.” “What is your opinion of the result of the can- vass ?”’ I asked, “Wejl, sir, I believe,” said he, “that the new con- stitution will be defeated and Jacob, independent candidate for Governor, elected over Camden, the regulur democratic nominee.” “What effect will that have upon the regular party organizations in the State ?”’ I inquired, “It will, I believe,” said he, “have the effect to break them up and compel the formation of a new party organization, under new leaders, from the best elements of bolters from the old parties.”” “What is the cause of the split in the democratic party here ?”’ I asked, “The arrogance of its leaders, sir,” he answered, “The honest element of the party became disgusted with the manner in which its prerogatives were prostituted by the men who assumed the control of its affairs.” “Is the new constitution better than the old 1 I asked, “No, sir; I do not regard it as good an tnstru- ment,” sald he. “It is A PIECE OF POLITICAL DISHONESTY with no omissions in the old constitution supplied, except an increased burden upon the people in the way of offices.”” “The old constitution guaranteed all the rights and political privileges that this one does, after the adoption of the Flick amendment enfranchising everyone two years ago, did it not?” I inquired. “Yes, sir; and in certain events more. The old constitution, by the adoption of the Flick amend- ment, struck the word white out as a necessary qualification for political privilege,and that was why I opposed its adoption when a member of the Legislature. The new constitution provides that the word ‘white’ may be voted upon repeatedly, and if @ majority of all the votes cast for adoption be in favor of its insertion, then it becomes a part of the constitution, but there is no danger of its adoption, for that was not the intention of the party leaders, They wan ted the people to think they were to have the privilege of inserting it at the poles by a direct vote, when they did no such thing; for they pro- vide that @ majority of all the votes cast for adoy tion or rejection of the constitution must be fh favor of the insertion of the word ‘white,’ else it would fail; so you see its adoption would be almost an impossibility, for if the constitution be adopted, and this provisiongacks one vote of as large a ma- jority as the constitution has, it fails.” “What position do you assume toward the consti- tution and candidates ¢”” “Tam zealously against the constitution and the regular democratic nominees. Governor Jacob is my candidate for Governor as against Camden, and T am an independent democratic candidate for Congress from this district, supported by the repub- licans, who have made no nomination, and such of the democrats as are disgusted at the action of their party leaders.”’ “Yon say you are supported by the republicans, and yet deciare for the tusertion of the word ‘white’ in the constitution as a qualification for political rights, and assert that the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the federal constitu- tion are null and void ‘ “Yes, sir, such isa fact. They well understand that I sink no principle in receiving their support, and that I still hold to THE OLD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES, which are democratic, rather than to the new doc- trines of the bulk of that party, pe which are republican. lam thoroughly a democrat, tainted with none of the modern id of those gentlemen who are trying to barter away its time-honored principles for the sake of ashare of the spoils of ottice.’ “You are opposed to Greeley and Grant both, then ¢ I remarked. “Yes, sir, decidedly,” he replied. “Iam heart and soul with the Louisville Convention movement, and shail support its nominee,”” LOUISVILLE. “How is that movement progressing ?’ I asked, “Very well,” he answered; “we expect a good crowd and hope to make & nomination that all hon- est democrats can support.’” “What are your prospects for an election to Con- | gress 7’ I asked. “T think I shall be elected without doubt, sir,” he replied. Pihen bade him good morning, and later in the afternoon went to the court house to hear himself and Governor Jacob define their position to the | people that might assemble to hear them, There | were about two hundred people gathered, of whom I was informed three-fourths were republicans. Governor Jacob was introduced by Mr. Davis, who said he had the pleasure of presenting the present and fature Governor of West Virginia. Jacob's Speech was merely eee for support. Davis followed him in a speech of three hours, in which he reviewed tne new constitution with great severity, calling it a swindle upon the people. He alluded to the regular democratic State nominees with equal force and vituperation, appealing to his pag Maa democrats and republicans, to repu- diate them and the proposed new constitution at the polls, He took up the questign of national politics, reviewing the action of the Baltimore Con- vention with great severity, declaring that it had no right to present to the party the lesser of two evils in a candidate and platform, and that Greeley was not less an evil than Grant. He said that should Greeley be elected the democrats could no longer the validity of the thirteenth, fourteenth tsa iftee nth Mmenamiente to the constitution and legislation thereunder, which he utterly repudi- ated, He closed THE MOST BOURBON PEMOCRATIC sPRECH delivered in this country for years with the follow- ing appe: “But, my fellow citizens, when the Baltimore Convention was in session bartering away their principles there was another conven- tion, small in numbers, but respectable in compo- sition, also gathered in that ‘city, and when the Opera House Convention lowered the good old democratic flag and trailed it in the dust this little party took it up; and at Louisville, on the 17th of September, they will raise it aloft, with the names of two statesmen inscribed thereon for whom all true democrats may vote with pride, And I counsel the democracy of this my native county not to taint their banners with the dirt of the new departure.” Mr, Davis then read a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing the chairman of the meeting to appoint ten dele- gates to the Louisville Convention, and the meet- ing adjourned, Mr. Davis is a fair talker, and makes as good a speech as his one idea will admit, He is a lean, lank, tall man, with as little physical force as he has of intellectual progress. His competitor, COLONEL BEN WILSON, who also lives in Harrison county, is his opposite in almost everything that goes to make up a man. He is powerful in frame, vigorous in mind and body, and is an active, progressive politician, fully up to the hour upon all the political questions of the day. He Is said to be an able man, both legally and po- litically. He has been identitied prominently with politics ever since the State was erected, Leaving Clarksburg my next stopping place was Parkersburg. ‘Chis is the largest and liveliest place in the State outside of Wheeling, and it is the home of three-fourths of the prominent politicians in the State. Ex-Governor W. E, Stevenson, United States Senator Boarmon, Judge Jackson, of the United ates District Court; the present democratic nomi- nee for Governor, J. N. Camden, and a dozen or so more make it their home. Camden has a bank here, besides doing & heavy oil business and being: president of a transportation company. He is very weatthy, and, barring Judge Jackson, lives in better style than any man here, Parkersburg has aspira- tic for the capital if it can be removed from Charleston, and this makes the new constitution strong here, because that instrument permits it, while'the old one forbids it. FROM PARKERSBURG TO CHARLESTON. Tleft Parkersburg by the little steamer Emma Grag ham for this point with but little idea of the scene: through which | was to pass during the hours that were to bring me to this place. There were fe passengers board the little craft, the whole nun per not @ jing a dozen, and to relieve the tedium Ie ed into conversation with an old chap who looked to me as’ though he must be a power in West Virginia politics somewhere, for a man to be able to control any considerable number of votes in this canvass for any given purpose must be a striking and unnatural character, and this man was surely that. He was dressed fully | alter the fashion of a popular — picture of Brother Jonathan, with the light gray substituted for the red, white and blue, and a broad-brimmed | slouch hat for the plug that aiways surmouuts | our popular idea of Uncle Samuel. 1 approached him graciously and inquired if he was from the Kanawha Valley. The old man looked up at me With a atupid stare, and replied with the broad, fat dialect that characterizes this people:—Yes, Thas a farm up the valley, but it kinder went down durin’ the war, and [ haint paid no ‘tention to craps lately and stop at the wells.” Meaning the great salt wells above this place, which form a very considerable item in its manulacturing and commercial interests. “What kind of a place have you now at Charles- ton and up the valley?” I asked. “Wall,” he replied, “it uster be a good place ‘fore the war, but then thare Is a heap of Yanks come in thare now and they kinder upset things, Warn’t you never thare’’ he asked. “Yes, sir,” said 1; “once during the war my regiment was there for a short time.” At this declaration of mine the old man drew away, eyed me suspiciously, and said, “What kinder regimet did you belong to—a walking or a critter regiment?” I replied that 1 belonged to the cavalry branch of the service; whereupon the old man re- marked that “he didn’t mind a walking regiment; but them are critter regiments were the devil to steal people’s meat.” inal asked the old man how politics was up the valley. “Wall,” said he, “it’s hard to tell. The democrats are fighting among themselves. Up at our wells the boys go for Camden and the constitution; but at some of the t’other wells it don’t seem to go 80 well; but we’re.all for Greeley; there’s no trouble about tnat, I goes for Camden, ‘cause I believe in stickin’ to party sides, I kinder run the feliers in the County Convention; but Jacob will give him a hard pull, and may be beat him.”” Our conversation continued for some time upon general topics, and we did not part company until we reaehed Point Pleasant, where we leave tho Ohio, which we bave traversed tor 100 miles, and take up the Kgnawha River, sixty miles, to the point from whiciFi write, THE CAPITAL OF THIS LITTLE MOUNTAIN STATE. it is situated upon the left bank of the Kanawha River, sloping back toward the hillsin the midst ofa country teeming with the richest mineral and agricultural products known to our civilization. The great salt wells that lie about it have been cele- brated for years, and dwarfed the development of the rich agricultural region that surrounds it. But since the war private enterprise of New York capitalists has done mucli to add to its wealth and development of its resources and is preparing todo much more, so that in a few years the Charleston of to-day will be greatly improve THE PEOPLE HERI are alittle dull and slow but are being awakened by the energy of those who come here to e! fe in business, gentieman at Parkersburg toid me that they prayed for each other upon the Sabbath nd preyed upon each other ali the rest of the eek, but I am inclined to believe, froin a few days’ association, that he was a little too hard ig his estimate for I have found them clever people, but wonderfully fond of the constitution as it was. Since I have been here I have met Governor Jacob and his ppponeny Camden, Colonel! John Blair Hoge, member of the National Executive Commitice and one of the ablest men in the State; anda dozen more of the party leaders, who are engaged in ee this Congressional district (the Third). Ihave had considerable conversation pee the situation, and from what I am able to giean from them I am forced to believe that the contest does not now belong to either party, but that Camden's chances are rather the st, they having forced Jacob to declare in favor of the new constitution, which will drive republican votes from him, THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION webs less than two thousand majority for either party. As the day for the election draws near the ex- citement increases, and to-day all over the State large meetings are being held by poth parties, which are addressed by prominent speakers from abroad, among whom are Montgomery Blair, Gen- eral Cary, Hon. John Ritchie, and from now to the day of election no stone will be left unturned by either side to get votes for their candidates and for and against the constitution. Meetings, barbecues: and basket picnics are called all over the State for the remaining three working day8 be fore the elec- tion to be addressed by prominent speakers, and when the contest shall have ended the most excit- ing canvass and important election the State ever knew will have been decided. A NOVEL ARREST. An Old Postmaster in the Role of a De« teetive—Arresting a Respectable Mer= chant on a Charge of Incendiarism—The iter Arrested in Turn and Held Wesrrort, Conn., August 17, 1872. Mr. Edward M. Lees, Postmaster for this town during Lincoln and Johnson’s administrations, was yesterday arrested by Deputy Sheriff Searles, of Norwalk, on a charge of illegally assaulting Mr. George Foster, a merchant doing business in New York, but residing in Green’s Farms, The circum- stances are as follows :— Mr. 8. H. Alden’s barn was burned early in the morning of the 5th Instant, an account of which appeared in the HERALD. The fire was thought to be incendiary in its origin, and it was surmised that the offender might take the “owl train,” which leaves here at twenty-five minutes to four A. M., to New York. Mr, Lees, in company with D. 8. Gray, therefore went down to the east side of the drawbridge to watch, and there met a man who was waiting to take the train, Lees attempted to arrest the man; but he, having fears of robbery, drew a Colt's revolver, resisted, and, running to his team near by, in charge of a brother, drove rapidly to South Norwalk, hoping to arrive in time to take th’ “owl” there, Lees and Gray now thought the game was sure, and proceeding to the residence of Mr. John Wheeler,,went to his barn, aroused the slecping coachman, had a horse harnessed and hitched to a rae, drove to South Norwalk, headed off the itive, and arrested him on the depot platform; bringing the bird to the gaslight, Gray recog: bein; an old and res Mr. George Foster, out of bed thus carly by reason of pressing en- gagements in the city. Lees, much chapfallen, Teleased his prisoner and drove slowly back to Westport. For this action against Foster Lees was arrested, and stands bound in bonds of $2,000 to appear betore the Superior Court, to be holden at Danbury, August 27, Mr. Alden on aaale his surety in that amount. The affair causes much comment, Rewards nqgregating $ have been offered by the town of Weatport and Mr. Alden for the arrest and conviction of incendiaries, COLORED METHODIST CAMP MEETING NEAR NEWARK, but, on nized = him* as spected citizen, For & week past the colored people of Newark and syrrounging places have been imitating their white brethren at Sing Sing, Martha’s Vineyard, Mount Tabor and other famous camp meeting loca- tons, and have been having a glorious time in Peek’s Woods, East Orange. On jandag ovet | thousand persons were present, two-thirds bell whites, the latter gatiered much more from curiosity than a desire to indul in_ spiritual unction, They even crowded the blacks from their seats, Great as was the crowd present, fervent ag were the prayers, and stirring as were the sermot Sau with republicans about the legislation of ast few years, and that it would be a declara- only $60 were raised for the new colored church Oranges