The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1872, Page 4

_4 SUMNER. His Departure for Europe ‘ Yesterday. SICK IN SAD EARNEST. 6¥¥is Poor Brain Demands Rest.” A Last Farewell Campaign Address---Deliv- ered but Not Spoken. What He Knows About Reform and Reconciliation. GRANT OR GREELEY? Reform in the Civil Service, with the One-Term Principle. Reconciliation Between Sec- tions and Races. The Interests of the Demo- cratic Party. Why the Democracy Should Be Faithful to the Action of the Baltimore Convention, CARPEJ-BAG RULE AT THE SOUTH Two Hundred and Fifteen Million Dollars Stolen Since the War. Tammany Corruption Cast in the Shade. THE MODERN AUGEAN STABLES The Executive Mansion To Be Changed from a Barrack Cesspool to a Life-Giving Fountain. Politicians as,well as everybody else were surprised by the announcement on the bulletin boards at twelve o'clock to-day, that the Hon. Charles Sum- Der was a passenger by the Cunard steamer Malta, for Europe. Only last evening he was interviewed by @ newspaper correspondent, from whom he Carefully concealed the intelligence of his intended Geparture; aud it has only been since the sailing of {the steamer that people were informed that he bad decided ten days ago upon this course. The causes which have led to this new departure are variously Stated, SUMNER’S OLD COMPLAINT, Arepublican journal, supposed to speak by the card, says:—‘It will be remembered that last Winter Mr. Sumner was ill, and during the early Spring he was absent from his seat in the Senate, owing to bodily weakness, It was not generally known that his illness was more serious thanjtho public were aware of, and though his immediate Triends had cause to apprehend — serl- Ous results, Mr. Sumner recovered and engaged with all his old power in the Political contest which is now going on. His speech on the Presidential campaign in May last severely taxed his faculties, and his subsequent letter written in July was followed by symptoms of his old dificuity. Upon his return to this State a few weeks since he found temporary relief in the quietude of Mr. Longfellow's house; but his active mind and interest in the political issues of the day threatened to prove of serious detriment to his health, PESTERED TO GO ON THE STUMP, Many of his political friends were anxious that Mr. Sumner should take an active part in the cam- paign, and, with more zeal than discretion, they urged his appearance in public, To resist thesé appeals, somewhat persistently repeated, was felt by other life-long friends of Mr. Bumner to be a duty. They felt that the risk which Mr. Sumner incurred in speaking in public fora ‘ingle evening was too great, and his own medical advisers gave it as their* opinion that the effort would result in great physical prostration and probably in paralysis. They arged him, asa duty which ne owed to himself, to absent himself from the country and thus avoid the excitement of the campaign, and they advised bim, as medical men, that his condition demanded entire cessation from ail work for a@ period of several months. It has been suggested that while he was here the Senator could not escape the political excitement which would surround him, and he acquiesced in the suggestion that a tour abroad would be the surest method of re-establish- ing his health, ‘ ANOTHER VERSION. It is alleged, on the other hand, that the depart- are has a political significance. Mr. Sumner is well known to be extremely sensitive in his feelings, and the temporary allenation of his personal friends which has been brought about by his present course tn national affairs may have had a tendency towards taking a residence in this country hardly to be borne, DISAPPOINTED VANITY. Besides, tt was said by @ prominent politician this evening, “Mr, Sumner hoped to create ® revolution by his secession from the republican ranks, He failed to create that revolu- tion. The republican party moves right on, just the same as it did while he wasa member of it, and hence he gets himscif out of the way. He made so Mistake and that is the cause of it.” Which of these two suppositions is correct it may be imposs sible to Judge. Mr. Sumner left his rooms at the Coolidge House at half-past ten o'clock this fore. Doon, accompanied in a carriage by bis colored Sine, Joshua B. Smith, and drove directly to the HIS DEPARTURE. A party of twenty persons were thero tn attend- ance to meet him, including George 8. Hilliard, Frank W. Bird, Edward L. Pierce, George H. Moo- roe, Mr, Edwin H. Whipple, Mr. Jaimes Redpath, Mr, Martin Milimore, Mr, 0. A.B. Shepard, Mr, Owen (Mr. Sumner's secretary), and two or three oer The oply lady present was Miss Virginia 2, Vaugha: > A FORGOTTEN PARCEL. A fow minutes’ delay of the tug was cansed by Mr. Sumner forgetting a pai his rooms, for which Mr. Smith despatched of his men, and About half-past eleven o'clock the tug Elsie, with the mails and @ portion of the party, leit for the Malta. The larger portion of the parry took leave of Mr. Sumner ut the wharf, and only Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Owen, My, Millmore, Mr. 4 Mr, Alexander and Mr. Edward EB. Rice, of thé Cunard line, and two or three others, went down to the steamship with him. An elegant large bouquet Of Nowera was also carried down, the rt of Mr. J. B. Smith, for Mr. Sumner's room aboard the steamer, Which is one of the largest staterooms amidships on the port side ou deck, and one of the asantest on the vessel, A REASONABLE FEAR, ‘The only fear which Mr. Sumney had of the accom. odations was that the berth was not long enough ra six footer. On board the steamer the party sat down to lunch, and after a half hour's tarry, the steamer in the meantime going out, Perey re- Juctantiy bade Mr, Sumner goodby, aud, a8 the jug k NEW YUKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET, left, gave him nine hearty cheers. There were no speeches ner formalities of any kind, and the leave- barnes. | was entirely informal, Mr, Sumner con- versed very freely with your correspondent, Who accompanied him down the harbor, Hi8 PLAN OF ees . a8 mapped out now, includes a landing at Qneens- town and a trip among the lakes of Killarney. He wiil then.go to Lendon, where he purposes remain- ing some littic time for rest, As soon as he can he will go over to Paris to see Dr. Brown Sequard, who treated him before when he rr has him to go to Spain, will pi bly do so, and, if the spirit moves him, to Berlin and St. Petersburg. His great object entire rest and recreation and a renewal of his study ofart. He proposes to entirely, if it ts possi- ble, abandon the politica! campaign, ignore Ameri- can newspapers and the deluge of letters which flood his tables constantly, and take his news ag far as may be from the brief summaries in foreign papers. REST ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Re says his physicians have told him that his life depends upon absolute rest in order that his system may get that tone necessary to restore health, His health is, without any doubt, to a ver: dangerous condition. He cannot walk a quarter of a mile without completo exhaustion. Dr. Sequard perio exactly the trouble which has come upon , Which is an affection of the heart, HIS MALADY, : In al! cases where the spine is injared in © man- ner similar to that in which he was hurt some other Lodily tnfirmity Gensrauy occurs, either paralysis of the limbs, logs of sight, hearing or Other senses. In Mr, Sumner’s case it has resulted 1a an affeetion of the whole cardiac region, which has made his life hang on a very delicate and, It was contemplated a short time since to have Mr. Sumner oe in a meeting in Faneuil and appear before the andience and excuse himself from addressing them on account of bis health, and have somebod: read his speech to the mecting. His pRysician told him, however, that such a course would be suicide, and he wonld prebably never leave the hall alive, and he reluctantly declined, It was only three days 50, that his passage was secured in the steamer ae NO FRIENDS AMONG THE PASSENGRRS, There appeared to be no one on the Malta among the passengers to whom Mr, Sumner was Reeenauy, acquainted, so that his trip will & quiet one indeed. It is exactly what he desired. The fact that he will be unable to receive any letters or papers for about two weeks {8 considered a gratifying thing by his frien'is, He showed little inclination to converse upon the pelitical situation even to his most intt- mate friends, and seemed to desire to throw on one se everything of that kind and get his mind free trom the troubles which have annoyed tt. It is now about twelve yeurs since he has taken any- thing like rest, and when he has had a vacation it has been only -to do work constantly in preparing his specches, his books and his corre- spondence, The protracted strain has told upon him, and he himseif said this morning “his poor brain demanded rest.” Tis stay in Europe will probably be protracted until about the time for the opening of Congress in December, although nothing definite has been arranged, and his only plan for the present is to get somewhere in the world where he can rest. A Farewell Address. The following correspondence contains his fare- well campaign pronunciamento and explains it- self:— LIBERAL REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, 21 SCHOOL STREET, BosTon, August 24, 1872, My Dear Str—Lam’ directed hy the Liberal Re+ publican State Committee to communicate to you a vote of which the following is a copy :— Voted, That the Chairman, in the name of the Liberal Republican State Committee, invite the Hon. Charles Sumner to address his consiltuents on public affairs in Faneuil Hall at the earliest day that may gult his con- venience. Allow me to add my earnest personal wishes that you will be able to comply with the request. “The great sonl of the world is just,’ and the sober sec- ond thought of the people of ‘Massachusetts will, I doubt not, sustain you in the position you have taken in favor of reform and reconciliation, and therefore, of the election of Greeley and Brown. ‘Very faithfully yours, F. W. BIRD, To Hon, CHaktes SUMNER. Boston, August 30, 1872, DFaR Srr—I have been honored by your communi- cation of ea ded 24, Inviting me in the name of the liberal republicans of Massachusetts to speak in Faneni! Hall, It is with inexpressible pain and re- gret that I feel constrained to decline this flattering opportunity. had ney, hoped, on returning home, to meet my fellow citizens in that venerable forum, 80 dear to us all, and to speak once more on great questions involving the welfare of our country. But recurring symptoms of a painful character warn me aguinst any such attempt. My physician advises that I must not, for the present, make any pone effort, and he prescribes rest. Valued riends, familiar with my condition, unite with the excellent physician. In submitting most reluctantly to these admoni- tions cannot renounce the privilege of communt- cating with my fellow citizens, and therefore hand you a copy of what, with the blessing of health, I hoped to say, In the House of Representatives un- delivered speeches are sometimes ordered to be printed. You may foliow this precedent with mine or do with it as you please. Meanwhile, accept my best wishes, and believe me, dear sir, very faith- fully yours, CHARLES SUMNER, on. Francis W. Brrp, Chairman, &c., &c, HON, CHARLES SUMNER’S SERCH. FeLow Crrizexs—It is on the invitation of the State Committee of liberal republicans that I have the fonor of addressing you. I shall speak direct ¥ on the issue before us. If 1am frank and plain, it to my nature, and will be only eeaeaety | the requirement of duty at this time. But nothing can I say which is not prompted by a sincere desire to serve my country, and especially to promote that era of good will when the assent of all shall be assured to the equal rights of all. THR TWO CANDIDATRS, At the eppronchaal Presidential election the peo- ple are to choose between two candidates, By the Operation of our electoral system, and the super- added dictation of national conventions, the cholce is practically limited to President Grant and Horace Greeley, so that no preference for another can be made effective. One of these must be’taken. Pre- ferring Horace Greeley, Ihave no hesitation in as- nae the reasons which lead me to this conclu sion. Believing the present incumbent unfit for the great ofice to which he aspires sor @ second time, and not doubting that a vote for him would be re- garded as the sanction of abuses and pretensions ‘unrepublican tn character, I early saw the diticult; of taking auy part for his re-election. Long ago declared that, while recognizing party as an essen- tlal agency and conventence, I could not allow it to constiain my conscience against what seemed the requirements of puolic good. Regarding always substance rather than form, Ihave been indifferent to the name by which I may be called, Nor was I impressed by the way in which tho can- didate wi urged. Supporters, while admitting his failure, and even the abuses and pretensions so notorious in his civil life, commended his re-elec- tion as necessary to uphold the party with which I have been associated. But it is easy to see that a vote for such a candidate on such & reason, was “to doevil that good might come,” which is forbid- den in politics as tn morals. Two courses seemed open. One was to abstain from voting, and I confess that this was my first inclination. But it 1s not easy for me to be neutral, certainly where wrong doing 1s in question; nor is it my habit toshrink from responsibility. But the doubt that beset me was removed when I saw the democratic party adopt the candidate Cease to President Grant, being an original republican al- ready nomina’ by @ republican convention, and at the same time accept the republican platform on which he was nominated. An old party which had long stood out against the republican cause now placed itself on a republican platform—tle best ever adopted—with a republican candidate, who Was the most devoted republican ever bominated, thus completely accepting the results of the wat and offering the hand of reconciliation. At once the character of the contest changed. This was no common event. Pardon me if I say that to me it was ofpeculiar interest. For years [have sought to extab- lush in the national govefnment the great priuciples of the Deelaration of Independence, avowing always that when this was done nobody should surpass me in generosity towards former rebels. Not only by the logic of life, but by constant speeches, w: I bound to welcome those who placed themselv« on this glorious plutform. The extent of this obli- ad Will appear before I close. And now its per- formance harmonizes with cppoattion to the longed misruie of the present incumbent. TWO REASONS IN FAVOR OF GRERLEY. Evidently 1 am not at liberty to abstain from voting. Jn considering the reasons in favor of Horace Greeley I tind two, differing in character, but of chlef importance: first, that he representa & reformed civil service, beginning with the one-term pcre without which this reform is too much ike @eham; and, secondly, that he represents re- conciliation, not only between the two sections, but between the two races, which is essential to the repose of the country and the safeguard of equal rights. ‘© these must be added that he docs not repre+ sent those personai pretensions so utterly incon- sistent with republican government which are uow known as Grantism. In yoting for Horace Greeley you will not sustain nepotism, you will not Sustain gift-taking rewarded by oficial favor, and you will not lend your sanction to the St. Domingo Tnachination, with its unconstitutional usurpations, its violatious of International law and Fas) indiguity to the Black Republic, Elsewhere I have con- sidered these fully, and 1am not aware of yA an- swer to the undeniable facts. 1 shall only glance at them now, Neroris, Nepotism js already condemned by history, and Most justly; for it is obviously a form of sell-seek- ing hostile to purity of government and strange); out of place ju a republic. Nothing for self, but all for country and mankind, should Le the rule of our President. If the promptings of his inner nature fail, then must he feel the irresistible obligation of his position. As he does so will others do; and, therefore, must his example be such ag to elevate bid sa peices Nothing in Washingten'scareor has bhoe wit! mote constabtlight tuan his refusal to confer office on his rejations, kyen at the time it arrested attention not only at home but abroad, finding praise in England. Of this there is a strik- ink iilustration, The Megister of the Times, pub- jished at London in 1796, In an article entitied “In- teresting and Authentic Documents Respecting the | United States of America,” records its homnge :— “The execution of the ofice of the Chicf Magistrate has been attended throngh a term of four years with @ circumstance which, to an admiring world, pequines ho eommentary, A native citizen of the United States, transferred from private life to that #tation, has not, during so long a term, a| asingle relation to any office of honor or emolu- mont.” (Vol. iv., p.121.) By such confession an admiring world looked on. Something would I do; something, I trust, the American people will do af the coming clection te secure this beautiful praise yet again our country. GIFT TAKING. Like nepotism the taking of gifts by a public ser- vant is condemmed by history. No honest nature can uphold it, How wel did our late General Thomas, so admirable fn rebuke this abuse when he replied to an offer of $100,000, as I am told, “Let is xe tomy men!” If not a form of bribery it is kindred in nature, and this has long been recognized, from the Bible down to our uy. According to the latter it Is destructive—‘'The king by satemens establsheth the land; but he that re- ceiveth gifts overthroweth it.” (Proverbs, chay xxix., ¥. 4) Here again is the example of Wash- ington brightly ‘om pete true republican path- way. The same nt who would not appoint & relation would not take a gifteven when out of oMce, His example was in harmony with the les- son of colonial days. As tong ago as April 20, 1703, Queen Anne, in & communication to Lord Combury, jovernor of New Jersey, laid down the foliowing ruie:—That neither the Governor, Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Commander-in-Chief or President of the Counoll ‘do receive any gift or present from the Assembly or other on any account or in any man- ner whatsvever, oes pein of our highest dis ure and being recalled from your government." This Tule is a8 geod for our day as for that im which it was ordained by royal authority. is There Is another instance which should not bo forgotten, It is that of Lord Wellesley, the accom- plished brother of the Duke of Well ion, A work 80 common as that of Smiles on “ cords that, while Governor of Ind! positively refused a present of £100,000 from the Directors of the East India Company on the conquest of Mysore, and here the terms of his refusal are important. “Tt is not necessary tor me to allude to the inde- pendence of my character and the proper dignity attaching to my offiee; other reasons besides .these important considerations lead me to decline this testimony which is not suitable to me. notuing but the army. I should be much distressed tocurtail the share of those brave soldiers,” His refusal remained unalterable. At a later period, when nearly eighty years of age, embarrassed by debts and entirely withdrawn from public life, he allowed the company to vote @ much smaller sum in consideration of his signal services. GIFT-MAKERS APPOINTED TO OFFICE. The allowances voted by Parliament to Marl borongh and Wellington on account of their vic- tories can be no precedent fer the acceptance of {te from fellow-citizens, The distinction is clear, jut the case against the present incumbent is not only that, while holding high office he accepted giits from fellow-citizens, but subsequently ap- pote red the gift-makers to office, thus using the ‘resiliency to py off his own personal oblizations, Please bear this in mind, and when some apologist attempts to defend the taking of gifts let him know that he must go still further and show that the Presidency, with all its patronage, is a perquisite to be employed for the private advantage of the in- cumbent, lelp” re- . DOMINGO, Mr. Sumner next treats in detailof the St. Do- mingo business and to his own opposition to the administrationscheme. He refutes the stories that have been circulated as to the motives of Ms ac- tion, and in sepiy tothe insinuation that he op- posed the treaty because Mr. Motiey was uncere- moniously removed from the mission at London, he shows that the remeval occurred on the day fol- lowing the rejection of the St. Domingo treaty, and says:—“Evidently my opposition was not inau- enced by the removal; was the removal influenced by my epposition?” Mr. Sumner then corginues as follows:4 am now brought to those two chief meagnres to be advanced by the election of Horace Greeley, each of controlling importance ; one look- ing directly to purity and eMiciency in the govern- ment and the other to the peace and wellare of our country, ONE-TERM PRINCIPLE. The principle of one term for President is the cornerstone of a reformed civil service. So plain ig this to my apprehension that I am at a loss to understand how any one sincerely in favor of such reform can fail to insist upon this principle. All Sx penene shows that the employment of the ap- einting power to promote the personal ends of the President 18 the great disturbing influence in our civil service. Here is the comprehensive abuse which envelops all the offices of the country, making them tributary to one man and subordinate to his desires, Let this be changed and you have the first stage of reform, without which ali other measures fre dilatory, if not feeble and inefficient. How futile to recommend, as is done by the Commissioners on CivilService, ‘an honest competitive examination” while the rules for this system are left to the discre- tion of a President seeking re-election! ‘Lead us not into temptation” is part of the brief prayer we are ali taught to repeat; nor are Presidents above the necessity of this prayer. The misuse of the ap- pointing power to advance ambitious aims is a temptation to which a President must not be ex- wed, For his sake and the sake of the country ‘his must not be. In attributing perff to this influence I speak not only from my own careful observation, but from the testimony of others whose words are authori- tative. You do not forget how Andrew Jackson declared that the limitation of the office to one term was required in order to place the President “beyond the reach of any improper influence and uncommitted to any other course than the strict line of constitutional duty;” how William Henry Harrison announced that with the adoption of this psp “the incumbent would devote all his time the public interest and there would be no cause to misrule the country;” how Henry Clay was satisfied, after much observation and refiection, “that too much of the time, the thoughts and the exertions of the incumbent are occupied during the first term in securing his re-election ;” and how my Senatorial associate for many years, Benjamin F. Wade, after denouncing the re-el baibility of the President, said:—“There are defects in the constl- tution, and these are among the most glaring.” According to this experienced Senator the re-ellgl- bility of the President is not only a defect in the constitution, but one of the most glaring. And such also was the declared opinion of the resent incumbent before his election and the emptation of a second term. It hag been stated b; one who conferred with him at the time that immeé- diately before his nomination General Grant saia, in the spirit of Andrew Jackson :—‘The liberties of the country cannot be maintained without a one- term amendment of the constitution,” and an- other writes me that while on a walk between the White House and the Treasury, just at the head of the steps near the fountain, he paused a moment and said :—“I am in favor of restricting the Presi- dent to a single term and of abolishing the office of Vice President.” By the authority of this declara- tion the Morning Chronicle, the organ of the repub- lican party at apenions proclaimed of its Presi- dential candidate :—“He 1s, moreover, in favor of the one-term principle, as conducing toward the proper administration of the law,” and then at a later date, after calling for the adoption of this principle, the same republican organ said, “Gen- eral Grant is in favor of it.” Unquestionably at that time, while the canvass was proceeding, he allowed himself to be commended as a supporter of this principle. That he should now disregard it gives new reason for the prayer, “Lead us not into temptation.” * * * Look for a moment at this machinery, or, if you lease, at this political hierarchy, beginning with Vabinet officers and reaching to the pettiest post- master, every ono diligent to the single end of serving Presidential aspiration. The Jeffersonian rule was, “Is he honest?’ ‘ds he capable?” “Ia he faithful to the constitution ?” But this is lost in the mightier law, “Is he faithful to re-election 9” This failing, all merit fails, Every ofice-holder, from highest to lowest, according to his influence, becomes propagandist, fagleman, whipper-in. Mem- bers of the Cabinet set the example, and perambu- late the country instructing tne people to vote for re-election. Heads of bureaus do likewise. Then in their respective localities oMcers of the customs, omMcers of the internal revenue, marshals, with their deputies and postmasters, each and all inaplred Po the national capital, aré &l calling for ___ re-election, Tl 0} es) eig! yowees variously estimated at from sixty housand in nagHbed all pag. by the governmen' and overspreading the whole col intry in one minute network, has unprecedented control at this mo- ment, partly from increased facilities of communi- cation and partly from the military drill which still survives the war, but more, perhaps, from the de- termined will of the President, to which all these Multitadinous wills are subjugated. This simple picture, which nobody can question, reveals a tyrauny second only to that of the slave power it- self, which Jefferson seems to have foreseen when, aiter portraying the Legislature as most to be feared in his day, he said:—“The t; ay of the Executive power will come in its turn, but ata more distant period.” Even his prophetic vision did not enable him to foresee the mournful condi- tlon we now deplore, with the one man power lording itself through all the offices of the country, The recent election in North Carolina made this practically manifest, Even without a arrgy all could discern the ore tions of the field, Post- masters and officers of Internal Revenue were on hand, each in his place. Then came the marshal, with files of deputies extemporized for the occa- sion, wiile rang! ing over the extensive circuit was the Supervisor of the Revenue, the whole in- structed and animated by members of the Cabinet, who abandoned their responsible duties to help re- eleetion, which for the time was above all depart- ments of government and all ry of the pub- lic service, In the same way the chief Custom Houses of the country have been enlisted. Bach has become & political centre, whose special object is re-election, Authentic evidence before & Congressional Committee shows that Thomas Murpiy, while Collector of New York, acting a8 Licutenant of the President, sought to control the Republican State Convention by tender- ing office to jour men in consideration of the re- turn of certain delegates, promising that “he would immediately send their names gn to Wash- ington and nave them sppolnved and then, by way of enforcing the Presidential bagi he announce, with startling etfrontery, “President Grant is the representative and head of the repub- lican_ party, and all good republicans should snp- port him 1 all his measures and *pP ments, and any one who did not do it should be erushed out." If this was not authenticated under oath it would be hard to belleve. But the New Orleans Custom House has a evory much worse, Here Presidential Pregension 19 wwixed with unblushing corruption, iy I think of | which the Collector, a brother-in-law, is a chief actor, And all for re-election. This prostitution of the offices of the country to the Presidential will can be upheld only by unliesi- tating paras zeal, discarding reason and patriet- ism. _ Already it has been condemned im an offieial report made to the House of Representatives, No- vember 27, 1867, ¥ Mr. Boutweil, as Caairman of the Committee of the Judiciary and signed by him. His direct object was to arr: Andrew Johnson ; but these words declare a rule applicable to all sidents :— The presence and active perdeleation of two of the heads, of departments in political convention at Phitadelptia, having for its obiect the orvanization of a party to sustain the President and defeat the will of Con. nd the nd one of these {unotionarica, the intments to fact nown to the ¢ like had ne pened before in its history. view of right-minded men, {twas something more than a publlo seandal. (Rep. of Com. No. 7. H. of Rep. 40th Cong., Ist seas., p. 41.) The report adduces the authority of John Locke, the eminent philosopher, ag declaring the employ- ment of “the force, treasure and oflives of the 50- clety to corrupt tho representatives, or openly to pre-engage the electors, or prescribe what manner of persons shall be chosen,” as among breaches of trust in the executive magistrate, which amount to a dissolution of the government; for “what is it,” he says, “but to cut up the government by the roota and poison the very fountains of Rae Be. curity?” (Locke on Government, section 222.) But all this we witness here, The offices are employed to pre-engage the electors, or prescribe the persons te chosen. Nor dol sec any corrective of this undoubted abuse, especiatiy after the example now setin high quarterg, so long as the President ls candidate for re-election. Therefore to arrest a flagrant tyranny, and to se- cure purity in the government, also to save the President from himarit, shouki this amendment be adopted: and since Horace Greeley is known to be its strenuous supporter, we have an unanswerable reason in his behalf, REOONCILTATION, Trom the practical question of Civil Service Re- form, I pass to reconctitation, being the most im- portant issue ever presented te the Americen peo- Pile, reconcHiation not only between the two once warring sections, but also between the two races, This issue, a0 grand and beautiiul, was distinctly presented when Herace Greeley, in accepting tho republican nomination at Cincinnati, wrote these memorable words :— In this faith, and with the distinct understanding, that {f elected I shall be the President, not of a party, but of the whole people, Taecapt, your nomination in the conf. dent trust that the masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm, which has too long divided them, forgetting that they have been enemies, in the joy'ul consciousness that they are, and must henceforth remain, brethren. The issue was eain presented when thereafter the democratic party in National Convention, act- ing under an irresistible movement of the people, Bominated the author of these words, It 1a dificult to see how this noble aspiration can find other than a generous response. Nothing but a@ party spirit, which forgets the obligations of Christian duty, could treat it with indifference, much less make it the occasion of misrepresenta- tion. By no effort of ingenuity or malignity can tt be tortured into anything but an offer of reconcilia- tion, while the very letter of acceptance, where it appears, declares the established supremacy of equal righis. Observe also that it is made only when the work of reconstruction is ended. Here is the testimony of a Senator of South Carolina, in aspeech in the Senate, January 22, 1872:—“The last of the Southern States is admitted to its full PE as & momber of the brotherhood of tates; the constitutional amendments in- tended to secure the principles established by the war and subsequent events, have been ac- cepted as valid. There can be no fear or danger of their being disturbed.’ But these things aro forgotten; the Sermon on the Mount 1s forgotten aiso; the beatitudes are put aside, A great writer of the Middle Ages, after dwelling on what is best for us, says:—“‘Hence it is that not riches, not pleasures, not honors, not length of life, no health, not strength, not comeliness was sung to the shepherds from on high, but peace.” (Dante De Monarchia, Lib. L, sec. 5.) The sup- porters of re-election will not hearken to this song, and the proffered hand 1s rejected. If not war, they would preserve at least the passions of war, and instead of peace would scatter distrust and deflance. The old fable is renewed :— Emboldened now on fresh attempt he goes, With serpents’ teeth the tertile furrows sows; The glebe fermenting with enchanted juice, Makes the snakes’ teeth a human crop produce. For me there can be but one course on this issue, and the moment it was presented I seemod to be- hold for the first time the dawn of that better era in our country, when the equal rights of all should be placed under the safeguard of assured peace and reconciliation, Had I failed to sympathize with this endeavor I should have been false to the record of my life. My first public utterance, as far back as July 4, 1845, was to commend the cause of peace, which from that early day, amid the contentions of pails duty and the terrible responsibilities of war, as never been absent from my mind. While insist- lag en the abolition of slavery, while urging en- franchisement, while vindicating the equal rights of all and while Care reconstruction, I have constantly declared that all these were for no pur- pose of ey ery or punishment, but only for tne security of the citizen and the establishment of gov- ernment on just foundations, ana that when this was done nobody should outdo me in those gener- osities that become the conqueror more than his conquest, PERSONAL RECORD. q Mr. Sumner then proceeds to show by the record of his speeches, letters and Congressional action that ever since 1861 he has constantly advocated and endeavored to promote peace, reconciliation and thorough union, as soon as the rebellion and slavery should cease. The record which establishes his claim to personal consistency runs through every year down to 1871. He then proceeds:— PERSONAL DUTY, Here I suspend this testimony. Such is the sim- le and harmonious record, showing how from the ening Iwas devoted to peace, how constantly llonged for reconciliation—lqw with every meas- ure of equal rights this longing found utterance— how it became an essential part of my life—how I discarded all idea of vengeauce or punishment — how reconstruction was, to my mind, @ transition eriod, and how earnestiy I looked forward to the jay when, after the recognition of equal rights, the Republic should again be one in reality as in namo. If there are any who ever maintained a policy of hate 1 was never so minded, and now, in protesting against any such policy, { only act in obedience to the irresistible promptings of my soul. In embracing the opportunity Ooo re- sented at this election, I keep myself still in har- mony with the past. Unable to vote a second time for. President Grant, and confident that the choice of Horace Greeley will tend to assure that triumph of ace which has occupied so much of my desires, it only remains to vote for him. 1 would not ex- pect too much; but knowing something of the spirit in which the democratic party has adopted him as its candidate, and knowing something also of his eminent character, I cannot doubt that with his election there will be a new order of things, where the harsh instrumentalities of power will ytel toa sentiment of good will, and surviving irritations will pe lost in concord, The war is ended. There must be an end also to Deliigerent passions, and the freedman, assured in rights, must enter upon a new career of happiness and prosperity. Such, at least, Is the object I now seek. ven those differ- ing from me in faith at this critical moment will not deny that such a result would mark an epoch in American history. And now, in the hope of its Pepin arse I forget personal consequences and think only of the inestimable good, PREJUDICE AND INVENTION, The partisans of re-election, ergs. to proju- dice and invention, insist, first, that the democratic party, which has adopted as its candidate an origi- nal republican on @ republican platform, will prove untre, and, secondly, that the candidate himself will prove untrue, as if the democratic party were not bound now to the very principles declared at re, without the vicious alloy of Grantism, and as if the life and character of the candidate ‘were nota sufficient answer to any such slander, ADHESION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, Evidently there are individuals calling them- selves democrats who feel little sympathy with the Movement, and there are others who insist upon he old hates, whether towards the North or owards the freedman, Unhappily, this is only ac- oe to human nature. It must be so. ere- fore, though pained in feeling, my trust turbed by sporadic cases cited in Rewapapers or by local incidents, This is clear. in spite of 1 air and against thei efforts, the people —represente: he Democratic Convention adopted a republican nomination and platform. Baltimore answered to Kincinnati. A popular uprising, atirred by irresist- ible instinct, triumphed over all resistance. The people were wiser than tha leaders, illustrating aga in the saying of the Frenth statesman, so expe- rienced in human affairs, that above the wisdom of any individual, however great, ts the wisdom of all. But this testifies to that Providence which shapes our ends :— 10 Providence for us, high, infinite, jakes our necessities its watchful task." Plainly in recent cwents there has been a presiding influence against which all machinations have been powerless, Had the Convention at Philadelphia nominated a republican, truly representing republican principles without drawback, there is no reason to believe that Horace Greeley would have been a candidate. The persistence for Presi- dent Grant dissolved original bonds and gave prac- ical opportunity to the present movement. The jonging for peace, which, {n existing antagonisms of party, was without effective expression, at least found free course. tes the original republican, who had announced himself ready to “clasp hands”? io peace, was accepted on @ republican platform, de- claring support of the three constitutional amend. ments and Facing. in the foreground the great truth that all men are equal before the law. Such 1s the historic fact. That the Vg Ay be disloyal to this bo that it will turn its back on its vove- nants, and seek, through a republican President, to reverse these safeguards, or in any way im their efficacy, 18 not only without provabiilty, but to imagine if is absolutely absurd. Beyond the unequivocal adhesion of the party in its corporate capacity 1s that of eminent members, who volnntcer as individuals in the same declara- Sanat ic that personal pledge unites with party obligation. Mr nner quotes from democratic leaders and Journa)s in proof of his argument, and continues :— Are these sneakers and these hewspapers united in conspiracy to deceive, or are they dupes? Spurn- Ing the idea of dishonest conspiracy, | cannot doubt that they believe what they say and that what they fay i true, Again, J insist that the sallios of local disaffection, or of personal brutality, howover winful or digereditable, cannot i teriore to change Phe open adhesion of the party, jolicwed by deciar- ations so authentic in form, Cn this open adi aud these declarations Lact, and to the fulfilment of ali the obligations xssumed | feel Lust I may confidently hold the party. MOTIVES TO KERY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRUE. But why should the democratic party be untrae to the covenants it bas assumed? This imputa- tion, so insulting toa great political organization and to the distinguished members who have opeuly united in its adiesion, cannot be aceepted without some ground of reason, or ut least of presumption. But all reason and every presumption are che other rt Men act’ according to supposed pterseaen that ts nature; but, every interest of fo: mer rebels is for peace, Under the intuence of uncontrolled passion and for the sake of slavery they went into rebel- lion; but, now that passion has abated aud slavery has Ceased, thoy see that nothing ts gained by pro- longing the animosities it envendered. Peace has become thelr absorbing interest. So obvious is the s Unreasonable to suppose them indiiterent wien it is within reach; itis absurd to imogine them pro- fessing peace as a cover for wa”. they know they must fail, This expiatns the promptitude with which they seized tue opporta- nity now presented. At once they declared their desire and offered the hand of fellowship, at the same timo announcing their acceptunce of those reneznnegurep by which the Equal Rights of allare ured. The motives naturally governing former rebe!s, in accepting Horace Greeley and « republican plut- tion of their region, wiich they would see im- proved, but this can be only by the establishment of peace undisiurbed, so that men, white and black, may live im security. This is an essential condition. Violence breeds a kindred crop; nor can distrast exist witout dvtriment to ail, either appear, and the most fertiie tlelds will fail In productive power. Men will not iningle theirsweat with the soil, becoming co-laborers with the sun— they will not sow and plough—uuless assured in the enjoyment of what the generous eart!: is read: to yield, Above all those truest allies so essential will turn aw: peace. Sect couragement, from the land that is not blessed by ity 18 » constant Invitation and en- There must be security in all things—security in life, security in property and security in rights, including liberty and equality, the great promises of the Declaration of Indepen- dence. Let any of these be in any peril, let any shadow reat upon their enjoyment, and the whole community must suffer. ‘Thereiore, by the impulse of self-lnterest now clearly manifest are the people of the South moved to the present e‘fort for pence. This same motive assumes another form in the desire to escape from ie | misrule, which has left such traces in the disordered finances of the Southern States, So colossal has been the scale of lunder that even authentic report seems like bie. According to one statement, the sum total of debts and liabilities in the rebel State was $70,248,141, but in 1871 it was 5 showing an increase sinco the war of $215,2 which, making ailowance for any possible exagge ration, 1s still a disheartening mass. How small is all that was done by ele Tammany compared with this enormous robbery! Looking at individual States, the terrible proportions stand forth, making each & witness, There ta South Carolina, with its original debt of $4,407,953, DOW $22,480,516; Louisiana; with its original debt of $11,000,000, now $40,021,734; Georgia, with Its original debt of ' $2,670,750, risen ‘to $42,600,600; and Florida, so’ feeble in population, ' with its original debt of $370,717 Swollen to $15,707,557. Second on'y to the widespread devastations o! war ‘¢ the robveries to which these States have been subjected, 1 am sorry to say, under an adim{nistra- tion calling itself republican, at Wushington, and with local governments, deriving their animatin impulse from the party in power, with the Presi- dent as its dominant head. Surely tie people in + these communities would have been less than men if, staking under their intolerable burden, tiey did not tura for help to a new party promising reform and honesty, They have seen Custom Houses used to maintain the plunderers in power; tiey have seen all available political torces pressed to procure the renewed rule of the President under whom they have suffered so much; and they have seen this very President teach by example that ever, ofiice-holder should bogin by looking out for himseil, It would be a wonder ff they did not join the present movement and maintain its declared pur- poses to the end. It is easy to see that, under these promptings, where personal and local interests were so strong, Horace Greeley wus commended as a candidate, and then sincerely accepted. They knew him as the steadfast enemy of slavery so long as it ex- isted, dealing against it hard and constant blows; they knew him us the faithiul ally of the freedman, insisting promptly pe his equal right to suffrage, which he vindicated with persuasive power; ‘and they knew him also as the devoted triend to tne colored race, never failing in effort for tucir wel- fare; but they Knew also that he was a lover of peace and honesty, whose soul had been trans- figured in works, and that, as sincerely as he had striven for the colored race, he now strove to miti- gate those other burdens which had reduced them to a new slavery, being a debt which was like chain and manacie upon thelr industry; and ies were assured that with him the great oilice (or which he 1s a candidate would be a trust and not a personal perquisite, 80 that his example would be constant testimony to industry, integrity and fidelity in the discharge of public duties, thus fixing a siandard re lo ee things being evident, how could they esitate FAITH IN HORACE GREELEY, The partisans of re-election dwell much on the osition and character of Mr. Greeley, insisting that e he cannot be trusted in the Presidency; partly because helped into power by democrats and rtly from an alleged want of stability. It is idicult to hear these bare-faced allegations, in utter disregard of the prodigious testimony afforded by his long career, without wonder at tie extent to which Poh and invention can be carrie Had he been presented at -Philadelpiia with the saving sanction of a regular nomination the samo partisans who now seek to exhibit him as a tool or an imbecile would dwell with pride on his eminent qualities, making him by the side of his competitor an angel of light. Knowing them both, his supe- riority I may affirm. To say that under him slavery can in any way be revived, or that the rebel debt, or the pension of rebel soldiers, or nsation for slaves can find favor, the equal rights of the freedman, to which he is so solemnly ple: can in any way be im- alred—all this is simply atrocious. Nothing of he kind can be done without violation of the con- stitution as amended, not to speak of the depar- ture from that rule of life which he has ever fol- lowed. There isno democrat sympathizing with his nomination who would not spurn the in- famous treachery, I dismiss the whole partisan extravagance to the contempt it deserves. The imputation that his election will be the re- turn to power of the old democratic party is much like saying that he will cease to be himself, and that his surpassing individuality, making him so conspicuous, will be lost. They who make the im- utation forget that this old party, if it as not_ ceased to exist, is changed In chi Standing on a Je ublican platform, with a republican candiddte, it may look the repub- lican party in the face, ming for itself the future, if not the past. Plainly it is not that democratic ey, against which republicans have contended, democrats have influence with Horace Greeley it will be because they have sincerely placed them- selves by his side on a platform which Coie an- nounces all that republicans have ever claimed. Against all pretences distrust I oppose the 0} record of his life. By this let him be judged. And here it will be observed that, while sometimes dif- fering from others in methods, he has never at any moment ceased to be a champion, bei ways the same. Here is a private ietter, which only re- cently eee ing a gleam of sunlight from his soul er ich the dark days of the war could not quench :— : Orne Yont; June We 1088 Mr Dean 8in—In God's good time this is 0 De & In foal freedom, where equal righ nish rebellion, treason and riot, and all manner of dred diabolisms. I hardly hope to live to soe that da: but hope that those who may remember me when I ain fone Will belleve that I earnestly tried to hasten its com- ig. Yours, HORACE GREELEY, To suppose that, under any circunistances of pressure or temptation, he can fail in loyalty to the cause he has served so constantly is an offence to Fonace and to decency. In his two letters of ac- ceptance this loyalty ie conspicuous, Re; y- ing to the nomination at cinnati he ‘drew 4 16 wise line between self-government” and “centralization,” assetting the former as our true ‘subject to our solemn constitutional tion to maintain the eqnal rights of thus placing these under na- feguard and making them apsolutely the same in all of the country. Replying to the nomination at Baltimore, made after the enun- clation of this master principle, he announces his hope and trust that the first century of American Tnpependence will not close before the grand cle- ment Bea on which its rightfulness was ov; td base will eth become the Wersally of equal laws shall ited and honore: undations st our political fabric.” And thus is his great record crowned. Living so entirely in the public ere all know his life, which speaks for him now. ho #o well as Kimself could stand the trial? The Tribune, in its career of more than thirty years, speaks for him also. To those opponents who, in the work of dis- paregement, assert that he wants executive ability, I point to this journal begun by Horace Greeley in 1841,. without partner or business asso- clate, With a cash capital of only $1,000 and with 000 subscribers, And yet under individual evort, by his amazing industry and through his rare intelligence, with his determined nature ant- heen all, the enterprise prospered until he found himself at the head of one of the first newspapers of the world, completely organized, intellectually and mechanically, with writers for every subject, with correapendente everywhere at home and abr and with a constantly increasing influence never Bi pewepeper history. A President with the ability that did all this would ene! eraheie to the public service, impressing it with his own ithfal character and assuring on a larger seale @ corresponding success, so that the whole country would be gainer. Again to those oppo- nents who assert that Horace Greeley wants fidelity, or that he can be easily swayed against life- long convictions, I point to this same journal, which from the beginning and throughout the whole course of its existence hag been an unwaver- ing representative of the libefal cause, foremost always in Warfare with siavery, prompt in support of reform, inflexible in honesty and a beacon tame to all struggling for hamen advancement. Not to put faith in Horace Greeley ls tg act not a law of hwuan | advantage from this assured possession that it is | war im which | form, are plain. There is first, the general prostca- | Let | st rosperous industry, carte and immigration, | only without evidence, ont against evide, so Maniiest and constant m unbroken contiay | us @ seem like a law of mature, AS well d the sun Lu its appoluted course. ANSWER TO TWO OBJECETONS. Such is the easy answer to objectors, who out thatdemocrate uniting with republicans, 0 republican platform, eannot be trusted; ant the candidate himself eznnot be trusted. Ti tonness of partisanship is too apparent in tuls y tension. TL have considered it carefuliy ax a lo of truth, and you have my conclusion. There! do Tsay, be not deterred from voting for Hort i Grenier, because democrats will alvo vote for bi | but rather rejoice, Their votes wit! be a new b | of peace and’ new assurance for the great priy i re Baie by our fathers at our birth THE OLIVE BRANCH AND EQUAL RIGHTS. And has not the time arrived when in sinee! we should acovpt the olive branch? Is it not t! for the pen to take the place of the sword? I not time for the Excouwtve Mansion to be chi from a barrack cesspool to a lifegiving fountal Is it not time for a President whe wiil show by q ample the tinportance of reform and teach of subordinating perenne objects to the pr lic vervice + Isit not time for the head of the | tional government to represent the idea of ped and reconciliation rather than of battle and st Is it not time for that new era when aarcie enetaics, forgetting the past, shall “clasp han in true unity with the principles of the Deciay { tion of Independence as the supreme law? | Ploring the fate of Poland and of ireland, T 8 he @crliest moment to escape fron similar | bility here, Mindful thet the memories of the can only yield to # happy present, something wo | Ido to promote this end. Anxious for tne e } Yights of ali, and knowin well that no text of or constitution 1s adequate without @ support) sentiment behind, {cannot miss the opportun: afforded by the present election of obtaining ti rength for our great guarantees, Reconstruction 1s now complete. Every State represented in the Senate and every district is resented In the House of Keprescutatives, Ev Sonator and every Represenéative Is in his pi ‘There are no vacant seats in either chamber, a) among the members are fellow-citizens of the can race. And amnesty neurly universal has b adopted, In this condition of things TM new reason for change. The present inou bent knows little of our frame of government. military education and military gonius he repi sent: the idea of force: nor is he any exception the rule Of his profession which appreciates o| slightly a govérnment that is not arbitrary. time for the soldier has passed, especially when renewed power would ouce more remind fell citizens of their defeat. Victory over follow gi zens should be known only ju the rights {¢ assui nor shonld it be flaunted in the face of the v1 quished. [t should not be tnscribed on regiment! colors, or ayed in pictures at the national ital. But resent incumbent is a regimen’ color with the forbidden inscription; he is & pictu’ at the national capital recalling victories over fella citizens. Tt is doubtful if such a presence can pr mote true reconcilintion. Friendship does row where former differences are thrust in st, ‘here are wounds of the mind as of the body ; the: too, must be healed. Ins' 1 of irritation and pr Bure let there be gentleness and geuerosity, in: this world get ouly what they give—prejudl for prejudice, animosity for antinosity, hate hate. Likewise contidence is returned for oot dence; good-will is returned for good-will; frie: ship is returned for friendship. On this rule, whit is the same for the nation as for tie individual would now act, So will the republic be elevated new heights of moral grandeur, and our people manifes: that virtue “greatest of all’ which is foul in charity. Above the conquest of others will the conquest of ourseives. Nor will any fellow ait zen sutter in rights; but all will find new safeg in the comprehensive fellowship. NAVAL NEWS AND RUMORS. The United States steamer Hartford, now equi ping at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will not be rea before October 1 for her crew and officers. As yt it is not known definitely who will command Captains Corbin, Thompson, Preble, Renshaw al Hughes are all spoken 0! among the oficers of yard as available for the important post. Hartford will be the flagship of Rear Admiral T. Jenkins, long known as one of the most ski | officers of the United States Navy. The Hartfor 4 will be ordered to proceed to the East Indies vi | the canal of the Isthmus of Suez to Singaport where shé will mcet the United States flagsht Colorado, now on the station, and it is stron; surmised that the Colorado will return the suez Canai. Captain E, T. Nichol has been ordered up _ before the Boal of Naval Examiners for examination for Dromotio to commodore. This officer has lately return from the East Indies, where he held the impor pees of chief of staf to Rear Ad: J ogers. Captains @. B. Balch, Foxhall A. Parker, Joh Guest and Donald MeN. Fairfax are soon to be e: amined for promotion to commodores. The form will be detached from the executive duties at Navy Yard, Washington, and, rumor has it, be lieved by Captain 8S. P. Carter or T. G. Corbin. Captain William F, Spicer will be relieved fre equipment nee g at the Boston Navy Yard some tim| this month and Commander L, B, Luce is to reliev ‘im. Commander Beardslee has been Ordered Equipment OMicer to the Navy Yard, Washingtor in place of Commander Eastman, lately detache and ordered to equipment duty at the Portsmout (N. H.) Navy Yard. In naval circles it 1s ramored that Commande’ De Kraft will proceed to the South Pacific statior with Rear Admiral Pennock and assume the dati of Chief of Staif to the last named officer, who to command the South Pacific squadron, Captain E. English is soon to be retired from tl Naval Board of Inspectors and assigned to the po sition of Executive Ofiicer, Navy Yard, Portsmout Commander ©. H. Cushman, owing to sickness) | will be relieved from the command of the United States sloop-of-war Wachuset and Fillebroun is named as his relief. The United States sloop-of-war Portsmouth, fitting at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, will be com | manded by Commander skerrett, and when ready, | about October 15, she will proceed to the Pacific enter upon an extended survey of that ocean. Rumor has it Commodore Mull; signed to the relief of Rear Admiral Pen nock and mong 1e equipping at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. As yet ¢ has hot been assigned to any station or | captain or oMcers detailed for her. fre United States steamer Monongahela fs fitttt out atthe Portsmouth yey Yard, N. H., and t) Juniata at Boston Navy Yard, Captain A. C. Rhind sails in the European steamet of September 20, to assume command of the United) States steam frigate Cougress, now in the Mediter-| ranean squadron. Captain Khind takes the place| of Captain Davenport, lately decoased, The United States iron-clad Terror, after a twa Years’ commission in the North Atlantic squadron, will Seen d North—probably to Philadelphia— there to be put out of commission, She will be cons voyed by one of the vessels of the squadron. ‘he United States steamer Kansas hi en Of dered from Key West to Halifax, it is sald, and the United States Steamer Shawmut will proceed to some Northern port after her long cruise in the West Indies, Lieutenant Commander E. White has been or. déred to proceed to Cullao, and upon his arrival | aes assume hei hent ms ea Lond tore- jeuten: . , how in com- frahd of the onwark, is ordered vo return to the United States and report for examination for pro- motion to the grade of commander. Rear Admiral John A. Winslow's retirement November, 272, promotes Commodore J, L, Worden to th grad if Adi " "4 a Hearadimical dF Green Fotirement, Novelli? imodore G. F. Emmons to in {srl, promotes Captains Guest, clita and ra | to the grade of commodore. ‘These retirements likewise affect and romote Commanders De Kraft bat ni rian aoe rdered to tat captal eNO} duty with Admiral Porter, Midshipman Emerick to ory coe duty in the Washington Nay Yard, Pay ‘tor Thornton as purchasing f Buty. talrans ton, Paymaster Wight to Enginecr Newell ae Pre ident hig Board’ realdent of the aminers at Philad aphid 6 Paymaster been detached from the Benecila, and {s ordered to retutn home and settle accounts; Passed Assistant Paymaster Bacon from temporary duty as purchasing paymaster at Wash- ington, and is ordered to resume uty in the Bureag of Provisions and Clothing; Chief Engineer Sarvin as president of the board of Ex: rs, and is Placed on waiting orders. Executive officers of vessels of the navy are not in future to be allowed clerks in cases Where & cap» tain’s clerk is serving on the ship. THE MARIO-PATTI CONCERTS, Lovers of music will, no doubt, be delighted to learn that @ series of grand concerts, under the Management of Mr. Max Strakosch, with Signor Mario and Carlotta Patti as the “bright, particular stars,” is announced to commence on rioand evening, the 16th inst. In addition to Mario ai Pattl o Cakes of er Kony tea ‘whom report speaks Performances: The sale of tickets and seats wilt commence at Steinway Hall on Friday, the 13th “THE LOST ONE FOUND.” OasTLE GARDEN, New York, Sept. 8, 1872, To THe Epirox OF THE HERALD:— . Sin—The girl Catharine McGurk, who disappeared from here some time since, was this day found by moans of a letter addressed by her to and received by her father, She had been at service with @ re- Speetable famlly residing in Brooklyn, but Who, , When employing her, iad neglected to comply with the rules of this bya) ob) by omitting to record the engagement. Kespectiully yours, J B GASSERLY? Superintendents 4 Commander |” will be am | assume Pe of the Navy Yard at Ports © ‘United States steamer Richmond ts rapidly i. i) 4 ‘ia i :