The New York Herald Newspaper, September 25, 1872, Page 3

TENNESSEE. A TRIANGULAR SQUARE FIGHT. Andy Johnson, Frank Cheatham and Horace Maynard in Wordy War. BRISTOL THE BISECTED. Society in a Tennessee-Virginia Border Town. The Cladiators Meet for the Second Round. Six Mortal ‘Hours of Stump Speeches. The Confederate Attacks Andy—Andy At- tacks the Narragansett—The Nar- ragansett Attacks Both. What Andrew Thinks About Greeley and the Impeachment. P Breton, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1872. ‘This town, straddied as it is across the boundary fine of West Virginia and Tennessee, is a comical study to the stranger. I doubt if there be any ether town in the country as curiously disposed in B topographical way. The bulk of it, consisting of the main street, over half a mile long, is two- thirds in Tennessee and one-third in Virginia, 80 that a man sitting recumbently under his own vine and fig tree at the east side of the thorough- fare can kick his heels over the soil of one State and swing his body over that of the other. It is sbout equally divided in population, num- ber of houses, churches, barber shops and beer saloons. Every kind of store at the Tennessee side of the street has its counterpart on that of Virginia, and the street itselfis not more than thirty feet wide. The Virginia corner grocery has ® bar of soap for every one in the Tennessee store Opposite, and vice versa, There are two Mayors, two sets of town officers and two leading hotels; but they are as one in a federal head, or tail, it you like, who is the potential representative of the United States Post Office. Here we have Qnother beautiful illustration in miniature of our system of ‘checks and balances,” of unity in division and harmony between the simple and the complex. If a man appropriates bis neighbor’s coat on the Virginia side he has only to cross the street to Tennessee, wrap himself in the stolen garment, and make faces at his out- taged victim. The law’s delay is about a week before.a requisition from the Governor of Virginia reaches him of Tennessee and travels down for en- forcement to the boundary line. When the people fifty yards from where I am writing have any Court business to perform they go fifteen miles, to the town of Abingdon, in West Virginia, while the folks here at the west side go eleven miles in an opposite direction, to the town of Bluntville, Tenn, In the latter State, when an election comes off, the liquor stores at this side are all closed through the day; but the thirsty topers cross over the distance with a hop, akip and jump into Virginia, drink to their hearts’ content and return. The Virginia side claims a PURE AND UNDEFILED DEMOCRACY ; the Tennessee a mixed clement of white democrats, Megro republicans and Union nondescripts, who are undecided what to do about such a candidate for Congres#-ay Anérew Johnson. It is a curious town Bitogether, and all by reason of its singular posi- tion. West Virginia has sent commissioners to Eng- land to hunt up and overhaul certain ancient maps in the British Colonial Ofice, about which I heara tradition that therein may be found the original boundary line, giving Virginia five miles more ter- Tivory to the west than she now possesses. 1 hada glance at a map in Lynchburg over two hundred years old, in which the Chesapeake Bay is put down as the Virginia Sea; but this part of the country is left as hopelessly undefined as the North Pole. it will be well for this town when its di- vided allegiance ceases and one of the two States claims it in toto. For a place of 3,000 inhabitants, with no grander commercial enterprise among them than A FUGITIVE TRAFFIC IN BUTTER, EGGS, AND CHICKENS, the burden of Keovlng two sets of municipal oficers onerous. Iremarked to my friend George, the ber, erstwhile a famous factor in the chicken business before incontinently aoleing Virginia, that Bristol looked remarkably quiet and peaceable for ® border town. He said in reply, “Well, no, sah. Dey is always fussin’ and fightin’ bout dis yere ting or de oder; *bout politics and dis and dat.” “By the way, George,” I inquired, “where are your white republicans here *”” ‘Well, sah, dey’s not. conga but de few on’em dat’s yere fs pizen. Dey is good right strong Workin’ men, and Eager lon’t scare ’em.”” George let me confidentially into the secret that pome ‘scall ”” had been among the white men; but they “couldn't do nuffin’ with him.” He said further he liked “a grit man” and loved to see ® man a man, &c., to the sume effect: but he couldn’t ‘‘abide some o’ dese yere white men comin’ round and taxi’ poor niggahs fo’ and five dollar ® year for papers they never could in God A’mighty’s world read.”” He referred to some of these oily newspaper drummers and political tract distributors who make a disreputable living by imposing on the in- nocent darkies. I discovered that the Virginia side of Bristol harbored only THREE UNION MEN OF WHITE CUTICLES bat west of the border they reached a round dozen and controlled the darky vote completely. The ns of the war have of course subsided to a jt. degree. Blacks and whites live in peace, h the latter are not beyond reflecting with acerbity on the obstinacy with which the former cling to the teachings and sustain the fortunes of the Mg aie Of the knights of carpet-bag- dom it may be said their numbers have dwindled in this section to a mere few. They were numerous immediately after the war, but, as a gentleman of the Confederate persuasion remarked to me, they were “unfortunate; not that they were Ku Kluxed, as he hastened to explain, but the white people were moody and resentful, and had no sympathy, inter- course or hospitality to lavish on this particular class of strangers, There was comparatively little suffering around this piace from the operations of the armies. The gallant Stoneman and the gentlemanly Burbridge were the two principal federal raiders who scoured the country. They did their painful duty With as much consideration as men under like circumstances could exhibit. From here to Knoxville, however, was the most unhappy part Of Tennessee. It was the region of purely inter- necine strife, as bitter and unrelenting as that of the Covenanters and Catholics among the high- lands and lowlands of Scotland. THE POLITICAL CLASSES OF TENNESSEB. There were three classes of men in Fast Ten- nessee :—The faithful Unionists, strong of heart and , banded like the Israelites of old, political tans, offering up all for the god of their idolatry—the Union; then there Were the secessionists, men of fiery ways and sudden impulses, damning the Union the Yankees and connected with them. The third, and the compromise party, were the submis- sionists, mostly old-line whigs, Who had no admira- tion for slavery, but were full of State pride, and yet still clung to the Union. The secessionists Were the fire eaters—the men of loud, clamorous Voices and ready knives and pistols. The submis- sionists were the conservative element—respect- able in habits and even strong in numbers, Re- roaches and threatenings drove them into the sion movement, and it soon became a except, hi Sor th Carol tie wes ree perhaps, Sout rolina this was more or less thé case. Secretary Seward was right in sus- aeeahenca toe @ wide Union sentiment con- cealed behind the line of bayonets first formed by the Confederacy; but he ought to have known buman nature better than to think that sentiment could long remain neutral. East Tennessee experienced the WOHST FEATURES OF THE WAR— the bloody encounters of near kindred—and these traly were no rosewater collisions. Only the All- Be Ft @ ever knew all the horrible tragedics enact the beautiful valleys and amid the hilis of this erate. Occasionally wo at tho Nort hen thé curtain of fire Iifted for a peemane, of dread- bands of men, small in umber, but fe of pu 3 how one family of Dnion tien wreaked lig Yeoweunce "ph ® kindros NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. famy of rebels and vice versa,» It ls pecause,of al | ‘SY gue POLITICAL CAMPAIGN B potas Mines erate for Congressm: yi Songs 2m. the Con- federate side and has who Ww well, scattered all over the . Js inferior in some respects to Andrew Jobneon for the yosition of Con- gressman, but he has the no! tion and mi democrats hereabouts have a notion that Tavenen, is not acting “square” with Cheatham in run! as tngepannent congas when he inti- mated his intention to the decision of the Convention. The submissioi or old whigs, whom I have mentioned, will vote for Johnson. They arestrong in this section. Athird of the democratic vote will be given him and ali the liberal though from what I can learn the are some strength in East Tennessee. for many things of a local character, which rise above the clamor of party and require only adroit- neas of speech to be put in a strong light before a popular audience. iat matter of his levying an assessment on the rich rebels of Nashville to succor the widows, wives and orphans of Confederate sol- diers is @ feather in bis cap, as he contrives to make it. General Cheatham, unfortunately for himself, has NO SKILL IN LANGUAGE, and this people can don the want of almost any- Sains, else, Tickle their humorous fancies with a good, broad story or fire off a blood and brimstone Spt. as old Brownlow was accustomed to do in hi days, and i by storm. Johnson ou carry & Tennessee audience the man for the Tennessee stump. His record has a spice of the old Jackso- nian by-the-eternal obstinary about it, especi- ally as far as his career during the war in this State is concerned, This helps him before a ople who have passed through trial and suffering rf Opinion’s fake. The triangular contest between Cheatham, J: son and Maynard will grow bitter as it proceeds. Cheatham calls Johnson a black- guard, which cannot fail to call forth an equally emphatic response. Maynard and Cheatham are disposed to fight Johnson, and this will naturally gain sympathy for the latter. THE TRIANGULAR STUMP DISCUSSION, which peeps at Chattan: ‘on the 14th, will wind up in East Tennessee on the Ist of October. This is the starting point of the second bout between the three candidates, A circus passed through Knox- ville lately at which 5,000 persons attended. The posse circus now on its rounds will throw that in the shade by.10,000 additional auditors and lookers on. It is test temper is not angelic, and the seraphic Maynard, who is half the time im the can somet 3 come to Sart 08 EASE HE AA Sires OD. AE Cheatham, who could presume recat johnson & Divekeoard, must be desperate indeed ; ao that you see between the three, in the elegant parlance of the day, the fur will be made to fly. Of course the worst Fecnsines of the discussion will be reserved for he close of the ght, as the partisans of each candi- date rally in greater force around him, As for HORACE GREELEY, his chances in Tennessee, Judging from this stand- point, are fair, Speaking to Colonel! Stokes, an old resident of this place, he observed tnat if the viva voce system of voting was still in vogue no anxiety need be felt about the results—that is, Greeley would be perfectly aafe in West Virginia and Ten- nessee. le feels satisfied a pean many old Bourbon democrats will vote for Grant. “If, how- ever,” he remarked, “these men had to go wD the pol and announce open! their vote, none of ‘em would dare to sing out ‘Grant.’ It would hurt his business, his social standing and his friendships among democrats, who are now looking for Greeley’s elec- Bon tO Searee them peace and prosperity at the jouth.' The old Colonel is not far astray. The formcr method of voting, if put in practice now, would even have its effect on the colored voters, many of whom, if voting at the same poll with the whites, would hesitate to declare for a radical candidate. Tennessee looks safe enough for Greeley; but an — between the trees seats were hour set meanwhile, thei girls’ and all scattered around on the wind, the had ——- and before ing from the roadw: seminary of youn; led the way, py 3 4D Presently there was a = down laced he ladies, who were on like Villlken’s inah, in gorgeous array, Eleven o’clock was the for the triangular discussion. in the re were a hundred of * ve. SOOn STRAINS OF MI al that the Virginia rat train arrived and rought its delegation to the ‘This set the crowds in town in motion, long we saw an immense column defil- into the grove. A whole ies marching two and two lized the it seats in no utes after Horace Maynard climbed tions of his time, Ten m! al el the hill, followed by General Cheat! who tarried gn the ‘way to recetve the tala ends, NSASTER TO THE LADIES great Crash of seats in front, went the whole seminary of young !a- with them the reand Ay several demure Matrons not accustomed to. that kind of. tics, Great fun followed. Even Horace jard'lgughed. Governor McMullen, of ‘Washi maw ae of eget up his hat and caught it on the end of ahillelah; so when reached the ground he nothing but ant Jaughi re ES When the audience had se! emselves hear the A mn, ta ladies once more in their’ places, to the number of about five hundred, the men stand! in a dense @ negroes West Virginia has a strange democratic element gully its borders, hard to drive as a West Virginia mule. _ A SIX HOURS’ POLITICAL DEBATE. Andy Johnson, Horace Maynard and General Cheatham the (sntending Orators—Amusing Scenes of a Campaign for Office in the ‘West—Andy on Greeley and May- nard on Andy—A Trio of Hot and Heavy Speeches. BRisToL, Tenn., Sept. 24, 1872. ‘The triumvirate of candidates for Congressman at Large—Andy Johnson, General Frank Cheatham and Horace Maynard—came in by the Western train last night and lodged themselves at the Nickels House, on the Tennessee side of this comical town of Bristol. better hotel fifty yards away on the n ut political considerations for- bade any of the trio from going there. To seek the luxury of a better bed and breakfast on the Vir- ginia side would be fatal to the prospects of any of the candidates in the county, on whose Ten- hesseean soil the Nickels House stands. CHEATHAM, a middie-sized, jolly-looking man, with a frosty mustache, a trifle like Marshal Bazaine, but more like Colonel Stebbins, round and rubicund of face and pleasant of feature; wearing his hair behind in a reminder of John Gilbert's wig in Sir Peter Teazle, jumped off first und went straight to the hotel with- out notice or escort. AN AMUSING MISTAKE, About a hundred of the Bristol yeomanry, in wide-awakes, and two of their number in antique stovepipes, were scattered along the platform awaiting the candidates; but not knowing at which end of the car to expect them, they made a blind rush forward and found themselves extending democratic homage to that flerce Narragansctt In. dian and radical, Horace Maynard. There was no cordial concert of movement among the candidates. Each dropped off the train on his own hook. Cheatham went ahead, without caring a conti- nental what became of Andy, and Andy went his way, carpet-bag in hand, counting the stars and as unconscious, to all appearance, of the existence of Cheatham and Maynard as the man in the moon. ANDY was dressed in a travel-stained black suit, and looked as solemn as a man about to undertake some- body’s funeral, Maynard, tall and shadowy, came along @ hundred feet behind, wrapt in seraphic meditation and a linen duster. He had no apparent thought of the presence of the flesh of either John- son or Cheatiam. There was A MIXED CROWD of Virginians and Tennesseeans in the office of the hotel. Some wore the long-talled black regulation coat and Masonic pin. Others wore motley and re- joiced in long, wild beards, like sunburnt prairie grass. Andy entered the miserable little room with the same dignity he entered the White House. HOW THEY REGISTERED. He went straight for the register, entered his name, and, turning round, caught sight of Cheat- ham, who was smiling good-naturedly, and ap- parently prepared to say something pleasant and friendly to the great protector of the constitution. Andy made use of @ monosyllable or two—“Fine night,” or something of that kind. Half a dozen of his admirers then came timidly forward and shook hands, Andy bowing with that grace of man- by few. Maynard in the meantime turned up, the room being then about full and the aspect of the place suggestive of a pool sale at Harry Hill's on the eve of a prize fight. Maynard, poor fellow, had only a few to welcome him, but he smiled on bravely, like a veteran stager, and looked thankful for the smallest favor received, the farmer soldier and the Marshal Ney of the Southwestern army, was the lion of the Kas 2 and all his 1 Ts crowded affectionately n around him. THE THREE CANDIDATES were seated all alone at supper, and the little con- versation they had was as cold as the cucumbers on the table. The supper was brief. The landiord gave them separate beds, The crowd dispersed, ind the trio o' fan gladiators went to sleep and to dream of peeling each other on the morrow like boiled potatoes. is morning Andy was early AT THE BARBER’S SHOP, and as the razor went ploughing its way over his billowy face a crowd of about forty small boys, white and black, gathered around the door and took the ex-President’s nose in charge for most irreverent criticism. “Why, he aint much,” remarked one youngster; ane looks just about’ as straight along as an old 08. Andy must have wished fora moment he was a schoolmaster and that pro{sne youth one of his pupils. In the meantime, the Virginia and Ten- nessee hotels ‘an to fill up with strangers from different parts, Next toa circus, nothing draws here like @ political stump duel. This affair, being @ duel and a@half, had an extra attraction. The morning was fine, bright and breezy, and every- vom awalted the be ng of the political circus with pleasurable anticipation. The ARENA OF DISCUSSION . was Fishes in Campbell's grove, a hundred feet or so within the Virginia line, @ beautiful knoll, cov- ered with tall sycamores and Columbia i pglike Daunes in the freshening wind. 1s ner in which he is surpassed by none and equalled | Frank Cheatham, | gos around the fair auditorium, and Johnson a a rim at the rear of the platform, the candidates met at the mene of the tae for consultation. Tt was agreed that Ghens , Should FAD OFF, D OF! and Maynard come last, each one to have two full hours, Their demeanor towards each other wag not to say wonde! cordial as they stood together framing their arrangement. They smiled as ifin mockery of themselves, and at once The platform, feeling the. trestles ‘ana’ nooring_ to e platfor 2 e treaties and foo: see That its Whole constitution was safe and sound, At this moment there were about five thousand in the grove, massed in an oblong circle. Governor McMullin and bis blackthorn gat at one side of the stage, two reporters at the other, and the candi- dates at three seats at the back, looking for all the world like three distinguished culprits condemned to execution, The SCENE IN FRONT was very beautiful, a perfect canopy of green leaves warding off the rama the sun, while the brilliant colors of the ladies’ dresses contrasted with the dark suits of the men had a fine effect. A stove hat here and there, especially Governor MoM 8, reminded us that we were still en rap- port with the centres of fashion and intelligence. As a rule, however, the head gear was of the wide awake order. General Cheatham, in A SUIT OF GRAY, advanced at a scare past eleven o'clock to the front of the platform, spun his hat into the seat behind him, and said he stood here before them for the first time as the representative of the demo- cratic party of the State, CHEATHAM’S SPEECTH. The Convention that nominated him for Con- gressman at Large had the largest representation of any convention ever met in the State. General Andrew Jol m had catled that Convention a packed one. He wanted to say if that Convention was packed Johnson had a hand in pack! it. The General then detailed the circumstances attendin; the call and holding the Convention, an charged that Andrew Johnson had acted in bad faith in not abiding by its decision. He (Cheatham) stood there as the representative of the democracy of Tennessee. This was his second effort at public speaking. He had no doubt of his being elected, and when he should go to Congress it would be as a working man, He had no axe ind, no frien to reward and no enemies to punish. Here he co cluded amid cheers and a cry, ‘Hurrah for Chicka- mauga.”” ANDY SPEAKS. Mr, Johnson then came forward and said the ume had arrived for cliques and rings to be broken up and the people set free, When conventions do right, and the people acquiesce in them, there is no objection to them, are the order of the day, and on these he Is now determined to war. He thought it was about time for the people to take the matter of nom- inating candidates in their own hands, and reject the nominees of such conventions, Since his advent into public life he had always pro- tested against the system of conventions as they are managed in modern times, Things have come to a pretty pees when a candidate comes before you and Says, “Ll am the convention candl- date and here is the official label pasted across my back,’? (Great laughter.) He (Johnson) took the nomination from the people en masse and his com- petitor, Cheatham, received it from a packed con- vention. In ancient days, the times of the Ko- mans, when Cwsar was in Gaul, Pompey in Naples and Croesus somewhere else, we tind that each had a party, but Rome had no pi , and so it is with this country. To-day the people have no party. He wanted Cheatham to admit the terms of a speech made on his behalf by F. C. Dunnington, CHEATHAM ANSWERS A QUESTION. Cheatham replied that he never heard of the speech and of course repudiated it. JOHNSON RESUMES, Johnson, however, went on to read it, and the poms was that Dunnington said on behalf of Cheat- am that the triumph ofthe North destroyed the democratic party, Therefore, he wanted to know to what party Cheatham belonged. Cheatham sat gravely and indignantly silent, while Horace May- nard drew a roast apple from his pocket and dived into it to the very core. Governor McMuliin in- serted the end of his blackthorn stick in his mouth, the reporters sucked their lead pencils and the band got ready to strike upatune. Andy, havin, pews, jor His reply and getting none, procecde fe said he sminded the of, ‘dav that revolution and dissolution were rife the land, and calied upon the ople to fortity themselves against it. ere Andy put on his spectacles, aud opened a large package of books and documents, — His first quota- tion was from a radical speech, in which he was de- nounced as @ conspirator against and the assassin of the constitution. To counteract that he quoted from a@ set of resolutions passed at a meeting in Nashville, the language of which he said made him blush. Its substance was that he (Johnson) had been the tried and trusted defender of the constt- tution, and, in the words of the Roman Consul, if he had a da the law a little, he had saved the life of the Republic. Ifthe Republic had been lost, then there would have been no place for a constitution. Now, he would ask who abandoned the constitution? Those who discarded the fag of the Union and went in for the dis- integration of the States, or the man who stood by the old Stars and Stripes and swore to fight under it’ Jeff Davis hada hip ee him before he left the Senate, and he told Mr. Davis, when asked what he (Johnson) should do, ‘that he would stay where he was and fight the battle within the lines of the Union. If these secession ntlemen had done the same we never would ave had any war, and balf a million lives would have been spared. “They say,’ cried Johnson, “when I was in command at Nashville that I levied oppressively on the rebel citizens. What did my predecessor, Isham G. Harris, do? What did that detested dastard do? Aman who prostituted all that is noble and honorable in human_ nature, and whose name stinks in the nostrils of honest men, carried off the school fand and the people's money—the money of widows and children, ie quitted the city of Nashville Ikea thicfin th night, and he is now one of the supporters of m, competitor Cheatham."’ Jolinson then went off in narrative of what he did as President in the spiri of reconciliation, taking for his motto, “Amnest; and forgiveness for all.” Here there was a burs. of applause, and it was well earned, for he hat talked exactly an hour without the solace of 4 cheer. Again, when he said he stood between th people of the South and the confircation of ther property, another cheer broke out, and severil cheers more followed, interspersed with cries f | “Hurrah for Andy" as he went on 0; enumerate what he performed for the Souh when President. He concluded by expressing hs love for peace, and that he would sooner wer upon him the dingipess of the shop and the rust f the field than the gilt epaulcts and plumed hatof the triumphant warrior. Before concluding te turned to the eighty odd darkies at the rear of the platform, holding on to each other, arm over am, as our target boys do in marching down Third ae- nue, Johnson said that he had done more for thm than any radical in the State, and had given tn dollars out of his pocket to relieve them whre their pretended radical friends had not ¢! He advised them to vote for Horace Gre had done more for them than a hundred Gra Mr. Johnson did not fail to coinpliment the lades, the kre ag of whom were really very fresh and beautiful. As he did so but packed conventions now GOVERNOR M'MULLIN, of Washington Territory, brought nis stove pipe iat to an angle, arranged the cornice of hair overhis left ear and looked festively out at the brillint throng. After ben ge down and wrapped his opr | coat around him, Mr. Maynard drew himself ugto his full length, opened several packages of bo«s, &ec., and started of with @ ringing voice thatall | round could hear. } MAYNARD'S SPEECH. Mr. Muynard was in avout as good conditionas | usual, is hair looked as if it had been comed with @ hay rake and sprinkled with pepperjnd | salt. He went for Andy in a keen, incisive yay, | and announced radicai doctrMmes in front ofhiat democratic audience with perfect coolness. Phe audience treated him witli courtesy and good hmor, and, in fact, he created much more merriment han the preceding speaker. Mr. Maynard, quiing from Horace Greeley, said the Sage of Chappqua had declared in his paper that Andrew Johson was capable of anything. His administratiojis a record of deception, disioyaity and antagonim to the best interests of the country, He has nthe, | | his friends, he has betrayed his country, andjow, said Maynard, my competitor is here to-day fivis- ing you to vote for the man who thus traced him,” Here we have him cheek by jow! with Chries Sumner and other lights of radicalism, seekig for pt to beat Grant, seeking for anythig to get back into power. Mr. Maynard wenOn to rake Andy Johnson for keeping such compdy, to the great amusement of the audience. ‘Tl he entered on a defence of Grant, quoting from various sources and finally comparing Grht in character and ability to the it George Wahing- ton. He enumerated Gran’ ‘abinet, syn@sized their characters and public services, and sai these pititul charges were evidences there were nigrave charges to be made, He reviewed the Cte of Grant's administration and dwelt on the rqults of the Geneva arbitration as successful dimacy. So with all our foreign policy and Indian service policy. He said no sident but Gint had ever recommended civil service reform. He re- | the coming battle, of. the administra tion an country would have the id gaid any other visited heavy punish- ment on trators, He ‘read the Ku Kiux law, authorizing the suspension of habeas corpus, and Grant’s proclamation warn- ing evil doers, When he received information from a Cor ional committee, with a Senator at its bead, that the civil law is a dead letter in certain districts, then he only suspends the writ of habeas corpus. Allu to Greeley, he said he was the moat offensive to democrats of all republi- cans, but it was “an to beat Grant.” He pared Grant's ings and Greeley’s writings on democrats and rebels. He quoted Greeley’s en- dorsement of Grant curing, the war, alluded to the heir lttioness, &c. charges Grant, He smokes, ites s fine horde, 8 to the sea shore in Summer, sppoints relatives to office, &c, es Jefferson and Madison § ap- Pa relatives to oMce. He said the jupreme Court Clerks in Nashville and Knoxville were relatives of the Ji He asserted that Greeley would not be elected. He had been a per- aistent ofice-aceker for for Bs and was never rewarded. He has been t: and it would be un- safe and unwise to elect him, And added Maynard, we see Johnson and Cheatham asking Fini of the republican party-ita acta, moderation, jam e Fe} arty: ratio general honenyy &eo. Now came poor ie OHBATHAM’S TURN TO REPLY in rebuttal, and, although he professes to be no he did well. Cheat sald he knew Johnson had held ofice for the last seventeen Bs and always got his nominations from conven- ions. In reference to Governor Harris, he would re- mind Andrew Johnson that the school fund which he says was stolen, was brought back to Nashville and surrendered to Governor Brownlow. As for Mr. Greeley, he would take him ag he stands to- day and would do all in his power to have him elected. In conclusion he “I want you to for- ve and forget. Iknow it may be mighty hard, ut I can do it, It is easy to write and to talk, thor Ican’t doeither.” (Great laughter.) _Dur- Fs ed ich the General resumed his seat and Mr. Johnson came forward to make his rebutting re- sponse to Mr. Maynard, JOHNSON’S LAST WORD, He said in reference to what his competitor stated about the hard things Mr. Greeley wrote about him, he would answer, that when he was under impeachment General Grant, with his sword dangling by his side, exerted all his in- fluence to urge forward and accomplish the object the radicals had in view. My cone (May- nard) has talked about amnesty. When did you ever hear him mention amnesty? Never! Mr. Greeley was for impeachment; 80 was General Grant; but while the one was always truthful and sincere, the other was convicted of the vilest false- hood, (applause, id cries of ‘That 7 “Give it to him, Andy;” “Go it, old hoss nock the props from under lum!"’) Encour: dd by these lemonstratious Andy continued :—! mard has chosen to tell you that the demosratic party, has been coming up to his idea. Now, what has je nard been coming up tof Here is a pam- phiet of his where emphatically Pay “Liste! inst negro sui . n ; my colores he exclaimed, turning of grinni darkies Your champion here put himself on the record ngnlnes giving you the right to vote; but he tells you to walt for an ‘‘enthanasia,” a term of speech that none of you understand, and which you ht suppose meant forty acres of land anda mule. The meaning of the word Is this, my colored friends—an easy death. That's what he wanted to give you—an easy death. (Great laughter and ap- lauge and cries of “Skiver him, Andy.”) Andy’s ime was drawing near a close just then, go he had nO opportunity to enlarge, and he desired to perorate a little, which he did with feeling and in od taste, not neglecting, hot as the debate had en, to pay a compliment to tne ability of Mr. Maynard. Now it was Maynard’s turn, and the wind-up of the discussion. MAYNARD IN CONCLUSION, It was half-past four o'clock, and the audience had listened with marvelous patience for over five mortal hours without having had a morsel to cat, Maynard was exceedingly courteo and goft- souped Johnson with a whitewash brush. He paid htm occasional compliments, sanuwiched between Many sharp raps. Johnson smiled all along, and wasin the best apparent humor. Maynard said that Johnson had talked much of the pertis of his impeachment, about Charles the First sing, his head, and intimating the possibility of he (Johnson) losing his. This was clap-trap. All he could lose would be his office, and to suffer the disqualification of ever holding another. Charles Sumner had abused President Grant be- cause Grant refused to let him run the govern- ment. Johnson w: the same, and histor: might be apt to say Motive was personal feel- ing. He should be for his friend that future erations should anything so base swayed u mind of one of the illustrious occupants of the Presidential chair, And thus Maynard went on. Andy was getting impatient. The train was coming to bear Mim away to Jonesboro, where he ks to-morrow. So, putting on his hat, and giving bape dite @ nudge the, Nar- ragansett Indian brought his remarks to an at res close. The large assemblage then broke up, the great majority cheering for Cheatham, with here and there a shout for Maynard and for Johnson, The band played its old tune—the “Red, White and Blue”—and everybody went away happy. It isa [on joke to mention that this meeting was held in West Virginia, while the candidates are all work- ing the vote of Tennessee, THE MUNICIPAL JUDGESHIP, Enthusiastic Endorsement of Judge Bed- ford=Mceting in the Sixteenth Assem: bly District—Speaking and Resolutions. A very enthusiastic assemblage of the citizens of the Sixteenth Assembly district met last evening at 259 Third avenue, for the purpose of endor-ing the nomination of Mr. Gunning 8. Bedford for re-election to the City Judgeship, Dr. Hannon was elected chairman, and a committee, after a short deliberation, reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :— CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE. Whereas we are on the eve of an important election one that closely concerns the interest of every citizen of our great metropolis—an election that shall to a great extent decide the security of our lives and our property ; and whereas in the choice of a candidate we naturally turn to the one whose claim {0 the respect of his fellow. citizens is founded on years of faithful servitude, whose name has become the safeguard to all law abiding citizens and the dread of all criminals, whose stern administration of justice has called down the highest encomiums, and who so tempers justice with merty as to merit the approbation of all; and where- aa We recognize In Judge Gunning §. “Bedford a friend, @ good citizen aud an upright, honest, fe Judge’ therefore, Resolved, Thot we, citizens of the Sixteenth Assembly district, heteby pledie our efforts and our votes to the re- election of Judge Gunning 8. Bedford as City Judge. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions he presented | to Judge Giinning 8. Bedford gs the earnest and sincere expression of this meeting. HARMONY AND ENERGY IN HIS SUPPORT. Speeches were made by Mr. Kearney and Mr, Otto Horwitz, which were warmly applauded. The whole spirit of the occasion was perfectly harmo- nious, and at the close loud and continued cheers were given in honor of Judge Bedford. This meeting was only | etna and will be followed by others at brief intervals, through which the contest will be Vigcroany pushed, although seeety, there is little doubt expressed of its suc- SPEECH OF SENATOR JAMES O'BRIEN. What He Will Do if Elected Mayor— All the Heads of Departments To Be Removed. At the meeting of the Excelsior James O’Brien Club of the Eighteenth ward, last evening, at Constitution Hall, corner of Third avenye and Twenty-second street, Senator James O’Brien ex- pressed his views to a large gathering of his admirers, He prophesied that if he was elected Mayor he would, judging from present appearances, receive 60,000 majority. He did not look for the votes of the rich, but was sure of the votes of the workingmen and adopted citizens of New York. He said that he had stood by Tammany as long as they were honest, but when they robbed the people he helped to hurl them from their power like chair before the wind. He would not accept the posi- tion of Mayor unless he could remove all the heads of departments, and it would be on these grounds only that he would take it. He had a programme to throw them all out, and with the assistance of his friends he would assuredly win He would fight for the power, and when he got it he would hold it. He also reviewed the acts of several of the heads of departments, particularly in relation to the reduction of the wages of the workingmen. In relation to the course he would pursue regardin his support of the Presidential candidates, he ‘sald he would when the time comes let the people know whether he was for bo ag f or Grant. During his speech ho was Lg Vad td interrupted by applause, Hes when he had finished the applause was deafen- ng. A FOLLOWER OF O°0ONOR, He Will Not Be Committed to the Call for a State Convention. | TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Greenport, L. L, Sept. 2, 1972, In your issue of September 21, inst., I find my name appended to a call for a State Convention ot what are known as the straight-out democrats of this State, to nominate an electoral ticket in support of the nominations of O’Conor and Adams. Permit me to set ta sh right on the record by saying that while subscribing in the main to the views enunciated in this document and heartily in favor of these candidates, my name was attached to the call without Sathorn, aes, respectfully yours, INRY A. REEVES, THE OUBAN PRIVATEER, of the Schooncr Resolate by the United States Marshal, PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 24, 1872, The schooner Resolute, otherwise known as the: Cuban war vessel Pioneer, was sold at Newport to-day by the United States Marshal under of the District Court. Rickotson & Co., oO Balt tailed the history of the Ku Klux, their ofaniza- ton, deeds, &c.; endorsed tno repfessive Wasures more, bought her for $4,800, SUPPERINGS IN THE STEERAGE, Narrative of a Voyage Across the At- lantic on the Third Deck of an Atlantic Steamship. WHAT POVERTY IS MADE TO ENDURE. Fifteen Hundred Passengers Packed and Thrown Together on the Decks, The Food Nauseous and Wretchedly Cooked. Seasickness Cruelly Intensified and Ordi- nary Decency Outraged. DEATH LOOKED FOR AS A RELIEF. What it Costs to Provide for Stecrage Passengers and the Profit Made Out of Them by the Companies, The Steerage Passenger More Profitable Than the Occupant of the Saloon. Need for Prompt Legislative Action to Enforce a Remedy. The attention both of Europe and America has recently been called to the condition of the “steer- age passenger,” in his transit from the Old World to the New. So large has been the emigration from Germany of this class of the population of that country that, it is said, the imperial government looks upon the exodus of its subjects with re- gret, and itis not unlikely that some despotic ef- fort will be made to prevent its continuance. In this aspect of this phase of humanity the fact that the steerage passage from Europe to America is a fortnight’s endurance of suffering and discomfort that the criminal classes are not required to sub- mit to, has aroused a spirit of inquiry on both con- tinents, and it is not unlikely that international action will be taken by which the steerage passen- ger will not be packed and treated quite so much after the fashion of a manacied creature in a slave ship. The story as given below of a recent expe- rience on board one of the Atlantic steamers will go far to stimulate prompt and decisive action in the direction of an amelioration of these evils, About a year ago I was tspired with a desire to emigrate from England and try my fortune in the Great Republic of the United States. Continuing in the same mind until the commencement of the Summer which has just departed, I made the ne- cessary arrangements and found myself upon the 25th of June in Liverpool, with all the necessary negotiations with the shipping agents settled, de- cided to come out by the Allan Line of steamers, running between Liverpool and Quebec. When I secured my berth in the Sarmatian as a steerage passenger, I was informed by the clerk in charge of the underground steerage office that 1 should have to be on board by six o’clock in the morning. Thad written two or three of my friends telling them to be in Liverpool early on the morning of the day of my departure, therefore this news was of a most unpleasant description. I at once complained of the unreasonable hour, and, after a good deal of beating about the bush, was told that I could go on board by the tender leaving Prince’s Land- ing stage at half-past eleven o'clock. For my part, T cannot see why all THE STRERAGE PASSENGERS, many of whom leave their native land forever, and their friends never to see them again, should not all always be accorded this privilege. All the steerage and intermediate passengers are ex- amined about twelve o'clock, and this being about the only reason why their attendance is required on board, large steamship owners might surely ex- ercise a little humanity in allowing the steerage passengers by their vessels to remain on land until three or four hours before their departure, for they allow cabin passengers—who, as I will shortly show, do not pay in anything like an equal ratio for their transportation to the steerage passen- gers—to embark after the vessel has commenced its voyage. The tender with the first-class passengers is, I believe, always securely attached to the ship, and the luggage seldom transferred before the mouth of the Mersey 1s left far behind. Having obtained the necessary utensils for the voyage I made for the landing, and there saw a large number of persons who were to be my com- panions for nearly a fortnight. THE HURRY AND BUSTLE, naturally, was immense; and, after waiting about half an hour, I saw my luggage placed on board the tender, andI at once stationed myself witn it, We had to wait upwards of haif an hour longer before we sailed for the Sarmatian, which lay in the middle of the river. I could see from the steamboat that there were already a great many persons on board, and that upon our arrival a large addition would be made. At last the tender was freed from the landing stage and we moved towards the ship that was to carry us across the Atlantic. As we drew nearer the expressions of admiration of the vessel ‘ew louder and louder, and nearly all considered themselves fortunate in having selected the 27th of June as the day of sailing. Noone could deny that the ship itself was a noble one. Over three thou- sand tons register, well manned and well kept, it pee a beautiful sight. Hopes were enter- ained by the steerage passengers of a pleasant voyage, hopes that it only required a day at sea to dispel en I arrived on board, umbrella and hat box in hand and @ rug over my arm, the stew- ards and other attendants were excessively polite and inquired, with much condescension, the num- ber of my cabin. I told one of them at once that I was a stecrage passenger, and asked him to show me tomy berth and bunk. His politeness disap- peared instantly, and he ordered me on deck to un- dergo the medical examination by THE BMIGRATION DOCTOR, Having heard something of the tyranny exer- cised on board ship, I subimissively ascended the companion way and waited the pleasure of the doctor. He soon entered on his duties and com- menced, I must say, very energetically; but I thought that his euerey, had died away consider- ably after he had critically examined about two hundred men, womenand children. When I passed him—not unmoved at ne to go through the or- deal of a medical examination, and fearful lest some physical infirmity it preclude the possi- bility of my leaving English waters—he was talking toa gentleman beside him. With a wave of his hand, while looking in another direction, he tacitly ordered me to move on, and if he saw me at all it must have been at a distance of some half dozen yards. Having gone successfully through this farce of medical examination, I was allowed to explore the ship and look for my berth. Descending to the first deck below the main deck, I was directed to make another descent and to turn to the left, and informed that I should then stand some chance of find the desired berth. Following the direc- tions I went down, but did not find at once the portion of the ship I wanted. I lost my way, and again had to apply toa bet and not over civil steward, This time I was within half a dozen yards | of the berth, but my eyes, not having become accus- tomed to darkness, being almost SUFFOCATED WITH HEAT, and pushed about from one side to the other by persons hurrying about in all directions, I falled to reeive the numbers of the bunks (contained in he berths) at the iF of the door of the berth. I managed to TJ into the berth sideways—the door- way was hardly large enough to admit of a full- grown person entering it in any other manner— and found the’number of my bertt, wuich was next to that of a friend who was emigrating with me. Both berths were occupied by two youths, who stoutly refused to turn out. In the berth there were about twenty bunks, just large enough to al- low @ person to lie down in, ere were two top rows and consequently two bottom rows. The top rows were almost level with two sete meats while the bottom rows were & stat of darkness. The Clerk the day pre hippl said be “bad given my friend and myself the two best berths in the ship, and | certainly did not see any that I should havé preferred to them, As it was, however, I could scarcely breathe and almost regretted having de- cided to leave England. I went to one of the stew- ards and informed him that two youths were in possession of our berths and that they had refused i evacuate, He suggested that we should allow e SONS OF THE EMERALD ISLE toremain where they were, and that we should take a couple of hammocks, I think it was Captain Marryall who led me to believe that hammocks were very comfortable, and I rather jumped at the idea of having a hammock. I was told in which part of the ship they were slung, and I imme- diately proce: to inspect them. Be- fore ‘1 reached them I passed a large number of bunks not partitioned off in any way. At the bottom of the aft companion wi the whole of the space between the berth—o! which I had secured a twentieth part—and the hammocks of the other end there were double rows of bunks, open to the inspection of all, They would aceommodate, | should say, from one hundred and fifty to two hundred persons. ‘This portion of the ship was devoted rinclpaily to Germans and Danes, and the unpleasant smell arising from their clothes and persons was exceed- ingly offensive. Men, women and children were mixed together without the slightest regard to decency, and the crying of bables and children which assailed my ears upon boarding had been in- creased by the augmentation which had taken place. When I saw the hammocks I made up my mind not to have one. They were nothing like MY IDEAL HAMMOCKS. They were slung up close to the ceiling, I feel in- clined to say, but, of course, should be subject to the ridicule of seafaring men for using a term par- taking so much of architecture of the land, At any rate I shall be understood, Lam sure. The ham- mocks were slung up so close to the top of the apartment that I felt certain that breathing would be a diMecult operation up there. I afterwards dis- covered, determining to try a night in one of them, that It was a diMcult feat to ensconce one’s self safe- ly within their folds, and that it was excceuingly painful to lie in one of the: iter having hazarded one’s neck in climbing up, Being badly made, and insuMcient room allowed for the slinging of the hammocks, when a person lies down in them they close so that his face only is visible, and hold Kim in a grip from which it is impossible to escape. Seeing at a glance that the hammocks were inferior, at least as far as comfort was concerned, and that the petted sel) in that part of the vessel was not at all desirable, I resolved to make another effort to obtain my own berth. Fortunately on my way back I encountered a civil clerk who was present when I paid for my passage. acquainted him of the circumstance in which I found myself, and he, without further to do, went to the berth and TURNED THE YOUTHS ovT. Myself and friend had felt inclined to do the same, Bae, ponsierise, that all in the ship had to live ee ther for more than a week, we deemed it desirable to avoid creating a disturbance at the onset. Having obtained possession. we at once made our beds. The luggage we wished to keep with us was stowed a) in the berth, and we next made friends with the other occupants of the berth. On the whole they were civil and pleasant, and before the expiration of half an hour we were all capital friends. An arrangement was entered into by means of which we were to remain on guard by turns and protect our property from the nautical marauders so common in the steerage of large ocean steamships. Everything secure, the guard mounted and partaking of some dinner, which last had just been served out and which I could not. touch, myself and friend went on deck to see one or two of our relations who had come on board with us. It was a little after three o’clock and the tender was returning with the cabin passengers. As soon as it was alongside it was firmly secured and the passengers and their luggage taken on board. Before the last of the nggage had left the tender I was greatly astonished to find that we had slipped our moorings and were standing out to sea, NUMEROUS FAREWELLS were taken and the friends of the passengers re- turned to the steam tug. The ropes were next loosened and the living freight of the two veasels parted, many most probably never to see each other again, but with brilliant hopes as to the result of their self-enforced exile from the country of their nationality. Tho waving of hands and pocket handkerchiefs began as the distance between the boats increased, and continued until the outward tokens of love and friendship could scarcely be perceived. The harbor grew less and less in the distance, and gradually altogther disappeared from view. And wher nothing more could be seen of the departed steam- boat we learned to commence the life we should have to submit to during the voyage, but could not efface from our memories the crowd of sad- dened and tearful faces which had so slowly and imperceptibly vanished from our observation. he rolling of the vessel told us now that we were in deep water, and the strong wind blowin; a the sea prognosticated what landemen wou! cal A ROUGH NIGHT. Feeling rather hungry, I decided to go below and refresh myself with the “good” things supplied to steerage passengers. As yet 1 was not aware of the manner in which they were treated. Upon ar- riving at our berth I found that dinner was aD over, but one of our companions, & man of gréat consideration, had obtained a very indant 5 Ply, of boiled beef and bread, a large por ¥1 which he had saved for tea. Of this he enjoin myself and friend to partake, but it mot belng very tempting In appearance, I deter, mined to try what a little bribery would do, Accordingly I lay in wait for one of the stewards, and on one of them comme along 1 placed a shilling in his hand and promise todo the handsome thing by him if he would at tend to us faring, te voyage. fe took the money, winked and walked away. Presently he came the berth and gave me several rolls of bread and some boiled beef wrapped up in a ditty, stinking cloth. { smelt the meat, and the stench arising from the plece I happened to select almost made me sick. In fact this circumstance, together with the motion of the vessel, made me feel so ill that I was compelled to goon deck. The fresh air soon revived me, and I did not feel at all inclined to return to the close berth with its vitiated atmos- here. The majority of the passengers had gone below with the intention of remaining there, and the heat was oppressive, and the smell close and disa- greeable, and not at all improved by the presence of SEA-SIOK PASSENGERS, who were ey, increasing in number. I there- fore decided to remain on deck all night, consider- ing it preferable and decidedly more heaithy than assisting in the destruction of the littie oxygen re- maining between the second and first decks. The sea became rougher and rougher in the English channel, and men, women and children were lying in all directions about the deck sick. I did not feel at all that way inclined, and I am glad to say that I did not succumb to the dread enemy of mankind generally. Landsmen who attempted to walk about the deck failea aaa an and it was three or four days before we got our sea legs. The deck was nearly deserted at dusk, and I, with others, enjoyed the unusual scene. About eleven o'clock I must have fallen asleep, and at twelve I was awakened by a shrill noise of blowing off steam. It was perfectly deat- ening, and the conjectures I arrived at respecting the cause of the engine making so unearthly a noise were numerous and varied. All attempts to elicit an explanation from the sallors were futile, Being utterly batted in this respect I laid myself upon the deck and waited with the patience ofa icawber for soracthing to turn up and enlighten me. I had not waited long before I heard one of the sailors tell another that THE ISLE OF MAN HAD SHIFTED, A phenomenon of s0 extraordinary a description would naturally have astonished the youngest student of physical geography, and although not claiming for myself more than an exceeding! superficial knowled of this department of} science, I must admit that I was not insensible to surprise. All I hoped was that, if such was the case, that it had not gone in the direction of Canada, and that it would not abruptly intercept us in our course. The literal meaning of this astounding announcement was that the captain and his officers, who were upon the bridge, could not see the light which ought at that time of the voyage to have been visible. The engines had been stopped some time, and we were rollin; about, but a A ye J with the current. The le: lines were used pretty trequently, and, I admit, that this, upon my first night at sea, did not have an assuring effect. It was evident that the captain was airaid to go on, and that he did not know the depth of water. While we were in this somewhat PERPLEXING SITUATION I spoke to one of the stewards, who was taking an airing upon deck. He said the reason of the stop- page of the engines was that the bearings of the engines had become too hot to proceed. This I knew to be incorrect, but still could not blame the officers for not desiring to frighten the passengers. In half an hour the light was sighted ana the course of the ship was altered. We first saw the light om the right side of the vessel, and the course was al- tered until it was directly at the left. My ignorance of nautical nomenclature yen me from ene ‘a technical description of the position of the light which, however, is not necessary. it we were going on ‘fain at the accu rate I felt reassured, and as the prospect of for Sat by an overland route was not 80 Breat, de- cided to turn in and not carry out my rash deter- mivation of remaining in the cold all night. Upon tting up next morning I found the sea was @ fittte smoother, and, provided with a basin, I set about performing my matinal ablutions. This was @ difMicuit operation u the morning in question, but upon the two following mornings washin; oneseelf, a8 we had to do, was almost an impossi- bility, For the women there was a laundry, where three or four of them could Wash at once, which contained places tn which they could fix the r ba- sins; but the men were compelled to wash in what was called the “square.” “THE SQUARE” in La gate erm much resembled the entrance to the hold of any ship. Around it were berths and various offices, and the pass leading from the galley terminated in it. On either side of the square were drains, and upon these drains upon the floor we were compe! to put our basins con- taining our washing water, Stooping down to tho floor, with a heav: is by no Means an easy task, and any were the severe blows on the head and falls that many men experienced while cleans! themselves, third morning we were at sea was very rough, and while at the basin a jurch sent me head foremost against the iron side of the vessel. The return lurch threw CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.