The New York Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1873, Page 3

WAR IN THE EAST Letter from a Herald Corre- spondent in Central Asia. A PAGE FROM HISTORY. Unhappy Reign and End of Shir Ali. TREACHERY AND ASSASSINATION Fortunes and Misfortunes of Khudoyan Khan, One of the Renowned Princes of Transcaucasia. GALLOWS STANDING IN EVERY TOWN SIX HUNDRED KIRGHEEZ THROATS CUT, A Royal Father Who Will Not Trust His Own Son. APPEAL TO GENERAL KAUFMANN. The Russians Accused of Having Fo- mented the Rebellion. KHOKAND AND THE CZAR. Treatment of Mr. Schuyler, Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. {Tashkend 1s a flourishing city of 40,000 innabi- tants, in dndependent Turkestan, ninety miles northwest of Khokand, on an affluent of the Tax- artes. It has twelve gates and is surrounded by a high wall. Besides many mosques it contains some fine public buildings. It was never pefore wisited by a newspaper correspondent,—Ep.) TASHKEND, August 30, 1873. Acivil war is now raging in Khokand which is not without interest, and will, probably, have very im- portant consequences, But in order to make it intelligible I must briefly recapitulate the previous history of the present monarch, Kiudoyan Khan. As is well known, in the year 1842 the notorious tyrant of Bokhara, Nasrullah, captured Khokand and turned that country into a Bokharan prov- ince, putting to death the Khan Madoli and his Tamily. The Emir had hardly turned his back when a rebellion broke out in Khokand, the Bokharan lieu- tenants were expelled, and Shir Ali, a descendant of the old khans, who had been living in poverty among the Kiptchaks, was proclaimed Khan, DYNASTIC CHANGES. The Bokharan Emir made an attempt to re- conquer the country, but failed and was obliged to retreat. Shir Ali, who was physically and men- Sally very infirm, was entirely tinder the control of Mussulman Ku, an influential Kiptchak. His rule, however, excited dissatisfaction, and during an absence in the mountains in 1844, Murad another pretender to the throne, was called from his exile im Bokhara, took Khokand, killed Shir All and was proclaimed Khan. His reign lasted but seven days, for Mussulman Kul returned with his army, bringing with him the fourth son of Shir Ali, Khu- doyan Khan, then sixteen years old, and Bec of Margilan. Murad ran away again to Bokhara, and the cap- ital was taken without opposition. KHUDOYAN ‘was, of course, a mere puppet in the hands of Mus- sBulman Kul, who, though himself honest and up- sight, allowed his friends to plunder the treasury and oppress the people. Khudoyan was kept under strict restraint, and was not even allowed to nave money in his own hands, for fear he should make friends with it, Abdurrahman, the son of Mussul- man Kul, is said to have often secretly furnished tim with funds. Discontent with Mussulman Kul grew s0 strong that in 1852 the chiefs of the op- posite party met at Tashkend and proclaimed a fevolution, in which it is supposed that Khudoyan han was implicated, After an unsuccessful at- tempt to take Tashkend Mussulman Kul, with the Khan—for he kept him always tn sight—retired to hokand. Another campaign ensued in 1853, when Khu- oyan Khan in the night went over to the enemy, and Mussulman Kul was obliged to ‘fly. He was subsequently captured, and, after having been ‘made to witness the cruel deaths of some 600 of his sapporters, was himself beheaded at Khokand, Then ensued A GENERAL MASSACRE OF THE KIPTCHAKS, which lasted tor three months, in which over 20,000 Kiptchaks are said to have been put to death. Thudoyan Khan, having now his freedom, aban- toned himsel! to all kinds of dissipation, and the aew rulers were neither wiser nor better than the pid, One rebellion broke out in 1857, another in 4858, at the head of which was Molla Khan, a half arother of Khudoyan. He was beaten and forced 0 fly to Bokhara, but at the request of his mother Re was recalled ana pardoned, This did not pre- sent him, however, from speedily joining another party of malecontents, the mot prominent of whom was the Mullah Alim Kul. ‘The army of Khudoyan was BEATEN, His best friends betrayed him, and he himself ‘wok retuge in Bokhara. The Emir tried to rein- state him, but was severely beaten in a battle year Ura-Ttibi, and left him to his fate, taking him, ‘Rowever, into his personal service as honorary ‘Metendant. In the meantime, after a two years’ reign, Mol- ‘ah Khan was MURDERED and his nephew, Shah Murad, prociaimed, The seople of Tashkend then recalicd Khudoyan Khan, Shah Murad, with Alim Kul as regent, advanced on Tashkend, but failed to take it and retired, closely followed by Khudoyan. Knodjent was taken, ‘and in a battle near Khokand Alim Kal was beaten and Shah Murad disappeared. He is supposed to have been taken prisoner and Killed, but his death is by no means certain, A Jong contest now ensued between Khudoyan and Alim Kul, during which Sharnkh and other pre- tenders to the throne appeared on the scene. Khudoyan again called in the Emir, but for some reason he got angry at Khudoyan and withdrew hisarmy. Alim Kul now put to fight Khudoyan Khan, who fled @ second time to Bokhara, and SEID SULTAN, the son of Molla Khan, was raised to the throne, Khudoyan was again graciously received by the @mir, and lived at first at Shahrisaiz and after- waras at Samarcand. Subsequently he was sent 60 Diizzak, and the Emir suddenly becoming en- faged at him forbade any one to shelter or assist aim under pain of death. Here, with two com- panions of his exile, he lived in a little straw hut Outside the wails, and collected brush on the steppe, which his companions secretly sold, while the deposed monarch cooked their dinner at home. Gad it not been for money sent from Khokand by his Mother he would have starved, nut with that as. @istance he was enabled to buy a few camels and occupy himself with freighting them. KHUDOYAN AGAIN IN POWER. Again Khudoyan was recajied to Khokand, ang NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1873——TRIPLE SHEET. the Emir resolved again to assist him, when the death of Alim Kul, in the defence of Tashkend against the Russians, in 1864, put an end to all doubts, Khudoyan was again installed in his pal- ace at Khokand, and has since enjoyed his kingdom in comparative peace. Profiting, to a certain extent, by his expe- rience, Khudoyan Khan has of late led out- wardly @ more exemplary life; but he 1s stil! the same jealous tyrant that he always was. The wives of his subjects he considered as his own, and as fora house or a garden he is al- ways ready to receive it asa free gift or to buy it for a tenth of its value, the unhappy owner having the fear of death before his eyes in case of non- compliance EXECUTIONS are cruel and frequent. The gallows stands in every town, and the bazaar of Khokana often runs with blood. The criminal is led along the streets while the people stone him, until suddenty the ex- ecutioner, thrusting a sharp knife into his throat, cuts it outwardly and the victim falls dead. Owing perhaps to his comparative success in business at Djizzak, Khudoyan Khan resolved to be @ rich man and prevent poverty in any fature exile. One of his most successful measures has been the turning of all the bazaars into crown property. * In every city and village he either bought up at a low price all the shops on the bazaars or seize a them without process of law, merely telling the late owners that they had enjoyed them long enough. After repairing and reconstructing them, and in some cases building new ones, he lets them out at a hign rate. The income derived from this source is enormous, By means of his agents he buys up the greater part of the cotton and silk, and the Russian merchants complain that the high prices caused by the Khan’s monopoly are ruining them, Everything is taxed, even to the reeds that growin the marshes, The people of Khokand are so oppressed and trodden down by the Khan that he has not a well-wisher in the country. Besides the general disaffection the Kiptchaks on the north and the Kara Kirgheez on the south have been particularly hostile, aud on several occasions there have been partial risings, which have, how- ever, been easily put down. In the latter part of June the Khan Zadah, or heir tothe throne Nas- reddin, Bek of Audijan, sent officers into the moun- tains to collect taxes from the Kara Kirgheez. In- stead, however, of receiving the tribute due they were ROBBED AND BEATEN, and barely escaped with their lives, Another party was treated in.the same way. When the news of this occurrence reached the Khan a@ cam- paign was resolved on, and troops were sent out from Audijan and Margilan. The command was given to the Antobatchi Abdurrahuran, the son of Mussulinan Kul, who has just returned from a pil- grimage to Mecca and a secret mission to Constan- tinople, His departure a year ago was so secret and mysterious that every one supposed him to have been murdered by order of the Khan. The Antobatchi, alter a little skirmish, succeeded in capturing some forty of the insurgents, who were sent to the Khan at Audijan, with the request that they should not be punished until the end of the rebellion, for fear of making matters worse. Knu- doyan Khan, impatient of advice, immediately had them allexecuted, As the Antobatchi feared, on receipt of this news, the rebellion at once spread. A sort of guerilla war ensued, THE KIRGHEEZ, who are poorly armed, did not risk a general en- gagement, but attacked and plundered the villages and succeeded in capturing the important town of Ush and threatening Audijan. It now became evi- dent that a general conspiracy was on foot, for in Audijan five of the pandjsabais, or commanders of 500 men, made a plot to seize on the person of the Khan Zadah and proclaim him Khan. Unexpected resistance was, however, offered. Several of the attacking party were wounded and the leaders were ail arrested. Another plot was discovered at Khokand, and tuere five pandjsabais were also ar- rested. The Kiptchaks held a neutral position. THE KHAN FRIGHTENED, The Khan was in great trepidation. He dared not return to Knokand, where his treasure was, and remained in a small village in the neighborhood of Margilang His troops were, however, successful in several actions against the insurgents, and so large numbers of Kirgheez were taken prisoners, in- cluding Mozaffai Khan, the so-called son of Molla Khan, who had been proclaimed Khan by the rebels. The unfortunate Mozaffai was impaled alive—an atrociously cruel punishment, under which the victim oiten lingers for several days, Knudoyan Khan then returned to Khokand and had THE THROATS OF OVER SIX HUNDRED KIRGHEEZ cut on the bazaar. A Russian merchant, just re- turned from there, told me that the blood even ran into the court of the caravanserai where he lived. The rebellion was, it was thought, at an end; but the latest news is that it has broken out again, and that the insurgents have possession of Assaki, @ town between Audijan and Margilan. It is very probable that Khudoyan Khan, who even suspects his own son, Khan Zadah, and keeps him at Khokand, will once more have to leave his kingdom; but this time he will probably prefer exile in Russia to Bokhara. About a fortnight ago a mysterious individdal arrived here in great haste from Khokand, stayed for two days and as rapidly returned. He seemed to have no ostensible business; but soon after him came an ambassador from the Khan with presents and congratulations for General Kauffman on the capture of Khiva, but also with instructions to ask him for aid in re-establishing order. Owing to the state of aifairs at Khiva, he has been requested to wait here with his presents til! General Kaufman's return. He is known to have written to the Khan that Russian affairs go very badly at Knhiva, that General Golovatchatf has been wounded and many killed, In answer, probably, to this information the Khan has written another letter to the Russian authorities, stating that the rebellion in Khokand has broken out again, and that he finds that many Kirgheez, who are Russian subjects, are engaged in it, and that he shall be compelled to attack and punish them. In another private communication he accuses the Russian authorines of having fomented and organized the rebellion. It is therefore by no means improbable that the Russian government will be compelled to inter- vene in the affair. At all events, the position is by no means a peacelul one. The attitude of KHOKAND TO RUSSTA has never been rightly understood abroad, or even by the Russian government. The Khan saved what remained to him of his dominions by acting on the craity advice of Said Azim, “honorable citizen” of Tashkend, and of Atta Beg, and sending an em- bassy to congratulate General Romanoffsky after the capture of Khodjend. Though Romanoffsky was very desirous of si izing himself by the conquest of Khokand, he had now no excuse. The Khan, who has an exaggerated sense of his power and thinks that he can with ease drive the Rus- sians from Central Asia, has several times been on the point of beginning hostilities, but has always been restrained by the sensible Atta Beg. Atta Beg was the commander of Pishpek, and after its capture lived for two years at Omek, so that ne knows and understands the Russian strength. He is at present Natb and Atalik, the highest dignity inthe Khanate. The Russians never maintained an agent at Khokand. They imagined that every- thing could be managed better by their diplomatic official at Tashkend. The Khan then set to work to blind him, Suitable presents, a gift of land in Khokand, loans or gifts of large sums of money on emergencies, are said tobe the means copiared by the Khan to effect this object. Ft is through this official alone and through Mirza Hakim, the resident Ambassador of Khokand, that the Russian government has had any knowl- edge of what was going onin Khokand. Of course every thing has been shown in the most ROSE-COLORED TINTS, + and the Russian government really betieved that Khokand was in the position of a vassal and that Russian influence was supreme, On the contrary, Russian influence does not exist in Khokand, Rus- sians are everywhere insulted, Russian merchants live there under greater restrictions than exist even in Kashgar, and they pay double taxes, in Spite of the co ercial treaty, to the stipulations of which no attention is paid. Strange to say, when we remember that the development of commerce is one of the at reasons of the Russian advance in Asta, the complaints of Rus- sian merchants are passed over, they are accused of falsehood when they tell of the actual state of things, every exertion is used to prevent travellers from entering Khokand and exposing this false pol- EG and the Governor General is wilfully blind to what is going on under his very eyes. [tis only now, when Mr. Schuyler returned and told how he was treated, in spite of his letters from the Russian authorities and in the absence at Khivaof the ay oficial, that the actual state of things is becoming known. We hear trom Kash; and that the Katta Emir of, Bokhara, in e: jo is amin there. Bui CITY POLITICS. or the The Week of Jubilee, Political Passover. Tammany Conferring with the Outside Democratic Organizations. “To Be or Not To Be, That Is < the Question.” WHAT NEXT? The principal event of the last week in matters Politic was the meeting at Tammany Hall on Satur- day of the Jadictary Nominating Convention of that body. It had been looked forward to with the greatest interest by the whole democratic body of the city, of whatever organization or stripe, as the starting point in the present campaign. Concilia- tion and compromise were felt to be the only escape of the party, as a whole, from further defeat and the surrender of the city government into the hands of the Custom House Ring. The rule or ruin policy of the party, it was clearly seen, was the complexion to which things must come at last— Tuin being. almost assured from the dissensions which prevailed. Tammany’s concession and base of compromise “had this extent, no more’—that all the outside organizations should have a hear- ing for the presentation of a list of grievances, with the privilege of submitting such modifications on the Tammany slate for city and county officers as they might deem due to them from their indi- vidual strength, SINGLE HANDED OR COMBINED, Tammany cared little for tneir opposition as waged against herself, but on the eve of an election in which the great body of the democratic electors is interested it would go a great way, almost insure the success of the party, could those recalcitrant organizations be induced to come to terms. Tammany was willing to meet them half way, and when Apollo Hall—the only formidable outside organization whose conciliation was worth & groat—evinced a desire for a conference having that end in view, Tammany at once acceded to the expressed desire of the Executive Committee of Appollo Hail, through its chairman, Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, and hence the result of the Tammany Convention held on Saturday. Tammany seldom showed a more compact and determined front than on that occasion. The meeting was numerous and harmonious, and the brief address of the Tammany chief and his resolutions were received with ap- plause, He referred tono opposing organization by name, as democrats, ranged under whatever standard, He spoke of conferring with the “outside organizations,’ in the hope, that through confer- ence, harmony might be restored to the party; that OUT OF TRE NETTLE DANGER they might thus pluck the flower of safety. No conclusion was arrived at by the Convention, an informal nomination of candidates only being sub- mitted. A conferenve committee was appointed to meet with similar bodies of the outside organt- zations—Apollo Hall, “the reform democrats” and the “Democratic Union’’—none of these veing men- tioned by name. ky this little piece of masterly policy or diplomacy. however, it was understood that Apollo Hall s mply was the organization or party that was deemed worthy of any consideration whatever and referred toin the resolution trom which emanated the Tammany Conference Com- mittee, THE JUDICIARY CONVENTION adjourned, after the several delegates had sent in the names of their candidates for the Supreme, Su- perior and Marine courts, till to-morrow at three o'clock. THE OOMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE, consisting of twenty-one delegates, one from each Assemtly district, then convened. Mr. Augustus ‘Schell is chairman of the committee, a sachem of high standing in the wigwam, who, like his chief— Kelly—will yield anything but the privilege and honor of the old recognized democratic party ot the city to bring back into the fold the wayward and erring brothers. no doubt, recognized the futility of a single handed figat with Tammany, though, having learned irom sad experience that the rank and file, true to their political faith, cannot be induced to turn recreants to it—to iorsake their allegiance, and go over to the lap iets at the behest of men who in their hos- tility to the Tammany régime only seek their own individual aggrandizement, This lesson the rank and file have learned—have “written and conned by note,” and hence, no doubt, the readiness of the leaders to come to terms, This is the work of con- ferences. THE POLITICAL JUBILEE. The Tammany delegates to the County Conven- tion meet to-day. The names of candidates will be presented as at the Judiciary Convention, but no nominations will be made. A committee of conference will be appointed to meet the Apollo Hall County Convention delegates, opinions will be interchanged, objections will be raised, a big powwow will follow, an adjournment will follow; reports will be made and compared, and another, and, mayhap, another conference will follow till a settlement is adjusted and parties shake hands on @ union or compromise ticket. Whatever may be the result, Mr. Kelly’s expressed determination must inure to the beneflt of the citizens at large Mr. Kelly said that he “would not allow any bar- gaining or selling or trading for nominations, and that the best candidates alone should receive his support.” With this assurance it may be hoped that, in conference or out of conference, the citizens will have the best available men for all the offices in their gift presented to them Jor their suffrages on the 4th of November next. THE CANDIDATES. One and all, of course, lay the flattering unction to their souls that he is the man that Mr. Kelly has hus eye on for his honest and patriotic support. Candidates, as a generai thing, are oblivious to words of wisdom. They are made of “most im- penetrable stud,” and will not be convinced, though Tammany himself and ali the defunct sachems of Tammany were to arise from their grave and teil them they hadn’t a ghost of a chance until the real slate is made out and the slate upon which they expected to see their names enrolled is shattered forever. BROOKLYN POLITICS. The Republican State, County and City Nominees in the Field—What Has Been Accomplished During the Past Week—Prospects of the Democracy— Sectarianism Abroad. The past weex has been a lively epoch in politics in Kings county. Slates have been made out and shattered to pieces; old manipulators of the politi- cal wires have been literally astounded at the revo- lutionary turn in the tide of affairs, which has washed them high and dry on the far-famed banks of “Salt River.” Their vaunted power in control- ling nominations and conventions hasbeen set at defiance by the opposing factions—the “off-col- ored” republicans—who in the “off year of poli- tics’ have determined upon asserting their inde- Ye is preg! pendence and making nominations to suit them- selves, It ts true that the veteran leaders, Messrs. Tracy, Jourdan and Dutcher, have concurred in the ticket nominated for “harmony sake,” or, in other words, because they were compelled to do so, Nevertheless, it is safe to say neither of the candi- datea, save Dutcher and Jonn ©. Perry, were of their choice. The victory has been with that ele- ment of the party of “moral ideas’? led by Henry, Laich, Bowen, Maddox & Co, “The Graces’ have only to ‘grin and bear'’ this change, to “keep what they have got and get all they can.” This they will probably do, judging from the record. The republican ticket, awaiting tne kind considera- tion of the voters of Kings county, is as follows :— Senator, Second Senatorial district—John ©, Perry; Tuird Senatorial district—John F. Henry, Mayor—Charies H. Fellows. Register—Silas matcher. County Clerk—Neison G. Shaurman. Commisstoner of Charities—John L. Ryder, Supervisor-at-Large—D wight Johnson. Justice of Sessions—Barnett Johnson, The advocates of the ticket claim that Fellows, being a gentleman who has never held any office, will give strength to that nomination, as the people are ‘fred of hackneyed oMice-seeking men. On the other hand, it is claimed by the Us pan g ticians that a man who is unknown in political life cannot excite any degree of enthusiasm among the rank and file of the working organization of the rty, and, besides that, this nomination should fave been given toa man who has had some ex- rience in the aifaira of municipal government. ‘he Order of United Americans were active at all the conventions held this week in urging and threatening, They succeeded in trightening a few delegates, it would appear, from the balleta re- \d upon the various members of the “0. U. A.’s," whose names came before the mayoralty and county conventions. Whatever chance of suc- cess the eles ae joaninee for Mayor may hay ty eagy 10 calculate how alight The leaders of Apollo Hall, | is the prospect of elevatin, torial chair, as the Second district invariably gives @ majority of from 3,000 to 4,000 tor the democratic candidate. Notwithstanding the chronic dissen- sions in the ranks of the democracy, it is conceded that John C. Jacobs, in the event of his nomination, will carry the district by a very large majority. The Committee of One Hundred will not, it is said, endorse the republican ticket in its entirety. Thi body is pledged to entertain no names of candi- dates for endorsement that are not nominated on or betore the 15th of October. The democratic convention will not be held until after that date, so that but little aid is to be expected by the “reguiars” from that organization. Democratic managers have been silent upon the situa- tion, on the ground that they could’nt be much worse off than they are; there might be @ change of events in their favor | if the other side should fat! to make unexcoption- abie nominations. The ticket above given appears to please the opposition. For Mayor, D. D. Whit- ney, ex-Aiderman, is the most prominently spoken of Messrs. Ripley Ropes and ex-Congressman James W. Hunter are also mentioned as capable men, either of whom would make an acceptabie Mayor. The candidates for Register are William Barre, deputy register of the county for many ears, and Levi Faron, member of the Board of iducation and chief clerk of the District Attorney's office. The latter gentleman would, if nominated, it is claimed, poll a large vote outside the party, which is certainly an inducement at ‘this particular epoch, when “kicking the traces” has become so general. Rodney C. Thursby, of the Eastern District, is spoken of as a candidate for County Clerk. George Herman, the present incumbent, “would fain tarry yet a while” in the snug office in question. The duties are light and the emolument princely. Bernard Midos, of the “Oceanus Club,” is the most prom- ment named for the vacancy in the office oi Com- missioner of Charities, Supervisor-at-Large William Osborn would rather be returned tor another term thau other- wise. The national democrats having gone to work | with the Fifty (and one of the latter organization having figured in the Second Senatorial Kepublican Convention as a delegate), it is lair to assume the republicans will find active auxiliaries in the labors of thia branch of the democratic party. They will make no nominations until aiter the 20th. The *lib- erals” will hold their conventions on the same days designated by the democrats. Mr. Henry to the Sena- Democratic Judiciary Convention To- Day. The delegates to the Democratic Judiciary Con- vention will assemble in the Kings County Court House at one o’clock this afternoon for the purpose of nominating a candidate lor the Supreme Court, in place of nis Honor Justice Jasper W. Gilbert, whose term of office expires January 1, 1874. The proba- Cpe is that the delegates to the Convention, nearly all of whom being members of the Bar, will caciere: in favor of the renomination of Judge Gil- ert, The Assembly Nominees. Charles Condit, who was nominated for Assem- bly in the Third district, is a lawyer, and the prob- ability is that legislation willin no manner inter- fere with his legal professional duties next win- ter. The district boasts a democratic majority of about 2,000, which leaves a very small knothoie” in the platiorm for the republicans to drag their nominee through, Dr, Watt, Register of Vital Statistica, is of the opinion that it is a matter of vital importance to the electors of the Fourth district that he spould be returned to the Assembly this year. The Com- missioners of Health, Police and Excise naturally feel desirous ofseeing the Doctor returned, as he rendered excellent service to his party in the Legislature last session. Mr. Join Oakey, who was nominated for Assem- bly in the Ninth district, has served in that body in years gone by. He at present occupies the po- sition of counsel to the Police Board. His triends are confident of returning him. VIRGINIA. The Republican and Conservative Battle for Pre-eminence en November 4—Con- stant Stumping of the State by Party Orators—The Present Outlook. RICHMOND, Oct. 10, 1873, The immediate effect and excitement of the financial crash having cleared off, there is more at. tention given to and more discussion of the politi- cal situation, which, as the campaign advances, becomes more spirited and full of interest, But while Jong visaged business men and anxious faces no longer crowd around the bulletin boards in feariul expectation of crash announcements and bank suspensions, the subsequent and final effect of the great monetary convulsion is beginning to be felt by the bone and sinew of the country—the mechanics aud the laborers, These now con- stitute the great voting population of the nation, upon whom, besides material effect of the panic, I notice also very serious aud decided evidences of a political effect. The great Tredegar Iron Works, employing several hundred workmen of both races, nave been obliged to hearly suspend operations altogether. The tobacco factories of this city, where thousands of negroes of allages and sexes earn their daily bread, have also partially suspended, The Gallego Flour Mills, the largest in the United States, are likewise ata standstill; and besides these great employers of mechanical industry and honest labor there are numerous Others in this city which are now in a state of partial paralysis, owing to the stringency of the money market. THE CANVASS. But to return to politics, The wanderings and peregrinations of botn the gubernatorial aspirants are duly noted by their respective organs in this city, but rarely their sayings. Eact has a cor- respondent with Kemper, both of whom send regu- lariy a patent letter from each place he speaks at describing great and entousiastic meetings, cord- jal greetings of Kemper by ex-Confederates, and promising a rousing and larger majority for him than the particular county from which they write ever gave belore, On the other hand the republi- can organ works steadily and assiduously for its candidate editorially, occasionally giving ® campaign letter, but never a Teport of @ speech unless copied from some conservative journal. In addition to the two figureheads in the canvass, there are a number of other notables on both sides. Among the con- servatives besides Colonel Robert k:. Withers, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and Hon, Raleigh T. Daniel, for Attorney General, I noticed ex-United States Senator R, M. T, Hunter, who speaks at Staunton on: the 15th, at Charlettesville ou the 17th and Lynchburg on the 2ist inst.; A. H. H. Stuart, ex-United States Secretary of the In- terior, besides being one of the State canvassers, will also be a candidate trom Augusta county for the House of Delegates im the ensuing elec- tion; ex-Congressman ‘Thomas J. Bocock, la Speaker of the Confederate House of Repre- sentatives, is also on the stump; Judge Robert Oald, John S. Wise, son of ex-Governor Wise, and innumerable others of greater or lesser note. 0. P, Ramsdeill, republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, und Judge David Fultz, for Attorney General, speak daily for their cause, assisted by Congressmen Piatt and Sever, Hon. L. H. Chandler and a number of others. With such an intel- lectual and oratorical force arrayed on cither side, one would think that the Mother of States would be ablaze with excitement and enthusiasm; but even af as late a day as this the canvass drags its | weary way in a routine sort of manner, everybody | taking it a8 a matter of course, according to bis own individual peculiarity. Nevertheless, there is a deep-seated conviction among the conservatives that RUIN WILL RESULT should they fail to carry the State for their candi- aates in November, which will bring every man to the polis on the morning of the 4th, Leaving all minor campaign issues out of the question, the Virginians are strongly impressed with a sense of the peace and material prosperity to which they have attained under conservative government since the close of the war, as contrasted with the | bankrupt and unfortunate condition, besides the social disorders that have occurred inthe States further south, where republicans obtained control oftheir domestic affairs. The idea ot being reduced to any such similar condition has a horror for them that outweighs all other considerations, whetherjof expediency or policy, though either does not now exist, ina former letter I endeavored to explain the real issues between the parties here, refuting the charge of certain republican journals that the con- servatives had made this contest a “black and white man’s fight.” If any such issue exists the negroes forced it, and to show that there really 1s not, I make the following extract trom the Whig:— While the people of Virginia are in the most earnest and determined manner resisting the eflort to establish negro supremacy, they yet have the kindest feelings for the colored race. One ‘at a distance reading about our canvass would propably conclude that there is much bitterness of feeling against, the 2 would be & great mistake. The tac do not hold the negroes responsibie for the course pursued by them. If let alone w “4 would have acted auterentt They have been deceived and imposed up- on by thelr whit leaders, who us them asa tagns of getting often, These leaders are the men we hold re- sponsible, Nor is it our obiect in striving for political ascendancy to do aught of injury to the colored aaoe. MeeenSe aenacutia xing believe that nn- der conservative government the negroes of, Virginia will be tenfold better off than they would be under such & government as, under the instigation of bad advisers and sit-seeking adventurers, | they are aiming to establish. It is not, indeed, to deprive the negroes of any right or privilege that we are endeay- oring tw retain the gdjernment of the State in conserva tive hands, but itis eG protect State property and private property, and to keep intelligence and honesty at the belm. We know if the y of ignorance, officered by mere place and plunder seekers, prevails that every a es org 7 Naty pe Benno gs Ny foolish mismanagement, but waste, corruption and gplllage. Im proiectang ourselves we are also Protec ing the negroes, who could ourselves prosper under a bai government. We hope the time will como, and is not, indeed, tar dis: tant, when they will understand us better than they now do—when they will also understand the selfishness and cupidity of their Dregent leaders, will cast off those ers and make common cause with us in our efforts to give to Virginia a good. w: honest government, in which all men and all classe: | receive ei protec- tion and under which prosperity and peace shall be fully restored. Our aim is to do gs ‘all, injury to none, ARKANSAS’ TROUBLES 0’ER. The Discordant Elements Again Unite— McClure, Baxter, Brooks & Co. All Smoke the Calumet, and Sing “Obejoy- tal.” Litre Rock, Oct. 8, 1873, The split in the republican party in Arkansas, which has lasted nearly six months, is now, through the agency of a few prominent republicans, entirely healed. The case of Brooks vs. Baxter, in which the plaintiff sought, in the Supreme Court, to con- test the right of the defendant to the office of Governor to obtain a writ of quowarranto and then a judgment of ouster, was heard at the last June term of said Court. after much argument ou the part o/ the Attorney General and his colleagues» for Mr. Brooks, and of the attorneys of Governor Baxter, the majority of the Court, Chief Justice McClure alone dissenting, gave a verba! opinion, stating that hereafter they would file a written opinion. In their verbal decision, given jast June, they stated that they were of opinion that, upon the paper presented, the writ should not go against Governor Baxter, and that if chis were a contested election case between Mr. Brooks on one side and Governor Baxter on the other, the Court had no jurisdiction. A few days ago their written opinion was filed; in this they, in an elaborate manner, discussed the pros and cons, and stated that they were of opinion neither the Supreme ‘Court nor any other State Court had _ jurisdiction; that this subject of contested elections belonged, under the State constitution, exclusively to the Legisiature, not concurrently. The Legislature @t its last session, having, through a large majority of its members, both republicans and democrats, refused to entertain the petition of Mr. Brooks, and evincing a laudable desire to kick that gentle- man out of the legislative halls, the question is now definitely settled. Some time ago sage McClure published in the Republican, of whicu he was editor, his Giecoung q Opinion in this case. Simultaneously wit the filing of the opinion of the ma- jority ot Senator Clayton and the snlaee his Iriends bought Judge McClure’s interest in the Kepublican (they say at his own price). Judge McClure took leave of his editorial chair and of nis readers in a leader yesterday morning. Here- after the paper will support the administration of Governor Baxter, who says he is and always has been desirous of conducting his administration in aay with the will of the party that elected SENATOR CLAYTON, in cenversation with your correspondent, said that he was of opinion that those republicans throughout the State who had become opposed wo Governor Baxter would now return to their allegiance, Attorney General Yonley, on the above opinion being promulgated, fled a dismissal of the suit of State vs. Baxter for usurpation, which he, as Attorney General, had instituted in the County Circuit Court. Weat Mr. Brooks will do in the suit whichhe in his private capacity began is unknown. It is, however, supposed that the Court will dismise it, since the higher Court has decided that no State Court bas jurisdiction in anyshape. These suits in the Circuit Court were insiltuted immediately on the rendition of the verbal opinion of the Supreme Court last June, under the idea that, though the Supreme Court had not original jurisdiction, it must have taken appellate. Joseph Brooks has been speechifying throughout the State ail-sam- mer, detailing his grievances and urging the peo- ple to support him if necessary in an armed op- osition to Governor Baxter if the Circuit Sourt decided in his favor, Governor Baxter, on the publication of the opizion of the Supreme Court, mustered out all the militia of the State, stating in the order that the causes which led to their reorganization having been removed their | services Would be no longer necessary. There was a rumor that Governor Baxter had been induced io resign, and that he would receive the appointment of United States District Judge of the Western | District of Arkansas. This notion is laughed at by those republicans wno have consummated this desirable reunion of the opposing republican factions. Your correspondent, on calling, Was assured by the Governor that he had no idea of resigning, and that he would be ialse to himself if he did 80, The Governor has been imiormed that the general gov- ernment will support the legal government ot this State in the event of any conflict, if such necessity should occur. Need of such support has, however, passed, and confidence having been restored, it 15 hoped the State fluances will materially improve. it will be seen by the above that McClure, Brooks, Yonley & Co, have been completely worsted in their attempts to unseat Governor Baxter. The uncer- tainty as to what would occur this fall has had a very depressing effect on ail monetary affairs; the possibility of martial law 1s @ terrible tigntener of the purse strings. | the nominating Convention. | place, as they 3 PENNSYLVANIA. Political Outlook in the Key- stone State. HOW THE PARTIES STAND. The Candidates, Offices and Leading Wirepullers. ‘ PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10, 1873, On Tuesday next, the 14th inst., an election wilt be held in this state for a Judge of the Supreme Court, a State Treasurer, members of the lower mouse of the Legislature, one-third of the upper house and local officers in the various counties, cities and towns. For the State offices there are two tickets in the fleld—the republican, with Gor- don and Mackey as the candidates, and the demo- cratic, with Ludlow and Hutchinson. The liberab republicans, who flourished aocout tnis time a year ago, don’t put in an appearance. Colonel Aleck McClure, their bold and wiry leader, seems to be wholly out of politics, although he has another year yet to serve in the Senate. The campaign has been the quietest ever known in this State, It seems to be really marvellous that so little has been done publicly by either party. Oniy one public meeting has been hela, and that by the republicans in this city about a week ago. No one, outside of the few politicians who are to be benefited by the offices, seems to take the slightest interest in the result. Even the party papers have little to say on the subject, and neither party has thought,it worth while to advertise the names of its candidates, which heretofore has been customary. Ihave asked many people the cause of this great indifference, and the substance of their replies was invariably that an election im Pennsylvania nowadays is ja mere matter of form, aud is about as much the free voice of the people as was a piébiscite in France under the recent Emperor. It is a mere matter of calculation as to population and voters and the number of votes suf ficient to elect witkout too flagrant a violation of the majorities of past years. It matters not who votes on Tuesday, the resultis bound to be just as the ring controlling tne politics of the State have mapped out that it should be; and so, instead O1 guessing at the number of votes to be cast and the probabte majorities, the people are trying to find out whom ol those on the two tickets the ring has agreed to elect. RING CAIAULATIONS. Now, the supposition is that tiis ring is wholly republican, because that party has the great majority of the offices; but this is an erroneous Ranposi en, for the ring 1s composed of members ot both the parties. The republicans are in @ position similar to that of Tammany under Tweed, and they find ready al‘ies and tools among the democracy here, just as Tammany did among the republicans of New York. Now, the main point of doubt is asto the candidates for the vacancy on the Supreme Bench. The story is that the Phila~ delphia ring intends to elect Judge Ludlow, the democratic nominee. There are many reasons assigned for this, In the. first piace the Philadel. phia ring, which is only a branch of the State ring which centres around the domain of Simon Cameron at ae feels aggrieved at the defeat of their candidate, Judge Paxson, at Judge Paxson is at present a Judge o1 the District Court in this city and @ spectal pet of the ring, the members of which have two objects in view in wishing his nomination to the State Court. In the first are the most powerful: branch of the State ring, they ielt that the headquarters should be transferred from Harrisburg to this city, and the way to accomplish this was to make a break on the State ofticers, most of whom are from the country districts, for as long as these offices are filled by members of the ring outside of Philadel- phia so long will Harrisburg remain the headquarters. In the second place, Paxson’s trans- fer to the State Court would have left a vacancy on the city Bench, which would be so much gain to the city ring. But Cameron was too much ior the city “boys.” He saw their game, rallied tae coun- try branches and beat them. ‘The city “boys,” of course, felt nettled at their deieat, but, as an open rupture would be fatal to the party, they acqui- esced apparently. But if they couldn’t have all they thought they might havea portion, so they went to work on a new scheine. Ludlow ts at present a District Jadge in this city, and has always been looked upon as an upright and honest man and inimical to the ring. Now, il he could be transferred to tne State Bench there would, NEW YORK STATE ELECTION—NOV. 4, 1873. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. FRANKLIN Counry.—County Clerk, Almerin W. Merrick; Justice of Sessions, James H. Holland. JEFFERSON COUNTY.—Assembly, First district, Elam Persons. CayuGa CounTy.—County Clerk, Lyman C. Com- stock; Justice of Sessions, Abram W. Brooks. SUFFOLK CounTy.—Assembly, N. D. Petty. SrevBEN CounTy.—Assembly, Second district, Charles F, Houghton, Supreme Court—FourtH Districr—Judson 8, Landon. TWENTIETH SENATORIAL DistRict—For Senator, Archibald C, McGowan, Wayne Oounty—County Judge,@George W. Cowles; Sherif, E. P, Groat; District Attorney, M. Hopkins, CLinron County—For Assembly, Amasa B, Wood ; County Clerk, William J. McCaffrey; Justice o1 Ses- sions, Darius Ayer. ONoNDAGA CouNTY—Sheriff, Davis @ Cossett; County Clerk, Charles A. Hurd; Surrogate, Cyrus Sweet. WasHIncTon County—Sherif, John Larmon; County Clerk, William H. Kincaid; Justice of Ses- sions, Josiah Peck. ALBANY CouNnTy.—The republicans have nomi- nated Charles P, Eaton for State Senator, aud John P. Bradt for Sherif, ' The Hartford Courant (Congressman Hawley— administration), referring to the Chief Justiceship, says :—‘The Chief Justice needs to be removed as far as may be {rom what we are accustomed to call political influence, and especialiy that he should not be already warped by the practise of partisan politics. No greater calamity could belall us than to have @ partisan Supreme Court,” The Rochester Democrat insists that the name of Thomas W. Raines be given correctly. Some of the papers announce it as Thomas ©. Raines, others as Thomas H. Raines. As the old whigs in Massachu- setts used to say during rain storms in political processions, ‘Any rain but the reign of Martin Van | Buren.”’ Our Raines is Thomas W. So let it be re- corded. Ex-Assemblyman John H, Selkreg, of Ithaca, has been nominated for State Senator by the repubdli- cans of the Twenty-fourth district. The Buffalo Courier (democratic) looks for a re- sponse to the address of the Democratic State Ex- ecutive Committee “in Buffalo amd Erie county Which will put the result of this brief but moment- ous campaign, so far as this locality 18 con- cerned, beyond the shadow of a doubt.” There are such a number of bolts among parties in Cleveland that some think of sending for the “Learned Blacksmith” to straighten out things. Refrring to the recent action of the Senate Committee on Elections in this city the Boston Transcript remarks that they have probably “hit upon a proposition for the choice of presidents which will commend itself to thoughtful non-parti- saus of all political persuasions. Certainly the present method is cumbersome and indirect beyond all comparison.” A. H. H, Stewart (veteran M. C.) has been nomi- nated for the Virginia Legislature. A Rochester republican paper extols the recent nominations at the Republican State Convention and especially that of Colonel Mead of Cay- uga, who received the nomination for Canal Com- missioner.’ The announcement looks like a one- armed soldier “just returned from the war.’ What is fame if newspapers do not remember the Christian name of a veteran when nominated for political office ? It has been discovered ont West, according to paper Of that section, that “New-mown hay is che perfume which the democratic dead-beats ase to deodorize their garments, which smell of the to- bacco and whiskey of the caucus rooms.” ‘The Chicago Times is slightly mistaken when it alter all, be a vacancy on the city Bench, the city ring would be rid oi a troublesome hinderance and the State ring would be compelled to carry the load. Accordingly the democratic allies were set to work and Ludlow was nominated by the Demo- cratic Convention. Now, the question 18, Will the City Ring stand by ms promises and elect Lud- low, or has the Svate og compelled it to back out from its bargain? This is the leading issue of the campaign. MACKEY, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for State Treasurer, of course, will be elected. He has had the control of the public funds for many years, and the “boys” all want him to remainin Ollice, as he has been very, very Kind on all ocea- sons. A sharp eye is being kept on the candidates for the Legislature; tor, to lose control of this body just now might be the dowalall of the ring. Be- sides, the one-third of the Senators to be elected will hold office jor tiree years, which makes them an important element in the contest for a United States Senator, to succeed Mr. John Scott, whica comes off in January, 1875. The republicans have only a slim majority in the present Senate, and they hope to gain a sufficient number this fall to make that body secure to them when the United States Senatorial contest occurs, THE CITY ELECTIONS. In this city the principal offices to be elected are a Sheriff, a Registrar of Wills and a Treasurer, each oflice being worth a clean $100,000 a year to the holder thereof. There are three tickets in the field—namely, the republican or ring rey the democratic ticket and the reform ticket. It ts generaliy conceded that it will be a walk over the course Jor the ring candidates, as it will be a mere matter of counting. The enormous number of 165,000 voters has been registered, and it is safe to say that not over 40,000 legitimate voters will go to the polls, Bill Elliott, the ring candidate for pherif, is an English cockney, who has been prom- inent in the politics of the lower wards. Gid, Clark, the candidate for Registrar ot Wills, which is a judicial office, was a singer of comic songs in a free and easy concert saloon until the war took him into the army. Pete Widener, the candidato for City Treasurer, was a butcher, and prominent as a fireman during the existence of the Volunteer Fire Department. The reform party has made a complete failure of its campaign. It put a ticket in momima- tion early in the contest, and begau. with a great flourish of trumpets; but it bas flaitened out into nothing. There is much of the humbug of the Committee of Seventy about it; and with the ex- ample of the last Legislature of New York, and that chief of reiorm frauds, Comptroller Green, be- fore them, the people see little to ope for from such a source. These reformers have furnished an elegant club house, where they lounge on velvet sofas, sip wine, talk politics and issue plaintive protests Lt a enormities of the ring, the members of which laugh in their sleeves and go on stuffing the ballot boxes and voting the repeaters, The democrats have a State committee, but nothing has been Gong. except to scheme with the ring for the election the democratic candidate to the Supreme Judgeship. At the republican mass mecting hela last Week there was a large audience made up from the 15,000 office-holders in the city. It was got up principally to have Coionel Forney, McMichael, Brewster and several others of the respectable men of the republican party enaorse the ring candidates. After these men had made their Speeches, Bill Mann, District Attorney, made @ speech in which he boasted of the ring, and used sentences as impudent and as brazen as the fa- mous “What are you going to do about it?” of Tweed. The newspapers here had no report of the meeting, and, of course, Mann’s words were not printed. The ring, however, had reporters of its own hiring, who saw to it that the party ress was furnished with the speeches of Forney, rewster and McMichael. These gentlemen, know, are heartily ashamed of the manner in which they have allowed themselves to be used, and it may be a lesson to them which will result weil for the community in the future. FALL OF A BROOKLYN STOREHOUSE. About two o'clock yesterday afternoon the reste dents of Tiffany place, near Degraw street, South Brooklyn, were startled by a loud noise, as if of brick, mortar and timber coming down with a crash, Investigation of the cause of the alarm re- gulted in the discovery that the four story storage building No, 43 Tiffany place had crumbled and ide wall had fallen out, It appears that the ie ding, which is owned by the Kelsey ty was ieased for storage purposes by Messrs. Bu- chanan & Lyle, tobacconists, and Moses Tayior, importers of soda, On the second floor was tiered a large number of casks of soda, weighing between 1,200 and 1,600 pounds The weight of this latter Matertal broke the beams, and down went the soda into the cellar. The second, third and fourth floors, with their load of bales of licor- ice, also Went ig down, and the south wail bulging out, fellinto the yard with a loud crash. The side walls were twelve inches wide, of brick, asserts that the New York democracy “nominated @ tioket composed of democrats of the straightest sect.” Mr. Raines, the candidate.for State Treas: Urer, 18 @ liberal republican, {3 and the structure was erected four years the loss on building and steck is about $6, It ia lent occurred regarded as fortunate that the accid mn Sunday, at a time when there was no one at Sea about the nremises. or loss of life might have