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THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. A Conservative Schism Among the South Carolina Republicans. MOSES STILL IN THE BULRUSHES Chamberlin the Candidate of the Respectable Faction. ‘The Congressional Contest in “Old Virginny.” SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS. Healthful Factions Disturbing the Re- ablican Party—Preparing for the Strife—A Big Time at the Convention on the 10th Inst. NEWBERRY Cover Movss, 8. C., Sept. 1, 1874, ‘In common with the other counties of this State Newberry is just getting over the excitement con- sequent upon @ convention for the election of dele- gates to State and Congressional conventions, which will be held in Columbia on the 10th inst.- ‘The Republican Convention, composed of dele- gates from each township, and numbering alto- gether about two hundred, began its labors at twelve o'clock M. yesterday, and finished them at two o’clock this morning. In this body there ‘were five white carpetbaggers, eight or ten mu- Jattoes, more or less brignt, and 175 or 180 whose hues varied trom saddle color down to the polish put on one’s shoes by the best City Hail square bootblacks, Joseph Boston, member of the Legislature for Newberry, a very intelligent black, was chosen chairman, and two other colored mex were made secretaries, Five marshals, also colored, were ap- pointed to assist the chair in keeping order. The ‘work to be done was to choose three delegates to the State Nominating Convention and three mem- bers to the Congressional Convention, both of which bodies will meet next week in Columbia. ‘The principal excitement of the day grew out of the fact that the members were nearly equally divided into Moses and Chamberlin factions. It Jooks as if there were a SERIOUS SPLIT im the republican party in tms State—nearly one- half being m favor of the renomination of Moses for the Governorship and the others, deferring to ‘the pressure exerted by the federal administration, preferring the nomination ofa new man, whoseems | to be VD. H. Chamberlin, ex-Attorney General. ‘The Chamberlin party in this county won the day, all three of the chosen delegates being instructed to vote for him for Governor. The entire after- moon was taken up in selecting these three; but the Congressional delegates, who are uninstructed, were elected in two hours, The remainder of the time of the Convention was taken up in speech- making. As throwing some light on the political condition of this State, 1 give below a few re- | © marks made by the diderent orators, stating at the same time that the Convention, preceded by a | brass band, marched “from the school house in the suourbs, where it had performed its work, to the Court House, where additions were made to the crowd by persons who had not been admitted to its deliberations. ‘he tirst speaker introduced to the audicnce was HENRY W. PURVIS, Adjutant and Inspector Genera! of the State. Congratulating the Convention on the harmonious conduct and successiul issue of its labors, General Purvis said:—‘‘He came there to advocaie and urge with all of his power the necessity of an | immediate, thorough and sincere reform in the re- publican party of South Carolina. The load of corruption that had been piled upon the party by @ vicious Executive could be borne no longer. It was ruin, not only to the republicans of South Carolina, but was weighing like an incubus on the great national party, and unless relief came at an early day it would crush that glorious organiza- tion to atoms. Ilis colored fellow citizens of New- berry had their share of the blame to bear. It was true that there was some excuse for their conduct, and their strict adhesion to the party ‘which had emancipated them would outweigh all past mistakes, But it was now time for them to act with greater intelligence and caution. They had been misled by corrupt office-seekers long enough, ‘The taxes had become ex- orvitant and were levied to further schemes that were of no practical benefit to the public at large. All o! this must be reme- died, aud the remedy must be applied at once. There was scarcely @ man within hearing of his voice who was not interested in the reduction and trenton of the press, and, Judging Irom sne ts, the affairs have been unduly magnified. CORRESPONDENT—YoOu think, then, that South Carolina is periectly quiet and likely to remain so? Major StswaRrT—Yes. I cannot conceive it pos- sible for any dangerous passions to be inflamed. You can see jor yourself. Politics are now raging high in 4he State, and there seems to be a division in the republican ranks, out this will only beget a war of words. The whites and blacks are gettin: along well together; all rights are fer rere an Ido not believe there are enough mischief makers to get up a serious disturbance. ORRESPONDENT—Do ‘he men of your command take any interest in the political condition of the State—that is, enough interest to make them es- Pouse either side? Major StrEwaRT—NO, sir. They read the papers, but politics is not their business, The apparent peaceiul condition of matters here outside o! party wrangling would seem to con- firm the opinions expressed by the commandant, anu, had ti not been for the utterances of one of the ‘speakers mentioned above relative to incen- "aiary teachings, it would scarcely have occurred to Mie to aSk any questions on the subject. POLITICS IN PETERSBURG. Situation of the Congressional Contest in Virginia—Condition of the Colored People—Friends and Foes of the Government—Proposed Constitutional Modifications. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3, 1874. I write from the city which occupied so large a share of public attention during the period of the great rebellion. The ruts of the artillery wheels have long since been obliterated, but the old ruts of political thought and public policy of ante- bellum days are still strikingly apparent. TBR CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST now going on is exciting. Nominations in ali the districts of the State have not been mude. Itis of course too early to predict with certainty re- sults, Platt, in the Second district, will be fought desperately; but with a fair count his election is assured, Sener, in the First district, is making a gallant nominee, with chances apparently In his favor. But Douglass is powerlul before the masses. His arguments in tone, temper and matter would have done credit to his cause in 1861, In the Third or Richmond district ex-Governor | Walker, the conservative nominee, isin the fleld. | His opponent is not yet nominated. The conser- | vative Richmond Bar is nearly unanimous in posi- tive indifference to his election. In the Fourth district no nominations have as | yet been made. Stowell will be renominated, and | the conservatives, despairing of success, will sup- port Porter, independent republican, At least this | is the present intention, | ‘The outlook, I think, justifies the prediction that | the First, Second, ‘Third, Fourth and Fittn districts { will elect republican representatives, HATRED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is a cardinal conservative sentiment here. It fur- nishea the exordium and peroration of every | speech. ‘The balance of the speecues are alter- iP | nated betwecen “cussing” Yankees, negroes and carpet-baggers. A large majority of the conserva- | tive party realize tuat this is neither true policy | for the party nor beneficial to the State; but an | aggressive minority, of whom Toombs is a fair rep- | resentative in the South, by threats of social and | business ostracism, manage to keep the party in | line, Those who reatize the splendid resources of | | the State. the great need of immigration and cap- | Ital to diversily our industries, are practically su} | pressed by passionate appeals in favor ol those who stood by us im 1861-62-63 and ’64. Whether | these teacnings sooner or later will not produce revolution anu bloodshed I leave to others to de- cide. | “Many of the boys in bine, in the “onpleasant’? days of 1864-06, will remember the three story Yankee prison on High street. Tins is now a to- | bacco manuactory. The number of hands em- | Ployed in this Industry is estimated at about two | thousand men, women and chiluren. ‘rhere are seven cotton mills in and around the city, but some of them ure not now running. THE COLORED PEOPLE are the laborers here. They constitute the basis of the little prosperity that we enjoy. They are | | the producers and the workmen in factories, house | » servants, cooks, Washerwomen, and, In fact, the great motive power of the city. Tn this city ef | 20,000 inhabitants a large majority are colored, | They have toa very great extent siMce the war, | from their hard earnings, saved a little money and With it bopght homes, until now, it 18 said, there are more colored than white freeholders here. | As @ political element the colored race is by no | means a failure. North and South, I believe, | realize the yalue of intelligence in our republican | System. lur'this the negro is deficient. But Wash- | ington and other early writers on our system of overnment placed virtne ahead of intelligence. he voloreu race, however defective in other re- | Spects, have at least one virtue par excellence in politics, They are FRIENDS OF THR GOVERNMENT. Whoever traduces the flag, the republican sys- | tem, human rights as enunciated in the Declara- | tion’ of independence, is sure to find a foe in the colored voter. if the Northern citizen believes that there Is any hatred in the Virginia negro to his former white master as such he is mistaken. If any believe tnat the negro | loves the hated ‘carpet-bagger” because ‘he is from the North he 18 equally in | error. The negro has strong domestic ties, His | blood relations are trequently the hotisehold of his old master, and he icels a teuder regard for them | but the government that lItited him from a chatiel | to a human being he venerates. Hts country’s fag 1s the emblem of his liberty, and he yields toit a Worship approaching idolatry, Strong as are his | | tles ior his old master and his domestic relations | | fight against Beverly Douglass, the conservative | a great reduction of the present rate of taxation. | ne thinks too keenly and teels too intensely on the The whites were forming tax unions for this pur- | subject of his rights under the government to admission to them, AFFILIATION OF THE RACES. ‘The whites would now permit the colored people | to affiliate with them. They had gotten over their | prejudices to some extent, and, having found out | ‘hat their former slaves were now irrevocably ireed, | they were beginning to have the wisdom to accord | them most of the liberties to which they were | entitled, Itis true some of the whites still keep | mioof—in the daytime. (Laughter.) What they | did at nignt, when darkness made them all | colored, it would be better not to investigate. (Long, continued and boisterous laughter followed this remark, and 1 am told that aqy allusion to mis- cegenation 1s one that never fatis to “bring down” | a colored house.) On the subject of a war of races | General Purvis would say but littic, but that little was very decided. It was the most utter non- sense, South Carolina, though just on the verge of an exciting election, was more peaceaple wo- day than she has been at any time since April, | 1861. ‘The little scare in Columbia a lew nights ago | ‘was caused by the excited imagination of an old | colored Woman, who transformed a carluad of | colored excursionists into a puaniom train of Ku | Kiux, And the story of the horrid Georgia Kian | arose from & man riding in rapidly from the country | to get a doctor to visit nis sick wife. It conid not be denied, however, that outrages had been perpetrated in some of the Southern | States, ut his fellow citizens may rest | assured that unicss they cease the strong military | arm ol the government would interfere and the Jast one Of the transgressors would meet with | merited punishment. The good name and fair | fame of this nation was too dear to it not to pro- | tect its culored wards in their civil and poltucal | rights, und in their persons, property and homes. | Taken altogether the specch was much more conservative than the audience las been accus- | tomed to in former campaigns, | ‘The second speaker was Comptroller General 8. | S$. Hoge, who also continued in a@ conservative | straw. A sincere, honest and wide spreading reiorm was the burden of his theme. He also mace some points against ex-Umited States Sen- ator Lewis Cass Carpenter, which seemed to be ughly appreciated by the crowd. ‘he remarks ‘were local in their application and would require a longer @xplanation than you have space for. LYNCH LAW FUR INCKNDIARIES, Mr. Hoge suggested a treatment of incendiary eharacters which, if heeded, wil! have a good efect. He said there were many men going through diferent counties haranguing the colored people andtrying to inflame bad passions. Th tell you to buy pistols, and those who are unabie to purchase pistols are told that a nickel will buy matches enough to burn down all the barns in a county. You are told not to stop at burning barr you must burn everything that will blaze. Now, he would say one ‘word on this matter:—Don’s | step to such incendiaries, If forced to hear them, | hang them to the nearest tree as soon asstneir speeches are concluded, Get rid of them, and the bext way be could suggest would be to hang them. Otuer speeches were made, all of which were of | ectedly conservative character, aunty polls abous 2,200 colured and 1,700 white votes. The following gentlemen were se- Jected as di epproaching State Cou- Vention, vi: Casey David and | Henry Gian, chvice 18 looked upon as a | victory for the Chamberlin party. Some of the | negroes, however, say that it will be a very curt. | ous rejorm to replace Frank Moses by substituang | D, H. Chamberlin, whe is regarded as one of the | oe Tascals snd Tlugleaders i this misgoverned | ale. pose, and he would advise the blacks to seek | 4 THE “WAL OF RACKS.” | The following 18 @ short interview I had with Major Stewart, commander of the post | CORRESPONDENT. hat is your impression, | Mayor, of the threatenod war of miccs’ | Ma,or SvEWART—I can speak only for the county | over which I ve command, and bere there is | pothing in it. hat may be the condition o/ other Jocalities can only form an opinion of from the papers. The backs and whites, trom ihe Lecessity of the case, must Continue, for along me Lo come, fo live together. Neither race can get along with: | out the assistance of the other, and ! think there | fg too much good seuse on both sides to permit them to get into a fight. CORRKSPGNDENT—LoW Go you account for the sudden and seemingly widespread excitement on the subject? Major Srewarr—The disturbances in Missiasippi, Tennessee. Kentucky and other Siates pave drawn | , | Made temporary chairman, being followed when | stood throughout the State for weeka preceding surrender his support to those who boidly and wantonly oppose both. When a canaldate is nom- inated for Congress and his leading virtue 1s trum- peted as hatred to the government and his record as a Ooulederate soldier made the claim for suffrages, do you wonder that the colored man withholds from him his vote? He realizes, too, that he is only reluctantly recognized, On sus- picion or for slight offences he is brought betore courts and scourged with lashes and placed in chain gangs, when tor like offences nis white fellow citizen goes ‘scot Iree.”” THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. At the approaching election amendments to the constitution are to be submitted to the people. Our State constitution 18 modelied irom that of New York. Many of the terms are from your con- stitution, Such are the county system and the office and duties of Supervisor. [t is urged that the latter term is @ northern importation and has no business here, and itis proposed by the Legis- lature to change it and hereafter to call the ofice of Supervisor ‘Commissioner of Revenue,” and the word thy iy oe! gt is to be changed to “Magis- terial district,” and all other Yankee terms are to be expurgated. ‘This is only a sample of the breadth of statesmanship now prevailing in the mother of States and statesmen. THE MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS. The Terrible Granger Element Wholly Ignored—Review of the Nominations—. Gingerly Handling of the Question of Finance—Negro Civil Rights. LANSING, Mich., Sept. 2, 1874. The Republican State Convention, held here on the 26th ult. for the nomination of State oficers for the next two years, was the largest regular conven- ton of this party ever held in Michigan, the former ratio oi delegation having been doubled, so that each of one hundred representative districts might have four delegates, and where a district con- | tained several counties each county might itself be individually represented. Hon. Stephen D. Bingham, chairman of the State Central Com- mittee, referred to this fact in calling the assembly to order, and said that good results were hoped for from the new plan. Gen- eral Byron McCutcheon, of Manistee, a young but somewhat distinguished Micnigan soldier, was | | | | the Convention was regularly organized by State Senator J. Wevster Childs, of Ypsiianti, perhaps the most prominent citizen of the State who has become identified with the granger element. If that were the reason for his selection, however, tt was only atub to the whale, as the Convention went no frther in its recognition of the husband- men’s claims, Both chairmen reviewed the past record and prophesied the future usefulness of the party in ornate rhetoric, THE TICKET AND THE GRANGERS, There was no trouble with regard to most of the positions to be filled, It had been tacitly under- the Convention that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Commissioner of the Land Office, Super- intendent of Public Instruction and Attorney Gen- eral should be renomtnatea, and no opposition whatever had arisen against any of them, The contested OMces, it was plain, were to be the Sec- retaryship of State, the State Treasurership and the Auditor Generaiship. For the first, a clever, out marvelously seli-conceited law- yer of Grand Rapids, by the name of Ebenezer GD. Holden, was about the only can- didate seriously advanced, though there was | an astute scheme on the part of some to putina | granger, ‘The truth 1s that the supposed necessity | of coneiiating uis tarryh'h plamant naa heen ever i NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. 5, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. present to some of the more devious politicians, and the ultimate fatiure to give that element a suvstantial nition a8 such is a grievance over which there is already @ disposition shown to be severely afflicted. ie Northern Granger, an en- terprising little sheet, well disposed to republican- ism, expresses half-menacing regret that the Convention had not condescended to allow the claims of so large and so naguly respectable @ class the farmers, and the Detroit Tribu being promeneais republican, is impolitic enough, while highiy complimenting the ticket, to admit that “it has the negative weakness of failing to accord to the agricultural class that practical re- cognition of the value of their fidelity to repub- Heanism which they unquestionably expected and which the republican party, of ail others, ought to have cheerfully accorded, THE GOVERNORSHIP AND THE TREASURY, Senator Childs himself was the man mentioned as the granger representative in the State Depart- ment; but when the Convention met he was hot named tor the place, and Mr. Holden was chosen by acclamation, Governor Bagley and Lieutenant Governor Holt having already been promptly re- nominated with noisy appiause. Tue same compliment was paid and Commussioner Clapp and Mr. Daniel B. Briggs, State Superin- | tendent of Public Instruction. Edi Rexiord, of Ypsilanti, was placed on the State Board of Educa- tion. Messrs. Bagley and Holt were sent for, and returned their warm thanks in very neat ilttle speeches. The former gave no definite outline of @ future policy except as penanded: <p. tr eye A concerning which an absurd complaint wad fal y made that too much money was kept on hand, The Governor said that the surplus was there by the provisions of the consticution, and that he would not be the first Executive to lay hands on the trust funds ofthe State to use for otner pur- poses than those specified by the orgunic law, such as the payment of the State debt, the support of primary schools, &c, ‘A WAR VETERAN'S NOMINATION. The real contests of the Convention arose over the State Treasursiip and its kindred office, the Auditor Generalship. For the first of these the southern counties were distinctly pitted against the rest 0! Michigan, aud put forward an ex-State Senator, Mr. Cyrus @, Luce, specifically as & granger. The north brought Culonel William B. McCreery, @ most gallant Michigan officer, who fought his way up from the ranks and graduated from Libby Prison, from whica tt will be Teadily remembered that he dug his way out, along wit! @ number of other officers. ‘The occurrence was one of jhe well known incidents of the war. His note to his father after this exploit—"l am in God’s country again and ready for business’?—was characteristic +f the man and of his dauntiess pluck, He brought home with hima body shot fuli of holes, and his weakened constitution 1s @ war legacy of the kind to which so many fell heir, When bis nkme was brought forward chairman alter chairman arose from different delegations and seconded the nomi- nation with enthusiasm, until the prospects of Mr. Luce looked so poor that Chairman Childs, himse)f an adherent of Luce, took the extraordl- nary course of advocating his claims trom the chair, two or three others also speaking in his favor. The ballot finally stood 275 for McCreery, 108 for Luce and 17 for & gentleman trom Port Huron pos- sessing the commonplace name of John Johnstone, Colonel McCreery was hunted up and made his acknowledgments in a very brief and fitting style. HONESTY’S SAFEGUARD, By this time it looked as if something must be done for the South on the score of locality. The Auditor Generalsnhip was the next ofice “on call.”” lor this there were two candidates only—General Wiliam Humphrey and General Ralph Ely. The tormer has held the position nearly eight years, and has built up the office to such periection and with such a stainiess reputation to himself tor honest administration, and that, too, in a State which pays only the pitilal stipeud of $1,000 to its Executive and chief department officers, that the moneyed interests Jelt his renomination, and, indeed, his indefinite —_ continuatice in ‘the office, a positive necessity. General Ely was the figurehead of a strong faction which had twice unsuccessfully tried to over- throw General Humpurey’s system, disorganize ana reduce the Auditor’s department, and throw the whole business of tax collection into the county treasuries, whose honest ignorance and dishonest pecniation will, it is thought by some, ve likely to rivaleach other in the disposition of the funds, He was presented as a Candidate by a back country lawyer of considerable aility, whose pet measure as a member of the present Legisia- ture it was to make fhis change in the system, | and whom General Humphrey therein deleated. But Genera! Ely was from a northern county and General Humphrey from the extreme south, and the latter’s iriends breathed freer when tuey found that the nortnern counties had got the Treasury. General Ely’s case had been too well worked up, however, and a baliot showed 60 large a majority Jor him that General Humphrey's name was with- drawn by his friends. A GROSS BLUNDER. It was now late, and the delegates in their im- patience to get away, committed a blunder which in itself iormed one Of the Most poweriul argu- ments that could be devised in favor of the sug- gestion made last fall by the Constitutional Com- mission of Michigan that the Attorney General should be an appoinuve instead of an elective omcer. The present incumbent, Isaac Mars- ton, was appointef to fill a vacancy, and in the lew months during which he has served, has shown a@vigor and capavility to woich the department was a total stranger for many preceding years. His reputation as jurist is admirable belore the Supreme Court, though he is youthful enough to be Known by the nickname of ‘the boy trom the Bay”? which county he represented twe years ago in the Legislature. One Clisbeo, a delegate irom Cass county, which he wants to represent in the State Senate next session, knowing, as every one seemed to know, Marston’s reputation, and sup- posing that his renomination was a certainty, seized the chance, as uppears from later con: fessions, to make cheap capital for himsel! in th; quarter by nominating a 88 county obscurit! whose name was Smith, and supporting him in a glowing speecn setting forth the claims of the county in particular and of the southern tier in generai. in the midst of the apathy and coniusion of breaking up the ballot was tak Smith against the first man who has reflected an atom of credit on the office in years. THE GRANGERS UNRECOGNIZED. The practical results of the Convention are that the grangers go unrecognized, and the claims of en and actually | resulted in 4 majority of nineteen for the cypuer | THE GERMAN REPUBLICAN Poimts for the Consideration of the Republican State Convention. The German Republican Central Committee, Dr. Herm Mubr presiding, held a meeting at 343 Bowery last night, when the Executive Com- mittee submitted a report recommending certain measures to be submitted to the | consideration of the Republican State Con- | vention at Utica on the zd inst. The propositions are that ail church property ought, in equity and justice, to be assessed and taxed 10 the sane ratio as tne property of other | corporations; that they are favoring compulsory | education and approving the law passed on the | subject by the last Legislature us a step in the | might direction, but that they expect that the hiw | On that subject must be made more effective and | be umended by the next Legislature, inasmuch us | the minimum tine of fourteen weeks of | compulsory school attendance as | law is insuficient. Further, that certain restrice tve laws, kuown a8 Sunday laws, are objection- | able. as being incompatible with (ull liberty of | conacience as guaranteed by the constituaon of | the United States. These resolutions were, alter a brief debate, adopted, and the Executive Committee was in- structed to prpceed to Utica and present the same at the Republican State Convention, | A Split in the German Independent , Citizens’ Association. The delegates of the German Independent Cit! wens’ Association, of which Oswald Ottendorier 1s President, met last evening at Beethoven Hall, | im Fitth street, Judge Michael Gross in the chair. The chairman of the executive committee, Marcus Otverbourg, offered the iollowing resolution :— Resolved, That an election of six delegates in each Assembly dhsirict be held betore the 2)un inst.. the said Gelegates to assemble in convention within one month trom date. A lively debate sprung up, asthe motion was thought to be made in the interest of the repub- lican party, auming at a dissolution of the present organization, in which the democrats claim a majority. The debate very soon became noisy and personal, Judge Otterbourg and others having a lively encounter, in which it was stated that the lormer and a sew office holders under tne Reform Municipal Government at- tempted to strike @ political bargain to secure their present positions aiter election, Amid the uproar which now prevatied Judge Gross leit the chair and moved to lay tne report of the Executive Committee on the table, which was lost, the mem- bers of the original reform organization being in the majority and voting against it, The report was tnen jormaily declared adopted. The delegates of tne former democratic organization announced dent organization, NEW YORK STATE POLITICS, Delegates to the Republican Conven- tion. PHILIPSVILLE, Sept. 4, 1874, Sumner Baldwin, Colonel Allen L. Burr, Dr, W. W. Crandall, Rufus L. Colwell and Henry Burt were electe:! delegates to the Republican State Convention tronr Allegany county yesterday. THE DUTOBESS OOUNTY SPLIT. Trouble and Bitterness Between the Lib- erals and Democrats. POUGHKEEPSIE, Sept. 4, 1874. The liberals and democrats are squirming over the announcement made in the HERALD that there is a breach | Dutchess county. The unpleasantness was begun by the democratic editor of the leading demo- cratic paper in the county denouncing the liberal wing a8 not worthy of attention. The leading liberals, Messrs. Whitehouse and Car- penter, aided by Judge Wheaton and Cyrus Swan, who, in turn, were aided by Henry Pelton and Daniel W, Guernsey, concluded that the democratic editor was hurting the cause, and I am informed a secret meeting was held, at which @ petition was prepared calling upon the editor re- Jerred to to “letup.” This petition was circulated among a few for their signatures and was then presented to the editor, who coolly told those who were conspicuous in the matver that he could | attend to his own business. His petitioners were sult, and now that the thing has leaked out.the breach has been widened and men inthe party are taking sides. B. Osborne, of the Datly Press and Telegraph, who jor years has, with his paper, stood at the helm of the «democratic arty, in Dutchyss county; but when the eral Congressm Xn was elected, he was neglected and snubbed till his temper was soured, and now he is going for their scaips. 1t is not improbable that the part taken by the White House wing, in the nomination of Benjamin Ray last fall for Senator defection becomes more serious, and perhaps in a Jew weeks there wil! be a big row in the camp. Everything indicates ively times. THE VERMONT ELEOTION, Peck Elected Governor by Ahout 22,000 { Majority—Poland’s Loss of Votes. MONTPELIER, Sept. 4, 1874. Returns from Judge Poland’s district (five small { towns excepted) give Poland 5,575; Denison, 6,875; Davenport, 1,768, and scattering, 924. Two years ago the same towns gave Poland 10,794, Steel 2,917, Davenport 2,680 and svattering 537. dJndge Peck 1s elected Governor by 21,000 to 24,000 | majority over Bingham, democrat, | MR PIERREPONT MISREPRESENTED. NO. 16 WALI STREET, Sept. 4, 1874. fixea vy the | their intention of withdrawing irom the indepen- | very much chagrined when they heard o! the re- | The editor referrea to is K. | over James Mackin, will be discussed again as the | Jocaiity, So lar a8 the South is concerned, are con- | To ro¥ EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ceded mainly in the choice of a village shyster to | the first law office of the State. Tne platform was half preamble, and that half glorified the repnbii- can party without stint. The remainder consists of two pianks, one insisting on civil rights for the negro and the other @ judicious walk-around of the prickly question of finance, They smooth over the Michigan Congressional vote for inflation by saying that differences were inevitable on this question when there Were no specific precedents, and they indorse as wise and timely the bill finally agreed upon. They bélieve ‘eenbacks and na- tional bank notes a better ctrculating | medium than any former paper cur- rency, but demand that Congress shall keep an early specie resumption steadily in view m its nancial legislation. Banking, they say. should be free, under a well guarded national sys- tem, the business law of demand regulating the volume and locality of the issue, Mr. Henry L. Nelson, editor of the Kalamazoo ph, and the youngest member of the Com- mittee on Resolutions, preferred mure plainne: Ol speech, and so presented the following resolu- tion as a minority substitute for the financial views presented:— Resolved, That we, believing a return to a gold basis should be speedily made, approve and adopt the prine: ples of finance embodied in the velo message of Ire: dent Grant to what is known as the Senate Currency pil, and reaffirm that part of the thirteenth resolution adopted at the National Republican Convention, neld in Philadelphia in 1872, relative to the resumption ot specie payment ts. ‘nis horrined older members of the committee, | who washed their hands of it with frightened agility, and the Convention tabled the youthiul in- discretion promptly. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. nae aT ae Mr. Halsey’s Formal Acceptance of the Gubernatorial Nomination. Mr. George A. Haisey, who was unanimously chosen the nominee of the Republican’ Convention held at Trenton last week, has formaily accepted the nomination. The committee specially ap- pointed to inform him of his nomination did so in @ letter which closed as follows :— We take occasion to express our confidence that the enthusiasm and unanimity with which that choice Was made nay be accepted as prophetic of the success of the bia in the coming canvass in ‘our triumphant election as the next Governor of New Jersey. To this Mr. Halsey replies briefy, expressing himself “profoundly graveful”’ for the nomination, “ansought” by him, and concluding with the foi- | lowing non-partisan sentiments “Free irom all promises and pledges of whatover character, and determmed to remain so, 1 shall, elected, endeavor to administer the government ol the State with an eye single to its honor welfare, Firm in ty own political convictions, and faithful to them within their true scope, I snall always regard the interests of the whoie people as | paramount to the claims of party, and over strive | so toact as to secure their prosperity and bap- piness and the true progress and advautage ot the State.” Thus tar the nomination of Mr, Halsey is re- ceived with the united approval of the republic press of the State: but among tie people it does not seem tu have evoked as much enthusiasm as a man of Mr. Halsey’s stanaing and personal mag- netism might reagonanly be expected to vring out. Possibly this 18 accounted for in the fact that the people had been educated by the HERALD and the press generally to regard his nomination as a fore- one Conclusion some time belore the Convention. ‘he absorbing anxiety now 1s to know whom the democrats will nominate, in weil informed democratic circtes the belief is firm tuat Judge Bedle’s name will sweep the Democratic Coaven- ton by storm. Yesterday ex-Congressman Hill, Chairman of | the late Republican Convention, annoujicea the | names of the Republican State Executive Com- mittee, a8 toliows: At Large—Joseph Couit, Sussex; Levi D, Jar- rard, Middiesex. Distrtets—First, Samuel Hop- and } ; In the Hgxarp of the 2d inst, under the | heading “Long Branch,” I see the follow- | ing:—“Senator Conkling is a very tatr local poli- | tician and stump speaker, although I understand | he ts scarcely Known asaiawyer. A member of | the New York Bar—I believe it was sudge Pierre- | pont—once told me that he did not think Conk- | ling’s reputation in Oneida county or on the cir- | eutt had ever been more than that of a third class lawyer. Then President Grant begins to be very doubtful if Conkling is strong of his own account in your State.” | The memory of the writer of the article is at | fault as to the person; I have never made the re- | mark, or anything like it. By turning to the files | of the HenaLp during the agitation about “Chief | | Justice,’? you will see that a reporter of your jour- | nal interviewed me and publisaed my hign appre- | | clation of the abilities of Mr. Conkung. I have | ver: never expressed any other views. ‘y troly | yours, EDWARDS PIERREPOUNT, | A @BANGER PIONIO IN JERSEY, | From 6,000 to 10,000 People Assembled— Mottoes of Lodges Represented—A Tame | Affair. Wooprvrt’s CaP, NEAR BRIDGTON, | Sept. 3, 1974. } Yesterday there was a large gathering of gran- | gers present on the old camp ground at Wood- ruffs, within three miles of Bridgton, N.J. The grounds are of easy access, being within a mile of Finley’s station, on the Western Jersey Railroad, and only a few hundred yards distant trom the | nearest station on the New York Sonthern Rai | road. The grove is a magnificent ene, with an | abundance of iresh water and pumping conven- tences at hand, Added to this were the camp ac- commodations which remained over irom the bait meeting of last Saturday. | ‘This basket picnic was made up entirely of lodges from Cumberland county, although it was’ | expected that Salem and Gloucester counties | would be represented. Among the thirteen or- | ganizations present were Ceaderville, Cobanaey, | Hope, Millville, Centre Grove and Deerfeld | Granges, all of Cumberiand county, The first men- tioned had on @ banner this devic | Qaeresererereenrerees rene rene nene sttt LEU HPO Ober eee) We care not for the scorn 3 Of those too proud to toil; They wear the cloth and oat the corn Of those that till the soul. Decreverrcesenrss rere eenene nee sere rene resent rete re re @ Coliansey Lodge had:— | Qavaene se eerenere steers ee tePe ser Ole rete teGP he TORE LETE 3 Protection to ourselves; 3 Malice toward none, ALOE O DERE REP ELOLE NE EPIVODETIORT ELEC LE HELEDODE TE OE) Others had simply @ small fag, with the number and name of the lodge, From 800 to 1,000 car- | riages followed in the procession, and the num- | bers present on the ground were variously esti- mated at trom 6,000 to 10,000, Carriages with from four to SIX horses attached were beautifully tes- | tooned and hung with evergreens and flowers. | The speakers ot the occasion were State Master | Howlin, State Secretary Pratt, J. F. Byrnes, of Hammonton, N. J., and W. ©. tehead, member | of the, Basions! Grange. The Hou. J. W. Hazleton, Membe% of Congress from this district, was ex- pected, Dut failed to be present. Although the number of people out was quite large, and with music and singing they were quite | animated, still the enthusiasm was fothing com- pared With similar assemblages of a political char- acter. In fact, as far as fool whole affair seemed exceedingly tame. A WARNING TO PORTERS. Albert Rutter, @ porter in the employ of Messrs, Wronkow & Co., No, 403 Broadway, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Heidelberg and Tilley, charged with baving stolen prope of his em- ployers valued at $2,000, After arresting the man the detectives searched his house and found a | | | \ | ' Geese scees fing is concerned, the | kins, Gloucester; Second, U. A. Butts, burlington; | Third, W. McKinley, Union: Fourth, F. A. Votts, Hanterdon; Fitth, G. A, Hobart, Passaic; Sixth, Phineas Jones, Hesex; Seventh, A. Spadone, Hud- sone large quantiiy of property. ‘The tickets belomging to the various pawn oMoces where he had pledged the remainder of the goods » also discovered on the premises. He will ve arraigned at the Youps Poles Court this morning THE TENNESSEE TERRORS. Interesting Interview with Gov- ernor John C. Brown. CAUSES OF THE OUTBREAK. e Bepulsive Aspirations of the Negroes Toward Social Affiliation. GROSS INSULTS TO WHITE WOMANHOOD. | They Propose to ‘Ride Through Blood” | to Gain Her Hand. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1, 1874, The correspondent of the HERALD had an inter- | regard to the origin of the, troubles with the blacks in Tennessee, In response toa question to elicit that informatton the Governor said:— “uur present troubles in Tennessee are attrib- | utable to the agitation of the Civil Rights bill. Until the sitting of the colored convention in the city of Nashville last April the relations between the black and white races, for several years, had been of the most amicable character. There had been no disturoances worthy of notice, Masked ma- rauders were not heard of. March, 1873, public schools for both races had been established all over the State. The white peopie were Iriendly to the colored schools and had fostered and encouraged them, although it was @ notorious fact that nineteen-twentieths, and even much more of the school taxes, were paid by | the whites. The negro was becoming both indus- trious and frugal; and tntelligent men every where indulged a hope that the negro would become not only a useful freedman, but a satisfied mem- ber of the community. THE PROVOCATION, “Under the inspiration, however, of the agita. tion of the Civi! Rights bill in Congress the leading negroes in the State gave utterance, in the April convention, to the most infammatory demands for their social rights. Many offensive expressions fell from the lips of the speakers in that conven- tion. Samuel Lowry demanded the right, under the law, ‘to take @ white woman on his arm and go all around Nashville with her.’ Another speaker said ‘they did not want the white men’s | daughters unless they were ladies and qualified and competent to be the wives of colored men.’ “A short time afterward, at a negro gathering | in Somerville, in the midst of a populous colored the local paper to have declared ‘that they would Similar expressions raised a feeling of intense indignation apd resentment among the whites. | These events, together with the passage of the | Civil Rights bill by the Senate, produced a deep | Impression upon the whites of both parties. 80 intense aid the feeling become that in the can- vass for county officers, which soon followed, in aimost every county in the State, the Civil Rights’ | Dill became A TEST QUESTION | tor office. And so overwhelming was tne public sentiment of the white people against this measure | that scarcely an avowed friend of that measure | was elected in any gf the counties, or even stood | asa candidate of either party. It is not dimcult to perceive how such antagonism of sentiment, especially in communities where the negro equalled or outnumbered the whites, ripened into feelings of bitter hostility. Threats of killing, i sacking and burning were made, or reported to | have been made, by the blacks. And thas this ex, | ; Nashville and Memphis, became more and more intensified, until it culminated in the recent out- breaks which have filled the columns of the press | for the last few days.”” “What immediate causes, ix your opinion, pre, cipitated the late troubies between the whites and | blacks it Gibson cuuntyf” IMMEDIATE CAUSES OF THE OUTBREAK. “You can readily perceive that, in the midst of | the unfortunate excitement that existed in com- | munities where the blacks were very numerous, very slight causes might produce serious conse- quences. disturbance in question occurred the negroes were numerous and lawless. They had been under bad influences and accepted bad counsels, Under very inadequate provocation they intemperately and perhaps without any well defined purpose the people. These threata were communicated to | an excited populace with increasing exaggera- tions, as they passed from lip to lip, until a formi- dable conspiracy was believed to exist. It was | thought that the negroes had an organiza- | tion and meditated the execution of these threats, At all events, one of their number | confessed that fact, and implicated sixteen others | by mame. They were arrested and committed, aiter a preliminary examination, to jail. I have | no doubt it was.tne desire of uin eteen-twentieths or more of the people of the county that they | sould be punished by the judgment of the courts, | and but jor the untimely act of atew raso and ' reckless men they would have had a fair trial under the law, and met only the punishment pre- seribed by statute, The people of Gibson county ure intelligent and law abiding. There is no com- munity in the State or out ol it more orderly or more pacific. The fifty or seventy-five men who violated the jail, and cruelly murdered those helpless, unresisting, misguided negroes are an exception to the great body of the county. Every community 18 afflicted more or less with sucu men.”” TRE LYNCHERS 10 BE PUNISHED. “Wil these men be detected and punished 7” “| feel confident they will be detected and brought to trial, The Grand Jary are in session, | and the whole matter is undergoing a strict in- veatigation, I am confident the Grand Jury, the Judge and Attorney General will do their whole duty, and that their labors will result in the indictment ol the guilty par- ties. This hope is based upon my kuowledge of the efficiency and fidelity of those agencies ana the unmistakable indignation of the people at the | commission, in their midst, of a crime so shock- ing. If the parties, or avy of them are indicted, they shall be arrested at any cost or sacrifice and brought to trial. NO MORE TROUBLES FEARED. “{ do not think there is much reason to appre- hend @ recurrence of these troubles anywhere in the State. The danger lies only in the possibility | that the negroes may be instigated to acts of vio- lence by bad men tor political effect.” “Do you think the general government wiil in- ter(ére, or that its aid wilt be requires?’ . “Tdo uot. There is no necessity for such tnter- | ference. The agencies created by the State laws | will prove equal to the emergency." THE MURDERED SCHOOL TRACHRR. : “What about the Julia Hayden murder? Was | She ae on account of her teaching a colored school? | “«Julla Hayden was killed by unknown parties. | Bat, after avatling mysel/ of every source of infor- j mation, and a careiui examination of all tacts to be obtained, I am thoroughly satisfied that the act proceeded from no hostility to colored schools, nut that the men were there for an unlawfal pur- pose, and, being baMed in tt, they fred into the | house @ random shot, not intended to take life, | but accidentally killing Julia Hayden, The whole | community are indignant at the outrage, and | have determined, and are taking active steps, to | bring the guilty parties to justice.” | “Have the negroes committed any outrages upon | white women that have tended to produce exas- | peration ou the part of whites ?”” | NEGRO BEASTIALITY. | “I have intentionally omitted any reference to | such an unpleasant sutiject, bat candor compels me to say that there has been a number of suc outrages here upon white women within the last , three months, Only yesterday, . within thirteen miles of this city, a most estimable white Married | iady, whose husband was temporarily absent, having gone to @ store, was bratuily assauited by anogro, Who was a stranger to her. Sne had been in the orcnard, and, on returning with a | basket Of peaches, noticed a strange negro man standing in the yard. Being alone she was | naturally timid and afraid of tim and toereiore politely asked him to take @ seat and he | sat down on the porch. She put her basket of | peaches down, and while proceeding into & room near the poren, passed by him. He seized her as she passed, and endeavored to drag her into the room, Being strong, she resisted him, but he | flualiy overcame her and. dragging her'inta the view with Governor John ©. Brown to-day, with | Under the act of | | community, one of the speakers was reported in | in the ltberal-democratic ranks in | have the right to marry white women, | send their children to the same schools | with the whites, &c, even if they had | to ride in blood up to their bridie-bits.? These and And | citement, kindled by the speeches Of negroes at | In the immediate locality where the | | | tifreatened to burn an adjacent village and kill | | room, forced her on the bed, throwt ber head to stop her loud screaming, complished his object, and, a8 reported, Pp to murder her by cutting her in the throat, arm and thigh, His name ts unknown and he was still atvarge at my last advices. “Such outrages, of all others, are justly calca- lated to inflame and excite the white popula ton.” CARPET BAG INFLUENCES. “Have negroes been mucn influenced by white meu in their desire for enlarged privileges?” “There have been bad white men irom the Sort: and elsewhere who have associated with the begroes, animated by @ desire of private gain or political preferment, who have done @ at deal to give the negro an exaggerated idea of What bis rights and capacities for enjoyment were. | They have thus effected a great deai of mischief in turning the black against his Southern white | friends, who are his natural allies. It 18 a strange ; fact that the negro goes to the Southera white | man, who was formerly his owner, for advice | Upon all subjects adecting bis material prosperity. He goes to the white man for advice as to bow he Shall plant, reap and sell his crops, invest his money, while be turns alone to the political Mendicant, or more properiy speaking, carpet bagger or scaiawag, for advice upon all questions affecting his political rights, de cultivates the | Southern man’s land, ploughs with his mules, | buys his supplies from him ana borrows money | from him, applies to him to supply bis wants, if in ! @ state of starvation. But aiter all, he applies to the stranger, an adventurer, to know how he Must exercise the elective Irauchise. As a general rule, when leit to his natural instincts, the negro 18 & docile, harmless creature, but when badly advised, becomes headstrong and unruly. There ts @ considerabie number of baa men who set | themselves up to lead them who succsed in bring- | mg about evil resuits and carrying them where | they would not go of their own accor, EQUAL ADMINISTRATION OF LAW. “Do your laws wive equal protection to the negro aswell as (the white mab iu the enjoyment ot Ts civil and political rights 7” “They do. There 1s no discrimination in the law between the two races. Our constitution’ and | laws guarantee to both the same political and | civil rights.” “Do the courts mete out the same justice to the negro as to the white man?”’ “They certainly do, and I think in a great many Instances that the mere apprehension that the negro may not get the full measure of justice has proved @ source of discrimination in nis Javor,”? COLORED AND WHITE JURLES. “Have there been any negro juries in thie | State?” | “Yes, Ihave never known or heard of @ trial, either civil or criminal, in which @ negro was in- terested that he did not have a jury of his choice. | In my practice, which was somewhat extensive | before my election, I have never known a case ; Wherein # colored jury was not granted to the colored wan whenever he made application j jor it, I think is is very seldom they | desire it, AS @ general rule they desire white men to try them, on account of thetr greater expe- rience, sagacity and knowledge, believing that | they will do them full justice. My experience as lawyer, before coming into ofilce, is that the for- | mer slave owner is more disposed to give the | negroes justice than those with whom they have | only been associated since the war, and whose | only aim has been self-aggrandizement and politi- cal promotion, caring little, if anything, for the material wellare o! the blacks."” Hae te keep in constant communication with | the ofticers of the law now prosecuting the investi- gaticn at Trenton?” “) bave written a number of letters and been in constant communication with the Attorney Gen- eral.” “Have you any objection to tell me as to what those letters contained?"? “some of them will not now do to be made pnb- lic; but here is one which 1 see uo impropriety in publishing :— Exwcotive Orrick, Nasavit.e, August 31, 1874, Dear Sin—As I have wiready assured you and the Sheriff of Gibson, by telegram of previous date, T | ready and anxiots, by all the means within my con mand, to -aid you in discovering and arresting all the | actors in the late unfortunate troubles in that county, | the rioters and jail breakers alike. It you need detect: | ives or associate counsel or additional force [ain ready to furnish it on the requisition of yoursell or the | Sherif. While I do not deem this assurance | yet it will do no harm, and 1 scarcely | have language to express my anxiety to have the guilty parties detected and orougatto panishinent. This isa test of the power and efficiency of the civil laws to pro- tect society in the State where the people labor under no disabilities. If we fallin this it will afford the most plausible pretext for bringing the military power of the eneral government into requisition, of which, God mows, we have ulready had enough. ‘There is # ‘great tendency to centralization in all the departments of the government, There exists even in Tennessee an ardent desire to reopen the question of reconstruction, and there is an equal desire to give to the federal courts ex- ciusive jurisdiction of all cases invoiving any con- | necessary, trove between the races. if our local courts ial to detect and. punish the “lato” offenders in. Gibson, the. whole question will ve inyesti- ated betore ers of the United States Court, under military protection if need be, and such investigation may not only result in the | conviction of innocent parties, under the effect of false | swearing, but it will afford centralizers in © ress and | elsewhere an unanswerabie argument against voth the ability and the disposition of the State courts to protect society and do justice between the two races. ‘To my mind this is an important crisis, mot merely for the people of Gibson county, but for the Sta‘e and the whole South. It were better tor your court to sit until Christ- mas and for the State to expend any, amount of money | than for us to failin this matter. “Therefore, if mone: | properly expended. it detectives, if legal ability, it ad- | Uitonal posses are needed, let any oral of these agen- cies be brought into requisiuon. Jam ready sate any responsibility within the expressed or reason: Wy | implied powers conferred by the constitution, and will | Noha and unhesitatingly respond to any such de- ; mand mad je upon me, Mirsaying thiy ‘much T do not mean to imply’ a single doubt either ofthe sufficiency, disposition or ‘ability of rt United States commussior already involved. I have the mont hn- | the success of the efforts you promptly in- | augurated write and are still prosecuting. “But To what I do to assure you of my interest in and sympathy for your earnest eitorts to prociaim the majesty, effi- ciency and power of the law to meet all the Cro ces of society. I know, too, the difficulties attending the detection of crime committed by a large body of men | in disguise and under the triendiy protection of night. | But when these ditficulttes are overcome, as they can be, the triumph of the civil Jaw and its officers is only so much the greater. I have not written earlier, because my despatches were sutticiently comprehensive to give | you assurances of my desires of co-operation, and I de- wire also to take a calm survey of the whole field, unin- fluenced by false rumors or excitement. urs very truly, JOHN C. SROWN, Governor. To Hon. Jonx Surrixatox, Attorney Gencral, Trenton, 7 '8.—Show this letter to the presiding Judge and Sheriff, and make such other ase of it as you may thapk proper. I hope to hear from you in a day or two, HOW PRISONERS ESCAPE, | The Queens County Jail and Its Ma: agement. The attention of members of the Queens county Boara of Supervisors has repeatedly been called to | the condition and management of the county jatl | at North Hempstead, both of which are pronouncea by competent authority to be simply disgraceful; | but tor some reason the board have as yet fatled to | take any action in the matter. The building is no- | tortously insecure, and the discipline is certainly | lax, to put it in the mildest manner possible, | Numbers of prisoners have from time to time es- caped, since the Ist of January last, until it has aimost come to pe regarded outside as a matter of | choice with those imprisoned there whether they shall stay in jail or not. That escapes are frequent cannot be denied by the authorities, and none of the prisoners who have once suc- | ceeded in gaining the outside of the prison en- closure have been recaptured, with one exception—that of a man who injured himself in jumping the fence and was found on the following day in a cornfleld near by. Among the despera- does who have thus escaped may he mentioned the notorious Shorty Lent, the burglar; Wiliam Schreive, receiver of stolen goods, and Wiluam Larkio, all confined for felonies aud awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. Bat it seems now that the escapes have not been wholly confined to prisoners awaiting the action | of the Grand Jury, put that prisoners serving sen- | tences of from one to six months can walk out | with impunity. One case referred to is that of | Lawrence Mackin, sentenced some time ago to six months’ imprisonment for tna | nd severely injuring a woman at Jamaica. Mackin's time would not have expired until some time tn Octo- ber, but the confines Ot the jail have not known lus resence for two ‘months past, and probably his escape, however effected, would never have been known to auy but te Jail author- | ities, but for the lact that lus friends told of it, al- though not until he had been some time upon the ocean on his way to Ireland; and in this connec- tion the boast was made that any prisoner could get away who wislied to. It is a matter of com- mon report that prisoners who have the money to pay for it can obtain liquor in limited quantities, und this certainly shows lax discipline on the part of Sherif Sammis’ deputies. Even the women are thus allowed to buy liguor and get drunk. Only a few Sundays ago two female prisoners, while under the influence of bad whiskey, had a terrible fignt ina room where some fiiteen or twenty other women were confined, One of them was beaten severely, and wouid probably have been killed but for the tardy mtervention of the keepers. ‘The Board of Supervisors will hold their annual meeting at the jail building early 1n October, when. 16 18 hoped they will take Some action to remedy the evils compiained of, uniess such action should anticipated by Sherif Sammis himeelf. FUNERAL OF AGATHA STATES, Many friends of the late Mme, Agatha States Orlandini, particularly members of the musical and theatrical professions—among whom she was a general favorite—yesterday attended her funeral services at No. 467 West Thirty-fourth street, Tne remains reposed ina beautiful casket of silver. mounted rosewood, which was thickly strewed with floral offerings from those who had loved and admired the prima donna in her life. On id w liver plate, bearing this inscription oi eorere mere rnrent rene nerece renee rece nt tt Nett: AGATHA STATES ORLANDINI. 3 Died September 2, 1874, Aged 33 years. Qrvrcevconenr cnc rere sercns nent One nene nee Ht eo ‘She was born in New York city, and leaves @ boy of fifteen years and a girl o: etent Her body was borne to Caivary Cemetert,