The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1875, Page 4

LOUISIANA. The Political Future and the onduct of Elections. THE KING OF LOUISIANA. Negro Demagogues Coming to the Front. The Only Sure Remedy for Acknowledged Evils. Jackson, Miss., May 1, 1875. One cannot study tne politics of Louisiana and her politicians long without becoming aware tuat the radical leaders are, a3 political managers, far more skilful and adroit hey understand the geaeraiship of a partisan campaign; and if they only bad a little principle OF @ little of that wisdom which Would teach them ‘hat misgoveroment must bave an end, they might even now ruie the State for another term | pi years. Their uiMculty ia that they bave so ong used the worst arguments and the most cor- supt amd corrupting meaas tual they cannot stop Without ruoning @ risk of losing their adverents. 1 believe Governor Kel ogg would now like to make bis administration honest; but he would also like to go to the Senate, and the result is that be will be no more honest than those who control him wil let him ve. The subalterns, tue petty oMcers of the tadical army, are, ag a general tung, @ very poor set, With bere and there au exception they baug on to office with a tenacity which is al- most pitiful; it 18 asort of death grip. Aradl- ful member of the Legisiature whom I asked Woy he opposed the Wheeier adjustment sald, Wilh @ pathetic quiver im his voice, “Because Uthat ts passed it means that I shall go out.” { thougnt be meant that he would be driven put of the State, and Lasked bina 1 be really feared Neuce. He replied, “Not at all, you don’fuuder- Mand me; J mean that 1 shall have to go out di politics. if the conservatives once get a Majority in the House, they’ carry The state atthe next election.” Ihis man is a member of the Legisiature; be had enjoyed turee br jour terms, but he wanted anotner. To “go put” seemed to him like dying does to common mortals, and bis dolorous face was a stuay. It aever occurred to him to think taat the con-er- fatives had already carried tne State, and were, ig the adjustment, giving up & part of tae ma jority they had fairly gained. THE KIN@ OF LOUISIANA. The strongest, and probably tue most danger- ous, politician im the State om either side is tue United states Marshal, Packard. He is reputed to be @ man Of unflinching courage, strong wil and no scruples. A citizen of Maine he tas lived i Louisiana since the war; Marries here, became early knowa asa sbrewd and successfai political organizer, and was made United States Mar shal vy General Grant. His body is large aad siumewhat beavy, and his mind does not move Tupiuly. His single idea is to keep Louisiana in fepublican hands, and nis only method Is to mass tne coored vote. “Packard,” sad an honest re- publican to me a day or two ago, “sands in our Way iN making @Spltin parties bere, woica 1 1s #0 necessary for the wellare of the State to do. He always wants to mass the col.red vote; he be- lievea in the color line, He discourages every at- Yemspt to bring the right kind of wince mea into ouMparty, aud always bas something against anew man Wao would sBare our political fortanes—that ue Was in the rebel army, or something of tnat kind. | toimk but ior Packard we mignt reauy make suck @ break Bd reorganization of parties as Would give the State rest aud permanent good government.” in Washington iast winter Mr. Packard ap- peared as one of the streauods advucates of tne 4abeas Corpas and Force bills, aad vis argument was Wiat, Ui this measure was passed, ne would wuaraptee wo carry the State ior the republican party (m 1876 oulifit was not passed be would p omise nothing. Here in New Orieans he op- posed Wheeler adjustment at frst. and very s:rongly, ana it was one of bis aaverents who amused me by denouncing thls adjustment with 4 good deal of pro.anity, as “Sure to denational- ize woe Louisiana question.” Amid the general cenforaiization and corruption it 1 a part of Packard's strength thas be is believed to be pece- niarly honest. Te has a little the air of a fanatic, cathe tein reality an extremeiy adroit and an- ecrupuloGs politician, and tney say Be wants to go to the sepate. He is @ politician and tolerates no rival pear nis throne. I was toldof a case where he imagined tha® a repubiican was obtaining too moch mfuence in @ paris). He sent up—it Was year—a steamvoat with e brass band aod some “organizers,” and set up a rival repablican organization, whose alm was to drive out the re- } UolC«u seaders Whom he did not like. It was, as at Dappened, one of bis failures; dati suficientiy snows that be means to rule, The office of Coited States Maranal in ot these Soutrera States gives a man very extraor- ainary powers; for, so far irom Wastingten, and Among s people Whose complaints are not much ‘istened to, be is @ Kind of viceroy. Under the Ea- forcement acts he May Muke summary arrests on (rivolous pretexts, me may use tue army to doit; he 18 & peace officer with practicaily no superior, very ivosely deflnea powers and small responsibility, particularly if be is trusted by the Present. Toat you may not think | overstate the authority lolged in Marsval Packard's haods 1 transeribe bere part of @ yenefal order to “com- mending officers of posts and detachments” and issued from “Headquarters, bepartment of the Ga Whenever the United Stotes Marshal of the dis- treet iu Whieh you are serving of auy of his depu- es shail make Written appication ty you ior & Setacument of troops to protect nim or them in toe periormance of wheir duties of to aid Dim or toem vo serve jeg: ee oie such detachmeni, reportimg your action to (uese headquarters. Now Mr. Packard is not only United St: shal, for be unites wits this office another of even greater importance—be i chairman of tne Repubican State Central Oommistee. That s to say, the United States treops in Louisiana ate placed by the federal administra stom under orders of the chief manager of the pablicau party. very United States svidier in (be State obeys the orders of the Unairman of the Repubdlicam State Central Commistee. such a a Wit were not abused, would be it © suspicion, and muat give just cause of com- Moreover, it \s hardly sused. For tn- he Congressional Committee that ) befor y* election of 1876 United Staves ea red in several paris armed with 4 of New Orleans by the Marsoai. arrest issued in Bat why should a citizen, mnocent of wrong, be alarmed at such things? Well, because it is not 4 pleasant experience which -ome them ave had, at Mr. Packara’s hangs, to be dragged downto New Orieans from a distant county parish, put under bail and then allowed 16 vo Dome sgain at teerr own expense. i have heard [rom army Offlcers several cases Where suco eo errest of & Man against whom noting was ever proved uf attempted to be proved, Caused suffering to nis amily which was dependest on his dally iavor ior support, and of other cases where men lay oa! in toe woods couscious of innocence, out 0 | of Pack. ard’s bank Warrants, Moreover, waile such war. rants we ai wbrosd just before the election none Were sept our after the election, when, if tver, i ight be pposead thet offences bad been committed. State where a poutical rege. reat bittePLess and vita: importance 8 going on the chief vf one party thus, sou see, ues @atbority to command at any + place and for such purpose as he may services ol the United States army, it is a least than the conservatives. | Mar- | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 3), 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. | an ineonventenee to the other party. No doubt | they would like to have the troups too. THE CONDUCT OF ELECTION. | The supervisors of registration are appointed | by the Governor, and are naiuraily, and in fact, partisans of the party in power. rraudulent rexis- | tration has been proved on several occasions; | analnave before me @ rexistration certificate now, dlafik as to name, date and residence, but duly signed by the Supervisor of Assumpuon as follow | was duly registered a3 4 qualided eector of the | parish of ,in te MORN of ——, 18 3 that | @ certificate of such regisisiration was at the | Mme issued to me by the Supe: visor of Registra- | tien ior tue said parish, whicu certificate of regis- tration nas been lost or destroyed, lam —— years of »ge, my occupation is | , and | pow reside at | place of resiuence. ‘Sworn and subscribed to, this — day of | 4. D.18 , vefore me. bE. GAURE, | Supervisor of Ke Tation | for (he Parish of Assumption, DUPLICATE. (Urigimal No. —] UNITED SiAteks OF AMERICA. STATE OF LOUISIANA. , Panisn OF “ 1 hereby certify that — was un tbe -— day of —,18 , duly registered as a qualified elector on the original registry of tus parish, No, —, #eitizen of the United States, und resiaing at born in , age ——, nataralizea ia Jourt, State of —— day ol . 18. Now resides at ——, Witness my hand, this — dav of a. D. (i. E. B. GAURE, Supervisor of Registration jor tae Parish of Assumption, The nature of this instrument, which asserts & persooal appearance of [the applicant for registration, makes it impossiole to be levally signed on biank. Now, spurious registration papers would be of little vaiue bat for # very Singular clause in the Election laws, which gutnorizes a voter to vote at any poll ia hia parishy or at any poll in the ward of lls residence in New Orleaus. A parish is @ county. What ta to pre- vent # man With a dozen registration certifi cates in his pocket from voting at a sozen pois in his county ? Nothing, except tue diMeulty of gecung to so many on the same day, This rule, which May bave been made for good reasons—I don’t know as to that—is im effect an invitation to fraud. Finally comes the Returning Board for the State, named by (he Senate, which sits a. New Orleans, and overhauls qe retarns, and, as was proved to the satisfaction of the Congressional Committee, sudstautiaily does what it picases wita them, Amoug other things it nears charges of intimication, and, in order thateverytuing may be in readiness to bring forward such charges, these prudeni repabdlicans priat beforehand inum, idation certificates to Waich ignorant negroes are pursuaded toset their *X" marks. Here is an ex, ample, and on the other side you will find a cer- dicate of the same Narcisse Jacyues, watch also 1s sworn to belore @ notary pu lic aud whica tells | iu detail quite a litte tale of imtimidation, but of | a aiferent kind:— State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Martin.—Be- fore we, the undersigued autuorl y, personally came and appedied MI. Narcinse Jacques, a resi- dev lol the pars of aL. Martin, Who oeiug Dest duly Sworu, decisres and sayy ibut ne is entitled vo register aud vote 1u the said pariso Of St. Marun, Unat oe 18a repuolic.n ana tual ve Would hive Vo.ed the ticket umuexed hereto, luciuuing tor IneMver OF the Forty -iourlA Congress, Oad DE NOt beeu preveutes irom registering vy fear 01 per- soaal violence from armed voules ol men who wave been patculling tue couatry, his NAKCISSE X JACQUES, mark. Sworn and subscribed before me, } this 27h Gay of Uctober, isi4, f Gustave Bakes, Justice of the Peace. Stale of Louisiana, /arish of St. Martin.—Be- fore the unoersigned autuority, a Justice of che Pouce of the parigu of St, Martin, personally came wud appeared Narcisse Jacques, a ireeuman oi the paris Of St. Murun, wou, ater being duly sworo, Said and declared that the paper vn whica 18 wriiteu Lue aildavit om tue otner sive was Rauved to him by UNeziphone Delaboussape, the Dherif of ihe purisa Oi St. aod thal, (nvuga be aM@xed ois murk davit, be Was deceived as to lis contents; tha: said afl- Guvit is false; that be Was Lot prevented regisier- ibg, Abd so ino; med Gustave Baker, the Justice Ot the Peace, and Oneziphone Velanoussaye, Jr., the suerid; that Said alidavit was signed by hun ib the fedefal camp estaviisoed at Breaux bringe, in the parish 01 ot. Martin, Defore aud during tue last election; @ud tuat le bua previousiy been tu.reutened vy Ove Kuvert Alien, vl (he purisb of , a rad Cal leader, tuat, uaiees ne regis- voted the radicui ucaes he (2M@aut) 0, tried, wanged or killed oy the leuerai cavalry Len eugagea ia gathering negroes to tue registration odice. Tae threats of the said Kober: Alieu w made in tue presence of Darmas Gondry, sis employer, Who told lim todo as be Wisued sud toougut proper and jent him a Hv18@ Lo gO to Breaux Bridge; ‘vat tue sad Robert Alleo toiu aMant’s employer, Dai was Gingry, (ust be (Gundry) Would aise De airestea by tne iederal cavairy. bis NARCISSE X JACQUES. mark. Witness to the above mark—Eno. A. UCOMAMP. Swora ww ond suoser,ved tus Gay of December, A. D. 1874, Oscan Batrugy, J, P. It 1s a singular fact that in the greater number Of parishes the registration lists sbow that tne col- ored registered are more nawerous, compared Wita the colored population, than tne white regis- tered, compared with the white population. tak- ing the ceasas of 1870 as a basis. For instaace, in Plaquemine parisa the registry lists show one white name for every 7 1-6 of the tutai white pop- lation ; 0Us one Diack name for every 33¢ oF the to- tal colorea popalat.on, Bat while I was in Piaque- mine out of a panel of forty-eight names drawn ior jurors, from the registry lists of 1874 only twelve could be found. The other thirty-six were non-existent—that is to say they were (raucu- jentiy regretered. In St. Charles the whites reg- istered are one in 3%; tue Diacks, one tu 2} of the respective population. in St, James, the white registry was ove in 4: toe black, one 10 255 Of their population. In St. Landry, where it Was pretended that there was intimidation, White and Diack DOLb registered 1 in 4}¢ of their population. Im Carroll the whites registered 515 and tHe viacks 37-10 of their population. In Terre Bonne the population stood—white, 4%: black, 2%, and sooo. in many parisnes the proportions were reversed; but ia toe greater number the culured men registered @ larger proportion to their population tnam the whites to theirs, Tuis does not lowk much like intimidation. Finally, the Vote of 1874 was uncommonly fai. “The whole Dumver o! voles registeread Was 167,004 Of these 144,523 voted. This i@ a larger proportion of Tegistered voters than usually vowe in any of the Northern States;’ so say the Congres- Sonal committee. “When a man marries his troubles Degio,” saysan coidsong. In Louisiana when @ mau votes & conservative ticket his troubles begia, He must prove that ne voted and that he did not frighten some other body from Young, aod when be bas done that then the Re- \arning Board may after ali tara aim out. THE POLITICAL FUTURE. I have goue into this detail to show you that it te no joke bo Carry an election against tue radicals in Louisiana. If the party in power were uaited, and pad (ne federai government to support them, they could easily, witn all this machinery, from Packard to printed intimidation certificates ana Returning Board, remain in for @ centary, But, first, ‘they are no ionger united. A por- tion of the repuDiica certaialy deatre honest government. They aréa minority of tue party, bat they are hopeful. They will join or be joined to the greater part of the old whigs in the S:ate, Who Bumver pernaps One in four of the white voters, perhaps more; and who hate the name democrat. | velleve uf the republican perty io North catied itself the whig party, it coaid carry Louis by @ considerable majority in the next election. Second—The negr: are becoming & nuisance to their whe allies. Under tne imspiration o1 Pinchback and otner ambitious colored leader. they begin to grasp afver ail the off sea, “We have the majority” taey say: ‘we caat the votes; pe offices belong to us; We do nor need you,” They are ready to give judgeships to the whites— but the Lewisiatare, the sceriis’ places, the police juries, (county supervisors), a where mousy is to be spéni a they demand in tnone where they ote the majority, “l Was very giad of the alfair of the 14th of September in New Ovicans,” guid a re- Puviican to ae, ‘Ths was the affair io whien M seasion of the government. | and Le said “We nery took pos. asced him why, 23 OF AMERICA, STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARisn OF — . 1, — ——, do sowmuiy swear, amc, thatl | no other | | Joriry im my parish, We nave aiways managed | | honestly and vigilantly protected the blacks in all | | their rignts; but we have given the important | | places to invelligent and honest whites. Last summers I suddemy joand that some colored leaders were quietly getting up an Opposition to our management and were determined to turn us out aud put in an entire cowred set of vitles-hold- ers. All our white people were uneasy, because | an ignorant and corrupt police, jury and sheriff | might run us into heavy debt. fhe blacks would not Usten to arguments; but just then came the 14th of September; the news of Mcyery’s suc- cess flew to our paris! twas believed that the federal government would recognize him; the | negroes were alarmed; they focked around me again and were very ready to ‘heed the good | counsels of those of us who had been for years, as they knew, their safe guides and isers, but whom just before they had been quite reaay to | throw overboard w.th contempt.” ‘This Incident will give you the key to an tm- portant part of the situation in Louisiana, The blacks are not wise enougn to resist the allure- | ments of their own corrupt leaders. Office hag great temptations for them; and the strongest | radicals nave confessed to me that the blacks have no shame about bribery or corruption, no sense of the dignity of office. I speak of them, of course, as a class, There are exceptions. You will see that no taxpayer, no matter of what party, can afford to give up entirely to the cclorea | voters, A division of the white vote, which is the only way to divive the colored vote, 1s an avsolute | necessity to all but the political gamblers in Louisiana, It will make the negro safe, but it willexclade him trom the important offices and enable both parties to select the competent and honest colored men ior sach oMices as they may with propriety claim. THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS, The conservative politicians have-not been wise, They have too often oeen ruled by their tempers, For instance, under the natural irrita- tion of misgovernment, mucn of whicn i truly blamable to the ignorant biacks whom the radicals have brought into power, the conservatives, in State convention last year at Baton Rouge, adopted a resoluti n deciaring that they would nominate no colored men to any oftice whatever. It was seen by themselves 1o be so foolish an act that no sooner had the Convention adjourned than i thir- teen parisnes the same men did actually nominate colored men on their tickets. But tney were too late. Vheir adroit opponents made fuil use of the Baton Rouge platform, and in most instances pre- vented the break which the conservatives sougat to make, An intelligent negro in ove of the coun- ury parishes expressed to me his disgust at the bad character ol the men nominated and elected by the radicais in 1874 in his parish, “But, IL said, “if you knew that why dia you not vote for the compromise ticket, whicn nad also colored men on it, and good ones, f am told.” He repiued, “It came too lare; tie radical organizers bad already been around among our people; one ticket was nominated and our peopir pledged to support it, and the Baton Rouge platform made them feel angry.” And so they voted for men whom they knew to be ‘corrupt. It is not nice; but itis a sample 0! Louisiana politics, PACKARD AND PINOBBACK. The conservatives will not blunder so again. They Dave learned wisdom. The real embarrass- mentin the fasure tes with Packard and Piucn- back, They belleve in the culor line, and Pinco- back is an unscrupulour aod, with bis own peo- ple, @ very imfucntial politician. The col- ored people, unforrungtely, are very suscept- ible to such influences as his, They are—their best friends ana most zealous supporters openly confess it—incapable of inae- pendent politicalaction. They require a leader. This i880 true that the ofce of “organizer” is oue of the most important Im the radical ma- chinery in Lonisiana, He is @ person oiten sent from New Oricans, some weeks Or months cefore election, to gather up tne colored vote; to appoint and bold meetings; to instract the iocal leaders, who are mostiy preachers and school teachers, and to organize the party. ‘We bad a light col- ored yote in our parish,” said @ conservative to me; “but tbere was no intimidation. The organ- izer came up late ond jell sick @8 soon as Le got there, and the negroes had no one to drill them and tel) them wnat to do,” Now, Pinchback understands organization. He bas at tois time a propagandist of bis views in many parishes, and it is said he means to make | nameel{ if he can, master of the colored vote. I believe he canuot do it; but he can do much mis- chief, and uniess the waite party is broken be will be able to trade On @ consiaerabie part of the col- ored vote, IMPERIALISM SPREADING. It is @ grave misiortune for Louisiana that in her crisis she has so weak a Governor. I believe | that Governor Kellogg has @ sincere wish to do Tight; bat be bas no force of character; he has no influence over those who rule with im. He lacks the iron grip "hich 1s needed to pring retorm. Only the otuer day I was tolu that the State Super- tendent of Public Instruction (a colorea man) bad Spoocinted two nolorivusiy corrupt men to be president and treasurer of the school board of a parish, | asked the Gevernor how he came to pe: mit suck a wickedness, He repiled:—‘*Tne colored Senator demanded it, Brown, the Superinten- dent ty gave in to bim. I am sorry—but whatamltodof One listens with contempt to such an eXcase, Which no man would make woo realy commanded his administrayion, The good Kellogg only drifts, id bopes Le is driftiog toward the United States Senate. But, so drift. ing, he iataily impedes reforms; ne dilows things to be done whien embitter tne passions of men and make them hopeless of re- form; he really bands togetner tne white men, who have ali to lose by continued bad gov- ernment and ali to gain by good, and the great mass 0; Whom Would to-day ve nappy and content with good government on any terms, Mahy of them, Indeed, would vot make General Grant President for life and Lovisiana a province, be- cause, as & Very respectabie and intelligent man said to me but the otnerdcy, “In that case we shoold at least bave equal protection, and could appeal direct to Cesar for justice and equal rob. very, It is not pleasant to bear suce words from an American citizen. TAR ONLY SURE REMEDY. The oniy sure remedy, ! am persuaded, lies in the absolute non-interfereree of tne federal power. Ifto-day it were known as @ dead cer- tainty that the federal government would not in- teriere in the affairs of Louisiana on any account except for revellion against the federal govern- | Ment the influence of those republicans who eerely desire good government would be increased Sbhundrediola. 1 bey Would \e able toextunguish at once the power of the colored demagogues, fortve Degro dares to be poiltically corrupt only because he profoundly believes that tne federal arm will protect him tn nis acts; he nas aiways seen it do so. Take away the cousiant menace of iederal interierence, and the whole body of corruption- jats will at once slink out of sigut, they did in Arkansas, Governor Kellogg nimsels will bay: bis wishes respected, instead of despised, aa they now are. Nor do I believe that any serious disorder would happen in the State. Tne good people would Know that they coud ho,e to control the govern- ment by fair @nd peaceable means and would have its help in controling tue disorderly whites, There is not the jeast disposition to fall into trouble with the federa’ power, Taere is No hos. tility to the Colon or the government. The negro laborers are too valuavle to be abused; for iree Jabor is @ very great and universally ackuowl- @oged success, The spirit of Lowisiana is Bot bad; ie WhO saysit is has, | GO not hesitate to assert, Some bad moive. Of course there ares few parishes, like Franko, wuere ba life ts held caeap, Where ro 5 rule, and Where one Migot, without eXaggeration, eay twat ander the carciess sWuy Of Lue radica lers outiaws have M.svered soctety, at in these parisned, of woica tuere are bur tweor turee at most, nu one pre- tends ‘Dal Moruer 18 practised jor political pur- Frackin, jor insvance, was the refuge of ters and outliws during the war; it is thinly poywiated, contains but jew blacks, and I think irom wha: { pave heard irom democrats and repobiicaus is bas substan: | s | Charles F, Smith, General Badeau says, | which oticer planned tne march aily no law except that of the pistol and knife. “The people are getting very tired of it,” said a repubiican to me, “Property 18 unsalable, no- body goes there, and they would welcome law and order if they could get it.” I said there were per- haps two or three such parishes, but I know of only this one, Its condition ig probably worse than that of some of the coal counties of Pennsyl- vania, but not much worse, Neither Warmoth nor Kellogg bas done anythiug to improve it, But the great body of the waite people of the State are good citizens, and they have learned a | terribly severe lesson of the importance of justice, peace and order in the last ten years, They have learned 'o respect the rights of the negro, and they and tue blucks ought to be trusted with self-gov- ernment, There 13 no other way to reform abuses im the state, and, what is still more important, @ continuance of the federal protectorate will speedily result in making life tntoleravie even to the W..ite republicans, or, a least, to that part of them who have property 1a the State; for, asi pointed ont before, it is the worst class of colored deuiagogues who are now coming to the suriace to take command, In another letterI mean to give you some count of tne industry of Louisiana, and the condi- tion of the negro as laborer. CHARLES NORDHOFF, THE MARCH TO THE SHA. oe A REVIEW OF THE CLAIMS TO THE HONOR OF PROPOSING IT. To THe EpivoR or TH HERALD:— AS you are now discussing the history of the rebellion as illustrated by General Sherman’s re- cently published “Memoirs,” allow me to call at- tention to one or two points. General Siierman, tn his first volume, In refer- | Ting to the capture of Forts Henry and Dovelson, describes an interview which took piace vetween | the scores made at Creedmoor on the Wimbiedon THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST. What the Irish Riflemen Have Accomplished. AMERICAN AND IRISH SCORES Probable Composition of the Irish Team. Ww HO OW TN ee The contest which took place at Creedmoor on Saturaay farnishes us witb some very interesting data relative to the skill of the rifemen who are to dispute the palm of victory in the coming inter- national maten in Ireland. Owing to the Irish having practised on the new Wimbledon targets it has been impossible up to the preseut to make | any satisiactory comparison of the work being done by the rival marksmen, ‘The favorable conditions under which tne con- test for the possession of the Leecn Cup took piace and the splendid scores made by the membera of the American team on the new target allow us to compare their work with the scant record we have of what the Irish riflemen are doing. It wili be seen that targets compare very favoravly with anything yet Generals Halleck, Cullam and bimseif, in which it | is made to appear that the plan for capturing | Fort Donelson originated in a conversavion with | these three officers, and was the thought o/ either | Sherman or Cullum communicated to Halleck. | ‘The impression left upon the wind of the reader | 1g that General Halleck, instead of Grant, is en- titied to tne credit of the brilliant campaign which ended im the destruction of the revel power ip Tennessee and was the foundation of Geveral Grant's wilitary career. If it can be showa that General Grant is not eatitled to some | credit for this achievement then the inierence | must be that, not only at the beginning, put \o the | end of tis career, he claimed honors whicn did not | belong to him, On referring to General Badean’s “Military His- tory of General Granv’ I find In the frst volume this ‘Statement:—Referring to the late General “smith on ois return reported that tue captare of Fort Henry was feasible; ‘two guns would make short work of the jort.’” “Graut received this report on the 22d of January, and Jorwarded it at once to Halleck, The Same day De obtained permission to visit St. Louts, the headquarters of the depart- ment’ “On the “3d he started for St, Lous. The express ooj ct of bis visit was to procure Halleck’s permission to take Forts Henry and Donel-on; bat when he attempted to broach the subject Halleck stienced him so quickly and go sharply that Graut said nO more upon the mat- ter, but weut back to Cairo with the iiea that his commander thought him = guilty ol proposing s great military blander.” General Grant, however, was not disposed to surrender his idea even under the rebuke of General Ball and so five days suosequently be veiegraphed to St, Louis, *Witn permission I will take and bold Fort Heory, on the Tenuessee, and estavlish and ho.d @ large camp there.” On the next day (January 29) Graut wrote to Halleck as JoluwWs:—"lp view of tue large force now con- centrating lo (bis district and the present feast- bility of the plan, | Would respectiuliy suggest tne propriety Of subduing Fort Henry, near the Ken- tucky ads Teunessee line, and hoid the posiuon.” “ne advantages Of Unis Move are’ @ percep ivie tothe General commanding as to myself, and, Wherelore, iuriher statements are unnecessary.” Adnural Foote telegrapned On the same date to Ha.eck confirming tue opinion of Generai Grant. Ou tue Suc Of January, the Gay after Grant's letcer, General Halleck consedted to the move- ment aud seut bis instructions, Which are reported iu ful. dhe orue:s ior the attack om Fort neury were writteu Ou the $ta of Feoruary, 1862, aud tue caprure was efected that day, Fort Doueson fall- lug @ iew days later (on the i6tn), Tais demon- Strates, tvereiore, that General Sherman's at- trivutiog 16 ine orders 0; Haueck tue suceess of tots Oriiliact mManwuvre in Teanessee is a mis Lobserve that there is much Giscussion 48 to to (he sea— Grant or Soerman, The sUtoories in Geveral Sieriman’s Look WhICh OU quote Would seen TO be Conclusive Ou (ue 8 )€@8, bul on relerring to Geueral Badeau’s Gisto.y | Bad tw or tree ements, in the (orm vl extracs irom oMcial vCuMeuts, When tees Us aduitional got upou this coniroversy. So tar al uoderstund Gonerai Sherman's positive be DTst suggested tee te 10 tHe seu un & writen Sep iee4; out of you will varu to Gever Work, ob page 653 you wil fina the 13h 0; Jana- ary, std, Graut viue, by Way Of Cumveriand Gap W NaSuville, Woere his Deadquariers Wee DUW estavlisted.” Ou tae loth be said to Hal- jeck, “I shall direct Sve. m: sherefore, to move out to Meridian witu O18 Spare iorce of cavairy, going from Corinto, and Gestroying the Touds east aud so¥th Of there so effectually that the enemy Wul DOL attempt to reould tuem der- jug the revelioa, He will then return, unless op- epee of going ito Mobile With the jor «8 appears periectiy plain. Owing to the BUBoer ol veterans furoughed Chattanooga than to thi and try to detain the iorce now Yuroat.” “This same letter,’ General Badeau, “contained an exposition of Grant's pea of the campaign tor lollowing epring.”’ “i look upon che next |i for me to secure to be that irom Chattanooga to Movie, Moutgomery aud Atlanta veing tae important in- termediate points, To do. tals large supplies must be secured on the Jeunessee River, so lmdependent of tue ratiroad from unessee for @ cousideravie € * 3 = 3 & e § General, fds, 40d bY am so granaly executed, W ready marked vut by tue chief jor uimseil th loug @ aavance.” Genera! Badeau tous dem strates tvat on the 1610 of January, Wocn Gr Was iu Command of the Army of the We: had bo iDteu tion of being tiansierred to the be was revolving the sume plans whica Gen- eral Sherman Low Claims to lave discovered in Bepremver of tue same year, eigat montha later. A copy of the leer toGenerai Hasieck, irom Waicu | quote, Was sent to General sherman, and onthe ivtu of January Geueral Grant wrote to~ General Tuomas, as | quote irom General Badean’s boon, page 560:—"We wii want to be ready atthe earliest possible moment in tue spring lor & gen- ‘ai adVauce. 1 l¥ok Upon toe line ior this army to secure Lu its DeXt Campa: to be that {ro tanvoga to Movie; Atiants and Moatgomery the importaat intermediate points.” Very clea thereiore, We fod taat in January Geverai Grant was convempiating the movement on Mobile Over the country as nis cam paign looking toward the cont Gu the éduf Marca Generai Graot received or- Gers to visit Wasuingtou, having beea uominated to coumand the armies. His intention was to return to |he Wess and not to remain io the Bust. General Bavean say%, On page STi:—"This was inst Atlanta and stat. bis Way to Atianta, the wolcne practicavle oojective point. He meant to con- centrate Saerman, Thomas aod schoveid’s armi Jor tous purpuse, ana enterained no voubt wha’ ever of entie success. When te starved for Wash- lngtvo, iC Was his frm intention to revurn to Obs: \anougs, 400 Woile be retuined con rol of alt toe Griaies to leat in person tovse which moved toward Grant the sea.” AB an evidence of General invention, aud as Contirming tus General Badeau quotes irom a letter raut to General Suerman on the 3d of Marc, saying, “Lom ordered to Wasuinaton, out a+ I ani directed to Keep up telegrapuie communication Witu tits commanoy, I svail expect im the course 01 ten OF tweive days to return (o it.” ue 10\m of March Generai Saerman,wrow letter to Generai Grant, which becam ma celebratea at that time, In waicn ne 4 as lo the sature. Don's stay ington. Come West. 1 to yourseit the whole Miasisst, pi = Valley. Let us make i, Gead sure, aud 1 tell you the Atlantic slopes and Pacife shores will fuliow ite destiay he limbs Of a tree live or die with trank,’’ “Hore lies t) to the coming empire, aad irom the West, Wien our task ig con , We will make Kicowond and &) y contribution to this discussion. It certainly ms tbat General Grants (rienas have aoundant right to claim for nim ome credit lor tna! gfend campaan West, @ part of which Was tee marca to th aud Whic, General Sverman executed with #0 much oriilane aud skill. law, sur, your obealeat servant, MANHATTAN, New Yous, May 28, 1676, | the firing. reported irom Ireland. Tne aggregate score of the first our men Of the team make the magnifi- cent total of 796, The four best scores so far reported from Ireland amount to 799, three poiuts in excess of the American total. It must, however, be keptin mind that tne Lrisu scores were not made on the same day nor in the same maich. They represent the best absolute per- formance of Messrs, McKenna, Wilson, Fulton and Johnson, who are looked upon as the crack mem- bers of the Irish team, So far as we know, in none of their contests have the scores made by any four contestants reacyed the total made im the contess for the Leech Cup at Creedmoor. We have at hand the record of a | competition for places on the Irish team made at Doillymount, near Dublin, on the loth of May. The day ix described as fine but an “agiy fincail wind" interfered somewhat \with the accuracy of Two mempers ot last year’s ‘eam were amonw# the competitors—Messrs. Milner and Jonn- son—and (he totals obtained by the jour best sho's Teached only 707 points, or 89 points less than Were made by Messrs. Bodine, Giidersleeve, Fulton and Coleman on Saturday, when Major Fulton was certainly not seen at his best, bis score, though very brilliant, not equalling his performance in the internatiom™!l matcn. Judging from what has been already done before the targets tne contest will be @ close one, as in some respects the condition of the competitors will be somewhat changed. The Irish riflemen have this year @ much wiier field for selection, and, though the first fuur of the American team are probaly Stronger than the four’ best shuts of tne | Irsn, the latier will nave the auvantage in the addition men. Neither General Dakin nor Mr. Yale are nearly 0 reliable marks- men as Milner and Rigoy, Who will provably c plete the Irish six; nor cau Messrs, Cuntieid and Bruce be so surely counted upon as Vr, Hamiiton or Copiain Waiker. The general excellence of the Irian team will, therefore, probably so coanterbal- ance the skull of the leading American riflemen that the victory will, no doubt, be wholly dependent on accident, A shot on the wrong target, ora sligot mistake in elevation, will be likely to give the victory to one party or the other. Considerable Varlation 18 noticeable in the Irish scores, Mr, McKenna, who Is credited with the highest score on record—208 polots out of a possible 225—some days feil as low as 187, @ aifference of 21 points, Fulton, who ts also lookea upon as one of the most skilfai of the Irish marksmen, ouly made 188 points on the day in whico Mr. Wilson scored 203. We have no means ef knowing what the state o1 the weather was during the fring, but it is reasonable to* believe it was favoravie in view of the splendid work doue by Mr. Wilson, who made 63 points at 800 yyrds, 65 at 900 yaros and 70 at 1,000 yards. Mr. McKenna made, on the same day, tue remarkuole score of 72 out of a posaiole 75 at 800 yards, 64 at 900 yards, but fell to 51 points at 1,000, which is far below the ordinary Work done by our best men at that . range. Ome 12th of May the following scores were made at Belfast:— ‘onde. 63 70-23 a Yards. Pe $00. & “6 bo! + 99188 2 + O11 | 59 é2 173 bot 80 good; but tnis may, im part, be accounted for by tne “ugly Mabtail wind woioh interfered with the aim of the compet- itors.”” Is is, however, worthy Of remark that tne total score of the first eight of the Irish com- petitors foot up a larger total than was reached by the eight members of the American team who snot in the Leech Cup maten on Sasurday. The — Dubiin scores are as follows :— BIGHT HUNDRED TaRDs, Names. Petals Edward Johnson +422946535455555 5-8 J, K. Miner... 434564545555 65-67 W. Wateriouse.... 4445455055 264-0 J. G, Pollock. . 4359555665255 6 RED Yanon. B. Johnson. 432540652533 55-05 J. K. Miner $5553255254653 53 W. Wacernouse. 43456455453 5524-8 J. G, Pollock. . 5446522456535 2 356 ARDS. Edward Jonson, 554324525 4—56 J. K. Mii $5545565 5 5—52 205634334 4—w 546658525 37 Mr. Milner scored... - 13 Mr. Follock scored... : 19 Mr. Waterhouse scored. 473 Mr. Johuson scored... 3 Not one of the Irish ridemen made im this day's firing, at the 1,000 yards range, as good shooting as did Colonel Boaine, Colonel Gildersieeve or Mr. Uoleman, the new memper of the American team, The following scores of the eignt most prominent Irish competitors ana of the members of the American team will give an ides of the relative the team: Joun McKenna Color jodine. Colonel Giidersi M exnibis the Irish team promises to ne really jormidabie. It must, bowever, be remem- bered that wulle the American scores were made on (he same day, the Irish scores represent tie best work done by the competitors for a pince on the team at different periuas. Two of the Ameri- can team also feil far below their general rage on Saturday. ‘The conditions under Which tue Scores were made easily accounts tor the differ. ence of thirty points whtcn ts in favor of the irish am, In the competition in which Mr. Wison made 203 Mr. MoKenona made only 187 potuta, which would reduce the total by twenty-one points. On tne er hand, it i# noticeabie that the names of Dr. Hamilton, Mr. Rigby and Captain Walker do not appear among the competitors for pisces, it may be that these gentiemen are prac- Using in Loadon, bat as yet no record of what te domg there Teacied as. We can scarcely imagine that these ge.tiemen would fall to take part ia the coming contest, Shouli they suoot in the preseat year's team Ireland Will De apiendiaiy tN” represented, and the Americans will require te Keep steady nerves and cicar eyes vo preserve the laurels they won last year. it is probable that tae Irish team will be composed of the folowing gentiemen:— Dr. Ham. jton, Mr, J. Kiuby., My, J. Wilson, Mr. H. Fulton, Mr. J. K. Milner, Mr. John McKenna, Mr. E. Joonson. Mr. J. G. Pollock. With Captain Walker and Mr, Waterhouse as reserv CREEDMOOR. The match which was to have come off to-day between the Irish-American and the Scottish American rife clubs has been postponed by mu- tual consent, in consequence of the dificulty met witb in procuring the requisite number Of targets, The reason of this is tat Lue military sport aud long rauge matches will occupy the butts nearly -allday. Arrangements will be made as speeaily a3 possible for carrying out the contemplated ti MATCH. To-day, at J. S. Coniin’s Broadway Gallery, the Forest and Stream short range badge will be come peted for. The contest promises lo be interesting trom the fact that it will be shot with twenty-two callvre rifles and under circums'ances which are to Mord a good opportunity of onserving the effect O/ shooting outside tue influences of the wind, YACHTING. cer ecient THE OPENING CRUISE OF THE ATLANTIC YAOHT CLUB. The Atlantic Yacht Club open the season to-day with a cruise down the bay, An opening day was first inaugurated in this club ander the régume of ex-Com wodore J, R, Maxwell, and has been carried out successfully for the past two or tiree years. Lt has also been found beneficial to the mterests ob the club, agit affurds members who are not yacot owners the opportunity of takingasail. To-day the members of the cluv are invited to take a satl, and tue yacht owners place their yachts at the disposal of the club, and the members are billeted on one or the other by the committee appointed for the purpose. The following 18 @ list of the yachts of the Atiantic Yacht Qlupi— SCHOONERS. Agnes—Vice Commodore L. A, Fish, Arlel—W. L. Swau. Eudie—Joun A. Monsell. idler—samuel J. Colgate, Mystie—W, G, Creamer, Nettie—Kev. George H. Hepworth, Peerless—J. R. Maxweil. ‘Tiltou—Commodore George A, Thayer, SLO’ A NEW RIFL Visivu—George H. Seele Anna—William A. Cumming. Baroar rrietenie—Jusn H. Rnod George KE. Man. yaway—V. b. Livingston, Dream—Jacod Cole. Gy psy—U.-C, Eyre, Geu1i—Stieppard Homans. Joseonine—sidney V. Lowell, 2 Kaiser Wilhetin L—W. 8. Greenleat Recteation—George A. Weber, Madcap—J. R, Busk. Maria—R, A, Huatiey. Fiora—Rev. MH. M. Scudder. Undiae—Wilham C, Fowler, Capcrice—K, 8, Church. Libble B.S, Le blood, Ori. n—Rear Comm» dore W —Willlam H. H, Beebe. Ada—George B. Moifat, Vauita—A. H, Furriagton, Marguerite—c, T, Pierce. Petrel—Joun 8. Beecher, ‘The fleet will sail about ten A, M, from the foot of Court street, South Brookiyn, and make a little cruise to the lightship and back, The annual re gatta of the clad will be saued oa June 22 OTHER EVENTS, Besides this cruise theve wil be considerable activity to-day among the boat and other sporting cluos, Tne Atlantic boat Clay of Hoovk u havea grand opening at tueir cluo ground and rowing Course tis @iternoon, as do also the Atalanta doat Club at Harlem, ine New York Atuietc Club give a series of games and otuer sports av thelr clad hb use at Mott Haven, and the New Jersey A hietio Sports at Ridgefield will auiract a large Concourse of $,ecvators to-day. At Amboy @ granu regatta will be held for thirty-1ees sioups, Waich cannot fall to be interesilng. YACHTING NOTES, ‘The new schooner yacht Mohawk, Vice Commo” dore W. T. Garner, New York Yacht Olud, will be launcned 1m about ten days. Her masts are ail in, head stays set and coppering dnisued, Jono M Sawyer 18 busily engaged finishing up ner canvas, and the cabin Work will de completed oefore tne end ol next week. Kumorsas to ber speed art plenty, and although there are nene sceptical ar to what she cau do running iree many Lave thei) doubts avout the way she will act On the wind, The schooner yacht Ariel, of the Seawannake Ciub, bas been delivered to ber owner, Commo dore Swan, naving had a new bow put on by Jesse Caril, of Nortoport, L. 1. The Ariel is very mach improved im looks, and there are hopes that she will prove faster than ever. in lengthening her great care was taken in distributing the butts of the new as well as the old planking, so as te secure strength, Ali of the timber used 1s of the best quality, and well fastened with locust tree nails aud galvanized iron, fhe yacht Adale is at the same yard and being thoroughly rebault from the keel up. She will soon be launched, Toe Williamsburg Yacht Club expect to have quite an exciting season, Tue following oMcert have been elected to serve for 1875:—Commodore A. Barker; Vice Commodore, A. Conklin; Pread dent, T. W. Reeves; Corresponding Secretary, 0 E, mielke; Recording secretary, W. A. Bardeli* Treasurer, Henry Miller, ana Measurer, Andret J. Brash. The picturesque buliding now being erected of Stapieton ianding jor the New York Yacht ula) Wil soon be completed. Tue builder expects & bave it ready jor the furniture in aovut ten days, ‘The fast sloop yacht Kaiser Wiheim, Mr. Greem leai, Atiantic Yaent Club, looks as pretty as & pict ture in ber new sul. of canvas. She will prove dangerous antagonist ibis seasun. Mr. Hurst's new sioop yacht The Active, butit by Porce, of Keyport, N.J., will be launched next Thursday, Tis yacat is bailt somewha: afver the model of an Boglish catter, and tuere is consider able an: to Bee HOW She Will go. Tne Polly wog Yacus Ciuo of Jamaica Bay hae’ bought a neW sloop yacht ‘weuty-six feet ia iT being fitted wita a new salt of Mr. Joan M, Sutphem hus been eiected Commouore o/ (ne Ciub, ‘The New Jersey Yache Vivo Ista quiie a pros perous condition and owns @ handsome fleet of anvas by Joan M. sawyer. yacuts, The Officers for 1875 are:—Commodore Eaward W, Ketcuam; Vics Commodyvre, J, Scott; Secretary, Frederick E nani dawkins; Treasurer, Unari ries | ‘$s, and Measarer, A. Hennisen. Yacht Meta, New York city, Mr. Iselin, from ter Bay, was ay anchor of Whitestone seater day, bound to New York. A YOULHFUL FORGER. HOW A PRECOCIOUS BOY SKILFULLY VICTIMIZE] HIs BEFRIENDERS. A young scamp named Henry Smith, apparently not more ¢ Ofteen or sixteen years old, Wa arrested at Huntington oy Constable De Long ot Saturday, charged with the commission o/ Vario® forgeries, by means of which ne obtamed gouds t aconsiderabie amount, it appears that Smith was an inmate o/ tue House of Refuge on Randalls Island for about three years, and was discharged jast winter. Going to Hontington he was em ployed oy Mr. Montgomery Baylis until avout the middie of April, when he was discharyea for threatening to kill t chilcren and er mis conduct. He then represented to Mr, Isaac Adam thar ne was an indigeat orpoa, and Mr. Adams pitylog nis conaitiea, emp oyed tim, and made him several preseats. Younz Smith go’ @ pair o panfalvons Without Mr. Adam.’ Knowledge, and then tried JO collect a bill from Mr. W. J. Woot on Mt. Ad@ns’ account. He was discharged vy Mr. A ‘ams in May, and wen to live with Christo pier Durag, having ho regular empioymen He worked two or three days tor Mr. kibert Woite who gave him an oraer oy J. M. Hendrickson fur pair of shoes. Ait’ geciing tne saoes hy Fe tained the order, rewrote it, inserting the name of Mr. Velser, 1oraed Mr. Walters’ sigmature and got another pair of shoes. He then torged a orver on Giidersiceve & Baylis tor some uru erie’, but idived to obtain them. Next he presented & forged order to H. s, & J. M. Brasy, and apon 16 Ovlaiaed a quantity of soap, cadeo, four, na &c. the nature of his Operations now beoa! known, anu the warrant Was isved woo whled he Was arrested, Justi @ Kulph neid nim to peur a: (we ueXt term of tue Uyer and Tormints D nex fail. A large part of the goods votall Boon rged uriers were iouod at Dorea’s Ose. a RIE ea ea ca a a ee ‘