The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1876, Page 8

8 -OLITICAL. —-— + The Change of Sentiment in Mis- sissippi Explained. —_--- —— A REVIEW OF AMES’ ADMINISTRATION. eetentpenmmenee: Information for the Morton In- vestigating Committee. Sa TENNESSEE AT CINCINNATI. Bristow's Victory at the Late Republican | Convention. incited LEADING REPUBLICANS. tee EXPRESSIONS FROM Arronney GuyeRat’s Oviicr, ) Jacksox, Mies, Nov. 24, 1875. § To His Excellency U. S. Grant, Prevident of the United States :— Sin—Mississippi, with a republican majority two years ago of 24,000, has just gone democratic by an overwhelming majorty—say 30,000. This was no less astonishing to the democracy than it was sad to the republicans, afd masmuch as many dave undertaken to account for our defeat and contradictory starements bave been made as to the real cause, | think it proper to write and give you a plain and unvarnished state- ment of affairs here, and, while it is painful to give the whole truth, yet it will in some degree relfeve me as legal advisor from tho Fesponsibility of many of the fatal blunders of the present State administration and at the same time give the real causes of our defeat, Governor Ames was inanguratea in January, 1874, Under the most favorable auspices. His address promised economy and reform and was well re- esived by the whole country, even our political ‘@pponents In a stato of disruption, many of them hav- fing voted for him, expressed a willingness to support him in all that he had promised and advised; but, in- ‘tead of encouraging every indication of returning friendship, his cold indifference drove them at once into a direct antagonism. He seemed to contract his views and narrow bis circle of friends to a few conti- Gential advisers, as it were a close corporation of mer- cenary men, who knew but little of the wants of tho people of the State and cared less—men who have no identity of interest or sympathy in common with the people of the State, and, to deal plainly, 1 must call names—such men ag John B, Raymond, A. T. Morgan, A. R. Howe and a few lesser lights, tf possible. Ray- mond, the State Printer and chief clerk in the Treas- urer’e Office, lobbyist around the Legislature, espe- eially on the printing bills, which pay bim nearly $90,000 per annum, when $30,000 would be too much. He leaves his printing office in the bands of another, ft Is said, at a salary of $1,800 in currency, and takes s clerkship in the oifice of the State Treasury $1,500, in State warrants worth @eventy-five or eighty cents on the dollar, This he could” well afford because he handled the funds of the State, and if be cashed his own warrants he makes nearly $20,000 per annum on that, and thero fs nothing to prevent it except his known honesty (?), There has been much complaint of this, and yet it is persisted in to this day. But the Treasurer's office is to chango hands since the special election to fill a vacancy and bis office as tate Printer !s about to expire, and now he wants to be Postmaster at Vicksburg, I regret to add that he is so degraded that the chargo of corruption aud bribery Js Bo offence to him, and it comes from various sources, THE STATE OFFICIALS. Morgan, who is Sheriff of Yazoo county, has long ‘Deen a refugee from his county. Chairman of the late State Convention and husband of a very respectable colored woman (?), who, when & State Senator, offered, in writing, to sell his vote for $2,000, and Raymond re- fused to pay it, saying he had already paid him $900, ‘nd that was enough for that vote. A. R. Howe, ex- County Treasurer and ex-member of Congress, who took from the treasury of Pavola county, through an ignorant colored Hoard of Supervisors, and now un- lawiully retains, the sum of $5,125 97 ([ have a certi- Ged transcript of the record), and which he doesnot deny, but refuses to pay. This, in brief, 1s a small part @f-the record of three of the ‘Governor's contidential Advisers, friends and counsellors, and Le must haye known thor character all the while. ‘Through these and other friends he had very full eontrol of the Legisiature and could procure almost any legisiation that looked at all piausible, either for the good of the State, the good of the party or for s erandizement, and the sequel las shown how he ‘used that power. The first session of the Legis: ea with but little if any reform and we ielt aad, Under the constitution and lawsof the State ho was Fequired to appoint twenty (20) chancellors, with the advico and consent of the Senate. This, of course, should have been dune during the session of the Senate, but for some reason, best known to himself, bo refused to do it, bat waited until the adjournment and then made the appointments in vacation, and this was Bet uside by the Supreme Court (see Brady vs, Howe, 60 Miss, reports, p. 607), the Court boldimg that tho appointinents should have been made during tho session of the 5 It was manifestly his duty to have made the appointments during the session of the Senate and to have sent them in for cou- firmation, as the terms of office expired long botore the next session. But the Governor, in his desire to control the Juaictary as well as the Executive depart- Mont of tho state, resorted to the of making = the appointment in vacation ‘and then holding the appointments over them, in fer- rorem, until the next sesston of the Legislature, and if Shey did not please him in their decrees, &c., he could withhold their names (as he did in one e), thas: making tho Judiciary of the State subservient to th Executive, in violation of the constitation (sce art. 3, eeca. 1 and 2); and he actually removed Chancellor Dreman, aa I believe, because ma case of habeas core pus he refused bail to the Governor's friend Morgan, ‘on a charge of the murder of-one Hilliard. In his selection of men to fill these important judicial ations he did not confine himecif to the legal pro- 7On; Made some good appointinents, It is true, bit | Im two or shree justances he appommted men who had received a law license only a few «ays previous, for the purpose of being sppointed, who had never had a case in aet, were totally ignorant of the law or the practice, end who did not know a pleain bar trom a demurrer, In one case 4 man notoriously venal and corrupt, and in another case for wowed purpose of giving strength to his friend Howe tor Cou; 8, and that Chancellor, fo secure the sending in of his name for confirmation, Sppomted Howe's brother clerk of the Chancery Court and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Panola couaty, for the express purpose of preveniing an investigation of Howo’s indebtedness to Panola | eounty. In one case he appointed a Mr. Peyton, son Of the Chief Justice, and then refused to send his name | to the Sen: because he deckied a case contrary to the Governor's wishes, and pending the trial of this case be sons for theChiel Justice and desired him to con- trol-the action of his sou, the Chancellor, This sroused the honest indignation of the Chief Justice and broke ep the [rendly reiations between them. The Chief Justice then dealt him a well merited castt- gation, which resulted in the withholding of the namo of young Mr. Peyton trom the Senate, THE COURSK OF GOVERNOR AMES In December, 1874, troubles grew up in Vicksburg, Indictments were pending against two or three of the county officers; complaints were made as to the Bheriff’s bond as Tax Collector, he was ill treated and forced to resign; there was much confusion and anar- chy. ‘The Shoritt tions, disregarding his resignation mado under duress, 1 do not know all the advice the Governor gave him, but the presumption is that he received advice, as he re- furned and acted; notified tho colored people by reulars to come to Vicksburg armed on Monday morn- whioh they attempted to do, and nearly 100 hyes were lost inthe fight. How far the Governor is re. sponsible for those lives, or whether responsible all, L cannot ray, but Colonel Wels has charged him the papers with the use of language weil calculated it# wature to produce riot and blocashed, and he bas denied it, and I do not think he will, joee that time he has uever conferred or advised me about anything or matter whatever, being by adviser. I speak of this to say that] will Fesponsidle before the country for any of 1875, the Legislature 9; session in Vecember, 1574 eS EF , A 5 ry E would gi people and give gy mean that could be defended before the a taxes were too high, especially as the in the main unproductive, and relier was the whole people. A few of us were tn entreatics for good and honest State Hf ¥ cf #0 mueh #0, that on the 10th of Febraory ater to the Hon. A. Warner, a ican State Senator, which was pubd- ich I gave him what i regarded as the = 8 3 z 5, z Ps i Jetter by resolution, and promised suggestions, It advised Policy, pointed out wo pursned the and tho the result that pery to redeem its it its lease J igh dl that if tt violated it deserved to be defeated, using every argu the expediency | fled to Jackson for advice apd mnstrac- | tn the Legislature. The lower | course | | ment in my powor to induce the proper action on the | Partot the Legslature. Pointing oat the means by | which expenses could be cut off and the taxes redu | l advised o reduction iy the matter of public printing. | The Legisiature passed a bili aud the Governor vetoed i (Raymond was State printer). | Tad a reduction in the salary of County Superia- | tendents ot Education. The Legislature passed the bill , and the Governor vevoed it, | . Ladvised a change in the constitution s0 as to give us | biennial sefsions of the Legislature, (This would save | arly $100,000 per annum.) We bad pledged it in our atiorm; the Governor had advised it in his first mes- | ‘The resolution passed the lower House and went to the Senate ; there the Governor actually lobvied the | Senate and advised his friends to vote against tt, noe ipt- | | defeated it by one vote, On the contrary, in his rations tor the United States Senate, sary to strengthen his hands by giving him more patron- | and power. At this time it may be well to pote | quite a number of the legisiators—having Do inter- | nection with or in th © outof em- | ment except during the nd set about to | ate new offices aud did create the office of Revenue | nt, whose duty it was to bunt up frauds, detal- cautions, &c., and Teceive half that they collected as their pay, and tbe Governor appointed to these offices | five members of the Legislature im open violation of | | the express provision of the Constitution, They hav- | ing created the offices, coula not bold them by ap- pointment. (See Constitution, art. 4, Sec, 38.) 'his gave lucrative employment for nis friends while | they could work for nim tor the United States Senate, and L believe that was generally @ condition precedent to lus appointinenta, | | Again, in the face of the constitution, his adherents | | tntroduced a bill authorizing him to appoint the tax | collector for each county, they passed it after much caucnsing, In which pistols (Cam informed by a met | ber) were presented to force members to pledge their support to the bill. The Governor approved it and | acted tinder it in one oF two cases, and the Supreme | Court bas set that law aside as unconstitutional, (See 1. Freuch vs, The State, M88. opimon.) |. Thus it will be seen that the party in this State has | deen governed and controlled by a few men, not to ex- ed half a dozen, including the Governor, who have sistentiy violated tho constitution ‘und the most | ed pledges that thé party had made in its platform, | hen, in two Instances, he approvea two bills on the same day which contradicted each otber, and this, | with a few other unpardonable blunders, caused the calling of an extra session of the Legislature in July last without any extraordinary occasion, thus giving | us three sessions in eight months Instead of one in two | | years, as we had promised. TUR NOVEMBRE CANYAR | Then comes the canvas for the November election, | i | pe | 1875. The State Convention was held, with Morgan us chairman, Lt not only tniled, but positively retused to indorse the national administration, Senitor Pease sting on it, but belore the delegation started to ‘ington to’ask for the removal of several of the | Koverument officers they called the Central Executive Committee together and they indorsed your adminis- | ration and added it as section 20 and then started | to the capitol to ask the removal of Senator Peaso, Judge Stearns and Captain Lake to make room for some of their friends, L presume that the reason of the refusal to indorse the national administration was this, the Governor had complained that he had ‘‘been snubbed by the administration at Washington,” the Governor had commenced his ight on Senator Pease, doubtless, because be thought lease would be in his way for the United States Senate. He and Howe fought Colonel Wells because they thought Wells would be in Howe's way for re-election to Congress, and it seems now that he was. You will perceive that there is some difference of opinion among republicans here as ta what is true and genume repubticanism—the adherents of the State ad: ministration Who have pursued a suicidal poliey on the | one hand, and on the other those of us who advocate ard, defend the national administration and insist upon honest and economical Stats government, ‘As a furthor evidence of the elfect produced by their course of conduct in the recent canvass, there was not «man in the State who would so stultify himself as to | undertake to detend the record made by the party in the last two years, and we were under the disagreeable easity of discussing men instead of measures, and no one could mect the democrats in joint discussion as | formerly. Senator Pease, General McKee, Judgo Stearns and myself made a tew speeches for Wells agatnst Howe, the friend of Ames, and for this offence we were galled democrats by Howe and others. Thav was a falséhood too infamous to require contradiction. | Now, | think the real cause of our defeat is obvious. | Tho ‘democrats, at all times ready to use any and all means, fair or foul, to succeed, seized upon this ns a fa- vorablo time, when our record could not be defended, to produce terror and to intimidate tre colored voters, which they did. Whether there was real danger or not, the colored people believed it, and many thou- | sands of them either reraained at home or voted the | democratic ticket, and hence the peaceable and quiet election and our defeat. Another cause, the Governor, ashort time bofore the election, commenced organiz ing the State militia, This led the colored people to | believe that there was real danger, and that Ames was | their best friend and that he would protect them. «But } before the election there came among us a | man, I think they called him ’ Governor (I never met him), who took charge | ag it was called, and | the democracy, and Chase of the peace department, made compromise with Governor Ames disbanded his militia, and now his record having driven almost every white man from the party, the colored inen had no moral support, and they | despuired of success, and the party was an casy prey | to the political cnemy. But while they thought they | bad protection they had nominated in some of the colored counties tickets that would disgrace Mexico or St. Domingo, and this, to, served to exasperate the democrucy ; and thus ‘it 18 seen that cur defeat was cansed by’ the democrats taking advantage of the shameful imbecility and base corruption of our State administration and afew adherents. As to the com- Jaints against Senator Pease, the head and trout ot 18 offending 13 his bold and teatless mauner of deiend- | ing the national administration in the course you have taken in Mississippi affairs, and bis fair exposure of corruption in this Colonel Wells is called a democrat by the wree! because he beat Howe for Congress, and had the temerity to speak the truth concerning aflairs bere. He was the regalar re- publican nominee for Congress, Howe was the issue of abogus and bolting convention, The democracy’ had no candidate, they preferred Wells to Howe and voted for him, and ¥o he received the support of both parties, and hence his large majority. He is a true republican and stanch supporter of the national administration, as | am sure his course in Congress will prove, and this 1 regard as a good test of a true republican, Asa theory in government I would say, we will generally find good people enough to uphold a good government | or to resista bad one. It is easy to entorce a good government, because we will have a willing people, but it will be dificult to enforce a bad government, because | we will have an unwilling people, 4 constitution and Jaws are of little value on paper unless tbey find a lodgement in the hearts of the peopla, We have a good constitution, but our legislation has been unwise and has given us much troubie, ‘And this is thé point to which we have come:—In | the light of the experience of other Southern States | our party bas rushed heedlossly into a shameful deteat, | We should have known as well betore as since the elec- | ton that the democrats were unscrupulous in a contest, and would have resorted to every stratagem, and there- tore we warned our friends of the importance of abund- ant caution, FUTURE ACTION, Now, for the fture, what is the course, We want to carry this State next year in the Prosiden- tial election, cannot do it as we now stand, We Tmoust have honest men tn the front; those who have | scuttled the ship of state must take back seats. We must have men in whose promises the people can rely, men who will give character and moral support to t | party, otherwise the white poopie will be. against w and the colored people will never aguin rally to us; we | Will be again defeated, and the architects of our ruin j will leave tho State hke rats leaye a sinking ship. I | | believe wo can carry the State next year by proper | mavagement and an honest course. “Thousands are | agarnst as now who tear to trast the democracy, and | will go with us under favorable auspices, and if our State administration had pursued the proper course for | made to bring about conversions, both by the Bristow | Although a lawyer by profession, he has not engaged tho inst two years the democrats could never bave beaten us. Tknow the people of the State, having ro: | sided among them for the last thirty-three years, The goverament appointeos here, we think, arc good men and true republicans. We need no changes made t political purposes and no troops. Leave the manage. | ment of these matters here to your real friends, Tam sure that affairs nere have been misrepresented to you j by desighing m: for their s ends. Ithink I can take a fair and tial view of the situation, having | no aspirations for place or position, but have the | temerity to speak the plan unvarnished truth in these matters. This letter, thongh of some longth, has given bnt a bare outline of the character and conduct of a | few wonld-be leaders who have wrought onr sad de- | feat; but should they choose to deny anything | have | said ‘of them I will not only at other points that are equal | servant, ‘ove it, but strike them | alient. Your obedient ie G. B. HARRIS. | sins | THE TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS, H AsuvinLR, May 18, 1 Now that the smoke of battie has been lifted one can | get a clearer insight into tle workings of the State Re- | publican Cocvention, which closed its sessions yester- day afternoon, 1118 quite evident that the Convention has developed rank bitterness of feeling as between the | Bristow and Morton factions. immediately upon the announcement of the naines of delegates to the Cincin- nats Convention a canvas was mado and tho respective sirength of Morton and Bristow was ascertained, The Morton men became furious and attempted to connter. act the goveral impression that prevailed, that Bristow stood 11 to Morton’s 9 They squirmed and twisted, | offered to lay heavy wagers, and blustered until | the sweat rolied down from their faces in great beads, | Some of them swore and frantically exclaimed, | “Morton isthe best man ot the whole lot, including | the Great Unknown!’ East Tennessee was jubilant, | and Judge Houk threw up his bat and hurrahed for | Bristow, ‘as the only living man that coald defeat any other living democrat, Governor Tiklen into the bar- gain.’ Congressinan Thornburg stood on the fence and crowed lustily for the ‘strongest man that the | Cincinnati Convention could produce.” Roderick Random Butler smiled benigoaotly, and smiled again ond said nothing. Mr, Rule, editor of the Knoxville Chronicle, gave a loud shout for Bristow, and declared, | by all that was “holy and sacred, that Bristow would carry Fast Tennessee, world without end.” MIDDLR TENNESSER, | was divided between Bristow and Morton, with a little sprinkling of Hayes and Blaine, The Sixth distnet delegation was red hot for Morton, some of its mom- bers declaring that they “would be damned if their representatives to Cincinnati shou! | Shontd the democrats decide to mak | Lientenant | straight nominations or adopt the independent ticket, | itgecms generally conceded that the republican ticket ‘0% voto for Mor. | nomination, he would NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1876—TRIPLE 3 ton, whether it was thelr first, second, toird or fourth | tender tt the second time and then dissolyéand go | chvice, “Mr, Horace H, Harrison was forced to declare himself for Morton in along speech, though a delegate | claims that “ne is a Morton man by a great sight,” and "| that bad he not made a Morton speech he would have | been “everiastingly left out m the cold,” But, upon his declaration jor Morton, Harrison defeated Abram Smith, colored, an out and out Morton man, absolutely “cutting his feathers,” ag a delegate expressed it. Rev, W. R, Covb said Redfield, of the Cincinnati | Commereias, bad committed an egregious blunder im Ving that Bristow aud taken the lead, “It was no | bing. Morton had fifteen out of the twenty. ates, and he would bo willing to quality to | that assertion,”? H To-day the Sixth district delegation discovered that | J. C. Napier, colored, whom they bad counted a) Morton man, was nothing of the sort, The negroes aro as mgd as hornets because he bas had the audacity to deelffre himself for ‘Jim’ Blaine. A colored office. holder said to me to-day, “Professor J. M. Langston, of Washington, has stuiled Napier plamb PULL OF BLAINE, and Naprer wilt go for Blaine, Napier bas a head of his own, but Langston wags it, and the two heads pnt together muke a grand political monstrosity. Napier’ cruelly deceived us—for Blaine! ‘The canvass inside the republican ranks is uncom- promisingty bitier, and every possible effort ts being and Morton partisans, the latter, perhaps, being the most persistent and acrimonious. Phe Brownlows. itis fre ly asserted, desired to represent the Xtate at Cin- cinnati and worked assiduously toattain that «nd, But notwithstanding all their strenuons efforts in that direction, notwithstanding the jact that ex-Senator Brownlow hod a loug letter full of okt timed epithets, all and wormwood and fustian, they were most tucon- Unertly left upon the summit of an iceberg and have cailed in a doctor for chitls, The fact of the business is that the Browulows are living in a past age, Especially 1s this remark applicable to ex-Senaor W. G, Brownlow. Epithets and old war reminiscences with all their amimosities con go longer be raked up in Tennesseo and used with any very great eflect.. his was clearly shown in the fact that Brownlow's lever fell almost stitiborn upon the Convention, It was ap- plauded but twice and that where he came out squarely for the payment of the State debt. The feciing of the people of Tennesseo was correctly interpreted by C. N. Tillman, who said:— ON CORRUYTION, But tore is @ feeling throuzhout the Union that the ers of the republican party who have the grentest In- 1¢ with the administration are not, in too many in- 4, the proper representatives of the 8 feoling throughout the country, and It it entertained by 4 Inrge plement in the republican party, that the society at the White House and in administration elrctes ix not such asitshould be, The democratic charge ot corrupti wholly unfounded. General Grant unfortunately, fron; error in Judgment or want of delie: p tion, has in many instances failed to eall around bin men representative of purity and honesty in the administration of the government. It behooves us then to select some man for Hrosidant having © chataeter for purity, honor, and integrity, That is the kind of a man we want for the dency. There nover will be « better cpportantty for carryiog | the Middle, Southern and Southwestern Statex than through the nomination of Bristow, the strongest man and the only man, (Applauso.) He is the only man who will in eves to the republican party: the ouly man that can carry New York against Tilden, and it is a fore; ion, that the democratic party will nominate Goy the champion of honesty. of Integrity, and d financial policy, With him at the head of the demo- ic purty it will be impossible for ux to carry New York or New England unless with Bristow as our caudidete. The political acrobys. Morton, & man without consistancy, is as extreme a republican now as was known Just after the war, It may have taken such men as Morton to erush out that hhydra-headed sin, rebellion, but Morton is not the man tor peaceable times: he is acstatesman, and hay never proven himselfso, but has taken a dozen different positions on the financial question. “This,” said an influential republican to me to-day, “isthe talk with the bark on, bat I question whether any of these hot hoaded oifice seeking republicans will indorse it, and if they do not mdorse such sentiments the people willrise in their might and rebuke them, ‘The republican masses have always been opposed to Grant's third term, one man idea, and Grant has lost caste in Tennessee. I question whether any republi- can convention would have the hardihood to indorse Grant’s administration, with all the tniqutties surround- ing it It can’t be covered up by Morton's or Biaine’s BLOODY SHIRT BUSINESS. I tell you if the republican party should nominate extrome partisans, and sbould the democrats have sense enough to profit by it, there will be the devil to pay in the broken ranks of the republican party, We ‘want no more bloody reminiscentes of the war stirred over and over again until the stomach grows weak, . I used to think the New York HsraLp was wrong In seeking every opportunity to pounce down upon Grant. But the Hexatp was right, and I was wrong. Now I ean see through a barn door, My politcal eyesight has been restored.” Tillman’s speech is the only thing In the Conven- tion that has sioned general remark and been uni. versally approved. LEADING DEMOCRATS don’t want Bristow nominated because such a nomina- tion would be ruinous to the hopes of the democracy. His strength in the South would be too great to be overcome. They would like to see Morton or Blaine Eominated because they are extreme men, Their nomination would indulntably cement the Southern masses together and they would work against either one of them ‘tooth and nail’? The canvass would be wrought up toa while heat and the democrats would carry nearly every one if not quite all of the Southern States. ‘But, with Bristow nominated, the great con- servative masses will turn tho scale and bring dismay into the ranks of the democracy. General G. P. Thurston, who served in the federal | army, and who was a delegate to the Republican State Convention, said to-day that he would not give bis consent to vote for any extreme man, Said he:— “Tho great conservative element of tho country must be consulted, and woe to either party that shall iguore it, The victory ts with it, and that party will be strongest that caters most to its wishes’? And this is the opinion of every unbiassed man in Tennessee. This State will go tor the best Presidential candidate and the one most likely to insure an bonest and straightforward wnd upright administration of | public affairs, They are utterly tired of seeing thieves and plunderers in high positions. They want the old- fashioned simplicity, honesty and integrity known in the days of yore resto SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICANS. PREPARING FOR THE CONVENTION ON WEDNES- DAY—SHELBY M. CULLOM THE PROBABLE XOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, Srrixcrimtp, Ul, May 17, 1876, The returns from tho republican conventions to-day ndieate atmost to a certainty that Shelby M. Callom will bo nominated for Govornor on tho first ballot on | Wednesday next Mr. Callom's first appearance in public life was in 1856, when ho was elected to the Ilinois Legistature as a republican. In 1858 ne was re-elected and was made Speaker of the House. In 1862 he was the nomineo of the party for the State Senate, but tailed of election. In 1864 he was clected to Congress from the Springfeld or capital district, defeating Hon. John T. Stuart. He continued to represent the district. in Congress for three shecessive terms, but in 1870 was defeated for a renomination, In 1872 he was again elected to the Legislature and was made Speaker. In 1874 he was re- elected to the Legislature, and was again the candidate | of the party for tho Speakership, recetving the entire party vote. While in Congress he was Chairman of the Commit- tee on Territories, and introduced the celebrated bill for the suppression of polygamy, which passed the it was defeated in the Senate. He has for some years been engaged in banking, and is Peesident of the State National Bank ot Springtiold, stan | | | iu practica for nany years, Yno his opponent upon the democratic ticket will be is very unceriain, It is a8 yota vexed question among democrats whethor they will make strict party nomina- tions or indorse the ticket already nominated by the independents, with Lewis Steward for vernor. Mr. Steward is unknown as a public man, and was nominated at Decatur by the indepondents, with the expectation that democrats would old line democracy are very bitter against a union wil the Independents on such a basis, but the maderate | democrats, whovare probably in the majority, favor it, ug being the only hope of defeating the republicans. raight nomina- tlons, their most prominent man for Governor will be Hon.’ A. A, Glenn, President of the Senate and ez offieto overhor, rEeTES. In apy event, whether the democracy shall make will be elected. WOULD REFUSE A NOMINATION. PRESIDENT GRANT'S POSITION 48 CONFIDED TO EX-GOVERNOR HOLDEN--HE ‘‘WouLD DE CTINE,” BUT MIGHT BE RUN. Raveran, N. C., May 18, 1870, Ex Governor Holden has settled down into the quiet | citizen life of a town postmaster, and is as dumb about politics on the street as ananina convent Buthe is’) still regarded as the timepiece of the republican puise | of the State, and his little back room in the Post Office is the rallying point for all the chiefs in council, and Mr, Holten ts betieved to be the head centre of all their deliberations. Meeting him to-day in a party of gen- Hlemen, Lasked him his opinion of the political ot look. He bolieves Jaines E. Enghsh, of Connecticut, to be the man for the democrats, and referred to the last democratic convention when Wilham W, Raton east the vote of Connectient six times tor English. “But, Governor, who is your choice on the repub- | Nean sie!" “L have none, sir, Hayes Ty prominent, and 80 + aro Bristow, Conkling, and Governor Jewell, ‘of Cone necticnt. Just here an ex-Confederate oficer, whose political opinions are much out of circulation, said:—“When Grant was tirst elected he said that it ever he came ont ot that Waite House they wouid bring him out ia a coftin, and he believed so still,” | M iden brightened up at this, but said, even ff | it should be possible that a nomination should’ be tens dered to General (rant, he felt almost certain he would | refuse it, Im a private conversation with General Grant just before loaving Washington for North Caro- | hina, Grant had toid him he “did not want the first nomination; itwas tl upon him, and he feared they would force upon him a nomination the second | timo; that he much preferred his lite position in com. mand of the army at $18,000 year.” “But,” said Mr. Holden, ‘should the Convention ballot a week or two without result and at Inet tender General Grant the use 1b, but suppose they ; Menting on a recent article in the Henao: | grading the consular service. | the woek's record of the democracy. home, what then * ‘There is a good deal of Grant at) republicans of thig State, SENTIMENT IN POLITICS. THE OHIO DEMOCRACY--WHAT THE ADAMSES WANT--SOUTHERN IDEAS—CONKLING AHEAD. The people have sentiment; politicians disregard it, Liko the boardinghouse keeper, politicians find out what their constituents do not like and then give them enough of it, The Baltimore American, speaking of the Ohio Democratic Convention, sa; A large majority of the honest people of the United 's place Mr. Pendieton in the same category with Belknap and are as much shocked at his St Genet : | good tmght come ont of it, but when the animus of | appearance in the Democratic State Convention of Ohio | as they Would be if the disgraced ex-Secretary should | be made President of the lowa Republican Convention, Iu conserring this honor on air. Vendleton the Obio democrats meant to inform Mr, Schurz and Mr. Adams and ali the high toned reformers that they have a su- pawn contempt for their rhetoric and their princi- ples. At the same time there are many papers which de- ride the iden that a parcel of mawkish talkers bave @ right to demand thatall the political forces of the coun- try shal! be used to subserve their Utopian conceits, The Indianapolis Journal says :— Chartes Francia, Jr., is a chip of the old block——a po- litical snob of THY REGULAR ADAMS TYPR. In a speech ds avowed his readiness to act with “either of the great political bodies in this country’? provided (he makes genditians, murk yon) ‘provided they nominate men who will suit my ideas.” This is very Adamsish, He will condescend to act with either the republican or democratic party if they will nomiuate men who will sult his ideas, and then he adds that he could support Bristow or 1 n with equatenthusiasm, Now, what must be thought of the political convictions of a man who could say this? tow isarepublican and represents ove set of ideas and principles ; Mr. Tilden is a democrat and represents an entirely different set of ideas and principles outo's PostTion in the the campaign seems to be variously estimated. ‘The Hxnap has expressed the opinion that, with Thur- man politically dead and Allen unpopularly but politi- cally triumphant, Governor Hayes’ changes for tho ro- publican nomination may have increased. These chances depend very greatly upon the value of Ohto as to her voting strength. Both Mr. Blaino and Mr, Conkling are }d to be looking toward Governor Hayes 48 @ compromise candidate; and it is well known that neither of these gontiemen would wish to sacrifice his party to personal pique. They may hate each other; but they would not allow the democrats to gain victory, if in deteating cach other they could prevent it, by the substitution of a winning republican candidate, Yet the Utica Herald says: The coav'etion that Ohio has been taken out of the list of contested States will diminish to that extent any strength which Governor Hayes may have had for the Cincinnati nomination, The increased confidence in republican success will aggravate the controversy over candidates. More prominence will also be given to the financial issue, and this is to the disadvantage of Senator Morton in the canvass: By the misconduct of the democracy the strength of paruran feeling in bebalt of the republican party receives undoubted ac- cession, This is prettily put, but, much as we reepect the opinion of the Utica Jergid, we doubt tts wisdom in this instance. Nevertheless, the nomination of a weak nobody like Hayes is to be avoided. Little hope is to be given toa man who is not characteristically but only accidentally strong. stronger a man than Polk was, SOUTHERN FORCES, There are two forces working in the South, but they work inthe same people, The conservative South- erner, who is willing to abnogate his political claims and to wait lor Justification of his course, sometimes loses his head and resorts to radicalism for triumph. No sooner does ho win Northern respect than ho hastens to lose it, Thatall Southerners do not sym- pathize with this impulsivencss is evidenced by the words of the Richmond Dispatch, which says, in com- If the people of Mississippi and Louisiana intend to kerp up a warto the kuile upon the negroes it will be useless for the democrats to nomiuate anybody for President, Ifthe elections were but two weeks off, and stich scenvs were presenting themsolves to the eyes of the Northern people as are now passing in re- view betore them, even Merton could be elected and Biaine would go into office with a rush. A POLITICAL CANDIDATE. A man strictly identified with his party is asked for by many speculators. Even democratic papers prefer ‘tnat the republican party shoulda have a strong party | eandidate, The Richmond Anquirer says:— ‘The money which Tom Murphy, Collector Arthur and other wealtuy New Yorkers would throw into the cumpaign for Conkling’s benefit. might be capped by Tilden’s fortune; but Conkling would still have an im- mense advantagein the support of the Custom House, the Canal Ring, the noble army of olfice-holdors whose places are dependent on hs nod, besides that of the miscellanéous and numerous class of demucratic yoters who would bolt democracy rather than swallow Tildeuism. The opposition to Conkling in New York has no vackboue. George William Curtis and his sot would hate to accept him, but would vote for the devil Father than take a democrat; while the antt-tilden mob would voto for the devil before Tilden. On the whole, we {car Conkling would bay the fuside track in the bottom with the | H {a excelient in matter, tone and spirit—just such a ivered at the Fifth aveuuc meeting he | Governor Hayes is no: the race; but it would bea pretty raco for the vote of | New York, nevertheless. RANDOLPH OR PARKER? The fight between the frieuds of ex-Governor Parker and those of Senator Randolph is becoming very bitter in Hudson county, New Jeracy. A meeting of,dele- gates from the Fourth district to the State Convention at Trenton was beld yesterday atternoon at Ditmar's Hotel, Jersey City Heights, Ono of the delegates, Mr, Jobn O'C, Lynch, denounced the action of the “ring” that called the meeting at Franklin Hall on Friday night, He said it was an underhand attempt to fore- stall the action of the Hudson county delegation by nominating Randolph men for delegates to St, Louis, and that the call for the meeting was unauthorized. Aa it was the meeting vroko up without any defoite When Mr, Lynch had concluded a commmunica- tion was read from an Essex county delogate stating that similar tactics were attempted in Newark, but such an opposition sprung up that Mr. A. A. Smalley, one of the leaders of the democratic party, found ‘it necessary to detia® his position on the Presidential juestion. Another caucus will be held this evening. he First district delegation js the oly one in favor. of Randolph. The Second und Third, like the Fourth, are in active opposition. A lively timo ts expected at Trenton on the selection of delegates to the National Convention, Those spoken of in Mudson county are Sevator Abbett, ex-Senator Winfield, District Attorney Garretson, Robert Gilebriat, ex-Mayor Traphagen, County Clerk Brann, Surrogate McCagne, Sherif Laverty and Assemblyman Rabe. To select three from ‘this list will not be a very casy task. The Parker men aro sanguine of success, POLITICAL NOTES. Utica Observer:—“When the circus comes to town there are always monstrosities in the shape of tat boys | assembled in mass meeting ina public square of this or living, skeletons or sleepy serpents on exhibition in | the small canvas known as the sideshow, The wheezy notes of a hand organ and the hoarse voice of the door keeper—who 18 called, in the technical language of the sawdust ring, the ‘blower’—are the means used to at- tract the stray visilor, who is beguiled by the low price of adinission: into patronizing this puorile rival of the ‘big tent. Similarly, when the Presidential cireus ap- proaches, a number of political side-shows spring up like mushrooms and exhibit their monstrosities or en- riositics to the gaping few who yield to the persuasion ‘of tho ‘blower’ at the door.” Philadelphia Prese:—"We sincerely hope that Con- | Tepublicans must prepare to meet it” } | current for a day in New York.” | 19 his section, and any intelligent colored man wo has | lived South, who reads these few remarks, will coin- gress will adjourn June 12 The session has been one | of the most conspicuous legisiative failures on record | and productive of not asinglé retorm, The economy practised has beon to cripple the copartments—putting out the lights and fires in the pubtic buildings and de- The investigators have succeeded in unmasking the guilt of one republican and that of a dozen democrats, in wasting more public mo- ney in abortive attempts to manufacture party capital, and in breeding more extravagance and corruption by example than any body that ever sat at Washington, Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal:—‘'Tilden’s hypocrisy in New York, Barnum’s vevality in Connecticut, ‘Blatlen’s? and Pendlcton’s resurrection in Obto, the atter farlaro | of the Confederate “rag nets’ at Washington—this is How enticing to sincere reformers |”? Cleveland (Ohio) Heraid:—“No matter what the democracy may do at St. Louis, tue October fight in this State is to be made by the democracy on the aaked issue of a paper currency, for the redemption of which | tirement of His Eaiuence the episcopal functions will in coin no provision is ever to be made. The rify | baby is presented in its unadorned simplicity.” Boston Transcript: Very pert and nonchalant are the comments of the party and personal organs on the | New York conference. They evidently think they are | not hit by an address dealing only in generahties and idealities, and show feeling only as regards Mr. ©. F, Adame, Jr.'s, little speech giving concrete expression to its abstractions, But supposing the conference should come together again, as it reserved the right to do, the organs might find that Mr. Adams understood and interpreted the spirit and purpose of the confer- ‘ence better than they did.” Tifa (Ohio) Star:—“vbarles Francis Adams, Jr., | | at SHEET ‘wants honest government, honest money and an honest Yresidential candidate--himselt for instance."” Janesville (Wis.) Gazette: ‘The Filth Avenue address oue as reformers woukd have issued in any age of the world had freedom of expression been allowed, and one thoroughly in harmony with the purposes of the | republican party.” i Newark (N, J.) Courier:—“Mr, Thurlow Weed is too old a bird to be caught with chaff, He attended the Fitth Avenue Coaterence, the other day, think: the movement became apparent he retired in.disgast | He especially objects to the suggestion of ‘young Mr. Adams’ that either Governor Tilden or Mr. Bristow | Would he worthy of the support of all honest men.” | Albony Evening Journal:—‘The result will bo that the democrats will be compelled to abandon all idea of | carrying the October States and to throw their whole | strength upon New York, Their hopes will rest upon | the united South and upon this State, counting, If they secure them, apon winning eisewhere the twelve ad- ditional votes which alone would be necessary to sud cess, That will make a great fight in New York, and Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin:—“'The effect of this address: (ot the Fifth Avenue Conference) will be double, It will cut like a two edged sword, It will stimulate and intensify the rapidly developing popular passion for administrative reform, and it will awe the machine politicians into greater eoncossions to the tidal impulse; and this duplex influence will be exerted in both the | democratic and republican parties, but not, we believe, in equal proportions. "” Detroit Post:—This address is adroitly written, Its Statement as to the condition of the Republic and its sad lamentation over the pretended universal corrup. tion im public life are highly colored, to produce an effect, Its introductory allusions to the Centennial and affectation that we have invited all the sorld to come and see us and they will sce corruption every. where is much overdrawn.” Scranton (Pa,) Republican:—"If Carl Schurz and his follow !aborers will but etady and profit by the lessons which they have prepared for others they will have no Deed to waste turther time in getting up and attending uch powwows ag that which has ruffled the political Philadelphia (Pa.) Builetin:—Mr. Schurz’s little band of grumblers and idoalists are strongly impressed with the conviction that they-are the only folks in the com- munity who can save the Republic. It the American people will only trust them, if everybody will stand aside and let them take charge of things, our beloved eoantry may, perhaps, be rescued from destruction, The self-conceit that is required to place a man in such an attitude is monumental and amusing; but it will do no harm, simply because the people generally are thor- oughly convinced that they are quite capable of getting along Without the assistance of auch theoretical dry nurses,”” Buflalo Ezpress:—‘We do not like the position as, sumed by the members of the Conferonce. Tne ad- dress is narrow, inasmuch as it indicates that there are bat one or two men in this whole country who have shown themselves equal to the present emergency. We beliove, on the contrary, that there are many such men. The Conferenco must be blind to passing events, too, to believe a democratic administration under any lead can mean real reform. The present democratic House of Representatives has made that clear as day light.” Hartford (Conn.) Timea:—''The democrats of Ohio have defeated the democratic party in two Presiden. tial elections by their combinations and acts in the national conventions. In the present canvass they aro pursuing a courso that would, if followed, destroy the party. But we do not believe their counsels will pre vail this year,” Cincinnati Times:—"'The ‘May Conference’ has ended in the utterance of a memorial abounding in glittering generalities and ideal aspirations after governmental perfection, without apy practical step toward the ac_ complishment of its avowed objects or tho sugges- | tion of any candidate for the Presidency whose nomi- nation would secure the votes of these exalted pa- triots. The memorial is in parts libellous upon the American government.’ Worcester (Mage.) Spy:—It 1s surprising to find a* Man so upright, independent and generally so clekr, sighted as Charles Francis Adams, Jr., prociaiming his. confidence in Governor Tilden as a reformer, and his desire to vote for him as a democratic candidate for the Presidency it the Cincinnati Convention should make An unsatisfactory nomination, It is more surprising to find that a considerable number of the gentlemen present at the New York Conference seemed to share Mr, Adams’ oploions on that subject.” Worcester (Mass.) Prets:—“'If Mr. Schurz had con- vened alone at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and issued this address over his signature alone it would havo all the force it now possesses, and much expense would have been avoided, Nine-tenths of the men who eat in that Conference and listened to tho damaging truths it told of republican misrule will vote the republican ticket next fall.” ? Wheeling (W. Va) Standard:—The address of the Fifth Avenuc Conference is as straightforward as the first Declaration which was submitted over the signa- tare of John Hancock and his compatriots for the con. | sideration of a candid world, and hardly tess complete, | sensible, modorate and forcible in its recitals, conclu- | sions and determinations than that historic document. 1t begins like Jefferson’s document with a review of the abuses which have crept ito tho government, and holds ap the scandalous exhibition which corrupt and | faithiess officials have furnished as a portion of our | Centennial Expositien,”” INJUSTICE TO THE SOUTH. Nuw Yorx, May 17, 1876, To rar Eptror or tHe Henan 4 ‘As an old reader of your valuable paper I take tho liberty of making a few comments on your editorial in today’s Hxraty, which, I think, is unjust to the people of the South Your editorial censures tne Southera people for being somewhat severe un the colored race, and of not always treating them justly, It inany portion of the South the colored people-com. bine together to shoot down and commit outrages on the white people, do you think it wrong forthe white people to defend themselves? ‘1 think it is not.” It is not long since when a large nambor of workingmen } { | city to peaceably talk over their grievances and march in a body through the principal streets. 1 well remem- ber the report given of said meeting in your valuable journal, wherein it was stated that | the said workingmen were set upon by the police, “mounted and foot,’ and clabbed and dispersed i every direction for exercising a right | whieh they were entitled to; and all this in the great city of New York. Had this outrage been comimitied by the local authorities of a Southern city on a meet- ing of its colored citizona what a terrible excitement tt would create all through the North. My business a3 a commercial travetier brings me in con with all sof people in the South, and at all seasons of the and Lean honestly say that the Southern people are more generous, friendly and polite to the colored Tace in their section than the average Northern man is cide with me. Many persons who are iriendly to your great paper, and who have read your editorial of to- day reflecting on the Southern people, will, I know, teel grateful if you insert my few remarks. Yours, very respecttully, MATTHEW J. FOGERTY. THE CARDINAL'S HEALTH. Cardinal MeCloskey’s health was wonderfully tm- proved through the bracing air of the Orange Moun. tains during the past week. The order of his medical advisers in regard toa strict seclusion &t Seton Hall Cotlege has been relaxed, and he now receives visits | from several of the clergy of the archdiocese. Vicar | General Quinn drove out yesterday and had a long con- | ence with bin on matiers relating to the adminis tration of the archdiocese. During the temporary re- We discharged by Bishop Loughlin, of Brooklyn, or Bishop MeNeirney, of Albany, AN OLD OFFICER'S FUNERAL. The late officer Jobu J. King, of the Seventh pre- cinct, Brooklyn, was buried yesterday with full honors He had been twenty-five years on the force and was much respected. The entire force of the pres ciuet under Captain George R, Rhodes, Peat Lodge of Odd Fellows, attended the ‘Syneral at New York Bay Cemetery, alter parading through the cipal streets of Greenpoint, During the absence of the jorce the b oehiny anty of the precinct was periormed ty Sergeant Jobn Brennan and tho reserve platoon of the Fith precinet, SHOOTING AFFRAY. Late on Saturday night, during an altercation at No, 1 Washington street, William O'Callabas, 4 twenty- Michael wns shit ite ig tem. Neier pny wil give the names of bis ) made a paradise for the officers and a hal the Ben composing her crew, as is evidenced by | United X CARRIED “TARS” aT TH A: HAPPY: EXPERIMENT- OUT+LIFE| AMONG THE BROOKLYN NAYY YARD. From tma immemorial the sympathies of the com- | munity have been with the “jolly Jack tar,” He is Tegurded as & reckless, brave, devil-may-care sort of , fellow, and bis perils and hardships have formed the theme of many a verse and stury. Especially to the man-o’-warsman has the attention of ali hands, so te speak, beeu generally directed. He is the centre of attraction in storm and sunshipe, furling sail on the main to'gallant yard, ratsing thunder with the enemy al the guns, or calmly contemplating the mutability of human affairs ina “bug,” with bis hands neatly fes- tooned with frons for a breach of discipline whic: every true-born mariner 1s supposed to commit at least once in a lifetime. A mystery surrounds Jack’s initiation to the naval service. Long ago a staid look- ing man would be encountered in the dusk of the even- ing by a brace of sturdy buccancers at a street corner and hustled aboard a fighting frigate, But those timo- honored days have passed away, and the prospective captain of a matptop enters the service with all his gonses about him, keonly alive to tne surroup and with the distinct understanding that nis duty must bo performed. In these days of peace the manner in which Jack is ushered into the service forms an important for consideration, First impressions are born sailor, Either ho: to his vocation, or circumstances quickly disgust him with the sight of a man-of-war. In Inter times the system of crowding recruits on a receiving ship, drilh ing them like » lot of mustangs and shipping them off for service on foreign stations, is, of course, too well Known to need any comment, As a rule, men are pol generally well impressed with the ideas of sea life at the start, however much they may cling to the profes sion afterward, and a fow months’ term on a receiving ship is calculated to relieve the minds of many of the BURDEN OF ROMANCE supposed to appertain to the life of a man-o’-warsman But an innovation, dictated by common sense, sound judgment and practical experience in the method of educating sailors at the start, has been reccutly intro- duced, and the result speaks volumes for its efficacy, Nearly a year ago Commodore Schufeldt, of the United States Navy, an officer alike honored and esteemed for his brilliant services, and who is at presont in charge the Bureau of Equipment at Washington, wisely 81 gested the propriety of having the frigate devoted to the purposes of a receiving ship, the main idea being that in case of an emergency she would be ready at any moment to Ric: ne iat ev But irae this idea a blunder was on the of It was proposed to turn the old Vermon} tat eon hulk, than which a more absurd idea could hardly be imagined, for should the Colorado be suddenly’ de- spatched the navy yard would be without a recoptacie for recruits, Good judgment prevailed, and m the spirit of sound economy the old line-of-battle ship is to be fitted up for all tne purposes to which she was formerly devoted, But Commodore Schafolat did not stop here, While alive to the necessity and im. portance of having a frigate ready tor sea at & mo- ments notice, he was not unmindful of the inconven- i 3 jences attaching to all recruiting vessel, Succeed! the flurry “incident to enlistment sailors were apt to ine and mope about, te become despondent, and, when 1ends came to seo them, to converse with them in s stealthy manner, as it were, while the surrot in- cident to the probationary term were well calcu! to discourago even the most enthusiastic, All this has _ been changed, A new and wholesome system hag been inaugurated which it is unnecessary to applaud, the benetits accruing therefrom more ‘han Flalising the brightest anticipations. Formerly what is known ‘as the Cob Dock, in the Hrooklyo yard, inthe vicinity of hick is now moored the Colorado, was covered will WRKTCHED LITTLE HUTS Intended, doubtless, as a convenience, but In reality an eyesore, At @ coinparatively trifling cost a hand- some building has been erected, devoted to purposes ‘which cannot fail to attract attention and clictt admira- tion, However unostentatious it stauds as a -monu- meut to the wisdom, forethought and generous feeling ‘ot the noble officer under whoge auspices it was erected, | Here the sailor, relleved trom duty, quietly saunters into a charming little reading roum, containing some 1,200 volumes, where, instead of squatting in a gun- carriage, he ‘can peruse the best of works and period. icals at leisure. He has his bath, moreover, aud his barber, and, 1f inclined to be extravagant in the way of little luxuries not included in the mess, ho can vim the restaurant and subseqtently discuss 4 glass of beer, ‘Tho charges are trifling, but the system is excellent in {ts resuits. In fact, the satlor fecln at home, and per- haps the best criterion of the benoficial effects of this generous metbod of aenling with men ts that eis man: fegeers| MP igeuat Tage a dozen sailors ve nm aul Oo Perhaps the most interesting feature of tre Shanon’ Hall,” ag it 18 termed, is the seciability that prevajis. Throughout the winter sev adtuirable ente¥tain- ments were given, to the evident gratification of the sailors, On Sundays the main hall, which is tastefully and appropriately furnished ‘on or- dinary occasions, and in which the sailors may recelve their friends, 18 converted into a chapel, whore religious services aro held. Altogether the buildings cannot fail to impress tho: visitor witht the idea that the interest or the sailor 18 attended to in every possible respect; and, so far as the Brooklyn Navy Yard is concerued, tt may be as well to state that all who leave it for distant service recall, perhaps, the happiest days of their life on board a man-ol-war, The Colerado, as she lies alongside the dock, 18 a perfect picture of a first class war vessel. Since Captan D, Braine took command the grand experiment, so well carried Out at the instance of Commodore Sohafetdt, has worked toa charm, Harmony and discipline seem t¢ have the happiest illustration within the wally of this splendid ship. So far as her internal arrange ments are concerned she is, beyond roetpenrote credit to the service; aud, if Commodore Senuteldl merits praise for bis thoughtfulness, Captain Braine t none the less entitled to the heartiest commendation for the great executive ability he has displayed in com nection with the improvemeuts so auspicionsly com menced in behalf of the enlisted sailor, A great deal might be said on this very important subject. Suffice it for the present to state thata Nie principle hag Veen established at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Should the noble example be lollowed elsewhere the result will be equaliy gratifying and successful. “LIBERTY” FOR THE SAILOR, Uxirep STATES STEAMER ALERT, Navy Yano, Nuw York, May 20, 1876. To ram Fprtos or tax Heratp:— For some weeks this vessel has beou lying here at the yard, and for two weeks past none of the crew have been allowed to go on shore, Here wo are confined like so many convicts to the limits of the vessel Many of us were born and brought up in New York or Brooklyn. and have wives and families in those places, but we are | not allowed to bid our friends goodby; nor are they allowed to come on board and see us, On the 7th inst, the chief engincer asked tho captain (Commodore | James D. Marrin) if some of the macninists could goos shore. His reply that the ship was practically under sailing orders, and no one could leave her, Twe hours afterward be went on shore bimself in citizen’ dress and stayed away twenty-nino hours. Several othet of his officers were away the same day. Isitnote curious avy that bas jaws applying to only ono end of avessel? This ship, Hike most others in tl ber average number of desertions tor the ter amount to about thirty m order Ni commanding uy the consideration for the feelings of opm deavor to induce cheerful obedience once,” And yot our captain wiltully disregards this general order, and on ‘of for China keeps us (the crew) “oabined, ‘and con- © fined,” and will not even allow us to bid our and relatives farewell. No. States Naval “commanding officer will not allow the line officer next in rank below him to be abson’ from the ship at the same time,” and yet, on Thu: day evening last, the executive, the navigator and the senior wate ey owes Meanceat ship $: the C ex) ons and causing ‘pabeonee of the executive an two line officers t in rank below him, Ifa blue jacket had violated a paval regulation our captain woald in all probability have him im ifons Row, awaiting court marti No wonder our navy {8 deteriorating and *good men leaving it with disgust. God knows we haven’? many com: and we think we arc not asking muck to be allowed to goon shore like free men to visit out friends, metend of being kept close prisonegs for und formed “pimps” to play football with; botter be ¢ galley slave atonce. Yours truly, CREW OF U. 8 & ALERT .BSHER'DAN, THE FORGER, When Walter Sheridan, alins Rallston, the grem forger and principal actor in the numerous bond fraud# ot 1873, was arrested by Detective Pinkerton twa months ago, but sixty-seven cents were found in bis possession. He is now locked up in the Tombs on am indictment for forgery. Since his arrest the detectives have used every effort to find out where he placed. the resu'ts of his forgeries, which are Deleted 16 shea E to $200,000, Information was received a few di that Sherigan, ander another name, had Mtr ies json Ge oi Company. Yer ngs, of Pinkerton’s agency, and Datecti of the Disirict Attorney's ‘ibe, brought to the President of the Safe Deposit Company, that he might, if possibie, identity Sheridan, ber of prisuners were walking around the President of tho Sato river thief Surinlee 40 be Une box in Company is tacorrect, rere