Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Oulde me, guard me, safely lead me To my heavenly Home above I I 111 SSI II REMINISCENCES PUBLIC MEN. j J BN EX GOVICKNOB B. V. PBBRY. [CONTINUED FJtOM LAST WKKX.] yi I r j Lm~ i )j ' t a / > k ' *. %. L JL\ * WILLIAM GASTON. Judge Gaston, of North Carolina, was a distinguished jurist, an able statesman, and an accomplished gentleman. It is &aid that a man's autograph gives you some idea of Iris character. I have frequently thought of tliia, in looking over ten or fifteen volumes of letters, substantially bound, which, in the course of a long lite. 1 have received frdm distinguished men. And I have thought, too, that there was a great deal of truth in the remark. Judge Gaston, according to the rule, was an accomplish ed gentleman. Everything about his letters, as well as his handwriting, indicated it. They were neatly folded and endorsed. There were no flourishes in his writing. The hand was neat, plain and easily read, and perfectly uniform throughout. It showed that he never wrote in a hurry, and the English notion is, that a gentleman should never be in a hurry. He should always be calm, sedate and dignified. Any one looking at the handwriting of Washington, would be apt to say that lie was a grave, dignified gentleman, taking X time to reflect as well as to write. Oil the contrary, the autograph of Napoleon clearly showed that he was in a hurry, and did not give a moment's reflection as to ihe char ac er of his writing. All that he thought of was to give expression to ideas wniclt were crowding his mind, lie had no respect for any mere accomplishment. Judge Gaston was one of North Caroline's greatest, ablest and best oktneii. lie was a Conservative, anf respected the wisdom of past age. He belonged to the old federaischool of statesmen, and being a mitt of principle, lie adhered in all t*ng? to what hi# boat ment told him wcs right. Aollj kept Urn out of politic# the great I er pa# of his lite, attd prevented bUa h'm acquiring that reputation wii%|| hi# talents, virtue# and aeeornphliment# entitled him to as a pubtc man He was born in the little ywu of Newborn, Sep teraber I9i, 1778. lie graduated at Prinaton, in 1796, with the highest hours of the College.? Two year# a?r hi# admission to the Bar, be elected a member of the State Se*te, in North Car* alina, and after arris a member of the House. In 808, ho was chosen Speaker of th House of Representatives. Ht was elected a member of Oongrtg 1813, aim served in that bov four years, where ho acquired tnatioi al rep* n tat ion for talents, a'hty and eloquence of a high ord*. He was the leader of the Fede*] party in tbe House of Kepreseiiiti?ea. Ho retired from Congress "1817. and devoted himself to his rofeesion. lie was employed in all.he most important cases in the St*?, The Earl of Granville retaine him to bring snit for lands gren>d his ancestor, one of the Lord's joprietors of North Carolina, hioh covered about two-thirds o.the State I Neither popular elisor nor the odium ot such a caae cqj deter him from engaging in it. 0 said that it should not go abroi that a foreigner could not engag counsel to prosecute his claims.The suit however failed,or it wouh have dispossessed one half of th i freeholders of North Carolina. In lfc$4 be was elected a Judge of tbe Supreme Court ot North Car* olina, tor which, it waa said, "hfc < tastes; character and intellectual qnalines eminently fitted him."-? Bewaa a Roman Catholic, and. by tl?e (then) 8tate Constitution, incapable of holding any State office. But this provision of the Constitution wits treated as a dead letter in Judge Daston's case. In 1&3& a State Convention waa called in North Carolina to revise | their Constitution. The question f of tree-negro suffrage came up fpr ' consideration.1 Under the old State 4 Constitution, all freemon paying 1 a tax wer*a)lM?ed to vote. It wa? 1 proposed to restriab-thie qualiflca ' tion to tree white men, and there- 1 by exclude free negroes. Judge 1 Qaston resisted this change in the ' Oonstitmion With great ability and ' eloquence. lie appealed to the ' members of the convention to say whether their experience did not prove that, in all cases, the free i negroes voted with the gentlemen ' and better class of whfte voters.? He insisted that such was the fact, ' and no imn rontrftwortod it Hnm 1 different is our experience in Sonth Carolina, since the abolition of 1 slavery, and the investment of the 1 colored man with the right of snf iVafge. Instead of voting with gentlemen, and lor gentlemen of in- 1 telligence and ch tractor, the colored men in South Carolina, with a few exceptions, invariably vote with and for the lowest and vilest white men in the community.? ( Why is thisf Bocanse, in Judge Gaston's day and time, the freenegroes had more intelligence than the great mass of color- d voters in , South Carolina of the present day. They owned property, and their interests promoted them to depend on gentlemen tb" protection and assistance. Most unfortunately, now, the colored men have had 1 their minds poisoned by the unprincipled white carpet-baggers and scalawags with stories of be ing thrown back into slavery ! But the day will come when the colored voter will prefer a gentleman to a low scoundrel. Judge Gaston died in his sixtysixth year. He fell dead in the midst of an animated conversation, and his last words were express ing his faith in the 4 All wise and Mighty." He was still Judge of the Supreme Court of North Car olina at his death, and his death was a great loss to the judiciary of that Siate. When it was pro posed to chango the judiciary system of South Carolina, I wrote let tera to Chancellor Kent and Judge Gaston, as two of the most distin guished jurists in the United Srates, asking their counsel and advice as to the best system of judication. I wrote to no one else. Ttie following lettor was kindly written me in reply by Judge Gaston. It will be read with interest. Almost all ot the old judges and lawyers were in favor of separate Courts of equity and separate courts of appeal. In the language ot } Chancellor Kent, we are all the creatures, more or less, of educa- < tion. But in North Carolina they had ti6 separate courts of equity. it was the detect ot tlie judiciary system, in this respect, as seen by Judge Gaston, which made him in favor of the English system, and that system which presided in South Carolina up to the present order of things. Wood, ) September 22d, 1836- f My Dear Sir:, Yonr letter of the 19th July traa handed me as I i was almost leaving home on a long i excursion, and I hare not since 1 been sufficiently settled to have it in my power to answer it. I seize A few moments of rest, which I am j spending in the interior ot New lurk, with a near and dear friend, t<> give you iny thoughts upon the subject to which you have invited my attontion. I deem it essential to a proper judiciary system, that there should be a court for the correction of errors, composed of judges entirely distinct from those who preside on die circuit. It is not possiole for me, in the language of a letter, to giro even a correct outline of the reasons which have produced this | decided opinion. I will only say, < that such an arrangement is i rid is | pensible for proper deliberation, impartiality and dignity. The re- < vising tribunal in our State has < been so coustituted ever since the , year 1818, and there is scarcely i now a dissenting opinion in the i profession, or among the iutelli- ] gent part of the community, or to < the propriety ot this organization, j I am not qualified by experience, i to give an opioioh on the compar- i ative merits of the administration ot equitable jurisprudence by -judges of the courts of law, jJ._ ? i j J .11 . * ' a in a oj juagoH sew apart wiiony ior , 6 ' iat purpose. We liavc never bad | in our State district jndjres to bold jur courts of eflrtUy. But I haTe tonnd so many serious iucon re nisi ices resulting from our system, :hat I have lotig -wished it could L _? ml * - -wMia. moam of projeeding in law and at equity are 10 different, the forme of pleading iud the roles of practice so dissim ilar, that it is scarcely possible to 3ud a working judge who is at borne with both -courts. As the nnmber ol equitable controversies bear up proportion, to that of legal suits, the consequence is, that we bave very respectable law judges >n the circuit court bench, who admit that they are mere tyros in the toience of equity, hi the supreme jonrt to wbieh appeals are brought from both tides of the circuit court, are have an admirable opportunity jf comparing the skill manifested in one class of cases, with the want i>f it to iiidict in the other. Believe iue, sir, that no apology was necessary for communicating your wishes to me, and I shall ieem mvsclf verv hsnnv if T oon ?? ?. ? bo able in any degree to gratify them. By the time you receive this letter, I shall be on my way to Newbern ; and when there, it will afford me great pleasure to answer more in detail such further enquiries as yon may please address to ine. I am, sir, with respectful sentiments, your very Obedient servant, WILL. GASTON. [continued next week.] Gov Perry's Nomination for Congress. We publish the comments of the Charleston and Columbia papers on the nomination of Gov. Perry fur Congress. The Nomination of Ex Qover nor Perry.?The Democratic Convention of the Fourth Congressional District, which assembled in Columbia on Monday, unanimously nominated the Hon. B. F. Perry as the Conservative and Democratic candidate. To this honorable distinction Mr. Perry is justly entitled. Before the war, and up to the time that the Republican party, by its acts, gave evidence that its purpose was the subversion of the constitution, and not the restoration of the Union, Mr. Perry was a staunch Union man. Alter the war, he was appointed Provisional Governor of the State, and discharged the delicate unties of his office with tact and discretion. Upon the assembling of the Legislature lie was elected United States Senator; but, like Gov. Manning and the Hon. t n ~ ijiimes r>. v>ampoeii,? was refused his seat. At that time the drama of Radical reconstruction was about to begin.- * Mr. Perry is a gentleman of large experience in pnblic affairs, and his strong will and high char acter will make him a tit representative of South Carolina upon the floor of Congress Nor will the people of tiia district forget that Mr. Perry, although elected trom the Fourth District, will represent the Conservatives ot the. whole State. From the Radical members we have nothing to expect. Mr. Perry will, in fact, be the mouthpiece of South Carolina Conservatism. A more honorable position no man could desire to fill. Mr. Perry can be elected, and we believe that he will. All that is needed is organization and work. Wallace, the Radical candidate, is notoriously weak, and with a fair election, which they will have, the Uonscrvativescau defeat liim handlomelv. The campaign will be lliort. Let it be sharp and decisive.?f-'harleston Jtfew8, 11 th. Tub real voice of the intelligence, worth and capital of South Oaro lina, ib to-day without a single rep resentative id the Congressional House. It is without audience or champion. It has no opportunity for truth or vindication. The 4th District affords that opportunity. On a legitimate vote it can be handsomely carried. With the high character and liberal sentiments of Oov. Perry, he should sweep the District by an overwhelming majority. Both wings ot the Republican party, which profess to be in earnest for good men and re form, have now the opportunity of testing the sincerity or falsity ot kueir interim ues. Gov. Perry is ono of the most distinguished members of the South Carolina Bar. In 1882, while quite a young man, he espoused the Union cause, and was one of the leaders of the opposition to Nullification. Ue was the candidate 01 the Union party in 1884 for Congress, and was defeated by the Hon. Warren R. Davis, one of the most popular mon in the State, by a majority of only sixty votei. From 1836 until the beginning of '.he late war, Gov. Perry served in either branch of the Legislature. Althongh the consislcut advocate - -- : II? 1\ a - ' ' of the Union, he always poeeeased i the esteem of a)b parties as a mab 1 of high talents, unswerving priti ciplee, sincere convictions, ana un I questioned integrity. I j * At the eldse of 'the war he ires i selected bv President Johnson as < the Provisional Governor of South < Carolina. Since then, be lies been i devoted to the practice of his pro- < feSsion. Bis election is of the i i highest interest to the people of 1 this Commonwealth. It is esscn tial for the cause of Justice and t Right, and that South Carolina may i < At leaat have one worthy' representative in the Halle of Congress, 'i [C/iarleston Courier, 11th. \ La NoxMnatior^qf Ufrtk, B. F. Per- , ry.?The Convention of the Fourth 1 Congressional District settled op| on uie Hon. B. F. Perry ae the i Conservative candidate for Congress. There is, perhaps, no man more generally known throughout the State than Ex-Gor. Perry, nor one more universally esteemed and respected for sterling qualities of head and heart. His nomination cannot tail to give satisfaction to all good and intelligent citizens of the District, aud his electiou will be a source of rejoicing to the entiro State. It will be well for South Carolina to have one true J ? ^ . - -- - ana irnsiy servant 111 Uongress, and no better man could be selected than B. F. Perry. A man of tbe purest character, of distinguished ability, and of chivalrous devotion to Sonth Carolina, he will be as a pillar of strength to nsat Washington. Ibc only cause of regret at bis nomination rests in the tact that we will lose his services as State Senator from Greenville, for which position lie lias been nominated We trost that tbe people of Greenville will give us their next best man, at any rato. As to availability, we also think that no better choice could possibly have been made. Gov. Perry has always been liberal in his political views, and never much of a party man. As opposed to A. S. Wallace, the Radical notniuee, lin Ainnnt fsiil tr\ rrnt tlia ?<>ta ?sw atfill VV? gvv U1W TWIV VI every decent citizen in the Fourth District, who has sense sufficient to apprecia'fe his duty to the 8tate. IColumbia Phoenix, 11 th. The Fourth Congressional District?Its Opportunity and its Duty.?Tho Fourth Congressional District has it in itsjpower to defeat Mr. Wallace, the Radical nominee and to send to Congress a worthy representative of the white element of the State. It is a duty which the District owes to itself and the State to elfect this result. It is thought that Ex Gov. B. F. Perrv will accept the nomination which has been tendered to bim by the recent Democratic Convention of the Fourth District. lie is eminently fitted for the post. Ex Gov. Perry has, perhaps, more of a national reputation than any other South Carolinian?Judge Orr excepted. Fie is known to be a man of the highest integrity. Fie has an imposing presence hiiu an impressive aeiiv? cry. Such a man would command the attention of the House. The cause of this outraged State would rind in him a noble champion.? Assuming that he will accept the nomination, we take occasion to say that we deem it the duty of the Fourth District to use every legitimate effort to secure Ex-Gov. Ferry's election. Let a generous and a general rally be made in this behalf. Nor let the Ex-Governor himself fail to do his part in the canvass. [Columbia Carolinian, 10th. Hon. B. F. Perry.?The Convention ot the Fourth Congression al District, which met in Columbia on the 0th lilt., unanimously nominated, as a candidate for Congress, the Hon. B. F. Perry, of Greenville, one ot the moat distinguished citizens of the State, and a gentleman of unblemished reputa*f. n ?n i HUU. m.r, i vriy i? wen Known throughout the Congressional District, and his uatno is familiar to nearly every household in South Carolina. In him we find everything to admire, talents, morals, dignity, courage, consistency of conduct, and in fact, all those attributes that adorn and beautify human character. Through a long series of years, he has served with great fidelity his native State, and has contributed no littio towards establishing for her a fame and re cord that will be the proud herit age of ftatot* generation*. Prior to the war, Governor Perrv was identified with an element that opposed the nullification and secession doctrines of Mr. Calhoun, and deprecated any movemont looking towards a disruption of the Union. But when the people of the State declared their intention to withdraw from the Union, he went with his people, though under protest, believing that so extraordinary a step wonld end dis , ?, astrouely; Ho one bat been more fervent in devotfon to Boatb Gifc. ; t)lina, io her troubles end trials, ' than Woverpor Perry. He has often been weighed In the balance, and never founcPVaoting. Cool, rtellheratA " ?n<y "?A? _ ^| , 1 hum v* n vir derful foresight, be has stood over ' nobly by tb? Old ebip of State, as one' of her moot trustworthy pilots, and ft ra eminently propertbat at this crisis, he should beCliled from private fife,* and receivedfe# honors, and renewed evidences of tLe confidence reposed in him.' ' 1 It is the dntv of oar people to see to it that so great and bo good a man is chosen tp rep- 1 resent them. He can be Ipom* pbantly elected In a fair contest, and sucb we are determined to havo. Hnnflftt man Poi.finlJ I ljr _ .. W? ?*?VM VI Jt. Mil we appeal to you to pull off your coats, and go to work for our uoble standard boarer. [ Winruiboro> News. The Louisville nominees. The Baltimore American has the following to say of the notnin aticms made at Louisville i Mr. O'Conor, is o! Irish descent, but was born in this country, lie . is a gentleman ot large culture and irreproachable character. For the last twenty years he has stood at the head of tbo New York bar.? In the conrao of a long and brilliant career bis name has never been associated with a disreputable professional act. It bas been his good fortune to have appeared on the side of justice knd right.? His great talents have kept him in the upper stratiftn ot the profession, and thus he has escaped the demoralizing temptations which beset lawyers of smaller capacity. We are not aware that he ever held a public office, although in ante-bellum times he occasionally appeared in the New York Democratic Conventions and made a speech. His political addresses were always thoroughly prepared, and were masterpieces in style and argument. A Democrat of the old school, ho was rather more of an admirer of tho institution ot slavery, while it existed, than Ire would now care to confess. We believe that neither during the war nm* cI tinn I Iia ?' ? ??vr? uiuvu iiiu vr ni uiu 111} CVOr \VHver in his attachment to the Dem ocratic part)'. It is as a lawyer, however, that Mr. O'Conor is beet know n. Chae. O'Conor, the Democratic statesman, is a very obscure man beside Charles O'Conor, the learned aua eloquent advocate. Ilis greatest triumphs have been in the court rooms, and that suitor is always esteemed fortunate who has succeeded in retaining him to plead his cause. IL* possessed all those robust elements ot character that go to make up a great man. Mr. O'Conor is about 56 years of age. He is not above medium height, and is rather stout in person. His presence is dignified, his manners are courtly and ele gant. Mr. Adams is a younger and less distinguished man. He has an illustrious ancestry; John Adams, the second President of the United States, was his great-grandfather; John Qnincy Adams, sixth Presi dent of the United States, was his grandfather, and Charles Francis Adams was his father. In 1848, Charles Francis Adams was the Free Soil candidate tor Vice President. He and Mr. Vun Btiren were supposed to be leading a for-, lorn hope, but the convention wjieh nominated them had in it gorms of the greatest political revolution this c >ntinent lias ever wit-1 nessed. 1 here is no telling what may spring from the movement with which his son is now so prominently associated. He was twice the Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, (if we remember correctly) and on one oc-1 casion reduced tho Republican ma-1 jority of 80,000 to 20,000. He ia a tinnncr mnn i*nnt okSlStti u mm ^ vu ?g> IIWII VI Kl VUb nuillij nil U pluck, and should lie l>e elected Vice President, ar.1 by the accidents of fortune become President, he would not disgrace the position. Mr. Adams can command 10,000 more votes in Massachusetts than any candidate the Democrats could hare nominated. ? s * The Firs at Walker, Evans & Cogswell's.?We regret to learn that the fire at the extensive printing and publication establishment of the above enterprising and energetic firm will not fall short of $10,000, and may reach $15,000. The damage to the building will not exceed $1,000 probably, but it is in stock, wet to check the progress of the fire, j the heaviest loues have occurred. I [Charleston Courier. AOAl There ere over 650,000 scholars in attendance at the public schools in Illinois. FARM AXJP HOME, ' EUeenti&l Qualifications of a 8uo eossful linur. < viww Saving Bmt ; ' I aend 700 a receipt tor oaring beef daring the samaser season, which X think is of rast importance to : the Boatht as we can raise cattle with bat little trouble, and by1 this process can save the largest ox midsaminer for any length of time. I pnt op for ray own family use one quarter to onehalf a beef weekly, and hare not lost any in the past three months. I do not claim any thing for myself except the application, and my object is to give my experience to others that they may be benefited. Recipe?For ODe hundred pounds of beef, take five pounds of fine salt, two onces of saltpetre, and two pints of good molasses. Directions.?-Cut your beef in courVenient pieces taking out tho marrow bones. Incorporate the salt and saltpetre together on a board or tab)e. Take the beef by piece, and rnb the salt well into I lm ^Aalt IUU ilOSII* Then have a cask of convenient size, prepared in the following manner: wash it well in the inside, then smoke it for ten or fifteen minutes with corn shucks or cobs, or anything that will make a dense smoke, (do not burn the cAek,) let it cool for a few minutes, then put the beef in layers as close as possible, pouring the molasses over each layer. When all is thus placed in the cask, put a cover on the top with sufficient weight to keep the meat down, and in the course of six or teo hours the meat will be covered with brine. Use no water. When thus prepared, you can use it as steaks or roasts as you desire, as tliere is no more salt in it than will make it palatable. [Cor. Itural South Land. Herbs and Fruits. All householders who aro fortunate enough to owu a garden, says some one, should have a bed devoted to the cultivation of herb?. A writer in a New York paper goes fnrthe-, and demonstrates that by cultivation a certain herb near the roots of frnit trees, you preserve the latter while enjoying the benefit of the former. He says he ouce knew a large peach tree which was more than forty years pld, while several generations of simitar trees in the same soil had passed away. This led to an examination, and a bed of tan ey was discovered about the trunk. It was naturally inferred that the preservation of this tree to snch a green aid age was attributable to the presence of this plant. It was (^pcided to try the experiment on others, and accordingly a few of the roots were placed about each of the other trees on the premise. some of which gave signs ef de cay. Not only has it preserved them for several years, but renovated those that were unsound.? The odor of this plant, he says, doubtless keeps off the insect enemies of this kind of tree, and would have the same effect on others, as the plum, apple and pear, as well as the sycamore and other ornamental trees. Few persons imagine how much knowledge and especially what va* ried knowledge, it is ncCeaary a man should possess to be a successful farmer. There is scarcely a branch of science which is not intimately connected with agricnlture. It is true a farmer may he the most ignorant of men, and yet obtain good profits out of his holding; but this success is due to inciden al circumstances beyond iiia control, and from which he profits ignorantly. Experience goes a long way, bnt study is necessary, especially study during youth. A thooretical farmer, without any practice or experience whatever, will probably lose Iiia money ; bnt a man who has experience and also knowledge drawn from books, will, other things being equal, make $250, where another, who has experience only, without the assistance and hints given by tho study of various subjects and sciences, will only make $150. Agriculture, or rather farming, is generally considered a matter of luck and chance; all faults and errors are laid to the weather, but the fact is, that agricultural is a very exact science.?Liebig. ? ? Working Animals.?tt is oi equal importance that working animals should receive generous treatment. They should be well fed three times a day, should have salt at least twice a week, and, besides the usual supply of good hay or other provender, cut up and mixed with corn ground with the cob. should have occasional messes of roots. Knmro Fmurt in oun Rooam.We should be chary of keeping ripe trait in oar rilling rooms, end especial)j beware of keeping it about a rick chamber for any length of time. The complaint which some people make aboot faint sensation in the presence of fruit, is not fanciful?they may bo really affected by it; for two continental chemists hare shown that, from the moment of plucking, apples, cherries, currents and other fmits are subject to incee* Bant transformation. At first, they absorb oxygen, thus robbing the surrounding air of its vital clement. Then U?ey evolve carbonic acid, and this in far greater vol.* nme than the purer gas is absorbed, so that we have poison given as in the place of pure air. with com pound' interest." Temperature affect? the rate ot changes, warmth accelerating it. [Good Health. To Keep Milk Sweet.?In very warm weather, when it is difficult to preserve milk trora becoming sour and spoiling the cream, it may be kept perfectly sweet by scalding the new milk very gently without boiling, and putting it away in the earthen pan or dish in which it has been scalled. This method is adopted in all the large dairies in Fugland, and particularly in Devonshire. Cream already skimmed may be kept quite sweet tor twenty four hours if scalded, but if as much powdered loat sugar be aoded as will sweeten it, and then scalded, it will keep in a cool place for two days. ? - . i. T* . L ? - r arming is, without a aoubt, the surest occupation there is.? Farmers may not grow rich, but they always manage to got a living for themselves ana family, which is more than can be said of any other pnrsuit. They may grow rich in this as in any other pnrsuit according to the degree ot intelligence and industry both to bear. If yon desire to see the success of youc children rendered sure in life, educate them for the farm. ' Tde unpardonable sin in man is from good grain to make poor whisky } ana in woman, from pood flour to make poor bread."? flio latter is a crime of frequent occurrence, and has nothing to excuse it, for it is just as easy to always have sweet, light wholesome bread, as to ruin one's digestive organs with hot salaratus biscuit, or to disgust one's olfactories with " salt risings." Herb is a new way of treating the broken legs ot horses, which ought to be generally known.? Atter the leg is set, cover it thickly with plaster. When the nlas ter hardens, it will keep the limbs as immovable as if made of iron* Thus treated, a broken leu, it is asserted, will knit together in a short time, and he bo as good as over. To Remove a StaiIt.?Table linen or any white clothes that have coffee or fruit stains on thcra, before being put into soap suds, should have boiling water turned on them, and remain in it until the water is cold. If they are put into 6oap suds with the stains on, they will be set by it so that no subsequent washing will remove them. Elections.? the elections during the present year will be held as follows t Dakota Territory, October 8. Indiana, October 8. Iowa, October 8. Nebraska, October 8. Ohio, October 8. Pennsylvania, October 8. South Carolina, October 18* West Virginia, October 24. Alabama, November 5. Arkansas, November 5. Delaware. November 5. Florida, November 5. Georgia, November 5. Illinois, November 5. Kansas, November 5. IiOuisiana, November 6. Maryland, November 6. Massachusetts, November 5, Michigan, November 5. , Minnesota, November 5. Mississippi, November ft. Missouri, November ft. Nevada, November ft. New Jersey, November ft. New York, November ft. Tennessee, November 5. v ai?i?aav*t ATW WIUWI U Wisconsin, November 8. Arizona Territory, November & District of Columbia, Novem. ber 27. The Presidential election will occur in all the States on the 5th day of November.