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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 2013. CHARLESTON. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, ?872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE FIFTH ATENUE TALK. CARL SCHURZ PRONOUNCES FOR GREELBT. Speeches of Trumbull, .T. D. Cox, Gov? ernor Walker and Others- An Ad? journment Without Action-Meeting or the Rump and the New Nomina? tions. The New York newspapers are filled willi the details of the conference of Thursday at Mr. Lloyd's rooms, in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. The result of the meeting appa? rently ls that the weight of the expressions ls manifestly in iavor of Greeley and Brown, thongh a few of those who participated in the deliberations were determinedly opposed to the ticket. The meeting was held with closed doors, some of the outsiders facetiously styl? ing lt the "air-tight convention," but notwith? standing the presence of a doorkeeper and other adjnncts of secresy, the opinions of the individuals and their positions taken, and the general sentiment expressed was quickly con? veyed to those outside and collected by the reporters in various ways. "4 WHO WERE PRESENT. The organization was effected by the elec? tion o? ex-Governor J. D. Cox, of Ohio, as J chairman; William Cullen Bryant and General John A. Dix as vice-presidents, and Henry D. Lloyd as secretary. The sessions were held in tho dining-room, facing on Twenty-fourth street. The room was not crowded, less than one hundred persons being in attendance. Among those present were the f lowing : Alabama-John Forsyth, of tho Mobile Reg? ister. Arkansas-Senator B. F. Bice. Connecticut-Governor English, Lafayette I S. Foster, David Clarke, David A. Wells, Mr. Messenden and J. H. Bromley. Georgia-General B. H. Hill and Judge H. W. Hilliard. Illinois-Senator Trumbull and Horace White. Iowa-General Fitz Hoary Warren and J. B. Grlnnell. Kentucky-Henry Watterson, o? the Louis-1 ville Journal. Louisiana-J. C. Bnckman and Thomas H. Smith. Maine-Ex-Governor Pillsbury. Massachusetts-Edward Atkinson. Missouri-Carl Sohurz, Colonel Grosvenor, State Treasurer Hay and Charles Daenzler, of I the St. Louis Volksblatt, New Jersey-Senator Stockton, ex-Govern? or Theodore F. Randolph, State Senat or Lit tie, Judge Dutcher. - McKean, Edgar Ran? dolph, S. C. Forker, R. F. Stevens and Judge David Naar. New York-W. C Brvant, Oswald Ottendor? fer, Parke Uoedwln, Charlton J. Lewis. J. S.? Moore, General John A. Dix, Henry D. Lord. Theodore Bacon, of Rochester, Robert B. Min? ium, Manion Sands, Charles H. Marshall, Henry Sherwood, L. L. Godkin, Royal Phelps, Simon Stern, Isaac Butta, J. K. Flanders and Hiram Barney. North Carolina-Daniel R. Goodloe and Gov? ernor Graham. Ohio-Ex-Governor J. D. Cox, Judge Stat lo, JVC. Brinkerhoff, Judge M. W. Oliver and Emellus Rotho, of the Cincinnati Volksfreund. Pennsylvania-Judge Lowery and General Cass. Rhode Island-Julius Dexter. South Carolina-C. F. Blake and Arthnr W. Sedgwick. Tenneesee-Senator Fowler and E. C. Car-1 ter. Virginia-Governor Gilbert C. Walker, A. H. H. Stuart, Bradley Johnson and J. B. Bald? win. W!?consln-Ex-Governor Solomon. The States of California, Delaware and Ore- j goo were not represented. Those of Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Minnesota, New Hamp? shire, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia, were represented, but their representatives (ailed to register t hemselves. Invitations had been sent in some instances to parties in these States, but they had designated proxies in this city to represent tbem, and these prox? ies were refused admission. Besides these were a considerable number from New York and other adjacent States, whose names carry no particular significance, but who constituted, as the debates went oe, a marked and not nnlnfluen?al clique for the j irreconcilables. SENATOR TRUMBULL'S SPEECH. After an Informal talk to no particular ques? tion, and without definite purpose, Senator j Trumbull delivered a carelul speech, advocat- ' lng the nominees of the Cincinnati Conven? tion, endorsing Greeley and Brown, amid enthusiastic applause. Mr. Trumbull's speech was spoken of by those who heard lt as of sin? gular loree, pungency > and compactness. it took emphatic ground for a union on Gree ley and Brown as the only possible means of deleatlng General Grant, and accomplishing the ends for which this conference was pro? posed to be called, and reviewed at some leagth the situation throughout the country, as^showlng how any other nominations were now an Impossibility. With sententious force he summed up tbe situation thus : "To the question which comes uppermost among us there ls only one answer which occurs lo me | as reasonable or possible. How are we to de? feat Grant ? By supporting Greeley !" CALL OF THE STATES AND THE RESPONSE. Senator Schurz moved that the representa? tives of the several Stales be heard lu alpha betical order ot States, which being carried, Alabama was called. The Hon. John Forsyth, editor of the Mobile Register, responded lu behalf of lils State. He | spoke In favor ot the Liberal mo vernen t, which found expression at Cincinnati, endorsed em? phatically its ticket and platform, and pledged Alabama for G ive ley and . Brown by a large majority. Mr. Forsyth was not without some bitterness In his forms of expression, and he allowed lt to be clearly understood that Gree? ley and Brown were neither bis first nor his second choice; that he went for them not be? cause he wanted them, but because lt was the only resort left him. Ex-Senator Rice lollowed as the representa? tive of Arkansas speaking In the same vein as Mr. Forsyth, endorsing tbe nominees at Cin? cinnati, saying that Arkansas would vote tor Greeley and Brown by a handsome majority. Connecticut was represented by ex-Govern er English, ex-Senator Lafayette S. Foster, the Hon. David A. Wells and the Hon. David Clark, the latter chairman of the Liberal Re? publican State committee. Messrs. English .and Foster spoke in the same vein, advocating toe principles enunciated at-Cincinnatl, en? dorsing ila nominees, and prophesying the easy success of the ticket in their State. The Hon. David A. Wells, In a brief and guarded speech, said that he was determined under amy circumstances not to support Grant, and whether he supported Mr. Greeley or not de? pended very materially as to whether, in his opinion, Mr. Greeley was the most favorable candidate presented. Mr. Clark, on the con? trary, spoke enthusiastically In favor of Gree? ley and Brown, and the principles promulgate I ed at Cincinnati, which they represent, and promised that Connecticut would be carried easily by at least from seven thousand to ten ihousand majority. The Hon. H. W. Hilliard spoke for Georgia, representing the feellBg of the people of bis Stale as very strongly in favor ot tho Cincin? nati ticket. He made an eloquent appeal in iavor of the endorsement of Greeley and Brown as the only hope ol the country and re? form In the administration of the government. Georgia, hi said, was sure to give the ticket an immense majority. Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune, spoke in glowing terms of the prospects of ibe Libe? ral ticket in Illinois. It was not only sure ol the Democratic vote, but was drawing very largely from the Republican party, and all the Indications were In Its fat or. General Fitz Henry Warren then took the floor in behalf of Iowa. In an earnest and forcible manner he urged union on Greeley and Brown as the most effective means of de? feating Grant, and expressed confidence that Iowa could be carried for Greeley and Brown, as opposed against Grant. Kentucky was next called, Mr. Henry Wat? terson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Jour? nal, being the speaker. He said thal he spoke in behalt of the South, and, in an earnest and hearty appeal, Implored a union bu Greeley and Brown as the only means for the emanci? pation of the South. He represented Ken? tucky to be almost a unit in iavor of the nomi? nees of the Cincinnati Convention. Mr. Watter 4son also stoke for Tennessee In the same vein. Mr. Edward Atkinson appeared as the c plon-ln-chlef of Massachusetts. He wa posed to Grant, condemned his policy ol eminent; yet, as strongly as he opposed G he considered him Infinitely preferab Greeley. The Hen. G. P. Pillsbury, of Maine, spo behalf of his State. He made an eames thusla8tlc appeal for union on the Clncl ticket and platform, guaranteeing that such a union Maine could be carried for < ley and Brown. Colonel Wm. M. Grosvenor answerc< Missouri, speaking in the most eulog terms of the Cincinnati Convention, Its form and its ticket, and recommending the conference should indorse Greeley Brown. He said that, with the exceptio, the gentleman from Cincinnati and Ji Brinkerhoff, he did not know a solitary I trader in the West who was not entlrel sympathy with the Liberal movement, at favor of Greeley and Brown. They do look upon Mr. Greeley In thia canvas as a tectlonist. that question being left to the ( greBslocal districts, and he having pier. him8eli to carry out the will of the peopl the matter. They desire to secure much n ed reform, and to accomplish this at pre they have but one hope, viz, the succ?s Greeley and Brown. [Great applause.] Mr. Daeozler, editor of a St. Louis Gert paper, followed Colonel Grosvenor, tali strong ground against the endorsement of Cincinnati ticket. Judge David Naar, a Democratic edito New Jersey, spoke lor his Slate. He said v no ticket in the field but Grant and Gree New Jersey would go lor Grant. The Hon. Wm. Dorsheimer, of Buffalo, i that he had gone to Cincinnati, and was | lectly satisfied with the result. He indoi in the most emphatic manner the nomlm considering that they were the only candid) under which we could expect reform i purification ot government. SENATOR SCHDRZ'B SPEECH. The last speaker was Senator Schurz, v began his address about a quarter-past elev and spoke for nearly two hours. lu beg nlng he said that, If anything like the ea estness and eloquence and energy which 1 been sbown by Mr. Bryant in his remarks 1 been inanllested by him at Cincinnati, would have done great good; if anything il the energy shown by other gentlemen at t meeting, or In getting lt up, had been sho< at Cincinnati, the result would have be very different; if half the people who w? vice-presidents at the Steinway Hall meeti had been present at Cincinnati they wot not have had cause to meet here. It wa; very essential thing lu pollilcs not only lo s the right thing, but to say It at the right tim and the time was passed for any new tatt anees. It was too late ! Men must have t come convinced by the consultations here, not before, that lt was no longer possible present any ticket with a chance of benth Grant except the Greeley ticket. He then went on to present the great co sideratlons which moved him, with a sense duty, to support the Cincinnati ticket. If 1 were to consult merely hin personal feeling which be shared lu common with others wi had expressed them lhere-if he felt at liber to do that, it might be different. But he U that great public considerations Imposed duty upon him and upon others which th could not neglect or disregard. There hi been manifested throughout the South a di position toward a thorough and sincere at permanent reconciliation of feeling tbrout the success of this movement. The hand friendship and cordiality was outstretched t the men who had been fighting against us d ring the war. They were prompted to Ibis t the feeling that the Liberal Republican mov ment was for the enlrancbisement of the people and their relief from an oppression r longer endurable. Any movement lookln directly or Indirectly to the reelection i Grant-to the continuance of that oppression would be to strike back and repel with Insu those outstretched hands. He, for one, und< no circumstances and for BO considerate could take any step looklog directly or iud rectly to the continuance of this udmlnlsin lion aud the repelling of this tendency n ward reconciliation between North and Soutl He spoke next of the Intensity of parly dei potlsm, which those only could understan who had been compelled to confront lt In th Senate and In the House, appealing in vain t men who were known to believe in certain rt lornas, but who did not dare to act upon thel couvictlou8, because ot that party despotlsn a despotism which controlled committee! which suppressed minority action?, whic whitewashed the most gross and offensive mb deeds, that he could not conceive that any rc form could possibly be aided er harbored s long as that despotism remained nnbrokei that the first necessity with the country was l break that at once-the first step toward th accomplishment ot any reform whatever; tho it would become immeasurably stronger I sustained and Indorsed by the people, as I would be on the re-election of Presiden Grant and the existing power; thal this agaii seemed :o him to Impose upon every sincer relormer a duty not. to be avoided, not io b neglected, and that under any circumstance he could not, directly or Indirect))', conirlbuti to the re election of the present administra tlon, and to the continuance and strengthen lng of that party despotism which ii was tbi first necessity to break up. Some had advocated the nomination ol t more Conservative ticket. He had a strong leaning to the direction of such movement but felt that at this time, with such public In tere st at stake, men must seek, not persona Ideas, but practical good, and the nearesi practical good they could accomplish. General Schurz then argued at conslderablt length the utter impossibility of presenting i new ticket with the least hope of success; lha even this meeting, lt was plain, would by I considerable majority declare against putting up a new ticket; that there was JO possibility that any such ticket, even lt put up anani mously by the meeting, could bf adopted a Ballimore. If Borne movement of this kiuc hud been made Immediately after me Cincin natl nominations it might hav.. had some weight; but lt was ot no use to try to sill molten iron alter lt got cold. He Bald thai even two weeks ago he believed that he had deceived himself even Jn supposing that any such movement was possible, but that it wat very plain that lt was not possible now. He concluded by Baying that, since lhere would be no united action at the meeting, and that a large majority of those present were not disDOsed to take any action looking to? ward a new ticket, be would suggest that the conference should now adjourn sine die. Mr. Cox made a lew remarks, saying that as those who were present would undoubtedly be likely to act together lo future relations either this campaign or possibly during it, he earnestly deprecated any such sharpness ol criticism or harshness ol expression UB would tend to embarrass that heany und harmonlons co-operation ol men who thought alike. TUE RESOLUTION. At the conclusion of Senator Schurz's speech, Governor Randolph offered the follow? ing resolution, which wa? adopted, and was the only action had by the convention during the whole session. Resolved, That this conference do now ad? journ sine die, without any further expression of opinion beyond those had from the indi? vidual members, and that the thanks of the conference be given lo the president for his Impartial conduct of its business. The resolution was then adopted unani? mously. After the conference bad dispersed, Judge Stallo, ot Ohio, called a meeting for to-day of those who were dissatisfied with the result of yesterday. OPINIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN DELE? GATES. Gov. C. C. Walker, of Virginia, In conversa? tion, expressed himself very earnestly In sup? port of toe Cincinnati nominations. Virginia, he claimed, originated the Liberal movement In 1869, and be bad been Identified with the cause ever since. Mr. Greeley had lrom the first given a cordial and steadfast support to the movement, and had thereby won tue es? teem of all the friends ot reform. The .inti? ment of the masses of the people lu Virginia and in other Southern States with which he was familiar, was overwhelmingly In favor ot Mr. Greeley. Governor Walker said thal if it was designed to have an antl-Greeley conference, he was at a loss to account lor his being invited. He Lad attended for the purpose or using lils best efforts to secure au endorsement of thu Cincinnati nominations. The gentlemen from other Southern States with whom he had coo versed coincided in his opinions. In fact the masses of the people had taken the matter in their own hands, and Insisted on having Mr. Greeley as a candidate. It was a movement rather of the people than the politicians, and the few Bourbon leaders here and there who endeavored to make opposition were over? whelmed by the popular tide. Governor Walker had with him a letter from Governor Yance, ot North Carolina, coinciding entirely with his own views. Georgia was represented in the conference by the Bon. Benjamin H. Hill and the Hon. H. W. Hilliard, both of whom were strongly in favor of endorsing Greeley and Brown. In conversation with a Tribune reporter alter the conference, Mr. Hill said the vot?is of Georgia ! would give Greeley fifty thousand majority. He himself spoke at a mass meeting at Atlanta last week in favor of the Cincinnati nominees, in opposition to Bobert Toomba and Alexander H. Stephens, who on the precedlng*nlght bad Bpoken against the Liberal movement, and in favor of a straight-out Democratic nomination at Ballimore. They had, In fact, refused to support Mr. Greeley, even In case of his nomi? nation at Baltimore. Mr. Hill said lhere were some who thought the opposition of these gen? tlemen was an assistance to the Liberal cause, as they were types of the Impractical Bourbon element of the Democratic party, and bad nearly lost their influence over the masses. There could be no doubt that the people of Georgia are earnestly In favor of Mr. Greeley, and the State ls very strongly for him. The Georgia State Democratic Convention will meet on Wednesday next, and Mr. Hill says will send to Baltimore a unanimous dele? gation for Greeley. One reason why the peo? ple of the South are desirous to have the Cin? cinnati nominees endorsed at Baltimore ls be? cause lt ls the first chance they have had to show the North that they are sincere In their protestations ot a desire lor peace, and are willing to accept the results ot the war, and the constitutional amendments. Mr. Greeley ls identified with all these measures, and at the same lime ls, on account ol his action since the war, more acceptable to the South lhan almost any other candidate who could be nominated. Mr. Hill thought that a large portion ol'the negro vote would be given to Mr. Greeley, as many of ibem were employed bv their former masters, toward whom they tilt very kindly, and by whose opinions they will be guided. Mr. Hill thought ine Greeley and Brown ticket, would secure the votes of nearly every Soulhern Stale except SOU?J Carolina. Mr. Rothe, editor of the cmoiunatl Volks freund, represented tho ?ntl-Greeley element from his section ol the country. He express? ed himself during the afternoon session as confident that the conference would under no circumstances endorse Mr. Greeley. They would separate without action first. He thought Senator Schurz was in an extremely unfortunate position, and ought not lo have attended the conference. It would have been better lor him to have accompanied his lamlly to Europe. Mr. Rothe thought the senator wouid feel oblige. 1 to give in his adherence to Mr. Greeley, and would thereby alienate lrom him his truest und best friends, ihe German element of the country. With the exception of the ultra Free-Trade representatives from New York City, Cincin? nati, and a few other places, the representa? tives seemed a unit In support ot the Liberal ticket, rms was made evident by the speeches of Governor Pillsbury, ot Mulue, ex-Senator Foster, ol Connecticut, Senator Rice, of Ar? kansas, John Forsyth, ol Alabama, ex-Senator Hilliard, of Georgia, Senators Schurz and Trumbull, Governor Walker, the Hon. J. B. Baldwin, of Virginia, and many others. The delegates from Virginia consisted of Governor Gilberte. Walker, General Bradley T. John? son, Colonel J. B. Baldwin, M. C., and ex-Sec? retary A. H. H. Stuart, all ot whom were united and earnest In their support of the Liberal movement. The gentlemen expressed themselves as desirous ol having Virginia take the lead ot the Southern States in this effort for relorm, which they were confident would prove successful. The Ramp Conference-A new Ticket In the Field. NEW YORK, June 21. The convention called by Judge Stallo, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, met at three o'clock this afternoon. No reporters were admitted. It has been learned, however, that ex-Gov? ernor Cox made a speech endeavoring to har? monize on Greeley. Mr. Edward Atkinson urged, lu a speech, the nomination of Charles Francis Adams, aa tbe means to unite the re? formers against Graut. Among those present were the lollowlng gentlemen : Colonel Gros? venor, T. T. Gault, Carl Daenzler, Parke Good? win and W. C. Bryant. The question was de? bated, "Shall we nominate u ticket V Alter a long discussion lt was decided In the affirma? tive, when Mr. Cox publicly withdrew from the deliberations. The platform denounces Greeley and Cincinnati, and pledges Free Traders to the support ot iheir own policy un? der ail circumstances. The conference, afer a session of three hours, nominated Wm. S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, for President, and Frede? rick Law Olmsted, of New York, vice-Presi? dent. A Bourbon Conference at Long Branch Nothing In lt. LONG BRANCH, June 20. About thirty gentlemen, representing them? selves us Democrats, met here to-day at noon, ut the Metropolitan Hotel. The meeting was called lor the purpose of placing a strict out and-out Democrat on Hie Baltimore ticket, repudiating any endorsement of Horace Greeley by tho Baltimore Conven? tion, and In the event of the endorsement ol' Horace Greeley at Ballimore, this committee will call a meeting of Democrats for the pur? pose of holding a national convention lu the West and nominating a Democratic ticket. The meeting te also reported to be In favor and working lu the interest of Charles Francis Adam?. The Hon. S. S. Cox, who is stopping here, ls regaining his health and ai reo gt ti. He says he knows nothing of the meeting of these Democrats. Alabama Opposes Democratic Nomina? tions. MONTUOMERT, June 21. The Alabama Democratic convention ad? journed. It declined to elect electors, leav? ing it to Congressional Districts after the Balti? more Convention. The following resolution was adopted by a large majoriu : Resolved, That In ihe opinion of this con? vention, nader existing circumstances, the National Democratic Convention ought not to make nominations in opposition to the nomi? nation recently made ai Cincinnati, but these resolutions are not Intended to Instruct the delegates to be sent lo Ballimore. Delegates were elected to Ballimore. Alpbeus Baker and J. J. Jolley were nominated fur Congress at large. A Blast from Butler-He Insists that lite Dc moe ral s Can't Support Ci ree ley-And Pitches Into Civil Service Reform. BOSTON, June 23. The Grant Campaign Club held a raiitlcatlon meeting yesterday, Alexander Rice presiding, Judge Hoar lauded thc CL tdldates fur the well earned dlstluctlon In the 1 ?nee of war and poli? tics. In lils allusion to Sumner the audience was disposed to hiss, but was checked by the speaker. His expression waa only one of regret at the course his Iriend had taken, and of the hope that be would realize lila lai-e position. General Buller followed, and said the only constitutional campaign began on the 19th of April, 18G1. The old Democratic party was doue gone dead. Greeley's success depended upon ihe nomination at Baltimore, which be would not obtain. Angel Gabriel could not be elected on such a ticket. The Republican patty was united, unbroken, hon? est. The Southern Democrats were not pre? pared to support such a leader as waa present? ed at Cincinnati. Sumner's speech so disgust? ed the people they insisted upon nominating his colleague for vice-President. The Repub? lican party deserved to die If IL could not beat the parry (hat ..ad experienced two defeats. He believed in victory, but be considered civil service reform a humbug. He believed In turning offices Inside out every four years, and didn't favor an aristocracy of office-hold? ers. The Republican party, which had worked Itself up honestly lrom small beginnings, was not to be killed by the nomination ot the meanest elements of a defunct party with lew disgruntled Republican?. TUE TROTTING t?RF. SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. The trotting match between the stallions Ajax and Alexander, for $20,000 a side, look piuue ut Oakland to-day.. Ajax wou In three Straight heals. The best lime made was 2.29. CAN IT BE ?-It is said that the notorious Dr. Cummings of Spartanburg, has been elected a professor iu the Stale University. [?7nion Times. SWEEPING THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE NATIOS ABLAZE WITH ENTHUSIASM FOB GREELEY. The Democratic Opposition Surrender. lng-Dlr. Greeley's po In ga - Prepara? tions for Another Orange Itiot-The Boston Jubilee-Envy of (he Lone some New Yorkers. ? (FROM OUR OWN C0BM8PONDBNT.1 NKJV YORK, June 19. The action of each Democratic State con? vention as it meets is convincing those most unwilling to believe that the Baltimore Con? vention will ratify the nomination ol Greeley and Brown. In the face of what seems to be the prevailing sentiment.ol the Democratic parly, the Democratic papera which have In? sisted upon a straight ticket at Baltimore, or another Liberal Republican candidate than I Hr. Greeley, find lt difficult to hold out. In? deed, the World, which has undoubtedly been the most powerful rallying point ol the antl Greeley Democratic sentiment, shows signs of weakening. Whether It: will submit to the decision of the parly In convention assembled (which it.has never said it would not do) or throw off its allegiance and proclaim itself to be an independent newspaper, remains to be seen. Mr. Greeley continues to pass the time o? his enforced abstinence from editorial labor in doing nothing in particular. He sp ?nds a day or two at Chappaqua, chopping wood or look? ing over the tarm, and then comes down to town and visits his friends, spending a night In Brooklyn with his crony, Storrs, and another in mis city with Oliver Johnson's family. Occasionally In the mornings he drops Into the Liberal Republican headquarters at the Astor House and receives the congratu la lions of lils admirers, whs flock from all paris of the Union, and particularly lrom Die South. This ls rather a bore; however, he never stays long. He is president of several societies, for In? stance the Liberal Club (philosophical, not political,) and the Rural Club. When the weekly meetings take place he ls usually on hand to preside. On Sundays, If he ls In the city, he goes to his own church, Dr. Cbapln's, First Unlversalisi, to worship. His wife and one of his daughters returned from Europe last week. Mrs. Greeley's health ls bad, and ber condition mara the serenity which his im? proving political prospects ought to bring to the kind heart or, her husband. It ls one of the misfortunes attached to greatness that domeslic affairs ol conspicuous men become public properly. We know as much about the home Hie of Washington, the Napoleons, Lincoln and Grant as we do ofthat of one of our most Intimate Irlends. Mr. Greeley's ex perlence Is no exception to the rule. I would be betraying no secret, therefore, if I should liken his pilgrimage through this vale ol tears with that of an earlier philosopher, So? crates. It is justice to Mr. Greeley to say tbat, like the illustrious Socrates, he Is one of the most gentle and devoted of husbands. Small boys exploding Chinese fire-crackers in the streets warn us of the approach of .he national anniversary, when all ihe country will come to town and all the town gladly es? cape into the country. The usual torrid heat and military display may be expected'; but the great Fisk, who was about all that made last Fourth of July endurable to tho Broadway crowds, will be missing. The trial of the assassin Stokes begins to? day. By the fourth he ought to be well con? victed. Of course he will never be hanged. Catch Judges, Juries or governors permitting anybody but poor devils without friends to be hung uow-a-days. Preparations lor anolher ominous event are going on. The Orangemen are determined to parade again on their anniversary, the 12th of July. A year ago one hundred lives were lost In consequence of their persistence. But ihey say their society will parade In Boslon, Phila? delphia, Cincinnati, Norfolk and other cities, and why should lt not do so in New York ? Fortunately for the cause of security and good order, the legislature at Its last Bession Invest? ed the police board with the right lo forbid public demonstrations which threatened dis? turbances ot the peace. If In their Judgment the Orange parade will have the tendency to produce disorders, they are at liberty to pre? vent lt. AB they did not interfere with the Rlbbonmen on St. Patrick's Day, however, the Orangemen complain that the board will show partiality lt they are forbidden to parado. They declare their intention of playing their party airs and flaunting their parly colors. The tremendous hubbub at the Hub almost finds an echo here. It is Impossible to read the fervid accounts of the scenes lu the Jubilee building, without leering something of the thrill which goes through the listening Bos? tonians, and drives them screeching and rav? ing wild. Thousands of New Yorkers have gone on to Bee the great sight and hear the mighty noise, and all Ihe leading newspapers ol this city have reporters there who telegraph columns ol descriptions, criticism and bosh every nlghl. The editorial comments of the same papers are hardly fair. They display lust enough feeling lo show that Jealousy ls not altogether foreign to Ihe Uothamlte breast, l can Imagine that If the Coliseum were stand? ing In Central Park, and the steeples of New York were responding to the electric touch of the stupendous Gilmore, our Journalists would find In the affair vast aesthetic consequences. Undoubtedly lt ls absurd to expecl that the coming together of so many musical elements, without previous severe training and practice In combination, could produce a perfect musi? cal success. But the affair has Its value. It will glv9 a prodigious Impetus to the study of the art In this country. A circumstance proveB this: When Gilmore got up his first Jubilee, three years ago, his chorus consisted of church choirs and impromptu village musi? cal societies. Tnere are nearly five hundred fine choral associations in the present chorus, all of which have been formed In New Eng? land Blnce the first jubilee. Of course Gilmore intends lo keep up this thing as long as lt. pays, and will try something bigger still next time-perhaps the Importal lon even of Verdi, Wagner and Gonoud to lead their own operas. The foreign military bands do not strike the New York critics with amazement. Wheeler, of ihe World, thinks the British Grenadiers is inferior to Jim Fisk's Ninth Regiment Band. _ Nra. THE NEW ROCKBRIDGE ALDM SPRINGS. This new watering place, in Rockbridge Coun? ty, Va., will be open for visitors on the first day of July, under the auspices of ajolnt stock company, chartered for the purpose. An ele? gant hotel has been erected in ihe latest style, and the first-class accommodations, together with the famous alum and chalybeate waters, make tbese springs a desirable resort for in? valids and tourists. The springs are eight miles from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and a line of coaches connect with ihe traine twice a day. s VA. LL)?I) TO DEATH.' A Terrible Hu il road Accident-Tbe Passengera Bolled In tbe Escaping Steam-Sixty Persons Dead or Dying. BELLEVILLE, June 22. A ghastly accident occurred to-day on the Grand Trunk Ballway. The train from Toron? to to Montreal Jumped the track eleven miles from this place, leaving the baggage car on the rails, but smashing the smoking and sec? ond-class passenger cars, which ran into each other, and were thrown on top of the engine, exposing the passengers to the scalding steam escaping lrom the boiler. An eye-witness says that immediately after the accident he went to the second-olass car. It and the smoking-car were telescoped, and piled on the locomotive, the steam from which issuing from the cars was so dense that he could see nothing. One after another ot the scalded victims were crowding out of the opening. Crowbars was immediately put into reqisltlon by passengers from the 'first-class cars, all of whom escaped injury, and openings were made. Many were found entangled, and were extricated with the utmost difficulty, Umbers having to be broken. Five persons were lound dead, and were carried to the roadside, where the wounded lay for nearly three hours lo the most tearful agony. The sight waa one to baffle description. The ter? rible cries of the sufferers rent the ears o? the lookers on, who made every pteslble effort lo grant their request for water. The two first-class and the Pullman car were comparatively uninjured, and the pas? sengers were transhipped and went East this forenoon. Sixty-five men and women were fearlully scalded and otherwise injured, six ot whom died on the spot. Four more have died, and others are dying every hour. Not more than one-third ol the Injured will live. The wounded and dying are lylug stretched on mattresses on the floor of tbe ireight shed, BO much disfigured os to oe unrecognizable. THE O ROWING CROPS. Beaufort. The Republican says I hat St.' Helena planters report the corn and coll?n In that neighbor? hood as looking better this year than at any previous season since the war. Cheutei flel<l.*^---~^^ The Democrat says: "Last Saturday thia section was visited by a copious rain, the first that thoroughly saturated the earth since ihe early spring. The crops are now in fine growing condition/' Lancaster. Good rains have lallen recently In every portion of the county from which we have heard A destructive hail storm visited the neigh? borhood ot Cureton's store last Saturday, doing considerable damage to the crops of Mr. A. W. Heath and others. Georgetown. The Times says: ".-loee our last Issue we have had but one moderate rain, and the con? sequence ls that Ihe gardens and upland crops are being burnt up. Each atternoon distant thunder and heavy black clouds give hope that the heavens will open and bless the land with refreshing rains, and tantalizing us for a while, pass off. 'Ino caterpillars are on all the rivers and are continuing their ravages on ihe rice fields, making it now absolutely cer? tain that the rice crop must be a very short one." Clarendon. The Clarendon Press says that "the recent rain which bas fallen in many portions ol our county, Including the vicinity ot the court? house, begins to teil favorably upon crops of ali kinds. Our planters are much encouraged In consequence, and work will now be pushed forward with renewed vigor. Cotton, though generally small Is looking healthy, and being heavily manured In the majority oteases with compost and commercial fertilizers, must with a coot I tl nance Ot farranWc seasons, nrndnee satisfactory results." CROPS IN TBE SOUTH. The Cotton Prospect In Mississippi. A correspondent ol the New York Bulletin, writing from Canlou, says: "We notice, from lime to time, in your paper foresbadowlngs of an Immense crop-some talk about five million bales, Ac-but we think lt Batest, In our hum? ble predictions, to avoid either extreme, and while-we now positively assert, on close and extensive observations, thai the minimum can? not be less than three million bales, under aay circumstances whatever, we, on the other hand, cannot see where more than four mil? lions, under Ihe most favorable auspices, are to come lrom. There ls this season noticeable a slight Increase in area, but as far as labor and fertilizers are concerned, there is no Increase, In Ihe aggregate, over last sea? son; and while a large amount ot cotton was held back by planters In the Interior In the season ol 1870-71, which was poured loto the present cotton year, we will find Ihe gin houses and storehouses of the Som h entirely bare and cleanly swept of everything on Sep? tember, 1st, 1872; so the new colton year will have to stand entirely on Its own merits, and that thus far consists principally of magnifi? cent and most propitious weather through the monlh of May and first half ol June, the very opposite of ihe two corresponding months last season, which fort?nale and favorable circumstances was In part, at least, neu? tralized by the previous backward and dreary weather at the first setting In of the new crop year. But what we tear ls heavy rains this tall, the-sure successors of a pro? tracted drought, and ihese will of course seri? ously interfere willi the picking process, and thus lessen and Impair ihe grand total result so confidently expected. Further, we must not forget that this ia the campaign year, and many a fine fall day that ought to be energeti? cally spent In the whitened cotton fields, to save the lint from destructive storms, will be fooled away by the thoughtless darkoys by marching In tumultuous processions around the city squares to the tune of 'John Brown.' So taking one thing with another, we are looking for a fair average crop and uo more.' The Outlook In Louisiana. * The New Orleans Price Current says: "The weather has continued fine with occasional showers, and been highly favorable to the planting Interests. In fact, ut no lime has the cotton prospect been more cheering. The first planting In particular is luxuriant and thrifty, and the second planting looks better than was expected a short lime since." THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. An Bud to the Diplomatic Dispute, WASHINGTON, June 23. The deparlment of State has fui ni shed tor pub licatlon the correspondence In relation to the Treaty ot Washington, but as the amended article has been rendered of no effect by the recent decision of the general tribunal ruling out tho claims for indirect damages, the doc? uments now possess no particulars of inter? est, except as a record ot diplomatic proceed? ings showing the anxiety ol each government to preserve ils own stat us In the premises. It may be said, however, concerning the article as amended by the Senate, Ibat the British Government could not Charly understand lt. lu their opinion lt was vague, and, if lt should be negotiated In that form a treaty would have to be made herealter to determine what it meant. Our government was noe disposed to alter the amended article, considering that Great Britain hesitated at mere phraseology, aud that ber objection was more technical than real. During the correspon? dence, Secretary Fish said Great Britain acted as if her declaration were to rule the proceed? ings. Our government did not object to Great Britain moving au adjournment of the Geneva tribunal, but insists that she first put In her case as demanded by the treaty. Tue corres? pondence ls elaborate on this point, and has been brought to a close by the decision of ihe tribunal ruling out the claims for indirect damages. The object of Great Briialn in de? siring an adjournment was, in the recess, io further negotiate about the aforesaid article. The correspondence ends in a genial way; Mr. Fish expressing the hope, on Ute 14th instant, that Great Britain will now proceed with the i business in accordance with the spirit of the treaty. THE CANADA KIDNAPPERS. A BREST OF ONE OF THE ABDUCTOR'S. The United States Preparing to Return Dr. Brutton to British Soli. A dispatch from London, Ontario, dated June 15th, says: ' The excitement caused here by the abduc? tion of the unfortunate Dr. Bratton has been rather increased than diminished by the com? mittal for trial thia morning of J. B. Cornwall, one o? the abductors. The investigation which brought about this result was begun Thursday morning. The first witness examin? ed was 0. Manigault, who testified that he formerly lived lu South Carolina and knew Dr. Bratten there, both as a surgeon In the Confederate army and, after the war, as a physician In private practice. On the 2 kt ul? timo Dr. Bratton came to the witness' house In London and requested the witness to find him lodgings, which he engaged under the name ol James Simpson. He did not be? lieve Dr. Brattou to be guilty o? any of the crimes with which he was charged. It was a common practice with Southerners flying to escape military arrests to assume false names. He had last Been Dr. Bratton on the 2d of June. The violent means wan which the abduction was effected were shown In th? testimony of the cabdriver, whose vehicle was used in car? rying it out. He testified to Cornwall's em? ploying him on the afternoon of the 4th in? stant, Cornwall told bim to drive to a rather deserted part of the town, where he met a man whose description answers to that of a party calling himself Hunter, who has been staying at the Tecumseh House. The two held a consultation, and Hunter departed. Soon after another man appeared, whom Cornwall assaulted, knocked down, hand? cuffed, and forced into the carriage. During the struggle the man called upon the cabman to help bim. but he refused, and in obedience. to Cornwall'* order drove to the station. Cornwall ordered bim to drive across and as near to the track as possible; which he did. Cornwall with.his prisoner got into a Pullman car on the 6.30 train west to Detroit. He saw Cornwall the next day coming from the station. A little girl who witnessed the cap lure gave sufficient testimony to show that Cornwall used chloroform to quiet the strug? gles of the unfortunate maa, and an Innkeeper near Ihe railroad track remarked upon his stupid vacant look when at the station. Charles Hutchinson, a clerk of the place, an employee of Cornwall, testified that Cornwall haQ acknowledged to him his connection with the abductlon-of Dr. Bratton. Cornwall Bald he had arrested Bratten at the request ot a United States detective, named Hester or Hun? ter, who had a warrant issued by the commis? sioner under the extradition treaty at Wind? sor, for the arrest ot a man named Avery, who was charged with murder in the States. Corn? wall also said that alter making the arrest he found be was the wrong man, but that Hester took bim In oharge when they arrived at De? troit, Witness stated that he had seen Hester's extradition papers. Besides the Indictments against Avery and others for murder and ac? companying affidavits, there was an authority purporting to be signed by the President of the United States empowering to receive the per? sons named lu the Indictments when arrested. Witness, however, did not think there waa any authority In the hands of Hester to take Avery or any other man out o? Canada. There was other testimony relevant to the movements of this Hunter or Heater at tho time Cornwall was chloroforming poor Dr. Bratton, but lt throws but little light on the affair. Cornwall pleaded "not gullly." He will be tried at the next court of competent Jurisdiction, and the witnesses have been lound over to appear. A Washington telegram to the New York Herald says: The department of justice has for some days past been engaged In finding the whereabouts of the person allegedlo have been abducted from Canada In violation of the Extradition Treaty, and yesterday received Information . that hiiwitpln ""?""?^F *>rthajrjniissl Rtates [-waTshalof North Carolina. It now appears that Detective Hester had an extradition war? rant for a man named Avery, charged with violation of the Ku-Klux act, but that the Canadian officials delivered np Bratton, who ls also charged with having committed mur? der In that State. Our government will send him back to Canada without delay and Indem? nify him for the false arrest. THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES. Schedule of Articles and Occupations Subject to Tax. The following schedule of articles and occu? pations subject to tax under the internal reve? nue laws as amended by the act of June 6th, 1872, has just been prepared In ihe treas? ury department : SPIRITS. No. l. Spirits distilled from apples, peaches or grapes, per gallon, 70 cents. No. 2. Spirits distilled from material otter than apples, peaches or grapes, per gallon,. 70 No. 3. Rectifiers, (special tax,) $200. No. 4. Wines, liquors, or compounds known or denominated as wine, and made In Imita? tion of sparkling wine or champagne, but not made.from grapes grown In the United States, and liquors, not made from grapes, currants, rhubarb or berries grown In the United S .ates, but produced by being rectified or mixed with distilled spirits, or by the Infusion of any mat? ter In spirits to be sold as wine, or as a substi? tute for wine in bottles containing not more than one pint, per boule or package, 10 cents. No. 6. Same, lu bottles containing more than one pint, and not more than one quart, per bot tle or package, 20 cents. No. 6. And at the same rate lor any larger quantity ot such merchandise, however put up. or whatever may be the package. No. 7. Dealers, retail liquor, (special tax,) $26. No. 8. Dealers, wholesale liquor, (special tax,) $100. No. 9. Manufacturers of stills, (special tax,) $50. No. 10. Stills or worms manufactured, each $20. No. ll. Stamps for distilled spirits intended for export, each 25 cents. No. 12. Stamps, distillery warehouse, each 10 cents. , No. 13. Stamps for rectified spirits, each 10 cents. No. 14. Stamps, wholesale liquor dealers, each 10 cents. TOBACCO. No. 15. Cigars and cheroots |of all descrip? tions, domestic or imported, per thousand, $5. No. 16. Clgareltee, domestic or Imported, weighing not over three pounds per thousand, per M. $150. No. 17. Cigarettes, domestic or Imported, weighing over three pounds per thousand, per M. $5. No. 18. Manufacturers of cigars, (special tax,) $10. No. 19. Snuff of all descriptions, domestic or Imported, and snuff flour sold or removed for use, per pound, 32 cents. No. 20. Tobacco, chewing and smoking, fine cut, cavendish, plug or twist, cut or granula? ted; of every description, tobacco twisted by hand or reduced into a condition io be con? sumed, or in any manner, other than the ordi? nary mode of drying and curing, prepared for sale and consumption, even lt prepaid With? out the use of any machine or instrument, and without being pressed or sweetened, and all fine cut shorts and refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweeping of tobacco, per pouud, 20 cents. _. . , No. 21. stamps for tobacco or snuff Intended for export, each 10 cents. No. 22. Dealers in leaf tobacco, (special tax,) $26. No. 23. Retail dealers In leaf tobacco, annual sales nol over $1000, (special tax, > $5. No. 24. Retail dealers tn leal tobacco, annual sales over $1000; for every $1000 over $1000, 5C cents. No. 25. Dealers ia manulactured tobacco, (special tax,) $5. No. 26. Manufacturers of tobacco, (special tax.) $10. No. 27. Pedlers of tobacco, when travelling with two horses, mules or other animals, firs clat-s, (special tax,) $50. No. 28. Pedlers ut tobacco, when travelling with two horses, mules, &c, second class (special tax,) $25. No. 29. Pedlers of tobacco, when travelllnf with one horse, mule or other animals, thin class, (special tax.) $15. No. 30. Podien of tobacco, when travelling on foot or by any public conveyance, fourta clase, (special tax,) $10. Any person who sells or offers to sell and deliver manufactured tobacco, snuff or cigars, travelling from place to place in town or through the country, shall be regarded as a pedler of tobacco. FERMENTED LIQUORS. No. 31. Fermented liquors, per barrel, $1. " No. 32. Brewers, annual manufactures less than 500 barrels, (special tax,) $60. No. 33. Brewers, annual manufactures not less than 500 barrels, (special tax,) $100. - No. 34. Wholesale dealers In malt liquors, $50. No. 35. Retail dealers In malt liquors, $20. BANES AND BANKERS. No. 36. Bank deposits, per month, 1-34 of one per cent. No. 37. Bank deposits, saving, Ac, having no capital stock, per six months, i of one per cent. No. 38. Bank capital, per month, 1-24 of OSS percent. No. 39. Bank circulation, per menth, 1-12 bf one per cent. No. 40. Bank circulation exceeding 90 per cent, of capital, In addition, per month, 1-6 of one per cent. ' ' ' ' No. 41. Banks, on amount of notes of any person, State bank or State bank association, used for circulation and paid ont, 10 per cent. NOTE.-The tax on Income expires by limita? tion with the assessment on incomes for the calendar year 1871. The repeal of the tax On gas takes effect August 1, 1872. AJT INNOCENT XV-KZVX. A Plaint from Albany Jail. . .'?'W ijl;|> ? Among the political prisoners in the Albany Penitentiary, sentenced ander the Ea-KIax law, Is a man by the name of Moore, and this Is his history, as he gave it In brief, from his sick bed, to the editor of the Utica Bee : "Before the war I was a well-to-do planter In Alabama. I owned many slaves, which con? stituted my wealth. The events of the war reduced me nearly to poverty. At its close I I gathered together the lragments of mi ruined estate, hired a few of my former slaves and commenced life anew. All went well with me until a month or six weeks ago, when I was suspected of being a Ku-Klux, arrested by a United States marshal, given a hasty trial, found guilty, sentenced, and two weeba ago was brought from Washington to this prison. My term ls ten years." The editor o? the Bee adds : "The man vow? ed upon bis honor, and as he prayed that lt might be his death-bed, that he was'as Inno? cent of the crime charged against him as I was myself. He knew nothing whatever'of the Ku-Eiux. I asked him If be had a family. The mention of family seemed to paralyze brm with grief. He sobbed bitterly, and between the tears I heard bim moan 'On ! my poor little boy-my poor wife.' I hastened away, but. under the pretence of filing bis kid with waler, lo a half hour I returned. He was still lying on his narrow bnnk, and, clasping a Bible In his bands, seemed deeply Interested In one of ihe plaintive Psalms ol David." THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, Jane 23. Cloudy jveather, areas of rain and light to fresh winds are probable for the Southern States east of the Mississippi, and increasing cloudiness, areas of rain and light to tresa easterly to southerly winds fer the New Eng? land and Middle States. Yesterday's Weather Reports of tbe Signal Service, U, S. A.-4.47 P. BL, Local Tim?. Place of Observation. Angosta, Ga.... Baltimore.. Boston. Charleston. Chicago, 111. (Jin emin ti.. Galveston. Key west. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. New Orleans.... New Tork. Norfolk. Philadelphia..... Portland, Me.... Savannah. St. Louis. Washington. WIlmlngtnn.N.C. tn ss : ? ?9.88 29.91 30.01 20.95 30.01 30.02 V9.94 30.01 29.92 29.92 29.90 29.96 29.94 29.94 30.06 29.9. 29 88 .9.99 29.92 a." SE S , B S. B NE N S NW NE sw SE SK BE E SE NE S N Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. i.lghu Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. OD p : B Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. tn'rag. Thr'ng. Fair. Fair. H. Bain Cloudy. B. Barn Fair. Cloudy. Fair. . Fair. Fair. ulondy. Fair. H. Rain NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock this morning, will be posted tn the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at io o'clock. A. M., and together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be. examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. gDoitnarp. _ HASKELL.-Died on Saturday, June 16th. 1872, after a brief Illness of a few hours, WILLIAM E, UASEBXL, aged OS years, 9 months and io days. 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