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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE OLD NORTH STATE. THE CHANCES OE TH?, CONTEST FIGURING THE RESULT. A Liberal Victory ny Bight to' Ten Thousand Majority Expected. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 31. To-day is the last day of Joly, and the last also of thia brilliant canvass-a canvass mem? orable on the Conservative side, at least, for ita magnificent demonstrations of popular enthusiasm, and for a series of campaign speeches, which, as a whole, can scarcely be parallelled. AB the critical day of the election has approached the high spirit and confidence among the rank and file of the Conservatives have increased, and we may readily believe that on the closing of the polls to? morrow the largest Conservative vote since the war will have been polled. The leaders of the Liberal Conservatives are earnestly confident of a decisive victory, a majority of at least eight thousand, and this confidence ls based upon no slight or Inade? quate grounds. In the first place, Intelligence has been from time to time received from nearly all the doubtful counties, and the un? equivocal promise ls given of a majority in each, besides it Is certain with respect to the whole State that the allied parlies can regis? ter a majority of more than twenty thousand. As lt Ja confidently expected that in this emergency nearly every voter has registered and will cast his vote, the case seems very plain. It ls true that the North Carolina vote ls liable to heavy fluctuations, but the Issues of the present con? test are too broad and distinct to admit of desertions or any mixing of parties upon one side or the other. It la a struggle of the Con? servative taxpaying communities for the preservation of their rights of property and person from total annihilation from the fate of Sooth Carolina. The negroes, the office-holders and the very lowest purchasable material among the whites, so far as they have been bought up, will vote the Radical ticket, and none but them, for in this contest there are co minor Issues of men ur measures as heretofore to attract a single Conservative vote to their Radical side. The Legislature ls certain for the Conservatives, and unless a large number of illegal votes get in, the State is safe to go Conservative by from eight to ten thousand majority. CHARLOTTE. TUE HOTTEST CA.JUT* AT G If OF THE SOUTH. What Judge merri mon, the Iliberal Candidate for Governor, Thinks orthe Prospect. [Correspondence orthe Richmond Dispatch.! CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 29. On the train from Greensboro' to Charlotte, last night, your correspondent met Judge ?Merrimon, the Conservative candidate for governor of North Carolina. The Judge was , as radiant as a May morning, and literally slept on his arms In confidence of victory. As l the opinion of the Conservative Btsndard- 1 bearer in this close contest must have some E weight and be of Interest at this stage of the i canvass, when any fair estimate ot me result ls eagerly received, we had a short conversa- t tlou with the judge on the subject. I give In ( brief the result in reply to questions: Judge Merrimon stated that he had been two montns t and a half in the field, speaking on t an average three hours dally, and had visited i personally every county in the State. Oh Wednesday evening the hottest campaign ever a known in the South will be brought to a close, t and lt will remain with tfle people to do their t duty. Of the result he had no doubt whatever; i indeed, I thought him almost too confident. Tho western counties, about which there has ^ been so much apprehension, are, In his opin- ] lon, safe. To them he has devoted special at- j tendon, and he thinks he knows the senti- c ment and Intention ot the people well enough l to predict that the Conservatives will carry nearly every county lu the west, except j Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland, where the i United Staten deputy marshals have en- i deavored to Intimidate the young men by the ? terrorism of indictment under the Ku-Klux i laws; but, said the judge, our young men can? not be driven Into voting the Radical ticket. We will cot lose more than a hundred votes in each OL' these counties, and the young men who would have polled them have fled their homes to escape Federal persecution. , I asked: '"Has there been much of this Eon , ci intimidation in the State ?" ? "Yes," was the reply, "I think there ha9 ( b/en. They are using every means to carry the election, including Intimidation, bribery and fraud. "Caldwell, the Radical candidate for Gov? ernor, ls frightened, and as the election approaches they are becoming desperate. I have been told there will be numerous arrests ( made on the day preceding the election of i men who are charged with sympathy with the ] Ku-Klux, but whose real offence ls that they i refuse to vote the Radical ticket or stay away j from the polls. We may thus lose a good < many voles, but not enough to affect the re? sult. We will carry tho State in spite of them." I I then asl 3d, "What do you think your ma- < Jorlty will be r "Our majority in the State," < said Judge Merrimon, "will, beyond a ques? tion, ber5,000or 15,000. I cannot believe!, will be any 1 us. Our vote will be largely In? creased in the east and in tho middle ot the State, and In the weet the Radical white vote will not be increased In the slightest degree. They will not efe? noll lue convention vote of J last year. I don't think the negro vote will 1 be as large as at any election before." Yonr correspondent then intimated that the J Republicans also were sanguine. "Yes," was the reply; "but the majorities are so ridlcu- j lonely large that they cannot mean what they 1 say. Senator Pool says they will carry ( the Sta's by twenty thousand and the Legisla- < ture by thirty thousand on joint ballot. Now 1 that ls all gas. Pool, through his spies, has every doubtful man reported to him Then they stuff him with documents, and% that falls they ply bim with money, and threats or fraud ls brought into requisition. But it ls no use; we will elect six or seven ot the eight 1 Congressmen. In the fifth district the vote ] WHTDe close,but we will elect Leach over \ Judge Seule, who was president of the Phila? delphia Convention. We will carry tbe Legis- ? lature by thirty, and we may have two-thirds i on Joint ballot. In fact, the prospects are as i bright as possible." Here our interview closed, as the judge got off at Lexington to fill an appointment In tnat vicinity. He was exceedingly affable. I could not but imbibe some of his enthusiasm, but candor compels me to temper bte predlc dictions with the statement that roany promi? nent Conservatives are not so hopeful ot '.he result. Thev are all sure of victory, but will be con? tented with a majority of from five thousand to ten thousand in the State. All, however; claim a majority in the Legislature sufficient io place Governor Vance ia the United States Senate, and six out ol eight Congressmen. THE OUTLOOK FROM RALEIGH. Confidence of the Democratic State Com? mittee-Extravagant Estimates on Both Sides-From Ten Thousand to Thfa-ty Thousand Majority Claimed hy the Radicals. The Raleigh (N. C.) correspondent of the Washington Patriot, writing on the 26th In? stant, says: The pollilCAl situation, as Judged from let? ters received by the Democratic executive ?ftommlttee, ls at present about as follows: In Carteret County our prospects are brighten? ing with every -hoar, and nowhere in the State is the party organlzatloa more compact and united. Mr. Jennlogs Pigott, a promi? nent Republican in tbat county, bas recently declared In favor of Greeley and Brown. He ls a very able, popular man, and ls a great ac? quisition to the Reform party. Excellent news has also been received from Moore County, and likewise from Cumber? land, Cawthorn and Warren, the homes of the three colored Radical members of the last Legislature, (Leary, Cawthorn and Reavls,) who have come out for Greeley, and are now getting recruits among their constituents every day. From Robeson the news is also good; but Montgomery ls doubtful, and so is Columbus, while cheering news le received from Duplln. Good news was received to? day from Stokes, Forsyths, Randolph, Rock? ingham and Alamance Counties; but Sladen is very doubtful. From Montgomery, Anson, Stanly and Tinton, Intelligence has been received of a cheering character. These are the counties lateet heard irom at Demo? cratic headquarters, and this information may be considered as reliable. Looking over the field by districts, the prospect thus presents itself: The First District will be close, wi in, probably, a small Radical majority. The Sec? ond District is intensely Radical, and will give Caldwell a majority of from six to eight thous? and, perhaps more. In the Third District the vote, also, will be very close, but here the chances are In favor of Merrlmon. In the Fourth District, Thomas, the Radical candi? date, seems to have the iaslde track; but still the result will be very close. In the Filth a llvelv contest Is anticipated between the friends ot Leach and those ot the notorious Judge Settle, with the chances decidedly in favor of Leach, who ls very popular, although Setile also has numerous friends. Leach will probably carry the day by about eight hundred or one thousand majority. In the Sixth Dis? trict a large Democratic majority, probably as high as two thou-aud five hundred, may bo con ?dent:y looked for. The Seventh District will also show a handsome Democratic ma? jority, and the Eighth, and last, will probably do better than any ol the rest. It ls in these three districts, which comprise the weBtcrn section of the State, that we must expect the needed majorities to carry the election. They have the power ol coming out strong, and if | they will only do lt, will serve as an offset to the eventual Radical majorities In the First, Second, and Fourth Districts. They comprise the Quaker, or so-called Moravian, element, and it ls among them that Borne ot our best men have been so assiduously at work, aod,as I hope, not lu vain. Upon them, and their ap? pearance at the polls, everything will depend. To Judge from the accounts from those ?arts, they seem to have become thoroughly aroTfced, and determined to shake off the lethargy to which, as regards political affairs, they seem, since the war, to have be.n subjected. ECHOS OF SUMNER'S THUNDER. Brant's Defeat More than Ever a Fore? gone Conclusion. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 31. Sumner's letter fell like a bombshell among the colored people here. They say they will not be surprised lt Grant next declares for Sreeley. WASHINGTON, Joly 31. Mr. Sumner's letter creates Intense excite-1 meet in all circles, and some dismay among ihe Radicals. While it ls claimed that this letter winnot enable the Southern negroes io t>reak from their leagues and the despotism Di the carpet-baggers, supported by ruffians of their own race, lia effect among the more en? lightened and free negroes ol the North will De swamping, and that, however lt may effect j toe State'elections in the Sooth, it ls admitted 1 ;hat lt makes Grant's defeat for (he Presiden-1 ?yeure. < Political Flashes of Lightning. Wilson has gone to take the stump In In flNMh President Grant ls at Utica, and will answer n a lew days the Invitation to visit Chatta- ] ?ooga. . . The Liberal and Democratic Convention at iellast, Maine, unanimously nominated F. A. 'ike tor Congress from the Fifth District. J. BowleB, surveyor of the port of Savannah, tas tendered his resignation and will support ?reelev. The Georgia Senate passed an act yesterday o allow colored men excluded from jury liars o appeal to Judges of the Superior Courts, [he Senate ls largely Democratic. The Labor Relorm conference had a stormv ind Inharmonious session In New York yes erday, without other action than authorizing he executive committee to call a convention f necessary. In the Ohio Liberal Republican State Con? tention yesterday the committee to select President lal elect ors have chosen General T. Srvlng on behalf ol the Democrats, and Au ruBt T. H eira on behalf of the Liberal Repub- ? leans. Horace Greeley has reconsidered his pur Dose ol making a stay on Long Island, and las now determined, in company with bis amlly, to visit his old home lu New Hamp ihlre, where be will remain a month or nore. THE GENTLE ABORIGINES. N BROWNSVILLE, July 31. Ano! her Indian raid near Laredo, Texas, is reported. Seventeen persons were killed, nany ranches and Blores plundered, and much stock driven off. The ringleaders were Ricka-1 poos from Mexico. RUINOUS RAVAGES OF BOLL WORMS. MONTGOMERY, ALA., J m'y.31. The boll and army worm have entered the ;rops. One plantation, wblch three days ago was expected to make one hundred bales, will now make only fifty. Great depression ls felt Dy the planters, who consider themselves ru? ined, and one-half million bales ls now the Dutalde estimate of the crop. SAVANNAH, GA., July 30. The first bales ot new cotton was received 1?re to-day-one from Florida, by Saunders, Goodwin & Miller, and one from Bainbridge, 3a., by W. H. Woods <fc Co. CROPS IK GEORGIA. . rt-'rom the Augusta Constitutionalist, July 31.] From a letter from Burke County we learn .hat cotton ls looking well as regards size, but a.poorly fruited. This IB owing io the late ex :essive rains and hot sun which has followed, which caused the cotton to shed nearly all ol ts fruit except the larger bolls. A field of cot? on that some lime since promised to yield a Dale to an acre and a half, will not uow pro luce more than a bale to three acres. The :oiton crop generally In Burke Couuty will be nucb shorter than was anticipated. THE ARMY WORM IN ALABAMA. [From the Montgomery Advertiser, July 80.] A quinine botll? full or the elmon pure army I worm was sent us yesterday by Mr. Bryan, of | Lowndes County, together with a letter from which we take the following extract: Three days ago, Mr. C. H. Quinn, who is this rear cultivating Colonel Hoicombe's planta? tion, had the finest crop of cotton that I had seen in the county. To-day his crop is utterly destroyed ! I have never seen such destruc? tion In so short a time. Other plantations on Big Swamp are suffering the same fate and the prospects so flattering three weeks ago are now sad and gloomy indeed. We now begin to think that cotton will be worth twenty-five cents next February. The crop, so promising a few weeks ago, may now be considered lost. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -A storm In Evansville, Ind., yesterday, prostrated the German Methodist Church and four buildings. Several persons were Injured. -The semi-annual session of the Hebrew Order of B'nal B'rlth was held in New York yesterday, representatives being present from different parts of the country. -The American fleet which has been for some weeks at Portsmouth, is going to Cowes, where lt will be inspected by the Prince and Princess of Wales and Queen Victoria. - Senor Mariscal, recently minister of for? eign affairs In Mexico under President Juarez, and now charged for the second time to repre? sent Mexico at Washington, arrived in that city yesterday. -There ls authority for the statement that there ls complete harmony in the Geneva board ol arbitration upon the Alabama claims and that a speedy seulement ot all questions before the tribunal ls expected within a few weeks. THE OLD WHITE HAT. HOW GREELEY WILL SWEEP THE COUNTRY. A Shrewd Senator'? Views-The Popu? lar Resolve to "Clasp Hands across the Bloody Chasm" -A Political Eirthqaiike-So Use in Attempting lo Resist the People's Will-Brlgh Prospects of the Liberal Ticket in the (forth. Senator Stockton, of New Jersey, waa inter? viewed by a reporter of the New York Herald at Long Branch, on Friday last, in regard the forthcoming Presidential election, and ex? pressed himself aa follows : I cave never felt more certain ot any result in politics than that Greeley will be elected by an overwhelming majority. The very slogu larity ot the situation-the ?act that Greeley, leading protectionist, bas captured the free trade convention at Cincinnati; that Mr. Gree? ley, a life-long opponent of th? Democratic party, has captured by an almost unanimous vote on the first ballot the De moe rai ic Con ventlon at Baltimore-satisfies me that he will capture Grant and all hts cohorts. The admin? istration politicians are very much out ot the reckoning in saying that this was a movemen of the leaders, that every one In the Demo oratio party acquainted w'ltb the facts knows that the South stampeded and the Northern Dem?crata ran over their leaders; that there must b? some great principle to create RUC h an extraordinary chantre, and the very fact which the Grant men failed to understand that they were in the midst of an earthquake -all this ls the best evidence that they are simply blind or whistling to keep up their courage. What ls the principle which has ROUSED THE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE * It is the principle condensed by Mr. Sumner In the expression that this parly was tbe party of reconciliation; lt 19 me principle so weil stated In the expression, "We will clasp hands over the blondy chasm." It Is more than all perhaps, that the imbecility of the present ad ministration, so far from giving us that peace which was promised, has permitted selfish politicians, lor selfish and parly purposes, for four years to keep open ihe bleeding wounds which would have healed in a few months by natural causes. Mr. Boutwell well says to the people of North Carolina, HpeaKing for the ad ministration and from the Presiden!, that they do not want to "clasp hands over the Moody chasm." They want to lill lt up again with loreign matter-not to draw the broken limb quietly together with kind hands on either aide, so that lt gently meeta by the course of nature and becomes stronger and firmer than before, but to pour In lt fur four more years turpentine and benzine, and all other Inflam matory substances, In order to have peace and a healthy TJulon. Mr. Boutwed may pile Pelion on Ossa; General Grant may use all the powers of the government to fill up the chasm-lt can never be filled up. It wer?; as wise to attemp to drain that great ocean yonder. But while all the power the government bas exercised heaping Into this chasm bayonet laws and Ku Klux laws, and wild and fabulous Eu-Ktux stories, only amounts to a declaration by Cou gres*, alter four years of Gram's ad ministra? tion, that THE COUNTRT 13 STILL IN A STATE OP OIVTL WAR, two gentle hands clasped together over this bloody chasm can draw lt BO gently and kind? ly together, can knit it so firmly that none will again doubt whether the law of gentle tleoesB, of mildness and forgiveness toward a helpless and conquered people ls wiser as well as mor 3 Christian than to attempt to enslave them and govern them by the bayonet. This great movement which has resulted in the nomination of Greeley proves to me that the problem, whether a man la capable of self government, as lt has been under solution In this country, will be solved in favor of the proposition; for lt Is the people themselves who aro cjivlug themselves from Uto '-diie evils and Innumerable woes," to prevent which no politicians have been wise enough to devise a remedy. They have already saved themselves by their great uprising from dis? union; they mean now io preserve local self government, and save themselves from the apprehended dangers of military despotism, necessary to cover up years of Inconceivable corruption. THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. To my question, what the senator thought would be ihe result of the election in North Carolina, be replied: "Il I should Judge from my own experience during the short lime I was in North Carolina, I should unhesitatingly say, we shall carry the whole State ticket aa well as the Legislature. It ls trie that a desperate fight ls being made by desperate men on the omer side. Stories are rile of large Bums of money wbich have been sent to that State to corrupt the ignorant colored vote by buying their leaders. Ku Klux outrages are sala to be perpetrated by the administration party on any colored man who dares to speak contrary lo the will of his political owner; but ihe universal feeling and interest manifested by all those with whom I came In contact, with the luformatlou they conveyed to me, satisfied me that the means used, even lt true, would prove Ineffectual. The negroes, as a class, know nothing of Sumner, nothing of Greeley ; to them President Grant is no more than the Mikado ol Japan. They only know the one fortunate, favored knave who owns them and makes himself rich by selling their votes. Are they to be kept in this condition purposely and perpetually to carry out the same schemes which induced the In? troduction of this element Into the voting population suddenly, without preparation against State laws and constitutions-against the solemn pledges of the Republican plat? form wbich nominated Grant, and to which he was pledged ? Or ls Mr. Greeley and the Conservative element, without danger of its missionaries being martyred, to awaken this poor people to the fact that they are now gov? ernors ol a great aud free people, and not still slaves-slaves, not only physically as former? ly, but slaves In the very exercise ot the rights end powers of freemen aud governors ? Tuey will learn the truth; lt ls mighty and will prevail, and although money In large quantities, from unknown sourcee, may flood me State; although $200,000 are said to have already been used; although lt appears that THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ITSELF NOW HAS MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA, yet the power of truth and the love of peace will, in my Judgment, conquer at last." In answer to an inquiry as to the general re? sult the senator said : "New York will certainly go In fivor of Greeley by a majority of al least flfiy thousand. Missouri, ihe cradle ot the Liberal movement, can be relied upon as being altogether for Greeley. Pennsylvania Is good lor Greeley. Forney, himself, has given lc up on the State election, and no politician claims it tor ihe general election. Indiana we shall also carry. The cordial harmony which prevailed In that State at the time of the nomination of Hendricks did more for the nomination of Greeley than anything since the cradling ol the movement In Missouri. In Virginia we shall have a majority ot ai least twenty thou? sand. I Judge so irom information I have re? ceived on the spot. Kentucky will certainly vote for. Greeley. Maryland ls equally certain for us. New Jeraey will go In favor of Greeley. The ol:-fashloned Democrats are wheeling into line and Greeley will receive nine to ten thousand majority." The movement cannot be arrested. The other Northern States, without stopping to count the Southern States, almost as a unit will vote for Greeley, and nuder these circum? stances lt is difficult to conceive where Gene? ral Grant is to look for his election. LONGSTREET FOR GREELEY. He ls Bitter Against Grant and Pre? dicts his Defeat-The Colored Vote Lost to Grant-The South as a Unit for "Thc Old White Hat." [From the New York Herald.] One of the most serious defections thal has yet taken place from the Grant party ls that of the celebrated Conlederate officer, General Longstreet. He was one of the first after the close of the war to accept the new regime and acknowledge the altered state of affairs. In 1867 he was appointed to office in New Or? leans by General Grant, and until within a few weeks has continued in the service of th? government. On the 28th ot] Maj a letter ap? peared with his signature, announcing his re? signation of the position of turveyor of cus? toms tn New Orleans. He detailed at length his reasons for taking the step, but Bald no word of breaking with General Grant. Since then, however, to the astonishment of many of his friends, and to the consternation of the administration party, he has tome out strong? ly for Greeley and renounced all allegiance to Grant. J * On his arrival In New Tort a few days ago, General Longstreet was. fatervlewed by a Herald reporter, and, in anarer to a question concerning his declaration for Grant a few months since, said: "I was approached by twi prominent sup? porters of Grant's, and my oifolon waa asked relative to his re-electl on. lexpressed myself favorable to it, -ind my narie was used as a supporter of the administration; but I did not give any very cordial adhesion to lt as I waa anxiously awaiting the result of the Cincin? nati Convention, which I Cordially favored. ? The result entirely satisfied ne, and I had no hesitation in declaring for Mr. Greeley, be canse I believed lt to be my duty and my right," , . "Did he meet your views is a candidate !" "He did, and he was the oplv mau brought before the' Cincinnati Coiventlon whom I would be willing to support. If any other can? didate had been put np I would have remain? ed silent, but Mr. Greeley poBsesr-es all the qualities which are necessary to insure suc? cess. He ls amiable and.forgiving, and his popularity with the Southern people ls very great. The entire 8outh, ;with the exception ol one, or perhaps, two States, will go for him, and give him stronger majorities than any other candidate for President has received for years." "Do you think he will .carry your own State?" "Think! I am sure h?'wlll carry lt. I know Louisiana throughout and the dlspoei tlon of its people, and I am confident there ls a spirit aroused that lt will be Impossible to contend with. The Greeley movement is strong and ls Increasing In strength every day, while Grant ls more certainly losing, and by the time November cimes there will be no chance for the latter. The spirit of the Sooth ls completely aroused, .and the Liberal movement has taken a stronk hold upon the hearts of the people. It 1B thi result or hon? esty and Independence against nepotism, cor? ruption and military despotism, and it cannot fall ro be successful." "But the negro vote will be against you." "There you are mistaken. . Pinchback ls on our side; and let me tell you that be possesses the coolest brains and the shrewdest faculties of any public man In the State. I consider him one of the ablest politicians I have ever met, and I know that tho men ot his own color will flock to the standard he raises. Warmotb and he are acting In thorough ac? cord, and their united Influence lt will be Im ? possible to overthrow. It' I know anything of public affairs I can say that Louisiana is cer? tainly loat to Grant, and all the other States, except South Carolina, ami probably Arkan? sas." Here a gentleman present in the room broke In and said, "Ob, Arkansas is all right, Gene? ral. I have been over every foot of It within the past few weeks, and I find the power of Clayton and hts creatures utterly broken. The people are enraged at bis conduct, and at the earliest opportunity will holst the carpet? bagger and i ne administration that has sup? ported him." General Longstreet says that If his health permits him he will take an aotlve part In the campaign; but be has been poorly lately, and Is afraid to expose himself too much. He will remain In New Tork nntll the early part of next week, and will then return to New Or? leans. LAST SPEECH OF HONEST HORACE. The Final Reception at Chappaqna iou. hing Address of the Farmer Sage. On SaturdayDr7Gf??ie> the last public reception on his Chappaqua farm, previous to his lnstallallon in the While House. A party of ladles and gentlemen went up from New York City, and were welcomed at tho depot by Mr. Greeley and his friends who had as" sembled from the neighboring villages. After viewing the farm and partaking of a sumptu? ous repast lu Mr. Gfteley'a favorite grove, a meetlog was organized. Several gentlemen delivered pleasant speeches, and then Dr. Greeley was loudly called for. After some hesitation*be stepped forward and said: DR. GREELEY'S SPEECH. Ladies and Gentlemen-It was once said by one Irish orator to another that he "never opened lils mouth but what he put his foot In it." One of the Ideas 'of a candidate lor the Presidency Is that he always commits a mis? take ol the same nature. Their friends always advise them not to talk, although they might talk U they did not say aoythlug. Without referring to politics, 1t hali speak aoout the meetings to this grove, as this will be the last oue. For twenty years, my friends and neigh? bors, lt haB been my chief delight to spend one day at least In the week among you. I have enjoyed myself In your society, and I ha?e had the recreation which unphysical nature required In working on my farm. This spring a new series of circumstances ar? ranged themselves about me. Quite unexpect? edly to me, I was named as a candidate tor the Presidency by my most Intimate friends. Then my circle grew lrom six or eight to fifty and a hundred. We met in this grove, and so much of my time was demanded by them that I was compelled to give up my exercise. These re? unions were very gratifying to me, but the critical slate of my wife's health, and the ill natured, and, I must say, impertinent re? marks and criticisms of certain Journals have rendered them sources ol uneasiness and dis? comfort to those who united with us. I never doubted that persons wno assented as I do to become candidates tor publto offices are fair subjects for criticism. But I cannot see why ladies should have their names criticised in newspapers, and drifted across the continent by electricity. I don't think such commenta? ries, such Impertinent revelations are consis? tent with reputable Journalism; nor with that courtesy and good feeling which seems to me to cu presumed whenever one man meets with another. It Is, therefore, deemed ex? pedient, by our friends to ask all who could to come here to-day to Bay that after this our meetlugs will be intermitted. I trust they have been to most ol us pleasant occasions, long to be remembered. Whatever tbe future may have, the past ls not to be forgotten.* Friendships of the wurmest kind have been made In theBe gatherings, and If we could have been secluded from theBe Insolent intru? sions, which were deliberately intended to be unkind and disparaging, we should have con? tinued our reunions. THE NfcXT MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. But since we cannot be secured againt gos? sip and tale-bearers, we will discontinue them here and meet elsewhere. [A voice-"At the White House." Cheers ] After a while lr, will be nobody's particular Interest and profit to misrepresent what ls done here. The ob? jection ma.de to the speeches of candidates for the Presidency ls not what they shall say as improper or indiscreet, but what they shall say that is liable to misrepresentation. I was plunged neck and crop the other evening into a gathering, asocial dinner of college gradu? ates. It would have been easy to make ex cusesagalnst going there. But I "went. I was entreated to speak, and did sneak for three minutes on the subject of educatlou. It was at once reported around the country that I proposed to give the government the entire control of the educ uiou ol the American peo? ple. The Impression was sent abroad that I favored putting within the sphere of the Fed? eral government all malters of this kind. You will therelore cease your visits for the next few months; then, in November the elections will be over, andi irust that we shall, after that, have occasion to meet in this grove and renew our aspirations of friendly regards toward each other, and hope and pray for each other's long life aud prosperity. ROBBERIES.-The house of Mr. Wm. Ravenel, on East Bay, was entered by thieves on Mon? day night last and robbed of a gold watch and chain, and several other articles of Jewelry. On Tuesday night the sloop H. E. Thomp? son, lying at Vanderhorat's wharf, was robbed of a pair of boots and several articles of clothing. ? OUR POSTAL FACILITIES. WHY CHARLESTON DOES NOT HAVE THE FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM. Tnt Autocrat of the Postofflce Depart? ment and His Partiality for Cam brldgeport and Erie. It haB long been a matter of wonder why the City of Charleston, with Its large popula? tion and Us Immense business, shonld not have the advantages of the free delivery system which was Inaugurated some years ago by the United Slates poslofflce department, and whlch?has been extended in the Northern States to almost every city which could make any show of a population of 20,000 and up? wards, and to very many Northern cities whose population and mall business does not begin to approach that of Charleston. The lollowlng table gives some statistics of the fifty-one cities ia the United States which have the free delivery system and will show with what justice the claims of Charleston to share in the benefits of this system are urged. In the table, the first column of figures gives the population of each city according to the census of 1870, the second column shows the number of letters received at the postofflce per month, and the third column gives the number of letter car? riers employed In each of the cities that have the free-delivery Bystem, in collecting the malla from the lamp-post letter boxes, which form a part of the system, and in delivering the letters and papers of the citizens at their residences or places ot business free ot charge: CITIES. New York.. Philadelphia ... Brooklyn. St. L ula. Chicago. Baltimore.. boston. Cincinnati. New Orleans... San Francisco.. B?llalo. Wa-htngton.... Newark...? ... Louisville. Cleveland. Pittsburg. Ji-raey City. De roit. MU * a us?e.. Alban?. Providence. Rochester. Aileghany. Richmond. New Haven.... CHARLESTON ... Indianapolis... Troy. Syracuse. Worce-ter. Lowell. Mempr*l<?. Cambridge. Hartrord. Reading. Portland. Toled). Wilmington.... Dayton. williamsburg!). Lawrence. Ch ai lea to wn ... Lynn. Nashville. salem. Manchester_ HarrLsDUrK Trenton . . New Bedford... Lao oas ter. Erle. Oambrldgeport 942.292 674,022 300,800, 310,864 298,077 267,364 250,626 216,239 191.418 149.473 117.714 109,199 100,i 69 100.763 62,820 Sd.OTfi 82,548 78,467 71,440 69.422 68 9.'4 61,3-8 53,180 11.(38 60 840 48 956 48244 4i,46l) 43,051 41,106 40.928 40.228 39 634 37 180 33,931 31,413 31,384 80,841 30,473 29.848 28,921 28,323 28.236! 26,866 24,117 28.636 23,109 20,223 19 616 10 386 2,840 662 1,413,956 ne 416 ? 0,411 1.122,769 314 710 787,786 288.270 210,314 131,018 189,679 126,062 9I09U 148.620 170.H8 126,316 19.704 147,69 100,661 174 788 36,9 2 102.642 29 666 4S.076 36.363 1*7,187 111.688 91 839 77,930 27,601 S9.621 76.603 11.620 35 684 20,019 61,624 83.464 28,140 65,0X5 26.166 41,918 21.944 36.108 36,876 20,822 20.818 13,275 22,907 ?I.VOV 10,46 20 171 14,406 2 w S ? O 318 167 46 60 IIS 66 70 60 40 24 32 26 21 26 26 18 6 2i 31 25 12 18 9 14 8 'io 13 16 7 6 12 4 ll 6 8 10 0 12 12 6 6 6 9 6 6 4 * 6 6 4 It will be seen that of the fifty-one cities In the country which have the free delivery sys? tem twenty-six ot them, or more than one. hall, have a smaller number of inhabitants than Charleston, and thirty-seven, or about three-fourths of ihe whole number, handle^ a lesa amount ofmall matter per month. These figures would certainly seem to indicate a spirit of favoritism in the postofflce depart? ment, operating against the interests ol Charleston, and when the terms of the law under which the operations of this system have been distributed are taken into con? sideration, the presumption is by no means weakened. The law provides that cities which have a population of 60,000 Inhabitant' or upward, according to the latest United States census, shall be entitled to the free delivery system as a matter of right, and that the benefits ot the system may ba extended to other cities, at the discre? tion of the postmaster-general. Il is under this latter provision that all of ihe twenty-six cities In the above table below New Haven have had the system extended to them; but FWlth what degree ol Impartiality this distribu? tion has been made may be seen by the fact that Charleston, which haB always been ex? cluded, is the very next city in point of size to New Haven, and should therefore have been the very first city In the United States to have received the benefit of the discretionary power of the postmaster general, Nor has lt been for want of urgent applications on the part of her citizens and her postmaster that Charleston has been neglected. Mr. Stanley O. Trott, the courteous and efflcent postmaster of this city, last winter made an urgent and personal appeal to the post? offlce department, seconded by Senator Saw? yer, but the request was refused, and the only satisfaction that the postmaster and senate could get was lhat a bill had been prepared by the department, and was expected to be passed t>y the Congress then In session, which would extend the free delivery system to all cities having twenty thousand Inhabi? tants, and that thus Charleston would at last be Included. The bill, however, did noi pass through Congress, and thus Charleston ls lelt wlihout any immediate prospect of Te? ilet, until the passage of the bill, which maj happen next winter, or until the softening ol the heart of Mr. Creswell towards this city, which may never happen. FREAKS OF THE FIRE FIEND. A Scene of Awful Beauty-Thc East River on Fin-Othtr Serious Confla? grations. NEW YORK, July 31. The loss by the fire at Hunter's Point is esti? mated at $1,500,000. Last evening immense crowds of spectators visited the scene of the conflagration. The fire continued to burn all last night, aud the epectacle presented upon the river was singularly beautiful. All thf surrounding section was brilliantly lighted up It ia very probable that the fire will continu* to-day li the supply oi oil holds out. No Art of this magnitude was ever before witnessed on the East River. A fire on Forty-seventh Btreet and Firsi avenue last night, ou the premises of Mr Eisner, originating in a stable, burned abou seventy heifers and some two or three huu dred sheep. The building itself was als? consumed with an adjoining tenement house in which Mary Donahue, a two year old child was burned to death. The loss is over om hundred thousand dollars. ST. LOUIS, July 31: The white lead and color works of Bouche <! Walkewltz were totally destroyed Dy fire tc day. JEFFERSON, TEXAS, July 31. A supposed incendiary Are destroyed tw< blocks, including the St. Charles Hotel am seventy buslnes houses. LOBS one hundrei and fifty thousand dollars. A LANDLORDS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCI? ATION. Property Owners Co-operating against Shiftless and! Disuenest Tenants. An important movement has jost been Inau? gurated in t nj s city, having for Its object the protection o? landlords from the seriouB losses by Improvident or dishonest tenants, which lt ls said they now suffer. The laws of the State, 'as enacted and administered under the pres? ent dispensation, appear to afford but little protection to capital and property, and on ac? count of thia loefficlency ol the legal safe? guards which have hitherto been relied upon, lt is said that lt Is now absolutely necessary tor the landlords to co-operate and protect themselves. In pursuance of this deBlgu a meeting was held yesterday noon at the office of Mr. Wm. H. Dawson, No. 66 Broad sueet, Which, bavlngbeen insufficiently advertised, was bnt slimly' attended, but at which a plan of operation was adopted, and the nucleus of an Important organization waa obtained. An association yit?i formed with the name of the Landlords' and Agents' Protective Association, and it was resolved to open a registry of the names of all delinquent tenants as they be? came known to the members, It ls proposed that lo every case where a tenant leaves a residence In debt to the landlord that the lat? ter shall fill up and send to the secretary of the association a notice In the following form : CHARLESTON,.., 187 . Secretary Landlords' and Agents' Protective Association : Mr..has left hon*e No. .., _street, owing.months rent. ., Landlord, (or Agent) To enable landlords to obtain Information of the antecedents of persons applying to rent their tenements the following blank will be provided : Cn?lLKSTON lbT . Secretary Landlords and Agents' Protective Association : Does tbe register contain any Information of Mr., of No. ......... street. ., Landlord, (or Agent.) ., This inquiry will be answered by the secre? tary upon tbe following blank, If the tenant ls found upon the "black Hat" of the association: CHARLESTON,., 187 . Mr..left house No...,.street, on., 187 , owing.months rent Secretan L. and A. P. Association. This plan was agreed to by all present at the meetlog yesterday, and they all sighed their names as members of the association. It was also resolved "that all landlords and agents of real estate be requested to come forward Im? mediately and connect themselves with th? association, without regard to class or color," and books for this purpose will be kept open at Mr. Dawson's office until the next meeting, due notice of which will be given in THE NEWS. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. An Inspection of the Lazaretto Build? ings. In accordance with the instructions ot Dr Pelzer, made lo the Board of Health on th? 24th of July, the quarantine committee of th< City Council, together with the Mayor and t committee of the board, will visit Morris Isl and some day next week for the purpose c inspecting the Lazaretto. Tb ls step was ic daceo, as were arno rue suggestions-or vi Pelzer advising tbe same, by representation of reliable gentlemen to the effect that Morrl Island ls rapidly washing away. If these re presentations are true, the Lazaretto may b rendered useless at an early day. The Draymen Moving. A deputation of seven dray owners, headet by Mr. Patrick Brady, called upon the Mayo yesterday, and requested him to have tb crossings repaired lo the streets, damaged b the Enterprise Railroad Company, as serlou and repeated Injuries resulted lo their animal from the present condition of the same. Tin Mayor said that under the existing relation between tho City Council and the Enterprisi Railroad Company be was powerless to taki any steps towards granting their request bu that he would endeavor to satisfy all partie as soon as the Injonction was removed. The Board of Health. The regular meeting of the board was hell at the office of the city registrar yesterday The health of the city was reported as good a ever. Mr. Dotterer said that som? drains ii Elizabeth street, reported as being In a bad condition, bad been put In proper order There being no further business, the boan adjoarned. THE COURTS YESTERDAY. The State Court. Judge Graham yesterday dismissed the mo tlonjor an Injunction against A. M. Macke; and other trial Justices, restraining them fror Interfering with the Charleston Joint Stocl Company. The judge took the ground the the case was of a criminal nature, and there fore did not properly come under his J ur lt diction. United States Circuit Court. Io the case of Caroline Carson against Ales ander Robertson, bill In equity, the complain ant was allowed to file, ts a record of the cast a copy of a mortgage of Elias N. Ball to Alei ander Robertson and John F. Blacklock, ea ecu tors of Dean Hall plantation. United States District Court. Judgments on bonds were decreed agaton the following parties : Wm. J. Clarke, $436 IC Jos. M. Gayle, $600; Barnard Leonard, 336 41 and Mitchell Jacobs, $336 41. The proceedings upon the petition to mak M. L. Jones a bankrupt were ordered to b stayed, he having made satisfactory arrange ments for the payment of his debts. I. S. K. Bennett was ordered to show can? on the 8th of October next why he should no be declared a bankrupt upon the petition c the Union Bank of South Carolina. He wa also enjoined from disposing ol any propert until the making of the return. A copy of th enjoinder was ordered to be served on Sheri Mackey. CLUBS AND STARS. Calendar of Yesterday's Arrests an Penalties. H. M. Griffith, taking possession of the kej of the Cathedral Cnapel, Queen street, arid si licltlog orders for goods without a licenst discharged. Jesse Norris and William Wa lng, disorderly and breaking a glass on Mee lng street; repair damage or twenty daj each In House of Correction. Julia Rober tao and Kate Smith, disorderly; one dollar or te days eaoh. Djtly Gardener, disorderly; di charged. Samuel Robinson, drunk; one do lar. Richard Thompson, drunk and dlaorde ly; to trial justice. W. B. Gough, drunk; OD dollar. JameB Klhany, W. Montague, F. Ne son and Henry Wilson applied forlodglngi discharged, except Wilson, held for examlni tlon. A bull roaming the street; one dollar. ?THE SAVAMAH TROUBLE. A REVIEW OF THE DISTURBANCES LIST OF CASUALTIES. Latest Rot?? from the Forest City. * -?. . . From tbe Savannah papera, of yesterday, we take tbe following additional particulars ot the riot of Monday: A LMTjOF THE WOUNDED. The Advertiser says: A diligent Inquiry Into .the ?eau li s of the contest ano wa that the fol? lowing wounded aro under treatment: Banty Sherman, colored, shot in tace; Gordon B.ack, colored, shot In breast: Prince Coleman, color- - ed, shot in breast}? Dick Lawson, colored, shot in bead; Samuel Green, colored, shot In bead," and an unknown negro burned In the eye with powder. Joe Fielding, colored, shot In right arm; Abram Jones, coioreri, shot In the back; Dan Muller, colored; badly beaten; Henry Hicks, colored, out with a knife very serious? ly. It was rumored that several had been kill? ed, but we were not able to discover the troth of the rumor. Officers Morgan and Endres, who were bad? ly wounded on Monday night, while endeavor lug to d?charge their duties aa county officers, in tbe Radical meeting at ht. Anorew's Hall, were doing as.' wM. as could be expected on Tuesday afternoon. Officer Morgan was badly wounded la the-head and back, having receiv? ed plsf^^fjtelirboth.those places, and officer Endres waa severely cue In several places on the head-and arm. TH! VtCTTH9 OF NEGRO MAUQKTTT. The News says :' We visited the residence* of Mr?. Orson .BarpOftand Mrs. J. B. Cohen yesterday alternoon tb inquire after their con? dition. The uoiortunate lady waa wounded la - four places. Both hands and her head were bandaged: she also received a shot In the left .* breast, inflicting a painful wound. These were all small shot, and were picked out. Her handB are very much swollen and extremely sore, rendering their use impossible for the present. The wound In the head ls slight. We were lnformeoTby Mrs. Ward that she was standing in the doorway, and Mrs. Conan, her husband and sister were seated upon the .bench on tue portico, aa was also her little daughter, aged about twelve years, when the devilish miscreants fired upon them. The shots were fired from the big oak creek on tbe northwest corner of Anderson and Bull streets," diago? nally across lrom her house, a dlsuscce of " probably thirty yards. They were so shocked: by the unexpected shower of shot that they wera unable to notice In what direction the villains retreated."- Mrs. Cohen and her hus- , band and slater were struck about the lace '. - and shoulders, but only.slightly wounded. Mrs. Ward aud her little daughter were the worse injured'of the party. The latter was struck in the face and right shoulder and arm. ? We were shown Into the room where the poor - little child lay, suffering with a high fever, produced by the wounds. She was utterly un? able to move her arm. on account of its stn?- . ness and soreness. The shot, fortunately, did not enter the flesh to any great dejpih and were easily extracted. They are all doing ' very well, and lt ie to be hoped may soon' re? cover, although the condition of the little girl, - owing to the setting in of fever, ia seri?os. We examined the door and froni ot tho house, and found the place riddled with ?hot. From one of the door-posts two large slugs bad been out, which were buried to the depth of an inch or more. Mrs. Ward was leaning against this post when the assasslBS tired, and the balla struck within a few inches ot the head. Tue escape from instant death was remarkable. * Notwithstanding* the palo and distress caused by this foul deed, Mrs. Ward seemed quite cheerful, and ls in hopes that the perpetrators will be apprehended and made to suffer, itt . which hope lt ls scarcely necessary to say .the '1 entire respectable portion of the community *|Join. . . . ANOTHER BRUTAL OUTRAGE. f l The Advertiser .^ays: Another outrageous affair occurredHh*-W?rlngsvllle on Monday *n- w ht r fr tba. ai I fa nf a. npJZTf? aajMfJ IGeorge Stewart was the Intended victim. About eight o'clock a party of ihe riot oui negroes passing along through Waringsvule, in the extreme southern portion of the elly, noticed a female sliting on-the stoop of a dwelling house there, and thinking the house was occupied by white persons, levelled their pieces and fired. Fortunately no Injury waa sustained by the woman who was sltilugon the ~ stoop. She made a sudden rush imo the house and escaped a . second s a ot that might have been .fired at her. The bouse was not (occupied by white persons, but by a peaceable, quiet negro man, named George Stewart, a gardener, who residesout there and raises veg? etables for market. This ls another evidence of the suppositions that the negroes were all summoned from the .county to attend the Grant and Wilson ratification meeting, and 31 they were instructed to bring their- arms loaded, prepared for fighting. Hearing of the riotous proceedings in the city they evidently concluded that every white person killed by them was an additional scalp, and would con? tribute to the glory of tbe victory they ex? peoted to gain in the affair. PROCEEDINGS TN COURT. 4 William O Godfrey, Cecil Beloon and H. F. S^gur were taken before Commissioner Wayne, on Tuesday, charged with violating the Civil rights bill. The c?e was continued ? I to yesterday. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. \ I A visit to St. Andrew's Hail reveals the fiact 1 that pistols were used Indiscriminately, and numerous bullet-holes are visible In the walls around the building. Filly car tickets were distributed among the negroes, who were-to use them for the pur? pose of testing the matter fully. Savannah, on Tuesday morning, was tba' scene of numerous crowds of persons gather? er ed at the corners, discussing the events of the previous evening. They were deprecated on ail sides. Tbe sentiment ol condemnation pr?? le vailed everywhere. . it The conductors of the street cars faced the muslo nobly. The acting mayor has offered a reward of Ave bundreu dollars for the arrest of the par? ties who fired into the residence on Boll street, wounding several ladles sad children. The negro gossips were exceedingly Jool lant on Tuesday ovorareport that their breth? ren of Beaufort and Charleston were going over to assist them In '-regulating" matters to suit themselves lu this city In reference to the recent troubles. All Quite ou the Savannah. SAVANNAH, July 31. The street car. troubles have entirely cease? '* I and the city ls ai quite as usual. George '* I Washington Wilson, white, the leader of the Ogeechee wing oi Republicans, was arrested by United States authority to-day for dls e I turblng the Republican meeting Monday night. e I The commissioner continued the case until to B THE WEATHER THIS BAY. t LF WASHINGTON, July 31. pn Thursday clearing and clear weather will prevail on the South Atlantic and Gulf. BK, I .. K0t<-1 A rr iva It-July 31. PAVILION HOTEL. J. D. Brown, Wllliston; A. P. Postell, Savan? nah; A. W.Loyns, Florence; B. E. MbManns, Columbia; B. Williams, Leesville; 0. H. wil? liamson, Darlington; S. E. Ingram, Clarendon; John J. Mnldrow, Klngsiree; A. M. Williams, rs I St. Stephens. CHARLESTON HOTEL. James DePass, wile and two children, Flori-, r- da; H. G. Bobinson and son, Sc Helena; A? t- yah Gilbert, St. Augustine; E. Cuppeu, Mrs. s A. H. Cuppen, J. H. Jones, New York; P. Cop- . n pen, St. Helena; F. Scbonfleld, Thomas Speme n Cincinnati; A. Von Behmer, Beaufort; E. L... B- King, wife and servant, Waldo, Fla.; Thomas 1- P. Stovall, W. C. Barber, wife aod child, Au? gusta; W. W. Caner, Marloo F. Hoilock, Hies e Marla C. Hollock, Mrs. Branson and child, Mrs. 1. John Henderson, Savannah; L. C. Blake, M. ?; Hesenthal, New York ; R. M. Chatterton, Felix i. Govin and wife, Baltimore; L. Whurt, Troy; F. L. Childs, Steamer Champion.