New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-19
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OCTOBER AND NoyEhBER-THE LoGGf AHEAD
DEMOCRAcY-THE WATER GAS NOT. rNrIN-
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From Our oSa Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Set. IL, l560.
We did not bargain for even 50, COO majority for
Curtin for Governor though there be those among
us who bet on half the p1mber, who are now TAX
ing up the stakes. The Democrats have lost aw-
fully on their bets. There was g fund here among
our people seemipsly without imit, and distrib
uted about among numberless whippers.in 10 town
and country. eager to take any banter from the
other side The latter walked straight into the
traps thus get, and there they are The fact is,
this entire State was so elaboratey canvasssd by
our eide that it was known to cert inty at head
quarters how things were going, and the only mis-
takes made were in under estimating majorities.
We have thus got double the total We bargained
for, both with friends and foes. The enemy is lit
orally cleaned out az well as crushed out. They
are now dumb and powerlesp, yet full OF reproach
and recrimination toward each other. They have
10 spirits lett for the November struggle, and no
heart TO raise funds for the hopeless effort to car
~ Pennsylyalia.' Money cannot begin to do this
thing in the face Of 81, 600 majority to overcome.
On the other hand, enthusiasm Is at fever heat
for the final trial, and the funds yet wanted come
out cheerfuly and abundantly No such ma
ioritv has been east in this State since the
GAYS Of Jackson. Yet il will be- necessary to
20 through the motions in November. Lincoln,
under any circumstances, il stronger IN PeunsyN Iva
MIA than Curtin. There was fusion and cOmDlna-
ton against him to extent that cannot be secured
against Lincoln, and it il too late now to patch
up any new truce. The Bell party, whose object It
was to sell huge amounts Of dry good under cover
of big vote III Philadelphia, has shown itself TO be-
nd ,nufp TT
Of n 900 votes in this city, and none worth naming
outside If IT, The mask having dropped from tue
yisage If the leaders who engineered the Bell ma
chine. the honest rank and file of the party are
tuning away from the cheat, not az 0sten.
tatiously as has been done in Baltimore and
Washt gt0n, but with quiet unanmity that Is GER
tain 10 reverse the vote OF this city in November,
when Lincoln viii have the majority. There are
thousands who the coming event, and who VIII
not throw their votes away. fon may set down
Lincolns majority in Pennsy lvaDia at bD,OOO sure.
Yet in the face of these decisive results hero and IN
Indiana. the money market is undlsturbed. Stocks
have sticned since the the election instead OF fol-
lowing the lead of the crOakers, nor has any crack
been yet discovered in the Union viii n Spadlngs
Glue IS not fully able 10 elise up and make the art-
Gle stronger than ever.
There Is f,rme Mt among the politicians OF the LIST
District touching an alleged fraud by which Butter
has been returned elected ~ Congress. II there
BE- fraud at all, il is admitted that neither Butler
nor airy Of bis friends had any knowledge Of il. 1t
il emphaticay family quarrel among the diff rent
wings Of the Democracy. lfany cheating has been
done they have done il themselves. Lehman, the
the Douglas candidate has been fOored by the
Breckenridge men i'll revenge for the Douglas voters
hOtiDg certain Breckenridge candidates for the
Legislature. Butler has received his certihcate
from the Return Judges; but, under our law, two
returns ara made TO the Governor, one BY THEN and
h., IL. prnfhn aa
agree, il il barely possible the Governor may omit
Buffers name and withhold o certificate under the
broad seal of the COmmOnU eath. The fraud Il
said TO BE- this and occurred in the Fourth W ard,
Moyamei ling, q district from time lmne!noral
ruled by the toughest of the rough Democracy. The
Judges of ts ten precincts met on "Wednesday last
and MADE up their returns appointing Nllllsm
Ryerly, a Brecsinridge man, a. Return Judge to
the ger eral meeting on FRIDAY. Each OF these ten
Judges kept memoranda ofthe vote, as did Mr.. Leh
man and The reporters al being copied from book
containing the returns Of the tea precincts, and this
book gave Butler ,UO3 vOt's Lehman LBS, aud
King 1873 The Judges signed such a return, and
delivered il to Bycrly 10 hand in Ia the general
meeting on Friday But on that day he handed in
q return giving Butler !, 100 votes, Lehman ,3-9,
aud King 200, thus defeating Lehman. This last
return is alleged b. be forged. Some of the sgners
swear their signatures 10 il are fOrgerler, while
others say theirs are genuine. Bytrly has been
bound over 20 answer for forgery, yet il is well
known be- can neither read nor write go that n d
wrong has been done, others must have had hand
in il. Alto geiher II ID strange affair 10 happen
among the harmonious Democracy, aud whore the
wIOTg i. to be- rghtcd sc do not exactly See
whether in Court or In Congress. But a fresh count
of the ballots Will undoubtedly be had somewhere,
and that being done, We are persuaded that Butler
viii be- shown to have a majority, a. II Lehman has
been cheated in one ward it il fully believed that
Butler has been worse cheated in others. Should
Lehman obtain hIs seat IL III be- some satisfaction
10 know that he is really an able lawyer an enthu
fiasc Tariff man, and heart onl soul anti Lecomp-
ton, all which Id infinitely better than could have
been said of Tom Florence.
The water gas question Is rapidly coming 10
solution You know that for months past large
portion of the Grard House has been successfully
lighted by this gas, thc remaining portion by gas
from the city works. But when Pfesbury \
SYKES of the Girard, erected the water gas works
on their premises, their engineer unfortunately
built holder that would contain but 1900 cubic
feet when the daily consumption is 5000. Hence
ncy continued their connection with the city works
"a Ia draw from that source whatever supply
they might be unable 10 manufacture on tue pre-
misses, well a. h, be able to light the whole in
ease Of accident t. their own works. Similar ar
rangcments maintained in all our large cities
between gas companies and parties who choose Ia
make their own light the companies being content
10 supply more or LEGS at the option of the con-
sumer. Blu. deadly f'ud having grown up be-
tween the superintendent of our CITY Works, Mr..
Cresson and the Keystone Water Gas Company,
the latter charges the former with bal faith whole
sale Justification, and determination to crush out
the water gas, though convinced of ts commercial
superiority to all other kinds, because the Key stone
refused to buy, for 100000, the patent for a
cellular retort invented and patented by Mr.
Cresson's son. The Keystone alleges that if it
had made thia nnrchnse from Dr. Crrssnn