New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-13
POLITICAL.


REMOVAL OF STATE OFFICERS IN MISSISSIPPI.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 12.-Judge Jefferds OF
the Supreme Court A. Warner Secretary OF State Judge
Speed Of the Criminal Court Of Warren County, together
with large numbers Of minor officers, were TODAY TO
tnovod by Gen. Ames The persons above named are
prominent in the Conservative movement In tins State
THE MASSACHUSETTS PRoHIBIToRY CoNYEN-
TIoN.
BosToN, Aug. IA caucus meeting OF the
Prohbltory Liquor Law party held in fremont Tenn
e vestry tonight make choice Of delegates 70 the
coming PrOhibory Convention. Although 1t was an az
gregate city caucus, not more than co were pres
ent who made choice OF about double that number OF
delegates Complaints were mace ens pEbe in tie
object OF the caucus.
POLITICS IN TENNESSEE.
Nashville dispatch of August II says;
GOV senter arrived in this city last evening and met
with brilliant reception. He was escorted from tne
railway depot to the City Hotel, where he delivered
speech In response TO the address OF ex-Gov Nell B.
Brown In the course Of his remarks Gov Senter en-
phaszed pou and that was that IN there
nus be no prescription account OF reOeOh race OF
color: suffrage and the fullest political ana CIVIL right
must be free 70 all. He continued by saying
that the wounds Of the past must heal up, and
that brotherly love and fraternal feeling now
10 be cultivated all round in Tennessee. He thought
the circumstances ripe for a new party, when
would discard dead and act upon the living pres
pnt Bourbonism the one hand and proscrptlve
adicahsm on other should be ignored and set ASIDE
and new departure taken, which would tend to ADeral
and progressive ideas and The young men OF
the State, ne saG carried the recent election with suoh
impetus that old judges almost unable 10 deciuo
how far they had gone ahead The wisdom OF age hou
temper Young America but 1t was strdng along Ike an
Arab cOurser His remarks were received Win SHOUTS
lof applause and approval.
The enforcement of tho fullest political and civil
rights free to ALL" was inaugurated at Nashville on
Sunday night last according correspondent Of The
Chicago Tribune in the following striking manner;
Mr. j. s. Barbour Of Connecticut correspondent OF Ihe
Hartford Erenng Post made the tour Of the state with
Gen Stokes aud for The Tennessee STATE Jod an
account Of the violent dnSs OF the ke6e DeET
debate between Gov senter and Gen Stokes also sent
you the extraordinary fact Gov eenteI' IN ms spsT
at Nashville the Saturday before the S eIScuC or
dered him 10 pack his kit and leave the State.
Hast night this lawless threat produced legitimate
<S c BS{oUI orS SSS Was cent 20 his room that Mr.
Stone recently the Republican candidate LOT senator
personal acquaintance and friend, Barbour thrown
OF his guard and went down INTO the 0oe o b I
Shan he was seized by about 20 men who ned he Ioo
gT d" g1V nSd and resisted and was borne rap
idy along until at last he seized amppost and chung
with bludgeons and stabbed slightly four or FIVE
times He was efrad to cry out rGr cd near HS
cingng to the amp-pOst, however, until some men
along caused the humans 10 let go anu uC It
back 10 the hotel The above is Mr. Barbours accOt
as had it from his lips He says the men were wen
dressed and disguised He believes their HienLon
was 10 drag him the river and burl him rom te sus
penson Bridge. He thinks the slight stabDing ne re-
Revived was simply to make HIM let 90 inc lainp-posi
Nobody seems TO have the least idea VINO dd tne ueeu
went 10 the City Hotel this evening 10 inquire tue par
tculars OF the affair The clerk who was present last
might and saw the whole affair, says he didn't Know
single one Of those engaged in t. Another gentleman
who was on duty clerk this evening, said he would
have tried to prevent 1t had he been pres
lent. He regretted the thing not that ne sylnpa'
Ehized with Barbour, but for the credit OF the
hotel asked If Barbour did not behave himself while
lat the house "Ob yes" he replied, but then he mas
been publicly notified by the Governor 10 leave" a
great many to-day Justify the outrage upon the same
CrOupd namely, that Senter had warned Barbour 10
Aeave Tennessee. Several gentlemen who were IN the
hOte when was there this evening, wondered now many
HES Barbour wout tell about the affair. MI b. leit the
Sity for Louisville at 23O p m to-day MT D. says that
while his assailants beating him they swore he
Augurated at the Capital OF Tennessee the new Demo
.Cratlc ora of moderation and peace.
The Ohio Republicans opened the campaign
yesterday at Wilmington. Senator Morton and Cover
nor Hayes addressed the meeting
A Helena, Montana, dispatch says the recent
election for e removal Of the capital to Helena was
s.. carried
The following is the result of the election
for Congressman IN the First District Of Virginia where
At was first enormously announced that Norton und
colored1 was elected: