, 1869-08-14
nOLITIGAL

Dr. Lees anu Neal dow are Dota 10 6tnnp Uhl
for the temperance ticket
Governor senters majority Will largely e1ceet
| Stokes entire vote.
| The Cologad0 election for delegates to Congress
takes place September II.
The Antioch colored church IN Cupeppe
| County. Va, has expelled every member wht
| voted the Walker ttckeL
The California general election for county on
Gers and ncmhers OF the Legislature comes OF
September !; that for Judges ot the 6uprems
Court, October %.
Tennessee bas not get ratlned the Fifteenth
Amendment but the friends Of Scnter insist thai
the Conservative majority In the new Legislature
! are fully committed to IT,
The HOston Trucelief saya that those politicians
who think that the Democratic party Will be large
" benefited In thai State, at the Iall election, b.
! the St. Cr1spin organization and the labor mose
tnent, may nnd themselves mistaken
Although the election for Governor Of Indians
Will not take place till 1s70 the Hon c. II. Kerr
the representative IN Congress from the Second
District, has already been presented for the Demo
cratic nomination.
| The Ctica Obserre1, Coz. Sc5no1r's organ, Is
not pleased with the intelligence that Gen. Rose-
c1ans declines 10 accept the Democratic uomfna.
ton to the Governor1Nip Of Ohio. "Old Rosy,' It
sayR ais joined toh!s.dol, peli, and II Is quite o.
veil that he is permitted to co.
THIS Augusta ga, Conshtu,io'aIi*s thinks that,
| u the Democratic party Of the North " will only
drive from its ranks those who ure among them
the Bc,Monts, the EorlI the Cifi-ea, and ell Of
that ilI-wc can then net with II to some purpose
This purgaton must be made before SUCCESS can
crown any eKort'
The following ls the ticket nominated by the
Democrats Of Pike County, Ill: Delegntc to the
Constitutional Convention, W. 4 Archer; Clerk
af County Court, William u. Crimes; County
Judge, L. NJ A1IlnEon; County Treasurer, L. J..
SDttheHRan; County superintendent Of Schools,
John n. Dewel; County Surveyor, Hiram :.
Ilar1!..
There is O great convocatlon OF Northern and
Southern politicians l1It now Ut the Virginia
White Sulphur Springs Rnluor has 1t that some
remarkable measure, rtvalnng the famous 1tosc-
Grams conference Of last summer Is on the tapts.
What this cnu be Il at present carefully withheld;
but It kas been nslnuate that 1t will have tor its OBJ
cct the passage by Congress, a. m early day, of
ndtliuoun amendment to The constitution. decl1r-
Ing general amnesty for ali past offences to those
engaged tn the late rebellion.
Roger A. Pryor, who once refused "to be rs clay
In the tlnnds Of the Potter turns np ns the legal
counsellor Of rratt, the Texan r!oter III Sew York
While the New Tork TammAny Democrats arc
nbuAns the President for not Furnishing tts SpRn-
lsh of1lcials Tor executing alleged American cit-
xens, their otgau-the lEorli-plpfs On the other
key, and abuses hiu for stopping the spauish
armed steamers bent on the destruction Of the
patriot cause.
In Kentucky the freedmen are steaauy .m7rov-
Ing thelr condition anf progressing In the ur,s Of
freedom. They arc geperalJ eager 10 secure
homcatcads for their families but have great dlfll-
Guilty In procuring land, ns most Of the PROPERTY
hodera refuse 10 Rcll 10 them. In spite OF Ill dis
conrngtmcuis, however, their condition IS stoadly
importing. They were taxed III 1s6. on 81, ,aaGsas
worth Of property, nnd IN 1868, on 3l,6il.hs7.
Thcr have schools In every village, Sustained
partly by their own voluntary contributions and
study with nyttity, aud the mcu as gcucra! ru!c,
arc tpdustrtouA
The statement now going tho rounds OF the
Democratic papers, that tho Hon Alexander llaM-
sey Senator IN Congress from Minnesota, has
t,ccn scnt abroad ct q cost Of t1o,uoo In gold, 10
negotiate q new postal treaty with the French
Government il cmphat,ca!i| contEadicte.! by the
st Fuul Iuify FJt4s That paper says: !" The fact
is, Ecnstor Kamscy Ia travelling In Europe at hIa
owp personal cost He does not 30 nbEoad as En-
yoy Extraordinary or Minister Ptenipotenilasy, or
ANY nonsense OF that sort, but es piatn As. Ham-
scy, Of Minnesota
The s1gid1y honest system Of collecting the rev.
cuues. ani Of retut1ng to coudone tho crmcs Of
thoae who are violating The laws, arc producing
tho best RESULT Tho daily receipts nFr Highly
promising, mil must cuatinue to Improve. Aa Nh
Illustration, It Is stated tint, in three districts of
Virginia. tho scven7e from tobacco tnls Scar, for
1Te months to August !, Is l,Is4,ass Ia excess Of
the sAuc period last year, while the shipments IN
bond 4rr increased this year ,os>p 900 pouns oycE
last year, and the revenue from them Is still 10 be
collected.