The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-15
WASHINGTON.
The Coming Election Campaign
in Mississippi.
Letter from Judge Dent to
General Grant.
He Protests Against the President Supporting
the "Bitter End" Radicals.

WASHINGTON, August Ia, 1859.
Mississippi P0litics-A Review Of the Radical
Party at the S0uth-Tart Letter from Judge
Dent to the President.
The following Is an extract from q letter written
to-day by Judge Dent Of Mississippi In reply to one
received by President Grant the early part OF the
present month. President Grant, in the letter re-
ferred to, gave his for casting the weight OF
his influence In favor Of the radical party in Missis
sppi and II Is to that part that Judge Dent replies
thus
the iree choice OF their representatives would elect
for their rulers class of politicians whose aggressive
Culiarly obnoxious and disagreeabies TINS is The
charge made by the people OF Mississippi against
the RADICALS or or, as they are called
fought on the side Of the south. It IS
and education, Tor many men OF Northern birth and
education and OF the Northern army are with us In
shV are for
were among the first Ia the South to organize the
republican platform and to advocate the civil and
political equality or all men; were sent delegates
to Chicago, and for their consistency and consistency
were rewarded by you with offices of trust and
fore, because the proscriptive antecedents and
aggressive policy OF these politicians toward the
Il 9s sa
in the continual advocacy OF prescription but In
preaching to the freedmen, In time OF profound
peace such revolutionary doctrines as excite and
direct against the white Of the South and their
families most dangerous animosity, such animos-
lty, indeed. as, with continuation Of the same
fuel, would inevitably lead to black mans party
and q war OF races Neither are such doctrines
preached with an honest desire to ameliorate the
condition OF the freedmen or promote the ends or
peace or strengthen the republican party in the
South but solely TO ALLEVIATE from the planter the
order that the political element under the banner
OF repubicani5m might be entirely controlled and
to their W Of and
you foied IN their attempt to force upon the people
OF Mississippi the odious constitution rejected at the
ballot box. you now give the hand OF friendship and
support, and spurn from you that other class, who,
accepting the invitation OF the republican party in
good faith came In mass In Virginia and Tennessee,
as they win come III Mississippi ana Texas to stand
LEWIS DENT.
Health of George Peabody.
learn from the White Sulphur Springs to-day that
since his arrival at that place the health OF Mr..
George Peabody is much improved and his condition
is generally favorable. He labors under cOmplica-
ton Of diseases consequent upon old age requiring
the utmost attention and careful treatment. Occa
sonalv he rides out, but has not for considera-
BILE period been able to visit the parOr OF the hotel
where so many inquire anxfOusly for him. He
ceives a limited number OF his friends daily at his
cottage, some Of whom are lnconsiderate enough to
bore him by long conversations, which exhaust him.
His physicians believe he will be able to his
merous friends in a week In the general reception
room and according to his plans as already decided
upon, he will leave the Springs in about two three
weeks and retu IN to Massachusetts.
The Galveston and Houston Railroad.
The case OF Cowdry vs.. The Galveston, Houston
aad Henderson Railroad Company will be heard BY
Judge swayne here on Monday. This case involves
the ownership OF the road between Galveston and
Houston. now the most valuable road I'm the State
receiving from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile annually,
and is the trunk road TO the coast The suit is
brought to foreclose mortgages on the road OF
$500, 0oo and ia resisted by parties who have pur-
chased 1t under execution decree for the sale Of
the road was made by Judge Watrous, OF Texas
last year, but the questions now arising before
Judge Swayne relate to the settlement OF the &C.
counts and the liability OF the rolling stock and a
ton buildings to the mortgages. The counsel for
the bondhOiders is W. G. Hale; for the Defendants
W. p. Hill, W. P. Balllnger. P. G. Tucker aud ].
Black; and for the Receiver, F. A. Bangs.
Supervisor Appointment.
Alexander Fulton was to-day recommissioned a.
Supervisor Of Internal Revenue, without regard to
territory.
Reduction of Pay Of Assessors.
The Acting Secretary OF the Treasury upon the
recommendation Of the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue, has reduced the pay Of the Assistant As
SCISSORS In North Carolina and Tennessee from IS so
to IS per day. In the Gulf States from So so to SO per
DAY. and in the States and Territories on the Pacific
coast from 50 to ~ per Day.
Weekly Currency Statcmenf.
The receipts Of fractional currency during the
week were $213, 800. me shipments OF fractional
currency during the week were;-To the Assistant
Treasurer At Philadelphia $4,000; tonationa banks
and others. t1ae,soe. Amount Of fractional cur.
nUaA AsvplV ~
Treasurer holds this day. security for circulating
notes. $34s, 133. $50; a. security for deposits OF
public moneys, $9oao ,6oo-total securities held
$ssS, S2s, $780, Mutilated notes burned during the
week enuing August H. 1850, 500. eso-totaA incu.
sive SIS, 4se. 244 Bank currency issued for bills
destroyed during the week. t2l2, 347-t0tal, incfu-
sive. 1915; balance due for mutilated notes,
$lAs2s9 Bank circulation outstanding at this date,
$500, 7el, ssl.
The Tarbcli Interview with General Grant.
washington august 13 correspondence OF the Bos-
ton Post.
The revised account Of the interview between the
President ana Tarbell published yesterday, omits
several passages in the original DRAFT that indicate
more definitely the anmus Of Grant than that which
nas e n0f svn ns
fought against S0utnerners' so long. he declared
that n seemed impossible for mature men to accept
thought be knew the Southern people, and, while
nothing could be more gratifying to him tnan TO
know that they had 10 good faith come up TO his
platform, he could not realize that such was the
case, With regard to Tennessee the President was
equally explicit, though ne expressed ms inability
to understand the differences there and wondered
very much at the positions and actions OF Senator
Brownlow and Governor Septer, whom he had held
to be not only inc0rruptibe, but men not easily I'm
posed upon" Although the foregoing extracts
were embodied Ia the written document Of the In.
terview and are correct utterances BY Grant, the
latter matter OF policy preferred that they should
not be published.
IMPORTANT LAWSUIT.
The Bur1lnsamo Treaty In Question.
IRrOm thu Idahn