The Republican journal., 1869-10-28
LETTER FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK.

Ny DEAR JOURNAL: So little has trans
pircd since last wrote to YOU, OF especial in
tcrcst, that You have lost little by the inter
rcgnum. Our summer has been exceptional
bly, cool and damp, the effect Of which we
have felt in 4 reduction OF about twenty per
cent in the yield Of corn, compared with an
average crop; but the yield Of wheat, and
indeed all kinds of grain, has been most pro-
life. Fruit has also been abundant and so
have al the smaller products Of the farm.
There has been considerable rot in potatoes
in various parts OF the State, but rs general
thing the yield has been excellent in quality
and quantity. In both these respects, hear
many farmers quite enthusiastic about the
9 early Rose variety.
The season has been mfavorable for our
canals, tho boatmen having had to compete
not only With the dull times, but with rail
road combinations for low frci@hts, and there
have been many brcakaGcs in the canals
caused by heavy rains which have delayed
navigation for days at 2 time. Both parties
in their recent conventions passed resolutions
in favor Of sustaining the canals and ncrcas-
ing their efficiency: and no doubt we shall
sec some legislation applied to preserve them
from railroad conspiracics, and to render
them more profitable to that vast body Of
men whose subsistence is derived from their
navigation.
Our State election occurs on the ID proxmo,
I,,,t+ =, IL,
yet. This is owing to two main causes, one
OF which is that several of the candidates
placed on the Republican ticket would not
. sticl,'' thus delaying the completion Of the
ticket and commencing Of the canvass for it.
The other reason is, that there is SO manifest
q conviction that all Republican efforts in the
State viii be futile to elect the ticket that
they have not the heart to waste time and
money upon it. The ticket was but DOOM
ed thing from the first, but the successive
destinations Of names upon it gave it further
blows which apparently cxtinguishcd the lit
! tie Of vitality left to it. The first to decline
was Geo. w. Curtis. the head of the ticket,
| for Secretary Of Statc-a polished pcnman,
ptl WI ltl ttilN Ijt)llii,lllN
either rs q statesman or politician, but in this
instance perhaps entitled to the credit Of some
sagacty, in refusing to be politically sacri-
fed rs the leader of 4 lorlorn hope The next
declinaton was Thomas IIillhousc, a. can
dilatc for Comptroller, and the third that OF
Gen. Robinson, for State Engineer Such a
scampcring was never before seen, except in
the provorbial case Of rats deserving Il dilapi-
dated ship. The polished Horace Greeley
has been placed in the position vacated by
Hillhousc, and his old white coat will be an
appropriate banner under which the Hepub-
lican cohosts will rally to meet one Of Gree
ley's accustomed defeats. Gen. Frank Sigel
is put in Curtis's place, in the hope, at TOO
late an hour, to concilate the . German clc-
mcnt,' and win over whoever may have
| g fought nit Sigcl.'
The Constitution framed by q Republican
partisan Convention about d year ago, at such
great cost to the purses and patience of the
people, is to be submitted to the people at this
election, several Of its provisions separately ;
but it is so dead already, that the ballots cast
upon it in November will be merely inscrib-
ing HE Jacet''. Yours, G.