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The New York herald., 1870-09-19

The Southern Commercial Convention.
We have received an invitation, for which
we return our thanks, to be present at and
attend the sittings of the Southern CONNER
cial Convention, which will convene at Gin
cinnsti on the 4th Of October next. The fol-
lowing are set down as the subjects to be con-
sidered by the Convention -
l. Direct trade between Southern Atlantic cities
and Europe.
.. Southern Pacific Railroad.
g. Obstruction to navigation by narrow span bridge
4. Continuous water line communication between
the Mississippi river and the Atlantic seaboard.
S. Removal OF distractions from the mouth OF the
Mississippi river.
s. Construction Of permanent lsyees on the Mis-
sissippi river.
rivers of the United States.
8. The enlargement Of the more important lines
OF canal in the United States so az to render them
navigable for vessels propelled by steam.
Q. Finance and taxation.
10. Free trade in money.
H. settled policy IN the public interest In regard
to the disposition OF the government lands.
IL. That all railway viaducts over navlgabe rivers
Sa 9 e o @ lSl o on the S na
efforts be made to secure legislation that effect
lS. The charges on passenger ana freight traffic
Ia. To abolish throughout the whole country all
license imposed on commercial travellers
is. Removal OF the national capital.
This budget of questions to be discussed
will surely give scope and range enough
to every delegate of the Convention for
the ventilation of his pet project of COM
mercial reform. We like the idea Of
this meeting in Cincinnati. 1t will bring our
Southern commercial reformers into direct
contact with Northern ideas, and from this
fact alone we anticipate some useful practical
results. We think, however, that the removal
of the national capital may be wisely post
poned till after the redemption Of the national
debt
The New York herald., 1870-09-19

THE GAMING RECORDS Of Saratoga for the
past season evidence a spirit among the
ho6StuGs of that village to make it the Baden
or Homburg of America. Fortunes have
changed hands, and many a pleasure seeker
has returned home wiser if not a richer man.
The New York herald., 1870-09-19

Railroad Racing-A Dangerous Pastimc.
Steamboat races are bad enough. as expe-
rience proves, for hundreds of lives have been
lost from time to time on the Western rivers,
and sometimes nearer home, by this pernicious
practice. But when railroad trains, loaded
insist upon trying their capacity to win or kill, it
becomes very serious business. Such danger
GUS rivalry is said to have been going on between
the Morris and Essex and the New Jersey
Railroads for few days past on their parallel
lines over the Jersey Meadows near Newark.
The latest feat of the Morris and Essex road
the other evening was to break of the lOcomo-
tive from the train and thus run ahead Of its
rival The engineer, intent only on making
his two-forty time, and beating the train of
the New Jersey road, did not notice the fact
that he had left all his precious human freight
behind him until he had run half mile with
his light weight We do not suppose that the
passengers take as much interest in these con-
tests of speed as the officials of the rival roads.
We rather fancy that they are glad when they
find themselves alive at the end Of the race
If this sporting pastime is to be carried on
we would suggest that placard be affixed to
each train announcing that ''this is the racing
train!" IT there be anybody VIII cares moth
ing for broken limb, or dislooated neck, or
a general smash-up of his anatomy, why he
can take his seat in the cars, accepting the
risk for the sake of the excitement. Sensible
people would probably wait for another train.
But we contend that it is only fair to demand
that travellers should know when they are
riding two-forty iron horse, at the risk of
their lives.
The New York herald., 1870-09-19

THE WOMAN MOVEMENT is steadily progress.
ing. We do not hear SO much Of that phase
of it which treats of the ballot and Sorosis az
we used to hear few months ago, but the
unanimous election of female compositor as
a member of the mems Typographical Union
in Washington on Saturday is one Of many in
stances occurring daily to show that the true
principle Of the woman's rights movement
the right to wider field of employment and
to mems wages for mems works. steadily
gaining favor and acceptance.
IT SEEMS THAT WHIsKEY METERS are vic.
lently affecting political movements out West.
Commissioner Delano ordered certain kind
of meter for dstileries, to which the Western
distillers object as too expensive. and nov
The New York herald., 1870-09-19
T RIPL E S II E E 7
CONTENTS OF TO.DAY,S HERALD.

Now York. Monday. September 10. 1870.
The New York herald., 1870-09-19
The Prassian Army a. it nfaFchss sn
Paris,

Paris.
Our special correspondents at the seat Of
war in the vicinity Of Paris report the Prus-
sian march on the French capital in the mail
letters which appear In our columns to-day.
The pa geant is described in q very animated
and excellent style, the written accounts of the
movement being almost equal, II not COM
pletely so, to the cable telegram advices Of
the same event. This German advance
march presented magnificent military spec
tacle The grand army was kept strictly
in hand and swept along with the most per-
feet order and regularity. 1t was Ger
man consolidation in column regimen
tai representation of the country, and one
without embarrassing offshoots. The field
telegraph was kept constantly at work and a
perfect chain Of living instantaneous commu-
nication maintained from the very first party
of Uhlans who penetrated the road to the last
fatigue detachment which guarded the baggage
in the rear. The Teutons made themselves at
home in the towns and villages They adapted
themselves to the surrounding circumstances
with wonderful facility. They took apparently
little, If any, notice Of the humiliation Of the
inhabitants, and conducted themselves strictly,
soberly and with very considerable show of
chivalry and gallantry. Our special writer's
thus supply in these letters very attractive
introduction to the active initiation of the Ger
man Panslavist movement. Should the pro-
gress, ethnologically and politically, prove
equally pleasing at its consummation in the
close it may be, perhaps, well for humanity.
The New York herald., 1870-09-19

WOODS MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor
nsr eh s-Performances every afternoon and evening.
The New York herald., 1870-09-19

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Of Eighth avenue and
sxd st.--U RRLLA, DEMON OF TIE NIGHT.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

sIBLo's GARDEN, Erosdwsy-TaE NEW DOMESTIC
DRAMA HEARTS EASE.
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A Debt to the Dead.

An article in the Philadelphia Press re-
minds us ofsa duty which we had nearly
forgotten. When the news of the death of
Gen. Lee was telegraphed all over the land,
the Republican press, with characteristic
magnanimity, forebore to lift the pail that
covered the coffin of the great soldier. They
would scarce look at his faults; they spoke
only of his excellencies. They claim no
merit in this. 1t is simply impossible that
truly chivalric soul should look with
pleasure upon the errors of the dead.
1t is with spirit of sadness and not of un-
charity that we reflect that no such high
sentiment was exhibited when, smitten by
bastard, the great and good, the beloved
and sanity President Lincoln crowned with
martyrdom his peerless life.
Nor was President Lincoln's the only case.
Maj. Gen. George II. Thomas was Southern
man, and great soldier. Unlike Gen. Lee,
he felt it his duty to regard the oath which
he took as West Point Cadet, to adhere
to the Union, and defend it against all
enemies. Unlike Gen. Lee, he considered
that he had been educated at the ex-
pense of the Nation, and that to the
Nation he owed unchanging fealty. Unlike
Gen. Lee, he saw that duty to his State was
coincident with his duty to the United
States, and that to forsake the one was to
abandon the other. Was he less noble, less
manly, less heroic than Gen. Lee Yet when
he died, the malice of secessionists pursued
him into the charnel house. They skulk-
ed, jackal like, among the vaults, that they
might unearth the body of the great soldier,
and expose his errors to the sneers of the sim
pie. Sleep on in quiet, thou majestic spirit !!
God and thy country guard thy name unfair
Enished
Not yet have the diabolical press ceased
their revels over the grave of Edwin NJ STAN
ton. Yet Mr.. Stantons chiefest crime was
his unfiinching adhesion to the fortunes of
the Republic. Come veal, come woe, he
clung to our mother with the ardor of love
and the persistence Of fate, and for this ex-
alted patriotism the demons of the Confed-
eracy covered his bier with their curses.
Henbane, and all poisonous weeds are cast
upon his grave but no flowers are too sweet
to symbol their devotion to Lee.
When Thaddeus Stevens died, would it
not have been becoming to pass over in ST.
lence the errors of his useful life9 Were
not his great public services some extenua-
ton for many faults, if faults he had But
these defamers of the dead scrupled not to
pass behind the curtains OF his bed cham
Der that they might have wherewith to poi
son the darts of SANDER.
"Charity towards all and malice toward
none," were the large hearted words of the
martyred President. We do trust that it
may never be our lot as journalist to record
anew exhibition of that ghoul-like spirit, that
prowls in cemeteries, and disgusts decency
by befouling the sepulchers of the great.
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02
The South. Carolina Election.

The Republicans carried this State by
majority of twenty thousand. The entire
Congressional delegation is Republican.
The Legislature is thirds Republican.
1t is death blow to the Democrats alias
Reformers.
The State government in South Carolina
went into operation about the time this
State did. The Republicans lost this State
by four thousand on the popular vote, and
the Legislature by two-thirds. The Republl.
cans of this State should think of this. A
salutary lesson may be learned from the re-
suit in our sister State
The Republicans of South Carolina made
q vigorous campaign. They left no stone
unturned to secure complete victory. The
campaign in this State was feeble The Re-
publicans did not seem to work as they did
in 1868. Notwithstanding the burdens
which the Republicans had to carry, the
State would have been carried if the cam
paign had been bold, vigorous and sharp.
What are the Republicans of this State
going to do? Are they going to sit with
their hands folded and give up the State,
when the Republicans OF other States are
fighting and winning battles? We cannot
believe that there is so little vitality left in
the party for it to succumb because of de-
feat in one instance. Take courage from
the result in South Carolina. Do not think
of anything except wrestling the State from
the Democracy at the next election. 1t can
be done. 1t must be done. This State to-
day is more substantially Republican than
any State south of Mason's and Dixon's
line. All that is wanted is to keep down
imidation-nominate the best men in the
party for offce-make determined effort
and the State is ours.
An election occurs in this District for Con-
gress on SATURDAY, on the 26th of next
month. The District is Republican if our
friends will turn out and vote. We urge
upon all the importance ofgoing to the polls
and depositing their ballots for the Repub-
lican nominee. Show to the Republicans
throughout the State what men can do
when they are fighting for principles which
are the embodiment of liberty and freedom.
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02
Organized Emigration.

The town of Greeley, in Colorado, is To-
Gated at the spot where the Denver Pacific
Railroad crosses the Cache la Pouodre river.
1t was established by joint stock COM
pany which was organized last year. Each
person contributed $155 as his share. With
the fund thus secured tract about ten
miles square was purchased, and the colony
was located. fss:.
a Last spring settlers began to arrive.
There was no wood, no brick, no lime !;
nothing to eat, drink or wear, scarcely tree
in sight.
Now there are three hundred dwellings
and stores. There are two dry goods, three
drug, five grocery, two hardware, two fruit
and confectionery stores; one boot, one
harness, and one furniture store; two black
smith shops, a livery stable, a bank, a barber,
and never bar loom, nor drop of liquor.
There are several ministers and teachers for
whom churches and school houses are to be
erected.
The land is poor. There is no timber.
No rain to speak of ever falls in that region.
Crops must be irrigated, and for this great
canal has already been dug. In the face of
all this, these energetic and thrifty people
plunge into perfect wilderness and make
city in q few months.
And North Carolina, with a climate su-
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02
Wendell Phillips and the President.

Wendell Phillips ripens late. He reminds
us of persimmon. Bitter, acid, angular,
denunciatory, an Ishmaelite in politics, he
has spent his life in censure. But his old
age brings promise OF better things. He
has found at last man in whose presence
even he ceases to be a cynic. Need we say
that man is President Grant. 9st i9a
He now declares that Grant is the
strongest man in the country to-day that
he has the character and the average brain
which represent the loyalty and intelligence
of the American people that he can make
sure of that confidence from the people
which means that they believe the honor and
the interests of the nation are safe in his
hands; that he answers to the description
of the man who is the successful one because
he reflects the sentiments of the largest
number and keeps in the front rank; that
he has shown great judgment, and, above
all, has maintained for the colored people q
steadfast friendship. when numerous prom
inent men of his party shirked their duty !;
that bis strong common sense, united to q
firm will and true patriotic spirit, has held
him straight to the line of duty the people
desired he should pursue; but that he is
not supported by a Congress which is selfish
and drivelling, does not interpret the wants
and aspirations Of the country, deals in jobs,
has no broad policy and is incommensurate
with the growth and intelligence of the
country" "a aaNa"f %
Such is the power Of great character.
1t is said that Gen. Washington was Of such
imposing presence, that men were awed by
it. Gen. Grant does not impress one in this
way at first. His genial manners and small
stature leads men to underratc him. But he
grows upon us like Niagara and Saint
Peters. We come at last to realize that we
are In the presence of that sublimest and
divlnest creation Of God, a majestic human
SOUL st'|ts fItlf-..Hl n 4
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02

IMMIGRATION The Governors of Wis
consins, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri and Michigan have united in call
ing Convention at indianapolis, on the
oath November to promote immigration
Why cannot the Governors of the Southern
States do the same9 If the tide of i'm
migration Is ever turned southwark the
Southern States and people must move in
the matter in body.-Sentinel. .iir
The suggestion is good one. For our
selves we shall be glad to believe that men
OF all parties are sick of the senseless outcry
against foreigners and carpet baggers, and
that we shall be ready to inquire not how
we can drive people out of the State, but
how we can induce them to settle among us.
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whipped g. Il -

The Proclamation E1irao,rSddiinary o,rSddiina Nflch
appeared in the STANDARD Of Yesterday en-.
bodied The spirit Of 10 ariicIe which, ap-
peared IN the Wilmingten Jaarnal Of fhe
s5th. To thatimperious article the dmtines
makes the following cringing response,
which certainly calls for no comment except
"Thine oath-thine oath! Bethink the of
thine OATH"
U. s. SENATOR.
NWehage presented TO cur readers we ; be-
lievc, the name of every gentleman in the
State, whichs has been. eu.asuggested fors the
position of United States Senator 1t is
certainly gratifying that we have so many
worthy men, both among the named and
the unnamed, for that important post. We
have as in duty bound, expressed no prefer
ence, nor have we stultified ourselves or our
party, by raising objections to any, either
personal or political We believed the Gem
eral Assembly was fully competent to make
selection without any suggestion from eln us, Us,
being satisfied that that body would exer-
else great care and sound judgment in
making the selection, being guided by the
demands of the position an6 the claims OF
those who might be brought forward. We
have no sympathy with the course Of any
one who has been disposed to cast fire.
brands among us, or who would promote
discord by eulogising one and decrying an
other. It's legitimate to speak well OF any
and all, but members of our own household,
certainly have a right to claim immunity
from our censures, when harmony and con-
cord are so essential. Certainly no gentle.
man has been named. that we would not
fully sustain and support, if elected.
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02

perior to that ofItaly, with soil capable Of
producing the grains of the temperate zones
and the fruits of the tropics-the wheat
OF Minnesota, the tobacco of Virginia, the
cotton of Louisiana, and the figs of Florida; !;
North Carolina, with its unrivalled vintage
of Scuppernong and Catawba and Musca-
dine; North Carolina, with its ancestral
memories and its heroic population; North
Carolina, with its genial rains and its forests
fragrant as Araby; North Carolina, with its
mines of gold and coal, with its quarries of
lime and marble and granite, with its trees
oozing honey North Carolina, "whose
stones are iron and out of whose hills you
may dig brass" North Carolina is losing
this flood tide of femigrants, through Kuklux
Conservatives and the senseless cry of aDown
with the Carpet Baggers."
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02

A full patent has been received by a young
man of Chicago for perpetual motion ma
chine. The Chicago papers say that the
machine behaved itself handsomely, work
ing without cessation for months. The most
essential portion of the machine consists of
a hollow rocking lever, or beam, resembling
the walking beam OF a steamboat engine,
except that is bent at oblique angles in sew
eral places. Inside this are placed balls
partially filed with mercury. The balls,
once set in motion, roll down the interior of
the hollow beam in a vain search for a per-
manent level, but no sooner do they reach
the lower end than the mercury in the spokes
of the main wheel, overcomes their weight,
the beam is forced up, and the balls are
again impelled in their onward rush, only to
be caught by the valve that is forced open
from without, and pushed into the upper
arm of the beam Or lever, ready to be hust
led along their never ending route. A del
icately adjusted weight and brake are at
tached to-the machine and serve to regulate
its motion, but it is in the hollow spokes
and beams, and theballs of quicksilvef, that
the mysterious power is said to lieiysd !:
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pRocLAMATroN ExTRAoRpIsARY /

WHEREAS, Information has been received
at these Head Quarters that sundry Com
manders of Camps and Chiefs of Counties
have, in violation of their oath and of
Orders No. 1409 and 14O6, taken upon them
to name candidates for the United States
Senate. without instruction from these
Head Quarters, and have so named General
Mat. Ransom, Judge Merrimon, Governor
Bragg, Gov. Vance, Col r. f. Cowan, Col.
Humphrey and Others, Therefore
l. These Presents are to forbid all such
discussion as premature, disorderly, and
disorganizing.
2. Private judgment on the question of
United States Senator is hereby absolutely
forbidden.
8. Any discussion hereafter must be strict
ly confined to matters wholly irrelevant.
4. When we get ready to do so, we shall
announce candidate of our own choice,
and no exception thereto shall be permitted.
Done at these our Head Quarters in Will
mington, and sealed with our Seal this
25th day of October, A. D. 1870, and A.
G. s. A. TO-
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02
L. c. c. Sentinel please copy.
The Record of Crime.

The pride offamiIy is not in itself ignoble
To bear historic name, to feel the flush in
ones veins of noble paternal blood, to be
spurred to high achievements by the refec-
tion that our good deeds may pass down to
our children the heritage of honor which
ancestral fame has conferred upon us, can
not but be grand incentive TO manly lite.
But such heritage is no less valuable to
a political party than to an individual.
What has the Democratic party inherited /?
The disgraceful principles of secession,
slavery, caste, reputation, property suffrage,
sectional legislation and high taxes. 1t goes
to its grave weighed down with shame.
dishonor, defeat
Look at the history of the Democratic
party for the last ten years.
They voted that any attempt to preserve
the Union by force would be impracticable
and destructive to Republican liberty. They
opposed the reinforcement of Major Ander-
son. They opposed the bill for calling out
the Union troops. They opposed resolu-
ton recommended in message from Presi-
dent Lincoln, "That the United States ought
to cooperate with any State which may
adopt gradual abolition of slavery, giving
to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by
such State in its discretion, to compensate
for the inconvenience public and private,
produced by such change of system"
They opposed bill for emancipation in the
District of Columbia; bill for emancipa-
tion in the border States; bill for emanci-
patton in Missouri. They opposed the
recognition of Hayti and Liberia. They
opposed the arming of colored men. They
opposed the reconstruction measures in 1868.
They voted against the 18th amendment.
They voted against the Civil Rights bill,
and the Freedman's Bureau bill. They op-
posed the 14th amendment. They opposed
the trial of Jefferson Davis. They opposed
colored suffrage in the District of Columbia.
They opposed the 10th amendment.
They opposed Secretary Chase's measures
Of finance. They opposed Mr.. Boutwell's
provision for paying the national debt.
They opposed the reconstruction measures.
What record of ignominy is that for q
party to carry down to history. Itwas meet
that it should obtain power as it did in
North Carolina by lawlessness and outrage.
IT. 10 meet that IL ehnuld pou oaalr f<, ox,o;d
the load of guilt which sinks it to perdition.
While it lives it must face its crime. In
vain it seeks to escape from the ghosts of
the past. 1t may turn away in terror, ex-
claiming with guilty Macbeth, a
"Never shake thy CORY locks at me!
Thou canst not say did It'll!
The past will haunt it STILL Only in the
grave can it escape from its history Of shame,
and the pangs of guilty conscience.
The weekly standard., 1870-11-02

ilMr. Boutwell, has paid $13s, 1894, ,s04, ,0s9
on the purchase Of United States five-twenty
stocks for the sinking fund, in the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1870. In order to
explain how the Administration was ena.
'bled to accomplish such desirable result in
one year, We give the following figures from
the Treasury Department, showing that it
was due to activity in collecting the revenue
oon one hand, and economy in the expendi-
lures of the government on the other IN The
receipts from all sources for the year ending
June 80, 1870, amounted to $7O4, sos O45. IL;
for the year ending June 30, 1859, to- 1924,
747,8 $685.. Increase in 1870, $SO,O60, ,215.
So, but of this $s7.955, ,07O.24 was from
loans. Expenditures in 1859, $599, ,90S,-
.s77.4s; in 1870, $71O. .9s5, ,s14.4a showing an
apparent increase in 1870 of Sill, ,0S1, 916.-
90 but of these expenditures $135, ,S97, ,OO5..
.ismore was paid on the public debt in 1870
than in 1862. r 1-bbA z-av vsi