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New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
KENTUCKY ELECTION.

The Frankfort Commonwealth publishes re-
turns from 55 Counties in Kentucky which give the Re
publcan ticket 5300S votes and the Democratic ticket
79,5sl There are 81 Counties yet 10 hear from.
Advices rom Robertson County state that Demning
Rep) is elected County JudSe BUckler tDeni9 ~
10 majority and Throckmorton (Rep) elected Assessor
over Reveal Dem) by six majority. Robertson gave
Seymour tO6 majority In Cumberland County WIG"
gave Seymour AIS majority the Republicans elected
County Clerk by 3l7 majority Surveyor by no majority
1t seems that the white mems party In Kentucky are
quite willing accept OF negro votes when such votes
are necsssa % elect their candidates. he AsyhekJ
YeOmaA publishes u card from pr D. L. Price, tie Dc@'
cratic Representative in the Legislature from tal e"o
County, OF which the following is an extract:
u may be he Editor Observer Gnd Relortcu Is ~,
pleased because enough nCeoes voted with us 10 &c.
our candidates IL II accounts for MS piece tef VIC
election against vho has, lcr months, laoOd at
mccssantly FOR their success My motto Ma .te,cs-
We have IL, and am content II. L. fhS1'
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

The Sun-cOnceding that what we ask of
Messrs. Gould and Fisk respecting the Erie
Railroad is fair and just-asks us to pass
judgment on the course of the President in
keeping in place as acting Secretary of State
Mr. j. C. Bancroft Davis, whom Gt says)
"The Legislature Of Massachusetts, has proved to have
been guilty OF receiving brbe Of 10000 to betray his
constituents and defraud his clients"
THE TRIBUNE understands this not TO be
the judgment of the Legislature of Massachu-
setts, nor even of Committee of either
branch thereof, but simply and solely of
The Sun. We know the Governor of Massa-
chusetts to be a man of discernment and in
tegrity, and believe him wholly disinterested
in the premises. If he (William Clahin) will
certify that Mr.. Davis is guilty, as charged by
The Sun, we will unite in demanding his re-
moval from Office. Is not that fairg
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
Negu;llptk Qnilp gtibm1ae.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870.

The Prussians occupy Nancy and levy contributions
upon the city, railways and teegaphs toward Paris are
destroyed 1t is reported that strasbOurg has been bonn
barded and a short truce granted. The main body of
the Prussaus is between Metz and Nancy. Rumors Of
fighting al Metz arc not confirmed The Prussan rivers
are blockaded by FRENCH vessels. sweden processes
strict neutrality proposition i'll the French Corps Leg
ahf 10 select Committee of Defense was violently op-
posed and withdrawn The whereabouts of the Prince
Imperial is unknown. King William says he
is not lighting the people Of France, hut Napoleon only
Ali opinions indicate a great battle very soon =-
1nent There was a serious riot at the Orange cele-
brstion in Londonderry. - Holland SENDS the POPE
1890 volunteers. = The Archbishop of Buenos Ayres
died at Rome on Friday Cholera is raging in towns
on the Black Sea. Brazil and Paraguay have signed
preliminary treaty Of peace.
Admiral Farragut died at noon yostor,iay. -= secre-
tary Boutwell, made speech in Boston on financial mat
,ers === Two freight trains wrecked near Hor-
killed 49, Capt willard, Warden Of the Connecticut
state Prison, murdered yesterday by convict =
The printers on strike in California have surrendered
z-= Gov Holden, it is reported will surrender prison
ers recently taken to the judicial authorities.
Twice the Ak was used Saturday, and two hOmcides
are probable = II is not known a certainty that
any person was drowned by the collision Friday even
ing Of the steamer Norwalk with the schooner Lady
Helen === Five thousand people attended the cere-
mony Of unyaiing monument to the late Rov. Father
Kelly Of Jersey City About 200 laDOTers Irish and
Italian engaged in fight at Mamaroneck on Saturday
No one was killed. =- Cold 117t, l7s, ll7t rermom
etcr saturday, rs, Sc, TO- Sunday, 6}, 70, g.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
THE DROUTH md THE CROPS.

Conious rain has at length fallen, and closed
, noriod of droutl unparalleled during many
wears in its early beginning and Its persist
epcy. II has been felt throughout New
England and the States of New-Jelsey ana
New York. If we except Illinois, and eSpe-
cialy the southern part, the West has been
favored with an average fall of rain, while
the South is quite satisfied with the promised
Weld of her crops. In the less fortunate
States. pasturage has suffered greatly, the
Corn is much affected, Potatoes planted late
are reported in Massachusetts as complete
failure Oats give considerably below an
average return, while Hay, though it has
been gathered in splendid condition, Is
scanty crop.
The pecnniary extent of this loss can only
be loosely conjectured. The quantities affected
are undoubtedly very great. In 1866 the six
New England States. New-Jersey, and New
York, raised, in round numbers, 42OOO,OOO
bushels of Corn, 100000 tuns of Hay, 1850,
600 bushels of Oats, 100000 bushels of Po-
tatoes, and 22,OOO,OO0 pounds of Tobacco. If
the product of this season is only 20 per cent
less than an average one we must expect to
find the aggregate loss very great, and re-
quiring large supplies from the West to COM
pensate for it.
England has not escaped the drOuth; and as
One-third of her arabic soil is devoted to
cereals, one-half to pasture and grass, and
one ninth to green crops, it has been severely
felt 1t has been so serious in France as to
cause large sales of cattle for want of sutfi-
cient fodder, and has impelled the Government
to prepare elaborate directions by which the
farmers may be saved from the suffering it is
foreseen they will endure in the Winter. High
prices may be expected from this concurrence
in diminished crops, and our farmers may be
less inconyenienced than they apprehended
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
ALL FOR LOPEZ

The blonde, Lydia Thompson, is at Chicago,
with new trouble. Astonishing to relate, in
explicable to consider, one of her own sweet
sex has fallen in love with her! The enamored
woman is described as unlovely," and her
name is appropriately Griffin. She began in
York, according to the testimony of Lydia,
by sending her baskets of flowers and dia-
mond ring. She dressed herself as a man, and
attended Lydia's performances. She wrote love
letters to Lydia every day. She followed her
to New-Orleans and st. Louis, being actuated
"by mad infatuation." She "has a great
"spite against Mr.. Henderson" Lydia came
TO Chicago but the constant Griffin was upon
her trail, threatening to shoot Henderson,
invading the room of the wretched Miss T.,
getting hold of her wrists and refusing to let
go; glaring and grinning at the actress, until
flesh and blood could stand it no longer, and
she was put out by the exasperated object of
her extraordinary alteration. She then com
planned of the object, and the matter was
heard before the Police Justice.
Griffn's own statement we must admit, was
rather affecting. al deny everything" said
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

The details of the late frightful mas
sacres in China, as given elsewhere, are
most painful, and their consequence must
eventually be very terrible to the people of
that country. The attack at Tien-Tsn appears
to have been directed against the Christians,
and most of the victims were Chinese children
attending Roman Catholic schools. Numbers
of French and Russians were also slain, but no
Americans. On another page we give an
account by a Yokohama correspondent OF mas
sacres of Christians in Japan. 1t is, perhaps,
unnecessary that we should declare that we do
not share his opinion, that the interference of
foreign powers in the affairs of Japan is demand
ed by the persecution of the Christians of that
Empire. The condition of the Church there IS
without doubt very painful, but its protection
will not Justify this or any other country III
the armed invasion of Japan. AT the same
time, we cennot question that it would be at
once humane and polite in the United States
to urge upon the Government OF the Mlkado
the duty of protecting instead of prosecuting
his own people. And it is imperative that this
Government take prompt and effective mea-
sures to extend protection to its own citizens
there. AgaixSt the inhumanity Of the Mkado
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

Everybody is Justify berating the last exhi
biton of the rapacity of the ice monopolists !;
but nobody, so far as we can learn, is doing
anything practical to prevent repetition of
the extortion in. future seasons. The most
vigorous and universal denunciation of the
outrage will merely amuse the monopolists ;
but the formation of cooperative associations
by which our citizens can supply themselves
with ice at cost will accomplish the desired
ends of present moderation and future secArity.
Now is the time to apply the remedy tor ills
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
IOWA

The Democracy of Iowa went through the
annual farce of Convention at Dcs Moinos on the 10th
ins TO nominate candidate for State officers, and pus
forward the following victims:
Secretary Of Stdte-Charles DOrr OF Lee.
AuditOr-W. W. Garner of Louisa.
TJedsIr0y'-W. &. james OF PottOwaiOme.
AttOrHey- -Geperdi-H NJ. Martin Of Scott
Re6iSleF-D. F. Ellsworth Of Hardin.
Clerk sup. Conrf-William McLenuan Of pIhuque.
Supreme CONT long tern--J. G. Kemp Of .n Burn.
Supreme COrt. lst Vac'y-P. II. Snythe oI De MONIES
Supreme court, al yacaLcy-Rcuben Noble OF Clayton
The Convention resolved that the Internal Reyenue
system is uncomfortable; likewise the tariff also the NJ
tional Banking system. The Convention also announced
that it fayors civil and religious liberty
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

There must be some error in the statement
that the French iron-clad feet is unable to
approach the Prussian coast because it draws
too much water. If true, the only explana-
ton of so glaring a miscalculatiOn that we can
suggest is that Napoleon himself planned the
campaign by sea as well as that by land,
which has resulted in the advance from Metz
upon Berlin by way of Paris. Now we sup
pose the fleet will be ordered back to Cher
bourg that the troublesome bottoms may be
fal
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE; MONDAY, AUGUST l5 1870

she. "except that do admire Miss Thompson
"-but she knocked me down on the floor,
"and pulled off my chgnon." Being asked
why she followed Lydia from Dan to Beer
sheba, she answered, "Is there any law
(which prevents people traveling;' and the
Judge, being evidently struck with that view
of the point, answered rather sheepishly,
I" Not that know Off She had never said to
Miss Thompson, "If it costs me ten years of
"my life, | will possess you in the end" That
was an exaggeration. They called the doctors,
but the doctors were bothered, and see-sawed,
as they usually do when in a state OF bother.
Griffin might be insane, and she might not !;
it "might be mOnOfnania or not; 1T was a
very remarkable case" Finally, Miss Griffin
agreed TO give over the fond pursuit and
leave Chicago, and she was allowed to do so,
to the great relief of Miss Lydia, who prefers
admirers of the other kind, and shows her
good sense in doing so.
This is one of the Oddest cases OF which we
have ever heard Some of the correspondence
is exceedingly queer. For example:
Miss THOMPSON: You know love you dearly, andyour
unenderness has made miserable You need not look
for me- am going where you will never see me again.
f. A, GRIFFN
Again, she writes:
You are cruel and unkind You know very well that
really like you Why do you treat me in this wayf iou
can keep the ring shall not want it, lcane mere eH-
pressly 10 see you have injured you anu there-
FORE you have right to speak to me in this way Ihe
boat does not leave until tomorrow morning shahot
CO. that is unless they carry me. have COMPROMISED
myself for you and, you refuse to receive me- why
there is only one thing left, and will do it, Perhaps
that will satisfy you ELLEN A. OkifiIS'
Then Miss Griffin bursts into song:
Iet iJenderson dare And cost what IL may.
To cbide me for loving win follow you again
Your golden hair Al some future"ay'
The Chicago Tribune, in which we find these
particulars, suggests that " medical science W
may effectualy eradicate" Miss Grlifins
passion. But if Miss Lydia Thompson Is TO
90 on breaking female hearts by wearing male
costume, there will, we fear, be scores ana
scores of unhappy ladies in love with her
before all is over. She cannot be forever
knocking them down or taking them TO the
Police Court She may at last be forceu 10
leave the stage or let out a tuck or two IN neI
kirtles. Perhaps the latter expedient would oe
the better of the two.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

The usagcs of war may Justify the expulsion
of the German citizens of France. We suppose
they do, as they justify great many other
cruel acts But Napoleon cannot reconcile
such measure with the true principles of gov
ernment, and in the end it will serve to make
him all the more obnoxious to the Paris mob,
TO which the order of expulsion is thrown as a
measure of temporary pacifcatiOn.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
POLITICAL.
MAINE.
certained.

r,,, pprrERESCEs FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR.
PoRTLANp, Me-, Aug. 13.-A large and inhu-
- rooting of Republicans was held ia The city Hal
(st evening. in favor Of Gov Joshua Chamberlain for
Irited states Senator from this state IN preference %
Tot. NJ Morrill,. The Hon. JOB. Brown presided and
speeches made by several prominent gentlemen
Including II. p. Crozier esq OF New-forM committee
as appointed to carry the objects OF the meeting.
and resolution was adopted expressive OF the senti-
ment- OF those interested IN the movement
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

Captain G General De ROdas estimates his losses
of Spanish troops in Cuba during the month
of September at 5000, and intimates that for
the next three months they will be heavier.
Certainly the war which he long since an
nounced as virtually ended is an expensive
one in lives at least. His numerous confsca-
tiOns may pay the expenses in money, but who
shall count or who shall justify the terrible
cost i'm blno1
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democracy of Alabama are TO hold
State Convention Montgomery the let of sepem'oh
The Democrats of San Francisco have nom
mated Joseph NJ Nouques FOR City Attorney and fa0n
Walsh for superintendent OF Streets.
The Hon. c. w. Potwin is the Repuhiiean
candidate for Congress in the XIIIth District az ohe'
now represented by the H9n, George '" Mofs1n' pe">
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
WYOMING

THE CANVASS FOR DELEGATE N CONGRESS.
CHEYENNE, Aug. PA telegram from Carter
wyoming Territory, says Church Howe has the entire
delegation in Sweetwater. Utah, snd Carbon Counties
which gives him one majority in Convention. II isnoE
settled fact that be viii receive the Republican no1i
nation for Delegate IN Congress.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE HON. CHARLES O'NELL TIE REGULAR CAM
DIDA1E.
The Republican City Executive Committee
Of Philadelphia, after examining tire question Of the
Congressional nomination in the Second PennsylYana
District have unanimously declared that the Hon Chis
O'NeiH is the regularly nominated candidate.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
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New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

The Kansas Pacific Railroad is to be COM
plctcd to-day as far as Denver, and the first
train from st. Louis is to pass over it to-mOr-
Tow. This route has struggled successfully
against many difficulties, and we hope to see
II cNIrndpl acrnss the mountains.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
NOPTU CAROLINA.

GOV, HOLDEN TO SURRENDER HIS PRISONERS.
RALEIGH, n. G. Aug. BIT is asserted, on
what il considered good authority that Gov Holden VII
surrender the prisoners held by his orders az fancye
10 Judge Brooks at Salisbury, Thursday II Is under
stood that an injunction will be sued ont to restrain ths
Treasurer from paying the Holden State troops.
The Rdleigh Sentinel, Democratic. gives the
result Of the election in p conte OF North Carolina as
4oO3 for shipp Democrat, and $3.50 for Phillips Eepub-
llcan for Att0rueyGera, and estimates that the com
nlete vote Of the state Will show G0 Democrats major
ity which is probably somewhat above the mark The
Raleqh Standard epJ publishes the result IN y other
counties as giving 2,O,i majority for Phup' The Con-
ercssmen elect as has been heretofore announced ae
First District-Cliuton L. Cobb, Republlc'n.
Second DiStrict-Cbarles Il. Thomas, Ecpug4ran, -
Srf0nd DistTict-Vacancy-j pl DIXON, i' 'pNI'ah'
Third DiStyict-AlfIed VI. NacGell, Democrat
Fourth DiSfrict-SiOu H. Eopr~, ncmocIal.
Fourth DSfJict-VaCaucy-k j. Gllhaih. I)'Iho,iai'
FiJ4h DiStlict-James VI. Leach, Democrat.
Sirth DisiriCt-FrauCis =. rlOher, Democrat
S,renA Dtstfict-J. g. Harper, Democrat.
Compete returns from the TTId. Cougress.on2l D'tf
rive WnddeIl DemJ 3}S majority over o. H. - Aty
5RepD Mr. Dockery had 1901 majority IN 'ue Dl7'.4''
two years ago.
The Il egslatuTe is supposed 70 stand'
Senate. House. Jo.o, Ballot
Republicans ........-. rs ~ %
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
Total...............24,673,3J3


In other words, in the North German Con-
federation the Protestants were more than II per
cent, and Catholics q per cent. In the South
German States bavaria, WuTtemburg, Baden,
and Hesse) the Catholics are go per cent, and
Protestants 80 per cent. The only State in
which the Protestants predominate Is Hesse.
Bavaria is nearly three-fourths Catholic, but
that detached portion of the Kingdom which
lies between France and the Rhine, known as
the Palatinate, is not quite half Catholic, its
population comprising 273,9S2 Catholics, 1886, 119
Protestants 1902 Israeltes, and 1928 of other
sects. If we take the total of North and South
Germany, which in this war at any rate are one,
we find that about two-thirds of the people are
Protestants and one-third Catholics.
In France by the census of 1866, there were
&c. .GG4 Catholics and 1851 ,250 PrOtestants.
This official statement, however, is, in regard
to the Protestants, greatly at variance with
the numbers of wOrshiping members rs given
by the Synods and COnsistOries, the heads of
which estimate the members of the Reformed
Church at 630, 900, and those of the Lutheran
Church at 100000, making the total less than
a million of Protestants. The larger amount
stated above is, therefore, evidently made up
faith, but not in Church fellowship.
The State recognizes all religions, but it only
endOws the Roman Catholics, the Protestants,
and the Jews. The allowance made to the
Roman Catholic clergy in the last budget
amounted to 49sl9,93G francs and that of the
Protestant Churches to 1,493 ,436 francs. These
amounts, when compared with the population
returns, show that the allowance per capita is
about the same in the two denominations.
Thus with Germany, more than ose-third
Catholic, and with large proportion of Cath
olics in her armies, and with France endowing
the Protestant Church in relative proportion
to the Catholic, it is not easy to see how
either side can claim our sympathies on the
score of religion. 1t is quarrel in which re-
ligion has no part, and if the people of Ameri-
ca have given their good wishes to Prussia it
is not because they look upon her as the
Protestant champion, but because she has a
just cause and has been our good friend.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

to his own people, our agents therescan oniy
protest. To prevent his injustice to American
citizens in Japan, our squadron there should
act with prompttude.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
Up- T0WN -ADVERTIsEMENTS.

For the accommodation of uptown resi-
dents Nj E H. Brown has opened Offices at No 81 West
Thirty second-st junction Of Broadway and sixth-aye
and ai No 40 East EghteenthSt between Broadway and
Fourth-ave. where advertisements for THL TRIBUNE VIII
be received up 10 Z! in the evening.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15

We have found unbearsble, and we hope our
people viii take w0rning by the foolish man
who did not mend his roof in dry weather
because il did MT need it, nor in wet weather,
as then it could not be done. If we wait until
the ice crop is ready to be gathered before we
begin preparations TO harvest il, we shall be
sure to secure none. Not day should be lost
in perfecting Citizen Associations 10 make
certain Of cheap ice in the future.
--
The conflicting accounts of the late collision
IN the bay leave some vital points in dispote,
and there is. therefore, an imperative necessity
for a thorough investigation of the causes OF
the disaster. If thousands Of people are car
ried about the harbOr on rotten hulks, we
want TO know it. IF drunken captains and
pilots have charge of steamers in our crowded
waters. we want to know that also; and We
wish to learn further whether incompetent
steersmen are allowed to be at the helms Oi
the sailing vessels which are constantly dart
ing in all directions about our bay aud IiVei7'
We must have precise information ia u''''
matters before we can estimate the chah'eS-o oi
escaping death when trusting TO any oi "ieS'
vessels. As to the catastrophe "ni'N "'s
called attention 10 this subject Jnds,'''i' ''''"''
not be made up until the precise i"''' 'i' 49,
certained.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
amuscments. fettureo, etc., CHS euenins

GRANDA OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third-st and
Eghhave.-" s,ss the Jugglers Daughter" ksth Lanner
WAILAcKs THEATER, Broadway and 1hirteenth-st.
-" Fritz. Our Cousin German" Joseph X. Bmmet
WOODS MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE.-At and 8:
The Ace Of Spades" Albert w. Aiken.
BOoTns THEARER.--0pening night.-This evening
Z" Rip Van Wiuke" Joseph Jefferson.
NIBIOS GARDEN.-Opening night.-This evening
" Tic Dukes Motto" Lawrence Barrett
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