The New York herald., 1871-09-05

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Of execution ana the Executive Mansion 10 expe-
dite the transmission OF tue orders for reprieve,
which pubic sentiment anticipated 80 much for
history, H.H E.ll lnt ria fef It....
Running NoTEs-P0LiTicA AND GENERAL.
The Chicago Tribune is rather severe upon Secre-
q Boutwell, snl, his S,niica,e. 1t believes
that the Syndicate have been paid nearly two
milIcns OF dcllars in gold more than the
Law contemplated or allowed" 1t says also
tina, the Secretary has as good right 10 pay
them four nj lions as two millions, and tiat Il
next Secretary Will have al equally good right to
par a Similar ring eight millions any other sum-
in conclusion. the Tribune airms It has no rte est
In seeing 'the I'm ted States held up before tie
world as the CHIEF actor In Peter FUNK OF g.
ton, so greatly dan aging TO Its own good name and
credit" What Is The Western ii g growing a,fnly
(, tuhern pspAr Ger Q a, Grant his declared
"marltaI' law In South Car Jlina and AYERS that g
thought It would come TO that in the ead. "
Ben Butler said in recent speech, 'sMy enemies
tell you that at the Charleston Convention l voted
hIy-seven times for JeH Davis for President did,
10 preserve the Union. They tell you that every
time; but they don't tell you that The boat came
away from Charleston on had on board fugitive
slave. But what became Of that fugitive Benjamlns
Was he carried to Boston and set at liberty or was
8. r. Spaldng in mid-ocean, transferred to the Ben
Deiord and carried back to the south ana slavery
paper out West Is disposal to deal fairly with
Greelcy-in other words 1t says it means to ''give
the devll his DUE" He is double L. D. already.
When they want to get rid Of an Objectionable
person In Montana they hang him TO the limb Of q
tree With clothes line. Here the style Is to send
him to perdltion by railroad-tne grand trunk line.
John Phoenix trick has been played upon the
editor Of the Charlottesville Val Tnteui0encer.
During temporary absence his youthful substitute
came out In long editorial article in favor Of reDu
dating the State debt. On the return Of the editor
1t took several columns OF strong language to repu-
date the repudiatiDg article Of the junior.
Burton O. Cook, member OF Congress from the
Sixth Illinois Congressional district, has been com.
PEELED to resign account OF III health. Here Is an
opening for some ambitions youth. r,oa iiia. II
Charles Levi Woodbury. is mentioned as candi-
date for the democratic nomination for Governor OF
Massachusetts. With Butler as the republican and
Woodbury. as the democratic candidate the canvass
IN Massachusetts would be one continued round OF
jollity.
Alexander warts, OF Huntcrdon N. j.. being
candidate for the democratic nomination for Cover
nor OF New Jersey, the Chicago Post thinks II the
democracy does not 6nd itself with anything worse
than Warts on It's hands in the Convention 1t viii be
an exceptional Democratic Convention.
After stubborn contest OF two days for republi-
can candidate for District Judge In the Owatonna
ullinois) district Samuel Laid finally laid out ms
opponent and received the nomination.
Twenty thousand is claimed BY Columbus Delano
as the republican majority In ohio. few more
democratic collapses like that Of General McCoOk's
and 10000 might be added thereto ~
The primary election system has been abolished
In some parts OF Illinois, and the Old caucus conven-
Mo n NJ mo ny naoiu uoti hi ivod
A Western paper thinks that IL The municipal gov.
ernment Of New York is not ''stable one lis sys.
tenn OF military arm0rles certainly Is.
An anti-Buter paper says Ben Butler is canvass
ing the State OF Massachusetts, not for the Governor
ship but for the purpose Of selling county rights for
his patent smut machine. up t.tss. o L. f--tr
Charles w. Seymour, OF Otoe county, Nebraska,
has been elected Chairman OF the Republican State
Committee. The Omaha Herald says .he Is Q gen.
tleman OF great pOnder0slty Of intellect"
Speaker Blaine has written TO explain that he has
no fortune to speak or small affair of $2s. 600
house in Washington. some coal and land property
IN Pennsylvania that yields him competency, some
shares in West Virginia company, besides hts
salary Of $1oO0o year as Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives. will do pretty well. think, for
man who was merely poor devn of reporter on
the Boston Advertiser only few years ago. m H
Chicago does not appear to be doing much this
season as great distributing centre for the Chinese
trade on this Continent Out OF 81, 865 packages OF
tea received per steamship Alaska, 80. 747 (and 284
packages silky came to New York overland. direcr,
and only 4,4s7 packages tea were left In Chicago.
The Troy Whio Tepubllcan) says 'lt does not care
a hg whether Mr.. Greeley or Mr.. Thompson ls the
st. Peter OF the New York political PARADISE 1t is
mere dispute about spos. Neither Mr.. Greeley
nor Mr.. Thompson, as chairman Of general COM
mittee has any right to appear before the State
Convention. None but delegates from Assembly
districts have any right to come into the COnven-
ton, and they need other authority than the GER
tncate or an Assembly District Convention.n