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New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
TBr TPTE UUICE HfN'S P3RTY

Mr.. William Henry Trescot's name is enti-
tied TO consideration in South Carolina, and
when he offers himself as candidate for
Congress, without waiting for the action of
any party convention, we turn to his address
with great deal of interest. The Hid Dis
trict. in which Mr. Trescot resides, is over
whclmingly Republican. At the last election
it gave 21,000 votes to the cOlorcd Congress
man, Mr. Elliott, and only 1000 to his Demo
cratic competitor Mr.. TIescOt does not APP
pear as the representative of any party. "To
"the people of this State he remarks, "Fed
"eral politics are obsolete. Their one abb
"sorbing, vital interest is the honest admins
"tTatiOn of the State Government" And he
invites all honest citizens, irrespective OF their
previous partisan associations, to cooperate
with him in the attempt to drive ont clique
of thevsh ofiice-hoder5 VINO disgrace and
weaken their own party. We are not sanguine
of the success of Mr.. Tresc0ts canvass; but
he has correctly stated what ought to be the
attitude of the patriotic people of South Caro-
lima, and his campaign will be watched at the
North with some socitude.
Within a few days another distinguished
South Carolina conservative has also made
public statement of his views on the political
situation. Gen. }. b. Kershaw writes: The
restoration of an honest, economical and
competent government to South Carolina at
"this iuncture consider the paramount duty
"of her citizens. With us it Is no longer
"queston of RepubicaniSm and Democracy.
"Tne struggle is for an honest government
"under which we can live and prosper. In
comparison with that, party distinctions
"should go for nothing Gen. Kershaw, like
Mr.. Trescot is careful to disclaim any hostility
to Gen. Grant. Both on the contrary assure
their friends That whatever issues may have
formerly divided them from the President and
his Administration were long ago closed, and
that they look to Gen. Grant with the best
hope of relief In reference to the negroes
Gen. Kershaw adds: "Respccting the Repub-
"lican principles of the colOred citizens, we
"should earnestly seek their cooperation in the
"movement. TO insure such cooperation the
"colored people should be invited to full
"share of all public Office. Power intrusted
"to us should be administered without favor
cor preiudice so as to secure the best interests
"of the whole people, protect equally In the
enjoyment of his just rights every citizen
"however high or humble, and promote the
"wefare OF all alike"
This is nothing but common sense. The
black men and the white men in tho South
have got to live together, and work together,
and there will be no real peace and prosperity
until they learn to vote together. They are
kept apart by two classes of politicians, equally
pestilent-the blatant Togues like Moses, who
persuade the negro that his rights are endan
gered by the reappearance of the Southern
white Conservative in politics; and the roar
ing tire-eaters like the editor of The Mont
qomery (Ala.) Morning Ncws, who threaten
the white man with miscegenation" unless
he can assert at once and for all his political
and social supremacy.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
9.esp'alorls Daily Grib,la1e.
FoUNOsO BY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY. AUGUST IS. 1874.


Tho recognition of the Spanish spubllc by England
France. an1 Austria is Officially announced. 1t is
ported tEa, the Pope Will soon recognize Marshal Ser
ranO President Of Spain - President MlcMGhOn
arrived at Laval, whore he intended 10 hold military
review. - The insurgents in Cuba have made raid
into SdDcti Sp!IItus
Interesting torpedo experiments made at New
port Yesterday, the presence OF the Congressional
Naval Committee. - The negro troubles IN George
town. :. c. continues. hut no fSatus is reported;
quest for odera Interference has been refused by Gen
Mcdowell The officers of 81. Martins Parish, La
were forced TO resign by body OF 700 citizens.
John ". Harnan in his testimony before the
Plymouth Church Investigating Committee declared
that Mr. Hilton had spoken OF the ohense as improper
solicitation and not adultery. -= detective
that he had ascertancd who Turnis murderer
was. Commissioner Sern's table OF average sdla
ries IN the dep ,rtments sharply criticised. -
Three attempted to rob tobacco warehouse in
Water-s but detected, and one Of them was cap
tured. The Mayor directed by the supreme
Court sign the warrant for s25OOO the cys share of
the cost of the FOurth-ave. Improvements. - Gold,
lO9. lO9i. Thermometer, 70', $50, 7O'
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

present limits, and to improve its quality.
McPherson's Handbook of Politics for the
current year will show his record on many
test questions relating to the currency, though
not on all. Mr.. Merriam exhibited little dis
elimination az to the kinds of imitation he
voted for. but we understand he claims credit
for not being 80 radical" as Mr.. Kelley OF
Pennsylvania. 1t makes no difference to us
whether he wants initiation by the quart or
by the hogshcad. 1t is enough for us that
he is an enemy of honest money and voted
again and again in favor of the Government IS
continuing to dishOnOr its promises, and
against all measures for raising the valuo OF
grcenbacks to par.
There is no greater nuisance in legsla-
tive body than an ignorant ntermeddler with
established laws and usages. Nothing il more
dangerous than rash experiments with the
currency, such as those embodied in the Com
promise Initiation bill which the President was
weak enough to sign. Mr.. Merriam's share in
that perniciOus law is the stillborn scheme for
bank note redemption. The machinery of
redemption has been in operation two months,
and the contempt which THE TRIBUNE always
expressed for it has been already justified.
1t appears that before Mr.. Merriam's machine
was set agoing the exchange OF old bank
notes for new had been as follows:
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
PERSONAL.

NJ Alexander Dumas is actively engaged on
a new play
Mr.. Story has jusr finished, at hi, studio in
Rome. a statue OF Alccstis
Buf0rd Wilson, Solicitor Of the Trea,1rv
Department has returned to Washington from tho we,,
Mr.. Douglas is compiling a catalogue OF t,s
Chinese books In tho British Museum. whch number
several thousands.
Mr. f. A. HOyt Of this city has been an
pointed MI OF the existing vacancies in tho ard
of Indian Commissioner
Mr.. Bancroft Davis, the newly-aDpolnted
Minister 10 Germany arrived in Par. on siiuriiy and
will lca7e for Berlin next THURSDAY
DIR. August SOhIman. the eminent Swedish
publicis and editor OF the AtoabIi, wa, droanel A.,
month while yachting in the Baltic
The condition of Mr.. Laird, the English ship.
builder and constructor OF the Alabama. niue4
was announced on Saturday, Is Improving
The Valide Sultana has presented her son.
the Sultan Turkey, with 30 eldpcccs, gnncarrag,
and all complete The yiceroy OF Egypt recently gas
the same sovereign an ironclad vessel
President Grant, accompanied by Gen. .. T..
Babcock his private Secretary and Commodore Daniel
Ammen, left Long Branch yesterday moraiDg Tor Nss
York They returned by the evening boat.
Nine. Olga de Janina, the pianist, has pub
shed in Paris under the de plume Of Robert Franz.
romance, IN which one Of the principal pcrsonageA
duder a nttiiio1s name, is sid 10 1i "a i.'z'
Sir Charles Gavan Dufly, one OF thc IfSn
revolutionary leaders in lS4S and editor Of The Duba
Nation has revisited Ireland after several ye,rs' ab
sence Victoria, Australia, where he Das Deen premier
Gen. Sherman writes from Washington
that he will attend the soldiers reunion at Caldwell.
o. on September i5 and from there will to C9.umOas
attend the the reunion OF The Army oi tho N"hOe'
land.
Assistant Bishop Cheney of the Reformed
Episcopal Church preached TO large congregation, sun
day morning and evening a, Ottawa, Canada. Ia tho
afternoon performed the rite OF Comm nation III 81
Andrews Church.
Mr.. James McHenry, whose name has been
associated with the affairs of the Atlantic aud Great
Western Railway, has had magnificent edition Of ths
late Sheridan knOwles's works printed IN Eassahd AZ
own expense. for private circulation.
NJ. Theirs before starting for the Pyrenees
is reported to have said: only gained single thing
by the Presidency OF the Repubc-a bronchitis which
has not since left me- But that bronchitis enabled me To
resist enreaties OF those who for two months haVr
been pressing me to speak. | fOrcsaw everything that
has happepeed, aud should have been p0Seriess "
prevent IT,"
1t having been asserted that Gen. Robert
E. Lee advised removal Of Gen. Joseph E johnston
from the command Of the Southern Army OF the Tennes
see I'm sst Gen Johnston has sent TO Gen. A. H. CoIqu
President of the Georgia Branch OF the southern HIS
tor,cal Society letter from Wade Hampton TO correct
the error Gen. Hampton positively asserts that Cen
Lee was earnest EXPRESSING not Ohy MS ItEet AZ
cen Jonnsiou's removal but his entire Commence IN
him liz ia also said he had urged the Secretary 81 War
him, no better officer cOu'd De iOuud u
take his place.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
FINANCIAL, NOTES.

The amount of National bank currency re-
ceiyed as the Treasury yesterday for redemption WAS
s403,jO0.
The Acting Controller of the Currency has
authorized the organization of the Logan County Ma
tona Bank OF Russellyile, Kentucky. win capita !"
$50 OOO also the First National Bank OF Jackson Ienn'
with capital OF the same amount
In the United States Circuit Court at Port
land Me- yesterday afternoon Justice Clifford delivered
his opinion IN the case o. Richard sGya@
affirming the validity Of the foreclosure OF mortgage
to second bondholders.
The Attorney General of Arkansas has de-
cided that 1t is the duty of the State Treasurer 10
recognize the Convention ordinance directing HIM 70
necessary TO run the state Governments with.
The Deseret National Bank of Salt Lake
City has withdrawn sl5oOop OF It's bonds and the Ma
tona City Bank OF Milwaukee has withdrawn iis oon1s
TO- the extent OF $4,000, ana both have deIosiied % -,
the Treasurer the necessary amount of legal tenders"
secure their circulation secured by these boads
The Erie officials received yesterday the iol-
lowing by cable: -,
LONDON. Aug. I7-Eud Of complaint before Lord
Mayor London sgt Eye Conspigators; Marsien plea'
guilty apollo gzes To Directors asks their mercy su
renders important letters from his associates ID
York
Up to this date the amount OF clrcula''o"
withdrawn by the deposits OF legal tenders Is sTe''
than the amount issued since the passage of the n
law by about cOoooo thus making o nus
Withdrawing their circulation ARC located ib '"o WV
and West
The results Of the railroad conference at Sar.
atosa have not been fully made known. and 1t Is housu'
that important details Will see the light Tue ION
missoners appointed at that conference have ho'''
published the details OF their deliberations IL unde
stood that another schedule OF will be pFepAea
One theory which prevails In well-informed circles
that some changes will be- made To cover the a
portation OF the new crops The present i.rs
and speculators u the West Will move the crops 80.
ward at the earliest possible moment III order 70
ADVANTAGE " the low rates. Ihe railroad manke "A
tcipate this. and s suggested that they ipe ,hs
raise rates SO to the first shpnich.sss "a
way AZ ali events the report OF the Commissioner
awaited with considerable intorest by SpeeulsV'~"
well " railroad men aud shippers.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
THE XxIID CONGRESS DISTRICT.

We trust the people of Herkimer, Jefferson,
and Lewis Counties will refuse to be repre-
sented in the Forty fourth Congress by any
Infatonst, but if they must choose an In
fationist we beg of them, for the credit of
the State, to return some other individual
than Clinton l.. Merriam. What are the
grounds of Mr.. Merriam's difficulty with Naval
Officer Latin we do not know or care. What
ever they are they cannot justify any advO-
cate of honest money in voting for third
term for Merriam, who voted at least ten
times. either for imitation or against PROPOSE
tions to keep the paper money down to its
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
At LAST,

We have been expecting for several years
the crisis which came Oft on Tuesday last in
Chicago. A prominent politician having fallen
into the hands of an interviewing" reporter,
was goaded into thrashing, knocking down,
and otherwise maltreating his prosecutor Ex-
actly what pr0vOcatiOn the assalant may have
been suffering under at the instant we are not
informed, but we are quite ready to believe
that it was great, and we know that it had
been preceded by published report of an
interview with somebody else, in which the
angry politician was stigmatized as a thief.
The business of asking imperinent questions
has grown with alarming rapidity and reached
the most hideOus proportions. 1t is almost a
matter of course nowadays for young gen.
tlemen of the press, notebook in hand, to force
their way into a private citizens bedroom,
and ask what he thinks about the rumored
infideity of his wife, to request the privilege
of copying his love letters, to question him
touching his debts and his income or to in
Gure whether it is true that he has swindled the
Government. Nothing in domestic life, nothing
i'm personal character is sacred from what
journalists of a certain class complacently call
"rcportorial curiosity" The typical inter
viewer cannot tell the difference between inn
pertinence and enterprise, nor draw the line
between legitimate news and vulgar tatVe.
This tough skinned person, and his unscrupu-
lous employer, have done a great deal in these
latter days to mako journalism dsreputable
and teach well behaved reporters to blush f0y
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The election in Ohio to-day will have no
immediate bearing upon National politics, but
it involves nevertheless some questions Of
general interest The people of that State
will have an opportunity of deciding whether
municipal corporations shall hereafter have
the power TO tax Their citizens in order to
build railroads. and they will also pass upon
the principle of minority representation. The
vote on the question of allowing the Lcgisla-
tUre to license or prohibit the traffic in intoxi-
eating liquor will be of special interest in
view of the advanced position as a temperance
State taken by Ohio during the remarkable
Whisky Crusade of last Winter. The three
propositions above named will be voted upon
separately and there will also be a vote upon
an entirely new Constitution, which provides
for some important changes III the organic
law OF the State.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The Mayors refusal to sign the warrant for
the City's share of the expense of the Fourth
ave. improvements has been overruied by the
courts. The Mayor has threatened, however,
TO carry the case to the Court of Appeals, so
that Commodore Vanderbilts victory is not
vet complete.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

1t has not been seldom that foreigners have lifted
noses eloquent with disdain when they discussed
legislative manners in America. Without yelling
You're anotherw it ght be well for Americans
to mention occasionally of the exquisite amen
tiles that grace the Assemblies of eiete lands be-
yond the sea- There, for instance, was that pretty
scene not so very long ago in the French Assembly
when the Deputies called names and danced Mt each
other in a fashion more honest than digned.
There are plenty of instances further back than this
session. of legislative uproar and dscourtesy III that
same tribune When NJ. Dupin was President the
way he took to quell these pleasantres was both
graceful and ingenious. He held big copper bell
in one hand-a sort of dinner bell-and hammer In
the other, and whenever he perceived signs of
coming storm he would pound and ring as furlously
as an old lady at bee-swarming time. But he was
not always able to calm matters in this manner.
Once il is recorded Prince Pierre Bonaparte rushed
I'D TO an antagonist and boxed his ears once Count
Keranhech a Breton member, sweetly poured his
glass of sugared water into the face of Deputy of
the Left who had approached to shake an angry fist
at him and at another time the whole Assembly
rose frantcally, all the members calling each other
old women aud imbeciles and wild beasts and other
pet names. the jangling bell of NJ. Dupin pealing
sonorously all the time. great deal better than
this sort of thing are Mr. Coxs merry ways. Mr. Car
penter's refined pathos, and Mr.. Buffers Inelo
drama.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
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tusn,css Ncnrss

Brsr PLtT IN LIFE INsURANCE-The all
's... -.. psa Of .h- TEAvELsas issuance CoNrANr
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The moving barrcade of stages and heavy
vehicles which the residents of Brooklyn,
T.. d., raised against the approach of the offal
contractor is likely to give place to more
commonplace barier-an injunction. There is
an odd mixture of Partisan audacity and
Yankee wit in these extraordinary measures.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

the Government. A certain Congressional
Committee now summering along the coast
might find here food for wholesome reflec-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

A pleasant note from Mr.. ThurlOw Weed,
inclosing a check for $25, to which be requests
us to give the proper direction, says; "The
seasonable and admirably managed excur-
"sions for poor children carry so much happl-
"ness to homes and hearths more familiar
"with the frowns than the smiles of fortune,
"that | desire to add my mite to the fund.-
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

Retrenchment is a simple thing which De-
par,ment officers are always ready to teach
their neis ishbors although they are above learn
ing it themselves. Hence Commissioner Stern's
table of average salaries in the various De-
partments of the City Government has caused
a great uproar. Whether his logic is fallaciOus
or not, one thing is certain: none Of his
critics have completed their education III
municipal economy.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

1t i, possible that the reports of gold discoveries
by Gen. Clusters command NAV presently stimulate
a new gold fever among the adventurous classes in
the West. They need to bear in mind two or three
things. First of all. as Mr. Greeley used to put
it. statistics demonstrate that on the average
more money has been made in proportion to those
engaged in the work by men digging potatoes than
by men digging gold. Chen the country is covered
by Indian claims aud although these are not likely to
stand against determined invasion Of gold dggers
they are pretty certain to be wiped out only in a
good deal of blood Old gold miners have less faith
now in surface dggings, and it must be remem-
bered that only surface diggings will be pos
sible in the new region for some time to
come. And, finally, it is fortunate that the
new Eldorado appears to be attractive for other
sons than because of its gold If tho emigrants will
only take plows we'll picks the country will be
the better off for their movement
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The old question of military courtesy is per-
n,exinp the Democratic Committee. which is to
meet this week at Saratoga. Shall il wait for
the enemy to frei The advantage in wait
ing is that, in case the Administration people
sbould make an unexpected nomination, the Demo
Gratis might have the benefit of knowledge
of it in shaping their decision. The disad-
vantage of it Is. that it makes the cam
paign too short for safety. The Republicans
strained the point in that direction. The older
heads on the Democratic Committee are understood
TO believe that there is doubt about the Custom
house surrender to Dix, and it is probable there
FORE that they may decide to fix their Convention
week before that Of tho Republicans
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The citizens of Hartford are treating the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science with commendable hospitality in the
Xyav of excursions and invitations. At the
same time enough opportunity is given to the
Association to get through its scientific work
The recreation afforded by steamboat trip
down the Connecticut on Saturday proved a
grateful relief. We present our readers with
an abundant variety of papers on important
subjects read before the Association.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

Secretary Bristow did well in requiring the
xonng men of the Treasury Department who
are going to Europe on the business of the
Rothschilds syndicate. to resign their places
and look to the syndicate for compensation Tor
their services. There has been too much OF
this agreeable vacation duty at the expense OF
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

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Room S0H he Si fo0 and isensI e al the second door
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New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The negroes in Georgetown County, South
Carolina, are still in a belligerent temper, ana
there is the inevitable call for United States
troops to preserve the peace. The call comes
from one of the legislators who melted the
riot. and who. panic-stricken by flesh wound,
fled the county, leaving gang OF his armea
partisans to guard the jail in which his rivai
is confined. Gen. Mcdowell rightly considers
the case one for the action OF the state
police, and much louder and very different
sort of call will be necessary to induce MN
to interfere.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

Tho Committee say the Con-ti'utionf 'nF-n'ion nov
ia session at Fort smith. called withD. 'u'"'ty
New-York tribune., 1874-08-18

The optimism of some men is so strong as
TO make them utterly unconscious of pend
ing evil There is peculiar obtusenesS IN
this respect among the Royalists of France.
In the vague hope that their candidate may
eventually succeed to the throne, they persist
in maintaining state of political disorganlza-
ton which cannot benefit their cause, and
which may end in the restoration of the EN-
pire. The election of Bonapartist in the de-
partment of Calvados is very suggestive, and
may bring them to partial sense of their
danger.