New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-19

eptied IN purchasing shirts I'd R5it for the unterr
| ned for every IN the State who wanted one BAD
enough TO promise to vote for Tlden aud Hendricks has
| been presented with one
| Mr.. Watters0n never ncglects m opportu-
nifty to say genial word for his brother Journalists IA
Cincinnati His love for them has yisby increased s,nos
their kindly solicitation about his Congressional career
Talking with Herald correspondent recently, about
Gov Hayes, he said Well, I've met him. He's poor
stick one Of the Hamilton County set OF sntvelng hypo
critics grown up under the instruction OF the Cincinnati
OF journalism and religion. Old Lyman Bcechar
begot tho system Henry Ward is Of his enlarge
ments But they are all Of a kind when thcy nos
Phltstines like Hsstead, they are Pars ,es like Pymp
ton and Sam Reid Ohio viii never rise TO her true
stature until she puts her foot on the speces. There
good hope that She win do so this very Autumn. DOM
include anybody but the cantng set have referred TO-
anywhere There are tens Of thousands Of such in
Ohio"
A startling exhibit of the amount of South
ern war claims now before Congress is made by Tie
Indianapolis Journal 1t publishes complets list Of
the private bills presented to the last House during the
last scssion-l4O tn number-aDd fOOts up the total
amount claimed at 26e In addition to these, ii
calls attention TO bill pending TO refund TO the
Southern States certain direct taxes, amounting to
TO another bill for refundng the tax paid on
raw cotton from 1868 to 1888 amounting % S65,O72r
$751; to another bill directing the allowance OF compcn
satou for the use and occupation by the United States
stores and supplies taken by or furnished for the United
army Including the use ana loss OF Vessels ana
boats The amounts represeentea, by tb az nav
ing them into the hands oil Democratic Congress az
apparent -. :
The claim of "solid South is likely to do
the Democrats full much harm good They origpar
ted the expression aud the Republicans using It with
great force against them chiefly because OF Democratic
efforts to keep it solid" Recently tho country has
been surprised with the news that South Carolina
likely to be carried by the Democrats The eafSim
Southern correspondent Of The Cincinnati Commercials
gives this startling insight Of tho methods by winch TINS
result is to be reached The outsider is apt to be pus
zed by accounts of affairs here He may not understand
the formation OF rifle clubs rifle teams artillery COM
panies among the whites. What are they afraid of
They are not afraid OF anything Why, them THIS arm
ingi Tney intend carry the election IT. possible 10
do so. The programme Is to have rifle cmDs all over
the State and while avoiding actual bloOdshed a. much
os possble TO 40 impress the blacks that they
tain number of them will feel impeed to vote with the
whites out Of actual fear The blacks are tmd by ma
ture, tmid by habit, timd by education display OK
force unneryes them. The whites understand thls ana
the immense marching about at night aud appearance az
every Republican meeting to divide time with the
view to impress blacks with of the danger OF
longer holding againgt white rule Add to the mum
bcr they can scare the number they buy and they
hone to have enough united with the solid white VOTE to
gain the day. elect Hampton, and secure the Legisla-
lre" The correspondent thinks the only way In which
send Federal troops the State. He 1t is all non
talk about the presence OF troops intlna1ts
the white men, as every OF them Will vote II tho
troops are there and adds "Iis perfectly clear TO me-
aud think any man who comes into the STATE aua %
quants himself with the condition OF things Una. %n-
cut the presence OF troops the whites wOn1 oVerDesr
and override the blacks to such aa extent s1 S
but simply sort OF terrorism esaDish9d eae wvuu
frighten the blacks from voting the straight cket as
nnr hundred aud niue ynine out OF Thousand Oh them
viii when left TO an untrammeled choice