The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK, Sept. 9, 1876.
GOLD.

New YORK, Sept. 9, 1876.
GOLD.
Gold advanced to-day to l 10
on the news of the disturbances in
Charleston, South Carolina. Large
operators, especially the branches
Of large foreign houses, view with
the greatest apprehension any iu-
dication OF disturbance OF the pub
lie peace.
COTTON, RICE AND SUGAR.
The Charleston news also had a
marked effect on the markets for
Southern staples. Cotton, rice and
sugar we're unsettled, and gave in
dications of panic. The strikes Of
the IaboIers on the rice planta-
tions near Beaufort, at the de
mand Il political leaders, were
feared to be Indications Of q sus-
pension of work on the plantations
to sufficient extent to seriously
disturb the gathering Of crops, and
the markets here and abroad.
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
The result in Vermont is very
favorable to the democrats. Not
only have the republicans, on an
immensely increased vote, failed
to maintain their proportionate
gain, but they have absolutely
fallen below their majorities of the
! last four Presidential years. In
1868 Grants majority was 80, 1872,
aDd in 1872 he carried the State
| hv 3O.554. In 1864 the republican
m4iouty was 29.O98, and in 1860
| rhp plurality of LiUcOln over Dou-
. rs was 26,959, the united votes
# Breckenridge and Bell being
only 2787. The present majority
| is about $4,000. The republicans
have, therefore. in q vote 10000
greater than ever cast heretofore,
not merely failed to hold their per
c utage Of the increased vote, but
nave actually fallen 5000 behird
their record Of previous years. II
1868 their majority was 81 per
cent. OF the total vote cast. In
1875, their minority is only about
| % per cent. of the total vote. In
other words their prepouderance
! has decreased since 1868 in the
ratio of from two to one. Like re-
suits elsewhere will give the ooun-
try overwhelmingly to Tilden and
Hendricks.
THE WEST IN OCTOBER.
In gen, rnl estimation here the
| Western States are more likely to
he affected by the causes which
produce democratic gains than the
Extreme EeSterp States. For ex-
ample, Indiana is evidently in Il
contest for change under the pres
sure of hard times, a more reliable
Indication than Vermont. In Yer
mont, with it's settled ways and
comparatively slight connection
with the driving life OF the coun-
try, and the assured predominancr
of one party, there is much less
likelihood of a proportiunate po-
lticaI revolution than in Indiana,
where industry is struggling fn'
profitable development, and where
the closeness of party margins
gives 10 the contest the charm OF
possible success for either contest
ant. IF then, the Vermont election
foreshadows a democratic triumph,
we NAV expect much more decisive
fiyures from the West.
MONDAY IN MAINE.
Politicians here are generally
waiting TO hear from Maine. Il
the republicans fail to hold their
average Presidential majority oi
$4,000 there, they must surrender
all hope Of victory in the NationsI
contest. If on the other hand, they
bold their own there, it will argue
nothing against the probabilities
If Il democratic victory in the
West.
THE CHARLESTON HORROR.
The Charleston news over