New-York tribune., 1879-10-29

i'm the Post Office. and when one considers how in
fricate and numerous are the operations of the
vice. one Is surprised that there is not cmbaT-
IA. .ment as well as greater peculatlons.
The Republicans Of Louisiana are showing great
deal of courage and devotion TO principle in rcor-
ranlzing their party with the Natchitochcs out
rage and the bloody massacres In Tensas aud Cad
doc Parishes fresh in their memory They deserve
praise and sympathy for the action they have just
tn,eu but no olr should imagine that they have any
chance of success this year or next The cruel and
intoleraut Democracy which has hcstated at nothing
IN tie past % get control of the State viii not allow
that control to be jeopariized now that the pur-
poses of the solid South seem nearly accom-
plisicd. The management of the election is wholly
ina its hands, aud il fraud VIII nor suffice To wine ont
Republican maioIitios. the shotgun and revolver
viii be again called into play. In few
Suglr-nowiug parishes, where the blacks
very heavily outuumber the whites and where the
planter, are more interested in the cane crop than
ia politics and there is no bnlidozing material in
th, popnlaiion the Il publicans viii elect their eau
di,,ates to the Legislature but fraud IN New-Or-
leans and terrorism in the cotton parishes viii hold
the state firmly in the Democratic line. All hopes
of breaking the Southern phaianX of Democratic
States this year 1850 are visionary There is
not the slightest chance for a single Republican
electoral vote from the OLE Slave States next year,
nor VIII the Confederate Democracy permit the
return of a solitary Republican Congressman from
that section. The time is not far distant. hope.
vhen the Solid South Will be broNen mp but must
fist rccc We d heavy blow irom the Solid North and
DE made 90 realize the folly ofrcncwing the struggle
which eliminated al Appomattox.
The finding of the body of George Burr. at Mil
ior's station. Ind, ON the southern shore of Lake
Michigan. does not entirely settle all doubt rs to
the fate of his companion Professor Wise, nor is il
vet obvious what became Of the balloon. 1t is GER
tain 'hat the balloon reached the lake about II
O'Clock D. IN. of September 2S, having come from
-. louis, 800 mile, distant, in six hours. 1t is
probabe that the balloon struck the water about
that time not far from shore, and that Burr either
f.g or inmpea from n. or was washed on by the
waves. after having in vain attempted 10 tighten il
bv casting away his clothing. This would
doubcdly.relicve the balloon much that il might
again rise into The air, perhaps carrying Wise with
n: and the mystery Is increased by the wcll-cor-
rnhoratcd reports that balloon. with the hang
ing on one side, seen at o'clock next morlr
mg IN Michigan. hundred miles due north of Mill
ler's station and three days later II was seen at
Pontiac Mich. still bearing east. There some
curious rescmbances between the fate of Donel-
sen and that OF Wise. hey were inclined to dispar-
ace each Others skill. Fac was advertised to 90
to Europe from Brooklyn three years ago. and both
failed to make even a serious attempt. Each started
from ST. Louis to come East, and each met with dis
aster Each expected to take up three men, and
took OILY one, and in each that companion
was drowned in Lake Michigan. And now Burr's
hody. like that of GIimwood, is washed ashore.
Donelsou's body was never found. VIII Wise's
ever be
The Hon. John Quincy Adams, the regular candi-
date of the straight Democrats of Massachusetts,
proposed in a speech Friday night that both he
and General Butler should retire from the contest,
N favor of he Hon. Charles L. Thompson, III whom
General Butler has expressed great confidence. 1t
=, hardly probabe that the General will acquescc in
the SUGGESTION and really do not see any reason
why ne should. The Hon. Charles L. Thompson may
be a very worthy man. but even If he were running
alone against Long. it is hardly probable that he
would he elected. Moreover. he Is nobodys candi-
d,re IN particular. There are people who want
General Butler there are those who want Colonel
Adams: but there Is nobody who wants the Hon
Charles r. Thompson--at least nobody has seen fit
70 nomnaie him. One thing. however ought to be
said Young Mr. Adams, ia the prospect of an mn
precedented whipping, exhibits good nature
which approaches the sublime.
Tho Rutler men in Massachusetts, are PLAYING
b,o game of brae, they are the most hopeful of
humanity. The Generals Boston newspaper de-
cIares most positively that ali the signs point to
his election in November" adding: This is adj
mitied privately by the manager of the Republican
campaign" Now. all this would be much more
effective if there little novelty about 1T but
people with good memories remember that General
Buter last year. during the last days of the
over and over again announced that the election
was decided in has favor already. How it was de
cded we need not mention. The modest man in
the campaign this year Is young Mr.. Adams. the
trne Democratic candidate for Governor, who
doesn't pretend that he has ghost of n chance of
coming within five hundred miles of an election.
He must share the honor. however. with the Prohi-
b,tion candidate. who doesn't brag either-and
greatly to his credit II IL that he doesn't.
The seizure of the Obelisk intended for this city
by the creditors of the Egyptian Government sug-
gesis grave complications. Must the city call for
volunteers TO rescue the monument must we
raise money to pay off these Unsuitable creditors,
who probably wouldn't hesitate to make levy Oh