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FRIDAY, ftfcPfEMBER 2". 1873.
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Decision oi character, it will not l'c
denied. I s one of the mo t Important
traits to he cultured in mental expan
sion. Without it- development (here
could lie ho manly self-confldenee and
firmness, no genuine independence.
Xo man can he safely trusted who
doe not possess this trait fully cultur
al especially is a man unfit for posi
tion of public tru't. There are crises
arising in the history ot every indi
vidual demanding the exercise of this
mental characteristic. They may be
the culmination of his own mental
euergy and experience, or they may
come upon him from sources, orcftlHes
unexpected ; in either event, to hesi
tate when tin".- an; presented, is to
inipejil the result. These are the j
times when a man ought to lie the
firmest, and act the most promptly.
A man who has not force of will
enough to do Ibis, is weak. and. as
we. before said, unsafe. Greeley Is
hurellable, unsafe, for this very reason:
he lacks force of will, or decision.
Scrutinize his history, and it will be
found that he has generally given up
at the time when he ought to have
been the most determined and firm.
He advocated freeloveism, or social
ism, until it began to be unpopular,
and then he dropped it. He went for
the Irish most powerfully until lie
-anght the Presidential tever. and now
be swears by the shamrock, No mere
radical advocate of temperance was
found in the country than he. but the
growing importance of the lager beer
interest, especially in its bearing on
German votes, caused him to simmer
down to silence on that. At one time
he was a strong advocate of the doc
trine of secession, but when it became
somewhat dangerous, lie became a
most red-hot lnioni-f. During the
war his frantic appeals ot "On to
Richmond !" were most loud and im
perative, hut after some b:ood was
shed, he grew sick at his tender stom
ach from fear, and assumed the prov
ince of making overtures of peace to
the enemy, lie was a great friend of
Grant and the Republican party until
his selfish Interest conflicted, and
then he turned ag:iiusf both by Oft) Rat
ing with the enemy, in all of this be
has shown great weakness, in morals
as well as in foiooof will. How any
body of intelligent men can trust such
an example of va-cillaiion and unre
liability, is beyond our comprehension.
- - -
The estimation in which the G roe
lev ites hold the right' of colored citi
zens, is seen by the maimer in which
they treat them while exercising their
political privileges. At Cincinnati on
the 21st inst.. the colored Grant Club
wis attacked by men throwing bould
ers, were fired upon, and one of the
lub was hit on the head by a pistol
tuill ; and though he was not serionsly
hurt, this act of the Greeley party,
and others of a similar character which
have occurred in other places, very
clearly show what would be the polit
ical fate of the colored people should
the Greeley party come into power,
The Republican party Is the only real
friend of the colored man in this conn-try-
The Republican candidates for Pres
idential Electors in this Slate, in ac
cordance with arrangements made by
the State Central Committee, will
each canvass his own district, and will
see that at least one mass, meeting lie
held in each county between now and
November,
'JlritluN."
: The Greeleyltes in alltidlng to the
' departure of Greeley. Trumbull, Sum
i net! Co.. trotji I he Republican party,
; have sneerlngly asserted that with
; them departed l he "bralnS" of the
j party. It is sfrangetliey should al
, hide to this matter in that light. The
: fict that tho (Treat mass of the party Is
not lead by Hiese leaders, is eOhelusfte
evidence that they are governed more
: by principle than by men. and is more
ot a compliment than a matter of re
projich. In fact, if they could he per
suaded to follow these demagogue-,
they would then be justly chargeable
with Inconsistency and insincerity in
their professions of devotion to princi
ple. The fiief. too. that they do not
follow these renegade leaders, is good
evidence that "brains" enough is left
in the party to enable It to discrimi
nate between the true and. the false,
the pure gold and the dross, the wel
fare of the whole country find thesel-tl-h
desires of demagogue. But while
the Republicans have n numerously
and emphatically repudiated these ren
egade '-brains." it i- a noteworthy fact
that the Democracy have gladly placed
themselves under their council and
guidance.
Importune:1 Overestimated.
The Oreefeyltes from the first placed
aiundne estimate upon the import
ance of their movement. I hey were
vain enough to think that Qei consti
tuted the Republican party, and flatter
ed their pride by supposing that when
they withdrew their all important
support from the Republican structure,
that it would tonnle and fall, (iratz
Brown but expressed the feelings of
tho rest, when, in the exuberance of
his swelling Importance and vanity,
alter lie. with the rest of the self-supposed
owners ot the Republican party,
had turned from its support, said,
"the Republican party no longer ex
ists." The following anecdote may
lie taken as a very good Illustration of
the principle of their position as it re
lates to the existence and well being
of the Republican party: The editor
of the Boston IMgpr by his course in
ward to some public matter bad
offended ft few readers, one of whom
he met on l'hettuit street, wlio thus
accosted him :
".Mr. Swain, I've stopped the L&J-
"What is that, sir?"
"I've stopped the Lfnjtr," was the
stern reply.
"Great Heavens !" said Mr. Swain,
"my dear sir. that won't do. Come
with me to the office. This must be
looked into." And. taking the man
With him. he entered the office at
Third and Chestnut streets. There
they found the clerks busy at their
desks ; then they ascended to the ed
itorial rooms and composing rooms,
where all was as usual; Dually they
descended to the press rooms, where
the engineers were at work.
"I thought you told me you had
stopped the Awer," said Mr. Swain.
-So I have," said the offended sub
scriber. "I don't see the stoppage. The
Ledger seems to be going on."
Oh ! I mean to say that is, tliat I
ah had stopped taking it."
Is that all ."' exclaimed Mr. Swain.
"Why. my dear sir, you don't know
how you alarmed me. As for your
individual subscripts n I care very
little. Good day sir, and never make
Mich rash assertions again."
The) Greeley Republicans beatf just
about as strong a relation to the suc
cess of the Republican party, as this
offended subscriber did to the success
of the Ledger.
Attorney General Wijl'ams lias re
plied to Alexander II. Stevens' peti
tion for (he pardon of all the Ku Klux
confined in the Albany prison. He
denies the allegations of Stephens that
the conviction of the Ku Klux was
illegal, and that their pardon would
be an act of justice and friendly feeling
toward the South. He says to pardon
all of them would have no more politi
cal significance than the pardon of
those convicted for violation of other
statutes.
The Soldiers' ami Sailors' Conven
tion at Pittsburg, on the 18th inst.,
passed resolutions reaffirming their
enthusiastic confidence in the integri
ty, patriotism and ability of President
Grant, and endorsing the incorruptible
and patriotic representative of Anicri-
' can institutions, Hon. Henry Wilson.
From a speech of Senator .fohn A.
Logan, of Illinois, delivered recently
at Cairo, we extinct the following on
the Frfttll'll Arms Sale, which should
be satisfactory on that subject to every
tair mind:
" Then came the French arms in
vestigation. Mr. Sumner Introduced
a string of resolutions, charging all
kinds of corruption against the ad
ministration in the sale of arms to
the French Government. A commit
tee was appointed to investigate that.
What kind of a committee? It was
selected by the Senate. Governor
Stevenson of Kentucky, and myself,
ivere chosen on that committee by the
unanimous vote of tho Senate. Liber
al Republicans, straight Republican
and Democrat all voted for us. The
other; were elected by a majority vote.
We examined that question for thirty
one days.' On the examination Into
the sales of French arms Senator
Schurz, of Missouri, became, a volun
teer pro-Vcutor again-1 (lie govern
ment ot the ITnited States, by sitting
'there and asking questions of every
witness until he was satisfied and
after he had every witness examined
1 that he desired, weehved the tnvesti
! gatton, read the testimony, printed it.
and after a calm examination of the
i whole thing, came to our conclusion.
What was that ? It was the opinion
ot the majority that the sale was right
and proper ; that it tyas not made to
the French government, but to citizens
of the Tinted States. Xot only that,
but they came to the conclusion that
If the I ulted States Government had
sold arms directly to the French Gov
ernment they had a right to do it ac
cording to international law, they be
ing a neutral power. Governor Stev
enson made a minority report, dis
agreeing with us as to that view of the
case, but agreeing with ii in the first
view, that no blame could be attached
to any ot the officers of the United
states Government, as it was. So
that committee cleared the adminis
tration of having done anything
wrong or corrupt. Applause. And
the sale of French arms was that much
made. When the vote was taken on
Mr. Sumner's resolution in the Senate,
he voted himself to lay it on the table,
after having introduced and discussed
it."
In addition to the Tammany reform
ers who go for Greeley, there now
may be counted all the members of
James Buchanan's Cabinet, and all the
members of Jed' Davis' Cabinet who
are living! The reformation they
would inaugurate would be of that
kind the enemy of mankind lias been
trying to bring about ever since Adam
fell from purity, and which they are
far advanced in comprehending and
assisting.
The Tory journals of Fnglaud are
bitter in their denunciations of the ver
dict ot the Geneva arbitration.
The German Government has issued
a second circular in still more threat
ening terms than the original, against
immigrants, whom it declares will
lie treated as outlaws, over whom sur
veilanee and supervision must be in
stituted. Dr. Livingstone was at I'nzaniyan.
July lt. waiting the arrival of Stan
ley's second expedition.
The Grand Duke Alexis is making
a voyage around the world.
King Charles, of Sweden, is report
ed as having dh-d at Xealnio, on the
evening of tile 18th.
The German authorities have allow
ed the wife of About to see htm. Ills
case is being examined.
L'Olive. Deseamps and De Aville.
Communists of Paris, were executed
on the lsth. Satony died exclaiming.
Vim in ijwW"'!e,' JJ'nm fith trii
ton, John Fox it Co.. London merchants,
have suspended. Liabilities, halt a
million pounds sterling. They have
connections wit several large Ameri
can houses.
A thunder storm at Rochdale. Eng..
on the 18th inst., killed several per
sons, and damaged crops.
Five hundred and eighty Commun
ists, condemned to transportation, em
harked at Brest for New Caledonia, on
the 17th inst.
The French Government has Intro
duced stringent regulations to prevent
the introduction and spread of rinder
pest. The oldest brother of the Pone is
dead.
Edmund About was discharged from
arrest on the 21st, at Stiasburg.
Oscar, brother of the deceased King
Charles XV., lias succeeded to the
throne of Sweden and Norway. All
the dignitaries of the realm have taken
the oath Of allegiance to' the new mon
arch. It is reported in Paris that Count
Vou Amin has tendered his resiirna-
tlon as German Minister to Paris, in
consequence of unpleasant encounters
in Parisian society.
JEASTEU SEWS.
The Republicans of Ohio claim the
State by W.000.
Speaker Blaine carried every pre
cinct in his county at tho recent elec
tion in Maine.
Lewi C. Johnson, son of Reverdy.
Johnson, has been nominated for Con
gress by the Imlting Republicans ot
North Carolina.
The total emigration from foreign
countries to the ITnited States from
1861 to 1871. was 2,320,484. Of this
number, 520.122 were from England
and Scotland, and one-half of the rest
were Teutons from Germany. Swe
den and Norway.
Greeley arrived in Indianapolis,
tnd., on the 23d inst. He was escort
ed to a hotel.
The heaviest rain storm ever known
in Milwaukee occurred there on the
22d, and continued until noon the next
day. Streets and cellars were flooded.
Barns in the country were struck by
lightning and consumed. A girl at
Fiayina, a young man at Hebron, and
two men in Greenfield, were struck
dead by lightning.
In Chilllootbe. 111., on Inst Saturday
night, Henry McXuita, a drunken
beast, lieat his wife to deatii. A mob
could hardiy be restrained from lynch
ing him.
The young man on his way to Cali
fornia who was fleeced out of $3,000
by gamblers last Saturday night, turns
out to he Henry Sloan", confidential
elerk inaHartford.Coiinecticut, Bank
ing house, who robbed the institution
of $5,000 and started to go west.
President Grant returns permanent -ly
to Washington from Long Branch
this week.
At a fire at Phillips dower village,
Me., on Monday last, nine buildings
were consumed.
The President has appointed L. II.
Kaufman, of Washington, Thomas
Underwood, of Lafayette. Ind., and A.
C. Sands. ,( Cinuinnati, Commission
ers to examine the Xortli Pacific Rail
road. Postmaster General Creswell left
Washington on the 21st for Ohio,
where he will take mt in the cam
paign. The journeymen carpenters of Chi
cago struck on the 23d. for $4 per day.
They have been receiving $3 25 and
$3 50. It is thought all the employers
win accede to the demand.
President Grant has written a letter
congratulating Gen. Dixaudthe peo
ple of Xew York on his nomination
for Governor, anil predicting his elec
tion as certain.
It is rumored in Xew York that
the Union and Central Pacific rail
roads are to la- consolidated.
Five hundred and eighty Mormon
emigrants, composed of Scandinavians
and English, left Jersev City for Utah
on the 18th lust. i
The President was to visit the New
Jersey State Fair at Waverly on the
19th. and the Newark Exposition in
the evening.
The people of Xahville want Gree
ley to visit them,
James J. Johnson, appointed to the
Sub-Treasury at Xew York some ix
or seven years ago by Suit-Treasurer
Van Dyck, is reported a defaulter tor
over one hundred thousand dollars.
Hi whereabouts is unknown.
Farrell, a keeper in Ward's Island
Lunatic Asylum. X. Y.. has been
adjudged guilty of cruel treatment
to warns two patients, who died from
the effects.
Detectives are in Search of Johnson,
the defaulter. He has lioen a man of
great respectability, audit is supposed
he frittered away his money on Wall
street.
President Grant IMS expressed him
self as pleased with the result of the
Ahbum claims arbitration eae. In
hi opinion it was not for dollars and
cents, but the preservation of amity
lietween the two countries.
With a tUII !
and firm maintenance ot national dig
nity, tliat was contended for. and
these points liav ng been achieved, the
nation should lie satisfied.
Greeley spoke at the St. Clair hotel
at Pittsburg, on the night of the lith.,
and then left for Cincinnati.
Failures in mercantile firms in New
York are becoming quite frequent,
A couple of Immaculately gotten up
individuals of the male persuasion. On
the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail
road, lately sent a package of pop
corn to a young lady in the same car,
and were rewarded with four black
eyes by the lady's husband.
Iowa has an unfortunate jury : a
man who weighs 403 pounds sits on
it.
President Grant visited the State
Fair at Waverly. N. J., on the 10th,
and was welcomed by a large con
course of people, In the evening he
visited the Newark Industrial Fair,
which was densely crowded,
A. T. Stewart has declined to allow
his name to be used in connection
with the candidacy for Mayor of Xew
York.
Open-air meetings have become
iiiuiiilar in ( "nwlnnali. and manv
instances of conversion have resulted
from tjwra.
Mrs. Pomeroy, wife of the Kansas
Senator, recently sent' ten dollars to
the wife of everv clergyman in the
State.
Greeley made a political speech at
Cincinnati on the 20th inst.. apologiz
ing for hi secession doctrines. He
praUcd the platform adopted at Cin
cinnati, and said he felt i: an honor to
assist In any capacity in forwarding
the principles there laid down.
It was reported on the 21st in a;, tliat
Charles O'Oonor had written a letter
accepting the Louisville nomination.
The Illinois Stnilghtout Democratic
State Central Committee are reported
to have nominated a full State ticket.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware-, lias
returned from Europe, improved in
health.
The Stralghtout Democrats of Xew
York have been appealed toby the
Executive Committee to support the
Louisville nominees, and liave called a
State Convention to meet at Albany.
October 3d, to nominate an electoral
ticket.
In tho Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
at Baltimore on the 20th. the decisions
of the Grand Sire during recess were
taken up. Action of the Grand Lodge
officers during recess in granting war
rants for an Institution ot circulation
subordinate liond hi Germany, con
firmed. The report of the Committee
on Appeals, considered, amended, and
adopted. After the session of tho
Grand Lodge ot Odd Fellows, n large
amount of neglected business was tran
sacted, and it was decided it would lie
necessary for only active officers of
subordinate Lodges to receive the Re
lieoca iX'give Iiefore installation. It
was determined as expedient to ex
change terms of subordinates from six
to twelve months. It was resolved as
inexpedient to allow subordinate
Lodges to enact a local la v providing
j for the payment of specified sums as
dues, and relieves a member from
further obligations during his member
ship. The Minnesota State Fair closed on
the 20th. There Were 5,000 entries.
The total receipts were $15,000, and
the society is free from debt.
At the closing of the Michigan State
Fair on the 20th, lO.(KH) persons were
present. Total receipts, $10,000. .
Joseph Ordlsh, of California, on his
way to Xew York, was robbed of $10,
000 in currency and as much In notes,
recently.
Greeley made another political
speecli at Louisville. Ky., on the 21st.
A snooting affniy occurred at Louis
ville. Ky.. on the 21st lietween Charles
Harvey and Rotiert Forsythe. The
former was mortally hurt, the latter
arrested.
Attorney General Williams made a
splendid speech at the Wigwam in
Philadelphia on the 9th inst. Over
five thousand person were present.
Hon. Garrett Davis, U. S. Senator
from Kentucky, died at his residence
at Paris. Ky., on the 22d inst.
A fast trotter named Huntress, has
trotted three miles with apparent ease
in 7 minutes and 21 '., seconds, beating
i the famous time of l'M made some
i 33 years ago, bv Duchess, which Flora
! Temple, Gen. Butler and Dexter have
! hi vain tried to beat.
At Charleston. S.C.on the 22d inst..
! a personal altercation occurred between
l Montgomery. President of the State
! Senate, and" Samuel Milton. Republi
I win candidate for the office. John D.
Caldwell and Miff. J. M. .Morgan, two
j friends 0f Milton, iiitcrferred to separ-
ate the parties and were shot. Cald
well was instantly killed and Morgan
i slightly wounded. Tronholm, a friend
' of Montgomery3, is charged with the
wilful shooting of Caldwell.
The HnnEarian papers claim that,
! their volunteer army is the best in the
world. It is to consist of loO.uuo in
fantry and 0,000 horse.
Rear-Admiral Sands, of the Nation-
; V UDservatory, says me prewau
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country.
Thornton Alexander, a colored cen
tenarian, the father of forty childre n,
died recently at Edgefield, Tenn.
Gen. Robt. Anderson's widow will
make her home henceforth in Flor
ence. C T T Y M A It K K T ,
FIRS T VI'ltKET, ALBAXY, ORIXJOX,
J. L. HARRIS,
PROPRIETOR,
illU, KXUEAVOB TO KEEP CON-
f sltoitly on liaml a full supply of
AM. KISDS. Of .HEATH,
Which will be of the very liest (iiialiry.
The highest market price im'.d tor beeves,
boss aim sheep, .,
third door west of Ferry, on south side
of First Met. J. L- HA KRIS
Albany, Deo. r, tsn-nv
Albany Collegiate Institute.
AliBAXY, OMXMW.
'JNHS ISTIT( THX WIU. RBOPES ON
I Monday. September t, is? l, wlthacovps
of teachers cniwMe and ertrnest. Instruc
tion will be thormifch iind pmctirol, and
the system of order unsurpassed. For par
ticuiiirs address
R. K. WARRKS. A. M., President;
Or, Rev. E. R. OEARY, I). D., Albany.