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TflB PlfT.Y WITHDRAWAL or jr. A. apsncca. from the froni toPni made by MOj, and Weekly Xnoafb dan ted, Democratic State GOVJOUJOK, CHARLES P. Of Brown County.

FOB UEXTT. GOVBBNOB, HABULTON H. GBAY, Of Conoty. FOB SBCBETAKT OF BTATB. A.MAS A 6.

COOK, Of Colombia County. FOE TUEA-fcUEEE, JOHff BLACK, Of County FOE ATTORNEY 6ENIRAL, SILAS C. Or Dane County. OB. 8TATB PEISJN COMMISSIONER, CABL M.

BOBDOE, Of Ooonty. FOR bTATE 8C PER INTEND FN P1EBCE H. GARROS, Of County. MILWAUKEE. The receipts of wheat the pest week were aguinst 672,160 bushels the preceding week, and 576,514 bushels for the corresponding week of last year.

On Monday the market opened at 1 2 for No. 1 and 97 3 4c for No. 2, and gradually advanced to $1.09 and $1 at the noon board yesterday, but closed one cent lower with a downward tendency. Business at the close of the week was quiet and without important changes in values. The Loiiisiillf t'unrentlon and its Results.

Among the results secured at the Lou- irvillc convention, which are of special interest to the people of our state, was an of the ol lowing measures; 1. The construction of the northern I'aoifio railroad. '2. Tbe completion of the FJX and Wisconsin rivers improvement by the federal government. Farther and more liberal appropriations for the advantage of commerce, particularly for the benefit of Milwaukee and other lake Michigan harbors, and the St.

CUir Flats. Milwaukee and Chicago harbors are specifically designated aa of national concern. The endorsement of these measures originated with and were urged by the Wisconsin delegation, and having secured that endorsement, they considered their mission substantially fulfilled. The convention was large in numbers and comprised some of the best ability of the nation. Every state was in some manner represented, all the southern states by laree and influential delegations.

The measures anally urged upon the consideration of congress were in reality but few in number, and such only as are generally recognized as belonging to tbe jurisdiction of tbe federal government. The of tbe southern and northern. Pacific roads, the continuous improvement of the Mississippi rher, the completion of projected water channels between the Mississippi river and tbe lakes, and an system of be- tweon the west and the seaboard other- Wise, are all subjects of national interest and congress cannot ignore them without ignoring both the interests and the will of the whole country. The report of tbe committee on finance and banking was prepared by a sub-committee of the general committee, consisting of Mr. Nazro of this city, and two others.

It made to embody the views ol Mr. Nazro, and was unanimously the gemra.1 committee, consisting of one representative from each state in Union. It was as follows: 1. Tbe wealth of a coua'ry consists in the net value of its productions, and all nancia! measures must be determined in the light of this fact i. Currency is not a prounct of a country, and is not a property, but only a question to facilitate tbe exchange of property.

Currency values of property and au irredeemable currency regulate themselves by each ether, so that which accepts, temporarily, the amount of irredeemible currency in circulation, in no manner regulates the ease of the money market, or influences the rate of interest. 3 An irredeemable currency retards production in tbe fact that it measures the val- ne of property so unsteadily as to destroy confidence, it prostrates industry, unsettles acd should, be, can be, banished from the -exchanges; therefore, io'rcd, That congress be required one, to enact a free ng law, wifh effin oient and certaia measures for the prompt redemption of currency, with a tmrrency ia to be issued only as fast tender notes are redeemed and until specie payments are reaumetl.J..,( Direct the secretary of the to cancel and destroy all legal-tender that come Into his possession as fftrf aS'tie, net means ot.jBie government i aa case the national bank plitd lor faster than it can 40' circulation of: flonVe particular theory ron mbjectef finance and the currency. 1 The principles suggested, however, excited general interest and are entitled to general consideration. The convention, of course, possessed no immediate power to enforce its decrees, but that ite expression will exercise a large influence in directing public sentiment and in securing legislative action cannot be doubted. Aa to the southern and middle states the convention undoubtedly reflected public opinion and in many of the states the declarations of opinion will be deemed equivalent to the direct instruction of their representatives io congress.

the treasury to Mg aUte the wants and necessities melat, and leave the people to money matters and buBine fate of thia report in Military Terser Case. We yesterday published in our telegraphic columns a synopsis of the arguments before the United States supreme court on the application of Col. Yerger for a writ of habeas corpus designed to remove his case from the military to the civil courts in the state of Mississippi. The facts in this case are well known to our readers. Col.

Yerger, baring become embarrassed by debt, his household goods were seized and sold to pay his creditors by the sheriff at Jackson duriog bis (Yerger's) absence. During the process of seizure it was claimed tLat Mrs. Yerger was subjected to some unnecessary indignities, and on hie return home Col. Yerger sought the sheriff and deliberately shot him. The murder was a cold-blooded affair and admitted of but little extenuation.

Col. Yerger was arrested and tried by military commission and sentenced to death. Pending the execution of the sentence, however, his counsel applied to the United States supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the military court had no jurisdiction over the case. The sentence of the military commission was suspended by the president until the supreme court decides the question. The issue hangs upon the constitutionality of the act establishing military jurisdiction over the states of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas.

While we disclaim any desire to palliate or excuse the crime of Col. Yerger, we hold that he has been illegally convicted, aud his execution under the sentence of the military court will be nothing less than murder. We hold that the law placing the military above the civil power in those states waa an unconstitutional arrogation of power by congress and one which is subversive of the liberties of our whole people. It waa an act unwarrantable in every respect. The war had long since ceased; the civil courts were organized and in the exercise of their constitutional powers, and under the constitution offenders are amenable, only to the civil power.

We have no doubt but a jury of civilians sitting on the case of Col. Yerger would have found him guilty of murder, and perhaps the same sentence would hare been pronounced. It may be argued that if this is so it makes no difference what instrument is used so long aa the same result is attained; bat there is a vaat difference whLh should not be overlooked. If the military power has a constitutional right to try persona guilty of a civil offence in Mississippi, it has the right to exercise the same arbitrary power in Wisconsin. The right of a tri-il by jury is guaranteed by the constitution and should be jealously defended.

When tbat privilegs is taken from us we have nothing worth protecting: no right that cannot be ruthlessly taken from us by the same usurpers who rob us of the other. What the decision of the supreme court in this caae may be we cannot, of course, predict with certainty, but we have confidence that the assumptions of arbitrary power by the military will be boldly and unequivocally rebuked by the hiahest tribunal in the land. General Capron, commissioner of agriculture, has received notice through Mr. Garia, minister from the Argentine ro- pnbtic, that a large exhibition of agricultural atid mining implements, from fourteen provinces, is to be held at Cordova, in that repobliCj jn April 1870, to which of agricultural implement mannfacturere in country is cabled. The president of thp exhibition writes that as both the French and English expou- iaye jseWled questions the auperi- qrity of and- 4no wort, plows, mills, etc.j Velli as lie emaHer.

imple. ments in daily ase to the menu their tveliifted out governor Fairchild, trtro, in a speech at Oshkoah on the denies any complicity wlih, Keyes in obtaining money from the con- viot. The goTernorsays: I hold in my bafed a portion of WA.UKBI Nnra. In one column there ia a long statement I will not recite it all to you. It is the alleged release of a convicted murderer that an attorney might receive a 51,000 fee.

Ton in Ushkoah have heard of it frequently. Tbe charge made against me by the democratic papers ia this state ia, that I had conspired to release trom prison, by pardon, one Gamble, convicted for the murder of his wife, in order that a friend of mine might receive a fee of I never answered a newspaper statement since I have been in politic cat life, and 1 thought I never would. I do it now at the request of friends. I know that tbe people of this state, who have always known me, will not believe saah a charge as that against me. 1 know that no one will accuse me of tampering with the pardoning power of the atate.

If I didn't know it, I would sink with ahame into my grave. THB Nswa, in another column, comments upon it with fairness, it is true, but very cunningly. It says: "We are not prepared to be- iieve that Qov. Fairchild accepted a bribe for the pardon of a murderer. The facts stated do not necessarily lead to this conclusion; but this statement, until refuted, does show that the governor is surrounded by men who do not scruple to use their lineal and official influence with him to ter with crime and compromise puohc justice for pay." In answer to all these charges I have but a few words to say.

Any that doubls the justice of thit pardon, 1 reler (o The Senate Journal of 1868, in which he will fiud my printed report, made in accordance with law, givine the reason for the pardon of Gamble. This charge made against me will be spread by the democratic papers, but when tbe report waa made to the legislature by me no man in thia land dared go to that legislature and bring those there for investigation The legislature is the only tribunal in the state authorized to investigate the official conduct of a state officer. Why did they not prefer the charges last winter? Theie has been no legislature in this state which would allow a governor to so abuse the pardoning power, and I hope to God there never will be. No breath of it waa heard until I again came before the people as the nominee of the republican party for governor. Then it is rehashed in the democratic papers for canvassing purposes.

In answer to these chirgea taat 1 have tampered with the pardoning not receiving a bribe, no man dare charge me with statement that I refused the pardon to one of the attorneys, and did grant it when application waa made by £. W. Keyea, in order that he might, with my knowledge, receive a thousand dollar fee from the criminal, I have only to say that I never heard W. Keyes' name mentioned ia connection with this petition, until I heard it some daya after the issue of the pardon ia connection with these charges. He never spoke to me directly or indirectly on the subject, and I never knew that he was an attorney for Gamble.

Neither Col. Spooner nor aay other man ever aaked mo to grant that pardon aa a personal favor. No man who knows me will ever dare to. 1 never knew the circumstancees in the case aa reperted in the papers until days after the pardon waa issued, and now only know them by newspaper report. I never heard of a fee of aoy amount being paid to any no knowledge of any such transaction The pardon was justly due to the man, and was granted upon the merits of the iae, aa shown by the papera on file ia the executive office.

My aotioa would hive been the same had Mr. Williams, the orgiaal attorney, made the last request for me to Took over the caae with the additional papers then pot on file. The article to which the governor refers expresaly exonerated him from any charge of having accepted a bribe, lie admits that we treated the matter with fairness, and yet ohargea us with "very cunningly" implicating those who surround him. We see nothing either "cunning" or unjuat in oar conclusions as to the men around him. If the facts are aa stated, and we have not seen them contradicted, then it ia the plain and honest truth, and every man in this state ought to know it, that Oov.

Fairohild is surrounded by politicises who do not scruple to uaa their supposed pnlit ioal and official influence with him to bar ter with crime and compromise public justice for pay. The governor denies that he was aware of any fee in the caae, and asserts that neither his private secretary nor Keyes ever referred to the pardon at all. We do not see that this menda tbe matter. It simply points to the conclusion which we noted the other day, that the governor's secretary, the chairman of the republioan state central committee, and perhaps another state officer, becoming aware that a pardon waa to be granted, conspired to rob -the convict by pretending to secure his release through their assumed influence in the executive department. If thia be true, then there reason 1 why the people of the state should ask a change in the state administration, not tfeoanse of personal objections to the governor himself bat because of the thwotrghly corrupt influences which toVcontrol the administration cfbirhioa her is the whicn the governor alone is evidently powerless I I 1 jj How IT number oCiOriortnaiaVpacaoned in Wisconsin within a given and the amount of money 1 'iMzht throwiome light oa creasing official.

salaries. ionia bearing on the question, and of woicli froth 16 lano'ballion from Atlantio ports, lanoTbollion from Atlanta? ports, 659 specie and bullion from pacific ports; the whole reduced to gold values, amounting to 128,291,177. The principal article of export were: Wheat, 56.966,168; flsur, raw cotton. sporting guns, petroleum, bacon and hams, lard. park, 8259.82ST; oheeae, $1 leaf to-acoo, $4,165,500.

Toe present account contains the new classification of domestic exports, the commodities specified numbering twice as many aa previous yea'rs. Total imports daring the month, dutiable, 634 928,000, of duty, 886,, entered for consumption. entered warehouse, brought in American vessels. 10,238,591, in foreign vessels, $27,366,295. The principal articles imported were: Sih ver coin, $656 129; coffee, chemicals, drugs and dyes, maaufao- turea of flu, hides and skins, railroad bars' or rails, silk and manufactures, blown sugir, $5 C8J.635, molasses, $1,418 i28; tea, tin and manufactures, $635,550, wood and manufactu-ea, wool, woolen dress goods, $2,011,421.

The total vilue of re-experts was 747,296 of which waa gold and silver coin. The statements of imports, exports, and re-ezpor show the transactions under these respective beads for the month of July, for the seven months ended the same, compared fc wuh, the corresponding period of 1368. The total tonnage ot vessels engaged in the foreign trade during the month was Entered, 1 OJU.704 cleared, 1,028 094. The entrances and clearances it the six principal porta were as follows Entered. New York Boston 4 2,966 Philadelphia 29,133 Baltimore 2i NswOrleina 43,34) 19.6J8 LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS.

James Robinson is the democratic candidate for the assembly in Calumet county. He ia an excellent man, and the convention made an excellent selection. 0. J. Clark ia the republican nominee for assembly in tbe Rioon district of Fond du Lao eounty.

U. D. Mihilla been Dominated by tbe republicans of the fourth district of Fond da Lac county for assembly. S. B.

Dresser of Osceoia ia the repub- can nominee for member of assembly in Polk and the upper oountiea. The democrats of Marathon and Wood counties have nominated C. Hoeflinger, of Wauaau, for the assembly. Mr. H.

ia a gentleman of excellent abilities, of strict integrity and much experience in public life. Ha will make a creditable representative in the legislature. Geo. Baldwin, a reliable Vermont dem- democrats from that state are always of that the democratic nominee for senator In the twenty-second district. He is one of the most popular citizens of Appleton and a worthy, capable man.

SINGULAR fact that E. W. Keyes agree! to procure the pardon of Gamble from state prison for $1,000, although tbe governor had repeatedly refused to pardon him before that time; the fact that the pardon was granted by the governor within three days after the money waa deposited thereforin bank, and the additional fact that the governor's private secretary went to Waupun and re- oeivad the $1,000 in payment for the pardon, as agreed upon with Keyea. These are certainly singular, if not suspicious, coincidences. SENATOR HOVVK AND THE learn from a reliable source that aa soon as senator Howe learned of the deficiency in the treasury at Madison and the determination of the committee to remove Spencer, he telegraphed to Keyes that the committee must place J- S.

Curtis, of Green Bay in his place. Curtis' claims for favor with the regency are based on the fact that he stuck to Rub lee for senator to the last as against Carpenter. The committee did not heed Howe mandate, having a better tool in the person of Breese. Now IND papers claimed that it waa GOT. Baratow's oial dutvjto examine, into the feefaditiira of the state treasury once a quarter, tad were'' furious in their chirks for in offiw.

Will tjujy state wherein tfie law baa been, changed Why Barstow's chaoics- ift buIMing the ateepkpf the olio cnureb at the lake flhW, The Racine Advocate, one of the most prominent republican in toe state, againat tbe abtion of republican stake committee in removing Mr. Spencer from the atate ticket. It says: Ia another column the readers of The will find a communication from Hon. Eli A. Spencer, the regular republican nominee Cor secretary of atate.

The correspondence there given shows that the republican atate central committee have arrogated to themselves judicial powers, and have commenced sitting in judgment upon the merits and characters of the nominees of the atate convention. We have heard of "hanging a man and then trying him," but tha Madison junta vary that process by acquitting Mr. Mpen- cer and then ilaugklenng him The letter of the committee addreaaed to Mr. Spencer, contains the following potnta 1st. He IB not a defaulter, be having paid into the state treasury all moneys belonging to the state which have come into hia hands 2d.

Believe ae never iateaded to the state. 3d Are not satisfied that he ia guilty of any intentional wrong 4co The mtergsti of Cfu party will be moted by hia withdrawal These sentences are quoted word for word from the letter of the committee. Tbe fttcta in the caae show that aome of the clique charged Air. Spencer wiin having misapplied state funds, which the committee hastened to investigate, that they the ohargea filse, buiiaoamuci as they had been mide, Mr. Spencer waa not a proper man to be on che ticket.

If thia assumption of power on the part of the state committee tolerated by the cy, it will be a mere farce to hold state conventions to nominate candidates ia the future. It by anr accident (aa in Mr. Spen-- cer'a case) a man gets on the tickec who is aoc acceptable to the Madiaoa oliqae, they have only to make aome charge against him, and the state committee wU uiatantly remove him There is, however, another view of thia subject equally damaging to the state committee They olaim to have been governed entirely by the "interests of the pmy See how they show it. The second congressional district has three candidates on the republican state ticket, tha first diatriot none' They create a vacancy they olaim) on the ticket, and hasten to fiil it with another candidate fromjthe second district And then, adding inaul to Injury, they take a man who waa rejectee by the ttate convention, and who, through his relatives and friends, has devoted hia whole time, since the nominations were made, to stirring up strife and attempting to organii a bolt of the Welah element in the republi can party for the purpose of defeating th whole ticket! Tbe most charitable construction that can be placed upon the action, of the atate committee is.that they had become utterly demoralized by the threats of Breeae and his friends, and thought it better to sacrifice Mr and conciliate the bolters rather than encounter their hostility 1 on election day If the committee had been better poated, they would have known that there more Welsh voters in the first congressional district than there an ia the aoaond diatriot and that notwithstanding Mr. Breese'a efforts, he had failed to secure the co-operation of a single Welsh republican In his nefarious attempts to defeat the republican state ticket.

The Welah republicans ily sympathise with the balance of the party in thia diatriot in the feeling that we were grossly insulted by the convention refudnj to nominate a single candidate from thai district; yet they, well as the press of tha district, have not thought of bolting the ticket on account of thai, insult. in conclusion we have only to say that ifr Spencer has the confidence of honest men in all parties, and while democratic editors wil publish anything they think calculated to aid their party, those who know Mr. Spencer personally fcnow and believe him to be an honest man above suspicion, and one lha could be trusted with untold wealth. The Advocate also publishes the fol lowing protest against the action of th committee To the republican of Wisconsin The undersigned, citizens of Racine so. Wisconsin, and members of the republican party, desire to enter their emphatic protea against the action of the state central com mittee in requesting Hon.

E. Spencer (ttte regular republican nominee for secretary of state,) to withdraw, and in plaoing Llewellyn J. Breeae on the ticket in hia stead because, ist, We deny the right of the state central committee to review or Interfere will tbe action of the republican state convention, or to sit in judgment upon the marita of the candidate nominated We have the fullest confidence in the ability of Hon. Eli A. Spencer, and believ him pre-eminently qualified for the reaponai ble position of secretary of atate.

3d. We are opposed to the elevation of a man who, after failing to obtain a nomination in convention, strives to stir up dls- sentioua and splits among the political friends of the successful candidates. Thia protest ia signed by about 150 republicans, among whom we notice the names of such men as judge W. lion, J. I.

Oaser J- 0. Bartlett judge Elbert 0. H. T. Fuller, Frank sheriff; S.

D. Cootfb county wipaon, ciers 01 the board anpervftw; 9 A 8and N. MiUettK fr- Gw Roberto, and IAJ men. of authority eiwur la tight dlmtjr MtMd. Jpne nude by tie snprtfme court on vs.

staie of WUconsln. Writ of Biordan al. De- the uweatigatiw toy to enoe toon NaooAtof In chew nor in aloud Ml him, Bat flat on dirt on vpail of (bin wtitUWMttto teat (o. Unefetnd many wire tbe wotdt wo said, we remember. And wo souldn'e help i wear at the At ire Utterly tbonght of Ws wwoat off And down ruRIad feeltngi, Wfitt the woald saf, tit tore have laid, Yon to oat uid leire ill 3nt oar waft JODU 1 When Sandfortl mac Rosa tube Toot off Dto coat and rcl'ed up hit And to Kosa, w-i, Slowly aad'y we left town, Woere regency rum the am We bad made fpencer and waa down Ol central committao of 13 How Spencer's Withdrawal VTJI Pro- cnreU.

The Pujiae Advocate the following account of how Spencer's withdrawal from the state ticket was prDournd The virtuous individuals who foialed themaelvea upon the republican party and are toting aa jtate oentrnl committee, have issued a very virtuous pastoral addreaa to the party Among tha aamea appended Co it we recogniie that of one who seat a friend to Mr dpeaoor, (he next morning after the state coovaotioQ, to demnad che paytaent of $150 for the newspaper be represented, that of another Data wao Jeclared that Speu- oer's name should oome otf the ticket election. It may interest the people to know a uttle something of the eperatioas and aopirationa of the individual members o( thia highly moral committee Faaring that ae would not be able to secure the of i majority of those rnembera attend Che ootn- mittee meeting, the Kaves secured tke proxies thrtt mcmberi, so that 3dr. K. woet into the meeting oalled to consider Mr. oaae with the rotes of yne-i WrJ of the committee in his own hands It may aldo be intereatiag to know a little of the hopes and expectations of che clique.

Such men usually look some tanoe ahead. Ben. Hopkins wants senator Elowe's place tfiWelton wants gressmaa Cobb's pkaoe. Uawey who w-vs president of the convention and appointed the aommittee 1 wants place in the state senate When other members of the committee wanted aome money, (which Spencer did not fork over and still others had friends among the regents of the Normal school fund who were mad because Spencer had refused to illegally transfer money trom other funds to the building fund" so aa to give them a chance to get it. This waa the mtidt condition of the oom- miitee after the adjournment of the state convention.

Subsequently the committee learned that Breese and his were trying to organize a bolt among Welsh ra- paollcaM, baring for its object the defeat of E. A. Spencer for secretary of state Henry Baeti for state treasurer, and Greo. Wheeler for state prison commissioner. la regard to this movement, we have read some of the correspondence on the subject, and those wishing to know more are referred to the following gentlemen in this oity John Bowen, regiafr of deeds, Hon.

John Vaaghan, 1'hoa. 8. Williams, Capt. Robert B. Jones, and others.

Under these circumstances Mr Kayes thought it would be grand stroke of policy to call the state com mittee together, Mooring the proxies of those who did not want to throw Spencer overboard, and buy up the Welsh element by placing Breeao on the doket in Spencer's place But, alas 1 Reyes is not on "historical precedents," and he entirely overlooked the fact that the Welsh nation was never bought, or conquered, and ae just begins 60 roadie that Breese can't put him in possession of the "element'" he has attempted to trade off "The best laid schemes of men and mice gang aglee." A Tempenuice Candidate. SiiEBOT'HS PALLS, Oct. 13, To the people of the state of Wisconsin general Ij and to the citizens of the id assembly district of Sheboygan particularly 1 announce myself an independent candidate for member of assembly. I am DO politician, nor Jo we want politicians to hold office I would aot to-day accept in cffice in the republioan or democratic party, but in a temperance party will Tha time has come for something to be done, when we a people pay mora for intoxicating drinks every year thin our nitiooai debt amounta to. The statistics of our jiils, poorhouses, prisons and insane asylums show that aina- teutha ot their inmates are sent there directly or Indirectly through use of intoxicate ing drinkfl.

It is lime something waa. done. )atween ine There reat 183U8L nartiea at present, and there haa not been so good opening for a temperance pajrty in a long time. If the temperate and temperance men will only unite something can be I have set the ball a-rollingi don't let it Stop. I am in business that pays me much better than going to Madison, jet I will only aa a temperance man Respectfully, D.

QOODSIOH. Change iu tie State Central Committee. In consequence of the ohargea publicly made against E. Kayes, man of the republioan state central committee, we drop his name from of appointments for republican meetings. Tbe charge made against Mr.

ia he received money influence obtaining 6 he pardon of" Michael Gam)le sent to Waupun for murderibir bia wife. Tbe "interests of the hat, those who occupy should be, like Caeaar's wife and while we sympathize teyeSr we cannot permit BfdQrations to outweigh "f' of the party." protest, in advance 1.