The Candidates Interviewed

A correspondent of tho Cinoiunati Commercial has been oülling on Mr. Greeley iu Brooklyn and President Grant at Long Branoh. The followiug aro some notes of tliusu interviews : Mil. GREELEY. Mr. (rrocloy was dressed in an alpaca coat, linun pauta, Dolly Varden vest, and slippers. Ui ucouetomod white hut auug on tho ruck in the hall. M Greeley was in ooniideritial uonvergation with oun of the editora of tha Tribune whun I entend tho room, which, aftet greetiug me, he raHumed, allowing nu to wait upon liim. The apartmeut in which I tlai! found hij scit' was thu luxuriunt hbriiry of the house, which luid been improvisad by his benefioent host into au oditor'e office f. i" Mr. Greeley's special uso. The appoiu tments of this room woru in perfect keaping with, the exquisita taste of its ownur, which was viaiblu on overy side. In the well-filled shelves of ohoioe booke, thu puintings on tho walls, and in v.-irii 'Ui forma and fashions the saine delicate cultura uud ruüueinsiit displayed it?elf. The greatest living editor of this oountrj' ptül retttina the distinctive features of his profession, and as I looked at him, surrounded by a lloodof fresh nowspaperfl, covering overy available epace of the room ubout hin:, nis desk fllled with unanswered correspondouee, the prospectivo Prosulent whs uuk in tho highor poBition alroady attained Vy him, thro'.igh 2 liustakinfr ability and a lite of davotioo to its dt'iiiaudd. Il Mr. Greeley is as suocessful a President as hu has been mi editor tho oonntry will not stop to ask by whoao votes Lu wus ulectcd. At last the iuterviewing editor took bis departure and I found myaelf faoo to face with the sage, phiiosophor, farmer) and Presidentiaï candidato. He greeted me kindly, givmg uiu the small, white hond, tor which 1 fe!t a throb of coiupassion when I thought of the ordeal uwuiting it ufter the -Hh of next March. We then naturally feil into oonversatioo upon tho politioitl situation and hi views of the uampaign. " They httvu buen bothoring uu: ubout starting a Greeley papel in Vtksbiigtoii," sani he, " unil want my fiieuds to help with money, but [ do not advise such an expeuditure. Washington papers have no irilluencd in theoonntry ; they nevel obtaiu a nationtil reputatiun aud T gnppoau could not Htb without (jüvcniinout patronage." The litmosphert of thu place he thought quite detrimental to inñueutisl jourualiam 11 If I should bo electod," said he, " I would not care if thcro wat? not a paper there tlmt supported iua. The support of a Washington paper, for any administration, signilics nothing to tho country." He said there were many places throughout the land where a papeí would be of great benefit to them. Muny Itepublicnn papers were hampered by stookholdoi'8, thiit would, if free, deolare for hiia. The inllueuce of such would be of use to the party, "Isuppose you consider Xew Vork suro for yourself. Mr. Qreeley ?" súd I " Buyond a doubt," he replied ; " nothing can talie New York from us. Ohio and Pennsylvania nro doubtful torritory. You 3t'e wu are jioor," he eontinued ; " the Adiniuistration party have the otlics and money. The moneyed iutorfsts of the country are not outspoken. The people are with u.s - there Í3 no discount on tlmt fuct - but prominent men of wealth hiiüg back. ïhey wiil vo'.e right, but they do not work. If we lo.e North Carolina it will be for want of means to carry tho witr guceesaluUy into Alrica " " I hope you will not impoverish yourgelf in the campaign," I said. " Well," h answerod, " thi is tho Inet time I shall run for otHco. i shall nover be a oandidutü again, and peihaps I ought to pend a little on the canvasa. Many inen whnno oonviotioiM r' with us have not tho courage to uowe out and daolare for the new tnoveuiont ; many who are ambitious for publio place and prefernient would dip th'ir politioal gretve by so doing ; but thu people hare nothing to lose and all to gain by tbe now duparturc." rrzsinBNT guaxt. Them has been ?o much written and said about the President's being no talkor thtit I was very pleasiintly nurprised to fiud him entorkig into oonversation without thü lt:st hesitation aud giviug his views quite freely upon the pulltioal situation, the woman (juestion, and matten and thingü in general. The Prmident said hu had met with political oppositi n whenever ho had nppointod wonieii to oftiee, but that ho had fuvorod Baoh appointments iilways, and made them whenover he could. lia has had a great deal of troublo with the politioiant ubout the office whioh is held by Misi Van Lew at Hi hincn!, Va Delegation after delegation ha visitod him to have her removed. There is no fault found with her conduot of tho office, but the nrgutnent used is that tho party noeds it for politicul purposes. The President lias been unmoved liy all the olamor ruised. Ho hears their story quietly, 8uioks hi eigar, and continúes Kht "on the samo line." I asked him it the wouien had gunerally made good oincerH. tte replied that cut of the .'00 ho had appointed but ono had prored uuwortliy, and that wits a postmuster who was a chrouic defanlter, and they woru obliged to dismiss her ; but ho appointed anothor in her place. Ho suid lm hopcd to êee many more of the ol'erkshipa in tbe departmentü filled by woinou. In answar to an opinión exprtsl in regard to the rnftoenoa that women might wiold iu a political campaign ho inswered that lic thought they might do him asmnoh good by taiking for him, perhaps oveu more, ti.an by voting. Tlio President wetni to hnvo less anxiety about tho elcotion thttn many of his friends. amwvr tó an iniiuiry about the prospect in New Yoric, he said ho should not bu surprisod it' the State went Bepublioan, Advioes be had reoeived from reliatilfl gources gavo him this impreasion. JVIr. Orooloy's plan of resumption of speciö piiyiuent, Qeneral Uraut thinliK not to practical b'ibinesa men of the Htute, ospeoially when, with the next breath, ho proposes to ugo all tho gold iu tho Treasury to buy bonds with. The abuse and Blaüders heapod upon General (irant, uu well us tho in tenso personal plan upon which the camraign is earried on, are very disagroeablo features to him. llo says ho refrains from roading tho oppoaitiou press, and newspapers generally for that matter, more thuu he should, for tho reagon thait has oonie to assume suoh rearful proportiona ho does not likO to review them. - The father of Oongressman Dawes is a supporter of Grooley ; also tho son and nephew of Gerrit Smith.