PROPHETS. &c.
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The Register has been twilting us about our


predictions in regard to the late elections in this


State, and the Richmond Compiler is inclined 10
consider US an unfortunate Prophet" We take
all this in the best possible humor, but we must
De allowed to assure those prints, in perfect serious
ness and candor, that we predicted by the book
in other words, we had information from gentle.
men of integrity and veracity, which authorized
us to speak in the most encouraging terms to our
friends throughout the State. But we are not the
only unfortunate Prophet" in the United States.
In Mr. Clays great speech in this city, that dis
tinguished man assured his hearers that he knew
all about the state of parties, and that the demo.
Gratis would get but three States in the contest for
The Presidency and in his paper of March, 1874,
Mr. Gales gave the democrats forty electoral
votes and Mr.. Clay two hundred and thirty-fve!l
Every body knows how the Register and Mr..
Clay missed the figure that time.