The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1855, Page 1

THE NEW YORK WHOLE NO. 6922. MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1855. ELECTION RIOTS, INSTIGATORS? Buildings Stocked with Arms and Ammunition. ~~ THE LOUISVILLE WHO WERE THE ‘The trish and Germans Firing on Peaceable oe Citizens, &e. &e., ke. (From the Lonisville Builetin, Aug. 0.) There is great excitement. A number of fist fights have occurred, but with the exception of one affair, and the accidental discharge of a pistol, by which # man and a buy were wounded, no seiious harm has been done. On Haneoek street, a man named Geo. Birch, or Burke, was attucked hy a number of Trishmen and, was danger: ousy injured. "It is feared that his skull is broken. ‘The Iristitoan who intieted the blow was arrested. fa the Third ward, a man named Henry Glass attacked a German Kuow Nothing, in which the former was worsted, At the Court House, several fights have occurred, and during one of them, Pat Tansey, an Iris) . leaped from the door in the seeond story the west end to the pave- ment below, without sustaining any injury. ThE pr ‘n the Eighth ward have been very efficient, and Dut very few slight disturbances. A very serious ac- cident occurred there about one o'clock, A’ man who is # watchman in the Nashville Railroad depot, was show- ing & pistol to James Jones, a driver for Mr. Graham, lumber merchant, when it went off, the ball entering the vin of Jones and passing through him, and also enter- ing the groin of a boy about nine years of age, namod Henry Young, who was standing ‘immediately behind Jones. Young was taken to Dr. Griffiths’s office, His wound ie not mortal, but very painful. There is but lit- fle ifany chance for Jones’s recovery. His wound was dressed by Dr. Brewer. (From the Louisville Journal, (American,) Aug. 7.) € deeply regret gto have to record the scenes of vio~ Yevee, bloodshed and house-burning which occurred in our city yesterday. We cannot now express our great alihorrence of such things; nor can we find space in which tosay what we would wish to say upon this Kubject. A terrible responsibility rests upon those who have incited the foreign population of the city to the deeds of violence which were the commencement of the riots in the First aad Fighth wards. We nre confident that these riots were not oceastoned by anything that happened at any of the several voting places. The election throughout ‘the city, as far as we can learn, had passed off with unusual quet, with (he exception of « brutal outrage in the Firet ward, and some fighting at the Lighth ward polls, in which nooue was inuch hurt. The riots were occasioned by in- adiwriminate and murderous assaults committed by fo- reigners, chiefly Irish, upon inoffensive citizens, peceably attending to their own business, at some distance from any of the voting places. AM the cl se axxaults strongly in- igated by other parties then those by whom they were actual committed, We are not now prepared to say that the wore the consequences only of the incendiary appeals, for some time past, publicly made to onr foreign popula- tion by some of the Jeaders of the anti-American party, or that they were instigated by direct instructions ‘of men with fi 1) hearts who control in a great measure the passions, and are able to dietate actions to the € pany and Irish who made these attacks. All the fi wil! probably he ascertained judicially, and then t sponsibility will rest where it properly belor Th cumstances 4» detailed to us, amd the confessions of some of the miserable wretches who were made the victims of insane folly and raurderous violence, show that Its upon unoffending and innocent native-born citizens were premeditated, and that the blame attaches 3 others, who are ax yet unnamed. We have not now time to give details. We assert however, and are sure, that it will be proved by respe He witnesses, that every act of bloodshed was begun bh freigners. Yhat im every instance where mortal vi Wace ensued. the beginning of the riots wae an unpr yoked slaughter by foreigners of peaceable America while quietly passing in the strect4 ata distance from the polls, Thix infuriated the pepulace, and a prompt snd terrible resort to rob violence, by which inany foreigners were killed and much property destroyed, was the con-equence. Iu the First ward, about nine o'clock in the morning, whil® the election wax proceeding quietly at the polls Wr. George Burge. @ respectable vad quiet Amer citiven, vas brutally assvulied by a party of Irish men on Jackson street, between Jefferson and Greene, without having given any provocation. Fle was knorkest down and horribly beaten with stones and clubs. He attempied to eseape from the fiends by whom he was attwked, and ran into the alley of an adjoining house, where he was followed by his blood-thiraty as ants; ane eut, stabbed and beaten until he was sup to be dead ne of these Inhmman brutes delibe: opentd his knife and proceeded to cnt the throat of thy murdered man. When this act of violence was made known, a party of American® started in pursuit of {the murderers, who were subsequently arrested and lodged in Jail Wy the Mayor and City Marshal. In the afrerneon, between three and fi tal Americans were fired upon and # i aded while quietly riding or walking by the German brewery on Jefferson street, near the Beargrass bridge. these were some gentlemen from Jefferson county reveral respectable citizens. One gentleman who was ina buggy, with his wife seated by his Abont the same time a perfect shower of shat and bullets was rained upon every American passer-by, from the windows of some houses ‘ocenpied by Germans upon shelby street, in the neighborhood of Madison street. As soon a4 those occurrences were made known, it was jascertained that large bodies of foreigners, armed with /shot guns and rifles, had assembled in the neighborhood of the brewery, and also on Shelby stree BY hiseri- of American citizens was app owd of excited, maddened, infurt Americans ussembled. They were fired at from the win- dows of the brewery and the houses on Shelby street and in seeking to arrest these offenders, several men were badly wounded; and the incensed snd infuriated mobs burned the brewery and sacked the houses from whict the shots were fires In the Fighth ward the most serious disturbances « curred about 6 o'clock in the afternoon. A Mr. Rhodes, in company with two friends, all American citizens, were quietly passing upon Main street, near Chapel, when (hey were set upon by a party of ten Irishmen, who, with hor- rible oaths, swore they would clean the streets of every American. Fifteen shots were fired upon them; Rlodes was killed, and both his companions badly wounded, one of them seriously. ‘The Irishanen then ran up Chapel street porsned took refuge in a house at the cor and Market sireets, whence several shots w ‘the inmates, by which several Arm wounded and two were killed, 4 Mr. Hobson. ‘The firing from this house continued for some half hour. ‘The trish were armed (o the teeth with fire- armns of every description, while the Americans were al most entirely unarmed, and were obliged to go to their homes to prosure arms to defend themselves and their friends from the murderous fire of the insane wretches who had made this attack upon them, Between 6 and 7 o'clock @ sufficient force had assembled to capture the murderer of young Graham; an attempp was made to hang him, but we learn that he is still living, In the meantime a fusilade of ehot-guns and rifles was kept up against any American passing by the row of houses at the corner of Eleventh and Main streets, belonging to on Irishman named Quinn, « brother of Father Quinn, a Koman Catholic priest; several Americans were wounded shots fired from these premises, and the attention of e crowd was given to them, They were filled with Irishmen, and with loaded arms, aa the eequel proved beyond adoubt, An attempt was made to drive them out, and the houses were fired, whether on the iaside or outside we do not know. While burning, the frequent reports showed that they were well provided with flee arms; and the confessions of a poor miserable devil who was reseued by Capt. Stone, proves that they were filled with arms and contained thirteen kegs of powder pro wided for the occasion, The houses are still burning, ‘we write, and the riot hax not yet subsided. We bave neither epace nor tine to enter into any par ticalars, We wifl attempt to do so to-morrow. A’ nuu- ber of Americans were slain by the forsignors, and a caumber of foreigners met a heavy retribution. We do uot know haw y have been killed, but have already heard of some twelve or fifteen in all, and some twelve it o'clock, nd on being Chapel fired by an citizens were sham and a Mr. -or thitty have been more or less dangerously wounded The Journal also contains the following:— Who is responsible for the riot? Thix ix a question which must be answered. There is a terrible responsi. bility somewhere, and the proper parties, let them be who they may, must hear it. One thing at least ix now known, ° The foreigners in this gity, more e<pecially Catholic Irish, from some cause and at some instigatio ‘were armed to the tecth, and used their arms, from houses, behind barriers, and from their «hulking pluces we shot down, remorselossly, unoflending 4 ne y parsed iu the streets, Of the terrible, the horrible Gonsequenees of these assaults, we have not the heart to speak. There ix no hu too strong—there is no. Incunge striae enough for its condemnation, Tt will be duty, aml the duty mnurt be «ternly performed, of the Coroner io tharoughly investigate the facts, and when (he inquest ic nade we shall bave more to aay. (From the Louisville Courier (autt-Know Nothing) Avgust 7] We passed yesterday through the forms of an electi As provided Ty the statute, the polls were Poh pow privilege grantel to such as were “right upon the soos,” with a few exceptions, to exercise thelr elective franchise. Never, perbups, wae ® greater farce, or ae wo should torm it tragedy, enacted. Hundreds and th. sands were deterred from voting by dil tion, ethers through fear of conse yuen and # ran) tude frou the lack of proper facilities i city, in- doed, was during the day in possersion of an armed inoh, fhe base passions of which were infuriated to the highes! piteh by the incendiary appeals of the newspaper organ and the popular leaders of the Know Nothing party On Sunday night, large detach ments of men were went fo the First any wards to ree that the polle were properly opened. These men, the “American Haeeutive Commidtes’’ supplied with requisite refreshments, and a Tay be imagined wore ins ft condition on yes. terday moraing to ee that the rights of freemen were coprewnio!. Indeet they di the important nots of intigni oes Thy trusts committed to them in such & maaner as to com mead ¢ them forever to the admiration of outlaws. They opened the polls; Uney provided ways sad moans for tuelz own party to vote; they buffed and bullied all who could not show the sigh; they in fact converted the election into a perfect turce, without one redeeming or qualifying phase. We do not know when or how their plan of operations was divised, Indeed we do not care to know when such a system of outrage—snch perfidy—euch dastardy—was conceived. We only blush for Kentucky that her soit was the scene of such outrages, amd that some of her sons were participants in the nefarious swindle. It would be impossible to know when or how this riot commence’. By day break the polls were taken posses sion of by the American party, and in pursuance of pre- concerted game, hey used every statagem or device to hinder the vote of eypry. man who could” not’ manifest to the “paandians oa polls’ his.sountness on the Know Notishne question: We were ly witenges to the pereonnall procedure of the party in certian wards, and of these we feel authorized to speak. At -the Seventh ward we dis- that for three hours in the outset in the morn- ing it wan im for those not ‘posted’ to vote, without the greatest difficulty. In the Sixth ward a party of bullies were masters of the polls. We saw two foreign- ers driven from the polls, forced to run « gauntlet, beat unmercifnily, stoned amd stabbed. In the case of one fellow, the Hon, Wm. Thomasson, formerly a member of Congress from this district, interfered, and while appeal- ing to the maddened crowd to cease their acts of disorder and violence Mr. Thomasson was attack from behind and best. His gray hairs, his long public service, his manly presence, and Ais thorough Amevicanism, availed nothing with the erazed moh. Other and serious fights occured in the Sixth ward, of which we have no time to make mention now. ‘The more serious and disgraceful disturbances occurred in the upper wards. ‘The vote cast was but a partial one, and nearly altogether on one side. No show was given to the friends of Preston, who were largely in the majority, but who, in the fixee of cannon, musket and revolvers, could not, being an unarmed and quiet populace. con- front the mad mob. So the vote was cast one way, and’ the result stands before the public. In the morning, as we stated elsewhere, George Berg. a carpenter living on the corner of Ninth and Market, was killed near Hancock «treet. A German named Fitz, for~ merly a partner at the Galt House, was severely, if not fatally beaten, In ‘the afternoon, a general row occurred on Shelby street, extending from Main to Broadway. We are unable to ascertain the facts concerning the disturbance, Some fourteen or fifteen men were shot, including officer Wil- liams, Joe Selvage, and others. Two or three were killed, and a number of houses, chiefly German coffee houses, broken into and pillaged. About four o’ctoek, when ‘the vast crowd, angmented by accessious from every part of the city, and ‘armed with shot uns, muskets and rifles, were proceeding to at- tack the Catholie church on Shelby strect, Mayor Barber arrested them with a speech, and the mob returned to the First ward polls. Presently a large party arrived with a piece of brass ordinance, followed by a number of men and boys with muskets. In an hour rfterwards the large brewery on Jefferson stroet, near the Junction of Green, Fox eet fire to. In the lower part of the city the disturbances were characterized by a greater degree of bloody work. Late in the afternoon, three Irishinen going down Muin street, Eleventh, were attacked, and one knock . n ensued a terrible scene; the Irish firing from the windows of their houses on Main street, repeated voll Mr, Rhodes, a river man, was shot and killed b the upper story, anda Mr. Graham met with a similar fate. An Irishman who discharged a pistol at the back wan’s head, was shot and then hung. He, however, survived hoth punishments. John Hudson, a carpenter, was shot dead during the fracas. k, a vow of frame houses on Main street, he- Mr. Quinn..a n nd Eleventh, the property , well known Irishman, was set ou fire, The faines ox street and twelve buildings wore de- noe were chiefly tenanted by Irish, and tonants venturing out to ereape the ainediately shot down. No idea eonld pt that five wasted to death, having been Ko hadly wounded wounds that they could not eseape from the ding: upon any of t Asmes they ere be formed of the number killed. We are adv ities and outrages committed by the esterday and last night, we have not The mob having satisiied its appetite to Third street, and until midnight time now to write. for blood, re made demonstrations against the ‘Fimes and Democrat offices. The furious crowd satialied itself, however, with breaking « few window panes, and burning the sign ut imes oMlee. «o'clock this morniny a large fire is raging in the upper part of the f yesterday and last night we nor heart now to comment. We are sick- ned with the very thought of the men murder: onots buined and pillaged, that signalized the Ame i yerterday. Not less than twenty corps wonderful achievement, We find the following items in the Journal of August 6, the morning of the election, which, to say the least, are rather inflammable, and, we should think, the more espe- cially #8 a disturbance was anticipated, might have been dispensed with:— Onc of the police officers informs us that he i half so many Irishmen hore as he sees now. sds them hourly in squads allover the ¢ knows not where they were brought from. Their are strange to him, “No doubt they came both (o yot and to fight, thongh one of the operations would be quite ugh. IWisnshame that we Kentuckians should he ored on mnerely because we are peaceable, Our paei reputation has made the foreigners presumpt Such ure the fruits of goodness, ‘The Sag Nichts, including the foreign-born population, have sworn that ‘they will vote this morning before the Americans do. Tt really seems a litte hard that owr ns born citizens must be compelled, on their own soil to stand back"until foreigners are served, but undoubted- ly # great deal ought to be submitted to for the sake of and harineny. Vatienre is one of the hunsan vir- 1 y , are not, We fear from or bee He nd he ce of whatever they may meet with (here e to encounter brazen faces and brass knuckles. Hut onr countrymen have encountered worse things in their contests with foreigners Onr friends spread a light throughout the city hy thetr torchlight procession on Saturday night. Let th apread m more glorions Tight throughont the State and the Union by their daylight procession to the polls to-ds, Ano veneral rote, it takes as Jong for one foreign-born citizen to yote ns for four natives. ‘Then ought the four Americans to stand back for the one foreigner—or the one foreigner for the four Americans ? ‘The Americans mean to be entirely pacific to-day, hut they will vote. They may submit patiently to » grent many inconve iscomforts, bnt they will They may haye to go throngh rain and hail, but th will vote. ‘They may find serried hosts of Sug. lies and rnffians between them and the poll will vote. ‘They may ha tut they will vote. ras quite extensively said and believed a fow daye rmans generally, from an apprehension of determined not to go to the polls to-day. ave now anthentic and direct information that they have determined that they will go to the polls. W glad to hear that they have thus d hope they will go with hone but proper tiv ly none of them can be 86 ignorant os nol to nsderstand, that, if a collision be provoked by them, it will ocenr. And, if it do secur, there is but one way in whieh it ean terminate, Lat the foreigners keep their elbows to themselves ta- day at the polls. There's no place for them in the ribs of the natives. The Louisville Demoeral, on tae the following advies -—~ lat every respectable ei suppress any rioting and disorder, any attempt to «aps press the vote of vithor party. Lat ws redeem. the credit of Loniaville to-day, by showing that, notwithstanding the excitement, wo can vote quietly, like freemen. ame day, contained lay frown upon and Tar, CrickrTs AND ASSHOPPERS OF SALT —The Chi go Press auggeste that in view nt ravages of grasshoppers and crickets ii Grent Salt Lake Valley, there isa strong probability « famine among the vainté during the coming winter. If the secounts are correct, the growing crop will not fur for one half the inbubitante; and at Sanbarna distant, the pe of assistance, liclent for home use. The Pree first instance in which the Mor . r crops destroyed by these all-devour- ing insects. The crops put Into the ground tn the Salt Take Valley by advanced parties at the time of their forced exodns from this State, and upon which the mata body in the rear r ¢ during the follow. ing winter, we cricketa—grent gogirle- eyed, cronk-legged wlied monaters—eating the green fields to the gro ving @ track behind them as blank ns if wasted b Hat just when the faints were ete wer among t which the will be no m n despete, these « iscowered by the little white gulls which bread islamis of the lake, and t the Morr terwared by whieh the Jew tarvation. that time unt ow # been trowhled s ely by grasshoppers oF ml they were congrat ting: themselves upon mpled abundance, when the insect Lost came and amet th say together The observations of Col. Fremont in the Salt Lake Val- in 1844, intieate that these crickets and grasshoppers likely to proinee a chronte plague to t Ile states that from time framemorial the have been enbesiater «ts, They bottora, whe they are roast part of th ers an‘ crick- » thein into trenches with # het fire wt the wings and legs are borned off, and after the fashion of the locusts of Afrion. Thewe American inmects thus bear the same relation erve the saine purpoves to the wild native tribes, as ‘uats of the deserts of Asia and Africa in their re spective localities. ‘They area bar to the eoltivation of the soll; they exixt where there is no soil for cultivation and where anima life i¢ itmited to insects and reptil are all eaten from necessity. The Uta the African locust of a rtnalier size, gner Tatlan is but a lower type of the desert Arr’ on ee the above facta, it is net finpossible tos r » IORy prove a providential ageney for t dixpersion of the tfo pownibiy the vreadiong up of the corrupt hierarchy which now sete Heaven a! de fiance an’ catenger the moral gad religious senti- ments of Chistendom. If their crops rear badly eat Off na the published accounts wowid este, they must san Glaperse belure wiater, or «tacre when wipier MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, ‘The President, fsuac O, Barker, Esq., in the chair. The minutes being read, were approved, A coxmuunicatios was received from W. B. Reynolds, in relation to his esptract, and was ordered {o be likid on the tableand printed. The report of the Committee on Sewers, in favor of con- curring to build w sewer in Division street, from Orchard omy iF atrect, © Nowy ‘as offered hy Alderman TrowERIDGR>— Resolved, Teak his Honor the Mayor be requested to station policeman to protect the building known asx No. 12 Flim strovt, the same having been leased by the Corpo- ration for the are of the Fire Department, aud being now vacant, ik the resort of idle and mischievous boy Referrafte the Alderman of the Sixth ward, Some rontine business having been disposed of, the rc adjourned, to meet on Friday evening, ot S-07elack. BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. This Board met last night, President D. D.. Conover in thechair. The minutes of the last meeting wore read and approved, ‘The order of the meeting was the third reading of bitts. Severa} reports were presented and passed, all of which save been heretofore referred to, as they have come up from time to time in the Board. A communication was received from Comptroller Flagg in answer to the resolation of the Bourd, asking him by what authority he paid an inspector of pawnbrokers. The Comptroller replied, that he paid #ncht officer im accordance with an ordinance ofthe Comman, Council, which pro- vides for such an officer, and fixes his salary at two dollars per day whilaengaged inthis business. The com- munication was refarred to a special committer, ‘The following raessage was then. presented from his Honor the Mayor >— Mayor's Ovrice, August 8, 1855, To me Hosorance tHE Boaro or CouNcuMEN: GexTiEMES—In reply to the resolution adopted by your toard on the 6th inst., asking whether had granted any additional stage licenses, and referring to the aet of April 4, 1854, nx restricting the power of the Mayor over thix , Lhave the honor to say that ten additional stage licenses have been granted by me, under circumstances which, in ney opinion, fully justified the Since holding this oface Thave resisted many efforts to obtwin valuable privileges of this knd, where private in- ts rather than pablic benefit was the object. In no nee have other influences than those arising from ng the putuie good had the slightest weight in determi: upon these applications; nor has any action been t by me not fully justified by the liw. For twenty y favor has fad’ slmost eniimited power over stages; the only restriction is to be found in the act of the Legis- lature referred to. That act was ly exan 2 this point, not only by inyself, but also by the Cor- poration Attorney, the officer’ who has the exclus right to prasceute for violations of. the law by the omni hus interests, and we could find in it nothing depriving the Mayor of power to grant additional licenses for exist- ing lines, That law undoubtedly deprives the Mayor of power, without the assent of the Common Council, ta, grant new lines, to alter the routes of existing lines wr to decrease the number OPstages already running upon auy route without the assent of the proprietors; but does net © away any other power of the Mayor over the sub- ject whieh existed prior to its passage. All the former pow= ecaot the Mayor exist which «re not expressly taken away by this act of April, 1854. The extract from the fifteenth i ined in this resolution of your | ent or authority gly mon Council of ssid city, pur tio the provisions of the last section, shall be’ terminated or altered unless by the concurrence of the votes of two thirds of all the mem- bers elected to each Bourd of the Conmon Counc! r unless the Mayor shall approve and certify his appre thereto, except as provided in section twelve,”? applies only (o such lines as have been established by the Cowan Covneil. The last (fourteen) réferred to this extract fro applies to the tion of on Connell under the vn additional stage which was cstablished before and caunot be properly include fling that every line is subjected to thix Cominen Council, as ft possibly may be strietion of section sixteen, yet | appreb ontre a liberal con that no one un fifteen, re es the Moyor of , whieh dep he nainber It can only MH not terminate or alter the right to ran upon 4 designated roy snot referto the member of atnges wt all inated ar altered,” clearly applies to the total extinction of a privilege te run, orto the extension of the privilege to run upon her streets thin those designs iginal grant. Ly predecessor 1 made recommendations respec omnibuses, running flway to ny messuge of January hint, tmewns fur the relief of that gifare, which regret has not received tie which In my judgment its importance de Very respeetfall F RNANDO WOOD, May Intion was offered by Councilnan CLaxey, ashing it be referred ton apectal committee of five to take Joration and report the most auitable plan . to be eree t Greenwood, over the re w York Volunteers who served in Mes mt not to cost re than $10,000, This am mains of the i mone: be bu € It of grapi reilman F of u spec sideration the propriety lividing the city into sixty districts for the ‘election of counell in avcordance with the requirements of the third gecti of Une aanended charter of 1853. This resolution was } over, A communication was received from the Counsel te in epswer to the resg m askive his opt- the power of the spec committee of the, » invertigate the affairs of the Institution for ‘The Counsel, in an elaborate opinion, sys » Rowrd has no power to investigate the affairs of the Institution for the Blind. ‘This Institution, the Conn- cel hays, is a private corporation, and sah Legivlature, and not to the elty governme with his opinion, sends into the Board # letter fre 1 of the Inet n for the blind, in ion has ever been investigation of the Board Me denies v (the instituti its affairs) by the «pectal comm Without doing any further business of importance. (he Roardadjourned. COMMITTEE ON SEWERS. The Committee of the Board of Aldermen on Sewer met in their room yesterday a at 3 o'eluck, for the transaction of busin In the matter of @ sewer in Division treet, hotween Orchard and Rutgers, no action was taken, ax none of the remonstrants appeared to sustain their grounds of oppenition matter of the sewer dl Grand. peared be tlee and gave anexplanation relative to it tions for a sewer in Henry stroet, and for rin Spring street, were then presented, mo one ing against them # the Committee adjourned PUBLIC HEALTH. Hie Health of the Huard of Alder yeetorday afterne first The Committee on Pt men 1 4 Watts «treet a# a dumping Tol remonstrances ent yor t others one from the Collins Steamship Company. The Committee were in favor of using the plor at t foot of Clarkson street, for that purpose, and of direct that the carts used in collectiog night soil proceed dirort frora the place where thoy collect it t 1 t0 the dumping ground, and not take at at present Report in favor of fe In fw venth n subject of consideration was that of using ground for night soil been received against the t pier for such purpose. Seve pre Among ave 4 direct rr reuitous route tog Lexington ay fof filling sunken late betwe nner, and Forty-firat and Furty- nt favor of fencing Fourteenth «treet Third avenues In favor of fencing Thirticth and Thtetptiret treet end Lexington avenne Tn favor of fencing Lexington avenue, between Thirty third and Thirty-ninth etreets In favor of abating a nuisance at the foot of the streets om the North river. from Nineteenth to Twenty fonrth streets, inclusive, eaneed by. the raction of « at the foot of Twenty-thire t Pertoission war a hed tw thet to remowe their deat from their buriol gr » Teenty-firet street, Fa vorable, In favor of fencing Mactivm avenw, between Twenty eighth and Teenty-ninth stroc ‘The Commit ter adjourned COMMITTER ON ANNUAL TAXES. The Committee ov Annual Taxes met, and wijourned bem pioanieting any business, to Monday next, at FIRE COMMISSIONERS. A regular meeting of the Board of Fite Commissioners wor held last evening. all the members of the board present, Com. Mefougall, President, in the chal ‘The expnision of James J. Murray frore Fingine Co. No. & wer continged. and that of John Kinglace, of Baygian Co. No Caled Up, oad a hearing grated. ‘The protest of # to taal Totsrne, eWfecting te fot whit othe Comnt of error. wae Dext eatin op Mr. M.A Reed foreman of No. #1, was eworn: be comaptnined that an at temyl wee being made te Typ tue company; be ove: plained of the use of members exp two-third vote present when larms had be improper language by romeo the : their expplaions were all made by und. the majority of thove expelled were je was taken; he denied thet false ted to anmoy members, #0 a6 to pelled. The secretary, Mr. M bove iewtinony. He thought there was xome political or religious dissension amongst the members. As to the expulsion of Mr Provost, Mr. Vanneadale ap- peared and testified to his being Under treatment tor gia, the result of active attendance on fire duty; 6 wlso sniffer ralynie, from which he lis par- Phe able again to dotire duty. anna against J.C. Harrison, of Engine No. was Dronght up. The former com- plains of insulting and threatening language used to- wards him. Harrison dort. not deay using such lan- gunge, but contends that it took place out cf the limits of the fire department, Witnesses were introdneod on both sides, Decision reserved. Police 2Iuteligence, PROBABLE FATAL AFFRAY ON SHIRBOARD. Yesterday afternoon, wbout 4 o'clock, « serious affray took place on board tie ship Washington, lying in the stream near the Fultom ferry, between a number of the crew, in whieh one of the seamen, named John Thomp- fon, was beaten and stabbed in such a manner that life ix despnired of, It appears, as far ax woyconld ascerta that, after Thompson had gone aboard the vessel with “clothes chest, he dikeoyered three or four of the crew siflag it of te contents. He went downanto the foreeastle and Bxpostulated with them on their dishonest course of conduct, when they attacked him, and Peat him over the head and neck with a marlingspike. Shompson, to avout any further injury at the hands of these ruffians, jumped overbourd, with the intention of getting into a boat which Jay alongside the Washington fine he aid, not enecend, ashe missed his footing, a pituted intotbe water. A number of th derly crew immedintely Jumped into the boat, and rowed for the unfortunaty rai or, who was being carried away iy the very speedy rate, id current ata After coming np to him, and putting him aboard the eraft, they commenoed to beat hin perain, and did not leave off theif savage work until poor Themp: son lay alinoet lifeless in the bottom of the boat. They then rowed the by and tft her near the ferry house, ‘Thow New York Hospital “he was place the house surgeon. doctor says that if the injured man recovers, it will bea miracle. Three of the men who itis alleged beat Thompson were subeqnantly arrested by the Second ward police. They gave their names as Henry Brown, Wiiliara Bell, ) re ait taken be uetice Comolly, at thé Lower Police Court, where were committe! for examination RECKLESS USE OF FIRRATY litle excitement wax caused yesterday morning in d ward by the reckless use of rears by a bor about sixteen years of age. It appeard.that the accuse, Charles MeCormick, was a bartender it the liquor store of Mr. MeLonghlin, 494 Pearl street, was very fant of firewuina, apd bod procured a Rix shaoter, After haying loaded it with shot and bullets, he repaired to the area of the house to see how tho ugahine would go. hnowing, or rather thoughtlessly, he dischanged the ¢ ents of one of the barrels at an ont house, ‘the ball passed through the wooden bere ad Jodged in the shoulder of an associate named Fallen, who was some what younger than himself. Fallon, thinking he was mortally wounded, alarmed the neighbors with his screams, which brought > hurge crowd to the scene of this almost tragedy. MoCormick thinking no doubt that m ad deen committed, attempted to was rather vn. ‘at 1 we . fingers. Large renewed the exciteny rhmors a flying through thi vine, of the B ward, he 4 to th quor rtore of into custody nolly a Loomrinyg all the fe an the 1 Howpital, whore veing pronouneed in dangerats condition, Met ich was Fearrested, It is Nkely the priggwer will Lose tye of his singers CHANGE O 7 Officer Hacinons, of the Standing, Inte a olerk and ward, the employ of Mr. Doug! aler, No. 5 Platt street, charged with having thaee appropriated goods to the amount of A portion of the aeoused was brought b ‘ennolly and committed for a hearing in detault exted Jol aaa, of bail. ARREST OF AL! KOED POOITIVES PROM IUSTIEN, ind Frederick Allen, both residents one of the clastic wards of our clty, were arrested yester- ny by officer Gree mM the First Distriet Poti » Conrt, charged with being fogitives from justice from Hoboker it sNiegged that thy tot grand larcen: their trial. SMART YOUTHS—reca Pom courr. At the Spectal Fe wanied there to answer a 06 ‘They were taken back to stand ne, a few days ago, the Court wa rather astonished to find that x number of prisoners did not answer to their Tt wn a however, disco nt afler the adjournan had taken down a bow et, that the priser parates them fromp wit nes poli eh t walked men, and others, and after having crept th wre ecture Lwith the crowd a r the eyes of the gow Two of these boya, U_ and 14 Kennedy and Patrick Fant uy rgeant Simonds, « to the Toi al wer crimes. It ul cool di, une t A Were re-artest the Second ware, to awai only commit is Uikely te petty ated a open the door of Mr. Stihnan, 80 Seventh street, by a Mr Filmund Walsh, He immediately gave the alarin, when ¢ nut yet ar officer Raynor, of the Seventeenth word, appeared on the grovnd ond gave chase, } urn ty ina few days, arrest@l on the charge of comma ¢ vitailar offences SHAVING A HAKBER. Jaren hannelly, on Ile lnvorer, was arrested you terday by oMicer Marks, charged with attempting to pass 4 counterfeit $2 bill of the Bonk of Westfield, Chautanque county, New York, on Jasnes Rhodes, of 170 Thirds ave- nue. The bill was tendered in payment for services on the chin, Not successful there, he attempted to pass the Vil at a grocery store in the sane avenue, He was brought before Justice Pearcy and committed for teint, of them, He was bat not Property 174. number of in ted in tannufretaring #1) ols and machinery $182,520. raw material ® 6 ipte 9792, 750; men employed 472, boy’ 77, wuien The pepmlation of the whole ward in 614M. rosy DROW a—An unknown woman wat lying in the water at the foot of Vandy ‘ yn hy officer keheckler, of the Third district police He succeeded in capturing one rought before Justies W. ‘ the and gare ensnit ARREST OF AN ALLEGED BURGLAR. ‘Two burglars were seen yesterday attempting to fores his name as Thon iuelair imation ‘The Crops TO THE KITOR OF TAK HeKALD. Howy The tinned rain in this seetion the whole of the does [t show TIAVINE, Stent n Co, Ii, Aug. & has not dayaged the wheat crop t that stood out during rainy term,” and it has not grown, nor 1 have part of Liv lamnnged, but not by we atatetuents in the ’ The cat crop ix un- dinery growth in corn and farmer fram the feare he might have during the hin» falle —tit it hax cleared ap now cut, won will be in market of the Hon. Willowgh day notorious “continued every day for seve rain teen days arly all letter and the wheat We have read Newton in the Hearn of y ind laughed considerable over it ‘ Brooklyn City New Cees RUT RS —The follow ing is the the ae yous retarn of Firat district of the Twelfth ward families $70, native voters 8% “2,02, pe a Namber of by naturalived ninot read or write AO, ners capital inv ants had 00, (80 re a” wae weured and the t y yours of age. force notified ” he ix nibbling yellow dress, nw —————_______ Savtval from the Upper Miourt. m the St. Leute pidtionn, August 4) val from Yee ‘ far Uppe ber presenre, end “ke bumber of pers ected by A grent qnanthy of ler one 008, and others ta ts the poe above Coomef Butts tirely for V. Choutenn, Jr, aml peltvins, She reports the stewmer Fort Sierre, and the steamer hate mnfies | The St. Mory Ate 9 left Fort Arable vib vie oh ¥ * that point vai, the ret of the mown + ard, (aves, Caen and tr dred ‘0 two hundred und fy wit be aner Coad. uv #4 and Ay miles Lobrw For 4 agro river in reprow wpe falling the whote distance dc the Mary wy never row the | pper Mineour it th ot prevemi. and navigation ts extrewniy and teroming simort imperelbie, having 9 very hare tine of f, ond ne of them ever eet Aenwn treops bave bnnted he Srciane bet Bittle iueony: All the Me Sones of vt ie 7 Ate ORB Mid vipon of noet wrt bas os pet be vaperienned ow PRICE TWO CENTS, City Intelligzace, Loteaa ny Daroetons Cation To Tk PURLIC.— Wie wanders stand a fellow, who calla himself an assistany oditor of the Hiearn, is levying contributions on our wealthy citizens, under pretomee of writing their biographies His modus operandi oypears to be ws followso—He firet watts on one of our wealthy merchants, and represents himself as being ay veditor or reporter of the Himearny who, having some time to spare, wishes to employ it im writing « book on the merchants ef New York, and by requesting a sketoh of the life of his intended vietiea The latter, anxious to see himéelf in print, is bat tow happy to furnish the required information aftar he receives w note, informing him that the nearly ready, but a4 the author is suffering from the effacts of « pecuniary pressure, # small loan is required to get the precious volume out in tim: range te say, the rascal actually finda dupes who beliews him. A gentleman called at the Hix office yesterday, nant furnished us with the follow ing letter, whieh had been went to him:— New Youn, Angust 0, 18d. My Drax in: My new book of the “IMographles 1, leedhing New York eit merchants,” wil] appear next Monday tial being Father promed fur paper, I wish to beg of you Joan nnd favor of $10, which £ will refund again ou that day, tawether with n few coptes of the books, wherein you may Kee how highly exteomed among them you sland; anddf convenient yeu coukd all Wt my private ofee tomorrow, hetweegl0 asd YOU mauy Feo the praoty, and make any nddilon, or alteration necessary. By angwering per xenon, yours, respectinlly, ARMAN, ¥.¢ 2 Assistant Editor New Yous Hrnanin Now there ik no such person attached to the editorial rooms of the HeRALH office as Mr. J. F. Carman, nor have we the honor of that gentleman’« acquaintance. There ik no attache of our offite engaged in getting up bio- graphies of wealthy men, and Mr, Carsaan just hail fro some other establishment, We must eaution the public agaiast fellas who call themselves reporters, to negotiate stall laane, which they never repay, Diskavis A MeDAL.——Yeeterday morning, the servant girl in the employ of Mra. Allaire, ¥0 Henry wtreet, went Up stains toone of the rooms to discharge hh and was surprised ty seo m fellow im the room. preparing to desamp with a large bundle of clothing. Nothing daunted, she determined to put «speedy atop to his pert gripations, and commenced tha athuck Intore he had tine to make himself scarce. This hereing in humble Ife seized an artigte in general mse in Yedroomns—the only duties, dintely hut before the police reached the gre the th fbad escaped. Be will long remenbe 1 that 60 unfortunately, frustrated his designs, Tun Lark Ca WALLAGK Charles Saville Wallack, thwe announced yasterday, was the yourges! non of *W. Wallack, of, Walack's theat While yet a very young man M: held a co Englied government, in the Madras Light Infantry. The elim him andhe returned to England i His sight was restored by MN ku Londo: Mr. Wallnek bas wi: time been with hin father, and. as we have already stated, acted aa tre ther’s theatre since it was opened. lance pronounced lik death to be luced by a bath vars of age A hina the re tion brother. te mieten ensign, from nvalided and bind wn Dr. Liston, of his death, utation of delng a dutW'al lack was 80 Pies ww Norra Sramer—A Waasing to Gag Pir TOS AND Viv nune,—Abont halt-past two oletock yeater Joy afternoon, a fire was discovered in the third story of the yelling house No. 47 Nineteenth stevet, ooeupled by Mr M goret Campbell ax a hounding hoas that Mrs, ¢, ving out of the house, and that on the day Vofore the fire she went fora pluunher to take her gas fixtures. Aftcr removing the fixtures th puto small plug of wood in each eavity them, which he cons the eveups It oppure ™ a few hours previous leaks. After fixing sore of the tried them all to nee if they were secure, He left be» lock, and at a little after ¥ o'clock the third rowin Was found full of «imoke, The alarm of weal the ; the fire, to «top th he took a lighted candle etory fire os given. fire soon ¢ 1 On amination the fire was found to} in the win excape Bua aruloubt ile was awed, bat ber. More care should be & in nae of lighted ean des around gus pipes. The furniture of Mes. Capt wax dasnaged by water insuran building, whieh belonged to De, Wa. J. Oliffe, 9 aged about 8100. The lows ix covered by insurer in which com ar. , but Pen & Porre stern errata Tueslay night, ale 12 o'elock, # fire broke out ina varnish factory, «itu in Forty-ninth street, near Third aver The fae totally destroyed, together with two +b 4 The factor “(6 Mr. Ehonerer R. Der {No Ad Joes about &000) ne in noe. The premises Hpposed to have boon wilful Daerecctios oF Doatan’s Pou seny ay Pree. —On Wed nesiay night, at Mo'ebek, » fre broke out in the sheds Joining Wunham’s foundry, eoraee of Thirty-third Heventh avenne. From the # k Wnildfng sit extend ich was dest all of w S pied for some tine fire is supposed to be the act of aa incendiary will smount, probably, to near $2, cond net Joarn whether the preinises were insured. The fire made Night fin the shy fo of firemen hurrk ething of more eon » short time, and a to the wpot, believing it mene. COOH EBA Wt 6 RkadON Horn Ch: plied for lodgings gt tb station house, and shortly after being accommodated with the # fil, Her sickness had ql the appearane having cramps, and vomiting very tauch, Medical ald wax procured, and a medicine chest bel hand, the unfortunate woman wast fore the morning lotic Melvin Mi & poor teonth, we at stured to health } Aco. —Lanis Wager, a int while wath ving man, ing olomg the sidewalk in Wash street. trod upon an orange peel, ani fell nly upon the pavement and di ed the ankle of the right fog. He was taken tw the hospital and properly aitended to Jernes Kenny works, fell ir employed as # laborer a scaffold yoxterday an He was 60 York in the Allaire ning ortly Hospital, and atten and wae ter the by Ih Supreme Court.—Spee Before How. Jwige Clarke POLICYMAN IN COURT &CING prvonce Arete 9 —Swerin Lindley THY MODEL rom ‘ Mory A «dive he unfaithfalnes@ whe bad left bin © come hgek and live tt, which whe pererptorily refused he y $7009 pear, and hae ® ron gee thirt t on him te Lindley. — The plaintiff in thie wi grount of alley hia wife's wife he home “ eqaeste| her with 41 allege th their (Mr 1 Taylor ther h saslerr nlent. in hew mont " eroent of Thin » roceeding: wgninat ber falthiens © ew be heving without t canse abandoned her ww! taken uy his another wornan;, the tenle w ehorge ” nore Tha —Jobn Quin, an obd mew who fur years bas kept an ap t Canal wad Plone et while om Wednesday evening, f 0. We wae fran dead in thi wie Vitae. Qala [a veh the only fallen dewu this samme teap. Complaint y ben toute, tut the landlord har alwaye, neg! 6 comply with the aw. The im wtery « whe f Wren there @ bat aflerwntde agreed to fork ower if Che dectun’s Will wea paid, thy Omer wlatel @ glass of tile epee a ; Comer U Donoel bed on inqueat on te beady y dey at Ue Sith ward elation hows le veriiet rendere ¥ wer, that deceaed eet ty he brain, ¢ ; iva ne down the arew farier street, wad Uap Rutveritios shoud Homstso oF 7 Mitte at Srow Cort are one Oo cieet on me “it = fre broke out | at Ste mle wlouging to ton ¢ “ . ' prem lees We prema Aa) “ ant the comeqnanee waa that te Gansee berame irre + bwlding sad con my wae probally the nave estrects low insured IQUOR QUESTION. THE L Liqgdor Dealers’ State Convention at i ieee Syracuse The Burai’ Districts vermus.New York and Brooklyn. DIFFICULTIES IN THE ORGANIZATION. FUNNY SCENES AND DISTURBANCES . Harmony Restored Organization Completed + €omstitution Formed aud O@teers Appointed. IMPORTANT. OPINION OF JUDGE OEAN, OF THE SUPREME COURT, ve, de, dhe. ‘The Liquor Dealers’ Convention of the State of New York assembled in Convention Hai, ©) 1 do lek on Wednesday evening, August 8. ‘iw ecaucunes had . been previouslg held—one on Tuosday evening, the other jurt immediately prior to the mecting of the convention At there eancuses the principal question in discusiem Was ax to the title by whi intion whould be hereafter known, Some ¢ jected to the title ofthe “Liquor Dew which, they thought, would bring obloquy upon t but the city legates had no wuch mishs m0) and preferred ive thingy thelr right rater. Another set of these y wished to have the change effected in the tithe were suppored to be influenced by a de construe! « pal posed ty the Prohiiiory Liquor law, their friends might come in for Uhabe share of the and fn whiels exclusive \uterenta of the liquor dealers woult be ignored oud swallowed up. ‘The att sof delegates was very large. Col, Prevent called the meeting to order, and nominated Mr. 1. G, Matoney, of N.Y temporary Ohade non rd to aed an A member wished to nominate some one else, but Me French thought the proper course was to vote Orst on lai nomination. ‘The question was put firmed. Another member nominated Mr. Knapp a tomporsey: chuirman, and, nvtwithetanding the protest of Call French, th the question, and de ln ‘There were (hus Gr the time two tauaporary chairmen. Thie was the fhewe “wv were in omint ence. Mr the thon was coe member himeclf put 4 his nomin: firmed. ion 6 of (he elements of discord whieh Marosy, ver, took the clair. In doing she This » Vaquor first convention which hal been held by nlers of the State of New York It had beeen 1 Brook bering the every eyanty and show be rm pe ar to the prohibitory liquor law there be any question a» to the temporary occapaney af the chair’ And yet he regretted that that question waa presented here. He asured them that, though he occu pled the chair temp yet whe wrgguuiration came to te, th jew that. Metric within the State: oe tothe mode nnd y were Ws begoverned. athand, in which the ieue would he Why, therefore, hold Th A Aw to Gght, and ff any © they #hould he atch! Mr, Wooth, pointed as & Hy. A. Ve Wis ne min On the Dntehess Y appointed to examine credentials The following poreons were appointed euch committer, Deane, of New York, Myers, of King Go.; Ring. of New York; Davie of Albany; and Melean, & wane moved th port on th This was oppored by the ground thet tll tb t a committee of five be age eam mothe member. from Albany, om tof the Committee am Ore who were delegates meat, that ane méembew i) be appointed ; + the objection of the genteenam rll takew 1 that all members having credentials should present them to the Chair, snd have them called, and xo dispense with the ne 'y f 9 committee on eve de atiol It wae suggested by another member that the lelegates be called by « Mr. Tras n an amendment, that the delegates shomld be y te A wimber from Albany objected to that, as the dete gates from Albany were not elected in that way Mr. Bray thought that that might te on objection te them an delegates Col, Pattee etiggtete) that the call show $ that the sn should withdraw thet 4 be read, everal ine, ber tions iL it be read arke A Meme + by the liquor 4 country that the meetlag had been called { New York and Mrooklyn. of applause.) warked (hat the roading of the exit would on erelusive, but a national one ead by the , he foller roeable to the toilewing © » adenied Wy the Larne aod Kiely n. July phew it The call wo A Bia of Byrne aod infmemrin oh ae agniot the (onaten! emt heir on the th day of 8 pene of Organon » (he tominienanee of ( Sh WONCH, View Pr Dreniere herent y rath the New ¥ Cttine © Naan Tilom TONNE Preedews F_Crmwrmem, He ALVIN RONBE View Prentt, Ofteers A Kings County Ligoot Deniers amy Col, Woarvcn marred ite approve orton eae pul, aed Ut cell wae approved an wantin be called al at they phoul be culled Wy distriete wae p (tee, thought that that war not proper mete, bat thet the toont trecibhe way f excertaie was 10 cath the eountion alphabetionl) preeen! their erelent rr ave dobegntos Ajretions mgt y be! ooming orrepted the amendnaat wted that the rowntion tw called st the No, of the dirtriet mentioned, amt etedentiols be rete rte d ta the cov mittee om pabetionily ai hot then ident enbjeort Mr. Vawrqmroot, thang) “ wnnecinamry trou this He Uneron be tne enongh to «py he Siege TH ponte are " erlare the er: dentio Hi cece where thore ie a con Omir oaths weraid to exceedingly ten vs care Levopias Woe preteen com thee own nominee he Chait tomy appoint @ Any erelified with the good trebing geetewan (rem Kee wownrde the Oneir, fo Cet prone We Cheragh’ | vat proper eerie be own auimet Tt had from Almay, (hat uate 44 were intorwoaily wypehnied, apeh (oa! im piowe a having this commaiiton Me bo ee dl ar) largely rep Mr. Vawummoenn. of rie woreda se ermemtemm’. Cont « hat Che preretary eal ‘be ee toot Ce crt NNT Nae Sega I et: verly app in ted the (wa dittod tee goatee trom Vate Voat Cretratias het wrewiy bee op were 1, regs et |