The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1867, Page 3

} * procipies for which we stand and OR THE RADICAL CAMPAIGN. SPEAKER COLFAX ON THE STUMP. Grant Receives Favor in the Eyes of Colfax and His Friends. A “Rump” Congress and a “Ri President Contrasted, THE USURPATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT, IMPEACHMENT DEMANDED. Secretary Stanton and the Military District Oommanders to be Reiastated by Congress. ‘The Cooper Instituto was crowded last evening almost to suffocation by a gathering of the radicals of the city, male and iemale, drawn together by the announcement that Schuyler » Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives, would deliver an address in support of the Congressional reconstruction policy as against that of President Johnson and upon ali the kindred political ‘Vopics of the day. The question of reconstruction, a revi if ‘my policy’’ as against that of Congress, was discussed ; the result of the elections held in the various ‘States, with a passing counsel to the people of New York tm the approaching canvass; the foreign situation, Feminiscences of the war and other questions were as tapidiy sketched by the speaker asif he was dealing wah bis old pet subject, “Over the Con- tinent”” With a rapidity and force of de livery which left him hoarse almost at the very outset, he launched forth into a flood of froth and fury of enunciation in which, if he ‘aid not lose himself, be left his unaecustomed hearers completely ai sea, His denunciations of “ my policy” were vociferously applauded, as was his enomiums upon Grant, When Be spoke of Congress on its next assem- bling recalling Secretary Sianton, and Generals Sheri- dan, Sickles and other relieved Military Disirict com- manders, the whole audience cheered and waved hats and handkerchiefs, A band of music and a glee club ‘were in attendance, The meetiug was called to order by Mr. Charles S Spencer, who, after a fow preliminary remarks, intro- duced to the audience the orator of the cvening, the Hon, Schuyler Colfax, As Mr, Colfax stepped forward to the front part of the platform he was greeted with rounds of cheers, which ‘Were again and again repeated. When the applause had subsided be spoke as follows:— Now, my friends, three cheers for what is better than men, for men are but cipbers compared to. the great ave stood—tbree cheers for that principle consecrated by the blood of our soldiers upon the battieficids of the South and enshrined in the legislation of the American ress, that loyal men shali rule the States that loyal sacrifices have saved. (Immense ap- pi } I thank yon, ladies and gentlemen. with a Grateful heart for tho kind manner in hich you have so enthusiastically welcomed me to the stand, gone @ done it to show that in your hearts you be. ve hat I have been faithful to principle, and 1 come Defore you to-night from my distant home in the West to vindicate and defend the principles and the policy of the noble Union republican organization, which e, of all tho parties in this broad land, the hour when the first gun was fired on Sumter to the time when the last sword flashed before Richmond, never despaired of the American _ republic, the party whose past history is crow! with ‘the glory of having saved this nation from the menacing sword of treason, (Cheers) When 1 etate this so broadiy, I may, perhaps, be met by some democrat in ‘this vast audience with a direct denial, but I shall prove & in asingle sentence to his satisfaction as we!l as to ours, 1 ask you, if you can, but to strike out from ex- jenee in your minds the whole republican party, and to suppose that, when the rebellion broke out, there should nave been no republicans in power either in the executive or the logislative department of the govern- and none at the poils, You = know the golden chain which kept this country together ‘the Union was saved by this noble republican organiza- on. I do not overlook the fact that amid the storm of shot and shell and fisme victory after victory was won by our brave soldiers on every battiefield in the land, and by our gallant sailors on the seas, It was Jofty and unaiterable heroism that lifted usabovo waster and reverse and planted our feet upon the sun- crowned heights of victory. But it was the act of the Union repubiican party in the Con; of the United States that placed that army in the field; army was organized by wrt iad was armed and juipped by law; it was and clothed ior it wee copped by law; it was ped forced by law; and when the time came ia 1862, when this party had to meet all the odiam of tax and ali the odium of conscription laws, we went forward faithfully and fearlessly, defying all prejudice, ‘and placed those laws the statute book, that through them our cou&try might live and not die. Now, “ my friends, I ask you, after this great rebellion, or- ganized by treason and culminating in the murder of the nation’s chief, has peen pat down, if it is not just ‘hat the party which saved the country should deter * mine on what principle the goverament of the United States should be re-establisned? Upon what po- Dey should the Congress of the United States enact the reconstraction necessary after the overthrow of the rebellion? You remember rignt well that in the palmy days of the democratc party, when democracy meant something else than sympathy with treason, ued rough tl eeourity for the future. not obtain indemnity for the past, nor have we ever asked it, You cannot down to those gore-stained battle fieids and breathe the breath of life again into the ou cannot give ihe husband who was rovbed from her that by his death the republic might live; you cannot return to those miluon of of orphans, ryone thom made orphans by rebel builets, their lost parents, this cannot be done. The pairiot jon sleep where they fell, that sieep wakening. Tbe whole South js billowed wi leep those jot martyrs of con- stitational liberty; at Sbiloh, on Carolina’s sandy shore, en tne rocky hills of Gettysburg before tue bivod- arenched forts of Richmond and of Vicksburg, they steep their loyal sleep. But their silent yet impressive dust speaks to us that as they gave, their hearts’ biood and their lives to crush tho power of treason in this country, you shall not and ought not by your ballots retura to those traitors once more the power thus wrested from their bands, If you can do it, if you would do it, you are not worthy of the millionth part of the precious biood that flowed Nike water to save your country from the menacing sword of treason, Thou; we demand no vengeance for the past, no punishments, no contiscations, no of offended law, there is one thing we do i that ‘wiped out the memory of defeat, so sball we struggie on until the 4th of March, 1869, As we stand thus pa- trioticaily, thus manfuliy, thus bravely and fearlessiy in the pathway of right, we are met by all kinds of fovective from our ents. But we have fet quite the patie suppose ness. called a radical the and. againet” slavery sioyalty, a radical friend of every fri would-be assas- policy that our opponenia condewn and denounce ? Lat me show it to ; radical for liberty against o counts ‘a radical enemy of ev ais of ny nave land. And what ie thi to you, a8 I shall prove to tela tate tet nae for and reat hke republi- We are anzious to ond this turmoil; we are you to-night; let ou, that thi is and @an garty, Bout Sonia, may } and say he love: the flag the NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. Soomese Sinet Rereee to have it dope on terms. under which every Unies mao ith, from the Rie restorat! re-enthroning in power the party Mon, Now, what aid we do from our fret Congrose— Day, more, from the session of the first Congress that met after the close af the war? What was the plan of reconstruction then proposed? constitutional amendment, That amendment was a bond of public justice and safety combined; it was to be embedded in ‘our national constitution; it was to show to all pos- terity that treason wae @ crime, Its terms were more magnanimous than those even offered by ‘any other coun! to those who had rebelied against its autherity, ir. Colfaz then explained the various provisions of the i after which he proceeded ‘ unjust or wrong in this? These terms were kind and fordearing and mognani- mous; they were lesa than we hada right to demand; Dut in our desire to close up this qustion, we d it to them, How was it vs Spurned ani at by every legislature in the Southern ates which had been re-established by the miaguided policy of Andrew Johnson, They treated it with scorn and contempt; they trai vpon it; they spit upon it; they repudiated it. Do you know why? It was be- cause they were determined to have more power in consequence of the rebellion, after it had closed, than they had before it was commenced, The rebels de- manded that they should not only wield power for ‘themselves, but also for their emancipated slaves, (Cries ind cheers.) Never; thet time bas passed away. Then, when this was repudiated, what did we do next? We came together again the succeeding seesion, and we said, “Reco: cannot be left am open question ; we want these States back, with some guaran- icked ‘ees against another rebeltion, and with some guarantees | ot protection to the Union men of the South, who had dared to stand up for the flag and the Union against overwhelming odde,”” There were four roads before us. We could have provided by jaw that power sbould be confined to the loyal whites of the South, You know very weil how that would have ended. There was not one-tenth part of ‘Southern people who could be called loyal, who had not yielded to the maelstrom sooner or later, and had given in their adhesion to tho wicked cause of seces- sion, Mr. Lincoln had proposed that if you could find one-tenth part of the population of any State loyal, he was in favor of putting the political power of that State into their hands, and the democratic party had said: ‘We won't have it; the majority ought not to be ruled by 80 ii iicant @ minority.” Therefore that plan was in advance, ‘Then we could have put re- construction on the bamse of loyalty only. You know that the result of that would have been to have made the Diack States a good deal biacker than they are now, and to have given over the goveroment of that portion of the country to the colored men who had been sold like the swine of the stye and the beasts of the field, whose families bad been torn from them, who had been manacled and tyranpized over in ry And yet, when the flag was in danger, when the armies of the Union came near them, they could see in the Stars and Stripes some hope of the liberty for which they had longed and prayed. You cannot point out to me, among the four millions of black men of the South, one solitary man that ever turned his back upon the flag or the defenders of the flag Ifthere is any demo- cratic soldier stonding before me to-night, any man #no bas gone down South to put down troason, I appeal to that man on his conscience to say if he ever found a traitor with a bleck face, or if he ever met with smiles or words of welcome except from Diack faces and black lips, And if he had ever been flying from the horrors of Andersonville, wherever that democratic soldier saw a white face he dodged into the swemp, aod wherever be saw a black face be knew he bad but to say, “Iam a flying soldier of the Union; I am starving ;”’ and that black man, humble and ignorant as be might be, would share his last meal with him, and piiot him in the darkness, and show him where he could find relief and succor, But we could not reconstruct these States on the basis of loyalty alone. Then there was the third road—to reconstruct these States on white votes alone; aod that would have put every State gov- ernment into the bands of the very men who used these Siate governments in 1861 to organize the con- federacy and arm and equip tne rebel army, Then there was the fourth plan, the plan we adopted, the plan I come before you to-nighs to defend and vindicate, to base reconstruction first upon every loyal man in the South, and then add to it every man in the South who had only been a traitor, excludin, only those men who, having held offices which required them to swear allegiance to the Constitution, had added to treason the crime of perjury, had become torsworn aa well as rebels, Mr. Colfax then read the provision in the constitution requiring that ail officers shall take an oath of office. Before he began to read, however, be said that the copy from which be quoted was not one of those which had been left by our distinguished Prest- dent when he was swinging round the circle, He (the speaker) would not like to risk reading from his (the Pres‘dent’s) copies, because he seemd to read them with rebel spectacles. Care He continued as follows :— The terms upon which these gentlemen down South could have been readmitted into the Union in 1865 were Bot so good as they could have received in 1862. At this time they think they see somo encouragement in the action and prospects of the democratic party, which will produce some curious results in several of the southern States during the next Presidential campaign. What- ever may be the result of their action, however, on one pies we have determined, and that 1 that these States are to retuin to the old eounctl halls of the republic, return clotued in new robem of liberty. There are some men in those States faithful among the taithdess, and they were the men who in the rebel Coneress, both in Montgomery and Richmond, dared to stand up for the old flag and say, “Welcome exile! welcome death ! but as for us we will stand by .the Stars and Stripes.” operas God bless those faithful mon men. (Applause) They came up ‘out of that treason furnace with not even the smell of fire on their garments, If you aro now willing to yield up those noole southern men to the machinations of their disloyal fellow citizens, I tell you that the unmov- ing finger of ecorn shall point at you ym all posteri- ty. I am told that in our dealings with the South wo ought to have larger and more forg' hearts, and that during our deliberations on the reconstruction question ‘we ougnt to gy by the parable of the prodigal son. I believe in that arab ‘and first read it beside my mother’s knee. It taught mea lesson which I learnt thoroughly, and have never forgotten; but in applying it to our treatment of the South I am somewhat at a loss to see the parallel. If the prodigal son, instead of. Only wasting his substance in riotous living, had gone out at midnight to murder and make war on bis family and friends, and baad then gone = back give me back my and = raid, rights, absolutely and at once, 1 do not believe there would bave beea much veal eaten in that nouse that night (Loud laoghter and applause.) I am inclined to think that caif would have lived to this very day. (Laughter and applause.) The prodigal son, however, a6 ‘ou all know, went back penitent, and the old man’s immediately towards him. Did any rebels ever come back voluntarily? Did any rebei army sar- render voluntarily? No, they kept on Sghting mouth a after month and sald they would continue jog notil the jast man fell in the iast ditch; and so they did con- tinue to fight, and so they would bave continued until this day had it not been for the gallant soldiers under Sheridan and Grant. (Applause.) Ishould bave named Grant brst, for of all men to whom we owe gratitude he is the nobiest and the greatest, uniting as he does the inacity of Wellington with the dash of Napoleon, tnd his "modesty ie only equalled bis merit, ‘The soldiers foliowing these gallaat compelied the rebels to surrender, and it was only om that account and by their efforts that the armies of Lee and Johnson ever laid down theirarms. Not one man-of thom all surrendered volantarily. When these men appeal to me with ther bypocritical cries for forgiveness, and whose hands are sitll red with the blood of the faitntul soldiers of the Union, there is one thing I will not do, and there is one thing which before God I dare not do, and that 18 to once more put into their hands the dayger with which they can strike at the nation’s heart. That ‘we shall never do—nover, never, (Applause, and cries of “Never, never."’) I want to seo some signs of con- trition first before Ido it, Bat any you could put those States back agaim into the Union, what would be their condition? To find that out you bave only got to look at the State of Kentucky, where to-day the fives of loyal men are unsafe, and to have been @ soldier of the Usion 1s suffisient reason why he should be driven from his home, and in faithfal to the Union so much iy and that would be the state of prevail in all the states lately in ra- things which wou! bellion, Another thing we have to consider, and that is, if the tocsin of war should again be sounded—if Eni. land or Franco or the allied Powers of Europe should deciare war against the United States and land their armies on our shore, you might appeal to the Governors to repel the invaders, bi appeal would be in vain, for would say n ean trample the Union under foot and of ours.” “No, n0.") words re the elections, establish this erees repul and it will do so now. am inclined to follow in ry every month, for it was this very he styles illegal which authorized him to draw hie salary from the public treasury every month. It is to all a sabject of coneratulation that Andrew Johnson was never elected President of the United States, There ajone man only, who made him Preai- was John Wilton Booth, aud I regret to say that there 8 no man who cl his bands in joy ever the murder of Abrabain Lincoln who does not iso clap his hands to-day at the policy of the man made President when that murder was Committed. The mur- has passed away, but if ho could come back he snd op pwsne of joy and sing songs of dgiight ress with many usarpe- Gous, but be himself has been guilty of more usurpa- tions than has Congress, and in every State reconstructed by ‘ir. Johnson rebels have the supreme and untimited power in every department snd Union men have been heid under a rod of jrov. Now he says theag are his Je and the highest ambition of his heart tq-day la to destroy the party which raised him to tne 10D Of Governor of Tennessee aud then to the styl} Mener and more honorable position of Vice Presideat of the United States. Ho still continues to talk of cur usurpation, and yet everytbil in'eh we did has aso been done by the ny things he did without having a to do 80, whereas Congress always had. In States be has “ppointed traitors and rebels to offices of trust, and wow, as in the time of the rebellion, loyal men aye obliged to hide their heads and ‘Bro exposed to the sneers and jeers of men who could not take the tes% oath. When these mon went to get their salarie> found that they could not get themand then Mr. Joh asked Con; to pass a special law to prvvide for the ment of the salaries of his dis- kegat appointees, I have something further to with reference to the usurpation of Andy Johnson, the 2d day of April, 1866, Andrew Johnson iesued a proclama- tion declaring peace established in this country, He an in the proclamation, ‘‘Whereas’’—he is very fond of whereases—(laughter)— “the ple of these States are well and lovaily dispaned’'—(irenical cheers). Well Seoceet thay bene eee Ris loyal ae isposed ve seen the ern 2 the negroes who were made free. e@ bave seen the outrages committed upon white men South because they were ‘inion =men. We have seen how Hamilton, of Texas, not long since declared that he dare not go back to his home 1 Texas, because he had boldly stood up for the Union. We bave seen “my policy” cropping up into a harvest of riots aod massacres which culminated in New Orleans, where a convention of white men were attacked and slaugh- tered, when their only crime was'that they wanted to establish agovernment on the basis of dislovalty. These were the men that were loyal and well disposed, Jobn- f0n said “peace is established"? What authority had he to issue his proclamation of peace? There is no = in the President to issue a proclamation of peace, @ constitution invests the war making and making power in the Congress of the United States only. The fathers of our country intended that, if war were to be waged, the people who were to lay down their lives in the strife sho by their representatives in Congress only, the power to declare War, and none else. (Applause.) The power to carry on war carries the power to establish the terms of peace, Andrew Johnson had no power to deciare war and bad no authority to declare peace, and his peace Proclamation was not worth the paper on which it was written. This usurpation of Johnson was not enough. On the 7th of August, 1866, he issued another proclama- tion, a Preciamanos, of amoesty, in which there are no less than ten whereases, With afew exceptions he directs bis amnesty to the whole South. He had no Tight to issue a proclamation of amnesty; no more power than any ono on this platform or one of these reporters before me. Our fathers knew what an amnesty was, and would not trast the power to any one man. An amnesty affects the whole community—affects the whole country. In mon- archies it 18 lodged with the king; in democracies it is lodged with the people, Abrabam Lincoln recognized this; every Congress has recognized it. In January, 1962, Congress passed a law permitting Mr. Lincoln to issue an amnesty, which the rebels spnrned. Mr. Lin- coln issued a second promise of amnesty, This also waa spurned. In-January, 188%, Johnson, in favor of the rebels, issued his proaiemation of amnesty par- doulng rebels, and insictioh dire injury on the republic. _ Congress, however, repealed the power of the President to issue further amnesties, (Cheera,) Johnson wanted to show that he was superior to law, and was ready to do all he could to defeat the law. He knew he had no power to issue such @ procia- mation. Even Jerry Black, who has ear and is spurring him in his usurpations. warned him that he had not the power. Johnson found out that we did not want him again as President, and he wanted to be Presi- dent. (Cheers.) I say that Johnson threw bis last am- nesty in the teeth of Congress and in the teeth ofgthe people, to show how di be was to trample the law of Congress and the rights of tho people under his feet—(cheers)—and of defiance to the provisions of the constitution. I ask your attention to his oath, (Cheers.) By that oath you will see. in the first place, that after Congress passes a law no President has a right to ha policy except to carry out that law. (Applause) I it 18 a usurpation for a President to bave a ‘policy’? in defiance of the law. The fathers of the constitution thought there might bea Johnson in the Presidential chair who would not care for the laws of Con; and they required that he should swear to faithfully execute the laws of Congress; pot only execate them, but that he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Is thera a republican or a democrat, or, if there can be such a@ thing, is there a Juha. somte who can say that Jobnson has kept this cath? (Anplauseand criesof ‘‘No.”’) No, He would not say so himeelf. (Langhter.) 1 will repeat here to-night what I have said in Ohio, where what I said has been misrepresented. I said this:—That when Congress as- sembles again.if Congress finds that the laws cannot be executed, that the President will not execute them, and that he dares to stand avainst them and to resist the Power of Congress and the laws of Congress, and keeps the country in a state of turmoil instead of peace—I say that m this case there is but one resource, and our fathers have put upon us the responsi bility of the act. (Great cheering, which in- terrupted the speaker for some moments, Cries of “Impeach him.’ Enthusiastic appianse.) Tam not responsible for the misrepresentations with which I have been persecuted by those who do uot hap- pen to a with me. But 1 am responsivie for what I said, T have not one word to take back. (Applauae.) This is notall, Iwish I could clos» the dark record, But it is blacker and blacker even than this, Let take yon to Fort Fisher, Thia stronghold of the rebels was declared by the enginesrs who had examined it impregnable, But Mr. Lincoln saw the necessity of its capture, as it was the only port through which thoir supplies, and he sent for General ferry and sent him there, with orders to capture the fort at all hazards. This the Romy general and his brave followers did, and plavted the Stars and Stripes upon its battlements. (Applause.) And the gallant general came back to re- ceive the gratitude and plaudits of his countrymen, Gonoral Terry was sent to command the Department of Virginia, and he performed his duties as faithfully there as he did in the field. But the Legislature of Vir- ginia, reconstructed by Johnson, opposed bim, ‘on the 2th of January, 1866, General Terry issued his proclamation, as military commandor, repeai- ing the laws of the Legislature. The rebels at once weat to Washineton and stated to Johnson that they did not like General Terry, that he did not hke them and wonld not allow them to carry out ‘‘my policy.'’ Johnson said I did not like him either, as he does not endorse “ my policy,’ and I will remove him. And General Terry ‘was accordingly removed and exiled tothe plains, where he is fighting the savages today. You have had a Secretary of War, whiose strong arm Mr. Lincoln leaned in ev hoar of peril. (Applause.) The rebels bated him, as did the whole South, because he ized victory. {Applause.) It is enongh to say for Stanton that Lincoln loved him, (appianes.) But a man came after Mr. Lincoln, Androw Jobneon, and because Stan- ton would not follow him in bis shameful apostacy, and Decause the rebels hated him, and he hated the rebels, Johnson turned him out. Baton the 21st No- vember next—it is only twenty-nine days, and Teount the days hour by hour—(cherrs)—on the 2ist of November Congress will again assemble, and will again resume their powers in the capitol of the nation, and before twenty davs expire from that time Edwin M. Stanton will go back again to his post of Socretary War. (Enthusiastic cheers and criesof “Bully mao,’? “Good boy,” &c.) I can say in the language of the post :-— : swiftly row wheels of time, iia speed the rrelcomas aa (Great enthusiasm.) Bat there was another roneral, at the meotion of whose name every loval heart leaps with joy andadmiration. It is Phil Sheridan, (Znthusinstic applause). A man who, by bis brilliant dash and = — magnetic wer of command wrested vietory from the very ja of defeat—a man whose name ie synonymous with success, and whose civil administration in Louisiana and Texas the defenceless and rebuked the disloyal aed sent them to the back seats—(cheers)—and who allowed two rebel Govern write ex” before their names. (Cheers The rebels of New Orieans came to Why, this Sheridan is making us take back seats 8 loyal men there; he wi carry out your policy; remove him.” And andrew Johnson said:—"T hate him, too; he will not swing round the circle with me, there’ore I will remove bim.” And he did remove the man who, wi he came to the North, was received with an ovation that apy conqueror might be proud of. That is not all Thore was another general, who used to represent the democracy of this city in Consress, but who was a true lover of bis and the war came showed that be loved his couatry more than he did democracy. In the battle field his sh: voice rang out in appeals to bis soldiers to rally for the country and her sacred cause; and on the feild of Gettysburg—(cries of “Sickles,”’ an bh rite for threo days the scales a Johnson and would subject the Presidept ment and removal. ‘Woelferous jause, and cries of ‘Impaset L read in the the two ‘Washington, the Na! ional Intell threats with regard to the acts le Again to. dent; but Congress will go out of sight before him ia the twinkling of a gq The speaker then referred to the ‘‘army Maryland,” and con- tinued:—If t ia any one in by revolutionary force attempts to destroy the Congress of the United States or overthrow the law-making power of the country, or drives tt from its halls, I do not caro ther that man be bigh or low he will be treated ‘asa traitor, convicted as a traitor, die the death of a traitor and ‘will fill a traitor’s grave. (Tremendous ap- jaueo,) I have no fear of such. I use no threats, but Pitter this prediction, knowing the will of the people and what in their hearts and consciences they demapd thatif ever another rebellion is precipitated on the land of the law-making power of this country, if it 1s attempted under foot revolutionary Toatere there will bean example oot that wilt a, down to bistory to prove tbat no man sball of the country and lose nothing. (Applause.) Ree thea to the democracy of Now York bate under Sermo and, concluding with an eloquent eulogy upon the virtues of the lamented late President Lincoln, was greeted, as he retired from the rostrum, with long and hearty CITY POLITICS. The Centest Over ¢ Anti-Hodwan zeve from Tammany Aspirants—A Serious Disruption of the Tam- many Ring Staved Of—The Mayoralty. The political contest bas, after all, abated but very little im its intensity, The nominations of candidates for the county offices have tegged only to diffuse the elements of sirifeanad to extend their operations over a wider range, The generals of division, having laid down the plans of the Decemfer campaign, are watch- ing with keen interest the skirmishings of the Novem- berites in their straggles for the positions they desire to hold when the final action comes on, Though the great stake, the Mayoralty, is not in immediate isssue, tho chiefs and their advisers think they can estimate their chances of success frpin the fortune which attends their captains in the November struggle. The candidates themselves are naturally more interested in the success ‘that awaitk their efforts in the November fight than in perplexing calculations as to how far the fate of the Mayoralty may be affected by their triumph or their defeat. They have got their own work to do now, and gmhering around them their own particular friends, supporters and dependents, irrespective of mere party ines, they have entered on the struggle with am energy and purpose that promise to bring to the polls on the 5th of November next the whole voting population of the city and county. The excitement of the contest over the county tickot is daily on the increase, and it is pretty clear before it is decided that the Mayoralty question must become to some extent involved im it. The colors of the chiefs under whom the captains are fighting must be advanced, so that people may know they are in their proper ran! en the great iss somes on in December, and in the result of which tl Main interest is centred. ‘The defeat of the present Tammany Mayoralty incumbent and encumbrance, and candidate for re-election, John T. Homan, is the Grst object desired by the voters and taxpayers of the city of New York; and any candidate coming before the people under his standard fights at a disadvantage that no individual popularity can ibly counterbalance, Even a semblance of fealty to the Mokanna of the City Hall Lunch Club, the high priest of the rites and mysteries of the ring—Holf- man—will provo fatal to the aspirant for the suffrages of the citizens who does not come out boldly and, without declaring for this man or the otber for Mayor, an- nounced himself an anti-Hoffmanite. This is the shib- doleth that every Tammany candidate must pronounce before he can hope for success in November. Mr. Alder- man James O'Brien, first on the Tammany county ticket, is just in the position of disadvantage the people do not want to seo him in, He is popular, and will no doubt prove cligible for the lucrative position to which he aspires, should he be elected He is actively engaged in the canvass for himself, and does not hesitate to say that he ts more anxious to rollup a big majority individually than trom any ulterior benett hig success might prove to the Tammany nincompoop whose nominee he is. Mr. O'Briep bas further wisely declared, in view of the Hrravn’s past warning in this regard, that he wilhge for Joun Anderson in proferenco to Hoffman, if Mr. Xnderson should be a candidate, So far so good; but this is not enough, The citizens will not be answered in tbis crisis by an “if.” The candi- date whom they desire to honor must be an undisguised and openly declared anti-Hoifmanite or else they will have. none of him. To this complexion it has come at last with the Tammany can- didates, and the sooner they accept the inevitable be- tween this and the ides of November the better for them. With Alderman O'Brien it is, “Which king, Bezonian? Speak or die!” DISINTEGRATION OF TIIK TAMMANY ORGANIZATION, Not the least in importance of the political events of the past fow days was the fact that in the formation of the Tammany slate, which nominates O’Brien for Sherif! and the obstructionist Loew for County Clerk, the threatened defection of at least one of the disappointed candidates for Sheriff was all but an au fait accompli, Shannon and his chief backers, John Morrissey and Jimmy Hayes, smarting ‘under the presumed disgrace of having been thrown over- board by the Luact Club ring, had determimed to fling off all connection with the ‘red men,” and to throw tho, whole weight of their persona! and political influence with! an anti-Tammany organization. ‘This was resolved upon with a view, frst, to ths dofeat of the Tammany county ticket in November, and afterwards, sccording to circumstances, whether by a reorganization o( the lam- many party or by a combination with other democratic organizations opposed to the Hoffman, Sweeny and Tweed dynasty, to defeat Hollman in December. A hint that this was the state of affairs in the el y's caibp Was enough for the astute leader of the Mozarters, and the prospect of an alliance with the seceders was oxultingly surveyed by him from his evrie on Nassau street. IL 18 said that overtures were at once made to Snannon and the others, bat it seems they were not prepared to take so decisive a step; at ail events, they did not so far implicate themselves or put themselves withoyt the pale of old St. Tammany. The ring were struck with consternation at this threatened defection, and Sunday night was spent in secret con- discussing @ plan for bringing back the wayward of Tammany. It was at iast hit u and Bill Tweed undertook the task of reconciliation, iu which he succeeded to the satisfaction of the parties most ip- terested. The conditions of peace are sid to be that Hofinan shall endeavor to procure for Hayes the post of Collector of Internal Revenue in the Fiftn Congressional district, while Shannon is mised the nomination of Tammany as next Register. jus, they say, this serions breach bas been bealed and consequences immediately Gire to Hoffman aad the ri warded off. There is lit- tle prospect, however, of unity of action in tho ranks. ‘The nomination of Loew for County Clerk, which was the cause of considerable trouble, with the ane Ph r o! ring’s interest and power, Loew will not recei the support of his own party, So far as the nomination of O’Brien. is concerned, all differences have been re- moved as between him and his late rivals, and he will get the cod.vided support of his party and his col- leagues. THE RACK POR COUNTY OFFICES bids fair to be one of the most hotly contested that has ever taken place in the politics of the city. The nominees of the Tammany aud Mozart parties for Sheriff and County Clerk bave beem ¢eforred to at length in these articles. Alderman James O’Brien, the Tammany nominee for Shen, and Judge Michael Connolly, the nomineo of the Mozart and democratic Union parties for tho same office, are both very popular, and as between them the contest will be vigorously waged to the last. Both are out, working with great energy and zeal as agaiust each other, and they are hong dl aad nightly surrounded by troops of friends zeatous in tne interest and cause of their patrons. It would be hazardous to prodict who wiil poli the bigrest vote on the Sth November next. Ono thing in the Big Judge's favor is, that he is a deciared anti-Hoffmauite for the December cam- paign, This is also an advan OBrien may and ought to secure once. Let him do this—declare bimseif at once a. se, to Hoffman for Mayor—and the result jovomber will prove the wisdom of this stop. The race between himseif and tho Big Ju is & pretty ono as it js; but let bim throw off the weight that clings vo him through his affiliation with the Hoffman ring, and his strides to the goal of success will be considerably Jengthened and accel There seems to be some doubt as to tho side taken by Miles O'Reilly In this set- to between the Big Jadge and his opponent O’Brien. ‘the former came out strong for Miles when he was ranning a race for office, Why doosn’t Miles reciprocate by inditing a tew good cam) in songs for the jolly Judge, thus help him on his to the Shrievalty? ‘The republican candidate for Sheri two contestants, is Joshua G, Abbe, who bas a fot bat record ag a soldier of th bi ip the late yar, Rat jes being in every 9 most oligible cate didate for the office, Had ainon ahd Morrissey difficulty with the Tammany ring not been healed thore would be littie doubt of tho success of the soldier candi- date, As itis the General will receive the united votes of the whole republican party of the city, swelled by the Yotes of hundreds of the lato boys in blue who are affiliated with no eee iy or ization. The Loom Toined” upon tho. pany by Kotgag. ip Ww, im y e 0 He" ain nove. thereiy ot “vohirite the "Udluat vote for himself in Revorber for Mavor. agaipat the nga of democratic Union party, wares fodart, William ©. Conner, the present in- cumbent, Loew has not the ghost aod hia utter defeat in November will the dofeat of his fellow brance, Hoffman, But and a strong t candidate for County like bis associate on the weight of ® military réoord to hie aid sal and opposing these = is additional int struggle for the — offices, ‘The diMcuities and di i e plan formed or devised for the pofitical campaign has subservient to one concentrated idea of his life, bis re-election to the ‘oralty, Well, having nomi- nated himself, jet him run; but he will only ran ont the present term; never will he run out another, He is merely ranning now against time. He has got his te-m per up, and he boldly declares that he will run in spite of the Henavp, The Henao never counselled bim not to run; but it has, time and informed all it might concera that he would be a very badly whipped candidate he did. That's atl Naw let him go ahead, and the 5th of December will see bir so far bebind in the race that he must be content with » far as any Office in the gift of Sneannene looks for re-election, but in this great city there are many men worthy to be raised to the dignity of chief Magistrate. The duty of selecting such a man rests with the citizens themselves, Mr. John Anderson has deen much taiked of in this connection, Mr. Joba Kelly, who bas already proved bimseif in another office worthy of the saftrages of the peopie, stands promi- Rently forward as one who would make an eligible can- didate, and, if elected, a faithful chief magistrate. The citizens must goto work and decide this question themselves; if they do not, amd as there are only two candidates reatly as yet in the field, they will have to accept the ieast of two evils, getting rid at all hazards of the present nincompoop, King Log, who at preseat oc- Cupies the Mayoralty chai Conservative Rep Hicau Seantorial Nomia- tions. ‘The conservative wing of the republicans seems de- lermined on a separate ticket, at least as far as the State Senate 1s concerned, for conventions to nominate Seua- torial candidates met in th with the following ae various districts last night Fourth District—Wiiliam M, Tweed, Fifth District—John Keyser, ixth District—Adjouraod, jeventh District Adjourned, Eighth District—Adjourned. Tammany Senatorial Couveutions. Tammany appears to have come to a ‘dead lock” im the Fifth Senatorial district, comprising the Kighth, Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth ward, A nominating convention assembled on Monday evening at the Adri- atic, corner of Hudson and Barrow streets, David Paige in the chair, William Dodge and J. W. Fowler, secretaries, and proceeded to cast a viva voce vote, which terminated with the following resuit:—Ignatius Flynn, Eighth ward, 13 votes; Michael Norton, Nioth ward, 13; David V, Freeman, Sixteenth ward, 15; Ed- ward Schell, Fifteenth ward, 11, Five ballots were sub- sequently taken with the same result, when a committee was appointed to secure more harmonious action for Tuesday evening, and the meeting adjourned until that time. On ‘Tuesday might the convention reassembled, aud was polled cighioan times with the eame result as on the preceding evening, and the secretary, at half. past twelve o'clock, reported that there were ‘fair pros- pects of the delegates staying there all night,’ two mo- tions for an adjournment having been lost. They ad- forest at one o'clock A M. to meet last night, and, ving assembled, eight ballots were taken, showing precisely the same result as op the previous evenings, and an adjournment was had until this evening, when aconterence committee will report on their efforts to secure harmonious action, Democratic Union Senatorial Nomination. The Democratic Union Convention of the Fighth Sens- torial district last night pominated Michael J, Tuomey. Republican Assembly Nomination. The republicans of the Fourteenth Assembly district last night nominated Alexander H. Mulligan, Tammany Assembly Nominations, Additional nominations for the Assembly were mado last night by the Tammany democracy as follows:— First district—Michael C. Murphy, Seventh district—James Riley. Sixteenth district—William Baird, Twentieth district—Jobn Browa. Mozart Assembly Nominations. The Mozart democrats mado the following additional Assembly nominations last night Kighth district—Michael Cassidy (endorsed subso- quently by the republicans and democratic Unionists, Fourteenth district—Lewis W. Mavhers, Fifteenth district—solomon B, Novle. Democratic Union Assembly Nominations. The democratic Union branch made the following additional nominations last night for the Assembly :— Second district—John Riordan, Eighteenth district—Michpel Fay. OBITUARY. George Wilkins Kendall. The death of this well known editor was announced by telegraph in the Herap of yesterday morning as having taken place at his residence at Post Oak Spr near Boerue, Texas, on Monday morning last, His death was caused by congestive chills, Mr. Kendall was a native of Amherst, now Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, where he was born about the year 1810. He received a plain education, and after leaving school was apprenticed toa printer, As soon ashe had mastered his trade ho left home and travelled through various paris of the South- ern and Western Statea, working as a journeyman, In 1835 he romoved to New Orleans, where he finally settied. For some time after his arrival he worked at his trade; but afterwards, ju partnership with F. A. Lumsden, he started the New Orieans Picayune, which was a decided success from its first issue, Under his able management the paper soon rose in popularity and influence until it became the leading and most exten sively circulated journal in the South, His bealth being impaired by too close an application to his editorial duties, Mr. Kendall, im obedience to his spirit of adventure, joined tho expedition which sot out from Austin, Texas, for Santa Fé in 1841, and after ng through many stirring adventures had the misfortune to be caotured with others and taken to Mexico, where he suflered a long and disagree- able captivity. Upon his release he publisbed an ac- count of the campaign, entitled ‘Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition,” in two most entertaining and instructive volumes, ‘hen the war with Mezico broke out be accompanied our army im the capacity of a vol- unteer, and after its close went to Europe, where he spent {wo years superintending th history of the conflict, In 1862 be active management of the Picayune and removed to Toxas, in which State he had purchased a large tract of land. Here he devoted time tothe breeding of sl , in which he was successful. During the political excitement in 1860 Kendal! opposed seces- sion, but atter Louisiana and Texas seceded he acqui- eaced io the decision of the majority and supported the Confederate cause, although he did not personally engage in the contest, He was about fifty-seven years of age, was married, and leaves @yifo and four chil- dren. He was a most estimabio™gentieman, and was very popular with all who knew bim. THE ALLEGED DEFALCATION IN THE TROY CHAMBERLAINCY. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Troy, Oct, 22, 1867. ‘The committee of financial experts appointed by Mayor Fiegg to investigate ex-Chamberiain Brewer's accounts and determine their condition as to soundness have bad several meetings, and have finally concluded to give Mr, Brower ample time to equare the balances, a8 be still professes his ability to beable to do, I under. stand upon authority that Mr, Brewer has determined to aseert bis right to the interest drawn on the deposits in the Hanover Bank, basing his claim on precedents already established and the jition of a similar matter in the Comptrolier’s office of New York city. The bonds of Mr. Derrick Lane, Chamberlain eicct, were approved it by the Common Council, &. C. Dermott and W. Freeman being the a present maddie in the berinio Brewer's accounts shall have been cleared up ‘will authorize tho drawing up of a new bill in rela to that office, with « view of throwing such eafeguards about it as to prevent the possibility or any miwnterpretation of the law by any futuro financial offi- cers of the city, To this end it is proposed to modet the now bill on the law governing the matter fa your city, THE NATIONAL GAME, oo of New Yi Va. N@ional, of Wash- Mati me The return game of the maich between the above named clubs came off yesterday on the Union grounds and proved to be a tedious and rather unintoresting . Thé flelding was about even, but tho Mutuals lod at the bat in @ majority of the innings. The Wash. ingtonians could not ‘get hold” on Martin’s pitcbing ‘until near the end of the when he became som ‘what tired out, the flelders taken the opportu ties offered them game, would have been much shorter and tbe disparity in figures, no doubt, very much larger than it is. ht and er were the only members of the visiting to whom credit can be given for good, steady play! Wright filled the positions of second baseman, ¢! baseman, catcher and pitcher during the gama. The disposition of the Mutual nine was capital, Hatfeld tended to third finely and made two beautiful pick-ups, Pike at second ich more effective if trained down. Dovyr, Bearman and Martin also deserve notice for goneral good play, The score of the game is a8 follows :— RATIONAL. ee whan ha F 4 4 6 ys 1 5 ‘arker, Ist b. a 1 21 1 0 i i} 6 1 6 oe ‘ 8 i c » 9 5 he in. yon i fee ie Metiond wen on ballep Mutual, @ tine a bases; National, 2 Hiietag rove Pike, 2; Matleld, 1; Weigt, 1 Struck out—Pletcher pease A CLERICAL PICWIC. The last picnic of the season, which was to have come off om Monday next, for tho benef of the churchos ‘under tho pastoral care of Father Barry, of Rossville, 8. L, who bas jast returned from Rome, will take place om the enseing Thursday, at Bardelli's Park, near Van- derbilt landing. The occasion is meant to be an “ All Hallow” rounion after the genvieman's voyage over Old Ocean. B AMUSEMENTS. Olymple Theatre. We need add nothing more to what we have oned# said in praise of Mr. Jefferson’s impersonation of the | cbaracter of Rip Van Winkle than thie—that Mr, Wash- ington Irving himself, if alive, would thorough'y enjoy ; it as a spectator, and, for aught we know, might borrow | hints from it for the improvement of one of the most Popular of his creations. Last evening the crowded audience at the Olympic applauded all the pointe whiciy Mr, Jefferson has so well learn ed to make, and we hava no doubt that if the Midsummer Night’s Dream were | not brought forward next week as a substitite for Rip Van Winkle, the latter piece would for a long time to come secure the attention of the public, ' + Bunyan Hall-The Pilgrim. Dr. Cheever's old chureb in Union Square is now (he scene of Bunyan’s Pilgrim's Progress, and gives the bestd spectacle in the religious line, that the Metropolie basi ever see Each scene in the panorema is painted by am artist, and is accompanied by some excellent music and: choruses, The finale is ® grand transformation arrange< ment a la Black Crook, and isa very consoling insight into the region beyond the grave where atl good Chrir~ tians are supposed to go. It is well worth the while of a sinful Gothamite to go to Dr. Choever’s church some evening, and accompany Christian op bis route to the Happy Land of Canons, through the Slough of Despond, , across the Delectable Mountains, into Doubting Castle, ; past the land of Beulah and finally into the Celestial City, There is plenty of food for reflection in the jour- ney, and it may serve to wean his mind from the seduc~ tions of Vanity Fair, Black Crook, Devil's Auction,! Beelzebub or Apollyom New Vork Conservatory of Music. 7 ‘The first classical soirée of Edward Mollenhauer’s Con~ servatory took place last night at the ball corner of Fifthi avenue and Fourteenth street, This insti(ution is am imitation of the well known European conservatories, and numbera among its members some excellent fessors, and already over seven hungred pupils, The concert showed very satisfactory results in the training of the pupils, and first class talent on the part of the pi fessors. The programme consisted of Beethoven’s quartet m C minor, sonata, opus 26 and tio 1 B flat, opus 97, Haydn’s sonata in B flat, first move- ment; Ah, Mon Fernand, trom Favorita, and La 8 he phide, by Mollenbauer. ' The artists were Messrs, kd- ward, Henry and Bernard Molienhauer, Madame Bou~ ligny, Miss Emily Kob!, Messrs. Kirpol and Nuss and A. Steinbaus. The great attraction was tho admirable violin performance of Edward Mollenlauer, The con cert was very largely attended, and the programme wae in general unexceptionably rendered. Mr. 4. F. Lejea officiated as conductor. } Irving Hall-Seiree of the Literary Constel4 lation. This society gave a concert, readings from the poets and a ball last night at Irving Hall, before a very largo and decidedly brilliant audience, Thomas’ orchestray under tho direction of Mr. Eben, played the overtures Poet and Peasant, Visions in a Dream and selectione from La Juive, and Misses Gertrude Frankan and} Nechmann and Messrs. Cohen, Walter, Blumenstrel, Spinvarn and Lauterbach made their appearance for the first time im public. The ladies sang charmingiy and the gentlemen spouted orationa, At eleven o'clock: the seats were removed, as if by magic, and dancing commenced, The bal) was brilliantly illuminated, and the tonlettes of the ladies were sans reproche et d la modew THE TURF. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. 1. Butler and Fearlessd Park Course. Troy, Oct. 22, 1867. This afternoon an undetermined race of yesterday wag to be completed on the Island Park Course, near this city, between George N. Patchen, Butler and Fearless,’ these horses having been brought up from New York to trot for a puree, best three in five, of $1,000. The raca of yesterday turned out to be one of the finest contesté ever witnéssed in this part ot the State in all respects. A recapitulation of the efforts made yesterday to win the purse shows that the horses were called “to the front and contre’’ at sharp four o'clock, Patchen being at the pole when they took their respective places for the first heat, Butler being second and Fearless outside, After passing round or scoring the track several times Fearlest manifested uo disposition to meet the issue, and was withdrawn, and the two other horses started with an excellent send off, Butler was the favorite with the crowd ten to seven, Atthe first turn Pateben was a little ahead, passing the quarter pole tn thirty-eight seconds, the half-mile pole in one minute and fifteey seconds, and, gaining on the lead to the second turn, utterly outfeoted the black to the judges’ stand, winning tbe heat most periecily in 2:29. In the second heat, which was in most respects en+ tjrely similar to the firet one, the horses repeatedly went up, the atruggle for the tead on the homestretcis being particularly exciting. Butler, after closing along gap, lost the heat by only balfa lenxth, Time, 2:324 The crowd of turfites in attendance was spirited both to-day and yesterday, those present excelling some- what in numbers yesterday, and at the third neat (om the 21st) the driver of Butier, having cvniidence in tha vottom and general capacity of his horse, evinced a de~ termination to win tho race if povsibie, and for thie Treason did not appear in a hurry to com the scora until advised by the judges that he musi up for the start, The horses got off peck f Patchen taking the lead at the torn find keeping it a the quarter pole, which be accomplishea in thirty nine seconds, and eeping down the back-tretch came | quite two lengt ead. Buler galiantly commence: to close the gap 6 half-mile rk trotting with great energy and exciting the highest hopes that be would win the heat and race, At the Jower turn he lapped the Stallion, and magnificentiy swung into the lead as he rounded jnto the home-tretch, At this moment the already intense excitement ran highest, and aperiect furore of anxiety was everywhere apparent until Butler broke at the distance pole and partly crowded Patenen from the course. Butler, however, wee soon hauied down, and won the heat in 2:38. Acctaim of fuul wae disallowed Pateher's ariver, Darkness coming on the decisive race was postponei until to-day, when on ace count of rain setting in it was further postponed, to certainly take place om the first fair day. THE PRIZE RING. A Fight tn Bergen County, N. J.—Seventeen Rounds Fought Between Edward Kelly and Charles Turner=The Latter the Winner. [From the Evening yesterday.) For some time past there bas been a maich brewing between two amateur fighters, named Ed Kelly aod Charles Torner, and a few days ago the two were matched to fight for $900, the encounter to take place this morning. The parties bait from the Eighteenth and Twentieth wards, and were accempanied by about one hundred and fifty frienda, They left the city at @ little past three o'clock this morning, in a small tug, which they had chartered for the occasion. The prin- Cipals were tak on Manbattanvilie, whero they had repaired to avoid arrest. They roceeded to the Powder doc pposite Fort ashington, where a riog d the ercounter came off. Th and tho journey was an spectators. There was,‘howev Nightping, which was seized w At daylight tho reteree, Mr. when both ss game to the m The fight lasied just one hour and twenty minutes, and was closely contested by both parties, each fighting with the utmost desperation, The first round lasted over eight minnt In the second Turner got first nd in the ewhth knocked Kelly iato his corner, teenth round Turner again sent in a smasher, knocking Kelly off bis pins and breaking one of his riba, In the lest round Kelly was terribly punished, sad hie seconds seeing that be could not win, threw w sponge. Torner was thereupon declared the winner. Ta shook hands with Keily after the fight, and the whole party returned to tho city unmolested vy the police. The Allen and Ryall Fi; Match Between Pate on the Islan [From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) ‘There appears to be somo little difficulty attending this match, the report that the papers had been mgned proving incorrect, Ryall claims that Allen has no right name and the amount of stax ee hey Monge Virginia, provided Allen qill c to Ryali will moet A! Ser uae his expenses. months he claims is too short ry to bi . Allen not having as vet made any reply ta fyall’ on these points, it is feared the fgbt may fall tnrough. Allen by Allen (ong SCULLING MATCH. McKiel, of New York, and Coulter, of Penne sy for $1,000 a side, {From the Evening Telegram of yestorday.} It will @ remembered that for the past three or fous weeks considerable controversy bas been going on among many of the professional oarsmen, relative to gotting up one match more before the close of the sea- fon, Kiel has been the most desirous, and chal~ longed Hamill to try his hand with him, but te Jurpore, Me x 1 has, however, no icKiel has, g match with Henry Coulter, of Mi ra. wignod articles of agreement to row McKie! & race for $1,000 a side, to come oO! ber 30, on the Monongahela ‘ eh oa by. Masai aod course chosen to es Sate tn Se tated Se A Lng ‘thie wil Te te a ry terest inet eet pen ruly vost the capabilities of both these men as pul