The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1868, Page 3

"THE PRESIDENCY. OR Are Meeting of the New York Demo- cratic State Convention. Speech of Governor Seymour on the Questions of the Day. The Delegates to the Presidential Nominating Convention. DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. ALBANY, March 11, 1868, ‘The problem before the democratic party—the se- lection of a candidate for the next Presidency—is no nearer solution at this moment than it was before the assembling of the New York Democratic Stata Convention at noon to-day. If the party 1s success- Ta) in the next campaign it will not be laid to any good management on the part of the leaders. If the party is defeated, then no small share of the blame most be attributed to those same leaders for the atter lack of skill which they have manifested here to-day. I am writing during the recess before ex-Governor Seymour’s speech. What the rest of the day may bring forth is out of my power to prophesy; but so far nothing has been done to aid the party out of the old time rut in which it has 80 long run, and from which the opportunities afforded by the enemy might extricate it. Itis true that in fifty years the democratic party was never 80 much at their wits, end to make a selection of a candidate, and hence, probably, the vaoillating, un- demonstrative, weak and shilly-shally character of the proceedings to-day. Perhaps the task is too ‘Severe a one to which the democratic mind is called after 80 many years of inactivity. The Convention came to order a few minutes after twelve o’clock amid the booming of republican can- non, one hundred of which were firing in honor of the victory in New Hampshire, That time honored caller to order of democratic convention,s Judge Samuel J. Tilden, performed the duty on this occa- sion. He made a very brief speech, singular to re- late; but he was compelled to do so in obedience to the programme which had been settled upon the night before in the famous parlor No. 57 of the Delavan House. It had been given out that there would be no gag law; that a “free and unreserved expression” of opinion would be allowed. But the Convention was not in session fifteen min- utes before the fact was evident that it was workin; in accordance with a programme already “cut an dried” by the managers. Judge Tilden, consequently, spoke ouly a very short “piece. They do say that he had written out quite a denathy one, and that his friends in the Argus office had it in type; but he was compelled to sacrifice it to thegdictum which ordered as follows:—First, a session of only one day. (It was ‘the expectation, and, in fact, the intention of many that the Convention should sit two days.) Second, a mnon-committal platform. An early adjournment would prevent trouble. The questions between East and West were dangcrous enongh to be left to the future. Supinencss at this moment would not injure the party. The tide of democratic victory was still rolling onward. Doing too much might check or obstruct it. There could certainly be no harm in doing nothing. A grand speech ‘from Horatio Seymour, full of democratic enthusiasm, would sufice for a platform for the pres- ent, and the Convention might adjourn with its halo still surrounding their labors. The momentous ques- tion, modified by intervening circumstances, cculd be left to the National Convention. Judge Tilden hay retired, the Conventior, in accordance with the lest of the “machine,” but in opposition to all edent, dispensed with tem- porary organization, and Attorney General Cham- ea was at once nominated and elected presid- oMcer of the Convention. Mr. Champlain fs one of the old time democratic orators, redundant with oratory, as his face plainly indicates, ‘and would ‘have been a a fo: @ two hours’ speech on taking the chair had he Bot’ been required to say as little as he could without ap) to decline making a speech. Those who have heard J Brougham make a speech when “called out” remember how little he can say in so many words. Mr. Champlain betrayed the same power in his ‘ks to-day. He referred to the ident remar! and to the quarrel with Congress, but when he had concluded no one could tell whether he had pledged pd 3 Oe the Executive against Congress or wi er he had not. Democrats who take part with Johnson were satisfied with what he said. So also were those who are indifferent about the present quarrel, because the President, elected on a republi- can ticket, is not in the party. He united all senti- ments, | however, in antagonism to “this radical The speech was the counterpart of the proceedings. It was hon-committal, unsuggestive and devoid of boldness. There was a time when Governor Seymour might have made the democratic party a power for- ever in New York State. That was when he suc- ceeded to the chief magistracy of the State in 1863, when he might have put the party on a war record and led it to gg ever since. His trresolution then proved fatal. He is admitted to be the spirit poles eee Convention. The same lack of energy now annihilate with his party his own chances for the Presidency. The party to-day put forth one foot and then the other in the cold waters of politics, afraid to make the plunge. If defeated eventuaily, its own cowardice has been the chief cause of its destruction. The Convention worked with the utmost harmony. ‘There was but one seat about which there was any SS Mr. Jacobs, of Kings, claimed that of Mr. Voorhies, of the Ninth district of the same ty and his name was entered on the original Mat of delegates. The Tammanyites, however, had not Ke leicine pon ogo the Lee, A Speaker, contrary “machine' ature, and had di the night caused the substitution to be made. tha sagacity which will prove advanta- geous to him hereafter Mr. Jacobs pocketed the affront, avowed his unwillingness to mar the feeling of the occasion, especially in view of the im- t work which the Convention had been called and declared the absence of any inten- tion on his part to contest the seat of his more suc- cessful rive It was e: very confidently that New Hamp- shire ‘would go democratic, and an arrangement had been made, so itis said, by which the returns by cities and districts would be sent up from the tele- hic office and read to the Convention. The re- ns were not read. William M. Tweed, “the next Governor of New York,” and Peter B. Sweeny, two ef the triowf New York politictans, occupied seats on the floor to the left of the platform. This portion of the chamber was occupied by the Tammanyites. They looked .on the with the coolness of masters of the situ- ation. ‘The agreement by which tiey geines control - of the Convention was faginded on their representa- tions tothe rest of the party that as the National Convention was to assemble in New York city they could easily get control of it and manipulate it to suit theirown and the wishes ef those who were willing to be their friends. Tammany in the last elections and in the State Legislature has played winning cards, Will the miei holdout until fuer The trio just. mentioned would have been incomplete without Richard B, Connolly, who was present.as a selegae from the Eighteenth district of New York Seymour's speech this afternoon will indicate his sentiments on the financial question. The great source of disagreement between the democratic lead- era and the democratic rauk and file is already crop- ping out. The rich democrats fear te esponse a pol- SO antagonistic to the interests of their pockets. le Argus, whose editor and Mr. Seysnour were known to be i consultation last night, is getting ready in this morning's iseue for a somersanit—or, at Teast, is about to jump on the fence, in which post- tion it expects to keep the party and the selections of the Convention until the assembling of the national Melegates. The article in question is understood to ‘andicate Mr. Seymour's conversion to the principle of wold payments for bonds, ere j8 & hope with most democrats tbat the lew York will be anew man, one whom ‘the peopte can get up some enthusiasm for, but who | é prominent one. | ‘has not been a politician, orat | I have hegrd the expression of ajonging fo @mation of one who seems to combine thes @ites, viz, Vice Admiral David G. Farragut. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION. ALBANY, March 11, 1868 The Stete Gonvention to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention met at Tweddie ‘Ball to-day. The Convention was called to order goon after twelve o'clock by Samrri J. TILDEN, Chairman ef the Ktate Committee, who said:— GQentLEMer of THE CoNVEXTION—I congratulate you thas amid the booming of republican cannon ‘we have not lost entirely but only a littie in one of icarmy are ‘unter y. (Applause. ‘Aasemiued | the campaign in several of the moat an States of the country by commenc- wi Commonwealth of New York, and lowed by Pennsylvania, jatiae) Ohio, Indiana = and swe will carry the democratic ban- States that are destined to dominate over or “Good."") We sincerely hoped are not depreased or elevated that ly carried the little State of tT Log y em you that with a = at I pg ty ‘one. heart, with mind, the democracy of New York, ty thelr doregnted rey fatives, are here to-day, ' (Cheers.) So. gratifying, 80° complete, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET, rary organiza- organization the name of Hon. Marshall B, Champlain as your President, (Cheers.) ‘The nomination was carried unanimously, and Mr. Connolly, of New York, and Mr, Williams, of Erie, were appointed a committee to conduct Mr. Cham- plain to the chair, REMARKS OF MR, CHAMPLAIN. On reaching the platform Mr. CuamPLatn said:— FELLOW DemocraTs—We have assembled as the representatives of the triumphant democracy of the Empire State to collect the tangled shreds of Ameri- can liberty and weave anew the fabric of the repub- lic. We meet to name the men who, on the part of the majority of the citizens of this State, are to designate a President of the United States, and to inaugurate a political campaign which shall re-estab- lish the republican government. We meet in the midst of a revolution to deliberate calmly and act decidedly for the nattonal interests. Three years after the close of the war for the Union the Union is not restored. Ten States, in violation of the national faith, are unrepresented in Congress and held as military dependenctes, The expenses of a standing army are continued in time of profound peace to overawe the population, The le are taxed beyond endurance to prevent the lish- ment of a civil government. The labot classes are suffering for lack of employment, and the deso- late cry of hunger is heard in the cities of the North and South alike. The cemmercial and manufactur- ing interests are depressed, and distrust pervades all departments of business, The country demands Braces and it is denied; tt demands rest, and it treated to fresh schemes of reconstraction. The Car po are deliberately cheated of the legitimate fruits of a conflict which was to secure national in- tegrity, constitutional liberty and the rights of States and individuals. The radical Sige Re at Washing- ton is the sole cause of all this, the only obstruction in the way of complete restoration of the Union and of public prosperity. Avowedly acting outside of the constitution tn the usurpation of power, it openly proclaims its independence of the executive and ju- dicial a gin of the government; it gene to render the Supreme Court powerless to pi upon the constitutionality of its legislation; it has degraded the Presidential office and now proposes to dépose pe pin ped ae eat oe bowers. By reed steps Congress is grasping the whole governmen’ wield it in the interest of a faction, It threatens the impeachment of the President for to become a party to the radical conspiracy to undermine and overthrow all a But to-day Congress, not the President, is impeached before the high court of the American ple. Itis impeached as the assassin of the constitution and the liberties it was framed to protect, and it is our duty to begtea. the preliminaries of the it set down for Novembernext. I have confidence that the democracy of New York will demonstrate their appreciation of the ny in which they are called upon to act, that they will select their wisest and most potent statesmen as their representatives in the national Council, and that they will not hesi- tate to declare in tones that shall be heard wherever the love of freedom exists that this foul and wicked sectional conspiracy shall not be consummated, that the American republic shall live, and that the bless- ings of constitutional government and civil. mee which are our birthright, shall be our children’s heri- 2. VICE PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES. Mr. TWEED moved for Vice Presidents the follow- ing, which was carried:— Dist. 1—John J. Bradley, Edward Hogan. 2—William A. Brown, E. G. Sutherland. 3—William C. Lamont, J. H. Meach. 4—O. M. Noxon, Caleb Wells. 5—Delos De Wolf, De Witt C. Grove. 6—L. I. Burditt, J. S. Halsey. 7—William C. Dryer, Henry A. Pomroy. 8—Abram Thorne, Sherburn B. Piper. Mr. ANDREWS moved the following for Secretaries, and they were selected:— fi. A. Beebe, James Hays, William M. Graham, Richard B. Ellsworth, J. F. Phelps, Francis A. Gobe. THE DELEGATION FROM KINGS COUNTY. Mr. Joun C. Jacoss, of Kings, announced that he held the proceedings of the Convention of the Ninth district of Kings, which led him to believe that he Was entitled to represent that district in this Conven- tion. Some of his friends thought differently; others held that he was clearly entitled to it. But he knew that the interests of his party, involving as they do the best interests of the country, are paramount to any personal consideration, and therefore he felt compelled to do what perhaps he ought not to do— waive the claim he represented. He would not con- test the seat. (Cheers.) On motion the rules of the Assembly were adopted for the government of the Convention. The roll of delegates was called, and all the coun- ties were found to be represented. COMMITTEE FOR THE SELECTION OF DELEGATES, Mr. DELOs DE WoLF moved the following, which were adopted:— Resolved, That a committee of two from each Judi- cial district be appointed by the Chair to hear sug- sates from the delegates and report the names of [wo persons from each Congressional district and the names of four persons from the State at delegates from New York to the Democratic National Convention in 1868 ; also the names of four persons as alternate delegates at large. Resolved, That the delegation to the Democratic National Convention to be are hereby in- structed to enter that convention as a unit, and act and vote as & unit, in accordance with the will of a majority of the members thereof; and in case any of its members shall be appointed a delegate by any other organization and should not forthwith, in writing, decline such appointment his seat shall be regarded as vacated, and the delegation shall proceed to fill the same; and it is hereby also empowered to supply all vacancies by death, absence, resignation or otherwise. Mr. A. B. CONGER moved a committee of two from each Judicial district to report resolutions, and that all resolutions offered in Convention be referred to said committee without debate. Carried. EULOGY ON HORATIO SEYMOUR, Mr. PHILo Wars, of Oneida, moved the follow- ing, which was referred:— Resolved further, That although there are many distinguished and favorite sons of the State of New York in the democratic ranks who would by their unblemished characters, brilliant talents and eminent public services honor and dignify the highest official post under our government, yet, vielding up tndi- vidual preferences on the altar of our icted coun- try, we would, with all deference, suggest that there is‘one among our eminent citizens whose gifts of heart and mind, cultivated intellect, suavity of man- ner as a gentleman and ripe experience during a brilliant career of public service would seem espe- cially to point to him as the man adapted to the pre- sent great emergency, when our cherished repubiloan institutions are menaced with extinction; and we name as that man ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, of Oneida county. Mr. PETER CAGGER moved that the resolutions and declaration of principles handed in by the commit- tee of the Mozart organization of New York to the State Committe be referred to the Committee on Re- solutions, Ca 5 Mr. LUDDINGTON moved that a committee of three be appointed to invite the attendance of Horatio Seymour and request him to address the Convention. je motion was carried, and Messrs, Luddin, of Onondaga; Little, of Stenben, and Corel, ot New York, were appointed such committee, APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT DELE- GATES. The PRESIDENT announced the committee to select delegates to the National Convention as follows:— 1—W. M. Tweed and Richard B. Connolly, 2—Fred S. Massey and E. G. Stitheriand., 3—Peter Cagger and R. G. Andrews, 4-2. ©. tt and ©. M. Noxon. 5—Delos De Wolf and Peter Kirby, 6—J. 8. Halsey and William C. Bentley, 7—W. H. Bowman and A. Bradner, 8—Lorenzo Morris and Charles A. Conalds, COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS, ‘The PRESIDENT announced the Committee on Reso- tions as follows:—Messrs, William Hitchman, H. W. Genet, A. B. Conger, L. A. Edwards, F. A. Latin, 0. 3. McDonald, J. D, Featherstone, A. N. Luddington, De Witt C. Grove, George Booker, E. H. Hill, J. P. Little, D. Lemer, James K. Button, C. F. Bissell. P. Y recess wa8 here taken till half-past three o’vlock SPRECH OF MR. SEYMOTR. When the Convention reassembled there were lond calls for Seymour, and when Mr. Seymour appeared — the stage he was received with repeated cheers, After discussing other topics he spoke as follows on the financial questions :— ‘The questions of finance, of debt and taxation have harassed all nations and perplexed statesmen in all periods, We have got to meet them surrounded with new dimicuities and dangers. We do not Yet know the full sum of the liquidated and unliquidated claims, The monthly statements show that it is a swelling flood whose volume is not yet measured and whore depth is unpiumbed. § Our are unused toa government which pries into every private transaction to extort tribute. They are be- wildered with the train of spies, informers and offictais always brought into use where taxes are taken from one class and paid to another. The irri. tation is increased when the creditor en; ions eges San a and usurious interest, ‘special privi ‘and exemptions, There is a greater il. We were once divided into free and slave Stetes. The an- ¢agonista in the end filled our land with bloodshed and mourning. As the public bonds are mainiy held im one corner of our country, we are now divided into debtor and creditor States. What will be the end of this? At an early stage of the war we wamed the party im power against the fearful resnit of their potley. ‘e warned them in vain; nay more, as if bent upon making ruin certain, they bn fe ops banking system Which wonld have a mon AY of utting out curroney, which was to get double udiry interest from the ,xovernment upon its bonds and }a- terest from the peo,ve apon the currency issued poy those bonds, render its monopoly complete, ali other banks were tax.\d out of existence, it mad. ness and folly did not top here. These banks were Hot allotied to the dineyent States so there could be even geographical talenens, but the States which held the bonds, which had the most wealth and made the most money out of the war, were allowed to ab- sorb nearly the whole of the three hundred millions of dollars to which they were limited; while the States which most needed currency in their transactions were cut off. Let me give One instance to show uj what rule the spoils of victory and the burdens of the war were dis- tributed.” The State of Massachusetts has of the banking prizilogs | Shy st, millions, Wlinois nine millions; yet ois is the more populous State, and to send its produce to market needs more currency than in the Union. But when Bad apisin gether; but a new system was quota, They were based upon the enrolment of able Dodied men, Under this rule were endless juestions as to liability to be enrolled and construc- ns of law. Orders and counter orders and-explan- atory orders were put forth by the Provost Marshal Gener until every one waa bewildered. But under all this there were quiet manifestations, which made the following results:—In democratic districts in this State the men were held to be vigorous and robust and fit to bear arms; in republican districts they were loyal but weakly. Massachusetts men as a class were & Con; lonal district could only send 2,167. In Illinois districts had to send 4, So much for the burdens. How was the 8 divided? We find that bank stock was given to Mas- sachusetts at the rate of fifty-two dollars to each in- habitant, and to Illinois at the rate of six dollars to each. ie record will show how earnestly in this Place and elsewhere we pened against this mad- ness and folly, Alarmed at this new source of danger to our couutry, as it was a period of great distreass at the West, in my message of 1864 I urged the Legis- lature to reduce the tolls on Western produce, or to carry it toll free, in order to check the hostile feelin, owing against the Atlantic States. But I w Fain. Our canals were in the hands of thieves and rob! who would not let these bers, tolls be diverted from their own ‘kets, The shadow of this sectional question now falls upon us. Ithas Posde contagion ip fhe republican ranks in © e resolution pay government bonds in gold, which was confidently brought for- ward at the beginning of the session, sleeps in the comunittee rooms and will never see the light in. Men of both parties at the West will st le to be foremost in Measures which will meet the feelings of that section. It has been proposed to pay most of these bonds in the paper money called greenbacks, and it Is claimed that this will save the people four hundred millions without doing injustice to their holders, as it was alleged it was the contract they should thus be Dake is is denied by others, and it ia clear that the proposal has excited alarm, not only as to the mode of payment, but as to a growing feeling in favor of ppwtiod the whole debt This care out of stupid folly which ex- empted the bondholders from taxation, which lowered the price of the bond, as it made from the inning a distrust that a measure so odious would endanger their payment, The next cause of this feel- is the fact that the party in power, to shield them- selves from the odium of crushing taxation, gave out that this is necessary to pay our debts, when in fact two-thirds of the money w: from the people is wasted in corruption, or lavished upon officials, or spent in upholding the enormous cost of our govern- ment under its ‘poitcy of keeping one-third of the States out of the Union by military force. The whole odium of this taxation they throw upon the debt and the bondholders. The last and perhaps the greatest peril to the public credif and honor is the fact, which Meets us at every turn and annoys wherever met, that the bondholder is paid in coin, while honest labor ts a debased paper money. This state of affairs alarms every thoughtful man. How are these perils to be averted? We boldly and honestly met these questions at the last election in this State and we won a triumph that astonished the country and terrified our opponents. We will meet them in the same spirit in our national councils, and we will sweep curruption and usurpation out of the national capital. We will show that a returnto economy, honesty and constitutional order is de- manded alike by the interest of the taxpayer and the public creditor, by the bondholder and the laborer, This sectional division of our country into debtor and creditor states has caused much anxiety in the minds of thoughtful men, lest it should dis- tract the counsels of our party. While on the one hand the ppareasiye legislation which burdens the West with high tarif—, together with the fact that the revenues drawn from all sections are mainly paid out to one, excites deep feeling; while on the other hand the bonds so unwisely and wastefully issued have gone into the hands of inno- cent holders, who to a vast amount are compulsory owners, It is a mistake to suppose that they are mostly held by coptallsis, page sums belonging to children and widows under the order of courts or the action of trustees have been invested in govern- ment bonds. The vast amount held by life and fire insurance companies and savings banks are in fact held in trust for and are the reliance of the great body of active business and laboring men or women or of widows and orphans. The savings banks of this State, which are the depositories of the poor or of eee of limited means, hold about sixty million dollars of government bonds. The whole amount held in the State of New York in the various forms of trust will not fall below two hundred million dollars. If we look into other States we il gee only @ small share of these bon is held by men known a8 capitalists. But they gee an fact, if notin ig to the business, the active and laboring members o! society. The destruction of these securities would make a widespread ruin and distress which would reach into eyery workshop and every home, however humble. We are not influenced in our views elther by hostility to or regard for the wealthy, but with a Paracas, to Go- right. For that class of men called capitalists I have no peculiar reaper, for they have shown but little respect for thet es. They have never risen up to a sense of the truth that wealth and power carry with them duties snd re- sponsibilities. While a British peer of the realm goes to the hi through scenes of rudeness and violence unknown at our elections, our men of wealth in the city of New York feel they have not ae of character to carry out the duties of citizenship. They labor under a sense of uncertainty of it which must be bolstered up by a careful av: the rougher duties of Ido not complain that they are not with us, but that they are nowhere when political duty is to be done. Absorbed in their i for gain, they have, without one manly pi t, Seen the got of their city, which was the pride and glory our nation, swept from the seas by selfish and sectional legislation. One hour of the honest pride of the id old com- mercial cities of Europe would have saved us from this humiliation. I can never forget when acruel and wicked wrong was done to the poor and laboring classes of their fellow citizens by those who swelled their incomes by their toil. These men looked on with cold indifference, when, as chief Magistrate of this State, I struggled to right the wrong. Amida storm of abuse and calumny not one of them ever looked to see if there was justice in my charges; nay, most of them, with selfish cow- ardice, swelled the chorus of defamation. So gross were the outrages of which I complained that even their authors were forced by the proof to be ad their hold upon the throats of their victims. In ‘le of poverty against power (for it was against the ricta where the poorer classes lived that this cruelty was levelled) there was no word of sympathy or inquiry from the capitaliste, who should have shielded the laborers. It gives me Et pleasure at this point to do justice to my political opponents, At a time when ions were envenomed and ec pre} jice against myself were at their height, a republican Assembly of this State gave me @ unanimous vote of thanks for my efforts to cor- rect these errors when they saw I was in the right and they had been in the wrong. It was a noble act of courtesy and Justice. I deem it my duty to speak frankly on this subject of the debt. , We owe it to our friends in other States to let them know our posi- tion, so that we may not fall into the fatal error of Making sectional questions a part of our national platform. They would with justice reproach us if we suffered them to hinder us in our battle in this ec State, which must be won or our country is it. We have issues enough with the party in power upon which we think as one man to over- whelm it with disgrace and defeat. We must not distract our counsels with questions, however im- portant they may be, upon which there is so much of doubt, and which cannot be settled In many years to come, We must not thus turn away the public mind from the dangers which threaten the immediate de- struction of the fabric of our government and the liberties of our people. Even now the hand of usur- pation is stretched out to rob us of our rights, and it must be struck down first of all. Whatever our views may be, the payment of this debt will fall upon the future. Do what we may, a generation that will come after us will decide its mode, and without regard to anything that we may say, The depressed industry of land, suffering labor demands that the load of taxation shal be lightened. Our due antil fifteen years from this time. How few of those who now discuss this question will be living then! If in the meanwhile our country is well gove rned, if there is bg eM in-the conduct of its affairs and the rights and liberties of our people shall be unimpaired, our populatton will be increased from thirty-five to fifty millions, our wealth will be more than doubled; then this debt will rest more lightly upon greater num- bers and greater wealth than it presses to-day upon the depressed industry and disheartened spirit of the people. At our last election in this State we won @ victory which gave new hope to the friends of constitutional order throughout the land; it gave joy to the hearts who seek an honest adminis- tration of Fubils affairs. We won that victory because we lifted our standard high, There came up to uphold our banner the laborer, the taxpayer and the bondhower, for they saw that we were battling for economg, for honesty and honor in the conduct of public affairs; they feit that these were demanded by our common interests; that the weight of govern- ment did not grow out of the cost of uphol the honor.of the aged but the cost of supporti me dishonest and dishonorable party in power. e decply that our position should be censured in any q' , but we cannot lower our stand: ‘will not betray those who came w % ts enough that honor forbids could stoop to aught that honorable. Even po! 7 would dictate this great State should be held firm and steadily rest in its position if we hope to save the country from the dangers which menace it, There Is a perfect accord In the democratic ranks as to the policy and need of honesty and economy; but there is some dif- ference of opinion as to the construction of the con- teact with the public creditor, Some hold that it is right, and that it is to the Lag had that we should save what we co by paying the principal of the debt in currency; but they underrate the force Care See mente, Itis a mistake to suppose that ghe tate of the bondholders and the taxpay- ers are antagonistic. The fact irovetipoked tit, in order to jnake any saving by giving the that bondholder @ debased and worthless peaen, we would upon ourselves and dishonor, which will cost @ hundred fold what we can save. It means that = are to give to the laborer for his toll a base currenoy: it means that the honor of our country shall be stamed; it means that our business shall be kept in coer ae and jon; it means that the man shi suffer by the increased cost of the comforts of life; it means that the taxpayers shall be burdened by & ay oe Proved to be corrupt and tunbectie by is very depreciation of its money. We cannot af- ford to ulate upon the nation’s honor at so fear- fula When @ dishonest merchant or a corrupt gorenmeet wishes to make large profit in ion in their own paper a must dishonor them- selves ag much as they can, There is a great in this plan as upheld by Messrs, Butler and Stevens. They not only propose to pay in depreciated paper, but they are doing what they can to dishonor the character and credit of the country. If they carry out their Searees revolutionary schemes they will pay off the debt with paper which is not worth ten cents on the dollar. here is no democrat living who thinks this can be done with safety, or that it is for the interest of the taxpayer at the East or West. Every democrat demands a policy of peace, and economy, and just so far as he gains that he lifts up the national credit; he helps the taxpayer and does justice to the bondholder; he makes our cur- as sterling coin, for that will rise with the public credit. The error is in supposmg that under a democratic administration the currency would still stand fixed at a discount of one-quarter— that is to say, we are to fall, as our opponents have failed, The nation’s credit cannot be bought ata proat, unless the nation’s character is dishonored. if we come into power there will be no discredit on our currency, no speculation in paying our bonds in paper. I thank God thatthe faith which we all hold as one man seeks to level up, not to level down. It means that sterling coin shall ring again on the counter of the tradesman and glitter in the palm of labor, and den the heart of the wounded soldier, Our _ frien forget argument when the) order the force of their own show how the debt will be pete and taxation lightened by economy, and jonesty, They also show that our paper money will be made as good as gold. The downward course of the men in power admits of traiticking in the honor of the country. They sink it to that point that the payment of the debt will be an easy matter; but it ‘will be at the cost of the honor, the peace and wel- fare of our land. While, therefore, we may differ as to the construction of the contract with the public creditor, we must not confound the position of those who think it right to pay in paper, but whobat- tle to make that paper as good as gold, with the ‘ition of those who mean not only to pay in paper, but who are also destroying the value of that paper. That is repudiation. We are not trying to five paper to the bondholders, but gon and silver tothe people. There is nothing to fear from those who think by the contract you should take paper, if they take a course which will make that Paper, good as gold, There ts everything to fear m those who are driving on to bankruptcy; and it matters not what their professions may be, we appeal to the bondholders to join with the taxpayers at the East and West in saving our country. ‘e hold no bonds, but in common with you we want the money wrung from us not squandered in corrupt, treasonable and revolutionary schemes, but used to pay our debts. Then you will get your dues and we shall be lightened of our loads. Help us to put men out of power who try to put all the odium of taxation upon you while they grasp the prea eee endanger your claims by putting you in he light of a favored class, not because they give you a better but the people a worse currency. Help us to wipe out as soon as we can this debt, with its unpopular exemptions, lest the men who, justifying repudiation by States separately, shall also declare for it by their joint action in Congress, If it is pos- sible, you more than we are interested in putting an endto the mad career of Congress, We appeal to those who guard by policies of insurance against the dangers of fire which may sweep away their prop- erty—to those who try by life insurance to make provision for their families when death takes them faway—to those who have put their slender earnings into savings banks, so that they may have — some hig a in sickness or mis- fortune—to see if they have not a deep interest in stopping our government in its career of fe gee and dishonor. We implore them to bear in mind that the only security they have for the sacred Purposes of thelr policies and deposits are the bonds of the government; and those will be worth- less if there is not an administration put in power which will seek to bring back peace, and order, and economy, and honesty to our country. We appeal to the bondholders to help rescue our country from the hands of corrupt and wasteful men. By so doing aay will not only best secure their own interests, but will gain the good will and gratitude of the oppressed laborers and taxpayers. The speaker was warmly applauded at the close. In response to loud calls Mr. Samuel J, Tilden spoke at length, reviewing the history of the two political parties and ss tS that the policy of the republicans has been and is to impoverish the country, centralize power, paralyze industry, multi- ply taxation and elevate the negro while degrading the white man. DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Mr, DELos DE WOLF, of the committee appointed to select delegates to the National Convention, on the 4th of July, in New York, reported the following, which was adopted by neg enn irge. Horatio Seymour; alternate, Augustus C. Hand. Samuel J. Tilden; alternate, George W. McLean. Sandford E. Church; alternate, Albert 'P. Lanning. Henry C. Murphy; alternate, George Law. District Devegates. Dist. 1—Erastus John Armstrong. 2—James B. , William Marshall. 3~—Alexander McCue, James Murphy. 4—Joseph Dowling, Michael Norton. 6—William M. Tweed, John Morrissey. 6—Emanuel B, Hart, Oswell Ottendortrer, 1—Charles G. Cornell, Charles E. Loew. 8—Augustus Schell, A. Oakey Hall. 9—Albert Cardozo, Edward Jones. 10—Collin Taimie, Robert Cochran, 11—James D. Decker, Enoch Carter. 12—Henry A. Tilden, Charles Wheaton. 18—Jacob Hardenbergh, George Beach. 14—Wm. Cassidy, Charles Goodyear. 15—Moses Warren, Emersen E. Davis. 16—Timothy Hoyle, Halsey R. Wing. 17—Samuel B. Gordon, Darius W. Lawrence. 18—Cornelius A Russell, Colonel Simeon Sammons. 19—Luther J. Burdett, John F, Huriburd, Jr. 20—Allen C. Beach, Lorenzo Caryl. 21—Francis Kiernan, George H. Sanford. 22—William F. Allen, Charles Stebbins, Jr. 23—James P. Haskins, John A. Green, Jr. 24—Elmore P. Roas, Charles L. Lyon. 25—Joseph L. Lewis, Lester B. Faulkner. 26—Hiram A. Beebe, Jeremiah McGuire. 27—Marsha!l! B. Champlain, Daniel C. Howell. ‘28—Geor W. Miller, Henry J. Sickles. 29—Sherburn B. Piper, Henry A. Richmond. 30—Joseph Warren, William Williams, 81—Charies H. Lee, Jonas Button. The committee then took a recess until seven o'clock P. M. Evening Session. The Convention reassembled at seven o'clock. Mr. A. B. Conger, from the Committee on Resolutions, re- ported the following:— DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. The democracy of New York, assembled at this ex- traordinary juncture of public affairs to deliberate upon the solemn obligations they owe to themselves and their fellow citizens in the other States of the Union and to express their high satisfaction that the representatives of the people from every State in the Union are to meet again as of old, and in the spirit which animated the fathers of the republic to lay anew the foundations of civil liberty—the democratic masses of this State, with a unanimity never before surpassed, have brought to this Conven- tion the assurance of their unbending pur- ord to lay aside all personal aspirations and local interests and to devote their entire energies to the work before them, so as to secure as the first necessity of political and social life the restoration of the Union and the re-establishment of constitution as the supreme law of the land; and to this they are impelled by the peculiar exigency of the terrible pert! to which they are brought; for they find that subversion to the time honored policy which the pee of this country established for the furtherance of their high interesta both houses of Congress of the United States, by successive viola- tions of their pledge, infractions of the organic law and of the public faith, to compass mere partisan ends, have brought our people and institutions to the very verge of ruin, They have broken the resolutions aflirmed so often in the face of the civilized world ‘hat the warlike measures and the energies of the overnment should be directed solely to the restoration of States unlaw- folly sought to be taken out of the Union. They have, after tapping the lifeblood of the people and expending millions of treasure to accomplish this end, driven the restored States out, denying their rightful existence in the Union, treating them as sub- jugated provinces and as held by right of conquest, and now hold ten sovereignties subject to central control and military supervision and the guaranteed domination of an inferior race. They have deflantly spurned the constitution as the organic law of the land, and issued their decrees and erected their will as the higher law, to which the co-ordinate depart- ments of government—the Judiciary and Executive— are to nod acquiescence, and to which the people, bound in fetters as thralis of their minions, are to submit without @ murmur, They have, under pre- tence of diminishing the public debt, imposed heavy tribute upon every citizen, saving always those who have amassed a large share of the public funds, and upon every trade, pursuit and necessary of life, thus absorbing the entire profits of all industries. They are now wasting their vast fund, so wrung from the hand of industry and labor, In extravagant appro- riations to perpetuate in themselves a political ynasty, applying this year fully $150,000,000 of the moneys made up from taxes laid upon the people to the maintenance of a standing army, and this in a time of profound peace; they have broken the plight- ed faith of the government expreased in its amnes- to political offenders, and present in the hateful pad of test oaths to sovereign electors at the polis the alternative of disfranchisement or jury; they have prostituted and corrupted ever, ‘anch of the public service; they have forced a di currency upon the people, while demanding gold from the yublic creditor; they are adding hourly to the purdens of the laboring classes, making the rich richer and the i iT; they have imposed an exorbitant tari which has driven our commerce from every sea; oy! have ie our manufac- tures by excessive impositions; have invented the most ME yg system of to take from the laborer the hope of rew and they have filled the land with swarms of public oMcials who harass the people and eat ont their substance, To tnsure their fatal dominance in the pending canvass and to complege a full conepjracy to overthrow the govery- ment of our fathers, they resolved to the President and inst ine of the pg spirators in his place—an act which the con- servative freemen of New York declare to be without justification or plausible excuse, and de- nounce as an outrage without parallel in the history of civilized government. By such methods they aspire to complete a usurpation which will sub- Ject Bee poops of te Bor a8 of the South, to military dom! ; for which causes we hold them to be enemies to the peace, peoep exis and liberties of the Tepahiic, and we invoke the ald of all lovers of civil y in every State to join with us tn one nd and successful effort to rid the country of such ranny, secure the triumph of democratic prin- eaples, 250 I the restoration of the perfect Union of ese Stal The resolution was unanimously adopted and the Convention adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA. Meeting of the Republican State Convention— General Grant and Governor Curtin Nomt- nated for President and Vice President—Can- didates for State Offices, PHILADELPAIA, March 11, 1868, ‘The delegates to the republican State Convention to nominate candidates for Auditor General and Sur- veyor General, and to select delegates to the Chicago National Convention, met this morning at the Acade- my of Music, The interior of the building presented @ magnificent appearance, the parquet, parquet circle, balcony, family circle and amphitheatre being gayly festooned with bunting, the iron columns supporting the galleries being entwined with national colors, State and corps fags and guidons of the various army corps, The stage was magnificently set with @palace scene. The officers’ seats were arranged on a platform in the rear of the stage, and reporters’ tables immediately back of these. The delegates occupied chairs on either side of the immense stage, which was most tastefully arranged with medallions and oil paintings of General Grant and other promt- nent officers of the army, and the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. The Convention assembled and was called to order by Colonel Jordon, Chairman of the State Central Committee, William B. Mann, of Philadelphia, pre- sided temporarily, and was succeeded by General Lemuel Todd, of Cumberland, who in a speech of some length reviewed the present condition of national affairs, and intimated that the preferences of the Convention for the Presidential oMlices had ert upon General U. 8. Grant and Andrew G. jurtin, After being regularly organized, the Convention proceeded to ballot as the means of saponin the preferences of the members for candidates for Presi- dent and Vice President of the United States. The Convention declared for General Grant unanimously. For Vice President, Andrew G. Curtin received one hundred and nine; Benjamin F. Wade received twenty-two, and E. M. Stanton one. The present officers, Messrs. Hartrauft and Camp- bell, were unanimously nominated for re-election to the ofices of Auditor General and Surveyor General. The following were chosen for Electors at Large:— ©. Morrison Coates, of Philadelphia and Thomas M. Marshall, of Pittsburg. The Torte Wenn chosen delegates at large:— Colonel John W. Forney, James H. Arne, of Phila- delphia; General Harry White, of Indiana; E. Reed Myer, of Bradford; J. W. Blanchard, of Lawrence; Thomas E. Cochrane, of York; Linn Bartholomew, ol Schuylkill, and General William Lilly, of Carbon. The following resolutions were adopted :— Resolved, That the great republican party of the United States, without which the rebellion against the government would have consummated and per- ae human slavery, with the aid, comfort and iy dey of the present democratic party, is in fore front of another peril and another trial. Elect- ing its candidate for President in 1860, re-electing him in 1864, it is now called upon to decide whether all sacrifices of blood and treasure have not only been in vain, but were simply contributions for the resto- ration of treason under the influence of a man who, clothed with the confidence of his country, is pre- vented from overthrowing the government ey ees the wise and patriotic stand taken by a loyal Con- gress. Resolved, That we add our voice to the loud acclaim in favor of General U. S. Grant as the repub- lican candidate for President, and in so doing feel that we are not simp! responding to the wishes of constituents, or helping to pay a portion of the debt we owe to that great soldier, but preparing the way for that substantial triumph which, while perpetua- ting the republican party, preserves and perpetuates republican creeds. esolved, That we earnestly call upon the Senate of the United States, sitting as a Court of Impeach- ment, to proceed without fear, favor or affection, and that the people of Pennsylvania will stand by and maintain the just judgment of the law. Resol' at the soldiers and sailors of the Union who fought and conquered armed rebellion in the field, and stood true to the rere yaad which the; vindicated and the flag which over them an led them to victory, are entitled to the undying gra- titude of the loyal ple, and as they saved the country by trials, su! and sacrifices, they have considerable cl to the highest honors of the nation, . Resolved, That we tender our most cordial thanks to Edwin M. Stanton for the firmness, courage and patriotism with which he has maintained the majesty of the law and the rights of the pecs against the attempted invasions of the faithless Executive and his purchased instruments, Resolved, That as experience ts alike the best in- structor of man, of men and nations, so experience of rebellion has given us renewed confidence in the pledges and pore of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, and that, with these as Gar gaping stars, the republican party must always su d, Resolved, That no contrast so eloquent could be presented as that between the loud professions of Andrew Johnson and the silent patriotism of Ulysses 8. Grant; that as one deals in promises to deceive the other deals in acts that convince, and that while Johnson has fallen rapidly away from -his many voluntary covenants, Grant has accepted equal jus- tice and radical republicanism as part alike of con- sclence and duty. Resolved, That the public debt incurred for the purpose of preserving the existence of the nation is @ sacred ob! on, binding the people to its pay- ment in utmost good faith and to the full extent of its legal requirements; and that the greatest prudence, judgment and skill requisite should, a8 far as attainable, be em- ployed at once to maintain the public faith and credit, and render the burden as light as practicable upon the productive industry of the country and the wages and proceeds of labor; that itis the dictate of sound pol 7, ‘as well as of greatest wisdom, that the domestic industry of the country should be sus- tained and protected against foreign competition by adequate tariff laws, and that in whatever particular the existing laws on the subject are oe aot they should be amended and made efficient for that pur- sy) aa well as for the purpose of raising a revenue for the government. Resolved, That by the election of General Grant to the Presidency all domestic dissensions and factious opposition to complete the reconstruction of the Union on the firm foundations laid by the wise and judicious legislation of Congress will be cepecrso? | suppressed and harmony and good feeling restored, settled relations of business established, and the re- vival and improvement of all disturbed sources of national wealth and prosperity will be secured, when itis at once made manifest that the people of this country are firmly fixed in their determination that the fruit of the late bloody and obstinate strug- gle shall not be lost, and that factious and rebeilious resistance to the laws shall be eifectually overthrown which attempted to subvert the government by sav- age cruelty, rapine and murder, Resolved, ‘That Pennsylvania proudly tenders to the loyal people of the Union Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, her great war Governor and soldiers’ friend, Resolved, That every American citizen, whether by birth or adoption, is entitled to the protection of the nation and its fag, and while it is incumbent on the government to initiate negotiations for the establish- ment of international law, expatriation, recognizing naturalization by one nation as terminating the alle- giance due to another, and conferring all rights of citizenship, it is no less its duty to vindicate its people of ail classes from oppression or interference at home and abroad when in the legitimate and peace- ful exercise of legal and personal rights, Resolved, That the delegates from Pennsylvania to the National Republican Convention, to assemble in Chicago, are hereby instructed to cast their vote.as a unit, through its chairman, in favor of Grant for President and Curtin for Vice President, they being distintly declared the choice of the people of the State for these positions, and that the right of sub- stitution for absent delegates shall be solely with the delegation from the State. Considerable objection was made to the last resola- th jon. ‘The resolutions were divided and all of them ex- cept the last adopted. Evening Session. At the evening session of the Republican Conven- tion a lengthy discussion ensued upon the question of instructing the delegation to the National Couven- tion to vote as a unit for candidates, and upon the propriety of an appointment by the Convention of delegates from the several districts of the State, ‘The electoral t t was also provided for. After a spirit session the Convention adjourned sine die at a late hour, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. The Republican Majority in 181 Towns, 3,068. Coxcorp, N. H., March 11, 1908, Corrected returns from 181 towns give the follow- ing resu! Harriman, republican . 44,903 Sinclair, democrat. + 81,716 Scattering. “ rn w Harriman’s majority thus far over Sinclair and scattering is 8,068. The several counties stand po- litically the same ag last year. Rejolcing in Maine Over the New Hampshire Election, PORTLAND, Me., March 11, 1868, At half-past two o'clock the republicans were firing one hundred guns over the New Hampshire victorz. a. GREENWOOD CEMETERY. Annual Meeting of the Owners—Fall of Accounte—The Monument to the ef the War Completed. : a al The annual meeting of the owners of this cem tery, for the purpose of receiving the annual repo! of the Board of Trustees, was held yesterday noon at No. 30 Broadway, On motion John P. Crosby was called on to side, John W. ©. Leveridge acted ag secretary: ‘The report on being presented showed the followin, receipts:— For cemetery lots....... Interments on public lot, Interments on receiving tomb: Opening graves and vaults Interest md and mortgay aid Trust fund for ey ot lots. Photographic views sold Guide maps sold........ etecke Fees for transfer of lots by lot owne! One of the thirty vaults and two cataco! Temporary loans paid ay Cash on hand sist Dec ber, Li Labor. ...+.++ $122, 67% Improvements . 6; Contingent accounts. 18,' Graves rented in 1, Amount expended for removal on receiving . 4 SerOWiccres sntracescecarssna 4,93 Investments on government stocks. 10, Premium and accrued interest...,... 3,28" Interest on legacy of James Johnstone. Handbook for Greenwood. Guide MAPB.....++-+++6 ee Repairs on lots held on trust exclusive of la- Lots reconveyed to cemetery. Amount placed with Superintendent of Inte: ments as a disbursement fund r= Temporary loans...... a 25, Cash on hand December 31, 1867. 8,51 Total...... Wate vi eaal dipendeesales @MNGLOO ASSETS ON PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND, 4 United States bonds Thirty vaults’ balance unsol Lots sold, not yet paid for. Due for labor. Book accounts Handbook unsoid, just pi Interest due July 1 on government DOUE.........0 00006 Balance due on vaults sold i Es | of Interments Lots sold. Interment 123,334 129,410 It will thus be perceived that the receipts of thi year are about $15,000 less than those of the las year. The depressed condition of business affair corey and the larger decrease tn the number ot interments, owing to the unusual healthfulness of the year, readily account for the diminution which bas occurred. The Permanent Improvement fan@ amounts to $443,984 29. The report further states that the monument proposed to be erected by the city in commemoration of the services of her brave soldiers during the late war has been completed, with the exception of four bronze statues, repre+ senting the different branches of the military ser- vice, to be placed on the pedestals provided for that purpose. An important amendment to the charter was passed by the Legislature at the last session, Which provides “that if at any election one-, third in number of the lot proprietors shall not im person or by proxy vote thereat, then the trustee to be chosen shall be elected by the existing trustees or @ majority of them.” Notwithstanding the pub- licity which has always been given to notices of elec- tion by advertising extensively, there have never been present to vote besides the trustees, except om one occasion of a contested election, more thm three or four lot owners, and frequently not more than one. This inattention on their part has serl- ously exposed the funds of the institution and other important interests to peril by rendering it easy for, designing men to obtain the control of the in- stitution and use its means and _ position to promote their own seifish purposes. But the pro= vision now embodied in the charter (preventing as it will an election by surprise, and 7%, enabling a re- spectable and available minority of the lot owners to choose trustees possessing their confidence in place of any existing board who should prove faithless to, their trust) affords the best possible guarantee that the fiscal and general affairs of the cemetery will be faithfully and efficiently administered. Additional ground has been purchased at the southerly entrance, 80 as to abolish the drinking saloons in that neigh- borhood, which have for a long time past been a nuisance. On motion of Mr. J. W. C. LEVERIDGE the report was accepted and adopted. It was also resolved that the thanks of the lot owners are eminently due to and are hereby ten<- dered to the trustees of the cemetery for the very: faithful and efficient manner in which they have dis- charged the trust committed to them, and for the present very satisfactory condition of the cemetery as detailed by their report submitted to this mecting. Mr. SAMUEL L. MITCHELL seconded the motion, which was unanimously — . Mr. H. E. PrerReponr briefly returned thanks on behalf of the trustees, and the meeting adjourned. THE QUARREL OF THE RAILWAY KINGS. The Erie Railway Litigation—The Grand Jury “Taking a Hand.” The great Erie Railway stock litigation, at present going on in this city, promises to assume propor- tions of the most extensive and complicated charac- ter ever brought before the civil courts of any coun- try, it being virtually a contest in which the actors are the two greatest stock speculators in the United States; the weapons about $120,000,000 of capital, on both sides, and the prize the con- trol of two great Lge! systems. But the case now indicates an entirely different aspect of affairs in addition to this. The complaint of William Belden, a stockholder of the Erie Railway Company, and well known as Daniel Drew’s broker,’ charges Cornelius Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Richard Schell, James A. Banker, George G. Barnard, Frank Work and others, after setting forth a great deal of matter which has been already made public (in the complaint of Fisk and the Erie Railway Com- pany against the Attorney General, Frank Work an@ others), with conspiring and entering into a “combl- nation to speculate in the stock of the said Erie Rail- way Company, and to use the process of the courts for the purpose of aiding their speculations.’? Yesterday the papers, consisting of the com- laint and the adMavits of Belden and Henry |. Smith, were sent before the Grand Jury. This body will investigategtie charges made and will probably make a presentment to the court on the subject In a few days. It 18 believed that the wholesale allega- tion of conspiracy is the result of a desperate effort. to defeat the antl-Drew party and take the matter out of the lands of the courts of this district, The charges made are of a grave and serious nature, in- volving as they do the Presiding Justice of the Su- reme Court, and will undoubtediy be searchingly Fivestigated’ Should they prove unfounded there will be some heavy indictments found against certain Lo rd with probabilities of several interesting liber suits, INTERNAL REVENUE MATTERS. Special Revenue Inspector Coonatty, with a force of men from Collector Bailey's office, made a descent upon an extensive whiskey distillery, situated at the corner of Thirty-fifth street and Tenth avenue. The roperty seized is owned by E. Lowe. This estab- Rinivent was seized only a short time previous, A number of barrels of raw spirits, without any brands attached, were found on the premises by the oaticersy the rectifying tubs, however, were discovered to perfectly dry, and bore no indications of recent use. The distil ry of Joseph H. Stiner is also in the hands of the officers of internal revenue. The pre- mises are situated at the corner of Seventeenth street and Seventh avenue, Probable fraud is the reason assigned for the seizure of this establishment. Mr. Cohen’s rectifying house was also seized by the same officers, and it is now in their possession. Vigilance has evidently taken hold of the officers, as they yesterday pounced upon the tobacco estab- lishment of Wm. A. Pearl, whose premises are situ- ated at the corner of Hudson and Hammond streets. ‘The seizure was made tn the afternoon of yesterday by Collector M. B. Field, and the cause of his descent is alleged og been tir consequence of the non- ayment of tax. PiGollector Sheridan Shook has also been stirriny round and interesting himself in taking care of; Philadelphia whiskey ventures, which are constantly: arriving in his district in large and small lot, | Tt is said that a large quantity of Philadelphia whiskey is offered for sale in this market at ninety-five cents a} lion, The tax on the fluid being $2 a gallon the; deduction ts that the spirits are illicit, Untéss the tax ix proven to have been paid the liquor ts held for’ the benefit of the government, LONG ISLAND NEWS, Sertovs Accrpent af Woopmaven.—Yesterday afternoon Mr, William Amberman, a builder, who resides at Jamaica, L. 1, while at work upon & jarge pile of lumber at Woodhaven, fell therefrom, breaking his shoulder bone aud sustaining other slight injuries, He now lies in a critical condition. ACCIDENT ON THE SovTH SIDE RAILROAD.—& workman in the employ of the South Side Ratlroad, while engaged with others in ere oy ha “er bankment, about two miles west 0! v' Jamaica, yesterday afternoon, had nis tng frac tured by the caving in of a large quantity of earth, His injuries are considered serious. son WINDPALL.—Considerable stir hag, bees open in Reading, Mass., by the announcements that Mr. Thomas I. Sweetser inherits @ fortune of quarter of a million of dollars, through hia wife, niece of Mr. Nicolson, inventor of the pavement that name, Who died about three yeare since, ant the title to whose estate of one militon dollars Just been settled. The four heirs also have an in- terest in the profits of the patent, which has eight years to rum