The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1868, Page 6

6 POLITICAL I”, TELLIGENCE. ee . THE PRESIDENCY, ~ Horatio Sg" mour’s Letter of Acceptance. ‘The followiy.g is Horatio Seymour's acceptanée of the democratic nomination for the Presigency :— Urica, August 4, 1868, CENT’ EMEN—When, In the city of New York, on the Mth w),, in the presence of a vast multitude, on behalf of w@ National Democratic Convention, you ten- dery to me its Unanimous nomination as their can- diate for the office of President of the United States, T/stated | had no words adequate to express my Jgxetivade for the good will and kindness which that foay had shown to me, Its nommation was on- gought and unexpected, It was my ambition to take fan active part, from which I am now excluded, in the great struggle going on for the restoration of good government, of peace and prosperity to our country. But I have been caught up by the whelm- ing tide which is bearing us on te a great political change, and | find myself unable to resist its pressure. You have also given me @ copy of the resolutions put forth by the Convention, showing its position upon al the great questions which now agitate the coun- try. As the presiding officer of that Convention I aim familiar with their scope and import; as one of Qts members I ain a party te its terms. They are ia amccord with my ylews, and [ stand upon thei m the ontest upon which we are now entering, and 1 ‘shall strive to carry them out in future, wherever I may be piaced, in political or privage life. I then stated that I would send yOu these words of acceptance in a letter, as is tic customary fori. | see no reason, upon reflection, to change or qual- My the terms of my approval of the resolutions of ‘the Convention. I have delayed the mere formal act of communica- ting to you in writing what I thus publicly sald, for the purpose of seeing what light the action of Con- ress Would throw upon the iiterests of the country, ts gets since adjourninent of the Convention hoW an alarm lest a change of political power will give to the people what they ought to have—a clear flatement of what has been done with the mouey drawn from them during the past eight years. Thoughtful men feel that there Nave’ been wrongs in the flnanctal nagement which have been kept from the public knowiedge. The Congres- gional party has not only allied ftseif with military ower, Which is to be brought to bear directly upon he elections in many States, but it also holds itself in perpetual session with the avowed purpose of making such laws as it shall see fit in view of the elections which will take place within a few weeks. It did not therefore adjourn, but took a recess, to meet again if its partisan interests shall demand its reassembling. Never before in the history of our country has Congress thus taken a menacing attitude towards its electors. Under its influence some of the States organized by its agents are proposing to deprive the people of the right to vote for Presidential electors, and the first bold steps are tak’ the rights of suifrage. It is not str that thoughtful men see in such action the proof that there are, with those who shape the policy of the Tepublican party, motives stronger and deeper than the mere wish to hold political power; that there is a dread of some exposure which drives them on to acts so desperate and so impolitic. Many of the ablest leaders and Journals of the re- poblioan party have openly deplored the violence of ugressional action and its tendency to keep up dis- cord in our country, The great interests of our Union demand peace, order and a return to those in- dustrial pursuits without which we cannot main- tain the faith or honor of our government. The minds of business men are perplexed by uncer-- tainties. The hours of toil of our laborers are length- ened by the cost of living made by the direct and dudirect exactions of government. ‘Our people are harassed by the heavy and frequent demands of the tax gatherer. Without distinction of party there is @ strong feeling in favor of that line of action which shall restore order and confidence and shall lft of the burdens which now hinder and vex the industry of the country. Yetat this moment those in power have thrown into the Senate chamber and Congres- sional hail new elements of discord and violence, | Men have been adinitted as representatives of some abuse of the bad, b@t tg suffer from the censure of the good who are m! by prejudices and mis- representationg, ‘There are no attractions in such positions which deceive my judgment when I sa) lat a great change is going on in the public ming, ‘The masa of the republican party are more thouyat- |, temperate and just than they were uring the excitement which attended the progress and clse of the civil war. As the energy of the democrattc party rings from their devotion to their cZase and not to their candidates, | may with propriety speak of the fact that never in the paritions latory of our counter: has the action of any like body be/:n hatied with suel universal and widespread enthvsiasm as that which has been shown in relation to tie position of the Na- tional Democratic Conventign, With this the candi- dates had nothing to do, Had any others of those named been selected this spirit would have been perhaps more marked The zeal and ene of the conservative masses spring from a desire make & Change of political policy, and from the confidence that they can carry out their purpese, In this faith they are strengthened by the co-opera- tion of the great body of those who served im the Union army and navy during the war. Having given nearly sixteen thensand commissions to the officers of tha. army I know their views and wishes, They demand the Union for which they fought. The largest meeting of these gallant soldiers which ever assembled was held in New York and endorsed the action of the National Convention. In words instinct with meaning they called upon the government to stop in its policy of hate, discord and disunion, and im termpof fervid eloquence they demanded the re- sorasion of the rights and liberties of the American people. When there is such accord between those who Proved themselves brave and Belf-sacrificing in war und those who are thoughtful and patriotic fa coun- cil, I cannot doubt we shall gain a political triumph which will restore our Union, bring back peace and prosperity to our land, and will give us once more ‘the blessings of a wise, economical and honest gov- erament, Tam, genulemen, truly yours, &c., : HORATIO SEYMOUR, To General G. W. MORGAN and others, commit- tee, &e., ko, Speech of Senator Morton, of Indiana, The Hon. Oliver P, Morton in a speech recently de- livered at Indianapolis, after reviewing the platform of the democracy, General Blair's letter and the availability of the two Presidential candidates, re- ferred to the consequences of the success of the democratic party as follows Now, my friends, allow me to call your attention very briefly to what would be the inevitable conse- quences of the success of the democratic party in the approaching election. One of the first conse- quences would be the elevation of the rebel soldier to the same platform occupied by the Union soldier. In this Convention you find the rebel and the North ern democrat standing on the same platform exactly; you find the most influential men of that Con- vention to have been rebel officers, and none was more influential than General Forrest, of Memphis, the butcher, who had col- ored soldiers and even children murdered in colo blood after they had surrendered; but yet this man was received into fellowship in the Democratic Convention, and no votce was more powerful there than his. Ifyou bring this democratic party into power the rebel soldier must be pensioned like the Union soldier; his widow and his orphan must be provided for as we provide for the widow and orphan. of the Union soldier, They must be placed upon the same level, for { ask you ff the rebels of the South get into power through the medium of the demo- cratic party will they consent to tax themselves in common with the nation to pay pensions to Union soldiers and the widows and orphans of Unton sol- aiers while theirs are unprovided for? Never! This is against human nature; and the first thing they will do when they shall come inte power by the elec- tion of the democratic ticket wiil be to place the rebel soldier in every respect upon the same jevel with the Union soldiers, and thelr widows and orphans, and af who are pensioned, Another in- evitable consequence of the success of the demo- cratic party will be the repudiation of the national | debt. The democratic party has no position or status | Hoan State organization, 1s also at th * sing the bonds in are invited to vote Pid ticket because of the platform, It is.formed to deceive. It is intended to cheat the people, but I do not believe it will, In one thing I agree with Frank Blair, that the greenback question, the bond nes: tion, 18 BOW coimparatively unimportant. He says the great question, overshadowing ever: thinx else, 1s the question of destroying by military power the new governments that have m built in the South, It is the question of renewing the rebellion. POLITICAL NOTES FROM THE BRANCH. Lone Brancu, August 5, 1865. For yeare past, dating back to a time anterior to the rule of the present dynasty in old Tammany, the Mansion House at Long Branch has been the favorite resort of the chiefs of the wigwam during the heated term, and hither they have been followed year after year by their devoted adherents, Ike Fowler, Lorenzo 8, Sheppard, John Kelly, Sickles, John ‘Clancy, and so on down to the existing tirm of Sweeny, Tweed and Connolly, the big Indians have all enjoyed the shelter of its long piazzas, smoked the pipe of peace on its broad lawns and tasted the fire water at its bar. A few years ago the detached building now used as a billiard saloon and bar was known as Blossom Lodge, and was set apart every season for the special use of the Tammany crowd, where they could talk secrets without danger of eaves- droppers, drink whiskey m unlimited quantities without exciting remark and play draw poker until daylfght without any fear of disturbing outsiders, But now we find the New York leaders and their fol- lowers in possession of the main building and divid- ing the best rooms with the Wall street bankers and brokers, who appear to make this house thelr head- quarters, At the Mansion, then, the powerful chief of the red men of the old wigwam, Peter B. Sweeny, pitches his tent and holds his councils of war, During the sum- mer months he takes his constitutional dip in the surf every morning at five o'clock, strengthening himself for the contest with unruly committee men, or wanders along the beach, looking out upon the broad Atlantic, thinking and plotting for his party and laying out in his mind’s eye his plans for the campaigns Nearly every day he visits the clty—for a political ruler cannot afford toleave his kingdom for many hours unwatched; and then he may be seen perched on the prow of the River Queen, like an aboriginal figurenead, watching the waters through which the gallant vessel cleaves @ passage, and probably revolving in his mind how he can best manage to drive his political cutwater as swiftly and as easily through the muddy and troubled sea of city politics. Chamberlain Sweeny is just at present getting himself*in trim for the meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee at Governor Seymour's home, on the 13th of the present month, and believes that at that important gathering great deeds are to be done and the real business of the campaign inaugurated. Sweeny be- lieves in the success of Seymour as thoroughly as he believes in te infallibility of the Pope; believes that Hoffman 1s the strongest candidate that could be named for Governor, but is willing to go with the sense of the convention, and keeps his own counsel about local nominations, Ex-Senator Henry R. Low, of Sullivan county, chairman of the Executive Committee of the repub- Mansion. Like a bold genera! he has resolved to penetrate into the stronghold of the democracy and to keep an eye upon Peter, Ltke himself, Sweeny isa member of the General Committee of his party, and Low, ac- customed to the dark lantern business of Know upon the subject of the national debt exeept re- of the Southern States with the declaration ea their lips that they cannot live in the States they claim to represent without military protection. These men are to make laws for the North as well as the Sonth. These men, who a few days since were seeking a8 suppliants that Congress would give them power within their respective States, are to- day the masters and controllers of the actions of those bodies. Entering them with minds filled with passions, their first demande have been that Con- gress shall look upon the States from which they come as in conditions of civil war; that the majority of their populations, embracing their Intelligence, shall be treated as public enemies; that military forces shall be kept up at the cost of the people of the North, and tuat there shall be no peace and order at the South save that which is made by arbl- trary power. Every intelligent man knows that these men owe their present seats in Congress to the disorder in the South; every man knows that they not only owe their present positions to disorder, but that every motive springing from the love of power, of gain, of a desire for vengeance, prompts them to keep the South in anarchy. While that existe the’ are independent of the wills or wishes of their fel- Jow citizens. While confusion reigns they are the Gispensers of the profits and the honors which grow out of a government of mere force. ese men are ngw placed in positions where they cannot only urge their views of policy, but where they can enforce them. When others shall be admitted in this manner from the remaining Southern States, although they will have ia truth no constituents, they will have more power in the Senate thau a ma- jority of the people of this Union living in nine of the great States. In vain the wisest members of the re- uublican party protested ‘ainst the policy that led £ this result. While the chiefs of the late rebellion have submitted to the resulta of the war, and are now quietly engaged in useful pursuits for the sup- ort of theinselves and their families and are trying y the force of their example to lead back the people of the South to the order and indusury, not ouly es- sential to their well being, bat to the greatuess and Proxperity of our common qpuntry, we see that those who, without ability or infidence, have been thrown by the agitations of civil convulsion into positions of honor and profit are striving to keep alive the pas- sions Lo which they owe their elevation, And they clamorously —. that they are the only friends of our Union—a Chion that can only have a sure foun- dation in fraternal regard and @ common desire to Promote the peace, the order and the happiness of all sections of our land, Events in Congress since the adjournment of the Convention lave vastly increased the importance of @ political vic nny by those who are seeking to bring “back economy, simplicity and justice in the adi ‘ation of our national affall Many republ have heretofore clung to their party who have re- etted the extaemes of violence to which it has run. hey have cherished @ faith that while the action of their political friends has been mistaken their mo tives have been good. They must now see that the republican ery 13 in that eondition that it cannot carry out a Wise and peaceful policy, whatever ite motives may be. _ It 18 @ misfortune not only toa country but to a governing party itself when {ts ac- | tion is unchecked by any form of opposition. It has | deen the misfortune of the republican party that the evente of the past few veara have given tt so much pwer that it has been able to shackle the Execu- Eve. trammel the judiclary and to carry out the views of the most unwise and violent of its mem- bers. When this state of thing# exists in any party it has ever been found that the judgine of its ablest leaders do not control. There is hard! an able man who has helped to build up the repub nn organizatign who has not within the past thr ned ft against its excesses, who has nm down and forced to give up his convie what the interests of the country called f¢ Deen bo tous of or, if too patriotic to do this, Who bas not been driven from its r If this has been the @ heretofor what wil ection now with this new mfusi n ut a decent reapect for the views of o had just given them their positions, begin Is fot ayms, with d arded aa {na co civil war, and with a declaration that théy nd anxiouseto degrade ghe President of 1 States wheneyer they can persiade or ugress to bring tdrward Dew articles of im- Tty as wollas we are interested this Voleuce, It must be clear to Byer nan that a ton of politi- cal power ts | Ppudiation. Why? 1. Because the democratic party of the North was opposed to the creation of the debt, for the purpose of putting down the rebellion, Every act of Congress in authorizing the issumg of bonds or the borrowing of money was denounced as un- constitutional, The several acts of Congress, autho- rizing the issue of legal tender notes, were declared to be a shameless and wanton violation of the constitution, The democratic party did all in its power, by its politicians and its news- papers, to prevent the bonds from being sold, to prevent the people from lending the government their money to carry on the war, and now the great mass of the democratic party hate the bondholders. They hate them because they lent their money to carry on the war, and whatever may be the feelings of Seymour or the bondholders of the democratic party in the State ana the city of New York, the truth is that the great body of the democratic party hate the bondholders because they lent their money Nothingism, is of a ie sete disposition and be- lleves that “something is going on.” In this he is no doubt correct. As @ strong Fenton radical he is anxions to earry the State this fall, so as to clatm the credit of the victory for the Fenton men, who have seized bodily upon the committee to the ex- clusion of the Morgan faction. He declares that every member of the State Legislature nominated on the republican side this fail must be pledged against Morgan or must suffer defeat. County Clerk Charles E. Loew shines like a demo- cratic oMceholder and as a@ gay bachelor ought to shine at the Mansion, and washes away in the surf ail recoflection of the failnre of the Broadway bridge. He has an abiding faith in the great advantages to be derived from politics, and regards Tammany as a great institution. There.are rumors floating on the fragrant air of the Branch to the effect that the ex- Alderman’s passion for ‘rings’? will not loug be con- fined to those of a political character and that, yield- ing to the soothing influence of “hops,” he wil! soon to carry on the war, and they will never pay them @ dollar, ap pol or interest, If they can help it. Bi again, the democratic party is now in open fratern’ ut it and in solemn aMfitation with rebels of the South, The revels of the South put their money in Confed- erate stocks. They invested thelr money to carry on the rebellion. They were conquered. They losfevery- thing, And now T want to know if there is a man stupid enongh to believe that these Southern rebels, when they shall come tnto power through the me- dium of the democratic party, will tax themselves along with the body of the nation to pay our debt, either principal or interest. Never. Therefore it is the Inevitable result, the inexorable logic of the situ- ation, the very constitution of the democratic party, that it cannot and will not pay that debt, and if it is brought into power that repudiation will be the cer- tain result. The omly thing that would ever reconcile them to the payment of the debt would be the assump- tion of their dent and putting it on the same basis; but that would be repudiation, becanse it would make the debt so large that it never could be paid, Another consequence of the coming into power of the demo- cratic party and of the bgt 5 of these loyal State governments that we have built ap in the South will be the restoration of slavery. Idia not think soa yearago. I thought, come what might, they never could restore slavery. 1 do not think 80 now. I think if you give them the power they will return the colored people to slavery, Let them over- turn those State governments down there and they Will disarm the negro population. They are all armed themseives, and then, with the sanction and appro- bation of Seymour and ail the democratic politicians of the North, they will, by military power, return the colored people to slavery. That would be another inevitable result of a suc of the demoeratic party. The Senator remarked on the suffrage question:— Now, my friends, we hear a good deal upon the question of negro suffrage. My distinguished col league, in the speech which he made in this yard last night, took oecasion to advert to that subject, and [ wish to read an extract from what he sald. He says:—‘By an act of Congress it | has been established in the District of Columbia, and now at every election in tit nity of Washington the disagreeable sight ts wit- essed of hundreds of white ™m being jostled and crowded from the poWs by organized bandg of ne- groes.”” My colleague told the people tast night that in the city of Washington the sight is frequentiy witnessed of white men being jostied from the polls by the negroes, I think my colleague has been mis- | | informed. I never heard of that, and I never paid | 80 poor a compliment to the white men myself. Tue | idea that the supertor race, the unconquerable Anylo- | Saxon, with ail his intelligence, with his possession of | arma, with ali the advantage that intelligence gives even in the city of Washington, hae been crowde:l and josticd from the polls by these’ poor negroes, Where nat occurred? We know that in Missis ection there were whole counties, where | by the armed | point to an in r kept the white | 1 from young? And now the appeal is again | ace to the prejudice against the negro; again thas old prejudice is to be dug up; all disgusting, and rot | ten and disagreeable as it 18, it is to be presented to the public gaze to again urge men to vote the demo- | cratle ticket. Ah, there Is one answer to that. It was by one of those tricks that often occur in democratic conventions that Chief Juative Chase | was prevented from being the democtitic ean didate for President; and, but for this trick, my distinguished — colleague now be would n and to ciety ft and a majority of demoeratlg members to the House of Representatives would wt give to that party organ Szation power to make sudder changes, but it would serve to ch measures which have been deplored by of noth polit organizations, Ther most certainly lead to that peacel the Union and re-establishinent of fra hip which the country desires. Tam su best men of the republican party deplore as Ido the spirit of violence shown by the admitted to seats In Congress from the The condition of civil War Which they contemplate wust be abliorrent to every right thinking man. I have no mere persoval wishes which mislead my Judgment in regard to the pending election. Ne Man who has weighed and measured the duties of the office of President of the United States can fall to be tinpressed with the cares and tolls of him who is to meet its demands, It is not merely to float with opular currents without @ policy Or a purpose. On © contrary, wihlle our constitution gives just Weight to the public willite distinguishing feature in ‘that it seeks to protect the rights of minorit reatest glory le that it puts restraints upon power. t gives force and form to those maxime and princi ie# of civil liberty fer which the martyrs of freedom | ave struggied through ages. It declares the right of the people “to be secure tn their persons, hou and papers against unreasonable searches and seizures; that Congress shall make no law respect. pg an establishment of religion or the free exerciae thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, of the right of the peopie to petition for redress of grievances. It secures the right of a a@peedy and public trial by an impartial Jury.” No map can fightiutly enter upon the duties of the Presidential office uniess he if not only willing to out the wishes of the people _ wed ine onal way, but is also prepared to stand up the rigiite of roinorities. He must be ready to phold the free exercise of religion. ‘He must de. H measures which would errong personal or Romer its or the re’ conscience of the hum- blest citizen of the lands He must maintain, without distinction of creed 4 natioualty, all the privueges n citizenship. aT An enpertnce of Svery pniiic man who hes been faithful to bis trust teaches him that no one can do the duties of the office of President unless be le ready not only to undergo the fas *, Ite | standing upon a platform. of | It t& well known that Jud twenty-five years has bh h | suitrage, wlio may almost be | that doctrine, that all the arrangeier e as the candidate of the déno cratic party, It ia said that at the very time that | Mr. Seymour's name was brought forward in the convention that be had proposing the name of Chase, and it is certain that such an arrangement had been made, Tonly refer to this to show that it is a mere appeal for the por: pose of securing votes, and that democratic politt- | caus are prepared to take a negro suffrage candi- date. a candidate professing any Kind of views, if he n'y bring shem into the enjoyment of politica: | After making a general denial of the remarks and ves ascribed to him by his colleague, Senator iricke, Mr, Morton took up the currency ques- tion:— Now, my friends, upon the currency question, let ‘Us fook for a few moments at the democratic party. Who is Horatio Seymour? The advo of the bonds being paid to Within te: ‘8 efore hia pomipation be &@ speech in Cooper Tusti- tute, in Re city of New York, in which he argued that the fonds were payable in gold and that the first duty of the government was to return to specie pay- ments by making the greenbacks as good as gold. And yet this nan, with fils acknowledged optnions, ia placed upon @ platform declaring that the bonds are payable in greenbacks that were made during risen for the purpose of | record a deed of settlement in his own office on his own account and lead an “aitar’d” life. Other leading politicians are as thick around the Mansion House as mosquitos in a Long Island ——. John J. Bradley has been there, pyekling himself In the salt water, probably in order that he may keep as a candidate for Mayor during the hot weather. Senator®reamer has been in couneil with Sweeny over the complexion of the ext rgisia- tre, and as he is an upright, honest representative himself, he very properly urges the leaders to reform the character of their Assembly nominations, Judge Sutherland has been at the Mansion some days, looking after the interests of Judge Barnard, for whose nomination he is very anxious; but he ts now fully satisfied that the game is secure and that Barnard will be continued on the bench. It is proposed by Nelson J. Waterbury to run John H. Anthon for the Supreme Court in oppo- sition to Barnard, but thie will be a fruitiess task, Barnard is popular with the masses, as bold politi- clans always are, and the Jammany machine in the President contest will ¢arry him in by an enor- mous majority. A hew excitement will take place among the Man- sion House politicians in a day or two, through the arrival of Police Commissioner Brennan, who has taken rooms and will arrive on Friday or Saturday. He comes especially to lay down the plan of action in regard to the the: pot of tmapectors of election, clerks of the polls, &c., with Peter Bis- marck Sweeny, and the two shrewd politicians will no doubt cook up some dish which all the ingenuity of Acton, Mannierre and John A. Kennedy will be powerless to spoil. It was for the purpose of hold- ing a check upon the republican members of the Board tn regard to these appointments that Brennan was elected Police @ommissioner, and he will, no doubt. faifll the expectations of bis friends. Judge Bosworth, the other democratic Police Com- miastoner, has been dozing eomfortably on the piazza of the Metropolitan or walking under an umbretla on the beach for sume days, but he ts too conscien- tious @ democrat to make avy outside arrangements for the benefit of his party. He will, however, act with Brennan in the Roard, provided he has leisure to attend the meetings. Allen, the Tax Commis sioner, has algo been af the Metropolitan gazington the ocean agd reflecting on the ae of all hu- man aifairs. Judge Cardqzo is enjosing himself su- premely in a cottage and Judge McKeon has also lo- cated himseif at a private residence. He # an in- veterate “outsider” and always Wal be. Ex-Senator Tom Murph came down in a hurry last son's and to-day started for New York, Hastings and another forlorn Weedite | Of course curiosity was on tiptoe to 1 ing of this movernent, and rumor says anxious to go to the Assembly for Morgan's sake™~- of gourse not for his own—and desires to bring the inte nee of all his ‘friends to bear upon Charley Spencer to induce the flery litte radical te consent to his nomination. Homer Secretary of State, 1s also @ yesterday arrival at Stetson’s, -He comes to Sweeny” and to find out whether he would be an acceptable cc ise for Governor in the event of a hard Mgiit between New York and Kings. Secre: tary Nelson ts a wiry. shrewd politician, but be will scarcely persuade the Bismarck of American politics to give bina th { Governor just now. fat conservative, the night, posted off to Stet- with Hugh In his train. £ THE YECRO WW TRE FIBLD. The Border State ¢ its session in Ba re following highfaiatin addres To OUR COLORED Bastntnes OF TAR SoUTH:— GENTLEMPN—Woe, the colored republicans of the non-reputlican States of Maryland, New Jersey, » Pennsylva New York and West Virginia, mvention assembled, make this our solemn ap- peal to you, upon Whom that invaluable protective Tight, tho Vallot, has been at last so justly conferred, after the mo: r opposition from your former | owners combined with the democracy of the North. We earnestiy exhort you that when, in the coming Presidential contest, you are caled upon to exerciae that inherent right upon which depends the political freedom of our race, you remember us, your dis- franchised breturen in. these States, who are left to- Gay at the mercy of the democracy, betng dented the commonest right of mantiood and unless preserved through your votes we may be crushed to the lowest conditions of State aud national existence, Th you to relieve us and your. us situation in which we find ives and yrhich awaits you unless you marshal your mighty hosts and, like a well diseiplined legion, march to the ballot box and there put the enemy to fight who would oppress and tyrannize over you. Show them that there, as weil as epon many 4 hotly contested battle feild, the ballot sas safe in your hands as the mueket was then invose days of flery trial, Let them see thatas you cast solid shot and shell at the enémies of the nation on the bloody fields of war in defence of our country you will be more mighty in November next in casting your lon of Colored Men, at Tuesday, adopted the ni the war—Wwe have $366,000,000 of them—$800,000,000 of them were issued before any of these bonds were | Iasned, the other $65,000,000 were issued contem | rancou@ with the issue of the first bonds—but the democratic platform warranta the payment of the | bonds not only tn the old but in new Po that may made for that Kl gan ™m ad libitum until they thal becom ‘worthless, and Until not only the currency but the bonde themselves shall have been destroyed. This man, with’his known Opinions, but recently expressed, was thus placed upon this platform, which, was drawn to meet the known views of Mr. Pendieton.. I ask t who take an interest in these questions what kind of con- fidence they can place in a candidate or fn # ptatform that t6 thus made to deceive? Sot y 1s to be cheated. Those who beileve in paying the bonds in BOM are invited to Fate the femocratic ticket because Of Mr. Seymour's prneipieg, Those who veleve in whole votes unitediy for the undying principles of liberty and equality before ihe law. Let tbe figureheads of the democratic party see and that you are men, and that yon gratefully recognize oy obligation for ali that oars received to he Magnanimity of the gre: rou jean perty of our country; , therefore, feding this debt of gratitude resting upon you, we aak you, In the name of civilization, your conntry, your race and God, to cast your consolidated vote in Noyember next for (a bn pin Py unawert person, Se ver of popular liberty, peace and rity, P rv. & Brant, for tbe Presdengy, bad hat tin: artial and a statesinan, Hon, Schuyler fax, for the Vice Presidency of the United States. We feel that in these jilustrious standard bearers of the fetional republicans, as in the tmmortal ia to be found our hope and safety for the continua. oa Of Rational peace aud the rights which you al- NEW. YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, ‘AUGUST. 6, 1868. Or al dugte wale thesbauring denouendte encinics, of yuri lamogratic enemies, and witht disdainful suspicion turn fiway from their deceptive bids and honeyed words which they will empiey to entrap you into their ranks, ‘Their oily tongues, like the eye of a charming serpent, would ct from you those rights which you hold para- mount to life itself, and return you to that barbarous, demoralizing institution out of which the struggling Years of republicanism has brought you. Had it not been for the taithfulness of the republi- can party to you and us where would we not have been to-day, and what wrong and out would we not have been subject to! jad it not nm for the faithfulness of this party to that undying truth ut- tered by the fathers of our country, that all men are created free and equal, freedom and your inherent rights would have at this hour been slumbering in the womb of the mysterious future, Centuries might have intervened between master and slave and still unis idea of the black man’s freedom would not have visited the imagination of your democratic foes, The lapse of a thousand years, and the Freed- en’s Bureau, civil rights, reconstruction, &c., ould have been but strange conceptions in’ the brains of these pretended democratic friends, to say nothing of the colored man’s acting as leutenants, captains and majors in the American army, and act- ing 1n civil governmentas police, aldermen, council- Fay bred representatives, Seuutors, Secretary of ate, &c. ° te are now upon trial, for the first time, in a Presidential contest, and millions at home and abroad are anxiously predicting and watching the course you Will pursue, which is to decide whether the colored man is aman, and whether he ean dis- criminate between his enemies and his friends, You are to decide in November next at the ballot box, with your legion of nine hundred thousand political warriors, whether republicanism shall triumph by which’ American liberty is to be perpe- tuated, or whether you will desert the ranks of the army of the republic and go over to your enemies, No, God forbid that a single black man should cast his vote for any other than the nominees of the great republican party. Let the embodiment of your poll- tical salvation, General U. 8. Grant and Colfax, be perched upon your every banner. It ts our anxious, heartfelt appeal that you be true to your race, your country aud your God by voting for General i, 8, Grant, and Hon, Schuyler Colfax, in whose keeping your liberties, the liberties of the American people, are safe. And now, brethren, our last expressions are that in the accomplishment of this great work trials await you. Ycur enemies will first entreat, then threaten, “They will bring up be- fore you even starvation, if you shail go forward in the line of your duty to yourselves, to us and to your God. We entreat you, turn your back upon these threats as upon the Re bowen of the enemy, and prefer to die rather than to desert your principles. Political Notes. There is a general cessation throughout the South- ern States of the violent harangues of prominent ex-rebals which followed so closely on the heels of the nomination of Seymour and Blair. The South- ern press also has moderated’ its views to a consid- erable extent, and we read very little now about the glories of the defunct confederacy. Both parties have completed their nominations for Congress in West Virginia. The election will take place on October 22, The following’ are the names of the candidates: Districts. Republican. 1,—General I, H. Duval. I.—J. C. McGrew. Wm. G. Brown. Iil,—General J. 8. C. P. T. Moore. Senator Wilson has gone to his home in Natick, Mass., to recuperate for the woi< which he has laid out in the canvass, He will go into Maine first, The Atlanta (Ga.) Era pertinently says:— The violence and abuse of the Southern disunion press are fast destroying with the people what is called “democracy.” It means present am) future ruin to every material interest south of Mason and Dixon's line, The Boston correspondent of the Hartford Post writes:— Our next Legislature will have a Senatorial election upon its hands, and it is generally regarded as a settled matter that Mr. Sumner will be re- elected for his fourth term, Thove are many republicans in Massachusetts who would pre- fer a little different man, but Mr. Sumner is able and it will require a very strong and a very popular man to run him off the track. There is a disposition among the conservative republicans to support Charles Francis Adams, and in case of his nomifiation the democrats would probably vote for him if their votes would defeat Mr, Sumner. But the democratic papers are going in so strongly for Mr. Adams that both he and his republican friends are likely to get disgusted. If the democrats want to help Mr. Adams to @ place in the Senate the: should better enjoin silence Epes the Boston Post, New ome World and Nati Intelligencer for the present. Democratic, «Henry s. Walker. YACHTING NOTES. The Alice is on the ways having her bottom cleaned, Her canvas has been increased, and dur- ing the approaching cruise of the New York Yaeht Club the chances are she will be the peftof the squad- ron, The favorite rendezvous of the Alice for several weeks has been near the “beach on Long Branch,’” The prizes for the Union regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Cub, sailed for on the 26th of June, are now ready to be distributed to the owners of the winning boats. For the victorious schooner—the Alice, Com- modore Kidd—there has been made a superb binna- cle, with handsome brass fittings, and a spirit com- pass. The case is appropriately engraved, giving date and character of race sailed, For the winning yachts—Agnes, sloops first division; Miskoteed, sloops second division, and Mattie, second class sloop—there have been prepared unique and fan, pre gold medals. Each is one and sever eighths inches in diameter, and upon one side there is elaborately engraven a correct representation of the winning yacht, in sailing rig, with an outer em- bossed rim containing in enamel the words “Broo! lyn Yacht Club, Union Regatta.” The reverse is neatly engraven with the names of the winning boats, the date and character of the race. ie prizes are elegant and worthy of a liberal and noted uatic association. ‘he schooner yacht Magtc left yesterday for a cruise to the eastward. The steam yacht Annie passed through Hell Gate last evening, hence to Newport. The steam yacht Octavia arrived in this harbor yesterday from Glen Cove. “BOATING. NOTES. “Doc” Withers, of the Atalanta Boat Club-the favorite for the Champion Club belt—is sojourning at Barney Davis’, Peasant VaMey, where he ts in active training. John C. O'Neill Is the favorite for the champion belt in the Columbia Boat Club. There are other good ones—so look out, John! The Mutuals, of Albany, are very quiet. Are they in active training for the Association Regatta? The prospects are that they will carry off the champion Hag in September. he Atalanta and Columbia Boat Clubs are both incorporated associations. Young amateur boatmen will do well to join either club, as the members of both are very enthusiastic in the matter of boating. Why does Graves, of the Mutuals, of Albany, come to the city so often? Is he superintending the erec- tton of a new gig? “Doc” Withers will row a new boat on the 12th inst. Stiken, of the Coinmptas, Thomas Fearon’s boat, the champion of the assovia- tion, on the 15th inst. It is a hard boat to beat, + Curtiss, of the Atlantic Clup, ia a risingman. Will he row Fearon or Smith? Krobbe, of the Gulick Club, formerly of the Colum- | bia Ciub, is very quiet this season. His time of last year in the Columbia Club will be eclipsed in their Tegatta thie year, The regatta of the yoy Boat Club will take Place on the 12th tnst., at four o'clock P. M. The regatta of the Columbia Boat Club will take Place on the 15th inst., at four o'clock P. M. Wim. M. Tweed and Stephen H. Knapp are honor- ory members of the Columbia Boat Club. Both are | great aquatic sports, Will not Tweed go coxswain for the Columbias in their barge race this autumn’ Good ballast. THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES. The forthcoming sensation of the “Fire Fly’ is in active rehearsal at Wallack'’s. The plece will be pro- duced in an unexceptionable manner, and #0 far as relates to scenery and stage effects everything is being done by Manager Morse to make this play the | great sensation of the summer theatrical season. Mr. Crabtree, the father of Lotta, says that he will not permit his danghter, who is yet under age, to act in the piece and threatens to sue out an injunction against the theatre in question should the manage- ment insist on holding his daughter to her agree- ment to appear in the new play on Monday evening next, Lotta, who is backed up by her mother, in- sists on her right to appear at that particular theatre, in that particular play and on that night; and Manager Morse ts determined to have his theatre open on Monday evening above all other nights in the year, in Cy eof any crabbed opposition that he may meet with. This is at present the state of affairs and ‘Tis a very juarre! as it stands.’? We learn from re that an offer of wit] most likely row retty je English pay &@ six months’ engagement, at the rate of $2,000 in ce per month, een made to Mile. Hortense hneider by the tetor of a New York theatre. it Mr, Pike, . Bateman or MF. Grau that has made this iiberal offer to the orignal Grand Duchess? Don’t all speak at once, goutiemen. A considerable fracas occurre« recently tn Lon. don, caused by the unexpecte! meeting of two sc of the highest English Watlts in the antechamber of & French actress, v0 18 the sensation at present ih that city, How," rivals settied their diMeuity it not stated, edt. Mademoiselle was politely re quested to goaae her quartera the next morning, as Buch scenes really could not be brought to harmon. ige with the feputation of a first claas hotel ander NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Steamship Circassian—Important Deci- sion. Before Judge Barnard. Ernest Fiedler vs, John Kelly, Sheriff—The plain- tiff obtained title to the steamship Circassian through the foreclosure of a mortgage. The defendant in his official capacity attached the vessel under the State lien law for debt and sold her at public auction to plaintiff. In order to secure his own interests plain- tif purchased the vessel and paid twenty per cent of the gross amoiint of the sale under protest. Subse- quently he commenced this action inst the Sheritr to recover the twenty cent jd on account of the purchase money. The Sheri: put in an answer and claimed that he was justified in the sale under ‘the State lien law, Sul juent to the commence- ment of the action the Court of Appeals, in the cele- brated steamboat Josephine case, decided that the State lien law was unconstitutidnal and void as to vessels trading to foreign ports, and held that the United States courts alone had jurisdiction of them. The case came up yesterday on a motion to strike out the defendant's answer as frivolous, aud also for Judgment when necessary. ‘Motion granted, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Sentences and Convictions. Before Recorder Hackett. Upon the assembling of the court this morning the Grand Jury was empanelied. Mr. W. J. Peck was chosen foreman, and after a few words of in- be from the Recorder as to their duties they District Attorney Hall and Assistant District At- : torney Bedford appeared for the prosecution. Frederick Savier, charged with stealing $250 in Treasury notes from Henry Graul, No. 59 avenue:B, On the 18th of April, was convicted at tne June term of grand larceny. He was remanded for sentence till the present time. The Recorder sent him to the State Prison for two years and six months, Julius Asarof, who pleaded guilty in June to an at- tenpt at grand larceny, was sent to the Penitentiary for one year, id John Quinn pleaded guilty to forgery in the fourth degree, he having been charged with presenting a draft for $100 at the Shoe and Leather Bank on the 80th of June, purporting to have been endorsed by A. Henry. George Thorpe, who stole a watch worth $100 on the son of July from’ William Dowling, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. James Saunders, who was charged with stealin; on the 24th of July fifty-nine boxes of cologne, value at $236, from the bark Sea Skimmer, pleaded guilty any circu feney teatcoe hg will i erek Induce a tm adopt French morality, which 13 experiaiced 1D Othe capitals besiles Loudéa. to an attempt at grand-larceny. Catherine Smith, indicted for stealing from Andre Hubert, on the 14th of July, $55 in money, pleaded guilty to petty larceny. These prisoners were remanded for sentence. John Sheehy pleaded guilty to an attempt at y, he having stolen a case of shoes worth $81, the property of Sears & Curtis, He was sent to the Penitentiary for six months. ‘The Grand Jury brought in a large batch of indict- ments, many of which were promptly disposed of, in order, during this hot weather, to keep the prison as clear of tenants as possible. nd CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tag WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, 218 Broadway, HERALD Building:— rage Average for FounpD DROWNED.—The body of an unknown man = a in the river yesterday at the foot of Vestry street SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE.—The body of & male in- fant a few days old, packed - @ box, was found floating in the water off the Battery yesterday, A Fatal Fatu.—Richard Taylor, five years of age, fell from off the house No. 304 West Eleventh street, yesterday, and was instantly killed. THE FRACAS IN SOUTH STREET.—Lieutenant James Irish, of the revenue cutter Mahoning, was the party assaulted in South street on Tuesday evening by an unknown man, and not the assatlant, as reported in yesterday’s HERALD. THE New HosPitats aT West BANK.—The builit- ings designed for hospitals at the West Bank will be ready for occupancy in three months, These, with the hospital ships Falcon and Illinois, will atford sufficient accommodations for any emergency. EN Route To AFRica.—Rev, John B. Pinney, LL. D,, sailed from this city yesterday to visit the republic of Liberia, West Africa, This is hia fifth visit to that continent. Dr. Pinney intends thor- oughly exploring the gateway to Central Afnica. Tue PoHENIx CLvs.—The rain-promising clouds which overhung the city all day yesterday dimin- ished the attendance at the summer festival of the Phenix Society at Funk's Park; but enough were resent to make it an agreeable and enjoyed enter- inment for all. KILLED BY A FALt.—Panlus Schuer, while work- ing on the public school in Fortieth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, fell from the roof to the sidewalk yesterday forenoon, and was instantly killed. The body of deceased was removed to his late residence at the corner of Broadway and Fifty- third street. : AT THE MoRGUE.—The body of an unknown man, age about thirty years, five feet ten inches high, hav- ing sandy hair and moustache, and wearing plaid undershirt, black pants and boots, was found at the foot of Vesey street, North river, yesterd; taken to the Morgue. The body was too composed to be piaced on view, PERSONAL.—Among the arrivals in the city yester- day were General George A. H. Blake, United States Army; Judge George Collier Robbins, Idaho; Ed- ward Ware, New Orleans, and R. W. Cator, umore, at the Metropolitan Hotel; John W. Hoffmat Pennsylvania; J. B. Thomson, Misgourt; J. MeMiliat Michigan, at the Astor House; W. Scorboord, Ne: port; J. Gardner, Maryland; C. Davison, Louisville, rr. yiliams, Savannah, at the Fifth Avenue fotel. FATAL ACCTDENT.—An Inquest was yesterday held at the New York Hospital by Coroner Fiynn on the body of Thomas Hayes, a stevedore, whose death was the result of injuries received on the 26th ult. by a barrel falling upon him on boatd a ship at pler No. 8 North River. One of his I was so terribly ¥| ernshed that amputation was found to be necessary. Deceased was thirty-five years of See, born in Ire- land and lived at 4135 Scammel street ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—About two o'clock yesterday morning (Ernst Dictz, thirty-two years of ago, a German, inventor of the “new natural power,’ at- tempted to commit suicide by cutting himself with o knife, inflicting @ severe wound, Surgical ald was promptly procured and the wound dressed by Dr. Dev- lin, Who expresses very little hope of his recovery, Dietz resided at No. 277 avenue A and carried on business at No. 80 Elm street. It ig supposed he was deranged at the time of the commiSsion of this act. YELLOW FRYER AT QUARANTINE.—Mr. James O'Rourke, Superintendent of the hospital ships in the lower bay, telegraped to the Quarantine Commis. sioners yesterday that Captain Reed, of the schooner Benj. Reed, from Clenfuegos, ded at three o'clock A.M. of black vomit, and at half-past eight o'clock . M. Nicholas Smith, one of his own boatmen, also died of the same roalady. There are others on the hos- $$ $$$ rT J. ©. Eldridge, This gentleman has discharged thé begs of disbursing oMcer of the Navy Department in this city for upwards of three vears past and 1s most favorably Known in the business community. His retention on this station and assignment to more important duties will meet with the cordial peraras of all having oficial business with the Navy Depart- ment through him, POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Kate Burns was yesterday committed by Justice Dodge to answer the complaint of her employer, Wijiam wibley, of 875 Broadway, who charges that Kate stole a quantity of hair, lace, &c., worth $50. ’ A JUVENILE BURGLAR.—James McCoy, aged about ten years, Was yesterday committed by Justice Dodge for trial, on the charge of forcing an entrance to tha saloon of J. B, Callahan, No. 525 West Twenty-sev- enth street, on Tuesday night, and stealing cigars and tobac His accomplices escaped, ARREST AND SURRENDER OF AN ALLEGED THIEF, —+ Yesterday a man named Henry Geiger was arrested by Sergeant Mclivain and Detective Hibberd, of the Eighteenth precient, on the charge of having stolen $600 worth of property from his employer, Richard Hitchings, of Philadelphia, He was taken to that city last night to answer the charge. ASSAULT AND RospeRy.—Patrick McCarty wad passing through Tompkins square at eight o’clock yesterday morning when, as he alleges, two men suddenly knocked him down, robbed him ofa silver watch and then fled. Through the assistance of a oliceman they were subsequently arrested in & er beer saloon in East Twelfth’ street and the watch found in their possession, The prisoners, who gave their names as William McCaun and James Buigan, were taken before Justice Shandley, of the rit Market Police Court, and fully committed for trial. ROBBING AN INVALID.—When the Troy steamer’ Vanderbilt arrived at her dock in this city yeater- day morning officer Lyng, of the Twenty-sixth pre- cinct, was called on to arrest Thomas Kennedy, an Irish laborer, twenty-two years of age, on the char of stealing $58 in United States national bank billa from Charles H. Gifford, a resident of one of the New England States. Both Kennedy and Gifford were passengers aboard the Vanderbilt and during ng assage down the river Gifford alleges that he caught Kennedy in the act of rifing his pockets while he (Gifford) was sick in his state room. The accused on being searched, had $56 in bis possession, bu' claimed it as his own. The accused was take before Alderman Coman and committe for trii in default of bail. He lives in Boston, Gifford was sent to the House of Detention. = ALLEGED FRauD BY WalTERs.—Willlam Burke, head waiter, and John Lohr and Frank Paulson, assistant waiters at the Central Park Garden, were Sprig! brought before Judge Kelly at the Fourth istrict Police Court ona charge of cheating the proprietors of the Garden out of several bun: dred dollars through the issue of forge checks given to customers on which 40 Pay for refreshments and drinks at the cashier’ desk. The forged checks are 80 well exe- cuted as almost to defy detection, and the belief is that this system of fraud has been practised by the accused for some time. Growing diminution inthe cash receipts, notwithstanding a growing increase in the patronage, led to a-discovery of the cheat and arrest of the accused. After a lengthy examination the accused were fully committed for trial. pr A “Mos” oF CaR PicxPoogsTs.—On Toesday evening Mr. Joseph H. Gardner, MNving at Nq, 24 East Broadway, entered a West street rail car in the lower part of the city and stood upon the rear plat+ form. Soon afterwards several men jostled rudely against him, immediately after which Mr, Gardner missed from his pantaloons pocket a wallet contain- ing & small amount of Treasury and Tractonat currency notes, In searching for the miss. ing property the owner had occasion to suspect James Wiley, Jesse Aller, @ ‘outh of twenty years, who was standing beside ht . The latter immediately left the car without paying his fare, and attempted to escape, bo! ee ge and arrested detective MoGivney, ird precinct, and en to the Chambers street police station. There the accpsed suddenly became very generous, and asked McGowan how much money he had lost, offerin, the same time to pay him the full amountof his claim. The ai ea ment not being eonstmmated, Wiley was committe to a cell. Yesterday morning the defendant Was brought before Alderman Coman, acting ‘lstrate at the Tombs, and locked up for trial. prison. er’s confederates escaped. BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. Mandamus from the Supreme Court—A “Spicy?” Tlme—Resignation of the Clerk— The Death of General Halp! Pursuant to a special call issued on Monday for the purpose of taking actien upon the sudden demise of General Halpine, the Register of this city ang county, this Board met yesterday afternoon. It wag observable even to the uninitiated that something unusual was about to be developed, for not only was there a large attendance of members, but thé lobby and the seats within the bar were occupied. The cause of the large attendance is explained by the fact that the Clerk of the Board was served with @ Mandamus at noon compelling him to read the names of five gentiemen who claim to have been regularly elected to represent their respective dis- tricts in the Board of Councilmen during the present year. Shortly after two o'clock the President, Mr. JAMES A. MONAGHAN, called the meeting to order, and the clerk, ex-Alderman MCKNIGHT, proceeded to call the roll including the following additional names:—Wm. Lamb, Geo W. Ivans, Henry ©. Perley, Jono O'Brien and George A. Heinrick, Mr. RRILLEY jumped up and demanded of the clerk by what authority he read those names. He replied that a mandamus was Served upon him by one of the Justices of the Supreme Court direct- him to call them. ir. STACOM thereupon moved that the services of the present clerk be dispensed with and the roll be called by the deputy clerk. The Presipent, without the slight formality of putting the question to the Board, directed the a, clerk (Mr. Towle) to proceed with the call of the roll, when he was reminded by a member that it wae ecessary to take a vote upon the motion. At this Juncture an officer stepped up to the desk and placed & copy of the mandamus tato Mr. Towle = |, Stating that it was to the same effect as the other. Mr. McKnianrt tendered his resignation, as Clerk of the Board, which was promptly accepted, because he would not openly violate a mandate of thg Su- ‘LB very prodenti handed over hig toll book to another assistant, who proceeded to call the roll. He was interrupted by Grorer W. Ivans, who stood inside of the bar. “I claim,” said he, “that myname be piaced upon the roli.'? : @ PRESIDENT requested the Sergeant-at-Arms to Maintain order, and at this juncture things looked #0 “lively” in that world renowned legislative ha that a few of the timid lookers-on saw visions of in! stands, revolvers and other playful missiles. Mr. Lame in the confusion sald:—‘I claim @ seat from the Second Councilmante district. The Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms was entrnsted with the onerous duty of taking care of the obstrep- ereus Lainb, Mr. STacoM suggested that the gentleman (Mr. Lamb) wonld have to make his claim in writing, or, In other words, that the herbiferous Land could not be admitted into the carniverous society of the col- lection of legislators there convened until he wag put In possession of the official baAge and displayed it on his person; so that unnecessary inquiries like the one propounded by the little girl at the mena> gerie, who wanted to Know which was the elephant And which was the lamb, would not have to be made, The reading of the minutes of the previous meets po) was dispensed with, after which Mr. Ginnry offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That William H. Moloney ts hereby appointed olerk of this Bowrd, in the place of Peter McKnight, resigneds pital ship lying sick of the same disease, but their condition Was not reported late last evening. COMMISSIONERS © OF EMIGRATION.—The semi- monthly report of the Commissioners shows the iol. lowing: Number of emigrants arrived to July 29, 1868. ,190,141 Number of emigragis arrived since to August 5 2,734 Total To same Balance in bank, January 1, 1868, Aggregate receipts to date Total ANCE... cece ee cee Disbursements as per previous acc TUIY 20, 1808. ee ceseecerenee Balance in bank., seeee Tus Uvenss Homicipg.—Yesterday morning Coro- ner Keenan concluded at Bellevue Hospital the in- quisition previously, commenced tn the case of William Hughes, the youth of seventeen years, whose death was charged to have been the result of violence inflicted upon him by Timothy Ahearn, @ butcher, of 201 Fast Twenty. ath street, as fully Feported in Tneaday's HERALD, After listening / all the testimony the jury rendered the foliowt erdict:—"That William Hughes, the deceased, 6 to his death by peritonitis, the reanit ia tne abdomen by Ist uguet ey e eae without Intention of injuring dec be On ele rendition of the verdict Coroner Keenan ri uired Mr. Ahearn to enter into bonds in the sum of $500 to await the action of the Grand Jury. NAVAL CHAaNGRSs,—We observe in our Naval Bulle. tin of yesterday that the Secretary of the Navy, in carrying out his measures of economy and reduction as far «4 practicable in all branches of his depart mere, has consolidated the two offices of Disburein, art Purchasing Paymasters in this city, by whut Mi Moloney is the facetious ex-reader of the ve Road, who, though young in years, has occupiec oficial position ever since he was able to play marbles on the steps of the Hall. Mr, Stacom presented the followin, Resolved, That the mandamus tn question bo referred to the Counsel to the Corporation, and that he be appointed to defend the rights of this Boar! In the, premises | that he be directed to furnish this Hoard immed with his opinion as to ite duty {n view of the proceedings already bad. Adopted, A resolution was adopted renoving Thomas Kerrt- fan. from the position of Doorkeeper, and appointing ‘atrick Deveraux to fill his place. We snppose that the head and front of poor Kerrigan's offending was a — of the contesting Councilmen within @ bar. THE DEATH OF GENERAL HALPINB. The communteation from the Board of Aldermen And the resojutions passed by that body reapectin, the death of General Haipine were read and unani- mously concurred in, The President announced the following committee to represent the lower branch of the Common Council at the faneral:—Mesers. Gib- Culkin, Feitner, Brucks and Galligan. fn motion of Mr. Stacom, the Board adjourned Out of respect to the memory of General Halpine, There was no demonstration at the close of the Proceedings, all parties being satisfied to await the decision of the Supreme Cow LyxcH Law iw Massacnuserts.—A Chesterfield man named Hiram Pittsinger, who 18 said to have kept a light woman as a Rrcnen servant, and be- tween them to have abused his wife so that she was compelled to leave him last month, was visited Tuca- day night of last week by about thirty men in dis- guise, and some women also, and ordered to surren- der, “He resisted, and knocked one of the assailants down, but waa soon overpowered. Pittsinger and h housemaia were then marched to the house of his brother, near which the unfortunate pair were stripped of their clothing, tarred and featnered, and ridden on a rail about half am Pledges were extorted from Pittainger not to ba J the names ot those engaged in the riotous proceedings, to remove his woman from town Within forty-eia! on he ne duties of the tormer navy agency were conducte during the pressure of business decasioned by the sate War and devolved the joint duties upon Paymaster t confession of hia guilt to his wife; if not done 8 word visitation to follow—Spri id Ro publican, Anaust b.