The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1869, Page 3

POLITIC a The Massachusetts Democe’atic State Convention, ee een, Nomination of Jobs; Quiney Adams, Jr., for Governor. Speech of the Nominee on Po- litical Questions. Another Democratic Broadside at Belmont from the New York Democracy INTERESTING POLITICAL NOTES. MASSACRUSED Phe Democratic State Conventiun at Worcess ter—Nomination of John Quincy Adams— My. Adaws’ Accoptance—The Spocches and the Resolutions, WoRCE@TER, Mass, August 24, 1869. The republican split in Massachusetts received an additional wedge from the action of the Conven- tion which assembled in this city to-day. There Were 982 delegates present. Carelully avoiding all extraneous issues the democratic party erected for themselves a piatforin whose vital principle is op- position to legal prohibition of the sale of liquors, and placed upon it a candidate who bas nearly as many friends and admirers m one party as in the other, The Co, ~sntion was called to order at eleven o'clock, in Mecanics’ fall, by J. G. Abbott, chair- man of the Democratic State Committee, who, with astew preliminary remarks, nominated Charles L. Woodbury, of Boston, for temporary chairman, Mr, Woodbury-was received with great applause, and returned thanks for the honor conferred upon him. The temporary organization was then made per- manent with the addition of a long list of vice presi- dents and secretaries. Among the former was the name of Colonel Charles G. Greene, of Boston. Mr. AsPINWALL, Of Brookline, moved that in view of ihe well known abilities and private character of John Quincy Adams; in view of his public services aud his universal popularity, tat he be nominated as the cand{date of this Convention for Governor of Massachusetts, (Tremendous applause, the audience rising and cheering themselves Loarse m endeavors to mgaifest thelr approbation.) THe CHAIRMAN—Shall the question be taken by niging? A tulpuituous ag 7 THE CHAIRMAN—Will those opposed to the nomi- Dation of Mr. Adame please rise? The vote was unanimous. Mr. Adams inade his appearance on the platform and was introduced amidst loud applause. SPEECH OF MR, ADAMS. GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION—I pray you to believe that I am not insensibie to the Kindness with Which you have greeted me nor forgetiul of the obli- gation which your continuing confidence imposes. Mindful of my slender merits and conscious of no claim) upon you for any public service, Ll should bave preterred an older, wiser, avier, longer wied and more widely Known’ candidate. Indeed, I have not scrupled to urge that it should be a suMeient dis- qualification for me here that such littie uotortety as I have met with was entirely connected with an uuerly unsuccessful opposition to measures which have prevailed and my only service the defence of a POLITICS. defeated policy. For Ido not fer one instant hes}- tate to declare my conviction that the democratic parly, if it Lopes for permanent usefuiness, must mind the advice of Dr. tHolmes—“Yet in Opmions look not always back, te past 1s nothing, mind your coming track.’’ But, gentle- men, ibis pot for me to dictate to the party, and if my services are of any value to you, they are equally at your disposal, whether required at one end or the other of the array—whether as au oilicer or as a pri- vate in the ranks, For, according to iny notion, the man 1s of less consequence than the policy and prin- ciples which he represeats, und it is for tuat reason that I dare to obtrade uvon your deliberations my OW” idea of the Atting altitude for us to assume at tne time. And first of all, upon matters of national Dolitics, although they do not enter this debate, ye" Was proper for xs to propose what we deem the Wiseat course t% ac. Io Wy FAdgment our deseat m the last election substantially settled the recon: struction and negro sulfrage controversy. Much as We may dislike the decision, there is no way short of revolution by Which it can be reversed, certamly for four, and considering the complexion of the Senate of the United sta the eifect- ive government of tne country, probably uot for ten years atjeast. This insures, at any rate, a fair trial of universal, uaquailtiled suffi s and even when its failure 1s ascercataed, tt is proba- bie that all moderate men will agree that no sweep- ing Measure of disfranchisement would ve expedient. The barbarian ballot, then, should be regarded by a wise party as no longer a legitimate subject of diecussion. It has passed froin the realm of debatable questions and should now ve classed in the cate. gory of facts, Arguments for and against its adop- tion were admisaable iast autuinn, but uow they are out of place; we cannot abrogate or abolish it; we must accept it a8 One Of the elements in the probleme offered for our solution, and address ourselves to that as affected by this inseparable modification, as things actually stand to-day what measures will mst subserve the general welfare? This, gentie- men, with great deference to dililerence of opinion, seems to me the only course open to us To act ovherwise would resemble the wisdom of @ general ‘who, beaten in a battle which he byd joined in order to cover certain‘ important pomts, should, after the victorious passage of his opponents and occupation of the disputed territory, rally his army anew on the old battle fleld and there fight an imaginary foe, while he leaves all behind him to the unopposed progress of his antagonist. Let us leave such stra- tegisis to bang of their big guns at empty woods and waste their ammunition upon the debris of the battle fleld, while we press on to assume a new ition full in te enemy’s front, where, when we ave restored our lines and recruited our ranks, successful battle may yet be fought and redeeming victory won. In this spikit we would gay to our former fellow citizens in the excluded provinces, “Come into the Union, Stand not upon the order of your coming, but come at once. When'you are in and we can act as fellow citizens once mere, we will Meet together and consult upon future measures,"” ‘This, gentlemen, in brief, is the spirit which, as it seems to me, should animate our action upon ast issues, For the present aud the future are very importunate in these days and wili allow us scant time even to celebrate the grateful funeral games over our dead past. Eternal activity 1s the price of party living aud the road bebind 1s strewn with vhe carcasses Of the factions which could not see that in politics a dead principle 1s amere prejudice, nauseous to the pegple. Yague declamation upon natural rights or wrdngs, whether white or black, female or otherwise, no ionger delights a people that is being gradualy taxed outof house and home. The man who finds tt daily more dificult to find his children bread will relax Ms anguish that the negro has @ vote, and the most passionate'lover of nis coiored kind may recognize a fellow creature in a Planter, if they both agree that the price of coal 1s an outrage, the duty on tron @ swindle, and the tariff an abomination to be abolished, Inaruth, 1t 16 high time that after some twenty years of’a re- freshing season for the national soul we should take ashort term of attention to the public body, which needs it badiy enough, I undertake to gay that ‘Ubere ts no nation in tne world which ts taxed as we are taxed. No wonder that the men who work for wegee grow desperate as they deciine in well being and sstate; no wonder that the alr is full of at and Jabor movements and.sssociations and demands and protests of working men and women. The: are in the rh a in their unrest.and uprising, althoug! the prectical measures proposed as remcdies are seer ta en unconsidered and unwise. For it 18 true hat the system of taxation they endure is not oniy Oneroue, but practically operative tn the interests ot Capital aione. It ts true, as the very able and candid Commissioner of Revenue says and proves, that al- though “the aggregate wealth of the country ts in- creasing probably as rapidiy as at any former period jet it does not follow that there is the same increase general pros; erty The lavorer, espectaily he Who has a large family to support, is not as prosper- ous a8 he wae in 1859. His wages have not ticreased #2 proportion to the increase in the cost of his liv- iy. ‘here 18, therefo: bution of oar to artificial canses, p comes this unnatural distribution of the resuits of labor.” And he tells you, and not he only, but avery man who ever was Supposed to know anything about political economy will tel you, that it must be the tesult of an eniorced use of inconyertibie paper money, which involves a most oppressive tax, Which fails heaviest upon the ipborer and lightest wpon the owner of capital, In one significant sen- tence he sums itnp. “The rich become richer and Be poor poorer,” And the next sturdy robber is the fant upon imports, which is, he gays, under aii Circumstances, ® tax paid by the consumer, But What loud of ataxit is when your teriff is a pro- fective and not @ revenue tariit solely Jet Mr. in, ie Jatast and best authority on the subject, tell you, 1 custom duties which operate as encouragement he asks, ‘whence fo the imme production of ihe taxed article are «i geinently wasteful mode of raisin Tevenue, ey are purely mischievous both to the country posing them and to those with whom it at Tbe amount of national thus Seenstoned is measured by the excess of price at which the commodity ie prodaced naw aff over that St~/nied it could be imported. 80 much for theory. Nowy what does the. ap: AL. | fal" you tis tarit practically ist SORE ‘ou ractically Alar if Which 8 upjust aud ual, which need- Wr aiy onl prices, which takes’ far more i- directly from the people than is received into the Treasury, which renders an exchange of domestic for foreign commodities nearly impossible, and which, while professing to protect American {udus- try, really in many cases discriminates against it. And he goes on to tell you what ts the upstot of the whole syatem. And thus the wave of taxation con- Uinues to extend and enlarge itself unt! no man can measure the breadth and power of ita influence, bul breaking ultimately with its fuli foree upon two classes Of society, those living Ou dxed incomes and the day laborer, Do you wonder, then, that the workingmen is discontented, subjected naked to the lashing of such a pitiless storm of taxation? Do you think it strange that he turns incredulous from the silver-tongued dema- gogues who would persuade him that he is well off? Geuticnien, he knows he ta sinking, ke feels that his strength 18 falling Niu; it 18 borne in upon him that he must drown if aid comes not swiftly, And what can we do for him? Why, do what Andrew Jackson would have done, give hun hard money and an open markeh, ta off your weights from him and let hi, Jone. What Is needed, then, to restore P*Saperity to avor and satisfactory relations * Capital, what is necessary to atlevigss the sressure of the public bur- dens and dispel ine odium of the debt, and what must be had before we can have real national wel- fare, is a return to a gold and silver currency and a reduction of the imports to the lowest point Which our need for a larger revenue will permit. The prosecution of this demand is not @lone theoretically the peculiar province of the de- mocratic party; it 18 its traditional and immemorial polley, To itthe men who marched before us have beem in succeeding lustres solemnly dedicated by the utterances of thew greatest statesmen, The giant forms of Jefferson aud Mad:son, Monroe and Gallatin, Jackson and Benton, and Webster, ail marshal the way for us, and in majestic accents cheer us onward to honesty and prosperity. But I dare not dwell on topics so extensive. Let us glance @ moment at our State policy. This ia simplicity itself. Grasping firmly the fundamental principle that no man’s liberty shall be infringed on while he respects his neighbor's equal right, we merely test by it the pet quackery of the times, That happens to be to-day the phantom of prohibe tory Jaw, which has risen again in arms on the tomb of the prohtbitory liquor laws. This Statute would have been long ago defunct but for a class of reed mostly of the weil-to-lo and well beaved kind who, while they repudiate Ue theory of the law and refuse the practice of total abstinence, yet think that it is their duty to protect the poor and ignorant against Semselves, reform tiem by force, and they thus justify what Mr. John Stuart Mill declares to be an infringement of a pro- per personatliberty, It is @ law of the patriarchal and paternal kind, not iuapt, perhaps, for Russian practice, but certainly at variance with American theory; for our people do not readily realize in ac- tion that the invasion of the legitimate liberty of the Individual 18 Just a8 much an outrage when ordained by a majority as when ordered by a Czar. It is, how- ever, almost ridiculous to argue the principle of the Jaw at this day, since its advocates themseives have abandoned it by legalizing the sale of cider as a bev- erage, 2nd we must content ourselves with the jact that its practice is as arbitrary as we should expect. Who ever heard of a rich mau’s tipple meddied with? Or when and for how long respec.ively have the magnates of the trade (i beg pardon, I should say “trafMe,”) in Boston pined in prison or mourned over depressed and empty cellars? The humorous oid gentlemen who proposed that amusing literary curlosity, the consti- tution Oi Massachusetts, in one of their charmingly siuiple outbursts, which they call article one (of the bill of rights), say ‘The power of suspending the laws, or the execution of the laws, ought never to be exereised but by the Legislature, or by authori- ty derived from it, to be exercised in such particu. lar cases only as the Legisiature shalt expressly provide for.’? And they follow up this admirable sally by gravely aflirming in article 30 that all {ius was “to the end it may be a government of law, and not of men.” But it is pretty clear from this, as John P, Robinson says, ‘these don’t know everything down in Jude,” and that the founders were fogics. We know better than that, And when we want to produce the real philosopher’s stone of political science, we show @ petty constable who disposes of the goods and liberties of his feilow citizens, contiscating here and incarcerating there, punishing the little and negotiating with the big culprits, and in @ word sus- pending the execution of a law, according to his nouion of the amount of the gees patience and the state of the popular pulse, We are told that at the sumptuous banquets of Kome, in its decadence, it was the custom to choose an arbiter Bibendi, or lord of the revel, whose high prerogative it was to regulate the libations of the guests and rule the riot of the feast, Nor ts it dificult to picture the curied and perfumed darling of the reckless yovth of Rome reclining crowned with flowers, tie dictator and arbiter of tno orgies. Api OY, we, too, must, in nis agin other things, follow the mistress of the world and have our arbiter of drink. But ho longer content in @ republic to limit his sway to the tapping of the table we install a constable the permanent potentate over the Dotations of a com- monwealth., But the resi diMfeulty is not so much to consult the public mind as to reconcile the po- litical stomach. In the letter in which I accepted your nomination @ year ago} yousured to gay, to the license law, our prohibitory friends in the last Legislature used to declare that they cared very lit. tle what kind of @ law was passed, a8 in the Presi- dential election the leensé aw republicang would not dare i9 belt the regular ne they coul& control. 1 suppese, succesg of their, State tucket will be equivalent to a return to the prohibitory law with its attendant constabulary.” ‘To this my excellent friends of the Daily Advertiser responded by laughing at my audacity to ‘ay pose’? that a party which had always scrupulously avoided adopting the peculiar tenets of the temper- ance cause Should do that thing, and it constantly assures its readers that “the republican party of Massachusetts 1s strong enough to correct its past errors and to conduct the legislation of the State entirely upon its own responsibilty, without nid from outside influences and organizations.” Now, iy friends, it is not very dificult to see which of us prognosticated aright; but it an all that, no more easy to Fagen liberal republicans that such a policy will prove as futile next year as it was last, and that the prohibition snake must be, once for all, fairly smashed and done for by a united proceedin; from all liberal men. But itis exceedingly ‘naturel that our republican friends should be shy, and aus- pect us of ail manner of tricks; for the path of poll- Ucs is full of snares, they know, inasmuch as they bave themselves in boyhood helped to set tr 9 tet , then, regard thew scruples, and while We offer & band in aii kindness aud conciliation yet respect their matdeuly coyness, We cap stand it as long as they can, One word more and I am done. Our chief oppo- hents in this dispute belug many of thenf teachers of the gospel of peace and miniaters of a religion of good will, while all of them, in theory at least, are professors of temperance, will naturally be espe- cially distinguished for tho kindness, courtesy and moderation of thelr 1methods of conducting the de- bate. Now, let us not be outdone by thein in the amenities of discussion; let us all recoliect that vi- tuperation {3 not argument, nor abuse persuasion, and do not foiget that we have no right to assume any peculiar purity to our own motives or ascribe exceptional oanaay to our opponents. Let us ad- mit ihat we may all be seeking the public welfare wiih nonest inteations, if by different means, and then lot us act our part frankly, cheerfuily, con- siderately and fairly, and let the best men win. Gentlemen of the Convention—I remember Well that at the time you first did_me the honor of hokling up my name for the office to which you have now for the third time nominated me, one of our republican papers objected'to my youthfulness and thought I was mere boy;”’ but a fnend of mine of the same persuasion as the paper com- forted me by the assurance that he was sure I shoud be old enongh before I got tt. Now, whether I am calied upon to meet this high responsibility in my present state-of mitigated youthful amliction or wait until I am so.chastened by years and disappointment that 1 shai see the useiuiness of maintaining a lower ground of high moral duty, while I see to ite non-enforcement for reasons of party expediency, ia notof the iirst Importance to us. But it ts of the first importance to us that we hold nigh o Spotiess banuer, that we show an honest war cry and man- fully maintain the good of all as it ts given us to see it, Strengthened by defeat and made wise by ad- versity I see that I need not urge you to do your devolr gayly and stoutly, T see im your eyes ‘that you are ready for the new route. Come on, then— Let the dead past bury its dead. Act, got in tie living present, Heart within and God o'erhead, The nominations were then completed of follows:— fi ar Liewenant Governor—s, OF Lam), of Green- eld, For Secretary of State--John K. Tarbox, = rence. ee For Treasurer—Mr. Heywood, of Gardiner, For Attorney General—Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston. For Auditor—Phineas Allen, of,Pittafleld, + Alter @ speech was delivered by Mr, Lovejoy a recess was taken for dinner, In the after. Boone eae Ce tos ras consiitated and other uusiness necessary oroughly organize ti tor Cat WARD Lina cae ibaa: idea ir. EDWARD AVERY, Of Braintree, re; \- lows from the Committee on Resolutionsre™ price Resoived, Phat the democratic party of M no now theories to advance upon national evente, as wellas the experience of our to convince us thatthe further the nation ra oli end chetial.ed principles of the democracy t ows the need of ® sreedy return to thern. clos fre repeat our demand for arsured honesty lity In public ants, rigid economy in xpenditures and an opportunity f ‘ Pp arket and with hone unity for all to buy in the longer ulteriy oousume w favor of the Monroe doe! ad in fi rights of our naturalized citizens at hi aur sympathy with every people now atru self-governmer an edge our obtigations and indebt bravery of our fetlow citizens who, in t fonded the fing of our oguntry on Iai Resolved, That we condemn th courage and hour ‘ot per de a and a ball jon by t in favor of dole iy nd statutory pro mca Reale eri cel classes of citizen: ied to deprive thein of the free exercise of thi ybjust, pergicious apd wf variance with ‘and those wreior’, that the ; eee I Fico of teas Woenceenite goverment, and should be summa opealed vod, That this Convent‘on, in presen incy Adaxas for Governor of Massachusetts, pak 6 Uy mo the Btate ticket this day nomtnated, cond: Gently ask for them the auflrages of al Uiberty loving voters of tha commonwealt! Resoived, That equal rights and aque) priviieges to at ctaases of Ihe ‘Peop'e, the laborer equa‘ly with tbe captt in the cherished doctrine of th f capita) is eucouraged to organ’ perity the prayer of labor for cl 10 secure ri and not be denied: ” that the ent republican i. ture of thiv State ip refusmg to grant charters to the labor organizations whieh petitioned for ‘acts of incorporation outraged rob! he workinginan of his just right, and ¢ the country should Lave prompt relief from the opp! of the pernicious system of legisiation snd adminiat State and nation waich, unaer the rule of the party, pampera capital and degrades iabor. ‘The resolutions were adopted viva voce, Mesare, P. A. Collins and James B, Pitzgeraid made addresses, tncuicating the necessity for a #goro. prosecution of ye campaiga, alter wO:ch the Oca vention adjourned —— POLITICAL NOTES. The Massachusetts Repudlican State Convention meets in Worcester September 22. ‘There is some talk, of doubtful sincerity, however, among the radicals ip Maine, about defeating the re-election of Senator Fessenden to the United States Senate on account of his vote against tne impeach- ment of Andy Johnson. His term expires in 1871, ‘The terms of the following Senators expire in 1871, and according to law the vacancies will have to be supplied this year in States where only bien- nial sessions of the Legislavure are held:—H, V. M. Miller, Georgia; Richard Yates, filinois; James W. Grimes, Iowa; Edmund G. Ross, Kansas; Thomas C, McOreery, Kentucky; William Pitt Fessenden, Maine; Henry Wilson, Massachusetts; Jacob M. Howard, Michigan; Daniel 8, Norton, Minnesota; John M,. Thayer, Nebraska; Aaron H, Cragin, New Hampshire; Alexander G, Cattell, New Jersey; George H. Williams, Oregon; Henry B. Anthony, Rhode Island; Joseph 8, Fowler, Tennessee; Want- man T. Willey, West Virginia—total, 16, It is proba- ‘vie most of the above will be re-elected, but it would, be better for the country it there were a new deal all round. Harriman, of New Hampshire, has accepted a mis- sion to caavass Ohio fer the radicals. Voorhees don’t want to be Governor of Indiana, Sour grapes! Genera! Robert Williams, the husband of the widow of Stephen A. Dougias, aspires to the United States Senatorship from Virginia. He has a strong backer. Andy Johnson’s aspirations for the United States Senate from Tennessee are opposed by prominent conservative papers, He suits them a little too well. Pendleton’s pictures are again fying about Ohio. A Cleveland paper says they were not all used up for wrappers after Seymour's nomination. A Western paper prints a gorgeous woodcut repre- senting an immense eye, under which 1s this inscrip- uon:—“Portrait of Andrew Johnson—by himself.’” A pack of electioneering conundrums for the Pennsylvania latitude is thus epitomized by an ex- change:—How did the candidate for Governor begin life? Asa Packer. When did he do his first pack- ing? When he packed his first carpet-bag and packed off from Connecticut to Pennsylvania, When was his latest packing done? When he packed the Harrisburg convention. A democratic paper says Pendleton need not ex- pect to be the democratic candidate for President in 1872, even if he should be elected Governor of Ohio. Better wait until the latter contingency arises before discussing the other. The Boston Transcript makes this remarkable statement:—‘‘Two persons by the name of John Quincy Adams have been defeated as candidates for Governor of Massachusetts,”? ‘The radicats m Wisconsin are having a lively time about their candidate for Governor. They are talking of making Phil. Sheridan a P— LL. D. in Boston. Emerson Etheridge is making excuaes in Tennessee about his reported remarks in favor of repudiation. The vision of @ national reputation frequéntly en- larges the optics of local politicians, Meeting of the Republican State Committee. The Rochester Chronicle has the following in re- gard to the Republican State Committee, which meets at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city to- day:— , The commitice will meet for the purpose of deter- mining the time and place of holding the State Con- ventien, Pag somatic will also have the duty to form ing the ratio of Perr) wader resolution adopted by the State VonVention last r. It ia supposed by some that an attempt will made to dei ate the particular organization in the city of New York which shall be authorized to call conventions for the appointment of delegates in the metropolis, but it may be that the committee ‘will not deem this as coming within the scope of its duties, The probability is that even were that body to take action on the qaestion neither of the organi. zations, except the one recognized, would accept the deciston as final. The subject will probably have to be ised upon by the State Convention through the admission of one set of delegates and the rejec- Uon of two other sets. After that shall have been done we hope the controversy will be finally ended. Andy Johnson and the Fifteenth Amendment, The Memphis Appeal, a paper that passed throug many vicissitudes during the war, discourses as fol- lows about Andy Johnson ana the Fifteenth Amend- ment:— The very thing that the Fifteenth Amendment is Proposed to do Mr. Johnson would do himself— enfranchise negroes. He thinks the important mat- ter is to prevent Congress from doing that, in order that we may do it ourselves, and have the shame of it all our owa. But we want no such State rights as must be ed’as an eternal incubus on the country, ress, edo not desire to know that our children are not to be governed after us, as we have been ourselves; and Wwe certainly shall never consent to aid in what we Tt is enough to that. We prefer, if the infamous thi done and that it shall we done, when tt is done, by Von: by the Executive—by anyboay but ourselves, regard as #0 suicidal a measure. consent to endure what cannot be avoided, The Canvass Opened in Orators on the Stump. JACKSON, Miss., August 24, 1869, The canvass has opened in Mississippi. J. EB. the well known conservative cotored 5 Mannaway (colored), of Virginia, are here at work for the con- Judges Jeffords and Willigms to-day published their lists of appointments to ddress ‘the Williams, orator, from Tennessee, and 3, W. servatives. people. CITY POLITICS Seventh Ward “ed Het” Democratic Asso= ciation—Another Broadside at Belmont. The meeting of the “Red Hot’ Democratic Asso- ciation held at Botanic Hall, East Broadway, tast evening was in point of ‘numbers the largest that has aign, fuly anell sided, and introduced as the first speaker of the Eeq., who offered the follow- yet been held during the present 2,000 persons being present. Mr. J. 0") evening J. P. Solomon, ing preamble and resolution, which received the as- beh of all present and secured for the author three cl rsi— Rife iden: Moon Central Tweed Democratic Association of the olty oni ing forthe fn ing forth the {acm 4, ihe Cl the inting to an, William = M, as P we the man whom the people delight to honor and as best Mt therefore Resolved, That we as democrats representing the iutereste iy able to fll that fraportant ‘position; be of the party in the Seventh ward and the'wisbes of the bod; Piitic throughout the country urge the appointment of iiliam M, Tweed to that position. Mr. J. MONTGOMERY Was next called upon, and in aspeech of half an hour's duration denounced Bel- mont in the strongest terms a8 aman by whose ac- ‘tions, ag chairman of the National Democratic Com. mittee, the party bas suffered defeat. nee was followed by;Mr. RICHARD WALTERS and others, The Nineteenth Ward Demorrate—Large Meeting in Favor of Jacob Coben for Super. ‘visor. A largely attended and moat enthusiastic gather. ing assembled in Brevoors Hali, on Fifty-fourtn atreet, near Tuird avenue, last night, the headquar- tera of “The Nineteenth Ward Jacob Cohen Demo- cratic Association,” to ratify the nomination of Mr, Jacob Coben tor Supervi of this city and county. if nombers and enthusiasm are auguries of the future, this gentleman will have ca to congratu- late himself upon having paved the way to a positive recognition his claims by the powers that be. ‘Tammany Hall may fod it profitable to conciliate influence that is being brought to bear from many quarters to have Mr. Cohen nominated as their regular candidate, The meeting last night was ad- dressed by several eminent speakers. Among the Dr. Friederich Frech, of the Nineteenth eech was full of srimparnenic expres. Johen. Mr, Adotp! Sanger, of the econd ward, followed in an eloquent ad- ‘hich Was enthusiastically received, Captain Roan was the next speaker, who succeeded in ‘oning & welcome response to his favorabie en- dorsement of the cand! Colonel Marshal) and Mr. Montgomery followed. In the course of the e ng Mr. Cohen was ¢jamor- ously called for, and in making his appearance was Greeted with vooWserous ghgeriua Aad applaueg, He Missiasippi~Negro ® recent meeting adopted reaolu- tency of the Hon. August Rel- a National Democratic Committee acknowledged the compiiment in a few remarke, The imectigg sajoursea ron sate hour. Ua Republican Coutral Committee—The New Organization Compicted. ‘This body held @ meeting last night at Apollo Hall, corner of Broadway and Twenty-cighth street, and periected its organization, Mr. Edgar Ketcham, in @ epeech of some Henge, ace; the "peaton of president, © which the ‘follow officers were elected:— an Stratton and James A, Lucas [iirst and secou@ vice presidents, Hugh Gardner trea- eurer, end Thomas J. Allison and Dr, Emil ,W. Hoeber secfetaries, Tho meeting then adjourned, THE NEWBURG AND NEW YORK RAILROAD, The Inadgur: of the Road Yesterdnay= James Fisk, Jr, Gives a Little History of the Erie Railread Since He Became Comp. troller=What the Company Has Done and Intends to Do. Newburg, on the Mudson, was in a delightful state of exoitement yesterday over the inauguration of the Newburg and New York Railroad, which shortens the travelling route to this city from the former piace by several miles. The road is famul- tarly knowD as the “Short Cut,’ so called from the Jact that 1tents acroas the mountainous country to the weat of West Point, cutting off about twelve mites of the distance formerly travelled via Newburg Branch, Greycourt and Ene to Jersey City. To state the case mathematically, the short cut may be considered the base of an irregular triangle; the Newburg branch is one of the sides, the Erie between Turner's and Greycourt being the other and Greycourt the apex of the triangle. Though incorporated under the name of the Newburg and New York Railroad the short cut really extends only from Vatl’s Gate, on the New- burg branch, to the Erie, a mile south of Turner's. Aa the Eric, however, is sole proprietor of the route trains run through from Newvurg to Jersey City. The road was projected and surveyed in 1861 by Mr. William Sneeden, now lessee and manager of the Raritan and Delaware Bay Rallroad. Tn 1868, when the Erie road passed under the man- ugement of Gould, Fisk and Company, through the evforts of Homer Ramsdeli, the road Was put under contract. Ihe contractors were Peter Ward, of New- burg, and Valentine L. Lary, of Hudson City, N. J. Grouad was broken August’ 18, 1868, and the road was turned over to the Erie Company complete August 23, 1869, The cost was something over $600,000, The road is twelve and six-tenth miles in length. The road is of the same gauge as the Eric, and is ironed with T-rail weighing fifty-six pousds to the foot and fish-jointed. The maximum grade is Ofty-six feet to the mile. Some of the wildest, most Peeing id mountain scenery in the country is ‘aversed by this road. At its upper end ia the famous Cornwall region, now wo favorite a summer resort for New Yorkers. ‘There are four five stations along the line, and the depots are mod for neat construction. One object gained by the Erie in building the rvad in the “heading oft” of the scheme for building a rail- road on the West shore of the Hudson, from Newburg to Jersey City. ‘The distance from Fishkill station, on the Hudson River Railroad, opposite Newburg, to Thirtieth street depot, New York city, is sixty-one miles. The distance from Newburg to Jersey City, by the Newburg and New York Railroad, is gixty- twoand a half miles. It wiil be seen from these figures that the west shore scheme is effectually done for in go far as reducing the distance py rail is concerned, and as to traffic there are but two or three important points on the west side of the nver below Newburg, to accommodate which it would hardly pay to build a west shore railroad, with 1s heavy rock cuts and generally unfavorable route. The compiction of the road was yesterday cele- brated in becoming style. Mr. Fisk and several of the directors and officers of the Erie Ratlroad, and 8 large number of invited guests on a special train, left Jersey City for Newburg about nine o'clock in the morning, and, on its arrival at the junction of the new road with the Erie, it was met by a train in which were the Newburg dignitaries, After the usual salutattons of the day and the usual welcomes ad been interchanged, the two trains proceeded to Newburg, where carriages were awaiting the arrival of the guests, who took a drive through the town visiting the villas of Mr. Nomer Ramsdell and Mr. Burton on their way. In the afternoon a banquet was had at Moore’s Opera House, which was in every Ue ig a mugen affair, thanks to the skill and savoir /aire of Mr. Edward Cozzens, who had charge of the victualling department on the occa- sion. Speeches were made in answer to various toasts by Messrs, Ramsdell, J. J. Monell, Mr. Fow- ler, J. J. Taylor, E. L, Faucher, Colonel Carr, Mayor Clarke and Mr. Fisk. The specch of Mr. Fisk, which was mace in re- sponse to the toast of the “Erie Raliway,” was the feature of the day. After relating a funny anecdote about a certain gentleman he knew of he said that he knew quite weil there were tuose who believed that anything that was done by Fisk, Gould & Co, would be very oe nial pu the “— bi he 00 ntawt wther judge ig way by croakers, ue CS a for’ itpelf, and he felt that Fisk, Gould & C6. Sughy tobe right in the “short cat” if wrong in ever’ Ing qe (ang F) Whan thé present directors tool old of ta8 Brie Ratiroad it seemed as if it were destined to fade away asa great thoroughfare and be subject to the powers on each side of it—the Pennsylvanta Central and the New York Central, le (Fisk) had not been in the board ten minutes before he discovered there was @ project on foot to lock two corporations fogethel BGA it the interests of the Erle, From that nioment there was no peace in the family. (Lau wants He was the bad man in the lay and Sats Gags him out. (Loud laughter.) They (Fisk, Gould & Co.) found on taking posses- sian of the road, first and foremost, a very dusty treasury, with very little money in it, and the stock- holders very different kind of men from Newburgers, and the new régime were not desirous, as others seemed to be, to cheat widows and orphans. The first move was the propogal to sell five millions of doilsrs fn bonds, He couldn't vote for that kind of thing and didn’t (iaugliter);, but when the proposal was carried nobody wanted 9 take the responsibility of disposing of the bonda, an: so he sold them. From the first sale of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars he got ten muiuiions and a half of dol- lars and Commodore Vanderbilt, (Laughter.) If his hearers did not believe him they could ask Superiatenent Riddle, for he really needed money at that time. &very dollar of that money was used in away that in the future would redound to the pros- porey and abundance of every man in Newburg. ‘nat five tne road from the east to Newburg. Place to the Erie road—second railroad lines _compiete, burg was concerned, not think of Newburg, per se, but only Place where millions of dollars’ worth of would York. : enterprises and bound to keep pace with tts projects, it had to get new engines, new cars and new rails, it found it needed money. He didn’t go and ask his mother for it—(lau, hé'd certainly get it'rightly anyhow, and so he kept seiling bonds. The company had paid out during the last thirteen months $11,000,000 more than the receipts had been during the same time, yet every doliar had passed into the road im the construction of new road beds and cars and* eg: teady the work that*there was to do; and ail this had been done because the company felt as far as freight ass through without ever touching New some people wondered why Fi o up, they couldn’t help that. (Laughter.) pect man who has children to feed, eight; ton" Rew. York. for twenty-five cents hun- dred. It couldn't pay dividends on but it eould break down monopolies, NS gieieel He did not care how many lines it bad compete against, for it could carry freight aa cheap and last as long a# any one of tie powers on Gither side of it, The company would go on with their work, and lation—which was a very hand thing if one was hard pressea—it would obtain if needed, and if legislators forced their favors on the Company tt would receive them—(laughter)—for he felt convinced that legislators outside of New York always took their due proportion, but the New York Legislature was gaive-another thing. (Loud Jaugh- ter.) Mr. Fisk then relerred tothe next election for officers of the Erie road, and intimated that the present regime would be re-elected, even if it did Hot itself hold the majority of the stock of the road, aud that the company would meanwhile continue to control the road and work it accord- ing to thelr own ideas of what was right. He then spoke of the late accidents on the road, which he contended did not happen through the company's fault, but through the ptote of the man Bowen and the negligence of an engineer, and remarked, in a laughing Way, that he was at @ loss to know why Erle stock was 60 low in the market, and that he be- Neved but for the prejudice which’ some ignorant eople had against the name of Fisk & Gould that it would ris { there were sore heads in Wail araee this account, he said, they had bis full Afr, Fisk Was ioudly cheered on taking his seat. RESULT OF THE FREIGHT Wanr,—The result of the freight war on the competing ines running West from New York was shown on Saturday, when 800 Joaded cars Igy upon the track and swilches of the Erle between Port Jervis and New York. This amount of business has never been , ceeded in the history Of the Erie, Such a sale of goods has had a most favorable effect upon the trade of New York, and, though the goods were purchasea chiefly upon time, 8 tage cash return will soon re- suit, greatly to the relief of our stringent mone, market, And though the competition has ceased and freight rates are to rule again at the old figures the benefit#to be derived from early opening of the fall tramMc will mot cease once, The lively little competition of afew days has done much to- wards aseuring a he: nd prosperous business SU gust 23. season this fall.—Troy 71 millions invested im “Boston, Hartford and Erié” gave that road the means to construct He considered aroad from that city three hundred one way by three thousiind another, would, in time make New- burg the tolgate to millions, and an all-important to none along its great line, Tn working as it had done to make. the New- the Erie Company did as a hen the company was intent upon its,great ter) —and he knew if he got it it waa their duty to do so. Comments were made about the company, but that had nothing to do with it, for it cOntinued all the same to get the road in good order, well Samipped, and even when ‘lex and Gould didn't The rie road, he knew, was doing a ih work for the t brings him a arrel of flour @ thousand miles (from Chicago) for cents and freight irom the same place frond iy and @ large party of indies and gentlemen, Ocean Cottage, about thirty miles up Narraganset Bay, to attend o clambake, were present, Governor Padi hour, evening. New Y ork, quarter past nine o'ci will spend to-morrow night at Progra Comments om the Presidential Visit te the Northe-Tke Character of the Commentas tors-A Retrospect of Gummer Vacations The Public Business Unasected—Motives of the Visit to Philadoiphia. Newport, R. I., August 23, 1869, There 1s 4 class of individuals in regard to whom it would be judged that, backed into the world and thetr brains partaking in their fanctions of this pe- cullar physical coudition, are given only to bigoted opposition, There are some newspapers, probably influenced or worked by this type of back action In- tellect, that of late have taken up the excursions of the President during his summer vacation as tne theme of @ series of absurd attacks, indicating a doleful paucity of reasoning and a spirit as mean as their authors are either devoid of com- mon charity or overruled by the darkness of ignorance and the want of principie, It mast certainly be admitted that in all these efforts the guiding spirit is of that infamous nature to oppose for the sake Of opposition, without regard to moral integrity or moral responsibility. In a question of Political issue, controversy, if properly conducted, is wise; but the constant exposure of narrow preju- dice on the part of the false presentation gentlemen alluded to, because the President chooses to tmitate the example of many of his predecessors, but to a better purpose, is unaccountable. Should this clasa, Who carry thelr intellectual centre somewhat apart ffom its true seat, be consulted in the matter, it i quite easy to understand what disposition they would make of the President's movements, They object to him enjoying recreation, because they see on all sides an upheaval of popular affection which staggers the equilibrium of their political nerves, Wherever he goes his republican simplicity wins the hearts of the people. Along the lines of railroads immense crowds gather at the railway stations with demonstrations of the utmost enthusiasin and respect. The farmers and their chiidren turn out trom their barns and fields to catch a glimpse at the train containing the o of the chief magistrate. ‘There is no antidote for this ‘mM these poisoned minds but that venom which not long since threatened the life of the nation. In addition to the malice which actuates these attacks history wili not support them unless in their gall-taimted souls these individuals have forgotten the name of the tmimortal Washington. They will re- member that he made journeys of slate, at stated periods, through tie Country, announcing nimself ready to receive the homage of the people. These he considered part of his duties, aa chief magistrate of Uhe nation, as bringing the people iu due deference in contact with their ruler. Jackson enjoyed tne sea breezes which came in irom the broad ocean through the capes of the Chesapeake. Pierce visited the Crystal Palace and crystallized during the heated term on the sea shore. Buchanan indulged every summer in the chalybeate and sulphur waters of Bedford, Pa., drank three glasses before breakfast every morning, roamed over the surrounding spurs ofthe Alleghanies, and in the evening enteriained the ladies. Mr. Lincoin, tled to his post by the ar- duous responsibilities of the late rebellion, found no time to take his recreation other than to visit the Soldiers’ Home, near Washington. Here, harassed on one side by pertinacious politicians, and sur- rounded by several hundred glazed-capped, leatner- fiocked reminiscences of the Mexican war, one- legged, one-armed, one-eyed, and a variety of other specinens, it cau be presumed his summers were anything but pleasantly or profitably spent. Andrew Johnson even took his summer holidays, and performed that extraordinary feat of politicat mechanics—swinging round the circie, making speeches, declaring himself a Moses and several other remarkable fersonages combined, but really proving that he was @ great ass, The precedents for Presidential excursions from the national capital during the summer term are therefore numerous, and present a variety of forms aud circumstances, The fact of abandoning the White House during the months of July and August particularly ig upon grounds which would appear pradent to every one except the special class | have In view. Daring these months the city 18 unhealthy, and the people suffer (rom siow fevers. An auuual inyasion of the fever and ague finds numerous sub- jects, The Potomac river, with ils immense mud fats in front of the southern side of the White House, not only furnishes a delightful prospect but a convenient and dally breeze comes up from the river burdened with a refreshing cafgo of malaria and odors of mud, decaying vegetable matter and other impurities. The White House is weil venti- ated for this purpose. These fragraut zephyrs find access througtt huge windows, dwelling for a mo- ment witnin the cheerless walls of the Executive Mansion and then form a current making their exit on the other side, mrheee mud fiats and the remains of the old canal, filled with the vilest of fithy accumulations of a city, affect the entire atinosphere, and it is only a wonder that some fearful epidemic has not broken out ere this, The erudite philosophers at the National Naval Observatory. Nave for some yeurs been cogitating over & preventative against the malarious effects of the mudiats of the Potomac, whose savory alrs even intruge upoy these sacred shades, where astronompjoa) Guservaudns are inaué, Bathematios cults in their highest relations and nautical almanacs compilea wat our ships may sail and that we may enjoy the luxuries Of other countrico and visit them if We please. A professor of this learned place conceived an idea that sunflowers exhaled a neutralizing gas, aud accordingly wrote a profound dissertation, showlng the great biessings of sun- flowers in iwalarious countries, The argument was recommended by those philosophers who resided at a distance, but those who were in the habit of pass- ing much. of their thme at the Academy we quute so enthusiastic. Notwithstanding the logic of tue protessor and the aeres of thrifty sunflowers the malaria was not tn the least disconcerted, ‘The President to avoid the risk of his own health and that of hig family, lett the national capital to take a summer sojourn in the North. The cares of government follow him. ‘His thoughts are constantly Ou the daties of his office. His Cabinet are prepared and ready to hasten to the capital upon the ordesr {their chief. Everything of importance transpinog fn Vashington is ut ohice transmitted to him by telegraph. He receives despatches and issues bis orders tue ¢ ag If In the Executive Mansion, a sort of beotgusi ersin the fleld. The public bugi- ness isnot delayed or affected in the least, except probably to a few office-hunters who are atlected. This ig 8 season of inact and aside from the terest routine 1a! of the departments the eis Uttle to require the presence of the leading officials. Were it the Congressional term the case would be different. The Cuba question, which might be con- sidered negioted, 18 Just the orey. ‘The President given his special care to the Cause of straggling Cuba. ‘he moment for decisive action is evidentuy atfiv- ing. There are no doubts in the mind of the Presi- dent as to the issue of the contest, and action wil! be shortly taken to iecgeepinre asin of prudence well as national mterest. here ig another phase of the Presidential travels which I will mention. The career of President Grant has been exclusively military. During the war with Mexico he was at the head of a company of regulars, vindicating bis country’s honor under the barumg sun of Mexico. Subsequently he earned an houest living in Missouri; more than can be said anywhere of a majority of the envenomed class several times alluded.to. During the late war he was foremost in the conflict, as he was afterwards foremost in class hnimegg A Pte im ea once more, ife absorbed in I. tary duties, th President had not that opportu ayiee witiene of those important nat! have had. In ord seized the pte of to glance al Peun: Materlally useful to the count taken by and wil Know tow to acti. Such motives actuated fund of information obtained, he was everywhere met by the populace with the utmost enthusiasi He combined business with pleasure. At all the cities he visite he meeis the business men and converses with them. ft was to save the country from the rotten politic#t extremi- tes represented by Butler and Vallandigham, that he accepted the Presidency at all, It was at the urgent solicitation of the sterling business men of tue country, who, being deeply atfected a the agitations of politics,,now look to him for a safe and responsible administiation. Wherever. he goes he is readily accessible, and has always a word for those who have at heart the interest of the country. He observes carefully everything around him, partich- larly as indicating the wants of the peo) le. By. the time he returns to the national capital fe will have @ larger amount of personal kaowledge of the le generally and their interests than nine-tenths of his predecessors, It is only to be hoped that the jour. heying of the present sum mer may be imitated on a oo bab id on the next, and in 1872 the obverse and obtuse class mentioned will have more than a Presidential vacation to annoy the The President at a Clambake—30,000 Per- sone Present=The President to Leave Newe port To-Day,. Newrorr, R. L, August 24, 1900, At eleven o'clock this morning the Presidens and Mrs, Grant, in company with Senator Morgan and Mrs. Morgan, Secretary Boutwell, Charles H. Kus. sell, lL. P. Morton, Thomas Coggeshah, Senator Anthony, ex-Governor Dyer and the Committee or Arrangements of the Grand Army of the Repubiio, visited ADdout 30,000 persons among them General Burnside and eford. The party remained ab: returning to this city about five O'clock “thie ‘The President dined with L, P, Morton, of The President, with party. will leave here at a iock to-morrow morning and Concord, N. H. oof Granve Tour Trough New OONcORD, Angust 24, 1869, President Grant will arrive here on a special train Cut the mand. This is more, even in an humb', ¢7 than ‘can be sald of’ nine-tenths of Tae “higueed to mention ty to advise himselt onal interests which others ler to becoie familiar with these he is presence in the North the coal, iron and ratiroad interests of ‘ivania, so that when ieee grave questions, so ry, May come up he un- derstands something more than the biased position interested parties. He has seen for himself his visit to Pennsylvania, and, in addition to the WOVEMENTS Op FM PRESIDENT, | on Wednesday at fAltbaat (Wo otek P.O Will stop for @ few minutes at Lowell, Nashysané Manchester, 4 publig reception will be held on Ale arrival atthe State House, He will dine with Gove ernor Stearns and will be his guest for the bight, anu leave on a special train Thuraday moraing for the Crawford House, via Littleton, and make the ascent of Mount Washington, and then to the Profile House ond spend the night, On Friday morning he wili goto Burlington via the Vermont Centra) Ratiroad, and thence to Saratoga. The President to Visit Saratoga. SaRaToas, August 24, 1869, Preatdent Grant has notified the Lelanda, of the Union Hotei, that ne will reach Saratoga on Satur- Gay, the 28th Inat. THE NATIONAL GAME. Empire vs. Union. The Empire Club, ever ready to fulfil its engage. ments, repaired to Melrose yesterday to meet the Union of Morrisania in the first game of a series, ‘The fact that six members of the Empire nine were absent did not deter the club from putting in an ap- pearance and going into the game, although defeat stared them in the face, The Union Club was repre- sented by the strongest nine they have nad her ‘this season and, anike thelr visitors, they had @ slate containing the names of fourteen first class amateur players from which to make a selection, Mr. Hudson, of the Union Ciub, was selected act as umpire, the Empires feeling assured that would deal justly under all circumstances, game opened with every promise for a spirited close contest, but the knowledge of their weakness seemed to make the Empjren timid aud nervous, and they exhibited a lack of {odemens and a ger- eral looseness in many particulars. It is unneces- sary to give any details of the game, further than may te obtained from the score, Higham gga With his usual vim; Griftin, who bad ititte to do, did it well, R. McGowan ‘Murphy also worked well, but at times all hands took 9 share in throwing wildly and “tmuiiog” in approved style. The Uni sooD came to appreciate the advantage of thel “team,” and by heavy hitting, aided by the afore- mentioned general muMnismn, succeeded in coming out with the score standing as follows:— PIRE, UNION, “0. RAB.T. 0. RAB, oe eT utes ii 5343 hee it a3 a8 0 0 Wetburg, rf... 9 @ 0 0 Sanderson, 0./:...4 5 8 6 10 Totale . erry) NL Nag, Aw, 24. Od. Mth. Sth. 6th, 1th. Oh. en ie ire eel Or aes 147 9 6 9 ith, Me i MeGowan, 1; Gritia, Higham, 1; J. Haine By oe 8; J, MeGowan.3; Mar- 17 Ward, Letotal, & Whelan ty Weibure, 5 Aw 1—total, 4 Highan, 4; Wilson, 2; Grifia,1~ total, 7. Austin, 4. Struck out -Limpire, 2 Base play—put out by—R. MeGowaa, 4; Higham, 1-totwi, % Coldie, 6; Geer, 3 2—Total,'14 Asiated—Murphy, 4; Ward,2; Higham, 2. Geer, 8; Goldie, Whelan, 2; Sustiu, 3; Haines, 2; Lygus, 1. Mosars. Kelly and Lush. Mr. W. F. Hudson, of the Union Club. game—Two hours and twenty-five miniites. Post Ward.t uyous, Hi Fieaas Bree Ball Notes. The game between the Mutuals, of New York, and the Olympics, of Washington, yesterday afternoon resulted in another defeat for the Mutuais by the fole lowing score:— 0 38 8 83 0 0 2 4 OH 8 1 2 12 7 «10 4 4 The Pastime Ciub, of Little Falls, defeated ue Ar mory Club, of tlion, yesterday in a game for the champion bat of Herkwner county with the score of 56 to 9 ‘To-day the Empires will play the Actives at Hobo- ken. Both clubs will endeavor to have their best men on hand, and a good Cp may be expected, To-day the United and Fly Array Ciubs will play for the junior championship on the Union groundé, and the Alpha and Athietic will play their return game at the Capitoline. The Gotham and Sparta will also play at Hoboken, 80 that, as used to be said, there will be ‘fun at Hoboken to-day.” ‘The game which was to have been played to-mor- row between tie Union and Atlantic, at the Union Base Ball Park, Tremont, has been postponed. The game was to have been bes Sagem of the new grounds, but as they wul not. im readiness for & week or two to come the game must necessarily be postponed. The Union had hoped to be able to com- ply with the original arrangement and bad deferred sending Oilicial notification of the case to the Atlan- Uc until to-day. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENDE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED.—Thomas Kirby, who WAS ATTested B 1EW GBys ayy vE & charge af attampte to pass a ten dollar counterfeit United States Teasurd note, was examined before Commissioner Newton yesterday and honorably acquitted, there being no evidence to show criminalty in the case, NON-PAYMENT OF THE REVENCE Tax.—Thomas Atkinson, @ retail dealer in liquor and manufacturer of tobacco, was examined before Commissioner New- ton yesterday for non-payment of Cie special rev enue tax required by law. Defendant waa held to awalt the action of the Grand Jury. YourHFvuL PickPoceRTs.—Charles and Heury San- ders, brothers, aged eleven and thirteen years re- ly, were arrested yesterday afternoon on nt of Charles Mick, Who accuses the boys of picking his pocket of the sum of tweuty-four dollars, ou, Pacific street, on the night of the 19th tnat. ‘They were held for examination before Justice Delmar. ALLEGED ABSTRACTING MONBY From A LET?ER.— William Hawkins, a young man, was arraigned before Justice Delmar yesterday, on charge of re ing a letter containing a draft for ten pour* wie ne obtained at the Post Office, 7h” 1k whieh was advertised, Was intended 7" a6, letter, gon of the same name as the def~ a ane nother per- which was on an Buglish * geniael. endorsed by Ihe Ac°" aq tg have It discounted Fas examination * xs 44journed until noxt' week, Divorce CasE—A PILOT IN TROUBLE.—A decree of . absolute divorce was yesterday granted by Judge Tappen in the case of Sarah E. Sprague against Ben- jamin Sprague. The custody of the’child and forty dollars per month allmoay were awarded the pkiin- uf. The parties have feen married nearly twent years, the defeadan’ ‘who ia a Heli Gate pilot, being about fifty year, 6f age. ‘The action for divorce waa ased UPOH qifeged infidelities on the part of the husbersa, Wno is charged with having visited several 0" ,a68 of Ill fame in Brookiyo. fy ‘THE ALLEGED OOUNTERFRITER” ADMITTED TO Balt.—Antonio Neil, the Frenchman, who was re- cently arrested by the United States authorities ver spicion of bemg engaged in the counterfeiting o! gol ‘and siiver coun eee of Penigces a being found in his possession—wwag fearra fore Gommisglouer Newton veal ‘Donwog ang was admitted to pail the sbx of $5,000 to appear for trial. Upon thi aciusion of the examination of the accused last week he was, it will be remem- bered, committed to jail in default of the amount of ball above numed, which was not forthcoming until yesterday. ‘ ARRESTS FOR FELONIOUS ASSAULT.—The exam- ination of the case of Peter and Patrick Ward, brothers, charged with assaulting Patrick Burke gt his residence, No. 221 Gold street, with sticks an sword cane, on the ht of a meuced before Justice Welch vena ‘lay Pit 10 is attach Among the Sadtetice oficer at court, esp Owen, another brothers, Who was also a participant in the ct upon Burke, and took him into custody, fn, jured man has so far recovered from the effects of the beating as to be abte to attend the court. The case Was adjourned until Friday next, DEATHS DURING THE Past Wrex.—There were ke deathe in Brooklyn during the week ending Esiatad ast, of which sumbér 26 were men, 26 ‘omen, 86 boys and 78 girls; 61 were infants under twelve months and 4 were persons upwards or eighty years, The principal Causes of death were a8 follol olera infantum, 45; dlarriwa, 18; + MATAR! 8, 18 convulsidhd dud dis- brain, 12 3 Consumption, 16; pneu« Whooping cough, acariet fever'and bron: ‘ each; measies, 6; croup, 2; remittent fever, Si variole, LF the Aecensed (471 wore natives ot }, 20°of Ireland,'j0 of Germauy, 4 England and 2 of British meron /' THE AORTIC ACID NUISANCE.—Referee Hasbrook has been informed by Colonel Broome, of the United States Maries, that the acetic acta manu factory, corner of Flushing and Oarieton Brooklyn, which the Board of Healin “Ordered fo fult blast. It jg ro pa RL i a ‘4 Une esto at while ¢! h sign “Removed,” the ‘business gett, 0ue & business under @ change of proprietors, and the amend Objectionable as formerly. District Att ae late last week caused the arrest of the Owne rie gave ball to answer for committing @ nuisance.” Te will be remembered that the evidence taken ber the referee showed that the fumes from the rood ee Rtas voouiting among the resldeiike ood. Asaist, = si gala ‘ant Sanitary Superiatend. the Board, reported in fat not recenuy reported on vor 3 econtnuance, hae SALE OF 4 VALUABLE Honss.—On Mr. B, 8, ecight, of this city, sola nis wae pee to Colonel H. 8. t West 28,608, This animal was Til and is nine years old. lo fall he won the $10,000 purse offered. for