The New York Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1869, Page 5

MOEKATIC STATE CONVENTION. | The State Ticket Renominated with the ‘Exception of Canal Commissioner John A. Lott and Robert Earl for the Court of Appeals. Tactics of Tammany on the Nominations. THE PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES. President Grant’s Administration Arraigned and the Fifteenth Amendment Condemned, Speeches of Messrs. Tilden, Beach, Hall and Othors. SYRACUSE, Sopt, 22, 1369, The Democratic State Convention for 180 met to-day at noon in Weilting Hall, io this central city of the State. There were no ab- kentees from the roll of delegates and aiter- Dates but in one notable instance, that of ex-Governor Seymour, who failed to put in an ap- pearance, but was represented by a substitute. Weiting Hall is capable of accommodating about 2,000 people, but so little interest was awakened by the question whether a new policical departure ‘Would be taken by the democratic party or whether ® would stil cling to the dead issues; whether it Would continue to retrograde on the old crack or imaugurate a new progressive policy by which it Would stand or fall in the great national campaign of 1872, that large and suggestive gap of vacant seats were seen everywhere throughout the hall. The day was beautifully fine, and as a@ Stato Oenvention usually attracts large numbers from the surrounding country, it was very evi @ent from all absence of public demonstra- tien and popular feeling that the events and Fesults of the day’s proceedings had vory Uttle attractions for tie people of the Salt City or its environs, The New York and Brooklyn delegations entered tho building in fall force, and as they were attended by numerous retainers and friends, who, Of course, had no office to seek or axe to grind, When they walked down the centre aisle one look- ing at the familiar faces mignt fancy ne was in the wigwam in Fourteenth street instead of in Weiting atl, Syracuse. 6n the platform there were not more than two ozen members of the party. Turoughout the pro- Geedings, the calling of the Convention to order, the speech of the Chairman of the Central State Com- mittee, the nomination and election of the tempo- vary Chairman, and the address of the latter, the Most unusual apathy and depression seemed to lie Mke aall upon the assemb!age. It was only when Tilden foreshadowed in his speech the coming plat- ferm of the party that a few cieers from the country members were given, and these but served to damn With faint praise the principles he put forth. This was when he denounced the fifteenth amendment and Regro suffrage asrepugnant to the true spirit of de- mocracy. It must bo here said that no answering heer echoed back from the Tammany benches even the slignt applause of the country members. MR, TILDEN’S SPEKCH, On calling the Convention to order Mr. TILDEN waid:— DELEGATES AND FELLOW DeMocraTs—Scarcely Balt ayear has passed by of the Presidential tera of Genera! Grant, and yet that period has been long enough to suppiant, even in the minds of republl- cans, the brilliant anticipations they had formed at the advent of his administration. The period has been filied by @ rapid succession of movements, called by military men surpriscs, against all the watering places of tue country. (Laughier and aj plause.) Ata time when we are just emerging from @ivil war, and when there lay all abuut us, and on every side, the calamities consequent of the eonfiict, this greatest of human trusts, which, when we were but three millions of people, filled. the mind of Washington with anxious solici- tude, now expanded to the care of six-and-thirty millions of human bemgs, 1s, in the mind of Gene- Tal Grant, scarcely a sense of serious duty. At the ologe of the civil war, in which have perished a million of the flower of our youth and whieh nas diminished our accumulated resources by at least two thousand millions—at a time when industry is oppressed by heavy taxes, and when. all the pro- cesses of production are obstructed by a revenue syetem the most complicated and @ tariff the most burdensome, forced upon the country in the hour of our national agony by greedy monopolists, who then obtaiaged influence in the halls of vongress—at @uoh atime these grave and responsibie duties are the occasion and incentive of a career of amuse- ment, @ carnival of holiday pleasures. They are @ huge joke, The instincts of the nation Yead the spirit of government in littie things. it ‘was but a few days ago that { met one of the most eminent repubiicans in the United States, and he Put up his hands with a gesture that awed me into silent attention and said:—‘1 will tell you one thing between us—Grant is a failure.” The name of the author of this unexpected communication ts confl- dential; bat the secret itself is known to the whole Fepublican party. Notwithstanding that grave mat- ters of natwonal concern are treated with levity, the administration of General Grant has been assiduously endeavoring to work what is practicaily @ revolution in the most important elesment— the constitution of our government. 1 mean the suf- by the fifteenth amendment. They attempt, im the first piace, te take irom the people of tne Grates that control of thesuftrage which they-have Somemoriaily: exercised, of saying who shail vote Within those States—(appiause)—and transfer that uession to Coueress, ‘They are creating state of Jaw in which, by achange of the naturalization oid hait a million of Chinese may be brovght into Stave of New \ork and made voters without tho consent, and, in fact, against the wiil, of the people Of the State of New York. They are creating a state of the law in which, without any change im t! naturalization laws, half a millon of liberated Afri- can slaves can come within this State and become Voters agatuat the will of the people of this State. Now, gentlemen, let me not be told that haifa Million of Chinese will not come, or that haifa mithon of Africans will not come. What I object to 4s that such a state of the law 1s greeted. It has no @ffect, no practical purpose; it has no utility, If it i going into eitect practically to tie extent of its Operations, it will be not only a calamity but a crime the people of this State, and every other te against whom the measure may bo enforced. ‘This isnotall. In ine second place the measure tranefers all control from tie people of the State. At . no State Legislature can change the suifrage ws in a State. You can oniy change it by an amendinent to your State constitution, and that has, in this State, to be twice submitiea to the peopl Now, I say this fifteenth amendment takes away all voice fromthe peopie in this imporiant matter ang it to Congress, as in any ordinary matter Of lation. Again, by the vague, ivose, general H raseology of the second section of the fifteenth mendment Congress takes to itself the power of determining what legislation ia necessary to carry out the amendment. Any legisiation that Congress may think fit is authorized under this section. low Con; may object to the way in which the amendment may be carrie) in a particular State or district under State laws, and may appome inspec- tors of election to establish and enforce new registry laws, and may send United States marsvala into each district to govern tho workings of the law in that district and make it operate exclusively from the su! I say the-phraseology of the section is fo br sweeping and loose that it is Capable of the most dangerous construction, @nd that construction wijl no douvt be § upon it if the republican part? remain in power. (Applause.) And how is this measure to carried out and made the law of the land? Jtis force and by fraud, and by no other means. irginia, whom we fought and conquered because ay to go out of the Union, is now considered ent, and is ‘eqnired to submit to this alternation in She franchise as a condition to her readmission; and Shen that being pained ber assent is employed to @stablish and enforce the saine rule in the State of New York, which fought against her. For tt 1s not now & law for Virginia or South Carolina, but @ law for New York, for Pennsylvania, that Is to be established and enforced by the coerced asxent of Virginia, I say, then, that the force is exercised against us, the people ofthe United Siates. ft 1s a wrong fo us, and if there be any justitication for @ forcible change of the suffrage in the Staves Iately in revolt in the rights of war or m the alleged necessi- ties created by the war, what excuse can there be In faficting the same measure on those who fougit on our side as upon those who fought inst us. It has in it also another element of fraud. The platform on which General Grant was elected pledged the republican pay, to leave the suffrage question in the loyal tes to the people of these States. Grant accep that pledge. The people who voted for him voted with that understanding, aud at the moment he yous into office the pledge ts violated and set at ht, and this attempt is made to force whe NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. 1 “yon it ise pend yn party, on the et kaow wt ta said that we m be bygones; that we aust accept of things which resulted from the war; that we must accept all the changes that have been brought about; we must look forward to the future. Nobody is more anxious than I am to get over the questions—to by the uestions—which have been lejt to us as a legacy by the war just closed. But shall we submit to an in- novation like thig—the most dangerous which was ever attempted in any period of our national history the most eentealisiog the most calculated to change our free institutions into an imperial despot- ism, and to take away the most sacred rights of the people of America? Now, are we to look forward to av event which may never happen and ought never to happen, and announce our determination betore- hand to accept it, or are we as a party to stand, as we have ever stood, for the right, and accept the wrong when we mast, and not before? (Great ap- plause.) ‘The democracy, true to their traditions, have in ail times past bech in favor of enlarging the fran- chise, and extending it to all those members of so- ciety who were capabie of being amalgamatea with society and become incorporate with it as part of one homogeneous mass. (Applause.) The demo- cracy have never been in favor of creating castes i thig country, or allowing castes to be created. If there is a race among us between whom and us iod and nature have set @ barrier that ts irreversible, who cannot be admitted into the sacred and holy relations of domestic life, who cannot marry our children and whom our children caunot marry, If such a race extst in this country it 13 a caste, and to that the democracy 1s unfavorably disposed. might be of no consequence if this broad and beau- tiful country were dominated over by an aristocracy or an imperial despotism of what quality or char- acter the men who labor and toil are, but when we attempt to estabiish on this continent a commonwealth of freemen in which all adults (maies) shall participate equally in all the powers of the government. It ts a matter of indispensable necessity that we have no castes which we can avoid, awd that we guard carefully how we admit others into social and political partnership with us. If re- bubitcan government—Il mean republican in the good old sease of democracy—If free institutions are to continne Wo exist It is because we are able to elevate and to educate the masses of our people. Our ancestors taught us that lesson, It isa part of the traditions handea down to us by them, and I to-day believe and you to-da) beileve it. 28 Washington and Jefferson taught tt. say, (nerefore, with respect to vhe Chinese emigra- tion, 1 do not think it 1s desirable they suould come here when brought im the character of forced jaboreis or when coming of their own accord. I do not think peplial has aby tights against the laborer by which it ig entitled bring these and I do not desire t6 8@0 Any ¢) or into this country who are not capable of belng am: gamated with our population if one homogeneous Mass. And I lo |= not the most important question is whether capital ia to be able to get raw labor at a somewhat cheaper rate; but I think the grand American question is how we can best secure the welfare and happiness of the millions of human belngs who compose the American people; how we can best restore the ideal of our great American commonwealth, formed of citizens having equal rights and an equal share of political power and undivided from each other by any Mabe on barrier of class, caste or race. With respect to the African race now among us We must deal with them in a spirit of Uhristian hu- manity and in a liberal construction of the obliga- tions of a government which ts Just to all who are embraced within its jurisdiction. The only claim the negro race has to suifrage here arises from the fact that they are natives to the soll. They were brought here by an act which the civilized world 18 now, unanimous in denouncing asacrime, They are here and wo are to deal with the question of suffrage to them in a practical spirit and on our principle to leave each Stave to deal with that question as that State thinks best. The democracy of New York have always been liberal in its policy on this subject; it has refused to with- draw the subject of suffrage from any, or to narrow the rule by whichany have gatned it; but it protests againsi the doctrine that any Chinaman or African bas a righé to come into this country and claim suifrage as @ national right and enter into complete practica: partnership with us without our consent. We reject this doctrine just as we would reject that doctrine that apy one of them would have the right to come in and enter into a partnership in a private business. We reject that doctrine as we would reject the doctrine that an African or a negro has @ right to marry our daugh- ter without our consent and without hers. ‘rhe great social compact is not a voluntary compact on one side and compulsory on the other, and we deny the principle tbat the Chinaman and the negro have each @ right to enter foto it with us, ana that we shail have no choice to say whether or not we will enter into {¢ with them, We say there ig @ reciprocity in the right to accept or to decline it. I know that the democracy have been charged With being opposed to progress (old fogtes) and that ite claiin to be considered the real party of liberal and human and progressive principlea has been denicd, The democracy have undertaken to pro- vide for all, according to our ideal of our system of government, ond to carry out the ideas of freedom to the largest possible extent, but they respect the character, and would defend the interests and rights of White labor, and they feel that we should be cautious of any policy that would impair either. While you find some speculative tinkers who really believe the theory they profess and are no doubt ac- tuated by the most sincere and philanthropic ‘mo- tives, as a genera! thing, if you take one of your re- pnblican friends aside and talk witn him on the subject of suifrage, in five minutes he wit! tell you he docs not think the poor white ought to vote, and by the same logical necessity which determines the democracy to stand by and protect the suffrage of the common white ma», those who do not believe in it are willing to degrade what they would rejoice to destroy, (Applause,) ‘Turning now from these great questions te State matters I am happy to congratulate you, democrats, on the situation realtzed in the two years’ adininis- tration of the public works by your State oficers, Itfell to my lovtwo years ago to take active mea- sures in resisting some wild, dangerous and pernicious schemes for @ so-called enlargement of the Erte Canal; for enlarging the cost without enlarging its utility. I then said that iu my opinion it was necessary to enlarge the capacity of the men who administered the canals rather than the canals themselves. (Applause and laughter.) After some two weeks we heid a demo- errtic convention and nominated State oMcera on that principle. We elected them, and they nave been enlarging and improving your canals ever since without costing you anything. You have greatly increased the eiliciency of the servica of the canals, I was lately talking with @ gentile. man largely engavod in transporiation over one of your canals and he told me he could make @ voyage in fifty hours now which formerly took him eighty- four hours, which you see ig a gain of forty per cent, He also stated that there was an average saving in the cost of transportation of at least twenty five per cent. To a considerable extent the same result could have been realized tu the Erie and Oswego canals. Now how has this been done? By the aiin- ple eapedient of cleaning out the canals and letting the boats go through. (Applause and laughter.) This was so gimple ana cheap a thing that 1t seemed to some gentiemen to absard to tear up the canais from end to end atacost of thirty or forty millions of dollars, and having them practically out of use during the press of business, Now, gentlemen, whomsoever we nominate for this great trust we must see to it that, like the men who now hold them, they are men of stainless probity and honor. (Great ap- plause.) We must see to it that forthe next two years, a8 during the past two years, not from one end of the State tp the other comes there the least whisper impeaching the ability or integrity of the State officers. We must see to it that the trae jolicy now begun 1s carried ont and completed. We must see to it that there snall be added to the poltcy of making the canals efficient the poilcy of radually and prudentiy reducing the tolis and of lessening the charges on trade as far as possible. 1 cannot doubt that the people of this State will find it to their interest and advantage to elect men whom you to-day shail place in nomination One other topic and I have done. We are sent here to-day to nominate two ae io of the Court of Appeals. 1 am here to speak the preferences of no man; but I am here to join my vi with your volces until they are heard throngh- out the land, to say that the men whom we nominate shall he net only men of stainless integrity, undoubted ability and learning, capable of fulfilimg all duties of their position, but that they shall be of such elevated and known character that in this period of corruption which is spreadin, over the land, which seems to be infecting all ublic | tr id more or less in all locall- ‘ies, they stand as one, grandly erect, and prove to the people tie purpose of the democracy to insure & good judiciary to the land. (Great cueering.) Having now, gentlemen, cccu- pled your attention so far in expressing sentiments which came tuto my mind on this occasion, I will roceed to fulfill the purpose for which 1 rose, which ia to nominate Mr. Ferrell C. Dinnins for temporary chairman of this Convention. (Appiause.) ‘The motion was adopted, and Messrs. Cassidy and Pierce conducted Mr, Denniney to the chair. Mr. DeNNINeY, after thanking the Convention for the honor conferred on him, referred to the import- ance of this Convention and sald, if true to them. selves, they would tedeam this country from ite present wicked rule. There may be honest differ. ences existing among democrats, but he coanselled harmony a8 @ means of securing triamph. THE COMMITTEES. On motion James F, Pierce, of Kings, and John McManus, of Erie, were made temporary secretaries. The list of delegates was then called. The Committee on Resolutions was then nounced, as follows: Firat District—A. Oakey Hall, New York; Richard O'Gorman, New York. Second District—James B. Craig, Kings; James B, Pearsall, Queens. ‘Third District—William Cassidy, Albany; Charles Holmes, Schoharie, Fourth District—A. P. Hawley, Saratoga; Ohristo- her F. Norton, Clinton, Fifth abigtrict- Francis Kernan, Oneida; William A. Beach, Ononday sixth District—D. B. Jones, Cortland; W, W. Gor- don, Delaware, Seventh District—Wiltam Purcell, Monroe; John L._Lewis, Yatos, Fighth Dtatrict-—George M. Copeland, Orleans; Jonas K. Butlor, Cattaraugus On motion s committee of two henry was ordéred to select vomecrs Pg aero pe » TILDEN read a despatch announcing that the condition of Mr. Sanford EB. Ohgrch was no ‘Worse to-day, which was received ause. The following was the Committee on Permanent Organization:—First district—Samuel J. Tilden and William M. Tweed, of New York; Second district— L. R. Frisbee, of Westchester, =} Geo G, Her. man, of Kings; ‘Third district—W. M. Ulster, and Moses Warren, of Rensselaer; Fourth district—A. W. Hunter, of Schenectady and D. Magone, Jr., of St. Lawrence; Fifth district—Lorenzo Caryl, of Herkimer, and Andrew Cornwell, of Jef- ferson; Sixth district—John Murdock, of Chemung, and Roswell Curtis, of Chenango; Seventh district— A. L. Underhiil, of Steuben, and Cullen Foster, of ‘ayne; Eighth district—A. J. Gleason, of Genesee, and John Ransom, of Wyoming. ‘The Convention took a recess till three o'clock, . THE SENTIMENT OUTSIDE DURING RECESS. ‘The prevalent feeling in the streets and hotels dur- ing the recess was all in disfavor, to say the least, of Tilden’s speech, and discussion turned on the ques- tion, would his sentiments on the two main and most vital political pune Die at issne be the spirit of the form? After a most thorough canvass among tho New York and Brooklyn delegations and the volitictans connected with them, I found that the undercurrent of feeling was in opposition, though the “4 for a penny in for pound” idea was more conavicuously paraded, Among the knowing ones 1% was contended that Seymour apsented himself from the Convention in furtherance of a scheme to head of Tammany and their man Hoffman in their plans for the next Presidential campaign, and that ‘iden and Cassidy, of the Albany Argus, who drew up the resolutions, were but tools in the hands of Seymonr, and that Tilden’s speech was but the utter- ance of the spirit embodied more definitely and post- tively in the resolutions to be submitted. Tammany is very silent and intends to be ao. Seymour and his friends will set all'the rope they need. Let them use it and somebody will be hart. Afternoon Session. The Committee on Permanent renorted as follows: For Prosident—Allen ©. Beach. For Vice Presidents—First district, George Law, W. M, Tweed; Second district, Edward Dewitt, — Mc- Farland; Third district, James Fonda, J. H. Chute; Fourth district, McIntyre Frasier, David Barrett; Fifth district, A. 8. Paige, John A. Clark; Sixth district, Calvin Morse, George 8. Ward; Seventh district, M. B. Slade, Joseph Lewis; Eighth district, Wm. Samway, Philip Church. For Secretaries—First district, O. M. Clancy: Second district, James F. Pierce; Third district, C. J. Deyoe; Fourth ser R. B. Ellsworth: Fifth dis Organization trict, Miles B. Fargo; Sixth district, B. R. Williams; Seventh district, T. Houghtaling; Eighth dia- trict, John MceMan' . SPE OF MR. BEACH. Mr, BEaca sald:— GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION—Allow me to thank you for your partiality in selecting me from among 80 many able men to preside over your de- Uberations, The democracy of the Empire State have again by their representatives assembled in council, and on surveying the situation we til stronger reasong than ever for recurring the doctrines of the patriot fathers, and denonneing modern metnods of interpreting the written law, We have also in the present position of affairs cor- roborations of that view; and we find that our republican friends are incapable of carrying on this government successfully for eight years. They have persistéd in the attempt to save the Union, and yet to-day, certain States are stilt out of the Union, an will remain exéladed until they consent to such changes In the ‘constitution a3 @ radical Congress May dictate and then that their submission shall be the price at which they are admitted. Professing to be lovers of Itberty, Hey. have subjngated the civil authority to military rale, and have violated every right of citizens and individuals which the consti- tution guarantees to them. Professing to be the party of Poe, they have pended one-eighth of the capital of the country, and yet have exempted from taxation the banking interest. Professing to be,the party of economy, their administration has been marked with reckless extravagance, and with corrupt and profligate expenditure, The people have become disgusted wiih the managementof this party. They will demand equal and exact justice forall. They will not tolerate lezisiation for the special benefit of the manufacturer, the banker and the bondholder, Our citizens of foreign birth will not ped Lads the party which inflicts upon them such grievous burdens, All will unite in hurling from power a party which will sec our citizens imprisoned and tortured and butch- ered in cold blood without demanding im- Mediate satisfaction. The omens of democratic success are plentiful. The aemocrats are united and confident, State after State 1s falling into line, Let the Empire State now and in future keep pace in the column, and with her uplifted flag, mscribed with the victories of 1867 and 1863, let her march forward in triumph, for her principles are constitu- tlonal liberty, peace and prosperity over all our broad land, Mr. Cassrpy, from the Committee on Resolutions, announced that the Committee on Resolutions would not be ready to report until after the recess, soe ‘wasa difference of opinion in the com- THE NOMINATIONS. A motion was mate to nominate candidates for the Court of Appeals. Mr. Lewis, of Yates, was opposed to selecting the judges first; it was contrary to the precedent of ‘democratic ‘conventions. Mr. KERNAN expressed similar views, and urged that the State officers be nominated first. ‘The motion of Mr. Lewis was lost. A motion to proceed to the nomination of Secre- tary of State was then carried. Mr. Cassipy, of Albany, named Homer A. Nelson, the present incumbent. Oarried by acclamation. On motion of Mr. MurPiy, of Rings, William F, Allen was renominated for Gomptroiler in the same way. Marshall B. Champlain was renominated for Attor- ney (encral in the same way. Wheeler H. Bristol was renominated State Trea- surer in the same way. Van R. Richmond was renominated State Engineer and Surveyor in the same way Mr. WELLS, of Ontario, nominated Mr. Wright for Canal Commisstoner. Mr. FAULENER, of Livingston, seconded the nomi- nation in a brief and eulogistic address, Mr. WILCOXEN nominatea George B. Daniels, of Seneca county, Mr. GULICK announced that he was instructed to withdraw Mr. Daniels’ name, and he moved the nommation of Mr. Wright by acclamation, which ‘was carried. The following gentlemen were informaliy named for the office of State Prison Inspector:—Thomas Kearney, of Albany; F. Lattin, of Ulster; James Stevens, of Oneida; George W. Milispaugh, of Orange; Noble 8 Elderkin, of St. Lawrence; Mr. Cobb, of Westchester, and John McShea, of Schen- ectady. Mr. HARDENBURG, of Ulster, at some length pre- sented the claims of Ulster county for this office, and strongly u the nomination of Mr. Lafiin. ‘He dented that the nominatton belonged to the inte- rior or western part of the State; It belonged to the river counties—to Kings or Albany even. Ulster county nad always given a democratic majority, but had never had @ place on the State ticket, Oncida county, he said, was about to ask a piace on the ticket for a higher office, and Kings county also, and, therefore, the nomination ought not to come from those counties, The namo of Mr. Russell, of Washington, was | then announced, and the Convention proeeeded to Vote viva voce informally. Mr. Kearney received 22 votes: Mr. Laflin, 28; Mr. Stevens, 26; Mr, Millspaugh, 6; Mr. McShea, 10; Mr. hess 9; Mr. Russell, 13; Mr. Elderkin, 6, No choice. Another vote was had, with this result:—Kearney, 27; Lafiin, 42; Stevons, 32; Russell, 11; McShea, 7; Conb, 9. No choice. Another vote was thon nad, confined to the three highest candidates, as follows:—Kearney, 40; Lafiin, 62: Stevens, 81 No choice, Another vote was had, with this resuls—Kearney, 30; Lafin, 60; Stevens, 29. No choice, Another vote was had, confined to the two highest candidates, with this result:—Lafin, 77; Kear- ney, 49. ters NINBN, of Albany, moved to make the nomina- tion of Mr. Lafiln unanimous. Carried. TACTICS OF TAMMANY. During these baliots the spirit m which the Tam- many delegation was resolved to act in the Conven- tion was unmistakably evinced. Whenever New York ‘was called the vote was recorded, seven for each candidate, thus avolding not only ali appearance of partiality for any particular candidate, but also showing the desire of the Tammany powers to leave the making of the siate to the country delegates. When it came to a vote between two of the can- Aidates Mr. Tweed announced as he had done before, the vote of the delegation ten for each candl- date, one momber of the delegation declining to vote. This fine hair splitting was received with great laughter. The delegate was subsequently excused from voting on the tape 5 General S.ocum moved the nomination of Hon. John A. Lott for the Court of Appeals, long term. Mr. KERNAN, of Onewa, seconded the nomination ‘with great pleasure, because Mr. Lott came up to the standard of what the democracy demand in a judge, nd he would move that the nomination be made Unanimous, unless somebody wished to name some one cise, © Mns ‘names of Hon, Samnel L. Selden, Hon, F. W. Hubbard and Hon. A. C. Hand were presented for Judge, of the Court of Appeals, short term. of Oneida, in afew eulogiatic re- marke, named Robert Eari, of Herkimer. Mr. CARLISLE seconded the nomination, endorsing Mr. Eari’s qualifications. Hiram Gray, of Chemung, was named by Mr. MURDOCK, who atrongly urged his nomination. Mr. DinInny spoke in favor of Judge Gray’s nom- ination, referring to his conceded ability and upright- ness, Mr. Concer apoke in favor of Judge Selden. The coreniea then proceeded to vote, with this result:—Hand, 27; Gray, 86; Barl, 43; Hubbard, 2; Belden, 16, No choice. Another vote was had, confined highest candidates, with the following 46; Gray, 37; Hand, 31. No chotce, Another vote was had, which resulted as follows:— Earl, 68; , 4. Judy nomination was made unanimous. ir. TiupEe moved that the State committee con- sist of two delegates from each judicial district, se- lected by the delegates from each district, and three from the State at large, to be appointed by the President, During the voting for candidates the usual confa- sion prevatied throughout the hall, The committee on resolntions having asked for further time for de- bah the Convention took a accopa the three jult:—Karl, members of the New York delegation during the procecdings of the afternoon Sota. Evening Session. 4 NEW STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE NAMED, On reassembling the delegates were called upon to name the members of the State Central Com- mittee, and the following were named:— First District—Peter B. Sweeny and Charles G. Cornell. uy in W. Barker, George J. Sanford. Sixth District—s. T, Arnat, N. Wilson Parker. Seventh District—O. 0. B. ker, Geo. W. Cuyler, — District—Henry A, Richmond, James Jack- son, Jr, Members from the State at large—S. J. Tilden, of New York; Samuel North, of Oswego, and Joseph J. Warren, of Ene. SHAR? MANAGEMENT OF TAMMANY, At the opening of the afternoon session the chairman of the Committee on Resolutions an- nounced that no report would be made till the Con- ‘vention had met at the right session. This gave rise to considerable speculation. It was said that the resolutions as they then stood embraced the main ints of Tilden’s speech, with reference to the teenth amendment and negro su: On these very points an opposition had sprung up, not at all general, but confined to one or two of the committee, Mr. Jas. Craig, of brooklyn, being principal objector and sustainer of the opposition. He carried out his views a8 against the radicals of the party who had been laboring for some time past to present a bold front in opposition to the federal administration on the fifteenth amendment and negro suffrage ques- tions. Crate has proved himself in the matter the bulwark ofthe Tammany regency and the best Advo- cate General, which position he holds in the military family of Governor Hoffman, that ever @ State executive possessed. His midwifery opera- tion in delivering Seymour and Tilden of the most harmless set of resolutions that ever was adopted by @ political clique when they were in the throcs of parturition with a firebrand that was to biow Tammany, Hoffman and the whole regency sky-high, reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Craig as a pollti- cal manipulator of resolutions. The nominatiois that has overshadowed and troubied the regency all the week has been delivered of most harmless mouse and mother Seymour and Tilden are doing at the present moment as well as can be expecied, Immediately after the opening of the night session, Cassidy, of the Albany Argus, who was to have stood with Tilden godmother to the firebrand reso- lutions, delivered himself, in @ most doleful voice, of the foliowing resolutions:— PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES, ‘The democracy of New York, iu convention assembled, report and roullirm the pledge they have given to the people Jn regard to questions of public polley, and they point to th History of shelr connection with the government from the ay of its foundfition for the recora of their devotion to its interests, their fidelity to its honor, their nationality and atriotiata, and their unswerving loyatty to ‘the constitution ; hat as the'party which derives {te priaciples from Jefterson and Jackson we are ready to go betore the country with the record of our conduct and our principles, and demand to be Judged by them. Resolved, That in pursuance of principles and faith ful to these traditions we demand: the restoration of all States to their rights in the Unton under the constitution, the ‘amnesty of political offenders, the reduction of the standing army, the abolition of that hybrid inalitution, the Freedmen’s Bureau, the restoration of the rightful authority of the judiciary and the subordination of the military to the civil Resolved, That we arraign the administration of President Grant as false to these principles and measures and to its pledges to give the country peace. It has for ones prolonged the disunion of the States, and by military Bfetation and arbitrary penalties 1s endeavoring to coerce communities and States foto assent to iis measures; it has failed to protect the masses, and has given countenanc ‘and support to class interests, and, turning its back upon the peopie, has become fn turn the penaas and patron of accu- Phulated wealth, and that while using the standard Of administration at home, it has lowered the tone of our diplomacy abroad by the character of its appointment its vac foagand hesitations in re; to our rights a nation, its want of sympathy with the people struggling for Mberty and tts indifference to the fate of American citizens, victims of foreign despotism. Resolved, That tho protection of American citizen whether naturalized or native born, in all thelr rights an, Wherever they may go, {s a sacred duty imposed upon the United States government, which garded. withont’ incurring’ national Protection and allegiance are rec duties, herever the rights of Amer: assalied, duty and honor require d' promptly employ adequate Fourth Fifth District—Joh artisan pur- cannot be disre- that that this government tneans for {ha vindication of such rights ; and that we there- fore denounce the recent flagrant omission by the federal form ita le duty toward American ain and administration top citizens fn Great Resolved, That the democratic party in now, aa ft ever has been, in favor of the fulfilment of all legitimate contracts with the federal government, wih the same atrictnoss ‘and honesty that should attend tho payment of contracts be- tween man and man; that in case of loans mare to the fed- eral government by authority of law it 1 the rlght not only of the ut of the American people, from the fruits of whose lal pald, that such obligations shonid be discharced wheu due in the manner prov! by the law in obe ilance to which they were created, ‘Reso'ved, That the multiplication of taxes, their complexity ‘and uncertainty, aud the inquisitorial process by which they fara extortea from the people, and, atill more, that unequal and unjust aystem by which a moneyed class 18 exempt from the burdens of State and municipal government and their share imposed upon their nelzhbors is a constantly increas- ing abuse: that Xin the duty of the statesmen of the country to simplity our taxes, distribute them upon tho property of the countey, reduce the talff to # revenue basis, and thus release industry from ite heaviest burden and give freedom ang must bi the course of the executive and admintstra- ja State in enforcing economy. ‘and reform. i rine => we mf ‘approval of artments of atration and !xcise laws aro je they should at least be unifurm fate; that the canals of the property of ite citizens; thas iL be Improved by the enlargement of the channels and the doubling of the Jocks where nocoasary; that the tolls should be reduced to such an extent as to command the carrying trade, and that as soon as the existing canal deht (now in process of rnpid liquidation) shall be paid the canals shoud he opened to the navigation of the people of all the Staten, eubje't only to acharge to defray the cost of their anaval mamtenance and repair. Resolved, That the filteents amendment of the federal con- atitution, propore by the radical majority 1» Congress in = spirit of contempt of the people and of the right of the States to reguiate the elective fra and in utter disregard of the plec of the party, and attempted to be forced upon the States as a con‘iilon of thelr restoration to civil yovernment ‘and to thefr representation in the national Legis fended to piace the queation of suirage in the hi the central powers and by debasing to demoralize the represen- tative syste: ‘Renolved. That the amended constitution of this State in its ales to be submitted to the el ‘6 does not yy the motives in which it was conceived or by the manner in which ft was prosen’ed, or by its Intrinsic worth, Reanlvet, That bis Excellency John ‘f. iouman, by ‘his fideilty to the interests of the Stat hia high toned asser- tion of democratic principles, his el host rupt and spec'al Iegis!at d the manner in which he hi not only commanded the hearty aj mocracy_of New York, but secured respect of a lange cl e honor of the Empire Stare dearer than partisan success, Our citizens owe ft to the mectves, we as to Governor Hottman, to elect nm Tegistatore that will aid rather than thwart him in earrying into effect measures of administra- t id bey 5 "iteaolved, That ‘oMcers this day renominated com- mand the contidence of the democratic masses as cordial ¥ and as unaniuiva:ly as they hare that of this Convention,nn that to them and their collengues on tho ticket we pledge a united and enthusiastic and triumphant support, The resolutions were adopted without debate or dissent, ie confidence and of our political opponenta who hold THE SPRECHMAKING, RicHarD O'GoRMAN was then called upon and addressed the Convention at somo length, eluctdat- ing the various topics embraced in the resolutions, fcr. FuLLows was next called upon aud re- sponded also, endorsing the ticket. CLOSE 0: THY CONVENTION, With the close of Fellows’ speech there were no more speeches, Mayor Hall deciming to follow. Peace reigns again in Syracuse. The conventionists, dehgnted with their trade with Tammany, have gone exultingly home. They have not committed themseives to any such revolutionary doctrines as were embodied in Tilden’s resolutions, and which are supposed to have been chotce selections from the prepered platiorm and which they teared they would have to adopt as the emanations of their friend Seymour. Craig came to their rescve and saved them from the threatened compromise and danger. ‘the State Convention of 1609, which, it was expected, would have placed the democratic party in the coming State and Prest\vnttel ca:n- aigns on @ single plank to figut i ont on that line in 1360 and 1872, has dis- soived, vi the leaders are free to go on any tack they please. it was a delicnie piece of strategy by which the regency circumvented the wily seymour, leaving him for the rewainder of his Hfe high and dry on the shoals of Tamunany. The modern lg oe has had tts modern Archi- medes in Peter Bismarck, and here he found room enongh for the lever ov which he moved the demo- cratic power of the State in convention assembied and directed all its actions according te nis will, He ia now receiving the congratulations of “his frends’ at the Vanderbilt House. ‘The third house, comprising a sort of body guard, who attended the Tammany Lge go hore, have gone home to-night in advance of delegations, and the streets of Syracase, which for two nights past resounded with the uproar of the unterrified of New York, are as silent as if ward politician had never disturbed their peace, So has ended the Demo- cratic Convention of 1869, CIty POLITICS. Kodicni Reyublican General Committee Meeting of the Twenty-second Strect Face tion=The Delegation to the State Conven- tion—Keport of the Committee of Confers enee—The Removal of Atkinson, the Navy Yard Carpenter, As tho approaching conflict draws near the party in the minority in this city is casting about to seo how it can best prepare itself to meet the shock of battle, With that end in view a commiitee from each of the three organizations of the city cailing themselves republicans met at the Astor House yea- terday afternoon to devise some plan to compose their differences, There was a meeting of the Twenty-second street organization last night, Mr. John V, Gridiey in the chair, to hear the report of this committee and to take such action in confer- ence there as might be thought proper. Judge CULVER, on behalf of the committee, sub- mitt report, the substance of which was that of the fifly-six delegates to the State Convention to ve held next week, thirty shoald be given to th Twenty-second street committee, the “regulars,” Mr. Culver was very careflll to insist upon, thirteen to sion was al party, and to that end for av election to take place recess. Sweeny occupied a seat among the ! on tie first Thursday in January next. Preifminary to that election it was agreed that there should be & new enroliment made under the direction of four inspectors, one-half of whom were to inted by the Twenty-secona street half by the other two committees. Mr, CHARLES 3. SPENCER moved that the thirty del- egates to be sent by the committee should be appor- tioned as follows:—One delegate and one alternate to each Assembly district and nine delegates at large, to be selected by a committee of one from each Assembly aistrict 10 the General Committee, the commitreeman to be appointed in each case by the delegation. It was also moved that when the Uom- mittee adjourned it should be to Friday evening next, to hear the reports of the committees on dele- Gates. Both motions were carried. An adjournment of a few minutes was had to give the various Assembly delegations an oppertunity to appoint committeemen, as provided for in the above resolution, Mr. O. 8. SPENCER offered 9 resolution to the effect that @ request signed by the Officers of the Commit tee be sent to the Secretary of the Navy asking for pod Ai egg et Coane Atkinson, a yd avy Yard, reeently removed admiral Godon. it was carried. -s % Meeting of Twentieth Ward Reprblicans—A Basis Agreed Upon Between the Factions, Ameeting of the Twenty-eighth street republican orgnaization was held last evening at Apollo Hall, Broadway, Mr. Edgar Ketchum inthe chair, Mr. Norman Stratton read the following report and temporary basis of agreement drawn up at the Astor House in the morning between the three frac- tious organizations of the republican party in New York city:— At a meeting of committees appointed by the Republican General and Central committees of | hs ‘city of New York, of which Messrs. Gridiey, Hooth and Ketchum are presidenw, 1M was agreed: That the delegations from the city of New York t Convention shall be divided as follows, ‘Twenty-second street or; tion shall be ent! thirty of said delegates represented in this conference twenty. \d said delegates may be selected, appointed or Cleoted in auch manner as’the respective organizations may determine. Also, that the members of the State Central Com- mittes to which the cityof New York 1s entitled shail be divided as follows, viz. One-half to the organization known asthe Twenty-second Street Committee and the other half to the organizations herein represented. Tt ia also agreed that all the organizations herein repro- sented shall unite in a reorganization and enroliment of the Tepublican voters of the city for the purpose of forming new local organizations in the Assembly districts and a new gen- eral committee, Sald gencral enrollment shall be under the direction of four inspectors in each Assembly district, who shall be appointed by a joint committee of twelve to Ue ap- pointed or selected ty ¢ organizations herein represented < to the other organizations all entitied to on or before the 10th day of October, 1869, etx of whom sball be appointed by the Twenty-second’ aproet izatton and ix by the olber organisations novels weenie It fs understood a ed. agreed upon that the Twenty-second street organization rh the appointment of two of the gaia inspectors, and the other organizations herein repre- ited shall have the other two of said inspectors {n each of said districts. Said joint committees of tweive shall, in addi- fion to appolnting inspectors as aforesaid algo act as a board of appeal in all matters of din between said inspectors, and shall have power to remove any of sald {nspectors for misconduct, and fill all vacanet ‘The enrollment herein provided for shall be made on the evenings of December 16 and 17 next ensuing, and the elec- tions herein provided for shall be held on the evening of December 29 next ena . The enroling and voting places and bocks in both cases be open from seven to half. paat nine o'clock, of which two er notice shall be given in ‘at least two republican papers in the city. The inspectors so appointed as aforesaid shal! cause the enrollment thus made by them to be printed in numbers sufll- cient to give every person enrolled a copy of the same, and shall distribute them to yest of their ability. ‘On the 38d of December next ensuing, the sald inspectors shall meet (which meetin; all be advertised xs aforesaid), and shal] hear all complaints in relation to the name of an: ron improperly on the roll: and if ft shall appear by afil- davit or other satisfactory ince that such name fs im- properly on the roll and that notice of the application to strike ff therefrom has been served on him apd he makes defau t, or proof is made that he cannot be fonnd in the dis- trict in which be shall be enrolled, or in case the said person fails to satisfy said inspectors that bis name ought to be con- tinued on sald roll, the said inspectors ahali have power and it shall be duty to atrike the name from the roll. At the close of the election, as herein provided, said inapect- ors shall declare in writing the result of such elections, nam- ing the officers of the loca! organizations and delegates to the general committea thus elected, andon such declaration ing made all other republican organizations in said dis- all be disbanded. nization of the delegates to the Central Committee, elected as aforesnid, which shail take pisce.on the evening of the first Thuraday of Jaauary, 1870, Ir ne ot ral and central committees shall cease to exist, This \t to be reported to the committee appointed by the | Convention, and of which Mr. Madden 1s chair- man, yy sald committee reported to the next State Con- veatlon for approval, ‘On behalf of Twenty-necon4 street committes—James W. Culver, John H. White, Sinclair Tousey and Ira O. Miller. On behalf of Twenty-third street committce—James W. Booth, T. E. Stewart, David Miller, E. DelaGeld Smith and Thomas Murphy. On bdehal’ of Twenty-eighth street committee—Edgar Keishum, Spencer Kirby, Norman Biration and Joba J. Brien. A debate followed on the acceptance of the report. Messrs. Lapaugh, McMutlen, Hall, Whitfcid and Babcock spoke seen the adoption of the report. In favor of it ists. Howe, Twames, Pinckney, Kitchell, Hoever. O’Brien, Richardson and Ketchun = vote was then put and carried by a vote of 58 to QFFICIAL CORRUPTIONS IN NEW ORLEANS. ‘The Case of Collector Steadman and Radics! O-—-—-ne- FUCTEON. [From the Albany Byening ae (republican), ept. The vague and unsubstantial rumors of oficial corruption, involving high — at New Orleans, have taken defirite form. meral Steadman, Col- lector of that port under Johnson, ts charged with defalcations aggregating the enormous sum of $600,000, Though previous hints have been given that the general was not entirely scrapulous and upright, this allegation ef tremendous and wholesie villainy will received by the public with surpris? and pain. The case affords material fur reflection upon the close alilance between pertidy to principle in the abstract and personal iniquity. General Steadman made a brilliant record during the war. At 118 close few men stood higher or had fairer prospects of ele- vation. In an evil hour he was induced by his former democratic associates to uuite in their scheme for sustaining the perfidious Johnson against Congress, The President sent him to New Orleans as a@ spy upon Sheridan. For hie despicabie services in that capacity he was appointed to succeed the hero of tne Shenandoah in command o/ the depart- ment and proffered the Secretaryshiv of War. Netiner of these places suited him, for a Treason now apparent—tuey were not suificiently proitable, He was then made Collector, and it is now said that during his brief career in tnat place he plundered the people of more tian haf @ million dollars! What a record to supplement the glorious achievements he had made asa soldier! Probabiy the robberies of Steadman were perpetrated in co-operation with the whiskey ring. ‘lis associa- tions in that direction were no.oriously bad while he was in office. At last accounts this desperate adven- turer was seeking to get off for Cuba in command cf @ filloustering expedition, 1t would be weil Jor him couid he meet death upon some battlefield in a Manly effort to secure liverty for an oppressed peop.e. THE ROCHESTER MURDER, An Interview with Messner. [rom the Rochester (N. Y.) Union, Sept. 21.] The day following the argument for a new trial for Joseph Messner, tn the General Teri of the Su- preme Court, one of lus counsel, Mr. Ripsom, lett the city on professional eogagements, aad did not re- turn unti this morning, when he learned of the de- cision in the case; and ie, with Messner’s other counsel, Mr. Wilson, and our reporter, proceeded to When Messner was informed of his fate. He received it with considerable emotion, and at once informed Mr. Ripsom that he was not in the right frame of mind to converse; that the intelligence had unnerved him, This was evident from his inanner. He said he nad not before aeard of the decision; ‘he did not care about the matter, although life was sweet to him—that the mau who bet bis money on his being @ fool would lose it; he was ready to die,” &c, He did not wish to converse with any of the reporters at present. He thanked hits counsel when @ paper containing the decision was given him, and when they turned to leave btm he shook hands with Mr. Wilson and tears trickled down his cheeks, He evidently had hopes that the court would grant him a ne‘y trial, and now that that hope was crushed the reaction unmanned iim, und he did not know what to say. In all previous inter- views witn him he had not shown the least emotion, it at this interview. and generous in not prolongin; our reporter left Mm ‘with the impression that before Messner’s execu- tion he would make a@ full and free confession. Since his incarceration under a auspended sentence Messner has = heavy whiskers, but has not improved in flesh. His general health is good, He has the range of the common prison with the other prison EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONRBY MARKET.—LONDON, Sept. 22—4:30 P. M.—Consols closed at 02% for money and 92% for account, American securities quiet aud stealy, United States five-twenty bonds, 1862, 53%; 18 (old), 82}4; 1867, 81)5; ten-forties, 76, Stocks steady, Erie, 264; Illmois, 94%; Atlantic and Great Western, 28. PARIB SOU REE EARD, Sept, 22—3:30 P, M.—The Bourse is quiet, Rentes, 70f. 82¢, FRANKFORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, M, nited States five-twenty bonds opened firm at 8715 a 67 '4 for the old issue, LIVERPOOL CoTroN MARKET.—LIvERPOOL, Sept. 22—4:30 P, M.—The market closed irregular, Mid- dilng uplands, 12%d. a 12%d.; middling Orleaus, 124d. a12%d. The sales of the day have been 8,000 pales, of which 4,000 were taken for export and speculation. Ha’ CoTrTon MaRKET.—HavRg, Sept. 22—Even- ing.—Cotton closed dull on spot and to arrive. Eivanroot BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LivERPOOL, Sept, 22.—The market is dull. IVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, ere 22.-Bacon, 668, 6d. per cwt. for Cumber- nd cut LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS.—LONDON, Sept. 22.— Turpentine, 0d. per cwt. Tallow, 478. per cw PRTROLRUM MARKET.—ANTWERP, Sept. 22.—Petro- Jeum closed quiet and unchanged. Haver, Sept. 22—Evening.—Cotton on spot was last quoted at 15134f. J 2 Conductor Means, of the Pennsylvania and New York Rattroad, has not been arrested, as reported, for causing the inte accident at Athens, Pe, His faction Is endorsed by the ofticers of his road, ret THE NEW DOMINION. Execution of 2 Marderer—Brutal Incident An Iutoxicated ExecutionerSens of Ste Crispin Condemued by the Catholic Church. QuEBRO, Sept. 22, 1869. A most terrible and disgusting scene took place at @nexecution of a murderer at Murray Bay, near the mouth of the Saguenay river, a hundred miles below this city, on Monday. The unfortunate vice tim was a Frenchman named Bitras, who killed am old man named Ouillette for the paltry sum of thirty dollars, and matmed for life several members of his family, who attempted to defend the old man’s life, He was tried, and the evidence proved his beyond doubt, but the accused still maint his imnocence. Up the last moment denied his crime and refused the consolation religion, but when brought to face the reality of the terrible position on the scaffold he repented of sins and conf his guilt. The execution characterized by the most painful and brutal incl dent, The chief hangman. from Montréal, is said, has alre: hanged four criminals in time, was almost blind drank and his assistant was only @ novice at the business. Between them they left the rope too long, and when the trap fell Bitrag fell to the ground on his knees. He was Sken wD, the rope shortened and the trap fell again al unfortunate man satisfied the vengeance of the aw. Messrs. Woodiey have discharged from thelr boot manufactory all the men belonging to the St. Crispin Society. A pastoral letter was read in the Roman Catholic churches, condemning the St. Crispin Asso- ciation, and refusing’absolution to those of ita mem- bers who belong to the Catholic Church. The St. bales Society are on a strike in Montreal and onto, Prince Arthur made a number of handsome pre- sents to official ¢ignitaries before leaving Quebec. Ovation to the Prince at Toronto—An Amerie can Flag Torn Down and Insulted by the Mob. Lonpon, Sept. 22, 1860, An enormous crowd visited this city today. Fully 80,000 strangers arrived by special trains. Addresses were presented to Governor General Young by the City Council and Board of Trade at nis hotel. At two o’clock Prince Arthur, with Governor General Young, rode to the Industria! Exhibition rom where addresses were presented by the gricultural and Arte Societies. ‘The and Sir Jonn Young then went through the exhibition, where an enormous crowd were present. An American flag, which had been hung in the deco- rations, was pulled down and tora to pieces at nine o'clock. Much excitement prevailed. Double Murder in New Brunswick—House Strack by Lightning—Three Lives Lost. Sr. Joun, Sept. 22, 1869, Further investigations concerning the discovery of the skeleton of a woman and child near Loch Lo- mond leave no donbt that a double murder has been committed. A man named Kane 1s in custody on suspicion of being the guilty party, and the are supposed to be those of his wife and child. A terrific thunder storm occurred at Yarmouth yesterday morning. The house of Jos. Hamilton was struck by the light , and Mr. Hamilton and his wife instantly killed. e house was set on fre, and a bed-ridden daughter perished in the names, “MILITARY NOTES, A week from next Friday the regular drill season will have been fully inaugurated in the National Guard, and the preparations that are now being made at the various regimental headquarters in anticipation of the coming event gives promise of an active season this winter. During the same week the annual inspection wili take place, the Thirteenth Brooklyn regiment taking the lead in tne Fifth brigade, on the 4th proximo, The Seventh heads the list In the Third brigade, First division, and will be inspected on the llth, at Tompkins square, Owing to the stringency which will be observed by General McQuade in the Inspections—counting nothing the men in buckram who may be on the rolls of regiments, but who do not a at inspec- tion—there is tle utmost activity in those regiments which have never been noted for strength of num- bers, to bring the laggards to terms, It will be a thing for the National Guard if two or three of he commands now in it should be consolidated, 80 as to make one full regiment. MoQuade is the boy that?ll do It, too. ‘The Fifth company, Seventh regiment, still refase to take off their weeds of mourning for that ar: and General Barrington threatens resignation if missing emblem should not be brougnt to light be» fore the disbandment of the regimeut. ‘The Twenty-second tofantry will oe in dreas, armed and equipped for drill, on tot. at TOMPKINS sare AR af Ale hawe lesely beam t . E erick Jocher, Com any F; Captain Charles Riobter, Company K; Captain Herman Schmid H} First Lieutenant Christopher Rickes! ny H; First Lieutenant Gustav Richlio, Firirst Lteutenant Charles Vogel, Company ond Lieutenant John Nagel, Company F; Lieutenant Jacob Munzel, Company H; Lieutenant Charles Long, Company K. Charles W. Terrette was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the First regiment alcw weeks agd, and not @ gentleman named enethe, who is in no wise connected with the National Guard. It is rumored that General Shaler bee resign, and that ex-Brigadier General Aspinwall take his place. ‘There is no danger of any change. The Thirty-seventh regiment needs reconstruction sadly. It ts composed of the very best mat toas can be found in tle militia, but it is always in hot water about its oMcers. The fault of the whole thing lies mainiy with the mem toemselves. ray can elect wom they please for their oilicers, and they do occasionaily bolster a man into a shoulders strapped coat who doesn’t know the ordinary duties of a second lieutenant, why who's to blame? This should not be understood, however, as insinuating that there are no goed officers in the command, for there are several. Ifthe regiment desires to main- tain Ita esprit de corps it must get rid of its growl- ers—feflows who alwaye do their best to do the least work. and who are always found at the bottom of every trouble in the ranks. Let each company be~ stringent Ia ealotcing its rules, exercise vigilance m admitting new, members, and, above all, to keep well in mind that the militia 1s amenable to jaw in more ways than one, ‘This will bring the command Where its material entities it to be—among the first Of our rogiments. BUCKEYE RACES, CINCINNATH, Sept. 22, 1869, The first race to-day, over the Buckeye Course, was for the club purse of $300, dash two miles, which was won by Victoria,beating Atherton, sec- ond; Woodford Bell, third; Judge, fourth, and Lan- cer, fifth. ‘Tine, 325544. Second race, a sweepstakes for three year old colts aud fiilies that nave never won a race, mile heats; $15 subscription, the clab to add $300, The following is a summa: PROBABLY "FATAL AFFRAY IN BROOKLYN. Two laborers, named Timothy Mohide and John Fogarty, who were engaged at work in a sandbauk on Carroll street, near £ighth avenue, Brooklyn, became involved in a quarrel with each other yester- day afternoon. After the interchange of an; words, Mohide became so enraged that he sized & shovel and struck Fogarty on the head wit inflicting wounds of a dangerous character. Office! Ryan, of tho Forty-eighth preciact, being notified oj the affair, repaired to the place and arrested Mohide, who was locked up in the Fourth avenue station house to await the result of Fogarty’s injuries. Fogarty was reinoved to bis home in Fourteenth street, where he now lies 1m a critical condition. cause of the quarrel between the men bas transpired. WEW DIVINITY HALL FOR YALE COLLEGE, New Haven, Sept. 22, 1869, The corner stone of the new Divinity Hall, for the theological department of Yale College, was laid this afternoon. The ceremony was preceded by @ crowded meeting in Centre church. President Woolsey, assisted by Rev. Dr. Bacon, prensa. When completed the batlding will probably the finest and most commodious theological hall in the United States. TELEGRAPHIC REWS ITEMS. ‘Three stores, the Post Oftice, the Odd Fellows’ and Good Templars’ halis in the village of Hemlock Lake, N. Y., were destroyed, by fire on Tuesday morning. A frame house on Central avenue, Cincinn was destroyed by fire on Tuesday nignt. Ture boys named Montague were barned to death. The Executive Committee of the National Irish Immigration Association have issued 9 call for@ convention, to be held in St. Louis, Mo, Wednesday, tie 6th of October next. The object the convention 13 to ameliorate the condition of fi immigrants by assisting them to settle upon 33 unoccupied lands of the West and to remove thi from the moral contamination and poverty conse quent upon a residence in jarge cities, Onors IN NORTH CAROLINA.—We are very glad bear seer! in| La of the crop prog rps i base a Ly J aiared oe i the coi en seriously Injui te Bee eet 1 the te the conuties ne, Lenoir, Greene, Jones, Byde the crop of corn’ wil) exceed that any Je since ti nd that the cotton yield will pom an average —Witminaton LN. 0.) Morning ro Sept. Ze