The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1870, Page 4

4 oO FLEETWOOD PARK. Second Day of the September Trotting Meeting. Uarge and Respectable Assomblage to Witness the 0 Race—A Very Interesting Con- test—The Bay Mare Mary the Winner. rhe second day of the September trotting meeting at Fleetwood Park passed off most satisiactorily to all concerned, The display of equipages was very brilliant, and the attendance of the fair sex of that nature that the grand stand presented the same animated appearance as on Tuesday, A great num- ber of the sporting fraternity were carly on the grounds, and, ,a8 their inclination directed, visited the pool room and the club house, venturing their money in the one place and partaking of sumptuous lunches in the other. The tnner fleid contained many carriages, anumber of which were occupied with ladies who preferred to sit under the shadow of the judges’ stand than on the hill above. No track in the country affords a pleasanter posi- tion for thousands to note @ trotting contest than this. From the blu over the track the scene of hills, villages and gigantic trees commingle tn such a grand panorama that the cye never tires in drink- ing its beauty. This is undoubtedly fully appreciated, as few assemblages on the turf ever appeared more delighted than did the patrons of Fleetwood yester- day. The weather was all that the truest turite could wish for, and the track in good condition. With a delightfal atmosphere, a clear sky and a fine Held of horses, nothing was Wanting to make the amusement more than unusually enjoyable. During the time allowed between heats many of the more anxious of the gentlemen who had money staked upon the result gathered at the sheds where the horses were being cared for preparatory to the next brush, and asked all Kinds of questions of the “rubbers” and boys for the purpose of obtaining their opinions as to their respective chauces. These crowds continued to the end of the trot and addea much to the picturesque character of the scene. ‘The amusement of the day was for hors¢s that never beat 2:30, purse of $2,000—§1,200 to the first, $500 to the second and $300 to tne third horse. There were six entries for this, comprising William Bodine’s bay mare Lady Whitman, M. Roden’s bay gelding Charley Green, J. M. Miller's bay mare Mary, John Murphy’s brown staliion Daniel Boone, J. A. Chambers’ chestnut stallion Hickory Jack and John Hornbdeck’s brown gelding Captain Gill, The stul- Mon Daniel Boone was withdrawn, leaving five starters. Mr. Miller's bay mare Mary won the race in three straight heats, in capital time, ‘his fine, large mare has umproved greatly since her appearance at Long Branch. She not only has great speed, but her stay- ing qualities are beyond doubt. She is a daughter of the famous trotting stallion George M. Patchen, and regembies niin very much in size and generat appearanc °¢ # horseman will recognize the Pat She could have made the heats yesterday some seconds faster, had it been necessary, a5 she jogged the whole of the home- stretch in each heat. ime to the half-mile pole in the third heat, P s that she could have gone weil down in the twenties if she nad beca forced, Lady Whitman disappointed her backers. Next to Mary she was the choice of the speculators. This mare is a beautiful creature, with a rare turn of speed, ‘but was very rank and unmanageable in the race. Between the second and third heats she was driven three lites around the track to try aud subdue her; and this experiment had the effect of taking the temper out of her, but it also took the speed with it, and she was fast in the heat following. Charley Green, the winner of the second money, performed well.’ He is a capital trotter, and ts m- proving all the time. It takes a very good one to beat hun when his driver chooses to let goof his head, ‘This is not always the case, however. Captain Gill trotted a good race yesterday and won the third prize, much to the astonshment of the backers of some of theo rses. He sold in the fleld with Hickory i ‘y low figure, and more reliance W in the little stallion than in the Captain. er, however. showed that he could trot some when he went with Mary to tie haif-taile pole in 1 He could not keep that clip up, unfortunately, and was beaten by the mare and Charley Green. “This horse has been lame for a long time, but he is geting all right and will make an astonishing race some ine day when people are pot exper Ling Ly 5 ap TRE I AT as, tckory Jack was In rather too fast cémpany to show off to advantage, but he performed as well as he is in the habit of doing. He can beat 2:35 horses, but when he contends with those that can trot in thirty or beiter he has no chance atail. His owner ought to know this, and enter himén purses where he has some chance of paying for his oats, THE TROLTING. FLEETWOOD Park, Sept. 21.—Purse $2,000, for horses that never beat 2:30; $1,200 to the first, $600 to the second and $200 to the third horse, inile beats, best three in five, in harness: 3. M. Miiler entered b. m. M. Roden b. g. Charley 6 John Hornbeck br. g. C W. Bodine b. m. Lady J. A. Chambers ch. 6. J. Murphy br. s. Damlel Boone. . ‘TIME. Quarter, First heat... Second teat Third heat... THE BETTING, When the pool selling began at the track Mary was a great iavorite, so much so indeed that the auctioneer deemed 1t necessary to sell pools without her. Then a lively business was one, Lady Whit- man being the first In favor, Charley Green the second choice, and the otters. Hickory Jack and Captain Gill, were sold together as the fleid. Tne following are a few of the sales made under the new arrangement, Mary being lett out:— Lady Wlutman. 125 125 130 140 160 Onarlev Green. 5 7 67 65 60 OT The figid.... 12 13 16 «18 21 Total ... $168 2) 203 218 221 236 First Hea ‘aptal Gill drew the pole, Charley Green the second position, Hickory Jack third, Mary fourth, and Lady Wnitman outside. Daniel Boone was withdrawn. Charley Green had a little the best of the send-off, but Captain Gill soon took it from him, Hickory Jack third, Mary fourth, and Lady Whitman fifth. Going around the turn'Cap- ‘ain Gill drew away from the others by makin several skips and was two leagths in front ol Charley Green at the quarter-pole in thirty-seven seconds. Obarley Green led Mary at that point half a length, the latter being six lengths in advance of Lady Whitman, Hickory Jack fith, Going around the lower turn Mary went up and passed Charley Green and Captain Gill, and led two lengths to the jhaalf-inile pole in 1:14 from the others, and ole she wat six lengths i iront of Charley Green, he latter being two lengths ahead of Captain G: Lady Whitman was eight lengths behind the Cap- tain, but six lengths mm advance of Hickory Jack, Who at that potut seemed in danger of being dis- tanced. Mary wastaken in hand on the home- Stretch, and she jogved in a winner by two lengths, harley Green second, six lengths ahead of Captain Gill, who was three lengifs in advance of Lady Whitinan, the latter being six lengtas in front of Hickory Jack. Time of (ne heat, 2:32, Captain Gill was pres tue Sourih position fer running @ little too much. Seconda Heat.—In the pool, without Mary, Charley Green now became the favorite over the other horses at long odds. He got away bret, Lady Whitman second, Mary third, Hickory Jack and Captain Gill fourth and fifth, side and side. Going around the turn Mary darted to the ed one length to the quarter pole in thir- en seconds, Captain Gill second, two lengths of Charley Greea, who was threc lengths in front of Lady Wiiiman, Hickory Jack three Jengths farther off. lug around the lower turn Mary opened the gap to three lengths, Captain Gill aecond, two lengths ahead of Charley. Green, wo was ten leasths in advance of Laay Whitman, the latter leading tlickory Jack two lengths, Lady Whitman t! broke up and felt th the re however, recovered s00n cnougn to take he place, “At the half-mile pole te positions of the he were unchanged. Mary passed that point in 1:14 From there to the three-quarter pole Mary Increased the daylight to six ea Cap- tain Gil d, five Jengths in front of Charley Green, the latter being three iengths in advance of Lady Whitman, who was six lengths ahead of Buckory Jack. When Mary reached the homestretch she was pulled to a jog, and in that ig! ame home, winning the heat by two lengths, Charley Green second, having trotted from the three-quarter ole very fast. Tite horse was two lengths aliead of Cap- tain Gill, who was six lengths 1a front of Lady Whit- man, the latter beating Hickory Jack halt a length. ‘The heat was made in 2:32. Third Heat.—Lady Whitman was in the lead at the start this time, Mary second, Charley Green third, Captain Gill fourth and Hickory Jack They were ali close together and went into the turn in a cluster. ‘As they got into straight work on their way to the uarter pole Captain Gill outfooted the whole of m and went to the front, passing the pole half a jengtn ahead of Mary, who was four lengths in ad- ‘yance of Charley Green, the latter being two lengths in front of Hickory Jack, Lady Whitman last. Time, thirty-six seconds, There was a cl struggle be- tween Captain Gill and Mary around the lower tura, but as they approached the half-mile pole the mare began to show in front, She passed the pole half ‘a length ahead of Uaptain Gillin 1:12, At this time Gill was five lengths in front ot Charley Green, who was ten lengths ahead of Hickory Cage! the latter being two lei r= in advance o Whitman. now began to “tangle,” and he several times on the backstretcn, Charley Green ergy ey be- fore he reached the three-quarter pole. 7 wes NEW YUKK HEKALD, THURSDAY, seep ceed se, vars Sin Ne reen second, two th bolag eight lengths in advance of Hick Jack, Lady Whitman three lengths further off. “Mary was taken tn hand on the homestretch and came letsurely up to the soore, winning the heat by two lengths, Charley Green second, eight lengths in front of Captain Gill, who Was two lengths abead of Hickory Jack, the latter being four leng®ts tn advance of Lady Whitman, Time of the heat 2:30, Mary won the first prize, Ohariey Green the second and Captain Gill the third, ‘Yo.day’s sport is for horses (hat never beat 2:26, for a purse of $2,500-—$1,500 to the first, $600 to the second and $400 to the third horse. For this are entered David Blanchard’s chestuut gelding License, M, Koden's brown stallion Charies E. Loew (formerly Patchen Chief), Dan Mace's bay gelding Oontidence, John Nesbitt's bay gelding Joun J. Bradley and Daa Pifer’s bay stallion H, W, Genet, THE STALLION ABBRDERN, Between the second and third heats of the above trot the celebrated bay stallion Aberdeen, belonging to Captain Rynders, was brought upon the track, at the request of several geubemen breeders, and speeded by the stand, driven by John Rogers. His maguificent appearance—-veing fully Giteen hands taree inches in beight—and his fine, open, ranging uit, elicited words of tke warmest prawe. YACATIN G AFFAIRS, Tt ts doabtfal whether the match race between the Cambria and Idler, arranged and aanounced for Tuesday next, will come off, Owing to the disfer- euce in the§ size of_the two vessels, the Idler being over one hundred*tons smaller than the Cambria, the owner of the former considers the regular course of the New York Yacht Ciab sudicient to test the relative merits of the yachts, Mr, Ashbury, how- ever, stipulates for a ten knot breeze from the Sandy Hook lightsnip twenty miles to the windward and back, and as he will race only on such conditions the contest may be regarded a draw, unless some other arrangement be made, "The regatta for the cuy presented by Mr. Ashbury will be sailed on the 28th instant, Ue course being trom the point of Sandy Hook twenty miles to wind- ward and back. Nearly every schooner yacht be- longing to the clu» wik enter, and a very fine display may be looked forward to. In connection with this race Mr, Stuyvesant offers a cup tor the second schooner. : Whether the cup presented by Rear Commodore Dougias will be’ salled for on the 29th, as already en- nounced, or will be postponed, has net been quite decided. The Brooklyn Yacht Club regatta comes off on that day, and the entries include some of the schooners of the New York Yacht Club. Notice will be given of any change. ‘The single contest between the Magtc and the Cambria on Friday, the 30th, from the Sandy Hook lightship, twenty miles to windward and back, for a@ cup valued at fifty guin cannot fail to awaken a lively interest among yachtmen, as well as the community at large. 1t will be one of the most ex- citing events of the season, as everything augurs splendid race. The seagoing qualities of the con- testants will, it is hoped, have a fine opportunity for display, and althougd the advantages are somewbat on the side of the British yacht, there are many who, while admiring ths plucky acceptance of the challenge of Mr. Frank Osgood, have like- wise great contidence in the speed and sea- going capacities of his now famous craft. ‘The annual fall regatta of the Columbia Yacht Club will take place to-day, from @ stakeboat off the club house, foot ol Fifty-seventu street, North river. The entries of sloop yachts are numerous, and the course will be up the Hudson. The start will take place about half-past ten o’clock. ‘The coming week will be an eventful one, so far as yacht racing is concerned, and will probably bring the season to @ suc close. ere may, of course, be some matches during the month of October, but within ten days all the regular regattas of Our several yacht clubs will have been sailed. Among the most important next week will be the annual Union regatta, given by the Brooklyn Yacht Club, on Thursday next, an affair always anticipated with great interest, aud one which this year promises to be the Mnest ever held under the auspices of organization, owing to the numerous entries which have already been made. Yacbts of all recognized clubs are invited to enter, and the classification will be as follows:—Schooners, first olass, two prizes, one by the club and one by the citizens of Brooklyn; sloops (cabin), secoud class, over forty-five feet over all; second class, under forty-five fect; temporary bin, third class, open boats or yachts with shifting cabin; open cabin, fourth class, open boats. The schooners and first class sloops go around the Soutawest Spit buoy, thence to the lightsnip aud return over the same course, The second, third and fourth class sloops proceed to the southwest Spit and return. ‘The allowance of time Js based on area in square feet and timé of faking the race. It is expected that over forty yachts will compete, and with the prospects of a splendid breeze the apectacic will be nonsualy brilliant. A large number of schoeners, sald, will enter, including same of our Orst class achts, and as the regatta committee are leaving nothing undone towards making the arrangements Poche the Cet ri doubtless be one of the great- est successes ‘ pat Sais ‘The Atiantio Yacht Olub give thelt Tall PS¥Atta 6a | Wednesi next, the day previous to that of the Brocklyn Yacht Club. This club has mage much progress since its organization. Some tine schooner yuclits belong to it, but 1t is more particularly re- markable for its excellent fleet of sloops. The race between the swift little craft will, therefore, be the feature of the regatta, although the schooner con- test will be, as usual, very interesting. The yachts of the flect sailing 'in this regatta will be clas- sified as follows: hooners, first class sloops. all over peay cient on the water line; second class sloops, all over thirty-eight feet and not over forty- eight feet on the water tine; third class sloops, all over thirty feet under thirty-eight feet; fourth class sloops, open boats. © ratio of allowance wilt be based upon te on water lime cal- culated as per scale in poss regatta comunitiee, ‘The course for schooners end first class oops will be toand around the southwest Spit, thence tothe lightship and return; for second and third class sloops same course to and around South. West Spit, thence to and around @ stakeboat near a buoy in Gedney channel, and thence home; for fourth class S100] Bame course to and around Southwest Spit, thence home. At 10:46 A. M. the signal will be given to prenere to get under weigh and five minutes later the start will take piace. The Sappho and Dauntless left Newport on Tues- day at noon. Both vessels were becalmed for about three hours off Montauk, but acrived yesterday ¢ ing and are now anchored off the New York Y: Club House, Stateu Island. The Sappho, \ goes on the ways, will, it ig sald, enter ti: oan regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Ciab on ‘tii jay next, The Cambria left her anchorage off Staten Island \d proceeded up the East river yesterday. She is to go onthe ways prior to the regatta for Mr. Ash- CUD. cit Idier is having her stem repaired. Her bow- sprit, which was lengthened recently, will be short- ened,fas the previous alteration did not turn out so satisiactorly as was anticipated. ‘The Magic passed out through the Narrows yeste: day evening On a short pleasure trip. Some itmpor- tant alterations will be made upon her for next season. ‘The Phantom was at Brooklyn yesterday, and the Tidal Wave cruised up the North river. The Alarm is anchored off Hoboken. The banquet to be given to Mr. Ashbury by the members of the New Yerk Yacht Club will take lace at Delmonico’s on Monday, October 3, and the lommittee of Arrangements are Messrs. Duncan, M. H. Grinnell and Morton. The Cambria next month, AQUATIC. A boat race took place at Cornwall, on the Hud- son, on Tu jay evening, between James Ten Eyck, of Peekskill, and Thomas Murphy, of Newburg. The contestants rowed in seventeen feet working boats and the consideration was $100 aside. The course was one anda half miles up the river and return. For the first half mile the men kept well together, but finally Ten Eyck took the lead, which he matntained to the finish, completing the distance in twenty-six minutes and sixteen and a half sec- onds, and defeating his opponent by four lengths, ‘The contest was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. It will be remembered that Miss Sheehan was the victorious oarswomun in the recent aquatic contest between three ladies at the Empire City Rowing Club regatta at Harlem. Miss Sheehan has vecn challenged by @ Miss Rosa Steele, of Pittsburg, Pa., to row for stakes. ee eed te) the challenge of the Peunsyivania damsel, on behalf of Misa Sheehan, Witliam Mullen, of Harlem, writes:— to Miss Sheehan, who won egatta. of tho Empire City Rowini Harlem river—to row s match for stakes—| have'to state, on { of Miss Sheeban, that she declines ‘and to remark, further, that the ladies who do not intend to make rowing a profes- with the request of the offcers and mem- ‘enter into the late friendly trial, nothin, ‘his than that it would lead to jy intended to show that ladi ‘akill and grace. Should ea regatta during the next most happy to meet Miss iy trial. In response to your chall the firat prize in the late r Club, on the sion. In compl bersof the club ‘was further from their th betting contest. They ona could exercise the oar with 9 the Empire ee Rowing Club season Miss Sheohan would be Steele or any other lady in a similar f1 LABGE FIRE IN KINGSTON, A Hotel, a Store, Two Dwellingy Three Barns und Seven Horses Coosumed—Lons About $25,000—Iasurance $10,000. On Tuesday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, @ fire was discovered in the stables belonging to and adjoining the hotel of ©. Rockwell, on Bridge street, Kingston. The barn and stabies, with their con- tents—seven herses, carriages, &c.—were quickly consumed, The fire spread so rapidly that in a few minutes the hetel was also in flames, causing great consternation among the guests, many of whom were obliged to: leave ¢n deshabile. ‘The flames spread to the dwelling house adjoining the hotel, as they did also to the store and dwelling of J. 0. Wil- lis. All of them, with thelr contents, were soon burned to the ground. The fire was the largest that bas ever occurred in Kingston, and 1s supposed to be the work of an incendiary, ‘Total loss avout $25,000; insurance about $10, TAXATION. Equalization Throughout the Stnte—Good News for the Metropolitan Taxpayers. In years past it had been the custom to so arrange the taxes throughout the State as to make the heavy property holders in and around New York pay Uberally to the support of the government for the rest of the State, It was the custom to aasess pro- perty throughout the State at perhaps one-third 1t3 real value, while in the city and county of New York it was assessed at a figure much nearer its real value, At the last session of the Legisiature a law Was passed equalizing the valuation throughout (he. State, the resnit of which has been to reduce the assessed value of New York city and county pro- rity some thirty-seven millions of dollars, The {ol- fowing tables will show the matter tn its present conaition:— Assessed Counties. Vatuation Rqualized Real Estate, Vaiuation, Albany... + $85,945,497 1,677,013 6,907,970 Monroe.. Montgomery. New York. Schuyler. Seneca... 6t. Lawrence. 2,089,998 “Proa-008 6,971,653 es ee+++$1,632,720,007 3,483,316 1 ee i ¥ ‘747,160 9,089,064 5,127, 745 194,106,451 3,902,902 16,041,631 11,228,350 36,806,316 6,664,002 928,283,464 16,081,938 748,360 Rockland. Saratoga. 13,738,127 11,431,957 995,464 8,534,529 7,680,703 13,358,355 2,793,295 15,215,096 13,799,455 59,928,652 9,161,644 7,887,261 Papemennliin 5, ae 1,967,001, 185 by $1,007, THE POLITICAL VENDETTA. + + $484,280,278 Condition of Donoh Yesterday—Will He Recover t—The Police te Work Up the Case Without Letting the Cat Out of the Bag. There are no new developments whatever in the Eighteenth ward tragedy, and the condition of Donohue waa yesterday about the same as {t was on Tuesday. Dra. John B. Wood and Hamilton, who have been im constant attendance upon the unfor- tunate man since the night when he was shot, have held several consultations concerning his condition, but are unwilling as yet to give a decided opjnion as to whether his recovery is certain or not. One of the surgeons, with whom a H&RALD reporter had a con- versation during the day on the subject, ts of the be- ef that the wounded man may recover. To use his own words the recovery is ‘barely possible.” The surgeons have an idea that the ball is imbedded very close to the heart, and that at any moment some vital part might give way owing to the Jagged tear made by the wound. The result in such case would of course be fatal. It will thus be seen that if the surgeons decide to probe for the ball until they find it, and then have to perform an operation to extract it, the danger to the patient will be very great. It is very dificult to ascertain jus’ what the police are doing in the matter of hunting for the assassin. Superintendent Jourdan 1s again on deck, and that Sact alone is & certain guarantee that no stone will be left unturned until the scoundrel is in the clutches of the lawful authorities, provided always, of course, that it is a ibility for him to be caught. The police willdoubtless be held account- able if they fail to secure him, no matter how they may tax their best Ingenuities to that end; but for all that there are things which even the police can- notdo. Jt may be sald in this connection that Superintendent Jourdan ts determined once for all to Work up murder cases just as he sees fit; aud with the remembrance of the Nathan murder in- uest fresh in his mind, and of the way the mur derer was helped to escape by the utter disregard certain newspapers showed for the “ends of jus- tiee,”’ he willlay his plans and do his workings in this case without letting the papers know anything about them. When they have been crowned wit success or utterly foiled then will the Noo et their facts, No person who has any idea of the dificuity the detectives have to contend against im their efforts to keep their movements dark when they are engaged in working up an important case can find fault with this new policy, if it be not carried wo far for the public good, One Sued in te of this new system has already shown itself in this case of Donohue. What the police have done in the way of tracing the assassin, what reliable parties, if any, have given injormation concerning the direction he took afier reaching Irving place, or what they have learned of Jonn Scannel’s whereabouts before the shooting and afterwards is simply matters of conjecuire, It is true that two officers of the Eighteenth ward have gone to Claverack to learn what they can about Scannel’s stay there, but what they have learned, if they have learned anything, ts kept profoundiy secret. There js one fact about the whole case so far, however, which is quite freely spoken of by some of the detectives. It 1s the utter silence of John Scannel’s friends as to where he now 1s. If he had nothing to do with the shooting one would think he would promptly deliver himself up, so as at once to disarm suspicion. If he was far away from the city when Donohue was shot it is reasonable to suppose that his friends would have the good sense the day after the occurrence to teiegraph to him to “show up’? at once, in view of the suspicions against him. However, as the detectivos are keep- ing theif! vwn counsel as to what they really know about the case and what they are doing, there may yet be developments that will prove satisfactory to the public, who insist upom tie agsassin’s appre- heusion at all costs. POLITICAL. Tne Commerce of New York and the Repub-~ lican Stage CopventionThe Fight of the Conklingese. =, ¢ {From the Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel, Sept. 20.) A LETTRE TO SENATOR CONKLING—THE FRIENDS OF COMMENOE WILL RAPUDLATE THE RADICAL PLAT. PORM. The following letter, addressed to Hon, Roscoe Conkling by & well known republican citizen of Buf- falo, formerly of Rome, will be read with great in- terest at this time, Mr. Carley has been identified from the outset with the friends of @ liberal commercial policy, and, being @ repubit he cannot conceive it to be his duty to join radical crusade against that policy. No political tes, as Mr. Carley observes, ‘can prevent those en- gaged in commercial pursuit from exerting thelr influence to prevent the success of a ticket tout strikes at thelr prosperity and prolongs their agony of mmpoyerishment.” We are confident sr, Carle! does not overstate the case. when he predicts thal “the republican vote will be lessened this canvass 45,000 of 50,000 from the fact that the canal interest has been by the (radical) Convention practically ignored, and, if mentioned at all, denounced:’— © BUFFALO, Sept. 9, 1870. Hon. Rosoor OONKLING, Utica, N. Y.:— DeAR StR—I am extremely sorry to write yousthat the proceedings of the (Saratoga) Convention on the commercial interests of New York are disapproved of here, and that repubilcans here are mortiled and Chagrined at the course taken by the Committee on Resolutions, The fact ts that men en; in com- mercial pursuits on the lakes and canals have, for the past five or #lx years, asked for the reduction of tolls and the abolition of the rotten contract system, ‘The democrats were shrewd enough to know that favoring these measures would insure to them large benofits In the way of votes irom a class that would py OE over an ne}; com of repul cans in poiliics. fiat tact is what gave us the benefit of last winter's legislation. The republican Yote will be lessened this canvas 45,000 or 60,000, from the fact that the canat interest has been by the Convention practically ipporeé, and, if mentioned, denounced. We do not like this and would inform you (for I desire to keep you posted) that it will create such demoralization in the party along the line of the Erie canai as will, in my opifion, endanger the suc ceas of the ticket nominated at Saratoga. Mr. Nel- son’s friends will not permit him to hold his place on the ticket, as the ticket is foredoomed. There will be commercial union meetings held all over the ‘State no doubt to denounce this management, and no oMcials can prevent those ¢1 in commer- @ial pursuits from exerting their influence to pre- vent the snocess of a ticket that strikeg at their pros- rity and prolongs their agony of il verisnment. ‘0 have suered beyond endurance, and will now do what we think will benefit our interests, although done with a great deal of compunction and reluc- tance. Truly your iriend, JOSEPH CARLEY. Politics is Loulsiana—A Sensible Colored Minister. The Rev. Thompson O. Bannon, colored minister on Ackland plantation, Black river, Louisiana, writes a letter to the editor of the Harrisonburg (Catahoula parish) New Era, in which he makes the following sensible remarks:— My attention has been called to the fact that my Dame has been placed as a member of the Parish Executive Comuitte of the republican party, &c. I beg leave to state, through the columns of your paper, that this has been done without my know- leage or consent, and further, that my con- vicuons lead me to act, politically, in con- cert with my old neighbors and fricnds of this vi- cinity, who have generally extended cheerfully to the colored people of the parish, ali the political rights aud privileges due them in their change dre- lauions and give them liberal wages and support for themselves and families. In my opinion the best interests of the colored people require them to stand by and sustain those with whom they have been raised, and they know to be honest, true and faith- ful to their promises to theirrace. There exists a mutual dependence, which 1s fast producing a state of mutual confidence, kindness and good fecling, which Ltrust and believe will soon be firmly es- tablished. Experience teaches us to be suspicious ofthe promises of those made by, we don’t know whom or when or where to tind. Political Notes “Honest John Hill,’’ of Morris county, proposes to contest the canvass in New Jersey from the Oon- gressional district against Colonel Philip Rafferty, democrat. “Honest John” had better stick to his present title without coveting an “Hon.” of another sort. Henry 8. Drury, a republican and a veteran sole ter, is a candidate for Surrogate in Morris county, N.J William Cullen Bryant, the poct, and others, have Presented James B. Pearsall, representative in the New York Assembly from the First district in Queens county, with a service of plate, in testimony of their appreciation of his services. ©. M, Burk, of Winona, is the democratic candt- ate for Congress in the First Minnesota district. Dr. J. F. Henderson, of Kokomo, has been selected by the Democratic Congressional Committee of the ‘Eighth Indiana district to take the place of W. 0. Moreau, resigned on account of ill-health. ‘rhe Rochester Union (red-hot democratic) says:— “There were forty gentlemen of color in attendance upon the recent Louisiana Democratic State Gonven- tion as delegates.” What a transformation, as viewed through locofoco spectacles. Forty “niggers’’ transformed into “gentlemen of color |" Tho Virginia Legislature will reassemble in Rich- mond on Saturday, the 1st of October. One of his copstituents having written a letter to Congressman Lynch, inquiring as to his religious be Nef, that gentleman has sent hima reply, in which, after properly Genying that the fact can be of any importance to any one but himself, he says that he hasjno objection to say that he is “a Unitarian, and so liberal as to allow all, who choose to differ with me.” He continues:—“I have been a disveltever in total depravity, and inclined to doubt the existence of a feral hell, but reading the Biddeford Journal, and the experience I have hadin the present political campaign, has rather shaken my opinions and in- clined me to accept the most extreme views on these doctrinal points.) John H. Oliver is the republican nominee for Con- gress in the Pennsylvania Sixth district. Celored Candidate for Congress from Alu. bama. SELMA, Ala., Sept. 21, 1870, Benjamin Turner (colored), of this city, was to-day nominated by the radical Convention for Congress from the First district. Reynolds, of Wilcox; Buck} of Mobile, and Coon, of Dallas, were candidates for the nomination, ‘Lhe negroes are jnbilant over their victory. Some of the white radicals are talking about holding another convention. A Call for a Union Men’s Convention. RICHMOND, VA., Sept. 21, 1870. ‘The Hon. Leo W. Booker, Congressman from Vir- ginia, and A. J. Hamilton, of Texas, nave issued a call for a Convention of native original Union men of the South, to be held at Knoxville, Tenn., on the 1st of November. The subject to be brought to its attention will be the acceptance of tne Fourteenth and Fifteenth amenments as the final status of the African race, universal amnesty, and the restoration to every man of the civil and political rights enjoyed before the war; the compensation to loyal men for property taken during the war; a fair distribution of the banking capital in the South and West; the abolition of the tron-clad oath, giving the rights of citizens to all persons from whom the duties of citizens are required; and the payment of the public debt according to contract. The call 8 the con- vention is not to be of a party character. GEYERAL BUTLER. How He Happened to Go to Congreas—His Political Ambition Satisfied=A Dash at Some of His 'Enemies—The Troubles of American Fishermen in the Waters of the Britivh Provinces. * Boston, Sept, 20, 1870. ‘There was an excursion of distinguished Con- gressmen and others from this city yesterday to the extensive granite quarries of Bay View, in Glouces- tor, where the material for the new Boston Post Office and other pubite buildings is being obtainea. General Butler, the representative of the Fifth dig- trict, was among the visitors, and during the day he made quite an important bot em address, In opening he said it afforded him great pleasure to see 80 many friends and neighbors at Bay View. In this place, in 1863, m an interval of the active auties he was discharging in the heart of the country, he had retired for a season of rest, and liked it so well that he built nls summer residence there; and the people of oid Essex, when a vacancy occurred in their Congressional representation by the resignation of Mr. Alley, invited him to take the vacant place, which he did without opposition. When the term expired there was seme slight opposition to his re- election; but it came from outside the district and did not prevail. He was re-elected, and endeavored to serve his constituents to the best of his ability, and had reagon to believe they were satisfied with im, as he was with them. With the evidence of their approval, he snould be false to himself if he did not give expression to the warmest feeling of his heart, which was one of entire contentment and satisfaction with the relations he boretothem, It ‘was true it had been whispered around, and he had seem it the newspapers—which. somehow, could SEPTEMBER 22, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. never speak the truth for or against him—that he had entertained other views or aspirations; but he would here empbaulcally declare that he desired no Higher honor than to continue to represent the Fifth district in Congress. He had no deste to leave the prone of Bssex, and would not seek for anything igher than their Spproval in his capacity as vheir representative, The frat duty ofa representative waa to find out what his district needed and go for it. When he settled at Bay View he noticed the ine beds of granite abounding everywhere around, and that @ quarry was located near his house. ‘This mine of natu: al wealth had been offered to him for $12,000; but he could not run @ granite quarry though he could run almost anything else, and it lay for some time neglected. He spoke to Colonel French about it, informing him that a charter for @ company had pee granted, but for want of capital it could not be operated, Colonel French undertook the work of starting the company and he (Butler) nad aided hin in getting the contract for the new Post Oflice build- ing in Boston—which was destined to be the tinest building ever built or that would ever be put up tn the United states, Oh, said the wiseacres, Butler wants to get 500 quarrymen as voters by the next election, But instead of wanting that number he thought he could spare 1,600 and then go in. He alluded to the efforts of malicious enemies of the enterprise, and tho efforts made by them to de- feat the contracts with the government. A lying rascal, named Gardner, was among the most pro- minent of its oe This man had made sworn statements in Washington that there was no granite in Uape Ann. Another argument urged Against the enterprise was that it was near Butler's house, and he had therefore an interest in 1t. But the investigation that followed convinced Mr, “out- Well (who had come on to see for himseit) that the Opposition was unjust and without foundation in fact, and when his report was made and the matter put to vote in the House of Representatives, there Were only eleven against its passage. The speaker alluded to the improvements contemplated in Essex county, Jor which $25,000 had already been appro- priated by Congress, and then took up the question or the eries, which he said were languish- ing because our fishermen could not get a foothold th the provinces to obtain refuge and supplies, He had brought the matter before Congress, and was sent down to Prince Edward Island, where he and his colleagues were well treated, and where he found the most earnest disposition on the part of the people and government of that colony to meet his wishes, AD agreement, subject to ratification on both sides, had been matured, but the British government had interfered in a more unwarrantable manuer than it had done since 1772, and refused to allow the island to carry out their most reasonable wishes; but mat- ‘ers had now so far advanced that he should not be sul if we should have before long the desired harbor of refuge in the land. The outrages which have been perpetrated upon American ermen by British naval oMcers been of such acharacter as to bring matters to a crists at once. (AS aspecimen of the petty way in which our fishermen were 10ter- fered with, he cited the case where a vessel had been seized because her steward went ashore to buy pro- visions.) He had represented the whoie matter of these outrages to the Secretary of State, and was assured that the most active measures for immediate redress had been taken. We have @ right by treaty, said the General, to ish in the waters of the St. Lawrence, not only to the three mule limit of the headland lines, but within three miles of the shores, Jf 1 were @ fisherman, said General Butler, and ~ attempt was made to inter- fere with my rights, I would fight in defence of them, and the first gum fired would either put o stop to these outrages, or give us Canada. He did not say this In the heat of debate, but deliberately and with « fair knowledge of what he was saying. Formerly part of the OntES of every Yankee trader was New England rum. Now he would substitute or add 4 few Springtieid muskets that loaded at the breech, Our hardy and adventurous fishermen should be protected in their rights, and they would be, ior the fish of the sea belonged to those who caught them, and to no one else. In conclusion he said he did not mean to talk Politics, and regarded the present as a merely social gathering, and he welcomed them all now and at any time to Bay View, where he would always be pleased to see them. During the delivery of his speech, and especially Uhat part of it about the fishery troubles, General Butler was loudly cheered. THE ODD FELLOWS. Proceedings of the R. W. Grand Lodge—All Lodges to be Closed Sunday—The Ke; lia Question Settled—Eulogies Upon the Memory of Deceased Representatives. BALTIMORE, Sept. 21, 1870. ® me Grana Lodge of the United States assembied pursuant to adjournment, the oflicers all present. After prayer by the Grand Chaplain and the usual formalities of opening for business a resolution was adopted that the representatives and officers of the Grand Lodge in attendance at this session be paid six dollars per diem and allowed juileage ae Aye cents, ot Pia > a PastGrand Sire Nicholson offered a resointion, which was adopted, that no Jodge or degree lodge shall hold sessions for business of any kind on Sun- day, except on funeral occasions, This resolution will seriously affect the German Degree Lodge, of New York city. The proposed amendment to article I7 of the con- stitution, having for its opject a change of name in the Grand Lodge of the United States, was lutd on the table, ~ en 6 The proposed amendment to article 14, section 2, to make the representative tax fifty dollars in- slead of seventy-five dollars was lost—60 for to 65 opposed. The proposed amendment to article 1, section 1 of the constitution, having for its object a change of the present title of the Grand Lodge of the United States, was indelinitely postponed. The proposed amendment to section 2, article 9, of the constitution, was also indefinitely postponéd, The reports of the legislative committee, journal 46,334, upon the regalia question, were then taken up for cunsideration, and after a brief debate the majority report of said committee was adopted, 68 for, 27 against—Terwilliger, Hamilton and Medole, of New York, voting in favor of restoring the apron. This majority report embraces resolutions declaring that the abolition of the use of the Apron as regalia was well considered, has worked well “and should be the permanent rule on the sub- ject, and that no further action by this body on the subject of regalia seems at chis time to be required.’” Representative Fox, of California, rose in his Place and announced the demise of Past Grand Kepresentative David Kendall, of his jurisdiction, paying an eloquent and feeling tribute to the many virtues of the deceased. Similar tribute was paid by Representative Hide, of Tennessee, upon the demise of Past Grand Rep- resentative 1nomas EK. Coleman, of his jurisdictuon; by Representative Hail, of Tennessee, upon the de- cease oi Hervey Brown, of his State, and by Repre- sentative Driggs, of Connecticut, upon the death of ie Representative Samuel H. Harris, of his juris- ction. ‘The Granda Lodge then resolved itse!f into secret session and so remained until three P. M., the hour of adjournment for the day. At the noon recess yesterday and to-day the repre- sentatives partook ot an excellent coilation furnish- ed'by the members of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, Among the distinguished members of the order present to-day are Past Grand Sires John A. Ken- nedy add James P. sanders, of New York;.Jsaac M. Veitch, of Missouri, and James B. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania; Grand Secretary ©. V. Clark; P. G. Masters George Smith and Meyer Stern, of New York, and P, G. Master DeGraft, of New Jersey. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. General A. G. Lawrence, of Newport; C. B. Park- inson, Matanzas; and Peter White, of Lake Superior, are at the Brevoort House, . Samuel Morris, of California; E. J. Lemmon, of Philadelphia; George H. Hall, of Boston; J. A, Lar- kin, of Mexico; Erskine Miller, of Texas; Charles Allen, of Massachusetts, and George Loomis, of Chicago, are at the Metropolitan Hotel, Captain J, Kennedy, of steamer Brussels; David Maclvsr, of Liverpool; Captain Macauley, of steam- ship China; P. F. Brodie, of Charleston, 8. C.: Thomas Allen Clarke, of New Orleans, and Finlay Munro, of Scotland, are at the New York Hotel. George A. Chapman, of Bosion; George E. Ma- guire, of Georgia, and Horatio Hobbs, of Boston, are at the Westminster Hotel. George Whitney, of Boston; ©. L, Gill, W. E. Mor- ris and B. Wagner, of Baltimore; W. Glen, of Cin- cinnatt; Rev, J. Cooper Gray, of Yorkshire, England, and N, Bowtich Clapp, of Richmond, Va., are at the Everett House. Dr. W. Lee and Dr. R. V. Aulick, of Washington, are at the Clarendon Hotel. Colonel E. D, Burt, of Buffalo; General McCook, and E. W. Corwin, of Ohio; Colonel T. W. Canflela, of Vermont; Colonel H. I. Scott, of New York; D. Tattt, of California; W. E. Walker and J. Guthrie, of England, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. ©. L. Sayre, of Alabama; Major L, Browning, of New Havea; W. M. Jewett, of Boston, and A. F. Fawcett, of?Baltimore, are at the Coleman House. Dr. ©. C. Chaffee, of Springfleld; Judge E. L. Eid- ridge, of Poughkeepsie, and G. W. Bentley, of New London, are at the Albemarle Hotel. General Panott, of Kansas; Lyman Scott, of Leav- enworth; J. A. Butler, of Hartford, and Robert McLean, of Baltimore, are at the Hoffman House. Judge J. W. Bartley, of Washington; Dr. H. E. Bartlett, of Walton; F. A. Brooks, of Washington; P. Edgecumbe, of London; Commodore Glynn, of the United States Navy; Dr. George P. Lindeman, of Pennsylvania; Rev. H. L. Singleton, of North Carolina, and Robert M. Douglas, of Washington, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Common Schools. ‘tho Attendance of Pupils at the Opening of the School—Further Arguments Against the Local Board—Financiel Condi- tion of the Board ‘The Commissioners of Common Schools met last * evening in stated session, with the President, Mr. Smyth, in the chair, A large delegation of the school teachers were present in the looby, ana the proceedings were watched with marked interest, After the ordinary routine had been aisposea of a communication was offered from the City Superin- tendent in relation to THE ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS at the opening of the schools. From this it appcare that on the day of the opening of the schools the attendance was as follows:— Male grammar schools... Female grammar schools. Primary departments. Primary schovls, Colored schools, TOGRL Sse sabasl cpaichias pose 19,678 In 1869 tho attendance on “the opening day was 63,910, or 10,768 less than than the irst day of the present year. On the last day of the session the attendance was 52,759, and On the saine day in 1869 it was 66,496. ‘The attendance has increased so as to show today on the rolls $2,258 scholars; of the teachers there were present on the opening day 2,102. Superintendent Kiddle closes his report by calling attention to the fact that several of the schools closed before the proper time on the first day, and asking that some more stringent rules be adopted ta relation to the time of dismissing of the schools. ‘This was appropriately referred. ‘The Board them took up & communication from Miss Sarah B. Courad, of Primary School No. 1, who complains of ‘THE WORK OF THE LOCAL BOARD of the Tenth ward in the promotion of some other ladies and the ignoring of her claims to promotion. She presented a very straight story, and one which tended to show, what the HERLAD has often clanmed, that the local: boards should be done away with. The teachers are obliged to dance attendance on a horde of PEITY POTHOUSE POLITICIANS and court their good favor if they wish to have their apility or success properly rewarded, Miss Conrad made a mistake in her petition in attemps- Ing to decry the abilities of other fellow teachers. She should have presented her case without show- ing any feminine spite. Then she might have dow better. Her communication was duly recetved and referred to the Committee on Teachers, ANOTHER ARGUMENT AGAINST THE TRUST! was afforded on a report by the finance committee, Mr, Bell chairman, reported that the commitsee had found that the local boards had been ordering a large amount of work doue, and that the bills hud greatly overrun the allowauce to the wards, Tue work had been done in good faith, and when the bills were presented there were some twenty-two thousand dollars due on the 29th of December, 1869, for work performed. The Board did not wish to deprive the mechanics of what they haa actually earned, and so an appropriation was made for We twenty-two thousand dollars, it now appears that there were FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK in addition, for which bills had not been seat The committee reported that they had exatnine the bills and thought they should be paid as weil as any of those comprised in the $22,000, The me- chanics had become accustomed to this from the old style of working maticrs; but the committee, Mr. Bell said, had determined to stop it, and no thus made after December, 1869, would be honored. Mr. Sands, with his accustomed zea! for economy, ‘opposed tie payment of the extra $5,000. He did not believe that because the old Board did not do their duty, the present fppula neglect theirs. He thought it w; Fy rave Character. If the ous pndiet iyiiier ofan could 49 OR and con- Hitles the Board would have MNS wg NO OONTROL OVER THE EXPENDITURES, fa he was opposed to auditing these bills. ‘They may be all right, but it was just us well to stop right away. Oe i abc Nt) . Bell and Mr. Wood explained that the me chanics had been partly led into the matter by the mode of conducting business “heretofore, and as these bills were correct, under the circumstances they thought it was only right they should be paid. The Finance Committee had delayed the payment to give the mechanics to understand the true state of affairs. ‘There was a great deal sald po and con,, and the ie, being taken the resolution was lost. Thus 1¢ wiil be seen the mechanics will have to sue for their money and have some trouble getting it. IF THRRE WERE NO LOCAL BOARDS the Commissioners could have matters properly ar- ranged, and those who do the work would know just what they shoutd do and what they would ve paid for, There would be no currying for favor in certain localiues aud the work wouid be properly done. A communication was received from the prin- ctpals of the primary scuools and departments usk- ing for AN INCREASE OF SALARY equal to that of the principals of the female di ments. The petition recited the fact that tobe a successful primary teacher required much more ability than to be a teacher in almost any other de- partment, and that the pay should, thereiore, be in- creased. The communication was ordered tobe printed m the minutes and referred to the Com- mittee on Teachers, ‘i TWE FINANCES OF THE BOARD were shown by the report of the Auditing Committee to be as tollows:— Balance in bank July 2.. $86,318 Interest on forged check, Deposited py the Comptroller. Award for damage on Laurens street, Total receipts. Warrants out Juiy 2 Still outstanding. Pald......0..... Warrants irom July 2 to'Sept. 16. Sull outstanding. Paid.......+.- ‘Total payments, Batapee.........-. ee eeee A large amount of MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS was disposed of. Among other things It was de- cided, on report of the Committee on Normal, Even- ing aud Colored Schools, to deny the application of the trustees of the Sixth ward in relation to @ female evening high school in the ward, and alse the application of the trustees of the Twelfth ward, to establish an evening school in Grammar Schvol No, 48. The same committee recommendea the opening of an evening school in the building of Grammar School No. 55, in the Sixteenth ward. Additional evening schools for females were ordered to be opened in the buliding of Grammar School Ne. 2,in the Seveath ward, and Grammar School No. 63, 1n the Nineteenth ward, and transferring the male evening school in the Nineteenth ward from Grammar School No, 18 to Grammar School No. 27, and the female evening school from Grammar School No. 27 to Grammar School No. 18, Mr. John McGinn was confirmed as Vice Principal of Grammar School No. 1, in the Tenth ward. ‘Thi gentleman has already shown most undoubted abuity as a teacher, and his attachment to ihe Fourth ward school will undoubtedly result in last- i eat to the school. irs. H. M. Gedney was confirmed as Principal of primary department of Grammar School No. 34, in the Thirteenth ward, ‘ H. P. O’Netl’s claim for two months’ salary aa assistant in Grammar. School No. 24 was audited. AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS were offered by Commissioner Bell, from the Com- mittee on Normal, Eveuing and Colored Schools, in relation to the dismissal of teachers. Hitherto, when the attendance began to fall off, the rule was to dismiss the teachers last appointed, The amend- ment proposes to allow the committee to dismisa those whose record show that they can be most easily dispensed with. Commissioner Lewis offered amendment in rela- tion to GERMAN IN THE SCHOOLS, which proposes to amend the Jaw so as that, in- stead of “a sufficient nnmber of parents or guard- ians’’ asking for the introduction of the study of German, the parents or guardians of thirty-dve children making the request can have the German taught. These matters were referred to the Com- mittee on Bylaws, and after some further routine business had been disposed of the Board adjourned. ‘TIRED OF LIFE. Suicite by Taking Poison—Domestic Difficulty the Cause. Coroner Rollins was yesterday called to 148 Broome street to hold ap inquest onthe body of George Lauxmann, sixty-five years of age, and a native of Germany, who committed suictde at one o'clock in the morning by swallowing a quantity of Paris green. What drove the poor man to despera- tion and death was the fact that about two montha ago his wife, to whom he has been married thirty- five years, abandoned him, taking with her nearly all the househoid effects, leaving him quite destitute. Her reason for this was that Lauxmann came home drunk at intervals and abused her, He made over- tures to his wife to return and live with him again, but as Mrs, Lauxmeann refused to do 80 he swal- lowed the fatal draught to end his troubles at ouce. He died at a to past five o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Lauxmann has left several children, who have reached the years of maa turity.