The New York Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1870, Page 6

i 6 The Elestion To-Morrow. grand field day in the State and city opens to-morrow at sunrise, The citizens of the State generally have to elect a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Comptroller, two Canal Commissioners and an Inspector of State Prisons, Ta this elty and county we have to All businees or news letter and telegraphic | elect a Mayor, Sheri, County Clerk, three @espatches must bo addressed New York , Coroners and members of Congress for six NEW YORK HERALD] 1, STREDT. BROADWAY AND 4 JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. NN NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1870.—TRIPLE SHKET Rupture of Peace Nogotiation—No Arwis- | Republican Meetings and Obristian Sermons Comptroller Connolly’s Accounts. Uee. The important news was received here last night that the peace negotiations which have beon in progress between Versailles, Paris and Tours for some days past, and which were even reported tu have gone as far as the sign- ing of an armistice for twenty-five days, have Herat. Congressional districts, besides twenty-one members of Letters and packages should be properly | t peal ed. Volumo <= : é AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING vote is denied the privilege, upon any pretext —_—— iy ii e cle BOWERY THEATRE, Bowoy.—Fautay tur Seer— | r the first time 9 new clen Tie Tengis.e Tink | has nto our State election; that is the \ Fangs AVENUES THEALRE, Twenty-fourty st.—-Man | direct interference of the general govermeat— np Wir A 4 by its officials and its soldiers—ia affairs ROOTH'S THEATRE, Bir Van Winkie. ween 5th and 6th avs.— FOURTEENTH STREL ATRE (Theatre Francats)— LIZABE UI. OLO} 28 Broadway.—Varrery Exree- WAINNENI—NY AUS OF TUR CAR EUEA A. THEATRE, Broadway and 13th rtreet.— s FAMILY, Wee Wicite Wins Wood's MI ances every alter « KELLY Tur OSLY L - STEINWAY HAL 0 DOVA ON LOUNG AMERICA IN HOOLEY'S OVE BIReLsy, Bua NEW YORK Cl un Kino, Ace NEW YORK M Beirnce aNd / DR. KAHN’S ANATO: BorENOE AND ART. Fourteenth strest.-Scanzs 1 ATOMY, 618 Broadway,— USEUM, 745 Broadway. New York, Monday, November 2, 1879. = * a every day in the | ig wiater in Albany, | son to doubt, la by 'y will offer for repoaters or fran- nish themselves as at Tho Mayor has very cen great precantions to preve: inspectors of election on the State are instructed to obseryo a riy lity in the performance of their du h » see that no man votes wuo is no 1 to the franchise, and they are bound ‘so, (hat no wan who bas a right to which have purely a State and lozal interest, Uowever, if the law of Congress be interpreted aright, the federal officials have really authority to exercise any power over the voting except on the ticket for members of Congress. The object of Congress was avow- edly to prevent fraud in the election of iis own members, which we assume it has a constitu- tional right to do, Whether the law is wise and just or simply partisan and malicious we do not propose to discuss, Whether the attempt io enforce the law in this democratic city by such means as have been adopted, in | the appointment of a raffianly crowd of dopaty marshals, acd in the employment of regulor troops to protect them, is a grave mistake of to-morrow’s business will best President has mado some mis- 2 other humans, he must leara er (hem ia the alebemy of experience, do not jieve, however, that the election law ef Congress will be infringed. Our city authoriiies aad volers are both intere i sevlug that, however offensive it may | their notions of the freedom of election and the rights of States, it shall be carried out in peace and with all fairness, We do not doubt fur a moment that the democratic voters of New York will refuse to fall into any trap that may be laid to lessen their majority. On the contrary the Tammany democracy will keep Mr. Hall in his present seat for two years more by a very decisive majority, So to disco’ will the democracy of the State deeree, by a majority of sixty or seventy thousand, that Gov- ernor Hoffman shall retain the position at the head of the State government, which even his political enemies admit he now fills with integ- rity and honor, We cannot ai close i ght at the ballot box to- rte a MERALD. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’ Pacr. Armistice N otiationss even? lin to be Pro- the 8 of Dtolomats | ab 6 Vote € rst Reported ce of r of Garbaldt by the ti: ‘The Anchor Line Sea—New York Cily yer and rhe | a : Services aml §& Da ing for the Poli Citt-ens and Chrisé ans; The Dut {, The Country, Tear N e + of Men to | ghbors and pued from Vou th Page)- Suicide Stan 0 5 Foreign Tteui8-—Business D=-Diame Mine oppics’? Opened and Ten Bril- Hants Te iad; Color aod Density oi the Gers; Propric orship and Boundarie News. ar Estate Transi Reports —C ze and N alt ronit 8 on the Fisting Canks—News from W e Fly—A Man | Kijedon the dio’ a) aly mente. q—Auvertisements. AQ—Adverusements. Oxty one day more. Mayor Haut deserves a crown of glory for Yhe handsome manner in which he has come ; to the echief officers of the city government rous atiacks of an unser people will to- morrow echo their end ment of bis brilliant sortie. malo THE ALABAR still patiently awaiting decisive negotiation. They are pro- | bably waiting to be bunche! in with Bismarck’s claims when the French war is over, and then doubiless they will be run through the diplo- CLaims j file of the faction, staud upon the brink, elements of a great contest are wanti republicans have no county in the They are, perhaps, equally divided betweer | Halt and Ledwiti, The Young Democracy | enter the battle in a broken phalanx, The pest of tho leaders have gone over to | | Tammany and have been swallowed up in | that vast vortex. The followers, the rank and wavering aud bewildered. It is conceded that Ledwith will poll a respectable vote; bot he cannot expect to pull down Hall's majority below twenty thousand, if he comes within ten thousand of doing that. In brief, the election of the Tammany ticket, including Con- gressmen, Assemblymen and the county oflicers, may be counted upon as a fixed certainty. This city has been made the object of pro- scriptive legislation at various times, ostensibly Assembly, to represent the city The number of voters registered proves that a very large vote will “ s city, and that it will bea vote 2 on both sides there is no rea- Indeed, so well guarded will be federal and Stato officials that | repayment of inte been summarily and definitely broken off, Tho rapture has come from Paris. M. Thiers, who was at Versuilles yesterday engaged in the work of arranging terms of peace or of acossation of hostilities, received an imperative order from the provisional government at Paris command- ing him to break off the negotiations and to leave the Prassian headquarters forthwith. | The causo of the rejection of the i osed terms is represented as being the persistence of Count Bis- 'marck in requiriag the cession of | Alsace and Lorrain>. There is nothing now | left but to continue the straggle to tho last, | ‘The slege of Paris will be pressed with all possible vigor, and we may expect to seo such teri | inspires. It was ‘blo resistance as desperation always exceedingly doubtful, after all, whether an armistice would have led to 4 final peace, or whether tho Constituent Assembly could have, within tho time, organized a responsible and acceptable government that would have agreed to the German terms. There are now but two alternatives left, Either the Germans will have to retire from before Paris, which is not very likely, or they will enter and occupy that city and there impose upon the French people a government, ag the allies did in 1814, Taat is what is most likely to tako place, and perhaps it “¥ shores’ road to peace. Mayor Hall and tuo City Goverament. Last Saturday evening, at Cooper Institute, Mayor Hall addressed a Brennan Club, and seized the occasion to give a comprehensive review of his course as Chief Magis'rate. Te also touched upon other matters in connection with the administration of the affairs of the municipal government. After a cheering reference individually to each candidate on the Tammany ticket the Mayor proceeded ut once to refute the charges of defalcation, 2mounting, it hasbeen alleged, to millions of dollars, and said to exist in the Comptroller's office. The certificate of a com- mittee of citizens of unblemisued reputation. and unquestionable integrity, and large tax- payers, besides, who had examined the ac- counts of the Comptroller, was produced, and showed that the accounts bad been so examined and found to be correct. This is a timely vin- dication of Mr. Connolly, against whom, how- ever, we suppose, the orizinal charges were preferred simply for political effect. Mayor Hall then glenced at the office of the City Chamberlain, where he showed how abuses had been abolished and reforms introduced; among others, the { to the city, which, he stated, would in a short time amount to a million dollars. Next, the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Health Board, the Departments of Public Parks, Public Docks and Public Works, the Board of Education, were introduced, and the men who managed them and the way they were managed referred to in a manner so clear and iucid as to render the description easily to be understood by every listener. On the subject of taxation, city expendi- tures, the value of the city property and other cily resources, the Mayor opened a volume of usefal information. In explaining the advance in the rate of taxation, which, be contended, with the intention of suppressing election frauds, of which there were plenty cropping out at the polls every year; but really, as every one knows, for the purpose of redacing the democratic majority by throwing obstacles | in the way of the exercise of the franchise. ; Such legislation is wholly inimical to the genius of our government. In the old Greek republics the people voted aloud, with uplifted bands and voices, Nothing was regarded as too open and free for the exercise of sacred popular right. We have modified the system to the more facile shape of the vote hy ballot, and we have surrounded it with many wise safeguards. <A great deal of the legisla- tion recently enacted has beon unnecessary, and, as far as results show, it has not effected much in cuanging the returns at tho ballot box. We never knew aa honest citizen to re-’ quire the protection of a soldier in casting his yote. Looking to the success of the Tammany de- mocracy as certain we have but to hope that the people will exhibit their good seuse in paying no attention to any irritations arising from the Congressional election law which may be manifested at the polls, Let the United States marshals, ten thousand strong, eara their poor piltance in peace. By matic bopper quick enough. : Brenwa on Louw.—There is Considerable feeling among sporting circles in this ity as to who will pol! the heaviest yvole—Matthew T, Brennan for Sheriff or Charley Loow for County Clerk, Practically there is but feeble opposition to cither of these gentlemen, and, as regards personal popularity, they are both | Risso Niice cy ci haga as lg teemed citizens as Moses Taylor, Marshall O. deserving well of their fellow citizens for ser- vices faithfully performed. Tue Smvation IN Panis,—Now that the ermistice has proved a failure it is comforting to know, as we do by despatches from the inte- rior of Paris, ihat the beleagured city is over- flowing with provisions. The bread and wine, it is said, will last until March, the supply of salt meat is immense, and eves poultry is plenty. The theatres Leave reopened and the of cannon and small arms goes The National Guard seems to ated in the late disorders, and her leaders of them have been tare adily. bi . ‘They attempted'to form a govern- of their own and named Rochefort as one of the members, but berefaged. Since then he has resigned his position um the Commitive of Defence and Las mot sited; been weeny ; | “pools” will close to-night; the polls will was less than in a number of other large as well as smaller cities, Mayor Hall pointedly re- marked :—‘‘Let the man who grumbles at his tax of to-day, and who wants to go back to old taxation, sell his property at the valuation of ten years ago.” But it is not likely many will be inclined to try the experiment. The Mayor also presented his views on the sub- ject of a fixed standard for future taxation, which will bear exumination by our taxpayers, Altogether this was a remariable speech, and came rather unexpectedly upon the large audience assembied, as well zs upon the read- ing pablic oa Sunday morning. It wasa happy thought that conceived ils utterance, for the public mind was becoming alarmed at the in- cessant assaulis upon the reputation of one of the most important officials in the city govern- ment—assaults which were calculated to en- danger the financial credit of the city and otherwise impair the harmonious workings of our civic machinery. The grumblers about the manner in which the affairs of the prin- cipal departments of the municipal govern- ment are carried ou may leara wisdom from the straightforward and comprehensive speech Yesterdays All the theatres (we suppose) having been engaged fur private religious services, an- nouncement was made yesterday moraing that republican meetings of a political charac- ter would be held at several clurches, Accordingly largo numbers of radicals attended these ratifications of their State ticket to be voted on and defeated to-morrow. It being Sunday all the orators were those licensed to preach the Gospel, but who carn an honest penny by preaching on. any secular sulject. Thus we are not surprised {o hear thut Dr. Bellows declared that he could not shake from his conscience the obligation of giving heed to a request that he come to the aid of morality and purify, Alter this explanation, which was wholly unne- cessary, because every porsoa present knew how it was himself, the gentle- man proceeded to indulge in a terrific onslaught on the democracy and on citizons of foreign birth, Mr. Hepworth, at the Church of the Messiah, was equaliy emphatic in his denunciations of the corruplions of the ring and the dangers arising from helping the miserable Catholics support their Romish charitable institutions, Dr. Curry, at the Methodist Episcopal church, was especially severe on the Pope, his American spiritual subjects, and on everything in any way apper- taining or belonging to the democratic party. We could continue the list, but why need we? A perusal of the sermons will convince one that politically the meetings were failures; re- ligiously they were blunders. In the first place there were no banners, no trans- parencies, which we insist aro essential to all political gatherings, In the next place, the orators failed to show in what mao- ner the salvation of our souls depends upon the result of next Tuesday’s clection. In fact, it was clear that the union of American poli- tics with the religion of Christ can never be a success until we have a thorough revision of the Scriptures. We shonid like to feel consoled by the fact that the Bible contained a text which reads thus:— “And the Lord spake unto Bellows (or Iep- worth, or Curry, we are not particular which) saying, Speak unto the people of New York and bid them vole the radical ticket next Tuesday.” Such a commandment would have full foree and effect upon ali true Cbristians ; but, then, we fear it would reduce Woodford’s vote materially, It mus! not be imagined that all of the churches were engaged by politicians yester- b A few of them were found in which the sinner could pray forgiveness and listen to sermons devoted solely to religion, At the Church of the Strangers, for instance, Dr. Deems was noi so much absorbed in con'em- plation of politics as to neglect Christianity. As a cons: quence his discourse explaining how tue coming of Christ set men free, was ex- cellent, while Rey, Mr. Rogers favored the at- tendunts at the Fivth Avenue Refo-med Church with ascrmoa praising religious revivals, St. Albans, with its grand and impressive ritual- istie form of worship, was interesting, as was Rey. Mr. Morrcll’s discourse on the special holiness of particular places and things. In ihe Catholic churches of St. Stephen and St. Bernard there were two admirable sermons delivered. Grace chureh, Caurech of the Di- vine Paternfiy, American Free Church, New England Congregational and the Christian Church are worthy of reference to as places where some atteation was bestowed upon the Christian relision, Brotaer Beecher’s summer tour does not appeur to have been productive of those favor- able resuits which we fondly hoped for. The Brooklyn Apostle for the past two Sundays has been discursive rather than discoursive. Yesterday he opened the Piymouth church per- formance by advertising a charitable fair—a very deserving fair, with a truly Christian ob- | ject. He wound up by advertising the Ply- mouth church matinées, and declaring himself a lover of music to an unlimited extent. Even } the negro minstrels are objects of his adora- tion. No doubt they are, and we suppose the negroes too, A’ the First Baptist church, ulso in Brookiyn, Rev. M. Le Fleur preached on the topic of ‘Protestantism in America.” In Washingtoa and Jersey City the sermons were good. Our reporis this morning show what was done yesterday in the way of silva- tion ; how some of the churches were devoted to the impossible task of saviag the radical ticket, and how the others, less ambitious, were confined to their proper work of leading man- kind to the heme of righteousness, Propanty the mind of every voter is made up inregard to the tickes he intends to vote to-morrow. Now !et the politicians make up their minds to do as good a thing—to be honest. Tue Trivmpuanr Vinproation of Comp- troller Connoliy by Mayor Hail on Saturday nigat should cause the cheeks of his calumni- ators to tingle with the blush of shame, Their | slanders, however, have answered one good | purpose. They have enabled Mr. Connolly to of Mayor Hall oa Saturday night. Wixxirec.—A dreadful smallpox epidemic following the advice of Mayor Hall, which he | has broken out in the Red River Territory, has caused to be placarded throughout the | Missionaries, Indians and natives are falling city, there will be no disturbance, and -we | victims to the scourge. shall have an election as peaceable as any in | dent of the Winnipeg republic, is outlawed by the past, for which the city is proverbial, The | the authorities and is forbidden to return to Riel, the ex-Presi- Winnipeg. Under the present infliction of open at sunrise to-morrow, Lot there be as | emallpox, in addition to its natural drawbacks at the other, and the United States troops will frighten nobody, which will set upon the election of Hoffman many candidates. Tue FRANKING PrivivecE is to be venti- lated again at the next session of Congress. The Postmaster General is preparing evidence to show what a waste of transportation and space is chargeable to the privilege members of the government have of sending their letters, soiled linen, books and bulkier parcels free of postage. It would appear that they use the maiis as if they were humanitarian ex- press companies. “Wants oF THE Prorie.”-—The Brennan Society is established for the purpose of attend~ ing to the reasonable and just wants of the people. We frequently have from ten to twenty columas of the “wants of the people” iu the Hera on a single day, We will have a quict day | | neh good nature exhibited at one place as | in winter, that Territory certainly does not present an irresistible temptation as a dwelling place. i Waen Svon Wett Known and highly es- Roberts, John Jacob Astor and others certify to the fidelity of a public officer it is time for petty slanderers to bide their diminished heads. UnsopHisticaTeD Country PoxitTiciANs,— The Republican State Committee are ou! in an address warning our rural friends against the corrup! operations of terrible Tammany. Yor a first class specimen of an adroit politician give us one of your country politicians and grocery store orators. He can give the city chaps a good start and beat them two to one ia the long run, if the object be the pursuit prove himself an honest man and well worthy the confidence reposed in him by his. fellow citizens. Tue ComMIssIONER OF PATENTS is not to resign. He is one of ex-Secretary Cox’s politi- cal friends, and as be does not follow the ex- ample of his chisf in regard to giving up office rather than forego his “reforms,” it is fair to presume that he is not so qualmish about supporting the party in the customary way, and also that he is not concerned in the McGarrahan land claim. The fact that he is not to resign, therefore, alihough by no means an exciting topic, is of some interes! as show- ing that the leading officials of the Interior Department are not all committed to Cox’s re- forms. Trost Conservators of the purity of the ballot box, two companies of United States troops, have taken up quarters in Richmond, Va. The people there are tully accustomed to their presence in election times, and take it more kindly, probably, than New Yorkers, who have szen nothing of the kind since the unusually peaceful election ot 1864. Tue Albany Journal wants men of “char- of public plunder, And he will do it so inno- cently, too! as Tue Last Cuanog.—To-day is the last day for the political wire-workers to complete their plavs. Do try and be honest—just this time, } acter and standing” in the Legislature as rep- resentatives from Albany county. Why don’t you send them there? Or is Albany a place so corrupt that it would take a dozen Dioge- neses to start up one honest mang We havo alroady had occasion to express our disapproval of the practice of the party press in circulating slanders against the private character and public conduct of officials and of candidates for offlce. Among the charges and imputations of this nature that have been industriously and designedly spread abroad by certain journals during the present political canvass, none have been more serious and maiicious, and none have becn more groundless, than those egainst the integrity of the New York City Department of Finance. We regret to have seen so often in some of our contemporaries repetitions of charges and in- stauations against the Comptroller which it was impossible for them to substantiate, Ac- cording to sueh representations his accounts were in a most uusatisfactory condition, bis books were prepared to disguise the frauds that had been committed, his reyular reports had not been rendered for fear of detection, there was a deficit of somo five millions of dollars in the funds commiited to his charge, and he dreaded the idea of an investigation. Such charges are too serious to be circulated by any respectable journal for purely party purposes. Mr. Richard B. Connolly, the Comptroller of the City Treasury, has pursued a manly course with reference to those slanderous as- saults, and the sequel shows that all the charges and insinuations against the regularity and honesty of his administration of the finan- cial affairs of the city governs .: are utterly unfounded. After such accusations had been made Mr, Connolly astonished lis detractors by inviting the investigation isto the affairs of his depariment, which they said he was so anxious to avoid, He requested a committee of some of our most highly respectable and wealthy citizens, nearly all of whom belonged to the opposite political party, to examine the accounts of his department and the condition |’ of the securities under its charge, in order that they might satisfy themselves and the public as to the manner in which the financial affairs of this cityare conducted. The com- mittec was composed of Messrs. Moses Taylor, John Jacob Astor, Marshall O. Roberts, George K. Sistare, E. D. Browa, President of the Mechanics’ and Tradors’ Bank, and Edward Schell, Treasurer of the Manhattan Savings Bunk. These gentlemen, whose nanies are sufficiens guarantes for the faithful and thorough performance of any duty they would undertake, made a careful examination of the affairs of the Finance Department and, Sioking Fund. In their report, which we pub- lished yesterday, they showed that the entire office and all the books, records and sureties were thrown open to their inspec- tion, and that they found everything in a perf ctly satisfactory condition. With refer- ence to the city debt, they ascertained and cer- tied that at the rate at which its redemp!ion had beer provided for dur- ing the incumbency of Comptroller Con- nolly the whole city debt, amounting to nearly forty-nine millions of dollars, would be paid of in less than a dozen years. After presenting an exhibit of the condition of the city and county financial affairs all the gen- tlemea composing the committee signed a certificate to the effect that the books of the Finance Departmeat are fuithfully kopt, that they had personally examined the several sureties and found them correct, and had como to the conclusion ‘that the financial affairs of this cily under the charge of the Compiroller are administered in a correct and {faithful manner.” No public officer could have a higher tribute paid to his ability or a more complete vindi- eation of his official conduct than Comptroller Connolly hus in the report of that eminent committee, composed as it is of some of the heaviest tax-payers and most respected busi- ness gentlemen of the cily. The pariy press mistakes its true voeation, We trust that herealter it will devote itself more to the pria- ciples and (he public’ measures which its re- spective parties advocate tian to slandering the pubiic and private character of respected public servants and of candidates for efficial responsibilities and honors. Mar. ComMunioaTion wir P.arts.,—It may be important for persozs in this country who have friends in France to remember the announcement about the mails. In conse- quence of the risk atiending — their transmission the French Post Office De- partment has decided that no regis- tered letters addressed to Paris will be reczived during the continuance of the siege. Ordinary letters, howaver, will be received and sent via Tours whenever opportunity offers by balloon cr otherwise, but no scaled letters of any character will be forwarded. The mails are slill coaveyed across the Eaglish Channel between Dover and Calais. It is understood that there is no difficulty in reaching the northwestern provinces of France, and that in all those which the Prussians do not occupy the mai! servic? is carried on a3 formerly, A Hearrny Excaequer.—Mayor Hall states that the city property amounts in value to two hundred millions of dollars, and, of course, increasing with every public improve- ment, like the property of private citizens. In ne First Coneressionat Disreicr tha canvass for Dwight Townsend is going ono briskly. He is likely to receive a bighly corn- plimentary testimonial at the hands of the won thorough democracy of the ‘‘Old First. In 1s Rumorep in Washington that the Chie? Justice is to resign and that Justice Cartier, of the District of Colambia, is to succeeri him. It is probable, if there is any truth in the rumor, that this sudden determination of the Chief Justice is caused by his continued ill health, Loox Out ror Tricxery.—There are reports that trickery is to be practised in regard to certain regular nominations on the Tammany ticket. We hope not. Let us have a square up and down election to-morrow and no cheat- ing round any part of the board, Tun Albany Journal is pitchimg into Tom Fields for exercising undue influence over Governor Hoffman. What is tae use of making a row about such a matter? Is the Governor to be blamed for sticking to his friends? It is a pity there are so tew pcditicians of the same honorable sorte ; et Yachting=Pro, 200d Now Mensnrement. A communication’ published elsewhere calls attention to the suppo, 34 Incorrectness of the existing rules of yac),t measurement, It is carefully propared and ,‘ontains some good, though by no means nu Vel, suggestions. The subject, in fuct, hag al"eady been ex- hausted, and it is now somewhat doubtful whether the many interminable gestions it involves would boar discussion, ‘Thy? writer of the letter is unfavorable to the sys of Measurement that adinits of an untun ted area of sails or power, It should bo borae h?’ mind, however, that, with all duo regard tod improved models, it has beea the aim of American yachtmen to bo other than nig. gardly about spreading the canvas and jndi- ciously making ase of il, Yachtiog, besides being introduced for the purpose of improy- Ing the designs in naval ar institution of pleasure. But suggests, the carrying of sails under any or all systems of allowances of time be re- stricted, the excitement incident to a race is gone. Tad thoso hair-splitiiag ideas been earricd out in the great contest for the Queen’s Cup it would have been dull and uninteresting, Yacht racing should not be reduced to the working of machines, nor should the interest of the shipbuilder be the only objectin view. To popularize the sport it must have a reasonable amount of amuse- ment, ‘(be time allowance races between the Sappho and Cambria and Danatless and Cambria, respectively, as woll 23 many others, would have been devoid of all interest had they been governed by the stringent rules and measures set forth, In fine, ag the system of measurement suggested has alroady been tried, the one now in nse appears to work well enough for waut cf a better. State Elections, To-Bay and To-forrows Two States hold their elections to-day—Ar- kansas and Louisiana—and eighteen to-mor- row, Tuesday, November 8, namely :—Ala- bama, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisco We give elsewhere lists of the candidates for the principal offices. There is really very liitie excitement outside of this city, and we should not be surprised at seeing a heavy falling off in the general vote. The complexion of Congress will probably not be changed materially, unless we refer to the color of its members, several candidates being of the African persuasion and in a fair way of being elected. Tio politics of the country are fearfully and wonderfully mixed about these days. But we advise every- body to keep coo!, Don’t let your angry pas- sions rise. It will be a1 the same a hundred years hence whether Tom Jones or Jack Smith be elected. We pariicutarly admonish ovr contemporaries who lave flung down the sceptre of the quill and taken up the bludgeon of the politician to be as enim as possible ucder the eireumstances, and if they should wake up on Wednesday morning ond find themselves stretched out in the co'ld we hope they will not shake their gory loeks at us, for they kaow they cannot say we did it. A Ber or Ten Tuovsanp Dortars wae deposited in bank on Saturday that “Ledwith will get forty-five thousand voles to-morrow That is hardly up to Oakey Hail’s expected fifty thousand majoriiy, but it will be a respecte able recognition of the popularity of the Judge. Garibaldi a te Garibaldi does not prot by experioncy, Recent events have showa that popular judgment in favor of his political and military ability was premature. ilis reputation has been ephemeral. Unfortunately for himself and his friends he is again at once in a critical and a ridieulous position. He was lately reported to be in the vicinity of Besangon, in command of a force of twenty-five thousand French troops, made up of odds and ends, in- cluding many consolidated bands of Francs- tireurs, The National Guards and the Gardea Mobiles refuse to fight under him, and he will find it difficult to harmonize and control the various elements. of his command go as to make them really effective. The loss of Dijon is partly atlributed to the inefficiency of his force. His position near Besangon was repre- sented as almost surrounded by the Prussians, and fifty thousand more victorious German sol- diers were marching in that direction. Ouly an armistice contd save bis command from speedy capture or destruction. Indeed, there is a repert that be and thirty Italian officers have been already taken prisoners. Garibaldis military capacity especially has been greatly overrated. His last campaign in lialy, when he attempted to tuke Rome with his “liberating army,” was a miserable jflasco, and demonstrated rly that he bas no ability ag a general, After his last failure in the field in. Italy he ought never again to have left the island of Cuprera, As a republican he suddenly appeared al the theatre of war to fight for France; but he was bezinning to be looked apon ag an iaterloper and adveaturer. He issued an order of the day, ia which he reproaches republics for their failare to act for mutual defence, and in which he takes President Grant and the United States to task for not actively interfering in the affaira of Spain and of France. Garibaldi denouncing Grant! That is tov ridiculous, Garibaldi has some good qualities, but by his injudicious conduct he is injuriag the republican cause in Europe and disgraciug republican insttiutions. It would be well i€ some kind friend of hia would escort him back to Caprera and induco him to remain there during the remainder of bis life. A Crry Jovzxat is continually growling ayy the manner in which the affairs of the Depart~ ment of Public Parks are conducted. But Mayor Hall, in his speech on Saturday night, put a quieius on the assumptions of tha grumblera, and by tonvincing proo!s estab- lished the fact that more earnest, upright and public-spiriied Board of Coxawissionera could not have been appointed. Tor Fouxprixa Hosprran Fair.—Tho’ grand fair in aid of the project for the erec- tion of a permanent asyium for foundlings in this city will be opened to-day in the armory of the Twenty-second regiment. This fancy bazaar will be under the direction of the Sis- ters of Charity. Sister Irene, who has ase sumed the weight of tho responsibility of tha’