The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1871, Page 6

4 ADR SitRA PAMES. ENN THE GOLD MINERS’ MUSS. Faneral of tho Victims of the’ Shooting Scrape. Sullen Simmerings in {Sut- ter Creek. HISTORY OF THE “Sraven. sree ie Interview with tho/1 Leaders on Both Sides. THINGS LOOKING PEACEABLE. ‘SurivER CRERE, AMador County, Cal., July 28, 1871, The mming classes ‘of Caiifornta have so long ‘Deen endowed with a hard name that it will reqnire more than a dozen Bret Hartes te show that the geld-extracting devil is not so biack as usually painted. He is arobust, hard-handed, hard work- ing citizen, with atendency to bard language, He 4s occasionally a herd drinker, and then, when neces- Bary, anard fighter. His luck ie like that of Sisy- phus, for when he rolls up a gelden ball of success %o the hilltop it pretty generally runs down again. He is full of pluck, he calls at “grit,’’ and when je ta “cleaned,” ne sets to work again to roll up the Dall and is just “as ready to fight as eat his break- fast’ on the road up if necessary. He as changed marvellously in twenty years, His @hances of becoming suddenly rich are not so great athey were, because capital has turned him intoa Journeyman and his rich placers are mostly played @ut. Then, too, the civilization he left behind him 4m the East is coming around him, and he hears of labor movements and labor parties, for he reads the pepers daily, In fine, having admired all the sup- posed picturesqueness of his life, you will find litde aitference between him and the coal miner of Penn- @ylvania or anywhere. He 1s a trifle more nomfdic, More dashing, and that Is all. Sutter Creek is one of the largest mining camps In the State, being second only to Grass Valley. It is @vuate in Amador county, In a basin of the foot hills ‘Of the Sierras. It has a population of about twenty- Qve hundred souls, anout a thousand being in the town proper, the remainder being located in a strag- gilng way up the guichesall around. It may be reached in eighteen miles of staging from Latrobe, on the Sacramento Valley Raliroad, but is aiso on the stage line from Galt, on the Central Pacific, ‘with thirty-two miles of staging. By the latter route I was obliged to come im order to reach here with daylight yesterday. The fact that the miners’ strike tireatened to lead to a @cene of bloodshed, accordining to the accounts received in the morning at Sacramento, induced me to take this route, so as to be on the spot as early as possible, \Uur road lay amid dust and heat, over the hills, and at the two stopping places on the way ru- Mors of inteyded violence and gloomy apprehenson reached us. The Superintendent of the mines, they satd, had been ordered to “eave town or take the eonsequences,” and, defying all, he was remaining et his post with a body guard of thirty men armed ‘with rifles, &0. “Yes, and he'd better quit, I tell you,” grambied ® surly-looking man at the stable door. Atter leay- img the pretty village of Ione behind us some gine miles we were met by a smail stage fo take down the passengers for Sutter reek. It was just seven as we Cescended the hillside road leading into the camp, and the three shafts of the Amador Mine came into sight. All jooked quiet and tran- juil; but When we stopped at the door of the merican Exchange liotel we found a number of © miners gathered in knots around the piazza, With similar groups in front of ine Sutter Hotel op- ‘ite. Neither of these estabiishmenis are first ass, may Pe imagined, but they are both preity oud of their kind and do @ fair business. Tue luneral of Hugh McMenomy, the miner Kiiled in the ooting affray last Mouday, had taken place in the rnoon, and the men seemea sullen but not monstrative. The cause of the fire of the pre- vious night, at the Badger shaft, which bad been juenched at two A. M., was also atopic. Al! state to have been accidental, It was related to me In @ Whisper that the night before tue agent of some Powder company had been stopped by two men on way to see Mr. Jones, Wie foreman of the Amador Mines and told torewurn, a5 be was @ stranger. He Gisregarded the paterual advice, but it was repeated y a ‘veiled lady’ alittie further on, und so Mr. White, turning pale as his name, returned to the Rotel. The hotel is just next door to where the shooting took place, and a stort history of the event May be advantageously introduced. Exactly a week ago on Friday last there was a concert, fol- lowed ye pop, given at the nall of tne Miners’ sague, by the Pioneer blind minstre!. E. W. Hatch, jue buokKeeper of the Amador mines, Was leaving he place for gome purpose, with the intention of feturning, as his young wife was still inside, On assing Out he was struck on tue side of the head vith a blow from somebouy’s fist and tmmediately Srrvards was struck with the butt of a pistol by icMenomy, who recived a slight cut on the head in pe This performance broke up the hop, and icMenomy was arrested and liberated on bail, to appear on the following Tuesday. On Monday he came over from Jackson, the couuty seat, Intending to remain s0 as to be on hand the next morni" On the street he was met by Jem Bennet, a foreman of the Amador, with whom he 1s reported to have had the fuliowing edifying conversation :— Jsm—What are you wearing that rosette for—are you chief of the Leaguer. Hi j—i'm chief of all such as you. ‘Thave a God damned hie. Hvcu—i'm no ltar, you son of a b—h, don’t call me no ilar. Benuet upon this 18 sald to have struck McMe- @omy in the face and then drew two revolvers and commenced ball practice. Hugh said he was struck &y the firsttwo suots. He nad some dificuity in @rawing his pistel, anc after firing three harmiess it would not revolve further. He tben, beng man of giant acena closed with Bennet, though mortally woul , and clabbed him with butt of nis pistol about the head until, fechog ‘weak, he reieased his ancagonist, who ran across the street and through the Sater Hotel, ap- ‘ing on the street shortly after with joaded shot gun, which was taken m him by @& constable named Quinn, hile we shots were being fired Hatch, the bookkeeper, ran out trom ine office ahd fired a couple of shois in the direction of McMenomy, Whose back was turned toward him. Jt is be- ved that One of his friend Bennet’s shots must we bit him, for he Was observed to stagger aud fall. Others assert that the shot was fired by some oue in the street who was ovse ving the progress of the row. Whoever it was the wound he made was on the right breast, below the nipple, and after suffering great pain Hatch expired on Wednesday, @ few hours after McMenomy had succumbed to tle effects of a vullet Which passea through os intes- tines. Bennet escaped and was arrested at dackson, where he got free on giving bail for $1,900. Fearing that ne might escape a ¥ of men arrived in Jackson alter him with a jarrant issued here, but he was already in the hands of the Dogvcrries. Some insist tliat this move was Q shrewd plan of Bennet’s friends to get him ont of the way of te harm that might befall him at Sutter Creek. At any rate, hie is safely away, and reported to be waiking about San Francisco {ree as the Pacilic breezes. Yesterday, a8 I have said previously, McMenomy was interred. The Miners’ League, or, @s it calls itself, the “Amador County Laborers’ As- fociation,” mar il, 260 strong, after the rematns. ‘They wore ay mbvon in rosettes and at thelr but- tonboles, The body of the sturdy miner, who bore a Bich name as @ dering, generous spirll among his fellows, was laid to rest Im the Catholic cemetery, nd as he left no wife or family was mourned over y his fellow twilers in their unpretentious way, Which finds ullerances in such phrases as “Goodby, Hughey; you was rale grit, and we ‘won't forget you.’ “siraignt, square Men as ever was on the top of Ahis earth, and a good miner you was, Hughey." And 80 the grave higd closed over one vicum While the arin wae yawning for the other. A young widow was disconsojete beside the corpse of # haudsome roung manta a house way up onthe Hi, and the mountains and valleys that were as wmeland and heariiiagd to ber even yesterday ould be a strayger’s lodge to her to-morrow. Tis Morning the towy looked agitated, ig times,’ said a man tome ; “two funerais, one after the Aione o'clock the bell im the litle belfry on the Methodist Church began to toll, and thereapou the Odd Feliows, of which the deceased was a member, marched to tie caurch and filled the central row of seats, and the ladies of the town, jooking #20 and thoughtfy), occupied the rews on either side, A grandiy mounted cofin was carricd im, and alter it came yd | widow, sobbing hys- ‘erically and Jeaaing her bead on tue broad bosom of the orotber of her ae | busbaua. MAN Was Weeping, too, touching prayer was @aid by the Rey. Mr. Woods, and a Jong, vague ger- mon preac by another minister; bnt the sobbiny Of the poor, forlorn woman (aug) ta more territh Jesson (han ejtier, more keenly leit even than the shadow of ige cloud OF dealy pou tue White brow e NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, ‘A of the corpse, The procession was formed at length | and staried for Sutter Cemetery, Just as the last of | em. crossed the bridge ® cry was raised of fire,” grid a woman was seen upon the hull waving her havis frantically, A rush was made by the few remafuing behind and it was found that some brush Beapine mills had congas Sre and that nothing but a nop ‘vo the mill pi ited tke engineer's cot- teye and the mill itself from being devoured by ao fiames, A fence was down to prevent the fire ing, and after the edges had been beaten down with branches and a few buckets of water emptied on it ali danger was past. AN ACCIDENT AGAIN. Somebody threw alighted cigar stump, and the wind fanned it, There was no more excitement [er the day; but tms eventug the miners are holding a ‘meeting to de honor te the arrival of the l’resident of the Langa, of Virginia City, Nevada. As 1 write they are holding forth at Weir hall, and their stamping and hurrahing reach me on the stillness of the night. Whether this will lead to any settle Ment is & qnestion of great Importance to Sutter Creek just now, though not of such vital importance to the community at large. I will depend on the Bill Nyes of the association. Everybody 18 hopi that alt strife wiil be buried in the two graves; bul it M this vicinity, ite planted weber th ‘ortile “yon, awd is watered ‘wita hate and whiskey. SUTTER CREEK, Cal., July 30, 1871, During the two days now past nothing has occur- red to break the quiet of the situation, Twelve ex- tra hands have been taken on at the Amador Mine, and the attention of miners and mine owners 13 turned for the nonce to the great American safety- valve—politics, The democratic primaries were held last night, and a sign of the times is that poll tics has a large share in the shaping of events out here, and it 18 very certain that the State election in this county will tara on the labor question, viewed fromm a parucularly personal standpoint. Taking advantage of the lull in the strike excitement, I was enabled to reach the prominent parties of both sidea and learn from them their view of the tura of events, ‘The first person mterviewed was Luke Byrne, President of the Miners’ League, and a miner him- sell. He was sitting in front of the Sutter Hotel yesterday morning smoking @ calumet of peace when 1 approached him. He received me cordially and Tose to greet me with an easy grace. He is a tall, well-kuit man, six feet high, with a clear, dark gray eye and a quick, perceptive glauce, He wears @ mustache and goatee of a sandy color, with a good forehead and an nonest expression of face. Having related the object of my visit he requested me to come up stairs, where we could talk the matter quietly over, promising to give all the information in his power. On being comfortably seated I asked him a number of questions regarding affairs here, all ot which he answered reacily. In reply to the Srst query he said:— The Miners’ League has been in existence about one year. All the fight with the mine owners has been done through it. It was called into existence because of our knowing that a movement ‘was on foot to pull down wages, REPORTER—What were the wages being paid at that time? ByRNE—From & dollar and sevon bits ($1 8734) to $3 25 per day—that is, taking all nan is engaged in mining quartz or milling it. REPOXTER—What were the indications you refer to which convinced-you of an intention to lower wages? ByrnE—Wages were reduced here and there on individuals, For instance, a man receiving $2 30 would be reduced to $2 25. A strike then got to be talked about, and the mine owners blew about it and regularly dared us into it. REPORTER—When was this d'sposition first evinced by the mine owners? ByRNE—About four months ago. I wish to ex- Plain that they did not redace all at once, It was a movement rather in detail than in classes or grades. In one mine they would cut down two or three bucket fillers five or ten cents a day; in another the mill men would be dropped the same amount; in a third the miners. REPORTER—Was it, then, on the ground of what had already been reduced that you struck? BYRNE—Not altogether. They threatened and spoke of a still furtler reduction. REPORTER—Was the strike, then, for a resumption of the old standard or for an advance ? ByRNE—That requires an explanation, which will show you that this strike is one of the most disin- terested on record on the part of a great number or the hands engaged. Our drmand was that no man working under ground should do it for less than $2 60 aday, and that we were willing, to gain this point, that $3 should be the regular rate for first class miners. We asked aiso that no man employed at the mine, above or below, should work for less than $2aday. By this you will see that all of us first class miners asked no advance, but struck for the sake of the second class and for the men on top. REroRTER—How do you divide the miners into two classes? ByRN&—According to skill, Wages follow skill, and we called all men getting from $3 up to $3 25 first class hands. Aji others working for less under- ground were called second class. We struck that none of tnese should be paid less than $2 59, KEPORTER—I should lixe to learn further your reasons for this. BykNE—We think that no man should be asked to go below, taking all the risks, under $2 50a aay. Provisions are dearer here now than ten years ago and wages less, Men woo work at $2 26 a aay and less canuot support their families on it. REPORTER—But you agreed to let the men on top work for $20 day; dovs not the same rule apply to them Byrne—They were all unskilled hands, and mostly new to the business. We could not ask the Taine Owners to pay them anything more than their worth; and, again, being new settlers, they did not have, as a general thing, families to feed and clothe. an we knew that $2 a day was littie enough tor them, R.PoRTER—How did the papers change affect the pay list of the miue owners BYRNEZ—It made very little difference to them, only a few dollars a week—seven, I believe, in the Amador mine. y KEPORTER—Wnhen aid the strike commence ? BYRNE—On the lst of June we ordered ali hands to stop work until a settlement should be arrives at, A great many men disregarded the order and laughed at us. KEPORTER—What did you dot Byrne—Weil, it was very simple. We assembled together, went in a body to the different mines and wherever there were men at work WE HOISTED THEM OUT. RePoRTER—At which mines did you carry out this hoisting programme? BYKN£—At all the large ones, The Amador mine, at Sutter Creek here; the Keystone, at Amador City, and the Oneida, over the hills towards Jackson. REPORTER—Was there any violence used there? Byane—None whatever. Our enemies have not dared to accuse us of this, We just went to the shafts, sent down word to the men to come up and wid the engincer to lioist ana the thing was done. Rerorter—Were any other measures taken? Byerne—The Oneida mine was found to have its teean stopped and the mine fliling with water, aud at Was laid at the door of the League. REPORTER ~HoW many men were employed in the mines at the time of the strike? BYRNE—About two hundred and fifty, elgnty each atthe Amador and Oneida and perhaps oimety at the Keystone. KePORTER—How “nany does your organization numer . Byrxe—Five hundred. There are a great many outside the mines, storekeepers and ovhers, who be- long to us. Rerorrer—When were the troops sent for ? Byrxe—They wanted them from the commence- ment, and without asking whether the civil power 10 the hands of the Sheriff was not sufficient for all Purposes of legal protection Governor Haigut ordered them up here. KerorTER—Did they come at once ? BYRNE—AS far as Sacramento, The Democratic Staie Convention was then in session there, and we Governor was there also, Our Sheri catled on him, and tne result was that Haight came down ere. We had @n interview aud stated our demands. He said he would do ail in his power to bring about an amicable settiement. A conference was held with the mine owners, and he informed me alterwards that he thought Mr. Latham, of the Amador, and Mr, Morgan, of the Oneida, would agree to it. About Captain Macdonald, of the Keystone, he said was not sure, the captain being obstinate. 1 then in- vited him to address the miners at the hall, and he consented. He came across, and of all the weak- koeed, shambiing, shifting speeches I ever heard it Was the meanest. Some sald that we treated him disrespectfully, but that's not so. The miners covied down in their feelings when he told them ne was the bearer of no proposition. Well, to make @ wlory Of it, he just SNEAKED IN AND DROPPED OUT. As soon a8 lie struck his quarters he telegraphed for the troops to come on. That was on the 2ith June, They came next day, 200 strong, all souls counted, apd remained three Weeks, at the expense of the mining companies, KeEroRTeR—Did We Dunes resume work when the militia caine? ByYkNE—They tried to, but could not get more than forty or fity ail round, KEPORTBH—A Compromise was effected; what was its result? BYRNE—I had beter frst show yon this letter, whieh will explain the proposition; you wili see it is dated July 8 Jt was laid before the men and accepted onthe 6th of July, since which we have heen ready 10 wo to work, but the companies have not all gtuck by thelr agreement, patuculany the Keystone, ‘The Preaweus here dcew_& letter from his pockst | and handed it to the reporter, Sutjoined is a copy:— . Mr. L. B: ‘Daan Sint hive received a letter by od eral Colto: President Amador Mining >, to eligat taut be in couse with the directors of Keyat mine, Oneida ywnea raine ana Amador mea they all the ition as talked of, to wit:—To pay all workmen u fund $8.60 wud $8 per day, nnd all thes on surface us Pe ERY and no iiffeeling will be'manitested Against ‘any of the old workmen on the partof the compauies, and the men to re- stme work as heretofore. ‘The employment of Chinese will = ies to Lotrod such labor. one Mok 7 companies juce such labor. ou tt Ranke Buperinvend ft dent RenorveR—Were there any Chinamen at work ? Byane—There were four or five in the employ of the Oneida mine, but tt was given out that while they had the troops at ther back they would intro- duce them If they chose. It was more a precaution- supulation than anything else. u conclusion, Mr. Byrne said that there had been no rot nor any war, and that the lamentable afuir of last Monday was not on any league queston, although it possibly grew out of feelings engendered by the situation. McMenomy, the miner, and Ben- net, the foreman, had beea on frieudly terms revious to the affray, which ended so fatally to the former, There Was no Intention or fear of any out- break, There were some rash spirits that it re- quired a great deal of patient management to keep within bounds ‘The Sheriff of the county, George Durham, a bluff, determined-looking man, Was met shortly after. He sald that he would tell me im a few words how he stood, and didn’t care a damn how [stated Ir, iis sympathies, he was free to admit, were on the side of labor, bat they would not interfere with his doing his duty. He had said to General Colton, of we Amador Company, when the trouble broke out, “Get me the Prope papers and I'll set to work; you were 4 sheriff yourself, and you know, or you ought to, that action without authority is illegal, and leaves @ sheri, Hke anybody cise, open to damages, Une of Weir friends in the county accused me of being & leaguer. I satd 1 was not; he sneered and said I was doing well by my brother leaguers. I repeated that iwas not a leaguer, and J didn’t care a damn whether he believed it or not. My next visit was to Mr. Steinberger, Superin- tendent of the Amador Mine. I found that this gen- tleman was not at his house, He was expected back in a few moments, and presenvly a brisk, portly man, of about thirty-five years, of swarthy compiexion, large, quick, dark eyes and black hair and beara, Came busiling into thé room. There was no guard of armed men visible, but the outline of a large revolver on his hip showed that the Superin- tendent believed in being ready for all chances. He was evidently a man oy “grit! After reading my letter of introduction to him he threw it a»ide, told me to be seated ana said, laughingly:— “I suppose you expected to find my house a per- fect arsenal. ‘they circulate ali sorts of rumors, and there are some deaperadoes among the miners, but lam determined to let none of them take any odds on me.' ReEPORTER—Do you think they would attempt any- thing? STEINBERGER—NOt here, I think. If some of the bad ones among them got me in’n quiet spot they might carve me some if i was asleep. All i care for on that head ts, if I’m to go to have tt done at once. 1 don’t want to be butchered, that’s all. RzvorTER—What is your option of the situa- tiont STEINBERGER—This killing of poor Hatch and Hughey McMenomy bas stirred up bad blood, Things look quiet enough now, but there’s often- times more danger when these men become secret and silent than when they are boisterous, Reporrer—W iat is thetr compiaint of you? STEINBERGER - At present it arises, I believe, out of the shooting scrape, in which, although 1 vas not concerned, they blame me as Beanet’s boss and friend. REroRTER—They do not complain of you on the score of the compromise? STEINBERGER—Oh, no, I was big Injun with them until Bennet shot Hughey. The complaint they make 18 that the old hands were not taken back in the proportion promised. The matter stands in this wise. Durin; the time the troops were here men outside the league were employed ag whey could be got at. They were hard to find, for the iene intimidated everybody within the reach of their influence. We goi only suficient to keep ourselves clear of loss by caving. The Keystone pressed woodmen and farm laborers into their service, and while work lasted we could not turn away the men who had stood ae in our time of troubie, I wouldn’t, sir, while I & shot oradollar. Of course, then, the ola hands cannot be taken back to the same extent, To add to the aiMficulty water has got so ghort that we are run- only from ten to twenty stamps out of forty, and tue Keystone has been obliged to stop alto- gether. We, I fear, may nave to do the same thing shortly, 1 never knew water to be so scarce as it 18 this year. You see we have had two very ary winters, We can stand one, but two knocks us. REPORTER—What do you believe to have been the cause of the strike? SreINBERGEK—On the score of wages there was no cause, since the change they proposed made little or no differeace 40 us. that 1 believe les at the bottom of itail, I discovered avout a year ago that some of the men were stealing rock, When @ man can steal in @ day ine value of his month’s wages it becomes worth looking after. 1 discovered tour Italians one Sunday morn- with about five nundred dollars’ worth of rock upon them. When a rich part of the ledge ts struck rock worth from two to three hundred doilars is taken out, where, perhaps, beside it the rock only worked up to ten or twenty dollars a ton. One of these Italians had twenty-five pounds in a handkerchief, another a large lump in the sleeve of his woollen shirt, the third 12 the tail of his shirts, and the Jourth in a topacco box. I had nothing to do but discharge these men. Inthe course of the year thirty-eigut mea were discharged, and as these men lay about town doing nothing they worked up all the mischief. Reporter.—lI had a long talk with their president, and he speaks very sensivly about the matter. STEINBERGER—1es, Byrne is good enough; but the most dangerous are the men you are least likely to meet and the least likely to say anythiog if you did. The worst of these tings is that men get up these organizations and ten get beyond ther control. REPORTER—How long do you expect it to be be- fore you will haye water enough to run all your quartz crushers? STEINBERGER—We may get more as the nights grow longer and evaporation is lessened, but we shall not have it in any quautity until the rainy season in November or December. A horseback ride Of a couple of miles over the hills brought me to the office of Mr. Morgan, Super- intendent of the Oneida Mine. This tall, stalwart mana, with prominent eyebrows and bold glance, received me with a grim smile. There was the same revolver evidence of the state of slege scattered ronnd, and he remarked as I looked at the pistols on his desk— “T want to go like poor Hatch: I mean to git SOME OF THEM WHILE THEY'RE GITTING Mé.’? He told substantially the same story. In reference to the employment of Chinese, he said:— “+1 had only five of them and they were employed only in slosuing out blankets, the meanest, poorest work we have. When I had nothing else tor them to a T set them wood-chopping and weeding my arden.” y; He invitea me to tako a look round the works. As we walked he related how the stoppage of hus pumps had lost him at least $90,000, by the cavin In of rock which for a great length of time he woul be unabie to get at, “You see WE TAKE BIG RISKS in this gold mining.’’ AS we were looking down the shaft he said there were some mnen below putting In new timbers and taking out old ones, “There's rock coming up now.” Presently the bucket, filled with large boulders of quartz, came in sight, and the man at the mouth of the shatt affixed a hook, attached to a rope, to a ring in the end of tne oucket, so as to “tip” itand | let the rock down the shoot. The rock did not all fall out at tae proper place, two large pieces, of about Ls @ en each, hopping heavily within a few inches of the shatt. “That's dangerous," 81 . “Yes; they lake big ris too, down there,” he sald, as we turned to go away. And so was told in a nuishell the mining is risky. The owners. howevei their purses—the miners on their lives. : A man that can work in the shaft is worth $3 25 a day.” I should think so, when one thinks of the velocity with which forty pounds of jagged quartz, alier a la!l of five or six hundred feet, would collide with a miner’s head timbering up ip the Stygian darkness below, The primaries last night over the county, with the exception of this place, have gone agaist the labor ticket, Much to the astonishment of the miners, who do got thoroughly comprehend what is the matter. Itis the voice of a public opinion which eel t that gold lake wt oa fear and tacit threat have kept silent, but which, | thanks to American freedom, can speak as loud as Jupiter Tonans at the ballot box. ROARD OF ALDERMEN, The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, Thomas Coman, Presifént, in the chair. Resolutions were adopted providing for laying the | Belgian pavement in the following streets :— In Mulberry street, from Canal to Prince; Twentieth street, from Seventh avenue to North River; Forty-ecighth street, from Eignth to Eleventh avenue; Twentieth street, from Fourth to Fifth ave- nue, and Twenty-ninth street, from Fifth avenue to the North RK ver, A large amount of routine business was then transacted, after which the Board adjourned till ue firat Monday of Septembe: PIRE AT CATSKILL, POUGHKEEPSIE, August 7, 1871. A fire at Catskill this morning destroyea the Catskill House, the Baptist church and Clark's blacksmith shop and dwelling, The losses are as follows:—On the Catskill House and stables, $16,000; insured for $8,000; on the Baptist church, $15,000; Insured for $2,500; on Clark’s shop and dwelling, $5,000; insured for $400, MURDERER TO BE HANGED, Rocugster, N. Y., August 7, 1871. Governor Hoffman positively refuses to commute the sentence of Jose, h Messner, who is under sen- tence tobe hanged on Friday next, and Messner Wi) donbiessly be execuwsed on thgt day, I must relate a circumstance | FLEETWOOD PARK. Sweepstakes of $750—Lady Murphy the ‘Winner. - Three hundred of that class of turfmen that never stay away from @ trotting contest anywhere within the immediate vicinity of New York met at Fleet ‘wood Park yesterday afternoon to witness a strug: gle between John Murphy’s bay mare Lady Murphy, William Weeks’ chestnut gelding Star Henry and H. Carey's chestnut gelding Hickey, that had been arranged to come off for a sweepstakes of $760, Tne track was in excellent order, and the surroundings of the most pleasant nature. The mare Lady Mur- | phy was a great favorite in the pools, and the confl- dence reposed in her was not misplaced, as she won the race in three straight heats. First Heat.—Lady Murphy was on the inside, then Star Henry and Hickey. At the second attempt they were sent off, Lady Murphy in the lead, Star Henry second and -Hickey last. They went to the quarter in forty-two and a nalf seconds, Lady Murphy four lengths in advance and Hickey six lengths in the rear. The order was the same at the half-mile m 1:23, and it was then apparent that Lady Murphy would win the heateasiiy. At the three-quarter she was five lengths to the front, Star Henry second, eight lengths in advance of Hickey. They could not get near the mare, and she wou the heat almost ons jog by three engin im 2:47, Star Henry was second and Hickey third, Second Hat.—Hickey was first away, but as they went around the turn Lady Murphy took first place and at the quarter was two lengths in ad- vance, Hickey second, three teugths in front of Star Henry. ‘They passed Unis point in forty-two seconds, and Hickey on the backstretcn was making it hot for the Lady, when be took a ‘fy’ and fell to the Tear. At the nali-mue pole Lady Murphy led two lecgths, Jn 1:22, and Star Henry was more than twice that distance in advance of Hickey. On the lower torn the latter again went off his feet, and that settied his chances or victory ior the time. En- tering the homestretch Star Henry set sail for the leader, and made it hot for her all the way up the homestretch, put the Lady stuck to her work closely and passed under the wire a winner by haifa lengtn, Hickey was six lengths behind. ‘Time, 2:45. Third Heat.—Otber drivers were put behind Hickey and Star Henry by the judges at the sug- gestion of some chronic grumblers—yeur ‘‘ten against a hundred” men, At the third attempt they were sent away to a good start, and at the quarter, in forty-two seconds, the Lady led the dance two lengths in Advance of Hckey, with Star Henry one length to the rear on a break. Going down the backstretch the Lady left her feet, aud Hickey {ol- lowing the example, Star Henry took second post- tion, and at the halt-mule pole, in 1:23, the mare was but one length in front. From this home there were frequent “flys” by the contestants, and though both the drivers of Star Henry and Hickey forced their horses to the utmost, une Lady passed under the wire half a length in advance, winning the heat and race. Hickey was second and Star Henry Unird. ‘Time, 274534. SUMMARY, FLEETWOOD PARK, MORRISANIA, August 7, 1871.— Sweepstakes $750; mile heats; best three in nve. Join Murphy entered b. m. Lady Murpny, in harness.....+.-++- asteessereee 1 William Weeks entered ch. g. Star Henry, | MD DArNeSS.....--0 02 reece Ceseeecerees 3 Hi. Casey entered ch. g. Hickey, towagon.. 3 3 2 TIME, Quarter, Ha'f. Mile, First heat.... 4235 1:23 247% cond heat 42 2 23456 | Third neat. 41g 4:23 234336 BUFFALO PARK. Purses and Entries for the Firat Day of the Sixth Annual Trottirg Meeting—Pool Sell in New York Last Night. To-day is the firstof the sixth annual meeting of the Buffalo Park Trotting Association, and there is 1§ not the shadow of a doubt but that_ it will surpass any of its former ; reunions, large and brilliant as they were. The asso- ciation pledges itself for purses amounting to $50,000, which has drawn liberal responses from all sections Of the country. There are nine purses to be trotted for, and among the various entries there | are many dark horses, believed by their owners and trainers to be verituble flyers. The first purse is $2,000, for horses that had never beaten three minutes, Eleven have entered, most of which are Western horses. They are W. W. , Divine’s sorrel gelding Barney, James McKee’s bay | mare Young Thorne (formerly Nancy Sykes), John S, Stevensou’s bay stallion Willie Golddust, aiden j Goldsmith's bay mare Huntress, W. Harms’ bay | mare Lady Golddust, W. L. Beck’s bay mare Vir- | ginta, J. S. Biggs’ sorrel mare Kentucky Girl, M. D. | Van Scotter’s brown stallion KiJburn Jim, B. F. Cowan’s gray gelding Ed Eaton, Thomas T, Oliver’s chestnut gelding Thomas L, Young, and | Joseph C. Simpson's bay mare Clara G. The second purse is $5,000, for horses that never beat 2:34, In this there 1s the immense entry of | eighceen, embracing Calvin Predmore’s brown geld- | Ing Denmark, Charies H. Smith’s sorrel mare Laay | Shotwell, Ben Mace's chestnut gelding Judge Ful- | lerton, N. 8. Burlew’s bay geiding Norwood, A.W. Richmond's brown mare Albatross, John | Horter’s sorrel stallion General Love, T. R. | Clark's bay mare Kansas Maid, Kenyon & Burke's black gelding J. H. Burke (formerly Governor Mor- | Bap), W. L. Beck's black mare Lilly Schwartz, J. 8. Biggs’ bay gelding Ohio Boy (formerly Dart), J. A. | Jones? bay gelding Ashland Pet, ©. H. Olm- | sted’s biown mare Cuyahoga | Maid, Dan ‘Jenkins’ gray geiding Joe Brown, W. | Smita’s chestnut gelding Billy Hotspur, John De Maas’ bay Ming General Howard, | Budd Dobdle’s bay mare Bioude, Joseph C. Simp- son's bay mare ida May and James Dongrey’s pay | mare Fannie Lambert. |. The last event of the day 1s the purse of $10,000, | for horses that never trotted better than 2:27, ; There are ten entries, and the majority | weil known performers, Thus are noted T. Parker’s | bay gelding Ed Foster, Budd Doble’s bay gelding | Harry Harley, George R. Logan’s chestnut stailion | Byron, 0, A. Hickok’s brown mare Western Qiri, J. | L. Eofi’s bay gelding J. D. McMann (formerly Shoo | Fly), W. Harris’ bay gelding Derby (formerly Dutch- | man), W. H. Doble’s white geluing Medoc, Joseph C. | Simpson's black gelding India Rubber, ©. H. O!m- sted’s bay stallion Monawk, Jr,, and T. 8. Varpen- | ter’s chestnut ge.ding Majer Alien Mage Locust). ‘This complet the work for the opening day. An’ last night those few of the betting fraternity | really tired of being away from home after the ex- citing campaign on the running turf assembled at Messrs. Marshall & Johnson’s pool rooms, Broad- ; Way and Twenty-eighth street, ani induiged in a little speculation thereon, They touched them very | lightly, however, as it 18 rather risky business to venture much money on events of this character oc- curring at long distance from home. The few pools given below will be a guide as to their feelings:— THREE MINUTE PURSE. Young Thorn, 25 8025 8H Huntress.. 10 12 9 20 | Willie Golddust. 5 7 6 12 | The Field 2 62 «68380 Judge Fullerton 45 35 25°45 40 | J. H, Burke. +12. 2 i4 10 10 16 | La Blonde. » Os | Cuyahoga . 5) o46 25 21 21 44 The Field....... = Harry Harley. 50 40 35 The Field... sees . 7 50 38 HORSE NOTES, Mr. Thomas P. Wailace’s trotting horse Henry (who has a record of 2:20%) 1s, after a let up ofa few weeks, again at work at Fleetwood Park. Henry | 18 Young, sound as a Spanish milled dollar and fast | enough to beat ’em all. He will come in contact | With the best of the trotters this fall, a8 he will be entered inthe “free for all purses at Fleetwood | and Prospect Parks. Since the construction trains have commenced running along the Harlem River and under the Westchester end of the Macomb’s Dam Bridge a great commotion lias existed among those who use | the bridge, as few horses are proof against the puit- | Ing of the locomotive. The proper authorities shoud have the railroad covered ac that point. It may save life. Dan Mace has been practising on the pig skin | lately so as to be up to his work when he mounts | Judge Fullerton for the saddie race at Buffalo. Mr. Bonner has lately cured a number of cases of contracted feet in horses that bave been given up by all tbe veterinary surgeons as hopeless. His knowi- edge of the horse’s foot is wonderful, It 1s neodiess | to Bay that he imposes these tasks upon himself for the good he can do the animal he loves best. A BAD “ORTB," Assnulting and Robbing a Countryman. On last Saturday James Griffen left Woodbridge, N. J., where he had been employed, and where he had succeeded in saving about $100, He came to this city, as he said, to see some friends, and auslng, bis | wanderia; yesterday afternoon had the misfortune to come across Michuel juinn and his wife Sarah, in West Fifty- eighth street. They, he alleges, induced him to enter their shanty, where he remained sevo- ral hours and spent several dollars in dria! When Quinn thought Griffen was Intoxicatea he struck him on the head with a heavy piece of wood and knocked him on the floor of the shanty. He then held him down while Mrs. Quinn went througn bis pockets and robbed hint of ry cent he na . The uinns were yestorday ar ed before Alderman A iat at the Yorkville voice Court. and held for w UGUST 8, 1871—WITH SUPPLEMENT; FISH ON THE TQBSON. The Premier’s Place of Rest in the Bosom of the Highlands. Some Conversation About the Washington Treaty. Policy of the Administration To- ward the Cubans, The Secretary Has No Intention of Resigning Just Yet. How an American Statesman Passes His Vaca- tion—Beautiful Grounds, Graperies and Con- servatories—A Place of Historical Inter: st. Garrison's, West Pont, August 7, 1871. The summer restence of Secretary Fish is within amile or so of this point, on the Hudson. It ts called Glencliff, and though it may net be the finest country seat bordering on this noble river, it cer- tainly possesses natural beauties of a rare and most attractive character. This village, called Garrt- 80n's, 18 & Woe-begone collection of a dozen houses by the river's bank, in the shadow of the tall hills opposite West Point. A good many trains stop here in the course of the twenty-four nours to take up and let down passengers to and from the Military Academy. For this alone does the village exist, With a few exceptions I have noticed a certain tor- pid stillness about all these VILLAGES BY THE HUDSON which ts perfectly charming for a day or two to the jaded nerves of the city Aabitué. Flying past in the train you observe a certain passivenesss of expres- sion—shall I call it lazmess or vis inertie—m the Peopie who loiter at tue ratiroad stations in har- mony with the dulness’o! the towns and villag.s. Progress of development is at a snail’s pace, but standing stil] appears to be the favorite enjoyment, I think the Premier of President's Grant’s Cabinet could hardly have selected a more appropriate place in which to pass his brief season of relaxation. in his oMicial hours—in the busy period of the winter, when Congressional interrogatories, like gadfies, pester his soul, who so racked with business as the Secrectary of State? All the other Cabinet oficers have a plain line of duty, but the ways—rather say THE LANGUAGE OF THE PREMIER— must always be diplomatic, which is another ex- pression for tortuous, and designedy tortuous Jan- guage needs time and care and thought to express. It 18 no sinecure post of duty, and when, in addl- tion to the multifarious objects of his attention, we consider that the present incumbent of the office engineered the Treaty of Washington—in truth, originated it and brought it to a happy dénoument— we cannot feel like grudging him a fall spell of rest once a year from his arduous and important labors, No place in the world is better adapted for repose than the Highlands of the Hudson. The very spirit of rest appears to brood above these calmly tower- ing hills. Rip Van Winkle needed none of the mystic nectar which sent him into a twenty years’ sleep on the Catskill peaks haunted by Hendrik Hudson’s disembodied crew, to drown the memory of Gretchen; for here the atmosphere itself 1s a veri- table oplate, delicious to the tired senses and to the ‘Wearied brain. AT THE HOME OF THE SECRETARY. Idrove down this morning trom the Highland House to the home of Hamilton Fish. The drive is alittle overa mile, through a portion of country whose caltivation was long ago begun. Of its his- torical assoctations I shall speak presently. ‘the en- trance to the Secretary’s place is by no means im- Pressive, but once inside you are struck by the romantic beauty of tne grounds and the glimpses here and there through the trees of deeply dipping giens and distant hiils. I had just alighted in front of @ red brick house, which required but @ projection of the eaves togive it somewhat the appearance of an Elizabethan style of mansion, when I noticed thes Secretary, im & cool summer suit, coming up 4 winding patn towards the entrance. In manner and bearing Mr. Fish evidently belongs to waat, for want of a more expressive term, I shall cail the old régime—the old Trace of gentlemen and statesmen of broad culture, simple habits of life, aud kindly, generous instincts, None the worse of the wear looked the respected Secretary of state since the first day he was honored with the portfolio, which for over two years he has held with so inuch credit to himseli and to the country. In appearance Mr. Fish is A MAN OF LAKGE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, with just sufficient resolution of expression (0 give one to & countenance full of genial humanity. We talked about the Treaty of Washington, of the stage which it bas now reached in a practical working sense and the prospect ahead. “Who are the men that lave been appointed on the Commission of latins?” I first inquired of the retary. *“AlL have not yet been selected,” he replied. “Judge Frazer has been appointed on the part of the Unit#d States, with Judge tale as advocate or attorney. Mr. Russell Gurney, Recorder of London, has been appolated on the part of Great Britain, with Mr, Howard, of the Britisn Legation, as advo- cate. ‘he third has not yet been nained. The treaty in articie twelve provides tuatthe third commis- sioner shall be named by the President of the United States and her Britannic Majesty conjointly, and in case he is not named within a period of turee months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty then the third commissioner siali be named by the Spanish Minister, Seior Roberts," “Have you an idea, Governor, as to Who any of the arbitrators will be?” one whatever, They are yet to be named.” ‘dow long do you expect the Commission of Claims will take to dispose of the business likely to come before it 7”? “Weill, quite a long time. It 18 tedious work at the best, and every ciaim will have to undergo a most rigid scrutiny,’ “How about the thirty odd million dollars the Britisn expect to be paid for damages sustained by them during war?’ . “That has been currently reported as THE AMOUST OF DAMAGES sustained by Englishmen, but it is very easy to make the assertion without waving the proof to back it up. A man may claim ten thousand dollars, but when his claim is sifled down he may find him- self entitled to only ten. It will be discovered that the British claims amount to far less tuan ule min- imum statement."’ “How will this Commission be guided in its awards of damages?’ “In my opinion it will be guided by the action of the Southern Claims Comission appointed last winter. Their action will furuish a precedent tor the Ciaims Commission under the new treaty. If they aliow the claims of those who are now before thein, asking compensation for er done to their pro- perty by the federal power during the war, ihe ovher Claims Commission canuot avoid following the precedent in regard to the DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY BRITISH SUBJECTS at the same time. Of course this will open the door to &@ vast amount of claims on the other side, Ic will be said that the Commission, in the case ot the treaty, cannot act with equity unless they make @ precedent of such action as the Southern Claims Commission may adopt." ‘Tne action of the Court of Arbitration wili, of course, be (he most important #”” “Yes; they have to deal with the Alabama claims, which pracucally brought around the treaty. What its decision will be tt is, of course, utterly impossible to teil, The Court wili be composed of men too honorable and Intelligent to be unduly influenced or ignorantly misled, and we may look forward with every confidence to betng granted a just if not aa altogether popular verdice irom that tribunal,” We adjourned from the vestibule to the parlor, and, with acopy of the famous treaty, the machinery by which its provisions are to be carried out be- came better understood. It was something to notice the perfect mastery of the general scope aud the many details of the treaty which the Secre- tary showed. Had it heen the study of ts life he could hardly display inore comprehensive a-quain- tance with the whole field of complicated diier- ences and difficulues beiween AMERICA AND ENGLAND, Not one in a hundred Americans, and certainly not one in ten thousand Englishmen, could furnish an impromptu explavation of the cms trouble em- braced in the Washington ‘Treaty. The points of international responsibility involvea in the Alabama question make of themselves a nice little problem to solve for the mutual satisfaction of the two coun- tries. With every phase and teature—the law, the history, the points of intnutest pearing in interna. tional polity—the Secretary's mind is lamiltar, and Whatever may be the good results to flow from tie treaty now “made anid provided,” to him must be credited the }ion’s share of merit in bringing it io a successful issue, “The course of THIS GOVERNMENT TOWARDS CUBA, Mr. Secretary, has been harshly criticised im several quarters. Does tt deserve to bey” “This goVernment has been very un) veg Judged Ju that yeuard, We have pot gevi an lo io tom » Mayor Hal, Faas to bucetrane’ chet shina” off taagut efforts Dationality to. throw off the yoke of an bas pretends-the Cub: ns are A make grea: of nolse ia Newt ork and they are Pehle ana aventats Zhai tn us Ens men, or Irishmen to do the fighting for ther, but thoy - danger themsel' manage well to keep out of the A few trifing skirmishes, conducted chiefly foreigners against the Spaniards In Cuba, co! tute the so-called revolution. And we are asked take up the cause aud the quarrel of these men an do their fighting when they decline todo it thet selves, I tell them, if yon want independence Ogh' tor sere did. When we see you in HELP YOURSELVES, then you may look to us tor recognition. We dev cline, however, to bs made the tools of the noisy set of loafers and adventurers in New York wig clamor for the interference of this government im the affairs of Cuba, ‘The American people are pe! fectly well sat*stied with the policy we have pi sued, for American honor has not been comprod misea by the etforts of agitators ane filibusters.’? “Is there any truth, Mr. Secretary, in the oft- peated, thrice-fold tale that you are about to reaig your position in the Cabinet?” “I have given uo intimation of an intention to ree sign, nor do J intend to for soine time yety Every man who filis my position has to submit to ba removed by the newspapers from time to time.” At this time we were standing in the hospitabl dining room of the Secretary’s mansion discussing deliciously cooling soda Water beverage mace fro! @ patent sypnon, in wich mine host appeared ta take some pride, for it worked to @ charm an seemed capabie of turning out enough carvonic acid nectar to supply a miilion, ‘There was noting in ¢ THE FURNITURE OF THB ROOM to arrest particular attention; but on the opposit side of the haliway, with a window look ng soul over the tcps of the trees, was an apartment fure| nished inastyle of exquisite elegance. Fiower paie blue satin damask covered chairs and jounges,! flowers in profasion stood on table and mantel, the, picture trames, tie caudelabra, the carpet, the wall epee: and everything showed a rare delicacy 0! color and design. ‘The view irom the south front the house down the Hudson was particularly fine, A bend tn the river at this point brings it.in a direct! line with the house, which stands prorainently for-: Ward on an eminence of several hundred feet. Walk out on the baicony, and looking westward you have West Point and its woody surroundings, Old’ Cro’ Nest Mountain goiag half way up vo Kiss the! clouds, Highland Falls, tumbling like ji STREAM OF BUTTERMILK over the blackened rocks, and if you turn to the ple ture in the foreground, which taé two or three hun’ ured acres of the Fish property makes, you will see agien of noble trees rolting away fiom your feet down to the What you may guess 1s a brawling brook, for the echo of the merrily-singing waters ta borne upward on the breeze, You see narrow ave. nues, ats scrupulously clean, winding in and out among old mildewed rocks, and cone-shaped fire and sapling pines and towering beech trees. Yond der are te outhouses and graperies, It is but a few moments!’ walk irom the house. On the way you pass through a row of BRILL'ANT FLOWER BEDS, r which have something of a remarkable effect on & dark, wet day in the sombre shadows of the sur< rounding hills, You can see they are tended with great care. ‘the Secretary gives his personal super« vision to all the Jalor performed on his grounds, He is up and around while the dews are still fresa and glittering on the grass blades, and by the atten< tion he has aevoted in a space of ten years to tha cultivation of these grounds he has made them as beautiful to the eye as a section of the Central Park.{ Quite a2 number of men have constant employment around the place, ‘I'he arto! keeping @ conserva- tory of exotics 1s not understood by everybody. If needs great experience and familiarity witn the na« tures and babits of the various plants. It was @ treat to pass through tuese crystal provectories of 8 RARE AND DELICATE FLOWERS and quaintly snaped piants of alien origin, for he it was evident no ordinary gardener’s hand nad been at work, everything was laid out with so careful aw eye to the ample development of their rich floral and botanical treasures, Not far removed from the gar< dens came the outnouses and staples, all of a Bub~ stantial and capacious structure, ) “Au we consume in the milk, fruit and vegetable way we.raise ourselves,’’ observed Mrs, Fish. “Freshy meat isthe only everyday-necessity for which we are dependent on the village.” ) “You have many distinguished visitors here from time to time?” I inquired. “Quite (ares bel est meply, “We tog Laas Harry and Lady Parkes here one day, an Parkes would insist on climbing Si Loar Moun, tain. she was all for outdoor exerctse—a woman of great energy and rejoicmg in physical pastimés,”?—\ 1 looked up just then at sugar lifting ita GREAT WALL OF DARK GREEN FOLIAGB to the sky, and sighed to think whata terrible ore deal it wouid prove to many American women to essay the ascent of that steep eminence. We must feild the palm to Englishwomen where muscular Shristianity comes in question, “By the way, Governor Fish,” I asked, ‘don’t yo own the old house where Benedict Arnold resid when he was in command of West Potut?? “I do, I purchased the house and surrounding property and intend to throw it into the grounds about here.’ ““Driver,”’ sald I, as I stood on the porch of Glen- cliff House, after laving received from the Secre- tary, or Governor, as 1 might have alternately ad- dressed him, A CORDIAL ADIEU, , “turn down the roud to the rigiit and take me in sight of the Beverly House."” fie did as direcied. ‘Ihe road dipped down under the ambrageous shelter of tall, spreading trees, and ter some few minutes’ driving we entered a wide avenue to the left of the road, snaded by old elms. The vehicle came to @ halt, I stood on historicas ground. Right before me was the house where Arnold plotted the treason that has sent his name hissing “down the corridors of time.” It stands to-day precisely as it stood 100 years ago, It was @ resicence wilich in those days a man might be proud of. It had a wide veranda, where on the sultry summer afternoons ope might sit and drink in the beauties of the landscape—the solemn mountains on the one hand aud the vroad, peaceful river on the other. Here on this very veranda ARNOLD AND ANDRE might have sat and wuispered their coaspiracy,/ overheard by naught else than the silent treed around. It was on the morning of the 2ith of Sep- tember, 1750, that Alexander Hamilton and General Lalayette took break:ast with Arnold at this house. While thus engaged a letter was handed to Arnold from Jamison, ‘tie read tts coutents, excused hime self from the table, went to his room, bade his wife joodby, Kissed his little boy in the cradle, and, flee- ng from the curses of a whole people, took refuge ou board the Vuiture.’’ He walked straight down irom his house to the river's bank, where a barge lay. This conveyed hin to the Vuiture, the Ungish man-of-war ly ng in the stream, and that was the last time forever that Arnold looked upon these pleasant grounas, Where he might have ended a happy and honorable lite. As I notice since begiu- hing this letter that the newspapers agatn tusiss upon “resigning” Secretary Fish I might refer to WHAT Hk SAYS IN THE CONVERSATION here embraced. ‘he trip to California with the President this year, he told me, had veen abandoned, and I Jearned irom him also that he meditates re- constraciing his huuse at Glenclil to .ender it avail- able for a winter as well as for a stmmer residence,’ Irom neitier of wnich | would be disposed to infer that the Secretary's resignation 1s @ thing likely soon to come to pass. Loelieve and the country hopes a wWiliremaiu at least till the Presideni’s terin ex-. pires. THE CITY ACOOUNTS, The Chamber of Commerce has not yet taken any’ action respecting the letter trom the Mayor, asking the Chamber to investigate the Comptroller's ac. counts, The chairman, Mr. W. E. Dodge, and ait the prominent members of the committee, are away from the city for recreation, Mr. Opdyke tele- raphed to, and returned to tne city yesterday. He; is perene reply to the Mayor's letter, and it wil, in ail probability, be made public to-day. It seems to be understood that the Chamber will now interfere, THE CITY OREDIT, Assistant District Attorney Sullivan delivered an‘ address last evening, at Thompson Hall, in Bleecker’ street, before the Ninth Ward Albert Caraozo Demo- craiic Ciub, on “Our City Government and its Merits and Claims on the Confidence of the People.’ He reviewed the action of republican legislatures since 1857, and mentioned the numerous commis- sions which they had foisted upon the people of the city of New York; and, no matter what ther expenditures, no one had the right to audit their accounts, as it was expressly forbidden. In April, 1857, au act was passed in relation to the Board of Supervisors, and the Mayor and Recorder ceased to be members of the Board; at the’ same time was passed the “Metropolitan Police bill,’ authorizing the appointment of five Commis- missioners by the Governor; the elty had no power In regard to them} the Board of Supervisors were ordered to pay these men whatever sums they asked, LOOK AT THE SITUATION since 1870, when the new city charter was obtained, ‘There 1s a larger atiendance at the public schools, and the money ($2,753,601) Jadictousiy expended, ‘The number of persons cared for by our public mn- stitutions and Commissioners of Charities was $1,681 and the expenditure $1,206,358. Look at the alscipline of the police, the eMficiency of the workings of the Fire Vepartment, see the work done by the Boxra of Pablic Works; 85,000,000 gaiions of water are aatly furaished vo the citizens of this city. The ample refatations published in the papers on Sunday show the want of ioundation for the charges made of wasteful expenditure of the public money. ‘The cry was raised for electioneering purposea, aud I have been wid that government § clerks have been busy in the daily Zimes build- ing directing papers to persons ond of town. In conclusion = Mr, Sultval read au extract from the last annual message of Mayor [all in reference to the worklag of ‘Tne new city charter. A vote of thanks was passed by the club for Mr, Sullivan’s able address. Mr. Lynch made # few remarks highly o: of the conduct and ability of Wiham eM. Twa isto and