The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1871, Page 4

matters were prozressing. He thonght the pabite had aright to Know s0 much. Rerowren— Weil, sir, | want to know fret of all your opinion as to whether Mr. Connolly wii give way under the pressure? Mx. HavsueTeR—I Go not think so, There no fea that he will, even considering his personal de termination. What should he give way for’ There 4s no reason Why he should give way. Reroxter—Then, you think, sir, thet Mayor Malt ‘Will come off second best * Mr. HavVERMEYER—I cannot tel; tt Is the lnek of the fight; my opinion is ‘hat he will be defeated as a matter of course. REPORTER—Do the Committee of Seventy at alt anticipate the use of physical force agaimst the Comptroiier? Mr. HavVEMEYER—That altogether depends on the line of action the Mayor and patty are going to — take. They may ifthey like, All things are possible sometines, but to say they are probavie is very aif- ferent, Everything depends on the stand they take, Rerorter—When the committee were endorsing Mr. Groen at the Chamber of Commerce to-day were they aware that Mr. Green considered himself ag- grieve by the Bammany Ring? Mr. HAVENEYER—All I know ts that ho was a member of the Park Commissioners, The Commit- ‘Veo of Seventy endorsed im because he ts an honest man and likely to be economical in his new posi- tion, snd @ faithial and honest adutnistrator of public atfuirs, He isa member of the Park Com- mission, w they treated him I don’t know. He is not answerable, at all events, ior that di ment, whether he disagrees with them or not, ] am sure 1 will not be governed by any feeling arising MeroRTER oe poe ah interviewing ER— ep Mr, Green the other night, and considered him an honest man. But what do you think will be the ls sue of the present municipal dead-lock. Mr, Havexeyer—Dead-lock is a strong term. If Hall makes a Agit on the Comptroiler'’a Onice that ts a matter which will be dei ned by the courts and by the rights of easi party. RgronteR—Vo you the Mayor or, tue other side ‘will invoke the ald of Judge Barnard? What about bs) the Comptroller? Mr. HAVEMEYER—I cannot tell anytning about it, But 1 do not think gr can touch the Comptrol- ler, He 1s in nis office legally and properly, aad if he has committed any misdemeanor the rest are equally to blame. The very fact that when called a te resign be refused to yleid slows weil for ihe He came to me for advice, and I told him to bold on ana put Mr, Greea there, a8 every Knows, and be did properly in vnat. REPORTER—Were the members of the Committee of Seventy disappointed or otherwise at the ‘de- clination,” as the newspapers cail it, of General Mccleilan? Mr. HavEMEYER—They had no opinion one way or the other. They were perfectly satistied with Mr. Green, and as you were at our necting to-day, you know that we called on Mr. Green this evenlug and . our confidence in him, RIER—DIid It ever occur, to yourknowledgt thas any of the Committee of Seventy suspecie that Mr. Connolly and the rest of the King 1n thelr newspaper wariare were playing into each other’s ands Mr. HAVEMEYER (decisively)—No, sir; not in the Jeast. Thai {s impossible. No suspicion attaches Lo either of collusion to effect any object. ReroxrrER—Were tbe republican members of the Comusnittve of Seventy to-day perfectly satisied with Mr. ureen ? Mr. LLAVEMEYER—Tiils 1s no party question. They are ali united, republicans and democrats, ro effect the object they are all interested fu. We have no- thing to do with talk of parties afitiating witn Tam- many. Whigs, democrats or republicans, we have coufidence i Mr. Green. Rgrox;ex—You know that Tammany fs strongly asrencher, how do you propose to capture thelr NOOR Mr. HAVEMEYER—Weil, we go about it in this way. They are, a3 we kuow, behind their ramparts, with plenty of provisions and sinews of wat. We commeuce with @ big army—the- Committee of Seveuty, Then we don’t march up to the breastworks and let Sweeney and the reat of the fellows take us in flank— we know beiter than that. Instead of storming the rainparts we undermiue their 3 ore and by G—4, sir, we'll biow these rascals up. (Here tho ex-Mayor laughed heartily.) RgrorTer—| must say | admire your generalship; but are you sure of victory? Mr. HavexrvER—Certain, Their hangers-on are NEW YUKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, # 4 2 ie E g Me them fellars ugh a ai i i! i i what were your (ellows doing ap there last a0 the bore think about ttt themk the thine won't go down, Talk about ou te feaviens against Tammany. coat be » no how. That meeting All (nese Wanted was to get up a ON THER OWN ACCOUNT. i"? motion made tae wire-puiicrs suow their about the bors tu your ward’ » the Pourteeath woulda’! nave anything to ‘They say it is a sham, 7 <8 _ ein a8 * ft been n deal to«lay, an pe pT to stick to Tarimany through thick <a ih of the Young Democracy J @ decent man - 8 i 2 2 = “Boss” smiled pleasantly as ho wheeled his lute from tae table, and replied, - to know ail that’s ny my en't you anything to say about the sitnation’”” hy, no;’’ was the reply, and the “Boas” smiled pleasantly asx hi poy to search among hid papers for some missing document. “You have no opmion to a, as to what way oN ag diMcuities will eufr’ persisted the re- “No; they will end some time or other in some way; d the ‘Boss’’ chucl led good humoredly. is plece of information the re) er dikin’t ex. exactly consider ‘news;" but he had to take it for anything he liked, tor a few more ventures in the question line showed bim that the “Poss" would Not taik about the City Hall adaira, having evi- dently become Leartily tired of the perstatency with which he bas of late been parsued by interviewers, and Usat he had deverminedly resolved to keep mum, ‘The visitor came to (his conclusion, rose and bowed himself out, the “Boss,” ali smiles, bidding him, in his cheery way, a very goodby, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. All Quiet Along the Line—A Few Strngglers and No Excitement. ‘There was no fuss in or about the Department of Parks yesterday. In fact, all day long such @ quiet pervaded the hallways and the passages leading to the ofiice of the clerks that one of the foremen who dropped down from the Park during the forenoon for instructions got it iuto his head that he had made his way into THE WRONG HOUSE, and was about to go to a neighboring drug store aud search in the Directory for the “Headquarters” number, when he happened to see Mr. Van Nort ex- mining a lot of specimen plants in a back room. The day previous there had been considerable ex- citement and quite a crowd about the piace; but somehow the bottom secmed to have fallen out of the rumpus tub yesterday, go far as the department was concerned, and novody appeared to care whether school kept or not. The business of the office went ou as usual. Barker was engaged ail day with a bulky ledger in which the diggings a1 The Beat demoralized; the prestige of victory is with us; we have stopped the acpaien and the enemy will have ‘t evacuate and let honest men take possession. "ipa thea bude the venerable geutieman WHAT JUDGE LEDWITH SAYS. He Thinks Mayor Hall Will Resigu—Tho Young Democracy Jubilant. The Young Demdtracy are ina state of jubilee Over the collapse of Tammany. They fought so bard to be something or otler and got so badly ‘whipped that the object of attack, now so numbled and beaten, 1s to them the source of “SWEET REVENGE.” As is well known, Judge Ledwith is and has been for some time past one of the bitterest of Tammany’s foes, and none of the “strikers” feel more juvilant than he over the city’s dificulttes. His court room 4s daily the centre of attraction for all the “boys” of the Young Yemocracy, and the Hon. Thomas feels quite at home when surrounded by men who know thing or two about the corruptions of the Ring, and who rejoice to circulate the evil of whicn they @re cognizant. Among the daily visitors are Tom Costigan and Pat Anthony, both bard workers in the political fell, and each a model of punctuality im 413 respective imme—not to mention a host of gers from whom the Judge receives reports of HOW THE OLD THING WORKS. A Hewavp reporter, in a conversation with the Judge yesterday, ascertained his views as to the Pending struggie:— 3 5 copped do you think of the troubie, fudge JupGE—Well, I rejoice to know that the thieves are brought to bay. They were at it a long time, and, to say the truth, 1 did not expect they would be caught so soon. Rerorter—I presume the Young Democracy share your feeling on the mater? sUDGE—Yes; we are all glad that this exposure has come, The public now see that the Young De- TMooracy was rignt when they demanded the ex- pusion of these men from power. it was plain during our contest with them that they were a pack of rascals, and we would have beaten them tuen had is not been taat they brived and tricked. Rerowiee—How do you think thts muss will end? éupor—My opinion is that Connolly will drive Hail to the wail. I have no doubt that Hail Will be forced to resign. He cannot hold out against the attacks of Connolly when the latter fs in earnest; jor tue Weapons against him are too many, too sharp anu too keev, Connolly will show him- fell to have vals game in lis own bands, AT TEE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC oe ‘The “Boss” in Town, and Parasned by a Big Crowd of Friends—A Few of the Assembly- men on Iaudto Have a Talk. ‘The vestibule adjoining Mr, Tweed's private oMice, i the Department of Public Works, yesterday, was crowded from an early hour with the friends of the “Boss” aud a few bakers’ dozen of gentiemen who are alvays on hand at the department w a*& favors and charities when they have an Mea the “muster of the house” is avout. Among Other callers the great legislative adjourner, Jim Campveli, sauntcred into one of the back offices dur- tng the afternoon, So did the never-to-be-forgotten Oarey, Who Was so weil sustained in his place in the Legislature last year vy the evoris of one Twombly, Jima WANTED TO SEE THE “poss!” the worst Way, and Carey was just as anxious as any one of the many who are clamorous to get an sudtence In room No, 4. Ex-Coroner Flynn also put wppeorance, while Carey was trying to ma ke one of the messengers understand that if he didn’t see the “Boss” ta less than Ove minutes he (the Boss) Would have to go away without having the Lonor of betog talked to, The messenger appeared to pe @ondertally tmpressed, and Mr. Carey, it 1s sup- posed, was succeseful In the end, It was rumored that he lad an important project on foot, by which he hoped Wo settle the dimcultics of the Comp- trotier's (Mee, and only wanted the ‘Boss’ to give M Bis Counteoance to make it a triumph for ail bands If such was the case Mr. Carey was very retuceat on the subject. + Zhe crowd in the hallways were quite talkative, aod spoke their minds freely about the duings in the Comptrotier’s oMice. One or two of them, smail east side politicians, appeared to find considerable amusement tn “jiding’’ atew of their friends who ad attended the Apollo Hall meeting the night pre- vious “Well, Tommy,” said one, “that was rough on your gang, wasn't it? And Tommy thus spoken to turned on his heel and looked a # interlocutor ornate at gang? We wasu't up there to do onan ae; ph Only went up there to see what it was ail about; disinterested spectator; no hopes for the future; don’t want to get an office, “Sowur. ook s vere, ‘That meeting was a Gzzie, t id ploughings and measurings of the Park work- men were all rendered, and paid no atten- tion whatever to anything that was happen- ing across the sireet at the Comptrotler's ofice. The clerks worked their way through their papers. and fone as guietly as ever, and even the small boy who goes of errands and sees to 1t that nobody gots behind the railings unless he happens to have sent tn his card and had tt ac- cepted beforehand had not a word to say about the Connolly row. at in an nce bright and early and went irecily Into private ofice, where he busied him. seif about the Central Park and its multl plicity of improvements, He was ‘visible’ to every one of the few callers who came to see him, and confined his conversation strictly and exciu- sively to the business of the office. A HERALD re- porter called upon him, among others, to find out if possible, first, what he thought about the olty “situ- ation.” He found him, as usual, courteous and affabie to the last degree, but when questioned as to what Was his opinion of matters and things relating to the row he preserved ‘A DIGNIFIED SILENCE. The fact 1s Mr. Sweeny was proof positive against interviewers. He received every one that came to pump him as graciously as could be, but when the umping was started the conversation was dexter: usly made to enter into some channel as far re- moved from the “situation” as one of the poles 18 supposed to be from the other. It was in vain that the HERALD reporter exercised his uity to draw him out—to make him say just one word about the row. Mr. Sweeny smtied blandly all the time, listened patiently to the opinions the reporter ventured to give in the hope of “hearing the other side,” but that was the end of it. The other side aid not make any reply. Mr. Sweeny remained the greater pars of the day at whe office, and when he leit he looked as cheerful ana chatted as goo) numoredly as he passed out into the street aa though Connolly had not done his best tortle his spirits and raise Cain generally with the party in the city, POLITICAL SMALL TALK Ledwith Men, O’Brien Men and Small Fry Politiciaus Discussing the Downfall of the Ring in the Polltical Exchange. Yesterday the demand tor information wa3 quite brisk, stimulated by rumors that ‘Vonnollys’ and “Tweeds” were faillug. About ten o'clock the market became easier, and the political brokers around the Court House became unusually agitated by the news that Counolly, to save himself, had promised, through his deputy, Mr. Green, to yield up all the papers on file in his oMce that could tend to criminate his partners tn guilt. Then another relapse came, and there was a fatr call for Sweeny, which steadily increased until late in the evening, when it was reported that the foreign exchange had fallen without any demand being made for purchase, A HeRaLp reporter visited different places throughout the city during the day and evening for the purpose of fecling the public pulse and ascer- taining the sentiment of the honest masses. Gen- erai consternation reigned among the politicians at the threatened exposé which it is supposed will be published to-day of the alleged enormous frauds on the city treasury, Every one of these fellows’ faces looked biank with horror and astonishment at the turo which things gave taken. The HERALD reporter, while making his visits, kept a diary of public feeling as the barometer as it rose and fell. We give the diary from actual obser-_ vation. MR. SWEENY TEN A. M. CITY HALL. Four men, rather rough-looking fellows, are standing on the City Hall steps discussing the situa- tion, One, with a large red blossom on his nose, says to his friend:— “That meeting on Saturday settled them fellows that were working for Hall against Connolly. He's tough man. Every Connolly man feels good this morning. He'll beat them yet and turn them over- baard, I'll bet a hundred dollars.” STRONG O'BRIEN MAN. “That was a bully meeting last night at Apollo Wali, on Broadway. Our fellows were there aud had a good time, We worked for Tweed as hard as we could, but there was something wrong with Bob Roosevelt. A man can’t tell which way he kicks, O'Brien 18 the only man to lead the fight against Tammany alter all, He's got the fight in him and thats the kind of man we want. Empuatico Lepwith MaN—That's all damned humbug. O’frien’s working as hard as he can for Tweed and Connolly. He was the first fellow to give the stolen Agures to the press, and although be 18 a strong advocate, If he ts to be believed himself, he has done ail in his power to break up the demo- cratic party. He has endeavored, as well as he could, to identify the democratic party with fraud aud thieving, and now, through Tweed, | suppose he expects to be rewarded with a Senatorship for his betrayal of trust. Why, I tell you, he ts no better than this fellow O'Rourke, who has acted his part to tue letter, Tweed canaot hope to ve called a demo- crat any longer no more ‘than Connolly, O'Brien made this fight against Connolly on the ground of houesty and prudence and justice, and now, how is ity Why he is hand and glove with Connolly, the verv saue man whom he had promised to vlace Inside the walis of a prison before six weeks went by from the begin of the figut. SrronG O'Brien Max—I tell you, O'Brien's the Diggest manin this fight, and he’s sure to win, Your man 13 too quiet and too backward when the brush comes, and no large pariy of democrats can ever take him up for any large ollice, We want a fighter to do anything, and Lecwith 1s not the man, MPHATIC LEDWITH MAN—I think you are nus- en about that, Where was there ever a betcer fight than that made by Ledwith in his own ward against Peter B. Sweeny? Talk a3 you please, that was a goed fight, The Ledwith men had a meeting last night at the Sipciair House, and you can talk a3 much as you like about your Twenty- first ward méetings, and your barrels of flour end gost tons of coal, ut there was genuine enthusiasm in that meeting. John McCool, who used to be Register of the city, preeces, and tne enthusiasm was terrific, One andred thousand dollars was guaranteed from the Sixteenth and Twentieth wards to place Judge Led- with at the head of any organization that might be needed to bring refornrinto our city affairs, SrRoNG O'BRIEN MaN—I have heard a good deal of this kind of talk about O’Brien giving. the oly and State into the hands of the republicans. If ie happens whose fault is it but the men who ave been standing Ss sa and left, as if they could never get enough O’Brjen bad defend hi ag well others, his enemies come to the wall who ts to blame I believe myself that the Legislature will go republican, and that all the police justices—Dowling, Ledwith, Shandiey and the res¢. will be removed—and the city will be thrown into the hands of the republicans. That’s the end of all this business, and it will be @ good thing ifithappens, EmPHATIC LEDWiTa Man—Well, then, I suppose that every democrat ought to turn around and ap- plaud O’Brien for his treason and help to elect him some big office, For my part, I don’t believe that honest democrats can trust O’Brien a doilar ever again in any cause. TWELVE O'CLOOK M.—HOUSTON STRERT AND BROAD- WAY, At this well-known lounging place for bummers, loafers and gamblers there was a small knot of per- sons basking in the noonday sun who seemed quite excited over the flying rumors, Every few minutes @ few of these bard-looking rascals would walk Across the street, enter tne drinking saloon, pour a little poison down their throats, ana then emerge to “buza” with cach other over the events of the day. Said one fellow with a red moustache dyed black— “What the h—1 18 this that they are giving out in Wall atrect this proraiug. that Connolly 13 Fong to ‘squeal’ and tell everything he knows? Did you hear about it, Hank?” HANK THE HEELER—I don’t know, but I suppose 1's so, Them snoozers always weaken when there's any show fora fight. SLINKEY McGuFrin—I understand O'Gorman has written oie toa letter, full of jaw-breaking words, telling Hall be’d better git up and git. Hall ought to send him some of his tough Lattlng talk, and that might make him sick. PrTe, THE MUFFIN MAN—I don’t ti:ink there ever Yas such a damned set of tools in the world as them fellows down at the City Hall, They are all at sea when there's any row, and a fellow ain’t sure of bis place a week when a fuss.comes. I have kicked more heads off than [ can count for some of tae ng. that’s got the pull, and now when | ask them for a fence or a dollar they coolly tell me, as the head of my department told me this morning—that he’d have to “take me off the pay roll."? ay there Was too muon talk in the papers about the “oilice holders.” How can @ man have tne heart to work for such Epa a3 these ata primary election or take a hand in a muss? SLINKEY MoGurrin—It’s no use atalking, boys, for it's all up. There’s no more show for a fat thing, Weil, I had a pull at it tor four years, and 1 suppose the thing is clean goue now. ‘But when Igit into Re tics again I’m going on the winning side. The hing 1s piayed out, so let’s go and get a drink. The three ru 3 disappeared at this moment re @rum shop and were not seen any more.for ne aay. Atsix o'clock in the evening ft was pretty generally known all over town among the initiated that Connolly had betrayed his confederates of the Ring to the Committee of Seventy, and that Andrew H. Green was engaged up to a late hour the night before in ee aes among the loose documents among the archives the Comptrolier’s office in ferreting out the most damning proofs of robbery ana plunder. In every bar room in the city, last eveuing, where politicians ao congregate, it was generally admitted that all bby 9 for the Ring, aud that nothing coud be done to save them. CONNOLLY'S FRIENDS. Meeting of the Ward Delegates to Arrange for the Connolly Demonstrniion. Last night the delegates from the several Conrolly ward clubs mot at tne corner of Thirteenth street and University place forthe purpose of appointing achairman and a committee of sevon to make ar- rangements for @ procession and meeting en masse, The resolutions below were unanimously adopted, aiter which threé cheers and a vote of thanks -Were given to the Eighth Ward Shannon Association, the Twenty-second Ward Independent Democratio Club, the Seventh Ward Limerick Guards and the Seventeenth Ward Shannon Association for the In- terest they manifested in the cause of Comptroller Connolly. All the wards in the city were repre- sented but the Tweifth, their absence being ascribed to the fact that there was being held a mass meeting of the friends of Harry Genet in their ward. Coro- ner Soren made a speech and was warmly a) plauded, although he did not lacerate Mayor Halt suMoiently to the satisfaction of some of the hot- leaded delegates. Resolved, That we approve of the manly and frm course taken by Comptrolier Connolly in defence ot law and order and the trust committed to his hands by the people as well as the charter passed by our Stato Legislature. Resolved, That a chairman and a committee of seviei ba) meet: ing and procession, which committee will confer with the several delogates from the various wards, with power to Sx the time and place of said meeting and procession, Resoli hat Mayor Hall, by his refusal to co-overate with Complroller Connolly im carrying out the present fiuan- Cial adairs of the city government, bas created discontent among all classes of the community and the execration of thousands of the workingmen and laborers, who may possi: bly be discharges from the public works should the Mayor and bis diminished clique persist in such outrageous despot tam; dnd in order to remove this dead-lock it 1s imperative in Mayor Hall to resign, and if he chooses to test public opinion at the poils of the coming election the ie will render their verdiet elher for bis condemnation or approval. WIAT FERVANDO WOOD THINKS, An Interview with the Hon. Fer- nando Wood. The Democratic Party Not in Danger—Connolly, Tweed, Hall aud Sweeny Should Stand Aside and Make Way for Better Men—Connolly’s Action Endorsed—History Repeats It- self—The “Reform Movement” of 1859 and Its Consequences, AHERawd reporter sought an interview with Mr. Fernando Wood. We found nim yesterday at his oMce in the city, busily attending to his morning correspondence; but, on receiving the reporter's card, Mr. Wood, very courteously and very kindly, postponed his clerical occupation to listen to the Inquiries of the reporter and express his optaion on the great local question of te day, “] have called to see you, Mr. Wood, on behalf of the HERALD—more particularly in reference to the appearance of your name in this morning’s news papers as one of A ‘new combination’—1 believe that 1s the slang phrase—for a new Tammany Rung. “Well, sir, I shall be very happy to farnish the HERALD with any information I can, I wascer tainly very much surprised to see my name tu the HeRALD this moraing assoc iated with the names of gentiemen who have taken n active part in refer ence to this local diMculty. I have not been thus associated. I have no intention or any desire to be #0 associated. I have desisted from any participa- tion in local politics for the jast four or five years, I am not identified with eiher of the contending factions of the party, 1am tw favor of a consolidas tion and unity of the party, #0 to assist in the domination of the principles of the party nation ally, lam, as ts well known, A DEMOCRAT BY PRINCIPLE, and @ thorough believer in the principles of the democratic party. Therefore the use of my name to connection With any o1 these movements, as against M:. Hali, Mr. Sweeny, Mr. Connolly and Mr, Tweed 1s not founded in any authority of mine or caused by any actionI have taken. | have taken no part for or against on either side.’ “Do you not think, Mr, Wood?’’ inquired the re- porter, “that these charges of corruption,or whatever they may ultimately turn out to be, as against city officers, will have @ disastrous eifect upon the for, tunes of the democratic party, and that, therefore it 1s needful that all leading democrats should clear themselves of any endorsement thereof f* “1 believe it will have a prejndicial eifece upon the status of individuais as the leaders of the party, but 1 cannot see how it can have an operative ef- fect generally either in tots city, (le State or in the nation generally; because, even admitting that these accusations are weil-founded against these leading offictals, yet the whoie democratic party is not to be made responsible for it. If CORRUPTION, MALPRASANCE, would break down ' varty the raoublican varty, ‘Would nave ceased to exist ong ago. No party has committed so much corruption as that party has, both locally and in the national administration, The recent elections snow that the standing of the party bas not been materially affected before the peo! I concinde, therefore, that, notwithstand- ing the bad conduct of some meu, that the cily of New York will still remain democratic, as | hope and believe the nation will be in 1872.” “Yes, str; all this is very true, but inasmuch as men like Mr. Samuel Tilden, Mr, Havemeyer, Mr. charles O'Conor and Mr. Green have identutied themselves prominently and movement, a8 against cit) cratic direction, there is, | tntnk, a general impres- sion on the public mind that you and other promment democrats must declare yourselves in the present crisis, and that, sooner or later, you, with others, must take sides,” “I believe,” replied Mr. Wood, “that the action of Mr. Tilden in this matter has been prompted by motives of public and the wellare of the demo- cratic party, 1 think ay Chairman of the State Cen- tral Committee it was nis duty to exercise his influ: ence to redeem, so far as he could, the party from the degradation consequent on these exposures, and the course be has taken, tn my judgment, in reference to these city matiers 13 eutiled to the respect and I do not think from what would govern every well-disposed cit and every leading democratic politici ‘The fect of his action will be, I think, even ag payer, to establish the nucleus of a great and much- needed reform in our city government. As a demo- crat I thipk tne personne of the incumbents re- quires re m. Although the revelations as to these alleged frauds and the character of the men who have perpetrated them will effect politically for the time, I tit ultimately be very good for the State of New York and upon the polities of the country. “You don’t think the loss of Tweed and Hall and Sweeny to the democratic party would be very dis- astrous?” “No, Ido not; [think we could ose twenty such men without it affecting disastrously the R 1 think we should probably be the Letter for their }038.' “But the crisis is one that requires very prompt action on the part of the party, und these men are not disposed to move.”? “No, but I think some cne—Iindeed, why should not the influence. of the HERALD be brought to vear to urge these men who are charged with these corrup- tions to atand on one side, as far as the party 1s con- cerned, ana make way for men in whom there could be no doubt the public would have confidence?” “Yes; but that is the very thing they will not do, and even if they were to do it would not that ve a Rate admission of thelr complicity with these ‘auds ’ “No; I do not think it would necessarily be a tacit admission, Mr. Tweed, for example, Who, it is no secret, has long ago grown WEARY OF CITY OFFICIAL LIFE, could exercise the same powers as Mr. Connolly has and appoint a deputy for the oiliclal direction ot the public works, Ii he were to make as good a selec- ion as Mr. Connolly hag the public would ve satisfied.” “But the temper of the public and the aggressive action of the Committee of Seventy is not much ine clined, I am alratd, to so pea solution.” “Butif these men would look at this matter enly think they must see that standing on one side and making way for men whose reputations are without reproach 13 their only salvation. They are so far compromiaed as to make Criminal action not quite an idle threat.” “Then 1 gather from what you now say, Mr. Wood, that the action of Mr. Connolly, tn his recent appointment of Mr. Green, 1s a justifiable action?” “y 1 have read mr. O’Uonor’s judgment; I think it very sound, and ] am quite sure Mr. Hall, the Mayor, whom I greatly respect and of whose personal honesty I have not the slightest doubt, must know that it is sound and incontrovertibte,” herane as Tammany proper, must do some- thing, and that speedily, must they not, Mr. Wood ?’" “yes, ‘The Stave Convention meets on the 4th of October. We are within a fortnight of that date. ‘The Tammany Society has not been called together uow for more than a year, and I guestion whether Mr. Tweed dare call it together now. 1 think it wouid be well if he were, purely in ine interests of the party, to RESIGN THE CHAIRMANSHIP of that organization. Mr. Tweed has a large num- ber of seml-public interests to care for in his capa | city as director and real estate owner, which would give him occupation and influence enongh,”’ “I believe when you were Mayor, Mr. Wood, Phd Went through a similar experience to that Mr. Hall is now going through, as far as the antagonism of the refubiican party 13 concerned?” Iwas Mayor in corruption under demo- SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC. Mr. Tilden has any motives aside ver ef- “Oh, yes; history repeats itsell, 1865-56. Ihad absolute control of the police, All the appointweuts were made by the Mayor, the Re- corder and the City Judge. ‘The Mayor virtually had the control of the police. It has beep aduutted | again and again since that it was the best police force we ever had. The whole cost of it was $825,000; now it costs over $3,000,000, and admit- tedly a worse force. The republican party, desirous | of elling possession of the police and | use it for partisan purposes, made a com- bination with Tammany Hall for from my hands the direction of and thus destroy my influence preparatory to the commencement of their political campaign. They made violent and A SITTER PARTY ASSAULTS upon me just as they are making now upon the present Mayor. They charged me with using the police for improper purposes. They tried to pre- Judice me in the cyes of the pubilc, and they taisod considerable public excitement. The Times, the Triduxe and the Evening Post were then, as now, very abusive. They went to the Legisiature and succeeded in passing a law which not only took the olice from me, but took away ali guarantee that ‘he police was organized for the public good. then established ae ie and the city, being democratic, sustained me. The Legisiature bei republican, they got the Legislature to pass laws establishing these commissions. There was a com- mission to build a new Court House. They took from me the direction of the Central Park. I, with Edward Everett, Washington Irving, George Ban- croit, William Cullen Bryant and Fred Hudson, laid that park out. They divided these commissions in such a way that it left the Mayor as the figure-head of the city government, without any | E ! power to steer it in any direction. Then commenced A SYSTEM OF PLUNDER and corruption in the government of the city of New York, which, even if we admit that the present charge against the present city government is true, and taking into consideration the then and the pres- ent expenses of the city government, the corrup- tion tand the robbery was far greater than we have hear d of since, and was the direct result then, as it fs to a large extent now, of the action of the repub- licam party.” “1 think you were Mayor for some time; were you not, Mr. Wood #” “Yes, I was Mayor for six years, aud during the whole time that 1 held the office the annual expenses | of the city did not reach $10,000,000.” | “Then, Mr. Wood, you are in a position to form | some estimate as to what, in your judgment, the ex. penaes of the city ought to be.”’ “f{ have no hesitatioa in saying that the present expenses of the city are fifty per cent more than they ought to be.” “You are, too, Mr. Wood, a large real estate owner m this city, and, therefcre, are imterested very deeply in the fact that the present City Execu- tive have powers for mortgaging that estate for the liabilities of the city.” “Yes, I feel that these powers are very dangerous, and that they are in the hands, to a great extent, of vad men. Ihave patd within the last few weeks $70,000 ASSESSMENTS tothe city. But while that is tne case, and I ac- knowledge It isa very bad position to be placed In, still, as a taxpayer, | think it ts very requisite that great care should be exercised before there is any change, because it is Just possible that | unless the citizens are careful we may make a change that shall be quite as bad, if not worse.” “Do you think the won as laras the taxpayer is concerned could be worse, Mr. Wood ?”” “Well, scarcely; but ] remember an immense out- ery for reform in 1859 in this city. The expenditure | was then between nine and ten millions, but the re- | form movement ran it up to twenty-three millions in jess than five years afterwards, This was done by the republican party in combination with Tam- many Hall. Past experience, therefore, suggests great care, and the gentlemen who are now under. taklug this reform movement require great industry and muca self-sacriice to accomplish their pur- ose.” ' “fam much obliged, Mr. Wood, for vour courtes and kindness. You have given me much to thin about, aud I wish you good day.” THE PRESS ON THE SITUATION. aod Hon, Green. {From the Journal of Commerce, Sept, 19.) The Ming is broken by the retirement of Comp- trouer Connolly from the active duties of his office, The effect is (he same whether he resigns or 1s dia- missed, or is impeached and go removed, or designates & depity possessing entire public con- fuence, to whom he surrenders the of me Ow se All beyond this is @ question of, detail. We should have pre- ferred to have Mr. Connolly send tn his resigna- tow and quit the office in person, But he nag not chosen to do that, Not resigning, he should be turned out ifthe Mayor hag a warrant to rid the Treasury of him tn that way. But, unul Saturday, the Mayor himself dtd not seem to suspect that tne char'er gave him the rigtit to remove the obstructive oMctal, and al! commentators had taken that fact for granted, But scarcely had tbe ink dried upon Con- liy’s letter Offering the beputysiip to Hon, Andrew IL Groen than the Mayor's counsel make the abie discovery that the dismissal of Connolly ts enurely within the Mayor's province. We ardently hope that this optnron can be suvstantiated by law, ‘The Mayor ouglt to baye the power to nnmake pub- General MeCte!! Andrew Hi | le oficers as well as to make them, and we never suall have a municipal government of the first order fit thes power Pour into the charter or judi cially determine 1 belong there. We stall be agreeably surprised if the Mayor's later view proves to be correct, and General MeClelian phowld accept and be tustaied in the char of Comptroiier, That appomtment com- pletely satifies the most exigent demands of an iy and caplious pubic, Reasonable men of Jes would unbesiiatingly confide the prob- 4 of (he Comptroller's office to the clear-headed hovest sojution of General McClellan, If he convinced of the legality of the appoint- aod would find its acceptance conse. at’ Wilh bis own views of the pubic interest, a would Coulee @ great favor on the cl UF actively with this | {871.—1RLPLE SHEer, king {t, though such an act woul, of course, fava @ sacridce of his own comtort ad Ronee. ‘To lus high Feputation already made Ge'seral Cieilan can add nothing by assuming the titles of the Copmtrolioreaip; but we do not believe th Xt that thought would influence his judgment one w.¥¥ Or the ‘other If he shouid be convinced that the law Udes and the public necessity requires 1s appol eg Ment. Should it not be the good fortune of the city to’ have General McClelian as Conyptroiler, then {3 It @ Inost lucky circumstancé that another distinguished and most capable and trusted citizen comes into actual occupation of the Comptroller's seat. We expressed in Monday’s paper our high apprectation of the choice of Mr. Green as an executive head and a timanctal manager, long experienced and bear- dog & reputation unsullied by any charge of mis- feasance or jobbery or even the suspicion of it, so far as our recollection ana present knowled; go. Jf the Mayor's — second thought should turn out unsound, and the distissal oft the Comptroller unsanctioned, then, while we should lament over that fact aud feel tuat the aepri- vation of General McCleiMn’s services as Comp- trolier was a public misfortune, there would remain the consolation that Mr. Green, as custodian of the financial responsibilities of the metropolis, 13 one who, Judging him from all his record, is entirely competent and trustworthy. ‘The Presext Duty. {From the Tribune, Sent. 19.) Now, friends of honest government, hands off! ‘The alr 18 full of rumors abont a bargain for rellev- ing somebody in the further conduct of the cam- paign against the Ring. We give notice that no such bargain will be tolerated. "We want no com- pact for the protection of Mr. Connolly against his ite confederates—for the protection or toleration of Mr. Tweed—for screenin, Sepa We want the facts exposing the pubilc rol ery, aud Axing the ; we want every criminal ‘dragged 40 the light that now begins to stream upon the restitution made, and the robbers pun- e are at last in @ position to secure all this, and he who consents to accept less betrays us, Let us have an end of talk about understandings that Mr, Connolly, Mr, pwoga aud Mr. O’Brien have reached, for striking hands with republicans and other honest citizens against Hall and Sweeny. Any man who pleases may fight in our ranks; but criminals cannot, in the present temper of New Jore, {pacape_vy the slale trick of crying “Stop jor A Few Sugsestions. {from the Evening Mail, Sept. 19.) The grand movemeut for municipal reform must not be allowed to be diverted from its legitimate and Bs sige fulfliment by the schemes of any mere selfish politicians, whether they call themselves re- publteans or democrats, or fight under the banners of the various iactions of both parties, Between now and the November elections there will be many cunning combinations between the men who regard politics as a game and the people as their righttul prey; but the classes of our citizens who are at last awake to their political quuies know all these un- scrapulous partisans and wiil beware of such dau- gerous lea We do not want to be handed over from one gang of partisan thieves to another. We do not want the city entrusted to the control of men who are known to haye been connecied with jobs, and who get rich out of politics aa a trade, Thereis no reason why the munipal government of New York should be a party affair at all, or it should not be conducted on the business principle of filing the offices with the vest to bd Lound, itrespective of party considera. ns, Oar City and Its Dangers. {From the Evening Post, Sept. 19.) The highest legal authurity advises us that, under that cunningly devised fraud, the new charter, the Mayor has no control over the heads of departments whom he has appointed, Under the test of events this pretence of a government with a responsible head breaks down. ‘The conspirators who contrived the charter never meant that there should be any direct responsibility to the people, nor any power 1n wolic opinion to control the administration by act- ng Upon its head. They wove the net for the puv- ito; they are caught in it themselves, and it is not for them to complain. Bat the situation 13 none the less full of difficulty and danger. Mr. Green has the confidence of the publtc and deserves it, But his present position 13 scarcely more than that of @ referee in charge of official records for the purpose of ascertaining facta, He is not recognized by the Mayor as an officer; no warraut signed Ly him can be paid; and the whole induence of the city government gocs to throw doubt upon the validity of his official acts. On the other hand, his mere access to the ofice depends upon the will of Bis superior officer, Mr, Connoliy, wko might at any ttme-efiect a reconciliation wiih Ris old associates in misgoverament and shut his doors upoa Mr. Green and the public, The utter disorganization of the city government must result if this situation continues, ‘There 1s already serious danger of disorder, aud the danger | wilt only increase every hour, as long as the govern- ment is made heipless vy dissension. Any open attempt by Mayor Hall to eniorce the views ue expresses in his letter to Air, Connolly, by seizing the Comptroller's ofice, could now be made only at the risk of a riot jar more terrible than that of last July. Yet, vy quietly submitting to have the most important office m his gift Hiled and its powers exercised under an auiho- rity which defies him, he would accept a bumitiation + Which cannot fail to weaken his whole government and bring his Own ofice into contempt. It ts not surprising that Mayor Hall shrinks (rom either alternative. Hts oiticlai pride will not permit him to accept Mr. Green as an oficer of the city; his uty ag guardian of the public peace will not’ per- mit nim to use force for expelling Mr. Green, What rematns for tne Mayor todo? Nothing but to make Mr. Green, not the deputy, but the sacces- sor of Mr. Connolly. The 7:mes asserts that Mr. Connolly 13 ready to resign if Mr. Green can be ap- pointed. This appowntment, then, will be acceptable to all tne parties Interested; {t will remove the legal diMculties and the practical dissensions which now disturb the city government; it will vindi- cate the ee ometal personal pi confilence to t the cliy far more effectually than a boy vag? and disputed appointment as deputy. If Mr. Hall } ly ready to meet beiore the patie ta Which appear upon the Couptrolier's records, he can have no motive strong enough to overcome —_ reasons for accepting Mr. Green as Comp- troller. Uniess this be done Mr. Green cannot properly give up the vantage ground waicu he holds, not for himself, but for the people. Admitting that he holds ‘it in violation of sound principles of vernment, and by virtue of a tech mi trick of legislation which 1s disgraceful to its authors and to the city, yet the violation of principle 1s not his, but theirs who framed the charter. The disgrace belongs to the Mayor and Is associates, which now catches them. Until the people have the facts which belong to them, but which Messrs, Hall and Connolly have sedulously and cunningly withheld from them, they are right in taki every advantage they can against concealment. The pub- lic must know just what has been stolen from them and just who has stolen it; aud, in order to obtain this information, which 1a their rignt, all legal measures aro justified. But it cannot be denied that the Mayor and his associates have the power not only to sacrince the public peace by attempting violence against Mr, Green, but seriously to endanger the pubis peace by simply continuing their refusal to recoguize ins authority. The moral authorify of the city government is aiready greatly impaired; the restraints which control the disorderly elements of our society are already weakeued, and the pas- sions of men are already so much heated that there isa growing danger of disturbance. A little thin, might to-day fill our streets with violence and crime. There are prominent men tn the city who are eager for disorder; it is their element and will multiply their power. These men are not now the friends of the Mayor, but { matntaininy the present situation he is but aiding them and giving them the opportunity they watch ior. As the guardian of the public peace, Mayer Hall is called on to offer to Mr. Andrew Hi. Green bis ap- potntment as Comptrolier of the ce if he cannot accept and execute the people's will in this matter, now 80 important to the public saiety, the sooner he resigns the trust they have given bim the better, They will then elect a Mayor in November who will regard himself as the servant and agent of the poo- ple, and not of nis own petty and personal pride, A JOURNALISTIC MELEE OVER THE RING QuaRR: Matthew J. O'Rourke, the Tammany informer, taking umbrage at @ paragraph in the Tribune of yesterday, which set htm down as a “nuisance” and intimated indirectly that he was a liar, entered the editorial rooms of that paper yesterday aud demanded to see the managing editor. The latter would not see him, however, and he then demanded of another gentieman in the oMce who wrote the offending paragraph. Upon this emand according to Mr, O'Rourke's statement, the whole editorial and reportorial force of the estab- lishment went for him, and after hustling him over chairs and desks at a very disorganizing rate, attempted to toss him down the ricketty stairway. Thereupon the unfortunate ring smasher, fearing that he would be himself smashed, retreated. The managing editor of the Tribune makes the following statement in regard to the matte: Matthew J, O'Rourke came to the office of the Tribune on Monaay and induiged in loud and abus ive language about the course of this paper. He was suifered to have his talk out and to depart unmolested, He then wrote an impertinent note to the Zribune, whieh he published in an evening jspaper. This was of course refused admittance to he 7ribune of yesterday, aud Mr. O’Rourke’s con} duct was referred to in terms suited to the occa- sion. Yesterday he came to the ofice again, and, after ascertaining that he could not see the man- aging editor, he approached the city editor with an uplifted cane and threatening words and manner, upon which the elty editor rose, seized O'Rourke's stick with one hand and his collar with the other, and put him out of the oMtice. THE POLITICAL MEANING OF REFORM. To THR EpiTor Or THR HARALDi— =~ There have been im the city administration mal- feasances in ofice, political compromises and im- mense robberiag, These have always been part and parcel of eg¢crpment place aovernmOS Wad estab. - ADEN Ra who contrived for others the trap | lished. 'Thé people pay so muca.per cent on mete Property and earnings every year to makea fune for the expenses of administration, and of this fund tt is certain that at least one-half will go to men who hang avout lobbies amd help to make the laws for we beople, It was so in England under every premier who conducted the politics in the eignteeuth cen- \tury. France has never been without a political Corruption fund, We who behold the present ex- c.ement in plaster polities forget that the excite- me.‘ has occurred every year within our experience. Theresare always two parties clamoring for reform— the pol\ticians, who mean to have one set turned out that they themselves may go in, and the people, who are a,1Xious that no corruption sha'l exist, but who are ne"fr allowed to participate in the means to be used forts accomplishment: In the presen't excitement it 1s evident to dispas- sionate observers\whom the virtuous poiiticians of both sides have no®succeeded in blinding that the plaster frauds are to’ be traced to the plaster jobs at Albany. The Court House money has been a stand- ing fund for two generations of politicians, When- ever the party in power in this city has desired to ovtain a Charter for the government of the city it has heen compelied to give country legislators @ chance at the Court House for compensation. ‘The present city charter was not obtained from the repubileaps and anti‘Tammany democrats without a bargain that all bills for work done on the Court House shoula be paid. ‘They have been patd, and the Board of Apportionment have only per- formed a political contract which the highest uibu- nal of the State imposed upon them last winter, ‘The money has gone into cheese presses aud cider mills, ward clubs and seaside palaces. The Court House still stands, and we have no doubt wil stand as & monument of bie ative compromise iar many a winter to come, we question 18.shall we | New York republicans have_ half the sway or all? apey ee trying to get all. This is tie meaning of What the end of the fight will bo 1s easy to be seen. The democrats of this Stato must give up the As- sembly this winter. Every poiilician in te State alarmed becxuse there has been plaster in politics and he 13 not richer by another cornice, The rusts for Court House plunder will be unprecedented, Aieauwhile Tammany 13 stolidly fighting for her ac- customed halt; and it seems somewhat snail that the Custom House party, unsatisied with plucking one federal govse und Dali via Lauimaoy gander, slould now demand the brace. Yet they ‘will gain che Assembly, But for Reuben E. Fentom they would have ti whole bird. He will not give them the Senate. That power belongs to him by prescription, and while Tom Maurply leads the Republican Convention aud enjoys federal patron. age that Senate cannot be republican. Fenton will not allow Conkling to dictate the election of @ United States Senator, Wille Justice Nelson lives, and Conkling {s not the Supreme Court Justice in ‘this district, the repubilcan partly must remain con- tented with half the corruption tund. ‘The people must not deceive themseives with any hope that & Committee of seventy or auy cominittee will reduce the rate of taxation, The Citizens’ Association did not do it, and the Commitice of Seventy, tm the hands of one or two pollvicians, will not effect any more, The question ts, Shail ‘Tammany own thé comunttee or the committee own Tammany? The advantage in politics 1s on the side of the owuers; they get haif the swag and all tne broker- age. Tho people who breathe the air of freedom must be content 1 pay an average of two and @ quarter per cent on their property for that privilege— one per cent for improvements, a half per cent to each polttical — ‘and the quarter for brokerage. 18 is plain that the city cannot be rua on the Two ver Cent law. Lt is a quarter per cent too little. But les us remember a story of Charley Minott, once the great and eccentric Superinteadeut of the Erie Rail way, Who, when the directors met tode-1te whetaer they should discharge the entire force of Erie con- ductors for buying costly houses and expensive watches with railway collections, satd, ‘Well, gentiemen, tiese men have got the watches and tne houses. So far as I can leara they are all supplied. Now, if you turn these out and get in a new sb, you've got to buy these watcaes and houses all over again.” PLAIN TQLK. BEAL ESTATE AND THE RINGS. EDITOR OF THR HERALD:— ‘The Ring’ seems doomed at least to a tempo- rary banishment from place and power, What will be the policy of 1t3 successors 18 the subject of apx- Jous conjecture among the owners of uptown real estate. Wil they vigoruusly but economicaily com- plete all tmprovewents now iu progress, and carry out all those in contemplation? Or will they seek to earn a reputation for economy and for saving the City Treasury and credit by stopping expenditures? As they shall approach nearer the one or the other of these. courses, so will they prove themselves friends or {oes to the prozréss and prosperity of the city. Whatever sins of omission or commission may be charged agaist “The Ring,’’ it is due to tt to say that {t understood better than any party that bad receded it the needs of this pete metropolis, aud Q has conceived and proceeded to execute Improve- ments upon a scale of magnificence and of greas public utility undreamed of by its predecessors, and for which we might have looked and hoped m vain from any other body. It must be conceded that the enormous rise in property, and particularly in the prices of uptown lots, was due ina great measure to the improvements actual and projected Of this so-called Hing. Granted that the cost of these improvements was exorbitant, and far in excess of What they ought to have been, yet the enhanced yaiue of property was so far in excess of the cost (has the cost became of minor importance, and was on thas account borne more or less patiently, but always with @ consciousness that upon the whole the pro- perty owners and the city were gainers. The ex- penditures Were enormous, the agsessinents were excessive, bat the rise in value of property was more enormous still; progress and prosperity went hand in hand. But the Ring ts to be Gispiaced, new rulers are to be installed, everything ts to be reformed. Now, ta what is the reform to consist retrenchment? ite trenchment may be Well enough, but when applied to the affairs of a grea ay mnay be as disastrous as the most profligate waste: and if by retrenchmens is Meant arresting improvement and stopping ex- penditures, it will assuredly be a change, but it wit hot be reform. Many or ‘all the contemplated im- provements have been discounted, and if these, from any apprehension of the city getting too dee into debt are to be abandoned or even delayed, @ tearful depreciation in the D4 of realestate must ensue, and for progress and prosperity we shall sub> stitute retrogression and distress, I, on the other hand, our new rulers, with a bet ter Comprehension of the true interests of our city, Joregotng the ephemeral glory of effecting a might but deceitiul saving, shall vigorously and withous regard to cost carry out all the great improvements ivangurated by their predecessors, allowing re- trenchment only to the extent of preventing fraud | aud waste, then traly will the veopie’s interests | be subserved, and the great and manttest destiny of our city be promoted, values.and prices will be | maintained and Ce agg Doge ad yn ipl esa ratulate taemselves upon the cha! e' one J REAL EsTAaTB. CUR PUBLIC CHARITIES. To THE Viste of the Emigration Commissioners to Ward’s Isinnd. Commissioners of Emigration Wallach, Lynch, Nicholson, Hart, Superlutendent Casserty and @ select number of invited guests went on a visit of | inspection to Ward's Island yesterday, The party | left Castle Garden on board the steamer Andrew | Fletcher at half-past twelve o'clock, provided with | a plentiful supply of catadles and viands. On the trip up the appetites of the company were considerauly increased by tne sall and the pure alr. Belore reach- ing the island luncheon was served, to which ail did full justice, At haif-past one o'clock the com- puny landed and proceeded to inspect the new luna- Uc asylum lately erected by the Commissioners of Ei ion, and which 19 nearly completed and ready for the reception of patie: nts. The butlding was designed by Renwick & Sands, the archi- 19 under whose supervision the lai new Tunatic asylum of the Commissioners of ‘Uharittes and Correction Was erected, and which for arclitec- tural beauty cannot be excelled. The Comnas- sioners of Emm! mn intended at firat toerect m larger building; but when the architect returned bis specifications {t was found that such a building would coat at least half @ million of dollars, a sum which 4 Le gy 4 be ys feel a expen a and Fanted ica of building a cosily. asylum Abandoned. The new asylum is 126 leet jong. by, thi feet io Wwidihe and is con- structed of brick, tWo stones in height, with Man- sard roof, and has ail the modern eer ponres ‘The cost of the butiding is —.. ‘hen the = missioners declined to expend @ jarge sur for ® comodo a Tor att urposea, tut as ie buil was sufict Iooxed Vary une, ‘another story and Mansard root were added. carefal inepection of the bulla. ne ee tica to the new Asylum of the Chartuca ‘and Corrections, Whete they were received by War~ den Smythe, who afforded the party every facility o viewing tho handsome edifice, wnich was much ad- mired for its beauty of design the many con. veniences for the comt and tivatment of insane patients, Warden Smythe, of the Blackwell's Island asylums, informed the company that he had over one thousand four hundred patients, ant that he cannot comfortatly accommodate more than 600 in the old buildings, and as tusaaity im tte various stages 1s greatly on the mnevease, it is obvi— ous the additional asylum 14 not suNicient to meet the wants, ‘The party then {nspected tho other th- stitutions unaer tl harge of the Emigration Com- mission aud revurned to the city at au carly well pleased with thetr visit, —-—————— DROWNING CASUALTY IN NEWTOWN OREEK. A boat, containing four men, was accidentally capsized in Newtown Creek yesterday, and two of he number, William Remmeas, of Sixteenth streer, near avenue O, New York, and sonry Miller, rege dence unknown, wére drowned, Thoit companieus, Peter Collins and Honry Bush, were saved, bodies of Wo Arowned wen were revavered