The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1871, Page 4

ae THE TAMMANY TURMOIL, The Day Before the Battle and the Incidents Thereof. Sidewalk Speculations as to Tammany’s Fs Place in the ‘Convention. “Give the Tammany Delega- | mer arms yrouia 4 go down tion Half a Vote.” “The Boss” at the Department of Public Works. Views of the Mayor on War- rant Signing. Judge Barnard’s Charge to the Grand Jury. What the City Hall Politicians Think About It. Interview with Mr. Copland on the Mayor’s Misdemeanor. WEWS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SITUATION. Yesterday was a dull day politically and meteoro- sOgically. To the outside politictans there was a dis- position generally to continue in the frame of mind favored by Mr. Micawber when he was waiting for something to ‘‘turn up.” Nothing, however, did“turn up” favorable or unfavorable to their prospects. So much depended upon the admission or non-admis- ston of the Tammany delegates into the Rochester Convention, that ‘until this was settied all meaner things received searcely any consideration. Among these meaner tnings was THE SUMMONING OF ‘THE MAYOR before Justice Bixby. This great event had been so j long discounted by ramor and newspaper para- graph that when it was reduced to the logic cf a fact it fell upon the pnbiic mind with little or no concern. The Mayor has stated, in an interview | warriors while smoking the pipe of peace and .ay- with a HERALD reporter, Mis views as to hts | tug plans and legal ability to the charges embodied in the am- | Shy davits of the Committee of Seventy. ‘ho point aetall of the charge; but the fuller answer will be given'to thé public in the Yorkville Police Court to- way. THE TOPIC OF THE DAY Was unquestionably the provable action of the Rochester Convention asto'Tlammany. The more thoughtful and experienced members of tnat ancient organization who could ve. found in | closes not nis ts to do not { 8ay much of Mayor Hall, and the Big Judge I» on the { fence and voted for Led: | ail atsiollowers are popularly supposed to be “on NuW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 4, 187L—TRIPLE SHEET.’ Many delegation, in consequence of the absence from Rochester of Charles 0’Conor. ‘fhe reporter, Growing tired of these LOW-CALIBBED ROUNDERS, changed his base of operntions and resolved to wait till evening to hear some taxpayer's gossip and to } get tt from some of the hardy sons of toil when their day's Work Was over. Accordingly he visited some | intelugent mechanics, whom he knew might fairly be presumed to be considered a8 representatives of which tie 'Mayor makes ts important ofthe | the 12th of July, “4 alee ener Or the | xin, and the Ju | O’Brien ts Irish ail through, aod has an excellent | reputation as @ friena to the | up in political honors, and are not. bert Ig Lat an A the city yesterday were of one opinion, that the | Convention would admit the Tammany delegation. “Why should they not be admitted!” said a very popular Judge to a HeRaLD reporter. ‘‘Tammany always bas been represented; it 13 a political organ- ization that ts absolutely essential to the demo- cracy.” “But the frauds, Judge?” inquired the reporter; “how about those!” “You mean the fraudulent accounts, I suppose; not the Tammany frauds?” “Well, that is a distinction which I will suppose for the moment has a difference tn tt; but what will tue Convention do with the Ring?” “The Ring will have to take care of itself, I ex- Pect; but what I think will be proposed wil! be that both the delegattons—the reform and the Tammany— should be admitted, each to have half a vote. There 1s a precedent for this in the National Con- | vention.” The probability of this proposai cutting the Gor- dian knot of THE PENMOORATIC DIFFICULTY Was mnoli discussed yesterday; but the discussion might have been spared, for the reform party Was flat-ooted as to the admission of Tammany mien to the Convention. Their iuvinctble | motto was, “No Tweed men need apply.” Mr. Foley, for example, could not listen to any Compromise of this character, With him Tammany was @ uoneutity as an organization. “THE FOUR THIEVES," as he emphaticaily termed the Rung, had no right to sit with honest men, His views, toned down con- siderably as far as the language was concerned, were held in common by ali the members of the Committee | of Seventy who could be found in tne city yesterday, JUDGE BALNARD'S CHARGE to the Grand Jury formed the nucleus of much talk on the marble palls of the new Court House. In the vernacular of the politictan of the period, “It was pretiy rough.” nis was the senten- tous wut general comment. The gentlemen Who congregate around the new Court House, and who endeavor to disguise the manifest humility of thetr origin in the ranks of the antmal creation by expenditure of doliars and science on their outer garb, spoke very freely and slightly profancly on what Jauge Barnard said about ‘BAST HORSES AND FAST WOMEN.” They were of an opinion that the Judge knew how it was himself, aud that he “spoke by the card.” A visit to tie Department of Public Works found «the Boss” busily engaged ,with his official duties as First Commissioner, The rumors that he was in Rocnester, with 200 of his trusty men, received an unmistakable aenial by the tangible fact of his actual BODILY AND #ULKY PRESENCE Within his office. With a smile that was unctious a3 weil as child-like and bland, he put ona “know- nothing” look to an interviewer and declined to talk politics cr say one word about “tne situation,” or that more pleasant subject—his expected arrest. He ieft ‘the Depariment” about noon, but whether to return again or not pefore the Rochester Convention was over he preferred to be quite a matter of uncertamty, Among the People—The Bone and Sinew on the situation. ‘The misty, cloudy weather of yesterday casi a gloom over the City Hall and New Court House, and Increased the despondency which had settled | om so many of the navitncs of these two public batidings. There was, of course, a noticeable ab- gence of the genuine article in the politician line, owing to the exodus io the Rochester Convention, and for the most part tne specimens that were /ocum tenens might make any or ail of our FOUR FAMOUS KULERS blush at the chought of possessing such retainers, or perhaps, as things siand now, at the sudden recol- lection of old time tricks that have proved dark and vain, Not naving avy particular desire to get into & “dificulty,” a HexaLp reporter in search of information betook himse)f from the familiar haunts of these latter “muddle” days to places wherein tmere might be a petter chance to catch at the talk of the hour. That there were many people in the city yesterday who have been hot and heavy ‘Into Me Night against tho four famons rniers fs just aa true as that thera Were as many loquacious gen- emen about town who had Leen TAMMANY TO THE PACK BONE. Ther r ded nis weary, lonely way in the alist ed Wing in search of some of these pr & few short conversations soon convinced that there was something wrong somewhere. This prosumed conclusion proved bat to the investigation, and of course a Joomed up tn ide distance, But it might a8 woll be said at onve that nothing staring was Aleveloped, and that the grand scoret which was to ‘Oe Wrought out bad no more we “WHERBON TO KEST ITSELP" @uan was sapplicd Ly the gave apprebension of a ; the community | j | the sort he'll get over it before we are dona with him. It is one of his ‘vlud’ games, of | whien he has recently tried go many, ’ but in. Their vie v8 differed just as widely | do those of Tammany and the reformers. It plain that men who have been voting the ‘am- ae Ucket for years anc years feel lotn to abandon it. But this is not on account of their belief tuat vhe famous four haye not stolen the public money, but because they Mat if the so-called relormers could only have got or could get now A CHANCE AT THE CITY'S TREASURY therein to the elbow and their hands ‘i The loud come up cry was now about how the workingmen fave been deceived; how tactics have always been able successfally to manipniate them, and how the workingmen calmly 10oked on and underwent various privations to enrich the famous four, Buy was not this a pretty way to} look at the atficuity, The very men who make | these charges, aud dwell most upon the salient ge im them, must have always kuowp well that he Ring was wax! rich, Least of my the.working community courd mechanics have been expected to devote their spare hours to an examiua- tion of the state of the city’s fimances. At the prea- ent moment ine RIGHT HOUR LAW I83 NOT ENFORCED. It should be remembered that our rulera were allowed to have their own way in everything as to them it seemed best, until the Young Democracy, PANTING FOR 80MB OF THE SPOILS, which they haa been refused, came to the front in open warfare, And even when this exposure of the frauds upon the city was made there had been numbers of them, alter begging back their way to the service of the famous our, umbie and contrite and subservient politicians. A few of the young democracy of course held out. Itis a bold thing to say; nevertneless there are thousands in this city Who believe that these men heid ont because 1t was more their own interest to do so than to ACCEPT THE SITUATION in Tammany and allow the pinndering to proceed. Hence we may judge of what this Committee of Seventy will eventually amount to. There are, of course, among the seventy many honest and tnae- mdent citizens, of whom the city might feel proud; but is it not equail true what even in the Tami Wigwam, in the Tammany Society or tn other Tammany or- ganizauious there are just as OPEIERE, honorable and good citizens as these are? ‘There ts much to be said on one side and on the other in regard to 4 CHOICE BETWEEN TAMMANY AND TUESE RE- FORMBRS. But, as has been above stated, THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY are not without warm adherents among the workingmen, From some conversations held last evening it appears that there was a large section of the working class in this city who never troubled themselves in the least about politics furthermore than to vote the democratic ticket on election day, aud this morein opposition to republicanism than throagh attachment to Tammany, These men who are now eo warmed up into adhesion lo the reform movement have learned more of city poll- tes within the past few weeks than they ever dreamed was to be known. Startled by the frst scnsational accounts of TAE DOINGS OF “‘3LIPPBRY”’ DICK, they a. came to the knowledge that for years past they have been rather handsomely mulcted by the Famous Four, and were indirectly engaged in erecting marbie palaces and stables, purchasing real estate by the mile and filling cellars with Wines and costly drinks to amuse the Tammany he w lots fur future altacks upon tle enemy. They believe in the eight hour law they Nave it not. Many of them or most of them are irishmeu, and remember Judge Ledwith is kith and e 18 a stanch reformer. Shertir man and one who tne distressed: the with last election; they ha even @ positive dislike to Richard Q’Go! 3 then there are the Fenians, who ought to. ve high always had the reputation‘o! being larceniot the make;’’ and tastly, they cannot sce why they thei ves, in. ‘TUX NEW TURN OF THE WHEEL, should not get up one or two ru! of the political ladder, with the prospect at no far off time of be- coming a Coroner or perhaps a Police Commis- sioner, But on broader grounds than these, for reasons not quite 8o personal, these adherents of the famous Seventy oppose Tammany and uphold a total chan; in the administration of local. affairs. The le Of this city are too much at the meroy of politi- pes ‘who air their barrooms at the corners of ever! street, lay fown the laws of Tammany Hall, whic hitherto it would not, witn due regard for a man's family, be safe to openly dispute. The steal! Q | the vouchers implica! four famous rulers. Had there been anything wanting to reiieve the public mind of doubt THE SALVATION SOUGHT FOR BY THE BURGLARY despots from a prison, but it cannot save them from conviction in honest men’s judgment, and their per- sistency to dely the public demand for their aa earance from office shall yet asgured! ring them, With the immense ‘influence tne} ave been wielding, and = demoralized state of ‘in 60 far as political cor. ruption is concerned, it may be expected thac the famous four shall float still awhile on. the politica: surface. But they are politically dead. Workingmen will be the power of this country by and by, and of this State especially, There will then be @ new era of industry, honesty, simplicity. There is a slormy time ahead, and great future events depend on the action of the Roches- ter Vonvention. THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY. Remored Actiou Against Them for Couspiracy. ‘The absence of prominent politicians, republicans | act, it ii ‘and democrats, at the Rochester Convention, kept matters very quiet around town yesterday. Several memvers of the Committee of Seventy have gone up each and all of thé | Assessment bor supplied it. rhe robbery may have saved the four | were lal Into the presence of Mayor Hall, the Hunavp reporter could not help noticing the jaunty, self-possessed Alr of the Cniel Magistrate, who, tastefully attired tn & “nobby"’ bine suit, with a handsome blue necktie, tosay nothing of a stylish check shirt, appeared Perfectly cool. Bis deportment, while easy and Courteous, was that of aman who, COnacious of his was ready and willing to combat After the usual salutations the fol- C8: Mayor, [ have called upon you to you Dad any opinion to Srp or aay inior- Mation to give me in rd to the proceedings h- stituted 1 you at Judge Bixby’s Court, or L—Weil, [have no hesitation or ohtecs fionin stating my opinion upon any subject; but ‘ou Will see at once that, In respect to this proceed. ing, it would bé improper, inopy as well as indecorous, to make any remarks. ee a pg or ge question in the aMidavits that you signed several warrants for large amounts bea: the same dates, hence on the same day. Now, do warrants countersigned by you Gear any dates at allt Mayor HaLt—They do not. A warrant when brought tome for counter-signature bears no date Whatever, It 1s never dated until it 13 del.vered into the hands of the party in whose favor it is drawn, 3 @ protection im case of logs, REPORTER—Then @ person doing business for the city might call and’ obtain warrants in one day wiitch had been signed by you during @ period of several weeks ? Mayor HaLL—Certatnly. Whatever number of warrants there may be to one man’s account in pos- session of the Comptroller, Shap Would all bear tho same date if app d for at the same time by the party in whose favor they were drawn. This brought the bape Ay to aciose. The Mayor Was besieged during the ay but there was little or no excitement around the Vity Hall. JUDGE BARREIT ON TSE QUI Vivz, Ex-Judge Barrett was visited yesterday afternoon at his offices, In Nassau street, for the purpose of ascertaining the newest move in tne great political game ofchess. He 1s working with all bis might in the great struggle, into which he has brought to bear all his vers#ile powers, That he could not communicate very much upon a subject the success of which depends at times upon the secrecy with ‘which it is surrounded was pretty evident. The chambers .of . the young apa vigorous _ex.Judge were crowded Gurlog the day, and several consultations were held, doubtless in reference to the pro) T- ing of the forces under comman ond that nothing transpired, nor 1s it at all possible that the nileman would thoughtlessiy te upon his luture movements. Aitor a Irlendly greeting Judge Barrett merely informed the HERALD representative that he was actively at workin the cause he had undertaken, @ fact that was very piain trom the surrount of his office. He intimated, how- ever, that the storm was brewing, and would oon burst with all the sweeping Violence of a hurricane, BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT. Amportant Action Taken—Tho Issue of Stocks and Bonds Authorized=Tho Department of Charities Considered. ‘The Board of Apportionment, concerning which so much has been said, met yesterday afternoon. Mayor Hall presided, There were also present Deputy Comptroller Green and Peter B. Sweeny, President of the Department of Pubiic Parks, Tne DEPUTY COMPTROLLER Offered the resolution as under. Prior to its passage, however, the Mayor asked if there was not Some understanding with the firm of Belmont & Co. relative to the issue of bonds, The Derury CoMpTROLLER replied that such a Renna existed, which limited the issue to eertain Mayor HALL remarked that the bonds seemed to mene Deas o mptroiier's ath bich 18 10 rs resolution, which was j Tenant fallows:— ° passed, i Resolved, That, in pursuance of ‘the authortty conter: upon the Mayor, the ‘Comptroller, the Matlonse of Department of Pucllo, Works wad sident of the partment of Public 4 the he De- ig to tim ws may be a ermine, not exceeding seven per cent ing stocks and bonds “of the city an and in amounts as specied, vis. 7— Department of Parks Improvement bonds—To meet the its in ex be ized, Assessin: if ‘amount of short stock due December 1, 1871. Central Park Improvement bonds—To supply ibe treasury for advances in excess of ne ‘and for the payment on such account. Assessment Fund bonds... annum, the follow- county of New York, vai ad ‘also for aavances payable on this account The DEPUTY COMPTROLLER aiso offered the fol- lowti ereante gad resolutions, which, however, over:— Frhereas it ts provided by the act of the Legislature of the State passed Apri! 19, 1871, commonly called the Two Per Cent act, that from the sam raised under aaid act all the expenses of the eity and county government, for ail ite de- shall De paid, and that no liaollities ‘any purpose, as more particularly spect- whlch shal amount to more than two per uation prescribed by suid act; and whereas it becomes a question betore the Board whether the provi- sions of the said statute operate as a repeal, in suspension, of all prior acts of t lature authorizing the tesue 0} bonds of the city or county of New York, for certain uses and a of th tunent of Public Parks and other de- parunents of the city during the years of other than bonds; and Whereas such volves the construction of various acts of the Le, this State, and is of grave importance in the effect termination upon the Interests Of certain of ita wor! tats the fied-n said ac cent upon the v1 : purposes of the De; its de- the city, in the prosecution ks, and upon the disposition of capital- in the negotiation of bonds which may be issued under authority of this Board; therefore be {ti That before autborizing the tssuin other than’ assessment of the city, act of the of bonds da for the use of any department with oF upon the authori ire passed prior to the said Two 4 rable to obtain # judicial construction of said not, anda jndicial declaration of the autbowty of ‘this Board to "amorize, and of the Department jnance to issue, bondef or the uscs or purposes aforesaid. The resolutions were laid over for future consider- to the Convention to oppose, by volce and influence, | ton, and the Board adjourned. the admission of any of the Tammany delegates, Judge Ledwith, ex-Sherif O'Brien, R, D. Hatch, 8. 3. Tilden and other leaders of the reform and Young Democracy went up yesterday in the full assurance | secretary of the Board, of being able to keep the Tammanyites outaide, The Council of Political Reform, tions exvend all over this State, has a hand, also, in | dered to be Unis Movement, and some of its city members have fone to the Convention for the same purpose, Hence the comparative dulness, with all the noisy fon of $450,000 to carry the Depattment of Chari- politicians and committee men absent from the city. An undefined rumor which prevatied that Mayor Hall contemplated bringing ar action against the Committee of seventy aud causing thelr arrest, or the ARREST OF SOME OF THEM FOR CONSPIRACY against him, could not be verified. A MERALD re- porter called on Mr. John Foley yesterday to inquire whether he Knew anything about it. Said Mr, Foley, “1 gness I'm the greatest mischief maker in the committce, and I suppose the Mayor would make for me first; but this contemplated action of his ts news to me. I have not heard anything about it before; and if His Honor contemplates anything of he won’t try many more of them, He'll get tired of ut by and uy."? Another prominent member oi the committee had heard nothing about the contem- plated arrest, and said he would be very glad to be arrested on such @ charge. ‘This gentieman being aiso inquired of ag to any union of action between the committee and the Council of Political Retorm, said that he was not at liberty to say how far they migit co-operate, but that such concert of action had been brought before the committce and was favoravly received. TUE COMMITTEES ON REMEDIES and on Elections held meetings yesterday to pre- pare themselves for any iuture action that may be called for at their hands. A consnitation was also held yesterday between some members in regard to the propriety of admitting represcniauves of tho press to some of the committee meetings or to some portions of all of them. it is under. stood that several of tbe Seventy are In favor of open doors, and that the question will be brought up in committee mecting again at an carly day. they look upon secret sessions a8 un-American and anti-repub ican, Lat there are some genuiemen who want to talx, but don’t want their nebuious crea- tons concreted toto living types. ‘They are content, thereiore, Lo “Waste their sweerness ou the Jlesert air’ rather thao admit the press and promptly whose ramif¢a- | Purposes, A resolation was subsequently adopted anthoriz- ing the issue of city park improvement stock, as authorized by chapter 290, Laws of 1871, to the amount of $1,100,000, Mr. Richard A, Storrs, for- ly Deputy Comptrolier, was appointed assistant ‘The report of the iA troller for appropriations for city, county and St In answet too resolution of this ret adopted Eye 14, 1871, Was received and or- The Comm) Of Charities and ¢ mn, Ly es ae Messrs. Bell and Bowen, m: D= lication to the Board for an aacditional appropria- ties and Correction through the balance of the cur- rent year. There were 9,000 persons under their charge, and the Commissioners did pot have the Means to provide the necessaries of life tor the poor ple. oeevor Hall suegested that the Deputy Comptrotler take the matter into consideration and report at the next meeung, afler which the Board adjourned, THE MAYOR’S MISDEMEANOR. Interview with Mr. Copland, the Principal WitncseWhy Justice Bixby Was Se. lected=The Mayor’s Knowledge of the Vouchers—Keyser Honest and “a Churcie Goer”=—Not Much co Choose between Gare vey and Ingersoll. Mr, COPLAND—Well, as you Know, the aMdavit to cause the arrest of the Mayor was signed by meand presented by Judge Barrett and the.other counsel of the Committee to Justice Bixby, at the Fifty-seventh street Police Court, REPORTER—Why did you make the application before Justice Bixby; why not before Justice Led: with? Mr. CopLanp—Because we thought that Judge Bixby was impartial in'the matter; so we preferred to uring it before him instead of Judge Ledwith, who they say is preyudiced against the Mayor, and would probably have granted the warrant for his arrest at once. Judge Bixby deferred to the high position of the Mayor, and decided tosend him @ uotice to appear to-morrow morning (Wednesday) at ten o'clock, Judge Barrett and the other lawyer of the prosecution at first did not want to accept the decision of Justice Bixby, and went to the adjoming room to consult whether they should take away the papers and take them to an- other court to obtain the arrest of mayor Hall, transact the business for which the lown meetin: elected them, Some of the members regretted tha’ the reporters were compclied to remain on the street for ibree and @ hail hours on Monday nigitt, and they wili try to liave some better arrangements Made next tine, The actiun of the State Denroc Convcntton, itis believed, will greatly deter character of the commitiwe's future action, SIGNING THE WARRANTS. Tatervicw with Mayor HaliemAn Explata. tion, The City Hail was a magnet of great altraction Yesterday. Recent deveiopments had tended to sur- round that worthy building with an atr of mystery | quive as intercating as one of the terrific tales in the weekly pictorial story papers. “To ve continued in our nexv! was decidedly the order of the day, and | avery dreary day it urnet out to ve, Despite the | UApropitiogs Mate Of tho Weather, a representative | of tie Herman ca'iod npom Mayor [fall in the after. noow. There was caihera desolate loo’ about the sianeh oll wails, while the gonera) aspect of the Well, they ananimonsly agreed to abide by Justice Bixby’s decision, RepouTrex—What are the contents of the amdavit which you have signed? Mr. CopLAND—I have not a copy of it, but itis very long, setting forth in legal form what you already know, It ts simply the recapitulation of the figures published in the papers. Reporten—W bat inducet you to copy those war. nea htbehiisethcae Daaieabans% 5 ~ severe an Mr, CoPLaND=[ had no special object in view. 1 dul not like to see the people robbed, and I hada vague Wea that thoy would be of use at some future time. REPORTEA—YOU 4 politician and so disinterested 7 Did you never try to coin money ont of those pa- bers; never mado. any propositions to Hall of Con- holly about giving them up lor a consideration? Mr. CorptaNn—No, never. Kevonvex—Was nut Connolly the only guilty wey? ne CoPLAND.-T_ do not think so, Mall had the Opportunity to examine the warrants before ho signed them; in fact, | believe ne Aid examine the rigorous relurmer as to tue fate of the anti-Tam- | place was cold aa! umioviung. Having keen ushered , wartauts from tie fact of his having several times refused to returning them for correction or reduction, ‘the bona fide warrants for work actually done which he so returned with- out his signature. He never refused to sign any of of Keyser’ ’s or Garvey’s warrants. Sometimes tt 80 ha that he signed five or six Warrants to one on the same , and he juantity of ‘hen there was another bill for et, the Court House alone. Every on price of a ehade and of an awning, Revowrens Why did Gonnolty gucnarge a? fin Gorsaxp Bor Political reasons. don't ex- actly know why; haps because 1 was a friend of Sheri O'Brien " REPORTER—Hut can they convict Hall and Con- nolly on the copies of those warrants? Mr. Lg fi pen cannot! mean ? Mr, CoPLAND—Well, unless they money went—whether they kept it all or shared Traut and Connolly, like honest thieves ? HRZORSRR— What is the total amount of these alone, and I understand about as much from tne city. Rerortsr—Are there warrants to show the amount expended for the city? Bt. COFLAND—L do not know.. At any rate there are show. ReporTen—Then, I suppose, the county books alone will disclose the frauds? Mr. CopLanp—Exactly so. They merely wanted me to make the commencement in the suit by bring- mg the complaint. As to the figures, they have sires been, scknom edged as correct, evea by the SyRerGnTRR-Which of the three—I mean Keyser, nt and Ingersoll—is likely to weaken at the trial Mr. Coptanp—I think Keyser; and here I must say that Keyser has made a mistake Goiretg bim- self. He said he had sworn to his vouchers. 1do not think that he ever did. REPORTER—Why do you suppose that Keyser is the most likely to make a clean breast of it? Mr. CopLanp—Weill he has always had the repu- tation of being an honest man; and I have been told that he isa jar church-goer. Rerorrer—That's logic. Which ts the most har- dened case of the three—1 mean, likely to give evi- dence against Hall and Conolly? Mr. CopLanp—It is hard to tell. As far as hon- cr luis diMcult to choose between Garvey and {igersol. CITY CORRUPTION. Judge Barnard on the Pollu- tion of Politics. The Judiciary Improving the Oc- casion to the Grand Jury. Politicians in Future to Wear the White Flower of a Biameless Life. The Reform to Begin with the Lawyers—No More Exorbitant Fees To Be Taken—The Vag- abonds Who “Vote Fifty or Sixty Times” To Be Put Down and Sent to Sing Sing Prison—The Fast Horses and the ‘3 Fast Women of the Politicians To Be No Longer Supported by the City Treasury. A feature of special public interest yesterday was the charge of Judge Barnard to the Grand Jury in Court of Oyer and ‘Terminer. As will be seen by the the charge, which we give in full below, the Judge goes far beyond the range of the stereotype charges usually given to grand juries, and, as in his late in- junction order, stands forth boldly as the champion of municipal reform. Recorder Hackett occupied a seat on the bench during the delivery of the charge. There was a large crowd in attendance, and so sen- sitively at times did the popular pulse respond to the utterances of the Judge that it was evidently with great diMcuity it suppressed its deeply-stirred emotions of hearty approval. The following 1s the CITARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. It 1s my duty by staiute, gentlemen, at the opening of every Court of the Oyer and Ferminer at which a Grand Jury shall be summoned, to lay down to them certain ruies for thelr guidance, and to call their attention to certain particuiar acts and statutes that have been made necessary by the requirements of law. In pursuance of that direction I will call your attention tirst to the Usury law, and second, to the TAKING OP PEES for given service by public officers for a greater amount: than is allowed by law. I presume it is wholly unnecessary for me to call your attention more than as matter of form to that section of the statute, because, 84 Lbelare the invariable practice 1s to take a more than the law allows, and, in fact, nearly allyou can get, Also to the gale of tntoxicating liquors; also to the sale of fraudulent uckets on steamboats or other veazels, &c,, baggage amashing or emigrant running. That crime, wnich was very irequent a few years since, has been almost eradicated by the Court of Sesak Recently, however, it has com- menced again. Whether by the recent increase of immigrants from Europe, or whether money has grown short aud they nad to resort to tas, it nas commenced agaia with very jousness, an Tam happy to say that the Sour of Sessions has dealt with those gentlemen in such a way tis It holds out to the‘public the hope that that practice will be discontinued ina very short while; ana tf the assistance of the Court of Oyer and Terminer 13 needed it is certainly ready with whatever they can do. Also to the sale ot OBSCENE BOOKS OR ADVERTISEMENTS, you will observe, gentiemen, ff you read: very Many of the papers of this city, that that iw 1s almé@st openly defied, and I do not need to call your attention to any particular paper or print; tn- deed, It is Mot necessary for me, at this particular tne, 10 ask you to look into this matter further than your duty as grand jurors dictates when the compiaiut is made to you by the District Attorney, Last, gentiemen, 1s TUK BLROTION LAW, a law that in my Judgment is of more Importance in its proper enforcement th this state than nearly all tne other laws put together. It is unnecessary to tell you that for many years past im thi city, as, indeed, in every large city in this country, gangs of dissolute men, State prison Uirds and Vagavonds ot every-character and degree have banded together, either for parposes of mis- chi¢vousness or money, to vote vory frequently on election day, whenever and wherever they can got a chance, and by thetr vote or votes very uently one man is enabled to neutralize the effect of a Whole respectab.¢ nelghbornood. Where genuemen vote once, aid are willing to vote once, these noto- rious vagabonas will vote fifty or sixty times, and it is for the purpose of putting that down and to give an opportunity m this city tor a fair election that | have determined to keep this Court of Oyer and Terminer open wut] alter tne election, and to keep the Grand Jury in session, aluhongh not com- peel to come here, and not only on the day of elec- Uuon, Lut ine day atler, 10 issue Warrants a3 @ police magistrate, to see u by their incarceration in State Prison these frauds cannot be prevented. The time has arrived tu this city when these things MUST BE TUT DOWN, or republican government must fai. f think that the majority of the dominant party in this city 1s large—very iarge. I (nink, also, that there may be & majority in this State. With that, Lowever, 1 have nothing to do, Lf the party In power at present has an honest majority, as expre: at the ballot box, they want to enjoy the fruits and the bene- fits of it. If in ihe minority, they must give wi to the expression of the peopie’s will, and Wait until such time as the people place them tn Ollice, All they hope for or are going to demand, and all they will ge¢ from this Court, is that there shall be a proper election, ‘This law, in Its stringency, was passed avory short me ago, aud, i tink, during tie hustory of the administration of criminai justice In this State there has only been one conviction for ileal votin, where tne der Was sentenced w ‘the State Prison, and that was at the last term of the Court, when I thie ploasure to send lium there, and @ conviction of thut crime on the part of any one will not be treated with a ive nor pardoned, palliated | or forgiven, nor with a light penalty or short resi- denee in tne Veultontiary, but with LONG RBSIDEN uy ‘WIR STATE PRISON, My attention was calicd this niorning, [ma Tent to ap extract frony B paper punished oni the Contines 9 this state, calling attont! to the ad- ministration ef criminat Justico in Now York. Ordt- navily tt {8 not the duty, nor tn the power or pro- | vinee of the Cours, to pay any attention to attacks | that may be mate tapon tho, administration of 4us- | uce by any of ity oflicers when they aro satisied j that ft no foundation. Now, in this case, gentie- men, ihe administration of justice, #0 far as my ex. perlénce goes, and an experience on the vench of | fourteen ears as Recorder and Judge of the Oyer and ‘terminer, I have never known im this Court a | aise STRAW BAIt. being taken In my life, and FE know that 1 certainly have never let @ criminal go who bas been ckargedt with any offence when the evidence would warraut ls conviction; and from an examination of the proceedings in the Court of Sessions, ag presided | over by two magistrates who certainly fave the + CouM Ieuce Of Uae Dublic in a Yory gruay tegree, 1 "CoPLAND—Five or six millions from the ; am that Justice extract refers to some tion has not been catled to them. — to act asa police officer but ject, at the ie ener city of New York ut the RETRENCHMENT IN of the ! some of Mlogitimately, That i1t_18; “peaiuse very many public pl nent and’ beneficent ‘works that” have bea started sd be Re tds) on nts r great ox, pense. may been so: rregularit committed in the city or indiscretions, or posstb! some harsher word t be used, ie are holaing office tn the city or New York not appointed by uy serioale men DOW in oilice, who have been there for years and years, ap ited by republicans when in power or ‘when in never pretend to come near the City ih except to fie et cia Mela agente ae em Jon’ ie At say, justifies me’ in saying, that and my observation J nearty all the FAST HORSES AND FAST WO! in the city of New York are su Cn } and for the purpose of I simply call: your attenti these men hi sine Stopping vant to it, 60 tree some of offices may go to work and get un ho! living if they can, or eise take— in. their cases, at least, their more legitimate em- loyment—the highway, so that we can send them 0 the gallows or State Prigon. MISOKLLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS, Your foreinan has the power to administer your oaths, He will excuse any of you who nave a le- arte Teason. You will administer the oaths vo the witnesses and examine the persons who come before you without the attendance or assistance of an: sy cxoept the District Attorney, Heis your le- Fou, except when you take your vote on tue Md 5 @ your vote on dr Your tudicement.. a ous ‘ou will not disclose the fact of your finding an iidictment ist Any One, gentlemen, in a case of felony, except where he 18 10 actual confinement. It takes not than sixteen nor more than twen- ty-three to f Grand Jury, and twelve must nares in finding or ignoring a bil. 3 would sa: to you, gentlemen, the iecoasity, for your own sakes, of not telling anybody how you vote on any particular question, whethorthe man Was Indicted ornot. It can do no good. Itia a mere of idle curiosity, and something which outsiders have nothing to do with, If indicted they will Aud it out sometime, and if not their character is not The Grawe Jory retired after the delivery of the Sh yay the Court then adjourned til this BRITISH OPINION OF THE COR- PORATION OF NEW YORK. (From the Pali Mall Gazette.) If an illegal issue ol, bonds of the New York Cor forbaryos hasreally taken place on 4ne scalé attrt- uted to it, Kng! are likely to have a nearer interest than they suppo: in that disreputable body. Great efforts have been made toseli these bonds in Germany, and some have not improbably made their way to this cA (ry. The character of this last fraud, which the New Yorkers seem to have taken as the drop which at last made thelr run over, has yet to be fully explained: but meat- Ume the accounts at length reluctantiy published te er Mg pe ork ee represented on al jes an osely con- fused, seem .to disclose retty laut tne mechanism of those simple contrivances for plunder which the cit of New York have long known to be at work, on the combined eyjdence of enor- mou: imereased taxation and of great fortunes suddenly made by ever; connected with the government of the city. Lhe system now exposed has plainly been one of secret partnership between certain trading firms and ail the principal members aud officers of the corporation. The New York news- paper to whose courage and energy the exposure ig due extracts from the published iigures the tact taat in two years | sum equivalent to about three- quarters of @ millon sterling has) been paid for ad- vertisements and for printing pay inthe nature of blue-books, and it asserts tat it gr mation out of this amount has been pail to firms whose names are only the aliases of leading municipal functionaries, “The expedient of establishing a newspaper solely with the object of dilling it with collusive adverlisoments deserves speci: mention ie al Ingenuity. orning ou have prot public ial oreata against eh frauds ekee prac- tice of disputing the bills when they are. in to the Corporation. - In other words, pa in the swindle must have questioned their own acis; and, indeed, they haa assucance doubly sure by open rparehasion, the conntvance of the Judges. The local Judges of New York city and county are more highly paid than any judicial functionaries in the United States, and they ate paid out of fands voted by the Corporation York. A few, though notall, of the causes which have ted to or facilitated this extraordinary series of Trauds deserve notice on this side of the Atlantic, One of then bas Sy ney” been the excessive multiplication in tl Uve bodies formed on the parliament: 13 remarkable that thts accamulation of ov Parliament was especially admired vy De Tocque- ville, Who bas no words too strong for the value of asystem which began by giving a popular organ- ization to the tcwnship, aud went‘on to apply the same mote of government to larger and larger tor- riturial areas, till it culminated in the Congress of the United States, But institntions which possibly deserve much of De Tocqueville's praise so long as they are confined to popuiations comparatively poor and of comparatively simple manners are proving extremely ill adapted to s0 inuch of the American people as is collected in great and wealthy cities. In the first place an exceasive number of popular bodies NOt be properly watched. Most Snglish- men find it quite enough to observe the proceedings of Parliament, and at most take some small degree of interest besides 1n their own borough council or parish yestry. But a citizen of New York may have kis comtort and fortune most seriously affected at any moment by the votes of at tleast assem: ples—the Ci 38 Of the United States, the Legis- lature of his own State and the Common Council of New York. it 18 impossible that public attention should be strongly or continuously attracted to all these bodies, and it is acknowleiiged by Ameri- cang of New York that the corruption gene- rally attributed to the Legislature at Albany, and unanimously 1mputed to the New York Corporation, is mainly the consequence of the secrecy, with which their proceeulngs are surrounded, through public indifference and neglect. Again, 1t ts one of the de- fects of popular government, which nas not perhaps been as Much Noticed agit Ought to be, that it re- quires the co-operation of so very large a number of persons. Just, however, as the quantity of Interest and attention which 18 avaiable for the supervision of popular bodics 1s limited, so algo the quantity of honesty which is available for fi them with men beyond temptation is limited. The American system requires a great inauy men to work It who shall algo be extremely honest meu; and the simple truth. is that they are not to be found. It was doubtless perceived by the authors of American institutions that they placed opportunities for gain in the hands of more persons than could presumably resist temptation, and to a certain oxtent they guarded against the danger by providing that American administrators should be paid for their trouble. But this security for public honesty failed whenever the payment of public service any proportion to the maZuitude of the private interests wich had to be dealt With by agministration or legislation, Notit- ing paid as compensation for his time or trouble to @ member of the New York Legislature or to an Al- = derman or Common Counciiman of the Corporation | of te city approaches in Amount the profits which | Ne may make by illicit traMoc; and thus, according to the general belief, he soon sets about get- | ting himself paid on a@ scale to the practical {importance of ‘The true reasons, then, why Gered are—iiret, that tue su clans ts more than exhausted by the demands of the Washington Congress and the Albany Lege, ture; aud next, that its citizens, at once very rich and very busy, have no sustiined observation to spare for the proceedings of @ boly of men who, tor the most part without # fragment of character to begin with, are trusted to taxes amounting to some millions sterling, When to these incomparable facilities for tilicit gain are atded the advantages of an clectorai body consist- ing largely of ignorant Irishmen without a spark of corresponding his duties. New York is piun- American public spirit, and of a systein of local wax. | ation which, by the exemptions tt allows to the masses, takes away from thein oll intercst {n econ- omy, 1t becomes rather wonderful that the sudden fortunes of the New York civic functtonaries are not even more colossal than they have becn supposed to be, ‘These New York Corporation frauds have chieny elicited from Engiish writors exclamations of horror at the viclousness of that democratic state uf society towards which, shriek ag we may, we are everthe: less hastening. It Is not, however, absoiutely tm- possible that we should guard aguinst some of the mistakes which the Americans prove to have made, in 80 far as they intended their institation: rich communities no Jess than poor ones. We may, at least, hesitate velore we multiply boules of a pariia- mentary character beyond the capacity of the country to supply men above corrnption to fii them, and beyond the power of tho yenerai pubile to watch and control them, We havo already too mach of this miultipiication, and we are ‘a danger of having more. One's own parish | or Yoraugh ts so close as to force — ttxelf | on one’s observation; the Imperial Partiament is too large to escapé it, But who tas interest to spare for the muititudinous bodies which tt tas been pro- Res to place between the two? Who is to give is mind atonce to the Samtary Beard, the Bond of Guardians and tne County Financial Hoard? Only the other day we had school boards elected through the whole country, Which the Hnglish vav- Ne has persisted in regarding as small paritaments, ani which certainly pus on @ great many paciiae Mentary airs. There is even an agitation oly on for the establishment of local licensing boarta& Ail ply of honest politi. | levy ald expend local | ts to or seven | dagen honest be needed for vernment will be simply enormous, Can-we count upon obtaining it? YACHTING )NOTES> At two o'clock this afternoon the New York Yacht Club will hold a spectal meeting at “lower ‘Deimont- co's for the purpose of arranging details tu the mat- ter of the anticipated races between the Livonia and the selec’ed yacht or yachia of the club for 1 Queen's Cup, This meeting will undoubtediy the informal action taken at Newport, August 27, on board the Nagship Dauntless, so far as these races are concerned, and: will agree upon, sucl other’) wer, who | measures as the importance of the matter will sag- gest. It is hoped by the olficera of the club thas, this meeting wll be well attendea, as none of greater significanee has been held for years, Some of the yachtsmen of the club have suggested that the races for the Douglas aid Lorillard Vaps, over the dourse from Brenton’s Reef Lightship to Block Island and Vineyard Sound Lightship and return,’ had better be sailed on and after the 9th inst, but in consideration of the vast national importance surrounding the races for the Queen’s Cup this sug- gestion has been answered bythe query, “Is 4t-nob- better to drop all minor contests and devote our attention solely to the Livonia business, that wo may not ve Caught napping?’ Certaisly there t Much force in this wterrogatory, and when it is considered that buta fortnight will elapse before one of these convests will take place itis worthy of much consideration. It will also be remembered by the club that in a short time dr fe Alanis and the fieet accompanying Ni ‘altive in harbor, and that event {or atime.aviil monopolize the yachtsmen's attention. — nd The Livonia ts still lying at anchor off Stapleton, itaten island, and rightit on board, 80 ave visi ¥ crowd of the curious That ht Woods been compelled to forsid ail strangers from inspecting the ‘yacht until she 1s ta. shape and the rust of the voyage removed. Her owner, Commodore Ashbury, arrived in the steamship Java.yesterday morning, and oo doubt orders will soon be issued for te yacht to be dooked, a new eal put in place weer is 0 re TUT Guean's Ov . @ 13 8000, nh Papacht Foon NYW-O. Madera. Hombaw sated down the bay Monday afternoon and returned 1m the evening ‘The partyon board saluted ime of. cers of the Livonia, Yacht Kaiser Wilhelm 1., B.Y.0., Mr. George A.’ Beling, is at Fire Island, on @ fishing excursion. Among those on board 1s the Austrian Consul for, the port of New York. The yacht will refi a Ume to be put on the ways for the fall the Brooklyn Yacht Club. ol ot Yaohts Madeleine, N.Y.Y.0,,.Mr. Jacob, Vi Jr., aud Tidal. Wave, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. William Voor. are at anchor off Hoboken, iS Facing sloop built by Mr. Patrick MoGtohany of Ramrapo, N. J., for Mr. A. Gy Bush, of ti lyn Yacht Cinb, will. be launched on Saturday. is Eig that she will make her maiden race om Monday next, in the club regatta, when it willbe 1 De W | Of SST AE PA av wie isin trmn for tie cowuig raoes. sant, Yachts Fieur de Lis, Woke, Mr, John 8. Dick- ervon, .and Dreadnought, N.Y¥.Y.0., Captain Stjnuels, are at anchor off the Quarantine landing, ah 4 “ne yacht Sappho, N.Y.¥.0., Vice Commodore Dvugias, is at anchor off Whitestone, 2 CUrmmodore Voorhis, of the gta Yacht Club, has tasaed, through Secretary Lee, the following:— stevens of the rookiyn Yacbe Club wi be held, Weetber ing, on Mos O " “of Court strect and sees Sites Sones {asia oftoe stat Sh“ate reeuesved tobe ou board . i -past o'eloci t "16.001 a the Southwest Spit Fe ee Regret ay, id ne ee members will land end partake of @ chowder, aarhs prize gill combat'6f’ an oll fainting of each winning’ to be gailed for onallowance of (ime, to ; rf Ei dokiyn Yacht nt, and s whip pennant for the 01 yance of time, "Four elassaa—one cehooser god tres sloops. -Yacht Colum! N.Y. ¥.C,, Rear Commodore good, will retura New Lonion, wilsre sue ia the ale t. Rutherturd Stayte: ow ‘on the ways, en Monday next. } Perth Amboy & model yacht club. It was o1 yy a few of some months ago. b} gentionen that'place, with the view to ascertain who could model and construct the finest miniature schooner-' rieged ‘aont, NOt exceed! six inches over al mney acta to be built ‘and pen ae ow! The club has twenty-five or more mem! and gives ise of growing into an organization of magni- tude. Their lags race was on Saturday, and created uite an excitement in that section. Beiore the close of the season it is understood they will have another contest, with a sister model club, which expected to be of much interest, THE ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL. Karl Marx Upbeld and Mazzini Denounced at an Italian Mecting—The Relations of the Internationale With theo Commune—An Eee citing Termination to the Discassion of tho Merlw of Marx aud Mazzini. The new society known as the Italian Interna tonal, and Numbering over two hundred members, assembled last night at 407 Broome street, Signor Manzagn! acting ‘as President and Signor Bruno as Seorctary, The object of tits meeting was to de- cide whether they should incoroorate themsel with the other branches of tue Lntermational Society Low becoming 80 prominent in New York. The President, Signor Manzagnl, begged leave to state that 1¢ was the duty of every Italian to be guided by the publicly confessed principles of the best and. most intelligent friend of ltaly. He salt that Guiseppe Mazzint had abrogated) the tenets of the Internationale, and that hehad undertaken te Publish his sentiments on that head for the good of hts countrymen. The majority of the amert-\ can branches of the Internationale, how- ever, continued the ‘President,. ‘may © be tainted with the | evils Which) are» more conspicuous in the central elements of that organ- ization. Yet we have scen American International- isis Who express opinions equaliy as intolecant and peta) 4 yor ce vay end Rote he The ast sentim romptly and sharply opposedt by Signor Caserta, who denied that ony identity. existed between the Commune of Jaris and the In- ternattonalists of America, , aid Mr. Caser' all ve @ republic, ant they love it In Buropes where monarcical institutions kcep workacn ia | Perpetual Uiraidow, it was no wonder that in the course of ‘an sdme deplorable revolutions took Place, such ag that attempicu by tio Communists. | The Commune, he said, was not governed by the i ene, priaciples of the International, nor had the | former the sympathy of many of the most violently Jaciined Internationaltsts, As for Guiseppt Mazz'ul's | Maniesto, It referred, in the matter it proposed to | refute, to the principies maintained tor @ lime by Karl = Marx, through political | necessity, just as Biamarck once imprisoned | Or exiled Many woo upheld the wea of a united | Germany. But at the proper ume Karl Mark lw bored to instill higher aad sounder opluions into the | International. Guiseppe Mazzini anwituingly spoke of evils Which had long been banished from the so- ciety he so emphatically opposed, without com- | menting in the Jeast upon the present nature of that | Great power, *Mazzini’s words to mo,’ said the speaker, “would Le as those of an Evangelist im Noo 1 did not know them vw be untrue or inju- | aictous, | , the President then arose and said that it sounded improper amoug Itallan nationalists to question the doings of Guiseppe Mazzini, who had been so long | and so well ivied aa faitufal servant of Jtallam ; interests, The speaker was here applauded vene- | Mently, and upon Signor Caserta ain arking to explain the hariniessiess of Wl remar! {cries of “Abassa,” “St ynella alla sede” | (Sit down”), and @ suppressed — hissing Uroughout the room preventet him from. pros ceed ‘the President then proposed wat on ac. | count Of the uneXpected agitation occasioned by the remarks made that night the mecting should adjourn. The motion was opposed by Ssighor bruno, Who insisted that Mr. Caserta was treated most unvecomingly tn not being permitted to ex- plain himself. * On Lhe motion being put tne meeting adjourned, BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. Boston, Mass., Oct, 8, 1871. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions began Its annual meeting at Salcm to«lay. The secretary's report shows that $48,201 in oxpended in the Sandwich Isiands, Cnina, ‘The work accomplished by the board ta ibe ‘Turkish empire, India, Coin: Japan, Miconesia Aad among ihe North Americ indlans is recounte: 1 proapects are Considercs ag encouraging. Th AUMDOL Of Missionaries and assisiants Is 1, Bunber of tisslons, 18; of stations, 18; of owe Sstationa, 414; number of wy Prinkgdy 12,638,452; number of chiirenes, 172; mem- bors, 4,480; added during te year, 875; puplis Im Nol 15,405. ; “Chor. Dr. Posh Of Bt fouls, preached the annual’ . eso, it must be remenibered, are bodies intenled to spend the money of the conntry, or to deal with the concerns of great and wraithy tuterests. When tbe amount of public aiteption given to them decitues, as it assurcdiy will, who will undertake to'say that men ot the type of New York Comnion Counciliors will not ve found among their members? There is, at all events, one gigantic schome, nuW adjourned throngit Ue poste Ponement of the Local Government otl!, Whiten onglit clearly not to he resumen till the example of Now York has been takon to teart, and til we dis uncilyunderstint what we are dotug. Tho cer- talny anomalous and frreguiar, but citer col rupt poy wholly lasdictent, gcuyginment of Londoa sermon. MONTREAL ITEMS, MONTREAL, Oct, 3, 1871, Uctave Vaillancour, a diver, was drowned to-day: to the river, oppasite the city, dJobaun nglevretsen, & Norwegian, who mut. dered a Mra. Postor in May, !8 senven bo ol on Linen kth gh . Pra be i A young lac rigtitute OF college waa opened today 4g Ue delivery vi a leciurg, ‘by Prinolpab 1 Dewees