The New York Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1871, Page 3

CITY POLITICS. Condition of the Canvass Through- out New York County. ‘The Senatorial and Assembly Conteste—An Army of Aspirants for Legislative Honors—Hore- tio Seymour Named for the Assem- bly—The Ledwith-Barrett Contest, Dowling-Brennan Difficulty and Other Matters, here is very little to add to our last report upon city politics beyond saying that the “fight goes bravely on.’ The Tammany men within the last few days are “pipe-laying” most extensively. Tney Gesire to know how it is witn the “old man,” and echo answers, “You know how it is yourself,” and tnere really is no explanation of the situation. Where are the clubs? is the question asked all around among the knowing ones. Comptroller Connolly has been under the ban for Months, and where to-day is the Connolly Associa. tion of a couple of years ago, numbertog tens of thousands? Who to-day Isso small as to acknowledge Dim a leader? The question then naturally arises— Where ts Connolly? The Seventy-six have got a hold Of the ola man and 10 is sald he is weakkneed and, to save himself, will tell all he knows about the Boss. The Boss says ‘Go it old fellow,” where you will sink Pil swim, The grand trouble between the Boss and the Comptroller ts that they cannot bring im “Squire” Peter B. Sweency as a party participant im their frauds, The “Squire” 1s in this particular case something like Cwsar’s wife—above all sus- picion—and while Mayor Hall 1s the butt of attack from committees and sub-committees, His Honor stands to-day, like Mr. Sweeney, in a position which the most malignant of the reformers only assail at long distances—they cannot hit the mark. ‘The events of the last few days have thrown the politicians into a terrible ferment. The arrest of the “Boas,” the greatest man of all the political world, Bas naturally discomposed all the small iry who “hve, move and have their being” only under bun, Is would indeed be a good thing IF THE BOSS WOULD ONLY TRANSFORM HIMSELF, ‘as he has made millions by the same operation, into @ Haroun al Raschid, and go for one night only among his constituents—the ‘“Tweed’’ men in fact. He would find out, like many @ better man, how small a share he actually has in the people's confl- dence. To-day he commands millions—to-morrow, “none so poor as to do him reverence.” The public mind ts distraught at the contempla- tion of the frauds perpetrated upon them by those they have most trusted; but a lesson is being taught that will not be unlearned ina short time. But a few days ago the Boss was renominated as candi- date for THE FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. It remains with the electors of the district to say whether or not they will be represented by a man who to-day 1s under indictment—chargea, in fact, with the misappropriation of millions. No man’s Popularity can withstand such a charge pending trial, and it 1s for the voters of the Fourth district say whether, under all the circumstances, they Can afford to take a man charged witn high crimes and misdemeanors as their representative i the Legislature, or demand, with all their devotion for him, that ne stand aside for a little time—till he has purged himself of the crimes imputed to him. The men of the Fuurth Senatorial district owe something to themselves and to their fellow citizens, and if, pending the coming investigation mto Mr. Tweed’s administration as head of the Depart ment of Public Works, he himself does not withdraw from the coming contest, then ne must be looked upon as a man thoroughly regardiess of public opin- ion in general, arfd of the opinion of the men of the Fourth district in particular, and whose votes and conaciences he carries, as he alleges, with more sub- stantial deposits, 1n his “breeches pockets.” Murphy Fe publicans have pressed 2 O'DONOVAN ROSSA Into accepting the nomination against Tweed, with the hope that he would draw after num ail ora | akapdl nas of the Irish votes in the district. If ’ Donovan Rossa should be foolish enough to allow himseli to be used in this way—for i certainly would be foolish—ne must forfeit the good-will of many who have honored bim for what he hassuifer- ed, and could not beelected. The reform democr: will support ex-Alderman Anthony Miller, who is an active politician, a good “worker,” and who has a great many friends among the young people tn the district. He will make a good run, and as Tom Murphy insists on Rossa making a fooi of himseif— evidently to serve his own purpose—there will be four candidates, provided the Greeley republicans continue Mr. Samuel Bangs'in the field. The fight will bea very pretty one. Should the republicans have a majority m the Legislature the plan will be to contest I'weed’s seat on the ground of fraud, aud attempt to show fraud in the voting or counting, Tweed might then be thrown out, and the reform candidate—Anthony Miller—who will probably come next to Tweed in the number of votes, would get the seat. THE FIFTH SBNATORIAL DISTRICT. The Thunderboit will not have as casy a race as he nad anticipated. Evarts, who had been nomi- nated against him, declined, but the republicans have centred on srastus ©. Benedict, formerly a member of Assembly and fora tume President of the Board o1 Educauon, He is @ good, respectable man, but he wili (ind it hard work to overcome the power of organization which the Thundervolt has perfected through his friends and foilowers in the enure district, Mr. Samuel A, Lewis, a member of the Board of Eaucation, 1s up as a reform candi- | date, but of course stands no chance W be even second in the race. In THE SIXTH DISTRICT, where the German element prevails, there is sure to be a man ciecied, as tue candidates are Henry Wolt-man (fammany), Nachi-maa (reform), and Weiss-man (repubiican) Woltman is weil known and universally liked. Nachtman will get but litde show, as he 1s now an Excise Commissioner under Tammany, and is regarded witn suspicion, So every wise-mao ip the district will vote for Wolt- man and Cid Martin, in his political aspirations, Guten Nachi-man! In TAR SKVENIM SENATORIAL DISTRICT the fight is exceedingly bitter. Jimmy O°Brten’s gangs of “reformers,” formerly known as repeaters, are doing their utmost to deter the Bradlevites from making any show. The sentiment of the devent people of the district is decideuly against O’Brien, they invend to count him out forever. He ob- tained what power he possesses by his ability and agility as a repeater and by his control of gangs of repeaters, and it ts hard to expect that those fellows, who have never done an honest day’s work, except, perhaps, by compulsion, as GEOLOGISTS IN THK PUBLIC SERVICE on Blackwell’s Island or at Sing Sing, can give this mocnly governed city any hoped-for reforia, The republicans in tnis district have named Mr. E, L. Fancher, but he certainly does not expect to be elected, The men who stood by Judge Ledwith last year in the Mayoralty contest believe that he was fold out vy O’Bren, and they have mut tered their wrath up to the present time, and ‘will certainly use it against Jimmy, Senator brad- ley is working like @ beaver and cannot fall. He bas held several offices and can proudiy boast that in ali the offices he has hed there has never been the smallest charge againsi him of walfeasance or any other irregularity such ag falls generaliy to otlice- holders, At the upper ead of the island in THE EIGHTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, Prince Harry Genet Is being opposed by ex-Mayor Tieman as reform candidate, and Christian seh wars as republican. Senator Genet is the only memver of the Senate on the democratic side who did not vote for the new charter. He offered amenament aster amendment, Wiich were rejected, He 13 ale most Certain of re-election, as he is one of the most active poliucians, and so generous and independent witha! that 1t will be exccedingiy dificult to defeat him. The race in all the districts will be lively, but there can be scarcely any doubt as to the tal guccess of the entire Tainmany Senatorial ticket, THE ASSEMULY NOMINATIONS by fammany are in many instances the most pecu- ar that could be made, A cursory giwnce at the Slates would indicate that Tammany expected or, in fact, cour’ of putting new men ana strong men in the fleid, and giving thus even a proimise of reform or a change of some kina, they have named the same men Who gave us that charter, now looked upon as ““nierval,” or men who have poor standing in the commnaity. On the other hand, the opposin, parties have named generally strong men and wil make a tlerce fight. THR PARTY MACHINERY of Tammany will be worked most industriously; bus there will be some four or five districts in which | the Tammany caudidutes will be defeated. In the First district Nicholas Muiler is bemg sorely presved by Jaines Healy, and the former will nov have by any means as @ race as Was anticipated, Parties are bet freely that he wilt ve defeated, as there are said to be divisions and “quiet work: joing on in tue Tammany rank and file throughout the district, which will act most detri- en against the county ticket, Unless there 1s @ uni democratic vote here it is almost safe to say that the county ticket will lose from 2,000 to 3,000 votes, Wich may be fatal to its general suc- PHILOSOPHER BERGER in the Ninth district, it is feared, uphill fight to mane’ as there is' Fit Md : iy he ranks which will burt him vadly. Tne seventh dis- yey 4 reese will go republican in favor of said, will go ‘or Wiha TE Byer nace emuently Fepuplicap, but tap Tammany folky haye | ments to Mil the vacancies caused by tne resigna- i defeat in the Assembly, tor, instead | NEW YORK HERALD, bere made ‘an exception and nominated a popular and able young lawyer and (itterateur in the person of Thomas W. Pittman. ‘The Greeleyites nave placed John V. Gridiey in nomination, and in the FIRBRCE REPUBLICAN QUARKEL Pittman stands @ chance of being elected. Mr. Richard Flanagan, in the Thirteenth district, will be fiercely tought. He has been twice a member of the Assembly and has a good record, It was stated during the last session islature that he “went for” the Greenwich Street Elevated Railroad, and as many of the owners of horses and houses in his district were not posted in the use of the expres- sion “went for,’”” he has been charged as having been in favor of the abominable nuisance, and has had hard work to convince many of his constituents of the real facts in the case, that he was one of the active oponents of the elevated road, which has already cost much loss to property and life by og ening horses, causing them to run away. He has, however, been set right and will be elected. SAMMY TILDEN, AS A TAMMANY MAN, has entered the field in the Eighteenth district. Sammy boninvely declared at Kochoster that ne would not voie for any Senator or Assemblyman nominated by Tammany ana would induce all his friends to work and vote against the Tammany nominations. Now Sammy has been named by & Tammany convention presided over by Dick Con- noily’s son-in-li Fithian. A portion of the dele- gates. however, saw through the doage and would not accept the name of Mr. Tilden, so witidrawing to another place they reorganized and nominated Mr. Michael Goode, @ well-known mechanic and a | favorite among the workingmen throughout the county. He has a good record as well as being Goode in name, and will give the venerable Sam my achance to bring out nis strength, for which, of | course, the latter now relies on Dick Connolly and Jimmy O’Brien, One of the most peculiar moves ot the campaign is the nomination of HORATIO SEYMOUR AGAINST TOM FIELDS in the Nineteenth district. It will be remembered that Charies O’vonor was nominated, but declined | toaccept, and, it iS said, suggested that Horatio Seymour would accept the nonor, if named. Mr. Seymourhas to be heafd trom in reply to the nomination, and, as he formerly won and wore the ude of THE GREAT AMERICAN DECLINER, he may decline at first and say, as he aid in 1868, When nominated forthe Presidency, “Your c date, gentlemen, ‘I cannot be.” He may a however, and, if elected, his experience as a ¢ aod a statesman will be found to be of great benefit in the work of remodelling our home rule, In the other districts, although there are number- less candidates in the flel, the opposition to Tan many 1s disjointed and can: be of little effect agains' the solid organization and machinery of tne old Wigwam party. On THE COUNTY TICKET there will be @ tairer and flercer strugele than we have had for years, On the Register there may be an issue made between Geruans and Irish, bat there can be no dout of Judge Shandley’s election. Sigel being @ republican wiil poll the republican vote and may capture some of the democratic votes. Judge Shandiey, however, will divide the German vote in many quarters of the city, and as all the young men, even among the “refurmers,” are m favor of him, he cannot fail to be elected, put he and his friends feel that they must be vigilant and diligent to the last. The nominees for the Judge- ships by both Tammany ani its opponents, except. for the Supreme Court, are such as to msure beyond @ doubt the success of Tammany, THE ENDORSEMENT OF LEDWITH by Tammany for Judge of the Supreme Court is largely commented on, and many say that Ledwith cannot be elected if he accepts the nomination. The true state of the case is that Judge Ledwith was nominated by the Young Democracy, which ander Mr. Riumenthal has preserved its entirety as an or- ganization tudependent of the so-called “reform” de- mocracy. Judge Ledwith accepted that nomination and the Tammany Hali Convention merely endorsed the nomination. Mr. Ledwith Nas no choice in the matter. He 18 not obliged to publish a card to all Tammauy voters forbidding them to vote for him, and Tammany has done wisely in directing its fol- lowers to vote for a man with @ good record rather than name one of its own-well-kuown adherents, THE WILY JUDGE BARRETT, who has been working ail along for himself and Jimmy O’Brien, went into the fight against the mu- nicipal frauds on behalf of the Committee of Seventy, and remained at the work only till he secured the nomination he had sought. It is stated pee that Barrett would not move in the re- form matter until he had secured a handsome re- taining fee. This, in conjunction with his unseemly haste in withdrawing from the committee as soon as he was nominaied, would tend to show that the work for reform and the exposés brought out ees the legal proceedings was begun for the Sesh good of number one as the greater num- rr. ‘ Judge Ledwith, however, will be elected beyond @ donbt, aud it need not be feared that his elevation to the Supreme Court bench will make him, a3 some ofthe “sorehead opponents” charge, @ twol 01 Tam- many. ‘The fight all around ts pretty well or pretty badly mixed, and there wilt undoubtedty be some heavy work done in all parts of the county. THE DOWLING-BRENNAN DIFFICULTY in the Sixth ward still continues, and victory seems the banuers of the Dowl- ingites. The brennan @emonstration on Monday night last was to make a show of strength through: out the county for the sherill. To-morrow eo) ight the Dowlingites of the Fourth, Sixth an Fourteenth wards will turn out. They claim that they only want to show their strength in the Judi- cial district and not throughout the county, and that they wiil fight unceasingly for “nome rule,” It is asserted that Tammany wil! not run aay ALDERMANIO TICKET, m the coming election, notwithstanding the fact that the opposing parties have already made some good nominations. If it be round that the late de- cision of the Court of Appeals in the Bull-Fowier case covers the cases of the present members of the Common Council, they may be run “on the quiev? as was cone before, or they may resign and leave the Mayor to exercise his power and make appoint- tions. A day or two further, however, may produce | quite a change in the prospec: of the political situa- tion, There may be some further developments which Will seriously affect the standing of the can- didates now belore the people. THE GREELEY COUNTY CONVENTION, The Ticket ‘ Dove-tailed” in with that of the Young Democracy—Ravings Against Barrett and the Convention Finally Swallows the Pil. The Greeley County Convention met again last evening at the corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty- second street. Mr. John Falconer presided. The report of the Committee on Nominations was made by Mr. W. P, Richardson. It presented for the en- dorsement of the Convention the following candi- { @&’brien still lived. (Laughter and applause.) t | assemblage together. dates for tne offices to be flited by election in Novem- ber:— GREELEY REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. For Register—General Franz Sigel. for Juage of the Supreme Court—George Barrett, For Judge of Common Pleas—Charies P. Dalv. For Judge of the Superior Court—Willlam E, Curtis. hate Judge of the Superior Court—Jonn Sedge- wick. & For Judge of the Marine Court—Alexander Spaulding. For Aldermen—Peter Gilsef, Samuel B, H. Vance, Jenkins yan Schaik, Joho Falconer, William Joyce, Alexander Martin, Soioman Mebrback, John C rane, William Radde, James McLaren, Michael Car- Troli, Alexander Wiider, James Vitzgerald, Daniel D, Conover, J. Doelger. A motion was then made to adopt the report. Mr. J. S. Ritterband addressed the chair, expressing In bitter terms his dissatisfaction at the nomination for the Supreme Court. It had been promised that the nomination which would be’ made would be the strongest that could pe made. Had they nominated a stronger man than Thomas A. Ledwith? He asked, what were the claims of Barrett asa reformer compared with those of tne man whose name has been THE FIGUREARAD OF REFORM, for so long? He made this comparison to show the weakness of their candidate. awith, as they knew, had always been first in the fight for reform. Where has been the gentleman whose name 1s pre- sented to us to-night? You may tell us that Barrett isa reformer, 1s thls, then, his reward—the noml- nation? No, He has received au adequate reward besides, in the $10,000 paid him by the Committee of Seventy while he was one of their numver. I think that was sufficient reward. Why will this O'Brien faction dictate to us? ‘Those in this room know that Ledwith is an honest man—even those who have fought him hard. He was not a police justice of the period; no flithy lucre sticks to his hands on its way to the Treasury, He is THE GREELEY OF THE BENCH. It is said that Ledwith has sold out, Sold out? Why James O’Brien, having nothing ieft to seli, 13 actually spit upon by Lammany Hall, The men of that faction are not the men to cry “gold out! It is not the praises of Ledwith that 1 would speak now, but of the position in which Mr, George C. Barrett finds himself to-night. When the cry of reform wus first started, he was not of the refor- mers—not while the man whom, with him, we ex- beat was In the front rank, This new- Ga z disciple of reform had not then shown Dunseif above the surface of the political turmoil. |L_not say—at the eleventh tour he hired himself to Work for referm. Mr. Ritterband thought it unwise to act on the nom- ination for Supreme Cours to-night, Colonel Wr followed Mr. Ritterband. He ex- ‘ultea in the spirit which inspired these nomina- tions. ‘This opportunity was long sought to repudi ate vile clamor and to” snow at last that that branch of the republican party propose at last to overthrow Tainmany Hali and make its promises.” ‘They would prove the purity and ardoc of their defence. Mr. Willis then eulo; Barrett, All honest men should despise with because he had used a device to secure their votes. ‘Though he were a8 honest @ man as ever breathed, and though his past life were crowded with virtues —a very angel—yet, in an hour like this, if he makes men doubt what his position is, he cannot com- mend himself to us for our 1 Captain Conover denounced Ledwith and elicited ry and cheers. Ho hoped the Convention ‘would ott 4 we Gu the be as there was t @ possiblity that \Vherland’s’ name might Hh ‘on the ticket. Touasy made @ long smeeck. An whieh ne helg | and delivered a & forth that the result of voting tor democrats would, | as in the past, only show the folly of trying to keep the republican organization together and take out- side candidates, ‘The party was cradled in reform and that was its instinct and past life. He com- pared the Committee of Seventy to the three tailors of Tooley street, London, who had come together and called themselves we, the people of England, (Much laughter.) He repudiated thelr power to _ Supervise the nominations of that Convention. (Applause. ) Mr. FRANKENHEIMER then spoke in favor of the nominations and denouncing Ledwith. Sigel was true and honest before he came to this country and wonders that alter twenty years here he was still honest. ear eee The old saying when a mon- arch died, “fhe king ts dead—live the king,” re- minded one that Tweed was dead, but Jimmy | Mr. MILLER announced that he had seen Mr. Barrett and he acquiesed to the nomina‘ton. After a wotion to adjourn was lost, the original motion by Mr, Legget to adopt the report was car- Tied; and by a second motion the ticket formed by the committee was ratified by the Convention. A vote of thanks was given the committee, and the Convention then adjourned at the call of the Chair, THE CUSTOM HOUSE COUNTY CONVENTION, The Republican County Convention (Custom House party) met last evening at Apollo Hall, General Arthur ta the chatr. : Mr, Charles 8, Spencer, in behalf of the committee of conference appointed at @ previous meeting, re- ported that they had met with a committee ap- pointed by the other wing of the republican party, and also with committees of the diferent branches of the democracy opposed to fammany Hall, It was | agreed by the committees that a ticket should be made out, allowing the republicans one nominee for Judge of the Superior Court and the democrats one; the democrats to nominate a candidate jor the Marine Court; the republicans to nominate eight candidates for Aldermen, and the democrats seven. The Democratic Reform County Couvention haa, the previous evening, raiified we ucke! ‘awn up by the joint committees, and so performed their promises, and it remained for them to do theirs, The honor of the Convention was pledged to nominate the Acket, and he hoped they Would do so unanimously, Mr. KINGSLEY, Sr, protested against the nomina- tlon of the tickei, as the names oO! three men were on it who are in the pay of Tammany Hail and staunch supporters of that fabric of corruption, Two of the nomimees for Aldermanship, James McLearn and Daniel Conover, were notoriousiy Within the interest of Tammany Hall, and no honest republican could but be ashamed to have his name associated with those of such men. In lis district (the First) neither of the two would get lity re- publican votes. If they had a_ ticket at all ict them have one which a true republican could conscientiously vote. Better to be aeleated with a fair, honest republican ticket than successful with SUCH as the one proposed. Mr. Spencer was sorry | the ticket did not please Mr. Kingsley, He then Moved thai the report be accepted and the ticket | nominated. ‘The motion was carriea by a large majority. The ticket has been already published, ‘Lhe Convention adjourned sine die. BOSS TWEED’S CPPONENTS. © and O?Donovan Rossa in the Field. An adjourned meeting of the Fourth District Dem- ocratic Reform Senatorial Convention was held last evening at Vanderbilt House, coruer of Hubert and Huason streets. Besides the delegates a great Many outsiders were present, crowding the hall to inconvenjence. A good deal of time was lost in getting the latter to leave the room, so as not to interfere in the deliberations of the Convention, | which was finally eifected only when a sergeant-at- aris Was appointed and ejection threatened. The meeting being fairly Organized a delegate from the Sixth ward nominated Antnony Miller to contest the Senatorship of the Fourth disirict wiih William M, Tweed. The announcement was received with cheers, coupled with a lew expressions of dissent. ‘ihe nomination deing seconded and put from the Chair was carried, ‘the maicontents made an attempt to secure an adjournment, but failed. Ex-Alderman Mi BRADLEY B. ER RAISING. A Handsome Tammany Display—Spicy Speeches an@ an Entiusiastic Audience. The Seventh Senatorial district was lively last evening with the sounds of poiltical strife. The streets with the big exhibition ot their lights, while Tammany, which had been astonishing peopie lately in that line also, was refreshing itself at the corner | of Thirty-first street and Fourth avenue by an inter. | ‘ied Octoner 26, 1871.” The deceased statesman | esting display in presence of afew thousand solid , Was clad in black broadclotu and presented a natu. | workingmen of the district. Chinese lanterns were suspended across the avenue, a tar barrel engaged the attention of arew hundred youngsters, a staud, festooned with United States fags and illuminated a Chinese lanterns, was ready lor the speakers, an THE CROWD SUPPLIED AN ENTHUSIASM that mast have been a bitter piil tor the retormers, who thoaght they were to have it all cheir own way in the district last evening. The cosey little club house in Thirty-lirst street was haadsomely deco- | rated with lanterns, and looked like a nook favored with many a tale of pleasant ee hi and just the place where a wintry evening might be whiled away even if politics were never a ruling motlve. This is | the headquarters of Alderman Croker and of a! Pleasant crowd of boys from the district, all of whom houor the glorious St. Tammany and are just now SUPPLIANTS FOR THE GOOD SAINT'S FAVOR, in behalt of Jonn J. Bradley, whom they ave bound, under any and every circumstance, to send to the | Senate this year. ‘Ihe occasion of the litue splurge of last evening was the unfurling of a spleadid banner, ornamented with ail the modern imorove- | ments, at the intersection of Thirty-frst street and Fourth avenue, mn honor of Mr. Bradiey, ana several speakers had heen invited to participate in the cere- mouy. The meeting was presided over by Alderman Croker, who, in a few words, explained tue agreeable cricumstances which Nad called the ‘Then addresses were made by Colouet James Dosle, John Mullaly, Mich Goode (candidate for Assembiy) and Hamilton Wu liams. All the speakers were well received, and as a good deal of the speaking had reference to local olitics, cheers were in order at every genuine fammany sentiment. The display passed oif very | pleasantly, without anything occurring to distur the unanimity of those present, THE O'BRIEN DEMONSTRATION An imposing Display. ‘The grand political pageant in honor of ex-Sheriff | O’Brien, candidate for Senator in the Seventh dis- trict, came off last night and was of a very imposing character. The Eighteenth, Twentietn and Twenty- first wards turned out in force. The representatives ofthe Eighteenth ward formed on Twenty-second street, the right reating on Second avenue and ex- tending to avenue A. The Twenty-first ward assem- bied on Lexington avenue, the right wing resting on Twenty-second street and extending to Third avenue, The Twentieth ward representatives assembled at ‘Thirty-fourth street and Seventh avenue. About | half-past eight the procession started, the Eigh- teenth ward in the front, the Twentieth following | and the fwenty-frst forming the rear of the proces- _ sion. The line of march was along Fourth avenue to Eighteenth street, thence to Third avenue, then { turned into Fourteenth street and marcbed to Eighth avenue, thence through the western portion oi the Seventh Senatorial district, At Ninth avenue | the procession turned into Twenty-eighth street | and passed Apollo Hall, where a very large crowd | had assembled, and where indoor and outdoor meetings were betng held. Much enthusiasm was displayed along the whole route of the procession, but especiaily at Apollo Hall, where ex-Sherift O’Brien in person appeared at the window and was greeted with loud cheers. The procession (ook nearly haif an hour ln passing Apollo Hall. The ratification meeting at Apoilo Hall was crowded. Samuel G. Courtney presided. Speeches were made by Samuel J. Piden, Mr, Clinton aud others, Judge Ledwith’s Attitude. Judge Ledwith has written the following letter | accepting the nomination of the regular democracy and Democratic Union organization for the position | of Supreme Vourt Judge:— ToT CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CONVENTIONS OF THE “REGULAR DRMOURATIO” AND Demoonatio Usion ue ed with great care the nomination you dered me. ihave sought the counsels of men who have ‘eucncaniy and carnest friends of manicipal reform, and as your organization 18 composed ot a body of men known to me for year hare come to the cone: ie name asa canidate for the oflice of Justice of the Suprem @ Court. Ido this the more readily because you know well my antecedents, and that in your hana my reputation is fate, and that my character will vot suifer (or want of able defenders, Ineed not assure you that my sentiments are hebnanged, and that [shall continue to do baitle for honest government in the future as in the past in whatever position the peopie of this city honor me with, Pawns great respect, Tam, A Naw York, Oct. 2%, 1871 rs, MASA. LEDWITH, Co-Operation of the German Democrats of the Fifth Senatori Italians Show their Muscle. Over five hundred Italians assembled in the spacious hall at No, 19 Amity street last night to favor the re-election of Senator Michael Norton, ‘A. A. Consalvi presided. A band of music attended, enlivening the moments before the meeting for- mally opened. Banners, flags and mottoes of many national and political devices adorned the walls of the meeting room. ‘The last notes of the ‘Marcia di di”? having died away, the resident arose and el address in Itauan eulogis- ‘ + On the political issues of the day. ing Senator Michael Norton in the highest degree. A German delegation led vy Mr, Henry Scheele vis- ited the hall during the meeting, and were warmly recetved. Mr. Seticele being called upon arose delivered @ brief adaress. He referred to the sym: Ratny, existing between the Germans and Italians of jew York, saying that the German democrats of the Fifth Senatorial district were most desirous of co-operating with the Italians, who supported Michael Norton as date for the Senate. a | Senor A. A, Consaivi called for three cheers for the Senator and the German dclegation, which were given witn a will. The meeting then dispersed, Rossw’s Republican Rally. The Fourth District Republican Association (Apollo Hall party) met ac 102 East Broadway and nomi- nated James T, Freeborn for Senator. Jeremiah O'Donovan Kossa was proposed and some warm aiscussion ensued, which was decided by a vote in favor of Mr, Freeborn, NEW YORK STATE POLITICS, Speech of Senator Conkling in Elmira—Re- view of State Affairs—Bold Attack Upoa Tawmany—Defence of President Grant's Administration, + Evarra, N, Y., Oct. 27, 1871. Senator Conkling addressed a large audience for two hours in the Opera House on Friday evening, Alls speech was an able, eloquent and effective effort, The principal portion of it was devoted to an exposition of tho iniquitous enactments of the Legislature of New York as controlled by Tweed and the Tammany Hall democracy, He characterized them as being the authors and supporters of the most gigantic and disgraceful conspiracy of modern times, the great rebellion alone excepied, He contended thar Tweed controlled tae Rochester Convention which set its seal of regularity on the Tammany delegates, and nominated candidates who were the bosom irlend 3 | and the choice of the conspirators, and pointed out that among the democratic candidates for the Legislature nominated by the democrats in the city of New York, under tne sanction of that Convention, were to be found the names of weed and of other notorious public plunderers. In alluding Co the man- per in which the tnillions stolen from the treasury have been expended, he said the most innocent use to which they were put was the personal purposes of those men to enabie them to outshine klugs in lux- ury; but & baser use to wich that stolen money had been put was the alleged bribery and corruption of officials, republicans as well ‘as democrats. He argued that the only way im which the offenders could be tried, Condemned and punished and the | evils they had wroagnt be remadied was by the election of a republican Legislature. A change of the administation of State aiatrs from democratic to republican authority was the only certain safe- guard for the facure., * Senator Conkling then touched on national af- fairs, with a view to the Presidential election of 1872. He -briefty reviewed the administration of General Grant, 1t3 domestic, financial and foreign policy, and asserted that the silent man at the head | of our national afairs has given the country the best practical business administration vhat it has | had for twenty years. He cited the result of the } October elections in several States, excepting only Texas, which always was a Lone Star State, (0 show that General Grant's administration was approved Of throvgiout the country. CY IN ERIE COUNTY. BurFato, Oct, 38, 1871. The democratic nominauions for Assembly {rom Erte county were completed this afternoon: —First district, George Chambers; Second district, Jonn Howell; Third district, Oscar Folsom; Fourth dis- trict, Whitiord Harrington; fifth district, Jonn M. Wiley. EX-SECRETARY EWING. THA DENO: Funeral of the Late Thomas Ewing at Lancas- ter, Ohio—Mementoes of the Deceased—Re- ligicus Faith of Mr. Ewing—A Friend of Half a Cen-tury—Imposing Burial Ceremonies—Eulogy by Arch- bishop Purcell. LANCASTER, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1871. ‘The funeral of the late Thomas Ewing took place | Isham, from St. Mary’s Roman Catholi¢ church in vis city | brave reformers were making a muss along the | t0-day. Friends took fnal leave of the distinguished dead at the residence, where the remains lay in a | superb burial cagket, on the plate of which was eD> wing, born December 28, 1789, | graved “Shot | ralappearance. The features wore a calm, dignified expression, and looked as though the great man had | werely fallen asleep, The table and chair he occupied stood in the room as he left them before he died. The books, papers, spectacles and watch lay there as he placed them last. His bust, executed by Jones, the Ohio scuip- tor, and portraits taken in early, middle and after life jooked down upon the ashes of him who gave them value; while around were seated the most distinguished men of the State and bar, as- sembiel to pay the last tribute of respect to the earthly remains of the compeer of Clay, Webster | and Cal)\oun, Arrived at the church the funeral cortége was met by the yenerable Archbishop Purcell, of Cincin- nati, an the venerable Father Young, of Wash- ington, P. C., who came to attend the dying hours of nuptia) ceremony in 1820 and as his friend of half a century. The solemn peal of the organ and the pro- cession, headed by those distinguished clergymen, received ihe dead and the mouruers. ‘The pail- bearers were Go’ jor Hayes, of Ouio; Henry s! very, Senator A. G. Thurman, Senator Jon Sher- m ou W 1, John H. James, George Reber, A, B. Waiver, H. B. Curtis, Marshali Anderson and C, ! B. Godard, all prominent men of the State, and twelve or filteen of the most prominent citizens of Lancaster besides, ‘The tapressive burtal ceremony was performed by Father Young and assistants, Archi ishop Purcell delivered a enlogy from the pulpit which he stated that Mr. Ewing had ex- esse’ (o him his preference for the Koman Catho- HG falili thirty-eight years ago, and sent tor him to Cincinnati only a week before his death to receive from his bands the sacramet of the Holy Eucharist. Also that Mr. Ewing, just before bis death, dir d the sum of $1,000 to be given the Archbishop as a thank offering. The pretate closed with a glowing trinave to the memory of the deceased as a citizen, statesman, patriot, father and friend, and held up his Ife and character a3 a movel for the young and an henor to his surviving Kindred, The funeral then moved to the Lancaster cemotery, where the remains were | deposited in tne final resting place, beside those of Mrs. Ewing, Whom ‘er husband survived only a few ears, The immediate famtly of Mr. Ewing at the funeral were Judge P. B. Ewlog, Generals Hugh, Thomas and Charles Ewing, sons of the deceased; General Sherman and Colonel Steele, married to daughters of Mr. Ewing, anu their respective families; Judges McElvaine, White ant Welsh, of the Supreme Court of Ohio, The Governor and stat and officers of State were in atten ince. As the train from Colum- ‘bus left, conveying these dignitaries to Lancaster, the fag was flying at naif mast from the State House, and all tie offices of State were closed, as a mark of respect to the last of one of the great men of the State and of the nation, who passed away 1u the (niness of time, in possession of all ts faculties and in the bosom of all whom he held dear on earth. Meeting of the Washington Bar—Address by Solicitor General Bristow on the Life and Public Services of Mr. Ewing—Resolutions of Respect. WASHINGTON, Oct, 28, 1871, A meeting of members of the bar was held this morning in tae Chamber of the Supreme Court of the United States, When, on the motion of Mr. CARLISLE, Solicitor General Bristow was called to the chair, and D. W. Middleton, Clerk of the Court, appointed secretary. On taking the chair, Mr. Bristow said: —Gentle- men of the bar, We are called together to give ex- pression to our feelings of sadness at the loss of one of the greatest and best of the American bar. In the evenimg of a ripe old age, fail of honor, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, Das passed away from among us. His name is inseparably linkea with the political history of our country. Forty years ago he took his seat as a member of tie United States Senate in this room. Here lie jas tue compeer of Clay, Webster, Wright, Marcy, jas, Calhoun, Benton and Hayne, and even in stich a Senate he ranked as @ leader. After Hou. Peleg Sprague, of Massachusetts, he was te senior surviving member of the Senate, and the last of \hoseé who were in the Senate at the time of tho memorable debate between Mr. Webster and Mr. Hayne. Having presided over the Treasury Depart- ment in 1841, and conducted its affairs with ability and success, he was subsequently called Into the Cabinet of President Taylor, and organized the De partment of the Interior, Bat great as Mr. Ewing Was in statesiuansnip and executive ability he was yet greater asa jurist and a lawyer, His nighest acblevements were at the bar. For almost half & century he was a member of the’ bar of the Su- preme Court of the United States, and by ac- knowledgment of all ho was second to nmoue of the many distinguished men whe have adorned our proiession. The volumes of reports of J that Court contain an enduring monument of his splendid abilities, But not alone for his great Mental powers was Mr, Ewing and .oved Mr, Ewing as the priest who celebrated his ; SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. ue | by the bench and the bar, Tie possessed \ by ar, He was of noble, generous nature; bis targe heart was full a sympathy for the young men of the bar, who strug- gled auainst adverse circumstances, auil to such he | was ever ready to lend a helping hand, No mi did more to dignify and ennobie our profession. hs | highest virtues were illustrated by nis life, At is fit, | then, that the members of the bar should be among the chief mourners at the grave of Mr. Ewing. Messrs. Carlisle. Bartley, McMichael, Coombs and | Philips having been appointed a commitie reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, when the meeting ad,ourned:— Resolyed, That the members of the bar of the Supreme Court of tne United States have received with profound sen- sibility the announcement! of the death of the late thomas Ewing, of Ohio, long and eminently distingushed axa jurist and statesman. Resolved, That we hold in higt estimation the memory of the deceased as one of the great men of the country, tilue. trious for public services in the councils of the naticn and eminence and ability in the profession of the law. ‘Resolved, That the Attorney General of the \/nited States be requested to communicate these resolutions to the Court, With the request that they may be entered on, the record an urther, that the; ‘communicate: ‘amily of te! ‘ecoaued with the expression of the sympathies of this meeting. THE RUSSIAN DUKE. When Will He Arrive?—The Names of the Gen- tlemen Forming tho Executive and Re- ception Committees—The American Fleet Of Gravesend Bay. The Grand Duke Alexis ts still afar off on the deep | blue sea. There may be no cause for anxiety yet, ag many old and very respectable ‘salts’? who are entitled to an opinion allege that much longer pas sages are on marine records, but to the citizens of | New York, who are accustomed to take passages on the sharp-nosed ocean steamers and arrive at their | destination from one side of the Atlantic to the other in fourteen days, this trip of the young Musco- vite's seems quite an age, But, as tis is an age of | reason, young ladies and gentlemen who have long | since completed tueir arrangements for meeting hun | must for whe present content themselves by drawing the comparison between the clumsy Russian war | vessels and the fleet Cunarders, and be willing to | make every alluwance for the delay of the former, | There 1s little doubt but that the strong westerly gales recently reported by the British steamers have been the means of retarding their progress, even If | they have not driven them a long way out of their course—the latter being highly probable, | ‘Tne signal of his arrival, down town, 1s to be a Russian flag from the top of the Astor House, which ; will be floated immediately atter the ficet is tele graphed from Sandy Hook, The following names \ represent the members of THE EXECUTIVE AND RECEPTION COMMITTEES :— The Executive Committes is composed of Mr. W. H. Aspinwall, Chairman; Mr. M. H. Grinnell, Mr. E. W. Stoughton, Mr. W. B. Duncan, I. McDowell, | United States Army; Mr. E. D. Morgan, 8. W. Go- | don, Unitea Stuies Navy; Mr. W, T. Blodgett, Mr. J. ‘Taylor Johnston, General Alexander Shaler, Mr. A. Luerstadt, Mc. Henry Clews, Mr. 5. J. Macy, Mr. L. M. Barlow, Mr. Lioyd Aspinwall, Mr. Howard Potter, Mr. James E. Montgomery, d R. L. Stuart, Mr. Henry Bergh, Mr. C, C. vodge, Mr. k. W. Howes, ‘Treasurer; James K. Montgomery, RECEPTION COMM . Major General Dix, Chairman; John J, Nestor, | James W. Beekinan, J, G. Bennett, Jr., J. M. Bundy, A. L. Brown, Stewart Brown, Kev. HM. W. Beecti | Rev. H. W. Bellows, General A. E. Burnside, | Buss, James M. Brown, S. D. Babcock, N, P. | D.C. Blodgett, George H. Bend, F. { Chrisuan Bois, James Bleecker, Jonn | Charles P, Burdett, Allan Campbell, W. F. ylus, & B. Cnittenden, W. C. Church, Peter oper, R. L. Cuttiog, W. E. Curtis, smith Clift, Somuel J. Coigate, W. 8 Clerke, Rev. Dr. Crosby, J. Colies, We BE, Dodge, Jr, W. F, Douglas, C. He Deiamater, ©. E. Detmoid, J. De Pey- j ster, J. F. Daly, Jono Ro. bDykers, J, Edgar, Amos . Eno, Field, General W. & Franklin, Geueral Cc, Fremont, J. C. G. Foster, H. C. Fatinesto Horace Greeley, Jonn c. Green, E. L. Godin, C. G. Gunther, &. F. Guatuer, W. Ff. Garner, BE. F. Gerry, J. W. Hammersiey, L. T. Howes, Commodore D. B. Harmony, H. A. Hecker, R. Hoe, W. G, Hunt, 0. P. Hunungton, 4. Hilton, H. J. Hastings, Hoyt, Rev. J. Hall, W. A. Hammond, M. v.; &. Haight, A. S. Hewitt, O. Harriman, £. Judson Hawley, B. F. Hunting, meral Rutus Ingalls, A, Iselin, C. H. ieorge RK. Jones, F. 1. James, J. K. Jessup, David Jones, Judson Jarvis, Leonard W. Jerome, kK. L. Kennedy, J. P. Kernochan, A. ©, Kingsland, A. G. King, W. M. Kingsland, C, W. Kohlaats, D. Kingstand, Smith EB. Lane, A. A. Low, Secretary. Daly, Beniamin H. J. an, D. D.: Kev. H. Montgomery, 8. B. Morse, F. fatey Myers, Thomas Marphy, i. T. Morgan, 1. B. Musgrave, Homer Morgan, E. Mathews, G. Opdyke, | Jonn O'Brien, J. V. Opativia, Charles O’Conor, C. ! Palmer, sames W. Palmer, H. E, vierrepont, Royal Pheips, Rev. votter, VD. D.; J. E. Parsons, J. Ke Pell, G. W. Quintard, B. Roosevelt, J. Roosevelt, | w. & Rntneianaer, J. Renwick, K. M. Ratherford, John Riley, E. D, Raudolpa, H. A. Robbins, A. ‘I. | Stewart, Commodore J. Strong, U. 8. N.; John | Sturges. J. Sherman, Rey. N. Schenck, D. D.; R. ; Stuyvesant, General G. Sandford, Nathaniel Samuel Sloan, F. Schuchardt, D. MM. John A. Stewart, O. D. swan, D. Suydam, Joseph seligman, C. Hl. Stewart, &. Strong, Paran Stevens, i iS G. W.'T. Strong, Charles John H. Sherwood, A. 'T. Stokes, J. 8. Slosson, H. | FB. Spaulding, Emil Saver, Kliot F, Sheppard, Kev. | J. Thompson, DV. D.; Rev. J. P. Thompson, D. D5 8B. Trevor, Bayard Taylor, L. Tuckerman, U. L. Tif | fany, Rev. F. Vinton, D. D.: J. Voorhis, Jr. | Kensselaer, Jr.; H. Vanderbilt, General E. L, Viele, ad Varnum, General H. G. Wrignt, John D, Wolfe, | Samuel Wetmore, W. I. Wenb, General A. 8. Webv, | F. S. Winston, Join S, Williams, W. Whitewrigut, Jr; SoH. Whales, W. C. Whtcaey, J. K. Warren, B. Welles apd M. Zbrowskt ‘acu of the foregoing will be entitled to take two ladies on board the Mary Powell on the day uf ihe ; Teception of the Prince. THE AMERICAN SQUADRON, ‘Things have remained in about the same condl- | tion as previously reported with regard to the re- | ception feet, The flagship Congress, with Severn, | Troquois and Kansas, are lying at their anchorage ; ou Gravesend Kay, with the Tallapoosa lying under | the land near Sandy Hook, ready to telesraph the signal to the fleet upon the approach of the Rus- | stans being announced. ‘There 18 no anxiety felt in | the fleet for the safety of the coming sguadron. ‘The best autuorities do not think | them over-due yet. Passages longer by ten days than the tme elapsed since the sailing of the Kussians from Faimouth on the 20th of iast ; month are by any means an uncommon occur- rence, Let the ladies wait patiently; they will be blessed with the sight of the Grand Duke in good time. Last evening (Friday) seven heavy guns were ; heard, apparently out at sea, and for some time caused & wild excitement. The oflicers on deck kept a bright look out for lights from the Taliapoosa; bat not @ blue gleam over the placid mooniit waters | rewarded their longing gaze. The weather Is clear | and delightiul, with a fresh breeze from the north- | west, which 18 @ grateful relief to the three days of fog and rain preceding yesterday. RAILROAD MATTERS. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Lovisvin.e, Ky., Oct. 28, 1871. This aiternoon the Chesapeake and Onto Ratiroad Company made a verbal contract to buy out the Lomsville, Cincinnati and Lexington Ratlroad Com- Fey the contract to ve completed in writing on londay. Ki Railrond Enterprises. Topeka, Kah , Oct. 28, 1871, ‘The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Ratiroaa Com- pany to-day let the contract for the building of the extension of the road to Fort Larned, 115 miles from Newton. The road 18 to be completed by the Ist of May next. The country through which it will pass 1s almost entirely unsettled, Railroad Consolidation in Ohio. COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 28, 1871. Articles of consolidation between the Chicagoand Canada Southern Railway Company and the’ South- eastern Michigan Railway Company were filed in Columbns yesterday. The capital stock of the con- solidated company 13 $10,000,000, cailed the Chicago and Canada Southern Raliway, with termini at Chicago and at a point on the e+ troit River im the Eastern part of Wayne county, Michigan, sci were LIFE ON THE BORDERS, Riotous Proceedings of Desperadoes in the Indian Territory. Sr. Louis, Oct, 28, 1871, The Republican has an account of riotous pro. ceedings of a gang of desperadoes last Friday at the Gibson terminus of the Missourl, Kansas and Texas Railroad, in the Indian Territory. The rioters, led by the notorious villains known as Limber Jack, Pony Bill and Keno Biil, Lb got desperately drunk, rode through tue town, tiring revoivers at random. They wounded several persons and intimi- date the people to such an extent that the stures were closed ald business was suspended, They finally attempted to destroy the property ana store of Keys &Brothers, when they were met b: of citizens, who ordered them to desist. refusing they were fired upon by the posse, Lim- ber Jack Was wounded in the face and lungs and One of the posse was wounded in the abdomen, Keno Bill surrendered and the rest of the gang fed. ‘The citizens determined to nang Keno Bill, but finally yielded to better counsel and sent him out of town, threatening to kill him if ever he returned. Next day Uni States Marshal Johnson, of Fort Smith, Ark., pursued Keno Bill ana captured him at For Scott, Kansas, and took him and Limber Jack to Van ) Ark., Where they were turned over to the U) ‘Staige authorities, A. Van | The road willbe | T™ SPPHO'S OLO TRICK. Match Race Between the Yachts Dreadnaught and Sappho. | The Latter Beats Her Antagonist in the Occam Race from Sandy Hook Lightship Twenty Miles and Return, Fresh Breezes, Splendid Sailing, Crossy Chopping Seas, and Fre- quent Squalls, The challenge race between Vice Commodoret Douglas’ famous yacht Sappno and Captall Samuels’ Dreadnaught took place yesterday piss, the ocean course, twenty Iniles from Sandy Hook! Iightship and return, and thougn the latter yacht was beaten by her stately autagonist, the race was & More even contest than that with Pepi ‘on Friday, and one of the finest of the many} splendid struggles of the passing remarkable yacht-! ing season, Just before six o'clock in the morning the good little seaboat Leon, Captain Joe Reack, left pier No. 4, North River, for the yachts off Quaran- tine, and while the stiliness of death almost reigned{ over allon shore they Were communicated with for the arrangement of the necessary preliminary de< tails, The Dreadnaught, notwithstanding her conq | test of the day before, was ready and in splendid | Order, with nothing out of order and no repatrat | Tequisite; and all was activity on board the Sappho,{ and soon as the Leon hanged the greetings of tha, morning the latter weighed anchor and went fannin along tn the light west-southwest wind that pera toward the lightship. The Dreadnaught was takem in tow by the Leon, but in the lower bay the breez@ veering to the west-soutiiwest and freshening, het hawser was dropped and assistance then given tha Sappho, The morning was full of promise, and whem the sun shone upon these racers the picture wast beautiful in the extreme, At ten o'clock it was ap- parent that there would be all the wind that the yachts required, and Captain Martin F. Lyons, of the Dauntless, on the markboat Leon, acting ag judge, gave orders to the men on board the floating beacon to note the time of starting and arrival, and everything was in readiness for the boats to ba away, At this juncture the Dreadnaught was hova ! 100 one mile westward of the lightship, and awaiting! ; the Sappho to come up, She accepted this time ta | set her balloon maingaf topsatl, The breeze wad | freshening every minute, and now was from thé west-northwest. As agreed upon, the Leon steamed at once to mark the twenty miles, which was @ course east by south, A heavy swell was running in from the eastward in consequence of the gale of two or three days previous, The start was to be @ | fving one and the yachts were to turn the mark- | boat from either side, and it had also been cours teously agreed upon that the Sappho should allow her antagonist double the Lume allowance due under the club measurement, THE ENTRIES. Owner Vice Commodor . Samnals THE RACE At twenty minutes past ten the Sappho had ar- rived near the Dreadnaught’s position, and now set her large balloon maingaf topsail, Everytaing was 1m preparation for the initial Movement, but It was evident that each commanding oMicer was watting for chances and endeavoring to our-manceuvre hig opponent, They were lyiny-to on the starboard. tack heading west southwest, and at twenty-five minutes past ten the wind died away, and there: was more opstinacy than before dem raved, as it was well known that under the circumstances the boat last to pass the Lightship would be the better off. Finally the Vice Commodore became tired eof waiting ‘and the word was to be away, when his opponent almost liamediately followed his example, the racers passing the line of the lgutship as 1ollows:— Lorillard, G. W. Lane, James Low, A. Leary, FAP RSNG: PAM: TAG REUIES. = a \ RJ. Livingston, Josiah Lae, ©. F.-Liveriiore, | ggpppo.s...... 46 @ a Dreadnanght.. a eg Charles Lanter, H. G. Marquand, Rev. W. E. Mot | “wae race now commenced in earnest, and the con testants had their booms on the starboard side and were Wiug and wing. Soon alter passing the line the Sappho set her Working fore and aft topsail, and the Dreadnaugnt was dressed in balloon matngat topsall and balloon maintopmast staysail, It wad thought that the Sappho would increase her lead every moment, but sie did not, ana the vread- Maught sailed so fast and weil that from te nark- boat on the way to her anchorage it was not them @ foregone conclusion that the famous Sappho would the winner, At 10:4) the Jatter set her balloon jib, but this did not materially aid her, ag the vreaduaught would hut bes aken oll and she hung like @ leech. At 11:25 the breeze was tresuemng every instant, and on and on went raking the yachts in galiant style, the signt being of the most Magnificent and exciting na&ure. Atihis hour the Highlands trom the |.eon, still steaming to her post- tion, were bearing west by south and Heamstead’s | Hills north by west. At 11:36 (he Highlands were out Of sight, and the swell from the ocean became more disagreeable, encountering Which the racers’ speed was somewhat diminished, but they still bowling on in grand style towards the markboat, which was now anchored on the Cholera Banks, where, with fifty fathoms of cavie, she would hardiy ; hold in the hasty cross, short, chopping scas and frequent squalls of wind. At izh, lm. 168, half a mile from the markvoat, the Sappho took ia all her ligat sails and mmediately after jioved her foresail over, preparatory to rounding, Ai 12h, 16m, vos, tie Dreadaught took in ver vailoon maingait topsali_ and set her working one. Two minutea thereafter her foresail was jibbed, and, not halt @ mule apart, tuey as follows were TURNING THE MARK. WM. Ss HM, & Sappho............ 12 20 10 Dreadnaught...... 12% 88 Both went by the Leon on the port hand, from the south to the north, and so grand was the sight thas the Jew on the stakevoat sent up a vociferous cheer in their honor. The wind was getting fresher every miate, and now the yaciits were reaching m on the port tack to the northward, going like stracic dolphins. At 12h. 25m. 103. the Dreadnaught sent down her main gam topsail, and at 12:26 it was ap- parent that the latter did not lay up so well as the Sappho, but yet the distance between them did not become any greater, At 1:08 the Dreadnanght | tacked to the southward and westward and toox in her fiying jib. Ai 1:15 both yachis housed their top- masts, and more than ever the sea looked wild and the yachts laid down to their work with their gun- wales deep in the swirl of the water. Here the beautiful and ipspiriting scene was made more lively by the steamboat I. V. Arrowsmith and yacht Enchantress bearing down to lee to note tha grandest part of the struggle. At 1:30 t Sappho was but three-quarters of @ ahead, and the wind wa® now froin the west- ward, @ cracking breeze, The Sappho at 1:36 set her fying jib, but twenty minutes ter took it in, and at 2:05 went about to the westward, and at the same time tne wind backed to the northwest and blew great guns. She could now ease her sheets, and as soon as this was done the Sappho began to drop her -piucky antago- nist astern. It was fortunate for the gentlemen on the Arrowsmith and the Enchantress that they had arrived in time to witness this portion of the struggle. With only two yachts, it 18 safe Ww say such @ spectacle as the; presented was never before witnessed, am 1 will Rever be forgotten, At 2:16 the Dread- naught went avout; but the Sappho, since her last | tack, had been head-reaching on her all the time, | Ana now the eud was drawing near, as lt was evi- dent that the yachts could fetch the lightship with- out again tacking, and they were coming through the water at @ terribie race. The Enchantress at tmis ume bad housed her foretopmast ana taken a reef in her mainsail. She was a loog way astern of the Dreadnaught, Gathered around the lightsnp to witness the passing vessels were the steamboata Leon, the judges’ boat; Arrowsmi\h, excursion boat, and pilot boat No. 19, and though the noise | the guests and crews of these could make waa not sufficiently loud to be heard above tne howl. ing wind, the invense satisfaction of all was none the less, The yachts passed the lightsnip with the folowing sails:—Sappho, fore and main sails, fore- siaysali and jib; Dreadnauzht, fore and main seus aud jib, having taken in her fying j»b a quarter of a mile irom the floattag beacon. PASSING THE LIGHTSHIP. HM. & oe A Sappho... «8 U8 95 Dreadnaught........ 3 2 It may be here remarked that in the twenty miles. to leeward the Sappho did not gain bus thirty-three seconds on her antagonist, and her actual time of beating her is but 13m, J0s., and with the doavie allowance of time extended the Dreadnaught, bat 7m, 688.; yet this vietory is all the more gratifying, as it was achieved in the fairest manner possible, Each had an equal chance, and the famous Sappho deserves the praise, The following table will give the time of race and the corrected ume of each yacat:— inal HM. ia 4 5 passing the lightship the yachts put a 5 a After double reef in their mainsails and prepared to beas up to their anchorage, under Stapleton, 8. 1. ta th's work the mainsail of the Sappho was torn and the jib of we Dreadnaught somewhat, damaged. Yachting Notes. ‘The following yachts passed Whitestone yester: day morning:— Yacnt Paimer, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Rutherford Stuyver sant, New York to Port Jefferson. Yacht Tarolinta, N.Y¥.0.. Messrs, Kent. New York to Newport.