The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1871, Page 4

a ~ ROSSEL-—-FERRE---BOURGEOIS, [he Execution of the Three Con- i demned Communists. flow {Last Moments on Earth—Calm and Reso- { lute Conduct of the Prisoners. They Heard Their Sentences and How They Met Their Fate. Rossel’s Warning to His Coun- trymen. FPERRE'S LAST LETTERS. PARIS, Nov. 28, 1871. On Sunday the dossiers ot these prisoners were turned by the Vommission des Graces to the Minis of Justioe ; to-day three of those condemned to eath have been executed. Bourgeois was a ser- t in the Forty-filth regiment of the line, He ried, joined the insurgents, and also struck his perior officer; for these crimes he was condemned death by the second Conseil de Guerre. He had layed no prominent part on the stage of life, pubiio opinion has not ‘been affected by ge his antecedents or his sentence, Ferré, mn the contrary, had so outraged the laws of s0- iety that his condemnation to death was a source f general satisfaction, With respect to Rossel, jowever, there were many incidents connected vhich exited the sympathy of the public. His de- station of the enemies of his country was the pri- ary cause of his aownfall, consummated by, per- aps, Over-personal Vanity and self-consciousness his undoubted military capacity. The determi- ation to carry into execution the death sentences been kept so profoundly secret that Paris is for e moment stunned by the announcement that there unists have tis morning expiated their "mos on the plateau at Satory without due notice pevis been given. MY LAST MEETING WITH ROSSEL. ‘The last time that 1 siw Rossel, when he was yet free man, was atthe War OfMice, where he had just sent in nis resignation as Déicgud & la Guerre, Ae then told me that he was summoned to give an xplanation of his conduct, and I felt a presentl- ent that his days were numbercd. On several revious occasions I nad secn bim, on ail pf which he had offered me facilities nd protection which, while Minister of War Fer the Commune, he had the power to grant. Personally I fouud him gentlemanly and unassum- jug in bis manners, I regretted, and told him 80, see asoldier of the regular army commanding jhe Communists, and pointed out to him the dan- ers of his position. He replied that he had re igned nis position before joinlag the Commune, 4 I believe that at the time be was really under ¢ impression that he had done so, That he was mmunist in heart I cannot credit; indeed, the pinion I formed of him was greatly in his favor, I ought that Ishould have to report that ne had een murdered during the reign of terror, but until ¢ fatal shows were this morning fired at Satory hoped that his sentence would be commuted, \ ROSSEL BEFOKE THE EXECUTION. Rossel until Friday last appears to have trusted 1 the continued exertions made by his family and by influential personages to obtain a commutation; ut be continued, even when assured that there as no further hope, calm ana indigerent. The Dirst information received by the municipal author!- Hea of Versailles was the notlfication yesterday that Forno was required to dig turee graves in the ortion of the cemetery of Saint Louis appropriated lor the bodies of crimina’s, On Saturday the Com- juission des Graces decided that { THE LAW SHOULD TAKE ITS COURSE Jwith respect to Rossel, Ferré and Bourgeois, but that the capital sentence passed on Tuilien should be commuted to simple transportation, M. Thiers Bras at the time abseni from Versailles. He returned uring the nignt, and yesterday, 1 is understood, he signed, with great reluctance, the necessary doc- himents for the execution which it was beyond his power to avert, ‘ THE LAST HOURS OF THE CONDEMNED. The first indication of approaching execution vhich aroused the suspicion of the condemued was the usual inquiry as to their exact age, place of birth, &c. On Saturday Ferré, who, when not Bione, stil maimtained his air of bravado, inquired Df Abbé Follet, the prison chaplain, “if executions fver wok place on Sunday?’ On being answered in the negative he appeared to be reassured. Rossel In his ceil, No. 8, worked hard at his lterary 1abors, jAnxious to complete his military legacy, ‘Reor- anization of the Army,” he wrote with feverish Bnxieiy unl, worn out by fatigue, he was forced to throw himself on his bed, exhausted, At four o’clock this morning Bourgeois, Who has been confued in the Prison des Chantiers, was brought thence to the Maison fle Justice, where the other prisoners have been confined. “1 know what I am wanted for,” he Bald; “give me acigar.” His request was complied with and he was confined in a ceil at the Matson de Justice in order to accompany the other prisoners lo the place of execution. He ate a good breakiast Pnd drank coptousiy. M. Albert Joly, Rossel's aa- Vocate, undertook to convey the fatal tidings to his Theat. When he entered the cell of the condemned Lhe ex-Délegué @ ta Guerre still slept soundly. Sossel Was awakened with dificalty. 48 (Tend at his bedside he exclaimed, “itis then jor Unis moruing {7 { “Alas, yes, mon amt 1 The director of the prison was present. WossEL ASKED TO PE LEFT ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES. Fie was informed that lls request could not be romplied with, ie rose and dressed bimself in a yray morning sult, over which he put on a brown maletot. He embraced fis advocate, who was ficeply affected, saying, as he did so, ‘Pray for me; pardon me for having given you so sad a case.” M. Passa, the venerable Protestant pastor, en+ ered the cell, and, with the condemned man, prayed at the side of the bed on which Rossel bad Bwakeued for the last tine. The two threw them- elves InLO eacit Otuer’s arms, aud held each other losely embraced, while the advocate withdrew, Jeaving the doomed Christian to the performance of pis great last duties. Rossel asked for the Com- nunion. ‘f expected that vou would, my son," and the two communicated. Then, under the impres- Bion of the feeling which took possession of him, he Wrote, under the eyes oi the pastor, the following LETTER T0 HIS GRANDMOTHER:— To Mrs, IsavELs Caurnre Adieu, godmother; I love We have just communicated—M. Passa and {—an bas biessed' that communion. J can say that itis the first Hime that I communicate, and T am jul of gratitude towards Desus Christ for having left us that token. THY LITTLE LIsE. WOSSEL'S LAST LETTER TO HIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTERS. Then Rosse} addresses to his father, to his mother ud to his sisters the following letter:— Adieu! 28&b November, 1871, 5:30 A. M. My weil-beloved fa:her, my well-beloved' mother, my dear dear tarab—Adieu! Adieu, my well-beloved, or jeila, m al I thank you for all the love with which you ave surrounded me even to the jvat me i. Task pardon m0 1B caused ou £0 Much Pain Hors ounee: femme ace you—I emworace you with ail my Nov. 28, 1871. id God eart. Your child, ROSSEL, These letters written, it was a- quarter past sx. Rosse! entreats M. Joiy to re-enter, and makes him it down again at bis side. Ali ttree, with hands uterlaced, sit close together, united, as It were ningled. “Now that T have finished with the hings of heaven let us occupy ourselves with earth uring the few moments which rewaln;” and he ecommended his family to his friends. ‘emain some time ignorant of my death. ould go mad. My poor moth: ith precautions for at least eight days. it 18 my sister who to become ihe prop gargon) of the house, As for m poor Sarah, my dear pastor, she was my god. jaughter—be he father, M, Passa.” The two riends wept. at children you are! Do not cop, 1 am happy. Ob, 1 am bappy in Jesus Ennet ” Them he allotted his gifts, To the little jeugiter of M. Joly Le offered a little box of choco- te; to the son Of M. Passa his case of matbemati- ‘al instruiments. Suddenly Rossel quits them, re- umes is place before lis tabie ana, after having wiflly written, he hands to the person to whom it addressed te following letter, Which a6 @ polilical LANIER 18 LETTER HE ACCOMPANIED WITH THIS COMMEN- TARY: « Ihave presided at the cour martial, and J am Judged; 1 ® condemned, and lam coudemped; judge not and ye ja!) mot be judged. {The letter, of which the Gaulote publisiies a fac- Jintie, is as foliows:—) My Dean M. Pasea-—J chorce vou ‘i ever the have supported should aitain vy. My father ! Surround them On seeing | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, to make use of this letter to ie’ Caiticer that as my inet beter T ont ‘ask thos who have the honor to defend liberty not to avenge its victims; that wrgald be unmorihy of Liberty, abd of ua wo are dca Nova ba Me FERRE’S LAST MORAING ON BARTU. Ferré, on learning that he was to be executed, bounded trom his bed. The Abbé Foliet entered the cell, saying, “My son, will you hear the last conso- Jations of ton “Yes, but there is no hurry; let me dress," replied He then lighted and dressed himself with mere than usual Determined to act with bravado to the ey Ge Offered cigars to the tura- keys. The nervons twitchings of the facial nd however, gave eviaence of internal and Fe is, who Was breakfasung Bou substanually, contented themselves with smali cups Of strong black coifee. of the There were but few secret had been kept the determination to carry the sentence into execution. The police had but litle dimouity in keeping the curious back. The clook struck six and three military ambulance carriages were near the prison. One of them wa3 brought to the prison door. , LED FROM THE PRISON. Rossel appeared between the Protestant pastor Passa and a genda! who held his right hand by @ small iron chain, e prisoner walked with & irmastep. He wore his eyeglass. Fora moment he looked around, and then got into the carriage, — to fat to mie 20008 for the second, which was for Lourgeots, w! io now appeared, in mouth, attended by we prison chay jait. “Ene third and last carriage was for Ferré, who was ac companied by two gendarmes, without a priest, ON THE PLAINS QF SATORY, ‘The carriages, escorted by troops, then moved for- Ward at @ brisk pace. The plain of Satory was reached at ten minutes past seven o'clock. ‘The morning was intensely cold. There had deen sulf- ctent frost to make the ground hard and perl ‘The men of the firing parties ran about to circulai the blood. Every regiment in garrison at Versailles ‘a8 represented by a detachment, with the excep- ton of the engineers and the Forty-tifia regiment, which were present in full force, In all about six thousand men were onthe ground. Rossel belonged to the engineers; Bourgeols to the Forty-liith reg. ment. The execution was to take place near the ar- tullery butts. THE TROOPS, under command of Colonel Merlin, formed two long lines, oe from nearly the commencement of the plain to the butts, at the foot of which were placed three wooden pickets at about twenty-five paces from each other. Opposite to the first was stationed a fring party composed of four sergeants, four corporals and four privates of the engineers; in front of the second was a siinilarly coustituted peloion of tae Forty-fifth regiment, while a detach- mentof the Fifty-firat regiment, opposite to the third, was detailed to exevute Ferre, The dram. oe of the engineers were stationed further to the fe THB ARRIVAL OF THE PRISONERS was announced by the drums beating “Aux Champs.” ‘The carriages advanced to the centre of the square formed by the troops. The prisoners alight and, accompanied as they left the prison, reach the futal pickets. The drums still beat until | graves was unnece: the condemned have taken their position in iront of the firing parties, ‘‘nen ensues a solemn silence; the GreMers READ TO THE OONDEMNED THEIR SENTENCE. Rossel listens wich atteation, calmly takes up his paletot, throws it, together with his nat, trom him, aud rubs his hands as if suffering trom cold, and Eves to be allowed to gave the order to fire; but 1u his manner there is not the slightest ostentation. He objects to naving his eyes blindioided; but, per- snaded by the Protestant pastor, be at length con- sents. ourgeois does hot appear to hear his Sentence read. Ferré places himself in a theatrical atuicude and continued to smoke his cigar. ‘he Commissaire Central, a Commissisaire de Police and an officer of the Eiat Civil are in attendance to take note of the deatas, SHOT DFAD, Everything 1s ready for the execution of the fatal sentence, At twenty minute past seven the ad- ju‘ants lower tacir swords, tne Commandant de Crenita withdraws, the discbarge of firearms 13 heard, pnd three condemned men fall, Roassel’s death pegenjanous, he falls backward without Apparent struggle—a coup ade prdee 1s given to the Sergeant Bourgeois, who still gives slgns or life. Ferré turns around apparently still clinging to life; 8 soldier put him out of his misery. Wathia five minutes, With drums beating and colors flying the ECs defile past the lifeless bodtes, Human justice is accomplished, The lesson taught will never be eiaced from the memory of those who witnessed tius terrible spectacie. Bourgeois has been buried in the Cemetery St. Louis. fhe order tor three ssury, as their families have already ciaimed the bodies of Rossel and Ferre. ROSSEL’S WARNING-—LAST WORDS, As from the first I bave inststed, Rossel had no love for the Communists; for his fellow-prisoner, Ferré, it appears that he manifested absolute repug- nance. Even when on the brink of the grave be was informed that Ferré would be executed with him fie exclaimed, with @ sigh, “Bizarre assem- biage ” While awaiting the order to leave the prison, after having prayed with his spiritual ad- viser, he conversed tranquily with M. Pasaa and nis advocate. He nad much to say to his two friends, aad he passed rapidiy from one subject to another. Addressing Malire Joily, ne made use of the Jollowing remarkable passage, whicn may, froin adying man, be considered a3 a prophoey:—*You are republican. Kemember this: if you have not before tong crushed the army the army will crush you. The army has ever beea prxtorfan; it bas always formed a distinct im the = country, — wile’ 1s, on the contrary, absolutely necessary to make it national. My friends, the danger 1s pressing. You, republi- cans, have abandoued insurrection. You did not like tae men Of the isth March. You know that I did not like them; but it was necessary to join the exagerés in order to restrain them.” "Speaking of his parents and sister, he impiored his friends not to abandon them in their grief, He thanked the @irector of the prison for his kindness, and em- braced him. No one will blame the director for baivng wept, for all who had come into contact with Rossel liked him. Even the turnkeys were anxious to shake hands with him. If Rossel, as a suldier, Merited death, surely there should pe some more sovere punishment for those who assassinated the hostages. If death is the worst of punishment, it should be reserved for the worst of criminals, FERRE, BEFORE BEING LED TO EXECUTION, wrote two letters—the first to his sister, who, you May remember, was a constant attendant at his trial and has since been unremitting in her atten- tions to her condemned brother, He, despised by ali, Whose very appearance was repugnant, and Whose death 18 the source of generat satisfaction, a at any rate one who loved ium. Ferré wro e to er — My DEAR S13TER—I am about to die, To you I wish to consecrate the moment I have yet to live. It is understood that you will not make any religious ceremony, for I die as I have lived, faithful to my materialist opinions. You will be very unhappy all; forme, my suifering is ended. 1 am not to be pitied. Do not weep tor me. FERRE. oe second letter was addressed to the Minister of ari Monsieur Le MIntsTRF—In a few moments! shall be dead, then neither longer exists any reason for keeping my father on board the pontouse, nor my brother, who hay become mad and is still delained 10 a miliéaty hospitsi.. I hope that you Will restore them to my aister, who alone can allord them the care which they need. FERRE. In Paris last evening there was no outward sign of disturbance, but the goverument had taken ua- usual precautions against surprise and the streets were constantly patrolicd by troops. The evident determination of the authorities to maintain order with a sirong hand should increase coufideuce, but on the contrary @ geueral fevilug of nilsirust is ap- pareut. The James River the Kanawha Canal— Petition to the General Assembly to In« wllente Me res to Have This Lapertant Work Completed. Ricumonp, Va., Dec, 12, 1871. Governor Walker to-day transmitted to the Legis. lature a memorial of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company, together with a letter from Colonel Robert W, Hughes in recommendation of it. The company ask an extension of its charter, and that ample powers be conferred upon a commission to be selected by the Geueral Assembly to transfer the rights of property and franchise of the company eliher to the United States goverument or to private parties in such @ manner and on such conditions as ‘will secure the early completion of the canal, There is no Way by which the now almost value- less interest in this company owned by the State can be rendered valuable or the objects sought to be accompilshed by the investment realized ex- cept by the completion of the work already begun. But the condition of the State and the pro. visions of her constitution alike forbid auy attempt in this behalf on her part. Aid must be obtainea elsewhere, and this cannot be secured except by a surrender on the part of the State of her interest therein, ‘rhe vast benefits which would accrue to the States of Virginia and West Vir. ginja from we completion of this great water line are almost incalculable, and, to secure them, they would be amply justified, not only in renewing the charter, but in donating the invest ment already made, The plan proposed in the memorial, of placing this property in the hands of a commissioner, to be dis- posed of upon such terms and conditions as will in- sure Its early completion, and with suitable resery Lou abd guarantees as to its future use and ma agement under all the circumstances, fs cordiaily commended by the Governor, A SNEAK ENSNARZD, At late hour on Monday night one of the sneak thieves who have been extensively operating !n Ho- boken was trapped by Chief Donovan, of the Hobo- ken police, as the former was entering the ferrynouse en route for New York. The captive gave his name as Edward Piizgerald, and consessed that he and a companion had merety waited outside the house that had been robved aad carried away two over. coats for a third “pal,” who had stolen them. ‘The house was soon found to be wnat of Hermann Gaae- will, on River Terrave. Yesterday the prisoncr was Committed for trial by Recorder Bohnsted& WINTERNATIONALE. The Committee and the Commis- ‘sioners of Police, GONE TO THE GOVERNOR. ‘What, They Intend to Do—The Morning and Evening Visit—The Stumbling Block—Com- munists on the Crisis—Morale of the Men— Soenes in the Sanctum of Police Author. ity—Banks on the Business—An In- ternational on the Woman Ques. tion—The Great Panacea for All Evils—No Surrender, ‘The prompt and decisive action of the committee ef the International Society deputed to watt upon the Police Commissioners yesterday im reference to the contemplated parade, was characteristio of the determined spirit of the organization. Muddled as the members of the Board had conclusively proved themselves to be upon the subject of public proces- sions, it was generally supposed that a little sober Tedection would have convinced taem of THE SAD AND OUTRAGEOUS BLUNDER they had committed, and many were of opinion that their glaring error in refusing to permit a harmless demonstration would have been remedied with the best possible grace, Failing, however, to recognize the wholesome trulsm that ‘it 1s never too late to mend,’’ the sage Commissioners continued to present the same front that had previously marked thelr miserable policy. To those who really appreciate the situation it 1s very Plain that the members of the International Society have as clear a right to parade as any other organi- gauon-in the country. This question of public pro- cessions will doubtless form an important subject of debate in the forthcoming Legislature, and argu- ments will probably be brought forward to prohibit all street exhibitions, except those directly apper- taining to the country and its historical associations; but so long as one class is allowed the privilege of blockading the public thoroughfares, to the detri- ment of heavily-taxed shopkeepers, fair play sug- gests that NO INVIDIOUS OR NARROW-MINDED DISTINCTION should be made, Without at all discussing & matter which has already been thoroughly ven- tilated, the flimsy excuse urged by the Police Board for preventing the demonstration on Sunday {s about as shallow and nopsensical as could be imagined. By their owa stubbornness they are forcing into notoriety an organization which, had it been allowed the usual privileges, would certainly not have elicited such public sym- pathy and endorsement as it nas done; for the at tempted repression of its unobtrusive display has created more general interest in its welfure than a dozen emo state gould Lave Dosstohy effected, Mag saNduit'y OF VAR Saupara may prove a very dangerous pill for the would-be Pharasaical Commissiouers. ‘They certalaly cannot be posted on Scripture, especially in that portion wich sets 1orth the performances of good works on the day set apart for prayer and religious medita- tions, Tv be sure, the Pharisees were indignant at what they supposed was a desecration of the Sab- bath, but being quickly coavinved of their bypo- crisy they shrunk off to their ainners und were mute, ‘The Polics Commissioners, anxious for the peaceful observance of The Savvath and the earnest Worsip Of a million people, raised their eyes heaven- ward, and with clasped hands devoutly exclaimed, “We will none of tut’? Gut the Jaternauonal Society, comprehending its Tighis a3 an organization, desired to honor tue memory of men like Kossel and other victims of tue recent reactionary struggles in France, and with that view announced their intention of commemor- ating the Ovcasion by a public display, just as the Swiss might do in regar@to tae patriot Tell, or as the untertiiied Hivernians might parade out of re- spect to the famous Brian Boroiume. who, as every- body knows, Was Ioully assassinated alter defcanng the Danes at the famous batiic of Cioi.arl, nparly eight hundred years ago. ‘The very charatter of the intended demoastration and tae sultabié hour eet Apart Jor it ought to have boen saicient to convince ® Yolice Conumissloner that the pusitc peace would not have been disturbed, A funeral pro- cession is perhaps the last thing lu the world to Buggest a breach of order, and the wiauliest Injus- tice of preventing it has broughi an crganizaiion into prominence concerning Which but Jttie was previously known in the country. The designs of the Commussioners are but par- tally understood, for their glee ge J poltey adopied yesterday shows Clearly that they reaily a0 not ap- Preciate tho situation, and would gladiy be relievea from a dificulty which promises ta bo interesting as it progresses, That the Internationals are deter- Mined co parade seems to be preity well undersiood, aud whetuer the Commisstoners will persist a their Intention to prevent them 1s & question that wil un- et create a great deal of dfScussion. Slean- whi OPPOSITION PRODUCES STRENGTH, nd the Internationals are just in their element while the sensation lasts. ‘Ihe committee ap- pointed to wait on the Board yesterday, in order to Obtain & final answer, showed a very determined spirit, and were wot al all dismayed by the gravity and mdifferent tone of the Commissioners. ‘The stalwart chairman of the delegation was evidently repared for any answer that might issue from the Jommissiouers, Who In the absence of the Mayor— Who was 111, they said—were noa-commitial im their replies, Altogetuer the Interview between tue police @urborities and the Internationals was SPICY AND INTERESTING, The committeo that had been selected at the Meeting hela at 100 Prince etreet on Monday night, Orst cailed at Police Headquarters yesterday morn. ing at ten o’clock to see the Commissioners avout the parade fur Supday next, They found Commis- sioners Manierre, Barr and Bosworth, expiained to these gentienren the object of the visit, ana said the Tntermational Society of Workingmen had postponcd the necen intended on Sunday last in cousequence of the order issued by the police; but the society feeling agricved by this determination, as they were under the impression the Internationals were enti- Uled to the same privilege as other similar combina. tions of men, resoived at the late meeting of the Federal Council to seud A COMMITTEE TO THE COMMISSIONERS to ask them to revoke the arbitrary order and give them permission to have the procession on Suiday next. ‘This parade, they explained, coutained in It- self nothing offensive to any class of the community, but Was simply & memorial funeral procession to express sympathy with some of their brethrea who had suffered in Paris during the recent disturbances in that city, They told the Commissiouers that in the event ofa reiuaal from them the committee had iustructions to proceed to Albany to consult wiih Une Governor in relation to the matter, ‘They had no desire, they intimated, to promote a breach of the peace; but if Governor Hodman would extend to them the same rights granted to other bodies of ciuzens 11 was the intention of the internat.onais to parade DESPITE THE ANTAGONISTIC FEELING of the police. In the matter of Sunday they claimed the right pelouged to them as citizeus to select the aay most coayenient to the great majority of work- men, and that day was most certaluly the Sabbatn. Ther was no religious seni:ment attached to the selection of that one day of the week; it was simply a thing of cenvemence, and Was never meant in any sense Of the Bubject to be an Insult to the prejudices or beliefs of any other portion of the people. Keligion ts a topic which has been enurely vanished from the connctis of the Internationalists, and, uniess, perhaps, in tne re- Mote fuiure, they never luieud to meddle with it. Neither at Lausanne, Berne nor Geveva, where tho great international gatherings Of the society had been heid, did the subject of religious woramtp be- come engrafted on the (euets or princtpies of the order, and the American branch had no intention of taking up the suvject at this time, They were merely citizens Of a ceriain estate, who Wished to commemorate a great event in THE WORLD'S HISTORY, which Was intimateiy connected with that of tneir own soclety, and they Were under the conviction the right belonged to them as Americans to do 89 after toelr own manner, Mr, Manicfre, in ihe absence of President Suitth, after a lengthy conference with the other gentlemen of the Board, informed the committee that no action could be decided upon unt! aiter a full meeting of the entire Police Com- mission, and that such session could not take place just then. He intimated to the committee that Mt they would return at four o'clock the Board of Police woutd recelve them, and then they could present their views and receive the fullest attention of all the Comimissioners. ‘Tne committee then retired and rescived to see the Commissioners again Lefore taking any more decided gteps in tug matter. On leaving the bu ilding Mr. Banks, who was the chairman of the committee, Was met by an attaché of this paper, who asked him how tue interview with the Commissioners iad proceedted, He said:— “Well, nothing definite has been decided upon yet; but they promise us something this aternoon,” “Then you tutend to walt for that!” “Most certaiuiy. Wedo not Wish todo anything hastily. We are law-abldiog ciilzens and we will do nothing tnat is contrary to law.'? you intend to appeal’ to tie Governor, do you not?’ “We do, and we trust that public opinion, re- Mected by the press, Will have awakene:! his judg- ment to a sense of wrong done to the Juternativnal Society."? “Then If you meot with no decisive answer at four o'clock you propose going to Albany 1’? “py the very nexs trata.’ “And If you should not succeed in gaining the permission of the Governor to parade next Sunday What thea? “Why, we will not go out, that’s all.” “You will give up the idea altogether? “Al, by nO means. Wo are o Class of people who are accustomed to taking things fn the rongh anc moulding out of the solid, uncouth mass ts of use and art. By skilled tient worxmanship roduce marvels of rance, and it is not likely that men of character and training would yield what they consider an tant prim- ciple ai the first or even the seemnd, tT," “Then you Intend to return attack 1? “Aye, again and again, If we fall to the sanction and protection of the sushoriies for our arade next Sunday we shall endeavor to go out on tie Sunday following, and if we do not succeed then we shall try to do so on the Sunday following that, and so on until weaccomplish our end,”? ‘hen you irrevocably adhere to Sunday /”” “We can’t help ourselves. There is no other 4: on which the men can turn out, and we must ourselves to circumstances.” you had a very large meeting on Monday night, I understand??? “We had; but we shall have larger ones before we have finished with this trouple,’’ “There will be no trouble, I hope.’” “1 trust [va bs don’t ane Liend re Such things ate entirely opposed e Bp our con. station, and that we intend to adhere to most tdly. be Mr. Banks the reporter went’ tothe nead- narters ol the International, at 100 Prince street. fa the restaurant beneath the society ball he met a ppc! member of the order, who was'regaling Communist stomach with some substantial re- freshmeats, ‘This gentleman looked upon the action of the Dolica in preventing the parade on Sunday last as AN OUTRAGE ON COMMON DECENCY, and a violation of the laws that govern all bodies of men in every community, He sald; ‘or my own part ldo not care whether the ce give us per: Mission or not, 1 would parade without 1¢, and when they arrested me | would lie in prison until I rotted, to ‘see the principles I hold to be inalienable rights vindicated before’ the world. ‘Tiils move on the part of those men has done us no injury; on the contrary, we shall derive @ great deal of benefit trom it.” The people are now with us, we have enlisted their moral support, and that 13 more to us, in my opimon, than any public procession we could inangurate. When the subject of the procession was first started the idea to be expressed by 1¢ was parcly and only o demonstration of sentiment, but now that we have been denied the liberty of other citizens—ior we are all citizens mind you—a great principle 13 involved and you may rest assured we will not give up the fignt.” The great mass of the people did not at 1itst understand the object of our combina- tion, but to-day they do, thanks to THE GREAT POWER OF THE PRE3S and the blunders of tho Police Commissioners who invoked its censure, Principle is the founuation and bulwark of iis mighty organization, and white we adhere to those now laid down for us We cannot go wrong.” “| see you have invited all the workingwomen to associate with you in the parade.” “and why not? Do they not toll with us? Are they not subject to the same injustice tnat we groan unger? are tiey mot a portion of the vast laboring engine of every country, and why shouid we, Who must become lead- ers of the time, deny them the very rights we are now fighting for all over the ctvil! globe. Besides, the Woman question 1s the copic of the hour, aud we recognize in it an element that 1s destined to become a poworlul wing in the goy- ernment of States in the future, and it is our duty, looking forward as we do to the time to come, to place them as soon as possivie in their true posi- Son, side by side with man Why, sir, we should not have AN INOH OF GROUND boneath our feet to rest upon, before thinking me! i we ald not boldly grasp this question. We admi them to our society and into our councils. We are glad to encourgge their sections and foster feeling amoung them; then by what right shoulu we deny them the privilege to walk beside us in the streets if they felt so inclined on any Gay that we parade? Pursuant to agreement the Police Commissioners assembled in the Bourd room siiortly beiore four o'clock, The committee from the Iuternational Society, of Mr. Theodore Banks, chairman; Messrs Nicholson, 4. Francois Millot and A, Flamand, ase beutled in the auteroom and were subsequently In- roduced by Mr. George Straus, Theve were in at- endance Messrs. Smith, arr, Bosworth aud Mau- nierre, Mr. BANKS briefly explained the object of the com. Mitiee in waiting on the Board. He desired to know What course the Commissioners intended to Lege A resyluuon, he satd, had been passed at he meeting on Monday evening to parade on Sun- day next, and a committee had been appointed to see Governor Hofman in reference to the action of the police, My, SMir'A said that inasmuch as the Mayor, who Was & memver of the Board, was absent and who had iatimated his desire to be present on the occa- 8100, no action couli be taken. Mr. BoswoRtTH observed thatthe Mayor had ex- pressed a desire to be present, but he was il aud could not attend. Mr, BANKS—We've waited on the Mayor a half a dozen times and could not possibly find nim, Air. SMivi remarked that the Mayor was sick and could not attend, Mr. Banxs—Well, sir, we would like to get an answer now, Mr. Surti—You cannot get an answer. Mr. Bosworra—But you can make any explana. tion you may desire. Mr. Banks—\We are simply an organization of Workingmen and wo want to parade, as we have # Perfect Tigh’ to do. Should we get a negative answer now we shall go direct to Albany to wait upon the Governor. Did it require the presence of ; the Mayor at the time this prolubitory order was made? Sir, Suita replied that the Mayor had expressed his desire to be present, but was detaimed on ac count of sickness, Mt. MAWNIERE then remarked that perhaps thoy Wouid like Lo retire lor consultation, Wacreupon Mr. Bauks ani the other members Of tue delegation leit the room. After a driei abseace the Commities re- turned aud Mr. Banks stated that, according to the msirucwons received from the organization, they haa decided to go to the Governor of the State if tie Cominissioners could not give thelr auswere Mr, SMiru—We cannot give 1t to-day, ‘ ae Bangs—Very weil, sir, We will go to Aluany O-night. Mr. MANNIERE—But the Board is willing to hear auytiing you nave got to present. Mr. BANKS Said that so lar the press had sustained the action of the organizauion, the members of Which believed tat an outrage had been committed on the workingmen, Too Police Commissioners had permitted armed men of a be spate to parade ou the ground where they were. The ofganization Was one jormed 10 the jaterests of workingmen, 1ts objects were of @ peaceavie character aud its mo- tive was truth and justice. Its mempers considered that the workingmen had a right to parade the streets, and especially on Fifih avenue, He would ask whether a decided answer coula not now be given? Mr. SwirH repiled tn the negative and the delega tiom withdrew, wiih the intention of taking TUS FIRST TRAIN TO ALBANY. The bearing of Mr. Banks and the other members of the committee throughout the mterview was very manly and straighviorward. They evidestiy anticipated the reply of the Commissioners and lost no time in parieying on the situation, What the Seger is golmg to do about Lt will be known io- ay. Not an Internationalist. To THE Epiror or THe HERALD:— in your report of the luternatioualis’s in iast Sun- day's HERALD Iam reported as saying to your re- porter “that my sympathies were thoroughly with the Internationals, end that I would join them the first opportuuity. Your reporter has seriously Mistaken what [ satd. of any interfereuce on thorities = witn their the part of parade as the au- contrary to the spirit of repuvlican institutions, and stated | that, H Governor Hodman was consistent, he should extend to tiem the same rights and privileges as he did to the Orangemen on the 12th of July. But on the other hand, though expressing myself strongly in favor of co-operation among thé laboring classes in the great struggte arising between capital and labor, I cannot sy@pathise with or join men claims ing to be atheists, as appears irom the ement of Ue leaders, D. P. CONYNGHAM, TWO EOYS DROWNED NEAR SOUTH NOR. WALK, CONN, Sovrm Norwaxk, Conn., Dec. 11, 1871. Two boys, named John and Robert McMahon, aged respectively fifteen and thirteen years, and ciuldren of Mr. Henry McMahon, while on their Way to School this morning took it into thelr heads to visit Kecler’s pond and try the ice, which was, as they thought, of suMicient thickness to bear them. It was about eight o'clock, and not far from the school-house, and they thought to have a hbaif hour of splendid skating before school went in. With headlong dispositio harac- teristic of too many boys, we fear, they ran upon the ice without first ascertaining whether or pot it was safe, The morning was cold and sharp, and the ice cracked by reason of their weight, el they kept on. few moments later oth had broken through the ioe, and soon alter were discovered siriggling in the water at some distance fromthe bank. Their shouts for aid were heard by anotuer schoolboy, who, on coming up, was too much frightened to render aasistance, He shouted, however, and finally two men heard the cries and came to the spot, but too late to save, the boys who had gone down for the jast time, and all that could be done was to fen their lifeless bodies out, which ‘was successfully done under dificulties, owing to the broken condition of the ice and its thinness, The pond 18 distant from South Norwalk Centre About one mite, and 1s situated on the old road trom tnat city to the town of Darien. ‘The parents are Olinost distracted, and the casualty has caused the Jutensest excitement, and is the theme of much comment to-day iu the melghborhood where ihe boys are known, VIEWS OF THE PAST. DECEMBER 13, Late “Sti Hed Rossa sentenced to imprisonment or life, 9664—General Sherman’s forces toox Fort McAllister, near Savannah, Ga., by storm, “ 1802—Battie of Fredericksvurg; General Barnside'’s ariny deteated, with great loss, by Lee's lores. 1645—The great Vatholio Council at Trent com meaced, I thoroughly disapprove | | superior spirit; | gift of beauty.” | to do 80, NEW YORK STATE IN CONGRESS, OUR TWO SENATORS. Incisive Sketches of Fenton and Conkling. The Influence of the Empire State Dissipated. WASHINGTON, Deo, 9, 1871. Perhaps there is no subject which the people of New York so little understand as the relative iafiu- ence, personal relations and comparative rectitude of their two Senators in Congress, Nearly ail the repubdlican papers of New York are Cut up on this question, and it is tmpossibie to get from them the right or wrong of the issue, All that the people know ts that the force, dignity and ex- ample of our greas State are thrown away upon & series of gutter squabbles, beginning 1m the merest motives of childish jealousy, unchristian ambition and reckleas rapacity on the subject of spoils and omices. WE ARE DISGRACED. New York has less influence in the Senate than Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or Maine, or Ver- mont, or any of the large Western States. Its two Senators reside in the same block of houses, and yet they sustain no personal relations with each other, never extending the hand or noddng when they meet on the streets, Each of them 1s attended when off public duty by a sot of low-lived runners, parasites and scamps, and two assassins mutuaily laying in wall for each other could not enact @ more contemptible part than these two well-bred, educatea, and, in some sense, eminent men. Somo explanation 1s needed on this matter, and | venture to give it according to the best ad- vices which I have, THE TWO FACTIONS. Inside politiclans describe the war now being Wazed as the Morgan and Fenton war, substituting for Conkling’s name that of his senior, tno ex- Governor. Morgan and Fenton are both “jockeys” — that 13, mesters of the tricks of politics and unte- lable as to their relations to other politicians when anything can be made by throwing ola friends or combinations aside and taking up new ones, CONKLING CONSIDERED, Retween these two old bands Senator Conkling ‘atands in the position of a briliiant amateur, that is, No politiclap in the cool, gambier’s sease of moving men and things about with secrecy, deliberate fore- thought and indifferent consclentiousness, Conkling Das ail the aspiration to be this sort of a politician, but he does not possess the proper temperament, he 4s too fond of having his will and his way instantly aud expressing himself as he chooses to feel, often indicating by his behavior and expression that any one, however worthy of conciliation, 13a botuer, and he, therefore, eccupies the anomalous place as @ New York Senator, of a man without a party ora faction behind him, but temporarily supported by the Morgan party, who wisn to claim him as their Senator and do thelr work through him. If Conk- Ung has a faction of any sort i 1s what might bo called ths political Sopnomore’s, unwordly, ideal, ardent young fellows like Andrew White and many of the better country editors in the interior of New York, These Tespectabillties are good at voting times; but they have no influence in State legislatures or with that class of organizations which set in motion the sequences which put men inthe Senate. Of Conk- Ming, considerea without regard to the present scrimmage, the best Judgment here is that he is the finest gentleman in appearance, breeding, chival- Tie (not to say*feudal) tone and eloquence, that New York has haa since William H. Seward, Before the curtain Oonkling always makes a striking figure and sometimes a splendid one. He is a master of one quality to @ greater degree than any- body since John Randolph, and that is what Fenton has pamed it 1a one of his soft sentences—“the fatal gift of sarcasm, almost as dangerous as the Conkiing’s sarcasin 1s not like Jonn Randolph’s—the sarill, lean cynicism of a it 18 @ compound of personal vanity, spirit, hate and contempt; and it is never directed at @nybody but a personal or prospective euemy. It therefore fails to reach the highest level even of ils own quailty, and it obtains from the motive of the utterer no added importance, | Terrible and, as many thought, mean mstances of this sort of sarcasm was levelled at Charlies Sumner some months ago, in a series of speeches studiously intended to wouad, and apparently without any Other purpose, Conkling, Edmonds and Carpenter at that time made a little junto and resolved to be- spatier Sumner every time he got up, and it was supposed that in this way they might drive him off his favorite committee on account of placing bm ‘out of terms of communication, and making 1t a Mortification to sit soctally with any of them. Nel- ther of the threo, although keen speakers, could say 80 Much to give pain ay Conkling, nor so little as to do Mr. Sumner any real injury. CONKLING’S SARCASM. Some time later, when the question of the two re- porters who refused to tell how they came by the High yotnt Treaty was before the Senate, Senator Wilson entrapped Conkling into a little pit of saarp talk, Conkling had desired to have these reporters sent to jail when In the committee room, but he was not desirous of peorening the hostility of the news- papers, and he had the resolution offered by some- ody else. Henry Wilson suddenly got up and ex- osed him by asking if the said resoiution was not Conkling’s own handwriting, At thls the unbot- tled temper of Conkling came forth, and for a few minutes ne madea speech which mignt be styled very pretty in its venom and intensity accompani with good natural acting and & fine flow of words, and in the very height of the speech he discovered the obnoxious paper to which the chaps in custody belonged, when be gaveJjt a kick with his Joot, and in that instant, as Mr. Ben Poore remarked, ‘there was the condensed scorn and contempt of a thou sand years.’ However, We live in an age that can read about these things without peed admir- Jng @ man 80 much Outol control aud self-restraint as to do and say them, WHY FENTON REFUSED TO SPEAK TO CONKLING: The immediate cause of the cessation of all com- Munication petween Conkling and Fenton was a spoech made by the former in executive session. He must bave been @ hard man and have said hara things to Whom Fenton will not speak. Fenton has the sublimest impudence in the United Staves in Unis respect. Not without resentment and even vin- dictiveness, he will ever permit himself to be placed hors de combat, #0 that he cannot sometimes, when it i necessary resume ordinary social rejations, The speech which made Fenton {eel that not even sordid motives would permit him to exchange salu. tations with Conkling referred to the matter of Thomas Murphy’s appointment to the Collectorship, Fenton had made aspecch in the Senate against Murphy, guarded in terms, and had got an exchange shot trom Conkling far more bitter. In executive session the question of Murphy’s condrmatioa came up again, and Fenton stated the points about the straw hat contracts, the Olcots letters, &c., aud he urged that the man against whom such thing vere sald should not have the highest olice in the federal patronage. Conkling replied with unusual, but easy 2 acrimony, that such things had been’ sald of Mr. Morphy, but that what was said was not evidence. ‘They do say, he remarked, “of my colleague in the Senate, that he signed bills Tor @ money consideration while Governor; the money of the Tammany Ring, and that he nag grown rich upon such tnlamous processes; but, of course, 1 do not beileve this,” As the discussion grew more animated Conkling ts said to have told an anecdote illustrative of renton, which, probably, exceedea for indecency any personal illustration ever made in the Senate or executive caucus. De- scribing the means by which Fenton arrived at the eminence of the Senate he told the story of the eagie and the worm. The eagle, flying to the lofty height of hig eyrie, looked dowmin his nest to see a worm there, “How did you get here,’ sald the eagle, ‘The worm looked up blandly and answered with composure, “I crawled here.” The application Was that the Senate was an eyrie of lofty spirits and that Fenton had no feather nor nature worthy of tt and haa gained it by mean processes, All this, be it remembered, over a tussie about giving away @ few ofices and their salaries and stealings. FURTHER OF CONKLING. As I have sail avove, Conkling 1s. a gentleman apart from this mean-spirited talent for saying bit ter things on Laer occasions exceeding the bounds of propriety and doing no good to one’s own Peace of mind. Conkling has the parts and appear- ances of a higher type of aman ‘enton. He and his iriends feel certain of his return to the Sen- ate, but it hag been hinted that the two old jockeys, Fenton and Morgan, may unite their forces, throw him out and return M in his piace, Coukiing 1s on easy terme as thi ite House, }) a8 ib ap irs more aud more probable that he will keep the inside with Grant, the crew of State politicians are falltug im vehind him, One of his weaknesses is an to associate with his equals in spirit and ambition; he has already fallen into that bane- fal fashion of’ politicians, wishing to have creatures and listeners rather tean gg ED RLEMENTS OF le To return to Senator Fenton. As a scientific poll- ticlan simply he probably never bed a peor in New and caucus ma- ehinery @ business, He likes r Years fas pined fat tt: ‘pat his eduoailon is that of not man and patriot see! ing tae — fenton has been described ag man of vel! He ‘inated in Western New York ‘was born not far irem where he lives at present, Welsh and English origin, Ho studied jas chon act With the exception of some aang crookedness in his mercantile life, he maintain as he continues to do, the respect of bis immed: neighbors, al @ self-contained man, apt to uncover himself in personal conferences Pent any! to know exons Wont he te is political life ensued from mingled ai for personal distinction and enlarged opportuniti for wealth. on was made Governor of our State bx Thuriow Weed, and it is popularly belicved Chautaquua county that the great w. the war has given him support even up to the when he beat for the Senate. ELEMENTS OF FRNTON’S SUCCESS, To trace up the sources of Fenton’s poll power will not be hard. In the arate suflctent political sagacity to know that the of New York, or particularly the Western portion. it, would no longer stand slavery dominion. not only came over to Te ican party at date of its birth, but he had the tact to make hime self presiding officer over the State Convention. In nis corruptest day Fenton would probably not sell Out the principles ot freedom, In the second place, he has always been man in independent circu stances, borderiag on wealth, and when he ch to lay aside his material aflairs for a time and ent into @ political contest he has nothing in the rear embarrass him. Next, he 13 @ man of outwal respectability, neat in his dress, soft in his gj pleasant to look upon, will fine and dark hair, beaming but coldish eyes @ gentleman’s address, and he is not penurious in suiliclent sense to excie remark. Persons who know hin weil allege that he frequently gives away Money in places Where it can neiluer be known nor bring him in any specific'return. He is gifted with & good memory also, and few persons to whom b@ has been introduced will not flad that he remembers something of them on a subsequent occasion; at the Same time he 1s never familiar more thau once oF twice with his most intimate acquaintances, and he 1s not @ demagogue in any sense, He is, perhaps as far removed from the class of Schuyler, Coli Benjamin Butler and John Sherman—who Opinion finders—as from the class of Senators Buckingham, Trampall and Frelingh who are personal charactors, sell-exaiining and cone scientious, Fenton is also excellent in organiza tion and combination, and has great power to husband — his SRORTOSE, so that if he Wishes to send to a mau or Several men to effect Purpose, he will never send two men on the errand, but chese one fit for it, and send the man to see some other person, ‘This is a power which one must have learned in business— HOLS to send two clerks with the same parcel, ay an extensive Roanpinipace all over the ae ol New York, & knowledé Of prialé Movers, & Knowledge of human nature ana along mem Fenton’s exible mind makes hima field mars! when sometning leading 1s to be accomplished. discards vindiclivenéss as @ reasonable element in polities. A man who bas abandoned him once can make his acquaintance again for Fenton’s purposes, but never agaiu for the Ocuer man’s purposes. He discards the dramatic element altogether in hig Management of things, and is too selfisn and too proud to divide an empire with anybody, and hence ‘We observe the feud of to-day. FENTON YS. MORGAN. Fenton, in the description of tactics recited Leen § 4 more than a match for Goveraor Morgan, althoug! Morgan has the longer purse. ‘To a degree they are men of a like class—business manipulators in poll. ucs rather than persors with intentions on history. Fenton has the superior address, and he can make @ good ol-hand speech and @ very fine prepared speech, and preside in executive positions Legler pepe, as much dignity as any man speaking th junguage here or in Great Britain, Slow, calm, une Tuilied, calctiating, band, almost ministerial, Fem- tou approaches in’ characteristics some of ‘those ambitious Cardinals on the Continent—Richetleu, Mazarin or the youuger Cosimo de Medicis. FENTON UNHAPPY, It Is generally believed that Fenton is unhappy a@ Senator, He came here believing that ns foot waa on the first step of the Presidential oillce. He had routed in New York the demvcratic party com- pletely, and then beaten the republican leaders sue cessively. In thislarger arena of the Senate finds aluseli opposed by men Oo more boldness equal astuceness, ‘The arena is too large for a man 0! mere cunning, and many Senators with whom he must contend have gained greater victories than bis by the practice of the same aris or even deeper arts, Surrounded with needy stipendiaries for woo he cau obtain no places, beginuing with all the patronage ol tae State and closing with none, Fenton’s New York party is dwinduog; he bas wo . make new combinations, and he can only make them with his old cuemies, ‘hose Western and New England repubiignos who look to a reform party movement plage no reliance upon Fenton; ‘wuey icel that ut he could gain anything by abandom ing Liem he would ov at ine cibow of tue President to morrow, HAMILTON FISH'S INFLUENCE, It may be asxed, what 18 the relative relation of Hamiiton Fish to the three men who have beem descrived? As’ the period of fish's officiat life draws to @ close better puplic opinion here has come around to think bim one of the best meaning alu most eiective State Ministers we nave had. dis stauds a head and shoulders avove elther of ue persous name He has iearning without cunning} pieasure in vilicial hte without rapacious passion lor it; abundant fortune and pertect famtly sure roundings; an enlarged love of country, in which his own State Jorms no meonsiderabie part, and Dig manners and those of his family have unmtention- ally fascinated all who have mot them. He has beeu bold in emergency, equal to occasions of out- break and it is undeniable that in che row with Sum- ner he took the fangs [rom tne head of that renown ed and iipperious subjugator of his contemporaries, The Catacuzy quarrel has had the same result. Re- fusing to let the Senator from Massachusetts do all the thinking tor the State Department, Mr. Fish hag carried out to the fullest extent bis own proposi- tions, and ihe State of New York ought to be proug of um. His retirement to private lic is his earneat Wish, and the movement among Senators to detaim him is entirely spontaneous and very nearly without Political example. GREELKY’S RELATION TO STATE POLITICS. Mr. Fish remarked, not long ago, that there ex> isteg no more reason why the republican party in New York should be divided than why the city of New York should be, ‘The best politicians ascribe the division to the singular attitude of Horace Gree ley, considered not as an editor, but, of his own seexing, as @ politician, Fenton resolved, when he came to the senate, tnat Mr, Greeley should be in- diced to make war upon the Morgan iaction, 80 ag to break them up aud oring to himself the whole Patronage oi the State. ‘The Morgan or Murphy face Uon resolved that Greeley should be tantalized into @ fight, in order to break up his (Greeley’s) Influence. FENTON'S FURST MISTAKB. Fenton made his cardinal mistake when he sup- rted Mr. Grinueli for the vollectorsilp. It ha@ Been suggested to him that he urge the claims of General John Rawlins, of Iilinois, because the ap- poiniment of Rawlins would give him a standing Jnduence with the President, and with Rawlins’ help he could control all the other ofices in New York, and the Collectorship also, toa great degree, Fen- ton thought about the matter for some while, and, finding that Grinnell would probably gev the place, he abandoned the Rawlias proposition tuo s00H, and took up Grinnell, in order to control him, instes Of Jetung Lue other faction doit, Grinnell was polt- Ucally weak, and in due time had to go out, while Murmiy got his place by a coaliuion between the Presidenvs private Secretaries, the Long Branch ring of property holders and tne Morgan men. Conkling Was ict into this Matter because IL Was Ne cessury that one of the Lwo henutors sHould AbOL Ih But bolo parties Keep up thety relentiess war, #0 far as Mr. € ia coucerned, Venton driving him farther on for lia purpose of Complete dominion Bnd Lhe Morganites Incite Grorley Hecate they wan! to veutralize Bim alloyeul With the administra. tion. COLLMOTON AKTIUN. Genoral Arthur, the now Collector of the Port of New ‘York, 18 said by good judges here to be a man of capacity and to have suggested the best thn taat were done by Vollector Murphy. While it was Murphy whe more iminediately suggested Arthar’s Appolntment as his successor, 1 1s KHOWN at Gove eruor Morgan had previously pressed Arthurs clas upon Murphy. POSTMASTER JONES. The position of General Jones among the executive oficers of New York i singular, The President himseif, to whom Joues had been recommended lor Marshal and whom Graut remembered for good brigade service im the South, made the appointinent in order to stave off the enemies of the late Post master Keily, Grant had seat in Kelly's nomtaa. tion, When Keliy’s enemies appeared in force and said they would take any man tn preference, Sen- ator Fenton gave this nomination neither suppor’ nor objection. Fentou’s interest in his protgés ceases and becomes @ little worse than cold whem they exhibit any ability wo rum themecives inde- pendently of him, Simin TOR R * ‘Thus it stands, much worse than during ge an’s administration, with New York state a cn tn the Lederal arena. New York’s positions, Mgie ties and station before the world are compromieed by two or three hungry leaders and their os hire: lowers. Nothunz wiit be accomplished by tne turn ing out of either the Fenton side or od organ side, They ought all to go out togevier by an up- rising similar to that which swept out the late Tain- 5 o' ‘of the three men represent the State, MSonkiiag. ases his graces and abtitites to wreak spite an personal scorm upon his fellow 1g aspoiled boy. Fenton is a dark ond eouree mina governing the people from under houth for wholly seliigh and dangerous ends, Sena tor Morgan 14 more of @ manager than a statesman, and hia character and associations are too old to be corrected now. Better Senators than any ot the in manners and tone, could be picked from Honse delegation of New York Stave—either Dwight Townsend, Henry Slocum, Willlam A. ‘Wheeler or Freeman Clarke, We pine for the days of Wiillam Ul. Seward and Wilham L, Maroy aud Silas Wright, truly Senators of New York. The City Sanitary Inspector reporta an alarming increase of smalipox since Saturday. Twelve cases were reported in the twenty-four bours ending a& noon yesterday, against thirteen for the provioug aoven day