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——————— ee WASHINGTON. Killed The Ku Klux Bill in the House. CIVIL RIGHTS ALSO PUT BACK. The Final Adjournment Muddle. BUSINESS REMAINING FOR AOTION. The Senate and the Tariff. The Vanished Archives of the War Department. FISH REPORTED READY TO RESIGN. HIS SUCCESSOR. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, 1872. The Prospects of Final Adjournment— Unfinished Legislation vs. a Presiden- tial Campaign. ‘The adjournment muddle has reached a condition where the House will have a second opportunity to control it regardless of the evident inclination of the Senate for a prolongation of the session. The latter body began the agitation of the question with &® bluster which indicated that, in its opinion, the House would undoubtedly show itself to be incom- petent to fix the date. A resolution was passed directing the presiding officers to declare their re- Bpective bodies adjourned sine die to-morrow, on which the House neglected to take action, but in lieu thereof sent back to the Senate a resolution in which mext Monday was determined as the date. Subse- quently the House adopted the resolution to ad- journ to-morrow, and from that time forth the Senate was in its power; because, both houses hav- ing agreed, the presiding officers were compelled to declare the adjournment. But the House re- lented yesterday under pressure of apparent ne- sessity for an extension of time to allow the Senate toacton the Appropriation and Tariff bills, and passed another resolution to adjourn on the 3d proximo. This latter was laid before the Senate this morning, and, being accepted by that body as @ virtual rescinding, so far as the House could do it, of the resolution fixing to-morrow as the day of adjournment, Mr. Chandler moved that the Senate also rescind. If his motion had prevailed the record would have been cleared of all conflicting propositions, and the only one pending would have been the second House resolution to adjourn next Monday. Of course there have been many and di- verse influences at work to produce this muddled result, the first of which was the arrogant desire of the Senate, frustrated by the habitual garrulousness or laziness of its members, to dictate to the house, and the second, and most potential, the exigencies ofthe political situation. In addition to this, the administration members are divided in opinion re- garding the policy of continuing in force the Ku Klux bills, and a few of them have been opposed to final action on the Oivil Rights bill. The democrats, who are opposed to both the Ku Klux and Civil Rights bills, and Supported more or less directly by the liberal re- publicans, as well as by the dog-in-the-manger policy of Mr. Sumner in the Senate, have succeeded in combining to force the present dilgmma, The liberal republicans were also sustained by not a few regulars, who insisted that it was, to say the least, unwise, if not unrepublican, to give the Presi- flent the power conferred by the Ku Kiux bill to Suspend the writ of habeas corpus pending @ con- test in which he is certain to be a candidate for re- slection. Among these regulars was Speaker Blaine and other prominent New England radicals. Mr. Conkling in the Senate, obeying the Gght to prolong the session for the pur- pose of securing action on the Ka Klux bill yesterday. Mr. Chandler, in attempting to reacind the resolution to adjourn May 29, merely followed Conkling’s lead. It has been said that the Presi- dent was exceedingly anxious that the bill should pass; but there is good authority for the statement that he has not given public expression to such an opinion. Its passage is urged mainly by a combina- tion of extreme Southern and Northern radicals, ander the leadership of General Butler. The President is, in fact, discreetly neutral in the premises, and, although Messrs. Conkling and Chandler may be presumed to speak directly for him, it is authoritatively known to-night that they have acted thus far without suggestion from him. Not a few republicans doubt the policy of continuing the session beyond the Philadelphia Convention, for the reason that the temptation to make political Speeches and the provocation to commence the Presidential campaign on the floors of Congress may be irresistible. In the discussion this morning Mr. Morrell, of Maine, insisted that it was impos- sible for the Senate to complete creditable action ‘on pending business in time to adjourn next Mon- day, and in this opinion he was sustained by the be- ef of a majority of the members present; but, as already explained, the political exigencies of the aituation dictated another course. Consequently Mr. Chandler's motion to rescind was laid on the table by *he combined vote of the democrats and Mberals who were opposed to the doubtful pending @olitical legislation. This action left the matter in @ precarious condition, for the reason that the Tesolution to adjourn to-morrow was sti in force, and Mr. Trumbuil threatened to talk against time for ‘the purpose of defeating further action. Mr. Sher- man was decidedly severe in his allusions to both Trumbuiland Sumner. To the former, for his evi- ent desire to talk politics, and to the latter for ‘his incessant demands either of a personal charac, teror to revive dead political issues. Finally the House resolution fixing June 3 as the date was taken up and concurred in. This does not finally Gispose of the matter, however, as it is understood that a number of Senators wlio voted for concur- rence, being in favor of a further extension, did so mereiy to tide the question over to-morrow, and Mt ierbelieved that they will make another effort i prolong the session. Refusal of the House to Take Up the Ku Klax and Civil Rights Bills. ‘The .attempt foreshadowed in these despatches by the extreme radicals in the House, to take the Ku Klux bill from the Speaker's table, at the bot- tom.of which it. Wes, and put it on its passage, was made to-day and sesulted ma signal failure. The Vote #tood:—Yeus 108, nays 84. The metion was to suspend the rules, and two-thirds were required to carry it, The democrats were sustained by such republican mempers as Ambler, Blair of Michigan, Cotton, Donnan, Farnevorth, Finkeluburg, Garficld, Hsle, Hoy, Kellogg, McCrary, Peters, Sheldon, Stoughton, Strong, Sypher and Willard. The aM@rmative vote embraced all the ex- freme radicals fom the south, and the wegular repubiicans’. from the North, The reanit was hailed with demenetrations Of approva- tion from all parts of the chamber, Subsequentiy Mr. Maynard moved the same\tactics, for the pur- pose of reaching the Civil Rights hill, with a simijar Fesult, the yeas to suspend the rules being 118, and the nays against snspension 83, ‘These great political bugbears being: thus tempo. ratily disposed of the Honse proceeded\to the con- sideration of the less important tills, aud \isposed of a large amotat of business, The Tariff and the Senate. \ The Senate, whe it finally took up the Tariff Dill to-day, Made rapid progress with its consideration, and will doubtiess be enaied to send it back to the House to-morrow evening, The bill, as reported by ext Monday evening, committee, is 80 nearly in accord’ with the the conrahe majority that but few changes are made. Those that are made are, of course, net final, as the disagreement between the two honses is suMciently earnest to necessitate a con- ference committee, in which the subject will receive its final touches. The Missing War Department Records. ‘The House Military Committee to-day examined Ross Cunningham, formerly clerk of Genera! Ba- deau at Army Headquarters, and Henry T. Crosby, clerk in the War Department, relative to the missing records, Tomorrow the clerk in charge of the collection of battle re- ports will probably be examined on the same subject. From all that can be learned no papers of any consequence are missing except the Buell records, and they are supposed to have been dis- posed of several years ago, and for reasons not having any personal relation to Grant and Sher- man, as alleged in some quarters, General Badeau, in writing his military history of Grant, was granted free access to all papers on fllein the department—a privilege previously accorded to the publisher of the ‘Rebellion Record”—and it is certain that he shipped to London, when ap- pointed Consul General, a number of papers re- lating to matters of detail, to be used in the preparation of his second volume, which have not been returned. The department oMcials do not believe, from the character of the documents carried off by Badeau, under his author- ity to handle the records, that they qrere selected with any other view than the legitimate purpose of his history. From the examination made since the discovery of the loss of the Buell archives, the Department claims to be satisfied that the record history of the war is intact, the important reports and narratives being already, in fact, in print, General Banks the Probable Successor of Secretary Fish—A New Era in the Management of Our Forcign Affairs, It is rumored that Secretary Fish has signified his intention to resign as soon as the ratification of the Supplemental Treaty is completed. The ques- tion, “Who is to be his successor?” is being, it is said, warmly discussed at the White House. It is also rumored that the President has under serious consideration to appoint General Banks to the post of Secretary of State. Other names of prominence have been mentioned in connection with the Secretaryship, but General Banks, itis thought, combines the re- quisite elements of strength and popularity. After the weak and vacillating course pursued by Mr. Fish, the necessity is felt by the President of turn- ing over a new leaf as regards the management of our foreign affairs. ‘General Banks,” said a per- Sonal friend of the President's, ‘will strengthen the administration by following what he has all along advocated—a firm, high-toned American pol- icy in our relations with foreign Powers.” Sumner and Cincinnati. It is ascertained asa part of the secret history of the recent Cincinnati movement that im- Peacher Ashley was sent by Mr. Sumner, or went of his own accord, on ao tour through Qhio and some of the Western States for the purpose of urging that dis- tinguished Senator as a candidate for the nomina- tion by the “Dolly Varden” Convention. The only suggestion offering itself to dispute this wonderful tale arises from the fact that Ashley admits it to be true, 5 The Maryland Office-Holders’ War. The plactdity which has hitherto characterized the proceedings of the federal ofice-holders’ clique in Maryland has tately been disturbed by the cul- mination of @ long-threatened quarrel between Postmaster General Creswell and Messrs. Super- visor Fulton, Collector Thomas and others at Balti- more. Collector Thomas has complained of the in- terference of Mr. Creswell with the appointmentsin his Custom House, and has informed Secretary Boutwell tbat he desires either to be allowed to control his own business or to be relieved of further responsibility for the acts of persons appointed with- out his consent. Mr. Creswell’s invitation, which the President accepted, to spend Sunday at Elkton, was intended by the Postmaster General to show his newly developed enemies that he still preserved @ vicarious power behind the throne regarding Ma- ryland matters, Effect of the Amnesty Law. The Department of Justice will soon issue an order abandoning all suits against those who have filled public office contrary to the fourteenth amend- ment to the constitution of the United States, and whose political disabilities have just been removed by law. The largest number of such cases is in Tenngasee. ponies o ~ Whe Kgricaitaral College §erip. It appears from an official document that, with the exception of Arkansas and Florida, the whole number of States have received their quota of agri- cultural scrip granted by act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, all of which, with the exceptions of Florida, Louisiana and Nevada, have established agricultural colleges. An Artistic Divorce. Miner K. Kellogg, the artist, was to-day divorced from his wife, Celia Logan Kellogg. She is to have the custody of their only child. The petition charges abandonment of the husband by the wife more than a@ year ago. The case is one of incompatibility. Coin in the Treasury. On the 1st of May there was in the several deposi- tories of the Treasury coin to the value of $109,500,000. Of this amount $68,182,644 was with the Assistant Treasury at New York and $3,752,513 in the Assay Office; $6,480,196 in Philadelphia, with $132,429 at the Mint; $4,711,508 at San Francisco, with $2,745,000 at the Branch Mint; $3,687,585 in Washington, $6,009,000 in Boston, $1,477,106 in New Orleans, $849,322 in Baltimore, together with small sums elsewhere. . The Work for the Committces. During the present Congress 4,050 bills have been introduced and referred to committees. Presidential Nomination: The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— Henry Selby, Collector of Customs, Duluth, Minn. ; Egbert De Long Berry, of New York, Secretary of Legation, ey] David H. P, Porter, of Ohio, In- terpreter to the Legation and Consulate General in Turkey; Second Lieutenant Henry Seton to be First Lieutenant, Fourth infantry. Senatorial Confirmations. The Senate in executive session confirmed the following nominations to-day :— Consuls.—Danicl K. Hobart, of Maine, N. §.; E. ©. Sammp, of Florida, at ‘Rio Grande’ Brazil. re lee ee ee Newton, Jr., at Vickburg, Miss.; Richard W. Mullen, at Teche, La. ters of Land Ofpices.—Alfred James, at Los Foe aay Cal.; George H. Hand, at Yankton, Da- ota. at Windsor, Postmasters.—George H. Myers, at Appleton, Wis.; Eben Everett, at Santa Fo, xm. APPl¢tom, ee at Los Angeles, Cal. ; Charles Adame, Agent for the Los Pinos Indians in Colorado; Captain Henry A. Ellis, restored to a captaincy in the Fif- teenth infantry, Appointments and Naval Promotions.—Henry P. Harvey and M. K. Simmons to be assistant sur- | Zeons, Second Assistant Engineer ©. A. Uber to be rst assistant on the retired list, Commodore | Augnstus L, Case to be rear admiral, Captain EB, 'T. | Nichols to be commodore, Commander James 8. | Thornton to be captain, Lieutenant Commanders Charles L, Franklin and George Dewey to be com- anenaert kg Adolph go) R. “R._ Ingersoll wid R. M. G. Brown to leutenants, En . Dix Bolles to be master. 4 kts THE WRECKED SEALERS, Some Doubt Expressed as to the Loss of the Entire Newfoundland Fleet. Boston, May 28, 1872. Thereported wholesale destmiction of the New- foundand sealing feet is not credited here. A let- ter from St. Johns, Newfoundland, by the laet mail, says that tyvelve vessels in all are lost or missing, but the to pdgtven missing have not been out 60 Jong as to begiven up for lost, The crews oi vessels known to be destroyed were All saved, except forty-five out of sixty men on the oe Huntsman, Twenty-nine of these men leave widows with abdut 150 children, and subscriptions had being taken tO obtain means for the! sup- GRATZ BROWN AT\THE COOPER INSTITUTE. A telegram has been received from Gratz Brown, candidate for the Vice Presidency, stating that he Will positively be present ana speak at the Greeley mass meeting in this city at (Cooper Institute on Uaneous.—George Tiffany, Receiver of Public | THE BAR ASSOCIATION. A Letter from the Impeachment Managers--- Action of the Bar Association in Rela- tion to Assistant Counsel. REMARKS OF THE HON. SAMUEL J. TILDEN, The Bar Association held a spirited meeting last evening in their club house on Twenty-seventh street, to hear the report of the special committee upon the impeachment of the Judges. A large num- ber of the leading members of the bar were present and at afew minutes past eight Mr. Van Winkle called the meeting to order and introduced the Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, who, he said, would preside during the meeting. Mr. TILDEN then rose and said :—Gentlemen of the Bar Association, I congratulate you upon the sub- stantial success that has been obtained in the at- tempt to purify the judiciary. Everything that you took in hand has been satisfactorily accom- plished. You asked for an _ investiga- tion and you were accorded an investi- gation that sat seven weeks, from early morning until close upon midnight, and it must be pleasant to “you to know that every Judge against whom you presented specific charges has been im- peached, with the exception of one, who shrank from the ordeal. I beg to remind you, gentlemen, of what I said some two years ago upon the let of Feb- ruary, that if this association of members of the bar would be true to itself it could have refined insti- tutions and a REFINED JUDICIARY. I made those remarks at a time soon after the Judicial abuses in the year 1869 that shocked and horrified all honorable men, and when the body of politicians that stood behind the judges were en throned in regal splendor and magnificence. One word in relation to the impeachment of Judge Barnard. Iam not one of those who feel so despondent in relation to the resqlt as the public would seem to feel. I know that the charges proved before the Judiciary Committee, after a full examination and cross-examination in the pres- ence of the accused and his counsel, contain more impeachable matter than there was brought to Hehe in the eight cases of a similar kind that have been tried in the United States and which resulted in the acquittal of only four, Second,I know that the prosecution and am confident will be conducted with energy and vigor. Third, because I have the | most ‘implicit confidence in the counsel who have been selected to conduct the case on the part of the people. Speaking of thore gentlemen I have hardly any necessity to allude to Mr. Van Cott, as you are all well aware of his ability and merit, You also know Judge Comstock, one of the ablest jurists, eminent counsel and leading lawyers of the day. I refer to these gentlemen for the consideration that I thought there might have been some disappointment felt that I was not placed on the COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT I have certainly studied and labored in every way to secure the success of this noble undertak- ing—the purification of the judiciary; but in this instance I cannot help saying that I was relieved when I found that I was not selected to act uy that committee, as Ihave worked harder this last session than I ever worked before during a long life of hard mental labor. I feel a great delight to think over what a success you have thus far achieved. In reference as to whqshould be selected a8 counsel, I conferred with Mr“Alvord, and when I named Judge Comstock he received my suggestion with cordial concurrence, and feei_certain that he will do everything that can be done, and in procuring his appointment I feel that Ihave discharged a duty to you and to the public. Ofcourse Mr. Van Cott, the gentleman who 1s to assist him, you all know, and words from me can- not add to the confidence you already have in his merits, Early in the year I expected the co-opera- tion of Mr. O’Conor and Mr. Evarts. It was so arranged by an express agreement, but subse- juently I found myself in the Assembly without that support. I also found three-quarters of the members were republicans, and in order to gain anything important I found it necessary to CONCENTRATE MY STRENGTH upon a few matters for the fear I might lose all. You remember, gentlemen, how this city which was in the charge of a clique of men who were not in- stigated by politics, but merely by plunder, was revolutionized. Now, Ido not for a moment sup- pose that the method of action taken was a pleas- ant remedy, but it has fructified. I certainly ex- pected a deal of cpoaritibe and that much of the co-operation would fail me. I feel, however, that we ought to be thankful that so much has been satisfactorily accompltshed. I shall not feel satis- fied, gentlemen, until further measures have been taken in. course, and until been thoroughly ald open and bared before the laid open ai nerinis hore work to be done, The constitu- oe requires a thorou; eotganten ion fo} aM nefit of mankind. When we come to think 0 such a ridiculous anomaly as electing eight judges from different districts who should exercise the judgment of the law over the entjre State, I stand oa. record 48 4n Pienien té this from my youth. continue to protest against it, and hope to live long enough to see its constitution completely changed, and to see no tribunal of the State con- ducted by eight men elected from districts only. At present, gentlemen, you should consider about what, papper Few intend to send to assist Judge Comstock and Mr. Van Cott in the approaching trials of the Judges. There are giaree humber of young men in this association, and it was for the sake of the younger members of the bar that I undertook the business in which I have been engaged. I consulted a mem- ber of the bar who stands at the top of the profes- sion, and he agreed with me that it was for him to consider and it was for me in my inferior condition to consider if we had a right to leave this world without having made a serious and thorough effort to purify the judiciary and open to the young men who were to come after us a field of honor and purity. After a few more remarks Mr. Tilden con- cluded, amid tremendous applause. A member then rose and moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, which motion was adopted, Mr. Van Corr then came forward, and, in answer to the request for the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Judiciary, said that he regretted that he was unable to make any report this evening. It is as yetincomplete, and prudence deters me from making public at present many points that appear in the report. I have cther duties to per- proper in speech, It me to be _ abstinent gives me leasure to the members present that I have been very much impressed with the weight attached to the opinion of the Bar Association; for an impeachment under the circumstances would have met with many difl- culties upon its merits alone, if it had not been backed by so many prominent members of the bar, Mr. Van Cott concluded by saying, “I trust that the Bar Association will accept what [ have said as a satisfactory explanation for not presenting a report of the Special Committee Upon Judiciary this even- ing.’” fir. WHEELER H. Peck aM then read the follow- ing letter :— AuBany, May 22, 1872. To rn Bar Association or mr City or New York :— Grxrieyrx-—At a mecting held to-day of the managers appointed on the part of the Assembly of this State to Protecute the Impeachinent of George G. Barnard, one of he Justices of the Supreme Court, on motion of James W. Husted the following preamble’ and resolution were unanimously adopted :— qWhereas the Board of Managers have employed the Hon. George F. Comstock and Hon. Joshua M. Van Cott ‘as counsel of sald Board in the matter of the impeach: ment of George G. Barnard, a Justice of the Supreme Court; and whereas the Association of the city of New York may be. willing and desirous to render other and farther aid in the prosecution of such impeachment; erefore, “Resolved, That the Bar Association of the City of New York be respectfully Invited to aid (he Board of Managers, by counsel or otherwise, in the matter of such impeach: ment as they may desird.” Should your association determine to afford us any such aid “by counsel it will be desirable that you give to me, at as early a day as convenient, the names of such counsel as you thay designate for that purpose, Tt is denied advisable aiso that the counsel shall meet the managers at the Delevan Mouse, in Albany, at4 P. M. on the 1th of July, for consultation.” Respeet(ully, &c., ‘THOMAS G. ALVORD, Chairman, &¢. It was then proposed to send the letter to the Judiciary Committee of the association, with in- structions to take the proper and necessary action upon the matter. Mr. FITHIAN, in seconding the motion, suggested that the association should also express their wish that the Judiciary Committee would take every measure necessary to send the required assistance on the part of the Bar Association to Judge Com- stock and Mr. Van Cott. The resolution was then adopted, and the meet- ing adjourned. GOVERNMENT OF RHODE ISLAND, Meeting of the General Assembly and Or- ganization of the State Government. PrRovipence, R. 1, May 28, 1872, The Rhode Island General Assombly met at New- pert this morning to organize the State government for the ensuing year. Charles C. Vansant was re- elected Speaker of the House and Ira 0, Seam: and J. W. Blackwood Clerks. William B, Vineent Was fe-elected Clerk of the Senate, The votes cast for Fee pm officers fA ye the result oficially declared and the officers elect inducted into office with the nsual formalities, Governor Seth Padelford had 1,075 bee ; Lieutenant Governor Chartea’ RK, Cutler, 178 m rity; Secretary of State, Joshua M..Maddeman, 3,: majority; Attorney General, William Sales, 3,218 Majority; General Treasurer, 3,86¢ majority—all republican bee ys the Lfeutenant Governor, the democratic and fishecman candidate, The sesaion ‘Will probably contigue yuntil Friday night, in my form in reference to the matter that makes it | state to | THE REFORMERS’ REVIEW. The Committee of Seventy Sum Up the Labors of the Past Legislative Session. THE REFORM CHARTER. Governor Hoffman and the General Assembly Ar- raigned—Alleged Predetermination to Defeat and Veto the Seventy’s Charter—What the Governor Said Before and After the Veto—The Tammany Pros- ecutions Not Carried Out, ‘The following is substantially the report of the Committee of Seventy issued yesterday over the signature of ex-Mayor Havemeyer :— To THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK :— ‘The Committee of Seventy, having been honored with the confidence of their fellow citizens, feel it due to them to give a statement of their efforts in behaif of good qoreranent for the city of New York, and to set forth the reasons of thelr partial failure thus far to secure that end, At the meeting held September 4, 1871, which cre- ated the committee, it was charged with the duty, among others, “to impress upon the Legislature and Governor of the State such measures of legis- lation and action as might be necessary and proper to enforce the existing laws and to supply their de- ta, and to remove the cause of the present abuses, and finally to assist, sustain and direct a united effort by the citizens of New York, without reference to party, to obtain a government and honest oMicers to administer it.’” The first step noceaenny to accomplish this end was to make every effort to unite the reform ele- ment against corruption at the election last Novem- ber, and how well and thoroughly this task was performed is known to every one, and resulted in the election of a Legislature pisdged to reform b; an edad eran 3 aoe of those elected to it, and especially pledged to give to the city of New York @ new charter, sweeping out of office all of the old corrupt and suspected element. still re- maining in power; enable the people to elect men deserving of their confidence and trust, and so organize their city government that the evils from which they suffered could not recur in the future. Immediately after the results of the election were known the committee began the preparation of new organic law for this city, and such other act as were deemed necessary to eifect such reorgani- zation upon a sound basis, These measures were assiduously and laboriously peer during the months of November, Decem- r, and January, callingin during the whole of said time, for consultation and assistance, the technical knowledge and experience of leadiny citizens of New York who were seorongy ty faml- Mar with ae and practical needs of our vernment in all its departments, In the light of past experience in the government of this city, wherein, under the simple rule of the Zaalority, almost every conceivable system has been ried and has failed, radical changes were deemed necessary to emancipate the people of New York, to some degree, from the mischievous and irresponsible party control in municipal elections, to which most of the evils from which they have been and still are suffering are directly traceable. PLEADING FOR THE CUMULATIVE VOTE. The one good reform which we, therefore, incor- porated in our charter was the securing of com- lete representation for the people of New York, instead of leaving to the caucus of an over- whelmingly dominant party the unchecked de- termination of the city’s ‘affairs. Among the many forms which theory, and to some extent ex- perience, has made known to us to secure this re- sult, we selected the cumulative pian as simplest in statement, commanding the readiest comprehen- sion on the part of those not familiar with the theories of minority or totality representation most easily formulated into a law, which had to some ex- tent heen adopted both in England and the United States, and had, wherever tried, substantially se- cured the ends we sought to accomplish. We re- frain here from entering more fully into the argu- ments on this subject, as the question has been amply discussed heretofore in the public press, pe- fore the Legislature and elsewhere, and {ts justice sufliciently demonstrated, It is not within the powers of the human mind to aes ee any law or series of laws which shall be fected in language and in spirit by the honest en~ deavors of other intellects than those which brought them forth, We, therefore, hoped that the Legis- lature of the State would take the measures which we had prepared, and having constantly in view the objects to be obtained and the securing of an honest administration of affairs, make them as efficacious as circumstances and their lights would admit of, In this ae our labors were submitted to the Legislature In the month of January, and every provision of the proposed law fully and re- atedly expiained in the arguments had before ‘hem, and from the opening of the session until the fate of the charter yas sealed, by adverse action, we Were constantiggrepresented at Albany by a sub-committee of our body. ACTION OF THB LEGISLATURE. The Committee on the Affairs of Cities of the As- sembly, of which Mr. saree from this city was chajringn, promptly reported the | bill. favorably, without amendments to their body, which, after some delay and a very full discussion, passed the sane substantially as it came from our hands. Jn the Senate, however, notwithstanding that the charter was there introduced and referred on the same day asin the Assembly, the bill received no consideration at the hands of the Committee on Cities of that body until it had passed the lower House, and then four weeks were consumed in hearings upon its merits after it had been acted upon by the Assembly. This unwarranted delay, in spite of our per- sistent and urgent remonstrances to the mem- bers of that committee, and especially its chairman, Mr. Palmer, finally proved, as we antici- pated it might, fatal to every measure of reform in our city government. The amendments adopted by the Senate consisted chiefly in the retention of certa{n officials and a change in the organization of the Department of Public Safety, and were on the whole of such a nature that we could not, for the reasons which at the time were made public, acquiesce in. The Assembly refused to concur in the amendments, and after weeks of further delay the Senate receded from the changes they had made, and the charter finally passed without ma- terial modification toward the close of the session by both houses by more than a two-thirds vote. The very great delay in point of time in passing the charter—time not employed in perfecting the instrument, but in mere scheming for offices and giving ear to ofice-holders and their advocates— occasioned a diMculty not originally by us contem- plated, of proximity of the day of election and the passage the charter, and also caused hasty and ll-considered amendments by the Conference Com- mittees, such as legislating out of office school teachers, of which the Governor subsequently made pointsin his vetomessagee * * * * * TUE GOVERNOR'S OBJECTIONS. The Governor held the charter fully ten days, dur- ing which, at hia invitation, arguments were had before him, and then refused togive to the measure his sanction in an elabarate veto message. Judged E the light of the Governor's recommendations to the Legislature in his annual Message for 1872, and taking into consideration the urgent needs of the ae this action of the Governor was @ painful blow to the friends of reiorm. In that Message the Gov- ernor made ten specific enumerated points, which he recommended should be prominently kept in view in framing a hew city charter. ® There were but two points of difference between the previous recommendations and our charter, and these were, first, the organization of the Police Department, which, he suggested, should be made under the charge of a board of three commis- sioners—one to be appointed by the Mayor, one b; | the ase | of the Court of Common Pleas, and one by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court all to be removable by the Governor, while we combined the cognate departments of Police, Fire and Health in one Department of Public Safety, of which the Mayor was to be the head, and six commis- stoners to be appointed by a system of =n representation for three and six years by the Board of Aldermen and removable by the latter upon trial. Itis proper here to state that when the Senate, among its other amendments to the charter, changed the or- ganization of the Department of Public Safety by committee, expressed his doubts as to the consti- tutionality of such a provision, and stated that he then had serious doubts as to the propriety of his own recommendations on that subject, The other and really only point of difference between the Governor and the Committee of Seventy, as ex- pressed by the jormer in his annual Message and by the latter in their proposed charter, referred to the appointment of heads of departments. ‘he Governor proposed giving to the Mayor exclu- sivel gin of appointing all heads of depart- ments and their removal, except the Police, while we provided that the Mayor have power of removal for cause; have the appointment of the presiding officer of each executive board, and that the other chief officers of each Soneetateat be appointed by the Board of Aldermen by a system which would insure a minority of one-fourth of that body the selection of one member. The reason why, in framing the charter, wo believe the Governor's plan objectionable and dangerous, was that it placed the entire and vast patrongage of the city in the hands of a single man, which’ would: first, result in the future, as it had in the past, in causing the election of the Mayor to be determined by the appointments he had to make; second, enable him to secure his own re-election by the power of patronage; third, place the city property and government under the dictation ofan irresponsible caucus of a political party eT ney, , Cominant, and fourth, made no provision for watchful eye of a mi- a ity Me Re * me * * * ow, one word as to the Governor's other main objection to the charter, to “its lodging all the power of the city government, executive as well as legislative, in the Common Councils’ In the first place our charter did not go lodge it. What it comtemmlatgd doing was (he giving of the incapable of improvement, or which cannot be a | ge bw nn for the appointment of its commissioners | by Judges, the Governor, to members of our sub- | appointment of the executive head of the govern- mental departments, with the exce| of their pre- a part ae ea lenenecative 18 labore resy \vel ‘oppert to them, and the Board jermen were rest from assuming themselves any executive functions, The clear line 80 well preserved in the govern- erie hetneen. the executive and legislative functions, the vernment of amere municipal netions of which are almost exclusively admints- trative; and, In fact, that distinction has not been proverves in the organic laws of such ‘or more than twenty years, under the 1830, the executive functions of this very city were in the hands of committees of the Common Couucil, and without bad results, VACILLATION IN THE ASSEMBLY. When the veto message was submitted to the Assembly, that body, with most remarkable alacrity and by more than two-thirds of its members voting inthe affirmative, immediately and without the time necessary to understand and refiect upon ti sustained it, and thus defeated this measure ol reform which, after three months of combined labor of the two Houses, they had but @ few days before passed by an equal emphatic vote. Wé believe that the seemii iden cl of sentiment was not due to anytl contained in the Gubernatorial veto, but to the secret determination of a ma- jority of the members of the bee owtage really to defeat all such ge measures of reform as would terminate the official powerand reecneas ofall the remaining corrupt or suspected city offl- clals, with many of whom they were probably in sympathy more or less profitable, provided that such defeat could be accomplished by some disin- genuous mode of indirection that might serve as a cover for their seeret hostility. It was the foremost and bounden duty of that gislature, with special reference to which an ae Majority of its members had been elected, not to adjourn without placing upon the statute book, with or without the Governor's consent, @ new charter for this city, which would enable its citizens to clear the Augean Stable of all the tainted and corrupt remnants of the Tammany régime and to reorganize its govern- ment upon an honest and a sound basis. It is true that, after sustaining the Governor's veto to our charter, they hastily passed another one, known ag the Palmer charter, hurriedly changed from our draft to obviate some of the objections expressed in the Governor's veto. * * * While this Palmer charter fell short of accomplishing all that we had a right to expect would be done by the Legislature in the interest of permanent reform in the city gov- ernment, it would still have ousted @ horde Of ob- Jectionable officers and enabled the people to elect proper men in their places. However grudg- ingly ven, however affected by suspected barterings for oMce and other impure motives, our citizens would have accepted it as an instalment of the obligations of the Governor and Logisiature and would have tried to do the best with it to clear much their city from corruption and disgrace. But that little was too much; the pegeeerirs adjourned and the Governor refused his signature. * * * Governor Hoffman sonny rae ignorance, for he isa citizen of this city and has oh since been familiar with its wants and by this time certainly should also know the infamous and dangerous character of the men who have ruled it for years, have robbed it of millions and whose dis- comfiture and perenne our People have 80 earnestly sought since they have had knowledge of their conspiracy and crimes, but whose hire- lings and sympathizers yet swarm in many.of the ublic offices, and for whose speedy, final overthrow legislation was absolutely demanded. In his annual Lorne the Governor recognized and enforced the necessity of such legislation. * * 7 * * THE TAMMANY RING PROSECUTIONS. We cannot close this’ brief review of the action of the Governor and Legislature concerning the great frauds perpetrated by our cai) elty of- cials and the condition of our city without refer- ing to one other significant veto of the Governor. Last summer, when this committee urged the Governor to take some action on behalf of the State in regard to the enormous city frauds, the Attorney General, with the Governor's sanction and approval, appointed Mr. Charles O'Conor to act in his (the Attorney General’s) name, and to insti- tute such legal proceedings as might be proper. Mr. O’Conor accepted the charge, and has since then so acted, and several civil and criminal prose- cutions have been commenced by him, and are yet pending against several of the most prominent of the leaders of the Tammany Ring. Now, in order to bring these persons and others to justice, and have the indictments against them tried before a {udee who should be even above suspicion of undue nfiuence or bias, Mr. O’Conor, as we learn, to- gether with Mr. ‘tiden, Fropated a bill, known as the Oyer and Terminer bill, giving the Court of Ap- peals the power to designate some proper Judge or judges of the Supreme Court outside of this judi- cial district before whom these indictments might be tried. The bill passed the Legislature, but Gov- ernor Hoffman also vetoed it, and the Legislature wogtonced therein! ® F Q Ithough we most keenly felt the defeat of our charter, which we believe would have rescued this 5 THE HERALDS SHAFT BREAKS, Great Excitement Among the People of New York and the Neighboring Cities. R Feeling of Dismay Because the Herald Does Not Arrive. Fifty Thousand Copies, a Small Portion of the Edition, Successfully Struck Off—The In- jury Repaired and the People Breathe Freer Once More, “What! no HERALD this morning, John? Why it is nine o’clock already, and there must be some- thing wrong, or, if not, the paper would be here by, this time,’ remarked a fine-looking old gentleman to his walterman on @ brown stone stoop, tn Fifth avenue, yesterday morning. } “Lcan’t tell what is the matter, sir. Iam sure our carrier has not been here, forI looked every- where for him, and he did not pass the house. I’ve been down to the corner to talk to the man who, keeps the news stand, and he thinks it’s too rough that he has been kept waiting all the morning and he has not been able togell his other papers. He, says that tfey told him at the office that the con- necting shaft of the presses was broken, and that they would be able to get only half their edition of, to-day’s HERALD,” answered the gorgeous funky. “Well, John, it is very disagreeable to be deprived of the HERaLD—very disagreeable, John, very dis- gusting, I repeat,” continued the plethoric old gen- tleman, but just as he was about to go into his comfortable but late breakfast of potted herring, Jote gras, poached eggs and some beautiful shad, flanked by a nicely done mutton chop and a pot of smoking hot tea, which Was washed down by a pint of Chateau Lafitte, just then the HERALD came. It came like a harbinger of light and a messenger of joy to many thousands in the crowded city, who have become so used to this journal that it seems as if they were wrecked on a desert island by foul play when the paper is delayed, ! Many people were astonished that the economy of the greatest newspaper office on the American continent should be disturbed by the breaking of a shaft. But the entire working of the paper and its enormous edition were stopped by the accident, But 50,000 copies of the HERALD were printed yesterday—a mere fraction of the issue of the paper—and these were only struck off by the kindness of the HeRALD’s contemporaries who volunteered their services. The want of the paper was felt everywhere, and was discussed with a blind groping in the dark which is usual to those who have been surprised by an earthquake or caught in the lava which streams suddenly down the torn sides of Vesuvius. It was annoying to not be able to tell how the accident happened, and as no one knew how it occurred speculation was rife, and all manner of Suggestions and opinions were broached, In the horse cars or restaurants, on the ferryboats, at the breagfast table, on trains coming and going to and from the city, there was remark, anxious questioning, showing very clearly how very much wedded the American people have become to the luxury of the HERALD every morning. “I wonder what can have happened?” “Isn't it strange that our paper has not come? aud like sayings were heard of in all places. It seemed a day of grief and mourning, as if some national calamity had befallen the country, and the disaster was canvassed by every person who could get a word in edgeways. Strong proof of the power and greatness of the HeRaLp was yesterday city from its perilous and disgraceful condition and would have secured the permanent reforms neces- expressing our views to our fellow citizens upon this subject, because there was still some hope or possibility left of obtaining some partial relief from the Legislature, Now, however, the action of the Governor and Legislature has ended in the final defeat of all remedial measures of legislation for the city, which is now left in a condition much worse than before the assembling of the re oe W. F. HAVEMEYER, Chairman. SIMON STERNE, Secretary. New York, May 27, 1872. THE LOUISIANA FACTIONS. The Warmoth and Custom House Wings of the Republicans Coming to an Open Rupture— The Pinchbeckites Uniting on Phila- delphia—The Liberal Republicans on a Flank Movement—Result of the Present Convention. NEw ORLEANS, May 28, 1872. It will be remembered that the feud existing be- tween Warmoth and the Custom House eventuated in a split of the radical party and the calling of a State Nominating Convention by cach wing. That of the Custom House met early in May, and after a stormy session adjourned over until June 19, for the purpose of effecting a compromise in the mean- while. That called by the Warmoth wing, of which Pinchbeck is now the ruling spirit, met to-day, as appointed, at the Mechanics’ Institute; but Gover- nor Warmoth’s defection occurring during the in- terim has materially changed its objects and inter- ests, Pinchbeck, a majority of white delegates and nearly all the black, adhering to Grant, leaving Warmoth with only a handful of followers, who are not yet anxious to commit it in favor of the liberal republican party. With this view extensive caucusing has been going on for weeks, which resulted last night jn an open rupture between Warmoth’s and Pinchbetk’s friends, the latter having effected a compromise with the Custom House faction in the interests of Grant. The Convention was, therefore, to some extent a plain-sailing affair. Pinchbeck opened it at noon with a brief address, in which he declares the object tobe the nomination of delegates to Philadelphia and candidates for the State offices. He declared the issue to be a square one between the republicans and democrats, and that every friend of civil rights and free institutions must be found with the | former. His speech embodied a full and frank ad- hesion of himself and friends to the Grant pro- gramme. State Senator Harris was then called to the chair, and the usual committees on permanent organization were appointed without delay, ie attendance was full, and embraced nearly all the members of the old Legislature. All appeared to anticipate the trouble on hand with the Warmoth- ites, and were anxious to get at it; but the latter fought for adjournment until to-morrow, and finally, at two o’clock, carried their point. Their object in this, as understood, is to afford an opportunity to rally the liberal republicans to- nique, so that when Warmoth secedes to-morrow with ‘his friends he may retire as gracefully as possible. Most of the leaders who up to the present time have been acting with Warmoth are preparing speeches to purge themselves of all sus- picions of liberal republicanism and to embrace their old love. The Warmoth faction will open the ball to-morrow with a set of resolutions denoune- ing Grant, which, being voted down, they will at once retire, Itis understood as a condition of the compro- mise between the Pinchbeck and Custom House wings that the Convention will send a set of delegates to Philadelphia who will there coalesce with the opposition set already accred- iged. Further, that Pinchbeck will be nom. inated for Governor and other nominations made, rincipally negroes, which will be submitted to the Baton Rouge Convention June 19 fer endorsement, Pinchbeck being understood as willing to yield the first place on the ticket to the choice of that Con- vengion. is choice will doubtless be E. C. Btl- lings. Caucusing of the factions is now being pushed vigorously, and a lively time may be ex- pected to-morrow, General Beauregard is out ina letter to-day en- dorsing Greeley and Brown. He says:—‘For my part I preier Pe as my friend one who has been ny open and fearless antagonist to one who has ndship on his lips but hatred in his heart.” A Compromise by Putting Both War- Pinchbeck on the State ie ae New Or.eans, May 2¢—Midnight. At @ large caucus held to-night it was resolved to nominate Warmoth for Governor and Pinchbeck for Lieutenant Gouvernor in the Convention to- ™m Ww, national politics to be left an open qnes- ton Pinchbeck thade a speech accepting the ar- rangement. It is expected that this programme | will be carried out by acclamation to-morrow, when the Convention wi adjourn, : sary in its government, yet we then refrained from | given in many a home and on many a public resort or commercial mart. In Wall street it was amusing to witness the unhappiness of the brokers and the desolate look and outward mien of the great moneyed men ot that locality who were not fortunate enough to be among the lucky ones who had received the HeRraup, Stocks and gold were forgotten in the anxiety, but all persons seemed gratified that the accident had not deprived them of the HeRaLp's financial comments, though they were not procur- able until a late hour of the morning. “T allus thought the HeraLp had two sets of run- ning gear, and if one bust the other would work,” growled a sun-dried old fellow, whose nose peeped from out a tangled mass of iron-gray hair. “Tain’t the Diler, it’s the shaft as has given down. Iron won’t wear forever.” This sage remark was volunteered by a seedy bystander, whose fishy eyes told a tale of a hard night. The facts of the case are aimply these :—At fifteen minutes after six P. M., on Monday, the large shaft which works the numerous prefses that dally dis- tribute copies of the HERALD, snapped short off just outside the main bearings. It 1s almost impossible to assign any cause for this sudden and untimely disaster, save by premising that it originated in the crystallization of the iron, which was wrought of the best material. Iron, ice and all other brittle substances are liable to freaks of this nature, and, therefore, the feeling of disgust generated in the bosoms of disappointed news-seekers yesterday ought at the best to be very evanescent. Nobody's perfect—main shafts in particular, “ In Brooklyn the lack of the HERALD was severely felt, and the trip across to the city was universally voted to be the slowest on record. “Give me @ HERALD,” sald a well-dressed gentle- man, who produced a most plethoric pocketbook. “HERALD, sir,” blandly responded the dealer, as he passed a bleared sheet of printed matter to the purchaser. “HERALD! Heratp!! that's not the HERALD,’ vociferated the buyer. ‘Don’t seem like it. What in thunder’s the matter ”” “presses broke down, sir.’? “En! ah! That's so? All right. Presses broke down! By Jove! And he walked away smiling. in the Gold Room the bulls and bears and others of the happy family were rampant. Couldn’t un- derstand how such a thing as an accident to the HERALD could possibly occur. “Broke her shaft, eh? Well, it’s what we must all come to,’ moaned one of the most lachrymose of the bovines, , “Not such a bad paper, after all,” lisped the Mark Tapley of the Exchange. ‘Oan’t expect a thing to run forever. Guess an article or two less don’t Much matter, so long as we get the important news, and I reckon that’s all there, same as usual.’” The Herald’s Mishap with its Machinery. TRENTON, May 28, 1872. There were many inquiries at the news stands yesterday morning for the HeRap, and the news- men had to make hundreds of statements as to the reason for the lateness of the HmnaLp’s appearance, ‘The inquiries and remarks showed that the HERALD is held in high esteem in Trenton. No other paper could satisfy the want, and buyers sald they would wait. They felt sure the HERALD would come; and, the explanation as to its delay being perfectly satis. factory to the readers, they wished a happy termi- nation to the trouble that had given rise to the de- lay in the always punctual HERALD, Amenities of Journalism. {From the Evening Mail, May 28.) Last night, ashaftin the HenaLp press room Dioke down and the great printing establisiment was as helpless for the time as a steamer at sea with a dis abled screw. Fortunately such calamities bring te | light the better traits of rival newspaper men, ang so the HeRaLD was able to print an edition this morning through the eid of the World, the Tribune, the Standard and the Sunday Dispatch, NEW ENGLAND woman SUFFRAGISTS. Boston, May 28, 1872, The New England Woman Suffrage Association held its annual Convention to-day tn Tremont Temple, William Lioyd Garrison presided. The an- nual report showed receipts of $10,000, and $1,300 are now in the treasury. Resolutions et woman suffrage as a right were discussed an ‘ adopted, |