The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1872, Page 7

REVOLT OF THE LABORERS. | lnterference of the Police with Peacea- De Citizens Condemned. THE MEN AND THE HOURS. Meetings of the fight-Mour League, the Carpenters and Sashmakers. oe. MORE MEN FOR THE MOVEMENT. Little additional in the way of important move- menta is noticeable in the conduct of the strike. ‘The organizations now in the field are pursuing the even tenor of their way, only disturbed a Mttle yesterday by the arrest of the commit- teea of the pianoforte makers and varnishers. ‘The fever of the movement is extending to such trades as have yet made no effort, however, and combinations are not only contemplated, but being rapidly made tn quarters not aifected by any previous excitement. The Carpenters. The carpenters, at their secret session on Mon- ay evening, initiated one hundred new members and discussed the questions to which the prolonged delay and recent action of the cabinet manu facturers gave rise. The trustees have since that meeting been sitting at Masonic Hall to receive applications from such members of the organization as have families to support and need assistance, To such they extend ready and cordial aid. Mr. Anthony Kelly, chair- man of the Board, said last evening that the appli- cants were very few in number. Michael Moss, Presiaent of the American Car- penters and Joiners’ Union, with Mr. D. 8. Griffin, ft the city ata late hour yesterday to attend the ‘Union Labor mecting at Tremont Temple, Boston, to-day, as delegates from this body. No additional matters of interest have transpired in connection with this organization, which is halt- ing ul after the special meeting called for Thursday next. Varnishers and Polishers. The Varnishers and Polishers’ Union went into session at nine o’clock yesterday morning at Jetfer- son Hall, in avenue A, 2nd continued at their post till a late hour last evening. The following firms acceded to the demands of the Union yesterday :—Herter Brothers, Yoemans and Warren Ward & Co, furniture manufacturers; Needham & Sons, melodeon manufacturers, and Bacon & Car facturers, The varnt: employed in the factories of Steinway & Sou, Hale and Hazeldine, Nanoforte makers, and Halbert, chair maker, yes- rday joined this union. A committee was appointed to visit Steck’s shop, and, on arriving there, found the door locked to revent their entrance. They went across the street to where a committee of the planoforte makers were already standing, and they beckoned to the men employed in the shop to come ont. The employés put on their coats and came out, when the proprietor, becoming aggra- vated, sent for a force of polige. On the arrival of the officers the Sergeant ordered the committee away, and they, refusing to go, were all arrested. They were taken to ‘the Thirty- seventh street station house, where they were locked up for_— two’ hours, ‘They were then removed to Jefferson Market Police Court, where they found Mr. Steck, who informed them that he would make no charge if they would romise to keep away from the vicinity of his shop, hey Would not make any promise, and soon after Mr. McClellan appeared before Justice Ledwith as their counsel. He denied the right of the Court to hold them when no charge had been made, and after a few moments’ consideration the Men were ischarged. The aggregate number of members received yes- terday was about two hundred and fifty. Cabinet Makers. The cabinet makers, as the central organization of the Eight Hour League is called for brevity, held the usual forenoon and afternoon sessions yester- fay. io the evening the regular weckly meeting was called and about two hundred persons were present, The arrest ofthe committee of the Varnishers and Polishers by the police excited considerable comment. The President clatmed that these men had as much right to remain peaceably on the side- walk as the Irish had to occupy entire streets for demonstrations and processions, This was a free country and a free city, and peaceable men should not be molested or clubbed by the A dozen other speeches were made by the mem- bers, all to the same purpose, and when the police interference was most eloquently condemned the audience applauded Justily, while an occusional comparison of German to Irish drew forth a hearty laugh. Seven or eight shops are reported to have capitu- lated during the day, The condition of affairs is spoken of as favorable to the adoption of the new system, and it is hoped that the strike will be closed this week. Mr. Freiderick, in a letter to the IleRALD, denies that he bas submitted to the demand of the Fight- Hour League, as reported by the Sofa and Lounge Maker®’ Union, a branch of that organization, Sash and Blind Makers. ‘The third meeting of the Sash and Blind Makers’ Union of the city of New York was held last night at Military Hall, in the Bowery. About one hundred and fifty members were pre- sent, and sixteen of the principal shops were reported as having adopted the eighth-our hour system. The regular wages have been $3 50 per day. A Mr. Welch, of Hester strect, was reported as having paid $4 per day to his men be- fore the strike, and on being asked if he would adopt the new rule he at once acquiesced. He now works the men cight hours and pays them $4 per day. Mr. KELLEY, of the carpenters, said his commit- tee had visited the sashmakers m order to have an interchange of views. THe had been a sashmaker, and he wished them the success he thought the car- penters had achieved, Mr. PaKDER, of the same committee, sald:—We have pretty thoroughly fought out the establish- ment of the eight-hour system, both for ourselves and you. The ten-hour system was slavery to all intents and purposes. We ali feel like new men pow. A man can work harder for eight hours than he can for ten, and he naturally will do it; he feels like it, and he wiil do it cheerfully. Ihope you will take hold of this movement and ald yourselves as we will aid you. You can obtain the ‘concession of your employers if you wish. You must use moral suasion, backed by strong committees. We will back you up. No sash and blind maker will work more than eight hours in any shop where a carpenter works. Mr. O'DONOVAN thought there was little left for him to say, but he recognized a few faces of m n he had worked with side by side. The first thing to accomplish was organization. The sash and blind makers had their field to themselves. “Where there isa will there is a way,” and if the carpenters had not had a stro will they would have failed. If the sashfakers had a will they two would win. Wherever they found a shop where a single man worked more than eight hours they should leave its doors, shake the dust off their fect and do no work there. As a German had told him, “We (the carpenters) haf cot it now, de echneiders get ‘em next veek und den dem shoesters get dot too.” From the Sugar Refinerics, Complaints are being made by the men working | tn the sugar refineries that they are engaged, tothe Dumber of 7,000, for ten hours per.diem within the real walls of sugar houses, with the heat ranging from 80 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, for and receiving only $1 60 per day. They contemplate organizing and joining in the strike now fast be- eoming general, THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSIONERS, Heavy Premiums To Be Offered to Archi- tects For Plans ana Specifications. PHILADELPHIA, May 28, 1872. The Centennial Commission to-day considered the report of the Committee on Plans, The report authorizes the selection of ten architects, to be paid $1,000, each for preliminary plans of buildings ; that ten other prizes of $1,000 each-be pat architects for sketches or drawings, ‘and aixor the most meritorious, to be selected from twonty plans, to be awerded the following prizes :—$15,000 for the Arst, $10,060 for the second, $6,000 for the third, $4,000 for the fourth, $2,000 for the fifth, $2,000 for the sixth. ‘ue resolution was debated without re- sult, The Commission then embarked on « tug for 60 excursion along the river front. ATTEMPTED SUIOLDE. At eight o'clock last night William 0, Meany, agea thirty-two, an author, while temporarily insane from drink, attempted to commit suicide by enttin his throat with a pocket kni He was attended by 4 polloe surgeou and locked up im the Sixteen.t precinct station Louse. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET. AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Musie—Ivanhoe. Marschner’s opera, albeit it has many strong ele- ments to recommend it, is not popular with the Germans, to judge from the many vacant seats in the Irving place opera house on Monday night. Although it possesses many charming choruses and a few taking airs in the solo parts, the preponder- ance of heavy, over-elaborated music, and espe- cially the uncailed for introduction of dialogue in the first act, detracts much from its popularity. Waltcr Scott’s charming romance might have been clothed in more gracefal, hereic and attractive rai- ment than that which the German musician bas thrown over it. The cast was the follow- ing:—Bois Guilbert, the Templar, Jacob Muller; Ivanhoe, Wilhelm Richard; Beaumanoir, Weinlich; Brother Tuck, Franoseh; Wamba, Bernard; King Richard, Gross; De bBracy, Janitzky; Isaac of York, Kutter; Cedric, Hubsch ; paar Rowena, Miss Rosetti; Rebecca, Inez Fabbri. Mme. Fabbri and Mr. Muller were the most attractive features of the cast, and Miss Rosetti made a favorable impression tn the role of the Saxon maiden. The chorus was spirited enough, but not always in accord with Mr. Predigam’s baton, Whether it was carelessness or the ponder- osity of the German language, many of the singers were unwilling or unable to keep up to the tempo. The old English snoring phrase, ‘tis the pace that kills,” is very applicable in German opera. Miss Clara Perl, the ceiebrated contralto, has been the bright star of the season so far, and her Fides, one of the most diffienit and trying of Meyerbeer’s rdles, made a marked impression on the Opening night. On this evening “Tannhauser” will be presented with a strong cast, Franz Abt being the conductor, It will be for the benefit of Madame Fabbri. The American Conservatory of Music Concert. The pupils and professors of this well-known mu- - sical establishment fave a concert Monday evening at Steiuway Hall, which was very numerously at- tended. The programme, consisting of selections from Auber, Wely, Meyerbeer, Bellini, Massini, Wallace, Mercadante, Mozart, Fiotow, Verdi, Haydn, Pacini, De Bertot, Kreutzer, Liszt, Mendela- sohn, Clay and Schroeder, was rendered by the pupils, among whom we may mention Miss Jennie Scott, Miss Annie Kent, Miss Emma Has- kins, Misses Corono and Lily _ Schroeder, Miss Martin, Miss Fannie McGowan, Miss Lewis, Miss Moore, Miss Minnie Chapman, Miss Whaley, Miss Van Buren, Miss Ehlers, Messrs. Chapman, Jarvis, Grecntlela, Lamill, Crosby and Hermanson: Mr, Fradel undertook the oilice of accompanist, a trying one in a Conservatory concert, Signor Morosini played a piano solo and Professor Henry Schroeder, the President of the Conservatory, con- ducted the concert in a manner that was caculated to make it asuccess. A word of warning may be necessary to managers of concerts of this kind, Avoid ail unnecessary operatic displays and keep Poe to the rendering of works within their reach, ‘ometimes a dificult aria may prove a disastrous failure in the hands of pupils possessed of much undeveloped talent. Wallack’s Theatre. On Monday night Robertson's comedy, “Home,” was presented at this house to a crowded au- dience. . Although it is by no means the best of Robertson's productions, it is marked by the sympathetic power which that artist knew how to impart to all his plays. ‘The plot is a little far-fetched, but it is ssilfally worked up, and, with- out awakening any very deep feeling, it excites our interest in the fate of the principal characters. The cast included Mr, Wallack as Colonel John White, Mr. Gilbert as Mr. Dorrison, Mr. Stoddart as Captain Mountraffe, Miss Mordaunt as Mrs. Pinchbeck and Mrs. Foster as Dora Thorhaugh. Gilbert's imper- sonation of the amorous sexagenarian was an ex- cellent piece of acting, marked by careful study. Wallack was quite at home in the character of the rollicking and somewhat pugnacious Colonel White. As usual, he pleasantly aiversified his employments by making fierce love to the Jadies and ‘hestile demonstrations against the villains of the piece. Captain Mountrafie is somewhat out of Stoddart’s line, but he gave a pretty humorous if somewhat ex erated representation of the cowardly brag- art. The Mrs, Pinchbeck of Miss Plessy Mordaunt Is one of her best ré/es. She is natural and more subdued than usual, bat is scarcely animated enough to picture the fascinating, designing woman of the world. Mrs. Fanny Foster has not much scope as Dora Thornbaugh, but managed to make it agreeable and interesting. Sheridan’s ‘“Critic” is so well known as not to need any comment. It affords Charies Mathews an Opportunity to display his remarkable talent as Sir Fretful Puagiary and Puff, in which he is quite unapproachable. ears secm to have no effect on him, and he skips as lightly and joyously through his ¢mpersonations as he did twenty years ago, yet always preserving so much naturalness that we are tempted to forget that he is on the stage. “Home” and “The Critic” will keep the stage until Saturday night, when Mr. Mathews takes his farewell benefit. Lina Edwin’ A new sensational drama—“Woodleigh”—was produced at this theatre on Monday evening. The house was nearly empty, and the play was one of the worst ever presented to a New York audience. It is founded upon a mawkish poem that fell still- born from the press, but which its author is ie rently unwilling should slumber peacefully in its grave. A single incident—an attempted fratri- cide—is the dramatic point upen which the interest, if it have any, turns. The dialogue is ‘beneath contempt, and the char- acters are too inconsistently drawn to possess the negative virtue of being simply puppets, but are painfully and obtrusively monstrous, Of course such a plece would have failed in any hands; but its badness as a play found a perfect counterpart in the badness of the actors who represented it, “Woodleigh” has not the faintest chance of being a success, and the sooner it is withdrawn the better, Bowery Theatre. The “Heathen Chinee’—a sensational drama, full of stirring incidents and powerful situations, de- picting California life—was produced Monday even- ing at this favorite haunt of the melodrama, The principal parts were performed by Mr. O. B, Collins (Long Tom, a miner), Mr. C. Warwick (Ah Sin, a Chinaman, who can't play poker), Mr. Joseph P. Winter (Bill Nye, a gambler), Mr. P. Connolly (Pat- sey Cogan, a genuine Irishman), and Mr. M. Pike (Zach Peabody, a pedier, “up to snuffm), Mra, W. G. Jones gave a powerful and Peet Wok ae of the leading female part of the piece, Wild Meg, an outcast, which is a fecble copy of the character of Meg Merrilies. The whoie periormance appeared to give great delight to the large audience which wit- nessed it, Arcade Theatre, Jersey City. The establishment of a theatre in Jersey City was a bold stroke of enterprise on the part of Mr. John Jack, so well known to play-goers in New York, and the people of Jersey City have mani- fested their appreciation of this enterprise in a most liberal manner. That so large a municipality should be hitherto without a theatre can only be accounted for by the i that nothing is strange or wonderful in little Jersey. Miss Annie Firmin took a benefit last evening be- fore an audience not only large, but comprisin many of the ¢liteof the city. The play selected was “The Honeymoon,” in which Mr, Jack, Miss Annie Firmin, Miss Lucy Rushton, Miss ‘Nellie Meeker, Mr, V. Bowers and others took part. Firmin was called thrice before the curtain. Jack has associated with him as business manager Mr. T. C. Hughes, who has already established an enviable reputation in the field of journalism, Dramatic Notes. To-day a complimentary matinée benefit will be tendered to Mr. Davidge, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, by the Brooklyn Amaranth Club, The “Heir-at-Law” has been selected for representation, Chickering Hall will be filed on Friday night, May 31, by the friends of Mrs. F. M. Carter, who have arranged to hold a literary and musical soirée in compliment to her. George H. Hepworth will read Pos powerful poem, “The Raven,” for the first time in public. The music will be under the direction of Alberti, The affair promises to be most enjoyable. THE GREAT MUSICAL JUBILEE, Boston, May 28, 1872, A telegraphic despatch, received to-day, an- nounces the immediate departure of the Irish Con- stabulary Band and the Band of the British Grena- ards, to take part in the Jubilee, Fifty thousand dollars have already been received from the sale of Jubilee season tickets, THE THOMAS MONUMENT FUND, The following subscriptions to the fand for a monument to Major General George H. Thomas are acknowledged by Colonel Sainuel B. Lawrence :— Previously reported .......... $3,145 60 Collected by Colonel James Lai New York Veteran Volunteer infantry = Azariah Boody...... $10) 00 J. Fiteh Sallory Miss Mr. niteenth $5.00 Major J.B, Horner. 6) 00 John Munn. 0 Jeremiah Milbank... 25.00 ©, Conrtois. 0 D.P. Clapp......... 2000 800 Gail Borden, Jr...... 15 Bw Ned. Midland &, Ro) 10 00 roid Newcomb & Cook. 1% 5H George Norris. 10 00 bw Colonel dT, Lake... .) 10 00 50 dames W, Parrish 5) 8.7 50 William Kidd 500 DM, Boyd... 00) 500 it. 509 W,F. Stockwell...) 500 Vv bw OT . a7 al P er and Major W. 8. Becbe.” 20 00 eT KER Rasseesisees 4 8) 00 , jadison Barracks, N.Y. 18 10 Colonel M. B, Bestow ‘ 15 9) GQOMivevsrresverruscesseserass 45 00 Professors and officers at West Point 133 00 Total... RED CLOUD'S MISSION. The Old Veteran Chief and His Coadjutors Have an Audience of the Great Father at ihe ‘White House—President Grant’s Prom- ises to the Peaceful Red Men, WASHINGTON, May 28, 1872. The President to-day gave an audience to Red Cloud and his delegation of Indians, who, on enter- ing the former's oMice room at the Executive Man- sion, ranged themselves round the table. The President stood next to Red Clond and Red Dog, and through the interpreter spoke as follows :— PRESIDENT GRANT'S REMARKS. Tell them I am glad to see them here, and to know that they have tried hard to carry eut the promises heretofore made to keep peace with the white people. Rea Cloud could not prevent the murder which recently took place in their country, but would have done so if he could. These Mourderers are outla with him as well as with us. We want to do all we can to advance and help Red Cloud and hia pecnle, that they may become self-supporting. e time will come when the game will give out; when the: must resort to other means of subsistence, We want to place them on lands where they can have permanent homes, and to make the location agree- able to them, They must talk farther on this sub- Jeet to the Secretary of the Interior, who acts for me. I do not want them to remove beyond the present territory which they now occupy, except with their own consent. I desire them to reflect on this subject, as the advantages are not for a day or @ year, but forever. If they consent to this will tell them all we will do. If the: will go to the Cherokee country we will set apart lands for themselves and their children, It is a large country, where they will never suffer from cold. We will build houses for their chiefs, and give them all shelter, and supply them with produce and cattle, and encourage them in farming and assist them in raising stock, and ap- point for this purpose either Indians or white men, as they shall prefer. We will also instruct them how to read and speak English, and otherwise con- tribute to their comfort, so that when the game 1s all gone they may live securely and comfortably. All the treaty obligations we have entered into with them will be kept by us as long as they respect them. Any reply Red Cloud and Red Dog have to make must be to the Secretary of the Interior after they have talked over among themselves what I have suggested. RED CLOUD'S EYE TO BUSINESS, Red Cloud replied he had very few words to say, and then spoke about the agency in his country, The President reminded them that that was a subject of talk with the Secretary of the Interior g and the Commissioner of Indian Atfairs. He was giad Red Cloud and bis braves had passed through our country. The number of our people, though very large, was increasing every day, and more persons come from foreign countiles in a year than the whole nuraber of Indians in America, THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S COUNCIT. The Scerctary of the Interior said to th he had the President's views on the subject and would consult them on the location of the agency before they left the city, and now proposed to ré- tire, as the President's public business afforded him no further time for talk. The Indians then filed before the President, each shaking him by ihe hand as they slowly retired from the reom. INDIAN COMMISSION. Bids for supplies for the Indian Department were opened yesterday at the temporary Indian Ofice, 40 and 42 Leonard street, by General F, A. Walker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the presence of Hon. B. T. Cowen, Assistant Secretary of the Inte- rior and the following members of the Board of Indian Commissioners:—Messrs, George H. Stuart, John V. Farwell, Robert Camp- bell, N. J. Turner, and Sfferman K. Cree, Secretary. A large number of bidders from all parts of the country were in attendance, and eighty-five bids were received. The purchasing committee are now awarding the contracts. Th hids for 27,090,000 pounds of beef on the hoof, livered at the different agencies during the year, ranged from $1 84 to $4 per hundred pounds, The award will be made at from $1 $4 to $2 60 per hun- dred pounds, In this one item a large amount is saved to the government by the new Indian policy, as beef here- a has cost much mere than double the present rice. The bid for 7,500,000 pounds of flour, delivered at the agencies, ranged from $2 85 to $4 per 100 pounds. The award for 1,000,000 pounds of surair, 600,000 pounds of coffee and a large amount of bacon, Bokp, salt, &c., will be made to-day. NEW YORK CITY. William Groot, aged thirty-eight, of the bark Moeta, lying at the foot of pier 55 East River, yes- terday afternoon accidentally fell overboard and was drowned, His boay has not been recovered. At halfpast nine o'clock yosterday morning Lavina Mathasen, fifty years of age, of 29 Second street, attempted to commit suicide by taking ity coe Her friends arrived in time to save her ie. William Green, of 203 Madison street, was com- mitted by Alderman Coman, at the Tombs Police Court yesterday, on a charge preferred by Henry J. Mabbatt, of 97 Pine street, whom, it is alleged, he robbed of a pocketbook containing $25, A meeting will be heldin Amity street on Thurs- day evening for the purpose of forming a society to assist all indigent natives of Alsace and Lorraine who may emigrate to America. Mr. Joseph Strauss is the promoter of the good work, it ts to be hoped it will be successful. The propeller William Ridell brought to the city yesterday Charles Robieschel, twenty-five years of age, who had been seriously injured on board the schooner Madison Holmes by a topmast falling across his back, He was removed to the Park Hospital. On Monday there were fourteen additional cases of smallpox reported, one of which was found con- cealed, Four deaths were repoited during the twenty-four hours ending at noon yesterday. Dur- ing tle week ending Saturday, the 25th inst. vaccinating corps visited 14,253 families and vace nated 5,923 persons, 443 being primary and 5,475 secondary. The ambulance corps removed forty- three cases of smallpox to the hospital and four dead bodies to the Morgue. Jacob Raossler, a shoemaker, employed on Seventh avenue, between Thirty-first and Thirty- second streets, was arrested yesterday afternoon by OMcer Morgan, of the mounted police, upon Fed of Join Pocyautck, who charges he stab- bed him in the neck with a shoemaker’s knife dur- inga dispute yesterday afternoon, The wounded man was sent to Believne Hospital, and the pris- oner yesterday afternoon locked up to await the result of injuries, A preliminary meeting of the friends of the late Mr. N. B. Clarke, the old and esteemed actor was held at the Masonic Hall, in Thirteenth street, last night, to consider the best steps to be taken for a testimonial! in aid of the family of the deceased, Mr. E. 8. Connor, a life friend of Mr. Clarke, was chosen Chairman, and Mr. McClenahan, another friend of the deceased, was chosen Secretary. A committee, of which Mr, Hugh Gardner is chairman, was appointed to wait upon the Manager of the Bowery Theatre, and ascertain from him what arrangements could be arrived at regarding the proposed testimonial. After some other business of minor importance the meeting adjourned, to meet next Saturday night at the same place, General MacAdaras lectured last evening in Cooper Institute before a rather small but sciect | German war, in which he himself had participated | under the French fiag. Mr. Horace Greeley was | announced to preside over the meeting and mtro- | duce the lecturer, but Mr. Greciey failed to put in an appearance and his place was filled by General McMahon. General MacAdaras traced the leading pointe in the French disastrous Lat attribuimg | Y all the failures to the blunders of French statesmen and French generals, He carried the narrative down to the extraordinary blunders made by Gam- betta and Trochu, and in speaking of the Commune sald that they had but one man among them | capable of maintaining order or discipline. At times during the lecture the General stated many interesting occurrences that had come under his | own observation. SCHOOL TEAOHERS' MAY RECEPTION, ‘The May reception of the Public School Teachers’ Association took place yesterday afternoon at As- sociation Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth ave- nue. The large hall of the institution was com- Pletely filled, the audience being mostly composed of ladies. Commissioner Wood and several of the male teachers attended, but a large proportion of those present were simply visitors. No address, contrary to the usual custom, was made yesterday, The following was the programme of exercises :— Organ overture, “Zampa,” Signor G, Gueli; song, “Angels Ever Bright and Fair, Miss May Thornton ; piano fantasia, “Les Huguenots,” Professor How- ard Barcalow; song, “Love's Request,” Mr. George F, Sargent; reading, “Sandalphon,’ Mrs, Anna Randall Dielil; organ overture, ‘Poet and Peas- ant,” Signor G, Gueill; song, «the Vagabond,” Mr. @, b. Surgent; plano, “Carnival de Venice) and “Home Sweet Home,” Professor Barcaiew ; read- ing, “Bugle Song,” Mrs. Diehl; song, “Bid Me Dis- audience, giving @ cursory history of the Franco. | Pelves tot ~ PENNSYLVANIA. The Abstract Reform Party of Philadelphia. The Object of the New Organization—Its Plat- form and Ticket—Purging the Municipal and Judicial Offices—Party Allegiance to Either Democracy or Republicanism Denounced—National Politics Only “Indirectly” Affected by It— What It May Become. PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 1872, The political event of the Quaker City to-day is the holding oY the first Convention of the municipal reform party. Although the single object of this intelligent and powerful organization is local re- form, yet the most prominent cardinal principle of the association, by requiring absolute renunciation of fealty to any other party, creates of itself a new party, purely independent, whose movements may influence national issues more than some of the prime movers of the organization have contemplated or would approve, Starting purely for municipal reform, this new party has, in advance, specially and emphatically warned the people that this is the sole object of the organization, and to-day, by resolu- tions, 1t has most distinctly reaffirmed this declara- tion and again warned the public that none of its acts should be construed favorably or adversely to either of the great parties in the State or national contests. This proclamation is honestly made; none «dispute it—none should; but nevertheless the movement (it being a grand one) will affect repub- lican supremacy tn the city and State, and possibly, indirectly, not be without influence in the Presl- dential contest. It is to be regretted that the ne- cessity for banding together, independent of all party tics, in so good a cause as mu- nicipal reform, is too urgent to be post- poned, and has to be inaugurated in a tumul- tuous Presidential year. Certain it is that misgov- ernment, in every shape, in the city, has reached a point most alarming to every good citizen, whether rich or poor. Certain it is that masses of both parties are willing to temporarily waive party alle- giance and unite for a change of measures and of men, inthe hope of averting fresh disgrace, in- creased danger—and threatened bankruptcy. Cer- tain it is that confidence is reposed in the intelll- gence and impartiality of the men who met to-day to adopt a ticketand concert measures to secure undoubted reform, And yet the heat of the na- tional contest may neutralize much of the new- born zeal for reform and freedom from party tram- mela, THE REFORMERS IN CONVENTION. The Convention was cemposed of ninety-two members, eighty-nine of whom were present. All parties were represented. Many of the delegates were distinguished for their prominence in manu- | factures, commerce, mechanics and law. There never was heldin the city a political convention which equalled it for singleness of purpose, intelll- gence aud general respectability, The utmost har- mony prevailed, and more devotion was shown for measures than for men, THE FORM AND TICKET, After about four hours’ deliberations having adopted a piatiorm and made nominativns, the Convention adjourned to meet at the call of the President, This will enable the new party to meet again to make a ticket for delegates tu the Conven- tion to frame a new constitution should the old parties make unsatisfactory nominations. By unanimous yote three of the nominations made to- day were given to democrats, and the remaining three to republicans. Of the former, William Heyward Drayton was selected for Judge of the District Court. He ia of the family of South Carolina Draytons, brother of the Jate Commodore Pereival Drayton. Mr, D a lawyer of excellent repute and a blemished character, Mr, Marry G. Gowen, popular President of the Board of Brokei nominated Receiver of Taxes, and Mr. Kelly practical printer) for City Commissioner. ‘the r mainivg nominations were given to republicans— tnat of Recorder of Deeds to Henry §. Haines, a conveyancer of ripe experience and ‘taintless repu- tation; that of Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses- sions to If. C. Thompson, and that of Prothonotary of the District Court, by acclamation, to Colonel James F. Starr, COURT FEES AND SALARIE: Pledges in writing will be required from each candidate, excepting the candidate for Judge, that they will pay into the City Treasury all fees, com- missions and emoluments over and aboye the amounts which the Couvention determined to be a Just recompense for thelr services, The maximum resolved on varies from tive thousand (for City Commisstoner) to cight thousand dollars (for Re- ceiver of Taxes), and is very much beiow what is now received by the incumbents, In two instances the compensation allowed is hut.a sixth or fifth of the present salaries and estimated contingents and pilferings. The ticket is well made up, and will probably be pe Will it be ciected? What significance has it outside of Philadelphia? It can be elected even if both the old hunker parties should nominate their ring tickets, Out of 120,000 voters at least 50,000 will voteit. Butso powerful ts this municl- pal reform party—so foul and ugly are the evils under which we suffer, so terrified are the man- agers of both the old parties, “so wholesome is th pod oe! now’’—that it is reasonable to expect that. each of the old parties will adopt, respectively, half of the ticket, print and yote the whole of it. of the reform party, se, this eclecticism would insure the su ticket, Indeed, itis thought that the democratic ped. will nominate the three democrats selected yy the reform party to-day, and decline to make nominations against the three republicans selected £ the new party, Should they do this the repupiican will have the strong- est reasons for following that wise exam ple, ‘Any other course would be sheer folly, The haif-way measure of adopting the republican halfof the reformers’ ticket would compare shab- bily with the assumed shrewdness of the demo- cratic party. And the republican party cannot atrord to jeopardize Grant's success by ring combi- nations agelnst the uprising of the people for local reform. If both the old hunker parties can be brought to unite on the ticket made to-day, not only will the welfare of the city be assured, but the national contest will be fought out on its own merits. Of course the influence of republican leaders, most of whom are office-holdeis, eitner na- tonal, State or municipal, will be for the regular ticket; but Grant's friends, caring much for him and much for reform, will not be without influence, ‘The clamor of the place-holders may be put aside. THE ORGANIZATION. The Citizens’ Municipal Reform party has its committee of thirty on abuses—a committee similar to your famous Committee of Seventy—but, more than that, it isa regular organized party, and ex- tends its ramifications into every precinet of every ward, It has built better than it knew, or rather better than some of its friends dream of. It con- templates no spasmodic cfiorts at municipal reform, but the permanent divorce of municipal matters from State or national politics. Many who have given the subject thought, while not exactly admitting that republican institutions are a failure in large cities, do confess that, practically, the government of them, no matter which pay may be in the ascen- dency, invariably fails into the hands of the ignorant and the corrupt; that elections are a farce; that these outrages ave the more easily prac- tised by reason of the combinations of State | end nat He ¢ oMice-holders with the more numerous | onicers and retainers of municipalities, and their joint appeals to party passions, and in view of these sad facts have conscientiously dedicated them- KU) vile system. The reformers ve that party corruption is threatening the very existence of republican institutions; that the frands in elections committed in the cities are oiten reversing the votes of the rural districts | and falzely controlling the people’s honest voi ELECTION FRAUDS AND THEIR EFFECT. They cap readily understand how @ fraud in New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati or some large city may cheat a State out of her electoral vote, defeat a Presidential candidate and eimbroil people even unto civil war. They clearly see that these frauds are invariably the work of the bum- mers, rounders and repeaters who hang around municipal officers, and are retained by them for their oWn purposes, but who are ever ready, at the bidding of their reckiess masters, to do an extra job of political villany. Cheating for the party na- tionally is as much the bargain as to cheat for the Sheriff or any other candidate for municipal oflice, THR FUTURE PROSPECTS. There are men in the movement for municipal re- form who expect to see within a year a national convention of delegates from all towns and cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants, called to devise measures to secure local government unblassed by national politics. An eighth or seventh of the Whole nation live in some twenty to thirty of these dense communities, and their local government is all the worse because it is made to depend oa State or national parties. De Tocqueville says :— Muntcipal institutions are to liberty schools are to scien reach, they teach 1 @ nation may establis! and thus substantially endorse, The added vote ctor the what primar they bring It within the people's how to use, and how to enjoy it; Fystem of free governiient, but pal institutions it cannot have f liberty. If these words be true, whole history of the Anglo-Saxon race bo, then It is time for us to Fise as o if ection of our institutions. ‘They are based on local government, and they cannot Hing survive the oyertiy of that great but slinple principle. And that prinely: how practically overthrown aineng us a and the to b course,” Miss May Thornton; organ march, Signor Guell. You see that though the formation of the new Barty, Whose first convention is just over. Is uri- marily to save the city from Biltage and to em- cent and honest men in authority, from the very nature of the enterprise and the ne cesaities of the age, that it must grow beyond our limits and be- come @ movement of interest to all badly governed and plundered municipal corporations, Are New York and Philadelphia the only cities where rob- bery is the rule ¢ a PRESS ACCOMMODATION IN THE PHILADEL- PHIA CONVENTION. PHILADELPHIA, May 28, 1872. Arrangements are now completed for the accom- mModation of 150 representatives of the press on the floor of the National Republican Convention, Jour- nalists desiring seats should apply at once to Gen- eral H. H. Bingham, Chairman, Philadelphia, en- dorsing the word “Press” on the envelope. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIO GENERAL COMMITTEE. They Agree to Co-operate with the Liberal Republic: and Endorse Horace Greeley. This organization, which exists under the aus- pices of Ben Wood, held @ meeting at room 24, Cooper Union, last evening, Ex-Recorder Smith presiding. ‘The meeting was small, and the presiding officer explained that it was owing to the informality of the call, The object of the meet- ing was to take steps for a mass meeting in unison with the liberal republicans, for the purpose of expressing the opinion of the democ- racy of New York city in regard to the forthcoming Presidential canvass. When the delegates returned from Rochester it was proposed to hold a mass meeting distinct from the liberals, but on hearing that the liberals intended to hold their great meeting the Chairman thought it best to call the committee again to take further action. Mr. Ben Woop then moved that the national de- mocracy hold a mass meeting on Monday even- ing, June 3, in co-operation with the Mberal repub- licans, at Cooper Institute, A DELEGATE wanted to know if this would bind the party to the support of Greeley and Brown, without reference to the Baltimore Convention and its nomiuces, Mr, Woop—Just wait till after the Baltimore Con- vention, and then all those liberal republicans will be good democrats. At the mass meeting we will have our distinct organization, Mr, Allen will be their chatrman, and Mr. Smith will be ours. We will have half the Vice Presidents and they the other half. They recognize us as democrats all through, but the meeting is not to be elther one of republicans or democrats, but one of the friends of Horace Greeley, 1t is put down 60 in the call. Mr. Jacop ConeN—I want this meeting called in the name of the national democracy. The liberal republicans, as I understand it, have no organiza- tion, and Mr. Greeley, as a candidate, is adrift. If he dou’t receive the Baltimore nomination I think he will withdraw, ‘Then where are we? If we don't go into this thing as the national democrac; the people will think that the democ; feared to endorse Gresley, We want to him as democrats and to doit boldiy. That's the only way we can do Mr. Grecley any good, 1 shall Vote for him as long as he stands, Anos DeLeGarr—I dont know but I shall vote for him whether Baltimore nominates him or not. (Applause) But I’m not in favor of committing the national democracy as a party to him in case he should withdraw, Recorder Smirm here gave } Mr. Cohen, and made as length, in which he statdd that they had agreed | to support the Cineiunatt nominees , some | time age, and he thought Horace Grecicy@h the strongest nomination that could — have been made and one of the most acceptable to the democrats, But if would not answer to ratify any candidate unendorsed by the Democratic Conven- tion, For himself, he intended to vote whatever ticket Baltimore nominated, There would be some at that Convention who would want to putupa separate ticket to be slaughtered at the polls, and he wanted them to kuow how +the New York democracy felt on the subject. Mr, SAMUEL STERNS, an aged but flery German, arose and denounced Greeley as the man who had i ‘ant to carry out all the outrageous the chair to h of some acts of Congress and who set the hellhounds on that pure patriot, Andrew Jonson, when he was impeached, Coalitions never brought any good to the democratic party. It always got the worst of the bargain, He did not want Horace Greely nomi- pated but if he was nominated he would vote for him. ANOTHER DELEGATE said that if Horace Greeley was elected they would claim him as a democratic President. THE GREENVILLE, TENN. A Libel y SCANDAL on Ex-President Johnson. How an Exemplary Lady Was Driven to Commit Suicide. [From the Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle, May 26.3} About the last of April the detailed cirenmstance ofa great scandal, based on occurrences said have taken place in Greenville, reached the Conair icle reporter, and under circumstances that indl- cated that they had at least some foundation. D siring to act with proper care and judgment befo! giving the rumors publicity, we telegraphed to res sponsible citizens of Greenville, asking as to th truth of the stories. They promptly answered by telegraph that the charges were false. Sudsequent), the story reached us again with full circumstances, and in order to ascertain the real truth, one of th editors of the Chrontcle went to Greenville to mak an investigation of the case. THE FALSE RUMORS. d As the names of the partiesand the charges {n a exaggerated form have been mide public, we pro~ ose how to give the result of our investigation, The card published in yesterday's Chronicle came, to us too late on Thursday night to enable us send this statement forth with it, as we should hat done had the parties interested in Greenville sen! us a copy of the card referred to in proper time, ‘The story originally started was, that Mrs. Haro! and ex-President Johnson had had improper inter-| course with each other for some time. The sto: ran that these meetings took place in Mr. Johnson’ brary, which ts next door to Mr. Harold’s house, aud that the Uaison was discovered by Mr. Harold’ meeting his wife late at night com! from the li brary with a blanket shawl thrown over her head.) ‘The story ran that Mr. Harold had suspected 4 intimacy, and on the night referred to had watched! his wife and caught her on the street disguised referred to, He was said to have halted her, asked her who she was, pulled the shawl from her face, but that she had avoided him and gone around be- hind the house, hoping to enter by the back dooy unobserved, Her husband, however, anticipate her, went to the back door, and there found hi suspicions confirmed, The report was that they had had high words, and that their quarrels had been overheard, This was substantially the stor as it originally came out in Greenville. We may bi mistaken as to some of the details, but we give the matn facts as we heard them. The statements wer@ false in every respect. HOW THE REAL TROUBLE BEGAN. Put the facts that brought about the suicide are substantially as follows:—On one of the last Sun- days of April some mischief-breeder dropped a apvonymous note to Mr. Harold through the Pos’ Onlee, intimating to him that an improper intl- macy existed between hia wife and Mr. Johnson, Mr. Harold and Mr. Johnson had been personal and warm friends for thirty years. Their families had been tntimate tor most of that period, Mry Harold had lived happily with his wife for neat forty years. She had hits entive confidence and deep love. For thirty years she had been an actives exemplary and most’ consistent member of tho a Presbyterian Church, As soon as he read the letter he wi promptly to her, showed it to her, and as- sured her he did not lieve a word of Harold read the letter and was so indign she could hardly restrain herself. At one timo; in the evening she found almost crazy with excitement, with agunin her hand and declar- ing she intended to shoot her traducers. So e cited did she become that she almost lost her, renson, She repeatedly assured her husband of her innocence; but the idle gossips who infest Green- ville and other places took up the scandal and talked aboutit constantly. In a lundved diferent ways wasit presented. So positively was It asserted, that some few, always ready to believe fil of their betters, believed It, Mrs, Harold seemed borne down by these repetitions of the scandal. About this time her only son, a lieutenarit in the United States: Ary, a young man of high character and excellent traits, came home on leave of absence. It was thought best to keep him ignorant of the slanders, as it would only make his visit unhappy. A few ai after his return w came to Mrs, Harold that her mother was dangerously ill. It was deter- mined that Mrs, Harold should go to the sick bed in Nhea county, rather than her sister Hving with her, as the visit ‘Would take her from the scandal and give her rest Her son accompanted her, THE SUICIDE, Finally the motion to co-operate with the liberal republicans at the mass meeting on Monday night to, and another motion to instruct the ‘ation to the Baltimore Convention to vote for Horace Greeley was unanimousiy adopted, the flery German himself failing to vote against it, The meeting then adjourned, MR. GREELEY’S MOVEMENTS. ‘The philosopher was not at his rooms in the Astor House yesterday nor the day before, and neither General Palmer nor Captain Grant knew anything of his whereabouts. General Cochrane started out during the day to unearth lim, but had not returned with any news of success up toalate hour, Mr. Greeley was advertised to preside at the lecture of General Meacadaras at. Cooper Institute last even- ing, but was not present. It is supposed that the much-photographed candidate has sought the deep es of some unfrequented forest to avoid the 3. lie has left as aconsoler in the absence of his own benignant countenance two counterfeit presentments—one of them, a proiile by Shaw, un- ly the best picture that has yet been taken wnament the mantelpiece of room 5 Ve the Executive Committee meets, Genetal Palmer, who usually presides in room No. 14, has been called away to Ripley, Chautaugna county, his mother having died quite suddenly on Monday night. ‘The sub-committee of fourteen on the mass mect- ing at Cooper Institute met in room 51 yesterday, and received letters from Gratz Brown, Senator Tipton, James Gallagher, of Connecticut, Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut and General Kilpatrick, announcing their intention to be present and ad- dress the meeting. The choice of a presiding officer has not yet been decided upon. Four stands will be erected outside the building on the Cooper Union square, and fireworks will lend variety and bril- liancy to the scene. The committee mect again to- day. MISCELLLANEOUS POLITICAL NOTES. The Milwaukee Wisconsin thinks the nomination of Henry Wilson as.Vice President on the republican ticket will secure beyond peradventure the New England States for Grant. Says the C! ‘0 Times (straight-out democrat) :— “Mr. Greeley has utterly failed to unite the oppost- tion to Grant; he has succeeded only in rendering the disunity more pronounced and irreconcilable. As aPresidential candidate for the opposition he is already politically dead, Mis election ts among the things that are impossible.” Major William M. Robbins, of Rowan, has been nominated for Congress by the conservatives of the North Carolina Seventh district. General J, M. Leach has been nominated for Con- gress by the conservatives of the North Carolina Fifth district. ae A correspondent sends us the following asa ready- made Cabinct ior President Greeley :—Secretary of State, Adams, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Treasury, Palmer, of Iilinois; Secretary of War, Dix, of New York; Secretary of the Navy, Groes- beck, of Ohio; Se ary of the Interlor, Hendricks, of Indiana; Attorney General, Wilson, of Iowa; Postmaster General, Curtin, of Pennsylvania, Ex-Governor B. Magoffin, of Kentucky, has writ- ten a letter in favor of the Cincinnati nominees, White hats with brown bands are the order of the day in Philadelphia. The Cincinnati Times says John T. Wilson will probably be the republican candidate for Congress from the new enth district, how democratic by eighteen hundred, A CONFLAGRATION IN BIDDEFORD, ME, BIDDEFORD, Me., May 28, 1872, Shaw's block, one of the largest buildings in this place, was burned last night. The lower story was occupied by Wardwell, Dudley & Goodwin, Coffin, A. Lane, M. M. Dyer, Stout, Kendall, and the Inter- national Telegraph office, The second story con- tained law and instirance offices, billiard hall saloon, and inthe third story was Shaw's Opera House, The amount of lose cannot yet be ascer- tained, but the insurance is about $30,000 in the Etna of Hartfor ad other companies, FIRE IN TWELPTH STREET. Last night a fire broke out in the one-story frame building ocenpied by Delamater & Co., iron works, foot of Little Twelfth street, causing a loss to machinery of $4,000, The building was di aged about $500, The fire was caused by workmen drawing ashes from under the furnace, The prop- erty was insured for $20,000, OLUB, Joseph T. Mehan, of 218 © st Twenty-eighth street, was yesterday assaulted by Joba Cullen, of 447 Zast Thirty-fifth street, and received five wevere | meal raya with wciub. ‘The wounded man was sent to Bellevue Hospital, Cullen was arrested, by | | an oil of the Twenty-trst precinct, and lgcked | UD They reached the mother's house after a short trip, during which Mrs, Harold seemed very de- spondent. But her son, still ignorant of the slan- ders, attributed this to her mother’s condition. When they reached Mrs, Heiskell’s (her mother's name) she was fonnd tobe some better, On the second morning after reaching there Mrs. Haroid » earlier than usual, went to her mother’s room ttend to her, and then was seen to take from her son’s satchel his small pisto.. Her mother sap- osed she was getting it for him. Taking the pistol, irs, Harold went out some distance from the house into a thicket, and there shot herself through tho left breast and through the heart. Three shots were heard, the rm was given, and soon alter she was found inadying condition, It was sup- PP dd the first shot was fatal, as it set fre to her clothing, which were burning when found. She d to tie hou but died before she reached it, never uttering a word, Her remains were taken home for interment. The suicide following so close t r exeitenient, threw Mr. Harold, an invalid, into a davgerous state, from which he bas hardly yet recovered. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF IT. Mr. Harold, who ts a quiet man of few words, fears now that though he assured her more than once of his confidence in her, she had some fears that he end others did not entirely believe her innocent, aud that it weighed so heavily upon her as to un- bal her mind, Her son never heard of the cause of his mother’s taking her life, until the Rev. S. V. McCorkle at her funeral sermon very justly and properly referred in severe langnage to the ter- rible lesson the event afforded the idle slanderers who had brought about the trouble. We found all of the good citizens of Greenville, irrespective of religion or politics, denouncing the slander as false, Mr. J son declared the lady had never been in his libra He said she had been a friend of Mrs. Johnson’s for half a lifetime, but that he had not spoken to her for a week before ‘or at the time of the alleged visit to his library. A citizen of Greenville, esteemed for his veracity, showed us a@ pair of pants Mrs. Harold haa made about the time ot tie udal She had made them for a tailor who occupies Jolinson'’s old shop next door to the library and second from Mrs, Havold’s, It had been necessary while making these, for Mrs. Harold to go several times to the shop, and thus passing back and forth by Johnson's library 13 supposed to haye been used as some foundation for the story. 3 sald before, Mrs. Harold was an exemplary Christian woman of high charactef, universally es- teemed for many noble qualities, ardently attached to her husband and children, and a@ lady of great energy and warm heart, She was literally broken down by these false scandals, and in an hour of mental derangement, with a burning consciousness of innocence, and without power to resist the temp- tation, she took her life, The famiiy have the deep- est sympathy of ail the good people of ‘Greenville and the satisfaction of kuowing that no one who knows them, or whose good opiuion they care for, believes the scandal The author of the slanders we understand has fled, If ever found, he and those who have encour- aged and aided him should be punished, We have thus given the slander and the facts, to the end that the story might be arrested. A gen- eral denial ought to be none, but a denial in de- tail and circumstances refuting the slanders can do no harm. These are our motives for again referring to the unfortunate aifatr. THE RECENT WESTERN STORM. Immense Damage Caused by Saturday's Storm in West Missour!—Whole Farms Demolished, Houses Blown Down and Their Inmates Either Kilicd or Wounded=Three Persons Washed Away in Their Dwellings and Drowned, Sr. Lours, May 28, 1872. Special despatches from Versailles and other points in Southwest Missouri say that a terrifie tornado passed over Morgan county on Saturday evening. On the fasi.s of Avery Fisher rnd others the houses, barns, orchards, fences, £¢., were com- pletely destroyed. Jagob Blosser Ls his ban e 4, Bic Avery Fisher and his Were killed, and Moers were wounded, only five of xpected to recover. win the. Ciinity of Florence @ great number of houses, barns, &¢., were destroyed. ‘At Verona, on Sunday night, there was a heavy fal! of rain, which floode large part of the town and carried away the railroad bridge and a long stretch of the raliroad track. The house of George cr ok was swept away, and himself, wife and child wore drowned in the Valley Spring River. Immense damage has been done, whole farms belug completely ruined. At Springfleld and its vicinity the rain fell in torrents the whole night, The rallway track was washed away and other damage done. RT 3 STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED. On the 16th inst. the store of Henry 8. Day, 179 Sixth avenue, was burgiarionsly entered and pro- perty of the value of $800 carried off, Yesterday Detective Kelso, of the Central office, discovered John Cale, of 414 West Fourteenth street, endeavor- ing to sqji a large quantity of human hair which an- swered well to the description of that stolen from Mr. Day's.store, He arrested Cale and conveyed to the Tombs Poliee Court where Mr. Day iden- the goods as his property, Cale says le can prove Uiat he bought the hair of a reliable party 1d that he had no knowledge of its having been siolon, Alderman Coman, however, held him ia de- Aaubt Of $2,000 Dalle Pcl