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om Mr, Kane; somet in e hair, and @ pleasing, easy manner, a Ee haps, that Wakes you feel a pei fect ireedom Mis prenenaes J told fn whe Twas and what ‘was my mission. He received me kindly, invited me inte his pri- ‘wate office and to a svat, which I took. 1 then ad- dressed myself to him upon the political questions am entirely out of politics, sir,” he ‘remarke have uothing whatever to do with ‘them. But a few moments ago my ettent was by the President of one of our banks to the following statement in Harper's Weekly, which o ive of it ry 1, 10'led the rioters who murdered the Massach' pasa ncidiers on shalt LA he wi en Ww! are the Presidency.’ This. he said, “has ‘been hashed and rehashed it Seems to me that ft is maticiously done. It is known full well the part I took 0.: that unhappy Occasion, and It is also known that the commanding officer of that iment has written a letter, which has been pub- Tikeas thanking me for the service I rendered ie ak iy tb et alte, "Sas me for e » BU far a8 my supporting My cosiey is concerned that 4s a matter which is with myself alone. Ihave been repeatedly solicited by my friends to Rive, an ex- ion of my views upon recent political ques- ; but I have refused emphatically atany 6 to say what my convictions oa and peremptoril, declined to attend any poli gatherings wha’ ‘ou are Sheriff of Baltimore city ?" I said. “You, sir,” said he; “and although I was nomi. mated by the democratic for that position, I might have been Sherttf on my own motion by elec- tion by the because of my record of ty ia. Fane trusts.” “Phere has been,” I remarked, “considerable many publications In relation to the riot onthe oth of April, 1861; I sliould be giad to hear from your own lips a recitation of that affair.” “ Well,” said he, “it has all been paienes. ora great portion of it; but nearly all that is true in Sonnection with the affair has for some reason or ser et withheld from the public. I was the Mar- ol ” he added, ‘having under my charge the best organized and equipped police force in this Coal eat! composed of men who would do their duty, and their whole duty, regar of the consequence. When we were in- formed that the troops would oxy through here on ‘their way to the national l, knowing that the feeling of the city was intense, I immediately or- that force, together, with the Board of Po- Commissioners, for the purpose of preserving order during the passage of the troops. mn the 18th of April the authorities waited upon the rail- Foad officials to ascertain when they would pass through. We were informed by the authorities that, owing to some delay, they would not pass through for some days, and it was not certain when they would come. Being thus thrown off my and by this action all the precautions that had been ‘taken for the preservation of order during the pas- nae, of the troops was relaxed for the time being, I went to my home on that night without the elightest. idea t the exigencies of the service ‘would require the fulfilment of the steps that I had taken\to preserve the peace. “On the next morning, when I arrived at my office, I found a note from one of the Police Com- missioners running thus:—‘The troops are on the ald to the Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad depot, and be there in fifteen minutes. Send a squad of fees. to preserve order.’ I immediately ordered he entire police force to procced at once to the Baltimore and Vhio Railroad depot, and took com- mand of it myself. When I reached there I was met by Mr. William Prescott Smith, the muster of transportation of the Baltimore and Unio Kailroad Company, and found what 1 supposed to be the entire body of troops that was passing. ‘There was @great deal of feeling in the c.ty, and [ inteiro- gated Mr. Smith as to the reason of the detention of the troops, because I was anxious that they should immediately pass on to Washington to give the parr ees elements n chance to break the peace. He iniormed me that there was some duill- culty between the Coionel and Mr. Garrett in regard transpertation. “While I was engaged in this conversation a Mr. Smith some one remarked, ‘They are tearing up the railroad track and fighting down there.’ 1 im- mediately ordered one of my captains of police to i to the scene and shoot down any man caught jturbing the railroad. Immediately aiter I took i men. the troops who were coming to rt who arrived at Gamden Station, when. juat below the Maltby House, 1 met the troops coming at double » With the crowd following, The soldiers were discharging their guus over the! shoulders in the direction of the excited populace. “ZT immediately ordered my men to open ranks to allow the soldiers to pass through, and, as they did, I closed behind them in front of the populace to check the crowd, and did it. As 1 closed behind the soldiers I told the commanding otticer to double quick kis men so as to get under cover of afresh squad of police further up the street as soon as “This is about the whole story of my connection ‘with the riot. Had it not been for the action of the authorities in misleading me as to tiie time the troops were to arrive and pass through the city there never would have been any of the scenes that occurred on that day. I had a sufticient police force to preserve the peace of the city, and would have done it at all hazards. “About two months alter this occurrence I was arrested and thrown into prison without any charges being preferred against me, and kept there “Tor nearly two years, when | was indicted for trea- is gon, The case was set for trial in Baltimore city. Two officers, one of whom was wounded during the conflict in the streets on the 19th of April. came here to testify in my behalf at the trial. There was g@ feeling of distrust on the part of Mr. Seward, ‘who, I believe, instigated this whole matter, be- cause Mr. Lincoln knew that I was wholly guiltless in relation to that lamentable alfair, and it was desirable, if my conviction was secured, that one of the eres, of the Supreme Court, who could be manipulated in the interests of Mr. Seward’s policy, should be sent to preside at the trial. This could not be compussed without notifying Roger B. Taney, the then Chief Justice, whose duty it was to assign a judge for this cireals ie preside at the trial or preside himself. Jud; ayne, of Georgia, who has since died, waited upon Chief Justice Taney and vo.un go to Baltimore to con- duct the trial. Mr. Taney peremptorily refused to allow the Supreme Court to be run save in the in- terest of justice, and declared that he would go and ait at the trial, let the consequences to his health be what they might. “When the case was called for trial Mr. Taney ‘Was upon the bench, The oiticers of the govern- ment moved that the trial be postponed tor six months, when Mr. Taney iniormed them that, as I was ready for trial and had been in prison nearly two years, that it was my right to have the trial Rivers at that time, as there was no just cause for delay, and set the next day as the day ior the trial to commence. When it ‘was found that Mr. Taney was determined to try the case the prosecuting oificer repaired to Wash- ington, and the next morning, ¥ lien the Court met, made Sppiteation to have the Indictment quashed and me discharged from custody. I remained here some days, and, finally, learning that there was & movement on foot to have me trested and thrown iuto prison, | escaped to Canada whence I ‘Was pursued and viliified, especially by the Harper's we , Which has since s0 oiten attacked, and even by the Tribune itself, aithough I would not hold thut as a reason that I should not Support Mr, Greeley, did I believe it my ay P 49, fo. . “What were the reasons,” I asked, ‘for the inau- pay of the riot that’ occurred on the 19th of fof ria io. ee eli, sir, our people were frenzied with the thought of war, because they belleved that Mary- land would be the stamping ground of the armies, and that our soll and homes would be desolated as the price of the controversy. And then, another thing was, our people were closely allied in feeling aud sentiment to the people of Virginia, and were disturbed with the thought of troops going there to fight Ay vg friends. We were opposed to war in any event “You do not desire to say,” remarked, “whether or not you will support Mr. Greeley ?” “No, sir, 1 do not care to give expression to my sentiments upon that subject; they would do Gree- ley no harm or good, a8 I have not the slightest doubt he will carry Maryland in any event, and, as 1 velore remarked, I waut to keep entirely out of ities, Pilome other gentlemen here coming in, I bade him th evening, and received as I lett a cordial invi- tion to call again. THE ADMINISTRATION PUB. DOCS. There have been received here enormous pack- ages of pamphlets wearing the suspicious look of having been set up and printed in the Government Printing Oftice, professing to contain literal extracts from the New York 7Zribune for the last twenty years—oxtracts of that class which established the Tepublican party and were hailed at the time as milestones toward a national revolution, It now seems that these gaotatta 3 are to be turned to Another account afd prec! Pe into the Demo- cratic Convention to re! the very same results au servi rie brits monk fs got an oy Ing. brilliant wor! what is cal led the “Congressional uichoat Corer. tee of the Republican Party," which is directed by some Congressmen who remain in Washington dur- ing the recess, while the actual work is done by olerks in the government pay, and the expenses ere derived from taxing the ‘erieal fees at large. A few delegates have arrived here, and they mani- fest no interest in these documents, saying that they know all about Greeley’s record ; tnat it has of late been sugar-coated, and that it will go down very well. BALTIMORE PRESS ON AFFAIRS, The Baltimore Sun, of Tuesday morning, ex- sses the general sentiment of the delegates in his behalf by some keen strictures upon Governor Wise's opposition to Greeley. It says:— If it is degradini the South to support any Northern man rhc oniaions epon ‘demunet and ante durian issues did not agree with its own, its range of selection would be limited indeed. There 1s more precwce nd common sense inthe South than to make such a demand. It has made sacrifiges enough for abstractions, and does not pro- fore now, when well nigh in a ortis, to decline a «aling medicament from a physician because he was an id opponent in regard to things past and Kone. 1 © ® Ofneinnat! C if ai fore the ‘onvention oF w come before Neda not invoke as much degrada- ia their support as that of Mr, Gre it would be interesting to know who it was. ei ‘The Gazette, which had been the Bourbon demo- , Yefera good-humoreily to the ridicule Son jonleuslsa which soak to put to the discredit of the demec pa: aaclent sayings of those of our quonéam “8 who are named en rapport with the democratic organization. The Gazette fur- ‘ther says:— scorn atterly the ereniicn thrown out by the New york Wold ye terday tha mocrats will have to choo: between the uliernafive of voting for Gresley or remain. not for tug at home. The contest Greeley, the rinciples to which he has given a CR a 14 "rhay at home” in ulm inact m ‘That mould teal which nerve: the county. best, and pa con- ting the proxperiiy o1 the couutry it stremcihoms its Own dlatins norsimgty to poll ical consideration, but to olitical control. tf is the truest ch'izen and the loyalest man to his party who deals with practical questions ina practical way, accepts assistance iron any quarier, and ‘only insists that the helpers shall be in accord wikh him in Tespect to the work that isto be dome. * © The ‘democratic organization ha, been uutil recently 80, compact, and back ior so many ys at inaLy of bers have come to regard a rigid adherence to Its «rules as one of the canons of their political taich, and in mer honest zeal ior the welfare of their party contound its machinery with its principl-s, But there are no rales, however good they may be, which yay, mot be weieely relaxed in except! iN cases, * © * If we are call ‘upon to make soune sacrifices they), also have to give up much. Itisnolght maiter for them to cut loose trom their former politcal asse:iacions, and act in concert ‘with those towards whom tuey stvod for years in opposi- The above article, from the Gazette, is very sug- baeretie) and would indicate that any bolt after the lonvention ought to be stigmatized, and that, if necessary, the two-thirds law might be put aside if there ie any necessity for it. NEW RAILWAY TO THE CAPITAL. The opening of the new railroad to Washington took place on the 2d inst., and a large portion oi the Western travel will herea:ter pass over this single- track road and make omuibus connections at timore with the No:thern Central, avoiding all bother about rechecking, ‘ke. 00 cursion went over the is ann ie ee Tails are sixty-five pounds tothe yard; is stocked with twenty-two engines, 200 freight cars and tare sre er class passenger coaches, These thy train mal i time. and the tunneis by which Balti- are entered have been very costly. Six trains are running y, and the fare is $1. It will be but @ short time beiore the Valley of Virginie will obtain an outlet to Baltimore by Ran ol rstown and the Western Marylan: iroad, which, 1t is thought, will pass under the same general management as the Baltimore and Potomac—namely, the Northern Central, or, in other words, the Pennsylvania Ventral. PENNSYLVANIA STUCK IN THE MUD. Next to Delaware, which is known to favor & straight ticket, the trouble in the Convention will be over Pennsylvania, which, so far from being per- fectly united on the subject of voting tor Mr. Greeley, is thought to be in deep waters. The great Majority of the delegates are for Greeley, but some of them live in Old Hunker constituencies, where the staid and stolid provincials care nothing for victory of any sort, but vote the straizht demo- cratic ticket and never look outside te lines for a candidate. ‘These higily enlightened old gentiewen pear to make the other eud o. the circle with tie ‘hly intellectual chaps of the Free-Trad> League, either side seems to have any appreciation of vic- tory, and want to keep their th conventently smail. [hada talk wita ove of the Pennsylvania delegates to the Baltimore Convention while at the Philadelphia Convention. He comes from a region not far remote from Berks and Lancaster counties. His remarks were as follows:— Some of us will probably have to come to Baltimore and vote against Greeley, certainly on the first ballot. We are satistied that Greeley will nominated there; but it we vote for him aud help to nominate him we shall ne. At present some ot us think the best plan Is to vote against Greeley, in the cer- that our ballots will nut be required in his favor, en to come home and say, “That wasn’t our work at Baltimore, but w. must fail ‘in, like good democrats, and stand by the Convention.” l asked this gentleman if that was the feeling of his whole delegation. He said “No,” it “onl the feeling of the tolks who live in scotch-lrish dis- tricts, ‘The Scotch-Irish have been tiv hereditarv politicians of our State tor yea:s, and governed the counties through their native influence, The Ger- man vote of HP Ad is in the main right, and We have no diiliculty with it. Our difficulty is en- tirely in the strong scotch-lrish districts”. Itis now said, however, that the earnest elforts of Mr. Buck- alew, Mr. Randall, Mr. Myers and otuers have been c.owned with a fair degree of success. and that there is a strong probabiilty that Pennsylvania will cast four-fifths at least oi her vote ior Ureeley. POSSIBLE DISTURBANCE IN THE OONVENTION, Some notices have been made in the papers of the ible appeerance of Grant men in the Con- vention, and of peopie who have resolved to make & noise and hiss at the mention of Greeiey’s name. Ttis eee: to remind pe:sons who have been im political conventions heretofore, and know the irresistible Aguit dominant in them, that he must have a good deal of courage and endurance who wants to meet a large and resolved body of men like those physical specimens which will assemble at Baltimore, four-fifths of them oMicers or soldiers of either the Northern or Southern army. Even at the Cincinnati Convention, which was sald to have been peed Pere: of econoneren the maa would have been hustled out in from three to seven seconds who opened his mouth to make any clamor what- ever. Badly will he fare here at Baltimore who supposes that his single voice will have any etfect upon a large assemblage of men backed by 9 con- stituency of three millions, and when the last thing which a military power of the United States cares to touch 13 a national political con- Fention properly called and attending to its own yusiness. THE ANTI-GREELEY OONVENTION AT BAL- TIMORE, We are informed that the anti-Greeley democrats have secured for their Convention the Maryland Institute, the finest hall in Baltimore. They will hold a private conference on Monday and organize their Convention on Tuesday, at noon. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Address to the Boys in Blue, by the Com. mittee of Veterans—A Convention to be Held. 5 The following aduress has been issued by the Vet- erans’ National Committee, calling for a general convention of the soldiers and sailors who served in the Union army and navy during the late war:— Hzapavanrers Vererans’ Narionat Commitee, Fira Avsxvz Hore, New, Yous Cury, ju Ly 5, 1872. To rmx SoupieRs AND SAILORS WHO SERVED IN Tux UNION Army AND Navy Donixe THe Late War :— Comnapgrs—The undersigned, a committee appointed for the purpose by a meet.ng of veterans from all sections of the country, who were assembled in Philadelphia upon the 5th day ‘of June, in attendance upon the Repub- lican National nnd which unanimously resolved to le by ‘sup port nominations of said Convention, here- invite you to meet in mags conventiomut Pittsburg, ., on the 17th day of September, 1872, 1or the purpose of expressing our unreserved belief that the destinies of ie countty for the ensuing four years #1 ould, by under ¢ protection of men who never faltered in our country’s greatest danger. We believe that men should be placed in high positions of State who in the hour of our greatest peril ere that intellect, personal in the justness of our cause Convention, meeting reputation and personal iait! bt Pe nee ry to fave the country and place usin the position Wa how occlipys | Sida 3. 2145 ar. 9 nia tho aratae upon Pen fo the gov: A past three and one-halt years, has Sven sdininistered by’ ome gf our oomrades,-whe' Bb shown wonderiul civil cay ity in aiding in the reduction of dpa debt, in con lucting our toreign affuirs wich great skill, so that we now stand at peace with the whole ‘World, and in preserving peace in sections of our countr, where sentunents were entertained calculated to distur! the reorganization of the States lately in rebellion. We have full faiih in him asa peacetul man, because, had he felt ay ge to exercise his power a@ personal Governor, he yyould have done it while ‘of men were in arms and under his comman: aiding as he did the rapid reduction of t toa peace footing. We believe him to be honest, and couragenus. ‘We believe that it will be a source of pleasure to all who battled for the Union to meet once more and revive the memories of our old campaigns. We believe that on expregsion of the feelings and opin- fons of those who defended the nation on land aud sea would at this time be most opportune. We believe that such an expression would be regarjed by all right-thinking men as one proper to be m: that it would be productive of the most beneficial results, We believe that our comrades universally desire that gach, ooneares one revail afer |e 4] ene possible happiness and prosperity of the whole peo We believe that our country’s old detendery are’ac- tuated by no partisan or tactlous motives, but arc in favor of good government, purity of public men and Fob id the elevation and tutions. We beileve that while all the old veterans are loyalists in the extreme and utterly opposed to any docirine which ‘would tend in the slightest degree to revive the heresy of secession, they desirous of extending charity and fuil forgiveness (o all of their tormer enemies in the fleld who now recogni gr ‘ho yay yo ter Fee mize the great wrong that they have done if country, > Believing, a3 we do, that great quod has reeult from the meeting proposed, we most ping and earne: all our former comrades to meet with us at Pittsburg on fs ¥ qnuiversary of the battle of Antietam, Septem- “ * tet ‘cone together again as we did in 1861, sinking all Partisan differences, take our stan low, as then, for our Copy iy a bos ont hh ise, labor tor her honor aud 6l0ry-¢ erat A. EO BURNSIDE, Chairman. purification of our insu- L, Epwix Deputy, Secretary. General Powell Clayton, ‘General Dantel Woodall, General George E. Spencer, General Chas. M. Hamilton, Colonel James C ners is C, mer, General RB. J. y General C. H. T, Colll General Sol. edith, jeneral A. L, Pierson, neral Granyille M. » Captain A. W. Nori maetenast Colonel a Beams Charlie: me inton, John M. Harlan, Ga ur Le wi I. Chamberlain, Gap ¥ * Selden Conner, ry N. P. Danl nel James H. 4.1 Duvall General Lucius Fatrchlid, x lonel James Lew: Gener Joseph i Hawley, General h. 0. Abbott, General Jaz. H. Van Alon, ' Genera: E. ¥. Noyes. General F. W. Swith meral James 8. Negley, General J. T, Averill, neral Edward McCook, Major 0. G. French, neral N, i Major B. B. Cg jajor Jor General A. M. Dennison, neral B. General Witian Ward, General Geo. A: Maxerelly Genera’ 0. A. Maxwe General 8. L. Woodto: General J. A. Campbell. General F. O. Barlow, All soldiers and sailors who approve the objects of this call aro requested to communicate with the committee at the Lith Avenue Hotel, New York ott COLFAX AT KALAMAZOO. Grand Hurrah on the Future Greatness of the American Republic. Seven Sources of Peril To Be Avoided. CASTELAR WRONG END FIRST. Schuyler, Being Out of the Traces, Cara- coles Round: the Universe. KaLaMazoo, Mich., July 5, 1872. Yesterday was, indeed, a gala day for the many thousands who thronged here by car loads and wagon loads, The hotels, private houses, streets, parks and squares were thronged to an extent never before equalled here. The Declaration of Independence was read by Colonel Delos Phillips, Ex-Governor Blair was the orator of the day. Following him, Mr. Onarles E. Stuart introduced our gueat—one known through- out the civilized world—the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of the United States of America, who was recebved with loud cheers by the hosts gathered in the Court House square. Mr. Colfax, after speaking of the Fourth of July as our jubilee day, when patriotism enables us to say that we are all democrats and republicans, re- marked that our thoughts naturally turned at such time to the glories of the past and pres- ent of our nation, but that we should also improve the occasion to contemplate and resolve to guard against the possible perils of the future. He quoted the striking contrast of the great Span- ish republican, Castellar, in which he classes Asia as the continent of the past, with its theocracies; and East Europe as the continent of the present, with its conflict between ancient and modern ideas; while he haiis America as the continent of the future, preserving the equilibrium between sta- bility and progress and harmony, between liberty and democracy, destined to be the grandest civill- Zatioa of all, if it guards against the danger and evil from without and within. Mr. Colfax enumerated as some of these possible perils of the repuolic:—First, overtrading abroad, now settled by government, State and railroad bonds, ultimately, however, to be paid, principal and interest, in American gold; and insisted that nations, like individuals, should live within their means. Second, the building of and going into debt abroad for too many railroads. Third, increasing the State and municipal debt, rendering local taxation far more burdensome than the national, notwithstanding our heavy war debt. Fourth, increasing the power of ge corporations, which should be wisely limited, especially as to ‘‘water- ing” stuck, except by express legisiative authority, agitrendered higher phatase. on the public neces- sary to make dividen is. ifth, that corruption, whenever clearly discovered in national, State or municipal government, should be stornly punished a8 a greater crime than private embezziement or theit. Sixth, tiie expat mn of area, if it brings with it unwilling people or national hostilities, and unless, like marriage, with the hearty assent of voth peopies. Seventh, war, exeepe asa last resoct, and he meant by that not the avenging 01 some fancied wrong, but the preserva- tion of tie national hie, as bl ed is justified by the preservation of individual life. centralization as He stated that many regarded one of the national perils; but that depended on what the speaker meant by centralization. For himself he believed that @ government was only worth its necessary cost and burden to the gov- erned and when it signified and insured protection to its people—protection abroad, protection at peg once of ite existence from domestic or rel loes. He closed by commenting on the extraordinary develo; ments and grand possibilities of our nation, extending from the Capes of Florida to the Behring Strait and the Arctic Ocean, and said the truest test ot wise and beneficent legislation for our forty miilions of people was that given by God Himself to Moses—*‘There shall be but one manner of law for him that is born Spend you and for the stranger.” Mr. Colfax seemed in excellent spirits, and al- luded to the iact that he was not any more a candi- date for office, giving the appearance of one who felt his freedum and indepeddence. After dinner he was driven through the magnificently shaded streets of Kulamazoo. GREELEY’S RETURN. The Sage Homeward Bound from the Jubilee— The Mysterious Newport Conference—The English Grenadiers on Board—Round- ing Point Judith—Movements of the Philosopher in the City. Mr. Greeley boarded the steamer Bristol at New- porton Thursday night at nine o'clock, on his re- turn trip home. He came down tothe Long Dock in Colonel Waring’s dog cart, having left the read- ing room or democratic club room at eight, as quietly as he had entered it. He carried his black carpet bag in his hand, wore his white hat and brown duster, and toa casual observer looked as bright and happy as a big sunflower. He evidently flat- tered himself that, for once, he had made AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT without the reporters having heard of it. It wasa little too much to expect, even of so approachable a Presidential candidate as Mr. Greeley, that he should make a disclosure of immense party secrets like the Newport interview to the publishers of news. He arranged the matters very skilfully, but rather like @ diplomatist than an old newspaper man, and it was a pardonable piece of vanity in him, no doubt, to congratulate himself on having hidden his movements from the argus eyes of the HERALD. When the boat sltoved off from the Long Dock, however, the reporter, in passing the compll- Ments usual on a renewed meeting with him, aaid quietly, ‘You saw Judge Chase, I believe, Mr. Greeley?” *”" The Philosopher opened his eyes with astonish- ment. “Ah, yes,” said he, “Colonel Waring took me down to the ‘Reading Room’ to see Governor Wil- lam Abbott Lawrence, and there I met Judge Chase, Is Governor Hoffman on board?” Governor Hoffman was not on board, but the tn- quiry suificed to turn the subject. Speculation may exhaust itself as to the result of this mysterious Newport conference, but that there was a confer- ence of great political importance, there can be no doubt. At this conference Chief Justice Chase, Colonel Waring and Governor Law- rence were certainly present, representing the advanced democracy, aud probably Governor Hoffman and Royal Phelps were also among the number. Whether Greeley foreshadowed his policy, in case of his nomination at Baltimore and elcc- tion in November, whether, indeed, he indicated the complexion of his future Cabinet, are matters not altogether improbable, Certain it is that the Philosopher looked composed and cheerful on his retarn to the bout, During the night he had ANOTHER CLOSE CONFERENCE with a gentleman on board, whose name was not ascertainable, General J. H. Butler, of Maine, a Baltimore delegate, and Mr. F. 0. Prince, the Secre- tary of the National Democratic Committee, were n board, but had no special conferences with the Sage. Indeed, they did not happen to meet one another until the boat was about rounding into her pier on North River. This Mr. F. 0, Prince ia @ re- markable man in his way. He is ‘A FAMOUS BEAU BRUMMELL, personal friends used to form mn of his initials and name He is of medium size so much so that his an ingenious combina’ and call him Fop Prince. with a fine figure, has black hair, which he wears close down on. his forehead, somet after the fashion of the high dames of the day, and has a per- fectly gray mustache. He dresses faultiessly, usu sporting @ flower in his buttonhole. As for brains, he is said to be full of them, and great per- — valor, a8 usual, goes hand in hand with vanity, y+ eam ENGLISH GRENADIBN ber came down on the Bristol, Dan Godfrey in com- mand. They had a hearty send-off in Boston, crowds flocking around their car in the depot and running after it even out into tho rain. Godirey came on the platform and shook hands with those nearest him, aud finaily, in response to a loud demand for @ speech, suid:—"Gentlomen—God bless America.” The Cockney haccent and a gene- ral odor of hale were the oluef indications of the personnel of this famous band, all of them being in citizens’ dress. They took possession of the boat until “Honest Horace” came on board, when they found themselves ea, diminutive British Hons. America and England did not see to coalesce very cordially ai e trip, for Godfrey and his com- pany hot venture into the presence of A reeley, while the Phi her, having had his taste for music newly developed at the Jubilee, sat near the boat’s own baud most of the evening and lis- tened to the airs whion they discoursed, ROUNDING POINT JUDITH. During the night wind and rain prevailed, and the Bristol rounded Point Judith amid thunder and lightning and darkness and the rolling of the sea. . Greeley had retired at an early hour and was sound asteep, thereby escaping all consciousness of the apparent peril popeneiee over him, A number of of however, felt uneasy in mind and several ladies “heaved” com- much as the ship, There was no iter, however, until the steamer came tte the East River, where she ran into a steam tug, taking the stern off the little boat and leaving her like @ taiiless rat struggling out At the pier Mr. Greeley, accom y Mr. Fonda, jumped into a carriage and drove to the Lincoln, where he breakfasted and remained most of tiie day. Quite a number of visitors called n him and he received them all cordially, as usual, al house. @ large pile of letters had accumulated during his absence and demanded his steady atten- tion. This morning he will go to Chappaqua, where he will take to woodchopping as a counter-irritant after the Jubilee. JOWA, MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN The Campaign in the North- west, How the Political Banners Hang on the Outward ‘Walls—Grant’s Stronghold Invaded by the Cincinnati Movers—What Schurz May Yet Do. ~ La Crosse, Wis., July 2, 1872, Of the three most Northwestern States in the Union, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, there is at least one which in November next will give no un- certain sound—lowa. Young, prosperous and pep- ulous, it is republican to the core, and Grant repub- lican at thi nd will give a majority for Greeley about the same time that Kentucky goes solid for Grant. It is largely settled by immigrants from the East. Of its population of 1,200,000, about one- sixth only are foreigners. The immense strength of the republicans in this State may be imagined from the following figures:— In the Senate they have forty-two members to eight, in the House seventy-eight to twenty- two, a majority of ninety on a joint ballot of 150. In 1868 on @ poll of 195,000 votes Grant had 46,000 majority. In 1869 the republicans elected their Governor by 39,000 on a vote of 154,000. Last year they carried their State ticket by 42,000 on a total vote of 176,000, So-it can easily be seen that the prospects of @ Greeley crusade are not over-flatier- ing inaState which, rain or shine, Presidential year or off year, casts its little 40,000 for the straight ticket, The Greeleyites are disgusted, and allude to the Iowans as “damned prairie wolves.” The leaders of the Grecley party are Mr. J. B. Grinnell, Henry Clay Dean and Fits Henry Warren. Mr. Grinnell is the man who, at breakfast at the Tremont House, in Chicago, last summer, with Horace Greeley and Long John Went- worth, nominated the farinaceous philosopher of Chappaqua for the Presidency. His following 1s small, 80 is that of General Warren. Dean has con- siderable influence among the unterrified—democ- racy in Iowa is rather copper-colored in its com- plexion—and will USE IT ALL FOR GREELEY. Warren has some friends, but “what are these among 80 many?” A very bold and shrewd attempt was made before the State Convention to smuggle in a lot of Greeleyites, and either engineer it in favor of Cincinnati or organize a formidable bolt. The engineers, however, could not keep their own counsel: the plot leaked out and the scheme was nipped in the bud. UP IOWA TO sUM in a sentence, the liberals and democrats have no hopes of carrying the State, and no reason for the hope which some of them express that they will diminish the usual majority. May be set down for Grant and Wilson by 40,000 or even more. There has been an attempt to create ill feeling and estrangement, apropos of the rejection of the claims of General James F. Wilson for the Vice Pre- sidency, but he and his friends give the Grant-Wil- son ticket a cordial support. IN WISCONSIN I find parties more evenly balanced, Grant carried the State over Seymour by some 25,000; the vote falls away immensely in off years, but the republi- cans are always good for 10,000 majority. The liberals and democrats have fused with that har- mony which is only bred of extreme necé ity. They have @ fair representation in the press, es- peci: among the German papers, and their re- present such diagu itive men are not atingly con- spicuous old party hacks and sorelead politica as are the leaders of the movement in Illinois and Jowa. There are fewer wire-pullers and more rank and file. Mr. Greeley is personally popular with the rural population. Things are as yet hardly ripe enough in the Badger State to enable one to predict with any confidence the result of the election in November. bebe) will be given from St. Louis, not from Bal- THE FOREIGN POPULATION of Wisconsin is immensely powerful. Out of 1,055,000 inhabitants 365,000 are foreigners by birth. Six hundred and seventy thousand have both parents foreigners. The greater number of these are Germans, and all the Germans in the Northwest wait anxiously for the voice of their fugieman, Carl Schurz, ere declaring themselves. Shonld Mr. Schurz come out fairly and ee for Greeley the Greeley cause in [Illinois and Wisconsin would be much strengthened. Should he, further, take the stump for the Cincinnati ticket I am inclined to believe that he would probably carry Wisconsin and might possibly carry Illinois. His influence over the German rank and file here it is impossible to exaggerate. Every confidence isplaced in his integrity and his sagacity, and his conduct in Ger- many in 1864 has endeared him to Mid many who shared in his liberal opinions and sacrifices. There are no local issues in Wisconsin to complicate the situation, and a be ey vote may be looked for. At present iam inclined to give the State to Grant, recording, however, a conviction that if the condi- tions to which I have alluded above are complied with there is no five to one, or even three to one, against Greeley. Were 1 a chief of the liberal party 1 should “concentrate my strength on Wisconsin quite as poweenly 4 on Indiana or Pennsylvania. acne os IN MINNESOTA *" a severe struggle is anticipated by both parties. Here, too, there is a very powerful foreign ele- ment, 160,000 of the 440,000 : esidenta being foreign born, i republican majority fneety runs about 15,000, The democrats and liberals are on good terms, and are sanguine. They have a good press representation. Talk is loud and opinions are widely different. The regular republicans are confident of carrying the State, but concede a dimi- nution of strength, which some claim will be coun- terbalanced by the reserve vote. The liberals think that they will carry the State, but say that there will not be 1,000 majority either wi Both opinions are freely backed with money. m the extent of the State, and the diMdence with which @ complete stranger should express an opinion on the political complexion of a State with which his acquaintance has been necegsaril; limited, 1am loath to venture a prediction whicl may do injustice to the Greeleyites. From what I know about Minnesotians, I am, however, inclined to concede the State to Grant by 10,000, or there- abouts, Taking then, a calm view of the situation in these three States, I should say that Iowa (11 votes) is safe tor Grant by 45,000; that Minnesota (5 votes) is about as safe as anything in politics can be called safe, and that in Wisconsin (10 votes) his chances are now much better than those of Gree- ley, while, under the most unfavorable circum. stances, they are at least about as good, THE GERMAN DEMOORATS, The Memorial to the Baltimore Conven- tion for Greeley and Brown. The German Democratic ‘Committee appointed to circulate the memorial to be presented to the Dem- ocratic National Convention at. Baltimore in behalf of the German democrac; of this citv, urging the endorsement of the Pres! dential nominees of the Cincinnati Liberal Republl- can Convention, held a meeting at the Germania Assembly Rooms last evening. ie commit- tee is composed. of Messrs, M. Gross, F. Koch, ward Schlichting, G. N. Herma F. Hennel, Ed, Wolney, J. H. ‘Anders and 4d. Fran- kel. The object of the meeting last night was to receive the lists in circulation atures, and it fs estimated that some twenty thousand names ‘will have been secured for the memorial urging the endorsement at Baltimore of Greeley and Brown. SUICIDES, Rudolph Waiigelin, & Prussian, fifty years of age, on Thursday evening, while suffering from a fit of delirium tremens, hang himself in his room, on the second floor of premises 184% Eldri street. When discovered life was extinct, and the body being cut down Coroner Herrpgin was notified to hold an inquest. An cakaywn en ears from one of the Grand street ferryboats this morning and was drowned, ‘The body was not recovered, THE LIBERTY STREET EXPLOSION. Coroner Schirmer’s Investigation—Owner of the Premises Severely Censured. The case of Edward Burke, late a fireman at- tached to Engine Company No. 4, who died from the effecta of extensive burns received during the: fire and explosion at 18 Liberty street on the morning of the 22d ultimo, was investigated before Coroner Schirmer yesterday morning, at the City Hall. Captain Van Dusen, of the First precinct, was re- quested to summon the most important witnesses, but for some reason he neglected to do so, and the result was that when the investigation pro- ceeded the most material witnesses were absent. Detective Healy, at the Coroner's office, was sent for and soon returned with them. It was shown that a carboy containing spirits of nitrous ether burst on the first floor of the premises and ran through the porous floor into the room below, where there was a fire, an explosion being the re- sult. The agent and owner of the place had often been asked to repair the floor, but had neglected to do so. Below will be found a brief synopsis of the testimony and the verdict of the jury. Lawrence Burke testified that he lived at 96 Henry street; deceased was his brother, and be- longed to the Fire Engine Company No. 4, located in Liberty street; he was severely burned on the 224 ultimo by an explosion at No. 18 Liberty street; went to the hespital and saw him there, and he told the witness how the explosion occurred; he said after the fre had been nearly subducd a car- boy of sulphuric ether or something of the kind ex- ploded. John H. Simons, engineer of a printing company at 23 Liberty street, deposed that at seven o’clock on the morning of the 22d ultimo he saw there was @ fire at 18 Liberty street, and heard a noise like an explosion; ran over to render assistance, put the heat was so intense could not get in the placé but two or three ieet; had a fire-extinguisher with him; saw two or three pans on the floor with some fuid in them onfire; tried to extinguish the fire in the pans; could not; put out some fire that was burning overhead ; @ little later entered the build- ing on the first floor with the Fire Marshal and Baw @ carboy id tere to contain sulphuric etner; there were holes in the floor under the carboy, the witness thinks the carboy leaked and, burned the holes in the floor; the gas was ltyhted, and the witness believes the atmosphere was filled with the fumes of ether and thus caused the explosion. ‘Thomas Hargrave, an officer of the First precinct, testitied that on the morning of the 22d ultimo he ‘Was on post in Liberty street and heard the explo- fe and saw some firemen rushing from the build- George A. Erckenbrock, manufacturing chemist, deposed that on the 22d ultimo he kept a salesroom on the first floor of premises 18 Liberty street; stored chemicals there, but manufactured them in Hoboken; was in Boston at tne time; think a carboy of suiphuric ether must have broken or burst and run down; do not consider nitrous ether dangerous; think the heat of the weather must have burst the carboy by expanding the ether; heard the firemen were told to throw water into the premises before entering; the floor of the store was very poor, 80 that water could run tirough; that is why the fluid from the carboy leuked through; spirits of nitre will not explode unless it comes in contact with the flames, Francis Winter, who kept a place In the basement of 18 Liverty street, deposed that the floor over the basement was so poor that wuter would r' through wituout trouble; the agent and owner had oiten been notified to make repairs, but had de- clined domg 80; on the morning of the explosion the witness was in iis place When some iiuid leaked prongs nto it, and he put some pans on the floor to catch it; thinks there was no gas burning, but there was a fire in the lamp some ten or fifteen feet distant from where the fluid wus coming down through the floor above; soon the fuid wi the pans took fire; the witness was badly burned, and also Katy Brown; the witness cannot swear that the gaslight was not burning in his front room at the time of the explosion. Deputy Coroner Cushman testified that he ex- amined the body of deceased, which had been ex- tensively burned. Death, iu the Doctor's opinion, ‘Was caused by exhaustion and meningitis, — ‘The case was then given to the jury, who ren- dered the following VERDICT. That Edward Burke came to his death from ex- haustion and meningitis, the result of burns caused the explosion of spirits of nitrous ether, at 18 berty street, on the 220 Ga orate, 1872, and the jury severely censure Mr. A. M. Lyons, the owner of bal mises, for not having made the necessary repay ha the floor after having been repeateuly title WIFE MURDER ON LONG ISLAND. On Wednesday afternoon last Deputy Sheriff Pettit, of Newtown, Queens county, received in- formation that John Kerrigan, of Maspeth, had murdeted his wife. The constable went in search of nM, and found him sitting on Newbaum’s stoop just after taking a drink. When the Deputy Sheriff arrested him he asked for his authority, and he showed him his badge, telling him that he suspected him of having murdered his wife. He at first re- Tused to go with the officer, but seeing that the people were excited and threatened to lynch him he went peaceably. He denied having beaten his wife, but admitted that he pulled her by the arm from his house to the street, avout ona hundred yards. Yesterday Coroner Watts began the inquest on the body of the woman, with Charles Bradbury as foreman of the jury. Mrs. Sarah Evis was the first witness; she saw Kerrigan go on his own steop, take his wife by the hair, and drag her about one hundred and fifty yards into a grass field; he then jumped on the body several times, and struck her in the face; he then went tothe hotel of Newbaum. Mrs. Louisa Smith corroborated the testimony of Mrs, Evirs: aestpial Coleman saw him strike his wife and dra; her by the hair. The other witnesses examine were Eliza Smith, Ann Smith, Ann McGeary, John Gilroy. Their testimony was unimportant, relating materially to the finding of the body in the grass. ‘The body was found in halfan hour alter Kerrigan lett, life myc’ departed, and the limbs were fast becoming stir, Kerrigan said about two weeks ago that he would kill her before the Fourth of July. Mrs. pont od ‘was addicted to liquor, and her husband occasion- ally imbibed, He was a perfect monster when par- tially intoxicated, and Deputy Sheruf Pettit had to arrest him for beating her on several occasions. it ‘was to pay 8 fine for this offence that the Newtown ring took hiscow. Mrs. Kerrigan was within two months of being confined. She was about thirty- three years of age. Kerrigan is thirty-five years of age. They weré married eight years ago, while ser- vants in the = of William Furman, at Mas- th. Kerrigan denies that he beat her; ie gays he left her sitting on the stoop of the house, which is @ two-story. flat- roof structure, when he went to the village. He believes her to have staggered into the grass, and, falling, smothered. She was a very hard-work- ing woman, Walking to Medd a | twice a day with milk. But for the appetite for drink the; might have been happy. as they were in comfortable circumstances. Kerrigan has four cows, There is a tently of two children, aged eight and five years. Dr. Gayler made an examination ef the body, which was ina terrible state. He believed death to have resulted from the wounds in the stomach, caused by Kerrigan’s jumping on her. Coroner Watts committed Kerrigan to await the action of the Grand Jury, and for safety the Sherif took him to the county jail, A great many people attended the inque: and were open in their threats of lynching Kerrigan. BRUTALLY CLUBBED BY A POLICEMAN, Which Sergeant of the Twenty-first is Responsible for This? A disturbance took place on Thursday afternoon, in East Thirty-second street, between three brothers named O'Connor and some other parties. Oficer MceInnerny, of the Twenty-first precinct, heard of the affair and came running up. Without waiting to inquire much into the merits of the trouble, as to who was in the fault or who was not, he at- tempted to arrest one of the O'Connor brothers; the others interfered, when the oMicer beat one of the head and body 80 feroctously that he had to be taken to the station house. When he got there he was almost unconscious, yet he was not sent to the hospital but detained at the station house all night and lay on a stretcher in the officers’ room, being ih teo dangerous a con- dition to be placed jn @ cell. Yesterday morning he was taken to the Yorkville Police Court, where he gave hia name as Jeremiah O'Connor. His con- dition was shocking as he was Lg forth from the prisoner’s box, and Alderman Piunkitt, who was on the bench, thinking he was about to faint, told him to att down. He had not the appearan ofa rowdy, but on the contrary was rather an tn- offensive, Middle-aged looking man. The Alderman condemned the clubbing of the man, to that extent at least, and discharged him without demanding a word of. explanation. It is said that charges are to be preferred against the officer before the Commis- sloners of Police, PROBABLE MURDER. Thomas Ward, thirty-three years of age, of 495 Eleventh avenue, had a quarrel yesterday afternoon ‘with John Morrisen at the foot of Thirty-ninth street and the North River, during which Morrisen seized an axe and cut Ward on the leit breast, He was ar- \ rested by the police of the Twentieth precinct, and will be sent to Court this morning. NSW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1872—TRIPLE SHMEYr, 0 aes CHOKED TO DEATH. Murder in a Stanton Street Tenement House. A Crazy Mother Strangles Her Own Daughter. The Father Out on a Strike and a Three-Weeks’ Drunk. nude, THE BEAUTIFUL VICTIM The startling mortality during the past few days: has caused the most intense excitement among the residents of this city, and wives and daughters are daily in anxious expectation for the return of the corner stone of the family, who may be working for their support beneath the rays of the terribia destroyer. Although death is still claiming its vic- tims every hour of the day, people appear to have become accustomed to the ravages of the heated term, and it is only when crime 1s afoot and one of the ving members of a community meets his or her death at the hands of another that public sen- timent receives a severe shock. There are various styles and manners of murder, but it would be hard to discover a more hideous crime than the delihe- rate murder of a daughter by her mother. The only saving clause in the whole complexion of the mur- “Teen oy. MABY JANE ELLIOTT by her mother, Margaret Elliott, which occurred yesterday morning in Stanton street, is that the evidence goes far to prove a decided aberration of mind on the part of the murderess. From the evidence extracted yesterday by Coro- ner Herrman it would be hard to arrive ata clear and lucid explanation of the cause of derangemens of the mother, except that the father has been ON THE STRIKE for the past three weeks, and, as he himself un- blushingly acknowledged, ‘‘on @ Lttle bit of a spree.” The drunkenness of tue husband, want of sustenance, and the excessive heat may have de- ranged the mother, and caused her, in a tempo- rary fit of insanity, to take the life of her own ehiid, The Elliott family have been residents of the east side of the city for twenty-five years, and durin; the past two years they have resided in a suite three rooms in the second floor of the TENEMENT HOUSE No. 133 Stanton street. The rooms are plain bat neatly furnished and evidently betoken the care of @ hard-working housekeeper, Everything looked bright and clean, showii that the duster must have been at work and the househoid duties attend- ed to in the usual manner. Charles Elli *' the father of the murdered girl, {s a native of Ne city, and his wile, Margaret Elliott, was t Treland, Charles Elliott must certainly have ed much yesterday, unless he be gifte 1 the heart of a brute instead of that of & when he thought of the three weeks pa: DRUNKENNESS AND DISSIPATION, brought to a close by the tragic death of ab darghter at the hands of her mother and hi: mate for over twenty years. He did not, how: exhibit much emotion, and gave his testim Coroner Herrman in a cool and stolid manne certainly did not look like a man who lost a WIFE AND CHILD within a few hours, It appears that the family, comprising C Eliott, Margaret Elliott aud the daughter, Jane Elliott,'rose yesterday morning shortly six o’clock and commenced the daily duties day, At this time Mrs. Elliott appeared to bt cool and collected, and in full possession senses, although for over three weeks she ist have been in a feverish and unsettled st. mind—wandering at intervals, on ' day night Dr. espe called in to see and told the neighbors that ne. th she would soon be all right, and it only an attack of neuralgia that was the ca the trouble, The doctor gave her some and told her husband she would be all in a few days. Charles Elliott left the yesterday morning ft hali-past six, and ceeded on some business, frou which he di return for over an hour. During his at Mr.s Elliott went out, and it ap was in @ neighboring grocery at about seven The girl in the grocery states .tnat Mrs. 1 looked well and collected, and transacted her ness in her ordinary manner. Mrs, Elliott thr turned to her rooms, and during the half ort quarters of an hour that elapsed before the r of her husband she must have accomplished h UNNATURAL WORK. The husband, it appears, returned home sh before eight and found the door of the r locked, whereupon he knocked, and was ask: his wife, “Who is there?” He had answere: is me," and the door was then opened and he ed into the outside room of the three. His esh from her fiendish act, stood before rfectly cool and collected, and looking ¢ hought better than he had seen her for some aa looking at him steadily for a few second: sald, JENNIE 18 DBAD. Eiiott did not believe her at first, and th that she wae wandering {n her mind, but whei again repeated her statement, accompanted b) assertion that she had choked her to deat walked into the sitting room, and, turning t leit, saw his daughter lying on the bed and DEAD. In the meanwhile the neighbors had sent f oilicer, Who came in and arrested the mother took her off to the Tenth precinct station h Beiore she was locked up she was questioned b in charge and stated wildly that shc id they were coming to kill her, that they said they would take and throw her off the r the house, and that she loved her dear dau; and had CHOKED HER TO DEATH, so that she might take her to heaven with when she went. Mrs. Elliott was locked up to await the acti the Coroner. About two P. M. Coroner Heri arrived at No. 138 Stanton street and held a formal examination into the case. The mure girl lay on the bed dressed in her-working clo and on examination the marks of fingers were tinctly visible on the throat, proving that the « fession of the CRAZY MOTHER was only too true. The victim of the t very pretty girl, of medium stature and . figure. She had light brown hair, large blue anda clear complexion. The tace was not ‘ distorted, and she must have passed + without ‘hardly a struggle. Coroner 1 man took the testimony Elifott, which was as follow: city. My daughter was seventeen years of and she used to work on Walker street. I lef house this roo at half-past six A. M., spoke tomy daughter just before I went, anv said she was going down to work. I retu shortly before and tried the door and fou: locked. I then knocked, and my wile said, “WHO 18 THERE?” and after my answering, “It is me,” the (oor unlocked and I went in. My wile sald, “Jeni dead,” and at first 1 did not believe her, thought that she was wandering in her mind as she repeated the remark L went into the room and saw my daugiter lying dead on the ‘The police were called in by the neigh and my Wife was taken to the station hou have not been working for three weeks; have on the strike; I have m drinking steadily ing the past three weeks; [do not think my d ing affected my wife's mind, as we have live gother over twenty years and I have often bee sume way before; my wife hee not been wel some Weeks fewaite I thought 8.6 was wand in her mind, but did not think she was dange she appess to e @ good deal trot by the shooting and fireworks oi the past two: M. seamttet was a good, quiet, honest gir althougl 1am her father, { say { do not bellev: body could say one word against her character worked down in Walker street. Dr. Tappin ¢ in tosee my wife on Thuisday night, but he di seem to think that there was much the matter her. Coroner Herrman then gave the father a p: to bury his daughter and stated that the in would be held next week in order to give ti! rocure the necessary witnesses. The pri id the Coroner that she was very frighteue: had heard ALY, THE SHOOTING and knew that they were coming to shoot he she choked her daughter soas totake = ‘rto he with her. TI to be much doubt ast I rah gad cond but the most remar be able to over, a. 1g girl ol her on te or ae choke ae we gound bel a ie surround If it were. Not for the marks on the throat ing where the maniac had taken her mur hold one would be nearly inclined r had been aim strangled. The other re; house appear ail to be of the opi tha Elliott has acted very strangel for pas or four weeks, but as she di show any tion to be violent they never for s moment ex shat she would become dangerous. The is taking mys measures wo pte ee wit togethenwro ow anythin, He a the case am sit, The inquest will be held ear to present a clear story of t! the weel een