The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1872, Page 6

watead day from : SEASIDE WANDERINGS, |‘Scsiszsscocecs.stwraceice | Beans ua sctahee? 78 | THE GREELEY MRADQUARTERS Herald Pen Sketches of Our Prin- cipal Summer Resorts. THE ELITE AT LONG BRANCH, Fire Island as a Breathing and Bathing Place. STONINGTON'S “OLD CURIOSITIES.” Fashionable Life at New London Dur- ing the Heated Term. Gpening of the Season in Newport---Pay- times and Pleasures. LONG BRANCH, ae a The President Still at the Branch—How He Passes the Day and Whom He Reeetves—Everything Quict at the | Branch—Interview with Mayor Brown, of St. Loulc—His Honor on tho Political Situation. LONG Brancu, July 16, 1872. It ts all very well for an unreasonable pubile to be anxious for news about the ‘movements of Grant,” but what is an unfortunate correspondent t do with a man who won't “move” at all on any account? Greeley may and does dance around for the general amusement and the furnishing of material for readable newspaper par- agraphs, What he knows about the advantages of being perpetually advertised, under one pretence or another, in the great newspapers of the day, is of admirable service to him just now, apd he Is undoubdtedly aware of that fact; bat his wival down here seems to care nothing about the Nght comedy scenes of the Presidential play. He ‘won't attend theetings, ner visit clubs, nor hang around the headquarters of committees, nor Teceive heavy and formal delegations. He won't take his little hatchet and go around barking up ol trees and making his mark on young ones. He won't dig, unor plough, nor sow, nor reap nor mow. It would ‘be an immense relief if he and Henry Wilson would ‘wet up an old tannery and a cobbler’s stall ‘and invite people down here te receive practi- cal lessons in the art of transforming the fresh cowhide into ready-made patent leather boots; but there is no use in making shat or any other suggestion of the kind—he won't adopt it. He won't do anything, in fact. He rises early every morhing and walks around the limited area, termed “grounds” by courtesy, which sur- rounds his neat but unpretentious Nette cottage. Then he.takes an early breakfast, and alter that a brisk ride on horseback a few miles into the country. The remainder of the day he spends receiving his friends, who keep op. @ constant suc- cession In the calling way until late in the after- noon. Ali must call in a very simple and informal Way or they will not be received st all, The caller: for the most part, are personal acquaintances and friends of the olden time, who just drop in fn passing, have a pleasant chat and then @rop out again in the same quiet way. A good many of the visitors to-day, and, in- @eed, for several days past, were old soidiers— oMcers who had served under General Grant during ‘the late war and with him in the Mexican war, Finding themselves at Long Branch, they cannot resist the temptation to call and ‘@ce their old commander or comrade, as the case may be, who has since become so distinguished, and may be still more so before he dies. They remind him of the regiment they served im and the engagements in which they were en- waged, and fight all their battles over again ina most agreeable way. ‘This kind of people the President seems always very glid to see, and makes heartily and unaifectealy welcome; but the politician, no matter ‘how eminent, who comes to talk politics and “the tasnes”’ and “the prospects’ aud so forth, may be certain of being entertained with a tremendous display of cold shoulder. The statement that appeared in most of your | misguided contemporaries in New York, to the effect that the President was to go to Washington this morning to attend an important Cabinet mecting, had no foundation in fact whatever. There was no meeting of the Cabinet in Washing- ton or anywhere eise to-day, nor will there be one any other day of the week. The President had some intention of going to Washington this morn- ing on some business of minor importance—he does run down there sure every ten or twelve days—but he did not go to-day. Everything is very quiet at the Branch just now. A strong breeze kept blowing off from the land side allday, making a seat in the shade on the cliffs ever the blue ocean and incomparable strand ® luxury worth struggling for; but moving about in the sun was anything but agree- able. The hotels sre pretty full, the guests being the usual class of watering-place loungers of woth sexes, and the absence of the great limits ‘whose hames are familiar in men's mouths is rather | noticeable, The only remarkable stranger I saw here to-day was MAYOR BROWN, OF ST, LOUIS, ‘whom I had the pleasure of meeting in the breeze- blessed halls of the West End Hotel. [hada pieas- ant interview with this gentleman, who Is a robust man, of first class physique and fine intelli- gence—the beau ideal of a representative of the business and politics of a reat American Western city. ir. Brown speaks highly and proudly of the coudition of affairs in St. Louis, which he represents as all that could be desired. His city, he says, was never 80 prosperous as it i+ at present, or showed finer prospects for the future. The health of the city is excellent, fits financial condition is as sound as a bell, and business is extremely liv The’ Greeley-Brown movement 13 car ‘thing before {t in Missot Mayor Brown himself mominatious at first with great disfavor, nor Is he entirely satisfied with them yet; but he finds the queer movement has now pushed itself beyond anything he ever expected or calculated upon, and he goes with his party in support of it. He is very anxious—rather despondent, in fact—for the future of the country under Mr. G ley’s administration, should the Philosopher get elected. The latter has many admirable qualities, but they are exactly such as Would be danyerous in ® man occupying the position of President of the United States, Gratz Brown, the Mayor said, stands very well ont In Missouri; but the liberal lucket would carry that State with any other name fm the second place upon it. Carl Schurz was ying ever, dt that whole section, never a Very popular man out there. He did not get the 1ip through his popularity, but by a combi: peculiar to unsettled’ ‘polities in a Sta Carl, the Mayor believes, is & man of creat capacity and — attain ments, though thooretical rather than practical, He has undoubtedly given Grant a great deal of trouble; but Mayor Brown thinks the conduct of ‘the great German in that regard was prompted more by persona! resentment than by pure patriot- fem. He thought to run the federal business allogether in’ Missourl, and Grant wa not willing to allow him, That accounte for the — sour mtik in the cocoanut. The Mayor spoke rather kindly of General and the dificuities he had to encounter in dealing with the repubiican matcontents, The Mayor is President of the Ationtte and Pactic Railroad, and has just come trom San Francisco, where went on business for the rod; which is being rapidly built, the Pacific end having been already laid down, and the city of San Francisco taking ten millions’ worth of the stock, Politic affairs there, he says, are pretty much the same as 4p Missouri. FIRE ISLAND. daphne The Inducensents Offored to Visitors Fishing and Bathing=High Tariff—a Profitable Season Progressing=Hint to Eacuréioniste, Fire scan, July 14, 1872. A Jong stretch of sandy beach, devoid of even a solitary blade of grass, washed on one side by the | mever ceasing, White crested steeds of old Neptune, Which desh up ts sioping shore, and on the other hand by tite still waters of Great South Bay, forms | @ place of popular resort to Snvailds who require | sea = breezes = and = salt’ «Water bathing. | Such + @ summer — resort othe famed Fire Ieluud, tt is odd from New York by way of the Southside Railroad, the | ears from Bushwick, Williamsburg, connecting ‘with the Fire Island steamboat. Just before mak- ing further progress it may be well to inform the readers of the HeRALD who are not famtiiar with ‘the locality and the Jines leading here that the RATES OF TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE HIGH, For instance, the fare from Bushwick to Babylon regarded the Cincinnati | by the day is $4 for adults; by the week it is $20. ‘The “extras,” such as bathing, boat hire and re- freshments at the bar are simply outrageous. As @ sample it need but be stated that to en; all ow Woh everspody. $e ee ae LoS jay is ; for hall a day, h common citer, which is sold’ everywhere else. for forty cents, is attainable at the principal hotel at an outlay of $1 60, In fact the new comers, who have never heretofore placed themselves in the meshes of the King of Fire Island, are perfectly astounded at the modest (7) demands for every- thing called for outside the table d’hote, The latter is pretty fair, however, which is the godoeming feature of the house. Then there are also billiar tables, a bowling alley and a ten pin alley. All these mes are going the whole time. People— young folks especially—grow weary of bathing and piscatorial sport and “keep the ball rolling” in the alleys from morning till night. ‘ BRILLIANT FROSPROTS. There are at present about three hundred guests at Fire Island, and the remaining rooms in the hotels are being rapidly engaged by parties whe are “swinging round the circle” of fashionable and heaith inspiring summer resorts. No matter how the winds blow one gets a fresh sea breeze here the whole time, which compensates the old habitucs for the absence of vegetation and drives—their be- ing neither on this desert island, Those who have nol accustomed themselves to like this beach do not take so kindly to ét. Mr. Sammis, who owns he cara which run from the depot to the ae Boat Nelly White, and owns the latter also, has built An Madithan to hig house, which can now id. commodate 6 WO guests, ey : TWENTY-PIVE YEARS AGO the old Surf House on Fire Island accommodated but eighty persons and that almost eameey to meet the demand of the select party of visitors who made it thelr place of sojourn in those bygone sum- mer days, Then the lighthouse keeper managed to turn au honest penny in harboring visitors who could not flud room in the hotel, Government shut down on that little sutarese, however, fear- ing the keeper of the beacon ig it on that important ont might neglect to keep his lamps trimmed and urming, Were he too much engrossed in attention to visitors, This year they look for 600 guests 3 fhe Surf, The Southside Kallroad has popularized the place by making it easy of access; and if greater moderation were exercised in the charges, the summer influx might possibly be even greater . There is a very pleasant sl run by antes arte ae in jon, and makes several trips daily, ie is called the Frolic, was built this season, and her dimensions are forty-three feet over all, and sixteen feet four inches beam. One of the most useful additions to the comfort of the residents is A SMALL STEAM YAOHT, called the Cecile, which makes half a dozen trips daily between New London and the uot House dock. This boat carries about forty or fifty passen- gere, and ag she docks at New London, near the lepot, is very conventent for passengers to the hotel. The residents are already beginning to look forward to the visit of the New York Yacht Club fleet, an event which generally serves to break the monotony of their existence. The majority of the residents of the meqnee are from New York, herein there are a few hailing from Boston, Philadelpb! and otuer large cities. NEWPORT. Summer Recreations at the “Swell” Re= sort—The Season Not Yet in Full Blast— The Cuban “Lion” Opposite the Dock. Newport, July 15, 1872, This morning brought to light the skeleton that haunts the Pequot House in the shape of Monday morning bills, It would be hard to discover a more dissatisfied lot of individuals than many of those Rerampigtin the piazza after breakfast, and from thé Sccasional remarks that one could not help overhearing, ch as “A charge of seventy gente for boot blacking, when I pay $200 por Week,” “Twenty-flve cents for & ° cup of tea in my room," &c., &c., it was evident that somebody ‘was putting it on pretty heavy.” It was my luck to be charged for a day longer than Ihad been in the house; but that, of course, was an oversight, and @ gentle remonstrance rectified that accidental error, But secing a charge of $1 50 for carriage hire 1 ventured to inquire what car- riage, and was informed, “Carriage to take you to the depot,” We fnally accepted the position, and were conveyed 10 THE DEPOT IN A WAGON than it is. As it is excursiomsts are invited to make the trip and_ return the same day, Trains | leave foot of South rg street, Williamsburg, and ive three and a halfhours for recreation on Fire sland and permit of the excursionists returning by mail train the same day, It will cest from Brooklyn just $440 for each adult to make the trip to the ‘island and back. Boat hire and refresh- ments charged for in proportion. It will, there- tore, be necessary for parties bound on such a day's pleasuring to see to it that they are well sup- piled with cash for the trip, Tne fishing is good. hardsomely now, and fishermen rejoice thereat. STONINGTON. Existence During the Heated Term at One of the Old Connecttcut Landmarkc— Antique Relics for Curiosity Hunters. STONINGTON, July 13, 1872. Eastern coast where the relics of the Revolutionary wars are treasured with @ more jealous care than in Stonington. The residents of this once famous whaling headquarters have been born and brought up on the rocky soil where their fathers died before | them, They love to point out with pride to the stranger a few carefully preserved shells that were fired into their homesteads from British guns in the days when, fighting for dear liberty, they kept the invader at bay, with on exhibition as mementos of the stubborn resist- ance which forced the aggressors to raise the siege, It is not many years since when Stonington owned about the largest fleet of whaling vessels that hailed from any Eastern port, and it still has the reputation of giving birth to some of the best sea- men that ever salied under the Stars and Stripes. The residents of Stonington have always been a seafaring people, and many of our best and fleetest YACHTS first touched the water in that port. Ex-Commo- dore Loper and Captain Nat Palmer, two of our oldest and most experienced yachtsmen, are na- tives of Stonington. The Madgie is at present lying at Stonington, and will soon be fitted out for the August cruise. Captain Nat Palmer cruises around in his sloop yacht Sallie E. Day, and Mr. Richard Loper, Jr., flies his colors on the sloop Josie, one of the fastest boats in Eastern waters. The latter gentleman 1s the preux chevalier of the STONINGTON BELLES, and generally takes a large party of ladles out sail- ing in the Josie whenever the weather is favorable, i not considered a fashionable watering place, Stonington boasts of one of the best hotels in the penberlioag of Fisher's Sound, The residents of Stonington are very anxious to receive a visit from the New York Yacht Club during the August cruise, and, should the B poo cast anchor, they will doubtless be received with a hearty welcome. Stonington is at present in a fervor of political ex- citement, and the nomination of GREELEY is generally received with great enthusiasm. in course of conversation with Judge Palmer, one of the leading republicans of the font po that gen- tleman stated that the borough would certainly go for Greeley, and they had the most sanguine hopes that he would carry the State. He said there was no doubt Greeley would poll a large republican votre, and the democrats, including the most rabid copperheads. were for him to a unit. ley be elected the old Revolutionary EIGHTEEN-POUNDERS will once more be brought into action. Greeley hats, Greeley fans and Greeley badges are noticeable with bord | every second person one meets, and | the young jadies ‘appear especially devoted to the fans bearing a likeness to the white haired philoso- pher, There are some very pleasant drives in the neighborhood of Stonington, through pleasant green pastures, along shady lanes, to the neighbor- ing Villages of Mystic, Westerley, Noank and others, The hotel will be very full during the mouth of August, and the young people anticipate a gay season. Should Gree- NEW LONDON. pibbstit allan ean Fashionable Life at the Pequot House— How the Ladies and Flirting Gentle- men Live and Enjoy Themselves by the Sad Sea Waves, New Lonpon, July 15, 1872. | The Pequot season has been remarkably success- | ful this summer, as to-day there are 350 guests in | the house, and there is not room for many more. | Usually the busy term does not commence much before the first of August, but this year the larger portion of the residents arrived early and secured | their rooms up to September. Nearly all the old | restdents who have made this house their head- | quarters for time immemorial are here again, but | among them are many fresh faces on an ex" | perimental visit. ‘The Pequot has always | borne a good name for the excellence of its | CUISINE, and it certainly has not deteriorated in that very essential addition to the comforts of life. It re- quires an unusual amount of ingenuity to kill time at the Pequot, as there ts really nothing to do, | Luckily, one can get a good breakfast up to eleven | o'clock A. M., 80 that, with the assistance of a | cigar, noon is easily reached. The New York | papers do not arrive until two o'clock P. M., and | Rom twelve up to that hour the male portion of | the community are decidedly miserable. Some | avail themselves of the pleasure yachts and take a sail, While others lounge around in a listless man- ner and patronise the | MEDICAL COMFORT establishment on the lower Moor. Dinner and an- | other cigar brings one up to five P. M., when the | piazza is in great demand, and the gossip and scan- | dal cliques are set in motion. The band commenc | shortly after seven, much to the delight of the in- | fantine boarders, Who immediately take possessic | of the parlors and do the greater part of the danc- ing. A few of the elder boys, however, occasional show themselves in the parlor, and after taking a turn repairto the such and such a girl aque d their hand, and then | discuss the respective merits of the female sex, and | exhibit a knowledge of their respective points as if they had been studying so much horsefiesh, THE LADIES gre an enigma in the morning, as they only show | the pai | when they appear ina walking costume. At din- | ner they exhibit a third costume, and after that ur they generally remain on the piazza until bed- of gossip or scandal, except what may have arisen from the jeaiousy of the single ladies at the atten- | tions patd to some of the married ladies by eligible young men. ; ‘There is a new house this season on the opposite side 6f the river, called the Edgecomb House, which appears to be Very fairly patronized, It js’ run on reasonable terms, It is pleasantly situated, and the fare is synple, plain and wholesome, a Lave been several yaclits bere this season, an THE SCHOONER HALCYON has made this place ler headquarters since the 16th of June, Mr, dames R. Smith, her owner, bas taken one of the cottages adjoining the Pequot, and | bis family are stoppin, there for the sum mer. The Fleetwing, ir. Georga Osgood, left | here on Saturday morning, bound for New bediord | and the East. ‘The Columbia, Mr. Lester Wallack, | left on Saturday morning for Mamaroneck, N. Y but will return about Wednesday, Mr. G. Haven aud family are stopping at ‘She Pequot, and his | ‘The bluefish, biackfish and mackerel are running | There are few of the old seaport towns on the | the aid of two old eighteen pound guns that are stil) | | tant character, a and tell one another how | uselves in order to favor the gentlemen with a | ing glimpse of a morning toilet, after which | they are generally invisible until about two P, M., | ‘here is nothing very startling so farin the way | drawn by an unfortunate Rosinante whose want of Speed was apologized for by the colored ge leman Manipulating the ribbons saying that nes had made the trip twice before that morning. Where is Bergh? The trip FROM NEW LONDON TO WICKFORD by the cars is far from pleasant in this weather, as, notwithstanding ali precautions, one is certain to arrive encrusted with cinders and dust. The sail, however, in the steamer from Wickford to Newport is a most delightful change, and has the efect of refreshing the baked traveller “before he arrives at his destination. The principal hotel is not very full at present, but the ofMcials appear to. be attentive to their guests, as we had the satisfaction of eating a tolerable din- ner, Which, after it was eaten, we discovered had been prepared for somebody else. There was no good, however, kicking up @ row about the error, as, after all, we might have travelled farther and | fared worse. ‘There are NOT MANY YACHTS IN PORT at present, but the Cuban privateer Pioneer ap- pears to be attracting general attention. She is certainly not ina pleasant position with a United States cutter lying alongside of her, The Pioncer isa great favorite with the ladies, | Who sympathize with her in her misiortunes and | watch the Lone Star as it foats in the breeze with marked interest. The citizens of Newport have at last made a move in the right direction by Improving their decks. They have now a tolerably decent dock, | which is used by the Providence, a ; Sett and Wickford steamers. ‘whey have also some ateps anda _ tolerable landin; place for yacht gigs and pleasure boats. This ad- Vance in civilization deserves a hearty recoguition, and already ladies have taken advantage of the change and now venture to visit that locality and go out sailing—an event from which coer were hith- erto debarred by an accumulation of insurmount- able diMiculties, The sciiooner yacht MADELEINE, Commodore Jacob Voorhis, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, is in the harbor, and there are also several small sloop yachts.’ The Fleetwing, Mr. George Osgood, EAR LISS ¢ for New Bedford, ‘The drive {3 tolerably well patronized in the after- noon, but all the fashionables have not yet arrived, There are a few handsome turnouts, but the majority of the ladies appear to favor basket pony phaetons, Horseback exercise {8 not much in vogue, and that branch of recreation is at present linuted to two or three equestrians, GRATZ BROWN. His Movements Yesterday—Annoyances from In- terviewers and Photographers—He is Going tothe Seaside—A Ride in the Park Last Evening and a Lunch at Delmoni- co’s—What He Thinks of the Ontlook for November. The Vice Presidential candidate showed a marked Improvement in his condition yesterday morning, and sat listening to conversations in his room or receiving such of his old friends and acquaint- ances as called in the spacious parlors of his friend Dr. Steele's residence, in Great Jones street, during the entire forenoon. The visitors were almost innumerable, and most of those admitted to see the Governor were either old college classmates of his at Yale, or friends of former years, from Kentucky and Missourl. Among these last was Mr. Jamison, of the firm of Jamison, Smith & Codding, bankers, of St. Louis. Mr. Ethan Allen, Chairman of the Liberal Repub- can National Executive Committee, called in the afternoon and had some conversation with the Governor, which was not, however, of an impor- and Mr, Allen remained but a short time. Among the annoyances to which ail LIONS HAVE TO SUBMIT are the persistent demands of photographers for sittings. It has been stated that Mr. Greeley was, some weeks ago, nearly distracted by these oper- ators, who desired to catch his counterfeit pre- sentment with bare muscular arm and axe on shoulder, Finally, when in their frenzy they insisted upon driving him up a tree, he re- belled. Escaping at the time he has since eluded have by concerted’ action and toa man gone for Governor Gratz. The Vice President in prospective received them kindly as they came pouring in and explained that he would notify them of his coming to thelr respective galleries, cach in good time. Thus several of the best known establishments have completed extensive preparations for the event, and are living from day to day on the qué | vive of expectancy, The Governor {s quite weak yet and wears a weary air, with sometimes a look’of longing in the g" as of one who regrets absence from home. He spoke yesterday of his sudden illness, in which he is | now removed from — all danger, as perhaps the best event that could have occurred to him, warning him as it did of the limits beyond whieh, even by a rodust man, industry cannot be safely pushed. Not having suf- | fered from sickness for some years, he had entered | upon the labor of the campaign with | THE LIVTLE BAND OF MISSOURI REFORMERS worked incessantly for months with three hours of rest in twenty-four. Till two or three o'clock cach morning he bad sat up dictat- ing and writing, buried tn a correspondence that covered the country from Maine to the Pacific Coast. | The sudden prostration which had overtaken him, fortunately without fatal results, taught him that Hust exercise discretion in the tasks he has set for himself in fmture. He intends within three or | | | four days to leave the city for some quiet place on the seashore, where he can find surf bathing and escape from the throngs that con- stantly surround him. In two or three weeks he expects to be recuperated, and he will then retum | to st, Lous and the West, | At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the Governor, with his friend and physician, Dr. ‘Theophilus | Steele, drove out on the avenue and through Cen- tral Park, with which he expressed himself de- ligited, Returning defore dusk, they lunched at Deimonico’s and were home eariy in the evening. Speaking of the prospects of the campaign, Governor Brown says he can see no possible CHANCE ‘POR GENERAL GRANT | to secure more than three States, and even these | are acknowledged to be doubtful The States alluded to are Connecticut, Massachusetts and South Carolina, A gentieman from Massachusetts, who held a conference with members of the Liberal Republican Executive Committee yesterday, sent word to Governor Brown that his State would, notwithstanding present appearances, give a handsome majority for the liberal ticket in November, Others were of the opinion that should any reasonable effort be made in South Car- olina the vote of that State would be cast with her sister States of the South, and the representative men of Connecticnt were unanimous in promising a majority of from five to ten thousand in the State of common schools and wooden nutmegs, Tn regard to Iowa, which had by some been con- sidered doubtful, the Governor remarked that the more | densel, Ae a counties — borderip on = Missour! ad = become = infected with the popular feeling in the State, and the peopie there were among the most enthustastic reformers. This feeling, too, was fast spreading, and would long before election day have swept completely over the State. Governor Brown seems to regard the present movement as one of those great tidal waves of onion which, rising from a deep popular senti- mertt, passes beyond the control of politio, 1s, and, whild tt carries some forward on its crest, buries thousanes who strive to ride thereon bencafh its undertow royever, ' their toils, and they, searching for a new victim, | latter | Movements of the Philosopher—He Gives Himself & Rest—The Visitors at the Glenham—Letter from Ex-Senator Stewart—Posi- tion ef Sumner and Forney. le Mr. Greeley returned from Long Island at day- break yesterday and took the early train for Chappa- qua, being almost exhausted with the continued excitement and worry of the past week, and anxious for rest. He will amuse himself to-day probably with chopping, having more leisure for that exer- cise now than he has had before since heowned his farm. During the campaign it is probable the woods will be beautifully trimmed, until the wooded hillsides present the appearance of an English park. He will probably return to the city this morning. VISITORS AT HEADQUARTERS, The following is a list of distinguished visitors at the Glenham headquarters yesterday:—0, M. Rucker, James M. Gray, of Georgia; D, H. Arm- strong, of St. I Mo. ; pus Rhodes, of St. feast ® Bika or ii Lm Colonel ©. W. Baker, of New York; William B. Maxson, of New Jersey; E. Jefford, of Mississippi; Walter Trumbull, of Illinois; H, 9, Hubbard, ot Knoxville, Tenn. ; General E, A. Merritt, of New York; John A, McCaull, of Salem, Va.; William Lowenstein, of Richmond, Vary. doh ¥.. Re nolds, of Pot*svitte, Pa.; Colonel Shorter, of Bu fala, Al; Colonel Herndon, of Alabama; or 8. Puch, of Alabama; ‘Andrew H, H. Dawson, ou ew York;’D, C, Birdsall and General Capel, of Arkai SOUTHERN SENTIMENT, Colonel Shorter, in conversation with Mr. Everts, of Montana, sald that the democrats down South did not care a cent for Greeley’s past record. Said he:—“‘We don’t ask him to go back on a single one of life-long principles. We would not honor him as we do now if we thought he could be pur- suaded or paid to deny his old abolition record. We love and trust him now for his present record, amnesty sentiments and his earnest desire for hhar- mony and reconciliation.” Colonel Shorter is an: electric orator and made the most thrilling speech at the Chappaqua gathering on Saturday, Colonel Herndon, of Alabama, who is running for Governor in that State, remarked that if Gree- ley was defeated he did not care to remain in polit- feal tife. Itis the last chance for the Southern people; and if Grant is elected the whole white population of the South is remanded to the servi- tude of the last seven years, The National Democratic Executive Committeo have so far delayed opening their headquarters, No reason is assigned for the delay, except the fact. that they have found no rooms yet jusf suited to their wants, Mr, Augustus Schell and Ethan Allen, in their conference ou Monilay, discussed the. mat- ter of a mutual arrangement as to finances, but what the result was is not known. Senator Thomas A, Hendricks, of Indiana, who has been stopping at Mr. Birdsall’s for some days, had an interview with Mr. Greeley on Monday and left for home yesterday. He is tle Greeley candi- date for Governor of Indiana, and expresses an as- surance that Indiana will go heavily for the Greeley ticket. The following letter from ex-Senator James J. Stewart, of Michigan, gives some most interesting statements concerning affairs among doubtful re- publicans in Washington :— LETTER FROM EX-SENATOR STEWART, Dear Sir—The administration force: fully demoralized. Cameron was over great distress over the Pennsylvania vored, as I Know, to invoke the good services of ¢ for a reconciliation with Forney. He is too late.” Robeson, also, puffing in dis- ‘ked what could be done in heaven’s name to save and was told “Nothing.” They are at their wits' end about Pennsylvania, and have lost head as completely as they did about consequential damages, What will they do when Governor Curtin arrives, as he will shorily, and takes the stump for Greeley, and Brown? Colonel McClure assures me this is a fact. 1 mentioned it to Mr. Sumner in an interview I had with him on Friday, and he exclaimed :—"That settles the question.” I long and free mterchange of opinion with. M: an old friend, and I think succeeded in remo: embarrassment he expressed as to coming forward. tried to satisty his conscience as to Ins duty to the negro, that it would, be subserved joining us, and the question was not ther they were to pra realize the rights granted to them by law, but the rights of all were to be secure by the preservation of our Federal Republic against Cwsarism. If the colored opie, In their ignorance of their true interests, voted ier Grant and thereby imperilied their liberties, as well ‘as ours, it was his duty, with more intelligence, to vote for thelr true interests, and advocate them against their present will by opposing publicly. the election of Grant, and advocating that of Greeley. He said it was a philo- ean ray of the subject, and I judge will act upon it fore long. ‘Two of the five delegates to the Grant State Committee of Maryland, trom Prince George's county, have declared for Greeley and Brown. JAMES J, STEWART, THE GERMAN DEMOCRATS. Action of the German Union Democratic General Committee Last Night—Entha- siastic Endorsement of Greeley and Brown. The German Democratic Union General Commit- tee, Coroner Schirmer presiding, met at the Teu- tonia Assembly Rooms last night, when the Execu- tive Committee, through Mr. Goettman, its chair- man, submitthd a report endorsing the action of the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, in nominating Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown, the Presidentia nominees of the liberal republicans, and in endorsing the platform of the Cincinnati Convention, declaring that they hail with satisfac- tion the action of that convention, and pledging that they will fa ead the ticket to insure its elec- tion, Further, that they call upon all German vot- ers, in the interest of democratic principles, and for the sake of loc: tate and national reform, of general progress and of individual and national Tights, to agitate during the campaign for Greeley and Brown, to insure their election, These resolutions were passed by an enthusiastic and unanimous vote, pit etl a loud and | angry protest by one delegate named Herz Stern, who in disgust left the hall. ‘A resolution was also passed declaring that the present Presidential campaign 13 not an agitation of one party against another, but a rising of the | people against corruption and usurpation—a struggle of patrioti1m against @ corrupt ad- ministration. It was, therefore, further re- solved to appoint a committee of seven to confer and jointly act with other central organizations on the subject, The committee was composed of Messrs. Dr. Mierson, Henry Peter, Dr. P. Merkel, ' brated Carl Weidling, Magnus Gross and Jacob oehier, tress, Penusylvania, SPICE OF THE CAMPAIGN. Grecleyotypes and Grantographs. ‘The following bits of political personalities are from the Albany Evening Journal (Grant organ) :— “They ought to bave begun talking about nomi- nating Greeley, but not to have berg made him the candidate till four years hence, that time we would have become used to it and, perhaps, reconciled, As it is, the thing comes too sud- denly.”” So said a democrat to us. A democrat was asked the other day for whom he would vote, His auswer was, we give it literally, “For Greeley, damn him.’ That’s the Way mahy of them feel’about it. Our democratic friends havn’t as much to say about “black republicanism” since they have made | the blackest of black republicans their standard bearer. Gratz Brown's nomination has produced one re- sult, For twenty-five years since his graduation at Yale he had been as neglectful of his Alma Mater as she had been forgetful of him. He now visits her to claim relationship. In doing so he assumed to futimate that she wes not as smart as she pre- tended to be, at which the old lady took offence. So Brown didn’t make much of his visit, except to dis- play his vanity. “LT might have stood Greeley, or Greeley without Brown, but to be asked to swailow both turns iny stomach,” said a democrat the other day. And it certainly is a nauseous dose for ‘an old liner’— these republican pills, with no sugar coating! The Hartford Courant says Voltaire used to say of the diminutive territory of Geneva, “When I shake my wig Lcover the whole republic’ with powder.” It is the prouder boast of Horace Greeley, “When I put on my white hat I cover the whole democratic party with felt.” An old democrat from the backwoods, arguing in one of the hotel pariors at Baltimore in favor of regularly nominating Greeley, said :—* If you nomi- nate Greeley here he is the best democrat living; but if you aul the same d—d old fool that he always was.” The Argus wants to know why General Grant should be elected. One very good reason is be- cause his opponent is, according to the Argus, a “financial abortionist” and an“ lucoinpetent addle- pate."” ‘The Chicago Post (Grant) speaks of the asgem- blages who listen to speeches in favor of Greeley as “ squawking audiences." Observes the Chicago Post:—“Mr. Greeley is a Germans of the jand, and because he is he cannot recetve their votes. He cannot be forgiven for his free thinker.” The Musquash (Phoebus! what a name!) Times goes for Greeley. It is a good agricultural name, nevertheless, Williamsport, Pa., boasts of a number of Greeley- ized republicans. In Vermont Greeley clubs are springing up among all the green bills and valleys, An old democrat of Pennsylvania declares the growing sentiment in favor of Greeley to be “like @ prairie tornado that sweeps over the country, gom- ing from no one knows where,” The Cases of Tweed and Connolly Before the Supreme Court. IMPOSING ARRAY OF COUNSEL. A Formal Decision Suggested by Judge Miller. CHARLES 0°CO} OR’S REMARKS, Opening Aveument for the «Boss” and Ex-Comptroller. QUESTIONS. THE CHIEF Can the State Sue and What Would Be- come of the Money? ALBANY, July 16, 1872, Pursuant to the proclamation of the Governor, the Supreme Court met in extraordinary General Term, Judges Miller, Potter and Parker presiding, at the Capitol to-day, to hear the arguments in the appeal against the decision of Judge Hogeboom overruling the demurrer in the case cf the People of the State of New York vs, William M. Tweed and others, The following counsel appeared for the defend- ants:—David Dudley Field, Edwin W. Stoughton, William Fullerton, John EB. Burrill, John H. Rey- nolds, W. O. Bartlett an Elihu Root, The fo! lowing counsel appeared for the people :— Charles O’Conor, Samuel J. Tilden and Wheeler H. Peckham, who now appear as respondents, the de- fendant having appealed from Judge Hogeboom’s decision against the demurrer. The demurrer was that the State had no right to bring the suit. Messrs. William A. Beach and Samuel J, Courtney also appeared for Connolly and Fields. ‘THE CASE OF WILLIAM M. TWEED. The case of Tweed was called, and Judge Miller suggested that as the case was to goto the Court of Appeals the Court make a formal decision. Mr. D. D. Field said there could be no appeal to the Court of Appeals without an order of judgment, and asked what was to be done as toa judgment. If the Court of Appeals reverse the decision here it will order a new trial, and there must be a trial and an investigation now, in order that the Court of Appeals may have something to act upon. Messrs. W. A. Beach and W. 0, Bartlett put forth similar views referring to the decision of Judge Hogeboom, who was too sick to examine the matter and render an opinion. Judge Miller said the Court would hear argument, and referred to the fact that the Court below, un- derstanding that the case was going forward in event, had rendered a formal decision. ir. D. D. Field said that, though these cases have been up four or five times, no opinion had really been received as yet. ae. e Mr. W. A. Beach said that he hoped an arran, ment could be made whereby these cases could earrien directly to the Court of Appeals for final action. Judge Miller said that might be done by stipula- ion. D. D. Field—Certainly. Let a judgment for a nominal sum be fixed upon and not entered on the record of the Court, and the case be thus carried up. Judge Miller said it seemed to him that that was the best way. It was an excellent suggestion. What do you say to that on the other sider STRONG OBJECTIONS TO A STIPULATION. Mr. O'Conor—We will take the proposition into consideration as the argument p' s. Weare dealing with numerous parties and numerous coun- sel, and how far we may agree with the stipulation itis doubtful. I am strongly impressed with the belief that itis oar duty topush this case on with- out listening to any form of proposition trom the other side. He had been coerced by his associate to et terms in one of the cases, and when everything was done the defendant flew m the arrangement. nt. He felt that he and his associates had done well in not letting a@ single one of the defendants escape. He felt that they had done the public service in so acting. “Therefore, unless he could see a reason otherwise he would ad make any bargains or arrangements of this charac- ter. He counsel might talk, and could talk for @ long ti yn both sides, but he insisted that there was no doubt pease He was willing to stake his reputation on the declaration that when this case reaches the Court of Appeals not asingle Juage will feel any doubt, and not one will sustain the points raised by the defendant, ‘The counsel was proceeding in this manner when Judge Miller reminded him that he was DISCUSSING THR MERITS OF THE CASE. W. A. Beach—That is 80, and I hope we will be heard in reply. Mr. O’Conor disclaimed discussing the merits of the case. . D. D. Field claimed the right of Peas Mr. O’Conor insisted that he was only protesting against magnifying these points. D. D. Field rose to reply and demanded the right to do so, The Court consulted and said the counsel would be given abundance of time to answer in his argu- ment. Some conversation ensued between the Court and counsel as to the time to be occupied in arguments. The Court thought the Tweed and Connolly cases ought to be argued to- ther. It was nally to give ur hours to each arguing the Tweed and Connolly cases together, as they are similar, and in the meantime the Court said they hoped the counsel would consider the proposition for a stipulation. MR, STOUGHTON OPENS THE ARGUMENT FOR TWEED. Edwin W. Stoughton then proceeded to open the argument for the appellants. After re- ferring to the fact that an appeal in ail cases is provided for, he said the decision here took the form of a judgment, and proceeded to show the ee ene of a judgment when rendered by this Court. He said this was a suit at law, seek- ing to recover a judgment for $6,000,000 obtained, as it is claimed, by ud, The first question was, can the people, on the complaint made, maintain an action? and he turned to an act entitled “An act to make provision for the government of the county of New York.” He read the act to show that the officials named therein were empowered as county officials to issue bonds, raise money on them and deposit the money with the County Treasurer. ‘Does this not show,” he asked, “that there were county authorities to do all acts therein specitied, and who owned the money deposited with that treasurer? Has the Court any doubt on this point?’ That was the question underlyin this case, and to answer disposes of fs Tn . ordi- nary cases he would proceed no further, but this was a suit brought by the peopie of the State of New York to recover this money, nowhere averred that the people of the State owned this money, nowhere averred that they con- trolled 1t while in the ds of the County Treas- urer, No Court has J determined that the peo- | ple of the State owned this money raised on bonds issued by the county, and for which the county | pledges its faith, djourn without nominating him he is | ‘mucker’ and a ‘temperenzier’ in the eyes of the | muckerthum, simply because he {s, as sume say, a | The counsel then proceeded to detail the pro- | ceedings of the Board of Audit. He also quoted the law authoring the issne of the bonds, and | then asked if this Court would allow a county to act up asa defence that tt could not pay them be- | cause all the money raised upon them had been | wrongfully used. “Would this Court say that | the county was not liable, but that the State was i pay when it pleased, because, forsooth, egisiature of the State had authorized the county to fasue the bonds’ He said his respect for | this Court would not let him detain the Court much longer on this point. The county oficers had d.s- posed of this mouey and the county is still liable; BUT WHO OWNS THIS MONEY? to the state does not the same idea apply to all authority’ The counsel then argued at some length the obligation of the commty to pay these such obligations. He referred to the averment that the suits brought by the Snpervisors are col- lusive, and brought only to interfere with the suits subsequently brought by the State. It would, as the Court knows, make no difference how many such suits were brought, provided the State was entitled to bring suit. Then why, le asked, is this | averment made here? Therefore he could not | See how the plaintis case could be strength- ened by bringing these suits, He, as coun- sel, had no interest in those suits; he only Wanted to see, when the legal axe falls, that it falls in a legal track and is wielded by a legal hand. He called attention to the fact that in the complaint there was no averment against Tweed of fraud. ‘There was an averment that after the money was deposited in the bank he participated in its divi- sion ; but even in this there is no averment of fraud on his part. THE ARGUMENT FOR CONNOLLY, Samuel J, Courtney then opened the argument in , the case of Conpolly, He said this case, which is vise his associates not to | It_was | the county or the State? If in this case it belongs | other counties of this State; and if so, where is the | | bonds. He asked, could the State assume the obligation to pay these bonds’ and catied the attention of the Court to what the | constitution said about the State assuming Judge Hogeboom also considered important—so important that in health he could not consider upon mere pro Jorma decision, 80 that the case carried up. The counsel then asked if it time for the counsel on the other aide lic press to cease their’ clamor that the raised by the defendants were of no oon As to the case of Mr. Connolly, the complaint not been verified by even THE FATHER OF ALL THR Mr, Tilden. Counsel, then pg yy of Con« nolly, and claimed that in time it would be shown that he was heres then at some length tae point as tothe in ant bring suis veh og right of the State to step in chattonged_ tio" Goanes!. these. He nied tl ie roduction of author be le found ~=no__authorit hese gentlemen by the rat to bring these suits; but he did find a correspond- ence by, which it was proposed to inatitute. such proceedings as would secure the return of this money to those to whom it poles. Those pro- ceedings have been instituted. - against Connolly were that he had n cted Lan we, fA official dut and the amounts are 80 there is suspicion of fraud, Im answer to say, : CONNOLLY'S DUTIES WERE OFFICIAL, governed by statute, and we insist that the people’ of this State have no rignt to call him to account for neglect of oficial duties, even were he ity, of it. Where is the authority that gives the Attorne: General power to bring these sults? The action brought to recover money lost by:kie neglect of duty. To whom did this money ng? Did it belong to the State? It belonged to the ci and county of New York. Then by what bn the people of the State claim it? Who are mentioned in the bonds? Is it the people Si ? No; it is the people of the coun’ York, and they are the ones, then, the only who are liable to pay them, and the money topay them is to come from the taxable inhabitants of the city and county of New York. The people of the State have no interest whatever in them, Suppers he asked, the State recovers this money, what ie do with it? This was one of the questions which troubled Judge Hogeboom. He asked, What will eventually become of the meney? Who will get it? Where will it go to, and, 1 ask, where would it go?’ Would it gointo the State Treasury to be used in improving Its canals or other at public improvements? The counsel referred to the effort made to legitimize this action a introducing: a bill in the last Legislature. The bill was intro- duced by Mr. Tilden, a member of the House, and this action, counsel said, he had anticipated. at had said it would be done, and he was assured would not be; yet it was done, and he declared that this was a cognoyit of Fhe fact that their action could not be intained in Cour ; oo SO FEARFUL, SO CONVINCED 9 were they that they could not sustain themselves, they were obliged to resort to the device of secur- ing an ex post sucto law to assist them. The bill falled, however; it never became alaw. Counsel | then referred toa law which appropriated ened to pay these counsel. That law directed the connty New York to pay these ntlemen. ‘This was @ recognition of the county for this pur- ose, Counsel argued further against the plea of the interest of the people of the State in the citing numerous authorities. He would not dis the existence and organization of the Board pervisers of New York, leaving that to the counsei to follow him. Counsel concluded with an earnest appeal to the Court to pass upon the question with that impartiality characteristic of it. MR. O'CONOR’S REPLY. Mr. Charles O’Conor followed, saying he agreed with the counsel on the other side, who proposed to leave out of discussion here the matter concern- ing the Board of Hupeny as @s unimportant and irrelevant at this time. By so doing the Court would find themselves rid of much perplexity. He would therefore ignore all relative to that matter. He then read from the law authorizing the issue of bonds, Srplee provisions as he read, The Comptroller, who is not the County Treasurer, was to pay this money raised on the bonds to the holders of claims against the city and county. It was the Comptroller who was to pay out is Money, The bonds were issued, the money was raised the Comptroller paid the claims, This was all regular under the law, except in the matter of paying fraudulent claims. en Mr. Courtney alluded to the bill peseen, by the Legere providing $50,000 for the fees of counsel in these Mr. O’Conor stated that he did not receive any such money. Mr, Courtney replied that he did not say he did, but the bill was passed making that appropriation nevertheless, Mr. O’Conor said that he did not receive a cent of the money, neither did Mr. Tilden. Their services had been given gratuitously. Here the hour for recess arrived, when the Court took a recesé till four o'clock P. M. Afternoon Session. On the reassembling of the Court, at four P. M., Mr. O’Conor continued his argument. After ex- platning how these bonds were authorized he asked who was to suffer from the misdoings in the mat- ter? It was not nor would be the bondholder, be- canse he had parted with his money in good faith, and the bonds were issued to him by the 2 cers and under authority of law, He would fully. Then who was it, he asked be the taxpayer when and as the bonds became due. He contended that this money was never in lodgment there it wa according _ rt proper construction of the law, improperl to be iasued, money raised be them, and that money used to pay, certain claims. The Comptroller was to pay posit it in the county treasury, and thereiore that department never had any sion or control WHO WAS THE INJURED PARTY, and that was the tax payer—persons Dertepa now Supervisors—are not the ones who are to pay these: bonds, The bonds are to be paid by taxation only. jured—any one, in short, but the taxpayer;” and then, he sald, “no individual taxpayer can bring a sult but the people of the State,,,Tepreset their sovereign corporate capacity. iC was that owned this money ? Mr. O’Conor said if such a question was relevant a the State of New York owned it. The State anthor- ized the issue of the bonds, which took the money considerable length the int as to whom the money belonged. le ut the case say $1,000,000. ‘They raised instead $6,000,000. TAKEN MONEY FROM THE PROPLE who cannot get it back again, but I will step in and which you raised through my authority. Local foverning corporations, he said, may, actions brought against them and prosecute actions in defence of their corporate or official Tal legal sense, represent the local population or the local taxpayers past, present or to come, nor ia stitute suits or proceedings to preserve or vindicate any public or private right | He quoted various authorities, and -he, therefore, asked, if the State has not the right to was only liuble as the servants of the State. Every dollar Was to come out of the c tizens of the State. and duties of the Board of Supervisors, holding that their powers and duties were of the most length. Here Mr. O’Conor was interrupted by a conver- time to be taken on each side, when Mr. Beach said that he hoped the arguments would be concluded the Court of Impeachment that he was engaged here, and asking a postponement of the Barnard ment would be 80 made as to be concluded to-mor- row, and the Court thereupon adjourned, to meet to suffer? It was the taxpayer, or the county treasury, and if it ever had there. The bonds were ‘hese claims with thistnoney. He was not to de- over it, He then returned to the question as to unborn, The corporate authorities—the Board of He asked, “Then is any body, any entity, to be in- auit to recover this money; no one can bring br Mr. Stonghton asked who it he had but one answer to make, that was tl from the people of the State. Counsel argued at thus :—Agents of the State were authorized to The State saya, “You have make you give it to me. It is my money, like all other corporate bodies ‘defend property or rights. But they do ae in any gene- | it their duty, nor have they any authority, to in- of such persons to sustain this claim. bring this suit who has * He held that the county Counsel then discussed the organization, powers Inmited character, He pursued this point at much sation between counsel and the-Court as to the to-morrow as he had written to the President of trial till Thursday. It was agreed that the argu- at nine A, M, to-morrow, | DANGEROUS STABBING AFFAIR, | Arrest of the Perpetrator—Ante-Mortem Statement—The Victim Spirited Away. | On Monday night Philip Hammerer, living at No, | 224 West Thirtieth street, and Henry Meyer, both ermans, became involved in a quarrel, during whieh the latter stabbed his adversary in the ab- | dowen, right side, inflicting, it is feared, a fatal | wound, Meyer was promptly arrested by the | Twentieth precinct police and committed to the cells to await an examination by the proper an- thorities. Dr. Moeller, of West Thirty-ninth street who was called to’ attend Hammerer, foun him suffering from a stab wound «on the right side of the abdomen (over tho anterior superior spiue of the fleum), the stab having passed inward, backwar and slightly EF teat probably entering the abdo- men, Although Hammerer was in no imme- diate danger of death, Dr. Moeller thonght it ad- visable that his ante-mortem examination should be taken, In compliance with the Doctor's big he | Coroner Keenan subsequently called at 224 West | Thirtieth street, and, much to his surprise, found that the wounded man had been removed toa house in Twenty-ninth street, the number of which could not be learned. This looks very much as if Hamnierer was less dangerously injured than was Gf lirst supposed.