The New York Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1872, Page 3

| | “CATACAZY CHAFING. {An Interview with the Recalled How He Talked Before Flinging His Fish Hook. Compares Himself to Jonah in the Whale. ‘When Thrown Up He Will Eat Fish | en Mayonaise. EER ea MERRY AMID HIS MISFORTUNES. + The Story of the Secretary and His Deformed Treaty Offspring. craton Entertaining Sketch of the Little Muscovite Mountain Before It Brought Forth the Mouse, Madame Catacazy on Bee et Ongiles. Panis, July 8, 1872. ‘The Court of Arbditration at Geneva has tempora- Pily adjourned, ostensibly for the purpose of devot- ng that time and attention to the direct claims which the indirect claims now, alas! no longer require; really to have a good time lounging about @mong the snowy mountains, blue lakes and de- Mghtful vaileys of Switzerland. The trial of Bazaine thas not yet commenced, The famous divorce case of Madame la Comtesse Brimont, née an American girl, who, tempted by a title, married @ proiigate Wrenchman, and now, SICK OF HER BARGAIN, Bues for a divofee, is not yeton the tapis, The Bheatres are nearly all closed; everybody has left ‘town; the French papers are, as usual, ful! of com- piots, conspirations and intrigues so old, weary, stale and unprofitable that one wonders at the French mind, usually so easily bored, not turning rom them in disgust. There isa dearth of news, and were it not for the prospect ot something in ‘she near future journalists might well be in despair. While walking about the streets yesterday in a moody and discontented frame of mind, meditating weveral projects I had formed wherewith to astound and petrify the readers of the HERALD by some wsefal bit of intelligence, it suddenly occurred to me that l was inthe same city, walking the same pavements, breathing the same air with THE ONCE MIGHTY, NOW FALLEN, CATACAZY. Thaveoften thought there was something omin- ous in the perfect silence in which he has en- Bhrouded himself since his downfall; for he is not mman to remain long quiet, and may he not, I asked myself, be withholding his blow until, falling ‘ai the proper moment, it will be crushing? Why wot call upon him and see’ Full of this happy in- #piration, I determined to find out his address at once and pay him a visit, and judge by personal ob- pervation IF HE WAS AS DEAD AS HE SEEMED. Thad no difficulty in doing this; for he lives, as I oon discovered, in a large, fine house, Rue de Mavre, near the Boulevard Haussmann, and I found hima, as ever, good natured and disposed to be con- wersational, though somewhat inclined to chaff! me wn account of sundry observations and assertions I Had sent forth to the world concerning him while at St. Petersburg. HE INTERVIEWETH THE RUSSO-GREEK. “M. De Catacazy,” I said, ‘1 am glad to see you Jookmg +o well. To judge from your appearance, I Bhouid say you had entirely recovered from the e@irecte of the severe campaign you went through in the United States,” M. Dr Caracazy—I am much obliged for the inter- @st you take in my welfare; the more so as you Javing given me out for dead and buried. I suppose | 1 may look upon your present visit a8 being some thing in the nature of A PILGRIMAGE TO MY GRAVE. CORRESPONDENT—To tell you the trath, Mr. \watacazy, 1 have had some misgivings about your Bong silence. Lethargy sometimes resembles death so much that it is hard to tell the difference, ‘and if, as you would seem to intimate, you are “not dead, but sleeping,” I hope you will soon give ome sign of life. M. De Caracazy—Do you ever read the Bible ? CORRESPONDENT—In the days of my youth I Tearned some thousands of verses of it by heart, in which task I was aided and encouraged by a pious wnd devoted parent. Now, however, Lam afraid Bhat the New York HERALD absorbs rather more of my attention than the Book of books; nevertheless, ‘Ai case you should want me to give youa few Sunday choo! lessons, | might. M. De Caracazy—Never mind about that. You ‘Will then, of course, remember the story of a cer- tain biblical character who was swillowed up ce BY A VERY, VERY LARC H, 4n whose belly he remained some three days, to the greatinconventence of the monster, whose diges- tive apparatus did not prove equal to the task of di- gesting him. After three days’ residence in these | ancoumfortable quarters he was ejected by the beast, | ‘and prover to be a prophet. There is agreat analogy detween the case of Jonas and mine, J, too, have been swaliowed by a monster, but the three days hhave grown to three months. I don’t make any pretensions to be a prophet, but when 1 do reap- pear I shail certainly not remain silent, and I do not believe I will be doomed to preach in the dogert, . CORRESTONDEST—May J ask, then, Mr. Catacazy, hen you propose making your egress from the belly of the fish, an! whether you really intend to preach? [have been told you dare not M. DE CATACAZY—As to that, my dear sir, you are asking too much. 1 will only ¢tate in reply that 1 have the Honor of serving a sovereign who is the diving inca ration of justice and truth, and thatl ,whall certainly take care of my own safety, 1 BIDE MY TIME. CoRKESPONDENT—To Judge by your high spirita, Mr, Ca 4y, I should infer that you were disposed to rejoice over Mr. Fish’s failure in the great tweaty. i | M. be Caracazy—There you are greatly mistaken. DT would never rejoice over anything so nearly al- Yebting the honor of your country. I am perfectly Andifferent to the success or failure of Mr. Fish per- @onally. But I do take a great interest in the glory and welfare of the United States, CORRKESPONDENT—AS well as I remember, you fore- waw its failure from the first. M. pR CaATACAZY—To illustrate my views on the treaty Iwill tell you u little story, the facts of Which occurred among some of my friends at St. Petersburg. it #0 happened that an old maid of my acquaintance, who bad long since lost ati hope, suddenly had an offer of marriage, which she ac. septed with astonishment and delight. Naturaily, after a certain time had elapsed, SHE BECAME--8N! SHR FOUND RFRSELE an that condition in which ladies like to he ‘who love their jords, and invited, jong beforenand, her dearest friend to be present upon ‘the eventfnl occasion to receive what, she was sare ‘Would prove to be, a marvel of beauty. The friend ‘was preseut, as had been arranged, but was very much grieved to find the infant was a lunchlack and a cripple—a little monsier in short. SHE BROKE THE NEWS TO THE MOTIRR ae gently as she could, but the latter became in. Joriated. accused hey of wishing to murder OD me in great would not admire his abortive dip- lomatic offspring. The poor child is yet alive, thanks to the supplemental cordials that have been administered it without stint _ = BUR, On, WHat Laas | and how many direct as well as indirect deformi, ties. But let us talk about something else. You travelled through Russia with General Sherman, did you not’ Can you tell me how he liked his re- ception there and whether he was pleased with his travels ? CORRESPONPENT—I think I can assure you that he was very well pleased, not only by the way in which he was received, but by the general aspect of the country and the character of the people, in whom he dnds many pointe of resemblance with Americans. M. DE Caracazy—I look upon Genera) Sherman as being a truly great and good man, though, un- like Grant, 1 think he has too much good sense to ever aspire to the Presidency. CORRESPONDENT—By the way, Mr. Catacazy, who do you think will be our next President? THE LITTLE ABSOLUTIST ON REPUBLICANISM, M. DE CaTacazY—Not Grant, in any cage. I have too much confidence in the good sense and sagacity of the American people to believe they will retain him there one moment longer than the 4th of next March, I take it for granted they have had eémongh of military rule, and that they begin to see the inexpediency and danger of the two-term system. It is contrary to republican principles and turns the republic into 8 modified monarchy, with all of its defects and none of its advantages. Besides, Grant is essentially @ despot, There is probably not a monarch in Europe—and I speak from per- sonal observation—who {a personally more tyran- nical and despotic than President Grant, op oné who takes less account of public opinion, European despots endeavor, as far as possible, to hide their claws, and only use them when necessary. Your great American despot uses his ruthlessly, and very often without reason. CATACAZY ON HYPOORISY. Hypocrisy, it has been said, is the tribute paid by vice to virtue, Grant does not even pay that, but flannts his corraption and shame in the very faces of the people, CORBRESPONDENT—Are you personally acquainted with Mr, Greeley ? M. pE CaTacazy—Certainly ; and I fully appreciate his merits. A betterman might have been selected, but he is great, popular and honest, which latter quality is one much needed in American politicians, HE REMINDS ME OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN a good deal in varied extent of knowledge, firm- ness of principle and the slmost child-like sim- plicity of heart, CORRESPONDENT—As I understand you, then, M. Catacazy, you do not intend to tamely sit down under the aspersions of Mr. Fish, and that when you are ready for your revenge we shall hear from your HOW HE’LL BAT FISH. MDF CaTAcAzy—Revenge, says the Italian pro- verb, is a good dish, but it should be eaten cold. CORRESPONDENT—Just so. You intend to eat Mr. Fish in the shape of a mayonaise, M. pe Catacazy (laughing) —Et ce sera ddicteux. There asked if 1 could have the pleasure of seeing Madame Catacazy, as 1 should be glad to make her acquaintance. “Certainly,” he replied, and a moment afterwards conducted me into ‘an elegantly furnished salon (the foregoing conversation had been held in his study), adorned with some good pictures; among others is @ very fine portrait of Madame Catacazy, painted by some Russian artist. She soon came in attired in an elegant French peignoir, her MASSES OF RICH GOLDEN HAIR bound around her head in heavy braids, 1ooking, I must say, very handsome. Almost her first re- mark, after the usual exchange of salutations, was expressive of her regrets for leaving America. “] thought you would have anything else but kindly feelings for Americans,” I observed. “On the contrary,” she replied, “I have the greatest esteem and respect'tor Americans, and ESPECIALLY FOR THE AMERICAN LADIES, at whose hands I have only experienced kindness and consideration.” “Excepting Mrs. Grant and Mra. Fish,’ said I, hoping to sce a little ebullition of female spite and jealousy. “Not even excepting Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Fish,’’ she replied. “They have always treated me kindly, in spite of the disagreeable relations of our hus- bands to each other.”” “Then,” I observed, ‘‘woman has for once shown herself superior to man. We usually imagine that women find it more diMcult to get on together than men, Here, atleast, you have proved the reverse to be porsible."* “Such was the case with us,” she replied. “As to the unfortunate quarrel In which my husband was engaged I know how to distinguish between a country and a few individuals, Besides, Mr. Cata- cazy is PROVIDED WITH BEC ET ONGLES and is perfectly able to defend himself when the time comes, which will be soon, I hope.” “But,” I objected, “it is the duty of women to act the part of mediators and peacemakers, and I am sorry to see that you are rather inclined than other- wise to encourage Mr. Catacazy to use his bec e¢ ongtes.” “Yes, In a matter where honor is concerned; but Mr. Catacazy has been 60 outrageously treated by Mr. Fish that I shall ENCOURAG# HIM TO GO TO THE UTMOST LENGTES if neceasary.”” “Do you like Paris ?"’ T asked. “Yes; but since being in the United States I | flad it somewhat mesquin—-somewhat slow, and I miss the active, energetic, stirring sdRiety I got ac- customed to in America.’ Upon taking leave of her she remarked that I ust not be astonished at her expressing herself freely, a8 she entertained none of the contempt for the press she had so often heard expressed by Mr. Fish, I ACCEPTED THE NEGATIVE COMPLIMENT in a becoming manner, and withdrew, Whether Catacazy be right or wrong he is cer- tainly convinced of the justice of his own canse, which is assuredly a great point in convincing other people, Rew mos te As to his defence, | have it from very good au- thority, that while it cannot be said to excuipate himself it is nevertheless damning for Mr. Fish, and demonstrates clearly that the latter has been engaged in low intrigues, and had resort to means for the attainment of his ends alike unworthy of the high position he holds as of a gentieman. I have heard it said that the Emperor considered Mr. Catacazy justified personally as regards Mr. Fish, but he was so intent on maintaining good relations with the Unite States that he chose rather TO SACRIFICE CATACAZY for neglecting bis mission to engage in a pereonal diMmeulty which he might, with a little bo voulotr, have avoided, The Emperor's argument, I believe, was this :— Mr. Fish and President Grant may be unreasonable, tyrannical and corrupt to the last degree; but that is the business of the American people, whose ser- vants they are. It was your business, Mr. Cat: cazy, to see that the jrood relations existing be- tveen the two countries, founded upon real_bene- fits mutuaily conferred, should be maintained at ait hazards. IN THIS YOU HAVE FAILED because, like Mr. Fish, you have set personal considerations above the luterests of your try, I therefore cannot approve of your Course, He then told him that as long as his name should be on the rolls of the Foreign OMice he would be allowed to pabist nothing in his own defence, Mr. Catacazy, however, will not, f am convinced, remain silent much longer, and he will choose rather to lose his Png than not to speak. We may therefore look to hear from him ere long, and then gare @ Mr, Fish, THREATENED WATER-POWER FAMINE, Boston, July 20, 1872. The Concord River has been 80 much reduced in volume in consequence of the extraordinary de- mands of Boston on its principal tributary to fil the reservoirs that there is reason t0 appreuend that some of the Lowell manufactories dependent the Concord for water power will be compel to suspend operatior | adjourned THE CHAPPAQUA JUBILEE. Another Gala Day on the Philosopher's Premi- ses—A Gallant Company and a Gallant ley, Judge Porter, Br, Wood- ~ — cock and Others. A throng of about one hundred persons gathered at the Greeley farm yesterday, to enjoy the gen- erous hospitality and jovial companionship of the Chappaqua philosopher. A number went from the city, a number gathered from the wide dominions of Westchester and Dutchess counties, and @ num- ber came in from the immediate neighborhood of the farm, IN THE MORNING TRAIN was Governor James M. Ashiey, big and portly, with a broad handsome face and long sowing hair; Alvin J. Johnson, Mr. Greeley’s chief aid at wood chopping, who swings an axe with all the vigor of @ Hercules and publishes maps with the accuracy ofan Atlas; Judge Edmund J. Porter, with fine gray head and whiskers, who made the Occasion one of thorough social enjoyment by in- troducing everybody to everybody else; Mr. and Mrs. Partridge and their daughter, and Mrs, Ma- son, @lady about sixty-three or four, who, in the bloom of her youth, when only eighteen, saw THAT AWKWARD BOY OF FIFTBEN, with his baggage on a stick over his shoulder, ap- ply at her garden gate for the way to the printing office, where he was going to learn the trade— that awkward boy that even then was called Horace Greeley. “I cannot realize that that lad,’’ said the old Jady, “is now the nominee of two parties far the Presidency of the United States. When he applied at the gate for the way to the printing office the | gentleman he spoke to saidto me, ‘Did you see that singular looking lad ¥’ strong and sturdy. What did he want!’ wanted to know THE WAY TO THE PRINTING OFFICE, where he’s going to learn his trade,’ reptied this gentleman. ‘I tell you that awkward lad has more information than half the men I know.’ And here was Mrs. Mason, now a grandmother, looking again upon that awkward lad, the leader of &@ grand civil revolution and the centre of a conti- nent’s comments. Among the townspeople also who came up on the morning train were Mr. H. J. Wilson, the writer on finance, and Mr. Hexamer, the experimental agri- culturist. Isaid ‘Yes, he looked “He FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD came John C. Ferguson, the old friend of the sage; Dr. Woodcock, medical adviser pny for the re- gion about Chappaqua; General Hamilton, grand- son of the great financier; Judge Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. J. Q. Adame, Miss Gertie Hyams and others, and a bevy of New Orleans ladies who are passing the summer at Pleasantville, and who could not resist the chance to go to Mr. Greeley's farm and tell the sage himself, with many hearty shakes of the id and melting glances of the eye, enough to have warmed even Wendell Phillips’ stony heart toward the erring South, how much they doted on him. These parties met at the farm, some of them strag- gling in and others coming in merry groups, and when all were gathered in made AN AGREEABLE COMPANY of probably one hundred. The met the city ‘onp at the station, and introduced Governor shley to @ number ot his country friends, Then, having gallantly disposed the ladies in CArriages, the Presidential expectant led the way with his distinguished visitors to that “peer- less spring,’ whose waters seemed to have en- dowed the philosopher with perennial youth and hever-flagging spirits. Thence he showed them, or rather those who were strangers,, over his farm, and after about a half-hour’s ramble all returned to the house in the woods, carrying CHAPPAQUA ‘CANES, cnt in the rough. In the meantime the ladies were resting themselves in the house in the woods. This cosey cottage has been refitted and furmshed hand- somely since the Philosopher gave a lunch to the HERALD representative and his friends a few weeks ago, when they ate off a pine table, sat on the floor and engineered their victuals with their fingers. It is now elegantly carpeted and upholstered, with lace curtains to the windows, with beautiful stat- uary and old pictures, and with tasteful books stowed in every corner. There isa BUST OF PROSERPINE destal in one corner, which was made for Mr. Greeley by the great sculptor, Hiram Powers, some years ago in Rome, when the Philosopher was visiting Europe. There is also a copy ofa very old pate te of Martin Luther, by Holbein, the copy itself being #0 old as to be very valuable. There are pictures, furthermore—old and valuable ones— of Christ urging Peter to “Feed my Lambs,” and of the Madonna and Child. There is every evidence in THE QUIET DECORATIONS of the room of that culture and high love of the beautiful in art which people seem to think Mr. ae! has not, and, as an evidence of his true ideas of domestic comfort, there are the broad fireplaces and iron dogs that recall images of prdrbey Felyhs fires and huge back logs in stern ecember nights. ona SAUNTERING. On waht | from the forest the pleasant com- pany saunte: and lounged about the house in the woods, Miss Ida, the heroine of the campaign, ap- pearing now and then and rendering herself agrec- able to her guests, while she aiso superintended, with the ald of her friend, Mrs. Stuart, the prepa- ration of the feast, rapidly approaching completion in the Evergreens. The bell was ruag at about one o'clock, and the hungry crowd—everybody gets hungry by one o’clock at Chappaqua—proceeded to the dinner table, where the usnal menu of high substantials and dainty delicacies, including the unusually intemperate beverage of orgeat, was served, SPEECH MAKING. After dinner Mr. Williams, of the Metropolitan Bank, called the meeting to order, and introduced ex-Governor Ashley, who, he said, would tell the pretty much all ‘y wanted to know. The Gov- ernor made a short and bb het speech, reviewin the Cincinnati Convention and its results, and stat- ing that the platform was so good that the Phila- delphia Convention could do no better than dupli- cate it. He was followed by John ©. Fergusson, a Cincinnati Convention delegate, who further re- viewed the history of that remarkable gathering, Judge Hart, Judge E. J, Porter, Dr. Woodcock and Mr, Wilson. Afterwards Mr. burnett, a@ zealous country baritone, sang a campaign song entitied “CHAPPAQUA, FAIR Coa ite 7 to the fang of, “My Maryland,” an the meeting ie railway station to await the train. The Greeley and Brown Club of Chappaqua had newly opened a club room near the depot, and as an inauguration ceremony, Governor Ashiey con- sented to deliver an address to the members. He was in the midst of it when the whistle of the approaching train interrupted him. The party embarked and were soon on the way to the city. THE CONDUCTOR'S VIEWS, Clarence Wilson, the conductor of the train, who has carried Mr. Grecley on his down trips for many years, looked unusually gratided when he saw so many adherents of his old friend on board. He likes to have it lively at Chappaqua on Saturdays, not so much for his increased fares, though that is some consideration, as for the fact that he is an advocate of the Greeley and Brown ticket, “I fant) believe the old man’ll win it,” said he to the HERALD representative yesterday. Mr. Greeley, on reaching the depot, took his way with Aivin Johnson to the latter's residence on Fifty-seventh street. GRATZ BROWN, His Movements Yesterday—Not Going Newport, but Soon to Leave for the Weat. Governor B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, the Vice Presidential candidate on the liberal republican- democratic ticket, was at No. 50 Great Jones street last night, and not on his way to a scaside watering place, a@ premised by one of the city papers, At a late hour in the evening he was in convers; tion with a representative of the Heras, and, al- though exhausted by the labors of the day, entered upon a review of the political situation in the more distant States, and shadowed briefly the course he intended to pursue in the mmediate future. The West, he sald, had been red to the reform ticket by the early and ear- eiforts in that direction of the Cincinnati peo- and the principal democratic Jeaders in the ntry, who had waited for the action of the Baltimore Convention, were now yb 3 their shoulders to the wheel, Maine, which has been for along time regarded as a republican stronghold, and of late certainly jn the interest of General Grant, is, through the influence of prominent and disaffected leaders, to be brought into the ranks of THE GREELEY CRUSADERS, Among those worthy of mention who intend in the present contest to “fight Wale ween ia Gover- nor Chamberlain. Delaware with her single vote will, in the opinion of Governor Brown, fight the issue to the end solidly for the Farmer of Chappa- qua. Khode Island has already decided in favor of the Baleimmore nominees by their action in the last election, Governor Brown intended to go to Newport before he lett for the West, but cirenmstances have caused him to change his course of action, and he will, at a very early moment, depart for Kentucky. During yesterday the Vice President, in prospec- tive, was very busy, constantly flitting about the citv and appearing at the Liberal Republican and then at the Democratte Central Committee rooms. In the early evening he rode out on the avenue with his i ‘sician, Dr. Steele, and it was nine o'clock tore he returned to the latter gentieman’s residence, Aitera lengthy conversation with the HERALD representative, of which the above embodies the points of public interest, he retired at a late hour, Yeary and worn with his exertions, but cheerfus of a _| _ S80 the Hoffiman-Greeley * | for the reagow that the candidates will have to de- EW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1872—TRIPLE SHEKY, “STATE AND CITY POLITICS. PS Sad tu hd The Politicians All Out of Town—An Avalanche of Offices To Be Filled—Caucussing in the Country—The O’Brien-Grant Combination Allianoe- - Superior Court Vacancies—The City Judgeship—The New Political Rings. In these sweltering dog days the course of poli- tics runs smoothly, if not coolly, It must, indeed, be said that there is nothing cool “under the sun” ‘at the present time. and the bare idea of discussing local politics just now with any degree of equa- nimity 13 as impossible as for one to hold “a fire im his hand by thinking on the frosty caucuses.” Caucusing, in fact, is thawed out, and good cause there is for it. The Presidential race, or the Gubernatorial in this State, or the race of the petty politicians of the Empire City is nowhere and has been nowhere in face of the late races at Jerome Park, Monmouth Park and Saratoga. There are yet some prospective races in the sporting calen- dar, ana by the time these are concluded, and no sooner, will the POOLS FOR THE POLITICAL RACK open and the contest be a thing of interest to any one, The whole subject of politics is in fact ta- booed—the local politicians have for the nonce “sank the shop” and taken to the study of horse- flesh, and bet their bottom doliars on their favor- ites of the equine course. The favorite haunts and clubs are all deserted, and the places that knew the politicians most will know them no more until the early fall, even to the time “when the swallows: homeward ” By that time action will take the place of inaction; CAUCUSING WILL BECOME THE ORDER OF THE DAY, and of the night too, and the now deserted club Tooms, the favorite barrooms and corner groceries Will resume their old-time aspect of disorder and misrule, TAMMANY HALL AND APOLLO HALL will throw wide their portals to their worshippers, and the high priests of these rival temples will pronounce benediction or anathema upon the de- serving or the undeserving, as their followers may be faithful in their allegiance, or be ready to seli their votes and consciences for a mess of pottage. THE SPIRIT OF LOCAL POLITICS IS NOT DEAD, however. It sleepeth only, and at its awaking will Start into as turbulent life as ever. All the ele- ments of strife will be at hand. Young blood will enter into the contest, and once the campaign is opened the political current will be Like to the Ponucic sea, Whose every current and compulsive conrse Ne’er knows retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontus and the Hel mt. The chiefs, such as they are, and the men in the punch box, hid from sight, who contro! THE PUPPETS ON THE STAG are caucussing quietly among themselves on the margins of lonely lakes — | Calm as Lehman's lake, When not a breath its silvery sheen doth break, or on the shores of the sounding sea at Long Branch, Newport or Cape May. he plan of the | campaign will be thus laid down by them, but it is | very questionable whether they will be as prescient and as successful in their plans as the great Napo- leon, who mapped out his Austerlitz campaign a year before he entered upon it. In this case the politicians may “propose,” but the people will ; “dispose,” and it is to be hoped that the latter next November will be in a healthy and right dix- posing frame of mind, The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang ai ley. And this truism, no doubt, will he to many an as- pirant to oMce to-day the consolatory, though sad refrain, that will conclude the story of their dig- comfiture at the polls when the ballots speak the People’s will at our next election, ‘This is in fact a PERFECT AVALANCHE OF OFFICES rolling onward, and accumulating as it rolls, There are other contests coming off and to be decided at Saratoga besides the Longfellow-Bassett equine controversy of a few days ago, and which excited such widespread interest and on which so much money was lost and won. A different degree of merit is to be weighed in the balance, and to be tried before a tribunal of far different calibre, and on the result of which something far higher than mee is staked—the fair fame ofa member of the dudiciary of the State of New York. Since the question of the Judiciary was raised two vacancies on the bench resulted, and the pe ra of this city will in consequence be called upon to el.ct successors to those, who, though elected by themselves, were by judicial proceedings found recreant to their trust. Another high official is at the Present moment on trial before a court of impeach- ment at Saratoga es charges similar to those preferred against his late associates in the Courts, and, should the result send him into private life there will be two vacancies on the Supreme Court Bench falling into the gift of the people, and one in the Superior Court. his state of things was en- tirely unexpected a year ago; at least speculation on them could not have entered into the plans and schemes of the politicians, But that is not so now. | THE OLD TAMMANY RING is, Of course, dead, so people say, but there are other rings a8 execrable, if not a little more so, than it was, and by far less respectable. Tammany was an honored name and a creed to the democ- racy. The ple believed in it and foliowed its be og os jut there will ever be a politician’s ring. bat’s in @ nate, t ?—*A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But BEGENERATED TAMMANY HALL. with such names as Augustus Schell, Charles O’Conor, Samuel J. Tilden, John Kelly, Oswaid Ottendorfer, August Belmont and others of a simi- lar stamp, substituted for the Tweeds and Con- | nollys aud Garvins of the old régime, going for Greeley, ig altogether a different thing from the | defeuted Ring, Nevertheless, the people will look ‘with suspicion on ANY NEW RINGS that may be formed by individual aspirants, In- deed, the strength of Apollo Hall, under its vigorous young reform leaier, is a safe- ea ainst any dangerous combination, fhe people rightly and properly overthrew the Tammany Ring, and they ought not now to allow themselves to be ré-enslaved, to be again | bultered, saddied, bridled and ridden by the politi- cal cliques who will endeavor to barter away their suffrages, who will nominate this man and another man for the vacancies on the Bench of the Supreme Court and in the other Courts, to Congress or the State Legisiature, or to offices in the municipal government, so that they may secure their own election to the offices they seek for themselves. This is just what is quietly going on at this moment. Pipe laying is the order of the day. In the generals’ tents brains are busy at work, while thé éamp still in deep repose, enjoying 4 noonday siesta, The great struggle in this city, so far as local in- fluence will be brought into play, will be over the MAYORALTY, One of the prinet i candidates—he that hails from Apollo Hall- may forecasting the political horoscope and surely calculates that the bright articular star—the Mayor A Paste there for him on the ides of next November, But there are many Richmonds in the field contesting this prize, and many strong names are meniioned in connec- tion with the office, one of the strongest being that of Dock Commissioner John G. Kane, who, besides being a man of wealth, is an active, liberal, ener- getic champion of all those schemes of improve- ment that benefit the poor even more than the | rich, Colonel Stibbens, too, and Charley Loew are | abroad studying French and German (which latter, | it is sald, Charley has almost forgotten in his deep attention to American politics); and there are oth- ers, too, who are equally diligent in penne for the race at home. Comptroller Greén would like to | carry 8! ag ation And do-nothingness into the Mi oralty if he could, bat the people probably think he is too valuable as Comptrotier to be spared from | that office, even if they could do without him in the dual ofice, the Park Commissionership, which he also holds, Of course, as said before, the Presidential election | will materially affect the result of the election in this city. So will also the Gubernatorial election, and here comes in the difficulty of predicating any very likely or certain result. atever combina- | tion or alliance may be effectually carried out be- tween the administration republicans and the | Apolio Hall democrata will, it is thought, be more than nentralized by the fusion of the Tammany | democrats with the anti-adwinistration Greeiey repoblicans. For the vacancies in the BUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS there will be a@ host of candidates vo pick and | choose from. The chief political manipulators are casting around for the men that are able to bring | most strength to the ticket on which their own names will figure. It ts @ dificuit problem for them to solve, for the days of a mere nomination and then walk over the course are gone, and the people will think and act for themselves. There never was an election held in this city at which so much SCRATCHING OF TICKETS ever took piace as will be seen in November next, and some of those who reckon on ae in on | the successful ticket will find themselves ly dis- appointed on learning the true state of the case from the returns. THE CITY JUDGESHIP is sure to attract a sha yk md hee M ida Judy 4 may be 0} d by the ndge. jut alone would | pecure ab laterest in the fight aud the pity is that it will not be left to these two champions alone, John H. Anthon will enter the lists, and ex-Recorder Smith is again anxious to #lt on the Bench of Gen- eral Sessions. The little Judge, however, is on the Inside track and ahead, and Ir he cap only keep the pace up he will be sure to win. ‘The ight <un RiSrestoT S| WASH et be known, of what leaders have entered tuto. The inner workings of these . untried and untested rings will be carefully watched and duiy noted in the HERALD, 0 that the electors may be ln a position to enable Ine Easy vote MI ly om the day of AT THE GREELEY HEADQUARTERS. In our muntcipai political wire-pullings, before an election, Saturday brings the heaviest business of the week. Whether Tammany pumps champagne from the fountains, at the corners of every block, down the throats of the ever-thirsty unterrified, or | anti-Tammany, in the fine frenzy of unsatisfying rhetoric, parches the wide and expectant mouths of uncompromising reformers with vague promises, we are sure of some kind of excitement. Buton the Saturdays preceding a Presidential election, except on the eve of it, the town is quiet, if not lethargic. It was so yesterday. Almost every politician of consequence engaged in the work of villifying Greeley in the canse of Grant, or bespattering Grant to please the liberals, flew from the city to enjoy in the cool, indistracting shades of the sub urbs, the PEACE AND QUIET they could never know here, even ona summer Sab- bath, Horace the Blest was out of town, aud the small boys of his party hastened to get level with him in a Saturday romp over pastoral fields and still waters, The exception was Gratz Brown, the heir (liberally considered) presumptive to the throne of the Presidency of the Senate, and his private par- ticular friends—the others not daring to brave the solar streams of heat—while their compatriots rushed away. Their names were Charles Francis Adams, who went East in the evening; ex-Governor Metcalf, of Georgia, winging his way from the shades of the St. Nicholas; Mr. Scovel, of Camden, N. J.; ex- Governor Magotiin, of Kentucky, on, pleasure bent in spite of the political hubbub. e particular friends of Mr. Horace Greeley’s peculiar Gratz were Colonel Anderson, of Missouri, who has ae re- turned trom Tarrytown, where he delivered a rous- ing speech for the liberal candidates; Ethan Allen, th airman of the Liberal National Committee; varts, of Montana; Judge Johnson, of Oregon, the Secretary of the committee, and Mr. W. K. Staples, the courteous and obliging clerk of Judge Johnson, What movement there was observable was at the nham Hotel, the headquarters of the liberals. out half-past twelve o'clock Dr. Steele, itz Brown's physician, called upon Judge Jasper W. Johnson, and said that Governor Brown desired | to see him, Judge Johnson called, and there was a consultation for half an hour, Atter that the Gov- ernor, accompanied by Dr. steele and Judge John- son, al the request of the latter, rode down town | to Brady's, where the portrait of Governor Brown was taken in different styles, Afterwards the dis- tinguished party went to Bogardus’s, where the head of the expectant Vice President of the United States was “taken off” artistically, Governor Brown and party made a brief visit to the Glenham in the evening. Colonel Johnson and Judge Johnson pledge their several States for can perpetuate his power, and look confidently, though anxiously, to North Carolina. | AT THE GRANT HEADQUARTERS, Great preparations ure being made at the Grant headquarters, now established at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in an elegant suite of rooms, for the coming campaign. The headquarters are in rooms Nos. 1, 2und 3 on the first floor, the entrance to which Is through the reading room and the entrance on Twenty-third street. The rooms have large tables, elegant sofas and handsomely covered chairs, Colonel E. L, Dudley, (he Seeretary of the Repub- lican National Committee, will be in attendance every day, and an etficlent shorthand reporter ts engaged to take notes of all matters relating to the she of the great soldier who now occupies the Presidential chair in the next election, Among those who called yesterday were Jnbilee took a look around the headquarters and then left. The most cheering accounts have been received from North Carolina, and many letters were re- ceived stating that the smallest majority claimed ee republicans would be 5,000 in the “Old North State.” The intelligence from Alabama and Texas is of the most cheering kind, and Colonel Dudley is confident that both States will be swept by a thun- dering majority for the Hero of the Appomattox OS ge tree. Mr. W. E. Chandler, the Secretary of the ae ee National Committee, is at present in Washington. The Republican State Con- vention will be held at Syracuse on August 12, and it is said the attendance will be the largest ever known at a State Convention in New York. » Major General Oglesby is actively engaged in Ili- nojs, which itis calculated will give Grant 70,000 majority. General Edward 8, McCook, Governor of Colorado, is working like a beaver for Grant, and the reports from Governor Hawley state that he is quite confident of the “Little Nutineg State.’ Gov- ernor McCook says he will send a c of soldiers to the great National Convention of Veterans, which will be held at Pittsburg, Pa., September 17. The eloquent Banks will stump Massachusetts and some of the Western and Southern States. Colonel Dudley says that Senators Har'an, of Towa, and Cragin, of New Hampshire, were both in the city and promised well for both of their States, ‘The rallant cavalry officer, General Averill, has taken pot and saddle again and is now preparing for a new campaign under bis old and tried leader, Grant. The republican headquarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel will remain open Sunday from nine A. M, until nine P. M., and all genuine republicans are invited to call and hear the news or, tell what they know tuemselves. FLASHES OF THE CAMPAIGN. At the Greeley ratification meeting at Ithaca on with about fifty old republicans and democrats as vice presidents, among whom were T. J. Mcklhenny, ex-republican County Clerk; Culver, H. D. Donnelly, H. Brewer, George W. Mel- lotte, J. T. Morrison an ing the two parties. Speeches were made by Milo | Goodrich, Mheral republican member of Congress from the Twenty-seventh distric of Governor Hoffman's staff. The meeting was large and enthusiastic. Tompkins county promises to be the banner county of the State for Gree! The Philadelphia Star publishes the following let- ter, never before in print, which will explain iuself:— and E. K, Apgar, . LD, UL, Nov. 19, 1860, J. W. Forney, FE MY Dea Re rs of the 12th is received, and for which please a Ve thanks. You can scarcely place a higher estimate on Mr. Greeley than Ido, And yet it will be a matter of reat diMculty to dea) satisfactorily with all our ‘iends in New York. Keeping the public interest in view, Ishall do my utmos® to deat justly by them all, Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN, A State Temperance Reform Convention will be held at Saratoga Springs July A new and handsome daily paper has just been started in St. Louis, called the Globe. It has hoisted the Grant fag, and is battling in earnest for the re-election of the present incumbent of the Presidential chair. THE CAROLINA GREELEY MARTYRS. RaLuion, N. C., July 20, 1 The United States Comunissioner to-day rem eal his decision in the cuse of the United States against ley republican, ‘The defendant was found guilty of interfering with the complainant i the exercise of his political franchise, and bound over to appear for trial before the United States Circuit Court, Mark Jones, one of the band of colored conspira. tors Who assaulted Sam Gross, colored, who acted asamarshal on the occasion of the Greeley and Brown ratification, was examined before United States Commissioner Best to-day and bound over in $1,000 for trial, The Cominissioner gave a lengthy opinion of the case. In the cases of the other conspirators, who will be examined on Mon- day, the evidence is said to be stronger than in the case of Mark Jones. GRANT AND ELECTION BETS, MILWAUKEE, July 20, 1872. A report having been circulated that General Grant had authorized a bet on his own election the editor of the Daily Wisconsin addressed a note to Long Branch, and received the following reply from General Porter, the President's private secre- tary — PORTER RISES TO EXPLAIN. The President directs me to say, in regard to that charge, that he never in his life made a bet upon the result of an election; nor has ne author. ized or advised any one to do so, He bad no kno ledge that any one had made a bet with Mr. Wilkes antl he read the announcement ip the newspa- pers. ‘f MISSOURI DEMOORATIO CONVENTION. Sr. Lovrs, Mo., July 20, 1872, ‘The Democratic State Central Committee met GRRSS AND THE ASSEMBLY ‘afl _ have more than usual interest for the citizens, last night and decided to call a State Convention, | to meet at Jefferson City on Wednesday, August , to nominate & State ticker, Mr. | Greeley and Brown, see no way by which Grant | Frank E. Howe and Statistical Bureau Delmar, who | Monday evening last George W. Schuyler presided, | B. G. Ferris, L. H. | others, equally represent. | $a INGTON. The Case of the Pioneer—Captain . Norton’s Statement. Boutwell on the North Carolina Prospects. — Treasury Balances---Currency State- ment---Imports. : WASHINGTON, July 20, L872, The Caban Privateer Pioneer—Interview of Captain Norton with Secretary Pish— The Arguments for Her Discharge. Captain Francis L. Norton, of the Cuban privateer Pioneer, which now lies at Newport, R. L, im the custody of the United States authorities, arrived here this morning, and had an interview with Bec- retary Fish to-day. Captain Norton went to the dtate Department dressed in the naval uniform of the Ouban republic, whereupon Mr. Fish informed him he vould talx to him only a8 a gentleman. This being acceded to, the whole case was discussed, the Secretary in the beginning of the conversation in- forming Captain Norton that the Pioneer mast sub- mit to the judgment of the Courta, Captain Norton sald in reply that thia was ex- actly what he desired, as the rights of the Cuban republic as a belligerent would be thereby estah- lished. He contended that the Cubana had rights which the United States were bound to respect, even if they failed to recognize the republic as a belligerent power, and he reminded the Secretary that free Cuba was already recognized by Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Granada and Peru, the iaat named goine so far as to recognize the indepen- dence of the rad. Mr. Fish talked of the Cuban republic a8 a power of which he had no knowledge, and gave Captain Norton no clear understanding as to the course of the departunent further than that when the investi- gation which is now going on is complete, and the evidence all before him, he can best determine what disposition to make of the case, In regard to the alleged violation of the neutrality laws by the owners of the Resolute, for which offence the vessel is held, Captain Norton makes out what looks like a very clear case in his favor. He says that on the 30th of March last the schooner took out # register at New York as the Resolute, and sailed with a legitimate cargo for St, Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, about the 22d of April. After dis- charging her cargo she sailed in ballast to Port au Prince and subsequently to St. Marc, Hayti, where she was duly sold and transferred to the republic of Cuba for $100,000 in Cuban bonds. Her register as the Resolute, there being no Consul of the United States at St. Mare at the time, was divided accord- ing to law, one-half being sent to Minister Bassett. and the other half retained by Captain Norton, and | by him delivered to the customs officials at New York, together with the shipping articles, on Thursday last. The vessel left St. Mare without clearing, and Captain Norton declares that since her sale at that port she has never raised the American flag or claimed to be an American vessel, The transac- tion was regularly entered in the logbook, and the crew were informed of the transfer of the vessel, after which the majority took service under the Cuban flag as warrant officers in the Cuban navy. Captain Norton believes every point of interna- tional law is in his favor, and says the schooner was four miles from land when overhauled by the Moccasin. Being in neutral waters, ne contends that the revenue steamer bad no right to Interfere With his vessel. At the interview with Secretary Fish to-day mention was made of the fact that the Cuban flag is still flying at the masthead of the Pioneer, and the Secretary asked the Captain if he would haul it down. The Captain answered that he would not, but should jenve that task to an armed force of the United States. He further said to the Secretary that he did not think the United States govern- ment was prepared to commit such @ breach of in- ternationa! law. Captain Norton 1s confident that the Pioneer will be released in a few days, Boutwell on the Carolina Klection. Secretary Boutwell, who returned from North Carolina last night, says that he 1s confident the republican ticket will be elected by a majority of between six and eight thousand. Dodging Sambo Round a Rum Bottle. The law of the District Legislature relative to civil rights in barber shops, hotels, eating houses, confectioneries, &c., went into effect to-day, It im- poses penalties and forfeiture of license for making any distinction in serving public guests on account of color, and requires the conspicuous display of lists of prices, Some of the restaurant keepers, in order to avoid selllug drinks to colored men, post. their prices at very high figures, some of them rating whiskey at $2 drink, brandy and mixed drinks $5, ham and eggs $3, and other supplies ac- cordingly. “A liberal reduction made to regular customers,” meaning white men. The Jug for the Ku Klux. Attorney General Williams has addressed a let- ter to Judge Bryan, at Charleston, saying:—Pur. suant to the provisions of the acta of Congress, approved May 12, 1464, and March 5, 187% the Albany Penitentiary, at Albany, N. Y., has beew designated by this Department as the place for the imprisonment, subsistence and proper employ- ment during the term of their sentences of all per- sons who have been or may hereafter be convicted by the Courts of the United States for the District of South Carolina of crime against tl United States and sentenced by said Courts to impriaon- ment at hard labor, Treasury Balanees. ‘The balances in the Treasury of the United States to-day at the close of business were as follows :— Coin, $71.994,841, including $32,270,300 in coin cer- tificates; currency, $9,764,610. Imports for the Past Fortnight. ‘The following are the imports for the week end. ing July 13, 1872:— New York + $1,300,697 Boston . 902,612 Baltimore. M3, 000 Philadelphia ... 104,800 New Orleans 78,618 Total.....++ $1,999,008 ‘The following ing July 20, 1872 ¢ the unports for the week end | New York... +++ $1,680,766 Philadelphia... 108,031 Baltimore... 163,25 Shaderick Jones, a colored man, for attempting to | intimidate Simon Craven, also colored, and a Gree- | National bank circula New Orleans 14,666 Total... vieds heecabreavbartias $1,876,508 Currency aud Internal Revenue State- ments. : Fractional currency ived from the Printing Division to-day. for the week enctin; Shipments vai ; Shipments of notes........ $ ‘The Treasurer holds as secarity for na- mation... ..++ of public moneys ue receipts to-da) r, to dat . tronal bank And for deposit Internal reve For the fecal ye this date... National gold Life-Saving Apparat ‘The board appointed to examine and report upon | life-saving apparatus at Seavright has completed its report and will present it to Secretary Routwell on Taesday. Personal. issioner Douglas leaves on Thursday next White Mountains, Whiskey Stamps. The new whiskey stamps will be ready for issue on Tuesday next. MIDDLESEX RAILROAD DIRECTORS. Boston, July 20, 187. ‘The stockholders of the Middlesex Centra! Kail road, at a meeting to-day, elected the following Board of Directors :--C. W. Bellows, of Pepperell; Andrew Roberts, of Groton; @ardner Prouty, of Littleton; George og of Concord; 7aeee Stiles and Henry Wood, of Bedford. The Board elected ©. W. Bellows President and George “eyes Treasurer.