The New York Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1872, Page 8

tie ‘Willing a highs of the aétropolis. tLIGUES, CANDIDATES AND COMBINATIONS, Hundreds Ready to Immelate Themselves for the Public Weal. Complications in the Various Districts. Probable Complexion of the Slate for May- oralty and Assembly, ‘THE SQUABBLE FOR LOCAL OFFICES. Tweed’s Followers Grantites. While the entire nation is in the throes of the Presidential campaign it is not to be expected that ‘the hundreds of “statesmen’’ residing in this city ould be at rest or awaiting only the result of the great national contest. The active spirits in local matters are already bestirring themselves, and it ts safe to assert the political microcosm in the me- ‘tropolis is at present ina semi chaotic condition. ‘Where are already more cliques and factions in ex- Astence than ever was known of heretofore, and, of course, the leaders of each of these Pittle “gangs” believe, or pretend to believe, Shat their particular following is the strongest ‘ever known. It would be amusing were it not painful to sensitive and intelligent minds to wit- mess the squabbles already begun for power and patronage among the seedy and greedy politicians, ‘who talk and act as if the public offices were picces ‘®f property which could be handled and disposed of -ae'best suits their convenience. ‘When, in November last, the mighty voice of the le was given as it had not been given in many the politicians then in power were thunder- ptruck; all their calculations were falsi- Med, their expectations unfulfilled and their hopes shattered. The wave of reform which Bwept over the city and the State, while it carried away many bad and truckling office-holders and ofice-seekers, threw to the sur- face some good men who had been kept under by the then existing régime, and also a horde of hungry ex-ofice-holders, who had joined in the cry efreform for the sole purpose of getting another hance at the loaves and fishes in the public offices, Tne facts connected with the discomfiture of the old Tammany Ring, the trials begun against the Ring-masters, and the cleansing of the judicial ermine are now matters of history. They have, seemingly, however, lost their interest, and are, toa certain extent, regarded as nine days’ wonders by the public at large. Among those personally inter- ested in the aforesald trials, however, the matter ‘has not been allowed to sleep. During the entire ear they have been planning and plotting to se- eure themselves from the punishment which should Feault froma full trial of their cases, and it is not to be expected that men so bold and unscrupulous ‘as they have been would stop at anything in the ‘way of a bargain to save themselves. The fact that they have a large following cannot be denied, as he parasites who feed on the pablic under the sn- perintendence of Tweed & Oo. are bound to them ey the “cohesive power of public plunder.”” THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST 4n this city and the contests for the State, city and county offices to be waged in the coming Fall offer Most elegant opportunities for bargains, and it is Dut natural to expect that the trading polititians fhave not been slow to take advantage of those op- portunities. Although the Presidential contest #hould be first in importance, it is really regarded Re secondary to the contest for the Mayoralty, and combinations are being made by aspirants for office @stensibly for strengthening the Presidential $ickets, but really for local success alone. Whe republicans inthe city are to a great extent disturbed by the local squabbling, as the Gree= ites will simply endorse the nominees of Tam- any and the Grantites will elther stand boldly by jhemselves or make no nominations of their own 4 endorse the Apollo Hall candidates. It will be therefore, that the quarrelling and quibbling entirely inside the democratic ranks and the Gemocracy of the city are ‘‘all at sea” as to what hey shall do in order to secure supremacy in No- ‘ember. THE APOLLO HALL DEMOCRACY ts divided in sentiment, One portion of it is ran by @’Brien.and in favor of the Louisville nominee, which really means Grant's re-election, and the re- maining portion in favor of Greeley, but unwilling %o become an open ally of Tammany Hall, and, fherefore, undecided. O'Brien, in favor of the Louisville movement, is likely to receive in return fhe radical endorsement for the Mayoralty. Tweed ‘and his compatriots are in favor of Grant, because— as has been most emphatically asserted—they Bave bargained for a discontinuance of the prose- gutions against them. It is true, indeed, that Tweed has not openly declared in favor of Grant, but his immediate followers and past friends, whose assertions and opinions are but the reflex of those of the late mighty chieftain, are loud in their dec- taration for Grant, Dix and O'Brien. When Coroncr Pat Keenan, Judge Dowling, Tom Coman and John Stacom, and a few others of that ilk, talk up Grant, {t is safe to assert that Tweed does likewise; and as those gentlemen aro all now members of the O’Brien ‘wing o! Apollo, they will certainly oppose the can- A@idates endorsed by REORGANIZED TAMMANY. Altnough, as far as Tammany is concerned, the reorganization under able and honest leaders is most thorough, it is still demoralized im various Jocalities, By having beem admitted to the State onvention Tammany is regarded as the true rep- resentative of the democracy of the metropolis, and were it not for the complications arising from the Presidential and Gubernatorial contests could be signally triumphant throughout the entire county. Ofcourse the liberal republicans will endorse he Tammany nominee for the Mayoralty, as well as the democratic candidate for Governor, whoever they may be, and this itself is enough to make the Tammany leaders anxious, as they well know that wniese they plece a good man in nomination the rank and file of the Greeley republicans will not vote forbim, and that they will certainly be de- feated. ‘UIE MAYORALTY, as was gald above, ts really the bone of contention 4m the city, and the contest now going on assumes ‘a different aspect almost daily. O'Brien, of course, expects to be @ candidate under any circum. ‘stances, He is alreadyia the field and confident of his election, The Tammany people are as yet tadecided, and aithougi ttle ripple has been made for the present pepular\ County Clerk, Loew, it i regarded as entirely fo premature. The members of the Councii of Politét.al Reform say they Go not favor O'Brien as a caudidahe for Mayor, and ‘will place in nomination either Walliam F. Have- meyer, Oswald Ottendorfer, John Wyieeler or Jack- gon 8, Schultz, The last mentioned\is the favor- ite candidate among some repuijlicans and business men. Ottendorfer would be t:ominated with the hope of securing the German\ vote for General Dix, as the Mayor will be voted for wn the same ticket with the State officers. Should the Council of Reform or the Committee of Seventy in- sist on the nomination of either Whecler or Have- meyer the republicans might endorse him, and thus Jeave the aspiring young Senator to fight @ tri angular battle. The existing election laws, both national and Stave, are morg extensiyp and complicajgd than any previous laws in this vicinity, and the oMice- seekers themselves, with but few exceptions, tre entirely ignorant of the complex character of the machinery, and have as yet failed to have the Public enlightened on the subject. Few indeed of the naturalized citizens are aware that many of THE OLDEST VOTERS WILL BB DISFRANCHISED should they, having been naturalized, forget the Bame of the court und Judge in which and by whom they were naturalized. Such, howover, i# the fact; and the only persons thus far instructed are those who are to act as United States supervisors of elec- tion, who will only act up to instructions to puzzle the voters under the cloak of protecting the ballot box. The most amusing parts of the coming contest will, of course, be in the scramble for minor and local oMces, In the FIRST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT the contest will be peculiarly sharp and will par- take more of a personal than a political aspect. ‘When the first fight was made against the old Tam- many Ring in 1870 John Fox, of the First ward, at that time representative in Congress, was among the leaders of the young democracy and the most persistent opponent of Tweed & Oo, When the yeung democracy charter was killed in the Legisla- ture it will be remembered that Fox insisted on the removal of Tweed from the office of Deputy Street Commissioner; coming from Al- bany to this city with Street Commissioner McLean, and almost forcing the Commissioner to dismiss bis deputy—‘‘the Boss,” Since that time Fox has been tabooed, and has been obliged to fight hard in the district which was managed by Hank Smitn and Tweed through their immediate followers, Jim Lee and Nick Muller. In the reorganization of Tam- many Hall, it will be remembered, Fox took a prominent part, in company with John Kelly, J. Winthrop Chandler and the others, and came again to the front in the delegation from this city to the last State Convention, and also in the State delega- tion to Baltimore, His persistent OPPOSITION TO THE OLD TAMMANY RING, and Tweed especially, could not be egies thatthe Tammany candidates in the ict ‘will find a fle opposition, and ex-Ooroner Flynn, tagerald, ex Alderman John Moore, Nicholas Muller and a few others are sodensoung to effect a combination for that purpose. TI! are, of course, scores of candidates for all oftces. Niger wants aa be re-elected as Alder- besides him there re several iitng pe peeta but none bg have lec! hhemselyes opel the yeaa Domination it is stated pe that Nok Nick “Muller will be pressed by the Tweed influence, although he ‘was Dias Cameos, ees the when, as the f am Many candidate, he @ machinery o! election & regan 7 LOT STUFFING AND COUNTING that contd: Dossibly be brought to bear in his favor, It seems at present as if Michuel J. Kelly, who 1a well known in the district and throughoa' ‘the yr would get the Apollo Hall nomination Et Des sibly be dorsed by Tammai althou the latte! IX, eee man stoned ph and John Ber ol th ward, are rominent candi dates, ‘eeity 4 if Strong with he old residents Cad of (Md liticians and is favorably regarded by all. The Tict is one peculiarly afiicted with Ieeal Haig ed and, de- Bolte the fact that by the new election law the old ward boundaries are wiped out, the Fifth ward people are jealous of the First warders and versa, both pares ignoring the Second and Thir Mind Bhat) re shudwiched in between them, but in which the voting population is not ver; large. Tho district 1s rei ay &n important one, ani has had the misfortune of having been badly repre- sented during the past few as the old not want Body office here or at Albany who could or would do more than blindly follow their lead or obey their orders. In order to conciliate all sections, it will, no doubt, be neces- sary to distribute the sare of offices which may be allotted to the ane that the First ward at shall have one office, the ward one, and the Second and Third wards together haye another. With this in view, there are numbers of EMBRYO STATESMEN in all quarters ready to suffer for the cause. In the First ward the present Assistant Alderman, Foley, is on the anxious seat, expecting renomina- tion and re-election. Besides him tnere is Jere- mish Kennefick, whose friends are ury for A ee onors. Ex-Assemblyman Madigan it ts sate open. far for engagements, while ex-As- “a ‘yma J Healey, who was elected last the reformers, is said to be content to lend are hand in the comi: campaign, without sak any office in return. Alderman Fitzgerald is to allow his friends to “return” him again to office; rand gabe alvesdy in Kd field he aa Lah pert 9 portunity to test his to it “tl are not as hey wor.” W. H. cre P proaident the Brennan Ventral Associa- “tlon, will, of course, be subject to Brennan's direc- ta tho Fifth Wa tions in ward, and James Has- son, ane F deputy sheriff from the First ward, will find in @ pecullar position hold! oe a made Brennan, and therefore at the will o! Hall, while articular, private friend, TNice™ luller, is sald to have * red himself i favor of O'Brien for Mayor.”’ Muller and a few o! his ‘ticular friends have joined o Ben Wood's “national democracy," which has declared tor Greeley and Brown, ahd must be gees therefore to any combination which ts to Brien, since the latter is to fain strength for rant.” Other complications exist in the district which will re- qu clear and freee management to atraignten re Novembe: ome SECOND DISTRICT. The fierce contest which has been going on between the Brepnanite and Dowlingite factions has settled down, but will se much disturbed about election time, e Brennanites, in their combina- tion with ex-Alderman Walsh, as is ae known, gained & most substantial victory. good, old residents were with them, while “nel ‘ol ponents were controlled too much by the decent “b’hoy” element and sinecurists. All the one being now Gaeeonen, sor ae Dix and O’Brien, L! will, undoubtedly, be renewed, es peciatly as Denis Burns, te ‘member for Sligo,” will be again the field for the Assembly, jupe! iting combination in that honorable body. Mr. ‘Dunphy made a record in the Le; ture as having done not! it the reform charter, He mad hat mistake. John Stacom, late warden at the Tombs Rermany wants tobe renominated for Assistant Al- and, of course, Tom Coman wants the op- rently of Feelecting himself as Alderman, and ready and willing t to sacrifice any princi- make any bargain, in their ends, have declare ngatnst reeley and in favor. of O’Brien, but will certainly fail as at the meeting held near the Tombs a few weeks since the expression peed fay in that locality was very de- cided. Jones, also of the Sixth ward, has announced limselt a candidate for Congress fn the Fifth Congressional district, and this will aid in making the canvass lively and severe. Jones, Roberts, McMahon and O'Donovan will have a to Was! mn from the aro scrub race for a tri istrict, and will give additional impetus to the contests also in the First Assembly district, Ex-Alderman Walsh may gp eS ane An lists for Alderman 80 as to tesi inst Coman, 4 as the latter is run by Tweed and has in his ee amount of eesaage thro iJ ~ new in the Boards of Aldermen and visors, the contest in the Second district be “hot! indeed, DisrRicr is be madly aiviaea 4 Tels 1s represente: ft prdgent in Board of Assistant tldermen ai oraren, familtar!; va, known as “Dutchy” ag the of the old po! Ex-Supervisor James Hayes hting for control of the district (which com- yrises the Fourtcenth ward and a portion of the rin an and oro to him in Tammany a ar ge umber of the residents son iy, eet in yw Sancti john Kel r. en un again for the ‘thee he now holds, but he may be crowded out to make room for either James A. Monaghan, ex-President of the Board, ex-Assemblyman Owen Cavanagh, or Tom Mulligan, a liberal republican, and one of the most popular young men in the dis- trict. Hayes Is anxtous to go back to the Assembly, although he may be induced to retire ju favor of é young, active and fy ee man in the Yt Rf Onaries M. Clancy. ie latter would make a good run In the district; and as Hayes has money be and has had honor enough, a8 far as holding o! he should give the young men a chance. ‘Opposed to elther Hayes or Olancy, as the case may be, Will be a brusque young lawyer named William H. Rooney. He was defeated once before by the Tam- Many candidate, but showed “some considerable" strength. Hayes may possibly go on the Alder- manic ticket, and thus leave the field clear for prams f° hurl their Javeling in the aight for the TOT, iB FOURTH the | Seventh Twesu'a.e \dhood—ts x Ee J of all degrees, “Fo iernen Taran 0. Laren (present umbent) Bi - tll phe od (isan ryan Reilly (ex-Al- otters, "Fo For cena dermen_Thomas hiels, the best natur ad: popular im ae Kk, eae known; William Moe! ford and numberiess others. For - oe John Galvin, John J, Blair, Captain W. gud others almost aa tiouume The tant neve Will be sharp, of course, as many want to endorse iret and Brown, while Coroner Keenan and tl ectly controlled by Tweed are out for Grant. THE FIFTH DISTRICT, comprising the Eighth a ay parts of the Ninth and Paixteenth Wi be a hotly con- tested field, Ex-Sena' or ‘Norton will be on the list as candidate for Assembly, and will be Moa by bai Peter Mitchell as the candidete of Apolio The latter will be sustained by the amiable erudite ‘Judge’ Vox, who has “buried the haves” With Reser, and has turned on his old friend Wem Mike Norton. & yore obtainin, if to be & mos: iin} iat position showed himse! ea worker with cards and checks, and now that he has entered into partnership with Peter MitonelL a Theodore in foharming the checks” so a8 se ean verse tay 3, Lf} Pine ® sree may run as republican can‘ mar a ‘Ald separ beh eo tie Bere gene: he Will exercise his guard in Vipaity of the ballot-box.' is regarded as belo! Tee aiimple to pam but even he wi reek it no easy ede to coral Nara ciie cas evar wt ea ua no ate at Is spate latte ada sana opi Healey will, course, want to re- Saas! pF soe pouaation | will Pe aries er, poast others inthe ward. By the new Con; enter a Pn yd this alatrice become: sional wach e3 Fortiots s east, The that wilt ‘be made on the Con- freanional nominations may have some in. uence on the dinpoation 9 ct -—" minor offices, but it fs almost safe to pred tt Campbell and “Longfellow” Healey will oe re-elected to the oMces which they now hol SEVENTH DISTRICT, Bee the Fourth, is is fall to Cig td of candidates for legislative responsibilities. John Tully, Frank sue John Hansom, James W. Collier, James ¥, George W. Blunt and Horatio N. rombly anxious to be sacrificed. It is more than, proba however, that Twombley will be the candidate and be, of fe tian elected. For Assistant Alde ex-Assel mba John Carey, John Hansom, Patrick Reid, J. rene George wed ‘and scores of others are cante: aroun THE RIGHTH DISTRICT. Assistant Alderman Krauss 18 the notalest can- Gidate thus far for Albany. Brinkman, who 44 Krauss in nomination last year, not imagining moment that he would electe threate to “club himself” ever since; Pout now he sees a chance to get in for the ‘Assistant Alder- manship by shoving George out as candidate for Assembly. The etter is backed—to @ cel ex- tent—b: fhe nial jailor, John M. Tracey, and, he belleve: liam ©. Gover. As the latter, how- ever, in! Ay to run for Coroner, with the Brennan bap hs Ae ei him, he hel 4! fs bape presnan Tequests, and may poss! o a 2 Al ermal Welch is said C4 be looking wistfully toward Albany, and also Judge John Scott, formerly Teal estate middieman for eed, and, by profes- sion, butcher extraordinary, THE NINTH DISTRI prising parts of the Ninth and i Sixteenth wards, be represented in the next Legislature by either mares at Bots Ignatius Flynn, ex-Judge Dodge, or the present member, ‘Sectarlan-A) pr. priation pane ” The district is. largely republican, and if the election day be observed as a holiday actually as well as legally, there will be few carts or trucks down town, while Bedford, Jane, Bethune, and all the Poke near Fe ali Gone will bé lined as on St ) With idle drays, pants and deseep and rem- data of Bull Poolsts ola fie will be at work in fa ington for stant Hae aD pied ell ‘or the Assembly. Ex-, Bx Aas rae nn Is & gi ood, active | iticlan, ihe Je fi ‘the class which was Pell’s utter a hides may find the ght to.be with douple-edged fe {s as much unsettled as f the others. Itis a German stronghold and will, of course, be carried by the Germans. Conrad Geib, who is the present Assemblyman, 18 said tobe a candidate for Con- USbgret and should not some combination be formed ior that nomination he will probably be returned to the Assembly, Nothing of any definite shape can be seon here as yet, although Sylvester Nolan is working quietly to retrieve, if possible, his bad for- tune of last fal THE ELEVENTH DISTRI which the celebrated “Rush” (©. idwkins repre- sented fora time last year at Albany, seems to be Ceyer es as generally sure for the republicans. in the apportionment of Assembly districts this district was arranged especially to sult an accom- modating republican—Mr. John V. Gridley. He did not exactly suit the people of ore: soclaoweeh a after repeated ey, was poy opr fib As he is now wor' dng the actment of Public Woerkt under Van Nort ay be @ Grantite, he not askior any- hing more of the ‘ustricte John Morrissey is ihe only candidate mentioned by the democrats for Assembly from the district, and it is - potind that Assistant Alderman Pinckney will be t! cal nominee 1n opposition to the teasy hitter, THE TWRLFTH DISTRI Com esaaer the major part of.the Eleventh ward, is pretty well organized, although not over elegantly Tepresented in the local ee ane Rae whose eyesight is rap! evens and who has the misfortune to lose his lapoos! very fre- qoeety, is at present the representative in the f Assistant wet but he will give way to his clerk, Mr. William Donnelly, for the nomina- tion. There are, webs other and 8t1 candi- dates, among the eodore Tooker, formerly School Commissioner, wie is very popular in the ward and would make a strong race. William W. Cook is the present Bee but the Domine: tlon may be contested by Thomas Smita, John Modrath or another not yet publicly mentioned. A8 this ig the district which County Clerk Loew hatls as his old ome. a Ang deal w geend on what bargains iy ae made to strengthen him as candidate for the oralty. THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT Assembly nomination will be conceded to the liberal republicans by the democrats in return for an endorsement of ex-Assemblyman Richard Flana- on the Aldermanic ticket. Mr. George Mac- Bite represented the district at Albany last Winter id represented it well and faithfully. Hoe is a re- ican and can be re-elected, Assistant Alder- man Barker will be & canditate for nomination for Assistant Alderman, but aithough having plenty of men he has nota very amiable look or disposition and may ee ‘be regarded as a dead weight, as he can be easily defeated by any decent candidate on the republican ticket. THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT will be honored by having its present representa- tives renominated and possibly re-elected. In toe Legislature John A. Lead and in the Board of Assistant Aldermen Nicholas O'Connor do the working and talking—especially the latter—for the Fourteenth. They are both young, able and intelll- gent. Foley is a quict man, a lawyer and a demo- crat; O'Connor is a noisy man, an auctioneer and @ fierce republican. Ex- Assistant Alderman John Reilly may, posaibly, be in position to O'Connor; but the irrepresatt “Paddy” Burns will make the fight “hot” for Reilly by giving “what he knows abont candidates” In certain quarters. Other atriota are rei to suffer for those offices, but fave not yet put themselves forward, iE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT, for which “alece” Frear held a a patent 80 long, will not be such a hotbed in the coming campaign as it has been im years it, Mr. Joseph Blumenthal, of the Committee of Seventy, will be eee in pom- ination and endorsed by everybody, Samietion of course, the which Alex. Frear controls patronage at disposal. The present ciisnt Alderman is acasien a formerly President of the Fall River line of steamers. He can be re- elected if he so desire. He is an old line democrat, but ts,respected by covery que who knows him, be they democrats or republica! THR SIXTEENTH DISTRICT, “Jim” irving’s oid homestead is at present repre- sented in the Assembly by Nicholas hton and in the Board of Assistant Aldermen by Francis x Geis. The latter is a testy little German, kee; law office and has a failing for making longan not very accurate reports, suppnead to be founded on facts in pogsessi the Comptroller, and flourished for the nonor. of the present incumbent of the Comptrollership. Mr. Geis is anxious to be returned to his Faded a peaks but he will find a hard opposing candidate in ser D, Kelly. Nick’? aughton wants to ee Albany. He did not do any damage there ‘ast rear, but for some reason or another has lost much of his een Mr. William C. O’Brien may be in the race against Haughton, or possibly the impressionable Jim itr may test trength again. Tom Laden or alien is also mentioned, and others in are Ba their Eatee SS = will soon begin to biow the ugh THE TeV EYRE DISTRICT 0 only candidate thus far mentioned for the As- a Dominate on the democratic side is Alex. Ward, who ell known and favorably re- gerace In the district. Mr. Flammer, the present icumbent, will possibly be named by the republl- cans, and If the nek, Judge” puts on his walking brogues, swings his biackthorn, and asks that nis friend Biunkitt, or anybody els¢, should be consid- ered, the work will be wo brisk. The present can, and, being a g reeleyite, may be ren nated and elected. From TUB EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT it 1s probable that the venerable Samuel J. Tilden wiht sent again to wer although “Larry”? Klernan’s name is belug urged by some young but Father light weights in the district, The present Assistant Alderman—a very young man and not over brilliant—Mr. Philip Cumisky, will be opposed by a former member of the Board, & genlal gentle- yas and a respectable looking oMcial, Mr. Peter evey. The aineteenth and Twentieth districts are still undecided as far as the announcing of candidates for the Legislature. It is probable, however, that Thomas ©. Fields will run again in the Nineteenth district. Tne present Assistant Aldermen from both those districts will probably be renominated and thous anne Lid (rea rf gg hgooky pad gir p oug! particuiar! az very wel while in the Twentiet! Ohiiatlan Son 4 wartz, Pi Prestt dent of the ee Uptown pad Bank ande strong republican, is universally popular, In th Fwronty Ara district it is said that ex-Senator Genet insists on having the a! but Alen | then he defea resent Asnis Alderman, 0, T. Hall, valinongh Pointing to Nes straightout radical republican, has shows oe not over lar, and gome persons think that he has the last office that the people of the district can give. OTHER COMPLICATIONS exist in regard to the Congressional and ‘general’! tickets, which are varicd and amusing; and scarcely anything can be said definitely as yet poo the extent and intent of the bargains pein. mane and “slates”? framed and smashed ali Galiy. As soon, however, as the State conventions at Syra- cuse shall have completed their labors the will be taken on in hand and the pulling and twisting carrie: ia earnest, Some mighty plans are now being concocted in the great minds of the local leaders, who, by the result of the election last Fail, were so forct! bly reminded of the fact that Jue Dest laid plans o” mice apd men Gang alt aglo ‘vention, held in Lockport, N. Y., Saturda; POLITICS AT LONG BRANCH. A New Grant and Wilson Club—The Raising of the Club Banner—Specches and Enthusiasm—Torchlight Proces- sion—Speech of President Grant and * Lona BRaNou, N. J., August 81, 1872, Here, where President Grant makes his summer home and in his cottage by the sea takes his re- spite from bis official duties, and here, where the permanent residents are particularly anxious ro re- tain Long Branch as the Summer capital, it is not to be wondered at that there should be marked en- thusiasm in connection with his re-election to the Presidency. It would be a matter of wonder were it otherwise, The fact is the citizens of Long Branch are almost unanimously in his sup- port, and by the citizens are meant the so-called villagers, not including the sojourners at the hotels. Out of this enthusiasm grew the organization on last Thursday evening of & Grant and Wilson club, with the selection of Mr. John A. Howland, of the Howland House, as Presi- dent, The club resolved to raise a club banner and get up a torchlight procession. The banner-raising took place at four P, M., and was a brief affair, but spirited. The large hall was densely crowded. Mr. Howland made a short and appropriate speech. A band of music played patrtotic airs, while a farger and equally enthusiastic crowd outside wildly cheered and simultaneously moved their Dats as the fag was run aloft and spread its folds te the breeze, revealing the names “Grant and Wilson,” and underneath, “General Grant has never been defeated and never will be.” THE PROCESSION. It was nearly nine o’clock when the evening's programme was tered upon. The procession, with a’ band of music, started from headquarters, each member of the club being dressed in regalia, lght rubber overcoat and light cap, and each bear- ing a torch, The whole formed a brilliant and ant- mated display. Marching to Ocean avenue, the pro- cession, amid the glaring rockets, passed in front of the hotels, and was enthusiastically cheered all along the route, Arriving in front of the Presi- dent's cottage, a series of deafening cheers were ven for President Grant, after which the band truck up ‘Hail to the Ohiet.” The cottage porches were filled by the most prominent citizens of the lace, and Anane the throng were name gales fa Sic aar wanton | fi cs ai ffly’ {OF the pao eens, ty 5 i nent i Dalal TO pins & Rie cH this demonstra- 0 disay Pie you ina speech, I uot i Introducing to you General Van ren, of your own State. nother round of cheers followed this speech and another instalment of music, after which General Van Buren, amid the welcoming plaudits of the crowd, made his Sipearance and a speech. He traced the military career of President Grant during the war of the rebellion, and urged that his aid was as much needed now to save the country as then. He said they had worse foes to fight—deceit, fraud ate vituperation—but prophesied a brilliant victor the end. After alluding to the white hat and ol er white coat of Horace Greeley, he assured his hear- ers that as North Carolina had taken the lead in ceaeane for Grant, so other States would follow the xample thus set them and continue President Grant at the head of our national affairs. Senator OCaTreLt excused himself from a speech, saying that he would address the club at its next regular meeting, on Wednesday evening. i0vermor JEWELL, of Connecticut, wade a brief speech. He sald that Connecticut was sure for Grant, and he had no doubt of New Jersey. All that was needed to insure a general victory was to fight early and late. It was nearly eleven o'clock when the party left, which was done amid a re- newal of prolonged cheers for Grant and Wilson. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NOTES. A new paper has been started at Trenton, N. J., called the State Capital. It supports Greeley for President. Five dollars a day and all expenses paid is the price offered for delegates to the Blanton Duncan Louisville side show. The democrats and liberal republicans of the Fourth Pennsylvania district have nominated Wal- ter D. Mitchell tor Congress. Barnum, the showman, is — arrangements to secure’ Bisnton Déncan after the adjournment of the Louisville side show, for the main tent of his travelling menagerie, It all the political lies that have been ‘‘nailed’+ by both parties in the present campaign were put togeiner: they would cover the four sides of a large sized barn. Blanton Duncan, the ring master of the Louis- ville side show, says he has no claim of $62,000 against the government. Probably a mistake in the figures. President Grant has ep gat & man named Poor receiver of the public moneys in Dakotah Territory. The Utica Observer ag that aate he may go into the office Poor he will no do come out rich. The democrats of Onondaga county on Sati: ney elected delegates to the State Convention, as { lows:—First district, A. N. Luddington. Second district, Ezra Downer. Third district, Chapman W. Avery. The op th Con Convention at Camden‘ Ark., on Thursday, split, one wing nominating 0. Be sn der, the present incumbent, and the other J, jott. Each declares an intention to run. eon democratic papers call the nomination of John A, Dix for Governor of this State, “silver ser- vice reform.” It will be recollected that while General Dix was Minister to France, he accepted @ present, in the shape of silver service, from Louis Napoleon, which was valued at $7,000. L. G. Tillotson was elected delegate on Saturday to the Democratic State Convention from the First Assembly district of Orange county. Charles A, Lamont, W. D. Dickey and J. H. Drake were elected delegates from the same district to the Liberal Re- publican State Convention. Grinnell Burt, of Warwick; “F C. M. Lawrence, of Port Jervis, and Colonel Cummings, of Goshen, were appointed ‘clerates to the Liberal Republican State Convention from the Second As- sembly district of Orange county at the convention held on Saturday in Middletown, N. Y. At the Niagara County Democratic ett | Cone ¢ fol- lowing named delegates were elected to the Demo- cratic State Convention at Syracuse:—First dis- trict, General William 8. Farnell; Second district, Cyrus E. Davis. Atthe Niagara County Liberal Republican Dis- trict Convention, held in Lockport Saturday, the fol ame named wise were chosen to the racuse Liberal Republican State Convention:— mat district, Mr, Burt Van Horn, Volne; ee, ri and Oharles H. Squires. Second district, Spaiding, J. C. Hopkins and J. D, Lockwood, Delos DeWolf, of Oswego, has been elected dele- te to the Democratic State Convention from the rst district of Oswego county, and Henry A. Fos- Spa and Schuyler Rhodes from the Oswego county to the Liberal Re- publican State Convention. General Dix held office under President Pierce as a ee under President Buchanan as a State’s ts man, under President Lincoln as a Union man, under President Johnson as a supporter of “my policy,” and under President Grant as a re- publican, ‘Tn 1848 he ran for Governor of this State as a free soiler, United States Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, advertises in the Milwaukee papers that the contents of a large box, being about two bush- els of law papers, private correspondence, memer- anda and account books, the accumulation of man; years, have been stolen from his office. He ys, f the thief will look them over, select what he sires, and return the balance, he will confer a favor. Forney’s Philadelphia Press says:—“The at head centre of corruption and fraud, Simon eron, is now in Washington, disgracing the repub- licaa party of the country by acting as the chair. man of its National Cominittee, His presence there ig more dangerous to General Grant than would be a democratic victory in Maine.’’ The following delegates have been elected from Buffalo to the Democratic State Convention at Syracuse ;— Firat District—James Mooney, Second District—Wiiiain Willams, Third District—M. vB. Moore. Fourth District—George Van Tine, The Philadelphia Press, Forney’s paper, which is acknowledged to be the leading 4 ican organ of Pennsyivani a:—'Johu F, Hantrapt{t, repub- lican candidate jovernor, and Robert W. Mackey hold the ss Yomictal ae well as mal rela- tions, He lackey. oe nd both aig yen from the. ns tie ve dig- graced and into the obscurity of privates i 7 The Cooperstown Ng ped cag Journal, a (pena we well-informed ‘Lomocratic that William L. Marcy was: the ata overnor in this State that Pgh served ti rus. That is rather @ mistake. ei our first executive, waived three te 1D. Tompkins was elected in 1807, when’ the ofice Was ron for three years, served four ree i tel and ran for the fifth time in 1820, and was defeat by Dew Witt Olinton, who alsy served four terms, daze are many political questions in the present which still remain open. Among them ore’ ‘he following :—Will Charles O’Conor accept the Btraight-out democratic nomination? Was Henry ‘Wilson a Know Nothing in 1856? Is Governor Cur- tin, of Pennsylvania, for Grant or for Greeley? Is Benjamin Gratz Brown a drunkard? Is General John A. Dix seventy-two or eighty-one years old? Has Greeley gone over ta the democratic party or has tue democratic party goye over to Greeley? A DAY WITH STANLEY. Gossipy Conversation Regarding His Travels in Africa and His Search After Livingstone. African Scenery—The Road to Ujiji—The Famous Meeting Under the Veranda—The Doctor's Communications with Mr. Bennett—“‘Gos- siping Letters Upon Many Curious Things You Must Have Seen”—A Pon Picture of the Great Travel- ler—Incidents of the March from Zanzibar to the Shores of Tanganyika. thto! ai i correspondence of the Presemenes mdon Daily Newey} we Mr. Stanley quietly gave the philosophers and the public the slip yesterday, and while the different excursion parties and sections were each crediting the other with his presence he was cantering over the Downs with a single companion as far as the Devil’s Dyke, where he spent. quiet and restful day. Bya little quiet dodging up Cannon place, and so by back streets to the Montpelier road and the Dyke road, Mr, Stanley and his friend (myself) reached the Downs and abreast of Hove without excessive popular manifestation, . The day was lovely, the bright sunshine being tempered py fresh breezes from the sea, and though the distant views wero loat in hase the atmosphere was suficiently clear to show us the character of the country around and beneath us for miles. This was the more interesting from Mr. Stanley's pleasant habit of comparing the things immediately before him to what ‘he has to tell of Africa; and or thus rendering his descriptions vivid by the most familiar illustrations, Never was @ man fuller of hissubject, or more imbued with the solemn character of the obligations he con- siders himself to have entered into with Livingstone; and as our talk ran naturally on his great exploit, the commonest features on the road gained a living interest from the use to which they were put by my ‘companion, “Bere,” Hemet a eg, ape pul pd are wards the Dyke, where there is a good deal of Cue ing ground on one side, and a large hollow, made up of cornfields, on the other, with a ridge rising beyond these again, behind which the sea is glitter- ing—"‘here you have the exact CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT UJIST. Just undulating land like this, and covered with short grass, no divisions, of course, into fields or pasture lands, but open and treeless as these Downs are, perhaps.a few goats on one hill anda small herd of cattle on another, and alternating mountain and hollow, just like what we are looking over now. My caravan had marched over yonder hill (near which you say the London road runs), and many another like it, when we come up the side here and over the hollow where those furze bushes are, and s@ up) to a narrow division like the highway to the Dyke. This, where wo are standing, was the last ridge, and there, down in the other hollow toward the sa, lay Ujijt, with the palm trees rising thick and luxuriant, where those corn sheaves stand, the waters of the lake shining blue and bright in the place of those stubble flelds, and another atiff range of mountains about where the sea is.” THE VARYING CHARACTER OF AFRICAN SCENERY, and the scant justice done to it hitherto, is another point upon which Mr. Stanley's talk is extremely interesting, as is the capital sport he had on his Way and the food it provided. The sort of rough and narrow footpath which edges the fields and downs abutting upon the road between Brighton and the Devil's Dyke is an exact reproduction of the goat tracks, which are the traveller's substitute for roads, in the heart of Africa, There was all the way to Ujiji as much road as these provide, but there are 80 many of these tracks, and they go such a va- riety of ways, that it is only the map and the com- passes which keep the travelier right. The scenery often resembles that of a fine English park, with trees and grassy slopes and abundant game; then the pathway will strike through & dense forest, where the weary marchers sigh with relief at passing into shades; and thep through high grass (‘far taller than the wheat these fel- lows are cutting’), and which makes a splendid covert for zebra or giraffe stalking. AFRICAN SIGHTS. Aherd of zebras browsing or galloping over the plain is, Mr. Stanley says, one of the prettiest sights in the world; and hippophagists will be interested to know that zebra ficsn is toothsome, savory and good, but that the giraffe furnishes the finest meat of all, Remembering the peculiar aroma of the giraffe room at our Zoological Gardens, it was somewhat of a surprise to hear this high praise. There was an unction about Mr. Stanley's descrip- tion of one particular slice of roasted giraffe, and of the enjoyment its delicious white fat afforded him, which positively made my mouth water and gave an unusually fine flavor to the roast beef we lunched on at the Dyke Hotel. No better idea could be given of the African native hut than the newly thatched and neatly furnished circular, haystacks we kept passing on our way; and a long, low barn with # thatched roof, which we see afterwards among the houses of the little village of Folking, is exactly like Livingstone's house at Ujijt, FOOD AND GAME, There was no lack of animal food, and of a stimu- lating and appetizing kind, during any portion of the journey. Game 1s so abundant there that a sportsman must be a bad shot indeed who cannot furnish forth his dinner table; but good wheaten bread is worth all this put together to the Englishman in Africa, It mes, the want of good bread which, in Mr. Stanley’s Ju: Fee told upon him more than any other pi vatlon; and the Ls Itmited supply he had of it on his return to var, at the American Consul’s house, did more to restore his health than anything else. For this reason Mr. Stanley sent, among the wupeues § bas has forwarded to an 100 pounds o! American flour, Vellevds that no food wil be more acce; wists DIARY. All thisand doubtiess much more will be told in the book Mr, Stanley is engaged upon, and which Messrs. Sampson Low & Co. will publish: ba was only when the you! traveller reached other day and found that the agents of French, American and Ei ih publishers had been to the omice of the New York HgeRraLp in the French cay Bs tal, and were anxious to treat for any book he mi wish to write, that he realized how deeply his explo! is had interested the world, Mr, Stanley kept diariet all through his journe, Te The impressions of the day were always recorded while in thelr frst freshness: and though he Proroees to himself the narrative rather than the diary form for publication, the ma- terials are all ready to his hand, often written un- der circumstances which made the ey Posting up as hard @ trial as any other on the journey. One almost grudges any more tine bet ven the British Association, or any other Pe rath | until this book ts in the printer's hands; and, both from what there is to tell and the Vigorous nality with which it will be told, Lam ranees that Mr. Stantey’s book of Airican travel will prove one of the most remarkable volumes ever issued from the press, THE HERALD oe } FORSTER TWO WHITE As we jog over the rainy und by the byke the talk turn ie the sad fate ae two hive we ~ Stanley took with him into the inter were tried sailors and had been mates of f ani strong, Vigorous men, who LAR days Vea, been I inured to hardsht; died—tho one who sorvinem ae from the soeets it; emi knew thin, and was out the! rst “the men, if anything, had rather a harder day than wa terior was all ane vat 2 into the in- Heh it caused, sod Ea goods tents we boats were all bg” men’s backs. Stanley's own tent was Ja and handsome one, and it was pitched every night. It ia tho having to carry cloth of unbleached cotton), the beads and the braas wire, by hand as it were, into the interior which feu eae act le ing He, 8 ‘ar proader gar hexeursion is vo note tes Sac S| $v samme I should have o ie wit rong t things, ior have set out with Hing as beam ofpenwine But wit man nite Bennett at my ack tars neither routin alousy, t else’ but failure. to What bad 1% do but fo nd Livingstone 1” C We then talked upon the last time we had the Em) French together, and of contrat pa ae Position tion ot, sh attend fhe. opening of tie Bee Gas ‘Gnnal, and and o the audience at the Geographical aaete before, when aia a8 ee cath ‘When we came to reo Bes YY io, the oflew ot Yated apart ona sean} AY it: ite Siretohed ie ot the e waa the finest of The numerous vill crows Seth seve fields ane ‘and precision, were all tot the remain? who, in apie OF 8 bi the & stories eno 2 tise hav have erat Jed him oy vay. Tpora ‘whose du ® flying visit to England, the beauties which he nas never seen, ‘A STORY CONTRADICTED. 4 Let me cont t here the paragtaph which saw quoted two ago from tl Soir one bes § fa Nontemporaries, The user ae nol sent Mi yy her portrait set in the neidiy rm ier ot the pretended news as toany Heaton, bi pag lend ii ng been pegghinindy him fa a tolents at _ meet rh the Gocgraphicel © Sectio the other day, and if Mr. einer? peaks his in his book, as I know ne wis tl ie conflict betw: Sere and ee rtain to break out again, Of the boat have o spoken ote seas twenty-t Sve fost long, and never had: to be tt ti ‘Sta nley met Livimrstone; Sn othe aaa aemeenss ‘the old | traveller 5S: Liataien UNDER TH a vaaixpl. © had sworn to himself on would ¢ rink champagne with i friagetue, 8 produced the ong: bottle he had contrived to carr; with him on his weary march. It was over thi bottle that they roid their stories, berpdi i i learned the 101 -for news from home. It fill nis heart to find there were people in rene Abies who valued him so — ~ to make this effort on his behalf, a ke cord thi had cot that Ses pees altos sald. that if he liked to “write a letter to Mr. Jam Gordon pase and for publication, it would a] me Nn LETTERS TO MR. BENNETT. “Did you write the letters and Livingstone them ?’ I asked; oye some people thought at firsg there were p! in them which were not quite, luke the Doctor’s ” Stanley's answer was emphatic and sloars-0tl did not write one word in them; the originals are} in Dr. tone’s handwriting, and are ot ig Prpowe to. of Mr. Bennett at this moment, Avie to Livingstone first on the subject I Tenids stor, +s DON'T WANT ONE OF RAL GEOGRAPHICAL DI8<, COVERI we don’t want that may interfere with o peck aar th Ls) interest of your diary or book when it be published; but what our people w really. iike wo uld be letters upon mai of the curious you must have seen.’ Livin: stone waa nal anxious to me wit! what I did want, in return for having come out him, rather than what I did not want. He kne for wh¢ prides explanation of any diferene this the obvious explanation of — ai ice there, may have been, and which you now tell meof for’ oe Pe time, er vetween Livingstoue's style in his. in our I letvera.” iavenosronn STANLEY. Mr. Stanley touched v upon shower rand most Gert. Lapertear er I bo canal one, iB 80 sconaeemned & ee ak of Livingstone as a. sole denyrag Drs single, that it De-that we think too little of such @ man’s man eee soveere in te aoe | r i ed, ms out one word from Livingstone, that few would cheer ped old aoe since than some Braces xpreasion of sympathy and encou! part t, mi cK Cr Seon ote @ council om of his ‘Sr sence ana coun rromen Nothi Btrikes . ta tudi ‘taal unfounded than the aligation@ tof swee! eotness of temper and the meek kini ning ow which he snore. his gratitude for tha smallest serviee are themes upon which Ameri-, can never ceases to dwell and to tilustrate with a thousand simple natural touches which it would bg impossible rent. THE FORTUNE TELLER AND THE The time passes very swiftly at the De Devils ike as we talk over these things, and th Sypey tl the: who asks to tell Stanley's. fortune has way. The old woman professes to be eighty years ol and wears the ong red cloak of her tribe. Some her remarks are not Pir a ind "He fod bee! @ great wanderer. ndered ac: and sea and is thinking of crossing the water fer agua and he little thought aad years ago that he w be in the position he dss in now.” The other marks were leas fortunate; and up to this time, fos vy we bear ap jag 2. boca bs eertairst had ow mn recognized. An outdoor photogra| beanie next, at my urgent raques and nor with- out some fear on Mr. Stanley's part that he might be pasaking a promise made to the Lendon Stereo’ Company to have his portrait taken by thent ly tive was tuken, and the é: io on that photographer's ‘tnoe when 8 picni drove up hal an hour later and he was tol Pho his sitter had been was a sight to see. Hah only; but no the afternoon wore away the epg tel te from Brighton became too privacy, we ordered our horses and came away. be talk on Africa on our way home, abundant cognitions as we ride into Brighton about half. pastel five. and plenty to hear when we meet at seven on or dinner. Hi . . ier KENT 3 ABT Ba ait Ta, At seven o'clock, when I rejoined Mr. Stanley, Proseedea by invitation toa banquet held In th large Chinese room yA ae Pavilion,-of an foe | tionally tof the Beh ter, from the fact President of the British ‘Association this year being ‘@ me man. Carpenter, Sir ‘Thome; son, Dr. Burdon pki Dr, Ericsson, Prote: sor bd bes Mr. Mr. Hancock, a of ion other distinguished, pounce men we men pont as the guests of the Sussex and Rou le ent dical and Chirurgical Society, which had time: its annual dinner 50 ag to ft in with: she vials of See British Association. The Mayor ‘naar man, and the a Sgoneralty “4 thee that Dr. Carpenter, jr, whi he could not ng ‘an al atter-diuner rane apechy a enon strated the truth of ters of an hour. th a did not ioe prevent the meetin meeting being an pervirhan Sd pleasant one, save RATABR PAINFUL SNE IE at its close. Mr. Stanley Mattes called ‘oeviced ~ retard Mori the visitors; ange srg humorous terms, and to relat soir some of his experiences daring ia ite care Livingstone eard, when the traveller paused) and laughs were heard, when the travelie ape, an er rier words of indignant protest, left ti This was thi retted as wri Beanley had Brended. ti the anes the personal request of the Mayor, and the ‘whole pa which numbered about @ Funaied was, with nthe Ox: > tion of the handful of laughers, thorought rested in what the traveller had to veld Indeed, the leadin, ople in the room were so conscious of this that they were di d to thin! Mr. peanies. too sensitive, and that he might ha eontinued his speech heedless of tri. bie ny eons was really a evn than 1s rt sing it a ly by. ular chairman at otF ublic nm ners, mont nea pican traveller fa not ‘ihuatarall sore at the reality of his oxpedition ever hav! been doubted, Mr. Ul ton, the chairma: at the Geozraphica! meetin, be: in the blandest manner made ir reference of quea~ tionable taste bw ENSATIONAL STORIRS;!” a document, printed by the joal_Séciety, Fespecting soto sition wiih oo mareabe aes toa ttentenue 7 | Neate jhould have entrust Ks ‘ong rand ittare ware 0 aor ipateren this able and ne car given Mr. ley, with the If care~ fuly imarked by a good-natured ‘Above ail, im Livingstone, which, cry with haye both been out- Faged by what he conceives to be Jealousy and Inke- armnearon th ‘on the part of those professing to be the Doctor's friends, and fia for all these reasons combi he saw far more fidaen meaning in a frampery bi 4 of ill-manners than would have occurred to an lishinan. It was very unfortunate, ILL-MANNERS REBUKED, if passed @ dignified rebuke uj Go en who had been guilty of this olon ot she duties of hospitality, and the meeting broke up m afterwards with what ought to have been coe of its leading Incidents entirely marred, All present were ite roon sorry, and when I Jeft every man in Was disclauning the tsugh-