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STATE AND CHY POLITICS. The Vexed Question of the Mayor- alty Still Undecided---The Political Cauldron. The Democratic Masses—An Army Without Banners. Treaty of Alliance Between the Apollo Hall Leader and the Chief of the Custom House, The Congressional and Judiciary Vacancies. ‘There is very little progress yet made in the campaign in this city, anent the struggle~that is inevitable between this and the 6th of November next. The leaders, or those who assume to take the running of the machines, are all at sea, or, in fact, at loggerheads among themselves. Confusion in the several camps 18 getting worse confounded, with little prospect of extrication from the en- tanglements which surround the situation. There is no such thing as organization in any quarter. Tammany Hall has lost the prestige which en- forced victory to al.ght upon her banners in former contests, and the mantle of the departed chief has not fallen upon the shoulders of competent succes- sors, The great rank and file are all on hand, but the; J ARE AN ARMY WITHOUT BANNERS and without leaders, and alm st without an object in the coming struggle. The waverings, inconsis- tencies and blunderings in the efforts to organize on the part of the present Tammany leaders ren- ders it every day more apparent to the masses that they must rely upon themselves in the future to nominate and vote for the men of their own choice, and not to surrender their political interests and all the cognate interests necessarily following thereon to the caprices and selfish schemes of those who make a trade of politics, The Tammany Hall leaders and their allies of the liberal republican stripe have lost most precious time in presenting the name of a candidate for the Chief Magistracy round whom the people might rally, and at once enter upon a vigorous prosecution of the canvass. They have, itis true, been grinding out would-be candidates by the dozen, but these candidates “COME LIKE SHADOWS—SO DEPART.” Areal phantasmagoria of them have crossed the political stage, coming on at the right and fitting away at the left wings. The only record at ali left of them is their announcements of withdrawal, in- tended to catch the attention of the groundlings and to keep themselves in some way before the public. The Tammanyites and their immediate allies of the Council of Seventy are not, however, to be supposed uninterested “lookers on in Venice” in view of the struggle that is before them and of all the interests to party and to the people involved therein, They are perfectly satisfied to allow things to drifton a little longer to enable them to more clearly comprehend the popular feeling and senti- Ment, and to seme the supreme moment to announce the result of their mysterious cogl- tations. Their great difficulty is Senator O’Brien, the Saul of the Apollo Hall men, towering head and shoulders above his fellows, and who is smiting hip and thigh all who oppose him in his race for the Mayoralty. The Tammanyites and Seventy- ites are anxious to conceal their schemes, lest, like those best laid by mice or men, they might gang a-gley by counter-scheming on the part of their op- ponents, The political cauldron is kept, however, at boiling heat. It is BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE with these political Hecates all the time. Foremost among those dancing round the cauldron is the erst chief of the silk-stocking democracy, Sammy Til- den, doing the incantation business with all his usual weird-like unctuousness and success, The burly and unghostly form (a little out of place in the scene) of John Kelly is there, now and again throwing in, as required, ‘wool of bat or tongue of dog,” or any other necessary ingredient to the rhyme of his chief. There are also seen in the lurid light that keeps the “pot a-boiling” the forms of three members of the Council of Seventy, or great Sanhedrim—a body that will be as defunct after the ides of next November as its great prototype of Hebraic times. These are Havemeyer, Green and Ottendorfer, all candidates for the Mayoralty, and with the two first named engaged in the work of evoking a can- didate that will beat the feared and redoubtable O’Brien—all dancing to and singing the refrain of their chief, Sammy :— ‘ow about the cauldron sing Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.” This is the work in which the Tammany party is engaged, find this is all the length they have yet got in the campaign. To be sure they are showing @ commendable spint in petty raids and reprisals upon their principal opponent, O’Brien, and his Cohorts, O’Brien smells a small political mice within his citadel, not altogether as large, but freighted with as deadly intent as the Trojan horse, and thereupon he forcibly ejects said mice. Reprisal follows from the ramparts of Tammany, and at once JOHNNY MORRISSEY AND BILLY WALSH ire appointed a provost guard, clothed with sum- mary jurisdiction to eject and exterminate all weak- kneed Tammany followers whose resolutions to up- hold the Tammany dynasty are found not equal to their professions, or who might be suspected of being O'Brien men in Tammany uniform. And so the mutual work goes bravely on by these preten- cots and incompetent ory tions, On the other i APOLLO HALL, or rather its leader, is iv a sorry plight. He hangs his banner boldly enough on the outer wall how- ever, with the cry of “still they come,” determined to die with “harness on his back, "though honest Tom Murphy himself and all the mercenary cohorts of the Custom House, his sworn allies, are to break faith and fail him at the last moment. The Senator “ is win a cee ve Apel boy and many a he: & pol sense, one into the basket from a blow of his trust, Excatber; the victims, like so m: Saint Denia’, however, march- ing straight over Tammany, with thelr heads under their arms, or to that other new political Golgotha, known as the ‘New National Democratic party.” O’Brien’s supposed alliance with the TOM MURPHY-GRANTITE PARTY is perhaps the weakest rivet In his otherwise strong armoe of proof. The stipwations are said to be that O’Brien would be supported by the Murphy- Grantites for Mayor in return for an efiicient and approved support on the part of the Senator in favor of Grant throughout the Congressional and Assembly districts of the city. These arrangements were made by Murphy at a time when it was abso- lutely necessary to secure O'Brien's powerful aid to carry the State for Grant and to secure Conk- ling’s re-election to the United States Senate, Here comes the pivotal point of those secret politi- cal negotiations, Should it become apparent from the result of the Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio elections that the Grant ticket is safe in these three States an enthusiasm is expected to be cre- ated here that will utterly demoralize the Tam- many Hall-Greeley party and enable the adminis- tration republicans, with the aid of the reform party in the democratic ranks (not yet declared on either side), to nominate a full ticket, from Mayor down. Fighting it out on this line O'Brien would be ignored, completely shoved aside, and the con- rol of the city wrested from the hands of the de- mocracy, Who have so long held it. Tom Murphy was THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR in securing O'Brien's defection in this compaign from the democratic cause, and securing him and luis influence for Grant. Honest Tom, when the tume comes, may desire to carry out his part of the bargain; but it is well known that some of the most ae bee ad leaders and men of influence in the republican ranks are, on principal, opposed to any such political recognition of O'Brien, and would oppose his endorsement by the party as candidate of the Apollo Hall democracy under any circumstances, These are some of the political entanglements which surround not only the ques- tion of the candidacy for the Mayoralty in this cam but of the whole county and Congres- sion: lcket. inion among the masses has great changed within the last two weeks, and sidential stock that had seemin gone down has had a gradual but perceptible rise. This might not be referred to here but to show how it affects the candidacy of individuals in this city. A somewhat prominent politician of the Nineteenth ward, the other day, asked how O'Brien stock fot Mayor ran In the ward. ‘‘Fust rate,’ was the reply. “He has a good many friends in it.” “Will they all go for Grant with O’Brien?” “Well, yis, J s’pose he’s as good as Ould Greeley any way, but devila vote I'd give } | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET, aither if tt was the ould times.” “And the Irish vote in the ward will be cast for Fred Do' will ity” “What Douglass do you mane?” “ yusp DOUSLAm, THR COLORED MAN, who heads the electoral ticket?” “Is it joking ye aret Why, devil take the vote he'd get in the ward, What would we vote for him fort’ “But it’s the electoral ticket you vote when you vote for Presi- dent, and to elect Graut President you must vote ior the electo al ticket, with Fred at the head of it.” “Ob, talth I see now how it is, and it 1 don’t cut up arhindy at the myo tins this Llessed night my name's not Pet Gallaghér. Vote for Doug. lasa, indeed ; we might ayailow Grant when there's 0 dimmocrat in fhe race to make O’Brien Mayor, ut to vote for Dougiass would jnake my mother a bishop, devil a bishop ever she'd be.” ‘Thus ended the colloquy, and Pat went away terri- bly exercised over the problem how Fred | ouglass got so intimately mixed up with the Presidencial Ag be'o ¢ said, and is well known, tae only Mayoral candidate in the field is Senstor Belore tie close of the present week we may sentative of the ‘amimany-Gresley part; The regular republicans will also be compelled to nomi- nate a candidate for this office, one which would | apd the pa:ty a prestige in the city, and a prepon le) ance in the municipal government, which they success, It Was supposed that a candidate would be put forward to uct asa ‘oil to the party voting for O’Brien; but on the present aspect of afiuirs, and with the prowising future before themin his campaign, tie republicans will take the O’B:ien- Murphy bull by the horns and nominate a hve man for the oltice of Mayor, THB CONGRESSIONAL TICKET. There will be a very warm contest in some of the districts for Congressional honors. In the new Filth district, comprising the birst, Second, ‘third, Fou th, rifth, Sixth, seventh, Eighth and tour- teenth wards, the fight at present lies between the Congressman Wiliam ik. Kobcrts and General man, with a most favorable record of his past ser- vices at the national capital, His friends in the district—and their name ts legion—are working to secure him a triumphant re-election. A more popular man personally it would be difficuit in these times to present before any constituency for any honors, and it is, thereiore, contidently antici- pated that, des; ite the undoubted influence of his opponent, he will carry the district by a greater majority than will mark the returns of the votes of any other elected candidate to Congress this Fall. General McMaion is not idle, however, his friends und adherents are working might and main for lum, Against any othr Opponent bnt the gallant colonel the general might count on winning, but it would be counting without his host if he calculated the resuit in his own favor this bout, James Olliver, a citizen of the district, young, entrgetic and ambitious, has just entered the tield, whether with thoughts intent upon being sent to Congress or to make himself better knowa in the district with an eye to future eventualities it would be hard to say. In the Sixth district, composed of the Eleventh and Thirteenth wards and that portion of the Eighteenth and Twenty-first lying east of Third avenue, now partly represented by Smith Ely, Jr., there wili be a severe fight. Ex-Senator Yom Crea- mer, having strutted awhile upon the stage in the character ol a candidate for Mayor assumes now the character of a candidate tor Congress trom the Sixth district, Mr. Creamer however modestly retends that he does not intend to run himself ut to make the running for a German, who is to woo and win the susceptible Germans to give him their votes when he at lust declares him- self. ‘The present incumbent, Mr, Ely, has the con- fidence of the citizens of the district in an eminent degree. He Is a taitniul representative of the in- terests not only of the city and State, but of the national interests on ail Snequons, affecting the honor and well being of the metropolis and its people. There is little doubt but Mr. bly will be re- elected by a large majority. ‘The Seventh district, composed of the Tenth and Seventeenth wards and that portion of tie Eighteenth ward lying west of the seventh avenue, is represented by Mr. Brooks. He is a candidate for re-election, and is quietly at work to secure his. nomination. ‘(his he would no doubt receive from Tammany and other outside organizations but that there is a strong opposition to him in the dis- trict. It is a democratic stronghold, and they pre- fer to be represented by a man living among them than by one whom they have to go to the Filth ave- nue to invite. The district composed of the Twentieth and Twenty-second wards has three active candidates im the field—John Hardy, Dr. McGlynn and Oliver Chadwick—with the Doctor somewhat ahead of his competitors. ‘The upper district, composed of the Twelfth and Nineteenth wards, has been very ably represented by Mr. Fernando Wood jor three successive Con- gressional terms. Mr. Wood is a candidate for re- election, backed by all the conservative elements of the district, and no apprehensions are felt as to the result of the election in his favor. There are two candidates spoken of in opposition —one Mr. Charles Crary, a lawyer of considerable eminence and president of the it Side Association. Colonel James R. O’Beirne 18 also spoken of by his iriends a6 a coming candidate. Mr. O’Belrne commands a good deal of influence and is generally popular among the working classes. There is work ahead, therefore, for Mr. Wood in the canvass; but with all the one the prospects are that he will be re-elected by @ large majority. ‘THE JUDICIARY VACANCIES. There is naturally a great deal of interest at- tracted to the vacancies to be filled on the bench of this city. At this time it is in the power of the peo- le to test the benefits and advantages of the elec- oral system even as ‘ds the election of judges, which heretofore been either doubted or leit at best an open question. The late impeachment of judges in this city and State, and their removal for misdemeanors and malfeasance inoftice, will make the people look sharply into the antecedents, char- acter and attainments of the members of the legal Pe ie that may claim their suffrages for the igh distinction of sitting on the bench of this city and administering {plement and righteousness thereon, There are two vacancies on the bench of TRE SUPREME COURT. One of these will be filled by appointment for another year, or to the holding of another election. This appointment ts, of course, in the hands of the Gov- ernor, The vacancy to be filled by the people at this election was caused by the resignation of Judge Cardozo, now temporarily filled by Judge Leonard, There are a great many candidates named, or, rather, it might be better said, there are a good many names suggested of those who would make Led candidates tor the office and for the vacancy on the bench of the Superior Court. We have hitherto reterred to some of those most rominently spoken of in this connection, Among hose are Algernon S. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney; Abraham R. Lawrence, Jr.; W. H. Peck- ham, Mr. J. J. Marrin and exJudge Spencer, Everything, however, will depend on the action of the Bar Association, and the can- didate of their choice will, no Kode be- come the final choice of the people. very ny and sentiment of that body must be to pre- sent the very best man for the suffrages that are to elevate him to so important a position—a position the honor and purity of which they are bound to uphold and protect. Some of the most prominent and respected of the Bar Association have submit- ted to the consideration of the association the name of Che ig George Shea, Chief Justice of the Marine Court. Judge Shea holds a prominent posi- tion as a lawyer of high attainments, and since his elevation to the bench of the Marine Court he has ven undoubted assurance that he possesses quali- ites that in a wider fleld for exercise would secure him a high (hes among the best judges of the land, One thing, however, is certain, that the people may have contidence in the candidate of the Bar Association, whoever he may be, and in that spirit vote for him and elect him in November next. 3 THE SUPERIOR COURT. There is a vacancy also in this Court, for which there are not, however, 80 many candidates as for that in the Supreme Court. Ex-Judge Spencer is a candidate. He sat on the bench for a short term, but did not succeed in being re-elected, He is ae in the fleld, however. Judge Quinn, of the rst Civil District Court, is his principal com- petitor. Judge Quinn nas for several years pre- sided over the most important judicial district in this city, the whole of the lower part aud business centre of the city being within the jurisdiction of his Court. In the faithfal discharge of his duties and in his decisions, always marked by sound judgment and strict impartiality, ne has earned tor himself an enviable reputation among the business men of the city, while his judicial career has been marked with pleasure by his protessional brethren, He will be strongly urged tor the nomi- nation by the best men of all parties, THE CITY JUDGESHIP, All the parties and ail the political organizations of the city are tq 4 man for the renomination and re-election of the present able and popular incum- bent of the city bench, Judge Gunning 8. Bedtord, He is the only candidate lor any ofice that has yet been taken up in tais campaign and placed betore the people, there to remain unopposed till the popular verdict Is rendered, on the 5th of Novem- ber next, reseating him upon the bench for another term. This {s the strongest evidence that can be given, not only of the popularity of a high official, but of the esteem in which he is held, and which disarms opposition even ia the midst of an excit- ing political campaign. There is to be no let up on the violators of law and order through the result of the election for City Judge in this campaign. The campaign against them will be prosecuted with all the usual energy and effect that mark the course of justice in the General Sessions. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP, The present able and esteemed incumbent is a candidate for renomination. Should he get it there will probably be no opposition. Ex-Recorder James M. Smith is strongly urged to allow his name to be resented for nomination, but he is at yet opposed, r. Smith, it 1s said, with the nomination, or with- out it, could successfully contest the election even inst the present incumbent, with ali the pres- tige of a party nomination and party support. In the Assembly districts there is nothing new to Pa ogg situation is still unchanged as betore re- ported. ‘THE REFORM ASSOCIATION, A meeting of the executive committee of the above association was held yesterday afternoon at the Astor House. It was resolved that the chair- men of the twenty-one Assembly district commit- tees of the various Assembly districts be directed to call together their respective enrolling officers, in order to take immediate measures for perfecting and el the enroliment of the organization, pareuant vn agate call of the Ke.orn Asso. ciation im April lash a new mun put in the feld as the repre- | are not likely to overlook with go faira chance of | Ma. tin .cMahon, Colonel Koberts is now a tried | and | THE POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS, The Reported Acceptance of O’Conor Denied— The Louisiana Conspiracy—Sharp Pract'ce of the Radical Carpet-Baggers—Bace for a State—The State Canvass—Strength of the Liberal Movement. Democratic Headquarters, The statement that Charles O’Conor would ac- cept the Louisville nomination, made by a radical journal yesterday morning, has excited some in- terest at the various Greeley headquarters, but no coufidence is placed in it, as his positive and very energetic assurances to members of the demo- cratic committee, at various times, are entirely inconsistent with his so doing. The conspiracy to obtain possession of the elective machinery in Louisiana in the interest of the radicals, seems to have been deeper laid than Was at first supposed. Arrangements had been made for the calling together of the State Legislature privately and, in the ab- sence of Governor Warmouth, and with Pinchback as acting Governgr, such action was to have been taken a8 would have neutralized the wishes of the people of the stite and given its electoral vote to rant beyond peradventure, Pinchbeck, who was stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel before his de- permite jor New Orleans to carry out his part of ‘he programme, leit bis servant there and his bag- gage in his room, that his absence might not be suspected, His engagements in Pennsylvania were publicly announced by the committee, to the sume end, as is alleged. ‘the plan was frustrated by the prompt action of Warmouth in returning home, This effort to deprive the Governor of mis legitimate functions and get possession of the elec- tion mactinery ol the state by a trick, doubtless to be Used iraudulentiy, has excited much indignation, and is reqanton as showing how aifairs are like to be administered in the South if the carpet-baggers retain control and are supported by the federal adinistration, as, of course, they will be if Grant is re-electes Among the visitors at these head- quirters yesterday was Senator J. P. Stockton, of New Jersey. It will be recollected that the delega- tion irom New Jersey in the Baltimore Convention opposed the nomination of Greeley. The Senator expresses his conviction that the usual democratic vote will be given for Gieeley nevertheless, though no greut umount of entausiasm is felt ior a lifelong opposer of democracy in a State reliably demo- cratic, The extent of the liberal movement is far greater than was anticipated and surprises those Who had no confidence in be | reat republican di fection in the State, List of visitors: Reuben Fenton, Char.es A. Lane, New York; M. C. Me Lemore, and General Wane, Texas, Headquarters Democratic State Com- mittee. The committee were very busy during the day yesterday in receiving letters and forwarding docu- ments, It is claimed that a careful canvass of the State shows an average of 600 Liberal Republicans to the county, while the Bourbons amount toa very small per cent. of the democratic vote, and a large proportion of this is gradually becoming reconciled to the situation and accepting Greeley. The Bour- Lon committees are at a standstill for want of lunds, as no one ts disposed to contribute toa positively losing cause, Even the leaders are be- coming discouraged; and though the straight-out Convention set down to meet in Albany on the 3d of October may be held, it is doubtful if any nomination tor an electoral or State ticket will be made. It is more than intimated that John J. Van Allen, who has the burden of the movement upon his shoulders, is like to come into the Greeley traces before election ay It is claimed to be positively known in the com- mittee rooms that under no circumstances will O’Conor accept the Louisville nomination. THE EIGHTEENTH WARD FOR JUDGE BED- PORD, SACRE SST A large and enthusiastic meeting was held by the Eighteenth Ward Union Club at their headquarters, 437 East Fourteenth street, last evening. Mr. Michael Fagan addressed the meeting eulogistic of Gunning 8. Bedford as a public official, and offered the following preamble and resolutions which were adopted amid great enthusiasm :— Whereas, The people of the city and county of New York will be called upon to decide ‘at the coming election who shall represent the in the Judiciary, and in that of the Cit: Judge in particular. therefore be It Resolved, That in Gunning 8. Bediord, our present City Jude, we fecognize a tearieas and upright man, one wlio has tilled the otfice with credit to himself aud ‘honor to his constituents; one who, unintimidated by threats and malevolence of the depraved and vicious, throws around the humblest, as wellas the wealthy, the protection of the law; who in his administration tempers justice with mercy, éver ready to puntsh and repress crime. Resolved, That in accordance with our convictions and knowing the ability of the Hon. Gunning 8. Bedford, we, the kighteenth Ward Union Club, recommend to the'citi? zens of the city and couny, of New York the re-election and we hope, in view of his long and commendable ser- vices in the interests of the community, that we may again place in the distinguished position hé has so faith- fully udministered to the satisfaction of the people the Hon. Gunning 8. Bedford. A committee was Caedabea to wait upon the Judge and tender him these resolutions, FLASHES OF THE CAMPAIGN. _—* O’Conor accepts the Louisville nomination. Sam Bard is stumping Pennsylvania for Grant. Ex-Senator Carlisle, of West Virginia, goes for Grant and Wilson, Judge Hoar is spoken of in Massachusetts as Senator Wilson’s successor in Congress, Senator Wilson and Speaker Blaine will soon visit Obio and take part in the canvass in that State. Judge Troy, of Brooklyn, says his signature to the call for a Bourbon State Convention was un- authorized. Senator Joshua Hill, of Georgia, who has been declared asa supporter of Greeley, has declared emphatically for Grant and Wilson. E. Joy Morris has reconsidered his declination of the Congressional nomination from the Second Pennsylvania district and will stand the fire. The democrats of the Third Maryland district have nominated W. J. O’Brien for Congress. Hon. Thomas Swann has been renominated in the Fourth district. The Louisville Courter says :—‘The people of Ten- nessee should not trust Andrew Johnson. He is a hundred per cent more apt to cheat ‘em than Cheatham himeeif."” The Legislature of West Virginia, to meet on Thursday, November 21, will contain three republi- cans out of twenty-four in the Senate, and seven- teen out of sixty-five in the House, The Oneonta Liveral is the name of a new paper Just started at Oneonta, Otsego county. It flies at the masthead the names of Greeley ahd Brown, Kernan and Depew George W. Washburn, of Oshkosh, Wis,, has avowed his adhesion to the liberal cause. Judge Washburn was republican State Senator from Winnebago county during two terms and was afterward on the Bench. The anti-Greelcy democrats of Delaware ex- hibited so much strength that the Wilmington Com- mercial is confident that the vote of the State will be given to Grant. It further thinks that Lafand (republican) may be elected to Congress. The Bourbon democrats have issued a call for a convention, to meet at Mansfield, Ohio, on the 23d inst., to nominate a straight democrat for Con- gress against Berry, who, it is claimed, is not fit for the place, “‘on account of drunkenness and dis- graceful practices,” The Bourbons have called State Conventions in New York, Jowa, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania to nominate electoral tickets. In Kentucky three democratic newspapers fly the O'Conor and Adams flag. InSt. Louis three German papers have hauled down the Greeley fag and go for O’Conor and Adams. The New York /rish World and Day Book are out for O’Conor. The Democratic and Liberal Convention for the Oswego and Madison district met at Oneida Thurs- day and unanimously nominated Mr. Henry A, Foster for Congreas. Judge Foster was at one time United States Senator and has served with dis- tinction on the Supreme Court bench. He broke ground early for the liberal movement, and his Domination, the Albany Argus thinks, will give strength to the cause. The democrats and liberals of the Jefferson, Lewis and Herkimer districts have unanimously nomi- nated Beman Brockway, of Jefferson, for Congress. Mr. Brockway was one of the earliest come-outers for Mr. Greeley, separating himself in doing s0 from intimate political associations and sacrificing personal considerations which he highly valued. He was originally a democrat of the old school, but has acted until now with the republican party from its first organization. He has filled important State offices and always performed the duties thereof with credit to himself. In five of the ten Congressional districts in Ken- tucky old line democrats will take the field with the support of the administration, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Another Bourbon Candidate Who Has Nothing to Say. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW IT IS HIMSELF, The White House a Dissolving View—A Fore- ground of Dissolving Aspirations. Boston, Sept. 18, 1872. John Quincy Adams, the lineal descendant of the old line of Adamses, takes his nomination by the Louis- ville bodywith a philosophical coolness characteris- tic of his renowned family. When the nomination was made he was away from home on a visit to friends, and since his return he has settled down quietly to the duties of his profession, evidently careing more for law and clients than he does for politics and politicians, In view of his silence since the Con- vention, your correspondent called on him to-day to talk over the matter of his nomination and see what he proposed to do about it. { found him at his office in Pemberton square, quietly seated at a table, going leisurely through a conglomerated heap of legal documents, Except the presence of his messenger, he was solitary and alone, “Mr, Adams, I believe,” I said, on entering. “Yes, sir; that’s my name, Take a seat.” “Mr. Adams,” I observed, after being seatec, “T have called to make a few inquiries in regard to [ved position with reference to the straight-out emocratic Convention at Louisville ?” “Thank you, sit, Ishallbe happy to answer any questions you may be tnelined to put to me, but really | have nothing in particular to say.’’ “I understand, Mr, Adams, that a Mr. Moreau (I think that’s his name) has addressed you a letter recently that was calculated to call forth a reply irom you that would exactly deiine your posi- ton ¢”" “Yes, [have received a letter from that gentie- man, and have just sent him my reply.” “Could you favor me with a copy of that corre- spondence tor publication “As for my own letter, I have no copy of it.” “Might I learn its purport ¥" “No, not unless the gentleman to whom it is ad- dressed should see fit to give it to the public, which, | think, he will do in a few days.’ “{ infer, then, from your manner, Mr. Adams, that you decline the honor tendered you by the Convention 1" To which Mr. Adams smilingly responded, are at liberty to make What inference you please. shall say nothing.” “Do you think it 1s possible for the movement to attain such promimence as would make it worth your while to lend your name to it in an outspoken way?’ ‘hat all depends upon the managers.”’ “Might I Inquire, then, if you have had any com- munication with Mr, O’Conor on this matter?” “None whatever,” replied Mr. Adams, “I don’t see, then, as there is anything else that I can learn from you concerning this matter in which the public are likely to be interested?” “No, I don’t either.” “Geod day, sir.’ You I Exit HERALD correspondent. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. CLINTON CouNTY. C. Baker, SELAER County.—District Attorney, John 0, e; Auditing Superintendents of Poor, Barent Van Hoesen and Jonathan Dennison (to fill vacancy); Coroner, Lyman W. Davis; Justice of Sessions, James C. Enos, CHEMUNG CoUNTY.—Member of Assembly, Sey- mour Dexter; County Judge, John T, Davidson School Commissioner, Jonas Sayre Vanduzer; Cor- oners, 0. 8. Greenman and J. Devendorf; Justice of Seasions, Elisha Knapp, GENESEE CoUNTY.—Sherif, Major George H. Rob- ertson; School Commissioner, Richard Selden; Member of Assembly, Elbert Townsend; Session Justice A. D. Mills; Superintendent of the Poor, Benajah Griswold; Coroners, Dr. Lemuel L, Tozier and E. B. Lounsbury. NOTA BOURBON, BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1872. To THE EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— To a card for a State Convention, purporting to have been issued by the managers of the Louisville movement, published in this day’s HERALD, I find my name attached, Vill you do me the favor to say that I neither signed nor authorized such signature’ I have nothing whatever to do with the movement, and desire, a8 a democrat, no better candidate to me port tor Governor than Mr. Kernan. Respectfully yours, JAMES TROY, THE BURNING OF THE BiENVILLE. i li A Government Investigation Into the Causes Which Led to the Destruction of the Steamship on the 15th of August. Aso-called investigation into the causes which led to the burning of the steamship Bienviile, Pacific Mail Member of Assembly, Everett of the Company’s line, was commenced yesterday at the office of the government inspectors of steamships, 23 Pine street. Mr. Joseph Mershom, Inspector of Hulls, at Philadelphia, and Mr. John K. Matthews, of this city, Inspector of Boilers, are the gentle- men named to conduct the investigation in this city. Mr. Matthews is the gentleman who in- spected and passed the Bienville a few days before sailing on her last trip for Havana. It is scarcely to be expected that he will at this time reverse his previous judgment, and much of the importance which would otherwise attach to the investigation {8 lost. ‘The inquiry commenced about eleven o’ciock and a solitary witness could alone be procured to give evidence at that time, and he was the only one who | appeared during the day. Captain Maury and the other officers of the Bienville sailed for Havana yesterday, their departure being somewhat hastened by the fact that Deputy Sheriff Judson Jarvis held warrants against them for alleged cruelty to the seamen of the vessel on a former trip. In_ their absence the inquiry will of course drag very slowly along, and Lae definite can be ascertained until their re- turn. It is now asserted that, had it not been for a defect in thedonkey engine, the vessel might have been saved, and this is the principal reason which has led to the present Investigation. The two Commissioners were seated at a table in the Inspector's office, when the reporter entered, engaged in examining W. EK. Bloomfeld, a steve- dore in the employ of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, who testified relative to the manner ~ in which the vessel was the nature of the cargo she carried, He said the vessel's deck contained @ large quantity of hardware, but no combustibie materials of any kind were stowed away near to it. The vessel carried no explosive matertal of any kind, ‘gir 8 a small juan- tity of kerosene oil, which was laced in the hold, removed from all other freight. {t was ee, for the kerosene to explode in the position in which it was placed. He thought that the destruction of the vessel could in no way be attributed to the cargo or the manner in which it was placed in the vessel. At the conclusion of this witness’ examination the two gentlemen sat back in their seats, waiting for the next man to put in an appearance, but he did not come, and a messenger was despatched after Mr. Anthon, an insurance expert, who was expected to give some important testimony. Mr. Nathan was not in town, and at three o'clock, as no fresh evidence could be procured, an adjourn: ment was had until Tuesday morning, when it is expected some witnesses will be forthcoming. THE KAISER MYSTERY NOT EXPLAINED, Close of the Investigation. Coroner Schirmer renewed his investigation yes- terday into the circumstances attending the death of Frank Kaiser, the German butcher, late of 280 Broome street, who was fatally and so mysteriously injured on the evening of the 10th inst., as pre viously reported in the Hera.p, Several addi- tional witnesses were examined, but their testi- mony-shed no new light on the case. The jury are somewhat of the opinion that deceased told the truth in saying that he was injured by being struck in the abdomen by the shaft of a wagon to which was attached a@ runaway horse, but as he made in which he received his injuries, it was utterly impossible to arrive at the truth. It was alleged that Mrs, Walter had struck deceased sev- eral times in the abdomen or side while in the lager beer saloon, but it was not proved. Deputy Coroner Cushman, who made the post-mortem ex- amination, testified that abscess of the liver, the result of violence, was the cause of death. The jury found that deceased came to his death in some manner to them unknown, and exonerated Mrs. Walter from all blame in the matter, ‘The verdict seemed to be well received by nearly o present, who immediately repaired to their homes. JUDGE BARNARD’S SUCCESSOR. Appointment by the Governor of Enoch L. Fancher, ALBANY, N. Y., ‘Sept. 21, 1872, Governor Hoffman has appointed Enoch L. Fancher, of New York, City Judge of the Supreme Court, in place of George G. Barnard, removed, two or three other statements as to the manner | They | ity that distinguishes the young artist's work. THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD. Full Statement of the Present Trouble—Singular Couduet of the Officers of the Road—How the Corporation Has Become Bankrupt. Boston, Sept. 21, 1872. The dimculties between the stockholders and the Management of the Vermont Central Railroad seem to be thickning. As matters look now there ts likely to be an overturn in business there, such as took place in the Erie Railroad Company recently, and which will in this instance, a8 in that, put the road on a substantial basis, where it will be in a Position some day to yield a revenue to the unfor- tunates who are now in possession of its bonds, The Lrening Traveller says to-night:— THE STATE OF THE CASE. The annual obligations of the Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada roads for dividends, In- terest and rents of other roads are more than $2,000,000, The net incomes of their own and the leased roads for the year ending June 1, 1871, a3 appears by their report were $858,904 38—showing & deficiency of more than $1,100,000, In the Spring of 1871 they had a floating debt of $1,500,000, The Vermont and Canada road guaranteed $1,000,000 bonds and issued $500,000 stock, and in that way the debt was paid. Now at the end of another year they come to the Vermont and Canada stockholders and ask them to provide for another floating debt of $2,000,000, In 1864 the Vermont and Canada stock and bonded indebtedness on the Vermont and Canada and Vermont Central amounted to $4,750,000. Now, including the present floating debt, it amounts to $12,500,000, an increase of $7,750,000, and the encumbrances on the property are more than $70,000 per mile. Within the last four or five years they nave issued $2,000,000 equip- ment bonds, If the proceeds of these bonds have been invested in equipment, as they purport to be, they should, with their previously acquired equipments and what their reports from year to year say they have built from their earnings, be the best equipped road in the country, and there should be no necessity for the organization of car companies to furnish cars for their road. They ought to own about four thou- sand cars, which is more than double the number per mile of the best roads in the United States. WHERE THE MONEY HAS GONE TO. But in reality they don’t own half the number, and when the question Is raised as to the disposi- tion of the moneys evidence accumulates that the trustees of the road have acted in a very shabby manner, to say the least. Not only have they used its material to further their own ends at the expense of the stockholders, but as if, in anticipation of such a crisis as the present, they have secured individual leases in their own names of roads connecting with and forming a part ofthe great system of railroads in Vermont. It was supposed that the Vermont Central Kailroad Company controlled all the railroads in their State, but now that the corporation 1s insolvent it has been made manifest that it was the officers of the road in their private and not their oficial capacity who effected the leases which were pre- enmedly for the road, Such is the condition of the road under the management of a Board of Trus- tees—Messrs. John Gregory Smith, of St. Albans; Joseph Clark, of Milton; W. C. Smith, of St. ‘Albans; B. B. Cheney,’ of Boston, and Law- rence Barnes, of Burlington, Vt. The Su- perintendent,’ Mr. Giles. Merrill, has _ re- signed, The National Despatch Company, which was alluded to in my telegram of last evening, has not ony bled its road one-halt cent ver more than any of the others demanded, but has carried freight at such a low figure tnat the rail- road company had actually to pay for the privilege of running thecars. Here is AN ILLUSTRATION, From Boston to Chicago, via the Boston and Al- bany, New York Central, Great Western of Canada and Michigan Central raflroads, is a distunce of 1,013 miles. This route is used by all lines oxeept the National Despatch Company. From B n to Chicago, via the Boston, Lowell and Nashua; Con- cord, Northern Vermont Central, Grand Trunk and Michigan Central railroads, 18 @ distance of 1,169 miles, This route used by the National Despatch Company, and although the: run their cars over a distance of 156 miles greater than that of the other lines they have been carrying freight three dollars per ton less than the rate which the Boston and tl Railroad will make for its competitors, The addi- tional distance which 18 travelled makes an addi- tional expense of $6 24 for car service, which is paid by the six roads over which the car travels in a ratio according to the number of 8 Tun by each and out of the money received for freights. With this statement may be taken into consideration the fact that the Michigan Central Railroad eng has given notice that they must have the same di- vision on Boston freight as that allowed by the Bos- ton and Albany Railroad, by which it will be seen that the depreciation is thrown entirely on the lines east of Detroit, and the margin of proat may thus be calculated. "Thus the Vermont Central Railroad Company has been victimized by the National Des- patch Company to a large extent. ANOTHER EXAMPLE. Still another illustration of the way in which the freight business has been carried on so as to pau- perize the railroad and enrich the company ts the fact of water transportation on the lakes. Every- body knows that it costs less to transport goods A water than it does by land, The National Despate Company ignored this fact, and would bring goods from the West by water and land them at Sarnia instead of carrying them to Ogdensburg by water, thus increasing the car service and lint their own pockets at the expense of the road, Other tn- stances were related where the company hag swin- died the road and victimized the holders of stock therein, The affair is the subject of universal com- ment about town, and has excited a greater sensa- tion than any occurrence since the Jubilee. AMONG THE STUDIOS. Sees aE The various buildings where the artist Bohemians congregate are for the most part sad and deserted. ; There is something chilling in the desolation that everywhere surrounds the visitor. One can enjoy some of the distractions of Robinson Crusoe while wandering through deserted corridors, where the echo of the footfall is heard with a leeling of awe. Only very adventurous people of the newspaper kind would venture into these vast wastes at this period of the year. The voyage would be unbear- able were it not for the presence here and there of some very industrious artist, who has flown back to his perch before his fellows. Even these are, however, very few and very melancholy. Frost Johnson has taken advantage of the quiet times to paint some still life, and to cheer himself with a pleasant prospect has taken for his subject a bunch of grapes, a half-filled drinking glass and a Schnapp’s bottle. These, we should say, would be the only refuge from hypochondria. On his ease; he has ap unfinished picture representing a scene in New York ona hot day. He has some thought of dedicating this work to Bergh. We suggest he should paint Bergh’s head on the fountain in the foreground, paying particular attention to the length of the ears. Miss F. Perkins has a still life subject in a pretty forward state—“A bunch of mellow grapes with some vine leaves.” The lady's work is conscten- tious and displays considerable talent. alter Sateriee has just completed four little panel pictures hohe “L'Amour et les Sal- sons.”” are marked by the tendency to ae is “Fisher Girl,’ which is a more important picture, is remarkably simple in sentiment. It has been treated naturally and picthresquely. Studies for heads of the Angels of Life and Death complete the list of works progressing in this artist's studo, Wordsworth Thompson is making studies at Lago Maggiore, H. W. Kobbina has taken refuge in his old haunt, and is busy painting the Farmington River scenery. Bispham haa returned to town and brought a dog with him—on canvas. It is a study of a pointer, spirited and good in form. This artist has been trying his hand on landscape subjects, and even ventured into marine. Some of the latter made at Narragansett bave a sad interest, as representing the sea the morning after the Metis disaster. Cc. H. Chapin has been poetising in the Green Isie, and brings back some rae. er views of the famous Lake of Killarney, One of the studies shows the Isie of Innisfailen and the residence of the O'Donohoes in the distance. A keh has been opened among the art students of Paris for a monument to Henri Reg- nault. MM, Ambroise Thomas and Meissonier are on the cominittee. FOREIGN WAR VESSELS AT NEWPORT, Arrival of the Prussian Steam Frigates Gazelle and Vincta at Newport—Their Armament and Dimensions. Newport, Sept. 21, 1872. The Prussian steam frigates Gazelle and Vineta arrived at Newport at eleven P. M. on Thursday from Boston, They left Boston at eleven A, M, on Wednesday, and came down under steam. They in armament of twenty fifteen-inch i 100-pound shell. The guns are of the , #nd some have the new breeches of Their engines are 400 horse Fup) the chook of 1870, power, and the crew muster 400, all told, on each vessel. They are to leave on Sunday for Norfolk, Va. § THE ELIZABETH MURDER. FATAL FIGHT OF FIREMEN. The Coroner’s Inquest and Verdict—All About Grant and Greeley—The Dying Man's Story—“‘Here, Clum, is One for You.” An inquest was held in Elizabeth yesterday by Coroner Alexander Gibbs touching the death of Chauncey Clum, who was shot by John Fagan late last Saturday night, or, rather, early on Sunday morning, in the course of a drinking bout and political squabble. The following jurors were sworn:—E, 8S. Warne, Michael Dabb, James Aiken, Samuel Marsh, W. M. Dedrick, A. E. Looker, 8. E- Killan, Charles Wirchling, Owen Farley, John Reu- ter, Adam Mordant and John M. Burger. As already stated in the Hexap, Clum lingered after being shot some forty-eight hours, Previous to his death he made an 2 ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT, of which the following is a copy:—Channcey Cium, being duly sworn, on his oath says:—I re- side at No. 360 Elizabeth avenue; am thirty years of age and feel able to give a full statement of the case of my shooting; I went yesterday morning (sunday), about two o’clock, 1n company with Ed- ward Connelly, to Lane’s saloon; found several persons there, John Fagan, McGurgan and Lane; there was a dispute among them about politics John Fagan knocked a glass out of McGurgan’s hand; Fagan and I had no dispute; when they wert out of doors 1 went tn till there was trouble in the street; there had been pistol shots before I was shot, and Fagan said, “Here, Clum, 18 one for you;” [think he Intended shooting, knowing it was me; immediately after his shot { walked home, Dr. James 8. Green, who made & post mortem examination of the murdered man, fully described the same, showing that Clam died in good healtir and from the eftects of a pistol shot in the abdomen. Dr. Joseph L, Martin corroborated Dy. Green, and added that Clum was in possession of all his facul- ties up to the time of his death, THE SALOON KEEPER'S STORY( James T. Lane, the keeper of the saloon where the quarrel commenced, was sworn. His statement was to the effect that Fagan, McGurgan, Clam and’ Connelly were in his place the morning named. McGurgan and Fagan got into handgrips, and he put both out. He closed his saloon and heard the row continued on the street and the pistol shots. Lane’s wife was also sworn. She saw the street row from her window and Fagan with @ pistol in De hand, She was positive it was he that fired the shots, WHAT M'GURGAN SWORE TO. Peter MeGurgan stated that in the saloon Clam called for drinks. He and Fagan drank to Grant and McGurgan drank to Greeley. This enraged Fagan and he knocked MoGurgan’s glass out of his: hand. The rest of McGurgan’s statement is the same as already published, Connelly told a similar story. At five o’clock the case was given to the jury, and half an hour afterwards they returned with the following VERDICT :— “We, the jurors, upon the testimony adduced, do declare that in our belief Chauncey Clum came to his death, at the city of Elizabeth, N. J., from @ pistol shot fired on Sunday morning, Sep- tember 15, between the hours of twelve and two o'clock, by the had of John Fagan, and died in consequence of the wound on the morning of Sep- tember 17, 1872." Clum and Fagan were firemen, connected with the same company, and there was an old sore be- tween them on account of a race between them for the foremanship. Hence the ebullition of bad blood toward Cium by his political ally. A “SOUTHERN DIFFICULTY.” aoe Terrible Tragedy Yesterday in Columbus, 8. C.—A Free Fight, Fisticuffs and Then Deadly Shooting—The Wrong Man Killed, of Course—The Principals Unhart. CoLumBtA, Sept. 21, 1872, The criminations and recriminations between the nominees on the regular republican and the bolters’ ucket in the canvass in this State culminated this evening in a terrible tragedy. A LIAR AND A POLTROON. Judge S. W. Melton, one of the most prominent native republicans in the State, who was nominated for the Attorney Generalship on the regular ticket, has recently been designated in a published card as | a liar, poltroon and coward by C. W. Montgomery, Senator from Newberry county, and now President of the Senate pro tem, Melton, contrary to expectation, took no notice of these foul aspersions further than to indicate that he would settle all such diMculties after the election, This created general surprise, and it was known Melton, true to his chivalric antecedents, would not fail to resent an insult even at the risk of his life. The dénouement proved that the latter was the case. THE BEGINNING OF THE DIFFICULTY. During the canvass Meiton had accused Mont+ gomery, who is identified with the bolters, of issu- ing fraudulent pay certificates on the State Treas- ury in the same manner in which Franklin J, Moses, the regular nominee for Governor, is alleged to have done, while Speaker of the House. Montgomery reported by the publication of the card above alluded to in the Phamiz of this city. THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY, Thus matters rested until this evening, when Montgomery and a gentleman named George Tup- per were in the dining saloon of the Pollock House | awaiting dinner. At the invitation of Montgomery, Tupper and two others went into the saloon, took a drink and returned to the dining room. Just at this time and before the waiter came with the dinner Judge Melton, who had been up stairs, came down, and, looking into the dining room, saw his foe Montgomery. FISTIOUFFS. Melton was accompanied by Jonn D. Caldwell, brother-in-law of United States Senator Robinson, and Major Morgan, son-in-law of George A. Tren- holm, late Secretary of the Confederate Treasury. Without waiting for an instant Judge Melton rushed upon Montgomery, who was seated at the dining table, and placing the head of the latter in chancery, began @ most vigorous pummmelling of his physlognomy. In a moment all the parties present jumped to their feet, and soon the room Was @ confused mass of scufling men. Caldwell and Morgan sprung forward, and endeavored to separate the combatants, PISTOLS AND ASSASSINATION. The excitement at this juncture was very great, the two principal parties being still clinched, when two pistol shots were heard, and Caldwell, press- ing his hands to his sides, fell dead upon the floor. Scarcely had this happened when Morgan received @ shot in the shoulder and exclaimed, “I’m shot.’ From the testimony at the Coroner's inquest, had be gene it appears that {t was Mr. Tupper, w! had bee with Montgomery, who had fired the shots, though he was at the further end of the dining room from the place where the ae oc curred, and It is the generai limpression he thought Montgomery was not shown fair play by Melton’s friends, A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE. Immediately after the firing Tupper, by some of the vicissitudes of the mélée, grappled with Morgan, who was wounded, and together they staggered into an adjoining aliey, where the fight was vigor- ously kept up long after the killing of Caldwell. ‘The news of the fight spread like wildfire, and soon an immeuse crowd Was collected round the scene of the combat. Melton, Moutgomery, Morgan and Tupper were promptly arrested by Chief of Po.tce Jackson. Upon investigation, however, Mel- ton and Morgan were released, but Tupper and Montgomery are still confined. Jon D. Caldwell, who was killed, isa young man, was an officer in the Confederate arihy, and was a bank director of this city. His presence and that of Morgan with Melton was He accidental. The affair is gener- ally regretted by all parties, and casts a gloom over the community here, SHOOTING AFPRAY THIS MORNING, The Fourth Ward Vendetta—A Cowardly Assailant. At half-past one o'clock this morning, as Peter Tighe, of 33 Roosevelt street, aged twenty-one, and the Captain of the Liberty Guard of the Fourth Ward, was entering Johnson's liquor store in Frankfort street, near French's Hotel, in company with a friend named John Shay, to post up a bill announcing the target excursion of the Liberty Guard, he was fired upon by an un- known man and wounded in the thigh. He was taken over to the Centre Street Hospital, where his wounds were dressed oy Drs, Hardy pas, Bruce, and the ball, which was of the bore of a Smith & Wesson pistol, was ex- tracted, after having taken a downward course of six inches, It is suspected that the shot was fired by Charles O’Bride, a noted young desperado and a leader of the Lower eens Fe with whom tne wounded man had a dispute in the course of the evening, and who had offered to fight Tighe. The rounded man was conveyed to rv home at twa o'clock this morning.