The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1872, Page 3

RADICAL RATIFICATION. ‘ Rousing Republican Rally at. Cooper Institute. . -Review of the"Political Situation—Why Greeley Should Not Be Elected and Why Grant Should—Politics Discussed With- out Using Billingsgate— ‘The third ofthe radical republican Wednesday Leen Spe Which are announced to be at Cooper Mnstitute every Wednesday evening until the close of the Presidential cam- paign, attracted an immense audience to the large hall of that building last night, Fully five thousand persons were in attendance, and were in marked contrast to most political assemblages by the very orderly deportment nd respectable appearance which character- ized them. The large proportion of colored People and ladies in the audience was also quite noticeable, There was no attempt at display or decoration beyond the draping of a few Bational fags on the pillars and arches in rear of ‘the stage and a couple of bouquets of Nowers which ornamented the speakers’ desk. Every seat, rail- ing and step within the hall was occupied, and all ‘the aisles were filled by standing listeners. At eight o’clock precisely the meeting was called to order and the chairman, Mr. Luther R. Marsh, after a fow words of preface, read the list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries, among whom were the following:—General John A. Dix, William H. Vanderbilt, Leonard W. Jerome, Samuel Wetmore, George Griswold Gray, Herman Le Roy, A. ©. Monson, Charles L. Anthony, Henry I. Barbey, Samuel F. Barger, Robert H. Berdell, Daniel 0. Blodgett, Oliver K. King, Eugene M. Keteltas, Ambrose ©. Kingsland, Pierre Lorillard, Peter Marie, George H. Penuiman, Unarles H. Mar- shall, Israel Corse, William T. Garner, W. H. Geb- hard, Hooper ©. Van Voorst, Reuben W. Howes, Jesse’ Hoyt, Adam Norrie, Alexander W. Harvey, John Dorr, Elisha Riggs, General H. H. Baxter, Alexander Stuart, Thomas A. Vyse, Jr., William Whitewright, Jr., R. A. Witthaus, A, Warren Greenleaf, Samuel Sloan, George H. Warren, Effingham Townsend, John Q. Jones, Charies-L. Frost, Richard Irvin, Schuyler Crosby, Robert Win- throp, James Low, Courtlandt Palmer, Homer H. Stuart, William A. Wheelock, Robert Hoe, D. R. Mangan, John F. Butterworth, Ezra Wheeler, ©. P, Huntington, George T. Adee, William Barton, Cambridge Livingstone and others. The greater portion of these gentlemen occupied seats on the i econ ses of Mr. Sumner to show the Sen a‘or'’s assertions concernin; honeat life. it here cited extracts from ad- the inaccuracy of the late Sec- Stanton’s reciation of General pat and several letters 0! the naneot him on the spot” order, posed of these questions, he proceeded Of the. in which he used tne following -We will consider the fitness of BRAL ND HORACE GREELEY for the great ‘bthes. YExow thém pretty Well; f shall try to present them to you fairly. Remem- ber that itis the chief ruler of ‘a great people, after Asrint civil War, WHOM you are about to select, ué abilities which we seek § those of a great gorerace: not those df ait artist, & poet or man of titers; men of acience, wyiters, orators and liter- ary men, from Cicero to Lamartine, have always failed as rulers of the State. Noman ofgense belleves that Juvenal, Ropes, Shakspeare, Milton, Newton or La Place could ever have governed thé ations whose history they adorned; whereas Julius Cesar, Charlemagne, Frederick the Great,Napoleon, William of orange, and, more than all, the great Cromwell, were able rulers, each of whom was first a great soldier and then a statesman of imperishable fame. Come down in history to our own country. Our first great ruler was the immortal Washington, the great captain of his age. The next marked ruler was General Jackson, whose military fame pre- ceded his civil reputation. ‘The greatest rulers in cvery age have been the greatest soldiers of their time, inters, sculptors, scholars, writers and journalists of other men’s deeda have always failed at the helm of State. They have not that combina- tion of faculties and of will which the position requires, Upon this subject the instincts of man- kind have generally guided them ht. Hor- ace Greeley ig a man of eminent abilities, but as unsuited to the Presidential office as was the wont Horace for an Emperor of Rome. It is one of he weaknesses of our people to imagine for the moment that the man who has achieved great suc- cess in Looe is fitted for the Presidency; and hence, we have had successful steamboat men, ex- press Mnen, railroad men, telegraph men, explorers, patn-finders, writers and journalists talked of as candidates for the chief executive ofice. Rosa Bonheur can paint a horse better than any livin Pin but she cannot shoe one. I would not detrac' ‘om MR, GREELEY'S JUSTLY-EARNED REPUTATION. He has immense industry and @ powerful pen, which he has always used on the side of humanity. He ts a true hater of oppression and of privileged very placavie and of kindly nature. In money matters, honest; in politics, more far- sighted than is generally a amy and shrewd even to cunning; with lai love of approbation, the spring of great ambition. Able as a jour- nalist, vigorous asa writer, and always in sym- pathy liberal principles, he never keeps an even course and often startles his friends by crotchets the more dangerous because sincere, Be is Hable to influences of whose evil he 18 not conscious. best friends would never select him to lead an army, to preside over a turbulent assembly, to control a bank or run a railroad He has never shown any of the qualities of a great leader, and we have no right to suppose that he can now make an able ruler over a great nation. I have given some study to the system of our govern- ment and tried to learn the source of its power and its real dangers. It differs raaically from all others. No feudal seed was ever planted in our soil, and the feeble attempts to pa pire feudal scions on our stock failed, as they will always fail. No reverence for great families or historic names has any hoid here. In theory and in fact the power lies down in the hearts of the people, and their will gets ex- ees through public opinion, from which there 8 no appeal. ice, being open to ail, until within Platform, and not a few were accompanied by ladies. The Cuarrman then introduced as the speaker of the evening Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, ex-United States District Attorney, who was received with hearty applause, As soon as this mark of welcome had subsided Mr. Pierrepont proceeded to address the assemblage, i MR, PIERREPONT’S ADDRES He said:— FELLOW OrTizENs—I have not come to defend General Grant. I point you to the record he has made, which is eternal; i the blaze of whose in- splendor fout slanders will shrivel as & goroll and revilers perish asstubble. Nor have I come to defame Horace Greeley. The which has done will live after him; the evil, let it be interred with his old clothes and his vain and foolish aspirations for the Presidency. I have come to talk with you on "posta affairs, that we may reason together, and see what is, on the whole, best in this epoch of our history. A great nation about to commit its destinies for years to the ce of one man will pause and’ consider well before it casts its vote. When the deed is done, regrets, however deep or sincere, will not avail. Let us look fairly at this question of the candidates, and see whic,” under ee cir- cumstan: it to receive your 81 few fonth ago Horace Grectey published to the world views of the democratic party in these words :— “It is rebel at the core A able to recon- cile the defeats of Lee, Johnston, Bi Hood and Price, ad the consequent downball beloved Ponseeeresy with its traditi faith Divine nce, It would hail the election of a demo- bratic President in 1872 as a virtual reversal of the Appometox gurrender. It would come into power the hate, the chagrin, the wrath, the mortifi- tation of ten bitter years to impel and guide Its steps. It would devote itself to taking off or eanreon | tex after tax, until the Treasury was eect of the means of Paying interest on tne wational debt, and would hail the tidings of na- tonal coat with unalloyed gladness and unconcealed exultation. Whatever chastisement ates deserved for our national sins, we must ope that this disgrace and humiliation will be snared us.” Mr. Greeley has uttered many braye Words in the cause of truth, but none more true than these” Dasa any A NORTHERN DOUGHFACE, ; plonping over with the lukewarm milk of ess, mi bel Wi at we human ay eet Ss oe late Ee gorry, repen and honestly ace} 6 fitustion” with intent to abide” by ie. But Re man of an intellect above good-natured idiocy, at all informed of the past conduct and present sentiment of the late Confederates, can doubt that they mean to gain by intrigue what they lost by war; that to aman they are sorry thal they tailed in their wicked plot to subvert the vernmment, and that they would to-day dig a per chasm and fill it full of blood if they did not fear that brave patriots from the North, seizing their old guns, would row over it, 4 The speaker then proceeded to relate the history of tne old Missouri compromise question of 1818 and traced it down to 11 iti sequence, the tt rebellion, This he followed up by contrast- ig Mr. Greeley’s desire to ‘‘let the Southern States ge in peace” with the subsequent utterances of x-rebel leaders in the South to-day and the rant- ings of the Southern press about ‘‘State sovereign- ry” ‘white supre! »” “repudiation” and other clarations, Which show that the old fires of hate and rebellion still burn as fiercely as ever in the Southern heart, and that in their acceptance of Mr. ag their candidate they are working se- tly for the restoration of the “lost cause.” fe continued:—Why did the democratic part; pominate Mr. Ad what bi in was it in af lance was blic the World said: ir. Greeley’s sole hope of an election depends upon his receiving the unanimous port of the democratic | ae Sd edilind If he is no: ted by the democrat! and by democratic votes he Scant ignore ic votes cannot ore detects 4 fing his admuntetra Rerty in organ} * _ Uf democrats are to vote for Mr. aeeeley it must de Made buch circumstances that he be compelled to acknewledge his obliga- tions to the , and will make im dependant on for the success of his ad- tion.” circamstances were all ar- to mutual satisfaction, and Horace Greeley received the unanimous nomination of that party which he had lately pronounced so utterly disloyal nd rebel to the core. We know where we stand. e have two great parties in the field. The old Bourbon democratic party, with its bigotries, its secession sympathies, its rebel su [sepa “with the hate, the chagrin, the wrat! Mortification of ten bitter years to impel an: guide its steps.” On the other hand, we have the fepublican party; with no hate, or chagrin or wrath, but with a record of more than ten years of patriotic devotion and glorious deeds of imperish- able renown. PAST EXPERIENCE PROVES ‘that the Sonthern politicians never mistook their man; they never accepted a Northern President unless sure of his Southern principles, and they have not changed; ony do not even pretend to have changed; they boldly say that the advocate Of secession and the bailer of Jeff Davis is reliable, and that he will surely see that they are paid for their liberated siaves—the four hundred million which he once cecpoees. Everywhere throughout the South you shall hear that they expect to be paid eir human chattels if Mr. Greeley is elected. But some one says that the Fourteenth amendment to the. constitution forbids such pay- Ment. 50 it does; but the Fourteenth amendment will go where the Missouri compromise went, @nd be ‘trampled in the dust’ with the other re- construction measures if Mr. Greeley is elected. Senator Sumner says in his letter:—‘‘Horace stood forth a. reformer and abolitionist; President Grant enlisted as a pro-siavery demo- gist, and, at the election of Buc! fortified by vo! te all the pretensions of slavery.” Wel what if we concede all that? Is General Grant now the less an Tepublican? if Judas, an disciple, had reproached St. Paul with having been once & pe! ir of the Church, that we not have helped Judas or hurt St. Paul. There ha} to be another man on your ticket whom Mr. er would pro-slavery demo- @ few years, was generally sought for the advance- ment of social position, to GRATIFY PERSONAL PRIDE and love of eminent consideration for public ser- vice, or to perform a useful duty tothe State. As wealth increased and corrupting luxury came in, bad, cunning men discovered that they could use Official trusts to steal the earnings of the people under cover of deceiving laws; and the cheated citizens were made to belleve that the fraudulent taxes all came out of the rich; though they were puzzled to see how it was that the rich grew richer and the poor poorer, while no taxes were levied upon the tri They are just now beginning to learn that all taxes really come out of the l.bor and industry of the people, and that the idea that capital the taxes is a covert fraid—the great cost of rént which the laboring poor and the in- dustrious me or clerk has to is chiefly caused by the fragdulent tax which the tenement GENERAL GRANT, FOR THE bees) never talks or writes or speaks; he 1s fi culate, silent. He does not impress men generally. He seems int and in mixed society draws into his shell. To nation of ceaseless talkers he seems @ kind of Sphynx. But he has done some things. He is younger than Horace preeey, by more than eleven jhe has done things for this people which Horace vie 4 could not do—which no other man could do. e danger is over now, and almost forgot; but there was a time,a gloomy time, when this nation’s life was in peril; when ten thousand Horace Greeleys could mot save it, and General Grant did. We many other generals, all well placed in the socis! supported by all the upper influences in the land—all failed, An obscure man from Galena, Poor, of no reputation or family influence, led the Union armies from vic- tory to victory, and never failed; and when the sword of Lee was surrendered to his younger vic- tor the nation offered up heartfelt thanksgivings to God, and Grant was almost worshipped as the saviour Of our liberties. Are 23 going to crucify him now? Why, what evil hath he done? My brave and honest countrymen, you do not mean to be unjust! General Grant don’t seek this office; he never did seek it. He don’t want to be driven from it in disgrace by the enemies of the country’ which his brave comrades died to save. Can you tell me why this great effort to drive him from the Mice which he has so worthily filled ? I think I can il. General Grant had proved himself so great a men that the pation expected to much—more than, ‘was reasonauie— cue ca THBY EXPECTED PERFECTION, and would tolerate nothing less in thelr idol ;and, true to our English blood, we began to think that he had been overpraised—a crime which the Anglo- Saxon race never allows to go unpunished. In a republic, where office is n to all, each office had @ thousand aspirants. Each office filled made many enemies and sometimes an ingrate. The vanity and pretension of official aspirants cre amazing. Grant had no skill to flatter and no wish to excite false hopes. Jealousy of his po- sition; jealousy which plays so vile a part in public affairs came in, and vague distrust, fomented by envy and disappointment, and rebel hate of him who crushed their treason—all joined in a general plan to oust ‘a sident from his seat; and out of the grand jumble came a result, unexpected, unwished, and which amazed every \eader of the movement, and for a time paralyzed their action. THEY HAD 8OWN THE WIND, they did not expect the whirlwind would force Horace Greeley ace them; and when the clouds cleared away and they saw that ghost appear, they stood aghast, like the murderous Thene at the ghost of Banquo! The career of Grant has been a marvel from the ining—not to be explained _upon the ordinary principles of ju men. With reverent voice, I say that I believe he is raised up by Providence for greater deeds than he has yet performed. I find nothing in history which he re- sembles except the great Cromwell, and I find no such self-poised head as his since Cromwell died. I am an earnest advocate for the re-election of Gen- ‘eral Grant because I believe in him, because I think it, under the circumstances, the only safety for the country. Iam not an office holder, and, ag we are tall Tather confidentally to-nignt, 1 will tell you that I do not intend to ve. I have taken the full measure of that matter. I intend to re- main your fellow citizen with unsealed lips, free to criticise any man who holds the people’s trust and to denounce any mau who betrays it. NO HONEST MEN but the rich can ever grow rich in a government where your Officials are robbers and levy taxes for lunder. If we cannot preserve our government om Official corruption our liberties are near their end, Come up and face this question, fellow citi- zens. Do you believe that the election of Horace Greeley will work reform? Do you not know that his election will throw a pall over every cheerful hope of rescuing our city and State from robbers’ Do you not know that the thieves will run under his 8x for shelter, and tell him that they are sorry and “eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm,"’ and only want to be let alone until the; can work back through plausible device into their former places. Reformers, you know very well that the election of Horace Greeley does not mean re- form. You cannot face an honest audience and tell them that you think 80. If you do they will not believe you. A desire for reform swept this State like a whirlwind last Autumn, and it will do it again. I know that we shall have reform or des- otism, I do not believe that the election of jorace Greeley tends to reform, but to confusion and anarchy; * you all know what follows anarchy. A word about GENERAL GRANT'S OPPRESSION OF THE SOUTH, and I have done. Last February I went through most of the Southern States and tried to learn their real condition. They were not very prosperous— they were nearly all for Greeley, even then; I mean the rebel whites, not the loyal b! 8. Since the war the leh has suffered a deal from bad jovernment—no doubt of that—but much of it was Incident to the situation, aud more was due to their owp sullen pride and obstinate will. Had the: frahkly Scogpted the inevitable, and return legiance, and honestly tried to aid the government in reconstruction, they would have suffered little from misrule: the vic- torious North would have been over generous to the fallen foe, and would have readily removed eve! jifty, I sincerely believe that, before another yer Es ry ¢rat voting for Buchanan. He not only voted for Buchanan, but was in "8 ‘captuet. He is tho same man who, while there as Secretary of the Treasury, gare the memorable order, “If any man gEcrs haul down the American flag, shoot on the spot.” Don’t you think THE OLD FLAG WILL BE SAFE (n the hands of General Dix * and when he is Gov- ernor CB think the thieves will dare break into iblic. tre: and steal? General has trust from the time he was cae years old, He has disvharged the duties ‘all these oMoes with ability, fidelity, untarnished and virtue. Your city, ant county and your ve long been plundered, Even djsabiitt feet as pt the South itself will re- Joice in the re-election of General Grant. And now, ‘when we are at peace with ali the-world, when our prosperity is great and our industries are fast reviving, we are asked to make a change, to try something new, ‘‘to clasp our eager hands across the bi chasm’!— (the South has shown no haste two Govern Jasely generously; pro- tect the freedman in his ta 5 but do not, in blind fatuity, surrender the very ark of your lib- erties to those who in were 80 faithless, who in war could perpetrate or permit the inhuman cruelties of Andersonvillc and the Libby! (Long continued appla Mr. Pierrepont’s address was delivered with a slow. unimpassioned enerey that seemed to com: from and ei As subsided the chairman pan. who proceeded to deliver a r 4 tirade on tics, but aa his ue Or coherent sign! ce we cannot devote the space to reproduce uimoreue bddress" and fe rye pudianens after uniting in three rousing cheora ir he ticket, concluded to separate, and eflected their purpose in the most orderly manner, BOLTING *‘3CURBONS.” A Conference of Bepresescatives of the Inde- pendent Democracy Denounce Greé- ley and Endorse Grant. DIX PREFERRED TO KERNAN. The bootblacks of Park row were quite astonished on Monday by the arrival here of a crowd of politi- cal gentlemen from various sections of the Union, whose sudden coming and confident éclat of be: ing were equally a surprise to the uninitiated. The Astor House—that citadel of so many devoted “bolts”—was the scene of @ portentous confer- ence, which far eolipsea in solemn importance that of the famous committee which was charged a few days since with the herculean task of coaxing Mr. Charles O’Conor from his fortress of resolution. Most of the delegates arrived on the same day, and walked with stately steps, self-conscious of THEIR NOBLE NATIONAL MISSION, into the corridora of the hotel, where they were received with open arms by the embarrassed walters, Yesterday morning the ‘gentlemen from the provinces” arose at a somewhat unusually early hour; were, without exception, shaved cleanly and regaled with fragrant viands, and then lounged amilingly at the bar over beverages of the true democratio flavor, only more orthodox still, perhaps, than thoge drank by the embassy from Louisville when influenced by® lke mighty pur- pose, At ten o'clock the caucus assembled, and, upon motion, Mr. James Worreil, of Peunsylvania, was called to the chair, with Mr. J. H, Wilson, of Ala- bama, as secretary. SUPPORT OF GRANT AND WILSON. Upon taking the chair Mr. Worrell delivered an elaborate speech, in which he reviewed at length the political history of the nation and the features of the present campaign, and contended with strong reasoning that it was the bounden duty of every democrat to support Grant and Wilson. Other speeches were made, in which determined protests were uttered against caucus and conven- tion conspiracies and the cpeprerncn of true demo- cratic principles. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That there be appointed a National Commit tee of two members from each State, and a State Com- mittee of two from each Judicial district; that there also be appointed a Joint Executive Campaign Committee, to take such action as may be deemed best pending the pres- ent canvass, in which the members of the National and State committees shall unite and co-operate, with a view to the issuance and distribution of documents throughout the country, and of holding public meetings. at diferent polnts and places. Upon consultation the following NATIONAL COMMITTEE was appointed :. Alabama—R. B. Parsons and J. H. ‘Wilson. Arkansa: . 0. Lawson and John Do California—8. B. Axtell and Albert Hay poppeckietie-Charies. ‘4 aewatenand. are—George er and Geo! Plorida—Wilflam A Cocke and D. R. -W. T. Seaman and Robert Fl aT mas H. Bond, ¢ Montgomery. Nag aL. oyd. shan Henry W. Pains fan and Arthur Dean. on i. Hartwell and 8, D. Clay. TH Claiborne id Thomas Netto pcre A ee Py a et . Nevada—Dutton Pabor and Wellington Don: ne. New Hampshire—John Bedell and vu, H. P. Smart. New Jersey—Henry B. Campbell and C. Nugent. Now York Willtain H. Morris and Henry C. Page. North Carolina—Lemuel Rathbone and Josoph Douglas, Ohio—8. G, McKee and James W. Carson. Oregon—Charles North and James B. Leask. Fenneyivania—sames Worrall and J. & McGalmont, Bhode Island—Thomas Steere an nn. Texas—J. B. ‘Benham and Thomas De W! _ Virginia—John H. Gil John 8. Mosby. Wert VirginiaJ.'s, Carlie and William Rep, Wisconsin—H. H. Gray and Alesander Meggett. This committee, upon retiring, named as its officers the following gentlemen :—Ohairman, J. H. Gumer, of Virginia; Secretary, H. 0. Page, of New rk. THE STATE COMMITTEE for New York was also immediately organized, with Mr. P, M. Howell, of Ontario oon #9 oh ir- man, and Mr. Thomas Ingalis, of Washington county, as Secretary, the members being :— First district—Geor, . Glaze and \¢ Tech: . Becond nett fo i HE: Strausy and daines Stina. Brg, uistrict—Heiiry A. Stall and 8. T. McKnight. fourth district—Thomas Ingalls and . 7. Walworth. Finth district-Worcis Place'and George &: Conover: Bixth district—George Becker and E. P. More. Seventh district—Johnson Brigham and T. M. Howell. Eighth district—George J. Bryan and Charles Williams. Having thus far progressed on their Arcadian course the next step accomplished was the forma- tion of the following ‘Jol: jampaign Committee,” which fs to invent the stratagems and conduct the sieges in the coming contest on the part of the “true Independent democracy :)— Chairman—Samuel D, Clay, of Michigan. vy—Harry 0. Page, of New York. = easurer—George A. J. Norman, of Westchester county. homas Steere, of Rhode ¢sland’; Charles Van Benthuy- sen, of Albany : George W. Glaze, of New York: General A. b, McCalmont, of Penns: A, F. Kibbe, of Kings county ; J. B. Brown, of Indi . P. More, of Madison, county: W. A. Cocke, of Florida; Merritt B. Sawyer, of Rockland county ; Colonel George Williamson, of Louisl- ana; M. T. Walworth, of Saratoga county. A committee was also appointed and instructed to prepare an address to THE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRACY in relation to the campaign, and to be issued on behalf of the National Comamtst PHILADELPHIA ENDORSED. Resolutions were presented and adopted endors- ing the nominations of General Ulysses 8. Grant and Henry Wilson for the offices of President and Vice President, and pledging earnest efforts to secure their success in the pending campaign. Resolutions were also adop' calling on the members of the National Committee to organize as far as possible in their several States, and in the Pronent contest to participate in and unite with the rant and Wilson cam} mn clubs, and requesting inde; endent democratic speakers to at once take tha flaid in addressing the peop) le half of the candidates endorsed by this con pe in rétice, The members of the caucus took a recess, during which the State Committee held its virgin session. The nominations of John A. Dix for Governor of the State of New York, of Lyman Tremain for Congress- man at Large, and of the other gentlemen on the ticket, were warmly endorsed, and an address in their interests was ordered to be gotten ready to be precipitated upon the people. hen the session of the conference was resumed @ nomber of letters from prominent politicians were read. The Conference then adjourned sie die. COLORED LIBERAL, REPUBLIOAN CONVEN- 10K, LovisviLue, Ky., Sept. 25, 1872. The Colored National Liberal Republican Con- vention met at noon to-day and opened with devotional exercises, Delegates were present from twenty-two States. The Con- vention was called to order by W. H. Cham- bers, of Indianapolis, chairman of the National Executive Committee, who was chosen temporary chairman, after which a committee on permanent organization was appointed, when the Convention adjourned till afternoon, (pon the reassembling of the Convention a wel- coming address was delivered by Richard A. Jones, after which W. N. Saunders, of Maryland, was elected permanent chairman and delivered a long address, mainly on the importance of this move- ment to the colored race. The visual committees were appointed, including a committee to draw up a declaration of prin- ciples, The following letter from Horace Greeley was then read and received with applause :— ew Your, Sept. 9, 12, Grwtiemex—I trust the day is at hand when we shall know Iva of any mi color, but esteem and trast him as he shall conduct himself asa man and a citizen. For the Manag acquiesce in the cupedioncy of men, but I’ hope thoy rout holding a convention of colored may not be needed after this year. Trusting that de em ations may strongly conduce is end. yours, bi ade business the meeting en GREET! After some unimportant adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow. The Conven- tion is not large, but is an intelligent body of men, and created a favorable impression, The speeches are up to the standard of similar white assemblages. “ADMIRAL” JOHN O'KEEFE ANNAPOLIS, Kept, 25, 1872. “Admiral” John O'Keefe, the winner of the Rob- erts cadetship, has passed a very creditable ex- patente and enters the service as @cadot mid- shipman, CHIVALRY. The Unfought Duel and What It is All About, SPAIN AND CUBA. “When Shall We Two Meet Again !”---Swords or Pistols---America or Belgium. The age of chivalry is not gone. For the past ‘week the ish and Cuban residents of this city have been fully eercised over an affair which promised to bring ferward in bold relief a living Picture of the daring deeds ‘of the knignt errant. But happily no blood waa Spilled, and let us hope that none will be gpilied. The strife between the Spaniards and the Cuban race hag given rise to many-eontentions, and the one to which reference ie made arose thus wise:—About a year ago the Cuban General Goicouria was captured by the Span- ish torces, His sword was presented by De Rodas, the Captain General of Havana, to José Ferrer de Couto, the editor of the Spanish paper El Crontsta, published in this city, De Couto forthwith pub- lished an article tn) his paper reflecting on the Cuban people, and offering, among other things, to SURRENDER THE SWORD to Goicouria in case he shoultprove himself worthy of it in single confict; but unfortunately it oc- curred that after the article Was written, and when the paper had been circulated, a despatch arrived from Havana that Gotcouria had been hanged, The Cuban population considered that De Couto had insulted the dead, and. determined tobe avenged; but as De Conto had no destre to. die @ dishonorable death, he issued, aa alleged by the Cuban residents, and as tacitly admitted by himeelf, a challenge to any Cuban who desired to take up the gauntlet. Two Cubans, named Suarez ae rnal, came on from Havana to accommo- tleman. the instigat pry the Cubans have conside: Couto as out- THE ROLL OF HONOR, Shortly afterwards a young Cuban, named Barnaps de Varona, then Gren hace of » Who happened to be in New York, met Couto and knocked him down on Fifth avenue, one Sunday Sfternoans It does not appear that this was re- sented. Last week matters were brought toa crisis. The Cubans had a stand at Union square, at the Gree- ley ratification meeting, and in the issue of the Crontsta, on September 14, the following paragraph occurs :— - 18 THIS A CHALLENGE f The ridiculous Republic of Cuba, in New reased its adhesion to the candidate (Mr. Greeley). ween the many stands which were in Union square there was one, occupied by Americans, with the lone star York, ex- Be- qT on the top. Around it there were several Ouban citizens," of undefined color, modern Cain's, They ent there to flatter a proble- matic’ President, to bei him “help. to m destroy thelr country ; like feeble Woinen Went ‘there, Ag they go everywhere, to look for vagrants who will Nght for'them. Such proceedings from men who pretend to be dependent have inspired contempt in this people, who so ardently sympathized with them in the beginning. Though in “such circumstances every vote is good, the beggars of the Cuban Republic were unnoticed. ‘Their iled to make their appearance. * * * who apostatize trom their country, their blood and their God could Keep (a particle of hiohor, what hard lesson this would be for the liberated beggars. ‘Tho American people are a manly people and cannot but feel contempt for those who come here to:make war after the fashion of market women instead of going to fight in the mountains of their own country—a country which repels them as spur! sons, as fruits of malediction. » This irritated the Cubans who were present at the meeting, They considered it a direct insult against them, and from a man who was outside the “roll of nonor.? Nevertheless, a young Cuban of this city named Arthur Abren, formerly a member of the importing house of Brown, Abren & Co., and a soldier of the Seventh regiment, moving in fash- fonable society, published in the the Cuban revolutionary paper, the following letter :— 18 THIS A CHALLENGE ? Tq me Eprron ov Tae CRoniarai— Teen in an account our paper of 6 meeting 10) the ith, inst: In favor of the. emt or eminent American, jorace Greeley, you ea: rr e % ry yourinsolence to the extreme Insulting the wiiole Cuban people without provocation of kind. There exist in this city a number of young ans who long ago would have come forward to con found you in the mud of your ridiculousness and nothing- ness, Dut they always thought that that would be honor- ing you too much; but you fave failed to un- derstand it so. They have’ borne in mind e with which Y dis- you, covered youreelf in the affair of nd Bernal, whom you caused to be r it before the Courts of this city when they came from Havana to challenge you for the a he let- arrested ter which you wrote, which was published in all the Jour- la in bh mee d py ct ‘ou rie iy substan! pie, mn you wre iat other r, in whic! ou apologize i ro de te Marine and to them, whieh appeared in the Dia ZaPrensa and in all the Havana Journals. You will remember Barnabe dé Varona, then a young man of, twenty years, to-day a General in the Cuban army, This Varona met you.on Fifth avenue, in thia-city, and kicked you one Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, presence of a numerous concourse ot people. Previous his he had refused to accept a challenge from you on the ground that you were outside of the roll of honor be- cause of your treatment of Juarez and Bernal, fo Prove that it was for no other motive Varona inflicted on you this punishment. Who did not see you, with the marks on your face, crying like a woman oe oe eT will Waive all the just considerad which I have spoken before, and although the last of the Cuban; a ipte Mr Pano, to demonstrate fo you our rr in pt plgake. ‘am ‘here, Mr, Conto! You have 4 dood blank, face to face. Discharge against mi all your fury and ‘proceed for the first time as becomes gentlemen, omitting the Billingsgate. A. A. gs Be X0u oan Aid my address in the office of the Jevo- lucton. On receiving a copy of the Revolucton De Conto hurried to the ofice of the paper, in search of the author of the letter, and it was soon arranged that two “friends” of Be Conto should meet two of Abren’s friends. De Conto was represented by Mr. Louis Mayans and a prominent officer of the Span- ish army, whose name is withheld from the public, Abren’s seconds were Colonel Rio Rosado and Gen- eral Enrique Agramonte, of the Cuban army, THE MEETING, A meeting of the seconds was held at the Albe- wmarle Hotel on Sunday last, when, to the utter surprise of Abren’s “friends,” it was contended that De Conto had never thrown down the gauntlet to any of God’s creatures. The ‘friends’ of De Conto ‘were equally surprised to learn that Abren was on the defensive. e reader who ig not familiar with points of “‘honor’’ should know that the challenged pare ae the choice of weapons; it therefore makes considerable difference who issues the challenge, as. this case while Abren is but is a crack sl WILL THEY FIGHT. M. De Conto wishes it to be plainly understood that he is open to any challenge, but will fight in no country but Belgium, as the laws of other coun- tries are very severe against duelling. Abren has offered togay his (De Conto’s) expenses to the. extent of $5,000 if he would agree to fight in Egypt. This made matters worse, “IN THE RANKS OF DEATH YOU'LL PIND HIM.” Both men have seen service—De Conto was ar- rested in Canada some two years 290, for being con- serped a @ matter of diference between gentle- mén, &nd Abren has shouldered the musket in the Confederate gervicé. It 1s to be hoped that the en will sdon shake hands across the “bloody chagm,” recitfng the words of the poet, He thought on all his glorious hopes, on all his high enown; Then Gerig the faichfon from his side, and in his bed lay 0 BXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN THE UNITED STATES PUBLIO STORE, Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Goods Abstracted. During the past week considerable excitement has existed among the officials of the United states Public Store in Greenwich street, owing to the mysterious disappearance of six valuable ‘cases of goods containing silks, laces and velvets, said to be worth from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and eighty thousana dollars. Five of these cases were examined in the store, with in- structions to have them sent to warehouses to await the owners’ convenience, ana were passed by Day and Hart, the exam- iners, after which they were given in char, of the delivery clerks to be sent to warehouse, The other case, after being passed, instructions having been received that the owner's cart would call for it, was sent dowh stairs, but was never received by the owners, and after leaving the examining room disappeared, together with the four other cases, which were supposed at last to have gone to different sides of the store. The owner of the single case, upon applying for his goods, could receive no intelligence of them, and, after searching the different warehouses where the case might have been sent, by mistake, could find no trace of it. The owners of the other cases which should have been sent to warehouse applied in several fae but in vain, and it was then that the first faint suspicions, which grew, as the day parsed without any intelligence of the missing 8, Were aroused that a well-concetved robbery been effected. Detectives were immediately gimplorsa who made diligent search in all directions, but without effect, The ofictais in chai becamo anxious to discover some link that would lead to @ discovery of the robbery, feeling convinced that it was the reswit of a de gn conspiraey con- cocted with the asalatance of some one intimately connected with the working of the different de- dg in the store, an pornage, with some of he higher officiais. The tw lefivery clerks, Thomas Kipp and Harding, wh duty it is to see that all is passed are sent lo their proper des. tination, were yesterday suspended withou i and other officiais are under surveillance. Up last night not the slightest clue had been found to the perpetrators of the gigantic robbery, or even ag to the means employed in getting the hoods out of the building, De Conto is an excellent swordsman, Bor familiar with the use of the steel, 10! NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET.. THE CHARITY COLLAPSE. een, Explanations of the Department of Fi- mance and the Tenth National Bank as to the Expected Closing of Charita- ble Institations. Great excitement was occasioned yesterday in the public mind by the publication of the statement in the of the probable closing of various charitable institutions, in consequence of insum- cient appropriations for current éxpenses and the large claim of the Tenth National Bank. Comptroller Green was seen yesterday by a HERALD reporter, and the following statement was given by the Department of Finance as an oficial explanation of the cause of the deadlock. It will be seen by the explanation given by the officers of the Tenth National Bank that the great public dis- aster which was so much feared will, in all proba- bility, be prevented, STATEMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER. ‘When there was a change in the Comptrollership, by which Mr. Green was placed in charge.of the city finances, the accounts which’ were kept in the Tenth National Bank had been overdrawn to the extent of $750,000, the account of Charities and Correction bate one of the number to the extent of $277,000, and the ers of the County Court House to nearly two hundred and fifty thou- sand. The Comptroller could not remedy this as thin then stood, certainly not without a thorough examination of so questionable a matter. ‘The bank endeavored to compel action by apply- ing for a mandamus, but which was denied by the Court, and the whole subject placed in the hands ofareferee, where it now remains. Meanwhile the necessary funds for the purposes of the Com- missioners were supplied and deposited in the Tenth National Bank, with the distinct arrange- ment between the Commissioners and the bank that money placed there by the present Comptrol- ler for the support of the institutions for this year should be subject to draft, without regard to the old claims of the bank. It seems that the bank, having @ large sum on deposit to be used for the current expenditures of the Commissioners of Oharities and Correction, has reconsidered, and Row concludes to hold on to this money for its old claims, and in order to compel more rapid action on the part of the referee or Finance Department 4 ling to cause the threatened suffering among 1@ poor, The old saying that ‘corporations have no souls” is very apropos in this case; but if this is so of cor- orations we are quite sure this will not be true of he Comptroller, We know enough of him to be confident that he will furnish money to any extent he can within the provisions of the law to prevent the suffering among tne helpless poor which the ‘action of the bank is so well calculated to intensify. THE TENTH NATIONAL BANK, A reporter of the HERALD called yesterday afternoon at the office of the ‘Tenth Na- tional Bank, 848 Broadway, and had an interview with Mr. Walter B. Palmer, its President, and Mr. Bernard Smyth, its Vice President. The inter- view, though short, was sweet, REPORTER—I called to see you in regard to the statement published in this morning's HERALD to the effect that the Commissioners of Charities and Correction would be compehed to close the Inebriate Asylum, some hospitals, the Free Labor Bureau and the Soldiers’ Retreat, on Ward's Island, because the Comptroller would not audit an old claim of $250,000, which was in discussion be- tween the Tenth Natfonal Bank, the Vommissioners of Charities and Correction and the Comptroller. THE INEBRIATE ASYLUM. Mr. PALMER (with an astonished look)—Why, sir, what have we got to do with the Inebriate Asylum > I suppose that statement was given to you by a Commissioner. What have we todo witl ing for hospitals or free labor bureaus ? “NONE WHATEVER.” REPORTER—Then the Tenth National Bank is not in dificulties ? Mr, PALMER (witha supplicating expression)— Now, please don’t lug that thing into your ‘in- terview.” Of course the bank is not in difficulties, All that trouble of last eee is gone. We are now doing an entirely new business. Itis useless for me to state that no bank can be on a more solid foundation. { hope you HERALD folks are not going to make a sensation out of nothing. THE REPORTER'S DUTY. REPORTER—I have only called to ascertain some facts of great interest to the public, That done, pet ends, ir. PALMER (in a decided manner)—Very well, then. You can say that this matter between the Commissioners of Uharities Correction is now in a process of speedy settlement, REPORTER—Then your bank did advance $250,000 to the Commissioners ? “WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR MONEY.” Mr. PaLmeR—Certainly, and we ore going to get it back. This bank has had no disposition and has not now any disposition to embarrass the Depart- provid- ment of Finance or of Charities and Correction in this city. All we want ja to get our money back, and I will tell you that itis probable that we will rou get it all ‘bag, to-morrow (Thursday), a6 we are now in negotiation for that very Puro le REPORTER—Then the Tenth National Bank 1s merely receiving back what a city department to it and what was loaned as a business matter? MR. PALMER FEELS GOOD, Mr. PALMER (witha brilliant light in his gd That is it exactly. You know all about it now. The whole matter will be settled to-day (good humor. edly). That is ail right, is it not (to . Bernard Smyth, Vice President) ? “Good day, gentlemen.” Mr. SMyTH (with a smile that was childlike and bland) —It is aH correct—just as Mr. Palmer states, The Lidge then bade the worthy President and the wort hy Vice a very good day, and the inter- view closed, THE WORKHQUSR MYSTERY. Testimony of Two Witnesses—Unfeeling, if not Criminal Neglect of a Dying Man. . Deputy Coroner Cushman yesterday afternoon examined two witnesses in the case of Eugene Slattery (not Savory, as previously printed), the unfortunate man who was sent to the Workhouse in a dying condition, as stated in the HeraLp of Tuesday. Mary Terry, of 79 Frankfort street, testi- fled that Slattery had been boarding with her for three years, but left some time ago; on Monday morning last he returned under influence of liquor, he Mts en turned out 0: his boarding house, 807 Pearl street, because he had delirlum tremens; on Friday of last week he fell down stairs while intoxicated, and witness found him at the foot of the stairs; the horrors, and she, becoming frightened, called an ofiicer, who took him away gently; the witness thinks deceased received lus injuries by falling down stairs. Edward Dalton, an officer of the Fourth precinct, testified that shortly before three o’clock on Friday afternoon he was called by Mrs. Terry, of 79 Frank- fort street, and requested to remeye @ man who had the horrors, as she was afraid of him; the wit- ness went in and found deceased lying on a sofa; asked him what was the matter, and he satd he wanted to go home; he was told to do 80, and walked off towards Pearl street; after goin; twenty or _ thirt: feet he stag- Bored and fel he hen _ bel very much intoxicated; Munler took dece: into the back room of the station house and there the door- man dressed nis head; at that time deceased was acarcely able to speak ; the sergeant told the witness to lock the deceased up till morning, and the next morning Slattery was teken to the ‘Tomba and he was then able to speak; afterwards it was found be rs, not able to go into the prisoner's box, 60 we took him down stairs; he was placed in a cell and the man in charge said he would inform the doctor ag soon as he came in. The investigation is to be continued and the responsibility placed where it properly belongs. THE PARMERS’ MILK CONVENTION. The Farmers’ Convention, which met at As- sociation Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, adjourned yesterday without coming to any satisfactory settlement as to the amalgama- tion of the two associations known as the Farmers’ Milk Company and the United Farmers’ Assocta- tion, It was admitted by both sides that some- thing ought to be done to bring producers of milk directly in relation with the consumers, but differ- ence of opinion prevailed as to how this ought to be done, one side saying that the busin ought to be worked up gradually, while the other main- tained that no action should be taken until the pro- ducers were ready to supply the entire city. At the meeting of the Convention yesterday the committee on conference reported that agreement was impossible. It was then decided that the committee should be allowed some few weeks for further efforts in seeking to procure a harmony of views, and that the Convention should next as- semble eadjou to the call of the committee, Before adjournment @ lively discussion was had regarding the working of the Farmers’ Milk Com- pany, one of the rival organizations, during its first ear of existence, the result being that those dif- bot: or the views of that company retired from ¢ Hall. AN INSURANCE COMPANY DEFEATED, Verdict for $178,000 Ag: ist United States Insurance Company at St. Loaist=—The Case Appealed. Sa. Louis, Mo., Sept, 25, 1872. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, in the case of Hening & Pearce, of New York, against the United States Insurance Company to recover the value of cotton burned on the steamer Progres- sion, in the lower Mississippi River, cane the war, the C4 Png @ verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $178, ‘The case will probably be ap- pealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, A BOILER EXPLOSION. The boiler of the locomotive “Newtown,” 6n the Flushing and Northside Railroad, Was exploded at tana yesterday, bu’ foxunately no lives were | “ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.” Sad End of a Southern Girl in Bayonne, N. J. THE DOWNWARD PATH, The Story of Maud Virginia Carleton, of New Orleans. A Lesson for Boarding School Young Ladies. In the early part of the year 1862, a youn: Southern girl named Maud Virginia Carleton, member of one of the most respectable families New Orleans, was entered ag a pupil in the St, Xavier's Academy, Wabash avenue, Chicago, an ind stitution under the care of the Sisters of Mercys The same young lady died last Saturday, af, Bayonne, N. J., under very melancholy circum4 stances, and her history in the years that inter-, vened from her entrance as a pupil in the Academy| until her sad end {s asromantic and as unfortuna: as can well be imagined. The narrative has bee procured trom the police authorities of Bayonne, | who have since Saturday been investigating th circumstances of the lady’s death, their suspicions hgving been aroused that all was not right. ‘hen Miss Carleton first came to Chicago she} ‘was just twelve years old and in the first flush of| her early girlhood. She was at that time happy, careless child, but with every indica. tion that she would, as the years rolled on, ripen into a@ beautiful and accom- plished woman, Her wealth of golden locks and clear hazel eyes were the envy of all her com-! panions, while the amiability of her manners and. the sweetness of her disposition had wo the love and affection of her teachers, This! was shortly after the commencement of the civil war; and her relatives, who were’ reported to be extremely wealthy, had sent her, North to be educated, the unhappy prejudices’ which have since prevailed between North an South having not sufficient strength at that timd to prevent the Southern aristocracy from sending their sons and daughters to the seats of learning im the North to acquire a first class education. } Time passed away, and the promise of Miss Carles ton’s girlhood was more than fulfliled, She had - BECOME A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, and at seventeen years of age she was the acknowl! edged belle of an institution by no means deficient in female beauty. In 1867, so high was her charac ter, and so unanimous was the esteem in which she was held by the Sisters, that the followi tem timonial (found among her papers after her death) was presented to her:— } emanated meat ramatememeors i Card of Merit Brprented: eS Miss Maup Vingima Ladylike Ds Carteroy, for Pollteness, eportme nt, Improvement in Study and Observance of Rules, Xavier's Academy, under the direction of Sisters of Mercy. Cunistuas Vacation, 1867, NAC CONETORE NE HE LEEDS HO O6: There are three Frost, periods in a woman’s life,! her education, hef wooing and her mari » The first Miss Carleton had happily passed, with credit to herself and her teachers, but the second was as’ et to her an untrodden path. With her beauty and) er warm Southern blood, however, it could not Jong remain a mareieey and like most young ladies she met her ideal in the person of a man nam Frederick W. Michelson, and fulfilled her destin; by falling madly in love with him—a feeling whicl was cordially reciprocated on his part. Michelson, who was a German Jew, had a handsome face @ pleasing address, and was NO LAGGARD IN HIS WOOING, ; as the pair managed to have many a stolen inter- view, “all ai sweeter for the theft,” Bey the vigilance of the Sisters, who were not in the habit. of giving much encouragement to the love affairs of Api ladies not out of their teens. It may be well to state that in the confusion of the war and’ the subsequent visitation of the yellow fever in New Orie: Miss Carleton lost her parents, and she was therefore her own mistress, free to woo or e would leave the marri Michelson, being nineteen years of age, and this was the first step downward path which led to her unfortunate life and her untimely and tragic death on Saturday, Before marriage men are amiable and women angels; after marriage the reverse frequently | atid to be the case. It was so with Mr. and Mra. ichelson. Whether from incompatibility of tem- per or some other cause, the hot love soon cooled, and instead of Barpipees the pair found misery. Scarcely was the honeymoon over when quarrel between the two became frequent, and four montha ag the marriage Michelson, who had been driven dy pe ag Ve to commit an act of dishonesty, blew his brains out, and left Miss Carlston @ wido' almost before she-had known what it was to be a the wife.\ Her grief for her sudden loss was not very rofound, und after realizing $1,300 from The sale of er husband's effects she came to New York. aon had his ife insured for $6,000, but the company refused to pay the amount, eeing: that the suicide was not he result of insanity. Before leaving Chicago hia widow instituted proceedings to recover the money, but up to the period of her death the matter had not been settled. She was, however, in comfortable circumstances, as she had means unlimited from her relatives in New Orleans, in addition to the $1,300. When she came to New York about two years ago she led for a time A GAY AND A MERRY LIFE, and seemed to have completely forgotten the bright promise of her girlhood and the happy future, which she might yet work out for herself, Her beauty, fi diamonds and reputed wealth soon brought her hosts of friends, amor gentieman, Thomas P. Wight, a clerk in a Broad street firm. Wight, who seemed to have had some slight knowledge of her previously, paid her marked attention, accompanied her to the theatre and took her out for drives in the Park. The re- mainder of the story is given on the guthority of Chiet of Police Whitney, of Bergen Point. The re- sult of the affair with ht was an unlawful con- nection, and the pair took.rooms on East Eleventh Btreet, and, it is repor lived ther as man and wife. After some 's health commenced to fail and she recourse to the advice of Dr: Gillette, who that she ye had, like most women who forsake ‘the Feil of virtue and lead an unsteady life, acquired the seeds of pulmonary consumption. The symptoms, how- ever, were not serious, and some it remedies were prescribed. She still continned to have plenty of money, which she freely spe according to the statement Of the Servs 1 who was with her when ane died, she having for some fll °3 Fd ex~ penses of the household. eee he foun she called on Dr. Gillette and complained very ill. When the doctor examined her she was FAR GONE IN CONSUMPTION, ' and he told her that nothing but extreme care sequence Wight went to (with Maud’s money and erected @ cot cost of which has not yet been gon continued to decline rapidly, and notwith- standing all that science could do her she died on Saturday tie She wore on her fin at the time of her death a diamond ring, valued at $1,000, and a costly pearl ring. When Wight re- turned from the city he took the rings irom her finger, and telling the servant he was going to New York to make Chea sedge for the funeral, and that he would be back in the evening, he left., He did not return that night or the day Leong hile Sunday, and the lay in the cottage, te ly decomposing. On Monday morn- ing the Chief of Police, Mr. Whitney, was notified and he at once came to the cottage and took pos- session. While he was there, Wight was seen re-~ turning and the officer concealed himself in on inner room to tearn what he had to say, He talked roughly to the little servant girl and said he ‘was going ve a pine box MADE TO TAKE AWAY THE BODY. On being confronted by the officer and asked what he had done with the rings, he became confused and said he had got drank and that they had bee: stolen from him. Mr, Whitney however, 0! opinion that they had been pawned him in New ork. He wei to Jersey City and procured a coffin, @ car! and 8 hearse, and in the evening the ly of the once beautiful and accomplished Maud Carleton was borne last resting place. Incidentally, afte Wight left and od not since bee! life and the sui oO the Crag! areon on which they may. al however, it is but fair to 60 far as foul is con AQUATIO NOTE, The Sappho and Dauntless boat cinbs, of bape four-oared 81 jm meron yas a Wigh Inst whom, ere’ ao evidence, r chartered by the Saj the race ‘rill Yeave Harlem, at 4:45 P, M,