The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, "ENFRANCHISED APRICANS. The Horald Commissioner Among the Liberated Negroes of the South. fa abe SAMBO’S PAST AND PRESENT —_———--- The Great Labor Produccrs Turned Into Idle Political Dupes. Natural Tendency of the Black to Imi- tate the White Negro. COLORED SCHOOLS AND NEWSPAPERS, a Controlling Darkies of the Seces- sion States. jig: eS Rad lee EX-SLAVES AS PLANTERS. eg Office-Secking, Land-Grabbing and Whiskey- Drinking the Bane of the Emancipated, New ORLEANS, Dec. 16, 1872. The negro must be considered more seriously than ever before under his new condition. He isa great part of the government; he is two-thirds of the industry of the South; he is here and he has ‘come to stay. Upon his labor depend the three preat staples of cotton, sugar and rice, which should be worth under a wholesome production $500,000,000 @® year to the people of the country. Upon his morals and industry depends the future social and weligious condition of the South, and upon his knowledge of principles and business rests the Bolvency of the Southern States. Their debts will mever be paid without an educated negro society. Wo repudiate them is to injure the white man mainly, ior the negro derives little relative value sfrom the public credit. His politics have heretofore been wholly antmated by a sense of danger to his Qife, wages and family security, and therefore no Wair estimate can be put upon his organic vigor tand public intentions until politicians, swindling ‘employers and desperadoes cease to afflict him. As Nong as he is “the nigger’ he will vote solidly against his neighbors; when he becomes the ac- wepted citizen his status may be better defined. As ‘the time is approaching when he will be a great mewspaper, patron and reader, let us form some conception of him in this ninth year of emancipa- ‘tion and seventh of peace. HIS NUMBERS, The negro population of the country is 4,835,106, aving ga:ned above 400,000 auring the war period. oes this prove that the negro in America is a wanishing race? For convenient purposes you may gemember that the negroes of the United States mow equal all the people in Connecticut added to jallin New York. The Indians, including 75,000 in yAlaska; are less than one-thirteenth the mumbet of the Africans. Some of these Africans have been localized in our coun- try as a family stock fer 260 years, and pthers were brought in by slavers as late as 1460, saw negroes in three States who were claimed to have been brought in up to the brink of the rebel- lion, and there ts no doubt that public opinion in the Gulf States and even the State and District Courts there abetted the direct slave trade up to the laying of Mr. Stephens’ corner stone of the exclusive empire of human slavery. While the South was clamoring at the North for evading the Fugitive Slave law it was itself breaking the constitution by encouraging the direct importation of slaves. THE NEGRO 43 A TYRANT. -fhe enfranchising of the colored population and the bestowal of the ballot upon it have almost changed whe relations of South Carolina, West of Mississippi, West of Louisiana aud West of Florida. These are the great natural negro States of the country. uring the war mortality among the blacks re- rded their increase, which should have been one iliion, to only 438,179. Im the same decade he war involved the direct obliteration of 850,000 hite men and shortened the tmmigration rolls 000, It is claimed that the extinction of the lored race is still proceeding in an increased tio, arising from sloth, improvidence, exposure, rostitution and the repugnance of the women to me maternity or to provide for their offspring. ut these views struck me as being dictated by the ‘ish. More human beings died in the slave period om overwork, breeding slave children upon com- ulsion, and from hunger and exposure ‘n sick- 88 than in this period. The same causes ‘7st herwise operate among the whites, who have found at last ‘the sweet sense of providing,” and ho are as averse to child-bearing, and in some ther respects not greatly differing from what is harged against the negro classes. During the past ten years Missouri and Texas have grown more relatively tham any other Southern tates. Florida had also gained thirty-five per cent, but South Carolina had not pained one-third of one per cent. The negro popu- [ation in a majority of the Southern States actually putgrew the white increase between 1860 and 1870. Bo that if anybody wants to prove it true by watch- Ing the thing out, that a crow can live 100 years, bere is @ good substitute for the crow in Sambo. THE DUSKY EMPIRE. In South Carolina there are now, according to e official enumeration, 415,814 negroes to 289,067 hites; in Mississippi, 444,201 biacks to 382,896 hites; in Louisiana, 364,210 blacks to 362,065 Fre, and in Florida, 96,087 whites to 91,689 egroes. No other States are threatened witha possibly exclusive negro domination, and South Warolina, which was most energetic to multiply laves, has pulled the dusky temple down upon her ead and lies there periectiy nelpless in the ruins pf her tavorite institution. it is claimed that Wegro votes have nearly arrogant power to seat | the United States Congress six Senators and were quoted as in thriving circumstances as em- bryo planters. BAVIER, THE COLORED OCNGRESSMAN elect. lost 200 cords of wood and sixty bales of cot- ton when the Ku Kiux broke him up in 1868, When 1 went to sce Kapier he was in some dudseon be- se a Northern newspaper had reported him to have been once in the fenitentiary, im a very generous manner Mr, Sloss, @ de: redcees- sor of his in Congress, came out at once fn acard to say that he had od | Rapier since bryhood, and he had never bee in jali a day in his lite, Rapier laid this siander to 6 man whom he beat for Conpreas—not Colonel Oates, his one-armed Con- fedev ate opponent—and intimated @ libel suit. A splritorl tigation among the negroes is rife; but this must be expected to continue as long as bey? are insecure in their property, personal sa‘ety or legal wages, The terms they are ofiered a8 workmen in the Sonthern country are generally very low; and one reason why they “knock ov” in the mid- die of the season is that they become informed of the meanness of tacir Comte by comparison with the wages of other laborers. Perfect justice between the races is waat the South wants, Tne negro must be stopped from stealing the white man’s live stock aud pigs, and the white man will sooner or later iearn that when he has @ good class of labor right by \is side he had better be mag- nanimous and anticipate their discovery of rT he is treating them right or wrong. ing the height of the Presidential election a planter of Southern Georgia wrote to Governor Smith:—A good notary public ia this region is of more consequence to us than Who shall be Presi- dent of the United States." THE QUESTION OP WAGES. It 1s to be observed generally in the South that the negroes ride their own horses and mules to town, and they wouid get along much better were it Lot for the intrusion of anothcr.race—that of Hebrew traders—some of whom, it is feared, are instigated by the: planters, in order to capture the negroes’ wages, alter they are paid Tis class of traders cxists all over the South in proximity to the working hands, The trader puts up & shanty ora hut, fills it with gewgaws and several barrels of bad spirits, and takes tie Wages 28 soon as they are received ; or ifthe planter has made an attempt to rotect his hands snd secure their work to the end o1 tho scason, this uaconscionable shark will take lien upon the said wages and present them when tie cotton is gathered, thus making the negro poor alt Winter. lence a good deat o! the pig Killing. The whole system of cultivating cotton on siares is at best a temporary one, leading to shiftieasness, misunderstunding and swindling; but it cannot be corrected, where the planter 1s without money to pay. Wages and has mortgaged his crop in advance 0 the tuctor in the city. ¢ WANTS A PATCH OF LAND, The end of @ thousand nuisances in the South will be the inevitable parcelling out of the land, by which the negro will legally ge: a patch and raise suiticient cotton ep Bee} tor his faintly, and this cotton will be sold to the merchant in the next Village instead of being shipped as formerly in great quantities to fuctors at the sea ports, thereby preventing the growth of the little towns, which are the nuclei of life and intelligence te every agricultural community. Jongressman Hoar, of Western Alabama, who was lormeriy & large slaveholder, told me of the following curious manner which he hit upon to make his negroes keep their contracts, He buys the mules and horses and takes four, for example, to one of his sharing negro foremen, “dere, Jim,’’ he says, “are four mules to work the crop with. Idonot know wiich of the two are mine, and you do uot know which of the two are yours, You are to furnish half the rations; heres my halt. Now, at the end of the season if two o! these mules have been badly tieated you lose them.” Mr. Hoar says that he is making about two-thirds as much cotton under this system asin the best days of the slave period, and velieves that within @ lew years the cotton crop will be as large as it ever Was. OFFICE GETTING. Office-getting, however, 1s the bane of the negro in nearly as great a degree as of the white man throughoat the Southern country. ‘The profits and pleasures of drawing a@ salary from the public treasury exceed those to be derived trom industry; and we must hope for some evangelizing move- ment within African society, such as Church infu- ence, Masonry or something of that kind, to per- suade the negro that to plant and work are the best modes to vindicate himself, The white poli- tician will not learn this lesson until his native neighbors discover that he is a loafer and convince him of the dignity of labor by refusing him their suftrages. THE NXGROES’ NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. The following list of newspapers published by negroes tor negroes was given tome by Congress- man elect and United States Assessor James T. Rapier, at Montgomery, Ala. :— ieee Douglass” National Era, Washington city. ¥. H. Day's Progress of Liberty, Philadelphia. wean P. Sampson's Colored Citizen, Washington, C. | ‘The Lowstanian, by Lieutenant Governor Pinch- ack. ‘rhe Galveston (Tex.) Standard, by G. T. Ruby. The Grand Era, at Baton Rouge, by J. Henry Burch. ‘Ihe Bulletin, Tennessee. The Marysville Herald, Tenn., by John Scott. Heed Montgomery (Ala.) Republican, by James T. er. south Carolina paper, edited by Kane, colored Congressman elect, ‘The Christian Standard, Philadelphia. American Messenger, Washington. Zion’s Standard, Brooklyn. The last three are religious papers; all theothers are political and misceilaneous and strike directly the questions of the hour with the new race of voters and citizens. Of the above colored editors, several are native | southerners and were slaves. The Fra is looked upon as the chief paper of the race, but the Galves- ton Standard is very Well sustained and its editor, Ruby, isa New England negro; this paper is a seral-weekly. CURRENT BIOGRAPHY. The negro’s passion for office is identical with the white man’s, whom he so strictly imitates; but it must be said that the negro’s modesty is as great as we might have expected. Mis first member of the United States Senate was a kindly, religious man, !rcm Mississippi; only one negro in Congress has been been insolent or even criminative, and that was a South Carolina importation trom the East. The ablest negroes in the country are still in the South, and they show some jealousy of the Northerm negrees who come among them for office- getting purposes. PINCHBACK & CO. Pinchback, the present Governor of Louisiana, is a bold, soldierly type of the Louisiana quadroon or ectoroon, nearly white, good looking, and very well dressed. He bears scarcely an African feature or mark trom his toot to his hair, He was on speaking terins with Warmoth up to the late | coup d'état of the Custom House. By position he is the foremost negre man in the South. Dunn, his predecessor, Was ® superb type of the black man and Warmoth’s Orst effective opponent. Dumas, who was a candidate for Governor in 1868, in con- vertion, against Warmoth, has lately been War- moth’s stool pigeon. Lewis, who beat Beauregard for Public Administrator in New Orleans, is a light mulatto, of good address and some capacity. To speak with any of these men, however, is to be very little impressed. The negro in these great offices is twenty years in advance of bis time. ALABAMA NEGROES. The three leading negroes of Alabama are James T. Rapier, of Montgomery ; Philip Josephs and Ben- jamin Turner, Both the latter were beaten for Congress in Mobile, Josephs receiving 13,000 votes and Turner 6,000. The latter would have been elected United States Senator from Alabama by the democrats to avenge themselves upon Spencer and Parsons had he been able to lead off sufficient people from the radical wing oi the Legislature. | Rapier is @ tall, lean, yellow man, of a pleasing | countenance and good education, who has been for some time United States Assessor of the Second district. He isa man of some business capacity j and is probably the best qualified legislator of his race in the South, excepting W. H. Gray, of Arkansas. The latter is a negro preacher, who has been some time in the Legislature, and his fair, Worldly wisdom, politival consistency and | vigor in debate stamp him as a man capable at jeast in the outward form of public life, GEORGIA DARKIES. Wenty-two Representatives, NEGRO SCHOOLS. The condition of education among the negroes As very promising, particularly 1m Alabama and Becvels. a The frst negro United States Senator, evels, is Principal of the Alcorn University, near jackson, Miss., and he ts also @ small cotton | ge ‘This institution is well endowed, and all | he professors are colored men. A most remark- wble institution for negro culture exists at the town of Talladega, Ala, Jt was established under athe ee of the American Missionary Society and has 18 pupils, some of whom are quite pro- cient in Greek and Latin. Another extraordinary School is at Marion, Perry county, Ala., called the Athens School, of which the Principal ts George N. Carr, colored, a graduate of Oswego College. There are three teachers, and Greek and Latin en At Marion there 1s also the Lincoin nool. ‘The Swayne University at Montgomery, pder the auspices of the American Missionary ard, has 400 pupils and six teachers, ali negroes. ere 18 @ fine school at Selma, Ala., and at Mobile Whe negroes are getting along very Aete At one of these schools recently where the scholars fwere being examined, Mr. Moore, of ‘Christi, Texas, a planter who had formerly owned @ great many slaves, came back to town and went finto the college. He had not seen many of his ofd Slaves for years and the negro wuinan who ‘pursed him whenshe was a child—-although be bim- self is now old and gray—went up to iim as he ap- ared, called him her child and wept over him as former times, while the pickaninnies who used #o be on his plantation were tiring away in the ‘double rule of three and equations. NEGRO PLANTERS. Jinquired whether any of the negroes in the South had turved ont large pianters. ‘The ques- tion would scarcely admit of an affirmative reply ander the emancipated negroes’ first forlorn con- dition, but it was reported that Ben Montgomery, Lt now made cotton on the plantation and Joe Davis, his brother, near ton, Miss., and had been successful. lasked ‘whether Ben voted with the conservative party on ‘account of his riches. The answer was that a ia! republican meeting bad been heid on his place during the last There are about four hundred negroes in the South who have made trom fifty bates to three hundred bales of cottom during Corpus | The Georgia negro of the first original conse- | quence was Aaron L. Peoria Bradley, a mulatto of | carousiug propensities and no scruples. He had | jb a preacher and a lawyer and made the first | | commotion in Southern politics, by the fervor of | his spirit and a weak, over-stimulated nature, he | has lost his importance and is now merely raving, | The chief negro of Georgia is Je! Loug, of Macon, a great power among the “bradders."’ The white | men 11 Georgia who deal most in the negro vote are James E. Dunning, @ \ankee, postmaster of Atlantic; H. P. Farrow, a native South Carolinian and District Attorney, formerly a notable asso- ciate of Bullock, and A. W. Stone, a New Eng- lander, who resided im Georgia before the war. Tue | Degroes are getting shy ol men who use them as voting machines, and we shall see a proper con- dition of things when the native whites here ex- change honors with the better eg and society | 1s less dominated by foreign nobodies, MISSISSIPPI NEGROES. The negroes of Mississippi are well intentioned, and here, as through tue South, they commit less crime than an equai number of whites. Kevels, as | Ihave mentioned, is a patient and tranquil teacher | Of his race. Governor Alcorn has been the bened- | cent genius of this State in setting the example of justice vo white and black. A leoding negro of South Carolina has just been | beaten for the United Stat Semate by one of Senator Cameron's cronies- o t-bagger. negro, R. B. Elliet, was particularly offensive to all | classes of South Carolina whites, because he had said on several occasions that the State was bound to be cli black and that the negroes there should | never give an office to any white person, being in the majority. Elliot is @ reed black man, a native of Boston, and educated at the Eton school in England. He held @ good position in Boston ene the negroes ag a lawyer with cleverness, but without adequate prudence or probity. When the Fenians undertook to invade Canada this negro raised @ company of blacks to help them in the enterprise. And here I y that the old antipathy of the Irish to negroes has been recently subject to some curious transformation, Mr. Roberts, member of | Congress and pert head of a discontented branch of the Fenian Brotherhood, voted for the Supplementary Civil Rights bill in Congress a few days ago, and some-of the most influential carpet- the past season, In Alabama, Charles Teel, ste- bed Foster, one Patterson, © Autaga, baggers with the negro peeple are Irish, and others | ‘The | its use, | in the metropolis is constantly speken of in tor scidom fails to meet its response in the humor-loving negro, Had Elliot come to the benate in the place of Patterson he would have been distinguished there for his capacity, but at the same time he would have done nothing te allay the prejudiocs between the colors, for he is an azgressivé man aud made himself very con- spicuous in South Carolina by horsewhipping @ white man whom he suspected of maintaming too friendly relations with one of bis family, OTHER CAROLINA DARKIES. H. F, Hayne, is a arpa the Secretary of State of South Curolina, and A. J. Randsecr, Congress- man elect, has been Licutenant Governor. The most infuental white man with the negroes is the now celebrated member of Be He is said to be the on! Tun against a negro for oMce and beat him by negro ald. The Logisiature of South Carolina is & spectacie for gods and wen. It is as corrupt as Albany in tho palmiest days of Tweed, a8 motiry a8 a strect riot, and it ts “getting no better” very fast. South ina has about eleven hundred miles of ratiroad, and had carpet-bagging been of any honest enterprise the State would have ex- erted itself for communication with the West across the Alleghanies, ‘here is a great need in the western country for domestic servants of the type whioh the seaboard slave States could supply. WHITE NEGROES. Aman who is generally char; with manipulat- ing bonds in South Carolina ts Nagle, » South Caro- lunian, who was thought to have amassed between two million and thiee million of dollars, or maby as much as Governor Scott. Yet these meu al eRe that their money has been made by speculating in the State bonds from knowledge of how and wnen they should be sold. In all South Carolina there are only 8,00 foreign- ers out of 706,000 people. The pop»lation has not incroased since 1860; there are 216,000 less’ cattle, ‘27,000 leas horses; the woo) has lined to the anount of 270,000 pounds. ‘The bonds are quoted at thirty cents or iess, and the cotton yield is but 230,000 bales, It is the opinion of some people that South Carolina will become wholly negro, and that the new spteranoe of whites will decamp jrom the State and go where they can have an cqual voice an the government amazing that a man can have the’ face to sit in the United states Senate under the condition in which Patterson will go there. Bribery is alleged to have been used at this election even to the extent of taking receipts for the bribes, so thne if the Senator elcct should be indicted he could threaten with these receipts the members who had taken bribes. FINI. I have thus steve outlined the negro—the creature of his priest and his pola, governed by his fears rather than by his discrimination or reflection, but, on the whole, a long-suifering, struggling, ambitious being, wishing to observe the decencies of life anda find adequate oppor- tunities, He eschews violence, but is corruptibie. He is too innocent to make conspiracies. He is fully aware of the rights which belong to him under the law, and let us hope that a nobler public opinion will seek to grant all these without con- test, to make this man fit to be a citizen by gen- erous education, and to see, after so much unavatl+ ing violence, whether the South cannot be regen- erated by tolerance. REMOVAL OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. A Site Parchased at Fort Washington— The Academical, Law, Medical and Mining Schools. The trustees of Columbia College have purchased a@ large tract of land, consisting of mine acres, at Fort Wasnington, in the upper part of the city. It is located above 100th street, and extends from the Boulevard to the North River. It is thought that the removal of this ancient institution of loarning, founded in 1754, is only now a matter of time. The subject has been discussed for a considerable pe- riod, and the early commencement of work on & new and more extensive edifice will probably take place during the coming year. The present location of the college on Lexington avenue is objectionable, on the ground of its proximity to the Grand Central depot, where the noise and confusion caused by arriving and departing trains interfere with the quiet absolutely necessary for the professors and students in the prosecution of their respective tasks. When, in 1857, the college was removed for the first time from its old site, not more than a block from the HERALD ofice, there were many citizens who regretted the change, while admitting that the growth of the city and the removal of residences up town made it necessary. The continued march of improvement, and the excitement and noise in the immediate vicinity of the college, so detri- mental to persons engaged in study, now assails the institution once more; and the trustees, it would seem, have determined to find a distant and quiet location, far removed from the heart of the city. The establishment of the college at Fort Washington will no doubt help to build up that part of New York. Many families will be attracted to the spot in consequence, and it is probable many a decade will pass before another removal wili be required. THE FOUR BRANCHES. There are four branches which make up Colum- bia College. Last year they were attended by 855 students, but the present number is much larger. There were in 1871 in the academical branch 117 students; in the school of law, 291; in the school of medicine, 332, and in the school of mines, 115, This year there are 400 in the law school, 123 in the school of mines, and, with the increase in the other branches, there are about eleven hundred in all. This is cer- tainly & most flattering exhibit. The college exercises a ercet ane just influence, which ts only fully known to those acquainted with its opera- tions. The Board of Trustees includes the names of Secretary Fish, John Jacob Astor, Judge Biatch- ford, Bishop tter, Dr. John C. Jay, Gouverneur M. Ogden and other eminent citizens. The facult, embrace a large number of the most distinguishe scholars in. the country. ACADEMICAL, LAW AND MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS, In the college proper, where the usual facilities for obtaining a liberal education is afforded, appli- cants for admission to the freshman class are exam- ined in the English, Latin and Greek grammars and other classical works, besides algebra and geo- graphy, the annual tuition fee of each student being $100, The terms commence in October and February. In the law school of Columbia College, situate on Lafayette place, opposite the Astor Library, a complete course of legal education is afforded gentlemen intended for the Bar in any of the United States, except in matters of mere local law and practice. The course of study occu- pies two years, and 18 so arranged that a complete view is Gaga during each year of the subjects embraced within jt. The plan of instruction in- cludes the various branches of common law, equity, admiralty, commerctal, international and constitu- tional law. The tuition fee is $100 per year, and apy person of good moral character, whether @ college graduate or not, may be admitted to the classes. The school of medicine is connected with the College of Physicians and Surgeons founded in 1807), corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street. Candidates for the degree of M. D, must have attended two tull coutses of lec. tures—the latter in this college—and must have studied medicine three years under the direction of @ regularly authorized physician. Graduates of this school are admitted without fee; graduates of other schools who have been in practice three years and theological students are admitted on general ticket by paying the matriculation fee, THE MINING SCHOOL The Schoo! of Mines, which is not many years in existence, occupies a building, specially erected for ining the college proper, on Lexington vepue. Taking into consideration ite reputation, its devotion to the work of mining, instruction an success, a8 measured a ie number of students, it may fairly claim to be without a peer jn this country. The Hngineering and Mining Journal doubts if the standard of scholarship is as rigorous elsewhere as here. The institution may fairly claim to be one of the most successful efforts towards a higher education than has been here- tofore made in this all-important branch of knowl- edge inthe United States, Though its tenth year has only opened it has taken a decided position in the scientific world; is active in all things scien- tific, and in many of the industrial oe rofes- sional and business circles as a leading authority. It is known througheut Lurope, and in its collections are objects which declare the interest taken by foreign societies, governments and academies in this leading mining school of the United States, OBJECTIONS TO REMOVAL. The objections to the removal of Columbia Col- lege to Fort Washington are urged on the ground of the great distance of the latter place from the residences of students in the city. Besides, it is centended that the locations of the Law and Medi- cal Schools are not objectionable on the ground of noise and confusion in their vicinity; but it is likely they will remain as at present, The long distance to be travelled would interfere, it is also urged, with the other calls on the students’ time, an particularly in the case of the Mining School, where frequent applications are made business men requiring prompt attention. Having it situated 80 far out of town would prove in most instances inconvenient, if not occasion delays, resulting in loss and disappointment. However, it 1s evident, by the purchase made recently by the trustees, that it ia their intention to remove at no distant day w Fort Washington. The trustees, it is said, purpose expending $400,000 on the new buildings to ve erected. i THE DEATH OF MR, PUTNAM, The remains of Mr. George P. Putnam, the emi- nent and veteran publisher, Who died suddenly on Friday evening in his publishing house, Twenty- third street and Fourth avenue, were subsequent Temoved to his late residence, 328 Kast Fiteent! street, by permission of Deputy Coroner Cushman, who was appited to for the purpose. Coroner Herr- man took the case in charge. It 18 betleved that Mr. Putnam died either of apoplexy or discase of laroey and high epirita of the Irish ora- the hear. THE REFORMERS’ RUMPUS. Disputing Over the Spoils of Election. The Custom House Committeemen Fighting for the Spoils—:he Sedate Seventy Spoil- ing for a Fight The Jacksonian doctrine, “To the victora belong the spoils," is still the ruie in politics; but where it is an uhdecided question who the victor is it is likely to result in arumpus., Such seems to be the status of aflairs with the reform and republican vi-tors of the Nevember election, They were banded like brothers during the campaign—the Committee of Seventy, composed of old time democrats and men of all creeds, and the Custom House republicans, composed of the Muryhy, Arthur and Bliss adherents, They took no thought then but of the bese way to beat the common enemy, and they beat him. ‘They emerged from their fight victorious, with Dix for Governor, Havemeyer for Mayor, Phelps for District Attorney, andevery manof ~ ‘ JTHEIR TIOKBT RLEOTED. ‘ Why should they notbe happy? ‘Why. should thoy not continue intthe bands of that brotherhood that had characterized and welded: their conduct’ ofthe campaign? An old Arab proverb says that “Success is the bane of reformers.” In'this case it has proven too true. Succbss: has excited jeatonsies, enmities, dissensions and trouble among the great reformers of 1872. An eminent public. ist of our own time and country has sald, “No man can be areformer who is respectable in his own neighborhood.” The reformers of the Committee of Seventy bid tair co prove the contrary of the as- sertion, because they were all, Havermeyer, Salo- mon, Stern, Foley, all eminently respectable in their own neighborhood and along the entire length of their own avenues, So much can- not possibly be said of the Republican General Committee, of which Murphy and Arthur and Bliss were leading spirita, for that was a thorough po- litical committee, which did not aim at REFORM OR RESPECTABILITY, but at spoils. Its avowed object was not to im- rove the State and city government, or to reform legislation, but to elect its candidates; and, while it did not care much for nigh respectability, itcared a great deal for high success, The success which came was the success of both—the reform respec- tability, as well as the radical rule party—ana suc- cess, according to the old Arab proverb, threatens to be the bane of the reformers. ON TUESDAY NIGHT the old Committee of Seventy held a meeting at its rooms, on cab! Sf and Twenty-secona street, to hear the report of its sub-committee on legis- laticn. This sub-committee, appointed some time ago, consists of ex-Governor Salomon, of Wiscon- sin, chairman; Jackson §, Schultz and Dorman B, Eaton, This committee, unluckily for the peace and quietness of the party, had consulted regard- ing its report with a similar committee of the Republican General Committee, and on the night in question presented the result. Toere was a iull attendance. The dignity and responsibility of municipal reform was fully represented, and the great magnates of the Sev- enty were there somewhat flattered by success at the polls, bat by no means inconsiderate of the more difficul, task of securing success aiterwards, The report of the sub-committee was very elabo- rate. It comprehended all the phases of city gov- ernment for the tuture, not forgetting the need of judicious appointments in those boards and com- missions usually termed ‘Albany Commissions.” ONE IMPORTANT CLAUSE was to the effect that the appointing power for these commissions should lie in a commission con- sisting of the Mavor (Mr. Havemeyer), the Presi- dent of the new Board of Aldermen (intended to be Mr. Vance, of the present Board), and the new District Attorney, Phelps. The sub-committee of the Republican General Committee consists of George Bliss, Jr., and Hugh Gardner. ‘The posed new commission consists of two radical republicans, Vance and Phe!ps, and only one in- dependant reform man, Mayor Havemeyer. The Committee of Seventy were at once alarmed, and aiter an excited time, in which Vance, it is under- stood, made most angry demonstrations about the room, the Seventy insisted upon adjournment. ON FRIDAY EVENING , the meeting was held again and tne charter was again presented, but a very dignified warfare was made upon it by those reformers who care as much for municipal good as for political spoils. One member announced that it was the intention of the reform movement to put reform government into the hands of the retorm men; that it was the intention to let New York city govern itself as it was entitled to do, and that as they now had a reform Mayor they wanted him to have wer to carry out the will of the people, as the allot in November had put it into his hands. He objected to SE the appointing power among the various officers elect, even at the demand of the Custem House republicans, and insisted that the proposed charter of the amalga- mated Custom House and Seventy sub-committees be rejected, which was agreea to by @ vote of 31 to 6 THE REFORM MEN have therefore carried their point thus far. How the battle for municipal Go latest will stand after the. Custom House men have made the grand Searee which they are preparing for can only be trem tingly awaited. he Seventy’s men ad- Jjourned subject to the call of the Chair, and until they meet again the matter must rest in abeyance ; but a stout battle threatens, and, however it re- sults, the disintegration of the reform republican party has commenced. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Ameeting of the above board was held yester- day, Alderman Vance in the chair. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR THE ALDERMEN. Alderman Conover called up a former resolution authorizing and directing the Comptroller to draw @ warrant in favor of each of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for $1,000, for services during the present year; also in favor of President of Board of Aldermen and President of Board of Assistant Aldermen for $1, for services rend spective boards during the mad eal the same to city contingencies. The resolution was laid over. THE SALT WATER QUESTION. The Committee on Public Works reported are com- mendation, after consideration of the petitions of Messrs, Cameron & Co,, recommending the ado} tion of @ resolution granting permission to A. Cameron & Co. to lay a six-inch cast iron pipe to convey salt water from the bulkhead at the foot of East Twenty-fourth street, under the surface of the street, for about a distance of three hundred and fitt et, and thence southerly at right angles under the sidewalk into their premises, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets and ave- DECEMBER 22, 1872.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. SLEIGHING. An Hour Among the Horsemen—Pleasures of the Road—Snow Scenes—Bleigh- ing as a Fine Art. ‘The storm of Wednesday brought quite s supply Of snow for the use of the lovers of sleighing of | Gotham, aud when the first Makes gave admonitory signals of 8 chance to ride upon the runners all ho uptown blacksmiths’ shops rang with the blows upon the red-hot bars of iron and stee!, which wore being quickly shaped and dexterously fashioned into snow shoes for the equine population, which is used for pleasure upon our Park and roads, Sleighs were owerhauled and cleaned of the dust which bad accumulated during their re- tiracy im the loits and storage places and every Preparation made for so momentous an 0c- casion. During ® season of sleighing wheeled Vehicles, which usually possess such an interest for the roadman, lose their attraction, and the fairy things usedon the snow engross all their atten- tion. 1I¢ has come to be almost a universal custom for those whoown valuabie and famous horsos, which are sound and healthful, to “jog" and drive thom upon the road during the long Winter jnonvhs, when the turf is abandoned, and conse- .quently when an opportunity is given to sleigh ride more. than tho-usuat’ number of these same famous animais may now. be seen upon the road. Eadies are eapectatly fond ofa ‘drive over the oriap white snow, and gentlemen who never spem willnig'to Nave ladies:accOmpany them upon wheels are happy. to invite wives, motners, sisters and ‘sweethearts to join them in an exhilarating sleigh- vide, It muss be a morose, bearish disposition which cannut put away all cares and troubles when seated behind’a square going, clean steppin: trot ting horse attached toa Poitiand sleigh, and, giv- ing up all but pleasant and agreeuble thougata, enjoy the passing hour; ani so it comes to pass that almost all one meets upon the road during sleighing bear a pleasant smile und have a conscious air of contentment and happiness. About three o'clock P. M, the lower entrances of the Park begin to receive the countless numbers of sleighs filled with their happy cargoes, and out beyond the Arsenal, Stetson’s, the upper entrances to the Park, Avenue St, Nicholas, Sixth avenue, Kighth avenue, and over the McUomb’s Daim Bridge, on to Central Avenue, they go, the jast stock having countless brushes with one another, and the gran: whole is a scene of excitement and lie which can be seen at no other time. Stationing himself on the poroh of Harry Berthoifs Ciub liouse the other afternoon the H&itaLD reporter gianced over the Passing throng, and with Pg and note book made himself busy in silently interviewing both human and equine celebrities, Among the first to appear upon the scene is the well known face of the great railroad king, Van- derbilt, seated behind a large bay horse, which he is urging onward at a rapid rate, ior alter him comes, at no snail's pace, bis som, Willia , With @ pair of blacks; Mr. Frank Work, with his powerful chestnut mare; Dr. Corey, with Commodore Nutt, asmall, compact trotter that nas trotted his mils on the tur! down in the twenties, and Mr. William Turnbull follows with his Hambletonian stallion, Willie Schepper, the pride of his heart and object of his ceaseless admiration. Mr. William Lovell has actually brought out his American Girl, and she, with & record of only 2:17%, steps loosely along with a@ clean, easy stride which ought to suit the most fastidious of horsemen, Peter Manee, witn reckless attempts a brush, holding the reins over that gray gelding, Mercer, who has a record of 2:30. Briggs, with the chestnut mare New Berlin Girl, seems happy and contented. Dan Mace aits behind that tust team Honest John and Rooket, and Roden is driving the beautitul bay gelding Castle Boy, one of the most promising young horses in the land. R. J. Ander- chestnut colt, and is rattling along at lashing pace. lenry Gasey is holding the rei over the gray horse nk, Which lapped Geo: out in 2:29 over Prospect last season. Wittlam . Gray is behind his fast Patchen colt, and the rapid brown trotting horse David Bouncr skims along like @ sea gull over the glistening snow. Then comes Mr. Elliott, who shakes the speed out of his well made mare Lady Adine; Harry Harbeck calls upon his trusty brown gelding Windemere; John laslett drives a gray team along in a hurry; Messrs. Irving and Borst. enjoy themselves behind the beautiful stallion Jack, and Reading jogs the brown stallion Jules Jurgensen; Rosa May and Lizzie War- wick show @ clean pair of heels driven Tracey. Mr. Black bas one of his fast horses and is cutting out the work ior quite a crowd behind dim. Mr. Darling has a splendid pair of bays. Mr. Fred Wood is sitting behind his son of Volunteer Ven- ture, @ colt of promise. Fred is driving @ specdy black mare and Dun W. ton has ao rattling ‘team and John Langdon ie bay team. jor-Barker is next seen driv- pretty pair of clipped mares, which step along ‘50 gait and drive smoothly and oa Mr, Rathbun {s sending along that clear-gaited big bay mare of his, which is 80 great a favorite on the road. Mr. Raymond is driving the nice browa teain he has lately parchased, and next to him Mr. J. Q. Law's chestnut and gray team, which it would take @ small gold mine to purchase, and which ere their owner much pleasure whenever he sits hind them. Then comes Commissioner James Galway driving that splendid gelding Rut- ledge. Mr. Thomas B, Kerr, with his lish bay horse Robert, enjoying a sleigh ride and evidently pleased with the brilliant scene, fol- lowed by Mr. Frank Jollynd, who is drivin; that speedy son of Ethi len, the stallion Fulfil Messrs. Casey and Burns are cosily seated amo: the robes of @ natty sleigh behind a pair of smooth’ looking black mares. Mr. W. H. Harbeck appears behind the fast mare Nellie. Mr. Carman has the gray Poste ee Mack, with a record of 2:253¢, and James McKee rattles along at a rapid rate behind a Hambletonian sete of speed and promise, Mr. Newell has his fag-tailed chestnut out, and he is stepping. well, Frank Squires is driving his speedy black mare, which is also very stylish. Ben Mace is driving a rapid-going trotter, and Mr. Palmer his new brown gelding, Frank. Mr. L. J. Phillips is seatea in an elegant sleigh, among costly robes, ae splendid bay gelding called Prince, one of the best and most promising of our road horses, and Mr. Isaac Phillips boids the reins over his favorite gray, the speedy Admiral Farragut. Mr. Samuel Truesdell next came along behind a very handsome, stylish and fast black gelding, by Ham- bletonian, and Captain Wilson had his beauty ofa Hambletonian mare, which is very fast and prom- ising. Hundreds of other celebrities appeared, and, with lightning rapidity, disappeared agau 4 , for & 2 and darkness did not bring much cessation, new set of people came on the scene; those whose business pursuits keep them from pleasure durin; the day time, and mirth and jollity prevailed un’ the morning hours. HORSE NOTES, Blanket stealing has come in vogue again, and quite s number of gentlemen are minus valuable horse blankets, which they have had stolen from the hind part of their wagons, probably between the Park and their stables. One hundred dollars is not an uncommon price for a gentleman to pay for a pair of nice horse biankels, and consequently the nue Aand First avenue, the work to be done at their own expense and under the direction of the Commissioners of Public Works. ‘The resolution was adopted. Rees adjourned to Monday next, at one o’ciock, FEDERAL OFFIOER AFFAIRS. . © There is very little to report concerning the public oMices in this city. AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE the regular routine of daily business is observed with very little variation. Collector Arthur spent two days in Washington, this being his first ap- pearance at the national capital since his access to the office of Collector. General Arthur, doubtless, went to the “city of magnificent distances” for the purpose of conferring with Secretary Boutwell on matters error ta atne to his ofice in general and to the Civil Service code in particular. Next Wednesday being a legal holiday the Custom House will be closed. Vessels to leave the harbor on that day must clear on Tuesday. THE PENSION OFFICE is still besiegea by ex-warriors and their widows, thieves get no insignificant plunder when they suc- ceed in stealing from a wagon a pair of them, ana the unconscious owner does not realize his lose until told by his groom when he drives into the stable. We speak of this to caution the driving community, and recommend tnem to keep a sharp lookout en driving homewards, particularly after dark. The brown trotting gelding David Bonner, the rocerty of Mr. William H, Gray, has his home for the Winte? at the Winfleld stables. Mr. Doughervs’s gTay mare Stella is Wintering at, Englewood, N. J. ~ irs. Daniel Maco’: bay horse Bay Star is tho champion of the city for béeuty. He is about fifteen hands high and the periection of form and symme- tm, his color being a dark, shiny, mahogany bay, with no white except a star in is’ forehead, from which he takes his name, Bay Star is by Daniel Lambert, he by Ethan Allen, and he possesses won- deriul speed. With his bright eye and intelligent countenance he presents a picture of equine beauty rarely seen and hard to excel. THE CREDIT MOBILIER. Excitement Over the Herald’s Tabular who strive to get ik with the stipend allowed them by Uncle Samuel. Mr. Silas B, Dutcher, the ension agent, has his hands full during business Rours, which, by the way, are with him, during the payment of org from sunrise until sunset, and oftener until eight to nine o'clock at night. Up to last night Mr. Dutcher had paid out about six thou- sand two hundred checks, aggregating more than two hundred thousand dollars, This week will, no doubt, finish the payments of the last quarter’s pensions of 1872, SUPERVISOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Lucian Hawley bas glorified his accession to office by the seizure of an immense fllicit distillery in the Twentieth ward of this city (a neighbor- na ere ney. be oe Bs) h bt pie Brooklyn), under grea! cr ay e¢ par- ticulars of which were at the time fully de- tailed in the Hegra.p. Besides this, several other important seizures were effected by Mr. Hawley’s officers, which, however, cannot now be made public. The new bin ‘abolishing all the as- sessors after the first of July, 1873, just passed by Congress will entail considerable labor on the Super- visor, He is about setting eut on a tour among the districts in the State, which forms the precinct ef Mr. Hawley’s jurisdiction, DEATH OF A UNITED STATES OAVALRY CAP- Boston, Dec. 21, 1! Captain Frank Stanwood, of the Third cavalry, United States Army, died at the residence of his . in Brighton, Mass.. on Friday, of consump- Statement of Holders of the Stock=— Probable Action of the Union Pacific Directors. The disclosures in the HgRaLp, exclusively, yes- terday of the names of holders of Union Pacific Railroad stock under the old régime, created great discussion in Wall street and among business men generally. It was conceded that there was a sud- picious smell about all the transactions, dignified by the title of Crédit Mobilier, and that the present «Management of the Union Pacifle ought to take wome steps for the recovery of the eighteen mil- lion of stock represented in the HERALD tabular ‘statement, It was stated that several influential stockholders had written to Horace F, Clark, the President of the Union Pacific, asking him to take steps in the matter, and in order to discover the truth regarding the rumor @ HsRaLp reporter waited upon that gentleman last evening. Mr, Clark was cognizant of the disclosures made by the HERALD and said he haa received letters re- es 2 it, one especially irom a large stockholder in New England. asking that steps be taken to pro- secute these fraudulent stockholders for the amount of their stock. “What are you going to do about it? asked the HERALD reporter, in the classic lan; lage of Tweed. “Well, individually, I can do nuthing,” responded Mr. Clark; “but the ‘directors meet next week on Wil Ee ation et ct matte ba I think they will take action e matter, re + Bothing further,” aed THE HOLIDAYS. ‘Where to Goto Got Your Watches and Jowelry and Diamonds and Clocks and Bronscs—The Stores Where You Can Got Pitted Ont in Mow Suits of Clothes and Where the Fine Arts are Worshipped—The Em- poria of Musical Instruments and the Headquarters of Singing Birds and Fancy Dogs. Christmas is now within » few days’ nares, end ifamong the holiday goods purchasers there be @ny laggards they had better hurry up and go the rounds of the stores, else there will be mothing tert for them to chooag fro: During the past week or two the storekeepers say that tho rush of bay- ers has been immense. They do not conceal the fact, however, that the weather has always a greas deal todo with either increasing or diminishing the crowds, and that the sloppy state of the streets on Thursday and Friday last wese rather damaging to THR GENERAL HOLIDAY TRADR than otherwise, Yet favorable weather cannet be. had always for the mere wishing forit. Se far, fortuhately, the aumben of ‘good weather dagw has far outnumbered that of tho anf vorable days, The storekeopers, on the whole thereioie, have mo reason to complain, and, judging fromthe. favorable turn the weather took yesterday, it'is.mare than probable from new until Wednesday next at least holiday ; per- Chasers will have, a8 the Hibernian shipmate has it, “good walking overhead.” Indeed, “Old Probabéli- ties,” who, as a general thing, always hite the mall right on the head, was on the side of the shopkeep- ers yesterday in his prognosticating remarks aboas currents of winds and the other elements that gave him cause for such serious study. ‘Clear and clear- ing weather” was his flat, and as those mest im- terested in clear weather, in a business peint ef view, are said to have sent a special delegation te Washington with a good stock of presents to ia- duce the old gentioman to keep up the “clearmg*® cry, the prospect can be set down as a pretty fair one all round, “a ¥BW MORE LEFT." Thanks’ to the kindness of Santa Claus himsett and that good head of a numerous family who went the rounds with a HERALD reporter last week, the readers of the HERALD must be by this time pretty thoroughly informed as to where they should ge te get their holiday 3, in the way of toys, pianea, ats, caps, fui 3 and iancy goods generally. ‘That bew dere ead of the fat ho ev ver, to make anotner tour of it yesterday, despite’ him- self, because, fotsocoth, according to the other mem- bers of the household, he had not made all the chases Ne ought to have made had he beer iter - poaeds In order, werefore, that between now aa@ he expiration of the holidays others similarly sit uated, and at a loss to know where to goto eb- tain goods other than those already spoken of im the HERALD, it may be mentioned that in the pre- cious matter of watches and jewelry TIFFANY & CO. corner of Fifteenth street and Broadway, casa satisfy the most exacting. Their stock of bronzes ts very elegant and their diamonds are the greas jewelry ieature oi! their holiday goods, FRANKFIELD & CO., 209 Sixth avenue, corner of Fourteenth street, an@ 323 Eighth avenue, have on hand everything im the jewelry line that a well resulated first "ines jewelry store, ought to have. The firm mi specialty of cuckoo clocks, which they sell at low figures. zes and house ornaments generally are very inviting toa stan of taste and refinement, and their stock of gold watches an@ Precious stones is fully equal in quality if mot in quantity to that of any establishment on Broad- BALL, BLACK & 00., corner of Broadway and Prince street, are selting their goods. during the holidays much below the usual prices, VICTOR BISHOP, under the Fifth Avenue Hotel (right band aide only), has @ splendid stook of rich jewelry and coral ornaments, which the holiday goods Lcd chaser would do well to inspect. Everything a lady can desire in the way of finger, Tings, Oe rings, necklaces, chains and watches can oo tained at this establishment for the mere asi (and paying) forit. It is said that Mr. stock is the choicest of its kind in the city. GEORGE 0. ALLEN, 841 Broadway, has also a magnificent array ef diamonds, watches, chains, &c., in his cases. goods are all being sold at holiday prices—that ta, cheaper than usual, and will be kept down in rates. to the lowest level until New Year's, HENRY CAPT, 23 Union square, has a fine stock of jewelry, &c., which ought to attract many purchasers, J. GAGGIN, 725 Broadway, deals extensively in vulcanite-an@ jet jewelry, \ his stock 1s of the rarest and most varied character. LYNCH'S, No, 723 Broadway, has a rare stock of diamonds en hand, which are selling, as the Madame saya, at ruinous prices, HENRY MA 1,19534 Broadway, should be called upon uptowners, They will find all kinds of jewel fair prices. BOOKS. People who are fond of making sensible presenta to their friends, such as historical works and works that are amusing, works that are pleasing to the young, works not untrue to the old, or works that are suitable to everybody, need not compisim that there are not enough places in town to make a choice from. <A visit to any one of the following establishments will certainly repay them, even if they come away without buying a few hundred volumes on the spot:—Harper Brothers, Franklin square; Scribner & Co., 654 Broadway; D. Appleton & Co., 55 Broadway; J. B. Lippincott’ & Co., 25 Bond street; A. L. Luyster, 138 Fulton street; G. W. Carleton & Co., Madi square; Sheldon & Co., 677 Broadway; Leggett Brothers, 3 Beekman street; John Pyne, 109 Nassau street (Johm has a splendid stock of books for the boys and girls, that are being sold at_a sacrifice); George R. Lockwood, 812 Broadway; Dodd & 762 Broadway, and MacMillan & Co., 38 Bleecker street. ‘ THE FINE ARTS should not be overlooked by the cited whose inclinations are artistic. Everything that he can wish for almost in this branch of business can be obtained at C. T. Hooper's, 76 Nassau street; Wm. Schau’s, 749 Broadway; Goupil & Co,, Fifth avenue, corner Twenty-second street; E. H. & T. Anti f Co., 591 Broadway: Leavitt Art Rooms, Broadway, and James’ Fine Art Rooms, 30 East Fourteenth street, MUSICAL INSTROMBNTS ofall kinds can be had at C. M. Funk’s, 20 Park Place: Horace Waters, 481 Broadway; Haines Brothers, 27 Union square; Steinway & Sons: Chickering & Co.; Albert Weber, corner Fifth ave- nue and Sixteenth street, and Decker Brothers, 56 Bleecker street, BILLIARDS. The knights ofthe cue and the trade fenereuy who want to get in @ new stock of tables, 4c., should go to Wm. H. Grimth’s, 40 Vesey street: H. W. Callender’s, 738 Sroadway; Kavanagh & Decker’s, corner Canal & Centre, and to Geo. E. Phelan’s, No. 7 Barclay street. ch of these firms has a splendid stock of tables, and the con- noisseur in the billiard art will find ‘ge variety to choose from both in style of cushion and gen- eral make Of the tables, g = wee, 4 CLOTHING. Brokaw Bros., Fourth avenue and hth street; P, C, Barnum & Co., Chatham square; Kaymond & Co., corner of Fulton and Nassau, and Brooks Bros., Union square, have a stock of Winter clothing Teady made, and will make to order at all times. DOGS, BIRDS, 40. In the matter of birda, doga, &c., & purchaser can find a good stock to choose from -at B. G. Dovey’ No. 3 Greene street. David Venten, 408 Cai street, has a lot of fine fancy dogs, and so has Francis Butler, No. 3 Peck slip. Albrecht Max d Co., 89 Chatham street, and Charles Reiche, 65 Chatham street, keep birds and dogs of all kinds, ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF BROOKLYN PRIB. ONERS, Yesterday afternoon Jerry Quirk, a notorious but unpunished ruffian, was convicted before Justice Elliott of assault and attempted highway robbery, his victim being an unsophisticated Geman named Zink. While being escorted to the prison van for conveyance to the county jail Quirk made a sudden dash for liberty, knocking down all who stood im his way. Several policemen pursued the fugitive and several hundred citizens rar ay the police- men. The chase was an exciting and somewhat amusing one, and continued over a mile, when the fugitive lost bis wind and surrendered to his the at pursuers. A batch of petty. jarceny thieves ar tee to escape at the same time by the instigation of Quirk, but they were all recaptured without much dificuity. For many weeks the court room in which tbl escapade took place has been under the charge of only one ofiicer, the Justice having reinsed to ac- cept the services of anotier sent to him by the police authorities, claiming that he had a right to select his own officers. The result of this little difference of opinion may prove scrious when least expected, RAILROAD LITIGATION IN NEW JERSEY. TRENTON, Dec. 21, 1872. The Chancellor has granted an injunction re- straining the New Jersey Central Ratiroad Com- Bary, from interfering with the coal trade of the Gorrping Koster ae — Miele g Railroad, or c resolution 0 ramardigg it ton of December 13 wl Ni