The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1873, Page 7

NEW YOKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 7,.1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. - held last Saturday in the saloon of the Ramiliate, at Madrid, an account of which appears in the col- umne ofthe Diario Espafiol of the 1st inst., just Feceived here, Here are some eXtracts from that account :— “At the door of the saleon they were selling Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of Ei Condenado (The Condemned), @ paper which represents the ideas of those who ealled the meeting. No. 1 says the editors are “in ‘Whe breach, ready to defend the resolu- tions of the International and at the game time atheism, without which basis neither reason ner logic would be on their side.” No, 2 relates tle story of the struggle of the working classes in Paris against the rural and other classes, called bourgeoisie, and exhorts the ‘workingmen of Spain to seize their arms and throw themselves resolutely into the fight, like ‘those of the Paris Commune. No. 8 teaches that there can be no liberty where there is inequality of fortune, and that neither is liberty compatible with any kind of authority, 4c. On commencing busl- mess the chairman explained that tis was an ad- Journed meeting, that held at St. Isidore having been interrupted, and that it was intended asa commemoration of the Paris Commune, which he thereupon eulogized. He conciuded by offering for the consideration of the meeting the following question :—“What course should the proletariat Pursue m order to arrive the most promptly at complete emancipation?” J. Cecilio said the working class must consider all the other classes its enemies; therefore, it did Not suit the workingmen to support any political party, but to watch their opportunity and seize it ‘with arms in their hands, Manuel Rodriguez talked of immediate insur- rection. José Romero condemned the idea that all the classes of society were the enemies of workingmen. Being hissed, he retreated from his position, but still ventured to think it better to harmonize all classes of workers with capital. A ‘citizen’? re- Plicd that the emancipation of the workingmen Could not be effectea till they were emanctpated from capital; that the “people” alone (being the French idea of “peopie’”) should dictate laws, and nof the Cortes, whose palace was the ‘palace of crime. allauthority! “The people alone, without depu- ties!” Another citizen said, “We myst march to the social republic through the federal republic. ‘The federal is only the road to the other.” Another cried, “We want neither theocratism, nor mili- tarism, nof proprietorism. Let us unite with the International, for we want communism,”’ This much will suffice. Itis the old story, with ‘which every one is now familiar, We laugh at it in the United States as extravagant nonsense; but, without stopping to discuss the wisdom or folly of laughing atiteven there, we may be persuaded that it will not do to laugn at it in Europe. This thing is going on allover Spain. Every town of any note has its group of Internationalists, who talk “republicanism” of the Kind just shown, We had an open-air meeting here day before yesterday, under the pretext of “arousing indigna- tion” against the Carlists. I doubtif the word “Cariist’? was pronounced once by any of the Speakers. They had a red flag, upon which were the words “Federal Republic,” and underneath a skull and bones, This fag was carried by a ser- Beant of the regular armiy. The crowd of red caps marched to and from the place of meeting headed by an army band, After the meeting a well-known colonel of the army waited upon the Civil Gover- Mor and told him it was the desire of the “people” that General Contreras should be maintained as Captain General of Catalonia, and General Velarde’s entry into Barcelona resisted with powder and ball if necessary. But the violence of this madcap colonel pro- duced a reaction, The “Republican Democratic Federal Committee” of Barcelona issued a procla- mation in the evening declaring for Velarde; but this counter-manifestation of the committee is Probably due in a great measure to the conviction that those who appointed General Velarde are fed- eralists—a word which means a great deal at the present moment in Spain. re If the world should find this condition of things “gatisiactory,” all governments should at once wonvey to Madrid assurances of confidence in the Spanish Republic. If not, those who are in arms Against all the causes ana consequences of the ex- Isting disorder stiould have fair play. General Velarde has thought proper to halt at Reus till the Contreras squall should blow over. Now he can come as soon as he pleases. The fede- ral Republican Committee have forced Contreras to Btick to his resignation, and have sent the mad- cap colonel a prisoner to Madrid. THE WAR IN NAVARLE. The news from Navarre is important. The forces of Dorregarry, Ollo and others, amounting, accord- ing to some, to 4,000, according to others to 8,000 men, were concentrated four days ago at a point about equi-distant from Vittoria and Logrofio, and Bn attack upon one or the other is expected. The latter town is the residence of old General Espartero, who has sent a pressing mes- wage to Madrid asking that reinforcements be sent without delay. A Madrid paper of the 2d publishes a letter from a sergeant who Geserted to the Carlists, giving a glewiug account of their organization, equipment and discipline, -The day after his arrival among them, eight or ten @ays ago, Dorregarry held a review, which he pro- fesses astonished him. The stoppage of the Madrid mails deprives us, unfortunately, of later news from that quarter. There is nodoubt that General Ollo has suc- ®eeded in reaching the Carlist headquarters. The government forces, under General Nouvillas, #72 said to consist of twenty-nine battalions, In ‘any case that army remains inactive in Pampeluna, ‘where it has been ever since the Monreal battle. THE WAR IN CATALONIA, Since the capture of Berga nothing of impor- tance has occurred. While Saballs is busy in the Mountain region organizing and arming the new recruits who have flocked to him since the suc- Cesses of Ripoll and Berga, Tristany, at the head of ® force estimated at 2,000 men, has been recon- Boitring the towns of Solsona and Ignalada, A part of this force captured a mail train three days ago, burned the official correspondence and repub- Mean newspapers from Madrid, taking $19,000 from the Zovernment carrier. The passengers were not molested in the slightest manner, and, with the exceptions mentioned, the mail was not interfered ‘With. In Barcelona some of the churches have been Feopened, but those of St. James, St. Monica and @ur Lady of Belen have been converted into Barracks for the armed volunteers. In the first mentioned they have broken open and ransacked all the tombs under the floor, in the hope of finding articles of value, such as silver crosses, gold rings and so forth. The telegrams in some of the Bruesels and Paris papers, possibly also in some English ones, say the churches are “occupied by a military force for the sake of protection.” “Mili. tary force’ is good! And concerning “protec- tion,” the less they have of it the safer they will be. A company of speculators propose to dig around the famous Church and Monastegy of Montserrat, in this proviace, for the openly expressed purpese of hunting for buried treasures. INSUBORDINATION. No Money at Madrid—Impotence of the Govern- ment—A Dwindling Army—Carlism Mak- ’ ing Bepid Gains in Catalonia— Dangers Thickening About the New Republic, Barcetona, April 8, 1873. ‘The vexed question which impedes the politica, movementin Spain is closely connected with the deplorable state of the national finances, Lvery- body seems puzzled as to the means employed by the Minister of Finance wherewith to meet the ordinary expenses of the nation, as well as the enormous sums absorbed by a large stand img army, in addition to the expepditure con- nected with the newly created vowmiecr forces, The regular army is supposed to number about 160,000 men. Although that figure exists only on paper the expenditure of the War Department is based on that estimate, no Matter whether the mousy be paid put to phe sol He concluded with:—"Down with | diers or whether it finds ita way to the pockets of some intermediary functionaries. That course is entirely in keeping with the traditional method of wasting and pilfering to which the Spanish ad- ministration has always been exposed. At the utmost there are at present 100,000 men who still wear the Spanish uniform and draw pay, their un- Willingness to fight notwithstanding. It has been given out, on what is termed official authority, that out of 114 battationa of infantry only twelve gr fourteen had mutinied. If the word be taken in a literal sense the assertion has probably agrain of truth, since open mutiny has been confined to a few localities. But, if actual facts of negative resistance to order and discipline are taken into account, it will be found that oniy twelve or fourteen regiments, at the utmost, re- main faithfol to their colors, and the remainder have committed—if not open mutiny—acts of gross insubordination. Less than a month ago Barce- Jona had a garrison numbering upwards of ten thousand men of all arms; yet it was with great aiMiculty that two thousand or two thousand five hundred were found willing to take the field against the Camists, It required great efforts, much coaxing and the promise of increased pay to move these forces. On two distinct occasions we have seen a regi- Ment paraded through the main streets of Barce- lona, accompanied by large crowds, headed by a band playing the “Marseillaise” and other revolu- tionary music, When these troops were placed on board the cars they departed with apparent good will; but on disembarking at Granollers, a station distant about twenty-five milea from Barcelona, the men refused to go any further. These facts are not attributed toa mutinous spirit; but, on the contrary, it has been allegea that, seeing they were inefficiently officered, the men preferred to return to their barracks rather than give the Carlists the chance of gain- ing a victory over them. Since this occurred large numbers of soldiers have gone to their homes; others have joined tne. Carlist forces, but only a small number—report says 400—have been enrolled in the ranks of the volunteers of the re- public, There remain about two thousand men loitering about this city, either for the ‘purpose of awaiting better times or owing to a want of funds to reach their homes, GROWTH OF THE CARLIST ARMIES, When all these facts are taken into 7on- sideration, it cannot surprise any one that the Carlists have made enormous progress. The Diario, a Barcelona daily paper, re- ferred to the fact that just twelve months ago the first Carlist band was heard of near this city. That band comprised at that date about eighty men, and if proper measures had then been taken the entire band might then have been cap- tured, and probably no more would have been heard of renewed Carlist raids, That insignificant band has since then grown into an army, and it is estimated that the Carlist forces in Catalonia num-. ber at present no less than six thousand men. Yet the same inanity which prevailed twelve months ago marks the present day. Meanwhile the government at Madrid announces with great pomp the progress made in organizing volunteer forces. During the period of the Paris Commune there was at least a semblance—if not the reality—of a military organization, but in Cata- lonia we have nothing but an armed mob, and there seems little doubt that the organization in other parts of Spain has no better chances than at Barcelona. The call for volunteers was responded to mainly by the working classes, who, owing to the general stagnation of business, were out of employment, with starvation staring them in the:face. Few, if any, enlisted from motives of patriotism. None of the men have been clothed by the authorities, and for the most part they are poorly armed and equipped. The corps are com- manded by men who have no military experience as officers, but who, impelled by political consid- erations, may lead the volunteers into mischief, As home guards the volunteers might be of service, but the idea of ustag them to cope with the Carlists 1s utterly absurd, THE WAR IN THE MOUNTAINS. Thus far the Carlists confine operations to a gueriila warfare; and, while adhering to such tac- tics, they remain invincible, To attack the Carlists in their hiding places in the mountains is entirely out of the question; and, whenever they have left those hiding places, the government troops, by some unaccountable coincidence, happened to be sent in another direction, The rural population throughout the northern province is favorably dis™ posed towards the Carlists, and thus the volunteer forces are placed from the outset at a disadvantage. I have seen detachments of volun- teers, accompanied by a squad of carabineros, Jeave a village atan early hour in the morning for the purpose of surprising a Carlist encampment, supposed to be six or eight miles distant, In wild enthusiasm they scampered over the country to return late at night, hungry and wearied, without having seen a Carlist. The peasants on such occa- sions act invariably in concert with the Carlists and very ingeniously contrive to put tne troops on the wrong track. On another occasion, when f hoped to see some fighting, the volunteers on return- ing to their quarters were much surprised to learn that during their absence a Carlist band had been in the village to purchase supplies. Moreover, the Carlists pay casn for what they want, while the volunteers and government troops live on the country. Under the circumstances the latter are less welcome than the Carlists. DECEIVING THE PUBLIC, Meanwhile the public in and out of Spain are constantly mystified by narratives of imaginary fights, which are assumed to have taken place in various parts of the country. A few almost bloodicss skirmishes have taken place here and there; but there has been very lit- tle serious fighting, and certainly there has been no battle. In the same manner the various acts of cruelty alleged to have been committed by Sabalis turn out to have been pure inventions, The very Officers said to have been murdered at Ripoll are now in Barcelona, and are utterly astonished at what they hear about their slaughter. POPULA® SYMPATHY. While the Carlists are daily gaining advantages the people of Barcelona look apparently with a surprising degree of indifference on the isolation to which the city is exposed by reason of all telegraphic communication _hav- ing ceased. Railroad communication is inter- rupted in every direction, and the Carlists have given notice that they will hereafter interfere with the transportation of newspapers to and from Madrid, This is meant as a measure ef retaliation, since the government has interdicted the circuia- tion of any other than republican journais, The railroad companies are entirely at the mercy of Carhst bands. Towards the north we cannot travel by rail further than about thirty miles, and transportation towards the French frontiers is kept up by means of carts to Gerona, thence by coach to Figueras. Just eight days ago the railroad near Manresa was cut. The Carlists, as on many previous occasions, knew the Madrid government was sending a large amount of cash to Barcelona, Without much difficulty the cars were stopped, the Carlists took the cash, burned the newspapers, and left cars and passengers to take care of themselves. You woud suppose that, considering the vast ex- Penditure incurred by the present government, @ small force might ,be sent to protect the railroad and guard against a recurrence of these interruptions, Yet nothing is done, The government loses daily vast amounts captured by the Cariists, who know exactly when and-where to find the money. While they scrupulously respect private property, the Carlists do not hesitate to rob the public treasury whenever a chance presents, Nevertheless, the national treasury is not the only loser. Trade and industry are completely paralyzed, Railroad, and, in fact, all other public companies, are inter- fered with, and indirectly every citgen sees daily fresh evidence of the depreciation of his property. People begin to see that if this lawless condition goes much farther the entire nation will be im- poverished to a degree fearful to contemplate, The financial question will, therefore, more than any other, play into the hands of Don Carlos, while it is becoming daily less doubtful that the people will fight over it. CONTINUED ON THIRTEENTH PAGR. |, mal-adroit and THE MAYOR MUDDLE. Opinions of Mr. Algernon 8. Sullivan on Mayor TMavemeyer’s Tenure of Office. — What is Thought of the Question by Expe- . Fienced City Officials—The Appointment of a New Mayor Said To Be With the Common Council—The Comptroller’s Law Clerk on the Situation. The anxiety on the question of the Mayoralty has not been allayed by the lapse of time. The publica- tion yesterday in the HeRALDof the opinions of prominent lawyers and distinguished public men has stimulated discussion, and opinions are re- markably varied. To-day the HERALD publishes other interviews by our reporters, and there 1s an almost unanimous opinion that 1t would be better that the Legislature take action in reierence to the diMiculty. WHAT ALGERNON 8, SULLIVAN SAYS. , Mr. Sullivan had, # was understood, given the question of the Mayoralty some considerable atten- tion, and with the desire to obtain his views a re- porter of the HERALD called at his office, 52 Wall Street, and after a short introductory conversation Mr. Sullivan stated his views as follows:— “When my attention was called to the matter,” said Mr. Sullivan, “my first feeling was one of ap- prehension that Mr. Havemeyer was removed from. office by unskilful legislation, This would be a misfortune regretted by none more than by a@ majority of those who, with me, supported Mr. Lawrence for Mayor. Mr. Havemeyer having been elected, we sustain him as an upright officer. Under all the circumstances perhaps no other man unites so many advantages, or rather has so few embarrassments in starting the new city govern- ment. “Alter some examination of a newspaper copy of the act to reorganize our local government, Ihave come to the opinion that Mr, Havemeyer's tenure of the office of Mayor can be legally upheld. It is implied in the act taken as a whole. He was holding the office when the act was passed, and the term for which he was elected wiil not expire for twenty months. In regard to allother municipal oM¢ers with whom the act was intended to interfere, it is explicit in providing when and how the tenure ofthe present incumbents shall cease, As tothe Mayor, it isenacted that he shall be elected, and that the first election for Mayor under the new act shall be at the general election in November in the year 1874, and he shall enter on his office on the first day of January next aiter his election, That is exactly the date to which Mr. Havemeyer has been elected, This cer- tainly indicates the intent of the Legislature that his present term shall continue until January, 1875. “Other provisions for the case of the Mayor being under suspension, or sick, or absent trom the city, or for the case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, must, in my opinion, be construed in reference to & Mayor who has been elected and who holds office as recognized by this law. The mere repeal of the act of 1870, under which Mr. Havemeyer was elected, does not necessarily make @& vacancy in the office. The office itself is re-en- acted in all the laws—as it was created in the old charters--as an essential component of the city corporation. Only by positive language should we be justified in assuming that the Legislature meant toremeve anincumbent of an office. That lan- age is absent in our case, and even if it existed have grave doubts whether the Legislature has power to remove the incumbent unless they de- Btroy the office also, “T think this the only safe view to take. “The Legislature cannot ‘doctor’ the charter so as to put the Mayor in, if their act put him out of oftice—for the interval since its passage. But he is iegally the Mayor, and his signature as Mayor to warrants and bonds is as good and binding as that of any one who will ever fill the office. “It is to be regretted that the Legislature was so ave left room for even a qasition, and perhaps a declaratory act may be desirable from them to remove doubts as to interpretation of the charter from this time onward.” WHAT THE ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN SAID. Mr. James Toomey, the Assistant Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, in consequence of his long service in this capacity, is an oracle in municipal law, and is known playfully and familiarly as “the City Hall Encyclopedia.” To the answers of are- porter of the HERALD yesterday Mr. Toomey was very non-committal on the question recent, raised ay to the Mayoralty. Though he was forti- fed by the presence of Aldermen Morris and Koch he declined to express a very decided opinion. He directed the reporter’s attention to “Kent's Com- mentaries” on the charters of New York to 1836 and read the following extract from ‘that work, which the reporter copied :— The tenth section of the Montgomerie charter has un- dergone great aiterations. It provided that the Governor, with the advice ot the Council of the Province, should appoint annually, on the first day of St Michiel, the ayor, Sheriff and Coroner ot the city. That mode of appointment continued until the Revolution, when the Power of appointing those officers was, by the constitu- tion of 1777, vested in the Governor and’ the Council of Appointment, and was to continue there until otherwise directed by the Legislature. The power remained in the Council until the amended constitution of 1821, when the Mayor was directed to be appointed annually by the Common Council, and the Sheriff aud Coroner, us wel! a the Register and Clerk of the city, to be chosen trienni ly by the electors of the city. (Constitution, article 4, sec: tion 8, and see also Revised Statutes, vol. 1, 112.) The Mayor continued to be appointed by the Common Council until the act of March 3, 184. Chapter 28 directed that he be annually elected by the electors of the city qualified to vote for charter officers. “In view of that section, what is the effect of the 119th section of the present charter, which is the repealing clause, Mr. Toomey ?” asked the reporter. “Well, sir, 1 think the power is now with the Common Council to nominate under the amended constitution of 1821. If you examine that 119th section you will find that the charter right up to the amended constitution of 1821 are repealed, and that, therefore, if there is @ vacancy in the office of the Mayor, and thatis really the gist of the ques- tion, the power of appointinent is unquestionably in the Common Council.” “Well, do you think there is a vacancy ?"? ‘Now you are asking me teo much. When doc- tors differ why should 1 decide?’ retorted Mr. Toomey. what would you do about it if yon were St “Wel Toa ae Mr. Toomey, a3 you deserve to “J would mend my ways.” ane those of the law, too?’ answered the re- rier. “It the law needed amendment, yes.” Finding the Assistant Clerk of the Board of Alder- mev could not be brougpy to a more devided point the interviewer left. WILAT THY COMPTROLLER’S LAW CLERK SAYS. Mr. Charles Lawrence, who has survived ali the vicissitudes of political changes, and has been Comptrolier’s law clerk for manv years, was called upen by a reporter of the HERALD yesterday, and his opinion sought as to the Ma: oralty question, “Tdon’t think there is anything in_ that onjcc- tion,” answered Mr. Lawrence. ‘The Dongan and Montgomerie charters provide for the office of Mayor, and the presen charter don’t abolish it.” “But is the Mayor's ofiice elective?” “Why, certainly; don't the charter of 1870 make it electivey” «Then the Legislature cannot abolish an elective office. Is that your opinion, Mr. Lawrence?’ “Of course it can; but it has not abolished it, and has only made provision in the charter for filling the office of Mayor in case of a vacancy.” “But is not that good for continuing the present Police Justices who are elective officers?" “In that case the La ony ie abolisnes them by legislation, and provides for other men to tak® their places. That is avery different thing to con- struing and inferring a man out of office.” “Then Fr) don’t think that Mayor Havemeyer is affected by this charter, as far as his occupancy of the civic chair is concerned?” “No; anybody who tries to get it away from him Will have all they can do.” Mr. Lawrence cleared up the papers on his desk, pinces several of themin the pigeon holes, threw uimself into his favorite attitude by extending his legs, careened the chair on its hind legs, and clasping his hands@t the back of his head, where they were speedily hidden in his redundant and | flowing curls, and then jooked his interlocutor in the face with @ mute loek that said, “Anything more I can do for you?’ The reporter said to himself he thought not, and left, MAYOR HAVEMEYER’S VIEWS, A HERALD reporter called on Mayor Havemeyer last evening in his private office, after the Chief Magistrate had returned from reviewing the | Seventy-first and Forty-seventh regiments, and found him busy as usual, The following conversa- tion upon the question of the Mayoral tenure of ofice, under the existing complications, ensned:— “I should like to ask a question or two, Mr. Mayor, which at first may seem rather indelicate, but they are not so intended, in reference to your present official states—(the Mayor nodded). Have you taken any action whatever in regard to the rumors regarding the interpretation of tue new be hy which says that you are legislated out of ice? “No,” replied the Mayor, “I haven't taken any, Notice of it whatever. It hos never been brought to me in any way so as to reqnire me to take any action.” “Have you taken any legal advice concerning the question?’ asi the reporter, “None, non replied Mr. Havemeyer, as cool as though no question as to his tenure had evi been mooted, “Mayor Hall seems, at one time un lis oficial ca- reer, to have occupied a position in a manner similar to that which it is claimed you now occupy, Mr. Mayor. He himself states that there was a period of about six-months during his incumbency of the office of Mayor, and subsequent to the p: e of the cbarter of 1870, when he was not’ legally en- titled to hold the office, and might have been turned out of it by any eltizen who chose to raise the question.’? . “Well, Lam sure I don’t want to hold it six months without bein lawfully entitied to it, nor for any other length of time,” replied the Mayor, closely on the heels of the reporter's statement. | “IfT have no right to it, it can readily be deter- mined.” “I presume 80,” replied the reporter, “but it is not my object to put it in that way. I should like to ask your opinion of the Jegality of Mayor Hall’s acts during that period of six months. He says himsel! be was not legally Mayor of the city.”” “Well, ifhe was not Mayor I presume all his oMcial acts as Mayor must have been illegal. I don’t see any other way of putting that,’ replied Mr. Havemeyer, “And that, of course, involves the legality of his certification of drafts on the city treasury among other things. Would not their payment to the Comptroller be also an illegal payment ?” inquired the reporter, “Yes, I should say it would, and there might be a cnance for the Comptroller to begin snits to re- cover the moneys paid on warrants certified by the Mayor during that period,” replied the Mayor, laughingly, Alter a jew remarks upon other subjects, the re- porter thanked Mayor Havemeyer for his informa: tion and courtesy and withdrew. PRODUCERS’ AND CONSUMERS’ CONVENTION, Mecting at the Astor House Yesterday— Preliminary Organization. A Producers’ and Consumers’ Convention was called yesterday at the Astor House, The object of the Convention is to form an associ- ation for the advancement of the interests of both producers and consumers and to adopt and put in use such measures as may lead to the modification ofthe abuses of the present railway system. The idea or holding a Convention in New York origin- ated in the West, and delegates from the Producers’ Association of the West, known as Granges, com- pesed of producers in Ohio, Michigan, Mlinois, Mis- souri and Indiana, held @ caucus in the morning to adopt such regulations as would best conduce to order during the Convention. The Hon, W. ©. Flagg, Moro, ll, chairman of the Tilinois Farmers’ Convention, presided at the caucus, The following committees were then elected :— Committee on Credentiais—S, M. Thorp, Ulinois; 8. R. Moore, Hlinois; F.C, Johnston, Indiana; J. D. sin, New Jersey. Committee on Permanent Organizatton—I. A. Noolan, Milwaukee; Professor Taft, lowa; Colonel Settler, Jowa; Herbert Radcliffe, Boston; Chesney Ames, Oswego, N. Y. Commitiee on Constitution and Bylaws—J. M. Smith, NMlinois; Lewis A. Thomas, Dubuque, lowa; J.B. Sargent, New Haven, Conn.; W. D. Wilber, Alleghany, Mich. The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws re- ported a constitution, which was referred back to it for reconsideration, The constitution proposes and provides that the association shall be named the “National Cheap Transportation Association,” and that it will co- operate with all other bedies to render transporta- tion as cheap as possibie, in opposition to the rail- way and other monopolies. Letters were received from Governor John A. Dix, Governor James H. Smith, of Georgia; Gov- ernor ©, ©, Carpenter, of lowa; Hon, William Win- dom, United States Senator frem Minnesota: Hon. D. M. Dnboise. Georgia; J. B. Hawley, Illinois; A. H. Buckner, Missouri; B. W. Frobel, Georgi: hi A. Kasson, Iowa: Charles Francis Adan John Davis, President Farmers’ Co-operative Union, Kansas; George M. Stevens, Secretary of the Farmers’ Association, Illinois; Hon, S. R. Moore, lilinois; George W. Peek, Wis- consin; A. M. McKeel, Fairiax Grange Patrons Husbandry, Iowa; N. raves, Kansas, and others, Numerous telegrams were received from commercial, industrial ind manufacturing associa- tions from all parts of the country approving of the call for the Convention and bidding godspeed. is The meeting adjourned, to meet at ten A. M. to- lay. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Acrowded meeting was held last night of the New York Historical Soctety at their library, for the pur- pose of hearing a paper read by the Rey. Samuel Osgood, D. D., on “The Surprises of History.” The discourse treated principally of the triumphs of peace and of the great progress of education all over the world. The following is acopy of one of the contribu- tions made last evening. It is among a col- lection of manuscripts from D. N. R. Mosely, being a portion of the papers of the Custis family, of Vir- ginla, The author was a hairdresser in London in 1754, and it is addressed to Mr. Danii Park Custis, then the husband of the lady so widely known alter- wards as the wile of General Washington :— Sr—I have this day forwarded to Mr. Carey's, for you, an extraordinary whit ake and dress, and a set ¥ Fashtion. sire of yr he curl was had the mi wn wither t curis only, a the Back Curl is not so much worn now, but fei miss the meaning, Lhave sent both. ‘the Temple Curls may be comb'd’ as the and I hope will please, weh will be adirtit ion to Sir, Yr Humbl'Sert, JAME! ‘0 one best Curl'd dress cutt Wis To a set of Curls £3 15 Sn—Re pleasea to direct for me at the Locks of Hair, against Bolt and funn Inn, in Fleet street, Loudon. STRIKE OF THE HORSESHOERS, Operations of the Strikers Thus Far Con- fined to the Gity Railroads. Ithasbeen known for some time past that the horse” shoers contemplated a strike. It is the opinion of bosses that the strike wasforced by the Eighth Avenue Rail- road Company, which discharged all its horseshoers on Monday. The strike originated in the shop of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company yesterday morning, in this art, superintendent of the shop, noticed rived at the shop in the moraing that the men we + work, and he asked them what it meant. They said that they wanted $48 day, This he told them ‘ould not get, so they got out. There were sixteen in the shop,'and they formed the nuclous of the They travelied trom shop to shop, and when they ched the Third Avenue Railroad depet, in Sixty-third street, they were asmall army. They ordered the men to stop work, which they did, but on being assured by the Superintendent that tl demands would be complied with the men returned to work and the strikers moved off for other shops. The Fourth Avenue inem were also taken inte the party, and ail the railroads in the chy except the | Avenue are without horseshoers. ‘The Superintendent of the Fourth Avenne road told the Henaup reporter that the men had made no demand on him, and lef WITHOUT A WORD OF WARNING. ‘The Sixth Avenue Company are confident of their abili Fri to get non society men enough to do their work. noon yesterday their stables were guarded by police, who will remain until the strike is over. STRIKE IN ORANGE, N. J. Street Pavers Want More Pay=—A Riot ' Threatened. The laborers employed laying Telford pavement in Orange, East Orange and West Orange are now on strike, and on Monday threatencd almost a riot. It appears the men employed by O'Rourke & Nevins,in Orange, first struck for an increase of pay—trom $175 to $2 per da; These numbered about one handred, and soon succeeded, by coaxing and intimidation, to increase their number fourfold, picking up, as they went along, the gangs em- ployed by their own employers and _ other fontractor? in the Various places above named. The strikers became very demonstrative to- wards @ number of Italian labore: employed in Orange, and are reported to have compelled these poor foreigners to desist from work and Join the ranks of (he strikers under pain of personal Violence, Even men who ‘were receiving $2 per day were required to quit and join in the strike. There was much excitement in the towns, and it was feared that serious trouble would ensue be- ‘tween the strikers and citizens generally. The authorities were finally called upon and. special policemen pressed Into service, but, happliy, thelr services were not re- quired. ithe sirikers kept “out” yesterday. but no disturbance was reported. The contractors deciare they will, hot accede to the men’s demands, and say thai they have Kept them on full tine all Winder. when offen there was no work to do, MAILS AT RAPID TRANSIT, Yesterday morning Mr. Thomas L. James, Post- master; Mr. George S, Bangs, General Superintend- ent of Railway Mail Service; Mr. E. R. Pether- bridge, Chief Special Agent Post Ofiice Depart- ment; Mr. Henry G. Pierson, General Superintend- ent of the New York Post Ofiice, made a trip over the New York Elevated Railroad, accompanied by its Superintendent, Mr. Wyman, for the purpose of making arrangements to deliver maiis to stations A at Spring street, C at Hudson strect, and & on Eighth avenue, near Thirty-third street. t present only five deliveries are made to these stations, Under the new arrangement Mr, James promises to double the same at present, and subse- quently increase even this rate. The Postmaster is determined that id transit” shali be ob- served in every branch of his office, and if a letter is mailed at Harlem in the morning it must be de- livered by three P, M. or sooner, SHAD POLES. Mr. George W. Blunt despatched a steamer yes- terday to pull up the fifty shad poles which ob- struct navigation tn New York harbor. From time immemorial, and the memory of man runveth not to the contrary, shad poles have been a nuisance, and although the suave and blunt Blunt prefers not to disturb the waters of the Ginny tribe, he considered it his duty to remove about fifty poles yesterday from the Narrows to Spuyten Duyvil creek, m order to ease navigation. They were ac- cum removed, aud relractory shadmen suf- ered, THE SCAFFOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA George Lea, a Negro, Hanged for Qut- raging an Aged White Lady. Revolting Circumstances of the Crime. The Negro’s Stolidity and Indiffer- ence Under Sentence. PARTHIG WITH HIS FRIENDS, He Appears on the Scaffold ina White Shroud. The Rope Breaks and Ie is Again Tied Up and Hanged. HORRIBLE A SPECTACLE, YANCEYVILLE, CASWELL Coutsy, N. Cu} May 6, Ls73. In the entire catalogue of crime there is scarcely, one so repugnant to our feelings or one so horrible to contemplate as the violation of female chastity, but when to this is added the harrowing details of an aged white female virgin, trembling on the brink of eternity, over three score and ten years old, ruthlessly sacrificed to gratify tne brutal lust of a half-savage, coal-black negro, civilized hu- manity shudders, and nature revolts at the flend- ish outrage. For such a crime George Lea was executed here to-day on the gallows, and in all the crowd of both races that assembled on the occa- sion there was not a sympathetic expres- sion uttered for the wretch or a sorrow/{ul tear shed to mourn his terrible but well deserved fate. A grim air of satisfaction that the ends of justice had been subserved illumed every face as they moved away from the tragic scene and as the carcase of the brute was consigned to a felon’s grave. GEORGE LEA was ayoung negro, a native of this county, being formerly the slave of a gentleman whose name he now bears, and about twenty-eight years of age. In stature he was about five feet seven inches, of Slight but athletic build, and having all the physi- cal developments of a genuine negro. His features were remarkable for nothing save a total absence of any intellectual expression, and the presence, instead, 01 every animal characteristic peculiar to a savage, the eyes being large, dull and heavy, the jaw large, the lips thick, nose wide and forehead reclining. In appearance he did not belie his nature, instincts and deeds as a brute, WS VICTIM, Miss Ann Kearsey !8 the autipode in every way of the above. She is seventy-four years old, totter- ing with infirmity; stooped, decrepid, emaciated and shrivelled; her few and stragghng hairs whitened by her great age; her eyes red, bleared and sunken in their sockets; her gums toothless, and her very skeleton nearly protruding through the yellowish and parchment-like skin that covers it. This poor old woman resided on the road leading from here to Malton, at the distance of about eight miles, with her sister; who is two years older even than she is. They were very poor, but of the highest respectability, devout Christians and members of the Methodist Church, on the bounty of which they had cluefly subsisted im their great helplessness and extreme oid age. he negro Lea had known them from his infancy, and from contessions recently made by him had for a long time contemplated the deed which to-day was expiated on the scaffold. THE OUTRAGE has to be briefly told, for the details are so loath- some and the developments at the trial were so f disgusting as not to bear a published recital, On the evening of the 20th March last, just an hour before sundown, the old lady, Anu Kearsey, tot- tered from her house to 2 patch of wood @ short distance beyond the spring, for the purpose of gathering some firewood. When she had collected a@small quantity and was quietly returning to the house she was startled by some one whistling, as she thooght, behind her; but she had scarcely turned to see who it was when she was confronted | by a negro whom she recognized to be George i With the childish innocence and simplicity of ¢ age and the humility and meekness of @ true Chris- tian the feeble old lady uttered a kindly salutation to the negro and was about to pass on, when he seized her. ‘The fiend’s eyes glared with a brutal lust und | his breath was hot and sickening with the foul | stench of the vest pine-top whiskey. Frightened ana terrified afnost out of her senses, the poor old creature made a faint effort to cry out, upon which the negro clasped her tightly in is arms, and, DRAWING A RAZOR (the favorite weapon of the newly enfranchised), ; he brandished it over her head, declaring if ste \ made any resistance or cry he would cut her | throat, Utterly overcome and half stupefied with terror, the unfortunate old — lady was more helpless than a@ child. With savage exultation the African brute threw her to the ground and accomplished his fiendish design, alter which he fied by a path leading to the Milton road, leaving his venerable victim more dead than alive. Happily for justice and retribu- tion, a colored woman who was passing saw the wretch as he ran from the scene of his crime, and with her assistance the outraged old woman was enabled to reach het house, So severe were her injuries that it was some time before she could re- late the terrible tule of her woe; but upon the au- thorities being informed of it, a Warrant Was issued for the apprehension of Lea, and soon afterwards he was lodged in the county jail, Had that course not been pursued POPULAR VENGEANCE would, in all probability, have relieved: the Courts of @ disgusting trial und the SherifPof the unpleas- ant duty of to-day. An indictment by the Grand Jury followed, and the trial took place at the April term of the Superior Court OF this county, Judge Tourgee, late of Ohio, presiding. Evidence, sub- stantially as above, was adduced, the identity of the prisoner was tully proven, and, the case being given tothe jury, a verdict of “guilty” was reu- dered ater an absence from the court room of only three minutes aud a half. On Thursday, the 3d of April, the prisoner was brought to the bar of tie Court, and the sentence of death was pronounced. THE CONDEMNED heard the awful flat of the law prononnced with- out the quiver of a muscle or the visible change of asingle feature. He maintained the most stolid indifference, although the colored audience pres- ent uttered a deep groan as the words that con- signed him to the gallows fell from the Judge's lips. He was conducted from the court room to the jail, and though followed by a large concourse of people, he exhibited a nonchalant air, and en- deavored to create the impression by his looks that he was cheerful and not at all depressed by the fearful prospect betore him. Since then he freely aad repeatedly confessed his crime, and Stated that he “tried” to make his peace with his Maker, at whose tribunal he was hopetul of for- giveuess. TUE LAST FAREWELL. Yesterday his aged father came from the coun- try to take last « farewell, and the scene between them in the cell was deeply affecting. ‘The heart- broken parent clasped his unfortanate son to his breast, both sobbing and crying Miran B and atter @ long embrace the old man tore himself away, the tears running down his wrinkled face. The morning of to-day broke bright and cheerful, but about midday the sky was covered with clouds; the atmosphere was dense and heavy and a general gloom prevailed in perfect consonance with the tragic occasion. By thig time large crowds of col- ored people thronged ito the town from the sur- rounding counties and from Virginia. The jail was the objective point with them all. Another touching scene occurred when the former young master of the condemned man visited him this morning to say good-bye for the jast time. The poor wretch was greatly moved. He cried and held the hand of Captain Lee, whom he assured he was prepared to die, and hoped to re cr’ beyond the grave in @ better and happier world, As A LAST FAVOR he earnestly begged that his young master would wait to see him hanged. Captain Lee remarked, “George, I don’t want to see you hung.’ But, as the condemned man repeated his request with more intensity Of expression, and as a final favor, aimost imploring him to grant it, Captain Lee said, ‘Weil, George, I disiike to witness your death undensuch awful circumstances; but if it ts @ consolation to you that 1 should be present I wiil remain.’ THE CROWD PRESENT. By twelve o'clock there were not leas than four thousand negroes present, the majority of them ape | females, who were attired their most gaudy and showy holiday dresses. The whites peeeas were Seareratrals few, but they were largely enough represent! to show that they had morbid tastes to gratify, as well as their more ignorant inierlors, the blacks. As the hour for the the law is right. E 7 surrounding fences were filled with negroes e: to witness the tragedy, So great wan the throng on the lower fence around the jail yard that twelve o'clock it oe way with 4 crash, preciple tating the mass of Airican humanity tothe ground, from which they arose with scratched and bruised imbs, torn clothes, fost hats and other injuries, ictal le THE CONDEMNED IN A WHITE SHROUD, When the hour of fifteen minutes past one had arrived, the Sherif called George froin his cell into the lobby of the jail up stairs. He was neatly and tastefully dressed tn a suit of black, withnew boots, & white collar and checkered necktie, and the panta having a white stripe down the seams. The Sheri’ then placed @ white shroud over his body, Which gave him ghastly appear. ance, and he was pinioned by th elbows behind and his hanes in front. is neck was next bared and the noose was placed around it, and im this terrible plight he was led down the stairs of the jail, out into the yard and around one corner of the building to THE SCAFFOLD, He mounted the steps to the drop with a firm an@ steady tread, and, being asked by the Sherft if he had anything to say, he addressed tae crowd, warnmg them particularly against whiskey, which, with the promptings of the devil, he alleged, had brought him there to-day. He admitted his crime; stated he had made his peace with his Maker through the mtercession of Jesus — Christ, and earnestly exhorted all present to lead good lives and meet himin heaven. He said, “E met with bad fortune, The crime wes wrong, but T have nothing against this mam that is gomg to killme. I love him, and! love everybody. Goodby to you all.” The fatal mo- ment now approaching, the Sheriff procecded to pinion him at the ankles, when in @ broken and tremulous voice he called loudly, “Marsa Toms Oh, marsa Tom! Goodby, goodby! I’m about todie! Oh, marsa Tom, I love yon! Forgive me, and meet me in heaven!” A white can was them drawn over the features of the condemned man, For a moment he stood AN AWFUL LOOKING SPECTACLE on the drop. At twenty minutes of two P, M. the drop fell with a loud crash; an exclamation of horror came irom the crowd; the rope had broken and the body o! George Lea was dashed to the ground, quivering in the agonies of death, The rope was promptly loosened and the neck, though, not broken, was turned stiff to one side as he writhed in the greatest torture. He was asked if Hs o hurt, to which he replied, “Yes, very, badly ur’ A NEW ROPE was soon brought, the noose was quickly made and Placed again on the condemned man’s neck, and once more he was standing a living spectre on the drop. He cried eut “Good by!” again to the crowd. Nine minutes to two P, M, there was another crash; the body fell fully five feet seven inches, But this time it remained suspended, swinging round with great velocity, and the Sheriff steadied the rope, and then the body was drawn up two or three times convulsiveiy, and after some slight twitchings of the hands and lower lim¥s, the body, at twenty-three minutes past two, was cut down. Pulsation lasted fifteen minutes. There was motion of the heart for twenty minutes, and the soul of George Lea was in eternity. ‘The great firmness and courage with which he walked on the scaftold be second time elicited the admiration of every- ody. ANOTHER NEGRO OUTRAGE. While the execution of George Lea was in pro- gress a negro named Addison Richmond arrived Im town to procure a warrant for the arrest of another negro named Matt Stevens, whom he charges with having committed an outrage upon the person of his (Richmond’s) wife. He states that Matt stayed at his cabin on Thursday night last,. and on the following morning went with him the stable to feed the horses, While he was en gaged in this duty his false triend left him, and re- turning to his ‘cabin brutatly outraged bis wife, whose injuries are now as serious as to imperil her life. The negroes are terribly indignant at this last outrage, though they did not seem to havea great deal of sympathy for the poor aged white ‘woman who was the victim of Lea, A DAY AT MONMOUTH PARK. At the invitation of Mr. John F, Chamberlin some dozen er so of his intimate friends visited Monmouth Park, New Jersey, yesterday to see the Monmouth stable tried against cach other. Those who saw Mr. Chamberlin’s stable run last Fall wil¥ be much surprised when they see them, as they will, at Baltimore, The whole stable is in perfect health, and no doubt further advanced than any other stable in training In the immediate vicinit of New Yerk, thanks to the skill and attentio of young Prior, Mr. Chamberlin’s preset trainer. ‘The first horses shown were tl four-y elds, True Bine, Wheatly ar Brennus. They did a good gallop of a mile,, which ‘True Bine showed that he was a vastly f proved horse, for, with full weight up, and wit! track that was quite heavy, the mile was done something less than 1:50, After a scrape the th repeated the mile, True Blue again finishing ff ‘The three-vear-olds were next shown, consistin Mr. Chamberlin’s Survivor, Lord Jersey, Colonel Brnce’s Galway, who were given & 1 Survivor leading the party at a very handt gait. Pending the sport on the track a fine } was prepared for the party at the farm, whiol partaken of with much zest by all pre during which Mr. Chamberlin announced + half of the Monmonth Association that the would at the next meeting be thrown onen * public, and that the grand stand and q stretch would only require tickets of adr This is a step inthe right direction. {ftir ters of associations will only popularize r will take bat few years to make the Jerse and other great stakes almost as popula great English events. The meeting at Mo Park is fixed to begin July 4 when one may to see all Monmouth county and a very lar gation from this city present, TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PA ROTTING--Tuesday, Firerwoop Park— J. Rarbeck, ch, m, Saratoga P.M &. Jane J. Pauiing’s b. an. E of Orang Hay. First heat Second heat ‘Third heat “LIQUOR SALOONS, Looking Sharply After Our Me nouncement is self-explanatory :— You will make report to this office, arr elor or partner. in each case, report di county, or ind e thereot. Secont—Whether the places were > of any kind were sold on Sund@ys or + Third—Whether the places were election da; between the hours of one A. M. and tt open for Fourth—Whether lemales were @1ah ve A. M. or waiters ip the drinking room. Fith—Whether tnusic or other ox need into the drinking rc 8 of persons have Kelly. ‘The trial of Coyle ana Ke’ the Pattenburg (N. J.) riot day. Frank McElroy, Willis Allen, B. Bemis Guns, Jac testified as to seeing the The Chief Justice charged that when the deience reste until the 26th istant. SULOIDE OF 2 . GIGAR MagER, Intempera nee the Cause, Shortly before one ¢ sclock yesterda: y alter George Weems, cig r maker, of yery intenipaiate habits, who occuple?. a room on the third Noor im the rear of prcsmises 200 avenue A, committed sul- cide by shootin, t himself in the right tempie with large Bing@ie-bar telied pistol oems, who a been rinking. tc great excess, retarned home ine toxicated of Mon: tay night, and while in a frenzied State of mind seize. @ butcher knife, wit which he threatened to Kill 18 only child, but Mrs. Woem apprehending Cad Sot up the child and tie to the house of a f/ahbor, leaving her husbana alone, The latter ren iaed there alone up to the time he took his life. “essed Was thirty-nine ears of age, and a native of Germany, Ceroner ae was notified to hold an inquest over the remains. “FATAL ACOIDENT. * Bantimors, Md., May 6, 1873, George B. Talliafero, aged 65 years, a commission merchant of this city, while crossing Pratt street this morning was knocked down by the horseg attached to an express car, which passed ovet him, and he received execution arrived the adjacent roofs, trees and injuries which will et | prove fatal, Both of his arms were sumagued, ) right arm being entirely destroved. Whether ay sol ‘ly for Participation in was continued yester. an I, Allen, Elisha Re > B, Apgar ana Others Prisoner in the crowa, there was dence to justify even anit dict, No evt- and the jury renderec Ve ralcr or nor eaNet CON, case before leaving the OO rr, ‘The defene Y in his was entered into, when Mary ‘McElroy teat Keil Heir aortee aot Se,aleetne Whaat Elroy, Mrs. Ja . Mckiroy, ned witnesses, Cle; GNughter ‘of the prae Purse $100, for horses that have never bes May ¢ $60 to the first, $40 to the second, $10 to stem 2; hors ile heats, best three in five, int the th. ' tropotita Liquor Venders — importa Order. at Polia Superintendent Kelso yesterday tssuet i J order to the captains of the various pret ! the following sinets. The an. and number, on or befere the Lith inst, ¢ Anged by street your preeinet where spirituous liquors, 1 every place in or any of them have been sol at any or beer past twelve months, in every case givin Hine during the Of each person so cngaged in selling, the tui nam You wiil al lowing point stinetly on the fole irst—Whether sales were made ur license, duly d by Excise Con er authority of unissioners of the pt open or liquors business loyed as bartenders tram ci frameous attractions a § been 1 fi ting the piace. m tho h Tei eue Whether it has been nee Py anise to visit the place tor the protection caf for the police If xo, how often? of the public pease, the police s a y : how often, and on what charge? » this business. If ay, THE PATTENBUB @ RIOT, The Jury Acquit Coyle’ vies, out the Court=A Weal . Case Pinte .