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7 a se “ae » SARATOGA. The, Pillage of the Springs Before the Summer “Rush.” HOPES AND FEARS AT THE HOTELS New and Old Accommodations—Competition for Attractions—Gilmore’s Gun Pianissimo—An Editorial Hop~The Advance Guard of the Harpies—The ‘‘Deadhead’— The Walworth Tragedy. ‘ SaRatoaa, N. Y., June 22, 1878, If a number of hotels. stores, boarding houses, cottages and stables could be said to wear a look of hope mingled with anxiety, to this bold-faced village of the Springs ‘may the expression be ap- plied. Hope urges on the carpenter’s hammer and the house painter’s brush to have things in order when “the rush’ comes. Everywhere you turn furbishing, cleaning, refitting, rehanging, re- draping and reviving speak eloquently = THE TONES OF HOPE, yew “Sir, I want my house in apnts-pie order when ‘the rush comes,’ “Sloggins, don’t let those women leave a speck of paint on the window panes, We could never touch it when the rush comes.” “The frescoes must be dry before the rush comes.” ‘That is the language of hope; but the keen ob- server soon detects THE UNDERCURRENT OF ANXIETY. “The weather has been very changeable, sir, and that, I fear, unsettles the minds of a great many heads of families. Things, to be sure, are about as usual at vhis time of year. We don’t expect ‘the rush’ before the 1st of July. That cholera report from the South I don’t like at all; it makes heads Of families nervous.” After all, the anxiety does not lie very deep, for your acute mattre a’notel knows that—changeable weather here and sickness down South to the con- trary notwithstanding—mammas and their mar- Tiageable daughters; well meaning, young, gilded gudgeons of the male persuasion, who come to play with wedding ring bait, and the world of pal- pitating fashion that wants a chance for display and dignified ease, will present themselves IN SHOALS AT THE PROPER MOMENT. But in the short-lived season from July to Sep- tember a day’s delay in Dame Fashion making up her mind to have her waiting maid pack as many Saratoga trunks as would make a backbone for the Continent counts easily from fifty toa hundred thousand dollars out of Saratoga’s pocket, There ‘was a fine, enjoyable expression on the phiz ofa - Veteran hotel keeper eneraays as he said, witha smirk and a Le chuckle :. “It was blazing hot in ‘That's what's going to start THE HOTRL ACCOMMODATION has been largely increased, and there ‘seems to be no limit at which it is likely to stop, Congress Hall remains in about its former condition, and pro- fesses a deep determination to maintain its char- acter. e Union Hotel, opposite, has been exten- sively refitted, frescocd and improved, and is a beautiful edifice at. present, having the bright ap- earance of & Eigantic Summer. pavilion. The rand (I wish this word was not used toso con- fusing an extent) is open entire this season—only @ portion of it having been so last year. It is Frenchy looking outside, with high Man- Bard roof and tower, and is well arranged within. It poesesses in man Tespects the finest site, the Jon; ig overlooking, as it does, Congress Park, with its fine trees and sweep of meadow and its famous spri: her uj e hill the Clarendon, in simple style exteriorly, Invites the more quietly disposed of the wealthy. The board at all these is $5 a day, and the fare and attendance pretty much ona par. Between them they profess to be able to accommodate ciose to four usand persons, & number, however, that in their inmost souls the; do not expect to gather together at one time t! year, THE HOTEL KEEPER HAS ONE DREAM that haunts him, and that is the hour when he will be abie to shrug his shoulders behind the office counter, a err eteri mea ona party of twelve, and say to tl er— “Very ne indeed, Dut there’s not a billiara table, or a clothes closet, or a bureau or a parior chair that has not been secured to the end of the yn. It will hardly tempt the hotel keepers here this Beason to the verge of emotional insanity ; but as #@ cause for morbidity among men who can “run a hotei,” it stands fitly beside the small ambition Bome men have to be President. Though the lirst ch hotels are already ahead of any possibilities from “the rush,” another huge caravanserai is in rocess of erection, ely, the United States fotel. The foundations and walls in their present condition seem to take up almost ag much ound as the burned district in Boston, hen finished, a walk from one’s room to his seat at the ding room table will be exercise enough to keep an athiete in training. I seriously think that if the present scale of hotel building is but a little extended, it will be necessary to have special trains run along the corridors, I make a present of this idea to whom it may concern, The elevator, which annihilates stairs, must, in \otel of the future, be supplemented by THE CORRIDOR RAIL OHARIOT, 4n fancy designs, for horizontal locomotion, The sense of space in the vast hostelries is just now slightly oppressive. One feels this particularly in the immense dining rooms. In broad daylight that drowsy song, “Oft in the Stilly Night,” hums itself through the tering and particular stress 1s laid on the “banquet hall deserted” part of the business, There must bea mile and a half of un- tenanted tabies in Sai ja at every meal. I fancied the other day, a! found myself almost alone, amid an of colored waitcrs, who stood each vy his guestiess table, still and stiff as Egyptian mummies, that I was IN THE MIDST OF A WESTERN FOREST “CLEARING,” with burnt tree stumps in every direction, A group of three were seated near the entrance to the dining hall, and 1 began to calculate how Many miles the waiter would have to walk before he got through for the day. On the piazzas the chatting parties and promenadiag pairs are about fas plenty and as satisfying to the eye as tele; be Bo on the Pacific Railroad, west of the Rocky untains, The buzz, the laugh of mirth or affec- tation of the flood of the season are yet wanting. As old New Yorkers love to tell the youngsters how green ane fields were in their boyish days Where the bBart of the Empire City ia 41 Wish to furnish @ specimen of the conversation which at this antediluvian epoch may be heard on the Vere ‘The parties are a beautiful tittle blue- eyed girl of six and two boys of eight or nine, Young Lapy—Yes; if oo don’t~keep oor ears clean a snake wili come and keep into dem. First YOUNG GENTLEMAN (a oynis and pretender to a knowlege of natural history) —Why, Charlotte, ate fay ever see a snake? Why a snake is as lon; as dis piazza, and neely as tick. Asnake touldn’ keep into my ears. SECOND YOUNG GENTLEMAN (anxious for a reduo- to ad absurdum)—Why, & worm touldn’t keep into lus ears, ana a worm’s ever so small, Youn@ Lavy (convincingly)—Oh, but don’t 00 know dat snakes are worms when dey’re little babies. Verily, this is verdancy of the brightest tin! which the ‘bean or the belle who ‘has. passe through the season can compare when trunks are homeward checked, with all the small talk and repartee that will have made ears wei by that time, A drive out to Saratoga Lake has ail its ‘wonted charms, and the weather has been so de- htiul that the lake at Myers’ or the other New York yesterday. them.'? the Ar! of boarding houses of various grades, sing (of course) a mineral sprin; ei posses: a park Bateide the xf jum ym, the Columbian, American and a host village are anxious to induce the mer going warld of Saratoga to build on the Newport pattern; but it is against the genius of the place to be out of the reach of the fussy excite- ment of lite in the huge hotels. The preparations fora gay season are extensive, and the le: caterers compete fer special attractions, must have his orchestra. The Union has secured that of Landers. The Congress already in Bernstein and his band, and the Grand thinks it 4 “one better” with Gilmore, of Boston bij rum and jandrum fame. It is w red that when the latter appears here he Spply bis Dew invention of This ne oy wadding ® thirty-two-pounder 8 jeves ing & rot WO-| with hot Boston Daked beans to the muzzle, He fires it with a slow match. The result ts said to be @ combinat of greased lightn! and buttered thunder. Jt bas one jest economical advantage, pmol the colored help of the hotel can have their suppers fired down their throats in re- Jays of ats time with expedition and pre- THE BRANCH. There Js one aspect o commerce of this vil- which suggests thas Saratoga is a misnomer. si ne store = to be Gg if some braneh branch tg a ae fone, ea yee and branc fara preset, to it roe New York ‘when theré are so many native springs bere al- Sate VILLAGERS PROPER are not otiny dlcoverabla at art» it, Thi hidden ai the M the lava pede at Fae ls ey tte seal Eaves, vallets and resight- tag the fies that will bring down the greenbacks which escape the attack of the it armies of money siaughterers that garrison hotels, The Saratogians are as much lke rs as the flowery waistcoated “supers” culled from the Bowery, that rush to the of virtue in danger on the New York st It keeps up the rural ‘deat to me in good faith. They are THE TALLEST SPECIMENS OF RURAL SIMPLICITY been one man’s fortune to meet. The pic- te decoying a merchantm: would sketch to the Saratogians playing rs. Rustic innocence would in fact be lity where the allurements to the con- ture ira form asister happy vill an impossil trary are so enticing in the Sammer months. This, with a paternal blessing, be the Saratogian’s ex- cuse for bis miid villager ‘fraud. are as perennial as ever. THE LOVELY COUNTRY AROUND, ‘ ‘with its fine drives and tranquil scenes of wood- land, lake and hill and lawn, wears its brightest mantle of green, silver and misty purple under the Summer sky, as when the Indian tracked somethin; or other through its glens and glades, The arri- vals up to the present have neither been numerous nor, with few Sxeeptions, important. 4 SIGN that the season has not the. great Mau be sadly ( But the Springs found in the fact that the great ‘kambling heils nase nog been 0] nee. yh A light SeRCENSDE pe lerstrapper harpies ig at pre: en, in These black MB akg havea hotel reconnoitring. of theirown, on whose piazza, alter sundown, a Cl ist hy be able to extract several gallons State ae om the bristlin; bias, pigek mous taches of the flashy “runners” and ‘“ropers ” I descried also a lai specimen of which in th eum F mouth, quits Now York f ich in the Summer montha quits New York for fresh fields and past ar wees and victimizes hotel keepers, railw: companies and restaurateurs under Wartous, pretences, principally in the false guise of a news! r correspondent, How the sharp men who conduct hotel business allow ihem- selves to be imposed on by tis shallow class of fraud is among t! ateries. It might be a con- solation to those who complain of extravagant charges to find that the hotel keeper has his weak side; but it is in the interest of every decent jour- nal “o denounce this sharp practice upon the g name of journalism in general. ‘THE FIRST BALL OF THE SEASON was given on Friday Sreniing: : $0 a party of Massachusetts editors who have been “starring it” ground the country for a few Garh pees The bop in question was at the Congress ballroom, ans formed a contrast to the saltatory gatherings of the season at full tide. The townspeople mostly made up the throng, and the dancing was tame and spiritlegs, although the music was good. The Bay State editors looked as solemn as Plymouth Rock Puirtans and as straight along the backbone as the cutting edge of an ofice scissors, The Weight of intellect on each massive brow gave them @ very depressed expression, and the way their grey haire challenged veneration was deeply affecti fe I need hardly say that they did not dance; it would be too much to expect from MEN WHO SHAPE PUBLIO OPINION on the great questions that make and unmake town pumps and hurl betimes from power usurp- ing despotism in the shape of a town constable. They were characterized by simplicity of bearing, and the fingers that so often had waked the village thunder to acknowledge a present of pumpkins did not sparkle with diamonds. A disrespectiul person would have examined them for ‘‘paste,”’ THE WALWORTH TRAGEDY forms a subject for animated discussion here, eet little additional is learned from the pro- cess, 1e sympathy of the residents goes com- pletely for Mrs. Walworth, and pailiates the crime of young Frank in @ great many ways. When cornered on the ation of the right to kill @ jather for a look that ‘implied contempt,” they admit the horrible logic which would give an affirmative answer and take refuge in the state- ment—‘There must be something behind.” The character of the dead sensationalist is bitter! attacked, here and the deviltry of nis nature dwelt upon. He is well remembered, and his freaks, or worse, are told with wise headshakes. The school kept by Mrs. Walworth was for day scholars only, * yielded but a pittance. It has been closed ce the day after the parricide. During the Win- ter months Mrs. Walworth was in the habit of in‘ viting a number of friends to LITERARY REUNIONS AT HER HOUSE, She contributed poems and essays occasionally, and young Frank was always present. Atone or two of these little soirées he read a piece himself; but was always noted, even in his mother’s house, for a reserve which may or may not have been dit- fidence or bashfulness. From this and his havin; accepted an invitation to go to Europe, it is argu that he could not have gone to New York with the intention of murdering his father. I give these things merely because they reflect the opinions of those who knew father and son, They do not care whether it is on the grounds of self-defence or emotional insanity that oun, Frank is acquitted; but they say ere that he was the very last person one would suspect of being guilty of murder, and, therefore, that he cannot guilty. ‘The seminary for young ladies which Mansfeld sy Walworth was caught attempting to enter surreptitiously was not m4 by his wife, as has been reported. It was the neighboring seminary, then conducted by Dr. Beecher, a relative of Henry Ward Beecher. This seven ori rsago. Walworth was arrested, but the ‘was hushed up. His wife’s school has only been in existence a couple of years, ‘The murder at present is the only snbject that divides interest with the expected “rush” from the heated cites for a cool sojourn by the waters of the Saratoga springs. BROOKLYN REFORM. The Academy Reform Committee met last night in the rear of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The meeting was called to order at half-past eight o’clock, at which time there were twenty-one mem- bers present. At nine o’clock the number was in- creased by two, Mr, FARRINGTON offered @ resolution, setting forth that, masmuch as charges had been made in one of the New York papers of excessive expendi- tures for opening and grading streets, the Com-+ mittee on Local Improvements and Public Ex- penditures be authorized to investigate these mat- ters and report to the Association. The resolution was adopted. Comptroller ScuRODER read a very careful NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1873.—TRIPLE Eanitc schools on account of the reading of the Bible is I bosh, and onght to stop.” Whatever was said. it is admitted, was a private re mark between Mr, Reid ou Mr, Kinsella. A jon in School No, 13.”” 13 charge ‘was not pressed, and was finally with- ‘That Mr. Kinsella bo peso incompetent ¢ proof is that the teachers alleged to have been incompetent held the requisite certificates from the Superinten et given upon the usual examination, which, certifi rd tothe rules of the Board of Ed tunent of the person holdin actually assigned to sucl instance. The only charge against Mr. Faron was that of intoxi- cation, and the specification Oixed the time as January,17, This charge was unsustained suMetent proof, and the counter evidence disposed of it as unfounded in fact. The chai ‘inst Mr. Reid, as presented for our con- sideration, ‘insubordination,”’ or reiusing to enforce the regulations of the Board of Education and of the local committee in respect to the reception of gues into, and the dismissal of pupils from School No, 13 ne gid not reside within the district limits of that ool. The proof is that Mr. Reid formally promuigated the order tor the dismissal of what may be termed non resi dent pupils, and advised such pupils of the existence of the order or regulation, and BANS pupils obeyed, it and Went to the school in their proper Gistrict, but he did not enforce such measures as would have resulted in com- plete observance, and Mr. Reid was willing the order should remain to some extent unfulfilled. There was also Sxmelae dissatisiaction on the part of the local committee with Mr. Reid which in itseli would, According to the evidence, have brought about his resig- Bao OF sistaee ia Rake next dat the iminediate his ‘removal in April was the collision arisi Upon the subject above stated. re i ALL BUT A HOLOCAUST. Frightfal Collision on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad—A Number of People Injared—Narrow Escape of Two Excur- sion Parties from Death. Sr, Lovts, Mo., June 23, 1873. Ata very late hour last night a report gainod Circulation that a trightful collision had occurred on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad some twenty miles from tnis city, Two picnic parties went out on that road yesterday—one by the Bricklayers) Union, numbering nearly two thousand men, wo- men and children, spent the day at Castlewood sta- tion, twenty-four miles from the city; the other picnic, given by the Brothernood of Locomotive Engineers, numbering about one thousand, went a mile this side, to Rosewood Grove. Nothing could be learned of the reported disaster however, unti between twelve and one o’clock this morning, when the train bearing the Locomotive Engineers party reached the city and the following facts were ascertained :— When the party. was ready to return home their train was backed down on the main track, and while the people were getting aboard the Brick- layers’ train came dashing around the curve near by, and, before its speed could be reduced below ten mules per hour, struck the stationary train, smashing the two baggage cars in the rear an: badly damaging the rear coach. The shock was very severe, and nearly all the persons on the train were thrown from their seats and a large number hart, but, so far as is known, no one was killed. Two boys named Gallagher and Huliget had each aleg broken, Mrs, Maria Cummings an arm broken, Mrs, G. Blossing spine badly hurt and internal aries, Samuel Kame ribs ken. A number other persons were more or less bruised. The Bricklayers’ train arrived at fifteen minutes past two. The engine of the train is badly damaged, and tt is said that two of the coaches rolled down anembankment. The most severely injured per- sons on this train are Patrick Murphy, who sus- tained severe fractures of his ribs and legs, and Mrs. William Allen, whose spine and arms are severely injured. It is feared that they cannot recover. A dozen others were more or less severely bruised. The cause of the accident was the neglect of the brakeman to flag the rear train in time to stop it and the supposition of the engineer of the moving train that the track was clear, On the arrival of the train here carriages were furnished to convey the wounded to their homes, and every possible attention was paid to them. AQUATIC, Prominent Pittsburg Oarsmen Of for Toronto, Canadu—The Regatta Thero and the Contests=The Entries and Prizes—Interesting Boating Matters. PITTSBURG, June 21, 1873. This afternoon qnite a number of oarsmen from this city, with a variety of shells, took their depar- ture for Toronto, Canada, to participate in the re- gatta which takes place in the bay near that city on Saturday next. Among the four-oared crews leaving were those of the McKee and Howard clubs, the former having for its stroke William Scnarff, who is matched for the single scull champion- ship and $2,000 with Henry Coulter, The Prizes offered by the Toronto folks for the four-oared contest is $300 to the winning boat, $100 to the second and $50 to the third. For the event there are entered the Toronto and Tinning crews, of Toronto; the Banshee and Buffalo clubs, of Bul- falo, and the McKee and Howard ciubs, of Pitts- burg. For the single-scull race, for which there are humerous entries, a prize of $100 is allowed the winner, $50 the second person in the race and $25 to the third. It is probable that Schartf will enter into this contest, as Thomas Berry, who beat Coulter at Buflaio last July, is to be one of the starters; also Richard B, Tinning, of Toronto; Pat- Tick Louther, Nicholas Denmarsh, Eph Morris and Edward Powell, of Pittsburg. A large eh yey of the sporting fraternity leave here early in the week to witness the races. James Hamill, ex-champion oarsman, also left for the East this eveniug, and will proceed directly to Yale College, where he 18 engaged to train the Freshmen of that institution for the race in July, Hamill is to return immediately after the contest and take in hand young Scharff and fit him for the championship struggle on the Monongahela. It is also said Josh Ward will arrive here a weck pre- vious to the contest with the view of rendering Scharff any aid in his power that might tend to insure him success on the eventful day. It is highly probable, in the event of the Ward crew rowing another race, that Scharif will be selected as the fourth man. John Biglin, matched with Ellis synopsis of the new charter, now in the hands of the Governor. It showed that there had been an increase of expenses by new officers and an tn- crease of salaries to the amount of $135,600, and that by the abolishment of the Excise Board and the reorganization of other departments there was a Sate @f $52,500, leaving a@ net increase of , 100. It was moved to adopt the report. Mr. FARRINGTON objected to the adoption of the charter at the present time, as they did not know what it contained. He understood that the Com- mon Council had been shorn of much of its power; that under this charter they had not even the power to send for persons and papers. Mr. SCHRODER said that such was not the case, and he would read from the report the clause in reference to this matter. He discovered, how- ever, that the very pages containing all referring to the power of the Common Council to send tor persons and rs and swear witnesses were gone. He stated, however, that he was positive that this power had not been taken from the Com- mon Councli. Mr. OswaGe volunteered the information that La had been made in the charter in Albany; that it was not the same as had been ratified here by the committee; yet he thought if they did not endorse it now they would stultify themselves, It was true they had not done all they wanted to, but they had done very well, and he hopea they would adopt it, Mr. FARRINGTON said he did not think it would be a very eat evil if the Governor did not thi charter. It certainly con- tinued the triple-headed commissioners in office, and there might be worse things happen to kiyn than the fatiure of the Governor no the charter. Resolutions to the effect that in the opinion of the tion amend! Associa the act charter of the city of Brooklyn improved the of the present city government and the G be requested to si the charter, were offered and adopted, THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDAL. Report of the Joint Committee of Inves- tigation in the Case of No. 13—Refuta- tion of Charges Against Messrs, Kin- sella and Faron. Yeaterday the joint committee of citizens and the Teacher Committee of the Board ef Education Presented their report, based upon the testimony taken in the examination of the charges preferred by the deposed Principal of School No. 18, Mr. W. N. Reid, against Messrs. Thomas Kinsella and Levi Faron, members of the local committee in charge of said school. Much has been written about the “grave accusation” against the oficiais named, and & mass meeting was held about two months ago in the Academy of Music by the admirers of the gentleman who brought the charges in gestion, 80 that something ponderous in vhe matter of in- vestigation was ani The joint committee find as follows :— ane ur on bis way from Bs at'Bel oecasional Rot dispense with A ¥ cigar, ‘one, OF hi San pe peepee ARE wo reo act merging en a eae" Bible ig all bosh, and ought to w "4 's statement of the expression. Mr. H datinantion ls that he paid. “Opposidou to wie Ward for a sculling race at Springfield Masa., July 14, will train Coulter, THE JERSEY CITY YACHT OLUB. The fifteenth annual regatta of the Jersey City Yacht Club was sailed yesterday, starting trom off Tommy Taylor's, Idle Hour, fhe prizes were won by the sloop yachts Emma Hilton, Knight Templar, Irene and Commodore. PHILADELPHIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA, A Heavy Wind and Mony Capsizcs.— Tv! George Hoff and Enchantress the ‘Winners. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 23, 1873. The regatta of the Philadelphia Yacht Club came off to-day, A heavy wind prevailed, making it dangerous for the boats, and many were swamped. Of the twelve yachts in the first class start ing only six rounded the buoy off Delanco, and of the second class, nineteen starting, only three rounded. The Aldager (first class) took the lead and held it, but unfortunately when opposite Tacony she capsized. The yachts closely following in line also capsized, and the pevtte Hof, Captain Smith, succeeded in rounding the buoy first, et followed by the Lizzie M. Ardis. On the homestretch the George Hoff fuaintained the lead and won the race. The Enchantress was the winning yacht of the second class, The prizes consisted of hendsome silver sobicts. ‘ortu- nately no serious accidexut followed the upsetting Of the boats. “YACHTING NOTES, Yacht Pantheon, N.Y. Y.©., Mr. Osgood, from _ London for New York, passed Whitestone yes- rday. Yacht Dreadnought, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. Stockwell, from Gien Cove for New York, passed Whitestone, yesterday aiternoon. FLEETWOOD PARK. Three hundred gentlemen who visited Flect- ‘wood Park yesterday were sadly disappoiuteda to find that the two trots announced had been post- poned. There was no reasonable excuse offered for the absurd proceeding, and the people left the Park highly incensed. The track had not been in such good condition on any day this season as it was yesterday afternoon, and all the drivers who had horses engaged were anxious to trot. Many of them took their horses on the track and insisted on the trots coming off. They were, however, ay mie until another day, which we suppose will be one when the sun shines My ett At Chamberlin’s rooms, No. 1,146 Broadway, last Night, there were no 18 Bold on the tponed contests, the 2:34 and 2:25 purses, but the gentle- men present were anxious to invest on the 2:21 race, to come off the last day of the meeting, and did so quite lively. This event has entered Alden Goldsmith’s bay mare Huntress, John Lovett’s bay mare Gazelle, Daniel Mace's chestnut gelding gu Pullerton and Peter Manee's bay stallion Wiliam H. Allen. The latter will not start, The following is the average of the pools sold :— THE 2:21 RACK. 60 i 55 % 0 wo 868f 40 a 10 20 uv Pay BASE BALL, Bartimorg, Md., June 23, 1878. ‘The fourth game of the championship serjes be- tween the Philadelphia and Baltimore clubs was played here to-day. The following is the score :— Club, Mots 2d. Beh MA Bhs Gre THA BU. ri 2 0-13 pee ES EEE T EE TES THE LATE JOHN A. KENNEDY. Arrangements for the Funeral To-Day— Meeting of the Union League Club Last Night—Action of the Club. The arrangements for the funeral of the late Jobn A, Kennedy to-day will be in accordance with the programme already published. The services will be. at the Cential Methodist Episcopal church, Seventh avenue, and will commence at two o’clock in the afternoon, A meeting of the members of the Union League Club was held last evening in tho theatre of the tlub to take action in reierence to the death of Superintendent Kennedy and for making arrange- ments for attendance at the funeral. Mr. Joseph W. Choate, President, occupied the chair, and, in a few introductory remarks, commeudatocy of the character of tue late Mr. Kennedy, opened the pro- cbeding Mr. Grornag W. Briss, Jr., in a short speech, moved the following resojutions :— Resolved, That in the death of John A. Kennedy the Club has lost one of its most revered and honored tuem- bers and the city of New York one of her most faithiul and useful citizens, Without advantages of edueauon, by the strength of his character, by his steadfast in- dustry and ifs never-ialing courage, ‘he gaitied the con. fldence of his tellow citizens and. proved hy the fidelity with which he discharged the high’ trusts imposed upou him that that confidence was not misplaced. He pre- sented & signal example of honesty and self-saerifice, and ver quicl perceive and — resolute wo in pany. trying emergencies — the led to © public welfare and safety. course i Pi As chief executive ofticer of the Police Department at that critical period when the peace of the city was of vital importance to the national welfare he was as suga- cious as he was fearless in preserving order, and infused his own spirit into the ranks which he commanded. In rescuing the city trom the peril that overwhelmed it in Great riots of 183 he won a great bate, from which he carries to his grave his wounds and scars as his only trophies and rewards. He deseryes to rank high in the listof the original and lite-long anti-slavery men, and the value of 11; counsels and serv ces in the darkest days of the Rebellion have beenrecognized and will be remem- red. Resolved, That out of respect to his memory a commit- tee of twenty-five members of the club be designated to Tepresent the club at his tuneral. Mr. Blunt and Mr. W. A. Dowling supported the resolutions in commendatory terms of the late Mr. nnedy. he Chale appointed the following members of the club as representatives at the funeral Thomas C. Acton, George Bliss, George Jones, William B. Dodge, isaac Hi, Bailey, Heury Boren, Marshall B, Biake, George W. Blunt. John B. Cornell, ‘Levi A. D ley, William A. Darling, J. M. Guite: 7 land, John D. ‘Lawson, farshall, A.M. ©. Smith, Sinclair Tousey, Nostrand, David 'B, Mellish, Isaac Sherman, George Cabot Ward, Carlisle Norwoed, Jr., Andrew W. Leggett and V. P, C,'Billings, DEMOCRATIC UNION GENERAL COMMITTEE. ees Meeting of the Independent Democrats at Masonic Hall Last Evening—Elec- tion of Officers for the Ensuing Year— The Resolutions—All Democrats Invited to Unite, The Democratic Union General Committee met at Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street, near Fourth aye- nue, yesterday evening. Among those present were Robert B. Roosevelt, G. McAlear, John Y. Savage, Dr: Joseph Hilton, Luke ©, Grimes, William Mann, William C. Bell and others. Hon. Kobert B. Roosevelt called the meeting to order, No one was probably more responsible for the election of the last city government than he, he said, but he did not wish to be held responsible for its doings, as his advice had been disregarded in every instance. Mr. Roosevelt then spoke at length of the widespread corruption in the republi- can party. The republican government in Wash- ington was as corrupt as it well could be. THE ENTIRE SOUTH WAS BANKRUPT, and they all knew what the Custom House adminis- tration in this city had been, Let them look at the various departments in this city. Mr. Van Nort was a republican, so were all the Park Com- missioners but one, Mr. Williamson, and a majority of the Commissioners of Docks, Charities and Police, They had come here together to efiect. @ union of all honest democrats in the city. How could Tammany Hall claim to rep- resent the democracy of New York? Mr. Brennan and Mr. Kelly were very respectable gentlemen, but they were too few to represent the entire democracy of the city of New York. Apollo Hall was the same as before, Between these two organizations the same old element existed as betore. We would ltke to kuow in what respect Mr. Morrissey was better than Mr. Genet, and so it was in many other districts in the Tammany organization, They already heard everywhere that William M. Tweed was COMING-BACK INTO POWER, and his friends were aiready to be found in all de- ariments—the representatives of the old power. ‘he purpose of this organization was to unite ail honest democrats in the city so that they would place candidates before the people, at the next election, which would unite the suffrages of all democrats of the city of New York. (Applauge.) ‘The officers tor the ensuing year were then elected aa follows:—Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, President ; Vice Presidents, David 8. Paige, Patrick J, McAlear, Henry Clausen and Patrick Kirwin; Secretaries, Thomas Cooper Campbell, William J. Bell and Charies Puckhaffer; Treasurer, Smmiti Ely, Jr. Mr. N. A, Thompson offered the iollowibg resolu- tions, which were adopted :— TUE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That in perfecting a reorganization of the democratic party, we do so for the purpose of uniting all democrats, and offer to receive ali men who will vote for the democratic principles of anti-monopoly, decentraliza- ion, honest represenuttion of the people and ceotony in government. But, at the same time, we are not willing fo unite with any "men or body of inen who, while pre- tending to support these principles, make this pretence asham by their acts, Resolved, That the general committees of Tammany and Apollo’ Tall, made up, as they are, at the dictauon of afew politicians, and NOT CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE, and embracing in their midst many of the men whose corruptions and frauds brought disgrace upon the demo- cratic party, have uo claim upon public confidence arty recogmution, and until they shall be proverly pu jed and the members fairly caosen by the people we re- pudiate all connection with them. Resolved, That we will offer to the* democratic voters of this city for their suifrages at the next election candi- ates of the highest charac'er for ability and integrity, trusting to the honest sentiment of the democratic masses to secure thew e a. Judge D. C. Birdsall delivered a speech. He hoped that these resolutions would be faithiuiiy car- ried out and lived up to by his hearers individuaily and collectively, When the time came for holding the primary elections, they would have honest and faithful primaries. Their watchword was “Purity the Democracy,” and place it in the same proud position in which it was in the times of Jackson. (Appiause.) Under these frinciples they would purify the democracy and r@ieem this great city. (Applause.) Ex-Judge THOMPSON said {t should be borne in mind that they were addressing themselves to 150,000 democratic voters. It was a thieving class of robbers Which succeeded in placing in the Pre dential chair Ulysses 8. Grant, and in the Guberna- torial clair of this State the superannvated John A. Dix. (Applause.) Ali the honest citizens cared for was to vote for capable and trustworthy men, and if they presented such men before the people Shen ae day of success was not far distant. (Ap- plause. After transacting some unimportant business the mecting adjourned, GOODRICH MURDER MYSTERY. n sihacsdbattoie The Brooklyn Coroner’s Inquest Indefin- itely Postponed=[he Ends of Justice Taut and Fast. About three weeks ago Mr. W. W. Goodrich, brother of the mysteriously murdered man who was found lying dead in the basement of hislonely dweiling, Degraw street, between Filth aud Sixth avenues, Br ookiyn, one morning in the latter part of March, informed Coroner Whitenili that he in- tended visiting Europe, and would take his de- arture on the 28th instant. He desired, if the Joroner could imake it convenient, that the ad- journed inquest touching the manner of his brother's death should be resumed and concluded ere his departure, if such a Lees Bete? practicable, The Coroner, after mature consideration, arrived at the conciusion that he would be ready to pro- ceed, inasmuch as the detectives and other wit- nesses who had testified in the case at the Sessions of investigation heldin May had read over their testimony and signed the same. Of course there was not amy likelihood of the authori- ties “furthering the ends of justice” by discovering the whereabouts of or arresting either of the sus- pected individuals who figured, theoretically, as principats in the crime—*koscoe” or “Kate Stod- dard”—and there existed, he ciatmed, no good and suMcient reason for further postponing the in- quest. It was said when the last examination took Ve] before the jury that all the testimony at and bear! on thé case was in, and the only question to settled was one of sctonce— “Whether it was possible for deceased to have inflicted the three pistol shot wounds which were found in his head?’ The Medical gentlemen, who made the post-mortem examiuation on the body, determined that tt was not possibie for deceased to have inflicted the wounds found. Still the theory of suicide was stoutly maintained by the police and a few others, and it was belleved to be advisable to have the opinion O1 two surgical Sia td on thie point be- fore rendering # verdict. hy these experts have Not been forthcoming does noe It al , seems now, however, that the ‘Ooreher, wishing to comply with "the request of tne relative of the de set down yesterday, instant, as the inted time for resuming, an hen me othe inquest i ad nivel ing’ | Me ~ nde; ly, owing - Ability to bring together the “gentlemen of the ,” all of whom are business men, whoge time is #0 much occu that the though sadly unravel! “ends of justice’ must “takea round torn lay” until so: re. me ote than the warm weather. thi Store @ reward of fond er Kaeugpreheneion of a m of Charles Goodrich, and the brother of the inttay Wil Pay $2,500 upon the conviction of the SHEET., THE ARKANSAS MUDDLE. Evil Effects of the Carpet-Bag Contest for the Governorship—The Attorney General’s Complaint Against Baxter. LitrLe Rock, June 19, 1873, The day after Mr. Brooks filed his complaint in the Circuit Court against Governor Elisha Baxter for ursurpation, Attorney General Yonley, thinking to make things sure, files his complaint in the same Court, calling it a complaint of the State of Arkan- 8a8 against Elisha Baxter. In both of these cases, as has been seen by despatches sent, a summons was issued, returnable at the October term. Disre- garding the wishes of all of the best citizens, these few disappointed politicians are trying by every means in ,their power to oust the gentleman who was supported § in the last campaign by the majority of those who now wish to oust him. They swear they will have him out by hook or crook. This sort of thing has a bad effect upon business, It seems about to retard the recuperation of the State financially from the effects of the immense frauds perpetrated within the last few years. No State in the Union has better prospects than this one, if the sea of politics has a dead calm over it for a few years. Her mineral resources are unsurpassed, and, on looking at the map, her water communication will be seen to be superior toanyinland State, Railroad communication 1s good and constantly improving, but whatever May be its advantages, capital will not flow into the State until these continual squabbles and des- Perate clutches at the State Treasury are discon- tinued, A nice inventive to business to know that any day, through the acts of a few unscrupu- lous politicians, the Governor may have, in his own defence, to declare martial law, The follow- ing is THE COMPLAINT filed by Mr. Yonley in the Circuit Court :— In the Pulaski Circuit Court. The State of Arkansas, plaintut, ve. Elisha Baxter, defendant, Complaint at law: the State of Arkansas brings this ite complaint against Elisha Baxter, and thereupon respectfully shows to the Court, 1. That on the Sth day of November, 1872, at a gen- eral clection duly holden on that day in the State of Arkansas pursuant to the constitution and laws of said State, for the election, among other officers, of the Gov- ernor of said State for the term of ‘four years 1878, one umber’ of legal votes of Governor us afore- nd Phere receiving for ial votes, duly and rezu- forty-five thousand legal from the Ist day of January, Brooks received ‘the highest cast at said election for the offi said, the said Joseph Brooks th said oifice a large number of le; larly cast, to wit—more than Yotes; ani the said defendant then ‘and there receiving & smaller number of votes, to wit—less than thirty thousand votes for said office; and at which said election no other candidate for said office of Governor as aforesaid re- ceived more than twenty-five votes, 2 That at the tine of said election the said Joseph Brooks was a male rson who ha sfalned the age of twenty-five ears, and ba en five years a citizen ofthe United States, and had resided in said State of Arkansas for one year preceding said election; was a qualified voter as prescribed in the constitution and laws of sald State, and heid no office under tho United Btates or under sail State of Arkansas, and_ was possessed of all the qualifications for said office of Governor then and Now required by the constitution and laws of said State, and continually hitherto hath possessed and still does Dossess each and all sald qualificatio: My That the aa id Joseph Brooks 18 entitled to exercise said office and to be placed in possession thereof. 4. hat on the 7th day of January, 1878, the sald defendant usurped the sald office of Governor, and has ever since unlawfully exer- cied the same ai ithheld the same from the said Joseph Brooks. 5. Wherefore the said plaintitr demands judgment, with costs. 1. That the said detendant is not entitled to the said office and that he be ousted thereirom. 2 And for all other proper relief. T. D. W. YONLEY, Attorney General. Itis very probable that these gentlemen have no idea of gaining their respective suits, but hope to be allowed by the Court to take evidence, and 80 probably get the matter brought before Con- gress, There has been some talk oi the Ring trying to get A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION calied at the next mecting of the Legislature in 1875. As the matter now stands Mr. Baxter sits very firmly in the kixecutive chair. ‘hey are, how- ever, lotn to declare themselves defeated, and will continue to worry him as much as possible ior some time to come, THE METHODIST MINISTERS, Methodist Declension Turns Out To Be an Absolute Increase—Emasculated Theology in Methodist Palpits—Geecher and Bowen’s Vicious Influence—Spicy Debates, The discussion of the causes of Methodist decien- sion in the cities of New York and Brooklyn lost nothing by standing over a couple of weeks. Yes- terday the preachers were out im goodly numbers, and the debate was resumed. Dr, E. 0, Haven, Dr. Curry, Rev. Mr. French, Rev. Mr. Vail, Dr. Holdich and Rey. John Parker participated in the discussion. Dr. Haven admitted the fact of de- cline, but did not think it was due toa lack of piety in the pulpit nor to the preaching of emas- culated theology by the ministry, There is power in the doctrines of the Gospel to-day as ever, But changes have come over the thought and study of the people, and the machinery of past ages is not found to be 80 effective now as it was formerly: The Doctor thought new methods of preaching— clothing old truths in new forms—are needed, but he was not prepared to suggest what would be most beneficial or convincing. PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF BEECHER. Dr, Curry considered one cause of the declen- sion of Methodism in these cities was the ministry of emasculated theology. The ministers who are most popular in the two cities are those wlo preach a Christianity without Christ and without the leading doctrines of the Bible. Too many of the Methodist ministry strive to imitate and fol- low Mr. Beecher, whose influence he considered exceedingly pernicious upon the moral and spirit- ual growth of the community. Both in his pulpit and through his paper Mr. Beecher is doing the cause of religion great harm. The Doctor consid- ered the influence of the Independent very damag- ing, but that of the Christian Union tar more 80, ‘Then the system of religious colonization has ceased altogether. This is another cause of aeciiue, and the experiences of church Ce ett! at present demands ail the numbers ang wealth that each can obtain to keep it running Without sending any away to other sections. Mr. FRENCH gave one or two illustrations of the causes 0: this non-fructifying spirit and energy in the Church. ‘the power which formerly resided in the altar has been transferred to the pulpit, and nothiug less than star preachers wiil suit most of the Methodist churches now. And these men cannot be had without being well paid for. Hence all tae energies of the Church are now directed toward the intellectual aud ssthetical in religion, while the spiritual is let alone. FIGURES DON'T LIE—WHAT THEY SHOW. Rev. Mr. Vail, who prepeced some of tue statis- ties presented by Mr. Buckley, when this topic was started, remarked that the facts did not warrant the conclusions drawn by some of his brethren, For twenty years, he sald, before 1865 Methodisin could hardly hold its own In the city of New York, and at some periods it was, on an average, 2,000 members behind what it was in 1845. But in 1465 it took an upward start and increased about three hundred members, and it bas been steadily in- creasing ever since, Cla an avert of 1,000 probationers per annum. iow, he believed that such @ showing was the best refutation that could be presented to the emasculated theology doctrine. The great discrepancy lies in the percentage of probatiouers who become full mem- bers andin the members who leave this city for suburban towns and villages, The qoane, people grow up and marry, and a change in living becomes necessary, and they move to Brooklyn, Jersey City or Westchester county and round about where they can have more of the comforts of lile at less expense thau they can obtain here. Daring his own pastorate of three years in Thirtieth street church, he gave 186 letters to Members for the most part leaving the city. He received at the same time, by letters from _other churches, about one nundred and fifteen, His church was biessed wito a revival, and about one hundred and twenty- four were added tnereto, so that there was an ab- solute Increase, notwithstanding the large drain upon the church. A FEARLESS PREACHER OF CHRIST. Rev. JOHN PARKER entered a yaa protest rainst the two brethren (Dra. Curry aud Holeich), who occupy easy positions and are not in the min- istry at all, coming here to lecture them on lazi- ness in the pulpit and to slander them by asserting that they preach emasculated theology. For him- self, he would say that he never preached @ sermon without having Christ init. He knew that he had Teiigion; he knew also that the people need rell- gon, and he had the boldness to tell how and where hey might get it. Dr. CURRY ex) aig the ease of his own posi- tion as rete! by Mr. Parker. He preached twice yester and rode twenty miles to meet bis appointment ; worked the other six days of t week and two nights until midnight, but being young and. rous man (the Doctor is past sev- enty) he could stand it and appear fresh before the Meeting this morn: This ended the dieeussion for the day. It willbe taken next Mon morni Father BEESON was then introduoed end brieay addressed tho moeting on THR INDIAN QUESTI He asked the sympathy and listers to repress the mi red men, tree ON. ral support of the and violence put meeting is to be 01 A t Baptist church on ed them also sermons on the Indian question in all thetr ite next Sunday, Dr. J. A. Dean spoke bi in regard to the mnnessee Wesleyan the meeting adiourned, r. J. pecuniary wants of the East niversity, after which CUBA. The Colonial Crisis Hastening to # Point of Final Issue, Madrid Reports of Legislative Representative Fusion with the Spanish Republic—The Theory of Political Party Against the Hard Facts of Executive Oppression—Bulletins from the Fields of Battle and Half-Stifled Sighs from the Prison Fortresses— Insurgent Bravery and Telling Blows Against the Spanish Troops—The Mon Wino Fight and Die in the Manzanillo District. MAVANA, June 18, 2878, During the past few days Havana has been in & state of uncertain excitement regarding the tele- graphic news from Spain, Many alarming rumors have been current, but nothing positiveis Known. * The telegraph line has been reported out of order, but Knowing ones say this is merely the repetition of a well known trick of the “superior authority” whenever important and unpleasant intelligence arrives to hold back all telegrams. The last re- port, which has been seized with avidity by many, is that Cuba will form a State in the new federal Republic and that the aboiltion of slavery will be at once declared. However, all projects regarding Cuba must be taken cum grano salis, as the difficulties in the ‘way of the serious good intentions of any new Ministry in Spain are insurmountable and cannot be vanquished, ‘Those persons sent out from Spain to govern the island of Cuba may possibly leave the shores of . Spain with ideas of progress and the intention of establishing rejorms in Cuba, All this is m the sphere of theory, as no innovations are made, and Cuba is ruled by the special arbitrary laws in force for the past centuries by every new Captain Gen- eral that takes command of the island, With an address to the army, navy, volunteers, inhable tants, &c., of the “Ever Faithful” the “good inten tion”? pavement is latd; the Havana journals com mence to flatter “His Excellency,” and “His Excel- lency,’’ with more or less senseor no sense at all, keeps in the steps of his predecesso: It is a great mistake to believe or even imagine that with a re- publican form 6% government in Spain the modus operandi in this tsland had under- gone any favorable changes for the people. The only difference between the monarchical and repabiican administration is that the latter have established four or five republican newspapers, which are at loggerheads with the representative journals of the slaveocracy, dally treating the public here to exhaustive articles on doctrines and things or personal attacks, which benefit 1a no way the administration of the affairs of the island, PARTY AND FACTION, The party of retrograde shades are all-powerful and overcast the political horizon with threats of violence. The attitude of the oligarchists of the island, Whose interests ciash with irce institutions, is threatening. They have the money, and money is the great lever here; and it will be difficult, in- deed, for Spain to govern in Cuba. {t is said that Captain General Pie!tain has so far kept out of the clutches of the cliques of Havana; sinner this ay be true, but the censor of late is keeping a strict supervision over the ee and nothing is allowed to appear that would promise a change in the permanent institutions of Cuba, + THE RULE OF TERROR 5 My own experience of late has taught me what justice means in the island of Cuba and what the rights of pacific inhabitants amount to, when @ parcel of police otlicers, headed by an army officer, can enter one’s domicile, in the small hours of the night, Search every nook and corner of his dwell- ing and drag eim off to prison. Mr. Price’s case and treatment are not isolated ones, The Ca- baila contains some three or four hundred prison- ers, many of them languishing in some calaboose for months, unaware of what they are accused. The prisoner who has no friends is soon for- gotten, as justice and fair piay find no champions in a Spanish prison in Cuba. Mf the walls of the dreary Cabafias coyid only speak what numerous truths could they uniold, such as would strike terror into the hearts of the peoples of the civilized world! The misery and despair that have failen to the lot of hundreds must likely remain secret to the world, hidden within ita wells, Ever since it was first built every stone of its immense structare has been cemented with the blood of the harmicss and moffenstve natives,or slaves, whom the Spaniards seized and forced with brutal cruelty to oem the tasks of building the Morro and the Cabafia, How many Cubans sus- pected of sympathy with their feliow countrymen in arms have been executed within its precints or Janguished within its dungeons until death ree lieved them from the daily tortures of their jauers SUMMARY AND SECRET EXEOUTION, One of the most remarkable of such was the caso of the Cuban poet Zenea, charged by the Cubans as being a Spanish spy; but, captured by the Span-, jards, be was thrown into the OCabaila, and, al-) though he had a safe conduct from the Colonial Minister and from the Spanish Minister at Wash- ington and the Spaniards were bound in goo@ faith to protect him, he was, nevertheless, sacri- ficed to the clamor of the irreconcilabies and ex- ecuted within the walls of the fortress, NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS, Private news from the insurgent districts is not of the most encouraging nature to the Spaniards, Notwithstanding the special pleading of the Diario and the withholding of tacts by the government, the truth comes out and proves the weakness of the Spanish forces in operations. The Diario in its usual jortnightly review compliinents General Pieltain jor his disposal of available forces, &c., and promises an active and successiui campaign. It reports the district of Sancti Spiritu and Moron to be in complete pacification, although there are @ numper of lusurgents still in the neign- borhood, whom, it craehy says, must be exter- minated. From the Ceutral Department the chief feather in the Spanish cap is stil the death of Ygnacir Agramonte, for which the Spaniards cannot yet suiliciently praise them- selves; and the commander of the forces who fought against him, Lieutenant Colonel Rodrigues de Leon, had to come to Havana, show himself at the Casino and receive a serenade, be promoted ta colonel and be made the lion of the day. In the meanwhile repeated engagements heve taken place in the Camaguey, and severe losses are reported on both sides, Advices from Manzanillo state that in some of the recent encounters 0: the insurgents with the Spanish forces the government troops invariably have had to retire before the Cuban veterans, The skirmishes and even actions of importance have been vety frequent and bloedy. The Diario admitts that the practice lately adopted by the insurgents of forming in ak masses and waiting and falling upon the Spani columns 1m detail is causing them great losses. Im the neighborhood of the Sierra, behind oleae there have been frequent encounters, in almost of which the Spaniards lost ground. ‘The most remarkable event lately was the ban- ishment, by ‘superior order,” from Manzanillo of some nine or ten persons of respectability and good standing. Some were ordered to take up their Tesidence in Matanzas, others in Villa Clara, Cien- fuegos and other towns. On inquiring the cause of such arbitrary proceedings the only answer vouch- safed them was, “Orden supertor” and “Por incon. venientes.”” According to the Diarto'’s report the insurgents in the district of Manzanillo, secing they were being hemmed in by the Spanish troops, endeav- ored to break through the culamns surroundin, them, and brought ona heavy combat at Zarzee. Hore the losargsnys according to the Diario, are said to have left 174’ dead, and the Spaniards to have lost Colonel Sostrada killed, two officers and seventeen soldiers kilied, and three officers and fifty-six soldiers wounded, Private Information received from Manzanillo regarding this affair gives the force under Campillo to have been 1,300 men, and that on the 7th a Span- ish train came into that town with sixty-tl wounded, ‘The insurgents are said to have fought most ravely, The Cuban Generals Diaz, Gomez and Prado, under the chie! command of General Calixto Garcia, with a force of over fifteen hundred mem, are reported to be betweon 0 and Man- zanillo. Garcia, learning that the Spaniards were moving against him with four columns of about twelve hundred men each, decided to attack each in detail. - The first column ia bis way was that of Colonel Camptlio, whom he surprit and killed, a8 before stated, Lieatenant Colonel Sos- trada and two majors. Garcia held the fleld of battle all that day, and during the night moved away and attacked another Spanish column, with even bsp sriceesa, but without sudering severely in loss of men. All accounts, private and otherwise, would seem to fix the present scene of ting within the Fisdiction o1 Manzanillo and ‘amo, and show hat the insurgents in all cases fight bravely, that they are veterans, and, uniess ov “4 bb rior numbers, haf overcome columns, mostly comp of recruits lately arrived from Spain. VACANT CADETSHIP. An examination to fill a vacancy of cadet mid- shipman in the Naval Academy will be held by Mr. H. Kiddie, Superintendent of City Schools, fie noma eg ae nant nore between fo and eighteen years of age and actual residents the Twentieth or Twenty-second ward may pete for the appointmen: 3 -