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‘SARATOGA STATESMANSHIP—NO. 3 “The Question of Casarism Still the All- Absorbing Topic Among Politicians. ‘REVERDY JOHNSON’S VIEWS. Ceneral Crant’s Avarice and Ambition. Phe Renomination for a Third Term Possi- ble—A Re-election Improbable. ‘The Dangers of the Political Situation. Jealousies of Republicans to Outwit Grantism. :4 New York Editor-Politician Speaks His Mind. {The Work of the Democracy in the Future. SARATOGA, August 18, 1878, Reverdy Johnson, our former Minister to Eng- and, arrived here a few days ago and is stopping at the Grand Union. Mr. Johnson’s oficial rela- ‘tions with the administration of President Andy Johnson were such, we all know, as to have placed him among the foremost men of our day; and although he is not at present tn any way ac- tive in'the political strivings of his party for power and influence, he still keeps a good look-out ahead and is always sought for for bis counsels in emergencies by eminent men of the party, who ‘know from @xpertence that it is well to look before youleap, I had never had the good fortune to meet Mr. Johnson previous to to-day, and before spending in my card to him I was informed ‘Dy @ personal friend of his that newspaper eorrespondents were his horror by day and his nightmare by night. Under the circumstances I felt rather diMdent when the ser- ‘vant returned and told me that Mr. Johnson would De very happy to see me. The weather was misera- Die and the rain pouring down in torrents as I made my way {rom my eyrie over the ball room, at the extreme end of the green, between the wings of the hotel, to the rear piazza of the main build- ing. My impression of Mr. Johnson from ail I had heard of him was that he was a decrepid old man, rheumatic and gouty, faltering in step and weak of voice, and I was not a little surprised, therefore, ‘when, instead of being ushered by the servant into groom with a bright fire burning and an invalid in a@chair asthe central figure of the apartment, I found the object of my search, itis true, a white- haired gentieman, but for ali that stout and hearty looking, seated quietly chatting with a few friends ‘on the stoop, partially exposed to the rain. It did not take me long to get acquainted, as the world has it, with Mr. Johnson. I found him to be ONE OF THE YOUNGES! OLD MEN I had ever met with in all my newspaper ex- perience; a genial, whole souled gentleman of the olden time, yet alive to the interests of the present, and whose seventy-seven years of age seemed to Dave, while whitening his hair and bending his frame, infused into him a spirit of youth and life and mental vigor that, to me at least, appeared Miraculous. Our conversation opened with @ general reference to the ordinary topics of the day, and for over an hour afterward I was entertained ‘an the most agreeable manner possible with anec- dotes about the prominent statesmen of the long | gone by, the times in our own political experience | and about the leading men abroad with | ‘whom Mr. Johnson had come officially in contact. “Mr. Johnson,” I said to him finally, “I am | anxious to know just what you think avout this subject of Cxsarism, which the HERALD has given such prominence to lately.”” “Well, air,” said the genial old gentleman, as he settled himself down into his chair comfortably, “I have my own opinion about the subject. In the | first place, I think the HERALD has done a great eal of good in agitating THE QUESTION OF A THIRD TERM asithas, Iwill frankly confess, however, that I gome time ago agreed with several of my friends ‘that in starting this discussion the HERALD had a sinister object in view, which was to further the chances of General Grant for a third term—in fact, that Mr. Bennett started the discuagjon with the hope that the republican press generally through- at the country Would pes! against lis course.” ‘and with what end in view?” ry “Ob, simply to sound the general sentiment of “the people, Indeed, we thought that the HERALD Was anxious to bave Grant run a third term, and at its Cagarism cry was allasham. If this was the paper's policy it has been hoist by its own petard. But I must say that although many of my | friends at first believed that the HERALD did really desire Grant’s election for a third term, Ihave not ‘been of that opinion since the articles on Cepsorism, | Dave been continued’? __ —— ee © “(phciydu have read them all “No, I have not read any one of the articles my- gelf. You see, about thirty years ago I lost the | sight of my left eye by the rebounding of a pistol | ‘Dall, and of late years my right eye has been failing me to such a degree that I cannot read at all, I ctpte, ing md of wri my letters, and I have fe ‘papers $a ‘to me. it for all that, I keep Posted as to all that is going on and THE HERALD'S CESARISM ARTICLES have certainly not escaped me.” “You can give me your opinion about, them, I suppose, Mr. Johnson ; at least about the Cxsarism tdea itseil?” ean oak “Ihave nothing to conceal about the ae 5 that is,I will be frank iat yat-ad pinlot ‘concerning the third term. I will say that [ have changed my opinion about the object of the HER- | aLp—or, to put it more justly, I have come to the conclusion that my friends have erred in believing that the paper did not open the discussion with the ‘View of putting peopie on thew guard against the danger ofa third term.” “You are not favorable to thegthird term princi- ple then?” “Principle! Isee no principle in the idea what- ever. The idea of putting any man inte the Presi dential chair for a third term onght to be abhorrent to every good citizen. Why, sir, I would not vote for Washington himself for a third term if he was living to-day.” “What is your chief objection to the third term idea 1 There are many very weighty reasons which could be urged against it. You see if we concede a tifird term to General Grant or any other man we do away i0 & manner with what the people have ever looked upon as a sort of constitutional prohi- bition. There is nothing, it is true, in the constitu- tion which prohibits a taird term, but the iaea has been so fired in the people’s minds against honor- ing any man beyond a second term that it has in- vested itsel! with ALL THE FORCE OF LAW. “Do you think General Grant would take a third renomination?” “{ am positive he would and would work hard to dency to Grant isa sort of personal affair and he has made tt serve him well 0 far; and I doubt not but that, if he should be renominated, he will, as { said before, not only take the nomination, but use all the vast powers conferred upon him by Congress to help his election. But, of course, I do not be- Meve that there would be any certainty about bis election whatever; for I do not think that he could be re-elected, even if renominated. He can, if ne wants to EASILY GET RE-NOMINATED. “The machinery is alt in his hands, and what has beem done before in the way of having a convention “all right,” to order, can be done again. But I have great faithin the common, good sense of the People. Itis true that things are done now that receive their sanction, which years ago would have been abhorrent to them; and we can hardly tell what changes. may come over them between now and 1876, Still, as to this matter of putting aman into the Presidential chatr for a third term, 1 do not think the people will ever go astray. To be sure I can easily conceive how they might be jus- Ufied in re-electing General Grant again, if be- tween now and '76 we should have war with some foreign power; but without some extraordinary Justification Ike this, 1 do not think General Grant’s chances for a third term amount to much.” “Do you not think that if the republicans ahould favor a third term for Grant that the democratic party wouki be the gainer?’ “Of course, the democratic party would be the gainer, and the administration republicans know it well. Do you not notice how their papers pooh- pooh the idea of Grant even being renominated? If the oftice-holders and all the other SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION should openly avow now their determination to. renominate General Grant the democrats would have reason to rejoice; for the very avowal would I feel confident, drive thousands of good republi- cans into the opposition ranks, YetIam of opin- jon that a great many republicans are looking for- ward to Grant’s renomination.” “Then I take it that this discussion about Cesar- ism has not been opened any too early 7? “think it has not been begun at all too early, The HERaLp's course is having am excellent effect, Some of the articles are very ably written and cap- not but have made astrong impression upon the people.” “Do you not believe, Mr. Johnson, that there are many prominent republicans who will try to pre- vent Grant’s renomination at all hazards, in order to further their own chances ?”” “Undoubtedly, there are many republicans who would secretly rejoice over Grant’s discomfiture (if that were possible) in not securing a renomina- tion; but they have not the courage openly to avow their sentiments, There are too many interests that bind them all together now to admit of their being too outspoken just yot. I think Mr. Blaine stands tne best chance of getting the nomination in 1876—Grant being considered out of the race. He came out of the Crédit Mobilier business well, and has @ good record.” Several friends of Mr. Johnson happening to come along where we were seated, at this stage of the conversation, your cortespondent witharew. BEN WOOD'S VIEWS OF A THIRD TERM. One of our quietest visitors here just now is Mr. Benjamin Wood, editor of the New York Daily News, ex-State Senator, and in the opinion of many politicians prospective Senator from the Fourth district of your city. Mr. Wood is residing in one of the Union cottages and apparently enjoys Saratoga life about as weil as any man who comes here in search of pleasure combined with Congress water and politics, I had quite a pleasant little talk witi Mr. Wood this evening at his cottage about the prospects of the democratic party in the Fall campaign as far a8 the State ts concerned, and during che talk we drifted quite naturally into na- tional politics, and then Cwesarism of course came in for its share of discussion, “As an editor and politician,” I remarked dur- ing the conversation, “You have, doubtiess, Mr. Wood, already made up your mind about Grant’s chances for a third term. Now, candidly, what is your opinion on the subject?” “lI assure you,” was the reply, “I don’t care to be interviewed om this or any other political ques- tion, for the reason that things are rather mixed, Politically, just at present. But as to this Cesar- ism business Ido not hesitate tospeak my mind freely. 1 feel sure that there are many republicans im the employ of the administration who are even at present actively working in an underhand way to secure the ren, ion of General Grant, This Iknow. They caf€ fiothing for Grant personally any. more than any other man; but he is their mas- ter now, and-they have done weil for themselves under him, and they do not know what a change will bring about. So because he is their chief they stand by him and will do their best to keep him where he is. It is bread and butter as well as power and influence to every mother’s son of them that they should remain where they are, and if they can succeed in their workings GRANT WILL BB RENOMINATED.”? “If renominated do you think he would be re- elected?” “I hardly think he would be, It’s one thing to be renominated for a third term and quite another to be re-elected for a third term. Grant has, of course, because of his war record and general ser- vices to the country as a soldier, a great hold on the people, but I question seriously whether it is — 80 strong that they can be blinded to the danger of putting a man in the President's seat for a third erm—the mere thought of any man’s willingly giving in bis adhesion to any such thing is repuls- give to me, I cant%t cgnceiye how any true Ameri- can could favorably consider the jdea of a third term. It may be said, and it will be urged, doubt. less, by General Grant’s friends and personal ad- vocates, when they make bold enough to speak Qpenly about a third term, that if the people want to re-eicct him they have the right to dé go. This, 1 admit, is all very true. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO AS THEY PLEASE in the matter, but Ido not believe that they can ever be brought to such @ pass as to elect a man for @ third term of their own free will. There is no law, nothing in the constitution, which says that a man shail not be a candidate for a third term of the Presidency; but this absence of any prohibi- tion does not, im my mind, make the ideaof a third term any the less obnoxious. The framers of the constitution never dreamed, in their republi- can simplicity, that any President would ever aspire to @ third term.” “The discussion of this third term idea will have & good efect upon the people. Do you not think “ think it has had already 4 good’ effect. Only a ew minutes ago I was talking with General Inger- soll, of Illinois, and several other prominent demo- crats, and we all got talking about the HeraLp’s Cesarism articles. There was but one opinion expressed by every One present, and that was that the HERALD was doing yeoman work for an organ- ized opposition to the administration on the part of all good men of both parties; that it was stirring the people up to @ realization of the enormity that there actuaily were men in their midst who contemplated a third term for Grant. This HERaLD policy of opening a political Presidential cam- paign four years before the election, I must say, is rather startling, but for ail that it isa very good one; atleast it will turn out to have been a good one when the campaign shall have opened in aown- rightearnest. As long as there is a newspaper in the country bold enough to take hold, in the same independent way the HERALD has of the third term business, of @ subject in which all the interests of the people are bound up, and strikes right and lett for THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE, no matter who is in the Way, there need be no fear, I think, of their ever being led away on the wrong path by demagogues or sot-disant patriots, whose patriotism ts concentrated in their Jove for the spoils alone. I tell you what it is, sir, the HER- ALD is doing admirable work in this matter, and if by the time the campaign of 1876 opens the state or seoure nis election. Grant is wonderfully fond of money, and so long as he can remain where he is the more easily is he able to gratify his avarice. I have it from very good authority that he would jiave vetoed the salary-grab bill had he been as- sured beforehand that his own salary would be in- creased; but, not getting that assurance, he was punwilling to let slip the only chance to have his ach par aoatiga. and gp agagd the tuk hg Prost | Progemagr acy, menapugan membgy of Aggembur,| Ke RED public feeling shall be such that no pubitc man dares even to hint ata third term for Grant, the HERALD can justiy take the full credit to itself of having brought that state of feeling about.’ “MY MAN DIX’? Shortly after Thad held this conversation with Mr. Wood, and was passing through the office of the hotel on my way to the street, Lcame across from New York city. Tne Professor, it will be re- membered, was the gentieman who nominated General Dix for Governor at the Utica Convention last Fall. The Professor and myself soon got talking about one thing and another and, after learning from him that no formal petition had ever been sent to she Governor asking for the pardon of young Wal- worth, he suddenly said to me:— “Well, what is your opinion of my man Dix?” ‘This looked so much like an attempt politically to interview me that I had to answer promptly, and I at once expreased my great admtration for the Governor, and then, profiting by the turn the conversation had taken, | asked the Professor what he thouglit about Cxsarism. “Oh,” he replied, “I dare say you newspaper People must have something to talk about. It’s just as weil to talk Caxsarism now as anything else, aint ite I made no reply to this, so the Professor con- tinued :—‘‘Well, we’ve got pienty of time to look this third term business squarely in the face, and I don’t know but that the HERALD has done a good thing in bringing the matter up for general consid- eration. 1 will tell you frankly that I do not think any sane man in the republican party dare declare himeelf @ third term man. If the party should re- nominate Grant for a third term it would be ‘A SUICIDAL ACT FOR THE PARTY. It would go to pieces, and the opposition would be backed up by the people in killing it, and the party ‘Would deserve its fate,” ‘You can readily perceive, Ljudge, from the above Conversation, that Czsarism is a topic that creates Ro small amount of feeling among the politicians at Saratoga, and that, per-consequence, the campaign O! '76 is discussed as freely now as though the elec- tion were to take place next Fall. GENERALS CAMERON AND BUTLER AND JUDGE HOAR. A Short Cara from James M. Scovil, of New Jersey. CAMDEN, N. J., August 18, 1873. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD: It seems to annoy my old iriend simon Cameron that your reporter spoke tenderly of the “liber- als.” But that very clever statesman, Cameron (whom Thad Stevens never loved), docs me honor in classing me with McClure and Curtin. It is possible (Sunset Cox says itis) fora man te have two ideas im his head at the same time. Iloved Horace Greeley, alive, because I knew®every throb of his heart was thatof an honest man and a patriot. And now that he is dead, In common with true men everywhere, I revere the memory (very dear to me), of the good old man who could mot lie, and who dared stand by the rightevery time, utterly disregardiug per- sonal consequences. And there is a Vacant chair in the home of our American ststesmen since Greeley died, that no United States Senator, trom Cameron to Conkling, can fill. For seventeen years Mr. Greeley had been my friend against the world, and it was the simple mandate of manhood to follow his waning fortunes to the bitter end. 1 did it gladly. If that act of my life (of whein 1 am most justly proud) consigns me to politica oblivion, I will go there singing psalms of rejoicing. But I have a weak side for Cameron. He is true to his friends, and he is the only Pennsylvania poli- tician I have to thank for aid and coméort during the dark days of the rebellion, But I began this letter for the sole purpose o¢ speaking @ word for General Benjamin F, Butler. It we believed Judge Hoar poor Butler 1s a sinner worse than the eighteen upon whom “the tower of Siloam fell.” Judge Hoar (whose purity and ability no man questions) took nis back pay and gave it away to some deserving charity, Butler takes his and pays bis butcher's bill with it, They stand on the same platform in the popular judgment, and Judge Hoar voting against the bill and then taking the money places him in a worse position than Ben Butler. Then the Judge cannot whistle the Congressman from the Essex district down the wind with the contemptuous intimation that he (Butler) was a superior blackguard in New York and jayhawked his way into New Orleans, No! Senator Cameron is just and timely in his statements of what Butier did do daring the re- bellion, and the great heart of the people recog- nized under Lincoin’s administration the execu- tive power of Ben Butler, whose military orders were not of the kind where the “letter killeth,” but rather breathed in every line something o! the Scotch “word of quickening.” The very combina- tion against Butier in Massachusetts implies the recognition of his great power and the danger to the Ring that he may be nominated and elected, Butler’s wonderful insensivility to newspaper censure has created a sentiment against him in the minds of those who are slow to think of the good men do, but very swift to swallow the evil that is said of a public men, I speak as an unprejudiced observer, now disso- ciated from politics, when 1 fail to discover as the purest of political saints the anti-Butler com- bination which is busy in blackening and charac- terizing Ben Butler as the chiefest of sinners, And I venture, with becoming modesty, the pre. diction that if Ben Butler is made the next Governor of Massachusetts, that ancient and noble Commonwealth (the home of my ancestry for three generations) will never be ashamed of the man who at Baltimore and elsewhere did his duty so well in sustaining the nation’s honor that he can proudly say, “Reputation is what man says of us; char- acter is what God thinks of us. Yours, JAMES M, SCOVIL, . “& BANQUET OF LOVE.” cae ae re cw Set més, Karly and Letcher United on a Common Level—Mementoes in Words—How Shall Our Ceesar Reign? MONTGOMERY, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, nen} August 19, 1873. This evening a grand banquet was given to Jef- ferson Davis, General Jubal Early, Admiral Semmes, Governor Letcher and other members of the Southern Historical Society, by Messrs, Colhoun & Cowan, the proprietors of the Springs. Quite a large company sat down at five P. M. in the ball room, the band Playing Southern airs and melodt After the repast several toasts and responses were made, speeches of the evening, the gist of which were wep urge te the Confederate dead. ir. Davis cd, was opeted but his only response wi me ep i ote “To Nd miral, Séfinies, who went afloat on oné ship, wore bet out, and took another and swept the seas,” and by this he skilfully evaded a ch. Semmes, during his speech, remarked u the of this cougtr, ht wake up some fine ng, id a r on the throne; pd ferr y Mr. Davis, he said the man who sat pon his right would occupy a higher re io the hearts of his people, because {t would be an empire of love, rather than tyranny or force. At half-past seven o'clock the nanguet closed, and the company retired highly edifled by the evening's entertainment. TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Great Gathering of Republicans at Dal- las=Governor ®@Davis to Be Renomi- nated. DaLLas, August 19, 1873, The Republican State Convention assembled here to-day at noon. A. G. Malloy, of Jeiferson county, was chosen temporary chairman. General Davis made a speech, in which he asked them to act bar- moniously. He did not care who they nominated, but let them be honest men. A committee on credentials was appointed and an adjournment until four o’clock took place. On reassembling, ewing to the large crowd in the hail ana the hot weather, an adjour nt to Pitt’s Garden was ™Governor Davis will be renominated, CONPLAGRATION IN QUEBEO, A Cabinet Factory Burned and Com- | municates the Fire to Vessels and Lumber Yards. QuesEc, Canada, August 18, 1878. A fire broke out in Drune’s cabinet factory this morning, but at ten o’élock it was almost sub- dued, It again got headway, bowever, and is now raging flercely. The fact is in ruins and a large stock of lumber in the adjoining yards is in fames. Clint’s and other lumber yards in the vicinity are reat danger. jcCallum’s brewery has been on fire several times and two schooners at Drune’s wharf have been burned. A force of armed sailors from the Frei irigate, men of the Dominion artillery and STOUR, vingial gud WaigE NOUZE AS PRIDE Semmes, Letcher and Eafiy made the | \ NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. CAESARISM. (From the Tuscatoosa (ais) Times (democratic), August 13.) Agreat but pot unexpected peril menaces the Republic. The purple and ensigns of royalty loom up unmistakably in the horizon of the near futare of the country and thoughtful men are seriously apprehensive that the days of constitutional Mberty are nombered. Grant aspires to a third Presidential term. Not content with an eight years’ saturnalia of vengeance and hate and the enormous fortune which he has already acquired by corrupt and wicked means, he desires to pro- long his tenare of office beyond the period pre- scribed by the custom of the country and the usage Of all former Presidents, and in this am- bitious aspiration he is encouraged by the ap- proval of many of the representative men and journals of his party. ‘The movement is an alarming one. It is a men- ace to American liberty ip the present, and a prophecy ofits jeopardy, perhaps its downfall, in the fatyre. The constitutior, wisely or unwisely, prescriBes no limit to the tenure of the Presiden- tial office, But the custom of our Presidents, be- ginning With Washington, bas assigned eight years as the longest period for which it should be held by the incumbent, The custom has ripenea, by un- broken observance, into a practical limitation of the tenure of the office, approved by the country and commended as wise by many and very per- suasive considerations. Heretofore all our Presi- dents have sacredly observed the usage, and no ‘one of them ull cherishec, much less expressed, & desire to depart from it by accepting a third term, It hag been reserved for the ambitious and un- principicd Grant to meditate a departure in this respect from the practice of his predecessors. His aspiration for @ third term 1s @ proof of his un- chastened ambition and sounds a note of alarm to the whole country. He has the ambition of Cesar or Cromwell without the genius of either, and the fanaticism of Lincoln without his kindness of heart, He is a political Borgia, ready, on occasion, to stab the liberties of his country for money and self-aggrandizement. Perhaps he even aspires to the purple and the pompofathrone, Let the people beware of Grant and his third term aspira- tions, The mock Cwxsar stands even now on the banks of the American Rubicon! (From the Boston Herald (independent), August 17.) We are not of those who predict the speedy fall of this country under the government of ‘“Cmwsar- ism.” We have too much faith in the spirit of the People, the patriotic teachings of our history and the tendencies of the age, Should “Casarism’ be established here it would be of short duration. Every school district would furnish a Brutus, and the calm good sense of the people would re-estab- lish the ancient landmarks of liberty. But it can- not be denied that a great many honest people, who laugh at the suggestion of “Crsarigm,’ do not have @ very distinct ideaof what it is or howit might come. ‘The picture presented to their minds is. that of a sudden movement by the President in office, declaring himself king or emperor, dissolv- ing Congress, hurrying his leading opponents to prison and soon. Such an attempt would be wild and ridiculous, But “Cwsarism” may come in an- other guise. It can come, asit has come in other times and to other countries, by the consent of the people. Sustained by a great popular majority it would have a foundation as firm and an authority as unquestioned as any govern- ment in the world. In that way “Cmsarism’’ came to Rome. In that way it was established in France. A great people does not surrender its liberties at the demands of a usurper; but it sometimes yields 80 far to the encroachments of a central power, or is so ‘ar carried away by party spirit that it wel- comes the man ‘on horseback”? to restore order or to carry out its own ideas. A despotism is always essentially of the same spirit,, and the despotism of & majority is easily conveyed to an agent, who then becomes a dictator. The present phase of the danger in this country is a despotism of the ma- jority. To carry out its purpose this despotism has already violated the constitution, It has packed tie Supreme Court and invaded the right of the States, It has interfered in the local affairs of the States and carried elections by the free use of feae- ral patronage and federal bayonets. It has winked at the worst corruption in office and has resisted every attempt at reform. It begins already to hint at a third term for President Grant asthe best plan for keeping the party in power. THE STANDING JUMP. Match Between Ryan and Costello— Ryan the Winner. About two hundred people, among them a large number of old time athletic sports, assembled at the Arcularius Hotel, a well known road house on the Jerome road, at two o'clock yesterday, to wit- ness the much talkea of jumping match between | Harry Ryan and Mike Costello. Ryan is an unas- suming, gentlemanly young man, about twenty- two years old, weighing about 145 pounds. Hits opponent is @ thick-set young man, whose former experience has been confived to the use of the gloves. He is much heavier tban Ryan, and a single glance convinced every one he was overmatched. Ryan and his friends were first on the grounds, and passed away the time waiting for their opponents lounging on the hotel piazza and clouding the air with tobacco smoke, At about half-past three (it was stipulated that the jump should take place between two and four) Costello and his friends vived, and it was thought everything was to go on smoothly, An attempt was made to choose a referee, but no man of the whole party would suit Costello, and dissatisfaction with him began to show itself throughout the whole company, Ata Peat to four, by consent of all present, Harry il was chosen referee, and called the men to time. Ryan appeared on the ground, the space was cleared, and he made his first jump. He cleared 12 feet 7 Inches and stepped one side. The referee then called for Costello to jump. Costello declared that he would not jump, but did not assign any reason or enter any protest against the progress. of the match. The referee again called for Ryan, who answered with a jump of 12 feet §inches and another of 12 feet 105, inches, if feree then waited till four o’clock precisel 4 Yea ‘id R: winner, to the general satis. faction of eve! . part, tly returned to New York, with @ §tron Yi riantod. So tello was alraid of his fave opponent f quently “weakened.”? The match was for $200 a side, open to $1,000, The money was uD 13, Ned James’ handa, and is now the property ot Ry: “iivad iff pedaling young athlete, and no one knows how far he can “fly” over the und. Loomis, the renowned jumper, is det and Searles, the champion, bas retired on account of sickness; and they were the best in America. Searles has 8 SFr Of 13 feet 6% inches, while Loomis néver fe wae The best jump on record in ee of which we have any ac- connt is 12 feet 3 inches, and no amount of Yankee talk can convice @ Britisher we can reach 18 feet. But we can, and have done it time and again. Up to 1867 the longe: tanding jump on record was 12 feet 81; inches, by Robert This was not beaten till 1870,.when Searles defeated Way by a jump of 18 feet 1 inch. triends de- clare they are willing to match him against Cos- tello for any amount, and bets were laid on the round before the time appointed that he could eat him six inches. Qostello’s friends did not ap- pear to care for the investment, BASE BALL MATTERS. Owing to the soft condition ef the Union Grounds yesterday, the Mutual-Washington game was postponed until Friday next. The Washingtons play the Athletics in Philadelphia to-day, and to- morrow the Atlantics on the Union Grounds. Seibert & McCloud will sell pools tnis afternoon, at 161 Bowery, on the game in the Quaker City. The Brooklyn nine for '%4 is no longer amyth, Start and Matthews,of the Mutuals ; Carey and York, of the Baltimoreans, and Ferguson, Burdock and Remson, of the Atlantics, have already signed apers to playin theclub. Perguson is engaging ir pia: aba, bat, of course, has some one at his back, Mr. A. R. Samneis, of the Park Theatre, is said to be farnisning the money. Negotiations are now going on between Dug. Allison and Eggler, of Mati and if these two men are en; the nine will be full, and, without exception, us strong as ony, team that posit! can be got ther. layin, ons wili be as rohows 1 latthews, piten’ aitison. een aes first base; Carey, second base; Burdock, stop ; Fer mn, third base ; York, lett field er, contie Seid; Remon, right fleld, and Pabst, tenth man. Should ler remain with the Mutuais, Kemson ig + centre feild and probably Pike right fleld, ks i6 te but says he will not play in any nine Fergugon has anything to do with. Cummings has papers to with the FOR LIQUOR. Interesting Facts from the New Excise Commission. “THOSE SPECIAL DEPUTIES.” “Corner Groceries’ Doomed—Bad News for Im. porters of Foreign Liquors—A Clean Sweep in Prospect. ‘The doings of the new Board of Excise Commis- sioners have at present a special attraction fora large class in the community. For this reason, and in view of the fact that the operattons of the Board seldom come under the notice of the public, though they concern tndirectly every individual in the community, a HERALD reporter was detailed yes- terday to visit the building at the corner of Hous- ton street and Mulberry, in which the offices of the Excise Commissioners are situated. The reporter had. received an introduction to Commissioner Marshall, who, in the absence of the President of the Board, inthe course of a long conversation, gave a large number of facta which will, no doubt, prove of much interest to the public, The reporter introduced the conversation by re- marking that the impression existed abroad that there was A VERY SERIOUS QUARREL existing between the Excise Commissioners and Sheriff Brennan. “For what reason?” asked Commissioner Mar- } shall. “For the reason, as it is said and has been stated by many of the newspapers,” replied the reporter, “that you had asked the Sheriff to appoint thirty special deputy sheriffs wno should be detailed to act in your department and report to you on the character of the liquor saloons which you should, in accordance with law, license.”’ Commissioner MARSHALL—I have heard and seen the reports of which you speak, and Iam glad you have introduced the subject, ‘The rumor, as nearly all rumors are, is partially true and par- tially faise, There is a good deal of truth in it so far as it says that we have asked the Sheriff to appoint authorized persons to inspect the charac- ter of liquor saloons who could show their au- thority, and who could, by official right, make their investigations thorough, but that we have haa any quarrel with Sherif Brennan, treated us in any other way than he sbouid, is false. “Please explain?” suggested the reporter. AN INGENIOUS PLAN. “Well,” replied Commissioner Marshall, “we Nave had the plan of having six inspectors em- ployed in the Department of Excise, to whom we pay certain salaries and to whom we allot certain duties, The latter, of course, consist in the inspec- tion of the character of the saloons and reporting to us from their personal observations, The duties of these men we considered most important, and, 8 a natural consequence, we deemed it necessary that they should be invested with certain author- ity, which would enable them to enter any saloon, make arrests, if necessary, and act as A SHERIFF'S OFFICER if circumstances required it. To show you what these men do I may quote the following case. A complaint came to us of acertain liquor saioon in Albany street, We sent our inspectors there— two of them we detailed to visit the place on Mon- day and on ‘Tuursday:; two others we detailed to go there on Tuesday and Friday, and the other two we senton Wednesday and Saturda; Now, the report we had received of the place came from the police captain in whose precinct the sa- loon was situated, The bad character he had ven of the place was backed up by reports we had jeard trom private individuals, and yet, to make assurance doubly sure, WE SENT OUR INSPECTORS, We said te ourselves, ‘Now, if these men all agree in reporting that this is a disreputable house, why, we may be as certain oi its character as if we had consuited three commercial agencies as to a man’s financial status in New York city, and they all agreed in reporting him of bad standing in the commercial community.’ “Our men, we considered, under these circum- stances, should be invested with authority, and we applied to Sherif Brennan to make them special aeputies, The truth is that Sherif? Brennan treated us very well indeed, and when it was rep- resented to him how the case stood he cordially acquiesced iu our representation and did make our inspectors special deputy sheriffs, investing them with the required authority which our De- partment demanded. POLICE CAPTAINS’ REPORTS. “What should I understand by your reference to the ‘Police reports’ as to the character of a liquor saloon?” asked the reporter. COMMISSIONER—When Wwe came into office we had furnished to us a report irom the captain of every police precinct as to the character of every liquor saloon to the district. Certain questions had to be answered by each police captain. For instance—‘Did a certain saloon keep open on Sun- day? ‘What was the character of the persons who frequented the store’? ‘Were persons of immorai character habitues of the place?’ ‘Has the pro- | prietor ever been fined {or violation of the Ex- cise law? ‘Was he ever arrested for any other | offenve?? | The Commissioner here showed the reporter.the liquor diagnosis of the Fourth ward, sent in ac- cording to the requisition of the Captain of the Oak street police station, from whicn it appears that not a few of the liquor deaiers in that vicinity had served terms in the State Prison for crimes ranging, at the least, from grand larceny upwards. “We do not trust to the police reports of houses,"’ resumed the Commissioner, “because we know how easy it is for policemen to blackmail liquor dealers, though there was an unreasonable howl raised by the newspapers when the report was first called for, but as I have explained, you see we have our own corrective in the unanimous report of our inspectors, whose Observations are made at different times. But now I want to teil you anim- portant matter for the HERALD, and, as a conse- quence, for the public.” “What is that?” asked the reporter. CORNER GROCERIES DOOMED. “That we have had more complaints against cor. ner groceries—that is, where the necessaries of life ag well as spirituous liquors are retalled—than against any other class of liquor sa'oons. We mean to put a stop to this kind of business once and forever. We know from what we have heard that many a mother of a respectable family will go or send around to these holes tor her gin or her whiskey and have it charged in ‘the passbook’ as ‘beets’ or ‘onions,’ or some:hing else, and this wo- man, who under no circumstances, when in a state of perfect sobriety, Would go into a regular liquor store, will, having caught the excitement from these places, do something to bring a biush to her husband’s cheek befere she is through. This thing we mean to stop sitoantnty, and no corner Bros cerles, as they are called, will receive a renewal of license from us.’ Mi prs TO PAY TYORNSP. “again,” resumed Commissioner Marshall, “there is another very important subject that tue ablic ought to know through the HERALD, and That is that we have taken a new departure with regard to the importers of hquors who keep places where you or anybody else can procure a dozen of wine or 80. These men should, according to law, pay the regular license fee; and yet, under the old régime they have never done it. They have had rfect immunity in this ape up to the present ; But we will take measures to have every one of these men who does not pay a license for selling liquor in this city prosecuted to THE PULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. ‘We consider this kind of trade an faa to the regular liquor deaiers, who promptly pay their license tax.’? The iaw on this subject is:— * Suc. 18. Whoever shall sell any strong or iquoFs of wines in quantities less than five ga time, without haying a. license therefor. granted in provided, sball forfeit $90,for each oflence, “Now, Mr. Commissioner,” said the reporter, “I would wish to direct your attention to one other subject, and that is the right to sell liquors on Sunday. ‘Now, we have considered this question over vety carefully, indeed,” was the reply. ‘You knowthat the law of this State ser positively staies that no man shall sell intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. We cannot guarantee any im- munity from the consequences of @ violation of this law “Is is not your duty to see that the law is carried ben the letter, Mr. Commissioner ?” asked the re- porter. p “You see the Iawcuts two ways. Here ts the section which relates to this matter particularly.” Here the Commissioner produced the section, wiich read as follows :— Sec. 16, It shall be the duty of every sheriff, under sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, policeman, or i Police, to arrest ail persons ound actually en- jommission of any offence in violation of 18 oo ee peo Soria faty x Ce magist ye SAME C1 or town, a C- putes & iritaous ons at a ag here- ith ac- ¢ provisions of this act: and it shall be the uty of stich magistrate on sufficient proof that such offence has been committed, unless such person shall elect to be tried before such magistrat require a bond to be executed by such offender in the ai sum of $100, with sureties, who in double the amonnt polly, eondisicned A swer the charge 4 Terminer or Sessions to be held in the said abide the order, and jodemens of the Court the: commit such offender to the County Jall until setae’ “a ae beet ty ar ce entertain any complaint of a violation of this act, made by any room amen ‘and tor th fo issue warr! cause such offer ler to rough betor hi }r--- with the ‘of this yootion ® ~ on, or sucl ol aceording to law, And it shall be trate to or that he has | wr FT Pe ere Let eT eT 3 affidavits, with a tobe to te torney county, whose daty it shall to Drosect same. “This law was pared geno hemecestie Laat lature, and = the Eeea SA ge too, we are nsibiee, Alter a carefal examinution of this question have come to the conclusion that, as long asa liquor satoon is conducted, and as long. respectably the doors of the place are kept closed, we Dot interfere wan who liquor on Sun- a tereee, ae the jay docs go at his own “What do you mean by that, Mr. Gommis- sioner??? “Well, if row occurs in the place and the matter comes to our notice, grant a license tw the liquor dealer again. More, Where an aggravated assault occu! é Will revoke; the license. For instance, a man, to returns, had conducted a place very r Lg to the other day; but @ murder was committed in the place on Sunday, and that man can never get @ conse again 48 long a8 we are members y joard, THE LIQUOR DEALERS WITH THE EXCISE COMMIS= SIONERS. “We have the majortty of the respectanle liquor dealers with us in the course we bave adopted we must confess, Most of them say, ‘Close up on Sun- day by ail means, but if you close up. one. clcse up all,’ Many a man wants to go to chureh on a Sunday with his tamtiy, but ne tears to injure ins legitimate business by yot opening his store on Sunday, and heincurs the odium o| being ‘stuck up,’ as they say, among his neighbors,” LOOK OUT AHEAD, “Finally,” said the Commissioner, “we want to wait until the licenses which are out have expired, and then we will take some pasitive action may astonish the public. We want to treat one ag we tt treat all; but at present we are ham- pered,' “What about the lager beer?” asked the reporter. “The Courts, sir, have decided that lager beer is intoxicating, and we must abide by that decision to the extent I above alluded to.” HORRIKLE DISCLOSURES. Heartless Conduct of the Reverend Ware den of a Female Orphan,gAsylam in Iowa. Dusvuqur, Iowa, August 19, 1873, The Herald this morning publishes the follow- ing:— Twenty-five miles south of this city is an Ore phan Asylum, established in 1864, for the care of or- phans not over twelve years of age. It has been under the charge of the Lutherans. Rev. J. M. | Schneller, the Warden, has always stood high and. | enjoyed the confidence of the entire community, About five years ago his wife died, and it seems not long after that event he commenced a syste- Matic course of seduction of the Uttle girls under his charge, His first victim, so far asis known, was a girl of tweive or fourteen years of age, who had been driven to the Asylum by the ughappy domestic re- lations of her parents. For canses not assigned b; Schneller she was turned out of the institution ani taken to hive with some very respectable people im the countrys to whom she related her story. The people she lived with expressed great jncleonnon and made considerable talk against Schneller; bué the citizens generally maintained that a man of hig | high morality was innocent of the thing, and no ate | tention was paid to it. ‘The Herald then mentions | Other cases, with great particularity, similar in | Character to the above. | _ ‘The horrible and final dénouement came about | three weeks ago. One of the girls, named Bertha Nellis, fifteen years of age, went to the Matron ana | Said she wanted to leave the Asylum, but refused | to assign any reason. Betng closely bap and | threatened with punishment if she did not give | her reason, she finally confessed that It was on ac- | count of Schneller’s conduct toward the giris. She | then related the particulars of how he had | seduced several iittle giris and nad made Various attempts upon her, but had so far failed. The Matron promised to inquire into matter, but the Warden was that day absent. On his return the Matron called upon him | and asked for her pay, as she proposed to leave. On asking the reason, she to!d him what she had heard. He was dumb for 8 moment, but finally re- covering confessed all, and promised, if she would stay to take charge of the children, he would him- selfleave. By her advice he went at once to Ga- lena, sought an interview with the Rev. Mr. Klint- wood, Lutheran minister at that place and Presi- dent of the Asylum Directory, and to him confessed all. This gentleman was horrified at the j revelations, and demanded that Schneller should at once rovige and leave. Thishe did, and the Rev. Mr. Rembold, of Bellevue, one of the directory, took cnarge of the institution. Sclineller is pro ably on the ocean at this time. His victims, as far us can be ascertained at present, are six little girls from eight to fourteen years of age. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The Work of the Department for the Past Week=—The Hog Siaughterers. The regular meeting of the Board of Health was heid yesterday aiternoon. Reports were received on the condition of the slaughter houses on the | west side and the Thirty-flfth street district. The inspectors in charge of that locality took great | pains with all the regular nuisances, the hog busi- ness excepted. A few weeks ago the Board dis- | covered that this was one of the most oifensive | trades in the city, and made @ fuss about driving it out: but recently tne ft of indignation calmed, and the hog men go on as | betore, spreading contagion on the atmospner The secret of the matter really is that the Ne’ York Central Kailroad stepped tu to save the hogs and a large quendy. Of its ireight, and caused the Board to keep its hands off. A petition was re- ceived, signed by a large number of the residents of 1ilth street, complaining of the st te of the | Streets in that neighborhood. Resolutions were adopted instructing the New York Rendering Com- | pany to give up the dock at the toot of Thirty- | eighth street to the New York contractor within | forty-eight hours, and ordering the Sanitary Super- intenaent to examine and report upon the dump at the foot of Vesey street. Dr. Day seut in his | usual report on the condition of the streets, | The following is a report of the — done during | the past week in the different bureaus of the De- | partment:— Sasrvary Bureau, New Yous, August 18, 1873. The following is @ record’ of the work periormed in the Sanitary’ Bureau for the week ending August 16, 1873 The totdl number of inspections made by the Sanitary and Assistant Sanitary Inspectors was 2,239, us follows, viz. ‘10 public buildings 9:9 tenement houses, 239 private dwellings, 156 other dwellings, 67 imanutactories and | workshops, 82 stores and warehouses, 79 stables, 26 | siaughter Houses, ¥ fat rendering establishments, 1 iard, rendering establishnen:, | bone house, 1 pork pi:kli establishment, | bone burning estatlishinent, 1 pier an Dulkhead, | dangerous butiding 1 uninnabitable dwell- ‘and 2 vacant lots, +2 yards, courts and 77 wastepipes and au ts, 137 street gutters danrerous stairways, 2cisterns and cess pools, 2 himneys, 1 public ‘sewer and drain, 20 gttier mitlsances; =Sl reporis were received trom ‘the Sanitary and Assistant Sanitary Inspectors: 117 eom- plaints have been received aud referred. fhe disinfect ing corps have visited 27 premises where contaious dise eases were found, and have disinfected and fumigated 2& houses, 27 privy ‘sinks, together with clothing, bedding, c. ; 154 miles of street gutters, 862 privies, 41 yards an ‘cellars, reported by the inspectors, were also disin- fected: ill permits have been issued tor the discharge of curgoes. During the week 1% permits were granted to scavengers to empty clean and disinfect privy sin The following !8 4 comparative statement of con- tagious diseases for the two weeks ending August 16, iS &} ——Fevers—— Week ty. Ty- Bear- Mea- Diph- Smale ending whus. phi. “tet. ales, theria, August 9. 5 Cie | August 16.. 5 3 eenecialh Re i) itt. Cepectully sabmINGd TER DEF. DAY, M. D. Sanitary Superintendent, The Board adjourned to meet on Friday next. THE QUSTOM HOUSE, Interview with United States District Attorney Bliss—He says the Govern. ment Will Not Compromise the Case Against Platt & Boyd if They Offer Them Ninety-Nine Cents to the Dollar. ‘There was comparatively little excitement in the Custom House yesterday. General Arthur wae absent, and his office was occupied all day long by a host of reporters, who came to ascertain tho latest developments in regard to the alleged Cus- tom House frauds, United States District Attorney Bliss visited the office aud conversed with & HERALD reporter for a few minutes. REPORTER—Mr. Bliss, is there any truth in the Tumor that the case against Platt & Boyd isto be compromised ? Mr. Buiss (decisively)—No, sir; 1 am perecnn | willing to state that the suit will not com- | promised. The deciaration will be filed as soon ag | possible, and tt wilnot be the tault of the govern- | ment if they are not tried ia November. Reportsk—Is there no possiblity of a com- romise ? . Mr, BLIss—The government will not compromise the case if Platt & Boyd offer us ninety-nine cents dollar. or sinecnt Bbatoe, the Surveyor, said the rae from Washington in answer to the report which | was submitted in relation to the case of Piatt & Koyd, would probably not arrive before the lat September, a8 many oificials were away. Agent Jayne was out of town yesterday, escaped, therefore, ali interviews. OOBAN TBLEGRAPBY. Cable Commanication in the West Indiecs=A Broken Wire Still at the Bottom. —_rnaSToN, Jam., August 6, 1873, The cable steamer Dacia arrived in Kingston n Tuesday evening, Joly 29, without hay. peruecovered she lost Colon len lunderstand that the weather was Lehn Pani" areas Eber 5 Rae