The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1873, Page 5

THE COUNTY CONFLICT. ‘What Is Thought of the Tam- many Ticket. The Field Viewed from Va- rious Standpoints. An Election of Unexampled Scratch- ing Anticipated. The Leading Candidates Canvassed. In political circles the ticket set afloat by Tam- many Hall for judicial and. ‘county oMicers coutin- ues a prominent subject of discussion, and the longer it remaing in. the field the more widely it is can- vassed and the closer people come to an apprecia- tion of its merits. It 1s essentially a ticket of “law,” and for the politicilan proper, of the genus peculiar to New York, has less of interest than the Assembly or Senatorial ticket. All the ofices to be filled, except that of Alderman, are more or less identified with the law and its operations. For this reason citizens outside of active participation in politics take concern in the results of the forth- coming election, They hope to see the various Mees for which candidates are nominated and mentioned filled by the right men. Those who hunger for place and emolument would have a Keener edge set on their appetites if a Mayor or Comptroller had to be elected. The combined offices of Sheriff and County Clerk cannot afford a tithe of the vacancies for the great unemployed army of patriots, and the places are, perhaps, already pledged in advance; so that those who rely on promises and come to claim the guerdon of victory alter the smoke of the battle has cleared away will fnd themselves forestalled. No canvass for years has offered such fine is OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMBINATIONS, Here are two candidates for the Supreme Court, two for the Superior, two for the Marine, two on the county ticket of equally lucrative patronage and three for Coroner. It is expected as a conse- quence of the chances given for variety of choice that this election will be one of unexampled “scratching.” Four tickets will be in the fleld— the Tammany, the alliance of Apollo and the re- publicans, the reformers and the liberal republi- cans; and when the nominations of these four are made complete the caldron will begin to boil and bubble and all the wards of the city will hum with the busy notes of the political panjandrum. There 4s but little time leit—less than two weeks—before the eventful day of election. It is expected the Tegistiation will count in the neighborhood of 100,000, The vote will probably reach no higher than 90,000, The registration is not a reliable counterpart of the vote.. Many register twice, by season Oo! change of residence during THE SEASON OF REGISTRATION; Many are compelled to leave the city after their names are recorded, and many more on account of ‘the weather or of illness or of indifference fail to go to the polls, so that, as.a rule, the vote falis below the registration. Taking 90,000 as a standard and giving Apollo Hall and the republicans something like their strength of last year, it will be seen that the election will be a close one. If Apollo Hall and the republicans united can poll over 40,000 votes the Tammany ticket will be placed am imminent peril. But there is no appre- hension of danger among the Tammany can- didates.. They cherish a confident hope of being carried safely into port, for there is an un- common trust still in the good luck of the old Tammany cratt, THE STRENGTH OF APOLLO HALE is known to nobody. Some believe it to be en- tirely fictitious, while others contend that the record. it nas already made entitles it to rank locally on a par with the republican organization im point of numerical power. Be this as it may, there is no question of the fact that, in its negotia- tions with Tammany, it played its cards with ‘considerable adroitness. The nomination of McOeol for sheriff by Apollo Hall will probably be lesced in by the repubh- cans; but the selection of Hartinger by the same organization for the office of County Cleri ‘Will meet with opposition. The republicans want Jacob Patterson, and there is where the hitch comes in now. Apollo does not design to make it appear that it gees over body-and bones to the re- ablicans, and selects Harfinger, a candidate of a Ber jan Reform Association, upon whom it sup- poses republicans can consistently unite. “It is a cutthroat game all round,’’ as a gentleman re- marked who had given a little study to the situa- tion. There never was such a complication of can- didates and parties, and the DEALING, ‘TR AND BARGAINING on every side are beyond precedent, McOool de- ceived the Tammany side into the belief that he would take a Senatorial nomination; but now he comes Out for the Shrievalty with a flourish full in the face of the ancient wigwam and throws down the gage of battle. Apolio, in its dickering with the republicans, wants an even share of the jpdges, and if it fatl to Odd this may gail in on its own hook. When the piebald ticket is fully fledged it will be @ curiosity in its way. A HERALD representative who went in quest of the people’s views on the county ticket, about which seems to gather the chief share of interest and criticism, found a variety and coutrariety of views in regard te the candidates and the likelihood of their election. He found far less of that sanguine sense Ol success amoug Tammany men that iormed their marked characteristic in days gone by. There was atime when a Tammany nomination ‘was looked upon as tantamount to an election, but it is not so now. There is in the first place the name of Tammany, which, like the fee, faw, fum of the nursery devices jor scaring children to sleep, is heid up to disenchant people of democratic as- sociations. Then there ig the oMice of the Mayor, the offices in the ‘Board — of Police, Board of Public Works, Fire Department, &c., filled by. persons inimical to the suc- cess of the Tammany ticket and capable of throwing many opstacles in its way. ‘hen there is Apolio Hall standing like a lion in the ath head and ears up ready for mischief, And there isthe republican party with its 28,000 votes or thereabouts backed up by the Custom House and coquetting witn Apollo Hall. WHAT IS NOT WANTING. bee there ts not the confidence of yore that inspired the Tammany hosts and urged them forward to victory like the Old Guard of Napoleon, Still there is a feeling that sufficient motives exist to animate democrats and lead them to sustain Tammany through thick and thin. Who- ever goes abroad among that class of people who never fail to vote, who com what is called the masses, will find that Tammany. with all its faults, ag still believed in. Reform has atforded the work- fag classes nothing to rejoice at. It has been self. ish from its inception to its late demise, it made the work of purifying the city government a bur- Tesque, and it gave no [bape that the treasury of the people 18 not as likely to be plundered in the future as it has been in the past. As the county ticket is the one that attracts the most share of attention, the views of such people as are understandingly acquainted with the candi- Gates and have no interest in their election one ‘Way or the other will be opportune, THE PEOPLE'S VIEWS. Said @ gentleman, who, from his knowledge of Polistes, might be justified in the assertion that e could name the men who would be elected, “The ticket, as a whole, is not as strong as it might be, ‘The candidates for judges are all right. Lawrence is the choice of the Bar, and is bound to be elected. coe de ey nominations will pass, Conner for Sheriff is a good nomination. You see, he has been @ mechanic, and Will have a strong ail among mechanics and people who work at rajes. te is a typefounder has @ large acquaintance ong the printers and the news- papel He has been a long time in potitics, and 1s well known, He has already filled the omce of County Clerk, and his record has no blemish. He ts favorably known to iA republicans, and if he geta their votes along wit! those of bis own party, his chances are quite bright. In regard to Walsh, candidate for County Olerk, [hear a good deal for and against, It ts said be is Week nomination, but yet he was unanimously chosen in the Convention where there were @ thousand delegates. He is a man of pieas- ant manners and good behavior. He is sensible and capable and has nothing of the rowdy about him, bat his associations have been brought up against him, His brother's character has been used to disparage his own, and in this way a good deal of opinion has been manvfactured against him. A man should be incaes on his own merits irrespective of those of his family relations. When Feports of the kind ._ CONCERNING WALSIT come to be generally circulated they get believed in by many and the Ticket is consequently injured. ‘There are Worse men than Walsh holding ofces in the city government at this present moment. He ‘was in the Legtsiature, in the Board of Aldermen, and was for a time acti Mayor without any pharges, that kam aware of, being brought against bum. Now. “ok af the men who are sent y 8) . in NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, after ‘ Albany as Senators, who have been eaplicly pranded, time and again, as corrupt them- selyes, and yet this man is held to be unfit for Connty Ulerk because his relations are not re- spectabie.”? IN FAVOR OF TAMMANY, In the wide sepuicnral area of the County Court on the first floor, where @ dim religious light always lingers—a mournful light that seems to peak of hopes uniulfilled and prospects blighted their rich unfolding—there may every day be found a curious gathering of people in groups of twos and threes scattered over the tiles, Among them may be seen many of the dismounted cavalry of politics, who once on @ time flourished in easy places drew fat rations in return for light work, ‘These people talk polities from morning tilt night. Their bread: and butter come from it aud it is their only resource in life, Now that the shadow of an election falls athwart the political horizon they are more than usually talkative and animated, ‘They scent the spoils of conflict and rejoice at the prospect of the coming feast. Among these men there was an expressed satis- faction with the ticket anda confidence that it would win. OPINION OF THE COUNTY TICKET, “What is your opinion of the ticket and the sit- uation 7 asked the HERALD representative of a man Who stood sunning himself in the entrance of the new Court House, and who was once in the way of knowing many of the secrets of politics. “Well,” said he, “since ever L became acquainted with politics in this city there has always been a one man power in Tammany Hall, and’so there is still. Sweeny held the position of the autocrat longer than any otner. eed and Connolly were only his clerks and attended to the money branch of the business. Now it is Kelly; but Kelly has not the statesmanship of Sweeny, forit he had he would have done better in this ticket. me should have acted more shrewdly in that NEGOTIATION WITH APOLLO HALL. He gave out that Tammany was promares, to offer compromises to Apollo—to give their nominees a fair show on the ticket. Apolio, never having a notion of uniting with Tam: , represented that it wanted but two out o! the list of nominations, It found out that Kelly had set his heart on ae Charley Donohue and Billy Walsh nominated, an Ben Wood went to Kelly and said Apollo would be satisfied if it got the county clerkship and one of the Supreme Court judges; just the two that Kelly had already provided for. 8, Of cout was not to be conceded, and Apollo thus placed Tam- many in the attitude of retusing te yield the small favor of'two nominations out of a dozen. With the man who is at the head of Tammany the OL) sivas, is rule or ruin. Kelly, when he feard that pollo only asked for two of the nomi- nations, felt the solution of the difficulty was an easy oue, It was @ shrewd game of Apollo’s— almost the shrewest ever playe' sy “What is the chance for Tammany this time ?” “Well, Tammany has a big pull, but there is such CUTTING IN EVERY DIRECTION that you cannot see the way clear yet. I think, however, that there will be a regular old-fash- joned rally for Tammany on election day. There is some curious feeling about this con: will find religion and nationality will have soi influence in the matter, and the party that shows the most tolerance will have the largest support,” BILLY CONNER NO KNOW NOTHING. “what isthe truth about Conner’s connection with the Know Nothing party?” “1 have known Connera long time, and if anyman gets elected ne will. He was never identified with the Know Nothing party. Why, two of his daughters were educated in the Convent of the Sacred Heart. He is too genial a tellow for any kind of societies like that. It is easy to get up a report of this sort on a man to injure hi but it is too thin to go down with anybody who knows Billy Conner. Conner is the strongest man on the ticket, and you may sure of his election, Walsh is a nice fellow, and personally I know nothing against him. ‘rhe coroners are not Simuek inveroa paerence wal be eles tode Bore rties, Tammany an lo, and m. republi- Pans will go for him. "This eledtion will be one of pean i pines ae oberg ee ey spicier Iman who ai foper! 1e ng an eer oe of hig’ allow will ‘stand the best chance, DISREGARD OF PARTY, Party lines will be largely disregarded. There will be one thing in favor of the combination be tween Apollo and the republicans. They will haye three out of the four inspectors and canvassers in every district. This was one of Oliver Charlick’s arrangements and was never intended to work the ‘way it will.” Janvassing the people’s views in Various quar- ters of the city the H@RALD rep rter heard a variety of opinions. One man said, “You can’t get any decent democrat to vote the Apollo Hall ticket ifthey join the republicans, We lave enough of Tepublicans in office already aud we don’t want any more of them.”’ Another said, who was the opposite shade of Politics, “You will see @ combinatio.. this time that will drive ‘Tammany out of existence. The Ger- mans will vote with Apollo Hall aud the repubil- cans and the reformers wili also join in.’? Said another, “This time it will be a game of ‘scratch’ all round, and no man will be sure of his election until the day after the 5th of November.” A fourth man said, “‘McCoole will give Conner a tough fight. He has plenty of money and is going to spend it freely.” In a restaurant bP, town, where a number of poll- ticians were d, the discussion of the slate ‘was all the topic. “The County Clerk’s office,” said one of the crowd present, “should be fitied by an unexcep- tionable candidate. Do you call Billy Walsh that 7? saree the speaker of the person he was ad- lreszing. Welk? replied the other, ‘Billy Walsh may not be very accomplished, but he is a good fellow, and he is ular with all the people that know him, and that’s the kind of man whois going to be elected.” The discussion of this point was indulged in very freely, the Tammany element maintaining that the ticket was not decided on without all the points now being criticised being duly considered, A CALVINISTIC CANDIDATE. In the Seventh Senatorial district the Tammany Convention is ina state of contusion and unce1- tainty, There are plenty of candidates to be found, from Pohce Commissioner Oliver Charlick down to ex-Commissioner of Charities and Correction Alexander Frear. But the Convention hangs like Mahomet’s coffin, and does not seem to know which way to drop. It is supposed to be sus- | age on wires, and no doubt somebody or other is pulling them; but it 1s certain that the dele- gates themselves are bewildered, and do not at present care to commit themselves one way or the other. The latest ramor is that a new and prebably successful candidate has ap- Peared in the person of a Mr. Calvin Edson, who May, carry olf the prize through superior length ofreach. It is stated confidently by one or two of the delegates that the new candidate re- sides somewhere in the district, but other mem- bers of the Convention declare that the nomina- tion would be “too thin.” THE REGISTRATION. ‘What the People May and May Not Do If They Woald Be Registered—What Must Be Sworn To. To-day and to-morrow, between the hours of eight A. M. and nine P..M., the registration offices will be opened to record the names of such voters as have not already presented themselves, ‘The registration will finally cloze at rine o'clock on Saturday evening, and every elector not regis- tered then will be debarred from exercising the right to vote, for which Susan B. Anthony and her followers are battling so strenuously. Every per- son presenting himself for registration should un- derstand that he is sworn to answer correctly the following questions :— First—Residence. Fourth—P\ace of birth. ‘Time resident of Assembly district, county and State. Stath—Whether naturalized, and if so the date of his application papers. opm fe wr a failure eecormecty tek these juestions 1s perjury. Any voter on of regis- tration or revision may be challeneed. by any qualified voter, and any tor may to such voter seeking registration, to test his right sucl jee 0 test his to vote, aud to wilfully disobey "che ‘lawtul com mands of an inspector subjects the offender to im- eo in the enter. for trom thirty jays to one year. The inspectors are fb em- powered to preserve order, prevent intimidation of voters, quell tamult and to Sppoint electors to as- sist in preserving order. On presenting himself each applicant for registration will have adminis- tered to him the following oath or afirmation :— You do solemnt, am one de maar stray, Gemma fae wl, uly jt register and voto under the laws of this Brave, “UCP On the revision of the registry books in the eve! eaves having mover into one district ‘rors another na ing ron TS 8 Inquire from what district he came, and { {8 not registered in the district from which tere moved they shall proceed the same as with otiers. If he swears he has registered in the district from which he removed pecz Abell compel him to pre- sent them a certificate of removal, so that his Dame shali not be on two registers. A party istered in & house or district from which he has re- moved previous to the close of any foneret regia- tration or reviston of the same, can apply to the inspectors of the district trom which he han Te. Moved, make oath of such removal before them, when he is entitled to such entry of removal and certificate of removal. If the inspectors are satis. fled with his explanations they shall make record of it, after striking his name from the reign un- der’ the heading, “Why Disqualified.” False swearing by a voter or applicant for made by statute wiifal an a perjury, and to indace & person to swear falsely is subornation of perjury, punishable by imprisonment, THE NATIONAL ELECTION LAW. The following 1 a digest of the provisions of the new National Election law in relation to the ap- pointment of supervisors and deputy marshals, and ¢ duties, especially as it applies to this NM application of two citizens the United States Circuit Court Judge appoints two super- visors of election for each election district, who shall be of different political parti write and read the ish uage. The super. visors must attend at the places of registry, and .Bteempowered to ghallenve, to MARK registered, stration 18 names for challenge, to make lista of persons who register, to inspect the registry and mark the registry books for identification. ‘They must attend polling places and are empowered to challenge ters and be and remain where the ballot boxes kept and the canvass and returns are made; to scrutinize the manner in which the voting 18 done and registry and poll books are kept; to count the votes and to make returns to the Vhief pala i in relation to such votes, and to report to the Chief Supervisor any bribery, solicitation, interference or violence on the part of any person toward them, in order that he may have the par- ties criminally prosecated, and file information in Telation to the matters with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL is empowered, upon the written request of two citizens, to appoint special deputy marshals in each election district in such numbers as he may see fit in his discretion. The duties of the deputies are to support and protect the supervisors of elec- tion in the discharge of their duties, preserve order at the of registration and at the polis, Peat fraudulent registration and voting or fraudulent conduct on the part of any Officer or elector. Any persons arrested by the deputies must be forthwith taken before @ commissioner, Judge or court of the United States for examination of the offences alleged against them. Supervisors and deputy mar are not tobe obstracted, hindered or interiered with by any State authority or any individual, nor molested, removed or ejected fom an; Plage of registry or polling | La yisioat thé parties so interfering incurring a Wability to a penalty, on conviction, of imprisonment of not more than two JeQrs, OF fine of not more than $3,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and to pay the cost of the prosecution, The neglect or refusal on the part of any supervisor or deputy marshal to.fully Perform his duties is made a misdemeanor. The supervisors and deputy marshals are to recetve $5 ee day each for each and every. day they shall lave actually been om duty not exceeding ten BEOOKLYN ALDERMANIO NOMINATIONS, The democratic primaries hela on Wednesday night in each ward of the city of Brookiyn resulted in the nomination of the following named citizens for Aldermen :— We Wards, 1—Ripley Ropes. 14—John Carroll, 8—Joseph Platt. 16—John _ H. Hagerman, Spin M. Clangy, Patrick John it. Mellady. 16—James Mullen. 6—John Dobbin. 17—Jobn A, Connolly. 20—James ©, Wright, 21—George Brown. 23—William ©. Vrooman, %—W.0 MeKinny. 2%5—Henry H. Adams, 7—Martin byans, Brewster 9—Danicl O'Connell. 10—Jacob T. Bergen. 12—William O’Donnell. 13—Henry C. Boswell. The: republicans of the Twenty-third ward have nominated Francis B, Fisher tor Alderman. THE DEMOORATIO STATE OOMMITTEE. A Secret Meeting at the Delavan—The Treasury Defaication—Raine: “Stick.” ALBANY, Oct. 23, 1873. Ata secret meeting of the Democratic General Committee to-day, nothing of public interest trans- pire }The question of Phelp’s defalcation and Ines’ resignation as a candidaie for State Treasurer was discussed” in its several aspects, some members arguing that his continuance as @ candidate would injure the prospects of the demo- cratic ticket. Without roan decision, the committee took a recess until eighth to-night. The committee met again at the Delavan House at eight o'clock, but, no quorum being present, ad. journed until nine A. M. to-morrow. The friends of . Raines claim that the developments of the next tew days will show he is not to blame for the defal- tots the State Treasury, and that he will not resign. The examination of the books of the State Treasurer’s Office by Warren, the expert, is pro- gressing a8 rapidly as possible. There is a delay on the part of county treasurers in forwarding information desired of them. POLITICAL NOMINATIONS. OswEoo, N, Y., Oct. 23, 1873, Matthew J. Shoreraft, of Oneida, Madison county, was nominated for State Senator at the Democratic Convention for the Twenty-first Sena- torial district, held in this sy, soa. Osweao, N, Y., Oct. 23, 1873. At the Repuntionn, Convention of the First As- sembly district, held in this city to-day, George B. Sloan was nominated for the Assembly. MOBRISANIA, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1873, William Cauldwell, of Morrisania, was unam- mously nominated for member of the Assembly of the First Assembly district of Westchester county, re bre: Democratic Convention, held at Morrisan! to-day. THE BAR ASSOCIATION. A Present from Bancroft Davis—Read- ing of a Special Report Advocating the Resumption of the Law of Appoint- ment of the Judiciary—The Elcctive System Bitterly Denounced—Only One Dissenter. The New York Bar Association held a special meeting last evening at their rooms in Twenty- seventh street, The attendance was large, asan important report was to be read and ruled upon by the members. The Vice President, Mr. Charles Tracy, having called the meeting to order, Mr. Eaton drew attention to seventeen very hand- somely bound volumes of ail the papers and docu- ments in the Alabama case and the Geneva Arbitra- tion Conference, which had been presented to the Association by Mr. J. 0. Bancroft Davis. A vote of thanks was tendered ‘to that gentleman. Mr. DoRMAN B, EaTON then read a very lengthy report advocating the abolition of the system of electing Judges of the Superior Courts, It was the many stigmas cast upon the legal profession by the action ef certain corrupt judges who had been elected by ballot that had caused the Association to be organized. There had been and still were ee scandals in the Judiciary, and the safety, jonor and purity of the Bar demanded that the Indges of the higher Courts should be appointed to ofice by another system than that at present in vogue. The Association had determined that the system of election to office was erroneous. Prior to 1846, when THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM came into use'there had been no scandal, and the Judiciary was a8 pure ag any in the world; now it was notoriously impure. Massachusetts and England the Bench was irreproachabie, and this ‘was to be accounted for by the manner in which its occupants were appointed to omice. The Judge who reaches the Bench by the contests of political parties cannot be without temptations, and it ts aimost impossible for him to be impartial on ac- count of partisanship. The method of local judi- ciary election was fatal to the honesty and prob- ity of the Bench, THE SOVEREINGTY OF THE PEOPLE would not suffer if the judges were appointed by the Governor of the State and approved by the Senate. The change would not deprive the peo- ple of their prerogative, as they would be repres- ented by their Senators, and corrupt judges could be more eastly impeached than under the elective aystem. ‘The statestics of arrests showed that crime had been alarmingly on the increase since the adoption of the present system, in 1846, and all voters in the State should be earnestly in favor of returning to the old manner ofappointment and strongly oppose the election of the Judicary. At the conclusion of the reading of the report, Mr. Price said that he dissented from its adoptiou, and delivered a lengthy speech in which he en- deavored to prove that the system o! appointmen: meant the consolidation of power, and as such was an encroachment upon the rignts of the people, Mr. Price’s speech was a faming one, and contained many personalities, On the question as tothe adoption of the report read by Mr. Eaton Say put, Mr. Price’s was the only dissenting voice, It was then moved that it be printed and distributed, and the ciation adjourned until next Tuesday, October 23, at eight o'clock P, M. MEDIOO-LEGAL SOCIETY. The New York Medical-Legal Society held a Stated meeting last evening, atjtheir rooms, Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street, Clark Bel, Presi- dent, presiding, and Dr. James Ross, Secretary. The President announced the following as the most recent receipt of books for the library :—“Re- port of the Surgeon General of the United States," “Report of Columbia College Hospital for Women, of Washington, D, resented by J. H. Thompson, A. M. 4 ., sure on-in-Chief; — “The Opium Habit,” ¥ jonzo Calkina, M. D.; ‘The Sanitariuno,” by A. N. Bell, M. D. 5 “Transactions of the French Medico- Legal Society, volume 2;"’ “Insanity in its Rela- tions to Crime,” by W. A, Hammond, M. D. « Dr. T. 5. BAHAN, Treasurer, reported that the total receipts tor the year were $474 and tue ex- penses $367 57. The foltowing named were elected officers for the ensuing year:—President, Clark Bell; Vice Pres- ident, Dr. J. 0. Peters; second Vice President, 0. P. Daly ; Recording Secretary, Dr. George W. Wella; Corresponding Secretary, br. ‘J. F. Chauvean; Treasurer, Dr.,T. S. Bahan; Librarian, R. 8. Guern- sey; Curator ‘and Pathologist, Dr, P. B. Doblin; Chemist, Dr. R. 0. Doremus; Assistant Recording G,” Secre} , Dr. M. N. Miller; Trustees, Dr. It. s. Rogers, Dr. J, Ross, Dz, T. CO, Finnell, Dr, Wilham A. Hammond. A most interesting paper was read by Dr. James O'Dea on “The Principles of Criminal Law as Ap- lied to the Insane.” Aiter the reading of which @ BOCIety adjourned. ANOTHER BALLOONATIO. A Vienna telegram to the London Datly News says that Mr. Wells, an American, proposes to undertake @ balloon journey during the present month from that city to America by As Asia, He has, itis added, ayeady commenced his preparations, THE ATALANTAS VICTORIOUS. A Three Mile Straight-Away Race in Sixteen Minutes and Pwenty Seconds— Single Scull a Barge Contests Chagrin of the Defeated Nassaus. Yesterday morning, at ten o’clock, the steamer Willlam Fletcher, with the committee of the Nassau Boat Club and @ number of ladies who had re- ceived invitations, leit the foot of East Thirty- third street to participate in the regatta on the Harlem River. There was & band of music on board and the scene was quite @ festive one during the progress ap the East River. The occasion of the gathering was @ much talked of four-oared sheil race between @ picked crew of the Atalantas and a chosen four of the Nassau Club. The names and weights of the crews were as follows :— The Atalanta Crew—Eaward Blake, bow, 130 Ibs. ; William Spear, No. 2, 145 Ibs. ; Theodore Van Raden, No. 8, 160 lbs. ; Russell Withers, stroke, 165 ibs. The Nassau Crew—F, G. Brown, bow, 144 Ibs.; John Walker Ni 157 lbs.; A. W. Montgomery, No.3, 168 Ibs, ; 0. T. Johnston, stroke, 157 Ibs. ‘The Nassau boat was 40 feet in length, 18 inches in width, and was built by Robert Jewett, at Dun- oton-on-Tyne. The Atalanta boat was 40 feet in length, 17% inches wide, and was built Bi of London, England. The referee was , Charles Roosevelt. The jndges for the Atalanta crew were George B, Springstein and George Rooker; and gute for the uu crew were J. 0, Babcock and J. H. Willis, The prize to be con tended for was a set of colors, and the course was three miles straigit away trom the Powder boat to Morris’ Dock. The four-oared shell race was started at ilh, 15m. A. M., the Atalantas leading well trom the start and keeping it up ail the time with great spirit. The Nassau men, who were very ident at the start, seemed quite crestfallen toward the close of the race, a8 it was evident that the Atalanta boys were bound to win. One mile from the start, near Macomb’s Dam Bridge the Atalantas were a full length ahead. At High Bridge they were nearly two lengths ahead, and, when the finish came at Morris’ Dock, the Atalan- tas won by three lengths, the winning time being 16m, 208, A claim tor foul was putin by the Nas- saus, but they thought best to withdraw it after some consultation. The nexteveut was a single scull race among the Nassau boys, for @ silver enp, in which there were five entries made, The com- petitors came inin the following order:—Walker ‘winning with ease ; distance one mile, from Powder Boat to Macomb’s Dam; winning time, 6m. and 55s,, John Walker, 1; Lindsay Watson, 2; J. A. Abeei G. Mills, 4; Edward Gifford, Two of the by driving their boats through the long “pio grass on the banks of the stream, Follewing the single scull race was another between two stx- oared barges of the Nassau Ciub, distance one mile, in which there was not much interest mani- fested, as the committee fatied either to time or name the crews. The defeat of the Nassau crew in the four-oared race was quite an unexpected one, and the time made by the Atalantas was really very good. BRACING ON THE HUDSON. A Lively Contest Between the Palisade and Vesper Boat Clubs at Yonkers. An interesting contest for supremacy at the oar came off on the Hudson River, opposite Yonkers, yesterday afternoon, and was witnessed by thous- ands of enthusiastic spectators, a large number of whom were ladies. The race was between picked crews of the Palisade and Vesper boat clubs, in eight-oared barges, over.a straight course of turee miles, tie prizes being a gold medal for each member of the winning crew. and a champion flag to be held tor three years. It is almost needless to state that each club had se- lected its most trusty oarsmen for the oceasion, and these had been under a course of rigid train- ing for the past few weeks. When the contesting boats had been given the word to start only a lew seconds elapsed ere it was at once apparent that the Vespers were far more than a match ior their competitors, the latter, although evincing proof of judicious training, pulling a short, fluttering stroke, which lost distance beiore the long, steady pull of the Vespers, until the race had been won by the latter. The time occupied in going over the course was eighteen minutes, THE MUTINEERS ON TRIAL, Sian vara eee Trial ot Henry Hauser, one of the Al- leged Ringleaders in. the Muting of the Eleventh Regiment in Prospect Park—The Testimony for the Prosecu- tion. The trial of the mutineers of the Eleventh regi- Ment was resumed last night in Nilsson Hall, be- fore Major King, presideut of the regimental court martial. The case of Sergeant Henry Storch, who was accused of having said in Prospect Park, that “he would do no duty,” and charged with Other acts of insubordination, was taken up, Mr. Otto Meyer appeared for the defence. Karl Berth, the first witness, swore that he did not hear Storch say “he would do no duty,’ al- though he overheard some conversation between Storch and the Lieutenant Colonel. George Gut- heil, private of Company I, who was near the guardhouse, went also through @ trying ordeal of questions, without shedding any new light upon the case. Major King then announced that he reserved his decision. Henry Hauser, private, of Company I, was next placed on trial...Major King read the charges against him, but bis volce was almost completely drowned by the beating of drums and playing of a band up stairs. The charges were that Henry Hauser had been one of the ringleaders oi the mutineers, aud addressed General Funk, in Pros- pect Park, saying that “he was the president of the dissatisNed party of the Eleventh regiment,” &c.; that he sent an insulting letter to Lieutenant Colonel Unbekannt; that he left the line in Pros- pect Park, laughed and talked and tried to incite the members of the Eleventh regiment to mutiny. Licutenant Joseph Pahler testified that Hauser left the ranks to address General Funk: the Gen- eral ordered him to go back, but Hauser left the ranks again in order to speak to the General; Huuser did not behave in a disorderly manner; ‘witness saw nothing else. Lieutenant Colonel Unbekannt said Hauser called Meetings of the dissatisfied members of tue Eleventh regtment; he saw calls for such meet- ings in the newspapers; tried to go to one, but was excluded; Hauser was’ noisy and riotous’ in Prospect Park; he shouted and hurrahed continually; he observed his actions because “he was @ very prominent rebel.” The wit- hess was srbjected tc a rigid cross-examination Mr. Otto Meyer, the counsel of the accused, whici occupied a et: long. time, as Mr. Meyer had to write out all his questions before Major King would put them to the witness, so that there was a de. silence of two or three minutes alter almost ever; answe 30 & qua jOutaed Unt past ten the court martial ad- Saturday night at seven o'clock. COMPTROLLER’ “RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid into the treasury yesterday:—From the Re- ceiver of Taxes—Taxes of 1873, $502,031; taxes of 1872, $487; Croton tax, $96.. Clerk of Arrears— For atrears of taxes, assessments, Uroton water rents and interest, $13,109. Bureau of City Rev- enue—For market rents and $2,226. Bureau for Collection of Assessments-—For assessments ana interest, $7,683. Bureau of Water Registrar— Moneys tor Water rents and interes! $4,231; moneys for tapping water pipes, $145. ister of Permits—For permits for street stands, showcases, signs, &c., $1,109, Mayor's Second Marsbal—For 126. Total, 206, rs, by paying their taxes during the pres- ent month, are entitied by law to a reduction of interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum from the date of payment to the 30to day of No- vember next. No reduction-can be made from any payment made after November 1. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. A few moments after the adjournment of the Board of Aldermen the Board of Supervisors were calied to order fora special session. On motion the reading of the minutes were dispensed with. Supervisor Mouheimer offered a resolution regu- lating the returns OF the impending election as follows, which was adopted :—First and Fourth Assembly district, to Supervisor Flanagan ; Second, to Supervisor auaeens Third and Sixteenth, to Supervisor Monheimer; Fith, to Supervisor Fat- coner; Sixth and Fourteenth, to Supervisor Reil- ley; Seventh, to Supervisor Morris; Eighth, to Supervisor Koch; Ninth and Thirteenth, to Super- visor Vance; Tenth, to Supervisor Ketr; Eleventh, to Supervisor Van Schaick; Twellth, to Supervisor Ottendorfer; Fifteenth, to Supervisor Claussen; Seventeenth and Nineteenth, to Supervisor Cooper; Eighteenth, to Supervisor Billings; Twentieth ‘aud ‘Twenty-first, to Supervisor McCaderty. Genérat Joseph ©, Finckey was, on motion of aiferty, appointed Clerk tem to the Board of Supervisors. Several smali bills were presented for payment and aliowed, after wilic! the Board adjourned, NEW PAVEMENTS, Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, has transmitted to the Board of As- Sessors the certifoates of the cost of paving Fifty- second street, from Second avenue tothe Rast Ri amounting to $11, and paving Eighty- Cetween Secon Pa vosraeare Supervisor M noes, amountiag to” $13,706, 1n ofdet tak the vs 5 in Hessmonts shereior may we made. "oat the ae THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM. Parturiunt Montes Nascetur Ridiculus. Mus. Meeting of the Clearing House Association To Oonsider President Grant's Letter to Bank President Williams, “Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves.” nd Grateful Acknowledgment of the Association for the President’s Suggestion, and and General Recognition that “There’s Wisdom for You.” MORE ABOUT RESUMPTION. The Treasury Resources and the Treas- ury Requirements. PHILADELPHIA AGAIN HEARD FROM. The banks generally resumed currency pay- ments yesterday without formal notice, bowing in this instance to a public sentiment that was in danger of growing too strong for the safety of their special privileges. At a meeting of the Clear- ing House Association, called to consider that wonderfully advertised communication of Presi- dent Grant to President Williams, the latter of the, Metropolitan Bank of this city, tt was resolved to discontinue the equalization of legal tenders among the banks, alliteratively described as “the scaling system,’? on and after November 1, In reference to THAT NOW FAMOUS LETTER OF PRESIDENT GRANT'S, on which, without consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or the knowledge of his private secretary, he was supposed to have communicated to a New York bank president a valuable state secret, involving a change of financial policy— very valuable as “a poinw’’ on the Stock Ex- change, but which, in view of the pro- visions. of the Tenure of Office act, he could not enforce if Secretary Richardson chose to say him nay—there was something of the nature of a “fizzle*’ in its formal presentation at the meeting of the Clearing House Association yesterday. Mr. Williams, of course, was present, it being in a peculiar sense “his funeral.” Intro- ducing the grave subject of the letter which had called the association together, he stated the cir- cumstances which had called it forth—how he had written to President Grant by the hands of Mr. Anthony upon the subject of the monetary dis- tress now prevailing in the manufacturing dis- tricts of New England, picturing, with THE GLOWING SYMPATHY OF A BANK PRESIDENT, the distress that was likely to come upon the poor operatives and asking President Grant’s powerful interference in their behalf; how Grant gushed in his conversation with Mr. Anthony, in sympathy with the bank president, and promised to empty the coffers of the United States Treasury rather than that one operative should starve. It was “L’Emptre o’est lapaiz” to a ‘diferent tune. ‘My administration is plenty,” President Grant was supposed to say, and so pub- lish his intention to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and make bank presidents of all mankind. Aiter this introduction Mr. Williams submitted the letter, from which the following extract is made containing all that imterests the public in this regard :— But cannot the bank presidents be brought tozether and resolve to aid each other aud the business interests generally? The government then will do all im its power. To-morrow I will consider the question with the view to do all in my power for the re w 80 much needed. Very wise and very shrewd advice on President Grant’s part, and very properly responded to by the association, but strongly si tive of an ancient saw that “Heaven helps those who help themselves.” Mr, Williams offered “a resolution embodying the extract given above, which, how- ever, did not seem to meet THE SENSE OF THE ASSOCIATION and was withdrawn. Then, lest this should seem to mean any disrespect to President Grant, the following resolution,, offered by Mr. QGoe, was adopted :— Resolved, That the mei of the President of the United States to the banks of New York be respectfully and gratefully acknowleaged, and we cordially recipro- cate his kind wishes and will actin the spirit which he recommen Mr, Williams offered a resolution to use national bank notes in settlement of differences at the Qiearing House, which was voted down by 45, with only 7 in favor. The resolution to abolish the equalization of notes, as stated above, was then passed, where- See meeting adjourned, Sic transit gloria mu ‘There 18 satisfaction in all this for those Jaitnfal few who are - LOOKING FORWARD to @ successful attempt at resumption on the part of the government next spring and who found it hard to reconcile President Graut’s recent declara- tions through the press with his ramored commnni- cation to Bank sident Williams. ‘There are some lew facts, however, per conéra, that it would be well tor those blessed wi h so much iaith in the possibility’of an early resumption of specie pay- Mments.to ponder carefully. The following were the Treasury balances at the close of business yesterday :— Curreno; Goin. bigot Certific . 29,000,000 The present volume of legal tenders outstanding is $359,453,000, Between now and the ist of January inclusive the government hasto meet the following pay- ments in coin :— Due October 1—Called bonds +$14,000,000, Dune November 1—Interest... 15,000,000 Due November 15—Called bo 15,000,000 Due January 1—Interest... 25,000,000, Total ioetecs: +++ 860,000,000 The government receipts of gold trom customs duties have largely fallen off oi late, ana do not promise any immediate revival of spirit. There is more encouragement in the following summary of OUR PRODUCE EXPORTS for this year. The returns now published up to September 80, for nine months of the present year, show during this period (he imports of wneat int Great Britain increased by over 8,000,000 cwt., compared with 1872, The proportion re+ ceived from’ Russia falen from } 000 to $000,000 cwt.; that fom the. Gaited: Beales, ad 1,000,000 to 13,000,000. cwt., and from vanced from Canada from 600,000 to 2,000,000 cwt. The gross vale of the imports of wheat for the nine months Js $99,000,000, of which the United States takes about $42,000,000. This is but the beginning of the end, tor $37,000,000 were sent (rom this por; in the five weeks en Dg om Tuesday last, and, though not all wheat, breadstuds made very much the largest item of shipment. Every week the in- crease has been steady and the ships have ail they can carry. The United States, it may be said, is Uterally feeding the people of Great Britain and France with bread, EXPULSION OF EDWARD HAIGHT, JR, FROM THE STOCK EXCHANGE. At 9 meoting of the Gove: Committee of the Stock Exchange, held late erday afternoon, a report was received from sub-committee ap- pointed to investigate the transactions of Edward Haight & Co. in connection with their overdraft of $125,000 on the Bank ofthe Commonwealth, Alter the reading of the Ga) the Folow ng. resolution was adopted by the Governing Committee :— Resolved, That Edward baight, Jr., the in the Stock Exchange of byt of Seprenrgencativg Go., having, in the Jadgmern of the Governing Comumit- tee, heen qullty of obvious fraud, In, connection with the ri ie Col wi De expelled from this association: sigan This lution was read in the Stock Exchange qentarcay morning. It is stated that no blame at- ached to Mr. Haight, Jr., for his share in the mat- ter complained of, but he being the only member of the firm connected with the Stock Exchange that body was compelled to select him to mark their sense of disapprobation. ‘The following FURTHER VIEWS OF PROMINENT PHILADELPHIA BANKERS on the resumption of speete parmonts are given :— In_an interview with the acting President of the Tradesmen’s National Bank he said :— = P| e thought of this subject a great deal, and have wished that the measure might be brought abs ‘The excitement during the jast crash was cal by an absence of a few millions, and any attempt to resume now would be attended by greater excitement still. It POSITIVELY CANNOT BE DONE. Resumption now is impossible,” Interviews with & 5 of whom I panne oF piperte to mention, aside from wi ie views expre: above, at deal more ‘tetalt as to the present condition of New York banks, and spoke of the tunity which they at present possess bring from the closets and other places in which it has been hoarded away, that immense amount of inbacks which ti country cannot get hold of, and with which, while it is hidden, the banks themselves cannot their checks, He seemed to think that the evil of New York banks was “POOLING”? Tu which here in this city is never practiced, It com sists, as we know, “* @ balance of legal tenders among all the banks, the excess of one going to make up the deficiency of another, By this sys- tem the stronger institutions, he says, are con- Stantly called upon to sustain the position of weaker and more indisereet ones, while the peo- we understanding this and knowing that, heir greenbacks are deposited in @ strong institu- tion, they will eventually find their way to » Weaker one, are reluctant to make deposits and are accustomed to hoard their money a in places where it will be secure but do no The abolition of the pooling system, he says, Will draw out the greenbacks, and will enable the banks to do stronger and better work than at resent. His tdeas were expreased to a tar greater legal tenaer’ length than is hérein given, but the above gestive of all he said, which seems to be worthy of earnest consideration, as it really hasan. Importans bearing Upon the speedy resumption of specie payments, The gentleman also said that in con- sideration of present conditions, he did not think the Secretary of the Treasury would dispose of any. more gold. ART MATTERS, Macdonald’s Statue ot Fitz Greene Hal« leck. Mr. J. Wilson Macdonald has at his studio a Statue of the late Fitz Greene Halleck which 1s noticeable for {ts wide departure from the conven- tional metnod of treating poets in sculpture. It represents Mr. Halleck in the act of composition, or rather in an attitude which suggests that the happy moment of inspiration is near, and that the poet’s mind is completing the caption of a great. thought. The statue, therefore, 1s something more: than the portraiture of a man. It is the reproduc- tion Of one of those moments in which the oet is seen at his strongest and his best. But Mr. Macdonald has, rightly, we think; disdained the use of many of the old and well-worn aids to sculpturesque'expression. Much ingenuity has been shown in the manage- ment of technicalities. No parallel or monotonol lines are to be found, and from whatever point of view the statue is contemplated the lines will bo found so arranged as to present no abrupt stops. The repent, figure, hair and emblems are all harmon- ized with one another with unusual skill, and it would be pleasant to see @ colossal reproduction of the work set up in Central Park to shame the ma. jority of the “masterpieces” there. Mr. Frank Waller. ‘rhis gentleman has been holding a reception at his studio during the last two days, prior to his departure for Egypt, where he intends to pass the winter. Mr, Waller’s pictures representing Egyptian lite and scenery have met with sufficient renner deraeo to warrant his returning to the scene of those studies, in order to glean fresh memoranda for fature work. He will depart on or or about the Ist ofNovember, and be absent one year, Clinton Hall. Yesterday we alluded to a quantity of exquisitely Manufactured furniture on view at Clinton Hall and the Leavitt Art Gallery. The jurniture is from the house, at Norwalk, Conp., of the late Le Grand Lockwood, and is one of the most magnificent ex- hibitions of the Kind ever made in this country, There‘are bedsteads of polished birdseye maple, inlaid with ebony and gilt, with bronze medaliions and cretonne canopies; bedsteads of cherry, rose and tulip wood, canopied with lavender satin and blue velvet and with Cluny lace curtains, and ash, walnut and gilt bedsteads, with polished panels and salmon-colored silk reps canopy. A large black walnut and steel divan, with looking- glass and canopy, is hung with biue rep and plush valence and ornamented with gimp and steel, walnut and steel tassels. The Chinese curtains are exceedingly handsome and unique. They are of embroidered silk, interlined, trimmed with pon- eau, lined with marcelline, and with eatin bor- ders, loops and centre’ tassels. Besides these cur- tains there are others of onas worsted, tissue morugne, lavender satin, steel drab, silk rep and white ground lam) satin. The chairs and sofas include every ty under heaven. One sofa of oak, inlaid with ebony, gilt, and covered with Chinese silk, vies with a richly covered Louis XIIL parlor arm chair, with painted heads, arms and top ornaments. A rich white and goid carved arm chair contraste with a maple, rosewood inlaid and gilt-centre divan, with four rich arms and centre pedestal, tufted and carved, in lavender satin and trimmed with purple velvet, A very rich and unique piece of farniture is a fancy stuffed back ing chair, with swans’ heads, covered with needlework. Divans, reception chairs, writing desks, bookcases, French escritoires, card tables, jarainiéres, dressing tables, cabinets, flower stands, pedestals, meponress, bronzes, vases and clocks abound, e carpets are Aubusson, Axminster, Moquette, Wilton and Brussels. In fact, there is scarcely ‘an article on exhibition that is not rincéely In its beauty and of high artistic merit. ‘hether the depresston felt in business Circles Will affect the sale remains to be seen; but it is worth remembering that such an opportunity for securing magnificent articles of this description at Teasonable prices occurs only once in & while and therefore is not likely to be al poe The exhivition will be open at Hail and the Art Gallery till next Thursé: Friday, when the saies will take place, Photographs at the American Institute Fair. As a whole the art gallery at the American Instt- tute Fair now being held at the Rink, Sixty-third Street and Third avenue, is not remarkable for brilliancy. It consists mainly of photographic views among which we do-not find all of our princt- pal photographers represented. Throughout the various little compartments devoted to this branch of art, an air of respectable mediocrity reigns, and not more than two or three photographers of the whole number seem entitied toany particular men- tion. Mr. Howeil, of No. 867 Broadway, has a good. collection. but has been content to concentrate his attractions in a large pastel portrait of Miss Ciara Morris, the actress. Miss Morris is presented In character—that of Madelein Morel—and the pas- tei is remarkable both for its truth of portraiture and its elaboration of tecinique. A large and very interesting display is made by ©. D. Fredricks & Co., of No. 587 Broadway. It is enriched .by @ number of portraits in crayon, Which cannot be excelled by any other photo- gtapher in the city. Conspicuous among these is & portrait of Miss Nellie Grant. Miss Grantis given with her arms folded, bepem § against the back of a chair, The attitude has that ease and grace which may inhere in 8 person without a capability for being easily introduced to the same extent in a portrait. From the study of this and other works of the same character among the Fredricks photo- graphs, it is evident that in his establishment this business of prescribing the poses and governiny the attitudes of sitters is confided to hands eyes of long experience, and is trans- acted by @ very delicate and discriminatin; intelligence. There are no two ry people who have a@ greater natural distaste for to have their like- eacl omeg an ae who pect nesses taken and those with whom. sitters brought into immediate contact; for the sitter is usually absolutely ignorant of what is tequirea him in order that @ likeness may be produced that shall at once preserve @ characteriatic resem. biance and reflect credit upon the technical work- manship of the establishment. And for the most re the autocrats of the camera, those supreme jisposers Of costumes and countenances, have no peculiar Jelictty for their business, and have not great many other bankers developed the same views and showed & common opinion on this sub- ject. There was one bank President, however, ‘who is fully a8 prominent and experienced as any 80 much fitted as sti into it. From the awk- ward and lugabrious effects of this rule the eraveni and photographs of which we have just been speak- ing are singularly exempt, and wesee a, happy blending of the feeling of the artist with the accu- racy of the technicist in almost all the varieties in which portraits of celebri aracters are made to express themselves. Prtidential maxims shrewdly gleam beneath the spectacies of in Lengel and E, ak ws te and brusque. utatious an toni face of Dr. Morgan is vls-4-vis to the nei +4 Bey el naatat, and high-strui Dr. Adams, George W. Mastell, grim as fate and alert aa 8 fer- ret, is enshrined [o one corner, and Dr. Fran looking like a man whose mind is unalterably made up,is in another, In the midstof these stern-featured men beams the countenance of Miss Jennie Lee, a pinch of soubrette ropes among the more solid comestibles. In all New York there, are ouly a few photographers who know how to. raise their business into an art, and to co-ordinate oral ‘one what is mechanical in their processes wit ing for beauty and an apprectation of groupings at ‘ths and mental organism of sitters, of these few, and his present American Institate fair prove it, ————— ert THE MISSING STEAMSHIP ISMATLIA, No news" was received yesterday at the office of the Anchor Line Steamship Company regard! the Ismailia, due in Glasgow on Monday last. wed Henderson still adhered to ‘his opinion that her machinery must have been disabled by some accident. He satd the Ismailia was vuilt in Glasgow in 1870 by Dun & Co, naisted grain, provisi Pal pet for est apprehension in ree. Bho is @ very slo! Mediterranean oat was built for the fruit trade between And New York" suv vewween the Med - od - The lamatia bas been out tweny-fous gars,