The New York Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1874, Page 3

‘THE CAMPAIGN. The Outlook for State and Local Tickets. TRICKS ON BOTH SIDES. Suspected Treachery Towards Governor Dix. “™MY CANDIDATE.” ‘The Troubles in the Tammany Camp. The present canvass presents some singular deatures, both in respect to the State, county and Jocal contests. There has seldom been an election in New York in which greater confidence in the success of their candidates has been expressed or more uncertainty as to the result has been felt by ‘the two contending parties. According to the re- ports at the headquarters where the interests of the respective tickets are looked after, both sides calculate on large majorities in the State. Repub- Jican authorities declare that Dix will win a more @ecisive victory than he won in 1872, and they give as the grounl of their belief the facts that the ‘Governor has made an honorable record and has entirely satisfied the people of his capacity, energy and integrity; that the republican party, aroused by the Southern outrages, has gathered mew spirit and become resolved to prove Vhat its mission is not yet ended; that nu important section of the democracy 1s disaf fected toward the State nominees; that Tweed’s power 1s felt in New York despite his involuntary retirement as Napoleon’s was felt in France while the first Emperor pined at St. Helena; and finally, that the masses of the people recognize no distinc- \on between the crophaired rank and file of Tam- many with Kelly at their head and the same gen- try when led by the exiled “Boss.’? Democratic authorities, on the other hand, record the predic- tion that Tilden will be triumphantly elected by a snajority of not les than 26,000, They have also reasons to supply for the belief. They are that the people generally are disgusted with the cor- Tuptions of republican officials, and have made up their minds to @ change of rulers; that the ‘Southern outrage game has lost its effective- mess through constant repetition at election time, and now only excites disgust and indignation; that the democrats are tired of fighting among themselves for the beneft of republicans; that the democratic candidate is ‘the peer of Governor Dix in capacity and integrity; that the party ha@ recovered irom the shock re- sulting trom the Tammany exposures and has won ‘the confidence of the people by its efficient repu- iation of its dishonest members and by the sin- cerity of its reform within itself, As the republi- cans claim for Dix a majority of 50,000, while the democrats will not be satisfied with less than 25,000 majority for Tilden, ic is certam that one party or the other must be mistaken tn its esti- mave of the canvags. THE STRONG AND WEAK POINTS OF THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR, The troth is that the canvass is marked by ain- gular features on both sides, and the result 1s in about as much uncertainty as in any State elec- tion for the last dozen years. There are strong and weak points on both sides, and the public mind is in such an unsettled condition that achange may take place at any moment, ‘sweeping enough to decide the contest in advance 4n favor of either candidate. 1t is universally con- ceded that 1f the election had been held the day after Mr. Tilden’s nomination be would have been defeated by 60,000 votes. To-day, while the chances davor the success of Governor Dix, no person de- mies that the contest would be much closer. In ‘the three weeks yet to pass before election, should the improvement in the democratic pros- pects continue, the result may be in great doubt. ‘The strong points in Governor Dix’s favor are to be founda ip the satisfactory manner in which he has filled the oMce of Governor, and in the still apparent lack of harmony and enthusiasm in the democratic party. But he cannot reckon this year on the yotes cast against Francis Ker- man on account of his religion, or on the aid afforded by the reform movement. Then the indignation against old Tammany was hot and fierce, and tie reform combination was not known as @ mockery and a cheat. The temperance move- ment also, threatens to craw slightly from the re- publican strength, while no compensating offset can be expected from the liquor interest. The ‘third term is beyond a doubt a heavy handicap for Governor Dix, but this he can get rid of at any time bya declaration of his sentiments on that question. The points in favor of Mr. Tilden are the growing dissatisfaction with republicanism, the general feeling in favor of a change and the eagerness of a large portion of the democracy to get back to power. His danger lies in the direction of ap- atby on the part of democrata who ‘were opposed to bis candidacy; of treachery from the former democratic rulers and of the disaffec- tion in the city of New York, which may prompt the defeat of Mr. Tilden, as the surest method of overthrowing the present objectionable Tammany | sulers. THE RUMORED INTRIGUES OF POLITICIANS. ‘The issue in the State 1s complicated by the As- sembly slections, involving the choice of a United States Senator in place of Mr. Fenton. As a gen- eral thing the rumors of clique intrigues are either due to the Imagination of their circulators, or, if true, the intrigues themselves are seldom elfective. It one faction in a party plays talse to its candi- dates, the defection is usually compensated for by some other movement. Neverthe- Jess, the election of @ United States Sen- ator at this particular time involves so Many conflicting interests, and such important consequences to individuals depend upon the char- acter ol the successful candidate, that there is no doubt a great deal of plotting and counterplotting going on in connection With the event. Ex-Gov- ernor Morgan 1s the probable republican candidate incase that party snould elect to the Assembly a clear administration majority. Governor Morgan 4s the choice of the Custom House party, and be- sides being an unexceptionable candidate tn char- acter end capacity, willbe wtiling lo expend a large amount of money to insure success, It is said that Governor Morgan is not acceptapie to Senator Conkling, who would prefera weaker man as his associate; bat Collector Arthur 18 loyal to Morgan vo he backbone and the Senator does not venture to make a fight. Besides, Governor Morgan is practised and vigorous in a fight and is weil able ‘Vo look aiter his own interests, REPUBLICAN MONKY IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS. This fact is already proved by the quarrels brew- ing in almost all the Assembly districts among the democrats. Wherever # democrat of any strength can be found willing to bolt the Tamman, Assembly nomination and enter the field against it, he can receive the funds necessary to make the fight effectively, from republican quarters, So liberal are the promises in this direction, that there is the pros- pect of @ democratic contest in almost every uistrict, the anti-Tammany ticket being strengthened by $10,000 to $20,000 from the repub- ican treasury, By this means the supporters of Governor Morgan hope to win some Assembly districts in democratic strongholds, which will be & decisive gain snd compensate for the loss of some doubtful country districts. 18 TREACHERY TO GOVERNOR DIX CONTEMPLATED ? The tact of this republican intrigue in the As- sembly districts is yond question. It will readily be seen, however, that a general fight among the democrats over the Assembly will have the effect of calling out a large democratic vote, which otherwise bg not pe polled through tn- difference toward the State ana county tickets. ‘This will, of course, Tasteriaily, increase Mr, Tilden’s vote, as the democrats, if they.go to the polls at all, are most likely to vote the whole ucket, Indeed, the rival Assembly factions will vie with each other in pretended devotion to the regular candidates, Whatever tneir true feelings may be, in order to secure wemocratic support. The Custom House republicans are therejore using their money ind!- rectly against Governor Dix when they throw tt into the Assembly districts among the democracy. No person suspects Governor Morgan of treachery to Dix, and it is Said that in some instances he is urging upon the bolting democratie Axsembiymen ‘he secret support Of the republican State ticket ; but there can be no doubs that the effect of con- tests among the democrats for Assembly will be of valuable assistance to Mr. ‘Tilden by largely in- croasing bis voye im this city. While Governor ee that senator Conkling does not jook with Aisiavor on such a result of the Assembly fivhy ‘The rea- sons given for this supposition plausible envugh, Senator Conkling does not desire to ve overshadowed by Dix in the bean party of the State of New York, a8 he would assuredly be should the Governor be Bow re-elected by & good majority. It 18 Known that the Senator and his iriends were opposed to Dix’s renomina- tion before the will of the party made itself 60 evident, hence they would claim t! dacy being in 0; ger to their Judgment, should not be held vesponsible for his defeat. the same time they would insist that by car: the Assembly, and eecting thetr S date os Fenton’s successor, they had proved their supremacy in the party and ip State, and were eutitied to continue in the enjoyment of the federal patronage. Hence the gtrong smpression that Senator Conkling would not be dispieased at the defeat of Governor Dix, and the removal: of a dangerous rival in the next republican natioual convention, DEMOORATIO INTRIGUES. There are also rumors of democratic treachery to Mr. ‘Tilden, some of which are no doubt weil founded. As has been said, Mr, Tilden’s prospects have decidedly improved since the nominations at Syracuse, mainly on account ot the gradual wheel- tng into line of the main body of the democ: or Sull there is petite | desire to “kill, kill, kill’ on the part of the dissatisfied democra this end of the State. Those who are in p opposition to Mr. Kelly’s dictatorship in many have made up their minds that the success of the party 18 secondary to tue overthrow. ol the new “Boss,” They have no liking for either the State or county ticket, and they know that the political fature of Mr. Kelly depends upon the result of the pending election, den is “my candidate” just as much as Mr. ham 1s “my candidate,” and their election would confirm Johs Kelly in power for:some years to come, while their defeat would sweep him out of sight forever asa political lead Many of the dissatished democrats, therefore, while professing only @ 10cal Opposition to this Tammany candidate tor Assembly or to that Tammany Aiderman mean in their hearts the “knife” to the whole State aud county tickets and the secret support of the re- Publican candidates. With all these elements at work 1¢ can readily be understood that the elec- tion presents some curious leatures, and tuat the Tesult 18 involved in doubt, THE TAMMANY NOMINATION FOR MAYOR. Of cougse matters are furtner complicated by the nominations made on Saturday by the am- Tnany Counbicon vention and by the ‘manner in which they Were brought about, When Mr. Kelly rose in the Convent.on and said to the members, “I desire to state that Mr. Wickham is my candl- date” pe struck the key note to all the trouble among the city democracy. The announcement was made as if to show the Convention that it was useless to make any other nominations. So there- upon Mr. Wickbam Was named us the candidate by acclamation, ptill, although there was no dis- senting voice in the Convention the consent of more than half the delegates was given by silence. The candidate’s appearance on the platiorm faued to cal out any enthusiasm, When Mr. Hayes was named ior Register aod when an ambitious politician proposed Join Kelly for Mayor, there was something like a re- kin of the old time democratic fire: but the whole proceedings gave evidence of a sense of degradation on the cae of the delega’ id a de- sire to get through an unpleasant task as bur- riedly as possible. Mr. Morrissey, with better taste than Mr. Kelly, did not announce Mr. Hayes as “My candidate,” and contented himself with giving a rousing “aye” for his.favorite. The nomt- nation of the tour Aldermen at Large in a batch was a Diece Oo! leadersnip legerdemain that still further humiltated the delegates. ‘the failare to adopt a platiorm or to pags any resolutions gave additional dissatigiaction, especially as it was Known that the omission and the hurried adjourn- ment were insisted on by Mr. Kelly to prevent the proposition of a resolution denunciatory ot Mr, Green's financial course, All these causes for dissatisfaction in the Convention itself add to the complications by increasing the proba- bility of @ democratic Opposition to the county ucket, either in the shape Of independent nomi- nations or through @ union of ali the opponents of the present Tammany leadership. WiLL THERE DB AN O¥POSITION DEMOCRATIC COUNTY ‘TICKET’ Immediately after the adjournment of the Con- vention on Saturday the question of au opposition democratic ticket was discussed by many dis- affected democrats. It was announced on good authority that Alderman Ottendorier is ready to take the fleid, and that his indorsement by the Republican Convention is favored vy Mr. Thuriow Weed and Governor Morgan, tnough Mr. ‘Thomas Murphy, Collector Art General pharpe, Mr. George Van Nort ana other repuDlicans insist upon straight out repubiican nominations, Mr. James O’Brien and his Iriends are outspoken in favor of opposition, with @ union ot all parties, but not otherwise. Ir tne re- publicans will indoree an unexceptionabie demo- cratic Mayor, they say, we will join witn them and aefeat Tammany. But if they see¥ again to use us only ior the purpose Of splitting up our own party and enabling them to step in and carry olf the omMves we spall decline tue honor. They do not believe Mr. Ottendorler is an available candidate, however, and would prefer Judge Bixby or any other good man. TEE OTTENDOBFEE MOVEMENT, The Ottendorier movement is nevertheless an important one, and has many advocates, Some propositions contemplate the nomination in con- nection with Mr. Ottendorier, of General Martin McMahon for Register. Tnia would be a strong compination; but the General declares that he is a Tammany democrat; that having been a can- didate before the Tammany Convention he should not, under any cifculmé tances, matter of honor, accept any other nomination, , as itis, he in« tends to support and work tor the regular ticket. Another combination places together two stalwart reformers, Alderman Ottendorfer for Mayor and Jono Foley jor Kegister. The advocates of this ticket insist that the inevitable John Foley unites all the requisites for an available candidate ; that he is an Irishman to set offa German, and a Roman Catholto to set off a tree thinker; that he is a known and recognizea opponent of Comptrol- ser Green; that he is an original reformer, who can fairly contest with Tilden the credit of over- throwing the old Ring; that he has no insuperzvle objectuou to se: ving the people in a public capac- ily, aud that he has spent,more money tuan any other man in the service of reform and in fighting the enemes of good government. Then, again, there is a talk of nominating Alderman Flanagan on the Ottendorier ticket; but the Alderman takes the same position as General McMahon as- sumes, and anuounces that, when @ candidate before the Tammany Convention, he burned the bridges benind him, THE O’BRIEN’S PLAN OF OPPOSITION. Ex-Snerif! O’Brien opposes all these combina- tions, jor the reason that he does not design to go into opposition for the sake of aiding the republi- cans ty eiect their local candidates, but for the purpose of deleating fammany. He theretore suggests a ticket with Bixpy or William B. Dun- can for Mayor and ex-Postmaster Patrick H. Jones for Register. This certainly is the most practical plan, and may be carried out onless vhe efforts of the republicans to get Uttendorfer and another democrat speedily into the fleld, so as to make Perrin @ deMocratic aplit, should be suc- cessiul, THE LOCAL TROUBLES—THE FIGHT IN THE FIRST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, Local troubles exist in many of the Assembly and Aldermanic districts, which, as has been stated, are fostered by the use of republican money. In the First Assembly district there has been an open and effective rebeliion against Senator Jonn Fox—at least the Senator has been nominally the objective point; but the revoit ex- tends further than an individual, and is directed against theywhole Tammany ticket. Senator Fox bas now withdraw irom Tammany Hall General Committee, and will take no part tn the nomi- nations, Stil the rebellion continues, and Nicholas Muller is to the anti-Tammany democratic nominee for Assembly, while Assem- blyman Healy or Assistant Alderman Foley 18 to run as opposition Aiderman. ‘The repels in this district embrace such active workers as Coroner Fiynn, Nicholas Muller, Assemblyman Healy, ex- Alderman Moore, Edward Canilt and Alderman Foley, S50 deep-seated is the fecling that there are hints of the possivility of the district being carried for Dix. The Tammany candidate for Mayor is likety to be oadly treated there, as well on account of the opposition to the present Tam- many rulers as by reason of his English parentage, THE TROUBLE IN THE SECOND. {n the Second district Dennis Burns, the ex-As- semblyman, 18 in rebellion, or will be as soon as the nomination for Civil Justice has been retused him, as it will be, and given to Assistant Alaerman Clancy. Mr. Burns was 1m opposition last year, and is understood not to have supported Walsh tor County Clerk. He 18 a power in the dis- trict and can make a strong fight. ALL QUIET IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH, ‘The Third discrict is tne home of Register Hayes: and Charles Clancy, who will be the canaidate for Civil Justice. It 18 scrongly democratic, and with these two hard-working democrats on the ticket, will poll @ heavy Tammany vote, The Fourth, Judge Shandiey’s district, is quiet ior tne first time in many years. THE FIFTH DISTRICT, The Fifth district is Mike Norton's district, and that retired democrat probably, im connection with the newly arrived Thomas Coman, will make trouple for the Tammany candidates, as he did last year. Sheridan Snook ts doing a labor of love in fomenting the diasenston, and there will be an opposition democrat, with ample funds, against Warren Bennett, who will probably be the Tam- many nominee. THE SIXTH DISTRICT, There 18 & bad feeling in this district against Tammany, but tt will not probably tuke the shape of open opposition, unless Matthew Patten should consent fo Tun a8 Un Opposition Assemblyman, At resent he declines, » their troubles, notably the Other districts hav Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Nineteenth, THE TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. A hard fight 19 going on m the Tenth Congres sional district, the candidates being Mr. Joun Muilaly, Mr. Abram 3, Hewitt, Juiius Wada- worth and Major W. H. see For the latter gentleman, it is said, twenty-nine already elected. Mr. Hewitt 18 a candidate for Congress aiso in New Jersey, where he resides, and honcg has to face the prejudice against car- petbaggers, now insuch bad odor, Mr. Wads- worth is a ratiroad man, and nota positive poli- tictan, being ready to run oh either republican or democratic ticket, and expecting a republican tn- dorsement even if nominated by the democracy, Mr. Muilaly has ability @nd popularity, and is @ hard-working democrat. THB PROBPROT AHEAD. Toe prospect ancad, thoreloge, Promises p sharp | lagu year.. delegates are | SHEET. campaign, and at present it looks as if it woud not be all fair weather and straight sailing for the ‘Tammany political sup. THE LIBERAL PLATFORM. To THE EDITOR oF THR HERALD:— It being questioned whether we “liberals”? fully realize the political position we have assumed and the responsivity we have chosen, I herein pro- pose through your columns to give some of my views on tunis important subject, and just as [ would have done tn the Liberal Convention on the 29th Of last monsnat Albany, bad not the liberal gag to adjourn been so effectually applied imme- Giately aiter the governing jew had perfecved their prearranged plan. We claim to nave lelt the democratic and republican parties because of their Intolerable corruption, by which we bave virtually declared that honesty is our policy in all our po- litical undertakings, necessarily mcluding equal Justice to all; yet this cannot be perfected through what is termed machine politics. Though all politi- cal parties condeuin this strategical course in other parties they all adopt it in their own organ- izations; and their.party papers, being mostiy subsidized or subsidizers, teach acquiescence to this political device; thoagh the liberals @re not an exception to tnis rule of action, they have no subsidized or paity paper. f Muy Dow properly (os Sacha what put machine Politics is it that selects political committeds in the manner adopted by all political parties; tor instead of being chosen Upon the principle of true democracy by allowing each member o1 a conven- Uon the same power of naming and electing such committees in convention, the names are all se- lected by the assumed governors of the conven- tion, and generally irom among those who know. littie and care less ior the requirements of the industrial clasa, and according to a plan per- fected previous to the convening of delegates. Again, the names aa well a8 the resolations are generally voted upon in mass, like clock work, ‘Wita such speed as to give no opportunity for con- sideration und choice. When the governors have Pperlected their purpose the scene is sudde: closed, a8 previousiy arranged, by the gag to ad- journ, with deafening echves from chosen auto- matons, a8 was demonstrated at the Liberal Con- vention On the aforesaid 29th, in harmony with the interest of monvpolies and many otner off shoots irom the lountain of corraption, which cut om all progressive propositions irom unfettered sources, ‘Though the fundamental right of man 1s to enjoy the fruits of is iabor—that veing essenttal to phy- gical, menial and moral deveiopment—it is cen- tra.izauou Of his products in the hands ol non- producers taat creates the political power which disregards his requirements. Though the laborer and producer hold, and with unanimity can sway @ larg@ majority of the le gnn’ Of ballotation, and without Whum we could not exist, we have en- Uirely disiegarded them im our machine regolu- tions, whic! though containing some good suggestions, are so completely deluged wit’ words @sto destroy much of their force; for mstance, Our resoluuon on the cursed Gag law (said to have been written by a New York editor) contains a lit- tue les# than 200 words, when old ammany on the same exhibits Much more force in six words, thus demonstrating that most of the space occupied by thus resolution might have been used for a much better purpose, had not the preposterous gag been applied, in the construction of our platform there seems to have been labored caution to avoia special and determined plans of action for eradi- cating the corruption we charge upon other Political parties, as well as for avoiding almost everything lavorable {or human progression, 4n demonstration of which I will mention some important omigsions:—First, we did not even hint at ratiroad land thieving nor propose a check to the power of corporate wealth, which means centralization of capital and monopoly, the terri- bie, undeniable product of which is the muiti- Plicity of individual poverty and misery, We have said nothing in regard to putting a Stop to the adulteration of food, by which scoundrels are ac- tually speculating upon our life’s biood, causing a large per cent of deaths and general degeneracy throughout our country ; nothing about the poison- Ous adulteration of alcholic drinks and the inier- nal arrangement Jor its distribution, which is more thaa doubling our taxes by filling our prisons, buniding galiowses, filling our almshouses, hospi- tals and ingane asylums, besides the individual sufferings of wives and children which cannot be expressed, We said aotalng in regard to revenue reiorms; nothing about protecting the industrial Ciass irom tue terrible consequential effects o1 non- produciug monopolies; notuing in regard. to the private use of public funds; nothing avout politi- Cal primaries, Which are the hell gates oJ all peliti- cal corruption; bothing in regard to reierring to the people for confirmation or condemnation the infamous acts passed by legislatures, whereby Tequired security could not be obtained jor the pur- Chase Ol legislators; nothing is said in regard to securing equitable adjustment of official accounts; nothivg avout the official use 0! pubiic or private junds lor sectarian purposes, when the c! New York and Brooklyn ‘alone pay annually $12,000,000 for sectarian purposes, through the ex- emption of taxation upon church property in real estate to the amount of $340,000,000—\here is no more justice in paying for sectarian religion than for séctarian politics—notuing in regard to the one term Presidency, nor of electing the President by the people. In conclusion, the few suggestions in our few lengthy resolutions are, in general terms, there- ore, a8 adaptable and deceit: as other political latforms, without any plan o/ action and even 1n- ferior tO stubborn oid Tammany. We have nothing in our platiorm that the democrats do not adopt; thereiore comparatively nothing for @ new and great party to stand upon; and as i¢ 18 by imduction from other parties that new parties are built up there no chance for liberal success in this enlightened age otherwise than nS adopting a broad and equitable platiorm, with some pian for perfecting reform, Why is it that eo many like to hang on the tail of an inefficient kite, rather than strike out independently upon a great aud grand prin- ciple and adopt rational views, but a lack of cor- rect PEneipies ina ialority of our leaders wno may hanker tor position D. L. D, SHELDON, New York, Oct. 6, 1874, SUNDAY POLITICAL LOG-ROLLING IN REWARK, Sunday before election 1s never @ day of rest for the Newark politicians, but yesterday, in conse- quence of the extraordinary interest felt in the regult of yesterday’s contest, as set fortn in yes- terday’s HeRaup, they were more restless than ever and in the various wards plied their vocation briskly. “Over the hill,’’ where the German element 1s chiefly congregated, matters were especially lively, and the beer saluons and ‘gartens’’ did a thriving business. Men who are Known as pillars of churches even, and others woo at some dis- tance from election day are wont to cry “Damn the Dutch |’ developea a most loving regard terday for the Teutonic element and their 1avol beverage also. The authorities dia nobie service for the Sunday law—they forgot all about it, All accounts agree that there has never been such general interest in any charter election as the one to-morrow. THE PORTO RICO ¢ ION CASE. Admiral Polo de Bernabe’s Reply to the Abbe MacMaster. The following card has been forwarded to the leading periodicals and the daily press of Madrid in reply to the statements which were recently published by the Abbé MacMaster in the Freeman's Journal, of this city, relative to the contemplated cession of the island of Porto Rico to the Germans by Spain:— VALENCIA, Sept, 17, 1874, To THE EpIToR, DEAR StR—Being in this city, where I happen for the present to reside, I have received several slips of the American daily the New York HeRALD, dated the 18th and 2ist of last August, by which, with a feeling of surprise wud dispieasure, { have learned that another.newspaper, known ag the Freeman's Journal, edited aiso in New York city, has been bold and rash enough to sup- pose the existence of certain oMclal des- atches addressed to me in the beginning of April ast, by our Minister of State, on the subject of temporal or definitive cession of the Island of Porto Rico to the German Empire, as a compensa- tion for the help given us to oppose Carlism. The Freeman's Journal does not deem it sufficient to write this absurd story, bus goes so tar as to actually print the despatches waich tt supposes I aduressed in reply to the Minister of State. Although inventions like these only deserve con- tempt, and in spite of my repugnance to descend to the denial of slanderous talsehoods, J wisn to state upon my signature, that the existence of alt the despatches invented by tne unscrupulousness of the Freeman's Jc 13 a solemn untruth, as it is likewise false that 1 have, sent in my resignation as Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to Washington, since the cause of my leaving that oMce Was that tie Minister of Mariue required my services in the nary, i that has been published by the Freeman's Journal on tata topic 1s a newwork of absurd and contemptible calumnies, and 1% will thus con- sidered by apy one knowing the nauonal senti- ment of Spain and the zeal of the Spanish govern- ment tn dehaif of the honor of the country, I beg you to publish these lines in your valuable paper, and, in the hope that it will be so done, I TeMain, sir, your obedient servant, Rear Admiral J. POLO DE BERNABE, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudaut’s pharmacy, HERALD Bailding:— 1873, 1874. 55 1873. 1874. +72 68 » 62 64 64 8 65 be Average temperatare for corresponding date 0x ties of |. WHIPPED AROUND THE STUMP: John McKeon on Tilden and His Past Career. A DANGEROUS CANDIDATE. A Great Railroad Monopolist Ask- ing the Votes of the Poor. An Enemy of Equal Rights and Friend of Exclusive Privileges. TERRIBLE ARRAIGNMENT. To THE EDITOR OF THE NERALD:— A convention held a few weeks since at Syra- cuse, calling itself the liberal democratic (not the democratic republican) party, has proposed the name of Samuel J. Tilden as a proper person to fill the gubernatorial! chair of this State. They who have held this great oMce have generally presented, by their experience in public office previously to their nomination, some claim on tne voters; bat in Mr. Tilden’s case we find he has had no experience as a public agent, except for afew months as a member of the Assembly of this State, where he developed, it may safely be sald, no ex- traordinary atatesmaniike qualities, It cannot be denied that he has been familiar with public af- fairs; but his record as a politician determines beyond question that he is not a man of deep, sincere convictions, gndgcannot point to @ single statesmaniike act. His votes have been at varlayce with his theories. While professing to the supporter of free trade, he sustained for Governor of this State Silas Wright, whose vote in the Senate of the United States fastened on the country the most protect- ive and oppressive tariff ever enacted previous to our civil war. While professing tO} be in favor of free speech anda free press, he sustained this same Senator Wright, who had voted with Join ©, Calhoun in the senate of the United States to exclude anti-slavery puplications from the mails. He most zealously supported Martin Van Buren on the anti-slavery Buffalo platform, when this gen- vieman in his inaugural Message to Congress proclaimed that if Congress@should pass a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia he, as President,awould veto it. When a system existed in this State whereby no person should pilot a vessel into the harbor of New York except he was a supporter of Tammany Hall and should be nominated by a democratic Governor and con- firmed by @ democratic Senate, and the conse- quence of this was that hundreds of emigrants were drowned, as the democratic pilots were in this city attending balls instead of being on the ocean—when Congress passed a law -abolishing this monopoly, and Mr. Wright for years tried to repeal it, yet Mr. Tilden sustained Mr. Wright. When Mr. Tilden sustained Van Buren as the representative of the doctrine of the equality of the races it was with full Knowledge that ne had been the firm supporter of slavery. When the late civil war was breaking out, Russell, fhe correspondent of the London Times, metj at a dinner party im this city Governor Seymour (wno is de- scribed by him as & man of compro- mise) and Tilden, the ‘acute Jawyer,’ Til- den, among others, justified secession and insisted that the general government had no right to coerce ® State, and yet, during the war, Tilden Was for driving Lincoln from the head of the gov- ernment because bis prosecution of the war was not sufficiently vigorous, While pretending to be opposed to special iegisiation he has taken advan- tage of the monopoles granted to railroads by legislatures, and with such beneficial results that, according to public rumor, he is ranked as one of our millonnaires. His conduct in defeating Gen- eral Cass, the regular candidate of the democracy, evinced his feeling of hostility to a statesman whose ambition was to humble the pride and check the arrogance of Great Britain. It also made, however, a good precedent to defeat Tilden as the candidate of the coalition liberal democratic party. His treason to the democratic party brought ‘woe and death” to the Union, and ultimately lignted the fires of civil war. Ina word, his past political life proves him to be either so insincere (we would be justified in using a harsher epithet) or s0 vacillating as to be wholly unworthy of the support of those who believe in democratic principles, and he is utterly incapable of seizing the helm of State with the firm grasp of an honest and trustworthy states- man, It is not at the present time useful or expedient to speak of Tilden except as he ts now presented to the people of this State. We propose to show that he is to-day the representative of the railroad monopoly system which is overshadowing this and otner States with its baleful influences and tureatening tts liberties, and that it is the duty of every democrat who loves his country to refuse to give his support to any such candidate. Byrdsall, in his history of the Locofoco party of this city, states that when the democratic party divided on the question of banks and other mo- nopolies, Tammany Hall, with a great majority of the leading men of the party, was in favor of banks and corporations. Opposed to them was a small section composed principally of mechanics and workingmen, who rallied under “free trade, hard money, anti-monopoly.” This section refused to vote for any man who was adirector in any banking tustitation, and the democrats of to-day ought to refuse to support for office any raflroad director, To-day Tammany Hall carties on its banners two of the battle cries of the despised Locofoco patty. No democratic party can ever succeed without the third, “anti-monopoly.” If victory is to be won it must be ‘under the decia- ration that all governments are organized for the happiness of the governed, and that can alone be accomplished by extending equal and exact justice to all men. Every railroa# charter 13 & monopoly, It secures to its stock- holders exclusive privileges at the expense ofthe public, They are monopolies for which the people have not received, in most instances, any com- pensation. In the langage of Andrew Jackson, “when the laws undertake to grant to certain persons gratuities, exclusive privileges to make the ric richer and the potent more powerful, the humble Members of society, the larmers, me- chanics and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to them- seives, have aright to complain of the injustice of the government. If government should confine itgell to equal protection, and, a3 Heaven does when its rains shower its favors alike on the high and the tow, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing; and Jackson also adaed, “Many of our rich men nave not been content with equal protection and equal rignts, but have besought us to make them ricner by legisiation.”’ To day We see the effects of the violations of these doctrines of Jackson. We see it in tho Crédit Mobilier scandal, in the Erie Railroad and other irauds, in the demoralizstion and corruption of tne leading men of both political parties in the Congress of the United States and State Legis- latures, ia the depreciation of American securi- tles, 10 the disgrace of the American name and coed ib the ruin of individuals wno have in- vested in railroad securities, until it has been well that “every tle in a@road is the grave of a small stockholder." To-day the melancholy spec: tacle is presented that the railroads of the Union are in default over $300,000,000 for non-payment of interest on their bonded debt. This Monopoly, conspiring against the rights of the people, has become go strong that it now con- trols the politics of the country. Its infuence has dictated the nominations of Presidents, it has its attorneys and representatives in the highest ace triounals and the nomination by the iberal democratic party is nothing more nor jess than the indorsement of Tilaen as the representative of che ratlroad system. What explanation can be given except railroad innuence for the nomination as Cana Commis-- siouer Of &n employé of the Central road—a man who is the purchasing agent of the rond, aud whose business is or has been to attend to the reduction of ben taxes of the corporation through- out the varlous’counties of the State. ‘Two years since the Managing attorney of the same road was the candidate of the dem*cratic party for Lieu- | 18 such @ railroad as Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and tenant Governor. Lt ts umnecessary to refer to his labors during the winter in Albany, but on file in the Tax Commissioner's office in this city will ve ound hia ufidavis showing that the principal | oMce of the corporation 1s not at the Forty-second fAtreet depot, but at Albany. One would suppose that the palatial buliding we tind ip Forty-second srreet, with its splendid offices for President, Vice President, Superintendent and otner officers, Was some evidence of the principal office. Let the Tax Commissioners loo< to It, The trans‘er office Oo! the company is tn this city, The President, om- cers and directors live here and meet at the For- ty-second street depot, and let the question be settled by @ court aud jury, whether or not the principal office is here. Let us know what the | Amount 18 taxed on the property, real and per- sonal, of the corporation in this county, and where the tax 18 paid on thelr tmmense capital. | Let the taxpayers look to this, There is no reason why the miilions on millions o} this road should Not be taxed nere tn this city. In reply to the charge of Tilden being Identi- fied with railroad monopoly it 18 asserted tuat he is merely connected with them a8 attorney and counsel. To such employ- Ment no one could or has a right to ob- ject. But Mr. Tilden has been more than at- torney or counsel of ratiroads, His mathematical, | anatytical and comprehensive mind (attributed to him by nis friends) has been devoted not only to reneing and considering the statutes of the “several States irom here to the Mississippi,’ whereby the charters of roads were created—not only to perusing “Angell and Ames on Corpora- tions,” or Brice on Ultra Vires,” but he has been active ag the adviser in relation to operations in Tatlroad corporations, reaching from bere to Mon- treal and from the Hudson tothe Pacific Ocean, He is the great consolidator and organizer of the railroad system, What kind of professional advi- ser has Tilden been? We will refer to only one of professional acts, The country has been ndalized by the Crédit Mobilier scheme. Had Tiden anything to do with this? The Congressional investigation shows who or- ganized ti great wrong on the people and the stockholders of the Union Pactfic road. When Oakes Ames was examined before the House Committee he was asked, “Were you not tnformea by counsel who drew the contract that this was a violation of law ?” He answered, ‘They were in- formed by counsel that this issuing of stock asa payment on the contract for holding the road was an entire compliance with the law,” and he added what Mr. Samuel J. Tilden was one of the counsel. Let us examine his interest and connection with the railroad monopoly system beyond that of lawyer, He is to-day ag much identi- fled with it and part and parcel of it as Vanderbilt or Thomas Scott. Se 9 before Mark Twain bad presented Colonel niberry Sellers to the Amerizan people our candidate for Governor discovered that tt was the business of government to make ratiroads, and that there Were “millions in it.’? His business has been lor years to investigate and Make a proper diagnosis Ol moribund roads, to ascertain their condition, and particularly’ the number and value of the mortgages; to learn the rignts of stock- | holders, bondholders and all parties interested in | insolventand straggling corporations; to graduate | and scale the respective interests of parties; to Joreclose the bonds, and generally fo couciude by Ascheme of consolidation of several small roads into one grand colossal line. This could aloye be effected by legislation, and it would be interesting to know how many laws have been passed in New York, Pennsylvania, Obio, Indiana, Mlnois and Miciigan, at Mr. 'Tilden’s instigation, especially intended to advance the thterests of the curpora- tions with which he was connected. Again We repeat, he is thoroughly identified with the ‘system of exclusive privileges. It is stated that he js identified in Interest in a large number or roads, in this statement it 1s not proposed to reier to anything out what is jound m public document, If any one will refer to “Poor's Manual? or “Vernon’s Manual of Railroads” he wil) ascertain how Mr. Tilden 18 con- Necled with railrdads. Go into Wall street you will tind his Dame as ‘trustee’? of railroads, There Bi Mr. Chicago; in that Tiiden is a director. 1t8 liabill- tes are over $37,000,000, Take the Michigan and Lake Shore road, {n Which he agsin appears as a director; according to the “Manual” this road baa goue into the hands of a receiver. These lines are @ consolidation of several roads. ‘ine talent of ‘Tilden consists in the organization of small roada into Mammoth monopolies. Jackson was appr heusive that $36,000,000 of capital in the United States Bank was dangerous to the liberties of the people of the Union. {3 there no danger from Til- den’s consolidation of hanareds of millions tn a few States? Thus far we have only reierred to Toads outside of this State. Turn to our own Commonwealth and you fiud the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad, in which Tilden isa director. This road is made up of a consoli- dation of five different roads, viz.:—tne New York and Boston, Putnam and Dutchess, Columbia, Pine Plains and Albany and Harlem Extension. The capital #8 $15,000,000, Its total liablilties are over $55,000,000, Itis stated in “Vernon’s Manual” that the managers are pecaniarly interested in the Central Vermont road. Among the roads ab- sorved by this road is the Bariem Extension, whicn Was notuing more or less than the consoiidation of tne Lepanon bite, Raliroad with the Benning- ton and Rutland. Will Mr. Tilden explain how much the hoiders of the bonds of the Vermont section of the route obtained after the foreciosure ol some ol the bonds? ‘Ihe foreclosure preceded the consolidation with which Tilden is identified. This new organization passes irom New York | through Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Co- lumbia and other counties on the easterly line of our State, and it 1s a striking piece of evidence | that every delegate from these counties voted for Tilden’s nomination m the Liberal Convention. The only question remains to be answered ts, Will the disinterested people ratify the ratiroad nominations ? Tne politicians cry out that in the present con- test the questions are the amelioration of the con- dition of the Southern States and the third term oi Grant. These sre mere vi itee ai jor the conceal- ment of the designs of railroad Kings. It 18 time to look at home—at onr own condition in this city and State. the city of New York aud the owners of property received from tne Central Railroad for the confis- cation of the Fourth avenue and the reserve of Will anyone inquire how much {| nee eee NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1874.—TRIPLE Morgan may have no such intention, it ts rgmoree if 3 from a system of exclusive privileges (given to wealth tne expense of labor) represented tn our Manufactures. banking and railroad corpora- tions. If investigation be made tie people will discover that they are being rvboed of the resul of tneir industry by the clandestine Movement o} the monopolists. with stealthy pace Jt moves like @ ghost. Ali that is required 13 to call the attention of the masses to these movements, and theu there be no doubt that the day 18 not far distant wi “the peopie, rising in their majesty, with @ peac fuland constitutional exercise of their powe: will shatter to atoms thia system oi rapine and plunder aod “rescue their liberties from the im- minent perils to which they are Dow exposed,” It 18 simply ridiculous to speak of Tilaea as the representative of ideas, He is the exponent of exclusive privileges—the opponent of equal rights. If the voters of the metrupol il jook to their own interests he cannot secure @ majority ip this great democraticstronghold, It owes it toitsown character to reject such @ nommation, Can any one doubt what Tilden’s course will be when & Tatiroad interest is in question? Will any one doubt which side be will indorse on the Pro Rata bil, which is intended to compel railroads to charge less fre: ter to this city than from Chicago? Wil) any ope teil us what are his opinions on tne public school question ? Some of his friends Insist that he will Dot mterfere with the present system, while others mysteriously give out tnat he will Sanction @ proposition to give a share of the public money to the parochial schools of the diferent religious denominauions. Would it not be expedl- ent lor both sides to look to their respective inter- ests? Some one must be ultimately deceived. Will any one deciare what Tilden’s views are on tne constitutional amendments? All tuese points are of vital importance to the electors—much more iuteresting than the Civil Service reiorm or the possibility of General Grant's third term. Let us how examine Mr. Tilden’s claims ag the Candidate of Tammany Hall. His success will be the triumph of tts principles, What are these ? On the records of the General Committee are two resoimtions passed under the chairmanship of Mr. Chandler—one complimentary to Mr. Have- meyer, the other eulogistic of the memory of Charles Sumner. Tnese are not mere compli- ments to the individuals. They are more. They are the indorsement by Tammany Hali of the political action and sentiments of these public men. What had Havemeyer done when this resolution was passed iu praise? he had when formerly Mayor, nominated for niet of Police the head of the Native American party. ‘Since his final occupation ot the office of Mayor he us spoken Of and treated with contempt tne Irish adopted citizens and Catholics, With but one ex- ception he has studiously excluded (rom all the oMces of the city—even from oflices conneeted with the public schools—every man 01 frisn birth orextraction or Catholic in hia creed. And yet ths resolution was acquiesced in by Mr. Tilden as The great iriend, political and otherwise, of Haves meyer. The Sumner resolution 1s wholly indefensibie. It is inexplicable, except on the ground that 1b was intended to jnsuit the Catholic population and that their representatives were 80 ighoraut of the: political history of the country as wo indorse Whatever was submitted to them. What had Sumner done that bis memory shouid be revered by democrats? His life was devoted io the propa- Gation of political ideas antagonistic to those of tue democracy. Why should the representatives of @ Catholic population of a city of sufie three or four hundred thousand souls vote jor a resolution eulogizing the man who, in the Senate of the United States, assimilated the demoralizing effects of slavery With those of the Catholic Church? Hear what sumner said in the Senate of the United States in an elaborate speech on tue “barbarism of Slavery” :— The visitation of abbeys in England disclosed vice and disorder in startling forms, cloaked by the irresponsible privacy of monastic life. iar Visitation of planta ions Would disclose more teariul results, cloaked by the irresponsible privacy of slavery, * * * very planta- tion is in itself a petty kingdom, with more than the Im- munity of the abbey. Six thousand skulls of intants were said to have been taken trom a single fsb pond hear a nunnery to the dismay of Pope Gregory, Under the law of slavery, the infants, the olfsprings of masters who “dream of freedom in a slave's embrace,” are pot thrown into a fish pond, but something more is done. They are sold. And this atrocious calumny stands to-day tn- dorsed by Tammany Hall in its fulsome praise of the foul-mouthed libeller who uttered it. It stands to-day in tts records unregarded, unrebaked by & Single man im the General Committee. No one moves for it betpg expunged. No one rises to defend the spotless women whose lives have been devoted to God alone. Is every spark o1 self-re- Spect extinguished by the sordid greed for office ? it is tale to say that attention has not been called to this subject. It has frequently been spoken of to the leading men of the organization and not one has had tue manitness to condema it, Mr, Tilden 18 and has been @ member oi the com- mittee. He has acquiesced in it, Years since Tammany Hall, concurring with those whodid not trust the people, prepared to Give to the electors of this city the right to govern their public schools, Under the lead of Bishop Hughes a determined body of democrats ‘rebelied against Tammany Hall. Mr. Tilden took sides With @ close corporation known as the Public Scnool Society and against the people. ‘The result Was that Tammany Hall was driven by the rebels to the wall and the electors succeeded in passing the mapagement of the schoois—for which they are so heavily taxed—into the hands of the men of their choice, With such a record does Tammany Hall expect the great mass of voters wio usually support the democratic ticket will leave their work and spend their time in going to the polls to vote for men who entertain such sentiments as Tammany Hall now sanctions ? These men will, as democrats, adopt but one course. They will refuse to vote the ticket with Tilden’s name On it. It is not enough to know that he wiil be beaten beyond question, Let him be overwhelmingly, ignomintously rejected by the people. fis deiea: will be the crusning of tne power of the railroad kings. It will be the triumph of equal rights—tne victory of the toiling millions property in the vicinity of Forty-second street depot? To-day the city is endeavoring to defeat a | tax of over $3,000,000 fee on the labor of the | citizens of this metropolis for the private advan- | tage of the stockholuers of tbe Ventral road, | Mow much was paid this city by the | Central road for making at 100th street | @ cattle yard jor the road? hy were the avenues | and streets in that vicinity closea jor.the benefit | ol the road? Was ever one cent paid for them? | Do the people of this city know that on the west | side of the city a new pe with grain elevators, 1s to be made for the New York Central, and that streets and avenues are to be closed up for tneir benefit? Let us watch and see how much the tax- ayers Will receive for this, Has not Hudson street wen for years used more tor the ratiroads than jor the citizens. Not only the city, but tne State, 4s surrendered to this colossal power. According to Mr. Prince, 8 member of the Assembly, it ap. pears that the statistics collected on the subject of county aad town bonding by the Constitutional Commission revealed an amount of indebtedness which amazed even those best informed. One city (Poughkeepsie) was found to be bonded for 31 per cent of its entire assessed valnation; | Oswego tor 21 per cent; Brooklyn, Binghamton and Utica for 15 to 183 percent. ‘In the counties where town bonding tor railroads had been preva- lent the aggregates of indebtedness: were start- ling. Thus in Ulster it reached 249-16 per eent ot | the whole vaiuation ; in Chenango, 2v 1-5 per cent; 1n Oswego, 16 per cent; in Sullivan, 22% per cent. The total unpaid amount issued by the towns, cities and Villages in aid of railroads was found to } be $2 662, In certain towns the bonded In- debtedness was so large as to amount almost to confiscation. 1t 18 time that the audacity of the railroad mon- opoly and its interference with politics should be Tepuked by the independent and disinterested voters. These corporations may be able to pur- chase members of Congress and of Legisiatures; but the people ai hot to be bought, and, if aroused, ttiey will refuse to allow the moneyed power to seize the executive authority of thts State. The people have not yet lost their man- hood or thelr integrity. They are not yet ready to become the vassals of the railroad barons. ‘There is a straggle arising in this State and in the country, generally between capital and labor. When ‘that comes the true democracy will be found granting to capital the same favor which is granted to labor, and nothing more. AQ aris- tocracy which points to its money bags can have no hoid on the American peopie, Plutocracy cannot exist here. The success of Governor Booth in California over the railroad consptrators 18 the first triumph of true principics. It 1s the first step in the deliverance of the masses from the tyranny of railroad monopoly, The democracy of Nevada in their late Convention rociatmed their opposition to massed capital. Vhy should not the democracy of ths State re- spond to their calif Thit ig not a war against wealth, against capital (which ig nothing more than accumulated labor), but it is a war against wealth conaoltdated by legislation 60 that it may enjoy advautages which individual wealth has not, Our Jorefathers fought against primogeniture, be- cause tt concentrated wealtn in the first born. They opposed a system. We must in like manner war ainst a system which by legisiation im. properly and unnaturally tucreases ihe power of money. Why does the sincere democrat advocate free trade? Because it gives to the laboring classes their coal at cheap prices, thei pots and kettles and gridirons at cheap prices, their blankets and clothing at cheap prices, and all these resuits are the Inevitable results of competition between our own people and foreign nations, Way does the democrat stout for hard money? It ts because it does not cheat the lavorer ike paper Money, but eecures to him steady wages and full value for his work? Why does the demo- crat oppose the monopoly of railroads? It is because 1t gives to one class with money power to charge high rates for Vp pe and th rates Jor ireight, thus making bri @nd meat dear to the consumer, High rates of passage and of freight to pay dividends on watered stocks result in dear bread and meat. ‘tilden and the Central Railroad candidate are to be putin charge of our canals, while the luterests of those candidates are with the ratiroad monopolies and not with the people. It costs more to-day to get one hundred pounds of ireight to Syracuse, Rochester, Auburn, Elmira and Owego rail than it does to Circago. Is it mot time for an _ impov- crished people to rise agdiwst mammoth corporations and defeat their candidates, whose interests are in high freights and enormous divi- | Seaman. | right arm, and said:—*“You have persecuted me dends? Voters must look to their own sdvantage. We are groaning under alvad of debt and taxa- tion. The poor ate suffering. Bread and meat are dear in our country, the richest and most traitful in the world in agriculturatresources. We are suffering not only from the effects of whe war to emancivate our colored fellow citizens, but over the grasping and grinding avarice of monopousts, JOHN MCKEON, THE END OF “BiG THUNDER.* paige Detective Hurlbut, of Troy, Brutally Assaulted, Shoots Calvin Finkle in Self-defence. {From the Albany Journal, Oct. 10.) The ‘most intense excitement prevails in the town of Norih Greenbush over the shooting of Calvin Finkle by Detective Hurlbut, of Troy, while the former was resisting arrest. Deputy Sheri Seaman and Detective Lemuel Hurlbut, of Troy, started on Thursday afternoon for Bloomingrove to arrest Finkle under an order trom Judge Strait, They overhauled their prisoner in a@ carriage driving rapidly toward Greenbush. Deputy Shertuf Seaman served the writ on Finkle, and Detective Hurlbut then told him that he was under arrest, Finkle exclaimed, ina rage, “You — — — — you arrested me once before; but you won't arrest me now.” Seaman tried “to reason with him, and said thas Harlout had nothing to do with the case, and that he must come, as the order commanded him (Seaman) to bring him before Judge Strait this momming. Finkle was very much excited, and scarcely hstened to @ word satd by He then caught hold of Huribut by the long enough; but you won't persecute me any longer, and you Can’t arrest me now.” As he fmished this remark he struck Hurlbut a blow on the back of the head with @ large hickory cane with @ brass ferrule on it. The plow almost felled the officer to the ground, and, betore he conid re- cover, Finkle struck him a second blow on the head. Hurlbut soon recovered from the effects of the blows and ran to the rear end of the wagon. Finkle jumped from the wagon and@ struck Hurlbut a third blow on the back of the Beck, Hurlbut drew his revolver ant at tempted to defend himself by shooting Finkle, but the cap tailed to explode. Hurivut tuen started to ran to escape the old man’s vengeance, He ran about twenty feet, when Finkle caught hold of tis coat and both cinched each other, Finkle caught hold of the oificer’s revoiver and had his club up over Hurlbut’s head ready to strike a fourth biow, when Seaman caught the cluo and prevented him from striking. Huribut’s revolver rested against Finkle’s left side, below the heart, and just as seaman caught hoid of the club, Hurl- but discharged a shot from his revuiver. The ball entered Finkle’s left side below the heart. He immediately fell co the ground, exclaiming, “I am shot!’ Seaman immediately started for Bath to procure medical attendance, but beiore he returned Finkle breathed bis last, having lived but twenty minutes aiter receiving the shot. Huribut, as soon a3 this occurred, started for Bath, and on the way thither met Seaman return- ing. Both men continued to Greenoush, when Coroner Holmes was notified, The Coroner im- mediately started for the scene of the tragedy, and on arriving found that the body had been removed to his late residence on his /arm. Hurlbut was not arrested, and early in the evening, aiter havii his wounas dressed, started for roy. Tnere we two deep gashes on the back of his head and one on top. The stick with which the wounds were inflicted ts @ large hickor: cane, about three feet long and one in diameter, and o £ blow on head with it isenough to kill @ man. The cane was broken lengthwise in three places by the blows. The revolver is @ small Smith & Wesson seven-shooter, The dece was a. strong, muscular man, about sixty-tive years-of age. He was a farmer ii Greenbush, and has for tie past forty years been connected with the anti-rent con- tests of this and adjoining counties, A number of ‘8 ago & deputy sheritl was killed in Hudson by masked anti-renters, Finkle and some others ited and sent to prison for the offence. HARRY GENET’S WHEREABOUTS A thorough and searching investigation of the report that Harry Genet was tn Carmansville last week bas been made by a HERaLD man detached: for the duty. The story ts false in every particular, as lt has been ascertained on the vest of authority that “Prince Hai’ is turther from New York at present than he has been at any, time since be leit Depaty Sheriff Stieids siumber! quietly 1a his home at Harlem. Two weil kuuwn citizens of Harlem, notwithstanding te dacts above stated, are Willing to swear that they saw Genet waikl arm th arm with the Lord Mayor of Dubim at Niagara Falis,