The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1874, Page 3

THE LOCAL “GAMPAIGN. The Bolte~ #8 Actively and Earn- ‘estly at Work. "CWE CAUCUS LAST NIGHT, ——_— ‘An Independent Ticket To Be Nominated on Tuesday. e ‘KELLY ON THE BOLTERS The Tammany Congressional Nominations in the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Districts. ‘The bolters were quite active yesterday, and the antl-Tammany politicians in the various assem- bly districts who were designated by the man- ‘agers of the meeting which met last Monday even- ing at Delmonico’s to make a thorough canvass of ‘their wards were at work all day, and apparently tolled to some purpose... There were those who contended on the night of the meeting that the } movement of the “outsiders? would not outlive the week ; but, judging from the talk of those who have made it their business ever since it was held to ascertain just to what extent dasa tisiaction prevailed among the rank and tle Of the party with the Tammany nominations, the bolt bids fatr to make Tammany travel a very hard Toad on election day. Several of the leaders ot the movement say that they are now positive that there is not an election district in any one of the Assembly districts that does not contain irom iwenty to thirty democrats who are outspoken in their opposition to | | THE DICTATION OF JOHN MORKISSEY, and they argue from this that where there are such @ number of voters who, a8 a general rule, always vote the straight democratic ticket and who are not afraid to say openly and above board what they think of the ticket nominated at the | ‘Wigwain last week, there certainly must be bun- | aredg in every Aysembly district who, while not | Willing to make a juss openly about what they | consider an outrage on the democracy, will only | be too glad 10 have a strong opposition ticket in | the field which they will willingly vote to sustain. | Indeed, the indications are said to point every- | where in the city to the lact that thousands of democrats wiil vote against the Tammany ticket | 80 long.as the fight against it is made within the | Mnes—that is, men who are anxious to rebuke by | their votes the insolent dictatorship assumed by the Wigwam leaders, put who desire that they | shall be afforded an opportunity to do so without ; being forced tq the necessity of | SUSTAINING A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. It is certain, therefore, that the opposition | movement, so long as it is continued as an inde- Pendept opposition, and not with the view, as | some of the extremely timid democrats appear to Jee), that it may be made to “get even” with Tam- Many by indirectly helping the election of the republican candidates, will receive a hearty support from the better class of the democratic _ party. It may now be regarded as almost a fixed fact tnav | the republicans, no matter who the inde- | jodent nominee tor Mayor will be, will run a can- jidate of their own, and it is the knowledge of this raphe! g probability tnat is apparently causing Many well meaning democrats to hesitate as to ‘Whether it will not be better alter all, in a party point of view, to&swallow the whole Tammany ticket rather than aliow their old foes to slip into ofice by their assistance. Tne independent Ger- man dewocrats are the most determined of ‘the bolters, and they declare that they ‘will vote against Tammany be the consequences ‘What they may; for, Say they, the question at i:sue 1s not what possible damage muy be done tue | democratic party, but what a good lesson the de- | featuf Tammany, even if a republican does tri- umph by democratic discontent, will be to the leaders of both parties hereafter who may be pre- sumptuous enougn to believe that they can put in | nomination what men they please, despite the | wishes of the party in general, Still, even | the Germans are hot a unit a3 independents, as | | | \ Mr. Frederick Kubne, President of the new Ham- burg Steamsbip Company, was yesterday nomi- nated by the German Kepubilcan Central Commit- | tee for Mayor, This shows that the German re- publicans are not all Ottendorier’s well-wishers, und that they do not want to go into the inde- pendent movement until they know what the Re- puolcan Coanty Convention will do next week. Indeed Mr. Kuhne’s nomination looked upoa as @ sort of warning to | ne independents that, do what they may, the republican party will make its nomi- | nauons just as if there was no bolt among the ! democrats to be taken advantage of by the in- | dorsement process, and that Mr, Kuone, as a good | Tep blican, Will DOL stand in Lhe way ol! apy regu- lar candidate of the republican party il the Con- | vention should see fit 0 nominate some other person than himself, However, this new German | cundidate’s nomination, by the German republl- | cans, controlled as it was, in great part, by Judge | Dittenhoeier, was somewhat off-set by the Prop- erty Holders’ Association of the Tenti, Eleventh | and Seventeenth wards, Who also met yesterday and indorsed Ottendorier for Mayor, after de- nouncing the Tammany Hall Convention and re- solving to join hands with the jndependenss, So | vi abe Sr aia che ner element is in arnest on a}! gideg, Charles B. Loew, it seems, has been induced not to Noi the bolters, { %. , THE INDEPENDENT GavouE, } ‘The adjourned meeting of the democratic | dolters was heid Tast night at Delmonico’s, corner | Of Fifth avenue and Fourteenta street. The large dining room faciag on Filth ayenue was used as | the conncil chamber, and by the time the hour | fixed for the beginning of the operations bad Girived the delegates had all put in an appear- ‘ance, There were not less than seven irom eacb “Assembly district, and tke two new wards hpi] each ita respective representatives. Some of | ‘the. districts had eleven delegates each. The at | most harmony prevatied, and every one present seemed in dead earnest. Among the prominent “workers” from the various districts present were | ‘Yhomas J. Creamer, John Foley, Judge Anthony | Hartmann, Charles H. Swords, Ambrose O'Neil, B. | F. Beekman, Nelson J. Waterbury, William &. Dodge, Emmanuel B. Hart, Thomas Raiter, Jonn hardy, Francis M. Parsell, Judge Henry Murray, ; Nona Reynolds, dames Everard, James O'Brien, | and Henry Masterson, Congressman Creamer _ presided. He made no formal address, but, con- sidering that the meeting had been called "or | ‘work instead of speech-making, simply contented Dimeelt by stating that as it was a@ continuation, go to speak, o! the caucus of Tuesday night, strict business alone was in order. Reports were made by delegates from the various Assembly | districts, each report purporung Ww show | that the liveliest interest was being taken | the independent democrats in the districts, t there could be no doubt o1 the success of the | boiters. One gentieman stated that he verily be- leved that the Fourteenth ward could be carried | against Hayes. Although this report was rather startiing, and but few persons were willing to pus | much taith in tt, the announcement was received | ‘with applause. A resolution was passed calling | sor the next meeting to be hela at Ger- ff on Saturday (to-morrow) even- | , QS 6 Was expected that there would De an increased attendance of independents at ‘the meeting. A Committee on Finance and one on | 18 | resolutions and officers and one on mass meetings | ‘were then uppointed. Tne Committee on Resolu- F, Beekmay an . a that on mass meetings of Ambrose O'Neil, F. A, Ransom and William P. Mitcnell. The folowing was then presented by Nelson J. Waterbury, which was adopted :— 1 jh les nberal democratic oity and sounty aenet shalt Be made at & public meet The meeting shall be called by the following notice, be signed by the ocers of thys meeting, by the of cers of the Bxecutive Central Commit oMicers of the Liberal Republican Ge ‘The democrats of the city of New York and ail o.bers 4m taxor of the election or the liberal democratic State Meket, and opposed to the rule of this city by John Mor: issey and John ¢ requested to ineet at Cooper Institate, on Tus ening, the 20th inst., at ane, st seven Kk ch action as may be deeme: ‘visable for the nomination of honest apable candi- dates tor the offices to be fliled by wu le ot this city atthe coming election. 5 The arrangements for such meeting shall be made tees of nine members each, three to be this organization, three by. Germ: by the ilberal Fepul one committee on time an of mi and music, and one committee on officers, resolutions. meeting be ap- or the. said ‘comimitise of ‘nomination La added by each of the orga the cali or ine meeting. ma be submitted to the of organiza: ral committees tor their concurrence. A sesclniion, Wee DAMEY DFOViding wat & com: li | Sociating Sime | nO objection to give it to a German; Iam sure I | mated for th NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. mittee of organization shor, sisting of one from eary committee to report at Yn Germania Hall Beye pendent meeti * Wiis Otsendorter are the three gentlemen most promt- Nently mentioned, all the other gentlemen whose ames were presented at the conference at the Palette Club on Wednesday having been with- Tawn. The opinion of a majority of the delegates seemed to be, judging from their talk alter the ai journment, strongly in favor of Mr. Duncan’s nominatior JOHN KELLY ON “THE BOLT.” He Considers It a Movement of No Im- portance=The Usual Sorehead Cry— Tammany Unaffected by It. Mr. John Kelly was in the best of spirits yester- day. He got around to bis office in Nassau street at about one o’clock. The usual number of poll- licians were in attendance, waiting to confer with the “Sachem.” When the HERaLp reporter called upon Mr. Kelly that gentleman appeared at first disinclined to taik upon the situation, but grad- ually opened up his inner thoughts and gave way to his natural inclination to say what he felt. WHAT JOU% KELLY THINKS OF THE BOLT. “Tbe main point of interest now to all interested in the politics of the city is the present bolt trom the regular Tammany nominations,” said the re- porter, “What do you think about it, Mr. Kelly ?” “Well,” said Jonn Kelly, “l have, of course, had my interest roused on the subject, butIcan see nothing in the new movement whicn can be looked upon as at all serious to the party. I don’t care | to go into any personalities on the subject, but I don’t see where the men who are making the | Opposition to the regular democratic nominations | expect to get their strength. Allsensible men | Must perceive that the movement is simply one of diasatisfied soreheads who couldn’t get ofiice for | themselves and are thereiore determined that no one else shall get any. Tammany had a very | limited number of oMices in ber gift, and we made | the very best selection that could be made under { the circumstances. We could not Rosstbly nomi- | pate everybody who wanted to be nominated, and ; Jhave never seen a canvass yet in which some- | body was not disappointed. The present move- mentis the usual thing which always happens; but lam quite tranquil as to any importance it may assume. Itis got up by outsiders anyhow, | and not one of the men who participated in tho IO: i is understood Butler Duncan, Wiliam H. Neilson and | Convention of Jast Saturday have given it their | countenance, nor will they. The disaffected speak ot Mr, Loew. This gentleman told me on no ac- count would he participate in any such movement, and whatever battles he nad to fight would be fought inside Tammany Hall and not outside of it. As to the talk that had been made about a com- bination ticket of repubhcans and democrats it would rather help Tammany Hall than otherwise, and I have not the slightest fear of any such ticket as that, But Ido not see why or low any such Combination could be formed, KELLY ON OTTENDORFER. “So far as Mr. Ottendorfer is concerned,” con- tinued Mr. Kelly, “le 1s too uncertain and wholly unreliable @man to make his possession by any party a thing to be desired, He can never be beaks ied! col me I Sanaa at ‘ ante sense— r length Of time, aud belongs to all parties t? een) to-day and that at Orrow, and. bis main. idea is, of coursé, fim self, , Why does he turn lust ug when, a short ume since, he was withus? We knew he wanted to be Mayor, but we considered he was nota good candidate. Indeed, we never Jooked at bis nomination seriousiy. Now he is just a8 anxious as ever lor the Mayoralty and hopes he | may get is on the nomination of these malcon- | tents, His main mistake is to bring questions of nationality into such a matter as the present can- vass. 1t18 not just to accuse Tammany of being an brish organization in the sense of the word, tor | we have nominated an American for the most | prominent office in our gilt. KELLY ON MORRISSEY. “One of the cries with which the democratic op- Position, as It calls itself,"makes against us is as- nd Morrissey, and endeavoring to make people believe tbat we are masters of Tam- many Hall. ‘Kelly—Morrissey !’ ‘Morrissey— Kelly.’ this 1s the cry. Now, I do not know a more quiet, unassuming man in politics than John Morrissey. He meddies with nothing, attempts to control nothing, and, I give you my word, has con- | trolled nothing. He minds his own vusiness, he is @ good friend to his triends and rather seeks to get away from position than to obtain it. The cry against Morrissey 1s as absurd as it is unjust.’’ “lt has been said that be forced the nomination of James Hayes upon the Convention.” “Mr. Morrissey jorced nothing, and never, so far as I know, has taken any prominent part in the nomination oi Mr. Hayes. The manner in which this Lakes got the nomination is worth tell- ing. There were many candidates for the poeition, but while the others lay back and did nothing James Hayes went among the Selogayions worked for himself, and in thig man fuéceedea in getting a majority for himeell. lt was not the | tault of Tammany Hall that this was the case, and candidates must only blame themselves. We had | had noxe. But the Germans had been endeavor- ing among themselves to offer an available mau, but they could not unite on apy one. in the mean- ume Hayes was working and got it. In the nomi- | nations for Aldermen the four nen we have picked | out are all good, aod nobody can say a word against them.” P “un the whole, then, you think very little of the | opposition 7” *{t does not amount to anything. Waterbury is the head and iront of it, aud ya man of his energy | could not failif he tried hard to get a sufficient number of ma contents around him to make some sort o1 a show of Strengta. But really these men have no power, and wi ane yee whey y do I am certain that it yu i ‘@ difters OY one vote to us, whether they take it on the grourd of Nationality or Whether they make thetr proposed combination. I do not care to set myself u prophet; but I say we shall elect our ticket inthis | city by @ majority of 25,c00, The elections ‘in Dino | and Indiana will give & great impetus to the | democracy; pecit ey Will serve to show that | if we only work properly and diligently we can be | the masters of the situation in 1876. From what 1 gee, and 1 only say it after mush reflec. i lop, am confident we shall ry vols ee by 68 mary of tréfi — 35, to 40,000 votes, All the indications point this way, | and the day ot victory for the democracy has | dawned. By no possible combinations can the republicans get either otty or State, and we shall prove that rena spite of all that has been seid—acted in the vest Jaith with the party and with the people. As for myself, | have been attacked formidably by many} but { fay now, as have always said, that { dO not Want political position, and that 116 spread my vonventence only. should not be willing to stand in the position i do. People do me mstice When they say 1 want to control the nex§ Mayor ana have all the power in my own han for I want nothing of the kind, 1 have had ali ¥ want of political position, and shail never another.” Mr. BA oid on to speak of the importance a victory be in the State to the democratic party, He said this was certain, oecause all were ured of ventralization and Grantism, It was this load ‘et carrying Grant and his administration that Woeld ultimately lead to the triamph of democ- recy and the funeral of republicanism and national ‘tmjustice. THE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS. The Tammany Congressional Conventions, which Were held in the various districts last njght, passed of quietly. Nominations were mace in all the districts, with the exception of the Seventh. It will surprise some of the democrats not a little to learn that two liberals were nominated—Colo- nel Fred Conkling in the Eighth and Benjamin A- Wiilis in the Eleventh. This would seem as though Tammany had oecome somewnat alarmed at the disposition mantiested by the liberals to go over to the camp of the independents, body, soul and | breeches, witn John Cochrane as the elastic sus- penders of the concern. Richard Schel! was nomi- short term in the old Ninth district jor the Forty-third Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David B. Mellish, Fernando Wood receiving the nomination jor the full term for the Forty-lourth Congresa in the district as newly constituted. Edwin R, Meade's nomina- tion in the Filth districts was prevented from being made unanimous by the action | of the First Assembly district, which threw its vote for Hogan atthe start. ‘rhe new Sixth dts- trict, democratic from end to end, was captured by 8. 5. Cox. Willits’ momination in the First was rather ap astonisher to many of the wire-pullers tn the district who had been Jed to believe, up to the last moment, that Jai Thayer was to be the “coming man.” But before the | met the word was passed round that Willis must be nominated, and the result was, of cours made to order. Fifth District, ‘The Fifth District Convention met at No, 158 Chatham street, Harry Howard, late Chie! Engi- of the Volunteer Fire Department, in the | chair. Alter adaressea by Vounty Ulerk Wal Coroner Shine, Mr. Brogan and Mr. Plume, Edwin R. Meade was nom by acclai Sixth District. The Convention of the Sixth district met at Cinton Garden, Coroner Woltman occupied the chair, opening the proceedings with a speech, ex- pressing the hope that the nomination would be given to ® democrat who haa been tried 1d ‘k for the and os wwe hessemands or Yan oe | Jultus Wadsworth for Congress and the nomina- | nounced that Mr. Wadsworth would not accept mvention | call of the several Geigganons, each in turn named Hon. Samuel s. Cox as their candidate. ‘The nomination was then made unanimous andsa committee sent to wait ou the nominee and ask his acceptance of the nomination. After a short ab- ence the committee returned escorting Mr. Cox, whose entrance to the hali was greeted with & storm of applause. in reply to the formal question of the nomina- Uon, Mr. Cox said :— ‘This ts my teuth nomination—five times trom Ohio and fiye times from New York—and saecesstul four times out of five. Such constant confidence, runuing through the Most active years of my lile, not duly inspires gratitude Dut humility, Coniessing to you my, shortcouitigs, I say to young men ainbitious of similar honor that the only secret of this apparent success hes in recognizing the office ag a sphere of healthy and usetul industry and @ ‘trust of sacred faith, Ithas been with me religion to be faithful to those who confided, run as a candidate of a party I endeavor when returned to be the elect of the peopie,, Duty only dong whey eres 1 uct that thaverboea'& deisactae, dun beckuss ‘or unis been preferred on such occasions, has never affected the studies and labors which | have undertaken at Washington. Time hi partisan feeling; and L can truly say that when elected, and work is to be done jor the general and individual welfare, | know no dul ference between one party or auowher, Allowances must be made, however, or any failure to carry out Measures dear to party iriends, ‘Tho party of iy choice has been in| a most lamentable minority, and by the rules which obiain, it is impossible for minority member to be very poteut tor good. There are so many avenues tor indugiice closed to him. ides, to speak freely, positions in the House fairly won by service are not accorded. My votes against the salary bill and the return of the meuey degraded me trom my proper position on committees and in the House. I trast that those who enjoyed my discomfiture aud rendered Thy last soasion socially and personally uReomfortable because of the salary bills have had ‘a pleasant time among thelr constituents, Most of them remain at home to gild the calm current of domestic bliss, ther reasons there are, Nut necessary to state, why in the present Congress i have been a negative mostly in the framing of laws. Still, a member, anxious and fear- Jess to be just, even in a minority may be useful to his constituents and to the country. ihere are men here bresent—pilots and others—who can tell you whether my efforts have been altogether useless. e Geteat of devices and jobs of various maznitude and quality is due to the persisience, dash and skillot minority meinbers— members like Holman, of Indiana, and Willard, of Ver- ei | Mons, the one in a minority of Congress and the other in @ small minority of party. What, then, | prompts me to return to Congress? Beateu, ‘beaten, eaten ab every turn on important matters, yet not discouraged, why dol go again to the work? 1s there some charm in such service? You have heard of the | charm of the triphammer, have you not? How men | who wateh its movements, as oné watches the move- | Mente of a heavy body like Congress under the gavel of the Speaker, are tascinaied so that they cannot resist the allurement of its strokes. Irresistibly the; re | drawn to its peril. In goes their index finger, and turn- | ing it thus and thus, until the mashed member retires for surgery and repentance. Mr. Cox continued with a general survey of the | political Held, and conciuded thus :— Notwithstanding, then, one may be in a minority, he | may be useful if feariess aud fair, honest and vigilant. ican point to many bad acts which were Gefeated, and | many jobs killed, appropriations stopped, and | occasionally much local, it not general, good accom plished by minority members, So that I am not altogether discouraged even | though I should ‘Ko | again to a minority. But, gentlemen, the outlook w not so gloomy. Weare likely to have 4 majority of in: | dependent men. When I sce returned such men as Holman and Kerr, trom Indiana, and a cohort of old friends from Ohio: when all the elements I have so long waited for are in motion tor a change in administration | and legislation, you will not wonder at my being anxious once more to join the little band, which is now growing to be a potential torce. Seventh District. The Seventh Vistrict Convention was held at No. Foley, Joseph Cornell and Smith Ely, Jr, were | Damea for the nomination by the delegations jrom the several Assembly diatricts, but alter con- siderabie discussion the Convention adjourned | without agreeing upon a nominution. Bighth District. The Eighth District Convention met at No. 231 | West Sixteenth street, General Martin T. McManon | in the chair, Mr. M. R. Cox proposed the name of Colonel Frederick A, Conkling to represent the district in Congress. ‘The name of Charles H, Marshall was then pro- | posed by a delegate from the Ninth Assembly dis- trict. An injormal vote resuited—For Conkling, | 51; Marshall, 24, 6a motion the nomination of Colone! Conkling was made unanimous, Ninth District. The Convention of the Ninth district met at No 781 Eighth avenue. B. W, Voorhis was chosen Chairman and J. F, Rodman Secretary. Justice Coulver, in a short speech, proposed the | name of the Hon. Fernando Wood as the nominee | for Congress. The proposal was received with prolonged cheering, and there being no opposition the nomination was made unanimous, The name of Richard Schell was then proposed for the short term to fill the vacancy caused uy the death of Hon. David B, Mellish. This nomination was also made unanimous. Fernando Wood was conducted tothe platform and thanked the con- vention for the nomination and pledged himself to serve his constituent in the juture as be has done in the past. Tenth District. The Tenth District Convention met at No. 889 Third avenue, when Alvan S. Hewitt was nomi- nated. Eleventh District. The Eleventh District Convention met at No. 103 East Thirty-first street, Judge Josiah Sutherland presiding. Mr. Richard Croker nominated Mr. | tion was made unanimous. Mr. J. W. Smith an- the nomination, when Mr. Joseph 0’Donohue nominated Benjamin A. Willis, the Secretary of the Liberal Republican State Committed, Tne nomination was made unanimous. A com: urnea | | mittee was appointed to wait upon pe end in- Allis Tet form bim of the nominavion, Mr. W | With the committee and addressed the meeting, thanking them for the nomination, and denounc- ing in upmeasured terms the Grant gag law. DEMOORATIO RALLY, { | A Monster Mass Meeting of oidependent ~- Democer: . | A inass meeting of t26 Independent demécratic | voters of the Seventeenth Assembly district was held last evening at National Hall, eotner Forty- | fourth street, near Ninth avenue. at eight o'clock | there were about 3,000 people in the room, and the utmost enthusiasm prevaiied. Mr, John E. Green was fected chairman and James P, Campbell secrataty of the meeting. Tne Secretary read a serfes of resolutions indorsing tne democratig State and county nominations. | They were regéived wéth loud cheers, i fr. John R. Fellows then aidressed the meet- | ing. He'reminded His hearers thatno ordinary or | petty local issues #ere to be decided at the coming selection, ‘The field embraced tne entire nation, } and the result November would merely indicate | the issue of the contest im 1876. As surely as the \-atpaster at Waterloo, though fought far from the | 4vates of Parts, yet as effectually opened the gates that city'as though fought under its walls, su the issue of the present struggie would as surely hurl the republican party trom power. He besougnt his heaters to bear this in mind and remember it was now in their power, by doing their duty, to put an end fivaily and foreyer to tne misgovern- ment which they tad too long borne. ‘Mr. Fellows was followed by William B. Rankin. ot New Jersey; Mr. M. McLarkin, James D. Mc- ‘Cleliand and several others. On the platform during the evening were Judge Henry Murray, Hugh Murray, Charles Campbeli, Jonn Rockman, ‘Wiitam King ‘and many other prominent citizens of the Twenty-second ward. Before the termination of the meeting the Chairman announced that the association in mass meeting assembied would choose their owo candi. date for Assembly on next Monday evening. THE POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS, Democratic State Central Committee. The heaaquarters of this orgauization at the | Metropolitan Hotel seemed full of life and anima- | tion yesterday. The rooms were filled with prom- | inent democrats at the time our reporter called, and evidently the cheering news from the West | lemt more than usual enthusiasm to the assem: | | plage. Tne Secretary said that tne late victories | were doubtless, in a great measure, owing to the Odium of the “third term” idea, which mast cling Present administration and its supporters until the principle should be officially di owed, The HERALD was highly complimented on all hands a having first sounded the tocsin of alarm to the country, and one gentleman said “that so far as the ‘third term’ discussion having been a HERALD sensation, it was ao inspiration.” There was no news of especial importance to communicate other than that which had already been given to the press. _——_— } Republican State Central Committee, | The clegant headquarters of this committee at | the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday presented a busy appearance. There did not seem to be any change tn the demeanor of the officiais and visi- tors on account of the not very cheering news | irom the West. Clerks were Ocoupied in sending | jocuments to the interior, and which had just been unpacked in the centre of one of the rooms, indicated that printers’ ink and administration tracts were to be sown broadcast over the land in order to convert the political heathen. Tne secretary informed the HBRALD reporter that there Was positively no news and the officers and managers were simply attending to the routine busi: of the campaign. Liberal Republican Committee, ‘The room of tne Liversi Republican Central Committee, at the St. Denis Hotel, was entirely de- serted yesterday at the time of the visit of the HERALD representative, ‘here was not even & great case, | Thompson, the President, opened the meeting, 431 Sixth street, Messrs. William B, Maclay, M. J. | « | which the trastees allow him $1,600a year. On this | entrée into the best soctety on Long Island. About J “cororai’a guard” to receive or give reports ae to the aituation in this camp. As probably the of the organization were ip consultation with some o! the magnates of the other parties, it would uot be surprising to find this quietude suddenly broken by the announcement of @ fusion by Genera Cochrane and his 1oliowers. REPUBLIOAN BANNER RAISING, Last evening @ large gathering of republicans took place in the Fourth Assembty district, on the occasion of a banuer raising and ratification meet- ing of the John E. Dowley Republican Assoctation, at No, 204 East broadway, Yhe banner 18 @ very large and costly affair, and was flung to the breeze amid a great display of calcium lights, fire- Works and deafening cheers, After the conclusion of this ceremony the following resolutions were unanimously adopteu :— Whereas the John £. Dowley Republican Association of the Fourth Assembly district of the city of New York have learned With pride and pleasure of the renomina- Uon of Governor Dix and Lieutenant Governor Kobinson, We hereby express our approval of said nominations and of the whole republican ticket; whereas we behold dis- cord and dissension in the democrane ranks, we hail it 4g @ true harbinger of republican victory; therefore, Resolved, That we hereby heartily and sincerely Pledge ourselves to wet In Unison with and earnestly jabor for the success of all candidates nominated by the regular republican conventions, Kesolved, That we shail always labor to promote the interests of the republican pariy, and denounce all at- tern pts at preveuting the purity and treedom of the ‘Phis was followed by speeches, Colone! Morris F, Dowley alluded in glowing terms to Governor Dix’s career, and said that it was tne duty of all good citizens to throw off the yoke of Tammany thieves. He was foliowed by Mr. George Law, who said, with reference to Tilden, that evil communi- cations have corrupted his former good manners. Speeches followed by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Whollahan, Dr, Powell and Mr. Robinson, the republican can- didate for the nomination of alderman. At the conclusion of the meeting aflidavits were taken | Jor members of the association who had been re- fused permission to vote at the recent primary in the district, BEPUBLICAN MEETING IN YORKVILLE, Last night alarge and enthusiastic meeting of the Dix and Robinson Campaign Club of the Twenty-first Assembly district was held in Hast Side Hall, corner of Eighty-sixth street and Third avenue. The hall was crowded, and on the plat- form all the district magnates were seated. Mr. and, alter speaking at some lengthon the work which was beiore the members of the club and those who sympathized with its principles, he introduced Mr. Thorpe, who, in turn, gave place to Mr. George Van Nort, Com- missioner of Pubikc Works, and General George Sharpe, Mr, Lawrence N, Puller also spoke on the issues which were to be fought in the dis- trict, and as be is well acquatnted in the Twelttn and Twenty-second wards, is remarks were Mstened to with great attention, Betore the meeting adjourned resolutions rati- fying the nominations on the State ticket were Passed. The piatiorm and principles enunciated at the State Convention were mentioned in terms of recommendation in the resolutions, which closed with an expression of the hope that the republl- cans in the district would do their duty in the coming campaign. WESTCHESTER COUNTY NOMINATIONS, At a Democratic County Convention held in White Plains, Westchester county, yesterday, the following nominations were made:—For District | Attorney, Robert Cochran, of White Plains; Regis- | trar of Deeds, Theodore Pine, of New Rochelle; Coroner, Bryan Flood, of Yonkers; sions, William C. Howe, of Ossining, and Superin- tendent of the Poor, William Mavie, of Cortiandt _ NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 15, 1874. The First District Republican Convention to-day | rendminated by acclamation Hon, Benjamin T, Eames for Congress. _ In the Second District Convention this after- noon Latimer W. Ballou was nominated for Con- gress on the twenty-second ballot, The nomina- tion was then made unanimous, Boston, Oct. 15, 1874. Dr. J. C. Ayer was nominated for Congress by the Seventh district republicans to-day on the first ballot. B, W. Harris was renominated for Congress by the repubiicans in the Second district. POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y., Oct. 15, 1874. | The republicans of Dutchess, Columbia and Put- ; nam counties to-day enthusiastically nominated John H. Ketchum for Congress by acclamation; but in consequence of personal and private busi- ness, together with the demand of his new office | as ® District of Columbia Commisstoner, he begged | leave to decline, whereupon Coarles L. Beale, of | Columbia county, Was ubanimously nommated, A JUDICIAL NOMINATION. BinGuawton, N. Y., Oct, 15, 1874. Tne Republican Judicial Convention to-aay nominated David L. Follett, of Norwich, for Cir- cuit Judge. The nomination was unanimous on the,2i1th ballot. THE TEMPERANCE WOMEN, Closing Proceedings of the Convention at Syracuse. \ Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1874 The Women’s State Temperance Convention, ‘ having fully organized under the name of the “Christian Woman’s Tempe 7) League of the | State of New er with E bylaw providing shat | 4 testing shall be beld at least once yeariy, nave resolved to mect as such league in Brook! February next, the Jay to be fimgd by tne dent. Twenty-two delegates to the National Con- ventiop kt Cleveland werp snpotntes and the Von- venwon adjourned sine die, AN ARISTOCRATIC PILFERER, A High-Toned New England Scion Languishing in the Tombs for Rob- | bing H. B. Claflin & Co. About ten days ago George H. Mix applied to | Bi, B, Ciafflin & Co. for a position in their lace de- partment. He brought what purported to be let- ters of recommendation trom prominent parties, | setting forth his ability and integrity. On tne strength of these letters, and owing to his pleas- ing address, a place was tendered him, and he went to work. Gn Saturday evening, alter he had leit the store, several pieces of lace were missing, and the loss led to an investigation, which showed that the missing goods aggregated in value | to the amount o/ $1,500. These facts were communicated to the detectives of tna firm—Mooney and Boland—and they immediately set to work to look up Mr, Mix in Orange, N. J., where, he stated to the arm, he lived. The officer sent there discovered that Mr. Mix did not and never had lived in that village. In the meantime men had been detailed to ‘do’ the city, and they discovered that be was stopping at the St. James ; Justice of Ses- | Brest. | | Hotel. This discovery was made’on Wednesday | morning, and at noon of the same day a Warrant | was procured irom Justice Morgan, at the Tombs, | for the person of Mr. Mix, who, twenty minutes later, Was in the hands ot the detectives, At the | hotel Mix made @ desperate resistance, but was flually overcome by force and taken to the store ot H. B. Claflin & Co., where, after repeated dentals, he acknowledged the charge and gave {ntormation leading to the recovery of the goods, which he bad left at 4 bookstore on Broadway for safe keeping. On going to the store indicated the detectives found the goods in a vox sixteen inches square, containing $1,100 worth of lace, Yesterday afternoon, when taken to the Tombs, Mix cried aloud when be was told by | indee Morgan that he was committed in default of bai Miz is rather a good looking young man, about | twenty-six years of age, of ordinary edacation and | fine addresé. His family is one of the best in the State of Convecticut, and he Is hignly conuectea in the city Of Hartiord. Some time during the present Bid his father, a very respectable map, died, and lett an estate of $250,000 to George, from income and the other sources of revenue which he has made for himsel!, he has been enabled to keep | up ab appearance, which, together with nis hi toned New England connection, gave him an eight months ago Detective Mooney arrested George at the instance of Mr. Robert McDonald, of Broadway, on a charge Similar to the present To this gentleman he made restitution and d discharged. i¢ is neediess to re which George presented at pronounced forgeries. In his i the hotel were found letters of recom mendation to all the large bankers in San Fran- cisco irom large firms in New York, all forgeries, BILL POSTERS REJOICE. Among the cases disposed of at the Court of | Special Sessions yesterday was one of particular | interest to theatre managers and bill posters. During the last week—in fact, since the opening of the iall season—the theatre managers have made @ vigorous war on the bill posters. ior cover- tng their bill boards, The case yesterday was that of Niblo’s Garden vs, Richard Canill, The com- platnt set forth that Cabill nad pasted Creedmoor bills over thoge of the theatre on the theatre bul- letin boards, Mr. Howe, whu appeared for Cahill, said he intended to make the case a test one, and when Mr. Thorne’s proxy was put On the stand ne submitted nim @ figid cross-examination, in ‘tlett refused | Society. EXPLOSION IN LONDON The Gunpowder Disaster in the Regent’s Canal. A Suburb of the Metropolis , Laid in Ruins. Loss of Life---Immense Destruc- tion of Property. LonpDon, Oct. 3, 1874, Yesterday morning, at five minutes to five o’clock, 1 was awakened by a tremendous*roar and ashock which not merely shook me in my bed bat made the whole house quiver. Being very sleepy { merely said to myself, “That must be an explosion somewhere,”’ and resumed my nap. I had little idea that what was in itself a most serions calamity, and what might have been the destruction of London, had just occurred, It was mot until I went down to breakfast, some three hours afterward that I learned that @ barge, con- taining four tons of blasting powaer, had ex- ploded on the Regent’s Canal, immediately under the North Bridge of the Regent’s Park, causing loss of life and enormous damage to property. I speedily made my way tothe spot—about @ mile distant from my nouse. what I saw I will give you some idea of the locanty, THE REGENT’S CANAL starts from the Grand Junction Cana) at Pad- dington and empties itseif into the River Thames at Limehouse. Itis nearly nine mies long and 1s much used for the conveyance of coal, bricks, &e,, though ita importance has been mach dimin- ished’ by the formation of the network of Metro- politan railways. Between St. John’s Wood and Camden Town it skirts the Regent’s Park, fowing in a deep hollow between two high banks thickly clad with trees. On the top of one of these banks, extending for a considerable distance, are tue Zoological Gardens, while .the other is fringed with terraces of charming suburban houses, THE REGENi’S PARK ig an immense open space of greensward and fine old trees, pretty plantations and broad, gravel walks. It was;named aiter the Prince Regent, who originally intended to have a house built for him within it, but abandoned the idea. however, two or three lovely villas within what is known as the ‘inner circie.” One of them, St. Joun’s Lodge, is the seat of Baron Goldsmid, over- looking @ beautiful sheet of water, close to which are the grounds of the Toxophilite Near by 1s St. Dunstan’s Villa, built for the late Marquis of Hertiord. In tae gardens of this villa are placed the identical clock and automaton figures, strikers of the hour, which once adorned St. Dunstan's church in Fiegt Street. Whatis called the ‘outer circle” is formed by broad, well kept roads, fringed by terraces of ; Imposing houses, finely built and high rented, named after some of the titles of the principal members of the royal family—Sussex, York, Clare ence, Ournwall, Kent, Ulster, Chester, &c, THUS DAMAGE DONB to these splendid houses is comparatively slight | They are at some littie distance from the scene of the explosion, and their strong piate glass win- dows, though in some instances blown in, were tolerably well aple to resist the shock. It is in the pretty suburban houses which | have already men- tioned as fringing the northern bank of the canal that the havoc has been terrific. The houses in Portland, Bentinck ana Titchfield terraces pre- | sented when I visited them yesterday a most ghastly and forlorn appearance. There is not a whole pane of glass in one of them, and the majority have had their win- dows and doors blown bodily in, all interior ornaments thrown from the shelves and smashed upon the floor, the Venetian blinds torn of and twisted into fantastic 1orms, the choice littie con- servatories mere masses of broken glass and lang- ing leaden framework. The scene was an extraor- dinary one, and the aspect more resembied taat of a bombarded city than of a peaceful suburb in which twelve hours before everything had been in its normal neat state. The windows and doors denuded of their usual protection, bead been ruughiy | poarded up, not merely to keep out the rain, which during the morntag poured in torrents, and the wind, but the CROWD OF ROUGHS which all day long was loafing round the spot, seeking What it might devour im the general méléa, These fellows seemed te look upon the sight as one which had been specially provided for tbeir delight; and their remarks upon tue poor | servant girls, many of whom were in the littie | front gardens sweeping out the broken glass find general débris, were of the coarses* Kind. To look | after these gentry a force of a hunared policemen | had been distributed over the spot, and this body. | will be greatly increased jduring to-day and to- element bas more interest morrow, when the “rough” time at its command. The greatest centred in THE BROKEN BRIDGE. This had been a brick edifice fity feet long, sur- mounted on eaci side of the roadway with iron palisadings and supported by two sets of cast-iron Pillars. 1t was olown bodily into the air and fell a@ crumbling mass into the bed of the canal. The park Keeper's lodge, which stands within a few yards of the bridge facing the canal, was blown to pieces, the walls demolished and the flooring torn up, and yet the park keeper and his family, consisting of his wife, three sons, a daugiter aud @ servant, aciually managed to crawl out ol the falling ruins, unhurt with the exception of a iew brutses, Close by, less than 200 yards of, North House, a remarkably handsome house in a lovely garden, the residence of a Mr. Ochse, a German gentleman who has settled in England, Was a complete wreck. Not merely are all the windows smashed, but every ceiling has Jailen in, every looking glass and ornament is broken, the furniture 1s ruined, and there were two or three narrow escapes of death from contact with falling articles. AUTHORS AND ARTISTS SUFFERERS, The northwestern district of London, in which this terrible calamity occurred, is a quarter much ‘Javored by authors and artists, and some of them, 1 regret to say, have been sad sufferers. So tar | as property is concerned, there is no one, prob- ably, who will be agreater loser than Mr. Alma Tadema, whose name probably will be familiar to you as tuat of a French artist of the first rank, who has domesticated himself with us in London, where he 18 appreciatea not merely by the wealthy, who purchase his pictures, but by nous autres, brethren of the’ pencil and the pen, who have fonnd in him @ most charming conyrére, You cannot fancy anything more per- fect than his house, which {s situated on the Tich- field road, and which, but a snort time ago, he looked upon as finished, The ball was Pompeian, with the word “Salve” painted on the door post. Each room was decorated in a special style, the wall paper furnisned by Mr. Morris, the author of the “Earthly Paradise,” whose profession is deco- ative art, and the other decorations by Mr. Tadema himself, The ceilings were painted, the staircases ‘lined with pboto- graphs, drawings and pictures. A man of the severest taste, it had taken nim years to get his little bijou residence into the perfect state in which it was, and nothing gave him so mucn | Pleasure as to hear it praised by bis connotsseur friends. Now the whole front of the house has been biown In, the pictures and photographs are @ mass of rag@ed paper and broken glass, the painted ceilings bulge outward, threatening im- Mediate descent, and the whole place is a wreck. Mr, Barrett, a portrait painter, who lives in the Avenue road, had the plate glass window in his bedroom blown in, & fragment of the glass pene- trating through the bedclotnes, wounding Mr. Barrett m the leg and cutting it to the bone, to swear positively that belonged to Mr. Thi Poe, tl . Thorne, the man- ager of the theatre. On account of this mabiilt, 8 the part ol the witness the Court ‘ischarge CanuL But before 1 describe | There are, | 3 right, When she thought it safe to strike a light she found that the windows bad been blown in and that glass in large and = smail Pieces was strewn over the place where she had been ying. The houses of Mr. Hepworth Dixon (who is probably just about landing in New York at this moment) and of Mr. Joseph Hatton, which are in the im- mediate vicinity, have also greatly suffered. Uno of the pleasantest houses in the neighborhooa— North Lodge—standing in its own veautiful grounds on the banks of the canal, has aiso liter- ary association, having been for some years the residence of the late Frank Smedley, author of “Frank Fairiegb,” &c, 1 do not know what damage this sustained; but its situation was ter- ribly exposed. CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The actaal cause of tne explosion will never be correctly ascertained, a8 the men on board the barge containing the powder are all dead, Bat 8o far as can be gathered the story is this:—At three o’clock A. M. five barges ieft the city basin of the canal company, drawn by a steamtug. They were supposed to be laden with groceries; but im addition to tne Tilbury, the barge on which four tons of biasting powder were stored, apother—the Dee—is now reported to have been laden with petroleum, which fortunately did rot catch fire, The litte procession went along | in silence and in safety until tt reached the North Bridge of the canal. What followed will be best told in the words of one of the bargemen, as com- municated to the Datly News, thus:— We left the Grand Junction Vanal Whar', at City road, yesterday, and after walling about tor a long me we were taken in tow vy a steamtug belonging to the company, and we started with four other barges up the canal. I didn’t know the names of the barges nor what their cargoes were, and I didn’t eveu know the name of the tug that was towing us, Tbose are tuiugs we are not supposed to know anything about, know, how- ever, tnat the Dee was--laden with parafiine oil for Loughborough and Nottingham, and | can’t un- derstand bow it was she did not catch fire, too. It was a very fortunate thing for Captain kawaras and me that the oil was stowed where the fire and pata awe reach 1s, or 1 should have been dead Yow, and so would he. 1 never Soew ibe barge that blew up had powder on board, afd, what's more, I didn’t know her name wae the Til- bury. The crews did not bave much to say to | each other. We had got no women on board of our barge; in fact barge captains and men are not supposed to carry their wives about with them in the barges, Hut they do. I just knew Captain Beckson (of the Tilbury) by sigut, I don’t think he had bis wile on board. I can’t | give any idea as to how the accident was caused, but I don’s think it was by a spark from the funnel of the tug, as she was too far *forrad’’ for any of the sparks to reach us. It was light- | ning early in the morning, and it may have been a fash of lightning for ali | know. Well, when we got to Joe Hali’s lock this morning it was three o'clock, 1 was steering the Dee, and nothing | happened till we got to the bridge whicn has been blown down. Captain Edwards was down below in the cabin just under me. | The first thing I -heard of the explosion was a kind of small report, and not a minute afterward there was a great blaze of light. and a tremendous noise. { was thrown under the | uller, and lay insensible for some minutes. Cap- tam Edwards had put his head out of the cabin, and was just asking what the first bang was when the second occurred. When J got up the barge swung round with her stern against the bank, aud 1got outrsomehow, but I don’ remember how. ay aS were torn rightofM my back, and | uit badn’t been for the Fropie on the vank who lent me different things I should have had to go naked. Captain Edwards was pitched overboard and had to swim for tt, and I never saw any more of the Dee or of tne other bara I never saw the bridge, and didn’t know then tt had fallen into the water. I was brought here by somebody with aladand a womav, but they are gone away., What I am to do for my clothes and otier things that I lost I don’t know. I am not @ servant of the company, but ain hired by the Captain of the barge, and he pays me my wages. I am in grea ain, and 1 don’t own @ single article of clothiny in the world, 80 what 1am to do when I get out don’t know. THE LOSS OF LIFE. It is at present impossiole to ascertain the loss of life, but it is certain that three of the bargemen are killed and several injured; that an old lady in Sussex terrace died of fright at the explosion, and we may expect to hear of many cases in which the injury to delicate or sensitive persons has been more or less severe. It was simply provi- dential that the Zoological Gardens received such | @ Comparatively sina! amount of damage. Many of the animals were greatly frightened, and the large aviary was so much injured that some rare birds new away. But had the dens been over- thrown and the WILD BEASTS ESCAPED you may imagine the panic which would have spread throughout the inhabitants of London, The explosion has called forth much POPULAR INDIGNATION in regard to the laxity of the regulations onder which explosive substances are carried \nrough our midst, The Metropolitan Board of Works has al- ready bestirred itselfin the matter, and there is no doubt that early in the next session the Home Secretary will be compelled to bring in a prohivi- tive bill. In the meantime, that is to say between. October and February, the safety of the whole of London fs at the mercy of @ careless cardriver or bargeman who wishes to smoke a pipe! AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—"‘La Traviata” in Brook- lyn. “La Traviata’ was given last night at the Brook- lyn Academy of Music with Mile, Marie Heilbron as Violetta, Signor Benfratilli as Aliredo and Signor Tagiiapetra as Germont pcre. The per, formance was a very symmetrical and satisfactory one, and the delicious music of Verdi received ar- tistic treatment. Mlle. Hetlbron repeated the suc- cess which she acDieved in the metropolis, and | rendered the well known “An! fors ’e lui’ with @ finish and effect that brought @ recall, In the subsequent scenes she was as pleasing in @ vocal and histrionic sense as when she first made her bow in this country, The tenor was in his best voice, and impersonated the lyric lover admirably. Signor Tagitapetra made his American début on’ this occasion, He is a valuabie addition to the country, being possessed: ot a fine, sonorous, well-trained baritone voice, slightly metallic in quality, but not to an exteng caicuiated to mar its positive beauty of tone, and’ with a decided tinge of the tenor in its upper tones. The débutant sang his two arias, “Pura. siccome un Angelo” and “Di Provenza il mar it suoi,"’ with such expression that the entire house vroke out in applause, and the latter aria was re- demanded. He pronounces and pkrases with the finish of a snoTonan artist, and, in fine, evinces vocal qualities which can only belong to gre: natural talent, combined with extensive ex: rience. Signor Muzio proved himse'f, as usual, thi accomplished and conscientious conductor, and chorus and orchestra were faulticss. Musical and Dramatic Notes. Mile. Aimée sings at Terrace Garden Theatre om Sunday. Miss Neilson commences her engagement at the Lyceum on Monday. Mrs. Scott-Siddons will sail for America pei steamship Uceanto on the 22d inst, Mile. Aimée takes a benefit to-night atthe Ly- ceum, appearing tu “La Perichole.”” A city manager wishes to give concerts solely for the purpose of relieving thé loneliness of Sun- | day evenings. | The Strakosch Italian Opera company and Gil. more’s band will be the attractions at Booth’s on Sunday night. “Ruy Blas” will be presented for the second time at the Academy of Music to-night with Mme, Po- tentint, Miss Cury, Carpi, Del Puente and Fiorini in the cast. | ‘The following are the principal works to be given this season by the Philharmonic Society :— | Symphonies—Beethoven, No, 3, ‘Pastorale;” Schubert, op. 140, instramented by Joachim (first time); Spohr, No. 3, in C minor (first time); Scaumann, No. 8 in EB flat; Haydn, in C minor (first time); Raf, No. 2 im C; Mendelssohn, No. 8, A mmor (Scotch); Liszt, Poeme Symphonique, “On the Mountain.” Introductions—Wagner, “Tristan and Isold Cherubini, “Medea.” Overtures—Dietrich, “Nor- | Mmanenzug” (first time), mew; Weber, “Eury- anthe;” Rubinstein, “friomphale” (new); Chere | ubini, “Les Abencerages;” Bennett, ‘Paradise and the Peri’ (first time) ; Wagner, “Flying Dutch- man;” Schamano, “Manfred;’' Beethoven, “Leo nore,” No, 3. THE PEABODY EDUCATIONAL FUND. ‘The Bosrd of Trustees of the sbove fond met rooms at the neat neighbor, Mrs, Howard Panl,, was aroused by | pane, tn private session in the eee ee n Avenue Hotel. It was the explosion, and imagining it to be vhe result Of | important report was under consideration which was left ner bed to aea that all the burners were Would be tirniahed to the nreas ¢