The New York Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1874, Page 3

j f the club reeolutio position ich the club ‘shoul tal in the next ‘State electiom My Jagkeya B si THE BOLTERS Another Caueus of the Indepen- dents Held Yesterday. A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. Shall There Be a Limit to the Plan for Municipal Reform? ‘The politicians who have been so active during the past few days in trying to pertect an organiza- on which will be able to draw within its lines ry citizen who is opposed to Tammany Hall were at work yesterday endeavoring to “bring things to & head,” as some of them expressed it. Somehow, the results of thetr labors, go far as the Yank and file of the democracy are concerned, have not as yet become so unmistakable for their success a8 one Would be led to believe who would content himself with simply listening to one side 1 the story, althougn malcontents have been found in every Assembly district. However, ‘the leaders of the independent movement contend that where one man openly declares against Tam- many there are twenty who, while keeping their own counseis now, will quietly vote against the Wigwam on election day. This is certainly true of the Germans in some of the districts where they outnumber the other voters almost five to one; but, while the indications yesterday showed that there were many malcontents who were not afraid Of inveighing against the Wigwam chiefs, in no Assembly district where the democrats have a Strong hold could there be found any sign of Serious disaffection. However, the independents Bay that the surface of affairs cannot by any means be taken ss an unerring indication Of the extent of the dissatisfaction of the masses with Tammany, and that just to what an intense degree many of the old followers of the Wigwam Nave been stirred up im opposition to the county Ucket is Known only to those ‘workers’ whose business it has been to sound the “‘b’hoys,”’ as well as those who are not, & general rule, {re- quenters of: political clubs or associations, AGREEING TO DISAGREE. It would seem that everything is not going as smootnly with the various elements which have been trying to amalgamate into oue solid opposi- tion to Tammany as some of the leaders would wish, although at the Delmonico meeting the “call” for the mass meeting to be held on Tuesday night, when nominations are to be made, ap- Peared to be quite satisiactory to ail those who took part in the caucus, among whom were delegates irom the ibveral party. It is this call which now threatens to become tne rock on which ‘the independents may go to pieces. It will be re- Membered that in the call the invitation to attend the nomination meeting was extended to ‘the democrats of the city of New York and all others in favor of the election of the liberal democratic State ticket” and opposed to Tammany. The in- vitation is apparently not broad enough for some of the opponents of Tammany, and this fact became quite patent when the conference com- mittees of the independent democrats, of the Germans and of the liberals met yesterday in secret conclave at the Palette Club. ‘The meeting ‘was Called for three o'clock, but it was nearly tour before there was @ working quorum, and the ses- sion lasted till nalf-past six o'clock. It required no great amount of sagacity on the part of tne Jew politicians and others who had to cool their heels in the room on the floor below the ball: in ‘Which the conference met to perceive, by the in- coming and outgoing of the delegates, that the meeting was not a harmonious one. The Germans had been the first to put in an appearance, aud they had to wait some time before the indepen- dent democrats had anything like a decent repre- sentation in the hall, iter the meetin; finally called to order, @ delegation from the In- dustrial Labor party being present at the time, the independent’s call was seized upon as the bone of contention, Morris Eilinger, who presided, backed up by his German iriends, argued that under the call those citizens who were in favor of municipal reform and opposed te Tammany, yet who ht desire to vote against the democratic State ticket could nor take part in tne masse meeting. They insisted strenuously that tne call should be so amended as to admit to vote for the candidates presented “ail citizens opposed to Tammany Hall and in favor uf municipal reform,” without any reference to the State ticket. The liberals, too, took this view of the case, while the independent democrats argued that the opposition to Tammany was reallya democratic opposition, and as such the reserence in the call to the State ticket was proper, and should not be modified in any degree. The discussion over this became very warm, and for over two mortal hours THE WAR OF WORDS ‘Waxed jurious. While it was at its height Denny Barns and several others of the democrats got up and went their ways into the street, looking in ex- ceedingly bad humor, and occasionally a Jew of the Germans came out ui the room finshed and excited, and refreshed themselves ‘With lager at the bar. It finally leaked out among the outeiders that the call had really raised a rum- pas, and so every one who came out of the meet- ing room was buttonboled, and every effort made te make him reveal the secrets ol the proceedings. ‘The caucus adjourned finally without coming to apy conclusion other than deciding to hold an- other meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Ger- mania Assembly Rooms. This decision very naturally carried with it, in vhe opinion of the outsiders, the necessity of each committee's re- Porting to the executive organizations which they represent the result of the conference; but the HERALD reporter was disabused oi this notion by Morris Ellinger, who, on being asked how the Ger. man Conierence Commitee could report to the German independent organization, as there was to be no meeting of that organization before the mass meeting, said: ‘A meeting is not necessary. I am their representative, and, to all intents amd purposes, in the setviing of this matter, tne organization.” But it may be suid that the call, in so far as it relates to the demo- cratic State ticket, 1s not the only cause of trouble just now among those who demre Ww oppose - Many. Nelson J. Waterbury was, on Thursday evening, at Delmonico’s, made chairman of the Committee on Officers and Resolutions for the mass meeting. He will therefore have the namiag Of the presiding officer, who has the naming o! the committee of twenty-five, who are in their turn to present the names of canaidates to be ‘yoted on by the mass meeting. and he will, there- Jore, be chief cook and bottle washer of the entire concern. This ONE-MAN-POWER business some of the independents do not look favoravly upon, When the call was first drawn up this feature of it they had not, they said yes- teraay to @ HERALD reporter, looked into. It is quite possible, therefore, that the conference meeting on Monday afternoon a demand will be made fo amend the cail, 80 as to remedy what a few of the delegates say was a great “blunder.” THE NEXT MAYOR? It was stated at the caucus that one of the three entiemen mentioned as the favorites for the Slayoratt with @ majority of the bared wamely, William Butler Duncan, William H. Neilson and @swald Ottendorfer, had been called upon ana had “half consented” to run if nominated. This Seaeeh aie aieant to be Mr. Nelison, As to ttendorier he is known to be only too willing to t the nomination; but as the republicdns have said that they will not indorse him, and many of tne independents are opposed to him bitterly, it looks as though there might after ali, iour tickets in the fleld, ‘Ottendorter,” said one of the independents to the HERALD reporter, ‘is too vuluerable to run weil. He received immense BI for advertising from the Ring, never raised bis voice against Tweed tn 1869 or 1870, and served in the General Committee with him not only, but ‘was one of the admirers of the ‘‘Bosa’’ who signed @ circular in 1870 asking for subscriptions to a fund ‘Which was to be devoted to the question of a $30,000 statue to William M. Tweed. He is not the hard grit reformer we want. He ts too faghty ; here t and there to-morrow, and I venture to a that if he runs he will be the worst beaten candi- date that ever run (or the Mayoralty.” The Tammany ward managers, it may be said in conclusion, feel quite confident that the regular ticket will come out ahead, and seem to take but little interest in the doings of the bolters. A few, it 18 true, are alittie weak-kneed, bat the majority, ‘when spoken to about the matter yesterday, said they were notin the least alarmed at the tactics It is now announced that Judge Hogan will run as an independent candidate jainst Colonel Meade, in the Firth seional district, Of course this means that the Judge wiil “step down and out” of the Tammany General pa pag of the First district, or be put out as THE COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL REFORM. At the meeting of the Committee on Political Reform in the Union League Ulub last evening the following resolutions were read by Mr. Dorman 8. Eaton and adopted :— it Political anti Maia d ce a ue ical Reform respectfally report ir consiceration ¢ Ferouutny, adopted at the club on the “itn inte namely i— On motion of Mr. George W. Binnt, it was resolved that a committee of three be appointed to report ry the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. ment that the resol be to the Committee en Political lub ‘at hier, ee sateen nccepind, and. the for committee have re Coneladaus, theagh the: nee no reasons h let this action of chub so eating any to de; the. : 1 politieal elections. The) ra the watjecs as wine’ 90 much importance a8 y ct that this resolution, sent to committee, (gewt either that such of the clul ay x or War eres, tn mind. It a ge the fact that the controlling mt of club hae been in sympathy with those principies, lob ope of Be gress hese s-prineipics te Club’ has freely” exerted ese prineipi a3 rt its influeoce and contributed trom Its funds. As « body the ciub does not pretend indifference to political es, and much lesedo its meinbers regard it as good ciysapaaap 00, hold th ives aloof from honorable ex- ertion in the interest of the political opinions, candi- date: and ars be riendly vo the public they. es nor un- of impot 7 ‘ue that no test has ever at the gates of tnis club, and a ‘ly all times there have been among ite members ot in on iugues or ready to join in support of the same candidates. We have at no time managed the club on the tacory that its jombecenlp meas! the dime: G to be ured nsiovs or by the spiri ¥ Apart a orf on ne, Shoors thas i members st y Canvass or candid Though in the host pointed inanner we reat ciples, even at the mor G when they were Sivaived in’yety contest, and though we have also in. rare. insta whet Shits ae cer eaarneh cen eet ‘ast our induence se body openly in the seales for s nguished candidate, yet we have at all times dis- claimed the idea of being & mere partisan body, given to iene in. cam to the support of candi- lates tor offices. e ve never been th agent, the organ or the subordinate of any party. Between this club and the mm pi association and = Japta there always been of difference and of liberty, which has made the club source of attraction and an agency of in! powerful and permanent the hi litical thought ana activity than such partisan organiza. tion ever at ins to, If it be said to be nearly impossible to define precise), ‘the line Giscipaton, By gee it we ‘may, do rey grea King an ie any mere pattiean clube and associations faite city. “All those we say be to be found we say may be taken as guides al ‘thi of our sphere. But our most sacred records and pledges, as well us our daily life pial the distinction. they do not—the rol diaveay that we asall Gs political ter, shat slectioneer to, ail yore fund peminetions fund: they say someting Grosder aug E ther, heh “ead . ely (see articles fF association) —"'That conditions of o1 membership shail be ‘bed and ungualitied loyaity to the government of the Salted "Btaves, That ‘ne rimary object of awociation shall be to iscountenance and rebuke, dc., &c.; by moral and social influences that we e Ourselves, &c., to resist jainst the integrity of the nation, &c.; that tt duty of club to resist and expose cor- ruption aud to promote, relorm in our State, national and municipal affairs and to elevate the idea ot Ameri- can cituzensbip.” Any party, officer or candidate faith- ful to these, principles ‘be cheered and strength- ened; any one unfalthtul will be rebuked by the iniu- ence of ciub. These are alike the reasons of our existence, pledges of our efforts and the conditions of our prosperity. Such facts and convictions niake it the clear Guty of the committee to report that it is not expedient for club at present to take any other action relative to the epprpeching election except such as will be sug- ested in the resolutions We are about to submit. and is view of the committee is confirmed tuon and that of the cit tion auring the past y lowing extract in re: tee:—"In this connectio: to the fact—the quesuon came mittee whether th part in the parties con- nection with the election of judicial officers for this city, and that it was the opinion of the commit- ‘we. nnally approved by the club, that it would be more usetul inthe loug run and more in harmony with the conditions upon which # club ike this can prosper to ad- here to the policy of conforming ourselves to the advo- oops of sound principles, however unsatisfactory to the spirit Of SAI BORAEY: BAEHERRARID, aod refrain trom espous- ing the personal claims of candidates rather than take an active part om the one side or the other in ali the frequent contests between rival caudidates for oficial places. And, in the opinion of the committee, the constitutional amendments which are to be voted at our next State elec- tions honestly deserve the support of this club and are em- braced with its solemn pledges of exertions for retorm.”” The Hon. L. Bradford Prince, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Assemby, hi ared statement of the amend commend them therefore recommend tue adoption of their resolutions, as follows:— ved, That it ia inexpedient that this clab should enlist itself in behair of candidates for office, or take part in the management of elections. Resolved, Toatit 1s the duty of this club to aetively and resolutely influence and to make reasonable use of its tunds in “behalf of those principles and measures which come within the range of objects for which it was organized. solved, That the club recommend that the Commit- tee on Political Reform be authorized to spend a sum not exceeding $1,002, and in proper ways to use the name and inflaence of the clab in promoting the adoption of e pending amendments to the constitution of this State at the approaching election. —_D. 8. EATON, ¢ an Commitiee on Potitical Reiorm. by their own THE REPUBLIOAN ASSEMBLY CONVENTIONS. Republican Assembly conventions were held in the various Assembly Gistricts throughout the city last night, for the purpose of nominating members to the Assembly. Tne majority of tne conventions adjourned over, in order to further confer with outside organizations. The following are the nominations made :— Dist. Dist. 1—Adjourned. 12—ohartes McCoiley. 2—Adjourned. “ 15—Onacies Blackie, 3—Adjourned. 14—Adjourned. 4—Adjourned. 15—Adjourned. 5—Austin Leake. 16—Col. CO, E. L, Holmes. 6—Adjourned. 27—Wilson Berryman. 7—Fred’k. W. Seward. 18—Bernard Biglin. 8—Adjourned. 19—Adournea, 9—William H. Gedney. ar wither dl, 30—Adjournea, 21—Wiliam Raw, Jr. 1i—Knox McAfee, WESTCHESTER REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS, The republicans of Westchester county met in convention at White Plains yesterday and chose the following candidates:—For District Attorney, Daniel Clark Briggs,.0f Peekskill; Registrar of Deeds, Henry B. Archer, of Yonkers; Coroner, Witham H. Boyd, of Rye; Justice of Sessions, My- ron B. Silkman, of Bedford, and Superintendent of the Poor, John Keuster, of yonkers, A republican convention, at which D, Ogden | Bradley, of Greenburg, was Dominated for member of ag * from the Second Assembly district, was also held yesterday in the village above mentioned. LIQUOR AND LEGISLATION IN BROOKLYN, Last evening there was a well attended meeting of the Kings county liquor dealers held at their hall on Court street, near Remsen, Brooklyn. It was decided to hoid a grand mass meeting on Friday evening next, at the Assembly Room, for the purpose of presenting tireir views to the pub- lic upon the liquor trafic. It was also resolved to support no candidate ior Assembiy who was not in favor of a uniform excise law and of placing the liquor business on the same basis as otuer brancues of trade. PIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONGEES- S{ONAL CONVENTION, The First District Democratic Congressional Convention met at Jamaica yesterday. Hon. Elias J, Beach, of Queens, was chosen chairman, and W. W. Garrison, of Richmond, and Rickard Jennings, or Suffolk, secretaries. The names of Hon. Henry A. Reeves, of Suffolk, Judge Henry 8B. Metcalf, of Richmond, and Solomon Townsend, or Queens, were placed in nomination. On an informal hallot being taken Reeves received 16 votes, Metcalf 10 and 1ownsend 10, On the sixth formal ballot the name of Mr. Townsend was withdrawn. Hon. Erastus Brooks, of Richmond, received on the seventh and eighth ballots 8 votes. On the thir- teenth ballot Metcalf received 21 votes, Reeves 12 and Brooks 3, On motion Mr. Metcall was declared the nominee of the Convention, and bis nomi- nation was made unanimous. Judge Metcalf isa resident of Richmond county, where he has occu- pe the position of County Judge and Surrogate jor many yeara. POLITICAL NOTES. The Cincinnati prophet of rain.” Mr. Pleasant Yell is a candidate for the Texas Legislature. How’! he do? How does the Staats Zeitung know “that Senator Schurz is in favor of the democratic State ticket in New York ?”” ‘The Chicago Times, under the heading ‘Next to the Deck Head,” speaks of Vice President Wilson as “the left bower of the government,” Senator Carpenter finds time amid his laborious legal duties to make numerous speeches through- out his native State. Can he be so “very short,’’ after all? 2 Ex-Governor Wise announces himself as to. dependent candidate for Congiess in the Bich- mond (Va.) district, A political campaign without Wise would be a circus without @ clown. Sengtor Brownlow has decided not to run for Congress again irom the Second Tennessee ais trict, and that district has decided not to have him, Two sensible dectsions, says a Southern ex- change. ‘The democracy in a Weatern district in this State are in @ dilemma, The Hon. Edward 8. Estey, of Ithaca, N. Y., whom the democrats nominated ior Congress under the supposition that he was a lin- eral, declines to run because he is a@ republican and intends to vote for Dix. “Republican meetings are holaing all over this State,” says the Montgomery (Ala.) State Journal (rep.), “the watchfires of republicanism are burn- tng vrigntiy in the mountains of North Caro- tend. mugh of the Gazete styles Pendleton “a Sor What ste Wo_ to think of unis alter reading in such papers a8 the Hartford Courant that a republican dare not speak his sentiments in Alabama? The Boston Advertiser goes for poor Butler's scalp again. it thinks that bis puviic career bas been consistent and jucrative, “irom the time of his using bis commission tn the ariwy to protect a contraband trade carried on by members of his family to bis last retaining iee from Governor Kellogg for influence upon questions he was to pass upon ag @ member of the House. The Milwaukee Sentinel is extremely anxious that the Senatorial question be left out of the can- vass until the Legislature is chosen. ‘Let us fret secure @ republican Legisiature, and then we can decide who is the best man for Senator.”’ The phase of the contest which is particularly Gistateiul to the Sentinel 1s doubtless the action of many republican primaries tn instructing their delegates to.oppose Senator Carpenter. ‘The Utica Herald expiain’ the repubhican defeat fn Ohio on the ground that it ts a triumph of the inflationists. How unfortunate that the same explanation will not serve for indiana, where Senator Morton wagea the contest to the bitter end upon his platform of additional currency! Expansion was the pet hobby of both parties in that State; but then the Utica Herald does not attempt to account for the result in Indiana. The Syracuse Standard should carefully study the libel laws. Isit aware of the fact that the muccesgor of “Big Six’ has sued Havemeyer for saying even less than the lollowing:—‘ ‘ Boss’ Kelly has evidently not torgotten the ‘waya and means’ by which his predecessor wielded the elective power of New York city. The increase Of registration in the city this year over that of Jast year for the same period is upwards of fifteen thousand.” Vice President Wilson. (From an interview in the Chicago Times.) RerorTsr—There is an impression existing that the President and yoursel! are hardly upon good terme just now. Is there any foundatton lor that? Vice President WILSON—None at all. It’s all nonsense. The President and myself enjoy the friendliest relations. I was at nis house just be- fore I lett, and should be there again were I in Washington, It ts true that we Jo not agree in reed anes but personally our reiations are cor RePORTER—The federal rings here are working like beavers toward a third term movement, Vice President WiLSON—The third term move- Ment is ail nonsense, Present Grant is a singu- Jarly able man, and the aon, hardly knows anything about him personally. He is immensely underrated. It is simply folly to listen to men be- hitling General Graut, He is a vastly abler man than the people think he is. The President is a very reticent man; bat in reierence to the third | cere I do not reaily think that he nimself desires oficenotders, that 1s certain to prove intoieravie. The country wil not submit to ve governed by & Jeague of government oficiais, and it is an out- Tage for any corps of officers to presume to keep themselves in oitice by movements in reference to the Presidency. Is There a Republican Element Secretly Arrayiug Itself Against Grant? {From the Chicago Tribune.) A well-intormed correspyndent at Indianapolis wrote aletter to the Zribune a Jew days ago (pub: lished October 8}, in which he gave the particulars | | people’s shoulders, and who is described by the of a secret meeting of the republican leaders in Indianapolis. He jurtner added the following statement:— In the same view with the feeling that produced the secret republican meeting last night isa talk currentiy reported with @ leading revubiican member of C es3, & man Who has stoud at the very pinnacle fiuence in cel bie and whose name is a synony: for incorruptipility. He treoly expressed the opimion at the state was ver not be surprisea in the loast st a perfect Waterioo on ‘Juesday next. He reports the disafection throughout the agricultura! counties very aceb-seated, exen.1ing to men who have heretofore been the piliars'ui the repub- Hoan party; An instance was given of a leading and wealthy citizen or one of the eastern counties, whose pugée aud iniiuence and work had always been’ at the command of the party candidates. He had enurety kicked out of the traces and would not vote for a simxle caniidate on the republican. ticket, not even for Le beate officers, against whom he could urge nothing save that they stood as the representatives of a party he de- sired to see put out of power. This Congressman said we should be surprised and overwhelmed at the revorts fhat would ome in trom the country: As tor himself. he was free to say that the nation had been cursed with the worst adtninistration during the past (wo years ever known in its history, and when the proper tUme came say so publicly. Upon the question of the third term he belleved Grant to be a candidaie, and doubtful, and tha, he would | 8 to the Movement and massing of federal | aiso that he was stronger than either ot the existing | parties; that the only way to defeat him would be by @ people's movement and by a peopie’s candidate. We have other mformation which confirms | the statement, and which adds that the name of the member of Congress “who has stood at the very pinnacie of influence in the party” is none other than 0, P, Morton. We have every reason to believe that Mr. Morton was with great ciMculty restrained from opening the pempaign | a in Indiana with a general and specifle aenunci ton Oo! the President and from making the fight in the State on the ifponnd Ol open hostility to the administration. If the result of the election on Tuesday next shall verify the present melan- choly expectations of the republican leaders in Indiana then Mr. Morton’s wisdom aud foresignt will be vindicated, Had he aud the Republican State Convention at the outset denounced the administration and the President, and made tone fight as republicans in hostility to him, the opposi- tion would never have been able Lo unite and the republicans would have carried the State. Had he appealed to the people of the State to unite with him i declaring “that the nation had been cursed with the worst administration during the past two yearsever known in tts history,” ne would have attracted tne vast majority of the peopie anxious to give emphasis to that deciaration, But he has been over persuaded to be silent concern- ing the great ‘itical abominations of the day, and the peuple of indiana have most probably gone elsewhere to express taeir judgment. M the State goes democratic by a decided majority next ‘Luesday, Mr. Morton’s emancipation will probauly | County Physician Stout, who gave the opinion | THE THIRD TERM SENSATION. Surrenders at Last—Salling in the Wake of the Herald—An Explanation, a Mutiny @ Prayer—Dix Implored to Speak—The Organ Hears trom Indi- ana and Ohio. (From the New York Times,} Much has been said, and much will doubtless Stl be said, about “Cesarism” and the desire of the President to secure a re-election in 1876, The facts Of the case seem, however, to lie in a very small compass, There appears to be no certain ground for believing that General Grant nas any idea of work- ing Jor @ third term. He has said nothing what- ever on the subject, one way or the other; but it must be admitted that a newspaper at Washington Which the administration undoubtedly controls— we may almost say owns—has on several Occasions publisned articles, supposed to be *in- spired,” which defend and advocate the third term scheme, These articles have been quoted ail over the country as representing the real wishes and opinions of General Grant. 1t is quite possiple that the President knew nothing of these articles until they actually appeared. He may yet find that. @ boughs and paid for “organ” bas power to do him harm—to misrepresent bum and piace him in @ false position before the public—but no power to do him good. Independent support is sure to be tempered at times with adverse criticism, and the President has certainly made no secret of the fact that he will not brook adverse criticism, Consequently, he will have “organs” to represent him; and he must DObbe surprised if they do him infinite mis- | chief, There is no estimating how many of his supporters the “home organ” at Washington has estranged trom him, and it has given bim no new supporters in their place. Again, the opposition papers have been assert- | ing Jor @ year and a half that General Grant 18 de- termined to get the republican nomination in 1876 Af he posaibly can; that he is bringing all his evor- mous patronage and influence to bear on that par- ticular object. These etatements, incessantly re- peated, have derived some show of plausibility Jrom the articles in the Washington paper, which, if not actually “inspired,” could not have ay- peared without sanction trom high quarters, ‘Thus it has happened, in one way and another, that the third term bugbear begins to be seriously regarded by the people. They think there must be something in it or they would not hear so much | go not think has ever been equalled, even by the | There talk on the subject. The consequence is that the republican party is really being injured by tt. And this injury is all the more vexatious because the Tepublican party has pever given the slightest countenance to this project. If it has been enter- tained seriously at all, it has only been by a little Knot ol persons wno have their own ends Wo serve, The party is innocent of any complicity in the scheme, This being the case we no longer see any reason why republicans should be silent on the question. | THE WAR IN SPAIN. Actions Between the Carlist and Republican Forces. ictories---Cne for the Royalists and Oue for Marshal Serrano, * |ESTELLA UNCOVERED. | lA Bayonet Charge and Cries of Treason. PUENTE LA REINA, Sept. 24, 1874. Long before this letter reaches its destination | news of two brilitant victories will have been | given to the world—one for the Carlists and one for the troops of Marshal Serrano. | Unfortupately for the tterest attaching to such events the two victories were won at the same place, at the same day and hour, and by opposing | armies that did not even iatrly come to blows—a | state of things which would render impossible a victory for both armies, according to modern ideas of warfare any where else but in Spain. ‘The truth 1s that there has been no victory for either side—no battle, no attack and no very serious fighting. A number of movements and evolutions have been executed tn which the op- posing generals partially failed and partially suc- | \ | mm which each pretiy efiectuaily thwarted the other without being able to do much more—ana a very hittle figuiing, in which the Carlists obtained @ decided acvantage. The affair might ; be termed the ppanish autumn manu | vres, and, considered from this point of view, very interesting; first, because the movements | Were executed witha view toactual fighting, and, | second, because they brought out into bold relief | the merits and demerits of the two armies, and | displayed some of their more remarkable charac- | teristics, Prominent among these was the wou- derful rapidity of movement of which the Carlists | showed themselves capable—a rapidity which 1 Napoleon and Wellington, manifest on the @part of the very decided want of the armies of | was, besides, republicans, & | must be avowed, a lack of generalship on both | sides, winch is surprising, considering the educa- tion and e. rience of the Generals engaged. | Mistakes of the gravest, of the most disastrous | Kina, were committed by both Generals, without | elther taking advantage of the other, and the ‘whole affair rather resembled that game of cards ceeded in obtaining the objects they had in view; | | power of combining and executing & plan, and, it | 3 | tnen marened back again, without having evea seen a Carlist Outpost. ‘This 8 the Most extraordinary part of the whole | business. Had Laserna marched upon Estella then be might have taken it almost without firing a shot, as there were only four battailous oi Cariists to oppose his whole army of nearly 36,000 men. It | te utterly im} ible to account lor this movement {of Laserna’s, He went Los Arcos to | to make @ diversion in favor of Moriones, | that is to draw the Carlist troops to that side of | the circle. But ae nee he had met no troops it was very evident that object had not been accun- plished. Besides, it 18 one of the first principies of , Strategy thats teint should always be turned inio @ real attack should the oceasion offer. Here was 4t Opportunity to achieve @ most brilliant success, to nave given a crushing blow to Carlism, and yet | he quietly ‘urned to the rightabout and marched | back to Logrofio without having seen ® single | Carlist soldier, ‘This affair 1s Laserna’s début as | Commander-in-Chief, and it certainly does not lead | pon die believe that he is the man to cope with Don ‘arios, A GRAND MARCH, Ana now comes an instance of one of the most Tapid marches on record. No sooner did Dorre- garay perceive that Laserna had retired than he | Wheeled his army and started back to Biurrun, 1 | have said that he started for Estella on the morn- | ing of the 20th. The distance is at least twenty- one miles, 48 any one may satisty himself by measuring it on the map, in addition to which he | had marched out 4 mile and a half on the road to Los Arcos, making in ali twenty-two and a half | miles, Without stopping to rest or eat {he turned ground and started ck over | the same road, first seuding orders to Alvares to Gil up the gap at Los Arcos, and never | halted anti! be reached Biurrun, some troo having thus made forty-five miles ina iit- tle more than twenty-four hours. The truth 1s, the Carlist troops wipe out the mistakes of their generais as last as they are made, and the rapidity Of their movements is such as to double their strength. WHAT MORIONES Dip. In the meantime Moriones had taken advantage | of the absence of the Carlists to occupy the posi- | tions abandoned by them, seizing, of course, | run, which commands the road to Puerte, as the one to Pampeluna, and commenced | passing his convoy. He does not appear | to have hurried bimseif, however, \d spent most of the day of the 20th in receiving an ovation irom the inhabitants of Pampeluna. { have it from pedpie living on the road who counted the carts, and who I have every reason to believe tola the truth, that he only passed one hundred and fifty of the one thousand that had been collected at Tafalla, and these were very ligatiy laden in order to enable them to move rapidly. This con- stitutes certainly a very siender relief fora city 1 thirty thousand inhabitants, uke Pampeluna. AFTER OPERATIONS. | Afver having received the homage of the citizens and promised a plentiimt supply of provisions he started back on the morning of the 2ist, expect- ing to meet the rest of the convoy on the way. Hs |; had stopped at a ittle wayside inn called the Venta de las Campatias, a short distance trom the | Junction of the Puente road with toe road lead- ing between Pampeluna and Tafalla. Binrrun 18 situated 600 yards east of the latter, exactly fac- ing the road coming irom Puente. It is at the foot o! @ iow, woody mountaim, which overlooks it, and immediately oehind 1, or on the side next to | Pampeluna, isa low, sharp ridge, which rans di- rectiy across the road and unites With the moun- tains on the other side. | _ Instead or Cronpying. the village of Biurrun Moriones ought to have veployed his troops along the top of this ridge, which {8a natural preast- | work and which commands all the roads leading | through the pass, it is a remarkable fact, how- ever, that the republicans in this war always oc- cupy and try to bold villages; whereas the Carlista, | when defending a town, always choose some ad- | vantageous position near tt. MORIONES’ PLACK OF REST. The Venta de las Campaia, where Moriones If they choose to speak out by all means let them | cajea “piindhand,” in which the players play | had Lalted, ts at the foot of this ridge, on the side doit; and the first to speak should be General Dix, who is at present being struck at over other democrate as an active confederate in the third- term ‘plot’? We see no reason why General Dix should allow himself to be hounded down by 6 | false charge, His defeat would be a very great | misfortune to the State, and all proper means should be taken to avert that disaster, If General Dix feels as ali sensible men must do on this ques- tion consideration for the ‘ieelings of others’? stould not induce him to keep silence, for it is pretty certain that the “others” have not much consideration for him. THE UNION HILL TRAGEDY. Inquest and Verdict by the Coroner’s Jury—Extraordinary Jurors Kebuaked by the Coroner, ‘The imquis.tion by Coroner Parslow into the cause 0) the death of Mrs. Elizabetn Erb, which was commenced on Wednesday, was continued last evening in the Town Hall, Union Hill, Tue hall was crowded during tne proceedings. The evidence given by Mr. and Mrs, Graham, who re- side on ty frst floor of the house in which tae woman came to her-end, had aiready shown that a violent quarrel was going on between the prisoner, Uhirich Erb, und deceased shortly before her death; that the ught in their room was sud- demy extinguished ana a loud noise was heard, as if tables and chairs were dashed heavily on the floor; that deceased soon therealter came down stairs unable to speak and died in a few moments, Last evening the jurors heard the evidence of that death had resuited from fatty degeneration of the heart, superinduced by excitement, Scratches were visible on the right ear. It wil be remembered that one of the physicians who visited the place and viewed the body was o/ opinion that geath had resulted irom choking. Mrs, Gloss and wer daugh- ter, who live inthe adjoining house, testifiea to having seen deceased and her husband prior to her death, in corroboration of other witnesses, | Frederick Huth, aman living in the same touse, be complete, and with bim thatol @ very large re- | publican iolio wing, SPIRIT OF THE PRESS (From the Cbicago Tribune.] So far the returns indicate that the political apathy of the time has damaged the republicans @ good deal more than the opposition. If the Congresstonal changes in Ohio are accepted as an indication of the State vote the democrats have carried the Ntate by a larger majority than Allen’s @ year ago, which was 817. In Indiana Grant’s majority two years ago Was 2:,576, bat the present eiection is go close that the result is not Known, with indications strongly in favor of the opposi- tion and the deteat of Pratt tor the United States Senate. 1n Iowa it is said the republican majority ‘will not exceed 5,000 or 6,000. {From the Springfleid (Mass.) Union.) As regards the moral effect o1 the success of the democrats iu the recent elections it will be very slight. The importance ot tie October elections is prodigiously lessened since Pennsylvania has post- poned her elections to November. Had the Key- stone State, as formerly, voted on Monday, her immense repablican majority would have quite neutralized the democratic success at the Weat, as it will now do in November. As it is, the only effect to be expected irom the elections of Mon- day will be a general quickening of republican eifurts, to result in the usual November triumph. LET US CHANGE THE SUBJECT. {from tne Cieveland Herald—republican.] Wo are weary of tuts election business. I is an unprofitable subject and We tire of it. There isa sameness about it that is distressing. Tne story of republican loses and democratic gains becomes monotonous when one has it repealed avout five hundred times in twenty-four hours, with a pros- a of having “more of that same’’ dished up (0 jim for an indefinite number of hours and days to come, We were never very partial to Ogures, es- pecially when prefixed by the word “joss.” In such connection a are poerestive ol too meuy uopieasant ideas. e returns as paraded in the telegraphic columns are 0 dreadfully confusing that it is a wonder the insane asylums are not jammed {ull with distraught politicians and be- Wwiidered editors immediately aller a hotly con- tested election. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, His Speech at Augusta—The Contest Be- tween Centralism and Constitutional- ism—No Objection toa Third Term. Avausta, Ga., Oct, 16, 1874. Hon. A. H. Stephens addressed the citizens of Augusta last evening and spoke for about two hours and a half. He reviewed the history of the government irom its foundation to the present time, showing that there has been always a great atruggie between centralism and constitutional- ism, The passage of the Civil Rights bill would, he sald, Work great evil aud destroy the pubilc acnool system in the south, REFERRING TO PRESIDENT GRANT, he would do wim the justice to say that he had done his duty.. As tothe third term, he tad no objection to that, per #¢. He saw no reason why @ President who executed tue laws faithfuily should not be elected Jor a third term i the people desired it, He had looked into the Louisiana question and saw no sense in abusing President Grant ior bis action in that aifair, He spoke ho fully of the future of the Republic, advisea hearers to obey the laws, suppress lawlessness and to be true to the constitution and the Union a8 established by our fathers, He proclaimed bim- self a Jeffersonian democrat, and vad great faith in the triumph of those principles. Mr. Stephens had an immense audience, and spoke with clear- BCH AUS YIRIG SAUWLUDE BO AMRRS Of WEACLAs, swore that he heard a scuitie in Erb’s room and that deceased was screaming, testimony of Constable Nash the Coroner charged the jury, reviewing the eviaence. He reprimanded several of them for giving expression to | prejudiced views before they jad heard | the testimony, and satd they should not allow those prejudices to influence their de- liverations. This allusion had reference to some ol the jurors who, on the first night of the inquest, urged the Corouer to Jet the mango. Tne hall was thea Cleared and the jurors retired. Shortly alterward they brought in tue following EXTRAORDINARY VERDICT :— “We find that Klizabeth Erb came to her death from natural causes, and we exonerate the pris- oner, Unirich Erb, trom blame.” On reading this Coroner Parslow exciaimed:—“Gentiemen, 1 cannot conscientiously accept such a verdict. There 1s ample testimony to show that the woman’s death was immediately caused by over excitement, to say the least, | and you must lay the responsibility of that where it belongs. You shall retire again.” This was not very agreeable to Uhirich’s over zealous frienas, Toe jurors again reured, and, atter long discus. sion, returned @ verdict thut Klizabeth Erb came to her death irom heart disease a ola on by ex- clement, but in what manner said excitement was brought on is unknown to the jury.” The Coroner reluctantly accepted this verdict, but ordered the prisoner to be cotnmitted to the county jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. Uhirich had been conveyed to the town prison, in expectation of being released atrer the verdict, FATAL FALL FROM ALOFT. Joon McNaught, a rigger, fell from the foretop- mast yardarm to the deck of the ship Mepruger, lying at the foot of Bridge street, yesterday alter- noon, and ‘was fatally injured. 100 feet above the deck. The unfortunate man, Whose taintly reside at No, 25 North Oxtord street, Brooklyn, was taken to the Uity Hospital. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Yesterday afternoon a woman named Johnson jumped irom the dock near the Hoboken terry, on the New Jersey side, and sunk in the water amoug the piles, A policeman rescued her and brought her to the police station, where she was held to await @ charge Of having attempted to do away with herseif, DISOOVERY OF STOLEN. PROPERTY. Captain Allaire last night arrested Louis Kar- nitzkte, of No. 460 Seventh avenue, on a charge ol receiving stolen goods. In his premises were found several articles stolen by Ryan aud Smith, two young burglars arrested a few a: breaking, at No, 127 Bast ‘Thirty-fittn street. Large quantities o: valuable wearing apparel, coats, overcoats, pantaioons, gold braided opera cloak, silk and poplin dresses, embroidered opera cloak, piano covers ana several Held glasses were seized and taken to the Thirty-fifth street police | station, Where Owners are wanted lor them. — THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will’ show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty four hours, in comparison with the corresponding date o1 last year, a8 indicated by thet rpon.eter atHudout’s pharmacy, H seer —_ 14. 873, 1874, 45 65 “ a 58 + 68 BT je temperature tor y A Average temperatare tor MABE YORE. sess sseonweereseen: Alter taking the | The height was | | | chess war is supposed to resemble, | THE CARLIST TROOPS. But the mistakes of the Carlist genera's were wiped out as fast as made by the splendid conduct and wonderful rapidity of the Oarlist troops, which made them appear almost ubiquitous. One is lost in admiration of these soldiers, and I do not think any general, no matter to what soldiers accus- tomed, can see these Jellows on the march, with | their long, rapid, swinging stride, and iron | sinews and joyous shout, without a feeling of exultation im them and a desire to lead them into battle. They remind me more of the soldiers | Michigan, Wisconsin, Iinois and Indiana sent out | during our own war than any troops I have seen | im Europe. The truth 18, the world does not un- derstand or appreciate the valor of these men. PLUCK AND RESOLUTION. Because they were obliged to retreat from Bil- bao it 1s supposed they cannot fight regular troo | in regular wariare. | | | | i | If Don Caries does not succeed it wid be the fauit | to the present affair, the ga:ne commenced in this wise :— PROGRESS OF EVENTS. Ing neither wine nor oil nor meat nor grain to | enter the city, and the resuit was, that the people of Pampeluna complained loudly and demanded They, vf course, were not yet re- to be relieved, without looking at their cards, than the game of | It is not known that for days | and weeks, and even months, they stood nnder an | arullery fre at Somorrustro almost as terrible as that borne by the Kussians at Sebastopor-without being able to reply by a single shot, and if 1s not | remembered that they have hitherto defied the armies of Spain and conquered their present posi- | tion without the aid of a singie piece of artillery. | of his generals and not of bis soldiers. To return During some time past the Carlists bave put Pampeluaa upon & sumewhat strict régime, allow- , next Pampeluna. A part of the convoy was still passivg, when suddenly came the noise of fring and | shouting and ali the other sounds of battle borne down trom Biurran on the still moruing air. moment after an orderly came galloping down the road with the news that the Carlists were at- tacking Biurrun, | “But it is not possible,” exclaimed Morlones; | “there are ne Catiists there.!! He nimeelf had been over the ground the day before nearly to | Puente, and he had satisfied himself that there were no Carlists. The Cariists were there, neverthetess, of which | fact be was soon convinced by seeing his own | troops streaming over the ridge in a disorderly | Mass, some without their arms, which they had ; thrown away in their hurried fight. |. The attack had been made by the same ti that had marched to Estella and back in twenty- four hours, and who had just arrived, Enraged at | What they considered a useiess March—at being obliged to abandon the position of Biurrun, on pure pose, they saia, to allow Moriones to pass—they pad been shouting “Treason!” openly, and they now demanded to be led to the attack. They were all Navarrese, and were, besides, mad with hanger and fatigue, and led vy General Pirula. ‘They climbed the steep, woody mountain over- sooking Biurrun, and came sweeping down on the village with xed bayonets and the most diabolicai yells. The republicans were completely taken by surprise, and fled in dismay alter a feeble resistance, They even came hear losing @ battery ol artillery that had been planted bere to cover the Puente road, and it was ) Only by almost superhuman exertions on the part of the oMicers, who, with their own hands, attached Une horses and helped to drag off the pieces, that the battery was saved. But they lost here eighty prisoners and about two hundred killed ang wounded, THE MEN WHO FOUGHT. This attack was make by three battalions ot Navarrese, about 2,000 men, and the Carlists main- tain that the village was deiended by 6,000 repub- licans. This is pogsibly an exaggeration, although, as the place is the key of the position, command. ing, as it does, the road to Puente, the only road by which the Carlists could come, it snould have been delenaed by at least the number claimed, if, it was not. Be that as it may, the republicans fled | before a very inferior force in point of numbers, MORIONES’ RETREAT. General Mortones was completely taken by sar- duced to their last loaf of bread, nor had they re- | prise, and, not KnOwing what had become oi La- sorted to any such extremes as eating their dogs and cats; but they were out of wine and oll, no provisions of any kind were coming and prices were rapidly going up to the starvation point. Under such circumstances it became necessary to relieve the place, and General Moriones, in command of the right wing of Serrano’s army at Tataila. under- In oraer to understand the position of the two armies and the movements which took took the task. place tt will be necessary to glance oc nally at tue map, | THE POSITION OF THE A! | ‘The centre of the Carlist army w: d is still at places. ts front formed a kind of semicircle, | extending from La Guardia through Los Arcos, | Dicastillo, Allo and Artagona to Biurrun, a@ dis- | tance of over sixty miles, a line defended by about thirty thousand men. The republican army | formed another irregular balf circle running clear around the whole Jengtn of the Carlist line, the leiu Wing at Logrofio, the right at Tafalia, and | thelr forces are somewhere near fifty thousand men, ‘The object of the movements to be undertaken was to send @ Convoy into Pampeluna by way of Tafalla. But Biurrun, the point held by the ex- treme Carhst leit, is a very strong position, and is really @ pass through @ low chain of mountain: which interpores bere between Pampeluna Tafalla, it was necessary to disiodge the Carlists, either by force or stratagem. and the plan agreea upon between Moriones a: Laserno seems to have been this:—Moriones Was to advance a3 near Biurrun as possible without, however, atti ‘Then Luserpo was to make a FY on Este! the side of Los Arcus and by ti Carhsts from their strong p jon at Biurran to aelend treir capital and tugs lét Mortones pass io Pampeluna. it was the same manoeuvre as that ex- cuted when revictuailling Vittoria, and is a kind of strategy which may succeed very well the first time, but which is scarcely profound enough to be attempted olten with any chance oi success, That 1t partially succeeded here was rather owing to a happy chance than to any merit the plan itself | possessed, while Luserno missed a splendid op- poreanrey of marching into Estella simost without ring & sbOt THE PLAN was worked ont as folluws:—Mortones took up his march toward Pampeluna on the 16th, with avout 12,000 men, and escorting a convoy of avout 1,000 | | carts. | 8 he advanced General Dorregaray, as was | | foreseen, gradually withdrew his troops from the side of Los Arcos, and concentrased them at Biurrun to meet him. In this way he completely uncovered Estella ou the side of Los Arcos; put he, at the dame time, sent orders to Gener Vath? command: at La Guardia, to extend his line to Los Ars in order to fillup the gap. The 17th, 1 and loth there was a little skirmishing between Moriones’ troops and the Carlists, which was, however, without tm- portauce, as it was no part of the plan of Moriones | to attack.- Ro bY on the night of the 19th. or | rather morning of the 20th, General Dorreguray ; Teceived the astounding news that ern was marching on Estella, by Los Arcos, and that there was not a single sokiter on the re to Oppose his progress, Alvares had | Dot obeyed orders, and Kstclia, cumpletely enpro- | tected on that side, was, afer having been victori- | ously defended #0 often, about to fail without | striking a biow. It would seem that Alvares haa not received the order to extend his line to Los Arcos, and, engaged in watching tue ras at | Miranaa, nad allowed Laserna to slip by hiw, | Dorregaray immediately abandoned his strong | positions at Biurrun and flea to the protection of | Hatelia, scarcely daria to hope he would arrive in tim le reacted Estella, a distance of twenty. one mi! by noon of the 20th, and continued his march towards Los Arcos, expecting every moment to come upon the vanguard of Laserna, A SURPRISE. But what was his astonishment to learn that Laserna, like tie famous French general who | “marched up the hill ana then marched dowa again.” had simoiy marched to fos Arcom and Estella, its right at La Guardia, on the Ebro, its lert at Puente la Reina, extending to Biurrun, on , the road and railroad connecting Pampeluna | and Tafalia, about midway between the two serna and probably fearing his own retreat might be cut off, decided to retire before it was too la! This be immediately did, followed by the Carhsi in | who kept up @ cOntinual attack upon his rear guard and occapied the positions as fast as he abandoned them. By the evening of the 22a he had reached Barossum and Pueyo, near Talalla, where he made a halt before finally retiring inte ‘Tafalla. THE RESULTS, , As to the results of the affair, it will be seen that. nersost party bas much to boast of except mis- akes. The Carlsts took Biurrun at the point of the bayonet, it is true, and proved their superiority over the republican troops; but then in doing this. they only reconquered their own position, which they ought never to have abandoned. Mortones sent through 150 cartloads of provisions to Pampe- luna, but this was only @ small fraction of what be should have sent, and it cost him nearly three hundred men to do it, which may be considered very dear. Besides this, he had to retreat, with a naif victorious and insolent enemy at his heels, which mast have produced a very ete effect on his raw, haif disciplinea troops. Bui then, again, although the Carlists were victorious at Biurrun, their attack upon that place at that time was a mi It was not Biurrun, but | Pueyo, they should bave taken. Pueyo is a village situated on the summit of @ range oi hills over which passes the road from Tafaila to Pampeluna, | and aooat jour miles from the former place. [tis | @very strong position, and was almost entirely | unprotected on the 2ist. Had this place been | Seized Moriones’ retreat would have been cnt of, and he would have been placed tn a very awk- | ward position, indeed, Indeed, General Dorre- | garay thought’ ot this’ plan, but a litile too late, and actually sent a detachment, under Perulla, to | seime it, But as it had been already remtorced by Moriones Perulla retired, alter @ little skir- ; mishing. WHO I8 TO BLAME? As to the graver mistakes committed by both sides, they require no comment. To leave Hstelia | completeiy uncovered was certainly bad enough, | but that, it seems, was caused’ by a mils- carnage of orders. But Laserna’s conduct in not taking advantage of such a mistake 1s 10- | explicable, except on the supposition of pure im- | becility,. or else his Jealousy of Moriones and & | desire to get him into a position irenr ich he could not extricate himsel!. This latter théory is the oue exultingly ma@iutained by the Carlists, In | any cage 1t does not look much as though the new | republican Commander-in-Chief were going to STAMP OUT CARLISM ) Very soon. The positions of the two armies are how exactly the same as they were before. Pam- Stull in @ somewhat critical condition, e to be revictualled again soon. The Carhists have cut off the water, but as the river Arga passes around the edge of the town this will not cause inconventence sufficient to reduce the, garrison to surrender. TRIBUTE TO JUDGE CURTIS, n Meeting of the Bar of the unites States Supreme Court at ‘viishingto Resoluti Ado wore ASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 1874, —< . An ‘djourned neeting of the Bur of the United States Supreme Court was held today, Judge | Campbell presiding and Mr. D. W. Middleton, | Clerk of the Court, acting as Secretary. A series of resolutions were adopted in testimony of their greay affection and esteom for Judge Benjamin Robbins Curtis in Iife and o€ their sense of the | Great loss which the Courts and tne Bar of the | Whole country aud the commanity at large suffer ; 1o bis death, They commemorate his fidelity to | Society, to government, to religion and to trath. All these traits of duty, as the rule ot his life, the | Bar present to the living lawyers and to their succeeding Generations sor thelr sincerest ‘The resolutions having been agreed to, Attorney Generai Williams was requested to present then to the Supreme Court, and to move they bo | entered upon its minutes, and the chairman of the | meeting was requested to forward & Sept of them to the family of the deceased. Keverdy Jonnson and others’ delivered eulogies. The resoiuuons Pil provely ve submitted to the court on Monday ar Masday.