The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1875, Page 3

MARYLAND POLITICS, The Usual Results of Undivided Po- litical Power Manifested, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN BALTIMORE, The Organization of a Secret Soc'ety for the Purposes of Reform. PROSPECTS OF THE COMING ELECTION, Bavtimorg, Oct. 5, 1875, ‘The situation of politics and parties in this State pre- tents a povel and somewhat remarkable spectacle. In 1867 the republican party, because of its unfairness, ostracism and corruption, was ousted from power mainly through the efforts of Governor Swann, The citizens were afforded an opportunity to express their sentiments without the fear of the military or a parti- san police, and the result was they gave 41,000 majority for Governor Bowie and the rest of the democratic or conservative ticket, the largest vote ever polled for a party in this State. The Legislature, 1 beliove, to a man became democratic, In fact, that party had every- thing its own way; the counties were filled with demo- cratic office-holders, and the voice of a repub- Jican was as impotent within the limits of Maryland as though that voice were dead. This continued to be the position of parties until the last Presidential elec- tion, except that one republican Senator was sent to the Maryland Senate and perhaps a dozen republican members to the House of Delegates. At that election, because of the general disgust at the nomination of Horace Greeley and the ravages of the epizootic, thou- sands of the conservative party gbsented themselves from the polls, and for some days i which side had carried the election. The result was that parties nearly divided on the national issue, but remained almost stationary with regard to State affairs, The succeeding Congressional election developed some division in the sentiment of the State, and two repub- lican representatives were -sent to Congress. This rather astonished the democrats, and led to greater activity and zeal on their part. quent election last fall the republicans were totally de- feated and democratic Congressmen elected by large majorities in all the districts. During all these years, however, there has been an undercurrent of dissatisfac- tion, which has manifested itself from time to time to “the no small detriment of individual politicians. It has been said that rings were formed by means of which the offices were all and always distributed among certain { persons; that the public money was squandered; that corrupt and incapable men were sent to the City Coun- cil and to the Legislature of the State, In regard to these charges the writer has been able to obtain the following, which he thinks reliable:—There has been a very general MONOPOLY OF THE OFFICES over the State, but particularly has it been the case here in Baltimore, where the men who came in with the democrats in 1867 have retained their offices until now, and are renominated for another term, to be de- cided in November. This would not be an unmitigated evil were they such as honored their positions by their private characters and public actions, But, as a general rule, they are about as ordinary a set of men as can well be found, possessing neither the attractiveness that one expects to find in persons thus honored nor parts beyond mediocrity. This may be said of all, with Tare exceptions; but those elected to the City Council and the State Legislature from Baltimore city are and have been for the last four years a positive disgrace to any city inthe world. In the Council members have been detected in selling their votes and tn- fluence at the paltry rate of $60, and it is a notorious fact that a ring in the Legislature, composed of and backed up by the Baltimore city delegation and ringmasters has exacted exorbitant fees for every bill of importance that has passed that body during that time, and that even eleemosynary instita- tions were mulcted in large sums before they could secure the passage of the usual spprypriation. The delegation from Baltimore city to the State Legislature numbers twenty-one members, and in the absence of any opposition from.party spirit possesses a controlling influence. That a city of 300,000 inhabitants should be unable to select a delegate who could rise above the dignity of a schoolboy’s debating society, and that a very respectable portion of the delegation should be composed of barkeepers, is certainly a poor showing for one possessing the progressive spirit claimed by Baltimore, Graver charges than these were made during the last session of tho Legislature against many of Baltimore’s representatives, and there can be no doubt of the truthfulness of them. Pretty much the same parties, at any rate the same class of persons, have been nominated by the demo- cratic party for the ensuing session of the Legislature and for the two branches of the City Council. , THE COUNTY DELEGATES. The counties in Maryland have generally sent about as good men tothe Legislature as are usually to be found in bodies of that description. There have been some few instances of corruption among them, but the principal objection to be urged against them is the facil- ity with which bed By into the traps set for them by the ringmasters and Baltimoré delegation, THE STATE OFFICIALS.” Ihave been unable after careful investigation to dis- cover any instances of fraud and peculation on the part of those ‘Who handle the State’s and city’s moneys. The Comptroller, Colonel Woolford, was accused the | other day, by means of a base and anonymous rumor, of defaulting to the extent of $100,000. By a manly and timely denial through the press and a demand from the Governor for an immediate and thorough examina- tion of his books he has effectually disposed of the con- | temptible canard, and no one who knows that gentle- man would for a moment entertain any doubt of his integrity without the most convincing proof, OFFICIAL EXTRAVAGANCE, In regard to the squandering Of Woney by public officers—that js, the unnecessary and extravagant ex- penditure of it for purposes not likely to benefit the community—I think that can bo fairly laid to the charge of the party now in power, The large sums ex- pended upon Jones’ Falls without any earthly return, the money are on the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, with the reciprocal entertainments at the Opening, the unnecessary opening of streets which are not likely to be used as highways for the next fifty years, the money expended on temporary water works, when by a judicious and energetic policy, the permanent, supply could long since have en furnished the citizens—all these extravagances have resulted in a state of affairs which have aroused deep feeling among the taxpayers, There were some mecessary expenditures in connection with the large increase of population in the city and the advancement Wiican ‘ce; but these could scarcely Ps pe pore dustity the otal es coh iilowr he THEE day Vy honest | ‘and conscieniOt® Met, Whe great goth eying of mer- chants, where it Vas ehoWn that th (ives had actually doubled since a5 democrats came into power. , These | remarks, hgwever, apply principally to the city: There has been (yht little of this extravagance through the rural ‘portions of tho State except in isolated instances, ANOTHER EVI, and one which increases vastly the expensos of the | city, is the practice of giving fees ta certain officers in | the ‘courts, At a time whop the business of these courts was exceedingly circumscribed it was, perhaps, policy to attach fees to the offices, but when a crier for ‘a court makes from $8,000 to $10,000 a year for swear- ing witnesses and keeping a book with a record of their names it is high time that the salaries of the judges | be advanced beyond $3,250, the amount at present doled out to the highest judge in the State, There are offices, too, that are affected by the removal of cases in counties adjoining Baltimore. In one, at least, certain “officers double their salaries by the removed cases from the city, when if they contined themselves to the strict letter of the law they would be compelled to turn into the State treasury every cent received under these cir- cumstances. ‘Another grievance complained of is the use of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the officers for which are appointed by the State for political purposes. After careful inquiries I am inclined to think the charge cor- Tect in one sense, The employés of the canal are ex. ected to voto for the party who put them there, but it i generally conceded that the aflairs of the canal have been administered in the interest of the State and that there is a brighter prospect of dividends than there has been at any time since its construction. The canal is a Breat political machine like the government navy yards, and will probably always be made so while the State has the controlling power in it, it matters not what party may hold the reins of government. ‘These are the grievances of which the reform party complain. A few months ago it was noised abroad that numbers of citizens, indignant at the manner in which municipal affairs were adininistered, had formed secret organizations for the purpose of effecting a revolution in the city governmett. Owing to the opportune ap- pearance of the Doryphora decem lineata they received the euphonious title of POTATO NGS, though some of their lukewarm friends, among whom was the Governor of the Stato, did not hesitate to con- fer on thei epithots more derisive and by no means so ot, June Bugs. Tumble Bugs, &e., were bandied about froma mould) ho wopth: bub in the meantime the a ! wew YORK” vuge, uxe cei namesakes, throve and prospered. Rumors of their increase in bumbers and importance occasionally made their way through the press, despite their remarkable caution and reticence, and at length they manifested their strength at a public meeting, where they filled the hall andstreets like the locusts of Egypt. ‘The secrecy of their previous meetings and hints thrown out by themselves led to the impression that. it was ae revival of the old Know Nothing party, which ruled for some years in tbis Etats through fraud and violence, and the ap- arance of the men gave the opinion strength. ‘here was unquestionably a swarm of Potato Bugs at the first meeting, but it is doubtful whether they could have held out till this time had not some of the most prominent merchants in the city called an independent meeting of citizens to consider the situation and take steps to REFORM THR DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The prominence-of the men who assembled there, their weight and character in the community and the evi- dent honesty of their intentions gave a tone to the movement which ithad not before acquired, and the passions engendered by the bad behavior of the Balti- more city delegation in the recent Democratic State Convention added {uel to the flame. By consultations between this meeting, the Potato Bugs and the repub- | ican organization, a party has been formed in Mary- | land, or at leas, in Baltimore, for 1 don't think the organization extends outside the city, which as matter of doubt | In the subse- | 1, heterogeneousness of elements exceeds anything | ever gotten up in this country. The combination of | republicans, Know Nothings and, dissatisfied democrats | beats John "Randolpa’s declaration about Henry Clay | and Joho Quincy Adams, and yet the party will proba- | bly prove highly beneficial to the State, at least in its | introductory measures, The jgreat mistake that most moderate men concede it has made has been the nomi- | nation of a State ticket, This was uncalled for. On | all sides it is admitted that there could not have been | a better selection for State Executive than the Hon, | John Lee Carroli, nor can, probably, the superiors of the other two on the State ticket, Charles J. M. Gwynn | and Levin Woolford, be found. They have the re- spect of all partios, and. while declaiming against the acts of the democratic party, these gentlemen are invariably spoken of in terms of admiration. What, | therefore, was the use, say the. moderate mon, ot jeopardiaing the situation in Baltimore by nominating candidates against acceptable men? It is simply to stir up strife among the friends of these gentlemen, many of whom are very decided advocates of municipal reform. (8 REFORM STATE TICKET through a whole session of Congress for which ho was unfairly elected by the Know Nothings, and in whose case the majority of the Congressional committee made an adverse report, This ks unfavorably for the reformers afd castaa doubt upon the fairness of their intentions. Mr, Wallace, the second candidate on the ticket, stands very high here both as a lawyer and gen- | tleman, but there are those who say that he has always longed for political preferment and was ashamed to come out like other men and ask for it. Mr, Wil- | kens, the candidate for Comptroller, is also unexcep- tionable, but his record as a republican will certainly not be a strong card in his favor. Altogether, I thin! | it may be safely inferred that, despite the disaffection in Western Maryland, the miserable nominations in Baltimore and one of two of the adjoining counties, and the strong hankering for reform in this city, the Democratic State Ticket will be elected by a handsome, | though reduced majority, and wherever in the city candidates have been put up by reformers who are su- perior-to their democrati¢ opponents, the former will be elected. will also be the case to some extent in the counties, ‘THE COMING ELECTION, There appears to be some anxiety here about order on ‘ection day. The conduct of the opposite partisans whep they met last Friday ‘night did not give promise of ; itrather carried one back to the days of Blood Tubs, Dead Rabbits, Tigers, &c. will depend upon the manipulation of the police. The Commissioners now in office are regarded as superior men, ani the marshal is certainly an excellent man for the position, Moreover it is asserted by some that two of. the Commissioners are reformers. Iam unable to speak knowingly on that subject. The order of the city | devolves upon them and they have under their direction a splendid body of police. Of course riots may occur which temporarily they will be powerless to prevent, but ft is not conjectur le that the peace ot the city can be disturbed to any very great extent while they exercise supervision, NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTION. PROMINENT ORDINANCES PASSED TO A THIRD READING—AN AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT FOR ‘THE FUTURE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. Raxzian, N. C., Oct. 7, 1875. Mr. Turner presented a petition, numerously signed, accompanied by an ordinance prohibiting the payment of the special tax on Penitentiary bonds unless by pop- ular consent, expressed at the polls, and asked a sus- pension of the rules for its passage, Result—Yeas, 60; nays, 42. Not sufficient. Mr. Morehead, democratic, introduced a resolution to adjourn sine die October 18, at noon. : Mr. Turner, under guise of a petition, lengthily de- nounced the railroad corporations, charging them with robbery and corruption, Mr. Boyd, republican, introduced a resolution in- structing the Judi¢iary Committee to report an ordi- nance inhibiting the Legislature from levying taxes to discharge any part of the public debt unless by ante- cedent popular therefor. The rules were sus- pended—yeas, “OB; hays, the resolution | passed by acclamation. WOMANS? RIGHTS came to the front in a voluminous ordinance, offered by Mr. Thorne, abolishing religious vests and conferring suffrage upon females, Ex-Governor Reid’s amended ordinance for distribu- tion among voters of 100,000 copies of the amended con- stitution passed to a third reading. DISPRANCHISEMENT. At noon the ordinance requiring nincty instead of thirty days’ residence in the county for voters, and dis- | franchising felons, came up. Mesers. O'Hara, C: any | Smyth and Crosby, colored delegates, made powerful | and eloquent opposing speeches. General Rufus Barringer and ex-Congressman Dock- ery, republicans, read long and able orations, severely denouncing the proposed practical disfrancement of | negroes as tending to disorder, violence and revolution, Mr. Barringer charicterized it as a stupid theory that the ballot should be confined to the virtuous and good. Mr. Badger followed in earnest words, stigmatizing the proposition as a trick. Jarvis and Turner, democrats, ably replied, Thorne, republican, closed the debate in a radically, communistic harangue, advocating cosmopolitan citi- zenship and opposing all restrictions of residence upon the right to vote in county, State or nation. A fifteen minutes past three the ordinance passed to afinal reading; yeas 58, nays 49, Recess was taken to half-past four, beforo which Mr. #rench, republican, announced an atnicable arrange- | ment between the two partics in convention whereby | republicans abandon filibustering in consideration of Mverty to fully discuss all pending measures, THE EVENING SESSION. During the evening session the ordinance regulatin the election of judges by a general ticket, passed, a thir reading. The F aittance in relation to the removal of judicial officers for physical aud mental disability, finally passed after debate by Messrs. Bowman, Badger, Bennett, Buxton, Shober, Manning, Turner and Faircloth; yeas 64, nays 36, ah ah * POLITICAL NOTES. Senator Paddock, braska’s new Senator, is said to be in favor of ex-Speaker Blaine for the Presidency. ‘The fortune of General Grant is now no jess than $1,000,000, and is still growing. In 1860 it was less | than $700 a year. Elizur Wright says the fact that A. H. Rice iq a trus- tee of the Mutual Life Insuranco Company of New York gives more ‘“‘assurance’’ than anything else of his election, Parson Brownlow says of Governor Ames, of Missis- sippi, that he ‘knows about as little of the temper and wants of his constituents as a mule does of mattie- matics,’” “te Governor Alion said the og day the whole issue ad, dliguise it as you pleased, oF Gomplioalg it ag you woemd, or dinguss under the yoru urrency, Qt a words national banks, or the words national defaulters and national officers—the only question was, whether in,the future this country was (0 bé governed by the. man or the dollar. +8 genet, ae At one of his recent meetings in Mississippi, Mr. Lamar’s attention was called to a statement made by a republican candidate for Congress that the success of the democrats in this election would mean the re- enstavement of the colored people. Mr. Lamar turned to the audience, and asked those white democrats pres- ent who honestly accepted the situation, and would take up arms, if necessary, in defence of the freedom of their colored neighbors and fellow-citizens, to say ‘aye,’” The response was instant and deafening. Tho New York correspondent of tho Philadelphia Ledger says that prominent democrats who have just returned from Ohio, and who, yhile there, bad good opportunities for observing the drift of public opinjon, express the conviction that the inflationists are much stronger than the people here are inclined to believe. They¥also report that the feeling among the leaders of the democracy against Governor Tilden and the hard mowey brethren is very bitter—much more so, indeed, timn the feeling against the ‘common enemy’’—thattis, the republicans, In Kentucky the contest for the United States Sena- torship will soon present formidable proportions, The: most conspicuous aspirants now in the field are Hon. James B. Beck, General Williams, Senator .Stevenson and ex-Governor Leslie, It is understood that each of these gentlemen is organizing for the contest. In addi- tion to them the names of Hon. Isaac Caldwell, Hon. Stoddard Johnston, General Preston and Colonel W. C. P, Breckinridge are mentioned as furnishing materia; for tne Senatorship im the event that no one of the first named distinguished gentiomen can win the prize, All of these men are able and agcomplished democratic leaders. TH put in the field is headed, too, by one who served | | Every thing | | convention in a jury room of the Coun’ A 2) ‘) tn HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, TAMMANY ‘HALL GENERAL COM- ~ MITTEE. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SECOND AND SEVENTEENTH DISTRICTS INDORSED—RESOLU- TIONS AS TO LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES. A largely attended meeting of the Tammany Hall General Committee was held last evening in the base- ment of the wigwam in Fourteenth street, All the lights of the party were present, including Mr. John Kelly, Senator Moore, Judges Quinn and Kane, Major Quincy, Colonel Dunlap, Tax Commissioner Wheeler, Assemblyman Daly, Assemblyman McGowan, Judges Ackert and Sutherland, General Frank Spinola, Edward | L. Donnelly, Park Commissioner O’Donohue, Aldermen Lysaght, Lewis and Gilon and a host of others, The Meeting was called to order at eight o’clock by Mr. Abram 8. Hewitt, Chairman of the Committee. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting the Treasurer reported $4,709 07 in his hands. The report of the Committee on Organization as to their action in forming the Second and Seventeenth | Assembly districts was then read and adopted, This | Teport has been already published in the Hekauo, The name of Karl Kiein, as substituted in place of Daniel Gruber, deceased, in the Fighth Assembly dis- trict, was also reported from the Committee on Or- ganization. The following preamble and resolutions were then read and adopted without a dissenting vote: Whereas it is of the ntwoe’ ‘portance that candidates of recognized intellectual wbiliey and moral worth should be presented for the suffrage of the democratic republican electors of the city and county of New York, espectal atten- tion being required in the candidates for legislative po sitions in order that the interests of the metropolis may be effectually promoted, and that the great work of reform on- tered upon by Governor Tilden may be carried torward to complete success, and that the honor of our city may be ably maintained, be it therefore Resolved, That it be urgently recommended to the various conventions soon to assemble for the nomination of candi- dates to be presented for the support of the electors of the city and county of New York, and especially to the conven- tions for the nomination of candidates to represent the sev- eral Senatorial and Assembly districts in the Legislature, that the strictest scrutiny shall be had with reference to the character, ability and moral worth of the various persons who may be nanied for selection, and that it be recommended that no one be presented for public fayor who shall hein any respect deemed doubtful as possessed of all the Jeffersonian qualifications of honesty, capability and fidelity to the con- stitution, No further business was transacted and the commit- tee adjourned after a twenty minutes’ session. SECOND JUDICIARY CONVENTION. THE RIVER COUNTIES FAIL TO CONTROL THE NOMINATION BOLT—JUDGE A. B. TAPPAN RE- NOMINATED BY FOURTEEN VOTES. The delegates to the Second Judiciary Democratic Convention assembled at noon yesterday in the Supreme Court room of Kings county for the purpose of nomi- nating a Justice of the Supreme Court in place of Judge A. B. Tappan. The Convention was called to order by General James B. Craig, of Kings county, and Mr. B. K. Craig, of Suffolk county was appointed Secretary. ‘The credentials of the following named delegates were then handed in:—Queens county—John J. Arm- strong, B. W. Downing. Dutchess county—0. D. M. Baker, Charles E, Gurney, Orange county— Charles A. Brown, E. A. Brown. Rockland county—Andrew Fallon, Richmond county—George Gallagher. Westenoster county—Edward F. Hopke, George M. Pouse, Hart Purdy. Suifolk county—B. K. Paine. Putnam county—Thadeus Theall. Kings county—H. D. Birdsall, F. H. Churchill, James B. Craig, E. M. Cullen, George W. Hermann, John Lunske, W. E, Osborne, W. J. Osborne, S, M. Ostrander. The chairman pro tem., General Crai; mousy elected permanent chairman and secretary. Mr. Charles F. Brown, of Orange county, offered the following preamble and resolution : Whereas it is conceded that the Justice of the Supreme Court for the Second Judicial district, to succeed Hon. A. B. Tappan, whose term of office expires on. the, Bist day of De- cember'next, belongs, by long established custom, to the river counties of said district, Resolved, That it he referred to a committee of Dutchess, Orange and Rockland, to present to this Convention # name as candidate for such position. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Fallon, of Rock- land, whereupon Judge Armstrong moved ‘to lay the resolution on the table, and in so doing spoke against the impropriety of urging a prior claim on the part of the river counties to the nomination. Mr. Fallon insisted on the right of making the nom- ination before the Convention, and ‘Judge Armstrong again replied. ‘The motion to lay the resolution on the table was seconded by Mr. Peutz, of Westchester. The question was finally put by the Chairman, and ps Ceueeg to lay on the table prevailed by a vote of 14 to ‘was unani- r. Paine as Convention, being hissed as they departed. The name of Hon. A. B. Tappan, of Westchester, was | then presented for the nomination of Justice of the | Supreme Court, in the Second district, by Mr. Peutz, of Westchester. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Paine. Addresses eulogistic of the nominee were made by Messrs. Gallagher, Dennmg, Ostrander and Birdsall. The nominations being closed a ballot was taken, the result bemg that the entire remaming delegates to the Convention, fourteen in number, cast their ballot for Judge Tappan. A committee waited on the Judge and apprising him of the action of the Convention returned to inform that body of his acceptance of the nomina- tion. The Convention then adjourned sine die. THE BOLTERS ORGANIZE. The “bolting” delegates trom Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties assembled as a y Court House, and elected Andrew Fallon chairman and E. A. Brown secretary. It was resolved to meet in the Court House, Brooklyn, October 13 (Wednesday next), at eleven ‘A. M., to “take such action as may then be deemed ad- visable.” A committee of three was appointed to con- sider the situation. The delegates expressed themselves as determined to oppose Judge Tappan and to accept no compromise. i The term of office of Justice of the Supreme Court is fourteen years. The salary is $10,000 per annum. DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING BROOKLYN. JUDGE TAPPEN’S NOMINATION INDORSED. The democracy of Brooklyn, W. D., held their first outdoor meeting this year in Fleet square, fronting on Willoughby street, last evening. Dr. Pine presided, and offered a series of resolutions indorsing the Syracuse ticket and complimenting Governor Tilden, which were adopted. og ong were then made by 8. M. Ostranaer, J. Dougias jrown and others, Counsellor Keady offered the following: — Whereas the Democratic Convention of the Second Judicial district have this day placed in nomination the Hon. Abraham B. Tappen for Justice of the Supreme Court; thereforo Resolved, That we heartily indorse the nomination as ‘one eminently fit to be made, and recommend Judge Tappen to the suffrages of the people of the district as a ripe lawyer, a capable, honest, upright and impartial judge, and we Leo er to give him a majority of not less than 10,000 in Kings county at the next elec- tion. IN | Mr. Kead; space Kate. Tappen as an honest, inde- pendent judge @d moved the adoption of the resolu- tions, Which motion was carried, REPUBLICAN DISSENSIONS. ‘The anti-Custom House republicans wet opportunity of stating their grievances yesterday before &@ sub-committe of the Republican State Committee, composed of Silas B, Dutcher, of Kings county; Hon. John E. Smith, of Albany county, and Judge Robertson, of Westchester county, who were appointed to listen to and report upon the complaints of the aforesaid statements from the aggrieved were submitted to the committee. They were generally to the effect that re- yublicans of high standing and trustworthiness had n illegally excluded from admission to the Repub- lican district associations by the Custom House branch for insufficient reasons. Tho session of the sub-com- mittee will be continued to-day, Mi of the state- ments made yesterday were ex parte in their character and require to be sustained by affidavits, When tho committee has finished its labors a report will be made to the Republican State Central Committee, now in ses- sion at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. QUEENS COUNTY DEMOCRATS. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES BY THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The Democratic County Convention for Queens county met at the Court House at North Hempstead, L. L, to-day. There was considerable trouble with contesting delegations from North Hempstead and Long Island City, and the proceedings were conse- quently protracted until a late hour in the evening. Mr. Townsend D, Cock was appointed chairman, The Senatorial delegates chosen are:—Jamaica, James P. Darcy and Hirarg M. Rider; Newtown, Garret Furman and James ¥.-Burke; Hempstead, James Moore and ‘ohn B, Pettit; Oyster Bay, Elias J. Beach and Wal- ter Franklin; Flushing, James W. Covert and Frederick R. Smart; North Hempstead, John A. Searing and J. FE. Valentine; Long Island City, Alexander Moran and Joseph McLaughlin, Delegates at large, W. BE. Slocum and John H, Sutpin. The nominations for county of- ficers are:—For Treasurer, G. Edward Carll, of Flush. ing; Superintendent of the Poer, Josiah L. Pearsall, of North Hempstead; Jumice of Sessions, Charles J. Chipp, of Oyster Bay; Coroners, James’ Durven, of Long island City, and br, Burns, of Flushtig, The Democratic Assembly Convention for the Second Assembly district, which met at Jamaica, nominated n afforded an | by Mr. Hardy, who seemed WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLITICS. A LARGE NUMBER OF ASPIRANTS FOR POLITICAL HONORS IN THE FIELD. As the time for holding the nominating conven- tions draws near the numerous aspirants for political preferment in Westchester county are in many in- stances redoubling their assiduous efforts to accom- plish, if possible, the consummation of their hopes. By far the most lucrative position to be contested for is that of County Treasurer, which for the past nine years hasbeen occupied by N. Holmes Odell, who will Tepresentthe Tenth Congressional district im the next Congress. Among the principal candidates on tho democratic side who are likely to succeed Mr. Odell in the management of the county finances are Gilbert 8. Lyon, of White Plains; Walter F. Davids, of New Rochelle, and Benjamin J. Ambler, of Bedford. As @ democratic nomination for the.office is looked upon as being almost sure of election, the republicans manifest but little interest in the matter, which will be settled to tne satisfaction of one person, at least, in the County Convention to-morrow. For the Senatorial representation in_ the State coun- cils ex-Congressman John B. Haskin, of Fordham, and Stephen 8. Marshall, of White Plains, are the two prominent candidates, Those opposed to the lat- ter’s nomination advert to his signal defeat by Juage Robertson when running for the same oflico two years ago; but they @lso assert that bis claims for the nomination are strongly supported by Comp- troller Green. William Cauldwell, of Morrisania, an avowed advocate of inflation in his paper, is also de- sirous of resuming his seat in the State Senate, Mr. Cauldwell was defeated by Judge Robertson, in his race for the Senate four years since, the latter beating him by about @,000 majority. Marcus L. Cobb, a well known lawyer of Ossining, is also named in con- nection with the nomination. Among the republicans very little is being said as to their choice of a candidate for the Senate, the leading politicians of that party | being evidently waiting to ascertain what manner of man their oppdnents will place inthe field. Judge Robertson still insists that he is out of the contest, but many of his friends adhere to the belief that he may be induced to again become a can- didate in the event of a contingency which’ they de- cline to mention. Elliott ©, Cowdin, of Newcastle, and Georgo A. Brandreth, of Ossining, are candidates for the nomination, in case George Robertson should persist in declining to run, Justice A. B. Tappen, of the Supreme Court, who is desirous of re-olection, is by far the most popular can- didate among the democracy of the county, no one else being spoken of in connection with the judiciary, ex- cepting Jackson 0, Dykman, who was at one time Dis- trict Attorney of the county. The remaining officials to be elected aro—a Superin- tendent of the Poor, Justice of the Sessions, and threo Coroners, for which there are, as usual, a large number of aspirants, JERSEY POLITICS. NOMINATIONS FOR THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. The following nominations have been mado, so far, for the Senate of New Jersey:—Camden county, Gen- eral W. J. Sewoll, republican; Samuel P. Lippincott, democrat. Gloucester county, ex-SheriffThomas Mather, republican; ex-Judge B. F, Carter, democrat. Monmouth county, William H. Hendrickson, democrat; no repub- tican nomination yet. Somerset county, ex-Assembly- man John G. Scherick, democrat; no repyplican nomi- nation yet. Warren county, ex Assemblyman Silver- thorn, democrat. Union, Essex and Salem counties will make their nomimations next week, For the Assembly in Burlington county the repub- licans have nominated Samuel Taylor and John W. Cavileer, respectively, inthe Third and Fourth dis- tricts. In Cumberland county both parties are early in the field, the republicans having already nominated Morris Bacon and George W. Payne, and the demo- crats Isaiah Richmond and Andrew J. Steelman for the Ae. The Shrievalty contest in Mercer county is waxing warm. The present incumbent, Benjamin F. Walton, is the democratic nominee, and the republican aspirant is Joseph Mount. The republican organ in Trenton has, 1d the religious issue into the contest, and says Mr, Walton did not vote on the constitutional amend- ments because he was afraid of offending the Catholics. ELECTION INSPECTORS IN TROUBLE. ‘The Board of Police yesterday tried the following per. sons, appointed inspectors of election, on various charges, principally neglect of duty:—James McManus, Juhus Berlinger, J. P, Frank, J. McDonald, ©. Sper- beck, J. Maloney, P. Morgan, B. F. Bingham, James McMullen, ‘The decision in each case was reserved. THE STATE CENSUS. By a blunder in the Census office the aliens in New The river county delegations then withdrew from the | York city were twice counted, thus increasing the city and State totals by 93,606. These must be deducted, and then the footings will be as follows :— Population, Population, Gainin Gain 1865. 1875. 10 Fears. Per Cent. N. ¥. city, 726,886 1,156,262 419,877 «57.80 Wi sie State. 3,981,777 4/822/908 991,221 25.87 And in the table “City Mf State Censuses” :— N. Y. city... 726,386 1,156,262 = 419,877 57.80 Total cities.. 1,414,956 2,190,657 775,701 54.82 The latest corrections to be made at Albany cannot materially, alter these figures; so we may in round numbers fay that the population of the State is 4,825,000, and of the city, 1,160,000. THIRD AVENUE SAVINGS BANK. ‘The instructions of the Supreme Court at Albany to Mr. W. S. Carman, the receiver of the Third Avenue Savings Bank, were received yesterday. According to these the corporation is dissolved and the receiver is required to deposit with the United States Trust Com- pany, under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Banking Department, all the available property of the bank with the exception of about $10,000, the prop- erty to remain with the Trust Company until withdrawn by an order of the Court. The receiver is further or- dered to make a report within six months in order that a distribution may be made to the depositors. HOW THE COMMITTEE OF DEPOSITORS was SELECTED AND APPOINTED. To Tux Eprrox or tHe Heraup:— In your issue of this morning my attention was called to the communication of ‘“Depositor” in regard to the meeting of the depositors of the Third Avenue Savings Bank, held at Hitchcock Hall, last evening. In order to correct any misapprehension on the part of the deposi- tors, and in justice to myself, I beg leave to make the following explanation. At the instance of three of the depositors I was requested to attend the meeting and represent their interests, as I had made myself familiar with the law and knew of certain facts which evidenced the utter impropriety of the appointment of the present receiv Upon arriving at the hall I found a large crowd of persons, male and female, and upon inquiry I could not Jearn of any, concerted action. Feeling the importance of the trust confided to me I took an ac- tive part im the organization of the meeting, taking every precaution that no persons should take part in the proceedings or be appointed to any position who were ot bond fide depositors. Names were furnished me nt actyS worker, and whom I learned was the originator of the movethent, and I asked each of the gentimen as they presented themselves whether they were depositors, and to what amount. Feeling perfectly satisfed that wo could secure a organization to represent the interests of the depositors, and none other, by pre- senting the names of these gentlemen ww be voted upon, the meeting was called to order, and the various itions of president, vice president, treasurer Parties, with a view of effecting a reconciliation with ee eh ae Mand i elaee sing Drea tne Cyston House branch. ‘The meeting was held at the nego a ons qoEnee Of BE and Morton | the popetnlliey of any improper a tion be ing Ersesai ot Heer srt tha Anil Ponta “WEAR | cha Boxk Meung It yas fesohved. that y 3 aon on = Laacbiy” dis, | be admitted except on preocuwig io pe = feereMGas from lmost every "Assembly dis; | stror in the tind Avene Savings Bank The com: will meet to-night, and proper resolutions will be arate to be seueentel ‘and voted upon at the next regular meoting of the depositors, which will be dul announced through the press. You can readily per- ceive that every precaution has been teken to tect the interests oft o depositors, and in order that all may have an opportunity to participate in the proceedings a large hall will be secured for the east eens, which will be duly announced. There were doubWess many per- sons who could have been placed upon the committee who had equally as large interests as those selected, but too many upon tt would have been an obstacle rather than a benefit, The committee are all con- scientious gentlemen, who will devote themselves to the task they have undertaken, and when their report is made at the next meeting the depositors will then have an opportunity of determining how well thoy have performed their duty. I shall be glad to furnisl any of the depositors with further information by aj plication at my office. It may not be out of place here to state that I propose to act in concert with the com- mittee, to give them the benefit of my experience and advice, and when the time comes to make an examina- tion of the books of the bank and render that assistanee as well as any other without any compensation what- ever, I made this statement at the Knot, Hoag night, and I now reiterate it, so that it may meet the eyes of those who were not present, Your respectfully, B, & McDONALD, Ne 38 Broadway, New Fork, Oct, 7, 1875. CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES, The cigars seized trom the brig Havana by Special Treasury Agonts Fideau and Brackett, attached to the office of Colonel F, E. Howe, and whose capture was ex- clusively told in yesterday's Henan, were delivered over to the seizure room of the Custom House, and num- dered 2,808 Polities are being discussed in the Custom House, from the chief of officials downward, with great interest, and the nominations on the 16th are eagerly can- Alvin ', Payne, of Long Island City, for the Aesembly, and Isaac D. Fosdick, of Jamaica, for Scheol Commis. ajonar. vassed, Collector Arthar and General Sharpe held a long con- sullation last evening, STATEN ISLAND GRIEVANCES, Ss is OA WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK, At Stapleton yesterday the public feeling seemed to resemble a volcano, the fires smouldering yet ever ready to break forth. Knots of men were gathered on | the street corners, discussing the situation, and ex- | pressing their indignation against Vanderbilt and his tate performances. The people seem thoroughly alive to the | advantages brought them by the new line, and are de- | termined upon keeping them. Beyond threats of re- sorting to extreme measures if the ferry company’s pier should be again attacked, all was quiet. No further violence was attempted, nor is such anticipated, unless the Vanderbilt party succeed in their attempt to have the present injunction removed. THE MASS MEETING in Stapleton Park was well attended by the inhabitants of Stapleton, but the principal speakers were absent. As soon as the lanterns had been placed upon the plat- form erected in the park a crowd of about 1,000 persons gathereg around. Mr. A. G. Schroeder opened the meoting& His address was very impassioned and pointed, ‘If they take that ferry down we will take anothegdown,” elicited tremendous applanse. He introduced Mr. N. J. Wyeth. This gentleman was more calm. He entered at once into the ques- tion of whether there should be an opposition line. If the Vanderbilt line would do what it ought, then perhaps the people would be satisfied, The’ man who does the best for the people is entitled to the trade and will got it. The man that is opposed to the people forms the true opposition. Judge Garrett followed these remarks with a few short words of advice to the people, and announced that, as a sufficient number of speakers were not present, the meeting Would be adjourned to Saturday, the 9th inst., at half-past seven o'clock in the evening. During the meeting a cannon was fired several times in the park. It is expected that a majority of the voters of Richmond county will be present at the meoting om Saturday. Resolutions. are to be adopted sustaining the Garner line and censuring Mr. Vander- bilt for his unjustifiable attack on private property. A STRONG PROTEST AGAINST FERRY MONOPOLY. Staten Isuanp, Oct. 7, 1875. To rae Eprror or rie Hera ‘That history repeats itself is,no now discovery. The saying is both trite and true, true even as regards fic- tion—for the curious romance of former days often finds its payallel in history yesrs after its conception in the brain of the novelist. When Washington Irving de- lighted the world with the Rip Van Winkle of a hun- dred years since he little conceived that other Rip Van Winkles—real, existing, dreaming, drowsing Rip Van Winkles—were to slumber through a twenty years’ nap within five or six miles of this wide-awake city of New York, Verily, truth is stranger than fiction, The Catskills have furnished us a charming ideality, Staten Island a somnolent fact. While the outlying suburbs of the metropolis to the north, east and west bave grown | in wealth and population under the wide-awake energy of their inhabitants, the ‘ tight little island” to the south has slumbered along in a torpor as profound as ever overtook the seven sleopers. An Isle of Wight for beauty, with riparian advan- tages of unquestioned merit, its villas and farms are a drug on the market, and commerce is forbidden its shores. 2 These are facts that few Staten Islanders will venture todeny. How they have been brought about and why | they exist the occurrences at Stapleton landing these | last few days will probably soon develop. The fact is, the island 18 “under an incubus, From the day that Commodore Vanderbilt pulled his trim-built wherry, as the jolly young waterman, fon the’ ferry over the bay until to-day, when Captain Jake ‘accommodates” the public with his double-enders, the island has been under an incubus, and that incubus is the “Staten Island Rail- way Company” apd the fumily Vanderbilt. For years back Staten Islan& has been stupefied under this forry company and family narcotic, While crowded trains in other directions are whirling thousands into the country with a speed that makes minutes and miles almost convertible terms, our ferry company’s | boats are slowly ploughing their sluggish way with the few passengers that its parsimony and bad management have left resident on the south side of the island. In strong contrast to the North Shore ferry boats, we find it now blunderiug in a fog, now fearful of or power- less to encounter ice, dropping a trip out of the time table, “knocking off” the last night boat when passen- gers'are too few to make it pay—these, with an occasional blowing up or scalding, havo ‘been the characteristics of this monopoly for years back, Like | the Bourbons, the House of Vanderbilt learns nothing, forgets nothing. With thes Legislature at its beck ani call, the judiciary favorable and the Harbor Commis- sioners amenable, what is there to learn or to forget ? The shade of its roof-tree is the shade of the Upas, and ithas fallen like a pall upon the energies and enter- prise of the islanders, No wonder Staten Island prop- | erty is a drug, when the Vanderbilts are the ad- ministering doctors. Within a few months past, however, an attempt has been made | to wake up this somnolent community, and New York capital and enterprise have been exhibited by the new doctors as _a stimulant, How the new treatment has succeeded I Propose to show in the following marra- tive:—At first the North Shore Ferry Company by a proper representation to the Dock Department (which | was composed of men appreciative of the wants of Richmond county) secured a landing place at pier No. 1 East River, where they were enabled, at a large outlay, to provide, for the first time in the history of Staten Island, decent accommodations in the way of waiting | rooms for ngers. | This position, however, brought them into an unpleas- ant neighborhood. The Vanderbilt line was next door, and from next door came at first growls both loud and deep, and next an obstacle of a more serious nature in the shape of an opposition boat backed up by the wealth, power and interest of the Vanderbilt monopoly. | Despite of this rod held in terrorem, the North Shore | Ferry Company refused to be frightened off, kept on the even tenor of its way, and at last one fine day noti- fied the opposition that unless their boat was with- | drawn a counter opposition would be established upon | the east shore. Persistence was the game, tion, and intimidation was however, of the opposi- eir best card. By dint of the Vanderbilt interest at Albany bills were forced through, eventually to be defeated by the Governor's | veto, The next effort was to bring action at law in the name of the people by which they hoped to deprive the North Shore Ferry Company of their dock pwoperty, and the Attorney General was brought forward as the representative of the people’s rights. Next the Cor. | poration Counsel was called upon to act in the name of | the people, upon other complaints tending to hamper | and annoy the company, and finally the Commissioners of Pilots were egged on to atiempt to destroy the prop- | erty of the company, including the New York Yacht Club's new house at Stapleton. This last move was procured by displaying to the Pilot Commissioners decisions which had been ob- tained from the Judgesof the Supreme Court and by artfully reframing from entering judgment in the case upon which the said Pilot Commissioners were called | upon to act, With this prossure (and it is not imagined that much was roquirod) the Pilot Board resolved itself into a | Board of Demolition, awarded a contract to the dock | builders of the Vanderbilt ferry to destroy the club house and dock property, and shapped their fingers at the injunction which had been served upon them within two hours after the above award. Although the Pilot Commissioners had been enjoined hours before, the destruction committee kept at work whenever opportunity offered during the entire night, and only desisted when orders were sent to them to do 80 on the following day. STATEN ISLANDER, WHAT THE PILOT COMMISSIONERS SHOULD SUP- PRESS. To rue Eprror or tae HeraLp:— Would it not be better if Mr. Blunt, instead of de- stroying valuable property, would give his attention to the large scow loads of ashes and garbage that are daily towed down near Coney Island and dumped tm the water? How shall we be without a channel or a healthy city while they shovel this matter off just ag the tide changes and runs in? A SHIPOWNER. 1X Raat Ea? thot. | The picr at the foot of Fulton street, Brooklyn, is to be built out on the river to the furthest limit fixed by law, serving as a sort of breakwater fer the Union Ferry boats. A supplementary bridge inside the slip will tend to facilitate the passage of vehicles under every condition of the tide. THE RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM. The only matter of doubt on the minds of the public astothe actionof the Rapd Transit Commission, so fully detailed in the report on plans which appeared in all the journals of yesterday, is the necessity for the organization of the Manhattan Railroad Compa. Why | such a company is to be created puzzles those who are not familiar with the intricacies of the law under which the commission acted. Any one who will carefully ex. amine the actand the charters of the New York Elevated Railroad Company and the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company will see that the commission has located Toutes not covered by either chagter. The now company js to be organized to Wyild the roads on these stroets, ‘which are known a8 “Commission routes;’’ but it is nerally understood that, after full conference tweon the officers of the Gilbert and New York ele- vated railroads and the capitalists who back them, it was deemed advisable that a union of all interests should be effected, and hence it is safe to say that “The Manhattan Railway Company” is to be created with this object in view. Tho a oie of the Greenwich (or New York elevated) and Gilbert elevated railroads will likely be put into the new company at a valu- ation, and a great company arise to operate the pres- ent elevated road and build and operate those author- ized by the commission. It is rumored that some of the horse railroad companios will join their interests with the new company, and, if this be true, we are likely to have rapid transit after all, In the meantime the public can safely be patient and await developments, At present the friends of the movement have every MOODY AND SANKEY. The Revivalists Formally Invited to Begin in Philadelphia, Large and Harmonious Meeting of Evangelical Clergymen. The First Revival Services in this Country To Be Held in November Next. THE MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK. PHILADELPMtA, Oct. 7, 1875, ™ An adjourned meeting was held this afternoon of the evangelical clergymen and laymen of the Protestant” churches to receive the report of a committee of ar- Tangements, consisting of one clergyman and one lay- man from each of the denominations represented at thetwo previous meetings, the object of whose appoint- mé&t was to consider and report upon tho time and place of organizing revival meetings under the control of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. Over 250 ministers and laymen wero present, among whom were Rev, Mr, Jackson, Presbyterian; Rev. Dr, Wylie, Reformed Presbyterian; Mr. Thessell, American Tract Society; Rev. Dr. Adair, Presbyterian; Alexander Whilldin, Rev. Charles Campbell, Presbyterian; Rev. George H. Bringhurst, Episcopal; Rev. Mr. Kerr, Presby- terian; Rev. Mr. Hoffman, Moravian; Rev. Mr. Johns, colored; Rev. Dr. S. A. Muchmore, Presbyterian; Rev. William T. Eva, Presbyterian; Rev. Mr. Hendrickson, German Reformed; J. H. Coyle and Professor Johnson, of Bethany Mission; Rey, Dr. H. ©. McCook, Rev. B. L. Agnew, John M. Snyder, Rev. B, L. Harper, Presbyterian; Duffield Ashmead, John Wanamaker, Rey. Anthony Atwood, Methodist; Rev. T. A.-Fernley, Methodist; George H. Stuart. The Rev. Dr. R. M. Hatfleld, Presbyterian, chairmay of the previous meetings, presided. After singing tha Doxology and a prayer, Mr. George H. Stuart was called upon for a report from the committee appointed ta consider upon a place to hold the mectings of thé evangelists. He said that the two places best suited for the two revivalists to begin their work were Phila delphia and New York, On looking over this city he had found that there was only one place in the city, THY BUILDING, corner of Thirteenth and Market streets’ the old Penn- sylvania Railroad depot, The building has been exam- ined by an architect, and can be arranged to accommo- date 10,000 people, at a very small expense. Mr. John Wanamaker, who has just arrived from England, being called upon for a few remarks, said thai it would be utterly impossible for him to attempt to de scribe what he saw in London at the meetings of Moody and Sankey. He had never seen anything like it be- fore, and never expected to again. He had read about the meetings, but was utterly overwhelmed by, what he saw. He had attended the meetings and studied the matter. He had often thought to him. self as he listened to Mr. Moody, “Why, I have heard that before; you are not saying anything new, Mr. Moody.” But the effect of these meetings was ta set the whole country ablaze. These two common men were certainly working under God’s direction. Every denomination united with them in England, and sa they mast here. It is often said that ministers were not business men, but the manner in which the work wag carried on in England, the co-operation, heartily and sincerely, for once resulted in the most perfect system. ‘The speaker said that he was so impressed that he dev termined to have the men here if possible, and when the invitation came over from Philadelphia he had been most happy to present it. This was th way the matter stood now. All that remain was for the ministers to unite and securé Mr. Moody. Other cities were anxious to have him and his partner, and they must decide at once. As to the expense,,he thought that about $40,000 would cover all the expenses of fitting up the buildin making alterations and conducting a the meetings the series. Mr. Moody was anxious to begin on the last day of this month. Rev. Mr. Crowell, of the Presbyterian Church pro- posed that they all unite in silent prayer, which waa complied with, Mr, Crowell atterward praying aloud that the Lord would lead them in the settlement of this most important matter, and guide them, as ministers of Jesus, to be the means of glorifying Him. WHAT MR. MOODY BAYS. Mr. Hatfleld announced that he was requested by the committee to state that he had called upon Mr. Moody, and had found him the same plain, blunt, honest mam) that he had always known him, not in the least in- jared by the wonderful experiences through which he ad passed. Mr. Moody had told bim that he was ready to begin in Philadelphia now; but that if he began in New York or elsewhere he could not fix on any time. A point the revivalist had insisted upom was that he would not come unless all the ninistry joined in inviting him. “Why,” he had said, “there | are hundreds of men who can preach better than I can, and how can a man like me one todo any good unless T have the co-operation of all the ministry.” Another important suggestion he made was that his services should not interfere with those of the churches. Hi meotings would not be held at night, nor at the time of the half-past ten o’clock services. He had asked, however, if night meetings were held, that the ministers should agree to close their churches and bring their people with them for two weeks, This he regarded aa a very important matter. THS COMMITTER’S REPORT. The secretary of the committee, L. P. Ravell, Presby- terian, reported that the committee were unanimou! first, that the revivalists should be invited; second, th: they be asked to come in November. Rev. Dr. Harper offered the following:— Resolved, That in the judgment of this meeting the churches of this city are wafting the outpouring of the Hol Spirit, and that we do hereby most cordially and unauke mously invite Messrs, M. and yy to come and labor in our midst. This was passed unanimously by a rising vote, Dr. Stevenson, Oldside Covenanter, offered a resolus tion to the effect that the work should be begun at the earliest practicable moment. This was also passed, Mr. J. P. Roland read the following:—The Advisory Committee recommend that a committee of fiftec! clergymen be appointed as a permanent committee of arrangements, and that the Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, R. M. Hatfield, D. D., Rev. C. D. Cooper, Rev. W. P. Breed, D. D., and Rev. C. P. Masden be a committee to nominate and appoint the said committee, Resolved, That when this permanent committee is ap* pointed they be empowered to appoint an executive commit* tee on business, consisting of seven laymen, On motion of Mr. Anthony M. Kimber, of the Society of Friends, the laymen were empowered to add to their number, UNION PRAYER MEETINGS. The committee also recommended that a series of union prayer meetings be commenced in the different churches hearest the centre of the city, to be held at present on Monday and Friday afternoons of each week, and that these meetings be commenced October 11, the mectings of next week to be held in the Broad and Arch street Methodist church. The recommendations of the committee were ad the five members of the Nominating Committee being added to the permanent committee. After agreeing to meet next Monday the gathering dispersed. Mr. Wanamaker will visit Brooklyn to jorrow and inform. Mr. Moody of the action of the meet is ph OBSTACLES IN THE PATH OF THE EVANGELISTS IN NEW YORE. Mr. D, L. Moody, who was here in the early part of the woek, and who arrived in Brooklyn last night, had several conferences with the committee of min« isters and laymen who are authorized, in behalf of the churches, to make preparations for his coming to labor in New York. It was the general impression both of the committee and himself that the metropoilt is not yet ready for the harvest, Mr. Moody willnot begin evangelistic work in any city or place where his sorvices are not only asked, but welcomed, He wiil not be hampered or hindered by bickerings or jealousiea among the churches and the ministry. His invitation to New York has, it is said, been the least cordial of any given to him by any city in the Union, ‘he Baptists are the only religious of denominational representatives who have manifested heartiness in their invitation and 4 readin to taka all the preliminary steps toward a revival. At tl annual meeting, in Trinity Baptist church, om Wednes- day morning, the Southern New York Baptist Associa- tion, Ropectng, | sixty-three or more churches in this city and along the Hudson, unanimously invited Messrs. Moody and Sankey to visit this city at as early a day a possible, and pledged to the evangelists their o< sympathy and co-operation on the grounds of tha hristian and unsectarian teachings of those men. Whe association also recommended the churches ag ere oe to organize a union weekly meetin for such rel ee exercises as may be thought desirable in hag ae beginning on Thursday afternoon, Les naenethend a coed the first Sunday in November the pastors Bp. 7 to preach sermons upon the general go ol wow Spirit’s outpouring, to be followed wit uyecial beee ings in the several churches during the week U (Son A member of the Committee, of rnc pentane for fe evangelists remarked to the ba had the right ring to them, am Pett he aatevers ia the oity had taken, or would vm similar action Mr, Moody's programme could be reason to hope that before Mayor Wickham goes out 0 office a Jarae partion of tho roads will be in oner ant weary BOO.