The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1875, Page 3

POLITIOAL. The Republican County Convention. ~ THE MIXED NOMINATIONS. Hackett and Phelps Lead- ing the Way. TAMMANY'S ‘SENATORIAL NOMINEES The Movements of Leaders in Brooklyn. REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION. A CONFERENCE WITH THE ANTI-TAMMANY COM- MITTEE—THE NOMINATIONS. ‘The delegates to the Republican County Convention met last evening in Republican Hall, Thirty-third street, pear Broadway, for the purpose of nominating “county officers, with the exception of Recorder and District Attorney, these nominations having been made ut the last session, Long before the Convention was called to order a conference was held in an anteroom between Messrs, Rufus F. Andrews, Judge Spaulding, William P. Mitchell, Jotn Roddy and Ira Shafer, who formed a sub-committee from the anti-Tammany committee which had been in session all day in Judge Bixby’s office conferring with a republican committee, com- posed of John D, Lawson, Collector Arthur, Jacob M. Patterson, Jr., George H. Shark, Hugh Gardner, Joel N. Mason, John H. White, Wilham A. Darling and Charles 8. Spencer, in reference to the nominations to be made, In tho hall*there were present some 500 delegates and others interested in the nominations, The delegates waiting for the report of the committee became impatient, and called for William A, Darling, who said:— MR. DARLING'S SPEKCH, My Frrexpg—l am very sorry that it has been neces- sary to tax your patience so much, but we shall agree to- night upon a ticket that will deserve success at all events, and, doubtless, will command it, We have every encouragement to go into this canvass when we have men in nomination who are known for their private probity and for fidelity to public trust, We have heard since we last met from that ‘‘tidal wave” which was to sweep the | country—(cheers)—and we have received indications that the republican party still lives in Ohio and that at ig a forerunner o} vania, From the reports which we get from this State we have every reason to believe that we shall have the most encouraging results, Ex-Judge Dittenhoefer was then called upon. While he was speaking the Conference Committee entered the hall and were received with tumultuous applause, Mr. John D, Lawson took the chair, aided by Colonel Joseph C. Pinckney and Charles H. Duel as secretaries, | ‘The calling of the roll and the reading of the minutes | were dispensed with and the regular business com- menced. THE TICKET. The following ticket was then accepted unanimously as the nominations of the party :— Justice of the Superior Court—Charies F. Sandford. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas—Beujamin F. tor Judge—Henry A. Gildersh ounty fenry A. Gildersleeve: Surrogate—Stephen }. Van Schaick. Justices of Marine Court—James B. Sheridan, Charles Goeppe. Coroner—Morris Ellinger. Aldermen-at-Large—Uiiver P. ©. Billings, Jacob Hess, ‘THR CANDIDATES. Stephen D. Van Schaick has been acting for a number of years as deputy to Surrogate Hutchings. He is a lawyer, 1s about forty-five years old and respected by a very large circle of friends, |. MR. BENJAMIN P, DUNNING is an old and’well known lawyer, and was formerly the law partner of Charles O’Conor. MR, CHARLES ¥, SANDFORD is but little known in political circles. He is a member of the law firm of Sandford, Woodruff & Robinson, CHARLES GORFPE is a Gonman lawyer, who has practised law in this city. JAMES B. SUEKIDAN is the stenographer of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. He camtventiaets regiment during the war, and was, previous to that, a reporter and editor, A committee was then appointed to notify the candi- dates of their nomination, after which the Convention udjourned, subject to the call of the Chair, ‘ ANTLTAMMANY IN A FOG. @ISTORY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLT- ERS. When the anti-Tammany democrats clo#d their Con- vention on Wednesday evening at Irving Hall they had Appointed a committee of twenty-one, whose duty it was to cbnfer with any committee that might bo ap- pointed by the Republican Convention, This committee it was that also presented the nominations to the anti- ammany Convention. It was instracted, before leaving Irving Hall, that it was to confer with the republican sommitice, and was also ordered to mect at the ‘aw office of Frank Bixby, No. 23 Park row, on Friday yesterday) morning, at ten o’clock, Every delegate of the Convention, as well as every member of the com- mittee, was eager and enthusiastic in support of the somination of Recorder Hackett and District Attorney Phelps, and many of them prophesied that those two tandidates would haye as many votes in majority as their opponents would have altogether. But there was A great deal of dissatisfaction manifested in regard to the other names on the ticket. A number of the delegates appointed to the Committee of Conference scoured the city in search of the supposed Republican Conference Committeo, which could not be found. It was finally ascertained that the republicans had not cominated any committee, But it was discovered that two or three of the magnates of the republican party, melnding Collestor Arthur, General Sharpe and United States District Attorney Bliss, would talk with any of the members of the Anti-Tammany Conference Com- | mittee who might desire to meet them. Members of the committee in their peregrinations after sonference discovered that the republicans were decidely opposed to many of the fames nomimated on Wednesday night, while they were fully as warm in their support of Recorder Gackett as the foremost anti-Tammanyite, The move- ments of the Conference Committee were shrouded in deep mystery and they would give no information of their doings or the result of their labors, It was known, however, that a number of these gentlemen had met Collector Arthur at the Astor House, and it was understood that he had raised objections to the games of Dennis McMahon for Judge of the Court | not desire anything himself it was mamly through his of Common Pleas and William C. Traphagan for Sur. rogute, who had been nominated by anu-Tammany Convention Dennis McMahon had been objected to as being too pronounced in his democratic tendencies. Beside he was declared to be ineligible, as he lived in Westchestor county, outside of the judicial district, William C. Traphagen was objected to as being also TOO STRONG IN DEMOCRATIC PAITH, and as the partner of the late James T. Brady it was velieved that his affiliation with the great democratic eriminal lawyer during the latter’s life would not suit hide-bound ¢epublicans. It was algo learned by the Committee on Conference that there are inside the anti-Tammany ranks a number of delegates who do not desire to support all the persons who were nominated by their own Convention. Civil Jus- tice Josep Koch, who was nowinnted as a candidate for a Marine Court Justiceship, did not suit, tendorfer, who was known to head thé German ele. ment in the party, and it was understood that that gen. | that Judge Koch’s name should be | ask Heman would taken off the list ,of nominees, and that of Charles Goepp, a Broadway lawyer and brother | fo the ate ' Max Goepp, be substituted. For Judge of the Court ef Common Pleas. The republicans, fepresented in the person of Chester A. Arthur, were Willing to accept as a compromise candidate Mr. Benja- nin F. Duuging, a well known lawyer, who, although ® democrat and a partner at one time of Charles O’Conor, is not in any way objectionable to the repub- ficans. For the office of Surrogate the anti-Tammany gonierence men were intormed by the republicans that dhey would desire Traphagon’s name to be changed for shat of Philo T. Ru a brother of Samuel B. Ruggles, who ‘ver seventy years of ge, Frank’ Bixby, for the ant-Tammanyites, Geelared that és was too far advanced in years, as the amendment to the constitution paseed in 1869 provides that no candidate should be eligible to Judicial honors who was over seventy years of age, It was certainly the wish of the Convention to give the position to Mr, Traphagen, already nominated. Tho fames ef A. L. Sanger and W. W. Townley were can- vassed favorably ag substitutes for Koch and Sheridan in the Marine Court, and they seemed to have consider- able strengtf, particularly among the Jewish and Ger- man eleraenta, which were urgently demanding their quota of representatives, se TILE COMMITTEE IN SESSION, From ten o’cloak yesterday morning until six in the evening tho office of Frank Bixby was thronged with delegates and comnnttee men runhing in and out and ‘utonboling every one jo know how things stood, what is to come from Pennsyl- | NEW YO The fron. omce ocenptea by Gratz Nathan, and inside of its four walls all the mys- t-rious business was done. Rufus on working to bind up all and pour t Lito cleatrices, 5 ling, Andrews and ‘“‘Jim- mie” O'Brien Aas aimerens ed that they were inexor pe yen thor$ for any consideration. In be the republican leaders told them that they would select whatever nainds tbey saw fit, and that if the anti-Tam- many men did not choose to accept those men they ha aiford to do without their assistance, and that Hackett an at Vholpg would be elected, Seapite the patt eatin and rigues of the grog-house iclans who sdug! oly Mile or ruin the reform movement directed | aguinst Kelly’s behests, The nates of the members of | the Commitiee of Twenty-one were as follows:—Johu Egan, Thomas Wild, James Hayes, 8. M. Docher, Ger- shon Cohen, Michael Mouser, Frank E. Ransom, Nicholas Eberhard, Timothy Bhea, W. T. Mitchell, L! O'Brien, Edward J, Church, W. J. Gibson, P. J, Carty, J. ©. Quinn, Lawrence O’Brien, Henry Murray, James O’Brien, A’ Spaulding, Emanuel Hart, John Hart, J. Roddy and T, Ford. 4 BuB-commrreE of five, from tho Committee of Twenty-one, had been appointed, consisting of the following named gentle- men:—J. M. Shafér, Rufus W. Andrews, Judge Alex- ander Spaulding, William P. Mitchell and J. Roddy. These gentlemen were to confer with the republicans, but up to seven o’clock last evening they not settled on anything, * their labors chiefly consisting of effurts to compromise between a host of contesting candidates, A littie after six o'clock this sub-committee reported to the Committee of Twenty- one, which was awaiting them in Gratz Nuthan’s oifice, The committee held its session with closed doors, and no persons were admitted but those who were entitled to entrance by virtue of membership of the committee. A very stormy scene occurred in the committee, many of whose members were absent, among others’ Judge Henry Murray and Emapuol B. Hart. One of the most ~arduous workers in the committee, Timothy Shea, made a speech for harmory’s sake, and Rufus Andrews doclarea that although he was the earnest friend of M ‘Traphagen, whom he bad dined and wined with, yet hi would not alow bim or any other man, however dear to him, to stand IN THR WAY OP TARMONY, ‘Mr. Andrews declared further that if the ant!-Tammany democrats should be mad enough to hold out on separate ticket, and shouid they decline to act in har- mony with the Republican Conyention to meet that evening the opposition to John Kelly and his satellites would be buried beyond hope of resurrection, Judge Spaulding followed im the samo strain and be- songht his hearers to withdraw the names of McMahon and Trapbagen, and take in their stead those who should bo nominated by the Republican Conven- tion. Here a stormy scene followed, and a delegate named Hart declared that he did not’ believe in doing business as the Convention were about to do it—buying and selling names like cattle. He buttoned his coat and declared, as he left the committee room, to a friend outside, that’ he would go up town in his own district and fight the republican nominees. A motion was then made to adjourn, which was carnod and the committee left to report to the committee at the Re- publican Convention in Twenty-third street. Ex-Sheriff O'Brien, Ledwith and Bixby were asked what they thought of the situation, but they refused to say any- thing, and ,Ledwith asserted that he was not a candi- date for any position, Frank Bixby declared that he did not believe in the republicans claiming everything, for their votes did not justify such claims, THE IRVING HALL CONVENTION. It is claimed by some of the disaifected members of the Irving Hall Convention that the body which veued on Wednesday evening was in every sense a packed Convention and that those who had packed the Convention,had determined to seize upon the well- known and universal popularity of John K. Hackett in order that they might asso- ciate with Lig respected name and place upon his ticket a lot of small ward politicians of the most valgar stamp und thus saddle Recorder Hackett with thei sins of omission and commission, The most conflicting rumors ate abroad in regard to this Convention, which should have been a manifestation and protest against political despotism, but which was manifested, it is deciared, into a mere sideshow for the base purposes of small fry ward politicians, It is claimed by the disaifected ‘that as tickets were printed and issued originally none but delegates were to be admitted to the interior of the hall. If this rule had been followed closely aud adhered to there could not have been gdmitted more than 1,114 delegates, the proper number for the representation of 557 election districts, that is, two delegates from’each election district. Instead of the proper number, how- over, thore were at one time not less than 4,900 persons on the floor and platform of the pail nearly allot whom had been brought there, drove of cattle, by Jimmy: brother to the Police Justige, -B. H. Bixby; who is hand + and glove with O'Brien in litical jobs. Had Asmo- deus’ suddenly descended tm” tho’ neighborhood of the Academy of Music and giliged the roof of Irving Hall aud looked into the of those who were engineering the Convent would have laughed heartily at the whole thing, 7 ig to ped with bis most energetic step was thé ator, heri! and ex-candidate for Mayor, 0? Shaved, with a fixed look upon bis face at gober,”’ as a dele; said of him, George Curtis wag there in &° velvet coat as a ‘Houker on in Venice.” Spalding sat back waiting to be called to the when Ira Shafer should become tired of pi the abilities of John Kelly. Four-iitths of the hal been escdrted down from the Eighteenth ‘Twenty-first wards, and were all personal retainers @f@’Brieh. » Emmanuel B. Hart, a wealthy politician, was the ruling urit of the Convention, and sat in the plage formes pied by the tall Creamer, who has Ee eer 4 TURUSE Nich 40d SHOULDERS into the background for atime and time aud half atime, like the bud people in the Revelations. A very respect- able list of candidates had been prepared to be submitted to the Committee of Twenty-one, which, It was under- stood, had agreed to meet in conference with a like commitiee to be appomted by the republicans. A well known democrat, named Jobn Brabnigan, who possesses considerable Wealth, and lives in the Fifteenth Assembly district, after scanning the hardened faces of ihe body of the assemblage, said to the writer with an emphasis, “it’s a devilish poor Convention to spend money on.” O'Brien had everything xed, however, and his chairman was ready. ni fact, he had a relay of chairmen, and there was a wild-looking orator on the stage, who shook his tumultous locks at every one ‘in bis rage to speak, und who asked all the reporters to be’ ‘sure and — put his name inthe papers. Whenever there was a screw loose apparently in the management of the Convention, O'Brien instaatly ran to that point and illed up the rg INSIDE MANIPULATION, It was rumored that Ben Wood had either lost his “puli” or his confidence among the men who were run- ning the Convention, and the result was seen in the sluughter of all bis friends who were mentioned for nomination, Moving around very uneasily was a law- yer named Malcolm Campbell, who expected the nom: nation for Common Pleas ’ Judge, and who was also very carnestly advocating ‘the nomination of Judge Barbour for Surrogate. It was the tactics of Tammany Hail over again. Judge Barbour is a member of the Manhattan Club, and it was understood that he would be proposed for the office of Surrogate by Mal- colm Campbell in opposition to William C. Traphagen. But O’Brien, who managed everything in the Conven tion and previous to it had “given the word” that he did not want ANY “SWALLOW TAILS” ON THE TICKET, although one respectable gentleman, who resides in the Nineveenth ward, declared in the Convention that as | Judge Barbour was nota wealthy ian be would sub- scribe $1,000 personally to see a man of his character in | the chair of the Surrogate. The great error, it was said, made by the party who managed, or mismanaged, the Convention was thut they had given, previous to its meeting a list of names to be nominated by them and which were nominated by them with the exception of the candidates for Recorder, Judge Hackett, and for District Attorney, Mr. BR Phelps, to’ the republican managers. These lat- ter gentlemen told the Irving Hall managers that they would not accept any names that were identified | in @ pronounced manner with the democracy, or that were obnoxious to the republican party from being known in public as democratic hack politicians. Of course it would be hardly possible tor the independent democrats to run an independent ticket unless that a | firm and honest coalition were made, with an intention op each side the other party. to support the candidates of It was observable that Judge Henry | Murray, who was working like a beaver to procure the nomination of a ticket of thoroughly respectable | gentlemen that might command the eupport ot all hon- the | on Wednesday night, | | would indorse the names of Gildersiceve and Ellinger, | the former being known as our champion team shot and Mr. Ov | est citizens did not for a moment slacken in his en- deavors to the closing of the Convention, and as he did eilorts that the names of Henry Gildersiceve and Mor- ris Ellinger, two well known citizens, were nommated. It was also understood that the Republican Convention the latter was the scholarly editor of the Jewish Times. It was well understood Wuring the session of the Con- vebtion that Mr, Ellinger had secured the earnest sup- port of Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer and all the German democratic reform element, and not having been a hack politician, or a politician in any sense, he would be acceptable to the republicans in general. ' Finally, the dissatisfied, anti-Tammany democrats now declare that they will call another convention to place a respectable ticket in nomination, headed by the name of Jobn K. Hackett, which 1s A TOWER OF STRENGTH. The various delegations which have now withdrawn from the Convention held on Wednesday evening ut rviny all, and who say they are heartily ashamed of ‘usted with the trickery and treachery of small fry ward politicians who orgabized it, will call a con- Yention of all the districts in the city, to be held on Mouday or Tuesday evening next at Cooper Institute, for the purpose of nominating a county ticket) to be headed by the name of John K. Hackett for Recorder Already the delegates from the Fitteenth and Twentieth Assem- bly districts, who were present in Irving Hall on Wednes- day evening, have signified their intention of withdraw- ing from all participation with the Jimmy O'Brien-Bix- by party, and will give all their assistance to the foun- dation of a citizens’ party, to which merchants, business men, lawyers and all persons of respectable character will be invited, 7 sf THE INDEPENDENT GERMANS. The County Convention of the German-American In- dependent Organization met last evening at Beethoven Hall, Mr. T, Glaubensklu in the chair, ‘The Chairman reported that he had appointed Mossra L. 8. Goebel, George Rand, Judge Utterbourg, Steufnuller, Hermann Uh! and Gustav Levy a committee on conference, and that Messrs. Ottendorfer and Glaubensklu wero invited to co-operate with the committee, Judge Otterbourg roported that the committee had been kindly received by all parties, and that co-operation had been promised from aM sides. The committee, however, had reserved the rights\of the association by declining to vote for any but the best men. The anti-Tammany ticket was not such as’ could command the uncon- ditional support of this Ngdy. The revublicans held e eH 4 0 dis tod assert, like a Brien and Frank W Bixby, | their Convention to-night, and_{t remains to be seen | whom they would nominate, T! er moved an adjournment to Tuesday next, J Otterbourg, at the uest of Mr. Gerke, gave some further explanations promised that the committee would only present good names, The report of the committee was adopted and the meeting adjourned to Tuesday. TAMMANY CONVENTIONS. FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, The Tammany Senatorial Convention for the Fourth district was held last night, at No. 1738 Madison street, with €. M. Clancy as chairman, After the transaction of the usual routine business, it was decided that each Assembly district, as the roll was called, should in- formally declare its choice for Senator at the coming election, The First district nominated Nicholas Muller. The Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth districts nominated John Fox, It was thereupon resolved that each dele- gate should yote as his name was called, whereupon the Secretary proceeded to call the roll. The result was that 94 votes were cast for Fox and 24 for Muller. It was then moved that the nomination be made unani- mous, but the First district again voted “No” as one tan, and the motion was lost, A delegate hero rose and said he would like to know why they had been summoned to attend any conven- tion, as it was known that Mr. Fox had already been nominated before the Convention had assembled, and that the farce of holding any such formal meeting might have beon dispensed with. He was continuing in the same strain, but his voice was drowned ina tu- mult of uproarious cries of ‘Question ! question!” A committee of three was appointed to notify Mr. | Fox of the action of the Convention and to request his | presence in the hall. ° A series of resolutions were read and adopted ap- proving. the action of Governor TYiden in regard to the caval frauds; indorsing the Syracuse platform; ratify- ing the nominations made by Tammany for the ju- diciary; expressing confidence in ‘tour. tried leader,” honest “Jobn Kelly,” and calling upon allclasses of citizens of the district to support the Hon. John Fox | for Senator. Mr. Fox on arriving in the hall addressed the con- vention, and expressed his thanks for the honor done | him. He proposed to support the Syracuse platform and to tuke care that every man who earned’a dollar should receive a dollar in golid money, He then spoke | of the reduction of the laborers’ wages, and pledged himself to mtroduce and support a bill in’ the Legisla- ture to secure to the workingmen a fuir compensation ! ‘The Convention then adjourned sine die FIVTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. ‘The Tammany Hall Senatorial Convention of the Fifth Senatorial district. met fast evening at No. TL West Fourth street, Edward L. Parris presiding. Mr. Sidney P. Nichols was unanimously nominated for Senator from the Fifth district. BIXTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. The Tammany Hall Senatorial Convention for the Sixth Senatorial district met last night at No. 98 Ave- nue, The Convention was called to order at eigh o'clock by Mr. Owen Murphy. Mr. . George | F, Langbein ‘was elected —cliairman, ‘There | was a full attendance of delegates. After the usual preliminary business had been completed Mr. James Buy was nominated for the’ office of Sena- tor, and, on its appearing that there was uo other can- didate in the field, his nomination was made unani- mous, Mr. Edward Gale, Coroner Woltman and other delegates spoke in terms highly laudatory of Mr. Duly and his services in the Assembly. . SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. The Seventh Senatorial District Democratic Conven- tion met Just night at No. 103 East Thirty-first street, and was called to order by General Spinola Mr. George W. McGlynn was chosen chairman, On motion of Maurico Powers the role of | each Assembly district was called, and each district, | through a leading delegate, announced the name of James W. Gerard as its choice for tho position of | Senator from the Seventh district. On motion o: Judge Ackert Mr. James W. Gerard was then nominated by acclamation, Coroner Croker, General Spinola and Maurice Powers were then appointed a committee to wait on Mr. Gerard and notify him of bis nomination | They found him at his residence, and he returned with the committec, In accepting the nomination and re- turning his thanks to the Convention he made a speech which was loudly applauded. REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY TIONS. The republicans held conventions last evening in the yarious Assembly districts throughout the city, pursu- ant to the call of the General Committee, for the pur- of nominating members of Assembly. Nearly all of the couventions adjourned without transacting any business, There was no opposition in any of the districts, and the conventions passed of quietly. In the Eighteenth Assembly district a committee of three wad appointed to confer with the outside organization after Which the Convention adjourned subject to the jeall of the Chair. The following .gentiomen were selected to act as sucli committee:—F. 8. Wilmerding, R. J. Clyde and 8. W. Swayze. -The following 18. tabglased list of the womtnations and adjournments:— CONVEN- Dist. Dist. 1—adjourned. 12—Archtbald Watts. 2—Adjourned. 13—Robert N. Straban. 8—Adjourned. 14—adjourned, 4—Adjourned. 15—Christian F, Tietgen, 5—Adjourned, 16—Adjourned. 6—Adam Lahr. 1i—William T. Graf, 7—Dr. Isnac Hayes. 18—Adjourned, * 8—Adjourned. 19—Adjourned. | 9—Andrew J. Campbell — 20—Churles E. Huberere, 10—Adjourned, 21—Adjourned. 11—Charles F. Peabody, Jr. MORRISSEY FOR SENATOR. Last evening a large and enthusiastic mass meeting of tho independent democrats opposed to the rulo of Tammany Hall met at Botanic Hall, No 68 East Broadway, Dennis O’Holobgn in the chair, Addresses wero made by Messrs, George W. Curtis, Dennis Griffin, Masterson and others, John Morrissey was nominated for Senator to represent the Fourth Senatorial district, in opposition to the Tammany candidate, John Fox. Bryan Reilly was nominated for Alderman, and Recorder Hackett was renominated and enthusiastically indorsed for the office which he now accupies. THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTRA- TION. To tae Error ov tie Heracp:— In finishing an article in to-day’s Haratp you say that “every good citizen will vote for Hackett and Phelps.” But don’t you think it would be well to urge the afore- | said good citizens to register? Because if they neglect to register they cannot vote, and every good citizen that fails to vote is actually aiding the immaculate Kelly and his tools. REGISTER. BROOKLYN POLITICS. METHODS OF TAXATION ILLUSTRATED—ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO BE RECEIVED AND HELD FOR THE PAYMENT OF NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND @OLLARS IN THE YRAR 1924. In the southern section of the city of Brooklyn, where there is now a resident population of fully 40,000, and where, proportionately, there {s a larger number of resident property holders than in any other equally well settled section of that city, the excitement con” cerning the local issues inyolyed in the November elec- tion has become intense. WITHIN ‘THE REPUBLICAN LINES the most troublesome and seemingly irreconcilable | division seems to exist. The regulars, who look to Silas B, Dutcher and Captain James Tanner as the con- trolling brains of the republican party in that district, and those of the Young Men’s Republican Association who, while having no objection to Captain Tanner as a manager, lift their voices against Dutcher, for the rea- son that they believe bim to have been too strongly in- clined to favor the applications of “foreign born citizens” for subordinate government _post- tions, while those equally willing = and | “native born” were ‘left in the chilling outer halls of the house where the cream is churned.” These per- sistently earnest republicans felt somewhat relieved when Mr. Dutcher retired from his position in the Pen- sion Office here, believimg for the moment that it indi- cated his determination to retire from political manage- ment. But the recognition he received when the com- mittees were formed by the Republican State Conven- tion, in spite of all that they could bring to bear to pre- vent it, not only destroyed that illusion, but madethom more hostile to harmony than they had ever™ been before. © WITH THR DEMOCRATS the cause of difference has not been, as has been sup- | posed, very serious, THE “LOCAL REPORM” MEN have a voluminous collection of muscular adjectives which they burl at what they call the “Inter-Party Ring.” Their declaration is that they are “bound to cut any candidate who shall be named by either the democratic or republican conventions. THR ASSOCIATION OF TAXPAYERS, without distinctfon of party, has been organized and is now holaing meetings regularly. The members make feeling romarks concerning tho interests and influence of real estate, At length, however, the association began to think of candidates, and no sooner had thoy done so than there appeared among them @ most sur- prising dissimilarity of opinion, leading to the denunei- ation of each other as “bloated aristocrats.” THR AMERICAN MECHANICS, 4 secret and now a numerous order in South Brooklyn, the only publicly recognized position of which. im poli- oe tics, is a well defined antagonism to what is called the Roman Catholic attitude toward the com aon schools, is bard at work. There is one interest, however, in which all of these parties and parts of parties ween to be in perfect har mony, and that is touching the PROSPECT PARK LAND TAX, Dehind which, it is confidently believed, & mammoth swindling of the entire city is enseonced. The assessment for the Prospect Park lands is $9,234,000, ‘This assessment is levied on the first twelve, the Twentieth, to and including the Twenty-fifth ward: or, as is better known, the Western Fire District of Brooklyn. For this $9,234,000 bonds wore issued, $1,000,000 at six per cent interest annually, and the re- maining millions at seven per cent. These bonds are payable as follows :—Not a single dollar of the principal is due until the year 1915, and then only @ portion, ioe remainder running on through the years 1916 to 92 Now, while the first bond does not mature until the ear 1915, the real estate of the district is levied upon for the debt soon after the bonds representing it are issued, Already there has been an assessment laid for 1,250,000, which, as soon as it is paid into the fund, will commence compounding (for so the | as will | the passion millions, until the year 1916, and even | then only the first instalment of the bonds Wili be | liquidated, the remaining millions in the fund con- tinuing at compound interest, in accordance with the Jaw, until the last bond shall have been paid in THE YEAR 4924, | The sinking fund, into which the money as collected from the property holders of the district is placed, is 80 organized in its management as that the money re- ceived is “let out” again, not for the payment of the | debt for which it has been collected, but for United | States bonds, bonds of the State of New York and of | the city of Brooklyn. The law also provides that the , interest on the more than $9,000,000 shall be collected | annually from the same fire district. And again, an additional fifty: per cent is soon to be levied for, and | the city authorities, by the same law in reference to | Prospect Park, are to assess a balance of $6,734,000, for | the Improvement and embellishment of the Park upon | the district at large. It is fair to suppose that in live Years’ time there will be over $6,000,000 in the sink- | ing fund, and at compoufid interest, there to remain for thirty-five years, at the end of which time the first bond will mature—namely, in 1915, sinking law requires) and will continue compounding, THE STATE CAM The Senatorial Fight in Erie County and Its Aspects. LOCAL SQUABBLES. The Con'‘est Between the Laning and Torrance Men. Lascasrer, Erie county, N, Y., Oct. 13, 1875, Since the day when, to the astonishment of a great many knowing politicians of the democratic party, Mr. A. P, Laning was laid out cold and stiff as a renominee | for the Stato Senate, by the instrumentality of one vote, pretty much all the political talk of the hour here bag centred upon the probable consequences of the Sen- ator’s defeat. There is no question that his friends, | who are legion in the party in these parts, and many others outside his party, anxiously desired his renomination for more reasons than one, and that all the machinery known to the shrewd political mind was set in motion weeks before the all important Convention was to meet to accomplish the greatly to be desired result, I am told that Mr. Laning’s friends an hour before the Con- vention assembled had not the slightest anticipation that he would receive a minority-of the votes, and this fact, if true, of itself would seem to show that there | Were means used to WHO IS TO SPECULATE ON THIS PRINCELY FORTUNE? ‘That the sum named will pass to the control of the sinking fund, and from the sinking fund to such of the | banks as may be in the fuyor of those who contro! the fund, 1s ag certain as that taxes are taxes, and that they | are in the end as sure to be collected as that the prop- | erty taxed can be sold for the amount which the Com- | missioners levy upon it, | ‘These are the points which are now commanding the | closest attention of the more intelligent of the prop- erty owners of the city of Brooklyn, and the declara tion made to the reporter of the HeRALD by the promi- | nent business men from whom the facts, figures and estimates were received, was that, before the close of the present election campaign, there will be such an | exposition of the nefarious methods by which taxes and assessments have been levied, collected and used, as will cause the people to wonder, not that tsxation and assessments in Drockipn are together fully four per cent, but that they are not, even now, fur more than that. KINGS COUNTY NOMINATION. The Second Senatorial Republican Convention was held last evening at Sawyer’s Assembly Rooms, An informal ballot being taken ex-Alderman William Rich- | ardson received 24 votes; Eugene D. Berri, 20; A. P. Higgins, 6. A formal bollot was then taken when Rich- ardson received 42 and Berri 8 Mr. Richardson was then declared the choice of the Convention for Senator. STATEN ISLAND POLITICS. The Richmond county local nominations are now complote, and are as follows:—Kueeland 8, Townsend, | of Southdeld, republican, for Assembly, against Jobn Docker, of Northfleld, democrat; Tompkins Westervelt, of Castleton, republican, for County Judge and Surro- gate, against Sidney F. Rawson, of Northfeld, demo- crat; W, Vack Conner, of Southfield, republican, 1or County Clerk, against John H. Van Cuet, Jr., of North- field, democrat; the Rev. Dr. Brownleo, of Northiield, republican, for School Commissioner, against Charles H. King, of Middletown, democrat; ‘A. E. Corson, re- ublican, for Superintendent of the Poor, against David Decker, democrat; Crowell Conner, republican, for Coroner, against George W. Hubbard, democrat; R. W. Golder, ‘republican, for Justice of’ Sessions, ‘against George W. Middlebrook, democrat, WESTCHESTER POLITICS, At the Republican County Convention held at White Plains, Westchester county, yesterday, the following candidates, to be voted for at the next ensuing election, were nominated:—For junty, Treasurer, Isaac B. Noxon, of Ossining; Superintendent of the Poor, Gil- ert T. ‘of Greenburg; Justice of the Sessions, Myron B. Silkman, of Bedford; Coroners, Dr, James E. Mattocks, of Ossining; Henry M. Myers, of Yonkers, and William H. Boyd, of Mamaroneck. WOMEN IN COUNCIL CLOsINe-GESSION OF THE WOMEN’S CONGRESS— ELECTION OF OFFICERS—PAPERS ON SCIENCE IN THE EITCHEN AND KINDERGARTENS. Srracusx, Oct. 16, 1875, ‘At the executive session of the Women’s Congress held at noon to-day the following officers for the ensu- ing year were clected:— President—Mies Maria Mitcholl, of Vassar College. Vice Presidents—Abby J. May, of Massuchusetts; Elizabeth H. Churchill, of Rhode Island; Mrs. C. A. Quimby, of Maine; Mrs. Abba G. Wolson, of New Hampstire; Mrs, Catharige cut; Mrs. C. B. Wilbur, of New York; Mrs. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, of New Jersey; Mrs, Emma Bartol, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. F, W. Elliott, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Profeseor Cutler, of Ohio; ‘Mrs, Mary Law= rence, of Lhnois; Mrs. Mary Mortimer, of sin; ‘Mrs. Mary Ann Adams, of ‘Towa; Mrs. Rebecca N. Hazard, of Missouri; Mrs. ‘Francis Bagley, of Michigan; Colorado; Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, of California; Mra. Martha McKay, of Indiana; Mrs.’ Alice J. Cham: berlain, of South Carolina, and Mrs. Marietta M. Elliott, of Minnesota, Secretary—Miss Allee 0. Fletcher, Treasurer—Mrs. 8. C. Hoffinan. ‘Auditors—Mrs, Sarab Swayne and Mra. R. L. Clapp. Directors—Mrs, Julia Ward Howe, of Massachusews; | Mrs. Mary Eastman, of Massachusetts; Mrs. J. L. Bagg, of New York; Mrs, Anna ©, Brackett, of New York; Mrs. Mary A Livermore, of Massachu- setts; Mrs. Kate N. Doggett, of [llinois; Mrs. Phebe A. Hanaford, of New Jersey; Francis KE. Hillard, of Tihinois; St V. Longlgy, of Ohio; Mrs. Henrictta W. Johnson, of New Jersey; Mrs. Ruth O, Delameter, of New York; Dr. Mary Sutford Blako, of Massachusetts; Mrs, Cggolibe A. Soule, of New York. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller, of Geneva, presented a paper, which was ready “Science in the Kitchen,” She advocated training schools to teach the culinary art Mrs. Diehl, of Chi , read a Chemistry,” prepared Jand, Cal, Mrs. Livermore read a letter from Mra. Elizabeth Beechor commending Kindergartens and favoring their establishment in every city and village. The Congress then adjourned sine die. The audience this evening was immense, and the utmost interest has been manifested in the procoed- ings. paper on “Kitchen THE KELSEY CASE. TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OF DR. BANKS AND ROYAL SAMMIS—PROBABILITY THAT THE AM- OROUS SCHOLAR IS YET ALIVE. The Kelsey assault and battery case was at last com- monced in the Suffolk County Court of Oyer and Ter- miner, before Judge Barnard, on Wednesday, and was concluded on Thursday afternoon, ‘Thero was considerable difficulty in obtaining ajury, and a panel of upwards of 150 names was called before the re- quisite number of jurors was found. To expedite the cage as much as possible, on account of a death in the family of one of the jurors, Judge Barnard opened court at half-past eight o'clock on Thursday, and as soon as possible the examination of witnesses was pro- ceeded with. The testimony was mainly a repetition of that given before Justice Montfort at Huntington, and at the inquest held at Oyster Bay by Coroner Baylis, It was characterized by great uncertainty of memory on the part of a number of witnesses. During tho progress of the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution a remark was mado by Judge Barnard, in reply to ao proposal on the part of counsel to show ‘that Charles G. Kelsey had not been seen gince the night of the tarring and feathering, which excited a great deal of surprise and comment It was to the effect that he ‘had very definite ideas as to whero Kelsey was at present, but ‘that was not the issue on trial.’ It bas af along been contended by the Sammis and Banks party that Kelsey was not killed on the occasion of the outrage upon him in Mrs, Oakley's bark yard, nor subsequently, by the same or other parties, but that he was keeping himself out of sight for the purpose of provoking here some punishment for his persecutors, and it is supposed from the hints thus thrown out by Judge Barnard that the spies of the Sammis-Banks party have discovered his whereabouts, The Court again’ assembled at an carly hour yoster- day and counsel proceeded to sum up, Mr, Brooke for the defence and Mr, Barlow for the prosecution, The latter was associated with District Attorney Tathill in the conduct of the case, The court room was densely crowded and much interest was manifested as to the result after the jury had been charged by Judge Barnard, some of whose remarks were re- gurded as having a decided leaning for the defence. It ‘was about half-past two o'clock when the jury came into the court room, amid considerable excitement on the part of the spectators. When proper stillness was obtained the foreman, in answer to the usual question, declared that the verdict found was “Not guilty.’ There were immediate demonstrations of applause and of disapprobation, which were quickly checked, In view of this verdict {it is regarded as improbable that the other indictment, for murder in tne first degree, will ever be brought to trial, as the chances of convic- tion are very remote, E. Beecher, of ‘Connecti | iscon- | or Wilkes, of | v5 Miss rs, Ellen Mitchell, of Minos; Mra. Margaret | rs, Julia Ward Howe, on | y Mra M. L. Varley, of Oak- | BRING AROUT THE END. that was finally reached, which were suspicious, to say tho least, At all events, during a conversation I had with a certain politician of the city, though he did not charge that anything improper was done to influence the Convention the way it was influenced, he intimated as much as to say that money was sent up from Albany | to defeat Mr. Laning. I have found many other per- sons who believe that money was used, but who, on being pressed, refuse to say to whom they believe the | money really belonged before it came to Buffalo, Still, it is but just to Mr. Laning himself, and to his | best friends, who wero willing to work very hard | for his success, even though not strictly in politics themselves, to say that they utterly re- pudiate the idea that corruption was at the bottom of the affair, so far as money and “Albany” are con- cerned; but what Mr. Laning really thinks about the cause of his defeat is a mystery. It is true that, in his | usual manly way, he attributes bis non-success as a mere chance of war, and I was informed by a friend of his, who tried to pump him on the subject, that ho naively femarked, as a reply, that he did not get the nomination simply because somebody else HAPPENED TO HAVE MORE VOTES in the Convention than he had had. Though he takes his defeat like a philosopher I am inclined to the opin- ion that it will require a great deal of hard work on the part of Mr. Torrance’s aaherents to induce some of the Laningites to go into the campaign and make battle earnestly for his success, It was simply a strife, some people claim, between the city and the country, Mr. | Laning getting a large majority of city delegates, while the country people went against him. Ono man, | nota politician, and rather partial to tho republican | candidate, would have it that the result in the Conven- | tion was brought about in reality because the Senator had so acted at Albany on acertain bill which he could not remember, and which concerned a certain local matter, which he could not recall to mind, but which (and this he did remember and with a flerceness of man- ner when he recalled it that was highly amusing) had | caused a good many citizens to pay taxes that were ex- | orbitant. To him tho defeat, then, was merely the | natural outcome of 4 LOCAL ISSUB | long forgotten by every one. But, be the causo ‘of the defeat what it may, there can be no doubt that it has apparently so incensed a large number of stanch democratic voters that they will not vote for Mr. Torrance nor the democratic ticket, That this feel. ing should be so bitter in certain quarters is all the stranger because of the stand taken by Mr, J Warren and others like bim, who wiregs | intiuence with their fellow democrats in She coun’ | It was freely predicted by some that the newspay which Mr. Warren controls would, out of revenge to the Senator’s mishap, particularly as Mr. Laving had | done so much to infuse a harmonious feeling into tho | Syracuse Convention, where, as a delegate, he did his duty to the party so admirably, at atime when there was great danger of an outbreak of factionists, would come out boldly against Mr. Torrance. Tho wish, doubtless, was father to the thought | with many republicans, but the result ry | been quite different from their expectation. Mr. | Warren and his friends are out strongly in favor of Mr. Torrance already, aud wre defending him from political attack with an ardor that must be certainly rather con- fusing to some democrats who are said to be secretly | working within tho party lines to bring about his do- | feat. Stull, Mr. Torranco must feel his position keenly he being, as it were, by reason of the disappointment ol | those sinall fry politicians who were bent on, hav- | ing Laning and no one else, somewhat isolated from many of the workers of the party in the city. Your correspondent met him the other day and was quite fa- | vorably impressed with him. He talked freely of the prospects in the county for the democrats, and very naturally predicted a victory for bis side of the house, He disclaimed in the most positive manner having had PERSONAL PRELING IN THE CONTEST, which closed with his nomination; indeed, he spoke highly of Mr. Laning as one who had done the county signal service and who deserved the devotion that wag.’ | manifested for hitn by his political friends. | Now as to the chance of the county being carried for | Mr. Torrance, It must be borne in mind that Governor ‘Tilden is the last man in the State who could, by any | act of his, endanger the loss of the Senate to the de- mocracy. It is true that he has the reputation of being vindictive toa wonderful degree, of nover forgiving ‘any one who, in his opinion, may have injured bim; but it is hardly possible to believe—taking it for gran that he really did influence the defeat of Laning in the nominating Convention—that he would have done so | without feeling certain that the man of bis choice could carry the Senatorial district, at least that the district could be carried by somebody other than M. ing, even though that somebody was not his personal choice, | And yet, for all that, 1am of the decided opinion that | the democrats will have hag hard work to carry the | district. Not indeed that Mr. | well, but that he will have too much to puil against, | notably an undercurrent of ill will to Tilden and his | ticket, In the second place, the republicans have put in nomination Sherman 8. Rogers, a man somewhat after the stamp of the late Mr. Ganson, well known in the city of Buffalo, aud who certainly would prove A TERRIBLY STRONG MAN for the democrats to clect thelr nominee against, even though there was the best of feeling in the party, which, | as [have shown, there is now In 1873 Lewis, who was denounced right and left as a “Tweed Senator,’ whother rightly or wrongly I will not discuss, was the republi- can candidate for Senator, Ganson was his democratic opponent and, though beyond all doubt the most opular public’ man in Erie county, only defeated Ei, ont bra total vote of. over, 27,000, by 708 votes, It is claimed that Torrance will poll avery heavy vote in | the country districts, but if the city vote should not | comé out in its usual strength for him, and the croakers | in the city should carry out their designs not to support | him, it will avail him but little, Yet Torrance one of | that’ kind of men who gain upon you the more you | know them; for men that knew little about him before | his nomination, and shook their heads when | asked about his chances shortly after he was nominated, told me a fow days ago that they believed after al! ho would prove a strong man, Between now and election day, therefore, it is not Impossible that the sober sev- ond thought of those who pow feel so sore about Laning wili have won them over among Torrance’s | warmest supporters. Not satisfed with what I had heard of him in the city—and I heard s9 much ill-feel- ing against him there that it would be aude to RSTIMATE 118 POPULARITY by the city alone--I went to Gowanda, Lancaster, Con- cord, Evans and several other places out of town to learn what the drift of opinion was there, and found | that there is the intensest unanimity among the demo- | crats, and that each and all predict the success of the | party’s nominee, Mr, Torrance has already begun to | make himself heard ‘at meetings, and will, no doubt, | make the campaign as lively in speechmaking as his | Opponents desire. The other day he laid down bi views on the subject of canals, and argued that Gover: nor Tilden’s policy must reeult in such economy and ro- | duction of expenditure that commerce will no longer be taxed as it hag been in passing through the State— that, indeed, a pure administration of the canals meant choapened transportation. In some of the Senatorial districts there are two or | three nominees whom I have heard of who will, doubt- Jess, be kept on the defensive during the entire cam- paign, and in the present mood of the people such men will fare badly on election day. It is ono of the most leasing features of the situation in this county that th the Senatorial nominees are men above reproach, and either of whom would adorn the Senate, The Assembly nominations thus far made are above the average on both sides, The First and Fourth districts are generally considered as sure for the democrats, though the more sanguine talk of carrying all this year but the Third, The prospects of the county giving tho democratic State ticket a good majority brightens every day, the leaders assert now, notwithstanding the talk that is being indulged in by some of Mr. Laning’s more inconsiderate followers about ‘kicking’ against the regular order of things, and the detestation in which Tilden is held by many. Tho stand taken by Mr. Warren, bold and outspoken as itis, aud Mr, Lan- ing’s declaration todo all that hecan to help the democratic reform work, may have their effect in the long run, and make the last grumbling spirit cease his mutterings and fal! inte ina PAIGN. |° Torrance will not pull | ° AUSTRALASIA, —— +—_—— THE MURDER OF COMMODORE GOODENOUGH, OF THE BRITISH NAVY, AND TWO SEAMEN BY SAVAGES—AUSTRALIAN POLITICS—NEW CALE~ 2 are Sypwey, N. 8. W., August 28, 1876, On the morning of August 23 a painful sensation was created in Sydney by the circulation of a rumor that a war vessel had touched at Port Stephens on the pre- vious evening and reported that Commodore Good- enough, commanding Her Britannic, Majesty’s Aus_ tralian squadron, had been massacred at one of tha South Seaislauds. While the city was yet ringing with the excitement occasioned and many wavering in giving credence to the news, the stately frigate Pearl was seen off Sydney Heads, with colors at half mast and yards sloped, mute emblems of death. She bore to his last home beneath southern.skies, fur from the land he loved so well, all that remained of as brave a heart and courteous a gentleman as ever trod,the deck, and as the ship moved slowly up the harbor the royal standard gn the Government House was lowered, on ship and shore similar marks of respect were thrown tothe breeze, It was but little more than a month: previously that the deceased, in pursuanco of special orders from the Admiralty, left Sydney to re- port upon the islands of the South Pacitic and New Guinea after conveying the new Governor of Fiji and staff to Levuka. During a former visit to Polynesia, ‘ag well as when acting as one of the special Commis- sioners to accept the cession of Fiji, the Commodore had learned much of the malpractices of the British shipmasters engaged inthe “labor trade,” or, more correctly termed, the Polynesian slave traflle, Know- ing that it would take some time to allay the vengeful passions of the Kanakas whose relatives had been kid- napped from time to time, he decided to visit per- sonally those islands where the natives were reputed to be most hostile, Ambrym, Mallicollo, Vanikoro and Espiritu’ Santo, where Bishop Pattesom lost his life, were called at and efforts mado to conciliate the people by going among them and giving presents to the chiefs, &c, On the 12th inst the Pearl made Carlisle Harbor, Santa Cruz, and remained in the offing while the Commodore’s gig and one of the cutters pulled for the native village close to the beach. Arms were taken in the boats, but not brought ashore when the crows landed, and they were met by the na- tives in an apparently friendly mood. They sauntered up to the village, chatted with the head men for somo time, made them presents or bartered without the slightest indications of timidity or hostility, When about to leave, a portion of the crews had already reached the boats, ere the Commodore broke off a con- versation with one of the chiefs, and was about to re- tire, when * A NATIVE GAVE THE SIGNAL POR ATTACK, by firing at him almost point blank, sending a poisoned arrow into his ribs, This was followed by a shower of arrows, the attacking party keeping under cover, while the Englishmen withdrew slowly toward their boats, from whence one portion at onco obtained arma and covered the retreat of the remainder amid flights of spears and arrows, by which their commander and an ablo seaman named Frederick Smale were wounded in the head. Edward Rayner, A, B., had an arrow through his shoulder, and | three other seamen were slightly injured. Before Com- modore Goodenough was got into his boat the Kanakas pressed them so closely that a fow shots were fired to check them, and one man was seen to fall. The sailors were sg incensed at the treacherous character of the attack that it was only due to the exercise of authority they were prevented from taking summary vengeance. On boarding the Pearl the wounded were attended to, and ata consultation of officers held subsequently the Commodore, after endeavering to | agenaes the conduct of the islanders by saying they kuew no better and were only avenging the ill-treatment received from white men, gave orders to man tho boats, supply the crews with blank cartridges only, so. as to frighten the natives out of the village, and destroy it without taking life. This was done, the ship was headed south for a colder latitude, as more suitable for treating the wounded; and favorable results were anticipated, until the 17th, when symptoms of tetanus exhibited them- selves ih three cases, Two days later Rayner died in | great agony. Commodore Goodenough lingered until | next morning, and Smale followed about two hours later. On Tuesday last they were BURIED SIDE BY SIDE WITH PUBLIC HONORS. in the Anglican Cemetery on the northern shore of Port Jackson. His Excellency the Goveruor and suite, all the princi members of the government, public oMlctals, colonial forces, &c., were present to pay the Jast tribute of respect to the most popular officer that the Ray of England has sent to Australia It is hoped that no fulse sentiments of huimanitarianism will prevent the government of England from making an example of the murderers. Anything in the shape of mercy will be looked upou by these savages as indica- tions of fear, and if they can attack a man-of-war with | impunity they will not be timorous about selecting for a | Thanksgiving dinner the plumpest trader that next pays them @ visit to traffic in island produce. What punish- ment (if any) may be decided upon in London will not be known here for somie days. To be practically useful it should be as severe as possible, so as to serve as @ warning to all Polynesia, If it is other than this it will be merely wasting time, and time which need not have been wasted had not sickly sentimentality inter- | fered after Bishop Patteson was killed. They can best appreciate civilization when it is hammered mto them, whatever the missionaries may avow to the contrary, Two days subsequefit to the funeral the Qaven sent a cablegram to Mrs. Gpodenough expressing ber sympa- thy for the loss ang Ned wanieloeds COLONIAL POLITICS. Tho Parliament of New South Wales has just closed the longest session known, after having ‘passed an amended land law to stop’ the fraudulent purchase of the pick of the country by the pastoral interest. Dur- ing the recess the Colonial Treasurer intends visiting London to see about the present arrangements for con- ducting the colonial agency there, and also some mat- ters relating to the alleged heavy frauds connected with the shipment of worthiess railway material. Rumor says he may afterward accept the position of Agent General. My anticipations of a change iu the govern- ment of Victoria were verified soon afer I wrote by, lust mail The Chief Justice, as Acting Governor, hav- ing refused the then existing administration the right to dissolve the House, they at once resigned, and Mr. leader of the protectionist party, formed a new et. He baz announced a fiscal policy more tn accordance with his political creed than any yot en- | paren Da eu extending as far as placing an export duty on wo NEW CALEDONIA. Despatches received from France by last mail confirm the rumors previously current that MacMahon’s pres- ent government does not concur in all that ‘resulted from Admiral Ribourt’s visit, His chief adviser, while on the island, though then rewarded with the Cross of | the Legion of Houor, may thank his stars that only one | side of the matters connected with Rochefort’s escape was known at Versailles when he received such distin- Y guished honor for acting as chief inquisitor. Now that | all the facts have been submitted by the officers dis- | and setters who were banished, affairs have as- sumed a different aspect, and M. Lassere has been re- called to France, The ex-surgeon at Ducos peninsula, who wss not only removed from office, but degraded by being compelled to live with the petty officers of the transport by which he was sent home, has been rein- stated to his former rank in the service, and applied for compensation for the manner in which he was | onboard ship. The home government having also granted Permission to establish a newspaper in the face of the refusal of the local authorities, it is considered to augur well for a new and more liberal régime, This is much wanted, as every day brings some new regulations mora stringent than before, As a specimen of the latest may be mentioned one prohibiting any condamnés in service at Noumea from going out of doors unless ac. companied by a tree “person, under pain of being at once relegated to close confinement at a penal depot, The extension of wlegraph communication from the capital to the principal vylages and government depots is being pushed forward vigotously, and a large staif is engaged hlong the route of the proposed line, from Ca- Dale to Uarai. This willbe an expensive work, as tha wires are to run through a dense forest and cross tha main range at a height of about 2,500 feet above tha sea, Pit is slowly recovering from some of the terriblo effects of the measles plague, now a thing of the past, but so appalle ing while it Jasied that those who know the natives say that if it had occurred prior to the establishment of Brit ish rule there would have heey war of extermination waged against the white settlers, Governor Gordon shows no immediate intention of settling down to work; he prefers looking round ere he commits himself to anything definite, and among the things he ts look« ing for is a more suitable position for the capital than Levuka It is quite on the cards that he may eelect Suva for his residence and goverument offices, to the intense disgust of those who have vested interests at Cucoban’s favorite town. PORTO RICO. SENOR VENEZAS TO BE SURRENDERED TO THR BRITISH—AN INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENS FEARED. A gentleman lately arrived from Porto Rico report that Sefer Venezas, who was forcibly taken a few weeks since from the British mail steamer Eider, hat not been executed by the Spanish authorities, but will shortly be delivered to the British government, which has claimed him and demanded damages aud a salute Wi the British flag. signed by Manuet ‘A revolutionary proclamation, nue fo beha a Cuban, who is known to be associated with Genet Laperod in organizing an expedition to the island, bas boon widely eircalated calling on the people to hold themselves in readiness to join a war for in dependence to.be inaugurated by a body of 500 wel armed men who are to land on the island, Much coms motion has been created in consequence, nd the gov ernment is taking active mougures to prevent an oul break, «