The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1875, Page 3

Ce THE CAMPAIGN. Preparations for the Coming Contest. LAST NIGHTS MEETINGS. Merchants Indorsing the Demo- cratic State Ticket. MORE TROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM. MAYOR WICKHAM DENOUNCED AT A TAMMANY MEETING—EX~i ARK' COMMISSIONER 0'DONO+ HUE ON DEMOCRATIC TRAITORS. A meeting was held last night, at Central Park Gar. fen, on Seventh avenue and Fifty-ninth street, to ratify the Tammany Hall ticket in general and the nominees of the Eighth Senatorial and Twentieth Assembly districts in particular. The meeting was largely attended, and the principal speak” ars were J, J. O'Donohue, John Hayes, Alderman Pur- toy, D. ©. Calvin and others. The speakers were ull well received, but the meeting, which was composed largely of laboring men, was by no means enthu- miastic, ¢ THE SENSATION OF THE ZVENING was reserved for the speech of Mr. J. J. O’Donobue, who, when he came forward, was received with the only warm applauso that was given throughout the evening. Mr. O’Donohue made a most remarkable speech. He confined himself almost exclusively to the question of the reduction of laborers’ wages, Ou this pomt he denounced in unmeasured terms such re- fluction, which he declared to have been made against his wishes and protest and against the earnest wishes of John Kelly. He gave the history of his appointnent as Park Commissioner and Stated thut he had refused to accept the appointment, and had only consented at the earnest solicitation of the Mayor. uid resign the posi- tion rather than consent to the reduction, When it was proponed to reduce the pay of the laborers be had met john Kelty, the noblest man and the truest friend of the laborer that over lived, and MR. KELLY HAD DEVLORED TUB REDUCTION and applauded him for opposing such an outrage, Mr. O' Donohue then proceeded to suy that, while Mr, Kelly Was the true iriend of the laborer, he believed there were men in the party’ who were not true to the principles of democracy. There was no disgus mg the fact, and he for one was willing to pro- claim it boldly, that he feared Mayor Wickham and General Fitz John Porter are vot the friends of the working man, Tammany, however, should not be held responsible for the ‘acts of any one or two men, and her record as to the labor question was too good to render it necessary to detend hor from the charge of roving of the reduction of the city laborers’ wages. e remarks of Mr O’Donohue in relation to: the Mayor were received with applause, and the mention of Mr. Wickbam’s name called forth a storm of hisses, which a faint attempt at applause failed to check. Mr. John Hayes, who accompanied Mr, O’Donohue, then followed, and spoke in a similar stra. After the mecting the attack of Mr. O'Donohue on the Mayor, which seemed to have been premeditated, Was the subject of excited conversation and called torth much comment. wee meeting adjourned with three cheers for the icket, TAMMANY'S TROUBLES. ANOTHER MALCONTENT—THE ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL SCHOOL ‘TEACHERS. The Tammany Committee om Organization neld their adsual session yesterday alternoon, Nothing, however, wasidéne beyond routine business, with the exception or tetiiving the resignation of Daniel Madigan from the General Committee of the First Assembly district, which was not acted upon. At was also asserted that the schoogteacherg and prin- sipals of the public schools, trom whom, it was alleged, an assessment of one per cent of their salaries had been asked, had objected to the arrangement aud refused to contribute this quota ip wid of Jobn Kelly and the political cauvass under his control, The general opinion has hitherto been that of all classes of publio oflicials the teachers of the public schools should be ieft untrammelled by political con- siderations. There, however, appears to be considera- ble trepidation exhibited by these hard working public servants as to whether they will not be obliged to her submit to the demand or forfeit their positions. TAMMANY DISPROVEN. Another of those pamphlets which seem to be Issuing in a perfect food from Tammany Hall has just been set on its travels through the city The Btory is not a new one, It is the case of Eliza Collins, really a poor emigrant girl, who was grossly assaulted by one August Major while she was an inmate of the hospital, where Major was a steward. Major was Drought to trial and escaped conviction. This pamphlet charges the escape of Mujor to the negligence or some- thing worse of Assistant District Attorney Lyons. Tho following letter from Judge Barrett, before whom the case was tried, disposes of this slander completel, New York Surremm Covnr, New York, Dec. 28, 1874. } Epaoxp Steruexgoy, Esq. :— My Dear Sik—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of | your note of the 26th inst., in which you advise me of the appointment of u special committee of the Board of Commissioners of Emigration to investigate the case of the people (on complaint of Eliza Collins) against | August Major, tried before me in the Court of Oyer and | Terminer, and request my opmion as to whether the | District. Attorney is properly chargeable with any dereliction of duty on his part in the prosecution of the cas sply I can only repeat what I have already said verbally in response to the inquiry of Mr. Commis- fioner Lynch—viz., that there was nothing whatever | In the manner of trying the indictment to justify any reflection upoa the learned and respected District Ai- lorney. Mr. Lyons, the Assistant District Attorney, who con- ducted the prosecution, pressed with more than his ordinary zeal, and seemod as much disappointed at the result as I do not hesitate to say [ was; for, while always bow with eespect to the judgment of a jury, it seemed to me that the verdict in this case had caused a miscarriage of justice, With respect to the specific points to which you ro- fe@ I would say that the only jurors set uside were those as to whom the prisoner eXercised his legal right vf peremptory challenge. Their places were probably Oiled by other jurors duly drawn from the box. As to the cross-examination of the witnesses for the defence, it will be perceived by an examination of the Henographer’s uotes that the character of Rosina | Demarest was sufliciently Impeached, and that her eredibility was unfavorably referred to in my charge. As to the other witnesses I have no special recoll tion, but Tam quite clear that there was nothing un- usual nor seemingly neglectful in the manner of cross- amination, and nothing certainly to warrant even a buspicion that the trial Was allowed to go by default, Respectfully yours, GEORGE C, BARRETT, RECORDER HACKETT’S VINDICATIO: Recorder Hackett yesterday.wroté the following let- | Jer, which vindicates him from the charges mado | against him by ex-Judge Clerke in a letter to the Tribune of yesterday :— To hg Bist NES Ex Judge Clerke has been grossly imposed upon, which, considering his advance ze fs Bor reainent able, ‘I never applied for, nor suggested, nor caused | Application to be tnade, for a mandamus’ against the ‘omptrolier to pay me salary. I never meditated such § proceeding. jo such mandamus was ever granted, | df am utterly at @ loss to imagine what fudge Clerke could have had in bis mind when he volunteered Mis extraordinary statement. ‘The jource of your story is so respectable, 1 owe it to my ends to depart tr my usual method of silence tuder criticisin and contradict it, Anonymous attacks must, of course, let alone, May L not regret that you departed from your customary courtesy of first interviewing gentlemen who are grievously attacked by sorrespondents before you print their observations? Gespecttully, your obedient servant, JOHN K. HACKETT, KELLY IMITATES SWEENY. fo rue Epiror ov THe HeRaLo:— Mr. Kelly is evidently imitating the tactics of his old friend, Peter B. Sweeny. Whenever in old Ring days the people were insulted with bad nominations a grand mass meeting was ordered and leading statesmen were invited to speak. Perhaps Govertor Seymour may re- member how often ho was pressed to attend. In this way thousands of well meaning democrats who other- wise would have repudiated their nominations were duped and voted to continue the Tammany gachem power, Such tactics did more to keep up the old Ring wer than any other means they ever devised, in June, 1868, Governor Seymour wanted to deliver an ad in this city, Colonel J. D. Van Buren, at whose house the Governor was Mopping, came tome ind asked me to organize a meeting. | simply hired the dail of the Cooper Institute and had a few posters put ap; and at forty-eight hours’ notice he had a meeting of aver 10,000 persons, The whole affair did not cost over 150, Therefore, whenever any of our leading states: men wish to address the people, there is no necessity (or thom to interfere in a local contest and allow them- telves to be used like prize cattle at a show, The people of the city of Utica have no interest in the municipal struggle in which we are engaged; bor can interference be excuse on the ground that the State ticket is to be sustained, for every democrat New York, Oct. 29, 1875, who to-day opposes Tammany Hall despotism voted for Samuel J, en) at hag dg election, ea with very ns, will vote for our present Stato ticket, 4 am respectfully yours, THOMAS J, OBKAMER, MERCHANTS IN POLITICS. BUSINESS MEN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. The following card was signed ahd issued yester- tay :— The honest administration of the affairs of our canals, the break*ng up of corrupt political rin by the election of honest and fit men to offic and giving them proper support when we suc ceed in so doing are paramount questions and duties in the approaching election. A¥ great practical good has resulted from the reforms now being carried out by "Governor ‘Tilden and the Canal Investi- gating Commision, therefore, we, the unde’ signed merchants, bankers and citizens of New York, are of opinion that the Canal Board should be in harmony with the Governor; and whereas the Secretary of State, Comptroller, Attorney General, Treasurer, “State Knginecr and Canal Comuis- sioner ard members of that Bourd, it be: comes the duty of the mdependent citizen to cust his vote for the candidates for such offices upon the ticket headed by John Bigelow, as the only practical hey hy’ uiding the work of administrative wg now being earnestly carried forward in this tate, New You, October 27, 1875. Brown Brotkers & Co., William Blanchard, Willams & Guton, George Jennison, Dreve', Morgan & Co., James McMahon, Prey fedge & Co,, J.T, Euston, Lt ne & Co, A. d,s ant, f Henry B. Hebert, Francis Losee, Win, H. Wall J. M, Matthews, W. HS! . Story, John H, Hebert, David Fates, Thomas Karl, Co, TR” Liver- ¥. W. Sprague, ©. T, Beujamin, Theodore Dreier, William Palen, Babcock Bros. & Co., E, i, Harriman & Co,, William T. Blessing. PHELPS’ RECORD. WHAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY 18 DOING. While Johu Kelly and tis friends are busily én, In strewing the streets of the city with handbills and pamphlets attacking the character of John K. Hackett and Benjamin K. Phelps, and while the Tammany organs are making reckless assertions based on these pamphlets, the refutations of which charges they persistently ignore, the genticmen ussailed quietly perform their duties, trusting to the good sense of the people to decide between them and their ac- cusers,. What Mt: Phelps is doing in these days ol buttonholing and electionecring may be learned from the records of hia oilice, Since the 7th day of this month he has obtained ten convictions of murder, fi ate nine convictions are given in the order of their nding : October 7—Joseph Frangi, murder in the second de- gree, State Prison for life, October 8—Henry Kix, murder in second degree, State Prison tor life, October 12—Bridget Kelly, manslaughter in the fourth degree, State Prison for two years, Vetober 16—John Newell, manslaughter in the fourth degree, State Prison for two yeurs, October 20—Jacob Stundermann, murder in the first degree, sentenced to be hanged December 10. October 22—Thomas Callahan, matricide, State Prison for seven years, October 22—Samucl McMurray, manslaughter in tho third de; ‘State Prison for four yours, October 27—John Dolan, murder in the first degree, sentenced to be hanged December 10, October 28—William Thompson and William Ellis, murder in the first degree, sentenced to be hanged De- cember 17. ‘ October 20—Charles Weston, murder in the first do- gree, sentenced to be hanged December 17, HON. JOHN MORRISSEY’S MANIFESTO. ‘A LETTER FOR THE VOTERS OF THE FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICI—THE CLAIMS OF THE RIVAL CANDIDATES. Below is a letter defining the Hon. John Morrissey’s position in fuesday’s contest. Herein are explained his reasons for ultimately accepting a nomination which at first’he declined, and the points on which chiefly be relies for support at the polls:— To THe CrrizeNs or New York aNv EsPRCIALLY TO THE Exxcrors oy rue Fourta Skyare Districr;— Inasmuch as the oflice tor which [have been nomi- nated by the citizens of this district is one of grave re- sponsibility aud importance, and as the most persistent efforts are now being made, and will continue w be made until the polls shall close upon election day, to secure my defeat, I deem it due to the people whose sullrages aro to be exercised for either ny opponent or myself to call their attention to the relative positions toward them which we both hold. [ have never sought office in my life and have never re- ceived from the public treasury one dollar save and ex- cept my pro 4 member of Congress. Pol ties has vee the ’ ing bis constaht eifpl my Sapppsntane, ollice seek- ment. This vocation may be unobjectionable, or ut the best a matter of taste; but the man whom the people have honored with their con. fidence and elevated to places of pubhe trust, when he solicits a repetition of their favors, should come before them with a record indicating and evidencing the faith: ful and honest discharge of his public dutics and his worthiness of the trust reposed in him. John Fox has held islative office in the various luwmaking branches of the local, State and federal governments for years; he solicits. your support to enable him to continue as a legislator and a lawgiv but I shall domonstrato clearly to you that a man more ANSOLUTBLY UNWORTHY OF YOUR CONFIDENCE has never had the effrontery to solicit favors at the hands of a people. During the régime of the “old Ring’? Jotin Fox was a member of the board of Supervisors of this county and chairman of the committee by whem |-millions of dollars were fraudulently and dishonostly ing of claw disposed of through the auditing and’ allow! that have since, as the history of th terized by traud and peculation has be the investigations in the courts and through the press, astounded the people, filled honest minds with a just indignation and consigned to mfamy and disgrace the names of those who thus made robbery aud perjury a pastime. ‘The auditing of these claims required a thor- ough examination of their vahdity and justness; ther allowance depleted the public treasury ana di: the people's moneys. Let the citizens of this district examine the record I he: themseives if there be any other interpretation of the action of John Fox ay ‘chairman of the committee in question but that he was consorting and conniving with these vultures and public plunderers, ‘The following is the black reeord I reter to, and every single claim in the list reccived the support and voto of John Fox and was by him favorably reported to the Board of Supervisors:— Andrew J. Garvey. 0. G. 8. & J. A. Miller, C. D, Biller & Co... J, McBride Davidson,. P. A. Donnarumma, —muaking a total of $2,580, 750 45, which, upon the recom- mendation of John Fox, bis official assurance of the fair and equitable nature of the claims, and with his sanction, was stolen from the public treasury. And yet this man bas the bardihood to solicit his fellow cit- izeus to reward this CRIMINAL INPIDELITY TO 1S PUBLIC TRUST by returning him to the Senate of the State as their representative! It is time the people should know and understand that William M. Tweed does not alone merit | the full measure of their contempt and indignation: but that the pliant and ready tools, who, in the Boar of Supervisors and im other branches of the city gov- ernment, were ever Willing to aid in the carryimg out of schemes of plunder, should have visited apon them the just penalty of their wrongdoings, I sought no nomination for the oflice of Senator, I sincerely aud earnestly pressed the acceptance of my ination when nominated, public seeming determined to use my name as their Tepresentative in the canvass I felt it my duty to | use every exertion in their behalf to prevent the re-election of @ corrupt aspirant to the office, and to expose the system and chicanery of the organization of Tammany Hall, the creature of whose managers my tinue tu be. My success or failure in this canvass as an individual isa matter of utter imsigniticance. The principle for the triumph of which Lam struggling is of vital importance to every Man in this district. As is already thoroughly well known, | was expelled from Tammany Hall for what was termed treason to that or- gunization and disobedience to its managers, MY TREASON CONSISTED IN THUS, First—1 opposed the importation of men from New Jersey and elsewhere to fill the most responsible and important public oilices. I Was in earnest when in the last canvass L advocated ‘home rule,” and L intended that the doctrine should be fairly carried out, Second—1 opposed the action of ollice-holders (re- ceiving extravagant salaries themselves, which they left untouched) reducing the wages. of the laborer twenty per cent, and the action of the Tammany Hall Organization sustaining that proceeding. I gave money to the workingmén to defray the expenses of a public Meeting to express their just indignation at this iniamy, I knew the plea of economy, 1 ‘god #8 an explanation this action, was a sham, und E wag not willing to st by and stultify mysell When an outrage was bell ner petrated in the name of reform, I rejoice in my action with regard to these matters, and should repeat it to- morrow were there oecasion so to do. I wiil not sub: mit to the arbitrary dictation of Ta ymany Hall or any other organization, | kuow its managers to be mere political schemers, utterly unworthy of the people's contidence, lording it over servile and selfish followers, from whom all manhood scems to have been driven. 1 have been ALL MY LIPE A DEMOCRAT, and have been taught to believe that as the people are the source of all power, so im their sovereign capacity they are the masters of the oftice-holders; that dictation to them is au infringement upon their rights; that their will should be expressed by themselves, and when expressed should be jaw; and that no organization like the present cabal of Tammany Hall, that attempts to stifle their voice, destroy their power and ride over them with the tyranny so claracteristic of its present managers, can Jong survive, See to it, for your own independence, for the maintenance of rights which inate be dear to every man, that you rebuke those ingfient political chariatang, who have stolen into the olf temple of democracy and strive to subjugate ite people, Tho issue is with you, and the defeat of Tan. many Hall at the coming lection will teach ambitious ed of | with presént, and answer jor | Thad no such aspirations; but the | pponent has been and will con- | | liti¢ians hereatter that they must serve, not drive, @ poopie, if they wish success. JOHN MYPRRISSEY, « Anson. Hovam, Oct. 29, 1875. MORRISSEY'S CONCLUSIONS. | WORKINGMEN MUST EITHER WIN WITH THE | PEOPLE'S TICKET OR BE SLAVES TO TAMMANY | HALL, A urge meoting of the anti-Tammanyitee of the Fourteenth ward was held last night at Hibernia Hull, Prince street, for the purpose of ratifying the people's tickes Mr Patrick Dooty presided, Among the | | spoakors were County Clerk Walsh, J. W. | Greaves, candidate fof Assembly; G. W. Krauss, Colonel Henry A. derslee Hon, Dennis Burns and | Hob. Jobu Morrissey. The last named speaker as well | as Colonel Gildersleeve was received with cheers, Hon, Jobn Morrissey, being imtroduced to the meeting, thanked the assemblage for the reception give fo him, and sad: have been a demo- | crat all my life and expect die one, Last fall when the democratic party won a vietory I thought they were entitled to tue emoluments, What Was their tirstaetY Why, they went to New Jersey | and fetehed Fitz Join Porter, who im return reduced | the laborer’s wages to $1 60 per day. For protesting | Ayainst this action and for yiving aid to the working. men to enable them to protest against the action of Tammany Hall 1 was declared a traitor, If this action on my part constitutes treachery I am a tr and um willing. to be so considered Jam no candidaw for office, but bave been compelled | to come forward and champion your rights, It is for a to say whether I, as well as the others on the People’s ticket, shall win, Thisis your fight, If you do not assert yourscives now and defeat the power,” as exemplified by John Kelly, you ing to hope for in the future, 1 only represent the principle, lighting your battles on a democratic plattorm, Tam against Tammany Hall as now consti. | tuted, and so should you be. You can win the fight if you will, aud whon tho sun goes down on Tuesday next | you will either be victors or slaves tor the balance of | your lives.”? As Mr. Morrissey endeavored to leave the hall he | was: ted with most enthusiastic cheering, and the | whole assemblage escorted him to his carriage. REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING, ‘The young men of the Fifth Senatorial district (re- Publican) held a grand mass meeting ast evening at the Bloecker buildings, Richard M. Collard» prestding. A large banner decorated the platform, bearing the | following inseription:—True to your partys true to your candidate,” The meeting, itissaid, was got up witha view of denouncing certain republ | it seems, were working against James for State Senator, The Orpheus G ch the meeting by singing several airs, after wh George W, De Costa was introduced and spoke at some | length, denouncing John Kelly in the strongest terms, | | and claining thataf: the Tammany Hall party were su | cesstnl Jotn Kelly would “railroad”? every republican to olliveholder in New York city up to Sing Sing. The Hon. '. H, Randall, George W. Parker, Abraham Lent and James W. Booth addressed the meeting, ater which they broke up with cheers for the republican ticket, EAST SIDE REPUBLICAN RALLY. A meeting of the republican clubs of the east side of the town, to ratify the local nominations of Francis M. Bixby, for the Eighth Senatorial district, Walter 8, Pinckney, for Civil Justice, Seventh Judicial district, | and I. Albert Englehart, for member of Assembly, wus | held at Terrace Garden last evening, at eight «’clock. ‘The attendance was large and a band of music cone | tributed to keep the enthusiasm of the censiderable | | German clement that attended at fever heat. The platform was filled by all the most dis- tinguished German citizens of the Nineteenth ward, The chair was occupied by Mr, Hermann Cantor, who made a few brief remarks. He was followed by Mr. Bixby, who said that five men were sent from the lowor part of the city to nominate a man named Whee- ler, whom nobody knew. as the people's chowe! They ail knew that all the burdens the people suiler from to- day originated with Tammany Hall. If the present opposition does not succeed in’ defeating the party in power where will our liberties be¥ One “boss!” of Tammany Hall was in jailand the other may soon bo there, It was worth the while of every honest citizen to contribute to this result. Tammany Hall had adopted the schome of seuding around circulars, but he saw nothing in them to justify the action of some be- | longing to it in ro Lacing the laborers’ wages, Various speakers followed, prominent among whom were William A. Darling, Walter 3, Pinckney, and Jo- seph Dittenhofer. Mr.’ Pinckney, the candidate. for | Civil Justice, had nuerons culogists among the speak- ers on the platiorm, and Engelhurt, who delivered im- self in German, aroused great enthusiasm among the Teutonic element of the audience, Messrs, James and Charles Anderson, along with Mr. George Deyo, sang ‘ Hail to Our Beattiful Land’? with excellent’ effect. They answered an encore and sang, to the great amusement of the audience, # fanny doggercl concerning the autocratic pretensious of | “Prince John Kelly.” After several more speeches | and songs the audience departed, INDEPENDENT GERMAN DEMOCRATS. The German-American Independent Citizens’ Organ- igation held a spirited meeting at Beethoven Hall, Kast Fifth street, last evening, under the leadership of Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer, Resolutions were adopted indors- ing the ticket nominated by the State Democratic Con- vention at Syracuse and pledging a hearty support to the peoplo’s county ticket. After the adoption of the resolutions Mr, Ottendorfer spoke at some length in advocacy of Recorder Hackett’s claims for re-election and in denunciation of Tammany’s attack upon him. BROOKLYN POLITICS. IMPORTANCE OF KINGS COUNTY IN THE STATE | CANVASS—WHO INCREASED THE CITY DEBT ?— THE GREAT STRIFE FOR LOCAL MASTERY. Brooklyn's position in the annual political contest | is one of considerable importance to the Empire State. | That such should be the case is evident when it is re- | | membered that Brooklyn city and the county towns | | contam a population of about 500,000 people | | | | | and alone contribute yearly about $2,000,000 of the $7,500,000 levied for State taxes. Its political ten- doncies have been for many years democratic, and the majorities given by the people of Kings county have beon looked forward to, on State or national ticket, as certain afd to wipe out minorities mot with | in other sections of the State. Tho democracy have given from 6,000 to 14,000 majority to their State ticket for a decade of years past, It is true, however, the local management has not commended itself in all this period of success to the suffrages of the people, for the reason thut the candidates putin nomination have not | met with that indorsement which a better class of men | would be sure to receive from the independent and | intelligent members of the democratic party, There | have been dissensions iu the ranks of the leaders which republican politicians, astute and unscrupulous as their opponents, have not been slow to take advantage of. It | has frequently happened that in these breaks in the party | lines the most pernicious and corrupt coalitions have taken place between the selfish and desiguing arbitra- | tors of the legislation which has brought about the pres- | | ent state of affairs. For the past six years the demo. | crats have been grumbling and growling and scratching | their ballots on local candidates here and there, but rarely have they succeeded in changing the general re- sult, in defeating the election of the nominees of | THK ACKNOWLEDGED DICTATOR, ‘Boss’? M’ LAUGHLIN, He has managed, through his peculiar hoid upon the party wires, to keep control of the machinery and to | regulate the conventions so that no citizen could | possibly receive tho regular democratic nomination | without the sanction of the all-potent Boss,” | Strange to say, even the tidal wave of reiorm which swept over New York and the City of Churches failed toswamp the power of Boss’? McLaughlin, and his enemies could not put their Ginger on a dishonest act in his official ‘Two years ago he nominated and the democrats elected “The War Horse of Retorm,” |. Mayor John W. Hunter, a8 a reward for his services in the Committee of One Hundred, That was considered | @ masterly stroke atthe time, though much. dissatistac- tion has since been expressed against certain off acts of Mr. Hunter, The ery of “Reform!” Reform!" which has been bandied from every side for the past v years, has become as “A, B,C" in the household lexicon, and, seriously, people are forced to ask, What | | does it all mean’ in brief, 1% means in the popular mind that in 1864 THE DENT OF BROOK. | | Was $7,000,000, ‘Ten yours later, in 1874, the debt was | | $41,146,000, showing an imerease for ten yeurs of | $34,000,000, The total debt of the city in September, I was $42,384,349. The taxes range from three and a half to four per cent on every $100 of assessed valuae tion of property. Business is dull, There is no market for real estate” Building has been paralyzed during the ast year, Impro 1ts of a pubhe character have | Reese, officials being chary of expenditure in fac economy which has bi imperatively demanded, and | the working classes ti suftered, Those who are op- | posed to the mon government ag at present ad- ministered have charged all the tls of general business | depression and the evils growing out of it to tho extravagance and plunder of public money | by the — officials. Whether with justice or otherwise remains to be developed in the future, As the matter now stands, both sides, democrats and re- | pubdlicans, ery, “Stop thief!” and prate economy, purity in the administration of municipal government | and the holding of detinqnent offietals to a strict ac. | countability for all acts, form ereed,"’ to whieh both candidates for Ma award Rowe, democrat, and Frederick A, Schroeder, republican—pleage them- selves, declares for judicial investigation and restitu. tion of fands stolen as well as the punishment of all officials who may be shown to have been dishonest, Tho republicans were offered in their City Convention a candidate, an out-and-out reformer, in the person of RT. WACKHOUSE, OF THR FIFTY, whe would have accepted tha for Mavor. | second ’and Tw. | Germathlicukeit, | was | The otthe | 4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. and would have received the entire support of retorm. , irrespective of party, But political comventio have little affiliation with independent orgamizati upon which they cannot count for reward for services rendered, so they most ungraciously rejected the ove tures of the Backhouse reform organization, They ac cepted ex-Comptroiler Schroeder, since he could bring them the German vote, as their ghandard bearer, Then they became reformers and took up the ery “with all Mhat the term implies.” Aud they have Uunquestion- ably made great ueadway and have recruited largely from among the rank and file and staff of the demo- efatic malcontents, GENERAL SLOCUM has charged on the “one man power” with all the-dash Of an outilanking corps, What he said is familiar to gur readers. ‘The “Boss’* retaliated; but Slocum's vol- ley was dam in certain quarters, Exception has teen tiken, Lowever, to the method of assault, wherein he ridiculed th Jc names of certain eaudidates, The Ce hationalty question is un ugly one to handle in an eleetion campaign “in these parts,’ and force ts met | by force. The republican nomined tor Mayor hus ap- pealed in a special manner to the Germans for their support, ‘idg wt the same time that “Lrisho Wo represent their ward in the Board of Aldermen a Week after landing.” That line of policy is nota safe she on which apture Irish-American votes, But he puts on a little of THE GERMAN BLARNEY in another utterance betore his fellow citizens when he asks thent “not to strike him down because he was bora in Germany,” Tn ull the spec can stump oraiors since the camy enormous debt of the city, the staguatio! the hundreds of laborers ih eries of the times hw democratic ps n opencd the in business, nd all the attendant mis: e been laid at the door of the rly managen To this the orators on the stump on the accused side reply with vehemence thut the republican party imposed nineteen twentieths of the debt upon the city, that they had done it by means of Commissions organized under acts passed by republican Legislatures and signed by republican Gov- eruors, ‘The bridge, the park, the reservoir are the ehiet monum to extravagance upon which are reared the burdens of tuxution and they were com- mencod under the LEGISLATION OP THE REPUB! ‘The democrats further cor h charter of 1873, draited. im u rofe ry sed Lo $200,000 a ® salary of the Mayor was increased ‘from 0) per annut to $10,000 per annum, and that of the Comptroticr from $3,000 to $10,000, "These are but a tow of the very nut gument Which are brought up in the alle; houesty and Waste of public funds made by the republicans, As to the candidates personally both are honest and capable men, and both cluitn to be free from ail party trammels and determtued to perform thei duty, if elected, conscien- tiously and with the interests of the city at heart Under the amendment to the chartor, which’ takes \oilect on January 1, the Board of supervisors, which was abolished With a flourish of trampets two years ago, Comes into life agam, Thus it follows that instead of Aldernwa, thirty-seven in number, acung in the dual eapacity of Aldermen and Supervisors, there will ‘be one Supervisor.aud one Alderman elected in cach of the twenty-live wards@f Brooklyn on Tuesday next, The | thirty-seven Aldermanic Supervisors drew an annual sulery of $74,000, or $2,000 each, The salary is now re@iced to $1,000 per year ior each official, and tt ‘and twenty-five will be but twenty-live Aldermen orvisors, ‘ A SAVING oF $24,000. \ fl be yearly effected. ‘The contest for control of the Board of Aldermen is being very warmly debated by. both partics. The Common Council 18 the lie of the body municipal, as it either represents or misrep- resents the interests of each section, aud thereiore of the whole population of tho city, and, if honestly dis- posed and intelligently constituted, wicids a vital power in the atluirs of the citizens, A corrupt corpora- ton is a public 7» and good citizens should avoid it by scanuing the records of the men who seek their suilrage, Ax a whole, both parties have made a better class of nominations tis year than heretofore, i Where the regular nomination has not fallen upon worthy shoulders there are excellent independent can- didates in the field trom which to choose. ‘The latest and, it 1s believed, the most reliable estimate of THE ALDERMANIC PROSPECTS foot up as follows:—Democrats count on carrying the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Nimth, Tenth, ‘Tweitth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, Kightéenth, Twenty: fourth wards. The republicans claim the First, Third, Vhirteenth, Nineteenth, 'T eth, Twenty-lirst and Twenty-third wards, ‘The doubt- ful wards are the Seventh, Eleventh, Filteenth, Six- teenth and Twenty-tifth, As ut present constituted the democrats have a majority of six Aldermen. Outside the Mayoralty and Common Council the Sbrievaity attracts most attenuon, ard the office being the richest, pecuniarily speaking, in the gitt of the people, 18 much sought alter, The candidates are both strong men. Thomas F, Nevins, democrat, has been at the head of the Brooklyn Fire’ Department for the past five years as Chief Engineer, and has. won olden opinions for his executive tact and zeal in the party personal ime ot duty. have hundreds tion of valor never hi Irrespective — of of yoles as a from his fellow he » republ on the ground of familiarity with the reins ks elec cuan WS OF THK Bernard Bogan, the regular candidate for the office of Commissic: Hirst di ys of Thomas P. Norris tor the Board of Charities in the Second district are not so promising of success, In conclusion it remains but to be said that the field has been fought on local points, pro and con, this year as never before. The salvos of oratorical stutesinanship have resounded along the lines, and it remuuns for the victors on the evening of Tuesday next, November 2, to gather in the siain and sound the clarion notes of triumpl after the ballot shall have been counted. of Charities on the democratic ticke’ et, will doubtless be elected, though AMUSEMENTS, GERMANIA THEATRE—‘*TANTE THERESA,” After an extremely prosperous run the merry farce, “Honest Labor,” has beer succeeded at the Germania ‘Theatre by ‘Aunt Theresa,” Dr, Paul Landau’s best play. Lindau is one of the most celebrated living German playwrights, and gained his tntroduction to fame some years the best German drat production, His last work, which was | last night, is decidedly inferior to his previous productions. The action of the play is slow and the plot somewhat dull, It deals with aruficial aristoer: in the delineation of which German playwrights are never so happy as in picturing homelier phases of low life and of easy and jolly The principal parts last’ evening were acceptably sustained by Herr Merten and Herr Kirschner and Fraulein Weigel and Friulein Kempe, ani the dresses and svemery were dedly handsome. “Aunt Theresa’ will be repeated until further notice, THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ‘The “Sewess’? was repeated last night at the Academy of Music by the Wachtel opera company. The only from the change previous representation was the appearance of Mile. Pappenheim instead of Mile, Wagner as Rocha, a change that seemed eminently appropriate. The andience was larger than on the first night, and as the trifling defects then apparent had been removed there were constant e: ht and unqualified satisfaction. Herr as before, assumed the réle of Lazarus, and constantly greeted with applause, especially in the last scene of the fourth ‘act, — after which he was called before the curtain three umes, Mile. appenheim, as Reeha, did not ap- par. advant im the first act, her voice being perceptibly tremulous and uncertam, but she ecovered rapidly, and in the third act ber tion was so free, natural the complicated recitati became a favorite, te eal suddenly use a common phrase, and was recalled again and again after the curtain had fallen. Was also ap linprovement in the chorus, which tended to iuerease the general success of the opera | lust might, GLOBE THEATRE, The business at the Globe Theatre has been vory good ever since the opening night—a gratifying ac- knowledgment from the public of their appreciation of the cheap prices afforded by the management. Last night the attendance was large, and the audience Were at once put in good humor by the clever efforts of Charley Benedict in an amusing ske , entitled “The Lf Qu After 4 nigger , rand | a good jon ball act by Richards the spectators were amused with the pleasing style of little Bertie Rhinehart in her songs, Bryant and Williams followed in a double song and dance, und then Bob Hart gave a scientific discourse that set the house in a roar. iviro’s bal seen in this country; and after a little opéra bouge from Miss Alice M. Kemp and song and dance by Holbrook "and Hughes, the charming vocalist, Miss Lizzie Kelsey, ts introdneed and sings three songs in very good style.’ Following in quick suceession come Collyer and Morton, William A. Huntley on the banjo, athletics by Richards, Rhine- hurt and Paul, and gems of the opera. trom Miss Nully Pieris, ‘The periormance concluded with Zan- fretta’s pantomine, entitled “Popsey Wopsoy.” A number of new artists will appear next week, MUSICAL AND DRAMA’ NOTES. The Mexican Juvenile Opera troupe will give five per- : formances at the Lyceum Theatre next weck, on Mon. day, Wednesday and Friday evenings, and Thursday and Saturday afternoons, Mr. Neuendorif gives an agreeable variety to his sea- son by changes in the cast when operas are repeated. us Mile, Pappenheim sung Recha in “The Jewess” last night instead of Mile, Wagner, and ou Monday evening Mile. Wagner will be the Leonora in ‘41 Trova- tore’? instead of Mile, Pappenheim. “La Dame islanche” Is armounced for Wednesday. A little book pen of Mlle, Kita Sangallo, the premitre danseuse of the opera there. It maintains that men are ‘abso: jutely mdispensable” to the ballet, and should not be supplanted by women in male attire, The cone ight at Gilmore's attracts a great deal of attention, both on account of its programme and its purpose, Considerable sums have been raised in other cities for the Centennial Exhibition by com certs, and New York will cheerfully perform ber part of the duty, to- es of the republi- | will | »'by Winning the first prize offered | ing on the swinging bar is the bestever | $ just been published in Paris en- | titled “Terpsichore,”’ the preface to which is trom the | PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING BEECHER ON MOODY AND SANKEY—HE PRAYS THAT THEY MAY NOT BECOME PROUD. Plymouth lecture room was unusually crowded last | evening. The meeting was opened with the 650th hymn, followed by prayers by Dr. Edward Beecher and Brother McKay. After the singing of another hymn, Mr. Beecher said:;—I want to call your attention to a strange contrast, or conjunction, rather Look at the papers morning and evening and you shall find them all tuil of PRINTER'S PIRE onelection for and against, full, overflowing, You | listen on the street you hear “Election,” “Election.” Right in the midst of the storm comes up, quietly, un- | ostentatiously a series of meetings which have been without parallel in Brooklyn, It would seem as if you | Went fromone star to another. Tho protound ten. | derness, the yearning, the aspiration, — the | hope and joy and sweetness you tnd in one, | over against that strong tide of the political life, It is like the singing of the Pilgrims in the Maytlower, while tossed by the waves of the Atlantic, People are | | setting their wits to work to acgount for this, First | come Mr, Moody and Mr, Sankey, What in them does | this thing’ You might just as well look through a pane of gliss and ask what makes the landscape look so Ddeautifuly “I hear men talk, and | there is an almost universal respect expressed 1 hear men discussing what is there No man who lives in in all the papers, in these men to affect men su? realm of refiued society and looks at things from that standpoint; no man who lives in the reali of the iu- tellect, whethor it be logical or classical, ean UNDERSTAND THIS MOVEMENT, We say Moody does not seem to be specially fluent, Ho ofton sets aside or has origival views of grammar, | He does not seemrto have any new ideas, If any une | | Supposes that to have a high power of reasoning and | an ample vocabulary would be sufficient he does | not know anything about it, Suppose a little ehild | j \ | was going to be buried and the minister should stand up and give you a long, psychological talk; it would not produce any etfect but revulsion, but if I should say the words any child could say, “0, mother, | I don’t wonder your heart is broken ,’” there would nog | be adry eye, The inherent power of Christ is such in | | its relation to human wants that the man who can | | bring it home most directly, the man who can produce it and hide himself, that man fs the successful one, | Now, regard, for instance, the fact that curiosity may | | be divincly blessed and have A LEGITIMATE SPHERE, Moody was in this city years ago and produced no great Impression. We aii esteemed him highly; he was known everywhere for his indefatigable indusiry, and he had his portion of success. He went abroad | and took Sankey with him. They were not | accustomed to that kind of Presching in i sti’ Euglandand Scotland; Moody and Sankey were wertul, and the fews of it went through the smpire and came back teus. So, when Mr, Moody came to Brooklyn, curiosity had a legitimate sphere, and the effect was the bringing together of great multi- | tudes, and there isin a great multitude’ @ -¥ragnetic | Power of individual feeling. What six men feel s | atately brings them together, and it is not ‘addition, but addition plus. ‘They help each other; so” on that important fet’ Mr. Moody, by the opera- tion of curiosity, is domg a great work. He speaks on two great classes—one the universal and individual sinfulness of man as giving rise earnest want, and second, of the infinitiveness, the | readiness, the nearness, the beauty and sweetuess of the supply by the Lord Jesus Christ He does not take the old hard representation of man’s state of sin- | fulness. He goes to work in a milder way. Look at | the hymn ‘book, and you will be — struck | with the fact that almost all the hymns | are of the persuasive kind, not damnatory, You | observe Mr, Moudy does not’ go through God's Word With abstract arbitration, He does that which ig a great deal better. He deals in truth, not in relation to a_ syster bat in’ relation to human wants, Both these brethren have got common sense and I think God has given them ar put they are in more peril than they that they preach to, [tis a piteous thing to see a man who 1s by long popularity made vain, He is ruined for power, and it ought to be a matter of real prayer to God that our dear brothers, Moody and Sankey, be kept humble, Not ostentatious’ humility. That is’a kindof pride. | They can be here but w little whtle THK DIRKCT Re | of this labor may not be very la | us wise the indirect results will be great. We ought to | | catch that fire and bring it home. ‘it is in my heart, I believe it is iu this church. I think this elurch is being prepared and grace will flow out ubundantly, OBITUARY. s bat if God makes AMASA WALKER, A dospatch from Boston announces the death of | Amasa Waiker, the well known writer of political | | economy, at the ago of seventy-six years, ‘The deceased was born at Woodstock, Conn, May 4, 1799, and | received his education at the’ common school in | Brookfield, Mass. He afterward removed to Boston, | where he became a merchant, He was an early member of the Anti-Slavery Society of Massachusetts, and took an active part in that movement, In 1848 he | 1s chosen a member of the Massachusetts House of | Representatives on a free soil platform, and in 1849 be- | came a State Senator, During his youth he had been | an earnest and devoted student of political econon and jor seven years held a professorship in that science | at Oberlin, He held many positions of public trust | | during his life. He went to Europe as # dele- | gate to the first International Peace Convention in | 1843, und again went abroad in a similar capacity | | in 1849. He was elected member of Congress in 1862, | | was Secretary of State of Massachusetts in 1851 and 1852, | | and was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional | | Convention in 186% He was elected to Congress in | 1862, Since 1861 he has been a lecturer on political | economy at Amherst College. He was the author of “The Science of Wealth,” 4 work on political economy which has run through’ five editions, and of several minor publications on various branches of his favorite science. t ‘easily | HOWARD W. GLOVER. Mr. Howard W, Glover died yesterday morning at | his residence, No. 1,276 Third avenue, after a | protracted illness. of three months’ duration. | His = disease is __ believed to hay been dropsy. He had reached the age of fifty and was well known and greatly respected among a large circle of friends and acquaintances, He | leaves a wife and eleven children, He died in extreme poverty, BENJAMIN DRAKE. Adespatch from Milford, Pa., says that Benjamin Drake, one of the pioneers of the Newark (Me.) Con- ference, died at his residence near that city Friday morning, aged eighty-four years, | THE NATIONAL GAME, : AN ATTEMPT TO BROWBEAT AN UMPIRE ON THE UNION GROUNDS, A disgraceful scene occurred on the Union Grounds yesterday, on the occasion of the ninth game between the Mutual and St, Louis clubs, which transpired under | the following circumstances :—The Mutuals had obtained a lead in the early part of the game, which most of the | players of that nine seemed desirous of maintaining, as | the New Yorkers lad not defeated the St. Louis boys once during the season, In the sixth inning, however, | the visitors, aided by some wretched play behind the | bat by Higham, managed to get in two runs, which | made their score three to five for their opponents, In the | seventh inning the St, Louis nine blanked the Mutuals, and in their batting part of the inning, hit for two runs, | | which tied the scores, The Mutuals now requested Mr. Blodget to call the game, Hicks averring that it was | | impossible for him to see the ball on account of the darkness, The St. Louis men, however, were confident | | that ie was quite light enough to continue playing, as | they had a man on second base with none out, They | gathered around Mr, Blodget, white the betting men | among the spectators were shouting, ‘Call the | game!? or “Go on playing!” according to the | way In which they had invested their money. In language more forcible than elegant the visitors at- tempted to bully the umpire into making the Mutuals | play in the dark, and one of the gang even informed | fia that ‘he dare not. call the game.” Ab (his june: | ture Mr. Blodget, who has acted as umpire in a great many professional games this season, and who never | has asked for. the fee which 1s due any person who officiates in that capacity, concluded that it was too | dark for further play and ended the game, At this the | St. Louis mob waxed wroth and became very abusive, | but ail to no purpose, for the match was terminated, | Tne following is the score :— | MUTUAL. st, Louis. | Players. RABPOAE, Players: RABPO.A E, | wolsworth, 1 1 2 0 0 Cathbert...1 0 2 0 0 s i 400 so es eT Ha O80 bF [OL 2S 0 01737 Me he Mm Te | 0 11 2 Galvin 100008 0 1.00 0 Seward.....1 1001 *11 2.0 8 Dehiman... 1 010 0 0 ot 10 0 Wait... 0210 0) | Gioney..... 0 1 2,0 0 Millot......0°2 8 8 8 Totals,... 6 918 413 Tot .5 8% 88 | INNT Clubs. st, 2d, Bd, 40h, BEA, BUA, Th, Mutual. Peres at Tam eae ee yas ee | Bt. Loult, :.: 1° 0 0:6) .0 6), Sen Umpire—Me, Blodget, of the Arlington Club, Time of game—One hour and fifty-five minutes, Buus oarnad—M: 2:86 Loula a the realm of taste, primarily; no man who lives in the | i z PEDESTRIAN TOURNAMENT, FIRST DAY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING A4 MOTT HAVEN—GEORGE BR, \LIVINGSTON WINS THE ONE HUNDRED YARDS EVENT AND KERA- RONWE THE FIVE-MILE RUN. The international pedestrian meeting so long looked forward to by all lovers of athletic sports in this viein- ity was successfully inaugurated yesterday on the club grounds at Mott Haven, The track was in excellent fx, the weather delightful, the attendance large and the twa events on the programme most stubbornly contested. For the 100 yards dash there were six starters, which being run in heata, it finally fell to Geo. BR, Livingston, of West Farms, Y. The five mile ran drought out six crack performers, five trom the States and one from Montreal, an Indian, he contest for two miles was ol the most interesting nature, and then the runners fulling out one by one, there were but three leit on the track, but two of these of any account, Patrick Fitzgerald, of Now York, and the “dusky brav from Canada, The latter won the race in the very creditable time of 20m, 1s, and the plucky effort of Fitzgerald entitles him to much praise, asdie ran a re- markable race with a remarkable man, and was not badly beaten, ONK HUNDRED YARDS, First Heat. Weisher, Ni Lawrence Mai York, 2. ay from his opponent at the start, and running in grand style, won by four feet... Time, 10 2-53, Second Heat,—Goorge K. Livingston, West Farms, N. ¥., 1; Thomas Prior, Pawtucket, R. I, 2 Livingston showed the way at onee, and despite the exertions of Prior, kept it throughout and won in good form by two Tins Ww 2 This effort of Pri is but the his pedestrian ence he will prove a rat.—Joun A ureer, and with practice pod one. J., 1; James Frost, Port Cheste Ti asa gift for Alli. as he led all the way and beat his opponent by ten Time 11 2-5s, inal Heat.—George R. Livingston, 1; John Allison, 2; Abraham Welsh ‘This heat was run after the tive miles, The false Starts made were very auneying, and Allison and Weisher ran out the hundred thiuking they had been sent away. Being called back, Welsher and Livingston were penalized one yard tor previous breaks away. The heat was from start to tuish, Allison held his men too chew and ingston, cutting out. the work, denied, and, whatever his opponents could do, breasted the tape the winner by about four inches, one yard between second and third. First prize, $50, goes to Livingston, second of $15 to Allison and $10 to Welsha. FIVE MILE RUN, Kerraronwe (Indian), Montreal, Canad Fitzgerald, john Connolly Jouu Coney, New York, 0; Jobin } Mass, 0; Edward Wilson, ‘Cromwell, men went away slowly and all ruy in good form for the iirst mile, when Malouey showed in. front, the Indian next, Fitzgerald third, Connolly fourth, then Coney and Wilson last, Fitzgerald: and ‘the “brave” from “Mon- treal cut out the running at a rare pace the second mile, at the end of which the Indian dashed bythe lags first, then Fitzgerald, and Connolly, Maloney, Wil- sou and Coney not lar away. ‘This distance was as pretty a struggle ever was witnessed, and was worth journey of bundreds of miles, The third imile began to tell on some of the men, Wilson and Maloney falling out the first lap, Kerraronwe kept in front the balance of the mile and finished it smihng, two yards ahead ot Fitzgerald, who was forty in advance of Connolly.’ Coney was disposed of in the third jap of this mile. But three now remained, and tho race lay between Fitzgerald and the “dusky brave” trom Montreal, Running in “his-erfective style, ai jonstrating that he could-piiss Fitzgerald Se ee: tire" Thdian occasionally dropped — behind his opponent a foot — or two, and thus run the fourth mile. At the commence. ment of the fiith the Indian went to the front at a spirited pace, and, biding lis time, drew away from Fitzgerald and landed the winner, with lots on hand, by ten yards. Time, 29m, 1s, Cheer after cheer greeted this performance, and indeed it was such as will not again be seen tor many a day. The first mile was done m 5m, 43s., the second in 4m. 56s., third in dm. 41s, fourth in 6m. 00s, and the fifth in 5m, 41s, Keraronwe takes the first prize of $50, Fitzgerald the second of $15 and Connolly the third of $10, Timer, Mr, C, H. Pierce, N.Y.A.C.; starter, Mr. W. P, Watts, New York; judges, Messrs. Howell, Barnes and W. Sprague, N.Y.A.C.; rete: ‘Mr, James Wat son. 1; Pati TO-DAY’S EVENTS, There are two capital events on the eard for to day, ‘These are the one mile run and the three mile walik. ‘The entries are as follows:— ‘Three-milk Walk—Charles Copeland and Charles & Cushing, Boston; John Oddy, Philadelphia; John Hols pd Wigzoll (Albion Club) aud Edward Mullen, New mile Run—Patrick Fitzgerald, J, Coney, Edward , John Moloney, John Allinson, Keraronwe, Pierré Hebout and Josep R. Cox. e track can be reached by the 2:30 P.M. train from Grand Central depot, or by the boats which leave Peck Slip and Fulton Ferry for Harlem and Sor risania every half hour, THE NEVADA STATE BADGE. THE ¥ORTY-EIGHTH CLAIMS THE PRIZE, . Colonel George W. Wingate received yesterday a tele graphic despatch from Lieutenant Colonel James Mam nering, conveying an official report to the effect that Company A, Forty-eighth regiment, N.G.S.N.Y., Bad made, in the covtest for the Nevada State Badge an av erage of 279-10 points per man, This is an extraurdi- nary record, considering that of the four companies which shot at Creedinoor yesterday, in the same match, the one which made the best shooting (J Company, Seventh regiment), recorded an aver age of only 18 38-46 pomts per man. Company 1 made yesterday an aggregate score of but 866 points while the Oswego men claim to have accomplished 1,283. The Oswego men beat the New Yorkers by the difference of 417 points! It may bo safely asserted that military shooting such as that now claimed by the Forty-eighth regiment has never been before recorded in any country. When the New York regiments went to the practice ground last summer they were domg fairly enough in sending fifty per cent of their numbers to compete for the marksman’s badge on a record o! fifty per cont out of the highest possible count, but the Forty-cighth have thrown all our practice in the shade by bringing to the mark a single company o! forty-six members, every man of whom could beat at the two most (OSWEGO) REGIMENT DIFFICULT RANGES scores that less than filty per cent of the New York troops were able to achieve at the easier distances. ‘The public would naturally expect that ina company where all its members are such uniformly good marks- n there would be a team of twelve who could carry everything belore them in military matches. Yet the ‘Forty-eiguth regiment, althoagh having on the ground” some “moderately ood shots, did not make a very brilliant figure at Greed. moor this fall, during the National Ritle Association's meeting. Of course, it 1s to be supposed that the regi- ment did not send here their worst marksmen, —{n the, New York State match they did nothing, the Seventh’ regiment being at the head of the list on'a score of 461 out of 600 points; neither do they appear among the three prize teams on the Gatling match; while inthe army and Navy Journal contest they came in for only the third and last place (of ‘fifteen teams competing) among the winners, In the Army Navy Journal match the three winning scores were:—Second (Connecticut), 306; Twenty-third (Brooklyn), 304; Forty-eighth (Oswego}, 802 From the above it will be seen that on the occasion here ten- tioned the Twenty-third (Brooklyn), a fine regiment, whose best compavy appears to have beea so easily distanced by the Forty-eigth yesterday, beat the now champions in the Nevada State badge contest. The ditt. cult part of the business is to understand how one company of National Guardsmon could defeat th other by such an enormous gain as 417, The Oswe boys must have taken the thing greatly to heart and wore determined to win at all hazards. But the New Yorkers would like to see just how they do it, FORT GREEN PEDESTRIAN CLUB. By special permission of t\» Park authorities, the fall races (ff the Fort Green Pedestrian Club will take place this (Saturday) afternoon in Prospect Park, on the ath surrounding the pasture, Members of the New York Athletic Club, the Ridgwood Sporting Club, the Harlem Pedestrians, the Mystic Boat Club and othe: will participate in the walks and races, A walk of ten miles in 100 minutes will be attemp while the other races are inprogress, The feats begin at hall-past three PRINCETON COLLEGE BOAT RACES, ‘Trestox, N. J., Oct. 20, 1875, The first race of the Princeton boat crews to-day was between the class of '77 and the class of '79. ‘The class of '79 broke a rudder after rowing about a quarter of a mile, leaving the class of °77 to row the balance of the course alone, The second race was between the class of '76 and the class of '78. After a hard and desperate pull by the class of ‘78 (their boat having been placed thirty strokes to the rear of '76), 78 won the race, Thert Was considerable excitement, THE LIQUOR DEALERS. ‘The liquor dealers held a mass meeting at No. 20 Bowery last evening, at which resolutions were adopted demanding a fevision of the excise laws now in force, | Instead of the present ‘clouded and imperfect enact. ments,” they ask a uniform law throughout the State, , y based on thé idea that the trade 1 legitimate, and not on the assumption that the liquor traffic offensive, No unjust discretionary powers, they urge, should ba iven to the Excise Commissioners m the granting of fice 08, dealers accused of offowces aguinst he law should be proceeded against as other citizens. Te secure these ends the members of their societies were urged to vote only for representatives Who tayor thear wawe,