The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 22, 1872, Page 2

Sun, Tt Shines for Alle AUGUST 22, 1872, A Nooth's Theatr { Mowery Vheatre fe hin | yf ' Olymple Theatres 1 ‘ Wony Vai 1 ' Ny ‘Theatre Comia ' Wallack's Theatre! White's Athenucum =o | Ticket of tn y Term ‘ on 00 php Oe ne ss ihe ‘ ere 1h Boatenla Nini as Veli sian’ « cant ey Reavive Marten. with Aut.” alter it, dd page ie i \ Rasvice Marven, with & So0." ate if, ia! of aes! abe ae Hey | 4 Cute t an Were ' nf For the accommodation of up town residents, advere HB} tisements for Tux SUX will Le received at our veg Bt rates at the uptown advertisement offices Siig Weat (aes ‘Thirty-second airect, Junction of Broadway aad Sixth < avenue, and BOS Weat Twenty-third street, opp i Grand Opera House, from 8 A. M. to S130 P.M. — The Election of To. An election takes place to-day in West Virginia for Governor, three members of Congress, and other officers, Though the campaign has been a pretty lively one, and Daye the result is looked for with interest be- cause of its supposed bearing upon the Presidential contest, it will not afford as clear an indication of the tone of senti- ment in the State on the national issues fs it would if the present contest were uot ten e adoption stitution, wiih Ly. the tied by the question of t or rejection of is to be passed up: Jowsson N.¢ new ¢ to-d AMDEN regular Demo: cratic nominee for Governor, and is sup- ported also by the Liberal Republicans Two years ago the Democrats carried the State by about 2200 majority. Jacon, who is now Governor, is running for re- ‘ election, He is nominally a Democrat, wh! 2% but is supported by the Grantites, who arr * Making a strenuous effert to carry him in tk friends of Dr, Guee.ey are un- ér to be doing the same for Cas i DEN. But the supporters of Guat ave a bee inost active in the campuign, and j we hot be much disappointe © ; Jacow elected vi —— 4 $ The Method of Civil Service Reform. aan The insincerity of the Administration in t its pretended desive for a eivil service re- form has been effectually demonstrated. The new rules for governing appointments to office have not only been ridiculed and denounced by Grant's leading supporters in Congress, but the President aud heads of departments have entirely disregarded them in practice, although it was long as 5 ostentutiously prockiimed that: these rules pei would be strictly observed in all future \) Appointinents to ofice, Men of notoriously rua } infamor wructer are St selected to fill i nsibilily and trust asa res t no A oservices; clerks and i : others hold office uuder Government if are forced to contribute money for politi- ' cal purposes in defiance of how; and the H suspicion that any officer favors the elec tion of GreeLey is deemed a sufticiont cause for his immediate removal But if the pretended on of the cules reported by the Civil View Com Mission had been ay thin more than a fraud intended for political effect, and if Grant had honestly endeavored t carry tt into practice, the result would StU have been unesati ctory, | Vitee Uh plain devised by the commission is en which ¢ hot hurmouize th the spirit of our instit In many of its most important details it isu tbe for our requirements; and even if it could De ah carvied cut. it would only result in buildin Upa privileged class of pera holders, of whom we far too muny vr ees, ANd those fecl bound to ingabout thedisposalofot sful ‘i already. Lf GkaNt's renomination shows ny fnything it Ws how th eu hots y power of that body of officehol: who i ure struggling toinaintain their p sand have the National Treasury at their com- iy mand, can be used to Ghwart the manifest , Will of the people { The Hon, Jaxes 8. Pree of Maine, in ; speech recently delivered at Belfast, la 4 the nai be head when he said the true ae place to begin a genuine civil service re= ‘ha form is in th mary nese of the + people and in the nominating couver th If the poople tinen to represent t n Congress who iusist upon govern 1 of Federal patronage in wid use that pitro: 1 ’ Weapon to subserve their own personal in ter ar » shape and control local politics and local politicians, they thereby ha aid in building up a barrier agaist the (i free aud unbiassed action of the people iy Mr. Pree believes that it is because th an whole machinery of the Republican party i has, under thissystem, fallen into the ha. of the oficeholders that reform 1 come a imy leanywhere ex 4%, throuh the radieat action \ i The remedy whi re Pike prop 5 ted in the columns of Vas i to adopt the princi, ai Federal appointuwent i N rhunly quit j i, 1 ets Postmaster, or Co i tor, as they are to cb \ Hators and Goyer i mors; aud it ‘ wt that the Meyghber of men aspiring to such positions would be better judyes of their qualitleation than the authorities at Washington, au More tinpartial jusizes than the member ot , Congr who, indivecting the distribution of patronage, is only secking to advance: his own personal interests A itis doubtless true that the existir Bi tem of distributing Federal patronage has done much to bring about the prosent di ] ordeved condition of the Republican party Members of Congress are continually quart I who are th Tost stucee ‘ repay theirobligations by an unquestioning 4 Fupport of the appoluting powe The mt consequence is tat menare appointed to ny offve and turned out by scores merely 3 } to advance personnal interests, and without i the least regard to the welfare of the pub a. tie service or the willof the people, whose i interests are directly affected by the pro D4 peror improper discharge of the ofc i duties, The best rule yet discovered for f regulating affairs in this country is to let t) the majority govern, Apply this princi ple of majority rule to the distribution of Federal offices, and one of the most dap- Fevous abuses of the time will be destroyed, While itis safe to say the public service Will be better performed than now. | | How About Soscol Ranch? | observations a 1 mentol the G nd tral Pacilic Railroad Cou remarks the follows is | | A power by cue ‘ | Bhs t | ‘This is perfectly true, and although the language is energe its warmth is en- | | tively justified by the facta, And we hope | that while discussing this class of subjects j the Ledyer will turn its attention to the | ease of the Soscol Ranch and the cession | by Gen, Grant while Seeretary of War ad teri of Military Reservation No.7 toa ring of speculators in San Francisco, including that unequalled monopoly the | Bank of California, The facts are brietly as follows: Militury Reservation No. 7, being 2.634 feres iu extent, lies upon the Californinn main land, opposite Mare tsland. It isan elevated position, and was sct apart asa military reservation bece it commands Mure Island, so that @ hostile power hold ing it could compel the abandonment of the navy yard there and destroy all the public property it contains. The speeulie tors of whom we speak lind long desired to wet posse of this valuable pivce of land, but the late Seeretary TON, fuith- fvl to his duty. 1 ternly refused to cede itto them, Puc when Gon Graxtt | Secretary of War ad intertn in ' haste to sur | United siat t Land Of coiving est mated valt ! Here is a Gon Gras, wh vi dent, ia per this | transaction nearly ten ns of money | belonging to the peopl United | Stites wae given the military | safety of ow tie | puifying a ¢ i tent to | merit the suftrages of the ] . | — How the Slaves'Trading Spaninids are Supplicd with Money. We published many months age the fact that the plates from which the bills ef the Spanish Bank of Havana are printed had been sent to this city. ‘Phe apparent object of sending the was to print bills to the au tmidions ef dollury. In lieu of thrce millions, however, bills to the amouut of millions were really printed, the surreptitions issue of the extra three millions being clindestinely divided between the Spanish ofieials of Havana | and thely allies in this countey When the above facts became known in itatlon Waited upon the bawk tet ocular proof eur tthe report. Th ites could | di. for the rewson that they din New Yor that the clandestine issue of these notes hus ot ccased, ‘The steanwer Columbia on ber last trip te Havana, on the 1th inst., carried nine eases coutainin Spanish bunk bills, shipped ur bank note companies to the of | the bank, We ure further informed thist | this steamer bas on every trip for months | The Spaniards know (hat the amount of of th cireulation can be ascertain F the tinal success of the revolut poall meuory of way; and lingly the more of such | paper they W put off, the more of | x money they will get inte \t Pesscssion, the only expense being | the printing of the bit Phe Slave Trade to be Revived in Cuba, Alhough there isnot aspaniard in Cuba t to-lay Who supposes that the Cuban revo- can ever be suppressed by any force which Spain can bring to bear against it, many believe that its effect may be limited for seme time to come to the Eastern and Central Districts. They know that the patriots have mortally stabbed their be loved institution of slavery, but that much ley may yet be made out of tue tratc deerees by the ¢ Cor usb completely rule over th re istand 1 ution, by the « tier A certHin number of the former shaves aud “bor, hi ed ihe value of slaves in the rieh 1s of Colon, Carden and Matanz adiy any good field hand fds a ready purchaser at thousand dollars; in fact there none for sale This de huis stimulated the enter prising slave traders of Havana, and amon, he passengers this city by the Morro Castle—the hitest mail steamer from that port—Was a inan who on board openly yto Bethe purchase in Balumore ota steamer for sl trading between t ist of Aficn and Cubit Instead of » w the Yuntic to th hoof Muscat for the purpose of ¢ fing him from permitting the shive emore advisable for our Adu to fort porting the infamous traf Hour own neighborhood, as it: has dou [eines the outbreak of the Cuban revolu The New Or tors believe that ‘ h of yellow fever tx Insignificant a myared with that of small-pox, At a confer «of the leading physicians of that city, lately hold at the instance of Dr, BaowNmof the United tates Army, Who hos been charged with the work of Investizating facts relating to. the utility of quarantine, the general expression of opinion was that the origin of yellow fever is Jmost entirely local, and traceable to isolated pots Infected at times with an Intensely polson satmorphere, which, extending to other local lies, communicates the disease. ‘The physteten who took part In this conference lave had op portunities for observing the characteristics ¢ the disease extending over periods of from ten to thirty years, and they cited many cases to sustain their views. Among these was one In Wilch forty yellow fever pationts were trans. ferred froma vessel which was quarantined tn an infected district to the eharity hospital where they remained and were treated without the least detriment to the health of other patients. The evidence was quite plain that tn regard to these forly casos the fever was not in. ported, but was the resultof quarantine in an infected locality. In New Orleans itis conald- ered ay extublished fact thut persons whe de THE not contract the disease within three days after exposure to the contagion will not contract it at all. eee cches delivered by Torace GieeLey during his late tour through New Englond were characterized by good judgment, an apt ution of the character of bis hearers, and by excellent taste. The impreset produced by hy arks on those who listened to them was In all cases precisely what ht Would have desired, and in many in 1 had ret fr ater i Liberal movement, after | on h © of the Chappaqua Farner and 1 to the well-chosen words which fell from hictipe, became outspoken in their det mination tov r him in November. ‘the disre) te Tin ever, Is not pleased with Dr. Cueicey's speeches, which that journal deseri imental twaddle,* © sickly Honsonse." and “cant.” ‘The Thnes ts fastidious int No oratory will full its exalted ® merit of a less thrilling character t! 1 ef of its own candidate as the folt oan was delivered by President Grane at Portland, on the 2th of October last, in tl hall where Dr. Greeney spoke last Thaveayiy Neetion of visiting y yeara age, Tuy nid tiie U bave nyt Viniie here Tehill be quite au old sadn ‘The Times should makea collection of GRANT'S pooches, and publish them as an offset to the revent efforts of the Liberal candidate, If all thi printed calibre of the colle able wdditi In 1860 Wenn wechos Ww nto the literature of th —_ JL PHILLIPS ptial candidates. public speeches of the two men could be de by side it would geod opportunity to ¢ Presid tion of GRANT’s ey ford the people a the intellectual A full ould be a valu campaign made a most zealous effort to defeat ANMAHAM LiNcoL, but LINCOLN was clected President, nevertheless In 1808 Putiirs attempted to beat Grast, especially on account of drunkenness, witteh h charged against him ; but Gan was olected in spite of Prinnirs, In Ise the same Prtniars is doing bis utmost to beat Dr, HomACE GiceE Ley, with What result time will show. Prt is ovideutly a man Whom failure does not dis courage and who f . of his own i Those who © The subjoined telegram, the receipt of that G kONGE PuANCIs TRALY is still insubdued ' SONY Pur Tor Americas THAL is] He knows what every ' eke that I 10 Conok means G tif Mr O'CoNon 1 finally will moan GRAY ab The kindly inte which we cherish in t destinies of the next Pre tof America con pels us to enter avother prote hegira which be wit! What does this ht fhottle in we al eri The man who , he Tth of Sey t, in our judge be elected nex America on the Sthof November are the Tth! Every luboriy would youl the letter of Me, Dasuu. CoLians, Which app who has had Personal experience Guaxt's ton to thee cement yet ul " devin ¢ f law Yards out of one-fifth of their wa He at shows that it Was mainly owing lo the 1 Gen, BANKS fh Congress that (his sehe great y yof realy believes t { fort Fovement of pr same display of petty Jealousies that | found among t who have a pa fort 1 P tance this dis, nex t erican representatives, The Envlish de thatas they had the chiofhand tu wetting up the convention It ought to be called an Angio-A mer Jean banquet, in which case they were ready to pay their share of the expense. The English feat ra juts Continue to reuch us from all Parts of the country that GiLANI's Postimast refuse to deliver to thelr owner papers that oppose the preses vupt Administradon § subscriber living in Trev Labette county MTUESCN for several we until residential eaupalan bean it never failed to arrive punctually, At the sane office ne Lr hunes ure delivered. Complaints of this char come alt ogethe frequent with n to permit thy belief 4 we that t 0 f I palin tree is reported in Colora UWenty-one miles south of Denver, whieh f probably the largest st en of fossil vegeta nea toue y feet in length, Ow cotion is thirty-nine feet long, with a diameter t the t end of 1 fect he other istwenty-one feet long and is nine foot In dlamete uy from the end phe ate, Muely veined an white a Ww, showinga polished e tik haivedony. Portions of the tray y ombed, and the tes filled ¥ duiuat diamone linens of t have ~ —— Honor to Royal Princes in Envove Frankerorr, Aug. %—When at Boun th other day, I asked the Inndlord of the Royal Hotel why he had holsted the tag of Holland He replied that the son of the King of Holland Was staying In the hotels and he added th when the son of Gen, Grant Was a gest there the American tg was kept flying. ‘Thus y royal families of The Ht Electoral Ticket in Connectionts Hanreown, Aug. 2b—The Republican state Convention today nominate for Elvctors wt lar Homy P, Haven, of New London; Henry Faraain, Sew Haven; First District, Julius Converse, of Staf nd; Seeond District, Charles Benedict, of Waterbury Vitrd District, Luctie Brizes, of Thompson ; Fonrth District Oliver Hoyt, of Stanford, Genus tt Hawi who returied trom hurope. on Motday, delivered apeech before the Convent nouneit ‘ for Grecley asa sevatibl farce divcreditable to Kepublicah governinent, and claiming tat wheter the caniidates oF their ‘followers are contrasted. the gument I overwhelming for Grant aud Wiison —— Phat $10,000 F Mr. Benjamin Wood of the Daily News, having Mured to bet Ing the wager for th He neee hare ae Suanclers uf Wall en Rive! ree moun $10,000 that Horree Greeley wil) be the hoxt President of the United States, a response SUN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1872. THE FLYERS IN SARATOGA | MARY LOVISE RUNNING AGAINST MARRY BASSETT. oe Bassett Nearly Eaualling the Fastest Time on Record-Blina Tom Winning the Hare die Kace, tnd Ortolan the Three-Quarters ofa Mite Dash. Sanatooa, Aug. 21.—This morning open- ed showery, and at one time it was doubtful whether the races would take place, but the rain hold off till after the majority had gone out to the track, so the sport was proceeded with. ‘The opening race was a dash of two miles over eight hurdles, for which four competitors appeared, Viz Jas, Donohue's brown horse Blind Tom; JH. Tully's bay gelding Vesuvius; W. C. David- son's bay horse Gayo ;and John O'Donnell’s bay colt by Asteroid out of Lavender, In the pools Blind ‘tr favorite in spite of having to carry 150 pounds, while Gayo had onty 40. THE HURDLE RACE. Gayo went off at a score when the flag fell, and going at a eracking pace, He was ten lengths ahead of Blind Tom at the end of the first mile, while Vesuvius was quite two lengths behind Tom. At the hurdle by the stand the Asteriod colt fell and sent his Jockey flying over his head. After this Blind Tom began to close up the gap him and Gayo, and atthe half-mile pole Iya length behind. From this point ween Blind Tom and nwa he was « an exciting race ensued by along way behind. Blind sngth behind as he canie up to the Ia uicker than Gay tage on landing, and though perately in the run home, Blind Tom always had the best of it, and won a close race by a neck in 345. This war very time indeed. but not equal to Mile~ siai's race at Monmouth Park. MARKY BASSETT'S EASY VICTORY. wowing the hurdle race came adash of two quarters, for which Harry Tas- sett Louise started. ‘The purse was $800, and odds of €100 to #10 were laid on Bas- sett. tw Fr absurdity, not Co say crucity, to ran Ma sett—not only becat poft ing him wi he foll down, but because t tie mare has already run two severe races this week, t hh she won, and well d served ar race needs tittle description Mary Louise got off in front. but after going fifty yards the bi headed her, and going at a good, strong p. he stayed there all the way, wid won by twenty lengths in 5:06, Considering how easily Harry Bassett ran tho distance, this Was excellent (in ng at the rate of VSL and A fraction to the miles ¢ ther words, 1f hi had vone another 1 ul a quarter at the ae galt he Wd have ran the four miles i nly 5) seconds slower than the fastest t record. [tis a great pity that the pro posed match for Harry Bassett to run against Ij, which Was Lexington’s tine, will not take ploethisyvear, Hit had been rin Wwould have | 1 exciting turf event of modern THE THREE-QUANTER MULE DASH tay's sport was brought to a close with a horees were saddled, vig: Jamies ‘Thomy brown mare Lobelia; J. i. Dayie's brown colt Piedmont. 9 Sears; J.B. Kelly's bay filly Moll Mefntire, ‘3 years; Witham Jenning'’s bay colt ‘ Kave, 3 yours; W. W. Glenn's grey filly ars: James “McCormack’s bay felting Henry, and) Carroll, & Coar's wnt Ortolih, 5 years. ‘The bet ting was very heavy, the bulk of th hey going on Cape Rave and Ortolan, white Piedmont and Xenla had many friends, ‘When the flag fell Ortolan and Cape Race were front but beth Piedmont and Xenia got badly off Ortolan was as quick as a cat, and he dashe awayat such aterrife pace that the fleld were strung out before going 500 yards. Cape Race Was beaten at the head of the stretch, and Ono~ teadily along. b In fis. Nenia, who. came with # biz rush. at the ™ Piedmont third, and Ca) Race o "cain Nollie Mcintyre do hing lia wobella being last 2O-DAY's SPORT. To-morrow th will bh hree er, ¢ nena with «handicap for all ages, one mil Th this tem he 8 will ptort. viv Ort . WS foyndas Eetetta. 4) pounds Fest pout i Jdobn BOD pevnany : t Sounds; d y. Riot Y Patter Pounds. The second race bet handicap for two-year one tulle, for which four have ac epted the welglits, viz: Merodue, i pounds Baier to Nellie Haneat anne, Th i Five lor iat, viz London Bu 5 D Nevada, [as mre OR Ptish THAT TP | ri DENT BREQUENILY H GEIS DRONK The Tribune Disconmtenances Discussion of Phat Question, The Rev. Charles W. Denison of Wash- | 1 1 writing a letter to Mr. J. ¢ f Carbondile. Pa. wh hea f that od ht tis. fre | er its target be a President or of wor y Bat Mr, Denison aces tt “ © Senator In there to be nny b tt. the Ineulis pat Upon Us by Hamilton Bish é An American citizen is illegally. tried ted and puntshed by an armed mob in the name of Spa Hamilton Fish defends their right so to da, Cer ress resents the atrocity and calls upon the Pres at to demand the re vocation of the sentence and the liberation of the Amer tizen, The President inst ar Mi r Madrid ir pon the gC ft will of tl people Gen, Slokles that Dr, Houard shall sted Hamilton Fish steps in and agrees with tb Spanish Minister he hi pardon will be will ingly a ed: in other words he consents that all American eltizens ¥ ence ts proven wt uly dea @ criminal, in rider that a Spanish ace may be condoned i 2 count in Barone ma would Hwnilion ied the Cong i 1 { iates would Le dealt wit Horace Greets ramp wih Edwerd Pays son Weston, Yesterday afternoon Edward Payson Weston Intending to cross the Roosey et forty way to Fire Toland, Grasplag W by one arted down & treet. When th et the crowd had en Ire Y « at F 1 The Of the Auctovt Jowish Week shee Barael The Grand Lod, Mf the Ancient Jewish Order Kesher Shee Karzel, nict in the Standard House, 163 kaet Broadway, yesterday. Prayer was offored by ea-crand ar Philip | Grand Saar 1. P. Solomon was The ludae slected TP, bulonton, Grail shar} He Kosen er; W. Kennett, Grond Gteher: P i Vk. Woluek Ex-Judye Barnard's Shoes, ne the candidates named for exJudg ard'e place on the Supreme Court Bench are A Stickney, Mr. Parsong, aud Mr. ¥ ert Cort, of the Bar As: sociation, Judge ®oneer's name ts also mentioned. Prominent member of the Bar Association informed wet eventog that whoever te appa ited to succeed Judge Baruard will hol Teta clause in the tate t onstitn Mding Wit Where vacancits exieton the bench onthe of the thine of fe an election fil — Crownlog the Schatzen King, The New York Sehiltven Corps will to-day crown thetr Schiltren King forthe comihg year, The prizes will also be distributed to the successful compet AL the Afteouth annual Sehitsen ago. A concert My announced for the ons ih the evening a ball. ‘The festivitios are to 0 iu the Vaited ehuten Wark, Umiow Hill, Neds Ni Yucanciew sual serve for th WORKINGMEN FOR GREELEY, —— Practical Views by a Practical Man—Wen- dell Phillips's Misreprosentations Exposed How Grant was Forced into Deing Jas tice to Workinumens To the Eititor of The Sun. Ain: In Wendell Phillips's letter to the col- ored people of Heston, one of the reasons aesien- for supporting Gen. Grant, in preference to Horace Greeley, ts as follows: “Gen. Grant's prompt interlorence for justice to the working- men, in deflance of those about him, relative to the execution of the Kight-Hour law, I shail always remer As a workingman, and one pecuntarily interested in that matter, T hav reason to remember all about it, more especially as T was one of a committee sent to Washington from this nayy yard, The Bight-Hour law was passed and in sie: cessful o ation under Andrew Jolinson's Ad ministration, Thside of sixty days after the in- auguration of Gen, Grant, g8ecretary Borle ts ed an order tothe commandants of the differ- ent navy yards requiring them, where men only worked eight hours, topay the meneight-tenths of a day's wages for eleht hours’ work. In ¢ flance of the KBight-lour law, that order w carried out and enforced, and for forty-tw working days the employees in the various navy yards throughout the country were deprived of one-fifth of their wage Th the mean tine committees were sent to Washington from the different navy yards. Gon. Grant was waited upon and refused to interfere with Secretary Borte’s construction of the faw. 96 was then appealed to, and, thanks to Janka’s exertions, a joint resolution passed use, and Would have, passed the Senate for the want of time, The passage of th San resolution by a unantin * of the ous, the unmeasured condemnation of the conduct of Secretary Borie by the labor organt- zations and newspapers of the North, added to the importunities of th mmittee, and their friends in Wash finally prevailed, and at last Gen. Grant meted out ta Ki! Justice to th workingmen. The money thus deducted (one Hfth) from the men’s wages is still due, although authorized to be paid by an act of Congress Passed some four months since. Where has Gen rant shown himeelf the friend of workingmen? Mr. Phillips says he id us Justice in deflance of those about him Te seers to mie he could not do less than he did He selected the men he had about him, and if any of them was guilty of duing injustice to the workingmen It as not only his duty to correct the evil, but also co remove the evil doer, and call hotter men about him, We hold him respondl- Mie for the acts of those he has around him. If Gen, Grant had any sympathy for the working men he would have revoked Secretary Borie's order promptly and dismiased him from of that would have been justice Wo the working- men Wiiile Wendell Phillips [s rappling (with kid gloves on aud surrounded with every luxury) theoretically with the Labor problem, Lam solv= ii the problem prectically” with’ toll-worn hands, surrounded by poverty, and T think Tam capable of judging what is best for my int Sa workliman as he is. [isnot in the nd ture of things to believe that aman educated at Weat Point, with all the prejudices and pride of coste imbibed from his surroundings in Uhat in- stitution, will ur can eytupathize with the work: vruien as truly as one educated in the ranks of laber, with a full knowledge of all their trials rough lie. ix doing hi L therefore think elf and the work E them t Horace ex of me. {with the ¢ rection, and equipment of ships, It strikes me: If wut Acient to set the Workingmen of Use inquire into the cause of the tion of that heretofore great branch of Ameri- try: Let them ascertain why it iy that t ship yards of New York are idle, and rhed into coal yards and horse stable awcertain the cause and then apply the remedy remedy, in my opinion, is in a change of the Administration, Asa Republican L pr workingnian choosing between the tw pasa candi. Grant y. T regard the latter as infinitely preferable for the interests of labor, Kespoctiully yours, DANABL COLLIS Nour a, Aug. 18, 1872 — TRUE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, - ‘al Officers Should be Elected. h by the Hon. J. 8. Pike, at daly ws72. The plan which PF have proposed and ad- here tot e abuses, is to adept the Principle of « all Federal appointments. Vee te to in ita vartous I present candidate nb the } to which erally entitled Ib for a cand instead of calling on the member of Congre The people ure as competent to say who shall ve as post master or collector, or ins) Py they are Lo choose Representatives and Sen rs aid Governors, This Is the true Civil Servige Iteforin detanded by the times, by the theory vernment, and by the adva ell in public affairs. It ne with the obsolete ideas of erited from the old aristocratic nid had re mitted the whole all its radsifleat t deterts f people at large © refor Usiiggested will do much to ward clearing the pe I atmosphere, and Is one ih Which ail sides are interested and th wi nay unite. Kepublicays and Deno Tats, Greeley Meth nen, are all alike oncerned in settling this disturbing question ‘ the existing system, totally fall to moet demands of the cuse, Their ideas in the first we lavolve the fejection of the doctrine of r ioflice, which Is a violation of the very law of our political Life. In the second place their systent bs inadeqt since itimerely pro- ‘Anveri st a certain capacity an lack in office Is not nesty. And this compe- so much capacity Utive examination does nothing to. secure Avains Reform that fails to recognize the de inand which a triumph’ creates, will inevitably b For, our history shows and reason sustains the position that a political triumph in this country dees involve a general hange of the office-helders, not only the prinol Pal ones Governors, Senators, Re ntatives in #, Foreign Ministers: an but of ul dlerofivers how appoluted throughout the country, And this is natural na ble. And as the people becou hyaged in polities, and. mnore hiote ccger for the rewards of polltieal service if the possible so it is certain the spread of ment Wil increase, ‘The demavd= of ' willl be wider 4s well i" perative. The attempt t t this ndeney Is not in accord with the spirit of our institutions or the manifest tendencies of our t In a word rotation in office ts to be, @ t the law and the practi Vit we hott the progre ‘ ul 1 and It is to De more and of our polities. We are not te people will not endure, any life any body of tixed and pert in the Kenoral aduiloistration of t continue to have great and Lited by the caprice of parties only atisfactory rule of ap: nt Cl that the at ri ' hall bet it under the law of ' i long since been suggested that bustmasters miuht be solocted by the local cor itte nd Mr. Trumbull, ina receut Seu debate, revived the idea, and advocated the adoption of such practice. This ts 80 far an It Hut tho principle must be made of wore universal application. Reserving the power f appolntinen the heads of departments w reason why ‘the candidates for nearly all the Mives now dled by appointment Md chosen and presented by the popula nstituencles ; not only postmasters, but cob rand under t te officers, foreign oon ' yt Mf its eandidites for tte the Laven assigned to it This lo, honestly curled out, will settle appointed to and nettle it too on lo we have yet discovered Lor popul — A Complicated Tragedy, Ounwy, Ill, Aug. 20.—On Saturday last Jette vou White and Henry Houlte had some words whik Workiug at « Mhreshiug macltue uear this pl White Went {o his house a quarter of @ mile distant, got his rhedand shot Houltz in the abdomen just as He gee Hunting bik Norma Tava te ptacs. Hot died Ut a Tew monwen alia'y wife Wie 4. terriil Qe » Munday’ nh and died herarit Hoiiiny Mien. White a welt op on Batard, A the Bod hauged ti (ree fri The Court tt : The Ch ners CATCAGO, Aus. 21—'There aro no new develop: ments to day in regurd to the commercial erisin, except that many of the firma which were yesterday reported as having fatled are to-day asserted abundantly ab teeta Hatt ities, The purchase whe pre Ye gouerally t Ne ie value af the grain, ‘There r le, a better feat Jog today, and the proseat prospect te UAC AL WHIL Cop tne to Pre will sau that nany fein AKL right now under # ¢loud The Troe Story of the Bull Pu Sit: Lam competted to correct your corr ypondent, admitting the fact (hat Grant knowing (here eatin the pup refured to recelye it, inant oftering ‘ty. pay the Shay was Hore fy ‘where my correction cornea (aut hemrig of Theva of ee pp te Wie rfl tub whore Veitgrs Mt {#F Fear Kt wouly Yate —— se of Drowning in the Hndaon— Pushed Overboard by his Come No Effort Made to Save him—Wai it Murder or Accident? William Lake, John Lanning, and Robert Johnson, a deaf and dumb man, all employed in the shoe factory in Tarrytown, came down from that village day before yesterday on the steamer Excelsior, which went to Staten Island a brought up the excursionixts of Solomon Lodge F. and A. M. froin Myers's Grove, On the way down Lake and Lanning quarretied about a woman on board named Macgie Hug- rerty, and would have resorted to blows but fer rence of others of the party. sly Ogured in the gossip of Tarry= ason of an attempt to cowhide the lor naming a trotting town by r constable of that village | Tuare after her without first consulting her. kn | this affair Lanning a-cisted Maggte. and was | genera'ly regarded as her champion. On the Poat Lake was more nesidious in his attentions than was agree fa joal ous disposition, and this was the origin of the rel. Hetore arriving at Staten Island, however, the two became reconciled, and were to all appear- es friends again, On reachiug Myers's Grow ning,tJohneon, and Lake came to this city, where they remained for some time, drinkir and wandering about. ‘They then returned t Staten Island, and went by the excursion boat to Tarrytown, where they arrived at 6 o'clock Since then nothing has been seen of either of the three men until yesterday, when Johnson, the dummy, went to the shoe shop to work, His two companions of the day previons dd ne Dulin appearance as usual, and in answer to a Inquiry of one of his fellow-workmen, Johnson said that Lake had been drowned while bathing from asaiiboat in the river the night before, but he know nothing of the whereabouts of Lan- ning. On the receipt of this Information the deaf and dumb man was thoroughly questioned, and related the following particulars: After the excursion boat landed at Tarrytown the party of three, of whym Lanning and Lake were partially intoxicated, went out on the river in a sailboat, taking tho direction of Lonw Wharf, When near the middle of the river Lake proposed going in awimming, which wi acceded to, and the sail was lowered, pre who could noi owim, remained in the boat. H savs that ho thought both his comrades could swim, ax nothing ty the contrary was sald while they ‘were ¢ He noticed, however, that While Lanning leaped from the boat and swan considerabie distance away, Lake held on toa made faccty the rudder-post, and did not loosen bis bol | while in the water, In a short tie the two men clambered on board, Lake was sitting on the stern of the boat, his feet hanging In the Water. While this ‘posit and eatehin ing slipped up behind bi n around the body under aris, threw olf at the same the leapity into the water himself and swimming alongsl¢ toward the bow. His attention. was imimediate- ly attracted by the fantic jesticulations of Johnson. Turning round in the water and look- jug astern, Lanning saw Lake throw up his arms and sink beneath the surface. ‘The deaf and dumb man threw an oar out to the spot where Lake had sunk, but Lanning, instead of going to the assistance’ of fis drowning companion, seemed panic-stricken and hastily quit the ter. Lake did not rise agein and was seen nM ‘The deaf and dumb man was completely overcome by the calamity that bad befallen them, and Lanning appeured to feel the keenest Tenurse at the consequences of his rash act. After waiting tthe spot until it was quit dark the two returned to Tarrytown, Lanuis stowed Lake's clothes in the bow of the boat stedly cautioned John the under the deck, and re sonnot to say anything about lrownity untiladvised by him. saying they «might cet themselves into trouble, Accordingly, when they arrived at ‘TarrytJwn nothing was sald about the affair, and Johnson went home. On Lake's clothes, as well as » found stowed W 1 said they were; bat inquiry failed to ¢ nything as to the whereabouts of Lannini t he had been seen in the Village late the night before, He was drunk when last seen, anc is reported to have made th remark that he had “do for Lake.” This is also denied by those who saw him in Al Laurence’s saloon. Maggie Haugerty was re- ferred to for informatl bot kuew oth ing about fn after he had landed from the ex- cursion boat at the wharf The three men were regarded asx industrious and peaceable mechanics, aud there Is no known cause for Lanning’s sudden disappearan It is generally conceded that he has fled. Whether his flight Is the result of fear of prosecution for a crime of which he fs innocent, or occasioned by conse «of guilt « unknown. i known to have been a sullen and revengeful man, the village who ¢ opinion that he has e with d woman and there are sitate to exy crude about t Maggie Hau deaf and dumb man Johnson, seems pred about the whole Affair, and will be kept wader surveillance until some light is Uhrewae on What is now the mys tery of the Tappan Ze A MANIAC S WERDER, A Son Vaiuly Attempinto suave His Mother Avoiker Asmansin in the Touts. Tan inquest yesterday, by Coroner Keenan, in the case of ( Flannigan, who was stabbed to death 5 Eust Sev teenth street by her husband, Mark Flann onthe Lith of the month, the following te mony was adduced Pisuuigen was tuy iuowier, Las Inother, and ax elildten We live dud tave four roouis, Father asked hie ut ie tinder h ot, wud to to Call Mrs. Grabath. 1 wel r d to the roou! awit lying ob th autfather kuccilag on ber. Sbe cried cut," He has kot ae ate” Yat a wolfe in is hand wha ¢ricd to Take it trow him, and cut wy wiger Iu ding 60. The were in the bedrouin next tu the front resin Theee Wat blood on mother. Tran down stairs for & police fan, When I returued, mother was lylug on the took Mie knlfe shown Is the one he had, ‘Litmye seen it b fore in th My father ts a shocmaker. Tuev heard bin threw: nother 1 said that she was sitting on the i she was told that Mrs, Flannl Wi went up stairs eb sed. She shaved fk anbigan stoopiiy. Flannl over her and had her by the kof the neck. She saw the knife in his hand. She caught hold of hin by the shoulde and held his righthand, she sbyok hin an shouted at hin. He then let go of his wife and glared wildly at the witness, Mrs. Buckley eried Out, “She ia stabbed.” Witness pushed the prisoner into the far bedrooul and shut the loor, Mrs, Flannigan was bleeding. Prisoner then entered the room and drank some liquid ! {for cleaning leat He said ve polsoned myself,” and then threw himself on the floor, He then got up and ran into the front room and out again, and then ran down stairs Pil drown myself.” Witness caught natid shoved bin inte the bedroom again He came out into the room where they wer Washing the blood from bis wile. He looked at her a second and deliberately raised his foot and Kicked her on ihe head, “He then tried to stamy on her body, but was prevented by witness, whe ved him inte the bedroom and kept hin til the arrival ofan aiicer, Mrs. Blan Lal hour afterward ith of Bighteenth steet and First avenue attended the prisoner about month ako for some trouble ib his head Aftor liste the medical te ny of Dr, Cushman, Deputy Coroner, the Jury returned @ verdict agaist Planuigan and he was co mitted without buil THE COLVOCOLESSES TRAGEDY. - Vue Basia of the The Proved Gronadloss by Scie Baibarvorr, Aug, 21.—We are not yet done with the resses tragedy. Prof Barker of New I beon examining some Obres taken from t 3 carpet bays, and j f the edge of his knife blade were the professor in sep arat Kages, with the request that he submit them to a thorough microseopic examination and give the result. No (ntimation was gly the professor converniug the ni Korii the specimens, ‘The result of mleroseople seri tiny and sclentifte tests showed that the fibre taken from the carpet bag was of aniwal origin ther similar leather while the ticles taken from the ed, of the gin. This sete at rest the claim that the Captain cut open his own carpet bag, and tends to dis prove the theory that ti umitted or intended fo commit suicide, mee atte Wilt Me. O° Ce or Do" hint Sine What is the moaning of the O'Conor ovement? possible that the great lawyer Will allow his name to be used ina cause that cannot help being detrimental to the party in which he has always been a shining light? he not know that the great Democratio party whose heart beats in sympathy with the Liber als, will forever after repudiate him, should he » far forget hinself as to lend his name and support to a convention of crazy heads ite: iters, and graspers after the loose change that the Republican party are willing to spend at Louisville to further their own Interest’ 1 hope he will not thus blast a reputation in which good Judgment and cuol, common sense have always played 4 conspicuous party DUS, Fespeettilly, OvSERVER, New Vouk, Aug. 20, iste. —— . An Errencous Keport Retracted From the Home di Phe current rumor which has found its into the newspapers (iit Mise Lda. Greeley, daugite the How. Hormor Greeley, is engaged to be married, h ho foundation in fact, atid belouge 9 the order of uthenticated news which will sometiines elude th editorial supervision, spake way A MYSTERY OF THE TAPPAN ZEEE, | FLIGHT OF A BANK CLERK, THE ROBRERY OF THR HUDSON COUNTY (N. J.) BANK, The Treaew Church Using he Office to Defrand the Bank which Bine ploy?d nnd bad Befrionded him, Mr. George Kingsland has been employed by the Hudson County Nationat City for the past seven yours, Ho is a mombet of one of the first familivs of Jersey City, his ther, Mr. TW. Kingsland, having heen Sutras gate of the county at one time for ty ate, and now holding the positions of Coltector of tho county and Treasurer of the Jersey Oty Provident Institution for Savings ree is about thirty years of tal) and f vory light complexion, and his head ts nearly bald He is married and has one which is un rthe care of aw City. Ho ix a vestrymun of St ety that he has fora tong tin te he high connections of Mr. Kingsland d with his uniform propriety of ty ed for hin the entire confidence of the hank ors, He was promoted from one position ta another, until finally he became the individual bookkeeper of the bank. ‘Tho keeping of all the accounts of individual depositors was in hw charge, Tho cashier, tho Hon, A, A. Hardens bergh, held the highost opinion of the books keeper's integrity, and as the ve unfortuns tributions w made from the bank for his benefit. He has lost three children during the last three year, and We Board of Directors have in each instance pr sented him with the funeral expenses. A time since bis salary waa raised to $1 A CLERK'S VACATION IN BURO! His salary, combined with what his father gave him yearly, would seem amply sufficlent ty supe port an ordinary man and wife. His hou oman was rt Wayne street, was furnished rent free by his father, and at Christmas he was always the ree ciplent of twoor three hundred dott ‘ His means were thus ample to meet ail ordinaiy wants, Mre. Kingsland is a sickly woman, and for some time past ge's health has beer 1 The officers of the bank noticed this, and ayny« vathized artily with him. ite was always his desk by balf past seven in the mera! a The often work ight work was done will at Tall oight, oH rin tl ele The Board of Directors thought he was ove working himself in their service. and iw Ingly when he applied, through the castiler. for an extended leave of absence to vieit Europe request was wranted at once. dourd did They gave their over worked servant $20) toward aving Lis ox. penses, George, in ave Uns tender their appreciation overwhelwed the direct with his thanks ashe bad done so many ti to 8 8 before. Ap work, and his 4: an Was engaged do ntinued during his at He bi yoke upto the Ist«f July, and then made re to depart. Befor his start, however, he told his substitute that ho heed not balance the books in his absence, a8 he would be back in time to straighten every- thing out On the ith of July Mr. ¢ » Kingsland ar Mr. Hutu wife sailed for Birope with tev worth, of Bt. Mark's Chure) A MISTIESS LN NEW YORK A few days afterward Mr. Hardonbergh wos Versing with a friend, and speaking vers warm praise of Mr. Kingsland. ‘The frien, » was evidently teoardent an admirer of George, told Mr. Hardentergh that his alent bookkeeper, In addition to the possession of a wife in Jersey City, Was supporting a woman in New York. {te was often seen driving hereut, so the gentleman sald, and he took hero theatres and gave her late suppers. The cashier Was astonished. He followed the matter up aid found that » had told one of the clerks about bis New York mistress fact Was established, Mr Collector Kingsland that bis son could not ro turn to the bank again. The old gentleman re- ived the news with an almost broken he But other and more serious dev re to follow, In | Wer yo As BOON as the Hardenbergh inforuwd w jand’s books on Haraenhe covered an f $1.00); and still t $i). Moth wore in fa tthe t Su UAL Bi thing criminal was Involved In the transactions, But Kingsland had presented a clean balance sheet on bis departure, and the cashier argued that if he cou Up errors in favor of the bank, he vould d ainst it, Suspielom was aroused, Th was consulted. A extra for ‘ employed, wd te work of overhaul books was unin earne sntinued ever sine hight and day THE DANK OFPICEKS ASTONISE mn prove pan Kingsland most feal seoundn he Investig to be one of the While he was daily receiving benefits from u bank which nourished hin. as {ts chief clerk, he was ryatematienily robbing bis fr He uinedt his position as Treasurer of the St, Mark's Clurcb wo further bis plans of fraud, and his own father was made the medium for stealt iounds of dollars from the vaults of the bank Mr, Hardenbergh, the Coshier, explained tothe SUN reporter yesterday th lun Oy hy which Kingsland has beet swindling the H sou County National Bi Mr. Hardenbergh is Very indignant at the wotions of the iadividual bookkeeper.” He say man | 1 shows nd like the viper, he hus stung his benefactor He expresses the Siri determinatl bring him to justice, whether he returns to these of retains beyend the sea," fe’ got to e back,” said Che Cashier, As Treasurer of the Si, Marks E Church, Kingsland manipulate the funds, The chureb ts 4 much ready money to deposit wantof money Kingsland Increased the figures, If he bad a deposit of &) he placed adord bee fore the 50, drew nit, and po keted the ¢ tra four or flye hundred, On this individual ace vunt, the Cashier says, he ha the Dank between five and six thousat The other method, and that from which he lized the most largely, was even more Inge pious, As before said, he was always at the bank early in the 1 Oftentimes depos pank on * called before bus oks with him, He made nook and in’ the ledger accounts correct. Then be pocketed the 1 and made no entry fu the deposit, be one who understands banking will the dim letecting a fraud of thi do parison of the individual bank dks wit laily deposit t neve ft ven on whe eorge played this game was his own Lathe Mr. Hadenbergh assured re r that the entire g t falent t exceed BLAM. OF Kingsland’s bondsiuen monaible for fou The rest must be i 1 urplus of the bani, —— POOR JACKS WRONGS, aoe ackets are merved after a Thres Cruise = Brave Men Dviven (vem Nuyy-Pay theae Meu, A deputation of brave and honest Ame joan sailors walked tute THE SUN editorial toons yosterday afternuon, Their bronzed fu es and clear eyes showed that they had reveut!y 1 turned from along er “We con to state the way that Uaucle Sam serves us after serving him fa y for SUN man, “Why did you leave y h Our three years were up, and they sents home on the Por \ How many oty * What do you complain of For Phey fis of from ‘ another « s beads of the Navy Departinent are aii ol oa clam bakes © Well, Esnppose they take care of you wh you are waiting for your pw "NO; We at arding in the oity, running debt, and beit T every day, We different parts of the st want te ge home and see our friends Why did you leave the Portmouth before ou Were paid off “After we arrived the oMeers said: ' Comey boys, take hold and dismantie the ship, aed then’ the payaustor will settle the ace You see (tls customary to pay. us blue ‘ ws soon as a ship is dismantled When was the ship dismantied ( More than & week wy “Why don't, they the Navy Yard? vide quarters fer you “Ohl we'd starve there if we didn't reeniint and we'd rather starve than do that, Men ate ted Worse than dogs th Uy NWenbewitWs Will you sive them ash upe We will tell your story as you have told ¢ to us. “Thank you. It is a terrible disg country that Cannot raise $10,000. f have served her faithfully for three year the spokesman, — The Sule of the Siadt ‘The property 45 and 47 Isowery, k Stadt Theatre, was sold by auction yesterday fort This property rune through the block, tacluding Hert put Latreet grocer bale War on Feallavé Wore Wan tne murigagces aul