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WKI'NKSDAT. SEPTEMHEB 20. 1871.
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II. ?ir..-ii..?ii'iniu?lapeaaeaalM of the office, nnd Cor
I'uriition Ci.iiii?i'l ?)'(.oi tuan nilvlw? Mayor Hall to cea?e
I I? ( li'K .n.is to oii?t Mr. Connolly, In ?ii).port of whom
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lite William W.Man?wai? cut down about TO per cent.
I'd ? que tl.ii of the Fulfou Ferry encroachment?
? ia arxue.l befit? ? Committee ot Brooklyn Aldrrtucn.
?., lil. 1H{. 11.'. mi. Thermoinelcr, 5fc?, TI?.
A i?-*i?(>ii-ilile business man of tbi? rity ?n
f mil', im that the finir engine--; in the N? w
nun-li ouse wen built for $2,300 each by a
Newburgh linn, who could not pet their pay
until th?-y airreed to make out a bill for
y-3,000, which was promptly pani, and $22,000
of whi?'h was " handed hack." The name of
nur informant ia at the service of the Citizen?'
i i.iiuiiill.e. ________________
Kcp.it-* of the English harviat, ftp suin
?nariard by our London correspondent, are
i ot specially saniruiue, but are, nerertheless,
i omi ort.able for those who desire to see a good
????ncral vi? Id. It will be seen,by reference to
Hie letter hen with printed, that some crops
i'te delu'i<'iit almost to faillir?-, while others
ure full. The ?r?capitulation will interest jro
I u-.-is aud exporter?.
With our free and easy way of managing
milli ia coin panics and target excuismns, it is
liflicult to understand why drilling with li re?
in, i? should l?e considered illegal anywhere.
*i\t we learn that six men have bein con
\ toted in the Irish courts of drilling contrary
lo law. There is something very pitiful, after
all, in the spectacle of an immense empire,
l.ke (.reit lb ?tain, afraid of the amateur drill
ol' a few Iritdirai-n, and trembling at the sight
uf half a dozen jtea-anl? playing at militia in
I he fasiiKssi-s of Killarney. Hut in these
Rinul! indications England seo bei greatest
p iii. _____________
Faint European echoes from the unfortunate
(.?lean expedition still come to ?is. Tin- hit? st
i- from Hie Loudon Mom'tnn AdvtrHttr, which
blames the Ameiicans for the headlong pre?
limitation with which they rushed into the
var, which can have no other effect
than to make the lives and prop
< rty of foreigner? in that country still
more inaeeur? than now. Thin i-> not novel,
bat th?- ni-M-rtion that F.ngluud will not join
i- in the war against Corea, because she was
no1 consulted lieforehaml, is superfluous. As
mo are not likely to cany on active ho?tilities
ngiiiisf the barbarie Coreana, we do not ?anl
I i.yb'dj's cooperation. The glorv of the
,]?!. sent achievement is exclusively our own.
Yon lloltlu is reported as having Mud that
lie had never read any MeoMt of the Inte
,4 ivil war in Am? rica, because he did not like
Ho have his mind OOttfaaod with what was
?really but the report of the doings of a mob.
'"Yet, American officers, viewing the evolutions
Mil Aldershott, the M Autumn maneuvers." as the
_ nglish paper? call them, with Gettysburg und
?'ive Forks frejih in th? ir minds, have had tlie
tliardihood to say that there were no provision
?rain? in these formidable movements. It was
jdaying war, said these vteians of our "mob,"
?with the sinews of war left out. People
who hnve*-irM recolhi'tiona of Gen. M?
UelLiu's reauibitions tor shoes au?I umbi? Has
will certainly RAT thai the criticiroi of Gen.
b.unard and (.ol. ?Sunnier upon the Iiritish
i 'Volution?) is just; no anny tlint marches from
?Mdershott to SamlliiiiTtt und cooks its rations
bi-onght by r:?il mid la pota mid kettle* so
transported and returned, mm l>o Raid to Ire
in iviil working order nail lit for actual sen? ire.
l>r. (\irnochan, whoso rich mine is tlie m.iti
;i,:t incut of qtiiii.intiiif iilV.iirs, presents u some?
what ridiculous appearance MMrrgiag from tlie
pi? settee of tilt*. Quarantine Commissioners,
with SCrfO (ukin fit m n till of $"J,0.0. Yet
Ilii.-i it-? exactly what hits lui) pencil to this out
ragcous t xtoitioiK r. A Kjutablo mercantile
liri?, emboldened by tlic* growth of public
.?sentiment against Camochan, and, jionsibly,
hy ibe near ai'prnnrh of tbe end of tbe quar
rntino season, iippealed from tho oppressive
rating of tli? Health Ofliecr, whoso little? bill
was rt'(lured, as nbovc stated, two thousand
dollar*. Thi? may not be much of a f?ll for
Camochan, but it lookt to nn outsider like
exposing cxtortioa.
Tlie account of tho banquet at Turin, ia
licuor of Hi? opeoiag of the Moot Ceaii Tan
ad, credits tho French Embaatwdor with
" groat enthusiasm.'1 Considering that this
i-T? .it werk has cost, or will cost, France live
or sis: millions of dollars, we should look for
some demonstration on the. part of who?
ever BOW r? presents France at the Italian
court. Yet it should be remembered that
there ia a rival scheine for tunneling
the Alps?tb.it ol St. Gotthard?which has an
exclusive ly Prussian snnotion, ?ml which is
-lire to be completed ROOD enough to modify
the enthusiasm of France, and serve this gen?
eration of Kuropean touris.s and trailers who
desire easy access to tho ttcditcitaaeaa fiom
the north._
A little while ago the invalided clerpyimn,
seat to Europe for tho euro of the bronchitis,
waa a standing joke in the newspapers; now
it is the Government clerk, who is sent over
to Europe "dil Government business," at pub?
lic expense. The Treasury, l'ost-Ollice, tiov
(Tiinii nt Architect's Oilice, and nearly every
other public department has each in lum fur?
nished recruits to the lucky army of American
tourist.*-, io Europe. Twenty-five or thirty of
these gentlemen are enjoying themselves abroad
without cost? or are nlx>ut to sail on their first
foreign tour. Once it was thought afine thing
to be a popular city pastor with a sore throat
which nothing but European air could euro,
but the modest clergymen aro altogether out
numbered by the traveling Government clerks.
The ?rommissionera under tho Treaty of
Washington, who are to meeton Monday next,
undertake a long ami arduous ta.sk.
The claimants who will como before them will
be numerous, and there are many intricate
points in maritimo and international law to
be considered ; but the duties of the Com?
missioner.-! aro plainly set forth in the d??
claration that they are requited to sub
scrilie : that they will impartially and carefully
eumine and decide, to the best of their judg?
ment, and according to justice and equity, all
such cases as shall be laid before them. Their
task will be greatly facilitated by the confi?
dence of each Commissioner in the fairness of
hi< colleagues, and we have every reason to
believe that, in this respect, the best feeling
prevails. _________________
One cannot but admire the pluck and intel?
ligence with which the Osage Indians near
Fort Smith, Arkansas, have lately turned the
tables on the ovcrbeuring white settlers of
that region. The proud Caucasians, missing
their horses, naturally turn upon the
aborigines as the likely thieves. The usages
deny the soft impeachment, and oiler to assist
in hunting for the lost property, designating
their own camp as the first place to be exam?
ined. To this the Caucasians demur, and
insist upon taking enough animals from the
Oaage party to make good their loss. The
Usages resist, take seven of the white men
prisoner? and deliver them over to the United
States Marshal, charged with larceny and
assault. This may be aptly called a triumph
of civilization, and it shows the noble red
man in the character of a friend to law and
order._
tue nix a ix pax io.
The vacillations of the King grow moro
pitiable every hour. On Monday we saw the
feeble and ill-advised attempt of the Mayor
to remove the Controller and to appoint in
his place a gentleman whose reputation for
personal honor and integrity might be supposed
to be of advantage to the repute of Tammany,
and whose lack of acquaintance with munici?
pal politics was probably the foundation of their
I hope that he might help them out of their larri
i ble straits. Hut both branches of this plan failed,
as thty ought to have been sure they would.
The present occupants of the Controller's
otlice held it, sustained as well by the un?
doubted support of the statute as by the
equally pronounced opinion of the city. And
in view of the universal condemnation of the
strategy of the Ring, Gen. McClellan declined
to assist them in this illegal attempt to stay
j the tide of their defeat. If there had been
j ever so strong a conviction in the Mayor's
mind that his new reading of the law was a
J sound one, the opinion of Mr. Charles
I O'C'onor was calculated to sickly even
j his native hue of irresolution with the
! pale cast of thought. There was a little
twisting and turniug with no more efficiency
and purpose than that of rats in a cage, and
at last the Mayor, who seems to have retained
not even enough strength of will to enable
him to change his own mind, asked the Cor?
poration Counsel to persuade bin out of his
purpose, which the glib and facile O'Gorniau
at once proceeded to do.
It would be a cruel and at the same time a
needless work to dissect in detail this trivial
and inconsequent letter o? the Corporation
Attorney. In quiet times it might afford a
day's laughter to men of the law. But there
is no leisure and no occasion to occupy our?
selves seriously with a paper so flimsy and
disjointed, stretched as a bundle of straw to
break the fall of the Mayor from his high
lioi*?*e of Monday. " If you had the right to
" remove, Connolly would n't go. If you tried to
" put him out, he would make a row. Mr.
" O'C'onor is against us, and Gen. McClellan will
" not go in. Your points are excellent ones, hut
" would we not do better to give them up for
" the sake of peace and quiet ness f Thi* is
not au unfair summary of Mr. (/Gor?
man's so-called opinion. One would think
that after such a ?train of his intellectual
powers and such a wrench to his moral nature
as are involved in this effort, Mr. O'Gonuan
would like to keep quiet a while. But both
he and the Mayor neem to have been .bitten
by s4inie epistolary tarantula which keeps them
! continually wiitiug. After finishing the abovo
| mentioned letter, Mr. O'Gorman uibbed a
fiesh quill and sent another to the Mayor,
suggesting that as he had been very
busy for some time, it was not in
his power to attend to the rogues
who hail beon robbing the city; but now that
ho had somewhat reduced his arrears of cor?
respondence and had leisure for other tilinga?
it mighl be nimming to prosecute some of tho
thieve? ?incriminated by Barnard. If ho ex?
pedid any instruction?, ho waa disappointed.
The Mayor is evidently sick of taking the
initiative, lie uswea curtly, "This is your
" rnneral ; do an you idease."
There wai a time when all good citiiens
would have hailed with joy the proposition of
Tammany's Attorney to bring to justice loe
rogue? Of his own household. But wo have
made such rapid progresa in tho last few
weeks that we will accept no further com?
promise? or composition? willi tho en?
emy. The whole organization Mhich has
fostered and protected tim wholesale spolia?
tions of the last, few years is ko thoroughly
corrupt that it cannot bo reformed ; it cannot
be cured by the amputation of any of its
member?. It must fall all at once and to?
gether. We may now hope with some degree
of reason that the robbers of our city aro
to be brought to justice and rt-otitution.
But it is not possible that those who??
hands are unclean can be iutruatcd
with this weighty service. The arrnigument
of Tammany cannot be left to the King. This
idle trilling of Hall and <?'Gorman will ?leceivo
mi one, not ?-ven themselves. There ia a gen?
uine panic at last among the Uni fly toola ? f
(helling, \\ho begin to be hopeless of that
blowing over of which they talked so glibly
not long ago. Our Washington dispatches
have ?bown how that prudent father of a
family, Connolly, is transferring his sav?
in-is into other hands. It is rumored that
Woodward, Ingersol!, Garvey, and others have
made ?assignments of their property und are
preparing lor a journey to Europe. Kcyaer,
cither because he feels lea? guilty or more
courageous than the others, propose? to stiy,
and may, perhaps, attempt to imitate Coa
tiolly by turning State's evident ?against the resta
In this proposed flight of the principal pl?n?
deren there aro two point? to ho gained. They
take themselves out of harm's way, and also
Out of the nach of the suhpena of the Com 1a,
which might force them into embarrassing
revelation?. We aro getting on so well and
so rapidly, that it i? se.mci ly fair to hurry our
Committee?. But it is to bo hoped they will
not permit the escape unquestioned of such
excellent material for convicts and for wit?
ueMea? __________________
THE COLLECTOR'S DEPENSE.
Mr. Thomas Murphy holds tho highest office
within the gift of the National Government
in iIih State of New-York, or in any i it y of
the Union. Our opinions concerning him have
been expressed with the freedom which we
are accustomed to employ towards dignitaries ;
but we desire to treat bim with the utmost
fairness an an individual, and with nil possi?
ble respect due his high o?ico; and so wo
hasten to make room for li ia elaborate and
detailed reply to our strictures in yesterday's
issue. There remains to us but the briefest
?pace for comment and reply.
I. Mr. Murphy, by diligent Marok through
the tiles of Tau Triiuink for many years, has
found three or four oicasions on which we
were tempted, in that mistaken judgment of
human nature which Mr. Dec?>y Bliss, jr., baa
been good enough to attribute to uh, to sny
kind words of him. We have n?it taken pains
to verify the citations, nor do we care for it.
We recognize the business of polities as the
selection of the most available Instruments for
the attainment ot the ends at the time most
desirable, In the interest of good govern?
ment and the general welfare. It may
often happen that the instruments thus se?
lected are not in themselves unexceptionable ;
or, as has appeared, on the few occasions
winn we have had something not unkind to
say of Mr. Murphy,not always politically trust?
worthy. But our enemies aro our teachers.?
Vio need only add that wo have professed
ourselves willing to abide an open and full
investigation into Mr. Murphy's record. Neither
tho Senate nor any other body has yet given it.
II. Mr. Murphy pleads guilty to voting in
favor of Andrew Johnson, and against Equal
Suffrage and the Civil Rights bill, but seeks to
Bereen himself behind other eminent Republi?
cans who did tho same. Who are theyt
Some others did betray us, as well as Mr.
Murphy, but we did not reward them willi the
best offices in our gift, or tolerate thom in
places of trust.
III. Mr. Murphy seeks to slur his treason to
the Republicana in lyco. He may as well for
bear. The damned spot will not out. The
facts are of public record ; and he may seek
the record of thom in a journal whose tiles he
does not seem to have consulted with such
zeal as we could wish?The K. Y. Time?. They
show that he presided at the ratification meet?
ing in Union-square for Hoffman und Pruyn ;
and that the Twenty-third-st. Committee, of
which he was the President, passed resolutions
approving the ticket and the action of the
Democratic Tweddle Hall Convention.
They further show that on these resolutions
Mr. Murphy was rejected from every Repub?
lican Convention since held in this State, un?
til, backed by the Administration, he man?
aged to squeeze into the last. This rejection,
it may be pleasant for Mr. Murphy to remem?
ber, was ordered on the motion of his present
Mend and ally, Mr. Charles S. Spencer. Mr.
Murphy ndmits that he did not vote for the
Republican candidates. Would it not have
been more honest and manly to admit
frankly that ho did voto an open
ticket for John T. Hoffman and all the
rest of the Democratic candidates?a
fact to which the Inspectors are ready to
make oath t Could he not have the courage
too, to admit?what is equally susceptible of
proof anti he dare, not deny?that he paid large
?urns of money to insure Hoffman's success Y
He seeks to vindicate his action by raising a
side issue, over the refusal of this journal to
support Mr. Marshall 0. Rolarts, on whom ' ;i
organ has latoly been emptying all the a
its abuse. We did so refuse. We held
as we hold now, that municipal elections shoald
be non-partisan ; Mr. Murphy and his crowd
nominated a candidate for the express purpose of
having Tammany win. We went then, as
Jackson Schultz and The Evening Pott did,
and uti we should do again, for the independ?
ent candidate. Doe* Mr. Murphy supixme the
voters of this ?tate ignorant enough to imag?
ine that such action in a municipal election,
when an overwhelming majority existed against
us, is an excuse for a deliberate effort to de?
feat a Republican candidate for Governor,
when he had a fair chance of election, and to
aid John T. Hoffman t The people ure not so
blind an Mr. Murphy imagine?.
IV. Mr. Muiphy treks to ?1? fend himself
for breaking up the Republican Tax Commis?
sion. But ho cannot deny that, in oouse
queooe of bia aid, every Republican, ?ave one
or two, io that Commission was turned out,
and his friend?, (including the Commissioners
themselves), and Crowley's friend* wer? ap?
pointed, ?nd are there now. Even his confi?
dential friend, Chester A. Arthur, held office
then until long after Mr. Murphy became
Collector.
V. Mr. Murphy denies the record of his Com
rnitteo mooting, whne.it tho ?Hate Convention
was defied, and Sim lair Tousey was pushed
down stair-?. Wo have Mr. Tousey's letter,
afliriiiing the fact, and averring that the man
doing it declared he did it by Thomas Mur?
phy's order. Mr. Murphy presided at tho meet?
ing, and we have printed tho resolution defy?
ing the State Convention, which it unani?
mously passed.
VI. Mr. Murphy seeks to palliate his real
estato speculations with Win. M. Tweed,
Kichurd H. Connolly, and Petar B. ?Sweeny.
Ile would have us believe that his association
with thara men was purely in tho way of
business. We have n't a doubt of it; and very
profitable business wc liavo no doubt it proved.
Out of all the capitalists in New-York, he, a
PfofoMod I.epiibliean politician, waa a bl o to
lind only three who would natta with him in
a real est?t? speculation ; nnd-these, by a co?
incidence mai vi lons to behold? happened?only
luijiprncil? to be. the tinco leaden of the Tuni
m.iiiy Hing! Poor Mr. Muiphy!
?We welcome the effort to excuse thi**
speculation, In a matter where corrupt gains
w? r>' notorious, with the most corrupt ol tho
political thieves who were making tho moat
of these gains, by a reference to the connec?
tion, so-called, of aMr. Chas. l?. Wilhour willi
Tiir Tbiboxk. That gentleman was, many
years ago, a Reponer on Tun TlUM nk.
Ile then succeeded, as Mr. Murphy might
liiivo done, in puiebasing precisely two out of
the, one, hundred (-hares of the stock of tho
incorporated Company which owns this jour?
nal. Mr. Murphy can doubtless buy them to?
morrow, if he lias money enough. Ile will
then have precisely the sanio influence over
tho editorial conduct of Tua Triw/xi thai ho
now has, and no1 one iota more.
VII. Mr. Murphy's talk ?ibotii the Pi nail way
widening joh and his notorious connection
then *,*. ith is puerile. Change names, and Mr. !
Win. If. 1 weed niij,rld, willi equal gra.ee, say
the same things. Wo certainly did u.-,o some
kindly words in advance about tho School
lioard, whereof Mr. Murphy was likewise ap?
pointed u member. Uni ne did not dream that
tuen* wai to be appointed, as a mein her of it,
a man who could not piu-s an Ciaiainatioa al
the primary schools.
Vii I. Wo rejoice to find Mr. Murphy at last
acquiescing ia our low opinion of Mr? l?obcrt
Murray? Bul wa have accepted Mr. Mur?
ray's evidence a.?out tho Steeling of ulli
davits from tho War Department, to
shield Mr. Murphy, because of our assiir
anco that ho intimately know the men and
was perfectly familiar willi all their doings.
If any mau knew ?Wr. Murphy's career as
(iovernmciit contractor, Mr. Robert Murray is
that man. We accept bun as a competent
witness ;?just as we should accept Mr. Con?
nolly's testimony about Mr. Hall.
IX. Mr. Muiphy concludes a defense ?u
painfully weak that to make it will be in tin*
eyes of his partisans that worse thing than a
crime, to wit: another blunder, by a poor
boast about the economy of his management
of tho Custoin-IIousc. If Mr. Murphy were
au abler man, be would not have ventured
lijiuii this folly. Let bim add to it the
fact thal Moses II. Grinnell, whose bare word
would outweigh in mercantile circles a hund?
red .Murphy cards, flatly denied his ex?
hibit of the comparativo economy of his
niumtgcmeut, forced an investigation, and
compelled the Treasury Department to
contradict and cancel Mr. Murphys
falae boast! Enough said!
?The Collector thinks it strange that every
man in Tammany is his enemy. Precisely!
Win. M. Tweed, Peter li. Sweeny, and Richard
J5. Connolly aro hw enemies, to the ex?
tent of engaging with him, and being
?it this hour partners with him, in
rial ebtate speculations to tho alleged
amount of a million dollars !?The merchants
of New-York, with Wm. B. Dodge at their
bead, dei hue their utter lack of conlidcnco in
him ! But aMr. Sweeny, and Mr. Tweed, and
Mi. Connolly hare conlidcnco in him. Doe?
anybody luppOM that they do uot know their
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THE LESSOX OF THE DEFALCATlOXS.
When the Civil Service Reform Commission
meets again?if it ever does?it may very pro?
perly take cognizance of the defalcations which
have just attracted so much attention to the
public service of the country. How was it
possible for men who did not possess the Hist
of the Jetlersoniiin qualifications for office-?
honesty?to be kept in place! And how did
it happen that they so long eluded detection ?
We do not consider that a reform of the ser?
vice which aims at ascertaining the qualifica?
tions of candidates for ollico und stops there
is adequate to the emergency. Such a reform
as we hope to see adopted will not only make
it next to impossible for dishonest men to (tot
into places of trust, but will remove from office?
holders all influences calculated to tempt them
from the paths of rectitude. Men ure frail, and
the best of them may well pray for deliverance
from the temptations which often surround the
trusted Government official. Here is a Pay?
master drawing u comparatively small salary,
almost unwutched, with an unlimited credit
against his name in the United States Treas?
ury, and with twenty-nine million dollars
passing through his hands in six years. We
arc not pleading in extenuation of the Pay?
master's sin when we say that his temptation
proved too much for his virtue ; but this U
merely a record of the facts in the case. And
this is mainly true of many other officers of
the Government; it is true also of their sub?
ordinates. It should be corrected as far us
possible. When we have our model CivU
S-urvic?, wc shall see, not spies and informers
on every hand, but officials justly paid? and
looking to their salaries as a certain income,
so long as they do their duty.
The great plggue of our political system Is,
undoubtedly, that feeling of insecurity which
makes every public officer doubtful of tlie
tenure of his official life and inspires count?
less multitudes with a vague hope that they
may be "in" and others soon be " out." Seven
eighths of the voting population seem to be
anxious to live off the other eighth. This ia
what makes office-hunting one of the most
popular pursuit* of the time. But upon the
" ins " this iaaecurity is quite at demoralizing
as on the " outs.*7 Men who hold office by the
uncertain breath of a politician's favor have
small incentive to Spartan virtue in the exer?
cise oftttheir duties. The best, most competent,
most pains-takinn* official, and most thoroughly
devoted to the Government, is as likely to be
sacrificed to-morrow to the local political
, utrea* of the Kepresentutive from bh? district.
or to the mightier exigencies of a Senator, as
the most trifling idler of thom all. It is not
surprising that even men of originally good
intentions fall victims to the temptation to
" make hay while tho sun shines," and get a
dishonest penny out of tho Kovernment
which, as they think, is utterly indiff?rent to
them and to their services. This evil, at lo ist,
can l>e cured by a reform of the Civil Service
that shall savo tho unfortunate offirc-hohlers
from constant fear of the sword of Damocles
suspended above them. Still, it cannot lie
claimed that this chango in the present sys
tein will make such crimes no that of Pay?
master Hodge imiKissihlc. This man was not
tormented by any fear of removal, except such
natural apprehension aa carno on him after
ho began hw evil career. His was a sin of
yielding to a great temptation offered in
unlimited opportunities for embezzling the
public funds. Moro vigilance and clo.?en?-ss in
tim systim of checks and balances are needed
to meet this and similar case?. But who shall
tell how many men, living in constant dread
of the morrow, havo been drawn from the
ways of honor by tho baneful system of the
Government which so severely punishes the
offender 1 Happily, there are not a few mea
in public service viho havo courage aa well aa
honesty.
We hope, then, that we have not seen the
last of the labor? of the Civil Service Com?
mission, and that when it or Ita ?ucee?oot
meeta again, it will bo able to devise not only
adequate guards against the introduction of
incompetent or dishonest men into the depart?
ment? of the Government, but with this will
give the country some system which shall be
a check without oppression and suspicion.
Furthermore, we do not so much need long
t? tins of office as security. We do not pretend
that men who hold public trusts are less liable
to temptation to dishonesty when their tenure
is draw u out ; they certainly ore leal liable
when their term is fixed beyond any mero
whim or caprice. If wo havo lost by defalca?
tion?, the least we can make of them is cer?
tainly some sufficient means of preventing
similar pr?dations in tho future.
There havo Leen many attempts in past
fear? to establish ia this and other cities a United
Service Club, hut they have hitherto been unsuccess?
ful, from a very ohvious renn >n. Our regular Army
a'iil Navy have been so small that it was impossible
to B?irriatfl ? mi?I'k lent number of tho officer? at
any ..ne plao? to .sustain tho expensive machinery of
?i Club. The result was that there waa no con
Tenient rendezvous anywhere fur tho members of
tlic service, and nu opportunity for our ofiicers to
return the civilities they so constantly received
fruin the Butt Io? Clubs of other countries. Hut
since Hie close of the gnat war which made such a
ceiisiilerahle portion of our citizens soldiers for
tho time being, this deficiency in numbers of
thus? ?ho had served, of cours??, ceased
to exist. It beean?ea?y to find, among tho men of
meau.i and ot l?i.->ur?3, eaoagli to foim und mi-Uni a
i well-equipped club of Humo who had held rank
either iu the regular or volunteer annies ami navies.
The i? i inilii'iil truth, mm? of the several anny organ?
izations contributed to keep alivo and strengthen
the feeling of comradeship, which naturally gains
Intensity as the actor? in those gi cat event? are sep
I ?rated from them by time. These considerations
I 1? ii to the formation laut Spring of an Army and
N ivy Club, which immediately embraced a larg?
I und distinguished membership. They ?fleeted an
orgiini/ati.ui, adopted a printout and io ?munirai
odiuinistratioii, h-ased the spat ions anil (b-gunt
house at No. io Fifth-are* which beeanm at one? the
in mt pleasant and convenient resort of actual and
resigned oflicers. It begins this week a sei ?es of
Saturday night receptions, -which promis? to be
among the most enjoyable .social gatherings of the
Winter. The President of the Club is Admiral
Qodon, the Vice 'President Con. II >ratio G. Wright,
and the roster of ineinbeix numbers over two hundred j
of the most brilliant names of both arms of the ser
| vice. We copy the following details from The Anny
and Navy Journal :
"Tin- olllicrsof (lie recular or volunteer army and navy
arc eliciii .-for ineiiii.i-r.^liipii. Hu-Cmii; uni im-Mm i.-?t
c.ll-e is , X?-rciS('ii, li> Hie ennui,ide,'or UUHMteCS liavuiK
tlwadmtMlunof member* In ? haisre, to pmterve a lii.-li
I H?? i.il ami moral tone l.y ;. r1?ri?l scrutiny of the character
I mu? record o.' every applicant for mV-uib?-r?hlp. Nun
resident members, or u.,?*. mihlleg or doing duty 6)
| iiiil-s anny fr.un New-York for a year, ar.? only re
I quired to pny the iniriiitton lee of |50; ?hilerendent
I iiii'iiii.er?, or thoM residing ?>r doini; duty within co miles
of t;?t? city, nu- requin ?I to pit, in ad lition to the initi.i
: lion fee, yearly du ?of ga. We h .ni that th? receipts at
i the ? lui. ii us lar are ample for all iirt-aout expense-., and
the pr.isp.'i-t tor a large increase ?f memi ? i-slnp daring
the ?um.ni; Wini? r v.-iy i'lu-ouracuig. The oflcera an.I
cmiiiiutt.-ea of the Club h.ivo b.. ii well sclei ted, and
then- is no r-'imiu Why, with pr..|M<r mai. .^-m.-iii. It
-houlil no1 li.s ?une on? uf the most praspetOMS and iier
luaucut (.luba ui Mew-York."
Itatthew J. O'Rouik? carno to tim ?tilico of The
Titimsi:, on Monday, and indulged in loud and
abusivo language about the course of this paper.
He was sullered to havo his talk out ?and to depart
unmolested. Ile then wrote an impertinent note to
Tm TMMmU, which he published in an evening
paper. This was thon of course ref used admittance to
Tan Tamma of yesterday, and Mr. O'Kourko's con?
duct was ?referred to in terms suited to tho occasion.
Yesterday he carno to the olino again, and, after
ascertaining that he could not see the Managing
Editor, he approached the City Editor with au
uplifted ?cane ami thro?toning words and manner,
upon which the City Editor rose, sei/.cd O'Hourke's
stick with one hand and his collar with the other,
?nid put him out of the office.
Through the duplicity of those who oil. red him the
Contnillership. (?en. McClellan was subjected, on
Monday, to unjust aspersions upon his sagacity and
his patriotism. It now appears that at the very
hour when the City Hall wa? giving forth the im?
pression that the General held tho appointment
under advisement? the Mayor was in ?possession of
his refusal to ?accept? As we did the General jester
?lay tin injustice to repeat the incorrect impression
that he bud hesitated a moment before the overture?
of Tammany, we now take pie?ara in acknowledge
ing our error, and in congratulating bim and his
friend? upon the prompt and public spirited manner
in which be repelled all alliliatioii with that desperate
ami unscrupulous organization.
The Seeessiouists used to boiMt bet?re the wai w.is
over, that the aram would grow in the struts of
How-York and other commercial cities of the North;
but that kind of highway vegetation seems to be
just now the most flourishing in New-Orleans.
They have a mowing machine at. work in the high?
ways. The Picayune says that " the streets should lie
cleared of weeda," and that "there are iKirtions pf
the Second and Third Districts that are impassable
fiom the muk growth of luxuriant .vegetation."
More t linn this, " the gut teni are choked, and when
it min? the streets ate like canals." It is pretty
dear that the Crescent City did u*t make much out
of the R?bellion, and ?wes Charleston and Richmond
no thaulu for au.\ thing but gran?.
We are sorry to say that there i* still a great deal
more small-pox in the City of Ixiwell, Mass., than
there should be. The municipal authorities have
taken up the matter, and a special meeting of tie
Aldermen to cousider the subject has been held.
One City Father jocosely sahl: "There are three
difficulties?the small-pox, the statute laws, and,
Worse than sll, the political small-pox." The last
complaint is of ? new kiui. and we regret that the
Alderman did not furnish a diagnostica] report of
the di.sea?e, which may have some ?inn? t ion with
the intestine broils now dietractina the polit?ca of
the Hay ?tate.
An indrpeudenl young woman, Josie Mitchell,
poor tii-rm-lf, lint having a number af rieh relatives lu
Missouri, detenulneil to make her own u\*m^*mitMtmOt
I liuu tie support. ? by oilier?, ?he ay or. lu?y b.auio a
telegraph ttytmmXtt lu 81. Charles. *?"** h ?r*,?**, i'T,
two vein. before she received tier reward m the torm of
a legacy of ?r?X',?0O left her h\ au um. lo.
murphy in self-defense.
THE COLI.KCTOR OF THE PORT PLEADS TO TIT?
CTRRRMT CIIAROM A'lAJHSr HIM ""
To the Editor of Tht Tribune.
Sir: For about fourteen months I hire
borrie In slice? inurh of ?hil*? .m4 miar. pw^nUtlr
t?t I bad have milher time nor l..c,ir.?tloa to enter inu
Metieran-. I teal, mottroret, that ? eonlrureny with ena
who own?, m newspaper 1? too um qual for me not t?
?.lu'Dk from It. Your art!.le of Ibis tuon.li,;-* lidnce? ina
to l.rtuk silence for the first ?nil, I trust, the last time
In the first place, yon will r*imlt me to^vam?,?', "
general proposition, that It la not m ?in for m Rebulle*?
t4t take t flu o undera lu-puolkan Aduunlstratltm. *n_j
?fi ma lo ha*/? tan niy 1*11110.pal iffi nae 1 Hutt I 11,4?
b?? excused on ?hat octotntf by Tiir. TRini ???*.
With reference to > our ebargis aj-alnst me, yent **m 1
have betrayed the Kopublieaii party In the I-eKblatu**?
lu ita City orgaiii7atli?ti, and at th.- polls. You then ?-?> 1 a
t4> nive ?i?.-? .Uoatloiis, referring Ki my vot.? in tt?
i-fiuto on tl.i* I'LiAiionof ovi-rniliiij; Amir? w Jnbuaoa'a *
>et?> of ihe Civil l'ight-i li.!), vid on the I)i-.trl?"tof Cohn?.
Um Miif. .i?.? qw-uion 9 li tho creation of the pi-o-aent
Tax Commission: to the Malory of the campaign of i?j**aj
un 1 to tac passage of the now charter.
IfoW I peofOM to ep*g al to tin? coliimi;? of your paper,
ntnl nee how my re? o?d, im it ha* l*wn ni nair* fruin time lo
time, has liin ngiiiiiod l*y Hit Iiiiium: You liu'g?
mo now. Lal us see liow you Judged mc at the tin,?
when those (liiiimstai.n a wet,, frcah in your muni.
I turn to Tun TBIMISI or Uti. u, loo?, uud Hud the??
words:
"Mr. Ti tor Ti. Bwetrnj** t*m** <**te-. .1 I n J. r.railloy,
ia quite r?.nilli nt nf ??iiiii??. In our jiidi/ineiii I e ia?
U' Ii? .11. li by hi na tor 'J ??.'it,ti.? IMurpliV, ?uni ma do ii? I
ful hiiri- tii.it 1.1- run I,, l,_\ m.j ..m? "11-.-. Mr. Murphy
iviiit wnnii* baal Fall ; but in ft a hearty Republican, und *
tia* duni- bia 1?? -at Ibu Vail lo unite ,,:.?i ttn.iiKUM.-a ita
li my. Wi* iii.pi' ann trut-t .that Hi- ( 1 nvi uti??u ?lil ma *?*
thr propriety of m rr'lrtlSI Mi. Murphy." ?
A week later Hit Thifii'SK ?..Id; ?
"Thomas Murphy withdraw-, M a e.indilatc for Pen?
titnr fruin tho Vllth Iilstrirt, an?l iriv? .?N .nu ?un ?mit
te Clniaioi.bt-r l'iilliuaii. * * * We thouirlit it trim te
n*.i;iiuat4).\lr. Mun?! ?>, lu 1U*\ ln?c til?, ind'*pcin*i it ??li ei.girt
eery ?trc.it ; hut Mr. l'ulnnan mttxwi t?> be ?ir. u*- .ilnn, mi
?tiio. 1r11.11 be in. Ile. iluriihy's udion in tit*. mnmUm hut
lie.-ti ?0 t/enertiu* Unit ice trust it may lie remembered milk
l/ratituile."
On July 2,1*1*10, aftir my name had tieen sent to th?
81 UtS for tia* p. hiii.in I ni?w Inila, you reltnid to ?.? f
1:! ? : _-<*s n,lulu Oa.Miii.iT me by my oproni:tita-, wh.Lh cer?
tainly "?vere Implacable and viuiili live, and saul:
"Tho matter la berure the Hen ita ; i't ?lu* iini?pl.ilnt?
bo tuet? urgi*d, the rhsMSS UMN explained, aud u.a
proof otaTiii. ?et all ti.?? I .n t- la? |?r? m i !? ti, uiul no al? a
??'ii ii* willing to accept the a?: matu'a ??idn-t."
On July 4 you said:
**Piers Hit! things you ar?* s?> persistently dinning la
0'ir 1 ars, and oui woid lol ii the **>? uaie Vi ill 1 J it Mr.
Murphy's n.iine." ?
On July 6, treating the natue theme, you said:
"T i*- Senator-, It la arid, propoaa t?? m.'k?* a tboron?;?
invosti'Mtiou of nil reeord. ?**??> min-li Hie irriiv? meeka*
tiuii? I nely mired liy ri*s|>oii-il?li) kepnlilii ,itii, ami tue
vv .ile ili?i-,i-iir.i? 'iori nilli? *d nyilil, li'liiili.itmn r? i|iin*>.
Ik ith that Republicans fill be tuti>riid. wiiiiterer 1. ay b*
the/1 nat gelten at the nenule ujur ii ,,<i* pottttttd ?ucif
of uti the juett.*'
Thone charco? were rresonto'l to tho P?nate In aa
elaborate speieh by Mr. linton. They were can ,'ni!j
liinviiiKateil tiy the Loumi.it.-.) ou Comineare?. TU?
Senate mado lu decinion. Xh.it dotiaiou waa my confir
matlun by a vote if id -enat 01 s to 3. t'i?ou this ile? i-iu?
you coiniii'iitid at? followa, lu Tilt Tarni HI of July 13;
"When Mr. Thoma? Murphy "?a? noraimited tor the Col*
leeiiiraiiip, mid ?1 aiiuUtu ?torin of a? ou*Mtti?jii*4 agaiaat
him broke out, we urged that the SeuaU-, Met the nevtav
papers, waa the pmpcr place for the UNciuuilon. If tha
chargea ??--..1.1-1 Mi. Murphy could all tio ?u-uiini ii we
a ?id tlit*t*e w.i-i lint the alightent diiulit of bia n-JovUon.
It Ihey were n*?t aiiatalueii, the l'resltli ni'a jtidguieut lo
S'leetitii lum wnuld lK?y4?iid4|iieaUou lu? colt?!mad. ??
a.-r,pl Hie i-r.ull?tH for Mr. MurpSy t* 3 njniutt him, at
t/te Stnatc'e eerdiet.'upon the preeenlment niudebyt.ua.
Ven?an in behalf of Mr. Murphy'? accusers, ? ? mest*
time ucce/itinu. Mr Murphy ua/uU ti nil charlies iii la?
Ju Igrni ut of iho acuaU* aa the (.U101 Kupuwn-.tu ollie?
of the btftte, &c."
You critlcl.-fl mc for certain vote? (??????ii in the B?nate
of New-York upon tjucs'lon?? of Natinnal p.i'ltlta. With?
out laurnilttiiiK any ?aawMMtaa an to my diitlt-ri a? a Stn
alor, 1 will ouly nay that 1 voted with uiany cuiiiiei'l
Republicans. lvilia'M I uiito .!.:!..! iioiu uialiy eui
lient H?*|?iililiuaui4. Thifl certainly waa no innre a sid ?a
my part tl.aii it "?vas for Mr. Qtttmy to innist ii)ion
L'niM it.al SuflVage and Universal Amue.?)ty a?*iinst Ihe
goner ti ?i ni 1 ment of the pirt), and lo visit
1.. ? li:iiiind uud bull Mr. Duvis in the inter
e?l of what ho n fSldei at "h.truiony and rwon
stritrtlnn." I believe Mr. i.iei-ti-y did wi huneut tldng
bravely and manfully, although my ]ulgmcnt aid no1
approve what he Uni. Am I not entitled to the mm
JutlKUicut f 1.1-peelall.v s?>, when the record shows that
on the very day when 1 voted as von mili? ated upon Hain?
iiiliinr nu. 1 tina uf uatiuual palkjr?! also voted for tha
following rcsulutioii? a rcinlutinu emluaiiug every
lilou contended fur by the most advau? ed ami radioal
K'-puhl len in :
R'tck-cd, That it li ?ta o*ir ?*nri?M on that at Hw ro.?*r. ??al
r.i'lir-l in tha lar.iin'iiK attil Uatntm mt t ? war ?/?i..?t u.? Ut tt
?n Ui ? ? tata? JiruarcuOiru thi*P I, ta tha grut ,-A p?raiai???l tot
ul Hie tin in alton ofliie aatiooal lui ?r tj ami Un n-? ?tai. .?uuiant utU?
Nari ntl <>'>tt-nua?iit. Ulai aa .1 atveju-ai. dn-n | it? | lu.r-aa. I? a
li.naaureof war, ?uti tai conaututmual al tin* time uf i? ? la-raoc?. Ila
rrtMtat'l Pro'licatioa .if Krj?a<-I|iai:an: that aalt a <iJI??l .1 Uclnat,
? a a lurttiorr ni bi?h national poli?-? ?ud jna'.re thr SaaaOMMaal ?i??-uk?
in ?: H...LU out our bj ui? or?ani?- l.w tuaora rall; i??S?
fraaa?*? otii??r?l. hnt. qilt? ?a Important, ronfarn*<i ajaa
ir.?r-a? ?II the r.. ?t.rai.o. al power? aee.lf.il la e.:ab?iat
? i rataiw limn ntl f.-?elu:n in praitii" ?uil.of.t ?o Ih? t.?ln?a it
|li*lt..l lu the ?IT..I. to Iruunnlt?, and m.?t of ?it to ti.- In-a.lu.ea. tual
::i ?I. li* .1 tim- lue tvtny ?di ?-l.'il vujlu? tal ctcrLumau lu. ?-au
j- h i. ?-(io 'irjnia..t of t.e lu.tal Sute? ?bill or ; roi???-iiil ?ni ea
loira.1, M?trllii? of raie. d'or, or e >n?lr..oii, .?/? i,?i r.err w t ?fttl
0|'p..?jn?i ltn.otiia?aa?,ngii.?kiia.cu*u,m,otTit-,iii?ioe-, tul Hit ia?
?, ?III ?.UM loUBtnl tnd olgiui'e>l all l tari-.. p,-,l to it? ptti-rul arlfll
ti.? | ni.. . li :? n.'t ri.ltil'i*! it? tl!'itt?*rf w?.rk i i.t'l etrrr ?abject of nat
iitnmmem* tutuu? inx uoi uulj, but aaaal u-1 .re tb U?.
I am furthermore charged with having oppoard the
t letiion oi Mr. Fenton to ihe (joveruoreh.p in lt>?C. You
forset that in that campaign 1 gave tune a-nl money and
all my personal effort? to the succeae of the gen? ral and
loial Ii. publican ticket. So far aa Mr. Fenton waa
lum erin ii, I follow, d the advice so constantly given ?M
by fin Tkiblne. I did not vote for han. I believed it M
be au improper nomination for Governor. It waa ay
lighraud duty as a citizen and asaKepublnaQturoM
or to refuse to vote, according to my toiuvienct?,
a right aud duty which you claimed your-ialf win**
you voted against Mr. Bobert?, the regular KepabUca?
taudidute fur Mayor of New-York, ami supported aa la*
ilepi'iident Demoirat, and by your action secured tfc?
elfitlon of John T. Hoffinan, fiuiu which time tlw
prisent Tammany King date.** its ci..dime I do nat
censuie you for that. Many Kepuiiln an? did. Ife.tyoa
did your duly as I did mine.
lu tina conuection I may add that no reno! ii tina la
favor of John T. Hoffman wa? ?tee aaeaatj at any lucet*
ing at which I was pnueut, or by any lorn in li tee over
whi. h I presided. A reeoiutiuti was pul?;i.?lted whin*
purported to be so pasied, but it wa? a fraud.
You i*ay I helped to break up the ?vpul'lii M Tax Com
mission, on a bargain that 1 and Mr. Crowley should
haTo half th.- patronage. 1 s.i> tin re was no ouvo bar?
gain ?met with me or any one. The Court of AppeaU
had decid? d the then exiniing Tax i'iiinmis>l?in an umon
?titutloiial iMiily. Legielatiou was *Mte**e**J, al?' ?b??
decislim of 111? Court o? Ap|M*ala n?iuired th?t tSa
?II? luff ?! abraH bo raatta in a lo? al otUcer.and thera
was Mea who waa not a Democrat. Though net
in the LiMataiaW I favored the bill, wbicfc
was ?piar?. It was agreed that the Ibpubllo.au
party shoul.l have half the apitolntiuint?, that ii shoC.d
b? a noii-paxtisau lxxly. There was no agrteuieut that I
was t?. have any patronage, and I had none, though ?A'-r
soiin vera appolutcd whom I eoiicurmJ with mauy Iwid
iuk Kepuiilnau? in recommending.
You say tbat I tried to break up the Republican orr-^VT?
i/ati.ii! in this city, and pNcfesd HarWt Tous4*y d?****?
stairs. The latter Is wholly Bliti ue. 1 did, however, et?*
?leaviri to get an oiv???*i-l*iti?-io wblah atoould n_itiaeat
the wholi it? pul?in an party.
All of these thing? I had done at tbe tinw? you deacriba?.
nu ,.i :. hi arty Ki pul.lic-ui, and at the time you aoc^ptad
the verdict of the senate aa final.
You say that 1 acted with the Tammany Ring in hel??
lng Mr. Tw?ii te pa?? 'be New Charter, on Um oa?
liary. 1 say I opposed it at all lliU4? and every whiin?.
You ?*?> I ttm iua?Ie a Commlssluuer in the Kroadva?,
Wltt.-nlng J.'l'. I wa* appointed ?arlthout tolicltatloo ??
in\ part. be. au?? I was ?upp4j?ed to know ?niiiethiag **
relu ent?t?, ? ?ub)cct to-hieb for year? I bad flTae
much attention. 1 acted faltlriTuBy. and when I l^alifnad
my place the awards and aaaeasmenta ?were wm^^d.
l ne? were several millions lesa Ulan the muoimt tieaii*
arrt ved at after I left the ? ommiaeion, and at leaat te*
uiilliona lea? Uian the ?saxasiiJxnU arrived at by ia*fe*
t'ommitsioner?. John Q Jones and William Wood. Uotm
oiet. every lot on each block waa aaieaeed anti value* **
m uuifortu principle.
You say I wa* made a memtier of tbe Scb-ool B??ard. ***
you al least cannot cowp.aiu of Uut. You urK?d ita
?jaatagt* of ttafchwl W11 ??er^ta-adly. and ?ptara*ateei?ta>
Mayor Hall would make gt*?d aiiia)ia*J_MaU. I *****
frumi The Tbibusb of April i. ists :
" Tb*?e i hantre? are au WuWUfeaUy an ??Pw'*!,2i
upon the exist lu? eoudlUon of affaira tbat wa oenx**u*_
feel anrprlivtd tbat any ?Mr-tnln4e4 ???'r?,*,-tT^!^C
beaiut? to adopt ttetn. Boni? mt our ftieoda ?feS?
ot?)e?t to Ui? uetiaure liecauae It U ?aid to ??i>**?knf!?JKr,
the leaiter? of Tammayny Mau. ? " We oye ??Jlf ?","
ii oriia-iua'4 ?, or whether Iba uoUva is good, or **?**
On Apiti *M, im, you ?aid: m___?___m
'? We aaaun the Itet"?!?!.?? 1-lenatora Mayor H*? ?*??
be relied on to appoint Hie roj^MuUtlvea ?**_f>_LS
pni.ii. an Murty m tbi? elty. ? ? T~3*?*J_\ *_*_TSm
tu.it ^..idReuuhilcaaswUl be *_m*___?__2t2S ??
we han* Is, ?Vu the ?me comas for ***_?. _u__*m
txanon, ?ud U tb? iwlltl! Una ?ill du sa eau M avr*