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Idc eonvinoed olden of the impossibility of en.
loicing >lie obnoxious acr, tne stamp* be re- [
eeived iroin England ne surrendeted to me repre
sentative* or me Common Council, John cruder
being then ftlavor. This episoue, a oloodless pop- !
ui tr victory, unil one oi tlio most Mgtniicant signs
n! tie tun ??, deserves to be placed on r.-ror<l side
by Side wim tne immortal Tea Party of Boston.
TII K KEl'IAt OK TilK STAMP ACT
early in me following year cauaed universal Jov,
and me popfjpr ieeling found expression in toe
orectioa, by act oi the Leg i si iture, oi a
leadeu equestrian statue 01 t.eorge III.
on me Bowling Green, a :ew years after
ward thu -?atue was turned to a purpose tne
founders nail not dreamed or. In the revulsion of
feeling winch loilowed tne imposition of a duty
on tea, upon the reception in New York of the
Declaration of Independence, the horse and rider
were dragged iruni me i mescal, broken in pieces
and neiii -o Litchfield, the residence of uliver
Wolcott, 'he patriot Governor 01 Connecticut, by
whose wue and daughter* they were run into
thousands of bullets, wbf$|i were distributed
amoug the patno's oi the surrounding country.
With these btuicts hundred* oi British soldiers
were snot during the subsequent invasion of Con
necticut.
A FianTINO TRADER.
Speaking for tne merctianis or New York I
might luruier remind you that it was a New York
merchant. Alexander McDougall, who. abandon
ing his counting house, took command of a regi
ment, and in tne disastrous bat le of Long Island
distinguished lintiseli by his valor In the Held and
mas'eriv retreat across the East lliver in Hie i .ce
ol a victorious enemy of overwhelming numbers.
Alter naving risen to thu rank oi major general
ana served throughout the ?ar, winning univer
sal confidence and respect, tie returned to his
commercial i ursmts, became a leading mem
ber oi the Chamber ol Commerce and tne first
President oi tne Bank oi N w York. sharing
wiih tiltn in patriotic duty and devotion were
gucn merchants a> Elbridgo Gerry, of .Massachu
setts; \\ iiiiam Whipple, of New H .mpsmre;
Ueur.e Glynier, oi Pennsylvania; Joseph iiews, 01
North Carollbaj Burton Gwinnett, ol Georgia;
Philip Livingston and Francis Lewis, or New \oik,
tnd a iiost of othei s all over the land, it la pleas
ant to remember that the heart of th* Kuuiish
peo le was with us} and it was natural that tne
assertion uy tho Colonists of the home-Oorn r,g:itd
of ?very lJugiishman should find sympathy m tue
Hiotuer country; and so it was tuat i ho utterances
of Hancock, Adams and Otis weie eloquently
echoed by such statesmen ss Chatham, Buike and
Uarre. Cbathaw -'rejoiced that America had re
sisted;" Iturke saw the g;<iry oi England 111 the
establishment of the British Connies "on princi
ples oi lib i ty," and Barri went to a daring length
tn the declaration oi his sympathies with the louu
ners oi ilns Republic.
raruoti me, Mr. I'resifAent, for detaining: this dis
tinguished audience .so long. With such a record
beiore me, beanuf dliectly ou the early comni> rce
and general business ot the country?* bubject
which, in advance, yonr committee kindly assigned
me to speak noon to-oav? now could I say less < I
would not overestimate tne services of the mer
chants; but posterity win never lorget their zeal
and fidelity, tneir deeds and trials In the perilous
struggle lor personal liberty ana national inde
pendence. A century has passed since that cual
Ai m day wh'U these p ains were stained with
tin* first blood or a conflict wuich ultimately
gave us tne Declaration oi Independence
nud the constitution of xho United S ates. What a
memorable epoch in tne world's nl?t< ry havp oeen
tnese one huudred years: llow grand, beneficent
and cheering tne progress 11 affairs hi our own
country : l siyli not open tins most instructive
volume in riieTtnniis oi inaukiurt. Let us indulge
tue lervenc nope mat wneu our i lnldieu'-> chil
dren shall issemble to cleoraie tue second cen
tennial ot trio auspicious event which ha-drawn
us hitner they wii. una una Republic occupying a
lorcuio-' p sitlon amouir.ii" nations of t e earth,
sud containing witiitn its borders myruids oi peo
ple, united, prosperous, virtuous and fret. Then,
indeed, sha I the patriotic tduotj which flowed at
Lexington and Concord not hu\e oeen shed in
vuin.
THE DAY IN NEW YORK.
Flaps flying from all public buildings and irom
many bualne s edifices and private residences
throughout the city yesterday gave to New Vork
a Holiday aspect, tinued with toe warm hues or
patriotic association, recalling rtie days of fervent
rejoicing wtuco occurred here so frequently during
our late war. There was no lormal celebration of
the glorious event which one hundred
years ago opened the tierce struggle 01 a
band ot straggling co.onlaus ior ttioir rights
ugaiust ttie arrogant usurpation and gr
anny or liritannia, mistress oi tbe ocean.
Rut thouira our citizens joined in n < triumphal
proce.-sioriH and listeu-d t'i no spirit-stirrina ora
turns like those oi Mas-achusetis. toe ureal bulk ol
them joyluliv notea tne date aud associated It
?rirn in*- MViU events which nave mm Lex
ington and Ooucord dear 'o all Atuericaus an I
words of inspiration to all people r >und ibe world
who sigli or stine lor ireedom ami the natural
rigi ts oi nianiiood. lnose ntuies and the or giit,
? eeos of vaior and nerolcsuilei inirnuked with tn m
were ou the central voice, and the example or
sur Kevo utlooary irran i-ires wa- commended as
ixauip.es 10 youtu America, a stimulant and in*
leu.ivu to pure lives and trubia enue^vur.
Tip: WUlIEX'S WAIL.
TtTE CENTENNIAL CLX.EHHAT10N BT THE NEW
ion* woman's scrruAOE society?peotest
AGAINST TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTA
TION.
Quite an interesting looking audience, mostly
ladies, assembled last evening in the L'nlon League
Theatre to participate in the celebration or the
Centennial under tbe auspices ol ti>e Woman'*
Suffrage society. Tne proceedings partly assumed
tbe icrm or a protest against taxation witboat
rep esuntatton, it having appeared that tbe
irotnen property ho.ders ol Coucord were
isses?ei one-lilth the amount required
to deiray the expenses incident to tne
festivities in tbat historic to?n. while, ol
rourse, tbey are still deoarred iro n voting at elec
tions. The theatre was appropriately adorned,
arid on tbe atage were many persona identified
wnb the movemeut which oas been agitated
with such vigor lor years past. Among others
were Mrs. Liino Devereux liiake, Mrs. Henrietta
Wes.broo*, Mrs. Helen M. Siocuin, U. H. Wilcox
aud Mrs. Clemence s. Lozier. u. D. The President
occupied tbe chair and opened tbe proceedings in
?umc well chosen remark*. Following these were
aome well rendered recitations, on the subject of
the ceiebration, by Mrs. I. K. Krobisber. who de
livered tbe poems with much spirit and force.
The Qrat was eutitled "Lexington." hj c. L
lionies, and the second "Tbe Halt eol Lexington,"
fe? G. W. liuugajr, both ol wblcu were well re
ceived.
MRS. BLAKE'S ADDRESS.
Mrs. L. Dsvcieux b ake, oo being Introduced,
was warmir applauded. She sala:?Just as tne
flist rays oi dawn stole across our city this morn
lug. tbe century was complete since tne louuder*
ol tnls nation ma.e tueir drst irreat stand ior
liberty. Tne car y Apr,I sunsbl .e a hundred
years ago saw a groan oi men ana uoys garnered
together, "a lew rod* norta ol tne meeting
U 'use," in tr,e Massachusetts village of Lexing
ton. I'tiuniormeu and uudiacipiineu, standing in
the cbiuy morning that tianuiu. of patriots rep
resented tbe great Itepuono woica on tbat day
was
to arm.vo ritox their martyrdom.
Tbe rebellious colonists bad collected Is the
ba oi lets uear Boston some milltarr stores; these
the liritisb < 01; ers iu command at Itosioo resolved
should oe *eue i arid oes ro?ea. W.irueu oi tneir
an*wu. Paul lievere made his famous ride to
arouse the country to rcsisisnce, ami m tbe oe id
midnight Ana in- and UancocK w ent out to sum
mon tneir comrades to arms. Just as tbe last
stars vaoi*ned belorc me rtasu the drum beat to
summon lie patriots to *cttou. and in response ?
lirie band ol about eiabry n en and t>oys as-cin
t?ied ou the vi.last.- green. Few as tiiey were id
numbers the? presented a brave front as t.ie
bri i*u re. mars came up the <ju.et street.
Strong. What loliowed *ai
>ur A BA I I I.E. BI T A BPTCHEIIT.
The mlntue u en re.used to surrender to Uajor
Pitcairu's luu 'hiy d? maud, aud a voliey oi mas
ke;r>. ciose and >leadlv. was poired on tbis ue
Voted baud, in iespouse only a lew random
shots * ere Orcd. Wiiicu did aosoiuteiy uo harm,
and, then, seeiug the hopelessness oi resistance,
th* commander oi tbe minute ni"*n ordered
tnem to di*,er*?. me urui-h, ea'ed wim
then easy victory, pushed on townrd ton
e r i, minking mat iliere another spec ly
raccess awaited th^ro. In tins they soon bitter y
Marued their eiror. A.tnougn ti.ey were rein
fo ced on n>e way, wn.-n meyre^cbea that vil
lage 'hev were met b.v sucn a resistance as drove
ti,< iu itacfe. broken and disorganized, -n the road
tn.-i n.d so proudly loliowed in the morning.
Cvacord nobly avenged
the ri.Ain:r.R at i.ejinoton.
The bat'ies ol Lexing;on aud concord rorai an
era in cur country'- mstorr. When orivea io,d?s<
l>e>atlon i-y .? longcoui.-e ol oppression trie people
ot tiiH* land nisi resoired t - revoic agam-r tne
m tuer co mtiy. Discontent, resentment and in
uiirnaiiou bad grown air ngeK montli ny month
amoiiv the ..ai ? v settlers oi me land, uuni ibey
tu iniii. icvi In the most epleodio act oi au a. nv
that lb" world na* cv.-r seen. A few colonics,
sea tere I at lona: intervals along the Atlantic
seaboard, ii. red to deiy the
moruEsr NsriuM in KUKora,
and a lew ru?t cs. utidi'i'ipiined and a mosi un
uroi d, actually ven>Hi*>'d io encounter in battle
that arinjr wmc.i hau b > isted its cou^u'-sts over
tae t?ce ot t.in op" n > ntvairy. V%bat uti heard oi
tippies ions oii ve mesa people to tiu mad at
leniit: what unheard oi atrocities had the
luiers oi the e peopie practised, what unjus con
lis at.ons oi pioper<wa.i cruel Inn n->oumeiii*
an wic?.eo rani tiers I None oi ail ihese; Hie
people hi mis land we e not siarvniK or dying
under tn ir i. heeiofan Alva or a Kobespi. rr. ,
l?u; their i ivii i.oernc* had neen d> nieu, th< ir
political neeuorn liart neeu ruiuscd. and rattier
tnau tiMlort: the lo-s or tliese precious inings
tbey weio ?ilima o
km I M. fiANHKH ANn rO BRAVH DEATH.
TD" >ii-ii aud * i) eii who -tiflered af Uoneord
gnu at l.taingloii li^) years ago io asy were mar- |
trr* to the *aerr-i csnsa ot personal liberty.
Looking over tne records of tlie tmst we And
again ana aualu repeated the wrong* of which
our ancestor* complained. lor tbe dental* aud
slavery which w? women are compelled to
undergo to-day are tne very same against which
our lorelatbers protected 100 years ago to-day.
TAXATION WITHOUT RBPRK-SBNTATION.
Whv loos lit tbe mockerv 01 Justice wbich this
moment we see enacteo ! In Concord tbe women
pay one fl th or all the raxes, and vet are denied a
voice in tuo administration of affairs, it was just
such oppressions as these tnat roused the people
to resistance a hundred years ago and thus tne
Revolutionary War was beguo, u struggle which
taxed to tne utmost tne resources 01 tbe colonists.
In tnat long stt u^'irio were trie women -upine and
indifferent observers ? No! they came lorth nobly
to oear tneir full share of tne Hardship ana tbe
suffering1*; some oi them
ACTUALLY SKl'.VBD TH? COUNTBr
witb arms in ineir nanus, and al. tne records of
tne war are glittering with the brilliant deeds ot
heroism which the women performed. In anotner
year ?ne men oi this nation wi,| celebrate the Cen
tennial or tneir Independance. Wnat part are we
women 10 have in the pageant f Are we to ceie
liruie the one hundretii blrthdar of tbe Republic
simply as slaves, attired in silks and laces, serving
tne purposes oi eoluen letters ? Whiie tno men of
tlie nation will unite to rejoice In their ireedoin,
snail we women appear beside them, splendidly
mid less proud tiian they? i.et every urop of
patient blood that tuns in onr veins lorbiu aacb
nomination.
Mrs. Westbrook wan the next speaker, and in
the course o a pit by address gave tne maie Dor- ,
ti n oi Hie community some severe slaps lor their
i>eifl*iincss aud tneir characteristic disregard ot
tne rights oi woman. After pointing out at some
lengtn, and not without some Hashes of humor,
the mstice of woman's claim^ to recognition, sue
alluded to the unfairness of insisting on taxation,
wiiuout the equivalent laid down by tne constitu
te n.
Mrs. Helen Slocum followed, and likewise made
an earnest appeal on behalf of the caube ior which
tney iiad assembled.
Mrs. Helen M. Cook, tbe secretary, then sub
mitted resolutions, which were adopted, to the
effect tnat a century ago tbe long struggle of
tne Revolutl n was begun, a struggle
lu which the men and womeu of tne
land bore an equal snare ol hardsnip, of
sacrifice and oi auttenng, and that at tne close of
that contest the men secured only to tncmselves
tne liberty tor wmch all nad contended, it was
now resolved that tbe descendants and tne repre
sentatives ol tne women ihus deirauded reiterate
to-day tlie claims ot the loutiders ol the Republic
arid demand that they be relieved from tbe pay
ment ot taxes imposed without their consent aud
tnat tne women be given tnat jieraonal represent
ation wnlch alone secures lreedom. It was also
resolved that these claims be urged, not r>y an
unuatural resort to the cruel sacrifice ol war, but
by an earnest appeal to tne Justice 01 the nation.
Alter some turtner recitations tbe proceedings
terminated.
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1775.
To thi Epitor of the Herald:?
Keierring to a scrap of family history, written
by tbe late Dr. Hudson Kinsley, a grandson of one
of tbe minute men of the Revolution, the spirit or
the patriots of that time and tne promptness with
whicu tney rushed from a distance at tbe first call
to arms Is evinced by the lollowing extract:?
When the difficulties between the colonist* and mother
country became serious, ami the Uritish had taken pos
session oi Hoston. the American* lelt that the time tor
resistance by force had arrived. My crandiathi r. .^ila*
Kinsley, held u commission as lieutenant uuier tha
Km/ previous to tno commencement ol hostilities.
I ml r this lie asdstc 1 to raise und loinej a company of
minute meu, in Huston, thirty miles from Hoston,
determined to uisrcli at u inoiucni's warning to
detenu their riirht* and their liberty. When tlie
alarm was sounded tnat the British were on their wav
t.i concord witii nostlle intentions they mustered in
liaste and marched rapidly to Lexington. They arrived
in time to hasten the retreat ot the Hritlsb by their ap
pearance and by firing upon them trom a distance ? but
the latigUM ol the rapid marci< and Iho *ubse<iu nt ex
posure oi the enca n| m 'iit in the open uir on the follow
ing night proved too iiiuch lor grandlather'* eoustttu
tlon a fever ensued, which terminated his liia iu?t
two weecs alter the battle of Lexiui'ton, at the age of
forty years Hi* three eldest sons, ?kc<i about nineteen,
si venteen and tl teen, n lined Uamnl, Axel and Helhncl,
continued in the service during the war, except the lat
ter. who died while in tbe army.
Tne above is copied in brief from ?n account
written by my lamer, l)r. Hudson Kinsley, irom
lam'ur records. Respectfully,
WILLIAM U. KINSLEY,
No. 47 Maiden lane, April 10, 1875.
THE DAY ELSEWHERE.
SYRACUSE. K. Y., April 19, 187&.
A salute of 100 gnns was flred here to night in
bonor of tne centennial anniversary of the battles
of Lexlngtoo and concord.
Boston, April 19, 1875.
At Acton, Mass., gnns wero flred and belli rung
at sunrise, noon and sunset, In celebration or tbe
Centennial. Tbe monum sut erected to tbe mem
ory o: ouvis, llay ward and Ilosmer, who fell in
the concord fignt, was appropriately decorated.
Dr. G. B. Lorlng delivered an address In tbe even
ing. and a ball closed the events or tne day.
Arlington was decorated wttn flags snd mot
toes, and salutes were flred and bells rnbg.
At Manchester, N. EL, a salute of 100 guns was
flreo.
Many of tbe adjoining towns made an extraor
dinary display of bunting.
The day was one of universal celebration
throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
Worcester, Mass., April 10.1875.
The day 1* being celebrated here by the Wor
cester Light inluntry, whose active member* re
ceived aud entertained the surmora of the com
pany or 1M1, who marched with the
Massachusetts Sixth regiment through
Baltimore. The sarvivora or company K,
of Beaton, and company L, of tstoneham,
or the same regiment, were also included In the
list or guests. During tne public parade the
graves or colonel Btaelow, who commanded
trie Worcester minute men who set oat
lor concord 100 yeara ago at the
news of the light, mod Major Harrison
W. Pratt, who commanded the iniantr; on its
march through Baltimore, were appropriately
decorated.
Tue arreraoon was occupied by a dinner at the
Lincoln Ilouae.
This evening the Infantry give a grand Mil at
Mechanics' Hail in honor of thair guests.
A BROOKLYN MYSTERY.
dxbcoyxby or a touko womax's body eh thx
OOWAJfCa CANAL?A CASK 0? MUAI5EB OB
SCICLDK.
T&e discovery In the Gowanna Canal laat night
of the body oi an attractive looking young woman
gave ri*e ro a suspicion in the minds of the police
or the Eleventh Brooklyn precinct that another
murder bafl been added to the calendar or crime
Ut :ne City oi Churc ca. Tie discovery was made
by Jamss Walla, a eltuen. who aaw the body float
ing under the Ninth street Btidge. He Imme
diately notified ttie police, who secured the corpse.
Bbortlr aiterward.-Thoraaa llynes, residing at Ho.
?Smth street. identified it as that o! his suter
C-itharine Htncs, aged eighteen years, who bad
been missing irom ner h me since early on Satur
day morning. Krom Ins atatemeni it apj?Mrs
mote prooai ie that the deceased nad ommltted
suicide .nan that sue na i oeen maruered. hvnes
sa?a thMius sister carne io tins country nom
Uuernst .w u, ire'and, in Augu.-t ia. and lias
since lived wltu him *> uis n u-e in Sintu sir?et,
Wnicn is oae or a clis.er of rickety mac tene
ments i:e is s raarilert man. wuh tw^ children,
aud having been outorw^r* for along pen d,
hu?l sre?r. iMll-ulty in supporting Bis lami v.
The ad itionai ex ease entailed by the arrival or
ins slater cou polled tuein a l to live
in a state <>r poverty and xqus or
ttiat liecame untiearable t<> Hynes. on several
?? casions he had complained to nm sister oi ins
straitened circuoinstances, mm she sought em
ploy iurnt, but without succesv He toid heron
>aiurd.tr morning that ne wished that she waa
wnli tae'ir parent* In ireiand. where sue would oe
uiu -h wore comfortably situated. ?n? leit the
n< >.-? with tne reuiar* that no wouldn't
have occasion to complain of her again.
Thinking that sne **? golnji to look
lot work ho made no eflort to de
tain ner. T e young woman was seen ttomg in
the direction or theoanaia iow moments taier.
anil no thin.' more was known or her till ner ma
;es~ body w is foun i floating in trie wa er.
c< roner a tnrn< has determined to make a tnor
ongn investigation, in order to ascertain, ir pu-si
b.e, how ihe deceased met tier death, n is t>? no
mo ins certain mat *n" committed suir.de. ?sa t:i?
ponce tniiik sue mav nave i?e>-n tue victim or one
ol IU1! gautf* oi rufllatis who m.csirtoutn Brooklyn.
UNLICENSED LIQUOR DEALERS AR
RES FED,
Last sight Inspector wendover. of the Erctae
Board, accompanied iiy K undsman JBtLaughiin,
oi tti ? Fourteenth precjiict, succetded in arrest
ing the following persons for selling liquor Witn
ou a license, and also closed up their puces:?
Thomas i oilias. or No. 74 Hast Houston street;
'Jnoma* llaeljr. o: S >. i.'j Muloerry .-str> ?t; James
Dlii n, oi So. iTo Muioerrv street; w mum. Hieser,
n, So. lu-i tiranil street, and r.itri k K. Flviin,
who keeps a place it tne l orner oi Ulster aud
Mou streets, an I another m multj. i ry -treet, near
r.iatul. Itt prisoner were ad locvt u , and ?*I,I
he arraign* t at the roinbs roiice court this morn
log.
THE TAMMANY SOCIETY.
THE AJWUAL ELECTION OP SACHEMS LAST
EVENTNQ AT THE WIGWAM?AN OVEBWHELM
IXO VICTOBT FOB THE KELLT TICKET?
GREEN AND WATE1UJCEX GET WEAK tN THE
KNEES.
Ttie largest gathering of big and little "Injuns"
of the Tammany Order that was ever held since
the good old days before the Ring made the
Wigwam a hissing and a byword with
honest democrat* was aeld last night at
Tammany llall, in pursuance of the
call Issued last wee* by the Grand
Sachem. The ooject of the meeting was the eieo
tlon of sachems for tbe year 1S75. Trie Winskinskl,
young man Newman, whose hair turned prema
turely gray many a rear auo by reason ol tno open
door service ue has bad 10 undergo for the benefit
of the society, was on hand beiore the setting of
tbe sun. and so no person but a lull Hedged mem
ber 01 the Order was able to got into the council
chamber. Ue stood at tue door with his blanket
rolled about Ills bead, his tomahawk In his right
oand and his cheese knife in dis left, dui lng the
entire meeting, and those wiio couU not
(jlVK THE PASSWOBD,
were warned oy a ?avuge growl aud a whirl of the
tomahawk 10 go to some place where a laoor
ticket or some other Kind or a ticket wou.d make
iheir way easy aud comfortable. It is saie to .-.ay,
at any rate, mat tiieigatbering of the "Injuns" was
the largest, not on.y m nuuioers, out in point of
respectability that lias been held lor mail? years,
luaeed, there were democrats In attendance,
men who have been ineinburs or the society lor
seventeen years and upwards, wnoni the King
wii never utile to inveigle iirto the peculiar ways
or their ooings in the society, and who had come
togetner to testily by their votes then contldence
j In the present, r-yhne.
THE "INJUNS" WHO WKBE THEBK.
Among in<<se present were Mayor WlcKbam,
Johu Kelly, ex-Judge liediord, Abram 8. Hewitt,
Augustus Scheli, Edward Cooper, Kicitard Scbell,
; Henry S. Clinton, Austin heary, Wilson Small, S.
j S. Cox, l)oug;as Taylor, Colonel John It. Fellows.
I judne Donouue, M. T. Brennan, ex-Juuge Barbour,
? ex-Judge Oierke, John Morrissey, senator Cross,
! Bernard Re ill t, cenerai splno.a, Jerome Buck,
Joun Tyler Kelly, lleary Wilder Alien. Judge speir,
; Judge Hale, Kdward Gale, Judge Ackert, Judge
! Freeuman, John K. Fmnagan, Judsou Jarvis,
diaries G. l.oew, Jud^e i.ane, Sexton
Brown, ol Grace chutcu: coroners Croker
Woltman and ElcKhoff, Aldermen Reilly, L>sauht,
Shandiey. ex-i-resident of (be Board ol Aldermen
Kichard Flanagan, Thomas Wbalen, (who, thougn
over eighty years ol age, said be had turned out to
vot? lor the nrst time in ten yeats); Warden
Tracy, Thomas Ferris.
THE OPPOSITION'S 8KEAKD0WN.
The meenug was a very quiet one, and all the
"ln|UQs" seemed to be In the best o: humor.
There were a lew wiio looked a little flurried aud
who could not. apparently, believe tn it the threats
01 tUe opposition would come to naught. Tuere
I was no speecu-maklug, although Judge Freed*
man made a loug talk, wlncn was ver. pretty in
! Its wayi out to which no one bat! time to pay
serious attention. Ttie voting was the only thing
tnat .nv one was interested in. and n was carried
oa quietly and orderly. Wnen the ballots were
counted it was discovered, great.y to the dismay
ol the two opposition wirepullers who liad been
oetaiied to rout Mr. Kelly, horse, loot and dra
goons, ih.it tbe iollt'Wiug ticket only got live votes
out oi tlie 362 that were cast:?
PEOPLE'S TICKET.
for Sachems? Neison J. Waterbury. Andrew H.
Green, fc. B. Hart, cnarles G. Cf.ruell. George H.
Wlutsdu, Fraucis ti. spiuola, Johu Hardy, Jonn Y.
savaue, James Roosevelt, Douglass 1'aylor, Johu
Kelly, Thomas Uuulap aud rj. Shatter Storms.
for Treasurer? Artuur Leary.
For sayamore??\ilson small.
I for Secretary?Joel o. Stevens.
tor Wtslcirtski?John I>. Newman.
'ilie Joke ol the opposition putting Mr. Kelly oa
tlieir ticket with Greeu and Waterbury created a
great deal of Inuguter wnen toe lull ticket was
read. General Spinola. it is suld, was put on it on
account of, the weight h.s collar w?s supposed
to i>e worth to any purty that tried to kick id the
I traces.
TUB VICT0BI0C3 SACHEMS.
The following was toe regular ticket elected I'
ll EuCLAK TICKET.
For Sachem??Jotin Kelly. Ihomas Dunlap, Wil
liam c. corner, Nathaniel Jsrvls, Jr., Miles b. Au
di us, Freoenc* Suiyto. William H. SVickhara.
Abram S. bewitt. Kdward L. Donnelly, Henry L.
Clinton, Beruard Reilly, George J. Forrest, Wii
liam Walsh.
itor ireasurer?Arthur Learr.
For Secretary?Joel o. Stevens.
t"or Sagamore? Wilson Small.
For uisklnski?John I). Newman.
As tbe Grand Sa> hem canno*, under tbe roles,
be rc-etecied. Mr. Schell. it is believed, will "bold
over" in that position lor another year.
The result oi tue election, in the opinion of most
of ti.e politicians, is a loregoue coiic.u-lon that
irom this ou: tnre wnl be uo luriher attempt
"wttbln tbe lines" to deicat Tammany uaiL
NEW YORK CITY.
John Qablg, or No. 77 avenue B, accidentally fell
from a truck at the c rner of Twenty -second
street and Third avenue, yesterday, ?n?tatning a
severe caip wound. He was taken to Betievue
Hospital.
Ann Cu-hen, living at No. 338 East Thirty-sixth
?treei, whim at work at No. 31 Union tquare yes.
terday morning wm severely burned by her
I clotting citciiiuff lire iroin the stove. She was
removed to ueilevue llo?puai.
Mary Mansfield, living at No. 102 Washington
street, was accidentally run over by a liroadwar
stage at the corner ?f Broadway and Wail street
yesterday, snatalniDR u fracture ol rue leg. Mie
was taken (0 the Park Hospital.
Ad adjourned meeting of ttie New York Rapid
Transit Association win be held at the rooms of
the Bo:ird oi Fire in urance Brokers, No. 162
Broadway, to-uay, at two o'clock P. M. It is pro
posed ut tills meeting to noid the election tor
uireciors ot the association.
The trial or Captain Killilea, of tne Eleventh
precinct, charged w tn extorting money iroui the
propuetors ul a beer garden, which was to have
taken place betore the Board of Police Commis
sioners at the Central Department yeiieraav. was
adjourned one weua at the request of tue counsel
lor toe deiendaut.
At twenty minutes of tour o'clock yesterday
aiternoon James Moran. a child or tour years oi
a?c, wnose parents reside at No. 40J East Twelfth
street, was a m. si instantly killed white riding in
the rear of a t ucx driven by John Kiei nan, oi No.
4.21 East Fourteenth stieet, b? a oariei talliug
upon ms head and iracturii.g h s skull. The driver
was arrested. Notification was sent to tne cor
oner to hold an inquest.
BROOKLYN.
George Winalow wss convicted in the Court of
S'ssions yesterday of pickng the pockets of pas
sengers on a souta Seventh strse't icrryboat and
sent to the Penitentiary tor oue year.
Thomas Su.livan was tried tn the Klnzs county
Court ol sessions yesterday for stealing 1,400
onnds of nitrate or soda irom a lighter in tne
owanas Canai, on Deceinue 9,1874. He was con
victed of grand larceny and remanded ior sen
tence.
There was a meeting or the directors of the East
River Bridge company yesterdav. Hon. Henry C.
Murphy presiding, lne chairman reported that
the property taken lor the New Vorit anchorage
had t>*en paid lor. and stated that the nundtnus
thereon woul.J be M d and rem >ved by Mar l. A
communication was received iroui Mr. Rosenberg
?*kine it tte company did not need some laud
ituiiunc uu James street, bro< kim. 1 his gr?u<l
I* neat the anciora*e. SM tne erection ul ? build
ing on It wiii endanger tue c.iiiies. Mr. Mur?>h.v
recoinmen .ed mat it oe purcuased. Alter tab
more courses oi stone are laid on the Hroosiyu
tower it will be readv lor the cables.
At the meeting of the Brooklyn Board or Alder
men yesteiday tne annaa> report or the Boar i of
commissioners of city Works was received and
placed on nie. The report shows the total re.
reipts during the year to nave been |?m,375 01, and
the total expenditures ti,oo.">siS no. niaktni a <ie
llctency or ;ltf.4.i* s?. In- commissioners say in
r?-trJtr?i to the sonree oi th; city's water suppiy
that toey are drewing laigey irom tne under,
ground oa?in, th.it tney anticipate low water
and can only calculate ou about 27.000,000 gallons a
4ay. A greater suppiv comd only oe iiad oy ex*
tending tne up,-er part oi tne storage re?>-. voir,
but sui h suppir wo ud proportionately dm.iisn
tne quantit) available for storage.
KILLED BY A FISH BONE.
Coroner Kessler held an Inquest yesterday on
the body or John jMccormack, wUo died irom
asphyxia, iroin swa lowing a il-nboa? white at
supper at a Hlead's house at No. 72 Tailraan
stieet, Brooklyn, on tne otn inst. McComuck
came over to tms city to the re*i.ionc? oi his lis
ter, fin. iJ Jener.sou street, and coiupimneu oi a
pain in ms turoa'. He went ti a clispen
sttry, but the physician In csar e was
unable t>? pet tne bone oiiu 'lne
defeased, when ne atiemnteu io sw.idow any
timiir, sutlered excruciating pam. i? n had eaten
no ituiu tor some days oeiore his derm, My ad'
vice oi ins pinhlctan he went to the iioo-evC't
Hospital, ?here ne was taken witu a weakness its
soon h? ho was place i npon a b?L
l>eputy t orouer Mars . m ulo a | osi-mortem ex.
atnina; ion and iMitu I de.a li was <lae lo gspm xia
Irom the pressure on tn ? tracliea oi .1 large a'isci >s
in tie fksophafas, resulting >roin swaooffin* anil
lodgement'?i ,i n?u m.uc. Hio jury rcuaero i a
\ ei diet accordingly.
WIFE MURDER IN JERSEY.
TIUOEDT IN 4 JXBSEI CXTT TEWZMENT
HOUSE?DOMESTIC LSrXLICITT A3TD ITS BE
8TTLT8.
At half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon a
crowd garnered round trie bouse No. 183 Bay
btrser, Jersey Cltv. Detective Coward, from
Police Headquarters. bad entered, and tie soon
appeared wlta Frederick BlauKmeyer. whom be
conveyed to the First precinct police station. The
prisoner was men committed to a ce.l on tbe
charge of murdering bis wile. It ap
pears tbat about hair-past iwo o'oiock
Blank rneyer called on Or. lladden and a*ked
bun to go and see nis wife, wbo, be said, bad just
died. Tbe physician proceeded to tbe lrunt room
of tbe tbird floor of tbe building, and there saw
tbe body of tne woman. It was a ghastly specta
cle. Tbe moutn was gaping, tbe lace was swelled,
tbe left jaw was dlsiocated, snd thai side of the
face was a blackened mass or flesh. Scratches
were visible on tbe neck, tbe chest
and part of the back bore evidence
or bruises, aad tbe position in which
the Door was found denoted that shs cied
alter Intense suffering. Blankmeyer asked the
physician to give a certificate lor burial, but was
met with a decided remsai. Dr. Lladden imme
diately proceeded to Police Headquarters and re
ported the case. The arrest soon lollowed. Police
Justice Reese was notified ana aii examination was
held, luanknieyer stated that his Wiie lud been
visiting ou Sunday, and that when she caino ho me
about eight o'c.ock in trie evening sne intoxi
cated and lie reproached iter. A quarrel wus tne
resua uud lie struck uei several o.owh. sue became
"quiet" after tins punishment, and wear. to bed.
Tuji was tne last ol tne uniortunate woman, in
flammauou and congestion rapidly set in and
oeatu soon enued tne .struggle.
Tne eldest child oi tne ueceased. a girl about
eleven years old, was t ien brought forward, and
sno stated that tier fattier struck mother witu his
oootandtbe blow caused nor to iuli against a
table. Tnat is all could oe learneu irom tnu girl,
i he deceased leaves two other ctilldreu, Who did
not seem to realize i tie terriuie tragedy.
County l'uvsiclan stout and Ponce surueon bud
made a post mortem examination at a late hour
lasi evening, a Herald reporter, accompanied
b? Oiilcer Maglnrus, visited the ? retcued n welling
an hour alter the arrest or Blankmeyer. lue
rooms were in a squalid condltiou; tue poor,
rhou/ntlesa children seemed mdiflt-rent and were
uncommunicative. The body lay on a miserable
beu iu a small room, tlie biack?ned lace ueiug
concealed oy a damp cloth. 1'ne body lain on tue
right side, the law requiring tnat uu change be
made till the arrival o. ihe County Pliyst lau. Tne
tbi ee cnildre.. and a sister oi tne deceased woman
with tne oillcer and reporter, crowded around tue
bed. Pew woios were apo.\eo.
i --WaMour lather drunk when he came In last
nigut ?" was a?ked ol the eldest child.
"Don't know, sir," was ihe answer given, with
some Cdutiou. 'lie hit mother ?ith his ooot, and
she icli agm trie t^uie out tuere. 1 don't know
anytinng more, sir."
??lerriole, isn't it," whispered the officer, "to
sec that young one telling a lie and looking a: us
as it sue were tailing truth t"
it was a^ertaiued thai tne deceased woman
was tlnrty-uue years oi age. was born oi Irish
pareuts named Dolan, in ausaex street,
Jersey City. w*s married to a man
named Gibbons, b> wuom she had
three children now living and that she was again
man led, three years aim a null ago, to the hus
band now c ar^eu with Killing b r. They resided
iu Steuoen street uuni last Tuesday, wuen they
removed to tnu hou-e in which sne met her
death. She had no ctiildreu by lilauMueyer.
Al.er the removal ou iuesjay.be says, she was
taken ill and was conllned to bed ou Friday and
Saturday coroner l.j*nch arrived about hali-puat
i six dad viewed tne lemalus.
The leporter had au interview with Blankmeyer
In hia cell. 11c is a man of more than av
erage intelligence, medium size, pleasant
couuteaanco. ihltty-six ? years oi aae,
and wears a oionde inusticne. lie
stated that he served two terms in tue regular
atmy or tue Uni'eo states. He flrst enlisted on
tne titu of August, ie??o. and was mustered out on
tne I4in o. October, 1*88. "My wile," t.o said, m
answer to oue questiou, "was about five years mjr
Junior. She was of very inremoer.iie nanus. 1
i.ave bad great trouble with heron that aocouat."
Hiaukuieyer has bet u rmplo.ved ui oiling cars at
tne i'eunstlvauia Railroad de; oi !?i .ler oy > ity.
Ills wlie was lorma, ly employed iu dusting and
. washing tnu t>rs, and iu mis way ne made her
acquaintance.
PROBABLE MANSLAUGHTER.
Yesterday evening Joseph Marshall, residing at
No. 119 South seventh street, Brooklyn, while en.
gaged in an altercation with Audrew Anderson,
living at No. 33tf West l'?elitu street, was pushed
by toe taiier aud ien on the sidewalk, in auut or
So. JtlT W?*s. lentn street, su-taiuing a stveie
scalp wound aud c .<ntiuaion oi the uraio. Tne in
juied Li ui was removed o Beiievne Hospital, and
ins assailant was arrested aud locked up iu tne
Mntn precinct station Douse- Marsuall's couui*
tion is considered quite serious.
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION.
EXCITEMENT Of THE BKOOELTM HOARD 01 Air
pwmur,
While the Brooklyn Aldermen, at their meeting
yesterday, were discussing toe question 01 re
moving me bixtb District Court to tue Stagg
street police station. Alderman Ziadel said mat
be bad oeea informed that tne son of the owner
01 the bunding, now used as a court room, bad
charged that had been paid to members ol the
? Board to keep the court room at us prere.it loca
tion, an J be would like tokuow who received tne
money. Alderman Dwj er, chairman oi tue Com
mittee on Land* ami l'iace-, liaa. at a previous
meeiing, atrougly opposed tne removal <>i me
i ui . uutJ ue o Hstdors th.s a reflecuou on him as
weii as on the omer memoers of the committee,
he a'ose troui bis si at in tot Ecited uiau er ami
moved .h - appoiutnieui oi a comuir.tec 01 uve to
investigate tae matter.
Alderman inner did not think It becoming for
th member* oi tne Ujard to be t>aud)iug words
ami ttiougut it ?ou a in; more proper to luv sti
gate tne remarks ui Alderman /.inu,-..
A il i maii Hergeu? Aiderui an /.in a ; lias made
Bo cnarges anainst a y ine.uoer.
Alderman Ko, e??it ihe charge* were made in
the s.mie iorm agadist me a* tticv are made
ugaluat tue ? onmutiee ou l.tuds and Places, 1
s;i>>u <1 t.ise it up ve ) speedily.
Alderman nwjer (excitedly i ?I know he did not
accuse me, lor 1 Would u ? alioW u rn to uo so. 1
ue.y t ue Aldei man roin the MXteentti or Nine
tecum toc.arge anything aga.nst me.
a resoiutiou aotUTitg toe owner ol toe premises
now used by Justice Lames mat tuey wou. i not
be required aiter t.ie l-t of May, ?a- adopte
Alter ? lengtnv and vei v exciting deuate it wae
resolved to reier toe ciiarue* 01 corruption to a
Coromutee, with power to send lor per-uusand
payers.
REVOLT AT SING SING PRISON.
SE1ZCBE Of A VE88EL BT EBCAFLNQ COXVTCTS?
TWO Of THE DEbPEBA_D0E8 SHOT AMD SE
VERELY WOCNDED.
A bold attempt oo the part of a gang of convicts
to escape irom Sing Sing prison wim ma le at that
institution yesterday, whicii resulted in toe snoot
ing and possioly fatal wounding 01 two of toe
de-p radoes.
it appears that about eleven o'clock in the fore
noon five men emnioied ic the q arri?s surrep
tmoui.y left their work and, after stealing unob
served to the dock, wbete a sloop was lymg wait
ing lor a load oi stone, jumped on
noard. To drive the captain ami one man,
who lormed toe crew ashore under
penalty ol instant d ath 1 they reiased. was tne
work oi a Tew moment*, alter woicu tne haw* rs
were severed m a trice wito a hatchet and a i.<rue
ktuie in the hands oi tue conv.cu. Ju t
as the escaolii^ jailbirds were in tne
act or pusntng off irom the dock,
however. William (ia.e, one of tie
guard* stationed a icw yards ;rom the pot, has
iciird i.i tne dock, and, s, rtnguig oh boatu, drew
bu revolver and commenced tiring at ttio wooi i
to-' mgitives who iosi no time in getting a-lior .
Two oi iue men. however. namei respective y
Aie.xsnJer Ooro-tt a.id John McHaipm, were
s-vereiy wonnned, the lormer being it? t in tue
back, just aoove ine n:p. and the l.11?- receiving
aoan in tnc rigot breast, near the shoulder.
rlie r.ison rnv-ician. I> . Mmitn, Has been on
able to usee,tun ox proolng wuai d.rectlon either
ol the bullets iia* taK>-n. in tbe case or CWbett
Me Says lite ball inaj have t .t,-*ed into tne
abd< tuen, but up to a late hour last
evening uo symptoms to jusiut thai concitts on
had d velope i ibemselto*. IP- a so sats tn it the
Absence < f internal iiem irrhajto in me cas- ol
MUlaipm * ou id indicate ti.it in* rigru lung
w.is nut pierced ny 'lie bal.. .wbOTgn
hot i miii were tolerably c :n or a'i . ui
tiie bi.ipua! ai nine o ciocfe last evening,
neuhet oi mem vr,i-. ronsi itrel i>v anv means
odToi dauge<'. Mcii tip n was sentencotl June 4.
1 -5;3 to twenty years .or burglar and grand
laiceny, mil to ten years additional >or
a-sauh with niietit t> Kill, ti made an
attempt to escape ir in Aoburu Prison not lo ig
bine-. and was woun ied o. a rifle or.. at tiie time.
1 met was ????.! nee 1. in o ceinnor 1 ?>7... to
tw. nrv vea.s* imprisonment for ourgiary.
imiy one o, ?n ? remaining tnre.' tv..o were on
the a nop ita* been ineutiUeil, as 11 ?- others com
tftvod 10 jui 11 a lot oi' other oonv.eie 111 a lime
Kin, and tiius c inceal thur id utlty. It in ne
lie*ed, boWevr, mat nue or i tn ere sligh'if
wounded, and in that ease their PleilUiioaUou is
i-iobao.* a 11.v a oi ittQi 0: time.
EI-GOVERNOI HOFFMAN.
An Interview with J. T. Hoffman on
Albany Legislation.
THE CANAL QUESTION CONSIDERED.
What Has Been Done, What Should Be
Done and What Will Be Done.
MY POLICY.'
The Governor's Removal Bill and the New
York Cily Charter Disenssed.
[Prom the Albany Press.]
Albany, April 18. is:#.
Below Is the substance of a conversation re
cently bad with ex-Governor John T. Hoffman, by
one of hts neighbors, u prominent citizen of
Albany, on questions now agitating the public
mind:?
Citizen?The excitement in the public mind
caused by the recent developments relating to the
management of canals having quieted down some
what, it has occurred to me that your views,
always well eonaidered, caim and no leg* em
phatic, would be of value. The people would read
them with much satisfaction. May I ask you to
answer a lew questions ?
answer?I am much obliged to you for the kind
way you put the matter, but I preier greatly not
to say anything. My responsibilities as a public
man have ceased. My inclination is to leave pub
lic affairs to those who are charged with their ad
ministration. and my duty, as well as mr desiro,
Is lo do all in my power to strengthen their hands
In their efforts to correct abusos.
Citizen? Pernaps ihe best way to do all that is
to speak out your sentiments. Ex-Governors
Seymour and Dlx have both spoken theirs, and
some of your neighbors and a good many other
people wonder at jour silence. They want to
kuow what you think of Governor Tllden's Canal
Message and of the proposed remedies lor existing
evils.
Answer?Perhaps you are right, and they are
not unreasonable. There is no reason except dis
inclination why Ishould not speak. I nave nothing
to conceal, and very little new to say. Hence if I
say anything I must talk more or less about my
past views an l utterances. 1 think Governor Til*
(ten s Canal Message a very atrong paper. Some
people say he has told Homing new; but he cer
tainlv has a new way of teiliug it, and you know
there is oiteu as much in the way a story is tola ns
tnere is in the story itself. He has succeeded In
atoumug public attention to a degree lar greater
than any oi his predecessors. He is evidently de
termined to nave a thorough investigation?the
people want it, and If good does not result lrom it
1 shall be gieatly disappointed.
tiie DAVIS BILL.
Citizen?What do you tnink ot the Davis bill, so
called, now beiore tue Legislature whicu abolishes
ihe office oi canal Superintendent, increases the
poweisor Canal Commissioners and state Eng'.
neer and deOues the powers of ihe Cauai Hoard in
certain lespects *
ANswtK?Perhaps under the present condition
oi thluiis tne best thing to do is to pass it. lo
put power in the hands oi the Commissioners is 1
an rigut theoretically, but practically, it has never
teeu a very great success, it may, however be
wen to try it again lor a while. Tne Havis'nili
has some excellent provisions. 1 think, however
the evns are beyon-i me reacu of mere legislation'
In order to secure substantial and peruiaueut re
lorui *6 nei?U a radical cnange b? uiuenouieni of
the constitution. 'Ihe State in Its ran?l poilcv has
been vibrauug lor years been contractors
and superintendents, Canal Commissioner* and
the cauai Hoard?lir?t one, theu tne other; here
a little, and there a little. Something aiwavs
wrong, everybody hurt an I uo->odv responsible
lue result always has been about the same.
A LITTLE riKCE OK HISTORY.
Let me give you. bv way of illustration, a little
pl> ce uf historv. beiore 1 commenced tne nren
ara lou of my annual Message o. 18J0 I nad learned
euouah ol CdUai mismanagement to be satisfied
tnat a uh.mtru in tr.e tneo existing itt,\s wu* desir
aoi ?, i> not an aosolut-necessity. 1 had couvt-r.
s..tious with several prominent men, ex-Governor
Seymour among others, in the Executive Chamber
He was in lavor oi tne abolition of m*
contract system for oidinarv repairs a
return to the superintendent a>aicm
the superintendent to ne appointed bv the
Canal Hoard, and ol the general policy or
giving power and re?ponsioiiuy to tnat board. He
also av <r<-d the reduction of His views
were tu accord in rhoae matters trim inv own I
reeomuieuded ihein all substantially io tne Leila
la ft're, ask.ug tiat discretiouarv power to i'ie
tullesi extent permitted by the constitution over
Hie canals be confeireil upon tnat Board, to toe
euti thai it might adopt the oe-t plan ?.r combina
tion i i plans possioie. It seemeu to mi mat a
Board oi winch uot only the ? anal Commissioner*
but the Lleutenaut tioveruor. Comptroller. Se<>
retary oi State, Attorney General. Treasurer and
?ia;e hngmeer were members, ougut somehow
an lonir as under the consii ution we rouid not
have a single nea I. do the b -at thing possible lor
the State and lor ihe cauuis. At that time mere
was .ernral dissansiactiuu with tne contiact
ay stem and with tue Canal Commissioners' inar.
aaim-at. Uoatmeu, lorwarder-, ail persons hav
ing bu.insss uu me cauais, were ion i in ilieir com
piaiut*. The l.eg.siature passed a bill substan
tial, y In accordance with my recommenJations.
Chapter 45, Laws of 1S70. in 1871, one year aiter.
alinoiwh ev lytniug appeired to be working
pretty well, wuat was kuown as tne Harrteuburk'ii
i>iii w,.s introduced ana passed, wit.i omy two dis
senting votes iu eacp house, i'nis was an act - to
uboiisu the omce of aupenntend-ut and to irlve
additional powers io me canal Commissioners.''
Ac. seuator Lord und ott?er prominent well
ku .wn canal uieu atrongly urged na passaire as
well as my approval oi It. tx-uovernor So niuur
tavored tnis tun also. n was in direct
Oipoaition to and Id eflect lepeaied
the I ?w of 181u, I vetord it for rea
sons tneu stated. I understand that >enator Lord
has introduced a similar bia this year, l have
mentioned ih<?se facts to illustrate now rap^iv
chai.g 's t>. canal policy are attempted, and how in
a ??iort time, the views oi men, even as aoie and
expeneiit ed as ex-Govcrner .^eymour. ehantre. in
ls;o the lault wa? oelieved to ne witn the Canal
Commissioners to a gieat extent. Now ihe cr? is
against met ana. Board and the superintendents
My idea is there is fault and blame ail around hs
theie must always t>? where the managing Dower
Is all body and no head.
WHAT Ot'UHT TO BE DONE.
00Vh""!'dl7,Ut d? ,0U tu# ^ralatnre
answer?Ther ought promptly to propose an
amendment to the constitution, changing the
whoie system ol canal management. I am aorry
to na*? to reier to my previous dec.aratioa. but I
told you in the beginning j nave notning new to
say in 18,2 I recommend'-d ail amendment, not
a new idea, or any means, providing lor a auner
iu:euderit of ptioiic ?otks, to be app unted t>? tne
Governor and Sena'.a. who should nave charge of
tnei canals. in him would oe concentrated power
aiid responsibi.ity, mid it is accountability to the
GoTeriior would be direct. Tne Coinuiissiou ai>
pointed to revise tne constitution r-ported ?urn
an amendment to me Legislature, abo.ismng me
office oi canal comiuis- oner, provniin,' ior tne an
poiniment and rem val ?f the .-unerin I
undent of Public noraa, and giving' nun
nu ar certa n restrictions. p ,w^r over
tne canaia. ln.?t ammdmcnt waa never permit
ted by t,,e Legislature to go to toe peopie lor
their approval, insrirw 0i recnt de*eioi.meD?s
tje sooner it Is sent to the people thenener.
Meantime i~t tne Legtsiatur pass the 'Hans
pill, or some otner bill, ior temporary reiief
likely to me t the apptoval of th^ <? veruor. who
has as mucn as any man in the state mate the
canai question a stuuy, and who is thorough!* m
earnest for reiorm. senator M iddaa lias, i sCP
recently reintroduced tne proposed cobstitutionai
amen.imeat in tne >euaie. and I mink Mr. Seward
h?s in inc II use, out am not ceriain.
LiTtza.N?Wn re do vou locate tne biarae in tne
matter of swelling contracts to such en rmoua
Cost beyond the contraet puces ?
AnswRR?Wait ior the report of me Governor's
Cotnmiss.on. I p ,n the lacis pre-ented the people
will judge lor themselves.
TIIK |N?I'd?T(?a "F PfHMO WORKS.
( rnxEN?w riat do you think oi tue proposition
to liavf an Inspocior oi Puolic Wotks appointe.l
by the Gov rnor to investigjt^ and report?
Asswkr?I can see no nood objection to a Dill
w i. en authorizes tne Governor to appoint nia own
agent or th.-pe,' or?an i tuere are very many rea
a,,u? i i i,?vor ol it?to examine, irom tim>' to
tune, the public works ot the r>i ite. a* well as lis
prisons an.I charitl s, wu.i a view to satisfying
tne Governor as to tneti actual Cuu
union. constitutional officers oi th<?
State char^ei win imnortant ?) u tl-^a might
e sensitive aocut , elug inspected by a
.overnoi s ?ppoint.-e, wherr fhev wotmi we c me
ne t.ovi-rnor unusei . hut the Governor luniseii
in t go; and nn inspection, con m ted, as it
houui ue, by hi* repi eseutative. ou rht not to be
?ti nsi?e to any honest puolic oillecr or cob
ii? utid;? inilL0 .ill!?I''1 n'inent kifea me Governor
?'?. t y f- blu,t "ll' """ irnmetiscly to
us i. <p us?r?ui?y. So man wno lears tue lesponsi
iiti) will want the i,?wer oi appointiuent ii
ow. xer. ha>. w e he tr about canal in.uusa u the
itvat> rions power hnd ituinenee oi what h called
Marii l t1? Itrn*' my 1Mr |H *nt iMPfcror
litt^cil will n* c*i it nacmmtn i?eiorc nt 11**
raversed liali me .enjftti oi the towpath.
.. TH>: removal Kill.
iti/.EN?Whai <lo tou tnink til tne proposition
to give the (JoTerror power to remota 9taW
officers'
asswkb?1 <10 not Mf that there t? mar proba
bility oi me Legislature p.using ?ur auca measure
applicable to tnr ?tate officers generally and some
of tne piaus propose.i in place ol it are not free ol
objections. lue subject ol tne appointment and
removal of State officers is one upon whicu 1 long
a;u expressed m.v aecidcd views, aui t&ev are
unchanged. itiey we p sta-ed iu my aunuai mes
sage o! madil in contemplation of retirement
Uom office, l Kiio.N tuey are not popular with the
politicians. i hat in uotning to rue. s>o uo saj
ibev are not democratic. 1 believe tney are right
an I Will, in time, prevail. 1 mu?t speak decidedly,
even at tue risk ot appearing iv<t over modest, i
don'; believe an the wisdom of the state wai
exaaa-teu in the pre nation oi tue couvi
tuti u 1846 or embodied iu tae Convention.
ju> recommendation in 1ST- was ior tue appoint,
ment oi alt the ??'tate officers i?xcept tn^ Trea?
urer) by tne Governor gnu aeua:e, to be rernov
able by tbe Governor lor cau-e, so as to males bu
le.-pousi .?,> > for tne good management oi affairs
complete, i'he idea was mat the state govern
ment snouid > e luruied on tne model ol itie leder*
government?tn? .-state uiilcers forming the Dover
uor's Oabiuet, just as u.e secretary oi State, and
Treasury, ami lu'.eiior and Attorney General, Ac.,
form the President's Cabinet. On these recom
meudations, waicu were partly but not wiuliy re
sponded to by the t'nn-titutioual Commission,
s. tue po.ltici.ins raised 1 lie cry of "contrail,
aaiion" auu "one man power," at.U you know
a cry is a great thing in polities. If It wai
??centralization," we have been llviDg un
der a centralized government at Washington
for 100 years. So no leading men, who did not
join in the cry, h-id tr,r-a- peace altogether, and
tue prop sltioiis w?re oeieate l. Tne amendmeat,
as reported uv the Co .mission, was not per
muted in tbe Legislature to iro to the people, i
believe uow in giving tno power or appointment
of state officer^ to the Governor and senate, and
to tbe Gtveruofttie powet ol lumoval ior cause.
1 oenevu iu coupann me tw > i owors, out not in
se; aiatiU'/tuem. n constitutional ,>rate officeri
act be elected i > v the people ler. tlieiu oo ac
couutabi" to the people ? r bo lmiieac eti o? thoir
representatives, oi i>e tried oeiorc some properly
constituted triounal. i do not believe in hall one
thing and iiau auotuer?a unlou oi two discordant
systems. 1 believe, however, in giving the Cover
nor, under curium circumstance, a power oi ?us
pensiou. Tue urea' mistake in connection witD
government ia tua men are ail the time devising
some plan to uiau ige pubnc affairs which, to
private business. would tie reje ".ed at once ..s in
utter violation of uli sound business principles.
1 cau see plainly now tmu there is a tioaeral feel
ing tuat some sort oi a law inu-t be passed to sat
isfy a pubuc demand, liveryoodv is say'iug
"someiluug mini be nouo.'' and tliedanger is thai
souiutnmg wnl be uone wnicn somebody will soma
day be steamed o . Tout is always up: to oo iu?
case in umesol i>ollti -al as wcl> as Uuauctal panics,
l.et ail meu recollect that laws suouid
be foundet on principle, be well con
sidered and intended io Use long enough
at least to give tne pe. pic a liule onunce to re
spect t: em. Laws -nouid not bo enacted for one
day or for one Governor. 1 ku w Governor I'll
dcii's ability and s.gacity. and. irom recent news
paper reports oi fiia viiws, hardly oeiieve ne cares
inucit about Having tbe power o, ietuo\al. 1 may
be ail wrong in my nnpre??ious, but 1 iiilnlt uo
sees that ui<- puonc sea tun nt ia arous >d ami that
lie leels lie has in- inorai power. wtictMi' he gets
any morj legal power or aot, to accomplish sao
stantiaily wiiai ue started lor. 1 am woil aware
tnat so.ne tbiuiis i have ?ai i are not in u it mony
with what appears to be t;ie goueral current of
public opinion iu my part * or out oi u. Tnat u
notning to me. You a-Ked ior my opinion, uoi
0 her people's. 1 speak as a pr.vatc cuizeu autf
for inyseli oniy.
NEW VOKK CITT.
CirizKN?What legislation ?iu :ou tntnic is needed
lor Susy Voric cit.\ ?
a.nswtit?l don't know. Irery one wh - knows
or cares about my views h.uo\? that 1 have
always t.eeu in lavor of ntiuugt:;euiu.i the M?yor
as n>e responsible nesd ol tne goverumeu. it u
an amusing liiustratiou oi political incon-isteucy
that a Bood many men wno -tr ngly lavor thia
jirm tp.e wuen applied to the Mayor u New Y'o.t
cry out '*ceuiraii/.auo.i and one man nower"
wiien you talk of ?ppi>in^ it to t.ie Governor o|
tne State, in regard to city aff.urs 1 nave onij
to repeat wnat 1 have >ai i over au i over agiiu
in j a?t years that, no g<u government cat
be secured uuKss it sn^>i have a responsible
head, in whom snau t e vested snexecuuve power
and to whom, as tue elected representative of tut
people, all department's charged w.t 1 adminisira>
live duties shad be directly t?->, on-lt^e and ac
coautab e. 1 oehevo tins to oe t tie very ionana
tK n stone 0 a good ninn cipal govern meut.
Kow : liavo talked a it a you too Km*, lam out
01 political U.e and back iu my law office auu aou'l
want to give auy more < piuions except proiea
Moual ones, except alter due auu sufficieut const
aeration.
THE PAPAL ENVOYS.
The Papal Envoys did not venture far from tb?
Cardinal's residence yesterday, except in Uu
morning, when they went to St. Gabriel's charcfc
In Esst Thirty---.^ ent i street, where Mgr. Ron
ceitl and Dr. L'oaldl each celebrated a mass. To
day th?y win remain at nome. preparing to da
part ior Baltimore on Wednesday morntug. Toej
win remain in tne Monumental city until about
Saturday next. Arc .bi op Uaile. will accotn
pany tuem to tnis ci v. as the date tor the cere
mony 01 investing Cardinal Mcciosltcy with mi
scarlet rot<e- an 1 Derrrua nas oeeudednite.y nxca
upon next lucsday, tne JTiu .nst.
A SACRILEGIOUS THIEF.
CACOBT BOBBING THE FOOD BOIES AT ST.
FATBICX'li CATHEDRAL.
During the past six uiouilis trie poor bozna at
St. Patrick's Cathedral bavo been roabe l dauy b)
corn? unknown pera u. suU althougn tae police
have been watching the? constantly (or lumi
time no clew wan obtained to tne tuiei until last
niklit. The disc very o( tne pilfering wua mad*
by one of trie trustee* ol tbe cf.urcn Onding aoiue
gum or other giuunoua buosiauce on ineiida ol
tae boxes ami also ou some ol tboir conteuts, and
l<e ordered tbe:a to be watcicd or a person coa
nected with the cnurcu, wmcn was don#, but with
out success, althougu the box s were o.ten
comp.etoly eroptlea ol tacir contents. II
w*s tlnaiiy determined to acqujint Capiaiu Allaire
or tne Fourteenth pre met wub tne la -t. on near
log tbe cuso Hie Capta n detailed officer Jaw#
liart ol bis command to woric it op. ant u po*
sine arrest me aacruegioaa t.uei. >ince tne
oUlccr na? been dc A.ieiai tue ciiurch tu? edi
Ece lias remained p n every i!i>, irotn an early
iiuur in tbe morning uutu a late one at iitgnt,
on account ol us beiug <>ue o. tne eburonei
to oe visiteil by Catuoica during tne j ibiiee.
Last nignr. about seven o'ci xts. lie mooeetled 10
catch, ua tii- tuie. tu tue act. aart v*a? stationed
at tne rear >>t tue altar. on tbe mui
berry street side 01 tbe n^uMtug, and who
a pair o: o?>eia glasses, as abie t.. wa cntui
boxes on tne Mutt street side U'looserved by any
one, unu it ?.is in tin.- manuer be Or* sighted ma
tuie . Captaiu Allaire was a>so a ir*qno:it rttuof
at tbe Cathedral. au-l rails compiu. with the
officer at tne time h ? o iserveu ine robber
wun bis glass A plan wn ineu set lor >ua cap
ture, and laptam A1 aire went out 01 tue itifc
berry street entrance only to enter tne one 10
Moit street, m mat no on" could escape, lu m?
meatuime office.' Hart, being attlreu in citizens'
c.utue-. wcut (io?\c a suit ai-ie. and ou tne
entrance ol tbe Captain arrested the long
lookea-fjr and expert ro< i>er. auu escorted i.un
to 'lie stition nou-e ia Mnit> try street. w tere i e
care bis name as August itirtu. nod said
nc had no n<>ine. Ho was t>ieu searched, aud
tin ee long pieces of liar shale.,on! ??*re souud
mudcn in nis i.at, a ?m,a> bottle, containing
a m - mucilage, was loauu in one o bta pockets,
and |.i in leu ceut ? auit s were lo nut u on r11
p. r?on. ai 01 wmcn *cre besmeared wuft tba
gum. lie was locaei up. anu win ue takeu to
court to-day. The mno in. ol money #unp>?ed to
have beeu sio. u oy tae canning Intel is anout
$600.
THE BRYANT BENEFIT.
At. a meeting of members or tbe press, held at
Wallace's Theatre yesterday, tor tbe purpose ot
co-operating witb tbe luauageis in iue proposed
benefit on Thursday aiternoon, tbe .*?th lnaf.. 14
the family ot the late Dan Bryant, the loilowing
resoiati ns were uBanimoaaly adopted: ?
Renolved, That svin.i h-ame l 01 the ?uaden and oa
tl?h?iyilestb.>t Mr . a:i trr.1.1,, mit uif lunhcr tact
tnat ln< iamti? are let. *1 boat a le.,u?ie ( "cuniarr reli.
an e. snd rcm'iii Titu the rar ? ? 111 an 1 m mv
lar ai> 1 ai t site sr.i'- ? ? >! llio friend wh ?. oi 111 iry me
reflect aud * Hone desill *c 111.1u.it. mid iei iiii/iaa
ino >i.nat i>r prietv or the mov.mem imti ued
l>r Mr. riryaata fellow Iiutna<<>r?, H is m-renf
resolved tliat tne jir-?? >.r V< ra h a.tilj
w.npilliis' situ t!i? eitiieavor ol the mauaxeri
tii si I Mr. BrTsnt'i am iy v .1 aerie* ot ls>n?slt per
rorniaiicea and will do ati ia their sphere te turiber and
enhance the Mine.
i.e* :vei|. > h.n we tender on-eor-lisl (vmpatby to Mr
Hi vant < family eu i our nearly co-operauou to the inaifr
sirer. and
He solve.1. That the pres? 01 me enuntrs sre reqnetted
to lend their tuuucnce t.. the suoeana ji the iirraut t>ene
?ta.
A committee was appointed to consider the ad
visibility 01 arraiiritu a sujipl-mentury ppr!?rui
nn.-e, to bo givca 011 no* evening 01 tne -ivKti tusk
It is understood that m in> 01 the actors, smgeri
atid arti-is wno ar?* unaule lo apptar it the reg.
ulur uiatiut e per or iunccs wilt tender tn-?ir aer
vices l r this entertainment, und t unc who are
di'Urous o viiiunteciing ^re requested ui couiian
nicate with lio ?ecretar.r.
Mi. F o>d, ol iu? Arn la ment Committee, cama
be utt tne meet n>{ an i repieseat?d mat ibe ar
rau/emeti i i tbe man.i^er* wore uei g rapioiy
completed; that 11* pro/ra>ant ?.* ai tne Tatioua
tli Hti'?< w mi 1 soon >e an. oun ed. an 1 tnat tbe
managers are m need o. ptoes-ioaai attf to aoe
nn?> ei v cany out 1 - pio -'If in 01 operations.
Tue* re.ju -t tut i?i? ? dnateers ad ires> any ol
the metuoer-i ot tne Amu .u.*'?t 1 01a tnttce. can
aiatiiig mi Mr. H- Jarre", iioota'sf >>r. Wiliiaia
birch. >ati Kraticl-i'-? .n - '-is; ir. Wit,lam ?'??
ar., l atk Ibeatre. or r. M'. H. r'loyd. Mai ack'a.
'1 he Pre a . ouun::">e wi.l have tiu-ir pertuanenl
be.ioqnarter-< a: H'.ii.hck's rn itr\ fh^re ail
cotiuiiuuicatious siiou.d oeaidic?*ed to tbe eea
1 retarj.