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" t ? TBI INTERNATIONAL ttGffli] . * Tint Duy's Raring of the Amatrnn on Saratoga Lake. ROBINSON WINS THE JUNIOR CHAMPION. The Northwesterns Carry Off the Interlaken Cup. A VERY SEVERE CONTEST. 0* Jteptnnes and Arponaatas Drop Oat?The Beaverwyeks Distanced?Atalantas and Nnrth wPKt^rnR Vi<rht It lint to the Jliid. Saratoga I.akb. August 7, 1878. The fourth nnnunl international regatta, under the auspices of tho Saratoga Rowing Association, was Inaugurated to titty nnd proved in every respect as successful ns that which characterized the regattas of pre. Ulcus years on this lake. Though tlie number 01 entries toll somewhat short in soino of the races as compared with years gone hy, in others the uumbcr Uteri used. The contestants wero mora et^iitly mulched, possessed greater experience and displayed much more Skill and fuller knowledge of rowing than ihtir predecessors in former lulornatioual regattas. Kvrrything was done by tho Saratoga Kowmg Association to niako the regatta giicccsstul, umt l*lio officers ot the association deserve much credit lor tho manner in which lhey discharged tho task assigned to them, lu response to the Invitation Issued to the amateur row Ing clubs of the country to send representatives lor the various races eoutneralod on tho programme six Juniors drew Into line this morning to compcio fur the Junior Scullers' badge. 01 this hall dozen, Man, o( tho Argouautas; Robinson, of I'nion Springs, and Tompkins, of tho Wolvenhooks, bad rowed last year in tho sntno race, mid the other three?Rodgcrs, Magln and Cummins?have had comparatively little experience as scullers. The pairoired race for the Intcrluken Cup, a much coveted prizo, brought out tho Argonuutns, Atuluntas, Heaverwyrks, Neptuues nntl Northwestern, the lust named pair routing Irom tho far West to meet tne oarsmen I the Kar.t. Five judges, representing all tho contestants In tho lilfereni races, wero chosott and had their peers on the referee's boat. These gentlemen wore Waller Man, ' D( the Argoimutns; W. B. Hill, of the lleaverwycks; L (iudfrry, or the Northwestern; flcorjp liillenbatigh. of tlio Sho-wae-cae mette, and Mr. Kustis tor the Alalan- i lax, Iticlinrd I.. Nevlllo, of the Nautilus Clnb, was rof- ' eree; Mr. C. K. Dtirkoo, l'rosideni of the Saratoga ! ltowing Association, timekeeper; 1- II. Cramer, signa; oflieer, assisted by T. >1. Crane; A. W. Shepliord, Judge at the turning stakes, and Messrs. Williamson and Costar Judges at the finish. MKKOKK TrtK RACK At half-past ten o'clock the first gnn was fired, giving notice to the men to prepare. The water was In food condition at the time. A slight breeze rippled the surface, but not sulllcieot to disturb the water. ; There was every prospect, however, of the hrecse i springing up, and those who know Saratoga I.nkc admit that it frets itself into a fury on the slightest provocation. There wore lew people at ibis lime on the grand stand, those who bad come out to witness Hie race pretermit: to remain under the simile ol ibo trees in the grove closo by, us the sun was exceedingly hot. At ten minutes lo eievon tlio gnu nailing tlio men out was llred, and Ibn scullers began to make their ap penrahcc uuoinxnti, ot t nion springs, ana Jinn, or lite Argortautns, wore too hrst nut", llien camu turnminx, looking in elegant condition, wlih bin buck as brow 11 mx an Indian; Tompkins, of tliu Woircnbooks, i next showed up, uud Knugers, of ihc Atnlantss, wearing a big broau-leaicd straw, next drow up inlo line, and | took ilieir poxiiions a- given, numbering one Irani the grand stand, to await the signal to Mart, unit thus inaugurate the Urxl hay's racing of the fourth grand internal ion >1 regatta on Saratoga J.ika:? JI'.MOK XI'ILL KAl g. L K. 1L Robinson, Union Spring.-, ago 20, weight 130 Jb?., height .'i 10v 2 (?. K. Man, Argonauts, age 27, weight 165 lbs., height 0.001,. . K. Tompkins, Wolvenhooks, age 20, weight 139 lbx., height 3.UWS4. II. >V. Kodgers, Alalanias. age 27, weight ITS lbs., height 8 l*ii,. . Mo-had S, Cummins, Saratoga, age 21, weight 146 lbx , height ft. 10 ft. Joseph Magin, Waverley, age 2-1, weight 140 lbs., height 5.o" t,. TIIK RACK. The referee, after giving ttie men !ho caution to keep their own water throughout tlio rare, anil turning Irom port to -turbi ard, sent thctu oil with iho word tin." All eailghl the water together and Stnrtrd od. Robinson and Kodgerx were the llrsl to rut out Irotit the group, the third man being Tump, kiu?, Man ami.Mug n lowing pretty well together nml Cummins hrin 'tng up tliu rear. I his was tne position ol the boats at tlio nib ot tin- llrsl hall mile, hut Iho dilterrm e between the le idum hunt ami the hlnurrmoxi wax not more than two length*, liotunsott leading wax culling out the work for the Alxl nua in <n, who w as row ing w illi evident (one and lux stylo wax lie ginning to ted on him None ?l the men, w it It t lie c v. i'epiton ot Tompkins, wax rowing over thirty.lour Itokes, wlm, i o-Mblv, wa- going two siroki s holier uud holding Ills posllloll ill third place well. Cominins, at sls'tii the throe ijuartors stake, passed Mugin and was going lor Man, who wax pulling in excellent form and keeping lux position with louipkins, who was third at tins stage id the race. Tlio water hero was aomowlint rough, hut not of a character to inter,'crr with good -In .I boat rowing. Kol in-on got hall way round ito* stakeboat in "in. 35s ireni the .-tart, leuiling Kodgerx by five seconds, who wax followed pretty closely by fonipkfnx third. Km. Man fourth, Cummins, w it hail exchanged piaeve wmi .uagm, inin ami >1.15111 bringing u|> the rear. A* Minn an HnhiiiMin gut ntraighteec-i mil he 111 down to lit* work ..ml in crmwil Itu1 (balance between hitn-i-l( ami the Ataiania mail, who appear' il In ba laboring heavily 111 lua boat. Alter rowing aiiout a nuaricr ol ? mile irom the turning aiake the ?well inmi the aicnnhnit Mraily ix.-guii m liouhir 1 ho ti 1 aula frprcontalive ami thin. ' together W illi the liol poeo hi' hail rowrd al, told ou III ill and miii |" led II 1 m to atop. loinpkm-, loo, wan prarMng li 1111 hard lor nevond |><>M 11 on and Mali wan not tar behind, .tiler rowing ? lew -irokr* lurllier lie drew out el me rare and rj>w d aahore. j i>m|ikin? now went for K<?hi II-Oil, leavened I lie diainl'ee eoine beiween him and 1110 leader ami pulled a game race 10 the end Rob- , Ineon. lulling hi* o.iiv, awingtuc. t "tirmey's nirnko, however, va> loo lar ahead to l>o caught, ami yarned the llinah lllio the winner of the junior I wo mile race ol i the International Regatta. The following 1* ilie older tu vInch iho b",it* eaine in, 10.0 tiier w 11I1 ihe ume: ? .?/ .v 1. R. II. NoblinAn, I'nioii Spring* 1A ln?, 'L Tcmpkin*. Wolvenhook* ! '. lu.'t & It. K. M all, A r gonial a 1A An 4. M. S. Ciiiniiiinn, .Saratoga la Alt b. J. Magni, Wareriey li 16 Air. Itodgcrs did noi llniali the ton ran. run wia.iKHa?uixionv M .* 1ST3?T. K. Kealor id tin 1HT4?Ihivid Kuuctl It 24'4 1876?Jamei Kiley. 14 uu>, I'AIR OAKKtl M ten 1 Neptune*.?Iloherl l.ellman, laiw, age, ; 1 wc'Cln, lb*. ; height. . and 1 Hirer Johnson, alroko, age ?; weight, lh?. , height, . i Argonaut aW?Kd. Siiui ti, how, age, 27; weight, 13* lb*. ; height, ft.ttl t? and t red. f Kldrnt ntrone; age, 27; weigtii, ]Mi Ibr. , hcghi ,0; St Alalaula*?VV. N. l?owu?, how; age, 2... weight, 140 11m.; height, A.on, and John K. Kualin, itroke; age, 2R>, weight, 1M> lb*. ; bright, a 10',. 4. North weMorn.? It-liry Smith, Ik>w; uge, 2V; Wight, 1A4 lb* , uoighl, A. It. and J01111 Killorin, ! 11 eke, age, weight, 143 lb- , height. j.<w. 6. Reaverwyck. -J. f McCorftliCh, bow, age, 24; weigh'., 147 lbs. . it fight. 6 07, >mi r. J. ( orman, stroke; | ?g?, 27; weight, lis lbs. . height, i lu rut: n*i When the word 0o" was givn the live txnti went off evenly, and the at irt wa? ?* eve: a? I wax p--ihlo to luakc It. Karl/ III the rn to u.oniniui m l .w.s ' Untax began to show ihe lead and qnt . ompatiy w ih their competitors. They were puiiihg about thirty four otrokes a minute un-l making their boats go very rapidly through the water, which was a Utile lumpy. ' Tlia Ovorlhw esterns, pulling i more rapid stroke in i the first quarter, had drop|ied a tltllaa uciilnd, about two bonis* length'" In lip- nrai halt, were rowing | well witiiin themselves and sicoring an even course, although the/ had no rudder to their abal. The Beaeerw/aks and Woptunes were on a line, rown.g lairty | hut " idetitly not awininug stroke in this w hieh proeed to he one oi the Iwret tl not the oe?i pair-oared r?<-v ever * rowied in this country When lite half-mile stake was reached the Ncptmieg had Vnough ot it and dropped out, leaving the competition to tho Atalantas, .srgonaitus. Xortliweaterns and Iteaverwyeka, wlm were all lowing in the posit.one mined, with the Ala lanuu having it lead ol the Argonautas a half and tho Argonautas leading the Northwestern two lengths. At the mile aUke the water was pretty rough, the b re use having sprung up silica the pr< vious rac- and inade uie water lumpy, llefi.re reaching it tulle, however, the Worth waster ns had picked upon tho IArgvs and pasted them alter it hard struggle. The Argopautas were rigged rery low in l had no desire to go lurther. so alter passing the stake they ceased rowing and hauled out. I he race was how between the j Atalanins, who wero lead ug by alxoil five lengths, and the Norihwesierna, who were showing ttie way !vy nhout toe samu number o( Icog'hg to tho Wid ' m \ i' - - . , _ .NEW YORK Beavcrwvrks. Tp to the turning stake it wns a terribly hot rare, the Northwestern* increasing their stroke to thirty-eight ami lortjr ami !? -?? u111 < the distance between thent ami the Atalantas. llio Braverwycks tu Hie rear were pulling gamely hut droppiog beliiml. The Atslantu* commehceil turning in 11 in -'us, Irom the start anit Uvu seconds later the N'orlhwe-terns were al?o on the turn, the lleaTorwyeka shout twenty Ave seconds behind them also got straightened away lor home. Kitatia ami Downs, in the I Alalanlu boat wero doing tine work at about -'10 to keep the load, hut so steadily and surely wero the North westerns gaining on tliem nl every s'rokc, that I It hecamo evident that outrun the Alalattta men could put on * 'more beef," the Northwestern men wore going to catch them. Midway between the imlo and halt und mile buoys the Northwestern* "collared" the Aialanlas aud passed them liko a shot-. It | was a magnificent burst ol speed, ami m any wondered If it was possible It the tnen could keep It up. It was evident from this point that it was to lie a tnalcn race homo between the Northwestern* and the Atulaiitas. as the lleavorwycks wore pulling easily, satisfied that they had had enough. For a time the Atalantas seemed to creep op on their rivals, but th? Northwestern* would "hit their boat up" and draw away. Tins was tbo struggle all the way down, making one of the most magnificent ; and hardest fought pair-oared rues ever rowed on this I lake. Pulling their sharp, nervous stroke )ust as welt at the finish ng they Jld til the start, the Northwestern i men crossed the lino the winners of the three mile race for the Ititerlaken Cup. 1. Northwestern?itulth una Keliorlu?31: (?. :3 Ainhunaa?Downs ami Kustio, stopped rowing boloro erasing the 11 no?21 >42. 3. Heavrrwycks?McCormick and Gorman?not I timed. i^st wixnkki?pairs. . M. S. 1U73?II. I,am bo and R. I,nmb? lft 43 1S74?K. Smith and F. O. Kldrcd -1 ft'-^ 187ft?K. Smith mid F. E. Kldrod -1 i Nuts.?Tno distance of too double scull mco in 18 3 was only two miles. i-osito.s'KIIKNT or tilK dociii.C-aCt'l.t. hac.E. In consequence of ihv lurrriiKiiig ruusbues* of Iho water tlio doultle-scull raco was postponed until half pnst live o'clock in iho afternoon. At Hint hour tho water was still in an unlU condition for shell houl row. ing, so the rclereo still further postpouod it until halfpnst tlve o'clock to-inorrow, with Instructions to tho tnen to 4iold themselves lit readiness Iroin that hour until sunset. SARATOGA RACES. Saratoga, Aurnst T, 1876. The pool selling on Iho racos to-morrow Is very brisk to-night, and sales are very heavy. Tlio following are Ihe t)r?t pools on each of the four races to cotno oil:? Tho first, a dash of throe-qnariers of a mllo. Inspiration sold for $100; Freebooter, $70; Madge, $00; Faithless, $00; Gray Nun, $60; Iilalla, $06; Glasgow, $-0; Kouincy, $30; ltaiiibino, $7. In the Kentucky Stakes, a dash of a mile, twe-rcur olds, Combust wits first choice, $300; I.eonard, $3oO; Susquehanna, $135; I'uryoar ft Co., $110; Clove.rbrook, $ftfi; Frederick tlio Great, $;tr>; Dr. Hewitt's : eiilry, $3ft; Howie's lllly, $30, and Sislor to Hurry j Bassolt, $35. In Ihe Suinnier llandienp, a (last; of a mile anil it quar- I tor. Invoice wiut the favorite, selling for $300; MoHuti- ' lei's pair, $300; WWIock, $100; Odd Seeks, $38. In tliii Steeplechase Trouhlo sold mr $300; Coronet, $206; Resolute, |1(K); Osuge, floo, anil Stanford, $60. TOOL RALES IN THIS CITY. The various pool rooms in this oily were crowded with licit In j; mon Inst evening, anxious to invest on the rnoes to morrow, which open tho second meeting ol the Saratoga Racing Association. The figures below will convey a correct Idea of the estlmntlon in which the horses to contend are held:? at mohkishky's. J'nrtc $400. Ken tacky Stairs. Madge 76 McGralh 100 Inspiration .' 76 Lord lard 80 faithless 43 Holtnotil 60 Freebooter. 36 I'nryear *76 Gray Nun do Frederick tho Great.. 40 Malta .'id Clnbniuh 30 ltomney 26 Mcltamels 20 Gascon 20 Davis 16 Bambino 10 Howie 16 Total 343 Total 446 j ' Summer Handicap. Steeplechase. JtlcOauicl's 100 Trouble 160 ' Invoice 120 Coronet. 160 I Warlock 36 Resolute 66 j ' Odd Socks 30 .Stanford 36 ' Osage 30 : Total 285 Total 420 AT JOII.NFOX's. Part' $400. Kentucky Stake. Inspiration <H) Leonard. 00 Faithless 60 Lornlard 62 M.uIko 80 Belmont 51 1 Id,niu 70 C'lorubook 24 ( ray Nun 00 I'uryoar 20 Itomney 60 Frederick 10 Freebooter. 60 M ('.Daniel's 0 Ulnsgoo 20 Bower 12 Bambino. 20 Dr. llcwett. 10 \ Total 400 Total 260 Summer Handicap. S'erpteckate. Invoice 100 Trouble 150 j .McDuniels' 100 Coronet 120 i Warlock 40 Stanford 45 j Old Socks 10 Resolute 45 0?ajje 15 Total 260 Total 375 ] AT KKLI.Y A Hl.ISS'. Purse $400. Kentucky Stake*. Madge 100 McGruth 105 Inspiration 70 1'ierrc l.orillard 73 Faithless a 05 Belmont. 65 tlra.v Nun 32 Fury ear 45 Frcebooier 28 Clubuiigh 83 ldnlm 24 Field 60 I Knmnoy 24 I Field 12 Total 375 j Total 301 YACHTING NOTES. The Russian yacht '/.aria arrived at I'bilndclpbia 7tb , inst., from Havre. Ynclit Haze, Mr. II. A. Moll, from the eastward, arrived ell \t hllcstono yesterday mid tamo to anchor olT Ukrai.ii tclegrniih station. C14EEUMOOR. QCAMriCATION BtlOOTINO BT TIIF. FIFTH BP.I<UDK, HKCOND DIVISION, Jt.O.S.N.T. The Fifth brgade, Second division, Brooklyn, was well represented Creedtnoor yesterday by detachments trom th~ following regiments:?Thirieenth, lis men; Fourteenth, tif> m"n; Fifteenth battalion, (!!? men, and Twenty-nghtli regiment, KS men. Colonel 1 Joseph Burger, commanding the Twenty-eighth rogi i ment, commanded the detachments, and Major Jewell, Brigade Inspector of Kitte I'raetlee, supervised 1I10 ! firing. Surgeon F.ugcne itroux. ot the Koiirleenth regi 1 meat, was present 111 Ins oilicml -iipucity. i>n arriving , at Crctdmoor Cnplnin Steen, ot the Fourteenth regtinent, a veteran with hut one arm, whs appointed : olllcer id the day, and guard mounting was ordered ard 1 took place for tiio llrst time III Creedntoor. Shooting I was then commenced at 100 yards, 'ind subsequently ths ranges at ISO, 30o and 4oo yards were shoi oyer. | The qualifications 111 the first two ranges named to ; shoot at the last two were as lollow1 hirieeoth regiment, 4ft men; Fourteenth, dl; Fifteenth huilulio'i, ( 34, and Tweniy-eijtltiU regiment, 40 men. Ihelollo* 1 lug aro ino retire* ul J00 and 400 yard* distance:? TIIIRTKKMTII HKOIMKXT. .Sorifoant Moody W MTtfpanl Kellner . .14 i Private Join'*. -y j Corporal Kralpnimrsli -7 j Sergeant Crimm. private HalT M ' rvvKTBOTu aKuiaf.tr. Adjutant Smilli SI [ Private Moore. .. ?K> I rirTKKtTII IUTTAI.IO*. Corj-oral miner at ; T? K>TV Rill 11 Til It Kill M KIT. Sergeant Swgel Qti irterinaator i-erge.-inl l.ttlle .17 l villain Heerrtt i'7 | Sergeant lluminei <>4 \ Sergeant AihIir S8 ; M n< r Will Sllfgeon lir nil ?4 I I o.or >ir.i- lit nhornier '- > A In.ivy iiinnilprnturin, nrrotnpiinlrd by fe.trlul ! lln.?hi'? '<t lightning, broke out Crecdiunor -i> ihr troop* ?'fo niching their irnro at llio 400 yar.it range The lightning *iruck a lelegnpll pole, splitting I it in urn, ami .1 ?.i duni.iged the corner of the railroad depot t?i 1 -l.gbt en. ni The monotony O! ihe home ward trip * a- broken by a private in company K, Fourteenth regiment, who tired tin piece through the open window >: a ear While t'.ijoi .Irwci. w.m endeavoring to u-certain who tired the -hot he observed the enlprtt remote ihe exploded alifli Ironi the breech ot hit gun, and promptly .r'.endti:? ario-l. A private In the I Thirteenth regiment. wn.i ?a- a it 11 ng opposite the r an and who reln-ed to ?\r whether he situ the shot I flred or not, a a* a.ao arre-tcd. BASE BALL. The eirhth game ol the rhaupmn^ilp >erios between tha Po'ton* and Athletics, played ye-terday at [lostoh, j roanltcd as tollowa:? ixsim*. 1*4. 2't A4. 4ft. Aft OM. TfA. SfA. 9fA. Athletic. S u o ti 11 4 0 0 0? It Hot In 11 0 < ;t 0 1 o * 0 0-- ? 1 The Hartlorria were defeated by the Uttlnah ya-lrr day at Hartford by the following ?, are.? Hsiao*. laf. 3.4. 41*. MK A't. T't. *14 !?'A. Hartford 0 o 0 0 tl ) 1 0 tv- 1 Mutual. ........ 0 U 0 ? 0 0 o 1 l The game at l.ou'?rille yeaterdav l>etween 1I14 Chicago* andl.out<v c? re-ulled in lavor ol the n?rni?r by the .olkiwtng aeore ? # issisn*. lar. id n. ilk. UK aft T't. ?'/< Oft. Chicago 1 f? ii 0 II 0 A 1 0? fl )A>ui?vii:e 0 1 o 0 d 1 0 o 0? a To day the Hartford* and Athletic* p ay at Hartford, Cincinnati* and f'hieago* ul Cincinnati antf Louurillcs and ak Loma at Lotinrilta, : HEKALD. TUESDAY. A THE CAMPAIGN ! I3olitical Situation in Stato and City. THE GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST. How the Democratic and Republican Slates Are Made Up. The next important topic to the Presidential election In tho context for Governor in thla State. In a little over two weeks the republicans will have placed their ticket In ibc Held at Saratoga, whilo tho democrats fling their banner to the brec/.e a short ttuio afterward. Ax tho ides of November draw, near the democrats gather hope of a certainty of enrryiug this State, 11 will requiro vigorous efforts and a sudden revolution of public nund iu many of tho country districts If this result doe* not coino to pas*. As au organizer Uovcrnor Tildeu i* unsurpassed In tho political tystory of the country. Ills agent* arc now at worn everywhere, not alone In tin* rilaic, but In every State of the Union. Kuril election district will be canvassed, a* far as pamphlet, voice and pen can do the work eOecitially. In the la<t election for Governor tho people witnessed a political chungn which few could anticipate. General Dix hod b"on chosen Govornor In the fall of 1872 by a majority o( souio 60,000. The figure's wcro completely reversed two year* later. The rotums from tho ballot boxes of the entire .State showed llio following:? Tlldon 418,391 Dix 388,078 Tliden's majority 60.1117 Democrat* claim that the snmo Influences nro at work to-day, slid more inienstilod than when "Uncle Sammy" emorgod from hi* fight with tho r.ng thieves and buckled oil hi* armor anew for a bout with the Centennial Dix. llolorin was then the watchword. Surely such a buttle cry must now Aero easily ronch the heart* ol tho masse* sluuo tho corrupt names of Ileikuop, liabcock. Knbcson and other* have been cmblazoned on tho ban nor ol our republican national ad- ' inlnisirution. TIIB IIKCl'lll JCAK OI TMIOK. 1 lie mixed sime of tho republican can vase nl*o gives heart to the democrats; It m undeniable thai tho party or "high m >ral Ideas" Is completely at sea in this Stale. The enemies of Mr. Co'nkling achieved a victory over that brilliant statesman at Cincinnati, and they now uudertako to push tho war right ioio the clt.iao! of tlio "l>loml Senator." Wheeler's notnin tlion for tho Vlco Presidency, engineered and curried through by Conkllug's enenuos, was a severe blow at the political prestige of the latter gentleman, as far as the control of New York State is concerned. Thencomes to tho troni the ollv Feuton, with cat-like step and soft manners, lie hus been lott out in tho cold lor some tnno. Ho now proposes to arraign tho power that has left linn lor several years quietly enjoying tho luxuries of country life ai Jamestown. That inimitable instructor iu good breeding and elegant manners, George William Curtis, swells the hosts of republican relorincis, whilo the 'Cnion League stands approvingly behind and puts the distinguished oditor en the buck. Senator William 11. liubcrt.^in, Irom his farm in Westchester county, looks cureluliy over tho Held, while his nervous colleague, I ho "Buld Kaglo" <d I hut locality, Major General and ox-Speaker James W. Hasted, dances around the outskirts, watch- j ing lor an opportunity )<> lire oil his sharp politleul mitrailleuse whenever occasion oilers. Both these dis- I linguishcd Westchester lights voted lor Blaine at Cm iiinull when they got anything Iiku a lair chance. 1'hey stand w;ih their battalions in the centre ol the laltleUeld, colors Hying, druir.s beating, sabres flashng, ready lo move en cither sine ot the enemy's works | whenever victory is assured and the Kehcrisou- j lu-lcd Hag can bo far advanced In tho political fray. From Ithaca is walled the name ol Mr. Andrew D. iVhlto, President ot Cornell University,, as a cominnniKe candidate lor Governor. Tlic curious statenent goes lorth that Senator Conkllng wishes to shelve \. 11. Cornell to innka wav for the university sage. n.it punnnt l>ti i,n?ul liln ' 11' Mr IWnall u-Jnlt >... nomination as Tar as machine power ami the "usages o( he party'' go he is certainly entitled to It. Uo is tlio aitliltil lieutenant who has ever promptly unsheathed Ins glittering aword to strike down the op|H>nsnts of Ins Iricnd t'onkiing. At SyrncusA ho was invincible; it Cincinnati tic stuck to hie colors until the very last moment, when the Convention nroke aud wont over lo Kiilherlord II. llayos. The new rigim? wants to crush him. The wur-worn veterans, the politicians who have practically guided the republican helm in cily and Stale lor years stand by him. What will lo the result? Kveuisof tlio Jild or -4tli ol August at Saratoga can alone answer. tin the crest of this wave of rebellion nro carried the names ol K. D. Morgan mid William M. Kvarts. Hut ! It Is said that the latter gentleman will not accept. | As lor .Mr. Morgan, oil aud water cannot mix very well, neither can the Iriends of tho "inilhonnaiic merchant" i and tlio Conk ling army. The republicans ol this Stale cannot, therefore, : bo clnssed particularly ns a "happy latnlly." They j must heat the Jong roll," close up the ranks, centralize their force-, shoot down deserters, harufoiiize with the i Ulaiitleclcd, or tlio smoko of November's baltlo will lind litem, envelope lliein as a boa I en host. A rumor i comes from Washington that Senator Conkling Intends ' to take the Held in pcr-ou in command ol his forces, such a leadership must 1111 use intense enthusiasm ; along the whole line. His llory eloquence would wako up the lethargic and encourage llio wavering. Whether Mr. CunkliOg intends to head the Stale ticket himself or not iiis presence would act like magic among his followers. As Sheridan broke headlong through tlio Valley, he might rally ilie scattering republican army and hear U hack in solid phalanx against tho eominou enemy. The 60,000 majority ol Samuel J Tildcn In 1S74 might thus be reveled, but it will require herculean labor on the part ol ihe senator and his Iriends to 1 mass the repuhlu an iorr.es in tins Slate ho that no desorters will ho louftd going over lo the camp ol tiio enemy. rns nrwocnxrir sum. Nothing positive; i? known as to the lucky individual who will carry oil uic democratic nomination for Governor. I'nder tho amended . constitution tins olllonil will be elected next November lor ihreo years, Willi u salary ol (10,000 per annum. Inrrea-rd powers urc also coulorred upon the .-Hato Kxocutivc, which : make the office on the issues of political power lar inoro ] desirable than formerly. Mr. Miinlou Marble's candidacy Is vigorously pushed | by a largo body ol Inllnenlial citizens, The press in I dillcrent parts of the Stale and country speaks out I enthusiastically lor him. 1 hero is no doubt be would ! prove nil able Kxoruiive. The (initio ol Comptroller ' Andrew II Green lia- also lieen canvassed wall con- | sHlornnle warmth durliiR the past week in Ibis cliv and i throughout the entire State. Mr. Green's friends ! claim that he would he Ilie strongest man his party coulu nonunsie. Willi a relorm record and recollections hi tho public mind ol a t>r11 I nt light with ring llucves and politicians it is urged Hint votes from all 6idcs would rally around him aud carry him on the high tide ot success. In connection with Ins candidacy either for Mayor or Governor ilgures arc brought forward to prove ilie gentleman's slrmglli in till* city. The strongest evidence III those statistic* is ilio taxpayers' vote, which, it is alleged, wilt i o li cast lor Mr. Green. Tits city lax liooks exhibit the following:? Number or inxpayet* on real estate ti2,2'?3 Number of taxpayers on personal estate........ ft,Mil ijiiiik ciini- ZO,l?UU | Total 117,811) j It is now arguod, w nil astrong scmhlntir.a ol truth, that Mr. Green will receive, irrespective ?t )m>i11icttl opinions, n loll toio of tin* el.i.-* ol cUi/.rns, Winch probably amount* <o about id. OKI , Mr. Olarksnn N. I'ott r. formerly member of Congress. is also a sirong candidate. II resides next door to Governor-Tilden. ami is a lawyer by profession, lie is a gentleman ol In rye means, standing "i | tlio (rout rank ol Ins party, tiovernor Scy- . inour and Judgo t hnrch are, o course, outside ol any calculation, l.ulcnl advices, however, scorn to narrow down the con tost between i I.uclit* Robinson, Stale Comptroller, and Andrew II. j Green. Mr. Kobin.-on was lormerly a republican, and elected on that ticket in lstil. lie went over to ttio itbcrai rcpuldicans witli llorslieimrr unit gthers when Grant's admin ?tral on became too corrupt lor their approval Mr Kotunsoft live* in Klmira, and is strongly tracked by Secretary ot Slate lligelow. T.nst , fah lie was p.accd upon the democratic state ticket lor ; Comptroller, and was chosen with his colleague, Tho I reform Interest also points iowum Mr. Kolnnaon's I selection, hut Mr. Green'* partisans state that he has ] behind hmi 0x1,000 pi capital in this ctfy slone. I while the banking interests, savings institutions and j oiher imporiHiit elements cannot lad to oonte to his abl. , . the nkuoctatie state cojimittee. To tiny tlie Democratic Stalo Comniiltco will assemble it snra oga. Their jirincipal business is to designate ? dale lor lio. ling the elate Umtvenlmn. It is understojd that Albany will bo the plscch inuwi, ami tho hrst week in September tho date. TaMMSMV axp asti-jrSMMAST. Overtures have tienn made by c 'Main politicians in Tammany Hail, elarming to reprcscot Mr. .lolin Kellv, In leaders ol the alili -Tammany King of the democracy a itti a view in union ol interest* at the com og e|ecii.tu The .nti r.imminy part* is now principally controlled by Judge liulicr II. Bixhy and li|s urutlier the Senator. 1'bo tnnin question arise* w ln-iher t|n**o serum* will i>c swallowed, or whether the larger ass ot v ters in this city arrayed against Tammany i in Ik* induced lo go in with that close corporation lor ths sake of stew nilicea. The plan explained to the IInasi b nrprrsuntal-ve hv some of the prime movers is |., gt\r> .inn. f un many the County l.'lei kslllp, one third of the Alderman, two ol the Congressmen, one of the Coroners .not six ol the A-saettiiilvinoii. Much a combination insy '.ook well at the Itrst glance, but will it work, s Tho .mlignnlion of a large class of citizens against tho machine power of Tamn.any still remains. Dip same hiundurmg, obstinate loadership manipu'ntei tbe wires. Tho satno corrupt influ I'GUST 8, 1876.-WITH SU ernes disgrace and control certain of tho city departincnta under Tammany rule. The same men who shouted (nr Twocd in many of tho districts now about as vigorously tor Jnlm Kelly. Are tbe voles of tbe Independent masses to bo thus traded away at the nod ?f a lew scheming politicians f The compact may be entered into between Judge H.xby on the one side and Mr. John Kelly on the other: but will tbo people ratify the unholy alliance at tbo ballot box ? llelore such a combination m consummated would it not bo woll to do away wltn the obnoxious foaiuros of Tarn ninny's odious administration T Tho "one-man power" must bo abolished, the Tammany Soaiety must meet with open doors, men In the organization mast bo allowed to express tbc.r Independent opinions without the tear of John Kelly's lush or Fooquior Tinvillc Boyd's smelling committee; owners of liquor stores and dance houses must he taken from heads of committees; respectable citizens must not be ignored in the direct working ol the party simply because they are rcepertablo; prolessional wirepullers who huve latteucd for years on the money of the people must give way to men of brains and honesty. This is the only successful plan or union between Tammany and anil-Tammany. Then let the name u{ "Tammany" be wiped out' altogether. It Is ? byword ol corrtipliou throughout tbo country. It has been identilled with the worst public robberies of tbe ago. The "coadjutor of which the people might bo proud, "* alluded to by Mr. John Kelly at I'lien, simply means a repetition ol Tammany with its worst features of centralisation, ostraciafti and tyranny. tim comliln ations for 0kkic1. A list ol nil the otllues to lie tilled In tbe city and county ol New York at tho coming election was published In the IIkrami on iIm 3<Jth ulu Tbe anxiety of thousands of di-intrrestcd statesmen to occupy these fat places grows stronger as the lime draws near lor making iho nominations. Another important olUco may now lie added to the list?ttiat of Judge of tho Superior Court, in place ot Ciutidjua I,. Monell. Governor Tildeu has the appointment of a successor nntil the 1st ol * January noxi. There are hosts ol candidates, among them J. J. Frcodraan, Nelson J. Waterbury and Joseph J. Murrin. It is given out that Mr Abram S. Hewitt, Chairman ol the Nullonal Democratic Committee, will not be a c inilulato lor re election iu tho 1'enih Congressional 1 disirict. Tammany proposes io present the name of General F. II. Spinola, who resides in this OistricL * i,allok am) politics The question of -laborers' wages and furnlsh'ng work for the unemployed must necessarily prove important Issues in the coming campaign of this cltv mid State. l.dM UICCIIOII ? lit" QU )IVI UUt IPtUU Willi UIIC Ul 1IIH evetillul straws which broke the back of lam many Hall, That ibis is siiII a vital Issue nobody can doubL Tim laborers cannot gel Ii out ol their bruits that Tammany Hall is turn-thirds responsible lor thin reduction. Wiiciher the reduction was a just movement, in view ol ilir peculiar duiness ol trade, it is needless now lo inquire. The fata is patent, however, Hint the bitter pill has not yet been swallowed by the laborers and i mechanics ol New York city, and they will attain go to the ballot box with dire vcngcnuce ranklint; In their bosoms. Mr. John Kelly .and bis Tammany sulollitra ultcmiited to above oil tbo responsibility, but they did not succeed. "My enndtdale," William H. Wick bam, presided at the tnoetIng where the resolution reducing the poor men's pay Irom to $1 tin per day was nassed. Hid Tammany oiler resolutions condemning the Mayor? Not at ail. I "My candidute" could not be touched, as he had been j placed in the oxeculivc chair by "Ito-s" Kelly, ltut ! Joint .Morrlssey sympathized with the wnrkingtiiQii, i subscribed Ins money to their meeting at the Cooper Institute, und lor litis ho was expelled Irom the wigwam by Mr. Kelly. Will the workingmeu soon forget this treatment? Then wo also have Salem H Wales (wuo ran to accommodate Mr. Wickham on the republican ticket lor Mayor in the fail of lsT4) present at the reduction conference lu the Mayor's olllco. He was one ol the strongest advocates of (his policy. The workingmeit and mechanics will not forgot that gentleman If ho again comes up lor an elective olllco. Wick ham's influence with acting Mayor Vance secured Hint the appointment ol Hock Commissioner. Tbo operations ol bis lilcst Taiiimauv-reiiublieaii riPc lnnv thus be i plainly traced. It is easy lor demagogue* and Taui| many wirepullers to go around the diflcr i>t wanla and I try lo shuttle olt the odium attached to this reduction. CuntDtndler Green's numo is tiling bolo.otho ryes ol the | workingtncn at every possible opportunity, like n red I ling In itio lace ol a hull. Ua is hlunied lor cvury evil, imaginary nnd otherwise, that befalls the laboring clas-cs. Hut llio eves ol these men begin to open. They study Uie so not ion more closely, and Ond that Tammany mismanagement and bungling leadership arc tho true sources lrom w hich to traco these evils. Many ignorant men of bad repute are placed at the head of district committees, while nominations have been made lor Aldermen und other local ollices which are simply n disgrace to a civilised community. Tho only qualities looked lor in Ihu Tummuny candidates aro faithfulness to the "Hoss" and abject subnilss.on to his beheals, het those machine men beware lest the same tidal wave which "Inst year swept Mr. John K. Hacked triumphantly into ibe Recorder's chair by 'J7.000 ina joruy may overwhelm them again In this city and county. The laborers und small taxpayers do not want their very substance stolon by a horde ol' professional I olllce-scckcrs who lor years hu.c looked upon the city treasury as (heir blrlbright. <The laborers' and mechuu- ' les' vole ol this city is estimated ut 40,000. When properly ccntral'.xed those mcti can, therefore, dictate | many o( the nominations , THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE8. THK GUBERNATORIAL QUE8TION LOOMING UP AND THE COMMITTEEMEN ON THK LOOKOUT FOlt THE CHANCES. Owing to the Intenso heat yesterday the Campaign Commitloo secretaries hnd an easy tlmo ol It. It takes "'J " V"..., iu iwtcjj a democrat indoors when there la political wirepulling or political visiting to do outside (or tho benetlt of the "causeyet there was not a single visitor at the democratic headquarters yestorday. At the rooms of tho republican committee dulncss reigned supremo. Mr. Clancy was not bothered with tho presence of .even a ward politician who wanted to toll what bo and his triends were doing and what the party ottglh to do tor tjint In return. The clerks -in tho Liberty street ofllco, whero tho I correspondence of tho democrat c committeo ts carried on, wore hard si work all day. The gubernatorial question Is, aepnrontly. giving tho I loading members of the two committees all they can do, and It is probable it had muro to do with their ah- | sence Irorn the city yesterday than tho heat i Itself. Mr. Cornell's friends are known to j be working like heavers throughout the Stato. j The general opinion among the republicans In the city, who nre friendly to the Conkling Interests, ts that Mr. Cornell has already the icsnlc track, and that if tio remains in the Held ho will have a very largo majority o( the Saratoga delegates openly pronounced In Ins favor, even before llio Convention moots. Tho men from tho stale who wero opposed to Mr. Conkling at | Cincinnati ?ro gelling somewhat nervous over tlio ( outlook, and while they declare that it will I he impossible for Mr. Cornell to get ' the rote of the Dominating Convontton I they ilo not assert?at least the majority ol them do qoi?that the nominee will not he a Conkling man. A j prominent republican of Herkimer county, who sold he did noi wish to lie quoted and whom the reporter | met nt the fifth Avonuo lloiel, remarked, in speaking j of the coming Convention, "You remember the splendid light Mr. Conkling insdo at the Syracuse Conveu lion, in lite fall ol lsTl, whero ho was a delegate, and how bc*routed his enemies. Well, If he goes as u delegate to the Convention this month tnc light he then made will not be a patch to tho light he will make at Saratoga. It Is the sumo class of men who are trying to foment trouble now who played tho s.iino gnmo then. Ihey urc always snapping and snarling and nevor bad a corporal's guard to back them. Mr. Conkling wants the party to win (his year, and ho and his frieuds will stand no nonsense." Striinge as It may seem many democrats believe, right hi the face u( ox-Governor Seymour's loiter to Mr. ."hnw, uf Cooperstowb, that he will con-cnt to run lor Governor. It Is known thai, despite Ins letter, n strong pn'Miiro is sun wins tirnugnt 10 near upon mm to Induce him id lake the nomination. The Democratic Kxefiutivo Committee will moot on Thursday at noon, as Mr. Hewitt, tho chairtn.in, is expected homo lo-inorrow. INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS. The Independent Ontrsl Republican Committee, of which Mr. El wood K. Thorno is chairman, nnd the i Hayes and Wheeler Hepuhliran Rrlorm Ccnirnl Com- I mitiee, of which Mr. William Haw, Jr, Is chairman, | held it conference last evening at Science Hill, No. 141 Kighth street, to consider the desirability of sending a i united delegation to tho State Convention at ' Saratoga, to oppose the Custom llnu-e organisation.* j It was finally agreed that- each of tho cnnlrrrtDg parties should hold primaries on the 1 Sih of August in | each Assembly district to elect the same delegate In I each of those districts. Where they rnnnot agree, however, the difference* are to ho referred to William ' Haw, Jr.. nnd Kiwood K. Thome, chairmen ol tffc> rc- j spective committees. POLITICAL NOTES. Cleveland Plaind filer:?"Governors Tllden and Heiul- I ricks not only stand together with reference to this i financial principle, hut they are in perfect harmony na to methods." Milwaukee .Oenftn'f.'? "As reformers,Tllden and Hendricks both em he likened to nothing but confidence 1 operators, and they stand expose! before the country 1 to-day In that character." Washington Chmmcle ? The prolixity and reserve ot Tllden reflect unfavorably upon him, conveying tho Impression that he la a political trickster. The tamo criticism will apply to the efforts of Wheeler and llend. ricks." fihroveport TV/r^mpA ?"If Tllden consents it la quite 1 probab'c that Mnnton Marble will be the democratic | candidate for Governor of New York. " Washington Capital:?''Governor ftendrlcks' letter j i is more in harmony with the platform and Governor Tilden's view than wo anticipated, and there t? little inconsistency to he found even by the scrutinising eye ol a political opponent. 1 he battle may now be said n have latrly oponed, and our advice to the members j at the House Is to leave the'r hall and go Into the held , as soon a* possible " tit Ucndricks' letter tho I.ynchburg Tirffinimn says:? ' "How manly! linwirtiol 'I.el th" heathen rage,' as tl.ey will, orer iheso utterances; hut we trust that there are tionest, patriotic hcartd? many, oven, at the North?to appreciate them." j PPLEMENT. Sir 'imiten cunr Alexander H. Stephens Answers Thnrlow Weed. HE REASSERTS FORMER DENIALS. Mr. "Weed's Memory and the Records at Variance. GENERAL TOOMBS' DENIAL. Libbvy Hall, ) CRAWPORDSYII.LB, Go., July J8, 1ST0. | To tin Editor or thb Hkkald:? Iloo. Tbutlow Wuad, In bis reply to my communication in yoar issue or the 13ib inst. upon tho subject ol his "linwrltlen Chapter of History," seems to think that It was my purposo to raise a question of personal eraeity botureon us. It Is proper tbat lie should be assurod that I bad no such Intention. My object was simply to assure hint ami the public that tbe information upon which his statement was based was utterly groundlots. lie also expresses recret and surprise that in iny denial of the correctness of that part ot his chapter which gave an account of an Interview between Mr. Toombs, Mr. Cltngmun and mysclt with tSencrul Taylor on tbe subject of the admission of (lull forum into the Union as a free State, I had departed Irom my hubitunl Irunkuess in not stating what did occur at the interview. I had simply protested against the correctness of his statement, and denied that any such interview as set forth by him bad ever taken place. Th's bo regards as disingenuous, and argues that 1 ought to have stated what did oocur between Mr. Toomhs, Mr. Clingtnun and myself and General Taylor. This is his language:?"If, after saying no auch Interview of I Messrs. Toombs, Cltngman and mysolf ever took plae.o ; with General Taylor, Mr. Stephens had informed us j what the nature ot that Interview really was, any reply ' from me would have beru unnecessary." This Is certainly strango login and a most extraordinary speriineu ot reasoning til the lace of the facts. It will ho recollected that Mr. Weed, in hia "Unwritten Clinptor of History, ' in giving an account of his interview with Mr. Bennett, of the Hkrai.u, by which he secured his tntluence in behalf of the administration of Mr. Lincoln, mudo this stutoment:?"I gave him the then unknown particulars of an Interview of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, and Chogtuun, members ol Congress Irom Georgia and Norih Carolina, with General Taylor. The object ot that Interview was to induce General Taylor, a Southern man aud n slaveholder, to veto tlio bill permitting California to enter the Union as a free Stato. It was a stormy Interview, with threats of disunion ou the ope hand and hanging on iho other. Tne facts were coramiinicnlod to Sonulor llnmlin, of Maine, and myself within ten minutes after the interview closed " Now, In answer to this statement, I simply entered my unqualified denial of the correctness of ttio matter us set forth. 1 intended my protest to lie entered against the correctness of the entire stiitcmcut, not only In wholo but In every part and particular. 1 reafllrm the sume again. No such Interview as that set torth ever did occur or any one like It. How was It dieingenuous in tuo, or evincing uny want of frankness in not stating what the nsturo ot that Interview really was i which never occurred? Mr. Weed had designated no 1 lime; but l say, without qualification, that at no time ' was ilirro ever any unpleasant, much loss stormy, iu- I lervicw between General Taylor and myself, or between j In in and any other porsott or persous iu my presence, j L never said a word to htm in iny life to induce mm to | volo any bill Nothing could have been more out ol ptneo or absurd than to urg) upon bim to veto the bill admitting California, which had passed neither iluueo ul Congress at tho tlmo of his death. In sustaitimcnt of my position I submit to tho public the following communication to mo from General Toombs, received to-day:? Wasiiixotov, Go.. July 28, 1876. Dsar Sir?My nttention was called several weeks ago to the letter of Thurlow Weed, ol New York, touching an alleged intorv ew between you and m.vsoll and the Hon. Thomas L. Olingtuan, ol North Carolina, and President Taylor, in 1850. The wnole story is a fabrication as far us 1 ain concerned, and I believe equally ho as to yourself. 1 novcr did coll on General Taylor with yon, ilr. Clitigman or anybody clso on the subject of vetoing tbo hill lor tho admission ol California or any 1 nf tho pending Territorial bills. No such bills missed Congress during his lifetime; nor wu H possible lor such a bill, with a Congressional prohibition ol slavery, to uuss the Senate during that session. There was a large and decided majority against *uch action In the Senate, led by Wobster, Calhonu, Clay and ulber distinguished Senators. Therolore there was no necessity lor any such lolly as requesting Taylor to veto nven such Territorial measures. While tbccircutnstances connected with tlio formation ol whut was railed the California constilutton were wholly Irregular and highly objectionable, yet you und myself and a majority ol tho representatives of tlio siaveholding Slates wcro willing to accept It in connection with other measures adpisting ilio question of slavery, as we then hoped, lorever. between the North and the South. Thcso other questions were slavery In tho Territories, tho Fugitive Slave law and n settlement of ihe Texas clnim upon the Terrttory ot Now Mexico. Taylor's administration opposed (his policy. 'I'll a threw you ami myself, and many oilier of ihe earliest Mid llritiest Irieuils ol General Taylor, in opnoxiliou 10 Ins administration. Mix of us irom the Soutii ilocmod It our duly to detent that aide, accomplished statesman, Mr. Winllirop, lor too .speakership, In order to deprive Taylor's auministration of tlio organization ol the House. Wo succeeded in that edort Mr. Cobb was elected Speaker, Taylor died, Fillmore cuitio In and turned out Taylor's Cabinet and appointed one favorable to the compromise measures, which wcro passed and approved by , a large majority ol the people, us demonstrated hy the I election ol Fierce. You and I supported these com- j promise meat urea and severed our party relations In ! Georgia. Uoth ol us wero?elocted to Con grey on these j issues In 1861. Cobb was oioctcd Governor in Idol In ! opposition to the opponents ot these measures, and 1 was that year elected to the Senate ol the I'nucd States I under tho now party organization resulting (rom these measures; and the Stale ol Goorgia called a convention in 18 So, ol which we wore both mom Iters, uthrmiug the ! compromise, including Ibc admission ol CuUlotmu, as ; a Glial settlement ol all the quesoons involved iu them, j Uoth of us had frequent interviews separately and together with General Taylor, and urged upon him the ahundonmoni ol his policy and the adoption ol the compromise measures. Some ol these interviews were earnest and decided on both sidos, but no such language as that attributed to General Taylor by t\ ced was ever used by him in niy presence. General Taylor was an honest, firm, trulliiui man, with hut litt e knowledge ol civil government, and wus incapable ot nibkuig iho statements attributed to him by Weed's informants. A? to Mr. Clingmau, 1 do not remember that he was ever prereiu st ativ ol those interviews with Taylor. In tact, It now occurs to me that lie was neither In sympathy with Taylor's policy nor with thai nil vocal oil by us; but ho is alive and ran speak lor himself, llis character is a sullicient guarantee lor any statement he may make. It is above iwenlv-tlvc years since l hese events trans- ' pircii, ana I have not consulted any of mo records of the lime, hut will dosi as soon as 1 am able, il it be- j comes necessary to correct my memory .is to any of , these events 1 am, respectfully, your obedient sor- I vant, It. TUOM1M. | lion. Alcxaxdkk II. Stkpiikss, Crawfordsville, Ga. With a low inore remarks I shall bring this comiuu- I nlcallon lo a close. It will he recollected that I stated, in my lirst letter upon the subject, that there was but one |Hiinl in >lr. Weed's "Unwritten Chapter ol History" that 1 intended to nonce. 1 still adhere to ibis position, and shall not bo drawn into any discussion with him upon other questions Co DPCtrd with the war. All these in tilers 1 liavo fully treaied of In my work upon the late war, its causes, character, conduct and results. This subject oi the admission of California, with ihe position of. my colleague, Mr. Toombs, aud myself upon it, is luiiy treated of In ibo second volume ot that work, page JOn. el ttqurnt. Mr. Weed, itr his insi . .miniinlcntion, gives O-nerul ; Taylor as Ins informant touching the iaci? set forth in his stall mem. <>n this com ! will not assume to assail his veracity or to attribute deliberate untruth to h I in, but I do assume to queltlou tho accuracy of Ills memory. Ho ; must be mistaken No (act was more notoriously 1 Known in Washington, and perhaps throughout the whole country than, thai I and my colleague, Mr. Toombs, sustained Mr. Clay's measures of compromise as in11 oilu ed in the Senate, which Included Hie admission of California, notwithstanding Ihe irregu'ariucs | with.whb'h her < oiistituiion hail been formed, rue i terms of ihis compromise or adjustment of the various questions Involved, were agreed upon nt Mr. Sponsor i Cobb's house on tne night oi the 10th oi February, ISM, between Mr Cobb, Mr. Toombs, Mr inn Hoyd, ! nl Kentucky, and myself, irom the .south; and Mr. j John A. McClcriiaml anil Mr. William A. Kicbarason, j ol Illinois, ami Mr. John K. Miller, of Ohio, irom the N'ortli. Tlio?? I distinctly reoollcct. and think th re ' were a tew others Irom botn sections, whose names do not now occur to me. As lo how this meeting came j about see "War llotween ihe states," vol 1, page '.'03. The lirtus therein s.<i lonh have never been .pics- 1 Hoped by nnybo ly as far as 1 know, though many I ol tho actors concerted with ihun are stil1 | living. The parties st thai meeting pledged | themselves lo no all In Iheir power to carry Ibo measures of adjustment as then agreed upon mr tho peace, quiet and harmony of the country and ihe Ir.iterna! union ol the States The terms of agrocineul were reduced to wrillug. and amounted In substunco to this:?California ahotild bs admitted under her the* constitution, aud Territorial government should to lorined lor Utah and Now Mexico, not only wilhonlibi.' "Wllinot proviao" or Cungrossinutl restriction, *?., Inn vviili a guaranty tdut the people of tbene Terr io rii'n iliould, w lion they couie 10 lorro their cousiitntn i, exorcise iho same rights which the people of <'alitor .. had exercised In forming theirs. and bo admitted li t, f the Union either w.th or without slavery, as tlioy mi| JI thus determine lorThcmaelvos. The boundary belwc I Texas anu Now Mexico was also 10 be settled. >' McClcruand was ciiairmau of the Committee on Ten lories In the House, and drew up bills In a. cordauco with this agreement, which no roportei. to the House on the 3d of April following, as he nad no opportunity ol doing It sooucr. Mr. Dougins was chairmau of I lie Comuiittoe on Territories In the .Senate, and, concurring in the agreement entered :uto at Mr. .speaker Cobb's house, drew up similar bills which he reported to the Souato Iho '.'6th ol March. Mf. Clay's commltlco ol thirteen, to winch had been referred his eolebrated resolutions lor a settlement of all lliu questions involved, took up Mr. noughts' separate bills, tacked them togother, and reported ilietn in oue, wnic.h became known as Mr. Clay's compromise. To this settlement, embracing the adniisMou ol Caiilorula as it did, iny colleague and myself were pledged I rout the llllh ol February, aa just staled. Hcuce, on the lath of June. Mr. Toombs, as staled in uiy loruisr communication,, in oue of the storm.est debates that ever took place is .tie llouso, declared?''We do not oppose Caiilorula on account of the anti-slavery clause in her constitution, ll waa her right, and I am not even preparod to say that she uclcd unwisely in its exercise; that is her business." (Scs Coiuirruinrial UloOr, 'ltiirly first Congress, first session, page 1.214) How irrutioual, thon, is It to suppose that he should have c alled upon Generui Taylor and urged ii|on h'rn the policy ol vetoing a bill to admit California us Stale; and how irrational It is to suppose that G Taylor couid have so reported bun to Mr. ' -,?? v repeat, Mr. Weed's memory must certainly be <i.?. h.i llesidcs mis, no fuels are more notorious in ol , ' history than that, alter the pussage ol a measures which he aud 1 favi."?u, as staled, and plefgcd lo support w hen Gove, dor Towns, ol Geo. called a noverelgu convention ol the people to pro sumo mode of resistance on account ol ilie udmusi .. ol California, Mr. Tuoinbs auu myself louk medium and canvassed the stale from the mountains lo t seaboard in suataiument of the action ol Congress 01. all these questions. The rosult was an ovof whelming majority ol tiieConreniion in luvur ot sustaining ihem^ 11b appears III me cololinilcu ueorgia < moil nanurm UI lHaU. Hut Mr. Weed argues dial 1 was in error lu station liial Mr. Toom'is and mysell favored the admission n! California ilmt session, inasmuch us the record shows that on the filial vole fur admission Mr. Toombs voted against the bill and that I did not vote at ull, or, as he says, that I "dodged the vote." In reply to this I have only to say that I did not assert flint we had voted tor it. So far as 1 am concerned, Mr. Weed and the public tnay bo assured, however, that there was no "dodgiug" on my purl, 1 was callo't home in the latter part of the month of August of that year, before any of these compromise measures wore readied In the House, and did not get back to Washington unit! a day or two after they wora nil passed: but, bolorc leaving, I made a pair with Hon. Ctoatincy F. Cleveland, nt Connecticut, u|*>n all ol thorn. Ilcnco, it Mr. Weed will sourch the record, I think ho will And noitlier my namo nor that ol Mr. Clevtdiind on any ol these measures. The reuson Mr. Toombs gave me at the time lor Ins vote en the tlnal question lor the admission ot California was the reliis.il ol the House lo entertain a very Importuat amendment, as he deemed, offered by Mr. Linn Hovd, which Mr. Speaker Cobb held :o bo lu order, which ruling was appealed from and the Spouker overrulod by the House. He therefore voted against the hill without any cnarigo ol views upon ilic general sainect. His subsequent course and action in sustaining the measure Wiiu all hi6 power and eloquence in (ho relate ot lieorgia, ns I have related, shows conclusively that ho could not liavo voted ngslnsi ihn bill because of any hostility lo the admission of California as a ireo Stale. ALEXANDER U. STKFHEXS. THE CUSTER MONUMENT. AN EX-REBEL WHO ADMIRES BRAVERY EVEN IN A FOE. Tho following letter, enclosing n subscription of (2 toward the erection of tho Custer monument, U from tin ex-eon federate who mot Custer on many a bard* loughj battle Mold: ? Hot Springs, Ark., July 30, 1878. To tiik Kditoh op Tint Hkkaud:? I send ax nn bumble contribution toward tbe erection of the proposed Custer monument. In this tar .Southwestern portion ol our common country there nro imidy ex-contederalo cavalrymen who met Cunter, as your correspondent did. on many hard-louitht Holds,, who are nut willing that tlin North alouu should haro (lie privilege of commemorating in enduring innrble or bronze I be gallant deeds and heroic death of "George ol the golden locks." EX-KEBEL. AS OFFICER'S nstiv's StTBSCRIPTIOX. Fort Lakamik, Wy. July 29, 1878. To thr Editor op tiik Hkkai.d:?> riease tlnd enclosed ft subscription for tbo Ci monument from Baby Kcgau. Yours respectfully, JAMES BEGAN, First Ifcutonant Nintb infantry. The tollowtng are tbo subscriptions rccoirod yesterday:? Kx reoci w* oj Baby Began 1 06 Sou-commissioned officers, Murine Guard, U. 8. R S., Cnloruuo, through A. (i., First Sergeant. 10 2 i K. U C 8 , C. M 1 w Total $14 76 THE "WOEKINGMEN. IMPOBTANT MEETING LAST NIGHT?BIIOLU* TIONS ADOPTED. Preparatory meetings of workingmen were held last evening in various portions ot the city by unemployed workingmen Tor the pirpose of organizing and electing delegates by Congressional districts to the meeting <' the Executive Committee, lo be hold (his evenit j Gerraauiu Assembly Booms, to tnnko arrangement! tho grund mass meeting to bo held at Cooper Inslltu on Wednesday evening, associated with u monslo.puradc. The largest meeting was in Drootuc street, nod It w .. resolved to demand ot municipal, Mate and na tional legislatures and executive ulUeera Inimediuto measures o relief. J'lnt?By opening' Hip public lands exclusively for settlement by the actual cultivator and loaning tho means ol transportation, implements ol industry, provisions, Ac.?in other words, by pu-sing Banks' bill, to cn .urge the scope an t elflcicuoyot the homestead laws. ori./riu? OJ iur wlu|>n??u j-uooc wni((8 already commenced and tin: undertaking ol oilier works, including the opening, grading, paving and sewerage ol new street* or avenues, and mo budding ol a water Iroiiiage ol docks, all ol which aro domanded alike liy the necessities of industry, trade, commerce, conilort and health of the people. Thirti?By inruishing sufficient money, cur- 'v, certificates of Indebtedness or anything else us j * medium of exchange by which tins work iniy omployed and paid for by "day's work," directly liy the servants of tho people, without the agency or intervention ol coulritclois (so called). It was likewise re olvod to vote against the -e, (ton ot members of the Common Couiioil, I,e irlaiurc or Congress who do not heed or who vote against those mo,is .res of relief, and who do not use all the influence and power of their station-, if elected, to sooure compliance with our demands. The following permanent officers wore elected Fr ank Waters, l'residotit; Adam Nell, -Seep ir Delegates to F.xecutivc Committee ? Houjainm li. 1 (Una, Charles 1*. West aud J uhu-, iSehcy. THE UNRECORDED TRAITORS. Xsw York, August 7, 1878. To Tint Editor or thk IIkkalo:? In your edition of to-day you publish an account ol "Two Unrecorded Traitors," who, but lor Ute Bring ol that slnglo musket sud killing 'the boalkeeper, ?oa' havewucceeded in one of the most dnep.laid plots f. the capture am! destruction ol a fleet ev?r attempt With the lteiiton, ti- nerai Lyon and others mention) ., and the fleet below in iguorance ol what had trai v pired above, and consequently would have been taker by surprise, the whole fleet wouhl probably have bees captured or destroyed, and, lor a time at least, river Irom Vlcksburg to the (full beeu again in ri hands, and probably have prolonged tn0 war and c millions ol dollars and many valuable lives. The pr reported Ui.11 whs to have been paiil for tho job Glenny was gltlU,thin, gold. \our correspondent not overdrawn lux piclnro. Any officer si that urn tlio Lower Mississippi can lulurui you an well as undersigned. ' OZ.tltl SAD DROWNING CASUALTY. On Sunday afternoon Adelaide and John Millet, respcc tveljr twelve snd seveu years, were drowneu a ihe uew rcecrvoir now in process ol construction near Yotikcrs, Westchester county. Tho twt children, whoso parents live near the reservoir, .went out on tho water in a small skiff, whict in a short tunc leaked so hadlv that the oc< pants became .Tightened. After p itldintK the III' host to wiihm a few leel o( tho shorn the f *1 caught up her brother and attempted to jump upon ihs bank, when her i-.'.oiltiti^ became entangled in some willows and she tell back wim her loved burden into the water When the bodies wore recover m| shortly afterward they were lound locked In each other's arms, in inqu??l was held on the remain- hy Coroner Hughes yesterday, and a verdict renderod in accoidanco with the above c rcuinsuinees. THE RIVER'S DEAD. At btlf past one yesterday at ye r noon the holy ol I'atr.ck Median aged loriy, of No. dtri Ks-l UOtb street, w,is lound in iho river at the loot of that street. It ts -opposed that lie wa- nrowned while fishing It is body was tsaen to the dock and the Coroner untitled. DIED AT A riCNIC. Patrick Mii'hoil.ind, sged sitlv eight, ol No. .. Haster street, died suddenly at ih? inllora' plcnu. .n Jones Wood yesterday afternoon. Th" body WM I taken m th? Morgue and the Curoner nuuUed.