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BOA11D OF ALDEBMEN. Interesting from Spinola's Brigade. FRIDAY EVENIWG, JAN. 30. This Paper has the Largest Circulation of any Evening Paper published in the United States.

Its value as an Advertising Medium is therefore The rreeflom of the Press. The arrest of the proprietor of the Journal has been taken up in a manner that could hardly have been expected from the way in which similar arbitrary proceedings have been passed over. Judge Ludlow has vindicated the Beuchi by suspending all other business nntil an examination of the persons who entered a man's housO in the night and forcibly carried him out of tlte State, is entered into. Condemnatory resolutions have passed the lower branch of the Municipal Lcgisltaure of Philadelphia, and in tlte State Legislature the following resolutions were of cred Whereas, It has come to the know ledge of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Pcnnsvlv. mia that one other own citizens, Albert C.

Boilcnu resiling in the city of Philadelphia, was without due warrant of law, at midnight on Tuesday last, taken from his liome and conveyed under a military guard to some unknown place of contineiuent bevond the borders of tin Spite and Whereas. The unusual time of arrest was acknowledged, by those chosen for this purpose, to have been made in order to prevent the intervention or the remedies provided bylaw, and guaranteed bv the Constitution of the Slate of Pennsylvania, and an" outrage upon the dignity and sovereignly of a great commonwealth on tho 6leamcr Tluusnr, and another portion of the same regiment on the steamer Chasseur, and the other portions of tho command or brigade on the steamers Allison, Port Bay, Mussimurt, I'awtnxet, Seeor, and schooner Skirmuchcr. It took from o'clock, P. tho night the brigado reached the point of embarkation till o'clock the next morning before the last soldier was on board. At 4 o'clock the no.tt morning the signal was given and the fleet proceeded with them the Chowan river, thence to Albemarle Sound and up the Neusc river a distance of two hundred miles.

Tho trip by water was memorable for nothing except rough weather and a sight or the rebel fortifications below the town, a good observation ofwhich is obtainable as a vessel passes up Ihe Neuse. The Irip from Holly's barf to Newborn occupied from early in the morning nftho ''Isl of Dec. till noon of New day. AUHIV.M. AT M'AVllKltN.

Immediately ufter the fleet anchored opposite die town. Cen. Spinola, by Capl. llanley.A. A.

came on shore, visited den. Foster at his head ijiiar rs and report cd. Gen. Foster received Gen. Spinola with he utmost hospitality and eonsidcralion, expressed al his arrival in New born, made enquiries as to tho strength of his command, said he would give inimediBte orders for their disembarkation and terminated the reception by askingGen.

Spinola 11 he knew the message the Governor of South Carolina sent to Ihe Governor of North Carolina on a certain occasion General Spinola he was not particularly cognizant of that message. Geu. Foster replied, this; it is a long time between drinks." Mild bever uses wcie then drunk, (len. Foster then ordered his carnage and in it bolbheand den. Spinola proceeded lo a place on the outskirts of the lown, where a camping gioi.nd for the brigade was selected.

While this was profit'ssingCnpt. Hanley ami Lieut. Williams, of the su'fl. were charged with disembarking the troops. Small steamboats were employed to taker the troops off the l.Dgo transports to tho wharr.

The hole brigade, with the exception of Pent), troops, which did not land until next morning, were disembarked before dark of the day of the arrival (Jan. 1st.) The arrival of the bricude to reinforce tho Harrison initiation of Ttlichacl Shields as Fire Warden of the Eastern District, Report: That they have held several meetings and given full attention to the matter, with the earnest desiro 10 arrive at a just and correct conclusion. It appears from the record kept by the officers of tho meeting at which the nomination was made, that thin was the annual meeting of the department at which all the officers for the year 1S03 were fleeted. The tellers were appointed in the usual manner anil by the usual authority, and no one has undertaken to impeach tlieiir vcracity'or question their ability lo perform the duties of their appointment. They were appointed at the outset and acted during the entire meeting as well for tho election of President, Vicu President, as for Eire Warden, and the election for Fire Warden was the.

sixth in order on the list. All these elections were several, and distinct from each other, anil were in the same manner by the same officers. There were 03 votes cast. The returns show for Shields ll, for Quinn 20, and for scattering l. Witnesses were produced befoie your comrn'Utec'to show that they had voted for a particular candidate.

Thirty two of these witnesses, before, any investigation was thought of, had made their aflidavits that they had voted for Quinn. II. is not by any means an unfair assumption that a witness upon the stand would do his utmost lo sustain Ins own affidavit. The circumstances under which affidavits nf this kind arc usually obtained are undoubtedly known loo well lo need recounting here. In the present case it appears that thev were obtained at various places in the engine ami hose houses, In tho street, in New York city, and even in the Navy Yard, anil thai one or more of the Commissioners of Deeds were sent around to obtain them, tt also appears thai, in more than one instance these Commissioners cre parlizai.s in Ihis matter, they having appeared before, your coniinillee ami sworn that they voted for Quinn.

Aflidavits made under such circumstances are not as reliable as when made within the law. These parties may have intended to vole for Quinn, but this is not a question of intention it is a question of fact. The fact that some ofthe affiants could not be coaxed or persuaded to appear before your committee, and absolutely refused lo attend till compelled by an order of the. Comity Court, is evidence of the reluctance to do before the committee and within the law, that which only a very few days before they had done without any legal force or compulsion whatever. In other instances tin: testimony was given in a manner calculated to weaken ils value, and was sometimes accompanied by circumstances utterly at variance with the theory that all of these parties were sure that they had voted according lo their original intention.

It is in evidence Ihat suve. al of them were ao ually numbers of the convention that nominated lilcbis. But there is r.notbcr aspect of this ease still more im ortant. To send Ibis nomination back would be equiva ent to charging lraud upon the tellers. It is agreed I hat the whole number of votes cast was 6J.

Tliirty four witnesses were produced who, upon their recollection, wear that they voted for Quinn, while the tellers give i im but 2D votes. Here is a discrepancy ofof five votes. The testimony of two of the tellers is positive and unshaken they swear that they counted each and overv otibe ballots, read each and every of the names thereon, nd gave and awarded them in every in tflnce to the persons for whom they woecuat. The third teller corroborates them as fas as he saw the ballots, and be saw all ixceptCor6. They swear dint they made no mistake, while if the recollection of the witnesses is to be taken, they made five mistakes.

The testimony ofthe tellers ought lobe conclusive as to thoirownactsin this matter. One of them, the principal one, who counted, opened, read undhondled the ballots was a warm personal friend of Mr. Quinn, and testifies that he voted for him, and that both Quinn and Shields knew belore the election that it was his intention to so vote. To believe thai a teller would make or permit to be made five mistakes out of sixty three ballots against bi ow candidate, involves a conclusion against the honesty and capacity of two men which nobody has had the hardihood to attack. Nothing short of fraud should induce this Bourd to refuse ils confirmation of Mr.

Shields, and lraud is not charged. In the case of 1 he People vs. Cook, Barb. 25. the Supreme Court held that "an elcctiou conducted by inspectors of election defacto, is valid, and will not bo avoided except for fraud." This Common Council are now sitting asjudges of Ihe fact.

They are to determine whether Mr. Shields was or was not nominated. If the testimony of the witnesses as to their lecollection how they voted is believed then the inevitable conclusion is against the honesty and capneiiy ol the tellers, and involves a mistake on their part ol five votes: if, however, the clear, positive, and irrefutable evidence of two sober, discreet and respectable tellers as to their own acts, and as 10 the sets Special meeting. The Board met last evening In accordance to adjournment. Md.

O'Kcel'e occupied the chair. The reading ofthe minutes were dispensed win, r.u.i.s ami r.n rioxs. Bill of John S. Mosely for ringing bells Ith Julv isy," To Com. retilion of John Hess lo be appointed Commissi, or Deeds.

'J'o Law Com. Of Samui'l Bowden, foreman of Hook Ladder No. W. lor an uprroprialion to build Ihe Truck of j' L. Co.

To Fire Dep. W. ink iovrr.sT fok i nu: wakdks" is tui: kastkiin ims. Tiller. The special committee to whom, on tlte 12th day of laniiary was referred die eommiinieal ion and renionslrancc in regard to the nomination of Fire Warden of the Eastern District, reported that thev have taken Ihe sworn testimony of a large number of witnesses, and have given the matter a careful and nrotrae oxaminulion from which they arrive at the following views of die facts arid the course proper to he adopted bv the Common Council in reference thonqo.

The Act of creating the F'irc Department ofthe ICastcrn District contains tho following provisions in regard to die election of Fire Wardens: See. IS. Said Board of representatives shall al their lirsl meeting af the passage of this act nominate as Eire Wardens of the city of Brooklyn three exempt firemen, shall at least have served live years as firemen within the hounds of said district. A majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to make a nomination. The name of the persons thus nominated shall be re turned to the Common Council of said city for its approval.

If the said Common Council neglects or fails to reject any of the said nominees within ''20 days after rc ecivingnotice of such nomination, they shall be considered duly appointed. In ease of any rejection, the said Board of Representatives shall atrain nominate as before. and so continue to nominate until said office be tilled. The persons nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall be the Fire Wardens ofthe Eastern District ol'the city of Brooklyn. They shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the said Common Council shall from time to time prescribe.

Sec. After the nomination and appointment of said Fire Wardens, there shall be annually nominated and appointed in likenmnncr and under like conditions, qualifications and restrictions, subject to the same duties and entitled to the same compensation, one lire warden of the said Eastern District, who shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successors are duly chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed for neglect of duty. Sree "Charter and Ordnances," pages 129 and 130. In pursuance ofthe above statute, it appears that at a regular meeting on the 8th of January instant the Board of Representatives proceeded to nominate a Eire Warden in place of whose term of ollice had expired. The vote was taken by ballot, two of the tellers passing around the room with a hat, and receiving the ballot of each representative, ns his Dame was called off by the Secretary of the meeting.

The ballots were then counted by the tellers, without opening them, and the whole number found to correspond with the number of representatives present. The ballots were then opened and called off by the Chairman of the tellers, and the tally was as follows: For Michael Shields For George Quinn Eor D. TV 'limit 29 1 Whole number of votes 64 Whereupon Michael Shields was declared duly nominated. And a motiun being made to muke the nomination unanimous, it was put ana" carried viva voce, with little, if any opposition. So far all sides agree as to the facts.

But the friends of Mr. Quinn allege, that there was some mistake or fraud committed in the balloting, and claim that Mr. Quinn received a majority of the votes cast, and was in reality nominated instead of Mr. Shields. In reply to this allegation the friends of Mr.

Shields in the first place submitted the question whether the motion to make the nomination unanimous and its passage with but slight (if indeed uny) opposition did not cure all defects in the ballot and preclude the propriety of going behind the viva voce vote. But it appears that it has been usual in the Fire De prirlmtnt, when a ballot has been taken and declared cat ried in favor of any nominee, to move to make Buch vote unanimous, anil that the viva voce vote is considered as a complimentary vote.and not as the vote by which the person is nciiially nominated. It is further evident that in such cases the vote is allowed to be njtule unanimous under the belief that the ballot has reaped in favor of that particular candidate; and if it should be proven that there was a mistake or fraud in balloting, the viva voce vote ought not to have any effect to cure such mistake or fraud, but that the mattershould be sent back to the Board of Representatives to act upon a second time. The sole question then is, did Mr. Shields actually receive a majority ofthe ballots cast for tire warden 't Upon this point Mr.

Quinn produced before the committee thirty three witnesses, each of whom testified under oath that he was a member of the Board of Representatives of the Ea tcrn District Eire Department; that he was present al the meeting on the Sth of January and voted lor GcorgeQuinn loi'ftre warden. At least a dozen of these witnesses also stated that they observed the position ofthe tellers while the ballots were being called off, and that two of the tellers were in a position in which they could not have read all the bullets. These witnesses substantially agree in regard to the position of the tellers. Mr. Maddox, the chairman of the tellers, stood behind the desk, picked up each ballot one by one, opened it, read the name aloud, and lay it upon Ihe top part of the desk in front of him in Its respective pile, the Shields votes in one pile, and the Quinn votes in another pile.

Another of the tellers (Mr. Burke) stood at the left hand end of the desk, and (as these witnesses say) frequently had his attention diverted to the audience, and could not have read all the ballots. Mr. Grim, the remaining teller, stood at the right, and wholly in front of the desk, in a position in which they testily he could not and did not read all the ballots. It was also testified to by Mr.

Quinn's witnesses, that Ihe three tellers (who were appointed by the chairman pro. tern.) were all supposed to belongto the party which nominated Mr. Shields, and that one of the members rose and stated that he thought it was not fair to appoint all the tellers from one side of the house. But the President pro. tern, thought he had a right to appoint whom he chose, and no action was taken and no change made in the tellers.

On the part of Mr. Shields, the President anil Vice President, and each of the three tellers, were examined under oath before the Committee, as to the regularity of the proceedings. The President (panics S. Barton) testified that the tellers paid ordinary attention to their duties. The Vice President (J.

J. O'Donohue) testified that he saw Mr. Maddox open all the ballots but two or three Sat so near Mr. Maddox that he coiild read the ballots' and did read flfiy or more of them, ami believed thai Mr Maddox refd them correctly. Burke, one of the tellers, tcstilled that the ballots were all correctly counted, to the best of his knowledge; thiir Mr.

Maddox laid tho ballots where he could secthcm.and that they were read off eorreelh iu every instance. John C. Grim, another teller, te iined that he read all the ballots but five or six. So Car as he know the count as correct. Mr.

Maddox. (he Chairman of Ihe Board of Tellers tcslilied that he opened and read all the ballots, and had 110 doubt as to the eorreclness of the I'ouut. He mb'ht be ruistuki 11. bul did riot believe he could he. Maddox also leslilicd that he voted for Quiuu'for Eire Warden.

The above is a eoiirh tisod stim mcm ofthe material parts of the testimony, and your committee have been embarrassed in endeavoring to llnd a llieorvwhieh would satisfactorily explain so great a discrepancy between the number of votes alleged to have been cast, und the number counted for Mr. Quinn. TlK rewas noattcmpt made to impeach Ihe testimony of any of the witnesses on either side, and in are bound if possible In believe that each and all of them told the truth. If there were really but votes cast for Mr. Quinn, there seems no escape from the conclusion that five nreu e.

uiniilli il perjury. We can hardly suppose that men ol so much intelligence as ihe Representatives of the Fire Department, on an election in which 50 much intend was taken, could possibly be mistaken as to tho vote they cast. Ami if they were not mistaken, either Mr. Quinn had a majority ol' the lotcs or these men committed perjury. We are therefore driven lo the conclusion that Mr.

Shields did not receive a majority of Hit votes cast. And in coming to this conclusion we do not necessarily inculpate Mr. Maddox. He udmits himself he might have been mistaken, and even if he was not mistaken, but re.id die ballots correctly, it must be remembered that il is the votes that arc actually cast and not the votes hich are counted which must decide an election. There might have been error or frand between the casting of die ballots and the counting, for which neither Mr.

Maddox nor the other tellers were responsible. It isalso to be considered that if the Common Council refuses to confirm the nomination of Mr. Shields, thu matter will go back and a new election can be held, and no one will have his rights prejudiced. It jssaidthutirwercruseto eonllrm this nomination, will encourage contested elections in future. Hut we 1 1.

ink dure is more danger of encouraging careless or fiaiiiliilciil elections by shutting our eyes to the undisputed facts sworn to by the witnesses in this case. Your Committee are, therefore, of opinion that justice requires that the Board of Representatives should ugain ballot 011 the nomination, and thaL the name of Mr, Shields should now be confirmed. At Ihe same time, we believe it to be Acknowledged by his opponents Hint Mr. Shields is fully competent to perform the duties of a Eire Warden; therefore no action should be laken which would prevent him again coming before Ihe Board of Representatives for a nomination. Your Committee respectfully recommend the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The nominal ion of Fire Warden for the Eastern District appears lo have been the result of error, therefore, That Ibis Common Council hereby refuses to confirm the nomiiiaiiou of Michael Shields for the office of Fire Warden ofthe Eastern District.

Resolved. That the foregoing aclion is based solely upon the reason staled in the above preamble, and is in fended to be without prejudice toany future nomination. All which is respectfully submitted. Dated January lStiH. Timotuv Viiunv, Samiiki, Tayi.oj:, F.

Kai.uki.i:ikcii. Geo. II. FiKinai. K.

J7. Ilos. d. II. FisiiKi: Dear Sir, Having been informed dial your Committee on Eire Warden, are of the opinion dial 1 in my evidence udmitled that I could have niade a mistake in counting the batlois, I beg leave to say dial I did not intend to be so understood, whenusk ed by Aid.

Hunlley ir I could not make a mistake as any other man, but Ihat I was positive Unit 1 did not iniiki any niisialce in counting the ballots that eening. I am sorry that yiiiireommiitecHhoiild have misunderstood me, as I inti edeil to be understood .0 say, as I did say, thai I was positive thai I called off the names cor recll) and gave each candidate all the votes he was entitled to, 'fruly yours, HiiMrm. T. Mauoov. Aid.

Strong presented the following minority report: 'I be Special Comni'Ucs lo yvho was referred theno. THE MAROT FROM SUFFOLK TO SBWBEBS SCAKE (T THE WAV. THE ARRIVAL AT NEWBERIf Gen. Spinola in Comfortable Quarters. T11K UEIGADE DIVIDEH.

The Brooklyn Regiments under Commaiu! of Colonel Jourdan, Acting Brigadier General. SPINOLA IN COMMAND OF PENNSYLVANIA. IUS COMMAND TO BE KNOWN THE KEYSTONE BRIGADE. AS Special Correspondence of the Brooklyn Eagle TlIE MAHCH JFKOM SUFFOLK TO NEWBEHN. Newi N.

Jan. I presume any news of Ihemovemcnts relative to New York troops will be acceptable to the readers of the Eagle, and especially the movements of the Kmpire lirigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. B. Spinola.

he Brigade is now encamped near this town, occupying an eligible position for its defence, ready to 'advance" whin that welcome word shall be given. I propose now to give 11 brief i tmme of the march 01' the regiment from Suffolk, to Newborn After remaining at Suffolk for three months enjovins camp life as best they could, occasionally beini 'sent in small detachments against the rebels on the Black water, on the afternoon of the 24th of December ult. or ders were received byOfeu. Spinola from Gen. Di.v.

t.i fct ready to march. The orders specified the point of estination, bnt this was kept 0 secret from the men they Interpreting the order as preliminary to a brush with the enemy, a wish often expressed and now seemingly about to be realised. On Sunday morning, Dec. at davlight. the troops were ready to march.

The weather was unpropitiou in it rained very hard, making mud which was ankle deep But in a soldier's lite weather enters in a very Bmall da gree into the account; orders must he obeyed nvUi, co lent. P.ain though it did, the spirits oi" the soldier were not dampened. In the din of preparation for the n.arcb, prominent among the officers who superintended affairs was Gen. Spinola, assisted very materially bv hi Assistant Adjutant General, Captain L. Hanlcy and" the junior Aid de Camp, Lieut.

Williams. Gen. Spiuola gave his orders in a iiuiet, dignified and systematic manner, and evinced the most abundant proof that he is acquiring military knowledge very fast, promising to take a leading part in all the future movements in this department. The brigade, after the line was formed, consisted of the ISSthNew York Volunteers. Col.

James Jourdan 132d New York. Col. Claassen 17fst I'cnn. Col. Bicrer loMh Col.

McKiffer; KiMh Col. Jack (not the famous Col. Jack of Brooklyn) 175th Col. Dyer. To the brigade was attached four squadrons of the 11th Penn.

Cavalrv, under the command orLieut. Col. Stetson and Major Wetherell (an old Brooklyn boy), also two mountain howitzers. The march was commenced, the rain falling heavily, and the marching difficult. About 1 1 A.

the storm ceased, the sky cloudy, and the sun consequently obscured. Gen. Spinola and staff marched at the head'of the column, occasionally passing down Hie line to give a command, or to speak a cheer word to his men. The roulc pursued was over old country roads, quite sondv. crossing numerous forde.

These roads were flanked bv dense pine woods; now and then coming to an opening or piece or cleared land, in the rear of which were seen old farm houses in the highest state of dilapidation. Nothing in the shape of an enemy were seen on the route. Now and then impromptu crowds of negroes came out from the plantations or farms to see the "horrible Yankees of which they were no doubt educated bv their masters to have a horror of. Their education into this belief wan not very thorough, for their Jolly faces, smiling alt over showing their dental organs, showed their education was ci ntrary to their belief. Occasionally an old negro would ejaculate God bress de Yankee soldiers Lord bressilassaLincum." infinitum.

The soldiers cracked their little jokes with their duskv weleomers and would say, tn paxmint, "how are yo'u, Mr. "When are you going Norf." Good morning John Brown's disciples, itc. The white inhabitants kept their houses, and orlly now and then one could be seen peeping from behind a window shutter, or abariiunor. Our troops did not feel this inhospitality very keenly. The flrst day's march was about twenty miles.

Before the orders to halt were given a stream as reached, over which Gen. Spinola thought it advisable to cross, as the opposite side afforded a fine camping ground and a good position to repel anassault.it by anv possibility he should be attacked by the enemy. The erosinfr of this stream was a work of no inconsiderable labor. The whole mcnt was obliged to cross in single file, on a single plank, lighted by candles held bv the General commanding and Capt. Hanley; The work took several hours 10 accomplish, but it was done in good order and without an accident or murmur.

THE KE11EJ.S A SCAKE. The second day, after the troops had marched about four hours. Geu. Spinola ordered ahalt to rest the troops. Some of 1 he officer.

and men. against orders from headquarters, went off from the line and proceeded about a linn man nere iroops were nailed on the road to franklin. At that point they saw about twenty rebel horsemen and inlamry behind a house ofr of the road. Our men saw them dismount and go into the woods Ourmenat once galloped their horses back to where our troops were halted, and reported what they saw to Gen. Spinola, who was at the head ot'his column with Captain Ilanly.

and they conversing with an old secessionist of that neighborhood. The General interrogated their getting the particulars as to what thev saw, whereupon he sent ('apt. Manly with orders tnCul! Jourdan. nf the 1'isth i'ork Volunteers, lo form that regiment in line of battle and deploy two eompauicsas skirmishers, dipt. Kail" i right Hank company) and Capt.

Conner's deft flank ei.inpany) were deployed aeewditig to orders. In ten minutes from the time they received orders thev were in lull march in the direction of the point where the rebels were sj en. The men were in liglu lightino order, leaving iheir knapsacks on road side opposite to their places in the line of inareh. Thev missed the small stream that separated Hie main boiiy from where the rebels were seen. Alter marching iO cards thev came to the Ibik of two roads.

Colonel Jourdan then took a part of Captain Conner's company olf the ad on the let. and stationed another detachment on 11 hill on the road, so that the retreat of Kali's eompaiiy. who were acting as skirmishers on the road, could not be cut oil" if the eneuiv should appear in force on either ol'the two roads. The balance of 'apt. OX'on iier's ci.nipanj wereb fial the forks of the roml as a rc ervc.

"While Col. Jourdan was placing dipt. O'Con iierV company. Capl. Hanley.

A. A. who aceom i.niued the party, look one of the General's "orderlies, who hail the rebels, and went up the road ihe house back of which he had previously seen the rebel troops. The house was reached, but the only occupants of it were two negro men. These negroes were interrogated by the orderly as to what they 'had seen.

Captain llanlej remained on the road, awaiting the result of his opleily's inquiries; wlule there, four nioiilile.l soldiers were observed turning a (joiuL and coining towards him at full gallop. Prom the appearance of them, who were three hundred yards distant, and coming from the direction ot where the rebel were. een previnuslv.il was nat 111 nilj supposed they were rebels, ifanlcv called his orderly, and both retreated leisurely down the road ilh a view to 'rav, the approaching rebelsias was sup the direelio where Capt. Kult's comou a acting as skirmishers. Capt.

Ilaulev had fallen b. ii 1 a short di.stviiiiheii he nv approaching with a company of cavalry. Capl. Hanley aig nalleu lor id. Jour.

an to advance, pointing supposed ebe! cavalry Col. Jourdan luok Hie Jiinl, iral li'pcl iip 1 ne order, but soon discovered that the cavalry were oui vwn uieii who had been out on a private scent 01 1 heir own. These men also reported that ihey hail si en a party of rebels a few hours previous. The mads v. ere then thoroughly scouted by our troops, and then relumed to where the main column was alter au alecnce of about two hours.

The march was again resui. 1' continued until two clock, when the column v. ein halted for ilin uer. After renting half an hour the march was continued until dark, when they arrived at Gatesville, North Oar rolinn. Here the detachment of cavalry and the howitzer battery left the brigade and relumed to Suffolk.

The brigade wa marehi il through the town ami four miles bevondii. where they bivouacked. Oislaiicc jiiarcn. during the dhj about 1 went miles. 'Ihe next morning the "troops marched al Inn ing that morning received intelligence ihat'trans porls Inch ere to convoy Ihe brigade irom ihe an Kivcr in New hern, Were at a place called Hoy wharf, tv.i niy mile distant.

The column marched wjiu i.ccaMOiiar'iiitenals for lest.unlil three o'elocl; jfJ f. afiei 1 1 'I he 1 roop rested almut an hour, the ch.mls iiit anliii.e gal heririg, and when the march wasresnmed it va. aecojnjianii by heavy showers of rain. The. troops readied Holly's Wharf al about seven o'clock I'.

M. (b 11. Spinola. Ilawley. his Assistant Adjutant (o neial.

galloped in advance of the troops, and reached dial point 10 order io make preparations for the iuune dilile embarkation of the troops. (Jen. Spinola met his arriv al. npl. Hnighl, the Onai loriiiuster 01 1 his post, who bail comedown from Ncwbcni Ot personally superintend the waler transportation of the troop The trnnspoils 011 Inch die brigade was to embark, were anrhoridofl in Ihe stream, with die exception ((( stcMi.er Noriln i.erand Cossack, which wine moored al da wharl.

The troop were embarked as follows steamer No) Ibeln ibe llng. hip of (lelieral on board the ir.sili New York; Ihe sleanier Co, sack, the lyyurww York ami til Omen of the ninth Pennsylvania Mghi.ent. 'the dossjiek was to tow Hie. seho.mer rotit and anoiher schooner, the lvo vc seh having on boaMliJ'i men of ihe. lost), Pennsylvania Ueimonl7 A a po.

i oi l'eunsivuuiR reghutini wereem To Cobsxspondekts. No notice Cin be taken of anony communications. Whatever is intended for in sertjon must be authenticated by the name and address or the writer not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Wsoanntl undertake to return rejected TOmuiiicaiioiis. 'Hie Plan of the Radicals lo Divide the Union.

Wo rcpi oilinc in another column, an article from the of tins morning, to which we invite attention. Jt will be seen from it that the radicals, under the lead of Greeley, arc charged with inviting the interference ot the Emperor of France in our affairs, anil uf eliciting privately the co operation of Mr. Vall.imlii; lifiin to bring about a peaceful settlement of this contest, tit the very time that they are in public denouncing Vallnndiirhnui and every other man who dares to talk of peace. Greeley charged with writing letters to the French Minister at Washington, representing to him that the people are tired of the war, and are desirous of the mediation of Napoleon. Those charges are of the jrravest moment they are explicitly made, and they are not explicitly denied.

On the contrary the denial is made in such a way as to leave no room for doubt but that the charges made are substantially true. Mr. Greeley assumes that the present campaign must end the war. lithe rebels are beaten, he is for seeking for mediation, hoping in that event that the French Emperor would ad vise them to give up the struggle. If we arc beaten, then Greeley is for making such terms of peace as we can.

It is not, two months since we were assured by the radicals that if the President issued a proclamation declaring slaves within the rebel States to be free, the rebellion would be substantially over. Greeley proved as clearly as he did, some years ago, that the Union was not worth a dollar, that if we declared the slaves of the rebels to be free, we would knock the legs from under the rebel, lion, and in Mr. Greeley's favorite phrase, "crush" it in a month. The President was uru ed not ti 'isten to such counsellors by those who believed that such a proclamation would consolidate the Sonthern people as one man, and by proving to them that we were willing to expose them to all the horrors of servile insurrection to eon uuer mein, 10 so embitter the people of the sontn against the National Government, as to render a reunion between the two scctious impossible. The proclamation has been issued one month, and on the last day of it here is Greeley confessing that npon our military strength we must rely for success.

Was so shameless a knave Two months ago we were told that this proclamation was to end "the rebellion; to day in enumerating the chances of success, not th first word is said about the proclamation But it has served its purpose, in making the contest on the part of the South a death struggle. It was evident to all men who closely watched public eveDts, that the radical members of tho Republican party were bent on securing ascendancy at any cost. They were for the Union if they could impoverish and disfranchise the peo Ylc of one section of it, so that they still might govern. Failing in that, they are 'for a divided Union, in the hope of still mnintainins ascendancy in part of it. Greeley was for division at the start.

Before a single State had severed its connection from the Union, and while South Carolina was meditating tho stop, Grooley encouraged the secessionists l.y ritcit arguments as these Erom the Tribune. Nov. liGO.j Jf the cotton States shall become satisfied that thev "in it. we irJs on the letttng them go in peace. The right to secede mav be a revolutionary one.

but it exists Nevertheless We must ever resist the riirlit of any State to remain in the Union and nullify or the laws ihoreof To wit 'e Uni 'ber matter; her ever a considerable section of our 1'nion shall deliberated resolve ogo out, we shall resist all reive mrlmSZ. signed to keep it in. We Lope never to live i a rrtii whereof one section is pinned to another bv bayonet" the Tribune, Nov. 26. 1 If the cotton States united and earnestly wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union, we think thev 1 ould and would be allowed to do so Any attempt t'o compel them by force to remain wouU tfe contrary to the principles enunciated in the immortal Declaration of lnde w' From the Tribune.

Lee. IT, 160. If it (the Declaration of Independence) justified tie secession from the British Empire of three millions of eolonistsin 1 1,0, we do nut sec whv it would not justify the. secession of five millions of Southrons from the Union Isci. What were the secession leaders to understand from all this? Here was Greelev, the special friend of a President just elected, daily reiterating that if the SanUicni Stiue choose "to iiuit the Union they had a perfect right to do so.

After favoring every measure which could nossibly tend to rencierthedilliculties between thc two sections rrcconcilaMe, here is the same Greeley stepping in at a time when the )ieople of the country are disheartened and diseotnlitted by the imbecility and blundering of those in authority, plotting and scheming to liring about the result lie favored from the first. The design of the radicals being now thoroughly unmasked, it remains for the conservative inen of the country, to whom the Union is now as it always was, the first of political desires, to see if they cannot counteract these schemes, and ascertain if it be not possible yet to preserve the integrity of our country, not by caliiug in the aid of foreign powers to make pence between us, but to make it for ourselves. We know the dil'ictt! ties which stand in the way of it we know they arc all but insurmountable: hut till it is worth making one great effort to save our country. If the real theory of our government be accepted as the true one by the North if the nvoreiinly of the States, under the constitution of the United States, as interpreted by the; Supreme Court, is recognized, then, there are not irreeon" eilable dillieultios between us. Bui lo secure any peace, other than an utterly disgraceful one.

a change must be introduced into thcinanage meiii 01 1 lie war. We have no care to ecu this or that Secretary or this or General, due Jthjng certain sure thai that iuosc now in authority hive not bv the only test SHceesh howti themselves equal iu uie occasion, i lie Arinv of 1 oioninu our mam anny the army relied to ine wpuui, aim at 1 lie sameUMc the commercial cities ot the may be in a month brought io its former condition. Thcr IS nll :1 soldier that army but tan tell vou how that nnv be done. One r.hintr is ele.tr. if the Greolcys to control affairs for three months I0o.aT llu.

end is not doubtful. We agree with liim are in the eleventh hour of the conflict'" The people, whose concert! this war is, have patient and forbearing until the dav is all but spent; before it closes upon the best hopes of hit inanity, it is fitting that their voice should be heard above the piping of the little men that Cod his wrath has inllict.ed upon us. The Boaud OF AlUKKMKN. All acionmud nice ing of the Board was held last evcmn for the purpose of acting upon reports on" the subject of (lie dispute between Messrs. Shields and Quinn, the c.

ntedang candidates for Fire Wardens of the Eastern District. The reports arc lengthy and treat the subject in all its bearings. Alter a brief debate the minoril report in favor c.f coAitirniinc.Uie election of Mr," Shield, was adopted. i iiereiorc: Uesohed. That tin House of Kepr.eiuatives of the mimonwealthof Pennsylvania, icaiotw ,10..

i liberties of her citizens, and appealing to find" for the rectitude of their intentions, do solemrilv protest againsl the said arrest as unwarrantable and iiiiiusi. di upon the Governor as the Chief Executive the Commonwealth, bearing in his person the niaiestv of this Mate, to immediately repair to Washington, and do mum! of the General Government the release of tin. said Albert 1. Boilleau, and that he be returned to the State of which he is a eiti.en to answer auv charges to be made against him. Resolved, That a eomojittte of three be appointed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Hie Governor of this commonwealth.

Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the President of the United Slates, the Secretary of War. and the Senate ami House of Representatives of the I'nited States of America. The Press itself alone bears the attack upon its liberty without a manly word of protest. With one or two exceptions not a single metropolitan journal has a word of condemnation upon the indisrnity ottered an honored profession. Of the Philadelphia journals but one of them comments upon the case, and that one (Forney's Press) abuses ml go Ludlow.

The course of the public journals upon this and similar occasions, affords the only argument that we can conceive of in justification of these proceedings, in this, that a press which has not the courage to assert its rights does not deserve to be free. Toe Vicksboig Cvt Off. Operations against Vicksburg have been resumed and we arc informed that the famous cut off," a canal which is to divert the course of the Mississippi and make Vicksburg an inland town, is being dug out by two brigades and will soon be completed. Now, we would ask if this "cut off" can accomplish the object of the expedition, open the Mississippi through a new channel, leaving Vicksburg a valueless position to the rebels, what in the name of humanity is the use of sarcificing, perhaps, thousands of lives in another attack upon the rebel stronghold. Previous experiments have demonstrated that this cut off was a piece of engineering folly.

The course of a river is determined by certain natural causes, which the ingenuity of man may, in certain cases, be able to obviate. All rivers have a tendency to pursue devious courses instead of running straight on to the sea, there being certain natural obstacles in the way. A pebble on the streamlet scant, Has turned the course of many a river." Bocks, sand bars, elevations of the land and of the causes not always apparent, operate to shape the course of a stream. A few days will decide whether the Vicksburg cut off is practicable. Security fok Umbrellas.

Umbrellas, like dogs, have always been held as portable property of uncertain tenure. In fact, it was for a long lime held doubtful whether umbrellas could really be recognized as property, legally or other, wise, until some justice of the pease solved the I problem by convicting a scamp taken in the act ot waiKing 011 with another man's umbrella. As the case was not habeas corpused, the decision remained as the law of the land. Still umbrellas will take unto themselves wings and depart mysteriously no man knoweth whither, as we, in common with our fellow men arc aware to our cost, numerous ginghams which cost divers shilling have gone here "lost umbrellas go." We are led to these observations by an announcement of an invention for the preservation of umbrellas a new kind of umbrella stand, wherein the umbrellas there deposited are secured by a lock and can only be removed by the agency of a key to lie carried by the owner of the umbrella. Theft of an umbrella from one of these patent stands would, instead of pettit larceny, become Hat burglary," involving force and violence, breakage of locks, fcc If every umbrella owner could carry one of these patent stands about with him.

we could then indulge in the fond hope that the days of umbrella insecurity were over; but as it is, the invention will only prove a partial remedy. It will not prevent a man from leaving his umbrella in a ear or ferry boat, or leaving it behind at the first place he calls at, or remind people who borrow an umbrella of their obligations to return the article. The Bkooki.yn Tuoops in Viuoima and North Cakolina. A letter from one of our correspondents with the 18th army corps, dated at Newbcin, North Carolina, gives some details. The original Km pi re Brigade, we learn1, has assigned to Colonel James Jottrdan! who commands as acting Brigadier General, while General Spinola is now in command of the 'Keystone Brigade," composed of Pennsylvania troops.

The men from this city arc well content with Iheir new commander, than whom there is not a better one in lie army. From Norfolk we hear that the military Cuurl of Inquiry, in ses there for the past, three months, has been dissolved. The Court consisted of six mctnbersi of whom Lieut. Col. George Guion isuitached to the 14Mb, Major Win.

M. Burnett lo the 15Mh, and Lieut. Henry P. to the 158th New York regiments. Col.

A. T. Sanders of the Wis. euu. riii was President of the Court.

He still re. tains the office of Provost Judge arid President of the Court, for the purpose of rendering decisions in cases already examined. Lieut. Mayo and Sergeant Tracy as Recording Clerk, are also retained to finish tip the business, which will probably soon be dispatched, as all the officers comprising the Court have been ordered to rejoin their regiments, now In North Carolina. OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE.

1 he Democrats say they will support a Conservative Republican or anybody to defeat a ltadical. Albany, Jan. Mr. Depew called up the resolution relative lo the election of a U. S.

Senator on the 3d of February, upon which he moved the previous rjiies. tion. Mr. Dean rose to a question of privilege, bul was ruled out of order by the Speaker, "on the ground that the previous question having been moved, no other question could intervene. Trom this ruling Mr.

Dean appealed, and the 'iUcstion being taken on the appeal, the decision ol'the Chair was sustained by a vote of to of). Mr. Dean in his remarks previous to the announcement of the vote stated that he had been reported in one of the New York papers as having declared his intention to prevent, if possible, the organization ol'the House until after the day fixed by statute to proceed tothc election of an United States Senator. This he pronounced to lica base fabrication. ITc had all the while been in favor of an early organization.

Nor had he pledged himself to the support ofuny candidate for the position of U.S. Senator. He hoped a Democrat would be elc ted; but rather than see a ltadical Abolitionist i lovntcd to that position he would vote for a Conservative Republican The motion for the previous den by a vote of to the Itesolulion was then adopted, noes 00, Stx. i'k' UPoo' 'iUi in th tive. ye.

'i'J, lfinnu here was hailed with enthusiasm and hen the line of iuarrhhvas taken unto thecamn irround. the brimole I received with cheers and other demonstrations of welcome. At several points along the route regimental bands were stationed and discoursed lirelv airs as the new ecircrs passed. The camp was reached by dark and the troops encamped as best they could until the next oay. when the camp equipage was got on shore from tho transports, after which the camps were laid out in beau till!) style.

Gen. Spinola and his stall took up temporary quarters at Ihtf House. THE COMMAND DIVIDED. Shortly alter the arrival of the brigade here with other new it was thought necessary to reorganize the eoips. The six regiments composing the Empire brigade by adding Ibe Massachusetts regiments was iti reased to a division, and thetidivided into twobrigades.

Gen. Spinola with four Pennsylvania regiments was a. icned to die command of the 1st brigade, and the two New York reg'ment of the old Empire Brigade, were organized as the 2nd brigade, (fifth division,) which at ihe earnest solicitat ion of Gen. Spinola, was placed under ihe command of Colonel (now Acting Brigadier General) Jourdan, of thelOSth New York reiiment, (late ot the old Brooklyn Hih Regiment.) Colonel Jourdan's brigade was reviewed here a few days ago by Major General Foster, and ihat officer expressed his nleasure at seeing such 11 tine body of men. The marching waa splendid and their personal appearance good.

After the review the troops gave three times three cheers in honor otibe commanding general. Gen. Spinola was among tNe invited lo assist Gen. Foster at the review. Within the past week Gen.

Spinola has changed hi3 Id adqiiarter.s fn 111 the Gaston House to an elegant private mansion at the corner of George and Bond streets. The hou isa large mansion, with all the conveniences for a dwelling and headquarters. The General has hud I'cccN ary additions made lo ihe houseand has caused a large flag staff to he put on the building, ont which f.aunls Ihe good old banner, the "stars and stripes." The General, in eonsidcralion of the fact that this brigade consists of Pennsylvania troops, has christened It da stone Brigade." The General, it is thought, will soon he put in command of a division. Col. ei dan has bis headquarters nearly opposite Gen.

Spii.o'.n's. Iiishonse isa neat white cottage, of somewhat antique architecture, but nice and comfortable, (b n. Spinola and l. Jordan consult each other on all multi is connected Willi the division to which thev are fill ached. he camps of Iheir brigades are side by side, forming a Flic of battle In nt.

'Ihe troops have Deautifteii their nips in various ways, ui.d most of the men have constructed neat huts or log cabins, the interstices being tllUd withchiy. The shelter tents arc used as roofs for the huts. The health of Gen. Spinola's and Colonel Jourdan's brigades is excellent. Much attention is being bestowed on the discipline of the troops.

The grounds in this vicinity are vt ry good for regimental instruction, and ccially for brigade movements. There arc movements on Ihe tujin here now, bul the nature of them as agood citizen of die United Slates I am not permitted to divulge. All I can say on the subject to the readers of the Kauik, i to use a nautical phrase keep your weather eye oj en." 'Surgeon Pitkin B. Rice, nf Brooklyn, surgeon ISSth New York Volunteers, late Acting Brigadier Surgeon of the Empire Brigade, has been promoted to the dignifled and hi norable position of Surgeon of the 5lh Division. Ti honor is well conferred, as that offli er by his assiduity and attention to hiB professional duties, and display ol skill, has won for him the enconiums of his professional and military associates.

I herewith send the names of General Spinola's staff: Chief of Stuff, and Assistant Adjutant General, Capt. L. Hanley. r.iigade Quartermaster Capt. Del Vecchio.

Brigade Commissar 1st Lieut. (Judge) Jas. II. Corn Aid de Camp 1st Lieut. G.

E.Williams. Aid de Cmp 1st Lieut. W. M. Cole MlN NlK.

The Plans of the Radicals to Divide the iiion Greeley said to be Soliciting the Mediation of France The Present Campaign to Settle the Contest. (From the Y. Tribune of this morning. The TJ'oj of yesterday gravely informed its rentiers, in the course of assigning reasons for Mr. Weed's recent eliarg of base or rather for his avowal of it that tlie Trilunc "A'c ir formally announces that no man can claim to be a Hi publican who docs not favor the Abolition policy war lor Emancipation, the incitement of servile insurrections, anil Tor separation from, or the extermination of.

li Southern people." We might have felt Lad at such an open inculpation as evincing a truculent, implacable, bloodthirsty spirit, had not the next paper we opened been the N.Y. Tone of even dnte, wherein we read "The Trilnne has avowed itself in favor of foreign mediation; and that circnmsiar.ee perhaps gives color the further statement Iha Mr. Greeley, its Editor, has f7.f ttl inta iiffociatlon with M. Mercier for the pi "motion or the same end. Cnless we have been mi.iinti urcil ian1 are op en to correction 011 thii point), Mr.

Greeley has held personal interviews with the French Minister. ha villur him s. assuring him that the pcnnlc ire tired or the war that they desire eace above all things, and that thev are ready to welcome Ihe intervention of the French Em j.i ror, or of any disinterested European power, for the ailjuslncrl ofthe controversy between the Government ai Hie rebel States. We have furthermore been told thai he tolerated, it not opened, a correspondence on ibis snl jiet with Mr. Vallandigham of Ohio, wi a ii lo ci.

oi ration in some plain and in mediation jas tin 1 st liasihle plan, ol'puitingaii end to the t.rcscut war. 1 This seems ralberat variance with the H'ocWs accu saiior: and as the Ti.iu. must of course know hai sort ot irimlc arid onfidrnti.it letters we write In disiiu irui persons 1 unless, indeed, it lias 1 lluslaller i ught lo he the truer story, hi fad 1 1 1 Ihis is the Hut here fo'l. the exai truth with regard In our iews the snb.11 ci. which M.

Mercier. or Mr. Vallan.liirham. or anv 01 else, can Pave for ihe moderate price of sK cent iii Wieho "tor of throe if he purchase in New York 1. We believe ihat the War Tor the nion has now en londujonn phase which in all probability must prove linal that we arc on Ihe eve or movements, combina licns.

nlini Vs, battles, whereof the result must be well ni( I decisive. 2. We believe that the rebels are about to be badlv whipi ed al several vilal points, and that thcirdefeal will be so conclusive that any imparl ial umpire would thereupon advise them that their cntemrise is hopeless and dial 1 hey ought togiveitnp. Me believe that, if oui armies do not whip theirs tl will hip ours. I.

We believe thai, should tin 1 be suei i ssfu and fcated in the general results of the campaign now 01,011 ii tr. impartial Ibinl parlies will say that ought cuTi.M ni 10 pence on the best attainable terms. Whether wodiall take that counsel or renew the struggle as a imiied people who hiive come to understand and to nc npi is real churi i 'er, the cost and utreriiig involved 1 vents ill determine. liul we believe that die time will eoine we do 110. say how soon, as dial inilsl depend 011 the resulis of eon' n.etsjet luturi when die Great Powers of Knropc win median not by blows, nor by menaces, bul bv retire sciilatiom against a continuance of the slrugek a ft unless, wasteful buli.

licry. and urgea selilement in the mieiests ol Ilumaiiiiy and Commerce. We hope 10 see this uiieri nsiiio take the form of emphatic protest against further persislatiee in the Slaveholders' I'ebel lion: bul lo ihi end il is probably essential thai the intervening buttles shall remit differently from the recent uttacls on F11 dorirkshurg and Vieksbiirg. In short, we bolicvi and we would thunder it inn, 1 blears 1.1 our. Criion Statesmen and Generals dial 011(1 ((Cl'.

MM i. til tll( Mlloittiorl nf on, vvvvh thai the Criion will be Iosi by anoiher campaign as dawdling ami ineffective n.s those of MeClcllan and lluell during tho year of grace 1SIW. We fully believe that our country may and we trust Ihat il ill he saved but to thi end our statesman! hip and soldiership for the next four must In an iniproven.eiit on the average, of tbosi of the last yi ar. In our icw, the life or death of our country is'rio loneer a qui si ion of years, but of mouths, and it'is im. pernio Ihat 011 rulers and our Generals should re disc al il act on this iriilh.

BV ill, tin 1,1,0,1, tlit. V. Mt rrl. or laihi tin audi; i.f Knl.ri, ftn Im, tin, 11 ioii 1111,1 il. Wo cerlainlv do not belK ve thai Ibe yal people of Ihis coiinlryjioweyer much the) may de ire I'earce, an ready lo purchase il al IJ 11 I oflieunioii.

and we have neve, they wore. We believe Ihat the loval Millions shc to l.rsl of all to see iheir Government make War real, can est, vigorous War War which will soon obviate all in eei s.t lor and possibility of jr il eycaiiol uinke I bis or if Ibcy make il and fail and shall Ihen f.ie hr snlisl'eil that the slnie'le is ipcless we I elieve leey will next wish lo a Scerl iiin whether or no they be i iilally inca able of makinir Peace. A 11 an with a sco'ding; wife, when inquired of res 1 1 li). his occupation, bitid lie kept a of eacth other, is taken ns true, then the imputation of fraud ill be dismissed and the nominal ion of Mr. Shields will he confirmed.

Weighing calmly and carefully all these facts and views, cannot for a moment admit that any fraud was ton.mitted, but think that the tellers fairly and truly canvassed the votes, and that if any mistake occurred il was moie likely (o be among those who voted than those who counted the voles We therefore offer for adoption the following resolution Resolved, That the nomination of Michael Shields as Fire Warden ofthe Eastern District be und hereby is confiin.ed. Brooklyn, January 29, 1563. D. ritoxo, Edward Mearnv. Aid.

Strong moved that the resolutions hi the minority report be adopted. Aid. Ternun remarked that this appeared to be an Eastern District District matter, and one in which the Aldermen in that district were more particularly interested, but still he could not avoid giving it as his opinion that it would be extremely dungerous for the board to go behind the decision of Hie regular tellers, and one of them who wus a friend ofthe contestant, as appeared by the report, counted all the votes and the others all txcept five or six. He considered it a most dangerous recedent to debate an election, unless there was strong I roof of fraud, the more especially when it as known how easy it was to procure affidavits when anv Important object was to be gained. Aid.

Strong said that the report ofthe majority of tho committee staled Ihe facts all straight enough with tho exception of one point. Mr. Maddox, on ids cross examination, on being asked if it was not possible for him to be mistaken as to the count ofthe votes, said that it wus not. Aid. Fisher presented a communication from Mr.

Maii ox on this point. Aid. Perry contended that he had not understood Mr. Maddox on his examination before the committee, to express himself in that manner, but he would say that his manner in giving evidence struck him (Aid. favorable.

On being asked if he might not be mistaken, to the best of his(Ald. recollection, he (Mr. be might have been mistaken, but he thought he was not. The whole matter lay within a small compass. They had the Bworn testimony of 34 men out of 63, that they had voted for the defeated candidate.

If those affidavits were true, twenty five thousand tellers' certificates that, they counted the ballot, would not make the selection legal. He Perry) could not see how the tellers could make a mistake, unless the ballots had beon changed after they left the hands ofthe voter, and before they reached the tellers. Aid. Strong presumed that Aid. Perry was not as familiar Willi the system of votingby ballot as some of the resi of the Aldermen.

If he had a little of theirex perience in the manner in which ballots arc manipulated at the polls, he might possibly have understood how the Hung was done. Jf was a remarkable fact thai nil these affidavits were got up in great haste, and it was an evidence that such was the fact, and when these very men who made Die affidavits were called to awoar to them before the Committee, they had so much doubt, upon their mindB, that some of them refused to come and one of them alter being subpomed, was taken into another room by the lawyer for the contestant, and talked lo for twenty minutes or half an hour before he could be brought to the slicking point. Where two respectable men give testimony as to their bavin" seen read, and counted all the ballots, the Board ought to insist upon it that there ought to be irrefrxgiblc proof to the contrary, before thev should refuse to confirm I be re turnsor these men. Aid. Perry contended that it was possiblfl for the ballots lo have been changed berorc they got, to the tellers.

Aid. Strong demonstrated, by showing the manntr in which die ballots were take from the voters and passed to the tellers, that such a mistake was not possible. Aid. Wallace Was there not a possibility ofthe Sec retaiy having made a mistake in the counting of tux ballots'? Aid. Strong replied that no mistake was made there because, as each name was called bv the teller, a lar numberot those ii, the room kept count, und il was iu evidence that their counts agreed with that the Secretary.

After some further debate, the resolutions attached to the minority report were put and adopted; ayes 11 nays. I. Adjourned. TIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL BALL is Ain or THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND Of TDK BROOKLYN EIRE DEPARTMENT, W. Will lake place at the ACADEMY OE MUSIC, EVENING, FEB.

2p, Tickets can be procured from members of the Com mittec. WILLIAM BURRELL. President. Gbo. II.

FlAVWAno. Secretary. Jos. Ii. I.kccett.

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