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"1L.J BUSINESS NOTICES. HAEBOE MASTEBS. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. all sorts of topios, but twaddlers who call themselves humorists and impudently offer in wholesale paokages feeble jokes whioh have been retailed for years in the items columns of the press of the whole country. Worse than this, if possible, there smaller crowns of Hanover, Anhalt, Hesse, and suoh like small fry of the monarohio species.

The English Queen's pretenoo for monopolizing the executive power of a whole people in a single family is getting "too thiu." which seemed to bo between the Young Demooraoy and their older competitors. Two tickets wero submitted to the ohoioe of voters, that in tho Interest of the young men being headed by Jaoob Fessler, and the other bj.ex Alderman J. SaaL The number of votes polled wag 814, of whioh tho formor reoolvod 633 and Baal ticket 812, During the reception of the ballote, the polios force present, under The Talk En Route, WEDUKSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 37. leaders in the party Murphy and Hank Smith, both proven allies and partners of Tweed, will make it ridiculous for this Convention to affaot sincerity of opposition to corruption in publio affairs.

But, in faot, what better oan bo expeoted from suoh a gathering as the ono at SyraouBe? Greeley is not there, and his honest indignation at Murphy's frauds has only been used by Hank Smith as an offset to Murphy's patronage and a means of dictating terms to the other gang. Of the whole crowd forming tho Convention, there is scarcely a man, either of tho Murphy gang or the Hank Smith gang, that does not live by politics. And when men live by a trade, they want its profits to be big. The interest of tho whole crowd, from Conkling and Fenton, or from Murphy and Hank Smith, down, is to aggravate publio burdens, to increase official salaries, to facilitate and conceal publio plunder, and to make office holders millionaires while tenement houses and cellars are filled with residents that but for official stealings might have decent and healthy habitations. The professional politicians alone are represented at Syracuse the people who don't live by officeholding are not there and are not represented there.

It is not from such primaries as this city saw on Thursday, all infested and manipulated by sinecurist placemon, that tho true protest against official corruption, or the true movement to reform it, can possibly emanate. Disasters seem to succoed each other in groups. A little while ago steam boiler explosions were in order Now marine casualties have their turn. Tho third reported in tho last three days is the wreck, on the coast of Martinique, West Indies, of a coolie ship from India. No lives appear to havo boon saved.

Two hundred bodies had been washed ashore, but how many more there are is nob stated. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIOS FIVE WEN TIES CENTRAL PACIFICS. Banking Office or 'ISK HATCH, ro. 5. Nassau NewYobk, SopteniDor25.1671, Of tho FIFTKKN MILLION CHKAPBAKB AND OHIO SIX PKB OEMT.

LOAN, but about $4,500,000 remain unsold, and this remainder will be taken up rapidly. The fivo years' option having oxplrod on all series of FIVE TWENTY BONDS, excopt IWs and 1893s, they are liable to be called In for payment. The redemption of 100 millions P1VK.1WBKTIES coin, and tho purchase, by tho Government during the ensuing four months, with tho premium thereon, will roloaso about 150 millions of in. vested capital, independently of dividend and Interest pay. mcnta, the creator part of which most seek reinvestment.

THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO SIXES hue absolutely thirty years to run; aro especially desirable for toady investments and can now be bought l7por cent, loss than TRN POETIK8 20 per cent, leas than fTVK TWENTIES, 25 per cent, less than SIXES OF 1BS1, And are equally euro to bo oid principal cf interest ia gold coin. Their amount is limited by tho trust deed to $13,000,000. Price (atprosentffijand acornod hiCcToBt that is with coupon attached, payable Kovomber 1 $1,000 Chesapeako and Ohio Bond cost to day $954.15, Chesapeake and Ohio Bond oosts to day 8177.03, tlLO Chesapeako and Ohio Bond to day $SC42. Only a small amount of tho lattor denominations roraaini. and no more can bo made.

Bonds are in coupon or registered form, same as FI VK WEKTIK9 The CENTRAL PACIFIC SIX i'KR CENT. ITOSDs are ob safe for Investment as Honds. Tholr amount, fixed by act of Confiroda at jS2.W3,(W0, is sacur. by property worth four itmcs their vaiuer.thoy can onl'V lie bonbtin the open market, and are beenming scarcjr hi consequence of their gradual absorption by investors htrD and in fiaroDo; (hey havo a roa iy market Irani the principal money centres, and havo still twooty fotr yosrs to the earnings of tho road are nteadily increisinz, aid will probably roaoh 810,000,000 for tbo current yoar, otforlinit a handsome surplus after paymoat of eipensegivnd Interest. Present prlco, 101 to 102.

When tho Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad romplote in lb72, and tho Bonds are dealt In at ttie Stock Aiohangos oi the world, we havo no doubt they will be equally popular with the Central Pacifies. Both principal anuUntereat of tho CENTKAL PACIFIC and CHKHAPBAKTO AND OHIO BONDS aro ipecitically payable in gold coin In New York the Interest on the former being paid Januwrand July, and of the latter, May and November, corresponding with the two classes of Five Twenties. Wo recommend oithor of them to aar friends and cos tomers with tho came confidence that wo did the Five Twenty Bonds, when wo wero soiling millions of them for the lDited'Statev Government. Wo buy and sell FIVE TWENTIES, TEN EIGHTY ONES, and CENTRAL or WESTERN PACIFIC'S, or reaeivo then), in payment for CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO BONDS at their current market price. Accounts of Banks.

Bankers, and othors received, oa which we allow Four per Cent, interest. Certificates of deposit issued and collections made in all partg of the Union. FISK A HATCH. TIabvev Fibk. A.

S. Hatch. THE CHLOROFORM CASE. DR. G.

W. FKAIM ON NITROUS OXIDK GAS veuaus CHLOROFORM AND BTHBE. TO THE EDJTOn OF THE BnOOKLXH EaOLE; The recent death of a lidyr chronicled in your journal of yesterday, caused from the effects of inhaHng chloroform, has croated great excitement. It is admitted tbat chloro form is dangerous, but Mtrous Oxide Gas, if properly made and administered; is harmless in tho painless extraction of teeth. Tho usoof Nitrous Oxide Gas, aa an anesthetic In dentistry, was introduced In Brooklyn by myself, In July, 18oS, Bince which tlmO I have operated for over 10,000 per ons, without any failures or bad.

results, as the names recorded in my office will show. With a constant experience of ovor seven years in the painless extracting of teeth, I find no use whatever for tlm use of chloroform or ether in my practico, dooming nitrons oxide gas as far preferable. Tho Beorot of my success resulta'ra the use of tho nitrons oxide gas as an anesthetic is in having it tn, proper ardor whon administered. Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.iseimply tho fumes of tha nitro bulphate of ammonia, and I would be pleased to hivo interested persona call at my office aud witness ita operations. I canuet more appropriately coucludo than by annexing tho opinion of one of the greatest authorities on anethotics.

WHAT DR, SQUIBB" SAYS DR. SQUIBB ON RELIEF OF PAIN IN TOOTH DRAWING. The discovery of anesthetics has been au inestimable boon to suffering humanity. Many mistakes in their ua 3 have boen made, however, and these mistakes have often led to disastrous results. Dr.

Edward R. Squibb, of this city, whose exporieuce with other and chloroform, probably is not excelled byuuy man living. In a recont article published in the Now York Medical Journal, says "Tho condition of perfoct anesthesia is one of the most grave aud frightful conditions of life, and by suspon nog more than half of vitality it comes so near to death that it is wonderful to reflect how noar the boundary lino can be approached and yet so rarely passed. Familiarity with, amestbesta and a. more distant view of its accidents, lead the profession to pluncepatieuts into it with too much reckfesncss.

This condition now'so familiar to all, when seen but a fow yoara ago, never failed to excite the gravcBt apprehension; and even now, when seen tho effect of other narcotic poisons, causes mucin anxloty and wcuroa the most active measures for relief." Dr. Squibb believes nitrous oxide, (laughing gas), now eo commonly used by dentists in extraction of tectb, to bo a safe anesthetic, and says it ought to bomore frequently used by surgeons in minor operations. DR. G. W.

FRAlM, NEPHEW. Dentists, 267.Fulton at, Brooklyn. FRENCH MOQUETTES Tho delicacy of color blonding and the elaborateness of the hoadwork requirod In tho production of tho3e carpets, fix their price at a high figure. Yet, in. the houses of the wealthy tbeso floor coverings are in extensive use.

As the lady walks upon tho elastic fabric deadening the sonnd of her footfall, ebe experiences a pleasure peoaltflriy gratifying. Ihe Messrs. J. P. CARLL A No.

303 Fulton st, have opened a aplondid stock of those Freach Moqnettw. ENDOWMENT POLICIES. Some porsons say "I'll not Insure my lifo; I nover intend to marry, and havo no one to leave my property Men are apt to forgot that thoy aro cortaiu to grow old someday, and unless thoy havo a good sum hud by thoro will be no one to oare for thorn. The Hndowmont Plan of the BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE COJiPAXY is Intended to cover tbis very need. By it, a man may insnro his lifo, payable to him at an agreed time, and when that time comes and he is too feobloto work, he will havo enough to live on.

BERGEN. It ia our purposo to offer to cur readers somo few sketohes of the villages and notable places lying upon tho line of the New Jersey Contral Railroad. It Is a noteworthy consideration that tho railroad was built Tor the benefit of tho citizens of New Jersey, and in its turn, it called into being many villages, peopled by tho formor rosidenta of othor States. Borgen was not created by the ra'lroad, but has received much material advantage from it. It is situated on a rich, commanding and extensive prospeot.

It was founded by the Dutch in WK. It was at first a moro trading post whore the Indians came to barter game and furs for triak etB and powder. In 1658 the Indians passed their titlo to it, In consideration of paymoute which we will particularise in our noxt number. HE IS COMING. Alexis is coming, heigii! hehrho! and tho upper ten aro in a flutter.

Got on things," girls, but dn't set enps lit (ha Russian Grand Duke, for be is "engaged." Aa for the gentlemen, who wish to make a Bret class appea iince en tho occasion of the Duke's visit, let them goto KNOX'S, No. 213 Broadway, N.Y., and thogrcat hat tor win iidorn thorn with a headgear tic for a king to look upon. His fityh'H arc inimitable. A CARD. The undersigned olerpymen of Brooklyn, N.

have for a longer or sbnrtor period attended at the "Butler Health Lift," now at 158 Ilcmson st, and have derived great benefit Jroni it They commend this system to tho attention of all porvoiiK whose avocation severely tax tho brain, and to all whose nervous ysteiu is rundown, rt gives thorough exercise with little fatigue, and with but little loss of timo. Henry Ward Beocber, 'Wm. Ivos Budington, WityJand Hoyt, H. M. Scodder.

Norman Soavcr, David Moore, Jr. On and after October tho Health Lift Rooms in Brooklyn will be OPKN EVENINGS forgontlomon. This treatment is especially adapted to ladles. Onr Tn dies' epartment is superintended by a compotont Lady In? tractor. Call and soeua.

LEWIS G. JANES A. Proprietors. se27 12tW.F,M HATS OUK SEVEN DOLLAR DRESS HAT Is a equaro light acainst war prices. EXAMINE CliMPARK, And you will certainly buy.

WABNOCK 4 619 Broadway. Y. se5t TEETH $10 A SET. A beautiful set of teeth on rubber, the best 810; wcr runted to fit the mouth, and equal in nil respects to work at $15, $2U to $25. Laughing Gas, pure and fresh daily.

Operations on the natural teeth carefully and skillfully performed. No charpe for extracting when work is ordered. LONOKNECKER, BROTHERS, Dentists, my.o IrMWAS foMyrtJ ivonv. OFEMXCS. JjlALL OPENING, mi.

mrs. m. n. aa' on ys EMPORIUM OP FASHION Will open an elogant nssortmont of MILLIAKKY GOODS, Comprising all ttie latest novelties, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, and 38th. Be2T2t 251 FULTON TREET.

jALL OPEK1UG, 1871. O. O. TAYLOR WILL OPKN THURSDAY. iH, With an elegant assortment of BOYS' AND UHlimiEN'S CLOTHING.

Comprising all tho latest novelties. Children's Clothing a spcoijltv. 89 tULTON ST, NEAR COLD fFlopt Block.) ISS M. A. GOKDEN, Set FULTON STREET.

Is now propared tn offer a ohnlc" assortment ci FALL AND WINTER BONNKT3 AND ROUND HATS. IN ALL THE LATKhT STYLES, To which the attention of tho public is invitud: Old No. 14 Fulton av. 6t MRS. A.

M. KOBSON WILL HAVK. her opening on the SlSth and 99th of tbis month, with a choice selection of Imported Hats, Bonectd, aud a full line of tho now Fro nob Hops, of all shades aln, real. Thread Lacos. WMyrtlo av, noar st.

soi i 2t PEN IN FALL AND WINTER STYLKS IN BONMKTS, BROOKLYN MOURRINO STORK, OM FRIDAY and 8ATDRDAY, Sopt. and 3, 64 W1LT.OUGHBY ST. 8087 Bt" Between Jay and Lawronoft WINES, LIQUORS. c. TTBNTION WINE TRADE.

WELLINGTON, KIDDSB OO, UNITED STATES WINK WABKBOUSBt NO. 74 BROAD STREET. NliW YORK. PORT, BUKItRY. MADEIRA, OT.ABBT BRANDIES, ST.

OROIX and JAMAICA SMI In bond and to atriTa, OHEAP. IH LARGE LOTS. SAMPLES AT WELLINGTON KIDDER A 74 BROAD STRRET. OUIB. Charges of Corruption and Blackmail Harbor JTIaster Mart, of Brooklyn, Complained of by tho Tribune At' II davits in Support of the Charge.

The Tribune, this morning, publishes an article complaining of tho course of the Harbor Mastor in regard to the shipping in tores f. Tho statements of fraud aro vory bold, but to a certain oxcent aro supported by affidavits. After making the complaint that tho Harbor Masters organized a ring early in the present year, it proceeds to say that "Undor Htatute, dated April 37, 18G5, it is declared (section 8) that luo harbor master shall tako or recelre, directly or indirectly, any money or fees in addition to thoie prehcribod by Tnis clause has been violated tinieB without number, and at this moment not one vessel arrives at or loaves her berth on the East River without a bribe to tho Harbor Mastor. During the early part of this year Frederick Gush man, who is the owner of Piers Nos. 8 and 4, East River, preforred a complaint to Gov.

Hoffman for tho formal romcrv al of Daniel Hart, Harbor Master in his da trict. The complaint, accompanied by numerous affidavits, drawn up in duo form, was sent to tho Governor, but Mr. Cuahman fonnd only delays and obstructions of evory conceivable nature, and at last, alter several months of waiting for the action of tho Executive, placed bis case in tha hands of William Barrett, of No. 22 Nassau Btreot. Mr.

Barrett at onoe wroto to the. Governor, but, receiving no answer, after a month's delay prepared additional affidavits. Uo then mado A CnABOH AGAINST HA.BBOR MA8TEB HART before Judge under the above clause of tho statute at once procured bis arrost. Mr. Davis appeared for tho defense.

Tho caso is sot dowu for a hearing this week, when it will como up for trial. Meanwhile, Hart has been at liberty on bail. The syBtom of bribe taking has boon continued, the Harbor Masters laughing at and defying detection and thoy even go so far as to say that tho charges of the tow boat companies are outrageous." They havo aven increased their stactions In the past few weeks, and the reportor was shown numerous bills of from. $50 to $105, rendered for services worth from $10 to $36. These bills do not bear on their faco any connection with the Harbor Mastsr, as the following sample will show New York, Soptomber 17, J37I.

Tha owners or captain of Hark Xarragansett, Pay to tho steamers Relief and William Fletcher, Tor towage from Pier 31 to Lightship $113.00 This charge is correct Kcivad payment, Capt Chambkhlaih Hewlett, The italics are written in on the printed form. Multitudes of such bills could be reproduood, all showing conclusively that money is exacted and paid for berths but the two affidavits following, togathor with the fltaUmeuts a ponded thereto, nrnkn out a. nh.nr case ot bribery against one Harbor Master, who. in the words of hia womt enemies, ''is the aquureat Harbor Master on East River." DIBECT CHABGE OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AFFIDAVIT OF W. K.

JilVEB. Wm. K. Niver, being duly sworn, sayo that hi? resides in the City of Brooklyn, Kings Cuunty, and is a wharfinger, and that his place of business is at No. 31 Coenties slip, in the City of New York he further says that he is acquainted with Duniel Hart, the Harbor Master of the district in which he.

this defendant, has his place of business he further says that Milton Knappis a lessee of the east half of PiorNo. 7,. East RiTtr, in the city and port of New York, in the district which said Hart is Harbor that aftoc the Baid Hart waa appointed Harbor Maator, the BftiU Hart requpfited tbis deponent to go and call upon thesaid Milton Knapprwho bad an eievator on said pier used hi unloading and loading achoonerrf and other vessels and, the said Hart stated to the deponent that he required and should have $500 from said Knapp, and that, unless that sum of money was paid to him iu some way, the said Knapp would not be allowed or permitted to use his elevator at that place, nor would schooners or vt Hoela be permitted to load or unload, from nald elevator. The said Hart stated to deponent that he could not nor would not receive the monoy directly from said Knapp, but that deponent should receive it' and pay ovor the amount to him, said Hart that deponent, being tho friend of snld Knapp, and being desirous ot saving bun from loss aud his business from injury by the threatened interforcuco of said Hart, did call upon said Knapp and then ntated to him the amount demanded by Baid Hart, which amount the said Kuapp refused to pay, but did pay to the do pouout the sum of two hundred dollars whioh amount deponent paid over to said Hart for the privilege of said Kuapp having elevator at the pier above mentioned, and of louding aud unloading schooners and other veeselB from said elovator. That the said Hart haB frequently talked to deponent ubout said payment to him, and of bis demandinfj the same.

(Signed) William K. Niveb. AFFIDAVIT OF MILTON KNAPP. Milton Knapp, being duly sworn, sayB that he resides in the Stato of New York, and that his placo of business ia at No. 91, Broad street, in said city; that ho is the lessee of the eastern half of Pior No.

7 in the City anil Port of Now York, and has been such leasee for about four years last past ho further says that he knows Daniel Hart, who is the Harbor Master in tho district where said pier is situated ho further says he la a dealer in grain, and tho owner of an elpyator which is located or situated at said pier, and is used by him for the purpose of carrying on his said bunineas and for loading vessels with grain, and discharging grain from canal boate. That on or about the 3d and 17th days of Decombor, 1870, the said Hart said that ho must see William K. Niver if he did not want to be interferod with iu tho transaction of hiB business in discharging canal boat9 and loading vessels with grain. The deponent further pays that be bad frequently conversed with said Hart previous to that time about said interference, aud had informed said Hart that he only wanted to have hia rights and did not want to be interfered with that eald Hart informed deponent that he must seo William K. Niver, and that any arrangement which deponent could mako with' said.

Niver would bo all right that depouunt did pay said Niver for said Hart the sum of $200 at two different times, on condition that ho was not to be interfered with in the said business for several years at Baid pisr that he has not been interfered with by any other Harbor Master, and has always obeyed and observed the Iawe. He further deposes that notwithstanding his observance of the laws, tho said Hart, for the purposes of interference with the business of deponent, and as ho believeB for the purposo of obtaining monoy from this deponent, has ordored ves3els that came to said pier to be loaded with grain from deponent's elevator to ro move from said pier, and has put othor vessels in their places. That said interference has greatly damaged the busi neis of this deponent, and that the suid interference has been for the mere purpose of obtaining money from tho deponent or from others. That doponeut has always paid all legal claims, and is willing to do so. (Signed) Milt oh Knapp.

Tho following facts arc stated on the authority of affidavits iu every cser and these are at the command of Gov. Hoffman any momcuthe may see fit to eall for them. They refer to the caso of Harbor Master Hart, and aro Belected not beeauso his offonso3 aro any more grave or numerous than the other Harbor Masters, but beeauso they are more ready of access. Each is a direct violation of statute law, and demands immediate Executive attention. Frederick Cushman, who has been the lessee of Piers Nos.

3, 3 and 4 on Eest River for the last velvo years, states that ho suffers continually, and that the ship owners in his district suffer from the demands of DameHart, Harbor Master, who in conjunction with William Hewlett, a towboat owner, levies blackmail upon vesselB which are docked at piors within his jur sdictiou. About the middle of last January, Dauiel Hart, Harbor master ot tho Sixth District, demanded aud received from A. D. rbo agent oi Jeremiah Austin's line of tow bcats, tho sum of $200, by tho threat that unless tho same was paid, ho would remove certain vessels from piors where thoy wero discharging. After rd, notwithstanding that the money extortea had been paid and the outrageous dtmand'satishod, Hart, through his agent, William Hewlett, cnusvd the vessels to be moved before they were loaded or discharged.

No cauEo was assigned, and none cau be given, except that tho ship owntrs refused to pay additional blood money. During tbo month of Dccomber last, Joseph E. Williams of No. 39 South street, paid Hart S75 for a berth for the bark Evoliu, and was forced to pay this 3um or could not huvo obtained a placo at which to uuload. The bark Dapbna camo into this port on Jauuary 1871, aud her master desired to take iu cargo at Pier No.

4, East ltiver, there being plenty of room thoro, as four bertha were vacant at the time. Ho had no soonor made fast to tho pier than William Hewlett came on board and told tho captain that he must move or pay for the privilege of lying at that place. Tne captain was forced to pay. On tho same day Captain J. W.

Hill, of the brig Teresita, applied lor a berth at tho samepit r. but bo was refused a placo until ho had paid to Hart and Hewlett $20. This bill was put iu the bill of the stevedore. F. B.

Brownlow, 10 South street, aud was paid by the owners of the vessel, William 7 State street, was compelled to pay Hewlett $30 ior towing and berthing" tho bark Stella, at pier Jo. 3, East River. The charges for towing were exactly $8, the additional $22 being btackmuil for a berth. Tbo agent of the brig Kicardo was forcod to employ Hewlett to tow the brig to pier No. i.

East Kivor, and to pay him $30 ior the service worth $7 in order to securo a place at the pier. This, too, although there were plenty of vacant places. If any further psoof be desired by Uov. Hofl'man, he has only to attend the hearing of the caso, to come up before Judge Ledwith during the present woek. Let the evil be remedied at once.

Where th Brooklyn market to Be. lb the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle To benefit Brooklyn, to moot the wants of the commUDity and to draw custom from New York, the future market of Brooklyn must be near the torin inUB of tho East Iiiver Bridge. To build a market, or anything else, on a piece of land because it iB valuablo for no otLcr purpose (liko tho City Park) would show a lamentable lack of business intelligence. That neighborhood is blooked up on the river Bide by the Navy Yard property, and is too far from the river and ferry facilities to encourage traffic from New York, and noarly all South Brooklyn would havo to take two lines of oars to reach it. Worso still, tho land lie low, and wouid bo in great danger of becoming an odoriferous nuisance from its topographical position.

With its present surroundings, with the Navy Yard at Its back, away from direct commuulca tlon with the river, wo think it would bo found nocoa eury to detail a special guard of health flic era to prevent Ita becoming a nucleus of corruption aud disease The Iiiuk building is also open to tho objection of boing too far from the ferries. If tho farmers of Long Ik mud are titling to sell us their product at first hands all rifjht; but still, wo don't waut it possible for tnotn to form combinations against our financial peaco wo want tlmhealtbi'ul inuuences of competition. We want facilities for tho prucb diucrs of New Jer ri the grnpo growers of Delaware, the oystermcu and flic liuhorruen, and above all the cattle dealers and butchers let them come from whore thoy may to lind accommodation at our whurvoa connecting with tho ujurktts, Fix it in the right placo at first and tbon it will bo a Biicrestf. Never mind if it does cost more at tho outset, it will pay better in the end; properly located it will secure competition accommodate the greatest number of persons, make it possible to bo cleanly mako it profitable to the city and to imlivUluul consumers. Put it in some out of the way plucti away from the contro of population, uuu furtnera citizens will be mutually disappointed, with tho experiment.

E. V. Proe. Bunoe's Opening Soibee. Last night Masonic Temple was moro than crowded by a host of tho friends of Professor Bunoo, on tho occasion of tho opoulug EDireo of tho season.

Tho attendance was nothing Less than a recognition of Mr. Buncc's abililies as. a torpsiohorean artist, and, was a proof of tbo ostlmation in whioh his soirees aro generally held by tho dancing community. To jnotbers. Mes.

WmsLOw's Soothing Sybup for children, is an old and well tried remedy. It baa stood tho test of many years, and nover known to fall. Heaven Designed tbo Juice Of the Hoarhound plant, the Tar of tho Balm of Gilead Tree, and boating Honey, for the relief of Irritated lunge. Tboso three ipootaus aro combined in Hale's Honetof Hoarhound and Tab, will oure a Oough or Cold, however violent, with unerring certainty. Pikk'b loothaohe Drops euro Toothache ia one minute.

Sold by all Druggists at 25 cents. Aflvantaire in Education. Wo call the attention of parents desiring to placo tholr daughtors at boarding sohool to tho groat ad van Ui go offered by the Slaters of tho Visitation, at Villa do BbIob, Now Utrecht. Taktaj only limited number of pupil they are thoro by enabled to bojtow moro attention on thorn, than could poeslbly bo dano at thoao Institutions larger number is art mitt od. Tho looitioa Is very hoaltbj to whioh tho presiding physician oan testify, having beon In attendance for tho past six years.

For tho convonlonoo of persons wishing to visit tho Academy, a oarriaRo will ply b9twoon the dummy station at Coweuhovou's lano and tho Aoidsmy, every Sunday and Thursday, from ono till four P. M. For further particulars apDlioation may bo made at tho Acndomy, or at the Uoavont of the Viiltstion, corner of Johnson bud I'oarl Brooklyn. Voting of the Masses for Delegates to the Conventions. SCENES AT THE POLLS.

Peace and Order Reigns Throughout the City. LITTLE OR NO OPPOSITION. The Democratic primaries wera held in each ward of the city last evening, and from every ward this morning comes the report of orderly and peaceable voting. The opposition tiolreta iwerp. scarce, making their appearance in only a fe of the wards.

The scenes at tho polls were devoid of interest, and offer a marked contrast to the scenes (mooted at tho primaries of the Republican party. The names of the delegates elected will be found in the following rcportB from our reporters Firs Ward. The place appointed for the holding of primary in the First Ward was 33 Btati arrant. 'ad thither tho reporter of tho Eagle repaired, bat no trace of a primary could be found. The man who keeps tho liquor store whore it was to havo been held eaid ho kneff nothing about the matter.

He discovered however, sometime after, that a primary had boon held and the following ticket eleoted Assembly District Convention Olivar Hanovan, Edward Smith, John Connoll. Judiciary Chas. Miller. Second Ward. James Campbell, F.

McOann, and Frank Quinn acted as Inspectors at the Primary of the Seo ond Ward which was held at 70 Jay atroet. Their labor was light, for thoro was only one ticket la the field and no opposition. The vote was rather light. Tho following was the tickot elocted Assembly Distriot Convention Owen Murphy, William Dwjer, Patrick Harvey. Assembly Judioiary Convention David 0.

Altken. Third Ward. The primiary election iu this Ward was held in the Niagara House, in Court street, and at the usual time the inspectors took their places at a sm ill table in the baok room, and commenced to receive the votes of those who came forward to exercise tho primary elective franchise. They wero few in number, orderly ana" quiet. They all voted tho sama ticket, which was as follows For Delegate to Judicial Convention Wm A.

Fowler. For Delegates to Assembly Convention Frederick Backus, A. G. Chant, Thomas Martin. Fourth Ward Ab in the case of the other wards, there ws no opposition ticket in this ward, William Leachr John Brady and William Hannan acted as inspectors.

There wore a hundred and forty six votes polled, and tho following ticket was unanimously elected Assembly District Convention W. Brcnnen, Miohael McCurty, Patrick Foley. Delegate to Assembly District, Judiciary Convention George Oakley. Fifth Ward. The primary election in the Fifth Ward was held in Walter Long's carpenter shop in York street, which from timo immemorial has been tho pri maryflDd ejection headquarters ot the ward.

William Furcy, Justice Walsh and Jamos Bhefllin acted as inspectors. Thero was only one ticket offorod, and if was elected. Tho following tioket was eleoted by 326 votes For Delegates Assembly Convention William HiRgins. Joromiah Smith and Thomas Knnia. For Delegate io Judiciary Convention Daniel Bradley.

Sixth Ward At one time, last evening, in this ward, thero were from 800 to 1,000 men gatherod about the polling place at Mr. Peter Fogarty's, corner of Hicks and Degraw, and considerable excitement provailod. Thero were two tickets in tho field, one headed by Auditor James O'Brien, for delegate to the Judiciary Convention, with Messrs. George Held, Thomas F. Kovins and Jamea Gerin for the Assembly Convention.

and the other by James Kane (ex police aergeant,) for the Judiciary Convention, with Alderman James Dunne, John Herbert and Patrick Murphy for the Assembly Convention. After about two hundred vote had beon polled, Messrs, James Hughes, James Kane and John Galvin acting aa Inspectors, a eompromlBO ticket was agreed upon, Auditor O'Brien voluntarily withdrawing in favor et Mr. Kane, at the instance of 1 Alderman Dunne. Notwithstanding the excitement of the occasion no actual collision occurred, a faot largely attributable to tho firmness of Police Captain Ferry and his men, and tho toothing influenca of Auditor O'Brien and a few others. The following ticket being mado up was elected For Assembly Convention Thos.

F. Nevms, Patrick Murphy, and James Gerin. For Judiciary Convention James Kane. ScYcnth Ward The most commendable unanimity prevail I ed in this Ward, and although there was a large vote polled, and quite an earnest interest fait, it was nnat teDded by hostility or opposition. The ticket elected was as follows: For delegates to Assembly Convention Bornard Riley, Wm.

A. Powers, John Rose. For delegate to Judicjary Convention Henry A. Moore. 1 Eighth Ward.

In this ward the primary was held at J. Munniou's liquor store, cornor Nineteenth street and Fourth awnne, entrance on Nineteenth street. The polls openod at 5 o'clock, and the voting passed off quietly. Tho properly selected Committee met on the provions evening and arranged the ticket hereinafter given. The Inspectors appointed by the General Committee were Charles H.

Foley, John Hall and John Morau. Tho voters dropped in singly and in couples rather than iu large squads, and no continuous lines wero necessary. A light voto was polled, estimated at two hundred. In tho long pauses between the balloting the officials behind the polling table passed the time in ditcuBsioDB of tho situation, the drift of tho argument being that there was about to be, and must be, a change in things political. Tho in noceut rurnla who had been sent to tho city to represent their reapootive districts, and seo life, had come to be "too smart," and an entirely differont ask of offlcialR would be returned heroaftar.

Soma wore inclined to think that it was too ooon to paai Judgment upon the membors of tho ring. "Find a man first guilty, and then condomn him," said ono; another scorned to think they wore already, aa good as proved guilty at least. The polls wero kept open till 8 o'clock, in order to comply with' tho letter of the law, though it was muoh like tho unopposed horse "walking over tho course." At 8 o'clock whan the polls closed, the following ticket was announced elected without Assembly Convention Michael Mannion, Mathlas Hirst, Patrick Murphy. Judicial Convention John Pickett. Ninth Ward.

A reporter of the Eagle visited the polling place of the Ninth Ward Primary last evening, on the corner of Paciflo street and Vanderbilt avenue. Alderman MeGroarty and othor influential inhabitants of the ward were present, and thoro being but one ticket everything passed off in a very pleasant and Hiufooto ry manner. Tho following is the ticket Assembly District Convention Patrick McOroarty, John Farrell, Patrick Boyle. Judiciary Convention G. G.

Herman. Vnnth Ward. The election for tho purpose of choosing three delegates for this ward took place last night at the southwest corner of Smith and Bergen Btrocts. The proceedings werecarried on poacoably, thor being no opposition, and resulted as follows For Delegates to the Fourth Assembly District Convention M. Murphy, Wm.

Jacob), Jas. McGnrry. For Delegate to the Judiciary Convention J. T. Donovan.

The Inspectors were Messrs. Timothy Donovan, Patrick Uray and Joseph McGarry. The number of votes balloted was 170. Eleventh Ward. In this ward tho same unanimity of sentiment prevailed for tho regular ticket, thero being no opposition whatever.

The voting was over early, and proceeded with unusual quictuess. Tho following ia the elected ticket: Assembly Convention Andrew J. Foster, Claudius BradU aud Kibe H. Kugeler. Judicial Convention John II, Clayton, Twelfth ward.

The primary in this ward was hold, as usual, at McMahou's coal office, corner of Rapolyea and Richards street, and passed off in a quint and very orderly manner. Messrs. Patrick Counors, James Doylo and FinnciB Kenny, acting as Inspectors, declared tho following ticket elected For Delegates to the Third Assembly District Convention Richard McCormict, John Ciirran, Thomas Victory. For Delegate to the Judiciary Convoution Thomas Foran. Tho whole number of votos cast was 431, and there was no opposition ticket presoutod.

Thirteenth Ward. The primary was held at 132 Broadway, and, as will bo perceived by tho Bmall numbor of votes polled, was lacking in intorcst to tho majority of Democrats iu the Ward. One ticket only was run and received 150 votes only. The delegates to the Seventh Assembly Convention are Moses Kossol, Patrick McGinn, and Wm, Thompson, Judioiary delogato, Wm. A.

Brown. Fourteenth ward In this Ward the same unanimity of sentiment provailed, thoro being no opposition cither expressed or desired. A vote of 387 waspollDl for tho delegates, who aro Thos. O'Brien, Roger Hayes, and John Delegate to the Judiciary Cou vgntiou, Daniol Smith. Fifteenth Ward.

As regards the election in tho Fifteenth Ward, tho account given of tho two preceding will apply to this as well, and waH in striking contrast to tho factious elements observed at tho Republican primary a few nights since. In all 208 votes wero polled for tho singlo ticket In tho field, which contalnod tho names of Daniel Doyle, P. Guralsky and Anton Bechtold as dilo RatOB to tho Eighth Assembly Convention, Mr. McPhcreon is tho delefiato to tho Judioiary Oonvontion, and oh rumor haB it, is a candidato for Aldermanio honors. Sixteenth Ward Of the sovon Eastern District words thiH in the only ono in whioh thero was even a somblanc of a contest ovor the result of a primary election, and are women who, at a Iosb for subjects even of the slightest interest, consume their hour, some of them in trying to show why they should be on the platform, and others (inconceivable as it may seem, it is literally true) in trying to show why they should not be on the platform.

And, worst of all, some of them appear in the leoture hall apparently to exhibit their toilettes, and the drygoods, rather the discourse, are mentioned in the report of the exhibition. Not only does the lecturing business still inexplicably nourish, but, what is more astonishing, it still pays. The easy opulenoa of the Logan and the Dickinson prove this. If it be said that they have sucoeeded beoause of their sex, and that the publio has been compelled by ouriosity to witness the phe nomenon of a spouting woman, the answer of facts is that even men still crowd the platform, and find it so profitable that some who had retired are coming back. One whose return is announced is our American Tupper, Timothy Titoomb.

Another is the woman Woodhull's rhapsodical biographer whom we advise incontinently to out the spirit of Demosthenes, if that oratorical ghost offers to accompany him. The lecturing age nnhappily is not at an end. The coming plague of lecturers promises as frightfully as tha Ioousts of Egypt. Toe Tools of the Triumvirate. The collection of the federal revenue and the administration of its laws, are but the incidental business and oooupation of the parties who, on that pretense, live upon the earnings of the rest of the community.

Their real business is to manipulate Republican politics in the interest of Gen. Grant and themselves. For the State at large, the New York Custom House is the headquarters of this business. It turns over a hundred and seventy four million dollars a year of revenue to the Treasury, and charges two millions and a half for its trouble. But this large sum is only its avowed perquisites.

It indirectly pookets muoh vaster amounts. The Tribune the other day mentioned a case which shows one way how this is done. Whan an importer tries to cheat the revenue, the Collector has a power of compromising with him instead of punishing him. In the case the Tribune selected as a sample, the fraud oh the Government amounted to a hundred thousand dollars, and the Custom House professed to have compromised it for fourteen thousand and turned over to the Treasury only that amount. If the offender really paid fifty thousand, as any defaulter would gladly do to be allowed to escape with tha other fifty thousand, then in this one case alone the illegitimate perquisite of the Custom House people would be thirty six thousand dollars.

If the object of the law were not to bsnefit the Collector personally instead of fee Treasury, no secret compromise would be allowed whoever defrauded the government would be prosecuted and made to disgorge for the benefit of the revenue. But the Custom House law is just like the Macgregor building law a Birict rule is laid down, but he who violates it haB only to make a special seoret arrangement with the official in order to esoape punishment. Under laws which admit of condonation and private compromise of penalty, we cannot expect offioials to be honest, but maybe sure they will soon become millionaires. Out of the vast sums thus roalized by the politicians in the Custom House, they can easily afford to keep up a partisan faction organization big enough to ramify through the whole State and control a State convention. Especially as some counties are rich enough in political sinecurism to be able to get along with little aid from New York.

Of suchis this county. Here, to do the work of say six men, the Federal Assessor had last Spring nearly a hundred. The Eagle exposed the monstrous abuse, and some of them were dis charged. The list is said now to stand as follows only about six times as long as it would need to be, if these people were not giving five sixths of their time to politics, in stead of the publio business they are paid for doing First Ward Dan. Ward.

AsBistant Assessor: Wil liam O. Ilubbell, Assistant Aasossor. orcuau nara jamcs uamoy, Assistant Aasossor. Fourth Ward E. 0.

Anderson. Assistant Assessor: L. C. 7der, Assistant Assessor. um wara u.

i nuups, Assistant Assessor. Sixth Ward A. H. Assistant A a. Allen, Assistant Assessor; H.

Lyman, H. C. Bowcn'a mau. Seventh Ward Sam. Bowden, Assistant Assossor; E.

L. Langford, Assistant Assossor; Tom Mossorop, Assistant Assessor. Eighth Ward W. R. Rogers, Assistant Assessor; John McKclJan, Assistant Assessor; Ira Kimball, Assistant Assessor.

Ninth Ward W. Thorn, Assistant Assessor. Tenth Ward John H. Clyne, Assistant Assessor; W. A.

Rowan, Assistant Assessor; Sam Frost, Assistant ASFoasor. Eleventh Ward A. T. Dodge. Assistant Assessor; H.

L. Sewelt, Assistant Assessor. Twelfth Ward James Johnson, Assistant Assossor. Thirteenth Ward T. B.

Shaw, Assistant Assessor: W. H. Green, Assistant Assessor. Fourteenth Word H. W.

Hughes, Assistant Assessor. Fifteenth WardT. Woods, Assistant Assossor. Sixteenth WardHyram Kalt, Assistant Assessor; C. Scbwcikout, Assistant Assossor; George Giehl, Assistant Assessor.

Seventeenth Ward 8. Clark. Assistant Assessor. Eighteenth Ward H. Dawson, Assistant Assossor.

Nineteenth Ward H. M. Connolly, Assistant Asses soa. Twentieth Ward George T. Woeis, Assistant Assessor; E.

D. Wheeler, Assistant Assessor; Conkiiii Smith, Assistant Assessor. Twenty first Ward E. H. Flavin, Assistant Assessor.

County Towns A. B. Wright, Assistant Assessor; S. S. Ayman, Assistant Assossor; J.

B. Cooper, Assistant Assessor; D. Bogart, Assistant Assessor. N. D.

Petty, Assistant Assessor: J. T. Hawkins, Assistant As Bespor; N. n. Hoyt, Assistant Assessor; J.

S. Skinnor, Assistant Assessor. Clerks Charles B. Morton, Dan. Gillen, J.

Selvage. This is merely the contribution of one official in the local Federal ring to the joint stock account of agencies to foist Grant on his party for another term, whether they want him or not. And this one official is tha least objectionable of the ring the longest resident, the most respected, and the most reluctant to do wrong. Each of the others has his similar following. Judging by this city and State, there are not less than thirty thousand able bodied men in the land, who ought to be in some honest business adding to the publio prosperity and supporting themselves and families, who are to day unnecessarily employed at the expense of their neighbors in pulling wires and cutting capers in promotion of Grant's personal determination to be President a second time, whether his party want him or not.

There is more of the taxpayers' money being wasted now in struggling to protect Grant's hold of the Presidency, than is being fairly employed in conducting the publio business of the United States. A civil service reform of some kind must be had, or before many years it will take more than the taxpayers uarn to support the Presidential janissaries, so numerous are they, and so liberal an allowance of rations do i hey all require. Is Queen Victoria Insane Years ago anything would do for a crowned head. It need not have brains, nor virtue. Any fool or reprobate or tyrant would serve for a king.

The foolish, uninstructed people fancied the fellow was "the Lord's anointed" anyhow, whether he were crazy like George a tyrant like Bcmba, an infatuated cruel egotist like Nicholas of Russia, or a roue like George IV. Now people are wiser and more critical. Theology is not quite so clear about "the divine right" of kings, and if it were, the peoplo are a little more distrustful of the authority of the theologians. A king or czar or queen must show some use for existing that capacity, or the people on whose backs the throne rests bocome restive and disturb the equanimity of its august occupant. For a long while the raison d'etre of the English throne has been tho virtues of the Sovereign.

"Such a modest wife and mother has been the burden of alt the responses at English publio dinners to the first toast on the list. Meanwhile the Emporor of France gave his peoplo "glory" in repeated doses, in or der to establish his claim to rule. When to glory ignominy succeeded, down fell the French throne. The Aus trian Emporor maintains his throne precariously by giving infinitesimal doses of additional liberty to his people. Even the Rut sian tyrant has to pay tho price of ruling in abating some little of hiH despotism.

If he has not given away much of his own power, ho has made up for it by lessoning the power of his nobility to oppress the serfs or common people. And in Germany tho ruler pays for his throne by gratifying the national aspira tion for political unity and martial glory. Ho preserves his crown only by knocking off the People begin to refleot that a woman can be a good wife and mother without requiring half a dozen palaces and a perpetual monopoly of the higheBt official position for the Bake of exhibiting her good example for the benefit of smaller matrons. Like Mr. Tnrveydrop, Senior, in Bleak House," who only did tho "deportment," while his son did all the dancing, the Queen turns out to be rather too expensive and superfluous a personage in the establishment, very ornamental, but not useful enough to justify the expenditure of maintaining so great a position.

This feeling has often latterly been expressed in public meetings of vulgar people but at last it has boon uttered from the very sanctum sanctorum of aristooraoy itself. Mr. Disraeli, ex Prime Minister, leader of the Tory party, who has a majority of the House of Lords at his back, and two thirds of tho Bishops and clergy among his followers, plainly declares that the Queen is both morally and physically unfit to govern. So the cable dispatches say and suoh iB tho fact. It is not news.

The wonder rs not that the thing has been said, but that Disraeli, at his own country manor house, in the heartof a Tory)connty, should have thought the time come to say it. We must await tho exact text of the language to decide whether Disraeli personally has crowned his long and eventful career by formally disbanding the party he has bo long led and whose motto and standing toast is "Churoh and Crown forever;" or whether he simply advo oates a resignation of the Queen in favor of the Prince of Wales, foreseeing that if that young gentleman waits till his mother's death, and she lives ten years longer, there will be small ohance of his coronation then. England is certainly drifting fast toward a republican form of government, and by passing his Reform bill, practically conferring the franchise on every house owner, Disraeli did more than any other man to accelerate the inevitable tendency. He may have thought the time come for another bold stroke in tho same direction. His career shows, no less than his writings, a sympathy with the masses, as well as a cortaiu snobbishness of servility toward the aristocracy.

His antipathies are against tho middle classes, the small shopkeepers who he considers have ruled England for tho last twenty years and brought her down from the first class of European powers to about the level of Belgium and Holland. Disraeli has always been a queer mixture of an aristoorat and a democrat. Driven to choose he may finally have decided to cast his political future in with the masses and with the republic of thefuture.JGladstone, his political rival, calling himself a liberal, has lately stretched the royal prerogative to an extent unprecedented in a hundred years. Di raeli, calling himself a Conservative, ap pears now to have occupied his adversary's abandoned vantage ground, by giving utterance to the general popular impatience at the retention of an antiquated monarchical system in a civilized and free country. But, until the exact words are at hand, it will be impossible to tell exactly what the author of "JGothair" means by his latest and most startling political pronunciamento.

The State Conventions. The Republican factions which have been mutually denouncing each other as false not only to party obligations but to public interests, give signs of amity on nearer approach. TheJJWfrune, which has been proving for days past that Collector Murphy uuconscionably robbed the public treasury by clothing the soldiers in shoddy; that ho bribed the government detectives and witnesses, and bought an acquittal in spite of the most flagrant guilt, now consents to condone Murphy's offences in consideration of getting a half vote for each Greeley delegate by the side of each Murphy delegate casting the other half vote. If Mr. Tilden and Mr.

Tweed, Mr. Foley and Mayor Hall, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Haggerty, proposed to make a personal and party compromise on the basis of each couple giving one vote between them in the Democratic State Convention, what a series of shrieking homilies on personal and political depravity would be heard from the Tribune and Times. And yet this would be no more than what is being now patched np at Syracuse a close union of mu tual eBteem and oooperation between the Rcpubliean men and factions that have for months been proving eaoh other to be the incarnation of all villainy.

The spectacle at the Tweed meeting in East Broad way, or that at the Tammany committee sub sequently, on both of which occasions tho man who with Hank Smith certified Inger soll's bills of millions as oorrect and honest was greeted as a persecuted patriot, was not a whit more disgusting and discouraging, to all people who would fain yet hope that there are such things left as public conscience and personal honor, even in politics, than is the spectacle now of the Murphy men and Gree ley men sitting demurely in each othor's laps, aud proposing to oast with one voice between each loving couple, the one vote half allotted to each of them. So the Republican Convention is not to be a Conkling Convention exclusively, nor a Fenton Convention it is not to be run by Murphy only, or by Hank Smith only, but by a union of those hitherto rival worthies. It would be funny enough to find an anti Tweed crusade led either by Murphy, Tweed's partner in tha real estate speculations, or by Hank Smith, Tweed's pet associate Supervisor. But to have Murphy and Hank Smith combining, settling their, differences and pro posing mutually to lead and co operate in a grand anti Tweed anti corruption movement in State politics, is a farce more broad than would bo conceivable, unless it were proposed to put Foley in prison for disturbing the peace of New York city with his injunction, and to Bend Olcott to Fort Lafayette for revealing the bribery and fraud of Murphy's shoddy contracts and sham trial. The politicians of the one bad type pervading and now claming to control, both parties, are playing their game with a very high hand.

There is no intelligent voter ot any party who does not see that Tweed, Hank Smith and Murphy are men of exactly the same speoies; that their fights are but nominal and temporary, and their points of union and co operation are real and vital. The common interest of honest men is to put down, not one of these men by another, as Greeley seems to have been trying to do by using Hank Smith's crowd to fight Murphy, but to put down the entire system of corruption in politics, whioh disgraces and debauches all parties whioh has grown up during the war and since the Republican party took oontrol of affairs, but which has flourished equally in Now York by tho complicity of Democrats as in the South, or in the Custom House, where Republicans have entire sway. There is no difference between Republicans and Democrats half so vital as tha difference between the knaves of all parties who follow politics for plunder, and the working masses, who want honest administration of affairs. The State Convention of Republicans now sitting, and the one of Democrats to sit next week, are both on trial before the people. Party men on both sides are disgusted with scalawag leadership, and hold themselves freer from party obligation than ever before.

This time tho floating voto will oount. Tho Convention that makes the best reoord, and the best tioket, will be most likely to win. Republican professions of enmity to Court House corruption, will be understood by the public as so much empty air and lying eoho, if Hank Smith, the Tammany Supervisor and Police Commissioner, the very man who reported the Garvey bills, and Murphy, shoddy oontraotor and recorded partner of Tweed, be recognized as party leadera in good standing. By the distinctness of the remedy whioh the respective Don ventioas proposo for tho flagrant abuses of public affairs not in New York Court House only, but in tho Custom House and Treasury also will the intelligent and honest taxpayers decide whioh party is fooling the publio with vain and insinoere professions, and which is really anxious to reform administration. Tho Republican Oonvontion ought to purgo both its delegations from Now York oity.

To oompromiso on a basis which rooognizes as oommand of Sergeant Ulrich bad their hands full to keep order and prevent Interference with tho lengthy line of oitizens awaiting their turn to vote, and toward the closing of the polls a fight seemed Imminent. The difficulty came about the alleged repeating of a young man who, as averred by Alderman Eaber, had already voted, and In a moment of ezoltement the Alderman, in his haste to get at tho offender, laid violent hands upon Sergeant CTrioh, by whom he was nnceremonioaff ly hustled to one side with others prominent in raising a disturbance. This could have been avoided with an objection simply to the man's vote being received, and as In other instances of the sort he would have been promptly sent about hia business. Order was quickly restored and harmony subaequently prevailed to the close. The delegates eleoted to tho Sixth Assembly Convontion are, Jacob Fessler, Jamos Wolf and John Butcher.

To the Judioiary, James Downing. Seventeenth Ward, I Quiet and good feeling reigned supreme at the Seventeenth Ward primary which was held at Union Hall, corner of Java street, Greenpoint. Delegates to thje Eighth Assembly Convention, eleoted were Patrick Cflllaghan, Josoph Droll and John Pldgoon. Judiciary, Hfanry Zoblcs. Eighteenth Ward.

f' the primary in this ward no opposition manlfeated to the single ticket run, for which 81 swore polled. Tho dolegatos to tho Eighth Assembly District Convention from the ward are, William Helms, Edward Murray and A. Bosnian. Judiciary, Jaknos Fletcher. I Nineteenth Ward.

The Demooracy in this ward were nnited, aa elsewhere In the distriot, and polled a vote of 163 for the only ticket presented for BulTrage. The delegates for the Sixth Assembly Convention are Hugh Kilday, Joseph Hickman and Thomas S. Miles. Judiciary, A. W.

Black. Twentieth Ward. The primary held at Una Hall, on the eor ner or Myrtlo avenue and Adolphi atroet. was satisfactory enough but quite uneventful. Only one ticket was run.

and that was as follows: For delegate to Assembly Convention John William H. Rogers, Andrew Tnompson. For delegate to Judiciary Convention John Heath. Sr. Twenty ffirst Ward Primary, on the corner of Marcy and DeKalb avenues, was enlivened by the presence of O'Pako, whose humble domicile is located in that neighborhood.

He supplied with tickets all who were entitled to vote, and when the polls closed he loft, In company with about three hundred friends, feeling satisfied that hajhad done duty as a good citizen and sterling Democrat. Thero was no opposition to tbo ticket dls tiihuted by O'Pake, and it bore the following names For Delegates to the Assembly Convention Daniel Witter, Henry Geirbardt, Robert Allen. For Delegate io Judicial Convention N. MoGregeor Steele. Twenty second Ward.

1 tFbe Twenty second "Ward primary wa held in vacant storo in Third avenue, near Ninth street, Iaat evening, under the supervision of Inspectors Garrett Brower, Wm. Grady, and Thos. Kinny. The election was very quiet and orderly, thore being no coafuBlon whatover. The number of votes was 250.

Tho voting was conoluded before half past seven, Tho following is the ticket: Assembly Convention Charles H. Taughan, John Fitkgrrald, Cbarlss Foster. Judiciary Convontion John Delmar. the Editor of the Brooklyn, Eaolt The Democratic primary, held in the Twonty second Ward last evening, was undoubtedly a groat contrast to the Republican primary held four days ago in tho same Ward. It was remarked by many laBt evening that there was as great a difference a there is between Horace Greeley and General Grant.

It took no less than eight policemen, which toe city had to furnish, to protect decent citizens at the Republican primaries from being robbed, insulted and beaten out of their votes. Lat evening it took but two policemen to conduct the primary, as thero were no voters but wore residents of the Ward, whilo in the other case, the Republicans had Richardson and hia gangs of drivers, conductors, starters, and all tho Bcum of the Firat KlVhlh Tpnth nnrl Tveaifth t' publican primary. Iaat night the Sadies of the Revolu iwTi, vr uj uwer tuu woman's riguts and men's wrongs ilk, could havo voted with the groatest safety, without being insulted or Intimidated, as was tho oase at the last Republican primary in thia ward. Yours, truly, Foster. The County Towns.

As in the city, the election in the county towns passed off quietly, and in no case was there a contest. Tho following aro the names of the delegates eleot ea FLATBUSH. Assembly Convention James A. Murtha, James F. Scott, Richard O'Hara.

Judiciary John H. Bergen. PLATLANDS. Assembly Convention Jool Skidmoro, Richard Mo Mahon, JameB F. Cooper.

Judiciary James F. Cooper. GBATESEND. Assembly Convention Stephen J. Williamson, John McMahon, Thos.

Abbott. Judiciary Stephen I. Voorhees. NEW LOTS. State John KeUv.

Andrew Frisbec. J. Pater a. Brady. Judiciary David W.

Hoaglnud. A Voter Complains of Non Attcndance at Piimarics. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Easle Sir, in looking ovor the items in vour im partial journal, last ovening, aa I do every evening, I noticed the following Let there be a large attendance at the primaries. I responded in good faith, and hastened to do my duty at the placo of voting, cornor of Smith and Borgen street, Teuth Ward; but, to my great astonishment, I found myBelf alone, as a votor. Thero weie about five or six mon or boys sauntering around, I requested one of them to givo mo a ticket, ana ne accommouuiea me.

A Democratic VorEn. Protest from the Sixth Ward. To tU Editor of tho Brooklyn Eagle: As a consistent Democrat I nrotefifc most solemnly against the admission to tho Assembly District Committee of those who will present themselves as tho ''delegates" from tho Sixth Ward, no selection having taken place. In accordance with the "call" I and others presented ourselves at the place named atCP M. and found me jjuub uiustu, rrom una 01 me very largo squaa 01 policemen in tho vicinity I learned that "it had been lixed somo compromlso effectod" meaning, I pre uuinc, that the rival candidates in colluaion with the Inspectors of Election had usurped the powors of the people and appointed the delegates it wjs their dufcv and privilege to elect, thus practically aiafranchising ever Democratic voter iu one of tho most influential wards this city, comment is unnecessary 1 Wkst Wabrest.

Tho Holding? of Ward Primaries. To the Editor of the Ecjle; Ab the time approaches for the fall cam paign clibs and littlo cliques of politicians arc busy making meir lavorue iioueis, composoa mostly or tneir own individual selves, it would be woll to publicly remind these gentlemen that it will bo necssary to nominate good men, of charaitor and standing. We havo had enough of Rings, and it will be folly to nominate the samo men term after term to the same office they havo occupied for two or three terms. it is said that it takosa mau one full term to learn bow to conduct tho affairs of a chosen plaao. Woll, when he has learnod it, nobody else can understand bis way, and thoy seem ti want another term to learn bow to steal and hide away in mystory and confusion.

Therefore it would be well to pay liberally for one teim and change hands for the next. At the approaching election we want men sent to the Degislaturo who own themselves, and can aot honestly on their own responsibility. Lot no man bo nominatsd and elocted who 1b tho slave or tool oi one or two men or some littlo company or club. The Democratio party must he true to its principles. Its representatives in all phoes must be capable and honest, and should never lose sight of Jefferson's standard tho greatest good of tho greatest number not of the few otfioe holders or rich and overbearing monopolies.

Therefore short terms, prompt settlement of accounts, ia tha surest and safest way to accomplish these ends. We want no Connollys and Tweeds in Brooklyn, or anywhere else, ana now, sinoo we have, mainly through the infiuenco of tho Eagle, straightened things up pretty well, and we can look for a reduction of taxs, let us keep on improving, by electing good men, who will bear watobing ono term, and only serve a second when asked and sought for to do so. Last Fall the Fourth Ward Club used its influence to havo the primary election held at a respectablo place, the Brooklyn Market; the result was that everybody was pleased, aud a larger number attended than was ever known to attend a primary in this ward before; but this year it seems a liquor Baloon is to be tho place for this ward, and the few will have everything as thay please, and, no aoubt, it is determined upon by this tfmo who are to be elected. Tills docs not look well for tho people. Liquor saloons are not fit places for people to attend on publio business, and thoy will not go to any other back room of a public iioiifio only largo enough for tho inspectors and a few of tho knowing ones to occupy.

Primary elections, so conducted, are a humbug, and should bo reformed. They are of more importance than tho genoral elections, and should bo equally aa well protected against fraud; but thoy are not, and it is a farce to call candidates roularJy nominated by thorn, and pooplo aro beginning to find it out, and will ast aooordlmjly hereafter. The Democratic party ia the party of all reform and good government, and we mwt seo to It that our primarioa are better and more honestly conducted than ring politicians want them to be. Dkmoouat. PERSONAL.

McNamara. Deputy City Cleric McNamara was suddenly and violently seized by bilious colic at his residence on Monday. Ho is now somewhat easier, but, from tho oxtromo violence of tho attaok and its attendant symptoms, It is feared that Mr. Mo Namara will bo severely ill for Borne time a fact to bo regretted, especially in the case of such an industrious, obliging and effloicnt officer. Whittakeb.

John B. Whittalcer, the popular figure painter, is visible by moana of a "counterfeit presentment" in tho window of Williamson's vestibule, on Fulton street. Tho picture Is as large as lifo, "and twica as natural," as tho old saving runs, and forms a picturesque addition to the handsome heads which are grouped around it. Hennessey W. the painter, not the educational gentleman of that name la often seen in British magazines.

H1b Infest unfortunately not his laBt are seen in The Dark Blue. This yrm to bo expeoted; for beloro he left How York he had grown de oidedly blue in color. At present, oither he has dreadfully degenorated or his engraver, Jenkins, graves not wiielj nor any too well. Tho "outs" look "soratohy." Bpabkb. J.

H. Sparks, General Manager ot the Oceanfo Steamship Company, after a short absenco In Europe, has returned muoh reouperated In health. Mr. SparkB' visit, howovor, was simply on bus ineaB connected with hia Company, and that settled, ho ifi again among us, as gonial and hoarty looking as 6vcr, having bcon gone Just flv weeks altogether. Twenty ono days on tho waters of tho Atlantic, going and rotutning.

This Is doing things up quickly. Greeley. The Tribune yesterday printed a characteristic and readable letter from'Mr. Greeley. Uo remarks practically, not to Bay pathetically, on the com, equaehca and cabbages of Minnesota, but has nothing to say of the political prospects.

AsnBTBY. Tho yaoht Livonia, contestant fur tho America Cup, is on her way to this port, aud no is her owner, Asbbury. Presently we shall road iu nautical almanacs, "About tbtii Umo expect a storm of uewspapor turds," Thli Paper has the Largest Clrartla. tlon of any Ereninv Paper Published in the United states. Its value as am 4 dvertlulng: nedinot is tberefors appa rent.

Tammany Republicans Success at Syracuse. It is well known that the Federal officeholders of New York have seized control of the machinery of the Republican party in that city. This has been effected under the leadership of Thomas Murphy, a man proved on Bepublioan authority to be notoriously corrupt. Despite bis record, he was selected by President Grant for the most lnorative office within his gift, and despite the scandal his retention in office brings upon the Republican party, he is still retained. The foremost of the Republican organs the New York Tribune has devoted itself, day by day, for weeks past, to the purpose of proving that Murphy is politically a time server, and that he is personally a knave.

The Tribune has proved to its own satisfaction that President Grant's political and personal favorite, as a contractor, cheated the Government in its most dire extremity; that to do bo ho furnished clothing to the soldiers which exposure to the weather almost i mme dintely destroyed, leaving the men who were doing battle for their country at the meroy of a foe they were powerless to resist. To save himself from the punishment this villainy deserved, Murphy is charged with bribing the officers of the Government. He is accused of being one of the Republican partners in the "Ring" which has plundered New York city, and it is admitted that he ia concerned in the real estate speculations, through which the Ring leaders are anxious to have the public believe they realized in a few years, fortunes more ample than the most successful merohant can hope to acquire after a long life of uninterrupted industry and suocesa. At the head of a gang of office holders this man makes his appearance in the State Convention of the Republican party, at the time this party is asking the people to give them control of the State on the ground that only through their suocesa can the people hope for relief from the misrule which the politioal firm in which Murphy is a leading partner is responsible for in New York City. At such a time, and dealing with snob a man, there seemed but two courses open to iiw Republican Convention.

Either io prevent Murphy and his baokers from taking any part in it, or abandon the advantage they might naturally hope to secure by antagonizing themselves directly with the men publicly indicted for rob. bing the taxpayers of New York. To countenance Murphy as a leader, and to denounce, at the same time, the combination of Democrats and Republicans who have seized control of New York for purposes of plunder, is bo transparent a shame that no voter in this State can be imposed npon by it. The latest information from Syracuse indicates that Murphy and his delegation will be admitted to the Convention upon the same terms as the organization led by Mr. Greeley.

The Tribune has, in its opinion at least, succeeded in proving such crimes against Murphy as would have been rightfully punished by incarceration in the Penitentiary. Now Murphy is not merely admitted to share in the councils of the Republican party, but his influence in the Convention is seen to be paramount. Under these circumstances what do the virtuous Tribune and Times do Assail the Convention for betraying the party in this State and throwing away a splendid opportunity to seoure sucoess in the coming campaign by seeming, at all events, to be determined to relieve the Metropolis from the hybrid political combination which has fastened itself upon the necks of the tax payers of New York, and from which it is not even now clear that they, release themselves? Not at all. If Greeley were an honest public man, in view of his recorded coviction of Murphy's character, the English language would fail even Mr. Greeley in denouncing a compromise which is designed to place him and Murphy side by side in the councils of their party.

The Tribune has heard of the agreement decided on at Syracuse, and it hails it as "fair and reasonable." The Convention, it Bays, recognizes the fact that in the con "test before us the party needs' all its true "men, "and hence it secures the co operation of the eminently true man" the Tribune has proved Mr. Murphy to be. The Times on its part, in defending Murphy, has denounced Greeley and his faction day after day as emissaries ot Tammany Hall. It has contended that while Smith, and Andrews, and Manniere, and Sands hold power in the Republican party, the Tammany leadera have nothing to fear. Smith is known to be at Syracuse to day at the head of a gang of New York "roughs" who aro fighting the battlqs of Tammany just as effectually as the policemen, acting under Smith's instructions, did a year ago when they excluded the Deinocratio ward delegates from Tammany Hall because it was feared they would overthrow the power of Mr.

Tweed. The Times, too, has heard of the agreement proposed at Syracuse, and it hails it as one which all "sincere men" in the Republican party can sustain, and as effectually securing the Republican party from "the danger of betrayal by Tammany emissaries." This has been accomplished by admitting one half of a delegation which the Times has claimed daily up to to day as emissaries of Tammany. If the Tribune is right and Murphy is a friend of Tammany if the Timet is right and Smith and his gang are the direct agents of Tammany, the chief of that organization have carried the Republican Convention by gambling on the safe principle of head I win tail yon lose." It is evident that whatever danger the Tammany leaders feared from the Republican party they have escaped it, and can afford to "laugh in their sleeves" at such denunciation as the Tom Murphy men on the one side and the Hank Smith gang on the other may choose, for appearance sake, to hurl at them. They will accept it, as it is meant, in a "Pickwickian sense." Wherever the voters and taxpayers of New York in favor of a reform of their local government may hope for relief it will be vain to look to the Republican party for it. The Radical papers of the State advise the Democrats who are to meet at Rochester next to adopt heroic treatment in dealing with the local Democratic leaders of New York, if they hope to save their organization.

This is the example the Republican Convention presents of heroic treatment The Tammany leaders will find no difficulty in dealing with Tom Murphy and Hank Smith. It remains to be heen liow the Republican voters of thy tSlaii nill deal with their party after this ho travd its interest and its honor. Tile Coining I'lufruc of Lecturers. It is reported that Miss Anna Dickinson, ding the last eight years, has realized from ifcr lectureB a profit of over eighty thousand dollars, and that in a shorter term of platform BC rvice Miss Olive Logan has realized a sum relatively as large, or larger. It is hardly worth while to consider whether the lottures were worth what they cost whether the vix enish vigor and virulont rhetoric of the Dickinson, or the flippant frivolities of the Logan, were not disponed of at an excessively high price.

The personalities involved in the alleged facts are of slight consequence. We refer to the facts only because they contra dict the frequently announced theory that the lecturing age in at an end. That it ought to bo few thoughtful persons will deny. The caled "lyceum" long ago accomplished whatever of good it was capable of, and its later and wide perversion, under the title of the platform, might be said to have survived its usefulness, were that usefulness ever plainly apparent. But, as an unpleasant fact, the lecturing age is not at an cud.

Changing its forms gradually and not for the bettor, it is still in active progress. Ia the guise of lecturers, there go about the country not merely talkers, competent and incompetent, chiefly the lattc. on HOW HARK SMITH HELPED BLISS How Leich Went Back on Himself. ISCASHOW A REPUBLICAN? His Local Rival a Supporter of Slo'cum. Bliss, Tracy, Kanffman and Oakey All Want to be on the State Committee.

Albany, Hept. 26. Deak Eaole: The notes profitable and portinent to be taken en route to the Bepublican Stato Convention are necessarily few, when Jotted down at a distance of 150 miles from tho place of meeting. A December North Biyer like fog on the Hudson detained tho 8t. John six hours at the apology for a town called New Baltimore, fifteen miles below Albany this early A.

consequently your correspondent, aa well as a majority of tho dismally few Administration delegation from Brooklyn, la detained here till 1 P. M. triln for Syracuse. It was expected wo would leave at 7 A. M.

but now will not reach Syracuse till 9 A. M. Instead of 2 in the afternoon as hoped. This delay is a matt or of more chagrin to patriotic dolegates and contestants than of interest or importance to the rest of mankind. I must do them the credit, however, to say that they take it coolly.

The supply of coffoe and other beverages on board tbo boat and at tho Dole van has been evual to their demands, and indeod tho coffoe is far from axhauBted yet. To the non literary and severely un intellectual mind of the average ward politician tho hours must havo passed heavily on board tho St. John latt night. There wero few Brooklyn delegates on board, and they came on put te it to And explanation for a Waterloo defeat in their most chosen districts, Mr. Dutcher mortgaged an unusual amount of atmoBphero, and would occasionally recall his foot from the difforent oornera of tbo boat in which thoy had inadvertently strayed, to rise and walk off In inaudible and inadequate converse with Msssrs.

Tracy and Jourdan. Thase three graces occupied themselves with a respective interchange and diBonburdenmont of confidences lata into the night, but inasmuoh as they smiled and lookod amiable, one may feel certain that tha liberties of tho people wero not considered aa to ba forfaited lu case Mr. Tracy fails to get his soat on tha Stats Committee, TWO TOPICS OF TALK principally provailed among the Brooklyn patriots and officials on board. The first was the announced intention of Captain O. B.

Lelch, of the Twenty first Ward, to contest tho seats of Bliss, Johnson and Brennan from the Ninth Assembly District, in favor of John Oakey, A. G. Williams and Jo Ellory, elocted by a bolting Convention. You remember the knock down and drag out row thero was in that District. Oakey, Wll liums and Ellery are here, but thoy so obscure themselves behind tho ex Police Captain, whose partizan Hbip now condamnB tho forbearance that lot him be an oittoial of tho city constabulary for so long as to cauBe the whole subject to be called Leioh's Content.

If Bliss himself is unseated as a delegate, it will be claimed as a great achievement. Fow behove he will bor however, and nearly overybody else concedes that be will certainly be on the Stato Committee. Charley Spencer, of Now York, John ditto, and other lesser known parties admit and are outspoken In admiration of the gallant fight ha made. Spencer, however, has a short and easy explanation of Bliss' victory. He eays it is well known that Hank Smith sent him over $2,000 to neutralize the opposition of the Jourdan gang of pensioners.

If suoh be the caae, it is satisfactory to know Ju3t how much foity odd deputy assessors, gaugers and the like in Brooklyn hold themselves at. It, of course, too, disposes of tho absurd Radical slander that Mr. Bliss owed hi8 sucocsb in part to hia connection with a local Democratio commission. Tboso BTinth District men are rather inconsistent. Leioh, you know or perhaps you don't know is co operative boBs of a mioroscopio weekly yclept tho Brooklyn Gazette.

In his last edition of that paper he proclaimod tho District Oonvontion which made Bliss Co. delegates, to bo tho regular one, and thus Btood by their selections. Since then ho hss organized this bolting contest. Leich against Bliss afTords a moBt interesting contrast of political magnitudes. In case Mr.

Bliss has too much to attend to, to battlo with Tjeich. ho intends to turn tho matter over to Mr. Bellows, with tho agreement that Bellows shall begin the argumcut. In this way, tho Bubject will bo kept from reaching the Convention altogether, before it adjourns, unless it last a week or two. The other topio of talk is tho antagonism of John Cashow of the First Ward with Mr.

Lorm Palmer, First Assistant Superintendent of Mr. Beechor'a Sunday School, and Head Ushor of the Middle Aisle. It is objected to Mr. Cashow that he la not a ltepublican that In faot ho is a Domocrat. This will bo nowa in, Brooklyn.

Mr. Cashow ia with the gentlemen who came up on last night's boat. He haB smoothed his side whiskers to tho utmost degree of sable excellence, and was quickly but frequently inquiring for tho mau who impeached bis Republicanism. He desired to form his acquaintance. Nobody volunteered the impeachment, but several persona remembered tho real head once temporarily erected upon an ex oditor of a nowspapor relic and hold their peace.

Mr. Palmer ia a very discreet and well thought of gentleman. He took out a heavy policy in the Aocldont Insurance Company, before he came up to contest Cashow in tho event of his personal comparison ol views with Mr. Cashow, ho desires your obituary editor to wait upon Captain Duncan, who will furnish full dotails of tho biography. Mr.

Palmer has made his will, and only conseutod to come because ttie young man who was to have oon frouttd Cashow was restraluod from putting in an ao pearauce by reason of a vigorous dialogue the lattor heid with a geutletnin in the youug mau'd prcuce. The subject of tlin dialogue touched Blightly on mansard architecture1. MINOR NOTES. Stephen O. Fullerton, a lawyer of Nowburgh, is most talked of as Conkliny's candidata for Attorney General.

Thero are somo Brooklyn Radicals actually sanguine enough to suppose thoy can bluff or beat Bliss out of his seat on tho State Committee. Tney do not stato how it ia to be done or attempted. It could bo done only by the Convention denying to the District tho choice of its mon on the Committeo. Suoh a policy would bo in total opposition to the ouatoms of all Conventions since Conventions were. Republicans who carry brains under their hats pooh pooh auch an idoa.

Surrounded as I temporarily am with Jourdan mon, and Tracy men, I am still at a loss to see how iu the world they cipher out for themselves a scat on the Committee for Tracy, or his choico for that position. He himself is reported, perhaps inaccurately, but certainly an all sides, as having withdrawn from the contest for the Committeeship, In his placo or stead Siglsmund Eauffman is urged. Mr. KaufiTman is re ported to have once run for Lieutenant Governor and Senator, but I can find nobody to tako an affidavit that he ever run to their personal knowledge. I see he is printed, too.

as Chairman of the Executive of the German Republican Club of New York. His po ntics geograpny ia not nxea as yet, nut no understood as intendmg to adopt whichever location assures him the beat office. John Oakey haB got off two jokes to day. He an nounces himself as the candidate for the State Committee against Bliss, and he declares that this dense fog is a put up job of Hank Smith's to discourage and ne Auminiuinuion men. Mr.

John F. Henrv is also a candidate acainst BHs I for the State Committee. Ho claims the ofhco as right fully bis by reason of his social pretensions, and bo causo he didn't ask Bliss to the dinner President Grant i partook ef in his house. cashow has aoaa wood on maimer's Republicanism. He finds that ho signed a circular for Slocum as against 1 WobEter.

and advised peoplo to voto for the General laBt Fall. This, though decent, was not wise. Concerning the wrangles about the Greeley and Murphy crowds, you know as much as aud it only re muiui io buy tuui. iuoso umuers wui uome up lor ao cision before auj thing else doea. MoK.

THE DTJTCHEE DETECTIVES. The Bailey business of seizing storekeepers' books and otherwise annotyiugly interfering with people's private business, is now being carried on extensively by persona who roprescnt themselves asagonts of the federal revenue officials. Tbo following from the Grcenport Wattfiman tells how tho ward politicians amuBfl themselves ui their brief intorests of relaxation from tholr main occupation of putting up jobs to carry primaries for their faction, of which the heads of their bureaus are tbo lcadors. Mr. M.

Uichinan, a cigar dealer in Suffolk County, writes; My clerk, Mr. Melius, who hag charge of my storo in Huntington, took tho laBt fow cigars uut of a box which had been properly stamped, and arrango the former upon the contents of tho lattor, his object boing to otter bis customers a full box, in preference to an almost empty one, not knowing that Buch an action would bo considered a violation of tho law. On tho samo day, two Assistant Assessors happoned to come into my store, and seeing tho abovo moutioued box, (Which, by tho way, was publicly oxpospd to viow in tho Bhdw case, an uudouiaulo proof of tho ignorance of any inlringementol the law,) containing over and abovo to proper number of cigars, seized it, and do par tod, leaving an order for mo to call at the office of Gonoral Jouritan, Assessor of the First Distriot of Now York. After my explanation of tho abovo facts, and pleadings of Ignorance on tho part of my clerk, all of which I offered to verify by my oath and that of Mr. Melias, the Assossor saw fit to send the caso to tho 8.

Distriot Attorney, where, in the absence of that official, lus clerk (whether juBtly or otherwise, I leave tho publio to decide), imposed upon me a fine of $100 and oosts which I was oompellod to pay, tho only alternative being to stand a trial in the U. 8. Distriot O.mrt, knowing that to engage a lawyer would have been a mnch greater expenso than to pay. Tho Sun has had a reporter interviewing the city cigar dealers, in oonsequonoo oi tho publication of tho case of Mr. Brod, of Maldon Lane, a respootablo manufacturer, who was haulod off to prison, like a thief, because he could not at a momont's notloe hand over to a so called deteotivoall tho account book the fellow wanted to inspect.

The reporter saya There are hundreds of cigar manufacturers in this city wbo aro literally bled to death. Thoy could make a fair profit, increase tholr stock, and. get on the road to wealth, if it was not for Supervisor Dutchor's vampires. It ia believed that thoro is not a cigar manufacturer in this city who is not regularly blackmailed. Somo havo roslfted, and have consequently boou thrown into jail, and oftor having been insulted and worried, and had their case put off from day to day through weary mouths, they havo at length beon fined hoaviiy and left to begin tho world anow.

Out of moro than fifty cigar manufacturers visited, thero waB not ono who did not verify the statements made above, aud ourse tho Government who allowed its citizens to be preyed upon by such romorsoloss wrotches as Supervisor Dutchor's detectives. The Dutcher dotoctives, and tho Jourdan Assessors, and tho Distriot Attorney's Judicial Oloik, may bo fine fellows at carrying primaries and onabling thuir trio of bosses to dlcUto local nominations but whon it comos to voting, tho business community will be apt tnvoto against whatovor tbo loglou of loeohos want i Uom to vote for. Alexia is a prince of many departures. He took two from Russia. The third was taken from Falmouth yesterday, and will probably bo the last until he takes what will prove a "new departure" in his life experience upon his intraduetion to this groat and rapidly growing country.

Alexis will come in with "doar Ootobor days," and his coming will stimulate the languid social interval Bcason, botwoon tho brilliant out of town Summer months and tho more brilliant Winter in the city. A correspondent elsewhere proposes to set apart two of tho widest avenues of the city, ono in each district, for the purpose of allowing farm wagons to stand for the sale of produce. He fears, however, that this would ultimately involve the removal of the railroad tracks from one of these streets, Atlantic avenue. Tho plan which our correspondent suggests is in operation in State street, Albany, and aeenrs to work well, and not in tho slightostdegroe interferes with the railroad which occupios the centre of the street. Tho namo of Erie suggests disaster, whether attached to railways or opora houses.

The Bos ton, Hartford and Erie Railroad is in bankruptcy, and the United States District Court of Massachusetts has exclusive oontrol of its affairs. Tho stockholders will hardly be worso off than thoy were before. Nor would tho real ownors of the New York Erie Railway, denied dividends or any aharo in the receipts or control of affairs, lose anything if tho concorn were doclarod bankrupt. On the contrary, they would gain, as such a proceeding would dislodge tho miamauagors from the trusts thoy havo abused something which seems impossible to be done in any other way. It is said the London journals are divided as to the policy of publishing Disraeli's assertions as to Queon Victoria's moral and physical condi tion, some suppressing the speech and others giving conspiouous reports of it.

A similar differ ence appears in the New York newspapers. Two of them, instantly assuming Her Majesty's hope less insanity, oxpand the story into an elaborate sensation. Tho others briefly dismiss it with minor telegrams. There is intrinsic evidence that all but tho half dozen lines of the general dispatch iB the pure invention of the ingenious domestic journalisi. Some of the convicted Communists have shown a dogged determination which is tho noxt boat thing to respectable pluck.

They submit to their fate sullenly if not heroically. Rochefort is of another sort and ia not made of stern revolutionary stuff. His sentence of exile has made him 'nervouB," he floats the wliito feather, and humbly petitions tho government whose authority he repudiated for a commutation of sentonce. This is characteristic Sovoral years ago, when hia Lanterns aquibs had aroused the paaaions of a mob which was vory anxious that he should lead it to victory or death," Rochefort suddenly "grow pale" and mysteriously disappeared in the crowd. And now he cringea before tho authorities.

Rochefort is more of a Bohemian than a stoic. The eldorly and adipose ex Quoen Isabella is still active politically. She has summoned a council of Spanish grandees to reconcile and consolidate the sevoral branches of her house. As the house is out of business, a portinont question is, What will the branches do when consolidated Thoro aro just now no vacancies in any European governments, and if thoro were tho supply would far exceel tho demand. Isabella, however, like all retired sovereigns, finds it hard to persuade herself to remain in retirement.

They all think their restoration is at hand, and are prepared at a momont's notice to resume the rights thoy bohovo to bo theirs by divine decree. Isabella doubtless expects soon to be making a triumphal progress to Madrid, while Amadous retreats hastily toward Italy just as Napoleon expects that the French people, for getting tho lessona of recont years and repudiat ing republican principles, will presently call him back to Paris. The Southern tidal wave scare has been thought serious enough for official inquiry. Major Waltor Griswold, the engineer in charge of bar aud river improvements by the Federal Government at Wilmington, wrote to Professor Agassiz to in quire whether ho had predicted the wave on tho 6th prox. GriBwold was evidently getting fright ened as well as tho unlettered population of tho Carolina coast.

If tho tidal wave were really coming, he shrewdly concluded that it was as well to suspend improvements for tho present and make for a safe place in the interior. Hence his trepidation and official investigation. Agassiz was not at home when Griawold'a letter arrived, and it was answered by ono Thomas G. Caup, Superintendent of the Professor's zoological museum at Harvard College the dry headquarters of a specialty the dryness of which might successfully resiBt any tidal wave on record. Caup Bays the Professor has never predicted anything of the kind, hero and now, or elsewhere at any time, and that he has never referred to the eubjoct except to express quite natural annoyance at tho connection of his name with such silly rumors.

Gri3wold feels better, his pulse is more regular, his nervous organization is tranquillized, and he has gone to work again with comparative cheerfulness. There is a curious parallel in the politics of the city of Utica and tho city of New York. In the Republican faction fight, ltoscoo Conkling, the U. S. Senator, tho intermediary link between the presidential prosent takor Grant, and the ox shoddy hat contractor, Collector Murphy, resides.

Conkling waB a candidate for dclogateship to tho Republican State Convention, and on finding himself beaten boltod with his rionds and was elooted by tho minority of the Convention as a contesting delegate His object in seeking a seat in the Convention was to tako tho load in settling the Now York faction fight in favor of Murphy, and against tho Horace Greoley delegation. While the Custom Houbo Republican faction of New York thus looked to Utica for a loader, it so happenod that tho honost Democrats of New York looked to Utica for a loader also. Francis Kornan, by his high character and ability, had the eyes of all good men in the Democratic party turned to him as the fittest man to lead the representatives of the Democratic party of the State in their expression of detestation of tho enormities of official malfeasance which have been developed in Now York. Tho ward caucuses at Utica, the Observer informs us, instructed their delegates to eleot Mr. Kernan to the State Convention and the delegates openly pledged themselves accordingly but on assembling in Convention some of them falsified their promises and undertook to eleot Gen.

Mo Quade. The General's conneotion with the Governor's staff, no lesB than his own reputation, lead to the hope that his name was used without bis own consent in this attempt to oust Mr. Keman from the Convention. The hand of Tammany will be suspected of interference in this endeavor to prevent a true and manly exponent of honest Demooraoy from representing Utica in tho Convention. Should Gen.

McQuade be so ill advised as to lend himself to tho at tompt to deprive Mr. Kernan of a seat to whioh his constituents direoted their delegates to assign him, the Convention and the party will lose by the absence of Mr. Eornan, but the General's character as a public man, and that oven of the Exooutive of whose official establishment he is a member, will lose far more. Assaults and Battebieb. James Nolan, residing at foot of Columbia street, proferrod a charge against John Young, or committing an assault and battory upon him bj striking htm In tho faoe with hia flats on tho 24th inst.

The aoonsed pleaded not guilty, and tho cue was adjourned until Saturday, John Bohmott, of 39 Wobstcr streot, obarged Emit I'lok witn commuting an assault and battery upon him by strlBing him on the bead on tho 24th lost, Tho charge was adjourned until the 29tu..