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LOCAL POLITICS. GOV. TILDEN. EVENING SCHOOLS. of life and death, and health.

Neoessarily Buch powers are the occasion of critical material. The later buildings being ereotod on Fourth street are excellent Bpeoimens of street architeotnre, and there is an absence of shoddy display which speaks well for tho genuineness of her taste. FRIDAY EVEN1KG, SEPT. 18. Tills Paper bos tbo Guronla Iton of any Evening Paper Publlsned in tbe Cnltcd smtei.

Its value as an Advertising: medium Is Therefore Ap Eighth District O. H. Maglo and W. Bovana. Fred O.

Lamb. TWBNTT HB8T WABD. First District Theodore O. and Fred. B.

Loekwcod. Thomas P. Crawford. 8econd District Harrison B. Abbott and Bm bro Bogen.

George H. Smith. Third Diatrict James Sharpless and Jamos L. Tobey. Joaepb Marrenner.

Fourth District Richard T. Clark and Balph Robb. P. H. Howlln.

Fifth Diatrict Samuel Pcdcn, and Samuol W. Wood. Jamos Harrigan. Sixtb District Wm. L.

Wood and Wm. Roso. Philip Kramer. TWENTI SKOOND WABD. First District Henry Taylor and William P.

Knapp. Lowell Talbot, Second District David Lloyd and John H. Atkins. John Byrnes. Thtrd District Jesse H.

Baker and Wm. S. Hart. Abraham Mandevllle. Fourth District Thomas Lawbr and Wm.

A. Knowlcs. Wm. Ferris. Fifth Distriot John D.

Spader and Van Brunt W. Bennett. Wm. Blair, TWENTY THIBD WABD. First District Ernest Nathan and F.

D. Clark. Dem John O'NeiU. Second Distriot John II. Atwater and W.

M. H. Bingham. John Hennessy. Third Distriot James McFllnn and Alonzo Alford.

Ed. Hopkins. TWEN1Y F0UBTH WABD. First Diatrict W. T.

Hiskill and T. Fred. Clowes. Charles Keutz. Second DlBlnot Wm.

Martin and Henry M. Wilson, Thomas P. Larkin. TWENTY FIFTH WABD. First Distriot Horatio N.

Carter and Joseph A. King. Liwrence Casey. Becond District Dem iug W. Undorwood and JOEepti Lawson.

Oliver Faurot. Third District Geo. F. Bussell aad Andrew A. Winchester.

Thomas P. Dovino. er, who is not a rascal at heart, will himself be disappointed. Tho Louisianians endured with patience, uprose with courage and bril liant audacity, arranged their true government with moderation and honor, and succumbed to Federal brutality with dignity. Their moral victory over their despots is an almost sublime spectacle, and Lee was better off at Appomattox than his captor is this day, lighting his cigar at the pyre of a State.

It becomes more than doubtful whether even Grant can Btomaoh his partners down there, and his assurance of infamy for continuing in the wrong, because he started in it, is one of the certainties of history already. Rationale of Intemperance and Its Remedies The causes and cure of intemperance is one of the most important of the subjects whioh are engaging the attention of the Unitarian Biennial Conference at Saratoga. Yesterday morning a very able and exhaustive paper was read by the Kev. 3. H.

Heywood which stands in such marked contrast to the narrow philosophy of our temperance organizations generally, that we deem it worthy of special notice. Six main causes or "most powerful occasions" of intemperance were specified in the address. First Animalism, or the predominance of the sensual nature over the intellec out enemies. She is a tender hearted, motherly, goo I woman. Her "Motherly Talks to Young Housek opors," publii bed in tho Christian Union, and other writings, reveal her charaoter and thoughts.

She never prevented her husband's family relatives from visiting him, though at times, and with good reason no doubt, she Has bad dislikes for some of them. Yet in general, she has been most hospitable and friendly, and many of the family have spent weeks, even months with them. Tbey have had tneii many trials In life, and neither are without laults. Everyman and woman living has bis faults, which at times will prove a trial to friends. But the home of Henry Ward Beecher has been true and loving and a stronghold of defense in ths hoar of trial.

Of this I have a personal and certain knowledge Lastly, with regard to tbe vile story published about Miss Procter in Mr. Moulton's hist statement, I simply stamp it is Infamous. To my personal knowledge, as well aa that of scores of others, it la utterly false, and I bave good reason to believe that not manylmontha hence will find himself in the Penitentiary. I do personally know that the transactions referred to In that and other letters of Miss Prootor were purely of a business obaraoter. She was the oollector and publisher of some of bis life thoughts, and between herself and Mr.

Beecher, as well as between Mr. Bowen and Mr. Beeoher, there have been pecuniary difficulties, from which oertatn slanders from a malloioua person have arisen, which are utterly without foundation in fact. Miss Proctor is a virtuous, noble and true Christian woman. On the very face of It, it la evident that the testimonial from her does not refer to any rape, and Mr.

Moulton is an ass as well as villain to put that construction upon It. Hero it ib "Some, ten years ago, when under great gritf and excitement, I said things injurious to Mr. Beecher, to Mr. Bowen. I always Bpeak slrongly, and then I was nearly beside myself and used unmeasured terms, which represented rather my feeling than my judgment.

"I afterward became convinced that in many things I waB mistaken. I became satisfied tbat Mr. Beecher's course toward me was meant to be kind and honorable. "From that day to this our relations have been cordial and friendly. "January 10, 1871," This refers not to one rape, but to many things in which she was mistaken.

How could Bhe be mlBtaken, if it was a rape? How absurd to talk thus! How could she become satisfied tbat Mr. Beecher's course to her was meant to be kind and honorable How could their relations have been cordial and friendly from that day to this? The whole of the testimonial is very applicable, and easjy of explanation, in view of busintss difficulties and matters pertaining to them, but such language is an utter moral Impossibility In view of rape committed against her. I appeal to the common sense of evtry intelligent person to oonBider if tbis is not tbe )aBe. I pledge my honor and reputation for truthfulness tbBt I nave certain knowledge respecting this matter, and that what I state may be imptiottly relied upon as correct. But it may be urged, wbat evidence is there against Mr.

Moulton that he would forge and invent false evidence, tbat he would manufacture conversations between himself and Mr. Beecher 1 I would answer that be la an old hand in matters of false swearing and forgeries aa I will now proceed to partially unfold. It is a long story too long to enter into now Involving not only Mr. Moulton's reputation but that of his flju, and anticipating matters which a Congressional Committee will probably inquire into. But I will say this It oan be Bhown by papers in the bands of the law firm of Messrs.

Doolittle, Davis Lyon, Prince street, Now York, that Mr. Moulton, together with Mr. B. G. Jayoe, ooncooted au affidavit, which both knew to be false, and got a fellow named Hayes, who has since been indicted, for tbe crime,) tg sign it.

All the statements therein were known to be false, yet Mr. Moulton, at Washington, under oath before a Congressional Commattee, alluded to it as a true affidavit, and still boasts of its possession. This was not done without a personal motive, understand, and a strong one, for It was done to proteot himself and firm from exposure foroommltting frauds in the revenue, for which they had eventually to pay a penalty of $50,000. Mr. Moulton was pubiioly denounced in the dining room of the Delevan House at Albany, by a well known representative of tbe New York press, whoee name I withhold for the present, for having "gone to Washington and sworn to what he knew was a He," To wh'oh he replied, "Very well," and Blunk off to a side table, tbe observed of all in the room.

Buttnese are not tbe worst features of tbe case which have only lately been brought to light. I would slate, in passing, that this modern lago, through subtlety, UBOd hie friend H. W. Beecher to help bim out of diniculty. I remember some time ago that Mr.

Beecher told bis friends that Mr. Moulton was in difil culty with the Government, resulting from some technical though not Intentional violation of its which made bim legally though not morally liable, and be gave his name and influence in testimonial to the business integrity and uprightness of Mr. Moulton. He did this from his confilence in him, and purely upon his representations of the matters. But when the case was settled by tbe payment of a fine of what I now proceed to relate was unknown to Mr.

Beecher, or to the Government, as testified at the New York Custom House, namely, tbe smuggling of goods by means ot a bole cut between a reo and bonded warehouse. This aperture was out under tbo direction of Mr. Moulton, according to the testimony of tbe workmen who cut it. According to the testimony of the informer, Hayes, as given to the firm of Doolittle, Davis Lyon, for smuggling and furnishing false certificates of weight, the firm were liable in penalties to tbe Government for over $2,000,000, but by the concoction of a false affidavit and bribery of witnesses tbe whole matter was hushed up by the payment of a government fine of $30,000. There is certain and most positive evidence against Mr, Moulton as a deep, designing villain, smart In business, secretive snd subtle as a man of the world, yet a deceiver, liar, free lover, false swearer, smuggler, perjurer and forger.

As suoh I denounce him before the world. Any testimony from him is worth simply nothing. I have said that the roil battle lies in the case of Mrs. Tilton, and not in any outside slanders. Mr.

Beeoher has never been afraid of anything else, aB muBt appear evident to any one who has carefully watchod ths past history of events. He has been afraid of Mr. Tilton and endeavored to soothe and placate him. And the reason haa been tbat tbis man has been able to extort from bis wife Borne, subatanoo of evidence, though tbe extent of this bas never been more than tbat Mr. Beecher made to ber improper proposals.

Yet obviously could evi this be clearly shown to have beontbe case, it would lead the way to the btllf of every other vile slander afioat oonceming bim. For if capable of'tbis at his ago. it would show tbat it was not the first time or the first offense. It is this case, aud the complicated difficulties, art'fices, devices, letters, arising therelrom, and the Btrange friendship, confidence and truBt reposed in Mr. Moulton, and committal to him of all private documents, letters etc, that cause tbe only difficulties.

At first sight it seems most strange that Mr. Beecher could bave acted bo unwisely, or have been so foolish ai to "thank God for such a friend," and palaver over him with auch rhapsodical language of affection. This is Indeed a source of shame and mortification to the friends of Mr. Bnecher, i jbably to Mr. Beecher himself.

We are tempted to burst out in indignation against such foolish oouduct, and vent our feellngB in maccaroulc swearing, unum skull, you dammum skullf how could yoa do sol" Yet it would be most ungenerous to be too hard upon Mr. Beecher for his weakness and unwisdom in these respects certainly for me to laugh about it, since I myself was wholly deceived with regard to the character of Mr. Moulton, and do not know that I should have been any more wise had I been placed iu Mr. Beecher's otrcumatanccs. I certainly onoe thought Mr.

Moulton good and true man, and a faithful friend of Mr. Beecher, and bo represented him to my friends. I have no personal acquaintance with him, however, and based my knowledge wholly upon tbe testimony of Mr. Balliday and others, and the unlimited confidence which Beeoher seemed to repose in him. Not until some time after the calling of the Committee did I have doubts of tbe friendship of Mr.

Moulton, or suppose that be could or would go counter to the solemn testimony he gave to Mr. Halliday, which he now treatB so lightly as of trivial importance. The half contemptuons, scornful manner in which he talks of the prevarications by which be deceived this innocent, good old man, is but another Indication of the moral degradation of the man, of whioh he seems to be wholly unconeolouB, so seared is his conscience as with a hot iron. watching of those exercising them greater than ftnv nt.w nffininlH underco. It is satis factory to find that in New York and Brook lyn the exceptional powers or xieann are exercised agamst too pounuiu publio interest, as a rule, whenever the two come into collision.

The political design was to reverse this in the case of Brooklyn. It has been happily defeated by? co operation of the soundest politioal with the entire professional element in the Board. Tbe Eagle. For more years than any unmarried lady would willingly confess to, the circulation of the Bbooelxn Daily Eagle has been just as great as the number of papers we could print, between the time of going to press and the latest period up to which readers would allow carriers to serve We have doubled, tripled and quadrupled our facilities for printing this paper, and yet the demand has always been in advance of the supply, though the supply has been so enormous as to render all rivalry ridiculous, and exceed all precedents of circulation made by the evening press anywhere. The intervals of time between the necessitated enlargements of the Eagle's means of presentingitself have steadily shortened, and now comprehend less months than formerly they did years.

It has also naturally followed that frequent changes of type have become indispensable, owing to the wear of the metal subjected to so many thousand impressions. The Eagle's standard of appearance is as high as its reputation for being the ablest, most enterprising and most prosperous evening journal in this country, a journal, indeed, whose recognition by the publio could be truthfully stated in larger figures than any other paper, save one, in these States could exhibit. If of late the Eagle's appear ance has been worn and below quality, indulgent readers have been too respectful to the scars won in service for them to speak of it. The fact, however, has been plain to the conductors of this paper, and they have provided means not only to repair it, but also, within a brief time, to render the facilities for printing the Eagle commensu rate with the unprecedented demand for the paper. The appearance of the Eaole, in a few days, in an entirely new dress of type, will likewise be signalized by the inauguration of improvements whereby we will be able exactly to duplicate our facilities, By these means 50,000 papers cai be struck off each hour, and it is ex pected that that supply will be somewhat nearer to the proportions of the demand than it has ever been before in the history of this institution.

By October 1, we hope to have these added appliances in full operation, when oarriers and all the publio will oe sure not only of a prompt service, but of one measurably corresponding to the insatiable drafts they make upon us. Proctor Raymond, Itloulton and The odore. Miss Edna Dean Proctor's suit against Mr. Moulton was inevitable. A man may meet slander in several ways; a woman can meet it only in one.

It is not enough for her to show that the slanderer has been lying, or that he is a person who recognizes no con science where personal ends are to be at tained; she must, to remove the tarnish of suspicion, drag her accuser into the daylight of legal examination, and upon him the stamp of honest men's condemnation. This Miss Prootor has undertaken to do, and only those who believe in unlimited defamation will disapprove of her purpose. She sues for $100,000 damages, and for the fabrication of a slander so vile as that of which Mr. Moulton ha? endeavored to make her the victim $100,000 is not too much to pay. If we are to hang murderers, surely there is no cruelty in bankrupting the malicious assassin of character.

Theodore Tilton, it is reported, has determined to favor the public with another brief statement concerning himself and family. He has compressed his remarks into the narrow compass of forty columns of the free love organ of New York. It requires the credulity of a Mohammedan to believe that Theodore has succeeded in turning himself in so narrow a Bpace. Forty columns is small matter for a man of Theodore's proportions. To do himself justice, he ought to have a cyclopedia placed at his service.

Tho essay of young Baymond, published in the Eaole yesterday, on "Nest Hidiag" and Nest Fouling," forms a rather pointed commentary on Mr. Moulton's pretensions to personal superiority and exolusive knowledge of the inner phases of the scandal. Baymond, it is true, does not like the gentlemen whom he criticises to pretend to know everything, but he seems to know a few things quite familiarly, and contrives to use his knowledge in a manner that can hardly be conceived of as agreeable to the anti Beeoher combination. Mr. Moulton has undertaken to show that Mr.

Beecher reposed more confidence in him than he did in Mr. Baymond. This may' be true if it is, the only point proven by it would seem to be Beeoher's better understanding of gospel and exegesis than of men. The proposition made by oertain members of the New York Cotton Exchange to transfer the cotton storage trade now being done in Brooklyn to Staten Island is, upon the whole, one of the coolest suggestions of a commercial kind we have seen in a long time. The gentlemen who favor the transfer, have exhibited not a little ingenuity in the fabrication of what they call reasons for the change; but we are not sure that the chief reason has yet been stated by them.

Would not the interest of the little ring on the Cotton Exchange interested in Staten Island property be benefited quite largely by the proposed change and is not the perception of that benefit at the bottom of the efforts to bring the charge about? A cotton monopoly at Staten Island would be a very charming and a very paying thing to have. It would not result in benefit to the trade at large, we know, but that is a minor consideration. 'Cute Christians, those Philadelphians. They prayed for rain the week before the equinox. To the amazement of all the equinox brought its customary storm.

The triumph of faith is complete, and Tyndall has been telegraphed as to what he is going to do about it. It is requested by the over deluged farmers that Philadelphia pray the oountry into clear weather. We think the Quaker City is bound to see the country out of this thing. A community does not exhaust its obligations to the rest of mankind, by merely sending Forney to Europe. The Venus expedition seem to have had a good time on board the Swatara, although they encountered a bad squall in the South Atlantic, and one of the party, a photographer, had to be sent home on account of incurable seasickness.

Only one thing seems wanting in the expedition. They should have taken the poet Swinburne with them to write another "Laus Veneris." That planet, no doubt, expects to be "done into verse." The owner of Apology, the filly which has just won the Doncaster St. Leger, is a Bev. Mr, Launde, a Church of England clergyman. Both Apology and her owner come of a racing family.

The rev. gent derives a better inoome from his judgment in 'osses than from his cure of souls. He is said to have preached a touching discourse after the Doncaster races from the text, "They that run in a race run all, but one recoiveth the prize." Mayor Havemeyer has brought out his "thunderbolt" against John Kelly. As Sir Charles Coldstream said of Vesuvius, "there's "nothing in it." Ho ventilates his opinion of John Kelly and John Morrissey, and by mentioning them always together succeeds in making the same sort of effect that would be made if we were persistently to conjoin Havemeyer and Hercules. He then wearied ly enters into Mr.

Kelly's charges as Sheriff, and probably because His Honor was not Sheriff himself, he plainly fails to get "the "hong" of the matter. Mr. Kelly will rejoin in the courts. If she goes on as she is now going, Cincinnati will soon become one of the art centres of the United States. Already she has the finest work of art in Northern America the Fountain, presented by Probasoo, than whioh in its way Europe has nothing Jiore beautiful.

She is just finishing a literary room, which for excels either of those at our Astor Library, in beauty of construction and of Appointment of the Principals and Teachers. "reparations for Opening the Schoola rora TIio Evening High 8chool Bon and by Whom It Will be ConduetoJ. elc The Evening Sohool Committoo met last evening, at Bed Hook lane, Mr. Libby In th chair, and precent Messrs. Shepard, Sprig Wm.

Mvrlln, Flta Faron, Williams and Flaherty. The Chair slated that the principal ohjeot of tho meeting waa lo confirm tho nominations of teachers for tho orouiug schools. The following ia the list of AFFOINTMENTS of evening school teachers BOHOOt, NUMBER TWO. Male Department A. 8.

Higglim. Principal; Mlm Mary J. Moiritt, AsaMant Principal; C. B. Cunningham, Ernest Waldo, Term McG han, Martin w.

drtws, Bate Gray, Jennie L. Pass, Mary A. T. Molow. Fi malo Department Jennie N.

Polno, Principal Clara M. Howes, Jauu C. Vau Patt n. Barah L. Nov comb, Hattlo A.

Blue, Maria L. Waldron, C. A. Inland. FEMALE SCHOOL NTJMBEB THE EE.

M. J. Murphy, Principal E. Grady, Marlina Van duning, Mas Moiiarly, Eliza Burke, E. Wall.

BOnOOL NUMBER FIVE. Male Department Principal, W. A. Welch Viaa Prlucipt.1, 8. Adama James C.

Hayacs, Eliza Goodsiil, Miss Lawrence. Marg ir nob, Esther M. Lyndc, Kfne M. Knox, Lonlso Wood, liio M. Bn non, Emily L.

Vau Hirer, Mary B. Crnly. Female Dopartmnl EUen McKluloy, Principal; Mary E. WiUou, Ellatbeth C. Hhopley, Uargarot A.

Dankly, Laura V. Sampson, Mary A. Suamau. SCBOOL NUMBER BIX. Male Department L.

B. Hanafbrd. Principal; A. W. Fitz Gibbon, Flint Asslaiant; Mary F.

Cuohon, Hannah Burke, Kate F. Gavuor. Jano Teunnut, Mary E. Boben, Mary A. Brady, Mary F.

Corley, EIU H. Hel sey. Female Department B. B. Mirtln, Prlaoipal; Hrv.

vin, Mary Doanc, L. E. Dlokinson, Sophia Boam, Dora Coughlan. SCBOCL NOHIiP.B SEVEN. Male Department Cbas.

McL iU.iblin. Principal; P. Mulrcnnan, Assistant Principal; T. McDouough, Felix T. Murphy, Jsanuette C.

Friable, Hannah K. Burns, Maria G. McKenua, Maggie Carroll, Mary L. Buynold', Carrie H. Shtffcr.

FemaleDeparlmeutAlice Fitrgorald, Hannah Horan, Mary McAvanny, BCB03L NTJMBEB EIGHT. Male Department J. E. Ryan, Principal A. D.

Martin, George E. Pitts, Mrs. Mary L. Orary, Misb Ell Elliott, Miss L. S.

Herrlcs, Miss S. E. Maxwell, Mica Bale E. Perry, Miss Richard. SOHOOL NUMBEB NINE.

Malo Department Samuel M. Sproule, Prinoipal HinryM, Hay ward, First Assistant (Male Dopartn fat to bo appointed) Kate Nowcomb, Frances Driscoll, Frances Isabella Brandt, Mary J. Doylo, Elizabeth F. Carlton. Syrrlla Heath, Annie S.

Desmond. Female Department Mary Gardener, Prinoipal Emma Wlngham, Henrietta Swarla. COLOBED SCHOOL NUMBEB ONE. Male Department C. A.

Dorsey, Principal; Charlotte M. Knowles, First Assistant. Female Department Georniana F. Putnam, Principal; Mary L. Freeman, First Assistant.

COLORED SCHOOL NUMBEB TWO. Male Department Jobn Q. Allen, Principal Emma Cobncrt, Mrs. Catharine Clow. On motion of Mr.

Sprague tbe appoiotmenta wars confirmed. Dr. Shepard moved tbat tho prinoipala bo dir otpd to report to tbe Chairman of the Committee on tho lot it Saturday of October the regiaterod numbor of scholars In eaoh school and the number of teachers employed. Carried, Dr. Shepard further moved Ibat tbo malo assistant principals rectlve $40 a month, provided they are not 1'riucfpals of our day schoola.

Mr. Fitzgibbon moved as an amendment that th uiBicand female assistants receiv1 $40 a month. Dr. Shepard said that this would make trouble, aff tbey never bad female assistants before. Mr.

Fitzgibbon withdrew liia amendment. Tbe original motion was carried. Mr. Sprague moved tbat the Superintendent of Publio Schools prepare a courae of studies for the evening schools. Mr.

Faron said It was too late to lako any aotion this year, and Mr. Sprague withdrew his motion. Dr. Shepard Bald be wonld amend bis own resolution tbat the male assistant principals receive $10 a month, without any provision. Mr.

Martin moved that the assistants In the femals departments receive $35 a month. Carried. Mr. Flaherty moved that where a principal of a New York school is appolifed aaaiatant priuoinal in our scboolB, he shall recive tbe same salary as the other assistants. Carded.

Mr. Libby called attention to the doficlency In Urn evening school fund. Mr. Faron moved tbat tbo Chairman of this Committee present to tho Board of Education at its next meeting a resolution tbat money be taken from the interest account and transferred to the evening acbool account, to make up tbe deficiency in tho latter, som $17,000. Carried.

THE COMMITTEE ON EVENING BIOH SCHOOLS reported as follows The Committee on Evening High Schools nomlnite the following gentlemen for positions Calvin Patterson, Principal and Mathematics P. Boaget, Mathematics; L. F. Lewis, Natural 8cieuco W. M.

Jelllffs, Elocution; T. Jacobson, English Language B. Ed on, M. Physiology H. B.

Smith, Mechanical Drawing and Penmanship. Several of the abovo are to work In the school only a part of the time, and the faculty as arranged abovo is equivalent in time to flvo men tho number spoken ox at the laat meeting of the Committee. The Committee have made Inquiries Bufilsient to satisfy them that a course of lectures on scientific subjects may be secured, free of expense, and tbe Committee propose to bave one suoh le ituro every week by some one of Brooklyn's ablest moo. The course of study will be the same as that hpoken of at tht 1 at meeting. The faculty will be requested to mark it out definitely, as soon as a sufficient number of pupiht hava been registered to indicate THE WANTS OF THB BOHOOB.

The aim of the course will not be bo much to teah in graces as to afford faciltues for young men to obtain such knowledge aa they need in business and every day 1 life. PnpilB will not be admitted to this sohool uulesa prepared to pursue tho subjeoU in the coarse of study, with profit. There will not be any effort to build up this sohool at the expense or to tha material damage ot the schools. The Committee are gratified with the auc ccbs in obtaining from among our principals, mm especially fitted for the work of organizing and conducting a high school, and others as good may bo obtained, If needed, this aohool Bhould PBOVE A SUCCESS i Winter, Immediate steps should be made to oon biudlrectly to the other evening sohools, by giving uplis In those schools that at the end of tha 'erm are prepared to enter the Evening High certificates entitling them to admlsiion another The Committee bave not ohanged their ideas as to th expense of thlB school. The faculty, as proposed, will cost but $300 per month, or $900 for three monthB.

Tbe same Committee report on the capabilities of teachers for the high sohool as followa: THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAOHEBS. The Committee on the Evening High School expressed tbemselveB as being gratified at finding among tlft principals of our Publio Schools, men evidently fitted for organizing and conducting on evening high tohool. Tbe principal, Prof. Calvin Patten on of Public Sohool No. 13, bai shown great ability as an organizer in No.

13, and previous lo coming to Brooklyn, occupied tho cbalr of Mathematics in tbe Buffalo Normal College, and took a leading part in the organization of that school. P. Bouget, of No. 10. who li to taka charge ot Mathematics, ia a teacher of the ripest experience, was on of the most popular membtrs of tbe old Norman School Faculty, and is also the assistant author ot series of Arithmetics in most general use.

L. F. Lewis, of No. 11, is especially fitted to taka charge of the Natural Sciences, having taught tbena constantly for years, and also given especial attention to the subject. Prof, W.

M. Jelliffe, of No. 4, bas a reputation aa teacher of elocution, and also as a lecturer, which la well established. T. JacobBon, of No.

6, who Is to take charge ef ths deportment of English Language, occupied, previom coming to Brooklyn, tbe chair of Greek and LajJn in a Weitmcol ge. B. Edson, of No. 14, is a well known and populac principal and a rlBiug man in the medical profession. H.

B. Smith haa given lessons In drawing aud penmanship in onr schools In years pott, and Is universally indorsed by those prii clpals who come in contact with, bim, as being without a superior in these branches. He ia at present a popular tnjtruo 0." in New Xorg, schoola, A cave, the only entrance to which is under water, was recently discovered on the shore of Clear Lake, Milton, by Mr. Dousett, who was swimming in tbe vicinity. The skeletons human beioc were arranged on natural shelves In the cave, and thai presence of stone Implements and other things indicated that It was formerly used aa an Indian burial place.

The Emma Mine (Utah) has been attached by suit of Salt Lake County Collector for taxes, also on suit of T. W. Parker for moneys advanced to the extent or $110,000, and further on the suit of tho Illinois Tunnel Company for $10,000 ou a promissory note but the working of the mine will proceed. BUSINESS flfOTtJi EOTNTON'S "GAS TIGHT" KUBNACES AMD "NEW BALTIMOBR" HEATERS are the most powerful in nao. "OUB FAYOBITE" ELEVATED, DOUBLE OVEN.

HOT CLOSET BANGK, "PBOQEEftsIVE" FLAT TOP BANGS, "STANDABD" ELEVATED OVEN HEATING AND C00KI50 RANGES ar all especially adapwd for timllj rtae. RICHARDSON, BOYNTON 00 231 Water Call and examine, or sand forclroalara. $250,000 WORTH or FINE GOODS MUST BE 801D. 200 FRENCH CHINA DECOBATED DINNEB BBTS FOR THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS WOBTH FIFTY DOLLARS. 500 FBENOH MABBLE CLOCKS, WARRANTED MOVEMENTS, ntou THIRTEEN TO TUBES HUNDRED DOLLARS.

6,000 CUSPADORB8 raoic FIFTF CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR BACH. wobth ntoat ONE TO TWO DOLLAES. 100 RICHLY DECORATED DINNEB SETS VltOK ONE HUNDRED TO SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. At a reduction of Twontj five percent, OVINGTON BROTHERS, 6, 248 2J0. and 252 FULTON 8TREET.

DENTISTRY. G. W. FB AIM, donttat. of 2tS and 2H7 Fulton opposite Clinton A constant piactloe of twenty years (sixteen jenra In hia present location) in all branchea ot tho dental proleBwion, Also tbe first to it.troduco the uao of laughing gaa, in 1963, Bbonld be a aufficient guarantee of ability lo satisfactorily perlorm all operations intrusted, to his oaro, T4ie Inspectors of Election Appointed.

Who are to Sit la Judgment at the Beglstry of Voters Aldermanlo nomination la the Sixteenth Ward, etc. The Board of Elections hare completed the appointment of Inspectors of Elections for tbe aoveral districts throughout the ctty, and now the list of canvassers and poll olerks will be propared. The inspectors appointed are as follows, and they must qualify on or before Monday, September 21 FI88T WABD. First District B. Cornell White and H.

G. Becvc Alden H. Swan. Second District B. W.

Bopes and Charles S. Baylis A. L. Beld. Third Dietnot 8eth Low, aud William S.

Packer; Bernard Martin. Fourth District D. K. Duoker and A. B.

Van Dyck Demi, Matthew Hardenburg. Filth District Bep Andrew Fitzgerald and John A. Buokingham; David M. Chauncey. Sixth District G.

F. Douglas and H. D. Pcr rine W. W.

Vail. ventb District W. H. Van Dyke and John J. Lapham Thomas Brooks.

SECOND WABD. First District Jeremiah Field and Samuel Marshall, James MoDermott; Second District George S. Patton and Ed. Finley; ThomaB Quinn. Thtrd District James Greenwood and William Combes; William A.

Curtis. THIBD WABD. Fimt District T. W. Farmer and A.

H. Pulci fer; Edwin J. Garwood. Second District D. H.

Quimby, and Charles O. Sawyer; John B. Miller. Third District Edward La Forte and Henry Ftrrin; Lawrence J. Tormoy.

Fourth District Edwin Baker, William A. Van Leer and Warren E. MoBea; James Koat ing. Fifth Distriot William T. Gilbert and A If rod Marsh; W.

F. McNamara. Sixth District Joseph T. Whltlock, William E. J.

Falex; John B. Hall. rOUBTH WABD. First District Isaao Allen and John Soott D. D.

Miller. Secoid Distriot W. L. Whalen and Goorgo W. Van Mater Sidney Higbie.

Third District George A. Price and Charles O. McCord George Metcalf. Fourth Distriot D. A.

Hegeman and A. D. Porter Thomas Tico. Fiflh Diatrict H. D.

Peck and D. H. Way Thomas Casein. FIFTH WABD. First Distriot Joseph Darrow and Michael Fitzgerald, Hugh Duffy.

Second District Jacob Lyons and Henry Brant; James Firney. Third District Bep. Edward 'Harvey and Jobn E. Ducase Lawrence Gaffney. Fourth District William E.

Bowlan and John Frort Stephen King. Fifth District Edwin Goodfellow and John H. Cole Henry O. Connell. Sixth District S.B.

Jacobs and Benjamin F. Conklin Jeremiah Smith. Seventh Distriot John H. Jutter and Thomas W. Charles James O'Brien.

SIXTH WABD. First Distriot Stephen Kidder, and Rudolph Eameoke; jBmes Bracken. Second District Charles Eden and D. O. Leacb; Wm.

J. Spellman. Third District Ellas L. Hull, and Wm. C.

Howard; Hugh 'Neil. Fourth DlBtrict John M. Tromaine and B. F. Webb; Wm.

Frloe. Fifth District Lorenzo I. Clemens and Charles H. Wakefield; Thomas Keating. Sixth District Leasing Boyer and Louis Payne; James Callahan.

Seventh District Nathan Burchard and Calvin B. Lockwood; John J. Ryan. Eighth District Henry Dalley, and Theodore V. SaudB; Wm.

EllRon. Ninth District Wm. N. Mllleken and W. Barnes; Martin Shea.

SEVENTH WABD. First District John Lyons aud Bernard McGuire; John Hamilton. 8econ4 District Bep, George Elmore and T. M. K.

Mills; John Hearn. Third District Bep. Gibson Walters and William Wb! ThomaB J. Walsh. Fourth District Alonzo Harey and John Far rell; Martin Evans.

Fifth District George Van Nostrand and H.H. Butler; G. O. Hallenberk. 6ixth Distnot Andrew Powell and Peter Henderson Jonathan Bogers.

Eeventb Distriot Calvin Potter and Bichard Avison George F. Secor. Eighth District William Toungblood and John St ik Bobert Eelley. Ninth District John Mitchell and Thomas S. Thorp Joseph Bldgway.

EIGHTH WABD. First District O. W. Tandy and Thomas L. Monxon Matthew Second District Henry Hewitt and James W.

Williams Bobert Brenan. Third District Joseph N. Woodhead and Christian Fallison Jamos McGutnncss. Four District HenryJHaunah audWiiHam Hardy FranclB Whelan. NINTH WABD.

First District Henry Blanobard and Henry Montanus Thomas Campbell. Second DlBtrict Charles E. Davenport and A. Marshall Tlmotby Curran. Uhiid District B.

W. Linehan and W. L. Bander J. A.

B. Bogers. Fourth District John Stafford aud D. 0. Miller Thomas Nevius.

TENTH WABD. First District H. P. Banta and George Polen Landou Lennon. Second District Jobn H.

Donman and Thomas Swaney; Edward Lyman. Third District Walter Moore and David Smith John Cole. Fourth DlBtrict John Bandolph and E. P. Crane E.

Lynch. Fifth District Simon Kellett and Albro J. Newton Michael Morgan. Sixth DiBtnct Henry J. Stevens and Bobert J.

Bates William J. Callahan. Seventh District Alfred Wilson and George Heath Timothy T. Drewry. ELEVENTH WABD.

First District Edward W. Coatello and John D. Smith James Morrie. Second District James Sample and Charles Feareall John Bedding. Third District Samuel McCluro aud Cephas M.

Gill Isaac McDougall. Fourth. District Job Bass and Thomas J. Taylor Allred Gtddings. Fifth Distriot Wm.

Harkness and John T. Giles James Boylan, Sixth District Norman Hubbard and Rolland Story Edward F. O'Reilly. Seventh District Bobert G. Lockwood and Francis Enapp Wm.

McCaffrey. TWELFTH WABD. First District Wm. GiUman and George Oar now Jobn Cnmmings. Second Distriot John Dickson and Jacob Lewis Edward Go ugh.

Third District James Lamont and P. Esler Thomas Dawson. Fourth District H. A. Cummins and Edward Lake Thomas O'Connell.

Fifth District Edward Beck and E. B. Jones Peter Dolan. Sixth District Jules Burroll and Francis Parker Jos. Delaney.

Seventh District Michael Levis; Ed. GlUem. THIRTEENTH WABD. First District Wm. H.

Eingsley and E. F. Gaylor F. Traver. Second DlBtrict J.

B. Thomas and Levi Hntchins W. W. Eingsley. Third District Charles Allya and M.

B. Freure; James Bodwell. Fourth District Thomas Oashore and A. H. MannuB Wm.

Wilson. Fifth District Frtderiok Medhurst and John Wearer L. Videto, Sixth District J. M. Hedges and J.

M.Stearns; Charles F. Grlce. Seventh District W. Wilson and Theodore E. Green John McAleer.

FOUBTEBNTH WABD. First District Joseph Hardlman and Andrew Elter Frank McArdle. Second DlBtrict Rep. Murphy and Schuyler Phillips Di Daniel McGrath. Third District Samuel Myers and Wm, Burnett Thomas I.

Harrison. Fouith District Thomas Bates and Joseph Golden ThomaB Moran. Fifth District Alfred B. Booth and John Smal len, Thomas Campbell. Sixth District E.

Willoughby and Fred. Regis; John McCook. Seventh District Jacob Johnson and Jeremiah Prince; Wm. J. White.

FIFTEENTH WABD. First District John H. Mott and Henry Pash ley: Charles H. Adams. Second District Thomas Gill and John H.

Forman; John H. Hagenlan. Third District Wm. H. Laurence and John J.

Grum; John Ormsbee. Fourth District John B. Devoy and Samuel Ludlow; Joseph Williamson. Fifth District Hubbard Hendrickson and Oscar H. Doolittle; Daniel L.

Jjnes. Sixth Diatrict James L. Scott and Ward Acker; W. H. Abrenta.

Seventh District Henry W. iBaacson and Wm, Dunscomb; David Sweeny. SIXTEENTH WABD. First District John L. Bennett and W.

H. McCord; Louis Blendermann. Second District Thomas Tibbal and Valentine Fink; T. Hesse. Third District Eep Jacob Lehman and Alexander Grueuberg; Cbna Eiaeman.

Fourth District Henry Miller and Herman WeJsbauer, John Timmes. Fifth District Henry Meyer and Joseph Gruenther; Gardner H. Baxter. Sixth DlBtrict Franz Schmid and Emit Wal tier; John Menty. Seventh District Cbas.

Lehman and Ohas. Jurgeue; John Becker. Eighth District Henry Platte and John Schroe der; Joseph Euhn, Ninth District Michael Dngan and John Flatte; James Wolf. SEVENTEENTH WABD. First District Wm.

H. Godfrey and John 0. Moses; John Hogan. Second Distriot Thomas Anderson and W. T.

Giles; Daniel Walsh. Third Diatrict Walter F. Smith and Jomes Whitewnin; Lorenzo Vandermack. Fourth District Charles Hand and William Canner; Samuel S. Free, Jr.

Fifth Diatrict M. D. Suydam and George M. Bell Edward Zoble. Sixth District Ibbbc L.

Doughty and John Wilts O. O. Smith. Seventh District Thomas H. Rusk and Charles Southwiqk Edward Gormley.

EIGHTEENTH WABD. First District John Sammond and Georgo N. Bedell Michael Pollard. Second District Peter Wyckoff and Martin Hlnen Cornelius Oanfleld. Third Distriot W.

W. Cotton, and Charles Platte Charles Eathwelle. Fourth District Fred: Marryatt and James DeWltt; Peter Bauner. NINETEENTH WABD. First Distriot B.

Faber and A. H. Guden Miles Amnion. Th Second District Albert Beaoh and John A. 0eFoTs.riarS?: Heath and Ellas H.

isisa fetter and Albert L. O.r 'JnXHVABD. First Diatriet B. D. Shook and J.

H. Ohappel. Charles Halstead and J. M. Beers and C.

Hedges. DFoDc.g George Wilson and J. Mun BStf 5ME'" and A.M.Daven eVeJDisrBrLfstovenB and J.E.Webb. Jesse.Bead, Jr. A Speech, in Response to a Serenade.

Clear and Concise Statement of the Kills Which the Present Administration has Brought Upon the Country and of the Method by Which Peace and Prosperity Host be Restored. 8nuouss, September 19. Irlr. Tilden was serenaded at the Vanderbft House last evening, and In response made the following speech A peaceful revolution in all the Government within the United States is going on to a sure consummation. Idras of obange pervade the political atmosphere.

They spring up from the convictions of the people. The sup pork rs of the Administration have lost confidence in it and in themselves. The opposition becomes more intense In their oonviotions and in their action. Multitudes pass over from support to opposiUon, or sink into silent discontent. Are we asked the oauss The answer Ib found in the condition of our country.

The lruits ot a false and delusive system of Government finances are everywhere around us. All business is in a dry rot. In every industry it is hard to make the two ends meet. Incomes are shrinking away, and many hitherto affluent, are becoming anxious about their means of llvlibood. Workingmen are out of employment.

Tbe poor cannot look out upon the light or air Of heaven but tbey see the wolf at tbe door. Inflation bo longer inflates. Even while paper money la a welling a new emission, values stuk. Bankers' balances in the monetary centres are increased, and call loans are cheaper; but those who need more capital can neither buy nor borrow any of the $11,000,000 of greenbacks. The truth is that our body politic has been over drugged with stimulants.

New stlmulents no longer lift up the languid parts to a healthy activity; they merely oarry more blood to the congested oentxea. One thing only remains in its integrity, and that is our taxes. Amid general decay taxation puts out new sprouts and grows luxrlantly. "It seats itself" (if I may borrow a figure from the greatest of our American poets) "upon the sepulchre, and of the triumphs of the ghastly foe make its own nourishment." National taxes, State taxes, county taxes, town taxes, municipal taxes the collector is as inevitable as the grim messenger of death. Incomes, profitB and wages all these fall, but taxes rhie.

Six years ago I had occasion to say that while values were ascending, for some time after it might be easy to pay these taxes out of tbe froth of our apparent wealth, but that when the reaction of an unsound system of Government finanoe should set in, the enormous taxation whioh that system had created would consume not only our incomes and profits, but trench upon our capital. What was then a prediction is now an experience. Betrenchment in public expenditures; reform in public administration simplification and reduction ot taiiffsand taxes; accountability of publio ofllcers enforced by better civil and criminal remedies. The people must have these measures of present relief measures of security for the future. XEB PBOGBEB8 Of 0SNTBALI2ATI0N.

Tbe Federal Government is drifting into greater dangers and greater evils. It is rushing onward in career of centralism, absorbing all governmental powers, and assuming to manage all the affairs of human boolety. It undertakes to dlreot the business of individuals by tariffs not intended for legitimate taxation, granting Bpeoial privileges and fostering monopolies at the expense of the peqple. It has acquired control of all banks; it has threatened to seize on all the ttiegrapbB; It is claiming jurisdiction of all railroad corporations obartered by the States, and amenable to the just authority of ths States; it is going to usurp control of all our sohodbj and colleges, stretching its dragnet over the whole country, and forcing editors and publishers away from their distant homes into the Courts of the District of Columbia. It la subjecting the free press of tbe whole United States, for the criticism of the Administration, to trial by the creatures of the Administration, acting under the eye ef tbe Administration.

It dared to enforce tbis tyranuy against a free man of the metropolis or our State. These tendencies must be stopped, or before we know it the whole character of our Government w'll be changed. The simple and free Institutions of our fathers will bavebeooms the worst Government tbat has ever ruled over a olviiized people. It will be the mostignorant. A distinguished Bopublioan Statesman (I mean Senator Conkling) lately cold mo that more than 6,000 bills were before Congress at its last erosion.

In a little time, as we are now going on, there will be 20,000, and nobody can know wbat is in thein. We have a countly eighteen timas as large as France, with a population of 13,000,000, doubling every thirty years, and full of activities aud interests, A centralized Government, meddling with everything and attempting to manage (Vrryibing, could not know the wants or wishes of the people of the different localities, and would be felt only in its blunders and its wrongs. It would be tbe most irresponsible, aud therefore not only tbe most oppressive, but the most corrupt with which Bny people have been cursed. To day the advances which we have made toward this system are maturing their FATAL FBTTTTS. Tbe Federal Administration is tainted with abuses, with jobbery and with corruption.

In tbe dominion which it maintains over the reconstructed Soutberu States organized pillage, on a scale tenfold larger than that of the Tweed Blng, is the soandal and shame of tbe country. Civil liberty is endangered. It is now certain that President Grant nourishes the bad ambition of a third term. If the Baored tradition established by Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson oan be broken, the President may be re elected indefinitely, and wielding from tbe oentrethe Immense patronage which will grow out of suoh vast usurpation of antboiilles Dy tbe Federal Govern ment, be would grasp tbe means of corrupt influence by which to carry tbo elections. There will be no organized thing in the country of sufficient power to oompete with him or to rcfitt bim The forms of free government may remain, but the si irit snd rubstance will be ohanged.

An elective personal despotism will have been established, Bomau history iu tbe perEon of Augustus will be xept ated. Thoughtful men are turning their minds to tbe means of escape from the overshadowing evils. Tbe Bepnblican party cannot save tbe country. Ideas of governmental meddling and centralism dominate over it. Clasp interests hold it firmly to evil Throngs of office holders, contractors and jobbers who have grown up in fourteen years of its administration in four yeara of war and during an era of paper money are too strong in the machinery of party for tbe honest and well intending masses of the Bepubll cans.

The Bepubllcan party could contribute largely to maintain tbe Union during tbe civil war. It cannot reconstruct civil liberty and free institutions after the peace. A change of men la necessary secure a ohange 01 measures. The opposition is being matured and educated to attaok the Administration. THE MISSION Of THB DEM00BA07.

The Democracy, with tbe traditions of its best days, will form the nucleus of the opposition. It embraces vastly the larger body of men of sound ideas and Bound practices in political life. It must remove every taint which has touched it in evil times. It must become a compact aud homogeneous mass. It must gather to its alliance all who think the same things concerning the interests of our Bepublio.

It is becoming an adequate and effective instrument to reform tbe Admlnis Uon and to save the country. It reformed itself in order tnat it might refsfm tho country. And how in your names and in the name of tbe five hundred thousand voteis whom you represent, we declare that in this great work we will tread no step backward. Come weal or come wop, we will not lower our flag. We will go forward until a political revolution will be worked out and the principles of Jefferson and Jackson shall rule in the administration of tbe Federal Govern nent.

Let us obey the patriotio maxim of old Borne, never to despair of our country. Actual evils can be mitigated. Bad tendencies can be turned aside. Tbe burdens of government oan be diminished, produotivo industry will be renewed, and frugality will repair the waste of oiir resources. Then Bball the golden days of the Be public once more return, and the people necome prosperous and happy.

MOUITOX'S STATEMENT. Si Kevlew, Critical and Comparative, ol tbe Points Contained in it. To tht Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle in the present struggle shall we be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and know that we are on the side of God This question I shall endeavor to answer in the present article. 1. He should give due weight to the characters of the individuals who give evidence.

Testimony coming from a wicked man is not likely to be of God. He may or may not Bpeak tbe truth. If he ib a very wloked man, tbe probability is tbat he is of his father, the devil, who was a liar from the beginning of his revolt in heaven, Testimony coming from a good man is likely to be truthful and of God. We are to distinguish between good and bad men by their fruits. We may nsk ourselves wbat are their daily lives 1 What have tbey done for the world? Do they assist the poor and needy 1 Wbat good or evil do they do 1 Do they love and labor for their fellow men In all these respects Mr.

Beecher has always in his past life been considered an eminently good and noble man. Mr. Moulton is a modern lago, a deep, subtle man' of the world, and, as I shall soou show, is, and has been a very wicked man. The witnesses for and support' of Mr. Beecher, whatever may be their faults or tmperf eotioni, are professing Christians' aud of good character, and all the better classes of society sympathize with and uphold him.

The witnesses agaiuBt Mr. Beecher are men without moral principle and publio women of loose morality. 2. Due weight should be given to the good or evil which will result from the success of one or the other party. Of course, whatever the result, the truth rami be acknowledged.

But Is it not probable tbat the truth lies with the side, the suocess of which w'll be to uphold the character of a faithful minister who has so long and lovingly laoored for bis fellow man, the reputation of honored and peaceful matrons and maidens, the honor families aud innooent children, and the interests of Christianity the world over, rather than with the sldo that wonld ruthlessly destroy all these At least, should it not be required that they furnish the moBt incontes tible evidence before we believe their vile stories 1 8. The preponderance of evidenced deciding any great question should bo duly considered. For example, in weighing evidence for aud against the Bible, as the Word of God, it is not denied that a great many plausible and apparently unanswerable objectlonB may be urged agalnBt tbis book, yet the nreponderance of evidence is vastly in its favor, to that although it has come down to us through a conflict of ages, and been more spoken against than any other book, and criticised and picked to pieces, it yet stands to day more revered aud loved than ever. Whatever its imperfections, it has been a blessing snd godsend to inkind, spreading to every land its ennobling, civilizing and Christianizing influences. Yet some shallow minded men, on account of what appear to them as unanswerable objections, give up the Bible as worthless and impure.

As the band when brought up close to the eyes appearslargertban all the landscape beyond, although it is comparatively a little thing, so suoh objection, wben brought close to the eyes and gazed at, appear greater than tbe grand old Bible, with its glorious history and beneficent influences, in all ages. In like mannersome startling lies against the character of Mr. Beecher, at first sight apparently unanswerable, when brought up close to the eyes and gazed at, appear neater than a whole life of labor and love for bis fellow men, and tbe shallow minded are tempted to throw bim and his works aside as worthless and impure yet these lies are not unanswerable, and when swept away, as they surely will be, Henry Ward Beecher, whatever may be his imperfections and weaknesses, will stand more honored aDd loved than ever. The preponderance of evidence Is vastly in his favor, and must finally triumph over all Ues and slanders. Keeping in mind these general principles In testing evidence let ns now consider Mr.

Moulton and his statements. Here, let me premise, that the real central batlle lies in the case of Mrs. Tilton. It is only here that they have any evidence or real power over Mr. Beeoher, and this through the forced testimony of a good yet gentle and weak woman when nndor the dominating power of croel husband, who moulded her like wax in accordance with his will.

All other slanders are without any underlying substance to uphold them, and when tested vanish away to nothing. This I know to be a fact. For example, take tbe slander of the death bed confession of Mrs. Bowen not published In the statement to be sure, but furnished to the Argus for publication, and what are the faots? This woman was a loved and faithful mother, and gentlo Christian woman. She has long since passed from ua, and is now at rest in heaven, Mr.

Beecher officiated at the funeral, and tho mourning family and friends in tearful sympathy and love listened to the touching ceremonies, and a brief recital of the good lady's life and Christian labors. All hearts were moved, and not long after the bereaved husband wrote Bn affectionate letter to Mr. Beecher filled with expressions of regard and confidence. This lettor was published in the New York Tribune not long since. Does this look sb if there had been any death bed confession? Tbe whole story is a monstrous fabrication, trumped up years after.

A word or two with regard to tbat noble woman, Mrs. H. W. Beecher. I have no doubt that the endeavor Is soon to be msde to drag her gray hairs down into the dust, although ehe as yet has only been partially attacked by innuendoaand through the lying "Gath." Moulton sayB, through him, that Mr.

Beeoher com plained to him of bis wife, saying that she made his home a perfect hell, would not Bllow members of his family to visit him, wrote anonymous letters, etc." Now tbis is utterly false from beginning to end. A more devoted, faithful and true vilfe he could not have, and although she is by no means without faults, he may well look back in thankfulness and bless the day of their union. She is loved and honored by all her ohildren, to whom she has proved a faithful, loving and tell sacrificing mother. She Idolizes her husband and has been and Is tenderly loved and cherished by bim in return. She is strong in her likes and dislikes, and is not with A Methodist minister has been speaking at the Universalist Convention.

tempora meres It is enough to resuscitate the Wes leys and make George Whitefield groan "Mesopotamia" basso profunda, from his grave. But in fact a very liberal spirit is growing up among the Methodists. tmm i iimi i No doubt Pharaoh convened a parliament when the plagues came, and resolutions were passed objurgatory of the flee in all their quarters." So the Kansas Legislature have held an extra session to devise relief for citizens whom the grasshoppers have made destitute. What on airth are those grass hoppers after President Grant has been suggested as an arbitrator between Japan and China. The little attention he pays to home affairs was probably at the bottom of the idea of his possible fitness for very remote duties.

One Chamberlain, a oarpetbagger, has been nominated for Governor in South Carolina. He is one of those statesmen whoBe success makes folks feel that Tweed was severely treated. Mr. Pendleton, in a recent speeoh, insisted that his theory of paying the debt in greenbacks was to accompany the policy by suoh legislation as would make the noteB as good as gold. He denounced with indignation any idea of repudiating any kind of obligation.

We believe suoh legislation to be impracticable. We as thoroughly believe that Mr. Pendleton always has been and is an honorable man, in the highest sense 'of the word. Pa pers whioh have called him a repudiotor have only damaged themselves. BILES AND BOBEBTS.

An Old Case of Conspiracy and Blacte mull How It Became Public How it warn Treated Wbat tbe Court Did tvltta tbe Conspirators, and Public Feeling on tbe Subject. Nearly twenty five years ago a conspiracy was conceived and carried on against Mr. Henry Ha vens, an old, prominent and highly respeoted merchant in New York. A. statement of the affair and what came of it will be found of peculiar laterest at this time, when tbe oharactor of another gentleman of integrity and uprightness is under attack.

The conspirators were NATHANIEL W. BOBEBTS AND GEORGE W. N1LES, both of whom were well known lawyers. Sir. Havens was known to be wealthy and to greatly value his good name in the community.

Boberts had been his lawyer and oonfldant In business matters, and Roberts and Niles were friends In iniquity. Together they oonspired to rob tbe fine old merchant of a portion of his wealth, and they did it in the fol lowing way They secured tbe services of an unprinolpled scoundrel to stand as a husband and of a woman named Ellen Williams to Etand as his wife. Botr alEO some equally nnprinoipled witnesses, proportions of what monay oould be obtained from the old merchant by threat of a suit for adultery with tbe woman who was to Btand as the faithless wife. They proceeded with their work. Niles on she old gentleman, privately, with a threat of a suit on the part of the pretended husband tor adultery.

Ths old gentleman was astounded, and, though Innocent as a child, lived, for a time, iu dread of having guoh a charge made against him. MONEY WAS DEMANDED FOB 8ILBN0E, and the old gentleman paid it rather than have his own good name sullied by suoh a oharge, and that of his family dlsgractd. In his trouble he oalled upon his former lawyer, as the conspirators knew he woull, and his treaoherona counselor, olalming that their declarations of time and place were positive, advised the payment of more money to keep them quiet. More money was given, and in tbiB way tbe respeoted old merchant was kept in a state of great anxiety, until the position beoame so painful to him that he preferred publicity and the chances of disgrace, to continuing to live and be robbed on a oharge of whioh he knew himself to be innocent. Becoming suspioious of his lawyer, he employed another, and at about the time he reached the conclusion he would not submit to be robbed any longer, the woman who had taken the place of wife on promise of an equal share in the proceeds of the robbery, discovered that she had been cheated, and came forward and exposed tbe villainous game.

Soon after tbe case became known to the publio, and had thereby come to the kno wledge of his family, THE WIFE OE MB. HAVENS SIOKENED AND DIED of a "broken heart." Though confident of her husband's ionooence, the dlsgraoe which she felt the Blander brought upon the family name was more than sbeconld bear. It was under these clrcumstanoes that the trial for conspiracy progressed, and the excitement was greater, it is declared, than that of any other trial known to the history of the New York courts. It was begun in the Court of General Sessions in the Deo ember term of 1850, and the conspiraoy and its method were olearly established. The two conspirators, who were lawyers, were fully proven to have been guilty of the conduct charged, and after a lengthy and thorough trial, in whioh John McKeon was tho District Attorney, they were found guilty.

During tbe trial and at its close the feeling against Niles and Boberts was bo strong that the sentence of tbe Court was postponed until the January term, 1851. Then, after repeated demand made by the publio, through the press, the two lawyers who had conspired with a villain and a oharaoterleBs woman, to either blaokmail or ruin this highly respected merohant, were brought np for sentence; and tbe Journal of Commerce of that date givee'the following brief but pertinent report of tbe scene and tbe punishment awarded by the Recorder COTBT OF OENEBAIi SESSIONS, January 13, 1851, Before the Beoorder and Aldermen Franklin and Oonchlin. Tbe sentence of Niles and EoDorta These prisoners, who were convicted at the December term, of obtaining $2,000 from Mr. Henry HavenB, by false pretenses, were this mrrning oalled out for sentenoe. Long before the members of the Court arrived, the Court room was orowded to overflowing with persons from all olasses in society.

Tbe prisoners were brought into court a little before 12 o'clock. Niles looked exceedingly depressed, while Boberts wors his usual smile. The Becorder addressed Niles at length, alluding to tho enormity of the offense of which he had been convicted. He spoke of bis education, his position in life, bis young family, and all the olronmstanoes which surrounded the prisoner, and whioh ought naturally to have prevented his engaging in practices of an illegal nature; praotloes which connected bim with a person of vile obaraoter, a prostitute. His Honor then dwelt on the devastation produced in the family of Mr.

Havens, an old and respectable oitlzen, whose wife had been 60 bowed down by the stigma brought upon her husband, that ehe was now no longer living. She had been called to another world since the commencement of this trial. The duty, said tbe Bscorder, wbioh I am sow about to perform, is an exceedingly painful one, but the law must be vindicated. The sentence of tbe Court that you be incarcerated in tbe State Prison in SING SING FOB TWO VBABS AND SIX MONTHS, and tbat you py a fine of $1,000, and that you remain impriBoned until that fine be paid. Boberts waB next addressed by the Beoorder, who said tbat his case was somewhat different irom tbat of Niles.

It had been said that his conduct oould be explained. It was much to be regretted that such explanation had not been made. After a few words addressed to tbe prisoner, the Court sentenced bim to serve thirty days in the City Prison and pay a fine of $250. The ofllcers then removed the prisoners, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the Court could, with tbe aid of tho officers, preserve silence. During tbe whole of the trial there was a feeling of confidence in the mind of the entire oommunity that these hitherto respected lawyers were guilty, and until tbey were sent, Niles to tbe State Prison and the otb.er to bis place of confinement, there was great fear on the part of the authorities that the chiefs In the conspiracy would be taken out and lynched.

Tbey were, however, safely incarcerated. Boberts died Borne years ago, but Niles is living still. When, as be, Niles, supposed his crime had been forgotten, he having served out his time, he endeavored to return to practice at tbe law. As he had been thrown over tbe bar" after the charge had been proven against bim, he could not practice again in Us own name, bat tried to get business under tbe name of another. He appeared in that way twice and was terribly scorched by the opposing counsel, both of whom protested against having to appear in a courtwhere such a man as Niles could stand as counselor.

Since then he has lived a miserable life, the main object of whioh has been to avoid recognition by any of those who knew bim when of good repute. Concerning the case, tho Eaole of December 20, 1850, expressed the following opinion LEQAL ETHIOS. The case of tbe People against Niles, now being investigated over tbe river, ia one of the moat remarkable developments of the mystery of the law whioh has attracted publio attention fcr several weeks. The oharge Is, that the defendant, in oonjunotloa with a woman calling herself Ellen Williams, undertook to operate on tbe pockets of a down town merchant, an old man named Havens, and did so to the tun of some two thousand dollars. The woman was the sleeping partner" in the firm, who was to put the old bucks through a oourse of spTouts.

and when her part of the game bad been playeey he lawyer waB to see that the victim came down hftcdeomely for their amusement. It was a very ingenious way of walking into the affeotlons of the community, but the charoea are that the parties who put it into operation will have to laugh on the wrong BlU of their mouth by the rOBult of thiB trial. BATTERY A. Complimentary Testimonial to Ex Captain Stuber. The officers and members of Battery A held a pleasant reunion last evening at the State Arsenal, and complimented ex Captain Philip A.

Stuber by the presentation of some handsomely engrossed resolutions. Sergeant White made the presentation speech to which Captain Stuber appropriately replied. Among those present were Counselor David T. Lyaob, Captain J. Pedronoellt of the Thirteenth Begi ment, Captain Peters, Mr.

T. K. Webb, Lieut. Fiad, Col. Pfief, M.

H. Metzer and Mr. Hall. The friends of Captain Stuber afterwards assembled in bis house and passed a pleasant evening discussing a substantial collation, PERSONAL. Powebs.

The statement whioh has appeared in several of tbe papers on the 11th instant, to the effect that Mr. Edward J. Powers, of this olty, was present as a visitor in the office of WeBley Webber, at tbe time of his (Webber's) arrest, is now proven to have been erroneous; Mr. Powers was at his own office at the time the arrest was made, and he subsequently assisted in exposing the frauds. Tbe Convention's Fall Worll.

Tho Eaoi of yesterday oarried to its leaders tho full details of the important ao tion of the Democratic State Convention. It also editorially reviewed the nomination of Hon. Bamuel J. Tilden, for Governor. The facta printed subsequent to that nomination were in correepondenpe with the character which the main ohoice impressed on the Convention.

The other nominations were Mr. William P. Dorsheimer, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Theodore Miller, a jurist of Hudson County, for Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, Adin Thayer, for Canal Commissioner and George H. Wagner, for State Prisoner Inspeotor.

These nominees were placed upon a platform which is only a formal enlargement of the principles which, by anticipation, the Eaqlb insisted would and should be adopted by the Convention. The platform was printed in the Eaqlb last night, and its literary strength of brevity and clearness is as commendable as its' compliance with Democratic doctrine. So trenchant, indeed, is the platform that a publio expectant of windy prolixity thought the resolutions themselves were only synopses of a turgid, head wearying, dodging document. We believe the platform or hope so will set the fashion of "short "and sweet" utteranoe to all conventions hereafter. Man who believe strongly, comprehend clearly and intend honestly, can and should write their views in short metre.

The platform itself is a vigorous step toward publio respect and confidence. We reprint it here to strengthen our statement of its unique merits Tho Democratic party of New York pledge themselves anew to tho principles sat forth in their platform adopted last year at Utica, approved by the voteB of tbe people the Empire State, and indorsed by tho Democtati of Illinois, Michigan, Maine, and other States of the Union First Gold and silver, tbe only legal tender; no currency inconvertible with coin. Second Steady steps toward speoie payments; no step backwards. Third Honest payment of the publio debt in coin. Sacred preservation of the public faith.

Fourth Revenue reform federal taxation for revenue only; no government partnership with protected monopolies. Fifth Home rule to limit and localize most zealously the few powers intrusted to publio servants, municipal, State and federal no centralization. Sixth Equal and exact justice to all men no partial legislation no partial taxation. seventh A free press no gag laws. Eighth Free men a uniform excise law no sumptuary laws.

Ninth Official accountability enforced by better civil and criminal remedies no private use of public funds by publio officers. Tenth Corporations chartered by the State always aupervlsable by the State in tho interest of tho people. Eleventh The party In power responsible for all legislation while in power. Twelfth The Presidency a public trust, not a private perquisite no third term. Thirteenth Economy in the publio expense, that labor may be lightly burdened.

The Democrats of New York, in Convention assembled, recognizing tbe indendence and the patriotism of the Liberal Republicans, who, preferring principles to party, Bball unite with them in opposing the present State and National Administrations, commend to their support, and to the approval of all honest and independent persons, the foregoing platform and the no Donees of this Convention, These are but a luminous condensation of the principles of Jefferson himself. Two meanings can be given to no part of tho statement. If the platform does not strike the publio conscience and imagination with unsurpassed favor, it will be the fault of something in men, of nothing in the platform itself. The eleventh plank," the party in power is responsible for all legislation while in power," is a doctrine in which the readers of the Eaole are slow learners, if they are not thoroughly grounded. It is the only doctrine by which government by parties can be prevented from issuing in oligarchy of the most composite and unindictable kind.

The Democrats have simply obliged their opponents heretofore every time Conservative utterance has fallen below the principle enunciated. A policyless party has its outcome in adminis tration always corrupt and often cruel, and if the people can secure reforms in any other way than by holding those in power responsible for tbe absence and need of reforms, human history and intelligence have not dis olosed that way. The rest of the platform is ao axiomatically true, that praise of it goes without saying. If the situation of this country does not reveal a prime necessity for the incorporation of these principles into government, then the signs of the times, like a Chinese print, should be read reversely. Our correspondents in other columns today complete the detailed record of the Convention and of the facts subsequent to it.

The secondary nominations are good. The nomination of Mr. Dorsheimer, a Liberal, for Lieutenant Governor, is an atlcast sufficient recognition, and a graceful one, of the Liberal allies of ths Democracy. Mr. Dorsheimer notably and logically signalized his identification with tbo Democracy for the future, irrespective of honors, reverses or any consequences whatsoever.

In this he showed the courage of his convictions and a spirit of consistency which his whole Liberal following will emulate, if they are wise. He is a gentleman of dignity, learning, culture and meditative, not spontaneous, eloquence. He is also a man of high character and accomplishments, in many respects the William Walter Phelps of Democracy. The New York Times will do well to cease slurring him, merely because he disapproved of Grantism and South em corruption two years before that journal rose to the comprehensive and restive appreciation of the some abuses. Judge Miller, for the Court of Appeals, is spoken of as an able lawyer and jurist, and a man of high qualities.

A judioial career, when informed with Democratifl principles, makes a man very large and strong on all sides. Mr. Miller will well comply with the high character which the Democracy have impressed on the Appeals' bench. The two other candidates are well spoken of, snd will prove, it is said, great local helpers to the ticket. It is evident that the Convention was oonvinced of success, and made its movements with reference to it.

It is plain, already, that Mr. Tilden beoomes stronger under inspection, and is likely to prove as available a candidate as admittedly he is a worthy and eminent one. An appeal to the honesty, and thought fulness, and highest moral elements of tho Empire State has seldom been made in vain, and we do not believe an appeal of that kind was ever made more opportunely and forcibly than it has been made iu this case. Louisiana The lawfully elected officials of Louisiana have forestalled the purposes of the oppressors of their State. They have turned over to the regular army officers the buildings, arms and effects wrung from the usurpors, and they have thereupon retired from power, leaving the State in military hands.

It now devolves on the army officers to do that for which they were sent which is themselves to reinstate the Kellogg crew of pirates in place. That is a work which by analogy exactly reverses the least savory occupation of a scavenger. As it was plain that the "movement" was for effect only on the moral sentiment of the country, and that it was devoid of any chance for practical success, owing to the identification of Grant himself with the worst of the villainies in the State, bo does it become equally plain that the moral sentiment of the country has been profoundly touched by the movement from inception to collapse. We think the abductors of Charlie Eoss ore more charitably and tenderly discussed this day than is the Administration which is re enthralling Louisiana, evn in the minds of the men who raised it to power. The flash of battle has lightened the situation.

All the world sees it in its unrelieved hideousnoss. All the world knows that Grant is wrong and Louisiana is right, and we are willing to let that knowledge work out its sure results. Ab for the miserable cravens, robbers, swashbucklers and chawbacons reinstated in power, they rise to the bottom of no person's contempt. The "organs" which approve of their restoration, hold their noses as the gang emerge from their holes and pass again to power. If they do not find Ihoir beads iu one county and their boots in another before long, tbe most "toil" sliriok An Aldermanle Nomination.

Already tho nominations for Aldermen begin to excite tbo attention of the political associations of the different wards. In the Sixteenth Ward the Citizens' Association have nominated Major Fred. J. Karcher to represent them in the Common Council. CURRENT EVENTS.

The trial of the alleged accomplices in Ba zsine's escape was oonoloded yesterday by the sentonco of six months' imprisonment of CjI. Tlllette and Plan tin, two months' of Doineau, and one month's of Gig ouk, the remainder being acquittod. Bull, who wa? not present, (not having been found,) was condemned contumaciam to ten months' imprisonment. Tho Carlists were defeated in another attack on Oaenoa, aud also in several small engagements which havo lately ocourred, and the fooling of confidence continues to strengthen in Madrid. Baron Fermoy, (Edmund Burke Roche,) is dead.

Guatemala has appointed Don Vincent Dar don (ber Washington Minister,) to confer with tbo D. S. Centennial Commiisloaers relating to tho Centennial. There is a prospect of the completion of tbe Honduras Biilroad, the seotion from to Bio Blanco having been oontraoted for at 4,000 mile. The Manufacturers' and Meohanios' Association of St.

John, N. bas organized, aud will soon meet to discuss Reciprocity. The trial of Wiard's gun on Nut Island, Boston Harbor, has led to a oomplaint from the residents of Hull that the range is in dangerous proximity to their bouses. On Wednosdsy a ISO pound shot missed the target, ricochetted along the wator, and struck the wharf, near wblcb several pors)ns ro standing. Orders have been given to stop the firing or change tho locality of the range.

The application for commutation of Wagner's, the Isles of Shoals murderer's, sentonoo has boen denied. The First National Bank of Wellsboro, was broken into yesterday by masked men, and robin rt of $60,000, The Universalist General Convention in New lork was closed laat night. A supply train for General Milea' expedition consisting of one company Fifth Infantry, and twenty of the Sixth Cavalry, under Lyn was attacked on tho 9th, a few miles south of Canadian Biver, by 400 Eiowas and Oheycnnes, who were repulsed with heavy loss after a fight of five days. Two men woro klllod, and Lt. Lewis and five men wounded.

The Indians lost twenty. On the 12th, ijor Pr oe, of with three companies, had a running fight with 200 Oheyennes and and drove them off, On the 12th, two BooutB and four men of the Sixth Cavalry were attacked by over a hundred Indians on the Washita, and finally drove them away, losing only one of their number and Lt. Baldwin with three scouts went into Camp Supply with a dispatch, after several desperate conflicts with the savages. The path of Milos' expedition is infestod by hostile savages, and roidB are reported from Eansa3 and Nebraska. The Government perplexity regarding the Louisiana difficulty seems to have found a sudden solution by the submission of tbe McEnery government to the President's orders, tho surrender to Doited States officers of all the arms and State property, and the dls bandiug of the militia, under protest.

The President his orders for dispatching troops to New Orleans. The present police force formed by Boylan, tbe McEnery appointee, will remain on duty. It was reported that General Brooke was appointed by Geneial Emory, military oommandcr of New Orleans, but tbe report ib notconfiroud. Mayor Havemeyer yesterday exploded his bombshell against ex Sheriff John Kelly, charging him. with hypocrisy and fraud, and the making of also returns while sheriff, Mr.

Eelly replies, challenging investigation. The New York Commissioners of Charities replied to the charges against them, and after a long debate, the Aldermen ordered the answer printed. The Unitarian Conference at Saratoga debated the temperance question, and urged temporanco work. CURRENT OPINION. THE OUBEBNATOBIAL NOMINATION.

Tho nomination of Mr. Tilden by tbe Democracy seems to have taken most of the bitterness out of Stat politics, since even the Badioals admit both the excellence of tbe platform, and the principal figure thereon. Ths Journal of Commerce gives to platform and candidate a hearty indorsement as follows The nominee for Governor Samuel J. Tilden we believe to be a thoroughly honest man. While he may be objected to by Borne as an old war houBe of the Democracy, yet, on the other hand, he has been so identified with Beform and the anti Tammany Blng, tbat he will enter the canvass without any of tbe odium which attaches to the confederates who shared in the late city corruptions.

The nominee for Lieutenant Governor William Dorsheimer of Erie is an honest, outspoken, incorruptible man, and will receive a large vote, eBpeoially In the rural dl8trlctB, where he IB best known. Tbe platform adopted by ths Convention is brief, pointed, and for the most part will commend itself to all conservative altlxens. On tbe whole we can see nothing for a good oitlzen of any party to fear in the triumph of these men or of such principles, and we congratulate tho people on tbe fair prospect of their election. The Timet expresses In the following oxtraot, the general Republican opinion of Mr. Tilden and theDem oaratlo platform Mr.

Tilden is a highly respectabU candidate, and no man in the State who wishes to see tbe return of ths Democrats to power need be ashamed to vote for him. The platform of the party Is so short that no one will aUBpect the World folks of having bad anything to do with lt. However, the spirit of it is very good, and we bops the Democrats will stick to it, and convert their brethren In the West to their views at soon as possible. In that case we shall hear no more of Inflation, or of paying the interest on Government bonds In paper. Tbe platform is well enough, bnt if tbe Democrats want to see a really unobjectionable one they must wa until the Bepnblican Convention meets next week.

Tbe Sun assumes that Dix will be nominated by the Bepubllcans, and that we shall bave the singular spectacle of two aged and venerable Democrats oii tc6ting with each other; but It evidently gives the preference to the Demoorat on tho Democratic platform, and for reasons explained ia the fol.owing: Gov. Dix is a popular offloer and a very strong ca didate, and Mr. Tilden will b3 severely put to it to run aa well as he. But there are two things In which the Syracuso Democrat bas an advantage over tbe Bepnblican Democrat. He is not identified with the ocrmpt and crumbling Grant party, and his platform contains an excellent resolution against the Republican gag law and in favor of preserving the freedom of the press.

Gov, Dix is also against that law; but his convention will probably say nothing about it, and by silence will commit bim to its support. In tbat event, Mr. Tilden will receive the suffrages of thousands who do not boloog to either party, and will stand a fair chance of being elected. The second place on the ticket Is filled with the name of William Dorsheimer, of Buffalo. He is capable and honest; and his name adds to the popular Btrengtk ef the tioket.

Tbe World acsumes tbat the action of the Liberal Bepubllcans in the Convention will be Imitated by the disaffeoted Bepubllcans and no party men throughout the State, and says The platform at Syracuso is by all but universal confession a declaration of precisely those principles the application of which is most urgently needed iu tne State and in the nation. It is explicit, comprehensive and timely. It iB in the faithful enforcement of these principles that tbe real difficulty lies, and it is here that the people who are asked to support the nominees of Syracuse have a right to ask for guarantees. The guarantees are cjtven them in the character of tbe candidate. No other candidate could bave furnished so oon spicuons guarantees as are furnished by Mr, Tilden.

For no other candidate had been called to give the supreme proof of patriotism which Mr. Tilden gave when he assumed the task of purging Tammany and the Democracy, in both which be had been a trusted leader, from the publio plunderers who had succeeded, by DemocraUo apathy and Republican complicity, in disgracing and injuring both. Tbe Tribune unwillingly admits the enpsriority of platform and ticket; though lt Impugns the motive of the constructors of both. It says Good work waa done at Syracuso yesterday, and we may reasonably expect that the tiofeet will command the hearty approval of all the honest men of the party and the eullen support of all the knaves. Those who would no giaa to avenge mew the polls are too oonsoious of the vital importanoe of in thoi.

shattered and deorepit organiza tion to indulge very liberally in the luxuries of resentment. Dpoi? the whole we can congratulate the lode pendent voters of the Stat, that they have forces from the Democrats a fair platform and an excellent ticket. Now let us see what the Bepubllcans can do. Tbe Star calculates th chancts aa follows course, that Twsed and his friends do not look with much favor on any of the mon woo com bined to break up the old ring but we mart be per rnlt ted to laugh aUhe idea that at present either Tweed oTnte friends have moved, are mlgn propose to move a finger, or spend la dollar for If John Morrissey can send Tilden out of New York with 70.000 majority, his victory may be assured. If not, We fear the sont.st will not only be bitter, but without much proapect for success No one can question Mr.

Tilden's tategritv oH ability. He'has for many years twen prominent In State affairs, and local politics have long had attractions for him. He has served with efficiency in many important conventions, and the intellif ence of his action was nTer denied. But it seems that in spite of the Star's laugh, the voloe of Tweed and his friends bas found a mouth piece in the Herald, which, though lt utterly Ignores tbo platform, assails the personal character of Mr. Tilden ia a way which no merely political opponent would do.

It says of him He moved in the ruts of ordinary oartv routine until 1871, when, at a late stage, ho joined tho reformers against tho Tammany BiDg. His disinterestedness that movement is open to Btrious question. He is vain and ambitious man. Ho had been eclipsed by tbe favorites of the Ring. Nothing could havo been more humiliating to an old stager uk air.

mutu iuu win men like Mr. Hoffman, wbom bo regarded as upatarte advanced to party honors while was neglected. He hated Tammany because it ignored his alaims to poUti cal promotion but he courted anu flattered its chiefs until he saw a chanee of dispossei ing and humiliating the rivals who had mortified his vanity by keeping hhn in tho background. tual and spiritual. Second The perversion of the normal desire for healthful stimulants into an abnormal craving for injurious and poi sonous ones.

Third Crushing physical or moral. Fourth Extreme cerebral excitement and nervous tension, especially characteristic of city life, with its restlessness and whirl, and its ceaseless demand for brain work. Fifth The defective organization of society in its failure to give sufficient promi nence to the ennobling spirit and refining In fluence of cultivated womanhood. Sixth The false impressions which connoot geniality and manliness with the social glass. We have condensed the several heads as stated by Mr.

Heywood, preserving only the essential definition and we think that to one or other of these causes almost every case of habitual intemperance might be attributed. The reading of Mr. Heywood's paper wag followed by another, whioh we may separately notice hereafter if our space permits, on "The Morality of Prohibitory LiquorLaws," by Mr. Weeden, of Providence, B. I.

Of the six causes above stated there can be no doubt that the fourth, namely, intemperance, as the result of cerebral excitement and nervous tension, is at once tbe most lament able and the most difficult of cure. Of dipsomania as a disease, we will not here speak further than to remark that the habit of in. temperance, by whatsoever onuses induced, is liable to become the undoubted disease in question. But it is unquestionably not ani realism, nor poverty of mind or body, nor the wont of refined womanly influences, nor the perversion of a natural appetite, but excess of nervous tension and exhaustive brain work which has consigned to a drunkard's grave so many of the ablest statesmen, minis ters, lawyers and literary men. Alcohol and opium have been the ruin of men of genius.

The latter has slain its thousands, the former its tens of thousands. Opium embittered for seventeen years the life and paralyzed the will of Coleridge, the greatest moral philosopher of England; absinthe killed the French poet, Alfred De Musset brandy fired with unnatural vehemence the last speeches of Webster. It laid Edgar Allan Poe in his grave ere it was yet noonday with his manhood; it cast a lifelong blight over the life of Hartley Coleridge, son of the above; it drove an Onderdonk from his bishoprio in Pennsylvania it put a Universalist minister yesterday in our Brooklyn County Jail; it cast a sad dejection over the bright and gentle spirit of Charles Lamb it drove the reverend author of "Lacon," C. C. Colton, to suicide; it, and morphine together, took off by sudden death, the generous Halpine.

Can it be said of any of these men that they were the victims of animality or that cultured womanhood shed no light upon their way 1 that poverty drove them to the brandy bottle or perverted instincts led them astray In nervous tension and brain exhaustion lies the secret of their captivity to drink. Of the cure if there be a cure but little need be said. No two cases and no two natures are alike; and we have no nostrum to propose. But if we ore at a loss to know what will oure the intellectual inebriate, we have no difficulty in seeing what will not cure him. Pledges and temperance societies, though useful adjuncts for tho common run of honest, sociable folk, will be worse than idle to the man of original and isolated thought.

Blither have we faith in the kindling sympathies of art, especially of that supreme one which is itself a stimulant and inspiration, and by whose soft appealing melodies, madness was exorcised from the first of Hebrew kings. We give all credit to our temperance societies, but so long as their meetings are devoted to appointments of committees, jejune and empty ceremonies, petty dialectics between ungrammatical combatants, and a general feeling that the 'greater "part know not wherefore they are come together," save that Brother Hardshell is bound to walk home with Sister Soft, and court her in a cold waterly manner as they go, so long, we say, as music lends no charm and culture pours no eloquence in these assemblies, they will be to such minds as we have named, a hindrance and not a help to self reform. Local Sanitary Matters. Superintendent Folk in search ef information is an encouraging spectacle. It leads one to hope that he may get some.

This time he writes to know of the Board of Health if Swift Ce. are the garbage and offal contractors, and if they are not, who is? Of course, the Superintendent asked President Jourdan for this information, before he asked the Health Board. Equally, of course, although President Jourdan is a member of the Health Board, he could not tell his Superintendent what he wanted to know. Jourdan has always belonged to the Know Nothing party. For the information of the Superintendent it should be stated, that Swift Co.

are the offal and garbage contractors; they have hired Edward Freel to remove the garbagefor them at $19,000 a year; Swift Co. removing the dead animals at a profit to themselves, and bearing off the night soil for the residue of the money in their contract, $4,000. The Board of Health could permit Swift to sublet his contract, but Swift has not asked it to do so, and cannot sublet it without such cop sent. The Board only knows Swift Co. in tbe matter, and for any persons the Swifts hire they will be held to full responsibility.

This is all there is in the erroneous statement of the New York papers, that the contract had been transferred to Freel. President Jourdan ought to have been able to communicate this intelligence to Superintendent Folk, always supposing that the latter is in need of intelligence. The Eaole, however, has come to the information of the Superin tendent.before he has a chance to throw his remarkable detective squadupon the matter. No man could estimate the fearful mysteries that would ensue in that case. For the further information of the Police officials, it should be stated that when they receive complaints on sanitary should send them to the Health Board, and not to the Mayor.

He only has to send them at second hand to the Health Board where they ought to be stnt in the first place. An observance of this course will disseminate the delusion that the Police Department knows something of the proper municipal channels through whioh to communicate facts. Apropos of the garbage and dead animal business, the position of President Conkling, of the Health Board, in refusing to certify to bills, when contractors have not done their work, and the refusal of Auditor Shaurmon to audit them in the same circumstances, is entirely sound, and jumps electrically with the publio sense and wish. The further course taken by the Health Board, in itself doing the workof delinquent contractors subject to it, and oharging the expense on them, is as correct in policy as it is entirely legal in nature. The new powers of tho Health Board give them authority to do as they do, in just so many wards, as self sufficient, all sufficient and insufficient officials questioning it have discovered, to the increase of their information.

Municipal governments, when based on philosophical grounds, have demonstrated in experience that tho most summary leases of power allowed at all should bo allowed to those tribunals only, with which are the issues I will leave for a future article the consideration of the case of Mrs. Tilton. George H. Beeoheh GENERAL POLITICS. Colored Republicans in Convention at Threatening Aspect of AMalrs in Butler's District Nominations to Congress.

A convention numbering 42 colored delegates is in seeslon at utica for political purposes. H. O. II, I on, of Chenango County, presides, and there is a Committee on Besolutions. The platform reported Bets forth a variety of things: The altogether too lenient conduct of the Administration toward the ex rebels of tho South as the true oanjse of Southern barbarity; disapproval ot the pardon of the Eu Elux by the Presi dent; the defeat of the Civil Bights bill in the House an earnest request that the Bepubllcans do not nominate men who have put themselves on record against the bill, and declaring that they, the colored voters, will withhold support from the lamo a recommenda ticn of.tbe nomination of Dix, and pledging him 20,000 colored votes, and a deprecation of the present temperance movement as to its politioal bearings.

Threatening for Ben Butler. The opposition to General Butler in his own district grows formidable. His competitor is Central Cogswell, who, it is to work for Ben's place on tbe advioe of the latter. Ben told him that ho was not very wel, and would not returu to Congress. After Cogswell got well under way, Ben changed his mind, but his now earnest rival says it is too late.

Nominations to Coiisress. Democrats: Third District of Maryland, Wrn.J, O'Brien Fourth District, Thomas Swan. Be publiconB: First, Second, Third, and Fourth Districts of Arkansas, W. H. Sogers, of Phillips County John M.

Clayton, of Jefferson W. J. Hynes, and Charles H. Sanders; Sixth District of Pennsylvania, Wm. Ward, of Chester City First and Second Ohio Districts, John B.

Green and Joseph Stevenson Third District of Alabama, V. H. Belts. Independent Reform, Fourth District of Illinois, General Farns worth. THE STORK.

Trees Blown Down and Stagnant Pools Overflowed. The many fervent appeals for rain which went up on Sunday last from the city sanctuaries, has received an abundant response, if one may judge from the copious showers which have iallen Bteadily for the past three days. Parched and dried up vegetation has again resumed its natural green under the bounteous watering it bas received, and the farmer, aa well as tbe gardener, rejoices in the fall of the torrents. The rain has also performed another great act of kindness by cleansing the dirty streets and avenues, as none of the paid servants of tbe municipality have ever done. Under the effects of tbe high winds prevailing last night, large trees were prostrated in different sections of the city.

A gigantic tree in Carlton avenue, near Park one In Yanderbllt avenne, near Myrtle one in Portland avenue, near Auburn place, and one in Myrtle avenue, near Graham Btreet, were blown down, and in one or two instances demolished wooden fences in their tumble to earth. Others were blown over in Dean, Hoyt, Smith and Bergen strcetB and Second and Third places. The stagnant ponds in the outskirts of the olty have been Bwollen by the rain, muoh to the disgust of tbe residents thereabouts, but to the great delight of the small boy. MILITARY. The Fifth Brigade Annual Inspection at Prospect Park The General Orders.

Brigadier General Dokin, commanding the Fifth Brigade, N. G. S. N. has ordered that the annual inspection and muster of the organizations constituting this Brigade take place at Prospect Park Parade Ground, on Friday, October 9, 1871, at Buoh hours as may be designated on the ground by (he Brigade Commander.

Commanding officers of Beglments and Battalions and Separate Troop Cavalry, wiU report with their commands (the Troop mounted), at 0 o'olook A. to the Chief of Staff, on the ground. The books, records and papers will be inspected at 8 o'clock P. at the headquarters of each organization, on the following dates, Twenty eighth Battalion, Tnesdsy, Ostobar 13; Thirteenth Eegiment, Wednesday, Ootober 14 Fourteenth Begiment, Thursday, Ootober IS Fifteenth Battalion, Friday, October 16; Separate Troop Cavalry, Saturday, Ootober 17. The general order also direots that hereafter every Monday, from 8 to 10 o'clook P.

will bo the regular hours for tbe transaction of business at the headquarters of the Brigade..