New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-18
BUM-sELLING AND THE POLICE.

RUM-sELLING AND THE POLICE.
After long struggle the rum sellers have con-
quered in the Eighth Ward Of this City, and the
| large Temperance majority Of voters therein are
set at defiance Last year the people elected
Alderman William Tucker who set himself to
work to get rid Of the worst sort of rum-holes.
For that purpose he went to Mayor Westervelt
and asked him whether, in case of difference Of
! opinion between AID. T. and the Councilmen, he
| (the Mayor would decline TO interfere. We be-
| lieye that the Mayor said he would remain neu
trail and in conseq fence Of his adherence to this
course for the first day, there were very few H.
censes granted. Next day, Aid. Tucker was on
hand, but there was an unaccountable absence Of
applicants for license, and about noon he con
cluded to go home, thinking that the rum party
had given up the contest; but having occasion TO
speak to the Mayor he first stepped into the in
ner temple, or private room, where he was as
tsnished to find his Honor and the Councilmen
manufacturing rum. sellers for the Ward as fast
az they could attach their signatures to the pa
pers. The Mayor had been prevailed upon to
give his friends lift and so Aid. fuckers et-
forts to restrict the sale of rum were nufed.
A short time ago the term of Office of Mr.. Nor
ria De Camp, Assistant Captain Of Police 10 that
Ward, expired, and he became an applicant for
reappointment. Mr.. De Camp is we'll known as
On active Temperance man, exercising bis official
| influence, where he could properly do so, and
speaking and working, when off duty, for the
cause of sobrety and order. He has never taken
amoment of the City's time for this work, never
neglected his duty, nor ever, to our knowledge,
been accused Of so doiog. Mayor Westervelt
could not be expected to do anything toward re-
appointing Mr.. De Camp; but there was some
reason to expect that there would be no actual
opposition by the Commissioners in case he
wanted the place, since he was the choice of niue
teoths of the solid citizens of the Ward. But
now We Learn, with some astonishment, that Mr.
Recorder Tillou, whom the Temperance men
voted for because of his supposed attachment to
their principles, has made Mr.. De Camps labors
in behalf of Temperance a reason against his re-
appointment, telling him that he (Tihou) did not
think it was proper for police officer to speak at
Temperance meetings Upon the ground Of his
hostility to rum-selDg, and that alone, Mr.. De
Camp was sacrificed, Lieut.. Wsrow put in his
place, and Officer Stage made Second Lieutenant
in place of Warow. Thus the only Temperance
officer in the Police was turned out, and the rum
sellers have so far achieved triumph.
And now a word as to the present officers.
Capt. Turnbull, as everybody knows, kept the
run.sbop in Mercer-st. opposite Howard, and be-
fore that the Mercer House. Soon after his pro-
motion to the command of the Police, he was en-
trusted with blank rum licenses, signed BY Mayor
Kingsland and the other necessary Names one, at
least, of which he pedded out in this way. A
man who had kept rum hole in or near the Five
Points, and who had been sentenced to the State
Prison, (for forgery, We believe,) having moved
into the Eighth Ward, came into the Station
House one night and said: Captain, want
license" well" said Capt. Turnbull,
"give me your name; and then we want ten dol
lars in bankable money" The man did as desired
laid down SO gold piece, and Capt. T. took a
license from his desk, filed in the mans NAME
and gave il to him. Another officer, Assistant
Capt De Camp, remarked: why, Captain, you
are not going to license that mau, who 10 just
UOm ctatt fIlsOn Dut ne hds LICENSED, ana tuc
interrogation was sharply reprimanded for inter-
ference. This Is but single case, and we hope
for the credit Of the parties, the only one of the
Kind. Lieut.. Warlow we believe, was also run
seller before he was made Policeman. Lieut..
Stage was Ium.seller and kept place Of con-
siderable fame on the corner Of West and King
S. He was the officer at the 81. Nicholas
Hotel, and the night before the murder of Col.
Loripg, brought DR.. Graham to the Station
house in state of crazy intoxication, he (the
DR.. having threatened to stab the officer with
the sword which afterward killed Loring Off
Ger Stage was about to state the facts, which
would probably have justified Lieut.. De Camp
in locking Graham up, and thus undoubtedly
have prevented the bloodshsd and disgrace Of
the next day, when somebody from the Hotel
came in and held q conversation with Stage,
after which the officer did not make any
complaint, and Graham was set free his friends
promising to take care Of him. In the con-
dition that no then was, We hold it WAS the duty
of the officer to complain Of him a. drunk and
disorderly, and have him served a. any poor
rascal is usually served when in the Same con.
diton-locked him up for the night but as nc
complaint was made, Graham could not be do
| tanned.
The three chief officer, Of tho Eighth Ward