New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-15

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Mr.. WILSON SMALL VENTURES FEW oBsER-
vArIors.
Tho o,eseinous Small then struggled slowly 10 NE
n;ns and casting beseeching look G. biz Honor M
ou;red If he might not be permitted to hazard aie"
sn,u;,es in the case then under discussion /" This
rermssion having been tacy accorded by one OF ms
Uonor's muscular and flitive smiles, Saneho rama
thus modestly commenced: don't think you can DO
H. Mr.. Wood; that physic wont work as you expect
Old Purdy AZ wide-awake as weasel and you can
catch him asleep. He may talk and fume ana swear
but he's mighty careful when he acts he always Keeps
bis eye on the record lie has been in this reform
BUSH es from the beginning and has got all tue gy
Of H. and you could get him to Disgrace nun
sen by taking the back track induce HIN % JON
forces eth you, than you could force down his thro"
| O bowl Of skunk-soup favored with assaiGtida.
smile passed round the dolorous assembly at THIS
smile, every being fully aware that soup Is San
chos speciality. Flattered by this approval, MI
| Small expanded into bandness. "Now it's all very
we'll Mr.. Wood, to work the old fellows prJudiees
ard create as much dsrust and Jealousy as possible
among our enemies: and we make good point oil
Man H.rs treatment of Savage in the Filth Ward-a
! thing which we can work to advantage. NO"
strikes me, Mr. Mayor, that our only policy is to set
| the Tsmmany Hall Committee by the ears as much az
possible, and then watch the chances. Meantime, we
can circulate report that you've got control of the
| new Committee and lis important boys" turning lo-
| cosely round "tbat We should all agree as TO the
number that Fernando controls in that organization
| II wort do to make the figures too large; let 1t he
cose-it looks more pausibe.O well say %, and To-
| it shall he against the world y
| Hereupon Mr.. Michael Tuome moved an amend
ment that "73 would look better, 80 as to leave
| margin" This proposition seemed to meet with
general favor and his Honor, with the most muscular
| of smiles, acquesced, remarking that sit didn't
| amount to much anyway. the whole fight must
really hinge on the police decision
| DISCRETION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1t was understood that the same Council were to
reassemble at the place, so soon as as the de
cisicn Of the Court ofAppeas had been made puohc
but when that dreadful hour did sound it was found
| that not man Of the chosen made his appearance,
save only the everfaitbful Mr. Michael Tuomey and
Sancho Panza Small, who had private and affecting
interview with bis Honor standing at the center WIN
dow of His Honors private office. What was said'
and the particular manifestations of grief we are una
BILE 10 state owing 10 the absence of comic enal
informant who couldn't be induced to attend the meet
| ing except that speedy fight from the vengeance OF
his deluded and ruined policemen was determined
upon a. an absolute necessity The course of the fu-
pi.iye was announced in His Ionors organ. The
Herold of the 9Th inst, in the following words 1t
is affecting more than anything in Tristram Shandy:
1.-THE first conflict doubt the nature OF the de-
con and ts bearing upon the interests Of the parties 70 the
tigson the O'Clock edition Of The Herald
Mayor read ime daey left hi, Office in the City Hall rode
away in HI. carriage to h hG NEAR N ar Of @
thorty in nsttes of police at al end be sal down N h,
their force which was ru, in effect On Friday rnius After
writing the order dsand in his study he 70 me
reduced the character of pleasant snecIe ana
he would for the ndr Of hi: own term be able to Se
pleasant naIeI break up his Mayor oics IN the .ndy.
tiers in the hands Of Boards of Commissioners he
proposed to bis family to .eopany then upon 'nV "nS al
had lad sGm ocf,% for p V.t ana va, sls c ies
spop, snd the departure set for to-day or Tomorrow
| Thus falls forever the curtain upon the political
| fortunes of Fernando Wood.
Out, out are the lights, out all.
And over his qnivering form
The cuitain-a funeral pal =
Comes down with the rush OF storm
And 'the parrot" "pea-green, with bro9ue,
Uprisng. airms as he should,
That this play is "Tbe death Of rogue"
And its hero, the Marvine -nan Wood.
| LOON HERE UPON THAT PICTURE AND on THIS.
We have recorded faithfully, but with good humor,
the various shifts of his Honor in the contest now
bsppily termir ated and il would do IN ustice TO or
real sentiments did ne not express our regret at the
consequences which hi. has entalled on those
policemen who, though false to the people, have been
only too true to him. whereby they have all been IN
yoved as sharers in his ruin. Now that the Jury OF
the moment ha. passed, they will contrast his course
| with that pursued by Recorder Smith, who teresaw,
with that forecast Of mind and legal penetration tor
which he is Iemsikabe that the decision OF the Court
of Appeals mu inevitably be iu favor Of the constitu-
tonality Of the law and feeling the double force OF
| bis obligation. % magistrate and citizen to obey the
law, notwithstanding his personal and political repug-
nance TO certain Of its features ne Las steadily main.
tanned this position regardless Of the storm OF abuse
aud denunciaiion which gathered md burst above hi.
head. And let every Municipal Policeman thought
| fully ponder on what would have been the effect to
them bad Fernando Wood pur.ued similar policy.
| LIBBY MAN IN 4 TIGHT rLACE.
If there be any weakness. hi, Bird lays special
claim to- il i. in devotion to .he truth OF history
ana a. the opposition Bird undertook to patronize Us
on the ground of his superior information, let now
give the minu. particulars OF one little transaction
| which n A. Bird merely hnted a.
| When Ta,ior, the Street Commissioner, died, Dir.
John B.i:ss, one of tn. Libby Committee, aud one
most active and violent in his dsnunciatons Of Fer.
ns,do Wood, .rddenly rakened to the idea that the
dead n al. shoes would ct him exactly as to afford
him oi1 footing for 6ne political speculation. When
| the information reached him. hs forthwith posted to
| his Homer. villa Oh the Bloomnsdale road and ar
rived there that Sunday evening about O'Clock and
| We can best describe what occurred by reporting the
| dialogue in full.
Mr. Briggs commenced by ri marking thai, although
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