New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-15
SOME CHAPTERS or POLITICAL HISTORY
Private and Public History of Fernando Wood.


supposition tba, there is any personN -feelne be-
twixt BIRD in the Bush" and your obedient
f.dgling We ay in the same direction, using much
the sort II taons and the shot that woulc make
the feathers fly from ore could hardly let the ster
escape upbsrmed. Far from being frightened by the
kind of exhibition bnted at in late ssue Of bio
Hcnors organ this Bird rather fancies that the close
atmosphere Of Grand Jury would qo;ckly force
into pubic growth and flowers u proved spormity,
cer'sin little seeds Of insnua,ion which bg7e been
scattered during our various flights the falow
lard Of gene raj suspicion. What a splendid ,ppor-
tunty this woald afford to aragn asi try FcrExndo
Wood. where cowardy silence, 70 stale CT Of
"Persecuted Dat not vapqu:shed" coul. avail to
hin from the shame and disgrace which fright attach
to his conduct
PROPOSED ENTERTAINMENT At TIE ACADEMY
OF MUSIC.
His Honor threatens the Grand Jury Let US sup.
pose IN indictments found-the Academy Of Music
hired for the accommodation Of the publc--,Judge
Jeffreys Roosevelt mr.. Henicks fiend on the
Bench-counsel for the prosecution, A. Oakley Hall,
District-Attorney, assisted by John w. Ednsotd
and Gilbert Dean. The Bird would be represented
by the legal skill of Ambrose Aquafortis 10, Ian,
james Littebiters Whiting and John Vitriolcscid
McKeon. Let imagine the orchestr seats filed with
stenOgraphc reporters employed in making every word
immortal; the seats Of the theater crowded with tho
vctimized tax payers ofthe city; and the Jury 10 be
drawn from the " Eminent Merchants" who sigped
that card inviting His Honor TO become an independ
ent candidate excepting such as should reserve for
u,tnssses upon whose virtuous and highly reputable
heads we are at any moment prepared to lay our
hands.
The machinery thus arranged let there be no
shrinking On any side. Let the issues be fully and
fairly presented and they will read after the following
fashion:
First: Is Fernando Wood corrupt man. Has he
used his power and patronage, as the executive head
of the city, for private and mercenary enas'
Second: Has he designedy placed in all the i'm
pcrtaIt departments of our City Government men
utterly devoid Of character and therefore willing tools,
who have used their Offices stongholds of pecula'
ton and demoralized every executive branch OF our
City Government
Third Did he psrvert the Police force Of our city,
designed for the protection Of life aud property into
q disciplined bandht for the practical annument OF
our elective franchise to overswe opposition at the
pos, and to throw the entire organization OF
society network Of fraud coercion and terror, unti
at last every substantial right of the citizen seemed
involved in its loathsome folds!
Fourth. Is Fernsndo Wood an arrant inpostor 10
ali bis public professions Of reform and amendment!
And have all his public documents, messages and
procamaons been the Oposition' of other men, art
fully obtained and made of by him a. cloak for
personal iniquityi
Fin: Has the increase Of IS per cent in our city
taxaion during the regime Of Fernando Wood been
directly brought shout by that ipdividuars instru-
men, ahty-the prohgacy Of the head injecting the
sl> autiu nd in lmAa
ever, department is moved solely by private price
REVELATIONS TO re MADE DURING THE TRIAL.
Let us suppose this trial to be in full bast-Csstls'
Garden, the State Anenal and the Crystal Palace
hired for ths temporary Judgment of the witnessss--
each Wines TO be subjected to the edifying cross-
examination of the legal talent 10 which we have
referred ard the whole 10 be varied by the profess
sional spsrring of counsel, the occasional fahrs Of
with. sses and the amusing sSpostions Of bis ouoFs
literary bureau, in which Dr. Tying, George b. Butler,
Donald Mcleod Mcleod Murphy, Daniel L. Sickes
and host OF other intellectual free-lances. not TO
speak of such small fry IS Josiah Sutherland, Billy
Cook, Alexander Ming, Tom Munday, Saneho-Panzs
Small and Dick Busteed. would take part-et US sup
pose all this to be done, and tho whole performances
served up each morning for the requisite number Of
mouths 70 our taxpayg eitizens at their breakfasts.
Then wouldn't the hair of the body.politic stand %
end when the sbtful enOrmes Of our system of city
contracts appointments to offices, and the financial
capacities Of the veto power were fully laid bare
before it Ferry privileges, stage routes, real estate
operation and civic grants should then be ucidly dis
cussed, and Littebitters" could perform variety,
of lscteel experiments on the milk in infr.sy OK
municipal cocoanuts. Suppose all this TO be ,one We
say again; then wouldn't certain STOUT gentleman
who figure. in certain marble bulldog on Broadway,
in the vicinity of the City H. be thrown into q
violent Precipitation, and couldn't Littlobters " lot it
rage" after the style of his Bowery Tbeater oraton
TIE whole might be proftsbly concluded by Judge
Rooseves charge to the jury, delivered in the style
of the Heirck bribery trial; and after this, we think
that whatever might be- the conclusion Of the emf
nent merchants" in the jury-bOI, the people would
have no difficulty in agreeing upon TIER verdict at the
ballot box.
"RUssELL on CRIMEs"-A NEW EDITION.
While on the subject.of criminal justice we cannot
refrain from inviting special public attention 10 the
new light which that legal "Drummond revolver"
Judge Russell, has shed over the hitherto msundsr-
stood branches of criminal ursprudcnce-warrants OF
arrest and babeas corpus. In the recent habeas cof'
pus proceedings, under which the Judge discharged
his Honor from the aest.waraDt Issued by Recorder
Smith. that judicial Roman candle fired of the fol.
lowing proportions fixed stars in the legsl rma-
ment: He declared that il appeared that there was
i-feeipg on the part Of the arrestiDg magistrate
seenst the accused, and that the books were full Of
caas TO show that this was abundant for the
discharge Of the prisoner That if this unfdenoy feel.
ing bad TOT been apparent he should entertain grave
doubts as to his right Of dischargDg the accused and
vvould have remapded him for examination. But,