The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-27


stenway Hall or Tammany Hall for the occasion.
She knew Tammany would give them the hall II Mr..
Cooper or Mr.. Steinway did not.
Mrs. Smile, wife Of captain OF q coal barge, at
pier % East river being insulted by party Of boys
on the pier yesterday afternoon, fired pistol at
them to Brighten them away; but the ball struck
John Condor, lad OF fourteen, and killed him
almost instantly. Mrs. Smile was arrested
Two burglars were discovered at an early hour on
yesterday morning loading on express wagon In
Canal street with plumber packed in six trunks and
amounting to $1,000 in value. One OF them was
captured, but the other escaped. 1t appears they
had rented the basement Of the house, giving good
references, and when opportunity afforded they
broke through the ceiling to the apartments above.
The Hamburg American Packet Company's steam
ship Allemannia, Captain Bardua, viii leave Hobo
ken at two ?. M. to-day for southampton and Ham,
| burg. The mails will close at the Post once at
| twelve NJ.
The stock market was weak and unsettled yesier-
! day. Government securities were duh. Gold closed
| at l3ili.
Almost all Of the live stock markets were depressed
yesterday. Beef cattle In large supply and but
| moderately sought after, and prices were lower,
prime and extra steers selling al 15c. 16c, fair to
good at 1870 14lc and inferior to ordinary at &C.
! l2kc. Mich cows were in moderate demand and
| steady. We quote:-Extra, s1io sl25; PRIME 500
SO; fair to good S75 $50, and inferior and COM
mon, $40 $40. For veal calves there lair de-
mand ut full prices, vizExtra, 13c. SIC; good
TO prime, lie. 12ec, and inferior to common 9ac.
| 1okc Sheep were only moderately active and
heavy at sc. exc for prime and extra, &C. 41sc.
for common to good, and sac. sac for inferior.
The supply was large Lambs were selling at 6ac.
7'lc. Swine In active request, but decidedly
lower, owing to the liberal receipts. We quote:-
ppfv NJ fot
common, SIC. q SIC.
Prominent Arrivals In the City.
Colonel II. Mann and Major J. L. Decker, OF the
United States Army, and John Z. Owens, OF Balt-
more are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
General w. J. Cullen, Of Montana Is at the st.
Nicholas Hotel.
Colonel d. woodruff and Captain J. L. Rathburn,
OF the United states Army are at the Hoffman
House.
Colonel II. +. Judd, OF the United States Army;
Judge J. r. Sullivan, OF New Orleans and General
]. II. Darlington, OF Virginia ut the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
Senior Icnaco Gomez, Minister to Honduras is OF
| the Clarendon Hotel.
| Mr.. Mazel, Minister OF the Netherlands. and DIR.
| W.M. Noah OF the United States Army, are at the
| Brevoort House.
Colonel James Baldwin, Of Baltimore; Lieutenant
I Rogers, OF the United States cavalry and Captain
! John Baldwin, OF Baltimore at the st. Julien
| Hotel.
| Miss Major Pauline Cushman, Colonel Thomas G.
Davis OF Memphis, and Rev. George McWhorten, OF
Oswego, are at the st. Charles Hotel.
The Presidential Situafion-The Great Demo.
cratic BIunder-Thc New Age Of Steam and
the Telegraph.
The democratic flagship, bearing the broad
peunant Of Seymour and Blair, is ''hard on"
among the breakers OF Southern RECONSTRUCT
| ton. The Tammany platform on this subject
fatty declares all the legislation of Congress
and all the reconstruction proceedings under
this legislation unconstitutional, revolution
airy and void" and General Blair, through The
Southern wing of the Convention, was made
the democratic candidate for Vice President
mainly because OF his Brodhead letter, i'm
which he declared that II he were President he
would assume the responsibility and compel
the army to undo Its usurpatons in the South,
! &c.
Here was the great blunder of the Tam
/ many Convention. Here was a rare oppor-
tunity wilfully and very stupidity thrown away.
| Upon the general issue of the shortcomings,
| wasteful extravaganccs. unparalleled corrup-
tions, excessive taxations. &c. OF the party
10 power, the democracy, with Mr.. Chase
| as their candidate, had the succession
within their grasp. Unfortunately for the
party, however. the Convention WAS too
| largely composed of the Northern Bour-
bon coppsrhead and old Southern State
| sovereignty elements Of the school of Calhoun,
and the Southern wing, rs before the war,
held the balance Of power. And so it was that
! in the Tammany platform and in the nomina-
ton OF General Blair the democracy were made
to Gght over again their battle of 1864 upon
the leading idea that the war was failure.
Thus the Tammany platform and ticket were
exactly what the republicans wanted; for they
I could ask for nothing better than the battle OF
1864 over again, combined with the great issue
of the constitutional amendment fourteen,
upon which they swept the country in 1866
against Johnson's policy Of Southern restora-
! ton. And here we are drawn to Mobile
letter published 10 yesterdays HERALD, giving
some account OF conversation Of Howell
| Cobb with our correspondent in August last
\ on the political situation. From this letter IL
appears that Cobb, originally supporter Of
amendment fourteen. had changed his mind
to the most decided opposition. and (under
the inspiration, no doubt, of the Tam
many Couvention) demanded nothing less
than the abandonment Of every measure
(adopted by Congress) OF reconstruction
and recognition of every Southern as an
equal OF every Northern State" As for this
amendments fourteen, "he considered IL the
most dangerous cncroachmcnt mon the re-
served rights Of the States Of any yet at
tempted by the party IN power lie