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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
OUR CHARTER ELECTION.

We are to have an election tomorrow for
Municipal rulers; and it is your simple duty,
if legal elector in this City, to attend that
election and vote. 1t may do no good but that
is not your affair, nor can you tell that it may
not Voting is no mere Derquisite or privi-
lege it is a solemn responsibility and a grave
public duty, to be fulfilled like paying taxes or
any other duty. We do not ask you to vote
for this or that candidate, for one or another
party; we simply remind you that it is your
duty at all events to vote, and to do all that
you fairly can to render our Municipal admin
istratiOn less rapaciOus and worthless, less rot
ten and rascaly, than it is.
We regret that there is a single Republican
candidate in nomination. We much prefer that
the Democrats should be allowed for once to
defraud only each other by the gigantic ma
chinery of repeating" and misCOunting which
they have brought to such perfection. Let
their DULLES and ruffians polish their fists and
clubs on each others skulls, let them pistol and
knife each other, finding no one else in their
way, and let the anti-Tammany Democrats
taste the sweets of being cheated as they stood
by and saw Grant and COlfax cheated out of
the electoral vote of our State last year. The
discipline will be wholesome, and now is the
time to have it administered. They considered
it a good joke when we were its victims; let
us see how they like a dose of it applied to
themselves! ID.
There are Republican nominees in some dis
tricts, as we wish there were not, and you will
have no moral right to ignore them. Where
they are manfestly the fttest and worthiest
men in nomination--as we believe they gen.
orally are-yOu should vote for them, not be-
cause of their politics, but because the City
sOrely needs such men in her places of trust.
But, even where Republicans are in the. field
it may be your duty to pass them by in cases
where their election is hopeless, and vote in
stead for Democrats who will not steal to keep
out such as wiI steal-are seeking Office on
purpose to get O chance. We cannot tell You
for whom to vote: it is your duty to inquire
and determine. Republicans! You have voted
often in the hope of serving your country
through the triumph of your party. This time
such triumph is hoDeless show that you can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
THAT SIXTH WIRD JOB.

We have had visit from Mr.. Thomas Ogilvie.
Deputy Assessor whose Office is ut No. los Leonard
ST. but whose residence is Mt place in the Ninth
Ward If the Directory is right Mr. Ogilyle says he
has always voted from No. l0S Leonardst, and that
he was one of the Registrars and Inspectors Demo
cratcl of the With District of the Sixth Ward Mr..
Lorenzo Cary of Pearl-st (Repubcanl being the
other Mr.. Ogilyle brought his book of names, and
tells us that the whole number registered was '9l.
instead Of 525 rs reported in the Iammany Official
organ-The Taasc,ipti He further says that accord
ing to the poll clerks checks there ought to have
been CPS votes cast leaving 1863 free and independent
citizens of that District who did not exercise the
privilege of the ballot Now the total vote returned
was 776 If the canvass is correct, the polbook is
wrong there are l4S more votes than that book war
rants He does not know how this trliling dscrep-
ancy occurred as he had nothing to do with the
counting of the votes We can readily perceive that
somebody made mistake, or in palmer terms, COM
n,itted n fraud But where is it We know that
the BROOKLYN Cauvassers overdid their work so care
essly as to spoil their little game. Did the Sixth
Ward Canvassers work as carelesslyf where more
votes appear in Tor from the box than there are yot
er registered it shows great careessness on the part
of the Canvassers: ard we have no doubt that in
such cases Mr. Tweed will call his operators
TO strict account. Accepting MIR. Ogllyles state
ment as correct. where did those l4S extra
votes come 'FRONT.' If The Transcript was right,
there were 1913 votes over the registry. IL the
Convassers were right there were liS votes given
that were not checked OIL How shall these discrep
ancies be explainedi Was tho poll-book written
M with mythical Murphys and OBriens, to meet the
expences of tho case after the figures of the can
vass were made publicf Mr.. Ogilyie shows us that
according TO his registration and checklist, liS out
of 7eI registered did not votetha is. nearly twenty
/, = hundred or one-ffth, did not 20 to the polls
The whole vote of the Ward was 6,274; the whole
registry allowing Ogyie's figures, was 6'5o2 whole
number in the Ward not voting 21S OF whom con-
sderably more than one-half were III TINS Win
District leaving only 1870 to be divided among the
other ten districts just 10 each. while the With Is
short l4S.
Tho VIth District of the Sixth Ward Is bounded
hv pavord. Park Mott Mulberry, Chatham. and
Ra~ter.sts. II contains very large proportion of
aliens. and it is quite within the mark to say that
NOT moro than onesxth of its population are voters.
This according to Ogve's registry would make its
ronn,otion 4,SOO the entire population of the II
districts in 1865 was only 1884 whole number of
,,otors 4I45. But we need not enlarge Any person
nho nrotends to believe that there are were
soo Ieal voters in that little corner of the Sixth
Ward IA either an idiot or a scoundrel. That tho
reneaters FROM the Bowery gamblingdens eau poll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
THE CASTLE or ERIE.

The day is long past when the public could
be surprised at any bold effort by the present
controllers of the Enc Railway to obstruct the
process of law; but in the narrative printed
this morning of the measures taken by Messrs.
Gould and Lane to hold the myrmdOns of
Justice at bay, our readers will find much to
interest and instruct them. 1t has been charged
that the money of the Erie corporation is used
TO run theaters, support an opera bouile COM
pany, and buy judges; now it appears that
Messrs. Fisk, Gould, and Lane keep up sort Of
feudal castle, whose portals no man may pass
until he has been scrutinized and approved, and
about whose gates no writ-server may lie in
wait under penalty of a broken skull. A band of
braves accompany the chieftains whenever
they 90 abroad. Stout-armed retainers escort
them to their carriages, and if n suspected
person comes near he is hustled away with
violence. One man who had spent days in the
vain attempt to serve n writ on Mr. Could,
caught up with that willy person at last, but
was Immediately set upon by four or five men
and held fast until Gould got away. If pro-
cess server enters the railway offices, he is
forcibly elected before he can discharge his
Grand In word, the President of the Com
pany and his partners have hedged them
selves about with private army, with which
they purpose setting tho courts at defiance.
Probably they have found it cheaper and more
convenient to do this than to buy judges, who,
after all, may break their contracts.
Judge Murray, before whom the order to
show cause why the suspension of certain OF
the Erie directors should not be made perpetual
=. 81, I,l,
County, has provided for service Of the neces-
sary papers by other means, and we trust will
do whatever in him lies to uphold the honor
of the courts in this outrageous case. The Erie
cases deeply concern the whole public. In
them are involved a conflict between lawless
violence and constitutional government, Ques-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
Az INTERVIEW WITH LYDIA.

Miss Lydia Thompson, the Leader Of
tho English Blondes, being in Chicago with
the whole blonde bevy, has aroused the
anger of the pulpits of that city, and, because
she is much preached against, has become
quite public character. As such, she was at
once sought by the indefatigable reporter of The
Chicago Tribune, and upon asking for her at
the st. James Hotel, he was conducted by an
"agile waiter" into the presence of Lydia,
who was revealed to him, seated in rock
" ng-chair," like an ordinary human being
He began by taking an inventory OF her per-
sonal charms, "a follows: Hair, tlaxen-hued
"and flowing down her shoulders Face,
bright and pleasant" Eyes sparkling like
diamonds in the sunlight ;l-Protile, "classic;"
Figure, petite and shapely;' Dress, " white"
We wish, for our part, to call particular atten-
ton to that fine comparison of the eyes to
" diamonds in the sunlight" 1t is good.
During the conversation which ensued, the
opinions of Miss Lydia Thompson upon great
variety of subjects were revealed with an
abandon which left nothing to be desired. She
admitted at once 1.-The appreciative and dis
terminating" character of the Chicago audi
"ence,r though why it should DO called ian
"audiencc" when it goes TO the theater to see
rather than to hear, we admit our inability to
determine. The " audiences" of Cincinnati and
st. Louis, however, were not fortunate enough
to secure Miss Lydia's appreciation. She com
planned that they were not high toned" We
should think that they were, however for the
fair lady added: They shouted and shrieked
"and eased themselves of prolonged yells."
And if this was not "hgh toned" we should
like to know what would be. No feeling of
false modesty shall prevent us from repeating
the opinion of the lady that 1.-THE Ncw-lork
"audlences are equaled only by Chicago"
For some time we have felt that comparison
of our little village upon any point with that
magnificent metropolis would be greatly to our
disadvantage, but Miss Thompson treasures u.s.,
and we hold up our heads once more. Espe-
cally do we feel inclined to indulge in compla-
cent pcrpendicularity when we find The Blonde
denouncing Philadelphia rs "cod and stiif,'
while it took three nights to get the sight
seers of Baltimore into good humor. This in
teTesting criticism ended with an affirmation
that Buffalo was "nice;" and then the lovely
interocutor began to blow up the Young Mems
Christian Association, and the Chicago clergy,
and Brother Moody" whoever he may be.
ave have a squib upon him this evening"
said Lydia. We trust that Brother Moody did
not find it fatal to his existence, and that it
did not even compel him to leave tho city.
Prattling pleasantly about this, that, and the
other thing, the interviewed damsel suddenly
exclaims: 81 want to go to Utah. But she
had her doubts. Perhaps an apprehension
stirred her gentle bosom that the mucl-unlted
Brigham might, with firm but gentle hand,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

Mr.. Delano's report of the operations of the
Internal Revenue Bureau shows that while the
expense of collection has been reduced nearly
S2,O00,OOO since last year, the amount collected
has been increased by S27,259,170-the result
entirely of vigilance and faithful execution of
the laws For the fiscal year 1869 the receipts
of internal revenue amounted to $16O039,3A,
and for 1870 they are estimated at $175OOO,OOO.
The most remarkable improvement is shown
in the revenue from spirits For the
fiscal year 1868 it was S67O9,54G; for
the fiscal year 1869 it was no less
than SG2O02,414; from which it appears that
under the old law the Government did not
collect ope-tenth Of the revenue due from this
source. The gain in tobacco has been about
S4,7O00OO, nearly twice as many cigars having
been returned as last year, though the rate re-
mains the same. The increase in the return of
incomes is not more than S3,OOO,0OO; but in
spite of the difficulty in an honest collection Of
this tax, Mr.. DelanO is disposed to recommend
its continuance. His report upon the whole is
highly gratifying. In him, at any rate. we
have the right man in the right place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

conduct her to the altar, and then and there
add her TO his charming collection without 80
much "a asking her consent We do not know
whether tbe taste of this Reverend Bashaw in
clnes him TO blondes or to brunettes, but we do
know that when he throws his handkerchief
the damsel at whose feet it falls must surren-
der at discretion Imagine the proper ofncer
coming down to the theater and marching OH
the whole blonde troupe, with LYDIA scream
ing at the head of the procession ana the
captive Miss Markham crying out her pretty
eyes at the prospect of becoming Mrs. brigham
Young No. Two Hundred and Twenty-hye'
No wonder Lydia is shy about leading her
sportiye train to those infinitely pOlygamous
regions!
But it came out, in the course of the CONVEX
sation, that there was another reason 1or inc
lady's reluctance to visit Utah, and no maid
enly modesty prevented her from conildng her
apprebensions to the interviewer, for what Is
modesty in comparison with High Art ! l
" WONDER said she, 4" if Mr.. Young would let
Gus perform in his theater. l believe he in
" sists upon long petticoats, and you know we
could not dance in them" Certainly not
The very life, soul, and, we may say, salvation
of a burlesque, is a short pettlcOaI. Dull Wouiu
be the wit, dubious the humor, childishly feeble
the hits. inexplicable the illusions, solemn the
laughter, impossible the jigs, and deadly dreary
the puns if the gods, impersonated by the
goddesses. suffered their bespangled skirts 70
fall so much as two barlcycorns below the
patella. 81 could not dance, you know IN
"long clothes" said Miss Lydia to the bIushlng
reporter. We take her word for It, merely
venturing to observe that we have, in our
time, seen sylphs and fairies and land-sprltes
and water-sprites who could not dance to
sneak of even in the most abbreviated tunlcs'
However, we do not speak as experts. Heaven
forbid We only know that it is recorded that
q certain celebrated Jewish monarch danced
(before the ark, it is true) in way which may
furnish Brigham Young with a precedent for
permitting the Blondes to caper at the Utah
Theater in vestmeuts of judiciously mtgateu
| breVity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

We suppose it to be anything but true that
Secretary Fish the other day described the
Cuban insurgents as "a few robbers who come
clown from the mountains to steal and then
ego back to the mountains to escape from the
"Spaniards" Otherwise he could not have re-
flected that these same Spaniards are only a
number of robbers (witness their official steal
ingsD, who, having tried for year and half
to manage these mOuntaineers, are no better
off than before. Just so the Spaniards failed
with the Dominicans; were beating the bush
and chasing vagabonds all the time; and at
last most chivalrously retreated with flying
colors and after an unheard-of number of VIC
tories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

NJ. Victor Hugo does not yet ask for revo-
luton. NJ. Jules Favre thinks hberalzed
empire better than nothing. NJ. Ledru Rollin,
who has eaten the bitter bread of exile, says
:" wish for liberty, but not at any price, and
4" foresee that with men like RochefOrt we
"would inevitably come to civil war" 1t would
be odious and useless to shed blood now, reasons
NJ. Rollin, who appears to have less fondness
for Rochefort than man of larger magma
ton and charity, though not perhaps of truer
patriotism, NJ. Hugo. These opinions mark
great change in France, which consents to be
disciplined by usurper rather than make
another tragic blunder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

800 votes. we do not deny. That depends upon
how much Tweed wants to secure some particular
But there are not 400 legal voters in the
district. Now let us see how Mr.. Ogilvie's registry
and the canvass of Messrs. Ryan and Hall can os
made to agree. OF course, it will not affect the
general result but, from curiosity, II from
higher motive, we should like to see under which
thmble the little joker u.s. Was the official report Of
the registration wrongf Did the repeaters pile it up
too loftilyf Were the canyassers properly n-
structcd Did the poclerks set down the prescribed
guresi In short, what Is the that of all the
swndles worked in the $40 election districts in this
city, only the With District of the Sixth Ward should
show such absurd blunderingi Let us have light.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
PERSONAL.

Gov. Bullock of Georgia is at the st: James
Hotel == Gen. John c. Breckenridge OF hehneky,
Mrs Scott Siddons, and David Jones OF ocounhu az ~
the Clarendon Hotel Brigham Young IT,, OF u tam
Gen, III L. Robinson OF Blpghamton. the Hon. W II;
Barnum NJ c. Connecticut; the Hon q. ~ Oohgvr III
MJcbinn Iohn Love OF Indiana, and Lieut. BabcocA, u
Navy. are at the ST. Nicholas Hotel - Gen Cox OF
North Carolina Judge Currey OF California ana Ju.s
Coiav washington, are Mt the Fifth ave. HoieL - A
Rersadt the artist; Dr. Rowand Of Canada aud Lieut.
commander Cromwell IT, ). Navy, are at the BrsyooI'
Unnse - Gen. John q. Hazard OF Rhode island
Commander Wheeler and Dr. W. NJ. King, U: s. Navy
are at the Albenarle Hotel - Judge hugh L. M, bonI
az Raltimore Gen s. Lavender St Louis; the hon. y
W MeCorke, Nevada, and ID. McCandless, PlttsDurgn'
are AZ the Metropolitan Hotel - Gen j. II; b1AteI'
Muir OF the British Army is at the Coleman House
Edwin Adams is at the Aston House. - feter pu n
OF Boston, aud Tiburco Parrott Oh CaaIOthd' arg "' ~
New York Hotel.
Senator Thayer of Nebraska, Gen. -. r. But
ler the Hon. ii. L. Dawes, and the Hon W. Is NasnoaI'
Massachusetts,, and the Hon. VIM. f. Chandler eAAss,,
ant Secretary Of the Treasury were In the city >eSe
day, on the way TO Washington
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
%mustmtnis, oct.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-This Evening at 8.-ltalian
prsrs; William Tell" Bno. Leraus.
BooTB's THEATER Twenty-thrd-st, between Fifth
ind Srth.sveA-Tbis Evening" Fslstsh" HAckett
EMPIRE RINK, SiXty-thiTd-st. and Third-ave'-
Tbis Day md Bvening-State Poultry Society Exhibition
FIFTH AVE THEATER. Twenty-fourth-s and Filth
ue-Ths Evening a. Wives they Maids A. they are
FRENCH THEATFR, Fourteenth-st.-1his Evening
tt8-BBglsh Drama: " Lordou." Miss Clara Jennings
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. cor. Eighth-ave ana VEL we, y
ty4hlrdst-Ths Evening &-Englsh Opera, The huku'
Nine Caroline RchiBgs-Bernsrd
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.-lhlS Ddy anu
Evening -Tbd Winter Exhibition Of Painting ana o''P
NTW-YoRK CWCUS.-This Evening al o'-Oi"nu
Programme The Man Monkey. Bgueiriaulsn' = e.
NImO'S GARDFN.-This Evening at o. Inc H''
OLYMPIC THKATER.-This Evening at B. Chuer
ths Gas Light" - -, ,,.s., .
SoMERvuIE ART GALLERY, no ~ rlith-a'o'-
This Dav and Eyeuhe-E1hibiuOu Of THE Nlne buses .
TIIr IAMMANY-This Eyening.-"Bad DlcKey'
WurACK,s THEATER.-This Evening at o.
"The Wonder" Lester Wsllsek .
WOODS MUSEUM, Broadway and Thirtleth-st; t.
o,s, dsy from 10 Two Perormsnces AtI Sud a.
sE"Keniiworth" The Stone Man Of onondaga.
NEW YORK THEATER. - This Evening. -trench
Ma Pathein." Les IurOns de Cadillac
THE REV. DIR. MCCosH: Westminster Church
DIR. LAMBERT: Plympton Hail." Education at
Public Expense"
Mrs. WALTER c. LYMAN; Dr. Chapin'S Church.
"Physca Cuiture"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

One of the most invidious duties deyovlng
on the House of Representatives is the decision
of contests for seats on its floor. These con-
tests are generally melted by the bad habit
into which the Democratic party has fallen OF
polling illegal votes by wholesale and thus
electing its candidates Ignorant immigrants
are deceived and convicted felons are brDed
into swelling its poll, and Members are
thus fraudulently returned in defiance OF
the choice of the legal voters whose
wrongs the House is thus compelled to redress
at the cost of being accused of making par
tisan decisions. We do not say that no such
was ever made; we do say that not half the
Democrats fraudulently returned have been
elected from the seats they have usurped.
When an election is over, we have too gener-
ally acquiesced in the wrong to which the re-
turning officers have succumbed, when justice
required that it should be resisted to the ut
most, since submission invited a repetition OF
the fraud.
The XIth formerly Xth) Congress District
of our State is composed of the counties of
Orange and Sullivan, and it's vote for Congress
at the last five biennial elections has been re-
turned AS follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06
Geho'llork Daily Grib111e
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1859.

Constitutional guarantees have been restored in Spain.
Fourteen vessels of war and 10000 troops have
sailed Spain Cuba since the beginning Of the in
surrection. RumOrs continue of outbreak among
the Carliss one of whose leaders, Polo. has been
fenced TO DEATH == The Empress has returned TO
Paris which remains orderly and yesterday held another
election undecided district NJ GuzOt advises the
support of a parliamentary empire. == The first
chant vessel which passed through the Suez Canal has
been wrecked IN the Red Sea- The Spanish Bank Of
Havana has loaned an additional six millions OF paper TO
the Government
The election from Texas meager but the in
dicatiOns are that the vote will be close. The Ma
tonal Board Of Trade debated the question Of the
sumption Of specie payments Saturday and referred
the matter to a special committee. == An escaped
captive states that there 20 white children held
prisoners among the Cheyenne Indians. == The Erie
Canal has been frozen at several points,
and unless the weather moderates the canal Will be
closed for the season. The theater and portion OF
the United States barracks at Nashville have been de-
stroyed by fire. == The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany have completed IS miles Of snow sheds -= The
records the Land Office and the journals Of the House
Of Representatives destroyed at the recent fire at
Topeka, Kansas.
Samuel T. Blatchford has been arrested. == burglar
was shot at Westcheser village while trying TO rob the
vestry OF a church. === Two buildings in Brook
Ign tumbled down yesterday. === st. Matthew's Epis
copal Church. Jersey City, burned yesterday ===
Florence Scanned is alive, but is parayzed from the
breast downward. =- Burke the Hunters Point muir
derer, has been sent Sing Sing The names regis.
tered for the charter election number lGO.75l = Gold,
l22i 1881 l22i Temperature, Saturday 90 $50 $40 S2
Sunday, $50, 800, $40 $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

It is somewhat amusing to read of theoreti-
cal liberality such as was displayed by the Rev.
Mr.. Flanders at a meeting of Universallsts IN
Chicago. Promising that the Church could do
nothing without money, he declared that II he
were worth 100000 he would give $4,000; IL
worth 100000 he would give $4,000; if worth
half a million, 100000. We hope in the event
of becoming a demi-milliOnaire that Mr. Elan
ders would experience the liberal citations OF
which he is so sure but we have our doubts
when we remember that little Biblical Illus
tration of the camel and the needles eye.
However it is encouraging to know that free
giving for worthy objects was never, since the
creation of the world, in higher fashion than
now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-06

The ST. Louis Democrat having studied the
makeup Of Mrs. DR.. Major Mary Walker at
the late Convention (Female) in that city, re-
ports that cher hair is made wavy by curling
irons We can hardly credit the assertion
that Major Mary INDUCES in such an eifemi-
macy as curling irons. Looking back to one OF
the danes illustrious in history, how can we
imagine Queen Boadicea having her halr curled
before going into battle-her quartermaster
bringing in the brazier, and her ad-de-camp
Aourishing the tonsorial implementsf In Ven
ice we know, there were the wealthy, curled
"darlings of the nation" but they were of the
male variety, and not given to attending con-
ventions Our own opinion Is that MIS-
Walker should wear night and day what actors
call "a BIutus wig"