The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

all Johnny could say as he succumbed 10 the occa-
SION, and Jimmy, whatever was In his ''minds eye"
nothing had INTERVIEWED to arouse their feelings or
awaken their well known combaIive propcRsities.
we accompanied on 3 political jambores generally
ana who In our 2ral peregf1nauuns nailed over
the roof Of Collector Murphys palaal residence az
TO describo--when Murphy, Foy and Ledwith sat IN
unhoIy alliance, smiled a grim sardonic as he ex-
gratdced sense Of possession a. he surveyed the
tableau-tne plenlp0tentiary Of the administration
ing with the representation OF that very element
which previous administration specially de-
erSi ben Butler TO crush out in consequence Of ts
cruelttes and wrongs and the terrorism and hostility
y bore TO all gooa government we thought the time
While the lamp holds ont 70 burn
The vilest sinners may return.
and therefore, thought we, the two below may yet
| cheat the devil-a consummatl0n we most deyoutly
How o'DRiEs TOOK HIS DEvEAr--rHB TArAL OATH
on THE AVENGERS DOOM
After the convention referred TO O'Brlen might
have been seen earnestly engaged IN the effort OF
had not a fatal oath to abide the issues. In fact
the secret proceedings Of the old Hucgleberry rus
o Se boards Of as Bowey theatre
under The head OF the "Fatal OATH or the Avengers
aered. Fox Lsaws,h, po'Bren. Morrissev Collector
| Murphy aud Marshal Sharpe would be seen Bible IN
70 apIas 70 81 q the IN
inc up Joint ticket for November. In the various
ea De rc The sn es would not allow
! them to put away, constantly exclatming before
the footghts behind the scenes, standing beside
the mats or hanging In the ntes ike the ghost OF
Harniets father, sSwear, swear, swear p But swear
as they may they cannot exercise the "perturbed
ali their eiiorts for peace. Jimmy OBrien appeared
after the detection to take his defeat with apparent
without whining, with MS successful competitor.
MURPHY THE POLITICAL INSTRUMENTATION.
n q h n @ s
attended In person as whlpper-ln Of his committee.
This committee rs composed OF TWO factionsFenton-
ties and anu-Fentonites. The Fentonttes have the
chairman, In the Psalm raphsodst Jehn COcDrane;
but the secretaries are dlviaed. On this occasion
was evident from the look of the situation, however,
that Collector Murphy. specially appointed to harmon
ward was divided against HIM. All the orators
present John Fitch, the Beau Nash OF Saratoga;
the irrepressble and blatant and brainless Spencer
the suave and rDyme-quotjng Delafeld Smith; old
poetic Ironsdes Duganne; the indOmitabe Congress-
seeking Darling, who brought his experience on the
fusion worse COMPOUNDED. Police Commissioner
Manierre, looking like another oliver Cromwell. was
parllanent'' and turn the .roeues' ali out at the
end Of the locusts Of his police myrmidons. Al
though jewsnarps were not noticeable 4. there was
OF the proceedings Some OF the delegates COM
planned that there were too many policemen present,
FORM all the being IN citizens Clothes and being
OF the factions and ready for scrimmago they had aS
Being techcay called to order It was uph work
10 proceed, from the noise and CONFUSION that pre-
vailed and when attracted attention In the street
below. A contested seat was disposed Of but it led
to warm debate between ex-Congressman Stewart
and an unknown member. Manierre presented the
maries on next Tuesday night and ordering
county convention for Friday next with all the other
a resolution Affecting the details in the report.
whereupon vote was taken, when the Fentonite
secretary announced the result one way while
upon Spencer moved the expulsion OF the
Fentonlte secretary, which being seconded
by E. Delafed Smith called the recusant Secretary
to his feet in explanation, and In which he stated
that he had counted the yeas as nays and the nays
this bit Of political naapete, one Of the delegates
marked that the Secretary was an Inspector OF Ecc
tions, and had probably brought MS Old election
BoMBSHELL IN THE CANT.
Dugannc then moved that no one should go to the
conventions delegate who held An ONCE under
| the city government.
4 PLACES ARE SWEET AND MONEY Is SCARCE"
Mr.. Grdey first felt the shock and, starting to his
feet, made the apparently sensible motion that no
This brought up John Fitch, who. like the inventor
OF steam. after whom he Is named, had full head OF
an ea e
| "places were sweet and money was scarce
sentiment that drew down the house and shook
the sides Of the bareb0nes present, and made Fitch
the lion OF the hour. Spencer, who always has q
crotche: IN his noodle saw ne was not willing to
the choice was forced upon him by his associates it
| infinitely preferable to vote for Tammany demo-
Gratis who at least had advocated the Union side in
| the war; and not for the O'Brien-Ledwi faction,
! who had burned orphan asylums and hung up I'M
OFFENDING coored men IN the streets during the draft
Duganne tired TO withdraw It, hut this was refused,
and it was carried by mere handful or votes. The
many OF the delegates saying that this action Of the
general committee could not bind the ward com.
| to dominating conventions, and these alone could
| determine who are eligible as members.
| THE REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
The general result Of this republican gathering Is
that faction Is IN favor OF sustaining unalloyed
republican nominations, while the other faction
| supports Collector Murphy's Oath-bOund idea OF
.dicKering," lance with the O'Brien- Morrissey
crowd indeed, 1t Is highly probable that there may
Murphy has taken harder contract for the admin
istraion than ne ever took On his own account dur
ing the war, when he had only to furnish clothing
for the troops. The bad feeling in this republican
| cauldron boiled over the next morning in the rad
cal press Of the city, and one OF It's organs made
| bitter attack upon radical Charlie, calling him In
the vernacuar OF the particular organ blackguard
| and other as pleasant and honorable epirhets.
| LEDwITH FOR MAYOR.
AS the prospective result OF the Apollo Hall repub
lican convention the same organ In ts yesterdays
nomination-tnat Of Ledwitn for Mayor against the
Tammany nominee
The Mozart wing OF the democracy also met dur
ing the week. While the John Real democracy were
utterly silent the State ticket and are evidently
intending to agree to support the Woodford ticket
In consideration Of the Murphyltes adopting their
| Ledwith ticket, the Mozarters unanimously agreed
| to support the regularly nominee Of the Rochester
| Convention. The Mozarrers nave also made pre-
parations for calling local conventions to nomi-
nate for local offices. As yet the Democratic Union
| Committee, SO well watered In the past by Water
| bury, Roosevelt Smith Ely and Others have exhi-
bited no signs of political vitality They have been
| deserted by their Chiefs who, one after another,
serted the men that raised them TO temporary emf
| nence
TAMMANY RETICENT.
| Theschefs OF Tammany, amid all the political
fbubble, bubble, toll and trOuble' that surrounds
them, seem he taking things exceedingly easy-in
| fact as easy as did General Grant when he knew
that ne had the whole confederacy within his tolls
at Petersburg and Richmond. They are smoking
the calumet OF peace at their council fires, appa-
rently regardless OF the fact that the tribes OF the
r,,uaS rorsa 10 tnud M,rnhuito tritor On tic