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New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

The Registration of the Legal Voters in our
City was closed at 10 o'clock of Saturday even
ing with 500 names on the books of the
several Wards nearly 10000 more than the
142, ,666 registered last year. The local aspects
of this registration are most cheering. There
is no considerable change In the lower Wards
which are the Democratic strongholds, with a
falling off in the With and XIVth, which
are the worst of all. On the other hand,
there is decided increase in the XVIII.
XVIth. and in that part (western) Of
the XVIIIth where the Republicans are
strongest. In our Judgment, founded on
information from various sources, there are
fully Ten Thousand moro Republicans regis
tered than were last year, to say nothing Of
that large number of Democrats who say they
will this year vote the Republican ticket. We
shall be sorely disappointed if the Republican
State Ticket does not poll more than Forty
Thousand votes We believe Gen. BarlOw's
vote Will be considerably higher
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

citizens. There are many thousands Of men
in this city, who, IL they voted at all, would
vote in favor Of honesty and morality, who
talk with some energy In favor Of good gov
ernment and against thieves, who never seem
to think Of the immediate, burning re-
sponsibility which rests upon them for the
employment of their one ballot But this
10 an hour when no man can take refuge In
cyhicism or selfish apathy. The line Is sharply
drawn. No honest man can say that this Is
fight between two factions for the spoils. The
shock Of this great moral conflict has crystal
lized the opposing forces, and the one side
means Robbery and the other Reform. Every
man who negleets to vote tomorrow, makes
himself the accomplice of the thieves, rivets
the collar on his own neck, sinks voluntarily
into the mire of his servitude.
No true man can criticise the means
now offered for the redress Of our wrongs
There is no other way. We can only emanci-
pate ourselves by the ballot The courts may
do what they like, but IL the people lose this
election the rogues will make the laws to suit
themselves. This election must be carried,
and that will put an end to much wild whis-
pering of lawless and violent redress. 1t is
not in our habits of thought and of action to
rise in riot. The English tendency
Ia to 90 to law when injured, and if the law Is
inadequate, to see about amending 1t.
We cannot even in great emer-
eency forsake these old and wholesome
traditions. A mob tomorrow would put us
fatally back for many years. We must keep
our records unstained that we may always,
without reproach, crush every attempt at riot.
The simplest and the easiest TASK resting on
every citizen is to walk in the way marked
out for him, and give his vote against the in
famies of the harpies who have torn Us in
pieces There arc men who would face bat
terry, if necessary, but who never VOTE They
should feel to-day that there is fight going
ON more important than any battle of our war,
involving the very existence of the Republic
No one Gun skulk tor hide from his
place without disgrace. The people who
mean well are superior In numbers to
those who mean ill. If they all vote, the vic
tory is gained and confirmed. If they throw
away this opportunity by their neglect, they
deserve to wear the livery of Tweed the rest
Of their days. The moment is solemn and
decisive. The decent citizens hold in their
hands the very life of municipal government.
What arc they going to do about IT.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
rEYURk DAnF TRIBUNE MONDAY NOVEMBER SHEET

dates they rejected, though Gen. John Coch-
rane was ono Of them. They cay that
they offered to take two other men
from our side; but Gen. Cochrane tes-
titles that our Executive Committee never
received any such offer. And we are as
sured that both the Republican and Re-
form Democratic Committees will stand By
the ticket as they agreed upon It, and not as
it was upset by the Committee of Seventy.
Under the circumstances, each voter will
exercise his preference; but we stand by the
ticket as it was originally made up by the
three political Committees-not as the Com
mittee of Seventy would have it. Whoever
may be elected, we shall have strong anti
Ring majority in the Board, even though all
the candidates as to which wo differ should
be defeated.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
3ccreIarn Of Stat
Diedrich willers, jr.........tSs e2s 3S 3o
G. Hilton Scribner. 21 2D 22o

The blacklegs who make these bets are all
Democrats, and, though they bet to win. they
obtain their advices mainly from Democratic
sources. 1t is plain, therefore, that they con-
slider the chances Of the rival State Tickets
very nearly even. And, 80 far, they are right,
though we hope to see the Republican ticket
come out ahead.
The vote of our moro intelligent and thrifty
citizens tomorrow win be fuller than at any
former election when no President was chosen.
The rougher element will also BIO out en- rnqssej
but that always is. We lose by the absence of
ten or twelve thousand business men, who
usually ara at home to vote for President, but
who are now travelling all over the country.
Were they here, the Republican vote of this
City would be larger than ever before.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Accounts from Arizona are rather unfavor-
able for the prospects of any lasting peace
with the Apaohes The harassed Territory is
in q turmoil. and the soothing presence Of hr.
Vincent Collyer will probably be demanded by
AriSouians-that is, of course, If they believe
that the only remedy for the disorders which
af1 let them. It must be acknowledged, however,
that the only man there who has shown correct
appreciation of all the bearings of the much
vexed Indian question is Gen. Crook, who,
with his great sagacity and shrewdness, has
never combined that harshness which is too
often Characteristic of military men.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

The rumors of Brigham Young's flight from
Utah increase as he presses toward the ex-
treme southern boundary Of the Territory in
his semi-regal progress. He has often made
these journeys to extreme portions of his do
mainsj but he has 90 recently visited the
southern part Of Utah that there is some
ground for the belief that he is about to leave
the Territory, unlikely as such proceeding
on his part might otherwise appear. The re-
port that the Mormons intend to 60 to Mexico,
where they have been offered shelter from per-
scouting monogamists, gives color to the later
rumor that Brigham goes now as the new
Moses leading his people into promised land
beyond the confines Of this Republic.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
TILE ASSEMBLY.

JOHN V. GRIDLEY has declined to be longer
a candidate for Assembly, lest his running
should give our best district to the adversary
His card will be found in another column.
Mr.. Gridley has by this act-which was en-
tirely his own-achieved q new claim to the
confidence and esteem of his Republican
friends.
We were under apprehensions that the Re-
publicans, though strong in numbers, would
be weak In talent this Winter in the Assem-
bly,, and we rejoice In being able to chronicle
the nomination of FREDERICK DOUGLASS in
the Rochester district. Mr.. Douglass had the
misfortune to be born slave, but he has
nobly worked his way up from ignorance and
debasement TO eminence and honor. AS
Horaho Seymour Is likely to be in the next
Assembly, we ought to have at least one
thoroughly competent and ready debater on
the Republican side; and Mr.. Douglass is such
q man. Doubtless, there will be others, but
hardly one so widely and so favorably known
as he Is.
Gen. Funk, soldier of honorable record,
the candidate in the XVIth Assembly District,
Is opposed by James Irving, the legislative
bully Of last Winters notoriety, for whom no
decent man can vote, and by liquor dealer
who could only have received the nomination
by mistake. Had MT the District better get
on without any more Of that kindis
Robert H. Strahan Of Newburgh Is again a
candidate, and last Winters record, not less
than his service in the Foley Injunction case,
ia his title to reelection.
Staten Islanders ought to elect David w.
Judd this time Tr
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

The whaling feet of the Republic has been
gradually reduced, by shipwreck and
pecuniary failure, to about two hundred and
fifty sail, of which nearly four-Afths are owned
in New-Bedford, Mass, and the remainder are
distributed among the ports of New-London,
Conn. Barnstable, Salem, Edgartown, and
Nantucket in Massachusetts; Sag Harbor, New
York, and San Francisco. Of this small fleet
thirty-three are reported to have been crushed,
sunk, or abandoned during the icy campaign
in the Arctic Seas referred to in our dispatches
this morning. This is serious loss to the
country. Omitting the destruction of the
catch of each whaler-a considerable sum in
the sggregate-the total value Of the vessels
wrecked or abandoned cannot be less than
million and half of dollars; it will probably
take much larger sum than this from the pro-
ductive industry of the nation, while the loss
to our commercial marine, crippled as it is,
will be serious. Such disaster as this has
never before happened.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
WHAr ARE you GOING TO DO ABOUT 1T,

EHAT ARE you GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
This is a question which our robbers and
spoilers have ceased to ask. The brutal con-
tempt with which they have hitherto regarded
every effort for the publication Of the city
and its rescue from their clutches has in great
measure died away. For the first time, they
exhibit serious concern about what the citizens
of New-York are going to do. There is no
longer even the defiant swagger Of brazen
guilt. There is a genuine and unconcealed
anxiety among them as to the issue of the
fight. They are making superhuman efforts
to carry the elections. They are hiding their
property away in safe places. They are cram
ming their plunder into the sheltering pockets
of relatives. They would be gratiAed to hear
a categoric answer to the insolent question
which they were putting with such rowdy
bravado not many weeks ago.
This question, which has lost its usefulness
as an insult and a taunt, Is now taken up by
good citizens, and asked with an earnestness
like that of the jailer of Herod. For the last
few weeks there has been occasion for many
answers in many different senses. There has
been room for good citizens to differ as to
the course to be pursued; the best measures
were, in fact, the result of earnest and ener-
getic discussion. But the time is now come
when there Is bat one thing to do-when the
duty of the hour can be summed up in one
single word: VoTE.
The crisis of our long battle is now upon
us. The result of to-morrow's elections will
60 far to decide the fate of free government
In this city. The legal measures adopted
against the Tammany felons will Of course not
be allowed to fall or to sleep. The movement
of the press and the powerful influence of
public opinion must still be used vigorously
against this gigantic and poisonous wrong
But for q moment there is truce In these
battles. The State and nation waits for the
word Of plundered and outraged people. 1t
must now be seen whether New-York IL worth.
saving. For it is sure that little heart will be
left among our neighbors aud brethren to
assist US In the State and National Legisla-
lures in measures Of reform II 1t shall appear
that the citizens Of NewoYork care nothing for
their own honor and interests.
There 10 but one way given under heaven
for the political salvation Of a free people, and
that is through the ballot-box. There have
been many good speeches and some fine verses
written Oh this subject-but without sufficient
effect upon the minds of the better class of
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

The Hon. Thomas C. Fields, whilom Assem-
blymsn from tAis city, and an active agent for
the Ring, has suddenly been brought to grief.
He put through the Legislature, while he was
a member, o bill to compensate certain sub
urban ire companies for services in the amount
Of &5p196s 81, This large sum was raised
by the issue Of Fire Department stock,
as authorized by FieldSs bill OF this, Fields
is shown by the report of the Citizens Com
mittssits have received, as assignee. S0O7,97sj
the hrenien got e14e7S So. 1t was claimed
that Fields was to have fifty per cent for his
services in passing the bill, but he appears to
have Dockcted nearly all. The Attorney Cen
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Our special dispatches from South Carolina
indicate the end of the Ku-Klux organization
in that State. While their friends in the
North are calling down the wrath of Heaven
upon this wicked war;" the rufaans-igno-
rant ranks and intelligent leaders alike-are
coming to the light Of day, shorn of their
mysterious power and mummery. The
details of these conspiraeies are suffi-
ciently explicit to satisfy the most
skeptical. One declaration of princi-
pies makes the first duty of tho gang to be
Humanity, Justice, and Honor, and having thus
trifed with sacred things, 1t is declared that
the last obligation of the Brotherhood is to
put down Rsdicalism." OF course, the de-
struction of the Radicals, by fair means or
foul, was the first thing to be accomplished.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
nmnsemenis. ele., ahis @psnlna.

loGpEsGY OF Music. Italian opera: aust
aIA CAdstna HsSOa
RoorH's THEATER.-"DOt" Owens.
tTTrt1 AVENUE THEGTER.-"Divorce"
cp.Np OPERA HOUSE," Eileen Oge." Tho
IN EpwrS's THEATER-Opera Bouffe: "Flour-
te-The" Mia Aimee . ,,
NInIo's GARDEN.-" Our American Cousin" Soth-
01Y,rPrc THEATER.-" Humpty Dumpty." Fox.
srApr THEATER. German Opera: The HuSue-
notL" wGohtel
Sr. JAMES THEATER-OperettaT Troupe.
Union SQUARE THEATER-Oho and COMEDY Oon-
W,11AcK's THEATER "A Curious Case" and
TGs Es" CAArls kAthswH
LEIyrrTs ART Rooms, No. s17 Broadway. Last
v.ei 81 Dubufe'S P Odigsl SON."
NKv-YoRK CIRCUS, Fourteenth-st., between Third
al PU1TtlGvOA
s,N Francisco MrNsrREIs.-BirCh. Wambold ETC.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES.

GENEROUS ACTION OF JOHN v. GRIDLEY.
To Ny Friends:
You last year nominated and supported me
for the Assembly giving me more than three-fOurasa
the Republican votes cast In the XIth District no
ton opposed me, set mp boling candidate against me-
and by giving him $40 votes elected my Democratic opp
nent That election combined with the exclusion Of A
TwOmby from the seat TO which he clearly eleeod
gave the control Of the Legislature to Tweed and 10
Tammany Ring.
lam unwilling to be In any manner party, however
innocent to repetition Of that disaster. will not %
charged however unjustly with having contrioutoa~
such result thereby decline TO be longer candiaA'
and ask my friends to vote In such manner as sna Do
their Judgment most likely to aid tho cause OF kefoFn
For my own part, shall do my best to elect COL RnsA
c. Hawkins Yours. JOHN v UAiDLA"
Eetc- York, Nov. s, 1871.
RETIREMENT OF s. A. LEWIS FROM TIE sENAfo'
RIAL CONTEST IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
The following correspondence explains II
0'"' NEw-YoRK, Nov. L. ISL
DEAa sfR In view of the absolute necessity Of secs
Ing Reform Legislature In the present grave cL M Sss
S city affairs we feel 1's Sn oSs 70 Sn esPPSds
We know well your interest In the good cause sS. -
You are capable Of making ns sSTGS 20
individual and collective choice for state -
~ Sarmony and unity to withdraw from the presen
canvass, and thus secure the success ot tne SSo''
which your heart and ours is 90 deeply in'eres'eu
W% SIa + y Hsyeneysr @ VIM. n. wickham. p r. Ms.DTL
WIN. c. Barrett, j. Van Schaick, Daniel K LJao'~
wald ottendorfer' E. B. wesley {Si,w.yosx Nov. 4. im
GENTLEMEN: am In receipt Of yo1r s',ss@sdn 1,s
of this date, asking me, "for the sass Of ssF"0N'
when accepted the nomination for state ssnss en- ssyoV
tho Vth Senatorial Dssrct did 80 with tOs s.,,s -
H Tss rsops ons az sSd Ss.
tring win enable you TO unite on slnge eaT.
thus secure the success Of proper City ana
sny longer in the present canvass. Very respeeaV'
Sa1r obedient servant, SAMUEL A: LSuyEs.
Messrs VIM. 2 s, asysmssysr, W. b; I've wiSkAAlO'
DECLINATIoN OF }. Il. ANrHoN.
The following letter was presented, on Sasui.
day night to the Conference Committee Of tho -
democratic and Democratic Union General Cosiat,s''
.... HRwtYoRK, Oct n, iH'
JOHN W. RxNSErT, esq, ChGirsaa, d. A.. a.v .h,sI
DEAR sIR: find BY the journals o. :or snc ~ dosst@
SsTS Ssss S assS !; sSGG sns
BEEN done without any request or oven preyious
edge on ny part In faet have neycr been g. s.1Sss oss
ST. as S.Sss sS:ss 81 sssss
rom ths cEet pgon Shich yos hay; SSPs tsss %s
q M nv Eospss nos i've s' fSra
nation. Very respectfully, - n Arr... a.
Beins unabls 70 asrss Upon further nOnin.neass
Commit.ee then aAjoarnsd stas de. ImmeaAs ), -
ward, the Democratic Union General commis'ee 1900.
auppiied the vacancies In their nominations e.oa
For Superior Court wp T. Curts; fog Coart on .ssr.
Pleas Charles p DAILY Coz Aarine Court, Henri
GEN. FUNK STILL IN TIE FIELD .,gsJ
TofAs Edttor oTTAt Trfen"'' NY
SIR: Reports having been circulated 49,
ihtcaded 70 withdraw as a candidate on 'ne 'N''-
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
ALDERMEN.

There Ii still jar as to three or four can
dates for Aldermen; and 1t occurred in this
way The three great political interests op-
posed to Tammany Hall agreed on o ticket
of siW anti-Ring Democrats and
three members of each Fhg" of the Repub-
lican party. The COMMITTEE Of seventy'saw
at to inccept but one OF the candidates pro-
posed by our wing" and no o member of
that Committee Of Seventy: our other candi-
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Our Paris letter gives clear and detailed
account of the plan and policy of the advO-
Gates of Napoleonic restoration in France.
1t shows that although the bulk of the popu-
lation is thoroughly cured of its Bonapartist
madness, there is still enough of hirehng or
self-seeking men to keep alive the embers of
an Imperial party. There is a certain amount
of adhesion in the country districts, and very
little In the leading towns.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
MOVEMENTS OF HRIaHAM YOUNG.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. GA we'll
kpown Mormon writing rom Beaver under date OF Oct
ST. says: Brother Brigham arrived here this morning.
and after rest about Ave hours left for Saint George
on the border Of the Territory He was escorted
By IA mounted men Of the NauVoo Legion am told"
saws tho writer that ho has bade nna sdicn toSat
Lake CITY, Tds movement OF Brother Brigham greatly
aKta,ing tho minds Of tho Dcoule hereabout"
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
PREPARATIONS FOR A RIOT.

POLTCl RHANGEMENTS-FOUR REGIMENTS n,
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
The authorities believe that there win bs
trouble election day in various parts Of the city b>
moro especially In the With Senate District where Ia
contest between 0Brien ana Bradley Is wagsd win
much bitterness The course Of Sergeant Loonis eon.
mand Of the Eighteenth Precinct In openly working fe,
Bradley, ana ondesvoring 10 intimdate oRnens SAP
porters has especially incensed the latter, and many q
them declare that In case Of outbreak efforts viii DO
made TO kill the offending onoer There have been 4,
ready number Of minor rows between the adherens Of
the rival factions and the excitement Is rapidly on tAs
increase. The police authorities admit that uness strcas
preventive measures arc adopted and an outbreak
mariy put down at Its inception, there will be very
serious work on election day. There are other points
where danger is apprehended, notably In tho First
Eighth, Ninth, and Sixteenth Wards.
consultation held on Saturday, at Police Head
quarters, between Gov. Hoffman, Mayor Hall, Major.
Gen. Shaler President Henry Smith Of the Board Of
Police and superintendent Kelso. plan Of operations
was agreed upon but what It Is the authorities decias
to say, though they profess to believe It ample 10
put down an disturbances that may srsA
Heavy reserves Of peace will be maSsed In the seyea
teentb Eighteenth, and Twenty drst Precinct staton
houses these being within easy striking distance Of tie
poLng-paces In the dangerous part OF the With DE-
trct Care has been taken to have tho pouingpaces %
the avenues In order 10 afford thel police and troops
good opportunity 70 cnarRe Lno croWu u Caso VI no
without being hampered and confused in narrow see
where bricks end other missiles could be rained down
them With effect from the housetops. There h fttis
danger Of repetition Of the scenes of the l2th Of July
a. the movement ia not widespread nor formidable
then.
The following order provides the services OF four reGt
menss Of militia to aid In Queing any outbreak thai
may 0ccur:
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, n. g., NY
Nov. 4, !
GENERAL ORDERS, No. lo-In pursuance OF dsmaM
this day received from the police authorities OF TINS c
the Division will hold itsef In readiness Tor service q
Tuesday next, the 7th inst. ...
The following named regiments win assemble theu
respective Arnories at m on the TIN tns WIN ne
new repeating rifles, and equipped Tor active service,
with 70 rounds OF ammunition, and await orders fea
these headquarters:
Tth Regiment, Col. E. C1ark, Commanding.
nth Regiment, Col. ]. Ward Commanding.
22d Regiment Col. ]. Porter, Commanding. .
fist Regiment, Col. H. kockafeler, Commanding;
As the officers and Of the above named Regiments
assemble, they win be formed and kept within the A.
mOfies. . A. 49,,
Ranzatlons Division s called TO tho proVlslona 0
General Orders No. IL, Series OF 1870.
The Division 6taR win report at these Headquareeft& a
O'clock q. m. BY order OF Major Cen Alexander SaAr
ier WIN. Il. CHEsEBRoUoH,
Colonel A A @. and Chief 0f tan
CARL JUssEN, Major and A. d. c.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

The country has been afflicted with rumors
innumerable concerning the resignation of the
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary Of State. These
have finally crystallized into statement
which we have to-day from Washington in q
shape 80 authentic and trustworthy that we
are compelled to give it credence.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
THE PROSPECT.

We read in one Democratic journal of yes
terday that erery one comedies the election OF
tire Democratic State Ticket" and, turning
to another, we read that, at ono Of the gamb-
ling headquarters uptown.
On tho result Of the election In this State the betting
s quite close, wlers, the Democratic candidate for
Secretary of State selling for small amount over scrb
ner the Republican candidate, the following being an
average Of the pools sold:
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Special correspondence from Wisconsin, pub
lished on our third page, gives additional and
painful details of the great fires which have
lately ravaged the timber regions of the North
West Where all is so horrible, we can expect
to find no new phases of misery and suffering;
but the worst must be known if our people
are to give their aid intelligently.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Our foreign correspondence affords CLEAN
of pleasant light from the European Organiza-
tions that are collecting aid for afflicted
Chicago. We have had intimations in Gable
dispatches of the work going on, but the de-
tails have special interest to us who have 30
closely at heart the needs of our Western
uatOhhoro
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

Elsewhere are given tables of the rival can
didates, embracing the latest changes known
down to o'clock this morning. Before this
time tomorrow, it is hoped that in the few
cases where the friends of Municipal Reform
still present a divided 'front.' better cOunsels
Toov pravo0
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06
CTosF OF THE REGISTRY.

SATURDAYS REGISTRATION 23,553-rOTAL REQ
IsTRATION, 162y682-NCREAsE OVER LAST
YEAR, 9998.
The registration Of voters on Saturday,
although reaching the respectable figure OF 1855 Wa
not great many anticipated In the uptown "afos
there has been decided increase while In some Of ths
older Wards there has been falling on The following
ara the figures by Wards:
New-York tribune., 1871-11-06

eral brings suit for &459,ST 70, allowing him
about $4,000 on his account. The case looks
pretty black for Mr.. Fields.