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New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
THE. RING BROKEN.

We are beginning to reap the reward of the
great popular campaign against Tammany. A
consummation has already been reached which
it would have been unduly sanguine to hope
for few months ago. Mayor Hall has at last
taken the step which has been half fderisively
recommended to him by journals that
did not fully believe in its possibility,
and by this act the Tammany Ring is
broken. He has requested the resignation of
Controller Connolly in terms which should
render his further continuance in office i'm
possible. At the late hour at which this inn
portant information reaches us it cannot be
ascertaned whether this action of the Mayor
is taken with the acquiescence of Tweed and
Sweeny, or is manifestation of revolt. But
in either case it is an event of which
it would not be easy to exaggerate
the bearings and the consequences. 1t was
rendered necessary by charge against the
Cont oller so monstrOus, that but for the OBJ
legation resting upon The TRIBUNE as a
newspaper. we should have hesitated to ad-
init it to our columns. 1t is asserted and
generally believed that the Controller. on
Sunday, robbed or caused to be robbed, the
| official archives of his department to conceal
the evidence of the frauds which he has been
in company with others, committing during
the last few years. We give in another
column all that is at present known in regard
to this disgraceful occurrence. From this il
appears that, ON Saturday Inst, the Com
mittee of Investigation now in session
requested Mr.. Connolly to lay before them on
Monday the vouchers for disbursements during
the wear 1870. At 8 o'clock on Sunday the
night watchman at the Court House went
away for his supper, remaining two hours
When he came back he saw that the door to
the room containing the accounts had been
tampcred with, and hole had been per.
foratcd in it, With that apathctic neglect OF
duty which seems inherent in all the hangers
on ot oui corrupt municipal goyeIDuept. Lc
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Highly gratifying il the news fr0m Maine.
Our returns are not very full, but are suf-
fcienty comprehensive to show that the vote
is rather above the average, and the Republic
can majority larger than it has been since
1868. In Portland. the home of Mr. Kimball,
the Democracy gain 13s, while in Bangor the
home of Mr.. Roberts, their candidate last year,
they lose 04S, and in other Districts fail TO
hold their own. On the whole, our friends in
Maine have done noby and promptly followed
the lead of California in the present campaign.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
Neto:21ork Daily Gribl1ne.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1s. 1871.

The withdrawal OF the Germans from the four Depart
Inrnts contiguous Paris will be completed by the 1911
inst Queen Victoria has recovered from her IN
disposition The English cOllicry strikes are still III
progress Another British manOf-war is ashore on The
lSlc Of Wight.
The Republicans have carried Maine by all Increased
majority. ==== A raid has been made by U. s. soldiers
1n Ku-Kux camp in Kentucky, one soldier being killed
- Diamonds have been discovered near fanktOn
Dakota. =-s= boiler explosion has occurred at New
buryport r. l.. persons being killed. - There
was light frost in Oswego County ON Sunday night.
Mayor Hall calls Controller Connolly TO resign
Numerous aflldavits in the Foley injunction case
were presented before Judge Barnard and tie further
hearing adjourned until to-day. - large num-
Of vouchers for claims against the city paid in 1870
were stolen from the Controllers Office Sunday evening
The coroners jury found verdict against the ac-
cused in the Burns malpractice case. s- The Union
Republican primaries were harmonious. except III the
XIth District. Gold, l14 l13S, 1lli Thermometer
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

has "redistrictcd" the city. BY the blnndcrinG
election law of 1870 this simple maneuver gives
the Mayor power to appoint throughout crea-
lures Of the Ring as inspectors Of election in
place Of those elected to those Offices last No
vcmbcr. These appointments are yet to be
made, and of course will be used to facilitate
fraud. (Vte Mr.. ROOscvclts speech). Gcnu-
inc Republicans may be ignored, and probably
will be, in all the districts where frauds can be
perpetratcd. The responsible places of in
spcctor and poll clerk will be filled by the
open adhcrcnts or disguised minlons of the
Tammany Ring.
Another result of this rcdlstrcting is
that u comparison of votes, year by year,
becomes impossible, save in gross (by
Wards), since the boundaries Of the election
district bearing the same number ars wholly
changed. One of the surest means of detecting
fraud, and fixing the precise locality III which
it was committed, is thus cicctualiy removed.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
TIE AU4KENING OF 4 PEOPLE.

Whoever would see old Japan, the half
tabled Zipanga of Marco Polo must 70
quickly Ancient Japan is awaking from
her dream of ages, and is to-day putting on u
new life. There is something wonderful and
pathetic witha, in this slow emergcnce from
a gray antiquity in which the nation has re-
posed for so many centuries. Before this con-
tinent of the New World was discovered,
Japan had messages from the great Mongol
warrior. the terrible Kublai Khan, that the
time had come for her to join the Zone family"
of nations. Seven hundred years before the
birth of Christ the MongOls and the Malays
met on the island of Nippon, and formed a
national family which to-day numbers nearly
tbirty-fve million souls, and ful nishes the
world with homogeneous people OF more
brilliant and solid characteristics than the
Mongolian or Maaysian races whence 1t
sprung. Yet through all the mutations of
twenty-five centuries, the japanese have held
their seclusiOn unbrokcn until new race,
crossing in successive waves the American
continent, has knocked restlessly at the grim
bronze gates of the ancient empire, whose
walls were laid in the dim dawn of an an
tiquity 80 far forgotten that we have no au-
thcntc record of its greatest events. But,
with religion, politics, social institutions and
domestic traditions as old as time, Japan has
actually laid aside the cumbrOus garments of
her ancient civilization, and seems to be ready
to enter upon the feverish race for material
and mental improvement, in which peoples
that were unborn when Japan was old are
striving for leadership.
Although bv an unfortunate error of the
United States representative in Japan during
tle contest between the late Tycoon and the
Mikado, we lost in prestige what we had
gained by the mastery diplomacy of Town
send Harrs, we are in fair way to regain
our ascendency by reason of tho nearness and
intimacy OF commercial relations which geo.
graphical position and the firm establishment
OF magnificent trans oceanic steam line have
secured for u.s. 1t was regretable that the Amer
lean Minister should have sympatbized with
the falling Cause of the Tycoon, while tho
Eugllsh gaiHed weight aud tavQr iu tho xecou-
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

The severest blow yet struck at the theory OF
female equality has been dealt by the hand of pre-
tended friend. If there woman in the world
who seemed endowed, morally and intellectually,
with natural bent for modern politics. it was Mrs.
Woodruff But Mr.. Tilton, who knows her not
wisely but too well-witness his biography Of her
says it is not she but Demosthenes who makes all
her speeches and writes all her letters. Thus the
whole fabric Of our admiration falls to the ground.
While we thought it was Victoria who had sormed
the Capitol and pressed the arrows Of conviction
home to the hardened hearts of Butler and Lough-
ridge, we could not help sympathzing with the bold
Guerrere. and admring the touch of nature which
made the brave committeeman yield to so fair foe.
But il it was Demosthenes who shook the Capitol
and thundered over Washington, the surrender of
these doughty champions ceases to be remarkable
Butler is great orator, but Demosthenes certainly
has the advantage of him in years and experience
Another fact is satisfactorily accounted for We
know now why Madam WOodhulls speeches are all
Greek to the ordinary comprehension.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
AmusrmrntO, rtt., CHS Gpcmne.

R"Nrn'S 1ME,rrR.-"Thc rct of tho rotticoats "
and fsMiy l~tlA
flrTH AVENVN ruKNrEH.- Divorce"
GRAND OrTRA HOUSE," NarciSSc" Mr. and Mrs.
raNJsauu
NlNO's GARpEN.-"Eritz." j. X. Emmet.
NTMriC rnE,rKR.-" Humpty Dumpty." c. l..
foi
CNloN SoVARx TnElrEE.- -BurlcSQuc and ranto-
rrap~
WAuNCk'S ruFITrR. Tho Princess Of rrCbi-
tNsj~" Mts> lyd.G ruompsou-
AMERICAN INSTITUTE ENuUITION Th,Il-ave. and
SKY thnd-SI-orcn Gay AMI night.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN. Concert. Theodore
Thomla
NKwCoMR & ARlINGruN'> MiNsrRhIS. Broadway
And r~eu,I eilah -
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREIs.-- Birch. Wamhold, etc
SrHlNwAY Hall - Concert. Vienna Lady Or
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

The dreadful story of inhumanity to chill
<rcn, which comes to us from BinghamtOn,
is 80 far based upon the testimony of only one
NJ rsOn. the former matron of the charitable
institution in which the abuses are alleged to
have occurred. The public, therefore, should
ne careful in believing the report at once; if
true, it can be verified by the testimony of
competent witnesses in the establishment
But if one-half the allegations made are cor
rect the reverend rascal in charge deserves
the scverest punishment which can be visited
ON man who Oppresses and torments poor
aud hapless children committed to his Keep
ing for nurture and protection
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Western delegation, ii is reported. has called
upon cx-Gov. English of Connecticut and has asked
him if he would accept a nomination for the Vice
Presidency-hsvng once been sort OF tail-end
candidate for the higher place. His answer has not
been promulgated, but our opinion is that he will
accept and mistake, alwayo provided he Is asked
1t long since became the bounden duty of all prom-
nent Democrats to submit to setting up and
knocking down whenever called upon to do so.
English has been little luckier than many OF his
brethren and if he is wanted for candidate III the
next Presidential election, he may mourn his fate
but none the less is be bound to grin and bear it.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

We have seen nothing more disOreditable or
discouraging for long time than a single
phrase in speech by one of the counsel in
the injunction case before Judge Barnard
yesterday. The counsel congratulated the
Judge on the bench on having good fortune
not common to men in political life! This
man is neither child nor fool, and yet
he spoke a NAL dpropos truth as awkwardly as
could either. A more saddening sight than
a reference to judge, in the trial of great
case, as a politician, seeming so common
place, and the shocking insnuation seeming
so natural, that no one thought of rebuking
or even noticing it, New-York, amid all her
humiliations, has not yet witnessed.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

NJ. Louis Bonaparte, late Emperor of the
French, is not so utterly bankrupt in friend
ship and reputation as one might suppose
He finds welcome and uiraS in one place
Torquay. At this little watcring-place and in
expensive resort of half-pay officers and de-
caycd gentlefolks. on the Devon coast, the ex-
Emperor has been received, says cable dis
patch, "with much enthusiasm" Probably
the whole population of seventy hundred
souls, less the supcrannuatcd and newly-born
turned out to receive the Man of Sedan Let
nobody say that greatness is forgotten while
Torquay gazcs enthusiastically on what had
once been an Emperor.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

ll-luck most certainly attends The British
Admiralty; there is some comfort in finding
that at least our own naval msfortuncs alc
surpassed by those of our ncighbors Close
stranding of the British practice ship Racer
at Ryde, Isle of Wight. But any selfish
satisfaction we may have at the ill-uck OF
our British cousins is more than counter
balanced by envy of their superior pluck in
dealing with the offenders. For the ground
inc of the Racer some haf-dozcn cpaulctted
naval heroes will suffer disgrace. Onr blum
dcrcrS are left at large to repeat their iiaScos
on the first convenient occasion.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

The Boston people have been trying for some time
to put stop to feasting by the City Fathers at the
expense of the Taxpayers and it was announced
some time ago that the official junketing was to be
given up. Hope told tlattering tale. Last week
the Fathers aldermen and COuncilmen) treated
themselves to steamboat excursion at cost to the
public of $3.50, or S75 head. There were three
meals-lunch at 10 IN, chowder at IL H., and din
ner at p. m, The Courier says: Refreshments
sufficient to feed thousand people were served for
the forty y-six gentlemen who made up the party. y
But whaC is that, after ALI Here there would have
been, if not refreshments, at least bill for forty
five hundred people
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

The persistent bolt of the German Demo-
Gratis from every possible afiliation with Tam
many shows that the troubles of that body are
not 80 sure to blow over" The Germans have
too much political honesty to be party to
such corrupt practices as those which consti-
tute the stock and trade of the Ring mana
gers These men are already declaring that
they have given out small Offices and plunder
enough to lure leading Germans into their
ranks again. To state such a slander is of
itself sufficient refutatiOn.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

We referred yesterday to the rumors that
Controller Connolly was putting a large
amount Of securities out of his hands, in the
name of certain relatives We did not assert
this positively, not having full enough inform
alton. In several morning journals the same
rumor was mentioned, and denied on behalf
of Mrs. Connolly. We thereupon telegraphcd to
our Washington correspondent to make in
quries at the Treasury Department on the
subject. His positive answer will be found in
another column, showing that, in spite of Mr..
Connolly's denial, the statement was literally
true, the wife of the Controller having within
a few weeks, transferred the sum of Half a
Million Dollars to one of the Controllers sons
in-law. We may add the substance of pri-
vate dispatch from Washington, to the effect
that this information is from an authority in the
Treasury Department so high that there can
be no possibility of questioning it. The denial
was simply proof of the recklessness which
comes from an intense and overpowering
anYipty
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
QUESTIONS IN THE RUE or THREE.

QUESTIONS IN THE RUE or THREE.
If official papers are not secure in the Court
House with $8OO0O0 worth of safes, how much
money would be required to provide safes
enough for the accounts
If in the face of $500 worth OF thcrmom-
eters Tweed and Hall and Connolly retain
their GOODNESS, how many would be necessary
to set their blood to smmeringf
Would the Voucher thief have gotten away
if his footsteps had not been deadrncd by
those endless rolls of carpet which lngerSoli
kindly put in his way7
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

by the premonitory outgivings. American pride
ia gratitiod hy tho announcement that u home
crcw-the Ward brOthcrs-stalwartO of frame and
supple in limb. arc tho victors. Yet wo arc
magnanimous enough honestly to cheer
tho Halifax champion who carried off
tho hOnors of tho single skull race.
Though there was sono confusion and
contention over tho result Of the third
and last race, il is pleasant to know that it
all ended well and sunnily. The time made
in all these contests is notably fine, and the
whole struggle was handsomely made and
honorably closed.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

If the respectable ltalansare good enough to lend
us their aid in aboshing the nuisance of organ
grinding the least do is to bring the same re-
form to bear upon grinders of our own nationality
We do not know how many returned volunteers are
picking up living i'll this not over soldierly way.
We notice, however that usually it takes couple OF
braves to run the enerprise-one to turn the crank
and one to hold the hat. We have as much graft
tude as anybody for those who fought and blcd and
gave their legs and arms for their country but we
must insist that orgau-grndng isn't military, and
that even lrglcss or aruilcss man can get lNlns
IN a more mauly way,
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

A Nevada barkeeper relates that wishing
TO tickle the jaded palates of his customers,
he brewed decoction of butternut juice and
poison oak, which proved eminently success
full. 1t was instantly christened the "Shep-
herds Delight" and produced the most sat
isfactory exhlaration ever seen in the foot
hills. He mentions as one instance OF the ex-
traordinary playfulness it developed among its
consumers, that one of them, Hebrew ped
dler while under its influence, stole his own
pack and hid it in the woods.
Is it possible that our worthy Controller has
taken to drinking the "Shepherd's Delight =
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

1t remains to be seen what final, wholesome
punishment will be visited upon the abortion
sts who have lately and suddenly achieved
infamous notoriety in this city; but 1t is Ger
tainly a hopeful sign that 30 many of them
have not only been caught, but have been
accused by the verdicts so far reached. The
Clinton-st. woman is the last who has criminal
charge laid directly against her. Now let
rigorous justice follow up all these shameful
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Diamond hunters have no occasion to go 80
far as South Africa for the precious pebbles
They are to be found in Dakota, on the banks
of the Jim River. The first one which has
been submitted to tests is reported, on the
high authority of ga Yankton jeweler," to be
worth the mighty sum of 100000. We shall
see now what fitting titles our grandiloquent
miners of the Far West will invent for their
Kohinoors, Seas of Moonlight, and Eternal
Eyps
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
DuelEces Notlles.

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world harmless peec Applied FACTORY No 10
BoRttL Sold sTe5twLer
WHEELER AND Wilson'S SEWING MACHINE,
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without charge Machines 10 let j. T. MILLS NJ fkkh
LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES, all FORMS
Ample S~crntv ASSURANCES Co. H'nl
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LIMBS.
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New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
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New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Under the authority of the Regular Repub-
lcan Committee, delegates fairly representing
the best elements of the party were selected for
the Republican Conventions, State and local.
General interest was manifested, and in the
XltE the regulation Custom-House effort to
create a disturbance was made, with results not
at all in proportion to the expenditure.
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

No race on the rowing course in the United
States has attracted such attention and
aroused 10 much enthusiasm as that at
Saratoga yesterday. The great event was
marked by all the splcndors Of such
an occasion, and was fully up to the cX-
tIayagant expectations which had been raised
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

The card of Mr.. Ruggles the appearance of
which has been unfortunately delayed, shows
the present status of the Atlantic Savings
Bank
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Mr.. Grceley's Letters from Texas and the
Lower Mississippi with his Address the Farmers of
Texas and his speech his return 10 New-Eork. are
ready in handsome pamphlet edition. Price, 70
cents: or ivc copies for a. postage paid Orders ad
dressed this Office will he filled on the principle Of
FIRST come, first served"
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Mayor Hall yesterday issued his proclama-
ton establishing the boundaries of the four to
five hundred election districts INTO which he
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12

Advertisements for this weeks issue Of TIE
be hanGel To bay Price 81 per line
New-York tribune., 1871-09-12
The evil that men do lives after them.
TO THE yICToRs BELONG TIE sPoIlS.

Rut those who had for twelve years endured ana
writhcd under the scorpion whip of Jacksonsm
would not consent TO be still excluded from ONCE
after they had overthrown their prosecutors inc
"bloody instructions" which they had been taugh'
they were eager to commend In turn 10 theif III
structors. SO general sweep OF the JackSoHlui III
cumbents was decreed and though somewhat mod
fed by the speedy death of President HARRISON waA
in good part executed ThencefOrward to TINS houi
ito the yicors belong the spoils Of the vanquished
has been the oft disayowed but practically accepted
rule of whichever party was uppermost under "naT
ever Administration Its fruits are wiue splcau NJ
capacity inefficicncy dishonesty ana pecuia''on'
postmaster-not TO be too exacting-oueh' u A"o"
how TO read which some do, whie o'ieis w NV
Auuiu admit that such ability is desirable IN bis
vocation but if one who lacks IL Is 'o i'o'S
,.r,ison and has done the most toward the Presi'
l',.,, oI..,iop his claims" cannot be well over
L,,no Will NOT his services be wanted four years
,,,1., And how are they to he retained If his
noIoi,nsr are postponed to those of one who can
II hut has no skill in manipulating voters or
votes! "
civil Service Reform means the selection of the
s,test men for office instead of the most effective
"a, rosy, politicians Of the dominant party. That
ia the vist of the matter. IL Is right, and shouio
nrcvail How can this end be securely
GEN. JACKSON URGED THE ONE-TERM PRINCIPLE
When Gen. Jackson, after his failure in 1874, DO
came the candidate for President OF the three pa{
ties or factions which had worn his coors thoce VI
Crawford and those Of Calhoun. respectively IN INC
preceding scrub-race his supporters were Vocieiou
in commenting the limitation of Presidents scr
vice to one term. They argued that TINS was VIC
very time TO establish the principle when the
Adamses father and son. had held the once e'Sn'
years between them. They seve out that " that no
man republican" Jackson would consent 70 ser1'
bpt single term And, accordingly, in his hrs' Sn'
nual message dec s, 1920. he said:
90, .,,a ,herc,,re recommend such an amendment OF
-. ,,oOsttion ns NAV remove all ntcrnedat' aGTy
in hr election Of President ana fce-i h s,.ls
,nnd, may DO ~ regulated as w preserve " @S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-25
aRNERAL LEE,s OPINION.

In letter written by General Lee in
1867 to General Maury, occurs this SEN
tence;
| look upon the Southern people as
acting under compulsion, not OF their
free choice, and that it is their duty to
consult the best interests of their States
as far as may be in their power to do.
This is true, and yet those VINO com
PEELED the Southern people have the
cheek to reproach them for an alleged
disposition not to respect acts which
they had no power to resist. An act
performed under duress is not binding.
The Southern States are not parties to
reconstruction, as they never gave their
free consent to it. Forced upon them
by the bayonet, it is only binding SO
long as the bayonet possesses the power
TO enforce it. 1t was military measure,
and unless the people elect, as they
probably will, to leave it undisturbed,
will have no force when the civil author
ity is restored. By consulting their
best interests" the Southern people will
probably never disturb the reconstruc-
ton measures, but make the best of them
they can.