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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-12
CITY CouaT-spEClAL TERM.
Gallagher's Suit Against the City.
Before Judge Nelson.

Before Judge Nelson.
As reported In yesterdays HERALD, Contractor
Daniel Gallagher is suing the city to recover $3.50
alleged to be due on his contract for grading and
paving Ferris street, from Dikeman to Elizabeth
street. He was stopped BY o rcsOlut0n OF the Com
mon Council before the work was completed.
1t is claimed on the part Of the defence that the
contract was never signed by the Mayor, and tnat
Gallagher has charged too much for the work
done.
The case has been submitted without argument,
and Judge Nelson has reserved his decision.
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POLIVICAL.

GRANR MASS ASSN MEETING-THE CITIZENS OF NEW
invited to assemble at Union square Irving Hall and
L. % consult 70 the public welfare and to rafy the
nomi n. lions Of HORACE GREELEY for President, b.
ciRATZ RNHWN for Vice President FRANCIS HERMAN
for Gove ni GIAUNCEY N. DEPEW for Lieutenant
Gnvernnr q C,,x for Congressman at large and the
nominations made by lie Syracuse Convention for other
Offices
where well as in Irving Hall ad Tammany Hail. ad
dresses will be made.
From stand speeches will be made ~ herman.
Among the speakers will be -
Hon Francis herman, Hon. r. NJ. T. uunt"r, Of Va,
Gov. John I. Hoffman, Col A. X. Mcclure, IT "a,
Hon. Reuben E. Fcnton, Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick, :
Hon. Horatio Seymour, Hon. John +. Farnsworth,
Gov. Walker, OF Va, W. u Saunders, Esq,
Gov. TheO. +. Randolph, of Hon. Horace +. Clarke,
New Jersey, Hon. Augustus Schel,
Gen. N p Banks, Fernando Wood,
Hon. Henry r. Selden s. s. Cox.
Hon. Jno B. Baldwin, Of Va, r. B. Roosevelt,
Hon Samuel ', Tildvn, William. r. Roberts,
I:.ihes Brooks,
and large number eminent from New York and
other States, whose names will be announced in
subsequent notice.
ALGERNON s. SULLIVAN,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
a an1Rep f. H ISxSnE0S Secretaries.
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neonard..Nce. 90, o., 90, a. 81, %, ss. l2l, 12c
1856, 140, 100, 169. -s---
MARINE COURT!TRIAL TERM-Part Held by
Judge Shea.-Nos. 1876, 146, 1884, 1885, 150, 2l7, 21S,
219, 220 22l, 222, 223, 224, 22b, 226. ~
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SUPREME coURV-SeREnAl TERM.


Adm1Ss1Ons to tho Bar.
Lawyers Jesse Johnson, E. T. Wood and B. E.
Valentine have been appointed by the Supreme
Court committee to examine candidates for ad-
mission to the Bar. They win meet In the Special
Term room at two O'Clock this afternoon. The
class to be examined Ia small one, there being
but half dozen applicants.
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BROOKLYN COURTS.
UNITED STATES coRMlssloMlRs' COURT.
Liquor Dealers I'm trouble.
Reforo Conmiaaionpr WinalOW

The arrests of retail liquor dealers for not paying
the special tax required by law stin continue. Yes
terday two more were arrested-George Stimeer.
of Throop avenue, and C. KOesch, OF No. Harrison
avenue. They were arraigned before the Commits
soner, who held them to bail to appear on the 18th
for examination.
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COURT cALtROASS-TIBs DAY.

suPREmE copRr-CHAnBERs-Hel by Judge
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n BRUECK, n WARREN STREET.-THE OLDEST
u. manufacturing house of Political Paper Lanterns
and Flags
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DOLITICAL PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Il done at short notice by the Metropolitan Printing
establishment Of Broadway and Ann street. New
Vor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
DAVENPORTS GAUGE.

IL would be bad enough if the upstairs who
are inventing a new and petty tyranny Tor
New York treated all classes of citizens alike.
There would be a certain semblance Of legal
ity in making their lawless annoyances regu-
lar and uniform But even this is denied us.
The whole business seems governed by mere
cowardly caprice. A citizen not known to the
politicians goes to the Board of Registry offer
ing to make oath to his naturalization. The
Chairman refuses to allow this, alleging that
the law prohibits it. Thomas Murphy comes
I'D, SAYS he has lost his naturalization papers,
and that he cannot remember from what
Court they wero issued Without asking him
to verify any of these statements, they are
admitted by the Register.
One of DavenpOrt's creatures goes to the
house of private citizen, MIR. George A. Helm
rich, and begins to ask impairment questions,
having no warrant in law. Mr.. Heinrich prop
erly refuses to answer, and is therefore arrested
and dragged before Davenport, who commits
him to Jail and takes his own time about
allowing him trial. When at last the case
comes up, this petty despOt DULLES and brow
beats Mr.. Heinrich and his counsel, and gives
warning that anybody who interferes with
"him or his men will get into trouble" Some
one promptly interferes, and does not get into
trouble. One of these men sneaks into Mr.
Abram S. HewitPs house and is succincuy
ordered out by Mr.. Hewitt. He threatens
Mr.. Hewitt with the vengeance of his en-
ployer, and doubtless makes a full report
TO Davenport. But the offense for which Mr.
Heinrich was dragged to prison is passed over
i'm Mr.. Hewitt. The Hon. James Brooks, IN
public speech on Saturday night, defed and
denounced Davenport and his works. Nothing
will be said to Mr.. Brooks. lie, like Mr..
Hewitt, is able to defend himself, and the
fellows who are attempting to terrOrize plain
people have no desire to try conclusions with
the rich and the influential. Davenport is
like the Louisiana Landlord famous in story.
One day he was kicked all around his bar
room by quarrelsOme guest. The next day
he himself kicked a drunken negro with great
vigor. A stranger who had seen both opera
tons expressed his surprise at this contrast
of bellicosity and meekness "0b," said the
landlord cheerfully, Z" know who to kick"
Davenport is nOisome little insect of the
moment who will buzz his short hour and
pass away. But we cannot afford to have a
man in authority for even a day who, by his
cowardice and his lawless caprice, rObs the
very idea of law and government Of all its
dignity. We have been practicing democracy
for O century to very little purpose if it is in
the power of an obscure party puppet to say
that the humber class of citizens shall obey
his orders, and that the wealthy and prOmi-
nent may do as they like about it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
NEWYORKS COEGRESSMEN.

The Liberals in the several Congress Districts
in this State have generally made strong and
iudicous nominations. Our candidates are men
of established character for integrity and
capacity, whose past life and public record
commend them to the confidence of the
electors whose sufrages they solicit. Some of
them are Liberal Republicans and some are
Progressive Democrats, who are fully in
accord with the new ideas and patriotic pur-
poses to which Baltimore and Syracuse pledged
the Democracy. In every district, so far
as we can learn, the nominee whether he may
have been Republican or Democrat heretofore,
is held worthy to be leader in the move
ment for Reform and Reconciliation, and is
receiving the cordial support of both the ele-
ments that form the Liberal coalition. This
encourages us to look for the defeat of the
Grant candidates in several districts which
have heretofore given Republican majorities.
In all the old Democratic districts
our nominees are assured of success, and the
Liberal Republican vote ought heavily to
increase the majorities given in those districts
in 1870 for the present members.
Taking the districts in the order in which
they are numbered, we shall certainly carry
the LIST and all of the nine Metropolitan Dis
tricts except the With, which is doubtful, but
with the chances since the Apollo Hall nomi-
nation, in favor of the Liberal candidate.
The XItb putnam, ROckland, and Westches-
ter COunties) will unquestionably return Clark
son n. Potter, who, in his two terms of service
in the House, has won a national reputation MS
a fOrcible debater and an able legislator The
XIIth (Orange and Sullivan) elected Charles
st. John, two years ago, by majority of
500, although Hoffman had majority of
nearly 100 in the two counties. This was
owing TO local dissensions among the Demo
Gratis. We expect to see MIR. Horton, the
Liberal candidate, beat Mr. ST. John this year
by at least 800 votes. In the XIIlth District
there is good prospect that Mr.. Whtehouse
will defeat Gen. Ketcham, in spite of the
latter's popularity and the heavy majOrities
he has heretofore obtained. The XVIII Dis
trict was strongly Democratic in 1870, and viii
undoubtedly elect Alr. Demilt the Liberal
nominee The same may be said of the XVIII,
where Eli Perry is a candidate for reelection.
wholesome tendency among the Republi-
cans to bolt nominations secured by unworthy
means gave the Democrats the XYIth and
XIXth (Troy and Saratoga) Districts, two
years ago. They ought to be both carried this
year, by the aid of the Liberal Republicans,
and we believe they will be. The declination
of the Liberal nominee in the XYIIth District
has somewhat disheartened our friends there,
but there is yet time for them to win
victory with proper effort. We presume that
the XVIIIth, XXIlId, XVIII, XVIII,
XXIXth, XXXth and XXXIId
Districts will be carried by the Grant party,
but this prospect should not deter our friends
in those localities from doing all they can in
support of the excellent nominees presented.
In tho XXth District, Judge Sturges is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Our business interests, say the Presidents
! partisans, will suffer from the election OF Mr.
Greeley. Well, what has become of our bust
ness interests under the Administration OF
Gen, Grant, In the commercial centers OF
the North we have a scene of dangerous
speculation during which the money market
is in perpetual straits, from which men are
always calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury to release them. One official at
Washington, in whose capacity at least half
the country has no confidence, enjoys the
power of settling and unsettling values, and
by timely hint of his purposes may make
fortunes for his particular friends, at the cost
of course, of somebody else. "Our business
interests certainly Go not require the per-
petuatiOn of policy which created one Black
Friday, and may at any time create another.
In the South the Administration of Presi
dent Grant, while it has plundered the State
treasures, destroyed the values of securities,
exhausted the Taxpayers, fastened multitude
of leeches upon the land, and made bankruptcy
and financial dishonor imminent, has blighted
industry and made agricultural prosperity al
most impossible by aggravating the bad feel
ing between the labOring and land-Owning
classes. But whatever impairs the productive
ness of the South is q direct injury to the
commerce of the whole country. Short crops
in Carolina and Georgia mean dull markets in
New York, stagnatiOn in the mills and fac
tories of Pennsylvania and New-England The
prOsperityEand happiness of the South are
essential ingredients of the prosperity of the
country at large. 1t is seven years since the
war ceased and the devastated regions had
10 Tn of NIT,
a Just administration and wise and kindly
laws, the last traces of the conflict ought to
have disappeared. Fields should have bloOmed
again, money should have been abundant.
labor should have been well paid, capital
should have yielded fair returns. Instead of
such a condition of things, we see discon-
tented population, impoverished communities,
stripped by thievish adventures, and an uneasy
colored race whom Northern politicians are
teaching to be idle and noisy, to hate their
employers, and to work no more than is abso-
lutely necessary.
"Our business interests" require that these
wrongs shall cease and nothing will do so
much to revive the PROSTATE agriculture of
the South, to set in motion those commercial
exchanges between the States which give life
to our domestic industry, as the adoption of
the new policy of reconciliation, in which the
Liberal party asks the support of the nation.
With the election of Mr., Greeley the South
would spring to new life and feel new
courage and there is not manufacturing
town in all the North nor mart of foreign
commerce which would not feel the impulse
of increased production and reinforced Sc
cuTity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
Io THIO REEORMI

If the professions and protestations of each
and every party be not false, then our country's
most urgent need is that of Civil Service Re-
form. Read the Cincinnati Baltimore and
Philadelphia platforms respectively, and note
the clearness and emphasis wherewith this
Reform is demanded.
But what is Civil Service Reform I
We understand it to be the conduct of the
Civil Service of our country so as to secure
the largest efficiency, the. best results, at the
smallest cost, and to prevent the diversion of
the Peoples money to any partys service.
For instance:
Mr.. Charles p. Clinch, for many years
Deputy, is, according TO Mr.. Thomas Muir
phys testimony before the House Investigat-
ing Committee last Winter,) the real Collector
Of Customs at this port, though he has had
ten or fifteen official superiors in succession.
When Murphy was required 10 state how this
or that should be done by Collector, his
uniform reply was, should ask Clinch."
Now suppose that the President should him
self "ask Clinch" TO take the Collectorship,
discharge every subordinate who did not earn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29

which has large Liberal majority adopted
at its last session an important measure OF
reform. This was to deprive the landholders
of much authority which they exercised in
the administration of the affairs of tho
provinces and establish a system of
self-government. The measure has been
so strongly opposed by the Heren.
haus, which consists chiefly Of persons whose
authority it was thus proposed 10 circam-
scribe, that the Liberal deputies threatened
resignation. At this juncture the Emperor
himself adopts the plan, to which Prince Bis
marck has hitherto alone had recourse, Of
plainly intimating to the Conservatives of the
Upper House that it is advisable 10 be less
obstinate and pass the bill The Emperor not
merely favors measure OF the Liberals but
undertakes TO fight their battle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29

his wages, appoint the right men to gil their
places 30 far az they need be filed, and
manage the whole concern as though it were
his private business who doubts that the
Customs would be more thoroughly collected
than they actually are, with saving of at
least Half Million Dollars per annum IN the
cost
Who doubts that the half-dozen officers OF
customs kept on pay at ports in Maine, North
Carolina, &C., where not three vessels per an
mum arrive from foreign ports, are so kept IN
order to pay them for past or have them on
hand for future partisan service THAT Two
thirds of them might well be dispensed wlth1
Who believes that the tens of thousands
now receiving mechanics wages in our Navy
Yards, are so employed and paid Tor
their service in the YardsY Who does not
know that they are paid, not as mechanics
but as electioneerers and votersf
In short, do we not all know that all who
draw their subsistence from the Treasury are
expected and required to contribute both
money and efforts to keep the bOunteous dis
penser of patronage in powerf
Who that read the testimony elected by the
Committee aforesaid respecting General
Order" charges, carriage, &C., &C., can
doubt that all these are regarded as legitimate
sources of party capital and partisan reward
And must not Civil Service Reform upset all
this
Those who have had full control for nearly
four years, yet left things as they are, are
trying to get an extension for four more. II
their extreme devotion of all the patronage OF
the Government to secure this end should
prevail, are they likely to turn square around
and effect the reform that would deprive them
of the ability to do so againf
If they had already reformed the Civil
Service, they would not resolve that it still
needs reforming; if they have not done it in
their first term, how shall we expect them to
do it in q seconds
Never was the power of the Post-Oilice so
abused as it now is. Millions on millions OF
documents are scattered broadcast at the
public expense, by the very party that justly
denounces the Franking Privilege as an abuse
which should at once be abolished.
Postmasters are required to report the num-
Der of TRIBUNEs coming to their several
offices, in order that Grant journals may be
sent to each and all of our subscribers
They who thus abuse official position fOI
party ends resolve that we must have Civil
| Service Reform. Who doubts it9 Who be-
lieves that they will ever accord it'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
THAT RAA.OoO,OOO.

The contraction Of our GFeenback cur
rency was commenced several years ago, and
proceeded with until $44,OOOOOO of the $780,
100000 issued had been Cancelled, when it was
arrested by act Of Congress, leaving 1885,
100000 in circulation, less the amount de-
strOyed by shipwreck, fire, &c. and not re-
placed. Mr.. Richardson, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, has prepared a volume of
A" Practical Information concerning the Public
debt of the United States" in which he
treats this $4,OOO,OOO of redeemed Green
backs as reserve" which the Secretary
may reissue at discretion, and gives instances
in which this alleged right las been exer
cised
If this be 50, the Secretary is absolute mas
ter of the fortunes of his fellOw-citizens. He
can make money scarce or abundant at his
own good pleasure, and TO an extent hitherto
unimagined. He can make the operators for
" a rise" in Stocks or Gold, or Grain, or Cot
ton, rich as CrGsus by quiet turn of his
hand or he may make them poor as Lazarus
by turn the other way. Their purchases will
be intrinsically worth no more and no less
than yesterday, but the currency in which
they are to be paid for being increased in
volume, therefore diminished in value they
are required to pay less or more for that
property, as he shall secretly determine. And
this is no ideal hazard, since the power, we
are told, has already been repeatedly exer-
cised.
The power to expand or contract the cur
rency affects every man who labors for wages
or buys and sells property. He who owns a
,nort0aped farm NAV be bankrupted by its
exercise. 1t should be governed by laws known
and read of all men, not left at any mans
arbitrary discretion. Such was the intent Of
Congress; and it has been generally under
stood that such was the effect Of the law as it
stands. If Mr.. Richardson's construction ~ the
true one, every mans success or failure in
business rests with Mr.. Boutwell,, who en-
riches or impoverishes whOmsoeyer he will.
1t was not so in the better days of The re-
Dublic
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making strong fight against heavy odds,
nnd is gaining 80 rapidly upon his opponent
that there begins to be hopeful pros
pect of his success. In the XXlst, Beman
Brockway is closely contesting the ground
with c.. L. Merriam, the present Grant mem
Der. and in the XXIId, where K. II. Roberts
has been renomnated by the Administration
party, r. U. Sherman, the Liberal nominee,
has fair chance to win. The XXIVth is an
other close District, where a large Liberal
Republican element makes the defeat OF X.
Holland DUEL, the present member, by Frank
Hiscock. mt least possible. The XXVllth Dis
tnct gave a Republican majority OF nearly
1850 for Milo Goodrich two years ago. Judge
Goodrich Is now the Liberal nominee, ana 10
making a powerful canvass. His recognlZeu
ability and usefulness as a Representative willse-
cure for him large Republican vote, which, Win
the solid Democratic strength OF the District
will, we trust, elect him. There only remains 10
mention the XXXIst or Buffalo District now
represented by William Williams, Democrat,
who is a candidate for reelection. We suppose
we must class this District as doubtful, on ac-
count Of the large floating vote, but II our
friends are reasonably active they can carry It,
Finally, our nominee for Congrcssman-at-
Large, S. S. Cox, may well feel certain OF
success. Tn his brilliant canvass of the State
he has materially strengthened the Liberal
cause and has done much to insure the triumph
of the State and Electoral tickets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
Amnsfmenls. etc. 9his Gpenlns.

Boonl's 1'uEATER.-" Kerry" and Jessie Brown"
Mr sni Mrs Dioa BoucoaulL and Shiel Barr
t1rTH AVENUE THEATER. - The Road to Ruin
Cbses FISHER.
GRAND OPERA HOUsR- De koi Carotte. MIS-
John Wool, Miss Rose Hersee, and John BroHgham
OLYMPIC THFsTFR. 49, Opera Boullo: " GenevieVe
dc Braban@ hneMare Aimee srd Mons Juieau'
UNION SQUARE THEATRR.-"Agnes." Miss Agnes
BtAe D. n. HArkiuS
WALIAcK's THEATRR--"P ygmalon and Galatea."
Mis- Katharine Rogers
AMERICAN INSTrTUTE.-Forty-frstA Annual Exhib-
toa Day and Bvening
ASSOCIATION HALL Lecture: Japan and the
japanese" d.. Psu Hoffman
CALIFORNIA MINsTREIs at No. 40 Broadway.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. at No. 6S1 Filth
ave Open every day except Sunday and Monday
STONES CIRCUS AND MIN GERIE, at the 1901 OF
TLdytour,h-s-, T. K Afternoon and Bvenng
ST JAMES TIEATRR.-San Francisco Ministries
Tony PASToR's OPERA HoUsE.-Narieties' Maggie
and TOny Pastor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-29
THE NATIONS BALAYCE-SHEET.

Gen. Spinner has made out a statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the Federal
Treasury for the fiscal year which closed with
last June, which must be unintelligble to
ordinary readers, because he gives as receipts
from Loans the sum of 1906, 2OS,0S4, and as
expenditures on account of the Public Debt
$500, 9O6S52. If the former sum be subtracted
from the latter, it leaves $225, $685. 6S as the
total amount paid on account of principal and
interest of the Public Debt, which we pre-
sumo is the case. In other words: "LOans
1906 208,0S4p represents the amount shifted
from one kind of security to another, nOwise
increasing or diminishing the National income
or Outgoes, though it may seem to do so.
Mr. Spinner makes the actual cost of run
ming the Government for the last fiscal year
S1S0, 1919, apart from payments on account
of the Public Debit while the receipts from
Customs were S216,37O 1856, from Internal Rev
enue $130642,177, and from Public Lands
S2575,7l4: total S349,5S7,177. Beside these, he
credits to the War Department S2O,699.O12,
and to the Navy S3,256,19 and to the Interior
1880, 980-most of these items being made up
of the proceeds of arms and other public
property sold, and therefore not properly
n part of the years income. Miscellaneous
"and repayments, $27,77777l" closes the list
swelling the total receipts into the Treasury
during the year Except from lOans) to s4O4,
GsO,533 If the amounts received FOR property
Sold in the settlement of old accounts, &c,
were separated and sdbtracted, the actual re-
ceipts from current sources would probably
range somewhere above $S6O,00O,OOO. or double
the outgoes except for Debt.
Where the Treasury pays off debt with bor-
rowed money, and enters the amount received
and the amount paid in its balance-sheets,
such entry only serves to confuse and mis-
lead the average reader. If any profit accrue
from the purchase of bonds under par, that
may go to swell receipts; but the sale of
100000 in gold for Greenbacks, and the
purchase of bonds at premium with the
Greenbacks, or any form of mere conversion,
should not swell the Treasurer's balance-sheet
at all. In Mr.. Spinner's report they make the
total income of the year reach S707, SS8,6s6,
and the total expenditure reach $7i3,s59977,
thus making the Government seem to cost
more than it really does.