, 1873-12-26
GENET.
Tho Career of Ono OR tho NlnEnntcs of
the New York Hing.

Tho Cnrecr of Ono Ut tho nangnntcs of
tho Now York Ring.
Sew lork tDto. 10y correspona'nce o tho Cincinnati
Horny W. aouot, Assaomslyman Ana",1sll; elect from tho
Twonty-flrst or lInrlom District, who IL to bo
aontoncod tomorrow to I. torn in Stato Prison,
camo to this clty from Albany aud began hly ro-
maFkabls pot'cal career ri lawyer, working
for scat in tho old Board Of Councilman,
and tho Democrats beat him. ,rllcn ho
Joined. tho Democratic purity and was elected
Councilman. Noxt ho became nn Alder
sa sn a a sSo.o On ILLS rasdo sssoa 6 d9r t sSsoa n.
Of Aldermen. Tho County ClerlsBllip was gyon
lin, aud after thrco years in that lucrative Of
ilce ho dcnando1 d nomination for tho Assembly.
Failing IN this, ho moved to Flushing. Long
Island, aud mndo fight for a. scat in tue Assonl-
bly,, hut was defeated. Not long aftorward ho
moved back to Harlcn,, and ,raB olocted to tho
Senate, expanding evory dollar ho was worth in
tho coltoHt.
Senator 0et,ot made himself conspicuous rs a
parliamentary tncttclnu, md when U part of tho
Democratic party rovolted under tho unnle Of tho
Young Democracy he WAS made leader. Az such
lo ca1no down from Albany while tho Legis}a-
tule was yet IN session, md called n nooting Of
tho Tamnlany SachenlH to lepoHo Grand eRchem
Tweed. rho carda had been shuthcd to 10 that
job. But one OF the rules Of tho Ta1nn,any Socl-
oty requires Tint the Socioty'B bnainoas sl.al bo
transaotctl III tho Wgwam. and Grand sachom
Tweed WHO was OH the beat possible torn,H with
tho snperintondont Of Police, won't to that func-
tionary and mado it clear to him TINT to lot the
Young Democracy into Tammany Hail that day
would be wantonly to provoke n breach Of tho
pcnCe. straightway, therefore, tho suporin-
tondent eont o strong dosachtnont Of police
Democracy dissolved their session III Irving uall
nud formed procession to march into Tnm-
many uall, they found tho street full Of polco-
mon under orders to lot nobody pass. Ihns tho
1tnnt lara &111f aud rfhnft 10, 1.1
loved, howeror, that the mai jority OF Tammany's
Sachems would have Joined tho Young Democ-
racy in overriding tho rule requiring ail Official
busneRa to DO transacted in Tnmnlany Hall, if
formally cut of tho hoad Of Tweed. But the
leaders Of tho revolt lacked nerve.
Genet went back to tho SonRto for d second
term. IIo had been 30 formidable at antag-
onist TINT tho great ringleader felt constrained
to concilato hlm, and before tho close Of tho
hcdfollows; 10 that, after tho finding of the in
dictment under which Tweed absented himself
from his scat III tho Senate throughout ses-
sion, Comet was 1nado manager for Tweed In
Albany.
1n that session Comet rebuilt bis fortune. Flo
reappeayed with his favorito $4,000 roatlsters on
Harlem lane and III his pokor-p playing tho limit
was raised 10 $4,000. It soon dawncd upon the
minds Of Harlem politicians tIat now Court
House was needed thore, md nn act was accord
ingy passed by tho Legislature making Soaator
Genet ono of the Commissioners to build it.
Forthwith thcro wore busy times III Harlem.
Tho cornerloafors became wc1l-drosscl bar-,oam
statesmen, with rolls Of greenbacl1s to wager on
tho trotting on tho Lano; contractors were in
| clover; loads Of brick, and granite, and lumbor
poured into Harlem, and a palace began to rise
ut Ono Hundred aud Twonty-sixtll street and
Fifth avenno. It was Senator Genot's private
mansion. It went up ko q creation under tue
touch Of Aladdin's wonderful lamp. Now York
County paid large sums for building-material /;
Honry ". Comets palace approached completion,
aud yet only the baseneut-walls Of the new uar
lem Courthouse hal boon sot. Tho o1td camo
with tho injunctions that smashed the ring.
Genet was indicted. He snapped his fingers At
tho indictment, and evon Us late al 8 fortnight
ago told his friends that lie had fixed things"
Ills friond and coadjntor, Lowis Dakor, Of Will
lam Pool murder notoriety, fled to Franco and
" II you stay horo they will send you to State
| Prison."
Comet not only chose to fight it out In the
courts, but actuallY wont before tho people for
rc-olcction to tho Legislature. aud was chosen
to tho Assembly by glcnter vote than that Of
| tho two competing candidates combined. Ha ex-
poctol to Take Lis scat oil tho 1st OF next Jans,-
ary. But tho politicians Of tho Union League
| thought otherwise. Thoy, required another va
| cd to railroad him to State Prison.
| THO details Of tho trial neod not bo recited.
Tho defcrso secured Judge Daniels of Buffalo,
as q jurist who was not likely to ho projuliced
against their client. and tho sporting-mon
had been "ilxcd" for disagreement il
not for absolute ae4uittal; and whom
they came down town lit troops this morll.
ing ind filled The Court-Houao to ovorilowing the
Bportipg-lon woro in thoir happioat hulnor,
ready to bet O hundred to ono on Disagreement
aud one to two on q verdict Of mot guilty"
William II. Tweed who as q nurse In tho Poni.
tontiary Hospital has timo to read tho news.
papers, read tho verdict tllis afternoon with q
flushed check and trembling hand, seeing in i.
an exhibition Of tho public to,npor which ma,
lofcat the planB OF Thurluw Weed and otllorf
who are moving for lis roloaBo OH tho p!on thai
public opinion is satistiod with the moro cloth.
Ing ct Tweed in convlct's garb
| Tho T1ltt0ocl H1nM.
| Ficnnd ietfcr to the Cincinnati Com1nerciai.
We ECO many curious aigitB, u1ia lear many
strange histories In the clinics hore antl ono oil
no aulull iutorost appeared at tho clinto iu Hkil
fnr Il oil $1+af MT !