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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11
Governor cornsll.. patrona &c.


In discussing the bearing Of the New
York election ON the vote of the State for
President consideration has been omitted
which is SO important that it may prove
decisive when the two parties are so evenly
balanced. We refer to the official patron
age of the Governor, which has become
large by recent amendments of the State
constitution. In the late election this
patronage was used by Governor Robinson
against the republican party next year it
will be welded by Governor Cornell in
favor of that party.
The natural inference from the nearly
equal division Of the State between the two
great parties is that nothing has really been
decided by the election, and that New York
must. be classed as doubtful in the Presi-
Dental contest A fuller survey of the sit
uation may show that this inference
should be accepted with great reserve,
or rather should be rejected entirely |;
for, oil things considered, the chances
preponderate In favor of q republican
victory in the State next year. The fact
that the republicans have elected their
whole State ticket with one Tor possibly
two) exceptions, and have secured . ma.
jority of more than two-thirds in both
branches of the Legislature, is of itself
favorable to republican success next year,
although the slender majority for State
officers might be overcome by the demo-
Gratis with popular candidate. But the
patronage which will be employed against
them presents a new obstacle which they
cannot put out of the way.
Governor Cornell will not be hampered
as Governor Robinson has been In his CON-
troll of the State patronage. Several i'm
portant Offices have remained in republi-
can hands because the Senate would not
confirm Governor Robinson's nominations.
Governor Cornell will not encoun ter this
obstruction. A republican Senate will con-
Arm all his appointments, and the whole
body Of the State patronage will in jan
uary pass at once under republican con-
troll and become an element of strength in
the next election. When SO heavy weight
IL put into the scale which already inclines
to the republican side the democrats must
be in hopeful mood if they think they
CON recover the State.
Besides, the newly acquired State patron
age will be reinforced by the Custom House
influence, which has recently been inert,
and by the whele brigade of federal officers
in the State. Mr.. Hayes has 80 far relaxed
his civil service rules that republican
ofice-holders will pay no attention to them
in the heat of u Presidential cleo
ton. After his successor is uomi-
mated the ofice-holders will court
the incoming instead Of the outgoing
President, and the Custom House will be us
active in politics as the Executive Chamber
at Albany. The combined influence of the
State and federal patronage will be likely
to convert the slender majority gained by
the republicans in the late election into
decisive preponderance. This is the pros
pect; and if the democrats do not quail be-
fore It 1t behooves them to point out the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The family of Secretary McCrary viii not return
to Washington.
General Fitzpatrick occupies Massachusetts, plat.
forms this week.
Wendell Phillips Ia lecturing about tho late
william Lloyd Garrison.
Mr.. D'Oyly Carte. the manager. arrived in New
York yesterday from Europe.
Attorney General Devens has returned 70 washing.
ton from his visit to New England.
The GalliA brought freight over half . million
Of dollars in specie from Liverpool.
II is claimed that Senator Blaine has sent sixty-ve
mail bags full OF his speeches to the South.
Mr.. Howard Potter. ex-supervistng architect
OF tho Treasury. arrived from Europe yesterday in
tho Gallia.
Governor elect 'Calico Charley" Foster, of Ohio,
viii give calico ball on January a. In honor of his
Inauguration.
First Assistant Postmaster General Tyncr gave
dinner at Washington last night In honor Of Major
General Mcdowell.
Senator George II. Edmunds, of Vermont, arrived
from Europe in the steamship Gaiia yesterday. and
is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
President Eliot. of Harvard University thinks that
teachers ought TO know that they have their po-
sitions during good behavior.
The President yesterday appointed William M.
Carney Of Ohio. to be agent tor the Indians OF the
New York Agency. in New York. vice Daniel sher-
man. suspended.
miss arundy" claims for General Albert Myer.
chief signal officer of the governments and known as
"oid Probabilities" that he can predict weather for
q week IL he has his own way.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont IL on visit East for
the hrss time since she went with her husband to
Arizona. where he appointed Governor two
PEARS ago. For tho present she II staying with
friends on Staten Island.
Mr.. Alexander H. Stephens, Of Georgia. lie the only
member OF the House Committee ON she Revision
Of the Rules Of the House Of Representatives nov
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Moneyw was easier
ruling ut seven per cent for call loans. The
Treasury purchased $1O,OOOOOO of six per
cent bonds for the sinking fund and discussed
about half the amount due in payment. Stocks
were more active and buoyant in consequence
OF the ease in money. Governments were firm,
State bonds were dull and railways more active
and irregular. Exchange was weak.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

MANY PEOPLE who prefer to take the law
into their own hands when they have grievances
to be satisfied win be delighted to learn that u
man arraigned yesterday for breaking another
mans nose was fined only ten dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

SOME OF THE WOMEN of Hoboken are moving
to obtain representation in the local School
Board. II New York women were to make a
similar attempt, and succeed, our own Board
would hear more about ventilation than the
HERALD ever told them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

CHURCH AND STATE have come into conflict
IN Massachusetts, the upshot being that if
ciergymen, even if acting according to con-
science, meddle with the temporal affairs Of
other men, they must pay for whatever damage
they do.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

ABBEY'S PARK TIIEATRE-FRrz IN IRELAND.
DALY'S THEATRE-WIvEs
ITALIA THEATRE-DER sErcADEr.
FIFTH AVENUE TIIEATRE-TnH PIorUax
NIBLO'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HAvERLYs THEATRE-rouRrsrs.
BROADWAY OPERA HOUsE-H NJ. S. PNAroRE
ABERLE's THEATRE-sAvED FROM THE WRECK
AQUARlUM-HUMrrY DUMPrY.
OLYMPIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WALLACK'S-OuR GIRLS.
LENTs NEW YORK CIRCUS.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSEHOLDER
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-FRENcn FLATS.
STANDARD THEATRE-H NJ. ). PINAroRK
GERMANIA Observation-Disclosures FRAuKk.
AMERICAN DIME Observation-Disclosures.
ROSTER BALLS CONCERT HALL
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs-MuD scow PfNAroRx
TONY PASTORS TnEATRE-vARErY.
THEATRE COMIQUE-MuLLIGAN GUARD CHowDER
STEINwAY HALL-MRzA ScHAFFY's LECTURE
TAMMANY HALL-BILLIARp TOURNAMENT.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

TIE GENITAL SYSTEM in trade appears to have
fully as many opponents as advocates Mer-
chants can differ as much as doctors, it seems.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

An Ex-DETECTIvE, who had been dismissed
the police force for merely being drunk and
trying to shoot man, has been refused rein
statement by the courts. Is Justice dead az
well as blindi
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

TROUBLE is said to be brewing for still an
other set of New Jersey local officials. and right
ut tile State capital too.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

The MoRRlsTowS IN. j. METHoDIsrs have
carried their church quarrel into every day
business, which seems very foolish in these
modern days. 1t does not look Christian like,
good people
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

PASSENGER OH one of the European steam
ers boasts that he committed several murders.
OF course he is deemed lunatic by our officials.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

AT LAST there is some promise Of either race
between Hanlan and Courtney or the discovery
of whichever man is to blame for an indefinite
postponenent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

AND Now Coal is to go up-not that it costs
More at the mines, but simply because the rail
road carriers so decide. Combination means
monopoly.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

So Our POSTAL DEPARTMENT is in prosper
GUS financial condition. This is good news, as
is also the statement that the business is enor-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

PREACHERS are steadily growing practical.
One of them has just been advising his brethren
to reach his hearers hearts through their stom-
arhs, as the two organs are very close to each
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

WHAT PIry one cannot sell his bonds to the
government. The Whole ten millions are taken
up.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

OUR CRIMINAL COURTS are very busy, yet the
City Prison is overcrowded.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11
L RIPPLE SH e Il T
NEW YoRR. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1879.

The probabilities are that tie heather in Ne,c
York and its ricinity to-day wiH be scarner aud
partly cloudy, uih occasional rains. Tomorrow
tie same conditions are likely to p,eraiL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

Now Is THE TINE to sec stars, for they are
expected in showers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

Our DOCKS are to be improved. Surely they
need il.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-11

means by which they expect to make head
way against such an accumulation of dis
couragements.
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placed in the bank by It's customers for
collection. The bank acquired only the
right to collect It, as agent for the owners
yet in fact the directors are said To have
endorsed over the bills and notes sorcceivcd
to other bankers, thus practically making
use of the sums which the paper represented
in their own business. No argument is
needed to demonstrate the improprcty OF
such action as this, but It Is possible that
the prosecutor found some difficulty In os-
tablshing its criminality in contemplation
OF law.
II these convictions OF the City Of Glasgow
Bank trustees are sustained, the effect can
not fail to be salutary. Amid tho manifold
temptations to pursue similar evil prac-
ticcs which bcsct men in like places. tho
certainty Of final disgrace and incarcera-
ton such as these people have suffered.
must act as powerful deterrent. We are
not in favor ~ extending the scope Of the
criminal law any further than is necessary
for safety, and we are inclined to think
that our statutes make many acts crimes
which should fall solely within the cogni
2anco Of the civil tribunals but the condi-
tions Of modern society certainly seem to
demand the application Of the criminal law
to all cases Of wilful delinquency in the adj
ministration Of public or quasi-public trusts,
and probably Of private trusts also.
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In the interesting correspondence which
has recently taken place between Mayor
COOPER and Comptroller KELLY about the
pay rolls OF city officers, it seems to US that
the Mayor is clearly in the right.
II appears from the statement of the
Comptroller that it has been the custom of
his department to make out the warrants,
and to have the signature Of the Comptroller
and the Mayor affixed to the same, several
days in advance Of the completion of the
services to which certificate Is made. OF
course the services might be duly COM
pieted; but. ON the other hand, they might
from various causes, arising from indisposi-
tiun or inability. never be completed. At all
events, these certificates, when made out,
wcrc not correct. They certified to services
yet to be performed. and certified that they
had been performed. They covered future
time and future services, Of which, in the
nature Of things. nothing could bc said
safely and with certainty. They were
untrue.
What was the answer of the Comptroller
to all thisy
That persons in the employ of the city
might be subjected to embarrassment If
these certificates were not made out in adj
vance and falsely.
The answer is irrelevant and wholly in
sufficient. Well does Mr.. COOPER say in
reply:
1t seems to that the record Of all business
tons should show the exact truth. II warrant
can be signed countcrsisned imperiec, audit
1t can be signed without any audit at all"
These be memorable words. Indeed. the
whole correspondence on the part Of the
Mayor is characterized by degree of tcrse-
hess and ability which we hardly looked for
from Mr.. COOPER.
1t may be remarked upon as almost in
credible that the very act which scattered
and destroyed the old Tammany Ring
should have been adopted by" Honest JONI
KELLY" This net was false auditing The
motive In tho two cases is different. The
act is the same. The motive should prop
erly be considered in favor Of Mr.. KELLY.
We have Il precedent for this in the example
of the High Court Of Justice in Scotland in
passing sentence upon five Of the directors
of the City of Glasgow Bank, convicted of
uttering false abstracts of balance sheets n
few days ago. They were sentenced TO only
eight months Imprisonment. There was n
general surprise at the lcniency OF this
punishment; but the learned Chief Justice
MoScRIEFF, the Presiding Judge, in pro-
nouncing the judgment, remarked that the
Court had taken into consideration the cir
rumstance that the prisoners had not falsi-
fled the accounts for their own personal
benefit, but in the mistaken idea that il was
for the public good
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The Great Trials in scotland.

The conviction Of the negligent directors
of the City Of Glasgow Bank is an event Of
much Importance To tho business commu-
nifty Of Great Britain. In the absence Of
full report Of the evidence we must assume
that it sustained the charges against the
several condemned defendants and war
ranted the verdict Of the jury. But the re-
suit is most significant in the prominence
and clcarnoss which 1t gives TO the fact that
the misuse of trust funds is apt 10 be- II
crime-that it is not merely negligence,
with II liability to respond 10 the injured
party in pccuniary damages, but a violation
Of the criminal law, exposing the offender to
the real horrors of prison life.
These directors lost twenty-five millions
OF dollars belonging to their bank. The sim
pie loss, however, even Of this vast amount
would not suffice to render them crlminally
liable The prosecution which has just ter
minated in their conviction was based upon
three classes Of acts. one set Of transar-
tuns embraced advances Of the banks
money to certain Of the directors or the
firms to which they belonged. These adj
vances were alleged to have been madcupon
inadequate security, or without any security
at all Under the law OF Scotland, a trustee
who obtains money for himself or his firm
under these circumstances is held to be
guilty Of fraud and cmboZZlemout. Nearly
half Il million pounds sterling was advanced
20 four Of the directors and their copart-
ncrs inths way, according to the allcga-
tions of the indictment; but the cable
despatch indicates that there were only two
convictions for this offence.
The preparation and publication of false
balance sheets in three successive years
constituted another charge against the
directors, and upon this five were conyictcd
The avermcnts Of the indictment were very
specific in regard to the number and charac-
ter of tho statements alleged to have been
false wherein their fasty consisted, and
who were the persons injured by tine fraud
and deception thus prnctised. There APP
pears TO have been evidence teudinR to show
that the directors thought Themselves iusti-
fled in putting forth these fraudulent bal
ancc sheets on account Of some imaginary
public benefit TO be thereby Effected; for the
Lord Justice referred TO this excuse in cx-
PLANTATION Of the lrnicnt sAltcncc of eight
months Imprisonment which the Court i'm
posed The two directors convicted Of en-
bcZZlcmcnt were sentenced - Imprisonment
for year and n haf.
There was still another allegation Of
wrong-doing In the case, but the tcle-
graphic report does not disclose whether
amount OF commercial paper had been
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which these men havchad makes himan easy.
If not a willing, instrument in their hands.
After these developments, which excite no
surprise among those familiar with the pre-
vious practices Of TYNER and BRADY, the
public will form an opinion as TO the safety
of correspondence passing through the
mails, which might attract the interest OF
these patriots. They belong to shade Of
the Indiana politician, which that state has
been 50 prolific in producing in almost every
variety. from MoRroN, COLTAX, HOLLOWAY,
TYNER, BRADY, HANNA, BROWNE and Hun
TER down to BULLOCK. who * not particle
worse than the rcst of them, though he did
steal the cipher kilograms, while BRADY
only carried off" those found in his pos
session nearly two years after they were
supposed to have been returned to the
Western Onion.
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OMcinl ThicNcS.

The thieves who stole the Presidency
from the highest to the lowest, have been
rewarded with Office, and to-day they are all
Quartcred on the Treasury, drawing pay in
proportion to the services they rendered,
whether rs counsel, or as experts in fraud
forgery, and perjury, from JoHS SHERMAN
down TO the husband Of AGNES jerks. A
quarter Of n million year Is required for
the salary alone Of these rogues, TO say
nothing Of the other spoils they enjoy in
contracts, jobs, and the vast operations of
the Treasury.
II was quite regular, therefore, and en-
tirely consistent with the nature Of the
Fraudulent Administration, that the thieves
who stole the Democratic cipher dispatches
md destroyed those Of the Republicans
Should also be billotcd on the regular bud
get. The appointment Of BULLOCK as Con-
sui TO Cologne was recognition Of his de-
Votion TO "the cause," which the Republican
congressman from Indiana, aided by BRADY
and TYNER Of the Post Onice Department,
secured as Il share Of the patronage due to
that State.
BULLOCK, in letter to the Hon. j. l..
EVANS OF Indiana, in whose custody he left
the stolen kilograms, and who transferred
them TO the keeping Of the Very Hon.
THOMAS J. BRADY, Second Assistant Post
mastcr-Goncral, says "You know the OPP
position papers would make all sorts Of
charges about how | got them, and it might
result in my losing my position here" The
Consul, in his anxiety, was unduly exercised
in mind when lac wrote this confidential
communication to his friend in the House of
"a IL tp.rtt Ia 1tr
of appointment, was the theft Of the de-
spatches. Consequently, he may dismiss
all fears about removal, while Mr.. EVARTs
is laboriOusly engaged in extending our
commerce abroad, and wants agents who UNI
derstand that business.
BRADY, too, is not only quite sure Of being
retained, but may aspire 10 promotion He
went TO the committee room Of Privileges
and Elections of the Senate, whore the Re
publican politicians had free run, AMI ear
lied or. as he mildly Describes il, the tce-
grams which he had sent from Florida
when he went there by GRANTS order to
prop up the Returning Board rascals. lie
did not steal them, Of course. A Second
Assistant IOstmas tcr-Goneral, trained in
the moral school Of the late OLIVER Z. Mon
TuN, would not bee guilty of that sort Of in
discretion. lie merely took them away and
kept them, knowing that the dispatches
were delivered by the Western Union Com
pany to the Senate Committee under com
Inanding Subpoena, and that taking them
without formal authority, sccrctiug them
~ he did, and treating them as his personal
property, was a felony which should send
him to the pcnitcutiary.
All the great mail contracts pass through
the hands Of BRADY, and it is notorious that
he and TYNlR practically run the Post
Office Department, control its policy, and
direct the bulk of the forty thousand ap-
poutmcn's. Mr.. KEY is little more than a
hgurehead, and his want Of tho experience
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Volunteers In the Navy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Mr.. s.
ross Tmr suS Of yesterday numaes that volunteers
always did the rough work during the war and were
sent about their business when over Allow me to
corrohoratc his statement had the privilege u serving
ON board the United states steamships Cherokee and
Cambridge durns the Both vessels were success
lively commanded BY Of the brayes and one Of the
nnn sailor men on the coast Ut Amer RIGA. Lieut.
Commander John Fred Ricketts, OF Statsporl. NJ. iir
was u volunteer and had formerly sai.td the Nurhh
Luther aud the Elizabeth All our stan were volunteer 3,
and some oi them. like Executive uhcer Drlucc nud
Itcut Perry. are well known around New YORK docks
We did The hardest work in the who.c squadron. hut
generally snuhhed by Cant Sands 10 regular ni the
United states steamship Santiago dU cuba. cur division
comm ndcr. and by Admiral Lee and his successor,
Porter.
At the end " the war Capt Ricketts, was not deemed
worthy uf a regular couiuissun because hs vol
uniccr but he was fully indicated when he took the
Dunlcrberg to Franc, Executive onccr AMI was ulu.
mat-lv appointed Admgaiu thcf Of The Peruvian Navy
Wherever he NAV hc to-day. The good wishes u III, old
crews viii follow him. Tor Drawer aud trutr sailor
IrWts EoculsrFR