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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-07
THE CAISSON FIRE.

The Damage Slight and Easily Repnircd-
Report Of the Fire MARSHAL.
The theories as TO the safety Of the yellow pine
timbers OF the ceiling OF the caisson proponded by
Engineer Roebling Mr. Martin resident engineer,
and other scientific experts employed on the East
river bridge, have been verified upon examination
The water was all pumped our OF the caisson by
Monday night, ana yesterday morning Engineer
Roebling went down with numerous gang OF
delvers" to the bottom OF the caisson. Here Il was
found that there was
NOT THE LEAST NOTICEABLE INDICATION
Of Ore, or anything unusual to all outward appear
ance, which would warrant the great excitement
created above ny the report OF the raging fire fend
below. The carpessters were employed yesterday In
boring with large augSrs through the tImbers OF
the ceiling into tho followed charred area within
the roof. The burned place is about twelve feet
long and five wide To reach II they have TO
bore through three umbers or about four feet.
This space WILL Il necessary, which is questionable,
be flied with cement. But IN no event can
1t be construed that the strength OF the great
foundation OF the Brooklyn tower OF the bridge has
been impaired. This Is glad tdtngs for the tax
payers, VINO will watch with anxiety the progress
Of the next two feet and half which have yet TO
be dug out to complete the proposed depth. Ten
DAYS more or by the 10th nst 1t ~ hoped that the
desired depth WIN have been attained. the exca
walton
Is about three inches per day.
Fire M ranra seaay yeg4e Submitted the fol
TO THg HON oRABLE THE BoARp or PoLICr:-
GENTLEhENl have the honor TO submit the following
report OF the origin ana result Of the late fire In the works
OF the East river bridge -
Prom ali the testimony taken appears that one Of the
workmen held candle too the of the csisson at
or near Leak The suction oil air drew the blaze nward
between the JOINTS OF the timber aud thus caused
slight fire. This morning 1 descended to the
bottom OF the caisson In order to ascertain how the
ne originated, and possible the extent OF The damage
thereby, q. @.
MED mo DOWN, aud found Chief Engineer Roe ing
below charge OF gang OF All the water nad
ptaped out, and II had not known differently could not
bavs told that the casson had been On ire There is
not the slightest Indication of ne VISIBLE above or below the
casson aud has not been at any time except through
angnr hole.
Under direction OF Mr. Roetling, the carpenters
boring holes Ia the roof Of Tie casson in order TO
ascertain In this what progress the hre bad made
what damage II had done. witnessed the operation for
some concluded that the damage must be
sght-indeed almost nothing. This boring process, Mr..
ng states viii continued until In asecrtained how
much space has been burned. /.
The work usual this morning, building the
stone piers upon which the caisson IL TO rest.
Respectfully submitted.
BRooKLYs, Dec. 6. 1870.
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THE SaMUtLS LIBEL CASE.
New YORK, Dec. 9, 1870.

New YORK, Dec. 9, 1870.
To TUE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Ir Will doubtless be interesting to the readers Of
the HERALD TO know that Captain samuels, having
acted master OF the yachts Henrietta and
Dauntless In across tns ocean, has amply vim
dicated his character from the recent outrageous
libel published OF HIM In tn New York Ecentng
Post. The publication appeared In that rapcr on
the 29'h July iast and 81 1t was begun by him the
18th August following. Yesterday Sherns jury,
composed Of some OF the most respectable
gentlemen OF our city, to whom the Court had sent
the case Tor an assessment OF damages awarded
the Captain verdict 81 5000 as his damages BY
reason Of the libel. Had the paper appned 10 you
Tor respecting the truth OF the article Of
which we complain, they might have asceratued it,
untruth, avoided doing willul injury to u good
mans character anu saved thems Ives from neavy
Judgment think this lesson VIII teach the pro-
pretcrs OF the Post greater c.rcumspection. Yours,
respectfully EDWARD q. BLACK, -
Attorney for Captain Samuels.
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PAR AGUAY.

Arrangements 10 Conclude the Peace Treaty.
Dmcmitles with the Argentine Govern
ment-Comparative Prosperity.
AsUNcIos Oct g. 1870.
Minister Paranhos has just arrived 10 conclude
the longpending treaty OF peace which, besides tho
yexed question OF boundaries between the allies and
Paraguay, will present other difficulties such as the
refusal OF the Argentine government to fix the boun-
daries Of Asuncon. The whole press of the coun.
try agrees that that part OF the arrangement should
be adjusted At Buenos Ayfes.
Since the fearful riot Asuncon has been quiet.
The provisional government, aided by the Cham.
Der OF Deputies, Is Fastening Tie framing Of new
national charter and The election or a new govern
ment for those eople.
The Assembly passed, after considerable debate
bill granting religious freedom, but ~ has excited
hostility throughout the country; and the women OF
Paraguay have been CHOSEN TO petition Tor the repeal
OF The law; hence ivesy times are anticipated.
The country, however, Is fast settling INTO order
aud comparative prosperity. Fortunate Flores,
who was the nstigaor OF the late riot has gone 10
Europe
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-07
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

AT half-past twelve yesterday morning Edward
Brahan. OF 3la East Eighty.third street. left Sec
ond avenue car az SEVENTEEN street with stranger
who IN the car had made his acquaintance. At
Elghty-ninth street the stranger turned upon him.
struck MIN on the head with a stone. laid him out
and stole his gold watch and Cham. Brehan yelled
murder, and attracted the notice the Twenty third
precinct police, who pursued the higawaympn, but
lost SigDt OF him Ia Centrai Park.
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A YOUTHFUL BIGAMIST.
The Adventures OF n POughkeep-
sic Pedestrian.

He Walks Into the Affections Of Two Young
Ladies aud Marries Both-The Second wife,
Seventeen Years Of Age, Goes a. Domestic
in the House Of the Rival Wife-In Less
Than q Month She Becomes . Raving
Maniac and il Sent to the Utica Luna
tic Asylum-Arrest Of tho Polyga-
mist His Trial, Conviction and
Sentence He Pleads Insanity
Motley Crowd of Witnesses.
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ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
State Of the Markets In the Argentine md
UruGuayan Republics.

MoNTEVinEO, NOV, y, 1870
The advices from New York 10 October H. quoting
BuenOs Ayres and Monteyjeo hides ~ "a &C., have
caused an advance In the prices here, well as In.
creased activity In the shipment to New York. which
are now unusually large. There now purchased
and aOat Ut this port and Bueuos Ayres over 35O
hides. On account OF these heavy purchases the
prices In New York VIII probably decline IN January
next. The other branches oil trade are very dull.
The market Is glutted with pine timper, which Is
unsold.
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FACkL AND ISLANDS.

Ships i'm Ui,iress-Arrivai Of the American
Consul.
MoNTEyiDEO, Nov. g. 1870
There arc reports from the Falkland Islands that
four ships have gone into Port Stanley IN Distress
Colonel Powell, OF Tennessee, late United states
Consul at Port Stanley arrived here OIL the "a inst
ON his way TO Washington.
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The Pregress Of the Revolu,ion-Eniciency
OF the Blanco Army-rhc Siege or Monte-
vldeo-IIow the City In Defended.
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q mclean wsuld hSl tueH nau out ana SNe mac
RoUSD is.-rnere were but two blows passed ID
this round, neither OF which reached It's destina.
ton, when cliacn followed and Mclean slipped
ROUND M-McLean loot ed quite bloody about the
face his nose and cheek continuing to pour forth
sa as S Ss On freely: s top y u s's a hsa
4 1t was about closing for the season asss,
would lose no time sparring, lie. rushed at
Mac, striking out left and right, the first being
OF Macs heat. For this favor Murray got a sharp
rap on his scye eye, but he retaaed again by 1ving
Mac whack In che left side with ms right hand
The men then clincSed ana after short struggle
Murray threw Mac and isll on him.
ROUND 16.-Although the men had been lighting
nu 'es se. 1 oy aa sS Sa TO TO
SLOW .,cir machinery, and as soon as tney reached
tne scratcn they went at 1t fercey. Mac led Oh,
but was short and his miss cost aim rafting rap
on the damaged side OF his head. In returning ne
hit high his left hand bringing up on the hard
est and highest part OF Murrays forehead t, ne I'm,
right twice-0nce on the ribs and again on the side
pf the heaa-Aurray missing some wen intended
q moment or 50, they lell side by side.
ROUND 1e.Jrnis was very short round, McLSAh
leading as Is % go w 1a ne
lie then reIreated followed by Murray, VINO gave
him rlght-hander on the shoulder and IN getting
shouts or foul from Murrays corner, but no atten-
ton was paid to them by the referee.
ROUND 17.-This was another short round, as
Mclean again led OF at Murray's head az soon as
they met but the blow was too high to do harm
Murray rushed after him and forced him into the
corner when he let ny his left at Macs head with oil
his force. The latter ducked under The arm and
went TO close quarters, taking hold Of Murray
around the body. The latter fought himself loose,
and by a right handler IN the Tbs turned Mclean
completely around, when he again bit him Ia the
middle OF the back and Knocked Mac on " his lace
lii the centre OF the ring.
ROUND 1s.-Quick work. Mclean missed with
his left and Murray caught him a spank win the
right on the LEFT side OF the head. They then
cincned, and after short tussle Mac was thrown
and Murray fell on him. CHE seconds OF Mclean
now discovered the seconds OF Murray rubbing the
latter's hands with powdered rosin and they APP
peaed 10 the referee to have that device for roughiug
the hands and enabling their owner 10 clench them
more firmly stopped The referee threatened to give
the fight against Murray should his SECONDS resort
to the same trick agan.)
ROUND 1o.-Not . blow struck In this round until
Mclean was on his knees. Mclean led or out OF
distance and the other In making the return. hit
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edcu cyeiuX the Otner ntentIY. Tney tnreW them.
selves into position when they reached the mark.
the attitudes Of both men we're fine, Murray's par
uculariy 80. he stood erect with his hands well
up. ana mad springy, easy carriage. McLean's
nghting position was not 80 graceful a. he lost all
the advantage Of his height by having his feet
too wide apart, and he stopped some
which made hun and his adversary nearly
Of a height when they faced each other. Mclean
was all smiles and good humor, while Murray ap-
peared serious aud determined to make short work
OF the affair. There was not much sparring as each
seemed eager to commence hostilites After few
ients Mclean led sharply with his left st
the face, but this blow was partly p....r,,ed
ana 1t landed on the top OF Murrs,,a forehead
The latter then tried to retnfp the compliment
with his left, bus he was Gut Of distance. The
fighters now got cicser together and sharp work
ioi t n McL.n getting on Murrays left cheek
WIN Up ~, wne the latter planted lett and right
" psn sides OF Macs head but not hard, however.
breakaway ansued, and they SPARED for mo-
with hls right hand on McLeAn,s check and temple.
and received IN return for these favors left handler
IN tne neck and sounding right handler in the RIBS
They then c1nched, and. after few Intellectual
blows were exchanged, Murray threw Mclean and
ROUND when the men were called. blood was
seen trickling down McI4ean's cheek, and FIRST
blood" was GAINED by the Murrayites, which was
Murray rushed from the knee of MS second as Il he
intended to annin,late Mclean on the Instant; but
as he approached the latter Mac let ny his left at
Tie head. Murray parted thts very pretttly
and endeaycred TO get his left In In return.
Mclean was out Of reach. They soon were
within striking distance, when they both struck
together heavily with the right hand alter missing
with their let's Mclean catching Murray a thump
on the top OF The head, while Murray sent In a
sounder Oh Macs left ear. They jumped about for
an instant 10 find an opening when coming 10 close
quarters, Mac landed rlRnthauder on Murrayis
Jaw. while the latter threw In o stunning right hand
blow on Macs lett cheek that Knocked him down,
First knock down for Murray the bets on the second
event being also won on him..
ROUND 8.--As soon as time was called the men
sprung from tie knees OF their seconds ana rushed
to the scratch Mclean bleeding pretty freely from
hole cut TO the bone on the Lott cheek. IL tricKcd
down hls face, and being wiped in careless man.
ner gave his lace damaged appearance, while
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able; but The nine hours in bed were
still more 90. "
The word biliousness is a sort Of
respectful cover for piggishness. PEG.
pie are not bilious who eat what they
should,
Weakness of the, stomach is q pro
lection against other maladies. So
dyspepsia is the safety valve and may
be spoken Of as one of the sources Of
longevity ~ ~
People who are fat can easily be re-
duced by reducing their food and giving
them more exercise. Such persons must
notsleep too much. Long sleep fattens.
Thin people, on the contrary should
sleep great deal.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
Cincinnati Market.
CINCINNATI, December 8


COTTON-Firm; sales Of middling
at l43c.
FLOUR-Firm; sales Of family at
S. 25@5 so. 1910. aeT
GRAIN-Wheat firm; sales of red at
ST. l5@1 Is. Corn firm at 50@52c.
Oats dull and declined &c; No 2 at 400
45c. Barley dull and dropping; 81 90
al 05 offered.
GROCERIES-Coffee steady sugar,
refined 4c higher.
OILS-No change.
EGGS-Scarce and firm at Csc.
BUTTER-Quiet and unchanged.
CHEESE-Firm.
SEEDS-Clover unchanged at SO IS
@l0 co. timothy quiet; flaxseed dull
and unchanged.
PROVIS1ONS-Pork dull and droop.
ing Sl9 90 asked. Lard quiet and un'
changed kettle at l2c. Bulk meats
dull and dropping shoulders at 7c; bulk
sides and clear rib at l0c; clear at 1O3c
% days In salt.
HOGS-Quiet and weak; closed al
Sc 25@6 40.
WHISKY-At S6@S7c.
GREEN MEATS-Dull at 6@S3@
104@llc.
GOLD-1l04. @
EXCHANGE-At par.
MONEY-Easy.
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There is poison in the cupl" Yes
in the cup of pure-looking cool water
which is poured from. the old oaken
bucket at the end of the well-sweep.
The earth, is a filter for the publication
Of the waters that descend through it,
but it is a filter that becomes foul from
over much use. 1t can hold only a
certain amount Of filth, What comes
after this passes on with the water, the
whole or part of it.
When new house is built in the
country, well is dug, cesspool is
made, and a privy.vault is excavated.
All three are stoned up without mortar
The well receives it's water from the
ground the cesspool is receptacle of
the liquid wastes of the house, and its
water soaks away into the earth; the
vault is gradually filed with accumu-
lated animal wastes, and these are now
and then submerged with the water Of
heavy rains which dissolves out more
or less of their soluble denominations,
and soaks away with them into the adj
joining soil. For time the water, on
its passage from the pool and the vault
to the springs by which the well is sup
FLIED, is robbed by the virgin filter Of
all its impurities, but after the soil is
saturated with them and can no longer
abstract them, they pass through with
the water and contaminate the well.
They are usually so much diluted that
they are not perceptibly injurious. but
in the autumn, when the summer
drought has lessened the flow of the
springs, they make themselves known,
and mysterious dispensations of Provi-
dence." in the form Of typhoid fever,
dysentery, etc., begin to manifest them
selves, and the more susceptible persons
among those who use the water Of the
we'll fall sick and die, and there is
mourning over the loss of the dear
ones who have fallen victims to direct
poison, administered by an ignorance
that should be exposed and made Grim
inal.
Examinations have recently been
made of the water of the wells of
Cirencester, the seat of the Royal Agri-
cultural College Of England. From
the report recently published, we ex-
tract the following: "The waters of
three neighboring wells in Lewis Lane
were sent for analysis without any
memorandum as to their relative posi-
ton. When the examinations were
concluded, it became evident, from the
proportions Of heterogeneous organic mat
ter, ammonia salts, nitrites, and nj
trates, in the three samples re-
spectively, that one of them must
be very near a cesspool, another a
little further off, and a third at
still greater distance When the local
ity was subsequently examined, the an
ticipations resulting from the analysis
were exactly realized, and the cesspool
was found in the position indicated"
X \ 1--WE commend the whole
question of the water-supply to our tee
total friends, who are always urging us
to drink nothing but liquid which
they are pleased to call water, but
which, in too many cases, is deadly
beverages liquid clear and bright it
may be, but still sewage only partially
purified" GEL.
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A4oE - AWoA-e AosASc.sS <.ss-S 49, =
Good little girls ought not to make
mouths at their Jteaehers for every
trifing offense. This retaliation should
only be resorted to under peculiarly
aggravated circumstances. .s.r {
If you have nothing but rag dol
stuffed with sawdust, while one Of youl
more fortunate little playmates has q
costly china one, you should treat bel
with show of kindness nevertheless
And you ought not to attempt to make
forcible swap with her unless your
conscience would justify you in it and
you know you are able to do it.
You ought never to take you little
brothers chewing gum away from
him by main force; it is better to rope
him in with the promise Of the first
two dollars and half you find floating
down the river on q grindstone. In the
artless simplicity natural to his time Of
life he will regard itas perfect fair
transaction. In all ages Of the world
this eminently plausible fiction has lured
the obtuse infant to financial ruin and
disaster.
If at any time you find it necessary
to correct your brother, do not correct
him with mud---neyer9 on any account
throw mud at him, because it will soil
his clothes. 1t is better to scald him a
little; for then you attain desirable re
sults-yeu secure his immediate atten-
ton to the lessons you are inculcating,
and at the same time yonr hot water
will have a tendency to remove impure
ties from his person-and possibly the
skin also, in spots. - -,
Ifyour mother tells you to do a thing,
it is wrong to reply that you won't 1t
is better and more becoming to intimate
that you will do as shs bids you, and
then afterwsrd act quietly in the matter
according to the dictates OF your better
judgment. '''t' '''
You should ever bear in mind that it
is to your kind parents that you are in
debted for your food and your nice bed,
and for your beautiful clothes, and for the
privilege of staying home from school
when you let on that you are sick. There
fore you ought to respect their little pre-
JUDGES and humor their little whims,
and pat up with their foibles until they
get to crowding you too much.
Good little girls always show marked
Difference for the aged. You ought
never to Sass" old people unless they
"sass" you first. o.
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GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
John Roemer & Co. S.

We now offer our entire
stock Of DRY GOODS at
greatly reduced prices in
order to reduce our immense
stock.
Best CalicOes loo. per yard.
Heavy Yard Wide Brown
Muslin 1Oc. per yard.
Yard Wide Bleached Muslin
1Oc. per yard.
Best Waterproof worth
Sl.25, for $1.OO per yard.
French MerinO, worth Sl.
from 90 to 75c. per yard.
Empress Cloths, worth 7Jc.,
from so to CSC. per yard.
Alexander POplins, worth
75c., for soc. per yard.
Our entire stock of PIaids
at Cost.
Great Bargains in Velve-
teens; splendid article, worth
SI.5O, for $l.OO.
An immense stock of Flan.
nels of all kinds. Best Plaid
Flannel i'm the city at 3Oc.
Red FlannelS from 224 to 25c.
Great inducements offered
i'm Shawls Of all kinds, from
soc. TO $4,000.
Also, a very large stock of
Cassimeres, Cloths, Jeans,
Blankets, COyerlets. Country.
made Blankets, Furs, Ladies'
and Gardeners Underwear.
Table Linens, Notions, &c.
JOHN ROEMER a. CO.,
81 e. 33 Main Street.
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What the People Find i'm this COun.
try at Present-Things Going
Wrong.
from the Nation.l

From the Nation.
The people have recovered from the
excitement of the war against slavery,
and have begun to look closely about
them, and the state of things which
meets their eyes is by no means salts
factory.
They find themselves saddled with a
tariff or extraordinarycomplexity which
touches thousands of articles, and is
full of snares and absurdities; they find
that though its supporters declare it to
be the best tariff that ever was, 1t is
taken up every winter regularly by
these very persons, and overhauled from
top to bottom, tinkered and patched
and modified, under the instigation Of a
powerful and Unsuitable lobby, to the
great disturbance Of business and to the
serious injury of the National industry.
They find the collection Of the Ma
tional revenue-that is, the transaction
OF National business-committed to a
body of men from whom not only no
guarantees as to character or capacity
are exacted, but who are furnished by
the very nature Of the system under
which they are appointed with every
conceivable temptation to dishonesty
and idleness; and they are told by a
competent observer that about fourth
of the National Income is stolen or lost
in the process OF collection.
They find the State Legislatures,
especially in the East, becoming one by
one terribly corrupt, and passing rapidly
under the control of the great rings" Of
wealthy and interruptions jobbers, whose
combinations are taking complete pos
session of all the great joint stock enter
prises, the railroads, telegraphs, ex-
presses, and rising rapidly above the
| jurisdiction of the courts.
They find the character ofthe judiciary
seriously deteriorating in the very re.
gions in which judicial integrity is of
| the most consequence-the great cen
tiers of wealth and population. 81
They find the schools, the prisons,
the charities of the country, gradually
slipping away from the hands of the
| men who make these things the object
of humane and scientific pursuit, and
passing more and more into the hands
of political charlatans, to whom a
school, or prison, or work-house, is only
interesting as a place in which they
| can find places for certain number oil
party hacks. :,
They find too, that in these, as well
as in the Post offices and various othel
| important branches Of administration
the separation between the intellect o.
the nation and the practice Of the art
of government is growing yearly wider
and that in many of them Europe
which once copied us, has far surpassed
us.
i The condition of the prison of Sing
Sing would ill any European jailor with
horror. Our Post office is medlava
continuance compared to the British
and our schools fall far below those o
Germany in the quality of the instruc
ten and in the proportion Of the ma
I tional children which they lay hold o
and train. go =. Wy
The institutions which are rapid,
gaining, not in wealth only, but ii