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New-York tribune., 1871-07-29

" NEw.YoRK, july ~, 1871
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
y until Of August u for the CONsTRUCTON
PILE and CRIB DYKES Including filing with between Troy and
more Hudson River Details and specifications will be
the specifications accompany each
bid, which will be made 10 duplicate JOHN NEWTON,
New-York tribune., 1871-07-29

OFFICE WASHINGTON AQUEDU0r, WAsHIsGIoS july a. iS7l
Y1O PIPE FOUNDERS Proposals will
he rece ved undersigned until IL O'Clock on the @ day
Of Ausu 1871 for ID the District Of Columbia nine mil
lions pou6ds Of inch es'ton WateP stop Cocks
end sDe QUauty pipe divided into four
M and proposals will be received for the whole less number OF lots
No Pipes Special Castings stop Cocks VIII be received
ecs In he printed forms which with circulars specifications plans
forms Of contract any desired aoon can be ad on application
d person by letter 70 GEORGE II ilAlOi -.
MAJOR q Engre-rs u s A. Chief Engineer wsbngtoD Aqudoet
OFFIcS OF LlsHI.iorsk EYeIS RER, TnlRD DsIaIcr
TosPKINsvILLE y. Y. June 29, lGil )
PROPOSALS for BUILDING FOUNDATION
i PIER and DWELLING and TOWER sOi Lighthouse On
sabnYs Poiut. PrOFi3ouee River Rhode Island
spsgse seaed proposs duplicate accompanied By .r,bty IN
duoese PRINTED copy thu avertm addressed to le under
signed and ndofsed euveOpe Proposals building sa6ues
Point Lighthouse will be received al this Qce a noos VI July 81
i37l
Isl For the materials and labor for bung foundation and pier Of
gu and a. iof bcrs and labor FOR building
dselns Leht0use Sabines POint oviente
River according plans and specifications to be seen at this ONCE
or flrn shed TO bidders 90 application therefor 49,
rght reject . which nav be deemed advantageous
is reserved j. q. WOODRUFF, Leu.-CoL Of Engineers,
Engineer 1hird L. ii. District.
New-York tribune., 1871-07-29

WWITE STAK LINE.
w EFv YORK CORK AND LIVERPOOL
NEW AND FULL-POwERED STEAMSHIPS.
TIE SIX LARGEST IN The VORLD
OCEANIC. ARCTIC, PACIFIC.
ATLANTIC BALTIC. ADRlATlC,
1000 turs burisn-3 COO b. D. each.
Sailing from Hevfork SAr RDAlS fron Liverpool TIL rs
DAYS sud Cork Hsrbor the day following.
ATLANTIC Cant Eauay' on sATTRDAY. August s. st9
OCEANIC Capt Thompsos SATURDAY, AIs. 10 n4 p. 10
BALTIC, Sept 2, n4p N.
From the White Dock Psvors Ferry Jer'.y { y.
Passenger (for all oss uurvaed combining
SAFETY, SPEED, AND COMFORT $500
Saloons sokngroom and bathrooms in mi'lr sec
where felt Surgeons sd seHueSses acoE any
these steamers.
RATEs-Saloon $50 gold. Seersge 90 Those wish
g friends from the Old County noW OBTAIN stssrsge
prepaid eerntestes e33, currency.
Norway, Sweden. Indis, Australia. Chna, &c.
ErenrsiOn hesets granted at lowest
Drsrs from 81 upward c.--..-,.
Per of plans end other rornaton 'bpt 81 Iy
oFcc No Broad fwAV,h H.
New-York tribune., 1871-07-29
Excursions.
STEAMBOATS, ano Railroads..

DEOPLEs LINE FOR ALBANY.
The largest magnificent river Steamers the world The
ST John DREW and DEAN RICHMOND. one Of the sbovs
o., esye Pier River afternoon SUNDAY eteepS
o'clock arriving ALBANY time TO connect With fs!road n.
We. North Returning. leave the Gesnbost anAnS ~
Absn, a. O'clock m the Of connecting trains from he
Wes. and North snC Eas. 80 ,,- -. MI,
EIpr,,s Broadway and No Cou Boonn Baggage checked
Fregh Isceyst untI the lon oi depinuIe
The New York herald., 1871-11-07


1-Adveriisemenn
x-Advertsements.
B The Elections List OF the Aspirants for Public
ridce Peace for Place and Power How to Vote
and VINO May Vote; Summary OF the Election
Law LAWS sna Duties oil Of inspectors Canyassers
Charles o'6onor; Election Eve in the city;
Last Night; Tue Militia and the Ballot.
1.-The Inspectors OF Election: The Motion for a
ais Annon, mens " insnecnrs no, 20
Ffremcn'e Friend: What Tom Fields Has to
Say IN his Defence-Alcgcd Attempted Lar
ceny from the Registers Ofnce-Proceedings
n the Courts-Ludlow Street Jail Delivery
Miss Dearborn's Lecture on Society and Its
Rourke-East Newark Excited-No Yellow
Fever N savannah Naval Intelligence.
", Fire Tire Nearly sock DestroysaTns
!ioi!!ng a fleetwood psrk-,aor @ Sciss- Notes
Caugnt-Desperate Attempt at su,cide@ffSe so.fee
SUICIDE Of Miss Mapes-Thc Military Occupa.
Ss Snd o.
Cattle Market-European MarAets-The Cotton
Movement-A Feverish Meeting at inc Cotton
s-Easoria!s Lesulng Article, 'rhe Election To-
Day-1hc probable Result ana What Will Fol.
l0w,-Amusement Announcements.
s-kdjtoria Continued from Sixth Page)-
News from Germany. France and England
Panic IN Church In Louisville Miscellaneous
Tclearams-Tne Indians: Report OF Vincent
Coiyer on the Arizona Indians; what Governor
Mccormick Has to Say on the Same Subject
News from Washington-Nusic ana the
Drama-BusInesS Notices.
S-The south Carolina Ku Klux-Afairs III Mis-
sissippi-Phiadeiphia Items-Fire IN Green
bush, n. Y.-Captain Davis Hotse-Marrlage:
and Observation-Disclosures
0-Advertisements
lO-The Elections Continued from Third Page)-
Centennial Anniversary OF the Birth OF the
Inventor or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fish-Hail
road Matters-Musical Reyiew-Snippng In
Observation-Disclosures
l1-Adyertlsemenis.
f2-Adyertlsements.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07
A National Coinage for Germany.

The Federal Council of Germany has ap-
proved the draft Of Q national coinage bill, and
the measure will be submitted to the Parlia-
ment for ratification. This is another and i'm
portant step in the path toward the compile
ton of the consolidation Of the German
empire. 1t will efface the many border State
difficulties which arise almost daily on che
subject of the standard valuation Of coins and
their equivalents in trade exchange and local
market barter. It will, in fact, bring the
imperialism of Prussia to the firesides and
closets and into the breeches pockets of the
different peoples Of Germany. In the adop-
ton of q uniform basis of value for coins the
German legislators incline toward the
monetary system of France and, consequently,
diverge from that of Great Britain. By this
they will eventually secure hold on the minds
Of the French people through considerations
Of economy; a hold which is really more
effectual for the permanent interlacing of
national interests than is the force power of
war. The chief features of the German
coinage bill, as they are likely to be adopted
by the Council, are appended to our cable
news telegram from Berlin
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

Father Welles has again walked up, and has
undertaken to embody some Of the naval
events Of the late war in the form of a work
of fiction, with himself as the hero. The ex-
Secretary is too young man yet to write his
tory, and his prejudices are too great to allow
him to do justice to his contemporaries-eve
to Assistant Secretary Fox, who was the life
and soul Of the Navy Department while he
remained in it by the express desire of Presi-
dent Lincoln. Mr.. Weles has way of trying
to thrust himself into notoriety, and is ever
willing to appropriate to himself the credit
that belongs to others. The Italian proverb,
s'Good wine needs no bush" is apropos to
this occasion. While Mr.. Welles was Secre-
tary of the Navy he no doubt did his best,
and history will mention him in BETTING
terms; but it is rather indelicate In him to
become his own eulogist. especially as no
attempt has been made to snatch any laurels
from his brow. In Mr.. Welles' novel Fox,
Farragut, Dupont, Porter, &C., are made to
play secondary part altogether.
The name Of the work is 'Let Well Alone"
and no one is given credit for originality of
thought or action except the venerable Secre-
tary himself Although the lords of the
Admiralty appointed Nelson to command the
British fleets it would scarcely be admitted by
any historian that the said lords ever
attempted to appropriate to themselves the
chief honor of Nelson's victories. General
Butler figures in the Welles narrative as a
Marplot, which, no doubt will bring forth some
rejoinder from him, unless he may think with
Solomon, "Answer not q fool according
to his folly, lest you be like unto him. "
The novel is to be magnifcently illustrated.
The frontispiece will show Gideon Welles in
the act Of publishing to the world the conf
Dental letters he received during the rebellion.
Another illustration will represent himself
and assistants kicking dead lion after Mr..
Fox left the Navy Department. A third
scene shows Gideon in the act Of shooting at
General Meigs with q pop-gun and fourth
represents the Secretary of the Navy, with his
wig of, on hot summers day, trying to
bottle IS Mr.. Seward IN very small vial,
the latter gentleman, in his frantic efforts to
escape, kicking over model ofNoah's ark,
which the ancient mariner has been trying to
convert into an iron-clad. The novel is not
without merit. It shows clearly that Mr..
Wclles was the soul Of the Lincoln Cabinet,
originating all the great movements Of the
war. while the traveller Seward did nothing
except make predictions which were never
realized. The tailpiece Of this interesting
volume will represent the Old Man OF the Sea
standing on the turret Of monitor, holding
in each hand fifteen-inch gun, with the
motto, big Injun Chief
The New York herald., 1871-11-07
Elections In Nine States To-Day.

Elections will be held this day in Massachu-
sets, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Mis-
sssippi. In all but four the officers to be
elected are the Governor, State ticket and
Legislature; and the four exceptions are
Virginia and Mississippi Gin which States a
Legislature only is to be chosen), and Illinois,
where one member of Congress is to be elected
by the State at large aud another to ill va
cancy in the Sixth district aud New York.
In Massachusetts, there are four parties in
the field-the republican, the democratic, the
labor reform and the liquor prohibition parties.
It is probable, however, that, as usual, the
republicans will walk over the course, leaving
the democrats in hapless minority and the
two other parties each with few thousand
scattering votes.
In New Jersey the battle will be hotly con-
tested by the democrats; but as, since the
adoption of the fifteenth amendment tho re-
publicans, with their colored reinforcements,
appear TO hold small majority on full vote.
the chances appear to be in their favor, with
the prospect that a pretty full vote will be
DrOuSnt OUT.
Maryland and Virginia will doubtless be
carried by the democrats very decistvely, and
Mississippi which has been, so far, over
whslminyly republican, appears now to be
somewhat doubtful.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota are hardly
in the humor now, in the face of these awful
Tammany disclosures, to 60 over to the demo-
cratic party.
New York, we expect, will elect q reform
Legislature to-day, while the democrats have
fair prospect for their State ticket;
but as we have New York discussed at
length in another article upon this important
election, we need not here say anything more
upon the subject. Upon the whole We expect
that tho general results Of these November
elections like those OF September and Octo-
bcr, will show that the republicans, under the
broad ensign Of General Grant, are good Tor
the Presidential succession against oil comers
and all opposing combinations.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

PREMIER FISH has been made to resign for
about the hundredth time, with as little founda-
ton for the statement as on former occasions.
Ono Of our reporters ascertained yesterday
from the Secretary himself, who is now stay
ing for few days in this city, that the report
rested on no better authority than that Of
Washington correspondent OF morning paper
in this city. Mr.. Fish does not intend to re-
sign just yet, at least not until he has seen tho
Treaty OF Washington safely through, although
his retirement is simply question Of time.
Truly, ''thc resignation OF Mr.. Fish" ia SO
thoroughly exploded that newspaper corre-
spondents ought to find less threadbare
device TO make up for an occasional dearth Of
news. The subject Is now 90 thoroughly OK
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

MsAPPRoPRIATIoS OF THE CHICAGO RELIEF
FUNDS Contributor 10 the funds for the
relief Of the Chicago sufferers should not be
deferred from continuing their good work in
consequence OF the reports about the misap-
preparation Of the moneys. The report Of the
alleged misappropriation arose from an attempt
on the part OF an irresponsible committee TO
obtain some two or three hundred dollars for
carriage hire, which the proper relief COM
mttee refused 10 allow. We are informed
that the business of distributing the contribu-
tions rests in worthy hands--those OF some Of
the most respectable and responsible citizens
sf Chicago.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

result is at the best very doubtful, and il
10 fortunate, therefore, that the success ol
Tamnanv to-day will not delay for an hour
the reformation Of our municipal government.
Nor will 1t interfere with the movement cer-
tain to be made by the people fer such an
organization Of the honest reformers as will
insure the nomination Of Z clean ticket for
municipal officers next spring, free from all
the trades, bargainings, blunders and follies
that have marred the work Of the Committee
Of Seventy. To this important point
the attention Of the citizens must be
directed Is soon as the present election shall
have come to close, for it is not only i'm
portant that the more momentous work to be
performed next spring shall be at once COM
menoed, but that It shall be carried on with
ont the contamination and damage that must
follow any association with corrupt political
hacks, even though they should have tenn
porarily fallen out with their old associates on
some question Of division of plunder.
The electors Of New York should spare no
efforts to-day 10 secure an orderly and peace
able election. The disgraceful occurrences in
our city government have already been used
In damaging manner to discredit republican
institutions in foreign countries, and, melted
by the rufianly license of q partisan press, the
enemies of republicanism are looking hopefully
for the termination of our difficulties in bloody
and fatal riot. Their emissaries here have been
doing their bsst to bring such calamity upon
US. 1t would be an eternal disgrace to the
young metropolis Of the United States that her
records should be stained by lawlessness
and bloodshed at the polls. We do not appre-
hend any such trouble. The good sense Of
the people will prevent it. and if any
irresponsible or dangerous men should
attempt any disturbance we have
full confidence in the will and in the
ability Of the police to bring them to reason
and to justice. Those citizens who may
desire to guard the polls or to watch the count
should do so in such o manner as not to
obstruct the voting or to embarrass the proper
challenges should not be made indiscrimi-
nately, or with the object of delaying the re-
ception of ballots. Such course is at vari-
ance with the spirit and the letter Of
the law. It should be the object
of every citizen aud of every candidate
to secure full vote and to ensure an orderly
election. Moderation united with firmness on
the part of all who have duties to perform,
official or extra official, is alone required to
disappoint the expectation of our enemies
and to vindicate the character of our city.
The case is in the hands of the people. 1t is
FOR them to decide whether the sun shall set
.o-day upon the credit or the shame of New
York
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

The Approachiag Solar EcIipse-Tho British
Party Of Obscrvation at Male..
From the cable announcements Of this
morning It will be learned that the British ex-
pedition for the observation Of the total ecliuse
Of the sun, on the l1th Of December. proximo.
has arrived at the island Of Malta. II will be
remembered that there was an eclipse OF the
sun last December, and that all or almost all
the civilized governments s.nt out expeditions
Of observation. The reports Of the various
parties have since been published; and the.
reports and some photographs taken at differ
ent points have been found of marvellous
interest. The reports and the photographs are
slightly imperfect, from the fact that at some
of the points of observation the sky was COM
pletely cloud-covered. On the forthcoming
occasion the total observation of the sun will
last much longer than it did last December.
The one unfortunate circumstance in this case
is that the track Of the moons shadow will be
far less conveniently placed Last December
the moons shadow passed across Spain,
Sicily and Algeria; and the stations being Of
easy access, high hopes were entertained OF
the results of the labors of the various OBJ
serving parties. This year the shadow will
fall first on the earth close by Arabia, but 10
the open sea. 1t will then traverse the
southern part of the Indian peninsula, thence
passing across the northern extremity Of Cey-
Ion. It will not again traverse land until y
reaches the southern part Of Sumatrs and the
vvoslorn o~trop,;t, az Tovo Toct1x~ Il ~uiIl
cross the northern part Of Australia, passing
thence to the Pacific and traversing land ne
more, unless, # may be, a few desolate
islands of the Polynesian groups. It is mani
fest at glance that the points Of observation
for European and American savans are this
year much more inconveniently situated than
last. 1t is understood that India and Australia
will not neglect the opportunities respectively
afforded them, and what can be done will
be done at sea of the coast of Africa by the
various naval Powers. Ceylon is the princi-
pal point of observation chosen by the English
expedition. The French government has, we
understand, sanctioned, if it has not already
sent out, an expedition to Java, under the
superintendence of that we'll known lover Of
science, M. JANSEN. Mr.. Norman Lockyer,
famous as an enthusiastic observer Of solar
phenomena, some time ago volunteered to
take part in the expedition to Ceylon, and we
take it that he is with the party which has
just touched at Malta. 1t Is reasonable to
conclude that the English party are seeking
India by the overland route, and that having
reached India they will divide, one section
remaining in India, the other section going
on to Ceylon. The great question which oc-
cupies the minds Of astronomers now is,
'What is the so-called corona which is seen
when the sun is totally eclipsed2" Let us
hope that this time, with their superior
mechanical aids and appliances, the astrouo-
mers will bc able somewhat satisfactorily to
answer the question. Much is looked for from
the spectroscope, aud the Photographic art
will be called upon to do its best.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

TIE SOLDIERS VoTE.-Some concern was
manifested yesterday in regard to the voting
OF the National Guard, called out to ''con-
quer . peace in this city to-day. A late
order, however, obviates the difficulty by
allowing two companies to vote at time.
This is all right. But it is pity that there
should be any occasion for calling the military
out at all, excep! for performing the peaceful
duty of voting like all good citizens.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07
Peace at the Polls To-Day.

The general and absorbing interest mani
tested by all classes of citizens in the election
to-day has given rise to a very general i'm
preston that riot and bloodshed are imminent.
We do not think that there is any just cause
for such apprehension. The militia, who have
shown themselves fully equal to any emer-
gency that a lawlessly disposed populace may
precipitate upon us, are to be In readiness at
their armories to quell any violent demonstra-
tion, and our police, with the laurels Of July
fresh blooming on their brows, are not likely
to be found wanting. Besides there will un-
doubtedly be a larger respectable element
present at the polls to-day than there has been
at any election of recent years in this city.
Our wealthy merchants, fully reused to the
necessity for united opposition to the rule
that has threatened to bankrupt the city, will
themselves pay attention to the business Of
voting and electioneering, and they as body
are men whom roughs do not dare to attack.
Neither party can afford riot. The honest
men do not want one, and the thieves dare not
formers can afford the odium Of instigating
violence. In some districts, such, for Instance,
as O'Brien's and Bradley's, where the political
roughs of last year are split into opposing
factions, there may be slight bloodshed and
tQlerably turbulent time, but the attention Of
the police and of the militia Is more likely in
consequence to be centred On such dubious
districts. We feel confident, indeed, that our
citizens will pass through the momentous
struggle to day with more orderly front than
usual. The men who make riots are invaria-
bly, towards, intimidated completely by such
an earnest determination as our honest citizens
are sure to present at the polls to-day, and even
more completely cowed by the knowledge that
company or regiment of militia or a squad
OF police have their eyes upon them Let no
voter be prevented from going to the polls to-
day and casting his honest ballot through any
fear of trouble.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

1t is about time that the new school Of
American poetry should be treated with the
contempt it deserves. And yet it is so puer-
lie, SO weak and so vulgar that we find it diff
cult to do more than laugh at it. This is
especially so since it has begun to run in
chemical vein and is ground out with mortar
and pestle like pills and mixtures The best
specimen of chemical poetry that We have seen
is Mr.. Bret Harte's narrative Of
Certain facts which served to explain
The physical charms OF MISS Addie DE Laine,
and the terrible denouement Of frenzied i'm
agination that in the end
Gone like the bubble that bursts in the sun:
Gone like the grain when the reaper Is done:
Gone without parting farewell; and aias
Gone with flavor OF Hydrogen Gas.
This must have astonished the professor of
chemistry in Harvard College not o little; for
though the occupants of that chair have been
known to resort to very extraordinary means
of getting obnoxious people out of the way,
even Harvard professor never thought of
plan 80 bold as this. Next we shall hear of
people being suddenly blown into the air with
out any apparent reason, and hydrogen gas
will become the favorite method of
murder. Consequently chemical poe
try win be in very great demand,
and Mr.. Bret Harte's poems will be perused
as intently as Mr.. Geoffrey Delamaync studied
the narrative Of Lady Lundys cook. Even
Harvard professors may then "takc a hand, y
and not only improve on the mechanical appli-
ancss of twenty years ago, but even become
godfathers to manuals Of "Murder Made
Easy" But the Harvard dons, astonished as
they must have been at this wonderful i'm
provement on the great Websterian solvent OF
the human body, must have been even more
astonished at being told that in the dance-a
most proper Boston dance, as matter Of
course
Swifter and lighter, but somewhat TOO plain,
Whisks the latr clrcumv0lving Miss Adde Dc Lai"c.
Tagll0nt and Cerit0 well might have pined ..
For the vigor and case that her movements COM
Fen Rigleboche mover hung higher her robe
In the naughtiest city that's known on tue gl0De.
Twas amazing twas scandalous; lost In surpr!sc
Some opened their mouths, aud low smut 'helt
eyes.
What could New Euslapd soinsters ssv "a
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

thisS Nothing, indeed, but ssWsal. reallyl"
And yst this ID the gist Of Mr.. Harte's great
poem read st Harvard College last summer
and 20 sedulously kept out Of print on account
OF Its great literary value. As chemistry, II 4
an Improvement ON anything Harvard ever
accomplished. As poetry, even Harvard con-
demned IT. but chemists will recognise its great
chemical merits.
The New York herald., 1871-11-07

ONE OF TIE You've DEsPERADoEs who
make our streets dangerous and our lives un-
safe was sentenced yesterday TO fifteen years
at hard labor in the State Prison for assault
ing and robbing man Of twenty three dollars
He is likely to pay very high margin for that
small loan, and when he returns 10 society
he will, doubtless have learned that there are
easier and surer ways Of making money than
highway robbery.