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New-York tribune., 1873-04-11

~hoe block in ths verv of ths plot II snA fof
whose stinont Ring Ad secured speeia eSis,
Iaton and whose eastern face Is that portion OF
Fourthaye. which was to he bridged over and when
forms the western boundary OF that HaInlton-squhfe
that was to be graded at an expense OF tioOn -.
The deed then goes to stipulae the klnu OF hour
that the party OF the second part shall erect on ,e
property and the OF the sale, &c. and oonciuues
thus: .-
The parties hereto for Themselves legal representatives re-
themselves right and privilege mntuay desired an,
adj modify all OF the provisions ans
conditions Of this agreement III.
In witness whereof said parties have hereunto set thef hAs An'
the day and rear Hrst above written.
PErER b. SwKxSI. HreH Saith -
WLHAn NJ. TVHKD, RICHARD Is totsolhii
THoNAs MukPHY JouH g. THOMPSON.
Sealed presence Of and Peter b. SSeeny " D.
NJ Tweed Thos Murphy Hugh smith, and Richard Ccnnoi
Stan of CITY and County Of Ner YORK. as on
Of 1862 before personally came -
SWeeny William NJ Tweed Thomas Murphy, Hugh smith ah1 -
Connolly 70 be the ndytuas described To- anu t
executed the and who seTeray aeknoN 70 '
tbey orecuei q same purposes therein mentioned
JAMES NJ. SWEEsI, Notary Public NeW.iot Noany @ 3ta
Perbaps enough has now been given 20 snow Wv
character Of the merely ordinary business
in real esate"-only which Mr.. Murphy soleuhy s""0
he ever had with WIN. NJ Tweed aud the Ring'
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THOMAS MURPHY'S CAREER.
a LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SHALL THE LEGISLATURE FOLLOW HMi

A LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SHALL THE LEGISLATURE FOLLOW HrMi
THE STATESMAN WHOSE LEADERSHIP Is PlTrED
AGAINST THAT oF TUE COMMITTEE or SEVENTY
--sPECuIAuONS IN HATS, CARS, AND REAL rs
TAIE-- HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH TWEED, CON
MOLLY. ANp OTHERS IN RING TRANSACTIONS
FAC SMILES OF SINGULAR ENTRIES IN TIE
BOOKS oF TIE CONTROLLERS OFFICE.
The Legislature ut Albany adopting funda-
mental law for the City of Now-York, a common
wealth in itself larger than many of the States more
popalous indeed than five six Of the smaller ones.
In this grave work the Legislature heStaes as to the
leadership il shall follow that of the Committee of
seventy OF that of Thomas Murphy. Who the Com
mttee II Seventy are, and what their work has
been iu Kidding this city from Tammany rule and
robbery. 40 citizen Of New-York of the country
needs 10 DC told. Who Thomas Murphy is, and
what he has DONE may more naturally pass out OF
memory unless specially recalled TO pub
lie attention. While the people contemplate
the curious spectacle at Albany of Republican
Legislature pledged to Reform, which hesltates
whether to listen TO the earnest appeal of the Com
mittee Of Seventy to accept instead the dlctalon
of this partner Of William NJ. Tweeds they may
prOitaidy revive their recollection of some phases
Of his cSreer as herewith set down.
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successful operator therein. That he nas sxtens''
dealt that article must be admitted that All h,s 49,
actions therein have beon of that strictly hohofso
sagacious character which he constantly claims io
ia left 20 he inferred from the facts rhat P
enter upop some real estate specuia'iope "
nor,,orsh,n with certain members of the Tammany
Ring ne himself has been compeileu ,h,s mart,
once 10 admit; but his explanation td thaa more ad
nersbp was not and could not De- renuer fact ,hot
yontgeous IN its members on account OF inc Iavs .'
the partners were I'm the possession VI P'
car be shown 70 oe G W Mummy that some at least Of
the municipal departments are not % now " Seekers fter
Connolly and his creatures creaiOis all,
the truth have consequently conslderahpiS rcnrH tba
in gaining access 20 the chTonces mch of them at ali
events as the Ring in its hurried exodus, ounu incO
venient 10 steal or destroy % D,hc eve and which
never would have been 90 hiuueh W " w,snbS
business" associates than those OF m,. ,h Po
msiOners of Estimate and Assessment III the mai.er
opening and extending ron % C,, ~ Nav
York Those commissioners were Messrs walter kocne
r,omas 7 Creamer and George A. Osgood. OF the in
imate relations which existed between the of these
gentlemen anf the Ring. no proofs are needed. o,
The book alluded 20 contains three columns on each
naee In te rst or left hand column, is entered the
number of the map OF the property occupied by ihe eN
tension of the OLD avenue; IN the secon9 OF o
and in the third column is marked the amount aWaueu
to The for the dSge me- reet + nnnS
pitlessy through his land Opening TINS poVh AZ W.
entry. Ioi No lis the name Thomas Murphy" as
owner OF the property, and that he was AWARDED se
sum of 81 500 damages. Through these ngures now
ever drawn three heavy lines OF red INK ana imne
dIatey above them written, IN the same mn 'no
figures 5000. ibis apparent irregularly III puounc
record where much money is involved INDUCES the
searcher to make further inquiries, ana, whon Ne Wur
he learns that when the award was nrst ulaue UT n
ply treated like ordinary citizen; put, ihat SUD
sequenty, that prOpertyowner showed nsei " ,no, M
person of consequence among the powcis 'Is 10
were and then Mr. Walter Roche hastily soughI Lne & I.s
innate Book defaced the figures relrese nng te
award and crowned them with number exhmtlnS the %
difference in the eyes of the Rng DetWeenr tno
ordinary citizen and the Hon. Thomas Murphy; 70 re-
eve the bookkceper from the rcsponsbilly OF uS ~
teraOn. Mr. Roche placed his initials on tnt INT IN tuo
Margin and the entry stands thus Vhe hsueS no'e
given being fac simile OF those il the DoOR
Map No. ASSrteL
uOO
-.., ,,n., Z1nH
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Msr1hT and appoint hat other Ti,S 7nere ar. many

the Republican party b sW etstes = So9a roosvo
Wrrohr and sppo'nt fat other ri,rA r7,ere ar~ many
susi men, and we trust that the preoIIens "li soon
hsys the sagacity TO discover one of them
HIS APPOINTMENT MOST fNJUDiCIOUs.
U,nrs Ward B,>ehr Ia M CAr1B ORioa SrDt % 1911
When Mr. Thomas Murphy was appointed
Collector OF Customs at this port, every adsoca6 Oh
reorrn In the Civil Service acknowledged Witn SORROW
that the politicians who surrounded the PRESIDENT nu
done their worst The conclusion does not appear W
hsye been erroneous for Of all the ilJudgd appoint
nnts which have been made. perhaps Murphy was
tie most iDjudicons.
A. OFFENSIVE OBJECTIONABLE, AND UNFIT rEtsoN'
From TN BEGalc Bprs0 -,
II is expected that the election VIII DC
Speedily followed by tho retirement Of Mr. MURPHY
from the NewYdk Custom house. either Dy reslghh,oh, ,,
az removal to he end that the greatest stumbling block
in our ranks be removed. Similar action must also De
taken In the Buffalo district, where an equally Onense,
Objectionable aud unfit person still retains power
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THE FEDERAL FAvORITE.

The removal of Tom Murphy vas promised
through the Presidents newspaper mGnth pieces ater
election" Election and gine but the shOddy
thief remains uDdsturbed p0s essiOn OF the fatest
place In the Governments gift Radicals Of average
honesty express their disgust now and then, but Mur-
phy the Federal fayorte, sticks and fecitates Nun
self escaping the fate which has befaen bis partner
in the real estate busiDess, William M. Tweed. Untll
Tom Murphy ia eorged with spos he will not release
his grasp on tht Ne,S-YOrk CustOm-h0use.
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AID ROR MISS uAwrunRNE-

To the Editor or rae tribune.
SIR Please find inclosed a trife go for
Miss Una Hawthorne. from whom ELOQUENT appeal
appeared In back issue OF your valuable paper. aud
obhge yours, Sc. w.Es.E
Rolc- York. April 10, 1874
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GENERAL ORDER BUSINESS

II is not likely that Mr.. Murphy's connectph
with tho General Order business ana his transao'U
with Ieet & Stocking forgotten, or that tue lnlu'
done thereby the commerce oil tins port VIII po ~
given A short time before he received the Coneoo'
shin instructions were received that the old Genral
order system by which merchandise was dSchHs0
Immediately from a steamer upon her arrival anu
placed In a store under Customs supervision for1"o
dav without cost 20 the consignees should be chanea
and all goods sent the General Order stores IN hsoS
controlled by Leet, Stocking Co. Collector MHes d
Grinnei was removed from Office for reIusal 10 uosn
and Murphy appointed He was more compahan'
and at once merchants recognized that
inflicted the extortons which followed. Goods were
charged a months storage although the owners re-
moved them instantly and the cost OF carriage TO ana
fro was levied though the carriage was never done
Col Ieet one of his cOnfederaes, attached to the
War Department and had been the stall Of President
Grant and Stocking had been sutler In the army ihe
first named had to this city with letter CT lnto
duction 10 Collector Grnne from President Grant ana
had received portion Of the General order Du5,ess, Oh
account of which he received - 1910 year THIS was
not sufficient to satisfy his grted, auu cns "l
toms carriage system was organized; ten district
cartmen were appointed; and stocking was ipp0lDpteu p
general agent Of the district The purpose Ol ne bu
reau thus established was to from cartnen ana
contractors percentage OF the amount alowedto tns
for the maintenance OF the superv An lhvesga%U %
was ca1,scd and IL was proved that the receipts OF lne
Bureau. If the 20 per cent tax upon lhe cIlaG"
iOrccd NOnlu amOnDl 10 Nl0O,utu IfI
act of Collector Grnne, previous 20 his removal was
petition TO Secretary of the Treasury also slgeu
by all the prominent importers of the clty reqesuh
the return of the General Order business 10 De DOneu
warehouses on.the NewJersey shore AT the eis oi te
Cunard RremeD and Hamburg steamers The petitlh
was approved but Collector Grinnel was remover i
medateiy aud the order approving was never chIrlei
out by Thomas Murphy. Several of the lhIgeSt lmpoI
ing houses presented a like petition TO murphy iOr
months after he had entered once nut tll, too Wa
left unnoticed. SO with other attempts 70 loosen lu
clutches OF eeches upon the commerce the city; r
dress seemed Impossible When The Cunard agent mad
a request that the great frauds OF the 6eneral OI"r
business investigated Murphy after trying 10 oNaS
the matter, declared that Leet and stocking must R
taken care Of" How well they thryed, speaks wen or
Collector Murphy knowledge oI the peculiar knh Oi
nurture they needed
POLITICAL TAX LByIEs.
About September, 1870, Thomas Murphy levied po-
Iitca tax OF between $4,000 and $4,000 on the salaries
OF Custom house clerks When be asked before the
Patterson Investigating Committee whether or Gothe
knew Of any assessment upon salaries he replied that
there had been none involuntarily. over Thousand
witnesses could have dlsproved this testimony never
thelcss.
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tials 4" W. r.

Among several hundred entries which follow these
the ip0uirer will search in vain for the OF Thomas
Murphy or for altered awards The record signed by
the three Commissioners already named having been
confirmed March Is, 1863.
The following Is submitted recapituatiOn OF Mr..
Murphys real transactions solely in connection
With the extension of MadlsOD-ave. IL shows that
while an ordinary citizen would have received only
s33 76O Murphy received $4,000 thus clearing the hand
some sum OF sl 240 in this ttle matter alone by his
uable affiliations with the TaInmany Ring Here are
the figures" which dou't lie :"
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n,um,Oot.s with oo,ored light. and wa. ..per.. tn.

oI,ar viii rean mi Tomorrow hVat lurucJ
Of the ndisposition OF the Pasp. the Rey; Dr. kre6.
tbe Rev Adam h. Turner. Tie ohnrcI remained open
during the day, aud was o.owded 10 excess. In the
evening devotional serve "a held. Tbs evening
the Rev Father Tunner will deliver sermon on the
death Of our Savior"
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SMUGGLING NATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.


The latest financial efforts of Mr.. Murphy
which have come to light we're deyotedto The purchase,
under singular and extraordinary circumstances 0f
buiIdng for the Appraisers Office. The remarkable IN
genuty with which he purchased, through Others, at
low price, diiapidaed building in an lnconve nient
part Of the city, and transferred it, proposed TO trans
fer it, TO the Government at something like more than
double its price, is only of many instances showing
the wonderful ingenuity Of this great fnancier. At
Iajght and Weststs there is large building which had
been for sale for Is months al 100000 when ne quick eve
of Mr. Murphy detected speculaOn IN u. He proposed
10 Use the Appraisers office, and accordingly d
rected Mr. Mullet, Government architect, now DGid
ing the PosOtce In this city, 10 write letter To
the authorities in Washington recommending The pnr
chase Of the building named for S1OOO00O Mr. Mullctt
recognized the authority without hesitation, and
oheyed the order at once. In the mean time n
building for about s5OoOO, and held it "for an
advance" The building totally unht for use as an
Appraisers Office, and being remote from commercial
speculation that OF carriage to merchants would
be unnecessarily oppressive but naturally devoted as
he il the Government interests tlnd MS OWN, MT.
Murphy disregarded the complaints of the merchants,
and insisted that the building IN Laghtst. should be
used for the purpose and that no other building would
answer his purpose OF making handsome pr0nt on the
trade The Of Sl0OO0OO was introduced In one OF
the appropriation bills at Washington, aud In he hurry
~ the closing hours the last Congress understood 10
have passed. Mr.. Murphy Is not lkey, however, In
succeed transferring the properly at the prct named
10 the Government the public press have already be-
come aware the pccuares Of the speculation aud IN
utter disregard OF Mr. Murphy claims ON the party and
geuious transaction. The readiness with which both
Architect Mulett and his assistant, Mr. SielnnctZ,
Obeyed Mr.. Murpby's Instructions To recommend the
Government 10 buy his property at double us cost ind
singular influence which the latter yields over the Gov
ernmcnt officials in this city.
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HIS RING PARTNERSHIPS.

Among the many accomplishments on pos
se,s,ou Of winch Mr. Murphy prdes himself is that OF
ioy ab.t he aalls good Judge Of real estate and
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second page OF the book lhe next entry

II iphih w ht Auhl w al
" Unknown o wner,"
Map 4. The award is
1850, and no altcra-
ton bas ever been
IN "A de In that. In
the fifth entry the
name Of rho owner
was originally written
"Thomas Murphy"
and the award set
down at 5000. Between
the date Of assessment
and the discovery OF
Murphy's Ring relations,
Murphy got rid of this
piece OF property. Then
two lines were drawn
through the name
ThOpas Murphy,and the
words 4" Unknown own
ers written above IT,. no
change being made, Of
course. in the aWard in
this case. The next EN-
try Is a curious one.
showing that Murphy
had first bought the
property from one "Un-
known D" and sold it To
some other nobody. and
in this case, also. the
award is not .defaced.
The searcher may then
turn over page after
page OF the book until he
reaches one In which the
name Thomas Murphy
again appears. At the
top OF the page is the
75th entry and map,
owner unknown, award
S2.4OO, original figures
untouched. The 10th
entry has also an un-
known owner, and the
original award Of 1900
unaltered, OF course. The
third entry on this page
has, for name OF owner,
Thomas Murphy, amount
OF award 1880, figures
d e faced and 5000
written above them.
with the initials "W.
r." on the margin.
as usual. The first
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<.H0U
H.OOC.
T. 0UD
HAff
Unknown Owner
Unknown Owner

In addition TO these come the fol-
lowing entries iu due order, the in
creased amounts authorized by the ini-
, .ff
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zhomas Murphy.
W. r.

The Dext two entries are also favor Of Murphy. Thus
they stand:
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w. X. 2
W. X. 3
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three entries on this page stand
thus.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
Method of Embalming.

The Brunetti method, by which MAJ
zin'a body was recently embalmed, Is
said to be even more effective in the
preservation of the dead than that OF
the ancient Egyptians. 1t consists OF
several distinct processes l. The cir
culatory system is cleansed thoroughly
by washing with cold water till it issues
quite clear from the body. This may
occupy from two to five hours. 2. Al
cohol is injected, so as to abstract as
much water as possible. This takes
about a quarter of an hour. 3. Ether
is then injected, to abstract the fatty
matters. This occupies from two to ten
hours. 4. A strong solution OF tannln
is then injected. This occupies, Tor
thorough inhibition, from two to ten
hours. 5. The body is then dried IN a
current of warm air passed over heated
chloride of calcium. This may occupy
from two to five hours. The body is
then perfectly preserved, and resists
decay; and the Italians exhibit sPeci-
mems which are as hard as stone, and re.
tain perfectly every detail OF form and
feature.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
IrOn.Clad Vessels.

The invention of templates to pro-
tect vessels is far from being OF as re-
cent date as is generally supposed.
During the 10Th century, the Normans
covered their ships, from the water-llne
up, with an iron casing, terminating IN
q ram on the bow. Still earlier they
had adopted system of protecting the
upper works with metal shields. In
1884, Peter Of Arragon ordered his ships
to be iron-plated in order to protect
them from the burning missiles then IN
common use. In 1880, the squadron OF
Andre Doria contained vessel built by
the knights of st. John, which was ar
mored with several thicknesses OF IRON.
At the battle of Lepanto, several ships
protected their batteries with bars OF
iron. For two centuries, no progress
seems to have been made. In l7S2, ut
the siege of Gibraltar, an engineer
officer constructed six ships, which were
the types of the modern iron-clads:
They we're covered with an armor OF
hard wood, leather, and bar iron. 1t is
said that they resisted the fire OF the
forts for long period, but were finally
sunk by red hot shot.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
A Newly.Invented Steam Plough.

Peter ]. Mcdonald has just completed
the model of a steam plough of his own
invention, and an application for a
patent has been forwarded to Washing
ton. The machine is novel one. 1t
consists of pair of uides or ways, tif
teen feet in length, projecting nearly
at right angles with and in front of an
ordinary traction engine, supported by
a triangular frame, and to which are
suspended the ploughshares. BY n
simple arrangement the ploughshares
are drawn toward each other and meet,
and being placed at an acute angle with
the machine gradually force it back the
width of furrow. The same machin-
cry is SO arranged that the guys are
slightly raised, the ploughshares are
drawn back to the outer ends and the
operation of ploughing is repeated. The
inventor asserts that none OF the power
is wasted in hauling, but that it is all
applied directly to the ploughshares.
He believes that all the necessary ma
chinery can be constructed for $1,000.
The ploughs and the machinery belong.
ing to them can be readily disengaged
and the driving machinery used as an
ordinary traction engine. With n ten
horse power engine he says that from
fifteen to twenty ploughs can be oper-
ated on each guy.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
Some Varieties Of Eyes.

Birds of lofty fight, as the candor,
eagles, vultures and carrion-seeking
prowlers of the feathered race, have
telescope vision, and thus they are
enabled to look down and discover their
unsuspecting victims. AS they approach
noiselessly from above, the axis of vision
changes-shortening, so that they see
just as distinctly within one foot of the
ground as when at an elevation of one
mile in the air. This fact explains the
balancing of fish-hawk on its pinions
half q mile above O still pond, watching
for fish. When one is selected, down
the savage hunter plunges, the focal
axis, varying as the square of the dis
tance, giving the hawk distinct view
of its prey always. AS they ascend,
then the axis is elongated by curious
muscular arrangement so as to see far
again. Snails have their keen eyes at
the extremities of flexible horns, which
they can protrude or draw in at pleasure.
By winding the instrument round the
edge of leaf or a small stalk, they
can see how matters stand on the op.
posite side. The hammer-headed shark
has its wicked looking eyes nearly two
feet apart. 1t can bend the thin edg-
ings of the head on which the organs
are located 80 as to examine the two
sides of an object the size of q fully
grown Goldfish. Flies have immovable
eyes. They stand out from the head
like half an apple, exceedingly promi-
nent. Instead of being smooth hem
ispheres, they have an immense number
of facets, resembling old-fashioned
glass watch-seals, each one directing
the light directly to the optic retina.
That explains why they cannot be ap-
preached in any direction without see-
ing what is coming.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
Dense Population.

The Memorial Diplomatiquc gives
the following interesting account Of the
density of population in the great GEN.
tres Of humanity throughout the globe.
There are nine cities having n popula-
ton exceeding 100000 souls, viz.
London, 3, ,261 900; Soochow, 1000, 900;
Paris, 1925, 900; Pekin, 1,64S, 600
Feddo, 1,554, 900; Canton, !, ,236, 600
Constantinople, 1,075,0OO; Sinont-an,
in the province of Honan, 1000, 600 ;
and Tehactchoan-foo, in the province OF
Fokien, 100000. 1t will be seen that
although London holds the first place,
the Chinese Empire can still boast of
possessing more populous cities than
all the civilized States of the West: The
number of cities possessing population
from above half million is twelve, VIZ.
New York, Vienna, Berlin, Hangkaow,
Philadelphia, st. Petersburg, Bombay,
Calcutta, Foochow, Schening, Bankok,
and Kiota. Twenty cities have popu-
lation of from 300, 900 to 10000 inhab-
itants, thirty-three of from 200, 600 to to
800 600, and nineteen of from 100. O.OOO
to 200, 600 inhabitants. Europe alone
possesses III cities containing more
than $4,000 inhabitants, at the head OF
which stand London, Paris, Constantl-
nople, Vienna, Berlin, and st. Peters
burg.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-08-07
The Lions Fear OF Man.

Lichenstein says that African hunters
avail themselves of the circumstance
that the lion does not spring upon his
prev till he has measured the ground,
and has reached the distance of ten or
twelve PAGES, where he lies crouching
upon the ground, gathering himself for
the effort. The hunters, he says, make
it rule never to fire upon the lion till
he lies down Mt this short distance, so
that they can aim directly at the head
with the most perfect certainty. He
adds that if n person has the misfortune
to meet lion, his only hope of safety
is to stand perfectly still, even though
the animal crouches to make spring
that spring will not be hazarded if the
man has only nerve enough to remain
motionless as statute, and look steadily
at the lion. The animal hesitates, rises
slowly, retreats some steps, looking
earnestly about him, lies down, again
retreats, till having thus by degrees got
quite out of what he seems to feel as
the magic circle of mans influence, he
takes flight in the utmost haste.