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New-York tribune., 1875-12-10
AN EXPLOSIVE MISSILE.

A REMARKABLE LETTER TO EX-sPEAKER BLAINE.
IrOR-A SECRET ANTI-CATno1IC ORDER WITHIN
TIE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
From The Boston Herald Dee. ..
We do not by any means vOuCh Tor the au-
thencity OF the letter published under our hiegral Inc
head. witch purpOrts % have been written to tie Hon
j. G.. Blaine the 9th utim0 by j. l. Foster esd editor
Of The NclrGrh IL came 10 US last night
bv telegraph. from Augusta Ne, accompanied
by the statement that "it viii appear this
norrnp in me Nains Siqndard" a Democratic newspa-
eXSpeakcr the House that such letter has Dtcu Sent
to him. is TO he judged by what he writes hll
self rather than what s written 70 hm; Dui the lei
really authentic. then IL is evidence that tDee i an
autiC CathOc order within the Republican OrgdnlLdu0l
and Il enables 10 account, by a more rational
process than have yet been able 10 do, loi
II DeS MOnes and the stu stranger ones OF BiaHOp
Haven this cIty. yesterday, In which the reverend
Popely platform" Il is barely pOs BILE that sam" Is to
aroused his long sleep In take hand III he con-
test Of s76 and tat zen. Grant, e letter suggests
counts him important Lctor In hls third term
calculations.
Special Dispatch 10 The Bo''on Herald ,
AUGUSTA, Ne. Dec. S.-Ike Name Standard
Drmoera,ic Will contain the following leiter: e--
OFlICF COURIER. NEw AK. y J. Nov p $50.
Tie lion. j. G.. blaming Dcir oL Fghitt IN months agD
told YOU that could have New Jersey IN 80 Nsn
emphasize that statement All our p.Ople arc l"f you
aud can cary beyond tiCF venture Cur dancer
Is that West VIII demand the nomination IDS eau ESQ n,
averied, OF by union ~ Ne" Lhgand ne siule
states and strou from the SOUTH potent iactOl I'D nr
Will the secrt anu aihol 9Ioer Grants
member OF IT, sdd u has Sood n, on ~ m ~, th @
you ought 10 go H. ii can De arranged 20 la y" C
Initiated auy where by one person Inc oIa.I y ,
widely. Ny oil cations 40 not piit me 10 say olt ~,
THIS except that Grant no Goubt reles uo2 u 20 n
h wisdom ~ " ashingOn alo IN io 7a&,os & ~ a "a,
b,usari candidate Is hardly the candle Tor one
oi vast want to htlI for You Yours very
1r Foster is editor Of The Necark Eeen0'g Courier.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10
Speeia! Noliees.
Baptist Sunday-schoOl Teachers' Meeting
This EVENING IN tho

Bnpti,, sunday y-schooI Teachers' Meeting
This EVENING In tho
Calvary Baptist Church, rweI 9 y-thirlst at go.
Lesson tlusht by Rev. r. ;. MACARTHUR Jesus and
Thomas address BY Rev. j. D. HERR Of the Central
Bapst Church by Of The SA nth street
WM PHELPS, President.
Hahnemann Hospital.
THIS Hospital Is no" open for te reception OF patientA t
scsenthsve aud stands apart from all other buildings sor-
ing abundance Of light air, and ventilation.
The Medical ana surgical >ian composed OF leading phys.
clans in the Homeopathic profession.
ARfHUK BtACH Resident fiYsoian, tho Hospital
Post-OGlce Natce.-FoREGGN MAILS Tor 10 rosE
ending tRDAl Dee u. $50 wl close al THIS Onios
IC ESDAl az a. per steamer Idahl Europe VIA
Queenstown ON WEDN ~ DAY al $50 m. pr ,saner
l5O per steamer hlupstock, Tor Europe Plymouth
on sAIl hDAl 10 ll.5O a. ~ pr steamer Amrfioa loo
steamer Guy OF Berlin Tor England, Wales ani lr4aua
N M per Labrador France drecl aud Al ii
- 7. l. JAMEs P ST.
AdveTusers des,rina gum the nItennon ana pa
trouage oi Farmer, and Agriculturist-, ~l sni gHg
WEEKLY TRIBUNE The most valuable and Effective me.
dunn. Il now reaches moie iauucs and a boiler
class than other weekly paper published Advertise
uent proper classification. sh0i % IA ,a
before Taesiav oi The week of issue.
4 Few onces ONLY remain anTente. p rHE TFlBuNE
wool la There are elegant "A. nNturos heat ant
yenulod have outside wlndos ana communicate ire,tly
the elevators and nearly all have independent eltranc,
good working They Kept running from O'Clock In
ue IN long after midnight. very favorable
Application should be made st THE TRIBUNE
Counting room.
rse fhiadsph'" s6I4i; Sia:s 81 Tse tribune Iia
Ledger Bulldlng)
SUBSCRIPTIONS AM DADVERTIsEMENT RECEIVED
AT PI BI.IsHkhs' RATES.
Subscribers the Daily PhladephlA have pare,
by thor TO be read al ths
m and n,edatey dspstehsd to ali psrts Of ths cty
saek numbers can usually be supplied At tho eihcs
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10

The case Of tho proprietors Of the Tivoli Garden
berr M Fxclsn Board selling liquors SUNDAY,
nm and ques the counsel ir the Defense
VA pos poi.d until to-day II 10 9,
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10
THE NEW rwENrY-THIRD STREET THEATER.

The Twenty-third Street Theater, managed
by Sir G. J. smith. viii be opened ON Dee 49, with
new play called The Flatterer" The company en-
gased tbore comprises Messrs. Chas Vandenhon D. '"
Jennings V. Linghan. &. Randolph, r. v Percy ana
M.s Annie Deland Mi-s See Allan. Miss Sara Stevens
Mrs Fanny Foster Mics Adelaide Lennox, Miss Amy
and Miss Kate Girard The design we are told Is 10
make this heater Of the FIRST css-in which laudaolc
ambition il Ia hoped the manager VIII succeed Inc
tlsater now renamed formerly Bryants opera
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10

Benufifnl and C-eful Holiday Gin Until January
l. the Remington sewing Machine Company will spolal
discount Machines Holiday
Oihce, No. East Twenty thini st., Madison square
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10

taIVlry BapTIsf InlTCl, TNel-t tAlflst, ~ 40.
Lesson tlught by Rev. r. ;. MACARTHUR. Jesus ant
Thomas address by J. D. HERR OF the Central
Bapst church. Music by the CA0r Of The SlA nth street
Cnarch. KOBr. ELDER, OfgaulsL
New-York tribune., 1875-12-10
DIED

Al Notices Of Marriages must be indOr.ed oitS 4.
name and address,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-12
Bridge street, winnemuccs.
Notice to Bondho!ders.

NoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ there are now in the County treasury
OF Humboldt county funds to redeem the FOL
lowing described bonds of said county, ana
that in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature
of the State of Nevada, entitled " An Act TO
authorize the Commissioners OF Humb ldt
county to issue bonds to the amount OF
S53 900 for the purpose of redeeming bonds
heretofore issued, and to provide for the pay
ment of such bonds, approved March 2. 1870;
said bonds Will be redeemed upon present.
alton to the County Treasurer OF Humboldt
County Nevada, at his Office in Winnemucca,
Nevada: and further, that all interest on said
bonds will cease at the expiration OF four
weeks July 20, lS75l from the date OF publi-
cation of this notice.
Nos. l to 30 inclusive, issued November 90.
1873. for 500 each.
Nos. 81 to 30 inclusive. issued January 8,
1874, for $500 each.
No. 81, issued January T. 1874 for $500.
Nos. - to IL inclusive, issued February 10,
1874, for $500 each.
Nos ~ to IS inclusive issued February IT.
1874, for $500 each
Nos "A to 81 inclusive, issued February IL.
ls74, for $500 each.
Nos q2 TO q5 inclusive, issued February 20,
1874, for $500 each.
Nos 96 to 100 inclusive, issued February 20,
A. J. SHEPARD.
je2l 4w County Treasurer.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-12
G. A. GAY,
Fourth Street, WInremucca,
Is prepared to do all kinds of
Silversmithing and Repairing

EoLD AND SILVER PLATING, AND
a. cold and Silver Mounting DONE Fancy
Iair Work such as Watch Chains, Guards,
bracelets. and all kinds of Hair Jewelry.
Lettering and Engraving done in the vtry
best style of the art.
Watches, Clocks, and all kinds OF Jewelry
Repaired; Guns, Revolvers and Pistols re-
stocked, mended and put IN good ORDER.
Rena,ring Sewing Machines also done.
Meerschaum Pipes neatly Mounted in Gold
or silver. Knifeblades reset in old handles:
Razors ground Scissors sharpened; Brazing
soldering and all kinds of work in my line of
business neatly and promptly done.
All Work Warranted, and satisfaction guar
artn.,a icc In
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-12
POLL TAXES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN under the law each male resident of
this State over twenty-one and urdor sixty
years Is subject to "a poll tax of four dollars.
Any person or persons, company or corpora
tion doing business in this stae, and having,
by direct contract, or indirectly through osher
contractors, in their employ one or more per-
rons liable TO and owing q Pcll Tax, shall be
liable for any and all Poll Taxes that maybe
aue from Ruch employees. The law will be
strictly and promptly enforced.
JAMES BUCKEFR.
County Assessor.
wtnnemucca, April ~. fs76-h
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-12

YUyHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED
up in the most attractive style possible,
with a view to the convenience and comfort
of patrons. The proprietor desires to cali the
attention of customers, friends and the public
to his superior stock OF
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-12
Wines. Liquors and Cigars.

The READING ROOM OF this Saloon il al
ways supplied with the latest Papers, Pieto-
rials ana Magazines. je24 Il
The New York herald., 1875-11-03
The following table gives the lengths OF the various
headings and the aggregate length OF the galleries at the

Th flowing is a compilation from the detailed tab
\ ular ,ort appended
n - teet of drivings for the year. 645
Cubic yards OF rock removed, Is, S38
Feet OF holes drilled 94, 020
Average depth drilled TO each cubic yard ofrock, a.
Average cost of explosive 10 each cubic yard Of rock
63 cents
Number OF blasts fred "a, 324
Nitro gycerne used, 3699 pounds
Mica powder No. / used, 100 pounds
Mica powder No used 500 pounds.
Giant powder used 100 pounds
Rendrock used, g. 63s pounds.
Vulcan powder used, 4,017 pounds
Black powder used, ], 435 pounds.
Feet of fuse, Ill 600
Average depth OF hole drilled by each machine in
eight hours, Is. feet
Average depth of hole, feet.
Average per linear foot Of hole drilled 3S cents
Number of drills sharpened, 81 1856
Average cost Of sharpening drill, 81 cents
Average depth drilled each sharpening 2 feet.
Expenditure Of steel to each foot Of hole drilled 40
ounce.
Average per cubic yard for breaking the rock,
So so
Average cost per cubic yard for handling the rock,
81 40
Average cost per cubic yard for hosting the rock,
80 cents
Average cost por cubic yard for dumping the rock,
90 cents
Operations Flood Rock began on June 4 1875 with
such could be temporarily spared from Hallet's
Point shaft has been sunk ten feet by twenty feet
in plan and is nineteen feet in depth The monthly
report accompanying this furnishes the details AS
the Hallettps Point drilling is completed, all OF
the machinery there can be utilized for Flood Rock
work. For this fiscal year (lS75 81 need for compet-
Ing the drilling at Halletrs Point 800 ooo besides
$50 600 for explosives and connections for the final
blast Any other money allotted viii be used for
Flood Rock. For tho fiscal year commencing July l.
debris from Halett's Point Ny idea Of the expenses
OF dredging different from yours that hesitate
TO make the estimate
For the same fiscal year at Flood Rock We can use
$3.50 900 to good advantage Very respectfully your
obedient servant,
W. H. HEUER, Captain Of Engineers
The New York herald., 1875-11-03


100
THE BIG GUNS OF THE WORLD.
IL must be borne in mind that the armor of the
American vessels is amnated, a had no works in
the country up TO 1870 capable of rolling plate
four inches thick This will probably explain why the
comparison in the above table shows such discrep-
ancies the ratio Of resistance varying than the
square Of the thickness which obtains with solid plates
The Devastation, with twelve inches of side and
eighteen inches of wood backing has nearly five times
the resisting power of the Mantonomoh with six inches
of iron and twenty seven Of wood and nearly three
times that of the Colossus with eight and twenty
The largest and most effective gun have aoat the
15-inch smooth bore, though 20inch guns have been
Tho Chief of Ordnance recommends 'the entire
armament Of the navy with breechoading rife can
nons and declares that the sphere of offence of the
monitors does not extend beyond 500 yards, which
might be increased to 500 yards by the substitution
OF efficient rife of the weight (cabre 10 or III
inches) for the 15-inch smooth boren The Inexibles
81 ton gun just tried by the Ordnance Committee, is
pronounced success later reports contradcting the
early kilograms. This gun is 81 feet in length, "a
length Of bore Ia 10 inches calbre undetermined)
weighs ISL, 40 pounds and with ], 800 pound rifle
shot and 200 pounds Of powder and initial velocity
OF 800 feet per second produces penetrating effect
Of Ii, ,058 tons. The lnlexible will carry four OF
these guns she is plated with "A inches Of iron is of
IL 095 tons displacement and will be driven at speed
Of IA knots per hour by twin screws What chance
vesse2 With regard TO the relative steamng power OF
been made between the Devastation and the Mantono
moh, though Is but fair say the Dictator is the bet
steamer still the speed assumed Is the maximum
of the last named vessel
The New York herald., 1875-11-03
HUNTING AN EMBEzzLER.

New York detectives have just been TO Newark in
search Of Charles r. Tracy, the abscondng proprietor
Of set Of Morchant Collection Bureaus" established
In several cities, with headquarters in New York His
business that OF collecting bad debts 30 His clients
paid him each $40 year and certain percentage
30 tho lawyer on every bill collected He is alleged to
have escaped with $4,000 Of the money collected,
the latter being divided among ave persons represent
ing New York partics Tracy boarded for a time
Newark The New York deLactives found no trace Of
him
The New York herald., 1875-11-03

tans At sea the dampness and closeness OF inc
quarters are horrible and air blowers not always
effective never sufficient These are some OF the ais
advantages OF the monitor system as we krow u
abroad it Ii very much better Granted that tor coast
defence il is the best IL Is mortying to see how much
we behind foreign Powers, even IN the type We
gave 70 the world For the purpose oi comptrlsVn'
the relative armament, plating and power ~ resist
Of light draught monitors, TWO OF the pest amer
can class and one each Of English and German buit
vessels will be tabuated the four last being as hea
as possible of the same type:--
RELATIVE ARMAMENT, PLATING AND POWER OF RESIST
ANCE OP TuRRET SHIPS.
The New York herald., 1875-11-03

experiments were made with different kinds pf Amer-
and English cast steel 10 ascertain whj>n was the
most suitable for rock drilling purpoIes We also
tested various drills, pumps aud dsrent explosive
heretog5re we had been principally using nitro
gscerne for our blasting purposes We then tried
several hundred pounds OF Mica powder, some Giant
powder several thousand pounds of Rendrock, and re-
Gently have used considerable Vulcan powder All OF
these are nitro -gycerne compounds Neither OF them
Is as powerful the gycerine but we have here re-
peatedy demonstrated that with ten ounces OF kend-
rock or Vulcan powder break as much rock as
we formerly did with eight ounces Of nitro glycerine,
while the cost per pound is less than onehaf that OF
nitro glycerine.
The following is q synopsis or the experiments made
during the yearsG
The New York herald., 1875-11-03
Captain Heuer's Statement of Work Per-
formed and the Amount Expended

Tho following is the report OF the Board of Engineers
on removing the distractions in East River and He'll
Gala nj Nav York.
The New York herald., 1875-11-03
.xERrcA,s rLgEr on pApsa.

80 49, = o o z q q > : 2 = =
szssss 85sg7s
The New York herald., 1875-11-03
OUR SILENT HIGHWAYS.
Report Of The United States Engineers on OBJ
stFuciiOnS in East River and Ien Gate.

PREPlUlIJoNS FOR THE GRAND EXPLOSION.
The New York herald., 1875-11-03

AHEKIlA-s FLthI y FAFfN'
The total number OF ships Is 3jl, assigned the
following ciasses.-Third, 13l; FIRST, III; second,
SO; fourth 53-the coast defence ships being Ia
excess, a compliment to America, which N The
Moultor gave the type % the world, Eng and leads
in the ow ership Of vessels; France aud The
United States second. Ia act between them these
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14

"First, no further contraction; second, q
repeal of the resumption act, and third, the
substitution of greenbacks for national bank
notes, )" is the financial plank in the Demo-
cratic platform which the Cincinnati Enquirer
has firmly planted its foot upon, and says that
through shipwreck and disaster, through
disease and tribulations, through misery and
even ruin, It VIII cling to it, yea, even though
the heavens fall.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
g FLAPDOODLE -

The New York World advances some
entirely new ideas as to the powers of the
different branches OF this Government. 1t
says that Speaker Kerr had es much right
to remove Henderson as President Grant
had. 1t has been the theory of the World
that President Grant. as the head of the
Executive Department, was responsible for
the acts of his appointees. We could, if it
were necessary, quote from the World
some vituperation, if not strong articles,
denouncing the President for the action Of
men who held their positions by his sp-
pointment; but, as Mr.. Toots said, fits of
no consequence" what the World has said
in the past-that has no influence upon
what it says in the present or may say in
the future.
That astute paper says the Secretary of
the Treasury is the only man, after his ap-
pointment, that has anything to do with
the collection of the whisky tax, and the
Attorney General the only one who has
anything to do with prosecutions, and that
Congress looks to them, and to them only,
for the collection of the tax. In one of
Marrystt's novels, warrant officer having
INDUCED in some such talk as that of the
World, Masters Mate O'Brien said, as he
walked of, "That man has fed most of his
life on fapdocdle," and then explained
that ''fapdoodle is the stuff on which fools
are fed" The only conclusion that one
can come to, after reading the Worlds
article on Henderson and the Division of
Public Powers, - is. that the only pabulum
of the World is ''fiapdoodle." After all,
however, the removal of Mr.. Henderson
was not the act of the President so much
as it was of the Cabinet, including Messrs.
Bristow and Pierrepont. In short, it was
the unanimous act at the entire Cabinet.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14

JUST AFTER the close of the rebellion the
public lands in the States of Alabama, Ark
ansss, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi
were withdrawn from sale and entry, and
have so remained ever since. This has
certainly worked a hardship on those
States by curtailing their revenues, as
no doubt thousands of acres of lands
would have been entered and taxes paid
upon them if it had not been for this law.
No reason exists why this discrimination
between these and the other States should
continue, and we are pleased to note that
Senator Clayton, of Arkansas, has intro
duced bill repeating the enactment which
withdraws the public lands in the States
men sioned from market, putting all the
States upon an equality. The bill has been
referred TO the Committee on Public Lands,
and we see no reason why it should not at
once become law.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
AWHIrE NAN,a ooNaREss.

The rejection of negro representation
from the American Congress cannot be
compensated for by sending up white Re-
publican Senators and representatives from
the Southern States. To make this COM
promise would be to give Republican coun-
tenance to the Confederate Democratic idea
that this is white mans government.
What is needed in order to confront Con-
federate representation in the American
Congress is negro representation in the
National Legislature When the Repub-
lican sentiment of Virginia or Maryland
will unite with what is truly enlightened
in the Opposition, and give US colored
Senator from either of these white majority
Southern States, then the negro power in
South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and
Louisiana will be safe in sending up white
Representatives to Washington. But SO
long as the Confederate Democracy keep
up the color line in Southern politics, and
SO long as they claim that this is a "white
mans" government, the Republican party
must defend the right Of negro representa-
ton in Congress. To reject Mr.. Pinch
back, therefore, and admit Mr.. Anybody
Else, whether Confederate or Republican,
would be enabling the enemy to make Re-
publican Louisiana add her influence to the
policy of "whIte representation" in Con-
gress.
If Republicans will confront this Confed-
crate power now established in Congress,
the public sentiment of the nation will sus-
tain US in our cause. If we bow to this
Confederate power, public sentiment will
turn from us with distrust and disgust.
The principle involved in Mr.. Pinchback's
case cannot be abandoned or compromised.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
BOOTS AND SHOES.

cHoEs! sHoEsii
- : FOR THE MILLION iIi-A.
Ladies, Fox Caters from q. 3 M; Ladies'
Fan e Cater ffes 1R; Lsa a sr.in
q mp; Boys' school Shoes q andup; Missss' school
Ssa e. ~ c eaa Es2, ssSs Ss e.
70 Is; Ladies' Congress, o, and up. MID sLa,l
line Of Iadfe1', Gents, Misses and Cnlldrc1's
custom worn, which viii Be closed out low for cash
Every pair at f9il and lsiG Pennsylyania
ave1ns. ]. W. SkLBY. noD-n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14

Taken altogether, the National Govern
ment through its Departments, viii be
handsomely represented, and II the respect
iveStates accomplish as much In proportion,
our Centenary Festival Of the Declaration
of Independence will be greeted by the
Old World as an interesting and instructive
r1nnnaca
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14

It has been noticeable fact from time i'm
memorial that every effort to alleviate the suf-
fering of tie poor by soup-houses and free
lunch establishments his In measure failed.
Either the funds donated to sustain the estab-
hshment are inadequate to its proper support,o
those in whose charge it is fail to manage the
details Of the institution 90 as to secure the
most good. What the great mass Of our people
really need is not the thin, sloppy soup and
eqpalid mess of a free-Iuncheon establish
ments but some substantial, nutritious food,
iurnished at the lowest possible prices and
eerved In plain, neat and comfortable way.
10 be success n should be-e place who're the
rates are 30 reasonable and the food sotsalling
at the prieesthat man won't stand on the
curbstone with ten cents in his pocket and
mediate for half hour what is best to do.
"to take stovepipe of lager or plump bowl
of oatmeal and pure miIk.''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
TUESDAY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IA 1875.
ONE Of the leading Southern Democra

ONE Of the leading Southern Democrats
in the House said just before the caucus
met yesterday that the Northern Demo
"crats thought the Southern members
ought not to be too conservative, or the
"public might think they were only play
"i ing part to secure friends" So we
may expect that the prohibition laid upon
the Southern fire eaters will, to some ex-
tent, be removed, and we will be treated
to some exhibitions of domestic fireworks
equal to the best imported articles. Ben
Hill, of Georgia, will probably eat few
pounds of blazing cotton and pull from his
mouth hundred or so yards of red, white
and blue ribbon.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
New Publicatiop,.

"The Chevalier Casseleon." ByF Fortune du
Boisgobey. Published by De Witt, New York
city. For sale by j. Brad. Adams.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-14
MINOR TOPICS.

Guibord is laid away In his little cell, and
now they propose to take the granite-stone sar-
cophsgAs intended for him and carry it about
the country for the purpose of exhibiting It at
twenty-five cents view. The patience of
generous people win wane some day, and they
viii lay the exhibitor out in the sarcophsgus
and plant it in some quiet place, where 1t will
cease to be public nuisance.