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The New York herald., 1876-12-08

nor Grover, who, in compliance with the
federal statute, made out the list of electors
which are required to be attached to the
certificates of the Electo al College. If the
action of the Board of Canvassers has
not been misstated Governor Grover was
strictly in the line Of his duty as prescribed
by law. He put these certified lists of cleo
tors into the hands of Mr.. Cronin to be
delivered to the Electoral College. At the
place of meeting the two republican electors
refused to act with Cronin, and they sep
arated. Mr.. Cronin then proceeded to fill
the vacancies in the Electoral College, which
proceeded to cast the votes of the State,
for Tilden and Hendricks. These votes
are to be forwarded to the President of
the Senate with the certificate of the
Governor and all the required formali-
ties of Authorization. The two repub-
lican electors also organized as an elec-
toral college, appointed Watts, who had abb
sented himself, to fill the vacancy, and cast
three votes for Hayes and Wheeler. These
votes will be sent to Washington without the
certificates of the Governor, which are re-
quired by law. They are certainly irregular
in form even il they are valid in substance,
and will necessarily raise question which
must be decided on the final count. In this
state of facts the democrats may safely
take the ground intended to be occupied by
the republicans that one house alone cannot
go behind the certificates or revise the cleo
toral votes of State. BY this astute
maneuvre the supporters of Mr.. Tilden
have captured the stronghold of the enemy
and can turn his own batteries against him.
If one house alone cannot revise the certif-
Gates which bear the signature Of the Gov
ernor and the seal of the State the demo-
Gratis are strongly intrenched on the ground
selected by their adversaries. The rage Of
the republicans at being thus "hoist by
their own petard" is as amusing as it is
natural.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
The Park Commis.ion 1nvs.t,xation,


The investigation of the charges against
Park Commissioners Martin and ODonohue
was concluded yesterday, and the Mayor,
in court parlance, "took the papers and re-
served his decision" He might as we'll have
dismissed the case at once as frivolous. One
Of the charges was that six clerks were re-
moved without cause" in violation Of the
intent Of the charter, and Colonel Steb-
bins, one OF the Park Commissioners not in
accord with his associates, disposed of this
by testifying that the employees in question
were dismissed because there were no funds
on hand to pay them-a very good and suffi-
cient reason, we should say. Another charge,
that the labor tickets were given to Alder
men, was met by Colonel Stebbins state
ment that they were given to deserving
men or any other reputable citizens, and
were not transferable. The Commissioners
were further charged with squandering the
public money, inasmuch as they nave con-
tinued to pay laborers two dollars q day
while other public departments were paying
one uOIluI anu AolIy CeAtS Luis was us
posed of by the evidence of the landscape
architect and others, which showed that
better class of laborers than the ordinary
day laborer was required on the Park works,
and that the men honestly earned all they
received. Mr. Martin in summing up his de-
fence suggested that the charges were
prompted by personal motives, and instigated
by Comptroller Green. Mr.. O'Donohue has
resigned from the commission, but his re-
tirement had no reference to these charges,
which are simply frivolous and will of course
he dismissed
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
II RIPPLE SH e e r
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER s, 1876.
NOTICE TO NEWSDEALERS And THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the action OF n portion OF tho carriers,
ncwsmcn and companies, who are dotcrmiDcd
that the public shall not havc tho HERALD at thrce
cents per copy II they prevent It, have made
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oil our readers at tho reduced price. Ncwsboys and
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at No. 1,265 broadway and No. Ann street, and
also from our wagons on the principal avenues. All
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KEEP CooL-We have been for some
weeks exhorting tho democrats to keep
cool and not allow the misfortunes
that threatened their party to lead them
into any acts Of lawlessness and vio-
ience. The appeal has not been without
its effect. The conservative, peaceful de-
meanor Of the leaders in Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida, under very trying cir
cumstances, and the wise counsel they have
given to their people have been very COM
mendable. We are now called upon to offer
similar advice to the republicans. If the
wheel of fortune seems to turn against them
they must keep their tempers. They must
trust to the strength of the law and the JUS
tIce of the American people to give them
their full rights. Threats against Governor
Grover and the Oregon State Canvassers and
electors and appeals to passion are unwise
and dangerous at this time. Let them take
pattern by Wade Hampton in South Caro-
lima and General Nichols in Louisiana in
counselling patience and forbearance, and
ell will be well.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. the ex-
ception of an upward movement in Lake
Shore and q downward movement in Illinois
Central the stock market was without fea-
ture- Gold opened at 108, fell to 107 So,
and closed at 107 81 Money on call loaned
way bonds were generally steady.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

terest how the ammunition consumed by the
one hundred and eighty-fve guns which
Secretary Chandler ordered fred in honor of
Hayes election will be officially accounted
for. 1t might go into deficiency bill under
the head OF ''Sedative powder for Uncle
Sam I"
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
The Extradition OF Criminals.

Our despatch from Washington fully ex-
plains the steps recently taken in England
in regard to the extradition of fugitive
criminals, and states accurately the respec-
tive attitudes of the two governments with
regard to this important subject. 1t will be
seen that the facts sustain the opinion we
expressed when it was first cabled, on the
authority of an English paper, that the re-
cent orders of arrest were issued under o
new treaty, hastily agreed upon by cable.
That statement was erroneous in every par
ticular. There is no new treaty !; but the
vitality of the old treaty is revived in the
fullest degree by the volition and act of the
British government, whose highest legal
officer explicitly declares that the ground
taken by England in its refusal to surrender
Winslow was untenable. This is hand
some triumph for our diplomacy, the more
handsome as it appears that Mr.. Fish's de-
spatch is accepted in England as having
demolished the objections urged to our
claims under the treaty. But if this is
triumph justly agreeable to our pride it
must be recognized that there is in the facts
quite as much for England to rejoice over as
for us. 1t is a moral victory of the highest
order when the authorities of great nation,
convinced that they have erred, have the
boldness, the confidence in the rectitude of
their intentions, to declare the truth and re-
trace their steps rather than to persist in q
wrong through an obstinate self-will or an
apprehension of narrow prejudices. 1t will
please the American people to know that our
government has now withdrawn its objec-
tions to the amendment of the treaty, and
that measures are already on foot to adapt it
to the views urged by the English author
tiles.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

LET Us HAVE PEAcE.-The calm and
conservative temper that prevailed in
the caucus of the democratic Congress
men at Washington yesterday is much
to be commended. Extreme measures
are never desirable while q peaceful solu-
tion of difficulties is possible. The propo-
sition of Mr.. Scott Lord to suspend action
on all matters relating to the Southern cleo
tions until the special committees shall
have reported and the House shall
be in possession of all the facts
was exceedingly wise. Equally discreet
was the position taken by the Southern
Representatives, who expressed themselves
strongly favorable to calmness and modera-
ton, while declaring their intention not to
take an active part in the discussions at this
time. The country needs rest from excite
ment and it will be well pleased if the time
intervening before the final action of Con-
gress on the electoral vote be spent in q
careful study of the constitutional provi-
sions the laws and practice relating thereto,
with an earnest desire on all sides to arrive
at just and harmonious decision.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

could not be cleared at all in the case of
fire. Additional information will be afforded
the reader by the diagrams of some OF the
principal theatres which we print to-day,
showing the relative position of the stage
and auditorium and the means Of exit.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

The ENFORCED DECAY of our merchant
marine provoked sharp comment in report
to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday but
the subject is one to which language is
utterly inadequate. A great nation whose
laws compel it to refrain both from building
ships and buying them is in condition Of
abiect humiliation.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
Latest Aspects OF tho Fire

The horrors of the Brooklyn tragedy in
crease rather than abate Twenty-one ad-
ditional bodies were found yesterday, and
the agonies of the bereaved were even
more than matched by those of hundreds
Of persons who feared that missing friends
had been in the fateful building. The Cor
oner is pressing his inquiries as to whether
the terrible loss of life was due to insufi-
cient means Of egress or to the natural re-
suits Of panic, but nothing that he can
elicit will hide the fatal first cause,
which consisted simply of unprotected
lights That at least one unavoidable acci-
dent greatly increased the loss of life is
proved by the testimony of the gallant
policeman Wessman, who found that lady
who had fallen, and over whom others
stumbled and fell, caused an obstruction
which detained many at time during
which even seconds were precious. The
testimony of the architect, a man of large
experience in theatre building, shows that
the modes Of egress were numerous, but
many OF them were utterly unknown to any
one but the attaches of the theatre, and
passable stage. Of fire escapes proper the
theatre was entirely destitute. This fact
should be kept before the people until every
theatre is compelled to keep ample contri-
vances of this sort ready for immediate use
in case of alarm. 1t is quite certain that, had
every one in the audience possessed the
speed of the swiftest horse, and had each
person predetermined course to be taken
upon exit, not all the people could
have escaped suffocation. TO the question
as to how much asphyxia or suffocation had
to do with the loss Of life the only possible
answer is that its influence was enormous.
Officer Wessman says that though he was in
the smoke but a minute he was nearly
strangled, and the result could not possibly
have been otherwise. The combustion of
many great ''fies," heavy with oil, and con-
tanning some mineral pigments which are
as poisonous when volatilized by heat rs
when in their organic condition, gave the
smoke deadly volume and peculiarly
fatal influence. From this very fact, how
ever, those who lost friends by the fire may
derive q certain amount of consolation.
The supposition that the doomed men and
women suffered at all from the flames
is entirely groundless it is absolutely GER
tain that they were suffocated long before
the fire reached them, and the effect of this
form Of suffocaton is to reduce the victim to
inconsistencies long before life is extinct,
although the duration of life itself under
such circumstances never exceeds five min
utes There has already been terrible
amount of needless suffering on account of
ignorance of these facts, and the TRUTH as we
have stated it, cannot be too widely circu-
lated among those who, either through the
loss Of dear ones or from sympathy with the
bereaved, have been in unnecessary mental
torture over the thought of the last moments
of the lost.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

UNCLE SANS PowDER.-By reason of an
oversight, or, perhaps, because of demo-
cratic malice, Congress made no appropria-
ton at the last session for the celebration of
republican victory in the Electoral College,
and it, therefore, becomes Q question Of in
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

THE BILL introduced in the House yester-
day to quiet land grant claims in California
refers probably to the old Spanish grants.
If Congress cannot quiet these the only hope
of the present occupants is in an industri-
Gus, comprehensive earthquake or tidal
wave. for neither the law, the tongue nor
the pistol have ever been able to decide in
whom the titles to these lands are vested.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

ALDERMAN Cole objects to the payment of
the attaches of the late Board of Canvassers
on the ground that some of them discharged
no duties whatever. 'If this is the thing
that is going to obtain" what inducement is
there for any one to 60 into politics at all?
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

CAPTAIN GR1NDLE, the story of whose in
humanity to some of his seamen Mortified
the country few weeks ago, is denied a
new trial Brutality is already fashionable
enough on shipboard and needs no encour-
apement from the courts
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeather to-day ,cW be slightly colder
and partly cloudy or cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

A RESOLUTION to decide upon the proper
method of canvassing the electoral vote was
adopted in the House yesterday. 1t should
have been done nt least fifty years ago.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


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NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
ESCAPED FROM SING SING. atsr.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
GRABBED AGE, at +. N.
BOOTHS THEATRE.
KING LEAR. at s =. NJ. Lawrence Barrett
~ vo,S,cur;Ess.I GEeNANIA THEATRE
LyCEUM THEATRE.
KING RICHARD H., at r. NJ. Edwin Booth
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STEINwAY HALL
CONCERT Nine. EsspoG.
GII.MORE'S GARDEN
BARNuM's CIRCUS AND MENAGERiE. a. l and P. NJ.
VARIETY ;. spTToLi TIyoLi THEATRE.
VARIETY, nsp SAcIE "a THEATRE.
SAN FRANCISCO MINISTERIAL
KELLY 4 LIONS MINsrRELs.
PREsTIDIGITATEUR. atsP NJ.
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE
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OLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY AND DRAMA. at Z 10 r. NJ
TONY PASTORS THEATRE
VARIETY, at & r. NJ. Matinee at . r. NJ.
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY. atsP.M.
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES,
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
HESPIONNE FRANGA1SE.
GEOLOGICAL GARDEN.
KIRALFY'S ALEXANDRA PALACE.
AZURINE; OR, A VOYAGE TO THE EARTH.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

The WEATHER area of low pressure
is now central at the mouth of the St Law
renee, with a slowly rising barometer and
falling temperature westward. At Fort
Garry, Pembina and Breckenridge the ther-
mometer registered last evening below zero,
and snow has fallen at Saugeen, Toledo,
Erie, Buffalo and Port Huron. and rain at
Saginaw, Alpena and in Dakota. The high
est pressure is now in the South Atlantic
ms far north as Portland, Me. Cloudy
weather prevails in the Southwest West and
in the lake region. The weather in New
York to-day will be partly cloudy or cloudy
and slightly colder.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08
A Futile Movement.

Mr.. Howe introduced q bill in the Senate
yesterday declaring it felony punishable
on conviction with minimum fine and i'm
prisonment of ten thousand dollars and ten
years for any person who shall do any act
pertaining to the Office of IN elector for
President and Vice President of the United
States without having been duly appointed
to act as such elector in accordance with the
laws of his State, or for any person to carry
to Washington or deliver to the President
Of the Senate return of votes for President
and Vice President certified by persons not
duly appointed to act as electors. We are
glad to see Mr. Howe moving in the direc-
The country has seen enough recently to
admit the necessity of some provisions diff
ferent from those that now prevail in re-
gard to scrutinies, revisions and counts
in q Presidential election. Still, we
doubt the sufficiency or expediency Of the
bill prepared by Mr.. Howe. 1t seems to
have been drawn in haste-possibly in the
excitement of anger-and scarcely reaches
far enough to cure existing evils. If in
tended to affect the present situation it
would prove valueless and be embarrassing
to both political parties. There have been
serious complications in regard to the cleo
toral votes in several States. Mr.. Howe and
his party have held firmly to the doctrine
that the returning or canvassing boards are
supreme, even over the State courts, in de-
claring what electors have been duly ap-
pointed; that the electors bearing the GER
the judgment of the said boards, alone are
qualified to cast the Presidential vote; that
the duty of the President of the Senate is
ministerial only; that the returns to be
opened by him in the presence of the
two houses of Congress and counted
can be only the returns signed by
the electors bearing the certificate and seal
of the Governor of their State, and that no
power exists of going behind those duly
certified returns. Others entertain differ
ent opinion and in some instances, believ-
ing, no doubt, in the justice and legality of
their action, have made preparations to try
the issue by sending on to Washington con-
testing returns. This is notably the case in
Louisiana, where the democratic electors
have met and voted for Tilden on the certif-
cate of McEnery, who they pretend to re-
gard as Governor, and in Oregon, where
the republican electors have met with
out any certificate either of Returning
Board or Governor. and cast their
votes for Hayes In both these cases
the irregular electors, no doubt. believe hon.
estly that they are right, and it would
scarcely be just to hold them to be felons
when they intend no criminal act But then
it is scarcely worth while to argue the case,
as it is certain that Mr.. Howes bill will not
pass the democratic House Of Representatives,
and cannot, therefore, become law.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

THE REPORT of the prominent republicans
that the President requested to 60 to Lou
isiana, was, of course, unofficial and out of
place in the Senate yesterday. and the re-
fusa! of the democrats to add their own tes-
timony to that of their opponents was ex-
tremely impolitic; so each side had ample
excuse for complaint without being able to
undo its own blunders.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

CONFESSION will become extremely popu.
lar among wrong doers if the case of Police
Sergeant Miller is accepted as precedent.
The New York herald., 1876-12-08

WALLACE'S THEATRE
at 4 4. VI.
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Sem uxIrED STATES from New York for south Norvsk
loaded with hsh. ashore kegrc Island, n the
storm Of March 2S She lies high dry the beach ana
the cargo being transported the me vcsoi -
not damaged and will be gotten Oh soon-
AMERICAN LLoYDs REGISTER AND TELEcRaPHIc SIGNAL
supplement- for March, and notice In Its columns many spe
cia mealling and corrections also signal numbers
making IL valuable number
BATH. April I-Schr Margaret 4 Lucy reported ashore
yesterday afternoon miles below this city on ON the
Hood tide. without asssstsnce and without damage
Bosrox. April 3-Schr Josephine from PASSPORT for Var
mouth Ms reported ashore Tne cargo Is insured but the
vessel 10 not.
CHARLESTON. April l-capt John Finn. officers and
steamer Clarendon The Planter Is becoming too
ured TO be repaired she lies bad position the
beach Of Cape k0main with her bow In water The
bow IL considerably strained and forced Part OF the
material Of the steamer has been placed Shore and the
tied weather The Clzrend also brought
lot Of rigging IRON the schr Carrie Melvin. ashore
the Cape.
HIGHLAND Light. Cape Cod April 3-Passng by, steam
tug Fannie Sprague with the schr White Boston,
In tow the latter having been In collision and lost her bow
spr aud hcadgesr large hole stove In hsr side for
ward. and she leaking badly
Steamer Allentown. from phadeIphis for Boston. fell In
with unknown schooner OF the Cape this morning with
headgear She her In and attempted TO get
her into povncetown hxrbo but the schooner put
ashore Long Point probably her from sinking
Ia later report gives this the Nekerson and
doubtless she collision with the White swan The
Is bouna from Boston 10 Philadelphia
NEwnERx NC. April lat the sale Of saved and
wrecked material from schr Lotc Lee last week. the whole
amount brought 1900
VINEYARD HAVEN. April 3-Brg Matte Russell! has dis.
charged her aud sailed this morning In tow for New
Bedford for
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MARITIME MISCELLANY

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lasted % hours obliged TO carry heavy Of all
in order drag OF shores since that time have had variable
wind and weather.
Scum LIZZIE HICKMAN from Phiiadelphis for ssvan-
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IS q 1ea ody isiaad during which heavy sea Knocked
her her be amends In er forward cabin door aud
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sold March ~ BY the Court OF Wee Admiralty for fo5
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pairs having been ashore was dcharging March "a
Tor further survey.
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