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The New York herald., 1876-09-21
POPULAR ALARM ovER THE ANTICIPATED
SHOCK.


The popular feeling regards the anticipated shosk
bf the monster explosion OF mingled curiosity
and indennabc dread the side and calm IN
difference and confidence In the safety Of tho
experiment the other But 1t be that tho
Indifference and confidence OF those who implicitly
trust and 10 General Newton increases
In the exact ratio OF their remotcncss from
the scene of tho explosion. of course, II
people all engineers and had scientific
minds trained TO the precise scope and Of tho
work OF subaqueous explosion they would all laugh
al the aarmists as gayly Us General Newton does
They not all scientists, however, among the people
are men who are nervous; are hysterlcal. tmid
women; arc various young maidcns whose lrst
thoughts are that their beloved may nRer within
,ho vicinity OF He'll Gate and
nKAvRSwARD
the angels. We are not all heroes or stoics and
although II may be s.all right" aud 'ali safe"
and beautifully managed and admirably arranged
II undoubtedly has been by General New
ton and his able and vgilant coajutors-n
the work, yet the drcaI possibility that something
"may" happen that there smay' be some slip In tho
programme, somo accident which nobody could lore
see, which may blow you up while you in bed
tenderly making love to your sweethearwll be very
apt to make your blood run cold for a moment. and to
cause visible thrill OF alarm TO pnss through your
that the principal agency the explosion tho terri
bic dynamite OF 1homasscn memory has contributed to
tnis feeling oil alarm among large portion of the poo
pie living in Astoria, Rsvenswood ana tho contiguous
localities the district Of New York lying
them. Most people had never heard oi dynamite until
Thomasssn's awful exploit
skxr snrpDER op HORROR
through the world. The very word dynamite has a
dread sound for them, and wien they hear of vast
quantities OF tho death-brnging explosive stored IN
their close proximity-tboussnds and thousands Of
poundsit is aoi very surprising, after ALL that the
among them should not ieciquilc as easy
rs they would like ieeL
tour OF Inspection through Astoria and contiguous
localities yesterday afternoon showed curious frame
)f the pubic MUD. Many laughed at any
lint or question TO possible dangers; Others
csted anu iut OF reporter with sOr,c
humorous. oh-hand saliyi but tnis was certain, the,
ali thought aboct the explosion, Their inihch
ercsed ABOUT and la many tuscs their mask ui Hs
bumed Indifference made the rel nervousness Wal,
they Drsvely trscd 10 concca MA tLc more srsesuuc
The New York herald., 1876-09-21
BOND STREET SAVINGS BANK.

Yesterday morning the Bond Street Savings Bank
closed, the trustees having determined TO give
business and pay the deposlors in foil Owing to tho
steady withdrawal OF deposits they concluded that 1t
expedient to wind up their affairs and mako u
settlement while 1t was IN their power TO do SO. On
September 8 meeting called and the condition
OF the institution investigated. II was found that
during the past year and the failure OF the Third
Avenue Bank one third Of the deposits have been
withdrawn, aud that this withdrawal Is steadily
gong to such extent 10 Indicate
lack OF confidence on The part OF depostors ana tho
public generally In view OF these facts they deem II
Of prudence that receiver DC appointed To close
up the affairs OF the bank aud they have passed
lutIuns to that effect
Among the assets are items Of real estate amounting
TO $500 900 round numbers. To this prop
eriy into moneys at iar prices will require time aud
thus prevent the bunk from gong into voluntary
liquidation and paying oir its depostors on demand
Resolutions explaining ther reasons Tor closing
unanimously adopted at The meeting Of The trustees
September 3 and forwarded to the superintendent Of
the Banking Department, who has given leave to the
Attorney General TO dissolve the corporation and wind
up its Affairs The following statement OF the
banks condition at tho time OF cosng:-
The New York herald., 1876-09-21

Measures are at last being taken by tho jersey City
authorities to require the Pennsylvana Railroad Con-
pany TO fence IN the tracks wherever they run on
level with The street within the city limits The act
to regulate tho passage 0t railroad trains requires mat
where trains restricted ~ rate OF speed within
the inits oi any CITY the tracks shall be securely
lOnSed
The New York herald., 1876-09-21
THE WRONG NUMBER.

To EpIroR TnE HERALp:-
Your reporter inadvertently made mistake to-day
In describing raid wost Fourth street. by stating
that IT WIS NJ No. 20 instead OF No SO. As do bus
at the former number would thank you To make
tins correction u. IL HUBER
lkzR
The New York herald., 1876-09-21

SYMPATHY yoR THR SUFFERERS IN WASH
IN0roN
WAsHISGroS, Sept 90 1874
meeting was held at Lincoln Hall last night TO
press sympathy for the yellow fever sufferers In Savan-
nah and devise for extending aid to that city
Communications read rendering facilities for the
free transportation OF medicines provisions and other
supplies assigned for tho people Of savannah during
the continuance OF the present epidemic. commit
was appointed solicit subscription and resolu
ton adopted requesting the pastors OF the various
churches OF the city " call the attention OF their
pie 10 tho matter
The New York herald., 1876-09-21

1t will DO tnat prices Tor lump steamboat CRATE
and egg advanced the last SALE while chest
nut the coal generally reta:lcd by tho Pennsylva.a
company to poor people, has declined. This would
10 ncicate that tue PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company
propose to control the wholesale market and keep up
prices, while depressing in their own interests the retail
markell The company, It is claimei, does an immense
business In retailing their chestnut coal from depos
IN New York, Jersey City, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Hunters Point and all the adjacent towns whero,
through their dummies they have cndcavored TO con-
troll tho retail market A suspicious TACT connected
win yesterdays sales Is SAID to be that one Of The
heaviest buyers whose bid always received by Mr.
Draper with consideration, was formerly an atuche oi
the company aud has almost monopoly OF Pits
ton coal He occupied front place at the sale, and
legitimate buyers had exercise their lungs TO have
their bids recorded against him. The Stockholders
might prontabIy inquire into the gcnuneness OF hi
purchases
Before the sale II had been given out In 'he street,
tbh this sale would 'sct' tho wholesale prices Tor the
winter This Is not likely to be the after the
iatous of yesterdays saie lf the saos wore iegitk
maic ones why should MIR. Hoyt object TO give he
press representatives access to the books, with the
names OF the buyersy On tho 9th INST " Is under
stood the Delaware and Lackawanna and tho Delaware
aud Hudson Canal companies will have similar sales,
and not until then will prices be hxcd. Consumers
may avoid these sales before laying
their winters supply.
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49,.
The amount has been forwarded to Mr. George L.
Cope. Treasurer Savannah Benevolent Association
Yours respectfully,
PALMER e. DEPPISH. Savannah. Ca
s. H. Eckman, OF No. Thomas street, acknowledges
the receipt OF tho following contributions TO the
The New York herald., 1876-09-21
JOHN j. MACkLIN,
EUGENE II. rONER0Y,
y. J. HOPKINS. Trustees.
j. q. ALSTON,
NJ IiI. sSENCEp

Commissioner Dowd chairman OF the Finance CON-
mittce presented the budget OF estimates for .thc
suing year, which ordered to be printed A
special meeting OF the Board Will be held Wednes
day ening to consider H. The aggregate Is
$3yss. 352 To cover The expense Of building
which the enforcement o! the Compulsory Education
act requires 100000 Is inserted. The required
Tor the payment OF salaries OF the teachers and nors
are cd this estimate $685. 00U. the present
rate OF expenditure for tue ward schools and the
Normal Z )eee slightly exceeds the estimate made Tor
the present ycar, while the new schools established in
the Nineteenth aud rwenty.ourth wards and some
other will add materially to the present cost
The following some OF the principal toals:-Work
shops wages aud materials 900; incidental expenses
current repairs SGO000 supplies and repairs to
Normal College, $4,000; evening schools Tor
incidental repairs, $1,000; coiorcd schools, re-
pairs, &c. $1,000; Board OF Education. In
cidcntal expenses, $50 600; Compulsory Act en-
forccment, SIS, COO Total salaries, So .so,752
Books and general supplies Tor schools $685. C00 fuel
$50, 900; gas SIG, 300; rents ior school premises
500. panos, 5000; support OF nautical school,
SO 900; corporate schools tact OF Legislaturc)
$780, 900; Purchasing leasing, procuring sites and
erecting buildings and furnishing, $@9l, GOO; building
Tor uuant children, 800, 600
Tho Board adjourned to meet on wednesday next
The New York herald., 1876-09-21
YELLOW FEVER.
Increase OF the Mortality in
Savannah.
THIRTY-SIX BURIALS YESTERDAY.
Practical Aid Extended 10 the Sufferers by
Washington CitizfnI
NEW YORK'S CONTRIBUTIONS.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept 20, 1870
The total number Of intermcuts to-day was forty.
five, OF which thrtysix from yellow fever This
Is nine moro deaths from than any previous
day. Tho epidemic Is Increasing In violence and
fatality.
The New York herald., 1876-09-21

trade and othors for the following liberal contributors
for the sick and the destitute OF Savannah, Ca =
The New York herald., 1876-09-21
FENCE THE TRACKS.

Amount due depositors. 81,
National Republican., 1876-12-18

movement he has made In caucus, In every
utterance he has given In conversation on the
crisis, unmistakable evidence Is given that
the policy adopted by the Democracy is to
rule or ruin. When ex-Congressman Julian,
influenced with party zeal and stimu-
lated by the aromatized Bourbon brewed,
perhaps, by the Kentucky gods, proclaimed
to the people of Indiana that Tilden was
elected and they must husband pluck
enough to inaugurate him, he, became an
other witness in the case te prove that force
was the ruling passion of the Democracy In
this grave and important juncture IN our
nations history. When Thomas A. Hen
bricks sat by and applauded the sentiments OF
this bombastic and insurrectionary speech
and smiled and said Il wss good, he too rem
dersd evidence againsta peaceful solution OF
the great problem OF the day ard IN fsyor, OF
the programme of force outlined BY 4r.
Tilden and adopted by Mr.. Randall and his
friends In the House. When EAbram 3.
Hewitt sent forth his manifesto, which was
only an abortion of the proposed pro,sanesa-
naento, he ana those who aided and abetted
him in It's promulgatiorsslso contributed ad-
ditional evidence of the Bourbon intrigue
against the liberties or the people bequeathed
to them by the Constitution. When Samuel
]. Randall in the face Of the action Of the
Senate decided the joint rules In force, It was
simply prosecuting the plan of revolution
laid down by Mr.. Tilden and which is to be
carried out to the bitter end regardless OF
the consequences to the country. This Is the
true policy Of the Democracy now, and II can
only be thwarted by 9 determination on the
part of the loyal element North and seutn 70
uphold the law, secure the triumph Oh
right and accomplish the Inauguration of
National Republican., 1876-12-18
Shocking Court Scene at q Murder
Obi. .r Trial. "s

French crime is, after all, the coarsest In the
world. One Of the murder cases tried at the re-
cent assizes Of Ille-et- Vfane brought to the bar
Penhouet and his daughter JEANNE, the wife Of
LORE, the murdered man.. The father and daugh-
ter first tried to poison Lorre but, as they failed
in their attempt, Penhouet shot him in wood.
There were several shocking scenes in court. At
one moment the prisoner, JEANNE, jumped up and
said to her father: "You are the assassini You
know it! Have you not the heart to confess 1t, II
merely for the sake Of my three children? Oh, "
Icould get at you would strangle you-wrs.eh
and murderer" To this Penhouet replica: ''O1,
my daughter, my daughterr" and fsisned tears.
"rhere is no daughter hereT exclaimed the
young woman; s.you, are the assassin, and God
will Judge YOU, monster and coward that you are.n
The examination of the poor wife Of Penhouet
was most hsartrending; she wept bitterly, and,
addrsseing. her vile husband, said: Jean, thou
+ art wretch 1t was thou that killed him! Thon
well deservest ,deathi Thou hast dishonored
Jeanne; thou hast made my life martyrdom;
thou art the at thor of all our shame and misery!
Thou hast reduce1 mo and my children to mon
dicityl I curse thee; I curse thee.' The pris-
oner asked the Judge to allow him to kiss his
wife, "Never, neverln exclaimed this woman;
"thou art too vile wretch and murdererr' PEN
houet was condemned to death, and Jeanne to
hard labor for life On being conducted back to
prison the two culprits INDUCED In the most
shocking language, and Jeanne asked as favor
to be allowed to see her father executed. So
National Republican., 1876-12-18
POLITICAL.

Abe He witt hasinterviewed Rss
Wade Hampton finds Chamberlain . hard road
to travel.
The i Indians .7 % call Uncle Sammy Goldman
The average political mortality seems to be
two Democratic lies day.
Gov Hendricks is still silent on the proposition
to compromise on Tilden and Wheeler. His feel
ings are probably too deep for uttersnce.
Speaker Randall is working like hero to get
the life back into that twenty-second joint rule.
A galvanie battery might help him some-noth-
ing else will.
President Grant appears to be about the most
interesting person to talk to the fnterviewers
have Lit upon for some time. The more the Demo
Gratis hear him talk, the more they wish they had
And now they say that Miss Carrie Gwln,
daughter Of "Duke Gwin, Uncle Semmy's chief
Gsetotum in running his Presidential reform ma,
Sammy goes there, vice Miss Morse, declined.
Bully for Sammy, Gwin and win. Or, in the voice
of prophecy, "Gwin and bear It.
They are not dead. they have not yet outiived
their usefulness. The Democracy proposes o
grand system Of mass meetings Throughout the
unemployed stump speaker prick up his ears.
The banner and Transparency men are reflling
torehlfshts, and the faithful viii be found I with
VIII be the same old speech. Yon know IT. You
deck" 1t will be the "Crisisn The crisis has
arrived. The crisis does arrive every four years.
Our fathers told US how the crisis had surely
come in the good old 1s40 Hard Older and Log
Cabin of ''Tippecanoe and Ty Ter too" Now It is
here again. Only this 10 an anti-crisis. The crisis
for the party is good thing. Every party should
have crisis. After election It should Sc put in
pickle or kept on ice ready for instant use. We
cannot live without ready y-made crisis 1t Ia
our political father and mother.-Graphic.
s5ai of Florida and member d the Returning
Board, seems to be an uncertain and irascible
sort Of o person. Before the Returning Board
met he sent telegram North announcing with
unnecessary vigor that he was Democrat Of the
| bluest sort, and that his party could depend
| on him. This dispatch called out . protest
against bis acting on the board, and he has writ
ten letter walking into" the protester, fol.
| follows: .sThe elector by whom the objection TO
my acting as State canvasser was made Is o mu-
latto Of the decided negro grade. He was put on
the Radical electoral ticket to please the party
| because they knew that Pearce, the elector, had
| the charming and enticing Recommendation OF
| Supreme Court Of Florida sustained the action
| Of the Circuit Court, in which Pearce was con.
| victed, and then Pardoning Board Of full Radi
cal proclivities pardoned him. Stearns, the pres
| emit Governor, striving now to be made Governor
| again, appointed him to lucrative State ONCE
Then the Honorable Excellency NJ. L. Stearni
exhibited his fondness for crimes, criminals and
convicts; If he Is to be excused 1t Is account oil
his natural procivity for crime and his irresistible
/ love for criminals. Pearce Is fair specimen oi
! tine Republican party South. The record oi
/ Pearces crime will be found IN the 14th volume
| Florida Reports, reported by myselfr
National Republican., 1876-12-18
ana tb. raw ror.a

The Democratic party in this peculiar crisis
seems determined to recognize only the law of
force. From the day the Electoral Colleges
met and the final votes were cast The Bourbon
Mortimer took course which shows de-
Termination on their part to thwart the result
of the election secured by Constitutional and
legal methods. Their policy is to try diplo-
macy, and IL that fails then resort to force.
The first step in this direction was the cleo
lion Of Samuel ]. Randall to the speakership
of the House. This was done by the avowed
agents of Mr.. Tlden for the purpose of fur
thering their scheme to seize the Presidency
at all hazards. He was made gavel-sli nser
because he is q bold and unserupulous parti
san, and will not, where the party needs de-
mand Il, shrink from ignoring the obligations
which surround him in disehsrging the duties
of bis high and responsible trust. In every
act OF his speakership's existence, in every
National Republican., 1876-12-18
South Carolina Election.

The means resorted to by the Democrats to
carry the Fourth South Carolina Congress
sional district were about on q par with those
employed by Lamar and Fort Pillow Chal-
mers in Mississippi. In the recent contest in
South Carolina there were upward of twenty
thousand more Democratic votes cast than
there are voters in the State, and in Col. Wal
lace's district there were upward of seven
thousand more votes polled than had been re-
corded in any previous election since recon-
struction. This was accomplished by ballot
box stufing, repeating and the wholesale i'm
portation of voters from Georgia and North
Carolina. Had 1t not been for these means,
Col. Wallace would not only have been tri-
umphantly reelected to Congress, but Hayes
would have carried South Carolina by ma
jority of thousands instead of hundreds of
votes. These matters need investigation.
National Republican., 1876-12-18
A Dear Turkey.

The most expensive dinner served on Thanks
giving Day was eaten at San Francisco, If the
ingenious Eers-Lefter be yeracious. A rich citi-
zen, who had made q fortune as poultry dealer,
wished to send dne Turkey to his daughter and
her young husband, and at the same time inclose
. little souvenir. He placed certificate Of one
hundred shares Of Consolidated Virginia mining
stock In 9 rich morocco pockstbook, hiding his
gift inside the royal bird, near the heart. As he
Joined the young couple at dinner there was .
merry twinkle In his eye Grace was said, and
the keen carving knife cleft the breast of the
fowl. alt tastes . little leathsry,' remarked the
young wife. sCut deeper" responded the fond
parent. They cut and cut until the last vestigs
Of the stuffne. which smelt like Q collection Of
elegantly bound books, was removed. There lay
band had dissolved, and IL opened wfthSthe
heat the sweet juices of the turkey had little by
littie reduced the crisp certificate to boiled pulp.
With 0 loud Shrek the father fell under the
table. He had forgotten to take the number Of
the certificate, and they had been eating turkey
worth OO0
National Republican., 1876-12-18
Forefen Notes.

Gen. Diemont is to take chief command of the
Netherland forces in Atchin, thereby suppressed
ing Gen. Wiggers Won Kerchem.
The Caucasus is in winter the Florida of Russia,
and Tiis Is Its chief centre for frozen-out fash,
ionables from st. Petersburg. The young men
val with balls, opera bouffe, champagne and mar.
pective glories Of war.
The recently, published judicial statistics Of
suicides had reached the unprecedented number
Of 6,e17. OF these 4, ASS were males and 11S2 fe-
old. As usual, the suicides were more % numerous
in spring and summer than in autumn or winter.
DR.. Harry Spry, Of the East India Company,
speaking of the graceful carriage Of Hindoo
vessels Of water on the head without using the
hands to balance might be introduced advantage.
onsly into GSar6ia schools and private families
machinery Of dumb-bells, calisthenics, skipping
ropes, &c.
An indignation meeting of rate-payers was re.
that man. well-to-do but parsmonious parents
send their children TO the board schools In order
to save shilling or two monthly. Complaint
public hospitals, where thousands obtained gra-
tuitous medical relief who could well afford to
pay for 1t. Probably London does not stand alone
In this matter.
A naval court martial ut Plymouth, England
has Just sentenced Oapt. Pollard, of the screw
corvette Tenedos, to be dismissed his ship for
South Carolina, whereby she was placed In
danger Of being stranded on rock. 1t was
proved that the vessel was run between huge
rock. eighty feet high, and the land. She passed
within forty yards Of the rock, while the shore
was only 800 yards distant, and had IL not been
| for the vigilance Of Lieut.. Graham and the
boatswain's mate the Tenedos would have struck
the rock.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coxeter, aged 102, has Just died
l at Newbury, England, In one of King Johns
| alms- houses. In her last illness her daughter
| aged 90, watched over her. Mrs. Coxeter was
born on the LIST of February, 1775, and when girl
| II years Of age heard John Wesley preach at
| Whitney. She married on the 5th Of December
| 1872, her husband being Mr.. Ooxeter, the mer.
| chant who, on behalf Of Sir ]. Throgmorton
| Bart, undertook and carried out the remarkable
feat, on the 25th of June, 1sl1, of manufacturing
wool into cloth and making q coat for Sir. J.
| Throgmorton's use between the hours Of sunrise
| and sunset. This event occurred at Greenham
| Mills, Newbury, and the achievement was cole.
brated by rejoicings in which 5000 persons par
/ ticipated. The old lady retained her mental fac
ulties until quite recently and on her Tooth birth
| day she repeated the Old Hundreth Psalm ID
| several members Of her family.
National Republican., 1876-12-18
yiye In RepubIique.

A prominent leader of the Democratic party
said yesterday, in private conversation, that
the Senate would undoubtedly elect Hayes,
and that he would be inaugurated in WASH
ington under the protection of the army, and
that the Democratic House would elect Tilden
and appeal to the country to sustain them in
inaugurating him. This is certainly an un-
propitious prophecy. The country cannot
afford two Presidents or to be Mexicanized
by the Vaccinations of political intriguers.
The plan to inaugurate two Presidents must
be destroyed. The Senate under the Consti-
tuition has the right to count the vote. The
man whom the President of the Senate an
nounces as having been elected must be inau-
gurated. A movement looking to the inaugu-
ration of any other man must be crushed BY
the strong arm of the Government. This is
the only way the Republic can live. Vivs la
Rcpabic!