The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-08-04
MIDNIGHT

there was Such noise by the crowd tha,
the Ginning of the bells lost its effect and
the singing of the eight hundred members
Of the German choral societies was ull-
heard. People stood packed around the
four sides of the squares. which were filled
i'll the center with military /; and from the
four angles bombartlment OF fireworks
was kept up for an hour that made the
place little less than hell to the sight.
Rhere were the aceompanimentS OF women
tainting. and piekpockets making organized
rushes to drive people into the corners
where they could work them better. while
the cannon rockets. which seem the f;iyorite
pyrotechnic this year, dulled the boom of
ordnance from the North and East rivers
One wondered how the children stood il.
for there were hundreds of babies in arms
whose mothers could not stay at home and
lose the sight. Next day, Broadway was
quieter than ever was of a Sunday, tor
all were tired out. AT evening, a beauti-
full sight fromthe Battery finished the day.
with stroke ofnatIrral glory. Heavy clouds
gathered in the west, betokening storm,
but as the first gun was fired at sunset, the
light broke Though, aud the arch of cloud
shone an arch OF glory, under which rolled
the smoke and thunder of salute from forts
and ships down the harbor and up river,
answering and echoing-f1tting close of
such day. and fitting honor to the mem
ories 1t celebrated.
The casualty list was very small consid-
erii,g the vast number on the streets, and
every where else, engaged in the exploding
ofcombustibles. Occasionally boy would
get bullet IN his pistol, and that bullet
would kill or MAIN somebody occasionally
a girls clothes would take fire from sparks.
.and she would burn to death, a few build
iugs were barnedi, and al occasional
pyrotechnist was blown up With his own
dynamite. But. after ri. tie accidents
were comparatively few, andIthe city has
reason to congratulate itself, The day, or
days, rather, passed off comfortably, all
things considered.
ONE REFORM INCIDENT.
Two years ago the "Reformers'' who are
now supporting Tilden appropriated $780,
GOO to improve iPompkins Square One
year ago $4,000 more was appropriated
making 10 all $130.000 What was done
with it? Tompkins Square is to day
dust pile, with no pretence ofgrass, foun-
tains or anything else. The $3.50. 900 were
stolen BY Tildeu's s.Reformersp, the same
as Il million of dollars were stolen before.
If the Republicans outside of the city could
only know what set of thieves the RE
formers, who went to st. Lons really are.
they would work day and night for their
defeat.
THE CHURdmEs
are, like the business houses, in state of
suspension, during the hot weather. The
pastors are all off in the country, or down
by the sea-sitle.I taking the rest that some
of them have earned. Henry Ward Beecher
spends his vacation in the White Mount
aims. Hepworth goes down re the sea,
while Tying, proposes to fight it out all
summer in his gospel tent, uptown. BY
the way this idea of Tyng's is good one.
He noticed that the sinners did not 60 TO
The Hippodron1e, last winter, that only
the piolls were there. As the sinners weuld
not come to Tying, Tying proposed to go
to sinners. So he goes uptown right IN
the midst of them, and lie erects an inn
mense tent, something like circus tent
ne had his skiranfsliers going about pulling
them i'm, and be breaches there constantly.
He is doing good work. The hardened
reprobates of the worst part of the city are
brought under gospel influences and very
many ofthem have been induced to lead
better lives. Tying ia hearty supporter
of Peter Dwyer and Jerry McAuley, who
are hard at work among the lowest people
of the downtown part of the city. He is
ali honest, eloquent, conscientious worker
for good, and deserves all the good things
that are said of him, PlETRo.