The New York herald., 1876-07-10
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON. July ., 1879
THE WARM WEATHER IN wAsHIxoroN-No
RECOLLECTION OF THE LIKE BY AN AGED
oxSTLEMAN-How OUR LAW MAKERS AND
oTHRR OFFICIALS TRY TO KEEP COOL
The heat again intense to-day and felt in
every quarter. Even though Sunday, as 1t was, most
people gave themselves to rest and quiet Many
Of the horses on the Pennsylvania avenue line and
those drawing the line Of chariots gave and
incapsc:tatsd for the time being, even II not
permanently disabled II Is . curious illustration
Of the great heat that In several places tho street
rails became expanded 90 10 rise up in curved
outline drawing boits and rs the them
tho passage somewhat similar TO crossing the fur
rows OF q ploughed Geld. In one Instance the rail
burst aw.y bolts and left the track entirely
visit to the Weather Bureau, which Is on high,
cool spot ordinarily, and where the probabilities
reckoned up elected the fact that the thermometer,
perfectly isolated from all surrounding objects aud
FREQ from the radiation Of the solar heat we'll
OF the hot Dricks registered altitude Of ninety
seven degrees, while In many other places not SO
favored the line OF Pennsylvania avenue maxi
mum OF 103 degrees was reached gentleman eighty
years OF age and Of the oldest inhabitants here has
no recollection of any sucn protracted spell OF hot
weather. He acknowledges having experienced
equally as trying an intensity OF heat for lew days
or week. but 1t is recalled, by those observing the
unequalled duration OF present term. that
menced u few days before the Cincinnati Convention
about the 10th Of June and has continued steadily
until the present moment hardly without interruption
for nearly month. The gentleman just referred to
reiterates he recalls, during his whole lifetime
such continued oppressive weather and unbroken
heat Around the hotels be seen persons
OF oil grades in public lie, from Senators
Representatives, sitting far out into tho after
night all to catch chance current OF air, and
William Tecumseh Sherman, the General OF the Army,
and his stan, can be counted among them The Pres
ident and some Senators like Conking, who know
thing two ride out In the evening and by locomoton
ges breeze which they otherwise would not Invads
and infants have suffered especially. and strong
the category Of those who succumb to the ter
rbly depressing influence of the torrid temperature
SECRETARY CHANDLER ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN coxMITTKE-DE-
TAILS OF ELECTION.
Secretary Chandler, OF Michigan, elected ycster.
day chairman of the National Republican Committee
the second ballot by vote OF Unnecessary a choice
% The only candidates of prominence nominated
were Messrs Noycs and Cornell On the Arst ballot
Chandler received % and the remainder divided
nearly equally between Noyes and Cornell one vote
being for John NJ Forbes, of Boston On the
onu oaiiot Ohandier received 20 Noyes ana CornaH
about the before. and Postmaster General jew
ell, who present, one vote There contest
tho secretaryship, Governor Mccormick OF Ari-
zona, being nominated upon tho nrst ballot The
attendance large. only about half dezen members
being represented by proxies The Blame men COM
bined against Cornell, OF New York. the Territories
mainly voting with them, ono vote from Territory be-
Ing equal 10 the whole Of New York.
Hon. William E. Chandler former secretary OF tho
committee, member, was not q candidate for
chairman.
In addition to autho o-izins a division Of the CON-
mittee into two pars-One charged with the campaign
in the East and the other with that in the wss-the
chairman also authorized to appoint committees of
citizens such Of the larger cities of he
should oetcrminc with tho member OF the National
Committee for the State in which such city for chair.
man.