The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

ness FdilureS-M Marriage an High
Life, dc. &c
The great International rifle match at
Creedmoor OIL Thursday and Friday,
which terminated in splendid victory
for the American Team, has been the
all-absorbing event of the week. The
city is wild with joyous excitement over
the glorious result; for while the pre-
vious predecessors of the two teams
indicated pretty surely the success of the
Americans, their unparalleled marks
manship in the final contest far exceed
ed the expectations of their most san
guine friends. The merit of this great
achievement lies in the fact that while
the totals of the British team in this
match were in excess of those hereto
fore obtained by any other team. yet
the Americans beat them by the aston
ishing lead of ninety-two points. The
Britons were certainly foeman worthy
of the Americans steel, and the grace
full manner in which they took their de-
feat, and their frank and manly acknowl-
edgment that they had had perfectly fair
play, renders complete our satisfaction
over the affair. May Britain and Amer
lea never engage in any other than such
friendly strife; may the best men win,
and may the best men always be our
countrymen.
The excitement over the Creedmoor
contest has somewhat ovcrshadowed the
sickening revelations which that old
scoundrel Tweed is making to the
board of aldermen of this city, but pub
lie attention is now turning to them.
Having ceased to hope for favor, having
nothing now TO fear, and having been
abandoned by all his old pals in villainv,
he feels that there is for him 10 further
virtue in the maxim of "IIonor among
thieves" and he tells the whole story of
the stupcndous frauds by which this
city has been robbed of millions of dol
lars. Like the blind Samson. he is de-
termined that all the Philistincs shall
perish with him. He has described the
manner of raising money from city
functionaries TO bride the state legisla-
turc; how the contractors were required
to double and treble the Legitimate
amounts of their bills against the city SO
that he and the other members of the
ring could take out their percentage;
and how appointments were made to
sinecures, which had no duties and
large salaries, as reward for political
services. lie has given the names of
journalists, state senators and others
who were bribed, and the sums paid TO
each; and it turns out, as had been sns-
pectcd, that the rascals who aided and
allotted and profited by these stipend
Gus villainies were not all of one politi-
cal faith The consequence of these
damaging disclosures is a tremendous
fluttering among the struck birds of the
nooha M,ii:i iUo''ct III 'lic PiaCes y,
pomer Turi"g .ne Tegame Ui leie lWeen
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lilis 9oniiecl'oi' soou Joke Is told OF
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an 'he papers 'Iiat wllalcVcr Mr.: Iwced
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