New-York tribune., 1877-07-12

occount OF a recent thunder storm The traih was
...r walton. and the storm was terrible. Ihere was
ssh after crash OF thunder with binding hgutnns 40
.,omnaned by q deluge OF rain ana haii' Az ouo YIN" ~
train seemed to be enveoped In sheet OF eec'rc" e
fearful crash preceded and instantly the engine was
an volume of electricity balls OF fire encircied 'he u
.hoo,s ne they revolved with lightninglike rapidity
Ingueer sanford brheld the phenomenon wltu Wonuo =,
and awe. and surposng that the emu oi & an Very per
son on the train experienced severe shock large teo
by the track was shattered ,
Tho epcampment of Sitting Bull within the
x,,ish possessions and the rumor that Gen Miles IN
.ended to follow him across the border are cang ior'h
international lore from the press OF the Do
muion "It may be regarded as certain, quoih INC
gomilfon Spectator that the British Government VIII not
look unconcenedy upon an advance OF American ToopS
into British territory will not in fact tolerate IT, On
.be other hand the American Government cannot be ex-
ectd to allow British territory to be made the base OF
Recommendations against the country which they govern
Tine fact that that Government allowed their country 10
ne made ef Fenian operations against Cahaoa IS
no exS1.e or IN t Fonian onraes the people OF the
limited states took an underhand revenge upon Oanua
for an oeuse which never existed except IN ther own
sensitive patriotism. Sensitive patriotism Is good!
The white whale exhibited at Cincinnati
died there OF night starvation and broken tumbler on
sunday last Upon the Thursday night previous during
fierce gale the OF the top of the tent covering
the tank in which the whale was swimming was blown
his accident, for hours afterwards she continually
vent TO the bottom of the tank only 10 appear at the
surface OF the water moment afterward and spout
high in air stream OF muddy wa'er. These Wild move
nents continued during the following day and night
Saturday the attendant thought the whale gave tokens
Of being great distress and entering the tank he be-
gan 10 rub the slime of the suffering monster He tnen
steered the whale under stream of water and washed
H. For few minutes after the bath the whale appeared
u nave life, but afterwdrd spouted feebly ana
a.. arrfrf he hof tom n
stomach there found two quarts OF small stones
The bottom of n glass tunber and small piece OF stick
IL believed that the whale died OF starvation The
popctors had Ted her with several thousand mnn0ws
3 few days BEFORE but were 'i'''"''d 0'''' 10 got 0
Would you work if you had the chanceW
asked worthy resident of West Philadelphia, when two
neatly ydrcssed tramps begged him for something to eat
"O yes lust try u.s. exclaimed thy beggars He gave
them lodging I'm his stable night and set them to work
IN his garden the next morning. He even gave them od
hats waiscoats and aprons, so that they would not
spoil their clothes the evening before the Fourth OF
July he told them that he going away for day or
two and that they could proceed with their work III
his absence sleeping in the barn, and proec ing the
property when nc returned to the house on thursday
evening he could not find his vorkingmen. They had
forced an entrance into the house by smashing wire
screen over cellar window and had made their way
mn stairs by kicking in door Everything was III eonius
ion in the kitchen tins pulled out of place, carpets rpped
mn and pieces of broken crOckeTy lying over the
floor In the parlOr the scene OF destruction met his
A costly pdtc-gldSS mirror was DiOheu llltO Il
61us,nd ricccs chairs were hacked and cut he keys
forced out the piano. and the front part OF the mouse
was flooded. the tramps having Ieft the faucets m ine
batbroon running The of tO had left behind them
in s,icuOus place the suits OF old clothes which he
lent Them
The torpedo-boat is peculiarly Yankee idea.
II was i'm 776 and in NewYOr harbOr that the first tor
pedoboat was launched. David Bushnell, an American
Captain Of Engineers, undertook TO plant torpedo under
British manoi-war, but did not succeed. The torpedo
was attached to the bottom of the vessel by means
ofa wooden screw and then fired by clockworkfuse.
During the following year drifting percussiOn-torpedo
W., directed against frgte lying off New London and
srboouer tnat was moored alongside destroyed.
Thirty years afterWard Robert Fulton experimental
in New-York harbor with four classes of torpc-
does % bis own invention. aud in 1S43 Col Samuel
Corapped electricity to the ignition Of submarine bat
terie, During the civil tOrpedoes Of American in
yeuton were used in he Southern waters, and nine iron
clads eleven wooden vessels, and nine transports
and steamboats, were destroyed. The only weapons of
this kind which have yet been used by the Russians
the Danube spar torpedoeS Ike the one winch Lieut.
Cushman put uuder the bottom OF the ram Albermare
in Roanoke Inlet. The who made tnat torpedo is the
inventor of the improved engine OF war winch was ex
hibed on Tuesday at Cleveland, Ohio, described in
yesterdays tribune The Whitehead rpedo, whchs re-
carried abroad as marvel OF ingenuity, is propelled by
eompressd aud cannot he rolled after II st ts ON
its course The Lay torpedoboat carries in us hold its
myn aud boiler, besides its freight OF 100 pounds
of dyn mite. The engine. the rudder and the exploding
fusc under the control or the OperalO on shore
There are three KEYS paying ON the battery shO e.
and these keys start and stop the engine or to port
lrb1ard. TIE torpedo ne 50 arranged as 10 ex.
pode the operation of the keys by cOncussOn unOn
vessel or any other SOLID substance bell is rung in the
Office on shore aud The dynamite my o., DE- EXPLODED or
mtrveiOus-twclye miles an nOJr.