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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1873.
The Massachusetts R,ockhcoJs.

Tho assumption OF unwarrantcd powers
by state Committees ia n proceeding we'll
known to both parties in New York. Within
tho past twenty or thirty years unauthor-
tzed acts by State Committees have in some
Instances split parties in two right In the
middle; have i'm other cases broken OF large
sections OF them. or torn them by bitter
feuds and on several occasions have deter
mined the results OF general elections. But
there was never a time that the faction in
whose interest these acts were committed
ever gained anything by the usurpations Of
,ts agents In the Committees.
r These things have sometimes been carried
70 extreme lengths by State Committees in
New York, but not ono of them ever had
the audacty To attempt any fragrant out
rage until the State Conventions assembled.
Not single member OF our State Commit
tees, however heated and prcjudiccd 10y par
tlsan or personal rancor, ever had the assur-
.ance TO contemplate the idea Of issuing To
tho constituencies in the Assembly districts n
sort Of ukasc, telling them what kind " dele
gates they must send to the Convention and
what kind they must not send, and warning
Them that If they disobcycd the Committee
fheir delegates would bc excluded from the
Convention. II any Committee that ever
existed in this State had been foolhardy
enough TO send out such an order, the mass
OF the party would have risen up and hurled
defiance and contempt in its face.
Suppose, for example, the Democratic and
Republican State Committees Of New York
were now seSoiaiiy 10 issue an order to the
Assembly districts, instructing them that
n they sent delegates TO the state Conven-
tion in favor of the nomination of Mr.. HAND
or Mr.. DANFoRTH for Judge of the Court Of
Appeals, such delegates would not he adj
mitted; can anybody ovcrestimatc the vio-
lence Of the explosion that would break out
In the Democratic and Republican ranks all
over the State Whom the indignant dele
gates met at Syracuse and Saratoga they
would boot the chairman of the committee
put of the hall before he could lift his gavel
70 call them TO order.
Yet this is precisely what the Executive
Committee of the Democratic State Com
nittec Of Massachusetts have done in re-
ppect to theirapproochng State Convention
and the possible nomination by it Of Gen.
BUTLER for the Office OF Governor This
Email squad of the State Committee, num-
bering only four or five persons, have issued
their ukase to the Democracy Of the cities
md towns OF the Commonwealth, notifying
Them that no delegate who faVors BUrLEE's
domination will be admitted to the Con-
vcnton.
or course this insulting order will bc set
nj defiance II is SO stupid that its authors
do not deserve the name Of usurpcrs They
are simply blockhcads.
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With the first fall days the preachers and
their ilocks troop home from camp meeting
browncr In the face and, let us hope, stur-
dicr in the inner man, for their summer holt
day making. A few sensible brethren. who
have found out that September at the sea-
side Is worth waiting for, still lingcr in
their cottages at Ocean Grove and Martha's
Vineyard, but they have the great camp
grounds pretty much to themselves, The
crowds are gone, the hymns are hushcd, the
preachers desk is empty, the meetings are
over.
Now that thcy arc over, what Is there to
show for them in the way of practical re-
suits? The attendance has been all that
could be desired. A great many popular
preachers have preached fine sermons which
have been highly spoken of by the news
paper correspondents. Sinners Of high and
low degree. including n Fraudulent Vice.
President. have listened to these eloquent
efforts. Here and there one has been
gathered into the fold. But the percentage
Of conversions has been very small, and
old-fashioned Methodists shake their heads.
There were no fancy cottages or mammoth
preaching pavilions or surf meetings they
say. In the days Of PETER CARTWRIGHT and
his contemporaries; the preachers were UNI
learned men, and their grammar was az
homcspun as their dress; yet sinners were
converted by scores and hundreds under
every sermon they preached. But n camp
meeting was a camp meeting in those days
add the uld-fashoncd Mcthodists severely;
not religious watering place or q real cs
tate speculation.
1t Is undoubtedly true that the modern
camp meeting is very different affair
from the ancient one; still it may bc that it
does quite as much good, only I'm more quiet
and indirect ways. Even considered as Il
religious watering place its existence is
amply justified by its benefits. john IVES
LEY, who was for doing good to the bodies
Of men as well as to their souls, would have
been quick to recognize its hygienlc value
Loud complaint has been made this sum
mcr about the sabbath dissertation" in
VOWED in holding camp meetings over sun
day. Ii Is the opinion Of the Rev. Mr.. CUsH-
MAN of Ashland, Mass. that the wounds
thus given Ito the sacred sentiments Of all
good men and the holy interests Of the
Christian Church. in the name of morality
and religion. will ultimately prove fatal
and the paralysis Of the public conscience
which now appalls the Church will soon be-
come calamity universal and irrcparablc.'
I'VE confess with pain writes a Method
list journal, that We are unable to use the
example Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
as that example is to-day. with any effect
against the profanc practices 81 the hour"
VERY little saws the Ncir York Obsprer,
"can hc done with the outside world in pro-
noting Observance Of tho sabbath, If Chris
tian churches encourage its dcsccraton."
But, az people will 20 out OF the city on
hot summer Sundays. is it not better that
they should 40 to camp meeting than 10 the
beer garden
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,ublc inches OF water with $50 square feet Of

cubic inches OF water with $50 square feet OF
rejecting surface, and oven at that his APP
paratus was so impcrfcctly constructed rs
to waste onc-third OF the solar heat. He
thinks, therefore, that IL il fair to expect
that with n properly made boiler, so square
feet Of sclf-acting rejecting surface will pro-
ducc steam equal TO one horse power, instead
Of 100 feet, as estimated by Capt. Ericsson.
The rejecting surface used by Mr.. ADAMS Ii
n series OF mirrors Of silvcrcd glass formed
by n combination of Hat glasses. With ~ gal
Ions Of water and the focl Of 1G mirrors di-
rcctcd on the boiler at 7:3O A. NJ, the Bonn
bay cxpcrimcntcr reports that he got
pressure of 10 pounds at A. NJ, and Of 20
pounds at 80, when the safety valve was
opened. He subsequently boiled % gallons
of water solclyby the concentrated heat Of
the sun. Mr.. ADAMS is confident that his
plan Of gathering the suns rays Is the same
az that used by Capt. ERrCSsoN, but that he
utilities more Of the heat when he has got 1t,
than tho American inventor; and hc sus-
tans the conclusion Of the latter. that as
there Is no limit to the number Of mirrors that
can bc used at once, 40 there IS mono TO the
intensity or extent Of the solar heat that can
bc concentrated. He also finds no mcchani-
cal difficulty in Keeping the foci ON the
boiler from sunrise to sunset.
Mr.. ADAMS replies to the objection that,
oven in India, the sun does not shine with
uniform heat throughout the day. and that
there are seasons in which it does not APP
pear for days together. 10y saying that it tx
not intended TO drive steam machinery 10y
solar heat alone. His hope Is TO use 1t as an
auxiliary TO ordinary fuel, heating the ordi
nary boilers. The plan IL, that 50 soon az
tho steam generated by solar heat In an
open space outside the engine room shall
have attained a high pressure, 1t shall bc in
jectcd into an ordinary boiler; and every
pound Of steam thus supplied will effect n
saving Of precisely the quantity Of coal that
would have produced IT, lie calculates that
the use of coal on n fine day in India can be
discontinued from about $50 A. NJ. to
400 L. NJ. and that about onc-Quarter
Of the coal now consumed by station
airy engines may thus be saved.
much greater saving can be made In
working machinery, such as for ginning
and working cotton, which Is only required
to work during the most favorable season.
For raising water for irrigating purposes in
'hNA liHN'o IL '7iAtNs Nii'A' ihih NNti''AN
over falls, and for small mills for grinding
corn or OIL whore the labor may be inter-
ruptcd without harm, solar heat. Mr. ADAMS
thinks, may bc depended on entirely FOR
driving steam machinery.
The subject Is an extremely interesting
one. and it IS Of great importance There
fore We hope Capt. ERl,ssoN will give the
public his most maturcd views regard
ing it. II solar heat can bc protitably util-
lied for the running Of steam engines, the
gain to many parts Of the country will be-
very great, and man will have called To his
aid one Of the most powerful helpers among
the forces Of nature.
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The sun as an Engine-Driver

For several years Capt john ERICSSON Of
New York has been conducting elaborate
experiments with apparatus he has designed
for the utilization OF the heat Of the sun as
a substitute for fuel for steam boilers. The
perfection Of this solar machine and its
adaptation to practical Uses, lac perhaps has
hoped to make the browning achievement OF
a long life devoted to invention.
His claim. enforced by the records 81 many
experiments, Is that he has invented ma
chine which generates steam sufficient to
drive steam engine OF onc-horse power by
solar rays reflected from loo square feet of
rejecting surface. He AYERS too, that there
is no limit to the extent to which. 10y his
method, solar heat can be concentrated. lie
has published reports Of the results he has
obtained, both in n bulky volume and
in series OF articles contributed to
the London newspaper called Engineer
inG; and in letter addressed to a
friend In Sweden, written in 1868, he
SAID: Since my experiments with my ap-
paratus Of concentration have demonstrated
that 100 square feet (of rejecting surface
are more than sufficient TO produce force
equal TO one horse it follows that "a, 800
steam engines of 100 horsepower each can
be set in motion by the radiating heat on a
square Swedish mile"
This /, very startling declaration. and
il Capt ERICSSON has hopes of 50 perfccting
his machine that it shall force itself into
general use and put 10 valuable employ
mcnt the cnormou, power Of the sun which
now goes to waste, he has a stimulus to
labor which will make the work however
eXhausting seem light. If he is successful,
his many other inventions will seem small
in comparison. But, though lie began to
publish the results of his experiments ten
years ago, and eight years ago announced
his willingness to bc9tow his invention
gratis on the public, taking his reward i'm
the satisfaction OF having ncalculably ben
ellted the human race, he has not yet in
PRODUCED his solar machine into practical
use. In $50 writing in Engineering. he
declared that he must for some time with
hold from publication the plans and de-
scriptlons of the mechanism by which tho
suns radiant heat is concentrated, and of
the steam generator which receives the
concentrated heat. His motive, he said,
was one which Inexperienced professional
men will appreciate" that Of preventing
cntcrpri-ing men from procuring patents
for notifications" This reserve was doubt
less wise and reasonable precaution, but
there il a natural impatience, after all this
long delay, to now hear from the di-tin-
gui-hed inventor, and to SEQ his solar ma
chine in actual operation
Meanllm" NJ. MOUCHOr, a Frcnchman, has
also invented an apparatus for the util2a-
tlon 81 the suns rays for heating steam boil
clS ana he has tho model Of one at work in
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was going TO mako them weep, and then
would cross Milk River TO fight tho
Americans. There was even a rumorcd con-
federation OF $4,000 hostile warriors, includ-
ing the Gros Vcntrcs and Assiniboincs and
their scouts were already over the Missouri.
But now tho season is closing, with no
SITTING BULL. II H. Of course, not impos-
siblc that he could be tempted across the
line by some chance or some blundcr. just
now however, he is still talking peace to
Major WALSH, while the prophets OF war
arc hedging on their prophecies, and the
watchers for Sitting BULL are thinking Of
getting back to winter quarters TO make
up their statistics for Congress.
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card up the sleeve; II IS then brought down into
winch can win very little practice be he'll w., nand
as though there woro no card IN II The hand ~ ana
taking up the two cards dealt adds uic hidcn en N
when they are turned over TO show the point H. c,.d
nrst arc held so closely one the other Thai Two
pear to be one and thu hidden card figures as on A.
two cards dealt WI I" ho
Immense sums OF money were lost and wo.
at baccarat last winter in London and the oan,a
seems TO have spread itself through the vos,
region Of British seaside resorts.
Tho police de sWet5 at Paris has n list y,
some 5000 sharpcrs who make their whololi
ing cheating at cards. Some % them carry ON
their trade singly, but most Of them in partner
ship. These firms generally cons list Of two pro-
fcssors Of slcight- of-haud and Of several 70.
tricyors who are called in French slang man.
0eurs. These never themselves play. Thov
pick up pigeons. become intimate with Thorn
and then introduce them to the professors. who
fleece them. Tho London Y1h il responsible
for the statement that the editor Of one OF tbe
principal New York papers was recently cheated
out OF n largo sum Of money 10y two mon wLo
are at present in England n. l., Y,
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Washington Territory, anticipating that
il will soon bee the State of Washington is about
10 vote upon Il Constitution prepared and sub
mttcd by Il Convention, Tho proposed funda-
mental law has some peculiar features. The
future State is 10 be absolutely prohibited from
contracting debts for the first fifteen years
which shall in tho aggregate exceed fifty thou
sand dollars and its debt is never to exceed
one hundred thousand. 1t is provided that all
railroads shall be public highways. and shall be
free 10 all persons for transportation Of thom-
solves and property under such regulations ns
may be prescribed by Jaw Another clause
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The exact nature OF the connection be-
tween tho curious phenomenon Of sun spots and
the weather is not known hut it seems To be
pretty we'll settled that there Is some such con-
nection. Observation shows that periods Of
maXima and minima in the number OF tho spots
are coincidcnt with meteorological changes on
our own planet. We have Just passed through
minimum period. during which the suns dsk
has been almost entirely free from spots. Those
who desire change in the weather may find n
CLEAN Of hope in the tact that all last week. until
Friday when il was carried out II sight by the
suns rotation, n large and wcll-dcnned spot
WIS visible ON tho northern hemisphere Of tho
sun. This spot is probably harbingcr Of tho
gradual approach Of another maximum spot
period. which il very likely to be- accompanied
with marked otmospherical changes.
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~ lN.u- l wears ul-htDap tiri Uuirr the chm CON.
,clH.WN nkc We man ot ~. he a'u.l, uc coupuuu
lWuu- N i.h1r which IMPORTANT proiurtof unfulr i
msi ulnmu- hut wauNs 60 Che 80 is ~ faithful valet
hul ul bur grease Alui AID Campbell CuutuAr hoe Is
are rch-lou'y HW faithfully preserved.
Tie Bishop of ENrfcr travel, thr class because there
NO fourth NnNk FREDERICK I'mllr many months To H..
custom lln -i amt hl- -~'ulll 10 th signature of the
See u ~ % lie has ttru tufI.tcf ifri ntit VrArs hut
the % b lH-turt-r of n,Nnu,c has iilrl 10 urOcr an
increase lu ms luld,llps stlis \ NAppiu's SHILLING
tafr AMI l1thtg secs 10 fVmoNs Exon srecaletraut
beard
The Earl Of Wnchciscn Is Finch Hatton povcrt,.
stricken Hni hnn',unr, ami d. the only present MOTT
huhr &C ohvtNlsr, Mlulha been able To- make
rhyme WNh iAIrus a. sudiuu-ly avoids 'hurch e., IN,
uHns nat Anerls Wh"u hr Should kner ami stNs amen
INA ,uurous TOME thr which takes plnr len
seconds Late. HIS nf>ihurn Ni>counf Maidstone r.,pn
rlc ~ j. ms father, would rui, private The nch
lliituus uuieh ioi centuries f,ckss have the FANNY
motto. 70 have conscience irve from suit
Nnlemn-rlle Giaconctu WAS lurrd into marrier. hv
one fnl-ers hat he not lcrn rich would NOT nave
lWnCl cr sounding name 20 such A. her lord ana
lunt be TINS AS tmal Mr, g r. has tor years been an
tn,'s d'lHhc.s 10 le measured all about lXpcnce and
she has appeared before Police Court
hnout Sluprl She appears To the London hack driver
III Ma seVp rs terror, yet wlIal she Is fascinating
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makes shareholders in every Joint stock COM
pany individually liable for the labor performed
for such company and 1t is likewise provided
that none but citizens or inchoate cti2ens 81 tho
United States shall be employed in or about
any public Office in the State. or in any State
institution or on any public work prosecuted
by the State.
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Queen NTcToRt, was lately on visit 10 the
nueg nnd Duchess U NUNhury at BruNmuuth PARK. in
scotland, nd thc ar.tratcs of the horuugh Dunbar
IRE sttcd humble Hud dutful address iu which they
reunited her Majesty that the last ncen.ion ON which
ui- hurou4 was houuf'd iy royal visit ~ YOUR Mai
csiy's ancestors when hi. Majesty jaws VI Of
Scotland proceeded from his ancient Kingdom VI scotland
to ascend the throne OF England
The compliment conveyed in this address
must have been pleasant to Queen VrcToRIA.
who II n descendant Of JAMES tho Sixth u
Scotland and First Of England through SOPHIA,
granddaughter Of JAMES and mother of GEORGE
|. The attachment for the House Of STUART is
far from being dead in Scotland and in fast
ncsscs Of the Highlands tradition Is even unto
this day cherished that the Legitimate male line
IL not extinct. Though more than century and
a third has passed since the hopes OF the
STrARTs were qucnched In blood at Cullodcn
n halo of romance still lin-ers about the mem
DRY Of that unfortunate house and nothing
could moro strongly recommend Queen VIC
ToRiA To tho mountainocrs among whom she
has chosen n residence. than the fact that she
has in her yeins-though strained through gem
crations 81 Gcrmans-the blood Of BRUCE and
Of the JAMEsus.
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No pcnt-up Hartford can contract the

No pcnt-up Hartford can contract the
powers Of Mr.. CLEMENS. We observe in the
Go12etd dHdhd of Aug y. that the selected
story is In M'rhnouio per- Te'c'ouo. by MARCO
TwAINE. Tho title is rather more sonorous in
tho translation than in the original; but the
elegant slang Of MARCO done into choice lialian.
is the great triumph Punch. brothers.
Punch would produce u fine effect we should
Judge. as an aria in nm Italian opera. Here
after, before launching ono u his lHborous
wittcisms. MARCO TwAINE should think how it
II guln. TO sound in the Tus an.
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severe storm Of rain and wind has
wrought serious destruction in interior and
eastern Ohio. and in western PENNSYLVANIA.
Towns have boon flooded railroad tracks and
bridges swept AWAY. and several lives lost.
The visitation. severe ~ it is. has mainly re-
suited in damage Of property and Will benefit
the thousands Of men whose labor Will be
needed ~ renalr Tho damnee done.
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Political Mush.

Mr.. PENDLEToN - Ohio-who-c record on
tn" Central Railroad claim of Kentucky. in
which. a. executor Of the estate of his
brother-in-law, he took more than half the
award made through BELKNAP, Is now we'll
known 10 the country belongs to tho order
Of gushing patriots.
In II campaign speech at Columbus on
Tuesday, Mr. PENpLEroN called upon the
Democratic party to award credit t. HAYES
FOR Withdrawing the troops from Louisiana
and South Carolina. II hc was familiar
with the events which preceded the in
auguration Of the Fraudulent President,
on had read the recent testimony be-
fore the Potter Committee he would know
that this act was determined upon by GRANT
before he left the White House. and that an
order to that effect was actually Issued To-
Gen AUGUR in New Orleans after the Prcsl-
dent had notified PACKARD that he could no
longer be upheld by bayonets.
When the people OF the United States
elected Mr.. TILpEN, they declared solcmnly
and emphatically through the ballot box
that the military policy by which the car
pet-bag Governments had been proppcd up
In the South must cease That was the
Judgment Of the country, without respect to
party and GRANT recognized il In his suisse
quont acts. But in order that HAYES should
have no opportunity to go back on his
promises or TO play the double part in this
respect that he has since done ON other
questions the House Of Representatives
imposed positive condition in the Army
BILL prohibiting the use Of troops for politi-
cal objects in those States. The senate re-
. All. a . 4
refused to recede Between them the Army
bill was lost, and the hands OF HAYES were
tied
These are the simple facts, which ought TO
Ice known to every intelligent man, and
especially to one who has recently been
'yindicated" by an election to the Senate.
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The voters Of New Haven arc to decide to-
morrow whether they will support tho Board II
Lluration in it, recent action in banishing
religious EXERCISES from thn public schools.
The feeling runs high on both sides and COM
plicgtion with the Roman Catholics re-
garding the employment Of Sisters OF
Mercy rs teachers will have great
influence ON the result. 1t is now
said that many who would .therwise have sup
ported the Board in liz action Will vote for mon
who will restore tho religious exercises while
on the other hand. many who would have OPP
posed the Bonrl will now In view Of this COM
pNcation. support it. II is also reported that
those who want prayer ana the reading Of the
Bible in the schools have made an alliance
with the Roman Catholics
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II half the story told about ADoLPH
HOFFMAN by his wife ANroNfA is true. it is for
tunate fer susceptible widows that this cncr-
goti" widow hunter is Gagged. At the same time
Mrs. HolrMAS shardly deserving II much pity.
considering the haste with which she consented
to marry comparative strangcr.mcrely because
he produced evidence Of dazzling wealth.
Money is not all that is to be desired in hus-
band. any more than In wife. and Mrs Hofr-
Man might have been badly deceived. even had
her spouse been ~ rich rs lac pretended to be.
Had the thrifty widow consulted THE sUN be-
fore accepting llorTMAN's sudden proposal. she
might not now lc minus her savings. and a
husband locked NJ in prison cell
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II is pleasant To- learn from so reliable an
authority ms the Memphis .ippeal that the ne
grocs Of that city have done their duty nobly rs
policemen soldiers and nurses. Unfortunate
~ this cannot Ice said 81 some Of the rich white
men Of that city 1t is again alleged that Sow
rral Of them ere luNurutins at resorts II pleas
urc, Will" their fellow citiz rs are in mourning
and that they have NOT ~ u contributed Of their
wealth t. relieve the suffering and bury the
dead. such facts should not. however. influ-
enre any ono at the North 10 draw back tho
hand extended To help. Money is as much
needed now rs ever. for even should the cpl
dcmi' soon cease. a long time must clapse be-
fore adequate local provision could be made Tor
the broken and fathor' -s households.
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Maine kepudiates Fraud.
POSIIIJE FICTS.

F.oni .. E1" We Il .A
W want no Returning Boards in Maine.