Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-03
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SPECIAL TO THE REC ORD UNI ON.
DOMESTIC Mws.
The President.

gust Zq-S:oU A. Mine PRESIDENT passed
q very pleasant night, and slept sweetly the
greater part of the time. This morning he
awoke refreshed. and appears comfortable
and cheerful. Pulse "a, temperature 9S4,
respiration 1S Signed by Bliss, Barnes,
Woodward, Reyburn and Agnew.
SECOND DIsPATcH.I
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 2i-12;30 p.
M.-The President is passing the day COM
fortably, with his head and shoulders raised
in the same manner as yesterday. At the
morning dressing his wound was found to be
doing admirably. His pulse is now 10, tenn
perature "a 4, respiration 10. Signed by
Bliss, Barnes, Woodward, Reyburn and
Agnew.
Those Internal Maehines-Arrcst OF Their
Maker.
PEORIA Qll.), August 21.-P. w. Grove,
who has been so prominently connected with
the internal machines, was arrested here at
noon to-day by Deputy United States Mar
shall on orders of Attorney General Mac
Veagh. Bail was immediately rendered in
the sum of $40, 900, but was refus d until his
hearing before the United States Court
in Chicago. Grove, with his bondsmen
and the Marshal. left for Chicago at
10 o'clock last night. Grove takes matters
easy, and says he has disposed of his affairs
here and is now going to devote the rest of
his life to the cause Of Irish freedom. He
intended going through the country raising
an army. 1t is understood that he is ar
rested for violation of the navigation laws,
and will be held on that charge. One of the
machines made at 0'Rourke's foundry on
South Washington street is on exhibition at
the Journal office.
ISECoED DISPATCH.l
PEORIA, August 2d.-A reporter inter-
viewed z. w. Grove, the gasoline lamp con.
tractor here, who is connected with the in
fernal machine matter. Peoria has always
been the head of the Fenian agitation here,
and Grove is one of the most desperate
agitators. He is a man of small stature, dark,
intellectual countenance, and talked compos
edly as on ordinary topics. Grove produced
letter from George Holgate, dated Phila-
delphia, August 81, 1850, setting forth that
Mr.. Holgate owned the McClintock torpedo
boat, which did such terrible execution
during the rebellion, and that he had been
conducting experiments with it under water,
which caused McCintock to lose his life I;
that he had refused a proposition from Spain
for the boat. He claimed that the boat
would blow up any vessel in the British
fleet, and could blockade any port regard
less of all men-of-war in the world.
1t would cost about $4,000 to build it, and
he would place it at Groves disposal. He
claimed that the boat would do
mora good for ireland and bring
the British Government to terms
quicker than half million of men. Grove
said shortly after the Executive Committee
of United 1rishmen met in New York. Judge
Brennan Of Iowa, Captain G. Spierman of
New York, James Kenfe cf Providence,
Thomas III. Dwyer of Chicago. O'Donovan
Rosa and himself were present. They dis
cussed Holgate's proposition, and the
scheme of devastating England's shores,
but on Groves representations they
decided that it would be too expensive, and
that they could do better work by depositing
torpedoes in British ships, which could be
done for S25 piece, and which would bring
England to terms by making it dangerous for
people to go abroad. They decided to
take that course. Some time later the
hands. in order to execute their plans. They
were 6, 200 strong in the United States and
Canada. There were branches in Toronto,
Quebec, Montreal and nearly every important
city in the United States. These Internal
machines ara being made in every city where
there ia branch of the Order, and will con-
tinue to be made. They are working
for the good of the 'old sod," and
they were no more liable than
are the makers of revolvers and cannon
Dynamite was no more vicious than powder,
and with these weapons tLey could drive
from the seas their enemy, destroy her
trade and make a profitable business
impossible. Some people would have
to die. 1t would be worse than boycotting
but war was always cruel, and that war was
the easiest which went straightest to the
mark, killed the most in the shortest time,
and compelled nations to make peace. The
machines captured in England were made in
PeorIs. His answers gave the reporter con-
tidence in the truth of his statement.
They were OF open interior, in which the
clock.wcrk and explosives were packed
The clOck-work operated with a
spring, and after six days running
it liberated a hammer something like
gun trigger, which struck a per.
cussion cap and ignited the charge.
The charge consists of an ounce and
half of illuminate of silver and pound and
half of dynamite, and would destroy the
largest block of buildings in the world. The
whole thing weighed forty-fve pounds
Any warfare was good enough for
England, who did not conduct an honorable
warfare herself, and could not expect others
to do 80. If she did not do justice to
Ireland every English ship would be
sent to the bottom, until the people
no longer dared to embark in them.
Every Government building would be tern
down, and system of terrorism be-
gun. He claims that there are many of these
dread machines already completed in France,
in charge of trustworthy patriots, who would
use them quite freely. They had already
gently warned the British, had destroyed
the Manchester Postoffice and the Victoria
docks, with loss of S., 600, coo; had exploded
machines at Stafford, Glasgow, London and
Liverpool, ane had inflicted an aggregate loss
OF CSC, 100000. Grove has an easy, dignifed
manner. and was in no way excited at his
horrible recital He says the manufacture of