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Year: 1873

The GREAT EASTERN above


title implies majesty, and it was partly for


that reason that Colonel Haight has APP
| piled the name to his Grand Triple Me-


nagerie, Double Circus and Aggregation OF


Wonders. It is majesty itself, towering


giant among its associates. 1t commands


the respect and is really monarch among
all its competitors. 1t everywhere receives


the plaudits of an overjoyed public; and


the press of the country are lavish of their


praises. Below we quote from the Louis


vile Commercial, q paper which, as every


one knows, thinks too much of its space


to extol an unworthy object:


This colossal exhibition, the ne plus
ultra of arenic and geological excellen-
cies, opened on the corner of East and
Chestnut streets to a very fine audience
in point of numbers and respectability,
and at night there was q perfect jam of
breathing humanity, thousands being
turned away, unable to gain admission on
account of the crowded state of the i'm
mense pavillions. The procession in the
forenoon of yesterday through the princi
pal avenues of the city is conceded
the most imposing and gorgeous
ever made here. The whole was
enlivened with excellent music from
several bands. OF the exhibition
itself, too much in just commenda-
ton cannot be said. The night perfor-
nance was unfortunately married by the
severe wind and disaster which so sudden
ly terminated the exhibition, but the after
noon entertainment was smooth, most
agreeable and instructive. The animal
collection is much the largest ever seen
here, embracing thirty-odd dens Of living
specimens from the new and old world.
With the circus the audience were de-
lighted, and manifested their appreciation
BY warm and repeated applause. The
,questrianism is especially unexcelled.
The acrobatic and gymnastic exercises
were wonderful, and elected much remark
rom the enthusiastic visitors"
Year: 1873

DEAD.--Captain Frederick Bouie died
this morning, in this city, after a long and
exhaustive illness, caused by a general
prostration of the system. He was a
matchmaker by profession, and in that
capacity well known in this city. He was q
native of Altoona, near the city of Ham
burg, and aged about As years. On his
arrival in this country he settled in
New Orleans. His first appearance
in Virginia was in 1861 with bne
of the Louisiana Confederate regiments.
His military record was good. He came
from wealthy and influential family. in
his native place, and his presence in Amer
lea was due more to a rowing disposition
than actual necessity. lie was kindly dis
posed, generous and hospitable. While re-
GREETING that he died away from home and
kindred, we believe his last hours were
consoled by the presence of friends who
would have stayed his going if they could.
Peace to his ashes.


Little Jimmie, son of Mr.. James Morris
sey, one of the inspectors at the Custom-
house in this city, after wasting illness of
many weeks duration, yesterday surren-
dered his brief hold on life and flew to the
angels above. He was only seven or eight
years here, but his walk and conversation
gave evidence that he would have been q
superior man. He went early, but not un-
regretted. His funeral will take place at
st. Peters cathedral this evening, at
o'clock, and be attended by the Sunday
school in body, each individual member of
whom knew and loved the little boy whose
brief life record we here insert.
Year: 1873

CENTAUR LINIMENT.-
The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CESTAUR LINIMEsT will not
relieve, no swelling which IL
will net subdue, and no lame
ness which it will not cure.
Year: 1873




One of the recent German inventions con-
sists Of q machine for filling cigarettes with
out touching the tobacco with the fingers, and
which can be used by smokers to make their
own cigarettes, as well as by manufacturers.
10 accomplish this, the plan consists chiefly
in the use of spiral tobacco feed, arranged
to Rotate within q tube, and combined with
movable guide Of needle stopped therein, all
adapted 10 operate automatically when the
spiral blade Is turned. The tobacco recepta-
Gle being filed with tobacco, ordinary cigarette
wrappers are next prepared, largo enough to
pass easily over a small cylinder-the length
Of these wrappers being the length Of the cyl
lnder inclusive Of the stopper. The wrapper
is pEshed QXeG the stopper and down the cyl
indef, an easy operation, the stoppeT being
somewhat uniform The pouch Is next tax
en- hold of near the bottom, with the left hand,
and pressed slightly. A handle or crank is
next turned, with the hand toward the right
This causes a spiral blade to be revOlved and
to screw tobacco into the tube against the
stopper. The tobacco, in fact, Is forced ou
of the tube, and raises TIE stopper, to which
the paper wrapper adheres. Thus the wrap
yac Is Tiled with tobacco, and it is then au
t0matically detached from the tube to make
room for another. During the motion tn
wrapper is guided by a needle; and, by mean
of the simple operation thus described, tin
operation IL accomplished in the most safisfa
tory manner.
Year: 1873

'calmness. Her bright disshevelled
ringlets clustered around her brow,
the look of terror had faded from her
Hips, and an infant smile was pictured


beautifully there-the rose tinge upon
her cheek was lovely as in life. iHlnf


l have but dim recollection of
what followed-L only know that L
remained weeping and motionless till
the coming on OF, twilight, and that L
was then taken tenderly by the hand
and led away, where saw the coun-
tenauce of parents and sisters. am 800
Many years have gone by on their
wings of light and shadow, but the
scenes / have portrayed still come
over me, at times, with a terrible DIS
tinctness. The oak yet stands at the
base of the precipice; its limbs black
and dead, and its hollow trunk, look
ing upward to the sky as if calling to
the clouds for drink, as a emblem of
poiseless decay. A year ago / visit
ed that spot, and the thoughts of by
gone years came mouFnfully back TO
me-thoughts of the little innocent
being who fell by the whirlwind-in
the memory that she had gone where
no lightnings slumber in the folds OF
the rainbow, clouds, and where sunlit
waters are never broken by the storm
breath of Omnipotenee. III ih1 i1l0h
sotMy read ers, will understand why
L Ilshrink in terror from the thunder.
Even the consciousness of security is
no relief to me-my fear has assumed
the nature of instinct, and seems, in
deed, q part of my existence q -9lHr
Year: 1873

The meeting at Cooper Union tonight, like
that memorable one of 1871, convenes to de-
clare war. 1t will mark, as the other did, an
uprising against the Ring. We have been
cheated of the fruits Of the campaign Of Re-
form; to secure them we must win once
more the battle of a year ago. Hap
PLY the new Conspiracy is to be
fought from its very inception; the
first objective of the new campaign is to pre-
vent the traitors to Reform from intrenching
themselves behind a Charter which gives them
almost imperial powers and renders them well
nigh impregnable. Fortunately, too. the
enemy, not yet fully prepared, is to be fought
this time with organized forces. The field to
be won is not nearly so difficult as that which
was carried in III. The issues are as mo-
mentOus; the divisions of parties more clearly
drawn than before and the foe is not as strong
in numbers as that which was overthrown. He
would be craven who would hesitate where
so much is to be lost by inactivity and so
much to be gained by prompt and vigorous
opposition. We have heretofore shown what
the issues were; let us consider now the divis-
ion of the forces, and ask honest citizens upon
which side they will choose TO fight in the re-
newed struggle for Reform.


The CustOm-hOuse Managers have made, in
the initial movement of their campaign, the
common mistake of shallow politicians and
sought to secure by intrigue with political
organizations what alliance with honest Re-
formers and the people had won them, aud
what honest, good administration would have
kept for them. Their first effort was to divide,
or rather, to encourage the existing dissen-
sions of their Democratic enemies hence they
have made overtures 10 Apollo Hall,
and by specious promises of pat
ronage have galvanized that broken and
beaten Organization into a little spasmodic
activity They have even drawn to it a few
score OF the worst ward leaders OF old Tam-
Year: 1873

On Friday last Assemblyman James W..
Hustled in casting about for reasons why he
supported The Ring Charter, found the most
coecnt one to be that the Charter was a
"party measure" In all human probability
the Charter is about to pass both the Senate
and Assembly, the majority supporting it
solely on the consideration that it is party
measure.D What is the secret of the despotic
power embodied in this phrase2 We see
honest men voting dishonesty and intelligent
men voting stupidly, and we are told that the
explanation is that "party measure is be-
fore the House. The Ring Charter, as we
look at it, is certainly not measure
which will rebound to the good of
the Republican party. That party, while
mourning odlum, will gain no votes
by it. 1t is more than probable that a ma
iority of the intelligent Republicans of this
city are opposed to the passage of the bill.
There is not the slightest doubt that large
body are willing to abide by the professions
of partisanship and reform which were
made for them before the election. They
know that the Murphy Bliss Davenport juRta
have no moral right to the administration of
the city government. They feel that in seiz-
ing upon it, through the mastery which they
exercise over the Legislature, the Custom
house leaders are guilty of the basest
duplicity and treachery. Two elections have
shown that the people of this city
were willing to erase party lines for the sake
of electing honest men to office. No more
striking instance of the depth and sincerity of
this feeling can be adduced than the late con-
test for Mayor. Can any sensible politician
imagine that his party is to gain votes by
stripping of all real authority the man whom
four-ffths Of the Republican party supported
for Mayor-a position which it was supposed
was to be made one of great trust and re-


sponsbility7 Men of all conditions and degrees
of intelligence love fair play, aud the measure
which the Republican majority at Albany is
dealing out to Mayor Iavemeyer and the
great body of his supporters, not to mention
those of Mr.. Lawrence, is anything but fair.


Not only is the Murphy Charter n measure
which threatens to overthrow Republican
supremacy in the State but it never has been
adopted by any body of men haying
authority to give it the sanction of party
measurement even by a caucus Of members
of the Legislature. Until the treachery of
Mr.. William s. 0pdyke and the weakness of
Messrs. Prince, Clapp, Hustled, Lincoln, and
Others were made manifest, the leaders could not
have called caucus with any safety, and, even
after the above-named Assemblymen struck
their colors, six Republicans were found with
courage enough lef! to vote against the third
reading. Still. Mr.. Hustled is right. The Char
Year: 1873

many-men so politically corrupt that the new
Tammany cast them out as so many Jonahs'
They carry with them almost nothing OF their
old following. BY this maneuver Apollo Hal
has captured the busk of the old Iammany
organization, including It's leaders, with VIM
NJ. Tweed at their head. Apollo Hall Is
not "a strong with this accession as before
the last election and with these new
allies (and the skeleton organization known
as the National Democracy, added the
Custom house cannot to-day poll five
thousand more votes than in 1872. The best
informed men among them do not count the
strength of the three organizations now III
alliance to support the new Ring-the Custom
house Republicans, Apollo Hall Democrats,
and the National Democracy-at more than
$1,000 votes.


The first effect of the movement to force
the Ring upon us was, of course, to alienate
the Reformers from the CustOm-house with
which they were allied last Fall. How
complete this alienation has been is seen from
a glance at the names of the Reform organza-
tions which are already committed to the new
Reform movement, and which are pledged
to take part in the meeting this evening
We have never, we think, Overrated the
strength of the organizations when saying
that the CustOm-hOuse victory, last Fall, was
due to them and to the Tespectabillty they
gave its ticket. We do not, we believe, over
estimate their influence now in saying that
| their consistency and honesty give them in
creased strength and draw to their cause
large support from the ranks of the Custom
house party itself. We believe there will be
clear indication at the meeting tonight that
behind the RefOrmers is large body of the
people, of all parties, who appear in politics
only at the polls-the unperceived, the
| incalculable and uncomfortable force whose
mysterious appearance at the critical moment
so frequently confounds the plans of the most
| skillful schemers. Openly allied with the Re-
! formers-ma gically fused by the new issues
which have arisen-aTe the Liberal Republicans
and Reformed Tammany-twO organizations
which last year cast more votes than the
Custom-house did, and which, but for the
Reformers, would have beaten the Custom
house faction at that election. The fusion OF
all these parties is now perfect the confidence
in Tammany Hall has been completely restored
(since Tweed is as hostile to it as he is
| IIlenuiy 10 inc CuSloI-hOuhCD anu w hOii
estly believe that the alliance to-day could
carry the city by heavy majority.


Thus the forces stand arrayed; the issues
are clearly known; let there be no doubt and
hesitation. The meeting tonight should not
content itself with merely protesting against
the passage of the Charter which is to fctteI
us. 1t is of the utmost importance that the
Reformers and Liberals be put on the record
against what must inevitably work corruption
But this is not enough. The meeting tonight
should resolve on united, positive opposition
TO the alliance which is forming to maintain
| the new Ring, as Tammany Hall under Tweed
! sustained the old one.
Year: 1873

ter is a "party measure" II IL a party meas
ure because Thomas Murphy, George Bliss, Jr'
John |. Davenport, and AlODzo Il. Cornell are
recognized and obeyed as the leaders and lords
of the party, and have willed that the party
shall be sacrificed to build up, on the
basis of patronage and plunder, COM
parativey small and characterless faction
in this city. The object of these men IA the
present possession of the spoils. To them a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Tn their view. the government of this great
metropolis is not a problem to be settled by
statesmen. under the restraint OF conscience
but mass of patronage to be surveyed,
mapped out, cut up, and taken possession o.
honestly or dishonesty. The Legislature, un-
fortunately, being largely made uD OF strikers
and mercenares, and. literally, almost
completely bare of high-minded and IN
dependent men, willingly submits TO
be used as the tool of this clique,
and to name their drag-net party
measure. The Republican party should not
however be held responsible for the character
of its representatives. These men have shown
themselves incapable of dealing honestly ana
unselfishly with this city. They have proved
false TO their professions, and have betrayed



trust which they are not likely, in our OPINION
TO have it in their power to betray again very
soon. SO much for the bearings OF the Murphy
Charter as a "party measlIe'


Against this plot, the people VINO
furnish votes and pay taxes protest we
know there is strong array on the side oi
thes men who are seeking to set up new
Ring in place of the old one. All OF the
place-hunters, and their name is Legion are
for the Cust0m-house Charter, as they were,
three years ago, for Tweeds; so are those
who make living of politics. so are the
followers of Tweed; so is OBrien and his
Apollo Hall following; so are the thousands
of riff-raff who are always with any party that
is Oh a scent for spoils. But we have had one
or two peaceful rebei0ns in this city before
now; we will have another such as drove the
Tammany Ring into defeat and gave us, as
we thought a direct road to Reform. 1t Is
not possible that the men OF weight,
substantial citizens and taxpayers, nave
failed to see the danger OF allow
ing this new reign Of corruption to begin.
The meeting to O-night is to protest against the
passage of Charter which iS only charter
to a new and hungry Ring. Let us hear
demand that shall compel attention at Albany.
Year: 1873

traction Of the iron during frost lastly-tha
was Mr.. Sandbergs discovery-if the iron
tested contains phosphorus 10 the extent Of
the average railroad iron of Wales, France.
and Belgium, its strength TO resist sudden


blows at 10 F., is but from third to
fourth of what it is at ga +. There are
many other interesting opinions cited on this
subject in the Massachusetts, Railroad COrnms-
sioner's Report, but these sufficiently cover tho
ground. Let what they teach.


FiIst, evidently, that the danger Of accident
il greatest in cold weather, and hence that
then in particular there should be unusual
caution IN running railway trains at high
speed Second that iron strong enough for
ordinary service may become source Of
special weakness If bored and tightly fitted
by q separate piece Of metal. The same Re-
port elsewhere describes an accident on the
Hartford and New-Hayen Railroad in which
the original breakage occurred in a rail whero
it had been weakened by a slot cut on one
side for spike-seat, to prevent "creeping.'
Third, and most important, that bad rail.
way iron, or that which Is not ab-
solutely Of the best, is frightfully
weakened by cold weather. Gentlemen Di.
rectors of railway companies it is your in
terest. as well az that Of the public, that your
rails be Of the best iron, or, better still. Of
steel; and that they be laid with skill and
care. The Report from which we have quoted
speaks of the recurrence OF accidents Of
trains at great speed as unavoidable, though
capable of being reduced to p minimum, but
states also that it Is possible to provide
against disaster Gan equipment capable Of
"meeting and resisting it when it becomes in:
"evitable" This form of precaution-consist-
ing chiefly in brakes that can be actuated by
the engineer, and ears of strong construction
provided with substantial coupling and
buffers-is perfectly attainable by railroad
managers. We are not prepared to indOrse
the bill recently brought before Congress 10
authorize compulsory measures by United
States officials in the matter of railway safety
throughout the country the people at Wash
ington have quite enough now on their hands.
But the States which are 50 ready to charter
some and not to charter other railroads.
should at least so far control their pets az to
prevent them from needlessly killing people.
Year: 1873

petition Of the Massachusetts, Institute OF Tecl,
nology received hearing recently, from the
Legislature Of that State. 1t seems that the Instr
tute is over1owing with prosperity and desires "a
enlarge its present narrow bounds. Although
largely aided by the State, this enterprise IS based
on the contributions of private individuals, which
amount TO more than half million dollars. Since
1862 each year has doubled the annual increase ot
attendance. OF the incompatible value Of technical
training for young men, The TRIBUNE frequently


finds occasion to speak Of the special success Of the
Massachusetts, Institute in tins work, there Is no
danger IN speaking superlatiyely The value to the
State Of this means of promoting her mining and
manufacturing industries justifes great liberaty
IN return. TIE present petition, which meets with
no opposition is merely for the use OF some state
lands adjoining the Institute 70 erect on them build
ings for the Schools of Mining and Chemistry The
state is to be at no expense for the buildings Or their
contents and ia to retain the possession OF the land
with the improvements also, if they cease to be used
for educational purposes
Year: 1873

Has New-Jersey decided to succumb to a
new railroad monopoly9 No sooner is an
honest charter introduced for an independent
and competing road across New-Jersey, road
intended to be built and not a mere charter
to be sold, and upon which heavy sums have
already been expended, than the Pennsylvania
Railroad meets it by simply reversing the
teImini, changing the title and the names of the
corporators, and occupying the same franchise
so far as the right Of way is concerned If
the bill passed by the New-Jersey Senate
secondary in time, totally different in purpose
and almost insulting to the Lower House
becomes law, we shall have this condition
of things. Within a day or two the question
is to be decided and We once more exhort
Jerseymen to watch their Legislature.


AS we pointed out in q previous article, the
Pennsylvania already controls the whole rail-
road system Of New-Jerscy south OF its exist
Ing line from Trenton 10 Jersey City. To the
north of that, there is a narrow strip of ter
ritory parallel with the Pennsylvania. hardly
Year: 1873

1t is generally believed among Wall-st.
people that the report concerning the use OF


money in the interest Of the Pacific Mail


Steamship Company, last Winter in
Washington and Albany for lobby
purposes is substantially true. No
statement of the amount used puts it at
less than million and half of
dollars We should be sorry to believe
that the able and energetic President of
the Company was involved in this
business, and trust that the testimony he is eX
pected to give in Washington to-day or to-
morrow may fully relieve himself. That it
can relieve the Company we hardly
hope. Of the effect of all this upon
operations in Wall-st. we know and care
nothing. But its effect on Congress concerns
the whole country; and if a million aud
half, or the tenth part of that sum, was spent
in securing a subsidy for steamship
line, it behOoves the honest men in Congress
to find out where it went The Hon. Mr.. Nye
was not right in suppOsing that the people
are sick of Investigations: the people
are sick of the debauchery of official
conscience which these investigations have re-
vealed but, now that the knife has been put
into the Washington ulcer, they pre-
fer it should go TO the bottom.
Let us have the truth about Pacific Mail,
about Central Pacific, about alleged re-
tainers of prominent Senators year by
year at fees double the salaries which
the Government pays them, about the rest of
the stories which darken the moral atmOs-
phere Of the capital, almost as much as Credit
Mobilier and perjury.
Year: 1873

Il ought to be mentioned in justice to eX-
Mayor HAL that closer examination of the in
i,c;ments lately found against the Ring MEM
bers reveals that none have been brought
against him. 1t would have been thought un-
gracious, and perhaps a little ungrateful, if
such action had been taken after the retiring
Mayor had so kindly put a Republican at the
mead OF the Law Department.