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Year: 1876

The WEATHER To-DAY.-The Irish-Ameri-
can rifle match at Creedmoor to-day will
probably be finished, if not commenced, in
the rain. A gradual fall of the barometer
and corresponding rise of temperature
marks the approach eastward Of the storm
centre which we announced as having re-
Gently appeared in the Northwest. The
cyclone that swept the city and vicinity on
Sunday last is now we'll off the Banks Of
Newfoundland on its transatlantic voyage, so
that the western storm area has all the field
to itself Moderate rains are falling along
the eastern edge of this advancing disturb
ancc, which extends from the upper lakes
to the Gulf thus forming rain area almost
as extensive MS tho one which passed over
us some ten days ago. In the New England
States the lingering traces of the recent
cyclone continue to present themselves in
the form of light rains. Warm weather
prevails in the South, particularly along the
Atlantic coast of Georgia and South Caro-
lima. The weather to-day will be warmer,
cloudy and probably rainy.
Year: 1876

The venerable and renowned Tammany
Boss will be with us sooner than we could
have expected if it had been found neces-
sary to subject him to the annoying delays
and possible disappointments attendant
upon negotiations for the return of popular
citizens Of the United States from the Ever
Faithful Island of Cuba. Our "Twid" is to
guished individual who returns to the land
Of his birth after a successful mission. The
flag of the United States is to wave over his
head the proud deck of United States
war vessel is to lie beneath his feet the
guns of the United States navy are to frown
defiance of his foes and belch forth their fire
and smoke in honor of his arrival. The
HERALD special cable despatch from Madrid
informs us that the Spanish government will
deliver Boss Tweed on board the United
States ship Franklin, homeward bound, ut
Vigo the commander of that vessel having
consented to hand over the rival of DORIS
heimer in the travelling line to the American
authorities in New York.


The question will now turn upon the
mode of the reception of the great Boss in
our harbor. What sort Of q welcome ought
10 be extended to him? If, as is rumored,
he comes for the purpose Of carrying confn-
sion and destruction into the Tilden camp,
the present United States authorities who
are interested in making Hayes while the sun
shines, should receive him with naval honors
and salute him on his arrival with all the
guns of all the forts. Tammany should as
suredly tender him a formal welcome, for
Tammany is as deeply interested as the
republican oflice-holders in the destruction
Of Tilden. If, on the other hand, the COM
ing of the old Boss means the exposure of
all the republicans who were accustomed in
former years to do his work at Albany, then
the expense and trouble of his reception
ought to fall on the gentlemen who got up
the famous Seymour tiasco at Saratoga. They
are known to be great at sensations and
they will, no doubt, manage the affair in a
becoming manner. At all events the change
of programme seems to insure Tweeds ar
rival before the election, and the coming of
the franklin will be looked for with interest.
He may yet take part in the anticipated re-
organization of Tammany, of which he was
once the popular and honored leader.
Year: 1876

The ANSWER OF THE GILBERT Elevated
Railroad Company to petition for an in
junction filed bya private property owner
in South Fifth avenue fairly meets the issue.
The defendants insist that the interests Of
the city demand rapid transit that the
Legislature, the proper judge, has SO de-
cided, and that they intend to legally
acquire title to the plaintiffs property and
to compensate him therefor and for any
damages he may suffer. The United States
Circuit Court will no doubt refuse tho in
junction.
Year: 1876

While the great Centennial rifle match of
last week attracted attention all the world
over the return match of the Irish and Amer
lean teams has excited speculative interest
far more intense in this vicinity. Instead of
five teams of forty members we have two
teams of twelve MEMBERSHIP very pick and
flower of the rifle chivalry of Ireland and
America. This narrowing of the field to six
men on either side whose achievements are
widely known, and whose measure as rifle
men We have had recent and thorough op-
portunities to test, makes it more possible
for the general public to watch the con-
test understandingly. We have already
had two matches with the gallant Irish
rifemen, in both of which America was
victorious. The return to the charge by the
Irishmen for the third time has appealed to
that admiration for tenacious courage which
is world wide, and which is as deep and
spontaneous among Americans as among any
people on the globe. Sentimentally and
scientifically. therefore, the return match to-
day will give pleasure to our people. While
we admire our opponents and yet hope for
the success Of our own fine team the study
of the scores will be to our young men of rife
proclivities something to profit by.


The matches of 1874 and 1875 afford no safe
criterion to form any opinion of the relative
merits of the contending teams ofto-day. This
is accounted for by the change in the
style of target and consequently in the sys-
tenn of valuing the shots The first two
matches were fired at the old model of target
with square bull's-eye and without any dis
tinction between the centre and the inner of
the new target. Tho difference in scoring
may be judged by the fact that the Dolly
mount scores of General Dakin and Colonel
Bodine at one thousand yards, which were
fifty lone each, would on the new target count
sixty-three for Bodine and but sixty for
Dakin. In the great match of last week,
however, we find our parallel On the first
day the six American marksmen who are to
shoot to-day scored l, 1914 to ,202 scored by the
six gentlemen of the Irish team who face
the butts this morning On the second day
the Americans in the same number of shots
scored 1, 153 to their opponents 1859. This
gives the nearest comparison attainable.
The Irish team has undoubtedly strength
ened itself by reducing its number, while
the Americans could have extended theirs
without danger. The slight apparent adj
vantage of the Irish rifemen may haply
fall to nothing in the match to-day, but how
ever the contest goes our best wishes will go
out to the sons of Green Ireland whom de-
feat has not vanquished. If they win our
warmest congratulations will be theirs.
Year: 1876

The people of New York are getting ex-
cited over the expected big explosion at
He'll Gate. An engineer Mr.. Name or
timid old ladies in Astoria by his
dark hints at the effects of simulated
earthquake" and tho consequences OF
a sudden disturbance of the foundations
of tall houses" Another individual has
done his share toward intensifying the sem
sation by spreading abroad the rumor-
which we believe to be unfoundel-that
General Newton's mother-in-law lives at As
toria But the most startling report-more
startling, indeed, than the forty-five thou
sand pounds of dynamite-comes from the
democratic headquarters. 1t is charged there
rage, concocted by the republican party.
The State of New York is essential to the
success of the republican Presidential candi-
date. Mr.. E. D. Morgan must be Governor
Of the State or republicanism is doomed.
Without the large democratic vote of the
city the State is regarded as safe for the re-
publicans With the stronghold of democ-
racy thrown in tie result is doubtful. So
the story goes that the He'll Gate explosion
is designed to swallow up the city and to
leave the State certain for the republican
candidates. General Newton is said to be
in the plot. If it exists we have no doubt
he is. Whate yer may happen at the He'll
Gate rock the General will bc sure to be
found at the bottom of it.
Year: 1876

THE PENNSYLVANIA JURIEs are showing no
mercy to the ''Molly Maguires.' Yesterday
another of the brotherhood was found guilty
of murder in the first degree, after trial at
Pottsville, as an accessory to the killing of
Policeman Yost. Nine members of the or
Qanization have already been convicted, five
of whom are now lying under sentence of
death. This is the surest method of render
ing the organization unpopular.
Year: 1876




One of the sources of uneasiness as to the
possible effects of the blast to be fired on
Sunday is an erroneous process of reason
ing in regard to explosives. This reasoning
appears to have originated with contractors
and head laborers and other laborers who
have worked under the direction of en-
gineers at blasting and have acquired some
experience and general knowledge OF the
subject" There are few things 80 misleading
as that kind of disguised ignorance that is
called "a general knowledge" of a subject as
to which knowledge that is not particular and
specific is not knowledge at all. In this in
stance men who have not the competence Of
engineers to reason upon any theory OF ex-
plosives are yet enabled by some experience
to speak with quasi authority that gives
their words some weight with the public,
and the effect is mischievous. Their common
view of the case is this : One pound of nitro
glycerine exploded on such day with
such on effect (; forty-fve thousand pounds
are to be exploded by General Newton,
and the effect will be forty-fve thousand
times as great. Therefore, on this theory, if the
one pound tore everything to pieces within
distance Of ten feet, the other will be
equally destructive within distance of
forty miles. These are the wild views Of
people who have chad some experience
but not enough to enable them to take into
consideration the different conditions to diff
ferent cases. This reasoning entirely ignores
every principle ofthe concentration of force,
in virtue of which one sixty-pound gun will
do more to ruin q wall in one day than
q hundred six-pound guns could do
in week. 1t argues that ten thou
sand tack hammers would be as effec-
tive as one trip hammer in forging an
anchor. Physical separation of the particles
of an explosive substance is the great nit
igating condition in its operations. This in
fuence may be utilized in any degree. EN-
ployed in small degree it slightly reduces
the explosibility and the destructive power; /;
but it may be pushed to such an extent rs
to render the substance entirely mex
rlosive. Nitro-glycerine is ten times
more vigorous in explosion than dynamite !;
yet dynamite is simply nitro-glycerine with
it's particles physically separated by the ad-
mixture of an inexplosive substance. 1t is,
in fact, adulterated nitro-glycerine. Now,
the condition at Hallett's Point is practically
that the nitro-glycerine there is adulterated
with granite rock. Every charge is SO COM
pletely and thoroughly separated from every
other charge that there is no possibility of
unity of impulse in the explosion 1t is said
thnt there are forty-fve thousand pounds of
explosive substances. If this be so the ex-
plosives are in sufficiently small proportion
10 exhaust their energy on the labor they
have to perform, for there are not less than
thirty thousand tons Of rock to be rent
and crushed. Above the rock there are
forty-five thousand tons of water-a sufficient
heavy buffer certainly to limit the action of
the explosive force.
Year: 1876

We suggested to the officers Of the Wash
ington Monument Association some days
ago that they would do well to make public
O statement of the sum and time needed to
complete the work. They now write us that
the estimated cost Of completing it is tour
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Of
this Congress has given two hundred thou
sand dollars, and "the organized societies,
several States and number of the banking
institutions of the country have subscribed
one hundred thousand dollars, to be paid
whenever sufficient amount has been
guaranteed to finish the monument" Thus
there remains to be raised the sum
of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars-a trife which ought to be
subscribed before the centennial runs
out, and which might, we should think,
be raised on the Centennial grounds be-
tween now and the closing day if vigorous
appeal were made. The monument is now
174 feet high. When completed it will be
4S5 feet in height, with a stone terrace
25 feet high and 200 feet in diameter 1t
stands in the centre of pretty park, in
front of the White House, and its unfinished
shaft, with a derrick surmounting it, is one
of the conspicuous and not pleasant objects
of the capital city. Why not complete it?
The association estimates that four years will
be required to get it done.
Year: 1876

AT A MEETING of the Armory Commission
yesterday Comptroller Green elected some
interesting facts in relation to the renting Of
the armory on the southeast corner of Fourth
street and Broadway. This room, which is
on the fourth floor. has been rented by the
city for five years at an average rent of thir-
teen thousand dollars year, and the Comp
troller drew out the admission that the per-
son who leased it to the city had himself
Just hired it at rent of FIVE thousand dol
Year: 1876

The HERALD SPECIAL DISPATCHES from
Fort Lincoln give the confirmation of the
flight of Long Dog and his band of hun
dred and fifty followers, and their supposed
escape to Canada. The official announce
ment of the close Of the campaign had been
made by General Terry. The necessity for
n searching investigation into the facts con-
nected with the Custer massacre is urged by
the HERALD correspondent.
Year: 1876

TIE MURDER COMMITTED by the Baxter
street Othello yesterday was a revolving af-
fair The victim of the jealous brute did
not display the affection manifested by Des-
demona in her dying moments. II am
stabbed-Dave did it r. were her last words
to her uncle, and they will probably bring
her murderer to the gallows.
Year: 1876

THE PEOPLE OF BARCELONA, Spain, have
got up a strong Know Nothing raid, only on
the other side. They refuse to patronize
anybody who worships in Protestant
church or sends children to a Protestant
school. 1t is not stated whether they carry
dark lanterns but if they do not they will,
no doubt, come to that soon enough.
Year: 1876

MAxrMo GoAEz, the Cuban patriot leader,
has been making trouble near Villa Clara


He crossed the railroad with large force,
but does not seem to have had the pleasure
of fight, and contented himself with carry
ing of all the negroes he could find, together
with one overseer The raid will supply
him With new recruits for the patriot army.
Year: 1876

DoDwELL THE WIFE MURDERER, who has
been on trial before Recorder Hackett for
the past two days, yesterday thought it best
to withdraw his plea of not guilty, and to
plead guilty of murder in the second de-
gree. This provides board and lodging for
him during the remainder of his days
Year: 1876

TWEED Has ANSWERED, through counsel, in
the suit brought against him by the city for
the recovery of the stolen millions. OF
course the great Boss denies ''each and every
allegation in the complaint. He will soon
be here to answer for himself.
Year: 1876

THE BOYS IN BLUE are having good time
ut Indianapolis. OF course Logan and Burn
side and Garfield and the rest are there.
What loss 1t will be to the political heroes
when the country discovers that the war is
Year: 1876

lars year. Some of the old Ring politicians
are said to be interested in the lease, and
the Comptroller seems to be resolved to get
at the bottom of the story and to protect tho
city from the imposition.
Year: 1876

PEBBLRs.-Success consecrates the foulest
crimes.


Incidence is the paralysis of the soul.
An angry man opens his mouth and
shuts his eyes.


Men love to be adored, but hate to be re-
proved.


We are only really alive when we enjoy
the good of others.


Too much kindness to the aged and
afflicted is seldom heard of.


Work for other peoples vanity, not your
own that is the art of arts.


The best days of mans life are those in
which he effects the most good.


That is a treacherous friend against
whom you must be always on your guard.
1t is no use running; to set out betimes
is the main point.


None breaches better than the ant, and
she says nothing.


Affectation hides three times as many
virtues as charity does sins.


He that swells in prosperity will be sure
to shrink in adverity.
Year: 1876

The husband was quick of temper, and
often inconsiderate. They had been
married not yet year, when, one day, in
a fit of hasty wrath, he said to his wife;


~ want no correction from you. If you
are not satisfied with my conduct, you can
return to your own home whence took
you, and find happiness with your kind y


"If leave you," returned the unhappy
wife, twill you give me back that which 1
brought to your"


Every dollar. covet not your wealth.
You shall have it all back"


"Ah," she answered. 81 meant not the
wealth of gold. l mean my maiden heart
my first and only love-my buoyant
hopes, and the promised blessing of my
womanhood. Can you give these back to
me?'' she inquired.


A moment of thought-of convulsion-
and then, taking her to his arms.


"No, no, my wife, 1 cannot do that but
1 will do more; will keep them hence
forth unsullisd and unpained. 1 will
cherish your blessing as my own; and
never again, God helping me, will 1 forget
the pledge 1 gave at the holy altar when
you gave your peace and happiness into
my keeping"


How true it is that "a soft answer turneth
away wrath"
Year: 1876

A MAGNIFICENT BUILDING.-The Young
Mems Christian Association of Philadelphia
has Just completed one of the finest build
ings in that city and a correspondent thus
speaks of it:


A noticeable event of the best sort has
been the opening of the new Building Of
the Yong Mems Christian Association, on
the S. E. corner of 18th and Chestnut Streets.
1t is one of the finest structures in the city,
and the largest and most complete OF any
edifice belonging to associations of this name
anywhere. 1t is noble in proportions, in
design, in ornamentation, and most Of all
in fitness for the purposes to which is to
put. The principal feature of the building
is large and beautiful Lecture or Concert
Room, with accommodations for 800 peo-
pie. 1t is designed to have an organ in
this Hall, and the room will doubtless be
in nrequest during gamusements seasons. There
is also a smaller lecture room, holding 2OC
persons, designed more especially for the
use of the Association, though this also will
be let. Both these rooms fill decided wants
in our system of public halls. Then there
is a library, readingroom, gymnasium
bowling alley, and various other attractive
features, all intended to draw young men
who may be living in the great city withou
home influences, from the paths of iicen
tiousness and crime. Here is a practica
work in which men of all creeds may unite
The building at 18th and Chestnut is al
honor to the city, and it is hoped it will
have a long career of usefulness.
Year: 1876

A certain number of very intelligent ana
very sincere people earnestly desire to in
troduce in this country the practice of cre
nation as means of disposing of the bodies
of the dead. Their purpose is at least
thoroughly respectable. They believe the
present mode of burial prejudicial to public
health, and it seems to be offensive to their
tastes. Very few, as yet, agree with them,
but none can fail to respect their intentions,
or object to their putting them into prac-
tice in cases over which they have legiti-
mate control. But it would be pity to
see the whole business turned into ghastly
joke by carting across the mountains tbs
remains of man dead and embalmec
months ago, over whome grotesque parody
on aburial service was long since performed
If cremation is advocated on the ground o
the public health, this performance is fa
more likely TO prejudice than promote it
if on the ground of good taste, the crems
tionists ought to raise subscription to ge
this scheme abandoned.
Year: 1876

AMBITIOUS. - Two able bodied
young men. who seem to prefer a
life Of degradation and idleuess to
respectability and honest labor,
make their home with the Indians
on the hill northeast Of town. They
go to the csmpoody regularly for
their meals. aud at times gather
sagebrush for the squaws to cook
with, The Indians say they give
these noble specimens of the sape,


rlor race money to buy whisky, and
for this kindness feed them with
such delicacies as the squawS pre-
pare for the bucks - silver state.
Year: 1876

ITY OF THE ACT.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.i


WASHINGTON, Dec 19.-The facts about the seiz-
ure of kilograms last Summer by Mr.. Glover's Com
mittee on the Real Estate Pool not of such ma
ture as to lead rejecting members of Congress to
back up Mr.. Morrison in his difference with Presi-
dent 0rton. Mr.. Gover's big find was not, it ap-
pears discovered in an old junk shop, but in paper
mill where the dispatches had been sent to be re-
duced to pulp and worked up into new paper Many
thousands of private messages were thus seized by
a deputy sergeant-at-arms, and brought to WASH
ington. Shortly after this occurred Congress adj
iourned and the members of Mr. Glover's committee
went home leaving their booty in charge of their
clerk. BY some arrangement, made either with the
clerk or the chairman which would seem to
be a highly proper subject for investigation,
correspondent of The Chicago Times was turned loose
among the of dispatches, allowed to examine
them at his leisure and select from them any which
he thought could be made the basis of sensational
letters to his paper. The dispatches nearly all bore
date of 1872, but some of them as old as 1871
and few as recent as 1873. This mass of CORE
spOndence much of it of course confidential and all
of it committed to the telegraph company with the
distinct understanding that it should be kept
secret, was thus handed over to the inqusltive
scrutiny of reporter to be used he saw t. 1t is
curious IlCC JuaU dlIlOSb lIio Oul9 pCiooh
by the publications made of the kilograms picked
out by the reporter was Benjamin +. Butler. the
author of the theory that Congress has a right to
seize telegraphic correspondence and the first man
who put this outrageous doctrine into practice Some
of the dispatches over his signature, published
in The Chicago Times, were of rather suspicious
character Several messages from the President
were secured but none of them were of real or Ss-
pected importance except few that were in cypher,
and these all the efforts of the reporter and such ex
perts as he could bring to his aid failed to interpret
Several bushels of the seized kilograms are said still
to remain in the of Mr.. GlOvers committee,
subject to the examination of any persons who may
have political or personal motives for looking at
them, and who can get the permission of the chair
man or the clerk. Mr. Morrisons effort to seize the
whole telegraphic correspondence of the country
has something bold and frank about it, but the per-
Torrance of Mr.. GlOvers committee was essentially
immoral 1t ought to raise such feeling OF indig-
nation in Congress and in the country as to put
stop at once TO the whole bad business of meddlng
with private correspondence.
Year: 1876

managed, in discussing the subject, to work down
through the long course Of history to the John
Brown raid, the rebellion and the present dispute
about the Presidency. and found significance in
the statues which those who presented them did not
probably dream Of


In the House, Mr. Hoar's Oraton was longer and
more carefully prepared than similar speeches gener-
ally are and that considering who the orator was,
is high praise for it, Mr. Warren also spoke very
effectively and managed to give his remarks prac-
tical turn by apt quotations from the writings of
Samuel Adams, which. without much effort, might
be made to apply to the present political condition
of the country. The point of Mr.. Garfeld's speech
the scf-restraint shown by the of the Revo-
luton in the most trying times and the necessity for
its practice to-day.