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IEW TORI. FBTDAY. MABCH II. 18TA,
From our rcjtorts this morning the probabilities
are that the weather to-day icill be cold and
partly cloudy.
Notice to Country NF.wsDF.tLF.ns.?For
i)rompt and regular delivery of the Herald
>y fast mail trains orders must be sent direct
to this office. Postage, free.
Wat.t, Street Yesterday.?The stock mnr
ket was heavy and unstiggestivo. Several
of the fancies showed a sharp decline. Gold
opened and closed at 113 7-8. Money was
supplied nt 3 and 4 per cent. Government
and railway bonds were quiet.
Baodap, the city of the good Haronn-alBaschid.
is in the hands of the plague again, I
and it is to be hoped that a strict quarantine I
will be maintained. In 1831 the old historic i
city suffered terribly from tho plague, and
six years ago it was visited by a famine.
Centennial Candidates.?Grant and Conkling
can together name tho winning candidate
at Cincinnati. But, in view of tho
hourly development* from Washington, will
It be worth while for them to tnko that !
trouble ?
Carter's Evidence Shows how deeply corruption
had penetrated the army circles in
the West. It is a sad commentary upon the
administration to find a gallant officer paying
to tho head of his department only the
respect "provided in the articles of war."
Don Carlos?The Outi-ook for Spain.?
In another part of tho Herald wo publish
an interview held with Don Carlos after his 1
arrival in London, in which the defeated
Pretender to the Spanish throne tells us not i
merely how he regards the struggle just
ended, bnt under what circumstances he expects
the battle to be renewed.
Centennial Candidates.?Our democratic
ccntenninl list begins to assume new value
in the presence of these new developments
from Washington. It may be the winning
list after all. The democrats can fight to
win or to lose. Bayard, Tilden or Thurmnn
is a candidate to win. The candidates to lose,
like the subscribers of tho IIerai.d, "are too
numerous to mention."
Atrocities like thnt of Hrcmerliaven are
not oMily forgotten. The German officials
hava published another report upon the
dynamite explosion which deals almost exclusively
with tho personal history of
Thomassen, or Thomas. They are con- '
vinced that his real name was Alexander
Keith, and that ho was a native of Nova
Scotia. His name would indicate a Scotch
origin, but it may be truly said that there
was nothing Caledonian in Ins crime.
Tnr. TnrcE is Heueootom will not, we
think, lead to pacification. Turkey shows I
her old impracticable temper in dealing
with the question, and when her financial
fbakiness is also considered we can guess
that the Towers will weary of propping up
i proud but rotten despot ism. The changed
position of Russia will powerfully affect tho
rourse of the struggle. She, at least, has no
interest in seeing the trouble end in diplomatic
smoke.
Ex-Cfovxr.Non f>rx, as will be seen by his
letter in another part of the Heeald, is very
emphatic in his opposition to the taxation of
church property, which has Wen proposed by
certain ungodly Assemblymen. General I)ix
goes into ecclesiastical history and rakes tho
Old World for examples to confound these
..11 V ^rf.TviUI V 11!? t? 11*1(1 *A*hil?A lii-A lotfj.r
?"h ; ? -
Has it certain scholarly flavor and antiquarian
Utcrest worthy of the translator of the "I>ies
Lrtu" wo should be ^lad to hear what plain
ipok.cn Mr. Moody has to any about the mutter.
What good can he be expected to effect
if Christianity i? saddled with taxation?
Let Mr. Moody speak, lie has a trumpet
tongue. p .
NEW 1
The Kbtjt Department RxpemrM?The
Onusr of th? Evil and the Remedy.
Wo question if the explanation given by
Mr. Secretary Kobeson of the causes which
led to his using of the credit of the United
States government to restore life to tho
moribund house of Jay Cooke Ar Co. will bo
satisfactory even to those strenuous friends
of the administration who see nothing that
is not admirnble in the ways of Grant and
Grantistn. There are marked variations"
between the narrative with which Mr. Iiol*son
has favored the committee of the
House and the despatches which wo printed
tho other day. These despatches have dates
and names, and they show that the memory
of the Secretary is not always to be trusted.
Thus, Mr. Hobeson fixes tho date when he
i sent the million nnd a half in October. 1873.
i when the tiino for tho payment of onr naval
' accounts became due. Ho nays, also, that it
I was necessary to send these drafts to proj
tect a house "which was then car
rying on largo and important finan!
cial transactions" in the interest of |
the government, and that ho has not
sent any money to tho house in London
since tho house in New York was declared i
bankrupt. Now, Mr. Robeson's own de- j
spatohes show'a different state of things. |
< They show that two days before .Toy Cooke !
failed?on Hoptembej lfi, 1873? or a month
before October, when these naval payments
became due, Mr. Robeson telegraphed an
order from his home at Long Rrnnch to the
Treasury to send Cooke a million of dollars.
Tho Treasury, under the cautious managel
nient of Mr. Boutwell, who, whatever his
faults as Secretarv of the Treasury, was never
disposed to invest the public treasure in
private concerns, declined to send tlie
money. Mr. Boutwell hoard of the failure of
Cooke and arrived at his own conclusions as I
to the safety of any million of dollars that i
might be sent to the London branch of the j
firm. But Cattell happened to be in London?
Cattell, the friend and familiar of
Robeson?and he began telegraphing about
public opinion showing "confidence" in the
dead house, and hoping that the govern- |
ment would not "crush" it. The effect of j
these moving despatches upon the tender ]
heart of Robeson was such that he went to
the President and induced him to remove
the sernplos of Boutwell and order the million
and a half to London. The money was
sent, and Mr. Robeson parades among his I
"collateral securities" some "forty-five thou- j
sand dollars of bonds of the St. Joe and
Denver Railroad Company."
Mr. Robeson does not explain why he took
the agency of our government from the
mighty house of Barings, which had been
our agent for nearly sixty years, and which
would have been of more use in strengthening
the credit of the nation than a million of
Cookes. No explanation is given of this
transaction. All the world knows that the \
reason was that Cooke, like Clews, had |
become a cronv of tho President : that he !
had become "loyal" to the cause, and that
he did not hesitate to "bleed" freely when
the election was impending. In other
words, so debased had onr politics j
bccomo that the finaucial agency of !
the government was treated liko a I
trade-post out at Fort Rill and was made ;
to "como down" with every election. Now, j
the President's friends may say that it was j
an error of judgment (for Presidents are
not infallible), to regard the houses of Clews |
and Cooko as solvent as those of Barings. J
We have had to excuse so many things that |
the President has done that we may as well ,
add this to tho list. We suppose if Grant
had known that Cooke was running a house j
in London without capital, simply on j
"cheek," if he had known that Clews would [
fail in a little while and not leave more !
than enough to pay his bankruptcy fees, ;
he would not have changed the agencies.
But this excuse will not hold good in the
matter of the million and a half sent by his
order and in spite of the opposition of his
careful Secretary of tho Treasury to Cooke's
London machine. He knew Cooke had
failed. He must have known that it was not
in rue power 01 me government. 10 restore i
life to (i house that hail onoo failed in L011- |
don. The confession of failure was financial
death. It was his first duty to protect the
government.
It wns not his business to ask whether his !
action would or would not "crush" a house |
thnt hnd already fallen. The more we look
' into the transaction the more reckless nnd
shameful it appears. First. Cooke was ap- j
pointed in place of Baring; then, when he
failed, a million and a half of good money '
was sent to keep him on his English legs. j
Of course he stood as long as the million j
and a half lasted ; but he fell there as lie had 1
fallen lu re, and as his fall everywhere was ^
inevitable after he hnd closed the doors of
his Philadelphia bank.
Is is not for us to instruct the committee !
of the House as to their duty in this matter. |
We sincerely trust it may not be made a
party question. Let the representatives of
t he nation deal with Ilobeson as with Belknap?not
as nn off. ndcr against the party,
but as an offender against the country. The
n?v?tK1ioona xb-ill ntol-n nn i rrot r io v fi)\li? ltlnn.
der if they attempt, even by indirection, to
screen these Cabinet officers from the
consequences of their villany. For
villany it is, however we niny look
at it The time has come for
the republicans to throw over every semblance
of sympathy for the Delanos, the
Robeaons and Jtelknaps. In d(?ng so they
nntst see ?what we have shown over and over
again in these columns that the root of the
evil lies in the two-term principle in our
constitution. .So loug as the door is left
; open to a second and a third term, so long
as we give the President the powers of a king
and surround liitn with a degraded Senate
only too willing to record his decrees
so its members hnvc their share of
tho spoils, so long wo shall have tho
ha<1 developments which now distress the
conntry. Here lies the root of the evil?tho
germ of all this dreary growth of corruption
and dishonor which now overspread
the land. Wo elect a inun like Grant to the
Presidency, a man of ordinary ability and
narrow personal ihstincts, who sees the
Presidency as a new commission, for which
: he resigned a life-long otBce, and who uses
it for himself and a squad of worthless relations
and friends and cronies. Of conrso j
all tho resources of his nature are devoted |
rORK HERALD. FRIDAY.
to the preservation of his office and his
power. Of conrse all the functions
of the government are bent upon one point?
, the perpetuation of his tenure of office. Tho
Fresident found that he had a Senate that
would confirm a Billings and a Delano,
while it rejected a Dana and a Hoar; a
House that would never inquire into the j
stories of crime in tho Indian country so
, long as Congressmen's brothers were kept in
post stores; a Cabinet that" would rather
| send a million to London than see a good
fellow "crushedeloquent editors and
i orators like George William Curtis who con- j
I tinned to support him in spite of it all; and
why not think of n third term?why not
even demand it at the hands of a party j
which ho had gorged with plunder, and
which naturally he wished to keep in power
so long ns he could have a share for himself,
his family and friends ? Here is the root of
the whole evil, and we marvel that the democrats
and independent republicans of the
House do not take the question up and go
before the country on the issue. As it now
stands, with every day bringing forth a new |
corruption, with extravagance, crime
and maladministration in every branch ;
of the State, thero is no roa- !
son why the democrats should not
carry the country. They should make their
campaign upon the need of reform, civil
service, one term ns the panacea for corrupt
appointments, the lessening of the powers
of the President and the Senate, decentrnlization
and a frank recognition of the
political equality of white and black in the |
South. This rnro question in the South, j
this financial question in the West,
are the two monsters which stand
in the path of democratic, success. Thus
far we have not seen tho democrats wise
enough in Congress to deal with them as
monsters whose toleration will bring defeat
and shame. Now is the time for the democrnctic
party to rise to the level of its opportunity.
Let it begin its campaign by de- \
during in favor of one term of six years and
no re-election. This is the cardinal point of
victory, and we marvel that men like Bayard 1
and Thurman do not seize upon it, and, in !
thus leading tho party to victory, become
themselves its victorious chieftains.
Oar Alliuny Correspondence.
Somo one in Albany has a notion that it
would 1)0 safer for the mercenary spirits of
the Legislature if the Herald correspondent
wore excluded from the enjoyment of tho
privileges that the House accords to corre- |
spondents generally; therefore ho wants i
the Houso to exclude our correspond- i
cnt accordingly, or he wants to have a mo- j
tion made to that effect. Although he is a i
member of the Houso he does not rare, ap- j
parently, to make the motion himself, hut
wishes to have it made by another. This is j
in consequenco, we suppose, of his natural
modesty. But we do not see why tho
member should have any trouble to get
his measure under way, since tho usual
courso of legislation is open to him. Let
him put it into tho hands of any skilled
member of tho lobby and it will go through
smoothly and swiftly?as that is the regular
channel?the common hopper of the law- [
making mill. Ho must, of courso, put up '
some money at the same time. It is, we I
suppose, understood that the sum put up on
Mini uutiiMum munt unit nuuiu minimi U> '
the importance anil value of the idea behind j
the measure to be acted on; but this I
need not distress him, for any mom- 1
ber of the lobby would consider fif- 1
teen dollars an ample accompaniment
for any idea that has originated with any
member of the present Assembly. It appears j
that the wrath excited against us is due to 1
our observations on thecourseof the Commit- '
tec on Railroads with regard to the "No Seat |
No Fare" bill. It is thought that as mem- !
bers are not free to sell their votes to railroad |
companies or other purchasers while there is '
a Herald correspondent handy, without the
fact becoming generally known, they must
either give up the traffic or get rid of the correspondent.
They reason naturally, but not
deeply, if they suppose their schemes will
remain unknown with a correspondent excluded.
In short, it is a very extravagant
fancy on their pnrt to suppose that the privi- ,
leges they extend are of any value to a news- I
paper. The news can bo obtained without !
their aid. The privilege of sitting in their
company on the floor or anywhero else is
not, journalistically, worth a row of pins. A j
correspondent excluded entirely from the
chamber might even tell the news in the i
shape of a prophecy by consulting the only ;
influential persons at Albany, the third j
house, or. as better known, the lobbv. The
present paltry privilege of sitting among the I
marionettes has no newspaper valne beside j
the privilege of n sent among the men who
poll the strings that make the puppets dance
"on the floor." Then would our correspondent
be nblo to furnish the publie, not
with tho bare fact that such a committee sold
1 out such a bill on a given day, but he
would get the price paid for each particular
I vote, and we would publish the Legislative
account current, with the sums given and
; the names of the recipients. If the Assom|
blymen doubt this let them expel our corre- i
I spondent.
Cestf.nnial Candidate*.?With the star in
the East, which is Itlaine, and the star in
tho West, which is Morton, tho republican
party should bo prompt in mnking their
' combinations, or wo may havo a candidate
j whose nomination will serve some other interests
than those of the nation. The wny
to win is for Conkling and Grant to unite,
and give tho part}- a star from the North or
from the South who would point tho way to
triumph. Thinking of Uristow, how would
the Southern cross do iu this centennial |
vear as a constellation ef victory?the sitrn I
I of conquest?
IIaiu.f.m Flats. The approach of the summer
weather makes it highly desirable for
the sake of the city's health that something
I should be done before the hot season to pre- !
vent the pestilential Harlem Flats, on which j
the late Disbecker's claim to garbage im- |
mortality will rest, from becoming a huge 1
generator of disease. The propositions I
made by the Iioard of Health to lessen the
chances of pestilence should be listened to
j by the proper authorities. Elsewhere will
! be found a report of an inspection of this
miasmatic swamp bj Professor Chandler
and Dr. Day.
MARCH 31, 1876.?TRIPL]
Grnfral SrliencU.
This gentleman does not appear to advantage
even in the light of his own testimony.
He mnst have felt that he was hnrd pushed
when he assumed, in answering certain j
questions of the committee, that he is still i
the American Minister to England absent on
leave. He expressed other opinions equally
extraordinary ; but let ns first consider this.
Before ho left London he received a cable
from Secretary Fish informing him that his
resignation was accepted by the President.
He knew at the time of his departure that
he would never return in his official capacity,
and yet he coolly tells the committee
that ho still considers himself ns Minister to i
England absent on leave. He would not j
have made nn answer so contrary to fact and |
common sense if he had not found himself !
badly cornered. He had been compelled to
testify that he left without taking leave of
the Queen or even calling on Lord Derby. |
When further asked why ho neglected the
usual formalities observed by a re- j
tiring Minister it would have been
awkward to confess the true rea- |
son, *->nd he was driven to tnko refuge in
the fiction that ho loft on a permission of
temporary absence. It was only nnder
shelter of this fiction that ho was able to get
out of England at all. A writ wns actually
served on him when ho was on the point of
departure, and ho evaded it by pleading his
diplomatic privilege. The only excuse he
could make to the committee for not taking
leave of the Queen was thnt ho expected his
absence to be temporary, implying thnt the
acceptance of his resignation did not vncato
his office. It is perhaps a logical consoquence
of that assumption thnt General
Schenck is still in office ; but he is in a pitiable
predicament when he tries to conceal
his flight from English justice under so thin
and ridiculous a pretence.
Another of Gcnernl Sclienck's assnmp- i
tious, contrary to common sense, is the
opinion he expressed to the committee that
the bead of an embassy has a perfect right
to invest his money in any business enter- i
prise. This position is necessary to his de- j
fence, but a Minister is unfortunate when i
his conduct has been such ns to force him to
stand upon this untenable ground. Why ,
lias the public sentiment of both continents ,
been so shocked by the Emma mine transaction
if General Schenck's connection with it j
was legitimate?
It is as difficult to believe that he did not
know Park was attempting to make use of
him to promote a speculation as it j
is to believe that General Schenck j
is now American Minister on leave i
of obsenec. It was a plain attempt to
deceivo tlio English pnblio and inveigle
capitalists to bay Emma mine stock on false
pretences. Park knew, and Sclienck, who \
is not an idiot, must have known equally
well, that the purchase of Emma stock by
the American Minister would be regarded ns
n proof of its value?a perfoctly just conclusion
if the Sclienck transaction had been in !
reality what it appeared to be on its face. |
If Sehenck had invested his own money, at I
his own risk, in the same way that English !
capitalists were naked to risk theirs, his conduct
would have been merely imprudent,
but not criminally culpable. The damaging
charge against him is that he permitted himself
to ho used as decoy duck under false
pretences. Who would have touched the
Emma mine stock if the whole truth of General
Schenckli connection with it had been
known ? If, when Park's emissaries were
bruiting tho fact that the American Minister
had purchased five hundred shares of the
stock, the same emissaries had told the
further fact that Park lent him tho
money for the purchase; that Park
had made a written agreement guaran- I
teeing Schenck two per cent a month on I
the investment, and had offered to take back !
the stock at par whenever Schenck might ;
desire to return it?if these concealed fen- I
tures of the transaction had been mnde pnl>- i
lie, the Emma mine would have been discred- |
itod at once. A carefully planned deception '
was practised on the English public, to which
General Schenck was a party. He knew that
a false interpretation wns put upon his purchase
; he consented by silence and concealment
to let it be supposed that he had taken :
all the risks of ordinary purchasers, when, ;
in fact, }ic had taken no risk at all, and was j
paid a heavy bonus for assisting to bull the i
stock. Hod it been known how ho came by !
his shares the speculation would have fallen I
flat, and it is impossible to resist tho belief I
that he was the conscious and consenting ;
agent of a deception.
Intpeacliment of Ilelknnp.
The formal articles of impeachment were '
reported to the House yesterday, and the ;
case will now speedily go to the Senate in 1
such a form as to require it to organize as a \
court for the trial of the charges. The House
will elect seven managers, and as soon as the
court of impeachment is organized the ac?
.ill /.itnrl nnnonr !
answer. It is not probable that be will ap- !
pear in person, bnt only by counsel. A
reasonable time will be allowed for the preparation
of a reply, which will develop
the line of defence. The facts against
Belknap aro so strong and incontestable
that it is probable the answer
of his counsel will nioTcly deny
that an impeachment can lie against an officer
after ho has resigned and his resignation
been accepted. If this plea should be ruled
out Belknap has no defence nnd might as
well plead guilty. It is for the interest of the
republican party to make the trial ad brief
as possible, and Belknap will probably be i
persuaded to make no further defence if his
counsel are overruled on the point of jurisdiction.
The republican leaders do not wish
the public mind to be occupied tor any
length of time by a subject which brings so
much disgrace upon their party, and as Bel- '
knap has really no defence if the Senate decides
that it has power to try him he may
be persuaded to retain his few remaining
Iriends by complying with their wishes and
advice.
' ??
Centennial Candidates. ?The democratic
party is in some such position as our army I
during the war, when Stanton ami Lincoln
were feeling around for a victorious general.
They tried McClellan, Burnside, llalleck.
Pope, Hooker, and in time struck Grant.
The democrats are feeling around. They
have felt Pendleton, who has failed. They
B SHEET.
have felt Hendricks, and he has too mnch of
the rag about him. They have tried howling
old Bill Allen, of Ohio, and he has frightened
them off This Congress will finish
nan a dozen more, including tno iuioi
brigade, headed by Morrison and Clyraer,
and the rebel brigade, headed by Hill.
Probably when the time comes for the army
to move the leader may bo found. It may i
be Bayard, or Tilden, or Thurman. We are
vain enough to hope he may bo on our centennial
list.
Broach of Trust aa a Crime.
Every year or so, just as we are about to
have an election, tho court reports abound '
in "charges" to the Grand Jury about crime j
and its prevalence. Some poor ham stealer,
whoso family is probably starving, is hauled I
up and sent to prison for twenty years, and the i
reporters shout "Glory to the just judge, tho
terror of tho evil doer." But whep wo have
n erirnn wliioli tlm ctnullTirr of
ft ham is a trivial offence nothing is said.
When ft trustee who has in his keeping the
estates of widows and children?estates left
by some confiding friend?goes down into
Wall street and pots the money into somo
wild-cat stocks or invests it in Southern bonds
or in mining shares, and the estato goes to
the bad, nothing is said or done. The trustee
was a "good fellow." He prayed diligently.
He was one of Brother Moody's
shining lights. He had "something wrong"
with his mind ; ho was "overworked."
He made a mistake. Ho thought the stocks
would rise, which they didn't, or that the
democratic Legislatures of North Carolina
and Georgia would pay their bonds, which j
they never meant to do, and?don't; or that
the miners would find gold in the mine,
which they didn't, because there was no gold
there and never hod been. So the matter is
smoothed over as a "misfortune," and to be
"regretted but not to bo mentioned, especially
in the papers, because it might
wound the "susceptibilities" of the false
trustee and his friends.
So we never hear of the false trustee standing
in the dock and hearing stern Justice visit
upon him all tho maledictions of the law.
No, no, indeed ! It would not be pleasant
and would annov society. Therefore,
although there are instances without number
of trustees who have proved false, to
their trust, who ever hears of them ? When
a lawyer in this city, a member of the Bar
Association, and a reformer at the time when
"reform" was a paying trade in local politics,
became a defaulter and a false trustee
lie was not even indicted. The Supremo
Court would not strike his name from the
roll of attorneys. Ilin crimes have been forgotten
and condoned by the profession which
he dishonored. If this man had stolen a
ham to feed his starving children he would
have been sent to State Prison for twenty
years. If William C. Barrett had walked off
with a loaf of bread he would have gone to
Sing Sing with the admonitions of indignant
Justice ringing in his ears. But the
one is not even deprived of his seat among
honorable attorneys, and the other is the
subject of special prayer.
All this time, while society, the clubs nnd
the great legal profession are diligently employed
in screening the "good fellows" from
the consequences of their crimes, what of
the poor people whoso property has "gone
where the woodbine twineth ?" We do not
hear that the members ot the liar Association
propose to raise a subscription to reimburse
the unfortunate clients of their founder, and
if the pious brethren of Mr. liarrett have been
raising any collections for the relief of his
wards it has not come to our knowledge.
No, nothing of this kind is done, nor does j
any one think of doing anything. The false
trustee is protected by every agency of social
and professional lriendship. The widow
and orphan whose estato he has squandered j
may go beg. Now wo protest that the law 1
which sends the liam stealer to Sing Sing
and has no terror for the falso trustee, the
swindling director of savings banks, and
that large class of professional scamps, gen- |
orally, who look to society and friendship
to protect them, is entirely unsuitcd
to a civilized, law-abiding community.
We must make breach of trust.
a crime. We must punish it severely. We
must accept no apology like what we hear
every hour nlraost in discussing the cases of
these recent defaulters. There is no office
more easily executed than that of a trustee.
We have securities of the best character in
which to invest trust funds. The law
should make it a crime for a trustee to use
nny other. Let the securities bo government
bonds, trust companies approved by tho
State laws, and mortgages on real estate so
graded as to allow for depression in business
and the fall that is sometimes seen in that
generally prime security. We must go into
this whole business of trusts with two purposes?first,
to so arrange our laws that nny
breach of trust, where it a fleets the management
of the estates of widows and children,
shall be a felony, to be punished as we punish
forgery ; and second, to deal with tho
offender against this law, in personal and
social life, as a criminal of the most despicable
grade, a robber of tho helpless, the
orphan and tho poor.
UF-i.kxar's Anaconda.?Onr special correspondent
who writes from Bismarck,
Dakota, justly compares tho systems by
which Indians and soldiers were regnlarly
plundered to two monstrous anacondas
with their heads in Washington and their
tails reaching beyond the banks of the Mis
sonri. Tho revelations which are made
in his letter form Another startling
chapter in the disgraceful chicanery
practised by men in tho highest official position
in betrayal of their sacred trusts. The
' names of Belknap, of Orville Grant, of politicians
and plunderers of all grades appear
in it, and wo would especially call attention
to the new light thrown upon the transactions
of tho Campbell brothers, who wero
coming down on the post-traderahips liko
locusts. The dirty work done by Hedrich,
of Iowa, one of Belknap's nefarious assistants,
is further illustrated.
It Looks Likk a Ulkam of light upon the
dark ways of tho War Olllca to hear of Sherman
coming back to Washington an.l assuming
command of tho Adjutant General s
: Office. Secretary Taft will do wisely if ho
I gives Old Tecnmsch as much swing as possible
in doaling with the army and its discipline.
Tin* Ljrnd* Brook Reservoir Dlisitfft
The banting of an embankment sustain*
ing a volume of water measuring over sis
hundred millions of gallons presents an
appalling prospect for the residents of the
valley overhung by this aqueous mass. Fortunately
the radical defects in the construction
of the dam were well known in the
vicinity, and ample time lias been afforded
for the inhabitants of tho Lynde Brook valley
and the threatened parts of Worcester tc
retire with their goods and chattels beyond
the area of danger. It appears that, although
tho dam which was to sustain the immense
body of water in the reservoir was built
of amide size and of excellent material, tho
foundation on which it rested was a gravel
bed, through which numerous springs percolated
and created anxieties regarding the
stability of the work from the date of its
completion. The outlet of the water supply
to the city of Worcester was through large
iron pipes laid in an arched gallery of masonry,
the side walls of which were also resting
on the gravel bed. It was intended
originally to build an invert to this gallery,
so as to give it a waterproof bottom or floor ;
but even this precaution was neglected,
although considering the presence
of the substratum of gravel it would not
help the dam in any degree. The truth
is that from the beginning of the work on
the dam a leak has been observed beneath it,
which, of course, enlarged as the reservoir
was filled and the pressure increased on the ^
bottom. The smallest fissure became a large
outlet when a powerful stream, under a
pressure of 1,H75 pounds per square foot of
bottom surface of the reservoir, was forced
through it. It is almost impossible to criticise
a work which presents such gross
errors of construction as this Lynde
lirook dam. Indeed, it is surprising
that it withstood the water pressure
so long, a fact which speaks well for the
solidity of its mass. Had the site of the
o vv-i lion 1.- m onf lmon ovoo vo^od ilrtwn frt fhfl
rocky substratum and the dam then built
up with the care that should have been exercised
in this, a most difficult engineering
operation, the work would have cost a largo
sum, but it would have been a safe and substantial
barrier to the water. The latest
despatches from Worcester, although announcing
the destruction of the dam bodily,
do not impress us with the idea that it has
given way en masse. It is probable that an
immense fissure has been cut through it,
and, as the water behind lowers fn level, the
danger will decrease.
Centexxiat, Candidates.?We suppose we
must do Pennsylvania the honor of adding
a name to the centennial.list of candidates
for the republican nomination. Governor
Ilartranft is nominated as Asa Pncker was a
few years since by the democrats, as a
compliment to a State favorite, that may
result in his appointment to some Cabinet
offico under a new republican administra
tion. The Centennial Governor of the Centennial
State, if ho is wise, can have a good
deal to say at Cincinnati.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Canadian turkeys arc shipped to England.
The South talks a groat deal about getting railroad*
Hallam Tennyson, son of tho poet, is lecturing on
Shakespeare.
Tho English people cannot bo impressed that the
Queen should be Kmpressod.
one IlartT lives in SL Louis. He and his wife art
Hard'and Hard'?two Hnrffs.
A veteran Milwaukee ice doaler says that the coming
summer will be the hottest since 1855,
The Boston I'oit wants to know what sort of an
animal the father of a raulo is. Look in tho mirroi
and see.
The Richmond F.nquirtr says:?"Where can we get
the best and cheapest cigars? That's the Key-Westion."
Tho l.ondon Entomological Society boasts ot a fancy
new moth from Madagascar. No other moth can hold
a candle to it.
Tho correspondent in India of tho Itlustrafrri Aeu*
writes to his paper:?"I want to seo no more Oroworki
on this sido the grave!"
Morton is played out in Indiana, and the republican!
are In favor of Bristow. The democrats of that Siati
are strongly In tavor of Judge David Davis, of Illinois'
Sir Robert Abcrcromby, F. J. Walker, son ot Sir
James Walker, and Mrs. Morgan, ono ot President
Harrison's White House family, are at Jacksonville,
Fla.
The London Snorting Timrt offers a reward ot flv#
shillings to tho man who will send tho worst joke and
when It is awarded claim It. Thero is a chance for
llugh Hastings.
A st amcr from Asia last week brought 1,017 Chlna1
men Into ilio I'niled States, and tliis event occasions
tlio great anti-Chinese meeting in San Francisco on
Saturday nlcht.
Mr. William Astor has purchased property lor a
winter resilience nt Jacksonville, Fin. While there he
has given a present to the hospital, (5,000 to tbo Epia|
cop tl chnrrh, and (2,000 In small donations.
In the Russian Medical College aro 122 girls of titled
birth. Tho dllTeronco hotwoen a titled birth and one ol
the other kind is that In tho latter a man pats his right
: slipper on his left foot and pots on his wife's beaded
! basque when be runs lor tbo doctor.
In case Mr. Curt*# goes over to the democratic party,
how would the t eket for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
be if It wero "Morrlssoy and Curtis?" Mr.
| Morrlssey would have the support of tho Clipper and
I Mr. Curtis thai of ihc Bazar; and nothing could boa)
such a combination.
The Kansas City Timet gives the Denver Tritium
j credit for a,|oke vtlnch appeared In tho St. Louis (}lobe,
which slide it from tho Cbicngo Tribune, which took II
I from the Rulfalo Kaprete, which found it in the Boston
j Trantcript, which hooked It from the editorial columni
of tho Now York Sun. whoro It originally appeared. #
The Danbury JVewe a .ye that wnen you can't And1
match In the aafe, you ran be ?ur? that there aro at
leant two runty gcri-ws, a corroded pen and lour tacki
In there. Tho number of lack* may oecantonally
vary, but It is believed that tho other llgurca are impartially
correct
Rufus King, probably the moat distinguished and
learned man ever connocted with the Milwaukee preae,
la an invulid, living with a married daughter at Eluab"th,
N. J. He wan a graduate of Woat 1'oinl, had
been Adjutant General ol New York, \va? Minister to
Home and served as a brigadier general in tho army.
Tho I tica llrrald, tho Hon. Ellis H Roberta' paper,
Innate that a cow should not bo kept standing two or
threo hours, but shout I bo milked regularly. We aro
aurprlacd that Mr. Roberta has not discovered this
secret or Journalism before. Very few well regulated
newapvpera permit their cows to watt more than an
hour.
Ilr t'nn I1..U. 1. . ...? _l? I. .. . .
.... . .... ......... .a ........ mm ?lT|n JOTO IIIJJC J DUI
! when ho used to stand In nn open lot at one ond of a
i lirrailth of rag carpel ho never could, giro tbo shako
at the ..iino instant with the hired girl. Ho used to
raise his arm* ball way, then sho gam a shake, the
carpet wont out of his hands, and, pressing his throbbing
brow, ho said, "Now, ain't that a ? ol an andante!"
In three months ending December 1, 1875. the ex.
ports ot llritiah Column,* exceeded those of the last
H'lartor or 1874 by $26,SV0i There was a decrease it
every commodity except fold, bat In gol.1 bars aot
dnat there was a great increase: Coal, canned salmon,
lumber, (nrs, hides, wool, hops and cranberries mske
1 up the list of principal exports, which, for the last
| quarter e( 1875, footed up 11*38,400.