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in griat m Precautions Taken to Guard Against All Accidents. RENDING THE ROCK. H How the Columns and the Roof Rock Will Be Destroyed. FLOODING THE MINE. * The Operation Performed bv 1 Means of a Siphon. THE BATTERY BOMBPROOF. Boxing the Wires Leading Through the Headings. OPINIONS OF ENGINEERS. I ' How the Astoriaus Regard the Approaching Big Blast. Che destruction of every part of Uallott's Point reef nbove (be level of twenty-oiRht feet sounding* by the lutuluncous explosion of several thousand holes tilled with heavy charges of nitro-glyccrtno and dyuuinlto 1b I an undertaking that necessitates tho utmost Drucaution lo guard against accidents and fuiluro. Wilii regard to the provisions against the former they must bo considered In two classes, local and general, aud as such they will be explained lu tho prosout article. The Qrst care of the engineers is lo protect tho exploding apparatus trout Injury by any parts of tho rock that may be projected from the reot by tho !orce of tbo explosion. This they have accomplished In ihe manner horciualler described. In a large mass ol ttratiUed rock such us tbutol Hallett's Point roef, which has been excavated with tuntiols and transverse galleries, the effects produced by equal charges of explosives In all tho boles will differ very tnuch In character. It must be remembered that the resistance offered by a a mass of rock to the lorco of the explosion Is meusorod by the shortest distance Iroin tho contre of tne Bhurge to tho tree eurfaco and by tho coheslvcness of tho atoms of which the rock Is lormcd. Tho Urst Is termed tho lino of least resistance, or that along which the energy of the expanding gas generated by the combustion of tho explosive llnds tho loast obItaclo to Its force. II a hollow sphero of Iron, a shell, tor instance, with occoutric Interior and exterior oirtumforences, Is charged with powdor and bred, the kacturo will tako placo where the shell is thinnest, aud i bowl shaped portion will remain unbroken. In llico manner, II a cubical block ol stone Is porforatod obliquely to the piano of Its sides, so as to leave a greater masa of tbo stono on uno eido of the hole than the other, tho weakor portion will bo ihattored to pieces by tbo explosion of tho ibarge, while tho heavier and stronger part will bo only cracked into pieces. Now, if tbo density of the guolss rock at Hdllett's Point was oqual throughout the entire mass It would bo tho easiest thing posnble for experienced mining engineers to calculate tnd, indeed, to regulate, tho effecta that would bo proluced by tho explosion. They could graduate their lhargos both aa to strength and regnlato thorn as to location in oxact accordance with the necessities of tho case, and (eel confident In tho roeuita being as they deatrcd to produco them. Dot with a lormat toll VarlablA In Iti nnLiirn and tlna vnrin. UN belag complicated by stratification, am? turlhcr by tbo pecaliar directions of tbo galleries saJ headings with relation to tho lino of stratification, the difficulty ol determining positive rose Its increasos a hundred fold. Tho axis ol the roof In tbls Instaoco Is coincident witn Its stratification?that is, it project* Into the channel in tho same direction as the alignment of the layers ol rock, and, consequently, somo of the headings have been driven at right angles with this line, and across the stratification. While, therefore, the explosion will split some ol tho supporting columns into regular blqcks or the same thickness of the several strata, tbo effort of tho force in others will be to tear tbo rock across what might bo called lis grain. To mako this a little clearer, let us supposo two blocks ol wood cut from tho same piece, and with the same character of fibre. Mow, one ol these Is simply spilt by the action ol a wedge with comparatively little effort, while if we try to toar tho other ond from end tbo resistance will bo immense. In tbo samo way the explosives will operate at Hallolt's 1'oint roof on tho rock columns that support the root. To overcome tho difference In tho rosistanco of tho rock tho engineers have made careful calculations by which they determined tho roqulroments for each column so parate ly. Perfect diugruras of the mass wero made, giving Its vamiiouB of outline at several hoighU from tho ground line to whore It connocts with tho roof. Tho stratification was Indicated ou llu-se, together with 1 tho iioeullar dogroe of cohesiveness In tho ' particles of each stratum, so that in roaluy the graduation of tho charge is made to depend ou local conditions, each set of cartridges having a specified amount of work to perform on a given moss of rock. If the utmost foresight, therefore, can secure tbo best results, so far as the destruction of tho eotumus is concerned, tho operations at Haliott'a Point promise to be omluently successful. With rogard to the root rock or the untouched shell ol the roer, all the varying conditions described In the ' columns exist In it also, with tbo additional complication ol Its archlike shapo which makes it almost self sustaining. Could tne coiumus be removoJ from under tbis rocky sbell tbo probability Is that It would not fail to sustain Its own weight.aud tbai ol tlie superiueumbeiit wator. In dealing, therefore, with the roof, General Newton lias wisely limuod bis prospective results to a goueral fracture of thu shell with uioderaio charges introduced at considerable intervals. Thcso charges being fired simultaneously with those tbst shatter and rend tbo rock coiumus beneath are Intended to assist Iti breaking up the root, wbilo it subsides ou the debris of the columns. Thero is no Intention whatever to blow the roof off the coiumus un<i sculler It in small pieces oil around. It is lioro that will be found the value of this plun as a local precaution against accident. In order that tiny port ion of tbo shattered columns should bo thiown by the force of tbo explosion to u great distance it should first be Mown through a covering of ten feel thick of rock which Immediately overlies It with a force that could not bo Imparted hv a monster rilled gun. Kvno though an opuulug .urge enough to permit the passage through of such u rock projectile It would be met above the rock by on inrush lug column of water many leet deep, which | fitiilfl m> roLMnl itig tiioLmn ol lit CMUitM it t<? risn hut u tew Icel above (be river surlacw. lu ordinary bloating operation*, audi a* tboao commonly witnessed in tin) work or street grading and aewer cutting up town, it la usual to cover the loaded lioln belore tiring with a number ot logs chained together, ao a* to nrevent the atone Iroin sci tiering with the shock of the explosion Now, the root rock at Hallolt'a Point acta in the very name way on tho lit ivlly loaded eoluinus, und will prevent any danger from Bribing whon tlio latter aro being MMtoi n-oonixo thk woKKiaca The introduction of water into every part of tho work* belore tiring must alio be regarded a* a local precaution of two-loid value In ilia Drat place It what u called tatiipa Ibe great inin* in the most purled manner by lllliug It with a powcrlul resistant to the escape of ibe ga>es belore tliev have accomplished their work, lu the absence ol lamping the line of leant ( --i stance would be along the axis ol the blunt hole tsoll aiid, tlioreiore. instead ol buraiiug through tho surround iuc rock, the lore* of ibe cxploaiou would pass oft through tho hole as It doe* through the barrel ol a gun. Ir. a looted rule, tor Inatauco, tho bullet tcis a* a partial lumping fur the charge, inclouing it r.o as to concentrate tho energy of the explokion. Hut ?? the rcm-lanco oflured by the bullet is very much lost than that tillered by the barrel UmiII, tho line ol IsasS resistance i? lu llio direction ol the ballet and along tin- barrel. If the bu.let was lightly wedged In Ihc gun, so that the expioaion could not dislodge It . t|u.ckiy, the gun would burst nke the rock when ' the charge is exploded. Hut it will lie askcil, and very naturally, how walur will oficr an much re- 1 iisluiicu iu Ihe depths of the Hallelt'a Point mine an lliu ruck that surrounds the cartridge. Water, when | inclosed iu a circumscribed plucu and witnout any t thauco of moving, becomes as Inert us stono Itu presf * sure increase* m direct proportion to its deptb, so lual st lIn- bottom ol tho Khali, say Ihiriy mix feel bolow high water level at Ihe time of the explosion, each square foot or surface at that depth would be piceseil on with a weight equal to about l,ASo pounds, or a little uiuro than illiovu pouflda per square incb, SW YOKE ad aa tb? water eoaid not yield for want of vacant apace, the resistance offered to the forte of Iba cxploslou will be very coaalderabla But anotbor pomt must be remembered In tbia couuceiion, and tbat la tbe rapidity of oombuatiou wbteb la a peculiarity of th<) explosives used. Water resists a sudden application oi pressure but ylelda easily to a alow one. Tbls la very simply Illustrated by dropping a stone into a ( ond Irorn a great boigbl and ropeatiog tbe operatlou cloae to tbo suriaoo. II a atone is thrown off the top of High Bridge into tbe Harlem Kiver it strikes the water with groat lores, causing n break In the aurlace ol tbo river, which could only occur through tho water otiering a powerful reaistanco to tbo passagu of the stone. Tbe aioun thon ainka to tbe bottom with a comparatively slow descent. Now, take another atone und hold it only one fool above tbo surface of the water. Drop it, aud it will outer the water without causing any considerable disturbance, aud will reach the bottom in tho same time as did the stone dropped Irom tbe great height. It shows, thorelore, that when a powerful blow ia suddenly ndmlniatorud to a water surface, the resistaneo will be in proportion to tbe energy of tbe tiock. and in tbia way it U possible to show that water lorms a greater obstacle to the tzpuuslon of tho gases Iroin tbo exploding cartridge! than the rock ttsolf tbal surrounds thum, tho resistance of the latter being unvariabie,.while thai of Ute lormer la augmented, as explaiued above. Willi tho cavernous chambers then filled with waierU will bo Impossible for the charges to fail in destroying the rock columns completely, provided the lormer arc properly located and of the ueoessary strength. Kogurdlng tho lloodieg of the worktugs as a measure of precaution against the projection ol pieces of rock II cult be reautiy seen that It will prove eQectuaL It has beeu slated by some engineers that because masses ol rock were thrown upward from great depths ol water by the lorco of explosions that there is necessarily danger to bo spprohonded at Halletl's Point, but Ibe circumstances that surround tills unique work dllter wholly from those attendant on ordinary submarine blasting. It has boett shown that tho roof rock sets as a guard ugainst the llyiug upward ol pieces I runt tho coluinlis; It has also been shown that water resists pressure in proportion to tho force of thst pressure. It mny l>e also staled that a body moving through water, cither slowly or rapidly, lends to li.llow tho line ol least resistance, which would bo a lino perpendicular to tho s it r l ace. Therefore a mass of rock dying iroiu the contro ol explosion should Urst overcome tho resistance ol lite water, which would tend to decrease Us motion; second, it would l>e stopped by tho descending weight ol the roof rock; aud, third, even il neither of tbeso Influences acted decidedly oil us movement. It6 course should ol necessity ho "upward In a perpendicular line, and its fall naturally in the exactly opposite dlrcouon. No one direction m loss than a right angle with It* surface, therefore all fear of llylng lump* ol rock reaching New York, Astoria or Ward's Island might bo dismissed as absurd. When all tlia other, preparations aro completed the operation of filling tho work in us will be accomplished by means of a siphon whicli is arranged to pass through the coffer dam and udiutl tho water with all easily regulated flow. We prcseut a diagram of tho syphon und Its iniilo of operation with lliu present article. When ready to be used und tho tldo at the full height tho tnloi valve wtll be opened ou tho top or tho syphon, on which the water will at once How In and expel the air from tlio entire length ol the tube. As the itde falls below the level of the top of tho tube tho How will cease to deDend on gravitation, and will assume tho character peculiar to siplionic action The water will bo drawn up Into the tube by the difference ot prussuro of tbe atmosphere on the surface at the short end from that on tho water ou tho long end. This can be expressed by tbe dllleretico between tho weights of tho long and the short columns of wator, tho operation ol tho syphon being depoudent on a disturbance of tho equilibrium of proasure. When the excavation is Hllod to tho river levol tbe coder dam will bo partially removed, so as to admit ol a tree (low of wator in and out, according us the tide rlsus and falls. TUB UO ILK PRUOP SHBLTKU POK TUB ILL TIBBIES. As an extraordinary precaution against accidents Genurul Newton bos caused to bo built a stout bomb proot building for sheltering tho butteries during tho explosion. Tho structure, of which a sketch Is given herewith, ts a solid ftumowork ot heavy timbers braced and supported tu the most substantial manner and slteoied ovor with pine boards Hrmly spiked to tbo training. Over all this Is built a covering of dry masonry many leot thick and strong enough to resist the assaults ol artillery. Within the building uro placed tho two largo butteries and other apparatus tliut aro required lor the explosion. Although this precaution wua adopted It is certain thut no Injury would liuve reached tho bailerlos or their connections. THM UK.NBUAl. BPPkCT OP TUB BXHLOSIOX. Although much alarm exists respecting tbe effect of tho explosion of so much nltro-glycorino and dynamite wiinln a contracted space, It is wholly groundloss when tested by tho conditions which are bollevcd to be Its exciiing'cause. Tbe roek columns, which will really rociuvo the largest share ot tbe explosives, con only trunsmll a downward shock to their basos, bocause tney are wholly Isolated Irom each other by tbo surrouudiug water, and tho roof rock' through wlitoii a shook might be transmitted to tho permanent portion of tbo root will be suporaied from It at tbo same moment that the columns aro rout. A beavy blow that will bo felt more at a distance lrom than close up to the oxpioslou will corlainly result, but it will uot bo of a cbtfacter to cause serious alarm. Tbo theory of General New tou regarding the effect ol the "blow up" Is perfectly corroct. notwithstanding tho efftorts ol' the alarmists that seek to subvert It. The gcuerul precautious taken by tbe olHclals 01 tbe works and tho police will prevent any accident oc curriug to over auvonturous persona woo may desire to Inspect tbe scene prematurely. Suoh being the case ttie public will await the day fixed on tor the groat ovent with the utmost confidence. the excitement oveb tbe comino explosion?scans amono TUB pbople op aktobia?a mat mobnino in september?look oct fob thieves the wo uk appboacuino completion. "No dynamite I" was still the cry at the government works at Udl Oato yesterday, and consequently tho workmon wcro "busy doing nothing," as tho foreman expressed Ik In other words they were moving scaffolding In the tunnels, carrying oil Implements no longer required in the mine, and doing whatever could bo founu to Keep them out of mischief and In workiug order ready to handlo tho anxiously looked tor inuterial when it should arrive Carpenters wcro employed ull day In building and getting into place a series of boxes made of one Inch plno plunk, each about twolvo foot long and one foot square in tho clear. These will be Joined together endwise to lorin a continuous trough urease which will run from tho bottom of tho shaft up to the surface of tho ground and iheuco across to the bombproof structure containing tbe battery. Radialing from tho end of tbis box, which rosts upon the floor of the shaft, wilt be smaller boxes of a similar character, ono leading to tbe mouth of each heading. * Through each of those smaller ones tho oxplodiug wires Irom Its own heading will bo thrust in order U> keep them from injury Irom falling bodies or oihor causes. All tho wires Irom tho entire 181) groups will thus converge in the largor box or plpo and puss through It to tho battery. Tho siphon, already described, was also completed yesterday. TilK DTNAMITK CUXIXU, Late In the afternoon u inessugo was received from tho contractors stating that the dynainlto was then being shipped and would be delivered at an early hour this morning. Should It arrive without accident, tho work of charging tno holes, which is not yet completed, will at onco be proceeded with and at tho same time the Oiling of tbe primers or explodent cartridges will go on in tho little temporary sheds erected for that purpose at four different points upon the grounds Should nothing unexpected happen, the charging, putting In the printers and lloodlng tho excavation will probably all be completed by Saturday night. In that ease the oxpiosion will occur on Sunday next, as General Newton will not permit the mmo to remain one moment lougcr than is necessary after tbe arrangements shall havo been comDieted. The General haa O.'n 11 mnrli annnved hv lat. lorn from person.* seeking to verily the correctness of staiemeuls made by newspapers lo tbe ell eel that ibo "big blast" would occur on certain days 11a bus never boeii able lo do mure iban conjacluro the time hiiusulf, suit bis gueasv* have all been thrown out of Joint by tbe deists ol tbe contractors referred lo. ?inould tbe expected material arrive this morning, buwevor, be thinks the blssl will occur on Sunday, ur Monday <t (unheal. Notwithstanding the wide adverliseinetit given to the (act that no visitors are admitted, hundreds visited the place yesterday, and all the vigilance ol the one-armed guardian of the spot was required lo keep them from healing tbe low leuce which shout in lue grounds. Among the sightseers were not a lew ladios, who, despite tbe dunguious character ol tbo locality, wero exceedingly disappointed in not being aids lo gain admittance. The pleas on wbicli admission is asked are varied as they are amusing, but the instruction* of the watch, mau are peremptory, and uo one passes him who has not tbe *|>eeial permission ol (loners! Newton or Caplulu Mercer. WHS* Til BXPLOStO* WILL IIAITSX Notice of the time ol the explosion will bo given by the olticials just us soon as they with any degroe ol ccrtaiuty can tell when it will occur. It will be advertised iu the newspapers and notices will be poslod up at prominent point* in the vicinity. 1'orsous living very close to the reef will bo notified by men kool directly tu their houses. Arrangements for the preservation til order on the occasion nave been almost completed. On the shore a torca ol some hlty soldiers iroiu the formication* in the harbor will be drawn up In line u short dislanco front the shall to koep at a proper distance ths throng ol curious iKiople who will duubllass oe ou hand. Police Captniu Woods ol bong Island City will also detail about thirty puliceiuen lo assist tho military. (In the river red Uaga will he waved to hullfy vessels ol tbo dnugcr and wlu-n the river opposite tbe mine is treed of si: oral I lour ste.iui boats, each with a Isw Cm led Stales troops on board, will block I lie channel, two being located above and two below tbo Hue ot tbe works besides this all the New York Harbor police sod the steamboat Squad will be detailod lo the scene and will, no doubt, do good service in preventing the too near approach of tbo bundrudsoi small bouts which will convey sigliueors 10 Ilia vicinity ol tue explosion. The lour stcainboals relerrod to will have on t>oard persons lnvitoil by ilie government olUcials to witness the blast. It is oxpectoil that many prominent olticials Irnm Washington will bo present oa the occaslou, aa lieu > : ttkratt), Wednesday, eral Newton will send lnrltattooa thither u soon m the time fur lb* event can be flxod. Tho sioamboata will escb leave a different pier on the East Illvor on tbe day of tbe explosion with tbe invited gliosis A limited number of tickets fieve been printed lor tbe ocoavion, and they will be judiciouidy distributed. They are printed on flue cardboard, aud read aa folio wa :? ?rr r^SSJSJKXVU)slos'A^H { September ?, 1870. j J Steamer will leave pier ?, Kaat River, at $ 5 - P. M. ! ! \ Show this curd at the boat. 5 The plaoo of departure and tuo tlaU?, :t will bo ob ervod, are left blank. and will bo filled iu with pen nn.t ae.lv u.lw.n I l.A few... ....I n|.AA . t. a 11 V...|A Kan >1 At> mdcd upou. Tin' jolly Teuton who dispenses beer just outside Iho grounds exclaimod yesterday :? "Mine Uou, 1 hope dcy blow it up on Sctorday. Don de growd vill all gootn on Sunday, und 1 vill sell a hooudrcd kegs of puer I" anx1xty in tux xxiailbokiioop. TUo lorlbcoming explosion of llailoi's l'oint Beef being tbe all-absorbing topic ut tbo present lime, U Is but natural to infer that tboso residing In Us immediate vicinity should feel vory uneasy as to lis probable effect*. There is no exaggeration in saying that in and around Astoria Ihoro la a widespread lear of danger, and no assurances from General Newton will In thu least lead to allay that ' tear. The expressed opinions of many engineers that tlio effect will be vastly different Irom what Uouerai Newton predicts seem to have taken doep hold ol' tbo people In general, and all nro making preparations to avert aa far as possible tbe expected demolition of properly. bavn tub cnixmkts. An old geutlemau whose dwolnng, somewhat remote front I lie scene of iho expected explosion, boasts ol a rather high chimney, was yesterday soon taking down that nseiui appendage, lilting off the bricxs oiio by ono and piliug Ilium up In his garden. It was bcttur, bo said, to lake thoin down safely than bavo thein thrown down, and mayhap crush through Iho roof of bis bouso In their fail. tVtihlu the grounds on which the government workshops stand, and bat 100 feet from tbo mine, sluuds a neat two story brick dwoluug, with pitch roof, occupied by Thomas Code, night watchman, and his family, consisting of a wife uud ton children. Mature llio land wan leased by the government, seven years ago. the house wan occupied by the watchman of uu oil lactory which stoud upon the land, uud when It wan vacated Geueral Newton permitted Code, whom he thru employed an watchman, to occupy it rent free. It would be too much to expect thin building to wlthBlund ttto shock, and the General has notilked Thouiae that lib must rouiove thin week. The poor lellow was on thu lookout through Astoria yosterday lor nuotlior dwelling, "lid the toars stood In Ills eyes as lie spoko of having to leuvo the tasteful little edifice he has spent so many vears in. ON TUB NKW YORK SIIOKK. Right across from the reef to be demolished, ILELL No. 1?Section of the Main Shaft / No. 2?Bombproof Shelter and but a little distance front the river in Ninety second street stand* tbo lotty brick bmldtng used tor a brewery or lager beer. Besides presenting a broad aide six atones high to toe lume, tbo structure baa three stories under ground tilled with barrels ol beer. Tbo upper story of tho wing running parallel with the river Is used us nn Icehouse. In winter time loo Is stoied hero in huge blocks until the place la filled, aud Ihcu water is I poured into the chinks until tho mass freeze* Into one ; solid block ol Ice, i:uu leot long, 76 leet ivt.lo nud HI | feel thick. During the summer months ibis, of course, ' melts preltv ireely aud becomes inucb reduced In size. , Tue block now remaining in tne room weighs about 5,000 tous, and it has melted away so that a space of : lour or Ave leet intervenes between it and the walls ol I the building all around. The proprietor is very much : excited over the proposed blast, winch bo thinks nisy 1 cause such a concussion ol utr us will shake the walls ol his building; and should tbo Immenso mass of Ice described lie given even a slight impetus, | there is no doubt that tl would slide across | the tloor and tearing through the walls ol tho building, I catry destruction in its path Ilka a miniature uva j lanche. Thinking that tho Inmates of the House of tho (lood ! Bhcuberd, at the foot of Ninetieth street, built on a ! ruck nearly opposite IIalien'h 1'uidi, might naturally ; leal alarmed, it waa visited tiy tli? reporter, who s.iw the venerable Uev. Mother Mugdaleu. M?e said *ho feared no danger, being assured by General Newton, I who called there laat June, ihat ebo and hor charge ; might real in perfect peace of mind. The Genera! told | her that beyond llio throwing op of a volume i of water, with email fragments of reck. uotlt1 ing would be soen, and that the vibration would I be acarcoly perceptible. Her only cause of anything -In the ahapo ol (ear waa about thai |>orllon ol tbo building known aa .Su Joicph'a class, occupied uy the Junior dallnquenu, and which waa lound to be erected on a clolt in the rock. Kxecpt for that all fell period ly secure. l'aaaing acroaa the avenue to 8L Joseph's (German) Orphan Asylum, the reverend Mother staled that they, too, felt no anxiety; indeed, so little lenr had they that In time of recroation aosue of the ."tutors would indulge In Jokes about the matter, one saying aba would ascend lo the rool aa tne most socure place, aud another descend lo the cellar, so tbat in ibo event of tho lull of the bailuiny she would save theiu the trouole ol burial. As a uiu.uturo of precaut'on, however, she bad decided on removing all the children into the enclosure or yard. Mr. Long mreet, superintendent of the Harlem boats, asked I. ltrowu, proprietor of tho restaurant ul tho Ninetythird street lerry, to Dud him a suitable place for debarking passengers In the neighborhood on that day. He was given a lauding close to the furry, and intends putting on hvo boats. This point commands one of the lltiest views lo be found, aud ilrown will avail himscll ol the opportunity by having reserved seats on his doek aud elsewhere lor nis patrons and friends, a ponce force of lob tuou will be detailed for that neighborhood. A NAM WHO IS NOT ASItAIU. The reporter wandered up the slope by Niuety-tblrd Street, and seeing the door of a somewhat dilapidated one stsry habitat on standing upon, ho spproarhed It and looked within. Kvsrythlng around betokened the horns ol one free from me silly conventionalities of SEPTEMBER 20, 1876.-TI modern eocletjr, end tbe eereloes disposition of various household ertlclee Indlceted tbu unrestrained habits of a thougbiesa bachelor. I'pou e abolf uailod aguinsl ibo well in one corner was strewn sou?o straw, which evidently served lor u bed, u goat was playfully butting its horns against the weulbor bnardlug in the .rear wall of tbe mansion, a troop of ducks waddled promiscuously about tbe floor giving vent to their peculiar cry, anil seated uoar a small pins table gazing at them with a calculating air was tbe mutt ol tbu bouse. Ho was about Ally yuara old and attired in a blue flannel sbirt much tho worse lor wear, and a pair ol blue overalls, while bis loot, encaged in lime burned brogatis, were elevated upou tbu table, lie gazed curolesslv upon tho reporter through the wlnlls ol smoke omitted from a plpo which broutbod odora uol nmbroblul, as il bo wore an old acquaintance. Tho mau wag evidently in a mood of ported happiness and soll-sallslacliuu "Won, old niuu," wild tho scribe, "whoa do you oxpeel to be blown up?" "Aw. begorra, that's all dono with," said ho, philosophically, "1 horrid her last week." "Hurled what, whof" 'Tb1 ouhl ouiuuu. Yo woreu't at the wake ?" The roportor stated thut ho now learned tor tho first time ot tho doooaaa of the old gentleman's partner and proceeded to ask whether ho expected auv damage to Lis house Irotn the big blast across tho rivcY. On, dirtl a hare," botwoen whitls at the pipe. "Tho a cortiisb it'll knock otf anyway. " Looking about for tho invisible cornices alluded to, the reporter taw a twinkling of Inn in tho old lelluw's eye. ' Well, 1 don't know," ho ventured; "you will gut a hard shake here." "I wouldn't doubt it. Uegorru, everybody shakes mo since 1 got bounced oil the big pipes." You're right ou the line ol the root and tho rock Is solid. It's gneiss, you know." "Nice, is it* I don't care u tranccn what It Is Iv II keeps its distance uv me." There was clearly noihtug to be olicltod here, and tho reporter departed, leaving tho old muu pulling complacently at his pipe. lu Ninety-second street, near tho river, a trnmo house, two stories high, is being tuovod ou sliding beams along the middle of the hlrent up towurd Second avenue, in Kigbty-lllihstreet, also, u small house is being moved ill the sumo direction. "Ou, tnou," exclaimed a Hibernian ear driver yesterday, as he saw the workmen sliding the buildings along, "they're geltin' (Tightened, and uo tnlitako, when they're uioviu' the houses out nv the way av Hie hla'jst! " WHAT AS KXPKKT THINKS OK TIIK lll.AST. Professor 11. Matllefert, who was engaged by tho merchants of Now Y'ork to remove some ot the llell Cats obstructions as long ago as 1S.11, uud who, by Ins own method of surlucu blasting, succeeded in very much reducing the height ol I'ol ltock, frying I'ait Hock, Way's Heel and hall a do/en othurs, returned about two weeks since iroin t hai lesion, S. 0., whore he lias boeu engaged In removing obstructions from tho liarbur. Ho lives lit u tteut cottage on the direct lino of the reef to ho blasted and only about gGO loot from the shall. Asked by a IIkuai.ii reporter yesterday whether lie thought there was auy danger to GATE. ; Showing the Syphon in Position. ftSBo, gjg|T HIGH WATER'. for the Exploding Batteries. 'X i /N?V ~ " 1 bo apprehended from tlio explosion ho replied most emphatically in tbo negative. Since Ills return ho savs be has gone down into tlio tunnels ami earolully examined ovorv detail, and ho is fully annulled that tlio worlc will bo a greut success. He was much impressed with the evidences ol extreme carefulness on every hand, and so coiilidonl does lie Icol tliut the shock will not ereale iiny damage that bo has liol removed even the most Irsgile turmluro from his house, ulthough It is much closer to the mine than any oilier. When questioned us to whether the blast would produce anything in tlio way ol uu exhibition lor tin' curious 11. Muillelcrt doclsred that It would doubtless be a grand and impressive sight. He ihlntCK that from the centre of the cavern a shall of water ami broken rocks will shoot up into the air a oclghl of IJ J left or luora This mass, however, be believes, will fall back mlo its place without damaging anything Questioned m bun i Iho ulTecl ol the explosion uu the coder dam which rests upon the roof to bo demolished the gculleuiau said its fragments would be thruwu a considerable distance, hut probably in an upward direction so ss lo hurt nothing 'Iho reporter asked M Maillelert wliolbor bo would remain in bis bouse when tlio blast was exploded, uud bo replied that he wus not alruld to do so hut it was understood that the government ofbcial* would not permit any one, indoors or out, wltlilu the cordon of military uiid poitco on that day. Alt KVUINIIH'd MUltft. Mr. W. II. Nanuc, late superintendent of thn Costa Hick Railway, who is living iu this cay At present, said : ? "1 ilon't think It possible for any ono to even approximately enliiii.ito the lorco and ex ton I or a shock Irura the explosion ol ? mine of such magnitude, lor it has never been tried. The blow ing up ol lllossoiu llock. in , Man Kruucisco hay. is no inoro to be compared to it j tlinn a lire crxckur to a Ixjuib, 46. ouo pounds ul giant j powder were used on it, at IIaIIuII's I'oibt about 46,oOO pounds ol an cxplosivo ten tinios as powuriul is distributed through the 3,480 drill hole*.'' "You seuui to think, thou, sir, that tbo experiment will be a dangerous ono ?" " I bat I would not like io sav, but 1 certainly shall lake euro not to bo In .my lull house up town when the inino is sprung. " "Then you think It dangerous?" "Well"?hesitating lor a moment? "I don't wsnl to act us en alarmist, hut, to speak candidly, I do!" "You anticipate a severe shock?" . -on hero" (describing a plan on an envelope with pi cil>, "this IS liailelt'e Point, which is siiuply Iho Topping ol a lead ol glioma rock winch extends through Astoria, under and across the river, and under a section ol' upper Now York. Ill iho heart of this roof, upon which all Aeloria and a large section ol two wards in New York Is lounded, it is proposed lu fitnulato an earthquake Do you know llto cousei|iionccs of any sudden disturbance ol llio foundations of tall h'.usoa, however alight that dislurhuoco really may be ?" "Of course " "Well, lit yonr knowledge to my theory and reflect on It. We are asked to Uoltuvo that a quarter or a mile ol earth, which has liven couvnricd into a colossal bsltery charged with ihe most (siwerlul explosives known, will crumble Into fragments without a convulsion Is such theory a natural one ? Aslt any ouu who hot HPLE SHEET. ever worked In mines, where oven powder produces s eevcre concussiou. Or lot inu give you a hint Irom toy own sxperisuco* "While bridging the Mallei River, on tbo Allantlo section oi the Costs Hies Itailruad, a uvuriis method of lulling ? ill' us win III.' exiles.on ol eight ounce cartridges o( dynamite in (he river. Thu cuucannon resulting from the tlrlug ol three of these cartridges tied together was nultlcieui to stun all llio (Ish within an area of a qu.irior of a mile square and send them Hooting helplessly down stream Into our nets. My lent wus pitched on a lead of rock Irotn the edge ol which the curtridges were usually thrown into the river, und every explosion was lollowed by u severe shook. Kach time a charge wus exploded, h o, a shower ol water urn! small stones were throw n up Irurn the river bed, which was in that place, AT I.HAST TWSI.VK KKKT IIKMIW THK Sl'RKACX." "l?o you couleuiplale any casualty in the vicinity ol tho explosion itsell, Mr. Nar>n 1" "None, unless people in boats uro incautious onough to venture near enough to the mine to be struck by the Irngineuts which are corlain to be thrown up. Tho danger, hi my niiiid, exists in the coi vulsion certain to III. <*i.niInII il',*i.I n,l In I In. I?Th? ll.iu.rn ..I . Il.l.l wuvh u preposterous. There will, of courso, t>o an upheaval ol water over the mine, irum which .f certain swell will arise, but It will subsido as quickly us it originated." i '1 >o you tbink the explosion will be a success'-" "It cannot lull to be; wbv. you could almost blow u mountain down with lliu saiuo amount and quality ol material. It will bo tbo end or tlie rock?and a good many bouses which stand on tho lead, too. You may no hound if 1 owns* a house in Astoria 1 would begin to move out to day.' Lo.-ai or lin; ox thk wouk. The ilium' 'bat must strike all who are familiar with the magnitude of lliu undertaking is the compiirallvely small sacrillcu of numaii lite. I'p lo tho present but six lives were lost, and ull through carelessness?two by entering before a blast wont oil, one by a rock fulling through the root of a shed which ho was trequently forbidden to enter, and tho Ihrco others on tho drill acow lately. Tho watclilul euro ami supervision of lieueral Newton uud his assistants bad much lo do with tills, yet many there say thai ilio public would have tell very uneasy hail they hut known the gross carelessness or recklessness on the part of some pi tho employes, and the maimer in which they handled tho most dangerous I explosives. It wus hut a !uw days ago that a cartridge loll Iroiu the hands of ono of the uiuu ! having u supply ot explosive* on board, wax anchored at night In Ilullut'i Covu, hoiwoen tho Astoria lerry uud tho sloaiuboul lauding at ltuvuuswood. lu Hie morning no two men in a rowbout wuro towing lior to tho works she was forced by the current Into the lorry dork, whoru sho got stuck, itnd a tug hud lo bo signalled to tuko her up to tho works. Tho passengers on the various boats may notice on Initio Mill ltock a small uoodou shod built on tho rock, in shape liko ? tout, und lunoccntly covered with an advertisement ol tho "Kitting Sun Stovo l'olish yet inside i hat simple und apparently harmless structure is stored, immediately over tho wutur, u quantity of nitro glycerine. I ho bowsprit of u vessel coming in contact with it might result ill an experience ol us explosive or roii-explrtslvo qualities. Tho lettering of tho advertisement was at one llmo usod us bull's-eyes lor a rifle until tho aiurksmun was luloriuud ol its contents. A riCTl'llkSql'B KCKNK. No more striking or piciurosquo sceno can oe found than that presented by tho works upon u fair iluy. flown within tho gloomy portals ol tho tunnel one catches glimpses ol dark, gnome-like llgures moving busily io and Iro by the dickering light omitted from tiny lumps attached to their heads, like the tra aillonal slurs upou llio brows of fairies. Flashing through the darkness now and then comes a gleam roUoclod Iroui ouo of the tin cartridge cusos being disposed In the rock, and which, by sorno curious alchemy of tho lamps, seem turned li to i\ bar of burniahed gold. (lazing thus one almost believes be is looking upou a scene (rout Wagner's famous trilogy, and that tho tlguros below are those td tho "Ntbelnngou" heaping up their gold beneath the hud ol the ltliiuc. I'fo Illusion Is heightened when llio spectator raises his eyes to tho blue river llowing above, ami turning toward where Ulg Mill ltock proudly rises above the water ho almost expects to see tbo nymphs gracefully reclluiag upou Its verdant slopes und moikiug the dwaris below. The olouds above are rellecicd M the kesM of the sparkling river. Sailing 10 uud Iro over tho gloomy depths pleasure yachts, with glistening white sails, cleave their way and till tho air with music from the bands upou their ducks, mighty found steamboats, with tho llugs ot llfty nations fluttering from their spurs, noble ships, und grimy, hustling, shrieking lutio tugboats move by in endless panorama. Here and there on the bright sur lace iwinklo mile whirlpools which mark tliu pruacuco of treacherous rocks below, uud ueur the further shores long ridge of boiling loalu"projecting toward the mlddln ol the river marks tbo hue of the perilous "Gridiron." llcyoud tho brilliant blue bolt of river thus diversified rises in gentle slope Ward's island, tls vivid vurduro lurtiniig a beautiful contrast of color with the docp blue ol tbo river ou onu side, and making on the other a filling settlug for llio bright red brick buildings with which it Is crowned. Above all these stripes of contrasting color?the blackness of the lieheunu-ltko mine, tho gray roof rock over it, the bluo river above, uml still higher tbo gruuu slopes und tbo bright red buildings? stretches u sky usually of sombre hue, which lorins a charming background for the picture, uud against which oven the llucsl tapered minaret and the slimmest lightning rod ou lliu buildings lit outlined as It drawn wall a pencil. A VISIT TO TUK UKAIllMOM. licscondlng into the cavern, at Urst tho tunnels nro high aud ol a good widtti. From tho pillars project jugged masses or rock down which the wutur Irorn tho rivur abovo leaks in a oonstaut stream. As 0110 udvnncos lurthor the darkness becomes so dense us to seem palpablo, the tunnels couuimodatlng themselves to lho dip of tho roof above become steeper and slec|ier In their descent, until the lrightonod visitor imagines he is going perpendicularly down into the biack gulf, in the glooui ol which ho can see now in the distance a tiny, starlike gleam of light wheru tho inon uro tolling, l'he loot slips constantly In a deposit of mud at tho bottom of tho tunnel, and plash t It Is a pool of wator up to tho kneel The extended hands touch on either sido tho walls ol tho rapidly narrowing tunnel, cold and slimy, and tho head strikes (ho Jagged masses of stone that project Irom the root, which becomes lowor and lower as one advances into tho gloomy deep. Jots ol water, invisible in tliu darkness, full through the crovicci above and make ilietr presence known by dreuchiug one to tho skin. Huddeuly a sound like the distant roar of urtlllory breaks the deathlike silence and reverberates through the hollow deep. The workmen are driving a plug buck into a bolo through which the water shot lorty feet when tho woouon ?.nw.ir..i1 Tumi,Ir !... in Ik. h pbero, ami rolruclod by the lulling spray between tbo lights, the uiod socDi mill's away down Id the bowels ol itio oariU. The air Is heavy witb vapor aud thick with tbo ainoko ol tbo lamps, which, finding no escape, rolls in u dun cloud along tbo roof, so that oue breatho* with dllllculty. in auotbor minute the lights which seemed so lar awny are closo at band, aud their gleum turns tbo spray Irom tbo dripping root into tlininonds, and causes the trickling walls id glitter in russet aad silver, slripod where oxido ol iron occurs with urliliant bands of oarmino, wbilo they throw tbo lorms 01 the miners In grotesque shadows upou tbo pool below. Now a sulleu roar Indicates tlio p issago overhead of some massivo su-aiucr Whoso revolving paddles cause the thirty-tour feet of superincumbent water to tremble tbrougbout Its entire deplh. Kur within the numerous boles perforated In the rocky sides oi tho heading, winch either elbov touches, the ends of tbo deadly cartridges gleain family us the lights are borne to aud Ira Tho men, standing knee deep in water and drenched to Ibe skin, urc about to (III a hole. Oue bruwuy (ollow, whom livid, though massy, Jaw implies that tbo wholesomo sun never lulls where lie tolls, suizes a lung pole and thrusts its entlro length tutu tbo oriticc. Withdrawing It he names the size oi cartridge required, and, Ins assistant selecting olio from a boxful close si band.lt Is thrust inlo me holo endwise and quickly punned Into Its placo at the Inner extremity. Another, tilled with a less powerful compound, follows the hrst, and so on until tbo shiniog ond oi the last cartridge shows that the liolu is tilled almost up to the face ol the rock. Thou u ploo plug is lusorted, hearing the number of thu hole, and tho workmen plash through tho water to thu next. A more weird and Impressive scene can hardly be imagined, and Its cffoct upon the visitor is rendered not less Intense by tbo realization ol the terrible lorco compressed around him. whlcli is so xoou to crumble the solid rock wbicb bus withstood the -lorms ol thousands of years into fragments, and which might by the turn of a curcuma workman's bund launch him aud all those about hlin Into eternity so quickly that tbey would nut know that It bad couiu. DKLAY IX DRLIVKBIXO THK DYNAMITU. A reporter ol the lUitai.o called at tho odlco ol tho Atlantic Giant I'owdcr Company, at tlio corner of i'ark placo and Church Ktrect, lust evening, and tbero Raw Mr. Varn?y, tlio bead of the firm, lie was askoU by tlio reporter what was the cauao ol tbe dolay of tho company iu delivering dynamite to tbe liallctl rolui worka. Mr. Vuruoy (aid that there wan no deluy whalox r In the delivery inure than waa necesaury III tbe couraout ordinary proparulioii to deliver ibo (lynainlie. General Mention bad ordered :M,U<JU pound a oi dynamite on ihu'Juili of July, and all ol tbul bad been delivered; but in dolu enng what been ordered n.tico, ou laat Saturday, there bad bovo a little deluy, a* there wa.< not cartridges enough scut to thorn, aud they could not aend the dull until it was placed In tho coririugon l lic agreement, or contract, rea i that ibo dvu ilnito ahould bo delivered between August 15 and September 1, with two week* ol a margin oo any prohabie dolay that might occur from tbo government's proposition*. Cargo quanlilloe of tbo dyuanuta could not he kept at the manufactory In bulk with any groat degree ol nnlety. The factory wan Hum Ally mile* away, at Urukesvltle, near liover, X. J. General Newton came on Saturday and ordered 16,000 pounds more, and of tbia amount 'J.J1S pounda bad already twon delivered, and Mr. Vamoy aaid Unit 6,?*W or b.ono pounda additional warn t'eiug abippod jesterday to the llalielt'a I'oiul work*, and lliero would, no doubt, be a delivery of ttint amount by tbia (Wednesday) morning So tar tho deluy bad boon merely irom tb o lack ol carirldgOH and waa uot the fault of nuy peraon iu particular. Mr. Varnoy said that they could not keep groat <|uaiitltipa of tl.e dynamite on baud ahead of tbo supply lor reaaoos whu b would auggoat tbeinaolvaa to auy intelligent peraon. CLEANING OUT THE SLUMS. Captain llyrnes, of tbn Kntoaulb precinct, lant nlgbt raided the bousu No. -0 West Kourth street, kept by John llernancottl, alias Tarabaldl, and arreslod ilia proprietor and set-on lemaloa, all of whom were lucked up in tlio Mercer atreut alution house. The place baa lone tieen notorious as a vile bawdy bouse, loll Ibo proprvtOf has managed to knep clear of the police. In ollecting tno raid Capuin Byrnes waa obliged to reaort ! to uu little degree ol strategy lo order lo gel.lnsldo the | house. Tbe prumncrn will b? arraigned at'court tbia 1 muruiug. 3 WASHINGTON. Trial of General Babcock for the Safe Burglary Conspiracy. CHARACTER OF HIE JURY EJIPA\ELLEUl Republican Fears lor the Result in Ohio. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Washington, Sept. 19, 1870. TBS SATE BUItCLABY CON8FIBAC*?TBIAL OS OSNKIUL BABCOCK COM MF.NCKB?A TOUT WU It'll IS I.IK ELY TO UIHAdBKE MIL ALkXANDK1I ON TUB CONtfPIUACY AND BX-CU1BS WIUTKLKY ON TUB TESTIMONY. Wo tiuvc entered upon the srcoud aeries of the murky plotting und counterplotting of detectives, outside Inwyers uiid witnesses winch liita marked alt (lie phases ol the sale burglary trial herelolore and iho consequent indictment of General O. K llabcock, the 1'residcul'a lata privato secretary. From tlio llrst llto game baa been on one side or the otbor to reduce the testimony attd witnesses to inextncablo contusion and Incredibility. Most admirably hum tUey succeeded. It amounts almost to art and lias all Iho uutllnus ol adaptability to tbo construction at least ol stage rascality ana Intricacy. Tbo llrst part of the farce, lor such It Is, was to-day consummated In the selection of a so called jury. Tho government was handicapped by the provisions of law beyond which Ilia presiding Judge, Humphreys, could not go in the allowance ol but Ihrco challenges, while lbs dofcnco were allowed four. At llrst counsel clalmod that tlioy were cnlltlud to eight challenges each, but tbo Court ruled noL These were soon exhausted, and some, though not ohjectionublo, yet certainly not the most acceptable, jurors were selected. Tho llrst who was sworn in aud passed. If not In bad tuate, would, ordinarily, ui least, bavo put impartiality to the blush, lor he provod to bo no other than Walker Lewis, colored steward at tho clubhouse whero the conspirators in tho salo burglary assembled nil th? niirlit nf InvilO'l 1CTX nl u-ln.l. iu,. timony Lu been taken beloio ibo Congressional committee. Next was John W. Premium. colored, who has worked under General liabcock ou tbo publio grounds, and last waa William Korguson. who, in ibo estimation of unprejudiced lookors-ou, waa auro to bang the jury as bo seemed anxious to gut on It at all hazards for tbo sake o( tbo rovouuo It brought. Mr. Columbus Alexander, tbo pcraon most interested In the trial, and who was most ailectod by tbo alleged Conspiracy, wus interviewed In regard to tbo Jury. Ho Is an old citizen of Washington, but suys bo does not know thoin and appeared very much disautisllod wills tbo different clemouts composing it. So tar as tbeli probable bias is concernoil bo upprubends even now that tbo jury will disagree and lias almost made bit mind up to It. llo tried hard to keop colored men oil', as bethinks they would not be likely to docido onderstaudlugly on tbo evidence. What bo expects to provo In regard to Ucuoral llabcock's guilt Is that bo wus interested In Dressing bun down by dosiroyiug Ins credibility during tbo investigations which woro mndo by Congress Into District allulrs, lu which Mr. Alexnndei and bis friends wcro Important and persistent witnesses against tbo thon existing llourd of Public Works, of which General Uabcoek was Supervising Knglnccr In tbo maltor of measuring tbo Improvements inado about the publio buildings and grounds. It appears that tbey woro striving to show falso measurements on tbo part of General Hancock, und also that ho was drawing mouey from tho Trousury before tlio work was actually doue. Mr. Alexander says:?"Wo were tracing tbo corrupl pavmont ot $1)7.000 by a Or in of contractors named DoUolyor k M cClcllan, and we tollowod up to ox* Oovornor Shepherd's olllco, where a partner of his ro* coived a largo amount of tho money. It was necessary then," bo adds, '-to strike mo down, and henco thoy got up tho salo burglary business to show tho com* mitteo what sort of a man I was, and an cflort wot made to break down tho Investigation, but I turned too quickly on thorn by going into tho salo burglary matter, which tho committee took up at once, and there we beat them." Tho most Important wltnoss will be Mr. IL H. 01 Whitley, lalo Chief of tho Treasury Department socrol Sorvlce, who is chargod with patting up the whole eon. spiracy job. Us said to Mr. Alcxandor:?'*1 want to clear myself and want to toll the whole truth. I wad employed to wurk it up. I was not to bo benefited, but I was doing it for the mon who wero to be Dene* filed." (loneral Ilabcock's complicity is charged to hays con* sislud principally in having caused ex-Solicitor Bon* field of tho Treasury Department to telegraph t* Whitley in effect the following:? Ml. wants to soo you. Cotno over." "Sutnerville, a Now York lawyor, also on trial, pre* nnrnil thA Hpnnaltlnna nf V trhussl Usuaa and Af Denton, all** Walter Drown, now In Jail, to convict me, 'laid Mr. Alexander, feelingly, as bo turned over tbo pages of prlntod evidence, and pointod to tbeir iengtbjr depositions in tbe case. One of tbe worst features of tbe present by-play Is tbe activity of a Mr. A. D. Williams, a lawyer, wbo is anppoaod to bnve fixed up tbo Jury In tbe Oreen trial and wbo is charged with manipulating Juries lor counseL He was indicted as one of tbo conspirators, and was with Chief DetggttVd Clarvoe and Major ltichardi, Superintendent of Police, on tbo nlgtit ol tbe sale burglary, and, witb ex-District Attorney Harrington, followed up tbo burglars id Columbus Alexander's house. Tnu principal burglar's numu was Denton. Mr. Williams baa boeu busy all day getting up a list of and looking after the Jury. District Attorney Wells, on being asked whether all tbo witnesses lor tbo government were subpoenaed, said Ihoy wero not. Ho expresses himself as boing entirely gatisilod with tbo jury, and tninka, all thlugs considered, they huvo a vory fair lot He further uunouoeed bis opinion of tbo trial by aaytug, "It will be a quick, strong trial ou both sides." Mr. Whitley waC later ongageil with htui privately in tbe preparation ot questions which are to elicit bis testimony in tbe caso. The trial has created a great deal ol excitemout in high quarters, and it* rumilicullous will ho louud to exteud I Lo some Uotabln ex-olllcials If not clreuinserihari he counsel or the Halting out of wllnrue*. Attorney <>cii?ral fall is underalood to be busily engaged to nlgbt hi giving his personal attention lo the careful preparation ol tho aafo burglary trial ao aa M M<> tbat the Kovoruino.it will not iu any way ba at lituli uor overlook auytbniK wblcb sltould properly ba doue by It to protect ita internal* and secure a lull unit lair trial by bringing out all the toatlutony wbicb should be developed by IL ItKl'L'IIMCAN kBABH OF THE UBULT IE OHIO? a cut you mouu money?coaroBATioxa to BIND THE UEyUIUKI) BABBEL. A great deal or ollcltudo la manllaatad bero anon| republicans tu rogerd to tho campaign In Obla Among those who have watched Ita conduct thero oloaast aa well us what Is dono here there la apprabanalon fell that everything is not all right and that a weakness provaiU lu tho management ol U in tone importan( rospocta. In support ol this it If recalled by those most conversant with tho history of tho thing that last year, wbeh Ohio had bocoino the uiost Important Statu in the elections, there waa soma difficulty about providing lor tho cainpaigu cx pernios, and until near election day the Chairman of the Maio Executive committee continued unrelnlorced with suffloient lunds for the campaign. Considerable dissatisfaction with the National Executive Coinmltteo grew out of this, and ex-.tsslslaut Secretary Cowan of lha Interior I Department, was charged with being the obstacle to Ohio's thrifty condition. When the charge was made directly to huu he ucltoowledgod that be did not think Ohio ought tu have auy more money. ?? she already had f 10.UU0, and wheu ho was Chairman ol lb# State Executive Committee, that waa sufficient lo ruu tho campaign. Upon being remindod that a change had taken place in tba tune of har election and mat Ohio had thoa the place of I'eoimvlvaulu as llrst In the lead, ha for tha Ural time argued dillorently and was persuaded with diihculiy that his own state should have more money which was given ami Ohio was barely carried by ?,0<M) majority, almost alter she bad been given up by her Irlends. Though it is claimed she has a republican majority ranging front 'M>,isw to to,000, it is feared by lb# republicans that some such thing is now at work. and tbaro i? graat tho election will ba ah cl-mo thai th?i democrats inay carry li by a aurprln* A uiovvmanl la to bo mailo at once, to *o? that aaplt lunda aru aeut to meet all tb? rtxjuiromonta hf a lalf and energetic canvaaa and victory. But tliara aro ool wanting paraous wlio oppose it because tliay ara interested iii tho othor Siatua mora largely than tbay aro la Ohio. The National Kxecutlve Conimittaa ara blamad with doing mora lor Indiana tbau Ohio, ana with barlug algnlllvd to tha loadara In tha latter State that ah# la regarded aa strong anough to halt haraaU through, , and aha aausk