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fom here that the government would not ae- part from its peace policy toward tho tribes, rand that they might continue in their exhila- wating and profitable business of rapine and murder with impunity. They have active ‘pllies in Mexico and a ready market for their plunder, and they are not very likely to be dissuaded from taking ‘the bad road’ by ‘Quaker pats on the back and presents of wax Gols. In Spring, when the grass begins to grow and the ponies to fatten, we shall, doubt- gee the effects of the arrangement with the kapoos. In the meantime, would it not {be well for the administration, while so careful pf the lovely savage, to consider the claims of fthe outraged people of Texas on the protec- ion of the government? Moral and Material Lessons of the Boston Fire. . The Boston conflagration has not lost its in- \torest to the pulpits of this city. Yesterday it was the theme of discourse in the Church of }the Divine Paternity, in the Seventh Avenue ; Presbyterian church, and in the Church of the Disciples, Dr. Chapin maintained that no it public occurrence can be called acci- dental or inscrutable. It is one of a series that Jhas come in its turn for six thousand or six million years, and it means that Provi- ce is untiringly carrying out its great urposes. There is no chance incident ywhere. There must be intention, and jin the intention of tho Providence that produces our calamities lies the mystery of evil, All the calamities by flood and flame, by earthquake and tempest, that have come pon usin what appears to be in these years B cycle of catastrophe, teach us this trenchant Jesson—that there is a Power above and {beyond us against which we can do nothing ; that we stand upon insecure ground, and that eur treasures will fade and granite man- sions will melt. These great calamities also th us the necessity of human care and ewatchfulness, and there is no calamity that ‘has not its human side and presents not these Aessons of warning and of caution. But these atastrophes subserve a good purpose also. yrhe individual man is advanced toa higher leur by each recurring calamity. The 3 t brotherhood sympathy of mankind is awakened, too, by these misfortunes, and the Doctor held these ideas up for admiration. \And though not » New Englander himself, the admired the sterling manhood of the Bos- fonians which this fire has called into being. JMr. Hepworth saw in the same calamity the t lesson of dependence ono upon an- ther ; and as no one can climb without drag- Ging others up, 80 no one can fall without dragging others down. But there was great fatisfaction in knowing that while the fire fiend burns up all our riches, encrgy, am- /bition, hope and faith are left, and these are ‘the best riches that men can have. The sub- ime spectacle of men who were rich jon Saturday night and poor Sunday morn- dng beginning life anew on Monday, is due the energy and faith inspired by our mmon school system, and he (Mr. Hep- worth) would not permit any one to interfere ‘with the religious instruction given from the desks of our public schools. Americans whould lay their hands on their hearts and swear that the Bible shall not be taken from the public schools. There is no fear that chil- dren will get too much religion. Mr. Here worth, in view of this calamity, would have jhis hearers set their affections on things above, cand put their faith and trust in God the (Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Rev. ‘Mr. Graham endeavored to solve the proposi- \tion, if the fire is a minister of God, what does dt teach, and what service does it render to the cause of the great Author of the universe? It teaches three classes of lessons—namely, matural, providential and gracious or mer- eifal. In the first it shows how much weaker science is than nature’s laws. Alt also teaches the supreme folly of supposing ‘any one rich and of supposing no one can lose This possessions. In the second class the {absence of suffering is something to be thank- ‘fulfor. It was different with the Chicagoans year. But in the Boston fire mercy is een tempered with judgment. The fire hum- les Boston, and in this direction it is instruc- tive to New York. It also warns us that the wery elements which in ordinary circumstances @re our slaves may at times be our most de- structive enemies, Mr. Graham regretted the ‘defect in the secular press in giving glowing ‘accounts of the great fire that yet did not seek ito lift the heart from the creature to the Creator. tNew York and the world should profit by this \fire, and if they fail to do so then it has failed dn its great lesson. * By way of variety Mr. Frothingham had ‘something to say yesterday about the relative moral qualities of poverty and riches. The sextremes of one are no more to be dreaded ‘than those of the other. The extreme poor ‘have no virtue, he thinks, because they cannot afford it. Conscience is too expensive; they ‘must struggle for life, And with the rich it is Snot much better. It is only in temperature that things are evenly balanced for the de- ‘velopment of mankind. The man with little means and few wants isa rich man, and the millionnaire who has to work is a poor man. Incidentally Mr. Frothingham referred to the Boston fire to illustrate the point that the rich arono more independent, after all, than the poor, which is virtually true. Rev. Mr. Asten, oa the lessons of the election, would have us join hands in peaceful friendship, now no longer of course over the bloody chasm, that gap having been filled up with the débris of the defeated party. The cause of ‘city missions was pleaded in Trinity Methodist Episcocal church by Bishops Foster and Janes and General Fisk, three of the ablest advocates it could possibly have. The ideal has uses as well as the real, as we may gather from Mr. Beecher’s sermon. The ideal apple, for instance, must never become a pumpkin, ‘and the ideal man must not lose his natural- ness and actuality by any transformation. ‘The highest and the purest ideal is that which ‘Christ lifis up, and to that Mr. Beecher would have us direct our attention and our efforts. Mr. Talmage cautioned his people and business anon generally against running this tremen- dous business for eternity without taking an account of stock or drawing out our affairs on a balance sheet, The failures in Wall street are not to be compared to the failures made in our spiritual affairs. He would have us guard against the burglars of the soul, and as wise business men not to take any spiritual risks, Rev. Father Glackmeyer, who has been con- acoting a Jesuit mission in St, Stephen's NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1872.—TRIPLE SHERT. enuron, preached there yesterday on the de- velopment of the grain of mustard seed intoa tree. Christ was that seed and the Church is the tree in which the fowls of the air may lodge. From the same sermon as a base, Father Starrs traced the progress of the Catho- lic Church, taking substantially the same ideas as the other reverend father. But Father Starrs looks forward to the time when the mustard seed of Catholicism in this country shall become the wide-spreading tree. Father Merrick diversified a similar line of thought by claiming that the Roman Catholic Church is the elect and only true Church. Father Lory, in Jersey City, preached on prayer. Steam on the Canals—Is the Problem Solved? Readers of the Hzratp will not have for- gotten its frequent exposition of the para- mount importance to this State and city of more rapid transit of freight through our great waterway between the metropolis and the chain of northern lakes. By this route we have a direct and cheap communication, ex- tending from the seaboard nearly to the centre of the Continent. In addition to the lakes and the rivers falling into them we have canals connecting with the Obio and the Mis- sissippi, so that the canals of New York and the Western States form a most important sys- tem by which ao vast, fertile, prosperous and rapidly developing empire is enabled to dis- charge at the commercial centre of America its agricultural, mineral and other products for the crude and manufactured productions of other parts of the country or imported from all quarters of the globe. Beforo the railroad era these canals were the almost sole channel for the movement of freight be- tween tidewater and the West. Bnt the very much greater speed of railway transit has di- verted a large share of the carrying business, while it has also made the slower movement by the canals odious and unpopular. It has been generally voted behind the age to con- sume fourteen days in the passage of a boat- load of corn from Buffalo to this city, when a loaded car would come over the rails in one- seventh part of that time. Still the canals could bring freight for less money than tho railways, and the figures show that, in spite of their slowness, they have continued to carry the greater portion of the heavy freights, and to yield the State a most satisfactory revenue. It did not need the generous offer of the Legislature—a prize of one hundred thousand dollars—to incite attempts to produce an adaptation of steam to the canals in such man- ner as to give increased speed without injury to the banks and locks, For years this problem has received careful study from forwarders and inventors, and many attempts have heretofore failed to answer the necessary conditions, But now we have a steam canal boat leaving Buffalo on her sec- ond voyage, laden with two hundred tons, over seven thousand bushels, of corn, propel- ling herself through the canal and down the river, and finally mooring in Coenties slip, in five days and seventeen hours from Lake Erie. Besides the saving in time her owners claim that she effects a decided reduction in the cost as compared with the expense of pro- pulsion by two horses. Whether this steamer is 4he model of the canal boat of the future can- not yet be decided. Her construction may, perchance, be susceptible of improvement; but she has, apparently, answered the question of the possibility of increasing the speed and probably reducing the voyage by more than one-half. This is equivalent to multiplying the capacity of the canals, while, no doubt, it would far moro than double their business. When the steam system shall be perfected, the horses and the slow boats being out of the way, there will be far less hindrances in passing and meeting on the levels, all boats going in the same direc- tion keeping to one side of the canal, and no time need be lost waiting fortows. This prac- tical multiplication of the capacity and use of the canal, and the shortening of the trips in so great a degree, will not fail to produce results most satisfactory to New York and to all the wide Western territory which here seeks a market, If the present steam canaller should prove inadequate to the task of revolu- tionizing canal freightage it is safe to predict that she is the forerunner of that desired con- summation. Two weeks are not necessary for the trip from Lake Erie to New York, nor need it take one week. Yankee invention is competent to make the transit quick and cheap and yet withort damage to the canal. Wealth awaits the genius who shall accomplish this, and when it comes New York and the whole country will be advantaged thereby, Ovr Western Diamonp Fre.ps—Excrremest av Sart Laxe Crry.—On Saturday last quite an excitement was created at Salt Lake City on the report of some New York lapidaries or connoisseurs in precious stones upon some specimens brought to Salt Lake by H. F. Berry, twenty-six of which were pronounced genuine diamonds. Berry says he found them, not in Arizona or New Mexico, but in Western Colorado, and that he is ready to pilot any party to the locality. Upon these represen- tations a number of capitalists at Salt Lake are organizing an expedition for the new Golconda. We have had now so many reports of these discoveries of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, &c., in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado that we can hardly resist the con- clusion that these statements are founded upon facts, But as all the districts in which these precious stones are located are uninhabited except by Indians, and unexplored except by occasional prospecting’ miners, we shall prob- ably have no reliable reports concerning them until we hear from Lieutenant Wheeler's scientific exploring expedition, the main body of which at last accounts was heading for those mysterious regions of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. From this expedition, and from our special commissioner accom- panying it, diamonds or no diamonds, we anticipate reports of most important and valuable discoveries. Prarce Bismarck, who has been seriously ill, is reported to be improving ; King Ama- deus, who has beena very sick man, is also reported as getting better. Those frequently recurring attacks of Prince Bismarck, however, to a man of his age and broken constitution from exhausting labors, lead to the apprehen- sion that his tenure of life is very uncertain, King Amadeus, on the other hand, young and stroug, may survive to bafile the revolutionists of Spain for many years ; but at the best “nmeasy lies the head that wears a crown,” Exrenprrvre or raz Wan DepaRtMENtT.— According to our Washington despatches the expenses of the War Department now are thirty millions of dollars year. It is stated that the cost of this branch of the public ser- vice has been decreasing at the rate of about half a million a year, and that this reduction will go on till the expenditure will hardly exceed twenty millions annually. Thirty mil- lions a year appears to be a large and unneces- sary cost of this Department in time of peace, and we hope the government will bring it down as soon as possible. The vast facilities which our railroad system affords for trans- porting troops, munitions and supplies will enable the government to accomplish as much with a smaller army as it did some years ago with a larger one. The Department needs chiefly an ample supply of the best modern arms, With this and a well-drilled militia for local and extraordinary occasions the mere nucleus of a standing army is only necessary. Tur Ex-Empress Evcenr, at her late féte at Chiselhurst on Friday last," was honored by tho presence of many visitors from Paris, who came with their friendly compliments. But tore significant than these friendly compli- ments were tho bouquets reocived from a number of French regiments serving at Versailles, In these bouquets we have the explanation of the rigid exclusion by President Thiers of the Bonapartes from France, and of his vigilance over the French army. Paris sighs for the trade and the splendors, and the army for the glory of the Empire, and there isa tradition among the exiled Bona- partes that after the Republic comes the Em- pire. But nous verrons, says President Thiers. Lrrriz Detaware—Tue Buack BaLaNce oF Powzn.—Tho popular vote of Delaware on Presidential electors was, in 1868: — For Seymour. For Grant...... Seymour's majority.... The highest vote of the State on Presidential electors in 1872 was: — For Grant. For Greeley. For O’Conor. Grant’s majority over Greeley on highest electoral vote, 910; over all, 423. Total popular vote in 1868, 18,603; total popular vote in 1872, 25,807. Increased vote of 1872, 7,204. This increase is mainly from the ad- dition of the black vote to that of 1868, when the fifteenth amendment was not in force. The blacks, therefore, may claim the credit of revolutionizing ‘Little Delaware.’’ PERSONAL AND GENERAL. ++ 10,980 os 7028 General F. Hayden, of the United States Army, is at the St, Nichoias Hotel. Colonel Charles Swaine, of the British Army, has arrived at the Brevoort House. Count Kreutz, of the Russian Legation, yester- day arrived at the Brevoort House, State Senator N. T. Horrobin, stopping at the Westminster Hotel. Mr. George Anderson, M.P. from Glasgow, Scot- land, yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House, A London paper states that during the last month or two the number o! the English aristoc- racy who have left England for America is unpre- cedented. ‘The remains of Heinrich Hetrf, the German poct, have been exhumed from the Cemetery of Mont- martre, Paris, and transferred to Germany to the vault of the Heine family, The Journal de Geneve, we learn by telegram, pub- lishes a letter addressed to the Council of State, with the concurrence of tho Pope, by Mgr. Marilley, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, resigning his episcopal functions of this last-named place. The Mayoralty campaign in this city, it is authori- tatively stated, cost as follows:—For Lawrence, $9,000; for Havemeyer, $40,000; for O’Brien, $75,000. The truth of the old adage, that “Money makes the mayor go,’’ is not always realized. A Western paper states that a Terre Haxte boy of tender years and heart has drowned seventeen kittens, tied pans to the tails of niae dogs, brushed his father’s new silk hat against the grain and blown up a pet canary with a firecracker in the last month, and still his fond mother intends him for the pulpit. The Baltimore American suggests that the mur- deress, Laura Fair, should be made to share her wealth with Mrs. Crittenden, the widow of the Man she murdered. Mrs, Crittenden is poor, but not likely to take any steps in that direction, al- though an action for damages by law is proposed by her friends. Miss Annie Sedgwick, daughter of Charles B. Sedgwick, was in Portland and Chicago at tne time ofthe great fires in those cities, and, singularly enough, she was in Boston on Sunday, and wit- nessed the awful conflagration. City corporations had better double their fire brigade whenever Miss Sedgwick pays them a visit. Charles Laisun, well known to Auburnians at Hamilton College in 1847-8 as a Chinese boy of eighteen and a student preparing for missionary service, 18 reported by the Utica Herald as now visiting at Clinton. He now ranks asa second mandarin, and, with his wife, a Chinese lady, and three sons and three daughters, will settle in Springfield, Mass. Captain Whineray, who was for several years Commodore of the Guion Company's steamship line, has just retired from its service. His latest voyage was made in command of the steamship Wyoming. Her passengers on that trip, among whom was Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, on arriving in the Mersey adopted resolutions eulogizing Cap- tain Whineray and expressing the kindest desires for his future well-being. The remains of Lady Becher (Miss O'Neill, the the great tragic actress), were interred on the Ist inst. in the family vault, in Castlemartyr church- yard, Ireland. The funeral cort¢ge was more than a mile in length. The chief mourners were Sir Henry Wrixon Becher, Bart., Mr. John Wrixon Becher and Mr. William Wrixon Becher, the three sons of the deceased. The tenantry of Sir H. W. Becher, to the number of 200, walked four abreast. The windows of the Ballyhass National School, in which the deceased lady took a deep interest, were draped in black, and a black streamer was sus- of Vermont, is pended from the roof. The proneness of hotel clerks to dub the tempo- rary residents in their hotels with imaginary titles, to the end that the houses may be advertised cheaply yet effectively as places of resort by most distinguished people, is lamentable. The natural vanity of men usually prevails upon the promoted ones not to publicly disown the titles 30 conferred. That this hotel-counter order of knighthood, gen- eralship or lordship is not always appreciated, is evident from the earnest desire of Mr. Anthony Barclay, @ gentleman who was formerly British Consul in this city, to be relieved of a baronetcy credited to himin the HrraLp through the crea- tive agency of one of the “gentieman ly" clerks at the Astor House. MBE, THURLOW WEED. The Patriarch of Politics in a Critical Condition of Health at His Home in Twelfth Street, but Somewhat Better than a Week Ago. Mr. Thurlow Weed has been for the last week or two confined to his room at his residence in West ‘Twelfth street. He ts suffering froman old trouble, the chronic effect of a sunstroke that occurred two years ago. He is daily visited by numbers af his friends, and receives, perhaps, more letters than any other politician living. At present bis health seems to be getting somewhat better than it was a week ago, aud hopes are strong that the veteran celebrity will not yet for a long tisne be called irom his place tn the constellation g public gepius FRANCE. Parliamentary Partics in Caucus and Reports of Progress and Prospects. Monarchism Abandoned as a Rallying Cry—Itin- erant Radicalisrs Condemned—Prayer for the Assembly. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Nov. 17, 1872. The members of the several great leading Par- Namentary parties into which the Nationai Assem- bly is divided held meetings in the city last night, in orderto sum up the events of the past week and decide upon their future policy. The monarchists confess that they have been de- feated, and will secure an honorable retreat by giving their support to the conservative republi- cans. All the conservative clement has united in favor of & motion which will be introduced this Week by Deputy Changarnier, condemning M. Gam- betta's speech at Tours, Public Prayers for Blessings on tho Par- liament, Pants, Nov. 17, 1872, In all the cathedrals of France to-day special prayers were offered for the National Assembly and the blessing of God invoked on its proceedings. Government oMciais attended the services os- corted by details of troops as guards of honor, The congregations at all the churches in this city were very large, THE WEATHER. as DEPART) OFFICE OF THE CuIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D, C., Nov. 18—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The barometer has risen over all the Atlantic States, with generally fair weather ana north- westerly to southwesterly winds and northwesterly winds and cloudy weather on the Gulf. On the Lower Lakes and thence to the Ohio Valley cioudy weather and westerly winds prevail. In the North- west and thence over the Upper Lakes and south- ward to Illinois and Missouri westerly to northerly winds and partly cloudy and very cold weather. Probabilities, In the Northwest and thence to Michigan and to the Ohio Valley very low temperatures, northwest- erly winds and clear weather; in the Gulf States northeasterly winds and cloudy weather and rain on the Western Gulf; in the South Atlantic States northeasterly winds, high barometers and partly cloudy weather; on the Lower Lakes, and thence by the afternoon over the Middle States, slowly- falling barometer, southwesterly winds and partly cloudy weather; in New EngJand northwesterly to southwesterly winds and parily cloudy weather, with diminishing pressure, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the t»mperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last rear, a8 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— 71, 1872. 1871, 8872, 39 A SNOW STORM. City or Kingston, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1872. The first snow of the season fell to the depth of over an inch last night. The weather to-day is in- tensely cold for the season. THE SUNDAY OONCERTS. The concert last night at the Grand Opera House was a popular success, Rubinstein and Wieniawski filling the immense theatre tn every part. The great Russian pianist played with his accustomed brilliancy, but the honors of the evening were fairly carried off by the Polish violinist, who gave the “Oarnival of Venice’ for an encore. Classical music has: its votaries, but the popular heart beats more readily at hearing the popular pieces, It was consequently a great treat to many persons to hear a familiar air by so great an artist. The genuine merit of these performances, however, apart from the brilliancy of both the programme and the exe- cution, was in bringing together nearly three thousand ople, a majority of whom would not have heard either of these celebrities but for the opportunity aiforded them by low prices and a Sunday performance. The third nd concert by the Italian Opera Company at lack’s last night was well attended The programme was a strictly classical one, Jami penile and Senora Sanz being the chief attrac ons. MURDER OF A CONSTABLE. A Dreadful Deed of Blood and the Usual Mystery. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 17, 1872, Thomas McNamara, a constable of Lackawanna township, was found dead on the puplic highway near the hotel at Tyroville, on the outskirts of this city, yesterday morning. There is no doubt as to his having been murdered, as his head and face are smashed fearfally, and his hands cut in several places. He evidently re- ceived the cuts In trying to ward off the knife of the murderer. The affair is involved in =. Mr. McNamara leaves a family. His friends have not the least suspicion as to who committed the crime. SHOOTING AFFAIR, A Game of Dominoes Resulting in an At- tempt of Murder. . St. Lovts, Mo., Nov. 17, 1872, About elght o’clock to-night, while a large num- ber of gentlemen were congregated in the vesti- bule of the Southern Hotel, Captain Ed. Dix, a well-known steamboat man, walked up to Robert W. Estlin, of New Orleans, who was conversing with some friends, and deliberately shot him in the left jaw. Estlin fell, and while down he was again shot by Dix in the left side, After the shooting Dix ee his pistol to one of the clerks of the hotel, and was taken by his friends to the office of the Chief of Police, who or- dered him to be locked upon four counts. Estlin was taken to his room, where his wounds were examined by a surgeon and found to be very slight. The cause of the shooting cannot be as- certained, both parties being very reticent; bat it appears that the gentlemen had quarrelled a few days before over a game of dominoes, and tt is thought the aifair to-night grew out of that, THE CASS COUNTY MURDERS, Indictment by the Grand Jary of Cass County, Missouri, of Forty-four Citi- zens. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 17, 1872. The Times yesterday contained a fall account of the indicting by the Grand Jury of forty-four citi- zens of Cass county, Missouri, for being implicated in the Gunn City tragedy last April. In this affair a Juage of Cass county, County Attorney Hines, and & man named Dutre were taken from a train of cars bya moband shot for alleged connection with the frauduient issue of Cass county bonds. Thirty-six of the indicted men answered the Shert?’s summons and appeered at court in Har- risonville yesterday, where they were arraigned. They plead not guilty, and were released on bail to appear for trialon the fourth Monday in Februar, next. Of the other eight men three were sick and the remainder out of the State, but all will soon report themselves to the proper authorities, THEFT OF SILVER WARE. Burglars Make Off with Property to the Value of $3,000. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 17, 1872. Between dark and tweive o'clock om Saturday night thieves effected an entrance into the estab- lishment of Wilson & Sons, silver and plated ware manutacturers, corner of Filth and Cherry streets, The side door was forced with a jimmy, an old-fashioned vault in the rear of the store was broken open and solid silver ware to the amount of $8,000 taken. The booty was removed in a Wagon which Was seen standing in {roms of the stare at about cleven o'clock, Nothing Qt solid falver Was taken. This is the second tite that this ‘place hag been robbed, and on the firs Uecasion an entrance was effected im precisely tiv: same maa- Theve ig no clue to the sbiores, ner THE BRIDGE TOWER. Facts and Fancies About the East River Bridge. A Glimpse from the Top of the Tower. How the Future New Yorker Will ‘Take the Air”—Something About the Stones, the Wires and the Workmen—Tho Peeper’s Paradise. “Don't stand there, sir. It's blowing hard now, and a heavy gust would blow you off, sure!" That word “otf,” without signifying anything very definite as to destination, meant nothing less than a stagger, & whirl, a gasp and a plunge to death down through 140 feet of space and two seconds Of tine, The caution came from a rough Irish laborcr on the summit of the East River Bridge tower on the Brooklyn side, and was addressed to @ HERALD reporter, who, in the opinion of the workman, had too much confidence in himself, a rare (?) thing, by the way, smong reporters in these modest days, when men are never “iuter- viewed,” nor anything. The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty-five miles an honr, and it was not only dificult to stand in an exposed position on the tower, but it wasa didicult matter to breathe when facing it, and next to impossible to speak. The workmen all wore caps or soft felt hats drawn down over their ears, with one or two coats buttoned to the neck, and in many instances a couple of pairs of pants, Every- thing on the tower was armored against the wind, and there was evident care that nothing should be carried away by the fying Boreas. A workman's jacket lying on the coping was kept in place by a heavy beam of timber, and a bucket, having no water in it, was filled with odds and ends of iron for fear it might be whisked away. And 80 at this great elevation the work of building the tower goes on with considerable confusion of sounds but little of tongues, for nobody cares to talk where it is so diMcult to speak and so doubtful whether it will be heard, There isa “clink! clink! clink!” of the drills in the adamantine granite, a “whizz of steam, a creaking of the great derricks, and a rumble of the truck wheels, and at the rate of about a foot a day the pile of masonry crawis up into the air, and overtops everything about it. An iron pulley wheel revolves under the tension of a wire rope, and in ten seconds a squared Mass—seven tons—of rock, gray, speckled and glittering, rides to the top and is rested on a truck which is rolled under it. Another minute and enginery’s giant claws have clutched it, and @ great iron arm swings it into place with the ap- parent ease that marks the wave of a lady’s fan. ‘There are stone cutters aud masons, drillers and laborers at work, but there appears to be little physical labor required, jor machinery and steam power are made available as Jar as practicable. This tower is now so far advanced toward com- pletion that it affords a very jair idea of what the finished structure will be, and from its summit a good idea may be obtained of THE VIEW OF THE FUTURE, when the wires of the bridge are stretched like a vast cobweb, high in air, and crowds of people will flit across it to admire the scenery of the rivers, the bay and the trio of cities. Fiom its present 140 feet of elevation a splendid panorama unrolis itself at the observer's feet, Naturally enough the eye first secks the (pd city. Itisamatter of in- tense curiosity to know what a bird's-eye view of New York will be, and, singularly enough, too, this tower falis to present it as a whole. Only a portion of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City) can be secn, and to the north, northeast and east the range of vision is limited, This is owing to the elevated nature of certain portions of the city’s surface in these di- rections, which obstructs the view of more distant parts. But look to the west, southwest and south, Im any event the most varied and attractive points, and there is every desirable feature of land and watersca) Housetops cease to bear the dignity of elevations, and the large warehouses that line the river front on the Brooklyn shore look like splendid areas of red-painted iron. Fulton street crawls sinuously away up the hill and is lost im @ confusion of brick walls, gables and cornices, and Furman street looks like a canal, the street cars being very fair counterfeits of canal boats, 80 fat and depressed do they ap- pear. Looking more closely to the vase of tne tower, the DECKS OF A HUNDRED SHIPS lay 80 near, apparently, that one might toss a chesnut into the galley fires, and the Navy Yard, with the old hp Vermont, seems only a couple of hundred yards along the docks. In front rolls the river, eddying, foaming, swirling in the brisk wind, and the white wings of a ship going out to sea seem but an arm's reach below as she scuds, with spray under her bows, past the granite monu- ment. Down to the left, by the very verge of the coping, the Fulton ferryboats glide in and out of the “slips,” picking their way through the fleets of tugboats, yachts, yawls, barges, schooners, canal boats, steamers and punts, that ply with ceaseless change of position over the surface of the water. Away down to the west Gov- ernor’s Island sits almost flat among the waves that roll up with the tide through Buttermilk Channel and dash their white caps along the Bat- tery wall, Probably no MORE PLEASING VIEW of Governor's Island. has ever been found than that afforded from the tower. Of course there 1s no clear cut rearing outline of fort and foliage against the sky, but there ig a brown ring of shore lying on the blue surface of the harbor, ‘and filled im with @ great emerald of grass and trees, streaked here and there with the neat gray lines of barracks and the ridges of earthworks of Fort Johnson, and in the not remote distance those two smaller islets, Bedloe’s and Ellis’, secm almost to Noat about and change position, so lightly do they rest among the ripples. The Jersey shore lies low and blue along the near horizon and crawis away down the i von. Kull to hide itself behind the wooded crests of the Staten Island hills, and seems lost tn the sea at the Highlands at Navesink, But this is all the In front, POETRY OF THE PICTURE. where the eyes of the spectator first rest, liea the heart of the great me- tropolis, with all the prominent buildings below Fourteenth street distinctly, even obtrusively, visi- ble. The fringe of shipping, With its jungle of masts and spars, scems like & chevauz de srise along the shore, the most noticeable break in the line being where the Haale pelt on the New York side rears ita dun-colored obelisk from the water’s verge. Behind this Is the maze of masonry which goes to make up New York. Walls, sptres, roofs, turrets, cu- polas, windows, gables, front walls, rear walls, of wood, tron, brick, stone and marble, seem crushed together in strange confusion, and the only wonder is whether there really are any streets and thoroughfares among such a jumble of building materials. Just over the tops of all these, a pleasing relief to so sombre @ conglomeration of “hard facts,” is the giinting — sil- ver line of the North River, then the brick and mortar streak of Jersey City and the dark, rich background of the Bergen Teights, pleas- antly dotted with white suburban komes. It is but a narrow streak of the North Kiver that is visible; but it serves admirably to relieve the brick. monotony of the vista, and marks with great d. tinctness the tongue of land that lies in the rivet mouths and bears on its surface the Empire City of the Western World. Thore is A STRANGR MURKY AIR hanging over all these houses which evon the pre- valling strong wind seems unable to bear away, douptiess because the causes which bring about, that murkiness are always operating. But a time 1s coming—and, judging from. the way iu which work is being pushed, it is coming fast—when New Yorkers will be able to take. a run across the bridge to see the city and the bay and to get fresh air and estimate to their own Satisfac- tion all the beauties of scenery which the city pre- sents when the observer is.not too close to witness the deformities. And to one class especially the bridge promises to be a rare luxury—to. wit, the class who take & pleasure in peeping into their neighbors’ windows and back yards, The prospect to these will be truly delightful. It is not at all dificult now, even tor persons with less lively imagimations than the modern newspaper reporter is (erroneously) suppased to possess, to imagine the SIXTEEN HUNDRED FRET OF WIRR THREADWORK which will constitute the ‘bridge, already stretched across the river at the atry heignt of 118 fect to the roadbed. Passengers by the ferry to Brooklyn will have noticed the deep cuts between the flanks of the towors which are to form the roadways, and hundreds no doubt fancy that these ee Sg are rather narrow, but they only need to stand in thom to be convinced tat they are really broad traMo ways. In fact EVERYTHING LOOKS VRRY MUCT LIGHTER and frailet, and smaller than it actually is. Firmly built Into the masonry, at the coping on the level of the roadway, are 4 aumber of iron bands, which to most people appear three or four inches in width. They are, in fact, great straps of pure steel, ten Inches in wittt and two tgohes thick. At their outer extroinities, in front mad rear of the tower, each series of three of thesg bands grasps 8 large vertical bolt, also of steel, fastened on top with @ screw-nut, This steel boit is over six inches in diameter, and THR INSIGNIFICANT LOOKING NUT on top {s as large as ap ordinary dinner plate, and Would tgake @ decent tog for a music stool, Some dea of bie wiremgth OF the Oridge stays may bat | 7 gleaned rrom tne Knowledge that these great bands and bolts of steel are only intended to bear the strain of the guys and will have nothing to do with bearing the main strain of support, The total weight of stone in the tower is estimated at sixty-eight thousan: tons and the average weight of the blocks ol granite is six tons. The lightest blocks used Weighed about two tons and the heaviest seven tons and a haif, Up to the present time there hava been about FOURTERN LIVES LOST in the construction of the Brooklyn plier, including those who died from the effects of air pressure im the caisson, ‘The tower will be carried up about forty feet higher tham it has at present reached, aud the great ten-inch cables, the chief supports of the spanning wires, will be carried over the top and anchored to the ground nearly nine hun- dred feet in rear of the site of the piers, The as- cending grade from the piers to the centre of the bridge will be sixteen fect, but this will be almost imperceptible when seen trom the river. tower is not, a8 most persons would suppose, & solid mass of masonry, but is penetrated to, the Water level with two great wells or shafts, about eighteen or twenty feet square and 118 feet dees The fanks and centre of the tower, marked on the Outside by buttresses, are solid, "There are now about fifty men engaged on the Brooklyn tower, but on the New York side there is a larger number sieblenes and the work is being pushed with great ALABAMA POLITICS. Arrest of Two Members Elect of the Lege isluture by the United States Marshal= Violation of the Election Law Alleged. MentTaomEny, Novy. 17, 1872, Messrs. Morgan, Kimbro and McNeill, conserva. tives, who have certificates of election as members of tae Legistature, were arrested by a United States Deputy Marshal to-day between Selma and Union- town, They stopped at Selma, and it is reported that the Marshal is to take them. to Mobile. ‘The Marshal said that he had instructions not to take bail. The offence charged is some violation of the election law. This will make the political complexion of the Legislature doubtful om organization, as the carrying of the prisoners to Mobile will invoive several days’ delay. The lib- erals and conservatives would have a majority in the House if the arrested parties were allowed to teks their seats, ‘The Legislature mects to-mor- ‘ow, LOUISIANA ELECTION. General Beauregard Elected Adminise trator of Improvements, New ORLEANS, Nov. 17, 1872. The total vote of the parish of Orleans for Preste dent gives Grant 13,296 and Greeley 22,686. Gree- ley’s net majority in the State, as far as heard from, is 6,707, including returns, mostly official, trom all but two parishes, Beauregard ts elected Admin- istrator of Improvements, WOMAN SUFFRAGE, Sr. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17, 1872, The annual meeting of the American Womam Suffrage Association will be held in this city, im Temple Hall, November 20 and 21. Private hos pitality will be provided for delegates, THE OITY OF THE SAINTS, Suicide of a Bookkeeper—Attemptcd Burglary and a Warm Reception. SALT LAKE Crry, Utah, Nov. 17, 1872. W. T. Bowers, bookkeeper of the Tribune, of this city, was found dead this morning, near the Hot Springs, having committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a Derringer, His wife committed suicide several weeks ago, and he has been drinking heavily since. Delirium tremens was probably the cause of the decd, Five men attempted burglary at the house of & Mr. Cummings last night, their object being te steal-certain valuables in the house, One of the men entered a room in which Cummings was an Cummings shot him, He tired at Cummings io re- turn, and then escaped with hia comrades, The weather is cold and clear, and the canyons are filled with snow. ANOTHER BROKEN RAIL. Fatal Accident on the Little Rock Raile road. Memrnis, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1872. The railroad accident, reported Friday night,on the Little Rock Railroad, was caused by a broken rail. The engineer saw it, but too late to stop the train, and he and the fireman jumped from the engine ag it struck the gap, and were caught under the en- gine. Putnam, the engineer, was instantly killed, and the fireman (colored) had one of his legs broken. and was otherwise injured. Conductor Parmalee Jurean the engine and stuck to it, and was upia- jure BOILER EXPLOSION, Men Killed and One Wounded. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1872. The boiler of a locomotive attached to a freight train on the Atlantic and Great Western railway exploded last night at Bowlesburg, near Spring- field, Ohio, tearing up the track for some distance and wrecking the train, The engineer and one Vel athe were killed and the freman. fatally scalded, A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ARKANSAS. Litt.e Rock, Nov. 17, 1872. A destructive fire occurred at Fort Smith. om Thursday last, destroying property to the amount of $100,000, The United States Court Rooms, the Marshal's Ofice, the Post OiMce and thirteen bust- ness houses, besides a number of dwelling houses, were consumed, The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and all efforts to stop the fire were un- availing for four hours. Two Fataily Burnett's Miniature Totlets.—Elegant ntaining a complete ‘9 the Toilet Tabla ABLE IDAY T Kb ESENTS. 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