The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1876, Page 9

8 SMALL ARMS. Tow Rified Breeeh-Loading Arms Came To Be Used as Military Weapons. OLD AND NEW RIFLED MUSKETS. Long Range Rifles for Infantry Soldiers, and What They Could Accomplish. THE SCIENCE OF SHOOTING. “a eee st Puiapenrnta, Noy. 8, 1876, Tt was expected by many military men that the foreign Powers would have placed on exhibition tulier assortments of army small arms than are to be met with im any of their departnents, Excepting the Krupp gun anda tew other pieces of artillery m the Russian aod the Brazilian departments, very few weupons of War are on exhibition, Whether this ab- tence of military show is attributable to a delicate compliment which the other Powers intend tor the United States in hovor of their traditional ‘peace policy,” or that European gunmakers thought the bringing their wares to Philadelphia would be like carrying coals to Newcastle, does not clearly appear. Atany rate there are to be found im Machinery Hall, the orduan department of the United States butid- ing, and stowed away in several corners of the main euitlce, a suiticient number of portable military arms to Je us to form a pretty correct op.mion of the im- provements which haye lately been introduced tuto “i of their manutacture and mode of use. s which ure mostly adopted by the prineipal military Powers afe—in France, the chassepot; in Eng- meth lund, the Martini-Henry aud the Snyder; in Prussia, an improved model of the ueedie gun; in the United Stutes th ton akt the Springtield rifles, In Rassia, Brazil, Austria, Spatn, Egypt and other minor powers one or more of these systems are used, Rus- yt, Bragi! and other South American peoples ‘© adopted the Remington military gun to a greater or less degree, and the American house has sent to all parts of the world hundreds of thousands of these arms, which, thus far, are unsurpassed ‘by anything that has been produced m Europe, Taking a retrospective glance at the history of the | cap and paper cartria introduced into the service as early as the year 1824; but the system never became a greai favorite in the army, and it was gradually abandoned after the introduction of the percussion lock. The inventions of Colt, Sharp and others in the United States, foreibly di the at- tention of European governments to the breech- loading principle, and Prussia was the fires arm her soldiers with a weapou constructed upon it command vietury under very difficult ‘The principal features of the systems are the lixed chamber, the movable chain- ber, the bolt or horizontal action and the bammer, or perpen jicular action, It would occupy too much space to give even @ list of inventors’ names who have made improvements of more or less value, let it suilice to huine @ few of the systems that have best stood the test of time and bard service, The Remington and Springfield rifles sdopted by the regular and Natioual Guard forces in the United States; the Chassepot, used by the neh; the Mauser, or improved needie § gun, in the haods of the Prussian troops, and the Martini Soury and Snyder guns used by the British, The Swedis! wnd Austrian systems are combinations of one or other ot theabeve models, A gun which has lately come into prominent uotice, because of the simplicity of its mechanisin and efficiency in practice Americ invention by Burton, tng rifies those of Sharp and Winchester have achieved good records. ‘The question of rapidity in firing, a most vital mat- ter under all aspects, received much attention from ; inventors, aud the appearance of several repeating rifles and magazine guns gives favorable evidence of the successfulness of their labors, Indeed, America 18 the only country that possesses @ really efficient | repeating OF magazine gun, and we are fortunate in 1 ne two:—the Burton magazine gun avd tho Winchester repeating rifle, each of these pieces being erve of trom twelve to sixicen rounds, while the marksman cau con- tinue touse them as sing'e breech-louders. Lately the name of Evans, This magazine another iwvention, bearing has been introduced to public notice. gun is capable of carrying thirty-four rounds; vut io practice 1 has not been able to stand the tests to ) whic wi it was submitted in 1873 by the Urdoance Board ch had been appointed for the purpose of selecting h-louding system Of smull arins for the United service. That Board, which was composed ot louels Hugner and Clity, Major Reno ugston, did not hesitate in expressing that in fuure a magazme gan must { the single breech louder. ‘The Board pluced on record a resolution couched in the tollowing language '— ‘Vhat, in the opinion of the Board, the adoption of maya- us tor the milltury sarvice by all nations is only w erxua arm shall be devised Ail be us effective us n single Ureech-lonner uy the xisting single breech-loading arm: the shail possess. wafe and eusily mantpal every consideration of puolic pulley shuil require on. ved further, That the experiments before the Board wade upou the Ward-Burton i that they consider it more nearly fulfilling the con- ditions aLove specitied than any other magazine gun tried by them or of which they have any knowledge, &c. AMMUNITION. With the introduction of vreech-loading arms came the necessity of vastly modifying the description of cartridges heretofore ip gse. At first the percussion were tried, but found imade- e to the new order of things. Combustible cart- were then tried, but in practice they would not qui rid; | answer, us the wrapping couid not be consumed and | in the chamber, which either impeded the entra invention of firearms, we fod a pumber of anusin and instructive facts which tend to tl astrate the stag the prosent perfect state of effictency has | the hand gun was adopted about the middle of the iiiteenth century, About the year 1601 the invention of the grenade gave rise to the mach respected name of grenaciers, and the dragon to that of dragoons; the fusil 1 that of fusileers, and the musketonn (which appeared about the year 1690) to that of musketeers, In the artillery museum of Paris is to be found one of the most extensive and interesting collections ot small Arms that can be seea anywhere. Of these 311 spec, mens are of calibre 68 inch and under, and the bar- les of f them do not 1914 inches long, While 267 are between 1944 and 39 inches ip lengtn. Nineteen have straight and 1y have the grooves uniformly inclived to the axis of the bore, while in 81 the twist diminishes from the breech to the muzzle and in 29 it Increases in the same direc tion. In 88 the twist increases near the miudle of the bore; 1 G7 the grooves taake (like many of the arms now in use) a half turn from breech to muzzle. The grooves in 21 ‘urn and im 55 from one to two turns. and six have an™ even number of grooves, an odd nomber 0 have from two to six ¢ ‘Two hundred iz ‘ooves, and 232 trom seven to twelve. These ve to remind us that rifled arms are not of re- cent invention, In 1680 the Lite Guards of Charles LL were parua!ly provided with rifled carbines, and eleven years alterward the Swedish dragoons bad the same sort of arms, Prursia did pot adopt this kind of Weapon tli 1700, and uinety-three years afterward the first reguiation model carbine was made at Versailles of them make froma half toa whole | for tho French army, But rifled arms were soon aban- doned by the French, ou accounteof the difleulty which was then found in lowting them, England did not take up the rifle as a military weapon Ull 1704, and two years afterward Austria bad fifteen battalions of infantry, the most of whom carried rifles. Seventy-six years ago five battahons of the Rite Brigade ia the British service were ARMED WITH RIPLES of 104; pounds weiyht, including the sworl, ‘These weapons were sighted for distances between 100 and 200 yards; they had seven grooves, and the rifling made a quarter of a turu in a 2hy feet barrel, The sphorical bali wnich they carried was driven home to its seat m the breech by a mallet, When Wellington | was in the Penimsula his riflemen bad bulie aiways lett a residuum of sometimes burping matter 0 of the vext cbarge or expoged tbe shooter to the risk ofa premature explosion. ‘The 1dea of completely destroy- ang the wrapper by combustion wus thereiore aban- doned, and a non-combustible shell, at first of pastebuard, with 4 copper or | brass head, was substituted in tts place. In France, Germany aud England tbis sort ot cartridge is partly while the Americans have completely Lior the metic cariridges that ure now universuily used im the United States, ‘This sort of Ammunition 1s hermetically sealed, so that neither air | nor moisture can reach the powder, In point of tact | the metallic shel! can be carried about or stored tor years und 1:s contents kept absolutely dry, so that tho Volume and specitic yeavity remain all ihe time un- changed, It the troops would only take care of the ammunition served our to them the adoption of the qetaliic cartridge Would in the end be a great saving to the government; but us the soldiers are too fre- quently careless, aud im action the breech-luading arts can ve tired'so rapidly, it follows that a frequent waste of ammunition is the result, ANGES AND PENETRATION The different systems ot smail arms oxbibited here give various degrees of range and eflectiveuess, Mili- tary urms for the iniaotry ure usually sighted up to yards, while smuil bore target riflys Lave tangent sealis graduated up to 1,200 aud 1,300 yards. At the latter distance the long range rifle 1s far more effective than the military rifle 1s at 800 yards. The reason of tuis is obvivus ‘The target rifle carries a better shaped ectle and burns a tar larger quantity of powder cn the miutary gun; hence greater mitial velocity, ore flatness of trajectory und longer range, with int creased accuracy, are tue very desirable results, It may be asked Why the army are not supplied with such weapons, to which very natural question the reply 1s that tt ears to be bo good reason ut all why our 4, Whose DUSINess {t 18 Lo be expert slots, should Ve pluced tn ther Bands the best arms that me- i roauce, Upto 500 or 6U0 yards ent iu the hands of the army and Of the National Guard are reliable enough. but beyond these distances they are not to be depended upon. The present hall-incn calibre rifle is altogether too large 1m the bore, the projectile saulty in shape and the charge too’ smal, ‘Tuere 1s only one reason for ‘Tetuming the ball-inch calibre, and that 1s that if i were iutended to use explosive projectiles a smaler dyameter of bore would not serve so well as a larger one for this purpose, Bulg as avout the tune of toe Miltary Powers of Europe Crimean war the principal agreed (o not employ an explosive bullet for small arms, eVen this reason for continuing tu use the hall- inch bore no longer exists, As all mibtary missile Weapons are sed for Lhe purpose of destroying hie it ts dillicult to appreciate the reason why civilized na- tons exclude the use of explosives in small arms but admit ol their being Ured trem great guns. The ques- tion of caiibre tor military rifles was partly settled by THY SMALL AKMS HOARD OF 1873, who by 4 unanimous vote declared that forty-five bun- dredtis of an tueh is the diameter best adapted for military purposes, This is a compromise bewween the | hait-inch barret pow im the hands of the United States of different sizes for the same puree; the smaller one bemg intended for quick fire | iw rho manutacturer of these rifles states that 200 yards was tho greatest distance at which they could be fired with any degree of certainty. He ruletimes found good results, when the wind wax cali, at JUU yards, aud frequently ured them at 400 OU yards, someuitnes striking the object, though shows varied much, In 1898 the Brunswick rifle utroduced into the British ar apd i 1Sd$ a sviumitice Of officers Who had ech assembied at Eu- Ged Wo report Npon the matter found that all practy oy oust 400 Yards With Unis rifle was “too wild Lo give aly of 18 evevation ” uth cemtury the French intros eir band guns, Dut the obstinate anytuing to do with the bali acentury iacer, The that jock method of commuUn,cating fire to the charge con- Inued mm Use lor upward ol 140 years A tutal objec- the flint lock Was that it was unable to eflvet- Wely provect tue priming pan from getting wet; also Hot frequently wailed to fire the pruning, teaving the soldier at the mercy of bisenemy, Lu 1807 the Rev. Mr. Forsytu obtained a patent fora pew system of priuing by means of 4 composition of sulphate of potash, charcoal and suipuur. It wos found to be too corrosive, und had to be changed sition of chlorate of potas, fulrat vt ground gluss, applied by means of the », Which Is HOW rapidly talling ot Mr. Forsyth’s invention w the fiint lock, when it was tound that ner method gave vut six , Whereas by the latter there were 922, That led the fate of the fintlock, watch had been Borne in mauy a bloody tray by the teroes of the American Revolutionary war and the brave soldiers of other countries, THE OLD PERCUSSION MUSKET, which we are now learuing tv ook back’ to with that fexret(ul respect tat our fathers had for the tint lock, © way to uilet of conical shape. As hue as {Britisp) Bog: reporting such stull as the foliow- lug:—"Musketry lire should never be opened beyond lov yards, aud certainly uever at a distance exceeding 200 Yards. At this distance half the number ol shots Missed a target eleven feet six imehes, and at 150 yards ® very large proportion missed also,’” The Frened, in order to place themselves on equal Yerms with Ald-el-Kader's followers in Algeria, adopted the Doivi wliet, Whieh could be tuade™ to onter the rille read reward to leave it in au expanded condition. oon discovered that atter frequent Hiring the chamber yot tilled with residuum, to obviate which difficulty Colouel Thouvenmn fixed an‘iron pillar, or fige, at tho breeeh of the piece, around wareh the wider distributed itseil, and t ¥ two of three sinart biows of a heavy headed ram- fod. Some years later Captain Minié proposed a buliet whieh would obviaw all the dificuiues experienced in former system of projectiles. This was to jake sits expansion from an iron cup fitted wto the base of an clongsted, or conoidal, ball. In 1550 the rifled musket constructed ou this plan was received iuto the French service, and ext year the Minté ritie was purtially adopted by the British. But the Delvigne and Minid projectiles were Dy no means the first of their kind proposed for mili« ary guvs. In 1845 the celebrated Robvins recom- mended the use of egg-shaped bullets, to be fired with ther heavy end foremost, so as to keep the centre of gravity in front of that of figure; but they were a failure, Again, in 1780 M, Turpin experimented at Metz with elongated projectiies for portable arms. They were aiso tested Auring the first years of the Freneb Revolution, by M. Gurtau de Moreau, avd tn 1815 the Prussians tried sheir hauds at ther, All these dillerent trials showed the Superiority of the elongated bail to the spherical when Ain riled arms, until at jast the memorable iuven- of Captain Minié seetied definitely the question in javor of the conoidal projectile now almost universally Bsed. LoapErs. ep in advance was the advantages ity aud rapidity in WREECI ‘The next important duction of breech loaders. T! for tinis species of ari were: Joud ny aud firing; greater wecuracy resulting irom the | vse of a bail Citing snugly into the grooves of the and Uatter trajectory than could mazzie loading system and tho Jongated bullet, The idea of ynserting the Bhurge at ime brecek, Hike that of rifling the barrel, ix nt of Kurepe, in the museums of France, Germany, Austria and other Pow- 218, are Lo be soon models of breech-loading gons und iteelt. @ almost as aucient as breech-loading flint lock musket was In the United states we rt Was adapted to carry | ut Colonel McKerhie, of tue Royal | bullet wus expanded | e forces, and the forty-four hundredths, or small bore, which is always preterred by long range expert, In ail the long range contests at Creedmoor, Wunbiedon and elsewhere, the small bore, with a projectiie of over G00 grains of lead, driven by 105 grains of powder, 1s the charge which gives the vest practice, The military arm carries 423 grains of lead and 77 grams of | powder. The result cannot be doubtful; the best marks- | man could not make a creditable record with the mie tury arm at any distanco over 600 yards, while an average shot would get on the target nearly every time at doable the distance with the smull bore arm, | AS it is the business of regular soldiers to be expert shooters, certainly that rifle and ammunition which give tue best practice at extreme ranges should be those used by then, The Remingtons have ou exli- bition ah urm which 18 known as the “special mul rifle, ‘This gun 18 of calibre .d4, carries the cy conical ball of three and a halt catibres long, lakes wcbarse of 90 grains of powder, Wheu acc Tutcly sighted tho piece gives satisfactory practice at 1,000 yards; yetin every military match where 1 18 ehiered it iy handicapped acertain number of points against the common tmuitary gun, Whether this is the proper way to encourage improvements in military tire arms is a toatter for the public to deter- mine, But there ean be nu doubt of the weighty tact that 1 is better for a soldier to carry an arm that will Go efficient work at athousand yards thau one which will only be good for 600 yards, Tne States of Connec- ticut and Rhode Isiand have both adopted the 45 culiore rifle, und the results, uy witnessed én the ranges at Creedmuor sud ‘pear Providence have Deen exccedingly favorable to the change, which thought to oe much for the better, T vers of the Remington gun which have been manu- factured for the Spanish, Exypuian and Turkish gov- ernments are now ail of calibre .45; but Russia and the South Americen republics have, until lately, used the larger, of hait-inch bore. Specimens of our American systems of small arms are to ve found here on exhibi- | tion in the departments of Russia, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and other Powers thus showing that in the | estimation of these goveroments the United States are abead of ovber countries in the manufacture of mili. tary rifles. TELK-LOADING LONG RANGE RIFLES, Major Leecb, jate Captain of the Irish Kile Team, has oue into au elavorate statement to show that tho four successive dereats of his countrymen are attrib tavle tg an unaceountavle series of have always wrested victory from their haw true that the scores of Jounson avd vt Millner, at 900 and 1,000 yards have never been cquatled, Their achiove- ments are credited 10 the excelleuce of the muxzle- | luading gun which they bandied, whereas they must be attributed toexcelleuce im individual marksmanship, To show that the American breecn-ioader Was tbe better piece, it only necessary to that all through the great Centennial match Alnerican team had jower outers and inners and more buii's eyes than their opponents. The reason of (hb is that tbe breech louder wis always shot und game conditions; tuese are, a nh barrel a equal amount of dry powaer, This can hardly bo said of the muzzle loader; for the charge, on its Way to the breech of the piece, must leave adhering to the residuum along the walls of the barrel « certain amount of powder, that from the varylog angle at which it 1s emptied ito the bore must always be unequai; therefore the marksman 1s ovliged to shoot with charges sometimes heavier and sometimes hghter than at others. Also, as the barrel ay different times of the day shows uiflerent degrees of moteture, it susceptible of being made more or less clean by t greased wad which {s passed down on top of U powder, The bullet, too, is lable to impinge at di angios on the lands of the rilling, and to requ rT Of different force to set It home, and. consequently, at the moment of explosion the inertia of the bail 1s overcome with different degrees of facility, giving doubtless more or jess horizontal or lateral deflection ag thecase may be. With the breech loader the charge always goes into tne chamber and leaves t muzzle under precisely the samé conditions, conse- quently a more unilorm practical result must ve looked for. The greater number of misses at Creedmoor by the American (eam than that recorded heots i to be kecounted for © Higby bulley ts hardened with quie centage of which whereas the PROJRCTILES HARDENED WITH TIX, and different percentages of that wlioy were employed in diflerent baiches of the bullets, some of which were, of course, barder than others. The con-equeuce of this inequality was that some of the softer bu.iew had too much “upset’’ and jeaded the bore, whiie the others were two hard and did vot take the riflin Notwithstanding this great drawback, which was w derstood by few present on the day o! the match, the Americas Won; aud when t! shail have obtained a ballet of more uuilorm density than that now used tion to | they will, in future contests, be further ahead of their rivals than hitherto, From the fine specimen of arms on exbibition here 1 is plain that the most satisfactory degree of periee- Von nas been reached in their manufacture by Ameri- cans, It is a great military truth, tacitly acknowl- edged by all professional soldiers,: that the country which owns the best guns is likely to be most success- fal in the field; aud, jookiag at the subject from this point of view, the American people have no reason to be envious of their veighbors. SHOCLD THERE BX ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION oF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER SIDR IT SHOULD UN RELORTED AND DENOUNCED AT OXCR. MAN WORTHY THE OFFCK OP PRESIDENT SHOULD BK WILLING TO HOLD IT IP “COUNTED 1X’? OR PLACED THERE BY ANY FRAUD. EJTuxR PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, BUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO MAVE THE RESULT TAINTED BY THK SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OR FALSE K&TUKSS. U.S GRANT. THE BURNHAM TRAGEDY. Coroner Croker was notified late on Thursday night of the affray in the ‘Burnt Rag’ No. 2, at No, 263 West Seventeenth street, which resulted in the dangerous wounding of Charlies G. Burnham. He at once pro- ceeded to Bellevue Hospital to take bis ante-mortem deposition, It was impossible to determine who the person was that inflicted the injuries, After declaring that he believed that he would re- cover from the effects of his wound, Burnbam mace the following statement;— I attend bar for Mr. Burns at No, 263 West Seven- teenth sircet, On Wednesday night we had a ball back of tue saloon, and we burrowed a coupie of bot- tles of Wine Irom @ man nawed Bolan, who kept an oyster saloon on Sixteenth street and Eighth avenue, Alter we shut up I went to the saloon of Bolan to get astew. Mr. Bolan and my boss were indulging In @ boule of wine. My friend, George Cavanagh, and m self joimed in, and we bad four or five bottles ot wine. We remaimed there until about four o’clock in the morning, and then ail went away, except myself aud ue man who kept the saloon, We went out on the sidewalk, and there 1 met a woman who had walked down irom ‘Thirty-ninth — street and asked me tor five cents, I took her down to our store, Sho Wanted to sit there till daylight. 1 began to go to bed. A rap came on the door rnd 1 opened it, and McGuire and avother man came iu. ‘Then there were turee mnen and the woman in the room. 1 missed a pin out of my shirt. The wowan told me McGuire hud taken it, He denied stand abused me. He got drinks and Would not pay for them, 1 wanted him to go out, but he would not do so, te calied me a liar for accusing j hun of stealing the piu. struck atme, Then l went bebind the var and gota j club and struck McGuire and the other fellow, His companion ran out, McGuire washed the blood of trom himself, aud then threatened to killme He then started to go away, The woman was standing at tne glass, and Iwas lying on the bed, While lying there a man camo tn und vegan shooting at me, firing three shots. Tho first missed me, but the other two hitme, It was not McGuire that shot me. I don’t know the man’s name, but tt was the man who was with McGuire, and the same man I hit with the club, 1 Jumped up, Went three or four steps, and tell. twenty-eight yeurs of nge, and wus born at Utica, N. I never caw the nun before seeing him with Mctuire, ‘This all occurred Thursday morning, between tive and six o'clock, SaoOuLD THERE BR ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHRR SIDE IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DENOUNCED AT ONC No MAN WORTHY THK OFFICE OF PRESIDENT SUOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF “COUNTED IN’? OR PLACED THERE BY ANY FRAUD EITHER PARTY CAN A¥FORD TO. DE DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, RUT THR COUNTRY CANNOT AFYORD TO HAVE THE RESULT TAINTED BY THE SUSPICION OF ILLKGAL OR FALSE RETURNS. U, & GRANT. TRIAL OF COMMISSIONER FOWLER, THE ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR STORAGE RESERVOIR CONTRACT. Yesterday afternoon the members of the Brooklyn Board of Aidermen met again {n the Common Council Chamber, and resumed the trial ot Commusioner of City Works, William A. Fowler, who was suspended by Mayor Schroeder for alleged nonfeasance in office io relation to the Hempstead storage roservuir. Presi- dent French presided. There were only eleven mem- bers of the Board present; but, by mutual consent of Counseliors Pryor wnd De Witt, that number was ac- copted as a quorum. Secrotary Daniel Northrup, of the Bourd of Cy Works, was examined by the Corpora- tion Counsel, and testified thas he did not kaow when the bids tor the contracts of the reservoir were received by the Board of City Works. The ‘vids Were opened January 4, 1872, as shown by wit- ness’ indorsemeut ou the papers at the time, In the course of the cross-examimation of Mr. Northrup by General Pryor the witness said he had never seen any act of Commissioner Fowler’s which appeared to him a disposition on his part to sacrifice the interests of the city; had never seen him show any partiality to- ward Mossrs. Kingsley and Keeney, the contractors. Jobn Cameron, a tarmer, of Plainfield, N. J., tesu- fled that he was familiar with earth excavating; in his op.nion twenty-live or twenty six cents per yard would bve been a fair price for the excavation of the worl in the Hempstead reservoir in 1872 A large batch of documents bearing on the work were intro- duced by the Corporation Counsel in evicence, and the Common Council then adjourned until two o'clock this alternoon. SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DENOUNCED AT ONCE. No MAN WORTHY THR OFFICE OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF “COUNTKD IN” OR PLACED THERE BY ANY FRavp, EITHER PARTY CAN AFFORD TO RE DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESCLT, BUT THE COUNTRY CARNOT AFPORD TO HAVE THK RESULT TAINTED BY THR SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OB PALSK RETURNS. U. S| GRANT. MUNICIPAL NOTES, Flags were again profusely displayed from the City Hall yesterday in honor of the supposed election of Mr. Tilden to the Presidency, It remains for the Board of Aldermen to pass upon the provisional estimates for 1877, and they will take them up ava special meeting.to bo held next week. Mayor Wickham was absent from official duty yes- terday. He is evidently very much interested in the result of the nationai contest. It 18 understood that H. C. Thompson, present pri- vate secretary of Commissioner Campbell, will be pointed Deputy Commissioner ot Public Works in place of Henry A. Gumbleton, who has just been elected County Clerk. Ambitious politicians, now that the election 18 over, are busily engaged in forecasting on the vacant com: missionerships under the city government. Mayor Ely has several places to give away during the Seat yeur of his administration. THE EXCISE IMBROGLIO, Tho case against Excise Commissioners Morton, Pat- terson et al, whereby they wero charged by Mr. Mundy with illegal practices in the exerciso of their official duties, came up yesterday afternoon fora hear- ing, before Justice Morgan, atthe Tombs Court, Mr. A.V, Hall appeared tor the prosecution and Judge Dietendorf fur the defence. After the. hearing of counsel! on both sides, on u motion made for a post- ponement by the defence, his Honor ordered an ‘ad- Journment of the case for ono week from next Tuc day, at three o'clock P, M. SWOULD THERE HE ANY GROUNDS OP BUSPICION OF PRAUDULENT COUNTING ON RITURR SIDE It SHOULD BE RE- PORTRD AND DENOUNCED AT ONCE, No MAN WORTHY THK OvFICK OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF “COUNTED IX’? OR PLACKD THERK BY ANY PRAUD, EITHER PALTY CAN APFORD TO BE DISAPPOINTED IX THE RESULT, BUS THR COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THR RESULT TAINTED BY THE SUSPICION OF ILLRGAL OR FALSE RETURNS. , U. 8, GRANT. ‘HE DtCuASED CUBAN. Brooktyx, Nov. 7, 1876. To tux Epitor or tux Hxnany:— In your last Sunday’ edition appears an obituary Bouce of my uncle, Mr. Jobn Poey, of Cuba The writer of the same, while doing him justice in somo parts of it, doex nim gross injustice in others, and should bave remembered tha: of the dead we should always write the truth and not wander into expressing ideas ot which I doubt if he knew anything positive, In suid said that my uncle invented the mode of pun- aves by pour r not so; for im ho plautation tn Cada wi the hands better treated, as 18 proved by the fact that out of the 1,000 bands in Las Cafas there has been no Tubaways [uf many yours, as there are im all other estates where the imen aro not well treated, and 1 can Youch that to Las Caias the slaves have always been treated tp & manner in accordance with the system of advance maniies.ed in tbe management of the whole Again, the notice accuses my uncle of making he embargoed estates, This . «a member of the commission appomted by to take cbarge of the embargoed prop- the benetit of the sufler- Lelse, and no one has as yet even sarmised that be ever made money by tins. Respecting political opinions nothing should be said, a8 bis were a Meret he never thought proper to divulge, and even his children were not aware of bis opinions, It is inuch to be regretied that the said no- vice Was ever published, as it bas done more barm than good; and, even if true, the sacredness ot death should bave been sufficient to protect my poor uncle irom slander. Be so kind as tu insert tho above, and much oblige your obedient servant, QUNZALU POSY, No, 11}, Third avenue, JOHN POE Lcrdered bim out, urd he | THE COURTS. The Fire Association of Philadelphia and Its New York Agents, RAKING IN THE LEGAL SPOILS One of the Victims of the Ocean . Bank Robbery. MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL DENIED. In October, 1874, the firm of Cheppee, Howell, carrying on business as insurance this city, were appointed to act as the representatives of the Fire Association of Philadelphia. The agents agreed to reudera statement of the business trans- acted on the 15th of each month to the Fire Associa- tion, and on the 15th of the succeeding month to re- mitall moneys, At the time of ther appointment they gave a bond with several sureties, in the sum Of $50,000, for the faithful performance of their duties as agents, and for the prompt remission of al! moneys collected by them. Under the appointment the firm ot Cheppee, Peck & Howell transacted a large amount of business for the insurance company. On the 20th of May, 1875, theirappointment as agents was revoked by the Fire Association, for therr alleged tuilure to settle and make good their accounts. Soon af- ter this revocation suit wus instituted in the Supreme Court, of this city, by Mr. Dos Passos, counsel for the company, against the firm of Cheppee, Peck & How and their sureties, which action was retorred to e Judge Bosworth as referee, to hear and determine the matter in issue, ‘The suretics, through their counsel, Mr. H. W. Johnson, interposed three defences, which in view of their novelty, und the high standing of the referee by whom they were decided, renders the case bt important precedent, The surcties interposed us wer that at the time they ontered into the bond there was un iudebteduess subsisting between the firm of Cheppee, Peck & Howell, which the sureties, at the Ume of the signing of the agreement, were not in- formed of, but that the same was fraudulently concealed from them by the insurauce company; that there had been a jailure on the part of the ugents to render ac- couuts on the 1th of each month, as provided in tue agreement, and that this constituted sach a mouifica- tion and alteration of the contract between tho agents and the company as to discharge the sureties, and third, that before the revocation of the agency time had been given to the agents by which the payments due to the company were extended. These various points were litigated betore Judge Bos- worth, but, in ao opinion just made, he bas overruled these ‘defences und decided that the insurance com- pany were entitled to judgment against all the detend- ‘ants in the sum ot $27,000. An xpplication was mado yesterday betore Judge Spier, holding Special Term of the Superior Court, by Mr. Dos Passos, the counsel for nuff, Jor an extra allowance, when the above facts appeared. After hearing counsel for both parties decision Was made granting to plaintifs’ counsel an extra allowance of $800, in addition tothe regular costs, SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DEXOUNCED AT ONCE. No MAN WORTHY THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING. TO HOLD IT IF “COUNTED 1N”? OR PLACKD THERE BY ANY FRAUD, EITHER PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BR DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, LUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT APFORD TO HAVE THE RESULT TAINTED BY TUE SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL O% FALSE RETURN UW S. GRANT, THE OCEAN BANK ROBBERY. A burglary was commuted at tho Ocean National Bank in 1875, by which Samuel L. Archer & Co. lost a quantity of bonds, Suit was brought m the United States Court for the recovery of the value of the bonds, and a verdict was given for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was made on the ground that erroneous instructions wero given tothe jury. Judge Wallace, in his decision, says that the jury found specially that the bonds in question at the timo they were ab- stracted were not im custody of the defendant asa gratuitons builee. end that tho defendant was a pledgee of the bonds at the time. It it should be con- ied that erroneous iustructions were given to the jury as the degree of cure exacted of a gratuitous batlee, or as to the effect of the evidence as determining whether that degree of care had not been observed, the plaintif could not have been prejudiced thereby. wee ae. ‘ag instructed that the defendant wos hable, it the loss was occasioned by the failure of its officers to observe that cure in the custody of the bones which would havo been exercised by a prudent and careiul business man under the same circum. stances, They wero aise instructed, in substance, that the defendant was not necessarily to be heid liabie Vecause of the neglect of some of its subordinate servants in the discharge of some particular duty 1n- trusted to such servants; but if the officers of the de- fendant employed were competent and trust- wortby, and Wore not negligent in retaining them aiter notice of any fact indicating their incompetency or unfaithtulness, they had done all that could be expected of prudent busine: men, and were not chargeable with negligence. Judge Waliace says further that he is satisfied this mstruc- tion was erroneous, and that the negligence of any em- ploy6 within the scope of bis duties 1s the negligence of the defendant. The evidedee to show that any neg- lect which entered 1nto the cause of tie loss on the part of any employs took place was so slight that a verdict predicated apon the existence of such neglect would be set aside as against the weight of evidence. Conjectural inferences would not sustain a finding con. ‘rary to direct and uncoutroverted evidence, The motion fora new trial was therefore denied. SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. Judge Lawrence yesterday granted an injunction forbidding further theatrical performances at “Meagher’s,”” on Sixth avenue, until after tho pay- ment of the license fee. Judge Donobue is evidently beyond the reach of the present political excitement. He held five mquests yesterday and tried four cases, but none, however, possessing any points of special tnterest. Bejore Judgo Sedgwick there was commenced yes- terday the trial of a suit brougnt by Martin Jackson as assignee of N. Hill Fowler, against Fernando Wood, to recover $800 claimed to have been paid by Mr. Fowler for Charies McCarthy, iu settlement of a clam due by Mr. Wood, anawer 1.4 general denial, Judge Barrett yesterday denied the motions for Mandamus against the Commissioners of Public Works \o sign contracts made respectively by the city with Jobn Sauiisbury, Jr. and Isaac Lunoey ior grading and regulating Nivety-third street trom Sec- oud avenue to Kast River, and Ninety-ninth street, between First and Third avenues, The applications were denied, however, with permission to move on turther aflidavits, In the case of Otto Auris, administrator of tho estate of Gabrielle Auris, deceased, wite of the platntitt, agaiust Joun and Margaret Schotter, to récover prop- erty aileged to have been wrongtuily Uctaioed by them, tried yesterday in the Marine Court, Part 3, a verdict was given for the defendants. A verdict was rendered yesterday, inthe Marine Court, Part 2, Judge Aiker presiding, in the suit of Jennie Lowitskie vs. Sherif Conuer and Leopold and Charles Wise, for au alleged illegal seizure of property claimed by her on a judgment and exccution obtained against her husband. The jury assessed tho damages at $84. In the case of John Volz, convicted at the present term of the United States Circuit Court of perjury, making oath that he possessed certain propery to on- Vitte bim to act a8 batlsman, to which he bad no title, motion was made and argued yesterday belore Judge Benedict, in arrest of Judgment and lor a new trial, Alter considerable argument by detendant’s counsel and the District Attorney Judge Benedict denied the motion. The General Term of the Court of Common Pleas yesterday heard a lengthy argument in the suit brought by Mary A. Cantrell against Judge Freedman. ‘This was the suit made meworable by the remark of Judge Freedman that it took thirteen men to try a case ip his Court. Between Mr. Henry H. Morange and Judge Freedman, who appeared on his own behalt, there were several saurp and spicy rencontres, The Court took the papers, Inthe suit of James Binsse against Wood Bros., which 1s brought tor $8,0.0 taxes on property leased to C, B. Woou, the lease ‘contained a clause assuming the taxes and assessments, an was assigned to Fred- erick Wood. Defendants stipulated to make uo answer if time to demur was given, and the case came beiore Judge Lawrence yesterday on motion for leave to answer, which was opposed and decision reserved, In the Court of General Sessions, Part 2, betore Judge Gildersleeve, John Carroll, a servant inthe West minster Hotel, was tried yesterday and convicted of stealing a tin box cooling $2,125 from Mr, Britton, and sentenced to five years im Sing Sing Prison, Caroline Gross pleaded guilty to stealing aset of furs worth $75, and was sentenced to the Penitentiary ‘one Bartholomew Gordon, a boy, sentenced to Sing sing Prison tor two years and six months, for snatching a pocketbook trom Elien Howard. Jolin MeNally was sentto the Penitepuary tor a year ior stabbing Eugeno Hess, ot No. 402 Tenth avenue. Recorder Hackett sentenced Wilham Maker, a boy, to the House of Retuge tor rob- bing another boy of $70 worth of watch movements, and James Wetmore to ive years in the State Prison tor seduction. < DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, By Juage Lawrence. Van Hoesen v:, Howard.—This appears to ben pro- por case for the apporntinent of a receiver, see In- surance Company vs. Stebbins, 8 Paige, 665. George A. Halsey appomted receiver, In the Matter of Barnes.—A day should be assigned for taking proois, as required by section 6 of 2K, 8, Bawaras 32. io ehap. 6, Little 2, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1], 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Sloane, &c,, vs, Williams (Nos, 1, 2 and 3).—Granted by detauit, Baeriem vs. Sinshe:mer.—This isim tho Court of Common Pleas. Carleton vs, The Mayor, &e.; Burl vs. Security In- surance Company; Thayer vs, Marsh; Bohm vs Nuss- baum; Same vs Same; Morris va. Porter; Society tor Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents; Minor va, Willis; Leonard vs. Leonard.—Granted. Murray vs. Bedell. —Order granted. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Chief Judge Curtia Brennan va Aresten et al—Motion to vacate jadg- Ment and execution and fur leave to come in defend, deniod with costa, See memorandum. By Judge “peir. Eyenbein vs. Hall et al—Order continuing action againat Louisa Walter as executrix of the last will and testament of August Waiter, deceased. Satton vs. Titus et al.—Undertaking approved, Ogden vs. Nord.—Allowauce of ive per cent on sum claimed, $15,000. Kaultan vs, Hamburger.—Motion for reference de- nied. Whitehead va Harria i tourette. —Reference aso Easel irae The Fire Association of Philadelphia va Chi; et al.—Extra allowance to plaintiff ot $800 act McDermott vs. The Lycoming Fire Insurance Com- pany.--Order to advance cause on general calendar. a Leng vs. Staul.—£xtra allowance of $250 to de- Brady ve. Crowe et al.—Motion denied, with $10 ne to Lengsclgg ea ® eonurd vs The New York Central and Hudi — Railroad Company. —Case settled ai sd ordered oa le, MARINE COURT— CHAMBERS. By Judge McAdam. Potts va. Weeks. —Opinion flied. Piorzneimer vs. Tucker, —Motion granted. H. L. Joachimsen, appointed Commission dorsement on the papers as to form of order, &c. Woolworth vs. Lawrenco,—Case settled alter agree- ment. " Harrison vs. Harrison; Flashhavor va. Blum; Same vs. H Gullig vs. Hubb; Schmitt vs. O’Don- nell; Same vs, Curley; Hassell vs Cole; Stuart vs Stein, —Motions granted. Wilto vs. Chaivin,—Default noted, Anspeck ys, Green, —Sureties approved, Conim vs, Harris. —Motion granted conditionally, Anderson vs. Newman,—Proceedings dismissed, Latorte vs. Stein,—Motion denied, O'Neill vs. Pentz.—Plaintifl's attorney must dis: his client’s address but need not produce bis au. thority to prosecute. Sonneborn vs. Leipziger.—Injunction continued on terms. Cromwell vs, Burr.—See indorsement on papers, Clough va Burna.—Receiver authorized to sue. Eplattiner vs, Leopold.—Order continuing action against personal representatives granted. i Maires vs. New York Athletic Club.—Defaults opened. National Toy Company va Dobbins; Welsh vs. Schuyler; Hain vs. Matiahan; Latourette vs. Bellows; Watson vs, Purk; Peck vs. Milner; Martin vs, Milner; Conlin vs, Harris; Doherty vs. Ready,—Orders granted, By Judge C. Shea. Dalton va. Hoffman; Ellis ys. Connelly; Butler vs. Baldwin; Smith vs. Allt,—Motions granted, Menzesbeimer vs. Cohen.—Motion denied. Swarz vs. Uppold.—Order deny!ug motion signed. By Judge Goepp. Rothermell vs, Conner; Ackerman va. McDevitt,— Cages settied and filed. COURT OF APPEALS. Aupany, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1876 The following is the Court of Appeals calendar for Monday, November 13:— No, 1—The People vs. Christopher. No, 2—Meyers vs, The People, No. 3— The People va. Pratt. No, 4—Lawrence vs. Lindsay. No, 5—Lawrence vs. Lindsuy. No. 6—Lawrence vs. Lindsay No. 7—Sisters of Charity vs, Kelley, No. 8—Embury vs. Sheldon ‘The Court will convene at ten A. M. Tuesday, No- vember 14, will be a motion day. CAN THIS NOT BE STOPPED? ‘ John McGrath, aged twenty years, of No, 45 Mul- berry stroet, was arraigned before Justice Flammer, at THE CROTON WATER. A SLIGHTLY INCREASED SUPPLY FROM THE BE+ CENT RAINS—THE METER REMEDY SUG- GESTED—SALT WATER RECOMMENDED 4S A BEMEDY FOR ALL OUR TROUBLES—SUFFER- INGS IN THE WATERLESS DISTRICTS—DEC+ TURE ON WATER BY PROFESSOR DOREMUS. Chiet Engineer Campbell, of the Department of Pub- lic Works, makes tho ‘ifying aunouncement that ‘the recent rains have increased the depth of water in the Croton dam twenty-four and one-half inches, or about 250,000,000 gallons. In the Central Part reservoirs the department notes a rise ot sixteen and one-half inches, Mr. Camp- bell attributes a portion of the rise in the latter reservoirs to the care exercised by consumers in the city in preventing unnecessary waste, He anticipates a still more marked rise to-morrow in the city, as the rise in the Croton dam will forco a heavior volume of water through the aqueduct. One of two events is absolutely necessary to secure a supply s- fll- cient to meet the consumptive demand, First, an old- fashioned three days rain, or, !f we are not to be soon biessed with a hoavy rainfall, greater care on the part of water consumers in husbanding the supply. SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF PRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DENOUNCED AT ONCR. No MAN WORTHY THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT 1¥ “COUNTED IN’? OR PLACED THERE BY ANY FRAUD. EITHER PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, BUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE RESULT TAINTED BY THB SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OR FALSE RETURNS, U. & GRANT, MEETING THE DIFFICULTY WITH METERS. New York, Nov. 11, 1876, To tax Epitor oy tux Hrraup:— The alarm of our citizens created by the impending water famine would be quickly dispelled ifour sage Com- missioners would lay aside old political jealousies and prejudices and put in general use good and reliable water meters, 1t 1s not uew reservoirs that are re- quired, bat a rational and reasonable use ol the water we receive. It is estimuted (vide stutistics) that over three-tilths of the water brought into the city is wan- tonly wasted. Stop the waste and the ‘famino” van ishes, Helable meters witli do this by compelling com sumers to pay for uy excess beyond 4 reasonal allowance, “ So here you have a practical, comm: sense remedy, that can be applied at much less outlay to the city than building new and expensive reservoirs, and certainly more quickly. CROTON, A PLEA FOR SALT WATER. New Yor, Nov. 11, 1876 To tae Epiron or tax Heraip:— I will now ask the question if the saving of twenty. five per cent of the fresh water would not have pre- vented the present water famine if, over two years ago, the city authorities had adopted tho salt water supply? ‘Then all of the numerous slaughter houses, railroad companies, livery stables, private stables, omnibus stables, water closets, sidewalks, street washing, sewer cleaning, steamships, steamboats, ferryboats, public fountains, and, although lust, not the least, for extinguishing fires and purifying tye foul air tuat enters the houses irom the sewer pipes, which causes Diphtheria and other fatal diseases, in nearly all our houses in the city Can any sane person jor one mo- ment object to what the Aimighty has blessed this city with-»theabunaance of pure salt water [rom the Atlantic Ocean, a never tailing supply, for all and almost every thing but drinking and cooking purposes, and unsur- passed for health in bathing purposes, which would be the saving of thousands o! lives, young and old, wha cannot go to the sea beach ‘for salt water? It may again bo well to let the public know the cost of the introduction of the sult water into this city, a8 was the Essex Market Police Court, yesterday, charged with highway robbery, The complaint against him was made by Mr. Charles Koch, of No. 119 East Hous- ton street, who alleged that while passing througn Hester street, at one o'clock yesterday morning, he was assaulted by the prisoner, who snatched his gold watch and chain, valued at $75.. Mr. Koch endeavorod to arrest McGrath, who, however, proved too strong and ran away trem him. Mr. Koch’s cries for holp were heard by Officer Brennan, of the Tonth precinct, who itera long chase arrested McGrath. On being ar- raigned before Justice Fiammer, at the Essex Murket Court, yesterday, McGrath admitted having committed the robvery, but said he was so drunk that he did hot know what he was doing. He was held for trial witbout bail SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION CF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER SIDR IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DENOUXCED AT ONCR, No MAN WORTHY THE OFFICR OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF “OQOUNTED IN”? O8 PLACED THERE BY ANY FRAUD. EITHER PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, BUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT APVORD TO MAVE THY RESULT TAINTED BY THE BUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OR FALSE RETURNS. U. 8, GRANT, STOLEN PAINTINGS, The police of the Fifteenth precinct were yesterday notified that on election night, while the fire was raging in Miner’s art gallory, No. 845 Broadway, thieves succeeded in carrying paintings away worth $3,500. Tho principal one is eatitied “A Lake Sceue in qneae Mountains,” by Bierstadt, and valued at REAL ESTATE, The following business was transacted at the Real Estate Exchange yesterday :— Richard V. Harnett sold, by order of the Supromo Court, in foreclosure, D. A. Casserly, referee, oue lot. 25.12100.5, on West Fifty-fourth street, north side, 17: feet west of Ninth avenue, to Ann N. Beyer, plaintift, for $8,050, A. J. Bleecker & Son sold, by order of the Supreme Court, in foreclosure, Philo T. Ruggles, referee, a house, with lot 25x93.11, on Mulberry street, cast side, 125 feet south of Bavard street, to New York Mutual Life Insurance Company, plaintiffs, for $10,000, Peter F. Meyer sold, by order of the Supreme Court, in foreclosure, Joun Lindley, , & house, with ft, 20x989, No. 111 West Twenty-third street, north side, 84 feet west of Sixth avenue, to Ira Shafer, tor $17,000, Also by order of the Supreme Court, in foreclosure, “William P. Dixon, referee, one lot, 25x100x25x101, 3, on Bloomingdale’ road, northeust corner of 120th street, to Frances Keweodorif, tor $5,600 Blackwell, Riker & Wilkins sold, by order of the Su- preme Court, in oreciosure, Francis Forbes, referee, a house, with lot, 14.1x70, on East Forty-sixth street, soath side, 223.1 {cet ess. of Third avenue, to Patrick Kennedy, tor $5,500, presented to the Assembly May 15, 1873, No. 1,082, by the sion. L. Blumenthal, and read twice, to incorpo the Salt Water Supply Company of the city of Now York, section 2 ‘The capital stock was to be $10,000,000, in shares of $100 each. Ske. & The said corporation is authorized to issue bonds to the amount of the capital stock, payab:e in fifty years at the rate of seven per cent interest. Skc 11. The company may purchase, lease, hold, acquire and transter all real und personal estate necessary for the purpose of supplying the City of New York and its inhabitants with salt water from the East and North rivers, may Jay and construct auy pipes, conduits, aqueducts, wells, reservoirs, tanka or other works or machinery necessary for said urpose, upon any so ent ‘upon, putaoned, taken or held; streets, highways, roads, &c., leaving them in the same condition, or as nearly as indy be, us they were before said et Sxo, 12. The company may own steam and other vessels, to be used by them for the purpose of extin- guishing fires, ‘Sxc. 13, The company shall pay for lands takon o* belonging to private individuals, &c. Sec. 15. The main pipes and conduits shall be laid paralle) with the streets of New York, sxc. 16. The corpo! constituted by this act is herevy authorized to levy and collect the followi! sums:—From every freeholder in the city ot New Yor! at the rate of twenty cents per foot annually for each foot of land owned by him tronting on the streets and alleys of said city; from fire insurance companies, $200 per year; {rom murine insurance companies, $100 per year; for steamers each foreign voyage, $5 per voyage; lor coastwigg vessels, $10 per year. Seo. 18 Owners and occupants of property shall have the privilege of tapping the mains to introduce the water at their own expense, and no charge from the company. Ske. re Tho urplus*funds of the company, after paying all bonus, debts and dues of the company, shall be Loaf oda toward the payment of the debt of the city of New York, &c. Such is the privilege asked from the authorities of the city of New York, as the Legisiature has no power to grant this concession, or any other concession for the city of New York, and the Mayor ahd Board of Aldermen alone can save us from water famine and the expenditure of many millions of dollars by allow. ing responsible private individuals to provide our city with galt water. L SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON KITHER SIDE IT SHOULD REPORTED AND DENOUNCED AT ONCE. No MAN WORTHY TH OFFICE OF PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF “COUNTED IX”? OR PLACED THERE BY ANY FRAUD, EITHER PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BR DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT, BUT TIE COUSTRY CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE RESULT TAINTED BY THE SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OR FALSK RETURNS. U. 8 GBaNr. HOW HOUSEHOLDERS SUFFER. Naw York, Nov. 11, 1876, To tux Epiror or THe HenaLp:— At present our homes are gotting uninhabitable for the want of water. Millions of gallons are running to wasto daily, and yet wo are in such a fearful state, In the block I live on the stench from the closets is in- tolerable. In some houses for over three weeks not ® drop of water bas run ina closet. Will this not cause fever 1n its worst form? Can nothing be done to re TRANSYERS. 45th st.,n. 9. 225 fe, w, of 2d ay., 25x100.5; P, Fuchs to M. Blank ‘ -815,500 Sth ave sy THAT IC not 10th it, Soxi0U; G. . M. Kemp. cs ohin’s wlioy, 20x68 11 j 3. Livinget i 104th st. m8, DUIL, @. ‘MeNewrny and wife to P. 20th st. m. 8. 70.91. woof sth a 01 C.B, Wood to F. 8, Brown ‘Toth wt, now, 12510. @. of Madison a MonTUA' Bradhurst, H. M. and wite, to Greenwich Savings Bunk, Greenwich st., w. s., No, lov. + 15,000 Beyer G. H. and wite. te W. C. Kbit we 17h at; 5 yours. . Battzer, J. and wile, tow. Senmiut, Madison st., ne ig a7 ~ 1,000 , H. and w (234 ward) 4S 1,800 ea ? Ta to Ty Sohumachier, 430i wie ii by We 0 syeurs, vs ‘ Odell, 11'S. wud hasband, to L, Reise, Ratirond av, 5,000 lieve this suffering? A PROPERTY HOLDER, A GOOD PROPOSITION. To tax Error or THe HERALD:— ‘There aro no class of men more capable of knowing how our precious croton is wasted than the plumbers. No, not even our worthy Commissioner, with all bia subordinates included. Theso are the sentiments of a plumber, and he knows what he is writing, and there is no bosh, braggadocio or self interest about it, His only desire is to prove to the powers that be that if a certain course be adopted millions upon miilions of gallons can be saved daiy. Let Commissioner vampboll select as many as the caso may require of our most reliable journeymes plumbers to examine thoroughly the plumbing work in every house, and particularly the water closets and urinals; jet the city be mapped off into districts, be- ginning at the Battery, und let thom more carotully note down the different streams ruuning into these closets and urinals, and, when this i¥ done, tvot np the amount thus consumed, and if it does not as- tonish the people of this tittlecny nothing will One muy go into almost every place of business and dwell ing where thet water closet or urinal, and various streams of water will be found ranning to waste. is done in winter to prevent freezing and in summer te prevent smelling. Now, these small streams let in closets and urinals are of no us They do not cl the closet or ural, owing to their improper construc. tion, Not wisning to take up too much space tn yor valuable paper [ will simply assert that 1 will take the water now consumed and Wasted in one urimal and supply and keep clean 100 urinals at least and on the ‘average as many water closets, und guarantee them not to ireeze in winter. Tois, in my judgment, will gaye to the city of Now York trom 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 gallons daily, PLUMBER. SHOULD THERE WE ANY GROUNDS OF SUSPICION OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON KITHER SIDR IT SHOULD Bi REPORTED AND DENOUNCED at ONCE, No MAN WORTHY THS OFFICK OF PRESIDENT SIOULD BE WILLING TO HOD IT Iv “COUNTED 1x’? OR PLACED THRRE BY AXY FRACD, EITuek PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BE DISAPOINTED IN THR RESULT, BUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT APFORD TO AVR THE RESULT TAINTED BY THE SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL OR PALSK RETURNS, Y U.S. GRANT. WATER AND CROTON WATER, ’ Tho Sclenco and Art Association of this elty will open its annual course next Monday evening, Novem- ber 13. The lectures will be yiveu as horetolore in the 5} {CUNTINUED ON NINTH PAGE)