The Sun (New York) Newspaper, July 12, 1872, Page 2

se cewvetyrsra BS NST SHTess 4: -so7f77" = It Shines for All. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1872. Br au Borrothine, Repu nine Baril Docu mp Card, Wallack's Theatre Wood's M The Last Tr Yop, Mal Hor President : Te cratic, Republican © didate, HORACE GREELEY, or NEW YORK. - a Sanford E. Charch for Governor. The noble example set by the Baltimore Convention should be cordially imitated in making up our State ticket and in selecting t Liberal Democratic Republican candi- dates for members of Congress, At Baltimore all personal prejudices, preferences, and interests were subordi- bated and sacrificed to the one ¢ of success in reforming the Government. The candidate who was selected there was taken for the single reason that it was be- Wishes, ainbitions, aud wid aside for the good of the cause, The ule which should be adopted, and from which there should be no va in every case the man wh most votes should be adopted as the candi- date, No matter who wants the nomiua- tion or who does not want it, no matter at the prefe intere must be jon, is that yet he is sure to nes of s ns or cliques, the one great question should be, Who will de the strongest candidate with the people? and when that question is fairly answered sud the strongest man pointed out, he thould infallibly be put in nomination. Nothing but the rigorous application of his rule will be adequate to the crisis, worthy of the for at the polls, With this principt or tuse Which is to be fought in view, we do not desitate to say that in our judgment the Htrongest candidate who can be nominated f nor Of New York is Sanrorp EB. Cuvren 6f Orleans county, If the man Who will get the most is to be nomi- uated for the next Governor of this St we sve no way but to put that honor upon | ‘or Ge Judge Cuerci, a Great Suffering. The suffering endured by the inhab! 8 of thie city during the recent hy’ weather bas been great enough, Ws «nould think, to watisfy for the time even the arch flend dimself, All classes have be victims, yut the trials of the unhappy occupants of the closely crow: meut houses have been too distres for { jon, The sketches that have been given aw Tue SUN of scenes that have come un- der the our reporters discl mough to excite pity in the hardest heart Phe streets, sidewalks, and walls of houses became so intensely heated by each day's retion of the sun's rays that no place could be found as a refuge from the flerce caloric Phink of a block of brick aud stone, five Htories high, with a front of one hund feet, inhabited by over one hundred fait es Its entrance and ‘ow and filled with the tters and westilential waste 4 the death-loaded atu vers. No airecan window or de vated with m street or cell ve tailed descrip eyes of Assages are nit mul breath badly s which a sphere of sinks ar be admitted thro wv that sture obtained from filthy and this must be breathed again, combined with th eflluvia arising from human beings whos soiled clothix with perspira tion, In these abodes of wretchedness and despair necessity has obliged thousands to take up their habitation who have known better times, and have been accustomed to live in neatness and comfort. Think of the suffering endured by th unforta nate people, many of whom are now pow- erless to extricate themselves from thei misfortunes. [f they could only find homes in which they could enjoy enough 7 enough pure air, enough of life, to enabli them to commence some plan to better their fortunes, it night be well; but weari hess, toil, and vexation constantly weaken their energies, and delivery painful lot seems hopeless The mortality from the effects of the has not been satu- Ml ove saturated from their heat has been fearful, and numbers wh bave not died have been permanently in jured, while many who were recovering rom sick beds were again prostrated Families have been broken up, hopes hiv been ru 1, and culamitic from whieh they cannot recover have fallen upon thousands. Such troubles form a portios of the lof of man, and may be expected a long as he inhabits the earth; but tha they 1 be mit Lund as f 4 be tverted by ow customs anid laws, is a requirement of humanity a iviliza nthat canuot be unh ted impunity by any nation ey ci Has the suffering that we have with “1 been the result of any ne te luty by responsible parties? Could t Health Department have bad th placed in a better sanitary con Could they have caused the tenemen houses, alloys, and filthy streets to be bet ter cleaned, so that the effects of the heat would not have been so disustrous Thave they been in authority long enough to haye caused all the tenement houses to be constructed im accordance with prope regulations? We think so, Are ther any other provisions whose timely adoption would have so distributed the population that 1 condition which have made all this suffering po: sible would not have existed? Supy the nhabitants of the densely-crowded quar ters had been living in suburban towns would they not have escaped most of the evils to which they have fallen yictiins ? Moeusures ought soon to be taken for the lieved he could get more votes than any other man In the same way, in selecting the candi- date for Gov w York, individual their places of business at very low rates, and in less than three-quarters of an hour, there can be no doubt. Approaching Trial of Judge Barnard. The Tribune assents to the démand of THe Stn that Judge BARNann should have afair trial. The World and the Evening Post had previously expressed a disposition to concede so much, as a mere matter of justice, to the accused Judge. Such ex- pressions of sentiment indicate a return of reason an 1 improved and healthier senti- ment among the advocates of impeachment. The has been no abler man on the bench in this State than Judge Barwann, A most distinguished Judge of the Su- preme Court of the United States said that Judge Barnarp had more ability than all the rest of the Judges together, Certainly in presiding at the trial of crim- inal ea he has no superior if he has an equal anywhere; and his decisions in civil suits have seldom been reversed. Even the committee of the Assembly by whom his impeachment was recommended acquit him of venality. Why, then, should any one wish to strain the law and commit injustice in order to convict such a Judge? At all events, we are glad to see the different parties ag ing that he ought to have a fair trial, cone eansttlllpineenatnae Spain and Cuba, Every act of the Rurz-Zortta Cabinet foreshadows a radical change in Spair onial policy. In the first message forwarded by the new President of the Council to VaLMa- SEDA, although he states that the Gove ment is determined to use every effort to suppress the Cuban revolution, he adds, “in order that, as soon as the pacification is complete, Cuba may enter into the en- joyment of all the liberties guaranteed to it asa Spanish province by the Constitu- tion of 186 What wonder that) the Havana Spaniards are full of wrath! VALMASEDA’S resignation is accepted, and Gen, Corpova, the man who som cilessly mowed down the malcontents in Madrid, has been appointed his suecessor. The Spaniards in Havana, knowing their man, are moving heaven and earth to have his appointment cancelled, Morer y PRENDERGAST, A pure and hon- est Spaniard, if ever there was yo and a thorough radical, goes to London. Gen, Latorne, Whom {he volunteers of Santiago de Cuba drove out of that city, forcing him to return to Spain, beeat! he objected to their lawless atrocities, is appointed Captain-General of Porto Rico. Rivero, a prominent radical leader, is to have at in the Cabinet, probably the War Department, rendered vacant by Corpova's accentance of the ¢ Generalship of Cuba, It must be borne iy mind Zon. and Prim w The jen ytain- that Rviz- ore the only men in in who, foreseeing the inevitable loss of Cuba, had the courage to open negotia- tlons with the Cubans for its cession, Pri was shot; and it was generally Yelieved in Madrid that his death was due to a treaty which had been signed by bis envoy and ihe Cuban representatives in. this city, ed on the independence of the island. It has lately been reported in Madrid that the present Spanish Minister at Wash- ington, Admiral Poxo, isto be recalled, and Loprz Ronerts r ed to his old post. This is the one link wanting to com- plete the chain, If it be riveted, the slave tmding and impracticable Spaniards of Havana had better pack up their trunk for Cuba will very soon cease to be Span- ish even in name, — ~ pAway! K Let all true Irish Catholics keep away from the Orange cession to-day! fight No riot! No bloodshed « Who dislike the Orangemen’s ban- rs and musie will neither the one other if do not go wher they a Twelfth of July without sthat ‘so far as Mr. Gieetey professes principles in common with the Republicans, they are much more distinctly and thoroughly represented by the proper Re- publican candidates,” Grant's Own forgets that GMANT represents some principles that GREELEY sw stranger to, namety, Addition, Division, and Hanging seems to played out in Lon- don, if not ew York. Not only has the sentence of MARGUERITE DIXBLANC, the Picca- ly murderess, been commuted to {mprison- nt for life, but It is proposed to send the Rey. JouN SkLny Watson, who killed his wife and then ordered a box to bury the body In, from a convict prison to the lunatic asylum, A rhap- sody, sald to be worthy of the pen of VicroK HUvGo, has been discovered In a carpet-bag be longing to Mr, WATSON; and as the average Englishman religiously believes in Heao’s to auity, they take it that the author of tnis rhapsody must also be ins In sending erim- nals to Iunatic asylums the English have at least one security, and that in is not likely to be ane fre — We nominate THropoke it ident beautifully he will receive the Ist relew: the alleged ed for the per mad. petr Jon of more in Titton for Pri Gueeey, How ards of the ladies President on the sub © Secretary to Py interview the The American public will soon have # the ad “ d for nart wre manifesting their faith in the theorles they hold hy ting thelr means extensively in h truction of roads on the new plan. The longest narrow-gauge road now constructing the Denver and Kio Gra\ Railroad, whiets 4 torun from Deaver. Colorado, to the Mexican border at El Pa 1 the Kio Grande, a distance les. ‘Tbh ad, which Is now completed eration for a distance of 120 miles, it Is io extend through the Mexican State abun, Durango, and Zacatecas, to the xivo, is will give & continuous nar- weg line of #,000 miles, Another projected norrow-ganje Hine is the Washington, Cincinnati and St, Louls Rallroad,which obtained a charter from the Missouri Legistature last winter author= izing the organization of a company for its con- traction, with a capital of $15,000,000, Its object is Lo connect St, Louis by the narrow-gauge system with Ue Richmond, Va, A narrow gauge line is now in course of construction be. tween St. Louls and Cairo, 17 miles, 100 miles of ted, Its leading object is to upply the iron furnaces and rolling mills near St, Louis with cheap coal, The Kansas Central water at whieh are comp road, from Kansas City to Denver, 500 miles, will establishinent of cottage towns within a ronvenient distance of the city for the ac tommodation of the families of working men, Neat andcomfortable homes can be built if a sufficiently comprehensive plan is adopted, at a distance of not more than twelve miles, which could be rented for from ten to fifteen dollars per month, at a profit to the owner of fifteen per cent, That arrangements may be made with the failroads which run out of the eity for the connect with the Denver and Kio Grande road Other narrow-gauge roads projected or in course of construction In the United States are the Ripley, Mississippl and Cairo road, 180 miles in length; varlous short lines in different States ; and three short lines which the Union Pacifte road is constructing to serve as feeders to its matin track, which is of the common gauge, If this experiment succeeds, the company Intend ) increase the number of narrow-gauge feeders for their trunk road, Canada has four narrow- gauge roads under way, aggregating 238 miles in oarrying of theJwork people to and from f length, The cost of constructing the Denver and Rio Grande road will averace lees than $16,000 a mile, and that of the #t. Louis and Cairo road fs estimated at About 1,000 a mile less. St. Louis exhfbits a lively interest in the narrow- gauge system, hoping through its means to ob- tain matertal advantages over her rival, Chicago. a Not long ago the public were greatly surprised to learn that President Grant had re moved a United States Marshal in Arkansas fc making an extravagant use of the public funds, ‘The removal of the officer was not remarkable; but the reason assigned for the act was consid- ered very singular as coming from GRANT. It now appears that the Marshal in question was really dismissed for political reasons, and that the charges of extravagance were trumped up in order to ¢ er the true cause, and at thy time obtain credit for a zeal for civil service re- form. It fs true that the officer in question, Marshal Roots, of the Western District of Ar- kansas, expended on public account some 000 in one year, which was more than is used by the Marshals In the whole State of New York in the same time; but his district is double the size of Now York, extending over thirty-three coun- ties in the State of Arkansas, and the whole of the Indian Territory west of that State. In the Indian country the jurisdiction of the United States Courts extends to every crime and misdemeanor known to the laws of the United States where both parties are not Indians, to all revenue matters, and all cases arising under the Intercourse laws, ‘The building of railroads in the Indian country has caused an influx of des- perate characters, and a great increase of eriml- nal cases for trial. During the year there have been more than flve hundred indictments found, ‘The expenses of the courts under these ciroum- stances have been exceptionally large, as may well be Imagined when {t is known that prison- ers and witnesses have frequently been brought four hundred miles through a country where the facilities for travel are confined to horseback riding. Taking advantage of this the Grantites have circulated stories of extravagance which appear plausible enough to those who do not know the truth. ‘The fact that the Government has sent $9,000 to Col. Roots since his removal to reimburse him for moneys which he had paid out forthe expenses of his district over and above all that he had received from the Treasury, settles the question of Megal expendi= tures, But Marshal Roors is opp the CLAYTON faction, and in the office of United States Marshal would haye it in his power to thwart many of the schemes of fraud by which the GRANT party hope to carry Arkansas for their chief in November, Hence the removal of the Marshal.who suifers the fate of Marshal Cat- TERSON of the Eastern District of Arkansas for re~ fusing to ald in the corrupt plans of the CLAYTON gang. And this Is all there is of GRANT'S latest pretence of regard for economy in public offi $< After the performance of Goldsmith Maid on Tuesday would it not be well for Mr. Bopp Downe to withdraw all challenges to other iorses? When his mare can trot a square mile In 2:J3, and not be beaten tn 2.21, Mr. DouLs will have some MEeht to think she Is speedy. ‘ — - We say it bote|¥) this promises to be the funniest, most interest. Mr Curlous, ¢ lively, and blessed Presta etal canvass ever known, One of the Shaker brethren of Lebanon Springs having left the fold, it was published far and near that his objections to the st were founded on the rule debarring brethren and sisters from kissing and shaking hands— familiarities which be deemed both innocent and agreeable, The seceder, whose name Is Hong, has felt compelled to publish a protest against such a misrepresentation of his views, He declares that he objects to Shakerism not on account of the rule prohibiting the familiar ities mentioned, a rule which be considers high- ly proper and protective, but because of the ex- cvasive bigotry of its creed ; because its lay mem- bers have no riglits that au elder is bound to re- spect; because the authority of its officers is un- limited and despotic: because its discipline ts, for the most part, behind the ag 0 its love is selfish and sectarian; and because he be- jleves the mission of Shake m is about ended, As Mr, Rope has never advocated the renuncla tion of the celibate life by the Shakers, he is naturally unwilling to have it believed that he left the brethren forthe cause assigned by py ular report, The reasons he advances as the true explanation of hls course, if well grounded. would certainly furnish @ suMeclent excuse for his secession int Mamet talili ; becau There is a fellow in Cincinnati who com- mits the enormity of pretending that Romeo Reep's nar isnot Romeo, How can a be so depraved as to try to leh from Keep the nly good name he ever had ? We notice with pain that that truly good man, Deac RicHanp Smita of Cine assailed for proposing to withdraw GRANT as a candidate for President, and to nomina’ erman, Bat it ts hard to understand why Deacon Suith should be blameworthy on t count. He has the same right to prefer s other Republican to GRANT that others have ty prefer GKANT to everybody else, It would, bow nnatl, bs THE SUN. ever, be more conventent for Deacon Kicuan SsurH to go dn for the Liberal Republican can didate and leave Grant to his fate, ‘This would avoid the trouble of asking him to resign and getting anew man In his place. Besldes, how could they hope to get a better man than Horace Gueengy, LL, D.? We commend this suggestion to Deacon RICHARD SMiTH; and we have no doubt that but for the wicked men who tantly surround him he would long since have obeyed the Impulse of his own goodness and come to the same conclusion himself. — Warp Beecuen sticks to Grant and fights Honest Horace. "Tis a great pity. If WARD had come to time and supported the Lib. eral movement, we had an idea of running him for the Senate in place of Senator CuNKLING Hat alas! it cannot be —— - A bighly respectable conservative citizen of Cincinnati reports that there Is now employed on the Gaactls newspaper of that town a writer who Is *secking the destruction of the Christian religion, the common school system, and the Republican party.” We are not surprised at this Intellig but we earnestly ¢ t all wh ise these i not to tmagine th on RICHARD SMurit is the writer referred He is truly good, and would ever undertake any such Wickedness, Lt must be some of bh wicked partners, and awfully wicked they are Deacon Ricuanv ought to warn t that if they do not change their course they will be damned, —— Col, HoLuinaworru, who has recently been appointed superintendent of the Mount Vernon estate tid to have already found op. portunities for cing the expenses of the place. He has need with the services of three lady secretaries, and it is reported has ef- fected a considerable saying by lopping a num. ber of names off the pay-roll that had no reasonable excuse for being there. Col. Hote Lincwourn Isa Marylander. He was fora long time collector of the Chesspeake and Ohio Canal at the Georgetown office, and has the reputation of being a good business man, His appoint as superintendent of the estate f probably a result of the recent controversy in the newspapers relating to the management of the trust by the Regent of the Mount Vernon Assovlation, - _—_—_ Gen, W. B, Hazen, of the United State has published in a han volume * The the Army tn Gerinany and France (Harper & Brother Containing the result of lilt observations of G mil tary life and service during a part of the late war in France, It contains very complete account ot the organization of the German aud French armies, avd of the military schools from whieh they mainly supply their officers, Himself an officer of great miliary ex- perience, Gen, Hazen's studies in these two great armice possess an unusual value, a ‘The Messrs, Harper publish in beautiful style Anthony Trollope'’s uewest novel, * The Golden Liou of Granpere.” ‘The scene te laid in France, but the toe terest of the story Will affect every reader, of Whatever country Army, choo! and ICECOLDMEN OF NEW YORK EXTORTIONS OF THE KNICKER- BOCKER AND WASHINGTON ICE COMPANIES. —_— The Way the Game is Played Anouatly to Hend Of Opposition-Ice #20 Per Ton to Private Pamilies Who Compose the Monopoties-A Capital of $3,000,000. Vf New Yorkers were not the most pa- tient and fortearing people in the world thoy would have reselled years ago against some of the more conspicuous monopolies by which they are oppressed, and especially would the Knickerbocker and Washington Ice Companies have patd forfeit for their heartless and cruel treatment of the public in the destiaction of the extensive and costly outfits they employ to carry on thelr huge swindles, These companics form adual monopoly, to which the entire me- tropolitan district fs forced to pay tribute, They are onormously wealthy, have been long in the fleld, knowall the ropes, can easily con- trol the ice supply of the market, have no difl- culty in making ite apparently scarce or plenty as best sults thetr purpose, and thus manage to keep off all opposition and fleece the public to an unlimited extent. Every season THEIR RAID 18 RENEWED, and invariably in the same manner, During the winter they store all the tce they can possibly secure, and at the same time cause reports to be spread abroad of a scarce crop. In the spring they go to werk buying up all the marketable feo that has been stored by others, and which might by anychance reach this market. At the saine tine they send their agents around the city to canvass for customers, offering to furnish Ice through jhe season at a certain price—say fifty cents per week for ordinary private family consump! This Is atreasonable price con- sidering the quantity they propose to furnish usually fftem pounds per day. Helng early in the fleld, and these fair promises, they have noe didlay securing THE RETIRE PUBLIC AS CUSTOMERS, leaving no. wom for opposition. When the warm Ww her approaches they by ivering in libs and with ndable Promptness. e. when the heat of fy or sets in and ive is more & necoaslty, the fifteen pounds melt to twelve and then to ten, This @iminution of quantity is usually quickly follow tardiness in delivery, so that frequently th wagon, which shi be around jot ween Ul after midday. ‘The deliver; agent explains that he is not able to get hig supply sooner, or, In his curt language, “there's no lee at the loadin place.” AIL this is merely by-play on the part « the companies to prepare the public for the an- nouncement that ts sure to follow when the thermometer beging to range among the nine- ties and ice cannot be dispensed with, that the supply Is getting scarce, Then contracts with householders are broken with impurity; fifty cents a week becomes seventy, then dollar, and so on upward with steady strides urtil cool weather enal les a auffer munity wo defy the robbers by refusing to pay the bills and per= mitting the ice carts to pass them by, AN ANUNDANCE OF ICR. breakfast, is erybody knows that the ice crop of last inde eth winter was oxceptionall: sible store house was filed ‘The great monopoly pecaiise of the abundant stock, erected extra houses up the yn, and filled them to repl Huere jot an ice house within $0 miles of New York that was not crammed. It was estimated at the close of the burvest that enough ive been secured to supply this city for three years and this estimate was undoubtedly ¢ But despite this over-abundant suppl Knickerbocker and) Washington Compa having secured as usual the supply of the tropolls, with most consummate impudence begin to talk of a soarcity, and already HAVE ADVANCED THEIR PRICES thirty-three and a, third per cent., with a pros: pect of doubling them within stother week. Thus familige whom they promised to supply with fifteen pounds of ice daily during tie sn tire season at the rate of fifty cents per week, now furaished with only about ten pounds for whlch the companies charge th y cents, which they are compelled to pay y without ice altogether, which at this sea- son is simply impossible, A couple of years large restaurant kee of great quantities of ic tions of these mon and organized the Consumers’ Ice Company. This te a operative organization with a limited capital, aud undertakes to furnish onl; Its own subsert- bers, But it manages to earn money and pay a dividend on its capital stock by supplying tee at Auniform rate of @4 per ton. It ts charging that rice only. at the present time, whieh fs proof that 4 bo proftably fur Dished at that pr Indeed the Knick byery pos pure, sola’ ice, org mers jod against the erbocker an} Washington Companies furnish hotel Keepers and restaurateurs wie continue Co take of them at the same. price, rather than drive ther tw pany. ¢ Consumers support 1Cr $20 ren TON. Tobe sure they Not afford to supply private fanilles ins Auantities wt the sat Fate; but their contracts with families in th spring gave them $9.00 per ton for. thetr ive which Was alarge margin for protit ey now receive $10 perton, even where they furnis the full supply of IS pounde per day ; butas they heat ont antity Im most cas furn ds, aetunily re how girom ¥ to € I © bac heen a poor tee crop winter, , an actual § ty of the cou re would me slight excise ful violati tract and open extortion, Bat as the abundant, and the demand cannot 5 yoxhauat it before Another Winter, and as 1 nly ven \ ' MATORS ARP, T {ke er Toe Company was organ. has been 4 lioney ever since, and has made all connected wi wealthy. What tts annual dividends are, or its accumulations, nobody ou fe the corporation knows, and those {nide won't tell, Its officers are as Fifteenth Maclay, of ep Britton, Norac 18 West . MeCulloughi, cnfevtioner, Weat Thirtecetn street Thirteenth street; aud It, Garrison's, All of these except Mr. McCullough are em ployed by the Company, at Its chief oflive, 4 Canal street The Wasiiugton Tee Company in 1858, with a caplt kot ¢| iginally « rival of the Kulckert found itmore profitable to sha unite ina common crusade agi It is now, and has for years bee A PARTNER OF THE KNICKERBOCKER, the combined eapitals of the two « as organized 1000, TL Was ker, but soon the feld and public enabling them to override and crush out, or buy Up all presumptuous rivals, The officers of the Washington Company are President, Moses G. Leonard of T-ooklyn: Secretary and Treasuver, Witliaii A. Dallanuue 47 barrow wine Trustess: sainkel Willrte, merchant, i7 Lafayette plac much 1. Coykendall, Rondout, aid Thoias Cornell the steamboat man, Renduut Those oMlcers are good men for good people to remember, —— wth of Albort Ktutzing Poot, From the Work Mr, Albert Kinteing Post The A memuer ne ofthe best known and moat re of ir metropolitan families, had taken up h i hee for the summer, with his wife, a daughter vf Gen. de Trooriand, and with thelr at Westhampton, one og the old-fus (alaud seaside towns which have of laie yea: Deen growing In favor ws quiet summer water if s. Mr, Post was am accomplished swithmer. and spon more than one oceasion had slight peril of his own, On. Frid r ft aL Week ts he was going Lito th { for bis ning bath a boy of sume ten y the child guest in mpany him voting out ace, . prepared to. i its remonstrated, ways strong at this was mado iaually dangeroti y the state of the tides, Mr, Post, @nding the hoy bent on bathing, kindly offered to. tak charge of him, and the two went into the wat Ina very fow inoments the boy was mastered by the under-tow, and set up a cry of terror, Mr Vost instantly swam to his rescue, and. reached him only °o share hia fate, Help was at hand, and the swimmers were d under the ve ceased to b powered the earn had turn awh out of the water y eves of Mrs. Post. But both had mst had been over the waves but by y with which ho ied child. It was found that | nwtruck by apoplexy, the result ofa too sharp moral and physival elfort In the bloom of his vigorous manhood (he was but thirty years of age), of # cultivated mind, and with tastes developed both by serious study and by extensive travel, a happy husband and & devoted father, Mr. Post was in all respects. type of the true republican gentleman, - —— J record of the officeholders’ can- published by J. 8. Redfeld, ager the Uitle of * The Modera Ulysses, LL.D." ici a pamphlet of 152 pages, by Nelaon Crow Hor at law, in which the mont charactetlotle ». cy of the preacut Adminiatra Hon have been eff ayely presented in such ® manner as to show by 41a ewn record the nepotiem, iNlegal use of the public minds, and unbounded corruption which have formed tts !distingulehing features, ‘The facts relating {G the San Domingo job, the gold speculations which culminated tn Black Friday, the Custom House rob- beries, the New Orleans scandals, the Robeson frauds, Aud other disgraceful performances peculiar to Grant's term, bave been succinctly set forth ip this publication, The politk didate | FRIDAY, JULY 12 1872. SIXTREN MINERS PASSING A BAR- RIER OF FIRE, —a Nine Burned to Denth inthe Coal Pit-Pablic pinion Respecting the Mismanagement of e Cont Mine Correspondence of The Bun. ALLIANCE, Ohio, July 8. Atwater township, Portage connty, and the sur- rounding country, were startled on Wednesday afternoon last (July 3) by the rumor that one of the coal mines in that township was on fire, and that several of the workmen were tmmured therein. The ground covering the coal is level the coal being some fifty foet below the surface, and fs reached by a“ slope " 200 feet long. Your correspondent visited the scene of the disaster on the morning of theSth, For the pur- pose of ventilation a furnace had been put at the top of the slope, but at the suggestion of the “pit boss," who fs among the dead, {t was removed to the bottom of the slope. The roof and sides of the slope were protected from cay- ing by timbers and planking. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday the heat from the furnace ignited the woodwork, and soon the slope was ina blaze. The only means of getting out was by going up the slope through the fire, Twenty-fve persons were in the mine at the time, of whom all managed to get out except nine men and one boy about nine years of age. ‘The fire was not put out until the afternoon of the 4th. When your correspondent visited the scene of the disaster on Friday morning, seven of the men had been recovered, dead and horrl- bly burned. ‘The roof and sides of the slope had been and were still caving in, retarding the work of recovery. The seven men wore in the slope, evidently endeavoring to et out through tho fire. ‘The other two men and the boy were not recovered until yesterday. They were beyond the end of the slope and dead, butt except the boy, Who Was somewhat the wrists. The citizens of t burned, purned on that there was inex- seness, In re= gard to the lives of the employees of the com- pany. The mine Is worked by a Cleveland com- pauy,of which John Hutchins, formerly mom of Congross from this (Garfield's) district, is the head and front. The following are the names of the sufforers : Richard Roberts, William Roberts, and Robert Roberts, brothers, There is another brother, who started fur home about two hours before the disaster, aines i a, bol o have ell, either Vout a she an work the morning of th is said he leaves a wife and nine children in the old country. Mr. Helford, the boy's father, who was in the mine, was saved by his son's warning of the danger. ‘The lad either went or was sent back to warn the others, and was sacrificed, ‘The public are justly indignant at the loss of so many lives. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the 4th, but what verdict the jury rendered I have been unable to ascertain A funeral service was hu which the minister requested (hose who believed tue company blameless to hold up taeir right hands. ‘There was a begzarly show of hands The converse of the proposition was not put to vote. James Oaty, John Williams, 4,and the boy Helford. yesterday, after — _ LIGHT FOR THE SLUMS. prada) ‘Tue Free Excursion for the Children of the Five Polutx House of Iudustry—A Suifl of Sea Breeze at Far Rockaway, At S o'clock yesterday morning five hun- dred children betweez four and thirteen years of axe, and of every nationaiiiy; marched from the Five Points House of Industry 'n Worth street to the Hunter's Point ferry, ‘The proces sion was headed by a few musicians, and a tow- headed youngster carried the National flag There was about an equal number of boys and girl, and it was easy to see by their happy countenances that there was glorious fun in prospect, Many were barefooted, and As they skipped along, occasionally swing- ing thelr straw hats in the air, and ex- posing thelr closely-cropped heads, one could not help thinking of the contrast betwee! the pleasure apot where they were going for a bliday and the wretched hovels that they had lived in since they were born. Few had ever been many blocks from the Five Points, and the anhoucement that t were to be taken to the country was something beyond thelr compre- bension, Notone-half of them had ever been ona ferry boat, and probably not one in thirty had ever sat inaraiiroad car, Oftcers James en, Francis Caddell, Henry Davandam, and Michael Mangin of the Franklin street police Station, were detailed to protect them from the atroet gamtns, Who with thelr newspap nd black iti bs J assoubled at the street corne rougo manner, their old partn They were taken t ers Point on th amer Southampton Jong ad de of six cars, which ad packed away in t w iwn, by the handsome locomotive Charles A. Dana. ‘The greatest dificulty was found in prev the children from falling from the windows. The police were constantly seizing the little fellows by thelr clothing to foree them into their seats. The little fellows opened wid their eyes and stared out on the green flelds and then at each other, wondering, no doubt, whether they were dreaming, Atl vek th hed Far Rocka- way, and the litt s scrambled from ears, fell into line, d by th band, marched to the beautiful . three hand yards from the njamin C. Lockwood, the owner red the use of it with it fitted up with long dinir Mr. George F. The projector of the excursic Willaina, city editor of the New York Tune had Je preparations for the comfort and joyment of the children. He had purelas sandwiches, ham, beef, ive cream, and cakes in large quantities, and there was a superabundance of everything. Contributions reaching $2,036.25 had been handed to Mr. Wil Hiams during the past week, and money is still pouring Into his hands from) warm-hearted citizens who are heart and soul in the move- nt which has been so nobly begun by Williams—that of giving the great body of ehildren in the city an rlunity ¢ the pure country air. Seve been proposed, and Mr. W that the wishes of the c to the a shall be carried out, On Saturday thc Chidren's Ai iety. which controls lite will go ofan excursion up t and it is hoped by Mr. Wiliams, the manager, that many of the bootblacks and newsboys will Jointhem, ‘The expense of yesterday's jubilee Toots up $414.75, The contributors to the fund embra and women, rich and poor, fr all sections of the country, and. there is avery prospect that the wretched cbildren who daily he the foul alr of Baxter, Water, and Cherry ts will all have an opportunity to ¢ iday under the guidance of Mr. Willia fr dohh P, Mortord. superiitend aL SO. Long Island Katlroad, and who accompan ehildren he use of the train at a uced fur Winans, of Company, Was ally liberal, Mr. B, 1 Mise Mf. Klamroth, of the Dimes, a the children, and took an active part in the day's festivities. Among others who were there Were the well-known engineer, W H. Case, Messrs, Philip Lewis, H.W. Kedtleld, Dr. D. th, tant, the Rey, Enianuel M, Shultz, tt Five Polat Missionary, who, it is said, is mo) thoroughly conversant with ‘the Five Poin 1 any other person in the city, Stanley irper's Weekly, and C. HL Marshail Mowing-named: attaches of the institu here; Superintendent W. F. Barnard, HL. Mattive. M ' D. Davis, Curtis, Mrs Hart diss Mo ndiey, Miss D. G. Brown, Mrs. 1. A, Eagles n, Mrs. M.C, Martin, Mrs. Mid. Burdette, Mr W. Wever, Mise Dora $ + Anna Ein ersony Miss 8. E. Davis, Mr yd and Mrs ©. D. Ward The children ate and drank to their heart's content, and were permitted to romp about Playing’ ball, swing, dancing, wud sinciig Hany of the natives and guests of Par Rockaway Visited the grove to see the you rm. TWo venerable mat rhayze Lo ae t ns had ridden ten the merry boys an five o'clock, at the soune ndeut’s Whistle the litthe ones her and prepared for — their igh tired) out by the he day, not one of the flye hundre he ears, but all r houses and t them, and when at last they looked back y at the F Shorily before 8 k they had beon safely lodged in the House of Industry, and they went to bed chattering about the great event, yester= day's rip to Far Rockaway a ———— A Joke that ina Lie, Wom the Cinciunat nerctal The last joke on the author of * What TI Know About Farming,” Is a recipe, which is at «i to him, for the cultivation’ of tisi-bulls. follows Never put over Ave potatoes 10 a bill with w cody if Jou Would thqure @ cFop. —— The Sun in Mississippi, From the Granada sentinel, The first paper that boldly struck for Liberal Reform and that denounced the Grant Administration was THe NeW YORK SUN. It is now doing yeoman service in the cause of Greeley and Brown, and battling nobly against the corruption of those In power, It was the frat paper to expose the San Do: mingo Job; Grant’s nepotism, the corruptions | avy, Post Oftice, and Indian Departments, and it does it with an ungloved hand, ‘THe SUN has a daily circulation of about one hundred and twenty thousand, It is a live news- paper, and those who desire to see Grant's Ad- Minisiration stripped naked In all its deformity could not do better than subscribe for THE SUN, miles in a the sas the t in swept by they rea! ed the ferry THE PISTOL IN THE GOTHAM. ——_ ¢ Gallows and Going te Jum for the Insane, The trial of James Burns for killing John Halloran in the Gotham saloon and gaming house in the Bowery on the morning of April 28 was resumed in the General Sessions yesterday. was dressed as on the preceding twardly calm, but with a rather wild look in his steel-gray eyes, evincing some excite- ment. He seemed relieved when he met and exchanged salutations with Messra, Howe and Hummel, his counsel, Mrs, Burns seemed giad of the opportunity to take a seat by her hus- band. Mr. Howe called Jacob Tillotson, formerly an usher at Niblo's, who testified as foliows: PROOF OF BURNS'S INSANITY, Thave known the prisoner fifteen or sixteen years. Between four and Ave years ago he lived in Washi ton street, and from ‘that time thave noticed a change tn his a served peciliarities of conduct tration On, om came to my house at 2 dat the door il T was awa ae him and went d He ald, "For " Before I could e house. 1 waa anal ‘he matter, nd plied htm with quertion Wwers we're confuwed, him to take his life, but could not name He did not intoxicated, My. we Hint J, and 1 could only gi Aquiitadapiiow. He wouldn't lie down, but walked the floor, talking wildly to ine and muttering to him- self. Ldidn't know what was the matter with him, was afraid to return to bed myself. Finally, in mn Awe Ewenping ponee to my urging, he lay down and slept few indies, Hefore daylight he gotup and left. Tf did hot see him again for a week afterward. Twent then to his house and found him all right, but apparent. fo ine. TL aaw him e evening before the homicide, I waa at his ho 1y he had go reeollection of his visit f ct . He ate nothing and scemed nervous. W Out together, and when we go the at very i ak k out ite answered, Our ‘are in danger. on for fear or for such t wery and Houston a There ith a 1 fo quiet there he gulig. toward Bleecker a and Ttomy work. He was sober, but his appearance d manuer on (his vecasion Were uot, in my opinion, erett H. Kimbak, formerly surgeon for © Coummissioners, Was the next witness ied by Mr. Hiowe. The Doctor deposed : PURTIE 1 EVIDENCE OF INSANITY, Thave knows wer more than twelve Two ortirce y (L can't be positive as to the time), he prevented bimeelf for examination before the Police Hoar a> au applicant fora position on the police, iighiteat oc: ‘The other two were but I, knowing hi jm. 1 had attende mind, whieh I th n During that attack nly ocean ering for hin aud lua ing thstructions called if he did not et better. L have since seen bin three or four times favoring tinder dementia, In. 1801 think he had beew drinking, Duton the latter occasions there were no cer. tun Indications, and Thad no knowledge of the cause of his disease, AU angther time he came to me when wae in mny gig, and 1 prescribed for hin, enjoulng hua torent fore if he did not get better. THE TESTIMONY. Mr. Howe stated a long, hypothetical case, embodying the fp pal facts proved by other Witnesses concerning the killing, and asked the witness whether—the facts being admitted—the prisoner was of sound mind ‘and memory at the ume, The Doctor said the circumstances were incon- sistent with the supposition that the prisoner was sane and responsible, A Juror asked the witness what he meant by the proclivity of the prisoner, when alluding to his examination by the Board of Policesurgeons, The Doctor replied : The predisposition to allenation of mind, aided or produced by alcholic drink or otherwise, Dr. William Shine, late Deputy Coroner, tes- tiled that he had seen and treated many lunatic patients. He had prescribed for the prisoner in Aprillast. Mr. Ferguson called for bis atten- tion to Burns, who presented, at that time, the appearance of & man with delirium, Mr. Howe propounded the same hypothetical tion put to Dr. Kimbak touching the condi- tion or 12¢ prisoner's mind at the time of the shooting. The w!tness replied: T should aay he was not responsible. if he was not con tt to drink, aud bis syuipioms remacc! or were Me ed, Mr, Howe anno’ case for the prisot nesses to call to showt ra gener character, provided yood character Was not con- ceded, ‘THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ADMISSION. Assistant District Attorney Sulll id he had no witnesses to rebut testimony of good character, and in the present aspect of the cas while he felt incumbent on him a heavy sibility, he did not believe that his duty re quired him to urge a conviction. If the prisone was insar tthe time he shot Halloran, it was Agreat misfor e for both of them, but there was no legal of moral justification for punishing the survi ‘The evidence produced tended to show that the delirium in this case was very from ordinary Intoxteation, whieh Id not excuse the atroctous act. Although it may have been ulteriorly or potely pro- by drink e Was nothing indleat- present diate use of int He had made inquiries t rf testimony of ¢ did that given by the defence could be pr and had ascertained that tl best medic thorities. would substantially agree with Drs Kimbak and Shine, Under the circumstances, therefore. be proposed to leave the ease witt the Jury under the charge of the Court AcQUiTTar The Recorder said fully ¢ rred .n the views of the District Attorney, and proceeded to deliver w brief charge, the main. point of which was intended to mark the distinetion be tween a cuse such as that at dar and one in Which crime bas been constuitted through mere declared to be no wzeravation in every drunken frenzy, whieh he justification, but rather an Instance of violation of law iry retired at 12 M., and deliber: J until 240POM, ‘Then they rendered a verdict of * Not guilty by reason of Insanity at the time of the iminission of the act The Recorder called Mr, Howe's attention to the provision of the statute in such cases, and said there was here satistactor f of wdan- gerous and chronic unsoundness in the mind of Burns, and he would therefore commit him to the County Lunatic Asylum, he prisoner and bis wife were overjoved at the escape from dread alternative of the gallows, and warmly thanked Mr. Howe, ane AMUSEMENTS. The Garde Republicaine Bund, An audience of between six and seven thousand persons listened to the superb music of the Garde Republicaine Band in the Hall of the American Institute last evening. It was composed of the better classes, and the tollets of the ladies were very fine Neither Dr. Greeley nor ( »y. Brown put in an appearance. Sylvestre’s cornet solo was en. cored. and for a final encore the entire band played the Red, White, and Biv th plause Was very enthusiasiie thr whout, and frequently mingled with ch rs. This afternoon the band will give a matinée religiew Stephen's R. C. Chureh, Bast Twenty-elchth street, and to-night will give a grand f nvert and ball in the hall of the American Instituta, Madame Pesehka Le Will sing (her only appearance in New York the Rev, Henry Ward Heecher, Theodore Tilvon, and Gov. Holfinan are expected to speak, Among the Yr distinguished gentlemen who will probably attend are Dr. Greeley, the Hon, B. Gratz Brown, Mayor Hall, the Presi ards of Aldermen aud Council mer 1 Gen, Cochrane, Col, Bthan Allen, President dof Columbia College, Professor 8, D Judves of ds Courts, the ign Ministers, aud the ading nota the city — Mr, Mansell's Metamorphoses, On Tuesday evening Mr. Wy L. Mansel appeared before a se audience in the charac= terof Mrs, Vi andidate for the Pr deney. After a powerful serio-comi ithe of woman's pecullar mer sche ments, lie entered upon his Pr dd ress, A series of jokes, general and local, hed the continued laughter of the audience, The wonderful geteuy 1 address of the lecturer and the strange contrast: beaween his towering height—about six feet four-and bis feminine Ways, ought certainly to guarantee the of this able burlesque pant Wood's Vins Mr. Jud Closkey is playin, drama of 1 tthe a i r hey has a bec 1 shot Robert B, Barrell oi winn, F, Farrell, was buried yesterday fron Lie late res 1d Mott str Phe attendance war ery large. Among the rosent were the Hou Michael Poy H. Bransfield, J Ir John Fitzgerald, John A. Davenport r Alexander MeDousid, Denis Nath Kennedy, Frederick King, the hen gti Pleasure Club ti re i zatlous. Apr ve k The body Wa. borne to Calvary Cemeter P Mr, Farrel Wab 2 years of aye = — Brazil Prep: for War, Lisnon, July 11.—The steamship Neva has arrived, with mail dates from Kio Janeiro to June 2 It ts announced that the Brazilian Lit from voting at the next election, The Braail has "made an extremely oftensive despateh from the tine Republic, iu the course of which tt ls stated t “radi! docs wot week war, DUL IE it Comes Ble ib p pared for it,” rials Will alist overnment ed reply tow — — Cut to Pieces by a Mowing Machine, CuI1Cago, July 1L.—At Naperville, Illinois, yes terday, Frank Hewes, aged 15, was thrown from a mow ing machine by the horses running away, and falling in front of the biages, was so. badly wanyied that be died o few hourks one ———— 1 SARATOGA’S RACING WEEK, A BRILLIANT PROGRAMME For THE MEETING OF THE FL VERS, peal Novel Conditions of the One-Mile DY Seventy-eight Subscriptions to the Opens! ing Race—Longfellow and Harry Basset again in the Field, The races at Saratoga begin to-morrow and will be continued six days. The advices from the track are that there aro close upon @ hundred race horses stabled there, so that if the weather continues fine there will be no lack of sport. ‘The opening event of the meeting is the ‘Travers Stakes for three-year-olds, one mile and three-quarters, to which there are 78 subscribers at $50 each, with $1,000 added by the association, Mr. W.R. Travers, the President, plece of plate valued at #500 to the wi most probable runners in this are D, chestnut colts Joe Daniels and Hy Harness's chestnut colt Meteor, A. Belmont brown colt Wade Hampton, Willian’ Jennings bay colt Cape Race, M. A. Littell's gray colt Lone don, D. Swigert’s bay colt Shylock, Hunter © Travers's bay colt Charm, and T. G. Bacon's chestnut colt Ned Brace. Last year this race was won by Harry Bassett, and there is a strong probability that the same stable will carry off the prize this year with Jos Dantes, although he has to. meet some. toigh customers in Meteor, Wade Hampton, and Cape Race, The last-named colt ran very badly at Jerome Park. bit his party awort that he wis weak and out of condition. He has had along rest now, and there can be no excuse for him as far as condition goes. AN INTERESTING CONTEST, After the Travers Stakes comes a mile and & quarter dash, for all ages, in which seventeen fast horses are entered. Av e are Harr Hasse't, ‘lubman, Lyttleta Fran! Ross, and others, and if the “crack” starts he will win. But he will probably be reserved for the cup, in which case there will be a close and exciting ri Tubman and Lyttleton will tent their Jerome Park battle over again, and the betting is sure to be heavy, as the Lyttleton party are not at all satisfled with the result of the race at, Fordham, The next race is the Flash Stakes for two« year-olds, half a mile, in which there are twenty= nine entries, A NOVEL RACE. Then comes a dash the conditions make fast time, mium of $1,000 to the winner If he runs the F tion offer a mile in} if he can run in 1:40 they will give hi more. Ax this race was put on the programme solely for fast time, the association ave reserved the right of postponing from day to-day, in order to get a fast track. If ld Jobn bettie start os fellow, the tine is certain to be very good, and it is probable 1:41 will be beaten, : i The second day has three races, the first @ steeplechase over the regular co After th comes a purse for all ages, one ‘quarters. varry 100 race iy three-quarters of HT nace ‘The entries for these races will close on Satur= day. ‘Bn the third day the sport begins with the Saratoga Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, for two-year-olds, in which there are forty-two eng tries. “This race generally brings outa fleld of good-looking colts, and It promises to keep ut its character this year, THE SARATOGA CUP, After the two-year-old races comes the Sarne toga Cup, two miles and a quarter, In which the two “great guns,” Longfellow and Harry Base sett, Will probably antagonize for the second timg. Although the majority of those who saw the frace at: Monmouth Park,think that Long horse of the two. yeb ot lack friends, Several bets have been made on McDaniels’s horse at the rate of W to 100, and if all goes well with his training these odds will be considerably. shot ened. Of one thing we are assured, namely, that Longfellow will not beat Harry Bassott so easily at Saratoga as he did at Long Bri The third race of the day is a purse for thre year-olds, with penalties for winners, one mile and a bulf, ‘There are three purses on the fourth day, bee ginning with « dash of a mile, Then comes @ selling race, one mile and a half, and this is fol« lowed by a dash of two miles for allages. Ail these races will be eutered for on the evening previous. ‘On the fifth day the first event Is ahurdle race, two miles, over eight hurdles. ‘The second Is a selling race for two-year-olds, and the thi the Sequel Stakes, for three-year-olds.’ are twenty-flve horse, entered (n_ this, Impossible at present to say what will start, The winner of the ‘Travers Stakes hus to carry a seven-pound penalty in this race, THE ALABAMA STAK ‘The sixth and last day of the meeting begiaa with the Alabama Stakes for filles, one mile and a furlong, with thirty entries, ‘The most likely runners are D. D. Withers’s brown lly Muni, D, MeDaniels's bay nont’s chestnut filly filly = Hider, A. b Woodbine, C. C.and R. H. Parks's Experie Oaks, and DJ. Crouse’s chestnut dilly Nulsanc All these (ilies run well previously nif the race will be an interesting one. T On) race Is a purse for all ages, three miles, and tha next a dash of a mile and & quarter, for beater horses, This will bring the ri ng to acl rom the above it will be seen that the coming ne ax good at ‘essors. There are plenty of horses, aud the k filling up rapidly. ——— _ SUNBEAMS, A Detroit woman, being struck by An irritable man, who was disappoint. ed In is boots, threatened to eat u> the s alsed by drinking a cobbler —A colored brother in Hillsboro, N. Cy wae turned out of his church for te —A small Georgian was petitioning for maker, bat on two othen when he was tue red, ** Ask “our daily bread previo terrupted by his younger broth for cake, Johnay ; —A return unk for cake 1 Austratian found the baby he left at home of five summers. One day he offended her, and shy fretfully excialuied, "I wish you 4 never married {nto our family." —Mr. Biliott, one of South Carolina’s col« ored Congressmen, Is about to select a boy of his own Anu Naval there will soup be" higit race to be a cadet imidshipinan ta the Academy, Consequently Jinks" in that institution, —The rising gene ation age rapidly im Detroit, A mature speciiuen, 8 years old, was hunting about the police station for a stray father the othct night, “You see," he remarked, with tillal exultar the guvber’s 4 Little wild yet, but he'll grow out Phey are preparing for the advent of a herd of insects in Stearns county, Min, The new first one has got along, and is deseribed by the St.( loud tas belng A grasshopper that mea th from the hvad to the end of thy hind lege, Alb & body as large as a sparrow —At Pocahontas, Ark,, a fortuigh a woman, While passing A house, was torn iu pice pack of dogs, A day or two after another pers attacked by (he same pack and narrowly excaped local paper says the proprietor has aiuce agreed to ved is said that Johann Strau iin | a t a ug his £ rn ‘ rence of The lu miracle was pore throw him twenty feet la the air and. lor ‘ ullto shreds, ‘The trai was stopped, ' 1 spectators went back to thud tt . —The followi cortifiea i y a Troy lawyer to at ant for sy: 1 y oflive for ten that daring ' of that Uiine his character for piety, ehastity, a esty was above reproach; and his example that from daly contact with bint . , pious and consistent member of the Chureli, w ful member of society COL, SPENCER IN PULL UNIFORM ived, He joked a warrior feree and Phan Meade he was erec In showy plume, ¥ al Way He lovked # mudera Hector The Colonel n 1, be Perk . Forovert + 1th to} He can’t De muc wt running! With moustac Madeye titeunely The Colonel, uniformed, appeared, While all looked on extolling the fearful test of fre Of military Moguls, Aud only felt the havoc dire Of ladies’ suiiies wud ugies e, and flowing beard, He felt all eyes were turne Hut stood the tuquiaition, And tike the tate ianieniter d Felt proud of hie positiod But, alr, to look @ milisaire, Tt'should not be forgtten. cheat should be expanded fair The wiyiach’s uot tae place for cotta. aseaeners! om