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New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
IMPRISONMENT IN sTATION.HoUsEs.

IMPRISONMENT IN STATlON-HOtc SIS.
To he Editor Of hen. y Tribune
SIR; An ordinance which has been heretofore passed
legaIzing the commitment of prisoners arrested to
the cells of the various Houses to be there de-
taned has become the subject OF much ndscreet use
1t evident that the only proper use which could be
made of this ordinance, regards the commitment OF
prisoner would be the necessary detention of the prs
oner previous to his production before magistrate
at the earliest opportunity. 49,
As the practice, however unfortunately is prs-
oners are often detained for length of time in the
cells of the Station Houses and not brought before
magistrate until their csptOrs lind it convenient or
agreeable so to do.
An instance Of this kind occurred very recently, un-
der my own observation. prisoner arrested on sus-
picOn of arson was detained nearly whole night and
almost the whole OF the succeeding day in the Station
House here he first placed on his arrest, with
out bringing him before any magistrate for examina
ton Against this not the slightest room for sus
picion existed, and he was Immediately discharged
upon being brought before He had, however, the
disadvantage of having been improperly detained in
custody for nearly whole day. The prisoner Is thus
deprived Of his undOubted right to be heard before
magistrate at the earliest opportunity, and exposed
10 an underlined detention IN the cell oil station
House not calculated a healthy sojOurn for pris
oner beyond the mere necessity OF OBTAINING him for
the night if he is arrested at hour when no magls
trae is sitting.
Another inconvenience ari,ing from this practice s,
the insecurity of the person OF the prisoner IL Is but
few days since tnht Que Ol TWO
Station House fugitive from justice charged with
a murder in Philadelphia escaped. If the better
course of bringing this man before magistrate and
making an affidavit had been pursued be would have
been committed to the safe custody OF the Warden OF
the City Prison, and his escape thus prevented.
An escspe OF similar nature of a prisoner charged
with heavy oiense has occurred very recently, and
from the same cause-a prOlOnged\a \and unnecessary
detention in the cells Of a Station Hon Y.
On the arrest Of prisoner even if the evidence is
not complete be should, if q magistrate If sitting, be
brought before him. hen if just grounds for suspicion
exist lie can be committed for examination. The
right, of the prisoner thus preserved and the IN
terests OF the public guaranteed.
The present system has also the disadvantage OF
exposing party arrested suspicion TO the errors Of
uudgment arising from the want Of necessary ntor-
atsn in the persons controlling the various Station
Houses, and whose opinion as 10 the presumption OF
guilt or innocence the part of prisoner and the
pIoprety OF OBTAINING him for longer shorter time
before producing him before magistrate, is thus sub
sttuted in the place Of the tribunal provided by law.
d. W. CLARKE, Police Jsstice.
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The Hon. b. Hem, passed through this place Tues
day ing his way homelrom Congress. We uader-
stand that he attributes the defeat OF the bogus Dehocra
cy, in Iowa to large number Of extra TRIBvSEs in
by GreeleN-now this Greeley must he great 10 ex
ert such an influence Iowa. 10 va Observer l7th.
MIR. Hem has certainly fallen into error though a
very natural We sent Extra TRrBUsEs to Iowa
not cOpybut regular circulation in that State must
exceed 5000 copies and Mr. 81. meeting The TRIBUNE
everywhere in his political peregrnaOns, may very nat
urally though enormously, have concluded that we're
flooding the State with extra copies He will doubtless
find TRBUSrs just plentiful there next year. only
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,bou, il on those which are sufficiently dry is sure
protection against this famine producing scOurge
A tsw moments reelection will convince any man
thar this must prove az infble remedy, because we
know that there is always the same smoant OF water
in and shout the surface Of the earth In winter there
is more In the soil than in summer, while 10 summer
that which has been dried out OF the soil exists IN the
atmosphere being maintained In yapor! connuon oy
the heat resident among its particles. Wthout 'nn
heat il must muediaely contract and become iiq'ld
water; ard for this reason cold pitcher roos heat
from the vapOr Of SIMMER atmosphere ana causes u
20 be deposited in a liquid form. The cold earth, NJ
night. is thus suppleG with dew
ON the same principle Snesoisnef fresents dronth.
II opens the sKbS0ik for circulation OF AIR. ms
subsoil from its shaGed position. is always cool and
hence il takes heat from the moisture Of the ar per-
meatng it. Ii acts rae part of tbe cold pitcher. This
is the simple naturas reason for the whole acton and
anv farmer in the wcrd may understand H. But this
NAV be called b0ok farming SO will gire an example
OF It's yrGcfioai character.
YESTERDAY visited the farm of Prof Mapes. The
whole country about Newark wears peculiarly burnt
up appearance and the dust on the roads was deep,
even for New JERSEY. had previously asserted that
knew Mspess tarm to he exempt from the rsyages Of
drcuth and truly found NV prediction fully realized
Not single plant seemed suffering for want Of moist
ure and with their roots deeply located in the sub
soil they seemed fairly to snap their fingers at the
coudess sky and rather 10 rail at old Sol TOR trying
to interfere with their private affairs
One crop OF Corn deserves especial notice from It's
absolute maguhcence. Notwithstanding the fact that
il is growing the north western slope OF hill and
has not been visited by rain for weeks, yet t stands
sparenty regardless Of all untowaT circumstances;
and although from It's location and untsyorabe sea-
son. one would think forty bushels per acre a large
Weld il will. without doubt, be hundred
bushels per acre. Here is an instance where truly
scientific knowledge has rendered its possessor entire
" Independent Of the greatest drawback to ordinary
success and enabled him to raise good crops in bad
season.
Ii this is not practical farming. would ask some
follower OF the grandtathersysem TO tell us what is.
Let the deyotee OF National growth ask himself
which will produce the greatest benefit to the country.
doubling our commerce inducing every farmer to
use the subsoil plcw and draining tile.
GEORGE T.. WARRlNG, JR.
Nor Yerk dsg -, 1884
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IOWA.-(OEciai.J
Total "a Co.'S lO,73s 1884 s,sli o,e5q 10

THE GENERAL REsULT.-An Anti-Nebraska Legsla-
ture James W. Grimes, Republican, Governor Con-
eressmen, Rufus l.. b. Clarke and james Thorngton,
(both AntNebraska); Secretary of State George w.
McClcary (Anii-Nebrsska DEM The Wings had no
candidate Treasurer Martin l.. Morris Dem. who did
not commit himself the Nebraska question:. The
Wings had candidate Auditor of State, A. Jackson
Stephens Nhig stands the best chance is reported
although ]. L. Sharp (Dem who did commit hi nself
in favor Of either Nebraska Dodge or Douglas, made
good and may possibly be elected. Attorney Genera
David C. Cloud (AntNebrasba DEM is probably elect
Cd AZ to the Congressional result in the lst District,
The Mount Pleasant Obserrer of the nth says:
$50 far as heard, from, Clarkes majority over Hall is
67; the Counties yet to hear from gave Pierce
Counties heard FROM 30 that he can hardly fail to be
elected"
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Geo NJ Perry, New-York; Samuel SAarpstein Perry,
Geo NJ Baker Williamsbursh, and Harvey Holden
Mclean.
The place of meeting for next year was fixed at
Ouca. Preacher Of the Occasional Sermon, the Rev.
W.. X G Mellen. Of Auburn. The Rev. J. A. Aspinwail
was elected Standing Clerk Of the Convention. Ser
mons have been preached by the Reys J. w. Bailey
i. {. Brown, W. s. Bslch. Dophus skinner and T. j.
SAWYER The meetings were very large, although the
weather here il Oppressiye ely dry and bOt
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correspondent suggests that the plah used to arrest
coparatons in the pine forests Bayonne France,
might be advanageousy applied in this country at pres
en 1t is simply TO build another fire at sufficient dis
taDce from the first the consequence is that current Of
air rises between the two flames and the wind is made to
blow from both sides toward the center thus the two fires
rush toward each ether and to spread outward BY
this means, only the woods between are destroyed.
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llSIERS.

To ne Editor Of The " y. Tibsse
SIR To help enlighten The Post on the compara-
tive profit of raising pigs and cultivstng osers in
this country YOU can state this fact Ariend of mine,
native of New Hampshire, residing in Boone
County Ky has several devoted to the cultiya
tioa of osers the land being of little value for any
other purpose. The business is carried on by few
families OF Germans on shares" aud the proprietor
told me- last sumner that his share of the annual
profits was over two hundred dollars per acre
don't know how many pigs" an acre will produce,
but they must be plenty small potatoes to do better
than this ID. T..
A., -
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Eiphalet Case, Esq., formerly postmaster of Lowell is
of the Democratic candidates for Senator in the Rising
Sun district Indiana where be advocates the Nebraska
bill and opposes Prohbltory Liquor law in his speeches
before the people. Boston Post.
Perhaps the fact that Mr.. Case is or at least very
recently ~as deeply interested in large whisky dist-
Iery may for the milk in that cocoa-nu lie goes
for whisky because he makes it, and for because
one iniquity naturally props itself up by another.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-26
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
WOODRIrRY Conn Tues,

WOODBURY., Conn, Tuesday, Aug. %, 1854.
Although the Maine Law has been in operation but
three weeks, can evident signs of reform.
Men who have not been home to their families from
the village sober il years actually go home in up
right position, sober they came. Our town contains
something 2C0O inbabtants have had some 10 or
l2 runs hops, and where you would cOngre
gated all times ofthe day now left desolae. The De-
mocracy thinking it would be favorable time for them
to make capital out Of the present law by making
odi0us as possible had town meeting warned, and
offered RI solution TO appropriate 81 cents for the
purchase of liquors. which passed without dissenting
vote; they came prepared for hard struggle, and
went home feeling cheap enough, III assure you.
Public sentiment in favor Of the law is fast gaining
ground; if vote were taken to-day there would be
two 10 ose in favor of the Maine Law. A. B.
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THE SECOND KANSAS PARTY.-The second party from
Boston leave Tuesday Afternoon via Buffalo, Lake Erie
Detroit Chicago Alton and st. Louis Fare to Kansas
CITY, s25; meals extra; 100 lbs. baggage allowed.
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the Gve-long day. And many poor drunkard's wife
has wept tears Of Joy the benefit already expe
neDced in her own household. II will be said that
there is as much drinking in Connecticut: but
we who are here know that it is not So We see men
now going day,to their work who used daly to be
drunk and do nothing Persons FROM all parts Of the
country tell us the same story. The law works well
C.P.B
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MURDERER

EXECUTION OF MURDERER.
HARRisBURGB, Friday, Aug e5, 1884.
corrt,snd Charles johnson was hung in the Jail yard
-, o'clock to-day. for murder
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Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
NAaur.t H.

NORwALK Thursday, Aug. "a. 1854.
Among the many strODghOlds of Rum in Connect
cut where hostility to the Maine Law was appre.
heDded, NoruaK doubtless stood f)remost: but not.
wihstandng the boasts and threats of the iquordea
Gs before its passage. they seem now as demureIy
yielding as the topper who stripped himself to Jump a
stream and found he had, after tremendous effort to
land the other side, been only leaping streak Of
m0Onshne. The truth is the natve.bOrn liquordeal-
ers OF Connecticut old rats, and Whatever may
have been their determination to resist or evade the
law before its passage, since it has become law they
look upon it trap Lee too liable to be sprung
upon them, and ete too liable to retain them after
they are captured. Indeed. we believe there are but
tt~ uhO hare any desire to the traffic; for the
general expression Of the ex-sellers and drinkers
(tb0ueh, by-be-way there are but few drinkers now
among those who procured their liquor BY the glass;
is that the law is good and works well: and the
propretors of these old haunts Of vice after having
tumbled out their hogsheadc, barrels demijohns and
other rubbish, scrpbbed their guilty floors and whened
their walls, vieng with their neghbors in the
pursuit Of oudable and useful business. The over
grown rowdyism which has heretofore been rife in
that portion Of our village known the Bridge now
sleeps with its original element Rum We do MT be-
leye that the law could be repealed if it left
trely 10 the voice Of the venders and drinkers Of
NOrnaik, m0rktd and salutary has it proved, even
in the few days it has been in operation.
PEACE AND PLENTY.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-26
Correspondence OF III, N. Y. Tribune.

NORWICH, Wednesday. Aug. 90. 1854.
The effects Of our Maine Law are so universal and
so sautary that its enthusiastic friends
surprised The story which ia told by these results ia
straightforward and tremendous Our qui, t streets
our Peaceiul mdnights our Sundays unprofaDed, the
rennon of our once dismembered families our watch
and our county houses growing tenantless our work.
ing men keeping sober and our nabobs getting
bleached the clear eye, the steady step these and
similar to these are the audible voices which now
chime IN and thunder forth nvincible arguments in
favor OF an enactment concerning the feasibility whose
execution there has hitherto been some honest and
much pretended doubt.
Since the Ist Of August / have passed through the
dieren counties of this State east Of the Connecticut
RIVER and am prepared to say from my own personal
observation, that nowhere is the Maine Law mere
abstTaction-a chmera; but that in every township of
this entire region it is breathing faet-a triumph!
express the sentiment of the when / affirm
that il ,eM he enecuted MT
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comes MS. If they mean tb,,.a. =
selves, and rally under fhe han, ~ aoolitioniz.
olngs and Sumner, we hencefos.. 81 Greeley ~
u al connection or association v;. our
Inem TO say whether We shall mar. 'n Them. lfSs%
10 eacn other as strangers and alien mpany and
The Petersburg Intelligence, !Whis J.
nounced the Wings of the free stotas has also a,
from them forever. 'es' and cut L'
On Tuesday last Southern p;.,.
held at Norfolk Va OF which srron, ,ts meeting ",
adopted, and the President comnm RESOLUTIONS ps
mended for his promptness and eno.s ea and Con-.
the fugitiye-slaye law F. Mallory F - IN enfO ,
man of the meeting, explained its - 10y, the Chi
clared his own readiness to cast off ~ se@ and d.
party whenever such step became nao No. uanneA
defence OF Southern rights and homo, >9Say b&
voted for President Pierce-wa, - lie had ps
stood among the foremost to endorse h' tut
to carry out theProvisions of Just and as. se
The Wing papers of North Carol;n. U'aOels.
gagged, in the face of all these fact, - Slata
ceaing as faras they can the conduct Of ill.,: Coz.
ern allies, or in apologizing for them and ef NORTH
oring to show that President Pierce and .n0 eAder
them Democrats sympathize with Frea.a' ~e A'r'
Abolitionists! Party before country ;s ~ aid
And so of Gen. Dockery, the Federal oo.s I a't0
candidate for Governor. He is "w,it;n1 s'AaatOu
how far Greeley, and Wade, and Sumnsr Ss'
ard will proceed with the torch which H. auu Sew
wing to apply to the temple of the UD;on, %e Sht
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man in the country would get his share of the pub
lie lands and that too at once and In his pocket
Mr. Bragg eanyasscd most of the leading principles
of the great Democratic party, and IN such 3 man-
nor as 70 create lslay in the hearts of the w higs
while the Democrats were encouraged and made
strong in their patriotic faith. Mr. Bragg as become
the standard bearer of great parry demeaned MN
self with that kindness, atfabity and courtesy 70
all which speaks the real gentleman, while from COM
nar;son the old General will suffer not little
In conclusions the General lost his temper, ana
introduced scene not in the bills; ne made use OF
language and department at once unbecomlng gen
tcman and the representative of party that claims
all the decency" In contrast with this Mr.. Bragg
merely remarked that his respect for himself, tor
his frends-his respect for his party, which ne now
represented made it impossible for him to stoop to
retaliate even if he wished to do so, which he did
not. Such course might suit Gen. Dockery, but
it would not suit him. Mr. Braggs department was
much approved by his friends and such as to COM
mand the respect of his political opponents, while on
the other hand the Generals friends did not endorse
his behaviour The fact is Mr.. Editor, Gen. Dockery
cannot contend with such a man as Thomas Bragg
without getting the worst of it in every particular
Mr. Bragg has made good many friends by coming
to Irede which the result of the election in August
will show; while the General, 1 think, has rather
made a bad cause worse. have not conVersed with
a single Wing of intelligence who does not seem dis
appointed, and manifest less interest than one would
suppose in the election of their party candidate In
fact l have heard some of them say the Convention
made a fatal error in the nomination. The Demo-
Gratis are we'll pleased with their candidate and are
united and ready for the contest; they to a man will
do their duty. l understand from reliable source
Clingman's District will give Bragg majority. 1t is
fly believed here that Braggs majority in the State
will fall far short of ten thousand So mote 1t
be. IREDELL.
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THE MAD STONE. We were shown yesterday one
of those curious natural poison-extractors known
the mad stone, of which there are several that we
have heard of in different parts of Eastern Virginia.
That which was shown US is in the possession of Mr..
Oliver who resides upon Halifax street in this city,
and we informed that he has several certificates
of in which it has been successfully used for
the bite ofthe mad dog 1t is rectangular in shape,
with parallel sides, and polished surfaces traversed
by dark grey and brown streaks, and about size
larger than half Tonqua bean, except that it is not
thick. Upon being applied to the wound of
the patient it extracts the virus which it is said
may be distinctly in the water into which it is
repeatedly dipped during the operation Most of
our elderly readers in this part of the State
doubt familiar with the tales of effected by
this wonderful stone. The speaking of
possesses high reputation for its efficacy in hy
drophobia, substantated by testimony. However
marvellous may seem surch power in so simple
substance, yett is not so than many other mys-
teries of nature, and do not see why incredibly
should not bow to the recognition of it as anti
dote against one of the most appalling and deadly
diseases by which the human frame can be racxed.
AT all events its reputed virture is susceptible of be-
ing easily and fully tested should unfortunate
ly arise requiring resort to it, which sincerely
pray may never be. We think that confer
public benefit by making known the fact that there
is such stone in this city, which we learn has been
known to act as sovereign remedy for the bite of
a mad dog in repeated instances
Petersburg Intelligencer.
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FACTS IN HUMAN LIFE. The number oflanguages
spoken in the world amounts to 9,064-5S7 in Eu-
rope, s96 in ASIA 276 in Africa and 1864 in Amer-
The inhabitants Of the globe profess more than
1000 different religions The number of is
about equal to the number of women. The avarage
of human life is about % years. One-quarter die
previous to the age Off years half before reach
ing II and those who pass this age enjoy facility
refused to one half the human species To every
1000 persons only reach 100 years of life; to
every 100 only six reaches the age of Sc; and not
more than one in 500 lives to eighty years of age.
There earth 900, O00 900 inhabitants and of
these 333, die every year, 81 1874 every day;
$3.50 every hour and sixty every minute one
every second. These losses are about balanced by
equal number of births. The married are longer
lived than the single, and above all, those who OBJ
sober and industrious conduct. Tall men
live longer than short ones. Women have more
chances of life in their favor previous to being 80
years of age, than men have but fewer afterwards.
The number of marriages is in proportion of "a to
every 1000 individuals. Marriages more fire.
quent after the equnoxes that is during the months
of June and December. Those born in the spring
are generally more robust than others. Births and
deaths generally frequent by night than by
day. The numl er of men capable of bearing arms
is calculated at one-fourth of the population.
English Reoietc.
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VANITY AND SELF ESTEEM. We are quite toe, apt
to confound vanity with sefesteem. The former is
always weakness, though sometimes an ainiable
The latter is frequently significant of strength,
though the exhibition is quite too often at the ex-
pense of its neighbors. Vanity may be likened to
the snooth-skinned and velYetfoeted mouse, nibbl-
ing about forever in expectation cf cruuib; while
sefesteem is too apt to take the likeness of huge
butchers dog, who carries off yoursteaks and growls
at you as he goes. - Eaeria
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OWNING ONES SELF. The Massachusetts, Free
soilers the other day, resolved that man has
a right to himself and therefore no man can own
another man. "
There is about as much logic and reason in this
proposition, as in the preamble of the Declaration of
Independence that all men born free and equal
Abstractly, doubt both right but practically,
nothing be further from the TRUTH every days
observation demonstrate.
EVERY man belongs to himself Not So We
all owned by somebody or something. Does the
hard listed laborer who tolls from morn till night
for the bread which supports himself and little
docs he own himself! His mind, indeed, is his
own, but his body is not. Mentally he is his own
proprietor but physically he is held to labor 1t
ordained that he should be so held, by a higher
law than any of mere human enactment; and we
believe it is now the common judgment of mankind
that to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow,
as his Maker ordained, is a blessing-not curse.
mo own another man. " Let
The capitalist who gives employment to the laborer,
his head. He is the slave of some other capitalist
His work is not of the kind that harens the Frame
nor infuses new vigor into his physical system He
deals in cares and anxieties, of sort whereof his
humble subordinate is ignorant. If the brcklayer,
the mason, the carpenter and the shoemaker,
worked hard in body, the men who employ them are
worked as hard nay, if the truth were known
much harder, in mind. The owners of the employer
may be found among the banks of Wall street, when
discounts fail, when notes fall due. Banks and
Bank Presidents have their owners too, in some
shape other. In short, it is utterly impossible to
discover think of anybody anything in this
world, that has not an owner, or owners, of some
kind. N. Y E1press.