Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-01-15
The Mon who Shot at Queen
Victoria. !"

The M0n who Shot 0t Queen :,
Id y, Victoria. s.sI ~ !,
The British Medical Journal says: "Aiter
twenty.sevcn years Of confinement in Grim.
inal luuatic asylum, during which bis con-
duct has been exemplary, and no traces
have appeared Of mental alteration, Oxford,
the potboy, who shot ut her Majesty in st.
James Park, has been liberated. During,
this time many appeals have been made in
his behalf by influential persons who have
had the opportunity Of watching his de.
ineanor and gauging his character. His
own story has always been, and was SO con.
sistently from tho FIRST, that the pistol which
he fred was not loaded. 1t will be remem-
bcred that no bullet was ever found. He
attributes the criminal act which he has ex.
patiated by long immurement, and which,
under less murciful government, must have
cost his life, to inordinate vanity, fostered
bya variety Of trivial circumstances in bis
domestic lite and training on which We
need not dwell, and which led to senseless
desire to attain notoricty by SOM, means;
and this criminal and foolish impulse led
to his lamcntablc crime. He has occupied
his time in certain amount Of self education
of which the means have been granted to
him at Broadroom, and in the asylum in
which lie was formerly confined. and has
become tolerabc linguist. lie has also
taught himself, and practiccd 'graining,'
which he does sufficiently well to ,earna
living. lie has been mercifully released,
but has been very properly prohibited from
remaining in or visiting England.
Whether directly insane ut the time of
his offence, Or led by miserable love ofno.
toricty, it is very right that the person ofthe
Sovereign should be protected from the van.
ity Of man who, at however distant Q
period, could commit the cowardly outrage
Of which he was tho rcrpetrator"
WOngs Of the WOrkingwOmcn.
Ono day last week, starving girl caused
the arrest Of her employer for refusing to
pay her for making woolen pantaloons at
l6 cents pair, while he, being middle
man" received 60 cents for the. work, and
his wife kicked her out of doors because
she demanded what was her just due. Like
cases, but perhaps not SO Aagrant!y outra.
geous, are Of frequent occurrence. A cor.
respondent calls attention to the necessity Of
legislation to protect the workinswomen,
and says: ..., .Yp..
''Therc arc thousands Of industrious wo-
men in this city who have to work hard for
50 weck-less than enough to furnish the
bare ncccssarics Of lifs." "a class Of mid
die men and women" ouy correspondent
continues, "arc pcrsistcntly advertising in
this city for good operators on linen coats,
and they pay only from s TO IL cents each,
four coats being an average days work. A
visit to the. piece paid factories of this city
as they arc called, weuld move the heart Of
even the most stolid. There, crowded to.
gcther in ill-lghteS, badly ventilated rooms,
are hundreds Of these halfstarved, halfclad,
less than half-paid daughters of toll Al
though still young, the buoyancy Of youth
has departed from their spirits, and the
glow Of health from their checks Sorrow
and suffering have rlowed deep burrows in
their cOuntcnarces, and still they are forced
to tell though the brow be fevered and the
frame exhausted. This is when business is
good. When the market is full, and trade
dull the workingwou,en is the first to suffer,
for then comes reduction Of wages and loss Of
work, and tue poor girl, driven to despera.
ton, has but one acknowledgements or
life Of crimc. And yet in the midst Of all
this, the employers are growing immensely
rich. While the Society for the Prevention
OF cruelty to animals has secured the passage
Of just laws, and caused tho penalties to DO
visited upon the nhiman wretches that
willfully or carelessly inaict unnecessary pain
upon the helpless beast, who will interest
himselfin the prevention Of cruelty to wo-
men, and bring down just odium upon their
oppressors." The communication closes
with: ''The fellow who fred his store tho
other day in order to cheat the insurance
Companies out Of 500, 900 and is now under
arrest, never had $1,000 worth Of property
in his life but for years past he'd besn
practicing every kind Of imposition upon his
employees, and payed them in full only when
compelled by law. "--Ne,o lorI Tribune.
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Surviving an Execution.