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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
HESTER VAUGHN.

The case of the poor English girl under SEN
tencc of death in Philadelphia, in whose Oehaii
a meeting was held at the Cooper Institute on
Tuesday night has some features of romance
sucb IA one rarely finds in the columns OF a
daily newspaper. She is described as pretty,
nnocent-looking, and respectable young woman
of twenty three, who came to this country with
a brute whom she thought her husband,
but was soon deserted, for he had an
other wife. In her friendlcss state, she
fell q victim TO the violence of another villain,
whose name, though its disclosure might have
saved her life, she has steadily refused TO tell.
He il now married; and "noting will ever
"induce me- said Hester, " TO send terror ana
disgrace into the heart of an innocent ana
"trusting woman" In wretchod room In
PHILADELPHIA. while she was inscnsible
from physical pain and mental misery,
her chlld was born. She remained for
some DAYS without assistance. When she
was found 10y neiglbOr and brought
to her senses, the child was dead, with slight
indentation of the skull, which might have
been caused by the pressure of finger. She
was arraigued for infanticde. Having no
friends and no money, and being as ignorant
Of the law "a n child sho was so poorly de-
Tended that the trial almost went by default.
The jury believed her guilty the public mind
was excited about infanticide. and the judge
sentence her 10 death. She lies now in the
hoyamenslng jar. awaiting her fate, while
aifectionatc relatives in Ensi-.--i.- Ignorant OF
these terrible chapters of her history, are
writing her to come home, and her chief anxiety
il TO keep from them the knowledge OF her
suiierings.
A number of kind-heaIted ladies and other
persons, satisfied that the girl is not guilty. that
tho child IVES either suilocated or accidentally
wounded while she was totally unconscious, and
That if she had been properly defended in
Court her innocence would have been made clear,
have made great excriions 10 procure for her
free pardon from the Governor of Pennsylvania.
and TIE meeting on Tuesday night proved that
u great many people warmly sympatni6d with
them in the undertaking. great deal was
said at tho meeting which might better have
been reserved formore appropriate occasions, and
tho subject of the evening was frequently lost
sight of in side discussions on suffrage, woman's
rights, and kindred TOPICS with which Hester
Vaughn has only the Temotest possible con-
nection; still, We think that facts enough were
stated to convince the most skeptieal that this
is clear case for the Governors interference
We disapprove of hanging anybody; we dis
approve especially Of hanging women but we
urge the pardon Of Hester Vaughn not because
she is a woman, nor because capital punish
ment is wrong, but because we believe, and
those who have had opportunities of judging
believe, that she is morally innocent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
Snustmtnts, &t.


BRoApwAY TnEArER - This Eyoping, "a, at ne So
oirsud as il WsS"" Connecticut COutsAP" MI ana ~ ''"'
Williams NH
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Ing Fourceuthi adjoining Acseny OF MUSE Hrs Nissirels
ia Samuamhfa the Midnight Grecian'benle| DiJ"N'
De sofia. Wonderful Tenor -
DODwoRrm HALL-Ths Evening. 49, Shakespeare
Readings Prof Raymond q -,
FIFTu-AvE. ART GALLERY, corner OF -FOUR
,..n-Eyer Day Monday Evening t1hiet
T6Snpsons Home Swse, Home aud The o OaAea b-cN
LYRIC Hall No. 723 SiXth-avc.--Ihis Evening at
s-Lrcturt street Life Ia Europe" Nen-vH inO'P"
MINER g. BARKER's ART GALLERY, No: SO Broad
vsr-Ths Day and Eyenne-" ksmeTaida'' = 'ale''"
N,ToNu ACADEMY OF DFsIGN. cor. Twenty-third.
st and Feurha'e-Dy anu h'cA"b 'NN''- ''~'
Choice Paintings
Nrw-YORK Circus. Fourtecnth-St.-Ihis Afternoon
a. IL ard Ryearg Cinderella Display o. Athletic skill Nell
Vile Roland Suckuey, ETC.
NRw-YoRK TnEATEP-This Evening at s." The
School Tor Scandal" Mrs SoottSilloul
NmO's GARDEN.-This Evening at s." After
DARK, or, London BY Night
OLYMPIC TIEATER-This Evening at s." Humpty
Dumyty' G. L. FoE Mile sangal.
Puu's OPERA HOUSE.-This Evening at S.-"I'arbe
"Lesehen uni Frtschen" Nile De Rosa Nile ifm'
Toaee
PUTNAMS Art GAIIERY.-ThsD Day and Evening
Exhibition Of BieTstsdts Vesayius'
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRFIS. No. 5Sj Broadway
Tl Byeue-Opera Bonfr" Barber Brown or the Pacac Sp
THEATRE FRANCAIs-This Evening at 14-"0ehe-
We've &c BrsiauL" Mile Marie Dgsc.tuzas VI Gabe' &C.
WAIIAcKs THEATER-Ths Evening at g." INC
Lancashire Lass MI J. w. Walock
WoOp's MUSEUM And METBOPOIUAN lHEAA' ~ H.,
Brosdwav aud riethst-Tbs Afternoon at a. tls Wheel"
Throughout tue Oar-The EingeT and FOOT 'oh'i''"'
Meusgcre oi Living Wild Animals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

"Could President johnson employ the short remnant
OF lis term OF ONCE In any better way han IN getting rid
or bued Into appOintingl Even II he were only TO
move Mr. Perry Fuller he would accomplish something
for which the country would be more grateful than Le
magnes. There good many Others VINO arc fair
subjects for similar discipline but u perhaps. too
much to expect that tho President VIII do very much Ia
that way Just now"
We take the above from The ~ z. Times,
and print it with feeling Of regret. Presi-
dent Johnson has earned the gratitude Of al
fair men by the fidelity with which he an
swered the obligations imposed upon him by
tho Impeachment trial. We doubt if seven
Senators ever were more thoroughly dehged
with patronage than the gentlemen who voted
for his acquittal. The handsome manner in
which Nh Eyarts was placed in the Cabinet,
the compliment paid to Mr. Stanbery, the
honOrs shOwcred upon every one OF the coun-
sci excepting the unfortunate Mr.. Nelson.
indicate depth of gratitude in the heart
of President johnson which, it seems.
will never find its full expression.
Now Mr. Perry Fuller was appointed in
payment of one Of these debts. Mr.. Fuller
sympathized with The Times on Impeachment
assisted that paper in accomplishing its defeat.
and was duly sent as Collector to New Orleans.
For The Times to assail Mr.. Fuller is migrate.
full: and 10 Insist that President johnson shall
remove him is to advocate peridy. We trust
the President will listen to none OF these in-
sidious suggestions. Let him stand by his
friends no matter how much they steal, and
future ages will give him the credit. at least
of not being ungratefnl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
OLE cHARTER ELECTYoM.

Republicans at q distance may well be SUP
prised at the meager vote polled by our
friends mt tho recent Municipal Election, and
an explanation is due TO them which shall
be given with entire unrcserve.
The Republicans of this City ought to have
beaten the corrupt "Ring" which now mis-
rules anL plumbers our City, and might surely
have done so. They had only to say to
the anu-Tammany Democrats, Nominate
"your best men-such as Smith Ely for
Mayor-and wo will support them heartily
and the nominations would have been made.
and VIC could have elected them. If we were
capable of regarding this matter in purely
partisan aspect, it would, even then, have been
more advantageous to us to choose anti
Tammany Democrats to the principal offices
than TO elect Republicans through split in
the ranks of our adyersaries.
Yet straight Republican nomination was
made. and the anti-Tammany Democrats virtu-
ally driven from the field. 1t was made in tho
interest of Tammany Hall, engineered by men
who make money out Of the favor of Tweed,
Oakley Hall Il Co.--mado under the inspire-
ton and for the benefit OF "the Ring.r The
candidates were good and true mon; but the
secret Influence that made them candidate
was neither good nor true. And, VII, ,hov
mad been put in nomination. and tho anti.
"Rlna" Democrats forced on tho course all
interest in them virtually ceased. Nobody
imagined that they had a chance nobody seri-
ously tiled to 0iro them chance. They had
served tho pmr9aso OF making oakey's and
Richards calling and election sure, and
that suiliced No City and scarcely a
Ward Meeting was called in their behalf |;
nothing was done as it would have been had
they been nominated in earnest The result is
their scandalous defeat, with poll for them
of but 10000 of the $4,000 Republican votes
that our City can give. Thus we have lost
valuable School Officers who, had the field
been cordially conceded to the anti-Tammany
Democrats, would surely have been re-
elected-School Officers whom the City can
i'll afford to lose.
Such is the state of the Republican organi-
Zation here that we expect to SEQ this game in
substance played over and again. The players
;r;,, by it, while tho Republican cause and tho
country surrci. We can only Indicate that wo
lool, on with feelings Of impationce and dis
gust.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
ANOTHER WAY.

To the Edtfor OF The ~ L. Times.
The Rebellion was a" biz job" as Nr LiDcon said TO
put down The resumption OF specie payments Is likely
to DC quito big joband perhaps will take longer to
achieve than the suppression Of the Rebellion But pre-
limlnary steps toward resumption cannot DO made too
What thoee steps should DO will exercise the best
session.
would suggest not unworthy OF consideration the
following measures:
!. Let nickel currency be authorized OF ton fifteen,
twenty aud twenty-five cent pieces These would super
sede the miserable fractional paper trash, OF which
much Ia counterfeit.
O. Let Congress authorize tho payment OF III bills IN
specie aud after the ith OF July next and OF o. bills
aud after the lat Of January, 1870; aud oi Is bills
and after the 4th Of July. 1870.
This would supply by that time the smaller channels Of
circulation and pave tho 10 general resumption.
Retestablish the sinking fnnd unwsely dsregardcd
by Mr. Chase This would have tendency to appreciate
the national credit Adopt constitutional amendment.
making the sinking fund inviolable j.. Is.
Camden, n. j., Nov. 80, 1868
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

ton and the returns show this near CORE.
spondcnce. But in 1868 VIC find q sudden in
crease of twenty-five thousand votes (nearly
one-foulth as much as the whole vote the
year befOre) above and beyond tho natural
ratio, for which no possible explanation can DO
given save fraud Again, we are able to
find q like ratio of increase in the
votes of the respective parties, modified
in like manner by the spirit of the can
vass and other circumstances Of the time
perfectly known to all. When neither
Congressional nor Presidential elections were
pending the vote naturally fell off; but in
each alternate year. down to 1867, it approx
mated to the figures indicated by these calcu.
atiOns. in 1868 the vote of the Republican
party in this city was near enough the figures
thus obtained (the variation being about 2,OO0
TO warrant belief in its substantial fairness,
the Democratic rote SWelIed trenty-tkree thou.
sand ADORE them! Thus the very tables OF
returns not only demonstrate the fraud but
palpably put finger upon its perpetrators.
Congress is likely to appoint Committee Of
Investigation, with powers at the thought Of
which the conspirators already tremble. In
advance of the Committees coming, good citi-
zens in every county should unite in collatixg
facts that will abridge its lasors, and furnish
the results to tho Union League Club in this
city. Thus aided, the Committee will soon be
able to make q report which shall serve not
only as a basis for Congressional action. but as
q guide to United States Grand Jurics in crimi.
nal indictments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
POLITICAL LITMUS PAPER.

In n recent noted will-case, science was sue
cessfully invoked to prove the fraudulent char
acter of a forged cOdicil, although the sigma
ture was so absolutely perfect as to defy detec-
ton by any of the ordinary methods. We ask
attention to a similar scientific exposure of
consummate fraud printed in another column
this morning. The returns Of the Presidential
election in New-York. protected by all the
guards with which the conspiTat0rs have
sought to screen their work, have bees
officially certified as emb0dyn~ tho L.
gally expressed will =, the people. But
now comes IN the science of comparative sta
tiStlcs-the political Litmus paper that re-
solveS the acids and the alkalies hidden
beneath the common cover of tho official
certificates. At the touch of its tests-the
accuracy of whose indications the experience
of many years can be summoned TO sustain
the carefully hidden and officially concealed
crime stands revealed In all its glaring colOrs.
What proportion of the vote was genuine,
what was fraudulent, and to which side the
fraudulent vote was given, these scientific
tests show, as clearly rs tho experts showed
the point where the genuine will ended and
the forgery began
1t is pleasant thought that Nature abhors n
fraud as much as n vacuum, and that such a
fraud as the one lately perpetrated upon tho
people in the election in this State she refuses
to conceal. Thevery official returns on which
its perpetrators rely for protection become the
instruments for disclosing and demonstrating
their guilt. '-
Since 1910, il is found that the vote OF this
city has shown q certain fixed annual percent
age OF increase. Taking the vote OF 1910 as 4
basis, tho vote of any subsequent election can
thus be- computed with striking accuracy. The
actual returns indeed vary. being sometimes
slightly aboyc sometimes below tho results
thus attained, but the variations arc always
traceablo to some MISUNDERSTOOD Temporal
ry or local cause, and are always ca
pablo of perfectly clear explanation.
Year by year, from 1910 to 1867, tho calcula-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
RESUlfPTION-WHICH is THE WIPf
TO me EditOr OF INC nV'Fu'
DEAR IN your paper OF the Z5th lust. Ind an ar
fsle from which ouOfo tho following.

DEAR srR In your paper of the esth nst and an ar
te!e from which quote tho following;
A.,s% 20 s,sss tate. lat sSsor MG,to' ,oon
date rsrm,n ,sabatk' u ,hs poou " TIE Hv,Tswr bad.
i Sa,,or apor G sabsc, {. sor.geuas. r,clor Essi
TStp , sss 'ea ,.', q. , ss ,,t H. ,
70 propose snd e,,S - hai dssrst ne wssas
sued Surrender prnep n, .ass,. M party
In the FIRST place. do not intend ,.troducc a bill
directing the Immediate payment in greenbacKs %
portion of the FiveTwony bonds which has been Issued
for Ave year," and have said did, TO Secretary
McCuoeh nor anybody else.
In the next place, did not, during the canvas. re-
cant what said in the Senate in regard TO tho paw '
OF the FiveTwentes in erecnbHcks No speech b. ne TO
that effect has been made. What urge airing the can
vass was tba, tho first duty ~ .he Government was to
return TO specie payments anew. wnrn ,
bonds | = her urged that the Government had 10
sht to new sg.te 81 s nSG ans Angling that such
- could not be made 10 sustain tne sano m ,bo
ting notes. and that tnc tatireir 49,. w. fi
rhese propositions were fully stated In my speech n
right of thr Oovcfnmont to uss The cJiag lgatcuder
In tho pay mont Of the bonds, also atgaod ~ va
rOus times during the that whatever might be
the Law on the subject the Government could not pay
tine bonds any considerable portion OF them In com.
While the currency remained dcpreolacd aud that the
improvement OF the cnIpney, by bringing u up 10 par
necessary condition precedent to Tho payment OF
the bonds Ia gold: at II tho Government could not pro
cure gold enough to redeem $365Oo ~ OF pzaltender
notes II was folly 10 talk 49, avnV the bonds IN gOl
NAT The question OF H. mot, ~ yoy,n Tho bona. viii
become oply by the continuance OF deprsved
enrrSoy without taking steps 10 improve H. that 70 take
Do surplus gold In tho Treasury and apply u to the pur
chase OF bonds ia the market which viii not fall due for
IL years. would not bo paying the bonds but shaving
them. aud would be an improper uso OF tho means by
which tho paper OF the Government oyordu0 and dsho.
Ored, should bc redeemed.
These positions not inconsistent with anything
said IN the Senate. am, very respectfully yours.
D. L. MoRIoS.
H1sLtu0L1a. ID o. Nov
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

Sooner than was anticipated, the resignation
of the Tory Ministry follows the close OF the
elections Only yesterday we announced the
result of the last elections, and to-day We have
the news of Mr.. Disraeli Offering his resgna-
ton and publishing an address in .yindieaticn
of this step. He reviews the resolves of tho
late House of Commons in favor of the
disestablishment of the Irish Church The
Ministry felt confident that tho country
would not support Mr.. Gladstone's plan, aud
thoy therefore made IN appeal from Parlia-
meDt to the people. The elections just COM
pleted have convinced them that they were mis-
taken, and that they have not the confidence
Of the new Parliament. They prefer, therefore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
cIVFET and STRONG.

The Ercpiro Post. we note with pleasant sur
prise. comics from The London Herald an account
of honors paid in Russia to a nobeman lately
deceased, who had done much to promote the
production of Beet Sugar in his own country
The account says:
"Twentydye year, ago. according 20 The Odessa Mes.
senger the annual consumption of sugar ~ INC mi
was only two millions ana h1if OF poouS' "t Ar
small proportion OF this was or native man
the present moment, the Government OF hle @i ~; nj
duces annually upward OF three millions. &c prnnoT
suga. rs considerably reduced; importation na2 piod n
tiCuately diminished, Wlue inc qs'h'tSy n,asryI,,
smiled has moro than doubled ITSELF fofmeIy,
it was necessary to get factory IllectVIs n,
siperutcndtnts from Other countries VINO %eIo OIL
Induced 20 sell their services by the offer % g pay a
the choice OF whom not iu all cases appy oho'
present, the Sulaa school furnishes al hus5i" 49,
wellinstruced aud Intelligent managers WY tbe
been brought up and formed under tbo eye oI INC nc
Count himself Then me peasants Nelo 49, unot ali
want, and WAGES were extremely low NV 49, ~,
the millions that used 10 be sp,n1t on iJtvs
sugar remain IN the country, and CROWDS OF "oIhus'
1ocY from distant governments TO work ~ the pauta
lions during the Summer, while in Winter they ma io
muneratiyo employment In the factories.'
Here we find it proclaimed that the natu-
ralization of Beet Sugar in Russia has resulted
in a largely increased consumption Oh tnls
universal luxury, while its price has Oeen
considerably reduced with more and steadlef
employmcnt and increased wages Tor the
Laboring Class. Nay, more: the millions
"that used to DO spent on foreign sugar
"remain in tho country (Which is good tol
the country, but bad for tho political economy
of THE Erening Post. That must have Deen
strange oversight which allowed sucn Vu'h'
to creep into its columns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

The drama, at least in Russia, seems TO have
reached that point Of absolute feminine nudity
which for some time, even in this country, we
have been apprehending. few years since, Q
Frenchman painted the old story of " King
Caudaules' out of Hero,.otus, calling from
her Greek grave the disrobed queen 10 enlivea
large quantity of medieval furniture end to
be peeped at by the prototype of Tom Of Gov
entry. Our readers, or some of them, will re-
member photograph of this picture in our
print-shop windows. One result of this work
of art is that they have put the story upon the
stage in st. Petersburg in the shape of bal
let Russia is rather cold country for fig
leaf costume, but we suppose the stage was
well warmed Now, where is the dramatss
who will get up Lady Godiva' for the New
York play gOers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

The late Fenian demonstrations In Ireland
must have convinced The Government and the
people of England that Fenianism is far from
being dead but that, in spite Of all tho harsh
and cOercive measures which have been adopted
for its suppression, it strikes deeper and deeper
root in the country. One of the most signif-
cant proofs of the steady growth of Fonianism
is the election of Mr.. Sullivan, who recently,
for alleged sympathy with Fenianism, was
struck from the commission Of peace, as Mayor
Of Cork, the third largest city of Ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

The strike Of the printers In Paris l. n sug-
gestive event. The printegs form large and
powerful element of ;he working classes, and
in all revolutions nave been the most intelH-
gent and progressive. TO throw a body Of men
generally so much more gifted than others of
their class out Of work at a season when labor
is peculiarly necessary, would have the effect of
throwing upon Paris dangerous and disturb
ing element. When the students and the print
ers arc in state Of feTment, the Government
should take heed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03
Comments by The Tribune.

We welcome every suggestion that honestly
looks toward "a speedy and solid Resumption.
And we concur entirely in The Posts remark
that the direct road to Resumption lies through
the appreciation Of our National Credit To
this end, we would curtai Expenditure to the
utmost, while increasing tho Revenue by every
means consistent with the maintenance Of an
active aud prosperous National Industry, and
applying every dime that could be spared to
the purchase and destruction Of National bonds.
Were One Hundred Millions of the existing bonds
bought up and burned, We should thereby be
carried long way toward Specie Payment;
were even half that amount 30 treated, we
should be much nearer the point than we now
are. A hungry market for bonds at fair prices
is the first decisive step toward Re-
sumption. To that end, large amount Of
coin in the Treasury is not essential; what we
need is to DO able TO place an American Con-
sol in large amounts at n premium; if we
could do that, we might safely resume to-day
though we had not half the present amount of
coin in the Treasury. Without it, we may
double our present Gold reserve, and still be
far from Resumption. For the Gold is linz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

Readers who have carefully followed the
successive steps in the litigation of the Erie
Railroad Company, and have fully compre-
hepded all the orders and injunctions and writs
and other proceedings, and who are still of
sound mind, may next proceed to study the
proceedings at Binghamton on the day when
Mfr. James Fisk, IT,, alarmed the detectives by
taking quiet trip up the road to look after
rollng-mill. For the information of tho large
class of our readers described above, we print
tbeso proceedings in another column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

The insurgents in Cuba have destroyed tho
aqueduct which supplies Santiago de Cuba
with water, and are besiegng the town of
Manzanillo. Santiago and Manzanilo are
among the most important towns of the island,
and the danger in which both are of falling
into the hands of the insurgents is the most
conclusive proof that the instruction is gain
ing ground. Trade in Havana has become en-
tirely stagnant, and the merchants are nwil-
ling to make advances to planters on their
crODs. .'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-03

The detection of Mr. Howe from the Anti
Confederation party in Nova Scotia has not
produced tho effect which the Confederation
lists expected from it. Notwithstanding the
great influence which Mr. Howe formerly pos
sessed in Nova Scotia politics, Che party has
remained almost unit in favor of Repeal. or
the country Repeal press one newspaper only
supports Mr.. Howe. The Anti-Confederation-
lists have some hope that the incoming Liberal
Ministry in England will favor their petition
for Repeal; but, to be prepared for any
emergency, they intend to organize Repeal
LnAgue.