Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-11


some extent, perhaps, the members OF the Cali
tOrnia Legislature. Being in the Senate cham
Der at the opening of thu morning session, he
was requested by the Pre>i'l mt To open the pro-
seedings with prayer. which he did with eyes
closed-whether forgetting the place he was in
ar the people surrounding MIN, We cannot say
III the following manner
''Oh, Lord, we pray Tn. that Thy mercies
may be extended to thee PoOr men, who have
been sent here from all parts of the State con-
Nicted OF various crimes AMI mi>'iemeanOrs; have
mercy upon them, h,->--gh Thee, while they
are here serving out TIL times for which they
were sent and when thry have served and are
dismissed from these va b.. NAV they return to
their homes better men, and in time NAV they
become useful and uprl TnI citizens and honor
aOie members OF society n ask in the name
and through the merits a. Christ, our Redeemer.
Amen"
whereupon the memhrr from Yolo arose and
laid. mir. President, move Ia strike out YoIo
county The scene which ivltOwed can be bet
ter imagined than Described
SCHOOL TEACHERS tffssGED WITH BRU-
TALLY W HIPPING A CHiit.- Alexander Hamil-
ton, occupying the position Of Principal in
Primary School No. J.. Or Mulberry street
near Fremont, was afs--S,-i Saturday by
Sergeant adwalladeT, a. warrant charging
n I'm with brutality whIppiIE a child aged eleven
wears, son of Mr.. jos. y f.l-testOn. The eyi.
Gence adluCed at the cNar-IIi4 ton before JUS
bce Bride was TO the ct.-,t HAT early in the
week the boy disObryrd ti, teacher in some
trivial matter, when he -eizrd nv Hamilton
snd beaten IN savagr ui.i brutal manner The
charge. The lads arm> aui body were purple
rom the severe whipping bee lad received. and
The marks OF the weaPeu u-e,i were distinctly
visible on his face, two a. tine (@ows having be
struck on the ight ch@rr. t'tdtV soaring his
features, showing the s~-s5i. 4, have been of an
outrageous nature. 1hi- D. th- second time
Hamilton has been arrr~t--f. q former charge of
a similar nature having b-ru Compromised be-
fore coming to trial. At fia close of the exami-
nation Justice Bride released the accused, ON
hIs producing proper security. for the action of
the Criminal Court dit'u-0re Gazette, 1lh.
DEATH OF BISHOP KINGSLEY, OF THE METH
NDIsT CHURCH.-A despatch from Europe an
nOunces the death of the E,.v. Calvin Kingsley
ID. d.. one of the Bishops OF the Methodist Fps
cOpal Church OF the United States, which event
took place IN BeyrOut, in Syria The Bishop
had been to India and China, via California and
Japan, on official visit tn the Methodist mis-
sion in that quarter: Returning thence with
Rev - ID Brown and wir-, and the family of
Rev y. W. Waugh, OF tn India missions, he
parted with them at SueZ, they proceeded to the
L nited States, via Engl Ind. while the Bishop
went 10 Syria IL il supposed that he visited
Jerusalem and had arrived a. Beyrout on his re-
turn when oyertaken by death. Bishop Kings
ley was born in Oneida county, New York on
the sth of September, 1sf2, and was for some
lime Professor of Mathematics in Allegheny
College. Pennsylvania, OF which institution he
was graduate. In 1856 he became the editor
Of the Westeren Christian Advocate He was
subsequently elevated to the episcopote. Among
hi> theological writings is work on the 'Resur-
Iection OF the Human Body"
SCENE AT LONDON BULL-FIGHr-A bull
4 ght at London on the 2sth was brought to A
sudden close in an unexpected manner. The
Times says: AS the entertainment at the Ag-
Ticutural Hall, described in the papers as a
'Grand Spanish Entertainment of Bull
fighters. was at its height, and the fourth bull
which sharp stud was fixed, the secretary of
the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
10 Animals jumped over the barriers into the
arena. followed by several officers of the society
and OF the police. IL was not apparent to the
audience what was the object of this sudden in
Prevention; but upon the secretary taking posses
sion OF the arrow, and indicating 70 the Spanish
troupe that no further performance would be
tolerated yells and execrations filled the hall
from hundreds of roughs present, and general
Iush WAS made into the arena Many efforts
were made to mob the officers and take from
them the arrows seized apparently for evidence;
hut The o1iiceTs fought their way calamity out
against the troupe for cruelty"
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Hoes SoCIETY-f you had Travelled "a
much as have; if you had scrambled as much
a. 4 have Tor seats, and for the best ones-for
bad manners are contagious; If you had tr aveled
a. much a. ! have on steamboats, and seen how
people that are most decorous at home, when
the bells rings. and there are to be two tables
rush through the cabins and down stairs TO their
meals, you could appreciate the necessity for a
reform in this matter. But do not think YOU
need 60 to steamboats, railway depots to be
convinced OF this. II you have been invited to
fashionable parties, and seen what PIGS men
make of themselves who are well fed mi bomr.
how they behave At the refreshment table, how
they lo>e their self-respect, you do not need any
further arguments on this subject.-Beecher.
SENSIBLE SOUTHERN ADvICE.-The Charles
ton COurIsr, disc0ursiDg of the Fifteenth amend
1neDt, SAYS that there is no distinction As TO
suffrage throughout the length and breadth OF
The land, the effort should be for q common
unity TO preserve and perpetrate a common
should be an antagonisn of Tsces-order aood
government, incorruptible justice, economy and
honesty IN once are alike for the interest of all
pom TINS common platform all should stand for
The redemption of the States and the Govern
Jncnt-
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STARVATION IN RICHMoND.-Mrs. Nancy
HAYES. aged lady, who, with a dementsd
husband, occupied . house on sd street in
Rchmond Va, was found dead SATURDAY. morn
ing, having been dead three weeks. Cows and
chickens on the lot were found starved to death
The husband was also nearly starved. He had
been telling lthe neighbors when they came in
that his wife was asleep; and her death was NOT
known until Saturday morning. The husband
had not mind enough To understand what had
Philadelphia
THEY have queer ideas of fun out in Illinois.
For example. the other evening a set OF funny
fellows entered lodge OF Good Templars while
that body Was IN session, and, seating Them
selves at the secretary table, played a game OF
suchTe To decide who should pay Tor a bottIe of
gin, which they had with them.
In denying a motion for a new trial for a con-
sienned murderer, Judge Primm, OF the Mis-
souri, supreme Court, spoke severely OF that
sickly. maudln sentimentality which of late has
become fashionable, and which would grant an
Immunity % every gigantic criminal on the as
Sumed ground of INSANITY"
ga South Carolina paper observes that par
" politics and pining IOytrty are twin sisters,
and destroy any country.
s|lt Is proposed TO tunnel the Detroit river so
~ 20 have "A perfect railway connection between
chicago and the seaboaTd.
1Vicksburg has deaf policeman. and ar
rested roysterers complain that be will not listen
10 reason.
EI~The family club Is the last Paris moral
Terms OF subscription, tSO francs per quarter;
wives 20 accompany their Eu baads, and grown
up daughters their fathers.