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The New York herald., 1873-10-30
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To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
enclose fifty cents for the Mast fund. l do
this not SO much with the hope that 1t VIII extri.
cate him from poverty and give him hotel board
at the Fifth Avenue, as to mark my feeling
towards the people who employed his great talents
TO help themselves and make money. II Mr.. Mast
had employed his time with a whitewash brush at
the regular wages he might be as independent
now as he is, alter using Tor the edcation OF the
country and the glory OF the republican party the
pencil OF q Hogarth. We appreciate art very much,
but we are not unwilling to let the artists perish
paupers. how much VIII the President giyeY
CURIOUS.
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

The National Academy Of Science continued i's
session in the chapel OF Columbia College yester.
day. Professor Elias LOOMS, Of Yale college, read
paper on the weather maps OF the United states. s
Professor Theodore Gill, OF the .nes ",
tute, delivered dissertation on The heiasonv "a
the binerent Classes OF vertebrates Inc ~
der OF the session was occupied BY the reaning "
two papers by Professor J. =. Newberry, tne nrss
on rcles ofDepositon In American - Wester
Strata,n the other on Lignltes y, rc~nnnm,c
Yalue,n
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Ingratitude Of Republics and Republl.
cans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Your article on the impoverished circumstances
of Mr.. Mast was great surprise to me and to many
Others who We're willing to believe the contrary
OF the old adage that republics are ungratefuLn
How much is the Republic and its servants in high
places indebted to MIR. Mast ? Millions alone can
measure Indebtedness. And yet this man struggles
to maintain his head above water. what is the conf
pliment or compensation OF q dinner to q man who
is not sure of his support The republican party,
which Is under the obligation to Mr. Mast Of being
kept in power by the wonderful creations OF his
pencil, offers him nothing in return but a dinner,
and never even asks the question II he had
the price OF his board bill. II General
Grant owes his election to the genius of this man
everybody under him is equally indebted. IL Is
only fair, when they take no voluntary action OF
their own, that assessment on the oflce-h0lderS
OF the country should be made to recompense their
greatest beneiactor. TO see a great man like this
driven to his wits end in country like ours to OBJ
tain decent support for himself and his family
must be intolerable to every sensitive mind.
My means are not large, but II every man. wo.
man and child In the United States will do as do,
ana subscribe 81, which is here enclosed, Mr.. Mast
VIII be enabled to live at least like gentleman
aud an artist COMMON GRATITUDE.
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THE ALLEGED NEGRO SKINNER SENTENCED
DOVER, Del. Oct. %, /

DOVER, Del, Oct 20, 1873.
Dr. West pleaded guilty to-day. OF an attempt TO
Are George Binns' house, and was fined $500 and
costs and sentenced to two years. imprisonment.
The other indictments against him were ayQpp1dp
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The Sentence.

Mr.. Stokes was now directed to rise, and asked
what he had to say why judgment should not be
pronounced against him according to law.
Mr.. Stokes, in an almost inaudlble voice. and
with bowed head replied ~ have nothing to say. .
Judge Davis, In deep. stern tone, then passed
sentence, as follows:-
In rendering this verdict the jury have ex.
ceeded, ana more than exceed all the mercy
that should De extended. No appeal to this Court
can diminish the sentence below the highest
you are convicted, and that is appar-
epty aight when comDared to tho treat
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The Verdict,

At twenty minutes past eleven O'Clock there was
another emptying Of the jurors chairs, another
Of the Jury, Judge, counsel and the prisoner;
another keen scrutinzing by Stokes and the throng
OF spectators of the Jurors faces they took their
seats; another few moments Of suspense.
'Have you agreed on your verdict?" was asked
again Of the jury by Mr.. Sparks.
'We have" responded the foreman, Stokes
meantime having been told to rise.
'Jury, look on the prisoner; prisoner look on
the jury,n said Mr.. Sparks, in his clear, ringing
voice, and then came the unvaryng but all-im-
portant question, ''Do you find the prisoner guilty
Of murder in the first degree p"
''We find him guilty OF mansauQhter in the third
degree" answered the foreman.
Upon the announcement OF the verdict a burst OF
cheers rose rom the crowd, which the officers with
"You md the prisoner not guilty OF murder In
the nrst degree" continued Mr.. Sparks, when the
slaughter IN the third degree. Harken to your
verdict as recorded. SO say you all.n
Ine Jurors siguiaed By nod that such was their
PLEA FOR MERCY.
Assistant District Attorney Russell at once
moved that Judgment be passed upon the prisoner
In accordance with the verdict as just rendered.
minutes @ f Which sss RRsa Rss ass sos sS
by Judge Davis, and thereupon the counsel Of
Stokes, accompanied by Stokes, withdrew from the
room. % In less than minute they returned.
Court, the counsel for the prisoner feel that they
have done all that Is in their power to do to save
the life Of the prisoner They feel that they have
prisoner desire to thank the Court and the jury,
who l know to be perfectly conscientious,
and say that we ask for no delay. We might pre-
sent evidence In mitigation as to the character OF
the prisoner; but presume Your Honor has sum-
cient knowledge TO act intclgently In that and
other matters controlling your discretion In met
ing out punishment following that verdict. SIM
ply remind Your Honor that the prisoner has been
ishment think Your Honor will be in
clined to take into consideration In
determining the amount OF punishment to be
awarded him after jury has finally determined
upon ull trial that he Is not guilty OF murder In
the first degree, but OF manslaughter In the third
degree. submit that the punishment to which I
have referred, the sentence he has received and
the sacrifice he has necessarily been subjected to
Honor IN determining the amount Of punishment
to be imposed upon him.
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TIE NEGLECTED GENIUS.
Subscriptions and Sympathy Pouring In
for Mr.. Mast.

Working for "Board' vs.. Working for
Fame.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Regrettng the lamentable neglected. use n2
harsher term-which brings Mr.. Mast to his present
deporable state, permit me to say that do not
agree with your estimate OF his artistic position.
He is greater than Hogarth In the unselish sense.
Hogarth made all the money he could and worked
for enduring fame at the same time Mast refused,
as alleged, 800, 600 as bribe from Tweed, and Is
content to serve art by the humble means OF chalk
Ing on blackboard. He is neither selfish In money
nor anxious to live with the galaxy Of art immor-
tails. He 10 an agonized victim to what Is known
as pot boersn in art. He works from hand TO
mouth Tor, as well as on, his "board.n: Let
him be lifted up from his position, and shown that
as the art-ioundling OF the people, he may yet do
something worthy OF preservation. He has drawn
and quartcred Tweed, but the BOSS has been SAT-
upon forever, and 1--WE never mention nlrnn Grant
has toadies and natterers enough. and the oanegy.
rlsts OF the Roman Empire who have escaped
oblivion hold the most contemplate rank in Latin
literature. Accept seyenty-ave cents for TIE Mast
relief testimonial ELL JAPhyT.
NEW YORK. Oct 20, 1873
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Twelve shiliings tor the "Nationa
Mast Gratitude and Indignation
Fund.-"

w MSBCkd, OCt. So 1919
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
II were politician might be ashamed to say
word upon the painful subject which l saw
brought to light in the HERALD yesterday-namely,
the stratened circumstances of MIR. Thomas
Nast the artist. / am no politician and can speak
my mind. / have admired Mr.. Mast and looked
snxously for his cartoons every week in the lager
beer saloon which occasionally visit. mention
tue latter trivial circumstance because have
never bought copy OF HdS.per's, and am now
glad that did not do SO. WHAT Compel the man
who made their fortune to go round the country
with blackboard upon his back and his pocket
full of chalk There is a danger that he may not
be successful In earning crust at this branch
of art; and, rather than see unrewarded genius
hungry, would offer him his board, = Tree, my
self, although pinched By the present hard times.
know, however, that his Bohemian love OF wan
dering would make this irksome, SO do the next
best thing can-namely, offer 81 50 as my mite to
what shall venture TO call the National Mast
Gratitude and Indignation Fund.- National, be-
cause he is an adopted citizen; In gratitude, to
remove stain from the Republic; IN Indignation,
to protest against the shabby treatment he has
received at the hands of those he has wolshipped
IN politics and set up in business.
GEORGE ANDREWS.
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A Good Man Struggling with Adversely.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 1879

=
NEW YORK, Oct. 90, 1879
TO TIE EtfroR OF THE HERALD:-.
Please accept So from an humble admirer OF the
great artist, Mast, to the fund you have so noblY
and generously suggested for the benefit OF that
deserving young man. was touched with pity to
the very soul at reading the letter In yesterdays
HERALD appealing to the American people for aid
in his behalf. Mast, in country like England,
would, II not elevated to the peerage, be placed at
least above the necessity Of ''wandering over the
country like Snowman" as your correspondent
observes, to procure the means Of support for his
family. do no think, Mr.. Editor that exagge-
rate when l say that this young man, by the brill
liant exploits o. ms artistic genus saved d tne s NE
and may save 1t again II he is not overborne by
poverty and compelled TO draw pictures on
good man struggling with adversity we are
told is sight worthy OF the gods, and surely an
artist peerless in his profession battling with the
tolls OF pecuniaAy embarrassment is spectacle
equally moving The American people are gener-
GUS and intelligent, and while they appreciate the
sublime self-sacridce OF Mr. Mast in glorifying ana
elevatng with his inspired pencil political party
that offers him no return but empty admiration.
they will surely rally as one man and pour into ns
exhausted pocketbook plentiful tokens OF our ma
tional currency. SfMPATHlLEh.
What MIR. Mast Must BE Saved From.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your editorial upon the sad case OF Mr.. Mast has
touched chord in my bosom and readily respond.
! subscribe nlty cents. When l read your article
and pictured Mr.. Mast with his blackboard shud-
dered. I thought OF the poor boy l saw drawing
Napoleon in colored chalks on the pavement OF
Wall street outside the Custom House. l saw
newly appointed night inspector give the boy
penny l saw day inspector put his loot in
the boys chalk box. | have fancied the
great cartoon artist who has drawn President
Grant for the papers 80 often, and so natteringy,
reduced to doing the same on his knees Tor the
cuffs and pence or the Custom House officials he
has SO ably defended. added to the picture Mr..
Tom Murphy ordering the messengers to put the
artist or the official sidewalk. Why not Grant
has done it already. Tears sprung to my eyes and
half dollar to my fingers. The latter IS enclosed.
We shall save him from want. VlNDEX.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Oct. 20, 1878.
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Waiting for the Verdict.

After the jury had really retired and the dense
throng in the court room began to realize that the
final act Of the drama, OF which they had been so
long such deeply interested spectators, was draw
ing to close, there was general Keeling Of relief
Quite number left, driven away, no doubt. by the
pangs Of hunger, and 1t is hardly to be wondered
at, for they had sat steadily In their seats or re-
NAMED steadfastly in their standing places since
the opening OF the Court. There still remained
enough, however to nearly Ill the court room.
Among those remaining were, Of course several
ladies, their natural curiosity, that strongly
marked characteristic OF the sex. becoming more
intense as the trial neared its climax. One thing
to their great liking that they could talk now
and the speedy result was lively feminine bug.
zing that would do credit to Soross gathering.
The men talked, too, for that matter, but in bolder
terms. Speculative inquiries and suggestions as to
the result formed the chief staple Of conversation.
"what do you think will be the .resultl' one
would ask another.
"A disagreement Of the jury OF course" would
be the prompt answer.
This ouaaiion VAS freouenty nut and thare wa
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state News.

At Willis.on the Thermometer indi-
Gated 3S degrees below zero on Christmas
morning.
The Quinqucnnial Rebellion ip Chit
tenden County has subsidized Their legal
advisers told them they had no remedy
in the law.
Charles Potter had term of service
in state institution at Windsor and his
wife was there with him. But Mrs. Pot
ter died on the 10Th ult. and was carried
to Williston for burial. 1t is thought
that Charles health will give way before
his time is out. lie is quite poorly.
Quite little breeze accompanied
the cold at Ludlow, Christmas eve. At
least We infer that there must have been
something Of a wind when we read that
it "took up the cutter of Isaac Wadleigh,
that he had laid up under stone wall,
carried it over the wall, which was some
four feet high aud broke the shafts off,
though braced with iron. Both runners
were broken, one shoe torn off, one side
of the body torn of, and the dashboard
and the back crushed in Nothing re.
manned except few bottom boards and
one side Of the cutter. The sleigh re-
mains wore scattered fifty rods
-Ncwfane recently lost its most nota.
BILE parsonage IN the death of David
Brown. He suffered a disappointment
in love when young, which nearly unset
tied his reason, and he developed an ex,
traordnary passion for books. particular
ly books Of travel When Al years old
he married and lived happily for four OIL
five years, when his wife died, leaving al
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CTATE OF vERMONT-District

CTATE OF VERMONT-District Of
~ Addison, S..
In Probate Court, held at Middcbury, in and
for said District,o the Sd day Of January, A. q.
1872,
Nathan S. Bennett, administrator OF tho c-tat3
OF MARY JANE HILL,
late Of Bridport, makes application in writing to
this court stating that the debts Of the said de-
ceased amount to S3,4s7,17, and that the charg es
of administration are $55.2j and that the ptrson-
al estate Of the said deceased amounts 10 $4,000,
and that 1t is necessary TO sell the whole of tic
real estate belonging to tho deceased in order TO
pay said debts and charges the real estate cen.
sisting of n two-ffths undivided interest ia to
home farm, and out lands of what is known as tn,
David Hill farm, in the town of Bridport con
tanning about l64 acres Of land, subject to tho
life interest of Lavina HILL also Slip in the
Congregational church in said Bridport, and pray.
ing the court to grant him license to sell tho
revision Of said real estate and said slip. IL j.
thereupon ordered by this court that said appli-
cation be referred to session Of said court to be-
held at the Probate Office in Mi1dlcbury, on Fri
day, the 3 LIST day of January, A. d. 1873, for
hearing thereon; and il is further ordered that
notice hereof be given to all persons interested by
publication of this order three weeks successfully
in tho Middlebury Register, newspaper print
cd at Middlebury, previous to said time that
they may appear at said time and place, and show
cause, if ony they may have why said lcon-o
should not be granted.
AZ SAM'L L. COOKE, Judge.
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JOHN T. HAWKINS.
l. n. WATERH0USE,
HORACE THOMAS,
A. NJ. EVARTS,

New HAvEN.-The attendance at the
Congregational church in New Haven,
last Sunday numbered over two hundred,
at the morning service, and one hundred
and scvcnty-five at the Sabbath school.
The pastor elect preached very able and
instructive discourse, based upon Phil.
3,l3, Forgetting those things which are
behind and reaching forth unto those
things which are before"
The law deals with the past, grace
looks to the future The great hindrance
to Christian growth lies in the unwilling
ness to let 60 of the past Yet this is
the only and easy condition of grace. The
sermon was an earnest and solemn appeal
to christians to engage in more earnest,
progressive and aggressive work for the
Master, to lukewarm professors, to return
to their first love, and to the impenitent
to become reconciled to God
In the afternoon the Lords Supper
was administered to a large number oil
communicates. The occasion was one o.
deep solemnity.
The week o. prayer is to be observed
by this church. Public services will be
held each evening at quarter past siA
o'clock, excepting on Friday, when they
will be held at two o'clock,
On New Years, there was very
pleasant gathering Of the youth and child
rem Of New Haven, at the vsstry rooms
where q free entertainment was given
consisting Of refreshments and Of music
recitations, declarations; and views will
a magic lantern. All seemed to eniol
the occasion with much zest.
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CTATE OF VERMONT-District OF

y AddlsOn, IS.
In Probate Court held at Middlebury in and
for said District on the 26th day of December,
A. D. 1872, Olive l.. Baxter Executrx and Phil
ip Il. Warner Executor of the last will and tesla
ment of CHA UNCEY B. BANTER,
lats of Cornwall, in said deceased present their
account with said estate to this court for allow
ance 1t is thercupon ordered that said account
be referred to session Of this court to be held at
the Probate Office in Mddlebury, on the 2Sth
day of January, A. D. 1873, for examination and
allowance, and it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested in the
estate of the said deceaied, by publication three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the Middlebury Register, a
newspaper printed at Middlebury, in the County
and place and show cause if any they may have,
why said account should not be allowed and de-
cree made in accordance with the provision of
the said last will and testament.
4l;3w SAML f. COOKE, Judge
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Personal.
Rev. John Bradshaw has been INSTALL
ed pastor Of one of one of the Chicago
city .cA1rstrrs.
Ilemcr j. Parker, graduate Of Mid
p1lebury College in 1869, is a member of
the Senior class in the Chicago Theolog,-
cal Seminary, and John w. Bradshaw,
Of the same class in college, is pursuing
his theological studies in the Middle class
Of the same institution.
We are sorry to find that the recent
disappearance of j. S. Adams, Commits
missioner of Emigration for the State Of
Florida, and Collector Of the port of
Jacksonville, from his hotel was SIMPLY
an "incdent of an elaborate spree" His
fall will be sad news to many who have
heretofore respected and esteemed him
in this State. 1t is thus described
Mr.. Adams stepped on the Washington
train at Jersey City, Saturday morning,
hatlcss and haggurd, and wanted to know
where he was, saying that he wanted to
90 to Washington. On being told that
he was in Jersey City, he inquired for
Taylors hotel. and, arriving there, he
spoiled two or three pages of the register
trying to write his name, and finally had
to dictate it to the clerk Once in his
room, he nearly crazcd the bell boys and
clerks by his constant calls for cham
payne. He wanted everybody to know
that he was a United States official and
showed lots of money, bonds end coupons,
paying for everything in advance. The
proprietor didn't consider him desirable
guest, and SO, Sunday morning. he told
him he was mighty good fellow, but he
must request him to "get." With ve-
hement expressions of discomfort, Mr..
Adams took his carpet.bag and went to
another hotel, where he was relieved oil
his valuables and put to bed by volun.
teered assistance, not, however, till he
had treated the loafers to fifteen quarts
of champagne. One Gleason. purportine
to be Secretary of State In Florida, took
him in tow, Monday night, and started
for Washington.
The Almanac Publishers complain thai
their business is destroyed by Ayers
American Almanac. The people prefer
it to any other, the Farmers Western
Southern or the numerous local almanac!
when they can get Ayers 1t supplies
the best astronomical data, weather ant
Jokes Of them all, and above all, medica
advice which is invaluable for every fam
ily 1t is supplied gratis by the druggists
and should be preserved for constant re
ference and use. We are sure that NJ
good housekeeper or grandmother goe
willingly without onc.-Ami-Sarer!
Standard. n. Y.
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STATE OF vERMONT-District of


In Probate Court held at Middlebury, within
and for said District on the 10th day of December
A. n, 1872.
Horton Jones, executor of the last will and ties
lament of
LYDIA JOHNSON,
late Of Shoreham, in said District, decea ed.
presents his executive account with said estate
for allowance; it is thereupon ordered that said
account be referred to session of said court. to
be held at the probate Office in Middlebury, on
Monday, the 9th day OF January, A. ID. 1873, for
hearing thereon and it is further ordered that ne
tice hereof be given by publication of this order
three weeks successfully in the Middlebury Reg
lister, newspaper printed at Middlebury, previ-
to said time, that all interested in said estate
may appear and show cause, if any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed
and such order made as shall be necessary to close
said estate.
4l;w3 SAMUEL L. COOKE, Judge.
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