Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-21

whicb-to put it HibernicsIly-esch man is to
he his own father, and the unpaternal govern
ment is expected to mind its own business. The
vexed question a. to whether such a govern
ment as ours should rigdly provide galleries of
art and the higher education for the people IL
best settled, practically, by private citizens
coming forward with democratic liberaity TO
take the question out of the hands of the gov
eminent. The obening of the gallery of fine
arts which WashingtOn's most puhlic-spirited
citizen, Mr.. Corcoran, has made y free gift to
the capital, and thus TO the country, is a nota-
bic and laudable instance of just this. and
marks a red-letter day in the history of the
national capital"
"WHAT MANNER OF MEN THRY ARE oF.-A
Il. Williams, who arrested at the Gilsey
house on Saturday evening, charged with hav
ing passed fraudulent Treasury draft, is the
Identical A. b. Williams who swOre to the in
formation before the Police Court in Washing
ton on which the attempt was made, some time
ago to extssdite Mr.; Dana the editor of ne
here one thing very plain: the man who swore
to the information against Mr.. Dana is fouad
here in New York, few months subsequently,
with stolen drafts amounting to about ten thou
SAND dollars in the joint possession of himself
and his companion in crime. If not himself
THIEF, be Il at least what is Just as bad, re-
ceiver OF stolen property, aiding and assisting,
knowingly and cGimInslly. in the disposition
and sale OF that property. Such is the informer
Now who were his hackers? They
were Henry ID. Cooke, late Governor, and
Alexander z; shepherd the present Governor
time that Williams, who was a lawyer, had
been disbaI red. Did they not know more and
worse about bim?''-NeW York Sun.
Mr.. Dana writes the above editorially in his
paper, knowing perfectly well that the Will
Iisms implicated Is not A. B. Williams, but an
entirely different MANI. \. Williams, as cor
reetly stated in every other New York paper
Does not Mr.. Dana think that editor who
in pursuit of private grudge, will resort to
practices lie this, is good deal of a scoundrel?
II he does not. every honest man does.
New York has most bellgerent pastDr in
the person of one Rev. Mr.. Stewart of the West
Twenty fifth street Presbyterian. Some time
since be preached 4 sermon which was regarded
by many OF bis congregation a. improperly
personal, and considerable excitement was
created in consequence. On Sunday last the
Rev. Stewart, in the course of his sermon fired
away at his enemies in the following vigorous
style:
by your action on last Monday night Won
nave cisgraced both yourselves and the church
Let my enemies interrupt me to-day if they
dare. Do they know this pulpit is nv throne?
10 Is NV choice to be relieved from my charge;
but, until relieved, shall continue TO preach
and shall be protected. If no other motive had .
induced me to come into this pulpit TODAY |
would have been impelled to enter it for the
viDdieation of free speech. / am not afraid OF /
mop law am no coward, and would be torn /
in pieces before would take back single word
i have uttered. When men talk of mohbing
me, to keep me out of the pulpit, will tell
them that i am not afraid of them. Men say
that have been personal in nv preachin1 / f.
do not know of a man of enough Importance to .
be the subject OF a sermon. expect the Presby- /
terry TO relieve me tomorrow, but, until re- /
leased, will have the first man arrested who
,lares to interfere. If you have charges bring .
them before the Presbytery. Send on letters to .
the Wet where i have accepted a call, il you 4
please. Send them on: but il anyone saws any- /
ihlDg untrue TO carnage me, will prosecute ,
him In civil court"
Let the girls beware of very young men,
According 10 the verdict in an important
breach of promise case tried before judge /
Nelson, of the city court of BROOKLYN on Mon.
day, young men may make all the promises to /
marry they please; they cannot be held re- /
sponsible if under twenty-one years of age.
The facts were ELECTED that on the 18th of July !
last Henry Graf met Mary Treiber on a moon !
light excursion, raw her home, made love to
her and promised to marry her, but failed to do
SO. His counsel set up the plea of infancy, the /
defendant having been born January 1st 1853,
and on that plea hard hearted jury decided
that the disappointed Miss Treiber was not
entitled to the 10000 damages she claimed /
fer blghted affections, &c.
---~SO~s--
Those best informed do not anticipate any
sppreeiable increase of prices. or scarcity of !
coal in consequence of the strike amongst the
miners. 1t would be impolitic on the part of .
the coal companies to raise prices now because
the demand does not warrant it, and the large
supply on hand forbids il. On ccount of the I
mildness OF the season there will pretty certain
ly be coal enough on hand to last through the .
strike, unless it proves an unusually protr acted
one. Several of the companies pay regular
prices and are therefore not affected by the
strike, as the men have left work only for the
companies that graduate the wages according
TO the price OF coal, and who conseq uently re-
duce the pay when coal is low for the season, "a
is the case this winter.
--S
The work of the Bureau of Education is get
ting to be more and more appreciated by the
friends of education, and the demand for the
report of the Commissioner increases yearly.
At q recent meeting of the state teachers asso-
citation of Missouri, at Warrensburg, a resolu-
ton was adopted recognizing the great value of 1
the work of the Commissioner, and asking their
representatives. in Cor gress TO render the Blu
reau of Education every possible facility for
collecting and distributing the important facts
and statistics embraced in the circulars and
annual report Of the Commissioner.
I" Reliable" rumor has had il that the Pfesi-
de ut had signiied his intention to veto the
salary repeal bill, or that he would withhold his
signature, and allow it to become law BY re- /
tanning it until after the constitutional limita-
That II was his purpose to sign the bill, but not
until the 3lst instant, so that no fractional |
parts OF the month would have to be computed |
IN The new deal. But, alas, for the truth of rei-
soie tumoI' the President to- day signed the
bhi without IFS, and's OF butts.
An Ohioan in town says that Mr. waltz TIA 1
new thlef Justice, is an extremely modest nm |
assuming man, of tine abilities, Which bsra
never been fully displayed, for the reason tbat
he has never been in public life, and that ever
body likes him except some of the lawyers. who |
are "doWn on him" for his exceedingly moder- |
ate charges, which, they assert, are unprofes- |
sionAlly low.
In his speech in the Senate yesterday in favor
OF expansion, Gen. Gordon, of Ca, made the
singular state ment that during the war, when
IN the south gold dollar was worth sixty dol
lars in confederate money, there was less real
suffering among the people than now, when
tne ereenbaek nearer approximates the value
OF gold.