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New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

"Tveheard of hearts unkind kind deeds With cold
oftener left me mourning" says Mr.. Wordsworth
and 80 can say n. Scribe, the French dramatist, if
we may believe the story related by Legouve in q
late lecture Visiting friends in the country one
Autumn, Scribe found that their evening amuse-
ment consisted in English novels read ont loud by
the goverDess. Once during pause-in the read
ing of an extremely poor STORY, this lady, sghing,
said to the bored writer Oh that could hope some
day to possess an income of twelve hundred francs
which would give me rest and independence p'
Scribes heart was touched by the poor girls fatigue
and helplessness and q short time after, when the
novel was ended. be said to her suddenly, "Do you
know that story is capital subject for . one-act
oomedyi You supplied me with it; will you write it
with mer Well, it was, Of course, arranged Scribe
impressng upon his dramatic agent that whether
the piece succeeded not the lady associated with
him in the authorship should have from 1t LOO
francs q year for life; this to appear matter OF
business. 1t goes without saying that tho comedy
a success, and the happy governess Immediately
made il her object in life to find fresh subjects for
Scribe, who always declined to use them. Where
upon, "a N. Legouve pleasantly relates, she'd al
WAYS say when Scribe was praised In her presence,
Yes. he ~ charming young man, but rather I'M
grateful. we once wrote n piece together which
brought us IN 30 francs year each, and nov ho
won't write anotherw
An absurd typographical blunder made the report
of Sundays sermon Of the Rev. r. s. Macarthur at
the Calvary Baptist Church read as il delivered at
tho Coiorcd Baptist Church. Such errors are as
vexatious as they sometimes seem unavoidable In
khe haate " WaklpK w RAVrI
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

grew out of it. They are performing the same
puppet- part over again not without warning.
for M. Theirs in his last speech from tho
tribune called them "the prOt6g6s OF the
Empire But they were apparently too old
to learn, and they have continued ever since
looking toward Frohsdorff and rowing toward
CbioaIburat
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

Latest returns from NewHampshire show
that Weston, Democratic and Liberal candi-
date, fails of receiving a majority over all
others. He lacks about 700 votes of enough
to give him clear majority, but further re-
turns may reduce that figure somewhat. In
any event, however, an election by the people
is out Of the question. A careful canvass of
the Legislature elected indicates Democratic
majority of 10 on joint ballot, assuring the
election of Weston when the Legislature meets
in June.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17
w.s,.,n ra,ers mention The death of Charles

Western papers mention the death OF Char'es
c. Leonard, a young JOURNALIST woo was widei, knoss
A. humorous writer. aud clever reviewer OF cure''
events After being some ums city stan o. IAs
TRIBUNE he West. aud became enaecsod x'.n so
erai leading papors In that section He ser'ou ~ Wv
Union ranks during tho and received wouhaS on
which he suffered ever afterward HIS dro sco'uh'o oI
an invention which he termed "the Sheet IRON Sse
N. Isry AptoEtsi1ynal tklpoo Plsn 'p's11's. -
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17
ote in 1873, Is as follows
1874.
'lnelude, scattering vote.

The towns not yet heard from are Ellsworth, Went
worth Location, and Cambridge. Last year Ezekiel A.
Straw (Rep) received votes IN Ellsworth and
James g. Weston Dem.) IS votes. simflar vote this
year would reduce the combined majority OF 80
Cutchins and Blackmer Weston to 6G6. The TIVE
other towns mentioned have not voted for tws yrsra
According to the latest returns from tho legislative
Districts the Legislature Will be divided AZ follows:
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17
Rep maj. 6 60 6S. Dem. maj IL II

The returns for members Of he House are incomplete
but those given above sufficient to show that Wee
toms election by the Legislature June assured
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

If we may judge from tho result OF
the Centennial meeting in Philadelphia
Yesterday, we must conclude that our
neighbors have made up their minds
that it is of no use to call on Jupiter
for help. Congress will not aid them. To be
sure, there was some discussion over the
Philadelphian declaration that Congress would
ultimately come to the aid OF the Exhibition, and
the doubtful statement was allowed to stand.
For all that, an earnest effort Is to be made
to raise the amount said to be needed for the
successful launching of the Exposition. 1t was
reported yesterday that $2,000,0OO had been
subscribed, and that $3,OOO0OO more were
needed. OF this amount, citizens are expected
to furnish $1,OOO,OOO and the State is to be
asked to add S2O0O,OOO to its previous apprO-
priaton 1t is for PennsylvaDians to say what
the State should give--if it gives anything;
but the demand for an opening appropriation
of three millions from Congress has been met
with a sharp protest from the country, and
decided veto at Washington. Philadelphians
can easily change the present public
temper into positive hostility by
persisting IN the assumption that the country
is sure to do what it has pretty distinctly made
up its mind not to do. They would be wiser
if they would read the signs of the times, and
promptly accept the defeat of schemes for fur
ther national aid for an international exhibl-
ton as definite and final
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17
TIE NEE-HAMPSHIRE ELECTION

OFFICIAL VOTE FOR GoyERNOR-wEsToa LACKS
NEARLY 700 OF A MAJoRITY-THE DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The official vote for Governor of New
Hampshire has been received at Concord from all the
towns in the state except three. The result.
pared with the vote n 1873, Is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

From Mexico we have a frightful story of
superstitious barbarity. An American clergy
man acting as Protestant missionary in small
town in the State of JaliscO has been murdered
and his body shockingly maltreated by mob
excited to fury by an Ignorant priest. Similar
outbreaks have occurred in other parts of the
Republic and a general crusade of bigotry
may be threatening. 1t is melancholy ira
vesty On human progress for these acts to be
accompanied by decree from the State of
Mexico TO the effect that cock lighting is abol-
ished as unworthy of civilized people, y
Are the Mexicans civilized peoplei
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17
amnsemenfs ano Alcttinss.

Ic.nKsY OF MusIo.-Grand Concert Young Laoie'
Christian Association. - sr,. co,,asn
RooTHs THKATER-Dion Bouoaosnit' i"' N0'''''
%, ossrum-pay and evening: "Cyclorama OF Paris oy
Night" ,n,....-.
DAYS FIFTH AVENUE THEATrR.-"Char"y'
GpISp OPERA HoUsE.-Martinett Famity'
NIBIos GARDEN" Davy CrockeH fr"aN 1-,.o,,,.
,.'.'o rx,TxR Vaudeville and Novelty Entertain
mont
frsos souARR THEATER lied Astray.
W.tIAck's THRATER.-" The Rivals"
Kurrzs ART GALLERY - Annual Exhibition Oh 'n0
Palette Club. . r.,..,uo,
Soxpev,rIn ART GAIIERY-Exhbition OF Paintings
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

Jayne's expedients in browbeating and gen.
orally managing witnesses and clients were so
peculiar that some of the more notable in
stances are worth study. We publish to-
day some curious particulars of his opera
t2ps, " cQnducgag yAo s42 ions n IN
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

Cu,tom-bousc. In one case an Important wit
ness needed by the Congressional Investigating
Committee was spirited away. In another q
firm was surrounded by traps and spring guns
until they were drawn into position to
accept compromise. This last named case is
such a good example of the whole abominable
system of Custom house discovery that we
direct attention to it. The leading particulars
are printed on our eighth page.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

Senator Carpenter and Senator Stewart re-
ceived somewhat pointed rebuke from the
District of Columbia Investigating Committee,
yesterday. AS presiding officer of the Senate,
Mr.. Carpenter, in appointing Mr.. Stewart on
the Committee, took the liberty of designating
him as Chairman. He had no right to make
any such appointment and the apparent
motive of such straining of authority was a
desire to serve the Washington Ring, to whom
Mr.. Stewart is known to be friendly. The
Committee have decided that they have
right to select their own Chairman; and SEN
ator Allison has accordingly been chosen. This
is a good sign of the temper of the Committee
but Mr.. Steward is said to regard the proceed
ing with disfavOr. This is not surpr slng.i
New-York tribune., 1874-03-17

There was comedy performed at Chisel-
hurst yesterday in which some grave French
men, who were compromised by the events OF
1870. took prominent parts. The most note
worthy feature of the occasion is the state
ment of the young man of IS years, who de-
sires to rule over France as Napoleon ~,
that he is ready to accept the verdict of the
French people expressed through plebscitum
If this pretender had not beon practicing In
discrimination he had, at least, not arrived at
years of discretion when this statement was
made. 1t is certain that the most serious
blow that the Imperialists could receive would
result from plebiscitum at the present mo-
ment. The Imperialist leaders are perfectly well
aware of this. But they also know that they
risk nothing in expressing a preference for
popular vote; that the members of the Right
would never consent to step which would,
in all probability, result in the asCendency OF
| the Republicans.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22
OSHKOSH IN RUINS.
Oshkosh, Wis, July IA.


The most disastrous fire that ever
occurred in this city, not excepting
the great fire OF 1889, commenced this
afternoon, and is still raging, although
under control. A strip over two miles
in lenght and one mile wide is laid in
ruins. Starting from the Beckwith
House and Harding's Opera House
opposite, and running north and east
to the lake, the ruin and desolation
resembles that of Chicago in the great
fire. Blocks and blocks are laid waste,
and hundreds of houses a mere pic
ture of desolation. The wind blew a
hurricane since the morn, and the
mills had all shut down fearing fire.
The fire broke out in a barn in the
rear of McCabe's grocery, and spread
in each direction along Main st. The
fireman fought for tilue, but unsuc-
cessfully, owing to the want Of water.
The fire soon got beyond control. and
the entire populace became demoraliz-
ed, and the raging element was left at
will to do its devouring work, The
fire worked back toward the Beckwith
House, and it was evident that it must
go. Several buildings between the
origin and the Beckwith House were
torn down or blown up, but it was i'm.
possible to stop the backward course
| of the fire. Fortunately, at this june.
ture the fire department Of Fond dr
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22

A writer in Blackwood's S says: "Thc
order OF the Temple was started at
Jerusalem, in Ills, by nine French
gentlemen, who united themselves in
to society, under the name of the
Brothers of Christ, in order to pro-
tect pilgrims and defend the faith.
They took the three monastic vows,
and although they began most mod
estly in little house which the sec
ond Baldwin gave them, near the
Temple, the usual donations soon ar
rived and enabled them to form them
selves into Il regular military order,
the distinctive sign of which was the
red cross on white robe. They rap
idly became famous and acquired the
reputation of possessing the gentle
ness of lambs, the patience Of hermits,
and the courage of lions. But they
had the misfortune to grow rich. and
in consequence, jumped suddenly from
humility and austerity to every sort of
vainglory and RIGHTEOUSNESS. Rich
ard Occur de Lion said of them at this
epoch that. wishing to Danish vice
from his court. he had married pride
to Templar;' the proverb boirc CT M
me un Templier got into circulation
at the same time. The order grew in
wealth. in strength, in disorder, and
in thirst for domination. Suddenly
coalition was formed against it; the
Templars were condemned by both
Pope and kings, and were extinguish-
ed in 1872 with even more than usual
cruelty of the period"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22
A Model Obituary.

A disconsolate editor thus bemoans
his departed spouse:
Thus my wife died. No more will
those loving hands pull off my boots or
part my back hair as only true wife
can. Nor will those willing feet re-
plenish coal or water pail. No
more will she arise amid the tempestu-
Gus storms of winter, and HE away to
kindle the fire without disturbing the
slumbers OF the man who dotted on Ter
SO artlessly. Her memory is embalm-
ed in my heart of hearts. l wanted
to embaIm her body, but I found
that | could embalm her memory
cheaper.
procured of Eli Midget, neigh
Dor of mine, a very pretty gravestone.
His wife was consumptlve, and he
| kept it on hand several years, in anti
cipation of her death. But she rallied
last spring, and his hopes were blasted
Never shall / forget the poor mans
grief when | asked him to part with
| it.
"'Take it. Skinner, and may you
never know what it is to have your
soul disappointed as mine has been =
And he burst into food of tears,
His spirit was, indeed, utterly broken
had the following epitaph en-.
gravcd upon the tombstone:
To the memory of Tabitha, wife
! of Moses Skinner, Esq, gentlemanl,
editor of the Trombone. Terms three
dollars year, invariably in advance. A
kind mother and exemplary wife
Office over Coleman's grocery, up two
flights of stairs. Knock hard. W,
shall miss thee, mother. we shall mis-,
thee. Job printing solicited
Thus did my lacerated spirit cry ou
! in agony, even as Rachel weeping fo
her children. But one ray of ligh
penetrated the despair Of my soul
/ The undertaken took his pay in jol
printing, and the sexton owed me
little account l should not have got
ten any other way. Why should "
pine at the mysterious ways Of Provi
lence and vicinity. (Not a cenun
drum)."
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22

Last year we opened our eyes and
mouths to marvel over the immen.
sity of the California wheat crop,
and this year we are still further
astounded by the information that
the crop Of 1873 will be more than
doubled The area under cultiva-
ton is upward of 100000 acres,
300, 900 acres more than last year,
and the yields extraordinarily fine.
The total crop is estimatad at q
minimum figure of 35, 1000, 900 BUSH
els, leaving 25,OOO,OOO bushels for
export-nearly twice the greatest
amount that California has ever
furnished for expectation, more
than all the rest of the United
States exported last year, and twice
as much as Russia exported from
her great grain districts on the
Danube. California's gold yield is
mere triie compared with this
golden shower of grain. The great
desideratum is adequate land and
water transportation to markets.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22
RATES OF ADvERTISIHU.
80 ~ ,.
A wasted Life.

The Baltimore American gives
the following concerning Samuel
w. Mcdonald, the alleged murder 4
or of Berry Amos, the gambler: II
"Upon the death Of his father, the
late William Mcdonald, who owned |
. very large and valuable estate,
this, his only son, who now stands
charged with the crime of murder,
inherited o very large fortune,
amounting, it is said, to- about
$2S5, 900. Although still very
young, being just 25 years Of age,
it is notorious that for years past
he has been leading . very wild and
reckless life, indulging in all man.
ner of extravagances, and consort-
ing habitually with evil companions
of both sexes; and thus it comes
that in the very bloom of his early
manhood, with large possessions of
earthly goods and many capabilities
for honorable usefulness, this young
man is now committed to q felon's
cell, charged with the awful crime
of murder. On the 9Th day of
March, 1870, Samuel w. McDon.
aid, the accused, celebrated his
twenty first birthday by a grand
dinner, given at the then country
residence of the Mcdonald family,
Guilford, on tho York road. Cards
of invitation were issued, and the
guests present comprised some of
the leading citizens Of this city and
Baltimore county. When young
Mcdonald came home from Europe,
before attending his majority,
where he had received an education,
he had opened to him the best So
ciety in this city, and his career
seemed promising one, but he
soon developed a taste for the COM
panionship of the vicious. Some
two years ago, the widow of Mr..
William Mcdonald, and the mother
of this young man, married Swiss
gentleman, said to be of some dis
tinction, named John De Sbeyr,
and the couple now reside in Nice,
Italy. More than year ago the son
left Baltimore, having purchased q
fine farm near Terre Haute, Ind,
where he has since been living a
very luxurious life. He returned
only recently to this city on visit. .
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22

Highlanders have the habit, when
talking their English, such as it is, of
intcrjecting the personal pronoun he
where not required, such as the king,
he has come.' instead of the king
has come Often in consequence. a
sentence or an expression is rendered
sufficiently ludicrous, as the sequal
will show. A gentleman says he had
the pleasure of listening to a clever
man, The Rev. Mr-.Qet his local
ity be a secret. and recently he began
his discourse thus; My friends, you
will find the subject of discourse this
afternoon in the First Eristle Gener-
al of the Apostle Peter, fifth chapter
and eight verse, in the words, The
devil he goeth about like roaring
lion, seeking whom he may devour
Now, my friends, with your leave, we
will devide the subject of our text to-
day into four heads. Firstly, we
shall endeavor to ascertain Who the
devil he was Secondly. we shall in
quire into his geographical position
namely: Where the devil he was.
and Where the devil he was going
1'hirdly-and this of a personal char.
acter-'Who the devil he was seeking
And fourthly and lastly, we shall en-
deavor to solve question which has
never been solved yet, What the
devil he was roaring about
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22
RICHMOND,

Lac arrived by special train, which
gave sufficient hose to reach the reser-
voir connected with the river. All
our hose was burned in the early stage
of the fire. The departments Of Nee
nah and Ripon also arrived by special
train and rendered valuable aid. The
new Wagner Opera House, in process
of erection; a beautiful engine house
next to it, the large Fourth Ward
school house, and some of the most
costly and elegant residences in the
city were destroyed. Thousands Of
people are rendered homeless and are
camped on the open prairie. Several
hundred residences and homesteads
are in ruins: The fire reached far be-
yond the. city limits, and only ended
at bay in the lake just this side of
the Insane Asylum. 1t is impossible
at this time to gather correct list Of
the losses or of names, but the losses
are estimated all the way from 5000, 900
to a million. A terrible state Of pri
vation is predicted for the morrow.
About one half of the business por-
ton of the city is gone, and nearly
one-fourth Of the resident portion.
Several deaths are reported among
which that of W. P. Taylor, City
Treasurer, than whom no man in this
city had more friends. His death is
lamented by all far more than the total
destruction. He died as he had lived,
working for others. He overexerted
himself and fell prostrate, dying in a
few moments. S@+~
The high school building has been
thrown open to the sufferers, and food
relief is being received from all quar-
ters
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22

Since the adjournment of Congress,
says Washington dispatch, already
about thirty applications for bank
charters under the new law have been
filled with the Comptroller of the
Currency. The majority of these
come from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indi-
ana, Kansas, and Iowa, with a few
from the Southern States. The
amount applied for is stated to be in
the neighborhood of three millions.
It will take from sixty to ninety days
to get these new banks in running
order. and the Comptroller estimates
that there will not be more than five
millions of additional banking capital
available for business purposes by the
time that Congress reassembles. Nine
banks have sent in legal tenders with
which to redeem their bonds, pending
the cancellation Of part Of their
currency to the amount Of 81 600, 600
OF this amount, Moses Taylor's City
National Bank of New York con-
tributes s249, 900. This bank has had
no circulation, however, the amount
in bonds having been required of it tc
secure depositors. OF these nine
banks there are three in New York
City; two in Chicago, viz: the Com
mercial and Mechanics; one in Lans
ing and one in Grand Rapids, Mich.
one in Fort Wayne. Ind, and one il
Columbia, s.. These banks do no
contemplate giving up their charters
and are only returning such surplus
capital as they cannot advantageous.
invest in business. -
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Ye editor sat in his ricketty chair,
as worried as worried could be, for
ye Devil was grinning before him
there, and copy" ye Devil said he.
Oh, ye editor grabbed his big quill
pen, and it spluttered ye ink SO free,
that his manuscript looked like a war
map when-"Take this" to ye Devil
spake he.
He scribbled and scratched through
ye livelong day, no rest or refreshment
had he; for ye Devil kept constantly
coming that way, and bowling for
more cop ee!''
Day after day he scissored and wrote
a-slaying the whole countree; while ye
Devil kept piping his single note. "A
little more outside cop-ee!'
And when We boys in ye newsroom
heard ye noise ofye fray, yc sound Of
a blow and blasphemous-word, He's
raising ye Devil!' say they.
And oft when a man with a griev-
ance came in, ye editor man to sec,
he d turn his back with word Of sin
"Go talk to ye Devil!'' sayed he.
And ever and oft, when a proof of
his work We proprietor wanted to see,
"Ye pl oof shall be shown by my per-
sonal clerk; you must go to the Devil,
sayed he.
And thus he was destined, through
| all of his life, by this spirit tormentcd
to be; in hunger and poverty, sorrow
and strife, always close to ye Devil
was he.
Ye editor died ** But ye Devil
lived on! And ye force OF life's hab-
its We see; for ye editors breath nc
sooner was gone, than straight to ye
Devil went he.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-22
A New Advertising Dodge.

The familiarity Of the frontiers
man with scenes of shooting and
executions by lynch Inv, and his
coolness in the average Western
affray, are proverbial. The last
instance that has come to our
knowledge in which enterprise and
self possession were admirably
mingled occurred at the recent ex-
ecution of a criminal in Washington
Territory. just as he was abou.
to swing off, and after he had re-
marked to the Sheriff that he had
nothing further to say, real estate
agent. whose Office was in his hat,
forced himself to the front and up
the steps of the scafold, and jointly
addressing the criminal and the
Sheriff, said: eff these gentlemen
who occupies the platform will
kindly yield for a few minutes, I
would like to make few remarks
upon the cheap homestead lots at
Dobsons s Hole I am now Offering for
sale.'' The polite request was
assented to, and after a brief sum-
mary of the advantages presented
in that locality, the Sheriff resumed
his duties, pulled the cap over the
''gentleman's'' countenance, and
permitted him to drop.