St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-28
Our New York Letter.


has been given 70 discussion and spectl-
lati"n as to what entries will he made
and which OF the noble stecdS will come
ont ahead \ good many of the parties
Interested insist that these entries
should he restricted to coursers who
have never run before, hut whether OF
no this clique will succeed in excluding
one old warehouse. who is Il terror tu
the hackers of all his rivals. is very ua-
certain. However. the winners prize
III this contest is only il nomination after
all, and to make that worth anything
he must win another in Il race where M
one will walk over the course for I'M
less the knowing ones of New York are
greatly mistaken, he will have to beat
the very strongest of the Democratic
stud before he can have stable" quar-
icrs in the White House
To come down to plain English. the,
universal impatience to know the re-
suit III the Republican Convention is
only equaled 10y the difficulty of max
ing even il respectable GUESS at it. The
quicksilver character of nominating
conventions is So we'll recognized that
even papers of the Hnuhd and Sun de
scription, VIII" are extremely dogmatic
and positive on doubtful topics, are oh
served to tread very gingerly about the.
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prophecies that might look awkward
next June. The only certain thing
about the whole matter seems to he.
that patient walters will find ont Just
as quickly as amy one else.
The city seems To he suffering from
an epidemic of crime of all grades,
which, during the last few months. has
kept the police court and the coroner
lIcS>cd with business, and So crowded
the State prison ii Sing Sing that the
warden writes that hut few more priS-
"ncIs can hr received. Beside he null
lItudc of minor offences, laIccnirS. de
talcationS, hurYlarirs. and the, like.
largely, attributable to hard times. the
average of murders for the Winter. 50
tar. must he two or three per week.
many of Them being OF special atrocitv.
"Murdclrrs Row" AZ one line of cells
in the Tuml> is called. i but too we'll
tiled three executions have already
,,,,.utr.I H., th,. mil \.,,.I anal ,n,,I 1910.
more await the rope or executive elem
enrN that is. it they are not decided
tn bc unfortunate luuaticS. more, to b,.
riticd than bl:nIrd and thus avoid con
Ni"tinn altogether. This insanity dodge
has been pushed to such hIaZ..u lengths
in the courts ni this state that the pub
lie gorge has hcyun To rise against it
and akcady Il hill is under discussion
which will give Judges no discretion in
sentencing" this large class of '.imSane"
L"micidcs. who. under its provisions.
90 int" Immediate confinement III an
aSl lum especially provided for their re-
crption, and stay there till they die. he
Nomd the reach of medical discharge OF
guhcrnatolial pardon. The passage of
this bill. il il occurs. will cover il null
titudc of Legislative sins on the part OF
our Albany Sol"n>. and will put Il
healthy check on the Use of tactics
which have many IL time dctrludcd the
gallow> of its just dues.
Struggling in this tidal wave of wick
cdncSS. We are subjects of congratulate
ton on the influences in preparation and
in pIogI, - for its counteraction. McSSrS.
Moody and Sankry, having finished
their successful season in Philade!phin.
are nov resting and getting their breath
for :; prolonged blast upon the trumpet
of warning. which il is expected will
give ont no uucrrtain sound from the
llippodromr. when the work Of putting
the building in proper shape is com
plctrd. Mis-. Van Colt is moving on
the cmrmN's works from the jersey
>holc. where She has been having Il
success second only to that of the re
n"wmcd rvaugrii>tir pair. Another, and
an odd sort of revivali>t. is also work
ing among the lower CLASSES of the city. .
This is one DwNcr. Il converted negro
minstrel, who attracts much attention
10y his carncstnrS> and power. 1t is to
he hoped that the combined efforts of
these various workers MAY effect some
improvement in our moral condition us
Il city.
The name of Longtcllow in literature
seems to he somewhat rs was the man
tie of Elijah in prophecy. Mr.. W =. F.
=. LongiclloW. Il nephew ot the poet.
has entered the field. and promises to
attain distinction ;IS editor of The Imcri- .
can Archifect. the elegant weekly COM
menccd with the new Year 10y MrSSrS.
j. X. OSgood 4 Co., of Boston. And .
he has Il journal which is in every way .
one to Ice proud Of lis design. which
the opening numbers ably sustain, is TO
cover the entire range of construction
and decoration, and thus To render i'm
portant service To architects. builders,
interior decorators. and all Interested
in their work. In mechanical execution
it is incomparahy the finest special
publication in the country. its makeup
embracing cvrll thing that is refined and
recherche in the publishers art. The
paper is excellent. the typoglapl, he
\ ouI r.urn.,,h and tl,. illuSt ,.,ti,nu ,,r
which each number contains several
pages. printed 10y the new hcliotypr