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The New York herald., 1876-11-24

occns,on and on tho other tho arms Of the Scottish
family Of Tweed.dale. The bowls OF the ladies ar
formed TO represent massive scolIoped Shells while
crouching tigers form tho handles and, ON small
disc pressed the shank, Is u beautiful monogram a
the recipient The soblcls have two sides small
tiger heads the garter OF the club and the othoi
SIDES respectively, the monogram and tho inscription,
April g. Is6s the weighing 500 ounces
and costing So 900. Tho raised ornaments and de-
vices on tho pieces finely frosted, whio the bas
ancc of the service Is highly polished aud the bowh
lined with pure gold" Supervisor Henry Smith vek
coined Mr. Tweed aud congratulated him tho rscur
renee his anniversary, after which Supervisor Wal
ter Roche presented the service behalf Of the club
Mr. Tweed's speech and what followed reported Il
foilows:s'Ho could not adequately express the feeh
ings which animated him, but II sherc was anything
that could possibly tend 10 strengthen and vivify
The warm feelings OF friendship which no
tertained for tho members Of tho club 10
was this kind remembrance OF him and Of the
occasion and the manifestation eoQuently and
srandy conveyed IN the testimonial just presented
to HIM. Al the conclusion Of his spccch--which wM
not delivered without great effort the part or ths
speaker TO appear caim--thc company present gave
three rousng cheers and then down 10 tho rousol
cheer awaiting demolition At tho head Of The tabh
sat Mr. smith, nankcd on either sIdo by M. Twocd
and Mr. Thurlow Weed. Mayor HOLMAN. Distrlce
Attorney Hall, Commissioners Nicholson and Bell hob
nobbcd with representatives OF the republican party
The gay and gallant sheriff U'Bricn nodded 10 the
vood ivuking Alderman Cudiy. Tho Cleo Club Of the
Amer,cus dscourscd some tine airs; Mayor HOLMAN
smoke or the city Oakley Hail KEPT tho table IN .
roar ou tho social of political lfo;' Thuriow
Weed gave lew "reminiscences oi soif-madc men;
renator Brnalcy compinented the ladies' tho por,ly
COMMISSIONER owen Brennan dispensed the charities
OF the occxsion SIR. Garvcy arranged tho flags aud
ornaments; sergeant NJ Arms NJ. G6vau and Secrc-
tary Hal new around attending ~ the comfort OF ,hs
quests. ana all hands ny tnUir conduct sdde6 70 the
festvily aud good nature 0f the occaston.'
rwgsp ELECTED GRAND sACuKu TAxMAxY
A. meeting of tho Tamrnany SOc>egy, Or Columbian
Order. held Ia the council chamber OF the great wig
wan Marcn o, lS69-prescnt, Sachcm James "A
Nicholson, Father Of tho Council, and sachems X b
Connolly, T. b. Hart. Isaac Bell, Charles e. Cornell
~ r brennan, George W. Mclean NxthAntei Iarvi6
Jr. Jonn ). Bradley aud petcy b. 5wcsny--a lrttsi
read Iroru Grnnu Sscnem Josa r. Hofmaa, dated
Albany. March l, 1862 IN winch resigns ih0 ofRoe.
ahs~nca The Gay. Saoicm Con nnoli6
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25

Command large fields, but cul-
tivate small ones.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
A Complicated Will Case.

A will case as singular and rO-
mantle as though cut from the
pages ofone of Charles Reade's
novels ha, arisen in Hampshire
county, Mass the matter of dis
pute being the estate of Frederick
l. Hayden, late of Williamsburg.
Mr. Hayden died in Switzerland
last September, after residing
some time abroad. AT the Octo-
Der term Of the Hampshire pro-
bate court, an instrument preport-
ing to oe his last will and tesla
menu was presented by Henry l..
Dalton,o of Boston, who was named
in the instrument as its executor,
and at the November term of the
court it was Only probated and al
lowed, Under this will, which
was executed April Goth 1874, Mr..
Hayden, who was a rich bachelor,
gave $1,000 to the H~aydenville
cemetery association, $1,000 to the
Congregational society at Hay
denvill,, and $4,000 to Hayden
vile schools, the rest of his estate
being distributed among RELATIVES
and friends. Tuesday II trim lit
tie French woman appeared in the
probate office in northampton
with O document written in
French aud executed in due form,
purporting TO be the last will and
testament of Mr. Hayden; made
by him while in Europe, and af-
ter the execution of the will al
ready probated. This new will
the woman alleges, appoints her
executrix and gives her all his
estate. OF course if its validity
be established, the first will be-
comes null and void, the Hayden
vile people will get none of the
property,and the trim little French
woman will carry away the whole.
This; in fact, was her sole purpose
in coming to America, Although
the foreign will has not yet been
filed in the probate Office, eminent
counsel have been engaged on
both sides, and a protracted liti-
cation is likely to ensue.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
Wonderful Nerve.
California Democrat.

Cdttf0fltld Denl0crdt.
CALDWELL, one of the men killed
while attempting to rob the North
field bank, IL undoubtedly the
same man who worked in the tin
and lead mines in Missouri two
years ago. He was regarded here
as a desperate character. To illus
trate his recklessness and daring it
is stated that on one occasion helm
company with another miner, went
on a spree,and while standing near
a fire, Chadwell's partner picked
up a keg Of blasting powder and
deliberately threw it on the ffre.s
Caldwell very coolly snatched the
key of powder from the flame,
and threw ii in IA ditch. The cir
curustance il we'll known 10 our
citizens.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
Election Bets Of Kentucky
Women.

1t appears that betting on the
result of the election between Til
den and Hayes extended to the
gentle sex. Several ladies staked
fats, gloves, scarfs &c, and a cou-
pie of our married ladies waxed
30 warm in enthusiasm as 10 bet a
pint of soft soap against a pint of
apple butter. Three young gen.
tiemen, with the aid of a wheel
barrow, and led ty a brass bind,
safely deposited the apple butter
at the dOmicile Of the delighted
victor, who in return made them a
speech on the error of human
Judgment and tho necessity aud
prnspec OF reform in household AS
well AS governmental affairs:
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25

Nem York Sunday DISPATCH.

N
The happiest man to be seen
nowadays is the individual who
has a big bet on one or the other
of the candidates. He COLI es down
town smiling. He has been read
ing his party paper, and he is con-
WINGED that his candidate is elect
ed. He Is jocose with the conduc-
tor, and treats himself to little of
the best brandy and a fine Ha-
vana. Then he takes a walk In
Printing House Square. III he is
a democrat, the Sun bulletins elate
him more, but If he is a republican
his spirits sink and he begins to
have doubts. He then examines
the Tribune, and is elated or de-
pressed according to his politics.
From there he goes TO the Times,
then to the World, and fetches up
at the Herald. BY this time he Is
completely mixed. He begins to
doubt the wise men of the press In
whom he has heretofore placed his
reliance. He gets disguised. He
doesn't think there's any truth
in the world, and he retires to a
saloon for consolation. There he
meets a friend. That friend has a
bet also, and they sympathize to-
gether, and then begin to discuss
the situation, and take an occa-
sional drink and get heated in
their arguments, and make more
bets and call each other blamed
fools and threaten to bust noses,
and they part mortal enemies, full
of patriotic wrath and bad whis-
key. Then they walk unsteadily
home, and when their wives ask
them if they won their bets, and
if their man is elected. they give
them a lofty wink and say: tits
no use trying to explain this mat
ter to you Women don't know
anything about politics. And
then they go to bed and awake
next morning with a headache
and and a general disgust for poll
itics and many other things in
this world, but especially bets on
the election.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
Self Sacrifice.
j. Cuaninghaaa Geik-ie.

81. tUJtIttftyftttI1 QttheS.
Self-sacrifice is at the root Of all
blossoms of goodness that have
survived the wreck of Paradise
There is not a heart but has CLEANS
of it. Shining at times, in some
royal natures, as diffusive as the
light of u day without clouds there
is yet no life so hard and clouded
but it sends a golden shaft through
some opening rift. To"be great
hearted, for the love we bear to our
Master, and in imitation of Him,
is the ideal of Christianity, for 1t
is the religion of Him whose life
and whose death were alike self
sacrifice. If we are to follow Him
we must, like Him, bear a cross.
1t has been so from the beginning.
Call the dead roll of the worlds
worthies-its prophets, apostles.
worthless, saints, the teachers OF
mankind, the architects of liberty.
the heroes of civilization, the min
istering angels who have blessed
the poor and the sick, the dying
the hopeless. Has not the meas
ure of their goodness been that of
their self denial? They have suf-
fered that others might suffer less;
they died for truth that others
might have the truth and live;
they have defended human rights
by enduring unspeakable wrongs
the tree ofhuman happiness and
hope have been watered with tears
and blood Love, like the tabled
bird, pierces its own bosom TO feed
its loved ones. Is not heaven it.
self to be reached only through
deatho The Blessed one entered
not into his glory until he had
been crucified. The leaders of
mankind havet had to tread a
blacKened and scorched path of
suffering, and we enter into their
labors without their Sorrows
White robes of earthly saintship,
like those of heaven, are gained
through much tribuIation. There
is nothing good that has not cost
much self denial.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
A Chinaman ElOpes with n
White Girl.
Portland, OREGON, Bee, Nor. 3.

V't'N'tWf 'NJV' ~ 'NN'
For several months past there
has been employed as a waiting
maid in the family of General Sui
ly, at Fort Vancouver, a young
and handsome girl, whose name
we suppress for obvious reasons
There has also been employed, as
cook and general servant, a China
man, who is described as being a
smart fellow, and in personal APP
pearance far above the average of
his race. Evidence of affection
have Of late been noticed between
the two, but it was passed off as "A
joke, and nothing serious thought
of the matter until one day last
week, when both the girl and the
Chinaman were missing. Upon
inquiry il was ascertained that
they had come over to this city to-
gether Dy steamer. Here all trace
of them was lost, and it is sup
posed they took overland passage
for California. The mother of the
young lady is in great distress over
her daughters departure and dis.
grace. and we understand has left
for San Francisco in quest of the
fugitives.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25


An examination OF the sight of
the school children in Portland,
Me-, by DIR. Spaulding proved that
twenty per cent. were Of defective
vision. Many of these were very
slightly affected, yet ten per cent
were short-sighted enough tu need
81 sses. DR.. Spaulding's deduction
is that the defective lighting Of
school rooms is one cause of the
trouble, and that the habit of hold
ing books too close to the eyes is
another. He advises children not
to study with their faces toward
a bright light; to rest the eye fire.
quently, and, when it is necessary
to use glas les, not 10 choose strong
er ones than are needed. He then
adds: "They should be taught
that the light should always come
from the side, or over the shout
der; that the book should be held
up, ii possible, and never in the
lap; that they should always have
a shade over a lamp standing on a
table at a level With their eyes,
and especially If they have to face
a light, as in writing, and that all
bending positions, and reading in
the twilight, or with the sunlight
pouring over the book, are very
harmful to the eyes,"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
The Pursuit of Happiness
Interfertd With.
New York World.

Barney O'Toole and Pat Moran
slood before the bar of the Fifty
seventh street police court. Barney
had a black eye and Patrick a
damaged nose. Barney delivered
a plain, unvarnished tale.
aver honor,it was all on account
av the ELECTION. Pat, he said that
Hayes wuz ELECTED, an l said that
Tilden wuZ elicted.
"Thin SEE Pat,aggravatin loike,
"Hooray fer Hayes!'
"Hooray fer Tilden !" seq I.
"Yer MISTAKEN %intirely," seq
Pat.
"Yer one yerself, SCI
"Whoop! G Pat
"Hooray! So |.
"An' thereupon we agreed to
settle it loike gintlemin am decide
the ELECTION at wanst. / had got
one in on Pats nose, an Pat had
landed firninst my eye, an'every-
thing wuz illigant and rilden's
prospects were niver broighter,
whin a policeman c,me interferin'
loike, an now there's no tillin'
who would hev ben ELECTED at all,
at all,' and Barney and Patrick
stepped down, murmuring 'agin'
the armed interference of the
law.
New-York tribune., 1876-10-13
Jn0ex to Advertisements


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New-York tribune., 1876-10-13

his little plan, and each has made miss and
a mess of it. If they were really clever, as
they are not, they no longer hold the cards,
and perhaps would not know how to play them
if they did.
To the virtuous, and even to the decently
honest, all this must be exceedingly refreshing.
The Hon. Mr.. Tweed will hardly be greeted
by the politicians who once fondly called him
"Boss." The Hon. Mr.. Woodward, ex-mem-
ber of the Connecticut Senate, once potent
and rich, grave and greedy, reverend and
rascal, might possibly buy his way back to the
old seat of dignity and honor, but it would
cost him more than it once did, and much
more than he will be able to raise, even
though the people of the State of New-Iork
could be persuaded to part with him. And
now that the taxpayers of this city know OF
what slim stuff these thieves were made, VIII
they allow themselves to be swindled in like
manner again Or will they determine here
after 10 keep one eye at least half Openf
New-York tribune., 1876-10-13

They have been educated to hate Mr. lilden
and the New-York Democracy, and it would
not be surprising if one in a hundred OF them
should refuse to vote in November next, as
one in eight of the Indiana Democrats did
refuse to vote in 1872. But loss of less than
one per cent of their total vote would ap-
parcntlv insure a Republican victory.
V. Finally, the most disheartenDg Tact To
the Democrats is now cOncluSively esta0llshcu'
namely, that the hard times, the demand tor
change, and the cry of reform, produce no
effect Whatever. The Republicans hold every
State at the North which they carried prior to
the election in 1872; they show much more
united and solid array; they poll a larger
vote, and manifest greater confidence ana de-
termination But the Democrats have rehcd
with absolute confidence upon the cry of re-
form, the hard times and the desire Tor a
change.
These being important, as the elections IN
Maine and Vermont Indiana and Ohio con-
cusively prove, the Democrats Will presently
hecin to understand that it is the same old
fight over again, upon issues which have
never failed TO secure Republican victory,
against Republican party strengthened 10y
thousands of Liberals and Independents who
have at times opposed it. The dream of a
"tidal waven melts away. Disgust disheart-
enment, conviction that defeat is inevitable,
will take possession of Democratic minds in
spite of all the boasts of leaders. Reform and
the hard times were their strong cards, and
they fail. 1t will not do for Republicans to be
over-confdent. They have a hard fight before
them in this State. But it will be their own
fault if they do not triumph.
New-York tribune., 1876-10-13
THE LAST LETTER IRON QUINCY

THE LAST LETTER FHOH ptINtf.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams is evidently and
perhaps properly regarded by the Democratic
paIty as a valuable acquisition, although he is
merely Tidcn man, and has been character
isticaly careful in his various cpistlcs, not to
use the word "Democmt" or Democratic"
at ALL The dog in the fable suffered severely
for having fallen into bad company, but we
are not told that he refused to recognize his
temporary associates as fellow creatures. Mr..
Adams distinctly alrms that he Will make no
speeches. but beinga gentleman. he cannot refuse
to answer letters, and the policy seems to be
TO get as many letters out of him as possible,
and to use the same as persuasive campaign
documents. Thus far, we must be permitted
TO say, these letters have been exceedingly
thin productions, Mr.. Adamss skill rs a di-
plomatist now being found by him, we should
think, exceedingly convenient. His last Epistlc
to the Gentilcs was sent to Mansfield, Ohio,
and was written upon the 9th ultimo. Ii is
more nearly partisan production than any
thing which has yet fallen from It's writer's
pen during the present canvass. While de-
nouncing the passion" of those who do not
regard Gov. Tilden as n perfect model of a
reformer, Mr. Adams himself loses little of
his accustomed frigidity, and talks of " the
"fcrocity OF the (Republican) wolves and
tigers"
This il somewhat more in the vein OF his
illustrious grandfather than anything which
recently we have had from him. We are
sorry, however, to find his Indignation leading
him into unfairncss toward Gov. Hayes, :" in
"derogation" of whom he processes mot to
have a word to say" This is not, we be-
lieve, the first time he has betrayed something
New-York tribune., 1876-10-13
THE NETS THIS MORNING.

. FoRFIGN.-Stringent conditions are laid down by
Turkey for the proposed armistice. -= Fifteen
hundred Turks have been slain by the Mohtencgrins'
- Minister Washburne received Polish CEN
tennial address. - Gen. Martinez-Campos leaves
for Cuba on the 18th inst. == Count Won Arnim
was sentenced III default 80 five years imprisonment
in the House of Correction. = Three Egyptian
armies have been destroyed in Abyssinia since
October last.
DoNFsTIC-Accordng to the latest adyiccS Ohio
Is Republican by GOO as to Barnes and 5000 as
TO the rest Of the ticket Indiana is uncertain and
very close West Virginia is Democratic by less
than 10000 - The capital of the Bank of
Nevada has been raised from five to ten millions,
and Flood & O'Brien gave their check for the
S. OOO. 900. II boiler explosion in Zug & Co.'s
nail mills at Pittsburgh, Pa, killed 20 men.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Elbirt A. Woodward
brought from Chicago and committed to the Tombs
on the forgery indictments. An order of arrest in
civil suit for S6, 100000 has been placed i'll the
hands of the Sheriff. and bail is fixed at $3,OOO,OOO.
- The Tammany and Ant-Tammany Joint Con-
ference Committee discussed several propositions IN
regard to local offices but reached no agreement.--
committee representing the recent Cooper Institute
citizens meeting tendered the nomination for Mayor
to Controller Green. - The winners at the Je-
rome Park races were First Chance, Tom Ochiltree,
Warlock, Shylock, and Pollywog. - The Anna
teur Rifle Clubs team scored 423 in the Interstate
Rifle match = Gold 100, 1885 100. Gold
value of the lcgal-tend'r dollar at the close, 01lO
cents. Stocks dull. irregular, and closing weak.
THE WEATnER-THE TRrBUSr's local observa-
tions indicate clear weather with clouds gathering
more or less in the late afternoon. == In this city
yesterday it was clear aud cool Thermometer, 40',
500 40.
New-York tribune., 1876-10-13
NOT NHlKH. LIIUER.

We are apt in our haste to consider men
like William VI. Tweed and Ebert y. Wood
ward as remarkable specimens of the sharp and
cunning character. For our own part, graft
fled ~ We are by the gIicf to which these
Ircddcs aHb0-knavcs bO;h-have come, we
cannot resist feeling of modification that
this great, wealthy, we may say imperial city,
should have been 50 easily pundcrcd by a
brace Of swindcrs who have since shown 50
little ability IN escaping the consequence OF
their crimes The world was all before
them where to choose, and they had
the odds in their favor of Il long start,
with money enough TO pay their way.
to go where they pleased, ami To hide where
they pleased. Yet both are coming back to
certain and condgn punishment. II is easy 10
see now that it was only by the deplorable
and, we may say, incomprchenSible negligence
of taxpayers, that these plundercrs were en-
ablcd to succeed in their wholesale and most
nofaliOus cmbczzlcments. We can cOmprc-
hcnd now that there was nothing delicate
about this knaycry. If the money to which
they helped themselves by heaped up hand
fnls had been cared for and protected never
so little, the grand could never
the public Offices. These men, without
engaging in anything which could be called
business, without rendering anything which
could he considered as public services. grew
richer and richer before our eyes. They did
not, like ordinary thieves conceal their booty.
They neither hid it i'll Il corner, nor buried it
in the ground. On the contrary, by every pos
siblc device of ostcntation and OF profusiOn,
they betrayed the possession of money which
it would have been impossible for them hon
cstly to account for. In respect of cquipage,
of houses in town and country, OF grOaning
banquet boards, of personal decorations and of
courtcsans, these low-brcd, pothousc politi-
clans drmcaned. themselves like barbarOus
princes. exciting m equal admiration in Con-
necticut and in Ncw-York. EycrybO knew
that they were iilching furiousy many, if not
everybody, said that it must be 50; and yet
for long time everybody aequicSced, or at
least made no practical motion in arrest.
We must iusist that it was not greatly cred
table to be successful with only negligence,
indifference, and carclcssness 10 contend with.
The gratifying point is that the moment these
pecuators are earnestly and rcsolutely con-
frontcd, the game is all up with them. One
of them goes mcekly to Jail, the other to
foreign parts. Tweed evades his keepers, has
all the world before him where to choose, and
chooses to run his long head into another
moose. Woodward, with even greater facilities
for escape, makes crcumnayigntion of the
globe only TO run at last into the untriendly
arms of a constable. After all their wander
ings, can there be anything more divcrting
than the Thought of this Deculatiye pair meet
ing once more under the shadow of our City
Hall I Each might properly salute the other
with, "You fool! you herew Each has had