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The Ottawa free trader., 1877-09-08
4 Brutal Kings FayorItc.

Ann, brewster writes from Paris % ,hg
Philadelphia BrN,tig :.
All Paris that knows what is going ua in
what j. called high life was talking. while |
was there oi 81 dsgraycful affair. Just before
The Queen Of Hollands death, this spring. q
once Motel dancer was about To leave Paris in
a special train for Holland, when "a Telegram
came from ih" King requesting h,r 20 wait q
fortnight, ne the Queen Was dying. titcr tla;
sad story of a ruined royal life Was ended She
cN,lanccr went on u her kingiy lover and IA,
Travelled a> a queen might since hcF arrival
the king has given her a splendid chateau. Z.
>pt ui ancient and oriental arms, worth 100000
francs. and many other costly gifts.
She ~avs She wants some ScvlJ>, wv1tc ih,
King lately 20 hi> s.ent Where un -,
something that will please tor,"
The agent, who :, I'm the confidence of the
.eN4isncer. told the king Ina; ii would hc better
Ia give her O. certain collection ot Old Delfthat
hiS majesty owned. She Was consulted by her
reval lover. and consented to take it in lien oi
he Se.vr,s. and Il superb collection OF Old Delf
worth over 200 francs was boxed up and sent
.io the rN4,sncers ci.sirau
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-09-08

The l.sB1H,,c gu0,icle containing the month
ly resume Of fires aud the amount Of capital de
stroyed by them is a. hand, from which We make
our usual abstract The figures are for July,
1877, contrastcd with the same month of 1876,
and include losses in The United States and Can
adas The losses at PittsbUrg-cstimatcd AZ SO,
000O-arc not included
1871 1876
Aggregate Losses. s.........S4, ,5iL9OO >i,gi1, 100
Aggregate Losses 10 .iusU.
rance Companic, ........ 2,3Oj, 100 ISL, 600
Number uf Fires ......... $50 gUi
Of this amount Pennsylvania lost more than
any other state, losing sac, 400; Wyoming Ty.
less than any other 500 Illinois lost S!Sj, 400.
The greatest loss in the United States ON any one
day, was ON the 4th, s52o9OO the smallest ON
the Sih, SlS3O0. Seven blacksmith shops were
burned, 10 drug stores, a country grocery stores,
81 hotels. 10 liquor stores, IL livery stables, 5
planning mills, 6 railroad dcpots, Ii saw mills Il
steamboats,, and q great variety oi o.hyr hus..
ncsScs.
TnE 81 JOHNS rIgU.
The official statistics Of the ~. Johns u. b. }
fire bayc also been made up, showing that ap area
of 300 acres was burned 20 streets were de-
,troyed, Of which q were completely devas-
tatcd that not single building oi ANY Kind r..
maiu,d The population of the burnt district
was -, l9, 3,G!l buildings were destroyed Of
which 2,4l2 were dwelling houses. The number
OF persons killed was - Losses and Insurance
lrlht lp-- f-f-'o,VNu
Total insurancc .......-.-.--.--..--..- b,Joa,ol
divided c. follows
IN Br.ii-h Companies .........-.......s4l ll5,Utl
Ir Csnadian Companics ..............- i,;stkO0
ln AmfriccH Companics ............-. 5000
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-09-08

\ EGAL BLANKS.-Alarre sssorJren tId
l. TIRE most feliso.e forp.s that are published, a.
oSRAN q RAPExfES -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

The ing,tionists must seek new disguise now or
give up the business.
IfPatterson lectures in New-York, will the Man
haitian Club entertain HIM
This country will be spared the humiliatng re-
suit of testing the original theory of resumption by
means of imitation.
Amid the wreck of Civil Service theories and the
crash of appointments 1t Is encouraging to see that
the Custom House Commission goes on forever
If Mr.. Tildcn and Charles Francis Adams would
make concert tour singing the great Fraud duet
with variations the troupe would draw better than
Patterson rs II lecturer.
Mr.. Lamars novel idea of converting the Solid
south to sound financial views by means of unlm-
tied doses of reconciliation" would be more popu-
larlf the number of conversions already secured IN
that way didn't stand so close 10 zero
The latest bulletin about Senator Sharon is that
he never requested the Senate to go to warmer
climate than is 10 be found above ground, and that
be will he i'm his seat on January III tins Is true
there will be Il rise in the price ol caipet-Dag votes
c,,,o+ors who are credited with victories gained
over the President would find more solid comfort
IN those victories if the President could be per
sroded that he had been defeated. IL Is very ev-
idcnt that Mt. Hayes Is not 1o' """'
been any fight c.-u c..
Gentlemen who sheer Mt n non-partsan CiNl ser
vice in this country as impossible OF theore''' OF
tr,uscendental, or epcurean, or too ethereal Tor
| tis world. are now and then reminded that the
Coast survey, which has mahae TO HeeP "i'os''N'
ont of politics, does some honest work
Fancy the feelings Of the thirsty Democratic SEN
,tor when he descends to the First National Sample
Pm finds all the decantcrs shattered and in theu
Mace the Indies of the Mrs. Il. b. Hayes Association
| chanting scductiyely, Sign sign Inc temperance
pledge, for It's "A glorious pry-e-lege''
Patterson has shaken the grip Of the Washington
courts from his collar, and is now at tho mercy o
the Senate. If the Democrats do not execute then
heartless threat to cxpel him. he can take the el,
as lecturer and get back that $4,000 in Shor
| time The Senator is at present the most unique
spcctacle in America, and the public will pay hber
| ally for "a ii ht of him.
Virginia seems to be completely in the clutch o
the repudators, and il is small wonderlthat she is
The friends of the States honor including the new
Governor. are largely responsible for the disgrace
To the open boasts of the repudiators they have of
| fered only grandiloquent nonsense about the un
furnished escutcheOn of the old Commonwealth
They have not dared to say one manly word in fayo
OF tho only honest course for tho State 10 pursue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
1noer 10 Advertisements.

AMrsENENTS-Sd P0gc-5th and 9th columns.
BOARD AND ROOMs-7M Tdgc-6th column.
BUSINESS NOTICrs-4M PdCe-lst column.
COUNTRY BOARD-Sd PGCC-fth column.
DANCING ACNDEMEs-6h PGgs-3d column.
DENTISTRY-1Lt Pdgc-6ih column.
DIVIDEND NOIiCES-7h PGgc-6tb column
DRY GOODs-3d PGge-4th and 5th columns.
EUROPEAN ADyERTIsEMENTS-3d P0Je-0th column.
EINANCIAL--1M FQ0e-6ih column
FURNITURE-3d iGgc-tth column.
lee CREAM-3d PGqc-4th column.
INsTRUCuON-6h ragged aud 81 columns
LECTURES AND MTETlNGS-Sd PQgc-6'h column.
LEGAL NOUCEs-6h PGge-fth column.
LOST AND FOUND-6A FGge-3d column.
MARBLU AND SLATI MNNTEts-30 Pdqe-6th column
MARRIAGES AND DENTHs-5M Pdge-6,h column
NIsCEIIASEoUs-6a Pagc-ith column oH Pdge-1th
and 9th columns.
MUSICAL INsrRUMENTs-3d Page-6th column.
NEW PUBLIC ATIONs-6h PGgc-2i column.
REAL Estate FOR SAE-ClTY-6h PdJc-6th column;
COUNTRY-GW Pqgc--6th column AUCTION sALES-6h
PGge--6th column TO ENCHANGE--6h Pa9c-bth
column.
Sans BY AUcTIoN-7h Po0e--6th column.
SPECIAL NOrICFS-5M PGgc-6lh column.
SITUATIONS WANTED-MNLEs-3d PGgc-ith column
FEMALEs-39 TdJc-ith and 5th columns.
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS eth Pdqe-4th ana 0th
STEAMERS. OcEAN-Gh Pags-lth column.
TEACHERs-6h PGqc-3d column.
To LET-CTY PRCrERrY-GM PGge-G;h column; COUN-
TEY-6M Idge-6th column.
70 WHOM II NAY CONCEBN-Gth Pf9c-6th column.
WINTER REsoRTs-3d Pdge-fth column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
FOUNDING 4 FAMILY.

The lawyers and the doctors are again ex-
hibiting the disembOwelled carcass of the late
Commodore Vanderbilt, and all the town
stands gaping with curiosity around the dis
figured remains, while the counsel dispute
whether Il valid will could possibly have been
made by a man vino had so much the matter
with his intestncs. ii the rumOrs of the court
room are not all wrong, this display of bodily
ailments Is 10 be followed in due season by
still more unpleasant disclosures. The dis-at-
ished children mean to show that their father
was iunatlc, if not mailman, the slave of
base passions, craven fears, and superstitious
beliefs, hardened by his money, governed by
his evil associates. unfit to live, and certainly
unfit to die and they ask the courts to set
aside his last requests, on the plea that such a
mass of mental and physical corruption was
unfit to make any. 1t is not an edifying spec
tacle. We do not imagine that, however the
money may be finally divided, the family
which has besmcared itself in such quarrel
can ever be satisfied with Its fortune.
! The Vanderbilt case is an impressive lesson
in the folly of attempting to found a family
upon no better basis than the possession OF
money. The ruling idea Of the old COmmo-
| dore's latter years was to amass IA huge for
tune which should stand for generations as q
monument to the name of Vanderbilt, and make
the head of the house a permanent power in
American society. He chose one son out OF
his many children, and trained him to posses,
alone the inheritance of this vast wealth, as q
kings first born is educated for "A crown; and
! this favored son in turn he doubtless ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06

and they are, therefore, jnstly 10 be charged with
ts TssponsDilty OF adding Virginia to the rapidly
Sorn OK southern States which are re-
Puulaung theiT plghted word This IS another bur
den Tor the National Democratic party
There is a fearful gloom in Cincinnati tbo HON,
and second birthplace of the dollar Of the fatbors
Mr.. Halstcad looks back upon the awful arrav -,
sixteen daily editorial articles in favor Of unlimited
silver, then casts his eye the Presidenfs No.
sage, and groans: :" The President ENCOURAGES Tho
false pretenses Of the gold sbarps The newt p,ogi
dent will be man who will sign The Bland Riup
Yet this same Mr. Hastead was telling %. . -,
days ago that Mr.. Hayes bad sand In bfs b@ardD
ana Womb never surrender 10 the enemies Of tho
people across me way from Mr.. Halstead's sane
tuln, there comes even deeper Qroon mo E,o,ircr
elltOr VINO surpasso5 Mr.. Hastead in length OF ser
wee iof lnatlOn, but not i'm zeal saws the Prpsidons
hhhh9la views are the most heretIcal. vicious and
heaFtless that have come from President in many
years and that the surrender Of the Western Pre-
Ident 10 the money lending section is cOmDletep
lhere Is something too solemn about this grlef to
warrant tippant comment.
The favorte argument which the Democrats nse
against the assertion that the Solid South has de-
signs on the National Treasury is that all mention Of
such schemes appear in Northern newspapers, the
Southern newspapers being silent on the subject.
This is case where actions speak louder than
words. If the Southern press is silent the Southern
''"U'''i'" "i0 hVl' ihey FOle Soluiy Tor cheaper
money and against resumption in Congress, and
they are gradually arrayng their whole section by
states IN favor Of population If they arc willing
to repudiate their State debts, will they hesitate
long about rcpudiating a National debt which was
accumulated for their defeat But il they are silent
~ regard 10 these worse forms Of attack upon tho
Treasury and the public credit, the same newspapers
are not silent on the subject of subsidy raids Of al!
kinds. They say openly. they are bound to get
" even with the North in this matter. IL is useless
to try to deny these facts, 10 charge that they
are uttered ont of partisan hostility TO me south.
They are uttered because they are true, ana n they
make an unfayorable showing for the south, 1t ia
the SOuth's own fault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
NEwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY DECEMBER g. 1877.

be considered the party. No Republican Sem
ator during that period was permit
ted to differ with the President upon any
detail of administration or point Of policy
on which the latter's heart was set, and hold
at the same time position of Influence in the
Senate or on the committees. To be a Re-
publican and have the confidence of the party,
Senator must be an Administration man
without reservation, and an unquestion-
ing supporter of Administration meas
ures So when Mr.. Sumner undertook
to have opinions of his own upon
questions of public policy, and was rena-
ciOus of them, the majority deliberately re-
moved him from his Craftsmanship, and set
him over to the opposition. They were so
strong they believed they could easily afford it.
Things have changed. The party has be-
come so compact we presume that 1t no longer
feels the need of such strict discipline. II hap
pens quite often that the smaller party be-
comes, the more tolerant it grows Of differences
OF opinion upon nOn-essentials, the less exact
ing in its demands, and the less strenuous
in matters of discipline. In the reorganization
of the Senate committees for the present Con-
gress, it is not proposed to follow the prece-
Senators, Messrs. Patterson and COnOver
holding chairmanships of important COM
mittees, have been exercising what they
call the right of private Judgment IN
disObedience of the dlctum Of party
caucus, and the dissatisfaction Of the
party leaders has been 50 great that they have
been suspected, and. we might almost say,
openly charged, with being governed by cor
rupt motives; but they have not been dis
ciplineI or dcpOsed from their rank on the
committees A suggestion that they should be |
has as we understand, been COldly received and |
frOWncd down. So these two persons hold their |
places unqucstioned, and continue to be recog
nized as Republicans after having committed |
much worse offences against party discipline |
than Mr.. Sumner ever did; and the Republi-
can majority in the Senate goes tip-toeing |
round them in the most anxiousy careful way, |
lest they should be toppled over to the oppo- !
,ition by some incautiOu5 word.
The contrast between the two periods re- |
rerred to is very marked. Mr.. Sumner went |
overheard almost without discussion. These |
two Senators hold on mdisturbed; mean
line looking their party associates in
he face with something the same eX-
preston as the bad little boy had who
and to his grandmother "NOw, granny, I've
8 eat all the cherries, N if We don't gimme
% sixpence I'll swaller the stuns." When the
history of the Republican party comes to be
written it is not improbable that the enforce
nent of discipline in Mr.. Summers case,
md the failure to enforce it in the cases
If Patterson and COnover, will be set
lown equally as mistakes. As for the po-
itcal situation in the Senate, it can only be
described in the touching language Of the
.minent Pennsylvania: "Well, this Is
he0fatime.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
PARTY DISCIPLINE RELIyED

Times have changed since the Republican
majority in the Senate enforced party disc-
pline by deposing Senator Sumner from the
Craftsmanship of the Committee on Foreign Re
latons, for the offence of disagreeng, not with
theparty, but-with President Grant, on theques-
ton of Santo Domingo annexation. The Republic
can majority was then large-amost too large,
some leading Senators seemed to thnk-and
it was accounted good policy to scale 1t down,
so that the Administration should have solid
and compact body of supporters, who should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06

other that, if they find 60 per cent
more than they can pay, that can he
" readjusted also. 1t is a hopeless task to
teach whole people honesty, when they are
unwilling TO learn. The work of readjust-
"ment" will 90 on, and these States VIII
fancy themselves richer by so much of their
creditors money rs they are able to keep. 1t
is a sad spectacle even when the honor OF
these States is alone considered, but unhappny
their disgrace Is ours also. The dark shadow
which falls upon the "escutcheOn" of Tennessee
and the traditional reputation of Virginia
falls also upon the whole American name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06

pected to transmit the deposit, unimparec
and perhaps increased, TO the head OF
| the next generation. American law ano
American customs discountenancc such pre-
ferences, and have never favored the per
manent confirming of wealth to n single mar
row channel. There is no country III the
world where fortunes are made so quickly,
none where so large proportion OF the men
in business have succeeded in amassing a COM
Portable independence; yet there is none in
which ancestral wealth is so rare, and none in
which inherited money has done so little for
its pOssessors. Every few years a new CrGsus
dazzles us with his sudden abundance; he has
plundered the stock exchange, he has nego-
tated a railroad subsidy, he has specuated IN
land, he has found silver NINE, he has Heated
construction company, he has gambled III
rotten steamships, he has held an army con-
tract or he has perchance built up prosperity
by shrewd adventures in legitimate commerce.
What becomes of all these stupendous for
tunes? Most of them vanish as quickly as they
came;
"RicheS. like insects while concealed they lie
Wait hut for wings and in their season fly"
The men who were monarchs Of Wall-st. five
years ago have nearly all dropped into oDscu-
Iity: many are bankrupt; few are still men,
And even if they keep their possessions to the
end. still they " bear their heavy riches but
"iournev, and death unloads them" None
have succeeded in founding a family on
money basis. John Jacob AstOr had the am
bition of establishing a line OF rich men, but
he gave his son something better than gold, ana
fitted him by education and culture to adorn
the place designed for him. II he succeeded
in founding family" it is because his de-
scendants have never trusted to the estates for
the maintenance of their social position. Half
century ago, a Mr.. TheIusson, in England,
attempted to found family upon the basis OF
a fortune equivalent TO about S3,OO0,OOO lie
directed by his will that his money should be
invested and reinvcStcd during the lives OF all
his descendants who should be living at the
time of his death, and that ultimately the
whole should go to the families OF his three
SONS Ii was calculated that the property
would amount to 100000 before it was
divided and three lines of rich Thelussons
would be established among the magnatcs OF
the kingdom The result, however, was half
a century of lawsuits, and in the end there
was no such enormous sum to divide, ana 1t
was distributed among much greater number
of heirs than The tcstatOr contemplated.
The Vanderbilt money is certainly bringing
no happiness and no greatness to It's present |
claimants. and we have little doubt that in the |
course of few years it Will go the way OF
most American fortunes; a multitude of heirs
will have the spending Of it, and it will be |
absorbed in the vast circulating system of the |
country The plans of the dead railway king |
will come to naught; and if he ever Ieyists |
thc earth 10 look after what he had so much |
at heart in his last years Che will be satisfied |
that the art of founding n family was one of |
the things that he did not know.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06

FORuGN.-The Turks claim TO have captured
Elena. n town nineteen miles southeast Of Tino-
va. = Hopes Of a satisfactory settlement with
MacNahon are acaIn entertained in the French
Chamber Of Deputies -=- The Pope is apparently
better and has given an audience to several Cardi-
mails.
DoMEsuc-Ihero is talk Of a long recess Of Con
gress. =- Mr.. story lectured on art in Washing
ton last night to large and very distinguished
audiences lac was introduced by Secretary Eyarts.
- Judge Humphreys has refused TO surrender
Senator Patterson to the South Carolina authori-
tios.- General Burnside has been left OF ths sen
ate Committee on Commerce. --= The Newly ork
Republican Congressman have resolved TO ask die
President moi to rcuomiuatc Mcs,rs. Roosevelt ADD
Prince == The Virginia Legislature organized
yesterday. GovemorKemper's message takes strong
ground against reputation. -= The South Caro-
lima Legislature elected 4. c. Haskell Supreme Court
Justice, W. H. Wallace, Judge of the Seventh Cir
emit, and Leroy =. Youmans Attorney General. --
The cashier of the Reading Savings Bank has been
arrested for cmbezzement. -= naval Court Of
Inquiry was organized at Washington, and testi-
mOny was taken in regard to the loss of the Huron
CoNGBEss.-The Senate was not IN session. The
House met and adjourned without having trans
acted any important business.
CITY AND sUBUBBAN.-FrancsC cpcutt.a wealthy
importer, was found dead in bed, yesterday. It is
uncertain whether he committed suicide OF died by
accident == Peter b. Sweeuy declined to testify
before the Aldcrmens Committee Jackson :. Schultz
and Others gave evidence about the keyser assign
ment =- Judge Davis granted writ Of error TO
Robert /. Case. -= The testimony against I. :.
Lambert outriaforalleged perjury was bcguu.==--
Prominent educators opposed the Presidents sug-
gestion of n National university. -= Minister
Stoughton sailed for Russia. == The National
Trust Company required ten days notice
of the withdrawal of deposits. == Police Captain
Lowory was dismissed from the force, on charges
of drunkenness. -=- Assembly mau-cect Aston
gave a reception 10 the Republicans Of his District.
- The striking cigar-makeTs intend TO start a
cooperative shop. -= Gold 1929, 1924 1929.
Gold value of the legal tender dollar at the close,
$500 cents. -= Stocks active and lower closing
steady. at a fractional recovery
The WEATHER-TRIBUNE local observations indi-
cate cloudy and much colder weather, following the
storm. Thermometer yesterday, 3d. So, 5o'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
GENERAL NOTES.


Old Newgate is menaced. Inc Lo"'Ol ="
pers are filed with rcmonstraEceS asaMs. '"' -,
Of tho Thames embankment size for the extension "a
tho new post Office. one OF the schemes ""''" -
vored proposes the removal Newgatc Prison Wheh'
,,e,eroy condemned as useless monument 81 cNne,
and national disgrace, ana the erection OF hah0'oA0
post flee on the site
Daredevil Skobelef, the dashing young hero
~ t war on the Russian side hit by chance bullet
ON November - while the outpost line near Peyna
Notwithstanding the recklessness with which ne had
erosei himself in his brilliant uniform, be has passed.
,s,,hed through tho hcrcest battles Of the "af' 20
mot his enemies came 90 speak Of HIM as the man
Zen "a charmed lite lie WAS brought g. tc htV39"u ~
49, N,t fhe cnlnccs are that the wound h MS sH' VII
not be fatal - -. -
When the batteries on Sulliyans lsi"na
-, dec upon Fort samtcr. Nelson A. Miles Was s.''
- GODS ov,r the counters OF a Boston store IL,
No.. ,,crence had not gone beyond Anew months
49,, q, militia regiment, but s'rMgh'"N ho &C.
| -, rioutepanrs commission In aN'l'A'ei reg
,,, VA. wounded at Fae oaks, FREDERICKSBURG ,ll
- ,rors,,iue and at the close OF the war '' w.
-. =, N,ior-General In 1868 he was orGeep =" ~,
r,a,ns and he is now the most Successful N'' -,
| r,oat oxperionced, Indian fighter In the 'e' ~.
week he has been visiting uncle IN bos'""' ~. T.
,ter ~ The T,arelcr has found his conNeis'',A =,
H., with pont. lie SAYS that TO reduce tnr p''.'
a aa dangerous MS TO cut down the poi'cS ~ ,y Il,
Ipo Covrrnmcut now has tho haIuv'' ,eh f,- the re.
the word-an army that Is hot "a scetou In his Opn'
t iaas, 70 600 men arc rcquired fof "o'fe
Tha most eminent journalist IN hus'A -
AZ x-a,sof friend CT the Car and pc' 81 '1'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06

been, continued so long and rose so high in
the service, will excite the suspicion that more
careful scrutiny, both of those who now hold
and those who may hereafter apply for the
more important positions, might serve to pro-
tect the public while it would guard the re-
putatiOn of the police.