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The New York herald., 1877-10-10

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NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1877.

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THIRTY ADDITIONAL TRAINS have been put on
by the Elevated Railroad Company, but no ar
rangements have yet been made for accommo
dating the public after midnight The promises
TO do 30 ought to be kept.
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

The PIoUs DEACON whose creditors or
mournfully examining their bank accounts hail
from Boston this morning
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

THE REAL ESTATE MARKET begins to shoy
signs of considerable activity. Transfers ar
large and foreclosure sales light
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

THERE Was FREE FIGHT at the Democratic
Senatorial Convention in Nyack. One jaw wai
broken in the interest of reform
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

ANOTHER STEAMER of the National Company
has been seized by the government for snug
Cling. This is certainly an effective way OF
getting un American line
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

From oar reports this morning the probabilities
are that the weather im Nesc York and its riciaity
today ,csA be slightly varmer and partly cloudy
or fair, followed BY increasing eiosdiness and
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

FoURTEEN HUNDRED POSTAL RAILROAD
CLERKS will be represented in convention u,
Cincinnati to-day. The organization is entirely
benevolent
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

MONTREAL FALLS INTo LINE-The Assistan
Treasurer of the Grand Trunk Railroad ha
packed his trunk. Amount unknown.
The New York herald., 1877-10-10

jon CoBURN's last struggle for liberty ha
failed, which will be some satisfaction to law
abiding people
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-12-06

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The Clairmont Savings Bank
of New York City, failed on the
10Th ult., defrauding depositors
out of $4,000. A New York
paper commenting On the failure
says that from the appearance of
the persons who were about the
doors the patrons Of the institu-
tion seemed to be principally
hucksters, fruiterers, pouiterers
and generally the middle men
and women who do business on
the wharves and upon the high
ways adjacent TO Greenwich
street. They can't with their
passbooks in their hands and
gazed upon the formal notice of
the Bank Examiner ordering
the institution closed in a dazed
sort of a way, and then went off
bewlldered and sad to mourn
over their misfortunes.
, 1877-10-06

who had been SO maliciously as
sailed by HIM, voted for him to
represent them and their inter-
ests in the Council, only to learn
by his first act that he is willing
to sacrifice every other consider
alton to his unreasoning and
chronic prejudices. With the
kindest sentiments towards Mr..
Hanford, and no animosity to-
wards the object of his favor, we
sincerely regret that he has, in
his first official act sacrificed all
prospect of future preferment
without any compensating ad-
vantages.
, 1877-10-06
the Legislature when the Repnb-

the Legislature when the Repnb-
licans We're largely in the as
cendant, and frequently, as at
present, the only Democrat re-
turned to the Legislature from
this county, and professed
Democratic paper is the only
journal in the Territory which
has stopped to assail his per-
sonal integrity, even for the pur-
pose of making a point against a
measure which he is expected
to advocate.
An appropriation to aid in the
construction of a wagon road
'over the Saoqualmie pass is
matter of common interest to the
people ON either side of the
mountains, and we believe that
the representatives of the east
ern counties will cordially CO.
operate with Mr.. Foster and the
other members Of the Legisture
from this county in securing the
adoption Of the measure, in spite
Of the warning by the organ of
the 0. S. n. Co.
, 1877-10-06

A rare specimen of polite lit
erature, popularity characterized
as the "Oregon STYLE"
Like the tale of un idiot,
Full of sound and fury signifying nothing"
is furnished by our morning CO.
temporary in laudation of its
oman about town." We would
suggest that a popular vote for
a public Office is much better
test of the estimation in which a
man is held by his neighbors
than any amount of protestation
from a questionable source. That
test was recently applied in an
election in this city, and with all
the influence that Office could
command, its "man" received at
the rate of one vote to five cast
for his more modest competitor
Of the DISPATCH office. "Expe-
rience is the test of truth"
, 1877-10-06

Three or four of the Methodist
Episcopal churches in Brooklyn
have unfortunately become so in
volved financially that public meet
ing for their relief is suggested.
There is intense excitement in San
Francisco over the Chinese problem,
particularly among the workingmen,
who are advocating a policy OF total
exclusion.
, 1877-10-06

Levi Coffin, well known IN an.
te bellum days as President of
the Underground Railroad, al
ways prominent anti-slavery
man, died at his residence in
Avondale, near Cincinnati, Sep
tember 18th, at the age Of seven
ty-seven years and eleven
months. Mr.. Levi Coffin was
born in North Carolina. October
26, 1898, and before he left that
State grew into an active sympa-
thy with the slaves in their
struggles for freedom. In 1926
soon after bis marriage, he set
tied in Newport, Wayne county,
Ind. There he resumed his
work Of aiding fugitive slaves
and soon became widely known
among the slaves as their unfail-
ing friend. 1t Is generally un-
derstood that the house OF the
old Quaker in Indiana, as graph
ically described in "Uucle Toms
Cabin" is no other than Levi
Coffin's home.
The most brilliant social event
of the season at Newport, took
place on the 18th ult., at which
time Miss Frederlca Belmont,
daughter of the great New
York banker, was married to
Mr.. Samuel Shaw Howland, a
wealthy gentleman of that city.
Upwards of fifteen hundred in
vitations were issued, many be-
ing sent to various parts Of Eu-
rope, where the friends of the
parties are scattered. The
brides outfit is valued at $40, 900
and upwards. 1t was gwen her
by her father.
The very fast time of nearly a
mile minute was made yesterday
in pigeon match between Homer,
N. Y, and Scranton, Pa. Sxty-eight
miles an hour were made some years
ago, or nine hundred and fifty miles
in fourteen hours
, 1877-10-06

timony, all truthful as it might
have been, would have had a
modified tone and the circum-
stances a different coloring when
the passions had time to cool and
reason had resumed it's sway.
The natural consequence OF this
hasty judgment will be a Popu-
lar revulsion that will render it
difficult if not impossible to mete
out Justice to hardened criminals
hereafter.
Far be it from us to impute
unworthy motives or cast any
censure upon our judicial or ex-
ecutive authorities. Rowdyism,
ruffianism and a reckless dlsre-
gard for human life and the pub
lie peace, had been practiced al
most with impunlty and become
frightful source Of disquietude
to the law abiding citizens, and
the Judge, endowed as he is with
a strong will and a determina-
tion Of purpose which neither
personal consequences nor hu-
man sympathies can swerve, was
determined, to the extent Of his
powers, to maintain public order
by administering the laws in
such Il manner as to strike ter
ror to evil doers. These are
high qualities in Judge and
highly to be commended when
kept within the bounds of strict
andimpartiaIjustice; but strong
nature requires strong self-re-
strainst, and the Judge of that
character will sometimes mistake
his object and merge the vindi-
Gator of the laws in the avenger
of public wrongs and hurl his
thunderbolts without due dis
elimination. The Judge, how
ever, was not responsible for the
verdict Of the jury; that he could
only arrest by granting a new
trial. In common with almost
every man in this community, he
believed that Executive clemen-
CIV would be exercised to avert
the extreme penalty Of the law.
What effect that belief had IN
determining the question of q
new trial we cannot say, and it
is not a proper subject for con-
lecture.
The pardonlng power is the
nearest approach to an attribute
Of Diety that human govern
ment can invest in public func-
tionary. In its exercise or refu-
sal, especially in case involving
human life, the Executive is alb
solutely above human response
bility or human criticism, and
responsible only to God. II can
on y be properly exercised in
a God-like spirit, free from any
taint of human passion or preju-
dice, or selfish consideration of
favor or resentment, else it is a
fearful responsibility, equal to
the shedding of innocent blood
which will perpetually cry from
the ground for vengeance. God
only knows how it is in this
case, and man has no right to
Judge.
, 1877-10-06

Very heavy frauds are reported in the
management os the Philadelphia City
Passenger Railway Company. Stock
representing over $4,000. 900 has been
fraudulently issued, of course with the
connivance of the officers, one of whom
is the president of the Permanent Ex
hibition. The discovery caused heavy
decline in the stock and a sensation IN
financial and commercial circles.
, 1877-10-06
A Faithful Servant.

The editor Of the Walla Wal
la Statssmdn-like the sub-editor
of the Hatelligencer-is a faithful
henchman of the O. S. N. Co.,
and for years has done service
for them regardless of all duties
or obligations to the community
in which he lives, the party
which he processes to serve, or
the Territory Of which he is a
citizen. In that interest he has
advocated the dismemberment
of the Territory to extend the
boundaries of Oregon over one
Of its richest sections, and in
that interest he has uniformly
opposed every measure calcula-
ted to divert the trade of the
eastern portion Of the Territory
from Portland to our own sea-
ports, notably the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad, against
which his most spiteful efforts
have been directed from first to
last, notwithstanding the fact
admitted by all intelligent men
acquainted with the subject, that
the completion of that road
would be worth more to Walla
Walla and its immediate sur
roundings than the entire cost of
building from Seattle to that
point. But the 0. s. n. Co. do
not want it, and the directors of
that company are noted for their
liberality to those who serve
them, as the sub-editor of the
Mtelhgencer can bear witness. Ii
is in that interest that the fol-
lowing llbellous assault is made
upon our most useful and influ-
ential member Of the Legisla-
ture:
| re IA
county in the Legislature. Joe always
has score,of fraudulent bills on hand
which be usually manages to get thro'
by the aid of oily CANNON polite name
for lying. We mention thi, for the in-
formation of members representing
eastern counties who otherwise might
be induced to vote for some of Joe S
swindling bills. Look out for another
Snoqualmie fraud!
1t IS not Joe. Foster but the
Snoqualmie road that is aimed at
by this attack. The day is past
when the editor of that pa, ,er
can either dictate or influence
the action Of the members of the
Legislature from his county, but
no man is so devoid of influence
that he cannot cast a shadow OF
suspicion, by slanderous assault,
upon the most reputable man, in
the minds of those who do not
know him, and if he can create a
suspicion IN the mind of any
that Foster is a man devoid of
principle and unworthy of trust,
and thereby weaken his infiu-
ence in securing support for the
Snoqualmie road, he will have
accomplished his purpose to that
extent.
No man in this Territory has
served so often, or exercised a
larger influence in the Legisla-
ture during any term of service,
than Mr.. Foster, for the SIMPLE
reason that no man in the Ter
ritory has commanded in a great
er degree the confidence and es-
TEEN Of his colleagues and con-
stituents. He never betrayed a
friend or trust, and was uni
formly as successful in carrying
his measures when acting politi-
cally with the minority as with
the majority. He was always
an out-spoken and uncompromis-
ing Democrat, never solicited or
sought a nomination for an Of
fee and was never defeated as a
candidate, and has been repeat
ed elected to both branches of
, 1877-10-06

Rain, formerly very rare IN Lower
Egypt. has become frequent in Alexan-
dria and Cairo, in consequence of the
extensive planting OF the mulberry IN
that vicinity.
, 1877-10-06
SATURDAY. OCT. 6, 1877
The Death Penalty.
(Concluded from page Al

Concluded from page4l
When the news spread, as on
the wings of the wind, that Sol.
Baxter, one of the most peacea-
Bile and amiable men in the COM
munity, had been killed by John
Thompson, an outsider compara-
lively, popular excitement was
intense and popular indignation
was bounded by no considera
tion of the circumstances, for no
one who knew Sol. Baxter could
imagine any justifable cause for
his homicide, and could only re-
gard it as a brutal murder of an
innocent man; and Bennett, who
was the primary cause Of the
difficulty, spared no effort to
throw the entire blame upon
Thompson i'll justification Of HIM
self. Thompson, in the mean
time, shocked and nearly paral-
yzed by fright and contrition,
made no effort to escape, but
moaned and protested that he
"did not mean to kill Sol" with
whom he had no quarrel. He
had a preliminary examination
on the following day and was
committed to await the action of
the District Court. The Court
was near the close of it's session,
the term being limited by law to
that week, and the juries had
been discharged. On motion OF
the Prosecuting Attorney the
Court ordered the grand and
petit juries re-summoned. An
Indictment was found for muir
der in the first degree and the
prisoner, represented 10y Messrs'
Hanford and Andrews, two ol
the youngest members of the
bar, was ordered to plead oD the
following morning, a motion tol
continuance and a motion for
further time to plead being
overruled by the Court. The
trial commenced on Thursday
morning and was closed on Fri
day evening by a verdict Of gull
ty as charged in the Indictment,
just five days intervening be-
tween the commission Of the
homicide and the conviction OF
the prisoner, the entire time be-
ing taken up with exciting caus.
es which left no time for cool re-
f1ection or unprejudiced testimo-
ny on the part Of witnesses, the
chief of whom was yet smarting
from the conflict with his enemy.
and the others with their blood
yet stirred to avenge the death
of their friend. Such a summary
proceeding, involving the issue
of life or death to a human be.
ing, we believe has no parallel in
the history of civil Jurisprudence
in this country, and We earnestly
pray that it may not serve as q
precedent in our courts Of Grim
inai jurisdiction. AS clerk o1
the Court we listened to the tri.
al of this case with absorbing in.
terest, with no bias for or against
the prisoner, who we never saw
except On trial, and weighing the
testimony in view Of the sur
rounding circumstances and man
ifest personal animus, we failed
entirely to recognize the certain
proved facts to convict Thomp
son Of the deliberate and pre-
meditated purpose of numbering
Solomon Baxter; and IN common
with a large majority Of the in.
telligence of this community,
that after the excitement attend.
ing the killing had subsided, a
conviction for any crime above
manslaughter would have been
impossible in any court or by
any jury in this county; the tes-
, 1877-10-06
An old Sore.

The citizens Of this town were
surprised and his friends greatly
chagrined at the action of Mr..
Hanford, their member Of the
Council, in joining his party op-
ponents to secure the election as
chief clerk of q man notoriously
in the interest, and avowedly in
sympathy, with parties who are
hostile to the interests of Seattle,
and one who for months past has
used his position on one OF our
city journals in assailing our
principal property-holders, and
mlsrepresenting our material in
terests in favor of a rival town.
The Council IS composed of five
Republicans and four Democrats.
Mr.. Hanford, by uniting with
the Democrats, had the power
not only to defeat the nominee Of
his own party, but to dictate the
Democrat to be elected. He
thus commanded the situation
and is solely responsible for the
election of his candidate. The
motive for this questionable pro-
ceeding, involving not only want
of fidelity to party obligations
which he has always heretofore
professed to regard as matters of
personal honor, but a personal
insult to a very highly respecta-
BILE portion Of his constituents,
is varlously surmised. 1t is stat
ed that the consideration was
paid by the successful candidate
in services on the paper owned
in part by the brother Of the
Councilman; that he was engag-
ed Oh that paper with the eX-
press understanding that if he
was elected clerk through the
influence of the proprietors, he
was to receive from them but SIS
a week; if not elected, they were
to pay him $40 4 week. We do
not credit the imputation that
Mr.. Hantord would sacrifice him.
self for such pitiful pecuniary
consideration: and we happen to
know that it was not personal
fregard for the object of his favor
that Influenced his vote. The
most reasonable explanation OF
the matter is, that it is the result
Of an old grudge.
1t will be recOllected that in
thcs ummer Of 1873, Immediately
after the organization Of the Sc
attic and Walla Walla Railroad
Company, when our citizens
generally regarded this project
as almost the last hope for the
salvation of the town, and were
earnestly and hopefully seeking
for the active cooperation of the
citizens of Walla Walla in the
>, enterprise, this same Mr.. Han
ford, then a student in Il law Of
fee in this city, wrote a most
damaging statement against the
managers of the company, which
was addressed to an influential
citizen Of Walla Walla, and pub
lished anonymously in the lead
ing journal Of Walla Walla, un-
der the endorsement Of the edit
or, as coming from ga leading
citizen of Seattle" In that COM
munication Mr.. Hanford repre-
sented the directors of the road
Messrs. A. A. Denny, II. l.. Yes
Ter, J. J. McGilvra, J. NJ. Col
man, James Mcknight, Dexter
Horton, F. Matthias, John Col
Inns and A. Macintosh, as fol.
lows: "The management of that
concern is in the hands of a set
of men who have been in a ring
together for years; a most con
temptible clique, they are trying
in the very outset to make a
good thing out of it themselves
by gouging every body else. We
might consent to be gouged by
these scalawags if they would
build the road; they haven't got
brains enough for such an enter
, 1877-10-06
NOtice!

OFFICE CITY TREAsUBER,)
August 4, 1871.
The Tax List Of the city of Seattle for the
year 1877, is now in my hands and due. ALL
taxes not paid on or before October 10, 1877,
will be returned delinquent and percentage
added. H. W. ROWLAND,
City Treas surer.
Office at Maddock's Drug Storc. aug4dtd
, 1877-10-06

A large portion of the estate
of the late Father Mooney,
amounting to over one hundred
thousand dollars, has been left
to Cardinal McClosky.
, 1877-10-06

Mr. William B. Astor's yacht, the
Ambassadress, said to be the largest
vessel of the kind ever built in this
conntrv. has been launched.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-02-10
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