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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-28
Shot to Death.

SALT LAKE, u. IT,, March 23.-At
l. "A. M, precisely, Lee was brought
out upon the scene Of the massacre
at Mountain Meadows, before the ex-
ecuting party and seated on his coffin,
about twenty feet from the shooters.
After the order of the court had been
read to him and the company present
by Marshal Nelson, Lee made a: speech
of about 500 words, bitterly deuucing
Brigham Young, and calling himself
"scapegoat" for the sins of others. He
hoped that God would be merciful;
denied that be was guilty of bloodshed
to the last. and maintaiueG that his
mission to the Meadows was one of
mercy. After the speech Parsoa
Stokes (Methodist)m made prayer COM
mending the soul Of the condemned
man to God. immediately after this
a handkerchief was placed over Lees
eyes He raised his hands, placed
them on the top of his head, sitting
firm. Nelson giving the word to fire,
exactly at IL o'clock, five guns were
fred, penetrating the sbody in the re-
gion Of the heart Lee fell squareIy back
upon his coffin, dead. His death was
instantaneous. The body was placed
in the coffin, and the crowd dispersed.
There were about seventy persons, all
told, on the ground, but not a child or
relative Of Lees was there Tue best
order prevailed, and al pronounced
the execution a success. Lees last
words to Nelson we're: CAIN at nv
heart"
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
HISTORIC RAILROADS.
,for OF Thc tribune.

To the Edtfor or Ihc IriOHhc.
Sir: II is estimated that 12O railroads have
defaulted in the payment OF their dividends; but no
estimate can be made OF the ruin by such defalcations
amcng thousands OF families in this cOunry and In En-
rope One railroad alone In lowe nNmbcrs 800 bond
holders and this be average, the total number or
sufferers represented by the 100 would be nearly
900 OOO and If Ave bo allowed the number OF each
family 600 OO0 individuals, without considering their
connections and dependencies.
Besides this direct injury thoro has ensued want OF
confidence at home in railroad securities. while abroad
such American First Mortgages" are regarded as an
other name for deception aud bankruptcy tits doubtful
tho South Sea speculation any financial disaster fe
ccied by history has disastrous. II this cans-
troph. had come from Lisbon carthqHake Chicago
fire. FROM the outbreak OF Communism OF from some III
v,dug army II wOuln bc hOfne with some degrae of
top hut when has been accomplished ia many
caSes by Misrepresentation OF nen M high social POSI-
tons b tho advertisement Ot deceptive nglrts Whle
tho bonds were selling and WHEEL Instead OF DIVIDENDS,
tio bopdhOders are treated with pamphlets on unber,
coal, grun stumIage, 10, Suonis'loh ceases 10 DC
Judge Dcpuc of Jersey has decided that the Off
cors nd nElna financial INSTITUTIONS ara uu|ecS,
and misconduct neglect To project the interests OF
stock or policy holders ind ctabe IL the condition on
the comiany resulted from those causes, therefore tho
irry must ndict the officials under he criminal law
The law has already Laid It's grasp on SOME oi these men,
InycSjigaUn legislative cOrnltteos III tne seYtfal
states my uneSrth the real cuiPrts ana dScosc cri
nabes 10 which Alc theft O ceat no parallel; but
egest that tho b0udhOl,icrS Of oiGh road appoint
historian 10 compile from official documents centennial
record winch may Prove lighthouse 10 save from
wreck orr children and successive SCncTatiUn5 f1A1
Ba{tiltO+e, Nd, May 20, 1S11.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
TIE YEAR AT PRINCETON.

GREAT PROGRESS IN THE CURRiCULUM-LARGH
GIgTs-BPgOyfMENIs ~ THE GRoCNDs-HAlD
LUCK or THE ATHLETES.
lPROM SPECIAL CoRREspOsDEyr oP THE rRIBUsR.l
PRINCETON, y. j., June 15.--No difficulty ia
met noting the Progress OF the past tvelyemonth
every hand improvement s manifest, both In the
terial condition OF tho college and appear
ance the latter interest," very much has been done.
Prof. Edward ID. Lindsay, occupying tho chair ~
architecture and applied ART, and recently from
L'Ecole des BeauK Arts Paris. has had personal
supervision OF the grounds. which have been
Laid entirely anew, roads. walks ana lawns having
been remade. Witherspoon Hall, anew dormitory. now
fronts the wes Campus, and ia the first building seen
on approaching the college. To the south OF IL stands
botanical garden. and the spaces around being grad
ually transformed into series Of and smooth
lawns The oampus proper eyeled " the ain street,
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
B.NsU,BANGIlss FROM CHURCHES.


SIR: Doubtless you have seen the little
bracelets now 30 fashionable, and which are appro-
prstely called bsngcs" r. pcrchence. you have not
seen Them you sarcly msst have heard thcm. for,
unlike model little children they both - be seen and
heard EIt should you by strange mschancc have
failed to see or hear them attend service at ono Of
the uptown charchos next SUNDAY morning, where
you viii hnye sufficient opportunity to crafty any
Curiosity and after such yt You will fully appre-
ciate tho grievancc-to wearing Of bangles in church
and will ciccriuy do all IN yorr power b suppress the
OWL which 10 many people is by no means trivial one.
Those who attend church in erder 10 worship God,
should they be disturbed by those who come merely be-
cso IL is fashionable do. and since Il gives them
oproii;,nity 80 display tier adornnensi Was not the
building erected for convenience to such mthef than
that OF tho Other clas, When knee n prayer, have
we not rights which Ii belle daBc literally Berce
VINO agrs her bangles ia worry ear, snUd bc forced
TO -espectl We cn.i tolerate the display dres.alas
common in Curclcssincv II ~ disiurD, our di-
v1iion. we can siut cycs tu It's attractions; INT
.-ninst the bangle ths device is uuayainS. for no
sooner have shut eyes than feel iiEc stopping
shut aud oars stopped derive very tr hrnrht rom
the service Hence ask Tie baiiSlIncit OF thr bangle
from our church,5. tac adic- had cUEiined tltul-
scvc, g. simply q pair OF icnge each, might have
been ae 90 have support ri tue Inconvenience until sch
itne as asi, y had cast them Off but vixen We reiillZc
tas Wc,n Wc;i as many ten bangles on one arm u
hrroin., % serious master and thcir Noise mtocublc
when heard IN church; ana deain We siiy. bah,H Tie
bangle lr3I cls!rCA ANllbAN1LLlIL-.
lOgL.M MAY 30 lsIT.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
DEATH on GEN. CHARLES FREDERICK HEN
NINGSEN

Gen. {. +. Henningscn, well known in years
past in connectior with the walker expedition to Scar-
sgua, died Ill Washington ON Thursday. This English
author and soldier born IN 1913 of scandinavian cK
traction. 1884 be lett England the service Of
Don Carlos spain. He for time captain in
Zumalacarree7I's bOdyguard and aftcrward made
colonel Being taken prisoner, DO liberated ON
parcso. Ho then entered the Russian army, and
served in CrcaSsia. Returning 10 England he
wrote Revelations Of Russia" which WAS trans
lated into French, aud published in three volumes
at Paris in 1Si5. Amer the termination Of the
Hungarian of lSiS-i9 In which ic took part on IN.
national Side Gen. Hennllgsen visited Ko.suth at XII
taich, In Asia Minor, and followed him 10 the United
states In $50 hc Joined Walkers force Of busiars i'm
Nicaragua. During th0 civil he served ia tao Con-
fccrafe army, with the rank Of Bristde4- Cirnrral
After The close of the war no resided In Warrington and
became Interested IN the CI1Se OF Cuba Hls principal
writings include Twelve Months Campaign with ~
mAlacarrrgi" tPbilndephi3 1896. The Past ana Flu
turo of Hungary" Cincinnati. 1892 Tho White
Slave" "a nOSoD, Eastern Europe" Sixty Years
Ueucs" l novel of Russian lifr) and Analogies aud
'Out
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
PROF. WHITNEY AND GOOD ENGLISH.
A CRITICISM oN HIS UsE or THE LASGUAGE-A'
ILLUSTRATION.


To the EditOF Of The frfbHnc.
SIR: In recent number of TIE Nation Oc
ours most lalaory notice OF grammar OF the English
language lately published 10y Prot. Whitney. / am slf-
1ciently shomed to think thas who undertakes
70 teach correct and elegant English sl0ud first qualify
himself by acquiring it, and this canros admit that
Prof Whitney has done met. time since, with au
address by him, published IN educational Journal
which thought snguiarly incorrect and incesant.
regret, that dii not preserve it, But in The Nafons
notice are short extracts tmado ap.rGvingyl ono
OF which will servo TO cxempliiy NY meaning. IN it
Prot; Whitney says:
II should be pervadnc element in the whole school
homo training o tho young, 10 make them Use thrf
own tongue with accuracy and force ard along with
any special drilling directed to Tins end. some Of thc ru-
dnoiuIy distinctions and rules OF grammar are con-
Venenty Taught; but that Is not the study of grammar
and WIN not bear the intrusion oI much formal gram
mar without beng spoiled for its OWN e4ds.
Is this using the English tongue "w1th accuracy and
iorco p Scarcely As a whole. the sentence is weak and
involved The incorrect of the word element" il
evident, though somewhat less conspicuous by
reason of mterposcd sentence. Ono has only to
tr.nspose little and The fault becomes worry striking
Ia the whole school and home training of the young 1t
should be pcrYadhg element 10 make them uso thor
own tongue with accuracy and force
This transpostion is perfectly legitimate, and
only to make the more visible by hringing the
word clement INTO juXtaposon with tho next mem
Der OF the sentence. Element should have been oh
ect In The same sentence along with" is ineicgant
and should have been together with" IL il not, like
the preceding instance, Incorrect but sliI@hOd. Also
are" should bo "may be-" Next there is but that Is
not the study OF grammar" Here there il want Of
lucidity as 70 whst the word that refers 10. OF
course knows what is meant bat it ngnt be better
expressed In the next line tho word "t" occurs which
like thc that just rciored to appears to relate rather
10 something that was IN the authors mind than 10 any
thing he has expressed All Of this in sontencci
Phiiadefphta, May Is. 1877. Ia
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16

70 ENITVT TIC ITfVWWt'
SIR: | have seen with much surprise an
article IN The TRIBUNE arguing from some oi the
sttelnents in my story The Fr< Iime." in ST. Nicholas
for May that must have been written by Mrs Helen
Jackson (H HJ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of names and places sre some
times ine xplcab In regard 20 those mentioned III this
case have only 10 say that to the best Of my recOec
tiops never had a schOolmate By the name OF SpOfOrd
an Koocg nor a teacher bT the name OF Miss Caroline
aud descriptions OF scenery IN the story were drawn
from no one locality.
must regret the annoyance this article must have
given 20 Mrs. Jackson She Is, am very suie-as Da,
been said of her before IN connection with rumOrs az
crbing the SAKE Holm stories 10 her pen-tho last per
son 10 claim any literary hOnOrs not her own
June z, 1877 BAKE HOLM
ffhe proper disposition of the above would havO
been to return il 10 the eminent publishing house
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
THE NEW JERSEY GoyERNoRsHIP.
JUDGK DEPUE NUf OhNDfUnfI'
q La E1ifnr OF The Tribune.

To the Edifor Of TIE Tribune.
SIR: Occasionally some Of the State news
papers suggest tho OF Judge Depue as the Repub
icen candidate for Governor bat 1t Is safe to asset that
the use OF his name WNsiy unauthorized ana repro
bated by that distinguished jurst. Everybody recoe
nizes the signal ability and worth Of Judge Depue ana
he does need such noteEety as partisan support
wonld bring He too that the Independence oi lhe
judiciary ia mpered by tho descent Of any OF It's mem
bers into the compromising entapglernenfs OF party
strife and he would sure, be tho last man 10 eh
countonaDce TO any scheme which weid tend 10 We!aue
the courts OF the state from the hlgh position wcn @
now hold But the mention of his name proves new
perncious WAS tho example OF Gov Bedle. Ten yeaIs
ago onr citizens would as soon have thougnt OF
going beyond the borders of the state Tor "a a
eapdidate as OF selecting ono OF the JUS
tices of our Supreme Court. IL this vicious pre-
cedent which violated OF the most reyered tiad-
tons OF the Common should now he repeated the
supreme bench would come to be considered one
sev ip the line OF political preferment, ana the state
would he cursed with partisan courts and partisan dec
sions and all the eFiis OF partisan Judiciary GOV.
Bslls WAS Mo FIRST NoY-Jersey Judge VINO nSeu tile
bench as steppngstopo to office. Our people ought 10
see 10 il that ho is alse the last. Yours, B. A. W.
yoSeV civ, June H. 1877.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
FAILURE OF THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
70 the RdttOr Of The Tribune.

SIR: There is much III the able letter OF
&C Co." ON American ART" that oOmmends Itself 10
nrtis;s and arr readers; much that is hcaltlfn to
aesthetic digestion and is hoped bS your readers that
moro OF kind OF fearless writing Wi! hnd place IN
your valuable paper. The Academy and its manage
ment hayo long been playing a broad bucsque on art
culture BuhesqueS are very good ia their place but
when the hne arts, after successive years OF support
from a conndng mad generous public become in the
hands OF a chartered corporation ring OF merceRary
arrogant ssquoTaders with line Of plant cooperitors
outsidcpeading rccomponSo for their loyalty for
their admission, then the huIlasqHe quaiy tht cIot9
into the institution is not enjoy II becomes TOO
serious matter the earnestly nOpeu n ART Let The
mask De torn on this hugo fraud, roughly II necessary
;un let new hfe Guided through past experience 10
higher aIs) IN AID take possession Let tbcie be
an American scaOOl fOf Once Strange. is IL Rot, that
after so ycafs existence Of what Is called "NItOna
Acacemy OF Design D." should depend entirely on
Paris Munich and other foreign schools lOi our present
coming crop OF artists. C. h.
XeUp- York, June -, 1877.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
feel when they are working in lines which tasy has.

feel when they are working in lines which thor has
selected for Themselves" ""s
The pecuniary needs OF tho college President c.,.
describes In the following Ian guage: -pW
The continued depression In business. greatly =.
ducing incomes from evesy form Of inyestnent h ~
brought the college into grave financial enrfarrassss
IL Is no longer possible tO keep up the present rs ~
expenditure without wasting the capital OF the ns;.
ton. The latter course however IA forbidden nv @
consideration Of business prudence and moral ob,,r
on. At whatever sacrifice to private indiyidusls 81
hazard to tho welfare OF the college, expenses must ~
reduced But this Ia only Temporary sxpedenl .nS
can only AFFORD temporary relief The coess
must have. at no distant day, smpler endowMsns'
or forever forfeit the which is already within ~
grasp: IL Is perhaps unfortunate that the im,s,a
sion has been sUhsrod 70 20 abroad that tbc al,
lege fs rich. In fact aD Institution which seeks IN 4.
so much, and which s capable OF such high arhisvs
meot can never be ch. 1t must ever be reaching ON, -
all directions pressing forward in the ranks OF earnnr
providing itself with new facilities OF instruction mn
ply ing the objects OF human research. refining the ana
NY OF us scholarship and leading It's meubers 10 ne
and lOfter nights OF intellectual and moral attanmsos
IL for one moment its courage flags the race II FOR an
moment hs energies are parsyzed, through :aeue q,
fear from that moment will drop esue tuds ana
decay" ~">s
The work done by the students the vsrious deoa,
ments OF the college during Tie past year has been ~
very satisfactory character Greater attention s cvse
every year To the study OF pbyacs sciences vithons
Deglectn& the Classics aud President Capen annonnsss
that tue Department OF Physics has tbrongh rrnsr'
mental WORK during the past year discovered a nv
things which had not before been noticed. ~"
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
TUFTS COLLEGE.
PRESIDENT CAPEN's ANNUAL REPORT-ISCRRAsE IN
THE NUMBER OF srUDRSTs-ELECTIvE STUDIES
uI.,SrTAI ,.lEn- on THE COLLEGE

PRESIDENT CAPRN's ANNUAL REPORT-ISCREAsE IN
THE NUMBER OF srUDRHrs-ELECrIvE STUDIES
FINANCIAL HEEns or rHE COLLEGE
BOsTON, June 13.-prcsidcnt Capen of Tufts
College just submitted his annual report upon the
work OF the institution during the paSt year. its present
condition, and itS needs III the future The whole
Der of students admitted the college during the year
was i3. Of whom IL members of the Divinity
school and the remainder under graduates The whole
number OF students whose names the college
rolls Is 100 Five years the number 80, the in
being about AZ per cent The number OF under
gradutes during the past year 80, and the
stituiion is not at present eGWpped to accommodate
conveniently more than about 100 students in the
college proper the present membership Is considered by
President Capen very satisfactory.
The number of students In the Divinity School seems
% have been Increased by the substitution OF "a four
years course theology in ls7i75, for the former one,
which only extended through three years AZ the same
time President CapeU thinks that while the change has
undoubtedly given better preparation to those who
have not had the advantage OF collegiate training IL ia
questionable whether II has not or Will not diminish tho
preentage OF Bachelors of Ars among those who are
working for u degree In Divinity
Tufts like many other similar Institutions. is yearly
extending range of elective studies On this subject
President Cspen says
"rhe more general recognition OF the elective sys-
fem in doing the work OF the college Is forward
stcD IL meets with approval In every quarter.
Ihe students ike IL because IL net only enables them to
ursuo with especial profit studies 10 which they arc
attracted by inclination and capacity, but because t
saves them frOm wasting tser energies upon depart
mentsin which they make very marked progress
The qualty OF instruction Is improved by breaking up
the classes small sections and bringing the al
rccLy and constantly under the inhncnco OF the
by multiplying tho hours OF rootaton, but the instructor
u coulpensated by the eathuslaza Ntoh nen naturally
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
IMMUNITY OF CRIMINALS.

To me y EdttOr OF The Tribunc
SIR: Several weeks ago piclpOcket was ar
rested i the act and coinmit1od. He proved to be "A
well known thief called Rcn-nosed Barney" At the
time Of his arrest he on bail" for drawing with his
teeth diamond ring from % gcntleman's finger in Cen
tial Park He is 0ilt on boil for his last crime
1t noa matter of marvel when the L0ncS citizen
fuse, to prosecute criminals adopt any course for
their arrest. Ii3 time il wasted and bis cndcayOrs
thwartcd. Simply those selected TO cnfOrcc law and
order arc either Indifferent O their trust thoy are in
nGcncod by diehonCribe motives The community pro-
tests ana riCy demands that te Law shall Dc honOrcd
and tho criminal punished Jos. {. CANNING.
June >, 1877.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
REFORMS IN THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.
TO the EdftOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: VIII you please direct attention TO Il
following quotations

following QUOTATIONS.:
No should he required permitted TO take part
in The auag cement Of political ORGANIZATIONS cacuses,
conventions, election campd gns. President Hayes.
AS SAYS the Prcsdcnt-who lays great stress On it
exclude AL active paItc patton in party politics" The
officers are not 10 run caucuses conventions" II
YOU have any such, now II good time 10 get rid OF
fbeIu" Where actual misconduct proven, such as
oprressiOn or nsOlcnce in Office. tho want OF
common courtesy drunkenness or other bad habits.
know IL will bo your pleasure 10 DISMISS the enoye"
-lSecretary Shermans INSTRUCTIONS
Now. would like to dwdl more upon two points. a.
Oppression and ,nsolonce in office" There has not
the been said this point that should be- ca "Dunk-
enness" About all those ward politicians OF
drinking habits The term drunkenness may admit
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16

of vide scope in its definition But am sure u every
man who INDUCES quito freely st times IN intoxicating
Iouors should be excluded frsm the Customhouse, we
sho.d get rid OF those bunners who used TO perpex
Mr. Greeley so every time he tired TO institute REFORMS
aud every time he sought got good men nominated or
Office.
This same class who driak badly are oppressive ana
insolent in office" They ofteu complaa thas tnev
arc "dyspeptc. bat, so. It is no excuse Tor ihse
lence; no excuse for intempernnco.
kec York, June l, 1877. A CONSTANT tEADkh.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
CAPT LArEpUsu AND MISS sEwELI ONCE MORE

SIR: Some weeks ago You published letter
OF rniue IN which dspHed the accuracy OF the late
Capt IaIbusls statement thai no met Miss sowe the
authorcSs, when he prisoner Of on the island
OF Ielguland after the battle Of Waeram OSO3l. and
before - the that that lady was 10! born
until 1913.
In your issue OF the s inst. you insert conmnnica-
fion fropl London sgncd y. H." in which the writrr
surIascs that Capt L. referred 90 the Miss sowdl the
woman of wo-known literary nee, Who one Of the
circl', Of which Dr. johnson, Mis- EG%worth. Nine.
D4rhiay and Others formed part, quarter of century
b.ioyO" Yor evidently refers To Miss
Anna seward. WHO formed of tho distinguished lie
Iary circle mentions though without any special love
for tho great lcNcngraphcr but II Is unlikely tfat
Cam farbuFl met fhat lady while imprisoned On thc
leland of riiS0iand thai he then and thcrc diS5
srwc for tLo conclusive reason that Miss Seward died
~ ichcid IN England, three months before the battle
OF Wagrnl fought. NJ. A.
~ fn..L- .lllILn D 1iIT.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEK.

Juno II.-BacclEluTeaIc NcIlnONS Dy tIV IUIIU"~
Ing President McOsh at Princeton College, President
Robinson at Brown University Prcs Hnpbella at hu
gers College the Rev James Freeman Clarke 10 Coihri
University President Capen 10 Iufts College Prtsidshs
IInsdar ~ Hobart College President Bascom AZ 'A'
University OF Wisconsin
June 1S.-Class Day 1t University ~ Wisconsin
juno lO-Class DAY AT Princeton College, Cornell uO'
Vrr.ity. and Massachusetts, Agricultural COLLEGE -.
June 20 CcmmeBcnIDt at Brown University, hul,
gers College, Tufts College, Massachusetts Ayfcu luiM
College Seton HNll College. Wells College, ana Uh"'
sty OF Wisconsin.
June 2l.-Comnencemcnt ~ Princeton College, t9%ri,n %
UNIVERSITY Madison University, Western Iaryiahi W
lcgc, Hobart College Lehgh University, ana NJ Law
rcneo University: Glass Day at Trinity joilcs. ,
June 2i.-BaccalaurcNte sermons by the f0NOWlhe .
President Seeye at Amherst College. Pr,sidout BvSn AZ
Hamilton College, Presidcut Foss 40 Wesleyan lhtI,
sty President Porter at Yale college frtSdeu bai',
At Dartmouth College, President Buckham ~ Nefuobs
Uniysrsy at Trinity COilgc ~ Union College. NJ I.l'l
cite College nt Mchgau University. 10 Bates tol.rsd
tie gey ID. Bayan before COegc of tie tiiy 0i New
York at University Of Pennsy yania, ~ MddcOHIy SV'
lege, and at Washington and Lee University
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16
man on West Hill has brought peace into

a man on " tSI TIIII Hd5 UIUUEHI UtdCt TltO
hls family circle forever Last week he moved into "A
new house containing bay window and twenty-three
closets and he bought his wife nino miles of oiohosne
cord Of cishesnc props. aud l2i dozen clothes pins
And the angels just come down and sit around the
sIdo fence and envy that wonan's perfect happiness =
liIawk-Eye.
Hoady has delivered another opinion. II
IL something about the Cincinnati Southern Railrond
We have read It, but suppose he shows that end
OF the line s the whole route, that cabOOse IL "a loco
motive tender and rul freight train something OF
that sort.-lIoledO Baie.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-16

through which il wns received with the statement
that TnK TRIBUNE never accepts anonymous contri-
buttons This, however. in spite of it's seeming de-
nials, is hardly anonymous. The "coincidences OF
names and places arc not at all "inexplsable'-they
explain themselves concusively that card on the
subject is needed. We may add. that the Importance
of the subject does not call for any more cards OF
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