Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-12-25
THAT was a notable gathering of eu

That was notable gathering OF em-
inent authors at the banquet given at the
Brunswick hotel in Boston Monday eve-
ming by Ii. o. Houghton d Co, to the
contributors of the Atlantic Monthly, In
honor OF the 10th birthday Of John G.
Whittier. At one table sat Whittier,
Lonefellow, Emerson and Holmes, and
among the brilliant array Of Atlantic
writers were also the editor, w. d. How
ellis, Charles Dudley Warner, Thos. w.
Higginson, Mark Twain, Is. Z. Whipple,
j. T. 1'rowbridge, r. II. Stoddard and
many others. The proceedings were of
the most interesting character, the poeti-
cal tributes, speeches and letters of con-
graduation being fully imbued with the
spirit of the occasion. The modest quaker
poet was with difficulty induced to attend,
and he received the compliments and
good wishes showered upon him with unas-
Stunning grace.
When the Governor Of Texas cries
out that Texans are being murdered by
"Mexicans" he does not mean that Next
cans have come across the border. He
means that there is trouble between Amer
lean aud other citizens Of Texas, the lat
ter of Mexican origin or birth, Yet this
frequent outcry Of Mexican" outrages
and attacks deceives Northern public SEN
timent. 1t should be understood that the
border counties of Texas are largely pop
uated by people of Mexican birth or or
igin, and that when we read in Texan de-
spatches that "Mexicans' broke open a
. jail or ran away with horses or committed
robbery, these are almost always inhablt-
ants of Texas that since the Inauguration
of President Hayes not more than two or
three parties have crossed the border from
Mexico TO rob in the Lower Rio Grande
country. In the Upper Rio Grande re-
gion the raids have been altogether by
nomadic Indians, who have been pursued
into Mexico by Bulls and others.
A sickening scene occurred in Kemp
er County, Mississippi, recently. Walter
Riley, negro who had been sentenced
for killing John ". Gully, was led out to
be executed, and it was expected by the
gathered crowd that he would confess
that the late Judge Chisholm had induced
him to do the bloody deed. He was
placed upon the bloody scaffold and con-
fessed that he had murdered Gully and
Dobbs without aid or counsel from any
man. Then dozen men began to cross
examine the man who stood before them
a selfconfessed murderer, ready and anG-
ious for death. For an hour and half
this sickening scene continued and the
poor, tortured man was questioned anu
cross-questioned, TO induce him to imPli-
cate Judge Chisholm, but he gently and
firmly replied to them all that he had
told the truth At last the black cap
was drawn over his head, aud he said
Zone minute and shall stand before God.
All | have said is true. Then he was
hanged.
INDUSTRIAL School FOR GrRLs-Tho
third annual report of the managers OF
the State Industrial School for Girls,
shows that the number OF girls at the
school at the present time is SO; largest
number at any time So; average number
for the year about 81. Since the open
ing of the school, January, 1873, II
girls have been received, nearly all OF
American parentage alternatives OF Maine,
They have all come from very unfavora-
bic conditions in life, and it is not surpris-
INC that some Of them are found 10 be per-
verse Only three, however, have been
dismissed as incorrigibe, In some cases
the Improvement in the girls Is very
marked. Girls that are ill-bred and stub
born have become amiable IN manners
and comedy in person and 'haracter, and
in homes where they have been placed
their advancement has been marked. The
health has been quite remarkable, and
there has been but one death