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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23
LATEST &IP. NEWS.
For other Shin Ne,rs see Third Page.l


FOREIGN PORTS.
NaGrs wh aP she has been Wndooard snca jan I'd
Riorna Viz ma las named ron Liverpool for Orleans
Cold BgIer for f9sk a dS 1as oF oa n
MGrphy and Joshua Ior1g The German bark marguerite,
O HESSToWS, Jan. 23Tne Imam Line Steamship cry .,
6noenstoEn at 40 ococS this morning and att landing
passengers and Gspaiche' proceeded INN aey Tor Liver
HALIFAX, n. S. jan 22-Arrved steamship Somerset BOs
DOMESTIC PORTS.
VIyEYARD HAVEN Mass Jan 22.AIrycc. 2Otn. bark Bea
bT ee c aTsnF m 2i seP l! ay or Bosom sF
ior Portland osseo r aud Anna CuTrer l3r New'Gsrs'
Tor 81 John Eastern Queen Lamoine Tor N"-l orA mas
York; FSs'Tf Thrift n' Chase Br and RE side 5S Canning
y for N@wHorS Garine lBr A "a, J. r 1r foe
snowbird tBr and May rEea BED - Joan tor Proyi.
D Mason for Passed by sear Beuning
t3n Boston sale 2oh brig Helen A. olme ,;r sGsIs
Gr1 chas : Rogers AM Harriet Chas tl,r arrived 2st
schrs Adile " Bird, ools Hole for savannah Wm ree,
Putnam schrs. Agnes carine C3rl. Eliza b. Beard OBI,
MSnir Az Jan s3-Arriv~ shin There's shaw Matan.
schr Annie : Couant BAKER TriniIad. brig Mimi
FORTRESS M6SsoR jan 22-saled Tetens. for Nor.
saTa brigs Adelaide, Chesapeake F.ancs Juie snd scnr
Victor 6smori oTgs Nigtias ans and , f. H. oi;'
Barrow amDsi GOa Hs ya gSs "eIs. i'g ,oc
BALTIMORE ship rsinen Liverpool bar~s Ne" sh and st.
boston jar 2sClearcd steamship Neptune Berry New.
York achls. DIoIo, Warren CleHiaeg6s Ella Mitchell,
Hayti
NEW ORLEANS jar 22.Cleared ship Parfha Liverpool
Liverpool kalstIdt London; kirtuOsO BARGE
Iona .r.r1t Lee ChtO, Gibraltar Arrived, { dms.I's
Hanover. HAVE Hartlcn, Liverpool West
indies Algers, Ncw. lOrk ship scotia, Bordeaux scar.
Mary l.. SimmOis Richmond. sailed SHIPS Lase OntsrO,
oriis AdODhus Frus0, Mag alsna Rosario Ergo,
M0Dhrgan Brilliant AnO LOUISIANA, sIbIi, AmrO4 schs.
j.. ;. WlIppic and James slater.
DAREN Ga, Jan. 22-Arryed, bark Norton (Br), Dawes
b llssL
MISCELLANEOUS
MOvUTF. Jan. 22.-rhe Allan Line steamship Peruvian
Smith. from Portland jan 10, via Halifax -Or Liverpool
lrTlNel Aore TOMMY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23
JrwErRY MAyUFACToRY BURNED.

The iewelry mandatory of Smille 81
Hedge, in Goldsmith Hall, Green-st., Newark, wa
destroyed by fire at 10 O'Clock last evening The tota
loss is about $4,000 fully insured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23
MiRRIEN.

ANGEI-MAGEE-On Thursday. Jan. II. at Livingston
MAJOR House Hudson, =. y, " the Rev. 7 = DuAn
borrr, r. +. Angel OF Caucseo t3tAaitHe r. HIgee
The Ten EycK Oa!seyCOTt NJ b, Ot Bath
AH Notices n Marriage, must De iaiOrSed Uih JaU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
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n inches The in" divisions ~ t - t . h@ur,
marx 20
barom-tsr Tvis white represents the oscillations al
The mercury during th0sc hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23

WssHivGroy, Jan. 22.-7he UashinJon Chronicle
has suspended pubica ioa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-23

MOvUIF. Jan. 22-rhe Allan Line steamship Peru'
smith, fr0n Portland Jan. 10, via Halifax. LlY,I!
arrived here to-day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
THE NATIONAL SHAME.
The Shabby Way in which the WASH
ingtOn Monument Was Pint Up.
Washington Special to the Baltimore Gazette. ]

Washington Special to the Baltimore Gazette. |
1t is understood that an examination of
the foundation of the Washington monu-
ment by the United States regular army en-
gineers appointed by congress has developed
the fact that it would be impossible TO COM
plete the structure in the present position.
The original intention, it appears, was 10
erect the highest monument IN the world,
and, strange to say, the lowest and
meanest spot of ground lin the city
was selected. The foundation is of COM
paratively short distance from the Potomac
river, and the first strata is composed of
eight feet of clay beneath this is a strata of
l6 feet of sand. so at distance of "a feet
solid foundation is discovered. If it were
possible to put concrete foundation 200
feet square, of the necessary depth, beneath
the unsightly pile, it might ne completed as
originally designed; bpt that is impossible.
The monument has already an incline north
ward of nearly two inches, while the stone
the outer blocks not having been properly
cut has Clipped off as the blocks settled,
presenting rough exterior and blemish to
the monument. The expense of ascertain
ing the character of the foundation will be
about $500, and leaving balance of the
congressional appropriation of S197 800.
1t It the opinion OF the engineers
should be made, and that the structure
should be erected at the circle at the inter
section of Massachusetts, avenue and Four
teenth street. on the highest ridge in Wash
ington, and where a monument of several
hundred feet in height would be visible for
many miles down the Potomac, which with
the capital will be the first objects greeting
the eye of the stranger approaching Wash
ington by railroad. 1t is also suggested
that the present monument be
taken down and the stones con-
tributed by states, counties, cities, towns
and individuals be artistically used in the
formation of a base upon broader and more
elaborate plan than as at present used, the
balance of the material to be used in the
construction of the shaft, the exterior of
which should be of the finest granite, that
the monument may be an enduring struc-
tute. 1t is stated that the edifice can be
taken down at comparatively small cost,
and with the amount available a column
commenced that will be creditable to the age
and an honor to the memory of Washington.
The present height is la feet.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
MORE OF THE YOUNGERs.
Two Desperadoes Captured in Mime
sofa Thought to he the Escaped North
field Robbers.
kansas City Times.l

There is at this time well founded suspi-
cion that in the two men captured in the Sni-
a bar hills on Monday, the people have cap
tured one, and perhaps two, of the Mime
sofa bank robbers. The discovery was made
accidentally by conversation overheard
between the prisoners after their confine
ment in Jail. What the conversation was
or how it was overheard, is a matter which
is being kept carefully secret among the
officers. The first intimation of the real
character of the captured men was from
remark made by De Masters, the noted high
wayman, who occupies a cell near
to Miller and Green. 1t will be remem-
bered that De Masters is well acquain ted
with most of the wild young men
in the eastern portion of the county,
and was captured while plying his voca-
ton as mounted highwayman last summer
Notwithstanding the fact that he has been
in Jail for so many months he no sooner
saw the recently captured men than he
recognized them and accosted them from be-
hind his cell bars. This recognition led to
further inquiries being made, and a very
strong suspicion was created that in the
two desperate men who dared to chase Gard
ner and Minzen into theirhouses at the point
of pistol, and make pistol targets of boys
within sight of Kansas City, are the two lost
desperadoes from Faribault, Minnesota
This suspicion was strengthened last even
ing by the following fact: When the prison
ers were stripped for examination, it was
found that one of them had a wound upon
the knee, just where one OF the escaped
Minnesota bank robbers was wounded.
The man, too, answers the de
scription of one of these men; and what
is more, the man who was wounded
in the flight from Minnesota. When atten-
ton was called to his wounded knee he de-
clined to make any definite explanation.
When these circumstances are taken into
consideration, with the fact that all traces of
the Minnesota fugitives were lost in
northern Kansas and that these men are
comparatively new arrivals in this section,
this, together with the fact that they were
armed with valuable silver-mounted
pistols, presents strong circum-
stantial grounds for the suspicion that
they are Minnesota fugitives But these are
only suspicious founded upon careless re-
marks let fall by the prisoners in jail II
may be ruse, however, upon the part OF
the men to attract attention from the more
recent crime-the shooting of Deputy Mar
shall Hughes last Saturday night. 1t is the
opinion of more than one shrewd officer that
in Green and Miller the people of Jackson
county have turned up the personators OF
the ubiquitous flames boyso' Efforts are
now being made to have the two men fully
| identified 'i' ihnf - s.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
CONCERNING RECORDS.
The Advantage of "A Clean Escutcheon
nIustrated by an Old Time Incident.

Did you ever stop to consider how much
there is implied in the brief sentence: He
has made up a record? And, If so, have
you ever thought how much more-infi-
nitely much more-is in the sentence when
it is compounded into "He has made up a
record and it is against him? A man may
make his mistakes-most of us debut a
charitable public is usually ready TO show a
spirit of forgiveness and forgetfulness up to
a certain point The point is not a very
high one, to be sure, but then there is a
point to which men can go in their blunders
and be forgiven. But after that has been
reached, it is dangerous for a man to make a
further record against himself, and woe be
to him when record has been made against
him by the action of his fellow man.
remember once to have been inspect
ing an old bl ok letter record, which
had been made up in one of
the original thirteen" during the "good
old colony times, and the obliging official
who was standing at my side said, as turn
which has been made against Brasier. This
Brasier must have lived hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve years ago, but there is a large family of
his descendants living in this county now"
CHANGING over the quaint old penmanship
ascertained that it was very ugly record,
for it contained an admission on the part of
the dead Brasier that he had told very
mean, dirty and useless lie. Remembering
the suggestion as to his descendants, i was
prompted to ask If they knew of it io"Oh,
yes; / reckon they do" was the answer.
whenever one has difficulty with q
neighbor, that neighbor is almost sure to ask
him, How long has it been since YOU
saw your ancestors recordr 49, Yes,
yes, they keep sticking it at 'em on all
convenient occasions" Peering over the
officials shoulder during this recital and
running my eye over the page, the queer
old fashioned characters seemed to assume
the most fantastic of shape and to fairly
crawl and wriggle in their effort to proclaim
the infamy Of him who had so long ago
turned to dust. -. f., ..-l
But suppose the record, instead of being
one of infamy had been one of merit. Sup
pose it had recounted deed of love or
charity or benevolence. Would its voice
have sounded down to the present. " ouid
the neighbOrs and the associates of the pres
ent generation of Brasiers, on any occasion
or under any state of circumstances, have
said: "Ahl how long has it been since
you saw your ancestors recordr' All, mol
The little black characters would have lain
silent and voiceless covered by the dust of
| the revolving years and old Tom Brasier
would have slept on into eternity with no
one to remember his deed or to lisp his
| IT. Is q terrible thing indeed, 20 have q
record made up against one. CHk&KuR
FKkrxLis. Feb. 16. 1877. 80 -sai .,s.sf =
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

burns up solid particles, as every turn of the
wheel or screw of the splendid steamer is
the result of consumption by fire of the fuel
in the furnace. The supply of consumed
brain substance can only be had from the
nutritive particles in the blood, which were
obtained from the food eaten pre-
viously, and the brain is so constituted
that it can best receive and ap
propriate to itself those nutritive particles
during state of rest, of quiet and stiffness.
of sleep. Mere stimulants supply nothing
in themselves; they goad the brain and
force it to a greater consumption of its
substance, until the substance has become
so exhausted that there is not power enough
left to receive a supply, as men who are so
near death by thirst and starvation that
there is not power enough left to swallow
anything, and all is over
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
Matrimonial Brokerage.

lSpeclal 10 the '1nclnnatl EnQu1rer.I
LIBERTY, Ind, Feb. 14-The latest social
sensation was the marriage last night of Mr.
Billy Smith to Miss Phoebe Johns, both of
Harrison township. Billy is farmer. black
smith and wagon-maker; is 20 years of age,
deaf, cranky and unsightly, but is re-
puted to be worth not less than
100000 Miss Phoebe is a big bonanza
of $50 pounds burden, is only II years
old and sweet as peach and has had charge
of the kitchen department at Mr.. Powell
Shades for the past six years Since the de-
mise OF Billy's wife, which sad event oc-
CURED about two years ago, he has been
casting about for some one to care for him
in his senility, and at last offered to pay
5000 to any person who would fur
nish him the material for a wife.
Slade heard OF, this offer, and
straightway saw the old man, who
assured him the money would be all right.
Slade then saw G. Washington Johns, the
girls father. and gained his consent to the
match for the sum OF 81, 900. He next sought
the fat Ph9ba, and after much PERSUASION
she, too, assented upon condition that Slade
would provide her with a wedding trousssau,
and the old man give her a deed
to his farm. Slade did not want
too much intimacy between the two victims
lest the girl would go back on it, so he ar
ranged for meeting at the Indiana house
! in Cincinnati, where the old fellow popped
the question and everything was fixed up
Last night they were married, a big sup
per was spread and about 100 que IS were
present
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
MORTON PHOTOGRAPHER.
His Personal Appearance, Party IDfu
ence and Thirst for Power.
TUoghinuton affor1

Next to Edmunds on the commission sits
his late chief antagonist in the great debate
on the electoral bill. Every one has been
made acquainted with Morton's personal ap-
pearance. The illustrated papers have been
for years advertising him; and the pug nose,
the heavy chin and the receding forehead
are known to every school boy. He is one
of the most interesting personages in Amer
lean public life. A man of wonderful vital
ity and infinite energy, he is bound to be
the controlling spirit among the radical re-
publicans until he is thrown overheard by
his state or is used up physically
He came out of the late contest badly bat
tered, but he wasn't like Bret Harte's fellow
in the poem-s"and the subsequent proceed
ings.interested HIM no more''--he was up and
doingat once. He had himself put on the
commission where he could continue the
fight, and he saw to it that one of the men
who had been pummehng him so ,unmerciful
ly should take back seat. And though it
isn't hattering commentaryqon the party,
yet it is safe to assert that Morton has three
times the personal and party follow
ing that iConkling has to-day. He lis
utterly unfit for the work assigned to
members of the commission, not because he
hasn't ability and brains--no one can doubt
that he bas-but because he is thoroughly
incapacitated from acting as a judge in the
case he must pass upon; he has long ago
preJuOgeu every pOlul W NC octtlcu Uy. tuC
commission. But incongruities cause him
no trouble. Anything to beat the demo-
Gratis is the cardinal principle of his life and
action He - is a bold man and in
telectually a strong man. He has a
morbid thirst for, power, and realizes
the fact that should Tlden become
president, the most prolific source OF his
political strength would be taken from him.
Hence his policy of counting Hayes in at all
hazards and at every sacrifice of consistency.
conscience and principle on his part. Dur
| ing the recent debate on the electoral ques-
ton he based his opposition chiefly on the
ground that the very terms and language of
the bill madeit the sworn and bounden
| dnty of the commission to go back of ithe
| governors certificate and ascertain what
electors in the contested states were
,'duly appointed" The word appointed, !
he \ said, was u of course equivalent
| to elected" He contended that
the bill should be 80 amended As to limit
the power of the commission TO ascertaining
what electors were duly certified as elect
ed."s, The bill passed without amendment.
Y But EhosnoW expects Morton TO stick TO the
f.r.ahlpooo az VissffTofoa lthtH ~ Ht
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
A Gamin.s Faith.
John B. Coughs Lecture at st. Lor

John B. Coughs Lecture at st. Louis.l
A story was told of a street boy in London
who had had both legs broken by draw
passing over them. He was laid away in
one of the beds OF the hospital to die, and
another little creature of the same class was
laid near by, picked up sick with famine
fever. The latter was allowed to lie down by
the side of the little crushed boy. He crept
up to him and said, Bobby, did you ever
hear about Jesus2' mo. / never heerd of
him. - Bobby, went to mission school once,
and they told us that Jesus would take you
to heaven when you died, and you'd never
have hunger any more, and no more pain, if
you axed him. 81 couldn't ask such
great big gentleman as he is to do ANYTHING
for me. He wouldn't stop to speak to boy
like me- But he'll do all that if you ak
him." "How can l ak him if don't know
where he lives, and how could / get there
when both my legs are broker Bobby,
they told me at mission school as how Jesus
passes by. Teacher says as he goes around.
How do you know but what he might come
around to this hospital this very night2 You'd
know him If you was to see him" but
can't keep my eyes open. My legs feel so
awful bad. Dr. says I'll die "Bobby hold
up yer hand and he'll know what you want
when he passes by" They got the hand up.
1t dropped. Tried again. 1t slowly fell
hack. Three times he got up the little hand
only to let il fall. Bursting into tears he
said: 81 give it up" Bobby, lend me yer
hand; put yer elbow on my piller; can do
without it So one hand was propped up.
And when they came in the morning the
boy was dead, with his hand still held up
for Jesus You may search the world and
you cannot find grander illustration of
simple trust than that of the little boy who
had been to mission school but once.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

Alice and Phoebe Cary were among the
noblest of American women. Their charac-
tiers were grander than their poems. They
had none of the petty jealousies so common
to ambitious writers, but cherished only
warm sympathies for all persons struggling
to win literary success, and cheered them
with loving words. They opened their par
lor and spread bountiful table one evening
in every week, for their friends, and stran-
gers, also, found a cordial welcome But
many of those who weekly visited them,
and took great delight in their society, never
dreamed that behind the cheerful faces and
merry words of these agreeable women were
aching hearts longing for some word of SYM
pathy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

Nrw ORLEANS, Feb. 15.-About noon to-
day. in an alteration in his office with a
man who is unknown to the police on duty
in the state house, Governor Packard was
shot in the knee cap. The party who did
the shooting was fred upon by bystander
and wounded in the arm.
A Times extra has the following: At
half past IL the vicinity of the governors
room in the st. Louis street state house
rang with the sharp report OF
taneously, and in an instant there was
intense excitement abroad and rapid hur-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21


Are we not getting surfeit of this baby
literature with which the country is being
flooded? No sooner has some writer struck
the popular taste by chronicliDg the quaint
sayings of an exceptionally precocious child
than imitators spring up in every direction,
each bristling with stories of a marvellous
development in childish goodness and a
premature wisdom which one can hardly
associate with laughing, careless infancy.
Like Tennyson's brook, men may come
and men may go, but babies go on forever
With all the advance the world has made,
they are still the same irrrepressible romping
fearless, stubborn creatures as ever. And
when we hear of them exhibiting preternat-
ural wisdom and uttering mysterious say
ings, we always fear that such phenomenal
tadits are premature, or that they have in
many cases only been manufactured for the
occasion. Those infant prodigies, boy ora
tors and girl poets, who appear periodically
before the public soon fade out and are
either lost to view or else grow up to be or
binary men and women with no suggestive
ness of the genius from which so much was
expected. There is nothing sweeter than
the laughter and prattle of childhood, but
they lose much of their beauty and fresh
mess when you transfer them to the printed
page; and though they may fatter the van
ity of some individual parent, their contin-
ual record becomes monotonous to those
who have no special interest in them
Baltimore American.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

Interpretation he unqualifiedly made ten
days ago? No one; and least of all his party
friends. Morton and Sherman are fighting
the extremist battle hand in hand Who
will have more influence with Hayes should
he become president than John Sherman
And would Morton be forgotten or cast Off
No one has the temerity to say yes" How
do our conservative republican friends like
the picture?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
Nafure,s Resfarer.

The best possible thirg for man to do
when he feels TO weak too carry anything
through, is to go to 1~d and sleep as long as
be can This is the only recuperation of
brain force; because during sleep the brain is
in state of rest, in condition to receive the
appropriate particles of nutriment from the
blood, which takes the place of those which
have been consumed on, previous labor,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
Cronin's Bugle.

If the commission refuse to accept evil
dence, the democratic mind can settle down
to the cruel reflection that Louisiana will be
given to Hayes by vote of eight to seven.
Then Cronin's illuminated bugle is all that
is left. 1t is large enoungh to hold the party
and Tilden with it. but in the meantime the
bridge may cave in by the weight of the
eight men who will cross it, leaving seven
on the opposite bank 1n.k aHi ..iAV
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
The Villains valentines.
washington Dispatch. 4

Wells and Anderson, of the Louisiana re-
turning board are in receipt of numerous
characteristic valentines by mail from all
Ferry TO-DAY displayed a hideous pair OF
handcuffs, . galloys rope and moose, sdy
for victim. Wells clutched his walking
arsenal upon receiving It and asked, s..An !
'aS'"i VI Pee'' 11a -feda ~ 81 v8fbaliE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21

Miss Alice Miles, IS years Of age, of Port
Tobacco, Md. being Tilted by her lover, cut
her throat with q razor; but the act beng de-
tected, surgical aid was called and her life
saved. She belongs to the best society.