New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-30

| longer than that of the American House OF
| Representatives. Macaulay demonstrated that
the voting constituencies ought to be faced
oftener than once IN seven years. All sober
minded Englishmen now admit that he was
right.
1t is easy to underrate the public services Of
| Daniel Webster, and he made certain great mis-
takes which cannot be forgotten. 1t should be Ie-
membered, however, that to him more than to any
other man. at least of his time, are we indebted for
the passionate Union sentiment which carried US
triulnphanty through the Rebellion. Everybody
knows that he died poor and in dobt. His SON.
Colonel Fletcher Webster, fell hOnorably upon the
field at the bead of loyal regiment which he had
done much to raise. organize and discipline. HIS
| widow, who is In straitened circumstances
receives a pension of $50 per month. The house at
Marshfeld, Mass. In which she resided, has been
burned and her difficulties being thus increased, she
has asked Congress to increase her pension to $50
month. bill authorizing this augmentation hav-
ing been introduced by Senator Dawes, Mr.. Blaine,
with his customary good feeling, proposed to raise
| the sum 70 500 per month ; and the bill thus
| amended has gone to the Committee on Pensions,
where it is to be hoped it will not long linger. If
tho thing Is to be done at all, it should be done
| promptly and gracefully. 1t was not our fortune
upon all occasions to agree with Dir, Webster, but
If he had done no more for the country than make
his reply to Hayne. negotiate the Ashburton treaty
and write the Hulseman letter, the Republic would
be greatly indebted to him. He is gone his son is
gone and so is his last lineal descendant. What is
done must be done for Mrs. Fletcher Webster,
who is now the sole surviving representative of the
family If Mr. Daniel Webster had kept out of
public life and devoted himself to his profession, he
would at least have had an opportunity of accumu-
| lating q very large fortune. If Colonel Webster
had not been killed IN battle, lie might have had a
chance of pecuniary prosperity, for his talents
| by no means inconsiderable though they were
overshadowed by his fathers genius. The case
seems to be an exceptional one, and as such it
| should be treated.
Last Saturday The Cincinnati Gazette celebrated
its removal into its and elegant building. The
Gazette Is one of the oldest as well most prosper
Gus of Western Journals 1t il the lneal successor
of "The Centinel of the Northwestern Territory
the first newspaper established north of the Ohio
River which made its appearance on the 9th of
November, 1903. In 1904 The Liberty Hall was
established; and in 1915 The Cincinnati Gazette.
The Centinel had long been merged In The Liberty
Hall. and in 1915 Tie Liberty Hall was merged
IN The Gazette Eleven years later The Daily Gazette
was established but long afterwards, and, in fact
"a
tnued TO be known as The Liberty Hall and Cincinnati
Gazette For nearly a quarter of a century The
Gazette has been under the control Of Mr.. Richard
Smith and its history has been, in the MAN. one of
increasing prosperity, of unshrinking Republican
ism, of great dignity and purity OF character and
of large influence III public affairs. Mr.. Smith and
Mr. Samuel r. Reed continue to be its controlling
spirits.
The following will was lately entered at the
Surrogate's Office in this city: This is my last
will and testament. | give to my beloved wife,
Barbara Labmeister. all my property at my death.
Pnberstein Labmeister.n This seems brief enough
yet the document might have been briefer. The
word beloved" might have been omtted-so might
the name Barbara Labmeister." Otherwise not
word is superfuOus. The will is properly dated,
March 3, 1879" 1t is not likely TO be contested.
otherwise, we might have it decided whether 1t
makes devise for life of real estate, or gives an
estate in fee. There Is an absence of witnesses,
also, which may or may not be dubious. After ALL
it is not the sort of Will by which it would be Just
safe to bequeath large estate to which there were
numerous legal heirs. We fear. il Puberstein Lab
mester had left million of dollars that there
would have been more or less of litigation.
II we lost little Of prestige Of success in tho
great international walking match, the victories of
Mr. Pierre Lorilard's horse Parole in England will
do something to restore it. When racer is SO
dangerous that out Of q field of twenty-six only
one ventures to start against him, his future
glories will be considered rather in the light of
certsinties. Apart from the National honor Nr.
Lorlard appears to have the best of it, for he has
won a great pot Of money-report says not less
| than 600 000-by Parole. with the prospect of
winning great deal more, unless the American
horse frightens away all competition For the rest,
| we Yankees who know nothing of the turf, and
never cared for it much before. to read the
| news with as much complacency if we were oil
Centaurs.
Is this sort OF thing commoni In sentencing
Arthur Z. Jennings to eight years Imprisonment for
the defaoation Of 500 900 from his employer Judge
Cowing stated that several Of the friends of Jen-
| nings had called upon him to plead for clemency
There be no objection to interpositon in behalf
OF prisoner, made In open court, but calling upon
the Judge privately, In order to influence his Judi
cial action is quite another tter and the ess we
have OF IT the better. In this case the mistaken
friends did tho prisoner probably more harm than
| good the sentence pronounced is a sharp one