The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31

gence Of the trialand conviction by
Military Commission Of James G..
Blaine, bf Maine, and the sentence of
banishment passed by the Commits
sion willin all probability be APPROX
ed by His Imperial Majesty. We
think the Commission erred in its
decision, mot as to the guilt, but as
10 the punishment, Of the offender.
The time has passed for measures of
mercy. Justice demands stern retri-
button for such offenses as this man
Blaine has committed, and the pun
Iishment awarded should have been
death. Letthere be no trihing with
traitorsl When twenty so,called
Union Leaguers were shot in Cincin-
natl, it should have heen a warning
to Rebels that the Imperial Govern
ment was not to regard sedition as
child's play. OF what use is Danish
ment, il such men as John Sherman,
James G. Blaine, aud Rutherford B.
Hayes can concoct their plots and
plans against the safety Of the EN-
pire on the Canadian side Of the Dor
der, and send their emissarries to
spread disloyalty in ever part of the
country? We are not apologists for
the course thus pursued by the I'm
perial Government. We have been,
and.are now, itsadyocates. Wehave,
aud must continue to have, q strong
GoveHapSD nfSand gacillation or tim
Iidity, be they in what quarter they
may, must Neither be condoned nor
tolerated. The lesson Of the past
must not beforgotten.
EXECUTION OF THOMAS MAST.
By Imperial Telegraph to the Standard.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. The last Of
the eighteen prisoners condemned to
death by the Imperial Military Com
mission, which closed its sitting at
Gouvernor's Island on the Goth, was
executed at day-break this morning,
The condemned man, Thomas Mast,
who was a caricaturist on Harper's
Weekly before that disloyal sheet was
suppressed in Juue last, was accused
Of high treason by plotting against
the Grown and dignity of His I'm.
perial Majesty, and by circulating a
so.called cartoon representing His
Imperial Majesty as Nero The ex-
ecution was private, but it is under.
stood that the death was painful, the
wretched traitors life not being ex-
tinct for several minutes.
SIR ALEX. SHEPPARD, coURT-cHAMBER.
LAIN.
Sir Alexander Sheppard has, we
are glad to announce, been again sig
nally honored by His Imperial Maj
esty,-an Imperial decree issued yes
terday appointing him tothe respon-
sible and lucrative position of Court
Chamberlain. We understand that
his Imperial Majesty has been gra.
ciously pleased to direct that a salary
of $4,000 per annum be fixed as the
emoluments Of this honorable Office.
COL. FoRSEY's EXPECTATIONS.
The Hon. John w. Eorney, of
Philadelphia, arrived in town yester-
day, and had the honor of an audi
ence With His Imperial Majesty.
Col. Forney's devotion to the lmper
ial cause before the establishment Of
the Bmpire:is well known and it is
the opinion in Court-circles that the
veteran Journalist will receive some
substantial marks Of His Imperial
Majesty's favor.
wATTERsoN, MARQUIS OF BOURBON.
Lord Henry Watterson, of Ken
lucky, who has been on a prolonged
official visit through the southern
portion Of the Empire, where his SER
vices in the establishment of the
Imperial Government have beef
crowned with such signal success, il
expected to arrive in town to. morrow;
and we understand, in consideration
of his brilliant political achieve.
ments, His Imperial Majesty has
been graciously pleased to create his
Lordship Marquis of Bourbon.
DANA UNDER IMPERIAL DIspLEAsuRE.
Runors were current in the Capt.
tai yesterday that Charles A. Dana,
of New York, the disloyal and viru-
lent Unionists, whose opposition To
the lmperialist cause was so pro-
nounced during the candidature of
His Imperial Majesty in 1880, has
been arrested near Buffalo. Dana's
disloyal sheet, the New York Sun, il.
will be remembered, was summarily
suppressed, and two of its editors
transported for life, when the I'm.
perial troops entered New York City.
BEEcHER AN IMPERIAL CHAPLAIN.
The RI. Rev. Henry Ward Beech.
er, Bishop of Brooklyn, whose con-
version to the Methodist Episcopal
Church was simultaneous with his
Imperial Majesty's accession to the
throne, arrived at the Palace yester-
day. His Lordship will enter on his
duties as Imperial Chaplain without
delay, and will preach before the I'm
perial family, at the M, T.. Cathedral