Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-10-28
OUR NIN YORK A., gii:,

NVv Yogs. octot rr e..b, 1851.
Esiifor ot'tbe Times:
We're in the thick OF politics For an of
wear. the political pot ue!ec Ngjtlta more
brsklv, and all factions of all pir'.es are put
tiug their round on With yisur ra make the
most of their time teior- elr, ;iur ~. Ia
Brooklyn. the Egqis, which Stated Tie Han
cock boom, has been so satisfied NiI', tie mr@s
ure Of success attending tha' popnlsE arrange
me n that it has made ne her move on The same
tack and nominated Gen. Slocum ug inde-
pendent candidate for Mayor, aad great 'herest
is the wrath - Bosses. heslsrs, and hofh insanf
cuts for small heed TO either woUl the Cen
cral pay new dca. would Enrcar all the
local machines,
BIZ the wsv. the gallant Colonel Rcduev C.
Ward the BROOKLYN colirclcs ha> ig>tsspoini-
ed as one Of his deputies. Mss Robinson, l,dy
well known ia he active ills,e, 100 ~ lnsfi'g-
tons for the Stale Chsfiti.S I'D Correction,
the prisoner fTiead and the ,ilurs terror To
her. rs much, probably, to any one j. due
the exposure and abolition o. TIE paddle the
shower-haih. aud oiHer m~sn and miserable
tort ares inflicted on The victims gpf their own
crimes and he laws by theis brs Aalgaasdisns
IL is decidedly an innovation, this planning ia
one Of the best paid OF official positions,
member Of the so-callei weaker sex. and is ike
" to make Col. wari decidedly pet Of Ih.
Woman Suff.sge Association
Perhaps our methods with criminals are too
harsh after all, though in this busy world on
hardly knows how TO apply more tender means
Of reformation Than we do. lIit'. incident
has jus, happened however. that has set sounr
people thinking. 4 stunted vreirhei wAif O.
a dry boy, who didn't know his own nsme
was unacqnsintsd with the virtues Of soap. had
no recollection Of father, mother, or other n.
lative, who had dragged along in sems
wonderful fashion 10 the age Of To- Was ar.
rsigued in Long Island City. sus Of our sab
urbs, for stealing horse and wagon Conn
seller Mott, leading member oi she Queen,
County bar, somehow was attracted TO the lit
tie pariah and came forward as his defender
The culprit was let of and under ihe counsel
Tor 5 eve was scrubbed and rubbed sud barber
lied and civilized with new suit of cloths
and then introduced as the genial LAWYERS son
by a sort OF pious fraud 10 the district attorney
That Stern Official untent 81 once and
quite civil to the bF ght-lookiBg boy. well,
said jolly Mott, that's not nv Johnny. It's
the boy you wanted to send to the penIteniarv.
/ m going TO make a man Of him" He took
him home TO add TO his existing anily Of eight
children. That evening be caught bis rescued
lamb praying for his beneiacior ara family
Next morning the boy WAS up and groom.s
the horses ard MIXED the VOWS before any on.
was stirring, then dressed and went 10 church
The next day he repeated his farm l,bors
dressed and went TO school with the bo~s, all
of his own voltion Mott thinks hel grow
up something OF a man without much boosting
along. The story seems very suggestive to me.
Considerable excitement has been ocCAsioncd
by the attempted destruction by in-xtinguisha-
BILE Greek fire of the superb Cunard steamer
Boihnia, and the mysterious visit OF two men
conjectured to be engaged on similar errand
to the docks of another transatlantic company.
1t was by the merest chance the fire on til.
Botbnia was discovered il time to enable its
crew TO gather up the carpets which wer.
saturated with some combined phosphorus.
naphtba and other ingredients, end heaved
them Overheard where they blazed vigorously
under water till carried away by the tide. O
course O'Donovan Rosa and his skirmishers
are credited with this rascally system Of avail
ing themselves of what Gladstone calls ''the
resources Of modern civilization and they
don't deny the imputation. 1t seems pity
that such busly mischievous people can't he
induced to make shoes or something of the sort
where their energy would be harmless. Liberty
is no doubt grand thing, and the right OF
asy lum to political refugees is another, but il
would seem the line might be drawn somew there
between allowing them an unmolts',d resi-
dence and allowing them to actively carry opt
schemes for blowing people up.
RADIx.