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The National tribune., 1881-12-10

The Russian army is distinguishing itself: A
dispatch states that twenty-five soldiers of the
regiment of Hussars of the Guard are being tried
by court-martial this week for strangling one of
their officers. Caucasian, Prince Chervachidse,
lieutenant of the same regiment, is being tried
for sabering, last July, a shopkeeper who had ac-
cideRtly entered a room he had reserved at res
taurant. Another prince, also in the Hussars of
the Guard, who last week playfully put bullet
into his servant and nearly killed him. will prob
ally be brought before court before long.
The National tribune., 1881-12-10
GENERAL sHERMAN,s OPINION.

Desiring to show our distinguished visitor
some attention, a very small man, with large
mustach, representing an alleged morning paper
of this city, sidled up to General Sherman as he
was viewing the cotton patch near the Exposition
grounds. General" yawped the little man, "do
you think cotton can be successfully raised on
such soil as that?" "Humph!" remarked the
General eyes, 1 think it can" "What else can
be raised it?" asked the little reporter, smil-
ing on William Tecumseh in genial sort of way
"What else?" replied the General ooh, any
thing else can be raised there Why, 1 raised
h on this very spot myself II years ago!"
The National tribune., 1881-12-10

AN EYE TO BUSINESS.

The following extract from the testimony in
the Guiteau case explains itself:
The next witness was Edmund A. Bailey, the
stenographer who accompanied the District At
torney to the jail on the Sd of July and subse-
quent days. and took shorthand notes of the
prisoners statements. He was asked to produce
his notes, but he said that he had destroyed
them, because their substance had been embodied
in transcript which he had handed to the Dis
trict Attorney. Mr.. Scoville called upon the
District Attorney to produce the transcript,
which Mr.. Corkhill declined doing ON the ground
that it was got up for his private information.
The witness DENIED that he had been introduced
to Mr.. Scoville or the prisoner as reporter of
the New York Herald.
The Prisoner" You came to me and said that
your name was Nordhoff, and 1 supposed that
you were relative to Mr.. NOrdhOff, the regular
correspondent of the Herald. The whole thing
was trick and lie.
Mr.. Davidge Ito the witness )-"Tell us about
that"
The Witness-"I was at my office on Sunday
afternoon when Mr. Corkhill telephoned for me. He
said he was going out to the Jail to see Guiteau
and asked me if 1 would 60 along. l was not in
his employment in any way. When we got to
Guiteau's cell he was in bed. Mr.. Corkhill in
troduced himself as the District Attorney and
me as young friend of his"
The Prisoner-"He said, This is correspond
ent of the New York Herald sent by MI. Con-
merry to get your statement"
The Witness-"I deny that emphaticaly."
The prisoner repeated his assertions and added,
II was anxious to get the truth out before the
American people; and 1 supposed that you were
the man to do the work, and you did not do it."
The Witness" The prisoner said he was anx-
ious to have his statement published and Mr..
Corkhill said: Mr.. Bailey is taking notes for
my guidance; but will make such portions of
them public at the proper time, as may see fit
Subsequently Guiteau asked me in what paper 1
proposed to publish them and l said that pre-
ferred the Herald. That was about ten days after
1 first saw him. and after had received a COM
munication from Mr.. Bennett.
The Prisoner" You showed me false tele-
gram, signed J. G. Bennett. That is the kind of
man you are"
MIR. Scoville, to witness-"Did you sell that
report to the HeraIds"
The Prisoner Yes; and he got $500 for it,"
The Witness" Mr.. Bennett fully understood
the circumstances under which that report was
written. Mr.. Connery looked over the manu-
script and said that he did not want more than seven
columns. Not word was said about pay at that
time. He asked me to name price and would
not do it, Two weeks afterward he asked me if
the Government had not paid me. said it had
not, and he sent me a check for $780,"
The Prisoner" Just as 1 supposed. 1 did not
know word about it. 1t was a mere guess On
my part"
The National tribune., 1881-12-10
OUR CRUISERS AS THEY ARE.

Attached to the report of the Naval Advisory
Board are valuable memoranda on the present
condition, cost of repairs, and lifetime after
repair of the cruisers now in service.
First RdteS.-Niagara worthless; Franklin Col
orado, Minnesota, and Wabash, obsolete, but can
be put in condition for service to last four years,
at costs, respectively, of S14OOOO $1950OO $780,
600, 1885, 900; Tennessee good for ten years
expensive to maintain and unsatisfactory; Con-
necticut and Florida, worthless; New York,
worth finishing good for twenty years, at cost OF
$55O.OOO; Iowa, Java, Antietam, Pennsylvania,
all worthless, rotten.
Second Rdtes-Susquehanna worthless; Pow
hatan, good for transport and towing service; ;
Trenton and Lancaster good for twenty years;
Congress and Worcester worthless, rotten
Brooklyn Hartford and Richmond, good for
twenty years; Pensacola good, with 100000
repairs for twenty years; Alaska, good for fifteen
years; Benicia, Omaha, Plymouth Lackawanna
and TiconderOga, all good for fifteen years, but
requiring repairs at S175,000, $299,000 S255,00O
S15O,OOO, $150,0OO; Vandalia, new, and, with S20,
900 repairs, good for twenty years; Canandaigua,
worthless; Monongahela, good for fifteen years,
S135, ZOO repairs Shenandoah, good for ten years.
1hfd hdteS.-J unlata anu OSSlpee, Soou ioF
twenty years, and Quinnebaug, Swatara, Galena,
and Marion new and good order, fifteen years;
Mohican, repairing at $4,000, and Iroquois, at
$25,0 900, good for twenty-five and fifteen years, re-
spectively; Wachusett good, twelve years; Wy
omng should be condemned; Tuscarora, repair
ing, S65,000, fifteen years; Kearsarge, Adams,
Alliance, Essex, all good, fifteen years; Enter
prise, new, needs $4,000 repairs, fifteen years;
Nipsic, Ashuelot, and Monocacy, good order,
twenty years; Narragansett, worthless; Alert,
Ranger Yantic, in good order, twenty years;
Kansas Saco, Nyack, Shawmut, unfit for repairs.
capituIation.-Available, with ordinary ex-
penditures, first rate, second rates, q third
rates, fourth rate-total, 81; with extraordinary
expenditures first rates, second rates-total,
The National tribune., 1881-12-10
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Work has stopped on the Washington Monu-
ment for the winter so far as laying stone is
cerned, but the stone-cutters will continue pre-
pairing the stone as fast as it is received.
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ALBERT II. FROST POST, G. A. r.

At a regular meeting of Albert H. Frost Post,
Department of Maine, G. A. R., at Winthrop, Me-,
December 2, 1881, the following named comrades
were elected for the ensuing year: Commander,
Franklin Wood; Senior Vice Commander Sewell
Pettingill; Junior Vice-Commander, Jesse JEFF
ferry; Quartermaster, G. w. Wood; Surgeon, Ev-
erett Lindsay; Chaplain, Harlow Murch Officer
of the Day, Thomas Dealy; Officer of the Guard,
Frank Davis; Delegates to Department Encamp-
ment E. o. Kelly and C. E. Wing; Alternates,
J. Jeffery, B. F. Maxim. After the election the
following resolution was unanimously adopted.
"ResOlUed, That it is the sentiment of this Post
that the Arrears of Pension Act should be so ex-
tended as not to limit the time of application
and should apply to all pensioners at the same
rate at which they are now entitled to pension"
The National tribune., 1881-12-10

There have been two Mussulman revolts dur
ing the last four months against the Chinese
garrison at Yang -Hissar. Two hundred Chinese
were massacred. Four hundred rebels were sub
sequently beheaded.
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
the few who steadily predicted the
"boom" whose proportions are
now so clearly outlined.

WE second the demand of the
E1press that Wilmington shall be
erected into port Of entry. At
regular intervals the press of this
city has agitated for this act of
justice and it,should be accorded.
Our contemporary truly says that
nine vessels lie in the offiing
and fifteen are now discharging or
loading in the inner harbor at
Wilmington. AS we have ten
times the commerce of San Diego
It is highly ridiculous to make
Wilmington subject to the Col
lector osthat Port. 1t is on the
principle of allowing the tail to
wag the dog. We feel assured that
If proper representations are made
to Senator Farley this injustice
will be remedied. We have no
desire to see San Diego Invested OF
the distinction of being a Port OF
Entry, but we think it 10 highly
unjust that she.should be allowed
to include in her otherwise insig-
nificsnt Gust ON House returns the
very considerable revenue accru-
ing from our own port. Besides,
the delays arising from such sys.
tenn are great drawback TO the
satisfactory transaction of BUSH
ness.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

THERE 10 something very in.
splriting to men of moral and we'll
ordered lives to have it telegraphed
over the country that Southern
darkey, sentenced to be hung for
outraging and then numbering q
little seven year old white girl,
bounds straight from the scaffold
into the arms of Jesus. The Saw
Jour Of Man was long suffering dur.
Ing his brief life on earth, but fai
greater liberties are daily taken
with him than were ever recorded
either Of Gethsemsne or Calvary.
The least a discriminating editor
for the Associated Press co uld do,
In the Interest of decsncy, would
be to suppress the utterances Of
these bloed-stained blssphsmers.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

"PueK," OF late, is acquitting
itself Of great number OF exceed.
esedingly clever cartoons. In q
recent issue President Arthur was
reprssented seated In the Presiden-
tial chair, Grant standing before
him In oratorical attitude, and
with his traditional cigar in his
nngers. "Arthur, my boy" says
the ex.President, "this is a good
time to press the third term.n
Thereupon the new President,
stretching himself, replies, "Ah,
ha, um-General, don't you think
the time to press the third term is
towards the close of my seoondS,
The idea strikes Ulysses as novel
one. He sees as through a glass
darkly. The artist has made q
very charming picture of the Great
Disoomfited's chagrin at this unex-
psetsd but perfectly natural phase
Of the Third Term.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

CERTAIN prurient features which
Characterized the kilograms that
were sent from the bed OF the dy.
ing President are beginning TO
crop out as the case of Guiteau pro.
gresses. The New York Herald
appears to be responsible for tel
egran which has probably made
ita appearance in the columns of
every newspaper In the Uuited
States, and which must have made
tho common family enjoyment of
tho daily journals slightly embar-
raising in modest households.
However, the successive stages of
Gen. Garfisld's deadly illness were
made so instructive in that line
that the bloom may be said to have
been already brushed from the
grape.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

NeT only is there business and
building boom In Los Angeles
just new, but It may be said, with
entire truth, that buildings have
been going up at such rapid rate
that there is not seasoned lam Der
enough left in this section to ac-
eommodate those who desire to
build. Enterprising rs our lum Der
dealers ordinarily are, they failed
to gauge 1t its true volume the
tide Of improvement and settle
ment which has characterized this
community since the opening CT
the current year; and they are
now, in effect, sold out of the
crude material. Nor has the call
upon them. for lumber been
BY any means restricted to the
city. All through the county the
demand for it for dwellings and
fences has been exigent and con-
tinuous. The farmers have not
only paid of large portion of
their indebtedness this year. but
they have made many substantial
improvements, besides. It Ia per-
haps to be regretted that there will
%, for . time, an enforced modera-
ion In building, but 1t can be
'sadlIy copjectured that the lum-
'sr firms are q little chagrined at
heir failure to accurately diagnose
hs future. The HERALD congrat-
Iatss itself upon having besn Of
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
CERTAIN of our Los Angeles

CERTAIN of our Los Angeles and
San Diego contemporaries are bus
lily engaged in feasting on the
funeral baked meats of the two
last Congressional elections. It is
just possible that they are trifie
stale. The discussion Is not nearly
60 practical rs making Cove rnors
and Congressman in the future, al.
though even the latter occupation
might be adventured upon with a
little more chance of standing the
inevitable wear and tear of the
political connubistors some five or
six months from now.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
A VERY interesting correspond

A VERY interesting correspond
ence, which explains itself, be.
tween Col. Hopkins and Mr.. Mutt,
appears In the columns of the
HHRALD this morning. Railway
topics have p erennial interest to
Southern California which excuses
any ordinary degree of volumi.
nousness. These letters will be
found. of great interest. Col. Hep.
kins's memorial 10 an able and elo-
quent presentment of the strong
points Of Los Angeles county.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
Herald Steam Printing House.

rha facilities OF the HERALD steam
printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All WORK en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
OPEN BoARD-s55 NJ.

a. q 4; 'oa GAIA . & :; as
loan N b, ~ 9; Point 1856 b; Overman lN
b: $50 q; A lta, as b: Jacket, $3.50 q; Benton,
76s; Mexican, ~ 8; Albion, ~ b. Belcher.
2S6 b, $40 q, 2,s6 8; Scorpion; Id; Point,
l:90 ., l.85 b; Con Va l.S5 b, 1855
q; Utah ~ b. ~ a; Beicher, q 30 b, q IS a:
n Belle, lV1< b; Savage ESQ b; s New, OK
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

IHE scene OF one OF the most IA
miliar stories of the frontier
raconteurs was located in Austin,
in the early days of that famous
camp. A ruffian walked into enc
of the mushroom saloons there,
drew revolver, pointed it at the
"bar-keep" and told him that if he
did not pungle up "a drink he would
be a'dead man inside of no time.
The victim was courageous, and
told the intruder that he would
furnish him with drink If he
paid for it. The desperate was as
good as his word, and walked out
of the barroom with a smoking
pistol in his hand, and dead man
behind the bar. Indignation ran
high in Austin; aud a mob quickly
gathered. Several leading citizens,
who thought the town would be
disgraced by any act of lawless-
ness, took charge of the murderer
and stood off tho crowd, landing
the former safely behind prison
bars. When assured of his immu-
nifty from instant punishment,
gasping with terror, the criminal
turned to his protectors and said,
with holy horror, "Why those
wrstches would actually murder q
man in cold blood" Grave as the
copjuneture was, the upbolders
OF the majesty of the law could
not resist a derisive laugh.
Much such an experience was
undergone by the people of the
United States when Guiteau went
through His antics on an attempt
being made to deal out to him the
eowardly prescription which the
fanatic thought good enough for
poor Garfield. The pathos with
which everything which threatens
his own iguobie carcass is invested
in the eyes of Guiteau surpasses
the ordinary range of comedy. 81
object" said he, ito being shot
down like a dog" This is fine
exemplificstion of the difference
there may be betwixt tweedledum
and tweedledee. That Guiteau
thinks he is guilty of something
very different from an absurd anti.
climax In these utterances cannot
be doubted. They are rank with
the offensive egotism which, run
to extremes, probably constitutes
a certain phase of insanity in his
ease. The assassin alton of Presi.
dent of the United States cannot,
under any circumstances, be re-
garded as subject for mirth, but
more ridiculous incidents have
been made to cluster around every
step Of the tragedy than seem al
lowable to the ordinary observer.
The climax of the absurd and out
rageous was reached when the
wretch Guiteau was allowed t.
take the vertebr@ of the dead
President in his bloodstained
hands and scrulinize them closely
and exultingly. Guiteau, gloating
over the skeleton Of the man he
had murdered, and the same Gui.
teau attitudinizing in virtuous
reprobation Of an attempt to as.
sassinate himself. are spectacles to
excite the wonder OF both Gods
and men.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

Hereafter notices OF companies, socie-
ties, churches, etc., will only be inserted
In the HERALD as paid advertisements.
We reserve. for Places OF Worship, graf
10 directory, which will appear every
Sunday morning.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
FOR EIcN.

ASotncr storm ,n Eaeiaad ana
Eretpnd.
LONDON, Nov. 22d.-A severe
gale in England. Scotland and the
Of Ireland, last evening,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

TUCSON, Nov. 22d.-.The funds of
the United States Depository have
been ordered to be sent to San
Francisco and the Office 10 to be
discontinued at this place.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23

MOhNIISB SI2SBION,
San FRAEcIgco. Nov. "a.
$40 Ophir, az 6, 6x | $50 Belcher, 2e5. 2.70
DO so Confidence, 0
2SO Mexican. Talk ll0l0 3 Nevada, l0K,
i2I0yG d q. 81, 5X 10,9%, 10
"a, ~ 1856 Bullion, I.35
100 = q b, 81, 6ek,6s<l ITO Utah, IN
t5O Gala, BUc, % 800 ExcheQuer, I 10,
1880 savage, 90, 2B5l LIS
2W $40 Overnan, 40,
$50 Con va. LEO, ls6 EOS, 2.l5
40 ChoIlar, /. So, l.b0l $40 Union. l0lk. Iolx.
Loo 10
100 Potosi, I55 $50 Alta. AS
7t5 H q N, 2.9J, 295 | 400 Andes. Ito
480 Or Point, I.60 so Scornion' Ioo
l3j Jacket, 4. 90, 395 | 100 Ward.
Kentuck, 2
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
The Beaudry Park,

Containing eight acres. Covered with
fruit and ornamental trees; ATS bearing
orange trees; $500 bearing Mexican lines
Beautifully laid out, with fountains and
drives.
Also, 400 ACRES In the San Pedro
Rancho, 10 the Downey, Beaudry and h ay-
ward Tract, az miles west of the town OF
Compton: Fine farming land. There are
several flowing wells in the immediate
vicinity.
20 Sale will begin at 1oA. M. ON the
dates announced, on the Rosas Tract. Just
north OF Canal and Reservoir street, on
the first hill overlooking the upper portion
OF the city. and will then be continued at
my Auction Rooms as above announced.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-23
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
[ Special to the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company
PACIFIC COAST.
STOCK. RERORr,
MoRNrwe SESSION.

SAN FRAHolsCo SToCK AND Elk.
CHANGE BOARD.
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Under $500, cash; over $500, one-half
cash, one.half in six months as 10 per
cent. interest per annum.
Deposit of Ave per cent. on each pur-
chase required at the time of sale. n22 I'd