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New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
PERSONAL.

Mr. Speer Mr.. Frost and Mr.. Belmont, the
youngest members of the House Of Representatives,
are sometimes called by their associates the Kinder
garten members"
The late Mrs Swayne was Maryland lady
whose father owned a large number of slaves
when she married Judge SwayDe. Many of these
slaves were given TO her, and she Immediately set
them free. She was greatly beloved IN Washington
by the colored race.
Miss Anna f. Dickinson disavows all responsible
lty it s reported for the attempt to serve writ on
Miss Davenport on a Philadelphia stage. Miss
Dickinson is mentioned as calling that attempt
an " unseemy act" Her FIRST knowledge of 1t was
through the newspapers.
General Albert Pike-who is, by the way, the
highest ranking FreemasOn in the United States
is now seventytwo years old. He is still so vgor-
ous tha he enjoys eld sports with as keen pleas
as when, nifty years ago, ne hunted IN New
Mexico Texas and Arkansas. lie is more than SIX
feet tall and Is bent but little
Mr. Roswell Smith, publisher Of The Century, has
inst performed generous act, rare indeed in tho
annals of business. He not only gave $4,000 in
Christmas gifts to those whom he employs. but dis
trbuted among the leading members of his literary
and business staff $4,000 in Century stock. stock
which, as has already been stated. is exceedingly
valuable.
Cheng Tsao Ju. the Chinese Minister, is q
practical man of business, with mind open to iul-
provements. His journey from San Francisco east
ward was his first by railway, and it greatly de-
lighted him. He particularly remarked the great
akali plains, and thought that they might be sue
cessfully reclaimed and cultivated like those near
Lien IsiD in China.
President Greyy can turn on" his theatre or his
opera whenever he likes aud sitting quietly at
home in the Eysee hear all the first artists Of
his country. lie has a telephone connection with
the Opera. the Theatre Francois and the Opera
COnique and the voices are heard IN his yellow
draving-room clearly and distinctly as in those
theatres
General Lew Wallace Is not only politician and
author but an artist as WELL He is said to have
aintcd an admirable portrait Of his father; and he
has IN his study a picture Of historical interest.
This is called The COnspIratOrs." and represents
as sitting and leaning marble blocks IN an od
Washington yard a group Of the men who plotted
10 Kill Lincoln. The portraits were taken nom He,
the General having sketched the men IN eonrt dur
ing their trial.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
THE BRITISH PRESS ON MR.. BLALyE.

THE BRITISH PRESS ON Mr.. BLAINE.
II occurs to the unprejudiced American mind
that if the English newspapers had substantial
arguments in reply to Mr.. Blaine's arrangement
of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, they would not
dwell quite so much on what they are pleased to
call its dscourteOus tone" And, if Mr.. Blaine's
dispatch is really so discourteOus in tone, the
British press and their feeble imitatOrs in
America ought to be able to quote and then
appropriately censure some OF the discOurteOus
phrases Up TO this time there has been no
attempt at such quotatiOn,-even in the gro
tesoue race to abuse Mr. Blaine among the eager
journals which mistakenly think that is the
road to favor with the present ad-mterim Adj
ministration. Whenever there has been the
slightest pretence of specifying the discOurtesy,
it has been by the vaguest of references, with
out quotation, to Mr. Blainc's alusion TO the
great military power of the United States;
and this was held up as something little less
than an intentional insult
But observe the subjects in connection with
which Mr. Blaine made this allusOn. He had
lust referred to the great naval power Of
England, and TO its being free 10 guard,
menace, and seize the Panama Canal. Ac-
knowledgng frankly the superiority of the
naval power of Great Britain he proceeded to
say that here was the United States, with
military power quite irresistible on the
American Continent, and by the Clayton-Bnl-
wer Treaty we are forbidden to use a single
regiment to guard our interests on the 18th
mus. The English, said Mr.. Blaine, cam under
the treaty, Use their great naval power, but
the Americans cannot use their great military
power.
Pray tell lis, representative British critics,
and quivering editorial diplomatists, where is
the discourtcsyl The argument is apparent
and has not yet been answered. Is it unan-
swerable except by houting and pOuting and
abusing Mr. Blaine for ""discOurtesy"2 Or would
Mr.. Blaine's censOrs have the public under
stand that it was highly courteous to allude
to England as possessing great naval power,
and highly discOurteous ut the same time to
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
THE T1NNANY ADDRESS

The Democrats in this city and in the in
terror, whO before the last election, made it
the chief end of their political existence to ex-
tinguish Tammany Hall, are not finding it so
easy a matter rs it at first seemed to do as
they please with the Tammany men in the
Legislature, who happen to hold the balance
of power. Notwithstanding the bitterness of
their fight against Tammany before election
their hostility to Tammany being much more
earnest and pronounced than their opposition
to the Republicans Immediately upon its being
discovered that Tammany hold the balance
of power in both branches of the Legislature, they
began to talk and act as though there had
never been any factional division, but all were
acting together rs Democrats For a few
weeks they went on making their arrange
mcnts for organizing the Senate and Assembly
and apportioning the offices rs though they
were absolutely secure Of a majority. 1t seemed
not to occur to them that possibly the repre-
sentatives of the faction against which they
had been making deadly war might not come
meekly into their caucus and support their
nominations. The deusiOn that Tammany
would not take Independent action WAS pro-
NOTED by the apparent mOdesty of its represent
atives. who did not seem to be asserting their
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

Ignorant justices and lazy clerks is
summary in a single sentence of IN indictment
brought against the Police Courts OF this city
by an experienced lawyer in a conversation
printed on another page. 1t will doubtless sur
prise law-abiding people, whose ways Of life
have fortunately kept them from the necessity
of making acquaintance with these tribunals,
where justice in its simplest and rudimentary
ferns is supposed TO be dispensed to learn
that thousands OF criminal cases never come to
trial in the higher courts because Of the laXity
and careessness Of the justices and their clerks.
The papers in these cases remain in the pigeon
holes of the District Attorneys Office for the
reason that they are not in proper shape for
further proceedings. Defendants brought be-
fore the Police Courts are allowed to waive an
examination, and in 50 doing they practically
waive the ease of the prosecution. The papers
90 to the District Attorney without any facts
on which that official can prosecute. The law
requires the Justices to make an examination,
but they frequently shirk this duty to save
labor 10 themselves and their clerks. This is
an evil which demands "A full exposure and a
prompt remedy. The suggestion that the prac
tice of permitting a person under a criminal
charge to avoid an examination when brought
before a Police Court should be abolished al
together is worth considering. The French
method of requiring the magistrate to make
searching inquiries seems better adapted to
secure the ends of justice.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

mower or pushing their demands for recog-
milton. .,..
But within the past week or two the feeling
of security enjoyed by the "regtllars. mas
been somewhat dissipated. The unusual Dach-
yar,iness of the Tammany people in demand
inc their share of the Offices awakened SuSp'-
cion II bpean to dawn on the minds OF the
too-confdcnt Anti-Tammlny leaders that the
backwardness arose from the consciousness u
mower and not of weakness; that the susPi,
cious calm brOodug over Iammany IoreDouen
troublc instead of promising harmony "'''
Tomrnanv was in trading ana hoV
= Submissive mood. Since the discovery
was made that Tammany was "WaiVihs
to be seen" there have been sundry
attempts at negotiation, with the anxiety 20
ocree upon terms chiefly on the side OF fhe
"reorIorsn Meantime the Tammany repre-
,o,t,tivos have behaved with dignity that
seemed almost like Indifference. The eager
ness il all ON the other side. Tammany, win
q bare balance of power, conducts ltseH IKE
. pronounced and secure majority. II makes
no advances. but waits to be approached, ana
when approached lays down its terms, naming
NOT the places it would simply like,
but the places it proposes to have
There Is no ch"i'IilE :
ing in the business. OHe Pii0o
the motto, ana II the customer - NV ,;ta,.+,,
with ihe goohs ana 'ho terms Nv . cr
to go ciscWhere' Co''aiu'',,'7 ,.ar1tont brt
votes lh'oiNcu t'' P''0' - a., sit,otior
few or many '"'y .o'"''''i t'o tmocIeIoo of
ana l"lil''I"nS avs "p'"
that fact.
Ana l'e I''i'I','"J H. ,,,4 rro-
Shre"dh'SS 'n"h ''''!' "iP'',n'2' a,.;an t,o,
pose 10 DaSe '"o i"'i' ''';',''' ';,, ,,arso,,ol
threaten upon Ii''.' ,..,'; ,D' - 20 nnostion
issues n'y n'''h ~ J ,o,, ho,.o itsncd an
W A.. D,,,,,.,r,o,, or tbe State of
Auui'SS 10 '''' D''''c1'',, e,t ,,..i,,, 80 moor
new oiN' '''"'7 =. .;..,..,;,,,i,I. ,f
potatcu h'AopoI'cSdH dH 'i'' VI ;,,,
the org"i%''i'''' d.rar; that
address, issue" i''' ,,r,,,,i
the 'ihle Ia" '""'' ~. -. o,.d octi,c
%''"n ''"' t'.I. I.,,d .,r..o, from the
pau - .r ;,..r,,,rotod ,,o,oroIics
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anu ;, ~, % -, anil bssserhlvmeu
lh' l''""""' ~. -, -. ,Lo
were elcctcu' l"'''''''"J H'i, - '' "P
champion ol the peoples rgnl' "S"r"S' ''o
mOnopolles, ana the ualy oi '"' i"'',''i'"y
representatives to Stahn ny INC P'''''i''o ~" ""
which they were eIecl'u Il 'iHN''u VIZ
do 1t OF course u Is necessary ''"' '''
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New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
need yindicatlOn.

The imagination of the most sensational of
French romance writers never conceived of a
scene more grotesque and horrible than was
witnessed in Jersey City yesterday. small
pox patient escaped from his home in a deliri-
GUS condition and died in the streets. Two
drunken men, suppOsing the dead man to be
In the same condition as themselves, only a
little worse, picked the body up, and, support
ing it between them, walked it to police sta
ton two blocks distant.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
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Haunted Castle"
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AvpptcA Az Art GALLEoY-EEhlbluon
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MASONIC TEMPLE" Red Rlitlg hoou i''9'''
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Sira'.r ASI oADwAY-2 and S-Educatec doIacs
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
GENERAL NOTES.

The Montezuma Iowa) Republican greets tho
world with a sixteen page holiday number in which
varied assortment OF reading matter and an imposing
array OF advertisements make readers ana proprotors
alike happy.
Within q few weeks horses will give place
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
rrup EVENING TFLEGRAN's SPECIAL ABRANGkhE
FOR THE HOLIDAYS

TuF EVENING TKLEGRAN's SPRclAL AEkANOhhhNi
" FOg THE HOLIDAYS.
Tho enormous increase in our atytsing cGn6fs us ~
,aLe fuIfbcr advance rates during tle non ,N t
s in orer mat the may not ehefodeu 'o
mach upon columns ., o,,,- tho tgoi.
aavs vii he increased Cents per line over nc ptcn'
he reserved for advertisers WI u
ever the pres sure viii permit but In cas- WI
be- exceeded except on daYs en ~"
sheet EvFNING TELEGRAM will be issued ana an -
Tents intended for publication that day VIII DC tAeh ' INC
present rates. . --.....,,.,. ,,D,or tho new avs.
10 prevent aa injustice TO our patrons anuer ine NV
tom number will be issued to eacI IiNeTter III Ao Vi"t
~ annlc1tlo1 10 that frst may be first served
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

Judge Cox says the Guiteau trial is the most
remarkable case he ever heard of. Here the
public will agree with him-something it has
seldom been able to do. He expects to be vim
dicated when the trial is over. 1t is a pity
that the judge conducting trial which attracts
the attention of the entire civilized world. should
need yindcatlOn.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

An interesting account of one of the best Of
the practical charities of the metropolis, estab-
ished by volunteer effort the Boys Lodging
house, is printed in another column. This in
stitution, founded five years ago by philan-
thropic lady, cares for large number of boot
blacks, newsboys and other street waits, and
does it in a way that cutivates spirit of
manly independence in them. The boys pay
five cents apiece for meals and lodging, and
are thus saved from the degrading conscious
ness of receiving aims. Their nickels amount
in the course of year to the respectable sum Of
$3,30O,. which goes far toward supporting the
house.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

The outrages perpetrated by members of the
Irish Land League upon honest tenants who
pay their rent, described in our London let
ter, recall the crimes of the Molly Mcguire
organization when that barbarous secret So
ciety terrorized the mining regions of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t oughtto be humiliating to lrishmen in
this country to read that large proportion
Of the $40 agrarian crimes committed in
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

tion in Virginia. and though she does not yet show
symptoms which indicate an early Bourbon over
throw there are plenty of evidences that or
later she will rouse herself to that patriotic step.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
tnslrless Noilccs.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

"ALDERNEY BRAND" u....u,.-,,, ,,,,v
Ruy always oo-,H1
New-York tribune., 1881-12-27

The Hon. 5. :, Cox has declared himself in favor
Of tho No Rent policy in Ireland. Perhaps he
will try t. run for Office on similar platform IN TIN.
country. but we don't believe II.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

under the constitution it could zen.
ter upon no business, except thai
stated in the proclamation by which
it was called together
The State isnow in debt to Die
School Fund s125, 600, and The Audi.
tor estimates that at the close Of the
present fiscal year there will be less
than $1,000 to the credit Of the State
Fund, and with this unfavorable
showing of our financial condition
we think it would be more creditable
to the Legislature to avoid, if possible,
the borrowing of any more money.
We repeat most emphatically, we
want no adjourned session, and we
hope our Representatives will oppose
any such proposition.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
Allen G. Thurman.

The best man in the U. S. Senate
is about to retire to private life.
Without any inordinate desire for
public life, he has always filled, ably
and justly, the Offices that have been
given him. Retiring from ohe SEN
ate as he will on the 4th Of March
next, he will carry with him the en-
tire respect of both parties and also
the regrets of many in both parties
that he will no longer be a Senator.
The man who had the craftsmanship
and firmness to save to the people
one hundred and eighty millions Of
money from a swindling railroad
corporation, is no small loss in the
Senate. 1t may be long years before
the Democratic party get another
Senator in Ohio, and it may be after
Thurman's time when the Democrats
get President Of the United States,
but we would ask 10 better men irr
either position than Alien G. Thur
man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
A Volcano in Fayette County.

A few days ago, while gentleman
Of Gauley Bridge, Fayette county,
this State, was out prospecting for
iron ore in that neighborhood he
discovered what is supposed to be a
volcano. He says he reached the
summit Of mountain about two
miles high, and being tired sat down
TO rest, when he CHANGED to turn his
eyes to the left, some fifteen or TWEEN.
ty yards from him, he noticed what
he supposed to be a smoke produced
by a small fire. Thinking it rather
strange that FIRE should be burning
in that nntreluented place, he ap.
preached nearer to investigate the
matter, and found it TO be, not smoke,
but steam, which gushed forth from
II hole in the earth with great heat
and force, and which had an indie
scribable sickening odor. He then
cut pole about twenty feet long,
but could not touch any bottom. The
heat and unpleasant odor made it
impossible for the hole to be examin-
ed infinitely, but lot of small stones
were dopped into it an they could be
heard for some time as they went
plunging and roaring into this bot
tomless stean-valve. Thinking
there might be some gas mixed with
the steam, a lighted match was APP.
piled to the mouth Of the cave, but
the moment the steam touched the
match it was extinguished. A light
ed piece of paper was then placed
down in the hole some three or four
feet, but it too was extinguished
when coming in contact with the
steam, the draft being so great that
it threw the paper from its mouth
some five or sixfeet
Nothing was ever known of this
hole before, but it is evidently an old
one, as there is no sign Of fresh earth
anywhere near, The rocks and earth
around for a short distance seemed TO
have been thrown up from this hole
in days of yore from some cause
Parties have been going up every
day since its discovery, but us yet
nothing more has been learned re.
garding it. People in the vicinity
are much excited and interested and
every effort will be made to find the
cause ofthis little steam engine being
in such remote place,-Kana,Oha
Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
Adjournment of the Legislature

The joint committee of the two
Houses of the Legislature has had
under consideration the question Of
an adjournment, and it was the sense
OF the committee that the session
should be extended to the 9Th of
March, and meet in adjourned session
on the LIST of February, 1882. We
hope there will be no adjourned SEES.
sion. The tax payers woald not oh.
ject to an extension of the session for
few days in order to complete i'm
portant legislation of a general char
acter, recognizing the fact that n
change in our judicial system has
imposed upon the present Legisla-
ture an additional amount of work,
but they are utterly opposed to an
adjourned session TO effect local leg
islation. or to make q new apportion-
ment under the late census, for when
it becomes necessary to consider this
latter subject 1t would be IN extra
ordinary occasion for converting the
Legislature by the Governor, and
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

Edwin Peyton, son Of Bernard Pey-
ton, Esq, Clerk Of the West Virginia
House OF Delegates, died in Staunten,
Va, on Thursday last, Of spinal af-
lection, aged eleven years. The de-
ceased had been an invalid from in
fancy aud never walked. The Valley
Nrginian, referring to his death, say:
"His mind, however, was apparently
as robust and vigorous as that of a
man, his wonderful precocity being
the subject Of remark with all who
met him. Self taught, lie had mas
tered Latin and French, in addition
to the more advanced English
branches, and within the last year
had taken up chemistry and philoso-
ply, prosecuting those studies with
remarkable success. His methods of
thought we're masculine aud his con-
versation that Of person of mature
years. Amid all his affliction, his
disposition was cheerful and sunny,
and he drew to him the love and af-
lection of those who came in contact
with him"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
COMMISSIONERS SALE
or House and Three Lots I'm lhc
Town of West Columbia.

TN pursuance OF the terms Of a decree Of
i the Circuit Court OF Mason County,
West Virginia, rendered on the goth DAY
OF October, 1880, in suit-therein pending
in which W. p. Shank, who sues, &c, for
R. L. Winkleblack as plaintiff and A. G.
Mason, ct ais are defendants, the under
signed Special Commissioners, appointed
for that purpose, will ON the 18th day OF Feb.
ruary, 1881, at the front dosr of the Court
House OF Mason County, proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, lots
Nos. 1909, ITO, Ill and the land lying be.
tween said lots and the Ohio river and the
land lying between lot No. ll2 and the
Ohio river, situate in the town of West
Columbia, belonging to the defendant Jo-
seph Brumley.
TERMS OF SALr:-Cash Us to one-third Of
the purchase money and the residue upon
credit Of six and twelve months, taking
from the purchaser bond with good secti-
rity bearing interest from day Of sale and
retaining the title as further security.
JAS. b. MENAGER,
w. II. TOAILlNS0N,
jan 5-4w Special Commissioners.
The above sale is adjourned and contin-
ued until Monday, the I'd day of Nay,
1881.
JAS. B. AIENAGER,
W. II. T0MLlNSON,
feb i6-td Special Commissioners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

The reputation of Hon. John w.
Grantham, Of Jefferson County, is not
likely to be affected by the recent at.
tack of the Fayetteville Enterprise.
Those who know this gentleman and
the character Of his constituency,
would require better evidence to sus.
tain such charges than the mere ipse
di1it Of any man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

A burning shame that thousands
of men and women should suffer with
a pain in the back, caused by a strain,
infamed kidneys and torpid liver,
when there is an unfailing remedy.
Z. K. Thompson's Barosma, Buchu,
Backache, Liver and Kidney Cure is
warranted to give relief and cure the
gravel Inflammation of the kidneys,
liver complaint and diseases arising
from torpid or disordered liver, as
thousands testify during the past
eight years.
Prepared by E. X. Thompson, Ii.
tusville, Pa,
Sold by Point Pleasant Drug Store,
and A. G. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

The first and best advice used to
be "Young man, go West and grow
up with the country" This might
now be supplemented with "Young
man, go to England and marry"
The Baroness Burdette Coutts has
just married Mr.. Ashmond Bartlett,
in England. She is sixty-seven and
her husband is thirty-one. He is q
Philadelphia by birth, but was edu.
Gated in England. More than forty
years ago the Baroness received a
legacy of sloo,Oo0oOO. She gives up
an annual income of $4,000 in Or
der to marry Bartlett, as that was
stipulated in the legacy if she mar.
ried a foreigner. She however has
enough left to settle $4,000 per year
upon her precious husband.