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National Republican., 1881-10-29
CHINESE PUNISHMENT.
The Fearful Manner In which Monaghan
Prisoners nre Treated.

The cangue is the main prop of the
Mongolian order--the stocks, pillory and peniten-
hary cell at China. IL is only cage Of cross-bars.
which are sometimes OF bamboo, sometimes Of
iron, sometimes OF heavy timber. The prisoners
body Is lnclosed in this cage, which reaches from
his knees TO his neck his head and limbs alone
are free his hands being strapped to bar. Now,
its manifest that n criminal thus.acooutred must
be the prop and support of his own portable jail.
A captive Atlas, he carries about his own dungeon,
and he cannot lie down to rest, but must pass
whole days and nights on his feet, the poles at
tached TO the cangue preventing him from lying
down. while TO the framework Is fixed placard In
scribed with the wretoh's name, ofrense, and SEN
tence. cangue may weigh one hundred pounds
or only twenty, but in any case 1t is a dreadful
punishment kept on as 1t is for periods varying
from six hours to six weeks. Imagine days and
nights Of cramp and sleeplessness, the harrassing
stings of mosquitoes and other insects worrying
the naked skin and no hand to brush them away
the scorching sun and no screen the chilly night
and no coverings WEAKNESS, dizzy bruins, limbs
racked by dire fatigue, fever, delfium, the pres
sure Of the hard yoke the CALLED shoulders, the
strangling collar the agony of long want OF sleep
the thrist the shame Men often go mad in the
cangue, 1t is said they fall asleep on their feet
like horses, from sheer exhaustion they perish
and are found dead in their cages like so many
neglected Wild beasts In captivity Butthe cangue
is a favorite punishment among the judges.-Er-
chance
National Republican., 1881-10-29
A shnr,,inu ni.rnxnrr.

Professor Henry Grey, of Edinburg, has
just discovered another use for electricity. An
animal struck by lightning, or by an electric
shock under scientific direction, is made delight
fully tender in a moment. This truly incstimoblc
discovery may be said TO revolutlonizc the whole
boarding-house system at one fash. Hereafter
the Mission street landladles and the three-for
two restaurant proprietors have only to invest In
one Of the Professors aparatuses and convert the
erst indestructible steak the gutta. .percha chop,
and the anudiluvian gander into epicurean
comestibes In fact the perspective opened up by
this wonderful advance IN science is dazzling
to contemplate. What Is now to prevent
the present large stock of shop-worn old maids
taking n thorough electric course and becoming
once more marketable articles9 Breaches OF
promise and divorce cases would become obsolete
where this benchcent invention had n square
chance at the refractory parties. Not only this,
but the day for Charles Augustus to lurk In the
shadow of the back garden until the stern PARENT
of the period has retired has forever passed. All
the scientific lover of the future has to do is to Sc
crete portable tenderer" about his person, with
the wire leading to his seeve-button. single
hand shake would then convert the old man u
to condition of condensed milk of human kind.
ness, and send him to bed by early taffy time
We propose to negotiate for the State right by the
next mail.-DeTTick D0dd
National Republican., 1881-10-29
The Grand Jury.

No person shall be held to answer for capital
or otherwise Infamous crime, unless on present.
meut or indictment of grand Iury.-Anicle v Of
Amendment to Constitution United States.
How can grand jury indict or present
except upon the sworn testimony of
witnesses? Ask yourlawyer if an indict-
ment or presentment ever was found by
grand jury except upon legal euidence suf-
fcicnt, If unexplained, 10 coavict, and he will
tell you no.
The infamous Titus Oates, in the bloody
days of the Stuarts, in England, could
have men thrown into prison and exc
cuted upon merely pointing his finger at
them and charging them with conspiracy
and treason. 1t was to render such obi
Gus tyranny impossible that the provision
we have quoted was made part of our
Constitution.
There are plenty of instances in which
grand juries have indicted men upon the
testimony of puTjured rascals, who were
readily contradicted when the trials came
on, But there is no instance on record of
an indictment or presentment being made
by grand jury, acHhom testimony, at the
request of q scoundrelly prosecuting at
torney. Were such an attempt to be made
it would be the duty of the grand jury to
indict the wretch who proposed it.
When there is no testimony there
can be no other way to drag
citizens before the court upon felonious
charges. 1t would be MS monstrous to
talk of indictments by grand jury with
out evidence as to talk Of convictions af-
terward by a trial jury without evidence
None but depraved mind could enter.
tain such n thought. None but a fool
would suppose he could find grand
jury so ignorant as to be made
to perpetrate such a crime. A gang
of desperadoes lying in wait tc
be no worse than gang of des
peradoes using official power to in
duce the Indictment and harassment ol
citizens without testimony.
Judging from an article in the New
York Times of yesterday, Wayne Mac
Veagh, Attorney-General, and William
A. Cook, his subordinate, crept up on
the present grand jury with an effort
tohave Howgate indicted aoithom eoideace
If they did it they are rs precious pail
of rogues as ever lodged the State prison
The grand jury and the District Attorney
knew their duty, and did not fall into the
trap.
When Wayne MacVeagh wants some
thing said in the New York Time
he writes it himself and that too, edito
National Republican., 1881-10-29
"Nenrcr, NV God, 90 Thee.-

A correspondent asks "who wrote the
words of the beautiful and po pular hymn, Nearer.
My God, to Thee2" They were written by an
English lady. Her maiden name was Sarah
Flower. and she was born in Cambridge, England,
In 1906. Her father was literary man. and the
daughter inherited his tastes In 1884 she was
married to william Bridges Adams, distin-
gushed engineer, who was q contributor to some
of the leading newspapers and reviews She died
In 1919. She Is described as "a person Of strong
sense and great religious earnestness,' and one
who produced deep impression on those who
met with her" Her contributions to periodicals
were numerous, both in prose and poetry. No ac-
count is given of the circumstances under which
she composed. the hymn by which she is best
known
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Mrs. FIIiinore's VIII.

The will of the late Mrs. Millard Fill
more contains the following bequests: To the
Washington Street Baptist Church, Buffalo, 81 OOO
to the University of Rochester, $4,000; to the
Young Mems Christian Association, Buffalo, s. 900;
to the Buffalo Orphan Asylum and the General
Hospital each $1,000; to the Buffalo Home of the
Friendless $1,000; TO the Buffalo Society of Natural
Sciences $1,000; to the Buffalo Society for the Pre-
venton of Cruelty to Animals, $500; to the Ameri-
can Baptist Home Missionary society, 81 900, and
the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and the Buffalo
Historic Society the works of art and the historical
pannrs i'm her nosspssion
National Republican., 1881-10-29
THE MAsCoTTE.
How mn operate Performances was I'm
terrupted In the west End.

Christine resides in the West End, and
is Of aesthetic taste and musical inclination.
Leander, who calls periodically and ofcn, is
just too utterly utter"
Chrlssy's parents arc not as mstheuc as they
might be, and rather prefer Braham TO Waldteufel
in the musical line.
Leander and "Chrissy" are rs assiduous attend
ants upon the opera and drama as the $40 n week
salary Of the former will permit lie found II
convenient to expcnd a sufficient sum to pur-
chase reserved seats In the dress-circle mt the
cent rendition of ia Mascotte," and they were
much impressed with the "gobble song" They de-
termined to rehearse II, and Lcander procured the
words and music for piano, which no dispatched to
his adorable Chrlssy" with instructions to become
familiar with the accomplishments ere his arrival
in the evening The rehearsal was postponed
until afler retirement Of the old folks, which took
place at an early hour After all had become
quiet above the performance began below. They
got along splendidly for awhile, and us Christine,
in one of her passages, turned her reG6lgent eyes
full upon the devoted Leander and poured forth
! in low but rich and wonderfully expressive tone
1 the words
You I more than turkeys love
Leander broke short off and swore that beside
her voice that Of Parepa was hand organ, while
her action and expression made Bernhardt appear
tame. He knew all the time that she could out
rival anything on the stage That settled 1t
why" said she, "Leauder, my love, you have
yet to see me act, Let's leave the plano accom-
panment out and net at once, properly"
Leander had no objection to offer, and, striking
stage attitudes, they proceeded.
| About this time Chrissy's ma up stairs remem-
bered that she had forgotten her pitcher Of ice-
| water, and, opening her door TO come down, she
heard strange sounds issuing from the parlor. The
| " Ba-a-a.al" Of sheep came at regular intervals
| followed by a strange "Gob- -b-o-o-lw "Gob-
b-o.o-lp Cob b-o-o.lr She went bnck, nudged
the old man. and they went cautiously down the
stairs together The parlor door wns slightly ajar
and, by pecrlng in, they could see under the din
gaslight the mysterious gyrations of the two. with
every now aud then the "Ba-a-a-al" "Gob-
b.o-o-ll gob.b-o-o-ll gob-b-o-o.li" The old
gentleman looked knowingly Mt the old lady
tapped his forehead In II suggestive manner, and
whispered to her to open the front door.
The next moment FORM clothed in white
glided into the parlor. There was little shrek
then n young man was whisked through the entry
and sent flying down the front steps into the street
No explanations followed. A general mlsunder.
standing still prevails The old man insists tina
cranks are largely on the increase, Chrissy depre
Gated the lack of poetry in her fathers make up
and Leander-wel, he is not yet entirely collected
in his thoughts. He says 1t looked like q human
form, yet he Is satisfied 1t was not human.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
a Word for us.

Such papers as the Salt Lake Tribune
and THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ought to reach
every household, and especially every man who
calls himself u Republican, The contrast between
the Tribune and the miserable manacled apology
for Republican journalism which the Virginia
Enterprise represents Is refreshing The Salt Lake
paper should be circulated all over Nevada. II
President Arthur wishes to recognize the best type
Of Republican thought and journalism he
cannot do better than give Judge Goodwin a
handsome appointment either in or out Of the
Cabinet. We hope, however, that under no con-
tingency will his connection with the Tribune edi-
torial staff be interrupted Carson (Nev) Inder.
National Republican., 1881-10-29

rally. We know Of evidence Of his hav-
ing written an editorial in that paper
urging the increasing of popular clamor
in cases to be tried in court. Yesterdays
editorial in the Times headed " The Star
Route Prosecutions" bears the ear
marks of having been written either by
MacVeagh or Cook. This makes the fol-
lowing extract interesting:
Under Corkhlls management the grand Jury
has insisted that the prosecution should try the
whole case before them, and should disclose all
the evidence in possession Of the Government.
To be sure, this result has not actually been
reached but 0tc Hoiry1e case Is 10 furnish precc-
dent and II Mr.. Corkhill is to carry out his pro.
gramme, the case Is to be tried before the grand
| jury.
The intelligent reader need not be told that u
The Government uGe compelled to disclose before hc
grand jry The tOholc case dgdins The sdr-rome hteue'
there tcouid be small chance Of their oonviction. II
District Attorney Corkhill should persist in doing
this MS he has done in the Howgate case, the ends
of Justice might be defeated.
The foregoing is the boiled-down NAL
ice of asmall nature, baftled in the pur-
suit of hated object. eff the Howgate
case is to furnish precedent" then men
are not to be indicted and degraded upon
the mere request of our modern Titus
Oates, William A. Cook, or his official
master
The intelligent reader need not be
told" that the grand jury system is pro-
vided in order that accusations may be
privately Investigated to see if there is
evidence enough upon which to convict
The proceedings are conducted under an
oath of secrecy in order that the accused
may not receive any injury when the
accusation is not made good by proof
and also that those against whom
proof enough is shown may not
have notice and take flight.
And yet here is the chief newspaper
organ of the Attorney-General clamoring
that a grand jury shall indict citizens
not upon evidence which, unexplained
would convict, but without evidence and
upon the mere request of what Theo'
dore Parker called "court vermin."
And this the star-route prosecution
Is there no testimony except the oflica
reports of strictly legal acts? No case
Nothing but "hue and cry?" Did thes'
wretches think we lived in the dark ages
instead of in the nineteenth century
How long will it be before they either
summon witnesses to make good thei
loud accusations or retire from the gaz,
of men and cease to veX the public ca
with their brawling?
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Appointing veterans 90 omcc.

Heads Of Departments, superintendents Of
public buildings, aud communddnts Of Rdpy-ydrds,
&C., should keep in rictU The law Of he land as laid
dotrn IN The ReUised Satites Sec. 1854, TO tri:
SEC. 1854 Persons honordbiy discharged from uls
military service BY Of disdbiihy result
ing from GOldS or sickness Incurred IN The line NJ
duty, shat be preferred for appointments 10 civil
Offices provided hen found % possess Ne business
capacity necessary FOR e proper discharge Of the du-
ties Of such Offices.
The nert section Is not mandatory In hs character,
but is good recommendation that ought 10 be Kept IN
vie0 By dH good citizens
SEC. 1855. IN grdtGyM recognition Of Me services,
sacrifices and siDerinDs oJ persons hOnOrdbty dts
charged from ne military and naval serpice Of he
cOtufD bv of rounds, disease, the expiration
Of terms QC enlistment Is respectfully recommended 10
bankers, merchants, manufacturer, mechanics, farm
etS, and persons engaged IN Industrial pursuits 10 piue
them Mc pTcerence FOR appointments 10 remuerdtiuo
situations and eMpiOynienLs.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
virginia PoIItics-Cnrtoon No. ..

Mr.. Cash Thomas, Of Herndon, Va, has
issued his second cartoon on Virginia politics, the
first one representing the situation at large and
No. has reference to Fairfax County. The scene
portrayed is the treasurers office Of that county.
Mr.. Chichester, the county treasurer, is holding
down the safe wherein are kept the records of the
delinquent tax payers who voted illegally last fall
by being aided by false ana fraudulent tax re-
ceipts, the law in that State being that none can
vote who are delinquent In their capitauon tax;
but the Bourbons very kindly provide their elect
OTIS with false receipts, the Republicans and Re-
adjusters being required to pay or not vote, Tho
situation Is fully set forth in the cartoon just is
sued, which win be sent to all the voters in the
county. over one hundred thousand OF the first
oartoon haye already been but in circulation.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
The I.nte DO. nIaLe.

AT meeting of the board of directors
of the National Metropolitan Fire Insurance Com
pany held Thursday october "a, the following
resolutions were passed;
Whereas II has pleased Divine Providence TO take
from our midst late president Dr. John b. Blake;
Therefore,
Be u resored, That we deplore his loss an ofiicer
of the company and as personal friend Of each
member OF this board y his death the city Of WASH
ington has lost OF Its most earnest and useful cti-
and the poor benefaotor whose heart and hand
were ever engaged In the cause Of charity.
Resolved AS mark Of respect that the directors OF
this company attend his funeral In body and place
It's Office IN mourning for the term ofthirty days.
Resolved That copy Of these resolutions be trans
mitted to his family as o further mark Of sympathy
In their bereavement
National Republican., 1881-10-29
A Rnru.Ynrsi story.

One day Billy and Sammy were playing
In a mud hole and Bill said "Now, Sammy, les
play we was q barn yard? You be the pig and lie
down and waller, and I'll be bull, and beller like
everything SO they got down on their hands
and knees, and Sammy he went into the dirt and
wallowed. while Billy beloved like distant thun-
der. By-and-bye Sammy came up muddy-you
never saw such a muddy little fellow-and he
said: Now, you'll be the pig, and let me beler.'
But Billy said: "I Amt very good pig, except
for dinner and it'll be time nuff for you to beller
when your mother sees your clothes."-NeiU Haven
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Travelling In Toxins.

Congressman Blackburn's fellow-trav-
clers on a railway train in Texas not long ago
were mostly cow boys. They stopped the train at
dead of night and invited him to make speech,
The account of the episode says that the Kentucky
orator thought 1t best to comply" and adds that
he spoke of the Lone Star State In such glowing
terms that his audience fired revolver volley by
way of applause. Thus 1t Is shown that II speech.
making is a weakness of Americans It may on oc-
casions become their strength.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
rIncV.nvI,,. nccl,,ou

Attorney-General MacVeagh has de-
cided, in the matter of the expenditure of $4,000
for artificial limbs for ex Union soldiers, that such
expenditure should be made under the authority
of the War Department, instead of the Interior De-
partment, as claimed and decided upon by Judge
Lawrence, first comptroller of the Treasury De-
partment. The Attorney General has also decided
that the decision Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
as to the legality of warrants and acquisitions is
binding upon the first comptroller, and cannot be
reversed or changed by him.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
complimentary to Secretary FoIser.

Judge Folger was yesterday nominated
and confirmed as head of the Treasury Department.
1t is an excellent and unobjcctionnble appoint
ment, The new Secretary is entirely competent
in point of talents, character, and experience. We
sure he will make flrst-rate Secretary of the
Treasury, as he has made frst.rate judge of the
Court of Appeals. In that court he still had seven
years to before the constitutional limit of age
would have required him to leave 1t, But If he
should be appointed TO succeed Judge Hunt when
he retres from the bench Of the United States SUI
preme Court next year, he will not be subject to
any such restrcton-NeV York Sum-
National Republican., 1881-10-29
A lInrrid Theory.

A horrid theorist suggests that the earth
in its sweep around the swiftly advancing sun
may be about entering one Of those torrid streaks
to exist in space-paces so hot that, having passed
through one of them ages ago, the earth is cooled
now only as to its crust Tho theorst sets forth
that the unusual disturbances this year through
out the solar system harmonize with that theory.
But what Poisson said about the earth's acquire
ment of internal heat has been generally regarded
by scientific men as a fish story
National Republican., 1881-10-29
nnhGnr RInndea-

The electric light, as adapted to the
atres and the ballroom, is said to be death to
blondes, and one consequence is to be the revival
ofbrunettes This makes 1t bad for families who
already have two or three blondes on hand un-
less they can exchange them for brunettes As
nothing is said about the damaging effects of the
electric light in churches blondes can still ven
ture In such places, and this is some consolation
NOtTisOlpn Herald
National Republican., 1881-10-29

to be drawn upon every presidential
nomination for an office in Southern
State where the issue is Bourbon or anti
Bourbon. The Bourbons have taken
Republicans under their wing who will
aid them. The Administration, equally
Indifferent to political antecedents, en-
courages the union of all anti-Bourbon
elements in the South.
The President was compelled to nomi-
nate new postmaster for Lynchburg.
The Bourbon Senators say he shall retain
a defaulter or nominate an opponent of
the Administration. The issue is sharply
defined We believe the opposition SEN
ators will divide upon it. 1t is a splendid
opportunity for a showing of hands
among them as to whether, in their opin-
ion, liberality ought to work both ways.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
IkIIsitlneaS.

A man who has been drawing a PEN
sion from the Government for total blindness was
recently discovered to be reading proof in news
paper office, and has been arrested for fraud, II
the fact ofhis being proof-reader is the only evil
dence that the man Is not blind his acquittal is
certain,-Chicago editor tOhO neuer Went TO 1CriRg
National Republican., 1881-10-29

THE Senate need feel no embarrass-
ment, so far as Washington is concerned,
about continuing in deadlock. Our
people are always ready to see the solons
prolong their stay.
National Republican., 1881-10-29

AS the Republicans of Iowa this year
carried ninety-two out of the ninety nine counties
in this State we don't see why the Atlanta Con-
Sititioa need to hang Its harp upon the weeping
willows We would suggest a hypodermic injec-
EnLn
National Republican., 1881-10-29
No Case.

The Critic reporter learned yesterday
from source entirely trustworthy that District
Attorney George Bliss, Of New York, who is en-
ployed to assist in the starroute prosecutions has
informed President Arthur that there is no case
against any of the alleged conspirators.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
A SUaD.

IT'S now the willy husband woos
The closet for his over-shoes,
And little recks his loving wife,
The partner o his Joy and strife,
Has swapped them of, with joyous heart,
For q statue of n. Bonaparte. Puck,
National Republican., 1881-10-29
An oasis.
aDnen.

A Nevada editor called his paper the
Oasis. II died. but he thinks he can at least keep
its memory green,
National Republican., 1881-10-29
True.

The report of the assassination of the
Gear Is said to have come by way of Canada. Ven
nor probably started 1t, and of course 1t can't be
true
National Republican., 1881-10-29
A Turquoise.

The largest and finest turquoise in the
world is in the crown OF the Russian Gar II was
found in the mines of New Mexico nearly two
centuries nrn.
National Republican., 1881-10-29

THE Washington correspondent says
the Acknowledgement wants to leave the
Cabinet because he is for reform and
against the machine. He probably wants
TO take the field for Wolfe, the lah-de-dah,
self-nominated candidate for State treas
urer in opposition to the regular Repub-
lican nominee in Pennsylvania.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Rntoynaent.

How the late Mr.. Methusaleh, when in
his eight hundred and seyenty-eighth year, must
have enjoyed sitting down at the corner grocery
and lying about the cold winter of42 B. O.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Gnnsrnus InIirnrnia.

California has shown her proverbial
generosity In her contributions to the Garfield
monument fund Upon october 30 the collections
amounted to $40 1870.
National Republican., 1881-10-29
Tho nYInr Gas.

Philadelphia has nearly completed its
arrangement to light Chestnut street with elec-
tricity. The end OF gas monopoly draws near.