Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-09
New York Letter.
NEW YORK, Jan. %, 1881,

NEW YORK, Jan. %, 1881.
EDITOR HERALD: The present
month of January, 1881, has been
one OF storm, misfortune and dis.
aster. Ocean steamers have been
driven on a lee shore, powerful
ships have become disabled or de.
stroyed, railroad trains have been
burned, bridges have been swept
away by mountain torrents, snow
slides have buried hamlets and
towns, telegraph lines have been
almost swept out of existence and,
In fact, human life and human be-
longings have been in many ways
in deadly aud destructive peril
hence with most devout feelings of
thankfulness and humility we Of
fer up prayers of gratitude for the
news specially cabled to the Tele-
gram Circulation $4,000, a good
advertising medium) last evening,
as follows:
THEIR ENGLISH HoME-ARRIvAL
OF SIR THOMAS AND LADY HES.
KEITH AT RUFFORD HALL.
Via French Atlantic Cable to the Even.
ing Telegram.1
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Rector of
Rufford, near Ormskirk, in Lanca-
shire, has received letter asking
l, IN, IN TIM ,,tl ri;
ties to watch carefully the valua-
BILE jewelry of Lady Hesketh and
the family plate. Sir Thomas Hes
keith, of Rufford Hall, warned
them to remove all ladders from
the neighborhood Of the hall and
watch all means of ingress while
the family were dining. Sir
Thomas and his California bride,
the daughter Of Senator Sharon, ar
rived at Rufford to-day. The lug.
gage was escorted to the hall by
the police. Every precaution was
taken to insure safety.
The above appeared exclusively
in the Euening Telegram of yes
terday. The circulation of the
Evening Telegram, which is sc, 900
copies daily, makes 1t valuable
medium for advertisers of all
classes.
Thank God Almighty for the
safety and preservation of Sir
Thomas and Lady Hesksth, for the
safety of their valuable jswelry
and luggage, for the escort of the
police to the hall, for the ladder
that was moved away and for the
family dinner that was prepared
FOR them at Rutford Hall. The
plebeian people Of America bow in
humility aud thank God for the ex.
istence of Sir Thomas Hesketh and
that the daughter of Bill Sharon
found favor in his sight and that
he took her unto himself to wife,
and to Rufford Hall. They even
thank him for the fire in the "YeI-
low jacket" mine aud for the
deaths of the poor fellows over
whose charred corpses Sharon
climbed to power. They thank
him for the failure of the Bank of
California, for the death of Raj
son and for the opportunity given
to Bill Sharon to administer upon
the Ralston estate and to
drive out of her own, the widow of
his early benefactor, for Belmont,
for the Palace Hotel, for the money
which enabled him to buy seat
in the United States Senate, and
for the forbearance of the long suf.
fering people who did not kick kim
out of it, when he neglected The
duties of that high Office for nearly
the entire term. And now "a truce
to parvenu bosh. Is it possible that
such balderdash finds a place in
the minds of the American people?
Are we a race of time-servers, or is
there yet left some of the sturdy
stock of the Revolution, to frown
down and spit upon such evidences
of grovelling toadyism and shoddy
as has been developed by the noto.
riety given to Sir Thomas, Senator
Bill Sharon and Lady HeskethP
NERISSA.