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Year: 1878

THE CASE OF PATTERSON. pleasure
We see itreported thatGOv. Wade Hampton,
of South Carolina, is resolved that the state
courts shall not be interfered with, SO far as
he can prevent any thing of the kind, in re-
lation to the criminal cause against. Patter-
son, the carpet -baggersenator from the state
indicted for bribery Governor Hampton
says the law must take its course. In this
he is right It should be- the rule in every
mans case, whether he be rich or poor, IN
lowly private position or In the most ex-
alted public station. If Patterson has COM
mitted bribery, he should suffer IS other
men in the same state-notably his party
friends, of the colored race-have suffered
offence. If he is not guilty, he should be
fairly acquitted. But the point in this case
seems to be that, in consideration of his vote
and services in securing the admission of
Senator Bntier to his seat IN the senate, he
expects to have the prosecution of his case
stopped-and it Is rumored that Senator
Butler himself promised to intercede in his
behalf TO that purpose. 1t is very poor
authority, but worth whatever it Is, there
stands against this mere rumor the emphatic
declaration OF Patterson himself, on the
floor of the senate, that he never hadreceiv-
ed any promise or intimation of the kind
Not because Patterson denies the promisedo
We believe it never was made. but solely for
the reason that We are confident Mr.. Butler
would never SO involve, inculpate or s.ultify
himself, do we feel sure there was no such
promise on his part.
Year: 1878

THE sO-CALLED POTTER COMMITTEE UNABLE TO GO


AHEAD WITHOUT THE GENERAL.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl


WASHINGTON, July 1O.-The Potter Committee
met pursuant to adjournment at IL o'clock this
morning. Four members Messrs. Potter, Hunton,
HiscOck and Springer, were present. Chairman
Potter announced that as General Butler had not
arrived the committee would hold an executive ses-
sion; and then it was decided to take recess until
o'clock On reassembng telegram from Cen
eral Butler was received, announcing his probable
arrival tomorrow morning. The committee then
adjourned. 1t is worthy of notice that no conceal
ment is made of the dependence Of the Democrats
upon General Butler to do the work of examination
and by the device of relying upon him they
hope to find means for going outside the narrow
limits fixed for the scope of the investigation by the
wording Of the Potter resolution. When this mat
ter was under consideration by the Democrats in the
House, the whole movement was vigorously opposed
in certain quarters unless the field of investigation
should be narrowed very far below the designs of
its originators Now that General Butler has proved
to be more than willing TO be used by the Democrats
they find this means of extending the inquiry
while hoping to escape the blame of exceeding their
powers under the law.
Year: 1878

A GREAT LACK OF ROOM tOH Ihb OIhhAii'Ho UT


THE oFFICE-No ROOF OVER THE BURNED PoR-


TIoN YET.


pY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l


WASHINGTON, July 10.-The work of the Patent
Office is impeded for want Of sufficient room in
which TO arrange the important records and docu-
ments of the office for convenient reference. Many
Of these are stored IN rented buildings at some dis
tance from the Office proper. and havo to be carried
back and forth every day. The entire building
known as the Interior Department was originally
intended for the occupancy OF the Patent oince'
and the funds earned by that Office were appropri-
ated for its construction, but since then 1t has been
made TO accommodate the Secretary of the Interior
with his assistants as well as the Indian Bureau the
General Land Office and the new Bureau OF Kan
road Accounts. No steps have been taken 10 repair
the roof of the building. which was burned on about
a wear ago or TO repair the damages when 1esuitea
from the storms before the temporary rooi na Deeh
nlaced over the building Much OF the stonew9rks tx
surrounding the upper windows OF the wess enu On
the building, as wen as the ceilings beneath the
Year: 1878

MINER floor. will have to be renewed. Congress
made an appropriation of 100000 for repairs to
this building but the sum is hardly sufficient TO
finish the roof which is designed to be entrey
occur The work of repair will be begun as soon as
the plan shall be decided upon.
Year: 1878

The passage by the Legislature Of Louis
lana of the bill to aid the construction OF
the New Orleans Pacific Road ensures the
completion of that most important line
frcm New Orleans 10 Shreveport. Inc
State lends the road bonds to the amount
of So 500 600. Very probably Louisiana
will eventually have to foot the bill, but 1t
will have the road, aud the enhanced value
of taxable property in New Orleans and
along the line will more than repay her for
the loan. The practice of State loans to
corporations is most dangerous one, and
has heretofore almost invariably ended in
disaster. In Alabama We have had some
bitter experience in this matter. Yet 1t ls
fair to say that the plan of State aid with
us owed it's origin to the Legislature of
1865, which was composed exclusively of
our own people, and that there was little
opposition to it until the government of
the roads fell into the hands of strangers
who plundered the State, and who con-
structed roads not because they were
needed or would probably be self sustain
ing, but simply to obtain possession of the
| loans. If Congress had not saooleo US
with carpet bag governments, it is proba-
BILE that our State aid would have resulted
| in as much benefit to Alabama as did the
| construction of the State road to Georgia.
The profigate endorsement of bonds under
Governors Smith and Lewis produced with


us a public reaction which caused the
adoptiOn of a clause in the new Constitu-
tion prohibiting hereafter all such aid, and
leaving such works to the exclusive care of
the corporators.


1t is to be hoped that the experience of
Louisiana, now that she has Government


of her own tax payers, will be different
from that of Alabama, and that the New
Orleans Pacific, under the control OF Mr.
Wbeelock and his directory, will be able
to sustain itself without involving the


State.


Nothing could be of more importance tc
New Orleans than this road. 1t taps thE
Year: 1878

great grain and cotton empire OF the south
west. 1t will turn back from ST. Louis the
trade of Texas and will pour the riches OF
that vast domain into the bosom OF tue
great commercial metropolis of the South-
west. With this road completed, as 1t Will
be during the year, and with an open river,
it is impossible to estimate the future OF
New Orleans. Her grain receipts nave al
ready quadrupled, and We hear of the con-
struction of immense trains of barges to
convey from St. Louis the flood OF cereals
which is flowing down by water courses,
aad by new lines of railroads from st. Paul
and the most distant points of the North
west. Add to this the possibilities of
Texas, and we stand in the presence OF
great commercial events whose contem-
plation almost startles US. One OF the
grandest cities of the world within Few
decades will be directly at our door.


Mobile does not regard these spiendid
achievements ald prospects, with envy or
distrust. The glory of New Orleans will
TO the glory of the Southwest. As a grain
emporium her grain market will offer In.
ducements to the planters of Alabama and
Mississippi to engage in other productions
than cotton. AS the foremost cotton market
of the world, very soon her merchant
princes will establish their factories in the
neighboring towns. The field where the
cotton ia grown and exported mus be tue
field for Its manufacture, and with the
shipment of vast cargoes of cotton anu
grain to foreign ports there must come
back steady stream OF immigratlon and
imports. Thus our fields will be filled with
an intelligeu: and independent labor, and
thus our Southern people will learn to i'm
port their wares through their own porte.
The grewth of New Orleans ia the growth
Of Mobile. We are within tho circle of the
commercial maelstram of which New
Orleans is the focus, and hence we rejoice
at the approaching contamination OF the
second great necessity of our sister city.
Year: 1878

SIs SOaEFhs


St. Joseph was by birth Of the royal
family of David, but was living in humble s
obscurity as q carpenter, when God raised
hin to the highest sanctity, and fitted him
to be the spouse of His Virgin Mother, and
foster father and guardian of the 1ncarnate
Word. Joseph, says the Holy Scripture,
was Just man no was innocent and pure
as became the husband of Mary he was
gentle and tender, as one worthy to be
named the father of Jesus he was prudent
and lover of silence, as became the mas
ter of the holy house above all, he was
faithful and obedient to Divine calls. His
conversation was with angels rather than
with men. When he learnt that Mary bore
within her womb the Lord of Heaven, he
feared to take her as his wife but an an
gel bade him fear not, and all doubts van
ished. When Herod sought the life of the
Divine Infant, an angel told Joseph in q
dream to fly with the Child and His Mother
into Egypt. Joseph at once arose ana
obeyed. When the danger was past, a
third time the angel spoke; ana at ms olo j.,
ding the faithful Joseph returned to the peace


Nazareth. Here for long years he lived,
uniting with his domestic care and daily
toll the continued contemplation OF heaV-
enly things until his work was done; and
the greatest of Gods Saints breathed his
last breath in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
The brightest homes must have their
cross, and the love of father and mother
be strengthened by affections from the
hand of God. AS Mary became in spe-
cial sense our Mother at the foot of the
Croes, bringing forth children in sorrow,
go with Joseph. The three days' loss was
to him a renewal and conservation of his
paternity. The Holy Ghost had infused
into his soul the instincts and feelings of 6
father, and in his SORROWS and regrets fo
that loss they were perfected. At thl
moment Mary could dare to give her spons
the finding in the temple, "Thy father ant
have sought Thee sorrowipg."
Year: 1878

duced the evidence given before
the joint Congressional Committee
which shows that the intellectual ca
pacity Of the Chinese Ia fully equal TO that
Of the whites. Abeut 5000 Chinese
women have been, most Of them prost.
tutes, imported by procurers who manage
and dispose Of them on their arrival.
The better and greater part Of the
Chinese are opposed to this degrading and
destructive traffic and have made repeat.
ed efforts 10 abolish II. The original
responsibility for their importation lies
with the steamship companies and the
masters Of sailing vessels, who should
have refused 10 bring them. But when
we consider the effect and extent Of white
prostitution in all our large cities, we
cannot charge this 10 the Chinese, or an
original ofiense, or one peculiar to their
color.


In conclusion, he says labor does not
require that price shall be fixed by law,
or that men who can live cheap and can
work for lower wages shall for that rea-
son be kept out Of the country.
Year: 1878

AsEcaEr circular is being distributed
over the country among the Bristow Re-
publican element calling attention to the
wisdom Of organizing for the support ol
the Presidenfs policy against the sore
headed politicians who want to put The
party back into the old rut.
Year: 1878

The storm has ceased 10 the city and
as far "a known throughout the State.
Telegraphic communication Is still In
terrupted to q great extent. No damage
Of any consequence Is reported to the
railroads or other properly. The rain
fall has been general and copious.
Year: 1878

TIE new Governor Of Virginia is q
rich and childless widower, and the soci'
ETY. people of Richmond think it very
mean and stingy in him to shut up the
Gubernatorial Mansion and board at q
hotel, especially as his salary and perqui-
sites amount to $4,000 year.
Year: 1878

10 opilotapolonalsa, cut with darts in the back and trimmed with knlfe-pleatine. than it does to manage Presidential election. The hog gran around the yard three times more in the opposite dlrec- ton with four kinks in his tail. l am slow to wrath, but I am affaid was be- ginning to look mad, and when l went around behind the house and got hateh- ct am obliged to confess that 1t was with firm purpose to kill that hog or die trying to. l don't think thnt hog had noticed the woodshcd until l went there

 for the hatchot bat when l returned to the front yard. he immediately retired to the w0odshod, and then saw l had him cornered.

 Marin had by this time recovered her presence of mind, and had got her head out of the front window up stairs and was yelling !" fire" with all her might in way calculated to bc of lnestimable service to mo. All needed to spur mo on to glory was some one to yell llre." cn- tered the woodshcd cautiously and found the hog completely at my mercy, unless he made hole through the kitchen door and escaped that way. He did not do that. On the contrary he rushed right at me. I stepped back rather hastily, not because he scared mo any, but to prevent him from tearing my polonaise, so far as 1t was possible. There was n wash tub full of suds behind me, and as l step ped back out of the way of the hog, in n fit of abscnt-mlndcdncsS, l sat down in that tub. It may seem curious, but my recollection is now that the tub fitted me more snugly than tho polonalsc had, and yet never tried that tub on before in all my life. The only way out of the tub was to tip it over and float out on the studs, and that I at once did. Maria opened the kitchen door, and with hcr face full of anxiety and surrounded by Il night cap frill and her mouth wide open she really looked like saint or something, but she was remarking murder at the same time, and her voice so startled the hog that it ran over me before I could get out of the suds. How he managed to step on mo thirty-two times while running over me once is a mystery both to Maria Ann and myself, but he did, because we counted the SD )ts his hoofs made After running over me, he solemnly walked out of the front gate as though he were on his way to church, and it is my sober belief that he came into the yard on purpose to run over me and for nothing else. Maria Ann declares she won't wear that polonaise any more, and am tolerably sure l shall not not if know it.
Year: 1878

At midnight the summons came. Maria Ann thrust her elbows cleverly between two of my ribs and whispered in ghostly accents: Joshua, there is hog in the garden" I have lived with Maria long enough to know that she expects me to catch her ideas instantly, and although she did not say any thing about it, knew that she anticipated that I would immedi- ately rise in my might and go for that hog. I accordingly arose in my might and began groping around for my panta- looms. felt that without them I could not appear to that advantage that would command the respect of hog. I had no idea we possessed 50 much wearing apparel until I began to inventory it in the dark while looking for my pantaloons got hold of articles with edging and articles with hounces, and with embroid- cry, and with strings, while Maria kept whispering through the gloom: '' That hog will eat up all the potatoes before you get down stairs. You are fearfully slow" suppose she whispered for fear the hog would hear her and become of tended. She never could bear to give any offences, not even to a hog-except- ing me. At this time was trying on things that did not fit me, but finally lit into some garment that had what was in- tended for a TOW of buttons on it, and I buttoned it up, although there was light and airy cheerfulness about it that did not seem entirely familiar. I got half way down stairs when it suddenly occur red to me that the hog was not in our garden for the very good reason that we had no garden for a hog to get into. Still we had cistern and the hog might get into that. It would be just like a hog. This thought so startled me that I rolled down to the bottom of the stairs, feat easier from the fact that I seemed pretty well entangled in the garment I hadadopted. Maria Ann who always proves herself equal to the emergency, soothed me good deal by coming to the top of the stairs and calling me an idiot, and other pet titles she is in the way of ap- plying in moments of tenderness.

 got out the front door as soon as pos sible, and the hog,who was looking at the house from the front yard, apparently with yiew to renting it, stood appalled,. did not. gondersat this. In my haste in dressing had inadvertently put on Mary Ann's polonaise, and it stands to reason that man arrayed in a white night-shirt and a blue polonaise, rushing from the front door of a house at the solemn hour of midnight, must present an appalling spectacle to any hog. After recovering from his momentary astonishment. the hog took two CT three more kinks in his tail and scooted three times around the yard. The front gate was wide open, but he never thought of going through that. Heseemed to be looking for good place to jump over the fence. I tangled myself up in the polonaise again and took fly ing leap into the yard, landing on my left eyebrow. We do not give women half the credit they deserve. am convinced that 1t requires moro downright genius
Year: 1878

About a week ago a coal miner at Kings
ton saw what be thought was box float
ing down the river. The tide took it to.
wards the shore and he pulled it in He
then found that it was coffin of good
quality. Holes had been bored in the top,
and inside he found live baby about two
months old, with a nurse bottle half full
of milk. The child was taken to his home
and cared for. The above is an ''actual
fact" and in comparison with it Moses iu
the bull rushes is an airy nothing.
Peoria Democrat.
Year: 1878

John r.. Marshall, of Dobb's Ferry was yesterday
committed to the County Jail in that place to await
the action of the Grand Jury. on charge Of arson
preferred against him by his neighbor, John Conn.
The examination Of the complaint made by
Coroner Hughes. and the testimony went to show
that on Sunday morning last Conlin detected Mar
shall in the act Of setting fire to unoccuped frame
building on his premises. Marshall owns two build
ings in the immediate vicinity, which he had
800 insurance, and it alleged that he set fire to
the one owned by Conlin in the hope that his own
would be destroyed and he could thus obtain the in
surance. The principal witnesses against Marshall
were his wife and son, who identified as their own
certain articles of clothing which found satur-
ated with kerosene and burning in the building. A
deaf and dumb stepson Of the accused testified in
writing arainst him
Year: 1878

ments of the Senate with hope and con-
fdence OF expectation, however, that
this bill will never become law Of the
land.


Mr.. Garfield spoke in opposition TO the
bill.


Mr.. Stephens closed the debate, having
three minutes of his hour left, and said:
| prefer the Senate amendments in some
respects to the original bill. l did not
like the free coinage feature in the origi-
nal bill, and the amendment in that re-
spect | approve. The other amendments
made by the Senate l do not like, but
not single one of them ia Of such q
character that would forfeit the bill on
account of it. The great objection
which had in view. and which / think
the majority of the House had in view, Is
accomplished by this bill. By it the
double standard of value is re-estsblished
IN this country; by 1t the dollar of our
fathers is restored; by it silver is sgsin
money. That was the great object
which l have aimed at from
the first. The object was not TO
make ninety cents dollar, but to make
4l24 grains of silver equivalent to one
hundred cents, which was the dollar OF
our fathers. If a majority of the House
hereafter thinks 1t wise to modify the
Senate amen tmeuts, it can easily be
done. The bill can be supplemented in
the way which may be thought right. l
wish to save what we have got and not
to hazard that great principle established
in the bill. l shall vote for all Senate
amendments lest we hazard the great and
important principle established in the
bill. l now ask Tor the previous ques-
tion.


Mr.. Hewitt OF New York, moved TO
lay the bill and amendments on The
table. The motion was rejected, yeas,
II; nays, 204
Year: 1878

Fall brass band for promenade. Grand


orchestra for dancing. No expense or ef-
ort spared to insure complete comfort
and pleasure. The Pavilion will be


cleared and fitted up for the occasion.
Year: 1878

A Washington telegram says sharp
lobby is now working up the Southern
subsidy measures, and brisk fight is
ahead on that subject. One more argu-
ment being pushed at present is embodied
in the joint resolution introduced by Mr..
Darrall. of Louisiana:


RESOLVED That a just policy requires that
all sections of the Union should receive equal
benefit from the expenditures of public money;
and that it is the duty of Congress either to
provide for such improvements and grant such
aid to corporations in the South as shall make
the amount Of public money thus expended in
the South proportionate to the amount hereto
fore expended in the North; or to enact such
measures as will require the several communi-
ties and corporations of the North to return to
the government such aid as they have hereto
fore received, on account Of such subsidies and
public improvements, as may be in excess OF
the proportion Of public money expended or
like account in the South.
Year: 1878

Health is an inestimable jewel. The
cough that deprives you of it may take
your life too. One bottle of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar will avert
the evil, and save you from consumption.
Will you weigh life against a half-dolIar
Sold by all druggists.


Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute. jan6 Inn
Year: 1878

| have lcII several articles in your
paper partalning to the nhuman treat
ment Of the patients in the Insane Asy ylum,
but so FAR, haye not read anything about
that cold water bath in practice at the asy-
lum. l have read about the feeding in the
crib, choking, ETC., but that kind Of
usage is nothing compared to the baths,
in my opinion. | will partially describe
it:


The patient is taken into the bathroom,
(either male or female-its practiced in
all departEents) all clothing removed,
hands tied with what we call the straps
then their feet are tied, generally with
a towel Then they place the patient in
bath tub sitting up. One or two are
generally holding him or her from get
ting out of the tub. Then the cold water
is turned on and let run until the tub is
three-tourths full OF water, then the strap
around his or her ankles is brought into
use by the person having hold OF it. BY
raising the feet out OF the water, the
hands being tied, the patient is helpless;
so, as the feet go up, the head goes down
under the water, where it is kept until the
bru!e having charge of the feet thinks he
or she has almost made the last kick.
Then be lowers the feet, and the brute at
the head raises it out of the water to give
Il breathing spell, and ask him some ques-
tioDs, and, while doing so, he or she
thinks OF course that is the last of the bath
for that time at least. But they are gem
orally mistaken, tor while talking, up 60
the leet and down their head for one more
drowning. This time the "bru.e" at the
feet will keep the head under water longer
than the first time. AT least that is gen
orally the way. Then. when the patient
S.apparently dead, the ''brute' atthe feet,
rs in the first act, lowers the feet. and the
"brute" at the head will raise the patient
up, out of the tub, unite his feet and
hands, and carry him or her to their bed.
and "throw him or her on it to either live
or die, as they choose


Many OF those baths are fatal, tor it
does not do to trouble the attendants too
much, so they make final JOB of it. The
female patient that was scalded to death,
was, no doubt, at the time tied as | haye
described seeing male patients used. |
have good proof that the woman attend
ants use those under their charge the
same way Local Letter to St. Paul
Globe.
Year: 1878

The healthy growth OF the baby is de-
pendent upon its freedom from the per-
niclous effects of opium. DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup is the best remedy known tor the
disease of early childhood.