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Year: 1875

ALBANY, June l5'-The Court OF Ap-
peals has unanimously reversed the
Judgment of the Supreme Court IN the
case William NJ. Tweed, and has order
ed his release.


New York. June 15.-The news that
the Court of Appeals had finally decided
in favor of Tweed and ordered his re-
lease from the penitentiary created great
excitement. Sheriff Conner has taken
every precaution to secure the arrest ot
Tweed Immediately upon his discharge.
The order of arrest in the civil suits Is
signed by Judge Davis, who presided AT
Tweed's trial.


ALBANY. y. Y, June l5.-The judges
hold that the writ of habeas corpus has
always been construed in favor OF and
not against the liberty of the subject
and citizen, and the reading must be the
same whether the benefit of it is invoked
by the purest and best citizen OF the
State or the greatest sinner and the one
most worthy of condign punishment.
The law is 10 respector Of persons, and
suffers no man, be he guilty or innocent,
to be deprived OF his liberty except Oy
due process of law, and the writ of habeas
corpus is as available even to the guilty
as to he whom the popular voice would
condemn, as it has proved against
the commitments by the king in the Coun-
ell. In the cumulative sentences the
Judges state: "No warrant can be
found for cumulative punishment upon a
conviction OF several offences charged in
single indictment, the aggregate pun
ishment exceeding that prescribed by law
for the grade of offences charged. The
rule, as claimed by the implication, calls
for single judgment for all the offences
charged in the indictment and OF which
the accused is convicted. 1t requires
that the offences joined shall be of the
same grade and subject to the same pun
ishment, that is, punishment that Is not
only the same in kind but the same in
degree
Year: 1875

Beach resumed his argument, and cited
decision of Lord Stonewall in oppe-i-
ton to the position OF Evarts, that the
evidence of guilt in case like this must
exclude reasonable doubt in order TO
Justify the verdict against the accused
party. He then argued that the court
should instruct the jury that the theory Of
law advanced by Evarts was unsound
and erroneous. The charge in this case
was seduction and adultery, and the an
swer to it was blackmail and conspiracy.
At the first step that the jury took to in
vestigate these charges they were con-
frontsd by the figure of Elizabeth r.
Tilton. Could they believe that Mrs.
Tilton, loving Beecher as Beecher had
said he believed she did, and who, with
scandalous influence, appeared in this
court to give him her support, when the
final struggle between lover and husband
Year: 1875

| imagine Beecher telling this woman of
this letter of confession being his death
blow, and talking about the council OF
ministers in 1870 before there was Il
breath about il. Was this statement to
her husbands all the Imagination Of Tilton!
Did he invent it or did he know of these
arguments of Bcecher, or how did he
know that Beecher in the prostration
Of the moment, had used
the same words he used
at Moulton's about his being ruined
man, and yet the jury were asked to be-
lieve that this paper was written by this
lady acting under the control and dicta-
tion of her husband.


Court adjourned.
Year: 1875

which Tilton justified was iustigated by
story told him by Mr.. Bowen.
who urged him to make the demand that
Beecher should leave the pulpit and
Brooklyn, and Bowen promised to sup
port his demand. We put Bowen on
on the stand with this paper standing on
record. Theodore Tilton deted all con-
tradiction, and Bowen was not asked by
the other side whsther he was not the
author Of the demand, and whether he
did not promise to sustain the demand,
and whether he did not promise friend
ship to Beecher. This omission on the
part of the defense was the highest testl-
monial which could be given to Tilton's
integrity. There was not single wordiot
discredit and denial on part Of this evl-
dcnce given by Mr. Beechcr, and it was
part of the defence 10 put forth that
Henry Ward Beecher was too pure to be
even suspected OF sin. Counsel then
passed to the consideration of
Year: 1875

These professions of friendship advanced
by DR.. Storrs were hollow and insincere,
and he was trying to goad Tilton into
attacking him CBeecher). This letter
clearly showed the jury the state of mind
Beecher was in. Why did he dread the
appearance of TitOn before the council?
He was afraid of any investigation which
would disclose the relations he had held
with Tilton's family Counsel had
spoken to them before about the Bacon
letters and he read them portion of
Tilton's cross-examination with reference
to that letter. The jury could see under
what circumstances the Bacon letter was
written. DR.. Bacon had giyed birth to
all the epithets used against Tilton on
this trial. he called him knave and Il
dog and instead of being this he was act
ing with magnanimity and generosity
toward Beecher Us the latter's letters will
show. Could not Beecher have stated then
what he did before the church committee,
that he (Tilton) "was not knave and
dog, and you, Dear Bacon, are suffering
from misrepresentation" If he had
done So there would have been no Bacon
letter, and no disturbance. All these
things arose from the cowardice of Henry
Ward Beecher. Then followed the in
vestigating committee called by Beecher.
Both Tilton and MOulton worked to pre-
vent any exposure Of the scandal to the
public by this committee. We come now
IN the
Year: 1875

All who have real estate for sale or to let
and those desiring purchase rent such property,
will find it TO their interest to advertise In THE TRIBUNE
Its aggregate circulation exceeds that Of anv other news
oauer and in addition TO this advantage,THE TRIBUNE
viii be found not only in NewYork and all its ces ana
villages but every State and Territory throughout the
Union. The advertisement should be as brief as Will
allow OF the advantages claimed being made clear to- the
reader We would especially dwell on the fact that tho
subscribers for the three editions Of TIE TRIBUNE Daily
mi-weeky and Weekly, comprise individuals in every
business professions consequently eaen
are read by all classes THE TRIBUNE devotes especai
attention to reports of sales of real estate both in city
and country adding greatly to the value OIL us COL
umns as an advertising medium The charges Tor adver
s,pv Real Estate are as follows; DAILY TRIBUNE, 70
,ents per line for each insertion. WEEKLY TRIBUNE "
per line; sEM-wEBKLY TRIBUNE. % cents per hne'
About ten words OF wide columns average nhe'
Terms cash in advance.
Year: 1875

In printing, steel plates are used, on
Which two hundred stamps are en-.
graved. Two men are kept hard at
work covering them with the c0lored
inks and passing them to man and
girl, who are equally busy at printing
them with large rolling hand presses.
Three of these little squads are employ
ed all the time, although ten presses can
be put into use in case of necessity. At
ter the small sheets of paper upon which
the two hundred stamps are engraved
have dried sufficiently they are sent into
another room and gummed. The gum
used ior this purpose is O peculiar COM
position, made of the powder OF dried
potatoes and other vegetables mixed
with water, which 10 better than any
other kind, for instance, gum arabic,
which cracks the paper badly. This pa
per is also of a peculiar texture, some
what similar to that used for bank notes.


After having been again dried, this
time on little racks, which are famed by
steam power for about an hour, they
are put between sheets of pasteboard
and pressed in hydraulic presses, capa-
BILE OF applying a weight of two thousand
tons. The next thing is to cut the sheet
in half; each sheet OF course, when cut,
contains q hundred stamps. This is
done by girl with large pair of shears,
cutting by hand being preferred to that
OF machinery, which method wonld de.
stroy too many stamps. Next, they are
pressed once more, and then packed and
Tabled, and slowed away in another
room, preparatory to being put in mail
bags for dispatching to fulfill orders. If
a single stamp is torn, or in anyway mu-
tilated, the whole sheet is burned.
About 100000 are burned every week
from this cause. For the past twenty
years not a single sheet has been lost,
such care has been taken in counting
them. During the process of manufac-
turing the sheets are counted eleven
times.
Year: 1875

DEATH OF "OLD GAZE" AT THE
PRISON. - Yesterday, at the State
Prison, quietly passed away from the
scenes of his troubles poor "Old
Gaze" incarcerated there for life for
the killing of one Wilcox at Virginia
City year or two ago. While many
incidents are told of the history of
the deceased, nobody seems to know
anything of him personally, save
that he was an Englishman by birth.
Mr.. Frank Clayton, Deputy Warden,
knew him in Texas in the early days,
and as the end of life approached, he
offered the lonely old man an oppor-
tunity to tell the story of his life, but
this he did not avail himself of. He
preferred to die unknown, lost to his
early friends and relations, if, indeed,
any of his family are now living.
He was 70 years old, and had led a
hard, adventurous life. He took
part in the Texan struggle for iree-
dom from Mexican rule, and served
as an interpreter for General Harvey,
in Mexico, during the war between
that country and the United States.
1t is said that he spoke seven different
languages. This would betoken that
kind of an education which men ac-
suire who follow the sea for many
years, and who visit the shores of
foreign countries. This, we believe,
is the first death that has ever oc-
Cured at the Nevada State Prison
from natural causes since that insti-
tuition was established. The disease
which took him off is reported TO be
dropsy, but the probability is that
this was merely symptom of gene
raj debility of "a system which had
been overweight and utterly worn
out and broken. There is something
pathetic in the death of an old man
thus lost to family, friends and the
busy world. Life is sad failure
when it comes to such an end Car
son appeal" 10th. O.
Year: 1875

A YOUNG gentleman had been told
that a sudden shock or fright would
cure the hiccups, and the other even
ing, while he was studying his les
son for the morrow by drawing a
picture of the schoolma' am on his
slate, his respected progenitor WAS
seized with fit Of hiccups. The
old gentleman was tilted back in his
chair, with his feet resting on the top
Of the stove, and the young hopeful
concluded to try the cure on him.
Just as the old man was rastling "
with a heartbreaking hic the boy
jumped and yelled Fire!" The old
man was just getting out cuh-cuh,
but he never got it out. He gave a
jump which tilted over the chair, and
in endeavoring to regain his lost
equilibrium his feet flew up against
the table, upsetting it and a student
lamp which stood upon it, and his
head landed in the ashes on the stove
hearth. The old lady hearing the
racket came running in from the
kitchen and tripped over the old
mans PROSTATE form, knocking down
a walnut whatnot with lot Of glass
and China ornaments. When that
boys father arose from the wreck and
shook the ashes and spIinters of glass
out of his hair and clothes he was
cured Of the biccups, but there was a
look of sternness in his eye. He
can't play tag now, and the boy sits
on the edge of the seat at school and
lies on his front when in bed, and
silently murmurs that the old man
can hiccup his consarned old head
off before he will ever try to cure
him.
Year: 1875

The North Pacific. - Not
w.thstandlng her long detention
IN Port townsend and cOnse-
quent late arrival in Olympia,
the North Pacific was down
here this morning at & o'clock.
From her we learn that the storm
OF Tues lay night did but little
damage up Sound. At Oily mpia
the only loss was that OF scow
which broke from It's moorlngs.
Year: 1875

UNsUccEssSuL. A gang of
fifteen men undertook to raise
the dwelling house OF Mr.. Gull
to its former position yesterday,
but were rather unsuccessful.
The building caved in and be-
came a complete wreck on the
attempt to move it.
Year: 1875

WINTER.-The dark, cold days
OF winter are fast approaching
and the order OF the day will
soon be sleigh riding and skat-
ing, big coal bills and hot Tom
and Jerry. Indeef the season
for the last named luxury has
already come.
Year: 1875

The Kern County Courier has no
faith in the successful building of the
Los Angeles and Independence Rail-
road. 1t affects to believe that Sena-
tor JONES is joking and the people of
Los Angeles county only playing at
railroad building. In the judgment
of our Kern county contemporary, the
trade of Inyo's mines must pass over
the valley road to and from San Fran
cisco. If the longest way round is the
shortest way home, we can see the
force of the Courieg's argument, and
by the same token why would it not
be better to run road from some
point on the Central Pacific-say from
Corinne-down to Panamint and ship
freight by that route? We can assure
our Bakersfield friend that Senator
JONES was never more in earnest than
he is in this railroad undertaking. He
owns the now developed rich mines of
Panamint, and will save the cost of
the road on his own freight alone in a


few years. The people of Los Angeles
county are not trifiing nor playing at
railroad building. They, too, are in
earnest and fully understand the adj
vantages which this railroad will
Year: 1875

A great many intending purchasers
have already visited and examined the
lands of the Centinela Colony, and the
high terms in which they speak of the
fertile soil of this beautiful valley
augurs we'll for the success of their en-
terprise. One of these visitors, who
had been warned to beware of alkali
lands, took horse and rode over the
entire ranch, and he assures us that
there is not trace of alkali upon the
whole tract. He says that the soil of
entire valley is as good as any in the
State. The artesian well is now flow
ing fine stream through drift in
the bank. Several other wells will be
bored in the locality above the springs
and the water from them will be con-
Quoted to the stream running from the
springs, thus adding largely to the
water supply. That this colony will
prove success is now beyond doubt.
The high character and standing of
gentlemen connected with it give as
surance that all will be fairly and hon.
orably dealt with.
Year: 1875

Up to this present writing, the Red
Men is, we believe, the only society in
our city that proposes to celebrate, by
procession or otherwise, the anniver-
sary of WAsHINGToN's Birthday.
Why are the Red Men more inclined
to honor the great and good man than
other societies? GEORGE was a noted
man in his day. History mentionshis
name in several instances, and with
one exceptions slight difficulty with
his father = always honorably. He
was a good Mason and would have
been good Odd Fellow had he ever
had an opportunity of becoming a
member of that noble order. He did
his country some service and assisted
materially in getting up the govern
ment which we now enjoy and quarrel
with. In view of these facts, it occurs
to us that the Order of Improved Red
Men should not be the only one of our
numerous societies that turns out ON
the Twenty-Second Of February.
Year: 1875

Several articles have been published
in the city papers recently, ,intimating
that the farmers are tardy in taking
stock in the Los Angeles and Inyo
Railroad. There must be some mis-
take about this The farmers are we'll
posted in regard to the benefits they
will derive fIom the road. They know
it will add fifty per cent. to the value
of the products of their farms. There
is no class of people more ready to
take hold of anything and push it for
ward than the farmers; and they have
as much public spirit and sectional
pride as any other class. Of course
there are exceptions to all rules, and
no doubt a few farmers may be found
who will act niggardly and refuse to
aid this enterprise, not because they
do not see the great benefit they will
derive from it, but they hold back, be-
lieving and hoping that other men
will do this work for them, and they
will reap the benefit and grow rich
from the labor of other men. There
are number of merchants, mechanics
and business men of all classes who
know that their future prosperity de-
pends upon the success of this road,
who are lodging the solicitor and
making thousand excuses for not
aiding the enterprise who would not
have it fail for one-quarter the value
of their estate. We never could un-
derstand such men, and we doubt if
they understand themselves. They
are clever in all their department and
dealings and we do not wish to use
harsh words in regard to them. An
old philosopher once said that
"eyery man has a mean streak
in him, and it will crop out at some
time in his life.n Now If may be that
these clever fellows have no other
mean streak in them but desire to
grow rich from the labor of other men.
But what we wanted to say was this:
AS class, the farmers have as much
public spirit as any other one class
in this county, and as all are equally
interested in this enterprise, this is
good opportunity to test it. The farm
ers may not take as much stock as the
merchants, but they will take accord
ing to their means, and each one will
take a little if this matter is properly
presented to them, and when the coun-
ty is thoroughly canvassed you will
see the farmers will not be behind.
Year: 1875


guarantee them. They know that it
will secure them ready market for
the products of the valley, and they
know that this ready market will
almost double the present value of
every acre of land in the valley. There
is too much to win aad too much to
lose for us to throw away the game or
even play it carelessly. Senator JONES
is in earnest and the people of Los
Angeles are in earnest. We have the
natural channel through which the
trade of the mines ought to flow to and
from the water and we are going to SO
improve that channel that this trade
cannot but flow through it.
Year: 1875

Moore's Restaurant, on Commercial street,
is the proper place to go fora good meal, with
a good cup OF coffee or tea to drink with IT.
There is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where SO many OF the substantials and
SO many of the luxuries may be had for 25 cts.
Don't forget the place--Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation
of ladies. i5-tf
Year: 1875

N. The tide of ofimmigration is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people DO
Is to throw away their New York Hats ana buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
comparison between the two. 21ao
Year: 1875

The above named firm take pleasure in In
forming the public that they have purchased
the Wholesale Liquor establishment of Mr.. I.
ID. Cook, and as we are connected with the
best liquor houses in Bordeaux. we ere conf
dent we will be able to give perfect satisfac-
tion to all who favor us with their patronage


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Year: 1875

Most Of the brawls and quarrels
which disturb the quiet Of every CON-
munity. and most of the bloodshed 10
the land, are caused by intemperance.
Scarcely term Of the court is held
in any county in this State but what
some unfortunate culprit is put OH
trial for shedding the blood or At
tempting to take the life Of bis fellow
man. and in majority Of cases, the
deed is done under the influence Of
intoxicating liquors. Liquor heats
the blood, inilamcs the passions,
magnifes triaes and fancied wrongs
into real injuries, and raises in the
breast q feeling Of revenge.
Year: 1875

The grand lodge Of Masons Of the
state of Kansas has decided that q
member Of any subordinate lodge who
shall keep q drinking saloon or dram
shop, or engage in any other disbonor-
able or immoral occupation, shall be
suspended, and the case referred to
the grand lodge. Tho churches OF
the land should take even stronger a.
ton than this.
Year: 1875

It is interesting to hare whisky in SUBJ
jective rather than IN objective condition,
which We learn is tho case from the quotn-
tions in tho markoLreports. To think that
whisky is "excitea" must bo solacing to q
largo and influential class Of the community.
Year: 1875

T The wharves Of this city TO .dny
have quite an animated appearance,
there being five large vessels in the
harbor besides numerous steamers. Tho
Favorite was not able to land at Yesler's
wharf on account Of the number of
vessels discharging cargo there. In the
last "a hours seven steamers and three
vessels hare arrived at our wharves.
Year: 1875

fifty wears and woman aged about forty
tive were found drowned in the lake at
Waukegan. They had been lettering about
the place since Saturday, and are supposed
to have deliberately committed suicide.
Year: 1875

TO OUR DELINoUEsT SuBsciBgns.
We have been sending tho STAR"
to many who are due US now near
Iy three years subscription We
have continued to send you the pas
per regularly, and have waited up-
on you with a patience that woul d
do credit 10 Job. We know
times are hard, but they are as
much so with.us, as with you, and
we have to pay cash for our paper
and other material, and to our prin.
tcrs. 1t is mere pittance to each
Of yot, but the sum total is Of se-
rious Importance TO US.
Year: 1875

Ii was after dinner and it was dull;
the conversation did not seem to
start in the least. Then the cynic
said: will nobody go home that
we have a fnc opportunity TO taie
him all to pieces as soon as he
leaves?'
Year: 1875

Housekeepers will be sur
prised that their custom Of SEN
ding to a neighbor to borrow a
little butter Or sugar, or other
article Of diet. is quite common
with the sayagcs Of FIJI. -
When lady has a friend to
dinner unexpectedly, she goes
to the woman across the way
and says: "Yakvak and his
family have just dropped in to
dine, and | haven't anything in
the house. How do you think
your hired girl would work up
into a stew? Can | borrow
her for few days?' Then she
seizes that domestic by the
hair, and drags her over and
chops her mp with parsley, and
carrots, and celery tops and
cloves, and lets her. swim over
the fire. Or may be the other
woman sends over and says;
I'm entirely out Of meat; can't
you lend me your little William
Henry for hash, or your Mary
Jane for a pie?" and over goes
William Henry and Mary Jane,
and they are stuck with fork,
and basted, and put on to cook
gently; and the debt is paid off
the next week by the borrower
sending back her aunt, already
boiled and suitable for cutting
down cold for tea, or one Of her
twins cOrnered so as to make Il
nice lunch. Sometimes a wO-
man in this manner will work
off d couple Of her mothers-in-
law, OF a rich uncle or a plump
second cousin; and then sits
at her window and sniff them
as they are cooking in the kitch-
en next door, or watch one of
the company in the dining room,
milling at the elbow Of her late
hired girl. The custom seems
to us an excellent one, particu-
larly when it is applied to hired
girls. We have had girls we
would have loaned to neigh
Dor at any time, under a solemn
promise that they shonld be
butchered and boiled as quickly
as possible.