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Year: 1879

A GREAT many Kepupllcan pap rs
are very moral just now. Ihey thlhk
retaliation just one of the worst features
that q mans character can present-n
was all right to make return as the
Louisiana Return Board did in strict ac-
cordance with the law that was made to
give the Board the legal right 10 throw
out votes but 1t is all wrong to follow
the law in Maine made by tie sane
party for the same express purpose, but
only to be used by that party not by
the Democrats oh no. So that 1t is all
wrong to follow the law now, 1t Is in the
hands Of those for whom IL was not
made, and got there by the nerest acci-
dent. We have no doubt that Blaine
and Hamlin and others Of their party in
Maine had the Return Board fixed up on
purpose to prevent their ever being de-
feated-just as 1t was arrang d in Loulsi-
ana and other Southern States to secure
the very purpose it did effect. In fact
we were told before the election came
off by Republicans that it was under
stood by the knowing ones in their party
that Mr.. Tilden could not be elected
that it was so arranged that the votes
OF the States the Democrats depended
upon would be turned against them nc
matter If they did have a majority. And
so this fraud was known in all the
league clubs in the "loyal North" and
it was purposely "cooked up" and sue
cessiully carried out with the aid OF
Chandler, Ferry, John Sherman, Grant
and General Sherman. Had these men
intended that the will Of the people
should be respected the other men that
managed the great fraud would never
have had the nerve necessary to the com
mission Of the perjury and vllainy IN
volved the most dastardly act of the
nineteenth century. Maine now feel,
the point of the Radical devise. 1t i,
b ought hcme to her by h-r own peopl,
and the barbed end of the poisonou.
shaft is aimed at those who devised i


for others. Let them drink Of their OWL
poisonous cllallice.
Year: 1879

The COURT PRoCEEpINGs.-- The
GAZETTE does not wish to make the
proceedings Of Court tax upon is
readers by giving all the testimony in
the voluminous way in which it is drawu
out in the Court. Our reporter is, there
fore, instructed to give the most material
parts bearing upon the case. The reader
will at once undersi and that this is done
to give him an understanding of the
case, with the least possible lime in
reading, and in order to make the news
paper more interesting to him by ena
bling us TO give the usual news Of the
day. 1t would be really less trouble to
us to give the reports in the extensive
manner in which our reporter reduces
them to paper. But then the reports
thus full would fill up tie paper.


In the case of the killing of the boy
Batson, by his playfellow, Brown, wi.
a base bal bat in The Ninth Ward, last
June, that is before the Court, many
readers will remember that all the cir.
cumstances and particulars of the case
were reported IN the GAZETTE at the
time. The boy, Brown, on trial for
murder, is colored Id about tive We or
thirteen years old. The case is not one
oil murder, and it really seems ST. ange
that in this instance the Grand jury
should have returned bill for murder.
The boy no doubt has a vicious, bad
temper, and is dangerous lad to be
allowed to play at largo. Buf no one
supposes he Is guilty OF murder in the
eye of the law, or that he would have
killed the other boy lad lie known the
blow would have proved fatal. Ordi-
nsrily ncsto's head is regarded as
hard as board and in ninety-nne
cases ont of every hundred bloS re-
ceived on the head does not affect tlem
longer than few hours or days and
this very circumstance makes them
rather careless Of blows and of striking
each other. But the case in point prove:
that all negroes heads are not alike ; ant
1t may prove too that even this boy wa,
capable of delivering E.ore severe blow
than boys of his age are usually capable
of; and further that the bat with whicl
he struck Batson was very heavy
atiair-an instrument that would very
likely crack any ordinary skull. Th'
circumstances, together with the you'll
OF the prisoner, give the case an irteres
that it would not otherwise have. TIL,
State abandoned the indictment as I,
The charge of murder last evening ant
Will prosecute for manslaushter it il
presumed.


Had this prisoner been white boy tn
case would have been worth lots o
'oteste the Radicals of Maine and Massa
chusetts, and his life would have beei


demanded. But had the victim becr


"hite the Radical politicians would hav


sAio ne was one of the lower strata O


society or he would not have been nlav


ing with negroes. S, conveniently d.


they wear their conscientes.


He'e in Delawa the people are for


tunate in not hayin! ased the race issu


to any extent; and there IS the bes, ha,


mony existing between " hites and black


= in, from the Mise course persue
Year: 1879

The game will be resumed ut noon to-day, and IL
they have time the Irish team will visit the Coney
Island Jockey Club in the afternoon. They
to dine at the Union League Club this evening.
Year: 1879

A more horrible story than that printed
to-day under the above caption would be
hard to imagine. A poor man goes to
Bellevue Hospital, dies, his family learn of
his death only by accident and six days
after the event. After ten days of persistent
effort by the sorrowing wife the remains
ore returned in a mutilated condition,
lacking according to the woman's state
ment, portion of the skeleton and the
greater part Of the flesh The effect
of body-snatching story is mild
compared with this. The responsibility
for this blunder, or crime, seems to rest
between the hospital clerk and messen-
ger, with appearances decidedly against the
former, but the management OF the institu-
ton itself is at fault when SO important
matter as notifying the relatives of de-
ceased patients is left to single man or
message Commissioner Brennan is said to
.bo investigating the case. and it is to be
hoped that the department will make IN ex-
ample OF the person responsible for this out
rage. no matter what politicians friend he
NAV be.
Year: 1879

about fifteen thousand pounds upon each
one of the seven cars, or one hun
dred and five thousand pounds altogether
This would not be sufficient to overcome the
inertia of mass of the weight of such a
train; but in this case the pressure was not
exercised against an inert mass. 1t was
rather a detection of moving mass that
had to be accomplished, and of course this
could be caused by far smaller pressure
than would affect the inertia of such body.
Perhaps investigation will make this oil
clear, and the inquiry is worthy the anxious
attention of any public which travels on
trestle roads built ut high levels.
Year: 1879

President Seelye. of Amherst College,
seems to be envious of the distinction
which Mr.. Wendell Phillips has attained to
as the New England prophet of ill omen.
For the last quarter of q century Mr.. Phillips
has OF least two or three times year SOL
emnly assured Us that the country was on
the eve Of destruction and that we could
not possibly survive another twelvemonth.
Considering the lamentable failure Of the
Boston agitator as a prophet 1t is little
curious that so eminent and distinguished
o citizen as President Seelye should en-
danger his reputation by indulging in
predictions the monopoly of which Mr.


Phillips has hitherto enjoyed. But
such, nevertheless. is the fact At
meeting of the Middlesex Club
recently in Boston the Amherst Presi-
dent is reported as having said:-I
had letter not long ago from gentleman
quite we'll acquainted with public life, an
officer in the army, in which he said, Il
think we have elected our last President by
the people, and President Seelye added
1--WE have come to time when it behooves
ub W iOOh Ous cukoiuAtys Aho AsoAhoh uAu
Persian empires had territories as large as
ours; they had wealth unsurpassed, and
yet what was their fate2" No one knows
better than President Seelye that the politi-
cal conditions of the old Roman Republic
and our own arc as dissimilar as possible,
wider apart, in fact, than our own gov
ernment and that of Russia It would
be idle to argue the question. No system
of government ever devised was perfect,
and it would be folly to claim such On at
tribute for tho one under which we live. It
is, however, the nearest approach to per-
fection that has been made. The fact that
some of our politicians are not all that they
should be cannot be adduoed as the proof
that the Republic is about to pass away.
The people, and not the politicians, are the
real rulers. and when the time comes they
make short work of the political dema-
gogues like those Of Louisiana few years
ago and of Maino at the present time.
President Seelye's speech was evidently
the result of ft of indigestion. The
Middlesey Club ought to get new cook.
Year: 1879

of personal taxes, many of which are held
against persons long since dead and others
being charged to persons who are penniiess
at the present time, it W ould seem that the
Legislature might help us to at least re-
duce this lying paper balance, instead of
leaving it to increase in worthlessness
during the years in which it will be sure to
enlarge it's Dimensions
Year: 1879

When vacancy happens in the Office of
Recorder the law requires 1t to be filled
by the Board of Supervisors. In the
city of New York the Aldermen act
as Supervisors. and the duty now de-
wolves on them of electing a Recorder
whose term of service will be about
year. Recorder Hackett's permanent
successor will be elected by the people
next November to fill the unexpired residue
of his term, and will enter upon his duties
on tho LIST of January. 1881. The Recorder
dd Interim to be chosen by the Board of
Aldermen will therefore have about one
year to serve.


It is understood that the Aldermen will
not act on this matter to-day It is tho
day Of Recorder Hackett's funeral, and it
is o proper mark of respect to postpone
the appointment of his successor until
after his body has been consigned to its
last resting place.


We trust that the Aldermen have Just
appreciation of the importance Of this un-
usual duty. We do not care to consider the
political composition OF the Board in this
connection, since nothing is clearer than
that party politics should be q subordinate
motive in filling judicial Offices


We understand that ex-Judge Cunning
S. Bedford is widely talked of among mem
bers of the city Bar as a suitable successor
to Recorder Hackett. The judgment of the
Bar is no doubt Influenced by the fact that
Judge Bedford has had successful ex-
perience in the discharge of pre-
cisely the same duties which would
devolve on him as Recorder. The principal
function Of the Recorder and of the City
Judge is to preside in the Court of General
Sessions. Sometimes the City Judge pre-
sides and sometimes the Recorder. Their
duties are identical; experience in one
Office is precisely equivalent to ex-
perience in the other. Judge Bed
ford, who won an enviable reputation
as City Judge. is qualified to step at once
bring to the discharge of its duties a
thoroughly ripe experience. This can
hardly be said of any other lawyer in the
city. If the choice is to depend on the ft-
ness acquired by previous training Judge
Bedford is the best selection that could be
made.


If a new Recorder were to be appointed
for full term Of fourteen years this reason
ing would not apply with the same force.
In that case it might be well to allow an
inexperienced lawyer years apprentice
ship for acquiring familiarity with his
duties for the sake of the subsequent thir-
teen years of service. But it would
be absurd to appoint q raw Recorder to
fill temporary vacancy, since he would go
out Of Office before he had well learned its
duties. The reaAon for making the terms
OF judges so long is to give the public the
benefit Of their acquired experience. The
same reason should have weight in filling
vacancies whenever it is possible to utilize
judicial experience in making temporary
appointments.
Year: 1879

Now THAT the government authorities be-
lieve that they have captured counterfeiter,
who was also n grocer, perhaps they will turn
their attention to this class of possible offend
ers any one of whom can do dozen times as
much mischief, while making change for his
many customers, as n single man who "shovcs"
dollar here and there.
Year: 1879

THE SINKING FUND COMMISSION instructs the
Comptroller to execute the contract by which
General Spinols and associates are to be allowed
to lay steam pipes in the lower part of the city.
Now for street distractions.
Year: 1879

Two OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS, in the
course off walk on Saturday, found several de-
linquent policemen. The next time they start
On such a trip let them go through the bad
parts of the city and qualify themselves to
satisfy public curiosity about the immense
amount of conversation that occurs between
officers and members of the dangerous classes.
Year: 1879

STATISTICS OF CIVIL MARRIAGES during the
year unexpectedly show that Italy nearly equals
all other nationaities combined. The City
Fathers exact no fees for the service, and Ital-
ians of the lower class know the value of dollar
better than any other people
Year: 1879

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT continues TO draw pill
grims to the Edison shrine at Mcnlo Park,
where the little horseshoes gleam on the night
The necessary steps for a general illumination
there are in progress, but the system is cx-
tended it can he nightly. letter else
where details the immediate plans of the in
ventor, and pcrtinently recalls some features of
the struggle coal gas went through for public
recognition at the beginning of this century.
Year: 1879

The WEATHER.-The disturbance Is gradually
progress by the area of high barometer in front
of it, and isnow moving slowly over the st. Law
renee Valley district. Its energy has been almost
entirely dissipatcd and the pressure within it
raised considerably by the constant inflow of
air from the two areas of high barometer which
overlie the South Atlantic States and the
Northwest. The narrow neck of relatively
low pressure that connects the disturbance
referred to above with the low zone
that extends over the Southern and South
western districts is but very family marked,
running southwestward from the lower lakes to
Texas. 1t is likely that the two high areas will
merge over the central valleys to-day only to
be separated again within the next few days by
u disturbance that il moving over Utah and
Colorado. Rain fell in the lower lake regions,
Middle Atlantic and New England States, and
snow over the upper lakes. The temperature rose
east of the lower lakes and the Ohio Valley. Else
where il fell decidedly. The winds were generally
light in all the districts except the Northwest,
where they increased to brisk. The temperature
will begin falingquickly again tomorrow night,
and the first few days in January promise to be
very cold. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be warm and cloudy, with
rains in the morning, followed by lower temper
ature and clearing toward night Tomorrow 1t
promises to bo colder and partly cloudy.
Year: 1879

were as many houses and lands and
mortgages In New York City the
day before the failure of Jay Cooke
& Co. started the panic of 1878 as
the day after, but that made no
manner of difference. The panic
did its fell work all the same, and
we presume no one will have the
hardihood to dispute the fact that
its principal mischief was done
amongst the poor, and the very
poor at that.


1t might be worth while to en-
dure such disasters for good new
Constitution. For one not so good
as the old, however, we feel like
saying, In the spirit Of the French
theater.goer, "the play is not worth
the CANDLE"
Year: 1879

FrustShtIOn Oi u Js1i DeiiVefS.


CHEYENNE, Wy. T., April IA
wholesale delivery of the large
number of criminals in the county
Jail at this place was luckily frus-
trated last night. The prisoners
had taken from pair of fine boots
two pieces of strap steel about four
inches in length. These they had
bound together with wire. With a
small pen-knife blade they had, by
patient hard work, cut teeth in the
bands of steel and improvised
saw. With piece of ash wood,
cut from q broomstick a key was
made, which exactly fitted the
lock ON the cell door. The impress
sion for this key was obtained in a
piece Of soap, pressed upon the key
In the hand of a prisoner who was
sometimes permitted to lock up
the prisoners of an evening. This
wooden key was perfect counter
felt of the iron key. A rope nearly
an inch in thickness was made by
twisting together q lot of rags
saved from the bandages of the
wounded road agent, Price, who
was brought down from Deadwood
some time ago. With the wooden
key the robbers unlocked the cell
door: with the saw they cut through
the inch and half bars of the out
side cage, thereby furnishing them
selves with crow. bar. Thus pro-
vided, they were ready to make
their break for liberty. Had they
not been discovered as they were,
they would have had little Difficult
ty in beating off the staple and
lock on the inside of the Jail doors
opening out into the Court House
yard. The escape of Ross, Brown
and Clark would have turned loose
upon the community three of the
worst desperadoes on the frontier.
Charles Ross and Johnny Brown
are the remains of the once notori-
Gus gang of Deadwood coach rob-
bers. Clark is In Jail on a charge
of murder.


Contested Erection Cases.


NEW YORK, April 14.-The Times
gress will not adjourn till July 1st.
The smallness of the Democratic
majority in the House and the ur
gent necessity of increasing it are
facts which seem to be fully appre-
ciated by Springer's Com mittee on
Elections. A meeting has been
called for early nexi week, and the
work of throwing out Republicans
will begin without unnecessary de-
lay. Springer is already on the
war-path, and was in consultation
to-day with counsel for ex-Gov.
Curtin, of Pennsylvania, who con-
tests the seat Of Yocum. Green
hacker. This will be the first case
taken up, and the chances are that
Curtin will be seated. There are
nine other contested election cas- en-
to be disposed of, and 1t Is the in.
tention of Springer that the charge
of delay heretofore made against
previous committees will not apply
to him.


The MAn.BmrnsrA' Trial.


OMAHA, Neb., April 14th.-In
response to an urgent telegram
from the Governor, General Crook
has sent one company of regulars
to Hastings, Nebraska, by special
train tn nrovent an AK neet ed rpacIla
Year: 1879

pS -GSa


Comranies have sprung up in
every part Of the Union for making
an imitation Singer Machine.
Why are not similar companies
formed for making limitations OF
other Sewing Machines


The public will draw its own in.
ference.


Gold is continually counterfeited;
brass and tin never.


H~ Waste no money on inferior
on lease or installment plan.
Year: 1879

and spend more time regretting
their lack of knowledge than would
suffice to give them the knowledge
they need. 1t is said that the father
of Professor Sumner, of Yale Col
lege, could neither wlite nor read
when he came to this country, a
young English mechanic. Within
twenty years thereafter he was
known az one of the best read men
III Hartford, one of the most cul-
tivated communities in the country.
Instead of wasting his time in idle
regrets for his deficient schooling,
he learned to read to good purpose.
In similar way many of the best.
most honored, and most successful
men our country has known have
begun their acquaintance with let
ters after reaching manhood and
there is no reason why the most
illlterate mechanic in our land, if
possessed of natural ability and a
sincere purpose, may not increase
his enjoyment IN life, his opportuni-
ties for improving his social and
financial condition, and the chances
OF his family for the highest success
in life, by an homes: effort to
retrieve by study the disadvantages
by which early poverty or lack Of
educational opportunities has sur
rounded him.
Year: 1879

THE editor of the Rural New
Yorker hits the nail squarely on the
head in following liness


There are many persons waiting
for the fright time Of the moon"
before they will venture to plant
their potatoes. They were govern
ed by the same idea in slaughtering
their hogs last season. They firmly
believe that the phases of the silver
satellite have a potent influence on
the products of the earth. This need
not be regarded as superstition; for
it respects the theory of natural
cause, and is extenuated by the
many surprising discoveries of
causes and effects by modern
science. The opinion is the result
of the common tendency to cling to
beliefs that are inherited, without
questioning their soundness or seek
ing for rational explanations 20
them. AS far as the moon theory
seems to be sustained by expert
ment, there is, no doubt, in every
case, al unrecognized cause that
should rather be accepted as the
trne one.


Those farmers VINO pay no atten-
ton to such notions are just as
successful as those who do. We
venture the affirmation that every
one who is governed by the state Ct
the moon, and is blessed with a
good result, invariably uses the
ordinary Indispensable conditions.
He selects suitable land, applies
proper manures, and cultivates the
crops AS it requires. If he hadn't
done these thing, his expectations
would have proved a mere matter
of moonshine.
Year: 1879

A New York paper says The
active distribution of population
that is now going on, or in other
words the exodus Of the surplus
bone and sinew from the over
crowded communities of the East
to the broad and fertile prairies of
the West, cannot fail TO greatly
assist In the restoration of better
times. This tide of emigration,
which has been steadily gathering
torce for two years, is rapidly de-
veloping the resources of the West,
especially in the trans-Mississippi
States, where new homes and new


INDUS sles are springing up with
Aladdinlike rapidlty. When en-
ergetic and industrious men start
out determined to exercise patienee
and self-reliance, we can at once
understand the benefit which their
work will be to the whole country.
In the wake of these pioneers will
follow artisans and mechanics. AS
civilization advances there comes a
demand for the higher branches of
art, and an opening even for those
who work with their brains rather
than their hands. In this emigration
movement there doubtless have
been, and will continue to be, mis-
takes made as to location and voca-
ton, yet Il cannot be denied that
that it has already done much to
mitigate poverty and lessen idleness
in the East, and is destined to ac-
complish much more. A country
to which all the markets of the
world are open, that is rich in
soil, in minerals and in all the


practical arts, surely cannot for any
considerable length Of time be de-


rived of high degree Of prosper
Year: 1879

CALIFoRNIA. = California con-
tinua!ly develops new wonders.
The latest discovery there is a
natural washing machine, which, as
may be supposed, has been turned
TO tull advantage. A boiling spriug
has been discovered in Tulare
County, between Palvadere and
Los Gatos Creek. An enterprising
person has applied for the water
right, and has made q clothes
wringer to be worked by a water
wheel at one side Of the spring
where it boiis over into another
clear cold spring in which the pro-
pretor has placed sack of indigo.
The people in the neighborhood go
to the spring to do their washing.
The soiied clothes are thrown into
the water, which has a whirling
motion. They are drawn out OF
sight. In few minutes they rise
to the surface, float to the wringer,
and are run through it into the
second spring, where they are
rinsed by passing through another
wringer. This natural laundry doe
it's work in about forty minutes, and
one Of its special benefits is that any
one can do the washing, thus spar
ing woman the drudgery of day
over the wash tub. 1t is particular
ly appreciated by women, therefore,
and number of families in the
country intend to take up their
abode near the spring, in order to
facilitate labor. Californians daily
expect to discover a cave in the
vicinity, where, by some arrange
ment OF partial nature, hot smooth
stones roll up and down over a
smooth rocky bed, SO as to serve as
fiat-irons for the doing up of the
washed clothes.