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Year: 1877

Robert L. Case yesterday succeeded in
obtaining through Judge Dykman, of
Westchester county, q stay Of execution,
which had been denied by Judge Davis,
before whom the prisoner was tried. and was
under consideration by Judge Brady. The
stay will enable the prisoner to remain in
the Tombs until the writ Of error granted
by Judge Davis has been argued and de-
cided instead of being consigned at once to
Sing Sing State Prison. We do not care
now to comment on the pernicious example
afforded by the apparent ease with which
culprits who have amassed wealth by crime
can postpone or evade the punishment of
their offences through the power Of the
money they have dishonesty acquired. The
prisoner in this case is entitled to the fair
trial Of his writ Of error, but if he had been
o poor man and his crime had been marked
by extenuating circumstances not attending
this case every person knows that he would
have been before now IN inmate Of Sing
Sing Prison. Our object now is to condemn
the interference Of o judge in another county
with such o case. The prisoner was tried
before Judge Davis, who is familiar with all
the circumstances and who refused the stay
of proceedings. Judge Dykman knew
these facts, but could not have known all
the particulars Of the offence and trial as
they were known to Judge Davis. He might
very properly have refused to interfere, es-
pecially as the same application was pend
ing before another New York judge. Of
course the prisoners counsel had the right
to do the best they could for their client,
and their fidelity and persistency are credit
able 10 them. But we do not think that it
was case for Judge Dykman's interfer-
ence, unless he believed that Judge Davis
was prejudiced judge and that the pris-
oner could not obtain full justice at his
hands.
Year: 1877

The property owners on o portion Of Fifth
avenue and the adjacent streets on Thursday
memorialized the Board of Apportionment
for an appropriation to repave part OF that
important thoroughfare. A resolution of the
Board of Aldermen calling attention to the
dangerous condition Of some of the down.
town streets and asking that an appropria-
ton be made for their repair was also re-
ceived by the Board of Apportionment. The
former was referred to the Comptroller
and the latter to the Commissio9er
Of Public Works, in order that
an estimate Of the cost might be
made. The whole Of Fifth avenue from
Washington square to Seventy-second street
ought to be macadamized. The present con-
dition Of the avenue is disgraceful to the
city and dangerous to travel. 1t is the
principal, indeed the exclusive avenue for
private vehicles through the heart Of the
city to the Central Park, and valuable horses
are driven over it only at great risk. The
cost Of the work Of macadamizing the entire
avenue should not be considered in view of
the importance Of the thoroughfare. Be
tween Fifty-ninth street and Seventy-second
street, where one Of the swindling wooden
pavements is laid down, the road is abso-
lutely impossible, and it would be better to
take up the rotten blocks and restore the
old dirt road than to leave that portion Of
the avenue in its present dangerous condi-
ton. The downtown streets also demand
improvement. It is mistaken economy
to withhold the amount necessary to
put them all in proper condition.
The cost would be more than repaid by the
saving to commerce both in the time and in
the expense now required for carting goods
in the lower part of the city. There are
ample fields for saving the peoples money,
if the Board desires to do so, without injury
to the public interests. but the withholding
the necessary appropriations for the repave-
ment of our wretched streets is not one Of
them.
Year: 1877

TuE WEATHER.-The storm centre and its at
tendant depression have now moved into the
Atlantic, giving place to rapidly rising pres
sure in the Northeastern districts. Light SHOWS
fell over the lake region as the low pressure
passed eastward followed by cloudy and
gradually clearing weather A general fall Of
temperature attended this change, especially
over the New England and Canadian
districts, but except on the coast the thermome-
ter began to rise again yesterday morning, be-
ginning in the Northwest, as the low area
already reported in that direction advanced to
the region northward of the lakes. The pressure
is highest in the Southwest and SOUTH but
Is above the mean in all the districts except


ia those OF the Northwest and upper lakes.
The prevailing winds ARE from the westward,
except in tue Southwest and the upper lake dis
tric;s, where they are southcrly in the latter
and southeasterly to easterly In the former.
The weather in New York and its vicinity today
will bc cold and clear or partly cloudy, and to-
morrow slightly warmer aud fair.
Year: 1877

s.Unconditional surrender" is the de-
mand made upon the French President by
the republicans; ON absolute abandonment
and abnegation of every part Of his irrational
resistance to the application Of the prin-
ciples Of free government to the exercise of
his authority in France. But the Marshal
holds out for capitulation is, for a sur
render, not unconditional, but qualified by
specified terms. His condition as pointed
out in the semi-official note is that he will
yield to the majority, to be filled as
they choose, all the places in the Ministry
save three. These three are the War and
Navy departments and the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. The protext given for ex-
cepting these important Offices from the
operation Of the principle Of parliamentary
government is that the Marshal wishes to
separate them from politics -'from the in
Auence of parliamentary fuctuation." He
fears that the Parliament which represents
Marshal MacMahon is, and that, therefore,
the administration of public force and the
conduct of foreign affairs should be kept at
his personal disposal as guarantee against
.sradicalism" in the chamber. But the
republicans are just now demanding guar
antees for the future good conduct Of the
Marshal and are not proposing to give
guarantees for their own. AS the whole
difference between the majority and tho
Marshal turns upon his treating all the
,,iaces in the Ministry on the same personal
ground on which he now proposes to treat
the three important places named it would
be to accept half measure only if the
majority consented to this condition. On
the refusal of the Left to consent to this
reservation the whole effort to form par
liamentary Ministry has apparently fallen
through.
Year: 1877

The ISsrFrIciEScY OF the law to redress
very great wrong is forcibly illustrated in our
court reports this morning in tho case Of the
two ladies falsely accused and unjustly impris.
oned through the laundering stupidity OF clerk
Of ono Of our leading dry goods stores.
Year: 1877

For the entire week the ladies' connected with q
number Of Baptist churches have been conducting


fair for the benefit Of tho Baptist Home for tho Aged
and they rest from their labors to. night Last
evening tho Academy was donsely crowded by
old and young, and magnificent toilets and
beautiful women were seen every side.
The supper last evening was provided by Mrs. b. II
Baker aud Mrs. Brockway tor tho Madison Avenue
Church IL Is expected that the fair Will clear about
600 for tho deserving purpose for which II 10 being
Year: 1877

IS THE LAMBERT TRIAL the counsel for the
defence are good enough to admit that all the
bogus checks and cash accounts made no differ
ence in the business Of tho company. But it did
10 those doing business with it, and that is where
fba f,onhle
Year: 1877

THERE WE'RE Two EXECUTIONS yesterday
one in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and the other in
Auburn, in this State. The latter was remark
able for the fact that the murder was committed
in the Penitentiary, the victim being a fellow
Year: 1877

IT Is To BE HOPED the report is true that
other large cigar manufacturers intend following
the example OF that one Of their number who has
adopted the cooperative system 1t is the first
ray Of intelligence in the settlement Of the diff
Guilty.
Year: 1877

as it fails to prevent there will be q
greater stimulus to stop the raids. The
true policy now is to repose generous
confidence in Mexico, accepting the protes-
sions of Diaz, hut making him understand
that we shall exact compensation for all the
cattle robberies which his troops are not
alert enough to prevent 1t is sheer folly
for our government to maintain troops on
the border at heavy expense to do what
Mexico herself is bound to do, and what her
present government offers and engages to
do.


But even if General Ord is to keep guard
of the frontier with an army Of five thou
sand men the order to pursue raiding par
ties into Mexican territory ought to
be revoked. We know we'll enough
that if similar difficulties existed on
our Northern frontier our government
would never have ordered its military
officers to cross into Canada in pursuit OF
tuaitiyes. The reason why no such order
would be given on the Canadian frontier IS
perfectly apparent. Great Britain would
regard such violation of her territory as
an act Of war. She would think her
national honor involved and would make
swift demand for redress Our government
would never think Of thus playing on the
edges OF war against great and powerful
nation like Great Britain, because 1t knows
that it would have forthwith to retreat
apologize and make amends or forthwith
accept the reality Of war in dead earnest.
But the principles Of international law and
territorial rights Of sovereignty are the same
on both frontiers. It does not become
a great nation like the United States
to bully q weak neighbor. Our sense OF
dignity should cause US to treat weak
neighbor and strong one precisely alike
in the same circumstances If these border
troubles had occurred on our Northern from
tier we should have made demand on Great
Britain to take care Of her own thieves !;
have notified her that we should exact in
demnity for oil the property they destroyed,
and IL after reasonable time she failed to
do her duty the President would lay the
subject before Congress which would de-
clare war in regular form. Why should we
pursue different course toward Mexico!
It is beneath the national dignity and
against the national interest to spend money
and support troops to do what Mexico
herself is bound to do by the plainest
principles of international obligation. Let
Diaz have o reasonable chance to fulfil his
promises. If he fails let us make an ener-
getic demand for compensation down to
the smallest pig or chicken that is carried
of. II the bills are not paid then let us
teach Mexico such o lesson as her people
will be in no hurry to forget. For the pres
ent Diaz is entitled to fair opportunity to
prove the sincerity of his assurances. But
if he neither stops the raids nor pays for
the losses some wholesome bloodletting
may then De in order, followed by slice OF
+arr;tory IN tho wav 0f indemnitv
Year: 1877

to the companionship of white men,
could readily converse in the English
language; experiencing no further
trouble than beng for short time lost
for An occasional word, This case is al
most without parallel in the history Of
language.


lie merits honorable distinction and
remembrance from the people OF this
Territory, as being one Of the first to at
tempt the cultivation OF the soil here, he
being the first white man who ever put a
pow into the soil of Cowltz plain; this
was ip 1889.


About 81 years ago he lett the service
Of the Hudson Bay Company and settled
on the land where he now resides, some
three or four miles from Victoria.


At that time the great Co. owned
everything there. He was the first man
independent of the Co. who took possess
sion OF the sol on Vancouvcr's Island as
II bona f,le settler. In conversing with
him one can scarcely realize the changes
that have taken place since that date,
when his adventurous life was exchanged
for that of peaceful cultivator Of the
soil.
Year: 1877

A citizen of Oak Harbor addressed an
open letterGecently to the merchants of
Seattle, which was published in one of
its daiies, soliciting their attention to
the amount OF trade and business offered
by that part of WILDLY Island. We can
vouch for the truthfu'ness of the writers
statments, and would add that they arc
worse treated in matters of mail and
steam communication, and opportunities
to buy their domestic supplies, and sell
their produce than any other region in
the Territory Of equal wealth, situated
as near as they are to regular lines of
travel, where first class facilities could
proftably be afforded them in these res.
poets at no real inconvenience, and with
certain profit to all concerned.
Year: 1877

lalSehoud is not resortcd to as AN auXll.
iary. We have President who claims
to be in favor Of Il general reform in I'LL
branches OF the civil service; and in no
part of that service is there greater ne
cessity for purity OF action than in the
Judiciary. a Judge who will walk with.
in the bar OF Legislature and selicts
the votes of its members on any propo.
sition, is bad enough; but when he in e.
vukes the aid of ialsrhood to assist his
already too palpaUlc fanaticism he de-
serves prcemptoIy removal from the
bench. In the name OF thirteen mem.
bers who voted for the taxation uf
church property, as well us any other
kind OF property, we ask the President
Tor new Judge for the Second Judicr
District. We can prove all we say 10y
the oath of seventeen AS good men as
our Territory can boast among her
adopted citizens. If the President can
do no better, he might reappoint Judge
Jacobs, who is at least exempt from the
charge of ianaticism.
Year: 1877

One of the most equitable features of
the revenue bill which became law
upon the 9th day Of the past month,
was that which imposed taxation upon
all kinds Of property, save that of the
Territory or the several counties compos,
ing the same, together with cemeteries
for the intcrment of the dead. In Cali
iOrnia, speculation in burial lots has he
come such Il source of profit to the direc-
tors of some cemetery associations, that
all burial lots over SEQ in value are now
taxed. The prohibitory prices of lots
in Lone Mountain led to this. Here
such prices are unknown and no such
taxation is necessary. But the bill taxed
church property and rafting fight was
made TO exempt church property. But
Councilmen Kuhn, Ping, Stewart, Ham
ford and Hathaway were obdurate on
that point, and the bill went into the
lower house with no Determinations upon
Its face. The founders of our govern
ment never designed that church prop
erty should go untaxed to build up
saCredotal aristocracy Of non producers,
to support whom, all the rest of the
community should be taxed. They evil
IDENTIFY believed that religious creed
which would not bear taxation was not
worth the belief of its advocates, and
should deservedly perish.


The bill got down into the house where
a different fate awaited it. The mem.
bers were besciged by hungry lobby,
(prominent among whom were several
local cergymeu upon whose prayers the
Treasury had disgorged $95 per head)
and the bill was amended to exempt all
church property. Rather than see the
Territory lett with defective revenue
law tor the next two years, the Council
consented to a compromise, exempting
all churches under $4,000 in value; and
in this shape the bill became law.
Butthe house never would have amend
ed the bill, save for the remarkable Ell
forts of Hon, Rager S. Greene, Judge of
the Second Judicial District, in whose
handwriting all the amendments were
written at the time the bill came back
to the Council for concurrence. This
officer, who was not citizen of the
Territory at the time OF his appointment,
went into the House during recess and
harangued the members in his peculiar
way, telling them that taxation of church
property was unconstitutional, which he
knew to be ialsehood. 80,


1t is seldom that one sees the judicial
ermine so badly sullied, for lobbying is
a.most desplcable -Gvocation even when
Year: 1877

no pains or expense will be spared ir
studying up these interests fully, aud
furnishing accurate information thereon.
Another leading feature OF the STAR
will he the furnishing of as great IN
amount OF scientific matter as possible.
and especially in publishing original
representative articles furnishing seen
titic intelligence relating to the north
west. The design of the publishers OF
the STAR being to make it, as soon as
the support will be sufficient Tor
specialist journal Of that kind, the rep
resen tatiye
Year: 1877

Among the HuzNrehS-a people OF Asia
the following is the way weddings are man
aged -


The suitors Of the maiden, nine in number,
appear in the field, an unarmed, but mounted
on the best horses they can procure; whilo
the bride herself, on q beautiful Turkoman
horse, surrounded by her relations, an1iously
surveys the group Of lovers.


The conditions Of tn; bridal race are these:
The maiden has n certain start given, which
she avails herself of to gain a sufficient dis
lance from the crowd to enable her to mar
age her stoed with freedom, SO as 20 assist IN
his pursuit the suitor whom she prefers.


On signal from the father, all the horse
men gallop after the fair one. and whichever
first succeeds in oncircling her waist with
bis arms, no matter whether disagreeable or
10 her choice, is entitled TO claim her as his
wife


After the usual delays incident upon such
Interesting occasions, the maiden quits tho
circle OF her relations, and, putting her steed
in a hard gallop, darts into the open plain
When satisfied with her position, she turns
round 10 the impatient youths, and stretches
out hcr arms towards them. as if to WOO their
approach. This is the moment for giving
the signal to commence tue chase, and each
of the impatient youths, dashIng his pointed
heels into his courScr's sides darts like tho
unhooded hawk i'll pursuit of the fugitive
dove.


The racecourse is generally oxtensive-say
twelve miles long aud three in width-and as
the horsemen speed across the plain, the fav-
ored lover becomes soon apparent by the ef-
forts Of the maiden TO avoid all others who
might approach her.


On certain occasion, after two hours
racing, the number OF pursUers WAS reduced
TO four who were all together, and gradually
gaining on the pursued with them Is the
favorite, but, alas his horse suddenly fails
in his speed, and ns she anXiOusly turns her
head. she perceives with dismay the hapless
position of her lover; each Of the more for
tunate leaders, eager with anticipated TIL
umph. bending his head on his horses name,
shouts at the top of his voice, Il come, my
Peri! am your lover! !"


But She making sudden turn, and LASH
ing her horse almost to fury, darts across
their path, and makes for that part OF the
plain where her lover is yainly endeavoring
to goad on his weary steed.


The three others instantly check their
career but, in the hurry Il. turn back, two
of the horses are dashed furiously against
each other so that both steeds and riders roll
over on the plain.


The maiden laughs ior she well knows
she can easily elude the single horseman, and
that she will reach the point where her
lover is.
Year: 1877

How often are we asked the reason for the
ring being usually placed upon the fourth
finger. The ring-fnger is more or less pro-
tected by the other fingers, and it owes TO this
circumstancc comparative immunity from
injury, as we'll probably, as the privilege OF
beinS selected to bear the ring in matrimony.
The left hand is chosen for a similar reasda
a ring placed upon it being less likely TO be
damaged than it would be upon the night
hand The ancients, however, are said TO
have selected it from n notion that the ring
finger is connected with the heart by means
of some particular nerve or vessel, which
renders It more favorable for the reception
and transmission of sympathetic impressions,
the left hand being selected because 1t hes
nearer the heart; but of course the antago-
mist finds no structure to account for this I'M
preston.
Year: 1877

There is no word that is more lightly used
than the word ''friend;" and there is no
sphere so difficult to fill as that of friendship
For the most part, friendship is regarded
either as a matter of sentiment or as a matter
of selfshness. In youth we regard it senti'
mentally or romantically. Woe be to the
Young woman or young man who has not
some poetic though of the greatness; the
beauty, and the desirableness OF true friend
ship And, alas for men when life has salts
fed them by its strivings and its attrltions
that there is no such thing IS friendship
Alas for them when they haNworn on the
Which in youth passed with them for gold


Fluff denounces the blue glass treatment ~
o humbug. He tried drinking whiskey out Of II
all one day, and has had head like that Of q
boiled owl ever since.
Year: 1877

ROAST CmCKEN.-Young fowls have q
tender skin and smooth legs-Yeliow legs
are best. The breast bone Is sharp. and
yields to pressure when young. Make
stuiling and fill both the breast and the
body. Tie the wings and legs andpuf 1t
In the pan with little water. 1t must
roast slowly and bo often bssted Win
butter. Basting makes it juicy. Dredge
on flour towards the last and sah. Take
the eizzards for gravy, boil them. and
chop them up; season and use the liquor
they are boiled in for the gravy. ihicSen
with flour and little butter, or little OF
the gravy from the roaster. turkey is
roasted in the same way as chickens.


Turkey AND CHICKEN BOILED OR
STEAMED. Stuff with dressing OF bread.
butter, salt, pepper and minced parsley
or with oysters. Flour cloth and sew
around it. Boil forty minutes and then
set off the kettle and let it stasd, closely
covered half an hour longer. The steam
will finish the cooSing. To be eaten
with drawn butter and oysters Or place
the fowl in steamer over a kettle
of boiling water ard steam till tender.


BRoILEp CmckENs.-Cut them open
through the back, take ont the inwards.
wash and wipe them dry; place Tho in
side down on the gridiron. Great care
must be taken that they do not barn. and
do them very slowly. It is best 10 trim
of Inc fat. About twenty-five winu'es
viii DO hem.
Year: 1877

Whoever is declared to be my con.
sutuuonal successor, to him / will sur.
render the relns of government"-P Presi
tent Grant.


1t is well at this time to remind the
country that it is not and never has been
N the power of any President of these
United States to surrender the reins Of
government" to any one. At the expira
non OF President Grants term of otfic,
hose reins will simply fall from hi
hands, and it will be for the same powe
which intrusted' them to him, to tax,
them up and place them in the hands O
hls lawful successor.
Year: 1877

In certain recsnt occurrences the N, Y.
,,rGphic finds strong argument against
club life. After showing how the Union
club of New York has pointed moral,
the Graphic says that "the yacht club
gave its lesson last fall, when the Mo
hawk went down with her owner and
wife and sister, almost at the clubhouse
stairs"
Year: 1877

Attorney General Pennington, of Del
aware, visited the battlefield of Bennett
and May this afternoon and assured him
self that it was wholly located in the
State Of Maryland; consequently it is out
Of his jurisdiction as to prosecution.
Year: 1877

Nora single word or syllable news
ABOUT it, from the initial assault at the
Union club to the final meeting in the
vicinity Of Marydell, has appeared in
Mr. Benefits newspaper. This may be
prudence. but it is not journalism.